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But what a goodbye. I've only recently started reading West, through the odd confluence of Steve Sailer and Damian Thompson, but I shall enjoy his snark wherever he goes.
It's my job as a conservative to depress you, so I'm sad to say that, as this will be my last blogpost here, you'll have to find some other way to get yourself down from now on; maybe stick yourself in a room with some Radiohead CDs and a bottle of gin and put Requiem for a Dream on a loop.
it's a fundamental conservative principle that if something repeatedly goes wrong over and over and over again, it's probably not going to work the next time, or ever.
Since the time of the Greeks, people have been coming up with schemes to create better societies that are hopelessly unrealistic, and from 1789 the human race has become hugely inventive at thinking of terrible ways to leave us all impoverished or dead, most of them based on the idea that humans are instinctively good.
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This book argues that interfaith dialogue begins with the basic goal of improving Christian relationships with people of other religious traditions. But gradually we become aware that this new ministry, when taken seriously, presents many new challenges, forcing us to reexamine our approach to religious plurality and our theology of religions. It also raises questions on how we read the Bible, understand Christian mission, and do theological reflections in a multifaith context. As the title of the volume suggests, the emergence and growth of interfaith dialogue has been looked upon by some as a threat to the future of Christianity and its mission in the world. Others consider dialogue a phenomenon that will give new vitality and relevance to Christianity in a religiously plural world.
An indispensable reference work on interfaith dialogue.
"Only a theologian of S. W. Ariarajah's masterful command of the Christian tradition and decades of experience in ecumenical and interreligious dialogue can produce such a work as this. Comprehensive in scope yet focused on details, theologically balanced yet path-breaking, realistic yet hopeful in its assessment of future possibilities for interreligious understanding, the book is the fruit of a lifetime of profound scholarship and committed activities in the service of the Christian faith. An indispensable reference work on interfaith dialogue, it will be, I predict and hope, widely used and much appreciated."
"This book promises to be a splendid collection that articulates clearly and courageously both the challenges and the opportunities that Christian meet when they seriously engage other religious believers. I expect that it will serve well in both college classes and parish discussion groups."
"This fine volume represents the summation over many years of one of the most distinguished theorists and practitioners in the fields of interfaith dialogue and theology of religions. Anyone who has doubts about the imperative to dialogue because of fears of downplaying Christian commitment will have their eyes opened and heart stirred by Ariarajah's deep attachment both to his own faith and to the values of reciprocal learning when faiths meet in open and respectful encounter. Ariarajah demonstrates how we have long passed the era when Christians need theological permission for dialogue and that there is every reason for advancing the expectation that God has been at work in all religions and cultures. Irenic in style, clear in scholarship, and firm in conviction about the need to embrace the 'wider ecumenism', these essays bear the positive virtues of one for whom, in his own words, "dialogue challenges us to change and renewal." For embarking on such an adventure we could have no better guide than Wesley Ariarajah."


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This video was included in a cooking newsletter that was sent out to the 300,000 on Dan's e-mail list. Sadly, Dan Oaks is often criticized by people on his e-mail list whenever he includes content like this. They say "I thought I signed up for a cooking newsletter and now you're pushing this stuff on me! UNSUBSCRIBE!"
Even though Dan knows that he is going to lose some customers by including content like this...he still does it. You see, as an Eagle Scout, Dan did what this Marine suggested...he listened to all of the verses of the Star Spangled Banner and he internalized them at a young age...especially this verse.
So, even though Dan may lose customers with content like this and the references to God on the About page of Dan's website, he insists on "Praising the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation." He insists that it is the right thing to do and "conquer we must, when our cause it is just" and that as a company, "this be our motto: 'In God is our trust."
Even though professionals remind him that he gets 10,000 unique visitors to his website every day and that he must remove references to God, he says that we must do it so "the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!"
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Erica Lippitz
Name Erica Lippitz
Erica Lippitz and Marla Rosenfeld Barugel were the first two female hazzans (also called cantors) ordained in Conservative Judaism. Their ordination was held in 1987, two years after the first woman was ordained a Conservative rabbi.
Lippitz and Barugel were ordained at the same time by the Cantors Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. Since her ordination, Lippitz has served as cantor at Oheb Shalom in South Orange, New Jersey. She is also the director and co-founder of the Kol Dodi choir, director of Oheb Shalom's adult and children's choirs, and a member of the folk-singing group Beged Kefet, which performs nationally and has made three recordings. She is a cofounder, with Cantor Perry Fine, of the JTS Cantorial Alumni Association's Shir Joy Choral Festival. In 2005 she sang at Carnegie Hall.
Prior to becoming a cantor, Lippitz earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan, as well as a Masters in Jewish Communal Service from Brandeis University. She had also served as the director of Loyola University Chicago's Hillel. When she entered the Seminary, she did not believe graduating as a Hazzan would be possible. By the time she graduated, she was one of eleven women in the program.
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'They absolutely did not care': Crew members sue Celebrity Cruises over virus response
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Crew members of Celebrity Cruises filed a class-action suit in federal court Tuesday accusing the company of negligence in how it handled the spread of the coronavirus.
Michael Winkleman, of Miami-based maritime law firm Lipcon, Margulies, Alsina & Winkleman, filed the lawsuit in Miami federal court. This is Winkleman's second lawsuit against a cruise line since the coronavirus started to spread. The first covers passengers of the Costa Luminosa.
Celebrity is owned by Miami-based Royal Caribbean Ltd. Royal Caribbean said it does not comment on pending litigation.
The Celebrity complaint accuses the company of exposing its employees to the virus by not handing out masks and gloves, not enforcing social distancing and keeping employees aboard even as the coronavirus spread on the ship.
On the Celebrity Apex, at least 217 crew members preparing for the ship's planned April launch tested positive for COVID-19, according to Ouest France. The newly built vessel never left the shipyard.
Winkleman said it's clear the cruising industry mishandled the response to the virus, leaving tens of thousands of crew members at risk.
"It was either stupidity or complete ignorance," he said. "It's a brazen failure to protect their employees."
The lead plaintiff, 54-year-old Alexandra Nedeltcheva, was a waitress aboard the Celebrity Apex as it received its final touches in Saint-Nazare, France, as the coronavirus started to rage around the world. She tested positive for COVID-19 on March 31.
From the Airbnb in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she is currently isolating from her family, Nedeltcheva said she has never been treated worse in her 11 years working for Celebrity Cruises.
"I would never have thought it was going to come to this point. The last five weeks have been a complete disaster, and I think they absolutely did not care," she said. "I will definitely lose my job, but I thought this time I can't keep it quiet."
She boarded the ship March 2 while it sat in the Les Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard. She was surprised she wasn't screened at all before boarding, as the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan was still making headlines as a hotbed of the virus.
Before long, she said, there were 1,400 crew members aboard the ship all working to get it ready for its maiden voyage to Southampton, England, in late March.
That didn't include the hundreds of contractors from around the world painting and installing light fixtures on the ship. Contractors had free rein to enter and exit the ship freely with no mask or gloves. Then they would come to the restaurant to eat, which left workers there worried about exposure.
"We did ask if we could wear masks and our supervisor said no," Nedeltcheva said. "I understand if there were guests to think 'don't cause panic' or whatever, but it's just crew and contractors.
"I understand it's always like this, that the crew is the last ones the company cares about, but we didn't have guests," she said.
Cruise companies around the world stopped sailing on March 13, but life continued aboard the Celebrity Apex, even after France instituted its own lockdown on March 17. On that date, crew members were ordered to stay on the ship, while contractors still had the freedom to come and go.
On March 21, the company hosted a party for crew on board, complete with free alcohol and crowded lines at the buffet. Video posted on YouTube by a crew member immediately caught media attention, which led to a lecture from cruise officials about how crew members should not speak to the press and be careful what they post on social media, Nedeltcheva said.
Crew members started to test positive for COVID-19 on March 23. By the 25th, Celebrity ordered all crew members to their rooms and handed out masks, according to the lawsuit.
"It was too late," Nedeltcheva said. "When they gave us masks, it was already onboard and circulating."
When all 1,400-plus crew members were tested a few days after the lockdown on the ship, Nedeltcheva was one of 217 positive results.
From her cabin, she said, she read news of Celebrity crew members getting infected — and even dying — on ships around the world. The stress was intense. She wondered if she would survive her illness. At one point, she said, she contemplated suicide.
The cruise line sent her home on April 10 on a 20-hour journey that involved a private charter bus with other crew members as well as commercial flights. She worries about the hundreds of other crew members, some sick and some healthy, still aboard the ship.
"I wish I listened to my gut and I didn't go on the ship, honestly," she said.
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PRAGUE, May 3 (Reuters) - The Czech National Bank signalled on Thursday that its next rate hike might not come until near the end of this year, later than most economists had predicted.
In line with expectations, the bank kept its main interest rate unchanged on Thursday, leaving its two-week repo rate at 0.75 percent, the second pause in a row after raising the rate in three steps since last August. Policymakers voted 6-1, with one dissenter urging a hike now.
Governor Jiri Rusnok said on Thursday that while a quicker hike could not be excluded, the crown's slow appreciation was not making the bank nervous at the moment.
Nearly all analysts in a Reuters poll had expected the bank to stay on hold on Thursday, and a majority expected the next tightening in the third quarter, sooner than Rusnok suggested.
The Czechs' tightening cycle follows nearly five years of ultra-loose policy of rates near zero combined with interventions against the currency.
A wild card has been the crown, which has been trading weaker than the bank's outlook, possibly creating space for an earlier rate hike if that trend continued.
Some analysts said after the meeting that they still expected the central bank would be forced to move sooner as the crown will not appreciate as fast as the bank forecasts.
"We still assume that the CNB will have room for two hikes in the second half of the year, because the crown won't deliver as strong tightening of monetary conditions as the current CNB forecast projects," said Jakub Seidler, ING's chief economist in Prague.
The central bank forecasts the crown reaching a quarterly average of 24.60 to the euro by the fourth quarter this year, well above Thursday's rate of 25.51, up 0.2 percent on the day.


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Listen.com has secured a major distribution channel for its music-subscription service Rhapsody, cutting a deal with high-speed Internet provider Verizon Online DSL.
The pact, to be announced Wednesday, makes Rhapsody's on-demand streams available to Verizon's 1.5 million DSL customers in the U.S. Service offers music from all five major record labels for a flat fee of $9.95 a month.
Verizon is the fourth Internet access provider to sign on with Listen. The netco already has distribution pacts with cable Internet providers Charter Communications and AOL Time Warner's Road Runner, as well as satellite broadcaster DirecTV.
Listen is competing for a slice of the nascent online music market with label-backed services MusicNet and Pressplay. Neither offers music from all five majors like Rhapsody, but they do offer broader access to their music, including permanent downloads and portablility.


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by Vanessa Franco, Sept. 13, 2016 Updated: 11:20 am, from Beatlesnews.com |
Did you miss out on tickets for what may very well be the biggest rock concerts ever staged?
Have no fear, organizers are releasing more tickets for the Desert Trip concerts at the Empire Polo Club in Indio Oct. 7-9 and Oct. 14-16.
The concerts will feature sets by The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan (Oct. 7 and 14), Paul McCartney and Neil Young with Promise of the Real (Oct. 8 and 15) and Roger Waters and The Who (Oct. 9 and 16).
The additional passes will go on sale at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 at DesertTrip.com. (Pro tip: Go there now and take a look at the plan for what you want and sign up in advance.)
Tickets are $424 for a three-day general admission pass and shuttle.
Reserved seating passes run $699-$1599.
The event, put on by Goldenvoice, the masterminds behind the uber popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Indio site every spring, are reshaping the venue to give it seats and more.
Between the six acts, they have released more than 170 original studio albums and sold 435 million copies in the United States.
Here's a helpful tip sheet of what you need to know before buying Desert Trip ticketsthat we made back in the spring when passes initially went on sale.
However, before the public gets a second crack at passes, local residents will get a chance to score tickets. Much like how Goldenvoice has set aside passes for Coachella Valley residents for Coachella and Stagecoach in years past, the promoter will do the same for Desert Trip.
For local residents, tickets will go on sale at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, online via DesertTrip.com and in person at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden at the Desert Trip Box Office. Note that if you're going in person, don't plan to arrive before 7 a.m., that's when the line will start.
There will be 3-day general admission passes ($435, all fees included) and some 3-day seated passes ($699-$1599, plus fees).
To get the tickets, you need proof of residency with a California Driver's License or ID card if you get them at the box office. For online orders, you need a zip code billing or shipping address.
The eligible zip codes, which run from Palm Springs to Mecca, include: 92201, 92202, 92203, 92210, 92211, 92230, 92234, 92236, 92240, 92241, 92253, 92254, 92255,92258, 92260, 92261 – 92264, 92270, 92274, 92275, 92276 and 92292.
Be aware that passes are non-transferable.
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Could Integrated Social Media Campaigns Be The Future For Business Marketing?
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Effective use of social media can be the difference between a brand taking off or being successful at key points in the year. We've all seen good ones, but we've also seen the ones that just wither away or outright offend people. It's not an easy formula to get right, but by intricately combining the different outlets for social media, alongside a bit of skill and hard work, a campaign can really take off.
This is the beauty of integrated social media. And this year's various Christmas campaigns could be an insight into the future of social media, too.
THE 'TWO FAIRIES'
Marks and Spencer's 2014 Christmas campaign is a little different to those of past years. Gone are the big, celebrity-heavy adverts of previous years. Instead, perhaps following in the footsteps of John Lewis's recent Christmas successes (more on them later…), M&S have opted for #followthefairies.
Follow the Fairies is an integrated campaign which allows social media users to follow the fairies movements as they carry out 'random acts of kindness' across the UK. The fairies themselves are promoted in the Christmas TV advert. However, for weeks before this, the fairies were already making a name for themselves on social networks with their random acts.
This goes to show how using social media beyond the basic '@ ask us a question' or hashtag games, in an innovative way, can really pay off and create a buzz around the company.
Much like the fairies, this year's John Lewis campaign also allows social media types to follow the main character in their Christmas advert – Monty the Penguin. John Lewis have spent big – £7m to be exact – on their integrated campaign, which includes in-store displays, the store's YouTube channel, even educational content about the plight of the Adélie penguin. And so far, it has worked, with masses of people talking about and sharing the advert.
UNBRANDED MEDIA
However, one way in which the M&S campaign differs is its 'unbranded' nature. Many social media campaigns have had stunts, displays or splinter accounts alongside their traditional social media platforms, which integrated campaigns are effectively a glorified version of. But in those weeks before the M&S advert launch, no one was even aware the Two Fairies were associated with the brand.
Unbranded campaigns have been seen before (for example, the Heinz 'no noise' campaign, where bottles of ketchup or cans of baked beans were rid of their familiar branding), but this seems different. At least with the Heinz campaign you have the visual reminder of the familiar bottle or can. Marks and Spencer's, however, were acting without anything to make the connection.
This may just be to do with maximising the 'Christmas-ness' of the advert, as opposed to the often clunky brand reveal in similar campaigns. And whether this will work beyond a period as unique as Christmas is unknown. However, it points at a new angle for established brands' social media campaigns. Instead of plastering their name everywhere, they're forgoing the name, and instead just focusing on the pureness of the campaign.
IS IT THE FUTURE?
It's difficult to say. However, either way, several aspects of familiar campaigns are now being combined far more frequently to make a more inclusive and integrated social media campaign. And it seems to be working. Whether it will work for smaller businesses, or have anything beyond seasonal appeal remains to be seen.
However, it is a useful reminder to businesses of just how getting the social media formula right can be incredibly effective. And if this means introducing new components or combining different forms of social media, sometimes this innovative approach can reap rewards.
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JEF Madrid takes part as a partner in the following activity to take place in Berlin. We encourage you to apply.
Fearful Visions—Visionary Ideas. Europe's Youth on the Move.
Organization: Network for Intercultural Communication (NIC) e.V.
joint-effort of the Museum for European Cultures Berlin, the collaborative research center "Mobilized Cultures" (University of Potsdam), the Institute of European Ethnology (Humboldt University Berlin), and Open Embassy e. V. For the exhibition we cooperate with JEF Madrid, the youth council of Pinto, the Instytut Innovacji, and the Tea Club Association from Warsaw.
We actively encourage persons with fewer opportunities and special needs to apply.
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For further information on the workshop, go to the previous website or Facebook page. Feel free to contact should you have any questions.
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A basis for the formal investigation into the existence of hazardous trace metalswithin the environment, introduced as a result of aircraft aerosol operations and without citizen consent is established. Other physical materials identified, including biological components, also demand a critical explanation. Citizens across the country are urged to educate themselves on the facts of this case and to demand this inquiry by means of a Congressional hearing.
I recently had a commercial lab test rainfall runoff from a one acre paved site, going on the assumption that runoff would contain Barium, if indeed, it were in the atmosphere. The sample was tested by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy and contained no Barium at the detection level of 5 parts per billion. This is in the Santa Cruz mountains where I have observed chemtrail deposition for months, including the day before the testing and several times since. There are many problems with sampling rainwater, but to find nothing out of the ordinary in this sample -- no toxic metals at all to speak of -- is a disappointment, given the level of contrail activity in our area.
I should mention also that last week I again observed the curious phenomenon of a black line being laid down next to a high-flying jet. This is odd enough to see when it happens, but this one was especially interesting in that the black stripe was forming slightly ahead and to the right of the aircraft, on an existing contrail that had flattened into a high cloud stretching north to south. Since the sun was to the right of the jet, I would have expected a contrail shadow to fall on this cloud to the LEFT of the aircraft. That the black contrail could have been a shadow of the jet's own contrail made no sense, until I realized that the light must have been refracted -- bent -- such that the shadow landed on the cloud to the right of the jet. Had I had a videocamera, it might have been possible to film it to calculate the angle of refraction, and thereby get an idea of what it was in the atmosphere -- water vapor, barium salts, or whatever -- that would bend the light so that a shadow could appear on the "wrong" side relative to the position of the sun and the jet contrail. Of course, it is possible the black contrail has nothing to do with refracted light,and is a different phenomenon all together. Either way, this was by far the strangest thing I have ever seen in the sky.


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Hello lovely friends and happy Friday! Thanks so much for joining me for my Friday Favorites post where I share my favourite things for the the week. I also select someone from the Pinning Bloggers Master List to feature and I share one of my favourite pins from their boards.
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The latest performer to give notice to the WWE is Hideo Itami (Kenta Kobayashi), which was first reported by Fightful.com on Tuesday night.
Itami wrestled on Tuesday's episode of 205 Live, losing to Akira Tozawa where it is believed he finished up with the company. After the match, he posted "Thank you" on Twitter. WWE producer Adam Pearce added, "Thank you for your efforts, dedication, and professionalism. I always respect you".
The 37-year old, formerly known as KENTA, was one of the cornerstones of Pro Wrestling NOAH where he wrestled for 14 years before leaving in 2014 for the WWE.
He was a product of the All Japan system but quickly left with most of the roster when Mitsuharu Misawa left the promotion to form NOAH in the spring of 2000. He formed an elite level tag team with Naomichi Marufuji, who would become his career rival. He rose to become GHC heavyweight champion in January 2013 and held it for close to a year.
In 2014, he accepted an offer with the WWE and was introduced by Hulk Hogan during a WWE event that year in Osaka. He reported to Florida and debuted on NXT in September 2014. The high point of his WWE career came at WrestleMania 31 as a participant in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
Injuries hurt his WWE career as he suffered a terrible shoulder injury in May 2015 and due to complications with rehab, did not return for 13 months. Just months after his return in 2016, he suffered a neck injury during an NXT live event where he took a powerslam and landed badly. He would miss another six months.
Itami was called up from NXT in November 2017 and assigned to 205 Live where he has spent the remainder of his time. He was part of this past Sunday's fatal four-way match at the Royal Rumble with champion Buddy Murphy, Kalisto, and Akira Tozawa.
Fightful reported that he was expected to be granted his release pending a 90-day no-compete clause.


Largehearted Boy: Book Notes - Virginia Reeves "Work Like Any Other"
Book Notes - Virginia Reeves "Work Like Any Other"
Virginia Reeves' novel Work Like Any Other is an engrossing and eloquent debut.
"This is a consummately well-written, deeply affecting, thought-provoking American historical novel of hard labor, broken dreams, moral dilemmas, violence, racism, and the intricacies of marriage, parenthood, and friendship. Hope is found in reading, compassion, forgiveness, and good, honest work, whatever form it takes. Reeves' gripping, dynamically plotted, and profound novel will resonate on different frequencies for men and women and spark soul-searching and heated discussion."
The story of Brown Bird is beautiful and tragic. Watching Dave Lamb and MorganEve Swain was akin to watching Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings—their love for each other alive and brilliant in their music, tangible, vibrant. I saw them play in a tiny vintage clothing store / wig shop / hair salon during Austin's infamous SXSW years and years ago. And then, Dave got sick, and in April, 2014, he succumbed to leukemia. He spent his last year writing music. "Fingers to the Bone" is on their 2011 album, and it's on this playlist because of the tribute it pays both to work and to rest. "Work is what you are when you're breathing in and out til your final breath falls to the floor." The song is challenging us to get up and do the work, whatever it is. Someday, there will be rest, but not yet, so you best get to it.
Another powerful duo, Shovels and Rope is the husband and wife team of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst. There's a YouTube video of them singing this song together that guts me every time I watch it. So many of my characters are alone and lonely in this book, and this is a song about the pain of separation and detachment. The future is hypothetical: "If you get too lonely, I will follow you around in this tune." It may never get too lonely, and even if it does—the people in the song will only be united in the music, the fantasy. There is hope of reconciliation at the very end, but it still feels ethereal.
This song is about resilience in the face of adversity. It's a middle finger to God and fate and society. "I'll build my boat so tall and wide, and I won't be waiting on the river to rise," which is to say: I'm not going to wait around to drown, a sentiment embodied in many of my characters, but specifically in Roscoe, Marie, and Wilson—Roscoe when he brings in the power, Marie when she tries to put her life back together after Roscoe's imprisonment, and Wilson when he escapes the mines.
Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings conjure the feeling and tone of this novel more than any other musicians out there—that's why there are two of their songs on this list. Also, they're my favorite musicians. The first time I saw them live, my husband and I drove to Olympia, Washington, from our home in Helena, Montana, and left our baby daughter with an old friend she'd never met whose wife was out of town and whose house was blisteringly cold. Zero regrets. It was the last show of their tour. Old Crow Medicine Show opened for them. Both bands played good, long sets, and then, at the end, Gillian said, "It's been such a pleasure playing with these guys. Ya'll can go on home, but we're going to call them back up here and play some more." So, we got to see them all play together. One of the songs they played was The Band's "The Weight," and it remains the best live music performance of my life.
Anyway, this particular song is included because it is a song about work and connection to that work. Ranging from an old man and his mule to ragtime kings and their horns, the words try to fend off the hard times that come with work. The old man sings to his mule, "Come on my sweet old girl, I'd bet the whole damn world, we're gonna make it yet to the end of the row." But he loses his song when he loses the mule, and the ragtime kings are asked to lift up their voices in his place. "So come on you ragtime kings, come on, you dogs, and sing." There's hope in this song, if only a glimmer.
The refrain of this song goes, "Now, you know I wouldn't fight, if these guys wouldn't shove me." My novel is interested in guilt and responsibility, the ownership of wrongs. This song dodges those, or at least complicates them. There are always sets of extenuating circumstances, which is something my book explores. This could be Roscoe's song, or Marie's, Moa's, Wilson's. It could be Ed's even, or Taylor's. This song says: Yeah, I did that thing, but my actions aren't the only ones worth noting.
I have a great fondness for this one. My husband and I saw Two Gallants perform at the Mohawk in Austin, a great small venue. Most of their music is faster, but for this song, they left the stage and came out in the crowd with their instruments—guitar and tambourine and great gorgeous voices. There are so many moments in it that speak to me of Roscoe and Marie's distance and pain, but also the inevitability of their reunion, brief and tortured as it might be. "Everything that blows away, soon is gonna come back home…"
A worried mind, a sleepless night, a heavy-headed girl—this song could be playing during any number of scenes in my book. I can't help but see Roscoe's electrical line when with this song's speaker is "walkin' down the line," or Ed's release from prison the sleepless night the State electrocutes Horace DeVaughn.
I've been following The Devil Makes Three for well over a decade and saw them perform one summer in a basement pool hall with horrible ventilation (the club they were scheduled to play in caught fire earlier in the day). They're amazing live, and there's not a song they've recorded that I don't like. Of all their songs, though, this one has the most of Roscoe in it. It's his as a boy trying to escape his father's home, as a young man captivated by electricity, as a husband and a father—troubled and angry. It's his prison song, too, and it captures the displacement he feels throughout his life, even when he's doing all he can to belong. "I can go back where I came from, but I ain't ever going home."
Again, this is a song for and of Roscoe, but right at the start of the book. It shouts his early frustrations and wallows in his pride. Ruby is Marie, and Roscoe is singing this song to her (though I'm sure his voice would pale in comparison to Rhiannon Giddens'). "I've done all I can do to try and get along with you, but still you're not satisfied." This is the Roscoe who shouts and breaks plates and bruises his son's arms, the man who refuses to work the farm. He can't see Marie's stance, and she can't see his. I don't think Ruby and her man are seeing eye-to-eye either.
This song shows the other side of Roscoe's beautiful electricity—leveled land and forests, buried towns underneath lakes that back up to hydroelectric dams. It's a lament against progress, a narrative about exploitation, an elegy for all that's lost. It shows the great irony of individuals laboring toward unwanted ends—citizens of the town paid meager wages to help build the dam that will destroy their home. Pa is disinterred; Ma is moved fourteen miles away.
I shook/grabbed Langhorne's hand when he jumped off the stage at Old Settler's Music Festival in 2015. I'm a big fan. I even got a troupe of my middle school students to perform one of his songs with me at a school assembly. I sang. They were my band. It was terrible.
I knew I'd include a Langhorne song in here, and I chose this particular one because it's Marie's. It's the undercurrent of her actions, the reminder she needs to repeat. "I'm tired of being patient; all this waiting's been a waste of time." She waited on her husband, and that waiting took them backward. Still, she owns her part in it all. This isn't a blame-slinging song; it's an admission of guilt. "It's no wonder how we got here. In many ways I wrote this script…" The Marie I know understands her mistakes, and she is sorry. The refrain, "I tried to hold you, but my hands were cold," is so tragic to me, and I can hear Marie saying it. She tried to be warm, but she just couldn't. The cold was too deep. She was too damaged. And I like to think that she saw some salvation in Roscoe's eyes there at the end, that she recognized what was there, even if it wasn't hers to share anymore.
This is everyone's song. It is the book's song. It is a ballad devoted to work and labor. "You may not go to the job in the ground, but you learn the miner's refrain." Everyone knows the hardship, the toil, the pain. I can see all of my characters singing this song together. It's playing when Wilson returns, when Moa steps out on the porch to confront Roscoe, when Marie meets the man from Alabama Power, when Gerald sees his father for the first time in nine years; it's playing in Kilby prison, always.


Seeing all the color leave my wife's face when she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer in 2011 is a hard memory to think about. Aly was only 24 at the time. I was 27. And we had just decided to start trying to have children. We had no clue what to expect after a breast cancer diagnosis, but our minds automatically leapt to the worst-case scenario.
Once we learned what Aly actually had (stage II invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast) and how her doctors at MD Anderson wanted to treat it, it didn't really leave us a whole lot of time to think. But we got educated very fast. And one of the things we learned is that the fight is worth it. Even if you don't know how it's all going to turn out, you have to believe it's going to be good.
As a man, two of the first things I think about in any family health crisis are money and time. So when Aly was diagnosed with breast cancer, I knew that life as I knew it needed to stop. My primary job would be to love Aly and let her know that she was my No. 1 priority.
One of the ways I did that was by leaning heavily on my support system, which included Aly's doctors. The fact that they all made themselves so accessible to me helped a lot. They would answer any question I had — and I asked a lot of questions. Sometimes, while Aly was receiving treatment at the hospital, she'd think I'd gone to the cafeteria or the bathroom, but really, I'd snuck up to the fifth floor to ask a doctor something else.
Because we'd been told Aly would probably never conceive naturally, my wife and I jumped on the adoption train pretty quickly after she finished treatment. We were both in the delivery room when our first daughter, Genevieve, was born.
I could hardly believe what she was telling me, but Aly was pregnant. We were overjoyed. Just one month later, Genevieve's birth mother called to say she was pregnant again, too, and asked if we'd consider another adoption. We said we would, and Lydia was born 11 days after Vera. Suddenly, we'd gone from a couple with no children to a couple with three — all under the age of 2. We couldn't have been happier.
A cancer diagnosis changes you so profoundly that I'm not sure you ever really "get over it." But Vera's birth was really a "full circle" moment for me. Just knowing Aly was still alive to be my wife, seeing her give birth to our second daughter, and getting to be her husband as she fought for her life left me feeling profoundly grateful.
And seeing my wife healed and whole now — both as a mom and as my wife— gives me a dose of perspective every day. Because being with her and our girls today is enough. Tomorrow will bring a plan to deal with the rest.


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Inquest into the Death of Jeremy Michael SCOTT
Delivered on :14 September 2021
Recommendations :Yes
Recommendation No 1
To ensure that when prisoners are referred to external agencies those referrals are managed in a timely and appropriate manner, the Department of Justice (DOJ) should consider establishing a system that alerts the Prison Health Service when such referrals are overdue. DOJ should also consider allocating sufficient resources to enable a project team to be established to finalise the work currently being undertaken by Dr Joy Rowland in establishing a system to monitor and track these referrals.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) should consider amending the Health Services Policy relating to annual health reviews so that priority is given to reviewing vulnerable and older prisoners. Further, DOJ should allocate appropriate resources to enable these annual reviews to be conducted in a timely manner.
Summary : Mr Scott died on 3 July 2017 of metastatic rectal carcinoma. He was 64-years of age and had been in prison since 1998.
Prison records show that Mr Scott had complained of rectal and/or anal symptoms from at least 2006 and that a prison medical officer documented that Mr Scott a long-standing history of haemorrhoids but had had declined a rectal examination. On 17 September 2015, Mr Scott was seen by a prison medical officer and he reported feeling haemorrhoid inside his rectum on the left side "that was not very big". He again declined a rectal examination and no further action was taken. Mr Scott was seen by another prison medical officer on 20 November 2016, and described feeling a large, soft mass which he assumed was a haemorrhoid. He again declined a rectal examination and was referred to a consultant surgeon.
Although the referral to the surgeon had been marked "urgent" and there was an expectation he would be seen within 30 days, Mr Scott was not reviewed until 1 March 2017, some 100 days after the referral had been made. Scott described a 12-month history of anal pain on defecation and intermittent bleeding. The surgeon thought it was likely Mr Scott required treatment for an anal fissure and scheduled for sphincterotomy procedure in May 2017, although the procedure was later postponed until July 2017.
Mr Scott was seen at the prison medical centre on 26 May 2017 and he complained of constipation and urine retention. He was described as anxious and very distressed by a prison nurse and was taken to Bunbury Regional Hospital (BRH) for review. The registrar who saw Mr Scott noted he described "excruciating pain" and says she performed a rectal examination but found nothing of concern. Mr Scott was given analgesia and discharged back to prison.
Following the results of blood tests on 21 June 2017, Mr Scott was taken back to BRH. By that time, he was confined to a wheelchair and was experiencing ongoing pain. He underwent an examination under anaesthesia on 22 June 2017, and a surgeon detected an 8 cm mass just inside his anus. Tests confirmed that the mass was cancerous and Mr Scott was diagnosed with rectal carcinoma with liver and lung metastases.
Active treatment was ceased and on 30 June 2017, Mr Scott was transferred to the palliative care unit at St John of God Hospital, Bunbury where he remained until his death on 3 July 2017.
The Coroner made two recommendations relating to the Department of Justice's policy on monitoring referrals of prisoners to external agencies.
The Coroner was satisfied that the supervision Mr Scott received while he was incarcerated was appropriate and that until September 2015, Mr Scott's medical care was commensurate with community standards. After that time, the coroner found that there several missed opportunities to diagnose the rectal cancer from which Mr Scott eventually succumbed. With the benefit of hindsight, these missed opportunities may have deprived Mr Scott of the possibility of a cure, or at the very least, treatment that might have prolonged and/or improved the quality of his life.
Catch Words : Death in Custody : Supervision, Treatment and Care : Diagnosis be made in a timely manner by clinical staff : Improvement to health outcomes for at-risk prisoners : Recommendations : Natural Causes
Last updated: 5-Jan-2022


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Military and Political Trends Of 2017 That Will Shape 2018
January 1, 2018 A Opinion Comments Off on Military and Political Trends Of 2017 That Will Shape 2018
2017 presented the world with a number of crises, among which were the continued wars in the Middle Ease and the spread of terrorism, the humanitarian crises in Africa and Asia, the rising military tensions over North Korea's missile and nuclear programs, and the militarization of both the South China Sea and eastern Europe. Throughout the past year regional and global powers have repeatedly been on the verge of open military conflict, any of which may yet still lead to large regional wars.
In the Middle East the war on ISIS, the Iran nuclear deal, the crisis in Lebanon, and Israeli-Arab tensions took center stage.
By the end of the year, the self-proclaimed caliphate of ISIS had fully collapsed in both Syria and Iraq. Thanks to the efforts of the alliance between Syria, Iran, Russia, and Hezbollah, along with the Iraqi forces and the US-led coalition, this group was driven out from almost all of the areas it had held in the two countries. ISIS has lost control of such strategic locations as Mosul, al-Qaim, Raqqah, al-Tabqah, Deir Ezzor, al-Mayadin, al-Bukamal, as-Sukhna, Deir Hafer, Maskanah, and al-Resafa.
ISIS, in form of a terrorist state, does not exist more. However, this does not mean that Syria and Iraq will face calm soon. There are still lots of ISIS sleeper cells and former ISIS supporters in these countries, a Syrian al-Qaeda branch (now known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham) controls Idlib, and the Kurdish-Arab tensions are smoldering in northern Syria and Iraq. These issues cannot be ignored and will become an important part of the post-ISIS standoff in the region.
Now, Russia, the US, Turkey, Iran and Syria are increasing their diplomatic activity in order to find a way, which could allow work to start on developing a final political settlement of the crisis. They all have objective limits to their influence on the ground and some contradictory goals. This complicates the situation, especially amid a lack of strategic vision from the US which, according even to American experts, has no long-term strategy for Syria. The US elites and their Israeli and Saudi counterparts are especially dissatisfied with the strengthened position of Hezbollah and Iran.
Following the defeat of ISIS, the US-led bloc began attempting to use those areas of Syria held by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces to limit the influence of the Damascus government and its Iranian and Russian allies.
Another flash point in this conflict lies within the province of Idlib, now mostly controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Within the framework of the agreements reached by Syria, Iran, Russia, and Turkey in the Astana format, a de-escalation zone should now have been established in this area. However, this is hardly possible while Hayat Tahrir al-Sham remains the main powerbroker in this location.
Despite the defeat of ISIS and the partial withdrawal of Russian forces, Syria will remain a battleground in this regional military and geo-political standoff in 2018. Militarily, the Iranian-Russian-Syrian alliance will continue to focus its efforts on reducing the influence of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in the province of Iblib. These efforts will include launching a series of limited military operations against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, and further developing counter-insurgency efforts against ISIS. On the diplomatic stage, the different sides will continue to work on developing a political solution to the crisis.
Meanwhile, the United States finds itself in a complicated situation: on the one hand, it cannot officially accept Assad's government as a participant in the negotiations, while on the other hand the US has scant leverage to influence the situation. Thus, the White House will try to increase its efforts to divide Syria through supporting the separatist intentions of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), as well as the armed 'opposition' groups in the region.
The goal of such a strategy is to build a 'de-facto' independent entity within Syria. Additionally, the US could make either direct or proxy attempts to assassinate Assad and his inner circle.
Iran will likely further strengthen its influence within Iraq after establishing a land route linking Teheran, Baghdad, Damascus, and Beirut. This so-called 'Shia Crescent' will become reality despite stiff opposition from both Israel and its allies. Watch for Washington to play the Kurdish card to counter Iran's growing influence in both Iraq and Syria.
In addition, the US could also attempt to split the ranks of the Popular Mobilization Units by separating individual groups from the larger organization. Such an action could be done with the use of mass bribes, as was done with some generals of the Iraqi Armed Forces during the Iraq War.
The military victory over ISIS in Syria dramatically escalated tensions between Israel and the Iranian-backed forces of Hezbollah.
At present time, Israel's top political leadership is in the state of outright hysteria regarding the Lebanese movement. Senior Israeli officials have repeatedly claimed that Israel will not allow Hezbollah and Iran to concentrate its forces in border areas and to expand their influence in the region, particularly in Syria and Lebanon.
The already difficult situation in southern Lebanon and Syria was further complicated by the series of events, which contributed to the growing tensions in the region in November and early December. It started with a resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri announced from Saudi Arabia on November 7, continued with Saudi accusations of military aggression through missile supplies to Yemen against Iran and rose to a new level on December 6 when US President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital sparking further escalation. Some experts also said Israel, Saudi Arabia and the US are conspiring to start a new war in the region. In this light, a series of military exercises, including the biggest one "The Light of Dagan", was described as a part of the preparations for armed aggression against Lebanon.
The recent developments in the Middle East, including the nearing end of the conflict in Syria and the growing influence and military capabilities of Hezbollah, have changed the political situation in Lebanon. Hezbollah units de-facto fulfil functions of the presidential guard. Lebanese special services and the special services of Hezbollah are deeply integrated. Hezbollah's victories in Syria and humanitarian activities in Lebanon increased the movement's popularity among people.
Tel Aviv believes that the growing influence of Hezbollah and Iran in the Middle East, particularly in Syria and Lebanon, is a critical challenge to its national security. The key issue is that Israeli military analysts understand that Hezbollah is now much more powerful than it was in 2006. Now, Hezbollah is a strong, experienced, military organization, tens of thousands troops strong, which has the needed forces and facilities to oppose a possible Israeli ground invasion in Lebanon.
Iran has also strengthened its positions in the region over the last ten years. It has reinforced its air defense with the Russian-made S-300 systems, strengthened its armed forces and got combat experience in Syria and other local conflicts. Tehran also strengthened its ideological positions among the Shia and even Sunni population which lives in the region.
Considering these circumstances, initial expert opinions indicate that Israel would decide to participate in a large-scale conflict in Lebanon only in the case of some extraordinary event. However, the growing Arab-Israeli tensions and the tense Israeli-Hezbollah relationship are moving this extraordinary event ever closer.
Nonetheless, Israel will continue local acts of aggression conducting artillery and air strike on positions and infrastructure of Hezbollah in Syria and maybe in Lebanon. Israeli special forces will conduct operations aimed at eliminating top Hezbollah members and destroying the movement's infrastructure in Lebanon and Syria. Saudi Arabia will likely support these Israeli actions. It is widely known that Riyadh would rather use a proxy and engage in clandestine warfare.
All these took place amid the developing crisis in Saudi Arabia where Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had launched a large-scale purge among the top officials, influential businesspersons and princes under the pretext of combating corruption. According to the experts, the move is aimed at consolidating the power of the crown prince and his father, King Salman. In general, the kingdom is seeking to shift its vector of development and to become a more secular state. In 5-10 years, it can even abandon Wahhabism as the official ideology. At the same time, Saudi Arabia is involved in an unsuccessful conflict in Yemen and a diplomatic crisis with Qatar. This situation fuels tensions and a competition for resources among the Saudi clans. As a result, the Saudi regime and the Saudi state in general, are now, in a weak position.
These are the key reasons why Saudi Arabia prefers to avoid an open participation in new conflicts. Additionally, there is always a chance, that for example of conflict in Lebanon, the main combat actions could be moved to the Saudi territory.
Russia and Iran are also not interested in this "big new war" as well because such a conflict in the Middle East will pose a direct threat to their national security.
During the coming year we can expect to see both Israel and Saudi Arabia continuing their diplomatic and military efforts to deter Iran and Hezbollah.
Riyadh will continue its efforts to turn Yemen into a puppet state, but is unlike to achieve any notable successes, leaving the Houthis and their missile arsenal as a constant threat to Saudi Arabia.
Israel and Saudi Arabia will also continue their building of a broad anti-Iranian coalition, with the support of the Trump administration, while Israeli forces will continue conducting their limited military operations against Hezbollah targets in Syria and Lebanon. In general, the chances of a new regional conflict will remain high.
In this already unstable environment, the current US policy remains as one of the key destabilizing factors in the region. The recent US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, as well as the hostility towards the Iranian nuclear deal continue to fuel tensions between the Israeli-Saudi and the Iranian-Hezbollah blocs.
The current US administration continues with America's consistent pro-Israeli and anti-Iranian policies in the region, inspiring both Israel and Saudi Arabia to embrace more active policies as well.
As a result of this growing US support, the Israeli military stands ready to implement active military responses to any action taken by Hamas, Hezbollah, or any of the other regional players whom Israel considers a threat to its wide range of national interests.
While the odds are low of the Trump administration being able to abort the Iranian nuclear deal, the mere fact that such attempts continue does little to contribute to peace in the region. The fact remains that Washington fuels the new cold war and perhaps even a potential hot war in the Middle East.
We may expect that during the coming year Iran will continue to increase its influence in the region by using the war in Yemen, and its strengthened positions in Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon to counter its opponents. In addition to its military efforts on the ground, Teheran's main strategic focus will likely be the development of military and economic relations with both China and Russia. During 2018 we may also expect that Iran will pay special attention to the modernization and reformation of its armed forces.
In Egypt, the security situation remains complicated, especially in the North Sinai. Following the defeat of ISIS in Syria and Iraq, remnants of the terrorist group have spread across the region with a number of them arriving in the peninsula. While the Egyptian Army and security forces have conducted a number of operations to eradicate terrorist cells in the area, militant activity remains high there, fueled in part by trafficking to Gaza.
In addition to the remnants of ISIS in the North Sinai, Egypt faces continuing challenges along its border with Libya. Following the NATO intervention in that country in 2011, the Libyan government and social structure have been all but destroyed, with multiple factions battling each other for control over both the trafficking and oil business.
The rapidly developing relations between Russia and Egypt have been overshadowed by the more prominent relationships between Russia and Syria, as well as Russia and Iran. Nevertheless, the Russia-Egypt relationship deserves closer scrutiny because, unlike the country's relations with the other two Middle Eastern powers, it concerns a country that until recently appeared to be firmly in Western orbit. The abrupt shift of its geopolitical vector toward Eurasia therefore represents a far bigger change for the region than Russia's successful support of the legitimate Syrian government, or the close relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran, both of which have been on the Western "enemies list" for decades. The reasons for this shift are twofold, and have to do with the way Western powers interact with Middle Eastern powers in the context of a systemic economic crisis, as well as with Russia's demonstrated attractiveness as an ally.
These events have led to strengthening economic ties and military cooperation between both sides. Recent negotiations to build Egypt's first nuclear plant, as well as those allowing Russian and Egypt joint use of each other's air space and military bases are perhaps the most noticeable examples of this cooperation.
With recent rumors of Russia establishing a military base on the coast of the Red Sea, in Sudan, it is easy to conclude that Moscow has become an influential power in the region, with some countries now viewing Russia as an attractive alternative to the US. With its rejection of direct cooperation with Moscow, Washington has weakened its own position in the region.
In the coming year Egypt and other regional powers will move further towards a diversification of their foreign policy partners, with regional elites recognizing that the world has become more multipolar and threats and challenges have taken new forms and greater complexity.
Due to the rapidly developing situation in the region and the failed military coup attempt in July, Erdogan's Turkey has become a reluctant ally of the Syrian-Russian-Iranian alliance in the Syrian war. Examples of this, such as the success of the Astana talks on Syria, the Russian-Turkish S-400 deal, and the Turkish-Iranian-Iraqi cooperation to counter the formation of an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq by the Kurdistan Regional Government showcase this changed geo-political landscape.
During 2018, Turkey will remain a key player in the ongoing Syrian crisis, and an ally (if a reluctant one) of the Iranian-Russian-Syrian alliance in the region. Ankara has few options remaining aside from developing its coordination with this bloc.
The current US foreign policy towards northern Syria and Iraq is frankly incoherent, with Turkey (being a NATO member and the most powerful US partner in the Eastern Mediterranean), no longer considering the US as a reliable ally in its strategic planning.
The diplomatic crisis over Qatar, which began in June after Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt severed diplomatic relations and imposed sanctions upon the country is yet another development leading to the current balance of power in the region.
The crisis represents the most severe conflict among Gulf Arab states since the end of the Cold War. While these oil-rich, autocratic OPEC members have historically been at the most allies of convenience united by common fears (USSR, Saddam Hussein, Iran, etc.), their mutual mistrust has arguably never escalated to the point of demanding to what amounts to a complete surrender by one of its members.
However, the recent Saudi-led attempts to force Qatar to obey Saudi interests in the region have pushed Doha into the arms of Turkey, Iran, and Russia.
In 2018, the main goal of Qatar will be to normalize relations with the Saudi-led bloc while simultaneously avoiding being forced into making significant concessions to this bloc's members. Qatari cooperation with Turkey, Iran, and Russia will be a useful card to play in this case. Qatari elites may also search for opportunities to influence internal relations within the Saudi elites.
Throughout 2017, US-Russian diplomatic relations continued to deteriorate with both sides using increasingly strident rhetoric and imposing various measures against each other. Initial hopes and expectations that the election of Donald Trump to the presidency would lead to a détente between the two powers were quickly dashed.
The Trump administration sacrificed its promises to normalize relations with Moscow, and to cooperate more fully in counter-terrorism actions in an attempt to gain a temporary softening of the pressures imposed by its own domestic political opponents. Unfortunately, this attempt to placate this internal opposition gained nothing for Trump and his administration, and succeeded only in escalating the continued media and diplomatic standoff with Russia.
This internal opposition, which some may describe as the American Deep State, cares little about the true intentions of Trump and his supporters, and continues to keep playing the so-called 'Russia Card' as a means of further limiting the freedom of action of the new US president.
US society has become further polarized by racial, ethnic, and political divisions and opposing sides are unlikely to resolve this conflict through negotiation.
Racial and cultural divisions, always present in American society, were further inflamed by the liberal, Clinton camp's attempts to create discord by playing the race card and demonizing the leaders of the Confederate States. At the same time, a large part of American society has become disappointed with Trump's domestic and foreign policies, and has become disillusioned with his seeming inability to overcome the resistance of the Deep State.
In 2018 we can expect to see further deterioration in relations between the US and Russia, with both sides remaining involved in a number of crises around the world. The defeat of ISIS will add to the geo-political standoff in the Middle East, while in Ukraine both nations will support opposing sides, with little chances of finding common ground. Another critical factor that will make its appearance in the coming year is the Russian 2018 presidential election and the strong intention of US elites to intervene in Russian internal policy, with the risk of pushing a new Cold War past the brink.
The Latin American situation remains unstable and complicated, with Venezuela remaining as a center of uncertainty. In 2018, the Venezuelan president will struggle to retain power in the midst of continued turmoil in his country.
Unsettling processes are also evident in Russia, which faces ongoing economic problems caused by the increasing pressure of Western imposed sanctions. Russian power elites, allied with foreign powers, have benefited from this situation, and have strengthened their influence. Generally, the Russian state has shown a relatively low degree of economic effectiveness, only partly compensated by its foreign policy successes. These factors can and will complicate Russia's internal political situation during the upcoming 2018 presidential election.
Ukraine still remains the key flash point in Europe. The Kiev government, strongly influenced by various radical groups, is unlikely to abide by the terms of the Minsk agreements, as it views Minsk as surrender. Prominent Ukrainian political figures publically admit that these agreements were a trick, meant only to buy time in order to prepare for a military solution to this crisis in the eastern part of the country.
The leadership of the Donetsk and People's Republics clearly understand this, and have further strengthened their ties to Russia in order to prevent a future attempt by the Kiev government to re-integrate this territory.
The regime in Kiev remains in a very complicated political and economic situation, having been all but abandoned by its US and EU handlers. In an attempt to retain control over their country, the current Ukrainian government will likely try to escalate the situation in Donbass in an attempt to gain more economic, political, and perhaps even military support from the West.
Meanwhile, Washington and Brussels are considering alternatives to President Poroshenko and his government, one of whom is Mikhail Saakashvili, the disgraced former president of Georgia. At this time, the odds of Saakashvili gaining power in 2018 remain high. If he were to gain power it is likely that he would attempt to improve Ukrainian internal and economic policies to strengthen the state and to obtain additional Western support.
It is doubtful that Saakashvili would be able to pursue this attempt to stabilize the country for any length of time, due to his erratic personality. After he realizes the military and economic potentials still possessed by the nation, he would likely attempt a military operation against the self-proclaimed republics of eastern Ukraine and the Russian military forces in Crimea, much as he did in Georgia in 2008. Such a move would likely lead to a large regional conflict in 2019.
In the European Union, we can observe the continued decline of the institutions of the European bureaucracy. Crises such as those we see in Catalonia, as well as the inability of the European leadership to successfully deal with the migration flow from North Africa and the Middle East are clear signs of this continuing decay. In an attempt to control these problems, the EU has intensified attempts to develop a joint security system and to lay the foundation for the creation of a European army. These efforts, however, could come too late.
If the EU is unable to find a way to consolidate its member states in 2018, we can expect to witness further fragmentation in the future.
In Central and Southeastern Asia, the key security problems continue to be militancy and the spread of terrorism. The US and its NATO partners remain unable to deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan – some experts believe that the Taliban is slowly reaching a level of influence in the region which could lead to its recognition as a rightful party in any negotiations involving the US-led bloc. Currently, in some parts of the country, the Taliban even conducts operations against ISIS in order to prevent this group from spreading further.
The historical instability seen on the Pakistani-Indian and the Indian-Chinese borders have long been factors contributing to the general instability in this region. However, all sides have been successful, so far, in avoiding open military conflicts.
In the Philippines, an attempt by ISIS to establish its rule on the island of Mindanao was defeated by the government, who also purged militants who had seized control in the city of Marawi. The ISIS threat has been successfully countered in this nation, at least for the time being.
In 2018, terrorism will remain the key threat for Central and Southeastern Asia. Expect the Taliban to expand its influence further in Afghanistan, as ISIS continues its attempts to establish a larger foothold in the region. Pakistani-Indian and Chinese-Indian tensions will likely remain within the spheres of diplomatic and economic competition, barring any extraordinary and destabilizing events. An additional and notable threat to the stability of the region is the continued flight of ISIS members from Syria and Iraq into Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
China has continued its expansion in the Asian Pacific by turning the South China Sea into an anti-access and area-denial zone controlled by the Chinese military through a network of artificial islands. In addition, Beijing has also expanded its maritime, airlift, and amphibious capabilities, and is actively working to shift the balance of power in the Pacific, a region which it describes as lying within its sphere of influence, through its naval power dominance in the area.
In diplomatic and economic terms, China continues to follow a finely balanced foreign policy, while providing a slight diplomatic support to Russia. This calibrated approach allows Beijing to contest US dominance in some regions, most obviously in the Middle East, while avoiding an open confrontation with its main economic partner.
In addition to the tensions in the South China Sea, North Korea's nuclear and missile programs have been the center of attention within the international community. North Korea has recently conducted another nuclear test, and has tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, which it claims has the range to reach any target within the mainland United States. Despite the war-like rhetoric of the Trump administration and the imposition of additional sanctions, no progress has been made toward a peaceful resolution, with North Korea only accelerating its efforts to become a fully-fledged nuclear power. In the near future, this situation may pass a turning point, when the US is left with no military options in its conflict with North Korea, and negotiations remain the only solution. Should this situation come about, it will be a blow to both the image of the US as the self-proclaimed world's policeman, and to the mechanisms of nuclear non-proliferation.
In 2018, China will continue to strengthen its military and diplomatic positions in the region, and become a regional superpower, and well on its way to global dominance as it competes with the US. North Korea will likely continue developing its nuclear and missile programs, and if the US does not invade, which is unlikely, become a fully-fledged nuclear state.
As 2017 comes to a close, it becomes evident that this year, has been a difficult one, for all of mankind. The world trembled over new threats of large-scale regional conflicts and over potential use of the weapons of mass destruction. The year brought considerable escalations between key global players, which created real risks of direct confrontation.
At the same time, 2017 can be coined as the year, when the threat known as ISIS, a proxy terrorist state, was eliminated. It was the year when global powers were compelled to compromise under the most stringent conditions and amid multiple conflicts. International players, capable of rigorous logic and in-depth analysis, will extricate valuable lessons from 2017, which can help make the world safer.
However, experience shows that emotions, poise and ill-conceived projects often triumph over common sense. The result, is a breakdown of pragmatic and balanced approaches of traditional diplomacy. Rudeness and incivility are becoming more common within the spheres of international organizations and in bilateral relations. Ambitions of small elite-based groups force countries and nations, to adopt models of behavior which clearly contradict their interests.
Unfortunately, all of this precludes a bright prognosis for 2018. The world will not become safer. Relationships between major global powers will remain strained at best. Likely, they will deteriorate. The number of small-scale regional conflicts will not decrease. The use of weapons of mass destruction will remain a real threat within the framework of regional conflicts. Levels of terrorist activity may rise. One can only hope, that this combination of threats and provocations, will lead to a re-assessment of reality and force de-escalation in the subsequent years.
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Had a great time presenting at the OTWS Omiya yesterday. Really nice crowd, nice co-presenters, and a great lunch with Kevin C. afterwards.
This was my last currently-scheduled teaching presentation. As I mentioned before, I am going to take a break for a while to concentrate on creating new content and working on online resources. Stay tuned for more announcements soon!


Medrano and Austin; Firelein and A. Smith. W–Medrano. L–Firelein. 2B–GV: Bodnar. HR–FH: Medrano.
English and Cooper; Taylor, Hernandez (4) and Lewis. W–Hernandez. L–English. 2B–Lib: English; LV: Guzman. HR–LV: Taylor.
Hernandez and Lewis; Romero and C. Medina. W–Hernandez. L–Romero. 2B–LV: Hernandez, Berkey; Val: N. Corona, L. Villamar.
Devlin and Delgado; English and Cooper. W–English. L–Devlin. 2B–Lib: Blindeagle, Patras.
Snyder and B. Spencer; Watkins, Konopelko (4) and Bartlett. W–Konopelko. L–Snyder. 2B–Bon: B. Spencer, Snyder; Cen: Konopelko, Reese. HR–Cen: Konopelko.
Sheehan and Murphy; Watkins and Bartlett. W–Watkins. L–Sheehan. 2B–Cen: Lee.
Jones, B. Panduro (2) and Venable; Sheehan and Murphy. W–Sheehan. L–Jones. 2B–AV: Anderson; Cim: Savage. HR–Cim: White.
Hall, Herrera (1) and Schultz; Harmon and Jordan. W–Harmon. L–Hall. 2B–Dur: Balilea; SR: Bohm. 3B–SR: Velarde.
Freund and Wellman; Bryl and Traster. W–Freund. L–Bryl.
Klapper and Dunn; A. Canning and Higbee. W–A. Canning. L–Klapper. 3B–PV: Hansen. HR–PV: Lasike.


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Q: Pass constant string in ui-event focus function I have to call to ui-event focus function with passing input name in it or constant value..
<input type="password" class="form-control font-11px input-style1" ng-class="{invalid:permission.passwordRequired, valid:!permission.passwordRequired}" id="txtname" placeholder="Enter Password *" ng-model="permission.password" ui-event="{ focus : 'permission.hideErrorValidation('txtname')' }">

i have a function in controller
permission.hideErrorValidation = function (inputName) {
        console.log("Im here" + inputName);
}

but this prompts me error, Is there any way to add a constant value in it.
Reference : http://angular-ui.github.io/ui-utils/


Two lives have been lost due to the current heatwave sweeping from north to central India. Since late March, temperatures have soared in the region to over 40 degrees celsius on a number of days. These conditions have caused death due to heatstroke, as well as non fatal instances of heat related illness.
Worryingly high temperatures of 44°C were reached in Akola in northern Maharashtra on April 1st. Nagpur hit 42°C on April 2nd, marking eleven consecutive days of temperatures above 40°C. In the beginning of April, a more typical temperature in the region would reach a peak of around 39°C.
The village of Bhira in the Raigad district of Maharashtra recorded the world's second highest temperature on the 28th of March, with a high of 46.5C. With temperatures elevated significantly compared to the expected temperature at this time of year, the event has been classified as a heatwave.
This weather is not an abnormal phenomenon to the region, though is expected to occur later in the year says senior meteorologist from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Jeevanprakash Kulkarni in an interview with Firstpost. He mentions that this weather is usually expected in April, though has begun occurring in mid March, attributing the earlier shift to hotter temperatures to climate change.
Should India's notoriously devastating summer heatwaves begin to occur earlier in the year, it could cause a huge amount of damage to crops, as well as cause illness and possible death amongst the population. May 2016 saw record breaking heatwaves, as high as 51°C in the city of Phalodi in Rajasthan. This temperature was hot enough to destroy crop harvests, forcing many rural farmers to flee to the cities. The extreme heat even caused tarmac to melt on some roads.
In May 2015, heatwaves claimed the lives of over 1700 across India. The majority of these deaths occurred over the space of a week, putting severe strain on hospitals. It is this scenario that is most concerning. With such a high number of fatalities, heat could could become a public health crisis — especially if heatwaves become not only more common, but also occur more sporadically throughout the year.
The heatwaves are becoming more severe, with the May 2015 example named as fifth most deadly heatwave in the global database and the second most deadly to have occurred in India. Equally concerning, the number of heat waves in the decade leading up to 2010 showed nearly double the rate compared to previous decades according to the Meteorological Office. This may mean a deadly combination of more severe events that occur more often.