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I was reading about the injustices that the Water Protectors are enduring at the hands of corporate, state, and federal authorities. When I finished reading the article, I realized who the author is: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
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My parents met in a Canadian city on the West Coast, a doctor in residence and a nurse in training in a hospital named after the Apostle Paul. My father is Chinese, an artist and intellectual. My mother is Canadian, of English heritage, a figure skating instructor. They met because he wanted to learn how to skate. They were the quintessential counter-culture couple. They married the year Buffalo Springfield released their song, For What It's Worth.
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I was conceived just before the devastating events of the year, 1968. That is the year I was born. While my mother was pregnant with me, she was watching a black and white television in horror, as she and her family learned about the news that set off a series of riots throughout the United States, in the cities of Detroit, New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Avondale, Kansas City, Wilmington, and Trenton. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had just been assassinated. For 10 days starting on April 4, 1968, the United States of America erupted into violence in reaction to the death of one its finest leaders.
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Martin Luther King had a dream.
But, in a moment, the dream died.
Then, in the summer of 1968, another shot rang out in the Los Angeles sky, and another of that generation's heroes was slain, Robert F. Kennedy.
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When, I was born, my parents named me after the first martyr of the early Christian church, Stephen. I was born in the same hospital where my parents had received their training, the one named after Saint Paul.
I wonder if a child in the womb senses the fear and anxiety of the mother. I wonder if I absorbed my mother's emotions, and internalized them, only to live out those fears and anxieties throughout my teenage years, when all those latent emotions became activated by the toxic, competitive social culture of high school. My strategy has always been conflict avoidance. I was the fly on the wall, the quiet one, observing, but rarely interacting. It was the same at school as it was at home.
I had been steeped in Evangelical Christian culture as a child. My father was obsessed with technology and gadgets. We grew up with turntables, cameras, televisions, video cameras, VCRs, boom boxes, and Sony Walkmans. We would go to a Christian family summer camp for a week and Dad would lug around a giant Betamax VCR and video camera to capture all the shenanigans in full colour. (That was the same camp where I met a girl who became my best friend.)
My father had a room full of his video machines and libraries of cassette tapes and Betamax video cassette tapes. The tapes were recordings of evangelists, from the churches, tent meetings, camps, and conferences that our family attended … religiously.
He recorded things off the television so we could watch them anytime we liked. He was way ahead of his time. It was like iTunes before there was such a thing.
We could watch The Sound of Music, The Beatles, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Jesus of Nazareth. And of course, The PTL Club, 700 Club, and the Canadian version, 100 Huntley Street. I listened to Christian radio, piped into Canada from a little farm town across the U.S. border. Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) on repeat, 24 hours a day, along with Insight for Living and Focus on the Family. And, if that wasn't enough, my father ran a Christian bookstore next to his Paediatric practice in our little bedroom suburb. I could order whatever music I liked, as long as it was CCM. I leaned more toward the stuff that didn't get radio play.
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When I grew older, my taste in music evolved. My brother was more of a rebel when it came to music. Debby Boone did not light up his life. He played guitar. He was inspired by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Clash, Pink Floyd, The Police, R.E.M. and Sarah McLachlan. He opened my world a whole lot wider, and it was difficult to close the door to these more polished productions. For us, it was like the difference between watching The Beachcombers or The Littlest Hobo on CBC compared to the production values of the Cosby Show or The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
I found solace in music, imagining that one day in my life, I wouldn't have to worry, and I might come to really understand what is true, pure, good, and lovely.
54-40: One Day in Your Life
A new wave of music flooded my mind with the possibilities of creativity and imagination, and what I could make of my life.
Talk Talk: Life's What You Make It
In my generation, our youth was spent listening to a band of Irishmen who decried the death of MLK, crying out, "What more in the name of love."
U2: Pride (In the Name of Love)
Still, those early childhood years had planted in me a faith, a fire that I could not put out nor forget.
U2: Unforgettable Fire
One of the biggest events of my young adult life was when U2 came to town on their Joshua Tree tour.
U2: Where the Streets Have No Name
Then, there was the day when Love came to town.
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As I look back at those years gone by, I realize how much the themes of race, religion, status, and class have been the background soundtrack of our lives. But it has been the topic that one can ever speak of, because, in a consumer society and the trivial social media culture, nobody got time for that. There are ski hills to conquer, clothes to shop for, cars to buy, and mortgages to work for. When would anyone have time to talk about race, relationships, faith, and culture?
Yet, this is what I have always craved: honest, authentic conversation about race, relationships, faith, and culture. So, my life has been a 48-year search for the kind of community where those sorts of conversations could happen. That also meant that I needed to reinvent and transform myself from brooding, anti-social loner to well-traveled, erudite, articulate conversationalist.
The poets and musicians have been the prophets pointing to an alternative vision. The writers and dreamers have been the mentors who took me on intellectual adventures in abstract thought. But the concrete world has been an impenetrable artifice of banal, mundane existence, with rare glimpses into an alternate universe of meaning, purpose, and belonging.
I have asked, I have knocked, I have sought, but for not.
Then, I had a crisis of belief. I had never given up belief, but I had given up on the hope of seeing God's goodness in the land of the living. I remember being taught how to pray in tongues with a group of kids, when I was around six or seven years old. I made the sounds like the rest of the kids, but I knew I was faking it. I wondered what the other kids were doing.
Since then, I've always had that same feeling. I can go through the motions, but how will I know? Praying to a silent, invisible God is disconcerting, at best.
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The ones that we look to as heroes in our culture have succumbed far too early to the spectre of death that haunts and hunts each one of us, and we can only imagine the struggles that they had to endure in wrestling with their own identities and the reality of the divine. We weep over the tragedies of lives taken too soon.
Prince (and others): While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Strangely, though, it feels that over the past few weeks, the struggle and the wrestling have become much more intense, as I intentionally ask about meaning by exploring new ways of working and living, as I intentionally knock on the doors of opportunity to discover purpose in my role as a peacemaker, and as I intentionally seek the sense of belonging that I am finding in the willingness to be vulnerable.
However, this has coincided with the social unrest and political division that so deeply scars our common humanity in these days of crisis and dangerous opportunities. It seems we have indeed reached a moment of crisis in human history, the likes we have never seen before.
Except that we have seen this before. The times of Jesus were just as brutal and tragic, only on a smaller scale and set on a much smaller stage. I was born in a hospital named after Saint Paul, who had once been known as Saul, the murderer of the man for whom I was named. Stephen died while Saul held the garments of those who stoned my namesake. This is the same conflict that has being going on from the beginning, blaming others for our own wrongdoing, leading to envy, murder, and attempts to hide our own guilt by lying to ourselves about whether we are our brothers' and sisters' keepers.
Political, religious and racial divides were just as fractious then as they are now, with our squabbles over left or right, liberal or conservative, black or white, rich or poor, educated or uneducated, communist or democratic, socialist or capitalist, coal or solar.
We are forced to take sides, because of a social identity granted to us by accident of birth and circumstance. How can we choose when the choice has been made for us unconsciously by the culture we have become accustomed to?
I think the answer is in seeing our common humanity and in seeing the spark of the divine in the eyes of another. That is, love.
As we see the battle lines being drawn between the gathering of love, peace, and good will on one side, and the forces of evil, greed, and violence on the other, it seems pretty clear to me who stands on the solid rock and who is mired in shifting sand.
Water Protectors at Standing Rock
If you see things differently, well, I know it can take a long time to experience a shift in perspective, but I know for sure that it makes all the difference.
Perhaps, we can listen to the son of one of our fallen heroes, and discern wisdom in his words.
It's time to take a stand. Which will you choose: rock or sand?
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Brandon Coleman (born June 22, 1992) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Rutgers. He signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent after the 2014 NFL Draft.

Early years
Coleman attended Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland. As a senior, he had 41 receptions for 838 yards and 10 touchdowns.

College career
As a sophomore at Rutgers in 2012, Coleman had 43 receptions for 718 yards and 10 touchdowns. The following season, Coleman recorded 34 receptions, 538 yards, and 4 touchdowns his junior year with the Scarlet Knights. Coleman entered the 2014 NFL Draft after his junior season, however went undrafted.

Professional career
On May 10, 2014, he signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent.

Coleman received his first professional starts during the Saint's 2015 season opener against the Arizona Cardinals. He caught his first career touchdown on a 12-yard pass from Drew Brees in the second quarter. He finished his first career game hauling in 4 receptions for 41-yards. During a Week 13 matchup against the division-rival Carolina Panthers, he made 4 receptions for 73 receiving yards and caught his second career touchdown reception. On January 3, 2016, Coleman caught a season-high 5 passes for 81 receiving yards against the Atlanta Falcons.

He finished his second season with 30 receptions, 454 receiving yards, and two touchdowns.

In Week 2 of the 2017 season against the New England Patriots, Coleman had four receptions for 82 yards and a touchdown in the 36–20 loss. He finished the season with 23 receptions for 364 yards and three touchdowns.

On April 18, 2018, Coleman re-signed with the Saints. He was released with a failed physical on August 5, 2018.

On September 2, 2019, Brandon Coleman announced his retirement via an Instagram post.

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The Musical Zodiac by Debbie Wiseman
Classic FM's composer-in-residence reveals the short stories she used to inspire the 12 pieces that make up her new work, The Musical Zodiac.
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These are condensed versions of stories I made up (in most cases) to give me a starting point to write the 12 pieces that make up The Musical Zodiac. In each story I've tried to reflect the broad characteristics of the star signs and applied them to a little voyage of fantasy. They were never originally intended for any sort of publication, but they act as my short films for my mind, the dramas to enhance with the score; and I hope they give you some small insight into how I composed the album.
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A herd of sheep is being shepherded out of their field as a huge storm approaches. Everyone goes quite happily except one ram who refuses to budge. The storm comes and soaks him through. Realising he's made the wrong decision, the ram tries to run out of the field but slips on the wet ground and hurts his leg. He manages to take cover among some trees and gratefully shakes the water from his coat. He hears faint crying and spots two small children who are also hiding from the storm. They're afraid of him but the ram sidles gently up to them and cuddles up to them to keep them warm and safe until the storm lifts and help arrives.
In a field outside a village lives a very angry bull, who periodically breaks out of his field, runs down the hill into the village and smashes everything up. The villagers don't understand why the bull's so enraged. Then one day a young girl goes out into the field to see the bull. The villagers warn her against it – they fear she will be gored or stamped to death – but she insists, and to the astonishment of the villagers manages to soothe the bull by whispering into its ear. She then brings the bull back down the hill into the village, explaining to the people that the bull felt excluded, lonely and sad in his field up the hill. Under the girl's tender care, the bull helps to repair the many years of destruction he caused by carrying heavy loads of water, wood and bricks to rebuild houses and walls. The villagers reward him by giving him his own enclosure with a warm stable, in the heart of the village, among his new friends, where he lives happily ever after.
This is about a pair of identical twin boys, given up for adoption by their penniless mother and separated at birth, but growing up in the same city, unaware of each other's existence. Twin 1 becomes a successful salesman; twin 2 grows up to be a street thief. By a staggering coincidence of the sort that only happens in stories like these, Twin 2 mugs a man for his pocket watch; that man is Twin 1. They're shocked to discover each other – it's like looking in a mirror – and they talk, and find out about each other's histories. They team up and join a ship bound for the high seas in search of new worlds. They find an idyllic tropical island. Twin 2 wants to stay, Twin 1 wants to continue the voyage with the ship. As they part, Twin 1 gives Twin 2 the pocket watch that Twin 2 had tried to steal from him all those years ago, as a keepsake, so that the invisible bond between them may never be broken.
This is a story of a crab who loves the Moon. He waits for it to come up at the end of the day, sings to it all night and then watches it disappear at dawn. He wants to live there more than anything else in the world. He tries to reach it by a number of methods; he climbs to the highest place that he can and tries to jump to the moon, but falls into the sea; he calls to it to come down and collect him but he believes that the moon can't hear him because of the distance between them; and he tries to swim to it when it dips onto the horizon at the end of the night, but it always disappears before he can get to it. Then one night there is a mighty storm at sea. The crab tries to escape but is engulfed by one of the huge waves that crash down onto the shore. The force of the wave knocks him out; and when he wakes up he is looking down at Earth from his new home on the Moon... or is he...?
This is about a lion who stands at the head of a great river, watching over all the animals who live there and protecting them from hunters who from time to time come along and try and kill them for sport. There is a moment when hunters come to the river and the lion chases them away. Later, the hunters return with more weapons and try and kill the lion, but their arrows bounce off him – the lion is indestructible. During the night following the battle, the lion goes to drink at the river and he sees his reflection in the water – and it looks like a man wearing a lion skin. There's a flash of light in the sky, the reflection reverts to that of the lion, and the lion looks up to see a bright new star in the sky, which is now watching over him and protecting him.
It is winter. It's incessantly snowing, and there is a war in the country where this story is based. Inside a small cottage, a woman is making a dress, a colourful Spring dress, and she is oblivious to the world outside; she is determined to finish her task before the Spring comes and, above all, to make the dress perfect – so much so that every time she makes a mistake, drops a stitch or slightly tears the material, she throws the whole thing in the fire and starts again. Time passes; the war ends, the Spring comes, and a young girl enters the house to tell the woman that the war is over – just as the dress is finished. The older woman presents the dress to the young girl, and it fits perfectly.
This is the story of two rich landowners; Landowner East and Landowner West, who are the two richest men in the county, but each wants to be THE richest, and to achieve this, they have both been trying for years to buy some extra land from the council, but the Mayor won't allow it because it's the only place left in the town where the village children can play. However, the landowners won't take no for an answer and each – unbeknown to the other - tries to bribe the Mayor to sell them the land. The Mayor thinks he should go to the police, but then comes up with an alternative plan. He persuades each landowner to massively increase their bribes, and then uses the money to buy the land himself and build extra facilities on it for the villagers and their children, while keeping it for the enjoyment of everybody. The landowners can't do anything about it because the Mayor has a witness to the bribery – the Chief Constable of the county, in disguise at the meetings as the Mayor's chief clerk – and the landowners are sent to prison.
This is a story about a giant scorpion who by a quirk of nature only has the ability to sting once, and then he dies. Nobody else knows this apart from the scorpion himself, and so he gets by on sheer threat power, as everyone's scared of him because he's so massive, and he is respected and feared by all the other creatures, some of whom ask him to act as their minder from time to time. This makes him arrogant, and so he makes loads of enemies and no real friends.
The scorpion does however watch over an orphaned boy who spends a lot of time by the sea, and protects him from predators when he occasionally falls asleep on the beach. The boy has never met the scorpion and doesn't know that he is guarding him. One evening the boy wakes up from his nap on the beach and sees the scorpion. He thinks he's hostile so he attacks him, and the scorpion, not wishing to harm the boy, runs away. Some of the other creatures see this and tell everyone else that the scorpion must have no sting, and he's been fooling them all this time; so they confront him and move to attack him. Outnumbered, the scorpion turns his sting on himself...
This is the story of a famous hunter whose aim with bow and arrow was legendary. One day, however, his aim momentarily deserts him, and he accidentally shoots and wounds a wild horse. He looks after the horse and nurses it back to health, and the two go to war together, winning many battles and leading many armies; until one day the horse is shot by an enemy arrow and killed. The hunter goes mad with rage and, on foot, lays into the enemy, cutting down dozens of them, until he is finally overwhelmed. Mortally wounded, he crawls back to where his horse fell and dies next to him. As night falls, their spirits are raised up together to the stars, creating a new constellation.
This is an actual myth I've used as my inspiration here, rather than a tale I made up, because I liked this story.
This story is about the father of the race of sea-goats, Pricus, who watches his children make their way onto the shore and become normal goats, losing their unique ability to think and speak. He is upset by this mass defection of his children. Luckily he has an ability to turn back time – while being unaffected himself by the time-shift - and uses this ability to make his children return to the sea. Unfortunately, all that happens is that the children walk out of the sea again, and become normal goats once more, and Pricus has to keep repeating his time trick. Eventually he realises that he can't prevent his children going ashore, and with a heavy heart decides to stop reversing time. All his children desert him, and he asks Chronos, the God of Time, to let him die as he can't bear to be the only sea-goat left in the world. Instead Chronos gives him immortality by turning him into the constellation Capricorn.
This is another one where I've taken my inspiration from an original myth; this one is the Greek mythology version of the Noah's Ark story!
During the Iron Age, humanity had become more savage than the wildest animals. Brother fought against brother, sons killed fathers, and no one was safe on the roads or in their own home. Both men and women were violent, bloodthirsty and utterly without morals. The words of the gods meant little or nothing to them, and no one would repent for their sins. Zeus, despairing for humankind, sent a great flood upon the earth. The flood destroyed all the people in the world - with the exception of Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha.
Zeus had noticed this couple during his last visit to Earth. They lived alone in a simple hut. They had almost no food, and no material goods. Despite this, they fed Zeus, gave him shelter for the night and spoke kindly to him, even though they had no idea that he was a god. They were the last godly people on Earth, so Zeus allowed them to survive the flood. After it ended, he helped them to create a new race of men, which was supposed to be stronger and better. Deucalion is known as the 'Water Bearer' because he not only lived through the flood, but he helped to bring life to a new generation.
This is the journey of a fish that is born the sole survivor of a batch of eggs at the bottom of a river. He starts to swim in search of a new family, and encounters several obstacles and trials on his journey. First he sees the river split into several tributaries and has to decide which one to take. Then he finds a baby eel tangled in rushes, and goes to help him get free. He daydreams as he swims along and nearly gets eaten by a bigger fish; and finally he finds two fish that look just like him, a mother and son, who invite him to join them, and they swim off happily together.
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Died peacefully in his sleep in Ottawa, September 18, on the eve of his 90th birthday. A 'boy from the bush', and proud of it, Douglas was born and raised in Sioux Lookout, a remote railway town in northwestern Ontario. He was the son of a CNR locomotive engineer, Roy Waldon Fisher, and his wife, Eva Pearl Mason. Doug was predeceased by his parents, brothers Gordon and George, and sisters Joyce and Irene. A miner, soldier, librarian, teacher, Member of Parliament, political columnist … the list goes on.
Doug was a great and very grateful Canadian. He applied his prodigious intellect and energy to a wide range of interests. A trooper with the XIIth Manitoba Dragoons, he served in Canada, England and northwest Europe from 1941-45. Though he lost many friends, Doug had a 'good war', and used his veterans' benefits to attend Victoria College, U of T, where he was greatly influenced by professors Northrop Frye, Frank Underhill and Donald Creighton. He graduated with degrees in Honours History and Library Science.
Doug returned to northern Ontario (Thunder Bay) to set up a forestry research library and to teach high school history at Port Arthur Collegiate Institute. He came to national attention in 1957 as the 'giant killer' who defeated CD Howe, the Liberal 'minister of everything'. He represented Port Arthur and Thunder Bay for the CCF/NDP from 1957-1965, winning re-election three times.
Doug was a 'House of Commons man', who befriended and supported MPs from all parties. He resigned his seat to focus on his career as a political commentator, writing a nationally-syndicated column three times a week for 44 years (Toronto Telegram and Toronto Sun), and hosting a weekly political television show for more than 25 years at CJOH in Ottawa. He retired as the dean of the parliamentary press gallery in 2006.
Beyond politics and journalism, Doug made little-known but large contributions to public policy in sport and recreation, forestry, libraries, educational television, government and parliamentary reform and veterans affairs. A lifelong devotee of sport, he co-authored 'Canada's Sporting Heroes' with his late friend, SF Wise. As a founding director of Hockey Canada, Doug brokered the deal for the 1972 Canada-Russia hockey series and then the Canada Cup, opening a new era in international hockey. He also helped establish the first national coaching programmes for sport in Canada.
Doug is survived by his former wife, Barbara, their five proud sons – Mark, Matthew, Tobias (Mireille Nicholas), John (Huguette Houle) and Luke (Kamla Almeida) – and by his six grandchildren – Wendel, Irene, Alex, Emma, Sam and Ruth. The family wishes to thank the staff of Granite Ridge residence for looking after Doug's needs so well for the last two years. It was Doug's longstanding request that there be no funeral or memorial service. However, his family invites friends to remember a long life, well-lived, by posting their memories of Doug to this website.
Memories and messages have been posted throughout the site, see All Comments for a complete index.
I am a wartime member of the Manitoba Dragoons and was well acquainted with Doug. It is with a great deal of interest and pride that we followed his career in public life.
Waht a man ! He will be sorely missed by all of us.
Doug Fisher really gave me a love of Canadian politics and helped me to understand that not everyone in Ottawa is a "Lyin' Politician" as my Dad would say. Doug's columns really brought the Ottawa scene and Canada to life for me. I'm too young to have seen him on the Hill but I hear he worked for Dief the Chief! Anyways I hope there can be someone to replace him. He did a tremendous job for Canada.
To Matthew, Mark, Tobias, Luke, and John.
Every time I visited Ottawa your father would either take me out for lunch, or we would talk on the phone for hours – about you, your children, literature – the list is endless. I came to know him through Tom and Dusty, and felt privileged that he would give me so much of his time. I always felt that I was lunching with – or talking on the phone with – an encyclopedia; an encyclopedia of Canadian political history, and encyclopedia of literature; an encyclopedia of sport; an encyclopedia of the Canadian Labour movement; an encyclopedia of WW11; a store of anecdotes of everyone and everything that ever passed on the screen of Canadian history.
Last time we were in Ottawa, last year, in the middle of a snowstorm – and bus strike – I was unable to visit him; instead we talked on the phone for 2 hours – mostly about you all and his grandchildren. I will miss him; Canada will miss him. As Christopher Anderson wrote, earlier in these comments – he was a Titan.
We heard of your fathers passing this morning while reading the newspaper. Lynda and I convey our deepest condolences to you, your brothers and your extended family. Your father not only had remarkable impact on our country, his legacy lives on through all of you. There are just never enough sports-mad political columnists around.
As did countless Canadians I learned of his death on Friday and immediately my thoughts went out to you and all of your family.
The loss of a parent is wrenching; your father was a man of many talents and accomplishments and I know that he was immensely proud of you and all of your achievements.
I will miss his presence among us. He was a great man.
Heard about Doug on my return from Norfolk this weekend. Barbara and I want to send our most sincere condolences. I have to say I had heard of your dad before even meeting you, and used to read his columns quite often. He was an incredible Canadian, and I am sure you must have been very proud of him. As I read his obit, I noticed he worked and indeed represented Thunder Bay (in the days when it was still known as Fort William and Port Arthur). I don't know if you and I ever discussed this, but I spent four years living and going to high school in Thunder Bay (1968-72). Anyway, our thoughts are with you, your mom, your brothers and entire family at this time of sadness.
Please pass on to Tobias, Alexandre and all your family, our most sincere sympathies.
Doug was a titan – one of those dynamos combining energy and character in oversized doses which our generation quite frankly cannot match. We are cosseted, narrow-minded, escapist hedonists by comparison. He was the definition of the public-spirited Renaissance man.
What an era he lived through! From Sioux Lookout to the Sun, from CD Howe to seedy Mulroney, he chewed over and chronicled it all – all the while spawning a dynasty. The tributes took me back to a greater – far greater – era of Canadian politics whose embers I only ever glimpsed. It also took me back to the Northern Ontario of Donald Lough, General DM Hogarth, Cochrane, Timmins and all the rest….
We were all shocked to hear about Doug. To those of us who are left at the Sun, the memories of how important he was to the paper lived on after his last column. I knew from you that he was getting frail, but still I viewed him as indestructible. Maybe from his attitude, which could be snarky at times when confronted with nonsense, but there was no crybaby in him, and he kept his complaints to himself. As you know, I admired him greatly and trusted him implicitly. I never viewed him in politically partisan terms, not even in the old Tely days. I think he always judged issues on their merits, not on how political parties did, or according to conventional wisdom of the moment. Anyway, just the idea that Doug Fisher was still around was somehow comforting. I don't know your brothers, but from what one can tell, the apples don't fall far from the tree. Again, while there's nothing an outsider can say, there are a lot of people like me who miss him and will always hold him as an ideal to what a Canadian should stand for.
My sincere condolences to you and the family.
I know that you were very close to your father and that his passing will be an inspiration for you to carry on his journalistic legacy.
Yesterday after having brunch with Lyn and Lenore (Henderson) McIntosh, (Lynn you remember as coach, CAST and of course both he & Lenore are from Thunder Bay) I got home and here was the news on TV of the passing of your father. We had just spoken about Dave Irwin, you and your father & his affiliation in politics etc…..
I remember you father dropping by my office years ago, so I could forward mail etc. when you were following the CAST in Europe.
And Life Goes On, mon ami!
Teresa and I much enjoyed seeing and talking with Doug when we visited Ottawa. We even had a fascinating dinner with him at the Mill several years ago when he was still able to get around with only a cane. We talked not a word of politics–our discussion was essentially literature and history.
What I particularly appreciated was his enormous breadth and depth of information and insight on Canadian politics. When I first met your father in 1996, it was close to the end of my tour as political minister counselor at the Embassy. I was barely able, after four years of study/experience, to get the outlines of some of the points he knew intimately.
It was akin to trying to drink from a firehose.
There were times, then and in subsequent years, that I thought he knew everything that had happened in modern Canadian politics over the past half century–and who did it, when, where, and why.
We were aware that he was failing, and I recently when I attempted to assist a member of the Hill Times staff to reach him, it appeared clear that he must have been relocated to fully assisted living, which we could no longer access.
"national treasures." Your father was such a treasure for Canada, and we were privileged to know him.
I am deeply saddened by the news of your father's passing. I met Doug for the first time a few years ago, while researching a book on Lloyd Percival. We spent about four hours together at his home, discussing sports, culture, native issues, politics and forestry. His remarkable range of knowledge and insight were of immense help to me. He was also free and generous with his time whenever I would phone him for clarification or edification. In January I went to see him at the veterans hospital to talk about work I am doing on Fr. David Bauer. Even though he was not at his best, he still came up with a couple of observations and remembrances which no one else in the Canadian sport community could have offered me. Your father was a very important figure in Canadian political and sport history and will be greatly missed. I know that Chris Lang has been pushing for him to gain his rightful place in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. I am sorry that he will not be there for the induction, but I still look forward to the day.
It is with mixed emotions that I write this e-mail. On one hand, I am very saddened to hear of your father's passing. On the other, I want to celebrate the life of a truly wonderful gentleman. I also feel very guilty in that I never took the time these last couple of years to visit with Doug when I was in Ottawa. Great intentions – poor execution.
Like many former MP's whom your Dad befriended, I truly enjoyed and respected our relationship. Not only was his advice and counsel on numerous issues appreciated but, on a personal basis, his public praise on several occasions made the sacrifices of public office most rewarding.
He was one of the few pundits who really new what the profession of politics entailed and thus discussions with Doug were heartily encouraged. Even when he was in disagreement with one's course of action, he was usually very constructive in his comments. With Max Keeping we had many sessions at CJOH as part of my 'education' program.
Having shared his love of hockey, I always felt that he never received the true recognition he had earned for his efforts at Hockey Canada and, in particular, the Canada/USSR series. As I recall, he worked tirelessly for no compensation while others took all the credit. He never said anything, but you knew he felt slighted.
This e-mail is already too lengthy, but I just wanted to add my voice to the many plaudits directed to your Dad. You already know what a very special individual he was and how much he was respected by those who had the privilege of knowing him.
I remember Doug Fisher as a big guy: big voice, big body, big opinions. But always ready to listen. Such a sensible and wise commentator. Readers of the business magazine I edited in the 1980s, and where Doug's column was among the best read of the lot, were indeed fortunate to have access to his insight. He lived large.
As a young man of 17 in then Port Arthur(Thunder Bay) my first real interest in politics began in the Federal election of 1957.Mr Fishers shocking upset of the then invincible CD Howe was the catalyze for my support of the then CCF for a number of years.Mr Fisher and the then Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas where two of my political heroes.As I grew older my political leanings changed but never my respect for Mr Fisher and Mr Douglas. Two great Canadians and to this day despite my change of political leanings still have and had my respect and are two of my political heroes. My condolences to the family in their loss of their loved one. May they know that their father grandfather and possibly great grandfather will be remembered as a honourable gentlemen, a veteran, a school teacher, MP, journalist to name just a few of his many interests and accomplishments who left his footprint in his close to 90 year journey on this earth.We should all be so fortunate to have made such a remarkable, and accomplished journey.
Doug was the catalyst who helped the 1972 Canada- Soviet Series take place. he took the leadership role with Hockey Canada when Chairman Charles Hay became ill.
He worked with me and the late William Wirtz,owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, to make the series happen.
He gave similar support when I suggested the concept of The Canada Cup of Hockey in 1974.


Recently, I had the pleasure of presenting at Confab Central in Minneapolis, MN, where I shared the stage with Corey Chimko, the Digital Resources Coordinator at Cornell University.
Cornell utilizes Widen's Media Collective as their digital asset management (DAM) solution. Corey's proficiency as a high-level DAM administrator and Media Collective user added a lot of value to our presentation — so much so that I wanted to share some of the highlights to help you gain a better understanding of how a DAM system works in an environment that handles over 500,000 digital assets.
In the second installment of this series, we'll cover DAM basics for search, user governance, roles and permissions, system maintenance and lifecycle policy.
Digital assets are more than digital files. They are pieces of content that are valuable to your organization, including the following.
DAM is a system that can easily store, organize, manage, share and track high volumes of digital assets — all from one central repository. And with a DAM system like the Media Collective, there's also opportunity for in-depth analytics, like asset and collection tracking, Google Analytics tracking and more. If you're new to DAM, you can learn more about it on our DAM Basics page.
If you're a little bit further along and are considering a DAM system, you're probably currently working with digital assets in several different locations including Dropbox, Hightail (formerly YouSendIt), WeTransfer and other file sharing/syncing tools. But at some point, as you may have already noticed, these become insufficient — sometimes glaringly so — because these tools tend to lack the core competencies of a true DAM system, which include advanced search, metadata and user governance.
In addition, other things to be on the lookout for in a DAM admin are individuals that are familiar with the inner workings of your organization, who can also champion the technology — and maybe they're a little OCD, too.
As you can see, there are a wide range of skills you're looking for in an admin. We're often asked why writing and editing are included on the list. The reason is, even though the admin might not be writing blog posts or web pages, writing and editing skills are essential because accurate, concise descriptions are critical to streamlining the creation of metadata. And without good metadata, your DAM system will be extremely inefficient.
Should you have a full-time DAM admin? The short answer is YES, if at all possible, because it really is a full-time job. Your DAM admin is on site every day, tagging metadata fields, training users, administering system maintenance, handling adoption and more. There are so many components to the DAM admin role that having someone managing the system full time, someone that's dedicated solely to that role, is a big plus. In some cases, a team of DAM admins may work better, each owning their particular component of the DAM system.
Where are all of the places you currently store assets?
Move vs. purge: which digital assets are most used, requested or important?
Instead of purging, are there assets that should be archived instead?
Is there any existing metadata that can be extracted from, or moved with, your assets to the DAM system?
Regarding archiving, storage costs are typically much lower than with "live" assets, and it's a more dependable system than external hard drives which could fail or get misplaced over time.
When Corey Chimko started working with Cornell, their digital assets were all over the place. Some of the storage options used were local and external drives, shared servers, CDs, DVDs, as well as analog storage like film, prints, slides, transparencies and so on.
Their first step was determining what to keep, what to purge and what to archive. Then they needed to get all of these assets moved to one centralized, backed-up storage place so they could actually go through all of their files.
As the assets were examined, tasks like de-duplication of redundant files were performed, as well as retaining best copies (master image retention) and any desired versions.
There are advantages and disadvantages to each method. Discussing options with your DAM vendor, or potential DAM vendor, will help you determine what approach is best for your organization.
Let's dive a little deeper into metadata, which is essentially the language of your DAM system. Metadata defines and describes assets. Each of the metadata fields you see in the screen grab below are completely searchable. Populating these in a way that users understand and agree with will make it easier for them to find assets which, in turn, will make it more likely that they become regular users of the system. If you don't have buy-in from users, there's a higher risk that they won't engage fully with the DAM system. The best way to get buy-in? Discuss user metadata needs with actual users and potential users — and truly listen to their answers. It can sometimes be surprising how actual user needs differ from the DAM admin's expectations of what those needs are.
What contingencies need to be considered when creating a metadata schema or naming convention?
What types of metadata fields would your stakeholders like to see? For what reasons?
Are there limitations on the number of metadata fields you can create? How do we clearly define them?
To find true solutions for these, and the many other questions that will arise regarding metadata, you'll need to check in with your stakeholders — from light users to the heavy users that will be in your DAM system every day. You'll also want a DAM vendor who's interested in partnering with you, offering training, support and sound advice along the way. Remember, the more you customize your solution to user needs, the easier it will be to "enforce" proper usage.
What is the optimal number of metadata fields?
The "right" number of metadata fields is going to vary from organization to organization. But on average, 6-15 metadata fields are recommended. A better question here is, what is the minimum amount of fields we need to create well-defined assets?
There may be a temptation to add additional fields for extra details, but too many fields can be intimidating. In essence, creating solid metadata likens itself to the concept of creating a good survey. Have you ever gotten an invitation to take a "brief" survey? The really good ones ask four to five clear, powerful questions and take 30 to 60 seconds to complete. Easily manageable, right? Poorly-constructed surveys still call themselves brief, but are over a dozen questions in length. These take so long to complete that after a few minutes the user gives up in frustration. What's more, it leaves the survey taker with a bad taste in his or her mouth about the experience. Don't do this with your metadata fields! If you do, you'll wind up with empty fields with no info, along with users that are resistant to using your DAM solution.
Cornell's metadata setup is larger than most because of their wide range of users, which include the public, faculty members, marketing, designers and internal office team members. In some cases, specific metadata types are created for collections, like the university's College of Veterinary Medicine, whose staff wanted certain assets to live in a sub-collection of its own. In each of these cases, there may be shared criteria, as well as unique sets of criteria (relevant only to a particular collection) that make it easier for users to find what they're looking for.
Here's a screen grab of the metadata types Cornell University uses within their largest collection. It contains a large array of types, some of which you'll probably use in your own metadata schema. Keep in mind that depending on the size and needs of your organization, you may have more or less metadata types than you see listed here.
Although all of the fields listed are editable, Cornell limits their manual entry fields to two: the descriptions field and tags field. Everything else is vocabulary controlled, with a list of choices for users to choose from for a particular metadata field. Users choose from options in a pick list or checkbox, radio button or a value list. Controlled vocabulary lists are essential to keeping your metadata manageable.
If you've embedded your metadata prior to upload, that metadata will be mapped into your DAM system during the upload process. If you enter metadata into the system after upload, most DAM systems will allow you to embed the metadata upon export. This means that when you send the asset out to a customer or to the public, the metadata is still in there — even though you may not have embedded it during the original upload process.
Cornell uses a date-based asset naming convention because it tends to not repeat. Typically, they'll use the date and frame number for a photo, for example, but if there are multiple photo shoots occurring on the same day, they'll need to prepend each asset with a department abbreviation, photographer's initials or some other form of differentiation.
It's important to share your vocabulary, category structure and tagging structure — often referred to as taxonomy — with your users. This is an essential step, especially if there are potentially ambiguous terms, or if you've been working with a couple of terms/words with the same meaning and have chosen to keep one and remove the other. If this taxonomy is not communicated, users may still be searching with the deleted term and mistakenly believe there is no relevant content connected to their query.
In addition to implementing and sharing your taxonomy with users, it's also a good idea to have a copy available or accessible within your DAM system for reference. It's also a good idea to encourage users to access the taxonomy list right inside the DAM system, as opposed to downloading to their computer or printing. The reason for this is that downloaded and printed files can become obsolete, while the master file in your DAM will always reflect any updates or addendums to the taxonomy.
To learn more about metadata, check out our free Metadata Quick Start, a practical guide to assist you in applying best practices when setting up metadata within your DAM system.
This brings us to the conclusion of part 1 of our article. In part 2 of 2 of this post, we'll be diving into additional areas of digital asset management that we presented at Confab Central, including searching, user governance, roles and permissions, system maintenance, lifecycle policy, user engagement, as well as other DAM system tips.
In the meantime, if you have questions that need answering now, or you simply need more information, feel free to contact Widen anytime. We want to hear from you and do our part to help your organization find the DAM solution that's right for you.


Fulton County Superior Court Judge John J. Goger granted Tameka Raymond's request for an emergency hearing on Tuesday -- one day after her 5-year-old son nearly drowned in his aunt's swimming pool in Fulton County. The emergency hearing is scheduled for Friday, August 9.
Tameka Raymond is asking Judge Goger to reverse a previous court order giving singer Usher Raymond primary custody of their two sons, Usher Raymond V and Naviyd Ely, 4.
BET Network will probably never hire celebrity blogger B. Scott to host another red carpet event. The flamboyant, openly gay blogger and media personality slapped the entertainment network with a lawsuit for forcing him to wear men's clothing.
How dare BET demand that a contract employee dress appropriately on their set?
This has not been a good year for Rihanna. First, Chris Brown, the man she thought was the love of her life dumped her for his longtime girlfriend, Karrueche Tran. Then Rihanna's Diamonds World Tour failed to sell out. Rihanna was reportedly so depressed over the poor ticket sales that she showed up 2 hours late for recent shows.
Rihanna's concert promoter Live Nation threatened to cancel the tour if the troubled 25-year-old singer didn't get her act together and curb her alleged drug and alcohol addictions.
Singer Beyonce says she rode her bike to the Barclays center for the final concert of her 3-night stand at the home of the Brooklyn Nets in Brooklyn on Monday.
The 31-year-old mother-of-1 wrote "I biked to Barclays for my last show in Brooklyn!" If we're to believe Beyonce, she supposedly biked the grueling 3-mile trip from her home, through congested streets and across the Brooklyn bridge to the Barclays Center.
Beyonce's husband, aging rapper Jay Z, 44, strolled onstage to steal her spotlight as she sang "Bow Down". Then Beyonce sang background for Jay as he rapped his single "Tom Ford" before kissing him on the cheek. The couple slow danced near the side of the stage then Jay Z waved goodbye.
Beyonce is apparently ignoring the latest round of allegations against her husband for cheating with women who look suspiciously like Bey.


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In Good Conscience: Human Rights in an Age of Terrorism, Violence, and Limited Resources
Pervasive fears sparked by acts of terror, violent crime and resource scarcity test our values and raise critical questions about how enduring our support for human rights may be.
When does the right to live safely and securely trump our obligation to uphold basic human rights? Is our attitude toward extreme remedies such as capital punishment and torture rooted in principle or in pragmatism? What do we owe survivors of genocide and other tragedies?
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Gili Lankanfushi has appointed David Stepetic as resorts new general manager.
Stepetic joins Gili Lankanfushi from Jumeirah Dhevanafushi in the Maldives, where he held the position of general manager for three years. Inside the part, he turned into a specialist on the nation and carries with him a plenitude of neighborhood learning to ensure that Gili Lankanfushi will dependably be an island that stands separated, offering its visitors a genuinely true and close understanding.
Before that, he was the general manager of Laucala Island Resort, an exclusive 25 room resort in Fiji. A US-national, Stepetic has over 25 years of luxury hospitality management experience and spent through 19 of those years with the Four Seasons Hotels in different F&B and senior management capacities.
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Jason Zucker, LW/RW, Minnesota Wild (55.1%): In wanting to mention his return from injury, I'm bending my own rules here in including a player rostered in more than 50% of ESPN.com leagues. Before fracturing his fibula in mid-December, Zucker cobbled together 12 goals and 12 assists in 34 games. Back on a Wild scoring line with Eric Staal and Mats Zuccarello, the speedy winger should continue to contribute at a healthy clip. Check on his availability in your own deep league.
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Jake DeBrusk, LW, Boston Bruins (44.1%): The recent flurry of three goals and an assist in two games suggests DeBrusk could be on the threshold of productive tear. Skating on a scoring line with David Krejci and with the Bruins' top power play, the third-year player should bust through the 30-goal barrier by season's end. Credit an uncharacteristically slow October and ho-hum November for why DeBrusk is even an option in more than half of ESPN.com leagues. He's in a much more attractive groove now.
Zach Hyman, LW/C, Toronto Maple Leafs (29.0%): Competing on a Leafs' No. 1 line with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, Hyman can't help but consistently dent the scoresheet - as made evident by his goal and two helpers in Sunday's ridiculous 8-4 loss to the Panthers. Aside such top-end company, the Leafs' physical winger inarguably has a place in deeper leagues.
Ilya Kovalchuk, LW/RW, Montreal Canadiens (27.3%): An inspiration for this past Thursday's power-play themed column, Kovalchuk's sudden fantasy appeal is worth another round of discussion. I'll admit, the three assists and one overtime goal in four games has me charmed. While the top special teams gig likely belongs to Kovalchuk for his duration in Montreal, a spot on the No. 1 line also remains his a while longer, with Brendan Gallagher (enduring headaches) back on the injured shelf. And if the Canadiens continue to flounder altogether, the veteran winger is probably off to a contender ahead of the trade deadline. Which isn't a bad thing either.
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Dominik Kubalik, LW, Chicago Blackhawks (19.9%): The 24-year-old rookie has scored in four straight (five total goals) while competing on a top-six line with Jonathan Toews. If able to maintain some semblance of this productive pace, Kubalik might not be long for seeing minutes on the Blackhawks No. 1 power play. The Calder Trophy consideration - he won't win, but still - already has 16 goals on the year. Best of all, the ex-Swiss League star is brimming with confidence. Scoop him up.
Tyler Toffoli, RW/LW, Los Angeles Kings (15.0%): With three goals and three assists in his past seven games, the pending UFA is effectively campaigning on his own behalf ahead of the league's trade deadline. And you can also probably count on the Kings' continued commitment to showcase Toffoli as prominently as possible - on a top line with Anze Kopitar - in hoping to secure a good return for the winger before Feb. 24.
John Marino, Pittsburgh Penguins (26.5%): The young Harvard lad is quickly growing on me as a fantasy asset for the future as well as the here and now. Playing the point on the Penguins' secondary power play, and seeing top-four minutes at even-strength, Marino has four assists in his past four contests, and nine points total in his last dozen games. And he's perceptibly improving as his rookie season wears on.
Anton Khudobin, Dallas Stars (16.5%): There's talk the Stars' two goaltenders - both performing superbly during the club's post-Christmas 6-1-0 run - could near an even share of the workload in the club's (hopeful) march to the playoffs. But while No. 1 Ben Bishop is virtually spoken for across the ESPN.com fantasy spectrum, Khudobin is not. Consider Dallas' other netminder as an appealing Daily Fantasy or streaming option when thrown out there.
Cam Talbot, Calgary Flames (8.5%): It's "Talbot Time" in Calgary! Victorious in three-straight while David Rittich sits idle, the Flames No. 2 is on a admirable roll. So go on and have some DFS fun with Talbot before he runs out of gas. Rittich is expected to start against the Canadiens Monday, so maybe Saturday in Ottawa. If he's starting, of course.
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Louis Domingue, New Jersey Devils (1.4%): Skipping Tuesday's tilt with the Maple Leafs, I'm all over Domingue as a DFS asset versus the Capitals Thursday - if he's still filling in for an injured Mackenzie Blackwood. Dominant in back-to-back victories over the weekend, the Devils' current go-to stopped all but one of 34 shots in Saturday's win against Washington. When you're hot, you're hot.
Martin Jones, G, San Jose Sharks (59.9%): Aaron Dell - not Jones - is the present-day No. 1 netminder for the Sharks. Winner of four of five since the start of 2020 (.939 SV%), San Jose's backup appears confident and capable. Plus, Jones has been mediocre at best most this season for a struggling team now without top center Logan Couture. In my view, it's time to pull the chute on the sliding 30-year-old before matters turn uglier.
Mikko Koskinen, G, Edmonton Oilers (41.5%): Like Jones in San Jose, Koskinen is taking a back seat to the other guy - in this case, Mike Smith, winner of three straight - in the Oilers' crease. While the 31-year-old is likely to elbow his way back into the No. 1 role eventually, there's little point in rostering him during his current stint on Edmonton's bench.


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Q: calling C++ functions via GDB I have been using GDBs "call" functionality for last few weeks and it seems very useful
Code like below
 void VectorPrint(const std::vector<int>& v)
    {
      std::cout << "start printing vector\n";
        for (int i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i) {
            std::cout << v[i];
            if (i != v.size() - 1)
                std::cout << "\n";
        }
        //std::cout << "\n printing end \n";
    }

(gdb) call VectorPrint(any1DVectorhere)
This executes the above function and prints the vector contents on console.
The issue I am facing is, I am unable to call the same function if it is templated, something like below. GDB does not recognize the templated functions
template <typename Traits>
    template <typename myVec>
    void MyClass<Traits>::VectorPrint(const std::vector<myVec>& v)
    {
      std::cout << "start printing vector\n";
        for (int i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i) {
            std::cout << v[i];
            if (i != v.size() - 1)
                std::cout << "\n";
        }
        //std::cout << "\n printing end \n";
    }

Could anyone suggest how to get the call functionality working with GDB in this usecase ?
Any help is highly appreciated.
Thanks a lot in advance !

A: First, notice that you have to use the template at least once in your code for that specific instantiation of the template to be created by the compiler. Second, even if you do that, the name won't be just VectorPrint. It will be something similar to VectorPrint<type>. Try pressing TAB after writing call VectorPr to see the available instances that gdb is seeing.
I have written a longer explanation about this in your other question.

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Elite Russian Hackers Claim To Have Breached Three Major U.S. Antivirus Makers
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Careful, iPhone Owners: Simple Backdoor Lets Anyone Bypass Password Protection
Andy GreenbergFormer Staff
Covering the worlds of data security, privacy and hacker culture.
Own an iPhone? You may want to be especially careful not to leave it lying in a bar for the next few days.
A commenter at MacRumors posted late Friday that he or she had found a bug in iOS 4.1 that would allow anyone to bypass the password protection on Apple's smartphone simply by accessing the "emergency call" option and then typing a seemingly-random series of keys. Though the commenter's phone was jailbroken, others on the forum with unaltered phones confirmed the bug, as does Websense security researcher Patrik Runald in his twitter feed.
Here's a video, via 9to5Mac, showing Brazilian iPhone owner Salomao Fiho unlocking his locked phone without a password in just a few seconds and using it to call some guy named Fabio.
For those who don't speak Portugese, here's his step-by-step how-to translated:
In response to people who were asking, I have an iPhone 4.1. It has a password. What I did to access the contacts is hit "emergency call." Push the pound key three times. Hold down the green key, and the moment you let it go, you push the lock button. And that's it. Now you can access all the contacts and call them. For example, Fabio. There you go. That's it. Need to fix this quick.
Need to fix this quick indeed, Apple. And no doubt that the company will, given the incredibly simplicity of exploiting this security vulnerability.
The MacRumors poster still hasn't explained just how he or she found such a seemingly random bug. But if ten million monkeys sitting at typewriters can reproduce the works of Shakespeare, it stands to reason that three million bored iPhone owners would push enough buttons to find a backdoor this simple.
Andy Greenberg
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Source: United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)
Since 1996 UNSCO has continually monitored and reported on socio-economic conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory and in the process established an extensive socio-economic database. UNSCO does not create raw data but rather uses available data which, in the occupied Palestinian territory is relatively abundant. However, the data that is available tends to remain dispersed and is not always automatically shared between institutions. The objective of the database is to bring together in one place a wide variety of data on socio-economic conditions and by doing so present a broader, more detailed perspective on socio-economic conditions. The purpose of this report is to: 1) broaden the access to this database through publication of the most recent data gathered; and 2) provide readers with up to date information on socio-economic conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory.
The report is divided into three sections:
Section 1 consists of a one-page fact sheet which provides a snapshot view of the socioeconomic situation for the current and previous reporting period and it provides, for reference purposes, base line figures for the period just prior to the outbreak of the second Intifada.
Sections 2 and 3 report on the Macro-economic situation, the Private sector and the banking modules of the UNSCO database. They provide data on the last six reporting periods for each indicator as well as base line data, which is pre Al-Aqsa intifada. In addition, summary analysis on observed trends is given below each table.
1 These numbers may be adjusted
2 For a more detailed report on sections C (Macro-economy) and D (Private sector), see data below.
3 CPI Base year 2004 = 100
4 MoNE data does not include aggregates or aid flows in Aug 2000.
5 * Please note that data for Q3-2008 has been adjusted by the PMA for all bank credit categories.
6 Adjusted unemployment is calculated by adding discouraged workers (i.e. unemployed but no longer seeking work) to the ILO standard.
7 Effective closure days are calculated by adding all days when a crossing was fully or partially closed excluding weekend and holidays.
Consumer Index by region and expenditure group
Truck Movement
Palestinian Imports and Exports
Volume of registered fuel sales
For further information please contact: Gaza Strip: Raed Raqeb raqeb@un.org
The exchange rate between the US dollar and the NIS declined by approximately 1.79% in August
2009 compared to July 2009.
The volume of registered fuel sales in the Gaza Strip continued to decline in August 2009. An amount of 75,020 liters of petrol and 200,000 liters of diesel were allowed into Gaza, and there was a significant declined in the amount of imported cooking gas with 3, 4 tons (25.99% compared to July 2009). During the reporting period. 30,000 liters of petrol and 299,420 liters of diesel were imported for UNRWA while 45,020 liters of petrol were imported for M.O.H.
The Palestinian CPI reached 125.60 in August 2009, an increase of 1.11% compared to July 2009, with most of the increase being experienced in Gaza. Increases were recorded in the food and soft drink group (2.08%) in the medical care group (0.03%) in Housing (1.15%) and in Textiles, clothing and footwear (1.32% each). Transportation experienced a 0.05% decline, while Miscellaneous goods and services index declined by 0.36%.
Truckloads movement into Gaza has been restricted to humanitarian supplies since 12 June 2006. At the same time, exports have stopped altogether except for limited agricultural exports. On February 2nd 2009 and in time for Valentine's day, Israel allowed Gaza to export 50,000 flowers to Europe. In April 2009, 5 truckloads of flowers (204,000 flowers) were exported. August 2009 data indicates an increase in the total of imported truckloads to the Gaza Strip by approximately 18%, when compared to July 2009. The 632 truckloads that crossed in through Al Montar/ Karni were limited to animal feed 64%, chickpeas 2%, and wheat 34%. Of the 1,827.5 truckloads crossing in through Karem Abu Salem/Kerem Shalom, 381 truckloads (or 20.85%) were humanitarian and 1,446.5 truckloads (or 79.15%) were for the private sector. Food items made up the majority of imported goods (1,287.5 truckloads, or 70%) while 540 truckloads, or 30%, were for non food items.
Number of Company Registrations by region and legal status
Area licensed for Construction
Bank Credit
Value of loans and deposits
The number of new company registrations is used as a proxy indicator for the vitality of the local economy as well as the ability of the local economy to create new employment. New company registrations in the West Bank increase in August 2009 by 18.71%, when compared to July 2009. If compared to pre-Intifada levels, new company registrations have dropped by approximately 27.95%. As for Gaza, figures from the Ministry of Economy in Ramallah show that no new companies were registered, while data from the authorities in Gaza indicate 21 new registered companies for August 2009. If considering data from authorities in Gaza, the number of newly registered companies in Gaza increased by approximately 10.53% compared to July 2009.
Similar to new company registrations, the area licensed for new construction is also used as a proxy indicator for economic vitality. August 2009 data shows decline in the area licensed for new construction of approximately 18.89% compared to the previous month in the West Bank. When
compared to pre intifada levels, area licensed for new construction has decreased by 20.37%.
If disaggregated by type, and if compared with Q1-2009, it appears that in Q2-2009 non-residential increased in the oPt by 11.58%, while residential construction has increased by11.07% It is worth noting that obtaining data for Gaza is not possible due to the closing of the PCBS office in Gaza.
Data on bank credit is another proxy indicator for economic progress and business confidence (increasing use of bank credit, particularly in the main productive sectors) or decline (decreasing use of bank credit). The Palestine Monetary Authority provides adjusted data once every three months. In relative terms, general trade and public services show a decrease in the use of credit. Bank credit to the public sector indicates an increase of approximately 28.75% in Q2-2009 when compared with Q1-2009. (Please note the PMA has adjusted the indicators for bank credit by economic activities starting Q3-2008. Due to such significant changes in the methodology, current trends cannot be compared to those prior to 2008.)
Disaggregating bank credit by the type of credit, the data shows an increase in loans and overdrafts. Loans currently represent 63.8% of all credit extended compared to only 41% in the pre-Intifada period.
Disaggregating bank credit by borrowing entities shows that consumer lending has increased in Q2-2009 compared to Q1-2009.
Bank deposits for the Q2- 2009 indicate a decrease in public sector deposits of approximately 5.03% and increase in private sector deposits 4.67% compared with the Q1-2009.
In a functioning economy, an increase in the loans versus deposits ratio is perceived as a positive sign, as monies are not saved but invested or consumed, each of which acts as a stimulant for the economy. Since September 2006, this ratio had steadily declined in the oPt signaling little optimism in the prospects for the Palestinian economy. Q2-2009 figures, however, marked the second quarterly increase after two years of decline, with a 13.97% jump from Q1-2009.
Similar to bank credit and deposits, data on the Palestinian stock exchange is used as a proxy indicator of Palestinian perceptions vis-à-vis the state of the national economy. Data for August 2009 shows increase in terms of value of shares traded of approximately 0.72% and in terms of
number of stocks traded of approximately 40.08%. The Al-Quds index increased by 1.98%.


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Chevron to buy Anadarko Petroleum in a $33 billion cash and stock deal
Published Fri, Apr 12 2019 6:00 AM EDT Updated Fri, Apr 12 2019 10:30 AM EDT
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Tom DiChristopher@tdichristopher
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Chevron plans to acquire Anadarko Petroleum in a cash and stock deal the company valued at $33 billion.
The transaction values Anadarko at $65 per share, a 37% premium to Thursday's closing price.
Chevron's deal represents the 11th biggest ever for an energy and power company, according to Refinitiv.
Chevron CEO Michael Wirth talks Anadarko Petroleum acquisition
Chevron announced on Friday it will acquire oil and gas driller Anadarko Petroleum in a cash and stock deal valued at $33 billion, marking one of the biggest energy sector mergers in years and a transformative moment for one of the industry's dominant players.
The transaction will expand the second biggest U.S. energy company's operations in U.S. shale oil and gas production, offshore drilling and liquefied natural gas exports. The deal represents the 11th biggest ever for an energy and power company, according to Refinitiv.
The acquisition launches Chevron to a new competitive level, establishing the San Ramon, California-based company as a more formidable challenger to rival oil giants Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP, says energy and mining research firm Wood Mackenzie. After the deal closes, Chevron will go from being the fourth biggest international oil major by production to the second largest.
"This is the biggest upstream deal since Shell and BG in 2015," said Roy Martin, senior analyst at Wood Mackenzie. "Chevron now joins the ranks of the UltraMajors — and the big three becomes the big four."
Michael Wirth, CEO of Chevron, speaking at the 2019 WEF in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23rd, 2019.
Adam Galica | CNBC
In a sign of the value the industry places on Anadarko's assets, fellow mini-major Occidental Petroleum attempted to buy the company, sources told CNBC's David Faber. Occidental was prepared to pay $70 a share for Anadarko and is currently exploring its options, the sources said.
Shares of Anadarko rose 33.6% following the news. Chevron shares were down 4.7% from Thursday's close of $125.99 a share.
Chevron's deal values Anadarko at $65 per share, a 37% premium to its Thursday close. Based on Anadarko's closing price of $46.80 on Thursday, Anadarko shareholders will receive 0.3869 shares of Chevron and $16.25 in cash for each Anadarko share. Chevron will assume $15 billion of Anadarko's debt.
"This takes a great company and makes it even better," Chevron Chairman and CEO Michael Wirth told CNBC's "Squawk Box " immediately after the news broke. "As our company has strengthened its financial situation over recent years, we're always looking to make our portfolio even stronger."
Wirth sees $65 per share as a "fair price" for Anadarko. Wirth, who assumed his role in February 2018, expects the deal will allow Chevron to "win in any environment," playing to the company's strengths in shale, deep water and natural gas. He said the company expects the deal to create over $1 billion in synergies.
"With Anadarko, [Chevron] gets relatively cheap large-scale production, taking their Permian position up a further level. They also get West and East African reserves, can roll their Australian LNG development capability into Mozambique," Mizuho Securities said in a research note.
Expanding U.S. shale
The deal comes as oil majors like Chevron and Exxon look to carve out a dominant position in the Permian Basin, the largest U.S. shale field and the driver of a boom in American oil production.
Chevron's Permian production of oil, natural gas and associated liquids hit 16.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) in 2018. Anadarko produces about 4 billion BOE from the Permian region in western Texas and eastern New Mexico.
A Nabors Industries worker uses a power washer to clean the floor of a rig drilling for Chevron in the Permian Basin near Midland, Texas, March 1, 2018.
Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images
The companies say the deal creates a 75 mile corridor across the Delaware Basin portion of the Permian. Stringing together continuous acreage allows companies to more efficiently carry out the advanced drilling methods needed to produce shale oil and gas.
That is at the heart of Chevron's Permian strategy. The company is bringing industrial scale to shale drilling, once the domain of small, independent wildcatters. Wirth says the company plans to accelerate activity in Anadarko's Permian fields, increasing the number of rigs and introducing highly efficient pad drilling and digital analytics solutions.
"It's not about getting bigger in the Permian," Wirth told analysts on a conference call. "It's about getting better in the Permian, and I think this makes us better in the Permian."
Chevron plans to bring its manufacturing model to Anadarko's DJ Basin fields in Colorado. The shale region is Anadarko's biggest source of natural gas production and its second biggest oil-producing region, falling just behind the Gulf of Mexico.
The deal also establishes Chevron in the midstream business, the part of the oil and gas industry that transports and processes oil and gas. Anadarko has a controlling stake in Western Midstream Partners, a master limited partnership that operates pipelines and processing plants in Texas and the Western U.S.
Those assets complement Chevron's goal of growing its Permian oil and gas production. A shortage of pipeline capacity has held back output from the shale region, making midstream infrastructure a precious asset.
Expanding offshore and LNG
Both companies are offshore players in the Gulf of Mexico. Anadarko operates 10 offshore facilities in the Gulf, which Chevron says will enhance its presence in the region, where it has six deepwater hubs.
Chevron says it sees opportunities for tie-backs to Anadarko assets in the Gulf, which involves connecting offshore fields to existing infrastructure. Drillers have increasingly turned to the low-cost strategy to avoid the massive expense of building multi-billion dollar deepwater platforms.
Still, the company will consider new large-scale developments in the Gulf, Wirth told analysts.
The deal also gives Chevron a stronger foothold in the African liquefied natural gas market. Anadarko plans to build one of the world's largest LNG export facilities in Mozambique, leveraging huge natural gas reserves from nearby offshore fields.
Chevron has deep experience developing LNG operations. The company is behind the massive Gorgon and Wheatstone projects in Australia and has a stake in the Angola LNG.
Demand for LNG — natural gas chilled to liquid form for transport by sea — is soaring as countries like China aim to meet their energy needs with gas, a cleaner-burning alternative to coal and fuel oil.
Asked on the conference call about delays to the eventual startups at Gorgon and Wheatstone, both of which are now operating, Wirth acknowledged that Chevron could have executed the projects better, saying "we've learned a lot of lessons from that." He said the company will offer insight on Mozambique LNG where it makes sense, but believes the project should proceed as planned by Anadarko.
"We like what we've seen on all the engineering and development and execution planning, and we would intend to see it through on the path that it's on," Wirth said.
The deal, which is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, is expected to close in the second half of 2019. If approved, Chevron said, it plans to boost its annual share buyback program to $5 billion from $4 billion.
Chevron said it plans to divest $15 billion to $20 billion of assets between 2020 and 2022.
"This transaction will unlock significant value for shareholders, generating anticipated annual run-rate synergies of approximately $2 billion, and will be accretive to free cash flow and earnings one year after close," Wirth said in the company's release.
Credit Suisse Securities is Chevron's financial adviser, while Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison is its legal adviser. Evercore and Goldman Sachs are financial advisers to Anadarko, while Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Vinson & Elkins LLP are its legal advisers.
Anadarko Petroleum stock has risen 6.8% this year, compared with a 17.6% increase in the S&P 500 Energy index over that period.
Watch: Full interview with Chevron CEO on plan to acquire Anadarko Petroleum
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Watch CNBC's full interview with Chevron CEO Mike Wirth on the Anadarko acquisition
Correction: This story was revised to correct that the Thursday closing price of $46.80 was for Anadarko.
— CNBC's Michael Sheetz contributed to this report.
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Trump executive order will aim to prevent states from blocking pipelines, energy infrastructure
Published Tue, Apr 9 2019 8:02 PM EDT Updated Wed, Apr 10 2019 11:35 AM EDT
Some states are using authority under the Clean Water Act to block fossil fuel pipelines and infrastructure.
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order that seeks to limit states' ability to delay construction.
The same executive order contains several other provisions to promote energy infrastructure development.