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Military, Society	 May 28, 2012 May 28, 2012
Best wishes to all on this Memorial Day. It is a sobering holiday on the heels of our passing the 3000 death in Afghanistan alone. This week we also learned that half of our returning veterans are filing for disability. While some of us opposed these wars, we still are united as a country in our gratitude and respect for the men and women who have put themselves in harm's way in foreign lands. The cost to these heroes and their families is a debt that we can never fully repay.
The last identified loss is Royal Welsh officer Capt Stephen Healey, 29, who was killed in Afghanistan. Captain Healey was a former Swansea City soccer player who once raised money for blind veterans by walking blindfolded from Chester to Llandudno. He sounds like a wonderful person and a natural leader. He was blown up by a bomb in Afghanistan after previously surviving an IED attack. After his soccer career, he joined the 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh (The Royal Welch Fusiliers). He died leading a platoon on the tour in Helmand province. He leaves behind his father John, mother Kerry, brother Simon and girlfriend Thea. He is a credit to his country and his family.
For most of us, today is a time for family and friends. Unfortunately, our own plans for the holiday had to be set aside so that I could finish the briefs in the Sister Wives case — summary judgment motions are due on May 31st. However, we will be having a cook out in the backyard. To everyone on the blog, have a fun and safe holiday.
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"The disparity between what we are told or what we believe about war and war itself is so vast that those who come back are often rendered speechless." — Chris Hedges, Death of the Liberal Class>/i>
I had that problem for awhile after retuning from Vietnam to a country, the United States, that I hardly recognized. I could still speak, but none of my words meant anything to my countrymen and none of theirs meant anything to me. The noises sounded similar, but they did not refer to the same reality. With other veterans, I could speak freely and we could understand each other, even if we disagreed about some things.
Reading the other day about the Obama administration boasting in the New York Times of the President's "nominating process" for personally choosing which foreign male "militants" to kill because they have reached "military age" (16 to 35), reminded me of occasions when I would have watch duty in the communications bunker at Solid Anchor in 1971.
An officer would randomly stick little pins in a large acetate map hanging on the wall: one that represented the defoliated jungle surrounding our remote ATSB by the side of a muddy river deep in the bowels of the Mekong Delta. Then an enlisted man would read off the co-ordinates of the pins sticking out of the map, after which another enlisted man would relay the co-ordinates to an artillery crew who would lob explosive ordinance out into the surrounding night, all on the theory that any Vietnamese peasant walking around out there deserved to die since our maps and words said the area contained nothing but Viet Cong. We called this randomly-shelled area a "free fire zone."
Sometimes the villagers from the surrounding area would bring themselves and/or their little kids to our base sick bay where our only doctor would remove shrapnel from their arms, legs, bellies, and faces. Some of the Vietnamese lived. Some died. The random shelling went on until we finally packed up and left.
President Obama has become that officer at his map, only without having to expose himself to any of the return fire that the victims of our random shelling occasionally sent our way. We have a power drunk war-slut for a President and will have another one after November's election. We just don't know his name yet. For 2016, however, we already know hers.
"One useful way I have found for judging whether I want to associate with someone or not is to ask myself the simple question of whether I would want to be in a difficult or dangerous situation with them .. To put it more simply, would I want to be in a foxhole with them." — 1zb1
I've got your "foxhole" right here …
After three months of basic training (i.e., thought reform, or "brainwashing"), I studied for several more months as a Navy electrician's mate. Then I spent a year on a ship cleaning toilets, swabbing decks, and painting bulkheads (walls). Then I attended Nuclear Power School for a year only to discover that the Navy did not have enough nuclear powered surface ships to accommodate us recent graduates. Not knowing what else to do with me, the Navy sent me to Defense Language School for eight months to learn Vietnamese (Southern Dialect). I also had to attend Counter Insurgency School for eleven weeks — which included three weeks of weapons training with sadistic Marine instructors at Camp Pendleton.
Then I shipped out to South Vietnam with orders to "Vietnamize" the Vietnamese into fighting for their own detested government so that Americans wouldn't have to do it for them. For my part, because of all my past training, this supposedly meant teaching Vietnamese naval personnel in how to install, maintain, and operate small-boat electrical systems composed of batteries, cables, switchboards, motors, and generators. Other than the cursory three weeks of weapons training, I had no experience whatsoever with foxholes or with whomever one might encounter in them. Nor did I expect to acquire such experience as part of my assigned duties.
Nonetheless, when I got to Saigon in July of 1970, no one knew what to do with me. Consequently, I spent a month in a stinking transit barracks waiting for orders. Finally, I got sent up to the Vietnamese Naval Training Center at Cam Rahn Bay where I found no Vietnamese sailors to train. After several months of complete boredom, Admiral Zumwalt, the Chief of Naval Operations (i.e., The Deity) promulgated a fleet-wide order authorizing Navy personnel to grow beards and/or mustaches in order to improve their morale. Having nothing else to do, I grew a beard and mustache to improve my morale. My commanding officer did not like my morale and ordered me to shave it off. I respectfully declined. So he retaliated against me by transferring me to "Solid Anchor," the most remote ATSB (Advanced Tactical Support Base) down in the bowels of the Mekong Delta — where I languished as base interpreter/translator for more than a year.
Upon arrival at Solid Anchor towards the tail end of 1970, I received a "battle station" in case of an enemy attack, a tower at one corner of the base equipped with an M-60 light machine gun and a starlight scope for night vision. Sure enough, my hairy face and I hadn't been at Solid Anchor for more than a few weeks before we came under "attack" one night. As far as I could tell, an "attack" meant some alarms going off and everybody running off to their assignments, which for my shipmate and I meant climbing up the tower ladder while trying — unsuccessfully — not to drop our helmets, flak jackets, and weapons on the guy climbing up below. Then came the long wait while nothing happened.
For hours, we took turns peering through the starlight scope at nothing but green mush. Then our local Vietnamese marines — who manned a 50-calber heavy machine gun emplacement at the base of the tower — started firing off into the night and we could see the tracer rounds arching out into the emptiness. Not knowing what else to do, I aimed the M-60 in the same direction where I had seen the 50-caliber tracer rounds go. Then I pulled the trigger.
The Vietnamese marines down below us immediately stopped firing. The phone rang on the inside wall of the tower. I picked it up and answered, "Hello?" A disembodied voice demanded to know: "What are you firing at?" I answered truthfully: "At whatever the Vietnamese down below me are firing at." Silence. Then a soft "click" as the command center hung up on me. Nothing happened the rest of the night.
I never got assigned to that tower again. Instead I wound up out on the boats tied up at pontoons in the middle of the river during subsequent attacks — manning a radio with the Vietnamese in case the enemy overran the base and someone had to call in air support from somewhere. (I had no idea how one actually did this) During a mortar attack one night I accidentally kicked my rifle into the river and never told anyone about it. Nobody asked. Nobody wanted me anywhere near a weapon. Not in a tower. Not on a boat. Not in a foxhole. Nowhere. I took it all as a sign and never touched a weapon again. It has worked out better for everyone this way.
So feel free to inhabit whatever foxhole you want — alone. You wouldn't want a hairy-faced Vietnamese-speaking nuclear-trained electrician for a companion. And I wouldn't want you, either. I've seen too many gung-ho idiots get themselves and others killed because they thought they understood explosive ordnance when they didn't. I always knew my limitations. Dirty Harry at least got that right.
Which story do you believe? More info on the link.
http://news.yahoo.com/us-commandos-parachuted-n-korea-report-212356834.html
Current affairs magazine The Diplomat quoted Brigadier General Neil Tolley, commander of special forces in South Korea, as saying soldiers from the US and South Korea had been dropped across the border for "special reconnaissance" missions.
But Colonel Jonathan Withington, public affairs officer for US Forces Korea, said some reporting of the conference had taken Tolley "completely out of context".
Would our military do something like this?
If so, would there be a denial?
Would the journalist make stuff up or misquote or take out of context?
My answers are yes, yes, yes. but this time maybe yes, yes, no.
1zb1 1, May 28, 2012 at 11:36 pm
One useful way I have found for judging whether I want to associate with someone or not is to ask myself the simple question of whether I would want to be in a difficult or dangerous situation with them .. To put it more simply, would I want to be in a foxhole with them … Time and time again when it comes to so many of the people here my answer is no. There are the exceptions but it does seem this is not a place I care to be or people I care to be with.
If I needed any reminder of that, todays conversation did much to remove any doubt. Maybe when we stop thinking in terms of "Happy Memorial Day" I might feel different.
The word "foxhole" is a propaganda word for "killing ditch."
It is a place created in the wake of failure, then glorified through propaganda as the place for the best people on Earth, at least in warmongering societies.
1zb1 you have no choice about being in a dangerous place. The Earth is in a dangerous place, and will ultimately be vaporized if we all do not work together to build technology with which to find a new homeworld.
Which is not the same as destroying this Earth through war lust, ecocide, and ignorance. A world ideology based on getting in killing ditches so as killing the most, destroy the most, poison the most, thereafter to come "home" to be called a hero by The Elite of Bullshitistan, is a heinous pursuit.
The big problems that thinking and caring people concern themselves with can't be won from within a killing ditch yelling and chanting with psycho buddies.
Let's work together to defeat a bigger problem, one that will save the human species from extinction.
Not just the few who see themselves as exceptional.
What Michael Murry said.
Otteray Scribe says:
"War is something you know nothing about if you haven't been there and something you want to forget if you have." — 1zb1
So if you want to have another war, you sell it to those who know nothing of war while encouraging those who do know to forget or remain silent. Ignorance and amnesia only make for more unnecessary wars. I don't recommend either, and most certainly not both.
The VFW and other war-agitating veterans groups certainly show no signs of wanting to forget war, which leads me to guess that most of them know nothing of war because they never experienced it and thus have nothing to forget. But more importantly, these REMFs have no tolerance whatsoever for any other veteran who does know about war and who has refused to forget or keep silent. Witness the Sewer Boat Sailors for Slander who successfully attacked and impugned the wartime service of John Kerry. Worse than not knowing or forgetting, these pusillanimous partisans of the Republican party chose to spread lies about what actually did happen in war. So you can add Manufactured Mendacity and Managed Mystification — i.e., Weapons of Mass Disinformation — to ignorance and amnesia as the greatest causes of unnecessary war.
Veterans who do know something about war have no duty, as such, to communicate that experience to others. Some veterans have written great war novels and histories, but they number in the very few. And it takes real courage to endure the lies and calumny that the war-lovers hurl at any veteran telling the truth. Still, those veterans who can communicate should certainly do so if they can manage to care enough for those who for the most part don't want to hear about what they don't want to know. It can get pretty depressing, certainly. Still, if experience of war and its waste compels one to speak out against war, then good for one and all who do.
Learn. Never forget. And do not lie.
It's really hard to look at the pictures in the video. And I've looked at the pictures of those who have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and always come away depressed. They're KIDS. They should be living their lives.
Michael, You're right. Every mother and every father should be speaking up. I really don't understand those who send their kids off the kill and be killed in some far off land. There would be far fewer wars if everyone refused to fight.
Thanks for the link to your blog and the youtube clip of Buffie St. Marie singing "Universal Soldier." I remember it well.
Along the same lines, I've been watching some youtube clips of Dr Robert J. Lifton discussing War and Political Violence — in six installments. I've got his first book on Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism and have ordered some others: most importantly for me, Home From The War, about his interviews with returning Vietnam Veterans. In one of his youtube lectures he mentions that the Veterans he interviewed named as their favorite song, "Feel like I'm fixin' to die rag," by Country Joe and the Fish. I think the performance comes from Woodstock. The size of the crowd certainly seems to indicate that. Anyway, I certainly loved the song and thought that it captured the sardonic attitude of those of us condemned to do what we did not wish to do but whose government had decreed that we do it anyway. I don't know if I can successfully post the link here, but I'll try:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbBCfeM964s
The song contains some very hard words — but true words — reflecting the generational split that the war opened between us and our WWII-generation parents:
Come on mothers, throughout the land
Pack your boy off to Vietnam
Come on fathers, don't hesitate
Pack your boy off before it's too late
Be the first one on your block
To have your boy come home in a box
I loved and respected my parents utterly, and I never doubted that they loved and cherished me, as well. But we never could resolve our bitter differences over what the War on Vietnam meant to us personally and as very different generations. My mother would say things like: "Who will protect us from our enemies if you don't?" Since I couldn't vote or have any say in my own future, I would ask in return: "Who will protect me from my own government if you don't?" Some things that I wanted to say, I could never bring myself to say, because however true, they would only have hurt my mother terribly and so I couldn't bring myself to say: "You would rather take the side of this lying government against your own son." Yes, she would and did. I loved her and forgave her, but I never forgot what my government did to drive an inexorable wedge between me and my own mother. Sons of bitches, every one of them. Damn their eyes.
From The March of Folly, by Barbara Tuchman:
Protest blazed after Kent State. Student strikes, marches, bonfires caught up the campuses. An angry crowd of close to 100,000 massed in the park across from the White House grounds, where a ring of sixty buses with police was drawn up like a wagon circle against the Indians. At the capital, Vietnam veterans staged a rally marked by each man tossing away his medals. At the State Department, 250 staff members signed a statement of objection to the extended war. All this was denounced as aiding the enemy by encouraging them to hold out, which was true, and as unpatriotic, which was also true, for the saddest consequence was a loss of a valuable feeling by the young, who laughed at patriotism.
With all due respect to the late great historian, I take issue with two of the things she said. First, I wish she would have used the word "Vietnamese" instead of "enemy." No Vietnamese ever did anything to harm my country and I never considered them my enemy, any more than I consider Iraqis or Afghans my enemy. My own government wished for me to consider these foreign people enemies, but since I considered my own government a pack of lying maniacs, I learned through bitter experience to disregard my government's nakedly transparent official propaganda. Second, I consider the loss of "patriotism" a salutary, rather than a negative phenomenon for reasons that Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce explained in his Devil's Dictionary as follows:
"patriotism: combustible rubbish ready to the torch of anyone ambitious to illuminate his [or her] name."
"patriot: the dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors."
America's War on Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos) made a confirmed "ex-patriot" of me, and I have remained one for life. My government once considered me cheap rubbish good only for burning, but I survived the fire. My government's "statesmen" tried to make me their dupe and tool, and though I could not resist becoming an obscure and disposable tool of empire, I never let nearly six years of penurious indentured servitude become my own state of mind. As I learned to repeat daily, beginning with military basic training; "They can tell me what to do, but they can't tell me how to think about it." Patriots, in my experience, let their government's "statesmen" tell them not only what to do but how to think about their own subservience. Not for me.
Unfortunately, "patriotism" has made something of a successful comeback since the disastrous War on Southeast Asia, and so we have predictably experienced ten years of War on the Muslims: i.e, Vietnam II and Vietnam III in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with the wholesale repudiation of our own constitutional freedoms at home — lest the "enemy" overhear us saying free things to ourselves and the world. The dupes-and-tools "patriots" can blame their combustible-rubbish "patriotism" for all that. A healthy ex-patriotism would have served the American people — not to mention the world — much better.


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Why do babies become calm when they are carried?
The researchers hope that their findings will lead to a better understanding of infant behaviour and reduce some of the frustrations of parenthood.
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As many parents have discovered, one of quickest ways to stop babies from crying is to pick them up and carry them around. Holding the infant in your lap doesn't have the same sedating effect. Indeed, some babies have a tendency to start crying as soon as you sit down again. Are they playing power games? Or does movement bestow a calming effect?
Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan think the answer is rooted in evolutionary biology. Simply put, in times of danger, it is easier to flee with a child who isn't kicking and screaming. So the simple act of being carried translates into a signal for the child to be still.
The Japanese researchers say a similar behaviourial pattern can be found in many other mammals, ranging from monkeys to mice. To advance their theory, they conducted a series of experiments in human babies and mouse pups.
In one experiment, the researchers attached electrodes to an infant to record his heart rate. "The lower the heart rate, the more relaxed the child," the lead researcher, Gianluca Esposito, explained in a video released with the study, published on Thursday in the journal Current Biology.
The mother was asked to alternate between holding the child while sitting down and carrying the child while walking.
"When the mother is sitting, the baby tends to be crying and actively moving. As soon as the mother stands up and moves, the heart rate decreases sharply," Esposito said. The child appears to be relaxed and his crying comes to an abrupt halt.
A similar calming effect was seen in studies of laboratory mice. Of course, a mouse can't carry the pup in its limbs. Instead, the mother will use its mouth to grasp the pup's skin at the back of the neck. When the pup is picked up in this fashion, it instantly becomes calm and is easier for the mother to carry.
"The infant response reduces maternal burden of carrying, and is beneficial for both the mother and the infant," the senior researcher, Kumi Kuroda, said in a statement.
As part of their study, the researchers also investigated what happens when a mouse pup can't sense it has been picked up. In some of the pups, they injected a chemical that temporarily deadened the nerves at the back of the neck. When these pups were grasped by their mothers, they continued to struggle, making it much harder for them to be carried. If a predator was nearby, such a response would "hinder maternal rescue [efforts] significantly," Kuroda noted in an e-mail.
"This study shows that infant-carrying is a good soothing measure for crying caused by mild irritations such a vaccination or a frightening noise," Kuroda said. "On the other hand, the robust calming effect is limited to the actual period of maternal carrying. So the baby may resume crying once he is put back in bed."
Some psychologists have previously speculated that the resumption of crying is a deliberate attempt on the part of the child to control the parents. But Kuroda and her colleagues disagree with this interpretation of the child's behaviour. "This phenomenon should simply be interpreted as a natural consequence of the infant sensory-motor systems," she said. "Such proper understanding of infants would reduce frustrations of parents and be beneficial, because frustration of unsoothable crying is a major risk factor for child abuse."
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Can you trust Equifax to protect you from its own data breach?
Tech Q&A: Many have pointed out the irony of going to the organization that couldn't keep its data secure to protect you from further damage
Ken Colburn
Special for The Republic | azcentral.com
QUESTION: Is it true that if I enroll in the free Equifax protection program that I can't be part of a class action lawsuit?
ANSWER: In what may be one of the most damaging data breaches to date, Equifax — one of the big three credit bureaus — announced that 143 million U.S.-based consumers may be affected by a data breach that occurred between May and July of this year.
What makes this breach so damaging is that the most sensitive personal information including Social Security numbers, birth dates and home addresses was part of the breach.
Equifax TrustID Premier enrollment
In an effort to provide some level of protection to impacted consumers, Equifax has launched a special website (https://equifaxsecurity2017.com) to explain what has happened and to offer their ID theft and credit monitoring service for free to anyone that wants it.
Many have pointed out the irony of going to the organization that couldn't keep its data secure to protect you from further damage.
Such "free" services typically only last for a year, which doesn't really do you any good in the long run since you can't change your Social Security number very easily.
The "Terms of Use" for TrustID Premier has a pretty common arbitration clause that includes "a waiver of the ability to bring or participate in a class action, class arbitration, or other representative action." (You can read the entire statement at https://goo.gl/1ZtvgD.)
That clause had made people wonder if it keeps you from participating in a class action.
However, Equifax has updated its FAQ on this question with the following: The arbitration clause and class action waiver included in the TrustedID Premier Terms of Use applies to the free credit file monitoring and identity theft protection products, and not the cybersecurity incident.
Enrollment for the free one-year subsciption ends on Nov. 21, 2017
MORE: What to do if you're one of the 44% of Americans hit by the Equifax breach
'Pretexting' concerns
One of the most disconcerting aspects of this breach is that the sensitive information that was stolen is extremely useful for a form of "pretexting" that could have nothing to do with your credit file.
Pretexting refers to the act of pretending to be someone in order to gain access to private or sensitive information.
In this case, your information could allow a perpetrator to pretend that they are you to convince your bank, utility, cellular provider, even the IRS to change something like an email address or physical address because the typical information required to prove your identity is in the hands of the bad guys.
RELATED: How to protect yourself against identity theft
Tax-filing concerns
Another big area of concern will be for the tax-filing season next year. The filing of fraudulent tax returns has become a billion-dollar problem and this breach just made it easy for this problem to grow.
Make a note in your calendar to file your tax return as quickly as you can next year to avoid the mess that's created if a fraudulent return is filed before you file your real tax return.
Children's credit files
ID thieves covet the Social Security number of children because it's a lot less likely that anyone is monitoring the credit of a young child. Whatever you decide to use to monitor your own credit files, don't forget your children as well.
Credit freeze
One of the best ways to lock down your credit file is to put a freeze on it with all three credit bureaus.
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NEO to hold auditions for 'The Chronicles of Narnia"
Jordan Adams / news@miaminewsrecord.com
MIAMI — The Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Theatre Experience will hold open auditions Sunday, Sept. 15 and Monday, Sept. 16, for "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," by Joseph Robinette and C.S. Lewis.
Area actors of all ages are encouraged to audition. You do not have to be an NEO student to audition.
This is a large cast with male and female roles available for children and adults.
Auditions will be held at 7 p.m. both days in the NEO Fine Arts Building, Sunday and Monday, and actors are requested to attend both days.
Singing or prepared monologues are not required.
Actors under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian during auditions and rehearsals.
Directed by Phillip Shamblin and Aaron Smith, this new dramatization of the C.S. Lewis classic, set in the land of Narnia, faithfully recreates the magic and mystery of Aslan, the great lion, his struggle with the White Witch, and the adventures of four children who inadvertently wander from an old wardrobe into the exciting, never-to-be-forgotten Narnia.
In preparation for the performance, rehearsals will take place Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-9 p.m., and every night during opening week.
Performances will be Nov. 14-17.
With a total cast of 16 plus extras (of all ages), the four main children are as follows: Peter Pevensie, age 13; Susan Pevensie, age 12; Edmund Pevensie, age 10, and Lucy Pevensie, age 8.
For more information, visit theatre.neo.edu/audition/


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Hammond Woman Named "Up and Coming Woman of the Year in STEM
Lakeshore Public Radio | By Sharon Jackson
Published October 2, 2019 at 12:12 PM CDT
HAMMOND - A Hammond woman is making a name for herself in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math or STEM field and has been named "Up & Coming Woman of the Year in STEM.
The honoree, Michele Murday, Northwest Indiana Branch Manager for EnviroForeniscs, was chosen by the Northwest Indiana Influential Women's Association.
Murday, who moved up through the ranks at EnviroForensics in Hammond, plans to help young women who want to get into STEM fields.
"I would really like to start mentoring maybe a couple of women in the area or even a
group of women that maybe are interested in a career path in STEM just you know to help them maybe get through some of the struggles that they might have along the way or insecurities or just you know questions, because some of my classes, I know I was the only female in an all-male class and sometimes that in itself can be intimidating," Murday says.
Murday first started at EnviroForenics as a field Geologist. About a year and a half into her career she was promoted as a staff Geologist, she was then promoted to project manager. Upon receiving the inaugural STEM award, Murday says has gratitude for Northwest Indiana for being a supportive community.
Here is the interview with Murday in its entirety.
She spoke with Lakeshore Public Radio Show Host Reporter Sharon Jackson about her career and plans to help young women get into STEM fields.
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Michele Murday, Northwest Indiana Branch Manager for EnviroForeniscs, discusses her career, her "Up and Coming Woman of the Year in STEM award, and helping women get into STEM.
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Sharon Jackson is the local host of "All Things Considered" and a reporter for Lakeshore Public Radio. She has been with 89.1 FM since its launch in 2009. Sharon is also a radio DJ in Chicago, and has been since 2004. In her previous job at Metro Networks/Westwood One, she was heard on am 890 WLS, WGN radio 720 am and am 560 WIND. She has also delivered news and traffic reports on radio stations all over Chicago and the suburbs including 95.9 The River, 98.3 WCCQ and Star 96.7.
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Ruta 78 o Carretera 78 es la denominación de varias carreteras:

Argentina
 Ruta Nacional 78.

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Estados Unidos
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 Ruta 78.

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Fed indicates it will cut rates — but not until 2020
Published Wed, Jun 19 20192:05 PM EDT Updated Wed, Jun 19 20195:43 PM EDT
Christine Wang@christiiineeee
The Fed says it does not expect to cut rates this year, but did forecast one for 2020.
While the median target for the benchmark interest rate was unchanged for 2019, eight members indicated they are in favor of one rate cut this year.
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it does not expect any rate cuts this year, but did forecast one for 2020.
The central bank's median target for the federal funds rate is still 2.4% for 2019, unchanged from its March projection. But eight members of the Federal Open Market Committee indicated they were in favor of one rate cut this year, according to the panel's projections.
The Fed, however, ticked down its expectations for future years. A narrow majority, or nine members, indicated it expects the federal funds rate to approach 2.1% by the end of 2020, instead of its previous outlook for 2.6%.
As expected, the central bank also announced Wednesday that it is leaving the benchmark rate unchanged in a target range of 2.25% to 2.5%.
Four times a year, policymakers at the Federal Open Market Committee submit their projections about where short-term interest rates are headed. The results are the dot plot — a visual, yet anonymous, representation of where members think rates will go over the short, medium and longer run.
Here are the Fed's latest targets, released in Wednesday's statement:
In its March meeting, the Fed said it expected the benchmark rate to be about 2.4% by the end of 2019 — meaning that there would no rate hikes or rate cuts before year-end.
At the time, it had also forecast one rate hike in 2020, or a federal funds rate that would approach 2.6% and remain near that level through 2021. In the longer run, the central bank's March projections indicated the rate would rise to 2.8%.
This is what it looked like in March:
Ahead of the 2 p.m. ET announcement, economists predicted that the central bank would leave rates unchanged and adjust its statement and forecasts, signaling the possibility of a rate cute later this summer.
While President Donald Trump and markets clamor for lower interest rates, most forecasters indicated that the Fed would likely slash its benchmark rate in July instead of this month. Market expectations for a rate cut in June have been hovering around 20%, while bets for a rate cut next month have been as high as 80%, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool.
The Federal Reserve has not trimmed interest rates since the financial crisis. But recent reports of softer jobs data and consumer price inflation have led economists to predict that the Fed may cut rates as a preventative measure.
A so-called insurance rate cut would theoretically cushion the economy against weakness and uncertainty. Economists have been particularly concerned about how an extended trade war with China could hit consumer and business confidence.
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Osi Umenyiora Thinks RG3 Should Be Called Plain Old "Bob Griffin"
It's not as if it's a cool, performance-dependent nickname either, like the Braided Assassin or Code: Burgandy. RG3 is RG3 because his actual name is so cumbersome. Not the Robert Griffin part—that's boring, and makes him sound like a white dude from Hingham. It's the "III," that for whatever reason has to be appended every time you use his full name. Maybe this isn't a problem for broadcasters, to slip a "the third" in there, but it's so awkward to break out the Roman numerals in print. And as a grown man, I can only type "RG3" so many times. How about we agree to call him just Robert Griffin? No one's going to get confused. There are no other Robert Griffins in football. (Except the Jets' Robert Griffin, also from Baylor, but whatever.) He can still have his oh-so-marketable nickname, and we get to avoid cluttered up headlines and copy.
For his part, Griffin says Umenyiora, and all of us, can call him whatever we want. Code: Burgandy it is!


Sydney, our shining knight of the realm, casually waved aside a nervous fellow called Gravel and the armour presented to him.
"Worry not Gravel." Sydney continued to throw his spiked iron ball up in the air, catching it repeatedly only just managing to miss Gravel, his long suffering aid, by inches.
He flexed his upper body and neck, and with precision in his eyes, directed the ball at a makeshift target of stacked wine urns. He took a full length of his tent and made a run using an overarm tactic that an impressed Gravel had never before seen. The ferocious article travelled, obliterating the urns and piercing the tent and an unsuspecting guard on the outside.
Gravel duly returned to report bad news.
"Good man – that's the spirit – and Gravel, what is more; in honour of that faithful chap, I will call my new manoeuvre the Googly. Let it hereby be known throughout our small domain and on our sports fields…" Our good knight prattled on pompously for several more seconds before Gravel interrupted him in good flow.
"Think about it Gravel," The creatures are the size of a castle and have a brain the size of a gnat…hence their imminent extinction I shouldn't wonder. How many carcasses do we discover in a year, hmm? And burnt out carcasses at that? They are so dim-witted they can't even turn around and greet each other without one of them setting his neighbour alight. But, that is to our favour, and we must act upon it.
"None? Have they moved at all since last we spoke?
"They are still there, aren't they, Gravel?
Our knight spluttered and removed the dribbles of the finest wine from his chin. "Pulled out? Pulled out? By whose orders?
Our knight stared at Gravel…his answer clearly didn't satisfy him at all but Gravel promptly continued.
Our knight stood in front of Gravel and rocked back and forth on his toes. There was a sour upturned lilt in his voice.
"Pardon me, Sire. Your plan. "The knight tapped Gravel rather harshly on the forehead with his goblet causing a delicious trickle of wine to travel down onto Gravel's covetous lips and proceeded to wax lyrical about better days.
Our knight's ramblings stirred something in Gravel.
Gravel cleared his throat and wiped his hands down his shirt front at the same time shifting himself on his feet, feeling rather important. Our knight looked on with an unimpressed eye and quite impressive amount of loathing .
"Sorry mate!" Tarragon struggled to release a balloon of air to which Arnold promptly set fire too – as he was apt to do – partly because he could and partly because he would never give up finding it funny, and partly because Tarragon had a way far better name – a name befitting of a dragon of old, and Arnold resented him immensely for it.
The petrified, but faithful men hammered away at the trees and old fence posts and whatever they could find to display the 'official notices' and, as ordered, clattered and banged as loudly as they could to draw attention to themselves. As the dragons' curiosity piqued and appetites grew, they moved closer to the men who immediately began to run for the thickest parts of the trees in order to carry out more of their work.
"Mmm, this poses quite a challenge, and is it worth it?" Arnold pondered..
"I do feel peckish, but what about the bloomin' trees, and they're such small bites, is it indeed worth the effort; they could get away before we begin to plough through such a lush, ripe green….god – I am hungry." The dragon flared its nostrils, and wafts of putrid green smoke emanated, souring the air around them both.
Staring down the barrel of both nostrils and the billowing puffs gave Arnold the idea to attack from above with fire. Both dragons would make a clearing of the treetops then his chum could block any nearby exits.
Arnold sucked in his fat belly and regretted his idle days of obesity before engaging his tail – the very ragged and sharp end of which caught Tarragon across the head. His somewhat singed wings spread and engulfed the air in a pathetic but almost poetic slow motion until he gained momentum enough to hover, being careful not to breath so ferociously as to alert the tasty bites unaware of their imminent danger.
"Are you ready yet?" Fumed Tarragon waiting down below.
"Will you stop bellowing and breathing so much dam fire…they will see it!" Arnold rallied from above before he swooped – as well as an unfit, old demon from hell could swoop – onto and into the dry, green vegetation.
Very soon a portion of forest near the swamp was ablaze but the dragons could see nothing of the men who had heard the commotion of the unkempt and rather poor excuses for dragons before their plan and them had even got off the ground, and so they had ran as fast as they could over the swamplands which, since the dragons occupied most of the time, they thought was their best chance for escape, and they were right. The men had abandoned their tools and satchels containing old tax notices, which now lay all around, littering the parts of the forest.
Back on terra firma, Arnold was soon joined by Tarragon, done with hovering over the scorched forest.
"Dam! I was rather looking forward to exercising and using my talons to pluck them like wild strawberries.
The other dragon seemed pre occupied. With one clawed foot he held down large scraps of paper and turned them, surprisingly deftly….
"What on earth are you doing?" Enquired Arnold.
Arnold took a closer look. "Tax Demands you idiot. No wonder we get a bad press!
At this point, Arnold swung suddenly, not giving Tarragon enough time to dodge the huge ball of fire ricocheting off Arnold's behind and a nearby broad English oak.
* Googly – In cricket a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler…or so I am informed.
The familiar but intimidating cobalt tip shone aloft as Gustav approached through the heavily shadowed arch of the cold, granite message tunnel. Snaking through the shuffling and twitching as we stood as apprehensive as ever, an unusual aroma struck us and soon made us still. Something was different this eve; doom was in the air amidst the ghastly stench now roaming closer as it threatened our nostrils and sent shivers through our very souls.
Gustav waved a free hand to the granite floor, and soon his body descended flawlessly. Nothing less was expected of Gustav, and so all appeared normal – at least for now.
As he floated between the two stone-pillared receptacles, which held the fire of the lost spirits, Gustav looked among us eagerly searching. Quizzical, but soulless black eyes held each of the boys standing nervously awaiting, and then one by one he let them go; as he did they would drop to the floor once the grip of his abusive power loosened.
A small face that held the most impish of grin's despite the theatrics of this demonic spectacle belonged to Hythro who grabbed at my robe sleeve and tugged.
I gave him a puzzled scowl.
I brought a thick, heavy grey sleeve to my mouth to muffle laughter that might escape. As I turned to look at his exuberant face, a vision of death appeared in its place. The cruel and ghastly mask that had overtaken the young boy's pale and gentle face shook my very core.
"What is it Jansus?" He pleaded with creased brows and a quizzical stare; I was clearly frightening him.
I could not hear him, his voice became tame and separate in its own muted bubble. All I heard were dense voices reverberating inside my head and a swirl of mist had gathered where my thoughts once were. I watched my dear friend, who had become more of a duty to me since our inception and as near to a real brother as one could have, be lifted and held whilst the followers chanted and naked flames from torches licked at his tortured body.
One by one, arms of sweat and muscle released their grasp, and Hyrtho levitated before the dark and sinister black of the tunnel. I was abruptly brought to my senses by the bustle of the fellows preparing for prayers to be held before the mighty Gustav – our Teacher and Chooser.
Gustav prodded me through the air with his sceptre to force me to worship along with the others, as I knelt I was forced to look away and to the floor by the familiar pressure of obedience emanating from his staff. I could not pray, instead I thought of Hyrtho and his exuberance, and knew only too well what fate awaited him this night.
Was I the only one among us who was cursed with these visions? With every service I saw the face of the 'next'. Do I send them to their doom? Are my eyes the only eyes he finds whilst he searches? I had come to fear every service because all of my visions had been honoured thus far.
Whilst the others prayed, I tried to thwart the sensation and images in my mind. Desperation forced me to summon my own demons to rewrite the premonition. Serpents of time snaked between my wrists and pried open each palm, mocking prayer. I watched as they weaved and writhed and listened as they spoke to me.
I lifted my head and peered through the half-light of my hood at Gustav's burning eyes; eyes that were already awaiting mine. The beads of sweat on his naked crown glimmered with the ricochet of flame either side of him. He paced heavily, his eyes not leaving the inside of my head for one second. I felt I was being buried deeper and deeper into the uneven stone floor we had adorned for years and years, and into the black light that was our lives. The humbled gathering smothered the hall in murmurs and prayer, which gave Gustav the opportunity for ceaseless battle with my mind.
Hell's door opened wide and the same foul smell grew stronger, nearly suffocating me before I was all but swallowed whole, and before my demons had time to gather their wits and surge upon his soldiers awaiting us. Flickering fires tormented me by engulfing my fellow prisoners. I gasped with an urgency to give in, but my warriors placated me and fought the fire with conviction and showed me how false and cold the wall of fire that surrounded them was – that it was just an illusion created by Gustav's trickery and deception.
Whilst the vision of a black robe and the cobalt eye of Gustav's sceptre remained ahead to deceive the praying boys, Gustav loomed above me and choked me with a cold, black stare until I was sent to my knees – my hands no equal combat against his sheer force. The emerald and ochre serpents released to me a power, which raised me bodily, high and level with my oppressor's angry stare.
I watched an onslaught of black images grow in number before me before I was snatched back into darkness and my tomblike existence; the only existence I had ever known. I was used by each successive in the Order and chosen for my power; a power they quickly ceased on and were loath to let go – hence my survival. I was their tool. A tool that delivered to them what it is they sought, without blood stains touching their hands – all of their sacrificial gifts to the Source. Should Gustav fail then his soul would be torn from him and fed to the depths of depravity in Hell. The latter did not worry Gustav, the idea of not being The Chooser of five hundred years this eve, and cajoling with his demons and his master, Satan, did.
I had never in all my 'existence', until Hythro, experienced the inner peacefulness of human bonding, kinsmanship and duty…or love – brotherly love. It had touched upon something in my lost being, from a time taken from me but that would never be snuffed out. This past echo ignited further powers in my possession, hitherto hidden and suppressed.
My screams wrung out and seeped into those gathered below me. Gustav's blue sceptre of torment pierced my brain and summoned black putrid showers of molten liquid upon the boys.
"Look! Shouted Gustave, "See what your brother is doing, how he thinks for all of you. You should despise his whims and feelings…we must punish him… he must die. Now!" The army of serpents rose again to shield them and the voices breathed life into the boys.
Hythro broke from the trance first and removed the hood of the boy next to him and ushered the next to do the same until all watched the air above them. As the smothering putrefaction dripped onto their robes a few cries were let out before a realisation that they were unharmed. The liquid turned to water and Gustav dropped to the floor and his weak and broken body lay crumpled before them.
The valiant Serpents tore through his tunic and gorged on Gustav; the cobalt blue flickered until its breath was finally extinguished. The warrior Serpents and their effervescent trail paved a pathway through the cold tunnel, and the boys followed it until a luminous end greeted them; its warmth and radiance took their breath away.
Spirits that were released from the ruptured fires; kept burning for centuries in the vessels that guarded the tunnel's doorway – pranced and spread laughter ahead of the children who turned and called to their new leader, still away in the distance in the sour darkness. Jansus walked towards them and they engulfed him with the power of the love that had assured their deliverance once and for all.
Jansus felt a familiar tug at his arm.
It must be my birthing day by now, mustn't it?" A small imp like nose turned skyward only to be met by a sturdy cuff at the back of his neck.
"Don't you ever give up?" Jansus picked up his small brother and ran into the new family awaiting them.
Charlie touched his brown-rimmed glasses knowingly, his freckles crinkling as he marched down to the garden's borders. He noticed how austere it all looked this time of year and remembered from school how the birds might find it difficult finding food and contemplated eking out worms and other treasures just for them. His eyes smiled at the gaping hole in the deep green hedge his father took pride in and decided to follow a walk of footprints leading off to the street which was paved with gold – Christmas gold.
The huge black lead street lamp shined a golden yellow on the neighbour's efforts. They had gone to town with sledges, reindeer, Santas and lots of glittering sights and sounds. His mind was still on the tracks though and the puzzle they presented. Charlie's jaw dropped at the magnificence of next door's sled where he noticed similar prints and more right beside the giant Santa, which was red and white and had a smile for everyone.
Charlie knelt down and checked under the sled and inside it holding onto his specs as he moved them up and down in inspection mode, murmuring the occasional 'aha' but he could see noting really. He scratched his head with stiff cold fingers while he simultaneously rubbed his cold, red nose wiping the overspill on his new, red scarf and saying an apology to Aunt Mildred for the mess. He clapped his padded hands together before they clasped behind his back, and a shudder took him into high-speed detective work.
He decided to sit on a large leather seat to shelter from the snow falling once again. The sledge began to move slightly making him a bit uneasy. That soon went as Charlie was soon in awe of the blue-black sky and the twinkling stars amid the white dotted snow falling around him in the sledge before it turned into a storm like whir. From behind he heard a booming laugh and bells; there was shrill ringing behind him then all around. His excitement was tinged with longings of home and the warmth and his mom and the Christmas tree and just all the familiar things, but maybe that was Santa. Was it Santa?
Charlie's eyes were drawn to the sled floor and the tiny prints which had reappeared. He pushed his glasses onto his nose and pulled back as he noticed a small creature on the seat beside him. Charlie smiled at the furry paws though dirty and wet with very ragged nails; he was anything but cute and the stench emanating from him – it, was becoming unbearable.. Charlie's smile was met with a dark face with crooked menacing teeth that dripped saliva that turned the sled floor a greenish yellow. Charlie's heart sank together with the thoughts his companion might be an elf and he held onto his red scarf from aunt Mildred and smelled his moms mince pies on his glove, which bore some squished crumbs.
He was pulled out of regret, and near tears, when he was jolted by the roar of 'Santa's' instructions to the beasts pulling the sled. The horrible goblin like creature that terrified Charlie turned to 'Santa', and with a hyena's laugh and to Charlie's disbelief, it uttered the words, 'One more and we will be done for this evening.' Charlie and the sled flew into the air and he was never seen again.
The frenzied scratching and bloodied paws made Callie wince and her frame shudder more. She rubbed her arms to work up some heat, but ridges of mud provided no comfort. The dog yelped as if he had been hurt, and she dropped to her knees in the five inches or so of cold water.
He was panting hard but wouldn't stop. Callie was convinced by now that he knew. He knew how bad things were and that they were both stuck and could soon die. The smell of gas was growing stronger and her chest wheezed. The more she wheezed the faster he dug – time was running out.
Callie had grown up with her devoted Pup as she liked to call him. No longer a pup, the majestic stance of the animal was something to cling to in the dank, cold, gas-filled tunnel they found themselves trapped in. He was dirty, wet, bedraggled and looked half the size of his true capabilities.
He was bought as a bribe to entice her to love the small village her parents had dragged her to. Soon though they were inseparable, and Pup made it easy for Callie to love the place. He was into everything. They would take snacks down to the streams and follow old rail lines and climb the grassy slag heaps, once the old coal mines of long ago, which were now overgrown with bramble and bluebells, and it was idyllic.
Callie's head felt like it would explode as, kneeling helplessly, she remembered that small boy up on the hill. She was surprised when he had called to Pup. The dog whined and his restless head was unsure when he stared at the small, waif like figure, but despite that, Pup bolted up the hill towards the boy who by then had simply disappeared from view.
Callie followed and was met by sounds of crying in the entrance of an old mine shaft; mounds of soil and overgrown weeds had nearly swallowed it up. The ground felt soft, and she was very wary with each step until, whoosh, both her knees sank followed by her elbows until she was up to her small neck in soil and debris. She screamed in blind panic before disappearing from sight. Pup dug furiously and was soon lost with her in an old vein of the coal mine.
Just then the boy appeared again. Pup stopped digging and whined at the boy before running towards him. He greeted Pup, then smiled and led them down the old tracks to reveal a clearing and the sunlight. Inside a nearby cart was a tiny skeleton.
Clinging onto Pup, Callie trembled as she stumbled through the water towards the figure who gently reached out. Pup gave him his paw.
The small figure seemed happy as he turned and faded into the crevasses of the black night walls of the mineshaft.


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The Orioles added outfielder Eric Young Jr. on a minor league deal with a spring training invite, providing an experienced outfielder to what's going to be a young, inexperienced group of outfielders in major league camp.
Young, 33, hit .202 with a .551 OPS in 109 at-bats for the Los Angeles Angels last year, representing his fifth MLB team over 10 years after beginning his career with the Colorado Rockies before moving on to the New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and later the Angels.
Manager Brandon Hyde said Tuesday of the team's recent free agent signings — they signed right-hander Nate Karns to a major league deal as possible rotation depth on Thursday as well — that both Young and Karns come highly recommended.
Though he primarily played center field in the majors last year, Young didn't rate well there by most public defensive metrics.
He'll join a major league outfield mix including Cedric Mullins, Trey Mancini, DJ Stewart, Austin Hays, Joey Rickard, Anthony Santander, Yusniel Díaz, Ryan McKenna, and Mike Yastrzemski.
Young posted that he was joining the Orioles on Instagram after a MASNSports.com report.


Tonight, I want to introduce you to a 'new to me' brand, Faby. It is an Italian brand with one of their recent shades featured on the cover of October's Scratch Magazine. I was lucky to have a Faby manicure done at the Olympia Beauty Event last month with the most gorgeous metallic red, 'Miss Scarlet, I Suppose...'. You can read all about my experience HERE, but for now, let's have a look at the water marble I created using Sunglasses and Bikini* and Lotus Flower in Shangai* that were kindly gifted to me.
I am a big fan of the brush in Faby polishes. My samples were mini bottles but if I remember correctly, the brush size is the same in mini and regular bottles. The bristles were quite rigid but didn't spread out and cause streaks. The formulas were nice and I needed 2 coats for full coverage. I decided to do a quick water marble video tutorial using both shades. Let's have a look!
More water marble? Go on, then.
Very pretty color combo on the marble. Great mani!
Gorgeous mani, you honestly are so good at everything. I love the colours and although I've seen Faby around, I've never tried them before.
I def need to now.


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Facebook and Google antitrust investigations: all you need to know
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Facebook and Google could face legal action comparable to what Microsoft went through 20 years ago.
Facebook and Google could face legal action comparable to what Microsoft went through 20 years ago. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images
Attorneys general in a number of US states are opening antitrust investigations into Facebook, New York's attorney general, Letitia James, announced on Friday. A separate inquiry into Google is expected to be announced Monday.
The new investigations mark yet another blow to the major tech players, which have faced increasing scrutiny from the government – most prominently an antitrust investigation by the Department of Justice.
The investigations could open up big tech firms to legal actions, , as Microsoft faced 20 years ago. It could even result in breaking up companies, as a number of presidential candidates have called for in recent months.
Here's what you need to know.
US states to launch antitrust and privacy inquiries into Facebook and Google
What is an antitrust investigation?
Antitrust regulations exist to prevent businesses from holding too much centralized power over an industry. Legislators at state and federal levels can take action to promote competition by preventing mergers, breaking up big companies, and penalizing companies for anti-competitive behavior with fines.
Why is Facebook under investigation?
The state antitrust investigations announced on Friday will look at "whether Facebook has stifled competition and put users at risk", James said in a statement.
Facebook has been accused of anticompetitive conduct, including buying up competing tech firms and copying features from rival apps.
"We will use every investigative tool at our disposal to determine whether Facebook's actions may have endangered consumer data, reduced the quality of consumers' choices, or increased the price of advertising," James said.
Why is Google under investigation?
A separate investigation into Google will be led by a bipartisan group of about three dozen state attorneys general, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Details are scarce before the inquiry's announcement, but the Journal reports the attorneys will focus on Google's impact on digital advertising markets.
What does this mean for the two tech giants?
The newest antitrust investigations show the basic business model for the world's largest technology firms is being increasingly threatened, said Cillian Kieran, privacy compliance expert and CEO of the privacy startup Ethyca.
They "should be seen as a bellwether for every business; compliance is not optional, rather better data practices and operations are becoming fundamental to business growth and safe operations," he said.
Facebook is also facing pushback in Europe, where the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) passed in 2018. While state-level regulation in the US would not be as impactful as federal measures, states do have the ability to levy large fines in antitrust cases.
What other legal battles are Facebook and Google currently fighting?
The investigations come on the heels of a chaotic year for Facebook. In July, the company was hit with a $5bn fine, the largest ever levied by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It is also facing continuing scrutiny and investigation of its proposed digital currency, Libra, due to launch in 2020.
After the $5bn fine, the FTC announced it was carrying out a separate antitrust investigation against the company. House judiciary committee lawmakers also launched an antitrust review of Facebook and Google in June 2019.
Tech companies are also facing pressure from the White House, which has threatened to investigate anti-conservative bias on social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter, and hosted a forum on the topic in July.
Facebook has been hit with a number of other lawsuits, unrelated to antitrust, including one brought by the Washington DC attorney general regarding the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a suit in Illinois over the collection of facial recognition data, and a suit brought in California over a 2018 data breach of 30m accounts.
Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple are also being subjected to a broad antitrust review opened by the US justice department in July.
How have the companies responded?
Facebook has argued it does not monopolize the tech space and has said it will continue "a conversation" with lawmakers on the topic. Users have "multiple choices" for every service the platform provides, said Will Castleberry, the vice-president of state and local policy at Facebook.
"We understand that if we stop innovating, people can easily leave our platform," he said. "This underscores the competition we face, not only in the US but around the globe. We will work constructively with state attorneys general and we welcome a conversation with policymakers about the competitive environment in which we operate."
Google has yet to comment.
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Summarises the insights from a series of key papers addressing audience measurement, the quantifying of the number of people exposed to advertising across any given media; this includes radio listenership, TV viewing, newspaper and magazine readership, and traffic on websites.
This article details how audience measurement methodologies are adapting to the growth of digital access in a range of media, including TV, radio, print and out of home.
This article looks at the emerging issues with measurement of television advertising in the digital age in the US.
Considers the current thinking and reading on the subject of newspaper audiences, an evolving and complicated demographic that must now be measured across the channels on which news is read.
Star Bharat, a Hindi General Entertainment Channel in India, launched with the aim of becoming the leading channel in its category, targeting 538 million TV viewers.
This article approaches the question of media neutrality by investigating whether ideation techniques such as templates produce the same quality of advertisements across media.
Scott McDonald, president/CEO of the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF), recognises the frustration of reinventing metrics in a marketing ecosystem but discusses the progress that he has seen in this area.
This study proposes a novel methodology, mixture-amount modeling (MAM), to investigate cross-media advertising synergy based on consumers' media usage.
MIAMI BEACH, FL: Market researchers need to take more risks in order to thrive at a time of rapid change, David Poltrack, chief research officer for CBS Corp., the media company, has argued.
Marketing researchers must be willing to take more risks as they look to cement their place in a rapidly-changing ecosystem.
This article explores how a multiplatform advertising strategy enhances brand perceptions and performance in the fast-digitizing Chinese market.
Presents an investigation into how, when and whether or not the TV industry will consider moving to buying and selling ads based on ratings for individual ads or spots.
Demonstrates six ways in which search and social audience signals can be applied in different ways to create more relevant, meaningful and distinct brands.
How Audience Measurement 5.0 is developing, what implications it may have and how industry players will have to change in order to adopt such methods.
There's more data than ever, but analytics is more complicated and more diverse than it has ever been before; with more being measured, finding out what you need to know is more important than ever.
LONDON: Brand segmentation efforts should never be compromised by whether the resulting consumer target audience can be easily found in media or media surveys, an industry figure advises.
This report presents the findings of a large-scale study into marketers' attitudes and priorities for the future, revealing that control over customer strategy and data, organisational integration, and brand safety are the focus for 2020.
NEW YORK: Much of the data now being leveraged by marketers could benefit from coming with a health warning attached, according to Jonathan Steuer, Chief Research Officer at Omnicom Media Group.
This event report addresses some of the main concerns around the quality of data which marketers are using in their daily activities.
GLOBAL: Most audience behaviours in most media can be captured and reported but economic and political factors frequently hamper the adoption of more accurate measurement methods, an industry figure has argued.
This event report outlines some of the main opportunities and issues currently reshaping measurement practices across the media ecosystem.
LONDON: Two of the UK's major marketing associations have together called for the media industry to demand and provide independently audited data to bring accountability to media markets both online and offline.
This article explains the importance of a standard metric for mobile marketing and ways in which marketers can best practice mobile metrics.


Birmingham City Women's Club history.
Birmingham City Women's Football Club was formed in 1968 (under the original name of Birmingham City Ladies Football Club) by a group of female fans who played local friendly matches until 1970.
Initially the Club joined the Heart of England League in 1970, and played in the league until 1973 when it underwent a major restructure and become known as the West Midland Regional League in 1974. The Club was successful during this period, winning these leagues five times during the entire 70's and 80's (1971/72, 1974/75, 1976/77, 1987/88, 1988/89), amongst other trophies.
The Club ran into difficult times during the 90's, with many staff and player changes. As a result it created an academy of young players to try to regain stability. Many eventually played for the senior team.
In 1998 Birmingham City Women were promoted to the newly created Midland Combination League and in their first season won the league, thus gaining automatic promotion into the National Northern Division. After two seasons, Birmingham City Women gained promotion to the top flight of women's football, joining the FA Women's Premier League.
The academy had begun to produce players for the first team at this point, and Laura Bassett became the first Birmingham City Women's player, from the academy or otherwise, to appear for England at full international level.
The club's high-profile manager of the time, Marcus Bignot, signed big name players including Rachel Yankey and Alex Scott for the 2004/05 season and Birmingham finished fourth. The club ran into financial problems when Birmingham City withdrew its support, and had to let major players go before the start of the 2005/06 season, which they finished in sixth position. The Club was only able to continue after a player's parent donated £10,000.
Also in 2005, the Club's junior sides joined the newly-formed Centre of Excellence league in the Central Warwickshire area. Birmingham won their eighth consecutive Birmingham FA County Cup in 2008 before a number of established players either retired from the game or moved on to other clubs.
In March 2010 the Club was announced as a founder member of the FA WSL. The Club's successful application was underwritten by Birmingham City's previous owner Carson Yeung.
In December 2010, Birmingham City announced the signing of several international players to their WSL squad. In June 2011 the Centre of Excellence's future was secured with the allocation of a new FA licence for 2011–12 season onwards; which realigned the current development pathway for women's football in England.
The Club became inaugural members of the newly formed FA WSL in 2011 and came close to winning it at the first attempt, leading for most of the campaign before being overhauled by Arsenal. They also reached the Continental Cup Final but once again found Arsenal in the way at Burton Albion F.C. The season was notable for the goal scoring exploits of Rachel Williams who finished as leading scorer as well as winning the FA Players' Player of the Year Award.
Due to the 2nd place finish in the 2011 FA WSL Birmingham qualified for a place in the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League round of 32 for the first time in their history. Drawn against Italians Bardolino Verona, Birmingham won the first leg 2–0 but lost 3–0 at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, after extra time, to exit the competition at the first hurdle.
In May 2012 the Club won their first FA Women's Cup, beating Chelsea on penalties in the final at Ashton Gate in Bristol. Also in 2012, for the second consecutive year, the Club finished 2nd in the FA WSL and were runners-up in the Continental Cup Final, both to Arsenal. The 2nd place finish in the league qualified Birmingham for the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League round of 32.
In 2014, Blues Women reached the semi-final of the UEFA Women's Champions League where they eventually bowed out to Swedish side Tyreso FF in the second leg away. The same year, Birmingham City Women finished 3rd in The FA WSL.
During the 2016 season, the Club signed its first ever foreign players with the likes of Norwegian international Andrine Hegerberg and Germans Marisa Ewers, Bella Linden and Ann-Katrin Berger joining, all signalling a shift in the mentality and appeal of the Club. It was during this season the Club played in their third Continental Tyres Cup final, this time losing out to Manchester City Women in extra-time.
In November 2016 it was announced that Birmingham City Women would become fully integrated as part of the Birmingham City family following the takeover by Trillion Trophy Asia.
The 2017 Spring Series saw Birmingham City Women enter in to a new era with a change in management. Marc Skinner made the step up from Regional Talent Club Technical Director to First Team Manager and marked his intentions early on with the signing of England Lioness Ellen White. In May 2017 Birmingham City Women featured in their second FA Women's Cup final in five years, this time facing Manchester City Women in front of a competition record-breaking attendance of 35,271 at Wembley Stadium. This was the first time the Club had played at the traditional home of English football.


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BVI aims to have some Tortola cruise facilities open by November
Mark Vanterpool - BVI, through the ports authority, on a 'fast track towards the restoration of the cruise and shopping facility'
The British Virgin Islands got a double-punch from hurricanes Irma and Maria but Mark Vanterpool, minister of communications and works, indicated the cruise pier and Tortola Pier Park sustained minimal damage.
Anne Kalosh | Oct 02, 2017
According to Vanterpool, the initial assessment suggested minimal pier damage, however BVI is engaging a qualified engineer to provide a comprehensive evaluation. Tortola Pier Park held up 'reasonably well,' he added.
Of the 11 buildings, only three had roof damage; the structures remain in place. Other buildings, common areas and the tour dispatch station suffered minor damage, Vanterpool said.
'Through the BVI Ports Authority, we are on a fast track towards the restoration of the cruise and shopping facility with a targeted date of reopening at least 50% of retail and food and beverage stores by 1st November,' Vanterpool has informed cruise lines.
As for the wider destination, he said the road infrastructure is currently operational and has suffered only minor damage, while general clean-up of the roadways is 60% complete. Electricity has been restored in Road Town, the capital, and work is under way to restore electricity in all other areas throughout the territory. Water has been restored to 40% of the island and telecommunication services have been restored in most parts of the territory.
Vanterpool said he's working closely with the office of the premier to prepare a detailed report on the status of beaches and major attractions.
Representatives of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association were scheduled to visit today for a full update on the status of the restoration efforts.
According to the FCCA, MSC is paying for and transporting a large, semi-permanent structure to the BVI to be used as a school, which the association coordinated through Eventstar Structures, a Platinum Member. The territory is also receiving aid from the Cayman Islands and St. Lucia, with Puerto Rico as an option to coordinate relief shipments, and Britain is expected to provide extensive relief support.
Vanterpool said the government and people of the Virgin Islands are 'dedicated to the expedited recovery of the territory and are confident that the BVI will swiftly recuperate from this disaster and will re-emerge stronger.'
Tortola Pier Park was completed in 2016, adding retail, dining, entertainment and recreation facilities adjacent to Road Town's recently expanded cruise pier. Just weeks ago Tortola Pier Park was named Port of the Year at the Seatrade Cruise Awards.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has issued a surprisingly scathing attack on the gutsy crew of progressive freshmen women in the House of Representatives, dismissing them as a tiny squad who have a "public whatever," but no backing in Congress.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) shot back on Twitter later saying that the "public whatever" is public sentiment." She added: "Wielding the power to shift it is how we actually achieve meaningful change in this country."
That public "whatever" is called public sentiment.
And wielding the power to shift it is how we actually achieve meaningful change in this country. https://t.co/u6JtgwwRsk
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 7, 2019
Pelosi's harsh comments followed a quote from a spokesman for Ocasio-Cortez in a Washington Post op ed Friday that the "greatest threat to mankind is the cowardice of the Democratic Party." The young squad of Pelosi critics also includes Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).
Pelosi attacked the women in an interview with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd published Saturday as she defended herself against criticism (including in the Huffpost story "What The Hell Is Nancy Pelosi Doing?") that she's caving into the Republicans.
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UNITED STATES – JULY 23: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, right, and Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, shakes hands while addressing the media before a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 23, 2009. Maliki pledged to mend sectarian divisions and fight corruption as he urged the international community to continue providing support to his nation. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
U.S. Vice President-elect Mike Pence, right, shakes hands with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, following a meeting in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. During their closed-door meeting, Pelosi expressed strong concerns about Trump's decision to name former Breitbart News chief Steve Bannon to be his chief White House strategist, and asked him to reconsider the appointment. Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Pool via Bloomberg
She has come under particular attack for her push to pass the Senate Republican bill (instead of the House version) increasing border funds without humanitarian guarantees for detained immigrants, particularly children.
I don't believe it was a good idea for Dems to blindly trust the Trump admin when so many kids have died in their custody. It's a huge mistake.
This admin also refuses to hand over docs to Congress on the whereabouts of families. People's lives are getting bargained, for what? https://t.co/h7gP8Wous1
Pelosi insisted that the bill — which the squad of four voted against — was the strongest she could get.
"All these people have their public whatever and their Twitter world," Pelosi said, referring to the women. "But they didn't have any following. They're four people and that's how many votes they got."
She blamed the shortcomings of the border bill on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), whom she described as "authentically terrible."
"With all due respect, the press likes to make a story that is more about Democrats divided than the fact that Mitch McConnell doesn't care about the children,'' she said.
"If the left doesn't think I'm left enough, so be it," Pelosi concluded defiantly. "As I say to these people, come to my basement. I have these signs about single-payer from 30 years ago. I understand what they're saying. But we have a responsibility to get something done, which is different from advocacy. We have to have a solution, not just a Twitter fight."
Check out Dowd's full interview here.
This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
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Midwood Hospital opened in 1907 as Midwood Sanitarium. It closed in the 1970s, and its building served as a private school from 1979 thru 2000.

History
The original four-story Midwood Sanitarium wood structure was replaced and renamed in 1929, after a fire, with a fireproof building that used more of the grounds and could treat more patients. It received repeat business for births, and was noted for "bright and cheery colors" as "a relief from endless white walls."

From 1979 to 2000 it housed St. John's Elementary School, a private school.

The next use for the 19 Winthrop Street building, still continuing as of 2021, is via CAMBA, Inc.,
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Since opening in May 2010, the Crown Theater and Nightclub inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas has become a premier hotspot for some of the biggest concerts in Las Vegas. The 11,000 sq. ft. venue comes from the former operators of the famed Viper Room in Los Angeles. The Crown Theater and Nightclub features a 50-ft. stage and state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems in an intimate setting which allows guests to feel like they are right next to all of the action. Bringing in the best and brightest names in music to the luxurious Crown Theater is sure to be the norm in Las Vegas for years to come.
The Crown Theater and Nightclub follows in the footsteps of a notable list of shows, clubs and entertainers that have previously occupied this location.


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So most people know what this lovely family are going through right now, my beautiful best friend and Leo's Auntie Carly have had to cancel their first holiday abroad due to her diagnosis. They deserve a little weekend away creating memories and i'm hoping to help make this possible.
Carly is a mother to two young children, Aliya and Mason (age 9 and 7) and has been with her partner Mikey for 11 years. Carly was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 age 27 years old. She underwent a mastectomy and 6 months of intense chemotherapy. Carly recovered well and looked forward to getting on with the rest of her life with her lovely family. Now 3 years later, she found another lump but this time the prognosis was not so good. On the 28th February 2019, Carly had devastating news that the breast cancer was back, but had spread to her lymph nodes, bones, liver and lungs and is now terminal. Treatment is now to give her the best quality of life to be with her family.