In late February, Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) (in collaboration with State Controller John Chiang) introduced California Senate Bill 1465. The legislation would seek to provide credit support for small renewable energy and agricultural businesses in the form of loan guarantees. By doing so, the bill hopes to "facilitate export expansion" and promote job retention and growth in these sectors.
I think we are all well aware of the recession that has gripped the country as a whole and many states – California included. One of the many negative impacts of the economic climate has been the inability of small businesses to secure much-needed financing. This is particularly true for emerging small businesses like those in the renewable energy sector. That is where SB 1465 hopes to come in.
At the start of the year, California began offering green clean air vehicle decals to purchasers or lessees of cars meeting California's Enhanced Advanced Partial Zero Emission Vehicle requirements. These decals enable a single driver to drive in the carpool lane.
California is limiting the number of stickers to 40,000. The program will last through January 2015. Ironically, as reported by the Sacramento Bee, there are currently no commercially available cars that meet the criteria to obtain the decal. However, the 2012 Toyota Prius plug-in hybrid and the 2012 Chevy Volt are expected to qualify.
On Tuesday, the Obama administration, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) announced new standards aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increasing fuel efficiency for buses, big rig trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles. This comes on the heels of last week's similar announcement for cars and light-duty trucks.
The program covers vehicles built for the 2014 through 2018 model years and divides the vehicles into three categories: (1) combination tractors ("semis" or "big rigs"), (2) heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans, and (3) vocational vehicles (such as buses and garbage trucks). By the 2018 model year, big rigs will be required to achieve a fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emission reduction of approximately 20%. An approximate 15% reduction will be required of 2018 model year heavy-duty pickups and vans. And, by model year 2018, buses, garbage trucks and the like will be required to achieve about a 10% reduction. These standards will result in savings of 4 to 1 gallons of fuel per 100 miles traveled, depending on the vehicle type.
President Obama announced today an agreement with thirteen major automakers to commence the next phase of the Administration's program to increase fuel efficiency standards to 54.5 miles per gallon for cars and light-duty trucks by Model Year 2025. EPA and the Department of Transportation worked with auto manufacturers, the state of California, environmental groups, and other interested parties for several months to ensure that the standards are achievable, cost-effective and preserve consumer choice.
As my colleague posted last month, California's popular Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) was in jeopardy of running out of funds by this month. The program, funded by California's Air Resources Board (ARB), provides vouchers or rebates on a first-come, first-served basis toward the purchase of zero-emission or plug-in hybrid cars, and zero-emission or hybrid trucks and buses. This week, ARB approved up to $40 million for the third year of funding for the Air Quality Improvement Program (AQIP), which funds CVRP.
In what the Air Resources Board (ARB) is calling "a wonderful problem to have," the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) is projected to run out of funds by next month. I don't think this comes has a huge shock to those of us that are Angelinos. After all, we are pretty accustomed to seeing electric vehicle charging stations all over town… someone must be using them! Among those using them are the approximately 1,700 people that have, thus far, received a rebate for purchasing a zero emission vehicle.
In February, we reported that Sen. Joe Simitian's (D-Palo Alto) bill, known as SBX1 2, passed the California State Senate. As expected, it was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown last month after having also passed the State Assembly on March 29th with a vote of 55-19. The law requires that 33% of the power that California utilities provide to their customers come from solar, wind and other qualified renewable sources by the year 2020. The bill was signed at a ceremony at a solar manufacturing plant in Milpitas on April 12th.
On Thursday, the California State Senate passed SBX1 2, introduced by Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) and a few others. This bill would require 33% of the power that California utilities provide to their customers come from solar, wind and other qualified renewable sources by the year 2020. Currently, California law (which was also initially introduced by Simitian) puts this requirement at 20%. Supporters of the bill tout its potential for improved air quality and, perhaps more importantly for many Californians, job creation. The Union of Concerned Scientists state that not only could a 33% renewable standard create over 500,000 new "green collar" jobs in the next several decade, but it would displace nearly 13 million metric tons of emissions in 2020 – the equivalent of taking almost 3 million cars off of California's roads.


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Britain's Labour meets to decide stance on second Brexit referendum
Britain's main opposition Labour Party meets on Tuesday to hammer out its position on whether to demand a second referendum on any Brexit deal as part of its campaign for the European parliament election next month.
With Britain's delayed departure from the European Union far from clear, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is under pressure from many lawmakers and party members to throw his support behind a second referendum, or confirmatory vote, on a Brexit deal.
So far, the party has stuck to its position that it would only back such a vote to prevent what it calls a "damaging Tory (Conservative) Brexit" or to prevent Britain leaving without a deal – a prospect that businesses increasingly fear.
A Labour source said Tuesday's meeting of the party's National Executive Committee was not likely to agree something beyond the current stance, which would mean Labour would not hold another vote if it secured its Brexit plan.
That could further infuriate Labour lawmakers, including deputy leader Tom Watson, who have been pushing for a second referendum, a rift that fuelled the breakaway of eight Labour politicians who have formed a new party called Change UK.
Nearly three years after voters backed exiting the EU by 52 to 48 percent, the main parties, like much of the country, are deeply divided over Brexit, leaving it unclear when, and even if, Britain will leave the bloc.
Prime Minister Theresa May's deal has been rejected three times by parliament, forcing the Conservative leader to open talks with Labour to try to find common ground and win approval to avoid taking part in the European elections.
After nearly four weeks of the talks, Labour sources said Monday's talks with the government were better in tone than before and that ministers had shown some willingness to move, declining to offer specifics.
But with time ticking down and a new Brexit deadline set for Oct. 31, parties are readying themselves for the May 23 elections, offering those wanting to remain in the EU and others supporting a clean break another potential battleground.
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Online pharmacy LifCare has raised $11 million in a Series B round led by existing investors SAIF Partners and Nexus Venture Partners. The other participants in the latest funding round include New investor IL&FS Investment Managers.
The Jaipur-headquartered start-up, which is owned and operated by Corner Store Technologies Pvt. Ltd, has so far raised $17 million, including the $5 million in Series A money in October 2016.
"The team (LifCare) has executed brilliantly over the past two years and we expect to see strong growth in the coming years," said Sandeep Singhal, managing director and co-founder, Nexus Venture Partners.
LifCare, which focuses on chronic medicines, has plans s to utilize the capital to expand its domain to other cities, besides upgrading its technology and data science infrastructure to provide better experience and adding service layers for chronic patients.
"We are now planning to provide end-to-end services in chronic disease management through medical consultancy, lifestyle management and timely reminders, among others," said LifCare CEO and founder Krishna Killa.
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The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone receives an official logo. It was developed by a Ukrainian creative agency, who are famous for creating the branding of Ukraine Now (so good that it has been copied many times by other people). Continue reading »
Dead Inside: Fukushima Exclusion Zone Through The Eyes Of Polish Female Photographer
Natalia Sobańska (previously) is a photographer from Poland who traveled to Japan to photograph a deadly Fukushima exclusion zone. Continue reading »
Daredevil Ukrainian Stalkers Took Stunning Photos Inside The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone In 2019
Serega Strange is a self-taught photographer, and urbex explorer from Ukraine, who likes to capture an abandoned world inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Serega visited the abandoned city Pripyat and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. He shares some amazing selfies on his Instagram. Continue reading »
No Man's Land: Fukushima Exclusion Zone Through The Eyes Of Daredevil Stalker
It has been five years since reactor four went in to meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Power plant, triggered by a huge tsunami and earthquake that devastated Japan. The nuclear disaster led to the imposition of a 20 mile evacuation zone, similar to that seen in Chernobyl, more than 25 years earlier. Many of the towns that lay within it, have remained almost untouched since. Determined to see the evidence for himself, photographer Keow Wee Loong ignored the need for special permit and crept in to the exclusion zone overnight. Continue reading »
Amazing Images Reveal How the Exclusion Zone Around Fukushima Has Been Abandoned to Become an Overgrown Wilderness
A stunning new photo project offers unprecedented insight into the wild and desolate exclusion zone surrounding the Fukushima nuclear power plant – where tonnes of contaminated soil lie untouched and overgrown forest is engulfing hundreds of abandoned vehicles and homes.
The 12.5-mile exclusion zone around the nuclear plant now resembles post-apocalyptic scenes from The Walking Dead after it was instantly abandoned following the 2011 nuclear disaster.
People deserted the area after warnings of dangerous levels of radioactivity, leaving cars, classrooms and libraries to be swallowed by the overgrown wilderness in stark scenes reminiscent of those seen in the show, in which entire towns have been left in stasis after zombies overran the earth.
Dozens of vehicles lie abandoned and covered in overgrown bushes along what was once a stretch of road near the power plant. ( © Arkadiusz Podniesinski / REX / Shutterstock) Continue reading »
Inside the Exclusion Zone: No-Man's Land Attests to Japan's Fallout
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Inside the Fukushima Exclusion Zone
The project by photographer Patrik Lundin is a 180-degree dissection of the radiated land areas surrounding the plant. Each view has been taken in five-degree increments, looking towards the failed reactor. In Lundin's work, the common factor is that each image contains levels of unseen radiation.
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On Sunday, the Parti de l'égalité socialiste (PES) held a public meeting in Paris on the ongoing "yellow vest" protests in France. Titled "What revolutionary perspective for the yellow vests," the meeting featured speakers from the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) of Britain, the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP) of Germany and the PES itself. It was rebroadcast live to Berlin and Montreal.
Several dozen people attended the meeting, including several "yellow vest" protesters as well as members of the Tamil community in Paris. There was a lively discussion, with questions and contributions from the floor following each speaker's remarks.
Alex Lantier spoke for the PES and reviewed the yellow vest protests. In just a few weeks, a protest against French President Emmanuel Macron's regressive fuel taxes grew into a movement of the working class against social inequality and the existing order, and for Macron's ouster. Lantier explained that the yellow vest protests are part of an international upsurge of the class struggle, in which workers are entering into struggle independently of and against the entire political establishment, including the national trade union bureaucracies.
He stressed that this confirmed the International Committee of the Fourth International's insistence that the Stalinist bureaucracy's dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 did not spell the "end of history" and the demise of the struggle for socialism. Rather, the period when workers' struggles were held in check by middle-class "left" parties was ending.
Lantier reviewed how the yellow vest protest erupted outside of the unions and the political establishment as it has existed in the last half-century since the May 1968 general strike. These organizations were either indifferent or openly hostile to the protests.
He highlighted the PES's call for the formation of committees of action in the working class, as a way for workers to organize themselves for struggle on an international basis, independently of the outmoded and hostile national union bureaucracies. In the context of such struggles and the building of such organizations, the PES and the other European sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) would intervene to explain the necessity of transferring power to the working class.
Christoph Vandreier, the assistant national secretary of the SGP and author of the book Why are they back again? on the return of German fascism, spoke next. Bringing greetings from the SGP, whose list he is heading in next year's European elections, Vandreier said workers in Germany and beyond were following the yellow vest protests with sympathy and solidarity, amid growing opposition among German workers to wage cuts and plant closures.
Vandreier reviewed the SGP's campaign to oppose the legitimization of German militarism and ensuing attempts by right-wing extremists in German academia to whitewash the crimes of Nazism. He explained how German imperialism's attempt to overcome popular opposition to war and fascism led it to try to rehabilitate Hitlerism—a process now unfolding in every European country, notably with Macron's favorable references to French fascist dictator Philippe Pétain.
As with the yellow vest protest, while the government's policy was wildly unpopular, the SGP was the only political party that sought to rally the vast, untapped opposition among workers and youth and arm it with a socialist and anti-war program. Vandreier also explained the powerful support that the SGP's campaign has elicited among concerned students at university campuses across Germany.
Finally, Chris Marsden, the national secretary of the SEP of Britain, spoke to underscore that the eruption of the yellow vest protests after a decade of deep capitalist crisis and war confirmed the fundamental conceptions of Leon Trotsky on the nature of capitalism and the capitalist crisis. As he wrote in the Transitional Program for the founding of the Fourth International 80 years ago in Paris, capitalism is in mortal crisis. The decisive question is that of revolutionary leadership in the international working class.
Marsden noted that for many yellow vest protesters, the term socialist might initially conjure up images of cynical careerists like President François Hollande of the Socialist Party. However, as they enter into struggle against the French and international financial aristocracy, the workers will be compelled to expropriate the wealth of the super-rich and build a workers' state pursuing socialist policies.
Outlining the history of Trotskyism, Marsden stressed that it was based on its struggle against Stalinism, Pabloism and middle-class radicalism that the ICFI approached the working class and fought to rally it to a struggle for socialism. The ICFI's history, he explained, was the demonstration that the record of social democracy, Stalinism and petty-bourgeois pseudo-left politics could not be attributed to Marxism, but rather to their hostility towards Marxism, socialism and the working class. The task now was to build the ICFI as the genuine Marxist vanguard in the working class.
Speakers took questions on the role committees of action could play in workers' struggles, the attitude of workers in Germany towards the shift of official politics towards the far-right, and the development and political character of the yellow vest movement.
Audience members stayed after the formal end of the meeting to discuss political issues and buy literature from the PES.


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Monday 6/23: Bill Maher
Tuesday 6/24: Jennifer Esposito
Wednesday 6/25: Keira Knightley
Thursday 6/26: Melissa McCarthy
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Wednesday 6/25: Eleanor Holmes Norton
Thursday 6/26: Paul Rudd
So Bill Maher gets on The View today and frivolously suggests that Karl Rove murdered his gay lover, the type of vile and scurrilous (and obviously untrue, where's your fucking sense of humor) rumor I'm only too happy to traffic in since it drives people who think blogs are "serious news sources" that need to be constantly policed against "conspiracy theories" ("CT" stands for "Completely True" or Connecticut where we are only too happy to sell you a lump of wood and call it Nutmeg, why do you think it's "The Nutmeg State", we sure as hell don't grow the stuff) nuts.
More concerning to me is that he felt compelled to play Devil's Advocate to Glenn Greenwald who was on last week's panel because the token Republican was so totally lame and outclassed. Of course Glenn made him look like an idiot (which he frequently is, he's certainly not within a mile of Glenn intellectually).
John Green is on as part of the promotional tour for The Fault in Our Stars which is based on his book of the same name. It's a rather sad coming of age story of the type I thoroughly hate, but he could be an interesting interview since Stephen is so superior to Jon in that regard (Jon and Bill will yuk it up and I'd be surprised if a single coherent word that's not some kind of 'inside comedy' joke will be spoken).
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American Experiment event celebrating free speech protected by police while police union protested outside
Monday September 17 was Constitution Day. We celebrated the 231st anniversary of our Constitutional Republic (Philadelphia, 1787) by rising to Ben Franklin's challenge to "keep it" by talking about the Rule of Law and recognizing two heroes: Mark Janus and Rebecca Friedrichs.
Mr. Janus and Mrs. Friedrichs are the public employees who fought for and won the restoration of First Amendment rights for all public employees who can no longer be forced, as a condition of employment, to fund the political speech of unions (Janus v. Afscme). Collective bargaining has now been recognized by the Court as political because it affects taxes, spending and public policy. This landmark case is only a few months old; it will take years before we will know its full impact.
How many public employees will exercise their right to resign from the union? Will unions embrace the challenge by focusing on representing employees and less on divisive, left-wing politics?
The Center's experience on Monday was not encouraging. We were warned that the Teamsters were planning to protest our lunch event; the hotel recommended extra security. So, in addition to the hotel security, which was excellent, we had to hire off-duty police officers to make sure our speakers and guests were both safe and able to hear to presentation. The officers were outstanding, of course.
(An aside, the Teamsters said on its website and social media that the Center's lunch cost $300. It was actually $30.)
The Teamsters showed up as planned and brought a tractor trailer with them, emblazoned with the union name. (I wonder how most members feel about paying for that expensive truck?) While we were speaking, the semi drove around and around the hotel in downtown Minneapolis, at lunch hour, honking the rather loud horn. Fortunately, the honking stopped as an approaching thunderstorm cleared out the crowd.
The Teamsters made a video.
This experience raises many interesting questions. The Center was celebrating a Free Speech victory that affected 5 million public employees in twenty-two states. Right to Work is now the law of the land for public employees.
The Teamsters are certified under the law to represent police officers all over the state. The Center had to hire police to protect us while the Center and our guests exercised our right to gather and speak. We had to hire police to protect us from possible interruptions, or worse, from their union and protesters. When Mr. Janus, Mrs. Friedrichs and I left to go to my car, the police said we needed an escort because the parking garage was "a typical place for the union to show up." Fortunately, nothing happened except a good conversation.
I think it is problematic that any American would have to hire security to protect themselves from any union but it is especially egregious that we had to hire security to protect us from a public-sector police union.
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See below the bus transfers from the Porto airport and from Aveiro Train Station on the 05th and 06th of September.
ADRIMAG, the host and co-organizer entity of the EUROPARC Conference 2017, will have available a free shuttle service from Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (Porto) and Aveiro Train Station to the Conference venue. The same service will be provided, at the end of the Conference (September 10th), from the Termas de São Pedro do Sul, to Porto Airport and to the Aveiro Train Station. All the travels in the territory, within the scope of the Conference, will also be assured, with departure and arrival in the parking lot of the Termas of São Pedro do Sul (in front of Grande Hotel Lisboa).
To arrive at the place of the Conference (Termas of São Pedro do Sul), only transfers of participants arriving at the Porto Airport or to the Aveiro Train Station are assured on September 5th and September 6th. The return transfers to Porto and / or Porto Airport, as well as to the Aveiro Train Station, are only scheduled for September 10th at 08:00. The availability of transfers at other times on the same day will be duly evaluated by the host entity and will only take place if the number of interested parties justifies so.
During the Conference days, all the trips to the different places where the activities that are included in the program take place are also assured. However, these trips are only made to and from the parking lof of the Termas of São Pedro do Sul. All participants who choose to stay in other places must be in the parking lot at the scheduled time otherwise they have to ensure their own travel.
NOTE: In case of delays in arrival of the participants to the airport of Porto or to the Train Station of Aveiro, the transfers will only be guaranteed until 2 hours after the time initially expected of arrival. They can not be guaranteed in case of delays exceeding 2 hours.The information about the schedule of the transfers throughout the days of the Conference, is available in the Detailed Programme.
1. Take the Purple Line (E), with direction to 'Estádio do Dragão' and exit at 'Campo 24 de Agosto' (it takes around 30 minutes). It is necessary to walk 550m from the Airport to the Subway Station.
2. At the 'Campo 24 de Agosto', take the direction to the Terminal of Rede Expressos, located in 150m and take the bus to Termas de São Pedro do Sul.
1. To find the bus stop of Rede Expressos* from the Aveiro Train Station, take the Avenida (Avenue) Dr. Lourenço Peixinho, keep walking by the Rua (Street)Viana do Castelo until you find a roundabout, where turn on the second exit to the right. The bus stop it is located close to the kiosk. It takes around 15 minutes walk. Take the bus to Termas de São Pedro do Sul.


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HomeSanta Clara CountyGuest opinion: I support Emily Doe and oppose the recall
Guest opinion: I support Emily Doe and oppose the recall
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen
BY JEFF ROSEN
As district attorney of Santa Clara County, I oversaw the successful prosecution and conviction of rapist Brock Turner.
The judge imposed a lawful, though far too lenient, sentence that was recommended by the county's Probation Department. I vehemently opposed the sentence. Our reaction to it was swift, decisive and fair. It was not an attack on the judge. We acted against an outdated law. We fought against the false notion that the rape of an unconscious woman was somehow less violent, less serious, less traumatic, less.
"On nights when you feel alone, I am with you. When people doubt you or dismiss you, I am with you. I fought every day for you. So never stop fighting, I believe you."
— Emily Doe
Standing a few feet away from me, Emily Doe read her letter that included that passage to Brock Turner's back.
I had no idea at the time that her sadness and anger with Turner's sentence would change the way the world thinks about sexual assault, that millions would be deeply moved.
I only knew that I was. I released the letter that day with hopes that perhaps it might help some local victims. It spread within days from that courtroom in Palo Alto to millions of people around the world.
Within months, actor Sharon Stone was reading Emily Doe's letter in front of legislators, law enforcement, advocates and experts at a symposium on Campus Sexual Assault that we convened at Santa Clara University. At its completion we announced that Santa Clara, San Jose State and Stanford had — along with our office — co-signed an unprecedented memorandum of understanding dictating how we would better coordinate our handling of campus sex assaults.
Then, I wrote the law later enacted by the California Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown making sure that future Brock Turners will be sent to prison, where rapists belong.
Even Emily Doe told Turner that she hoped that he would remake his name and make the world a better place.
Our actions were meant to tangibly address the national frustration that arose from conditions that allowed for Turner's sentence.
They were made through reflection and reason, not revenge.
Notwithstanding my strong disappointment at the sentence, I am firmly opposed to the recall of Judge Persky.
Subjecting judges to recall when they follow the law and do something unpopular undermines judicial independence. This value is more important than any outcome in any individual case. When judges believe that they will lose their careers for making unpopular but lawful decisions, they may lack the courage to stand up for the rights of minorities or others needing protection from powerful majorities or those with even understandably inflamed passions.
Were it not for this principle, it is hard to see how our country would have cherished rights that we now sometimes take for granted: civil rights, integrated schools, free speech, access to birth control, and marriage equality, to name a few.
Judges who made unpopular decisions in favor of these values have been threatened with recall or have been recalled, even in recent years.
No pattern by Persky
I support the principle of recall, but only in circumstances where a judge has exhibited a pattern of abuse or favor for one group of people over another, is unable to perform his duties, or is biased.
The findings of our local bar, the State's Commission of Judicial Performance, and my review of Judge Persky's decisions have concluded the same thing: there is no pattern.
Perhaps we should think less about Brock Turner's sentence and more about Emily Doe's sentences. Let's heed the calls for help from millions of survivors, rather than recall a single judge.
Jeff Rosen is the Santa Clara County District Attorney. He has held that post since 2010.
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Interesting. Emily Doe supports the recall. I wonder if Rosen asked her how she feels about having her name and words used in Rosen's political endorsement? This seems really bad to a rape victim as a political prop. If she didn't consent, that would be ironic.
I would imagine that she would feel the same as Rosen, Hon. Ladoris Cordell, and Hon. Del Pozzo, and the LA Times, whose words have been used as a prop for the recall campaign, when they all, in fact, reject the recall.
I'd like to see the District Attorney write an editorial explaining why he shielded a tech CEO from deportation to India after his second domestic violence conviction. Does Rosen fight for victims? Not all the time.
Joanne Hall says:
Absolutely pathetic. Rosen is a political opportunist running unopposed while the Turner Appeal is going on. And there wouldn't even be a Recall if Rosen hadn't filed the case. Two drunk college students would have been better off with counselling and social work and drinking awareness, versus what Rosen did. He's a hack.
its not about sex! says:
i think Persky and cronies forget that attempted rape, and rape are crimes of violence– not sex. It is NOT about dating, sex or lust. It is about power, dominance- and terror.
When men get raped in prison, it is not about 'love and sex' it is about who wields power,who controls the cells and abuse. In Persky's world, 'all men would rape' if given a few beers. His view condemns every good man to knee-jerk cave man instincts. Persky failed to recognize the behavior for what it was: a first-time serial rapist who chose to wield power over an unconscious person. it is clear that Judge Persky needs re-training- or simply get off the bench
Your comment makes no sense. First of all, there was no rape under the California definition at the time of the Turner trial. Rape charges were dropped by the DA due to lack of evidence. Secondly, contrary to Emily Doe's famous victim statement, the evidence submitted at trial was not consistent with violence – there were no pine needles found inside her on exam, for example, and the blood she described on her arms came from the IVs used by the paramedics. One has to wonder if this really was an encounter between two very drunk people that started off consensually and then went too far. I understand that Emily Doe's intoxication made consent impossible, but it would appear that Turner's own intoxication (twice the legal limit) made it possible he did not understand that. Does it mean that he is excused? Of course not. But it does make one question whether he really was able to form criminal intent. That actually matters under the law. And sorry, but "first-time serial rapist" is a contradiction in terms that makes no sense whatsoever.
Greg H says:
Emily Doe told sheriffs that she has a history of blackout drunkenness, making Turner's claim that she consented possible, a 50/50 chance. Reasonable doubt. And no DNA. Rosen should have dropped all charges, right then. But he feared the wrath of the Dauber Lynch Mob Machine aka Recall Persky campaign: "#MeToo scared to do my job", Santa Clara D.A. It was either Rosen or Persky that Dauber would recall: Rosen if he refused to file for insufficient evidence; or Persky if he didn't allow this case to move forward. The light sentencing is just a pretext for Dauber's larger plan: the change the Rules of Evidence and Procedure. She wants guilty until proven innocent. And limited due process for All Males. The Jacobin Dauber had angry protesters outside the Courthouse.


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It seems current gmod_bulk_load_gff3 doesn't parse information like this.
modification should be fairly easy.
paragraph and describe a little better what it is you want to do.
too much modification to the loader.
> I have a question about storing multiple locations for one feature.
> gff file, most probably in the 9 th column.
> feature and store them in feature_loc.
> It seems current gmod_bulk_load_gff3 doesn't parse information like this.
and can "read" rank and loc_group. For me, it may take quite a while.
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> modification should be fairly easy.
> paragraph and describe a little better what it is you want to do.
> too much modification to the loader.
>> I have a question about storing multiple locations for one feature.
>> gff file, most probably in the 9 th column.
>> feature and store them in feature_loc.
>> It seems current gmod_bulk_load_gff3 doesn't parse information like this.
> and can "read" rank and loc_group. For me, it may take quite a while.
> could "read" rank and loc_group, it really help.
> Thank you again for your patience.
>> modification should be fairly easy.
>> paragraph and describe a little better what it is you want to do.
>> too much modification to the loader.
>>> I have a question about storing multiple locations for one feature.
>>> gff file, most probably in the 9 th column.
>>> feature and store them in feature_loc.
>>> It seems current gmod_bulk_load_gff3 doesn't parse information like this.
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John Carpenter's THE THING is Part 1 of what he has repeatedly referred to as his APOCALYPSE TRILOGY of films. The other two "chapters" in this series are, THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987), and IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1995).
Although none of the films contain any recurring characters or direct connection, each features a supernatural force which uses humanity against itself. All three films conclude with the implication that the end of the world is imminent.
In THE THING, the film concludes with the viewer not ever sure if one of the two survivors is infected. Should the alien ever reach civilization, it would only be a matter of time before it would take over the Earth completely.
The 12 men of U.S. Station #31 in Antarctica discover an alien that has been buried in the ice for over 100,000 years. The creature is able to replicate any life form that it encounters. The Thing has decided that "man is the warmest place to hide".
Following John Carpenter's phenomenal success with the low budget features, HALLOWEEN, THE FOG, and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, Universal Studios decided to turn over the reins to their remake of 1951's THE THING to the now undisputed leader in horror. With a script by Bill Lancaster (Burt's son) and big studio backing, Carpenter decided that for his remake he would strive to follow the scenario of the original novella, WHO GOES THERE? by John W. Campbell, Jr., which inspired Christian Nyby's original film. Instead of a hulking creature as portrayed by James Arness, the alien would be a shape-shifting monstrosity that would infiltrate an Antarctic research station. Unfortunately, THE THING would be Carpenter's first box-office misfire. America wasn't willing to embrace an alien bent on destroying the human race. Instead, they preferred to help an alien "phone home" that summer of 1982. However, John Carpenter's THE THING has since gone on to gain a cult following over the years and is now considered a horror classic. It is listed among IMBD's top 250 films of all time.
Initially, we had gone to this film because my sister was a big fan of the 1951 classic from Christian Nyby, THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD starring James Arness. However, little did she or I know that John Carpenter would fashion his version more closely to the source-story, WHO GOES THERE? by John W. Campbell, Jr. In the original short story, the members of the research team in Antarctica discover an alien which assumes the organism of which it devours creating a strong sense of paranoia about who is real, what is real and who the Thing is. Carpenter and his special FX wizard, Rob Bottin fresh from THE HOWLING (1981), take this concept to its maximum potential showing in graphic detail the Thing's ability to replicate all that it comes in contact with. Even today, some 26 years later, THE THING is a graphically intense experience that overwhelms the viewer. I can honestly remember both my sister and I coming out of that film shaking and my sister repeatedly telling me in the car that the film was just "horrible" and that she would never take me to another John Carpenter film again. I loved it.
In the first shot the film, the camera spies a helicopter in the distance immediately establishing the fact that the setting is distant…far away. As the helicopter moves closer we notice that it is chasing something. Immediately a dog crosses frame and from its look we know/it knows that it is being chased. The pilots move closer towards the dog and begin to fire a gun at it from the helicopter. The viewer is taken aback that these men would be firing at "man's best fried". It is in this opening scene that director John Carpenter creates an emotional uneasiness of sensory assault that will permeate throughout the film.
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL. The very nature of the alien, the thing, is an assault on the psychological stability of the film's characters. Because of the creature's ability to mimic what it devours, the viewer, along with the characters, are forced into a situation where everyone is suspect. With the distrust comes the breakdown of civility between the men of the camp. Each wonders about the other, not knowing for sure if the person standing next to them is actually human, or not. John Carpenter creates such tension with his stylistic approach to the story. Scenes end abruptly, camera movement wanders and pieces of "evidence" are given creating more questions than answers. Much has been said about the lack of character development within the story, but I don't believe that is Screenwriter Bill Lancaster and Director Carpenter's true intention with the film. Instead, we know very little about these men which creates the fear of whether or not they are indeed human. Besides, is this not a horror film? Isn't fear the intent of the film?
THE VISUAL. Much WILL ALWAYS be said of the visuals within THE THING. Rob Bottin's effects with the creature are unsettling in their intensity. Unlike the 1951 thriller, THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, there is no James Arness/Frankenstein creature hiding in the dark. We see the thing transform itself into many horrific mutations of itself as it replicates. Human heads sprout legs and stomachs open up with jaws to tear arms away. The viewer sees all of this and if the eyes are the window to the soul, than that window is shattered by THE THING's visuals. I know that the graphic effects of the film were what left my sister and me shaking at the end credits. Bottin's visions leave imprints that stay with you. For better clarification on the detail and precision that went into creating the visuals for THE THING, I highly recommend the documentary, JOHN CARPENTER'S THE THING: TERROR TAKES SHAPE, which accompanies the DVD release. In it, you will watch interviews with Rob Bottin and all of the visual effects team and learn just what it took to leave you shaking in the darkness.
THE SOUNDTRACK. A unique feature to almost all of John Carpenter's films is that he composes all of the music himself. These scores are an essential part of the film. Would Michael Myers be as scary without the HALLOWEEN theme pulsating in the background? I have always been extremely sensitive to music especially as it works within the confines of a film. Music can add so much to the canvas of cinema that it almost becomes a character itself and I know that Carpenter realizes this. THE THING is different. Carpenter did not compose the music to this movie. Instead Ennio Morricone of THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY fame is maestro on this particular feature. However, Morricone's music for THE THING is unlike any of his scores that I know. The dominant track in the movie is listed on the out of print soundtrack (that I own – yay me!!!) as "HUMANITY" (Part 2). There is nothing to this theme, but it is everything. From its heartbeat pulse to its blatant despair in simplistic tonality, the funeral like keyboard augments the desolation and hopelessness of the characters and their fate. The musical themes of THE THING stay with you always as does the theme to HALLOWEEN. This makes you wonder about why WIKIPEDIA gives John Carpenter an "Uncredited" comment next to MUSIC BY in their entry for THE THING. It should be obvious to the reader…I love this film and I highly recommend it. The psychology, the visual and the soundtrack are all emotional assaults on the viewer imposing a relentless stranglehold on the viewer. I'm sure that for some, this is not an enjoyable experience. However, for those of us that enjoy being emotionally confronted by a film, THE THING is terror worth taking.
For an in depth analysis of THE THING, I highly, highly recommend Robert Meakin's e-book, ALL ABOUT THE THING. I recently discovered this little treasure (all 132 pages) in my research for this review and have enjoyed every word.
Check out the movie. Check out Meakin's book. They won't disappoint.


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US military presses to keep troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016 - report
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Following a battle between the Taliban and Afghan forces in the northern of city of Kunduz, the US military has resurrected a proposal to keep at least a few thousand American troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016, the Associated Press reported.
If the plan is approved it would represent a reversal for President Barack Obama, who has pledged to remove all American troops from Afghanistan by the time he leaves office.
For now, Afghan special forces have taken back the main areas of Kunduz from the Taliban in an overnight offensive on Wednesday, according to the Afghanistan Interior Ministry. The US had also conducted airstrikes around Kunduz and conducted two more airstrikes on Tuesday night to aid in the recapture.
"AFG Special Security Forces now controls Kunduz City, it is retaken and being cleared from terrorists, heavy causality to the enemy," Interior Ministry Spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said in a Tweet.
AFG Special Security Forces now controls Kunduz City, it is retaken and being cleared from terrorists, heavy causality to the enemy
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The rapidness of the Taliban's takeover of Kunduz, a city of 300,000 people, marked the group's first offensive capture of a major city since the US invaded 14 years ago in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The takeover also highlighted the fragile security situation in Afghanistan and prompted speculation by military leaders about whether a complete drawdown of troops is the best plan.
Under the present plan, President Obama was working towards having about 1,000 military personnel left in Afghanistan as embassy-based security next year, down drastically from the 9,800 soldiers there currently. This would meet his foreign policy goal, announced during his second term, of ending the US war in Afghanistan and removing American troops by the time he left office in 2016.
The top US Commander in Afghanistan, Army General John Campbell, has given the administration several options for gradually reducing the number of troops over a 15-month period. US officials told the AP that the options all call for retaining a higher-than-planned troop presence to sustain the Afghan army and prevent losing more ground.
General Campbell's options, according to US officials, would be to postpone any major cuts in troop levels this year, "keeping as many as 8,000 troops there well into next year" and "maintaining several thousand as a counterterrorism force in 2017."
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S09 E24 – Lost Our Lisa
By Patrick D Gaertner on May 11, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )
Well apparently we have a little series of Homer having emotional moments with his kids this week, since yesterday we got one all about him and Bart, and today we get some great Homer/Lisa stuff. No love for Maggie I guess. As usual.
And since this is an episode with Lisa in the title it of course opens on Bart and Milhouse wandering the town. They apparently have the day off from school for teacher conferences, which here means them getting drunk and riding roller coasters. Bart and Milhouse marvel at how weird Springfield is on a weekday morning, like seeing a sober Barney. But they actually start doing something when they come across a local joke shop, and pop in to look at the wares. Bart, for some reason, then asks the clerk for some stupid stuff to stick to his face to make him look goofy. He then buys a punch of plastic garbage, and starts sticking it to his face, only to find that it keeps falling off.
So this leaves Bart with no choice other than to head to the Nuclear Plant to ask Homer for help, I guess assuming that he would have glue? Well it was a good call, because Homer happens to have some amazing epoxy in his drawer. So Bart decks his face out and head home to show Marge, who will surely be psyched. Meanwhile, Marge and Lisa are getting ready to head to the museum to check out their special exhibit of Egyptian artifacts called the Treasures of Isis. But that plan is ruined when Bart shows up, and Marge finds the stupid stuff is stuck to Bart's skin. And matters are just made worse when she reads the bottle of glue and finds that its warning reads "In case of ingestion, consult a mortician."
Marge then races off with Bart to the doctor, desperate to get this glue off of him, while Lisa is left alone, her plans crushed. She tries to ask Marge to let her take the bus and go to the museum by herself, but Marge says that's not okay with her. So logically Lisa does what every kid does, and calls Homer to see if she can get him to say yes instead. Homer's pretty hesitant at first, but Lisa is able to trick him into saying yes when she presents the only other alternative as taking a limo. So Lisa heads out and hops on a city bus, receiving quite a culture shock. The driver is rude, the people riding are weird and don't let her sit with them, and she's just kind of ignored. But who cares, she's on her way!
Unfortunately, as the bus continues its trek, she starts to notice something concerning. She isn't recognizing anything. And the bus is getting progressively farther from Springfield. She finally asks the bus driver, and he lets her know that because of complicated bus schedules, she's gotten on the wrong bus. He then for some reasons makes this lost little girl get out of the bus and strands her in the middle of goddamn nowhere. She then starts trying to make her way back to Springfield, and things don't go well. She sees geese fighting and not showing her where north is, she sees Cleetus scooping up roadkill and only giving her a ride home if she sits with skunks, and comes across Area 51A.
Meanwhile, Marge and Bart are in the waiting room at Dr. Hibbert's waiting to get the glue taken off when they see another boy with a faucet stuck through his head. But it turns out he was involved in a plumbing explosion, not playing with glue. Although it does lead to Marge's amazing line, "That's the kind of faucets I want for your bathroom." But when that kid is gone Hibbert brings Bart and Marge in to let them know the only way to get it off is a series of painful injections into Bart's spine. Except not really, turns out terror sweat is what was needed, so Bart's fine now.
We also check in on Homer, who is having lunch with Lenny and Carl while ignoring the fact that Carl is wearing a pyramid hat. He apparently went to that Treasures of Isis exhibit, and thought it was awesome. Homer mentions that Lisa took the bus down there, and Lenny and Carl freak out, telling him that's a terrible plan. Homer finally realizes that himself, and runs off to go save Lisa. Unfortunately that's not going to go well, because she still hasn't made it to the museum, and is now wandering around Little Russia, being confused at how violent the language is. Lisa finally gives up on the whole independence thing, and calls Homer for help, only to find him gone.
And that's because he's already made it to the museum, and has run through the whole exhibit, getting souvenirs and ice cream. But no Lisa. Homer then decides he needs to get a bird's eye view of the city, which he accomplishes by bribing a guy with a cherry picker with balloons. Homer then raises the picker up as high as it can go, looking for his lost daughter. And it turns out Lisa has managed to get extremely close to the museum all by herself, because she's just down the street. Homer tries to signal Lisa, but as soon as they're aware of each other, Homer breaks something on the picker, and goes racing down a hill, unable to stop the machine.
Lisa chases after Homer, trying to figure out a way to save him while Homer's busy with this amazing prayer: "I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save my Superman." Luckily Homer is then saved, because the cherry picker ends up running into a nearby river, where his head is trapped between two parts of a bridge. So Homer is safe, and he and Lisa start making their way home. Lisa is immediately upset about the whole day, and tells Homer that she will never take another stupid risk in her life. Which makes Homer slam on the brakes, because he loves doing stupid risks, and he makes it his mission to teach Lisa about how great that can be.
And before seeing what stupid thing Homer wants Lisa to do, we briefly pop over to the house too see what Marge and Bart are up to and it's great. Marge makes Bart go up and apologize to Lisa, who is of course not there, so Bart just talks to Lisa's closed door, and ends up getting in an even bigger feud with her somehow. But after that we cut over to the museum, because it turns out Homer's plan is to have them break into the museum to check out the Treasures of Isis. Which they easily do, letting them check out the artifacts. They look at everything, and take special notice of the Orb of Isis, a mysterious artifact no one knows anything about. Which of course leads to Homer knocking it off its pedicel, causing it to fall to the floor. But it turns out that's a good thing, because the Orb is actually a music box that needed that little fall to activate. So the father/daughter pair listen to the music, put it back so no one will find out about their discovery, and head home, newly bonded while singing the Old Spice song.
I really like this episode, even though it's a tad uneven. It kind of feels like two different episodes, Lisa thinking she can do something on her own and getting lost, and Homer teaching Lisa the importance of living her life. It's not like they don't gel at all, but when Homer shows up in the end of the second act it just kind of feels like it becomes a different episode. Yet both are good. I love seeing Lisa doing her best to prove that she's a grownup, and can do things on her own, even though it leads to disaster. Plus everything that happens to her between getting booted off the bus and her finding Homer is amazing. And once Homer shows up the episode becomes really great. More often than not episodes that revolve around Lisa and Homer have Lisa teaching Homer something. But this is a rarity, because it's all about Homer teaching Lisa a lesson. And kind of an important one. Lisa lives so much in her head, and plans everything out. But this episode teaches her that sometimes the real world is going to mess with your plans, and you're going to have to fly by the seat of your pants. Something Lisa is not good at. And Homer actually teaches her that it's a skill she needs to learn. Which was really sweet,
Take Away: You need to learn to do things on your own, and also learn to make stupid decisions and enjoy life. Oh, and don't eat glue.
"Lost Our Lisa" was written by Brian Scully and directed by Pete Michels, 1998.
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