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Wilderness Safaris Joins Forces with PUMA and Panthera to Bolster Anti-Poaching Initiative in Kafue, Zambia
Wilderness Safaris and the Wilderness Wildlife Trust have facilitated the generous funding of USD360 000 from global sports lifestyle brand PUMA to the world's leading wild cat conservation organisation, Panthera. A small portion of this funding has already been used to survey the status of lions in the more than two million hectare Kafue National Park. An expanded initiative, resulting from this initial investigation, will now focus on renewing the anti-poaching programme in the park.
Together with financial and logistical support from PUMA and Wilderness Safaris, Panthera will work with the Zambia Wildlife Authority and a local NGO, Game Rangers International, to help support, and expand law enforcement activities by the local wildlife authorities in Kafue National Park – Zambia's largest protected area and one of the most important national parks in Africa for the protection of large carnivores like lion, wild dog, cheetah and spotted hyaena. Outfitting and expanding anti-poaching units will be the priority, alongside improving law enforcement monitoring to allow tracking of illegal activities, evaluation of the success of enforcement efforts and optimal deployment of resources for conservation.
"PUMA is inspired by the agility and speed of all big cats", said Justin DeKoszmovszky, PUMA Global Sustainability Strategy Manager. "We are happy to support this new initiative by Panthera to help protect local biodiversity in Kafue National Park as part of our ongoing commitment to environmental protection."
Zambia is one of just nine countries in Africa home to more than 1 000 lions. However, research by Panthera Kaplan Graduate Awards Scholar and University of Cape Town PhD student, Neil Midlane, has confirmed that illegal bushmeat hunting is pervasive in Kafue. Widespread and indiscriminate snaring of lions and their prey has potentially devastating effects on the region's wildlife. Due to their extensive home ranges and habit of scavenging carcasses from snare lines, lions are extremely susceptible to bushmeat poaching. In the dry seasons of 2010-2012 alone, Midlane and his team observed at least 15 lions carrying snares. Fortunately, many of these were immobilised and successfully treated by the Zambia Wildlife Authority and local NGOs, although at least one lioness lost dependent cubs as a result of her injuries.
"We are deeply committed to supporting Panthera's anti-poaching initiative to ensure the ongoing biodiversity and protection of all species within Kafue National Park. It is a vital part of our ecotourism operation in Kafue's Busanga Plains Concession to ensure that our conservation efforts work hand in hand with the long-term engagement of the communities surrounding the Park. Understanding the bushmeat trade and offering sustainable alternatives to the local people, as well as ensuring that the benefits of ecotourism extend to local communities, is imperative to ensure the park's sustainability", said Russel Friedman of the Wilderness Wildlife Trust.
Panthera's President and one of Midlane's PhD advisors, Dr. Luke Hunter, highlighted the challenges facing lions across the continent, "To the many visitors of Africa's great game parks, it is unthinkable that the lion is in trouble. But lions have vanished from 80% of their historic range in Africa alone, and many of the remaining populations are verging on extinction. Thanks to the support of PUMA, we can invest the resources to begin stamping out the poaching of lions and their prey in Kafue. True to its big cat logo, PUMA is a model for turning global business success into conservation outcomes."
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Fiction, Ethnography and the Politics of Voice in Early Soviet Russia
Michael Gorham, University of Florida
Among the more troubling conclusions of Jakov Shafir's 1924 study of the reception of Bolshevik newspapers in the countryside was that, for the most part, peasants were not reading the papers at all. A combination of factors--low literacy levels and problems in production and distribution, in particular--led rural populations to depend on other, oral sources for information about the "outside world." These sources, Shafir wrote, assumed the form of "talk, rumor and gossip" and were almost completely dominated by "counter-revolutionary" forces--"popes, sorceresses, [...] nepmen, former landowners and various other white-guard fellows." In the tales about Lenin as the antichrist, anti-Soviet miracles, wonder-working icons and apocalyptic rumors of war, taxes, UFOs, meteorites and the end of the world itself, Shafir detected a degree of consistency and overlap that suggested organized campaigns against the Bolsheviks and urged in his report that, particularly in those regions where the paper was little read, more attention be directed to these spheres of what he called ustnaja slovesnost'.
Shafir's observations address two points relevant to my discussion in this paper: first, that the Bolsheviks faced a formidable communication gap between center and periphery--particular the rural peasantry--and, secondly, that cultural leaders recognized both the problem and the importance of oral narratives in the representation of their ideas. Predicated as it was on slogans that called for "all power to the people" and the formation of a "worker-peasant state," the emerging Soviet state had an enormous stake in the nurturing of a new "voice" among the peasantry, a verbal indication that the new ideas and language of state were becoming "naturalized" among the rural population. In this paper I discuss several examples how the oral production of the masses was filtered through the lens of contemporary fiction writers, folklorists and ethnographers. I do so in order to show how verbal portraits of the narod, in all their various permutations, came to function as didactic tools for the legitimation of the new Soviet state and the discursive shaping of its citizens. In the course of my analysis of pseudo-ethnographic civil war reminiscences, I pay particular attention both to the ambiguous distinctions between ethnography and fiction and to the power of language and narrative in battles over collective memory and identity formation.
I focus on two case studies of pseudo-ethnographic collections: Sof'ja Fedorchenko's Narod na vojne, published in various forms between 1917 and 1927, and the 1931 collection of oral narratives entitled Revoljucija: Ustnye rasskazy ural'skix rabochix o grazhdanskoj vojne, edited by the ethnographers Semen Mirer and Vasilij Borovik. My reasons for selecting these over the scores of like publications that appeared in the first fifteen years of Bolshevik rule are threefold: both address the politically and culturally potent theme of the civil war--one of the most important sources of state legitimation and myth-making of the time; both received considerable public attention when they first appeared; and both make some conscious effort to blur the boundaries between fiction and fact (hence, my use of the hyphenated prefix "pseudo-"ethnography). At the same time, their starkly different representations of the glas naroda highlight the shift in the relative currency of competing discourses during the 1920s.


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China PMI surveys point to ongoing recovery
Published: Nov. 1, 2012 at 3:42 a.m. ET
Chris Oliver
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) – China's manufacturing activity rose to a multi-month high in October, according to rival business surveys released on Thursday, bolstering the view that the world's second largest economy has turned the corner.
Underscoring the improvement, gauges of new orders tracked by the government and a rival private sector survey both showed conditions were expansionary.
The official Purchasing Managers' Index, released by the National Bureau of Statistics along with the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, printed at 50.2 on a 100-point scale, compared to 49.8 in September, but slightly lower than expectations of 50.3 in a Reuters poll of economists.
The private-sector PMI released by HSBC, indicated activity firming to an eight-month high of 49.5, up from a final reading of 47.9 in September, and higher than an initial "flash" survey of 49.1 released last week.
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A reading below the 50 midpoint indicates contraction, while a reading above that level indicates conditions are expanding.
New orders rose to 50.4 in October, from 49.8 in September, while new export orders saw improvement at 49.3, up from 48.8 in September, but still below levels that indicate expansion, according to the government survey.
The HSBC PMI survey, which tends to focus more on small-and-medium-sized companies, said its new orders subindex showed expansion for the first time in a year, with survey respondents saying the improvement was driven in part by interest from a new customer base.
Tempering the result, however, new export orders signaled contraction for a sixth straight month, with demand from the U.S. and Europe remaining weak, according to HSBC.
"China's industrial activity continues to bottom out following a modest pickup last month," HSBC economist Hongbin Qu said in a note accompanying the PMI. "This is mainly driven by the increase of new orders, thanks to the filtering-through of the earlier easing measures, while exports outlook remains challenging."
Bank of America–Merrill Lynch analyst Ting Lu said companies were continuing to draw down inventories of finished goods and raw materials, though there were signs the situation was beginning to improve.
"We reckon that the acceleration of output growth was mainly driven by restocking and rising fixed asset investment demand thanks to policy easing and improved confidence," Lu said.
He added that the overall picture was one of improvement. The stock market, he said, did not adequately reflect the recovery underway in industrial production and improvements in GDP, noting that China's economic growth number would slightly bolstered by the comparatively weak base for the year-earlier period.
China stocks were up sharply in the wake of the PMI releases, with the Shanghai Composite index 000001, -1.93% rising 1.8%, compared to a 0.1% gain in the early going. Hong Kong 's Hang Seng Index HSI, +1.05% was up 0.7%, reversing from a 0.3% decline in early trading.
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76ers, Embiid agree on 5-year, $148M extension
By DAN GELSTONOctober 10, 2017 GMT
FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2017, file photo, Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid poses for a photograph during media day at the NBA basketball team's practice facility, in Camden, N.J. Philadelphia bet its future on Embiid, signing one of the more talented, yet injury-prone, players in the game to a league maximum contract extension. A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that Embiid and the Sixers have agreed on a $148 million, five-year extension and it could increase even more if the 7-foot center reaches certain incentives. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, because the contract has not been officially announced.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 76ers have put their trust in Joel Embiid.
Philadelphia bet its future on Embiid, signing one of the more talented, yet injury-prone, players in the game to a league maximum contract extension. Embiid and the Sixers agreed on a $148 million, five-year extension and it could increase even more if the 7-foot center reaches certain incentives.
The extension confirmed Tuesday starts with the 2018-19 season. He'll make $6.1 million this season in the final year of his rookie deal.
Embiid tweeted a photo of himself early Tuesday with the caption, "The Process to be Continued......I LOVE YOU PHILADELPHIA #5MoreYears."
"I'm so thrilled to be in this position," Embiid said. "I want to thank ownership, management, the coaches and most of all the fans, for supporting me throughout this whole process. I love this city and I'm so, so, so, so excited to be spending my next five years here and hopefully the rest of my career, God willing. Trust 'The Process.'"
Embiid's career has been riddled with injuries dating to his college career at Kansas and all three seasons with the Sixers. Embiid, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2014 draft, played only 31 games last season and had minor surgery in March to repair a torn meniscus in his knee. He has yet play a preseason game.
"He's a difference maker," coach Brett Brown said Monday. "He has a chance to be great. There's still lots of work to be done. When you look at his body of work ... he's really only been playing basketball for six years, he's just scratching the surface."
The 23-year-old Embiid, a native of Cameroon, was only recently cleared to participate in 5-on-5 drills. But the Sixers must feel confident enough in his health to offer him the max deal.
Or worried enough to lose him down the line without striking a deal.
"Joel is only scratching the surface, but he has all the potential and promise to go down as one of the all-time greats to wear a Sixers jersey," team president Bryan Colangelo said. "Ownership's willingness to extend this contract reflects our collective belief in Joel Embiid and a reinforced commitment to building a championship-level basketball program."
With his social media savvy and dominant offensive game, Embiid has become an instant fan favorite in Philadelphia. He's recently been spotted at Eagles games cheering on winning kicks and been caught on tape by fans running the city streets and playing late-night tennis.
But his popularity hasn't matched his production. The Sixers slapped him with minutes restrictions in his rookie season, even when he was healthy. The Sixers also held Embiid out for at least one game in back-to-back sets and his limited playing time was one reason he wasn't a strong candidate to win Rookie of the Year. He averaged 20.2 points and 7.8 rebounds last season.
He helped the Sixers win eight of 10 games in one stretch in January, a stunning run for a team that won 10 games the previous season.
Embiid had 32 points and seven rebounds in a Jan. 27 game against Houston and hasn't played or practiced since his he was hurt.
Embiid had adopted "The Process" as a nickname and was introduced as such as part of the pregame lineup festivities. Embiid waves his arms and exhorts fans to get louder as they chant "Trust the Process!"
The Sixers are counting on Embiid and No. 1 overall picks Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz to carry the team from the bottom of the league into an Eastern Conference playoff team.
The Sixers will be protected in the deal if Embiid continues to deal with injuries that have him more on track to become the next Greg Oden instead of the next Anthony Davis.
But the flashes of brilliance have convinced Colangelo and ownership that Embiid was worth the risk.
"In the time that he has been on the floor, we have seen him change completely the gym," Brown. "He does it with just his physical presence. He does it with a defensive mindset. And he does it with an offensive target that's different than anything else we have."
He didn't pick up a basketball until a few years ago, when a friend informed him that very few 7-footers succeed in soccer. A few months later, Embiid was lured to a basketball camp in the capital of Yaounde run by NBA veteran Luc Mbah a Moute, one of just two players from Cameroon to have played in the NBA.
Mbah a Moute persuaded Embiid's parents to let him move 6,000 miles to Florida, and helped enroll him at Montverde Academy, one of the best high school programs in the country.
He played just 28 games in his lone season at Kansas and 31 in three years with the Sixers — 59 games that matter in four years, worth $148 million and counting.
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Networks versus Markets in International Trade
by James E. Rauch - Journal of International Economics , 1999
"... I propose a network/search view of international trade in differentiated products. I present evidence that supports the view that proximity and common language/colonial ties are more important for differentiated products than for products traded on organized exchanges in matching international buyer ..."
I propose a network/search view of international trade in differentiated products. I present evidence that supports the view that proximity and common language/colonial ties are more important for differentiated products than for products traded on organized exchanges in matching international
What Do We Know about Capital Structure? Some Evidence from International Data
by Raghuram G. Rajan, Luigi Zingales, James Seward - Journal of Finance , 1995
"... We investigate the determinants of capital structure choice by analyzing the financing decisions of public firms in the major industrialized countries. At an aggregate level, firm leverage is fairly similar across the G-7 countries. We find that factors identified by previous studies as correlated i ..."
We investigate the determinants of capital structure choice by analyzing the financing decisions of public firms in the major industrialized countries. At an aggregate level, firm leverage is fairly similar across the G-7 countries. We find that factors identified by previous studies as correlated in the cross-section with firm leverage in the U.S., are similarly correlated in other countries as well. However, a deeper examination of the U.S. and foreign evidence suggests that the theoretical underpinnings of the observed correlations are still largely unresolved.
The Elements of Statistical Learning -- Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
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Limma: linear models for microarray data
by Gordon K. Smyth, Matthew Ritchie, Natalie Thorne, James Wettenhall, Wei Shi - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Solutions using R and Bioconductor , 2005
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The modern industrial revolution, exit, and the failure of internal control systems
by Michael C. Jensen - JOURNAL OF FINANCE , 1993
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While recently speaking at the Net Impact Event, ARUP's Kate Dunham told the crowd that she felt there were three constraints that limited China's potential for adopting sustainability:
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Birth: July 1, 1938
Richard "Dick" Rutan
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder in Athletes
Professional athletes stand out among the rest of the population due to their incredible dedication to their chosen sport. Some have argued that narcissistic personality disorder is more prevalent in collegiate and professional athletes, as many traits of narcissistic personality disorder also appear in the mindset of dedicated, professional athletes. This is a sample research paper that goes into depth regarding the relationship between NPD and professional athletes.
There has been a fair amount of speculation regarding the prevalence of narcissistic personality disorder among athletes. Some have argued the connection between athletes and narcissism is due to the fact an individual with narcissistic personality disorder display many of the personality traits and characteristics of athletes. A narcissist can be male or female, and they see themselves as highly important, deserving of special treatment and recognition. These traits, in particular, have also been associated with both collegiate and professional athletes.
However, narcissists also often display an overall inability to feel empathy and a complete lack of regard for other people. While these traits may be attributed to some athletes, it is unclear whether there is a disproportionate amount of narcissists in athletics than not in athletics. Based on the available research, it is highly probably that there is a higher proportion of athlete narcissists than non-athlete narcissists.
Narcissism in collegiate and professional athletes
When discussing the possibility of narcissistic personality disorder in athletes, the research pertains specifically to collegiate and professional level athletes. According to Leonard Polakiewicz, author of Anton Chekhov's 'The Princess': Diagnosis – Narcissistic Personality Disorder (2007),
"symptoms of narcissism may emerge during childhood or adolescence. However, the negative consequences of narcissism may not be fully revealed until early adulthood" (Polakiewicz, 2007).
It is difficult to diagnosis personality disorders such as narcissism in children and adolescents because many of the features of narcissism are comparable to normal traits of an immature child or adolescent, and has traits similar to ADD, or ADHD in children. For example, one of the diagnosable characteristics of narcissistic personality disorder is "the individual has a grandiose sense of self-importance" which is a common characteristic found in adolescence. Despite the inability to diagnose narcissistic personality disorder in childhood and adolescence, research has revealed factors that positively and negatively effect the development of narcissism in young adults.
According to Ibrahim Gungor, Halil Eksi, and Osman Aricak, authors of Value Preferences Predicting Narcissistic Personality Traits in Young Adults (2012),
"power, success, hedonism and excitation have a positive effect on the develop of narcissism. Grungor, Eksi, and Aricak came to this conclusion after utilizing the "Narcissistic Personality Inventory" and the "Schwartz's Value Scale" to collect data from 223 young people "(2012).
Their research added to what is currently understood about narcissism by revealing indicating factors to watch for in children. Applying this information to student athletes, the early success in sports aids in the development of narcissism in collegiate and professional athletes. This is particularly true when student athletes receive a high level of attention and praise from their athletic performances.
Although narcissistic personality disorder is more prevalent in males, collegiate and professional athletes displaying narcissistic personality disorder may be male or female. Despite this, the majority of the research on narcissism and narcissism in athletes has been conducted primarily on males. The lack of research on female athletes makes the ability to connect narcissism and female athletes nearly impossible.
Leonard Polakiewicz's article, is the only article found that specifically addresses the diagnosis of narcissism in females. Although it is fair to say, both female and male athletes may be more prone to narcissism, this study will address male athletes, due to the inadequate information on female athletes and females with narcissistic personality disorder.
Demographics of concern for narcissism
They age range of athletes being considered from 18 on up. Although there is no maximum age for displays of narcissism in athletes, research has found that borderline narcissistic personality disorder does diminish with age. According to Kubartch et al, authors of, Measurement non-invariance of DSM-IV narcissistic personality disorder criteria across age and sex in a population-based sample of Norwegian twins (2010),
"older participants required a higher baseline level of narcissism. According to their research, individuals with narcissistic personality disorder can "grow out' of their symptoms such as feelings of grandiosity, preoccupation with fantasies, and lack of empathy through the development of life experiences and positive relationships "(Kubartach et al., 2010).
Younger adult participants display a high level of these symptoms regardless of their level of narcissistic personality disorder, while older participants required a higher level of narcissistic personality disorder in order to maintain the symptoms over time. The age range of narcissistic behavior also correlates with the age range of most athletes. Due to the extreme physical nature of professional sports, there are not many professional athletes that continue playing into their 40s and 50s.
The understanding and diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder is difficult, to say the least, which affects the ability to solid determine how many people suffer from the disorder. According to Cheryl Nelson, author of Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Not Even a Diagnosis in 2013, despite recent changes in the DSM diagnosis guide, narcissists display very clear and definable symptoms.
According to Nelson,
"narcissists, need constant attention and admiration, they are preoccupied with delusions of "unlimited success, power, brilliance or ideal love" (2013).
The change Nelson is referring to in her article is the absence of narcissistic personality disorder as an official diagnosis. This change makes an already difficult diagnosis even harder because physicians will need to attribute the symptoms to another personality disorder, which may or may not truly fit the situation.
The difficulty in diagnosing narcissistic personality disorder has been solidly examined by Kernberg and Yeomans in their article,
"Borderline personality disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and narcissistic personality disorder: Practical differential diagnosis" (2013).
Kernberg and Yeomans explore why narcissism may be difficult to diagnose, as well as what features differentiate narcissism from other personality disorders. According to Kernberg and Yeomans,
"Erroneous diagnostic conclusions have frequently been reached, particularly in the case of patients with strong negativistic features, who refuse or are unable to provide adequate information about themselves" (2013).
Essentially, individuals with narcissism are more inclined to lie about themselves because preserving the image they wish to maintain controls their thinking. They are unable to admit to things that may cause others to view them negatively. Individuals with borderline narcissistic personality disorder will
"mask fragmentation and weakness under a brittle and fragile grandiose self that they present to the world" (Kernberg & Yeomans, 2013).
Although individuals with severe narcissist personality disorder may lie about themselves, they will be unable to hide their actions. Their disorder will cause them to be impulsive, create chaos within al their relationships, and be unable to maintain an intimate relationship or hold down a job (Kernberg & Yeomans, 2013). There are some features that Kernberg and Yeomans assert differential narcissistic personality disorder.
These include difficulty or inability to accept dependant relationships and
"extreme fluctuations between feelings of inferiority and failure with a sense of superiority and grandiosity" (Kernberg & Yeomans, 2013).
However, this assertion is debatable since these "differentiating" factors can also be attributed to antisocial personality disorder and bipolar personality disorder.
Nine primary characteristics of narcissists
Although narcissistic personality disorder has been described in many different ways by the available research, the official diagnosis, prior to being removed from the DSM, involved observable displays of five of the following nine characteristics.
the individual has a grandiose sense of self-importance;
the individual is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success;
the individual believes he/she is special and unique;
the individual requires excessive admiration;
the individual has a sense of entitlement;
the individual is interpersonally exploitative;
the individual lacks empathy;
the individual is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her; and
the individual shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes (Polakieaicz, 2007).
These are the official features of narcissistic personality disorder, as well as the characteristics being assigned to collegiate and professional athletes by those suggesting a higher proportion of narcissists in collegiate and professional athletics than not.
The difficulty in diagnosing narcissistic personality disorder also makes it difficult to equate narcissism with athletes. Greg Jayne, a sports editor for The Columbian, made waves in 2012 when he asserted,
"the be great, particularly in an individual sport and in an age of saturation media coverage, an extreme level of self-centeredness is a prerequisite" (Jayne, 2012).
In his article, he goes on to explain that essentially all great athletes are also narcissists, and that is they were not narcissist, they would likely also not be great athletes.
"The greatest athletes, the ones who have a pathological need for domination, have something in their DNA that goes beyond their physical gifts and helps them transcend their sport" (Jayne, 2012).
He sites Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordon, Barry Bonds, and Tiger Woods as examples within his argument.
Mental disorders in athletes
When of the many people who dispute Jayne's assertions was Kirk Mango, writer for Chicago Now. Mango, author of Is Narcissism Simply Part of Being a Great Athlete, a "Star? (2012), disagrees with Jayne by citing multiple athletes, who have become known for their generosity and charitable work. Although charitable work may be a testament to their good nature, it could also be a display of their narcissism.
As stated earlier, narcissists are obsessed with how they are viewed by the world. For some, this may be a view of them as genuinely good people. Additionally, being a charitable person gains a great deal of positive media attention, which would feed into the needs of a narcissist. Although this may not be the case, it does challenge the validity of Mango's argument. Mango also challenges Jayne's inclusion of former boxing champion, Muhammad Ali as a narcissist.
Mango asserts that because Ali was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, he could not be a narcissist. However, Ali also became famous for his grandiose and self-inflating comments, such as
"I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was" and "I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark"
It is unclear whether Ali was a narcissist or not, however, arguing that he was or was not based on isolated comments or situations is inefficient and creates an invalid argument. It is highly possible that Ali displayed borderline narcissism, which would be supported by the fact his narcissistic behavior diminished with age.
Narcissistic athletes and performance
Although Jayne did not offer effective or valid arguments in favor of great athletes needing to be narcissists, he may be closer to the truth. According to research recently published by Bangor University's Institute for the Psychology of Elite Performance (IPEP), narcissistic athletes will perform better and even thrive in stressful situations (Evans, 2012).
This supports the idea that great success within sports is more about personality that athletic ability and it would explain why some athletes seem more likely to "choke" under high pressure situations than others. Dr. Ross Roberts, a lecturer at IPEP, stated,
"We think the reason why narcissists thrive in these stressful situations is because when they receive excel under these circumstances; they receive the admiration and adulation that they crave" (Evans, 2012).
This also explains why some of the greatest athletes were either in individual sports or not seen as "team players." A narcissist would be unable to share the glory of the victory. Additionally, a narcissistic athlete will be more likely to blame failures on other members of the team or other external factors. Whether the level of narcissism is high or borderline, most of the great athletes display narcissistic characteristics.
Some have argued the perception of athletes as narcissist is simply a stereotype enforced by the media. Willie Elman and Stuart McKelvie sought to verify whether the association was a stereotype of a reality. They published their findings in their article, Narcissism in Football Players: Stereotype or Reality? (2003). In their study, they studied the level of narcissism in collegiate football players, collegiate athletes in other sports, as well as the perception of narcissism in football players by non-athlete students.
They found there was a higher level of narcissism in football players than collegiate athletes in other sports. However, they also found that the level of narcissism in the football players was lower than the perceived narcissism by the non-athlete students (Elman & McKelvie, 2003). In their study, the non-athlete students described the collegiate athletes as acting superior, entitled, and self-important. While this research suggests that the level of narcissism is a stereotype, the determination of narcissism in the athletes was based on self-reported data. Previous research has already determined that narcissists are likely to lie about their behavior in order to maintain their image. It is distinctly possible that the determined levels of narcissism are not completely accurate due to misreported data.
Connection Between Narcissism and Sexual Aggression
There have also been studies done on the connection between narcissist personality disorder and sexual aggression. Similarly to other areas of research on narcissism, the answer to this research question is dependant on the level of narcissism and the narcissistic characteristics being displayed. Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Brian Enjaian, and Lauren Essa, authors iof The Role of Narcissistic Personality Features in Sexual Aggression (2013), conducted a study consisting of 170 male undergraduates on narcissistic features and sexual aggression.
Of the 170 males, 41 admitted to sexual aggressive behavior but not rape, 3 admitted to attempted rape, and 14 admitted to rape. These results are consistent with other research in the area of sexual aggression. When comparing the results on sexual aggressive behavior with their results on narcissistic features, they found that while features such as entitlement and willingness to exploit were positively associated with sexual aggression, grandiosity was negatively associated with sexual aggression (Zeigler-Hill, Enjaian, & Essa, 2013).
This, in part, may be attributed to the fact that those featuring grandiosity are more concerned with image and appearances that those highly drawn to exploiting others. The connections between narcissistic features and sexual aggression can also be used to make connections between athletes and narcissism. Although sexually aggressive behavior may not dominate athletes, the repeated and frequent incidents of sexual aggression among athletes, both collegiate and professional, can not be denied. In addition to sexually aggressive behavior, the levels of promiscuity among many athletes can be attributed to their sense of entitlement.
Defense Mechanism?
Research also suggests that the features of narcissistic personality disorder are actually defense mechanism brought on by the underlying personality disorder. J. Perry, Michelle Presnick, and Trevor Olson, authors of Defense Mechanisms in Schizotypal, Borderline, Antisocial, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders (2013), define defense mechanisms as
"the automatic psychological responses that individuals use in response to anxiety and internal or external stress and conflict."
Through their research, they sought to identify the defense mechanisms that are most highly associated with specific personality disorders. The specific defenses they were able to associate with narcissistic personality disorder were
"omnipotence, idealization, devaluation, denial, rationalization, fantasy, and splitting". Although not a direct association, they also found a positive association between narcissistic personality disorder and "sublimation, intellectualization, dissociation, projection, projective identification and acting out" (Perry, Presnick & Olson, 2013).
These defense mechanism add to the research available on a narcissist response to stress, pressure, criticism, and rejection. These are the types of things that cause them to act out and prominently display the features of narcissism. Although research has found that this can be positive in athletes because it makes them excel in their sport, it is also what leads to sexual aggression and other highly negative behaviors.
Although there is no clear conclusion that narcissistic personality disorder is more prominent in athletes than non-athletes, the available research is makes the conclusion highly suggestible. Although being an athlete does not lead to or cause narcissism, it appears that those inclined to narcissistic features are more likely to go into athletics. The research on narcissism is clear that narcissists crave attention and admiration from others.
They need to feel superior and overall highly important. Even at a young age, sports provide that needed level of attention. Children prone to narcissistic behavior will be drawn to excelling in sports for increased attention. The cycle of excelling in sports and getting more attention does not end. The better an athlete becomes, the more attention he or she receives. This cycle is what drives many narcissists into collegiate and professional athletics.
A more definitive answer may be found by conducting research on current and past professional athletes to determine the levels of narcissism found. This research would need to take into consideration both self-reported data, as well as observable behavior in order to get an accurate assessment. Once a proportion of athletes displaying narcissism is determined, that percentage could then be compared to the overall percentage of society displaying narcissistic features.
Although the lack of diagnoses and the prevalence of misdiagnosis continue to prevent accurate reporting, this would provide a more accurate conclusion regarding the prevalence of narcissism in athletes, opposed to non-athletes. This would add to the overall research on personality disorders by providing a specific population to be studied. Additionally, being able to further study how narcissism is related to athletic success could add to the information on narcissism treatment.
Helping individuals channel their energy into something positive may ward off the negative consequences of narcissism, at least for a period of time. For those with borderline narcissism, the features would diminish with age, which would work in favor of more targeted treatment. Despite the possibilities, it is unlikely that those suffering from severe narcissistic personality disorder would be helped by any level of treatment.
Elman, W., & McKlevie, S. (2003). Narcissism in Football Players: Stereotype or Reality? . Athletic Insight, 5(1), 38-46. Retrieved March 26, 2013, from http://www.athleticinsight.com/Vol5Iss1/NarcissismPDF.pdf
Evans, G. (2012, May 2). Narcissism 'boosts' athletes' performance, study finds. WalesOnline – Welsh news, sports, politics, business, jobs and lifestyle in Wales. Retrieved March 27, 2013, from http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/05/02/narcissism-boosts-athletes-performance-study-finds-91466-30880237/
Gungor, I., Eksi, H., & Aricak, O. (2012). Value Preferences Predicting Narcissistic Personality Traits in Young Adults. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 12(2), 1281-1290.
Jayne, G. (2012, April 1). Jayne: Narcissism runs in sports stars | The Columbian. The Columbian – Serving Clark County, Washington | The Columbian. Retrieved March 27, 2013, from http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/apr/01/narcissism-runs-in-sports-stars/
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Kubarych, T., Aggen, S., Kendler, K., Torgersen, S., Reichborn-Kjennerud, T., & Neale, M. (2010). Measurement non-invariance of DSM-IV narcissistic personality disorder criteria across age and sex in a population based sample of Norwegian twins. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 19(3), 156-166.
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50 Years Ago in Hockey – Favourites Take Openers
By Rick Cole April 2nd, 2015
The Stanley Cup playoffs opened last night in Detroit and Montreal and went pretty much as scripted, with the favoured Canadiens and Red Wings posting victories. Both games were close, decided by one goal as Montreal edged Toronto 3-2 while Detroit got by Chicago 4-3.
Ullman's late goal does it
Norm Ullman's goal with less that five minutes left in regulation time snapped a 3-3 tie and gave the Detroit Red Wings a come-from-behind 4-3 win over the Chicago Black Hawks in the first game of their best-of-seven Stanley Cup semi-final series, Ullman's goal came just two minutes after Alex Delvecchio had tied the game.
Norm Ullman's late goal gave Detroit game 1.
Detroit grabbed the early lead at 12:52 of the first period thanks to a tally by Floyd Smith, off passes from Ron Murphy and Ullman. Bobby Hull came back about four minutes later to even the count at 1-1.
Early in the second period Phil Esposito, who had set up Hull's goal, connected for one of his own to put the Black Hawks up by one. Hull had an assist on his centreman's marker. Delvecchio's first of the night just before the 12-minute mark of the middle frame tied it back up at two.
Nesterenko penalty a turning point
Just over a minute into the third period, Chicago's Chico Maki cashed a Bobby Hull pass to put Chicago ahead once again. That lead lasted until Delvecchio's second of the night tied it up on a power play with the Hawks' Eric Nesterenko in the penalty box.
Eric Nesterenko's penalty allowed Detroit to tie the game.
Chicago general manager Tommy Ivan was very upset with the call on Nesterenko.
"It wasn't a good call. Sure they scored the winner afterward, but they had to get the tying goal before they got the winner, didn't they?"
The play that resulted in the penalty saw Gordie Howe skating into the Chicago zone to retrieve a pass from Bill Gadsby. Howe and Nesterenko collided, although not particularly severely (neither player went down). Referee John Ashley decided to send the lanky Chicago right-winger off for interference.
Chicago coach Billy Reay was disappointed to see his team come out on the short end of the score despite a solid effort.
"I thought we played well enough to win, but I guess it wasn't enough."
Hull Hawks' best
Bobby Hull was Chicago's best player with a hand in all three goals. He appeared to get stronger as the game wore on after being listed as a doubtful started due to a knee injury.
Hull and Ullman had a couple of run-ins, with one of them leading to the winning goal. Just after the two of them had gone off for roughing (with Hull suffering a facial cut), they came out of the penalty box and renewed hostilities. Hull knocked Ullman down in the Chicago zone. As the Chicago left winger skated away, Ullman skated to the Chicago goal and was fed a perfect pass by the Wings' Parker MacDonald. Ullman took the pass and whirled around, firing a quick backhand shot up and over Chicago goalie Glenn Hall.
Hull maintained that Ullman should have been given a major penalty for their fracas. Ashley had put both off for roughing, and rejected Hull's argument that Ullman's stick had cut him. Had Ullman been given the major, he wouldn't have been on the ice for the winner.
"He should have had the major but Ashley didn't agree with me. He might have given it to him if he had called it highsticking."
Ullman agreed that he and Hull had an exchange of high sticks.
"Hull hit me with the high stick once, and then he hit me again. So I hit him back."
Rookie goalie Roger Crozier admitted to being "a little jittery" in his first Stanley Cup appearance. He was extremely glad to get that first win under his belt.
Habs win a rough one
At Montreal, the puck seemed to be a secondary consideration for much of the game as the Canadiens edged Toronto in a rough contest in which Toronto seemed to be focused on brutalizing Montreal at every possible opportunity. Unfortunately for the Leafs, as Montreal coach Toe Blake had predicted, they were unable to run the swifter, smaller Habs out of the rink.
Referee Vern Buffey was kept busy all night, calling 75 minutes in penalties. These included a match penalty to Kent Douglas and a major to Frank Mahovlich for various stick assaults on Montreal players.
Douglas' match penalty was the result of a first-period stick-swinging duel with Montreal's Dave Balon. Douglas sent Balon to the ice with a baseball-like swing that connected with Balon's skull. Balon had started the duel when he swung his cue at Douglas. Balon missed the Leaf defenceman but did graze linesman Matt Pavlich. Surprisingly, he received only a minor for that transgression.
Kent Douglas
Another brawl, in the second period, resulted in an even more egregious officiating foul-up. After the game, referee Buffey and NHL president Clarence Campbell admitted that a timekeeping error deprived Toronto of a two-minute man advantage, instead leaving them short-handed for three minutes.
Toronto coach Punch Imlach was livid during the game as his players tried to point out Buffey's error, and had not cooled down after the contest.
"Buffey made a farce of the game from the start. And what I have to say could cost me $1,000 but I have to say it.
"In the second period he has a delayed penalty on Canadiens (Ralph Backstrom). A free-for-all breaks out and Jim Roberts comes off the bench and joins in.
Jim Roberts started the controversy by leaving the Montreal bench to join the fight.
"We draw two majors, one to Pete Stemkowski, the guy Roberts tackled. They get only one major and Roberts gets off with a 10-minute misconduct. That means that when the delayed penalty comes into effect, we're a man short instead of Canadiens. So I figure I lost at least four minutes.
"Buffey could have got off the hook by handing both sides two majors. But he has to get fancy and I'm right in the middle of it.
"What about that major to Tim Horton in the first period? He accidentally clips Roberts, draws blood and is given five minutes. And Roberts doesn't miss a turn on the ice. That's the worst refereed game I ever saw and I've had Frank Udvari a few times."
Imlach went on to describe an incident when Douglas left the ice after being banished by Buffey. As he exited the ice surface, he was allegedly punched my Montreal great Rocket Richard.
"And Douglas got a match penalty for retaliating while Dave Balon, the guy who started the stick-swinging, got off with a minor, Then when Douglas was leaving the rink, Maurice Richard reached out of his box and punched him on the head."
Buffey said that during all the commotion and multitude of penalties, which included the mistaken assessment to Roberts who had left the Montreal bench to join the fray, things became confused.
Montreal coach Toe Blake wasn't happy with Imlach and escalated what will surely be a war of words as the series progresses.
"If Imlach feels that way about hockey, why doesn't he come right out on the ice and throw punches. I'd take a punch at him right now if he was here.
"If the Leafs want to play it that rough, I've got some pretty rough boys I haven't even let go yet. The way the Leafs were playing, no one could play decent hockey."
As for the hockey itself, Bobby Rousseau was the hero for the Habs, scoring the game-winning goal with seven and a half minutes left in regulation time.
Bobby Rousseau scored the game-winner.
Canadiens had jumped out to a 2-0 first-period lead on goals by Henri Richard and Ralph Backstrom. After a scoreless second period, Dickie Moore and Carl Brewer drew Toronto even in the first half of the final frame.
Rousseau's game-winner came on a brilliant pass by captain Jean Beliveau while Toronto defenceman Tim Horton was serving one of only two third period minor penalties.
"Jean gave me a perfect pass", said Rousseau after the game. "I got the shot away before falling into the boards and I believe it hit the inside of the goalie's pads."
Toronto goalie Johnny Bower played a great game in a losing cause, making 35 saves. Charlie Hodge stopped 22 Toronto drives for Canadiens.
Smythe seeks change in Draft Rule
Toronto Maple Leafs president Stafford Smythe will seek a change in the NHL rules to enable teams to protect three goaltenders in the summer draft instead of just two.
Existing rules now call for each team to protect 18 skaters and two goalkeepers. Players not protected can be claimed by any other NHL club for $30,000 each.
Smythe is motivated by the fact that his team has three NHL-quality goaltenders – Johnny Bower Terry Sawchuk and Gerry Cheevers, who starred this season at Rochester of the AHL. However, Smythe gives a logical explanation for a rule change.
Leafs don't want to lose Gerry Cheevers in the draft this summer.
"The league now insists we carry two goalies, so if we can protect only two, it means we can't insure ourselves of a competent spare, or if we do, we risk losing of the NHL regulars.
"Look at the mess Boston got into. They protected Ed Johnston and Jack Norris, and lost their only other youngster (George Gardner) to Detroit. That gave us a chance to get Sawchuk, but left Detroit without a capable reserve.
"And when Johnston got hurt, Bruins had to borrow Gary Smith from us to back up Norris."
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    });
  });

  describe('with touch events enabled', () => {
    const hasTouchEvents = OdoDevice.HAS_TOUCH_EVENTS;

    beforeEach(() => {
      OdoDevice.HAS_TOUCH_EVENTS = true;
    });

    afterEach(() => {
      OdoDevice.HAS_TOUCH_EVENTS = hasTouchEvents;
    });

    it('will initialize ScrollFix', () => {
      const id = ScrollFix.add(element);

      expect(ScrollFix._fixes.size).to.equal(1);

      ScrollFix.remove(id);
    });

    it('can prevent default', () => {
      const id = ScrollFix.add(element);
      const instance = ScrollFix._fixes.get(id);
      const touchmove = getFakeTouchEvent(0, 0, 'touchmove');
      const spy = sinon.spy(touchmove, 'preventDefault');
      instance._preventDefault(touchmove);
      expect(spy.calledOnce).to.be.true;
      ScrollFix.remove(id);
    });

    it('will save touch start values', () => {
      const id = ScrollFix.add(element);
      const instance = ScrollFix._fixes.get(id);

      const touchstart = getFakeTouchEvent(100, 200, 'touchstart');
      instance._onTouchStart(touchstart);
      expect(instance.startY).to.equal(200);
      expect(instance.scrollY).to.equal(0);

      ScrollFix.remove(id);
    });

    it('will calculate values on touch move', () => {
      const id = ScrollFix.add(element);
      const instance = ScrollFix._fixes.get(id);
      let touchmove;
      let spyPrevent;
      let spyPropagation;

      // Set the first values.
      instance._onTouchStart(getFakeTouchEvent(100, 100, 'touchstart'));

      // Scroll up 30px (out of range).
      touchmove = getFakeTouchEvent(100, 130, 'touchmove');
      spyPrevent = sinon.spy(touchmove, 'preventDefault');
      spyPropagation = sinon.spy(touchmove, 'stopPropagation');
      instance._onTouchMove(touchmove);
      expect(spyPrevent.callCount).to.equal(1);
      expect(spyPropagation.callCount).to.equal(0);

      // Scroll down 10px (in range).
      touchmove = getFakeTouchEvent(100, 90, 'touchmove');
      spyPrevent = sinon.spy(touchmove, 'preventDefault');
      spyPropagation = sinon.spy(touchmove, 'stopPropagation');
      instance._onTouchMove(touchmove);
      expect(spyPrevent.callCount).to.equal(0);
      expect(spyPropagation.callCount).to.equal(1);

      // Move past total scroll height (200px).
      touchmove = getFakeTouchEvent(100, 301, 'touchmove');
      spyPrevent = sinon.spy(touchmove, 'preventDefault');
      spyPropagation = sinon.spy(touchmove, 'stopPropagation');
      instance._onTouchMove(touchmove);
      expect(spyPrevent.callCount).to.equal(1);
      expect(spyPropagation.callCount).to.equal(0);

      ScrollFix.remove(id);
    });
  });
});

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text:
Mongolostegus exspectabilis is een plantenetende ornithischische dinosauriër, behorende tot de Stegosauria, die tijdens het Vroeg-Krijt (Aptien-Albien) leefde in het gebied van het huidige Mongolië.

Vondst en naamgeving
In 1981 vond Sergej Michailjowitsj Koerzanow tijdens de Sovjet-Mongoolse Expeditie bij Chamrin-Oes het skelet van een stegosauriër. De vondst werd in 2005 en 2012 door Wladimir Alifanow gemeld in de literatuur. In 2014 benoemde Roman Oelanski het specimen als een derde soort van Wuerhosaurus: Wuerhosaurus mongoliensis. Dat deed hij echter in een niet-gearchiveerde elektronische publicatie zodat de naam een ongeldige nomen non rite publicatum bleef.

In 2018 werd de typesoort Mongolostegus exspectabilis benoemd en beschreven door Tatjana Toemanowa en Alifanow. De geslachtsnaam verbindt een verwijzing naar Mongolië met het Oudgrieks στέγος, stegos, "dak", wat weer een verwijzing is naar Stegosaurus. De soortaanduiding is het fout gespelde Latijnse expectabilis, "lang verwacht", omdat de uiteindelijke geldige benoeming zo lang op zich liet wachten.

Het holotype, PIN, no. 3779-15, is gevonden in een laag van de Dzunbainformatie die dateert uit het Aptien-Albien. Het bestaat uit een gedeeltelijk skelet zonder schedel. Bewaard zijn gebleven: het linkerschaambeen, de rechtse processus praepubicus, een sacrale rib, een sacrocaudale wervel, de vijf voorste staartwervels en verdere fragmenten van het bekken.

Beschrijving
Mongolostegus is een middelgrote soort. De zes gevonden wervels zijn samen negentien centimeter lang. Het schaambeen is ongeveer negentig centimeter lang wat wijst op een lichaamslengte van zo'n vijf meter.

De beschrijvers wisten enkele onderscheidende kenmerken vast te stellen. Bij de staartwervels is het doornuitsteeksel anderhalf maal zo hoog als het wervellichaam. De staartwervels zijn korter dan breed. De spitsen van de doornuitsteeksels zijn niet verbreed en ook niet voorzien van een lengtegroeve. Bij de eerste vijf staartwervels staan de doornuitsteeksels naar achteren gericht. In de start is het ruggenmergkanaal tamelijk breed. Van de vierde staartwervel af zijn de voorste gewrichtsuitsteeksels aanzienlijk naar voren verlengd. De zijuitsteeksels zijn achterwaarts geplaatst. De schacht van het schaambeen is massief gebouwd. De schacht heeft halverwege een ovale dwarsdoorsnede en in het achterste uiteinde een ronde dwarsdoorsnede. De bijdrage van het schaambeen aan het heupgewricht is aanzienlijk verdikt.

Fylogenie
De Russische onderzoekers hebben lang geaarzeld of het überhaupt wel om een stegosauriër ging. De vondst mist immers de kenmerkende rugplaten en staartstekels. Daarbij was er gedurende negentig jaar onderzoek nooit een stegosauriër in Mongolië aangetroffen. Het schaambeen bewijst echter dat het om een lid van de Ornithischia gaat. De staartwervels zijn evident niet van een lid van de Euornithopoda en ze zijn te hoog voor een lid van de Ankylosauria. Dat laat alleen de Stegosauria als mogelijkheid over. Ze plaatsten Mongolostegus in de Stegosauridae maar zonder een exacte cladistische analyse zodat de verwantschappen nog zeer onzeker zijn.

Literatuur
Alifanov, V.R., Tumanova, T.A., and Kurzanov, S.M., 2005, "First record of dinosaur in Mongolia", Priroda, 12: 61–63
R. Oelanski, 2014, Эволюция стегозавров (Dinosauria; Ornithischia), Dinologia, 2014: 1-35
Tumanova, T.A. & Alifanov, V.R. 2018. "First Record of Stegosaur (Ornithischia, Dinosauria) from the Aptian–Albian of Mongolia". Paleontological Journal, 52(14): 1771–1779

Stegosauria

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12th Round of Sino/US Trade Talks Falls Flat
Russia and Iran Expand Military Cooperation
Trump Replaces DNI Coats with More Extremist Hardliner
Published by Stephen Lendman at July 31, 2019
by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman)
Over a year of Sino/US trade talks failed to resolve major differences because of unacceptable Trump regime demands.
On matters of statecraft, China, Russia, Iran, and other countries have outwitted the US.
Sino/US disagreements have little to do with the trade deficit favoring China.
It exists because corporate America relocated much of its manufacturing and other operations to low-wage countries — permitted by US policymakers, responsible for transforming America into a nation unfit to live in, thirdworldized to benefit monied interests.
Irreconcilable structural issues are at the heart of Sino/US differences. They're all about China's growing political, economic, financial, and military clout.
It comes at the expense of US rage for global dominance, tolerating no challengers to its aim for dominion over planet earth, its resources and populations, a losing strategy.
Sovereign independent nations the US doesn't control are targeted for regime change. Republicans and undemocratic Dems want pro-Western puppet governance replacing their ruling authorities.
On Wednesday, Chinese and US negotiators met in Shanghai — the first discussion between both sides since talks collapsed in May.
Beginning with a Tuesday evening dinner, talks officially resumed Wednesday morning. Lasting half a day, no breakthroughs were achieved, none expected.
Ahead of the meeting, Trump slammed China with hostile disinformation, tweeting:
"China is doing very badly (sic), worst year in 27 – was supposed to start buying our agricultural product now – no signs that they are doing so (sic)."
"That is the problem with China, they just don't come through (sic). Our economy has become MUCH larger than the Chinese Economy is last 3 years (sic)."
"My team is negotiating with them now, but they always change the deal in the end to their benefit (sic)."
"(I)f & when I win (reelection), the deal that they get will be much tougher than what we are negotiating now…or no deal at all (sic). We have all the cards (sic), our past leaders never got it (sic)!"
According to Beijing's former commerce vice-minister Wei Jianguo, China's economic growth in Q II was better than expected at 6.2% — compared to annual US growth slowing to 2% and heading south.
International relations Professor Wang Yong said "China has started to buy soybeans (and other agricultural products) from the US, which could help Trump to counter domestic political pressure, meanwhile US tech firms have raised their voices to lobby the US…to loosen export controls on Huawei," adding:
"Wall Street bankers also hope to invest more in China. If both sides fail to reach a deal, they will lose China's market which is expected to further open up in the coming years."
Trump prioritizes whatever helps his reelection prospects. A pre-election deal with China in late summer/early fall 2020 would serve him best.
It's unattainable as long as his regime's demands remain unacceptable. In its latest edition, the Wall Street Journal noted that bilateral talks resumed "with no breakthroughs in sight."
On Wednesday, China's official People's Daily broadsheet referred to Trump's hostile Twitter storm without mentioning him by name, saying:
"(T)he drums of some Americans struck again on the side, disturbing the main melody — Showing weakness."
According to VM Markets Singapore managing partner Stephen Innes, "(w)hatever shred of optimism markets had about the ongoing trade negotiations were dealt as a severe blow when President Trump flew off the handle again at China for not buying American agricultural products."
Chinese academic Shen Dingli said Trump's tweets show he's "eager to get a deal. That shows his weakness."
China's Global Times commented on Trump's tweets, saying "(t)he US often makes unconstructive remarks when China-US trade talks are about to start. (The approach) never worked," adding:
All over the world, it is the US, not China, that has become the most difficult country to deal with on trade" and most everything else.
"The US has overthrown too many agreements and rules. How can the White House say China always changes the deal in the end to its benefit? It sounds like the US is talking about itself."
Time and again, maximum US pressure on other countries fails. It hasn't worked with Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Syria, Cuba, or Nicaragua.
It's a longterm losing strategy, making more enemies than friends. China, Russia, and other nations are rising.
Handsome is as handsome does is how Beijing and Moscow deal with other nations, stressing mutual cooperation and peace.
Stupid is as stupid does reflects Washington's counterproductive agenda, maintaining the trajectory of a nation in decline — despite throwing countless trillions of dollars at trying to stay dominant.
Warrior states are longterm losers, not winners. Imperial rage is self-defeating, a lesson US policymakers have yet to learn.
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Over 2,000 fetal remains found at ex-abortion doctor's home
Posted: Sep 14, 2019 / 11:30 AM HST / Updated: Sep 14, 2019 / 12:49 PM HST
This September 2014 photo shows Ulrich Klopfer. More than 2,200 medically preserved fetal remains have been found at the Illinois home of the former Indiana abortion clinic doctor who died last week. (South Bend Tribune via AP)
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — More than 2,000 medically preserved fetal remains have been found at the Illinois home of a former Indiana abortion clinic doctor who died last week, authorities said.
The Will County Sheriff's Office said in a news release late Friday that an attorney for Dr. Ulrich Klopfer's family contacted the coroner's office Thursday about possible fetal remains being found at the home in an unincorporated part of Will County in northeastern Illinois.
The sheriff's office said authorities found 2,246 preserved fetal remains but there's no evidence medical procedures were performed at the home.
The coroner's office took possession of the remains. An investigation is underway.
A message left Saturday seeking additional comment on the discovery was not returned by the Will County Sheriff's Office investigations department.
Klopfer, who died Sept. 3, was a longtime doctor at an abortion clinic in South Bend, Indiana. It closed after the state revoked the clinic's license in 2015. The Indiana State Department of Health had previously issued complaints against the clinic, accusing it of lacking a registry of patients, policies regarding medical abortion, and a governing body to determine policies.
The state agency also accused the clinic of failing to document that patients get state-mandated education at least 18 hours before an abortion.
Klopfer was believed to be Indiana's most prolific abortion doctor, with thousands of procedures performed in multiple Indiana counties over several decades, the South Bend Tribune reported.
Mike Fichter, the president of Indiana Right to Life, said in a statement sent Friday night that "we are horrified" by the discovery of the fetal remains at Klopfer's Illinois residence. He called for Indiana authorities to help determine whether those remains have any connection to abortion operations in Indiana.
"These sickening reports underscore why the abortion industry must be held to the highest scrutiny," Fichter said in the statement.
A message left Saturday by The Associated Press for a spokesman for Gov. Eric Holcomb asking if Indiana officials would investigate was not immediately returned.
Klopfer's license was suspended by Indiana's Medical Licensing Board in November 2016 after the panel found a number of violations, including a failure to ensure that qualified staff was present when patients received or recovered from medications given before and during abortion procedures.
Klopfer was no longer practicing by that time, but he told the panel he had never lost a patient in 43 years of doing abortions and that he hoped to eventually re-open his clinics.
In June 2014, Klopfer was charged in St. Joseph County, Indiana, with a misdemeanor for failure to file a timely public report. He was accused of waiting months to report an abortion he provided to a 13-year-old girl in South Bend. That charge was later dropped after Klopfer completed a pre-trial diversion program.
Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Indiana, called the discovery of the fetal remains "sickening beyond words" in a statement released by her office.
"He was responsible for thousands of abortions in Indiana, and his careless treatment of human remains is an outrage," she said in her statement.
In May, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Indiana law requiring the burial or cremation of fetal remains following abortions in the state. That law was signed by Vice President Mike Pence in 2016 when he was Indiana's governor, but it was the subject of legal challenges.
The Indiana State Department of Health, which oversees abortion clinic regulation, has integrated that law's provisions into the agency's existing licensing process.
Prior to the ruling, Indiana clinics could turn over fetal remains to processors who handle the disposal of human tissues or other medical material by incineration.
by PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press / Jan 23, 2020
BOSTON (AP) —A woman convicted of manslaughterfor urging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in 2014 is set to leave jail Thursday morning.
The impending release of Michelle Carter comes after she served most of a 15-month sentence at the Bristol County jail in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
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NEW YORK (AP) —For years, actress Annabella Sciorra felt powerless against Harvey Weinstein, keeping to all but a few friends the allegation that the once-revered Hollywood honcho pinned her to a bed and raped her in the early 1990s.
Now, more than a quarter-century later, Sciorra is set to confront Weinstein as a key prosecution witness at his New York City rape trial. A guilty verdict could put the 67-year-old Oscar winner in prison for the rest of his life.
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Foxx along with Eddie Murphy and Jordan Peele were among some of the honorees at the 11th annual ceremony in Los Angeles.