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George Will: Independent
Posted by commart in American Domestic Affairs, Books, Philosophy, Politics, United States of America
conservatism, democracy, freedom, George Will, Philosophy of Democracy
Charles Lane: . . . . that brings us to the present day and present President whose name, by the way it's Donald Trump, does not appear in your book. Now that can't be an accident.
George Will: The names of Charlemagne and Audrey Hepburn and Duke Ellington don't appear in the book either [Lane: That's true] because this is a book about ideas and the current president is not part of that discussion. He has nothing to do with conservatism. He really to his credit has never pretended to be a conservative. He's an entrepreneur in politics and he's maximizing whatever he wants to maximize. This is a book about important arguments, and he's not part of that.
Lane, Charles. "George Will wrangles with God, the conservative sensibility and the dangers of progressivism." YouTube, 9:33-10:15. The Washington Post, June 2, 2019.
Posted to YouTube by Washington Post, June 2, 2019
BackChannels will leave to others, especially the young, familiarization with one of America's most iconic of conservative opinion makers: George F. Will.
Curious about "important arguments", BackChannels has made the purchase.
Related Online
East, Kristen. "George Will leaves the GOP". Politico, June 25, 2016.
Related on BackChannels
https://conflict-backchannels.com/2017/02/02/united-states-of-america-basic-training/
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Changing Time for All Time: A Note on Antietam
Posted by commart in A Little Wisdom, American Domestic Affairs, Conflict - Culture - Language - Psychology, United States of America
American history, American values, Antietam, Antietam National Battlefield Park, democracy, equality under the law, freedom, great societies, greed, human dignity, human rights, integrity, liberalism, modern state, modernity, slavery, valour, Visitor's Center
Visitor's Center, Antietam National Battlefield Park, Sharpsburg, Maryland, June 1, 2017.
For visitors from other lands, the small patch of Maryland countryside on which the center has been planted represents the beginning of the end of slavery as an institution in the United States of America. In one horrific days of battle, General McClennan's forces pushed General Lee's Confederate army from the field but left it also to retreat west across the Potomac River and thence to fight a long war that would end about where it began but with the moral vision and structure of the country forever changed in favor of equality under the law and "liberty and justice for all".
It takes a long time to change men — and to change their attitudes and beliefs about money and about one another. My America remains a work in progress, but as long as the work hews to the liberal view of man and the earnest distribution of political power through democracy accompanied by integrity, I think we Americans — and everyone else — will continue getting better in the building or forming of greater societies.
Where we have let people down, I'm sure we are going to be made to remember it. Where we have helped people up, one may hope we'll be remembered for that too.
Ukraine – Westbound and Down . . . .
Posted by commart in 21st Century Feudal, Conflict - Culture - Language - Psychology, Ukraine
business, freedom, modern, press, Ukraine
The "war news" — not so good:
Confirmed reportage: http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/reports
Breaking: https://www.unian.info/war/1951929-russian-artillery-systems-in-donbas-start-to-shell-at-longer-distance.html
Ukraine – The American March, Washington, D.C., May 20, 2017
Posted by commart in 21st Century Feudal, American Domestic Affairs, Conflict - Culture - Language - Psychology, Ukraine
barbarism, dictatorship, feudalism, freedom, rule of law, Ukraine, Washington Freedom March
Over there?
BackChannels readers have enjoyed a glimpse of the relationship between Moscow and terrorism.
https://conflict-backchannels.com/2017/03/11/reflexive-control-process-allahu-akbar-terrorism-new-nationalism-neo-feudalism/
The same have witnessed the destruction of Syria by Bashar al-Assad as flanked by Vladimir Putin and Ali Khamenei and how the casualty, IDP, and refugee figures have mounted on the chaos and mass destruction of warfare overseen by Damascus, Moscow, and Tehran.
The ambitious in research have figured out that the three dictatorships would rather fight the west than "The Terrorists" and then use the terrorists — al-Nusra, al-Qaeda, ISIS, and others — in their own interest in sustaining feudalism far into the 21st Century. They should also know of the former Iraqi Baathist officers, those who once served Saddam Hussein, and their role in the creation and "handling" of ISIS.
If you think Russia's invasion of Ukraine a separate issue . . . think again.
The organizer of the march for Ukraine in Washington, D.C., Ed Skibicki reports that the Ukrainian-language version of the march has pulled more than 120,000 views.
In BackChannels' opinion, these videos and related material should be pulling hundreds of thousands of viewers worldwide as Ukraine serves — and as it has many times in history and too much in modern or "post-medieval" history — as a front line state standing against the barbarism, iron rule, greed, malign narcissism, and ruthlessness put on full display in Syria and Crimea by the once "Red-Green" phantoms of the Cold War.
Also in Media: "Ukraine Freedom March set for May 20 in Washington" | The Ukrainian Weekly | May 14, 2017
Posted by commart in Also in Media, American Domestic Affairs, Politics, Ukraine
D.C., democracy, freedom, pro-Ukraine, protest, rule of law, Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine Freedom March, Washington
The march – with a full police escort – is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. at the Washington Monument and conclude at the Holodomor Memorial, near Union Station, where a vigil is to be held, concluding at approximately 5:30 p.m.
Among the invited guest speakers are analyst Paul Goble, Peter Borisow, president of the Hollywood Trident Foundation; other noted Ukraine advocates are expected and, at the time of writing, were still being confirmed, among them Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S. Valeriy Chaly. Clergy from the Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic Churches, as well as leaders of the Jewish and Muslim faiths in Ukraine have been invited to properly represent the people of Ukraine.
As stated by Mr. Skibicki: "We demand that the Russian-backed terrorists immediately vacate the Donbas region and that Crimea be returned to Ukraine. If these demands are not met, we insist on the American government to stick to its promise made in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, which is to provide the full and immediate defense of Ukraine by providing modern defensive weapons in order to help the Ukrainian people restore the territorial integrity of Ukraine. We are NOT calling for American troops to be deployed to Ukraine."
Read More: Ukraine Freedom March set for May 20 in Washington | The Ukrainian Weekly
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FTAC: The Yankee Responds
Posted by commart in 21st Century Feudal, Also in Media, Conflict - Culture - Language - Psychology, Extreme Brown vs Red-Green, FTAC - From The Awesome Conversation, Political Psychology
21st Century Feudalism, 21st Century Neo-Feudalism, autocracy, dictatorship, freedom, kleptocracy, media, political malignance, press freedom, Russia, Turkey
Article of Interest:
https://www.eu-foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/21/analysis-from-the-su-24-crisis-to-the-moscow-ankara-rapprochement-leadership-and-foreign-policy-doctrines/
Passage of Interest:
From our comparative analysis, it emerges how both Russia and Turkey present astonishing similarities in their leaderships styles. It is important to outline such feature of the nations' political life because, being both "leader-politics" countries, the style of their leaders influences greatly the shaping of the national political agenda and the strategies used by the states to pursue such agendas.
To sum up, one could say that all the facts taken into account here highlight the presence in both countries totalitarian democracy regime, centred on the figure of the all-powerful leader. None of the leaders actually ever rejected the principles of the pluralistic state. In the official national narrative, both of them could be overthrown by a democratic election. But why should this happen, when they embody the essence of their national identity. Just like Putin is THE Russian man, Erdogan image is moulded on THE Turkish one.
"In the official national narrative, both of them could be overthrown by a democratic election. But why should this happen, when they embody the essence of their national identity. Just like Putin is THE Russian man, Erdogan image is moulded on THE Turkish one."
Perhaps if each were more secure with such an assertion, the press in each state would be free (it's an easy look-up as to how they are not) and their political rivals less often inhibited, jailed, muzzled, or murdered.
The truth is each may be wrong about himself (there's also an interesting psychology at play in their "malignant narcissism" and respective kleptocracies), and that's why open and vibrant national conversations supported by "fair and free elections" matter in democracies — and not at all in dictatorships.
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2017/russia
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2017/turkey
https://rsf.org/en/ranking
https://rsf.org/en/russia
https://rsf.org/en/turkey
Reflection: Sebastian Gorka – Medieval or Modern?
Posted by commart in 21st Century Feudal, American Domestic Affairs, Conflict - Culture - Language - Psychology, Political Psychology, United States of America
democracy, dictatorship, fascism, freedom, Medieval Political Absolutism, Modern Democratic and Checked Distribution of Power, Moscow, open democracy, popular evaluation of power, Sebastian Gorka
Photo by Sebastian Gorka via Wikipedia's Wikimedia Commons.
Three factors led to Russia's defeat and any outside actor will have to deal with these factors should they wish to drastically change the Afghan reality in a lasting way.
To change Afghanistan, an outside power must do the following:
install a national leader who is a Pashtun but who is recognized by, and able to make lasting deals with, the Tajik, Uzbek and Hazara ethnic groups;
effectively co-opt the most significant tribal players;
cut off sanctuary to any insurgent element exploiting the porous border with Pakistan.
The Soviet Union failed on all three counts.
Gorka, Sebastian. "U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan: The Lessons of History." Jewish Policy Center, Spring 2010.
Related on BackChannels: "FTAC: The New Nationalists and Moscow's Reflexive Control." February 7, 2017.
The Cold War ended on December 25, 1991, and although the Phantoms of the Soviet would seem to haunt Moscow as the revived capital of a persistent KGB State under the guidance of President Putin, the axis of east-west competition has been both profoundly changed and clarified.
Throughout the Soviet Era, Washington promoted the virtues of Capitalism against Communism, and for most Americans, that argument between "centralized economic planning" and the "free enterprise system" appears to have sufficed for explaining east-west hostilities.
Perhaps there was more to it then — something more about the soul of historic Russian politics in the mix — but the public — or perhaps only this editor, lol — would not seem to have been able to "get it" until now:
Medieval Political Absolutism
Modern Democratic and Checked Distribution of Power
In the process of developing his own political stance, Sebastian Gorka, the son of a fiercely anti-communist, anti-Soviet father — one Paul Gorka betrayed by the infamous spy Kim Philby and subsequently captured by communist officials in Hungary and imprisoned and tortured — appears to have focused on Moscow's continuing totalitarian aspect but not on the medieval aspects that may characterize his own authoritarian response to challengers of American democratic principles and values (including America's classically liberal outlook).
Instead, perhaps in reflexive response to Islamic Terrorism, Gorka may have played precisely into Moscow's feudal worldview, preferring to amplify the forces of Islamic Jihad as part of the Trump Administration's sense of mission while missing the observation that the threat of Islamic terrorism has served Putin quite well.
Here's a trick: look up "Zawahiri, Russia".
Also see, for example, David Satter's work on the "Moscow Apartment Bombings" (National Review, August 17, 2016).
Also consider Moscow's near 100 years of experience exploiting, sometimes sponsoring, and today perhaps manipulating terrorism.
By focusing perhaps overmuch on "Islamic Terrorism" — a deus ex machina that generally targets for slaughter those Muslims who seem the first to be in its way — Sebastian Gorka has perhaps missed the necessity of putting to rest the yesterday that was the medieval world and its worldviews while further widening the scope of connectivity and cooperation that has brought us our modern world, boosted international trade beyond imagining, and far promoted the secular humanist ideals and values associated with democracy and its defense of community and individual belief.
As now long demonstrated by the Syrian Conflict and Tragedy as well as continuous warfare in Ukraine, the existence of Putin's world and worldview depends mightily on the validation of authoritarian nationalism and its indulgence in barbarism.
Encountered earlier today: fragments from the web involving Sebastian Gorka.
Note: Gorka's own misplaced emphasis on loyalty to an elected official, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and by extension himself would seem part of the medieval formula and precisely that which personal and political insight would now do well to address.
My father spent 6 years in a communist prison, two years in solitary. Not two months, two years. Two years in a prison coal mine where each prisoner – hold on to your seats – without machinery or explosives was required by the communist wardens to break ten tons of anthracite off the coal face every day. But, a few years later, in the cold, cold autumn of 1956, something happened that was monumental. Not as monumental as Wednesday morning, but monumental. The group of young Hungarian students and manual laborers, believe it or not — quite a coalition, think about Wednesday. Yeah? Think about the blue-collar rural vote. Some students and some manual laborers decided to have a demonstration in Budapest, the silent demonstration. That silent demonstration devolved into the first freedom fight against communism, the October revolution of 1956, 60 years ago this year. As the result of that revolution, my father was liberated from prison by a revolutionary commander who had captured a Soviet tank.
Frontpage. "Sebastian Gorka: How We Defeat the Global Jihad: The ISIS threat in our midst and a plan for victory." November 30, 2016.
Posted by The Majority Report With Sam Seder, February 9, 2017.
There has been an incredible amount of interest in "our" Sebastian Gorka. I say "our" because Hungarian Spectrum was the first internet site to deal at some length with Gorka, who, by the way, is turning out to be a much more important character in the Trump White House than we first realized.
It was on January 31 that I wrote "Sebastian Gorka's Road from Budapest to the White House" and on February 2, "Sebastian L. von Gorka's encounter with the Hungarian National Security Office." Subsequently, with the help of Eli Clifton, who wrote a fascinating article titled "Why Is Trump Adviser Wearing Medal of Nazi Collaborators?" I ascertained that I was wrong in assuming that the "v." in Sebastian L. v. Gorka's name stands for "von." I came to the revised conclusion that the medal on Gorka's "bocskai" is the symbol of the "vitézi rend" or "Order of Heroes" and that the "v." stands for "vitéz." Clifton's article is a real gem, which should be read by everyone who wants to know more about Gorka's right-wing roots.
Balogh, Eva S. "Donald Trump's Influential Advisers: Sebastian and Katharine Gorka." Hungarian Spectrum, February 13, 2017.
Balogh, Eva S. "Sebastian Gorka's Road from Budapest to the White House." Hungarian Spectrum, January 31, 2017.
The White House's omission of Jewish victims of the Holocaust in its statement for Holocaust Remembrance Day raised objections from Jewish groups across the political spectrum but the Trump administration's combative defense was perhaps the most surprising move by a presidency facing record low approval numbers. Last Monday, Deputy Assistant to the President Sebastian Gorka refused to admit that that it may have been poor judgment not to specifically acknowledge the suffering of Jews in the Holocaust.
Gorka was an odd choice of proxies for the White House to put forward in defense of its Holocaust Remembrance day statement.
He has appeared in multiple photographs wearing the medal of a Hungarian group listed by the State Department as having collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.
Clifton, Eli. "Why is Trump Adviser Wearing Medal of Nazi Collaborators?" LobeLog Foreign Policy, February 12, 2017.
On February 7, 2017, Gorka asserted that the White House would continue to call all media criticism of Trump "fake news" until the media let go of its "monumental desire" to destroy the President.[26]
Gorka is a member of the Order of Vitéz (Vitézi Rend), an hereditary order of merit which was founded by Miklós Horthy in 1920.[29][30][31] Although required to list and renounce his membership in the Vitézi Rend, an order prohibited along with other Nazi-linked organizations, on his N-400 Application for Naturalization in 2012 when he sought U.S. citizenship, Gorka appeared on FOX News on Inauguration evening dressed in the uniform and wearing the badge, tunic, and ring of the Vitezi Rend.[32][33]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Gorka
What editors and writers seem to be detecting in their presentation of Sebastian Gorka is a latent fascism that would appear to mirror Moscow's character. As much surfaced with Trump's choice of Paul Manafort, consultant to Ukrain's corrupt and piratical Viktor Yanukovych (among other of the world's dismally kleptocratic personalities) as a campaign manager. By now, the White House should be figuring out that it needs to change public perception of its own authoritarian bents or continue eroding the confidence of the electorate, and that across Party lines.
Founded by Sebastian and Katherine Cornell Gorka: Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Security
Harris, Ben. "Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka Calls Criticism of Holocaust Statement 'Asinine'." Forward, February 7, 2017.
Clifton does not bother to report why the order was awarded then, or even why the "Hungarian diaspora" existed in the first place; he shows no interest in the order as an anti-communist symbol, merely noting that the Soviets banned it.
And of course Clifton offers no evidence — none at all — that Gorka, or his antecedents, had any kind of empathy for the Nazi regime or its views.
Clifton could have consulted Gorka's book, Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War, to know more about his background. His father grew up during the Nazi siege of Budapest and later joined the anti-communist resistance. He was betrayed by Kim Philby, a British double agent for the Soviet Union, arrested and tortured.
Pollak, Joel B. "Fake News: Media Smear Sebastian Gorka as Nazi Sympathizer." Breitbart, February 14, 2017.
Gorka says journalists have deliberately misrepresented Trump's intentions, and that on occasion it provides comic relief at the White House.
"I come in every day and with my colleagues we have a good old laugh because we open the newspapers, the ones that are supposed to be the leading authorities in America, and they write about issues where we were in the room the day before, and their reportage has absolutely no resemblance to what is actually happening inside the White House," he says.
Gorka says the White House is not in disarray and denies its officials are sending mixed signals on policies including Washington's stance on Ukraine and Russia. But contradictions are apparent.
PRI. "Breitbart alumni shape the message at Trump's White House." February 7, 2017.
Posted by Fox Business February 7, 2017.
Generally speaking, "If it bleeds, it leads" has been the working rule in journalism, but if nothing much happens — perhaps as when the FBI publicizes a sting — it may well be met with a shrug.
One may flip the question and leave it rhetorical: what conflicts and acts of terror (on BackChannels, "Allahu Akbar Attacks") have the major media overlooked?
Posted by AfterPod on February 8, 2017.
McKew, Molly. "Putin's Real Long Game: The world order we know is already over, and Russia is moving fast to grab the advantage. Can Trump figure out the new war in time to win it?" Politico, January 1, 2017.
Reaboi, David. "In Hungary, Sebastian Gorka Fought and Tried to Undermine the Anti-Semitism of the Far-Right." PJ Media, February 28, 2017.


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Central Govt. Approves National AYUSH Mission (NAM) to Continue till 2022
Central Govt. approves to continue the National AYUSH Mission (NAM) till 2022, check objectives, implementation of cost effective health care, AYUSH stands for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy, complete details here
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Objectives of National AYUSH Mission
Implementation of National AYUSH Mission (NAM)
Central Government approves to continue the National AYUSH Mission (NAM) till 2022. NAM will continue up-gradation of hospitals, dispensaries, educational institutions, pharmacies, laboratories etc. AYUSH stands for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy. This mission is going to provide cost effective and equitable AYUSH health care throughout the country by improving access to the services. NAM would revitalize and strengthen the AYUSH systems making them as prominent medical streams in addressing the health care of the society.
National Ayush Mission has been started to establish a holistic wellness model based on AYUSH principles and practices and to improve educational institutions capable of imparting quality AYUSH education. NAM would promote the adoption of Quality Control of ASU&H Drugs and making available the sustained supply of AYUSH raw-materials.
Ministry of AYUSH launches NAM in September 2014 to provide cost-effective AYUSH services through trained man-power and better availability of medicines. Moreover, this mission also focuses on increasing awareness about the benefits of Yoga and also on the better agricultural practices.
The primary objectives of NAM are as follows:-
National Ayush Mission is launched to provide cost effective AYUSH Services through raising the access to AYUSH hospitals and dipensaries.
NAM also ensure co-location of various AYUSH services at Primary Health Center (PHCs), Community Health Centers (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs).
Moreover, NAM focuses to strengthen educational institutions, pharmacies, drug testing laboratories of AYUSH at the state level.
AYUSH mission provide assistance for cultivation of medicinal plants through Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs).
Accordingly, NAM will also provide support to set up clusters through convergence of cultivation, warehousing, marketing and value addition.
This mission focuses on the availability of sustained supply of AYUSH raw materials. Furthermore, AYUSH mission will promote the adoption of High Quality Standards of AYUSH drugs.
The primary components of NAM Mission are AYUSH Services, Educational Institutions, Medicinal Plants and Quality control of AYU &H drugs.
Central govt. will perform following activities for the successful implementation of components of NAM:-
AYUSH Services:
Co-location of various AYUSH facilities at Primary, Community and District Hospitals.
Subsequently, Central Govt. will upgrade the existing govt. hospitals and Govt. / Panchayat / Govt. aided dispensaries.
Accordingly, NAM will provide 50 beds facilities in AYUSH hospitals and various other Program Management Units.
In addition to this, govt. will ensure sufficient supply of drugs to AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries.
Central govt. will encourage Social Health Programme and other efforts to increase public health outreach.
Educational Institutions:
Central govt. will focus on Infrastructure development of Under-Graduate (UG) and Post-Graduate (PG) institutions.
Moreover, Central govt. will also open new AYUSH educational institutions in those states which does not possess such institutions.
Quality Control of ASU &H drugs:
Under NAM, govt. will provide support to State ASU &H Pharmacies / Cooperatives, PSU's, Drug Testing Laboratories to strengthen the ASU &H Drug Control Framework.
Furthermore, govt. will also provide grant to State Licensing Authority of ASU &H drugs for providing quality control material.
Medicinal Plants:
Formation of Technical Screening Committee (TSC) and selection of agency for its successful implementation.
Subsequently, govt. will also setup Seed / germ plasm center and various nurseries to ensure proper supply of high standard Quality Planting material.
Furthermore, NAM will also provide support for processing of medicinal plant and other post harvest Management activities.
National AYUSH mission (NAM) aims to provide better healthcare services by raising the standards of facilities at hospitals, medicines and trained manpower. Moreover, NAM also focuses on educational institutions, medicinal plants and quality control of drugs.
Candidates can see the details of National AYUSH Mission at the official website of Ministry of Ayush using the link given here https://www.ayush.gov.in/ or https://namayush.gov.in/
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Mirabel Vineyards, which has just released its 2016 Pinot Noir, is transforming from a virtual winery to a land-based winery.
The winery, based on a vineyard in northeast Kelowna, has just received its license. Proprietor Doug Reimer plans a production facility at the property, along with an appointment-only wine shop. Going forward, the wines will be made by David Paterson, the winemaker and general manager at Tantalus Vineyards.
Mirabel, which has also launched its own wine club, produces wines only from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, including a Pinot Noir rosé and, coming next year, a sparkling Pinot Noir.
Mirabel Vineyards is operated by Doug Reimer and his wife, Dawn. The winery came about after the Reimers, members of a leading Canadian trucking family, purchased this Kelowna property in 2005 to build their dream home. The property is on a sun-bathed slope above the Harvest Golf Course and, at the time, was an apple orchard.
They cleared the apple trees to make room for a vineyard, having decided that vines are more attractive that trees. They had consultants analyze the soils and recommend grape varieties.
In 2006, they planted most of it with three clones of Pinot Noir. The final one and a half acres were planted with Chardonnay in the spring of 2018.
For a number of years, the Reimers sold their Pinot Noir grapes primarily to Meyer Family Vineyards and to Foxtrot Vineyards, two of the Okanagan's leading Pinot Noir specialists. It gave the Reimers the opportunity to assess what could be produced from their fruit. The first Pinot Noir from Mirabel was made in 2015 and subsequently was released at $70.
Until now, the Mirabel wines were made for the Reimers at Okanagan Crush Pad winery and by OCP winemaker Matt Dumayne. OCP operates a custom crush and winery incubator business.
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Here are notes on two recent releases.
Mirabel Rosé of Pinot Noir 2017 ($30). This wine is packaged in an unusual but attractive bottle with a glass stopper. The wine begins with a delicate rose petal hue and aromas of strawberry and raspberry. It has surprising weight on the palate, with flavours of strawberry. Fresh acidity gives the wine a clean, refreshing and dry finish. 92.
Mirabel Pinot Noir 2016 ($70 for 450 cases). This elegant and deeply flavoured wine has aromas and flavours of cherry with touches of raspberry, spice and very subtle oak. The freshness of the palate reflects the 2016 vintage, an excellent one for Pinot Noir. The seductive flavours and the silky texture linger and linger. The good acidity gives this wine the ability to cellar well, if you can keep your fingers off it. 96.


I started out 2016 with the intention of writing a monthly post with The Simple Woman's Daybook community. Although I was faithful most of the year, I missed June, July, August ... having spent June getting ready for our upcoming trip to England and Scotland, then spending all of July traveling throughout the beautiful United Kingdom 'breathing English air', and when we arrived home in August that month was spent catching up on unfinished garden and yard projects.
The Woman's Daybook is a simple and pleasant format around which to formulate ideas and thoughts for writing a new post every four weeks or so. By following a list with basically the same prompts each month, it becomes a delightful way to record a few snippets of daily life, thus creating something like a long newsy letter for my beautiful readers and a diary of sorts for myself.
I know I lament too much at how quickly time flies, but it really is hard to come to terms with the fact that here we are hurtling through the last month of the year as if someone is about to guzzle the last of the eggnog. But since it's here--and yes I love December--it means this is my last Daybook post for the year. That sounds kind of sad, doesn't it?
Then I'm reminded a brand new year is about to unfold, and as this Daybook format fits my writing style and voice ... and since I've received such lovely feedback from so many of you telling me these posts connect with you, I'm delighted to carry on in 2017. Why change something that works for me ... and apparently ... for you too.
So, here it is, dear friends, this year's last shining star: the December edition of The Simple Woman's Daybook.
Outside my window... For the last few days it's been charmingly crisp and c-o-l-d. No more dreaming for a white Christmas -- we have it in full orchestra. People were caught scrambling for their heavy parkas and gloves the other day, and with the temperatures now groveling well below zero, let's just say we won't imagine Spring any time soon.
Depending on the time of day I looked out yesterday, the sky was pale as rice paper in the morning, and just before the sun dipped below the horizon shortly after four o'clock in the afternoon, the light like soft creamy butter, was maybe the colour of lemon snickerdoodles.
This morning as I finish up this post, the sun came out in full force. The snow glistens on roof tops. Skies are clear in a frosty shade of blue, and chickadees whistle in the backyard.
I am thinking... there is something a little festive about standing in a line up at the post office this time of year. I've been four times already in the last couple of weeks -- once for stocking up on seasonal postage stamps and thrice for sending off small parcels or slightly stuffed envelopes.
There are folks like me who arrive with boxes carefully wrapped and fastened securely with tape; others come with ... well, you do wonder if their parcels will indeed arrive at their destination or will their contents spill out somewhere along the way for being so poorly packaged in too thin paper and tape that barely sticks. It makes me want to offer to rewrap the packages for them.
People seem patient as they wait in thick winter coats holding boxes and bundles of envelopes. There's a certain spark in the air. Someone gets into a conversation with the person in front of them, chatting about who they won't be seeing for Christmas this year and hence the gifts in the mail. There's the Grandma and Grandpa standing at the counter with heads together, no doubt deciding which is the most economical way to send off their precious cargo. There are mothers and daughters, sons with dads, not to mention aunties sending off plainly--sometimes gaily--wrapped bundles for loved ones. Sigh ... yes there's something wonderful about this time of year. It makes me hope all those hard working postal workers get their fair share of spiked spiced eggnog and gingerbread cookies when they are finally done their shifts.
I am thankful... for my simple pleasures, that my family and friends are all in reasonable health this year, that Rick and I are well too. And that we don't need a lot to be happy, but I'm grateful for all the many blessings of good food, a place to call home, utilities and furnaces that keep working during this frigid weather, hot cups of tea after being outside. My cup runneth over and I'm sipping from my saucer.
I am wearing... A long-sleeved L.L. Bean black t-shirt, black jeans, slippers. The house feels cool so no sleeveless tops for this girl today.
I am creating... a mess in my study/office. I ran out of bookshelf space and now there's a pile of recently acquired books on the floor waiting for a spot to call home. THEN I saw this photo on Facebook called the Snowman Book Sculpture. Isn't that a fun and creative way to dress up books for the festive season? It looks pretty simple to make, but if you want the instructions, you can click here.
I am going... on a little shopping date with Rick this afternoon. C-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s is in the air! And we're going out for lunch too. Woohoo!
I was wondering... what to make for our dinner tonight. We took out chicken breast earlier, but I see dear hubby has already pulled out a recipe for lemon chicken. Gotta love that man ... and I do ... very much! While he's having a wee nap, I'm going to surprise him and get it started.
I am reminded... that somewhere in my travel souvenirs, I have two Christmas tree ornaments I bought while in Scotland. Of course, they are in tartan ...aren't they sweet? I just love the kitty one. Soon they will be waving from the branches of our Christmas tree; hubby set it up for me and I'll be decorating this weekend.
I am reading... Winter Solstice (for the umpteenth time) by Rosamund Pilcher. It's one of my holiday favourites. It promises cozy reading for these dark and frosty winter evenings.With a satisfying plot and characters that one begins to love like their own kin, the author takes the story threads and weaves them like tweed in a Scottish woolen mill. Thread by thread, chapter by chapter, we meet Elfrieda, Oscar, Lucy, Carrie and Sam. We watch them grapple with their individual disappointments and heartaches. We cheer when hope glimmers and they begin to see that "beyond the pain, life continues to be sweet." When you've finally read the last page, you realize you've been holding your breath just a little and now you can breathe out, because it all turns out just as it should, just in time for Christmas.
Something else on my Christmas reading pile is Christmas at Thrush Green by Miss Read. I know many of you have read her books in this series, but as yet I have not. I am looking forward to delving into the Christmas episode, hoping it won't be too difficult to sidle in the side door and warm up to new-to-me characters in this seasonal tale.
For my quiet reflective time I've been reading a stirring little book by Dietrich Bonhoeffer God is in the Manger, Reflections on Advent and Christmas. He was a German Lutheran pastor in the 1930's, was arrested in 1943 by the Gestapo and imprisoned for being a Nazi dissident. He was executed near the end of the war as the Nazi regime was collapsing. But he left behind many of his inspiring writings, including the short excerpts from his letters and passages from his Christmas sermons. I'm taking comfort and joy that this man could still find the joy of Christmas even while sitting in a prison cell or concentration camp.
I am hoping... to finish writing out my cards and notes this weekend. As much as I love writing out Christmas greetings by hand, I don't do as many snail mail cards as I used to, for I also love sending out those beautifully designed Jacquie Lawson e-cards.
In my garden... The blue jays, magpies, chickadees, downy woodpecker, not to mention the silent tracks of our neighbourhood bunny who must have visited in the night, all add a certain joy to our snow covered yard. The Jays are quite vocal about requesting their fair share of the peanut handout, and will step up to the backdoor and peer in.
Which is why I love this little picture below that my sister painted of one clever fellow.
A favourite quote for today... "When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them." ~ G.K. Chesterton.
One of my favorite things... is singing Christmas carols and songs at this time of year. I'll find myself humming snippets of Deck the Halls, Joy to the World, Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, Jingle Bells ... even that crazy old song 'Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer' if I hear it on the radio.
From Pinterest board room... We might not have new Downton Abbey episodes to watch this year, but the lovely tree is up at Highclere Castle. Is that not a fine specimen of a Christmas tree, all bedecked and ready for this holiday season?
Rick and I visited Highclere Castle this past summer; what a wonderful day we spent touring the house and gardens. We stood in that very room, looking around with mouths agape. It all felt so familiar -- I remember walking very slowly down that grand staircase, imagining Lady Edith standing there in her beautiful wedding gown on her true wedding day. I couldn't take photos inside the house, but how could one forget those beautiful settings after all the episodes we've watched.
I don't think I'm ready for the complete series just yet, maybe after Christmas; but I might need to watch that sublime Christmas episode where Matthew proposes in the snow and Mary finally says yes.
Aside ... Highclere Castle is hosting a Sing for Peace fundraiser on Dec 11th. After looking at the list of lovely hymns and songs being sung that day, I do wish I could pop over and join them there.
Post Script... If you missed my previous posts in The Simple Woman's Daybook series and want to check them out, you will find the set here.
filled with glimpses of heaven in unexpected places.
Brenda, your lovely blog is a blessing to me. I love this Simple Woman's Daybook format of writing...and you do it beautifully. And oh...how I would love to visit Highclere Castle! What an experience. Upon seeing this gorgeous tree in this gorgeous room, I'm afraid I am missing Downton all the more! :( Enjoy your weekend, Brenda!
Lovely thoughts, as always. You are a gifted writer, my friend.
Yes, dear Brenda, you are perfectly suited for this style of writing. I so enjoyed it.
What a delightful post, Brenda.
Another month with a charming visit with you, Brenda. Just lovely. Wouldn't it be delightful to sit in that room at Highclere and have Carson bring in the tea tray while we chat and sip? And do plenty of ogling the surroundings!
I'm writing this on the ferry, heading over on a very monochromatic morning - thousands of shades of grey in every direction - for a Christmas celebration with my parents and siblings.
Enjoy your weekend and the crisp cold!
I love your daybook. The idea for the festive books is really cute. I tend to put mostly green and red books on my shelves during December. I have quite a collection of "Twas the NIght Before Christmas" as well. I think I have over a dozen different editions now. Some from when I was a girl.
Brenda, reading your daybook is a treat! You have a loving Mama's heart in wanting to help others wrap their postal packages. It's that love and care, springing from our Saviour's love, that makes Christmas special. *Thank You* for sharing! And, you are in for a treat when you read Christmas at Thrush Green. Her characters come alive in no time and she draws you into the story beautifully. Enjoy!
What a lovely, lovely post... I giggled more than once (mostly thinking of the people at the Post Office with packages that might not pass muster and the Postal workers needing spiked eggnog!) I, too, love Winter Solstice, and it's been too long since I have read it. Thanks for refreshing my memory of the characters. Love those plaid ornaments from Scotland, too. Bonhoeffer is one of my most admired writers. I am trying to make my way through Eric Metaxes' book about him. It is a good read but a large one. Merriest week before Christmas!
FINALLY, I'm all caught up on your blog. Yay! As a former stamp collector, I always enjoy seeing the holiday postage stamps. The snowman and reindeer made out books is a cute idea. I'm also loving your charming Scottish ornaments. Have a good weekend, Brenda!
What a LOVELY post! I especially love the paragraph about the post office. I was thinking the same thing the other day! I think part of it, for me, is just that sending or receiving anything in the mail is always a treat because mostly all that's ever in there these days are flyers and bills! Post office packages are almost a romantic throw-back to a different time already.
Nice to meet a fellow western-Canadian!!
Beautiful blog. Love the artwork!


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Das Denkmal für Wiktor Zoi ist eine von Alexej Blagowestnow geschaffene Skulptur des sowjetischen Rockmusikers, Poeten und Schauspielers Wiktor Robertowitsch Zoi. Im Juli 2009 wurde sie in Sankt Petersburg am Newski-Prospekt neben dem Filmtheater Aurora aufgestellt. Im Oktober 2015 wurde sie in die Stadt Okulowka, Oblast Nowgorod, versetzt.

Bau
Alexej Blagowestnow schuf das Denkmal im Jahr 2002 als Diplomarbeit an der Moskauer Hochschule für Malerei, Bildhauerei und Architektur. Dem Künstler diente eine Szene aus dem Film "Nadel" als Vorlage, wo Zoi mit hochgekrempelten Ärmeln und eine Brille tragend in einer Bar sitzt. Die Arbeit an der Skulptur dauerte ein halbes Jahr.

Beschreibung
Die Skulptur stellt den barfüßigen Wiktor Robertowitsch Zoi mit hochgekrempelten Ärmeln und Sonnenbrille dar. Er sitzt auf einem Motorrad des Tys Jawa mit gebrochenem Scheinwerfer. Die Höhe des Denkmals beträgt 1,89 m, die Länge 2,74 m und die Breite 1,40 m. Das Gewicht beträgt etwa eine halbe Tonne.

Zoi wurde vom Künstler mit einem Motorrad dargestellt, obwohl er lieber mit dem Auto fuhr. Als Grund führte der Bildhauer an, dass das Motorrad "eine mächtige Kraft" sei, die den Fahrer symbolisch aus der Menge heraushebe. Ohne Motorrad wäre seine Gestalt zu groß und würde so den Betrachter dominieren. Die Barfüßigkeit Zois sei gemäß Blagowestnow darauf zurückzuführen, dass nackte Füße als Ausdruck einer multiplen Verletzlichkeit des Künstlers zu sehen seien. Man könne ihm auf den Fuß treten, so dass es ihm nicht nur physisch  weh tue, sondern im übertragenen Sinn auch geistig.

Geschichte
Am 21. Juli 2009 wurde das Denkmal in Sankt Petersburg am Newski-Prospekt neben dem Filmtheater Aurora enthüllt und  anschließend ins Gebäude des Filmtheaters gebracht, wo es nur am 15. August zur Präsentation des Films Der letzte Held von Alexej Utschitel aufgestellt war. In Moskau fand sich im Anschluss kein Platz für das Monument. Zunächst war geplant, es am Alten Arbat neben der Wiktor Zoi-Mauer aufzustellen. Da die Anwohner aber eine große Menschenmenge vor dem Haus nicht dulden wollten, entschloss sich die Kommission für monumentale Kunst gegen diesen Standort.

In Sankt Petersburg war die Aufstellung des Monuments mit der Stadtregierung nicht abgestimmt, deshalb baten die Mitarbeiter des Filmtheaters am 22. Juli den Bildhauer Alexej Blagowestnow, es zu entfernen.

Das Denkmal soll vorläufig in anderen Städten Russlands aufgestellt werden und letztendlich einen Platz in der US-amerikanischen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame erhalten. Am 17. Oktober 2015 wurde die Skulptur auf einem Platz neben dem Bahnhof der Stadt Okulowka, Oblast Nowgorod, aufgestellt. Hier soll Wiktor Zoi durchgefahren sein und im städtischen Wohnheim übernachtet haben.

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Personendenkmal (Künstler)
Denkmal in Sankt Petersburg
Oblast Nowgorod
Versetztes Bauwerk in Russland

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Best Online Master's Degrees in: Mechanical Engineering
Editor's Picks: Online Schools for Mechanical Engineering
Stanford University is the winner of the best online master's degree in mechanical engineering for value. Students who graduated from this renowned private university had a 10.4% annual return on investment (ROI) without financial aid, and a 14% ROI with financial aid, according to PayScale.com. Even though attending Stanford has heavy up-front costs, the 30-year net ROI for students was $1,194,000, and for students who received aid, the figure was $1,322,000. In addition, Stanford is ranked fourth in the nation for best value schools on the national level, taking into account a school's academic quality and net cost of attendance, according to U.S. News & World Report.
North Carolina State University wins the award for best online master's degree in mechanical engineering for flexibility. Not only can students log in to their courses at any time of day from any location, but students do not have any GRE, thesis, on-campus residency, or final oral exam requirements, according to the program description. Students have six years to complete the program, and added flexibility comes from the student's ability to customize their degree plan to better fit their career aspirations. NCSU offers a wider variety of distance education courses than many other online mechanical engineering programs, and even allows students to attend a limited number of courses on campus if they want, according to the university website.
Iowa State University recognizes the importance of helping students transition from graduate study to a career, and features an Engineering Career Services office that provides help with resume and cover letter writing, job interviews, lining up internships, and access to career fairs. ISU's Engineer Career Services office focuses its energies entirely on engineering students. Not only are Iowa State engineering career fairs one of the top five largest in the nation, but approximately 1,000 employers use ISU's online recruiting system each week, according to the university's website. In addition, the ISU facilitates nearly 5,000 full-time and internship employment interviews each year. Because of its superior career support services to engineering students, Iowa State University is wins the award for best online master's degree in mechanical engineering for career support.
Iowa State University, nonresident students who only enroll in distance education courses pay the same tuition rate as resident students, according to the university's website, which can yield big savings for out-of-state students. The university has a reputation for providing generous financial aid; according to College Navigator, 87% of full-time beginning undergraduate students at ISU received some sort of financial aid, and 72% received institutional grants or scholarships. In addition, ISU lists more than 100 scholarships for which engineering students are eligible. For these reasons, Iowa State University wins the award for best online master's degree in mechanical engineering for financial support.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison wins the award for best online master's degree in mechanical engineering for technology support. The university is ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report in the publication's list of top online graduate engineering programs in the category of student services and technology. The university's online engineering master's programs feature 24/7 live tech support, live tutoring, a smartphone app, and live streaming video.
The best online master's degree in mechanical engineering for student engagement is the The University of Wisconsin-Madison, which topped U.S. News & World Report's list of top online graduate engineering programs in the category of student engagement and accreditation. Factors considered for the U.S. News ranking were instructor response times to student queries, frequency of instructor office hours, and faculty's ability to track students as they log into their online courses. Other positive factors for this top ranking were the high levels of student collaboration and participation, small class sizes, and the inclusion of an instructional designer dedicated to developing courses to meet online learner needs
The award for best online master's degree in mechanical engineering for disability support goes to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for its Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) that is committed to providing assistive technology, career transition support, and accommodations for disabled students. The university has a long history of working with disabled students, and boasts being the first post-secondary institution to offer a support service program for disabled students, according to the DRES website. DRES worked with more than 1,200 students with disabilities, and registered DRES students had a 91% graduation rate, which is higher than the campus average, the website noted.
Georgia Institute of Technology wins the award for best online master's degree in mechanical engineering for library and research support because of its commitment to providing distance learners with the same library resources provided to on-campus learners. Distance learners have access to thousands of e-journals, hundreds of databases, the universal catalog of the millions of books owned by the University System of Georgia, and inter-library loan access, according to the university website. Librarians are accessible by phone, email, and live chat. To top it all off, distance learners have access to subject specialist librarians, including a librarian who specializes in mechanical engineering who can provide more specialized research assistance.
For an online graduate students to succeed, they must receive the same level of academic support they would otherwise receive on a campus. The University of Wisconsin-Madison was ranked first in the category of student services and technology by U.S. News & World Report in the publication's list of top online graduate engineering programs. Aside from having access to tech support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, students can also take advantage of live tutoring, among other valuable services.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is ranked fifth in the nation for faculty credentials and training on U.S. News and World Report's list of top online graduate engineering programs. The university received this recognition because 89% of its faculty have at least two years of online teaching experience, online instruction training is required to teach online courses, and because the university provides financing for online instructor training, according to data reported to U.S. News. The university reported 26 full-time faculty that teach online-accessible courses, and 11 part-time faculty that fill this role as well, U.S. News noted. For these reasons, the University of Wisconsin-Madison receives the award for best online master's degree in mechanical engineering for faculty credentials.
Boston University wins the award for best online master's degree in mechanical engineering in faculty accessibility because BU's program allows students to watch their mechanical engineering lectures synchronously, or in real-time, through videoconferencing technology, according to the university website. Distance education students can communicate with their professors during the lecture through chat functions, and students whose schedules permit can even attend class on campus from time to time and talk to their professor in person when need be. Overall, Boston University has a student-to-faculty ratio of 13 to 1, according to College Navigator, allowing for more individualized attention.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign lays claim to being the world's largest alumni community, according to the school's website. Programs include Illini Comeback, in which distinguished alumni return to their alma mater to share advice with current students and participate in traditions like the Homecoming Parade and Pep Rally. There's also the Explorer's Travel Program, where alumni association members get together to travel together to tour exotic locales like the French Alps and the British Isles. These and other excellent alumni-focused programs, along with an Alumni Career Center that has been active since 1987, are the reason the University of Illinois is the recipient of the best online master's degree in mechanical engineering for alumni engagement.
Georgia Institute of Technology understands the importance of preparing students for the online learning environment and offers a new student orientation for distance learners to provide helpful advice on how to navigate the school's online course management system. Georgia Tech makes this orientation mandatory so that students have all the information they need about system requirements, registering for online classes, getting tech support and other help, and avoiding common problems. At the end of the orientation, students take a quiz over what they learned. Because of this thorough approach to preparing students for online learning, Georgia Tech wins the award for best online master's degree in mechanical engineering for new online student orientation.
Explore a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
An online master's degree program in mechanical engineering provides professional engineers with the opportunity to enhance their skills and advance their careers. These programs are designed to give students the knowledge to develop innovative products, solutions, and systems that are needed in many industries today. A master's degree program may require the successful completion of at least 45 credit hours of academic course work, although the length of time needed to complete the degree may change, depending on the college or university.
An online mechanical engineering master's degree program offers students further instruction in their craft, while allowing them to complete their course work on their own time. Depending on the institution, students enroll in computational engineering, bioengineering, combustion, design, heat transfer, nanotechnology, and more. For a closer look at three mechanical engineering courses, read on:
Heat Transfer. A heat transfer course examines heat and mass transfer in one and two-dimensional, transient, and phase change systems. Topics covered in this course include conduction heat transfer, thermal systems analysis, and radiation heat transfer.
Gas Dynamics. A gas dynamics course introduces the basic concepts of compressible fluid flow, including one-dimensional flow problems and isentropic flow. The course also examines normal and oblique shock waves, isentropic flow, and method of characteristics for non-linear flows.
Product and Process Design. This course teaches students how to recognize the important elements of product development strategy, conceptual design, and the development of a business plan and a prototype. The class may cover technology and integration, design innovation, marketing, change and risk, and more.
Mechanical engineering students are typically assessed by their performance on research projects, homework assignments, and exams. Class notes and handouts are provided through the school's e-campus system, such as Blackboard, where students can also collaborate on class projects. For example, students may work together to develop a prototype plan or they may work alone to write and execute computer programs.
Graduates of a mechanical engineering master's degree program may be qualified to find employment as a mechanical engineer. Mechanical engineering is one of the broadest disciplines within engineering, as they may work in a wide range of industries, including architecture, navigation, and aerospace. Generally speaking, mechanical engineers analyze problems to see how a mechanical device could help solve it, design or redesign devices, develop prototypes, and oversee the manufacture of a device. Although a bachelor's degree is needed to get an entry-level engineering job, a master's degree is typically needed for promotion, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The BLS states the median annual wage of mechanical engineers is $78,160. Employment within the industry is expected to grow 9%, which is slower than average for all occupations, between 2010 and 2020. Companies are increasingly outsourcing engineering services to outside firms instead of keeping engineers on staff, which will limit employment opportunities. However, mechanical engineers will still be needed in the transportation, manufacturing, and alternative energy industries, according to the BLS. But remember that the BLS' statistics are no guarantee of salary or employment opportunity, which is determined by the employer, location, and condition of the economy.


She stopped those rumours quickly.
Demi Lovato was just sent to the hospital after a reported heroin overdose and fans of the singer are deeply concerned.
In the past, Demi Lovato has always been very candid about her struggles with drug and alcohol abuse. Lovato would always talk about how she's been sober for six years and how she has overcome her addiction.
So naturally, fans were completely shocked when she recently revealed that she broke her sobriety. She alluded to relapsing in the lyrics of her new song "Sober". It didn't take long for fans to start questioning her current sobriety.
A few months ago, before she released "Sober", Demi was called out on Instagram for supposedly "drinking". During this time, Demi was still stating that she was sober, so fans were worried that stunned when they heard she may have relapsed.
It all started last week when a bunch of Disney Channel stars reunited at Hayley Kiyoko's album release party. At the party, Demi was seen with her longtime friend, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Cole Sprouse, Alyson Stoner and more.
A photo of the Disney stars was circulating on Instagram and one "fan" called out Demi for having a suspicious drink in her hand. The premise of her comment stated that Hayley Kiyoko posted a photo of the group and it's clear that Demi is holding a drink in her hand.
Demi's close friend, Matthew Scott Montgomery also posted the same pic but the cup seems to have "disappeared".
Here's the epic exchange between the so-called "fan" calling Demi out on her shady drink situation, and Demi's shocking response.
To which Demi responded, "I don't have to defend anything but it was red bull."
We're now wondering if Demi broke her sobriety within the past few months or if she was drinking back then too.


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Nearly 400 people hurt in 'hit and run' collisions in Camden, Haringey and Barnet
Published: 5:00 PM April 2, 2014 Updated: 6:43 PM December 7, 2020
Nearly 400 people were injured by "hit and run" drivers across Camden, Haringey and Barnet in a year, new figures reveal.
The latest statistics, for 2012, show there were more than 100 incidents in each borough, with 399 in total.
Camden had the highest number in 2012, with 149 motorists failing to stop after accidents. Twelve of the incidents were classed as "serious".
In Haringey, there were 120 incidents, with 13 of those serious, while Barnet saw 130 hit and runs, 12 classed as serious.
Across London some 3,879 people were injured in hit and runs.
The numbers have risen in all three boroughs compared with 2011, when there were 346 incidents in total.
Camden saw the largest increase of 25 per cent.
London Assembly member Jenny Jones (Green Party) said uninsured and unlicensed drivers are often to blame in hit and run collisions.
"We need the police to crack down on these illegal drivers urgently by redoubling their efforts and taking 100,000 uninsured drivers off our roads every year," she said.
"We urgently need to make our streets safer and to send a clear message that illegal drivers will not be tolerated."


Americans were reminded this week that asbestos is still legal in the U.S. The Environmental Protection Agency's public comment period for its proposed Significant New Use Rule for asbestos closed today. The new rule would require manufacturers to get the agency's sign-off to use asbestos.
In other big EPA news, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the agency's controversial 2017 decision to roll back a scheduled ban of chlorpyrifos, the harmful pesticide linked to brain damage in children.
EWG also touted a recent study by the Environmental Defense Fund that highlights child care centers that may expose young children to lead in drinking water. To date, only seven states require lead testing for these facilities. Right now there's an EWG-supported bill going through the California state legislature that would make it the eighth.
Finally, over on our children's health site, we took a look at the slime-making craze and raised some health flags that parents should be aware of if their children ask to make this concoction.
A campaign by the Environmental Working Group says that between 12,000 and 15,000 Americans die from asbestos-related illnesses every year. Melanie Benesh, legislative attorney for the Environmental Working Group, said the EPA is not considering the impact of exposure to asbestos from old buildings or health effects other than cancer in its analysis under the toxic chemicals law passed in 2016.
Now the substance is one of 10 being reviewed by the EPA that could allowed in more products. Groups such as the Environmental Working Group (EWG) are concerned that the EPA is actually moving to weaken protections and possibly make consumers less safe. "It's really cooking the books on the level of risk that EPA is able to identify," said EWG attorney Melanie Benesh. She says the EPA won't be taking a comprehensive review and evaluating the risks of asbestos in some places like home, work and school environments. CBS Evening News Video.
According to the nonprofit Environmental Working Group, the EPA also announced it will not review exposures from abandoned uses of asbestos. Documents the EPA released in June indicate that the agency will "dramatically scale back its safety evaluations for 10 chemicals under the revamped Toxic Substances Control Act," says the Environmental Working Group.
The Environmental Working Group, which supports a full ban on asbestos, said the agency is not performing a strong enough assessment of the chemical's hazards. "We're very concerned that EPA is taking a lot of shortcuts in that risk evaluation," said Melanie Benesh, a legislative attorney who works on toxic chemical issues at EWG.
"The EPA has received criticism, including from us, with regards to the way it is proposing to conduct this risk assessment of asbestos," said Melanie Benesh, a legislative attorney for the Environmental Working Group.
Congress enacted the Toxic Substances Control Act in 1976 to "comprehensively regulate chemicals and toxic substances that we come into contact with in the everyday," starting with asbestos, says Melanie Benesh, a legislative attorney at the Environmental Working Group. "Because it's one of the toxic substances that everyone has heard of and knows is bad, it's become a poster child for this law and why it is broken."
The exact death toll from asbestos remains unknown, but Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit that advocates on environmental health issues, estimates that between 12,000 and 15,000 people in the US die each year from exposure. A recent study looking at global impact estimates that 255,000 people die each year from asbestos exposure around the world, of which 90% are workers.
Environmental Working Group surfaced the post and provided a translation from the Russian.
In 2015, four unidentified brands of crayons were found to contain asbestos in tests by the Environmental Working Group. Other children's products have recently been found to include asbestos, including makeup kits.
This sort of testing and detection of toxic chemicals is nothing new. Last year, the U.S. PIRG found lead in fidget spinners, and in 2015, the Environmental Working Group found trace amounts of asbestos in crayons.
The findings come three years after a report from the Environmental Working Group Action Fund found that four brands of crayons manufactured in China contained toxic asbestos fibers. Amazon, Toys R Us, Party City and Dollar Tree stopped selling the crayons as a result. (The affected brands were Saban's Power Rangers Super Megaforce Crayons; Disney Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Crayons; Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Crayons; and Amscan Crayons.) Reprinted by 80 media outlets.
In a joint letter to Pruitt in June, the American Academy of Pediatrics and Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit advocacy group, said they were "deeply alarmed" by his decision. "EPA has no basis to allow continued use of chlorpyrifos, and its insistence in doing so puts all children at risk," they wrote. Reprinted by AOL and Yahoo! News.
Melanie Benesh of the Environmental Working Group tells Inside EPA that the agency's description of reasonably foreseen conditions of use in the new approval document is consistent with the Trump administration's past statements. But she agreed with Denison that EPA appears to be narrowly focusing on uses described in a manufacturers' PMN.
Environmental Working Group identifies DEET (in concentrations less than 30 percent) as one of its top picks to reduce the risk of life-altering disease from tick and mosquito bites with low toxicity concerns. But the organization stresses that precaution and proper application is essential. It also IDs science-backed DEET-free options.
As for why SLS causes canker sores, researchers believe that it irritates the soft and sensitive tissue inside your mouth and gums, removing protectant layers and making them more susceptible to canker sores. And SLS is also considered to be a "moderate hazard" according to Environmental Working Group's Cosmetics Database, which provides consumers with information about the ingredients and any possible risks for personal care products.
The founders of Planted In Beauty have diverted their journey toward wellness. Lynne Florio and Renee Tavoularis launched a skincare line that comes from the best of nature, but you should know that they care about more than your skin. I find the Cleansing Emulsion to be one of the gentlest cleansers I have ever used. The brand is vegan, up to Ecocert standards, and EWG Verified.
What does the future look like for farmers dealing with the fallout of the tariffs? "Honestly, you're asking me a question I know almost nothing about, in terms of trade and what President Trump is trying to accomplish," says Craig Cox with Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization based in D.C. that tracks farmer payments. Cox is senior VP for agriculture and natural resources.
Environmental Working Group president, Ken Cook, said the industry giant's move is "raising the bar for other companies to disclose chemical ingredients on labels and online, especially for products marketed for babies and children."
It's such a noteworthy and industry-leading pledge that the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has taken note: "We applaud Johnson & Johnson's move to greater transparency in the personal care product market," said EWG President Ken Cook.
Whether used as a garnish for your Bloody Mary or unwillingly included in salads, this is one leafy green you have permission to cut out. Not only is it comparatively lacking in vitamins, but the Environmental Working Group rated it higher than almost all other veg for pesticide residue. Unless you like the taste – and who does? – stick it in the bin.
Allure: Why the Hell Don't the Love Island Contestants Ever Wear Sunscreen?
If you want to couple up with some of the best sunscreens of 2018 on your own private Love Island, check out the Environmental Working Group's most recent list of best sunscreens. In case you're wondering if you should go for a higher SPF, here are the reasons you definitely should, and this is how to treat a sunburn if you forget to put it on. Reprinted by Daily Magazine and Yahoo! News.
The nonprofit Environmental Working Group, which releases a yearly review of hundreds of sunscreens, has seen a rise in the availability of mineral sunscreens that don't contain oxybenzone or octinoxate, or any chemical sunscreen ingredient at all. They rely instead on the FDA-approved ingredients zinc oxide or titanium oxide. In 2007, only 17 percent of the products the EWG reviewed were mineral based; this year, it's up to 41 percent.
If knowing that US supermarket chicken quite often carries salmonella isn't chilling enough, consider this: In a recent analysis of Food and Drug Administration data, the Environmental Working Group found that "over the last five years of available data, on average, 1 in 5 strains of salmonella found on grocery store chicken were resistant to amoxicillin, a type of penicillin." In short, it's getting harder for doctors to treat infections from this common pathogen. Reprinted by Before It's News.
When Dr. Olga Naidenko — a water expert for the nonprofit Environmental Working Group — first saw Beaver Falls' 2013 and 2014 test results, she was concerned. "Beaver Falls has a harmful dioxane problem," she said.
This was rejected by NGO the Environmental Working Group (EWG) in the public consultation on the scope. "Evaluating 1,4-dioxane formation as part of the risk evaluation for each ethoxylated chemical separately — each of which could be years or decades apart — would give EPA a disjointed and incomplete picture of the real problem," it said. Its inclusion is needed to properly account for aggregate exposures in individuals exposed to multiple sources of the substance, the EWG said.
PFAS contamination is a growing concern among public health and water management professionals nationwide, with at least 40 states experiencing some form of contamination, according. The EPA says it has identified the issue as a high priority, and is in the process of developing new rules to regulate contamination levels in drinking water.
According to the nonprofit Environmental Working Group, more than 170 million Americans are exposed to radium in their tap water—22 million of them in Texas alone. In Brady, radium levels in the tap water are nine times higher than the legal limit.


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Q: Preenchendo tabela Tenho uma função, porém não sei como fazer com que ela reconheça dados com mais de um registro vinculado a um código, por exemplo tenho esse código de produto ABITAe ele tem 5 tipos e descrições vinculados a ele.

Porém na minha function só consigo buscar o primeiro ou o último registro, que seria o ID 516 ou ID 520. Existe a possibilidade de eu preencher esta tabela abaixo com dados corretos vindos do banco de dados de uma forma que cada linha receba um registro ?

index.php
<form action='salvar.php' method='POST'>

          Descrição:
        <input type="text" maxlength="20"  name="descri">

          Código do Produto:
        <input type="text" maxlength="15"  name="codigo_produto">

                Tipo
                Descrição

        <?php for($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++){ //coloquei este valor para testar ?>

                    <?php
                        $sql_tipo = "SELECT * FROM tipoprod ";
                        $resulta = $conn->query($sql_tipo);
                        $row = $resulta->fetch_assoc();
                            echo '<input type="hidden" name="id" value="'.$row['id'].'">	';
                    ?>
                    <input type="text" name="codigo_tipo[]"
                    <input type="text" name="descricao[]"

           <?php } ?>

        <input type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-lg btn-block" name="enviar_tipo" value="Salvar Informações">

</form>

functionx.php
<?php
include_once("conn.php");

function retorna($descricao, $conn){
    // Utilizando JOIN para trazer dados de mais de uma tabela
    $result = "SELECT A.descricao, B.id, B.codigo_produto, B.codigo_tipo, B.descricao FROM CADPRO A"
            . " LEFT OUTER JOIN TIPOPROD B ON (A.CODIGO_PRODUTO = B.CODIGO_PRODUTO) WHERE A.descricao = '$descricao' ";

    $resultado = mysqli_query($conn, $result);

    // DECLARA A VARIAVEL
    $valores = array();

    // Realiza o preenchimento dos campos a partir da descricao do produto informado
    if($resultado){
        $row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($resultado);
        $valores['codigo_produto'] = $row['codigo_produto'];
        $valores['id'] = $row['id'];
        $valores['codigo_tipo'] = $row['codigo_tipo'];
        $valores['descricao'] = $row['descricao'];

    } else {
        return json_encode(array( 'error' => mysqli_error($conn) ));
    }

    return json_encode($valores);
}

if(isset($_GET['descricao'])){
    echo retorna($_GET['descricao'], $conn);
}
?>

tabela infoprod

A: Bom...
Na realidade estava meio equivocado com o erro nos comentários acima, vamos aos códigos, rs.

    <?php for($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++){ //coloquei este valor para testar ?>

            <?php
                $sql_tipo = "SELECT * FROM tipoprod ";
                $resulta = $conn->query($sql_tipo);
                $row = $resulta->fetch_assoc();
                    echo '<input type="hidden" name="id" value="'.$row['id'].'">	';
            ?>
            <input type="text" name="codigo_tipo[]"
            <input type="text" name="descricao[]"

   <?php } ?>

Neste trecho que você enviou, observe que você está sempre pegando somente o primeiro resultado.
O correto seria você criar um laço para percorrer cada um dos resultados, ficaria mais ou menos assim:
<?php
$sql_tipo = "SELECT * FROM tipoprod ";
$resulta = $conn->query($sql_tipo);
?>

    <?php while($row = $resulta->fetch_assoc()) : // Enquanto houver registro ele roda o while ?>

            <input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?=$row['id'];?>">	';
            <input type="text" name="codigo_tipo[]" value="<?=$row['codigo_tipo'];?>">
            <input type="text" name="descricao[]" value="<?=$row['descricao'];?>">

   <?php endwhile ?>

Tente verificar essas alterações se funcionam para você.

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Music and Recording Features
Steve Albini: Serve The Servants
Robert Baird | May 29, 2018
Notoriously opinionated and obstinate Steve Albini, a guy ever vigilant and vocal about the wicked ways of the music business, showing up in Austin, Texas, at the annual South by Southwest festival? This I had to see. After a near-miss at his Austin hotel, we spoke the next morning on the phone.
"It was unspeakable on all levels, as bad as I imagined, and in some ways worse."
Any notion that he'd somehow softened, somehow accepted the music biz as it—
Wait. What the hell am I thinking?
"Bear in mind that I come from a punk-rock background where capitalism is sort of an awkward associate, and South by Southwest was always about naked exploitation. People who desperately want to make it, and then people who want to sell the fantasy of making it—those are the two classes of people that were there when it was more music centered. Now it's virtual reality, podcasting, interconnectivity, film, comedy, linoleum tile, so there's even less of a reason to tolerate it."
A virtuoso of curmudgeonly invective, the Chicago-based Albini is one of the leading audio engineers of his generation to support capturing natural sound, no matter how dense or delicate the music he's recording. He's also a resolute fan of analog recording and playback.
Once the proverbial guy in the band who "could explain to the sound man how loud we want the bass drum," Albini is a punk-rock guitarist who's plied his craft with Big Black, Rapeman, and Shellac. After graduating high school in Missoula, Montana, Albini moved to Chicago to attend Northwestern University, and became the engineer of choice for the crop of noise-rock bands (such as Big Black) and alt-rock acts (Veruca Salt, Urge Overkill) that sprang from the Chicago scene in the 1990s.
Albini began acquiring gear and learning sound engineering in the mid-1980s, gaining his first widespread notoriety when he recorded the Pixies' Surfer Rosa (1988). Another early highlight was The Wedding Present's Seamonsters (1991). In 1993, he engineered Rid of Me for PJ Harvey and In Utero for Nirvana. He opened his Chicago recording-studio complex, Electrical Audio, in 1997. Since the late '90s Albini has recorded at a blistering pace.
"I've never stopped to count, but just doing guerilla math: 50 to 100 sessions a year, and one session correlates to one album, and it's been a long time. So yeah, it's gotta be a couple thousand records. I flatter myself that I've done a good job, and that's why I get the repeat business that I do, but I also know that, given the current economy, it helps that I'm a bargain. For the degree of experience that I've got and the sort of curriculum vitae, it's not that expensive to have me work on your records."
Asked about how many albums or singles that he's recorded that have become best-sellers or at least sold respectably, Albini, who I found to be extraordinarily articulate, resorted to that charming and uniquely American habit of reducing everything to a handy baseball metaphor.
"I may not have Barry Bonds's batting average, but I have a chance of having the most at-bats. I feel like I'm probably one of the more durable lineup spots. I don't hit a lot of home runs, and my batting average may not be above par, but just the fact that I've done it so many fucking times, I've probably solved all of the problems someone can have in a studio, and I probably know how to solve the problem you're having right now."
Widely renowned as an apostle of analog recording, Albini refuses to record digitally under any circumstances. "Every record I've ever made, 30-plus years, has been recorded on multi-track tape and mixed to stereo master tapes. There have been a few hybrid sessions where I've done the analog portion of the sessions, and then someone else has taken over and done the digital portion of the record."
What does he say to young musicians who want the Albini imprimatur on their records yet want to record in the digital domain?
"No one would ask me to do that. That's like going to a baker and saying, 'I want you to barbecue me a steak.' It's a different discipline. Electrical Audio is a full-function studio. We have two studios here and a half-dozen house engineers, and we also host freelance engineers on a regular basis. So there are digital sessions done here constantly, continuously. They're just not my sessions."
Largely a spectator to the genuinely disturbing but ubiquitous trend toward squashing the dynamics out of recordings in the service of almighty loudness—in a word, compression—Albini casually dismissed a question about pumping up the volume.
"I have friends who run mastering studios, and they say a lot of the loudness business has subsided. The main concern now is compatibility with all the different formats. There are many flavors of downloads, streaming, and file-delivery formats, so from a digital standpoint, people are much more concerned about sound quality across all of those different formats than they are about loudness.
"Audiophiles—and when I say audiophiles, I mean people who listen to music as sort of a recreation rather than as background, people who are active listeners of music—most of them want to build a collection of music, and most of them will have vinyl as a primary medium. For convenience listeners, people who just want to pop some music on the phone while they're doing yard work or whatever, the access to the music is the most important thing.
"I think both ends of that spectrum—the purely inattentive, casual listeners, and then the purely intentional, active music listener—can be catered to without it being a compromise in the studio. I can make a nice-sounding master, and then that can be cut into nice-sounding vinyl record for the audiophile portion of the market. For the casual listener, it can be dumped into whatever is the listening format of the day.
"If questions arise . . . so nobody is listening to 16-bit audio anymore, everybody wants 24-bit, and so I guess all those masters that you did at 16-bit are useless? With an analog master, it's not useless—you can make a new, higher-resolution master. Or say nobody's using that format anymore, they are using this other format. Well, no big deal. You just play the master through whatever the converter of the day is, and you create the new format for them. Analog masters are exceedingly flexible in that regard. You don't have to do any number crunching. As long as that master tape survives, you can do that many, many times."
As for the impressive résumé he spoke of earlier, I was curious how several of Albini's most famous projects felt to him with the benefit of perspective, starting with Nirvana's In Utero. Like nearly everything else in the Nirvana universe, Albini's work on that album has been parsed, praised, and vilified in the 25 years since its release. Although the Nirvana classics "Breed" and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" appeared on their major-label debut, Nevermind (1991), In Utero was arguably the trio's best album. The saga of its creation, and especially its sound, has filled innumerable web and print pieces, as well as Gillian G. Gaar's In Utero, a volume in Continuum Books' 331/3 series of books about classic rock albums (New York: 2006), and a good chunk of Michael Azerrad's still-definitive history of the band, Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana (New York: Three Rivers Press, 1993).
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Glad to read you again, Robert...
Submitted by rschryer on May 29, 2018 - 4:17pm
...and great article. But WTF is an impressive rÇsumÇ??
Submitted by DougM on May 29, 2018 - 7:03pm
It's obviously a typo and is meant to say resume.
Re: Glad to read you again, Robert...
Submitted by John Atkinson on May 30, 2018 - 4:34am
rschryer wrote:
Coding error on my part, Robert :-(
Editor, Stereophile
Some of my friends in indie
Submitted by dalethorn on May 29, 2018 - 7:08pm
Some of my friends in indie music from the early 90's regard Albini in unkind terms, as a tech whiz, but unpleasant otherwise. I'll hand it to him for working with Polly Jean Harvey, Veruca Salt, and the early Pixies, and staying true to his commitments to good sound.
Never Forget Kim Deal
Submitted by m-sevs on May 29, 2018 - 7:42pm
I'm surprised that his work with The Breeders wasn't mentioned. Title TK isn't just a seminal record, it sounds like rock'n'roll. Plus also, Shellac is, like, the dopest live rock'n'roll show around. And those Lp's sound amazing too.
Kim got a nice boost playing
Kim got a nice boost playing with the Pixies, but there was some friction with Frank Black as far back as Surfer Rosa, so she left and did some things, but worked again with the Pixies. Some of the Breeders tracks I have are demos, but given all the low-res stuff I collected in the 90's, those demos stand up pretty well.
If you've listened to his own music
Submitted by supamark on May 30, 2018 - 10:54pm
like Big Black, Rapeman, etc it's pretty obvious why he likes analog so much more than digital. Just as some people are really into bass and love a rich bottom end in their music, Albini (and a few others I've met) really seem to love a treble heavy mix with a lot going on (like multiple gtrs playing harmonics into distortion pedals - generates a f-ton of treble info).
He started recording in the 80's and CD quality back then just didn't do treble well AT ALL. digital is much better now (both with moving to 24/96+ and with significantly better DACs), but still doesn't do treble the same way analog tape does (and I suspect he's pretty stubborn). Don't think he uses noise reduction (like Dolby SR) either, sure doesn't sound like it.
Why Albini Sticks to Analog
Submitted by AudioMan612 on May 31, 2018 - 2:38am
It is worth noting that Albini has said in other interviews that his reason for sticking to analog recording is not at all about the sound. He has stated that he prefers the workflow and that he feels that it's the best way to archive music, due to digital quality changing over time.
Also, as others have said, his work with The Breeders is fantastic. Also, Dude Incredible is one of my favorite rock albums in recent years.
This was one of my
Submitted by FredisDead on May 31, 2018 - 5:57am
favorite "artist bios" I've ever read in S'Phile and it's been over a thirty year span. What I think is most notable about Steve Albini and only lightly touched upon is that he is famous for saying "yes" to virtually any band that wants his services. To this day, despite his palmares, he works with musicians who are just starting out and are therefor unheard of.
Excellent interview and choice of subject.
Submitted by jporter on May 31, 2018 - 3:05pm
Big Black was one of my favorite groups during my High School years. Steve's music was intense, angry, funny and honest. It was so different from the music that ruled the rock airwaves at the time (i.e., Bon Jovi, Quiet Riot). I'm glad he still is stubbornly authentic. Thanks for featuring him.
your almost ex-wife---me!
Submitted by hilzer on January 9, 2019 - 11:59pm
Love your piece on Linda. I never saw her in Tucson, but was introduced to her by friends in college (in Boston no less). I grew up in Arizona so I was too cool to listen to Cuuuntreee.
Ya feel me?
I've never had the opportunity to tell you, but you and your music made a significant impression on me when we were working at gold ol boy New Times together. Thank [the Lord!] that the music and I stayed together instead of us. Text me back if you want to chat about the old days. Kisses and hugs. Maybe I'll come to NYC and visit you one of these days. LOL
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USPS Warns North Dakota about Mail-in Ballot Delivery Times
North Dakota was one of 46 states warned by the United States Postal Service about their concerns of mail-in voting timeframe. The letter was received on July 31st according to records. It was first reported by KFGO's Paul Jurgens.
The letter sent by the USPS lays out concerns about the turnaround of ballots. "Under our reading of your state's election laws, as in effect on July 27, 2020, certain state-law requirements and deadlines appear incompatible with the Postal Service's delivery standards and the recommended timeframe noted above. As a result, to the extent that the mail is used to transmit ballots to and from voters, there is significant risk that, at least in certain circumstances, ballots may be requested in a matter that is consistent with your election rules and returned promptly, and yet not be returned in time to be counted."
That is a pretty dire concern from the USPS. Rather than doing what they can to alleviate the burden on the Postal Service, North Dakota's Republican delegation supports President Trump's attack on the Postal Service. Last week, Trump admitted he was sabotaging the Postal Service because of vote-by-mail during a public health pandemic. Their blind support is without reason and shameful. It harms their constituents.
READ: USPS Under Attack. Rural Senators Remain Silent
To his credit, North Dakota's Republican Secretary of State Al Jaeger is urging North Dakotans to continue to plan to vote by mail if they wish. Jaeger has been an advocate for voting by mail. According to KFGO News, "Jaeger is urging North Dakotans who plan to vote by mail to send back their filled-out ballots as soon as possible. Jaeger says that while North Dakota does not require ballots to arrive by election day, they must still be postmarked on, or before election day."
The problem would lie with the voters who choose to wait to mailing back their ballot too close to election day. The USPS is warning that it may not meet the timeframe of getting ballots sent in late to get them delivered by the time the state canvassing board meets. That board meets the first Monday following the election to finalize the results.
Here is the bottom line. If you plan to vote by mail, you need to plan ahead. The USPS can safely and securely deliver your ballot. They've proven that for decades. This time, the turnaround will be different. It is different because the President is purposefully sabotaging the entire Postal Service to the cheers of Kelly Armstrong, Kevin Cramer, and John Hoeven.
If you'd like to vote in person for the general election, you'll likely have the opportunity. Today, the County Auditors Association announced that all of North Dakota's 53 counties plan to have in-person voting options. If you choose to vote in person, you still will need to plan ahead. At the moment, it is unclear how many polling places will be available in each county.
Voting will look different this year. We're still in a pandemic. It is frustrating that instead of making sure there are multiple options to allow people to exercise their right to vote, politicians are planting seeds of doubt in the entire process and it's outcome. It is shameful. Kudos to Al Jaeger – in this instance – for providing confidence the system will work if people plan ahead.
For information on how to vote in North Dakota including how to apply for a mail-in ballot or to find your polling location, go to Vote.ND.Gov. NDx will continue to provide updates on polling locations and early voting opportunities. Check back as we move closer to the election.
You can view the USPS letter sent to North Dakota below.
USPS Warns ND on Mail-In Voting Timeframe by Tyler Axness on Scribd
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Tyler Axness is the creator of NDx and a radio talk show host on KFGO in Fargo. Axness is a former North Dakota State Senator who is experienced, trusted, and followed. Axness lays out the landscape of politics on the plains of North Dakota and the impact of national politics on the region.
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