Onward, Singapore — In almost every region around the world, you can find some version of "The mHealth Report." It's a compilation of observational research, projections and corollaries that show how giving more people mobile tools designed to support their health could improve access, outcomes, and efficiencies. Whether it's an aging population dealing with a shift in interventions from acute care to continuous care (Brazil, Singapore) or a very young nation with a strong need for more diagnostic and triage care (Kenya, Afghanistan), someone has done the math.
A new PwC report says that mHealth could give 28.4 million more people access to the healthcare system in Brazil. Another pointed to how near-universal mobile penetration in all developed markets, including South Korea, Australia, the US, the UK, will be our new tipping point. A Brookings report found unheard of systemic efficiencies in Africa, including reducing the paperwork and wait time for critical HIV drugs from eight hours to five minutes. A Columbia study cataloged the emerging mHealth trends (possibilities) around the world, including a dramatic lift in adherence in Peru when a pilot program paired new prescriptions with SMS reminders.
The challenge isn't finding the right research, the right clues. It's creating a critical mass of action. One that extends beyond the interesting pilot to broad mHealth.
It looks like that's happening first in Asia-Pac, specifically in the relatively small countries of Singapore and Japan. There, targeted programs and big moves by telecom leaders are putting smartphones and smart mHealth tools in the hands of seniors.
Singapore, first. It's one of the most rapidly-aging countries in Asia. And, with that aging population has come a whole new list of societal challenges. At the top of that list is depression. Many of the aging seniors are isolated and lonely. It's a trend that's been called "the silent killer" and the cause of a whole range of other health problems.
That's where Project Silverline comes in. It's a first-of-its-kind mHealth program designed to combat isolation. It runs off a steady flow of donated used iPhones that are refurbished with specially designed senior-friendly apps that help users feel inspired, connect with their care givers and loved ones, take care of their health and discover new experiences every day.
That project was supported in part by Singtel, the region's giant telecom provider. It's not their only mHealth investment. Others include a major partnership with HP, medical device maker HealthSTATS, and Singaporean health provider Frontier Healthcare to bring the Mobile Health (mHealth) Monitoring Solution to market to unite doctors and patients in managing chronic diseases.
In Japan, their lead telecom is also playing a lead role. NTT Docomo is partnering with the healthcare infrastructure to get both disease management and emergency smartphone-based tools to its aging citizens. The investment is deep enough to have its own P&L – NTT Docomo teamed up with medical equipment manufacturer Omron Healthcare to launch a new wireless and mobile healthcare venture, called Docomo Healthcare. It provides wireless links to various Omron devices, including blood-pressure cuffs, sleep monitors and body composition scales, allowing consumers to upload personal data to the cloud via smartphones.
NTT has also taking a lead in creating original tools and content, including one app I think we'd all like to download: A calorie counting app that works from just a photograph of what's on your plate. It evaluates the color and shapes of food, then compares it with a database and counts the calories.
Some of the top mHealth apps in Japan have earned 1.79 million downloads in the Apple App Store alone.
Telecom takes the wheel: Mobile phone providers have unique access to both their customers devices and their data. That gives them the unique opportunity to quickly create native apps and track which are really changing lives. A few interesting models to watch: Vodaphone is uber focused on seniors; TurkCell is providing powerful healthcare solutions (like SMS to expectant moms) that don't require any involvement from physicians; Etisalat has given itself a specific outcomes goal: meet the Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG5) which seeks to reduce maternal mortality in childbirth by 75% and deliver universal access to reproductive health by 2015.
Healthcare providers see the impact they can have on uptake:Sure, a lot of doctors don't want more data in the exam room, but their endorsement means a lot to their patients. A recent poll of 600 Baby-boomers conducted by Mitchell Research and Communications found that 5% would download a health app recommended by their friends; 18% would download an app recommended by their family; 60% would download an app recommended by their doctor.
The "pig in the python" technology adoption curve flattens: That phrase was a favorite of one of our long-time collaborators, Gretchen Goffe. It basically means a big fat bump in the middle of your curve. As far as technology goes, that bump has aways been 30 -and 40-year olds – the people with the disposable income and sense of confidence/adventure that makes them the most likely to own the newest gadgets. For mHealth to thrive, that curve has to flatten. Project Silverline went about flattening it by giving seniors smartphones. The adoption curve for the iPad shows that it can happen more naturally – when the technology is intuitive and affordable enough.


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An Apology From A Boom Baby
Tom Brokaw dubbed them "The Greatest Generation" but a good close look at them would seem to indicate otherwise. Of course, I am referring to the Baby Boomers, the generation that brought us radical pot-smoking hippies in the 60's, VD transmitting sexual revolutionaries of the 70's, useful idiot anti-West protesters of the 80's and ignorant Clintonites in the 90's.
Dennis Prager reveals what the real Boom Babies are all about in his most recent column:
We live in the age of group apologies. I would like to add one. The baby boomer generation needs to apologize to America, especially its young generation, for many sins. Here is a partial list:
First and perhaps foremost, we apologize for robbing many of you of a childhood.
We baby boomers were allowed perhaps the most innocent childhoods known to history. We grew up without material want, in one of the most decent places in world history, with media that preserved our sexual and other innocence, in schools that generally taught us well, and we were allowed childhood play from boy-girl play to rough and tumble boy-boy play to monkey bars and ringalievio. Our generation has deprived you of all these things. And while we were aware of the threat of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, few of us believed that we were threatened with death anywhere near the amount we have scared you about death from secondhand smoke, global warming and heterosexual AIDS, to mention just a few of the exaggerated death scares we have inflicted on you.
Our generation came up with two truly foolish slogans that also ended up robbing you of childhood.
One was, "Never trust anyone over 30." Our infantile attitude toward adult authority has inflicted great harm on you. Because of it, many baby boomers decided not to become adults, and this has had disastrous consequences in your lives. It deprived you of one of the greatest needs in your life — adults. That in turn deprived you of something as important as love — parental and other adult authority. With little parental authority, you were left with little personal security, few guardrails and a diminished sense of order in life. And we transferred this denial of authority to virtually all authority figures, from teachers to police.
The other slogan whose awful consequences we baby boomers bequeathed to you was, "Make love, not war." Our parents had liberated the world from immeasurably cruel and murderous regimes in Germany and Japan — solely thanks to waging war. But instead of concluding that war could do great moral good, we sang ourselves silly with such inane lyrics as "Give peace a chance," as if that deals in any way with the world's most monstrous evils. So we taught you to make love and not war. And we succeeded.
Dennis goes on:
We also made you weak. We did everything possible to ensure that you suffered no pain. Sometimes we changed game scores if a team was winning by too large a margin; we abolished dodgeball lest anyone suffer early removal from the game; and we gave trophies to all of you who played on baseball teams, no matter how awfully you or your team played so that none of you missed getting a trophy while members of another team did. Much of this was thanks to the self-esteem-without-having-to-earn-it movement, which in our generation's almost infinite lack of wisdom we inflicted upon you. Sorry for that, too.
We also apologize for coming close to ruining so many of your schools and universities. Despite the unprecedented sums of money we had America spend on education, most of you got an education quite inferior to the one we got at a fraction of the cost. But we thought of our teachers as fools (they were, after all, over 30) who just concentrated on reading, writing and arithmetic (and history, music and art). We were sure we knew better and we therefore concentrated on sexual issues, and teaching you about peace, global warming and the horrors of smoking. The fact that few high school graduates can identify Mozart, let alone were ever exposed to his music, is far less significant to many baby boomers than your knowledge of the alleged perils of secondhand smoke. Most of you cannot identify Stalin either, and we are sorry for that, too. But, hey, we did make sure you saw Al Gore's film.
Billy Joel sang We Didn't Start The Fire, in which he gave a history of the Cold War up to 1988. But maybe he should have sang "We did start the fire, but just didn't feel like fighting it."
You can access Dennis' complete column on-line here:
Baby Boomers Owe Young People an Apology
Well, it turns out that Mr. Nava made up the story about his "attack." Just another in a long line of fake "attacks" being reported by the press over the years, I guess.
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Anonymous, on December 18, 2007 at 5:30 pm said:
The conservative student made up the story.

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SUNY campuses train security forces for the 'shooter'
Carolyn Thompson
BUFFALO — What used to be an unthinkable scenario, an active shooter on campus, is not only thought about at New York's public colleges but planned for the same way they prepare for weather disasters or fire.
All 29 four-year campuses in the State University of New York system have their own armed, full-time police officers and are required to plan and practice for active shooters as part of emergency management plans.
But even with preparedness written into mandates, the Oct. 1 shooting that left nine victims dead at picturesque Umpqua Community College in Oregon has campuses again contemplating if that's enough.
Days after the latest high-profile shooting, SUNY Cortland President Erik Bitterbaum announced two active shooter training sessions for staff and a seminar on deterring college shootings to better the odds his campus would "survive a similar act of violence."
"Colleges and universities are special places that promote openness and freedom of discourse," Bitterbaum wrote on the college's website. "We see strangers here every day, but there are things we can do."
At SUNY New Paltz, that means cluing in students to survival strategies, in part through the showing of a convincing in-house video that drives home the Department of Homeland Security-recommended response sequence in an active shooter scenario: Run, hide or, as a last resort, fight.
"We do a very good job here with the officers in preparing and training and drilling," said SUNY New Paltz Chief David Dugatkin, who appears in the video. "But I wanted now to really spread that out to the students, faculty and staff."
SUNY, with 460,000 students on 64 campuses, leaves specifics of emergency planning up to individual campuses. Departments look to best practice recommendations from authorities such as the Justice Department and International Association of Chiefs of Police, Dugatkin said.
Fred Kowal, president of the United University Professions, said it's difficult to say how well informed staff is about security plans or whether active shooter plans are adequate because they vary from campus to campus.
"Campus police may have contingency plans for dealing with such incidents that they keep confidential so as not to tip off would-be shooters about security measures," said Kowal, whose union represents more than 35,000 SUNY academic and professional faculty.
The City University of New York system, which operates colleges within the five boroughs of New York City, works closely with the New York Police Department "which is obviously the nation's leader in responding to emergencies," CUNY spokesman Michael Arena said in an email.
Each campus conducts officer training throughout the year, he said, and regularly reviews and updates emergency plans.
CUNY Brooklyn College faculty member Jean Grassman, who attended one of the training sessions run by the NYPD, sees a need for regular drills.
"My main concern is that the preparedness takes the form of passive lectures, as far as I know," she said.
University at Buffalo student James Corra said he was confident in his college's ability to react to an active shooter.
"We're always alerted when there's an issue," he said.
But the university's response to a September report of a man dropping what appeared to be a gun in the student union on a Monday afternoon, then picking it back up and leaving the building, received mixed responses from students, The Spectrum student newspaper reported. At least one student said he believed the incident merited an evacuation or lockdown of the building. Police officials told the newspaper that didn't happen because the dropped object may or may not have been a gun and the individual involved had left the building.
The incident illustrates the difficulties in anticipating and preparing for events on often sprawling campuses with multiple unlocked buildings and changing populations.
"The unpredictability of the shooter, the layout of a campus on any given day, weather and weekday campus population," Dugatkin said, "are just a few of the challenges."
Associated Press Writer Karen Matthews contributed from New York City.


Last week at work, a lady ended up bringing her daughter with her to her dental appointment. Her daughter sat quietly over in the corner reading a book while I treated her mom. At some point the young girl, less than 8, started asking me questions. Everything from why I have a mask on to what I was doing to her mom. So I could stop answering so many questions (which all led to more "why's") I started asking her questions.
Given the time of year, I asked her if she was getting excited for Christmas. She immediately brightened right up and exclaimed, yes. We started chatting about the crafts she was making in school and what she was going to ask Santa for. My daughter being only 18 month old, I was curious to know what she was asking for and what she expected to get. She explained that her mom told her that Santa only has room for three presents in his sleigh so she had to think carefully about what she wanted.
I though the three present limit was a good idea. We all know how out of control children's lists can get, which can, in turn lead to disappointment. The little girl explained that since she's only allowed to ask for three gifts, unless they were really big, "like a horse" she would get them, no questions asked. I thought it to be interesting to know the same parent who set the three gift rule had her daughter to believe whatever she asks for within her three gifts, except horses would be given to her.
The little girl asked for, and expects to receive an iPad, $100 cash to shop with and a new Xbox one. What?!
Obviously I couldn't really comment beyond, "that's a big list" since I wasn't about to ask mom how she planned on doing that but to me, this list seems crazy to me. Again, I only have one child who is very young but she will not be raised to believe that Santa or mom and dad, will be providing close to $1,000 worth of gifts.
Even if you're not a religious person, my opinion is that Christmastime is meant to be a time of year when we slow down, reflect on what we have, share gifts with ones we love, and reminisce. Simplify our lives for a few days, enjoy good food, bake cookies from scratch and focus on building memories, not things. I think it's important that if you've decided to make gifts apart of your Christmas tradition, guidelines, or rules be set in place. The earlier you start the easier it will be.
Setting a gift limit. Either in volume or price. If you set a three gift limit from Santa make sure they understand they are realistic with it. If you think it's appropriate that they ask for a $400 gaming console, make sure they know the couldn't possibly ask for both an iPad and cash as well. For older children, let them know early on that mom and dad have a Christmas budget to work with and they may not get everything they want.
Get them involved. Have your children help you shop. Have them shop with you for another family member and let them know the budget. Have them learn what that money can buy. This will help them have a better understanding of what they can ask for and what they may receive.
Open discussion. Especially with younger children, who's understanding is still very much forming, help them with things like writing their letters to Santa. Explain that they may not be able to get everything they ask for.
Gift swap. This works especially well in larger families. Everyone draw someone's name and you're only responsible for gifts for that one person.
Reminders. It's so easy to get caught up in the commercialism of Christmas. Remind your kids, and self, on a daily basis what the true meaning is (which may vary between individuals an families). Memories,not things.
I have had very sparse Christmases (in terms of gifts) and had years with more gifts that imaginable. I never feel any different about the season. I was taught early about the real meaning and to hold onto memories as much as I can. Learning to enjoy the simpler things in life will go a long way, even when Christmas is over for the year.
What are your thoughts on setting realistic gift guidelines?
What is it about Christmas that just brings out such glee in kids? Is it the wonderful, beautiful lights that festoon every lamppost or anything upright for that matter? Is it the entry of seasonal, very delicious meals? For kids, Christmas time is Santa time! The moment my tree comes out of hiding at home, my kids automatically do their own short versions of Balki Bartokomous's 'Dance of Joy' (age hint here). It is such a funny thing to see and truly the excitement from them is fantastic. Then the pressure sets in and I start to feel all the responsibility attached with Santa Claus and making sure they have a memorable Christmas.
This year, I started to think about this tradition. What is it really? Where did it come from? And how do I divert the seemingly mindless consumerism of the idea of Santa Claus to what Christmas should truly mean? I did some research first (naturally) and this is what I found.
Basically, it appears that the current tradition of Santa Claus and gift-giving is in fact a mix of ancient Greek folklore, Germanic Paganism, and Dutch folklore. The figure of Santa Claus can be derived from a combination of the Greek Saint Nicholas of Myra, a Christian saint known for giving generously to the poor, who is also the basis of the Dutch Sinterklaas, and the Germanic god Odin who was known to ride his eight-legged horse Sleipnir over great distances and giving gifts to children who would leave carrots and treats for his horse to nibble on as he passed their chimneys. Sinterklass is a stately old man who gives gifts to well-behaved children, and Odin is known as an old man with a long white beard. Over the centuries, all these figures appear to have merged together to become the Santa Claus of today. Of course, thanks to Coca Cola, we have the ubiquitous jolly, round, old man with a long white beard, in a bright red suit.
All in all, the main theme of what are the supposed origins of the current tradition is giving and this is what I want to focus on this year. I am trying to teach my kids that this is the season for giving- giving to the people you love as an expression of love, to your friends as an expression of friendship, and not so much in expectation of something in return. I have started asking them what they want to give their friends and cousins and aunts and have tried to tell them that it does not matter what they get if they get gifts and that the important thing is that they are able to show friends and family their love and friendship. Now, I don't want them to be too materialistic so I tell them that they don't need to buy anything expensive to show how they feel and that they can make their gifts too. Of course, I don't want to be a complete Scrooge and take away the joy of wishing for favorite toys so I have also asked them to make their list to Santa but I have told them that he won't be able to give everything on the list because he has to give other children gifts too and that it is still great if he gives them one or two from their list, to which they expressed satisfaction.
What do you guys think? Too Scrooge-y or over-thought? What are some of your thoughts about the meaning of Christmas, beyond the lights and the commercialism of it all?


Graflex Pacemaker Crown Graphic. Schneider Kreuznach Symmar-S 150mm f5.6 "normal" lens. Fuji Astia 100F slide film.
This was taken in fading light just after sunset. I couldn't really see the image on the ground glass clearly enough to focus so I relied on the stops I have set for my 150mm and 90mm lenses. The framing was also done mainly using the wire viewfinder for the same reason. I love how softly this came out. This shot is from my Schneider Kreuznach Symmar-S 150mm lens.


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BOYZ' OLDIES A NEW YEAR'S HIT
LAURA PASSERO; Special to The CourantTHE HARTFORD COURANT
Boyz II Men, playing a tough crowd at Foxwoods Resort Casino on New Year's Eve, found it easier to celebrate the beginning of 2003 by reaching into the past.
The notion that the New Year is supposed to be out with the old and in with the new didn't ring true in the Fox Theatre. Oldies ruled the night.
Three of the group's original four members were on hand for the concert: Nathan and Wanya Morris, along with Shawn Stockman.
The guys started off with songs from their 2002 album, "Full Circle," such as "Howz About It," in which Nathan broke out into some old-school dance moves, and "Whatcha Need." The audience was polite but unengaged. Even with Stockman yelling for people to rise to their feet, only one or two actually got up.
The audience came to life briefly during "The Color of Love," a catchy new tune that had the Boyz dancing in unison while singing in harmony.
Nathan announced that even though fans sometimes think of the Boyz as old-timers -- the group has been performing since the 1980s -- "We ain't old. We keep doing this only for you, because we love each and every one of you whether there is one, two, three or four of us on stage. " This was the only reference made to the missing-in-action fourth man, Michael McCary.
The group slowed things down with what Nathan called the "sexy portion of the show." The guys started to gyrate on stage, and the audience had no complaints.
In "Luv N U," with two of the Boyz offstage, Nathan picked a woman out of the audience, brought her up and gave her what can best be described as a chair dance.
Then the real show began. The Boyz returned to their hits from the early '90s -- the height of their popularity -- with songs like "Water Runs Dry" and "End of the Road."
The house lights came up after "Road," and Stockman drew the audience's attention to the first few rows, where one surprised woman turned to find her date getting down on one knee and proposing. (She said yes.)
They dedicated the next song, 1997's "A Song for Mama," to all the moms and grandmas in the house. Halfway through the slow, sweet ballad, they stopped and announced that there were 30 seconds left in 2002.
Champagne was brought out on the stage, funny New Year's hats handed out earlier went flying on, and the Boyz, along with the audience, counted down to one. Balloons dropped, confetti flew and concert-goers embraced.
The background band played "Auld Lang Syne" with the Boyz trying to sing it. Unsure of the words, they made up their own, hummed, and generally bluffed their way through -- to everyone's delight.
The night ended 10 minutes later with the energetic "Motownphilly," an homage to their hometown.


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Q: Can I walk faster? I'm playing my way through Bioshock (and then Bioshock 2) to prepare for Bioshock Infinite. I'm doing okay apart from I've got to a part where I have no weapons apart from a wrench and a camera. I want to shock the enemy using plasmids and then run up and whack him with my wrench, but I seem to move very slowly (this is all the time, not just in this area). Can I up my move speed at all or is there a button for sprint?

A: Research the Thuggish Splicers to obtain the SportBoost physical tonics, which increases movement speed and also lets you swing your wrench faster. You can use both versions of this tonic at the same time.

A: I assume you are playing PC version.
Firstly check if you didn't press walk(should be CTRL) or crouch (C) buttons. So far I checked in forums thats most common problem. Otherwise it will be natural game speed.
While playing Bioshock 1 I don't remember having sprint, but in 2nd part you will be able to unlock charge with drill :D

A: There's no way to move faster without tonics. I suggest taking cover, and shocking enemies at close range.

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Cost: The most obvious difference between the Hug-a-Bub® and the Moby Wrap is the price, which leads to the most common question that we get: is the Hug-a-Bub® worth the extra money? The answer to this question will vary depending on your financial situation and intended use for the carrier, as well as a zillion other factors that we won't list. For some people the added cost of the Hug-a-Bub® is irrelevant, for others it is prohibitive, and for the rest of us who fall somewhere in between, it is just another factor to consider.
An example of the importance of intended use might be the "sling addict" who plans to add a stretchy wrap to an already good collection of baby carriers, vs. the mom or dad who plans to use one carrier, the stretchy wrap, for every baby-carrying situation. For the one-and-only carrier parents, it might make sense to pay less attention to money and more attention to finding the carrier that they will most love to use, considering that spread out over years of everyday use the money will seem less relevant while satisfaction with the product will take on more importance. For the addict with a large sling collection, on the other hand, the stretchy wrap would be used less often, and in more specifically chosen situations, so that the extra cost per use would be higher if the more expensive wrap were chosen; even if the pricier wrap were strongly preferred it might make more sense to save money and use the rest of the carrier collection to compensate for any perceived deficiencies of the less expensive wrap.
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IG Office Releases Report on Comey
Happy Labor Day weekend! Assuming there isn't a revolution in the next few days, we'll be back in full swing Wednesday morning. Pro tip if you're visiting family: mentioning The Flip Side is a great way to defuse tense political debates! ;)
"Former FBI Director James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump, the Justice Department's inspector general said Thursday. The watchdog office said Comey broke bureau rules by giving one memo containing unclassified information to a friend with instructions to share the contents with a reporter. Comey also failed to return his memos to the FBI after he was dismissed in May 2017, retaining copies of some of them in a safe at home, and shared them with his personal lawyers without permission from the FBI, the report said." AP News
Read the full report here. Department of Justice
The left argues that while the report does not paint Comey in the best light, extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary measures.
"Trump accused Comey of breaking the law. He tweeted: 'James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal!'… The problem is that [the accusation] was false… [The] report reiterates that DOJ declined prosecution — which by Trump's own standards is an exoneration. The DOJ could not find that Comey broke the law… The headlines will dutifully report Horowitz's finding that Comey didn't get sign off under DOJ rules… It would be even better if the media, which received the Comey documents and wrote stories critical to educating the public about Trump's obstruction, reminds readers of the context for Comey's actions."
Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
"The problem with the report is that it gives almost no weight to the context in which Comey acted, a failing Horowitz aggravates with his hall-monitor rectitude. Because the context was extraordinary. When a president summons the FBI director to demand loyalty, and then urges the director during a second conversation to drop a criminal investigation against an ally, we are not in the normal territory of FBI rules and procedures… Horowitz argues that Comey could have served his purposes by leaving the memos at the FBI but then making vague public statements about his belief they should lead to the appointment of a special counsel. That scenario seems unlikely and, in any case, not Horowitz's bailiwick. Had Comey stayed on the straight and narrow path as Horowitz insisted he should have, there is a real possibility that the public would still not have seen the memos."
Harry Litman, Washington Post
"What should the former FBI director do if he thinks the president is executing a corrupt cover-up?… Horowitz mentions that Comey could have disclosed the information to the inspector general's office, to the DOJ or FBI Office of Professional Responsibility, to the FBI Inspections Division, or to Congress. He also could have urged the appointment of a special counsel publicly without leaking 'law enforcement information'... In other words: He should have gone through the proper channels. Comey, however, says he didn't do this because he no longer trusted the Justice Department's leadership under Trump…
"The key long-running disagreement between Comey and Horowitz is whether unusual circumstances warrant unusual methods — or whether, in unusual circumstances, it's even more important to rigorously stick to the ordinary rules and procedures… Say what you will about Horowitz's viewpoint, but at least it's consistent. He doesn't think Comey should have colored outside the lines in the Clinton case, and he doesn't think Comey should have colored outside the lines regarding Trump."
"An inspector general says the former FBI director won't be prosecuted, but scolds him harshly for his handling of documents. Hillary Clinton can probably relate… With the question of a criminal prosecution resolved, what leaps from the OIG report is the parallel between Comey's press conference about Clinton and his decision about the memos. In both cases, Comey violated procedures and policies in pursuit of what he believed was a larger imperative, concluding that his own judgment was more useful for protecting the Justice Department and the FBI… the parallel between the two situations, and Comey's spurn-the-institution-to-save-it approach, is too remarkable to be ignored, and history offers strong reasons that it's dangerous for FBI directors to freelance, placing their personal judgment over standing policy."
David A. Graham, The Atlantic
"Comey was wrong to write a memo for the express purpose of leaking it to trigger a special counsel investigation. Trump was wrong in his years-long assertion that Comey had leaked classified materials and should be jailed. Neither were entirely in the right. Nor was either entirely wrong about the other."
Chris Cillizza, CNN
The right condemns Comey's behavior, arguing that it is entirely unacceptable for one of the nation's top law enforcement officers to disregard the rules.
"Mr. Comey thought he was above the rules because he wanted to save the country from Mr. Trump. No doubt J. Edgar Hoover felt a similar afflatus as he wiretapped Martin Luther King… This was only the first IG report, and we'll learn more when he reports soon on Mr. Comey's role in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants taken out on a former Trump campaign adviser. Even without prosecution, the American public is finally getting an honest account of the real James Comey, an FBI director so in awe of his own righteousness that he believed none of the rules applied to him."
"Comey knew the rules, knew the regulations, knew the law, and swore an oath to uphold them. But when push came to shove, Comey felt that he could break those rules, because he convinced himself that his own particular violation of the regulations served the greater good. Of course, this is what almost every leaker believes…
"Quite a few criminals believe they're breaking the law for good reasons. They're committing fraud against an insurance company that they believe is greedy and unjust. What the law calls insider trading just means being well-informed. What they told the IRS is close enough to the truth about their actual income… In the end, Comey's unwavering faith in his own moral judgment — and his inability to see how his own self-justification echoed that of every other leaker the federal government ever prosecuted — ended up being his greatest weakness."
Jim Geraghty, National Review
"Trump, no doubt, often behaves outrageously and improperly. But the sense that he is an unprecedented threat to American democracy has also made his opponents feel justified in lowering their own standards to oppose him. Just this week, we've seen Trump opponents promote the presidential candidacy of recovering birther Joe Walsh. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Wednesday was forced to apologize for airing a thinly sourced report on Trump's financial ties to Russia, acknowledging that it didn't go through the normal standards of verification. And now, on Thursday, we get this OIG report…
"Those concerned with the destruction of norms in the Trump era need to consider the question in two ways. There is the threat of Trump's actions eroding norms, but there is also the danger that his opponents take actions in opposing Trump that actually hasten the destruction of norms instead of preserving them."
Philip Klein, Washington Examiner
"Mr. Horowitz's report methodically skewers Mr. Comey's claim that his memos were 'personal' and therefore his to keep and use. It notes that he interacted with Mr. Trump only in his capacity as the FBI director, in official settings. He shared the memos with senior FBI leaders. Some memos touch on official investigations, while others contain classified information, which 'is never considered personal property'... Mr. Comey's attempt to dig himself out of his disingenuous characterization heightens its absurdity. Asked by the inspector general how a memo describing an official dinner between the FBI director and the president could be considered a 'personal' document, Mr. Comey explains that he was also present in his capacity as a 'human being.'"
Kimberly Strassel, Wall Street Journal
"The report found that he did not have any direct contact with the press in sharing the memos, a notion that no serious person was proposing. But the media's rightful framing of Comey sharing the memos with Richman for the sole purpose of getting its contents to the Times was wholly accurate… Like Trump, Comey is celebrating a report that documents, in detail, his disregard for law and penchant for lies. But unlike Trump, he actually did the thing he was initially accused of. He leaked federal records through a third party. Comey ought to be thanking his lucky stars that the DOJ declined to prosecute."
Tiana Lowe, Washington Examiner
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Robin's Wish
ROBIN'S WISH takes a close look at Academy Award-winning actor Robin Williams' final years and the rare condition that led to his death by suicide. Although depression (compounded by a recent Parkinson's diagnosis) was widely reported to be the overriding reason for Williams' decision, his widow, Susan Schneider Williams, reveals that the autopsy and subsequent research showed that the actor was suffering from an advanced, extremely severe case of Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), which can impact memory, motor control, and thinking. Susan and several lifelong friends, neighbors, and co-workers (including producers and directors on Williams' final projects) discuss how Williams' behavior changed during the last year of his life. Director Tylor Norwood also includes details about LBD through interviewing specialists who study it, but this isn't just a deep dive into a rare disease. It's a tribute to Robin Williams the actor, the comedian, the friend, and the husband.
Starring Susan Schneider Williams, Shawn Levy, David E. Kelley
Director Tylor Norwood
Susan Schneider Williams
Ben Sinclair
Shoshana Ungerleider
Scott Fitzloff
Touching tribute to Williams' life, struggle with dementia.
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Kapinara Primary School > From the Principal > Message from the Principal Week 1
Message from the Principal Week 1
Dear Parents and Carers
I trust you had a wonderful break from the routines of school, and were in a position to enjoy some of the glorious weather.
I'd like to extend a warm welcome to our three new families who have children in Kindergarten and Pre-Primary. It's also my pleasure to introduce you to two new staff members and a special visitor. Firstly, Kim Knowles yesterday commenced as our permanent deputy principal. She is in the process of meeting all the children. I asked Kim to write a small introduction which you will find in our General News section. Secondly, a new permanent Head Cleaner, Ms Rina Lund, also started with us yesterday. Finally, we a have an Artist in Residence who is joining us from Italy. Ms Colleen Corradi Brannigan will be working with students on a very special project, over the next few weeks. Thank you for welcoming these people into our school community.
With respect to the 'very special project', if families have access to spare tiles (porcelain, ceramic or glass of any size) or happen to have access to some tiles at a reduced cost, that would be a great help. Please contact Anna Trovarelli who is working with Colleen, via Anna.Trovarelli@education.wa.edu.au
Yesterday you may have noticed news items that highlighted the prevalence of unauthorised student absences during the school term. The West Australian reported that attendance data from Semester 1 revealed that one in seven unauthorised absences 'related to students going on holiday with their parents'. The West's article, on page 7, began:
'Middle-class and wealthy parents have been warned they are breaking the law by taking their child out of school during term after it emerged that a rising number of children from affluent families are missing lessons to go on holidays.'
It was reported that a parliamentary enquiry was recently informed that '40 percent of unauthorised absences in higher socio-economic schools (were) because of holidays' and that this was 'a newish phenomenon'.
To put the commentary on attendance into the context at Kapinara, at the end of Term 2, over 10% of our students in Pre-Primary to Year 6 were absent. At the start of this term, that figure is was just under 10%. Our upper school classes had between four and seven students away on the first day back, yesterday. A very small number of these were authorised absences (those requested and approved prior to the absence and due to an 'exceptional circumstance').
As a school we can reinforce the policy position of the Department of Education WA, and the contemporary research on student attendance. We can highlight that when children miss school, they miss a number of learning opportunities; which may include an introduction to new learning, guided or independent practice of skills, opportunities to apply knowledge and understandings in new contexts, and assessments of and for learning. The rest is up to you! Please work with us to ensure all of our students are in a position to maximise these opportunities.
If you are collecting a child at any time during the day, please ensure you report to the office in the first instance, unless you have already completed a 'sign out' form. Teachers are not able to release children without signed documentation. Students being collected for ongoing events such as PEAC, are (i) to be collected directly from their classroom or (ii) to wait at the office until the parent collecting the student(s) arrives at the school.
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Charles Spittal Robb (* 26. června 1939, Phoenix, Arizona) je americký demokratický politik. V letech 1982–1986 působil jako guvernér státu Virginie a v letech 1989–2001 byl jedním ze dvou senátorů za Virginii v Senátu Spojených států amerických. Jeho politická kariéra byla poznamenána řadou skandálů, což ho ve volbách v roce 2000 stálo křeslo senátora, které ztratil ve prospěch republikánského kandidáta George Allena.

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Coronavirus marks a watershed moment for Arizona breweries. Now they're in survival mode
Tirion Morris
Doug Ledger laid off 32 employees on Wednesday, March 18, in a meeting "full of tears, love, sadness and disappointment."
As owner of Scottsdale Beer Company, Ledger will soon be jobless as well.
The brewery, located on Shea Boulevard just west of the Loop 101, remains open for now, selling beer until the taps run dry. But without government relief, it will have to close permanently, Ledger says.
Scottsdale Beer Company is a casualty of the new coronavirus pandemic. It's just one of the many Arizona breweries facing difficult decisions due to the continued spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. Following an executive order from Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey last week, all have had to close their taprooms to customers and move to selling beer for takeout or delivery only.
These options, which are not typically allowed on a wide scale in metro Phoenix, are an attempt to help keep breweries and bars afloat during the crisis.
But Ledger says it's like "putting a Band-Aid on a bullet hole" and won't be enough to save his business long term.
For now a reduced staff is working, keeping Scottsdale Beer Company open to sell the beer they have left. But when the last of the beer is sold, the company will switch from liquidating product to selling off its equipment and brewing supplies.
The impact of the new coronavirus pandemic has shaken metro Phoenix breweries, brew pubs and taprooms to varying degrees, but one thing is certain: for some, the temporary closures will become permanent.
How breweries reacted to the pandemic
Before Gov. Doug Ducey's executive order on Thursday, March 19, required the closure of all bars and switched restaurants to takeout effective on Friday, March 20, many brewers and brewery owners were unsure of what to do as concern about the coronavirus spread.
Regulations about which businesses could stay open varied from city to city. Many breweries including Huss Brewing Company have multiple locations across the Valley and were allowed to keep some open while others closed. Temporary changes to the enforcement of state liquor laws also led to confusion about the legality of delivery and selling beer for curbside pickup and takeout.
That uncertainty was partly why the Valley beer industry couldn't adjust quickly.
Rob Fullmer is the executive director of the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild, an organization that works to promote Arizona breweries and advocate for legislation that aids their growth. He and the Guild are working to solidify guidelines for breweries so owners can start to plan better for whatever comes next.
"Right now, there's not a lot of clarity on what to do," Fullmer says. "With the lack of clarity on how to operate moving forward, everyone is concerned for their staff."
Here's what industry experts say they need
The Guild, along with the Arizona Restaurant Association, the Arizona Vignerons Alliance, the Arizona Wine Growers Association and other industry partners wrote to Governor Ducey requesting all locations that are allowed to sell alcohol inside their establishments during normal times, be allowed to sell alcohol for takeout and delivery during closures due to the coronavirus.
Governor Ducey addressed some of the requests in a statement on Thursday, which was followed by official guidelines from the state liquor department on Friday, March 20.
Now, Fullmer and business owners are working to parse out what the governor's declaration means for the industry. Many local breweries have switched to selling beer to go, whether in cans, metal crowlers or glass growlers. Some, including Wren House Brewing Company and north Phoenix's Simple Machine Brewing Company, have started delivering beer to customers.
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Part of Governor Ducey's declaration altered liquor licensing rules to allow restaurants to sell alcohol to go. This allows restaurants, which usually sell craft beer by the pint, to continue selling it to their normal customers in growlers or cans.
This switch could help restaurants stay open and be key to helping breweries ride out the pandemic, Fullmer says. It could also keep some customers out of crowded grocery stores.
"We are trying to keep people in less-crowded areas, and this is a way to keep places open," he says.
Will breweries stop making beer?
Since the spread of the coronavirus caused many taprooms to close, many breweries across the Valley have stopped brewing beer. The decision is due to financial strain and the lack of customers visiting taprooms, Fullmer says.
Along with Scottsdale Beer Company, Helluva Brewing Company and the Perch Pub and Brewery in Chandler have temporarily closed; not only are the businesses not brewing beer, they're also not serving food or drink to the public.
Many breweries are trying to move to canning more beer, although sales of canned beer at the grocery store isn't enough to keep breweries in business, Fullmer says.
"You are going to see some of our products drop off the shelves," he says, referring to locally made craft beer.
That's why allowing restaurants to sell beer to go is so important for breweries' economic survival, he says.
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Huss Brewing Company, whose beer can be found in retail stores including Costco and Fry's, is protected somewhat by its size and also by its focus on statewide canning and distribution. However, every brewery regardless of size will feel the impact of the pandemic.
Huss closed its Tempe taproom and uptown Phoenix restaurant except for takeout orders, and staff are rotating shifts in an effort to keep as many people employed as possible. Co-owner Leah Huss hopes to switch to in-house delivery soon to offer more work to her staff.
"It's up and down all over the place," Huss says. "It's spooky for sure, but we are just trying to stay positive."
Huss says she started seeing a slowdown as soon as Cactus League spring training canceled the remainder of its season on Thursday, March 12. The annual baseball tradition pumped $373 million into Arizona's economy in 2018, according to previous reporting by The Arizona Republic, and is something many Valley breweries and restaurants rely on for a boost to get them through the slow summer months.
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The coronavirus crisis will impact breweries long into the future.
"This year, everybody's planned growth is out the window," Huss says. "It's just basic survival, realistically."
"I just pray the supply chain keeps moving," she adds.
Along with items necessary for keeping breweries and restaurants open such as toilet paper, the supply chains for essential brewing ingredients such as malt, grain, hops and containers like cans and growlers are under stress as well.
And even when the health crisis has ended, it will take breweries time to get back up and running, Fullmer says. Along with possibly rehiring employees, brewers will have to make fresh beer.
"Worst-case scenario, if everyone's got their tanks dry it would be about 10 days before anything could come out," Fullmer says. And that's assuming breweries are able to get the supplies they need.
'We are all victims of this situation'
For Ledger, the biggest struggle has been the pace of change. Scottsdale Beer Company had a relatively strong weekend, he says, but by Monday, sales were down about 70%. By Tuesday, he made the decision to close. On Wednesday, he had to fire 32 employees.
Staff members were sent home with three rolls of toilet paper from the restaurant and burger patties and chicken from the fridges.
"We are all victims of this situation," Ledger says. "So we are just really focused on doing what is right for our work family."
During these difficult times, Valley breweries are looking to each other for reassurance and camaraderie. On Wednesday, March 18, Fullmer organized a virtual toast to local brewers during which people from across the state posted videos of themselves on Facebook with updates and words of encouragement.
Fullmer felt the need to celebrate the brewing community as those in it navigate the difficult and uncertain time. He also did for himself, he says.
"I just wanted to see everybody's faces."
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Bi Modal IT – that is how do we support rapidly emerging Business Needs and keep the lights on.
We have over the last couple of months seen a raging debate of the practicability and pertinence or non pertinence of a bimodal IT Business Model with the objective to support rapidly emerging Business Needs and keep the lights on.
Bottom line is that we need to keep IT running to address "Business as usual" that is update ERP, CRM, Financial Applications but also attend to business needs as well as address new emerging business opportunities.
Lack of visibility, trying to figure out if applications run, are optimised and and hit the ground running full on "Digital" and mobile that is customer facing but also where internal apps deliver an optimised customer experience has emerged as a priority.
Within the frame of an internal, hybrid and or external cloud, are IT responsible for the IT infrastructure only or also that the applications are up and running and the overall cloud operation optimised "as a service"?
Service brokerage including cloud services. How do you address business, IT and cloud services where we have delivered a number of projects where we have leveraged a best in class front end for complex Business / IT services where existing solutions have demonstrated teething problems notably within the frame for a shared service centre where we have leveraged best in class IT ticketing back ends such as Service Now, BMC Remedy, HP Service Manager with best best in class service reporting and Digital & Application Performance Management.
Do drop me a line @ martin.palmgren@communicatethecompany.com would you like to understand how we have delivered best in class service brokerage for some of the worlds most prestigious and innovative companies.
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LEKOIL New Debt Facility with FBNQuest Merchant Bank
Oil Field Africa - Wednesday April 8, 2020
Mele Kyari asserted. LEKOIL the oil and gas exploration and development company with a focus on West Africa, announces the signing of a new US$11.5 million debt facility. LEKOIL Oil & Gas Investments Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of LEKOIL Nigeria Limited, has signed an agreement for a new US$11.5 million debt facility with FBNQuest Merchant Bank . The Company has agreed to guarantee the obligations of Lekoil Oil & Gas Investments Limited pursuant to the Facility. The Facility has a maturity of four years and is repayable quarterly with a margin of LIBOR + 10%. The Facility will be used primarily to pay all outstanding quarterly repayments (including principal and interest) due to Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited and payment of the license/lease extension fees on OPL 276 (as announced on 23 August 2019) and OPL 310 (US$7.5 million due by 31 October 2019). The Company expects to draw down on the Facility as needed, which has no pre-payment penalty. "I am delighted that we have agreed to this additional facility with FBNQuest, a key local lender in Nigeria. This facility provides us with increased flexibility at a cost of capital inline with our existing facilities. We appreciate FBNQuest's support and appreciate our growing long-term relationship with them." Lekan Akinyanmi, LEKOIL's CEO said.


The Howard Bison soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Howard University in Washington, D.C., United States. The team is an associate member of the Sun Belt Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Howard's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1965. The team plays its home games at Greene Stadium near the Park View neighborhood of the District. The Bison are coached by Howard alumnus and former U.S. national team player, Phillip Gyau.
Howard achieved much of their success in the early to mid-1970s and in the late 1980s, where they would win two NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championships (1971 and 1974), and reach the College Cup on six occasions. The 1971 title would later be vacated by the NCAA. Howard is known as the first historically black college and university to win an NCAA soccer title. Despite these achievements, the Bison have had less success in modern times, with their last NCAA berth coming in 1997.
Howard has produced five first team All-Americans.
^ Howard Bison New Visual Identity Guide (PDF). July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
^ Wise, Mike (July 12, 2014). "Howard University, 1974 NCAA soccer champions, brought worlds together". The Washington Post. washingtonpost.com. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
^ "Division I Men's Soccer Championship History". NCAA.com. February 25, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
^ "All-America Awards". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. nscaa.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2017.


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Raghida Dergham
Backed into a corner, Iran should swallow its pride and resume talks with the US
There is no hint of rapprochement yet from the regime but it has few reasons to keep stirring the pot
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and president Hassan Rouhani pray near the coffin of Qassem Suleimani in Tehran. Reuters
No decision has yet been made by Iran to de-escalate and rein in its belligerent policies despite signs that a direct military standoff with the US – following the killing of Quds Force commander Qassem Suleimani and the Iranian reprisal through missile strikes on US bases in Iraq – has been contained. The divide in the ranks of Iran's leadership follows the reformist-hardliner fault line. One camp, represented by foreign minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, declared that the response to Suleimani's killing is over. The other faction has pledged a massive operation against US forces throughout the Middle East, which experts reckon would take the form of a series of simultaneous attacks on several targets in several countries.
One driver of a potential round of attacks is US President Donald Trump's decision to step up sanctions against the country's leaders and on Iran's industries beyond the oil sector. On the other hand, leaders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its expeditionary arm, the Quds Force, has vowed to exact "a tougher revenge on the enemy". Speaking at a news conference in front of the banners of Iran's multi-national proxies in Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC's aerospace force, said plans are under way to launch major operations aiming to "expel US forces from the region".
US officials take the Iranian threats very seriously. They have developed military plans alongside fresh sanctions that sources say will target the core of Iran's nuclear programme. This is especially since Tehran has announced its intention to double its uranium enrichment levels and hinted at withdrawing from the nuclear deal with world's major powers – as well as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT. The decision taken in Washington is to prevent Iran and its proxies from achieving their goal of driving out US forces from the region and destroying those threatening to "return US troops in coffins", as Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said.
The Trump administration is focused on protecting US embassies in the region, especially Iraq and Lebanon. This comes after reports indicating that the Quds Force intends to mobilise its proxies to stage unrest outside of diplomatic missions and repeat what happened at the US embassy in Tehran in 1979, when the building was overrun by mobs and its staff held hostage for 444 days.
In short, US military planning is not waiting for events to happen. It is pre-empting them as part of a new policy of anticipation and deterrence. According to informed sources, however, part of the US military preparations is being conducted together with Israel, in anticipation of Iranian escalation in Lebanon, but also in preparation for joint US-Israeli strikes on nuclear sites in Iran. This would take place in the event of Iranian attacks on key US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, or Iranian escalation on the nuclear level. For this reason, it is still too early to conclude that the standoff is over, or that negotiations are around the corner, or that Iranian divisions have been settled in favour of reform instead of adventurism.
US President Donald Trump, posing for a photo with American troops, could be a thorn in the Iranian regime's side until 2025. EPA
Some hope that it was a wise calculation that led Iran to launch ballistic missiles at US bases in a way that avoided inflicting casualties and preclude a crushing US response. Mark Milley, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, suggested the Iranian strike on bases housing US soldiers "intended to kill", while other officials said casualties were avoided thanks to intelligence and early warnings. Either way, the death of US soldiers would have escalated the standoff, given that this is the red line Mr Trump declared from the beginning and did not back away from after he was accused of weakness for failing to respond to a previous Iranian downing of a US drone and the unprecedented attack on Saudi Aramco facilities last year.
The situation looks different now. Military mobilisation continues despite the end of the first round of confrontations. US military preparations must be taken seriously, as the it deploys air, land and sea assets, as if to remind everyone that it is still the world's sole superpower and that it is not going to allow its prestige to be challenged. Meanwhile, Mr Trump is feeling increasingly self-assured after taking out Iran's second-most important leader. Indeed, Suleimani's elimination has meant taking down the strategic and executive head of Iran's expansionism in the region. Suleimani was not only an extraordinary general but an extraordinary politician as well, widely seen as part of the future succession tapestry of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader. Even in the foreign policy domain, Suleimani came even before President Hassan Rouhani and Mr Zarif.
The situation suggests that the Quds Force has only two options in front of it: reform or collapse. Either it realises that with the absence of the top of the pyramid, things cannot go on as they were – especially in the light of US military mobilisation – or it does the equivalent of committing suicide.
The Trump administration has decided to proceed with measures that build on the assassination of Suleimani, namely to eliminate Iran's project in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen once it is structurally weakened. If Tehran decides to go to war with the US to preserve its regional project, it will have to conduct its military calculations carefully. While it has the ability to inflict massive damage in Arab countries, taking on the US directly is a different matter. And if reports of US-Israeli coordination are accurate, then logic indicates such a war would pose an existential threat to Iran.
Qasim Suleimani was not just a superior military commander, he was also a shrewd political thinker. AFP
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However, there is another dimension – related to US presidential elections. Iran has been watching closely, hoping Mr Trump's impeachment attempts would lower his re-election chances. Tehran, though, must reconsider its bets because Mr Trump's recent actions could go a long way in securing a second term, which would mean that it would have to deal with him for another four years. Wisdom requires that delusions be replaced with reality, such as when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the regime's first supreme leader, declared a ceasefire following eight years of war with Iraq in the 1980s. Khomeini famously conceded having to "drink the poisoned cup" for the sake of his country. Perhaps the current leadership should also think about the interests of its people, who are paying the price of its stubbornness.
A third dimension concerns the economic situation. This is also the result of the leadership's stubbornness, having rejected the European-backed offer from the US to negotiate on a new deal. If the stubbornness continues, sanctions will increase and cost more and Iran's leaders could find themselves tempted by military actions that would in turn unleash a fatal confrontation.
Finally, the current situation is the outcome of Iran's failed attempt to cause a rift across the Atlantic over the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal. According to informed sources, some Iranian leaders are still threatening the European capitals of ripping up the deal and walking out of the NPT unless they pressure the US to back down and activate the financial mechanism that would remove the sanctions. But this is dangerous thinking as it would trigger US and Israeli strikes inside Iran, according to the sources.
The wise option would be for Tehran to return to negotiations. Washington will not agree to negotiations on conditions set by the regime of lifting or suspending sanctions first. Iran has to agree to new negotiations for a new deal, especially given that Europe has inched closer to the American position. It must carefully study the situation on the ground in the wake of Suleimani's killing. It must also come to terms with the possibility that Mr Trump will remain in the White House until 2025 – along with his crippling sanctions and the mobilisation of the world's mightiest army.
Raghida Dergham is the founder and executive chairwoman of the Beirut Institute
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wine for a shotgun receives another award
EM Press poet Marty McConnell's wine for a shotgun has won the Silver Medal for the 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards for poetry. The awards will be given out on May 29th at a ceremony in New York. This is the 17th annual "IPPY" awards, see full results here. Congratulations to Read More
EM Press Is Now On Audible.com
EM PRESS LAUNCHES "THE SLAM POETS SERIES," AVAILABLE AS AUDIO DOWNLOADS AT AUDIBLE.COM CHANNAHON, IL, April, 2013. EM Press today announced the launch of the Slam Poets Series in conjunction with Audible.com. Through the partnership, Audible will produce audio performances of EM Press poetry books. This important new series features Read More
Regie Gibson reflects on the Jack McCarthy Memorial
Em Press poet Regie Gibson attended Jack McCarthy's Memorial service in Massachusetts last month and was kind enough to write a few words sharing his experience. Jack's McCarthy's Memorial By Regie Gibson February 10th, 2013 Jack McCarthy's memorial was held at Follen church, a small Unitarian Universalist church located Read More
wine for a shotgun up for national book awards
We're very proud to announce that poet Marty McConnell is a finalist for two book awards for her new release, wine for a shotgun. McConnell is a finalist for this year's Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry, presented by the Publishing Triangle. http://www.publishingtriangle.org/ The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony Read More
Slam the Radio features Marty McConnell
Here's a segment from our Slam the Radio show on SiriusXM Book Radio Channel 80 that features Marty McConnell. The show is a live recording from Marty's apperance at the 2012 Chicago Tribune Lit Fest. Marty is backed by EM Press recording artist John Condron and the Benefit. Marty Read More
Slam The Radio Tribute to Jack McCarthy
Slam The Radio is a weekly show that EM Press produces for SiriusXM Book Radio Channel 80. We have been offering shows ranging from the Uptown Poetry Slam with Marc Smith at the Green Mill to poet specific showcases. We recently released a show that was a tribute to Jack Read More
Good Days by Stephen Dobyns for Jack McCarthy, 1939-2013
When we were working on Jack McCarthy's first book, 'Say Goodnight Grace Notes: New and Corrected Poems' (he lifted 'corrected' from his friend, poet Michael Brown) the excellent writer Stephen Dobyns wrote a blurb for the book: 'Jack McCarthy is one of the wonders of contemporary poetry. He writes–and often Read More
A few words for our friend Jack McCarthy
It is difficult to speak about Jack McCarthy using only a few words. There will never be enough words. For now, Mark and I will keep it brief. Our friendship with Jack goes back to 2001, when we first began a decade long conversation on poetry, family, life and death. Read More
wine for a shotgun book release
Marty McConnell hosted a fantastic night of poetry and music at the Funky Buddha Lounge in Chicago. She was celebrating the release of her new book, wine for a shotgun. The evening opened with several of Marty's friends reading poetry, including the always energetic Emily Rose. Then, John Condron Read More
As we approach our thirteenth year of publishing, we felt it was time to do some updating on our website. Actually, it turned out to be a complete overhaul. As a result, we think you will find the site easier to navigate, find more audio and video, and most importantly Read More
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Regional Youth Entertainment (rYe)
rYe is the Regional Youth Entertainment branch of RYDON, established to foster and support entertainment opportunities for young people across Regional NSW.
rYe is the incarnation of a group previously known as the Cessnock Youth Entertainment Committee (CYEC). The CYEC was a fantastic example of what a youth-led project can achieve. With a history spanning over 15 years, this committee were a very pro-active part of the Cessnock Community landscape and have achieved a great deal in that time.
It all started back in 2005 when a group of young people recognised that there wasn't much to do in Cessnock and wanted to do something about it. They approached local youth workers Rebecca Kelly (Cessnock Youthlinx) and Lakin Agnew (Cessnock Community and Youth Development Project), who offered their support to kickstart the project. The committee began meeting once a month and planning small-scale music events. From these initial stages, the committee grew and began meeting most weeks and over the years has applied for and attracted over $150k in funding to be directed into youth events and activities. For the past 14 years they have had a youth volunteer partnership with the Groovin' The Moo festival.
From 2022, rYe will step into this partnership with Groovin' the Moo festival providing opportunities for young people to gain some festival experience and volunteer at the Maitland event.
rYe will be the RYDON link for future opportunities such as Groovin' the Moo or other festivals/events that present volunteering opportunities for YP, as well as- any possible grant opportunities to support Regional youth events.
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Compassionate Cultivation: CBD Medicine is Finally Here in Texas!
An Historic Day in Texas!
Welcome to my blog. Here you'll find my ramblings on parenting a typically developing child as well as one with complex medical needs. I'll also share a bit about my journey as a medical cannabis activist in the state of Texas. And when I'm not writing about the above, there's a good chance you'll hear my thoughts on music or muddling my way through my 40s!
Jan 22 Compassionate Cultivation: CBD Medicine is Finally Here in Texas!
I have been privileged to work alongside some of the brightest and most loving parents over the past couple of years in the fight to legalize medical marijuana in the state of Texas. To call this a labor of love doesn't come close to describing what I've seen some of these people put into this work. We are desperate for safe effective medications for our kids. In the 2015 session a small but important amount of headway was made when Governor Abbott signed the compassionate use program (TCUP) into law. This law allows patients with intractable epilepsy to obtain high cbd/low thc medicine to treat seizures. Intractable epilepsy is a rare form of epilepsy and means that seizures are not controlled by pharmaceutical medication or other intervention. The TCUP law requires a patient to have tried at least two medications and have two epileptologist who are registered with the program prescribe the medication. This law also states that the medication can contain no more than .5% thc. THC is the psychotropic part of the plant associated with feelings of being high. Currently there is a gray area of the federal law that allows cbd products made from hemp to contain no more than .3% thc, (marijuana is still federally illegal) so TCUP gives patients access to a tiny bit more THC as well as from true medical cannabis grown in a regulated setting so that patients know they are getting a clean and reliable product. Furthermore, the program allows only three dispensaries across the entire state of Texas to grow this medicine. I have many concerns about the scope of this program and the sustainability of this industry in our state under the current model, but more on that later. For now, I will tell you that I am beyond thrilled to get a chance to see how this medication helps M. He will be one of the first patients in Texas to begin using this homegrown medicine in just a couple of weeks!
My dear friend and fellow warrior mama, Terri, has been at the forefront of this battle from day one. M and her daughter have known each other since preschool. She has been key in providing parent input into the development of this program and has been working closely with the Austin-area dispensary, Compassionate Cultivation. I was honored to be her plus one last Friday evening at a celebration of the first harvest of medication with investors of the company. It was wonderful to be able to tell these investors our stories of our children and how we really do believe having access to this medicine is a matter of life and death. I wish I was exaggerating when I tell you that each and every morning that I go to M's room to check on him, I have a horrid visual that flashes through my brain right before I open the door. I can't type what I see here because just thinking of it now makes me lose my breath. This isn't a joke--we need safer, more effective medicine for our kids.
We have a lot of work left to do in this state to create a more viable program. Mother's Advocating Medical Marijuana for Autism, or 'MAMMA' is dedicated to pursuing the expansion of the TCUP program so that we may have access to whole plant cannabis and expand the list of conditions that qualify to receive this medicine. Please consider searching for a MAMMA chapter in your state for more information on how you can join our cause!


Verizon's military recruiting team needed a different approach to military hiring. Their focus is on becoming a brand that relates to both consumers and job candidates, particularly the military population.
Hirepurpose was able to provide Verizon direct engagement with military members by advocating on their behalf, which allowed Verizon to make senior-level hires at a more cost-effective price. Hirepurpose and Verizon worked closely together to understand hiring goals and develop a strategy to meet those goals.