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College Crosse Prospectus - March 10, 2018: College Crosse Game Day; Michigan Defeats Air Force.
All the lacrosse news you can handle and plenty more!!
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING, College Crosse Nation!! Thanks for making us a part of your day! Here are your links for March 10, 2018.
College Crosse Game Day.
29 games today! We got everything you need today in our Game Day post. If you're pressed for time you can find today's Big Board directly below. Clicking on the team name will take you to that team's homepage. Clicking on the Stream cell will take you to the broadcast of that game, while the Live Stats cell will take you to that game's Live Stats.
College Crosse Big Board For March 10, 2018.
TV/Stream
11:00 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Mercer Bears NEC Front Row Live Stats
12:00 Army West Point Black Knights Lehigh Mountain Hawks Patriot League Network Live Stats
12:00 Cornell Big Red Penn State Nittany Lions :( Live Stats
12:00 Georgetown Hoyas Hobart Statesmen Georgetown TV ($$) Live Stats
12:00 Hofstra Pride North Carolina Tar Heels Hofstra TV Live Stats
12:00 Maryland Terrapins Albany Great Danes Big Ten Network Live Stats
12:00 Navy Midshipmen Lafayette Leopards Patriot League Network Live Stats
12:00 VMI Keydets Richmond Spiders :( Live Stats
1:00 Boston University Terriers Colgate Raiders Patriot League Network Live Stats
1:00 Bryant Bulldogs Drexel Dragons NEC Front Row Live Stats
1:00 Fairfield Stags Yale Bulldogs Facebook Live Stats
1:00 Holy Cross Crusaders Bucknell Bison Patriot League Network Live Stats
1:00 Monmouth Hawks Saint Joseph's Hawks :( Live Stats
1:00 Penn Quakers Villanova Wildcats Ivy League Network ($$) Live Stats
1:00 Princeton Tigers Rutgers Scarlet Knights ESPN 3 Live Stats
1:00 Providence Friars Harvard Crimson Providence TV Live Stats
1:00 Quinnipiac Bobcats Wagner Seahawks Bobcats TV Live Stats
1:00 St. John's Red Storm Siena Saints ESPN3 Live Stats
1:00 Stony Brook Seawolves Virginia Cavaliers Stony Brook TV Live Stats
1:00 Syracuse Orange Johns Hopkins Blue Jays ESPN 3 Live Stats
1:00 UMass Minutemen NJIT Highlanders UMass TV ($$) Live Stats
1:00 UMass Lowell River Hawks Manhattan Jaspers UML TV Live Stats
2:00 Marquette Golden Eagles Robert Morris Colonials Marquette TV Live Stats
2:30 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Denver Pioneers ESPNU Live Stats
3:00 Binghamton Bearcats Delaware Blue Hens ESPN 3 Live Stats
3:00 Loyola Greyhounds Duke Blue Devils Facebook Live Stats
4:00 Ohio State Buckeyes Towson Tigers Big Ten Network Live Stats
4:00 Sacred Heart Pioneers Hartford Hawks NEC Front Row Live Stats
7:00 UMBC Retrievers Marist Red Foxes UMBC TV Live Stats
Today's #CollegeCrosseGameday show is LIVE with The Kid Chris!
#CollegeCrosseGameday: Season 2, Episode 4
Today's #CollegeCrosseGameday show is LIVE with The Kid Chris!
Posted by College Crosse on Saturday, March 10, 2018
College Crosse News.
Michigan was too much for Air Force yesterday.
The University of Michigan men's lacrosse team overcame a pair of three-goal deficits en route to a 14-9 victory over the Air Force Falcons on Friday (March 9) at U-M Lacrosse Stadium. Senior midfielder Chase Young had a career-best four points (three goals, one assist) and freshman Kevin Mack had a game-high five points (3G, 2A) to lead the offense. The Air Force Falcons (1-5) scored three goals in the first quarter, while Michigan (4-2) was held scoreless for the duration of the period.
Shout out to Jordie from Barstool Sports for his great pod with Joel Tinney!!
Another banger by Ed Lee of the Baltimore Sun.
Numbers carry a certain weight in sports, especially when it comes to the ones stitched onto jerseys. The number 23 will forever be associated with former Chicago Bull and Hall of Fame basketball superstar Michael Jordan. Former Brooklyn Dodger and Hall of Fame baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson's No. 42 is so revered that Major League Baseball retired it in 1997. And former Edmonton Oiler and Hall of Fame great Wayne Gretzky's iconic 99 jersey got similar treatment in 2000 from the National Hockey League. The No. 1 jersey for the Maryland men's lacrosse team has not reached that stratosphere yet, but it has begun to build a certain legacy thanks to the recent series of players who wore it.
This goes out to all the Old School BALLERS out there. The world is yours.https://t.co/rgzKL9SPN3
CC @byrneirish
— College Crosse (@College_Crosse) March 10, 2018
Chris and I did a podcast last night for the Hopkins vs. Syracuse game.
Brother to brother connection at Maryland: Will Snider used his brother's example to increase his role with Maryland lacrosse.
Even though Maryland men's lacrosse midfielder Will Snider only appeared in six games in his first two years in College Park, he knew there could be opportunities to expand his role as a junior.
His older brother, Drew Snider, became a key member of the Terps attack in 2011 after enduring a similar struggle to break into the first team as an underclassman. Will Snider gained confidence after watching his sibling progress from a backup without a strong grasp of coach John Tillman's system to a valuable veteran.
This year, Snider replicated his brother's path by parlaying hard work on the scout team and extra film sessions into an increased role. He drew praise from Tillman for his performance last weekend against then-No. 8 Notre Dame, and he hopes to continue to impress when the No. 2 Terps host No. 1 Albany on Saturday.
No denying the hype: No. 1 UAlbany men's lacrosse ready for No. 2 Maryland
When it comes to Saturday's noon meeting between the University at Albany men's lacrosse team and Maryland, pick your own storyline. It's No. 1 vs. No. 2. It's a rematch of a 2017 NCAA tournament game. It's the upstart Great Danes traveling to take on a blueblood program doubling as the reigning national champion. UAlbany head coach Scott Marr? He picks all of the above.
Told his players to do the same, too, before their trip to College Park. "Embrace it, and have fun," Marr said. "Be loose. Enjoy it." That's No. 1 UAlbany's style, anyway. No reason to change it now. "This entire week's been a blast," UAlbany freshman Tehoka Nanticoke said Friday. "We're just trying to play loose and play Albany lacrosse," UAlbany senior Connor Fields said.
Blessed.
Stoneman Douglas lacrosse team wearing decals w/pictures & names of all 17 victims from the Parkland shooting. Amazing design job by @MSDboysLacrosse pic.twitter.com/2qFDOPjDRj
— Wells Dusenbury (@DuseReport) March 10, 2018
Stoneman Douglas lacrosse players release 17 angel balloons in honor of the victims from the Parkland shooting. @MSDboysLacrosse pic.twitter.com/Iwe53WnWvh
— Wells Dusenbury (@DuseReport) March 9, 2018
Princeton and Rutgers go at it for the 96th time today.
For the 96th time in history, the Rutgers men's lacrosse team will take the field against Princeton, as the two teams will battle it out for the Meistrell Cup, named after Harland "Tots" Meistrell, who re-started the lacrosse programs at each school in the 1920s.
Last year's contest was an important one for the Scarlet Knights, as their 16-11 triumph marked their first win in the series since 2005.
"The guys in the locker room are learning about the rivalry each year as we grow as a program," said head coach Brian Brecht of what the rivalry meant to Rutgers. "I do think I'm reminded every day, every week, every year about how much this means to our alumni."
Senior captain and midfielder Christian Mazzone scored in last year's 16-11 win, to go along with 2 ground balls and 2 caused turnovers.
What's Up, PhilaJersey?
It's St. Patrick's Day weekend here in Philly!
St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner, and there are plenty of ways to celebrate in Philly. From family-friendly parades to the most, ahem, comprehensive bar crawls, here are our picks for what you should be doing to celebrate this traditional Irish holiday.
Philadelphia's St. Patrick's Day Parade
You don't want to miss one of the oldest parades in the country, which goes around City Hall and down Market Street. There will be plenty of Irish music, Irish dancers and decorated floats. The theme for this year's parade is "St. Patrick, bless those who respond to the call of the needy."
World/National News.
Don't ever say cats don't do anything
A cat is credited with alerting residents of a fire that broke out Friday morning in McKeesport. Crews were called around 1:20 a.m. to a home in the 2000 block of Lamont Street. The fire began in the attic of the two-story home. The fire chief said the home didn't have any working smoke detectors, but the people inside noticed the fire after the cat was acting strangely.
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Hassans was delighted to host the "Business of Science" lecture that was delivered by Professor Daniel Zajfman, President of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, home of the 2009 Chemistry Nobel Prize.
The lecture was presented to a 'full house' of delegates, clients and also staff members of the firm. The response from the audience was immense and reflected the quality and inspirational lecture that was delivered, in a way that we may all be able to understand the basics of science and what drives a scientist to continue his research for many years. The core message being, that it is an overwhelming sense of 'curiosity' that drives scientists to discover things like, electricity and x-rays, rather than being motivated by money or industry.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 awardees' studied one of life's core processes: the ribosome's translation of DNA information into life. Ribosome's produce proteins, which in turn control the chemistry in all living organisms. As ribosome's are crucial to life, they are also a major target for new antibiotics. The 2009 Nobel Prize was awarded after the institutes' scientists showed what the ribosome's look like and how they function at the atomic level.
Senior Partner of Hassans, James Levy QC chaired the event and comments "to be able to introduce Daniel Zajfman to Gibraltar is an honour, given the prestige of such an important institute and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for coming to Gibraltar and delivering such an inspirational talk".


Fintech firms are disrupting the long-standing banking value chain.
transfer of funds and significantly lower transaction costs for customers.
efficient digital services from the current brick-and-mortar model.
also present causes for concern.
forecast of customers' credit demand and credit risks.
polarisation, resulting in political gridlocks.
low-cost financial services for deposit, payment, insurance or loan products.
options and solutions to meet varying requirements of individuals.
financial security as they age.
and initiatives taking place in Thailand and around the region.
invoice financing through common supply chain platform.
eight banks to offer QR code payment services through PromptPay system.
payments for over 39 million registered IDs in Thailand.


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/**
 * ECharts widget
 *
 * @author Cosmo <daixianceng@gmail.com>
 * @property string $clientId
 */
class ECharts extends Widget
{
    const DIST_FULL = 'full';
    const DIST_COMMON = 'common';
    const DIST_SIMPLE = 'simple';

    /**
     * @var string the client ID of the echarts.
     * @see getClientId()
     */
    private $_clientId;

    /**
     * @var array list of the theme JS files.
     */
    protected static $_themeJsFiles = [];

    /**
     * @var array list of the map JS files.
     */
    protected static $_mapJsFiles = [];

    /**
     * @var string the dist of echarts to be used. The possible options are:
     * - "full" : A full dist of echarts.
     * - "common" : A common dist of echarts.
     * - "simple" : A simple dist of echarts.
     * Defaults to "common", means a common dist of echarts will be used.
     *
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     */
    public static $dist = self::DIST_COMMON;

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Dr. Eternum's goal is to switch peoples personality form evil to good by using the zodiac symbol for the twins "Gemini". Gemini are two twins and in this case the two are good and evil. Dr. Eternum finds out about the ninjas from Checkmate and sends for them to come to him. He sends for them by having one of the ex-inmates write ninja in Japanese kanji. He finds the ninjas and makes his guards get them so he can hypnotizes them too. Mike and Owen manage to escape before they are caught. Dr. Eternum captures Mike though and hypnotizes him to be evil and good.When he finally captures Owen and Amanda he has Mike attack them thinking that he is hypnotized. Mike however isn't effected by the hypnosis it might be because Amanda turned the power off early. The ninjas defeat him and his guards. He is then sent to jail.
The machine he uses to hypnotise the people, his guards, and the word "Gemini".
He has no power without any of his technology or guards. He fights with his hand but is captured afterwards.


Here's the third instalment of pieces I've been reading online that I find interesting. This covers the last four weeks.
FionaOutdoors describes artist Eddie Summerton's Munro Project.
Carey Davies hikes from giant sequoias to the summit of Mount Whitney on this superb trail.
Hazel Strachan praises snowshoes on a trip up Cul Mor, which isn't a Munro!
A hundred years after his death Stuart Younie looks at Munro's legacy.
A look at two new nature writers.
Ben Dolphin is quite rightly very worried about the disappearance of insects.
Horizon by Barry Lopez review - magnificent on the natural world, and furious too.
Robert Macfarlane reviews Barry Lopez's new book (which I've just started reading).
Thank you, climate strikers. Your action matters and your power will be felt.
Rebecca Solnit praises climate activists.
Why care? The importance of Glen Etive to mountaineers.
Mountaineering Scotland looks at the Glen Etive hydro schemes and goes back to W.H.Murray and his places of "outstanding natural beauty".
Alex Roddie describes the effects climate change is having on the Alps and says writers and photographers should cover this.
Is Backpacking a Sustainable Hobby?
Hendrik Morkel ponders on the sustainability of backpacking and looks at how it can be improved.
George Mombiot praises Polly Higgins, a barrister who has devoted her life to creating an international crime of ecocide.


Riyad Mahrez is set to complete his dream move to Manchester City later this week, according to Sky sources.
Leicester city will reportedly receive about £60m as both clubs are yet to reach an agreement for the deal.
According to the Sky reports, the Algerian star could be a Manchester City player this week if everything is sorted as planned.
Leicester city tried to sign Mahrez in the January transfer window as Mahrez submitted an official transfer request but Leicester were keen on keeping their skillful winger.
The current £60m report is lower than the £80m asking price Leicester wanted in January.
Riyad Mahrez scored 13 goals in 41 matches for the Foxes last season.


On Friday 15th February students across the country are participating in the first ever UK-wide 'Youth Strike 4 Climate'.
The regional parts of the strike will start at 11am at Leeds Town Hall and will march through the city centre with banners and placards.
Students are doing this "in solidarity with students across the world", including Greta Thunberg (the Swedish climate activist who became prominent in August 2018 for starting the first school strike for climate outside the Swedish parliament building).
The strike is intended to include schools, universities and colleges and act as a statement against government inaction over climate change – inaction which will invariably affect the strikers the most (according to the October 2018 IPCC report Extinction Rebellion).
Leeds will also be joining in solidarity with the students, however Youth Strike 4 Climate is not affiliated with Extinction Rebellion.
Hollie Andrews, a local organiser for Youth Strike 4 Climate, stated, "it is not only our future that is under threat from climate change, it is our very existence.
"We urgently need governments and organisations across the world to act now if we're to avoid the catastrophic effects that climate change will bring within our lifetime.
Currently, University of Leeds students are organising the Leeds strike but more colleges and universities are set to participate. More details can be found on the event page here https://www.facebook.com/events/310819919541639/.


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BTW - i've actually managed to get through next friday done and posted, so work is in progress for the Where's Weirdo? vote incentive. But, as usual, i'm getting rather carried away - so it may take some time before it appears.
What is that, a huge dung beetle approaching?


Most people who get measles have not been vaccinated. In the U.S., most outbreaks are sparked by travelers who picked up the virus in countries where measles is more common.
Nearly 83,000 people contracted measles in Europe in 2018, the highest number in a decade, according to the World Health Organization.


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Quality schools matter more than racial integration, black leaders say
March 28, 2014 | by Rob Port
Part 77 of 77 in the series Educating America
By Mary C. Tillotson | Watchdog.org
Education analysts and lawmakers should consider an issue beyond racial integration — quality schools, some black leaders say.
NBD: Racial integration is not the most important battle for 2014, some black leaders said. Instead, they want to see better schools.
"Where does real integration take place in America? At the end of the day, it takes place in the marketplace, and if you come to that marketplace with no skills, what's going to happen to you?" asked Howard Fuller, former chairman of Black Alliance for Educational Options.
Two new reports consider race and education.
The U.S. Department of Education last week published findings that minority children are more likely to be suspended or expelled from school and less likely to have access to quality classes.
Earlier this week, UCLA found the most segregated public schools in the country are in New York and other northern states, as well as in California.
"There was a time in our history when fighting for integration was the most important fight to be engaged in," said Kenneth Campbell, president of BAEO. "I think the most important fight to engage in now is educational quality for kids, wherever they may be."
The blame for segregation often is placed on charter schools and other private school choice programs. That's unfortunate, said Kevin Chavous, executive counsel for the American Federation for Children. The choice programs often provide lifelines for disadvantaged families — many of which are black.
"(Charter schools) do not increase racial segregation, because the schools are already segregated. They don't increase it, but what they do do is make sure that these kids learn," he said.
"What's really frustrating is, on one hand, they give people who have choice programs or charter schools a hard time if they locate those schools in middle-class or affluent neighborhoods where integration is easier, then they say if you locate them in the neighborhoods where there's most need, you're accelerating segregation," he said.
"These programs are designed to help kids who come from challenged backgrounds to get a quality education, period. We actually think this helps the segregation issue. Get kids out of failing schools and challenged neighborhoods and in a better position to be integrated into mainstream society. That's what we're seeing happen when these kids go on to college and professional careers."
Contact Mary C. Tillotson at mtillotson@watchdog.org

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Modernizing the Defense Supply Chain with Rep. Mikie Sherrill
"When we see what other countries around the world are doing, particularly a place like China, we certainly have to make sure that in order to be competitive and to ensure that we have not just a robust military and national defense, but a robust economy and science and technology endeavors going on and the companies that follow on from there, we always want to be at the forefront of inventing the next great thing as we have been for so many decades." – Rep. Mikie Sherrill
Rep. Sherrill is a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor and current representative for New Jersey's 11th district. Learn more about her legislative priorities at sherrill.house.gov and find her on Twitter at @RepSherrill.
ACME General: My guest today is Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill, who represents New Jersey's 11th District. She's a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor. And her district includes Picatinny Arsenal, an Army research and manufacturing facility and home to the Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center. She's also a good friend. Mikie, welcome to Accelerate Defense.
Mikie Sherrill: Well, thanks so much for having me. Great to be here.
ACME GENERAL: So first question, this one's a zinger. Pfizer or Moderna? Or did you go Johnson-Johnson, the one-shot?
MS: Well, I received it a bit earlier in Congress, so I got the Pfizer, but I'm proud to report because J&J is a great New Jersey company, that my husband got the J&J vaccine. So showing a little hometown pride.
ACME GENERAL: I feel like it's almost a team identification when folks ask me, I have this weird sense of pride around getting Pfizer. Like they should have handed out those foam fingers or something.
MS: Maybe tee shirts!
ACME GENERAL: Maybe tee shirts. But getting the vaccination, for me, was a reminder that America really is at its best when we come together. There is a guard unit there running the show like clockwork. My daughter, who's 16 and eligible, got hers. And the guardsman who did hers was from New Jersey. And it just reminded me that folks are coming from all over and pulling together and we're going to get through this.
MS: That's so true. It is a great feeling to see folks playing together, combined with American ingenuity and know-how. I mean just the rate that this administration has gotten the vaccine out. I know we started in January with people very distressed and concerned about how they were going to have access to the vaccine. Here we are in May, and I'm telling you in my area, it's basically walk-ins for people who want the vaccine. So we have been able to, in such a rapid time, set up this type of vaccine administration. It really does make you proud.
ACME GENERAL: It does. Although we, I think, are obliged to remind folks we're not through it yet. We've got to keep on this path, and we've got to get to those high percentage numbers to protect those who either can't get the shot or for a variety of reasons won't.
MS: Yes, that's exactly right. So we can really protect the whole community.
ACME GENERAL: Yes. So Mikie, you serve, in addition to your seat on a House Armed Services, you're on the House Science Space and Tech Committee. And I know a bit about your background, and it doesn't suggest an automatic fit with that committee. You're a lawyer. You got your advanced degree in history. That was from LSE, right? London School of Economics.
MS: So I have a history degree, believe it or not, from the Naval Academy, a Bachelor of Science in history, if you can believe it. We had a very rigorous core curriculum at the academy. And then economic history, which was sort of a global view of our economy throughout the last several 100 years from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
ACME GENERAL: Which I'm sure serves you well in appreciating some of the macro issues you deal with as a Representative, but what's the relevance to science, space and tech? More pointedly, what led you to become such a vocal advocate for tech investment, for innovation? How did you wind up on this committee?
MS: Well, it's a perfect fit really for the district that I represent. In fact, here in New Jersey we have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere else in the country. This was the home in New Jersey of Bell Labs, one of the preeminent research and development facilities in this country. And I'll tell you, despite the fact that we don't have it in the same structure here in New Jersey, many of the engineers and scientists that are at the leads in some of the companies in my area come out of that Bell Labs system. So to take this area, to know how important innovation and research and development is to this area, it made it an obvious choice. And then combine that with Picatinny Arsenal, really one of the most innovative bases we have in this country. We are building the future of the military on the backs of the men and women of Picatinny Arsenal. So it really does come out of, I think, this incredibly innovative place I represent.
ACME GENERAL: Picatinny is certainly a center for innovation excellence, not just in the Army, but throughout government. But when you think about the long-term trends and how government funding as a share of total R&D investment in this country has been on a downward trajectory for the last several decades and the slack has only partly been picked up by private investment, what are your concerns about that and are there any reasons for hope? Are there opportunities here for the government to re-engage and serve as a forcing function for some of these winner take all technologies that you've written about, like AI?
MS: Sure. So I think our issues that we have to address now as we modernize are somewhat twofold. As you've mentioned, we just have to get back to robust investment in research and development. When we see what other countries around the world are doing, particularly a place like China, we certainly have to make sure that in order to be competitive and to ensure that we have not just a robust military and national defense, but a robust economy and science and technology endeavors going on and the companies that follow on from there, we always want to be at the forefront of inventing the next great thing as we have been for so many decades. It's critical we invest in R&D in a significant investment in those endeavors, but it's not enough to just invest.
We have to also make sure that we understand the new ways that we can support that. It's not like, you know Ken, when you and I served I think a lot of it in the military, a lot of military research and development would have come out of the military. Places like DARPA. And although they're still doing some really incredible research and development, that is not the place where so much of the innovation
is coming from. So much of that is coming out of places like Silicon Valley. And so the military doesn't have to reinvent the wheel, especially when sometimes when the military nowadays reinvents the wheel, they're not doing it as well as some of our great technology companies. So we have to make sure that we're engaged with the great resources we have. And I think we also have to do a little bit of work in some of those areas explaining the great opportunities there are. I think we've had some people in some of the great technological companies think that defense research is somewhat, there's some inertia. It's not a great place for investment. It's not where some exciting things are happening.
I think as we move into modernizing our military, we need those views to change because in order for us to really promote our values, our democratic values across the world, in order for us to be good allies to so many of our partners and compete across the world with, quite frankly, the values that China's promoting that don't match our values or the values that Russia is promoting that don't match our democratic values. I think we need to make the case to our great innovators across this country of how important it is that they support this effort to modernize our military and our national security in so much of the innovation that takes place.
ACME GENERAL: I definitely want to talk about modernizing our military and the role that Picatinny in your district is playing. But I want to probe a little more on public/private partnerships because this isn't just lip service you're paying. You have written in these priorities to the latest NDAA, right? What are your focus areas for strengthening the value of these partnerships, for ensuring that private companies see the benefit of working with DOD? If I'm not mistaken, COVID-19 was one of the motivators for this in your efforts on the NDAA.
MS: Yes, well, I think, this was something that we'd been talking about since I've been in Congress, really modernizing the defense supply chain. But I have to say that in so many other areas the coronavirus pandemic really brought some of these issues to a head as we were looking at so many of the things that we needed here in this country to protect our defense supply chain were coming from elsewhere. The supply chain was broken really by the coronavirus pandemic. And there were some areas where we realized in order to better protect our national defense, we needed to have a better, more robust supply chain, whether that was having several different suppliers or manufacturing things here in the United States. So I've joined the House Armed Services Defense Critical Supply Chain Task Force. That's something that Mike Gallagher and Elissa Slotkin stood up so that we could really deeply examine in a bipartisan way how we can help our defense supply chain. And much of that involves these partnerships that we've just been talking about with our military and the great technology companies that we have in this country.
ACME GENERAL: Picatinny is at the tip of the proverbial spear when it comes to these modernization efforts. What have your priorities been in terms of advocating for Picatinny? I know you've gotten a couple of things into the NDAA to increase funding for particular areas. Are there any that jump out?
MS: Sure. So as you may know, I'm the Vice Chair of the Tactical Air and Land Subcommittee. That's the subcommittee of jurisdiction for most of Picatinny's activities. And as I've mentioned, the work at
Picatinny is critical to our national defense, but it's specifically important to the defense department's modernization priorities. So a particular note, really with the past two NDAAs, I've gotten robust funding for the long range precision fires, funding for innovative means of manufacturing. I was also able to get the Armaments Graduate School on Picatinny Arsenal, get them accredited so that we could really invest in the future of armaments innovation. I have not been certified in all the tongue twisters that come out of Picatinny Arsenal. However, I'm really proud of that work and making sure that we can support the Arsenal in the modernization priorities of tomorrow.
ACME GENERAL: Do you ever get sideways glances as a Navy pilot throwing out terms like long range precision fires?
MS: That's an Army priority as well! Yes, I have to say that getting up to speed on all of the new Army acronyms has been a challenge for me. But everything goes really smoothly, Ken, until that second week in December when suddenly the Arsenal, the West Point graduates on the Arsenal and I are on opposite sides of the fence. And so we just have that Army/Navy game that we have to get through, but it should be particularly exciting this year because we were playing it in New Jersey.
ACME GENERAL: Oh, I didn't know that. That's great. Well, as long as we can leave that on the field.
MS: Exactly! Exactly! And everything's going to be fine as long as Navy beats Army and then we'll be able to move forward.
ACME GENERAL: That's all it takes. So Picatinny has some of the really big, weighty challenges like LRPF. But you've also bothered to include some of the more niche tech areas. And I'm wondering how you stay abreast of the bleeding edge of technology and what's happening with additive and AI and things like that. Is this the result of a team burning the midnight oil or have you developed an abiding interest in the tech that we're going to need in the coming decades to meet, as you described, China and Russia and these adversaries?
MS: Yes. The answer is all of the above, really. We have a lot of, not just at Picatinny Arsenal, but actually this area has a lot of additive manufacturing, a lot of really high end, high tech retooling. So it's not just work I do at and for Picatinny Arsenal. The County College of Morris has been doing critical work and supporting some of the really high tech, very specific manufacturing and retooling that we do here. I think a lot of people have this vision of their eighth-grade shop class some of the machines that were in use there. But some of our machining and retooling that we do here now take advanced degrees and then constant retraining as these machines get more and more advanced. And it involves computer programs to operate the machines and stuff.
And we don't just do it in the defense space. In fact, my district's known for great companies that do a lot of joints, hip joints, knee joints, like Striker. So this is a center of innovation that crosses into not just the defense platforms, but also many of our medical device companies and others. So this is something that, yes, I've become incredibly interested in. Yes, my team's very interested in it. But I also have a
whole host of people in the district who are very supportive and have a great deal of expertise in this area that really support a lot of the mission in Congress that I have to support this industry.
ACME GENERAL: Your constituent engagement is, it's like off the charts. I love following it on Twitter because you do the obligatory nods to industry and legislation and all that stuff. But you're also great at both remembering and reminding us why you're really there, which is representing the people who sent you. This one jumped out. It's from yesterday or the day before. "Special congratulations to Steve and Emma, owners of Time for a Bagel, on their new twin grandchildren." How do you-
MS: Those were great bagels! It's easy to remember.
ACME GENERAL: How do you strike that balance? That balance between spending what has to be 90% of your time thinking about these weighty geopolitical issues and what the military is going to need to defend the country and remembering who sent you?
MS: Well, I think that combination, there are a lot of things that I regard as my job that if I do my job well the majority of people in the 11th district of New Jersey aren't going to have to worry about them at all. If I make sure that we have a robust defense, people here at home are going to feel safe. They're not going to have to worry about if they're computers or their bank or their military or their state department has been hacked because I can work to provide the ability to keep all of those things safe and secure. And I regard part of my job as helping people sleep at night, right? Worrying about some of these things so they don't have to.
But then there's also the day-to-day lives of people in my district that I have to really lead on legislation that's going to make their lives here at home easier and that is going to impact their life directly. Like whether it's their taxes or school funding or vaccine funding or getting through the pandemic. And they need to, I need to deliver for everyone on that. And to do that I need to hear from them. We do a lot of small business vox and I can't tell you how many times we write legislation in Washington for PPP loans and it's not until I'm on the ground in New Jersey that I can directly see, is this working? Are the people that need these loans getting the loans? Are those loans funding the things that they need to fund? And sometimes the answer is, yes, they're great. And sometimes the answer is, you know you really got to fix it. And we've done that too. We've been able to write new legislation to make it better. So I think hearing from people in the district is critical to making sure that the work I do in Washington is really leading to the best possible results.
ACME GENERAL: I got to believe it ultimately comes down to trust, right? That's what the representative in representative democracy means. The folks, Steve and Emma, can't be experts in everything that you need to vote on and they have to trust you to have their best interest at heart.
MS: You know I've thought a lot about that because I couldn't agree more. And I have to say, I think in my younger days when you would hear, I just want to have a representative I can drink a beer with. I think I would be a little dismissive of that thinking, well, I just want a representative that can vote on
things and understands our national security or something. But at the end of the day, you're exactly right. You can't know what all of the things that are going to come up in Congress in one term, let alone two or three. You can't sit there and vote for a person and know exactly what they're going to have to weigh in on. If you could maybe you could say, oh, this term in Congress this is going to happen. So I'm going to need a health expert or a national defense expert or a transportation infrastructure expert, but you just don't know.
So what you do need to know from your representative is that they're going to look at issues in a way that you think is fair and just and is going to put you front of mind. That somebody understands what it is to be a working mom. Or understands what it is to make sure that you can afford your healthcare. Or understands what it's like to have somebody like my husband, who commutes in and out of the city every day and how disruptive it can be when that commute starts to get worse and worse and how many and lacrosse games for your kids are missed. So you do need to elect a representative, I think shorthand, for making sure your representative understands you and is going to vote in a way that you think puts you at center of mind is somebody can have a beer with. Somebody that you think you could really connect with and is going to represent you well in Washington.
ACME GENERAL: With that in mind and given your role on the House Armed Services Committee, last question, and it's a heavy one. What is your assessment of the decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan eminently?
MS: I think my assessment is, quite frankly, a lot like probably the president's assessment at the end of the day. I would not have done it in this way. However, given that the former administration had made a commitment and given that I think a commitment from the United States of America should mean something and given that if we did not fulfill that, I think the level of violence in Afghanistan had we decided not to pull out would have gone up possibly exponentially. So the choice was either at this time pull out, make a commitment to withdraw or fulfill our commitment to withdraw. Or really come up with a troop plan that was going to be able to keep people in Afghanistan safe in light of the fact that we were expecting then an upturn in violence.
And then looking back on how long we have been in Afghanistan my sense is that everything that has a military solution has been solved. So we have really rooted out Al Qaeda from Afghanistan. We've done the combating violent extremism mission. We've kept the United States safe and secure at home from terrorism that was planned. And the leadership was in Afghanistan. We've been able to stop that. But then there are other things that the military solution simply, you know, I think we haven't seen a stable democracy in Afghanistan like we would like to see. And so I'm hoping that by moving the military out, still keeping a robust diplomatic presence, we can see better results. But after 20 years of this war, I think we've accomplished everything we could with the military solution. And now it's time for us to look beyond our fighting force, our combat force in Afghanistan.
ACME GENERAL: Well thank you for that reflection, Mikie. And thanks for joining us on Accelerate Defense. It's been great having you.
MS: Well, Ken, I really appreciate it. Thanks so much for having me.
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Growth and Sectoral Policy
Lance Taylor, José Antonio Ocampo, Codrina Rada
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Lance Taylor
Professor, International Cooperation and Development
Lance Taylor is the Arnhold Professor of International Cooperation and Development at the New School University. He has taught at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Minnesota, and the Stockholm School of Economics. He has written extensively on structuralist macroeconomics, including his textbook Reconstructing Macroeconomics: Structuralist Proposals and Critiques of the Mainstream.
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Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD)
Jose Antonio Ocampo is Co-President of IPD, Professor of Professional Practice in the School of International and Public Affairs, and Fellow of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. Prior to his appointment at Columbia, Professor Ocampo served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and head of UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), as Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and has held a number of high-level posts in the Government of Colombia, including Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Director of the National Planning Department, and Minister of Agriculture . Professor Ocampo is author or editor of over 30 books and has published over 200 scholarly articles on macroeconomic theory and policy, international financial issues, economic development, international trade, and Colombian and Latin American economic history.
Codrina Rada
Codrinda Rada is assistant professor of economics at the University of Utah and a former economic affairs officer at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Her paper "Stagnation or Transformation of a Dual Economy Through Endogenous Productivity Growth?" is used as a basic tool of analysis in this book.
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Samoa Arrests Anti-Vaccination Activist As Measles Death Toll Rises
Red flags hang outside homes in Apia, Samoa, indicating that the residents have not been vaccinated for measles.
Samoan authorities have arrested a prominent anti-vaccination activist amid an outbreak that has killed at least 63 people, most of them children.
Edwin Tamasese has been charged with "incitement against a government order," according to the BBC.
Government officials say anti-vaccination advocates such as Tamasese have complicated their sweeping efforts to turn the tide on the highly contagious disease that has sickened more than 4,300 people on the independent Pacific islands.
The government has declared a state of emergency and ordered mandatory vaccinations. It shut schools indefinitely. This week, it launched a door-to-door mass vaccination campaign, asking families to pin a piece of red cloth on their homes if they haven't been vaccinated.
On Thursday and Friday, the government closed all of its offices except public utilities, so that civil servants could focus on the campaign. Officials say more than 20,000 people have received vaccines.
"Let us work together to ... convince those that do not believe that vaccinations are the only answer to the epidemic. Let us not be distracted by the promise of alternative cures," Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said earlier this week.
The anti-vaccination movement "unfortunately has been slowing us down," Samoa's minister of communication, Afamasaga Lepuiai Rico Tupai, told New Zealand's 1 News Now.
Tupai blamed "anti-vaxxers" for the deaths of children. "We find out it's the message of anti-vaxx that's got to these families. ... What we say to them is, 'Don't be in the way of government. Don't be contributing to the deaths and the numbers rising.' "
As Tamasese was being taken into custody, he spoke out again on social media against the vaccine, falsely claiming that a combination of vitamin C and sodium ascorbate, a mineral salt of ascorbic acid, can cure the disease. "This will save your kids," was posted on Facebook before, he said, authorities took his phone.
Response to Tamasese's arrest has ranged from support from people who call him a hero to derision from critics who accuse him of worsening a deadly crisis.
"In jail for somthing he said? Do you all not see somthing wrong with this?" one Facebook user said. Another called for significant penalties: "Spreading antivaxx propaganda and lies which endangers children in the middle of an epidemic. He should be locked up for good."
Samoa's attorney general told Stuff that authorities were responding to the following statement Tamasese allegedly made about the government's vaccination campaign: "I'll be here to mop up your mess. Enjoy your killing spree."
In a speech on Thursday, Simona Marinescu, the United Nations resident coordinator for the region, called the outbreak "one of the greatest challenges that this country experienced in its recent history." Last week, the Samoan government asked the U.N. for help in controlling the epidemic.
Vaccination rates in Samoa have dramatically dipped in recent years, according to a new report from UNICEF. Coverage "plummeted from 58 per cent in 2017 to just 31 per cent in 2018, largely due to misinformation and mistrust among parents." UNICEF says vaccination rates of at least 95% are needed to prevent outbreaks.
The government's campaign has given that effort a huge boost. It said that as of Thursday, 82% of children under 5 on Samoa's two main islands are vaccinated.
Samoa's crisis comes during a global resurgence of the preventable disease. The World Health Organization estimates there were nearly 10 million measles cases last year — and 140,000 deaths.
NPR's Bill Chappell contributed to this report.
Corrected: December 5, 2019 at 9:00 PM PST
In a previous version of this story, several references to Edwin Tamasese's last name were incorrectly spelled Tamesese.


This week we're talking Dom Perkins, commercial development director at Time Inc.
Dom's a big data guy – and I found it fascinating to talk to him about the intersection of data, content and programmatic advertising.
Time Inc.'s global operations combine to more than 150 million unique views a month and the UK arm houses brands such as Marie Clare, NME, InStyle, Wallpaper* and much more. Part of Dom's job is to treat those audiences like individuals with relevant advertising.
• And the industry that's picking up on programmatic better than any other.
Publishers need to embrace the idea that our brands are hugely strong, and hugely respected, and they live on other platforms and, you know, I think this will only develop further and further.
I always view the content we produce almost like TV net, where we become the production company. Our brands are really important, but we become the production company and this has been happening for years on ITV and Sky, where you put your content onto those platforms.


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package godot

import (
	"github.com/shadowapex/godot-go/gdnative"
)

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//   This code was generated by a tool.
//
//   Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
//   the code is regenerated. Any updates should be done in
//   "class.go.tmpl" so they can be included in the generated
//   code.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

//func NewInputEventJoypadMotionFromPointer(ptr gdnative.Pointer) InputEventJoypadMotion {
func newInputEventJoypadMotionFromPointer(ptr gdnative.Pointer) InputEventJoypadMotion {
	owner := gdnative.NewObjectFromPointer(ptr)
	obj := InputEventJoypadMotion{}
	obj.SetBaseObject(owner)

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}

/*
Stores information about joystick motions. One [code]InputEventJoypadMotion[/code] represents one axis at a time.
*/
type InputEventJoypadMotion struct {
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}

func (o *InputEventJoypadMotion) BaseClass() string {
	return "InputEventJoypadMotion"
}

/*
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	Args: [], Returns: int
*/
func (o *InputEventJoypadMotion) GetAxis() gdnative.Int {
	//log.Println("Calling InputEventJoypadMotion.GetAxis()")

	// Build out the method's arguments
	ptrArguments := make([]gdnative.Pointer, 0, 0)

	// Get the method bind
	methodBind := gdnative.NewMethodBind("InputEventJoypadMotion", "get_axis")

	// Call the parent method.
	// int
	retPtr := gdnative.NewEmptyInt()
	gdnative.MethodBindPtrCall(methodBind, o.GetBaseObject(), ptrArguments, retPtr)

	// If we have a return type, convert it from a pointer into its actual object.
	ret := gdnative.NewIntFromPointer(retPtr)
	return ret
}

/*
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*/
func (o *InputEventJoypadMotion) GetAxisValue() gdnative.Real {
	//log.Println("Calling InputEventJoypadMotion.GetAxisValue()")

	// Build out the method's arguments
	ptrArguments := make([]gdnative.Pointer, 0, 0)

	// Get the method bind
	methodBind := gdnative.NewMethodBind("InputEventJoypadMotion", "get_axis_value")

	// Call the parent method.
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	retPtr := gdnative.NewEmptyReal()
	gdnative.MethodBindPtrCall(methodBind, o.GetBaseObject(), ptrArguments, retPtr)

	// If we have a return type, convert it from a pointer into its actual object.
	ret := gdnative.NewRealFromPointer(retPtr)
	return ret
}

/*
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	Args: [{ false axis int}], Returns: void
*/
func (o *InputEventJoypadMotion) SetAxis(axis gdnative.Int) {
	//log.Println("Calling InputEventJoypadMotion.SetAxis()")

	// Build out the method's arguments
	ptrArguments := make([]gdnative.Pointer, 1, 1)
	ptrArguments[0] = gdnative.NewPointerFromInt(axis)

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	methodBind := gdnative.NewMethodBind("InputEventJoypadMotion", "set_axis")

	// Call the parent method.
	// void
	retPtr := gdnative.NewEmptyVoid()
	gdnative.MethodBindPtrCall(methodBind, o.GetBaseObject(), ptrArguments, retPtr)

}

/*
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	Args: [{ false axis_value float}], Returns: void
*/
func (o *InputEventJoypadMotion) SetAxisValue(axisValue gdnative.Real) {
	//log.Println("Calling InputEventJoypadMotion.SetAxisValue()")

	// Build out the method's arguments
	ptrArguments := make([]gdnative.Pointer, 1, 1)
	ptrArguments[0] = gdnative.NewPointerFromReal(axisValue)

	// Get the method bind
	methodBind := gdnative.NewMethodBind("InputEventJoypadMotion", "set_axis_value")

	// Call the parent method.
	// void
	retPtr := gdnative.NewEmptyVoid()
	gdnative.MethodBindPtrCall(methodBind, o.GetBaseObject(), ptrArguments, retPtr)

}

// InputEventJoypadMotionImplementer is an interface that implements the methods
// of the InputEventJoypadMotion class.
type InputEventJoypadMotionImplementer interface {
	InputEventImplementer
	GetAxis() gdnative.Int
	GetAxisValue() gdnative.Real
	SetAxis(axis gdnative.Int)
	SetAxisValue(axisValue gdnative.Real)
}


I have 1000 LD minutes in my monthly plan. I used to make calls regularly. I want to track the balance minutes in my current cycle. However, I do not see anything when I choose Long distance from the dropdown in the usage page.
I called Helpdesk as I do not want to go over the limit. The response from Koodo is like, 1000 LD minutes is a bonus & I need to track manually.
I am new to Koodo & I afraid now whether I choosef a wrong network pushing me to the stone age.
Is there a way to track my long distance usage minutes in the current cycle rather than manual tracking?
What do you mean by that? They should be listed under "Long distance", are you saying they don't show?
I can test this since I have no long distance calls, but try another browser or maybe clear your browser's cache.
DO the other drop down options work properly for u?
Yes. The other dropdown menus are working. When i select this menu, it says You have no long distance usage this month.
It wud have been helpful, if this lists down all my LE calls at least.
DO you actually have any confirmed long distance calls made since Jan 2nd?
You should post this as an Idea to have this show separately under usage. Like how it shows a box for data, messaging, and airtime. It should show a box for a 1000 minute long distance add-on if a user has it. So in your case it would show 532 minutes used out of 1000.
@Dhana Thanks for your post! I will have the team take a look at this. I know for US calls the LD tracker works as I just looked at my account. Now, I call on a pay-per-use basis and you have an add-on. That could be the difference in functionality. It doesn't makes sense I know. Sometimes systems are not as flexible as we want. I will definitely look to find out what's going on but will need a few days. Pls bear with me.
This has been on going issue for long time with people who has the 1000 International LD min.
But I guess is it time for Koodo to take closer look to fix this problem...?
@Mayumi Indeed there are few people on these add-ons. We have fixed/improved a lot of things customers have brought up here on the Community. Priorities change over time so, as I mentioned, I will get a better understanding what, if anything, is in the way to make this better.


While the highest legal officer in the country and former Federal Court judge, Mohamed Apandi Ali said premier Najib Abdul Razak was not named in the United States government suit, the figure termed 'Malaysian Official 1' was cited 36 times in the civil action of forfeiture.
These include two paragraphs where the court document - on page 75 paragraph 263 - quoted Apandi's press conference this January where he cleared Najib.
As Petaling Jaya Utara and DAP national publicity secretary MP Tony Pua has pointed out, Malaysian Official 1 can be no other person than Najib.
Pua in a press conference on Thursday said there were three tranches of payments or deposits made to Najib's accounts between 2011, and the last and controversial one was the US$681 million made some time in March 2013, before the 13th general election and after a US$3 billion 1MDB bond was issued.
Malaysiakini has compiled the 36 instances where Malaysian Official 1 was referred to in the 136-page document.
Below are the paragraphs where the mystery figure is cited, produced in its entirety from the court documents.
Para 28. Malaysian Official 1 is a high-ranking official in the Malaysian government who also held a position of authority with 1MDB. During all times relevant to the complaint, Malaysian Official 1 was a "public official" as that term is used in 18 U.S.C. § 1956(c)(7)(B)(iv) and a "public servant" as that term is used in Section 21 of the Malaysian Penal Code.
39. Upon its formation (1MDB), Malaysian Official 1 assumed a position of authority with 1MDB. Malaysian Official 1 had the authority to approve all appointments to, and removals from, 1MDB's Board of Directors and 1MDB's senior management team. In addition, any financial commitments by 1MDB, including investments, that were likely to affect a guarantee given by the government of Malaysia for the benefit of 1MDB or any policy of the Malaysian government, required, the approval of Malaysian Official 1.
50. A special meeting of the 1MDB Board was held on September 26, 2009, which was attended by 1MDB Officers 1 and 2 and members of the Board. Low (Jho Low) also attended this meeting. Just prior to the meeting, Low spoke by telephone with Malaysian Official 1.
After the title above, a chart named Table 2 at page 34 of the document showing funds of US$20 million entering into Malaysian Official 1's account was also displayed.
99. As set forth above, between September and October 2009, $700 million was fraudulently diverted from 1MDB to the Good Star Account. An additional $330 million was fraudulently diverted from 1MDB to the Good Star Account between May and October 2011. According to J.P. Morgan Chase banking records, between February and June of 2011, approximately $24,500,000 of these funds was transferred to an account at Riyad Bank maintained in the name of a Saudi prince who, together with the PETROSAUDI CEO, co-founded PetroSaudi ("PETROSAUDI CO-FOUNDER").
From those funds, $20,000,000 was then transferred, within days, to an account belonging to Malaysian Official 1.
102. Plaintiff alleges on information and belief that Malaysian Official 1 is the ultimate beneficiary of the AmPrivate Banking-MR account. The AmPrivate Banking-MR account is the same account that later received certain payments totalling approximately US$681 million in March 2013. As set forth in Paragraph 263 below, the attorney-general of Malaysia has publicly stated that the account into which these $681 million payments were made belonged to Malaysian Official 1.
transferred $5 million to a Swiss account beneficially owned by 1MDB Officer 3, who was then 1MDB's General Counsel and Executive Director of Group Strategy.
120. Shortly after receiving proceeds of the two 2012 bond sales from 1MDB, Aabar-BVI also transferred $238,000,000 to a Singapore bank account belonging to Red Granite Capital, an entity owned by Riza Shahriz Bin Abdul Aziz ("Aziz"). Aziz is a relative of Malaysian Official 1 and a friend of Low. Among other things, Aziz used these funds to purchase luxury real estate in the United States and the United Kingdom for his personal benefit, and to fund his movie production company, Red Granite Pictures. 1MDB has disclaimed any investment interest in Red Granite Pictures.
143. Over the course of several months, a large portion of the proceeds of both of the 2012 bond sales – approximately $1.367 billion in total – was transferred from 1MDB to a bank account at BSI Bank in Switzerland held in the name of Aabar-BVI. Plaintiff alleges on information and belief that the funds transferred to the Aabar-BVI Swiss Account by 1MDB were not held for the benefit of 1MDB, IPIC, or Aabar. Rather, the Aabar-BVI Swiss Account was usedto unlawfully divert proceeds of both the Project Magnolia and Project Maximus bonds, which were thereafter used, after having passed through various accounts, tomake substantial payments to Qubaisi, Husseiny, Malaysian Official 1, and 1MDB Officer 3.
178. Once funds were transferred from Aabar-BVI to Blackstone, they were used to make payments to Qubaisi and Husseiny (the two United Arab Emirates official), who served as officers of both Aabar and Aabar-BVI, to Malaysian Official 1, and to 1MDB Officer 3. The distribution of these funds from the Blackstone Account for the personal benefit of officials involved in the bond deal further evidences a misappropriation of public funds and the diversion of the bond proceeds from their intended purpose.
193. Blackstone also transferred at least $30,000,000 to an account belonging to Malaysian Official 1 shortly after receiving funds from Aabar-BVI.
195. That bank account belongs to Malaysian Official 1 and is the same account that received US$20,000,000 from the PetroSaudi Co-Founder in 2011, within days of the receipt by the PetroSaudi Co-Founder of funds from Good Star, as set forth in Section II.G.
196. On or about November 19, 2012 - less than two weeks after Blackstone received US$95,000,000 from Aabar-BVI via Enterprise - Blackstone transferred $25,000,000 to the same AmPrivate Banking-MR Account belonging to Malaysian Official 1.
200. Blackstone was used as an intermediary to obscure the fact that 1MDB bond proceeds were being sent from Aabar-BVI – of which Qubaisi and Husseiny were directors – to accounts that were beneficially owned by Quibaisi, Husseiny, Malaysian Official 1, and 1MDB Officer 3.
201. The funds sent to accounts belonging to Qubaisy, Husseiny, Malaysian Official 1, and 1MDB Officer 3, as described above, were unlawfully misappropriated from 1MDB and/or IPIC.
202. Between June 18, 2012, and November 4, 2012, $238,000,000 was transferred directly from the Aabar-BVI Swiss Account to an account controlled by Aziz, a relative of Malaysian Official 1. From there, the funds were used to acquire nearly $100 million in real property for the personal benefit of Aziz and to fund Red Granite Pictures, Aziz's movie production company.
229. Funds transferred to the Tanore Account were distributed for the benefit of at least one public official associated with 1MDB. More particularly, very shortly after the bond offering (of US$3 billion) was closed, between approximately March 21, 2013, and March 25, 2013, US$681,000,000 was transferred from the Tanore Account to an account belonging to Malaysian Official 1. Of this amount, approximately $620 million was returned to the Tanore Account on or about August 26, 2013.
238. The Government of Malaysia provided a "Letter of Support," dated March 14, 2013, in connection with the Project Catalyze transaction. That Letter of Support provided, among other things, that if 1MDB failed to provide adequate capital to ensure that 1MDB Global was able to service its obligations with respect to the bonds, Malaysia would then "step-in to inject the necessary capital into the Issuer or make payments to ensure the Issuer's obligation in respect of the Debt are fully met." The Letter of Support also indicated that, "[t]o the fullest extent permitted by law," Malaysia would waive its sovereign immunity and submit itself to the jurisdiction of English courts in connection with disputes arising out of the letter. The letter is signed by Malaysian Official 1.
242. The offering circular also omitted material facts necessary to makes it representations regarding the use of the bond proceeds not misleading, in that it failed to disclose that certain individuals related to 1MDB, including Malaysian Official 1, would receive hundreds of millions of dollars from the proceeds of the bond sale within days of its closing. This fact would have been material to the bond transaction, as it would have alerted investors to the possibility of conflicts of interest and related-party transactions. The representation that ADMIC had not determined how all of the bond proceeds would be used did not encompass using those funds, beginning almost immediately after the bond issue, for the personal benefit of individuals related to 1MDB and their associates.
257. Instead, funds from the Tanore Account were sent to an account belonging to Malaysian Official 1, and were also used by Tan and Low to purchase art. Funds from the Tanore Account were also used by Low to acquire a substantial interest in a luxury hotel in New York City. These uses were inconsistent with the intended purpose of the bond proceeds as set forth in the offering circular and the April 23, 2013, 1MDB press release.
259. Shortly after proceeds of the 2013 bond sale were diverted to the Tanore Account, US$681,000,000 was sent from the Tanore Account to a bank account belonging to Malaysian Official 1.
260. On or about March 21, 2013, Tanore transferred $620,000,000 into an account at AmBank in Malaysia, whose beneficiary was listed as "AmPrivate Banking-MR." On or about March 25, 2013, an additional $61,000,000 was wired from the Tanore Account to the same account at AmBank, for a total of $681,000,000.
261. This account belonged to Malaysian Official 1 and is the same account that in 2011 received $20 million from the PetroSaudi Co-Founder that was traceable to the Good Star Account, as set forth in Section II.G. It is also the same account that in 2012 received at least $30 million from the Blackstone Account that was traceable to the Aabar-BVI Swiss Account and the 2012 bond proceeds.
262. On or about August 26, 2013, $620,010,715 was wired from a different account at AmBank to the Tanore Account. This AmBank account also belonged to Malaysian Official 1, and the transfer represented funds from the $681 million payments that were being returned to Tanore.
264. Bank records associated with the Tanore Account show that TAN was the beneficial owner of the Tanore Account, from which the $681,000,000 payments to the account of Malaysian Official 1 were made, and that 1MDB Officer 3 was added as an authorized signor on the Tanore Account roughly one day before the first wire of $620,000,000 was sent from the Tanore Account to the account of Malaysian Official 1.
The California court documents also stated near the end of the 136-page civil forfeiture, that there is possible contravention under Malaysian and United Arab Emirates laws.
It stated, "Misappropriating public funds by a public official is a criminal offense under Malaysian law, as enumerated by the Penal Code of Malaysia."
trust), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant or agent), 166 (public servant disobeying a direction of the law, with intent to cause injury to any person (including a company)), 415 (cheating), 418 (cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may be thereby caused to a person whose interest the offender is bound to protect), and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property).
It also cited the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, including sections 16, 17, and 23. The document also quoted that, "Misappropriating public funds by a public official is a criminal offense under UAE law, as enumerated in Federal Law No. (3) of 1987 on Issuance of the Penal Code, including but not limited to Articles 224, 225, 227, 228, 229, and 399)."
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This painting is $65 and is available HERE.
This is another nameless mug shot from 1900. This one is from my home town of Victoria, so I have actually walked the same streets she walked … well, not exactly.
At the end of September we went to Victoria. September weather is usually pretty reliable and this was no exception. We had a few beach days with the girls. Scarlett is totally into the beach right now. She would throw rocks in the water and scoop water into her sand bucket forever.
This is an original 2.5″x3.5″ mixed media piece on 100% rag paper.
This is a 2.5″x3.5″ original mixed media painting on 100% rag paper.
We had to make a hard choice today. We've decided to not go to Victoria for Christmas. I know it is the smart choice but it makes me a little sad. This painting is of Imogen who is already thinking about what she wants for Christmas and even warned Scarlett (the two year old) about Santa's ever watchful gaze during a melt down she had today about getting dressed!
What is Imogen she wishing for? A basket for the front of her bike. Decorative and practical.
It is only mid summer so I am sure there will be plenty more wishes by December. Geesh.
We are flying off to Victoria tomorrow. Going 'home' for a little visit. I can't believe I've lived in Edmonton for over ten years. That is so crazy. And more than a little sad… you see, I love Victoria for so many reasons. I was born there, which is a tie but my brother in law was born in Germany and I don't think he is longing to get back. It is more than where you are born and it is even more than where all your family still live, although that is a huge draw. I always thought it was the Ocean that was calling me back or the view of the mountains but that is not it either.
I think that I have finally figured out that it is the familiarity of it that I love. I know it like the back of my hand. Everywhere I go I have been, in some form or another. Even if the shop is new, I know the building or the building before it or even the land before that. I know it. I feel so comfortable there. It really is like being in the comfort of your own home. I have never been able to find that comfort level in Edmonton, it is like I am always looking over my shoulder. In Victoria, I never have to look, because I already know what is there.


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by Ronan Solomon, Staff Writer
For many, the fall is the best time of the year for film. Casual moviegoers may be looking forward to the winter holidays and the appropriately themed feel-good movies that come with them, while more dedicated cinephiles are eagerly anticipating the awards season as studios release their most prize-worthy gems before December 31 in order to qualify for this upcoming February's Oscars. Cinematic excitement is in the air, and the Payton community is no different.
The Paw Print talked to two students to see what upcoming films they have their eye on.
"I'm most excited to see 'The Lighthouse,' because the director Robert Eggers directed one of my favorite films, 'The Witch' (2016). I've already heard glowing praise about this film from my favorite critics and the performances, writing, and cinematography looks spectacular. I'm also really anticipating 'Little Women' by Greta Gerwig because it's my favorite book of all time and the cast has some of my favorite actors including Saoirse Ronan, Timothee Chalamet, Florence Pugh, and more!" said Bea Hawkins '21.
Others agreed. "This upcoming fall has a thrilling slate of movies. However, there is one movie in each month that stands out to me. In October, we have 'Joker,' which has already won numerous awards such as the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. In November, 'Frozen 2,' Disney's highly anticipated sequel to an instant classic, will be released to the delight of Disney fans everywhere. Finally, December brings 'The Rise of Skywalker,' the final movie in the modern Star Wars trilogy. All three of these movies will likely be very good, and I am excited for them all," said Ryan Thomas '21.
Without further ado, here are 34 new films you won't want to miss in the final three months of 2019.
'Joker' (4th): Joaquin Phoenix portrays the classic DC comic book villain in his first solo film, depicting a failed comedian's dark descent into chaotic madness as an outcast of society.
'The Addams Family' (11th): Based on the classic cartoons and TV shows, updated for the 21st century with 3D animation and an ensemble cast of talented actors voicing the iconic gothic family.
'Gemini Man' (11th): The newest action film from Taiwanese director Ang Lee features an aging Will Smith fighting against a younger version of himself who's been targeting him.
'Parasite' (11th): The new Korean film from director Bong Joon-Ho features two families of different classes, the wealthier of which attracts the other's interest with dangerous consequences.
'The Lighthouse' (18th): In director Robert Eggers' sophomore effort, two lighthouse keepers on a remote island in the 1890s attempt to keep themselves from going insane in this fantastical black-and-white mystery.
'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' (18th): Five years after Maleficent hit theaters in 2014, Angelina Jolie returns in the sequel as the villainous queen from Sleeping Beauty.
'Zombieland 2: Double Tap' (18th): The sequel to the comedic zombie movie comes after a decade since the original, with the main cast returning for a new adventure.
'Jojo Rabbit' (18th): Director Taika Waititi returns with a polarizing anti-hate satire on Nazis surrounding a young German boy attempting to understand the evolving world around him.
'The Irishman' (1st): The newest film from iconic director Martin Scorsese is a 210-minute epic, coming to Netflix, starring Robert de Niro as a mobster who recounts the true crime story of his life.
'Terminator: Dark Fate' (1st): The sixth film in the action franchise ignores the third, fourth and fifth movies to continue the original narrative as Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger return to fight a new generation of terminators.
'Motherless Brooklyn' (1st): Edward Norton plays detective with Tourette's Syndrome who investigates the death of his mentor in 1950's New York.
'Harriet' (1st): Cynthia Erivo stars in the first ever biopic made about Harriet Tubman, as the film explores her journey to free thousands of slaves via the Underground Railroad.
'Marriage Story (6th): Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver play a married couple in Noah Baumbach's new film on Netflix which depicts a husband and wife going through a difficult divorce.
'Midway' (8th): Disaster movie director Roland Emmerich's new film recreates the pivotal WWII Battle of Midway which depicts the US fighting against the Japanese via air and sea.
'Last Christmas' (8th): Emilia Clarke plays a down-on-her-luck woman who, working in a department store during the holidays, meets a mysterious man played by Henry Golding who changes her life.
'Doctor Sleep' (8th): The sequel to 1980s 'The Shining' picks up decades later stars Ewan McGregor as a grown up Danny Torrance struggling with supernatural entities once more.
'Ford v Ferrari' (15th): Matt Damon and Christian Bale star as an engineer and a racecar driver who have to build a Ford supercar that can beat Ferrari in a race.
'Charlie's Angels' (15th): Naomi Scott, Kristen Stewart, and Ella Balinska star as Charlie's Angels in this reboot of the classic show and later films, which is an action comedy.
'The Lodge' (15th): This new horror film is about two children trapped inside a lodge who must fight for survival against mysterious supernatural forces.
'Frozen 2' (22nd): Disney's sequel to the massively popular 2013 princess movie has the cast returning for another adventure in a brand new magical location.
'21 Bridges' (22nd): This action thriller stars Chadwick Boseman leading a manhunt for several criminals in NYC, which causes the city's 21 bridges to be shut down so the suspects cannot escape.
'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' (22nd): Tom Hanks stars in this biopic as TV icon Fred Rogers as he's being interviewed by a man whose life ends up being changed by his advice.
'Knives Out' (27th): Rian Johnson directs an ensemble cast making up a dysfunctional family who come together for a birthday party for the patriarch – but when he mysteriously dies during the party, everyone becomes a suspect for murder.
'Queen and Slim' (27th): A couple's first date turns deadly when the man, played by Daniel Kaluuya, kills a police officer in self defense after being pulled over, sending them on a run from the law across the country.
'Black Christmas' (13th): A group of sorority girls team up to defend themselves against a killer on their college campus during the holiday season.
'Uncut Gems' (13th): Adam Sandler stars in one of his first true dramas, a crime thriller about an NYC jewelry dealer who must find a way to pay off a large debt.
'Jumanji: The Next Level' (13th): The cast of Welcome to the Jungle return for an adventure in the same world – except this time, it's a new video game map with more difficult challenges.
'A Hidden Life' (13th): Director Terrence Malick's new film deals with an Austrian farmer facing danger from the Nazis after refusing to fight for them in WWII.
'Cats' (20th): Based on the classic Broadway musical, an ensemble cast stars as CGI humanoid cats in this live action film.
'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' (20th): The widely anticipated final installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy has the Resistance and the First Order facing off one last time as several character arcs reach their climax.
'Bombshell' (20th): Fox News' female employees launch a campaign to take down boss Roger Ailes due to sexual harassment.
'Little Women' (25th): Based on the classic novel, the newest remake of "Little Women" is directed by Greta Gerwig and stars an ensemble cast including Saoirse Ronan and Timothee Chalamet – focusing on a group of young sisters and their lives following the Civil War.
'1917' (25th): In WWI, two young soldiers must save a thousand men from entering a dangerous trap across enemy territory.
'Spies in Disguise' (25th): This new animated comedy stars Will Smith and Tom Holland as two spies who have to team up on a mission to save the world after an accident causes things to go wrong.
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Melnick: The good, the bad and the ugly game 80, Montreal 4, Winnipeg 5 (OT)
By Mitch Melnick Apr 4, 2018 11
It was a real good night.
As home ice finales go, in a terrible season with the fan base counting down the days (24) to the draft lottery, the Habs and Winnipeg Jets put on a show that might have even made up for the postponement of back-to-back Bon Jovi concerts.
Even as the Jets, who won their 50th game of the season, rested five regulars, they still flashed a high degree of skill that makes them a legit Stanley Cup contender now and for the foreseeable future.
The Habs didn't wilt, although they closed out their home schedule with yet another mind-numbing display of coughing up a goal less than a minute after scoring one of their own. But they battled back. Twice. Before losing in overtime for the seventh time this season (with just three wins). And even though they "earned" a point, they dropped further in the overall standings.
Free fallin' for Dahlin'.
The topper was watching three core players receive their just due.


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The Gentleman Says Goodnight -- Don Bakken Retires As The Principal Proponent Of Growth Around Paine Field
By Jerry Bergsman
For more than a quarter of a century, Don Bakken has been a key figure in the growth of Paine Field.
His roles have varied: first as a member of the Snohomish County Airport Commission, then as operations director on the staff and, for the past dozen years, as airport manager. Bakken plans to retire in February when he turns 66. All that time, Bakken has been, in the eyes of many, a model employee, carrying out and explaining to the public policy defined by others.
"No one running any department was more devoted to what he was doing," said former County Councilman Brian Corcoran.
The airport is in the heart of Snohomish County's employment. It is one of the major hubs in the state for small, private general aviation. At the same time, it has been the core of a tug of war between two viewpoints: those who want major expansion of airport operations and those who don't.
Bakken talks in his gravelly voice of that 20-year battle: "The airport is a controversial agency. It imposes adverse impacts on the surrounding community. There is a fear of the future, what it will do to lifestyles and property values."
The battle recently heated up with the recommendation by a regional air commission to bring commercial airline flights to Paine Field to help handle the overflow from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Bakken, despite a lifelong love affair with aviation, is analytical about airport development in light of the recommendation.
"Airports are an endangered species in the sense that it will be impossible to site a new airport," he says. "To accommodate regional capacity, existing airports have to be used."
That by no means should be interpreted as support for a proposal to extend commercial airline flights to Paine Field.
"Every time we do another study, a new group questions what the study means," he said. "Trying to balance the needs and concerns makes the plan a challenging project. Obviously, the manager does not make those decisions. Elected officials make policy; it is the staff's job to follow the policy to the best of their ability."
HEAT WAS UNDESERVED
Former County Executive Willis Tucker complains of critics who accused Bakken of trying to turn Paine Field into a Snohomish County version of Sea-Tac.
"We were wrongly accused of trying to develop a regional airport," said Tucker. "Bakken is a real honorable and honest man. I resented the way he was treated by those (critics) people."
"A gentle and gentlemanly person" is the way Everett artist Bernie Webber, the last chairman of the Airport Commission, described Bakken.
Born and raised in the Alderwood Manor area of South Snohomish County, Bakken began taking flying lessons at 14 in Eastern Washington because private flights were not permitted in Western Washington during World War II. By the time he was 17 and entered the military near the end of the war,, it had more pilots than it needed. But Bakken did manage to fly as a spotter pilot.
After the service, Bakken began studying aeronautical engineering, but a steel fabricating company he and a partner started in Lynnwood while going to college grew so fast he ended up with an industrial-management degree and spent 23 years in the steel-fabricating business.
Interest in the aviation industry remained, however. In 1966 he joined the Airport Commission at a time the Air Force was phasing out its operation and The Boeing Co. was preparing to build a plant adjacent to Paine Field. By February 1969, Boeing flight-tested its first 747 and the Air Force had turned over all its buildings to the county.
Bakken was asked to join the staff as superintendent of operations in 1972. When airport manager George Petrie retired eight years later, Tucker said Bakken was the obvious choice.
During that period the role of Paine Field as a general aviation airfield as well as a policy of discouraging commercial airline flights was negotiated and adopted by the county.
Immediately after that, a master plan for development at the field was completed. Then came a noise study that triggered voluntary controls, development of a parallel runway for general aviation that private pilots at first opposed, the major buildup of employment at Boeing and the start of airplane maintenance and repair by Tramco on the airport site.
AIRPORT SUITED BOEING
In some ways, Bakken's work set the stage for the Boeing expansion that will bring the air firm's work force to more than 30,000 over the next few years. Three years ago, Bakken recommended the sale of 68 acres to Boeing that the company needed in its expansion plans.
"The airport makes possible the Boeing facility here," Bakken said. "It uses the airport runway, which accommodates wide-body aircraft."
To Frank Figg, a Boeing representative, Bakken always expressed a can-do attitude. "I've thoroughly enjoyed working with Don," he said. "He is a very good manager of the airport and represented the county well. His goal was always `let's see how we can do this.' "
A few accomplishments under Bakken's management: $30 million in capital improvement of runways, taxiways, aprons, rehabilitation of buildings and utilities; Tramco built a 255,000-square-foot hangar in 1989, and will build another 660,000-square-foot hangar, office, shop and warehouse.
TENANTS WERE MOVED
To accommodate the Tramco construction, 35 small tenants in World War II structures were ousted, but Bakken's staff helped most relocate. Bakken looked at the airport as a big incubator for nourishing small businesses by offering low rent. And in difficult economic times, those businesses provided a bright spot for county employment.
A charter member of the Lynnwood Rotary Club, Bakken is at least partly responsible for its sponsorshop of the largest air show in the state, the Washington State International Air Show.
When Everett clubs were dropping it, Bakken persuaded the Rotary to take it on. The Air Show attracts 100,000 in its twodays and has allowed the club to donate more than $1 million in grants and scholarships and to charities in the 24 years it has been the sponsor.
Serving on the Airport Commission was one of Bakken's most enjoyable experiences. This year, County Executive Bob Drewel decided to drop the commission and assign its advisory status to the Paine Field Community Council.
COMMISSION WAS BUFFER
Bakken won't criticize that move. Instead, he applauds the quality of people who served on the commission, their dedication and knowledge. "I considered them supporters, advisors and close personal friends," he says.
Bakken does say he understands the change, that it was an appropriate time and that delays sometimes occurred because of the commission. But, says Bakken, the commission served as a buffer for special interests who now will go directly to elected officials.
`'I can't say too much for Don," adds Webber, a private pilot who has frequented the airport since he was a youngster. `" would say the airport certainly grew under him and in a nice way. He is an unselfish man. He worked his tail off and gave everyone else the credit for it."
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