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Current: Abortion
Access to Abortion Care
Access to abortion is legal, constitutionally protected, and supported by most Americans.
The courts have protected safe, legal abortion throughout the United States since 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed access to abortion as a constitutional right in its Roe v. Wade decision.
Yet for years, abortion opponents have fought to turn back the clock: stacking federal courts with anti-abortion judges; passing unconstitutional legislation; spreading deceptions; imposing arbitrary restrictions; and waging one legal battle after another. Their ultimate goal? Reverse Roe v. Wade and make safe, legal abortion impossible to obtain.
Attacks on Roe began to ramp up in 2011, when anti-abortion politicians made massive gains in federal and state elections. Since then challenges to safe, legal abortion have mounted at a rapid clip. In some places, abortion restrictions have in fact made abortion harder to access. These restrictions fall especially hard on people with low incomes, for whom the cost of transportation, childcare, and taking time off work often combine to put abortion access out of reach.
Abortion Bans Amid the Pandemic
Some politicians are diverting precious government time and attention away from the COVID-19 pandemic to stop safe, legal access to abortion. See our timeline of opportunistic, unconstitutional abortion bans during the pandemic — and our legal fight against them.
See the Timeline
Is Abortion Legal in My State, and What Happens if Roe v. Wade is Overturned?
Six Week Abortion Bans
In state after state in 2019, anti-abortion politicians rushed to ban abortion — either outright or at a point before many people even know they're pregnant. These six unconstitutional bans have been signed into law:
Banned abortion from the time a person is "known to be pregnant;" no exceptions for rape and incest; state could investigate miscarriages; most punitive ban signed since Roe was decided, doctors could be charged with a Class A felony and be sentenced to up to 99 years in prison14
• Highest cervical cancer mortality rate in the U.S.15
• 4th worst infant mortality rate in the U.S.16
Banned abortion at 6 weeks; state could investigate miscarriages; doctors could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison17
• 2nd worst maternal mortality rate in the U.S. (10x higher than California)18
• Half of Georgia counties do not have a single OB-GYN19
Bans abortion at 6 weeks
Criminalizes providers
Under challenge in court
No exceptions for rape or incest
Banned abortion at 8 weeks with no exceptions for rape and incest; state could investigate miscarriages; doctors could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison20
• Maternal mortality rate is 50% higher than the U.S.21
• Congenital syphilis is at its highest rate in nearly two decades22
• 5 counties in Missouri face a 1,000% increase in syphilis 23
OHIO: Banned abortion at 6 weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest; doctors could be sentenced to up to one year in prison24
• Defunded Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies, a program that worked to reduce maternal and infant mortality25
• Ohio introduced a bill requiring sex education materials to "clearly and consistently state that abortion kills a living human being"26
• Stripped Violence Against Women Act funds from Planned Parenthood27
Missouri could become the first state to go dark, with no health center that provides abortion care.
Help us fight back against this and all attacks on our health and rights.
Bottom Line: Abortion Is Health Care
The attacks and deceptions continue, but here's the truth: abortion is health care. Nearly a fourth of women in America will have an abortion by age 45. Every day, people across the United States make deeply personal decisions about their pregnancies. Those decisions deserve respect.
Planned Parenthood is proud to provide safe, legal abortion at health centers around the country. We believe you deserve accurate information, and access to the full range of reproductive health care services, including safe, legal abortion — so you can make your own, fully informed health care decisions.
Read on to see how abortion opponents are coming after your access to safe, legal abortion and accurate information — and how you can take action to defend our constitutionally protected right.
Timeline of Attacks on Abortion
Roe v. Wade: The Constitutional Right to Access Safe, Legal Abortion
State of Emergency for Women's Health
Six-Week Bans
Federal and State Bans and Restrictions on Abortion
Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt
20-Week Bans
Hyde Amendment
Types of State Attacks on Abortion
What are TRAP Laws?
Planned Parenthood is proud to provide safe, legal abortion at health centers around the country.
We believe you deserve accurate information, and access to the full range of reproductive health care services, including safe, legal abortion — so you can make your own, fully informed health-care decisions.
Attacks on Roe
Attacks on Roe began to ramp up in 2011, when anti-abortion politicians made massive gains in federal and state elections. Since then challenges to safe, legal abortion have mounted at a rapid clip.
In some places, abortion restrictions have in fact made abortion harder to access. These restrictions fall especially hard on people with low incomes, for whom the cost of transportation, childcare, and taking time off work often combine to put abortion access out of reach.
No Abortion Bans: Not Now, Not Ever
Here's how you can take action to stop the extreme abortion bans sweeping the country.
Abortion Access: Timeline of Attacks
Present–2009
See the full timeline
2009: Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider, is assassinated while attending church in Kansas
2010: Swept up by hostility to health-care legislation, anti-abortion politicians win elections to Congress and state legislatures — and then use gerrymandering and voting restrictions to entrench themselves in office.
2011: Thirty-six states enact a then-record 92 new abortion restrictions.
2012: Nineteen states enact 43 new abortion restrictions.
2013: Ignoring mass protests, anti-abortion Texas politicians enact sweeping abortion restrictions. In the following three years, half of Texas's approximately 40 abortion providers close, leaving many people to travel hundreds of miles or cross states lines to get an abortion
2014: Fifteen states enact 26 new abortion restrictions, including two bans on abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy — bringing the total of states enacting 20-week abortion bans to 13.
2015: Anti-abortion extremists linked to the group that killed Dr. Tiller release misleading, deceptive smear videos to demonize abortion providers and smear Planned Parenthood.
2016: Anti-abortion Justice Antonin Scalia dies, setting up a fight for the future of the U.S. Supreme Court. In an unprecedented step, anti-abortion Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refuses to start the confirmation process to fill the vacancy. Then, despite running close to 3 million votes behind his opponent, Donald Trump wins enough electoral votes to become president-elect.
2017: Trump attacks abortion access — and swiftly moves on his promise to name judges who would "automatically" overturn Roe v. Wade.
2018: Trump appoints — and the Senate confirms — a second anti-abortion Supreme Court justice, Brett Kavanaugh.
73% of Americans Want Abortion to Remain Safe and Legal
What You Need to Know About Trump's Lies About Abortions Later in Pregnancy
Don't Call 6-Week Abortion Bans "Heartbeat" Bills. Here's Why.
What You Need to Know About the Wave of Unconstitutional Abortion Bans in the States


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With over 200K touchpoints, PayMaya enables cashless for all Filipinos
Digital financial services leader PayMaya is leading the charge toward financial inclusion as it expands its footprint to reach over 200,000 touchpoints nationwide, the largest network in the country to date.
Filipinos can easily pay, add money, cash out, or remit using their PayMaya accounts through these accessible touchpoints that include convenience stores, retail merchants, groceries, department stores, food outlets, pawnshops, and Smart Padala centers, among others.
"As PayMaya continues to lead the push towards cashless for all Filipinos, it is important for us to provide them with the most expansive and reliable on-ground channels that allow them to do safe and convenient financial transactions, no matter where they are in the country," said Shailesh Baidwan, President of PayMaya.
EXPANDING TOUCHPOINTS FOR DIGITAL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS. With over 200,000 touchpoints across the country, PayMaya currently operates the largest footprint for financial transactions nationwide, allowing its more than 28 million users to easily pay, add money, cash out, or remit using their PayMaya accounts.
"We have built this robust ecosystem of touchpoints to help ensure that there are easily available and trusted avenues for our customers to add, transact, or move money for all their day-to-day needs," he added.
Unrivaled network of trusted touchpoints
PayMaya account holders need not travel very far to city centers as PayMaya's unrivaled on-ground network of over 37,000 Smart Padala partner agent touchpoints serves as last-mile financial hubs, enabling lifeline transactions amid COVID-19 quarantine restrictions.
PayMaya's unrivaled network of on-ground and digital touchpoints is six times larger than the combined 12,371 bank branches and 22,162 ATM terminals currently operating across the country.
Smart Padala agents are present even in the farthest reaches of the country, covering over 92% of all cities and municipalities nationwide. In a country where banking presence is limited to only 69% of all cities and municipalities, Smart Padala agents are connecting unbanked and underserved Filipinos to the digital economy, offering remittance, bills payment, add money, cash out, and scan-to-pay transactions.
PayMaya has become a lifeline to many people during the pandemic, and we're seeing it become even more essential for consumers, businesses, and the government in the years to come
Shailesh Baidwan, PayMaya President
PayMaya also taps into its network of trusted enterprise merchants, including MSMEs using its PayMaya Negosyo app for payment acceptance.
PayMaya's vast ecosystem of merchants, payment centers, and financial agents have become critical particularly in the government's push to provide financial aid to those severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and various natural disasters in the past year.
By sending financial aid to their PayMaya accounts, beneficiaries can easily use the funds in PayMaya QR partner merchants or encash via the nearest Smart Padala centers in their area, making it faster and more convenient for them to get their everyday essentials.
"PayMaya has become a lifeline to many people during the pandemic, and we're seeing it become even more essential for consumers, businesses, and the government in the years to come," Baidwan said.
PayMaya is the only end-to-end digital payments ecosystem enabler in the Philippines with platforms and services that cut across consumers, merchants, communities, and government. Through its enterprise business, it is the largest digital payments processor for key industries in the country including "everyday" merchants such as the largest retail, food, gas, and eCommerce merchants as well as government agencies and units.
Through its app and wallet, PayMaya provides over 28 million Filipinos with access to financial services. Customers can conveniently pay, add money, cash out or remit through its over 200,000 digital touchpoints nationwide.
Its Smart Padala by PayMaya network of over 37,000 partner agent touchpoints nationwide serves as last-mile digital financial hubs in communities, providing the unbanked and underserved with access to digital services. To know more about PayMaya's products and services, visit www.PayMaya.com or follow @PayMayaOfficial on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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So after I blogged about receiving cabbage in my bi-weekly Boston Organics delivery and asked what to do with it, I had multiple people suggest making corned beef and cabbage since St. Patrick's Day was coming up. Well, I'm not really into boiled dinners (other than ramen, haha), but I did see this link on The Kitchn for corned beef and cabbage rolls and thought it was a cute idea. The dipping sauce seemed a little difficult to make, however, compared to the ease of making the rolls so skipped that part and decided to add mashed potatoes inside the rolls instead so it would look more like a normal maki roll.
Add the cubed potatoes to a large pot and add enough cold water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook for 15-20 minutes, until potatoes are soft when you insert a knife.
Drain and transfer to a medium bowl. Add butter and milk and mash until there are no lumps. Salt to taste and set aside to cool.
Start boiling a large pot of water.
Gently peel off the cabbage leaves, keeping them whole. In two batches, simmer the leaves for 8-10 minutes or until soft. Transfer from the pot to an ice-water bath. Pat the leaves dry and set aside.
Slice the corned beef into long strips.
Lay out a single cabbage leaf. Spread mashed potatoes over the bottom 2 inches, and place 2-3 strips of corned beef in the middle of the potatoes. Roll the cabbage leaf up tightly. After all the leaves are rolled, cut into bite-sized pieces and serve.
I found that the maki was flavorful enough not to need a dipping sauce, but I guess you can use a mustard or honey mustard if you really want. I brought these to a party on Saturday and didn't get to ask anyone what they thought of them, but when I went back at the end of the night, they were all gone except for two pieces, so I assume people liked them. =) Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!
Next up: What to do with leftover corned beef and potatoes: Corned Beef Hash (and Pasties)!
So cute. A clever idea you have!
Sounds delicious and looks adorable!
Your food looks great! I love it. Do you cook all or some of this stuff? I post everything I cook and some other things as well.
Those look great! Great idea to put the mashed potato inside the cabbage.
I love this, too! Very cleaver!!


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Q: Minimum volume cone. What would be the radius and the altitude of a right circular cone that circumscribes a sphere with a radius 8 cm if the volume of the cone is to be minimized?
Here is my rough sketch;

My idea is to write some characteristics of the cone as a function of the radius of the circle, minimize it with differential calculus and connect those characteristics to the base radius and height of the cone, however I'm stuck at step 1.

A: Let $r,a$ be the radius and the altitude of a right circular cone respectively.
Then, since considering the vertical plane which cuts the cone in half gives us
$$BD=DE=r,AD=\sqrt{a^2+r^2},AE=\sqrt{a^2+r^2}-r$$
$$CB=CE=8,AC=\sqrt{8^2+\left(\sqrt{a^2+r^2}-r\right)^2},$$
we have
$$AB=CB+AC\Rightarrow  a=8+\sqrt{8^2+\left(\sqrt{a^2+r^2}-r\right)^2}.$$
Since this leads
$$(a-8)^2=8^2+\left(\sqrt{a^2+r^2}-r\right)^2$$
$$\Rightarrow a^2-16a=(a^2+r^2)-2r\sqrt{a^2+r^2}+r^2$$
$$\Rightarrow r\sqrt{a^2+r^2}=r^2+8a\Rightarrow r^2(a^2+r^2)=(r^2+8a)^2$$
$$\Rightarrow r^2(a^2-16a)=64a^2\Rightarrow r^2=\frac{64a^2}{a^2-16a},$$
all you need to consider is the following function with only one variable for $a\gt 16$:
$$\frac{\pi r^2a}{3}=\frac{64\pi a^2}{3(a-16)}=f(a).$$
Since
$$f'(a)=\frac{64\pi}{3}\cdot\frac{a(a-32)}{(a-16)^2},$$
the minimum is attained when $a=32,r=8\sqrt 2$.

A: Let $y=AC$ and  $r=BD$, so $h=y+8$.
By similar triangles, $\displaystyle\frac{r}{y+8}=\frac{8}{\sqrt{y^2-64}}$ $\;\;$so $\displaystyle r^2=\frac{64(y+8)^2}{y^2-64}=\frac{64(y+8)}{y-8}$ and
$V=\displaystyle\frac{1}{3}\pi r^2h=\frac{64\pi}{3}\cdot\frac{(y+8)^2}{y-8}$.
Then $\displaystyle V^{\prime}(y)=\frac{64\pi}{3}\cdot\frac{(y+8)(y-24)}{(y-8)^2}=0$ if $y=24$,
sor $r=\sqrt{\frac{64(32)}{16}}=\sqrt{64(2)}=8\sqrt{2}$ $\;\;$ and $\;\;h=24+8=32$.
(By the first-derivative test, $y=24$ gives a minimum.)

Alternate Solution:
Let $\theta=\angle ABD$, so $r=8\cot\frac{\theta}{2}=8(\csc\theta+\cot\theta)$ and $h=r\tan\theta=8(\csc\theta+\cot\theta)\tan\theta$.
Then $V=\frac{1}{3}\pi r^{2}h=\frac{512\pi}{3}(\csc\theta+\cot\theta)^3\tan\theta$,
so $V^{\prime}(\theta)=\frac{512\pi}{3}\left[(\csc\theta+\cot\theta)^{3}\sec^{2}\theta+3(\csc\theta+\cot\theta)^{2}(-\csc\theta\cot\theta-\csc^{2}\theta)\tan\theta\right]$
$\hspace{.6 in}=\frac{512\pi}{3}(\csc\theta+\cot\theta)^2\left[(\csc\theta+\cot\theta)\sec^{2}\theta-3(\csc\theta\cot\theta+\csc^{2}\theta)\tan\theta\right]=0$
$\implies(\csc\theta+\cot\theta)\sec^{2}\theta=3(\csc\theta\cot\theta+\csc^{2}\theta)\tan\theta$
$\implies\displaystyle\frac{1+\cos\theta}{\sin\theta\cos^{2}\theta}=\frac{3(1+\cos\theta)}{\cos\theta\sin\theta}\implies\cos\theta=\frac{1}{3}\implies\sin\theta=\frac{\sqrt{8}}{3}$,
so $\csc\theta+\cot\theta=\frac{1+\cos\theta}{\sin\theta}=\sqrt{2}\;\;$ and $\;\;r=8\sqrt{2},\;\;$ $h=r\tan\theta=(8\sqrt{2})\cdot\sqrt{8}=32$.

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Sociodemographic and health aspects of patients with tuberculosis
Article of Research Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacy
Sociodemographic and health aspects of patients with tuberculosis in a city of alagoas
SANTOS, A.C.M1; BARBOSA, M.A.A1; SANTOS, BRC1; FERREIRA, J.M1; MOURA, E.L1; FIGUEIREDO, E.V.M.S1 O.
Federal University of Alagoas1
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease with contagious and infectious aspects, is one of the oldest diseases ever reported for humanity. It has relations with the socioeconomic conditions, poverty and unemployment. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the global perspective about 2 billion people are infected with Koch's bacillus and, every year, are detected 8.8 million new cases of the disease. In Brazil there are 60 million people infected, but most of these individuals do not develop tuberculosis. It is evident therefore that TB is a major public health problem, being intimately connected to settlements and poor health. 1,2TB is a disease in which its occurrence is associated with forms of organization of social processes, which are transversely related to ways of living Occupational indivíduo.2In this regard, studies addressing the occurrence model of tuberculosis and its epidemiological characteristics can subsidize part of understanding the dynamics of this disease and important actions on health surveillance. Understanding the epidemiology of this disease may provide grounds for prevention strategies and promoting health and decreasing the likelihood of spread of the disease. Given the epidemiological panorama of this importance to public health, this study aims to describe the sociodemographic aspects involving the health of tuberculosis patients in a Alagoas municipality. This is a descriptive study, cross-quantitative nature, held in Arapiraca Integrated Reference Center (CRIA). The study consisted of 15 patients diagnosed with tuberculosis. To achieve the proposed objective there was a semi-structured questionnaire application developed by the researchers and subsequent analysis of the records. The records were collected aspects of treatment. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Alagoas in opinion n ° 492 924. Of the 15 interviewed, 60% (n = 9) were male and 40 % (n = 6) were female. The age range of individuals understood the range of 18 to 79 years. As regards to instruction level, most 53.3 % (n = 8) had elementary school. With regard to marital status 46.6 % (n = 7) were married and 33.3 % (n = 5) were single. As for the occupation 26.6 % (n = 4) were retirees. When asked about the type of tuberculosis 80 % (n = 12) were lung type and 6.6 % (n = 1) pleural tuberculosis, 6.6 % (n = 1) lymph node tuberculosis and 6.6 % (n = 1) mammary tuberculosis. With regard to morbidity, diabetes mellitus (DM), occurred in 2 (13.3 %) of respondents and all subjects tested negative for HIV. With regard to guidance on the collection of sputum, 80 % (n = 12) of respondents said they understood the information transmitted. When asked about the use of medication 100 % (n = 15) reported that they were informed about the particulars of the drugs used in treatment. As for side effects during treatment, 86.6 % (n = 13) patients reported having presented pruritus, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. As regards guidance on fluid intake and proper nutrition, specific in relation to hygiene and disposal of tissues and handwashing 86.6 % (n = 13) said they were told by the nurse. As for the nursing consultation contribution in patient monitoring with TB, 93.3 % (n = 14) mentioned that it is crucial to continue the treatment and consequently interfere in improving the quality of life of these patients. In this study showed that the sociodemographic characteristics common in tuberculosis carriers in the survey period is in line with other studies in the literature. 3,4,5. However, we emphasize other demographic data not shown even in epidemiological studies such as marital status and occupation of these individuals bring a broad vision of the social aspect of these patients. The pulmonary form was the most frequent type in these patients, it is noteworthy that this is the main form of infection in which the individual eliminates bacilli to the external environment, making it a disseminador.6 agent observed a low frequency of morbidity in patients of this study corroborating the literature.7 Aspects involving drug good practices regarding tuberculosis good patient education along with other measures such as more frequent consultations are important conduits for the strengthening of membership and maintenance treatment. With regard to guidance and care provided by the nurse it was shown that it acts as a protagonist in the care of patients with tuberculosis by intervening in full in the individual health-disease process. Acting on advice about the disease and therapy monitoring and the possible complications that can arise with the ineffective nutrition and side effects, promoting self-care and enhancing the basic human needs. One limitation of the study was the small sample size and therefore a careful interpretation must be considered. However data from this study reflect the profile of the individuals who developed tuberculosis in 2014 and subsidize health care actions. Through the responses of listed individuals for this study, it can be inferred that the role of nursing helps in treatment adherence. As well as actions and programs the success of treatment and on the interpersonal relationships between the patient and the healthcare professional and the dissemination of knowledge to the service users know the disease and become multipliers of information assisting in the control and prevention of tuberculosis.
Keywords: Public Health; Tuberculosis; Nursing; Multiprofessionality.
1. Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde.Guia de vigilância epidemiológica. 6ª ed. Brasília:Ministério da Saúde, 2005.
2. Curto, M. et al. Controle da tuberculose: percepção dos doentes sobre orientação a comunidade e participação comunitária. Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem set-out 2010; 18 (5).
3. Orellana, JDY; Gonçalves, MJF; Basta, PC. Características sociodemográficas e indicadores operacionais de controle da tuberculose entre indígenas e não indígenas de Rondônia, Amazônia Ocidental, Brasil.Rev Bras Epidemiol.2012; 15(4): 714-24.
4. Augusto, CJ et al. Características da tuberculose no estado de Minas Gerais entre 2002 e 2009. J Bras Pneumol. 2013;39(3):357-364.
5. Durans, JJF et al. Perfil clínico e sociodemográfico de pacientes que abandonaram o tratamento de tuberculose no município de São Luís – MA. Rev Pesq Saúde, 14(3): 175-178, set-dez, 2013.
6. Nogueira, AF et al. Tuberculose: uma abordagem geral dos principais aspectos. Rev. Bras. Farm. 93(1): 3-9, 2012.
7. Correio, IRB; Correio, JLS. Dados epidemiológicos da tuberculose em São Gonçalo do amarante – RN. Rev. Bras. de Ciências da Saúde, ano 11, nº 36, abr/jun 2013.


How are things going tonight, ladies and gents? I wonder if we'll get an episode announced for next week or not. Considering all the changes for this month, who knows what's coming next! I hope we're not in for a long hiatus again if SU is taking a break. What do you think is in store for the SU schedule?
I love the Mystery Girl and I love LOOOBC!
Do you remember the part in Onion Trade where Onion replicated himself several dozen times? No? Well you might not have noticed, but your brain did. Or maybe it got cut from the episode. Either way, like the Watermelon Stevens forming their own island nation, the Onions took their replicated motor bikes and formed their own biker gang! What wacky shenanigans will they get up to when they ride back into Beach City after two years of being away?
We ride at 7:00 ET/PT on Cartoon Network! If your bike's in the shop, don't worry. We've got streams and downloads after the break.
P.S. Please keep all details about the episode out of the comments until after the episode has aired. Let's keep the spoilers on the backs of the cars we pass, alright?
Steven Universe Inc.counts down their top ten SU songs! What would be in your favorite top ten list? Anything you think should have been included here?
Hey shake a leg! It's a Mr. Greg... analysis! Doug Walker is back with another installment of the SU Vlogs series!
How does the stone Garnet compare with the qualities that Garnet in the show displays? Are there any similarities? Any keys to what other Garnet fusions may look like, or other powers Garnet may display in the future?
Start off the day with a chill AMV!
Description: Pearl hasn't called Mystery Girl yet, Greg is Ultimate Advice Friend, and Mystery Girl is full of surprises.


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MOVIE REPORT CARD: THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX
TITLE: THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX
DIRECTOR: JULIUS ONAH
STARRING: GUGU MBATHA-RAW, DAVID OYELOWO, DANIEL BRUHL, CHRIS O'DOWD, JOHN ORTIZ, ZIYI ZHANG, ELIZABETH DEBICKI, ROGER DAVIES
FINAL: 77/C+
As we all know, the Cloverfield franchise is no stranger to marketing gimmicks. The original flick, made use of a surprising viral campaign. One that was spoofed by the very TV station I work for no-less. 10 Cloverfield Lane, aired its first trailer a mere 2 months before the film's release. And nobody knew it was even coming. The Cloverfield Paradox followed suit. Although its path, was a bit trickier. Late last week, Netflix acquired the film from Paramount. In a gutsy move, Netflix aired the first trailer during the Super Bowl, then dropped the entire film after the game. While Netflix did something quite unprecedented, the film itself isn't up to that hype. The Cloverfield Paradox, suffers heavily from The J.J. Abrams Syndrome. The film has lots of big, grand ideas, with the promise of some big reveals. However, it never delivers on much of what it sets out to do. Like the original Cloverfield, it teases the audience quite heavily, but never truly fulfills the promises it sets up. What we are left with, is a generic, lost in space, Science Fiction film, filled with scientific gobbledygook to muddle the plot. The Cloverfield Paradox isn't bad, it's just bland. The flick has really solid performances from the cast, and they hold the film together. It's also really predictable, which is a shame. We know where this is going from the moment the film starts. It doesn't even do The J.J. Abrams Syndrome correctly. That being said, there are still elements which keep you engaged throughout. In the end, The Cloverfield Paradox is just another generic Sci-Fi film on Netflix. Which is a shame. Just watch 10 Cloverfield Lane instead.


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House of Unions
The House of Unions was created in 1917. It used to host the Nobility Assembly House. Built in the middle of the 18th century it was first the house of Moscow's governor Vasily Dolgoruki. The Nobility Assembly House bought it later so as to welcome its club. In 1787, its reconstruction was entrusted to famous Russian architect Matvey Kazakov. In three years, the house was radically transformed. A hall that can hold three thousand seats with a beautiful colonnade was added. Huge crystal chandeliers and wall mirrors were placed between each Corinthian column underlying the beauty of the room. Between 1793 and 1807, the same architect extended the house with a second two-storey building. In 1814 the house was restored after the damaged it undertook during the events of the 1812 Patriotic War. In 1903, a floor was added and that changed entirely the look of the great room. The rest of the house remains in its original style designed by Matvey Kazakov. The House of Unions is considered as one of Moscow's most beautiful buildings.


Dr Constantino Carlos Reyes-Aldasoro participated in the 21st edition of the Computer Vision Summer School, held at Swansea University.
Dr Constantino Carlos Reyes-Aldasoro, a Senior Lecturer and member of the Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering, gave a lecture on Medical Imaging at the 21st edition of the Computer Vision Summer School, hosted from 4th to 8th July 2016 at Swansea University.
Around 50 PhD students from the UK and abroad gathered for a week of intensive training with 16 speakers from both academia and industry giving 19 lectures, including practical sessions.
The content of Dr Reyes-Aldasoro's lecture included medical technologies such as X-Rays, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Imaging, fluorescence and multiphoton microscopy. Examples of data sets and processing techniques were also provided.
Other sessions included Segmentation, Machine Learning, Motion and Tracking, Colour, Matlab, and, of course, an excursion to the beach in Mumbles.
Nuclear Imaging uses low doses of radioactive substances linked to compounds used by the body's cells or compounds that attach to tumor cells. Using special detection equipment, the radioactive substances can be traced in the body to see where and when they concentrate. Two major instruments of nuclear imaging used for cancer imaging are positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scanners.


Is it possible for me to make a n64 av cable?
I have spent the last 3 days looking for my n64 av cable and cannot find it. I was wondering if I could make one custom so I dont have to buy one.
Anyway, if you could get a hold of a old n64 cable (even if it is broken, as long as it doesn't have any shorts close to the plug) then you could do it. I used to use a n64 RF modulator cable (coax) and one of the coax plugs came unsoldered and I couldn't get it to work. There should be like 4 wires coming out of the connector. One will be ground, one will be like 5volts and, one will be audio, and one will be video (I'm thinking that the video is yellow, the audio is white or red and the ground is black). I'm not sure on that, though. Then, either using Radio Shack connectors or the cheap way (cut up some RCA cables), hook the wires up to the cords. The ground will be used for video and audio (strange, I know). Just turn your TV on to the video in 'channel' and test it before soldering to save some time. Make sure the volume is turned down, though, because the 5volt wire "will" make the speakers buzz, and the audio output is preamplified (you can actually touch the audio wires to a headphone plug and hear your game without a TV).
Excuse my ASCII art, but * would be where the screw goes. If you are careful, you can do this without messing up the screws.
Cyber guys answer is close. The problem I had was my cable has the r.f. adaptor on it. The adaptor crapped out and I could not repair it. what I did was cut the cable that connects to the 64 off at the adaptor. I had about 5 feet of good cable. I stripped the outer insulation about 2 inches. This leaves you with 4 wires. A yellow wire, a brown wire, a white wire and a green wire. Using old RCA cables I spliced the video wire to the yellow wire. Then I spliced 2 RCA cables to the white wire, this is audio. The brown is ground and all 3 RCA grounds connect to it. the green did not give me what I thought would be the second audio channel instead it just gives me 5 volts so I left it unconnected. Then connect the cable like normal, the 64 plug to the 64 and the RCAs to the inputs on my tv. I soldered and taped the connections and the cable works. I get video and dual mono audio.
The N64 uses the same AV component cable as the one the gamecube uses.
will $5 really kill you?


We are super excited to announce that we have a brand new single coming out! "Evidence of What" will be released at a special launch party in Bello Bar in Dublin on June 23rd. Tickets for the night can be bought online here . Get 'em early 'cos they're gonna go like Hot Cakes!
Written by Darren, with a little help from the rest of the guys, the song takes some of its inspiration from the Greek legend of Cassandra, as well as the rock n' roll stylings of bands such as the Jim Jones Revue. It was produced by our old partner in crime Gavin Glass and mixed by the golden-eared Robin Ball, it sounds absolutely awesome, and we can't wait to show it to you!


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Kleiman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The name Kleiman comes from the German province known as the Rhineland. In pre-medieval times, the German people used only one name, but as the population increased, hereditary surnames became necessary for people to maintain unique identities. Kleiman is a nickname surname, a style of name based on an eke-name, or added name, that described a characteristic of its original bearer. Kleiman is a name for a small or short person deriving its origin from the German word "klien," which means "small."
Early Origins of the Kleiman family
The surname Kleiman was first found in the Rhineland, where the name came from humble beginnings but gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society. It later became more prominent as many branches of the same house acquired distant estates and branches, some in foreign countries, always elevating their social status by their great contributions to society.
Early History of the Kleiman family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kleiman research. Another 246 words (18 lines of text) covering the years 1708, 1745, 1761, 1790, 1818, 1777, 1609, 1666, 1849, 1925, 1590 and 1658 are included under the topic Early Kleiman History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Kleiman Spelling Variations
In the medieval era, many different cultural groups lived in the German states. There are thus many regional variations of German surnames from that era. Westphalians spoke Low German, which is similar to modern Dutch. Many German names carry suffixes that identify where they came from. Others have phrases attached that identify something about the original bearer. Other variations in German names resulted from the fact that medieval scribes worked without the aid of any spelling rules. The spelling variations of the name Kleiman include Klein, Kleinn, Kleine, Kleinne, Kleyn, Kleynn, Kline, Clein, Clein, Cline, Kleiner, Klinertz and many more.
Early Notables of the Kleiman family (pre 1700)
Notables with the name Kleiman during this period were Daniel Klein (1609-1666), Lutheran pastor and scholar from Tilsit, Duchy of Prussia; and Felix Klein (1849-1925), who was an important German mathematician, founder of the institute of mathematics in Goettingen, and very influential...
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Kleiman Ranking
In the United States, the name Kleiman is the 14,273rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]
Kleiman migration to the United States +
The great European flow of migration to North America, which began in the middle of the 17th century and continued into the 20th century, was particularly attractive to those from the Rhineland who wished to escape either poverty or religious persecution. Many of those who left the Rhineland to seek their fortunes in the prosperous and free New World settled in the major urban centers of the United States and Canada. In the United States, the settlers from the Rhineland passed through immigration centers like that of Ellis Island, most of them moving on to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, California, and New York. In Canada, the majority of Rhinelanders settled in Ontario and the prairie provinces. An examination of passenger and immigration lists has revealed many important settlers to North America bearing the name Kleiman, or one of its variants above:
Kleiman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
Charles Kleiman, aged 31, who arrived in Missouri in 1847 [2]
Zwantje DeGroot Kleiman, aged 19, who arrived in New York, NY in 1847 [2]
Hendrik Kleiman, aged 26, who landed in New York, NY in 1847 [2]
Henry Kleiman, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1871 [2]
Hereditary surnames
Rhineland
Westphalians
Kleiman (German)


A major Calgary-based energy company is facing its fourth lawsuit in U.S. courts over climate change.
The Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations – the largest commercial fishermen's group on the West Coast – has included Encana in a lawsuit attempting to link greenhouse gas emissions from 30 energy companies to damage in the crab fishery.
"The world's oceans are changing and commercial fishermen and -women, their businesses, their communities and their families are paying the price," says the lawsuit, filed in a San Francisco court on Wednesday.
The statement of claim, which has not been tested in court, makes similar arguments to lawsuits filed by three California communities against the same group of defendants.
It charges that the named companies produced and sold oil responsible for about one-fifth of all the world's greenhouse gas emissions between 1965 and 2015.
It goes on to say those companies have been aware through their own internal research starting in the 1960s that their product causes climate change. Instead of working to mitigate the damage, the document says the companies funded a massive campaign of disinformation and continued to market as much oil as they could.
One consequence, says the lawsuit, has been warming oceans. Heat waves in the ocean have led to massive algae blooms, which have in turn released large amounts of toxins into waters the crab fishermen depend on.
Crab-fishing waters in California and Oregon were closed for the first time ever in the 2015-16 season and again in 2016-17. Oregon's waters were closed again in 2017-18.
The U.S. government declared California's 2015-16 crab season a fishery disaster. This year's season is expected to be delayed because of lingering toxic concerns.
He has said both the tobacco and climate change lawsuits had strong evidence of corporate cover-up.
But Vic Sher, the lawyer handling all four of the suits involving Encana, has said his lawsuits avoid conflicts with federal law that disallowed earlier attempts.


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Video Central: Rutgers-SMU analysis, Leonte Carroo's knack for big TDs
Ryan Dunleavy • October 3, 2013
Ryan Dunleavy previews the main storylines surrounding Rutgers football team's visit to SMU and offers up his final score prediction. Kickers, running backs, receivers and defensive backs, Oh My
Wide receiver Leonte Carroo, an Edison native, has made seven of his 11 catches and scored four of his five touchdowns in the fourth quarter. It's the payoff from playing special teams as a true freshmen and being game ready. Don Bosco connection
Posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2013 by Ryan Dunleavy.
Rutgers soccer alum, 93, from inaugural 1938 team excited to celebrate 75 years of history
Jim Coburn (#37) and the rest of the 1939 Rutgers men's soccer team, the second in the program's 75-year history. (Courtesy of Jim Coburn)
PISCATAWAY — Decades before it went to three NCAA Final Fours and began producing All-Americans, the Rutgers men's soccer team wore second-hand uniforms, held practices in a park about a 1/2-mile-walk from campus and scrimmaged against a team from Rahway State Prison – on reformatory grounds no less.
Every one of those inconveniences is a cherished memory for the still sharp-witted George "Jim" Coburn, a member of the Class of 1941 who played forward for Rutgers' first two men's soccer teams in 1938 and 1939.
"We were given some cast-off shirts that the JV football team had worn," Coburn said, "but we had to buy our own soccer shoes. That was a major investment at the time. (Shoes cost) six dollars and that was a chunk of money. Room, board and tuition was $800 for the school year, so $6 was a significant figure."
Keep Reading: "We had a goalie who did OK. He got a lot of action, I can tell you that."
Rutgers' secondary guarding against another nightmare vs. pass-heavy SMU
Cornerback Ian Thomas's interception of Derek Carr was one Rutgers' few defensive highlights against Fresno State. (Cary Edmondson/USA TODAY Sports)
PISCATAWAY — Lorenzo Waters plays strong safety for the Rutgers football team, but if he was to switch sidelines and put on the Southern Methodist offensive coordinator's headset this week then he knows how he would ease into his transition.
He would start his gameplan by taking a page out of Fresno State's playbook and testing the open-field tackling of an unproven secondary by spreading the field and running a host of bubble screens.
"I expect them to do a lot of the things that Fresno did to us," Waters said. "It would make sense just based on how we defended it before. It would make sense for them to go back to that."
Using mostly sets where three or four wide receivers ran short and intermediate routes, Fresno State rang up 52 points and threw for 456 yards and five touchdowns against Rutgers (3-1) in the season opener.
While none of Rutgers' last three opponents had the personnel to duplicate the scheme, SMU, coached by run-and-shoot innovator June Jones, quarterbacked by former Gatorade High School Player of the Year Garrett Gilbert, and averaging the 11th most passing yards per game (330.5) in the nation because it is willing to stretch the field vertically, does.
Keep Reading: "You can't act like it never happened. We remember."
Rutgers midweek injury report vs. SMU
Strong safety Lorenzo Waters (upper body) is listed as probable on Rutgers' injury report. SMU figures to challenge Rutgers' secondary with its pass-oriented offense. (Mark Sullivan/MyCentralJersey.com)
The latest Rutgers football injury report includes three players whose names were not on Monday's list, including two members of an already weakened secondary.
Both cornerback Ian Thomas and strong safety Lorenzo Waters are dealing with upper body injuries and are considered probable for Saturday's game against SMU.
Back-up offensive guard Chris Fonti (ankle) also is listed as probable.
Rutgers, which also is without cornerback Gareef Glashen due to personal reasons and has free safety Jeremy Deering nursing a lower body injury, is facing the nation's 11th-ranked passing offense in SMU.
WR Carlton Agudosi, Hamstring, Probable
C Brandon Arcidiacono, Shoulder, Out
FB Sam Bergen, Ankle, Out
TE Paul Carrezola, Lower Body, Probable
OT Andre Civil, Elbow, Probable
FS Jeremy Deering, Lower Body, Probable
OG Chris Fonti, Ankle, Probable
WR Jeff Gignac, Hamstring, Out
CB Bryant Gross-Armiento, Hamstring, Out
DE Max Issaka, Shoulder, Out
RB Paul James, Lower Leg, Out
DT Kenneth Kirksey, Tricep, Out
TE Taylor Marini, Shoulder, Out
WR Vance Matthews, Back, Probable
OLB Jamal Merrell, Kidney, Out
DT Al Page, Shoulder, Out
WR Andre Patton, Ankle, Probable
DE Julian Pinnix-Odrick, Knee, Out
CB Ian Thomas, Upper Body, Probable
SS Lorenzo Waters, Upper Body, Probable
Kyle Federico, Justin Goodwin named to important roles Saturday
Rutgers coach Kyle Flood put an end Thursday to some of the questions surrounding the depth chart.
Flood said that Kyle Federico, who has missed four of his last five field goals, will handle close-range field goals over Nick Borgese — marking the third time since training camp that Federico has held off Borgese — and that Justin Goodwin will be the first reserve running back called upon.
"As I said yesterday, if we have to attempt a longer type field goal, we'll decide with the wind conditions what that may or not be, then there is a chance we could go with someone else," said Flood, who has included punter Nick Marsh in the field-goal kicking competition.
Goodwin, a true freshman from Madison, and Desmon Peoples, a redshirt freshman, are listed as co-second-teamers behind starter Savon Huggins, with regular starter Paul James sidelined by a lower leg injury.
Goodwin has seven career carries and Peoples has five.
"Savon will take the first series. Justin Goodwin will take the second series and then we'll go from there," Flood said. "I do anticipate seeing all three running backs in the game. I think that will be the case. It wouldn't surprise me if (Michael) Burton carried the ball. We've got some good options. We've got some talented runners and we're fortunate to have them. We're going to utilize them as best we can."
Kyle Flood postpractice transcript
"Good work out there today. Got a lot of things cleaned up. A few more to clean up tomorrow. As we go through our Friday routine. Kyle Federico will start the game as the kicker. As I said yesterday, if we have to attempt a longer type field goal, we'll decide with the wind conditions what that may or not be, then there is a chance we could go with someone else."
HAVE YOU PREDETERMINED HOW THE RUNNING BACK REPS WILL GO?
"Savon (Huggins) will take the first series. Justin Goodwin will take the second series and then we'll go from there. I do anticipate seeing all three running backs in the game. I think that will be the case. It wouldn't surprise me if (Michael) Burton carried the ball. We've got some good options. We've got some talented runners and we're fortunate to have them. We're going to utilize them as best we can."
HOW DO THINGS CHANGE WITH GAREEF GLASHEN AT CORNER?
"Not having Gareef is not optimal for what we want to do. Between Nadir (Barnwell), Ian Thomas and Lew Toler, we've got three corners that will play a lot. Anthony Cioffi has been working in now. He's been playing some corner. I think there could be some cases where you will see those three guys. You're going to see Tejay Johnson playing safety. You may see Tejay Johnson in our sub packages on third down playing on the second level as he has done for us already this year."
HOW MUCH CONFIDENCE DO YOU HAVE IN CIOFFI TO PLAY CORNER?
"As much confidence as I could have in a player who hasn't done it yet. I think he's earned the right to do it. That's a little bit of a vague answer but maybe we can clarify it this way. Everything we've asked him to do in the game he's done a very good job of on special teams. I think that will be the case at corner. His skill development is in a good place right now and I think he is a the point where he can go in and do a good job for us."
SAVON HAS HAD AN UP-AND-DOWN SEASON. HOW HAS HE HANDLED IT?
"I don't see it that way. Savon has done what we've asked him to do. On offense, production dictates touches and playing time. It always does at every position from quarterback to receiver to tight end to running back. I think Savon has been productive in the past. He's been productive in our last game. I have no doubt that he will be productive this weekend."
DO YOU THINK HE GETS A MICROSCOPE PLACED ON HIM UNFAIRLY OR FAIRLY BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID BEFORE HE GOT HERE?
"I don't even think of that. The microscope on every player in Division I football is on them. That's the reality of it. We're very fortunate to be a part of athletics and football specifically at this level. Because of the fan interest, which is what drives the sport, that's going to happen at every position. It's not good or bad. It's just something that comes with the job and something you have to deal with it."
WHAT KIND OF YEAR IS STEVE LONGA HAVING?
"I think Steve is right where we thought he would be. I'm very pleased with the way he runs the defense. As the middle linebacker, that's important. There are some positions you play where maybe your personality is maybe not as important. But when you are the center on offense, when you are the quarterback on offense, when you are the middle linebacker on defense, your personality comes into play. You have to have command of the people around you, which is not always the easiest thing for a redshirt freshman to do. He has stepped in there and gotten a little bit better at each week."
IS IT A SHIFT IN YOUR DEFENSIVE PHILOSOPHY AT ALL OR IS IT THE SUPPORTING CAST THAT STEVE LEAVES THIS TEAM IN TACKLES BECAUSE IN THE PAST IT HASN'T BEEN THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER?
"It's probably a reflection of Steve's ability to make plays. It's a little bit of a reflection of how well we're playing up front on defense. I think when you are playing at a really high level on defense the defensive line will send the running back in directions he wasn't necessarily looking to go. Maybe the ball doesn't get to the places it would like to. And I think Steve has done a good job of making the tackles when he has had the opportunity to do it. Steven Longa's ability to close on the ball is something I've only seen a few times in my career here at Rutgers the last nine years. He immediately reminded me of a guy like Damaso Munoz in the way he closes on the football. Khaseem Greene could close on the football the way Steven does. Certainly coming from the safety position that makes sense."
ARE YOU FORCING ENOUGH TAKEAWAYS IN YOUR MIND? OR ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED?
"We'd like as many as we can get. If you ask me if I'm disappointed, I'm not disappointed. I think we're playing good defense but we need to do a better job securing the football on the other side of the ball. That if anything is where we can do a much better job than what we've done. To turn it over three times in a game on offense is just not acceptable."
DO YOU GET THE SENSE THE PLAYERS KNOW IT'S THE FIRST CONFERENCE GAME?
"I think we've had a good week of practice. We've had a consistent high level of energy this week in practice and I think when you play quality opponents and you play your conference schedule you get that. I think we had it when we played Arkansas. It doesn't surprise me that they're moving around like that right now. Every game from this point forward will be a factor in determining a conference champion and who gets to play in a BCS bowl game. I think we're well aware of what's at stake this week in trying to be 1-0."
IS IT SCHEME WISE THAT THE OTHER TEAMS ARE PROTECTING THE BALL BETTER OR DID LAST YEAR'S TEAM SET THE BAR SO HIGH IN ITS TAKEAWAYS THAT IT'S UNFAIR TO EXPECT?
"Turnovers are a combination of two things. One, the way you training your players on defense, which is the same. We have a system here for how we do it and how we try to take the ball away from other teams. The other is your opponents' willingness to put the ball out there for you. The decisions the quarterbacks make. The way the running backs carry the ball. I'm not going to speak to the other teams, I'm not here to coach them, but the way we've coached our players to take it away has not changed."
WILL DJWANY MERA CONTINUE TO START NOW THAT JAMIL MERRELL IS HEALTHIER?
"Over the long term I don't know that but this week we'll make a final decision tomorrow in terms of who will start the game. You guys are always much more interested in that than I am at that position. At quarterback I get it. At tailback I get it sometimes. For those players on defense – maybe middle linebacker would be a little different – those players are all going to play a lot of football on Saturday. Whoever takes the first play on Saturday I don't concern myself with as much. I don't think they do either."
HOW DIFFERENT IS THE PLAY IN THE SECONDARY NOW THAN IT WAS IN THE OPENER?
"I think we've improved but just like I said last week in terms of being tested in a way we hadn't been tested before. We were tested in a similar fashion in week one. Now we'll find out exactly how much we've improved on Saturday. For me to try to gauge that just yet, do I think we've improved? I do. But ultimately your improvement is judged on gameday and this Saturday we'll find out exactly how much we've improved."


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Thousands Evacuated After Fatal Fire Breaks Out at Dallas' Thanksgiving Tower
Three subcontractors killed in fire; two others suffer smoke inhalation
Published December 11, 2014 • Updated on December 12, 2014 at 3:51 pm
A three-alarm fire erupted in a Dallas high rise Thursday morning, killing three workers, injuring three other people and forcing the evacuation of 2,800 office workers, fire officials say.
The three subcontractors killed in the fire were working in a thermal storage tank that is part of the heating, ventilating and air conditioning unit in the basement of the building, Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans said during a Thursday afternoon news conference.
The victims were identified as 60-year-old Nicacio Carrillo, his nephew, 43-year-old Luis Carrillo and 36-year-old Oscar Esparza-Romo.
Fire Reported at Dallas' Thanksgiving Tower
"I love the guys. The guys are good guys. I know he tried to (have a) better life every day," said the Carrillos' heartbroken relative Gabriel Carrillo.
He said his wife called him earlier in the day to tell him their two loved ones were trapped inside a fire under the tower.
Three other people were sent to the hospital and treated for injuries that were not life threatening, though it's not yet known where they were in the building when the fire started.
Evans said they thought there might be workers close to where the fire was located but that heat and visibility kept them from reaching the area more quickly. He added that thick smoke and flames adjacent to an electrical facility near the storage tank led them to believe the fire was electrical, but that now they aren't sure where the fire began or how.
Missing Attachment Dallas Fire-Rescue officials confirm that three workers were killed when a 3-alarm fire started at Thanksgiving Tower in downtown Dallas Thursday morning.
Because DFR initially believed the fire to be electrical, firefighters had to wait for the power to be disconnected before attacking the flames or risk being shocked or electrocuted.
Once the fire was out and the smoke was cleared, the bodies of the three men were found inside the 35-foot storage tank, fire officials said. According to officials, the men, who were subcontractors for Best Mechanical.
"Our heartfelt sympathies go with these families, especially this time of year," said Cheri Torres, with Best Mechanical.
Torres said the men did have safety equipment and that there were evacuation procedures. Somehow, the men did not make it out.
"It was just a very, very tragic accident," she said.
At this time officials have not said what killed the three men. Their bodies will be transported to the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office who will determine their causes of death.
Questions Raised About Safety Permits
Our colleagues at The Dallas Morning News are reporting that Assistant Fire Chief Ted Padgett said the tower's permit for welding, cutting and hot works expired in March and that the contractor doing business at the tower hasn't had a valid permit for that kind of work since December 2009.
Officials have not confirmed if the men in the tank were doing work that would have required such a permit.
Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Joel Lavender said Friday that investigators are still working to determine what caused the fire, including if cutting or welding inside the tank led to the fire.
Fire Reported at Dallas High Rise
At about 10 a.m. Thursday initial reports indicated smoke was coming from the B2 level garage of the 50-story Thanksgiving Tower.
For more than an hour more than a dozen DFR apparatus and what appeared to be hundreds of firefighters were seen in the streets adjacent to the building.
Missing Attachment NBC 5 Viewer Devon Smith on the fire at Thanksgiving Tower.
A belief that the fire was electrical in nature delayed firefighters from being able to attack the flames until the power was cut off to the area.
At about 11:20 a.m. officials said the fire had been extinguished, though it took some time before large fans could clear the garage of dangerous smoke.
Missing Attachment NBC 5 Viewer Holly O'Neil on the fire at Thanksgiving Tower.
High Rise Evacuated After Report of Fire
A worker at the building confirmed to NBC 5 that the entire building had been evacuated with hundreds of people climbing down the tower in stairwells. Another caller said evacuated workers who drove to the building were unable to leave since their cars were parked in the garage and were inaccessible.
For those taking mass transit, DART reported only slight delays to bus traffic in the area due to closed roads; light rail remained on schedule.
Missing Attachment DART reports slight delays to bus traffic after a fire was reported at Thanksgiving Tower in Dallas, Dec. 11, 2014.
About the Tower
Thanksgiving Tower, at 1601 Elm Street, is a 50-story, 600-foot high rise at the edge of the Arts District overlooking Thanksgiving Square.
It is among the tallest buildings in downtown and is bound by Elm Street, Ervay Street and Pacific Avenue in Downtown Dallas.
The tower has recently been undergoing a major $18 million renovation that was to be completed in late 2015, according to a report by The Dallas Morning News.
NBC 5's Jocelyn Lockwood and Ray Villeda contributed to this report.
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Upon arrival, we discover the residence in its simplest form: two distinct volumes covered with cedar shingles. At first glance, it is both mysterious and unsettling. As we move towards and between the two blind volumes, we discover an exceptional view. This observatory is in fact a green roof under which lies a vast residence. The higher volumes, apparently isolated, house the bedrooms and the bathrooms. They are connected to an opened and largely fenestrated lower level containing the living areas.
This roomy urban house of 3,200 square feet built in a natural setting marries the site and its escarpment. It is particularized by a vast 2,000 square feet terrace, a real interior beach which extends towards the river, punctuated by large rocks and trunks as if they were left by the sea during low tide.
Supported on a panel of hydraulic tiles, a marquee with 5 meters in balance invites to the surprise of the courtyard, a small lot with a small patio.


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Stanley Cohen
Category: Prison
Racists Are The Undead: Live
My formative years molded me into a leftward-leaning spirit — I studied German and geography in West Germany in the days of Willy Brandt, cast a vote in 1972 for George McGovern at the American Embassy in Frankfurt, watched the tragically pivotal Summer Olympics in Munich.
The unemployment rate in West Germany was 0.8% at that time. Gastarbeiter (guest workers) were invited as guests. Willkommen Gäste!
Returning to privileged shores in 1973 brought cultural shock in the form of enormous automobiles, gigantic shopping carts, conspicuous consumption to match conspicuous war — all the trappings of glitz and phony patriotism. Homesickness set in, not for the country of my birth but for my newly forged affinity to nascent European sensibilities, a widening disdain for all things Nixon in the final three years before a well deserved defeat in Southeast Asia.
Your country needed your bleeding heart for fodder, but you didn't enlist. You're as yellow as a Chinaman, Bill.
Lottery luck: 255 of 366.
The Monroe Doctrine is a thin veneer for brutally enforcing manifest destiny upon innocents — another word for sanctioned rape of Latin America. Has the United States ever interfered in the free elections of another country?
Might always makes right. The meek are weak.
Do your part by looking the other way, pledging allegiance to a cotton flag and never sitting during the national anthem.
You can get down on your knee in a prison cell, rabble-rouser.
The Gerrymander assures white privilege, something that Clarence and Neil agree upon. Six Supreme Court justices are of the Catholic faith, three are of the Judaic faith. No Atheists, no Protestants, no Muslims. What's up with that?
Mitch (the unditched) changed the rules to seat a freaking originalist, Neil Gorsuch. Sing along with Mitch.
Clarence Thomas : Thurgood Marshall as Neil Gorsuch : Merrick Garland.
It's what the founding fathers intended, my friend. It's manifest. It's destiny.
The constitution is a living document that matures slowly and deliberately. Society is kinetic. Amendments to the original document are a sign of vitality. Originalism molds its arguments from an intensely small set of volumes written in the 18th Century. Through the 18th Century human slavery was thought the most natural of laws, a societal bulwark. I've read that man was created in God's image. Real men are white aren't they? Why does Western Civilization color semitic speakers in shades and features comforting to western sensibilities?
Powerful white men were slaveholders. It's a great way to keep the costs of production down. Down, down, down. Bail another crop of cotton, please. What did the white man do to the red-man? What would the white man do to those human resources obtained from Africa, the ones who arrived in cruise ships?
Do slaveholders have vested interests? Do slaughterhouse proprietors pay slave wages to undocumented workers? Why don't American birth-certificate holders get in line for jobs at the slaughterhouses?
Don't judge the evils of an earlier era from the perspective of later generations. We all benefit by looking the other way, Bill. Please look that way too. You fit the bill, Bill. Respect yourself.
Columbus Day is still on the calendar. Andrew Jackson is still on the twenty-dollar bill. Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans? Still the wrong color.
I've heard the following platitude: There is only one race, — the human race.
Unfortunately, that platitude whitewashes centuries of evidence to the contrary. Forgive and forget? Convenient.
The human race consumes 70 billion fellow sentient beings per annum. Those fellow sentients possess inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness — unless homo sapiens cast a veto vote.
Did heroin present threats to polite society before it struck nice white folk? Is that fact relevant in a deeply racist society? But if you do not call yourself a racist does that earn you a wild card?
White flight in one generation becomes white gentrification in a succeeding generation. But the gentrifiers are making poor neighborhoods safe aren't they? Don't they create jobs and contribute to a well wealth-managed economy?
Nothing succeeds like success, Bill.
Racism is alive and deadly well in the country of my birth. Is that a success story?
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Author Bill ZieglerPosted on July 2, 2017 July 2, 2017 Categories animal rights, Colonialism, islamophobia, Prison, racism, veganismTags clarence thomas, Colonialism, gastarbeiter, germany, manifest destiny, merrick garland, monroe doctrine, munich, neil gorsuch, willy Brandt1 Comment on Racists Are The Undead: Live
Stanley Cohen: 2016 Person of the Year
Stanley Cohen was a bright silver lining in 2016 — and now in 2017. By simply being himself he bestows hope to the most fiendishly exploited and he always buoys the spirits of his worldwide supporters.
I flip the calendar back to 2015 and remember when Stanley spent 11/12ths of 2015 in the Canaan PA prison 'campus' — down in the northeast corner of Pennsylvania. Imprisoned without cause. His voice temporarily muffled, but he witnessed Prison America firsthand. And so his full-throated voice is back and he's upped the volume 🙂 Certainly made my 2016 — and not just mine. Click More on Stanley for more on Stanley.
Trumped up charges raised over the years by a convenient and expedient arm of federal government (IRS) repeatedly found nothing. Investigators found no basis for charges because none exist. So they sent him to Canaan (aIn't the promised land) anyway.
Wait a minute you may say, this is America.
Read about Kalief Browder. Then discover how he died.
Did the IRS find Stanley Cohen's secret rumored lucre?
It's what happens when you speak up for the über disenfranchised on this planet. People such as Palestinians.
See my blog category Palestine for complete details.
How does Israel get away with the longest occupation in modern history? You can stay up to date on that question by following Stanley Cohen on Twitter. He's eloquent, he's prolific, he's been at it for 50 years.
A quick unrelated aside. Does white phosphorous demonstrate characteristic trails? On Gaza for instance.
Distinctive white-phosphorus trails in Gaza
Fortunately, Stanley's Twitter-feed nourishes the humane soul daily. Click Caged but Undaunted. #UpTheRebels
Stanley Cohen is a dedicated, determined and honest human-rights attorney, a man of integrity — that rare endangered specie of homo sapiens known as Menschen. No vested interest has ever owned Mr. Cohen and none ever will. Truth guides him, honesty defines him.
Few even know that Stanley Cohen exists. Electoral results confirm insatiable ignorance.
We teeter at the edge of impending dystopia. Thinking critically is passé. Unthinking is the more modern way. I find it curious that George Orwell is the antithesis of Orwellian, but in proper NewSpeak fashion, his very name now defines it.
Oddly timely that my favorite NewSpeak website is no longer available.
What is Winston Smith's job. Where does he work? What does he do?
Winston Smith works as a clerk in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, where his job is to rewrite historical documents so they match the constantly changing current party line.
"To hear the simplistic denial of those who scream out with naiveté "give Trump a chance" as they condemn others engaged in selfless protest against a certain political and social tsunami in the making, is to ignore his life-time public embrace of policies that tens of millions reject as not just destructive, but evil per se. They are not mistaken. — Caged but Undaunted
Author Bill ZieglerPosted on January 3, 2017 January 18, 2017 Categories gaza, human rights, israel, Nakba, Palestine, Prison, Prison Industrial Complex, Stanley CohenTags #uptherebels, caged but undaunted, canaan prison, George Orwell, person of the year, Stanley Cohen, Up the rebels, white phosphorous2 Comments on Stanley Cohen: 2016 Person of the Year
Leitmotif of a Commonplace Book
A commonplace book is a collection of loosely organized snippets of stuff. It's a way of thinking that I first encountered by way of detour (my favorite hobby) at the Cincinnati Library — a book caught my eye and subsumed my identity — A Certain World by W.H. Auden. 'twas many a decade ago (4) in what now seems a distant galaxy.
Galaxy (not the magazine) reminds me now of that breathtaking work by Douglas Adams — by golly, esme recently alluded to HHGTTG. Please consult esme for more, much and many. You'll enjoy the visit. You will, yes you will. Say, I also offer a thread from H2G2 too.
I like to use the word eponymous whenever possible. By gosh, this entire writing adventure is eponymously named billziegler1947. Tell your friends about this ever so clever self-referential weblog, or not.
But WTF is a leitmotif? Doesn't sound light to us. Har Har.
A leitmotif is a recurring theme in a musical or literary work.
All so very well Bill, but isn't it time for an unnecessary 'detour', one you cloyingly call a hobby?
A blog is a jarringly clumsy word created in the internet wild-west world: a two character left-string truncation of 'weblog' — it removes the 'we', or is it the'us'?
Captain's weblog 2016.366. We is back. Welcome. Just us chicken defenders.
And so, this has all been a rather detour-ridden post. However, it's a holiday of sorts — the null point , nodding here to Hariod, between 2016 and 2017. Or are we to be taken, in far less than an instant, to arrive in 1957. There to encounter a Back to the Future replay of the fell sort, Biff and all perhaps.
Holy heavens, you have completely abandoned every modicum that informs an insistent adherence to proper writing-style. Will you ever stay on task?
Veganism is the best 'ism' ever. If you don't believe that then you haven't visited Crows Head Soup by Peter Schreiner, have you? Right. Go there now.
As you gather about that soup cauldron, allow me to pass the microphone to a most impassioned advocate, one who brings voice to each and every animal crushed to the marrow for the sake of appetites unending and insatiable — outsidersinsides. Expect no bon appetit if meat be on the table. Thank you! And to all gatherers — grab that mike. My ear enjoys your insights. Always.
Let's say that you recognize the longest occupation in modern history, one that continues into 2017 and you are also interested in animal rights. Right. Palestinian Animal League.
Let us remind you, Bill, that you are no Laurence Sterne and we fervently pray that you not dash off first lines from Tristram Shandy to cover your untidiness. We merely ask.
Copy. (and paste). But I do recall that page of solid black ink from high school, don't I?
And so, with gratitude for every and each reader, and with appreciation for everyone I follow, a hearty fist in the air on behalf of all the exploited sentient beings who are our fellow travellers.
Author Bill ZieglerPosted on December 31, 2016 January 3, 2017 Categories animal liberation, animal rights, human rights, islamophobia, Middle East, Nakba, Prison, solidarityTags a certain world, commonplace book, contentedness.net, crows head soup, esme, hariod, leitmotif, outsidersinsides, Palestine, palestinian animal league, Peter Schreiner, tristram shandy, vegan, veganism2 Comments on Leitmotif of a Commonplace Book
Junior Chills: "Wake Up World"
Announcing a new music video from Junior Chills, a three-piece band in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They produce songs of strong feeling. This one is about the stupefying lack of media coverage on a marginalized, ignored, dismissed, forgotten, unknown people.
Many still know nothing of refugees who lost their homes, who are still denied a right of return guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They still possess that right denied. It's another reason for following Junior Chills.
Did I mention that billions of people alive today are unaware that these people even exist. I am ashamed to report being a citizen of a country whose military and intelligence communities dump enormous taxpayer funds into weapon and security systems that stagger the imagination. Are we exceptional? Is that not arrogance?
But the name of their occupiers is on the map, methinks the occupiers doth occupy too much. The population of Israelis in Israel-Palestine is approximately the same as the population of the Philistines (the name they actually give themselves) but would you know that from looking at the map below?
Humiliation is the name of the game, but these people possess joy in the very spite of subjugation. Prisons for the occupied are stuffed with dissenters. Children as young as 12 are imprisoned daily for throwing stones. Perhaps they throw them at low-flying F-16 fighter jets. Call them terrorists and toss them into prison. Then throw away the key. While you are throwing away keys, break into their grandparent's house and throw away their family home they had to leave in 1948 (more on that in the next paragraph). So yes, I am complicit in this 68-year ethnic cleansing operation by the "only democracy in the Middle East." But I don't yield to those who actually believe that ignorance is strength.
"Wake Up World" is Junior Chills' latest contribution toward bringing attention to the human rights of the people exiled from their homes in 1948. They are refugees to this day. 700,000 were forced from their land in that year alone. I was eight months old that year.
Many were cast from the paradise of a coast along the Mediterranean into a part of Palestine west of the Jordan River and into an open-air prison known as Gaza. They brought only what they could carry in 1948. House keys used to lock their doors on Nakba Day (the Arabic word for catastrophe).
Damien McGee writes, sings and plays guitar for Junior Chills. Here is how he described the protest song in our recent communication:
"It is called simply Wake Up World. I am going to try my best to share it out there as widely as I can to help do my bit to raise awareness of the daily struggle in Palestine…I hope you like it!!"
This is a very powerful musical and visual depiction of the massive injustice meted out every day. The bombs you see exploding in the video killed 2200 people in Operation Protective Shield (a lovely name for an excuse to spew death IMO), 500 were children. Just one of many "operations" that are all pretty much alike. One encouraging note for anyone looking to buy shares in corporations such as Halliburton: every round expended is a round for another round of expenditures. Revolving doors. dick cheneys.
Lengthy prison sentences can be imposed in Israel for throwing stones
It gives the viewer pause and tears tears from your eyes. The violence depicted in the video is not gratuitous, but know that young innocents were not of concern to those who saw the exterior of the buildings in the crosshairs.
Wake Up World
The streaming trails you see in the photograph below spew from two white phosphorous bombs exploding from a height, that height insures horrid deaths and agonizing injuries. Population density is very high in Gaza, there is no safe place. White phosphorous burns to the bone.
Author Bill ZieglerPosted on September 26, 2016 September 29, 2016 Categories human rights, Junior Chills, Middle East, music, Palestine, Prison, solidarityTags 1948, 2014 israel gaza conflict, apartheid, damien mcgee, gaza, Human rights, israel, music video, nakba, Palestine, Prison, wake up world4 Comments on Junior Chills: "Wake Up World"
Veganism, Climate and Election Seasoning
Ignorance and arrogance is a combination that echoes with brute force this very curious year. Unfortunately, both are proudly celebrated. Doubly unfortunate for the entire planet: the sad celebration of ignorance occurs in an election year.
The topic least considered is the topic most important, global warming or climate change? Your choice.
What actions would HRC or DJT take on climate change? And answer came there none. It's not a convenient time to…uh…next question please.
BTW, I am running on the Vegan ticket. For write-in ballots I suggest
Bill Ziegler (the one on billziegler1947.com). Readers are welcome to apply for cabinet positions in the event that I receive the most electoral votes.
Ironically, in 1912 the climate researcher Alfred Wegener proposed a theory of continental drift, positing that different large landmasses of the Earth almost fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. That they appeared to move. He was correct, but off by two orders of magnitude in the speed of plate movement. GPS tracks it automatically and continually now.
Sadly a very influential paleontologist name George Gaylord Simpson vehemently fought against Wegener.
Prof. Dr. Alfred Wegener, ca. 1924-1930
When I first began studies in Geography at the University of Cincinnati in 1965 (in the day of slide rules).Wegener was mentioned for his climate work, but the professors at that time roundly dismissed any realistic notion that the Americas ever met Eur-Africa. Tectonic plates. The thought had a romantic and fanciful value, but no evidence supported it.
In 1976 Exxon received the results of a study they launched on the global impact of increasing dependence upon fossil fuels. Exxon risked eventually losing claim to "We're Number 1" (USAUSAUSA) on the Fortune 500. Ignoring evidence is an enormously profitable enterprise.
Addressing climate change could have begun 40 years ago. Veganism may be the only option available. It's also great for your personal health. Just expounding.
Unfortunately (very unfortunately) a tectonic shift in political execution began in 1980.
There is great symbolism in the release of hostages during Reagan's inaugural address. Allow blame to flow to the Carter Administration, rigorously and self-righteously deny any hint of a deal in Nicaragua. Proceed with an order to remove Carter's solar panels from the White House roof. The Project for the New American Century raised a toast to the death of the 70's. I call it mourning in America.
Slave-level labor keeps inflation in check. Fill in the blank, Made in …..
Dick Cheney and Henry Kissinger are both still alive, still active and still war criminals. Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.
Meanwhile Jimmy Carter hopes that the Guinea Worm will die before he does. Google guinea + worm for details.
A question raised in January 2016 by the Party of the Grand Olds: Who will be our next Reagan? That month a friend of mine predicted the total collapse of the Republican Party. In the same month that friend asked my son about his estimation of the number of racists in the United States, he answered 35%. DJT's hardcore.
January was already a WTF year by February. Lisa joins those explaining zombies in popular culture as a response to the impending doom dropped into their collective laps by preceding generations. As one of them. I can only agree.
At least Jerry Rubin did not live to witness the folly of equating a growing wealth-management portfolio with a revolution. RIP stock portfolios.
Details at 11:00.
Author Bill ZieglerPosted on September 16, 2016 September 17, 2016 Categories 2016, alternate history, anarchism, climate change, critical thinking, Prison, veganismTags 2016, Dick Cheney, election year, exxon, fortune 500, guinea worm, Henry Kissinger, inflation, jerry rubin, Jimmy carter, Northwest Passage cruise, racism, Reagan, trickle down, war ciminalsLeave a comment on Veganism, Climate and Election Seasoning
Taking BDS Viral: Stanley Cohen OpEd
Just when will an article on Palestinian human rights ever go viral? My hope is NOW.
It is not cheap to make all the news that's fetid to print. You have to make it palatable while erroneous. American media giants are like Wonder Bread, not remotely wonderful but they knead a profit. What else matters?
A few days ago an Op-Ed written by Stanley Cohen popped up on Al Jazeera.
Here is my reaction:
Stanley Cohen is major league. Whenever perplexed on the state of the State of Palestine and the refugees living there, listen to someone who has been well informed for something like a half-century.
During that time he has not wavered from representing real Palestinians. Universal human rights belong to all 7 billion individuals on this battered orb. Pleas are not just for the chosen.
Expedience is not the name of the game today, it's a character flaw that Mr. Cohen doesn't have, and he is not about to change. Stanley is not a political animal, and that doesn't play well among multicrats gazing at the weather vane and thinking about trial balloons.
As hard as they have tried the powers that be have never been able to pin a single charge on Mr. Cohen, it's not the wonders of teflon at play. Actually just simple human integrity at work: rare mettle.
The injustice system of Prison America sent him to Canaan Prison for eleven months in 2015 while they looked for some evidence they could find or that they could convincingly plant. They have never found any, but that's the genius of the Patriot Act. Make the prison industrial complex the heartbeat of America.
Through 2015 Caged but Undaunted kept his voice alive. A tip of the hat to Marion Heads., another Mensch out there lighting candles for every fellow traveller suffering under the drang of fascism.
It's expedient to imprison without cause. Today it's Orwellian patriotism, though I don't like calling it Orwellian. The word itself peals like something out of the NewSpeak Dictionary. George Orwell saw it coming point blank.
Previous stuff on Stanley Cohen that you won't read this on NYT or NPR. Unfortunately they follow the expedient.
#UpTheRebels
Editor note: I am humbled by my readers. That's as it should be. However, I published my last article before it could be properly edited and several of you read the more hapless early version, and so I Speak Arabic Openly and Joyfully.
Reporting from the land of the fête and the home of the Atlanta Braves. BDS USA BDS USA!
Thanks for reading. Opposing viewpoints welcome.
Author Bill ZieglerPosted on July 14, 2016 July 14, 2016 Categories Palestine, Prison, Stanley CohenTags caged but undaunted, Human rights, newspeak, orwell, Palestine, Prison, racism, Stanley Cohen, Up the rebelsLeave a comment on Taking BDS Viral: Stanley Cohen OpEd
Understanding the School to Prison Pipeline, Cincinnati tour: Avondale
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America's prison-industrial-complex becomes an ever larger sector of the global economy with every passing year: it's not going to change until we own the ability to break the vicious cycle at its deepest roots. I'm a citizen of this tiny planet who still believes "Think Global, Act Local." It's more than a bumper sticker.
This is also a personal invitation to anyone finding themselves near the juncture of Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky June 25 between 3 and 6 o'clock.
Source: Understanding the School to Prison Pipeline, Cincinnati tour: Avondale
Update: my reaction to the teach-in that I posted on FaceBook.
This teach-in was marvelously planned and conducted. The visual aids were convincing and well documented. My thanks go to everyone who made this possible. The room was filled and I look forward to the next one scheduled for next month in Price Hill. It's important information for an informed citizenry. Grass-root movements like this one are crucial.
My written stuff is more coherent than my vocal attempts these days, so I'm including a link here to the articles I've written this past year on the subject of America's prison-industrial-complex, how it relates to being a Mensch. Again, my thanks to all and each.
Author Bill ZieglerPosted on June 24, 2016 June 29, 2016 Categories education, human rights, Prison, racismTags black lives matter, cincinnati, Human rights, Prison, prison america, school to prison, Stanley Cohen, think globalLeave a comment on Understanding the School to Prison Pipeline, Cincinnati tour: Avondale
Incarceration Industries and US
Prisons, Portfolios and Humans as Resources
Prisons are like factory farms: in an American mindset they are just there. Small town employment opportunities depend on their existence, it's what holds many small communities together: the jail, the slaughterhouse, the slightly trained health services workers, the armed-services recruitment center.
The occasional cow (one of a billion) breaks out and wanders onto the local highway. It makes the local news, the cow gets its fifteen minutes and an unlikely pardon. Prisoners are like cows, a link in the foodchain.
Let's get in contact with a money manager and ask about prospects for spare dollars. Begin with questions:
How can I get in one of the fastest growing sectors of the American economy? Do I have to sell my soul to make the biggest bucks? Should my portfolio include prisons? Are there any risks to me personally? What are the long term prospects? Could growth slow down?
But not everyone is butt-ignorant. There are people who speak honestly of "business ethics" as two words that should go together well. They deserve your ear.
Read what Berna writes.
from Berna's Vibe: THREE STRIKES LAW
From Leo Tolstoy: I sit on a man's back. Yes, we're still riding that guy with every assurance that "getting with the program" is a good idea and in full keeping with the best system ever created by man or beast.
Taking a look now at our record since bellying up against the Soviet republics and their union. Who is number one? Who is standing atop a heap of bison skulls?
PrisonPolicy.org has well presented, well researched information.
Around 1963 I sat in the doctor's office waiting room. I picked up Esquire and read an aritcle by Gore Vidal on the consequences of stringent controls on certain prescription drugs. He warned of its potential societal harm. It was an introduction to critical thinking.
Welcome to Jail, Inc. from The Guardian
Unless our course is changed, the prison-industrial-complex conjoined with its mighty twin the military-industrial is the future of America. Conceived and directed by our jailer mentality.
Repeat these three words three times: We're Number 1
Repeat these three letters three times: USA
Post late-stage capitalism has its growth industries. Last month gentle souls seeking gain gathered in Texas.
American Jail dot Org has a bright red banner stating "I need to be a part of this." Dystopias need allegiances, selling out is an American tradition and the fourth of July is just behind the corner.
The human body consumes its own molecules when it starves. Its decline is marked by accelerating and seemingly sudden changes (like hitting the pavement after jumping off the top floor), such as viewing the explicable in the rear-view.
We're not in Kansas anymore, nor is Kansas. Noth the Kansas I knew in 1970 at Kansas State.
Let's take a drive through Syria from the perspective of the journalist behind the wheel: Mad Max Redux in progress.
Reality shows morph into reality, and back again. The morphed becomes a morpher.
Is anyone watching this? Stanley Cohen is one of the one in a million. He was quite literally in Canaan (a prison complex in northeast PA). It isn't the Promised Land. Your best source for accurate detailed information about Mr. Cohen is Caged but Undaunted. Soon to leave New York for the Middle East.
Bertolt Brecht posed a question for the audience in Der gute Mensch von Sezuan. (The Good Person of Szechwan) The question his play seeks to answer:
Is it possible to simultaneously exist in this world, yet remain a good person?
The jury is out, perhaps for the count.
Author Bill ZieglerPosted on June 17, 2016 June 19, 2016 Categories human rights, Prison, Prison Industrial Complex, Stanley CohenTags bertolt brecht, der gute mensch von sezuan, Human rights, Prison, prison america, Stanley Cohen, Up the rebelsLeave a comment on Incarceration Industries and US
Kalief Browder Learned How to Commit Suicide on Rikers
Jennifer Gonnerman is the journalist I credit with introducing me to a young man trapped as thoroughly as the protagonist Kafka introduced in his uncompleted novel Der Prozess (The Trial), a recognition of injustices that compel gentle souls to scream at the every day horror of the everyday.
One year ago billziegler1947 became a vehicle for transporting readers via metaphor: the ancient and modern Greek for "transport."
The transport stops here, I turn the wheel over to Ms. Gonnerman:
Before Browder ever attempted to take his own life, he saw another inmate in the jail try to end his.
Source: Kalief Browder Learned How to Commit Suicide on Rikers – The New Yorker
African Voices: a Tribute to Kalief Browder by Jennifer Gonnerman
excerpt from her New Yorker article published at 10:45 this morning.
On June 6, 2015, Kalief Browder took his own life at his home, in the Bronx. He was twenty-two years old. He had been released from Rikers Island two years earlier, ending an ordeal that had begun on a spring night in 2010, when he had been arrested for robbery, at sixteen. He spent the next three years in jail trying to prove his innocence, and, for about two of those years, he was held in solitary confinement, where he attempted suicide several times. The charges against him were eventually dropped. I met him after his release and wrote a story about him in the fall of 2014.
Please remember Mr. Browder each Memorial Day, acknowledging the fallen and the falling: the failure of a society.
Author Bill ZieglerPosted on June 2, 2016 June 25, 2016 Categories human rights, Prison, racism, Stanley CohenTags black lives matter, jennifer gonnerman, kalief browder, Prison, prison america, racism, rikers island, Stanley Cohen, suicideLeave a comment on Kalief Browder Learned How to Commit Suicide on Rikers
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As the World Cup moves towards an end, it's fascinating to reflect on how small the margins have been between success and failure. The four teams that remain have navigated a steady path through the knockout stage, and that none of the four appears an overwhelming favourite to win from here shows just how close the margins have been in the whole tournament. The fundamental quality of the top 15 or so nations in the world is not that different, and in a short tournament results can be hard to predict.
For the four European teams left, a semi-final berth can certainly feel like success, with varying expectations having landed on each beforehand. For France a semi-final slot builds on their Euro 2016 final and represents a decent return on their evident squad strength. France invariably turn up at these tournaments looking like they have the players to do damage and go deep, but outcomes have been erratic.
With Spain now six years from an international triumph and Germany finally failing, there is clear space for a new pre-eminent European side to emerge. It's just that few saw that possibility under the stoic management of Didier Deschamps. A jobless Zinedine Zidane remains the most tantalising future appointment should Deschamps decide to leave after a World Cup win - or not - and the age profile and depth of talent France possess will see them as contenders, at least through another generation of players, and possibly more.
For Belgium, this semi-final - and in particular their victory over Brazil - feels like a long overdue moment where expectation finally turned into reality. Their "Golden Generation" has been heralded for half a decade or more, but while their key defenders are close to or he wrong side of 30, their most dangerous attackers have landed in this tournament precisely in their prime years: Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard are 27 years old, Romelu Lukaku is 25.
Much like France, the Belgian squad has useful depth - so much in fact that a player like Mousa Dembélé, so useful in maintaining possession and absorbing pressure in central midfield, has been peripheral. Adnan Januzaj, too, appears yet to have been forgiven for his game winning goal against England that ensured Belgium's run on the tough side of the draw. Few international teams have great strength in all positions, but Belgium's spine is undeniably elite and their supporting cast is sufficiently varied. They survived a late charge from Brazil, but in doing so finally have the tournament outcome to match their undeniably talented parts.
England's success has been a pleasant surprise for many, but as much as any team they appear to have very linear ideas about their structure, player selection and methodology. Their young team appear to have embraced a tactical plan that stifles both the opposition and themselves, while prioritising the set-piece prowess of unlikely heroes such as Harry Maguire. Ahead of the competition, much was made of the squad's lack of options in midfield, yet as the tournament has worn on, and England continue to struggle to create volume of chances in open play, it has become clear that this choice is generally strategic.
England have made the absolute most of the tools they have been given, and buoyed by consistency and a favourable draw now find themselves one match away from the final. It's a victory for pragmatism as much as anything else, and the semi-final is already towards the top end of even optimistic expectation. Regardless of what happens next, stability appears to have been ensured and Gareth Southgate likely has this job for as long as he wants it, or at least until his team fails; it's scarcely the manager's choice.
Croatia's run has not been dissimilar. Their obvious strength and depth in midfield were enough to dominate a disjointed Argentina in the group stages, but their knockout games have seen them struggle to put away relatively weak sides in Denmark and Russia. Keeping their nerve in successive penalty shoot-outs has given them their shot at the final, but are they really one of the four best teams at this World Cup? Probably not.
In this World Cup we have clearly seen that the differences in quality between the better teams in the world are not that great. International football has always suffered from a lack of time to implement strategy and the fixed nature of national squads, but usually stronger nations have risen to the top. We have to look back to 2002 to find another World Cup with comparable parity, yet ultimately Brazil and Germany fought out the final.
Should France and England reach this final it will look like the historical giants have prevailed again, but the underlying message - that the differences in quality between a the top 15 or so teams in the world remain small - will remain true.


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Gunmen Kidnap First Class Monarch In Kogi State
Alhaji Shaibu Usman, a first class traditional ruler in Kogi State, has been abducted by some unknown gunmen, Daily Post reports.
Alhaji Usman, who is the current Acting Eje Of Ankpa, was kidnapped on Friday at about 5:30am, while entering a Mosque in Ankpa.
It was further learnt that the kidnappers had laid ambush at the mosque, and zoomed off immediately with the Traditional Ruler to yet to be ascertained destination.
DAILY POST gathered that the abductors of the monarch are yet to make any contact with the family.
Meanwhile, the Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of the traditional ruler.
Speaking to DAILY POST on Friday, the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Edeh said the command was not resting on its oars until the Acting Eje of Ankpa was released.
He stated that the police had cordoned-off all entry and exit points into the State, with the view to rescuing the Traditional Ruler.
Speaking on the incident, the Kogi State Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, said efforts are on to ensure that the traditional ruler is secured safely.
According to him, "The State Government is working with security agencies to ensure his release".


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It was a crime that shocked the country. On March 12, 2011, two young saleswomen were found brutally attacked inside a lululemon athletica retail store in Bethesda, Maryland, one of the nation's wealthiest suburbs.
Thirty-year-old Jayna Murray was dead—slashed, stabbed, and struck more than three hundred times. Investigators found blood spattered on walls, and size fourteen men's shoe prints leading away from her body.
Twenty-eight-year-old Brittany Norwood was found alive, tied up on the bathroom floor. She had lacerations, a bloody face, and ripped clothing. She told investigators that two masked men had slipped into the Bethesda lululemon store just after closing, presumably planning to rob it. She spoke of the night of terror she and her coworker had experienced. Investigators were sympathetic…but as the case went on, Brittany's story began to unravel. Why rob a business that dealt mostly in credit cards? Why was Jayna murdered but Brittany left alive? Could the petite, polite Brittany have been involved? Most chilling of all: could she have been the killer?