Venezuela is already importing crude oil to supply its domestic refineries. Off the top of my head, I can't recall how much crude oil it is currently importing.
Venezuela is frantically trying to meet its contractual refined fuels export obligations, and meantime is importing crude oil to counter its domestic crude shortfalls.
At the rate that PDVSA continues to decline, with workers stealing equipment to sell so they can buy food, at some point the refineries will mostly stop functioning, due to missing parts.
So, yes, in my opinion, it is only a matter of time until Venezuela becomes a net oil importing country.
Great points. Indeed stealing has been a big part of the problem influencing in the declining of oil production since long, also due to continuous power outages as the other thing to add and high inflation in local currency raising the costs of materials backtracking the production also. Definitely a vicious cycle.
at the same time when I see former minister of oil and president of pdvsa the once almighty ramirez living la dolce vita in monaco with more than 5 billions of dollars stolen at his own and not one single dollar given back to venezuela to restore the oil industry then i think that venezuela will become net oil importer because of the high irresponsible administration and corrupted elites who did not give dime about the future of venezuela.
Venezuela is in hock to Russia. Big time.
@jose chalhoub is telling you Venezuela is on a Chinese hook and he knows situation there.
Si eres Venezolano - dame un poco de evidenca para sopportar su posicion, xfa hermano.
as simple as we owe at least 30 billions of dollars to China now or around. And we are running out of oil to keep on paying them. China has not written off any of our debts any time so far. Russia in some ways has found ways to pardon venezuela. Russia sees venezuela more geopolitical. China wont hesitate to chunk large pieces of venezuela if need be since they see world in practical terms. We owe way more to China than to Russia.
DanilKa, so far, the Maduro regime seems intractable.
this year is pretty much crucial for Maduro regime. Venezuela definitely cant be 6 more years going with this disaster unless Maduro undertakes deep economic reforms in order to prevent real and massive and generalised social unrests which is already going on by seeing protests and strikes by different sectors, which could derive in a generalised strike due to the economic crisis and if the chaos continues in the oil sector then Venezuela will have to eat cables and dirt since oil its the only source of hard currency, forget the petros, forget the yuans, forget the rupees, dollars is what venezuela needs desperately.
Isn't Chavez's daughter worth about $5 Billion as well?
Not just her the entire Chavez family in Venezuela is worth billions of dollars in assets farms, they own the country along with Maduro and Cabello clans.
while talking recently with friends at pdvsa and the ministry of petroleum, i was told that changes were coming again, but the head of the oil company will still be at the hand of the military, and that the opec results dissapointing for venezuela could be an unleashing of massive changes within the industry. Also there are huge clashes between the elites to control the oil company which is hurting tremendously the operations of the company and there is uncertainties clouding the sector.
As another point to add here i would say that as the Caribbean basin was in the last years an important market for venezuelan oil exports and products, as the energy pattern mix is gradually changing from non renewables to renewables such as the use of geothermal, solar and biofuels in a substantial way, and as the U.S. advances importantly through diverse energy initiatives using stealthy diplomacy, then venezuela wont be able to keep on exporting oil to these nations since they no longer will be in need of oil but gas mainly in the shorter term.
And as refining capacity crushes progressively, logically venezuela will need to import not just oil but gasoline and other products, prompting it to become a net oil and gasoline importer.
Free gasoline doesn't do much good when you can't buy tires, batteries or any other spare parts for your vehicles. All free gasoline does, is lead to massive smuggling of fuel to other countries where they can sell it for a little under market prices.
And this is whats exactly happening in venezuela with cheap gasoline being smuggled to Colombia and other neighbourng countries since very long time, sadly controlled and permitted and exploited and enhanced even by military officers at the border... making riches.
completely agreed with these incredible points, thanks for these @Jan van Eck. In fact when you talk about cheap gasoline, its no use to have the cheapest gasoline of the world, and on the other side of the story, a tricky one by the way, you see refineries crumbling, roads crumbling, and when the government raises prices of gasoline, you dont see the results anywhere, so people now dont want any further gasoline prices raise since its seen as corruption more than anything else. Venezuela needs a complete cultural and social reset even before thinking about reorganise its oil industry and its entire society.
Venezuela is like the drug addict, they will have to hit bottom before they might get help. They are not at bottom yet, but they can probably see it from where they are.
Russia has more stake in Venezuela's oil fields than does China. China may have loaned more actual money than Russia, but, China isn't collecting like Russia is.
"El Presidente" CHAVEZ and his clone MADURO led the race to the bottom.
The military backing them, is the strange thing.
The Aristocricy, the "elite" educated in Europe or America, the Professional class, and the military comprise roughly 10% of the population.
In the past at least under PJ in the fifties it was different.
He welcomed the American Oil Companies and needed their support.
well said and i agreed with you but when China starts collecting, i think this will be the end for Venezuela's Maduro. China has been the main financial oxygen for Venezuela.
Well, I mean, you live there, and I am only getting second-hand information from news outlets like Reuters. Maybe there is new information out there that I am not privy to. I wrote an article last July about how Russia seemingly had certain control over Ven. oil assets and even stake in Citgo possibly but maybe some of that has changed. All I really read about at that time concerning China was how China has simply been a financier of Venezuela but I wasn't reading articles about how Maduro was selling off assets in the Orinoco to China like he was to Russia. Based on what I have read, it seems that China isn't trying to forcibly collect on these loans, and they are just biding their time.
Dont worry pal. Just to put it this way, Venezuela is a geopolitical pawn for Russia. China just worries about its massive loans and its future in the country. And in my belief, there is negotiations between Washington, Beijing and Moscow over the future of the country.
Venezuela is a geopolitical pawn for Russia.
Absolutely. Putin/Sechin/Rosneft having its thumb under the largest oil reserves in the world is hugely geopolitical strategy for them. I don't know what the checkmate move for them is with this, but certainly it has to do with obfuscating U.S. sanctions in some way.
And why do you think that much arms sales is for? This is the deal of the deal in geopolitical terms.
Venezuela will run out of money even if they never pay China another cent, they are running a big deficit and their biggest source of money (oil) is fast drying up due to lack of maintenance. It's already over, it's just a matter of how long they can survive.


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Q: Using hostname in ConditionalOnProperty annotation We have an @Scheduled process that does a status check. But since it runs on an array of servers and provides the same information for each, we are getting 5 redundant messages.
To fix this, I found @ConditionalOnProperty which works great on my dev box with my host name hard-coded for the havingValue property and setting a statusHost property in the application-dev.yml. This seems like a great setup since it runs when they match and doesn't when they don't. Also has the advantage that if the yml does not have the property it doesn't run on any server for that environment.
So it looks something like this in the code:
@Component
@ConditionOnProperty(prefix="status.", value="host", havingValue="my-dev-box")
public class StatusChecker {}

And the yml:
status:
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Unfortunately, when I went to clean things up and put in the right stuff, I realized that havingValue needs a constant and I am, of course, dynamically finding the hostname of the server.
@ConditionOnProperty(prefix="status.", value="host", havingValue=System.getProperty("hostName")  // property set elsewhere

So my question is whether anyone has a workaround for this? It does not have to be using @ConditionalOnProperty, although I like that solution.

A: I think you could use @Conditional with a custom Condition. Or at the beginning of your @Scheduled method you could have an if statement that checks the hostname (e.g. using  InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName()) against the value you are looking for.

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And Doth Not A Meeting Like This.
As smiling and kind as in that happy day?
The snow-fall of time may be stealing--what then?
We'll wear the gay tinge of youth's roses again.
In gazing on those we've been lost to so long!
The warmth of a moment like this brings to light.
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Is all we enjoy of each other in this.
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I have an websever running Apache w/PHP (mod_rewrite enabled), and I want to simply do the following:
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But it does not work at all.
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A: After some more googling and trying/failing I found a solution to the problem. Works as intended now!
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A: Take a look at this article, it explains how to remove them:
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OK, Epu was very surprised that I was upset by this, but you be the judge. Taking your wife's less-than-1-year-old, shiny, heavy KitchenAid mixer off the counter, into the back of the car, and over to a friend's house to make cookies? Without asking?
When I first saw it in the back of the car, I was just annoyed. When we turned a couple gentle corners and the mixer rolled and bumped all over the trunk? I'm not too proud to say there were some tears.
Fortunately, the mixer appears to be no worse for its Saturday journey (and by the way I am no worse for my own Saturday journey, about which I will blog soon). Even more miraculously, Epu actually apologized, which is a rare event from Mr. Stubborn who believes apologies should only be made when one truly has regret in one's heart.* Is that some kind of Catholic thing, or what?
With the apology, I completely forgave him before the day was over, probably a record for cantankerous me. For some reason, those two little words ("I'm sorry") make my bad feelings dissolve so quickly. But I know the scarcity of apologies at our house is largely my own fault. If I didn't get all bent and expect apologies over so many small things (refusal to leave coat in designated mud room, repeated failure to bring something with him when he goes upstairs or downstairs), there would be more "sorry" left for the moderate (missing dinner due to "lost track of time") to large (rates new bride as a 7 on a scale of 10) offenses.
* Nutmeg, on the other hand, told me outright: "I say sorry so I don't get spanked."
It's hard for me to say. I love Nut's reasoning for saying "sorry". Too funny!
LOL. At the time, Epu refused to say sorry for the "7 out of 10" rating and that very refusal led to a fight that ruined at least two days of our honeymoon.
Over the years, he has noticed that I have never come around to his point of view (that only professional models should be rated a 10, 9 reserved for exceptionally beautiful actresses, 8 for other people whose job it is to look good, and 7 for the best looking regular people). So I believe he did apologize, years later, as he could finally appreciate how much distress the comment caused me.
In his defense, he did not give me the 7 rating unprovoked. I was reading a magazine piece about couples rating each other, and I ASKED him. Stupid question, eh?
Um, I have to say you asked for the comment. Sorry.
Having said that, he should have known that every once in a while we ask questions that we really do not want a fully honest answer to.
He should have looked at the bigger picture and told you (more or less) what you wanted to hear.
Moxie -- Oh, believe me, I've learned my lesson. This was 10 years ago, remember.


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Video Watchdog – the perfectionists guide to Fantastic Video # 7 – 1991
American movie magazine. 66 pages written in English
This issue features articles about:
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Tim Lucas launched "The Video Watchdog" in October 1985, when it became the first consumer guide to home video releases in the pages of Video Times magazine. Tim's popular column later continued as a shot-on-video featurette appearing in Michael Nesmith's 1987 video-magazine-on-videotape Overview and in print, in the pages Gorezone where it came into its own by narrowing (and sharpening) its focus to horror, fantasy and cult cinema! In June 1990, Tim's column was reborn as its own magazine, subtitled "The Perfectionist's Guide to Fantastic Video." It became an immediate hit with the most ardent and obsessive collectors of video arcana. Today, Video Watchdog is still going strong, with an eye-popping, all-color format! The feature articles have sunk their teeth into a wide variety of subjects—everyone from Jess Franco to Jack Hill to Andy Milligan to Krzysztof Kieslowski, movies from Blade Runner to Twin Peaks to Metropolis and the classic horror films of Universal and Hammer. The magazine has also published ground-breaking interviews and become well known for their film criticism. Their reviews are serious without being humorless, academic or overly technical. They delve into matters of letterboxing, missing or restored footage, alternate versions, even how domestic releases compare with overseas editions. Since the founding of the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Film Awards in 2003, Video Watchdog has been chosen as Best Magazine by the voters for 5 consecutive years. The magazine ran for 183 issues and 2 special edition before becoming just an online magazine. A world of wonders awaits you in Video Watchdog


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Now that BSKA has become an official partner of the Goodpush Alliance, we are getting a lot of the support we needed from the international skateboarding community to move forward in full-force with our project in Bangladesh.
The worldwide community of social skateboarding projects is becoming more tight-knit since Skateistan launched the Goodpush Alliance and we feel extremely proud to have been selected as one of the top 3 projects this year. We hope we will continue to be welcomed by all the skaters and the projects that they have going as we work on building up our network of supporters. Here is a link to the Goodpush blog post about the partnership details: https://www.goodpush.org/blog/announcing-2019-partners
As part of the Goodpush Alliance partnership deal, they are flying one of our BSKA members from Bangladesh, and I will be flying from California to South Africa to attend the very first Goodpush Summit. There, myself and BSKA member Aysha Monica, will be giving a presentation about the successes and challenges of BSKA's programs and future vision.
In other (Good) news:
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Gay Groups Silent as Democratic Governor Stands By Appointee from Anti-Gay Group
March 3, 2006 by GayPatriotWest
Earlier today, I learned via Instapundit that a Nation of Islam official served on the Illinois hate crimes commission. I could not imagine an elected official appointing an active member of that anti-gay, racist and anti-Semitic organization to such a commission. Not only did Governor Rod Blagojevich's administration appoint this woman, but a few days ago, the Governor himself "expressed support for Claudette Marie Muhammad, director of community outreach for the Nation of Islam, a black Muslim group led by the Rev. Louis Farrakhan." Blagojevich saw no reason to dismiss Ms. Muhammed although she had "recently invited commission members to attend a Farrakhan speech in which he accused 'Hollywood Jews' of 'promoting lesbianism, homosexuality' and other 'filth.'"
The Malcontent's Robbie reports that this is the "top story in Chicago today." So, given the prominence of this story and the fact that Ms. Muhammed is a member of an anti-gay organization, I was certain that such national gay groups as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) and Log Cabin would denounce the Illinois Governor and demand that he remove Ms. Muhammed from a commission whose work is central to their mission.
But, after I picked up my car from the dealership, I returned here and checked their websites, eager to read their strongly-worded statements, but could find no such statements on their websites — or via google searches. It didn't make sense. I mean, a representative of an anti-gay group invites hate crimes commission members to a speech where a man whom a leftist blogger calls a "hate monger" preaches hate, lumping gay men and lesbian in with filth. (She didn't invite them to investigate this man's hate-filled rhetoric, but because she was a member of the speaker's organization.) And the Governor expresses support for the woman who issued the invitation!
The gay groups should be rushing to condemn him — and her. It would seem they would want it on the evening news while they clamored for a commission to investigate how the Governor could have appointed such an official of a group which promotes hate to a commission which investigates it.
But, as I wondered at their silence, something occurred to me. Governor Blagojevich is a Democrat! And according to the gospel of HRC, NGLTF (and even occasionally Log Cabin), Democrats, by dint of their party affiliation, can't possibly be anti-gay.
I mean, even though the Republican of Governor of California signed five pro-gay bills, HRC attacked him because he vetoed one which would mandate gay marriage in the Golden State. Meanwhile, that group failed to fault the Democratic Governor of the Old Dominion who, while joining his California Republican colleague in opposing gay marriage, departs from this good Republican (and his noble Connecticut Republican colleague) in also opposing state recognition of same-sex civil unions.
That a Governor would appoint a member of this anti-gay (and anti-Semitic) group to a state commission, particularly one on hate crimes, is troubling (to say the least). That the Governor would stand by her after she invites her colleague to a speech by a hate monger is appalling. That gay groups would remain silent while all this is going on is inexcusable. Given the political affiliation of the Governor, however, this is something we have come to expect from national gay organizations, even the one that calls itself Republican.
-Dan (AKA GayPatriotWest): GayPatriotWest@aol.com
UPDATE: In his post on some of the twists and turns in the case, John Ruberry provides links to his previous posts on the topic. Check it out!
UP-UPDATE: While Log Cabin's national office remains silent on this topic, Erik Linell, president of the Chicago chapter of Log Cabin writes to inform me that his chapter has asked Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to Remove Farrakhan Adviser from Hate Crime Panel. Linell say that the Governor is "wrong" and "needs to be held accountable" for failing to dismiss Ms. Muhammed:
He expects the LGBT vote and then makes such an insulting appointment. You can bet no Republican governor would ever get a free pass if they made an appointment of this nature. It makes a mockery of the fight against hatred and intolerance in Illinois.
Just as it was when I was involved in Log Cabin, it's the local chapters doing all the work and standing up to Democrats. Kudos to Linell and his chapter!
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Dan, I agree with you, and even as a "leftist", it causes me no pain to say that the gay groups (HRC, NGLTF, LCR, etc.) are wrong not to point out bigotry.
Farrakhan and his supporters have gotten a free ride for way too long. Any Dem or Republican who stands beside that man should be called out. Just watching all the Dem political luminaries hobnobbing with that hatemonger at his Millions More March last year was nauseating.
Also, Tim Kaine and the Dem establishment got no support on my blog either; there was endless criticism of his selection for the SOTU and his position on the VA marriage amendment. Same goes for sHillary. Not one thin dime.
It's also why folks over at my pad have no patience with gay orgs that don't hold anti-gay Democrats accountable.
John Ruberry says
I have a detailed post on my (part of Pajamas blog). A gay group of lawmakers did have a press conference today, although I couldn't find much in way of details.
Then there is this, from the springfield Journal-Register:
http://www.sj-r.com/Sections/News/Stories/80098.asp
Rep. Larry McKeon, D-Chicago, a member of the commission, said the governor has "found himself in a very difficult situation."
Blagojevich, while acknowledging Wednesday he didn't know he had appointed Muhammad and wished his staff had discussed it with him, said she can remain on the commission so long as she supports its goals.
"On a personal level, I'm disappointed and discouraged," said McKeon, an openly gay lawmaker who wrote the proposal to form such a panel eight years ago.
DPW: Total Solidarity here. This appointment is a total disgrace and deserves reproach and reversal. Pluralism is not multiculturalism. We do rank some values over others, while opening the door to as many alternatives as possible. Intolerance is not a value, it's a vice; it always has been. It is not an alternative, because it itself offers no options. It has no place in a liberal democracy. We cannot tolerate totalitarianism in any of its various disguises.
You are certainly bolstering the case that HRC, Lambda, LGSTF, etc., are blindly partisan. You're absolutely right about Schwarzenegger, and here a Democrat does something worse. The silence is deafening. I'm waiting to hear/see from Log Cabin, Alice B. Toklas, Stonewall, and other gay political organizations. NO ONE can be accepting of intolerance, regardless of political affiliation.
Whatever our socio-politico-economic goals, and I'm sure they are diverse, no one can tolerate intolerance. Not only is it an oxymoron and dangerous; it's a road without return.
Dan, I agree with what you've written.
While I don't want to make excuses for the LGBT organizations, in this day of obsessions with PC — when someone can be hammered for just thinking about criticizing a black person — they may be moving cautiously, albeit too cautiously, for fear of MSM allegations of racism.
BTW, I hope you noticed Log Cabin's warm praise for Senator Tom Coburn's efforts to reauthorize the Ryan White law.
Frankly, I don't know why the hell anybody is surprised that a lib is cozy with a hate monger and can't figure out what the problem is. It's part of a larger pattern that you're not supposed to be smart enough to notice.
rainlillie says
For me the gay marriage issue is a human rights issue. If gays and lesbians pay their taxes and abide by the law, why can't they have the same rights as everyone else when it comes to their pursuit of happiness?
The arguments being used by folks on the right are the same arguments that bigots used against interracial marriage. I have relatives and friends who are gay and lesbian, I've told them the only way they can win this fight is to approach it from a human rights point of view.
Kevin says
5: You mean, like say, oh, I dunno…..the same way members of the Reagan administration (some of whom are now part of the Bush administration) were cozy with Saddam Huessin? Gotta love that picture of Rumsfeld (with big smile on his face) shaking hands with Saddam in the 80s.
By the way, I wrote to 2 of the organizations the original post mentioned asking them why there's been no response. I eagerly await their answers.
Further, the original post makes quite a to-do about the juxtaposition of Schwarzenegger's signing of some pro-gay legislation, yet you miss out on the anti-discrimination legislation passed in Illinois on January 11, 2005 and signe by him. Just more proof that pretty much no politician, conservative or liberal, seems to ever support any issue 100% of the time.
Kent Brockman says
Kind of interesting that when a post that relates to an organization (the Nation of Islam) and an individual that openly would be happy to see him exterminated… the first place Kevin goes is back to bashing Republicans.
Bush-haters come from a truly psychotic place indeed,.
Patrick (Gryph) says
The interesting thing about this event:
Rick Garcia,( a gay man who is a member of the hate crimes commission,) the gay rights leader, praised Muhammad and said he wants her to stay on the commission.
Could it be that Garcia is actually judging the woman based on her individual merit rather than the group she is associated with? What a novel concept.
HollywoodNeoCon says
Gryph said…
That's the ballsiest example of rationalization I've ever read, Patrick. Utter bullshit, but ballsy nonetheless.
Where was your wisdom on this issue when Alito was getting dogpiled over the Princeton Alumni controversy? Hmmmm?
I'd have a lot more respect for you if you at least managed to stay, you know, consistent.
Eric in Hollywood
Oh, but Gryph is consistent. Conservative Republicans — always evil. Liberal Democrats — always forgiveable.
The only difference between Farrakhan's group and the Islamofascists in the Middle East is geography. If Calypso Louie is ballsy enough to call the homosexual lifestyle "filth" in public, one wonders what he's saying to his brainwashed minions in private. One also wonders why the demoncRATS haven't distanced themselves from this sick rant.
Trust me, folks, these libs don't care about you as people. They just see you as lockbox voters for people with a (D) after their name at the ballot box.
And they will be the ones to sell you down the river as well. I agree with post #3 – where are the gay demoncRAT groups condemning this hate speech? Oh, wait, that's right – V the K just said why.
Since when does high level affiliation with anti-gay, racist, and anti-Semitic organizations not factor into a persons "merits" for this kind of job qualifications? This is as ridiculous as having Syria heading the UN Human Rights Commission – or was that Libya or Iraq. I forget now…
VinceTN says
The Urban Strategy of the Dems these last several decades is going to force the party of division to make a decision: sell their souls to maintain 90% of all black votes through manipulation every election, or be a national party again. A race-baiting Dem party that is sent into obscurity by the voters or a renewed Dem party that actually serves America – we win either way.
The numbers of Condoleezas and Colin Powells among African Americans is only going to grow bigger so perhaps they'll fail to take either option and go the way of the Communist Party USA.
Its so good to see the PC panderers get caught in their own self-righteous traps.
Peter – #3 is problematic, not because of what it says, but. alas, only because of who said it.
DSH / Stephen is an insane Leftist ranter, nearly all the time. I say "insane" because most of his posts must be read to be believed – and because, occasionally, perhaps for fun, he will then toss out a complete opposite post that sounds like it was written by a different person.
I'm serious. #3 is such a post (i.e., his periodic effort to sound like a totally different person). It's almost like schizophrenia. When it's his whim to suddenly sound like he could be sane if he wanted to, he does. Bruce once got taken in (early on, before he knew the full story) and re-published a good-sounding Stephen screed (or I think he used "DSH" that time).
I'm pretty sure his opposite-sounding posts are either (1) bipolarism of some kind, or (2) meant as bait so you will later read one of his insane rants seriously, or (3) just perversion-for-fun. I still don't know which; just that it's got to be one.
GayPatriotWest says
V the K, you've be a loyal support of this blog and an eloquent defender of Bruce and me, but you're wrong on Patrick (Gryph). He has taken liberal Democrats to task a number of times. He tipped this blog off to San Francisco's blocking the berthing of the Iowa.
And this time he does raise a valid point. Perhaps Ms. Muhammed is not as much as hate monger as Farrakhan. Still, gay groups would raise a ruckus whenever the president appoints a Christian conservative to a panel on AIDS. This is at least a cause for concern. And I could not find any evidence that she said she disagreed with Farrakhan's hateful words about gay men, lesbians and Jews–even though she invited her commission colleagues to the gathering where he spoke them.
The Iowa thing is nifty, Dan – but what about all the times Gryph has tried to spread outright falsehoods here, lifted from liberal Democrat talking points?
GPW, I was being tongue-in-cheek, but Gryph does have a history of shrill attacks against everyone and everything on the right, and a history of knee-jerk defense of those on the left. It would have been more accurate to say those statements were true of Gryph 96% of the time rather than 'Always.'
Kevin, you need to brush up on the details of Mr Rumsfeld's 1st and 2nd visits to Saddam; he was there exploring whether Saddam had any motivation or interest in accepting US assistance in the efforts to contain Iran's radical govt…. something, given what we know now, I wish he'd been able to do. As records indicate, on the 2nd visit Mr Rumsfeld (private citizen Presiential envoy) brought up the issue of the use of WMD by Saddam, the big chez threw him out and Rumsfled's security detachment felt lucky to get out of Saddam's palace alive.
So screw the cheap shots and creating stories from ancient press pics from presidential administrations triple times back in history. Both you and Kos need to put down the Howie Dean koolaid.
On Gov Blog and the gay hatemongers… it's neat that the Naiton of Islam has already played the race card… if Gov Blog dumps SisterM, he's a racist and will have a "hard time in the black community".
How about this gay Chicago: he ought to be having a VERY HARD TIME in the gay community. Where's that political clout the GayLeft's been amassing? Oh yeah, down on the Democrat Party plantation with black, Jewish, and eco-friendly voters.
And Patrick did you actually write "Could it be that Garcia is actually judging the woman based on her individual merit rather than the group she is associated with? What a novel concept."
Did you say that with a str8 face or do you know nothing of the good Sister and her work with the gay hatemongers? Have you ever read a LouisF speech? The man is certifiable in his hatred of gays; how you could even defend it or offer something as plausible as she got the job on merit, is pure bullshit.
She is the MOUTH of LouisF! It's not like she can distance herself adequately from his recent comments (feb 28th) like these:
These false Jews promote the filth of Hollywood that is seeding the American people and the people of the world and bringing you down in moral strength…It's the wicked Jews the false Jews that are promoting Lesbianism, homosexuality. It's wicked Jews, false Jews that make it a crime for you to preach the word of God, then they call you homophobic!"
"God does not love everybody. He said he loved Jacob but he hated Esau. So if God is our example and he can love and he can hate then don't be afraid to love and don't be afraid to hate."
Patrick you need to do some research and join the GOP legislators calling for her removal.
Hey, the Republican candidate for Gov called for her removal here:
http://www.ron2006.com/
It says: "Ron Gidwitz was the first Republican official to call for Governor Rod Blagojevich to remove Sister Claudette Muhammad from this commissioner and he has been joined by numerous voices on both sides of the political isle. Today, Gidwitz renewed his call for Blagojevich to reconsider and rescind this appointment."
Again, progressive GOPers lead the debate on correcting an anti-gay slanderous appointment.
Dan, Dan, Dan. She might not be as bad as LouisF? I like most of your posts and opinions, but that defense of Patrick's silly statement is pure crap. Let's spend some time on research before you argue LouisF's mouthpiece can't be as homophobic as the Leader of the Nation of Islam.
rightwingprof says
Just to mention it, you people do realize that Chicago is the center of the Nation of Islam, and Farrakhan lives there, right?
Calarato (or whoever): See No. 30 of "How Do Liberals Sleep at Night." You and NDT have been exposed. No further comment. And how do you sleep at night?
Synova says
By not listening to spooky stories and letting my imagination run away with me.
And how do you sleep at night?
A lot easier knowing I'm not on the side of the deranged left, and also with a smile on my face from reading the entertainingly hysterical meltdowns occasionally provided in this forum… of which #30 in the "How Do Liberals Sleep at Night Thread" is a fine example. (I imagine it being delivered by Branden Frasier's "Boyfriend" in Bedazzled … it makes it even funnier.)
I know. I see pages upon pages of (expected or probable) raving in that other thread. Stephen apparently still hasn't caught on that I don't even bother reading him, most of the time, except as quoted or extracted in others' posts. Many others probably do the same. Let the loony rave! 🙂
North Dallas Thirty says
LOL…..my reprinted response to Stephen's threat and screed:
And actually, Stephen, the point in "outing" you was simply to reveal how you change names depending on what you're going to post. What I did over on The Malcontent was to reveal the fact that you were posting under multiple identities in support of your own posts.
As I recalled, you tried this same stunt before, and I answered; when you whined that that wasn't good enough, my friend Jack Malebranche saw fit to put you in your place, my favorite part of which is this excellent rejoinder:
Using your real name doesn't make your arguments stronger or more convincing. Arguments, and facts, stand on their own.
And that's the difference, Stephen.
I have repeatedly shown how liberal gays like you couldn't recognize homophobia practiced by a Democrat if it bit you, and I have provided numerous quotes and links to show how you and yours regularly praise homophobic Democrats and invent wild, fanciful accusations about conservatives, including concentration camps and stripping them of jobs and imprisoning them.
And the best argument you can muster is "You use a pseudonym, so you must be wrong".
So did Ben Franklin.
And the supreme irony, Stephen, is that if you're as active in the San Francisco gay community as you claim to be, you've probably already seen me. Indeed, if you want to know what I look like, you can go over to my blog; there are pictures aplenty in my post.
So, to summarize…..nice try.
Dan (AKA GayPatriotWest) says
Michigan-Matt–I'm defending the validity of Patrick's point. It's a good point, not necessarily one that I agree with. And please note the "Perhaps" in my previous comment.
the same way members of the Reagan administration (some of whom are now part of the Bush administration) were cozy with Saddam Huessin?
You know damn well that they weren't, team killing fucktard.
ColoradoPatriot says
What the hell does a Hate-Crimes Commission do, anyway? Sounds like another idiotic leftist feel-good speech (and thought!)-limiting governmentspeak organization. Maybe they ought to throw the whole damned thing out and save the salaries. And the headache.
My stupid ideas, at least.
You mean, like say, oh, I dunno…..the same way members of the Reagan administration (some of whom are now part of the Bush administration) were cozy with Saddam Huessin? Gotta love that picture of Rumsfeld (with big smile on his face) shaking hands with Saddam in the 80s.
No, more like these pictures:
http://www.s-t.com/daily/12-98/12-15-98/clinton2.jpg
http://diodon349.com/Conservative_Corner/conser_images/JKerry_In_VN_with_Reds_2004_photo.jpg
http://home.att.net/~trackitdown/kerry-with-ortega-small-caption.jpg
Gotta love those!
DICKwad.
The chair of the Ill. hate crimes commission spoke out finally. The Rev. Willie Barrow, also a former co-chair of Rainbow/Push, surprise, supports Claudette Muhammad.
http://cbs2chicago.com/seenon/local_story_062195420.html
Thanks for the link, John….and did anyone catch this?
Muhammad serves as minister of protocol for Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam.
I don't think she can distance herself.
#31 — Totally with you, there. I wonder how much tax money is wasted every year on useless bureaucracies whose sole purpose is to make liberals feel better. And based on the amount of whining that continues to pour from the left, it ain't workin'.
Eva Young says
Dan, I sent you the link to Pam Spaulding's post on this topic several days ago. Instapundit came on the story late.
Here's the Windy City Times article on the topic. Rick Garcia and Equality Illinois deserve email on this topic.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=10908
I'm surprised the Chicago chapter of Log Cabin Republicans isn't speaking out on this.
And this time he does raise a valid point. Perhaps Ms. Muhammed is not as much as hate monger as Farrakhan. Still, gay groups would raise a ruckus whenever the president appoints a Christian conservative to a panel on AIDS.
Thanks Dan. What I was actually thinking is that on a day-to-day basis in working with her, maybe she has never shown any sign of being homophobic or being anti-semitic. How should you judge such a person? I can think you can judge someone by the organizations they choose to be a part of, but only to a point. Has anyone actually looked at the things she has done and said herself? I find it interesting that Garcia may have actually done what those people who preach tolerance always say you should do, which is to not stereotype someone and to look at them as an individual instead of an "it". His values are congruent with what you would hope a member of a hate crimes task force would have. And he is probably going to be burned at the stake for possibly actually practicing what is preached.
And I don't know why so many posts on this thread have to have my name in it. If you trolls can't find something more interesting to discuss than my not-so-humble self, then really you must be morally, intellectually, bankrupt of any new ideas. So maybe you should just shut up until you have something worth contributing to the discussion other than just another tired old attack on me.
I wonder how much tax money is wasted every year on useless bureaucracies whose sole purpose is to make liberals feel better.
Feeeeeee-lings!
Whoa-oh-oh
ducks and runs away
Patrick said…
Oh my Lord, are you SERIOUS about this? Where do I begin?
To begin with, I, for one, included your name because of your ridiculously disingenuous statement regarding Mizzzzz Mohammed getting a pass with regard to her long association with NOI, and your deafening silence with regard to Alito and the Princeton Alumni.
As for the "troll" comment, perhaps you might want to ascertain the proper definition of the term. There are no trolls here, sir.
And finally, if we are all, indeed, bereft of morals, intellect or new ideas, then I would ask why the fuck you insist on polluting your pure, innocent, brilliant liberal air with our filth? Is it your wish to save us from ourselves, or the Great Satan currently occupying the White House?
Either way, you've finally shown yourself to be every bit the petulant child we've always suspected you of being.
Queer Patriot says
Well, after a while away, it's reassuring to come back by here and see that some things have not changed at all (e.g., the bloggers trying to obscure the Bush decline with this-or-that silly story about a perceived Democratic atrocity, the unrequited anger and foul mouth of ThatGayConservative, and oh yes, the still Junior Varsity talents of MishMatt whatever).
But one thing has changed and brings at least one note of fun to the site: the progressive public disrobing of North Dallas Thirty. And I mean to tell you: the girl must be on a diet. How do you go from all that chub in the proud photos of last Summer to the slimmed down Speedo fatale? Can we credit that to the move to the Bay Area and perhaps spending more time after hours under the glitter ball? That'll certainly shed the pounds. But all this reveal is too much to absorb from our little bisexual who loves bush; hopefully, the proud "husband" is happy though.
Anyway…scanning the posts I've missed, I'm struck by the absence of anything related to the raging debates of the day. No Ports controversy here; nothing on the Katrina aftermath, nothing on having to visit great allies under cover of darkness-running lights off-shades pulled down; nothing about adding trillions (TRILLIONS) to the national debt; nothing about the Neo-Cons now eating their own; nothing on the last days of the GOP Culture of Corruption; and nothing even about the coming civil war in Iraq. What has happened here? Has malaise set in as Dear Leader's poll numbers slide right on down past historic lows for a second-termer? 34% approval, and that's among the 93% with an opinion. Re-base to 100% and you've got 32% approval vs. 68% disapproval — about what cousin Pussy Patriot was predicting months ago here and being tongue-lashed repeatedly for (something I'm not sure Pussy minded all that much). So, kudos to precious Prescient Pussy.
[This is one poll that has been discredited because it oversamples Democrats. And even if it were accurate, the numbers do no represent historic lows for a second-term president. Check out Harry S Truman's numbers. –Ed.]
Speaking of Pussy, did anyone catch her recent guest turn at Yellow Elephant? The girl deserves a CMH for her continuing expose of the Chickenhawk mindset.
Bobo says
I nominate Fred Phelps for the Hate Crimes Commission for three reasons.
1. He's a Democrat
2. He's a lawyer
3. He hates a lot of people
QP #41 I managed to get through the 1st two paragraphs of your presonal attack/rant/bitchy fit and asked myself, why should I waste valuable time on on such 3rd rate blogspam? The answer is, of course, I shouldn't. If you actually have anything to say in future I suggest that you start your post with that and then spew.
Without any names (they're pointedly obvious), why all these ad hominem attacks? Nothing new, I grant you, but they're getting sick, perverse, and personal. I'd like just one person other than Bruce, Dan, Patrick, Jack, or myself actually to make a theoretical or practical point about a position and argue the merits of the claim. Yes, this does require you to think before you spout, but that might be good. Perhaps some of you just can't do it. Fine. Then keep quiet. Must you constantly interject the same ad hominems and tired epithets "as if" you were thoughtfully examining a point of policy? It's bad enough that a couple of you have reduced yourselves to caricatures of "reactionary, conflicted queers," and you've definitely brought ignominy on yourselves (even though you probably haven't a clue). If verbal abuse is your way of handling tough issues of the day, all you do is show just how vacuous you really are. What concerns me more, though, is that many of you make gays and conservatism look downright wacky. I don't mind if you make fools of yourselves, which many have done quite ablely, but you are making gays and conservatives look wacky, and that I can't abide. Some of us take our civics and sexual orientation seriously enough to fight for causes we believe. If you disagree with someone else's objectives or means, fine, but then explain why. (I'm sounding like the teacher I am.) For many of you, this blog is your Romper Room, and it clearly shows. If you won't take yourselves seriously, why should anyone else? If you want to behave like wtretched brats, isn't there another venue for that?
No. 41. Queer Patriot: You're not alone.
#38 — Y'know Gryph, the classy thing to do would have been to thank GPW and then let it go.
My, my, my…
Now I wonder why all the moonbats have lost their collective minds?
Without getting too personal, however, special mention needs to be made of Pussy, who seems so "above it all," that she needs to refer to herself in the third person. My stars and garters, girl, aren't we awfully full of ourselves????
I haven't seen fevered egos like this since the last Filene's Basement sale.
And as for the rest of you numbed-out glory-hole fixtures (yes Stephen & Patrick, I'm referring to you ladies), your feeble attempts to take the high road whilst simultaneously felching on whatever altered reality you've chosen to follow this afternoon are ridiculously futile.
One more thing, Stephen, my little punching bag…
If you think you can shut people up just by saying so, than you're an even bigger fascist than I suspected.
deliriously happy to see so many insanely miserable lefties this fine, southern California afternoon
Without any names (they're pointedly obvious), why all these ad hominem attacks? Nothing new, I grant you, but they're getting sick, perverse, and personal. I'd like just one person other than Bruce, Dan, Patrick, Jack, or myself actually to make a theoretical or practical point about a position and argue the merits of the claim.
Now that is pure, amusing hypocrisy, especially given Stephen's previous statements about gay Republicans:
But a "queer" species of Republicanism has recently evolved. At its core it is hostile to the liberal conception of government being neutral to whatever one perceives to be the common good. Instead of that historical paradigm, it has become a government of self-righteous moralists. Many of them want to add the 318 biblical laws to the Constitution. They not only hate GLBT, but they want to punish us by denying us even minimal subsistence: wages and housing. I suspect, if they could, they'd imprison GLBT, but even though their leader GWB has done it repeatedly with other Americans, they're not sure they can persuade the rest of Amerika to join them.
So that's where it stands; Stephen says all gay Republicans want to strip gays of jobs, rights, and housing, then send them off to concentration camps. Indeed, Stephen, Queer Patriot, and the other board liberals say that said concentration camps are already operating.
So go ahead, Stephen; prove it. Argue the merits of that claim you made. Bring forth the evidence you have of the concentration camps.
Oh, and by the way….whining about personal attacks is kind of funny when you support Queer Patriot calling me fat. 🙂
They not only hate GLBT, but they want to punish us by denying us even minimal subsistence: wages and housing.
Damn, I need to stop scrolling over Stephen's rantings. That's frakkin' hilarious.
No doubt Stephen and his new padded cell-mate QP (or Kewpie, or Cowpie) could not point to anywhere where anyone on the right has actually advocated any of that, just as Kevin couldn't source his contention that Republicans wanted gay people "exterminated." But they will stand by their allegation, because it just has to be true.
The voices say so.
another LOL 🙂
By the way, Stephen, ya big psycho:
You wouldn't recognize a valid theoretical argument if it hit you over the head with a 2×4. You would merely twist it to suit whatever perverted notion you're onto next – hiding behind multiple anonymous monikers / personalities if possible – which is why I skip you (unless someone else happens to quote you).
And 90% of the time, Dan (whom I always read) must remind you to actually READ what he wrote and ADDRESS something he had actually said. So, if I were you, I wouldn't drop Dan's name too much, hah hah.
raj says
I have to admit to being a little confused about the post. You seem to be castigating the Republican Log Cabineers for not criticizing the IL Democrat governor's appointment of a NoI official to the state's Hate Crimes Commission. Aside from the fact that the commission's mandate appears to be a bit unclear, why would the Republican Log Cabineers want to avoid criticizing a Democrat for his appointments? Given what is reported here there would appear to be no reason for the LCRs to avoid criticizing him–the LCRs are Republicans, after all.
JRC says
That gay groups would remain silent while all this is going on is inexcusable. Given the political affiliation of the Governor, however, this is something we have come to expect from national gay organizations, even the one that calls itself Republican.
Can't win for loosing – If Gay Grps had or have said something about this subject – You'd find some way to critisize it! They can't win either way with LCR's.
The reason is, Raj, that National LCR has of late been more concerned with making kissy-kissy with the leftist gay groups than it has anything else; those who criticize Democrats are shunned, excluded, and criticized by said groups.
Case in point: JRC.
Translation: "HOW DARE YOU CRITICIZE THE MASSA DEMOCRAT!"
Actually I think most of those that critisize are not "LCR's", they pretty much hate that group just as much as they hate HRC.
Patrick, you have to get some air… and balance in YOUR life.
The simple facts here are that LouisF's protocol official is working for a hate-mongering, homophobic bigot. The first ranking Illinois politician to come out and demand she be pulled from the Commission was a GOPer. Go figure? Hmmm.
SisterM's job with LouisF's organization is part advance team, part communications and policy staffer, and part advocate. Some of her writings before she became SisterM are filled with hate against white males, gay males, and anything with balls and a penis. But don't worry, from what I've seen and read of you, you're safe.
And look, to call people trolls here is… well, just so 3rd Grade I'd think that tactic would have better traction over at OutSports with the whacked GayLefties who tend those fields. Do you remember making that point about others being 3rd Graders here recently?
You gotta get a new act, Gramps… playing the victimhood card while trying to plant a tag on the opposing comments (like up above at 38) is very Democrat of you.
Erik Linell says
You are incorrect.
The Chicago Chapter of Log Cabin is addressing this issue since it was called to my attention. We have called upon Rick Garcia, executive director of Illinois Equality and member of the panel, to call of her resignation or, at the very least, a repudiation of the statements made by Farrakhan. Garcia has continues to show his allegiance to the democrats in Illinois and refuses to act accordingly.
We have also launched an advocacy (e-mail) campaign to Blagojevich calling for her resignation. You may visit our website at http://www.lcrchicago.com and send him an email yourself if you like.
We will continue to press the LGBT representatives on this panel to
speak out against discrimination.
Erik Linell
President, Log Cabin Republicans – Chicago
PS In the future, I would urge you to look at the local chapter websites to see if the grassroot effort underway.
I never said she wasn't prejudiced, etc. All I said is that it may be that Garcia has never seen any sign of her being a bigot from his personal experience with her. That doesn't mean he isn't in error. And should you judge people more by your personal experience with them or by what other people tell you about them?
Patrick, aside from the rhetorical question, yes, the Governor's Office should judge an individual by the groups they associate with and –here's the crux you seem to keep missing– and the groups they WORK for. SisterM works in a highly visible, public position for a hate-mongering anti-gay bigot and his organization. She's employed by them –not a volunteer. The real issue is that to advocate for her removal will put Democrats at odds with black constituencies the Democrats have cultivated for generations. Garcia, who should be defending gay interests, is padding the kneelers for the Democrats and you're right in there with him. "All I said…" indeed.
Why you seem to feel an overriding need to defend Democrats in both appointing and supporting such an appointment –which is clearly untoward gay interests– is amazing to any gay not caught up in your unequivocal defense of Democrats.
It would be no different if Gov Blagojevich appointed a Klan member who worked for the Klan, a latino supremecist who worked for a radical bigoted advocacy group, or a skinhead group's minister of protocol to the Commission. It would still be wrong –and it's troubling that you, as a gay man, would pad the kneelers for these folks by offering the inplausible defense they were selecting SisterM based on merit –as Garcia's comments suggest.
No Patrick, you should have written: This is wrong. There's no defense of it. The GOP candidate for Gov was right in calling for her removal.
That is the right Gay thing to do.
Dale in L.A. says
I sure hope it doesn't happen, but if the Democrats take over power in 06, at least we'll have a wave of pro-gay legislation including legalized gay marriage. I'll be holding my breath and betting the bank on it.
LOL….you'll end up blue-faced and poor, Dale.
Then again, if you redefine "pro-gay" and "gay-supportive", as do gay Democrats and liberals, to include rants like Farrakhan's and constitutional amendments stripping gays of rights like Kerry or Solmonese, you'll survive. 🙂
Actually Dan, if you look at the action alert by Log Cabin – Chicago – it's an example of where investment at the national level in web activism software allows the local chapter to increase their effectiveness. This is a state issue, and one where the state chapter should take the lead.
Kudos to Log Cabin – Chicago.


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Q: vim: Filetype-based key-mapping fails I'm trying to get vim to send an html file to the browser with a function key. There are examples around including here on SO, but none of the variations I tried worked. Finally, just as I write this question, I remove the filetype condition from the code below and it works. So we know where the problem is, although I don't see how. And I still want to want the key to work differently for different types of files.
autocmd FileType html noremap <F5> :update<Bar>silent !start "C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\opera.exe" "file://%:p"<cr>

A: If you define a mapping based on filetype, you should use noremap <buffer> ...; otherwise, it will be defined globally, and also be available in non-HTML buffers afterwards.
The mapping itself looks correct; verify that the filetype is indeed properly detected; :setl ft? should yield html.
Instead of the autocmd, I'd rather use Vim's abstractions and put the file in ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/html.vim. This will then also define the mapping for HTML-derived filetypes (like e.g. htmldjango, which source the filetype settings). But that's a matter of preference.
Note that there are plugins that can do this (in a more robust and more general way), e.g. shell for the current buffer and openbrowser for arbitrary URLs.


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Tesla's New Product Secretly Tested By 330 Consumers
Source: Benzinga
04/02/15, 03:31 PM | Energy Storage, Other Renewables | battery, Energy Storage, EV
From Benzinga: Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry has revealed some interesting information about Tesla Motors Inc 's new product line.
Outside of the fact that it will not be a car, very little is known about what Tesla plans to announce. Some experts think it could be a motorcycle. Others assume that it will be an in-home battery that involves solar energy.
If Chowdhry's information is correct, it seems that Tesla is ready to launch the latter.
In a note to investors, Chowdhry said that he knows of two people that own a residential battery from Tesla. He spoke to one of those owners and detailed the following bullet points:
"There are about 230 Households in California, who currently have Tesla Stationary Battery installed in their Homes. Another about 100 Households are out of California.
This customer had the Tesla Stationary Battery for about One and a Half years, and is installed in his garage."
Last year, Chowdhry attended a sustainability conference and learned that Google Inc is "widely believed" to have a few Tesla (commercial-grade) batteries in some of its buildings. Apple Inc. might also purchase some of these batteries for its new campus.
Chowdhry believes that Tesla's commercial-grade batteries are rated at more than 400 kWh.
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Westminster – Abingdon Street
Advance notice that Abingdon Street, which is part of the road network from Millbank to Parliament Square will be closed from Monday 27 April until early July 2020 for security gate installation work. Traffic will be diverted via Horseferry Road and Marsham Street.
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Westminster – Broad Sanctuary
Broad Sanctuary (the road that leads from Victoria Street to Parliament Square, by Westminster Abbey) will be closed eastbound from 1 to 23 April 2020. For coaches travelling towards Whitehall, turn right at Great Smith Street, ahead Marsham Street, left into Horseferry Road, then Millbank, ahead into Abingdon Street to Parliament Square.
The west side of Russell Square is now closed until 3 April 2020 to allow for gas main works. Local diversions are in place.
London Mayoral Election Postponed
As a result of COVID-19, the Government have announced that the London Mayoral Election and that of the London Assembly have been postponed one year and will now take place in May 2021. Other local elections in England have also been postponed until next year. This means that the current Mayor, Sadiq Khan, will serve … Continue reading "London Mayoral Election Postponed"
London's Transport Commissioner Mike Brown on the response to coronavirus in London
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The 'Anderson' Plan to improve Coach Operation in London launched
At the London Tourist Coach Operators Association / Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport workshop on Operating Coaches in London in September 2019, Mark Anderson, MD of Anderson Travel presented the view from the industry. He concluded with an action plan for all those involved with the industry (i.e. both operators and stakeholders). Effective communication … Continue reading "The 'Anderson' Plan to improve Coach Operation in London launched"


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Bingyun Li, Ph.D.
For outstanding contributions in developing materials for orthopedic and biomedical applications, services to the biomaterial/orthopedic communities, and advocacies for research.
Dr. Bingyun Li Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Bingyun Li, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Nanomedicine Laboratory, Department of Orthopedics, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, to its College of Fellows.
Dr. Li was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for "outstanding contributions in developing materials for orthopedic and biomedical applications, services to the biomaterial/orthopedic communities, and advocacies for research."


Writing an case analysis based on the case of L'Oréal and the Globalization of American Beauty.
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Bindrich is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Falko Bindrich (born 1990), German chess grandmaster
Karsten Bindrich (born 1973), German sport shooter

German-language surnames

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Vba32 Rescue is a basic piece of software that is designed to help you clean your computer after a virus or malware attack.
The utility comes with two modules, namely vba32rescue and vba32rescue2ram, which enables you to load the image file using your computer's RAM resources.
The application does not feature a typical installer as it comes packaged as a bootable ISO image. This means that you can easily burn a bootable CD and DVD, as well as create bootable USB drive.
Its interface is heavily outdated by modern standards as it is reminiscent of legendary programs from the Norton Commander-era.
Once configured, Vba32 Rescue can be used to scan your computer for existing dangerous files. It bundles a powerful heuristic analyzer and a code emulator. These two tools make it possible for you to detect malware elements and to take all the necessary precautions or clean-related decisions.
From the Scanner Settings window, you can choose which drives to scan, which file types should be checked by the utility, including containers and archives, and configure the app's behavior when it finds an infected file.
All in all, Vba32 Rescue is a useful utility that helps you get rid of malware infections, just as long as you make sure to take the time to read the instructions found in the user guide.
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Cryptoforis mainae est une espèce d'araignées mygalomorphes de la famille des Idiopidae.

Distribution
Cette espèce est endémique d'Australie. Elle se rencontre dans le Sud-Est du Queensland et le Nord-Est de la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud.

Description
Le mâle holotype mesure  et la femelle paratype .

Étymologie
Cette espèce est nommée en l'honneur de Barbara York Main.

Publication originale
 Wilson, Raven, Schmidt, Hughes & Rix, 2021 : « Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spider genus Cryptoforis (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Euoplini): documenting an enigmatic lineage from the eastern Australian mesic zone. » The Journal of Arachnology, , , .

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Notes et références

Idiopidae
Espèce d'araignées (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique d'Australie


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Home » Insights » Blockchain Bites: NZ High Court finds that digital assets are property, The Bitcoin Fund's 3 year journey to list on the TSX, 1st cross border islamic finance blockchain transaction, and Telegram litigation continues
Blockchain Bites: NZ High Court finds that digital assets are property, The Bitcoin Fund's 3 year journey to list on the TSX, 1st cross border islamic finance blockchain transaction, and Telegram litigation continues
Authors: Michael Bacina, Louisa Xu, Tom Skevington
Sector: Financial Services | IT & Telecommunications
Michael Bacina, Tom Skevington, Louisa Xu and Petros Xenos of the Piper Alderman Blockchain Group bring you the latest legal, regulatory and project updates in Blockchain and Digital Law.
New Zealand High Court finds that digital assets are property
The New Zealand High Court has handed down its judgment in relation to the assets of the digital asset exchange Cryptopia.
Justice Gendall found that users of the exchange are entitled to the digital currency held in Cryptopia accounts, and that those cryptocurrencies should be classed as "property" on the basis they were held in separate trust accounts.
While NZ precedents are not often cited overseas, this is yet another Court led recognition of digital assets as a form of recognizable property, and with digital currency exchanges continuing to grow, applying a consistent treatment and framework for digital assets will only grow in importance.
Read our full update here.
The Bitcoin Fund's 3 year journey to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange
Last week a closed-end Bitcoin fund operated by Canadian firm 3iQ listed almost 1.5 million Class A Units known as "The Bitcoin Fund" on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the code TSE: QBTC.U.
The fund's initial value is US$14M and their journey is an instructive example of how a regulator responds to a request to list a fund involving illiquid assets such as digital assets, and grappling with issues such as custody and security of digital assets reliant on public private key technology.
3iQ has been reportedly in discussions with the powerful Ontario Securities Commission (the Canadian equivalent to the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) in the USA and ASIC in Australia) for the past 3 years, including having a prospectus rejected in February 2019 as "not in the public interest of Canadians".
Netherlands considers heavy handed 5AMLD implementation
Despite coming into effect in January, Europe's 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD), each EU member state has to introduce domestic legislation to implement the 5AMLD regime in their own country.
To that effect, the Netherlands Ministry of Finance is considering a series of additional requirements which would impose a significantly higher financial burden on digital currency companies than conventional financial services businesses.
Foremost among the concerns of Dutch business is the suggestion that digital currency companies will be required to pay a structural levy to support industry supervision. Patrick van der Meijde, a founder of Bitkassa, which helps users move between Bitcoin and fiat, told Crypto Briefing that 50 of the largest Dutch crypto companies would be required to pay approximately €1.7 million supervisory and compliance fees.
While industry funding is not a novel concept, Van der Meijde suggests that the proposed fees are significantly higher than the costs that traditional trust and credit card companies are required to pay.
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank executes first cross border blockchain transaction
The Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has become the first Islamic bank, also known as "non-interest banking based on the principles of Sharia law", to have successfully executed a cross-border trade finance distribution transaction using blockchain technology in collaboration with TradeAssets.
As early as 2016, Middle Eastern banks such as Emirates NBD (in partnership with ICICI Bank in India) have undertaken pilot international trade finance transactions and remittance on blockchain. In 2017 Emirates Islamic became the first Islamic bank in the UAE to integrate blockchain technology into its cheques.
Decentralised exchange Bisq gets hacked
A hacker has exploited a security vulnerability in the trading protocol of decentralised Bitcoin exchange Bisq, stealing around 3 BTC and 4000 XMR (~AUD$350,000 at time of writing).
In a statement explaining how the hack took place, Bisq confirmed that a proposal will soon be created in the Bisq DAO, Bisq's funding mechanism, that will aim to repay the 7 victims of the hack from future trading revenues. This is an interesting example of community response to a software failure involving no lawyers, police or judicial action.
While decentralised exchanges are sometimes considered to be safer, or less of a target to hackers due to the lack of a centralised "honeypot" exchange wallet containing significant funds, this hack still serves as a timely reminder that minor lapses in security are all it takes for funds to be lost, even in a decentralised scenario.
CFTC demands default after failing to find $147 million bitcoin ponzi scheme founder
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has requested that it be granted a default judgment against Benjamin Reynolds, the alleged founder of ponzi scheme Control-Finance.
The filing requesting a default judgment comes after Control-Finance's alleged founder and director, Benjamin Reynolds, failed to respond to the regulator's initial complaint lodged in June 2019.
Japan digital currency regulations to commence in May
From 1 May 2020, Japan will start enforcing the amended legislation passed in 2019 to regulate digital assets.
Passed in June 2019, the Payment Services Act and Financial Instruments and Exchange Act were meant to come into effect from April 2020, but were been delayed.
The overall market consensus seems to be that the changes are broadly positive, and are a step in the right direction to encourage more digital asset and blockchain activity in Japan. This is in keeping with Japan's long history of embracing blockchain, with Bitcoin recognised as legal tender and being home to the infamous Mt Gox at one point handling more bitcoin transactions than any other exchange.
Binance acquires Coinmarketcap
Global exchange giant Binance has announced that it recently completed the acquisition of CoinMarketCap, the world's largest cryptocurrency data tracking site for an undisclosed sum.
Commenting on the acquisition, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), founder and CEO of Binance, said that the acquisition has been in the works for some time, and was driven by the shared vision of making crypto assets more accessible and useful for people around the world. CZ said "The acquisition will enable us to build on each other's strengths, and further grow and instill transparency in the industry."
The announcement emphasises that Coinmarketcap "will continue to be run as an independent business entity", and that:
"While the Binance cryptocurrency exchange and its native token BNB are listed on CoinMarketCap, CoinMarketCap and Binance are separate entities that maintain a strict policy of independence from one another: Binance has no bearing on CoinMarketCap rankings, while CoinMarketCap has no influence over Binance's operations."
Telegram's request for clarification rejected by New York District Court
Following the New York District Court's grant of a preliminary injunction preventing Telegram from issuing its GRAM tokens on 24 March 2020, Telegram's request for clarification has been soundly rejected.
Telegram was seeking confirmation that the court's judgment ought not to apply to non-US participants of the ICO, on the basis that those GRAM purchasers "are not U.S. persons and that the Gram Purchase Agreements with these non-U.S. parties were entered into outside the United States through contracts containing foreign choice-of law provisions".
District Judge P. Kevin Castel rejected Telegram's assertions, saying that that Telegram made no argument against the application of the preliminary injunction and that the wording of the injunction, which prohibits Telegram from "delivering GRAMS to any person or entity" has been clear to Telegram since October 2019, and part of the SEC's motion "since its inception".


We all know that how contouring can aid in achieving the dramatically sculpted look. I have always wanted to give this a try but could get my hands on some perfect bronzer. Recently in the lip monthly bag I received a bronzer- illuminator duo by So Susan and I was more than happy on receiving it.
Continue reading to know if this product stood by my expectations.
An antioxidant-rich, ground-breaking pair of colors that gives you immaculate, sun kissed skin while diffusing any harsh light at the same time. Use the shades separately to target sun-touched areas, or blend them together for the most exquisite multidimensional glow. Powered with Cocoa, Papaya & Kelp extract to help rejuvenate & heal fatigued skins.
Directions For Use: Using the contour shade, apply along the hollow of your cheeks and blend upward to create the illusion of sculpted cheeks by creating shadows. Dust the illuminating color over cheeks, temples, nose, or anywhere you want a boost of soft, radiant color. Try sweeping the shades onto the eyes for a gorgeous, shimmering shadow.
Packaging: The So Susan Light Diffuser comes in a tiny round compact pack. The pack contains the bronzer and the illuminator into two halves, and also has a compact mirror inside. Though the duo is packed in a tiny, compact packaging, it is still not travel friendly as the lid does not shuts tight. I guess the lid trouble is only a co-incidence.
Texture: Both the illuminator and the bronzer are in finely milled pressed powder form. The texture is very soft and easily blend able. The bronzer is completely matte and the illuminator is full of golden shimmers. The shimmers have a tendency of spreading, which is why in the swatches you can see few shimmer bits on the bronzer as well!
Shade & Color Pay Off: The shade of bronzer is quite similar to a cocoa shade, but it is not very intense and it went really well with my skin tone. It is decently pigmented and can be layered for an intense contour.
The illuminator is a golden colored highlighter and also has very fine golden shimmers. Very little of this takes you a long way, and you need to be cautious while using it, or else you can easily go overboard with it.
Staying Power & Tips: The duo is not very long lasting, however when compared, the bronzer out of the two has a better staying power. The illuminator barely stays for two hours and can actually vanish with little extra blending. The shimmers are not going anywhere and can spread. The bronzer stays easily for four hours. With a primer the duo will surely last longer.
I really like how the duo can be used together and separately, depending upon the need. The illuminator did not impress me much, but I really adore the bronzer. Being a newbie with contouring, I did not try an intense contoured look but I actually look forward to using the contouring thing more often.
What I like About So Susan Light Diffuser Cocoa Dust?
The bronzer shade goes well with Indian skin tones.
Can be intensified as per wish.
What I Don't like About So Susan Light Diffuser Cocoa Dust?
The shimmers have a tendency to spread.
Will I Recommend: The duo is a great combo. Especially for the bronzer you must give this a try.
Have you tried So Susan Light Diffuser Cocoa Dust?


Look-alike is to sight as homophone is to __________.
A "look-alike" is defined as someone or something that or who closely resembles another person or thing, so a look-alike resembles someone visually, or through sight. We need to pick out an answer choice that describes what sense or concept a "homophone" is associated with. While "sound," "spelling," and "meaning" may each look like a potentially correct answer choice because a "homophone" is a word, "homophone" specifically means one of a pair or group of words that are pronounced in the same way but have different meanings. Homophones sound the same, just as look-alikes are similar in visual appearance, so "sound" is the correct answer.
Water is to ice as magma is to __________.
When water cools, it becomes ice; therefore, this analogy requires that which magma becomes when it cools. Magma is the liquid stone that flows under the earth's crust. When this cools, it becomes stone again. This is the only option that fits among those provided.
Justice is to scales as __________.
Since scales are a symbol of the abstract concept of justice, we need to pick out an answer choice in which the second word is a concrete symbol of the abstract concept that the first word represents. While "crown is to royalty" may look like an appealing answer, its words are in the incorrect order (royalty doesn't symbolize a crown—a crown symbolizes royalty), so it can't be the correct answer. A dove is a symbol of peace, however, so "peace is to dove" is the correct answer.
Mourn is to deceased as __________.
Since one mourns someone who is deceased, we need to pick out a pair of words in which the first word represents something you do to/for the second word. While "dance is to ballerina" and "congratulate is to winner" may both look like potentially correct answers, "dance is to ballerina" cannot be correct because you do not "dance ballerinas," but just as you mourn someone who is deceased, you congratulate someone who is a winner. So, "congratulate is to winner" is the correct answer.
Generous is to donation as ancillary is to __________.
A person who is generous is likely to give a donation to some cause. Thus, the analogy could be read as, "As a generous person is likely to give a donation, so something that is ancillary is likely to provide or give X." The word "ancillary" comes from the Latin "ancilla," meaning female servant. In English, something "ancillary" is something that provides secondary support or aid to an operation or undertaking. Thus, among the options provided, "aid" is the best.
Tactile is to touch as olfactory is to __________.
"Tactile" is an adjective that means "dealing with the sense of touch" or "perceptible by touch." So, something that is perceptible via the sense of touch is tactile, and we need to pick out an answer choice that describes with what sense something "olfactory" is perceptible. While all of the potential answer choices except for "idea" are connected with specific senses, "olfactory" is an adjective that means "relating to the sense of smell," so "smell" is the correct answer.
Lottery is to ticket as __________.
You need a ticket to engage in the lottery, and a ballot to make a vote. The second item is the piece of paper that lets you take part in the activity.
Telephone is to voice as __________.
When we use a telephone, we communicate using our voice. Similarly, when we write a letter, we communicate using our writing.
Yellow is to caution as red is to __________.
Yellow is the color of signs that mean caution, and red is the color of signs that mean stop.
Spa is to asp as stink is to __________.
This is a word game analogy. The second word in each pair is an anagram of the first. Spa anagrams to asp and stink anagrams to knits.


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Q: median of a discrete random variable Find the median of the following distribution
$p(x)=\frac{4!}{x!(4-x)!} {(\frac{1}{4})}^x {(\frac{3}{4})}^{4-x}$ , x=0,1,2,3,4, zero elsewhere.
In the question, the median is defined as the value of x such that $P(X<x)<\frac{1}{2}$ and $P(X\leq x)\geq\frac{1}{2}$.
I have calculated all values of P(X=x) but I am unable to understand how to find x from these values. These are the following values I have obtained: P(X=0) = 0.3164, P(X=1) = 0.4218, P(X=2) = 0.2109, P(X=3) = 0.0468, P(X=4) = 0.003906.
Also, from what I was taught in one of the class median is the value of x such that $P(X\leq x) = 0.5 = P(X\geq x)$. So, is the definition in the book incorrect?


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