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Is BP Dodging $2 Billion in Fines?
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Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) ripped oil corporation BP today by claiming they were low-balling the spill's damage to dodge more than a billion dollars in financial liabilities. Markey's attacks come on the same day an independent report put the BP oil spill at between 12,000 and 19,000 barrels a day, far exceeding BP's 1,000 to 5,000 estimate. "What's clear is that BP has had an interest in low-balling the size of their accident, since every barrel spilled increases how much they could be fined by the government," said Markey, who chairs the select committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and the Energy and Environment subcommittee.
According to Markey, the difference between BP's and independent scientists' estimates on the spill's size amounts to tens of millions of dollars everyday. If the spill were really 1,000 barrels per day, the fines would total between $5 to $15 million each day; if 14,000 barrels a day, then BP is looking at fines of $14 to $42 million every day. The current governing financial liabilities for oil spills like BP's, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, mandates fines of $1,000 per barrel or, in the case of "gross negligence," $3,000 per barrel. All told, BP, using scientists' projections on the Gulf spill, the oil giant could face fines of $444 million and $2.1 billion now on the 37th day of the spill.
Here's Markey's full release on BP's financial liabilities:
Following the release of a report on the flow rate of the oil spill by a technical team assembled by the Obama administration, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today continued to raise questions about BP's potential motivations to low-ball the flow rate and size of the spill, and released new documents showing BP knew the spill could have been much bigger than they claimed.
The report, conducted by the National Incident Command's Flow Rate Technical Group, found that the spill was likely between 12,000 and 19,000 barrels a day, far above the 1,000-5,000 barrels a day BP estimated for most of the spill's duration. Rep. Markey has engaged with numerous independent scientists on this issue who claimed the spill was much larger than BP's estimates.
"Now we know what we always knew—this spill is much larger than BP has claimed," said Rep. Markey, who chairs the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and the Energy and Environment Subcommittee in the Energy and Commerce Committee. "What's clear is that BP has had an interest in low-balling the size of their accident, since every barrel spilled increases how much they could be fined by the government."
Yesterday Rep. Markey pressed this point with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, citing documents he obtained from BP that showed BP knew as early as a week after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig that the spill could have been much higher than their initial estimate of 1,000 barrels. Secretary Salazar agreed with Rep. Markey that BP could have a financial interest in underestimating the size of the spill.
The documents can be found here
One document, dated April 27, shows that BP's high estimate for the daily rate of the spill was 14,266 barrels per day, well within the midrange of today's technical group report. Yet one day later, BP was asserting to the public that the spill was only 1,000 barrels a day—their low estimate for the size of the spill.
The implications for BP's financial liability are directly tied to the size of the spill. Under current law—the Clean Water Act as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, following the Exxon Valdez disaster—a company that spills oil is subject to fines up to $1,000 per barrel, or up to $3,000 per barrel in the case of gross negligence.
For BP, the difference between an estimate of 1,000 barrels per day and one of 14,000 barrels a day could really be the difference between $5 to $15 million per day in fines versus $14 to $42 million per day. That means, at the end of yesterday, the 37th day of the spill, the difference could potentially be between $37 million in fines or $1.5 billion in fines, according to BP's own estimates from the documents.
According to the range reached by the technical group today, BP could be subject to between $444 million and $2.1 billion in potential fines for the oil spilled thus far.
"BP has to stop protecting their liability and start dealing with the reality of the size of this spill," said Rep. Markey. "Knowing the size of the spill is vital to all facets of this spill, from response to recovery to accountability."
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Wizcraft, one of India's leading Communication and Entertainment giant recently executed 3 mega events in just a week's span. These events were: PM Townhall, GVK Airport Launch, and the Magnetic Maharashtra Convergence 2018. In this feature at EVENTFAQS, we have a brief look at each of these events.
Pariskha Pe Charcha PM Modi Ke Saath was the second Town Hall done by the Prime Minister of India in India. Ministry of HRD, under the aegis of Minister Prakash Javadekar, organised this town hall for 3000 kids from various Kendriya Vidyalaya schools across Delhi NCR who got an opportunity to hear the Honorable Prime Minister, Narendra Modi live in Talkatora Stadium on Feb 16, 2018.
The foundation stone-laying ceremony of the GVK Airport took place on February 18th, 2018. The event took place at the project site in Navi Mumbai and was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well. Over the span of 8 days, Wizcraft pulled off this event which was spread over 10 acres of land, with an area of 450' x 1100' used for a setup despite the stringent security measures that were being levied upon at the venue for the event.
The Maharashtra Government organised 'Magnetic Maharashtra Convergence 2018' one of the largest Global Investors Summits in the country from February 18th – 23rd, 2018 at the MMRDA Grounds, BKC in Mumbai.
Inspired by the Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' vision, the Maharashtra Global Investment Summit 2018 saw investors from all over the world converging in Maharashtra to explore the diverse investment opportunities the state has to offer. The event was attended by the Honorable Prime Minister of India, the Honorable Chief Minister of Maharashtra and other Cabinet Ministers from the center and the state along with the top Indian and global Corporate Heads.
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MADISON – Tractor rollovers are the leading cause of death on farms, but one group of Wisconsin legislators is trying to change that. Senator Patrick Testin (Stevens Point) and Representative Bob Kulp (Stratford) are reintroducing a bill to provide state funding for Wisconsin's farm tractor Rollover Protection Structure (ROPS) Rebate Program. Joining them as co- authors are Senator Kathy Bernier (Chippewa Falls) and Representative Tony Kurtz (Wonewoc).
The ROPS program was founded by the National Farm Medicine Center, part of Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, in 2012. Since then, the program has helped fund the installation of more than 245 ROPS on tractors.
Last session, the agricultural committees in both houses of the legislature passed the bill unanimously, but session ended before the bill could be voted on by the full body. Senator Testin believes that with an early start, the bill has a good chance of success.
The bill is currently circulating for co-sponsors prior to its official introduction.


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From This Week In Texas, July 2, 1977, page 29.
From the Austin Chronicle:
The windows were tinted, and everyday at 4 o'clock, the firemen at the No. 1 fire station would jog down to the river and come back up the street. You could set your watch by it. Four o'clock they'd come, jogging up in front of those windows. Big ol' hunky men with no shirts, and you'd get your shots all ready, and as they went by, you'd toast them with your shots. They couldn't see in the windows, but we could certainly see them as they went by. One of my fave memories there: I was there one afternoon, and a part of the bar, the drink rail, broke off. Well, here are a dozen big ol' cowboys taking off their boots and trying to hammer it back in. There were two young lesbians sitting at the end of the bar watching this entire charade of these macho guys trying to put this bar back together gingerly … like it was a Ming vase. Without saying a word, they walk out to their truck; they come back in with an electric saw, a piece of lumber, nails, hammer, and said, "Get out of the way, boys!" And rebuilt the end of the bar. It is a stereotype come to life. – Rob Faubion.
The location is now the alternative night club Elysium.
TODAY IN HISTORY:
► Texas Doctor Proposes Castrating "Sexual Perverts": 1893. Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which introduced his theory of evolution to the masses in 1859, also had a profound effect on biologists, medical doctors, psychiatrists and social theorists. The theory, in simplified form, held that species evolved through a process of natural selection which weeded out the weaker and less capable variations of the species. Darwin wasn't the first to propose the theory; others proposed the theory as far back as the eighteenth century. But Darwin succeeded in providing a trove of evidence from his travels around the world to illustrate the theory in action.
The theory of evolution opened as many questions as it answered, and the main question on the minds of social theorists struggling to understand the impact of the industrial revolution was this: If nature selected out the weaker and defective members of a species, what happens when man's technological advances intervenes in that natural process? The answer, they said, could be found in the cities throughout Europe and North America: poverty, disease, alcoholism, crime, family violence and moral depravity. They proposed an opposing theory, the theory of degeneration, which held that human beings, now that they were shielded from the natural course of evolution, were in danger of producing offspring who "de-generated" from their parents in an imperfect form — think of a xerox copy of a bad xerox copy. According to the theory, Alcoholics begat alcoholics, criminals begat worse criminals, rapists begat more violent rapists. And, of course, negroes begat negroes. Degeneracy theory was always, at its core, a highly racist one.
As pessimistic as the theory was, it did have its positive contributions: it spawned the hygiene movement which began mandating safe housing, clean food, proper sanitation, limitations in child labor and other protections, and universal education. In the glass-half-empty category, the theory of Degeneration was part of the shift from regarding homosexuality as a crime to be severely punished, to being a malady to be addressed "scientifically" — namely by the nation's doctors and insane asylums (along with the brave few who countered that gay and gender-variant people harmed no one and should be left alone). But far more darkly, Degeneracy Theory would very quickly soon give rise to Eugenics, which provided a dark answer to the question of what to do with the unfortunate products of degeneration (from which the word "degenerates" first came).
Dr. F.E. Daniel
Eugenics came in two forms: positive Eugenics (the hygiene movement was but one example), and negative Eugenics, which included sterilization programs aimed at severing the generational capabilities of the degenerate line. On August 16, 1893, Dr. F.E. Daniel of Austin, Texas, and editor of the Texas Medical Journal, delivered an address before the World's Columbian Auxiliary Congress titled, "Should Insane Criminals or Sexual Perverts be Permitted to Procreate?" The main perversions that Daniel was worried about were rape and masturbation, the latter of which was believe to be the cause of insanity. For the case of sexual criminals judged to be insane, there had already been calls for castration in lieu of hanging, partly because it was believed that hanging someone who was insane constituted a breach of justice. Daniel also held that view, but, ever the humanitarian, he considered hanging to be an extreme, cruel, and ultimately ineffective form of punishment. And so he added an additional reason to consider castrating criminals who, despite their obvious degeneracy, were nevertheless judged to be sane:
In this country, and recently, several writers have advocated castration. Dr. W. A. Hammond's paper on the subject will be recalled by all present. Dr. Frank Lydston (Va. Medical Monthly) in reply to a question from Dr. Hunter McGuire as to the cause of so much rape by negroes in the South, advises castration as a remedy for the evil; and there is much wisdom in the advice. He would castrate the rapist, thus rendering him incapable of repetition of the offense, and of propagating his kind, and turn him loose — on the principle of the singed rat — to be a warning to others. Dr. Lydston says, and very truly, that a hanging or even a burning is soon forgotten; but a negro buck at large amongst the ewes of his flock, minus the elements of manhood, would be a standing terror to those of similar propensities. Dr. Orpheus Everts (Lancet Clinic, March, 1888,) would castrate all convicted criminals, thus arresting the descent of their respective vices of constitution.
Daniel found Everts's advice too extreme: "innocent persons are sometimes convicted of crime, and we might cut the wrong man." But Daniel did believe that sexual crimes were in a special category because, he argued, it was almost impossible to draw a line between sanity and insanity where sexual crimes were concerned:
In light then of the very evident doubt as to the sanity of those who commit sexual crimes, and therefore, of their responsibility; and particularly as it is impossible in the present state of our knowledge to draw a line and say where, in mental alienation, unsoundness to the extent of irresponsibility for acts exists, I would substitute castration as a penalty for all sexual crimes or misdemeanors, including confirmed masturbation.
…The lower animals limit production, and eliminate the weaker by battles between the males for the possession of the female; and certain of the rodents, the squirrel I am told, castrate the young males. But with civilized man the procreative function, and the right to exercise it ad libitum seems to be something sacred; it is respected, even in those who have, by their misconduct, outraged society, and forfeited all other rights, civil, religious and political. Is it not a remarkable civilization that will break a criminal's neck, but will respect his testacles? [sic]
A number of asylums were already beginning to sterilize both their male and female patients. Daniel argued that if those programs were extended to sexual criminals, it could usher in a new age of sexual continence within a generation:
While we can not hope ever to institute a Sanitary Utopia in our day and generation, it would seem within the legitimate scope and sphere of Preventive Medicine, aided by the enactment and enforcement of suitable laws, to eliminate much that is defective in human genesis, and to improve our race mentally, morally and physically; to bring to bear in the breeding of peoples the principles recognized and utilized by every intelligent stock-raiser in the improvement of his cattle; and in my humble judgment the substitution of castration, as advocated above, for the useless and cruel execution of criminals, is the first step in the reformation. I predict that in twenty years the beneficial results of castration for crimes committed in obedience to a perverted (diseased) sexual impulse will be established and appreciated.
Rape, sodomy, beastiality [sic], pederasty and habitual masturbation should be made crimes or misdemeanors, punishable by forfeit of all rights, including that of procreation; in short by castration, or castration plus other penalties, according to the gravity of the offense.
[Source: F.E. Daniel. "Castration of sexual perverts." Texas Medical Journal 9, no. 6 (December 1893): 255-271. Available online at Google Books here.]
► "Great Civilizations Plagued by Deviates": 1954. "It seems melodramatic to talk about the downfall of nations and homosexuals in the same breath. But historians are quick to point out that moral degeneracy and the destruction of some of the greatest civilizations in the world were tied hand in hand." How many times have you heard that one before? Those words came from the opening paragraphs of The Miami Daily News' final installement in a three part series that formed part of its overall campaign to whip up anti-gay hysteria in South Florida (see Aug 13 and Aug 15). The campaign began in earnest just two weeks earlier when William T. Simpson, a 27-year-old Eastern Airlines flight attendant, was murdered by two men in a rolling-the-queers robbery scam (see Aug 3). That murder led officials to the discovery of a "colony of some 500 male homosexuals, congregating mostly in the near-downtown northeast section and ruled by a 'queen'." Simpson may have been murdered, two straight men may have been arrested and charged with the crime, but as far as the local newspapers were concerned, it was the homosexuals who were guilty of the whole mess, and they promptly launched a media-driven campaign that resulted in more raids and arrests by area police departments (see Aug 13, Aug 14).
ONE, January 1954.
The papers had been itching for just such a campaign for a few years. There had been a round of raids on gay bars and beaches earlier in 1953, which got the attention of ONE magazine, which wrote about Miami's brief anti-gay campaign in January 1954. Despite all the bad news, ONE managed to find a silver lining. In contrast to Miami Beach police chief Romeo Shepard and Dade County Sheriff Tom Kelly, Miami Police Chief Walter Headley had established a policy of letting gay bars operate more or less undisturbed when he became chief in 1948. By letting bars operate in an area that became known as "Powder Puff Lane," he felt he could keep a better eye on the city's gay population. Besides that, drag shows were popular with tourists and "If I ran all of the homosexuals out of town, members of some of the best families would lead the parade."
Headley's refusal to crack down earned ONE's praises, which published an open letter, written by Dale Jennings (see Oct 21) and addressed to Headley, applauding his "refusal to wholeheartedly support the current hysteria concerning homosexuality." Jennings sent copies of the letter and the January issue to Shepard, Kelly, other Dade county officials and the two Miami newspapers. In July of 1954, three weeks before Simpson's murder but soon after another media panic over the rape and murder of a young girl in southwest Miami, The Miami Herald, armed with a copy of ONE's approval of Headley's policies, went on the attack:
Police have erred in permitting perverts to assemble here — to corral them in places which are "on limits" to them. … Miami's "powder puff lane" is a civic disgrace … [and] an invitation to all sex deviates in the United States to come here for sanctuary.. . . When large numbers of perverts are present in a community, the peril is multiplied. The example and temptation to our youth is vile.
A few weeks later, The Herald blasted Headley again for "setting-up a Powder-Puff Lane … The practice harks back to the days of red light districts, sordid political partnerships, and payoffs, and dark age police methods." The Herald also referred to ONE's article commending Headley's policies: "Miami's Powder-Puff Lane has made the city a concentration center of the gentry from all over the nation. They even have a national publication which applauds Miami and its police methods [and] condemns those cities which will not coddle them."
Dr. Paul Kells
Following Simpson's murder, the afternoon Daily News wasn't about to let its morning rival get the upper hand in the contest for who could out-vilify the local gay and lesbian community. For its third installment of its "educational" series on homosexuals, News staff writer Jack Roberts went all out, charging that homosexuality caused the fall of Greece and Rome. Unmentioned, of course, is that all great civilizations come to an end sooner or later, and by the time Rome fell it was an officially Christian nation. Roberts credited his defective understanding of history to "well-known Miami psychiatrist" Dr. Paul Wells, who had been featured in the first installment of the series (see Aug 13):
Dr. Kells pointed out that the spokesman for homosexuals in the Los Angeles area (editor of a magazine for homosexuals) constantly crusade for a legitimate place in society. "But in all their arguments, they fail to look at the other side of the picture," said Dr. Kells. "The most important thing to consider where moral degeneracy can lead to."
The article gave a brief rundown on the "all-out war against homosexuals" being waged by Shepard and Kelly. "I simply want them to get out of town," Shepard said. Kelly's goal was the same: "I will keep on harassing the homosexuals until they understand they're not wanted in Dade County." But the News blasted Headley for his "reluctance to bother perverts." Nevertheless, representatives of the Dade County-area law enforcement agencies had formed a study group to come up with ideas on how to deal with the problems. Attorney E.F.P. Brigham, chairman of the group, described to the News their suggestion of a sexual psychopath law:
If a sexual deviate is accused of molesting a child, or any person for that matter, and manages to beat the charge ni court, the state will still have the right to order a mental examination for the offender. If the person is found to be a sexual psychopath (and that does not necessarily mean insane) the state will then have the right to institute civil action to put that person in the asylum for the rest of his or her life or until such time as a cure can be effected.
Brigham says he has no doubt that the legislators will approve of new laws to curb sexual psychopaths. "But I'm afraid they will balk at the money it will cost to provide asylum facilities, "he said. "I'm afraid they will look on the pervert problem as one belonging to Miami and not the state as a whole."
…"It is most important to take these people away from society," said Brigham. "By establishing a worthwhile asylum, it may be possible to cure some of these psychopaths and help them lead normal lives. We are going to cite case after case of children being violated to the Legislature to prove our point. It seems foolish to try to save a few tax dollars when so much is at stake.
When Brigham made his suggestion, twenty states already had similar sexual psychopath laws on the books. Florida enacted a sexual psychopath law in 1955, but it was declared "unconstitutionally vague" a year later.
[Additional sources: "Miami Junks the Constitution." ONE 2, no. 1 (January 1954): 16-21.
Fred Fejes. "Murder, Perversion, and Moral Panic: The 1954 Media Campaign against Miami's Homosexuals and the Discourse of Civic Betterment." Journal of the History of Sexuality 9, No. 3 (July 2000): 305-347]
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY:
► Pierre Seel: 1923-2005. Pierre's troubles began when his watch was stolen while he was in a public square in his Alsace home in 1939. The watch, a gift from his godmother, had sentimental value, and so he reported the theft to police. The square where the theft occurred was a well-known cruising ground for gay men in the area, but since homosexuality was not illegal in France, there shouldn't have been much of a problem. But local police added his name to a list of gay men they were maintaining, and when the Germans invaded in 1940, that list fell into Gestapo hands. Seel was picked up in 1941, was beaten, had his fingernails pulled out, and raped with broken rulers. Two weeks later, he was sent to the Schirmeck-Vorbrück camp near Strasbourg, where the beatings, tortures and rapes continued. He wore a blue bar on his uniform instead of the pink triangle — The blue bar was reserved for Catholics and "a-socials" — but the nature of his "crime" was well known. "There was no solidarity for the homosexual prisoners; they belonged to the lowest caste," he later recalled. "Other prisoners, even when between themselves, used to target them." He and his camp were made to stand and watch as his eighteen-year-old boyfriend was stripped naked in the center of the yard and torn apart and devoured by german shepherds. That scene would haunt his nightmares for the rest of his life.
After six months of starvation, torture and forced labor, Seen was set free without an explanation. What's more, he was made a German citizen when Alsace was informally annexed by Germany, and he was drafted into the army and sent to the Eastern Front. After the war, he made his way back to France. He took his family's advice and went deeply underground about his sexuality, and married in 1950. The marriage was a difficult one, and it finally fell apart in 1978. In 1979, Seel happened to attend a debate in a bookstore for the launch of the French edition of Heinz Heger's book, The Men with the Pink Triangle . Two years later, Seel went public with his story when the Bishop of Strasbourg denounced the performance of the French translation of the play Bent, which was based on Heger's book. From then on, Seel became an advocate for the recognition of gay victims of the Nazis, particularly those from the Alsace and Moselle regions of France. In 1994, Seel published his own memoir, I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual . In 2000, he appeared in the American-made documentary, Paragraph 175. When the documentary premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, Seel traveled to Germany for the first time since the war and received a five-minute standing ovation.
France still has an uneasy don't-ask-don't-tell policy where German collaboration is concerned, and Seel's opening of old wounds didn't go down easy. In the 1980s and 1990s, he received numerous death threats, and was attacked and beaten by youths shouting homophobic epithets following an appearance on French television. The mayor of Strasbourg refused to shake his hand during a commemoration ceremony. But the distance of time has allowed some recognition of historical realities to take root. Seel received official recognition as a victim of the Holocaust in 2003, and in 2008, three years after his death in Toulouse, his adopted city, a street was renamed in his honor. The plaque reads, "Rue Pierre Seel — Déporté Français pour homosexualité — 1923-2005".
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After the game, Turner said FIU came out well as far as injuries. Defensive lineman Lars Koht injured his wrist late in the game.
The previous FIU record for biggest loss was set by a 59-0 drubbing at Penn State in 2007. Florida equaled that while setting a record for most points scored against FIU in a 62-3 blowout in 2009. They didn't even make it halfway to their previous mark for offensive ineptitude, 65 yards against Western Kentucky in 2002, the program's inaugural season.
Unlike the yards — 33 in the first half, a loss of three in the second half — FIU split its first downs evenly: one in the first half, one in the second half. Four sacks of sophomore quarterback E.J. Hilliard (4-of-9 passing for 27 yards) shrank the overall rushing total to 3 yards on 34 carries.
The Panthers crossed midfield when freshman running back Silas Spearman gained 1 yard to the Louisville 49 on third-and-2 in the second quarter. FIU punted, and Louisville scored two plays later. Dominique Brown's 77-yard run set up his 1-yard plunge to a 24-0 lead.
Meanwhile, Louisville, behind 210 yards rushing and quarterback Teddy Bridgewater's passing, scored on all but two drives. Between no first downs and FIU's poor punting (32.3-yard average), Louisville's average starting position for the game was the FIU 45.
Turner said he thought his team didn't show quit, but showed fear of making mistakes.
And one of the two punts FIU forced got muffed by sophomore returner DeAndre Jasper into the arms of Louisville's Charles Gaines at the FIU 15. Three plays later, Bridgewater, 17 of 22 for 212 yards and four touchdowns, hit Gerald Christian with a 9-yard touchdown pass to make the score 31-0.
The next time Gaines touched the ball wound up even worse for FIU: a 93-yard kickoff return touchdown to start the second half and put Louisville up 45-0.


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A: Default implementation of android doesnt support disabling of status bar,In my application I have used the reflection to invoke the statusbarmanager.You can also do the same thing.
Object lStatusBarSvc = getSystemService("statusbar");
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A: We could not prevent the status appearing in full screen mode in kitkat devices, so made a hack which still suits the requirement ie block the status bar from expanding.
For that to work, the app was not made full screen. We put a overlay over status bar and consumed all input events. It prevented the status from expanding.
note:

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*customViewGroup is custom class which extends any
layout(frame,relative layout etc) and consumes touch event.

*to consume touch event override the onInterceptTouchEvent method of
the view group and return true

Updated
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW"/>

customViewGroup implementation
Code :
WindowManager manager = ((WindowManager) getApplicationContext()
            .getSystemService(Context.WINDOW_SERVICE));

WindowManager.LayoutParams localLayoutParams = new WindowManager.LayoutParams();
localLayoutParams.type = WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_SYSTEM_ERROR;
localLayoutParams.gravity = Gravity.TOP;
localLayoutParams.flags = WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE|

            // this is to enable the notification to recieve touch events
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_TOUCH_MODAL |

            // Draws over status bar
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_LAYOUT_IN_SCREEN;

    localLayoutParams.width = WindowManager.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT;
    localLayoutParams.height = (int) (50 * getResources()
            .getDisplayMetrics().scaledDensity);
    localLayoutParams.format = PixelFormat.TRANSPARENT;

    customViewGroup view = new customViewGroup(this);

    manager.addView(view, localLayoutParams);

Hope this helps you

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Henry Tan was efficient in running Lakehead's offense against the U of Toronto Varsity Blues on Saturday, scoring 28 points and leading his team to an 88-77 win.
Tan didn't do it alone, though. Bacarius Dinkins opened up with 12 points in the first quarter, in what looked like was going to be a romp for Lakehead, as they were ahead 25-13 after 7 minutes of play. To the chagrin of coach Manny Furtado, the Blues took advantage of some sloppy defense by the 'Wolves reserves in the final three minutes of the first quarter and drew within five, Lakehead up 28-23 after 10 minutes.
It wasn't until the third quarter that things really got cooking for Lakehead, courtesy of three straight 3-pointers by Brandon Persad, who came off solid screens and stroked in a quick nine points in four minutes of court time. The surge helped Lakehead pull away, up 67-53 with 10 minutes to play.
Toronto made a late push but ultimately couldn't get the defensive stops they needed. Henry Tan continued his solid play in the final quarter to finish with 28 points, 7 assists and 2 rebounds. Bacarius Dinkins had 17 points and 12 rebounds while Alex Robichaud, who was honored pre-game, gave the Thunderdome fans he's played in front of for 4 years a proper send-off with four 3-pointers for 12 points and 3 boards.
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1944: Georges Suarez, collaborationist editor
On this date in 1944, the restored French Republic shot the editor of the collaborationist newspaper Aujourd'hui (Today).
Suarez's (linked page in French) writings (French again) had endorsed the German occupation and called for steps even beyond what the Germans were prepared to take: the wholesale taking of Anglo hostages as proof against Allied bombing raids, for instance.
His trial and execution were the first of many suffered by pro-Vichy writers and journalists condemned by the vengeful free French courts for their part in the Nazi occupation, especially in the first months after liberation. The public intellectuals of the wartime government were, as a matter of fact, in the dock faster than the government itself.
Alice Kaplan, writing of the more infamous collaborationist writer Robert Brasillach who would follow Suarez' footsteps in a few weeks, observes:
Writers were easy to try. Their files, crumbling now, are rather thin: clippings of their articles from the collaborationist press, underlined in red and blue ink with an occasional commentary; a report by the prefecture of police outlining their political affiliations and behavior during the Occupation; a list of witnesses called by the defense and the prosecution; interviews of the accused, before the trial, going over the charges against him; letters from friends — and enemies — sent to the judge before the trial. It was easier to organize a case against a journalist than a case against a common-law criminal or a financial collaborator. The bulk of the evidence was in newspaper clippings, quickly compiled.
"Treason is a matter of dates," Suarez' lawyer averred, channeling Talleyrand. But at this early date of freedom, not six months after Omaha Beach had been wrenched from German hands, there was much less sympathy for the philosophic vagaries of history than some subsequent writers would enjoy — and there was a good deal of indictable behavior:
Whether they faced the charge of treason or of national indignity, the writers were accused of having espoused numerous elements of Nazi ideology: anti-communism; anti-Semitism; support for the releve (the system designed to send French workers to Germany in exchange for French POWs); support for the Milice (Vichy's police force); support for the German and French troops fighting the Soviets on the Eastern front; attacks against de Gaulle and the Resistance; participation in collaborationist organizations; trips to Germany during the Occupation, in particular to the International Writers' Congress at Weimar in 1941.
–Philip Watts, Allegories of the Purge
In addition to its noteworthy history in the postwar purge of journalists, Kaplan reports that Suarez's trial may also have been the first in French history for which women were eligible to serve as jurors — although none of the women in the jury pool were ultimately seated, and the milestone seems not to have been widely noticed even at the time.
The execution itself was badly botched: Suarez is said to have survived both the initial fusillade and a second barrage from the firing squad before a third round finished him off.
1773: Eva Faschaunerin, the last tortured in Austria - 2018
1945: Robert Brasillach, intellectual traitor
1916: Syrian and Lebanese nationalists, who christen "Martyr's Day"
1916: James Connolly, socialist revolutionary
1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, "the first victims of American fascism"
1916: Sir Roger Casement
1957: Evagoras Pallikarides, teenage guerrilla poet
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1626: Henri Talleyrand, Comte de Chalais
5 comments August 19th, 2009 dogboy
The name Talleyrand is generally synonymous with the famed "Prince of Diplomats" who spanned the Republic, Empire, and Kingdom.
But that Talleyrand — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, multiply French foreign minister, former Bishop of Autun, one-time Prince of Benevento, Ambassador to the United Kingdom — was just one in a long line of the Talleyrand-Perigords (pdf link) who made a name for themselves.
In 1626, Henri de Talleyrand-Périgord, Comte de Chalais, head of wardrobe to King Louis XIII, was one member of that house whose neck was shortened for an offense against the king's court.
Henri — as he shall be herein known, so as not to confuse him with his many relatives — was the youngest of three children. Born in 1599, he served in the military at the unsuccessful Siege of Montauban in 1621 and 1622. (The defeat (temporarily) preserved Huguenot rights in France.)
In 1623, Henri returned from war and married Charlotte de Castille (not to be confused with the modern porn star!). It was not long after that rumors of Castille's impropriety started making the rounds, as immortalized in Tallemant de Réaux's verse, whose rough translation is as follows:
Pontgibault boasts,
On seeing the slit
Of the Countess of Alais
Who likes the strong ballet,
And says hers is more charming
Than the Chalais'.
And that, not so roughly translated, is why Pontgibault received a visit from an irate Henri.
Henri is alleged to have challenged a duel, where he cock-blocked his cuckold — permanently. The European ideals of chivalry yet persisted, so there was some question whether this affair constituted murder, and the trial was the talk of France through the winter of 1623.
It was at this trial that the lines were drawn: Henri was joined in his effort to fight the charges by the Grand Prieur Alexandre de Vêndome, Monseiur Gaston d'Orléans (brother to the king), Jean-Baptiste d'Ornano, Louis de Bourbon (Comte de Soissons), and others.
Henri successfully defended himself, but this did not put the fire back into the marital bed. Instead, Henri's loins turned toward Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, duchesse de Chevreuse.
Madame de Chevreuse, former lover of Henry Rich (later Earl of Holland), had a string of lovers, and it's questionable whether Henri was among them. Whether he was or not, she ignited in him a passion that would lead to his execution.
The impetus for this execution was ostensibly a plot to save Gaston d'Orléans, who, by decree of Louis XIII, was to marry Marie de Bourbon, duchesse de Montpensier. The union would bring significant wealth into the family of Louis XIII.
Backed by his First Minister Cardinal Richelieu, the king was insistent. For several years, Richelieu had also been reducing the power of the nobility and consolidating central authority around the king, which was not the way Madame de Chevreuse envisioned the world.
Instead, she sought to install Gaston d'Orléans on the throne, thus advancing her agenda to restore power to the nobility. The forced marriage became a convenient excuse to enact her plan against Richelieu. And her charming way with men made it easy to find participants.
Madame de Chevreuse and d'Ornano were at the heart of the conspiracy, but their reach extended as far as England and Spain. She was also supported by Anne of Austria, who is thought to have played a critical role in organizing the conspirators. At the very least, the collective hope was to make Monseiur abandon Louis XIII's court and seek an alliance with the Hugenots, who would be sympathetic to a cause against the Catholic Church.
The juicy details of the winter of 1625-1626 are cataloged in H. Noel Williams' A Fair Conspirator Marie De Rohan, Duchesse De Chevreuse, but a summary version is sufficient here.
At some point, Richelieu caught wind of d'Ornano's involvement in a conspiracy against the throne; not knowing the extent of the effort, he had d'Ornano detained. Lest their plot be found out, the conspirators encouraged Gaston to initiate a war; this was particularly true of Comte de Soissons, who posted a reward should Monseiur take up arms against his brother.
Gaston hesitated, and a new plan was enacted.
Instead, some of the conspirators would take audience with Richelieu and either detain or kill him, depending on the story. Needless to say, the plan failed, and the conspirators were found out. Chalais tried to lay low while the plot against the king and his minister unfolded, but he did not sufficiently distance himself from Madame de Chevreuse: Gaston was exposed and named names, and Chalais, not well-connected enough to fight the charges against him, was captured at Nantz on July 8.
Henri de Talleyrand-Périgord, Comte de Chalais, was sentenced to death by beheading for lèse-majesté, and on August 19, 1626, he mounted the scaffold at Place de Bouffay in Nantz. In a last, cruel twist, the conspiracy had bought off the town executioner in hopes that, lacking a practitioner of the macabre art, Chalais might be spared. But a replacement had been hastily found: a man himself condemned to death:
The [replacement] was so unskillful that, besides two blows from a Swiss sword, which had been purchased on the spot, he gave him thirty-four with an adze such as carpenters use; and was obliged to turn the body round to finish the severing of the neck, the patient exclaiming up to the twentieth blow: 'Jesus, Maria et Regina Cali!'
No other conspirators were put to the sword, and Gaston and his brother eventually made up. Richelieu, meanwhile, gained more power and transitioned France from a feudal state to an absolute monarchy under Louis XIII and his successor, Louis XIV. His dealings form the backdrop of The Three Musketeers.
As for Madame de Chevreuse — who also figures in The Three Musketeers, scheming behind the scenes against Richelieu and crushed on by Aramis — she fled to Château d'Dampierre, then was exiled to England, where she fell in with the Duke of Lorraine (and became his mistress); she attempted to organize several more coups against the Red Eminence, but each fell short of the mark.
Madame de Chevreuse eventually ended up in Spain, then moved back to England, then shipped out to Flanders, where she connected once again with the Comte de Soissons and attempted to usurp the throne before it could be passed to Louis XIV. When Richelieu finally passed, she sought to oust his replacement, this time relying on César de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme, who was also involved in the Chalais conspiracy. After this failure, Madame de Chevreuse retired to Gagny.
Elizabeth Stone writes of Madame de Chevreuse in Political Women, "It was not she evidently who made of Buckingham a species of paladin without genius; a brilliant adventurer of Charles IV of Lorraine; of Chalais a hair-brained blunderer, rash enough to commit himself in a conspiracy against Richelieu, on the faith of the faithless Duke d'Orleans; of Châteauneaf, an ambitious statesman, impatient of holding second rank in the Government, without being capable of taking the first."
Be that as it may, she is a compelling historical figure, and the Chalais conspiracy formed the basis for the operatic tragedy Maria di Rohan.
The conspiracy has also been used in an unusual modern form as an audio drama episode of Doctor Who.
(A complete discussion of Talleyrand-Périgord's life can be found here. (French link) Breathless French court gossip in a 19th century biography of Chevreuse here.)
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1800: The slave Abram, property of John Patterson - 2019
1786: Five men at York Castle, under the "Bloody Code" - 2018
1909: Richard Justin, child batterer - 2017
1774: Not Patrick Madan, saved at the death - 2016
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1738: Helena Curtens and Agnes Olmans, inviolable dignity - 2014
1897: Harvey DeBerry, raving like a madman - 2013
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1692: Martha Carrier, ferocious woman - 2011
1799: Thomas Nash, after rendition to the British - 2010
1937: Ikki Kita - 2008
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1536: Anne Boleyn
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1804: Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'Enghien
3 comments March 21st, 2009 Headsman
It was worse than a crime, it was a blunder on this date in 1804.
Napoleon shocked, just shocked, his admirers and more especially his foes by having a royal relative ventilated at Vincennes for the trifling offense of plotting against his life.
The particular allegations against him may have been formulated with greater haste than precision, but the duc d'Enghien actually had been taking English coin to overthrow Republican France for the past decade, and nonchalantly avowed as much at his drumhead tribunal.
The Duke awaiting execution in the predawn gloom in the moat of the Chateau de Vincennes. The pathos of the accompanying dog is mandatory for this scene, as in this Harold Piffard illustration. This spot is now marked with a monument.
After surviving one too many assassination attempts, Napoleon was in the market for someone to make an example of, and the Bourbon scion, hanging about the French frontiers conniving with the English, certainly qualified.
The dispatch of his military commission, which rammed through a conviction the night of the 20th and arranged the fusillade immediately thereafter, raised self-righteous hackles among rival monarchs who had little enough compunction of their own about politically expeditious regicide.
Conventional disdain for the shooting (as with this (pdf) from the Fourth Estate), reached far and wide, and appears in Tolstoy's War and Peace as a subject for (spurious) gossip in the Russian salons.
The group about Mortemart immediately began discussing the murder of the Duc d'Enghien. The vicomte said that the Duc d'Enghien had perished by his own magnanimity, and that there were particular reasons for Bonaparte's hatred of him.
The vicomte told his tale very neatly. It was an anecdote, then current, to the effect that the Duc d'Enghien had gone secretly to Paris to visit Mademoiselle George; that at her house he came upon Bonaparte, who also enjoyed the famous actress' favors, and that in his presence Napoleon happened to fall into one of the fainting fits to which he was subject, and was thus at the duc's mercy. The latter spared him, and this magnanimity Bonaparte subsequently repaid by death.
Pierre Bezukhov, the novel's spirit-questing Russian noble then in the thrall of the Little Corporal, has the rashness to defend d'Enghien's execution.
"The execution of the Duc d'Enghien," declared Monsieur Pierre, "was a political necessity, and it seems to me that Napoleon showed greatness of soul by not fearing to take on himself the whole responsibility of that deed."
Though that defense went over like a lead balloon with the partygoers (and with Tolstoy), others have ventured to stand in the breach for the Corsican, who assuredly attracts far more opprobrium as a commoner shooting a royal traitor than he would have had their bloodlines been reversed. Bonaparte enthusiasts, like those of the Napoleon podcast, are particularly susceptible to such impolitic sentiment.
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But Louis-Antoine-Henri normally gets better sympathy than that, as he did with the like of Chateaubriand, who resigned his Napoleonic commission in outrage.
And his death — far more notable than anything he did in life — is supposed to have occasioned the quip, "C'est pire qu'un crime, c'est une faute": "it is worse than a crime, it is a blunder." (Or, "it is worse than a crime, it is a mistake.") Often attributed to Talleyrand, it was more likely uttered by his machiavellian mirror image, Joseph Fouche.
(See here for more on the phrase's lineage. Talleyrand was so strongly in support of d'Enghien's death that he is sometimes accused of steamrolling Napoleon on the subject. The wily minister destroyed some evidence and effected a timely volte-face when Bonaparte fell.)
The First Consul — he would crown himself Emperor later in 1804 — never had use for any such soft-pedaling, and unapologetically avowed the Duke's execution literally to the end of his life.
Dying in exile on St. Helena years later, it is said, Napoleon read a calumny upon the d'Enghien shooting in the English press and promptly hauled out his already-completed will to insert in his own hand his lasting justification for the affair.
I caused the Duc d'Enghien to be arrested and tried, because that step was essential to the safety, interest, and honour of the French people, when the Count d'Artois* was maintaining, by his own confession, sixty assassins at Paris. Under similar circumstances, I should act in the same way.
* The Comte d'Artois was, at the time of Napoleon's writing, the heir presumptive to the restored Bourbon monarchy — and he did indeed succeed in 1824 as Charles X. In 1804, the future king was in exile in Britain funding hits on Bonaparte and kindred counterrevolutionary stuff. For adherents of the much-disputed theory that Napoleon was poisoned in his island captivity, d'Artois figures as a possible instigator of the murder.
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1963: Frederick Charles Wood, "Let me burn" - 2014
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1644: Mary Latham and James Britton, adulterous lovers - 2012
1873: William Foster - 2011
1979: Gu Shan, of The Vagrants fame - 2010
1556: Thomas Cranmer, architect of Anglicanism - 2008
1944: Col. Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, for the plot to kill Hitler
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1963: Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry, model for the Jackal
1848: Camila O'Gorman and Father Ladislao Gutierrez, for traditional family values
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James Comey Miniseries Biopic Underway at CBS Starring an A-list Actor
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It's genuinely hilarious how liberals embraced former FBI Director James Comey in the midst of President Trump firing him in May 2017. Comey is a registered Republican and yet they have so much disdain for Trump that they're willing to align themselves with anybody who shares that hatred.
It's out of spite. And nobody is more spiteful than the Hollywood elites.
And now there is a James Comey miniseries biopic underway at CBS starring an A-list actor to prove it.
Get ready because there are about to be a slew of obnoxious anti-President Trump propaganda about to be unleashed on the American public in the foreseeable future because Hollywood is straight up obsessed with the storylines and monetary potential.
There have already been several so far. While the Academy Award nominated "Vice" was strictly a biopic about former Vice President Dick Cheney, part of the subtext was emphatically about the Trump administration.
Then you had "The Loudest Voice" which was a depiction of Fox President Roger Ailes throughout the years, and again, it was an indictment on the Trump administration as much as an attack of Fox's practices as a news organization.
There have been comedies satirizing and everything in between but we're still not three years into his administration before all this is finally seeing the light of day. Typically, movies or television shows take years to develop, produce, shoot and edit before they finally hit the air.
So if you do the math, we've got a long way to go before this Hollywood brigade is finish trying to make some sort of outrageous cultural point about the political climate.
But now CBS is producing a miniseries based on former FBI Director James Comey's book, "A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership."
And they're tapping actor Jeff Daniels – known for "Dumb and Dumber," "Newsroom" and is just coming off his Tony Award winning play "To Kill a Mockingbird" on Broadway – to helm the part of James Comey.
Michael Kelly – known for "House of Cards" – will play the then-acting director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, while Jennifer Ehle ("Zero Dark Thirty") will play Patrice Comey, James' wife.
Who will play President Trump you might ask.
Well, that will be none other than British actor Brendan Gleeson – known for "In Bruges" and "Cold Mountain."
"Captain Phillips" screenwriter Billy Ray adapted the book and will be directing. It will be executive produced by Alex Kurtzman, Shane Salerno and Heather Kadin. The drama is slated to being next month with an airdate likely for late summer 2020. CBS Studios has yet to determine whether the series will air on Showtime, CBS Access or both.
Screenwriter Ray was stoked to have Daniels on board saying, "Jeff is so perfect for this part. Great actor, instant integrity, loads of warmth, intelligence, complexity and gravitas. We talked backstage after I saw him in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' on Broadway, and I knew I was looking at the only person who could play Jim Comey. Lucky for me, he said yes."
But will this be a true-to-story real life depiction of the events?
We all know Hollywood takes extreme measures to fit their biased narrative of the Trump administration so far. They do it all the time.
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Hillary's Secret War: New Book by Richard Poe
RichardPoe.com ^ | March 9, 2004 | Richard Poe
Posted on 03/09/2004 4:21:05 PM PST by Richard Poe
Hillary's Secret War
The Clinton Conspiracy to Muzzle
Internet Journalists
by Richard Poe
Foreword by Jim Robinson
Founder of FreeRepublic.com
"Hillary Clinton is one of the most important political players in the last decade, and she's been nothing but trouble. Hillary's Secret War by Richard Poe is required reading."
Bestselling author of Treason, Slander and High Crimes and Misdemeanors
"Hillary's Secret War chronicles the lonely battle many of us waged to expose Clinton corruption. As one who took part in that struggle, I am impressed by the accuracy and insight of Richard Poe's account. He has brought to life a shameful chapter of American history that Big Media tried to bury."
CHRISTOPHER RUDDY
Founder and Editor of NewsMax.com
"Hillary's Secret War is not just an indictment of a woman now sitting in the U.S. Senate. It is an exposé of an authoritarian mindset that longs to regain power, and will stop at nothing to achieve its objective."
From the Preface
Founder and Editor of WorldNetDaily.com
"Hillary's Secret War by Richard Poe is the first book I've read that really pulls together the story of the Internet underground during the Clinton years. This story has never been told before. The secret war is still going on. Hillary knows she can't get back in the White House unless she shuts us down first. We know the storm is coming, and we're getting ready for it."
From the Foreword
by JIM ROBINSON
Preview the Book
Read the Foreword by FreeRepublic founder Jim Robinson, and the Preface by WorldNetDaily founder and editor Joseph Farah, co-founder of WND Books.
ON FEBRUARY 11, 1998, Hillary Clinton told reporters that the Internet needed an "editing" or "gatekeeping" function. The World Wide Web was out of control, she said. It needed to be reined in. Hillary neglected to mention at the press conference that she had already been waging a secret war to silence Internet dissidents for the last four years.
From her own War Room in the White House, Hillary commanded a secret police operation dedicated to suppressing evidence of Clinton crimes. "Hillary is not merely an aider and abettor to this secret police operation. She has been its prime instigator and organizer," wrote the late Barbara Olson in her 1999 book Hell to Pay. Mrs. Olson was in a position to know. A former federal prosecutor, she served as Chief Investigative Counsel for the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, which probed Hillary's role in the Travelgate and Filegate scandals in 1995 and 1996.
Hillary's operatives silenced witnesses; neutralized federal investigations; blackmailed Senators and Congressmen and intimidated journalists. They looked upon the "unregulated" datastream of cyberspace as a threat to their power, potentially devastating in its ability to bypass the controlled, corporate media. For that reason, Hillary's secret police persecuted Internet dissidents with special ferocity.
Hillary's Secret War tells the story of a group of rebel journalists on the Web who defied an outlaw White House; endured government repression; exposed unspeakable treason at the pinnacle of power and helped change the course of the 2000 election. Their tale has never before been told.
The Battle Ahead
As we approach the presidential election of 2004, the New Underground -- the growing network of dissident journalists on cable TV, talk radio and the Internet -- has grown ever more crucial to the battle for America's soul.
When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the McCain-Feingold Act on December 10, 2003, the court awarded Big Media corporations what amounts to a government-enforced monopoly over political speech 60 days before any general election. No independent group may air political ads over radio or television during those 60 days. Big Media corporations, on the other hand, may speak freely and promote whatever candidates they wish on their news and talk shows right up to the day of the election.
The Supreme Court thus bestowed enormous political power on major media and on the multibillion-dollar transnational corporations that own them. Nevertheless, the Internet remains free -- at least for the time being. In the months and years ahead, the World Wide Web will be a hard-fought battleground on which America's future will, in large measure, be determined.
Hillary's Secret War tells the story of the flagship Web sites of the New Underground, such as DrudgeReport.com; NewsMax.com; WorldNetDaily.com and FreeRepublic.com, and of the cyberjournalists who built them. Learn how these modern-day Tom Paines and Ben Franklins mastered a new technology, the Internet; how they built a New Media from the ground floor; and how these cyber-patriots continue today to challenge the power of Big Media in the age of the blogosphere.
Here is the inside story of the Web sites and cyberjournalists who helped change history, a tale of courage, sacrifice, ingenuity and patriotism ñ one of the greatest untold stories in the annals of journalism.
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1 posted on 03/09/2004 4:21:12 PM PST by Richard Poe
To: Richard Poe; Howlin; rintense
WOOHOO....Ya gotta PING this!!!!
2 posted on 03/09/2004 4:25:22 PM PST by goodnesswins (The Democrat "Funeral" is on.....dum..dum..di...dum.)
To: Mia T; Liz; Brian Allen; Paul Atreides
3 posted on 03/09/2004 4:27:22 PM PST by shaggy eel
To: Richard Poe
4 posted on 03/09/2004 4:29:24 PM PST by breakem
This is going to have the LP- Biker Bar gang wetting their pants...Hi Todd!
6 posted on 03/09/2004 4:35:21 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (Democrats are the real asses of evil.)
To: Richard Poe; Jim Robinson
Great job, Jim.
7 posted on 03/09/2004 4:35:44 PM PST by nuconvert (CAUTION: I'm an acquaintance of someone labelled :"an obstinate supporter of dangerous fantasies")
BTTT
8 posted on 03/09/2004 4:35:53 PM PST by LADY J
To: Pan_Yans Wife; DoctorZIn
PoNg!
The book is on order.
I'm so proud of you. Thank you over and over and over.
10 posted on 03/09/2004 4:40:02 PM PST by Peach (The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
11 posted on 03/09/2004 4:43:16 PM PST by Hannity4prez (Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong" - Reagan)
To: shaggy eel; Jim Robinson
Whoa, Jim. That's tellin' her.
12 posted on 03/09/2004 4:45:50 PM PST by Liz
Double bump!
13 posted on 03/09/2004 4:47:51 PM PST by Viking2002 (I think; therefore, I Freep............)
Add to my to get book list. :-)
14 posted on 03/09/2004 4:52:47 PM PST by nopardons
Excellent! This looks like required reading!
15 posted on 03/09/2004 4:57:33 PM PST by Reactionary
To: All
A Nascar Free Republic
Freepity Boggity Freepity
16 posted on 03/09/2004 5:06:05 PM PST by al baby (Hope I don't get into trouble for this)
Can't wait to read it!!!!
What did I hear recently about Bubba trying to get on the Board of Directors of GOOGLE???? This information was a 1 second sound byte, I've been wanting to research this more, exactly WHAT it was that I heard/read....and I'll tell you, this is a VERY SCARY THOUGHT, and it probably parallels with info. in Richard Poe's book!!
17 posted on 03/09/2004 5:08:54 PM PST by soozla ("A conservative click Guerilla"-DerSpiegel)
...After HILLARY RODAHM & BILL CLINTON refused 3 No-Strings Offers from the Sudan during the 1990's to give us our No. 1 Terrrorist Enemy OSAMA bin LADEN on a silver platter before he could attack our Homeland after they left the White House...
.."IS it SAFE?" = HILLARY on Senate Armed Services Comittee..
http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=629
18 posted on 03/09/2004 5:08:55 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com)
To: Richard Poe; JustAmy; mtngrl@vrwc; gracie1; Mama_Bear; jkphoto; notpoliticallycorewrecked; ...
Way to go Richard!!
19 posted on 03/09/2004 5:13:39 PM PST by Jim Robinson
To: Liz
20 posted on 03/09/2004 5:18:07 PM PST by shaggy eel


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Two children were killed and their mother and sister are in critical condition Thursday, April 11, after they were struck by a car as they were crossing a road in west Columbus, just south of Hilliard, according to the Columbus Division of Police.
Tiffany Bronson and her two daughters, 6-year-old Emily Ashbrook and 4-year-old Elizabeth Ashbrook, reportedly were crossing Roberts Road north to south from the area of the Hickory Mill Apartments toward the Silver Horn Centre strip shopping center about 2 p.m. April 11, police said.
Robert Shaw, 57, of Galloway was driving a tan Chevrolet Malibu eastbound on Roberts Road when he struck Bronson and her children, police said.
No charges had been filed the evening of April 11, and the crash is under investigation by the Columbus police Accident Investigation Unit.
Medics took the two girls to Nationwide Children's Hospital in critical condition. Emily was pronounced dead by emergency room doctors at 3 p.m. Elizabeth remained hospitalized with serious injuries.
Bronson, who was pregnant, was transported to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, where doctors performed an emergency cesarean section. She delivered a stillborn baby, police said.
Three people were taken to local hospitals after being struck by a vehicle in west Columbus – just south of Hilliard – on Thursday, April 11, according to WBNS-10TV.
According to the Columbus Division of Police, a woman and two children were hit near Roberts Road and Hickory Mill Drive just before 2 p.m.
Police said one of the children taken to Nationwide Children's Hospital has died.
For more on this story, go to 10tv.com.


Koen Casteels has been dropped from Belgium's World Cup squad after the third-choice goalkeeper failed to recover from a broken bone in his leg.
Coach Marc Wilmots had waited until the last possible moment to submit his final 23-man group to head to Brazil as he waited on Hoffenheim stopper Casteels, but has now confirmed Sammy Bossut of Zulte-Waregem will go in his place.
Wilmots originally submitted a 24-man group with the names of both goalkeepers - who sit behind Thibaut Courtois and Simon Mignolet in the pecking order - but confirmed on Tuesday that only Bossut would travel.
'The 23-man list was submitted to FIFA yesterday evening (Monday) before midnight and included the name of Koen Casteels,' said a statement on the Federation's website.
Casteels suffered a fractured tibia in a Bundesliga match on April 6. Bossut has only one cap to his name, earned last week against Luxuembourg.
Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool), Sammy Bossut (Zulte-Waregem).
Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Atletico Madrid), Anthony Vanden Borre (Anderlecht), Daniel Van Buyten (Bayern Munich), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur), Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal), Nicolas Lombaerts (Zenit Saint Petersburg), Laurent Ciman (Standard Liege).
Midfielders: Axel Witsel (Zenit Saint Petersburg), Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United), Steven Defour (Porto), Moussa Dembele, Nacer Chadli (both Tottenham Hotspur), Kevin De Bruyne (Wolfsburg).
Strikers: Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea), Divock Origi (Lille), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Kevin Mirallas (Everton), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United).


Horseplayers Association of North America: Can We Learn from a Postage Stamp?
Great Britain issued the world's first postage stamp, the "Penny Black", on May 1, 1840 in an attempt to fix their broken system of paid postage. There was not a standard rate for postage before the Penny Black. The price could vary depending on distance and the number of sheets of paper in the envelope. The rates were as much as a day's wages and since all mail was sent collect, many letters were returned unopened -- obviously a waste of time, energy and resources.
Members of Parliament could send mail for free. So members were hounded by their acquaintances to send letters on their behalf. Those without connections devised other schemes to subvert the system.
A British Schoolmaster, Sir Rowland Hill, urged Parliament to adopt the "Penny Postage" program. Penny Postage legislation was passed and for the first time postage was paid in advance. The cost was only one penny to send letters anywhere in the country. The program made sending mail affordable to nearly everyone. Businesses realized tremendous savings.
Like any revolutionary change that threatens the status-quo, officials balked at the idea and worried the new program would bankrupt the system. "How can we charge one penny for someone to send a letter, with all the costs of the system? How can we charge one penny for someone sending something five miles, and the same penny for someone sending something 500 miles?" The answer of course, was volume - if it was convenient and easy and made sense and millions of people used the system - the business would do just fine.
1) The number of unpaid letters dropped precipitously.
2) Revenue increased and the post office profited greatly under the new system.
Now, simply replace the British Parliament with the powers that be in the racing industry; replace the pre-Penny Black postage rates with the current takeout rates; replace postal system users with bettors and the outcome is the same -- subversion. The lack of any effort on the part of racing's governing bodies to address high takeout rates has caused horse race bettors to subvert the system by placing bets with unlicensed bookmakers. Until this issue is addressed and a plan put in place that will bring the transaction cost of placing a bet to a level that is deemed satisfactory by bettors, bets will continue to be placed with unlicensed bookmakers which have no benefit to the people who put on the show -- racetracks and horsemen.
HANA believes that we need a new and better system - one that is fresh, exciting and can bring millions of worldwide gamblers back to the wonderful game of racing. The current business model was built for a time when racing was a monopoly. Just like an electrical utility had to change rates when competition was forced upon it, and just like prohibition and other rules and laws that led to subversion had to be tweaked, so must racing. To help us get the word out we need you. Please sign up to HANA now. It is free, confidential and you will be lending a hand to help the game we all love.
I live in Hawaii so I have no choice but to use an offshore account to do my wagering. I get a 6% weekly rebate on all my wagers. I would rather support the industry but the offshore site I use treats me like a king. So, if I were to move back to California, I'd have to debate on whether to keep the offshore account or open a new one stateside. I hope that someday all of the frustration we are dealing with today will be news of the past and that tracks nationwide will come together and implement the great ideas being discussed at HANA today.


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If you've been trying to conceive for any length of time, you're probably pretty good at taking pregnancy tests by now. You know which ones are the easiest to read, which ones go on sale the most often, and which ones are hardest to hide in your purse if you buy it on your lunch break. What you may be less familiar with is the way they work, and how much science goes into that one little stick. You may always wait until you miss your period, but is that necessary? How soon can you get a positive pregnancy test result from a home pregnancy test?
Whether you've been timing ovulation or just want a general date to work with, there is a magic time period to get your positive pregnancy test — the first day of your missed period, according to the Mayo Clinic. By then, there should be enough human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), the pregnancy hormone, in your urine to be detected by most brands of pregnancy test, even the ones from the dollar store that require using a pipette and cup. However messy, they are likely just as accurate at that point.
I know — who wants to wait that long? But this timeline can save you some stress and confusion. The Mayo Clinic cautioned against testing too early as very early miscarriages, sometimes referred to as chemical pregnancies, often resolve themselves before you would miss your period, and then you bleed as you would normally. This wouldn't be an upsetting occurrence if you hadn't tested early, because you'd never know. The Mayo Clinic suggested that these may happen more frequently than you'd expect, given the unpredictable nature of early pregnancy.
Honestly, home pregnancy tests pack quite a lot of scientific work into a tiny white stick. HCG is a pregnancy specific hormone responsible for forming the placenta in the uterus, noted Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. While it may appear in some fertility and diet medication, at no other point in your life will you produce this hormone other than when you're pregnant. Some home pregnancy tests can detect a pregnancy with reasonable accuracy fairly early after fertilization has occurred, or about five days before you miss your period, noted Craig Medical. That is because the most sensitive tests require very little hCG — about 20 mIU of hCG per milliliter of urine. Since the hCG will double every two days for the first four weeks of pregnancy, it only takes a matter of a week to go from the most sensitive tests on the market to the least sensitive in terms of accuracy.
Why are some so much more sensitive than the others? It's all about the technology. While much of the standard supplies are the same, the proprietary formation and manufacturing of these tests are not. Some are more sensitive simply because they use a higher quality mechanism to detect the hCG. That doesn't mean that a cheap test is an ineffective test, it just means that it may not be effective yet, if you haven't missed your period. Digital and name brand tests, from what I've noticed, and from lab results, tend to be the best performing, readily available tests on the market. The most sensitive are typically strip tests that are used in doctor's offices, according to the lab results.
If you think you're pregnant, or you're just extremely anxious to test, you can definitely try, but know the risks, and understand that it might take longer to test positive for pregnancy than you think.


Home » Cosmo21 had Grand Opening!!
We had Grand opening of our Salon Cosmo 21 Beauty Salon & Spa on 02.04.2017. Honourable Mayor of South Plainfield and Council members graced the occasion. Mayor Mathew Anesh done the ribbon cutting amidst council members, dignitaries, media and friends. Following the ribbon cutting , Mayor toured the salon and delighted with the professional set up and state of art facilities and decided instantly to have his hair cut and enjoyed his hair cut.
Further, Mayor honoured me with South Plainfield Borough membership Badge.
Cosmo 21 is a FULL SERVICE Salon with all facilities.


March 8, 2018 2017-18 season, Erik Spoelstra, Josh McRoberts, Kelly Olynyk, Tom D'Angelo.
MIAMI – The Miami Heat did not need the league's Last Two Minute report to know Washington's Markieff Morris took more than five seconds to inbound the ball with 12.2 second remaining in overtime Tuesday.
That play, along with two others the referees missed that went in Washington's favor, were crucial in the Wizards' 117-113 victory.
Spoelstra said the Heat timed inbounds pass and Morris took more than six seconds to release the ball. The Heat trailed by one point at the time and were forced to foul when Morris finally inbounded the ball.
"It's just disappointing that it's that far off," Spoelstra said. "If it was five and a tenth of a second, OK, that's human error. But it was over a full second off. That's disappointing. The explanation after the fact is disappointing.
Tomas Satoransky received pass in and was fouled by Goran Dragic. Satoransky made 1-of-2 free throws, giving the Wizards a two-point lead.
Dwyane Wade then missed a two-foot floater but Kelly Olynyk gathered the rebound and had a putback at the rim with 4.8 seconds remaining with a chance to tie the game. He missed the shot with Morris all over him. No call was made.
The league deemed Olynyk was fouled and should have had two free throws. "Morris makes contact to Olynyk's right elbow and affects his putback shot attempt," the report stated.
The Heat were forced to foul again and Kelly Oubre Jr. made both free throws with 1.8 seconds to play to seal the game.
The Heat would have had possession had a foul not been called.
Morris made 1-of-2 free throws to give the Wizards a one point lead.
Spoelstra has moved on and is trying to take the positive out of the game.


A senior executive at Victoria's Secret's parent company said that the brand has no plans to cater to the plus-size customer during a recent interview with Vogue.
That is to its detriment, analysts say. Victoria's Secret was once the kingpin of the US lingerie market but in recent years has lost market share to more body-positive brands such as Amercian Eagle's Aerie.
Victoria's Secret has no plans to woo plus-size shoppers.
In a recent interview with Vogue, Ed Rosek, chief marketing officer at Victoria's Secret parent company L Brands, said that the store would not be adding larger sizes to its assortment and has no plans to feature plus-size models in its runway show. Victoria's Secret currently stocks bra sizes 30A to 40DDD.
"If you're asking if we've considered putting a transgender model in the show or looked at putting a plus-size model in the show, we have. We invented the plus-size model show in what was our sister division, Lane Bryant," Rosek said to Vogue.
"Lane Bryant still sells plus-size lingerie, but it sells a specific range, just like every specialty retailer in the world sells a range of clothing. As do we. We market to who we sell to, and we don't market to the whole world," Rosek said.
Victoria's Secret has frequently come under fire for excluding plus-size customers and only featuring rail-thin models in its ad campaigns.
That is to its detriment, analysts say. The store was once the kingpin of the US lingerie market, but in recent years it has lost market share to more body-positive brands such as American Eagle's Aerie, which has seen explosive growth in recent years. While Aerie does also not stock plus sizes, it has doubled down on its efforts to become more body-inclusive by ditching photoshopped images and partnering with women activists to promote female empowerment.
Victoria's Secret's annual fashion show, which was filmed on Thursday and will air on December 2, is the subject of much of this criticism.
Last November, plus-size model Ashley Graham posted a doctored Instagram of herself with angel wings and a sarcastic caption that read: "Got my wings!" But despite the subsequent outcry online, Victoria's Secret has still failed to cater to plus-size customers.
"VS' fashion show illustrates how out of touch the brand still is," Jefferies analyst Randal Konik wrote in a note sent out to clients this week.
According to YouGov, last year's fashion show saw its television ratings sink 30%. The show aired only a month after allegations of sexual harassment came out against Harvey Weinstein.
Despite this, Rosek said there are no plans to change what has been a tradition for over two decades.
"We attempted to do a television special for plus-sizes [in 2000]. No one had any interest in it, still don't," he said.


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How are you going to spend the coming summer? David Cochard, a french student currently doing his MSC studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, spent his last summer developing augmented reality solutions in Japan.
As an intern at Chiba Institute of Technology, he was tasked to couple together ARToolKit with OpenHaptics (a tool kit that enables adding haptic feedback to 3d renditions), and seized the chance to add a physics engine (Newton Game Dynamics) and OpenGL to the bunch. This enabled him to do some fancy renderings, like the cool mirror reflection of virtual objects below.
Subsequently, I momentarily wandered from haptics in order to solve problems I had already noticed during my previous augmented reality projects. Although OpenGL's depth buffer7 does a great job, this is still not straightforward to accurately estimate an augmented object' s location in the real environment (especially the position in depth). That's the reason why I worked on object textures, shadows and reflections which, unconsciously or not, help the user to accurately analyze a 3D configuration.
Two weeks ago he published his results as a series of clips on Youtube, the clip above is only one out of six. You can see them all here, and read his written report, containing much more detail over here.


Update: This is a repost of a blog entry from 2010 called "Picross 3D," but I've added links to mobile apps and more.
I'm looking forward to the new Picross 3D for the Nintendo DS, which comes out in a few weeks. I think Picross-like puzzle mechanics are underappreciated. It's the dumbing down problem: swap-2/match-3 jewel games are instantly understandable, but a mechanic like Picross (or Picross 3D) takes a bit to understand. Then again, Sudoku took off like wildfire a few years back, so I'm hopeful.
Here are some other Picross games worth a look.
Picross DS. Great game, with downloadable content. I reviewed this game when it came out.
Color Cross for the DS. Another DS title. Not as polished.
Gemsweeper by Lobstersoft, for Windows. As I mentioned in my review, it's almost too casual. I spoke with the developer about this and it's related to what I said above, how to get people into the mechanic without confusing them. This game would be perfect for me if the difficulty ramped up a wee bit faster. Lobstersoft also has a number of off-the-beaten path titles that are worth checking out.
Picross Madness for iOS. A mere 99 cents, no ads, and periodic updates with more puzzles, currently over 600. There a version of Picross Madness for Android as well which is free, but it has some issues.
Mario's Picross in the eShop for 3DS. Originally for Gameboy.
Picross e for the 3DS. $5.99. E is for Easier and I am not a fan. 150 puzzles.
Picross e2 for the 3DS. Why have DLC add-on puzzles when you can release a whole new game? For another $5.99. 150 puzzles. Picross e2 does add some new gameplay in a Micross mode.
Picross e4 for 3DS. Feel free to check back directly with Nintendo/Jupiter for more of these as I'm not going to check anymore. Another $5.99. This one gives you special puzzles if you have the save game of the previous games in the series. 150 puzzles plus specials.
Everybody's Picross. This has a decent tutorial and contains 30 levels to get a feel for the game.
Picross Magic. Whatever. it's a Picross game.
Picross Quest. I mean, it's another Picross game.
Puzzle-nonograms.com. Super basic version with a metric ton of ads. But it's in HTML and doesn't require flash.
There are a ton of nongram/picross games on Kongregate (see here, here, here and here, but most are pretty awful (garish colors, etc) but the last 2 links aren't bad.


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Cancer Treatment Foundation volunteers visit maestro Arvo Pärt
Last week we went to the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa with volunteers from the foundation. We had barely begun our visit when the joyful maestro himself appeared, brandishing a piece from his archive.
"You all seem so happy to be here!" he smiled.
We presented the composer with a pair of woollen socks as a gift, knitted by our volunteer Kaisa Sein. Pärt initially tried the socks out on his hands!
We listened to the composer's inspiring life story and then shared a cake. We celebrated the birthdays of the foundation's CEO Katrin Kuusemäe and our very ambitious volunteer Kati Lepasalu, presenting both with bunches of flowers.
The bravest climbed to the top of the tower in the centre.
We thank the maestro and the staff at the centre for their warm welcome and inspiring stories and music.
Another story involving Arvo Pärt is that in 2015, the foundation's founder and director Toivo Tänavsuu organised a charity conference and wrote an e-mail to the composer with a request to attend the conference to speak about goodness and doing good. Just a few minutes later Pärt called Tänavsuu, humbly thanked him for the invitation and said that although he would not be able to attend the conference, he did wish to help and would make a donation in support of cancer patients. The foundation soon witnessed a substantial act of kindness on the part of the composer.
In 2018 the Arvo Pärt Centre presented books and DVDs to the foundation, which we sold to American Estonians at charitable auctions dedicated to Estonian Independence Day.
We are very grateful for everything – and after our meeting we are certainly full of goodness!


The PAINT PALS art project is an intergenerational project involving with children from the local primary school Ysgol Caer Drewyn and members of Memory Lane, the Friendship Club based at Canolfan Ni.
The children and adults will be paired to become paint pals and will correspond by postcard, each one writing on a blank card and illustrating the other side with their paintings and drawings. They will do this throughout the month of May, and we will deliver them back and forth to each group.
The project will also include a colouring swap session in which both the adults and selected children from years 1, 2 & 3 will create line drawings that will be swapped with the other group and coloured in.
The postcards and drawings will be exhibited at the end of May at Canolfan Ni. All participants, their families and caregivers invited to a special celebratory pop-up exhibition.
For more information about the Memory Lane Friendship Club, please contact Canolfan Ni Corwen.
18th April - Alziemers Society 'Dementia Awarness" talk to pupils (year 1 to 6) at Ysgol Caer Drewyn .
19th April – Paint Pals session at Canolfan Ni with friendship group.
25th April – Paint Pals session at Ysgol Caer Drewyn.
May 3rd - Paint Pals session at Canolfan Ni with friendship group.
12th May - Paint Pals session at Ysgol Caer Drewyn.
17th May – All participants to be invited to a pop-up exhibition at Canolfan Ni of all the work created during Paint Pals project.


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