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Another Comey tell saga
Today, I came across this Trump tweet, retweeted by Ben Shapiro, with comment and I want to give my short take of this:
Ben ShapiroVerified account @benshapiro
FollowingFollowing @benshapiro
Ben Shapiro Retweeted Donald J. Trump
So he publicly re-opened the investigation into her because he wanted a job? That makes no sense. Taking polling into consideration is bad enough, but this is illogical.
Ben Shapiro added,
Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump
Unbelievably, James Comey states that Polls, where Crooked Hillary was leading, were a factor in the handling (stupidly) of the Clinton Email probe. In other words, he was making decisions based on the fact that he thought she was going to win, and he wanted a job. Slimeball!
10:18 AM – 15 Apr 2018
The Comey explanation is as contorted as the Trump explanation. I suspect Comey expected Hillary to win, so he wanted the Weiner laptop issue "checked off as investigated" & buried. The speed with which he reopened the investigation & reclosed it made it seem like box-checking
From the reporting on the Comey interview with Stephanopoulos. Comey states:
"I don't remember consciously thinking about that, but it must have been because I was operating in a world where Hillary Clinton was going to beat Donald Trump, and so I'm sure that it was a factor," Comey told ABC News' chief anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview ahead of the April 17 release of his book, "A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership."
"I don't remember spelling it out, but it had to have been, that she's going to be elected president and if I hide this from the American people, she'll be illegitimate the moment she's elected, the moment this comes out," he added.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/comey-assumption-clinton-win-factor-email-investigation/story?id=54467459
Despite Stephanopoulos trying to spin this reopened investigation as creating a shadow over a Hillary administration, I suspect Comey believed that in a Hillary administration he would still be FBI director and Loretta Lynch & company would still be running the DOJ. He knew how Lynch & company wanted the Clinton investigation(s) deep-sixed.
Comey gets that sanctimonious tone equivocating after Stephanopoulos' spin, but facts matter. During that quickie Weiner laptop investigation the FBI was leaking like a sieve, like reports of numerous ongoing field office investigations into the Clinton Foundation. By Comey publicly announcing "FBI reopened & investigated, nothing to see here", he was digging a public fire break for a President Hillary Clinton and for himself as FBI director. He would then have had another convenient public "extremely careless" investigation conclusion to refer to, plus his job as FBI director.
With all that FBI leaking when the email investigation was reopened it seemed like Comey was facing field office PR insurrections and he wanted to placate them that the FBI was doing due diligence to its duties, but he was also looking to his future as FBI director working in a Hillary Clinton administration.
If Hillary had been elected, she could have pointed to the public FBI exoneration on both her email investigation and the emails on Weiner's laptop.
Heck, the usual "Islamophobia" spin about Huma was ready-made for that scenario. I believe Comey was just trying to pull off another "extremely careless" PR spin to bury another Clinton scandal and keep his FBI director position.
I wrote about the Comey tell after his July 2016 "extremely careless" speech and I suspected the Clinton silencers at work, but after the exposure of all those fine career professionals handling the Clinton email investigation Comey cited, it sure now seems that Comey entrusted the overseeing of the Clinton investigation to some highly unprofessional, politicized hacks. He also suffered from the same malady that infects people who get too close to President Trump. Many people who hang around Trump begin to act like him – rude, disrespectful, engaging in reprehensible name -calling and petty, vicious taunting.
Comey began making politicized judgments and acting like those around him at the highest level of the Lynch DOJ. His tones now, trying to appease the Left about the reopened email investigation, clearly shows he wants to get back in their good graces and he proclaims his intention is to "contain" the Trump forest fire" (stop Trump), which he believes "ethical leaders in the government can't contain".
Comey's on a PR campaign to stop Trump, which can only mean he is out to build public support for impeachment, and he has now sunk to the Trump level of name-calling to try to make his case for ethical leadership.
Lord, help us if Trump and Comey are our American role models on principled leadership…
Filed under General Interest, Hillary's Email Scandal, Politics, Public Corruption
2016 Russian Collusion count
Reported 2016 Russian Collusion count: 2 for Team Clinton and 2 for Team Trump.
Team Clinton:
The Steele dossier, was Russian collusion, with the Clinton campaign and DNC hiring a retired British spy, Christopher Steele to dig up Russian dirt on Donald Trump. That Russian dirt, unverified and from unknown Russian sources has been used by the Obama Justice Dept. to launch investigations into the Trump campaign and is also the major SPIN cover for the #Resist effort.
The second Clinton Russian collusion effort, is reported to also have been successful at digging up Russian dirt on Donald Trump. The Guardian reports:
The second memo was written by Cody Shearer, a controversial political activist and former journalist who was close to the Clinton White House in the 1990s.
Unlike Steele, Shearer does not have a background in espionage, and his memo was initially viewed with scepticism, not least because he had shared it with select media organisations before the election.
However, the Guardian has been told the FBI investigation is still assessing details in the "Shearer memo" and is pursuing intriguing leads.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/30/trump-russia-collusion-fbi-cody-shearer-memo
The Shearer memo mirrors much of the Steele dossier. Imagine that… So, the FBI is seriously using dirt from a Clinton sleaze operative, part of the old Clinton-scandals-witness-intimidation-squad, to bolster the Steele dossier…
Next up, the two Team Trump Russian collusion efforts did not bear fruit.
The Don. Jr. meeting with the Russian lawyer, that was spun as a discussion about Russian adoption, fizzled. Andrew McCarthy wrote about that in his article, The Gang That Couldn't Lie Straight.
The other Trump campaign effort was a Republican operative, Peter Smith, who was reported to have tried to hire a British security firm to locate Russian hackers, with the intention of buying Hillary's emails. Smith died last year in May, 10 days after talking to a WSJ reporter. Smith is reported to have committed suicide:
"At the time, the newspaper reported Smith's May 14 death came about 10 days after he granted the interview. Mystery shrouded how and where he had died, but the lead reporter on the stories said on a podcast he had no reason to believe the death was the result of foul play and that Smith likely had died of natural causes.
However, the Chicago Tribune obtained a Minnesota state death record filed in Olmsted County saying Smith committed suicide in a hotel near the Mayo Clinic at 1:17 p.m. on Sunday, May 14. He was found with a bag over his head with a source of helium attached. A medical examiner's report gives the same account, without specifying the time, and a report from Rochester police further details his suicide.
In the note recovered by police, Smith apologized to authorities and said that "NO FOUL PLAY WHATSOEVER" was involved in his death. He wrote that he was taking his own life because of a "RECENT BAD TURN IN HEALTH SINCE JANUARY, 2017" and timing related "TO LIFE INSURANCE OF $5 MILLION EXPIRING.""
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-peter-smith-death-met-0713-20170713-story.html
Further on in that same Chicago Tribune story is this fascinating bit of info:
"Smith's death occurred at the Aspen Suites in Rochester, records show. They list the cause of death as "asphyxiation due to displacement of oxygen in confined space with helium."
Rochester police Chief Roger Peterson on Wednesday called Smith's manner of death "unusual," but a funeral home worker said he'd seen it before."
Color me just a tad suspicious… 10 days after talking to a WSJ reporter… Who knows, his Russian collusion may have been successful, but unlike the Steele dossier, I am sure Lynch and Comey would not have been using recovered emails from her"extremely careless" homebrew server, as evidence in Hillary's "no intent", ummm, "matter"…
Stranger than fiction. Can't wait to see the next chapter in this 2016 never ending Russian collusion "riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma" (psst, that's part of a 1939 Winston Churchill quote about Russia).
Later, I am cooking supper.
Filed under Corrupt Media Collusion, General Interest, Hillary's Email Scandal, Information War, Politics, Public Corruption
February 2, 2018 · 11:13 am
Showdown at high noon…
Andrew McCarthy penned a very interesting piece at National Review, The Gang That Couldn't Lie Straight.
Yes, the Trump campaign was "colluding with Russians" trying to get dirt on Hillary at that Don Jr., Trump Tower meeting with the Russian lawyer, according to Andrew McCarthy. There were discussions and a conference call between Don Jr., Hicks and Trump, who dreamed up this story, that it was a discussion about Russian adoption. Some other Trump campaign peeps had put out a different story, so there was some clean-up going on. There are some emails and Hicks supposedly told some other guy that those emails will never see the light of day (this was before the Mueller investigation began, I think). McCarthy says it's not enough to make for a prosecution of obstruction of justice on its own and explains all the details.
Very interesting – since the Steele dossier was also dirt acquired through "Russian collusion", funded by the DNC & Clinton campaign, so the FBI was using that info, which came from "Russian collusion", paid for by the Clinton campaign/DNC, all to go after Trump for "Russian collusion" … I guess it's it takes Russian collusion to catch Russian collusion, all roads lead to Moscow, … or something like that.
The GOP (I suspect Gowdy helped write the GOP explanation) put out a timeline explaining why this Nunes memo release is important. I love timelines and there's a timeline from July 2016 around the time of Comey's "no intent" statement, with this FISA warrant being sought and this Trump/Russian collusion spin starting about Carter Page. And there's some unnamed person who was reportedly involved in feeding Steele information, during a crucial week in this timeline. A British paper reported that person is Cody Shearer, the old intimidating witnesses thug, who worked with Clinton fixer, Terry Lenzner.
Funny it took a year for us to find out the Steele dossier was funded by the DNC & Clinton campaign and used in any way to secure a FISA warrant to investigate the Trump campaign. Mueller should expand his investigation and investigate the Clinton campaign "Russian collusion" and the FBI use of this Steele dossier in Lynch's DOJ.
Then yesterday the Dems went full-throttle with this Red Scare McCarthy spin accusing Nunes of working for the Kremlin, and later Paul Ryan too. I wondered if Hannity reads my tweets, because he was going hard and heavy about how the Steele dossier was "Russian collusion". Interestingly, Saint Comey tweeted an angry tweet using the Dem Red Scare, Joe McCarthy spin to attack Republicans and "weasels & liars". Yet, Hillary was just "extremely careless" in not turning over 13 blackberries & 2 laptops, which were under subpoena, her lawyers destroying around 30,000 emails, lying to the FBI, having that IT firm Bleachbit their server and Comey said there was "no intent" there…
Comey is so wrapped up in his belief that he is a pillar of moral rectitude, that he doesn't realize how bad it looks that he was going along with the Clinton spin calling the investigation just a "matter" rather than a criminal investigation. It would be illegal for him to send classified FBI information to his friend/lawyer with the "intent" to leak to the media, to instigate a SPIN tsunami, as cover, orchestrating a special prosecutor being appointed. Senator Grassley alleges classified information is in those FBI memos. If there is, did his friend/lawyer have a security clearance or "need to know". Were these FBI notes sent via unsecure private email and how were they maintained?
His angrily tweeting using the Dem's Joe McCarthy spin is another interesting Comey tell.
Also, telling is the angry Dem tweet from Eric Holder. I still wonder who that redacted name is in those FBI notes on Hillary's FBI interview, in which Strzok was the lead for the FBI team "interviewing" her. Why redact Amy Saharia's name, when the Clinton team gave that name to the NY Times, to report on Hillary's FBI interview? This smells like the same snow job as when she collapsed at that 9/11 ceremony in 2016 and her spinners fed the media a story that she was just dehydrated and left early, but some person videotaped her being held up and collapsing. That video hit Twitter and so several more Clinton spin lines emerged. The mainstream media pivoted to attacking Trump peeps for hyping her health.
The FBI/DOJ peeps involved in her interview, that Comey described as pillars of professionalism, when explaining to Congress that his "no reasonable prosecutors would prosecute" was a unanimous decision, well, they sure are looking not so "professional". So, who all was involved in that unanimous decision and more importantly, who all was present at Hillary's FBI interview. I don't believe Bill Clinton would allow Hillary to walk into that FBI interview, without either himself or a long-time Clinton fixer there, perhaps someone like "fast and furious" Eric Holder. Bill Clinton met with Loretta Lynch on the tarmac in AZ the week before, so he was orchestrating this, I believe.
Americans deserve to know who all was present for Hillary's FBI interview and also who all was part of that team of "career professionals".
Funny, how they basically entrapped people & orchestrated SPIN tsunamis to proceed with this Trump Russian collusion investigation, but Hillary ignored subpoenas, there's evidence of a conspiracy to destroy piles of emails and evidence, the one private IT guy Bleachbit a Clinton server, and even though he was under subpoena, he refused to talk to Congress and didn't show up to testify. And again, Mills & Samuelson, with Kendall, "sorted" through the emails on that server, looking for the State Dept ones to return, then destroyed the others, but Samuelson, with Mills, who helped "sort", was at Samuelson's side. as her lawyer, for that interview. Mills claimed attorney client privilege and Samuelson refused to tell the FBI what keywords they used to search the homebrew server… "No intent" indeed…
Comey told Trump 3X in private that he wasn't under investigation, even though it's obvious he was and yet, Comey refused to say that in public. Then the Clinton spin team worked to fuel the "Trump Russian collusion" hysteria in public and Comey used Trump's comments in those private conversations to feed the spin for calls for a special prosecutor. This is the same tactic they have used with others in the Trump investigation, or strong-arm tactics like with Flynn and with Manafort, the FBI launched a predawn raid, but with Hillary's emails – they sold her spin to airbrush the obstruction of justice and classified information, which she was grossly negligent handling.
Sorry, for going on so long here, sort of venting, because the Queen being above the law, always sticks in my craw.
Mueller needs to expand his "Russian collusion" investigation to include investigating the Steele dossier & FBI's use of it. Mueller, trusted in Comey's integrity – big mistake there and now the "career professionals" Mueller was trusting don't look so "professional".
Finally, if Cody Shearer was involved in feeding Steele information, then why didn't the FBI know that? Why didn't they know this was DNC/Clinton funded Russian dirt they dug up?
Filed under Corrupt Media Collusion, General Interest, Hillary's Email Scandal, Information War, Politics
Flashback to January 2017
Since the election of President Donald Trump the Democrats have been howling about "Russian collusion" and the unprecedented Russian efforts to interfere in our 2016 presidential election. The mainstream media fixated on the Trump/Russia collusion storyline too, while news stories about Democrat corruption get buried regularly.
So along with the Awan brothers story being ignored by most of the major mainstream (liberal) news organizations, here's another January 2016 story that received very little coverage in the mainstream media:
Comey: DNC denied FBI's requests for access to hacked servers
One thing former FBI director, James Comey, is meticulous about is trying to present himself as non-partisan. So whenever he dumped dirt on Trump or Hillary, he made sure to dump some dirt on the other side. When Comey, Clapper, and Brennan were trying to hype the Russian collusion story in January, Comey also mentioned the DNC's hacked computers, which the DNC refused to turn over to the FBI for analysis. The DNC reported that they hired Crowd Strike to investigate the hack of the DNC servers.
It makes one wonder how Clapper, Comey and Brennan could be so sure who hacked the DNC computer system, in light of the recent revelations about the Awan brothers access to the DNC computer system, courtesy of Debbie Wasserman -Schultz, combined with the Comey revelation in January, that the FBI never had direct access to the DNC servers.
This January news report from The Hill refers to "servers", which is plural and it harkens back to the Hillary home-brew server, which was really the Bill Clinton personal server for his Clinton Foundation emails. With Hillary's "server", according to the FBI, there were two servers, the first one Bill Clinton's aide set-up and the second one, Huma Abedin arranged for Clinton campaign IT guy, Bryan Pagliano, to set-up. Later, Hillary (or her aides) worked out an arrangement with an outside IT company, Platte River Networks, to provide server services for Hillary's private emails. And according to FBI notes, it was Cheryl Mills (working with Clinton lawyer, David Kendall), who directed Platte River employees to destroy Hillary's emails on their server system.
The DNC handling of their hacked servers, begs the question – how many servers did they have and where were they housed? With Hillary's server, there were a variety of answers as to how many servers and what happened to them. There was also the glossing over the facts, like Hillary also used a private email account before switching to using Bill Clinton's private server in their Chappaqua home. Hillary, according to the FBI notes, used 13 mobile devices, NONE of which were ever turned over to the FBI and she used 5 ipads, of which 3 were turned over to the FBI. In the case of Hillary's "server", there were at least 2 servers used in the Clinton home and then the Platte River Networks system(s)… in addition to the numerous other devices Hillary used and that's not counting the numerous aides and Obama officials who emailed Hillary via unsecure private email accounts, including even President Obama. The FBI Notes of Huma Abedin's interview revealed that Abedin was shown an email using a pseudonym, from a gmail account, and informed that email was from President Obama.
With so many unsecured servers, private email accounts, personal devices in play, it would seem to me, that you would need to analyze all of them to be able to state with certainty if they were hacked, who hacked them and how many times they were hacked. Hillary's email server scandal included multiple servers and devices, so how many DNC servers were there, where were they located and who all had access to them?
Filed under Corrupt Media Collusion, General Interest, Hillary's Email Scandal, Politics
Undercutting our American democratic institutions
The following is a repost of my December 13, 2016 blog post. Sadly, I was wrong. Hillary's coup may have failed to prevent Donald Trump from being inaugurated, but the Left is determined to see that he is impeached. Trump's own behavior may end up helping them succeed. Besides the Left's relentless, Resist efforts, there's a core Trump Flight 93 media attack squad too, who work just like the Left's spinners. These Trump mouthpieces attack anyone who isn't on the Trump Train, working to destroy them. They also defend Trump and make excuses for the many inexcusable things Trump says and does. The rest of us are stuck being bombarded by their propaganda barrages every day. This continuing 2016 Presidential Election scorched earth information war is severely damaging America, because America's federal government looks completely dysfunctional and that is the biggest win for the Russians from the 2016 Presidential Election:
Queen Hillary's failing coup…
Finished another plastic canvas box.
Here's a rundown of the Clinton/Dem/Colluding Media talking points I've seen, being hysterically repeated on Twitter and various news sites in the last few days:
"Fake News" is a dire threat and only certain (Clinton colluding) media can be trusted to report "real" news.
Various incantations on popular vote should rule over electoral college – from the dramatically escalating popular vote total for Hillary (likely embellished) to contorted legal reasoning, to crap like Nate Silver tweeted some tripe that Hillary only lost in 4 states by 1%, so without the Russian hacking she'd likely have won – so based on a hypothetical situation, he created imaginary polling statistics, that he's presenting as serious analysis???
More Comey attacks – Harry Reid claimed Comey downplayed Russian hacking.
Harry Reid claims Trump directly involved with Russian hacking.
Electoral college electors need a special CIA briefing on Russian hacking.
America needs a do-over election, because of Russian interference in the election.
The liberal media has shed all pretense of being objective journalists, in fact, many are little more than Democratic hacks. The hysteria over Americans paying attention to Wikileaks over American journalists' reporting or Democrat mouthpieces speaks not to Americans being idiots, it speaks to people TRUST Wikileaks (a likely Russian front) over American journalists and the liberal media.
Following Twitter, is an exercise in frantic, sore-loser talking points, most bogus or deeply disingenuous, being breathlessly repeated by a cadre of big name "journalists" and news organizations 24/7. It's like kids at summer camp, sitting in a circle around a campfire, whispering something in the next person's ear and saying, "Pass it on!"
President Obama has had numerous rappers at the White House. Hillary had Beyonce and Jay Z campaigning with her, but Kanye West showing up at Trump Tower this morning represents some new low in lack of seriousness about the presidency, according to the likes of Andrea Mitchell. I thought she was traveling with Hillary's campaign, but guess she missed seeing Beyonce and Jay Z…
I think Trump will be a disaster as President. I believe he's very corrupt. However, I thought the same things about President Obama and America survived. I believe the same things about Hillary too, so I take solace in the FACT that America is much more than our President and we are still a very blessed and fortunate people, because we are FREE. There are millions of wonderful people in America and thankfully most of us encounter them and not these corrupt journalists and shady politicians in our everyday lives. We still are free to go about our daily lives, to dream, to set off on new adventures and to hope and dream. For me, needlework is a stress-reliever, so I'm stitching away… another tissue box cover – three sides done since Sunday:
I have a feeling the Trump years will be very productive stitching years for me, lol. Oh, the little yarn tails on the top center are just my marking the top, while I stitch, so I know which side is the top when I set my sewing down and then go back to it.
Trump worries me, but the corrupt Clinton/Dem/Media cabal scare the crap out of me. The Russian hacking/ interference is bad, but so far there's no evidence they tampered with ballot boxes, so the election is legitimate – end of conversation! The Dems with this recount fiasco, pushing the propaganda that the popular vote should count and not the electoral college, and now the desperation pitch for a do-over election, ostensibly because of Russian interference are trying to supplant the constitutional process all to prop up a very corrupt woman, who will do anything to be President. And her enablers are ready to discard The Constitution to assist her. I would have supported legal efforts to dump Trump as the Republican candidate before the election, but the general election is THE election, according to The Constitution and that's FINAL!
Donald Trump deserves the opportunity to take office and be the President of the United States. The Americans who voted for him deserve that too. And frankly, respect for The Constitution demands we follow the rules. If he is a disaster, there are constitutional remedies for that too, but it's ridiculous to talk about impeaching him before he's even taken office (which some leftist loons are proposing).
Yesterday, John Podesta, who fell for a common phishing scam and gave the hackers his email password, supported a demand for a special CIA briefing on Russian hacking for electors. One of the chief organizers of this elector effort is Nancy Pelosi's daughter. The electors don't have security clearances, so anything the CIA can tell them, they can tell all of America – so cut the drama queen act and just have the CIA release the information. My bet is neither the Obama White House nor the CIA will do this, because they've exaggerated the facts.
Even President Obama has gotten into the Russian hacking propaganda blitz and it's revolting. The Dems are demanding new investigations into Russian hacking, despite the fact there already are ongoing Congressional investigations into Russian hacking. Prior to this election hysteria, the Obama administration tried to downplay the Russian hacking threat.
So, the administration, where widespread use of private email was common practice, including by President Obama, now wants to champion fighting cyber-threats??? Be for real, the first line of defense against cyber-attacks is good online practices… like using SECURE systems for government business.
President Obama used his private gmail account to email Hillary at her private server email address. Huma Abedin was sure the Obama/Hillary email the FBI showed her, which was part of a classified CHAIN, had to be classified. Let's start by finding out what kind of information President Obama was sending via his private gmail account, before we get too excited about the Russian hacking.
The Democrats are in mass hysteria about investigations into Russian hacking, well, sure let's find out who they hacked, how they hacked and what was done to prevent their hacking.
It's hard not to laugh at Democratic mouthpieces hysterically demanding an email investigation as the last ditch effort to beg, borrow or steal the election for Hillary. The clock is ticking…to December 19th.
If these people weren't able to wield so much influence in America, I'd be laughing, because was there ever a more ridiculous leader to put forth as tough enough to take on Russian hacking, than Hillary Clinton??? She is the Democrats' champion on facing America's cyber-threats???
She couldn't even keep track of her own blackberries, she had her Filipino maid printing out classified emails in the SCIF in her DC home, she and her State Dept. staff were sending classified information on her home-brew server, and she believed her private email server was secure, because the Secret Service protect her home… If foreign intelligence agencies around the globe aren't laughing at the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton and fools like Michael Morell, I would be shocked:
"Former CIA acting director Michael Morell called the intelligence agency's conclusion that Russia meddled in the U.S. presidential election to help President-elect Donald Trump "the political equivalent of 9/11."
"A foreign government messing around in our elections is, I think, an existential threat to our way of life. To me, and this is to me not an overstatement, this is the political equivalent of 9/11," Morell said in an interview posted Sunday on The Cipher Brief. "It is huge and the fact that it hasn't gotten more attention from the Obama Administration, Congress, and the mainstream media, is just shocking to me.""
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/michael-morell-russia-us-elections-232495
Too bad these fools don't realize that THEY and THEIR own weak policies and careless handling of information practically handed the information to the Russians. John Podesta did hand his emails to them…
"Fake news"…. yeah, the people who sold the SPIN cycle to the American people want to lecture Americans on fake news … what a farce!
Filed under Corrupt Media Collusion, Culture Wars, General Interest, Hillary's Email Scandal, Politics, Public Corruption, The Media
A pox on both your houses
Comey has done more to unify Republicans in the past 24 hours than Trump has done since he became the Republican nominee for president. Here are my observations from Comey's testimony and the political fall-out.
Today the media is in full-throated defense of Comey. Pelosi is tweeting about #ProtectOurDemocracy from Trump & the Russians, I presume, and America's War of Words continues (here and here).
Up for redefinition, courtesy James Comey's testimony, are a "matter", where Comey testified yesterday that Loretta Lynch asked him to refer to the Clinton criminal investigation as a "matter". Comey did obey and used that Clinton spin language. Now, Team Lynch is rebutting that Comey was told to do that characterization and I saw one tweet explaining the goal was to use consistent language, not a spin effort to use the Clinton campaign language to downplay the criminal investigation:
Ari MelberVerified account @AriMelber 18h18 hours ago
New: A denial/clarification of Comey statement about Lynch, from a source familiar with discussion, to NBC News: pic.twitter.com/vqsAmWsidF
Comey's double-standard problem stems from his being a willing lackey for the Dems with burying the Clinton criminal investigation and aiding in Loretta Lynch's Clinton clean-up effort. Lynch was caught meeting privately with the spouse of a target of a criminal investigation. She refused to recuse herself from the investigation, but instead, put Comey in a compromising position, by making a public statement that she would abide by the FBI's recommendation on the Clinton investigation. It is NOT the FBI's job to make a recommendation on prosecution, but Comey went along with that.
Comey compromised his integrity thoroughly on July 5, 2016. He went from mischaracterizing a criminal investigation to creating an intent provision in the law, exonerating Hillary Clinton using that made-up provision and then coining a new phrase "extremely careless" to mischaracterize and downplay her grossly negligent mishandling of highly classified information. Lynch promptly closed the criminal investigation (in Clinton/mainstream media parlance, that criminal investigation was not only a "matter" it was a "right-wing witch hunt").
Comey appeared before Congress to explain his decisions and he sounded more like Hillary's defense attorney than the director of the FBI. Loretta Lynch, likewise testified before Congress about the investigation. Her testimony was akin to giving the Congressional Republicans questioning her the middle finger. It was a disgraceful stone-walling effort.
President Trump is an epic liar, just like the Clintons. No need to rehash the endless, ongoing partisan War of Words, but America was the big loser yesterday. There were no "winners". Comey damaged himself in some ways, helped himself a bit in others. Trump came across as corruptly trying to influence a FBI investigation and putting political pressure on the FBI director, but he won big on some other points.
Comey admitted that he personally leaked his memos of his meetings with President Trump to the media, through a third-party, a friend. This admission made Comey appear to be out for revenge and a partisan leaker. That Comey's friend, Preet Bharara, a Trump-fired DOJ official, was sitting in a reserved seat, courtesy of Chuck Schumer, added to the partisan political aura surrounding Comey. Today, the pundits are debating if Comey's memos were personal notes or official FBI records and if what Comey did was "leaking" vs. whistleblowing. Anonymous Trump sources suggested that Trump's lawyer may demand Comey's leaking be investigated. Comey legal eagle friends are countering that such a request would be Trump abusing power… to silence a whistleblower.
Comey is not a whistleblower. His notes are not like his personal diary and per his own testimony, those notes were FBI documents at the center of several high-level FBI meetings about the ongoing investigation into Mike Flynn. If these memos were part of the official FBI decision-making process on an important investigation, that would make them official records, I believe. Jonathan Turley, Georgetown Law Professor, argues that Comey's memos are FBI documents:
"The problem is that Comey's description of his use of an FBI computer to create memoranda to file suggests that these are arguably government documents. Comey admitted that he thought he raised the issue with his staff and recognized that they might be needed by the Department or Congress. They read like a type of field 302 form, which are core investigatory documents.
The admission of leaking the memos is problematic given the overall controversy involving leakers undermining the Administration. Indeed, it creates a curious scene of a former director leaking material against the President after the President repeatedly asked him to crack down on leakers."
https://jonathanturley.org/2017/06/08/did-comey-violate-laws-in-leaking-memo/
Alas we move from Bill Clinton's server, for his foundation emails, being cast as Hillary's server, to the contents of that server being divided into State Department records and Hillary's personal emails, with Bill Clinton's foundation emails disappearing literally and from any mention by the media, to now Comey's memos are being cast as Comey's Dear Diary entries… Psst, don't forget that David Kendall's office reported to the media that they had saved the entire content on that server on a thumb drive. Patrick Kennedy, the State Dept Clinton email fixer, testified to Congress that he believed the FBI had that thumb drive (along with Cheryl Mills and Heather Samuelson's laptops).
From Comey's public pronouncements exonerating Hillary Clinton, going so far as to insist she had no criminal intent, it's not surprising that Trump, being as corrupt as the Clintons, assumed Comey would play ball and be willing to play with him too. Comey admitted to telling Trump three times that he was not under investigation and Trump became angry that Comey would not exonerate him publicly. Comey decided not to compromise his integrity for Trump as he had for Hillary Clinton.
Paul Ryan characterized Trump as being "naive" about how things work as an excuse for Trump's highly inappropriate pressure in those private conversations with Comey. Trump isn't "naive", in fact, if there's one thing Trump is an expert at it's reading people and leveraging power. Trump expected Comey to play politics with him, just as Comey had done for Lynch/Clinton. Trump will overplay his hand, trying to fight Comey, Dems and the media and go too far attacking Comey. He was back on Twitter this morning, rallying his base by branding Comey "a leaker".
All of this endless redefinition and spin highlights the complete dysfunction of our political parties.
Comey played the martyr:
"Maine Sen. Angus King was pressing Comey about how he interpreted phrases President Donald Trump used in a one-on-one February dinner, in which Trump urged Comey to drop the probe into just-fired national security adviser Mike Flynn.
King, an independent, asked Comey if he interpreted language like "I hope" as directives from the President.
"Yes. It kind of rings in my ears as, 'Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?'" Comey said."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/08/politics/will-no-one-rid-me-of-this-meddlesome-priest/index.html
I prefer to go Shakespearean:
"A plague o' both your houses!"
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/14450.html
Or in the modern vernacular:
A pox on both your houses!
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Information Warfare, both foreign and domestic
The other day, I mentioned that the timing of the Seth Rich conspiratorial story, that alleged Rich leaked the DNC emails to Wikileaks, smelled like more Russian influence efforts to get the Right latching onto this and cast doubt on the Trump/Russian collusion stories. Assuredly, the mainstream media and Dems have way overplayed and sensationalized the Trump/Russian connections too, but the timing of the Rich story was odd. The story originated with a FOX news affiliate and the entire story fell apart under closer examination, but when the story broke, The Drudge Report had that headline emblazoned across the top all day. Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh believed and hyped the story, without any fact-checking. Hannity clung to the story, even when it was obvious the story has no factual basis.
So, the story was intended to get Trump, his mouthpieces and the Right frothing against, not only Democrats, but also to distrust the FBI and American intelligence agencies… again.
Here's what I suspect is going on and yes, it's a conspiracy theory too:
Remembering timelines is important and adding new information into the timeline, as you come across it and remembering that timelines don't end – the story always continues. The Russians aren't idly sitting on their hands now or declaring victory with Trump's election, they are still busy with their information warfare efforts in America – to create chaos, to undermine the American political system, to damage America's image in the world and to destroy the American people's trust in their own government.
I suspect FOX News has been a tool the Russians exploited for Russian influence operations since it opened shop in America. I suspect the same thing with The Drudge Report, which came onto the scene with breaking the Lewinsky scandal. The Drudge Report has never invested in creating an appealing website. Really, it's a visually unappealing site, but it's caché comes with what stories get highlighted at the top. That America's political class and media take The Drudge Report so seriously is why that site garners so much attention and has so much influence. In recent years, The Drudge Report has worked to mainstream conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones and his "InfoWars" as a "news" source. That Donald Trump, a believer in Alex Jones type "reporting" is now president is a boon to the Russian information war effort.
The rest of this post is all a repeat on what I term a mass media saturation strategy, which came into being with the Clinton "war room" in the 1992 presidential election, so feel free to skip it if you're tired of my repetitive messaging;-)
I believe this media messaging strategy is really information warfare ( a military swarming strategy juxtaposed to an information battlefield). Since the Clinton impeachment scandal in 1998, I strongly suspect there is a strong, hostile foreign intelligence influence involved in manipulating American politicians, the American media and the American punditry circles. The Clintons launched an all-out scorched earth information war to keep President Clinton from being removed from office. To repeat, ad nauseam, here again are the components:
Here are the components:
Talking points and buzz word messaging, which are relentlessly repeated by both political operatives and the media. (mass brainwashing)
Mass media domination of the messaging, to control the 24/7 NEWS cycle, which requires mass media collusion.
Relentless repetition of polling data by both the political operatives and media, to facilitate the manufacture of opinion cascades (winning in all the polls)
It can NOT work without that media collusion.
Until Trump, with the help of FOX News collusion & Wikileaks leaks, only Democrats had successfully used this strategy. The mainstream media colludes with the Democrats and political Left in America.
I've cover all of this many times before, so here are some interesting bits and pieces in this ongoing information war. American partisans have blinders on and when it comes to "Russian influence", they want to pin the Russian influence on their American political opponents. Republicans will accuse the Dems of emboldening the Russians, because the Obama administration kowtowed to the Russians and Iranians, to secure the Iran deal and because President Obama did not take an assertive American posture in dealing with America's adversaries.
Trump, although it's doubtful he was actively "colluding" with the Russians, he assuredly welcomed the Russian influence efforts, because they were benefitting him. Trump also took a hostile approach toward American intelligence agencies and the FBI, who were working to thwart and expose the Russian influence efforts. If there is actual Russian collusion within the Trump campaign and Russian operatives, I would expect the Russians to operate using third-party intermediaries, so they can maintain complete deniability and to mask their collusion. In fact, I would not be surprised if the intermediaries were not even aware they were being manipulated to promote the Russian information warfare memes and messaging.
Like I said the other day, the Russians are many things, but being stupid enough to entrust a loose cannon, like Trump, who blurts and tweets everything based on whims, with the knowledge of Russian operatives identities, seems very unlikely. Anyone who trusts Trump is a fool, the same is true of Hillary Clinton, who would even sell Bill Clinton down the river to save herself… if he didn't know where all the bodies are buried… so to speak.
Against this history of information warfare, which I wrote about on the Excite politics message boards during the Clinton impeachment scandal, when Trump entered the 2016 presidential race and the media started repeating he was the "GOP Insurgent", immediately my "information warfare" antennae went up.
Initially, throughout most of the GOP primary all the cable news networks spent a great deal of time promoting the "GOP Insurgent" and they gave him millions of dollars in free media, in addition to endless coverage in their punditry air time. In early 2016, a shift took place, as it became obvious Trump had the GOP nomination locked up. CNN, MSNBC and major news outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post went "full fascist" mode, painting Trump as a dangerous fascist, while FOX news dug in on a 24/7 Trumpathon.
President Trump assures that the Left will stay in full-throated Trump Derangement Syndrome mode, that much of the Right will discount everything they say and that Trump, who truly is a LOOSE CANNON, will flail about and create chaos and mayhem in his wake. Hillary Clinton would have been the same chaos, albeit in a less flamboyant way. The Russians have the dirt on the Clinton Foundation money-laundering and assuredly they are sitting on all the emails from her home-brew server, which they would have wielded to blackmail her or leak to create political damage and hamstring her presidency. There was no better choice between Trump and Hillary.
So, watch closely how FOX News has dismantled its Trump chorus, first with ousting Roger Ailes, now their star, Bill O'Reilly and it seems obvious Sean Hannity is on the chopping block too. FOX News is now not leading the cable prime time. I suspect there will be more critical reporting on Trump at FOX in the near future, because the Russians want the Trump presidency to be an endless Reality TV, scandal-plagued nightmare, that makes America the laughingstock of the world.
The Russians don't want a successful American president, who unites America. We have had nothing but very extreme partisanship and a complete disintegration of shared American ideals since the 1960s counter-culture revolution, with a short lull during the early Reagan years, and then a downhill slide since the early 90s.
The mass media saturation strategy continues, as does the information warfare, both foreign and domestic.
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Pro Baseball Futures: Championship Odds, Trends Following the All-Star Break
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The 2021 MLB season is back after the All-Star break, with 15 games slated for today. But before we get into the second half of the regular season, let's look at William Hill's updated 2021 World Series odds and trends.
The Dodgers and Yankees had the lowest World Series odds at William Hill Nevada back on Opening Day (Apr. 1). Yet, both teams' odds have risen throughout the season. The Dodgers are still the favorites after rising from +200 to +350, however the gap has shrunk between them and other teams. Meanwhile, the Yankees are all the way up to 13/1 from +550, which is currently tied for the eighth-lowest odds.
The team that now possesses the second-lowest odds is the Padres. San Diego is down to +400, which is the lowest price the Padres have been all season long at William Hill. The Padres were at +850 back in May and opened at 12/1 when these futures were first released on Oct. 30, 2020.
The White Sox (+650), Astros (+800) and Mets (+900) round out the top 5, with a pair of AL East teams in the Red Sox and Rays at 12/1 each. Houston has attracted the biggest 2021 World Series wager, with a $2 million bet that came in on Astros 10/1. If they were to win it all in October, the $22 million total payout would be the largest in U.S. sports betting history.
Along with the Yankees, the Giants are also at 13/1. San Francisco has made the biggest leap from Opening Day, as the Giants had the 10th-highest World Series odds then at 125/1. San Francisco currently owns the best record in baseball, as its 57-32 mark is 2 games ahead of the Dodgers in the NL West.
The Brewers have the highest World Series odds of any team on top of its division, as the NL Central leader is at 15/1 as well as the Athletics. The Blue Jays are next at 23/1, followed by the Braves (30/1), Indians (35/1), Cardinals (40/1) and Cubs (40/1). The Braves opened with the third-lowest World Series odds at 10/1, and they're the highest they've been all season at 30/1.
The Angels have William Hill's AL MVP favorite in Shohei Ohtani, but their World Series odds are at 50/1 with the Phillies and Reds. The Nationals (60/1) are the only other team with odds below 100/1.
In terms of the most popular World Series futures bets at William Hill by total number of tickets, three teams in the same division lead the charge. The Giants are tops at 9%, with the Dodgers and Padres close behind at 8%.
The White Sox (7%) and Yankees (6%) are also nearby, then the Mets and Braves are each at 5%. Six more teams have grabbed 4% of the total number of tickets: the Cardinals, Athletics, Cubs, Angels and Twins (150/1). The Astros, who rank first in total dollars wagered, have captured 3% of the total number of tickets as well as the Brewers and Rays.
Check out William Hill's latest odds and trends for 2021 World Series futures below.

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If your identified target market for your property is a younger, more affluent clientele, it is very likely that they put a premium on personal health and fitness, and staging a home with simple and efficient fitness activities in mind would definitely appeal to your potential buyers. In fact, regardless of your target audience, a fitness-friendly home appeals to most contemporary home buyers, whether they are newly-married couples buying their first home, or parents with three children and busy careers, or perhaps just-retired buyers looking to stay healthy during their retirement years.
How do you stage a home that is fitness-friendly and appealing to health-conscious buyers?
Highlight outdoor spaces and activities. Fitness-conscious individuals like to be able to stay active whether it's indoors or outdoors. If you have a backyard pool, or even a basketball ring or volleyball net, be sure to emphasize these to your clients. Also, health-conscious parents look for ways to share their interest with their kids, so they would especially like any swing sets or play areas you may have installed in your backyard.
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Q: Stein & Shakarchi, Complex Analysis, Ch.2 Ex.7 Suppose $f : \mathbb{D} \to \mathbb{C}$ is holomorphic, and $d = \sup_{z,w \in \mathbb{D}} |f(z) - f(w)|$. Show that
$$ 2 |f'(0)| \leq d$$
This entire exercise is a complete mystery to me and I am mostly just doing computations out of shear desperation, but I have no true idea what I am doing. The hint states that
$$ 2 f'(0) = \frac{1}{2 \pi i}\int_{|z|=r} \frac{f(z) - f(-z)}{z^2} \ dz, \ 0 < r < 1$$
I have no idea where they managed to derive this formula from but moving on we find that with the parametrization $z(t) = r e^{2 \pi i \theta}$
$$ \int_{|z|=r} \frac{f(z) - f(-z)}{z^2} \ dz = \int_0^1 \frac{f(re^{2 \pi i \theta}) - f(-rr^{2 \pi i \theta})}{re^{2 \pi i \theta}} \ d \theta$$
Taking absolute values
$$ 2| f'(0)| = \int_0^1 \frac{\left|f(re^{2 \pi i \theta}) - f(-re^{2 \pi i \theta})\right|}{r} \ d \theta$$
Now I get stuck. Cearly we have $re^{2 \pi i \theta} \in \mathbb{D}$. The next step I am not sure about but is the following a valid step
$$ \int_0^1 \frac{\left|f(re^{2 \pi i \theta}) - f(-re^{2 \pi i \theta})\right|}{r} \ d \theta \leq \int_0^1 \frac{\sup_{u \in \mathbb{D}}\left|f(u) - f(-re^{2 \pi i \theta})\right|}{r} \ d \theta$$
Then similarily because $-re^{2 \pi i} \in \mathbb{D}$ we have
$$ \int_0^1 \frac{\sup_{u \in \mathbb{D}}\left|f(u) - f(-re^{2 \pi i \theta})\right|}{r} \ d \theta \leq \int_0^1 \frac{\sup_{u,w \in \mathbb{D}}\left|f(u) - f(w)\right|}{r} \ d \theta$$
This however does not give me the desired result as now I would have
$$ 2|f'(0)| \leq \frac{d}{r}$$
Any suggestions? I am out of my comfort zone as I don't really feel I have the tools to "check" the validity of all the steps I have used.

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I have no idea where they managed to derive this formula from

The Cauchy integral formula (for derivatives). Recall that
$$f'(\zeta) = \frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_{\lvert z\rvert = r} \frac{f(z)}{(z-\zeta)^2}\,dz$$
for $\lvert\zeta\rvert < r$. Thus, setting $\zeta = 0$ we obtain the first summand,
$$f'(0) = \frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_{\lvert z\rvert = r} \frac{f(z)}{z^2}\,dz.$$
It remains to see that the second part
$$\frac{1}{2\pi i}\int_{\lvert z\rvert = r} \frac{-f(-z)}{z^2}\,dz$$
also evaluates to $f'(0)$. There are many ways to see that, we can use the parametrisation $t \mapsto - re^{2\pi i t}$ for the circle, we can look at the function $g(z) = -f(-z)$ and note $g'(0) = f'(0)$, ...
Having that out of the way, your following steps are fine and you correctly derive
$$2\lvert f'(0)\rvert \leqslant \frac{d}{r}.\tag{$\ast$}$$
Now all that's left to do is to note that $(\ast)$ holds for all radii $0 < r < 1$, so
$$2\lvert f'(0)\rvert \leqslant \inf_{0 < r < 1} \frac{d}{r} = d.$$

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An A-I dinner (minus the feta), a photo by dishesmenlikephotos on Flickr.
Making dinner on the run for the last couple of weeks has prompted a focus on "what can I make in 20 minutes or less that's still healthy"?
And all three men liked it!
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Looks amazing!! ..but Trixie- could mere mortals make this in 20 minutes or less?


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an-Naml (The Ant, The Ants)
as rendered by Talal A Itani
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Talal A. Itani (new translation) rendition of Surah The Ant, The Ants(an-Naml)
27:1 Ta, Seen. These are the Signs of the Quran—a book that makes things clear
27:2 Guidance and good news for the believers
27:3 Those who observe the prayers, and give charity regularly, and are certain of the Hereafter
27:4 As for those who do not believe in the Hereafter: We made their deeds appear good to them, so they wander aimlessly
27:5 It is they who will receive the grievous punishment—and in the Hereafter they will be the greatest losers
27:6 You are receiving the Quran from an All-Wise, All-Knowing
27:7 When Moses said to his family, 'I have glimpsed a fire. I will bring you some news from it; or bring you a firebrand, that you may warm yourselves.'
27:8 Then, when he reached it, he was called: 'Blessed is He who is within the fire, and He who is around it, and glorified be God, Lord of the Worlds
27:9 O Moses, it is I, God, the Almighty, the Wise
27:10 Throw down your staff.' But when he saw it quivering, as though it were a demon, he turned around not looking back. 'O Moses, do not fear; the messengers do not fear in My presence
27:11 But whoever has done wrong, and then substituted goodness in place of evil. I am Forgiving and Merciful
27:12 Put your hand inside your pocket, and it will come out white, without blemish—among nine miracles to Pharaoh and his people, for they are immoral people.'
27:13 Yet when Our enlightening signs came to them, they said, 'This is obvious witchcraft.'
27:14 And they rejected them, although their souls were certain of them, out of wickedness and pride. So see how the outcome was for the mischief-makers
27:15 And We gave David and Solomon knowledge. They said, 'Praise God, who has favored us over many of His believing servants.'
27:16 And Solomon succeeded David. He said, 'O people, we were taught the language of birds, and we were given from everything. This is indeed a real blessing.'
27:17 To the service of Solomon were mobilized his troops of sprites, and men, and birds—all held in strict order
27:18 Until, when they came upon the Valley of Ants, an ant said, 'O ants! Go into your nests, lest Solomon and his troops crush you without noticing.'
27:19 He smiled and laughed at her words, and said, 'My Lord, direct me to be thankful for the blessings you have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do good works that please You. And admit me, by Your grace, into the company of Your virtuous servants.'
27:20 Then he inspected the birds, and said, 'Why do I not see the hoopoe? Or is he among the absentees
27:21 I will punish him most severely, or slay him, unless he gives me a valid excuse.'
27:22 But he did not stay for long. He said, 'I have learnt something you did not know. I have come to you from Sheba, with reliable information
27:23 I found a woman ruling over them, and she was given of everything, and she has a magnificent throne
27:24 I found her and her people worshiping the sun, instead of God. Satan made their conduct appear good to them, and diverted them from the path, so they are not guided
27:25 If only they would worship God, who brings to light the mysteries of the heavens and the earth, and knows what you conceal and what you reveal
27:26 God—There is no god but He, the Lord of the Sublime Throne.'
27:27 He said, 'We will see, whether you have spoken the truth, or whether you are a liar
27:28 Go with this letter of mine, and deliver it to them; then withdraw from them, and see how they respond.'
27:29 She said, 'O Counselors, a gracious letter was delivered to me
27:30 It is from Solomon, and it is, 'In the Name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful
27:31 Do not defy me, and come to me submissively.''
27:32 She said, 'O counselors, advise me in this matter of mine. I never make a decision unless you are present.'
27:33 They said, 'We are a people of might and great courage, but the decision is yours, so consider what you wish to command.'
27:34 She said, 'When kings enter a city, they devastate it, and subjugate its dignified people. Thus they always do
27:35 I am sending them a gift, and will see what the envoys bring back.'
27:36 When he came to Solomon, he said, 'Are you supplying me with money? What God has given me is better than what He has given you. It is you who delight in your gift
27:37 Go back to them. We will come upon them with troops they cannot resist; and we will expel them from there, disgraced and humiliated.'
27:38 He said, 'O notables, which one of you will bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?'
27:39 An imp of the sprites said, 'I will bring it to you before you rise from your seat. I am strong and reliable enough to do it.'
27:40 He who had knowledge from the Book said, 'I will bring it to you before your glance returns to you.' And when he saw it settled before him, he said, 'This is from the grace of my Lord, to test me, whether I am grateful or ungrateful. He who is grateful, his gratitude is to his own credit; but he who is ungrateful—my Lord is Independent and Generous.'
27:41 He said, 'Disguise her throne for her, and we shall see whether she will be guided, or remains one of the misguided.'
27:42 When she arrived, it was said, 'Is your throne like this?' She said, 'As if this is it.' 'We were given knowledge before her, and we were submissive.'
27:43 But she was prevented by what she worshiped besides God; she belonged to a disbelieving people
27:44 It was said to her, 'Go inside the palace.' And when she saw it, she thought it was a deep pond, and she bared her legs. He said, 'It is a palace paved with glass.' She said, 'My Lord, I have done wrong to myself, and I have submitted with Solomon, to God, Lord of the Worlds.'
27:45 And We sent to Thamood their brother Saleh: 'Worship God.' But they became two disputing factions
27:46 He said, 'O my people, why are you quick to do evil rather than good? If only you would seek God's forgiveness, so that you may be shown mercy.'
27:47 They said, 'We consider you an ill omen, and those with you.' He said, 'Your omen is with God. In fact, you are a people being tested.'
27:48 In the city was a gang of nine who made mischief in the land and did no good
27:49 They said, 'Swear by God to one another that we will attack him and his family by night, and then tell his guardian, 'We did not witness the murder of his family, and we are being truthful.''
27:50 They planned a plan, and We planned a plan, but they did not notice
27:51 So note the outcome of their planning; We destroyed them and their people, altogether
27:52 Here are their homes, in ruins, on account of their iniquities. Surely in this is a sign for people who know
27:53 And We saved those who believed and were pious
27:54 And Lot, when he said to his people, 'Do you commit lewdness with open eyes
27:55 Do you lust after men instead of women? You are truly ignorant people.'
27:56 But the only response of his people was to say, 'Expel the family of Lot from your town. They are purist people.'
27:57 So We saved him and his family, except for his wife, whom We destined to be among the laggards
27:58 And We rained upon them a rain. Miserable was the rain of those forewarned
27:59 Say, 'Praise God, and peace be upon His servants whom He has selected. Is God better, or what they associate?'
27:60 Or, who created the heavens and the earth, and rains down water from the sky for you? With it We produce gardens full of beauty, whose trees you could not have produced. Is there another god with God? But they are a people who equate
27:61 Or, who made the earth habitable, and made rivers flow through it, and set mountains on it, and placed a partition between the two seas? Is there another god with God? But most of them do not know
27:62 Or, who answers the one in need when he prays to Him, and relieves adversity, and makes you successors on earth? Is there another god with God? How hardly you pay attention
27:63 Or, who guides you through the darkness of land and sea, and who sends the winds as heralds of His mercy? Is there another god with God? Most exalted is God, above what they associate
27:64 Or, who originates the creation and then repeats it, and who gives you livelihood from the sky and the earth? Is there another god with God? Say, 'Produce your evidence, if you are truthful.'
27:65 Say, 'No one in the heavens or on earth knows the future except God; and they do not perceive when they will be resurrected.'
27:66 In fact, their knowledge of the Hereafter is confused. In fact, they are in doubt about it. In fact, they are blind to it
27:67 Those who disbelieve say, 'When we have become dust, and our ancestors, shall we be brought out
27:68 We were promised that before, we and our ancestors—these are nothing but legends of the ancients.'
27:69 Say, travel through the earth, and observe the fate of the guilty.'
27:70 But do not grieve over them, and do not be troubled by what they plot
27:71 And they say, 'When is this promise, if you are truthful?'
27:72 Say, 'Perhaps some of what you are impatient for has drawn near.'
27:73 Your Lord is gracious towards humanity, but most of them are not thankful
27:74 And your Lord knows what their hearts conceal, and what they reveal
27:75 There is no mystery in the heaven and the earth, but it is in a Clear Book
27:76 This Quran relates to the Children of Israel most of what they differ about
27:77 And it is guidance and mercy for the believers
27:78 Your Lord will judge between them by His wisdom. He is the Almighty, the All-Knowing
27:79 So rely on God. You are upon the clear truth
27:80 You cannot make the dead hear, nor can you make the deaf hear the call if they turn their backs and flee
27:81 Nor can you guide the blind out of their straying. You can make no one listen, except those who believe in Our verses; for they are Muslims
27:82 And when the Word has fallen on them, We will bring out for them from the earth a creature which will say to them that the people are uncertain of Our revelations
27:83 On the Day when We gather from every community a group of those who rejected Our revelations; and they will be restrained
27:84 Until, when they arrive, He will say, 'Did you reject My revelations without comprehending them? Or what is it you were doing?'
27:85 The Word will come down upon them for their wrongdoing, and they will not speak
27:86 Do they not see that We made the night for them to rest therein, and the day for visibility? Surely in that are signs for people who believe
27:87 On the Day when the Trumpet is blown, everyone in the heavens and the earth will be horrified, except whomever God wills; and everyone will come before Him in humility
27:88 And you see the mountains, and imagine them fixed, yet they pass, as the passing of the clouds—the making of God, who has perfected everything. He is fully Informed of what you do
27:89 Whoever brings a virtue will receive better than it—and they will be safe from the horrors of that Day
27:90 But whoever brings evil—their faces will be tumbled into the Fire. Will you be rewarded except for what you used to do
27:91 'I was commanded to worship the Lord of this town, who has sanctified it, and to Whom everything belongs; and I was commanded to be of those who submit
27:92 And to recite the Quran.' Whoever is guided—is guided to his own advantage. And whoever goes astray, then say, 'I am one of the warners.'
27:93 And say, 'Praise belongs to God; He will show you His signs, and you will recognize them. Your Lord is not heedless of what you do.'


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Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Emailsherif.badawy@northwestern.edu
The interrelationship between sleep and chronic pain in adolescents
Badawy, S. M., Law, E. F. & Palermo, T. M., Oct 1 2019, In : Current Opinion in Physiology. 11, p. 25-28 4 p.
Adapting medical guidelines to be patient-centered using a patient-driven process for individuals with sickle cell disease and their caregivers
Cronin, R. M., Mayo-Gamble, T. L., Stimpson, S. J., Badawy, S. M., Crosby, L. E., Byrd, J., Volanakis, E. J., Kassim, A. A., Raphael, J. L., Murry, V. M. & DeBaun, M. R., Jun 8 2018, In : BMC Hematology. 18, 1, 12.
Health Personnel
Association between participants' characteristics, patient-reported outcomes, and clinical outcomes in youth with sickle cell disease
Badawy, S. M., Barrera, L., Cai, S. & Thompson, A. A., Jan 1 2018, In : BioMed Research International. 2018, 8296139.
A Systematic Review of Pediatric and Adult In-Flight Medical Emergencies
Sul, C. & Badawy, S. M., Nov 25 2018, In : International Journal of Pediatrics. 2018, 8 p., 6596490.
A Systematic Review of Pediatric and Adult In-flight Medical Emergencies.
Badawy, SM. & Sul, C., Oct 24 2018, In : International Journal of Pediatrics. 0, 0
Beliefs about hydroxyurea in youth with sickle cell disease
Badawy, S. M., Thompson, A. A. & Liem, R. I., Sep 1 2018, In : Hematology/ Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy. 11, 3, p. 142-148 7 p.
Characteristics of Late Fatal Infections after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
Norkin, M., Shaw, B. E., Brazauskas, R., Tecca, H. R., Leather, H. L., Gea-Banacloche, J., Kamble, R., DeFilipp, Z., Jacobsohn, D. A., Ringden, O., Inamoto, Y., Kasow, K., Buchbinder, D., Shaw, P., Hematti, P., Schears, R., Badawy, S. M., Lazarus, H. M., Bhatt, N., Horn, B. & 30 othersChhabra, S., Page, K., Hamilton, B., Hildebrandt, G. C., Yared, J. A., Agrawal, V., Beitinjaneh, A., Majhail, N., Kindwall-Keller, T., Olsson, R. F., Schoemans, H., Gale, R. P., Ganguly, S., Ahmed, I., Schouten, H. C., Liesveld, J., Khera, N., Steinberg, A., Shah, A. J., Solh, M., Marks, D. I., Rybka, W., Aljurf, M., Dietz, A. C., Gergis, U., George, B., Seo, S., Flowers, M. E. D., Battiwalla, M. & Savani, B. N., Oct 1 2018, In : Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation.
Country-Level Macroeconomic Indicators Predict Early Post-Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survival in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A CIBMTR Analysis
Wood, W. A., Brazauskas, R., Hu, Z. H., Abdel-Azim, H., Ahmed, I. A., Aljurf, M., Badawy, S., Beitinjaneh, A., George, B., Buchbinder, D., Cerny, J., Dedeken, L., Diaz, M. A., Freytes, C. O., Ganguly, S., Gergis, U., Almaguer, D. G., Gupta, A., Hale, G., Hashmi, S. K. & 30 othersInamoto, Y., Kamble, R. T., Adekola, K., Kindwall-Keller, T., Knight, J., Kumar, L., Kuwatsuka, Y., Law, J., Lazarus, H. M., LeMaistre, C., Olsson, R. F., Pulsipher, M. A., Savani, B. N., Schultz, K. R., Saad, A. A., Seftel, M., Seo, S., Shea, T. C., Steinberg, A., Sullivan, K., Szwajcer, D., Wirk, B., Yared, J., Yong, A., Dalal, J., Hahn, T., Khera, N., Bonfim, C., Atsuta, Y. & Saber, W., Sep 1 2018, In : Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 24, 9, p. 1928-1935 8 p.
Cell Transplantation
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Cell Survival
Exercise capacity and clinical outcomes in adults followed in the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease (CSSCD)
Badawy, S. M., Payne, A. B., Rodeghier, M. J. & Liem, R. I., Oct 1 2018, In : European Journal of Haematology. 101, 4, p. 532-541 10 p.
Acute Chest Syndrome
Sickle Hemoglobin
Healthcare utilization and hydroxyurea adherence in youth with sickle cell disease
Badawy, S. M., Thompson, A. A., Holl, J. L., Penedo, F. J. & Liem, R. I., Aug 18 2018, In : Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 35, 5-6, p. 297-308 12 p.
Hospital Emergency Service
Badawy, S. M., Thompson, AA., Holl, JL., Penedo, F. & Liem, R., Jul 24 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal.
Healthcare Utilization and Hydroxyurea Adherence in Youth with Sickle Cell Disease.
Badawy, SM., Thompson, AA., Holl, JL., Penedo, F. & Liem, RI., Jul 24 2018, In : Paediatric Hematology and Oncology. 0, 0
Rivas, J. A., Barriteau, C. & Badawy, S. M., 2018, Blueprints Pediatrics. Fine, K. S. & Marino, B. S. (eds.). 7th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Not to be forgotten, acute sickle cell hepatopathy
Rivas, J. A. & Badawy, S. M., 2018, In : Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal. 3, 2, p. 35-36 2 p.
Not to Be Forgotten, Acute Sickle Cell Hepatopathy.
Rivas, JA. & Badawy, SM., Jun 9 2018, In : Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal. 3, 2
Outcomes after Second Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Children and Young Adults with Relapsed Acute Leukemia
Lund, T. C., Ahn, K. W., Tecca, H. R., Hilgers, M. V., Abdel-Azim, H., Abraham, A., Diaz, M. A., Badawy, S. M., Broglie, L., Brown, V., Dvorak, C. C., Gonzalez-Vicent, M., Hashem, H., Hayashi, R. J., Jacobsohn, D. A., Kent, M. W., Li, C. K., Margossian, S. P., Martin, P. L., Mehta, P. & 9 othersMyers, K., Olsson, R., Page, K., Pulsipher, M. A., Shaw, P. J., Smith, A. R., Triplett, B. M., Verneris, M. R. & Eapen, M., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 25, 2, p. 301-306 6 p.
Patient-centered eHealth interventions for children, adolescents, and adults with sickle cell disease: Systematic review
Badawy, S. M., Cronin, R. M., Hankins, J., Crosby, L., DeBaun, M., Thompson, A. A. & Shah, N., Jul 1 2018, In : Journal of medical Internet research. 20, 7, e10940.
Temporal trends of splenectomy in pediatric hospitalizations with immune thrombocytopenia
Bhatt, N. S., Bhatt, P., Donda, K., Dapaah-Siakwan, F., Chaudhari, R., Linga, V. G., Patel, B., Lekshminarayanan, A., Bhaskaran, S., Zaid-Kaylani, S. & Badawy, S. M., Jul 1 2018, In : Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 65, 7, e27072.
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
The American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology workforce assessment: Part 1—Current state of the workforce
on behalf of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Workforce Advisory Taskforce, Feb 1 2018, In : Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 65, 2, e26780.
The American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology workforce assessment: Part 2—Implications for fellowship training
Leavey, P. J., Hilden, J. M., Matthews, D., Dandoy, C., Badawy, S. M., Shah, M., Wayne, A. S., Hord, J. & on behalf of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Workforce Advisory Taskforce, Feb 1 2018, In : Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 65, 2, e26765.
Using google glass in surgical settings: Systematic review
Wei, N. J., Dougherty, B., Myers, A. & Badawy, S. M., Mar 1 2018, In : JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 6, 3, e54.
Adherence to hydroxyurea, health-related quality of life domains, and patients' perceptions of sickle cell disease and hydroxyurea: A cross-sectional study in adolescents and young adults
Badawy, S. M., Thompson, A. A., Lai, J-S., Penedo, F. J., Rychlik, K. & Liem, R. I., Jul 5 2017, In : Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 15, 1, 136.
Barriers to hydroxyurea adherence and health-related quality of life in adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease
Badawy, S. M., Thompson, A. A., Penedo, F. J., Lai, J-S., Rychlik, K. & Liem, R. I., Jun 1 2017, In : European Journal of Haematology. 98, 6, p. 608-614 7 p.
Career Planning and Mentorship: A Few Key Considerations for Trainees.
Badawy, SM., Oct 11 2017, In : Int J Gen Med. 10, p. 357-29066927 29066571 p.
Computer and mobile technology interventions to promote medication adherence and disease management in people with thalassemia
Badawy, S. M., Morrone, K., Thompson, A. & Palermo, T. M., Dec 14 2017, In : Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2017, 12, CD012900.
Early career mentoring through the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology: Lessons learned from a pilot program
Badawy, S. M., Black, V., Meier, E. R., Myers, K. C., Pinkney, K., Hastings, C., Hilden, J. M., Zweidler-McKay, P., Stork, L. C., Johnson, T. S. & Vaiselbuh, S. R., Mar 1 2017, In : Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 64, 3, e26252.
Health-related quality of life and adherence to hydroxyurea in adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease
Badawy, S. M., Thompson, A. A., Lai, J-S., Penedo, F. J., Rychlik, K. & Liem, R. I., Jun 1 2017, In : Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 64, 6, e26369.
Hydroxyurea and Pain History in Relation to Patient-Reported Outcomes Using PROMIS Measures and the Frequency of Assessments in Sickle Cell Disease Patients
Badawy, S. M., Jan 1 2017, In : Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 64, 1, 1 p.
Patient Reported Outcome Measures
iManage: A novel self-management app for sickle cell disease
Badawy, S. M., May 1 2017, In : Pediatric Blood and Cancer.
Medication Adherence and Technology-Based Interventions for Adolescents With Chronic Health Conditions: A Few Key Considerations
Badawy, S. M., Thompson, A. A. & Kuhns, L. M., Dec 22 2017, In : JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 5, 12, p. e202
Transition to Adult Care
Successful medical management of a neonate with spontaneous splenic rupture and severe hemophilia A
Badawy, S. M., Rossoff, J., Yallapragada, S. G., Liem, R. I. & Sharathkumar, A. A., Mar 1 2017, In : Hematology/ Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy. 10, 1, p. 29-32 4 p.
Splenic Rupture
Spontaneous Rupture
Fetal Erythroblastosis
Factor VIII
Texting and Mobile Phone App Interventions for Improving Adherence to Preventive Behavior in Adolescents: A Systematic Review
Badawy, S. M. & Kuhns, L. M., Apr 19 2017, In : JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 5, 4, p. e50 1 p.
Adolescent Behavior
Text Messaging and Mobile Phone Apps as Interventions to Improve Adherence in Adolescents With Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Review
Badawy, S. M., Barrera, L., Sinno, M. G., Kaviany, S., O'Dwyer, L. C. & Kuhns, L. M., May 15 2017, In : JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 5, 5, p. e66
Using Google Glass in Non-Surgical Settings: A systematic review.
Dougherty, B. & Badawy, SM., Oct 19 2017, In : JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 5, 10, p. 29051136 1 p.
American Society of Hematology Standing Committee Update: Trainee Council: Who We Are? What Do We Do?
Badawy, SM., 2016, In : The Hematologist. 13, 5, p. 4 1 p.
Assessing cardiac and liver iron overload in chronically transfused patients with sickle cell disease
Badawy, S. M., Liem, R. I., Rigsby, C. K., Labotka, R. J., deFreitas, R. & Thompson, A. A., Nov 1 2016, In : British Journal of Haematology. 175, 4, p. 705-713 9 p.
Ferritins
Current practice of pharmacological thromboprophylaxis for prevention of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized children: A survey of pediatric hemostasis and thrombosis experts in North America
Badawy, S. M., Rychlik, K. & Sharathkumar, A. A., Jan 1 2016, In : Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 38, 4, p. 301-307 7 p.
Hospitalized Child
Hemostasis
Economic Evaluation of Text-Messaging and Smartphone-Based Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence in Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Review
Badawy, S. M. & Kuhns, L. M., Oct 25 2016, In : JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 4, 4, p. e121
Fetal hemoglobin level and nutritional status in patients with sickle cell disease
Badawy, S. M., Jul 8 2016, In : Nutrition Journal. 15, 1, 63.
Fetal Hemoglobin
Nutritional Status
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
In-flight emergencies: Medical kits are not good enough for kids
Badawy, S. M., Thompson, A. A. & Sand, M., Apr 1 2016, In : Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 52, 4, p. 363-365 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey
Medicine Chests
Management of thalassemias
Badawy, S. M. & Thompson, A. A., Aug 24 2016, Nonmalignant Hematology: Expert Clinical Review: Questions and Answers. Springer International Publishing, p. 39-51 13 p.
Negotiating Your First Job in Hematology
Badawy, SM., 2016, In : American Society of Hematology Trainee-E-news. 1, 1, p. 1 1 p.
Neonatal Compartment Syndrome Associated with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Badawy, S. M., Gust, M. J., Liem, R. I., Ball, M. K., Gosain, A. K. & Sharathkumar, A. A., Feb 1 2016, In : Annals of Plastic Surgery. 76, 2, p. 256-258 3 p.
Compartment Syndromes
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Prasugrel for sickle cell vaso-occlusive events
Badawy, S. M., Jul 14 2016, In : New England Journal of Medicine. 375, 2, 1 p.
Prasugrel Hydrochloride
Technology Access and Smartphone App Preferences for Medication Adherence in Adolescents and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease
Badawy, S. M., Thompson, A. A. & Liem, R. I., May 1 2016, In : Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 63, 5, p. 848-852 5 p.
Technology and Long-Term Health-Related Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Children with Nonmalignant Disorders after Reduced-Intensity Conditioning and Stem Cell Transplantation
Badawy, S. M., Sep 1 2016, In : Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 22, 9, 1 p.
The use of hydroxyurea and leukapheresis in childhood acute leukemia with hyperleukocytosis
Badawy, S. M., Jan 1 2016, In : Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 38, 5, 1 p.
Leukapheresis
Badawy, S. M., Dec 1 2016, In : Pediatric Blood and Cancer. 63, 12, 1 p.
What Can the ASH Trainee Council Do for You?
Badawy, SM., 2016, In : American Society of Hematology Clinical News. 2, 9, p. 1 1 p.
Aspergillus thyroiditis: First antemortem case diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration culture in a pediatric stem cell transplant patient
Badawy, S. M., Becktell, K. D., Muller, W. J. & Schneiderman, J., Dec 1 2015, In : Transplant Infectious Disease. 17
Thyroiditis
Fine Needle Biopsy


This is a fabulously ornate drop handle. The solid, sand cast, fluted drop is very heavy (particularly the 2.1/2" size) the drop has a built in 'stop' to protect the furniture. It is attached to a brass shank and thread that passes through a thick stamped round backplate and secures inside the drawer front with a steel nut. These drops are expensive but look stunning when mounted.


Use your Julius Meinl silver serving tray with your favorite tableware to experience Vienna coffee house culture at home.
Not only for the perfect coffee presentation, but also for serving excellent tea.
The Julius Meinl silver serving tray has an imprinted logo at the right and left margins.


I heard someone say that we should think of eating, less as a source of enjoyment and more as a process to get nutrients.
If you think about it, we need food to survive. That is how we get what our bodies need to function properly and to continue functioning for a long time. But a lot of times, we're eating but we're giving our bodies less of what it needs and more of what we want, which just results in more of what we don't want i.e. love handles, fatigue, headaches etc.
When we hear about malnutrition, its easy to think about those scenes in the news of kids in certain countries, shirtless with big bellies. But malnutrition is not just about not eating enough, its also eating too much and I would even add--not eating enough of what we need.
If we made food choices based more on what our bodies need and less on what our taste buds want, we would lead healthier lives. Now I'm a foodie so I didn't say none of what we want, but even with the things we want, there's creative ways of making it so that we can gain something from it, or at the very least, not gain too much of what we don't want, lol. And well there's times when we're just not going to get much out of it, i.e. ice cream, but as long as those times are few and far between.


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DSDS Series
International Climate Change Exhibition
Summit Bulletins
Day 1 Bulletin
WCF 2010
Inaugural Session
Keynote Addresses by Leaders
The Sustainable Development Leadership Award
Mainstreaming Climate Policies with development
The Urgency of Sustainability in Business
Presentation of the Green Global Foundation's Annual Awards Ceremony
Summit Bulletin
India has full confidence in IPCC and in its leadership and will support it."
Dr Manmohan Singh
Knowledge is adequate, what is needed is adequate political will."
Dr R K Pachauri
It will require governments, companies, shareholders, and civil society to work together. That is why this Summit is so important."
Dr Matthias Bichsel
There is a distinct and definite linkage between sustainability, resource conservation and global economy."
Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan
Collaboration of universities, businesses and public authorities are needed on this new paradigm of energy."
Mr Jean-Pascal Tricoire
We must do more to promote climate change resilient development."
Mr Haruhiko Kuroda
No global action can take place without national and individual actions."
Mr Pierre Jacquet
Concrete business leads to concrete reduction."
Ms Hilde M Tonne
I, as a youth of this country, feel responsible and believe that growth is not just about economic growth, but growth in a sustainable manner. As youth, we owe the responsibility to take care of the future." - YUVA Award winner
Mr Raghav Mimani
The session started with a welcome address by Mr Arcot Ramachandran, who stressed on the need for tackling the challenge of climate change with utmost urgency by the global community. He also elaborated upon the role played by TERI over the years in enabling a transition towards sustainable societies.
In his inaugural address, the Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh congratulated TERI on the 10th anniversary of DSDS. He acknowledged the fact that TERI has earned respect over the years for research on the twin challenges of energy security and climate change. Reflecting on the lessons from the Copenhagen Summit, he mentioned, "it is important to ensure that we deliver what we have promised to do".
He mentioned that the success of international climate change agreements require consensus on - the science of climate change, and the need to operate within an ethical framework. A key barrier to meeting the climate change challenge was lack of global consensus on burden sharing. In the above context, he urged the developed world to assume a larger responsibility, and the developing world to contribute as well.
Mentioning that the delays in climate action will make the goal of poverty alleviation even more difficult, the Prime Minister told that mitigating actions that provide collateral benefits, such as poverty alleviation and improvement in environmental quality, need to be given priority. To conclude, Dr Singh mentioned that the deliberations at the Summit should not be as nations divided by frontiers, but as a world united as common humankind.
Reiterating the message conveyed by the Prime Minister, Dr R K Pachauri mentioned that science can only give us an assessment, but it is for the world leaders to understand the impacts of climate change on the society and act urgently. He stressed that DSDS 2010 aims to bring a resolve among the diverse stakeholders to deal with climate change challenges, provided that political will is present.


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Home News People are Sleeping in Buses as a result of Iran's Housing Crisis
People are Sleeping in Buses as a result of Iran's Housing Crisis
According to official statistics, the vast majority of Iranians live in poverty.
The housing crisis is just one of the many problems that the misogynistic mullahs have created in Iran. Destitute men, women, and children sleep on roofs and in buses and cars. These are some of the warning signs of the capital's housing crisis. According to official statistics, the vast majority of Iranians live in poverty. As a result of rising inflation, many people are unable to afford to rent houses and apartments.
Chamran: people sleep in buses rather than their homes
Sleeping in buses is a new phenomenon and a shocking disaster that government institutions, including Tehran's City Council, dismiss as a problem that must be addressed. Nasser Amani, a member of Tehran's City Council, claimed it was a "goodwill gesture" by the city. On January 4, he told a public meeting that Tehran's municipality had "assigned several buses to shelter those who come to Tehran for medical treatment or administrative work and sleep in the parks."
The head of Tehran's City Council, Mehdi Chamran, responded to the public's reaction to this catastrophic phenomenon.
Officials, Recognizing that people sleep in buses rather than their homes, mentioned proposals to "remove these buses entirely."
Amani accused the media of "lying" and "damaging" the regime
By reporting on homeless people sleeping in buses, Nasser Amani accused the media of "lying" and "damaging" the clerical regime. Previously, a photographer for the semi-official ISNA news agency provided a photo report on this issue. He had been spending time in these buses since early December, preparing his account. He noticed that many people slept on these buses all the time.
"Every night, these people try to catch one of the buses to stay out of the cold and sleep for a few minutes," he wrote in his ISNA report. On these cold nights, women, men, and even children without shelter crowd these buses. Everyone has a unique story to tell. Their common story, however, is that they do not have any homes.
On these cold nights, women, men, and even children without shelter crowd these buses.
Everyone has a unique story to tell
They can sleep from after midnight until 5 a.m. when the first citizens board the bus. If any of them had an extra 25,000 Tomans ($0.93), they could stay in a motel and sleep in a room (50,000 Tomans or $1.85 per night)."
The women who sleep in buses to avoid the bitter cold of winter have no place to live. They mostly slept under bridges, on park benches, in bus stations, and even in empty graves and underground holes. These impoverished women board a bus in order to get a few hours of sleep in a warm place, but they must change buses at each end station.
The women who sleep in buses to avoid the bitter cold of winter have no place to live.
This is a disaster that poverty has caused for poor people
These women would rather sleep on a bus than in one of the city's few warm shelters, where they are mistreated and insulted. Women's poverty is a result of the clerical regime's heinous rule. The situation has deteriorated to the point where women are sleeping in buses during the winter.
However, this is not the only disaster that poverty has caused for women. On January 2, 2022, the state-run Fararu website published a story about a teenage girl in Khuzestan. The 17-year-old girl had to sell her body for two hours of cool air conditioning.
These women would rather sleep on a bus than in one of the city's few warm shelters, where they are mistreated and insulted.
MEK Iran (follow us on Twitter and Facebook), Maryam Rajavi's on her site, Twitter & Facebook, NCRI (Twitter & Facebook) and People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran – MEK IRAN – YouTube
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
British MP, Bob Blackman, interviewed by NCRI FAC about Iranian uprising
Iranians protest over unfulfilled promises, economic grievances, and corruption
Iran Nationwide Uprising – Day 134


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More Tomatoes, Faster: Van Eck Accelerates
More Tomatoes, Faster: Van Eck Accelerates Tomato Engineering
by Patricia Waldron | Aug 29, 2016
A Van Eck lab member transfers tomato plantlets from a plate of regeneration medium. (Image by Sheryl Sinkow)
Tomatoes are already an ideal model species for plant research, but scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) just made them even more useful by cutting the time required to modify their genes by six weeks.
While looking for ways to make tomatoes and other crop plants more productive, BTI Assistant Professor Joyce Van Eck and former postdoctoral scientist Sarika Gupta developed a better method for "transforming" a tomato – a process that involves inserting DNA into the tomato genome and growing a new plant. By adding the plant hormone auxin to the medium that supports the growth of the cells, they can speed up the plant's growth, ultimately accelerating the pace of their research. They describe this advance in a study published in Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture.
Typically, transformation works by using the soil bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens to insert a new segment of DNA into the cells of tomato seedling tissues. The transformed cells grow on plant regeneration medium, which contains nutrients and hormones that cause the tissue to develop into a tiny new plant. These plantlets are then transferred to root induction medium where they grow roots, before being planted in soil to harden in the greenhouse. In the new method, the Van Eck lab adds auxin to the regeneration and rooting media. The addition reduces the length of the procedure from 17 weeks to just 11.
"If you can speed up the plant development, which is what the auxin is doing, you can decrease the time it takes to get genetically engineered lines," said Van Eck.
A researcher transfers a tomato plantlet into root induction medium to encourage the growth of roots. (Image by Sheryl Sinkow)
Researchers in the Van Eck lab perform tomato transformations routinely, as a research method to understand how individual genes affect tomato growth and development. Their new protocol not only saves time, but uses fewer materials and saves money. The researchers can then finish experiments sooner and potentially run more projects at once.
The project came out of a collaboration with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to identify gene pathways that could be used to breed crops with higher yields.
"We're looking at the genes and gene networks involved in stem cell proliferation, meristem development and flowering and branching," said Van Eck, "with the end goal being that maybe genes that we identify in tomato, which is strictly being used as a model, might help us understand what can be done to increase yield in other crops."


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Q: How to prove the NP-hardness of this modified set covering problem In the Set Covering problem, we are given a ground set $U$ and a collection $S$ of subsets of $U$, where each subset is associated with a non-negative cost, the Set Cover problem asks to find a minimum cost subcollection of $S$ that covers all elements in $U$. It is well known that the Set Covering problem is NP-hard.
Now my question is: Is the problem of finding a subcollection $A$ of $S$ that covers all elements in $U$ with minimum $\sum\limits_{i=1}^{|A|} |s_i| \cdot i$ (Here $|A|$ denotes the number of subsets in subcollection $A$, and $|s_i|$ denotes the number of elements in subset $s_i$. A is sorted in non-increasing order of $|s_i|$) still NP-hard. If so, how to prove it? Thanks in advance.

A: You can prove a problem is NP-hard by showing a polynomial time reduction of a known NP-hard problem to your problem.  Observe that SET COVER can be reduced to your problem by padding out all the sets with duplicate elements so that they all have the same cardinality, which can be done in polynomial time.  This is a polynomial many-one reduction from SET COVER to your problem, which proves that your problem is NP-hard.