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Gossip: Klopp to sell 'incredible' star and make £70m signing
Date published: Friday 1st May 2020 7:52 - Matthew Stead
KALIDOU DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
Jurgen Klopp once described his signing as "incredible", but it seems that he could be about to sell Joel Matip. Liverpool have to make way for Kalidou Koulibaly, after all.
'The first contacts have already been made,' if TuttoMercatoWeb are to be believed. And they probably aren't. But they do say Napoli have decided to sell their 'jewel' due to financial pressures posed by the global pandemic.
They are currently sixth in Serie A and face the prospect of losing all that sweet Champions League money next season, with no viable argument as to why they should qualify ahead of Atalanta or Lazio. Koulibaly is one of their most valuable assets, with a slew of teams interested, so could be sacrificed.
Klopp wants to form 'an explosive couple' at the heart of his Liverpool defence, which is where Matip comes in. He would either be sold or 'downgraded to the very first reserve,' with the first option suggested as 'more likely'.
Matip is 28 and has more than four years on his Liverpool contract. That would not be a low fee. Napoli have reportedly dropped Koulibaly's price to £70m. Are we still to pretend such deals will be commonplace this summer?
JACK IT IN
One club that does not want Koulibaly is Manchester United. That has already been made clear. But it seems as though they have their transfer priorities in order.
With Leicester 'confident' that no-one can afford James Maddison in the current climate, he 'expects to stay' at least until next season. The Manchester Evening News therefore say Jack Grealish is United's primary target for that creative midfield role.
Maddison would cost around £80m and Grealish, perhaps depending upon Aston Villa's Premier League fate, could be a fair bit cheaper. No fee is mentioned – £60m seems to be the accepted price – but they absolutely will not be signing both.
TOSSED SALADS AND SCRAMBLED EGGS
That £15m bid United made in January to sign Ryan Fraser will be the final chance Bournemouth had of securing any money for the winger. His contract expires in the summer and many a team has had their interest piqued.
Among them is Tottenham, who Football Insider say are now leading this particular race. Fraser 'is eager to join a Champions League calibre club and Spurs would interest him'. Are those two points related?
The Scotland international 'has told friends' that Tottenham would be a tempting proposition if the move was to materialise. Jose Mourinho would bloody love him.
AND THE REST
Real Madrid and Barcelona have joined the race to sign Borussia Dortmund and England winger Jadon Sancho. Manchester United are also keen on the 20-year-old… Arsenal face competition from AC Milan to sign Real Betis and France midfielder Nabil Fekir, 26… Bayern Munich are only willing to pay £60m for Manchester City and Germany winger Leroy Sane, 24… Barcelona will not sell Brazil winger Philippe Coutinho for less than 100m euros (£87m). Chelsea have been linked with the 27-year-old… Inter Milan are keen to make Victor Moses' loan deal permanent but want Chelsea to drop their 12m euros (£10m) asking price for the 29-year Nigeria winger… Manchester United will reject any bids for English goalkeeper Dean Henderson during the next transfer window. The 23-year-old is currently on loan at Sheffield United.
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Theater Directors Worried by Ignorance of Bulgarian Audience
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Directors Ivaylo Hristov (left) and Tedi Moskov (right) are concerned about reforms in Bulgarian theater and the lower interest of the viewers. Photo by M3 College
The Bulgarian audience is appreciating good theater less and less, according to leading local directors.
Speaking during the annual public discussion of the "PR Thursday" club of M3 College in Sofia, emblematic theater directors Ivaylo Hristov and Tedi Moskov expressed their growing concern over the decreasing levels of appreciating for culture in the country.
Moskov said he lived off his income from the 1990s meaning that several of his plays that we first shown 15-16 years still attracted many viewers; yet, he said that the plays he directed in Germany allowed him to use much more sophisticated approaches because of the higher level of the German theater-goers.
"I had to remove some elements from "Odysseus" when I directed in Bulgaria because the people here cannot understand them. For example, when the centaur wonders which one of his parents was a horse, and which – a human," Moskov explained.
Ivaylo Hristov complained that the government had cut the state subsidies for theater by 70% because of the crisis, or by BGN 18 M.
"Only the theaters on Broadway make profits. In any normal country – I mean England, France, Germany – the theaters are heavily subsidized. The average subsidy per good play in Bulgaria is BGN 10 000, which only covers the cost for the timber that is used for the settings," he explained.
He also admitted that as the head of the private "Modern Theater" he had to invest money into it from other businesses to keep it running.
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Was wondering what everone have mod their accent with? Bodykit or turbo charge or anything things that you have mod or added in ur beloved accent. just for sharing purpose do list it down here. So that other can have reference on it. er..not sure i post it right or already been post before.
Come on guys, no one mod their car? not even adding Voltage stabilizer?
is tat considered a moD???
voltage stabilizer....of course ground wiring....steering, soprt rims, yup...thats all.
when get back to KL...K&N drop in, cool air intake, twin loop mugen exhaust system and lastly foglight HID.
Anything you change from ori is mod plug cable also consider mod minor mod.
Cool guys keep coming; its good for sharing also.
sha u mod so many things already? must see.
Wah! U guys really mod a lot wo! As for me, just some simple mod. Now have to stop for a while, need to save $$$ 1st.
I think that's about all. Hehe!
lots of money for those mods... maybe enough to buy a better car?
Cool, so many ppl actually mod alot of things..interesting. We should come out one day for sharing.
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Miami-Dade detectives forced to fill staffing gaps, serve court orders
(MIAMI HERALD) The Miami-Dade Police Department, already short-staffed, recently had to pull detectives away from nabbing drug dealers, swindlers and fugitive felons so they could help serve thousands of subpoenas, child-support orders and divorce documents.
The reason: the economic downturn has spawned a massive rise in court filings, such as foreclosures, repossessions and lawsuits — overwhelming department employees who normally deliver court paperwork.
Miami-Dade's Court Services Bureau says it has drastically cut down a massive backlog of 6,000 court orders and has hired 11 new civilian process servers to start knocking on doors within weeks.
It can't come soon enough, say lawyers, who maintain that police staff shortages dealing with a blizzard of court orders has caused unnecessary delays in an already overburdened court system.
"By our count, in the last 11 months, nearly 600 subpoenas have been returned unserved reportedly due to the Department's inability" to do its job, Miami-Dade Public Defender Carlos J. Martinez wrote in a July letter to the county manager.
He attached two witness subpoenas returned to his office, unserved, with the annotation: "No service . . . due to lack of officer manpower."
During the past year, the court services bureau says it has been tasked every day with serving nearly 800 "writs" — orders from judges for everything from subpoenas to summons to evictions.
Armed and sworn Miami-Dade officers mostly serve domestic-violence restraining orders, evict delinquent homeowners and arrest witnesses who fail to appear in court.
They, too, are undermanned — currently five positions short.
Consider the case of Sergio Diaz. A family court judge last year ordered Miami-Dade police to arrest his son's mother, who had been denying Diaz child visitation rights and ducking court dates. Police never did — two orders from a judge expired without her arrest, said lawyer Michael Lechtman.
Exasperated and with no money left for legal bills, Diaz gave up and moved to Gainesville to find work, he said.
"If the [police] had done their jobs, maybe my client would have been reunited with his son," Lechtman said.
CASE BACKLOG
As for the non-sworn civilian servers, the bureau — through attrition — had lost 11 positions by June. With a bare-bones staff and few uniformed officers to pitch in, the backlog of writs to be served by civilian employees ballooned to 6,000 cases by June, said Court Services Bureau Maj. Larry Buck.
Department brass turned to detectives usually assigned to economic crimes, felony warrants, narcotics and strategic and specialized investigations, which probes organized crime.
Over nine weeks, dozens of detectives visited 3,313 homes countywide, successfully serving legal paperwork at just more than half of them, according to an Aug. 19 internal police report. None of the detectives logged overtime.
That angers Miami-Dade police union president John Rivera, who said those detectives should be investigating their own cases during their work hours — not serving subpoenas.
"It's sad. The government's first responsibility is public safety and we're not doing it the right way. I've been here 34 years and I've never heard of this happening," said Rivera, who is embroiled in stalled contract negotiations with the county.
Maj. Buck acknowledged that juggling personnel "sometimes is a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul. But the whole department is short."
Detectives from the other bureaus stopped serving subpoenas on Aug. 13.
Since then, the backlog has been cut down to below 2,000, a more manageable number, Buck said. And 11 civilians have since been hired, are in training and should start in a few weeks, he said.
"We're getting back to normal," he said.
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BVI Premier Andrew Fahie granted US$500 000 bail
Florida – A United States judge on Wednesday ruled that British Virgin Islands (BVI) Premier Andrew Fahie can be released on a US$500 000 bond pending his trial on cocaine trafficking conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy charges, despite a prosecutor's arguments that he should face pre-trial detention.
Fahie would have to remain in monitored confinement in his daughters' apartment, Judge Alicia Otazo Reyes of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruled.
"I do believe that . . . the terms that I have imposed will ensure his appearance," Otazo Reyes said as she rejected the prosecutor's call for Fahie to remain in custody.
The 51-year-old premier of the British Overseas Territory was arrested last Thursday during a sting at the Miami-Opa-locka Executive Airport, along with managing director of the BVI Ports Authority Oleanvine Maynard. Maynard's son, Kadeem Maynard, was arrested in St Thomas.
His attorney Theresa Van Vliet, in filing a pre-trial release request with the Miami federal court, said her client was not a flight risk as he had ties to the US where his two daughters live.
Fahie had requested his release, claiming he is immune from prosecution because he is the elected, constitutional head of government of the BVI. However, the Department of Justice said no such immunity exists because the BVI is not a sovereign nation.
US prosecutor Frederic Shadley, in a written request for Fahie's pre-trial detention, contended that the accused had "repeatedly shown a complete and utter disregard for the rule of law, along with a willingness to obstruct justice".
"He accepted bribes, committed crimes, worked with drug dealers, and agreed to pay bribes," he wrote.
The prosecutor plans to appeal the decision to grant Fahie pre-trial release.
Fahie's arraignment is scheduled for May 25, and his lawyer said he intended to plead not guilty at that time.
Fahie and the mother and son Maynard duo are accused of agreeing to facilitate the safe passage through BVI ports of tons of Colombian cocaine headed to Miami, in exchange for millions which would be funneled through different businesses and bank accounts to hide the money's source.
Fahie and the elder Maynard, both of whom had been in Miami for the world's largest cruise conference, were arrested while meeting with two undercover DEA agents posing as members of a Mexican cartel. They had met to collect a $700 000 cash advance on their deal, prosecutors allege. (CMC)
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This Straight-Piped 2023 Chevy Corvette Z06 Screams Like an F1 Car
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Cutting the mufflers off a Corvette is nothing new. It probably happens multiple times per second. Straight-piping a new, flat-plane, 5.5-liter 2023 Corvette Z06 has yet to happen as far as we know, though. That has just changed.
Remember that YouTuber who jumped a creek in his Ram TRX and then got fined by the state of Pennsylvania for the stunt? Would you believe me if I told you he is the one who straight-piped his Chevy Corvette? Yes, he managed to sneak out of his packed schedule of Mensa meetings to get a hold of a new Z06 and saw the mufflers off. Well…not exactly. He's actually having a shop, Fabspeed out of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, install a set of high-flow catalytic converters and remove the offending exhaust silencers.
The long video's title contains the words "WORLD'S FIRST STRAIGHT PIPED C8 Z06." We actually only get a few seconds of the car revving without its factory exhaust system, though. These precious seconds are at the very end, of course. Here's that part, timestamped for your convenience.
It's admittedly worth watching the whole video to see that little clip. The noise is unbelievable. General Motors likely couldn't release this F1 V8-sounding engine in this state for a good reason. It's definitely too loud to be legal, and with the high-flow cats, the emissions might get sketchy. Not all aftermarket cats are made equal.
The Z06 still sounds good stock, but sawing off the mufflers gives it that high-pitched scream that it's missing from the factory. It revs to 8,600 RPM, sure, but it doesn't really sound like it.
The car also gets dynoed with its factory exhaust still attached, and it makes 640 wheel horsepower. That would seem to indicate that the Z06's powerplant, the LT6, could really be making more than the 670 crank horsepower the automaker claims. That's not really here nor there, though.
Will we see more straight-piped Z06s? God, I hope so. And if the rumors about a potential twin-turbo version of the LT6 are true, I want to get the mufflers off of that thing as well.
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A piece of art outside the British Library, with sheep. Apparently this is supposed to reference the British trend for landscaping during the Georgian era. I read the sign nearby a couple of times and I have no idea why the sheep are there.
I am obsessed with charity shopping. I have probably mentioned this before. I haven't gone since before Christmas, and I'm starting to get withdrawal symptoms. These include: getting out old charity shop purchases to admire them, craning my neck to look at the Red Cross shop every time I go past (and usually making an 'ooh' noise at the window display) and trying to convince myself that if I do x, y, and z then I will reward myself with a charity shopping trip. I try to include at least one impossible task in x, y, and z, because I really have too much stuff and should not go charity shopping. Unless I manage to get rid of a lot of it. Then I can. Anyway, when I can't charity shop I like to live vicariously through others, so I was delighted to discover that Dead People's Clothes (a blog I probably discovered by typing 'charity shopping blog' into Google - another withdrawal/obsession symptom) has updated for the first time in a few months! Yay! I love this blog because Amy gives all of her clothing items names, like Really in Fabulous Nobodies .
Take Three: Primers is a comparison of three often-admired primers. I have three primers and none of them are perfect, but I have forbidden myself from buying any more. I really want to try Carly's two favourites though!
Lipglosses and lipsticks are possibly even more tempting than charity shops. Both this review of two lovely shades of Revlon ColorBurst Lipglosses at Midnight Violets, and this review of Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Beso at The Beauty Milk was difficult to behold. I can almost feel my arm creeping towards my wallet now.
Scratch that, I can definitely feel my hand creeping towards my wallet! Sock Dreams wrote a blog post about the range of purple shades they have socks in!
Ahh! I must distract myself by looking at pretty things that I can have without spending money! Happily, I found 14 Not-Boring Beauty Trends I'd Like To See Take Off In 2014 at xoVain, and this Dark Aqua Eye Makeup Look at Glitter is my Crack. I can totally copy these ideas without spending 1p.
Finally, rats holding/cuddling tiny teddy bears! So cute!
I've sort of given up on charity shopping. Near me it's now all "vintage = £££" in all of the shops and everything is priced ridiculously. I still love the idea of finding a bargain in a shop, like searching for treasure, but they are selling Primark clothes as expensively as in the shop itself, only diofference being that these ones have been worn.
The charity shops near me are getting in the habit of putting anything from the 90s or earlier on a separate 'vintage' rail and putting up the prices, but I never found much vintage in charity shops anyway. I can still get clothes from high street brands I like for a fraction of their original prices, so that keeps me going back, though I do roll my eyes whenever I see something from Primark priced at over £6!


Heather and Ryan called us about doing some day after wedding pictures all dressed up in their wedding day attire! I love these types of shoots. I get to photograph couples looking just as fantastic as they would on their wedding day but with a lot more time to be creative. We actually were not their wedding photographers. Apparently they were a bit disappointed that they did not get what they were hoping for as far as portraits on their wedding day. And they wanted to remedy that. They met at the College of Charleston, so the Cistern Yard means a lot to them. Here are a handful of pictures from our day together.


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Hypnotherapy is a powerful healing tool used to create major positive life changes. Hypnotherapy works with the person's subconscious, the part within us that holds memories from this life and other incarnations that we have experienced. These subconscious memories, even when not consciously remembered, create patterns and beliefs within a person that we then live our lives according to….these "false" patterns and beliefs are what we focus on in hypnotherapy. The hypnotherapist acts as a "spiritual guide" for the client in moving through their own healing and transformation.
One of the more common reasons that people seek out hypnotherapy is to heal this life, and past life relationships with significant others, partners, family and friends.
The relationships that we experience with others can be some of the most rewarding times in our lives. However, they can also be one of the most challenging aspects in our lives as well. These connections with others are the most important aspect of our incarnations here on this planet….they assist with the growth and evolution of our souls.
Some souls may come together to work on karmic issues that have nothing to do with the other person in a personal sense…..they may not have even lived a previous lifetime together in any way……but they may share similar attitudes that need to be worked on or balanced out.
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Q: Setting auto layout constraints programmatically on two views in ViewController I am trying to add two UIView on ViewController. One of them is plain UIView and other is UITableView. I am not quite sure how to set height constraint on them in such away that UITableView will be of height required for its content and other view can resize itself based on UITableView height.
Below is the simple sketch and code I am using for setting up those constraints.

 NSDictionary *views = NSDictionaryOfVariableBindings(_infoView,_infoTableView);

[self.view addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"[_infoView]"
                                                                  options:0
                                                                  metrics:nil
                                                                    views:views]];

[self.view addConstraints:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintsWithVisualFormat:@"V:[_infoView]-[_infoTableView]"
                                                                  options:0
                                                                  metrics:nil
                                                                    views:views]];

// Width constraint
[self.view addConstraint:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self.infoView
                                                 attribute:NSLayoutAttributeWidth
                                                 relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual
                                                    toItem:self.view
                                                 attribute:NSLayoutAttributeWidth
                                                multiplier:1.0
                                                  constant:0]];

[self.view addConstraint:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self.infoTableView
                                                      attribute:NSLayoutAttributeWidth
                                                      relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual
                                                         toItem:self.view
                                                      attribute:NSLayoutAttributeWidth
                                                     multiplier:1.0
                                                       constant:0]];

[self.view addConstraint:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self.infoView
                                                      attribute:NSLayoutAttributeTop
                                                      relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual
                                                         toItem:self.view
                                                      attribute:NSLayoutAttributeTop
                                                     multiplier:1.0
                                                       constant:0]];

[self.view addConstraint:[NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self.infoTableView
                                                      attribute:NSLayoutAttributeBottom
                                                      relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual
                                                         toItem:self.view
                                                      attribute:NSLayoutAttributeBottom
                                                     multiplier:1.0
                                                       constant:0]];

Any comments / feedback would be highly appreciated.
Thanks.

A: You are on the right track. The trick here is that  you need to dynamically update the height of tableView to its contentSize.height  so infoView will know it should either be vertically expanded or shrunk:
First you define a property that will hold the height constraint:
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSLayoutConstraint *tableViewHeightConstraint;

- (void)viewDidLoad {
  ...
  self.tableViewHeightConstraint = [NSLayoutConstraint constraintWithItem:self.tableView
                                                                attribute:NSLayoutAttributeHeight
                                                                relatedBy:NSLayoutRelationEqual
                                                                   toItem:nil
                                                                attribute:NSLayoutAttributeNotAnAttribute
                                                               multiplier:0.0
                                                                 constant:350.0];
}

Then you can update the height constraint right after tableView knows its contentSize (ex: viewDidAppear:animated):
- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
  [super viewDidAppear:animated];

  self.tableViewHeightConstraint.constant = self.tableView.contentSize.height;
  [self.view layoutIfNeeded];
}

I created a sample project for you so you can play around with it to have a better understanding about what I intend to do.

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The past six years have been a windfall for the horror genre. From The Conjuring and The Cabin in the Woods to The Babadook and It Follows, it's been something of a golden age for scaring us sh*tless. This year alone, we have seen the likes of The Conjuring 2 and (the mediocre) Lights Out. And we have one more to add to the list with the upcoming Before I Wake.
Directed by Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Hush), the film will follow the Hobson family, played by Kate Bosworth and Thomas Jane, both of whom I forgot existed. The Hobsons are still reeling from the death of their young son Sean. To help deal with the loss, they adopt young Cody, played by Jacob Tremblay (Room). However, they soon realize that whatever Cody dreams becomes reality, including, apparently, butterflies and their deceased son. And if his dreams become reality, what will happen when he has a nightmare?
Flanagan has a history of making strong horror films, and this trailer has some fascinating elements, even if it starts to get a little ridiculous near the end. I don't know, I'll probably check it out, if only for Jacob Tremblay. Little dude's a real talent. You can watch the trailer below, and see the movie when it comes out September 9th.


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Aviation: Fuels
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of introducing fuel duty or VAT on aviation fuel.

Members of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), including the United Kingdom, are prevented from taxing international aviation fuel, or any proxies for fuel, under the Chicago Convention. However, Air Passenger Duty – which raised £3.4 billion in 2017-18 – ensures that the air travel sector contributes to the cost of public services.

Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority : Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority since its operation was centralised in Swansea following the transfer of DVA services from Northern Ireland in July 2014.
Mr Gregory Campbell

No specific assessment has been made of the performance of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) following the transfer of vehicle registration and licensing services from the Driver Vehicle Agency to the DVLA.

The objective of centralisation was to ensure customers in Northern Ireland had access to the same services that were already available in GB. This includes providing customers in Northern Ireland with the facility to license their vehicles online or by telephone, as well as other online vehicle registration services.

This has now been achieved. Motorists in Northern Ireland also now have access to a wider range of vehicle registration and licensing services at more than 175 Post Office branches.

The centralisation also allowed other new services to be introduced, such as the opportunity for NI customers to purchase and retain personalised registration numbers and the facility for fleet operators in NI to use the DVLA's fleet scheme.

Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell
Visas: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Tier 4 visa applications are treated equitably in respect of (a) country of application and (b) intended place of study.

Tier 4 visa applications are assessed in accordance with the Immigration Rules. Applicants are treated equitably and must meet the same requirements to qualify for leave under a given Tier 4 route and type of sponsor. Nationals of countries listed in Appendix H are subject to reduced documentary requirements although they must meet the same substantive requirements as other nationals. This list is kept under review and we may add or remove countries and competent authorities based on objective criteria. Applicants intending to study at Tier 4 Visa Pilot Scheme institutions are also subject to reduced documentary requirements.

We will keep the visa application process for international students under review, with the aim of improving the customer journey both for students and their sponsoring institutions. This will include reviewing processes for conducting interviews to ensure that these are appropriately focussed and to minimise any inconvenience for applicants.

Brexit: Referendums
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of recent polls in respect of whether to hold a second referendum on EU membership.

The Government has been clear that it does not support a second referendum. The priority of the Government is to deliver on the result of the first referendum by trying to find a compromise deal that could command majority support in Parliament.

Biography information for James Cleverly
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations of the Alzheimer's Society's report entitled, Dementia Fund, published in May 2019.
Stephen Morgan

The Government has committed to publishing a Green Paper on adult social care at the earliest opportunity, setting out proposals for reform and will bring forward ideas for including an element of risk pooling in the system, which will help to protect people from the highest costs. We are committed to ensuring everyone has access to the care and support they need, based on a principle of shared responsibility.

One of the important elements of the dementia fund proposal was greater use of Personal Health Budgets (PHBs). PHBs are one way to give people with long-term health conditions and disabilities more choice and control over the money spent on meeting their health and wellbeing needs. We have committed to exploring possible new rights to have PHBs to a further five areas across 2019-20 including dementia.

Biography information for Stephen Morgan
Extortion: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions have been brought for the offence of blackmail against people that demanded money to leave sites which they are occupying illegally in each year since 2010.
Toby Perkins

Information regarding prosecutions and convictions for blackmail offences from 2010 to 2018 can be found at the following link –

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx

Filter the 'Offence' field to '35 Blackmail' to obtain these figures. The total number of defendants proceeded against as well as those convicted of blackmail for the 2008-2018 decade will appear in the pivot table.

However, specific information regarding blackmail offences, such as the offence of blackmail against people that demanded money to leave sites which they were occupying illegally, may be held on court record. But to be able to identify these cases, as they are not held centrally, we would have to access individual court records which would be of disproportionate cost.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Government plans to make it its policy not to leave the EU without a deal.

It remains Government policy to leave the EU with a deal as soon as possible. We do not want to leave the EU without a deal and it is also clear that there is no Parliamentary majority for pursuing this outcome. However 'no deal' remains the legal default on 31 October and we continue to prepare for such a scenario.

Driving: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the application for a driving licence by Anne Duggan, Ref: 36333622, when the DVLA plans to reach a decision on this application; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Christopher Chope

It would not be appropriate to discuss in public the details of an individual's driving licence application. I have asked the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to look into Ms Duggan's case urgently.

Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope
Driving Tests: Bournemouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the repairs at the Driving Test Centre in Gillam Road, Bournemouth are planned to be completed; and on what date that centre plans to reopen.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is awaiting a surveyor's report to establish what repairs need to be carried out to Bournemouth driving test centre (Gillam Road). It will make an assessment once the scope of the work required is clear.

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many paramedic call-outs relating to alcohol there have been in each year since 2013-14.
Jonathan Ashworth

The information requested is not held centrally.

The Government has taken action at the national level to tackle alcohol misuse including preventing below cost selling, tightening the rules on irresponsible promotions and introducing new powers to deal with anti-social behaviour.

Stephen Hammond
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Do we have tailwind or headwind?
Or is the wind blowing from a different angle?
In The craftsman, the man as a maker, Richard Sennett poses that skilled rituals contribute to a conviction in a physical way. The flag as part of a ritual that may cause participation/ commitment/vision, apart from of any political framework.The flag as a symbol of strength and movement.
The fluttering of flags suggests energy, freedom, fun.
Which we want to be blindsided?
Where do we want to stand for?
root and collect material above. Or we'll get back down.
Do we fight against windmills?


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Forside USA / United States of America Den Amerikanske Borgerkrig og Abraham Lincoln
Den Amerikanske Borgerkrig og Abraham Lincoln
Union soldiers entrenched along the west bank of the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia. Photo: A. J. Russell
Leksikalt / Overview
Artikler mv. på engelsk / Articles etc. in English
Emancipationserklæringen 1862 / The Emancipation proclamation
Steven Spielberg's Lincoln
Se også-links / See also links (person, tidslinje, films)
De første væbnede sammenstød i Den Amerikanske Borgerkrig starter 12. april 1861, da Konføderationsstyrker (Sydstaterne) angriber Fort Sumter i South Carolina. Sidste tropper fra Konføderationen overgiver sig til Unionen 23. juni 1865.
The first armed battles in the American Civil War starts 12 April 1861, when forces from the Confederation attacted Fort Sumer in South Carolina. The South troops surrende to the Union 23 June 1865.
Efter slaget: Døde på slagmarken 1861
Leksikalt / Encyclopedias:
Den Amerikanske Borgerkrig (Denstoredanske.dk)
Amerikanske borgerkrig (Wikipedia.dk)
American Civil War (Wikipedia.org)
American Civil War (Spartacus Educational)
Militærlejre 1861
Artikler mv. / Articles etc.:
The American Civil War. Chapter 57, – i: Neil Faulkner: A Marxist History of the World (Counterfire, 8 January 2012). "One hundred and fifty years ago North America saw the start of a revolutionary war fought between rival systems and opposing political ideologies."
Ulysses S. Grant: American giant. By Matthew E. Stanley (Jacobin, 13 December 2018). "Ron Chernow's new biography rehabilitates the great Civil War general and champion of Reconstruction. But it glosses over the central issues of labor and property that would stifle black equality for a century."
Taming the Antislavery Revolution. By James Oakes (Jacobin, 11 December 2017). Review of Adam I.P. Smith, The Stormy Present: Conservatism and the Problem of Slavery in Northern Politics, 1846-1865 (Chapel Hill, 2017, 344 p.): "The Civil War wasn't just a struggle against the South. It was an ideological battle within the heart of Northern society."
A hard road to travel: black people and racism in the 19th century United States. By Ken Olende (International Socialism, Issue 156, Autumn 2017, p.141-169). "For half of the last century mainstream historians erased the part played by black people and radicals in the defeat of slavery."
Slavery, War, and Revolution. By Kevin B. Anderson (Jacobin, 16 May 2017). Review of The Civil War in the United States, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Second edition. Ed. Andrew Zimmerman (International Publisher, 2016, 254 p.): "Marx's Civil War writings wrestle with many of the issues that plague today's left."
Struggle and progress: Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Union victory and emancipation (Jacobin, Issue 18, Summer 2015). With articles online by Andre Fleche, Eric Foner, Alex Gourevitch, Eileen Jones, Bruce Levine, Heather Cox Richardson and Adolp Reed Jr.
Series: Slavery and the Civil War (Socialist Worker.org, April 9 – May 5, 2015). "One hundred and fifty years ago, the institution of slavery was finally destroyed with the end of the Civil War." Six articles by Lance Selfa, Alan Maass, Bill Mullen and Donny Schraffenberger.
W.E.B. Du Bois, Black agency and the slaves' Civil War. By Brian Kelly (International Socialist Review, Issue 100, Spring 2016, p.48-68). "For most of the century and a half that has passed since the end of the US Civil War, the four million African Americans held as slaves in the Confederate South were written out of any meaningful role in their own emancipation."
The end of chattel slavery in American history: 150 years since ratification of the 13th Amendment. By Tom Mackaman (World Socialist Web Site, 8 December 2015). "The abolition of slavery in the US was an enormous step forward for the American and international working class."
The cinematic lost cause. By Eileen Jones (Jacobin, Issue 18, Summer 2015). "Why have so many films dealing with the Civil War embraced the Confederate struggle?"
How the British workers' movement helped end slavery in America. Part 1-2. By Joe Mount (World Socialist Web Site (5-7 January 2015)
"British workers were conscious of their shared stake in the great democratic revolution being fought on battlefields across the Atlantic Ocean."
Military Emancipation. By Connor Donegan (Against the Current, Issue 172, September-October 2014). Review of Bruce Levine, The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution that Transformed the South (Random House, 2013, 303 p.) + James Oakes, Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865 (W.W. Norton & Company, 2013, 492 p.). "James Oakes and Bruce Levine have given us two new histories of that incredible episode which ought to be widely read."
The Civil War in 1864. By Tom Mackaman (World Socialist Web Site, 23 May 2014). "The American Civil War entered its decisive phase 150 years ago, in the summer and fall of 1864."
American Jacobins. By Seth Ackerman (Jacobin, No.7-8, 2012). "Why has the American left neglected this revolutionay inheritance?
See also debate:
The war of Northern aggression. By James Oakes (Jacobin, No.7-8, 2012). "A leading Civil War historian challenges the new orthodoxy about how slavery ended in America. "
A war of emancipation. By James Oakes (Jacobin, 25 September 2012). "The Republicans were emancipators – from start to finish."
The Civil War reconsidered. By Charlie Post (Jacobin, 25 September 2012). "Jacobin's symposium on 'American Jacobins' is a provocative reminder that the US Civil War and Reconstruction was a radical revolution."
Spielberg's 'Lincoln', Karl Marx, and the Second American Revolution. By Kevin Anderson (The International Marxist-Humanist, December 19, 2012). "The film 'Lincoln' shows the radicalization that had taken place in Civil War America by January 1865, with the Lincoln administration allying itself with the Radical Republicans to end slavery. At the same time, this Hollywood epic ignores both the economic/class dimensions and the warm exchange of letters between Marx's First International and the Lincoln administration …"
Bourgeois Revolution and the US Civil War. By Neil Davidson (International Socialist Review, Issue 83, May 2012). "The main thing I want to talk about in that connection is the nature of the South, because this seems to me to be the crucial question in thinking about the Civil War as a bourgeois revolution."
An unfinished revolution: Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln. By Katherine Connelly (Counterfire, 5 April 2012). Review of Robin Blackburn, An Unfinished Revolution: Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln (Verso, 2011). "Robin Blackburn offers an exciting new perspective on Marx's interpretation of the American Civil War that puts the question of slavery back at its heart."
Lincoln for the Left? By Dave Wagner (Counterpunch, February 10, 2015). Interviews with Paul Buhle about his new book Lincoln For Beginners …". A view on the American historians and Lincoln/the Civil War.
Symposium on Karl Marx and the US Civil War (Historical Materialism, Vol.19, No.4, 2011, p.33-205). "On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War, Historical Materialism has brought together some of the most significant Marxist scholars working in this area to debate the issues. This text introduces some of the questions raised by the Civil War and Southern slavery for Marxists." With articles by Steve Edwards, John Ashworth, Charles Post, Neil Davidson, Robin Blackburn, August H. Nimtz and Eric Foner. Only abstracts online, except this:
Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln: a curious convergence (pdf). By Robin Blackburn (Historical Materialism, Vol.19, No.4, 2011, p.145–174). See abridged version at Jacobin (Issue 7-8, 2012)
Karl Marx and the American Civil War. By Donny Schraffenberger (International Socialist Review, Issue 80, November-December 2011). "A look at Marx and Engels' writing during the Civil War reveals some remarkably powerful insights into that conflict."
On the dialectics of race and class: Marx's Civil War writings, 150 years later. By Kevin Anderson (The International Marxist-Humanist, October 21, 2011). "Marx's dialectic of race and class is related to that of Frantz Fanon and to the Civil War in the U.S., which unleashed many revolutionary possibilities."
Slavery and the origins of the Civil War. By James Illingworth (International Socialist Review, Issue 78, July-August 2011). "The Civil War remains one of the most misunderstood episodes in American history. Unfortunately, this is just as true on the left as it is on the right."
The American Civil War: war against slavery (Socialist Worker, Issue 2248, 23 April 2011). "150 years after the American Civil War began, Matthew Cookson looks back at the significance of the conflict – and examines what really lay behind it."
An Eerie silence. By Robin Blackburn (CounterPunch, April 18, 2011). On the muted 150 years anniversary: "The news and entertainment media love anniversaries. So it is strange that the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War has been so low key. The BBC has a regular item each evening explaining the Secession crisis, in contrast to the shrugs of the US channels."
One hundred and fifty years since the US Civil War. By Tom Eley and David North (World Socialist Web Site, 13 April 2011). "This week marks the 150th anniversary of the Confederate attack on federal soldiers at Fort Sumter, in South Carolina, which began the Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy – an epochal event in American and world history."
The struggle that set the stage for a Civil War (SocialistWorker.org, April 12, 2011). "The opening shots of the American Civil War were fired 150 years ago today – but as Alan Maass explains, the abolitionists' war on slavery began decades before."
The war that became a revolution (Socialist Review, April 2011). "The US Civil War began 150 years ago in April 1861. It ended with the abolition of slavery in the Southern states. Mark L Thomas spoke to historian James McPherson about this turning point in US history."
Slavery and the Civil War (SocialistWorker.org, February 24, 2011). "A century and a half after the opening shots of the Civil War, James Illingworth dispels the myths about the Southern slaveocracy and the war that liberated slaves."
Classics of Marxism: W.E.B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction in America 1860–1880. Review by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (International Socialist Review, Issue 57, January–February 2008). "The Civil War resulted in a pitched battle to determine the future course of American politics and society, a battle that continues to reverberate today. W.E.B. Du Bois's book is an epic retelling of that history. Written in 1935, Black Reconstruction literally rewrote the official history of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras."
The Civil War as 2nd American Revolution, Part I-V (Wig-Wags: Journal of a graduate student in military history and the American Civil War. Blog by Rene Tyree, 2007)
Architects of their own liberation. By Michael Bradley (Socialist Review, October 2007). "Much has been written about the American Civil War, but less is known about the decisive role of black soldiers in the conflict. Michael Bradley unearths the role of free blacks and escaped slaves whose heroism helped secure victory against the Confederate South and ended slavery."
The Second American Revolution (Chapter IV in Alan Woods: Marxism and the United States, Wellred, 2005; Socialist Appeal Ressources). "Like every other serious conflict, at bottom the American Civil War was a class struggle. The Northern manufacturers necessarily had to come into conflict with the Southern landowning classes. The conflict of interest between the two lasted for sixty years and finally ended in civil war."
An uncivil war. By Gareth Jenkins (Socialist Review, June 2004). Review of August Nimtz, Marx, Tocqueville, and Race in America (Lexington Books, 2003). "Hence, on the one hand, the First International, under Marx's inspiration, marshalled support for Lincoln … On the other hand, American communists, mostly German veterans of the 1848 revolutions, organised to win the ideological battle among workers to support black liberation … this is a splendid book which every activist should read and learn from."
How the US Civil War became 'a remorseless revolutionary struggle'. By David Walsh (World Socialist Web Site, 28 February 2003). "A recent conversation with historian James McPherson was prompted by two events: the appearance of Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, which purports to deal with an episode of the Civil War, and the publication of McPherson's most recent work, Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam, which studies one of the turning points in that same conflict."
The Civil War, impeachment then and now and Lincoln's legacy, Part 1. By David Walsh (World Socialist Web Site, 19 May 1999) + Part 2 (20 May) + Part 3 (21 May). "David Walsh recently spoke to James McPherson, the distinguished historian of the Civil War era. Professor McPherson's works include Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution; Battle Cry of Freedom; For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War and The Struggle for Equality."
Clash of two systems. By Chris Harman (Socialist Worker Review, No.131, May 1990, p.25-26; online at Marxists' Internet Archive). Review of James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom (Penguin, 1990). "… there are occasions in which the forces of reaction cannot hold the line indefinitely, however skilled they are and however unskilled their opponents. The battle between the exploiters of free labour and of slavery in America was one such occasion."
Civil War and Reconstruction in the U.S.: primitive accumulation and the bourgeois revolution (1844-1877) (pdf). By Charles Post (IIRE Working Papers, Issue 5, December 1989, 28 p.). "This essay synthesizes much of the existing literature … into a Marxist analysis of the second U.S. bourgeois democratic revolution." See also: Roots of U.S. Capitalism. By Bruce Levine (Against the Current, Issue 156, January-February 2012) + Political Marxism and the rise of American capitalism. By Ashley Smith (International Socialist Review, Issue 78, July 2011). Reviews of Charles Post, The American Road to Capitalism: Studies in Class-Structure, Economic Development and Political Conflict, 1620-1877 (Brill, 2011, 298 p.). See the book online at Libcom.org
Marx and Engels on the Civil War. By George Novack (New International, Vol.IV, No.2, February 1938). "Engels called the American Civil War 'the first grand war of contemporaneous history'. Marx later hailed it as 'the greatest event of the age' … The Second American Revolution stands out as the decisive turning point of Nineteenth century history."
Marx and Engels: Writings on the U.S. Civil War (Marxists Internet Archive)
Twenty-nine articles from Die Presse and New-York Daily Tribune, 1861-1862.
Marx's Letter to Abraham Lincoln. Address of the International Working Men's Association to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America. Presented to U.S. Ambassador Charles Francis Adams. January 28, 1865. (Marxists Internet Archive)
(Ovenstående fotos er fra borgerkrigen, kilde: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
Emancipationserklæringen / Emancipation Proclamation
USAs præsident Abraham Lincoln erklærer 22. september 1862 alle slaver i sydstaterne fri fra den 1. januar 1863, og forvandler den (nord)amerikanske borgerkrig fra en kamp for unionen til en kamp om slaveriet.
US president Lincoln proclaimed (22 September 1862) all slaves from the Southern Statens free and thereby transformed the (north)American civil war from a struggle for the Union to a struggle on slavery
Emancipations Proclamation 1862
Emancipationserklæringen (Wikipedia.dk). With links to a longer article in English/ on Emancipation Proclamation
Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862 + The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 (Archive.org)
Video: The Emancipation Proclamation videos. … the Emancipation Proclamation had both moral and strategic implications for the ongoing Civil War."
150 years since Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. By Tom Mackaman (World Socialist Web Site, 19 November 2013). "In just 271 words, comprising ten sentences, in remarks lasting scarcely over two minutes, Lincoln placed the battle, the war and history itself in the context of the struggle for human equality."
The contemporary significance of the Declaration of Independence and the Battle of Gettysburg: Two milestones in world history. By Joseph Kishore (World Socialist Web Site, 1 July 2013). "The Battle of Gettysburg did not end the Civil War, which would continue for two more years. It was, however, a turning point in the struggle against slavery in the United States."
150 years since the Emancipation Proclamation. By Tom Mackaman (World Socialist Web Site, 3 January 2013). "The Emancipation Proclamation turned the Civil War into a social revolution. It transformed the struggle, waged by the North until then as a war to preserve the Union as it had existed in 1860, into a war for the destruction of slavery and the social and political order that rested upon it."
'A bombshell on the American public'. By James M. McPherson (The New York Review of Books, Vol.59, No.18, November 22, 2012). "The four historians whose books are reviewed here have written about 1862 in a manner that is perhaps neither entirely calm nor impartial, but quite suitable to the tumultuous atmosphere of wartime crisis that pervaded the era."
Interview with historian James McPherson: 150 years since the Emancipation Proclamation. By Tom Mackaman (World Socialist Web Site, 29 October 2012)
Igniting a war to free the slaves (SocialistWorker.org, October 10, 2012). "The unveiling of the Emancipation Proclamation 150 years ago this fall marked a turning point in the history of the American Civil War, writes James Illingworth."
Proclaiming the end of slavery (Socialist Review, September 2012). "On the 150th anniversary Camilla Royle looks back at this crucial turning point in the American Civil War."
150 years since the Battle of Antietam: Prelude to the Emancipation Proclamation. By Tom Mackaman (World Socialist Web Site, 17 September 2012). "One hundred fifty years ago … the armies of the Union and the Confederacy met by Antietam Creek, near Sharpsburg, Maryland. The battle that ensued remains the bloodiest single day for US troops in American military history … Yet the significance of the Battle of Antietam goes far beyond its casualty toll."
How slavery was ended: Civil war and Reconstruction. By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Socialist Worker, US, Issue 662, February 15, 2008). "The American Civil War from 1861 to 1865 and the Reconstruction era that followed completed the revolution, smashing the 254-year-old system of slavery in the American South and transforming Southern society."
The enduring significance of the Emancipation Proclamation. By Shannon Jones (World Socialist Web Site, 2 June 2004). Review article of Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America (Simon & Schuster, 2004): "This work, the first major treatment on the Emancipation Proclamation in 40 years, is well written and highly informative."
Some thoughts on The Emancipation Proclamation. By George Novack (International Socialist Review, Vol.24, No.2, Spring 1963; online at Marxists Internet Archive). "Despite the restraint in this restatement of his guiding line, Lincoln had reached the point where he could no longer withstand the fierce pressure of emancipationist sentiment."
Senere præsident nr. 16 i USA Abraham Lincoln fødes 12. februar 1809 i Sinking Spring Farm, Hardin County, Kentucky (myrdet 15. april 1865 i Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C.)
Abraham Lincoln (Denstoredanske.dk)
Abraham Lincoln (Wikipedia.dk)
Abraham Lincoln (Wikipedia.org)
Video: Lincoln, the American Civil War and the fight against slavery (Counterfire, 12 March 2013, 62 min.). "Historian Neil Faulkner and socialist writer John Rees talk about the American Civil war at Firebox Cafe."
Lincoln och den andra amerikanska revolutionen (pdf). Av Per Leander (Marxistarkiv.se). "Följande två artiklar, ursprungligen publicerade i Internationalen, behandlar dels Lincolns politiska handlingar och revolutionen, och därefter hur bilden av Lincoln har framhållits och förändrats i USA efter hans död."
150 years since the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. By Tom Mackaman (World Socialist Web Site, 14 April 2015). "In office, Lincoln guided the Civil War and transformed it from a struggle for the preservation of the Union into a revolutionary war for the abolition of slavery."
Lincoln for the Left? (CounterPunch, February 10, 2015). Dave Wagner interviews Paul Buhle about his new book Lincoln For Beginners, with comic art by Sharon Rudahl and a Preface by Eric Foner (Comic Book, 2015, 167 p.)
Lincoln, slavery, and the American Civil War. By Neil Faulkner (Counterfire, 30 January 2013). "The American Revolution and the American Civil War represent the two phases of the bourgeois revolution that created modern America. Racism, sexism, and class exploitation remained – and still remain – central features of American life. But that should not detract from our appreciation of how history was driven forwards by determined revolutionary leadership in "˜the fiery trial' of 1861-1865."
The role of Lincoln's Republican Party in ending slavery. By James Illingworth (International Socialist Review, Issue 90, July 2013). Review of James Oakes, Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865 (W.W. Norton & Company, 2012, 596 p.). "Freedom National is certainly Oakes's most important work to date. Over the course of almost five hundred pages it provides one of the most detailed narratives yet written on the advent of emancipation as a northern war aim between 1861 and 1865."
Understanding Lincoln: An interview with historian Allen Guelzo (World Socialist Web Site, 3 April 2013). "Allen Guelzo is the author of numerous books, including Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America and Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction."</>
Reading Karl Marx with Abraham Lincoln: Utopian socialists, German communists, and other republicans. By John Nichols (International Socialist Review, Issue 79, September-October 2011). "In a chapter from his new book The "S" Word, John Nichols discusses the relationship between Karl Marx, German exiles in the United States, and Abraham Lincoln."
150 years ago: The election of Abraham Lincoln touches off secession crisis. By Shannon Jones (World Socialist Web Site, 24 December 2010). "Though not an abolitionist, Lincoln was an opponent of slavery and determined to use all means at his disposal to stop its spread."
Lincoln's black history. By Garry Wills (The New York Review of Books, Vol.56, No.10, June 11, 2009). Review of Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Donald Yacovone (eds.), Lincoln on Race and Slavery (Princeton University Press, 2009). "Abraham Lincoln was born into a racist family, in a racist region of our country, during a racist era of our history. It would have been amazing if he had not begun his life as a racist … Gates thinks that this quantitative approach – how much racism did Lincoln exhibit at any time? – should be replaced by a qualitative question: What kinds of racism are at issue?"
Honor Abraham Lincoln! By Bert Mason (Workers Vanguard, No.938, 5 June 2009). "Many opponents of revolutionary Marxism, from black nationalists to reformist leftists, have made a virtual cottage industry out of the slander that 'Honest Abe' was a racist or even a white-supremacist."
Lincoln and the struggle to abolish slavery. By Alan Maass (Socialist Worker, February 12, 2009). "Lincoln's importance in history wasn't as an abolitionist thinker – he did, indeed, hold backward ideas about race compared to other opponents of slavery – or as an organizer for the cause, but in the role he played in a specific historical situation."
In honor of the bicentenary of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. By Tom Eley (World Socialist Web Site, 12 February 2009). "Lincoln played a central role in one of the great progressive struggles of modern history. The Civil War arose inexorably out of the fundamental contradictions left unresolved by the first American Revolution, which had proclaimed in stirring language the equality of man, and which had sanctioned the use of revolution to destroy all forms of tyranny."
Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream. By Eric Foner (Los Angeles Times Book Review, April 9, 2000). Review of Lerone Bennett, Jr.'s book (Johnson Publishing, 2000). "Which was the real Lincoln – the racist or the opponent of slavery? The unavoidable answer is: both. Bennett cannot accept that it was possible in nineteenth- century America to share the racial prejudices of the time, and yet simultaneously believe that slavery was a crime that ought to be abolished."
See also review by James M. McPherson: Lincoln the devil (The New York Times, August 27, 2000)
The two sides of Abraham Lincoln. By J.R. Johnson [ie. CLR James] (The Militant, 14 February 1949). "Enemy of the slave-power, a friend to the people. That was one side of Lincoln. But there was another which was widely known and commented upon in his own day."
Address of the International Working Men's Association to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America (November 1864). By Karl Marx (Marxists Internet Archive). "We congratulate the American people upon your re-election by a large majority. If resistance to the Slave Power was the reserved watchword of your first election, the triumphant war cry of your re-election is Death to Slavery."
See also Marx and Engels: Writings on the U.S. Civil War (Marxists Internet Archive)
Fra Spielburgs film "Abraham Lincoln"
Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln'
Lincoln (2012 film) (Wikipedia.org)
Mr. Spielberg's Mr. Lincoln. By Chuck Kleinhans (Jump Cut, No.55, Fall 2013). "Political opinions on Lincoln, ranging from conservatives who admired or hated the film, with the same spectrum on the left." With many links.
Lincoln in contemporary U.S. culture and politics. By Douglas Kellner (Jump Cut, No.55, Fall 2013)
Equality before the law in Spielberg's Lincoln. By Gary Bettinson and Richard Rushton (Jump Cut, No.55, Fall 2013)
Lincoln: shared myths in a revisionist age. By Frederick Wasser (Jump Cut, No.55, Fall 2013)
The significance of Steven Spielberg's Old Mr. Lincoln – political emotions and intertextual knowledge. By Janet Staiger (Jump Cut, No.55, Fall 2013)
Lincoln, slavery, and the American Civil War. By Neil Faulkner (Counterfire, 30 January 2013)
Spielberg's 'Lincoln', Karl Marx, and the Second American Revolution. By Kevin Anderson (The International Marxist-Humanist, December 19, 2012)
A filmmaker's imagination, and a historian's. By Kate Masur (The Cronicle of Higher Education, November 30, 2012)
Paternalism and ass-Covering in Spielberg's 'Lincoln'. By Louis Proyect (CounterPunch, November 30, 2012)
The great uncompromiser. By Alan Maass (SocialistWorker.org, November 29, 2012)
The trouble with Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln'. By Jon Wiener (The Nation, November 26, 2012)
Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' and the historical drama of the Civil War. By Tom Mackaman (World Socialist Web Site, 12 November 2012)
'Lincoln' against the radicals. By Aaron Bady (Jacobin, 11.26.12)
Mere om filmen på X-ray: Lincoln
Thaddeus Stevens and the legacy of radical reconstruction. By Gary McFarlane (Socialist Review, March 2013)
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Ida B. Wells, democratic rights, and lynch mob sexual assault accusations against African-Americans. By Eric London (World Socialist Web Site, 21 November 2017). Review of Richard White, The Republic For Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 (Oxford University Press, 2017, 968 p.)
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"Before 1862, a black regiment had been unheard of in the U.S. But on July 17, 1862, the Second Constitution and Militia Act was the first official authorization to employ Africans in federal service. In fall of 1862, there were at least 3 union regiments of Africans in New Orleans. In 1865, four million slaves were neither slaves nor citizens before the 14th Amendment was past. Slave holding states became a multimillion dollar industry in the 19th century. Americans lost more than 300,000 men in the Civil War. An Illinois lawyer states 'Liberty and slavery civilization and barbarism, one or the other must perish'." (Source: CivilWarSides)
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Tiffany & Co. Stockholders approve Amended Merger Agreement with LVMH
Paris, December 31, 2020
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE ("LVMH"), the world's leading luxury products group, announced that stockholders of Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) ("Tiffany") have voted overwhelmingly to approve the modified merger agreement announced on October 29, 2020, relating to the acquisition of Tiffany by LVMH at a special meeting of Tiffany stockholders that was held yesterday.
The transaction is expected to close on Thursday, January 7th, 2021
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton is represented in Wines and Spirits by a portfolio of brands that includes Moët & Chandon, Dom Pérignon, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Krug, Ruinart, Mercier, Château d'Yquem, Domaine du Clos des Lambrays, Château Cheval Blanc, Colgin Cellars, Hennessy, Glenmorangie, Ardbeg, Belvedere, Woodinville, Volcán de Mi Tierra, Chandon, Cloudy Bay, Terrazas de los Andes, Cheval des Andes, Cape Mentelle, Newton, Bodega Numanthia, Ao Yun, Château d'Esclans and Château du Galoupet. Its Fashion and Leather Goods division includes Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior Couture, Celine, Loewe, Kenzo, Givenchy, Fendi, Emilio Pucci, Marc Jacobs, Berluti, Nicholas Kirkwood, Loro Piana, RIMOWA, Patou and Fenty. LVMH is present in the Perfumes and Cosmetics sector with Parfums Christian Dior, Guerlain, Parfums Givenchy, Kenzo Parfums, Perfumes Loewe, Benefit Cosmetics, Make Up For Ever, Acqua di Parma, Fresh, Fenty Beauty by Rihanna and Maison Francis Kurkdjian. LVMH's Watches and Jewelry division comprises Bvlgari, TAG Heuer, Chaumet, Dior Watches, Zenith, Fred and Hublot. LVMH is also active in selective retailing as well as in other activities through DFS, Sephora, Le Bon Marché, La Samaritaine, Groupe Les Echos, Cova, Le Jardin d'Acclimatation, Royal Van Lent, Belmond and Cheval Blanc hotels.
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L'ancien Premier ministre Edouard Balladur, 91 ans, est jugé aux côtés de François Léotard devant la Cour de Justice de la République pour des soupçons de financement occulte de sa campagne présidentielle de 1995. L'un des avocats de l'ancien locataire de Matignon confie au micro d'Europe 1 qu'Edouard Balladur a hâte de s'expliquer.


In a small bowl, mix the paprika, kosher salt, garlic, black pepper, onion powder, cayenne pepper, oregano, and thyme. Stir in the olive oil, and allow the mixture to sit about 15 minutes. The 15 min. rest time allows dried herbs to swell, the oil to absorb flavors, and helps make all very easily spreadable.
Cover roast with herb mixture and put in zip lock bag. Refrigerate overnight.
Take roast out of refrigerator on hour before roasting to bring to room temperature.
Place the roast in roasting pan.
Roast 1 hour in the preheated oven, or to a minimum internal temperature of 135 degrees F. Turn off heat , cover the meat and let it rest for 15 minutes in the oven and then 10 minutes out of the oven covered. The temperature of the meat will continue to rise as it rests. While it is resting make gravy. Slice and serve.


Sheila (Chrisatie Stevens) and David (Donnie Rock) are looking for a "unicorn"... a girl to join them in three-ways. It's hard finding a unicorn! When Carrie (Cassidy Banks) moves in as their housemate, Sheila's unique persuasive talents are deployed to lure the unsuspecting young woman into their bed... and into sexual servitude to them!
2 July 2016, 1280x720, 28 minutes.


OpenSkies, the British Airways subsidiary operating all-Business Class configured 757s between Paris and New York City is no longer an all-Business Class carrier. The company has announced that, effective June 16, they will be adding "Eco Class" to go with their Biz Seat and Biz Bed products.
As part of this change the Biz Seat product will be renamed Prem Plus and see the recline of those seats reduced to 130 degrees from the current 140. There will also be a reduction in the number of seats in that section, to 22 28 from the current 40-72.
The total number number of passengers on the 757 will increase to 114, still far below the ~175 that most other carrier operate the aircraft with on transatlantic flights. And all passengers will receive personal in-flight entertainment via tablets. Plus, a bit of back-of napkin math suggests that the pitch in the Eco section will be about 33″ which is a step up from most coach products across the pond. No doubt that the experience will still be pretty good.
But it is a definite retreat from the all-premium product position that the company had previously embraced. Apparently the yields just aren't there.
HAHAHAH That is what I said in my blog Oliver! It will only be a matter of time until BA takes over this route!


Residential real estate executive Carole Rodoni has pulled off a triple play of sorts -- she has joined Alain Pinel as president, completing a cycle as a top executive officer at three of the Peninsula's most prominent competing firms.
Rodoni, 52, was chief operating officer at Cornish & Carey residential in Palo Alto and before that was president of Fox & Carskadon in San Carlos.
Her departure from Fox was the first public indication of the company's bitter internal turmoil. After Rodoni left, principal owner Frank Luppi fired Chairman and CEO Skip Cashin, touching off a chain of events that included a wrongful termination lawsuit by Cashin, the placing of Fox in bankruptcy by Luppi and the eventual purchase of Fox by Coldwell Banker.
Originally an executive outside the real estate industry, Rodoni was brought in to Fox and groomed for the leadership post by Luppi. She was at Fox a little more than two years and at Cornish for about the same length of time.
"We'll see if the kid is good," Rodoni said, acknowledging that with all the job changes, the Pinel post could represent the first time she has had direct line authority in a field where she still could be considered a novice.
"I have no trouble with that," Rodoni said. "I'm really competitive, and I absolutely think power is OK. This is just the challenge I'm looking for."
Pinel took a very aggressive approach to expansion after its inception in 1990, but it has been idling since January, after the firing of President Helen Pastorino.
In June, Paul Hulme, Pinel co- founder and chairman, confirmed that he was considering a merger with Los Angeles-based Jon Douglas Co. or a possible sale, but the hiring of Rodoni signals the end of those talks.
THE FAULT IS NOT IN OUR STARS: Stars may be the marquee restaurant in downtown Palo Alto's burgeoning dining district, but is it the hottest in town? Maybe not. Mayor Joe Simitian was doing a night on the town with Michael Timmany, Representative Anna Eshoo's new Washington-based chief of staff, and began the evening with drinks at the trendy Blue Chalk Cafe. But when Timmany and Simitian went to Evvia Estiatorio, the new Greek place, for an impromptu dinner, they found it packed.
So they went around the corner to Stars, where they were seated right away. . . . Evvia also has been the location of another recent Joe sighting -- not Simitian, Montana.
CLOSE QUARTERS: When the county Advisory Council on Women sends out a fax, the label across the top that says who sent it reads "Animal Control." No, it's not a nasty comment by some internal mole. The council shares office space with the county animal control officials. Just another unforeseen consequence of the technological age.
AWWW: Yes, we were all quite taken with the tale of Eric Borg of Belmont, who proposed to girlfriend Karen Metz by hanging a huge banner on the marquee of the Circle Star Center in San Carlos.
She said yes, but some questions remain unanswered. Why did Borg feel compelled to sign the banner Eric B? Was he afraid the object of his affections might think the proposal came from some other Eric? And exactly when is Eric going to take that sign down?