When Pat Buchanan showed up to tout his new book on Tim Russert's CNBC show, Russert asked about his recent lunch date with Lenora Fulani, former presidential candidate of the New Alliance Party.
When Pat Buchanan showed up to tout his new book on Tim Russert's CNBC show, Russert asked about his recent lunch date with Lenora Fulani, former presidential candidate of the New Alliance Party. Russert described her as "a black-nationalist Marxist." Buchanan narrowed his eyes. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Lenora Fulani," he began.
There are pragmatic reasons for this strange new alliance. Buchanan would like Fulani's support; her Reform Party faction was strong enough to secure her 45 percent of the delegate vote in the party's recent election for vice chair. But it isn't just a case of mutual opportunism. The Buchanan-Fulani partnership exposes a dangerously corrupt corner of a third party founded on the promise of cleaning up US politics. It also reveals some of the ideological contours of Buchanan's campaign, which should alarm those progressives who may have been wondering whether Buchanan, despite his right-wing social agenda, could emerge as an attractive populist challenger to corporate globalization.
The name Lenora Fulani has only the faintest resonance today. But in 1988 and 1992, Fulani gained minor celebrity running for President on the New Alliance Party line. Her re-emergence at Pat Buchanan's lunch table calls for a quick refresher course on one of the longest-touring snake-oil shows in American politics.
What is now the Fulani faction within the Reform Party began life in the early seventies on New York's Upper West Side as one of the many political sects active in the final days of the New Left. Fred Newman, a philosophy PhD, came up with the idea of bridging quasi-Marxist politics and encounter psychotherapy. Newman and a small cluster of his followers established an experimental therapy practice based on the idea of curing psychic ills through political engagement–engagement directed by Newman that involved recruiting clients and their checkbooks for the Newmanites' own electoral campaigns and other enterprises, and intimidating and harassing critics.
Newman has an unusual gift for seducing hot-button political leaders hungry for disciplined supporters. In the seventies the Newmanites briefly allied themselves with Marxist-turned-neofascist Lyndon LaRouche, then shifted to the more fertile ground of electoral politics, as well as to alliances with Farrakhan and nationalists of various persuasions. By the eighties Newman's small but intensely motivated cadre–including, eventually, Fulani–had attached themselves and their morphing New Alliance Party to Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and various elected officials, most of whom eventually denounced the Newmanites as opportunistic manipulators. The NAP fielded three national campaigns for President, with Fulani as the candidate in 1988 and 1992, when she qualified for more than $2 million in federal matching funds. In 1992 the party simultaneously provided foot soldiers for Larry Agran, mayor of Irvine, California, running in the Democratic presidential primary.
At the end of 1994, the Newmanites dissolved their New Alliance Party and began a long tango with Perot's Reform organization, first effectively dominating the breakaway Patriot Party and then merging it, more or less, with the Reform mainstream [see Micah L. Sifry, "From Perot to Fulani," May 30, 1994]. Fulani ran for lieutenant governor of New York in 1998 on the ticket headed by businessman Tom Golisano, and the Newmanites made themselves a major force in Golisano's Independence Party. The ticket also included multimillionaire developer Hirschfeld, then running for state comptroller (he also gave $22,000 to Fulani's campaign). All the while, the Newmanites built and maintained their "social therapy" practice, today operating in New York, San Francisco and Atlanta.
What could possibly attract the militant conservative Buchanan–Nixon speechwriter, Reagan communications director and on-the-right CNN host–to such an oddball crowd? On the most superficial level there is a two-word answer: ballot access. Over the past fifteen years, Fulani and the Newmanites have become the undisputed kings of third-party ballot lines, mastering the intricate and varied laws of all fifty states and repeatedly challenging punitive restrictions in court with the help of their core of perhaps 100 key supporters. This matters to Buchanan because the Reform Party is currently on the ballot in only twenty-one states; according to party rules any candidate hoping to qualify for the presidential nomination (and the $12.6 million in general-election financing that the nomination brings) must be on the way to winning ballot lines in the other twenty-nine states. It is a job cut out for the Newman-Fulani organization. In addition, Buchanan's principal padrone within the Reform Party leadership, 1996 vice presidential candidate Pat Choate, has forged a working relationship with the Fulani team–even opening his address to this year's Reform Party convention with fulsome praise of a Fred Newman play he had attended at the group's Castillo Cultural Center in New York.
Pat Buchanan is not only getting into bed with Fulani and Newman's unusual psychopolitics, he's also signing a contract with some of the sleaziest operators on the independent political scene. The Newmanites have always practiced a complex financial shell game, leveraging psychotherapy into campaign contributions [see Shapiro, "Dr. Fulani's Traveling Snake-Oil Show," May 4, 1992]. As Fulani once told adherents, "The more you give, the more you grow." A review of campaign finance and legal records shows that since 1992 Newman and his followers have become even more adept at juggling numerous political, cultural and psychotherapeutic enterprises to skirt and sometimes overstep the boundaries of election law and the tax code.
Not so adept, however, that they can't get caught. In 1994 a former Fulani campaign worker named Kellie Gasink went to federal officials with tales of massive fraud by the 1992 New Alliance presidential campaign. According to Federal Election Commission records, Gasink charged that "campaign manager" Newman "used a network of 13 vendors and other entities he controlled to funnel committee funds to himself" and had "embezzled" other money by lining his pockets with staffers' paychecks. When the FEC investigated, Newman and his campaign treasurer invoked the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, and Fulani's campaign staff stonewalled, refusing to release key records until the FEC enforced a subpoena.
The FEC came to the conclusion that Gasink's allegations were true, and it ordered Fulani to repay a total of $612,000–more than 25 percent of all the matching funds she had received. Fulani appealed and eventually the FEC–still laboring without the benefit of cooperation from Newman or the campaign treasurer–agreed to lower the repayment to $117,000, including more than $43,000 used to "purchase" bulk orders of the National Alliance newspaper at more than twice the bulk rate and $73,000 in paychecks to individuals "that cannot be traced." Fulani petitioned to block the FEC, but in June 1998 her petition was dismissed by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, with Judge Charles Silberman slamming Newman and company for working to "frustrate and delay" the FEC's inquiries. No wonder Newman decided it was time to retire the New Alliance Party brand name.
The FEC investigation has not inhibited the Fulani-Newman operation's creative bookkeeping, if more recent records are any indication. At the center of the smoke cloud stand two private entities: the East Side Center for Social Therapy and the Committee for a Unified Independent Party, both based in New York. As unincorporated businesses, both are shielded from detailed public disclosures.
Sharing the center's address–and with boards of directors largely drawn from the center's staff–is a cluster of tax-exempt nonprofit entities: the East Side Institute for Short Term Psychotherapy, the Castillo Cultural Center (which exists largely to produce Newman's own didactic plays), the All-Star Talent Network and the Community Literacy Research Project. According to IRS records, the Institute for Short Term Psychotherapy and the Castillo center attracted nearly $2.5 million over the past four years in contributions, fees at public events and grants. Their staff and boards, too, kick in to the Fulani presidential and state-office campaigns.
Between Fulani's campaigns and the Newmanites' nonprofit enterprises stands only the sheerest of veils–even though federal tax laws prohibit nonprofits from electioneering and impose stringent restrictions on nonprofit board members and staff who might be perceived as acting on an organization's behalf. The 1999 campaign finance disclosure forms for the still-active Fulani for President committee list eight of the nine directors of the East Side Institute as substantial contributors, along with seven of eight directors of the Castillo center. Several of these directors, along with key members of the for-profit East Side Center's psychotherapy staff, report outside employers to the FEC but not their jobs in the Newman-Fulani orbit, perhaps to make the campaign's revenue stream seem more diverse than it really is. And they are joined in their contributions by two dozen employees of various Newmanite enterprises. This is a wall of separation so thin you can read the tax code through it.
The Committee for a Unified Independent Party is an even more shadowy entity. Co-founded by Fulani in 1994, it appears to be the continuation of the New Alliance Party's political operations. CUIP officially describes itself as "part think-tank, part training institute, part media and communication center for the independent movement." The committee seems to be a vehicle for the former NAPers, who are consulting for allied campaigns like that of Hirschfeld, as well as a conduit for campaign expense money into Newmanite pockets: According to New York State campaign finance records, for instance, last year the CUIP pocketed about $15,000 from the 1998 Fulani campaign, which rented office space from CUIP. The whole cash machine is powered even further by a bewildering series of large-scale, interest-free loans to and from Fulani campaigns by individuals associated with Newmanite enterprises: In 1998 these included more than $40,000 in loans to the Fulani presidential committee, still alive even though she hasn't run for eight years.
"My rackets," Al Capone once said, "are run on strictly American lines, and they're going to stay that way." It's a philosophy Fred Newman and Lenora Fulani would understand.
If it matters that a faction with such a documented record of corruption is central to Pat Buchanan's Reform ambitions, what matters even more is the emerging ideological bargain between Fulani and Buchanan. Buchanan's attacks on global trade and his opposition to US military adventures abroad have led some influential voices on the left to wonder whether this is a bargain they could join. Some in the Naderite orbit, for instance, now argue privately that Buchanan will not center his campaign on social issues in the 2000 election, and that a platform based on his corporation-bashing might be worthy of support.
Chip Berlet, a longtime scholar of American authoritarianism, recently pointed out on Public Eye, the Web journal for Political Research Associates (www.publiceye.org), that Fulani first edged across the floor in Buchanan's direction after his 1996 victory in the New Hampshire primary. At that time she praised him as a grassroots populist who "tapped into the anti-government, anti-big business, pro-people sentiments of a significant portion of the American people." But opposition to global corporations is not the real source of affinity between Buchanan and Fulani. Rather, beneath their seeming differences of ideology creep repeated hints of a shared worldview.
Both are nationalists, albeit in different arenas. And both Buchanan and the Newmanites enjoy provoking Jewish outrage with rhetoric that steps up to the threshold of anti-Semitism. Buchanan's well-known sins in this area, enough to persuade William F. Buckley of his fellow conservative's Jew-baiting streak, have their parallel with Fulani and the Jewish Newman, whose writings and speeches over the years have described post-Holocaust Jews as "stormtroopers of decadent capitalism" and used other choice epithets. The political identity of both is rooted in declared reverence for deeply authoritarian institutions: In the case of Buchanan, the most reactionary faction of the Catholic Church, which is nostalgic for the days before women could read from the altar or deliver Communion; in the case of Fulani, her "guru" Newman and a system of psychotherapy famous for giving Newman personal control of the most intimate aspects of clients' lives. Right or left, Buchanan and Fulani offer variations on the same nationalist, scapegoating and authoritarian impulses.
Pat Buchanan's anti-immigrant, antigay, antifeminist, antiglobalist rhetoric is not peripheral to his "people first" economic vision but rather lies at its very heart–just as it does in the case of the reactionary French populist Jean-Marie Le Pen as he builds right-wing unions in Europe. As Berlet has observed, Buchanan descends from the populist tradition known as "producerism": Buchanan portrays his followers as hard-working Americans beset from above by an intellectual and political aristocracy and from below by the shiftless poor and immigrants.
This is the Buchanan-Fulani project: an authoritarian, bigoted populism in which resentment matters more than overt content. It is a tradition, going at least as far back as the anti-Catholic Know-Nothings of the nineteenth century, that has repeatedly scapegoated immigrants, the poor, intellectuals and the left. Buchanan and Fulani propose a phony populist coalition in which the only "leftists" to gain a foothold will be those willing to sell out all the gains of feminism, gay liberation and civil rights in return for a narrow economic nationalism. This is the meaning of the new Buchanan-Fulani alliance–an axis that can only divide, not unite, America's disaffected and disempowered constituencies.


Karl's life-long passion for birds has guided the landscaping on his property in the foothills just outside Ashland, Oregon. In this talk, he will present the many ways a backyard can be made more attractive and useful for birds in our region. He will also introduce the feathered neighbors that now live on or have visited his backyard and who will be likely seen during the field trip.
"With 117 species in just over three years, I feel especially grateful for the abundance of birds seen on our property two miles north of I-5 on N. Valley View Road. which consists of several habitats, including riparian, oak woodland, and grasslands. I've had quite a few days when I've traveled to see the birds and came home wondering why I didn't just stay at home and see more species (of course, there are benefits to seeing new areas). However, when I get too old to tromp through the forests and swamps, there is comfort in knowing that I can sit on my deck and enjoy a multitude of birds.
We are still in the process of planting and improving our yard habitat for the birds. Watching the hummers feed from our penstemons is one example of adding features for the birds, as well as feeders, water, and shelter. Adding features for specific birds can be rewarding when your target bird shows up. Across the road, Bald Eagles come in to feed on the afterbirth of the cows. This year I had Barn Owl, American Kestrel, Acorn Woodpecker, Red-tailed Hawk, Golden Eagle (about a mile away), Bullock's Oriole, Brewer's Blackbird, Western Kingbird, Oak Titmouse, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, California Towhee, and undoubtedly a number of others I didn't know about, nesting on the property.
This is a field trip to Karl's property on the edge of Ashland—bring your binoculars! Lunch will be provided (included with registration fee) on Karl's birdy patio where the birding adventure will continue.
Fee for this Talk and Walk class is $50 ($40 for holders of the Conservation Science Stamp Set) with proceeds going directly to support KBO's science and education programs.
Contact Shannon Rio at shannonrio@aol.com or call 541-840-4655 to sign up.
KBO's Wings and Wine Gala is this Sunday. Please join us for a beautiful fall afternoon under the oak trees at Grizzly Peak Winery. More information about the event and buying tickets can be found on our WINGS AND WINE GALA WEBPAGE.
KBO interns complete an orienteering seminar on Mt. Ashland in 2012.
As a Year of the Bird event, our 2018 Wings and Wine Gala celebrates the things we can all do to support bird conservation, every day. We will be feature our internship program by raising money this critical professional education. Over the past 20 years, Klamath Bird Observatory has hosted more than 250 volunteer student interns from all over the world. These inspiring bird conservationists have gone on to work with non-governmental organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions where they make significant contributions to bird conservation. Come to our Wings and Wine Gala and help us grow the next generation of bird conservationists.
The Gala's auction times are listed online and you can start you bidding now by CLICKING HERE.
We look forward to seeing you this Sunday as we celebrate the Year of the Bird through education, storytelling, science, and conservation.
The stunning photography and dramatic history of the Birding the Klamath Basin's National Wildlife Refuges presentation will take us to some of the most amazing wildlife refuges—all within the Klamath Basin right here in our southern Oregon and northern California backyard. One of these, the Lower Klamath, was the nation's first National Wildlife Refuge, established by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1908 specifically for protection of migratory birds. The Klamath Basin refuges are recognized far and wide for sweeping vistas and spectacular birding.
This presentation is an invitation to visit the Refuges with public access and will include information on how to find them and what glory you might expect to see there. We will also discuss the Federal Duck Stamp's role in protecting lands for wildlife and encourage the purchase of these stamps that support the Refuge. KBO Executive Director John Alexander will speak briefly on conservation, our wildlife refuges, and how we as individuals can make a difference on their behalf.
This presentation is free. The Outdoor Store is located at 37 North 3rd Street in Ashland, Oregon.
Shannon Rio is a wildlife educator who believes that when we connect with nature, we will naturally want to protect what we love: the birds and wild places.
Klamath Bird Observatory advances bird and habitat conservation through science, education, and partnerships.
Global Big Day – October 6!
Global Big Day—the massively international collaborative birding event—is October 6! The Global Big Day held in May the last four years has been such a success, another worldwide eBird Big Day in October makes perfect sense! Why October? Because spring is rejuvenating the southern hemisphere and the northern reaches of the world are in the midst of migration. No matter where you are, we're confident you can find some great birds on October 6. Let's see what we can find together on the first October Big Day!
Join eBird watchers all over the world for this single day of birding together. Information about participating in this eBird event and tips for finding more species are at the eBird Northwest website.
CLICK HERE for more information and to join the eBird Global Big Day October 6.
Great Gray Owl photographer Mel Clements will speak on his experience of photographing the Great Gray Owls of the Cascades. The presentation includes an introduction to the Great Gray Owl, its habitat, and the ethics of finding and photographing this magnificent, yet reclusive owl. His talk is accompanied by 43 of his photographs, a five minute dvd set to music, and small exhibit of framed photographs.
We will leave early so that we can arrive in the Cascade Lakes area at sunrise. Pack a lunch and dress warmly. Morning temperatures are around 37 degrees. Participants will car pool. Don't forget to bring your binoculars! More information about the field trip will be given out during the Friday evening presentation.
Fee for this Talk and Walk class is $50 ($40 for holders of the Conservation Stamp Set) with proceeds going directly to support KBO's science and education programs.
2018 is the Year of the Bird. To celebrate Ashland-based Klamath Bird Observatory's Community Education Program is fostering a deeper love for birds and a better understanding of bird conservation and its importance. KBO's Community Education Program is part of the World Migratory Bird Day education campaign. This year World Migratory Bird Day celebrates 2018 as the Year of the Bird. As such, KBO Education Programs are focusing on the actions we all can take to help birds, 365 days of the year. Every day is World Migratory Bird Day at KBO.
KBO's board president Shannon Rio has a passion for teaching about birds. Rio explains, "I have always loved birds, and the more I learn about them the more I understand that there is an urgent need to protect birds and their habitats." Under Shannon's leadership, Klamath Bird Observatory's Community Education Program strives to teach people about birds. Shannon believes that the more we know about what we love the more we will be able protect what we love — birds.
Rio has created KBO's Talks and Walks. Talks and Walks offers a series of classroom lectures and follow-up field trips that teach community members about birds, science, and bird conservation. Talks and Walks focus on a variety of subjects including bird identification, photography, citizen science, and conservation success stories. One of the program's recent themes focuses on the value of the United States Wildlife Refuge System. Over 100 years ago, the Refuge System was created to protect habitats that are critical to the survival of migratory birds during their entire annual cycles (that is, breeding, migration, and over-wintering periods). Many KBO Walks and Talks highlight the nearby Klamath Wildlife Refuge Complex, one of our country's oldest and most important set of migratory bird refuges.
To learn more about and participate in Klamath Bird Observatory's Community Education Program, or to purchase a Conservation Stamp Set, visit www.KlamathBird.org. Also, on October 7th, KBO is holding their Wings and Wine Gala at Grizzly Peak Winery in Ashland, Oregon. Please join the KBO Community for this World Migratory Bird Day event and raise your voice for science-driven bird conservation.
Klamath Bird Observatory advances bird and habitat conservation through science, education, and partnerships. We achieves bird conservation in the Pacific Northwest and throughout the migratory ranges of the birds of our region. We developed our award-winning conservation model in the ruggedly beautiful and wildlife-rich Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion of southern Oregon and northern California. Emphasizing high caliber science and the role of birds as indicators of the health of the land, we specialize in cost-effective bird monitoring and research projects that improve natural resource management. Also, recognizing that conservation occurs across many fronts, we nurture a conservation ethic in our communities through our outreach and educational programs. Visit Klamath Bird Observatory at www.KlamathBird.org.
Word Migratory Bird Day (WMBD), formerly known as International Migratory Bird Day, is an educational campaign that is celebrating its 25th year in 2018. WMBD celebrates and brings attention to one of the most important and spectacular events in the Americas – bird migration. WMBD is coordinated by Environment for the Americas, a non-profit organization that strives to connect people to bird conservation. As a part of WMBD as many as 700 events and programs are hosted annually to introduce the public to migratory birds and ways to conserve them. Through WMBD the conservation community combines our voices into a global chorus to boost the urgent need for the conservation of migratory birds and their habitats. In 2018 World Migratory Bird Day celebrates Year of the Bird and the actions you can take to help birds, 365 days of the year. For more information about WMBD visit www.migratorybirdday.org.
In 2018, we mark the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the most powerful and important bird-protection law ever passed. In honor of this milestone, more than 100 organizations and nature lovers around the world are joining forces to celebrate the "Year of the Bird" and commit to protecting birds today and for the next hundred years. Year of the Bird is 12 months of storytelling, science, and conservation aimed at heightening public awareness of birds and the importance of protecting these critical species. Each month of Year of the Bird has a call to action — a simple but meaningful way individuals can help birds. By harnessing the collective passion and expertise of bird lovers around the world, we can champion causes for birds and inspire more people to work towards proven solutions. For more information about Year of the Bird visit www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/year-of-the-bird.
It's September in the Year of the Bird!
Our Call to Action this September in the Year of the Bird is to do everything we can to help birds have a safe migration this fall. Each year, billions of birds migrate north in the spring and south in the fall. Along the way, though, they now face all sorts of human-made challenges. Whether it be from vast expanses of concrete to invisible windows and confusing artificial lights, the number of migrating birds that die every year is estimated to be as many as 1 billion.
But it doesn't have to be this way. Making windows bird-safe, turning off your lights, planting native plants, encouraging bird-friendly architecture in your community—these are all ways you can help birds have a safer migration. So for September, our Year of the Bird ask is to do everything you can to help birds have a safe migration this fall. You can read more about how to do this and how lights and windows pose dangers to migrating birds in the featured Year of the Bird post and KBO info handouts below.
CLICK HERE to visit the National Audubon Society's September's Featured Action: Help Birds Have a Safe Migration post.
And check out KBO's info handouts: Reducing Bird Collisions with Windows, Birdify Your Yard, and Cats and Wildlife—available at our website (see link below).
CLICK HERE to view KBO's Reducing Bird Collisions with Windows info handout.
CLICK HERE to view KBO's Birdify Your Yard info handout.
CLICK HERE to view KBO's Cats and Wildlife info handout.
2018 is Year of the Bird! The National Geographic Society is celebrating the centenary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act with a year-long celebration of birds. Dozens of Year of the Bird partners, including Klamath Bird Observatory, are coordinating Year of the Bird activities.
Just a Few Spots Remaining for The Art of Bird Photography Class this Wednesday!
Birding and photography have been Karl Schneck's passions for over 50 years, so it's a perfect combination for him to photograph birds. Not that long ago, it was difficult to get decent bird photos because many birds are small, move quickly, often in dim light, and difficult to approach. Modern digital photographic equipment has made the task much easier if the basic principles are understood. Along with reviewing different types of equipment for digital bird photography, Karl will go over techniques for getting the pictures and then post-processing them to improve them as your tastes dictate.
His photography is about the birds and first requires the planning of the conditions, such as the light source and direction, wind, and background/foreground. The next step is setting the camera according to the environment and the desired outcome. And finally, the finishing touches with post-processing (Photoshop and others). The goal of the class is to present the options for bird photography and the ways to accomplish your requirements.
Registration for this special class is $20.00 with proceeds going directly to support KBO's science and education programs. Contact Shannon Rio at shannonrio@aol.com or call 541-840-4655 to sign up.
As you know, Klamath Bird Observatory's Wings and Wine Gala is back; join us on October 7th at Grizzly Peak Winery – CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EVENT AND TO BUY TICKETS NOW.
To increase broad participation in this important fundraising event, we are offering an online auction that is now open. This online auction gives all of our supporters an opportunity to bid on auction items. The online auction will feed directly into the live and silent auctions that will culminate during the Gala itself. This online auction is featuring items that include a trip to New Zealand, amazing artwork, tickets to the Rogue Valley Symphony, and so much more. CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR ONLINE AUCTION. To participate create a login and begin bidding.
Also, help us celebrate more than 20 years of KBO efforts to advancing bird and habitat conservation through science, education, and partnerships by coming the 2018 Wings and Wine Gala. Please help us continue our work by participating in this fundraiser. Tickets are available online – CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY.
For questions about KBO,the Wings and Wine Gala, and our auction please contact Jacob McNab at jmm@klamathbird.org or call 541-201-0866.
Family visits a KBO banding station.
Klamath Bird Observatory is offering public visits to our bird banding station near Fort Klamath in the Upper Klamath Lake area. The banding station is scheduled on Monday mornings through October 8. Individual, family, and group visits can be arranged by emailing KBO's Banding Program Coordinator Bob Frey (see below).
Situated along Sevenmile Creek within Fremont-Winema National Forest, this banding station has been operated each year during the nesting and fall migration seasons since 1997—one of the longest running bird monitoring sites in the region. In the fall, many songbird species migrate through the Klamath Basin and can be encountered here. The location is also a birding hotspot on the Klamath Basin Birding Trail.
Also, KBO and Crater Lake National Park continue our bird ecology program series into the fall. These Ranger-led programs begin at the Park's Steel Visitor Center and feature a visit to KBO's banding station within Crater Lake National Park. The programs are scheduled on Thursday mornings—please check the Crater Lake National Park series flyer (see below) for upcoming dates and more details.
Don't miss these opportunities to visit KBO's biologists in the field and see the birds they are studying up close!
CLICK HERE to contact KBO's Banding Program Coordinator Bob Frey to arrange a visit to KBO's Sevenmile Creek banding station.
CLICK HERE to view the Crater Lake National Park bird banding visit flyer with more information and how to register.
CLICK HERE to view the Klamath Basin Birding Trail website for birding hotspot descriptions, maps, and other local birding resources.


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Waiting list for life saving treatment and diagnosis 'worryingly high' says BHF Cymru
As the latest figures on NHS waiting times are due to be released by Welsh Government on Thursday [23rd September 2021 at 0930], the number of people waiting for life saving treatment and diagnosis of heart conditions remains worryingly high, according to BHF Cymru.
In August the British Heart Foundation highlighted that NHS Wales figures showed hospital waiting lists for potentially life saving heart care had continued to rise each month; with 23,665 people waiting for heart surgery or treatment, including invasive heart procedures, at the end of June 2021 in Wales – the highest number on record.
The number of patients waiting over six months was 6,220 in June, down from a peak of 8,433 last September, but the charity says despite some progress, over a quarter of patients (26%) had been waiting longer than six months for their treatment.
This is more than three times as many patients as were waiting this long before the pandemic, at the end of February 2020, there were 1,763 patients waiting. In addition, there are now a record number of patients in Wales waiting for diagnostic services, including over 13,000 people waiting for echocardiograms which can help diagnose and monitor certain heart conditions and can help doctors decide on the best treatment for these conditions.
Ahead of the latest NHS waiting times for Wales being released, Adam Fletcher, Head of BHF Cymru, said heart patients must not be forgotten in the healthcare system, "Despite the NHS in Wales and its staff pulling out all the stops, we are still seeing hundreds of patients waiting longer for heart surgery, which is not a luxury that people can live without. Delaying cardiovascular care can lead to disabling heart failure or even cost lives.
"There are some encouraging signs that waiting times are improving, but the long-term picture is obviously deeply concerning. We need Welsh Government to implement the quality statement for heart conditions to prevent more lives being lost to treatable heart conditions."
In Tonyrefail, Rhondda Cynon Taf, 63-year-old father of two Jeff Smallman is recovering from open heart surgery in August. A self-employed builder, Jeff is keen to get back to work with his son Darren, 33, after a traumatic year for the whole family.
"My work has always kept me relativity fit and healthy," he says, "for 40 years I've run my own business in the domestic building trade, up and down ladders, and very active really. We've got two grandchildren, Theo's 5 and Libby's 3, and they only live down the road, so there's plenty to keep myself and my wife Helen busy."
In January Jeff became ill and was taken to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital by his son. "Darren drove me to hospital because I'd had chest pains and I'd been sick. I'd taken myself to bed, but the pains continued, so I knew I needed to be checked over," he says. "They told me I'd had a heart attack, which was obviously worrying, and I was sent to University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff to have a stent fitted. I was told I'd need more treatment, another stent, in three months' time."
Having taken a month off in January to recover, Jeff returned to work. "I'm self-employed and we have to keep the business going," he says, "It's one of those things, we've got to pay the bills."
In June Jeff began experiencing further worrying symptoms, "I was having chest pains and I tried to find out where I was on the list for treatment, but there was no news. In the end things got so bad Helen took me in to A&E to get checked again. On 8th July they did more tests on me in the Royal Glamorgan Hospital and it turned out I'd had another heart attack."
Jeff was admitted to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital and then transferred to Llandough Hospital in Cardiff for open heart surgery, which eventually took place in August, two weeks after he'd been admitted to hospital and 5 months later than the second stenting procedure that was originally planned.
Jeff is grateful for the care he received from everyone involved in his treatment but says he's concerned for others. "All the NHS staff have been amazing, so caring, and I don't want to complain when so many are worse off, but after my second heart attack, the surgeon said, 'I thought this might happen,' and I can't help but wonder if the stent had been done earlier, maybe I could have avoided the open-heart surgery. It was really hard waiting for the operation. It was cancelled twice due to compilations with other patients and it's so worrying for all the family, a real roller coaster, waiting for surgery when so much is at stake."
Jeff is recovering well at home, thanks to the support of the cardiac rehabilitation team at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and hopes to return to work as soon as he can, but he wants to raise awareness of the plight of thousands of heart patients on waiting lists across Wales, who may not receive the treatment they vitally need. "I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through," he says, "I'm getting stronger every day, and every day the pain is less, but I can't help but I do wonder if things would have been more straightforward if I hadn't had to wait so long for my surgery."
Joanne Oliver, Health Systems Insight Manager for BHF Cymru said, "We are very grateful to Jeff for sharing his experiences to highlight the issues affecting patients across Wales. Sadly, we know that his experience is familiar to many families. Thousands of patients have had vital treatment delayed during the pandemic. The numbers affected are hugely worrying and we know that treating these conditions quickly and appropriately can reduce recovery times, lessen the burden on an overstretched NHS, and ultimately save lives. Timely diagnosis and treatment can mean less invasive procedures and shorter recovery times for patients. We know health professionals are doing their best, after facing the toughest challenges in our lifetime, but delaying routine procedures like stents, and failing to promptly diagnose and treat heart conditions adds to the burden of an already overstretched NHS, and sadly can end in tragic circumstances."
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You're carrying on with your regular routine. You make your way to your car, off to your next appointment, going home after a long day at work, or just grabbing lunch.
Broken car keys can happen to anyone. And it's not just a physical break, either - the physical key might be fine, but other problems can stop you from getting back on the road!
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While you might think that it'll never happen to you, broken car keys can happen to anyone.
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When we think of broken keys, odds are our minds first drift to the physical key itself.
It's not uncommon to have your car keys wear out or completely break over time. If you're the type who jams your keys into the ignition, you might see this happen sooner rather than later!
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In many cases, we can even cut a replacement key without the original on-hand!
If you're too aggressive with your keys or don't keep them in protective key holder, you could accidentally bend your keys.
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While the majority of modern cars use remote unlocking nowadays, not all of us drive modern cars.
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Your ignition chamber is much more complex than just a key-shaped slot with wafers inside.
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The first blog post of any real worth that I published from Japan was far larger than it had any right to be. It was actually several posts combined and posted at the same time because I didn't have internet access when I first got to Japan. I will be reposting them separately, as they were meant to be.
Originally posted on October 16, 2005.
Ishida-sensei gave Sayaka-san money for a cab, since there was only an hour until her second (and last) class of the day. We first hoofed it to a place to get some pictures of me taken (I've gotten my picture taken more times in the last three months than in the preceding year, by the way), then took a cab to the city hall.
Japanese cabs are funny-looking. Like American cabs, they have lit-up signs on top. However, they also have antennae (often v-shaped) symmetrically placed on top. The drivers all wear gloves, though there's no standard glove type. One thing that's really awesome about them is the fact that the driver can open the passenger door at the push of a button.
We got some alien registration stuff done, then went back to the school. Sayaka-san had her class, and I got to go to my first class. I had indicated an interest in music, and there was a traditional Japanese music class at the same time as Sayaka's English class, so I went there. It sounded interesting; history, studying the forms, appreciation.
This awesome koto photo was taken by Adam Chamness.
It was so awesome, especially since I didn't see it coming. I got to the class, asked if I could join, and was heartily welcomed. I helped get some more equipment from storage rooms, and as we pulled things out of boxes I saw that it would be some kind of practical class, since these were obviously stands of some kind that we were putting together. When I saw the finger picks for the koto, I finally realized that this class was going to be WAY more awesome than I had thought. Score!
So after that, Sayaka-san and I went back into town on foot to get me a cell phone. The cell phone company had a brochure on rates in English, which helped quite a bit, as well as some phones for sale that were bilingual. Yay! But because I don't have an account at the post office, I couldn't get the phone yet. Alas. The next day, then, since the post office was closed.
But to get an account at the post office, I needed an inkan. The Japanese don't actually use signatures, but stamps. The stamp itself is called a hanko, and the thing that does the stamping is the inkan. Up to this point, I had been using my fingerprint.
After that, she showed me a decent-sized store near the college where I can get food and such, then we parted ways. I wasn't tired necessarily, but I knew I would be soon, and my brain was starting to reject Japanese. I went home for the night.


Title Insurance is the owners evidence that they have lawful possession of that property. It protects real estate owners and lenders against any property loss or damage they might experience because of liens, encumbrances or defects in the title to the property.
Title Insurance is beneficial to the seller, buyer and lender. In order to be insured against various possible title defects the buyers and lenders will need title insurance.
A meeting where the closing agent takes in money from the buyers, pays out money to the owner and makes sure that the purchaser's Deed is properly recorded in local records along with any Mortgage liens.
Once all parties have executed the Earnest Money Contract it is then receipted with the title company. At that point a title search begins and tax account information, loan payoffs, a survey if necessary, and inspections are ordered.
After our abstractor has gone through the county records and pulled all documents related to or affecting title to the property one of our examining attorneys examines the findings and determines who the legal owners of the property are. A Title Commitment is then prepared, reviewed and sent out to all parties with an interest in the transaction.
The closing agents next responsibility is to review the revised instructions from the lender and other parties, review all loan and legal documents, gather bills for the charges, prepare the Closing Disclosure and schedule the closing.
The closing agent directs the closing and insures that all documents necessary get executed properly. It is customary that the seller and buyer come in for separate closings.
Now that all the documents have been fully executed it is the closing agents duty to finish out the transaction by paying all parties who provided services in connection with the transaction, record the documents in the County Clerks office and issue and deliver the Title Insurance Policies to the lender and new owner.
What is a Title Commitment? It is a document comprised of four parts Schedule A, B, C & D that provides you, the buyer or lender, with the terms and conditions on which the title company requires to issue a title policy.
Entails the facts (policy amount, name of proposed insured, who is currently vested in title, legal description of the property, ect.) of the transaction and should match the information provided in the Receipted Earnest Money Contract.
Is directed towards the buyer and this sections includes item that cannot be changed, they are exceptions to the coverage.
All Schedule C items must be taken care of prior to closing. It is comprised of requirements such as defects in the title to the property, judgments or liens that will have to be fulfilled in order for the title company to be able to issue the title policy. Once these items are satisfied, Schedule C will be removed off the actual Title Policy which is issued after closing.
This section discloses the parties that split any part of the insurance premium; the attorneys, the underwriters and the title agents.
The result of a simple title search of the records from the last Deed to a current date.
An extension of a title search to verify that no liens have been filed against the property between the time of the original title search and the recording of the Deed or Mortgage.
Who uses these certificates/reports? Lenders, attorneys, surveyors and anyone who wants to know what is of record on a piece of property or their client/borrower.
Also known as a NOTHING FURTHER CERTIFICATE or a PRE-FORECLOSURE REPORT. We provide a report and all documents of record, on a parcel of land, coming forward from a provided particular date.
These do not warrant any type of insurance on the property and they do not protect sellers, buyers or lenders against any defects in the title to the property.


WALKING IN RUSSIA'S FOOTSTEPS: Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) is aggressively going after the individuals and groups behind newly revealed influence campaigns that targeted his special election a little more than a year ago.
But instead of looking for the perpetrators in Russia or China, the responsible entities are U.S.-based. And they are replicating some of the tactics used by foreign groups.
"We've been so focused on Russians that we've failed to look" here, he told The Hill on Thursday. "There are nefarious groups in this country that will use their playbook. And we've just got to stop it."
The Washington Post and The New York Times recently reported on two separate operations -- one conducted by social media researchers and another by a group of progressive Democrats -- that utilized tactics similar to those used by Russians during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Jones maintains that the influence operations did not impact the outcome of the December 2017 special election. But experts said the efforts nonetheless raise questions about what impact they had on a race where Jones was neck-and-neck with his GOP competitor, Roy Moore Roy Stewart MooreGOP Senate campaign arm hits battleground-state Dems over 'Medicare for All,' Green New Deal The Hill's Morning Report — Category 5 Mueller storm to hit today GOP leaders dead set against Roy Moore in Alabama MORE, in polls near the end of the race.
The reports also shine a light on domestic attempts to sway U.S. elections, and show that Russia's playbook isn't limited to foreign governments who want influence American politics. Read more here.
MORE LIKE @AOC: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezFeminists should thank God for capitalism Progressive group comes out against Biden's White House bid Trump says Ocasio-Cortez is 'correct' in comments about VA MORE (D-N.Y.) generated more interactions with her tweets over the past month than any other politician except President Trump Donald John TrumpForget the spin: Five unrefuted Mueller Report revelations Lara Trump: Merkel admitting migrants 'one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany' Financial satisfaction hits record high: survey MORE, according to an Axios study published Saturday.
The Axios analysis examined politicians' and news outlets' tweets from Dec. 11, 2018, to Jan. 11, and found that Ocasio-Cortez had 11.8 million retweets and likes. She trailed only Trump, who had nearly 40 million interactions on his tweets.
Ocasio-Cortez had more than 7 million more interactions than the next highest-ranking politician, who was Sen. Kamala Harris Kamala Devi HarrisThe symbol of 'Wakanda' and black political vision Seven big decisions facing Biden in 2020 primary Sanders dominates, Buttigieg surges in 2020 social media battle MORE (D-Calif.), according to the study.
The Axios study noted that each politician tweets at a different daily rate. Trump shares roughly nine tweets per day, compared to Ocasio-Cortez, who sends about six tweets a day, and Harris, who tweets nearly 10 times each day. Read more here.
THANKS BUT NO THANKS: Ajit Pai, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), declined a top House Democrat's request for an emergency briefing on the wireless industry's data collection practices amid troubling reports about the sale of customers' real-time location information.
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. Frank Joseph PalloneOvernight Health Care: Dem chairs to meet with progressives on drug pricing | Oregon judge says he will block Trump abortion rule | Trump vows to 'smash the grip' of drug addiction | US measles cases hit post-2000 record Hillicon Valley: Facebook expects up to B FTC fine | DHS face scanning at airports sparks alarm | New Twitter tool targets election misinformation | Lawmakers want answers on Google 'Sensorvault' House Dem chairmen to meet with progressives amid drug pricing divisions MORE (D-N.J.) said on Monday that Pai's staff told him the shutdown prevented the agency from conducting such a briefing for Congress because the issue does not constitute a "threat to the safety of human life or property."
"There's nothing in the law that should stop the Chairman personally from meeting about this serious threat that could allow criminals to track the location of police officers on patrol, victims of domestic abuse, or foreign adversaries to track military personnel on American soil," Pallone said in a statement. "The Committee will continue to press the FCC to prioritize public safety, national security and protecting consumers."
Democratic lawmakers in the past week have called on the FCC to crack down wireless providers' privacy practices after the news site Motherboard published an investigation into how easy it is to purchase real-time location data off of aggregation companies. More on the latest privacy controversy here.
FIGHTING FORCED ARBITRATION: Tech workers hoping to capitalize on the success of last year's walkouts by Google employees are launching a social media campaign against forced arbitration clauses that are commonly found in Silicon Valley's employment contracts.
A group called Googlers for Ending Forced Arbitration will push a discussion on social media aimed at raising awareness on the practice, which prevents workers from suing their employers over certain matters and instead forces them to resolve disputes in arbitration -- a process that is much more opaque and that critics say favors employers.
"Ending forced arbitration is the gateway change needed to transparently address inequity in the workplace," the group wrote in a Medium post on Monday. "In the last month, we've heard from fellow tech workers, academic institutions, labor attorneys, advocacy groups and legislators around the nation about their fights to end forced arbitration as well."
The social media campaign is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and will be led by the Twitter and Instagram handles @endforcedarb. Read more here.
HIGH STAKES DRAMA IN CHINA: A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a Canadian man to death amid heightened tensions between the countries, prompting criticism from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The Associated Press reported that the court convicted Robert Lloyd Schellenberg of being an accessory to drug smuggling and sentenced him to death. Schellenberg, who was detained more than four years ago, was sentenced in 2016 to 15 years in prison.
Trudeau accused Canada of "arbitrarily" applying the death penalty in Schellenberg's case.
The sentencing comes more than a month after Canadian authorities detained Meng Wanzhou, an executive with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies.
Canadian authorities arrested Meng at the request of the U.S., which alleged that Huawei company violated U.S. trade sanctions against Iran. Read more here.
IT'S A DRONE ZONE: The Trump administration is proposing new rules that would allow drones to fly at night without a waiver and permit flights over populated areas.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Elaine Lan ChaoHillicon Valley: Trump meets Twitter CEO after slamming company | Kushner calls Russia probes more 'harmful' than election interference | Dem wants FTC to hold Zuckerberg 'liable' for data missteps | Sri Lanka faces tough questions over social media ban FAA approves drone delivery for Google spinoff Wing Why an independent panel must investigate Boeing crashes MORE during a Monday speech in Washington, D.C. laid out the vision behind the proposal, which would effectively do away with certain regulations that have hindered the use of small unmanned aerial vehicles for commercial use.
"First, at long last, the department is ready to issue for comment a proposed new rule that would allow drones to fly overnight and over people without waivers, if certain conditions are met," she said, according to a copy of her remarks.
The proposal will be open to public comment for 60 days before it can be finalized.
Chao said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to both mitigate the risk of drones potentially interfering with other aircraft and ensure both people and property on the ground are protected.
The changes will be welcome news to companies like Amazon and Alphabet Inc., two major companies that are eyeing drones for package delivery. Read more here.
TIME FOR SOME 5G BOUNDARIES: The founding director of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center said in an episode of Hill.TV's "Boundless" that technology companies need to work with government agencies on smart home technology in order to address privacy concerns.
"If you say I put a set of 5G access points in my home, what's that going to do to my privacy? Is it inviting all of these companies to come into your home?" Jan Rabey told Hill.TV. "No, you don't want everyone to come visit you continuously. You want to invite them only when you want them.
"Having those necessary firewalls and things like that, basically shield you off, and make sure only the information that you want to go outside goes outside, is going to be very important," he continued. Watch the interview here.
NOT AGAIN: "My account was hacked again. It starts to be scary!" Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos tweeted today.
AN OP-ED TO CHEW ON: Washington must defend American crypto innovation, not crush it.
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Egerton.  Frances and John's 11th child was the Lady Alice of *A Mask*.
decent, they might be able to at least start there.
interesting tidbit to mention to students.


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Figure 3. Gel electrophoresis of the 100mer ssDNA ladder. (a) PAGE separation of the products of rolling circle amplification (RCA) subjected to incomplete deoxyribozyme self-cleavage. M designates a marker lane containing a mixture of linear and circular 100mer template ssDNAs. C-100 designates the circular 100mer DNA template. Asterisks identify bands possibly corresponding to circular template DNAs in- teracting with RCA products. Bands were visualized by staining with SYBR Gold. (b) PAGE separation of RCA and deoxyribozyme cleavage products generated using 40 nM instead of 200 nM of the template DNA concentration used in (a). Annotations are as described in (a).
concentration does not compromise the yield of RCA products. Tus, the RCA reaction followed by a short incubation under deoxyribozyme cleavage conditions permit the generation of an ssDNA ladder of 100-nucleotide increments (termed ss100 DNA ladder) that is free of undesired bands (Figure 3b). It should be noted our system can permit biases toward production of short or long concatemers, simply by increasing or decreasing catalysis time, respectively. In our hands, an incubation time of approximately 30 min was suffi- cient to yield near equal intensities for the ten bands ranging in size from 100 to 1000 nucleotides.


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Jewish Activists Arrested in Sit-in at Friends of Israel Defense Forces NYC Office
Transcript of report on Democracy Now
Not In Our Name: Jewish Activists Arrested in Sit-in at Friends of Israel Defense Forces NYC Office
Protests in response to Israel's assault on Gaza have drawn hundreds — and in some cases thousands — around the world. On Tuesday, members of Jewish Voice for Peace and Jews Say No! occupied the New York City office of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a nonprofit group that raises money in the United States to send to the Israeli military. For about an hour, activists read the names of the more than 600 Palestinians killed and demanded the organization stop its fundraising for the military attacking Gaza. Nine were arrested when they refused to leave the premises. We get a video report from the protest.
NERMEEN SHAIKH: Protests in response to Israel's assault on Gaza have drawn hundreds—and in some cases thousands—around the world. Here in New York City on Tuesday, members of Jewish Voice for Peace and Jews Say No! occupied the office of the Friends of the IDF. The nonprofit group raises money in the United States to send to the Israeli military.
AMY GOODMAN: For about an hour, activists read the names of the more than 600 Palestinians killed and demanded the group stop fundraising for the Israeli military. Nine people were arrested when they refused to leave the premises. Others protested outside the office. Democracy Now! was there and brings you some of their voices.
PROTESTER: Find out why Jews are protesting Israel's war on Gaza. Take a leaflet.
REBECCA VILKOMERSON: My name's Rebecca Vilkomerson. I'm the executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace. And we're here today in Golda Meir Plaza at the office of the Friends of the IDF, the Israeli Defense Force, and we're planning to do an action, the groups Jews Say No! and Jewish Voice for Peace, Jewish activists who are protesting against the war on Gaza, against this incredibly terrible assault on civilians, and protesting the fact that this organization right here is actually raising money for the Israeli Defense Forces, helping them, supporting the assault that they're making on Gazan women, children and families. So we feel like it's really important, especially as Jews, to make the statement that this is not in our name and that the Jewish community is not behind this assault in the United States and that they need to stop doing this immediately.
PROTESTERS: No more money for Israel's crimes! Not another nickel, not another dime!
DOROTHY ZELLNER: My name is Dorothy Zellner. I'm a former civil rights worker. I worked with SNCC for five years in the black liberation movement in the United States. Most of us have been to Israel and the West Bank and Gaza, if not once, many times, and we have seen for ourselves what the conditions are there. And it is totally unbearable to know that this country dares to even say they represent us and they speak for us. There is a sit-in going on right now up in the offices of the Friends of the IDF.
FRIEND OF THE IDF 1: No, no, no. Wait, wait.
FRIEND OF THE IDF 2: Sorry, no one can come in.
PROTESTER: We're a group of American Jews. We're here—
FRIEND OF THE IDF 2: I can't have you stay here. You're not here with an appointment. I ask that you wait outside.
PROTESTER: We are here peacefully.
FRIEND OF THE IDF 2: I know you are.
ALANA KRIVO-KAUFMAN: We are here to demand, as American Jews, that Friends of the IDF stop funding Israel's massacre of Palestinians living in Gaza. Over the past two weeks, 621 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed. We are here nonviolently to do a civil disobedience. We mourn all who are lost, and we are reading the names of those who the Friends of the IDF have helped funded the IDF to kill.
BRANDON DAVIS: Thursday, July 10th, the following people were killed: Asmaa Mahmoud al-Hajj, age 22.
PROTESTERS: Asmaa Mahmoud al-Hajj, age 22.
BRANDON DAVIS: Was killed in a bombing in Khan Younis that killed eight members of the same family and wounded 16 other people. Mahmoud Lutfi al-Hajj, age 58.
PROTESTERS: Mahmoud Lutfi al-Hajj, age 58.
BRANDON DAVIS: Khader al-Bashiliki, age 45.
FRIEND OF THE IDF 2: We're calling the police right now. Excuse me. Excuse me. The police are on their way. You have to wait outside.
FRIEND OF THE IDF 1: This is private property.
PROTESTER: We are here—we are here nonviolently.
FRIEND OF THE IDF 2: No, no cameras!
MAIA ETTINGER: My name is Maia Ettinger. I was raised by two Holocaust survivors: my mother and my grandmother. And in their name, I'm here today to oppose the dehumanization of Palestinians, to oppose collective punishment. These were the things that they suffered and that they taught me to fight on behalf of everyone, not just on behalf of Jews.
BRANDON DAVIS: Suha Hamad, age 25.
PROTESTERS: Suha Hamad, age 25.
PROTESTER: On Wednesday, July 9th, these many Gazans were killed. Abdel Hadi Jumaa al-Sufi, age 24.
PROTESTERS: Abdel Hadi Jumaa al-Sufi, age 24.
PROTESTER: He was killed in a bombing near the Rafah crossing.
POLICE OFFICER: Hey, you're going to wind up—if you don't leave, you're going to wind up getting charged with criminal trespass. So, I would advise you, if you don't want to get arrested, to leave now.
REBECCA VILKOMERSON: We're here doing civil disobedience peacefully.
POLICE OFFICER: OK, good. Do whatever you want to do.
PROTESTERS: Hatem Abu Salem, age 28.
PRISCILLA READ: Priscilla Read. I'm here appalled by the crimes against humanity being committed by Israel that profess to the world that it's capable of hitting targets in a very precise way. If this is precision bombing, the world has never seen anything like it. We are repeating the names of the people who've been killed in Gaza. The proportion of very young children is appalling.
BRANDON DAVIS: Nagham Mahmoud al-Zouaydi, age two.
PROTESTERS: Nagham Mahmoud al-Zouaydi, age two.
BRANDON DAVIS: Was killed in Beit Lahia. Basem Mohammed Mahmoud Madhi, age 22.
PROTESTERS: Basem Mohammed Mahmoud Madhi, age 22.
REBECCA VILKOMERSON: Looks like they're preparing to arrest us. They have a bullhorn. When the police come in, we're going to tell them that we're here peacefully doing civil disobedience and that we're here peacefully. We're mourning all lives that are lost, but we're holding the Friends of the IDF accountable for helping to support the IDF to kill all these people in Gaza—whose names we've been reciting for almost an hour, and we're still not through the list—and tell them that we're here peacefully. We will not resist arrest, but that we're not leaving.
INSPECTOR ED WINSKI: Good afternoon, folks. I'm Inspector Winski from the NYPD You are trespassing on private property. I'm going to give you an opportunity to leave. And if you choose to leave, you can leave now; if not, you're going to be arrested. So anyone that wants to leave can leave now.
PROTESTERS: [singing] We are a peaceful Jewish people. We are singing for Gazan lives.
AMY GOODMAN: Nine members of the Jewish Voice for Peace and Jews Say No! organizations were arrested Tuesday occupying the offices of the Friends of the IDF in New York. Special thanks to Democracy Now! producers Hany Massoud and Sam Alcoff and to our fellows, Anna Özbek and Daniel Begun, for that report.
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The Heart of the Problem With Israel: The Mass Expulsion of the Palestinian People
As Israeli government violence against the Palestinians in Gaza intensifies (the latest news being an aggressive ground invasion), I saw a discussion on-line about whether Israel has become more brutal or the brutality has simply become more visible to the public.
I remembered listening to Benjamin Netanyahu when he was at MIT in the 1970's. He called himself Bibi Nitai and said he was in self-exile until the Labor Party, which he despised, was out of power. He spoke contemptuously about Arabs, and predicted he would be the leader of Israel someday and would protect the Jewish state in the way it deserved. The immediate response many of us had was: "Heaven help us all if he ever gets into power in Israel."
I also remember the many Israeli leaders I met in the 1970's from Labor and Mapam and from smaller parties on the "Zionist left" who seemed kind and caring and markedly different from Benjamin Netanyahu—and in many ways they were, not just in their political rhetoric (they all said they were socialists) but as human beings, or so it seemed. But when I finally dug a little deeper and read my history, I learned how they, too, were participants—in fact, often leaders—in the plan to drive the Palestinians out of their homes and off their land. Nothing very kind or caring about that, to say the least.
The bottom line: Israel was created based on the expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinians from their land and from their homes (what Palestinians call the Nakba, the catastrophe). This is the heart of the problem.
In some circles, particularly among "progressive" Zionists, the terrible injustice done to the Palestinians is acknowledged, but as awful as the Nakba was, they say, it was what had to be done to create and ensure the security of the Jewish state. (The most recent proponent of this position is Israeli writer Avi Shavit.) It was a terrible price that had to be paid, he and others concede. To be clear, the price was paid by the Palestinians—that is, the killing and expulsion of Palestinians for the sake of Jewish safety. And quite simply, the only way you can think that – that you can excuse the Nakba– is to believe that Jewish lives matter more than Palestinian lives.
And isn't that what we are seeing today? If Jewish lives matter more than Palestinian lives—if, as the argument goes, the Nakba had to happen so that Jews could be "safe"—doesn't the brutal violence we see so casually inflicted on the people of Gaza by the Israeli government follow from, in fact, isn't it embedded in, that history? (And it's ironic to note that large numbers of the Palestinians in Gaza are from families that fled there during the Nakba in 1948 as refugees from cities and villages in what became Israel.)
That is why I believe those of us working in our own communities—in my case, the Jewish community—need to make sure everyone not only knows about the Nakba but understands that this is the heart of the issue. And that central to the achievement of the "Zionist dream" has been that Jewish lives matter more than Arab lives. That so much attention was paid in Israel to the three kidnapped Israeli boys, in contrast to the total contempt and disregard for the large numbers of Palestinian youth killed and languishing in Israeli prisons for the crime of being Palestinian, brings this point home.
Finally, our understanding of the Nakba cannot end there. We cannot use the acknowledgement of injustice to excuse ourselves from doing anything to end it. We have to take the next step—to think about solutions; to work to hold Israel accountable to basic principles of human rights and self-determination; to recognize the rights of those who have been expelled from their homes. Sometimes the problem is understood as beginning with "the occupation" of 1967, but the root cause goes back to the Nakba and the refusal to allow the return of the refugees in contradiction of UN general assembly resolution 194. In the Palestinian-led call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS), which has reverberated across the globe, the principles are laid out clearly: 1. Ending the Israeli occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the Wall;
2. Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality; and
3. Respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN resolution 194. That is what is needed to address the problem at its core.
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The flag of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug, in the Russian Federation, is a blue field charged with a white argabar sun emblem within a golden disc.  The disc is surrounded with four golden bezants at the cardinal positions.  At the bottom of the flag is a white band charged with a red meander ornament, which symbolizes the lifestyle in the past and a prosperous future for the Buryat tribes.

The blue symbolizes the sky.  The white symbolizes cleaness and the heavens.  The red symbolizes bravery, fire, warmth, the sun, and blood.  The gold symbolizes the light of the sun, richness, and happiness.

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KAMPALA– South Africa based Ugandan businesswoman Zari Hassan has landed on a big deal with the Ministry of Tourism.
"Planning something big at the Ministry of Tourism and wildlife Uganda with Minister Godfrey Kiwanda….. For the love of my beloved country," She posted on her Instagram page.
Zari 38 who recently celebrated her birthday in Naguru Kampala, had a meeting with the Tourism Minister for State Godfrey Kiwanda on Wednesday at the ministry headquarters in Kampala.
It is not yet confirmed on what exactly the deal is about; sources say that socialite may be the new Tourism Ambassador for Uganda.
Zari, who is also the CEO of Brooklyn Colleges in South Africa, was selected patron and one of the Judges for the recently concluded Miss Uganda beauty pea gent.
She is also an ambassador for Soft Care baby diapers.
Zarinah Hassan is a Ugandan socialite, musician, and businesswoman, who resides in South Africa, where she runs a chain of schools and student hostels and other businesses.


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Q: Mean value of random discrete signal We have the following discrete signal $$X(n)=A\cos(ω_0n+Φ)$$with probability density function for $A,Φ$ $$ ρ_A(a)=1/4$$for $0\le a\le4$ and $$ρ_Φ(φ)=1/2π$$ for  $0\le φ\le 2π$
I found the joint probability density function $ρ_{A,Φ}(α,φ)=1/8π$ for $0\le a\le 4$ and $0\le φ \le 2π$ . How do I proceed to find the mean value of $X(n)$? I normally integrate $aρ_{X(n)}$ but I don't know what to put inside the integral in this problem.

A: From what I understand $X(n)$ is a function of the random variables $A$ and $\Phi$.
Then $$\mathbb E [X(n)] = \int a \cos(\omega_0n+\phi) \rho(a, \phi) \, \mathrm{d}a \, \mathrm{d}\phi $$
You obtain $$\mathbb E [X(n)] = \int_0^4 a \rho_A(a)\,\mathrm{d}a \int_0^{2\pi} \cos(\omega_0n+\phi) \rho_\Phi(\phi) \, \mathrm{d}\phi = 0 $$


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From Fail Never to Fail Fast
Words by Whitney Mortimer & Dawn Laguens
When Dawn Laguens looks back on her eight years leading brand and public strategy at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, she describes a typical work day as "catch grenade, throw grenade back, run two steps forward." To be sure, the years from 2010-2018 were eventful for everyone, and particularly for people like Dawn, who were on the front lines of vicious political conflicts, while simultaneously doing the daily work of advocating for accessible and effective healthcare solutions for women worldwide.
Six months ago, Dawn announced she'd step down from Planned Parenthood, having successfully helped transition the organization from the leadership of long-time president, Cecile Richards. Instead of hurling herself straight into leading at another large organization, Dawn decided to dedicate a year to experimentation and discovery as expert-in-residence at IDEO.
Dawn is now working with teams across IDEO and IDEO.org to find new ways to catalyze change. In particular, she wants to uncover how best to use data and technology to improve service delivery and support movement-building. Coming to IDEO, she says, "I saw an opportunity to ask, How do we use human-centered design principles, entrepreneurship, and data and technology to transform how we are reaching people and working alongside them?"
Not one to be daunted by ambitious goals, the first official project Dawn is helping to launch is The Billion Girls CoLab—an initiative aimed at harnessing new coalitions and diverse expertise to develop innovative solutions that will support young women's power and health worldwide. This joint effort between IDEO.org and IDEO CoLab will bring together cross-sector collaborators to think about reproductive health in new ways. Dawn sees this work as a chance to create impact at scale, but also as a means to continue empowering others to become leaders.
"I think established leaders are afraid to leave their roles and what they know," Dawn reflected recently. "But if we're talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion, some of us who have been privileged to lead—especially as leaders of a certain age—have a real opportunity to move and make space and build up a cadre of new leaders. They need room to lead." It can be scary, she acknowledges, "but you just have to say to yourself, 'Well, I'm going to step off this diving board into the unknown, and what can I report back from the other side?'"
Dawn sat down with Whitney Mortimer, IDEO CMO and partner, to talk about what the other side is like, how her perspectives on creative leadership are evolving, and what she hopes to build in the near term to support a healthy, empowered generation of future leaders.
Whitney: Let's begin with the work you're doing with CoLab, where you've been deeply immersed. You've said that the CoLab model, which brings disparate groups and experts together to collaboratively solve problems, aligns well with your vision of how to work better on women's health.
Dawn: We're building a cohort that is not just people in the sexual and reproductive health field, but also others who are thinking about adolescent girls from very different perspectives and industries, including the for-profit corporations. The idea is a cohort that is domestic and global, which is something kind of new for the sexual and reproductive health ecosystem. We're trying to catalyze a very different kind of conversation and output, researching and designing in close collaboration and asking what would it look like to build something that unlocks the power of a billion girls who are coming to adolescence around the globe over the coming decade? And what would that change for our world?
[When I was at Planned Parenthood], as much as we all tried to promote that kind of 'fail-fast' culture, we mostly lived in a fail-never culture, because the stakes were so high. And yet we know we're going to have to experiment some to figure out what is going to catapult us to the next level.
Whitney: How is this approach to work different from how you were working before?
Dawn: I have to constantly remind myself, it's only been six months since I left [Planned Parenthood]. I really had to learn to live without a grenade as my metronome. Our days were so driven by constant distractions and firefights, even though I feel like we made real progress and built real things. So now [at IDEO] I'm gaining a different way to approach problems—to step back and have time to be more thoughtful. I'm more convinced than ever that this is not just a narrow fight. We now clearly have a global set of forces at play.
Whitney: You've always been clear with everybody that what got us here won't save us—we have to be looking ahead to the next thing. You're sitting on that horizon now, asking how does technology and everything we're learning about healthcare play out in a world that has such unequal access? As a creative leader, what do you need? What helps you shape something completely new, as opposed to just wanting to fall back into the matrix of an organization that already exists and will tell you what its priorities are every single minute of every day?
Dawn: Many people called me in the days after I announced and said, 'Hey, do you want to apply for this job? Can we put you forward for that?' They were all amazing opportunities, many in the progressive health and rights arena. It was hard to resist going to another similar operation, because of the urgency and the real difference that those organizations are making in this moment. But that urgency can get in the way of stepping back and thinking differently about how to work most effectively. [When I was at Planned Parenthood], as much as we all tried to promote that kind of 'fail-fast' culture, we mostly lived in a fail-never culture, because the stakes were so high. And yet we know we're going to have to experiment some to figure out what is going to catapult us to the next level.
Whitney: Something that you do very naturally and fluidly, is you find analogous examples out in the world that makes sense inside your world. I'm wondering, as you look at scaling something new, what other kinds of methods or mindsets from the designer's toolkit are you able to tap into?
Dawn: There are just these amazing ways to step back and actually use a designer's approach to think about how companies, organizations, movements could actually be building and thinking more about the early and upstream inputs to get the outputs we want to see later.
With a designer's mindset, we would ask how to more thoughtfully shape the waves of cultural nurture that will carry these generations to the shores of the future.
Recently I've been thinking a lot about nature versus nurture. And then I jumped to this bigger idea with the folks at IDEO, thinking about the idea of cultural nurture: What larger cultural wave was I riding that I couldn't see then, but which shaped me—and not just me, but a generation of people?
For example, when I was in third grade, I started a student council because the playground rules were unfair to girls. Exactly around that same time was when Title IX passed. All of a sudden there was a mandate for equality in education—in sports in particular—for girls. I benefited from that immediately but I could not see the profound impact it would have. I would have been radically different had I not been told, "You get to play basketball. You get to run for whatever school office."
I think about how powerful those forces are, and yet we don't respond to them and leverage them as well as we could. With a designer's mindset, we would ask how to more thoughtfully shape the waves of cultural nurture that will carry these generations to the shores of the future.
Whitney: Can you see those moments now that are shaping the next generation?
Dawn: I'm thinking about it a lot around the climate and depletion of the planet, with younger people getting messages both of fear, and also of preciousness. We're also looking at stigma. There is a lot of exciting shame-busting going on in the culture right now, which of course is why I think there's so much pushback in our politics.
Whitney: How has your identity and orientation as a leader shifted? How does that alter your sense of your capacity and what you need in order to have the impact you want to see?
Dawn: As they say in IDEO fashion, I'm diverging before converging. What I have tried to do is not converge on a solution or direction too quickly, because by nature that would be what I'd do—solve the problem as quickly as possible. In my previous life you could not sit around and admire the problem for very long. But I'm learning to be in love with the problem for a bit longer. I'm asking, can data and technology unlock a different paradigm of care? Is it stigma or rights or both that are foundational to solving the problem of abortion access? And what is it that I'm best equipped to do and help lead people toward?
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Dawn Laguens at IDEO Cambridge's Future of Health Event in June 2019.
Whitney: When you were at Planned Parenthood, you were early to see the potential, say, to use VR as an engagement and empathy-building tool. What technologies are you seeing as most critical and exciting now, as you're exploring what will be the new paradigm for reproductive health and healthcare?
Dawn: Well, I know augmented intelligence is the phrase of the year, but it really does have amazing potential. For example, take the idea of personalized prescribing and apply that to contraception. We know contraception is a game-changer, a life-changer, a life-saver. But we also know that when people get hormonal contraception, some people are going to have side effects. That means they're either not going to keep using it or they're going to want to switch. And that's when there is more risk of getting pregnant. Imagine if we could harness AI to look across all of the prescription data sets and provide doctors with the tools to better match individuals with the product or formulation that suits them best. What if you could, by orders of magnitude, improve the ability of women to get a prescription or method of their choice that works for them right from the get go? That's one example of how we might use new capabilities to create impact at scale.
Whitney: With the political climate being what it is, and an election on the horizon with unknown outcomes, how do you think about the challenge of something like improving access to and adherence to contraception or of empowering a billion girls around the world, irrespective of what may happen politically in the US and elsewhere?
Dawn: The one thing I 100% believe is you can't think of anything completely outside of politics. It's just so clear what a powerful shaping force politics and government policy are. At the same time, there is a narrowness to the political lens. And when you start to think of these other actors and other ecosystems, you realize there's a lot that is possible—there's potential to organize, to employ tools we're not fully utilizing. Part of what I want to do now is build out the progressive toolbox so that we're able to better work over or under or around the political obstacles, even while we recognize they cannot be ignored. The CoLab model has a lot to offer in leveraging many sectors and approaches and drawing them together to power solutions.
Whitney: What is the role of brand in that scenario?
Dawn: I actually think it is very important—not to create a name or brand a product, not that kind of thing—but the idea that we could use the principles of brand to communicate the power of girls to change the world. The idea that we can impress upon people the importance of raising up generations of girls, giving them the tools and the freedom to make their mark. That, I think, is something we need to capture and tell to the world.
We have to do everything we can to connect girls and to empower them and to make room for them. We have to get over some of our false distinctions and start to help them see that there's a kind of global sisterhood that's powerful, and that they have the opportunity to save the planet. That's the small task we're going to hand off to them.
Whitney Mortimer
Partner and Chief Marketing Officer, IDEO San Francisco
Whitney Mortimer has led IDEO's marketing efforts since 1997. As Partner and CMO, she helps shape IDEO's position as a thought leader in human-centered innovation and design.
Dawn Laguens
Expert-in-Residence, IDEO
Dawn is an expert in residence at IDEO and a strategic advisor at Redshift Leadership. In these roles, she is partnering to imagine and build socially responsive organizations, corporations, and technology.
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Heritage opera return to Blackwood Miners' Institute with a delightfully playful version of Mozart'sThe Magic Flute.
This magical and dramatic work is full of fantastic creatures, a Prince and Princess, a fierce Queen, a wise philosopher, magical musical instruments, a dragon and even some helpful mermaids!
With its combination of heart-warming comedy, sublime music and true heroism, this beautiful comic masterpiece has been delighting children and adults alike for over two hundred years.
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Mel C Reveals She Was Bullied by Other Members of the Spice Girls
Nothing like dusting off some old-school drama.
By Mehera Bonner
Back in the roaring '90s, the Spice Girls defined female friendship. These ladies were all about girl power and "zig-a-zig-ah," so it comes as quite a surprise to hear that Mel C (AKA Sporty Spice, AKA Melanie Chisholm) was bullied by her Ginger, Posh, Scary and Baby sister-friends.
The singer says her new song "Version of Me" is about said bullying, telling Attitude, "Unfortunately, being bullied can really damage people and even when you are stronger and over it, it can still be in the background—undermining you."
When asked if the bullying she endured was Spice Girls-related, Mel C said the following:
"Yes. I'm not going to name names. But yes. It's been addressed, they were aware of what they'd done. They apologized... Now I'm older, I'm a lot more confident and I will not be shat upon. But when I was younger I let people shit on me. What's done is done, but I'd have liked to have been a bit stronger. When we were kids, we were so hard on each other, and so determined to succeed that if anybody fell out of line they were quickly brought back in. That was quite a lot of pressure to live under."
This is a blow to all us Spice Girls fans, but hey—at least everyone's getting along circa right now. To quote the immortal wisdom of the girls themselves: "Make it last forever, friendship never ends."
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Google on Monday announced that the first completed prototype of its self-driving car is ready to be road tested.
Japanese car manufacturers will have to convince the public that letting go of the wheel in a self-driving car is safe, while also dealing with the biggest threat to the cars' security: the humans using them.
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I'm writing this using an analogy of the Hawk and the Dove AND NO – this is not about the war stuff. First, let me set the stage – this past weekend I witnessed a nature activity that could be a sad thing or just one of the facts of life.
You see, we have this Dove family that has lived at our house for the past four or five years. Each year building a new nest and having more family. This little family has entertained us for years. They hang out together and have shown no interest in separating.
This past summer a young Hawk landed close to our bird feeder and we had a grand time watching it as it tried to figure out how to eat at the community bird feeder. Well, he was totally unsuccessful with the birdseed feeder – but he must have gained some intel while there.
This weekend I was at the window with my cup of Java, and I noticed the Hawk in the yard – eating something. It turned out to be one of the Dove family! I was appalled that this had happened to the nice little bird family that always seemed calm and cool even when we approached the birds.
As it turned out, that is the reason the Dove is no more! It was slow, calm and steady. A great target for a bird of prey like the Hawk! Later, I found out from the bird store owner that Hawks take out Doves on a regular basis due to their slowness to react to situations.
As I thought about the situation, I began to think about the current economic crisis, the number of mergers – hostile or not – that have taken place over the past couple of years, and how people are approaching the need for sales growth in a down economy. I realized that I had seen an analogy to the impact or effects of the Slow and Steady (change resistance) and the Fast & Quick – who make things happen when the opportunity arises.
Companies and Individuals who are slow to act or resistant to change are just like the Dove. Cute and lovable, yet soon to become the victim or totally gone when faced with the aggressive and hostile company or individual. You must adapt to the current environment and balance your actions between the fast and the slow or the Quick and the Steady. Moderation is important. Understanding the consequences of inaction can align you with actionable choices.
Think about your highest priorities – company or individual – and immediately launch a plan of action to accomplish this objective. Too often, smart people wait until it is too late to move – like the Dove – and lose their independence or their competitive edge. Take charge and become one of the Fast and Quick during these economic times – be a winner.
If you need help understanding how to set the highest priorities, monitor their results or progress, and other options you need to be successful, then call us immediately – that's now – at 901-757-4434.


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