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The "Gold-Plated Alternative Facts" Spotify Playlist (I Hate Radio)
This is my weekly mix-tape style playlist coming to you this time with a POTUS slant.
These are all protest songs that had special resonance to me after a weekend of protests and inaugural events. It includes songs from PE, The Clash, RTJ, Doom, and more.
Enjoy, Explore, and Share Music!
PlaylistJoshua B. Hoe January 23, 2017 permanent wave, rock, album rock, classic rock, new wave, new romantic, The Police, Ghost In The Machine, funk rock, funk metal, ska punk, ska, Fishbone, The Clash, punk, punk rock, garage rock, alternative rock, Sandinista, hard rock, Ramones, glam rock, protopunk, british invasion, psychedelic rock, The Kinks, Vince Staples, underground hip hop, escape room, rap, hip-hop, trap music, Dead Kennedys, hardcore punk, skate punk, Uniform, mandible, industrial, fluxwork, grave wave, garage psych, indie punk, Pissed Jeans, noise rock, post-hardcore, noise punk, math rock, Rage Against The Machine, nu-metal, post-grunge, Public Enemy, old school hip hop, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, Run The Jewels, Lex Records, Run The Jewels Inc., Def Jam Records, Epic Records, Sub Pop, Sub Pop Records, Sacred Bones Records, Alternative Tentacles, Arista Records, Warner Brothers, Colombia Records, A&M RecordsComment
Action Time Vision: A Story of UK Independent Punk 1976-1979 (Cherry Red Records)
Cherry Red Records recently released a box-set of hard to find early UK punk rock classics called Action Time Vision.
If you love punk music or are interested in the history of punk and post-punk music, you will love this 111 song box-set (it is awesome).
Have You Heard This (Yet)Joshua B. Hoe January 6, 2017 Action TIme Vision: A Story of UK Independent Punk 1976-1979, Cherry Red Records, ATV, The Clash, Punk, Punk Rock, Public Image Ltd., Keith Levene, Adam and the Ants, Joy Division, post-punk, The Fall, UK Subs, Stiff Little Fingers, The Damned, Tubeway Army, Kris Needs, Zigzag Records, The Vice Creams, The Sniveling Shits, Pure Hell, Death, Detroit, Miles Copeland, The Police, Stewart Copeland, Mark Perry, Sniffin' Glue, Sniffin Glue, STIFF Records, Rezillos, John Callis, Human League, Dare, Hysteria, Small Wonder Records, The Cure, Bauhaus, Martin Chambers, The Pretenders, Dexys Midnight Runners, Kevin Rowland, Lockjaw, Siimon Gallop, Paul Raven, Killing Joke, Ministry, Billy Bragg, Nik E. Wade, Nik Fiend, Stuart Adamson, Big Country, The Nipple Erectors, Shane MacGowan, Pogues, Jim WalkerComment
This Week in On Pirate Satellite 7/30/2016
This is the wrap up of the pieces on my blog for the week ending on July 30, 2016
This week I had posts about Mr. Robot, Spotify Playlists, Albums of the Week, Twitter polls, and Killer Robots from outer space (maybe no robots). I also bring back a classic #OPS post.
This Week In #OPSJoshua B. Hoe July 29, 2016 Mr. Robot, #MrRobot, Sam Esmail, Eps 2.2_init_1.asec, Sonic Youth, The Careful Massacre of the Bourgeoisie, Carly Chaikin, Rami Malek, Darlene Alderson, Elliot Alderson, USA Network, #USA, Rob Harvilla, The Ringer, Bill Simmons, Fight Club, #Spotify, Nigeria, Jamaica, The Police, UK, Fela Kuti, Eddy Grant, Big Business, Jenn Champion, Command Your Weather, Hallelujah the Hills, Have You Ever Done Something Evil, Kraftwerk, Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, #OPS, Stranger Things, Halt and Catch Fire, Halt And Catch Fire, La Misma, Kanizadi, Dilly Dally, Sore, Beach House, Depression CherryComment
Pirate Transmission Playlist #17: Nigerian Zoo Devil
Time for another #Spotify Pirate Transmission Playlist! This one features some international flair, it is called Nigerian Zoo Devil and features music from The Police, Fela Kuti, All Dogs, Joy Division, Germs, Drab Majesty and many others.
If you like it, share it, because more plays means more money for the artists on the playlist.
PlaylistJoshua B. Hoe July 27, 2016 Blue Phone Book Fuel Rescue, This Is Radio Clash, The Clash, Captain Beefheart, #Spotify, #SpotifyPlaylist, Viva Nigeria, Fela Kuti, Nigeria 70, The 69' Los Angeles Sessions, So Lonely, The Police, Outlandos D'Amour, Buddy, All Dogs, All Dogs EP, The Zoo, FEWS, Transmission, Martin Hannett, Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Lexicon Devil, Germs, The Germs, GI, Own Throats, Big Business, Command Your Weather, Before I Was Caught, Jay Reatard, Watch Me Fall, No One, Jenn Champion, I Am Very Far, Amanaz, Africa, Hallow, Drab Majesty, Careless, All Night, Clams Casino, Vince Staples, 32 Levels, All That Heaven Allows, Mercury Girls, Electric Avenue, Eddie Grant, Eddy Grant, The Best Music From JamaicaComment
Chill Out About the 100 Greatest Drummers Of All Time (Rolling Stone)
Rolling Stone Magazine put out their list of the "Top 100 Drummers of All-Time" today. Some people have lost their minds in response to the list.
As a drummer, I ask everyone to chill and celebrate the greatest stick men and women ever (and make some comments about the list - because I can).
OpinionJoshua B. Hoe March 31, 2016 Charlie Watts, Jazz, Rock, Rolling Stone, Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, Buddy Rich, Sheila E, Neal Peart, Ginger Baker, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Gene Krupa, Dave Grohl, Danny Carey, Stewart Copeland, Al Jackson Jr., Mitch Mitchell, Clyde Stubblefield, John "Jabo" Starks, Hal Blaine, Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, Clifton James, Matt Cameron, Jimmy Chamberlin, Led Zeppelin, Stax Records., James Brown, The Godfather of Soul, Funk, The Police, Jimmy Hendrix, The Jimmy Hendrix Experience, Rush, Tool, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Smashing PumpkinsComment
Tribute To Two-Tone: RIP John Bradbury Playlist
Every Thursday I post another Spotify playlist.
Today's playlist is a tribute to John Bradbury of The Specials and includes songs by The Police, The English Beat, The Selecter, The Slits, Eddy Grant & The Equals, and Jimmy Cliff among others.
RIP John Bradbury (drummer of The Specials)
PlaylistJoshua B. Hoe January 7, 2016 A Message To You Rudy, The Specials, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, The Slits, Rudie Can't Fail, The Clash, One Love, Massive Attack, Eyes Peeled, Metz, Police On My Back, Eddy Grant & The Equals, Man In A Suitcase, The Police, Three Minute Hero, The Selecter, Save It For Later, The English Beat, The Beat, The Harder They Come, Jimmy CliffComment


It seems home based business opportunities are a bit more common in the US than in Europe. However the European marketplace is quickly catching on to the phenomenon of home based business and network marketing. The advantages of a home based business are evident: low cost, flexible working hours and tax benefits, to name but a few. But these advantages have pretty much been there for many years, so why the sudden growth? Why do so many people start their own home based business right now, and why would network marketing be a good thing to consider for so many others?
First of all there is worldwide economic uncertainty and many economies are either facing a recession or are in the middle of one. Turn open any newspaper and you can't miss articles on companies downsizing and laying off employees by the thousands. Network marketing offers people the chance to create a part time auxiliary income, right beside their day job. This kind of extra income has proven a great help to many families across the world. Of course many network marketers have made a full time living out of there business. Some of them have made fortunes. But this level of success, although available to anyone who is willing to do the work, will not be for most people. Most network marketers run a part time business for a small number of hours a week earning them a couple hundred bucks a month.
Then there is the phenomenon of cocooning, where the consumer tries to shield itself from all sorts of marketing messages. Do-no-call lists are in place, making it harder and harder for companies to get their messages across to the consumer. Network marketing, which is based on moving a service or product to the end consumer based on personal relationships, delivers a strong answer to these challenges. More and more traditional companies have discovered that network marketing is a very cost effective way to reach consumers.
Of course we can't forget about the internet. This technology has greatly helped making the world smaller, making it easier to find and disperse information. Network marketing companies have pioneered the internet to inform, train and motivate their independent distributors.
The cost of home office equipment has decreased considerably.
These days you can set up a home office for just a couple hundred bucks. Some may argue that you don't even need that much. Any computer with an internet connection and a phone would be enough for most network marketers to operate their business. This makes it affordable for everyone to start a home based business. Compare this to the cost of running a normal business and it becomes clear why more and more people are being attracted to a home based opportunity.
And then there is the growing lack of trust in the corporate world. Not too long ago, people where quite used to having a job for life. Or at least until they decided to quit. Nowadays many people have come to realize that job security is a joke. Too many people have lost their jobs more than once only to find out that they were nothing but a number to their corporate employer. It's not just the fact that you have to go out to find another job to feed your family. It's also the fact that you've been listening to your employer bloating about the importance of their human assets when in the end in turns the employees where just considered human asses.
The advantages of a home based business are evident and in the near future we will certainly see more of it. Looking at today's trends in the economy it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the era of monolithic companies offering jobs for life has ended. It's time to have the courage to bet on yourself again and home based business is a good way to do so. And for those people that decide to take this step, taking a serious look at network marketing is just common sense. Even in a time where common sense isn't that common anymore.
We can help ANYONE become MORE Successful in their CURRENT BUSINESS!!!


What is that? How much does it cost? How does it work? How long have you been flying it?
These are all common questions aimed at senior communication student Stuart Marlantes as he takes out his newest photography and videography contraption to the heights of Seattle. It's called a multirotor aircraft and it carries a GoPro to take wide angle aerial shots of whatever is underneath.
"I always love answering those questions because it's cool seeing people enthusiastic about this technology, as opposed to afraid of it," Marlantes said.
As a fan of extreme photography and videography, Marlantes began researching what's next for technology in the filmmaking space. He found multirotor aircrafts – one's that have four, eight, and even 16 props to hold big cinema cameras. He decided to start small with a quadcopter and adding some parts of his own, like an anti-vibration mount that keeps the camera from shaking with the rest of the aircraft.
While the cost of the aircraft, the GoPro, and the additions added up to around $1,200, he said it was well worth it and hopes to someday save up for a larger one that can hold a DSLR camera. He has taken photos for UW Student Life, The Daily, and the UW in general for occasions like ESPN GameDay, Fall Fling, and construction projects on campus.
The machine can fly up to 50 mph, snapping a photo every 2 seconds with a time lapse function or a video. An indicator LED light signals battery level and the number of satellites in the area based on combinations of color and number of blinks. While many news organizations are aware of these devices, they have not yet used them efficiently and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hasn't figured out how they would like to regulate them for commercial use.
Marlantes has been flying his GoPro around since last summer to heights several hundred feet, but more recently he got scuba certified and has been taking it 60 feet underwater to the depths of the Puget Sound. People may tell him that he needs to know what he wants to do after graduation in June, but Marlantes is content with his interest in many areas.
In addition to photography and videography, Marlantes composes music, was the first official social media manager for The Daily, built a social media branch of a small marketing company from the ground up, and even used to be a radio DJ in Centralia for Live 95/KITI.
"I've been told over the course of my life, probably since middle school, that I have a voice for radio," he said.
Marlantes said he would love to get back into radio someday or some sort of voice acting, but it is a difficult field to enter. Right now, he is keeping his options open – but you will surely see (or hear) his next creative adventure in the future.


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US males's basketball team lose at Olympics for first time since 2004 as France shock
For the first time since 2004, the US males's basketball team have misplaced in the Olympics. And the US team's quest for a fourth consecutive gold medal is already doubtful. France, the team that knocked them out of competition in the Basketball World Cup two years in the past, dealt the US a fundamental blow once extra. Evan Fournier's three-pointer with appropriate kind below a minute left build aside France ahead in what turned a 83-76 grasp over the People on Sunday in the hole recreation for each and every teams at the Tokyo Olympics.
The US had obtained 25 consecutive Olympic games, last shedding at the Athens Games 17 years in the past, after they had to resolve for the bronze medal. Fournier, who performs for the Boston Celtics in the NBA, had 28 aspects for France, while Rudy Gobert scored 14 and Nando de Colo had 13. Jrue Holiday had 18 aspects for the US, Bam Adebayo had 12, Damian Lillard 11 and Kevin Durant had 10. The US have obtained two and misplaced three of their games this summer season.
The first four of those had been exhibitions in Las Vegas that weren't speculated to indicate well-known. The Olympics, even though, had been speculated to be varied. Going help to the World Cup in China two years in the past, the US have obtained three and misplaced 5 in their last eight games with NBA players in the lineup.
The loss doesn't knock the US out of medal competition, but it actually eliminates the margin for error. They play Iran on Wednesday and then the Czech Republic on Saturday in their final two Workforce A games, and in the occasion that they grasp each and every they're going to be in the quarter-finals. Lose but one more one and the US couldn't blueprint in the prime eight of this 12-team tournament.
There are some extenuating conditions for the People. There had been withdrawals in the lead as much as the Olympics and Holiday flew in late after serving to the Milwaukee Bucks grasp the NBA finals last week. France are also a solid team with several NBA standouts, no longer least Gobert who is a three-time NBA defensive participant of the 365 days. Many of the NBA's greatest stars such as LeBron James, Stephen Curry and James Harden are also absent for the US but they're quiet heavy favorites to grasp gold. Or at least they had been.
It was the first time the US and France played since the quarter-finals of the Basketball World Cup two years in the past, a recreation that the People misplaced. France have seven players on their Olympic roster from that team. The US have most efficient two, but the importance wasn't misplaced on the alternative 10, who had heard masses about that recreation. In a largely empty enviornment arrive Tokyo on Sunday night time, France did it again, dealing the US an even greater blow and registering but one more clear signal that the relaxation of the enviornment is fast catching up on the US in basketball.
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When Terror Strikes
November 4, 2016 pronto Non-Fiction
A continuation of my previous story
On the day that was to change his life forever Jack spent many hours staring through relentless drizzle at a dismal block of flats in the Bogside. He was watching from an old warehouse that had been converted to accommodate dozens of small businesses. The office used for surveillance was on the top floor under a creaking leaking roof. The place was sparsely furnished with a steel desk, a telephone and a couple of uncomfortable straight-backed chairs. In the corner was a dilapidated filing cabinet on which sat an ancient electric kettle. The cabinet held only cheap tea bags and instant coffee, which he hated.
Looking at his watch Jack sighed, Emerson would be here shortly to take over thank god. This place depressed him. He felt hungry. I hope the bugger's not late again was his only thought at that moment.
Five minutes later he heard the service lift squeaking its complaining way to the top floor.
'Hi Jack, how's it going?' Emerson asked without showing any apparent interest in the answer. He made his way to the filing cabinet pulled out the coffee and a dubious looking milk carton which he sniffed at suspiciously.
'Shit shift mate. The bastard's a no-show again. He's slicker than snot on a glass
handrail that one.' The guy who hadn't shown was a suspected arms courier. They had been trying to establish his contacts for a month without a lot of success.
Emerson nodded he was a relatively junior member of the unit and used to these boring shifts. They were just the routine unglamorous stuff that was crucial to intelligence gathering. 'Wanna brew before you go?'
'Naw mate, traffic''ll be building up. It'll take forever as it is.' Jack was anxious to be off, Londonderry's rush hour traffic could be a real pain, especially with the check points to contend with. He knew a short cut that would help although he hated using it.
'Binoculars are on the window sill with the camera, radio's playing up a bit but there's nothing to report anyway.' He made his way to the door 'I'll be off then.'
'See ya.'
In the carpark he slid behind the wheel of a Ford Granada Ghia. Its 2.8 litre engine started first time with a comforting growl. Jack checked the mirrors before setting off making sure he had a maximum all round view.
His short cut was down a long narrow cobbled street of run-down terraced houses in a staunchly Republican area. The rough surface rattled loudly beneath his wheels forcing him to slow down. He didn't like it but the alternative was a drive of an extra two miles through rush hour traffic. He'd been watching his mirror but hadn't noticed any unusual activity.
The rain had stopped now but the clouds still scudded across the sky like wind driven demons. God, he thought, feeling suddenly depressed again, does the sun never shine in this piss hole of a place?
As he drove on a feeling of unease came over him. Instinct told him something was very wrong. Then he saw what it was. He had entered a stretch of road where there were no parked cars. Not a single one on either side of the road for two hundred metres. The usual assortment of scruffy children playing swinging on old clothesline from the lamp posts were missing, too. He slid his gun from his shoulder holster as he put his foot down but too late.
A car shot out of an alley in front of him and braked, blocking two thirds of the street. His eyes darted to his mirror and he saw another vehicle entering the street a hundred and fifty metres away racing up behind him.
'Ambush' his subconscious screamed as he went into automatic mode moving without conscious thought, his actions fluid.
Instead of braking as the ambushers expected he kept the accelerator to the floor and spun the wheel aiming for the front end of the blocking car. That would have knocked them around slamming them into the kerb, allowing him to drive off. He was too close. The driver knew his business and had waited until the last second to pounce.
Jack slammed into the driver's door but the vehicle didn't budge far enough for him to get around it. His car would become his coffin if he didn't move fast. He slipped off the seat belt and was throwing his door open as the car's passenger emerged looking shaken. The driver couldn't open his door as Jacks vehicle was jammed into it. He banged on the window with his gun butt; it failed to break. The guy was panicking now desperately winding down his window in order to shoot costing him vital seconds.
Diving onto the cobbles Jack rolled once then came up into the kneeling position his weapon pointing. Behind him he heard the 'close up' car screeching to a halt. The doors would be opening and as many as four armed men could be piling out. Jack resisted the urge to turn concentrating on the man to his front.
The passenger fired at him but took his shot too quickly, snatching at the trigger. The bullet passed Jack's head two inches to his right. Jack put a round into the man's chest and whipped his gun onto the driver even as the passenger was still falling.
The driver was thrusting his arm out of the half-opened window, a Colt .45 in his hand, lining him up. Jack snapped off a lightening shot hitting the man in the bridge of his nose. He was thrown back violently onto the headrest before sagging forward blood pumping from his head.
Jack dived instinctively to his right rolling and turning as he did so. One of the men behind him was carrying an Armalite rifle and he let go a long burst scouring the street where Jack had been just half a second before. Jack briefly caught sight of another man out of the corner of his eye. The idiot was still drawing his weapon so sure had he been of an easy kill.
Jack put a bullet through the Armalite man's heart as he was trying to adjust his aim, his finger still jammed on the trigger, trying to hose him down. This continuous fire made the jumping weapon hard to control, a basic mistake. Jack swung on the remaining man who managed one hasty shot in his direction, a look of wild panic in his eyes. With the first three would-be assassins there had been no time for any fancy shooting like double taps. Every split second had counted. Now there was time. Jack double tapped the man chest and head his rapid shots sounding as one.
Quickly he did an all round scan of the windows pointing his weapon, looking for snipers even before the shots echoes had faded away. There was no movement, the eerie silence that followed the violence broken only by the quiet purring of his engine.
He could have made his escape then but didn't. He knew he had time to collect the hit team's weapons if he was quick. The people watching from behind their net curtains would still be in shock unable to believe what they had just witnessed. They had been warned of the ambush of course and moved their kids and cars out of the firing zone. This had given Jack a vital couple of second's warning.
As he retrieved the Armalite he muttered to its late owner 'Nobody ever tell you about short controlled bursts mate?' The idiot's pistol was an old Smith and Wesson .38 revolver lying in a pool of blood next to the man's head. He threw them on the back seat of his car.
Turning to retrieve the other weapons he saw a young boy about fourteen years of age dash out of a nearby house and make a dive for the passenger's gun. 'Don't touch it' Jack yelled pointing his Browning straight at the lad. The youngster froze in the act of reaching down, hand extended towards the weapon staring into Jack's gun wide-eyed.
'You're a brave lad' he told the terrified kid 'but if you touch that weapon I'll have to kill you.' The lad swallowed hard staring down Jack's unwavering gun barrel. 'Go home' he told him dismissing him with a flick of his head. The kid needed no second bidding and scurried away as a camera flashed in one of the nearby windows.
Shit, he thought, now they have a shot of my face. He knew just how dangerous that was but, on his own, there was no way of retrieving the camera. Even as he was thinking the thought swift feet would be carrying it away down back alleys.
His immediate priority now was to escape. People would already be on the phone reporting this to the local Provos. (Provisional Irish Republican Army) All along the street doors were now opening as the locals recovered from their initial shock. Men, women and children were emerging shouting angrily many of them waving axes and kitchen knives. Another minute and he'd be hacked to pieces.
He jumped into his car and reversed fiercely shunting the rear blocking car up the street its tyres juddering up the uneven surface. Jack accelerated away spinning the wheel, smashing into the front wheel of the blocking car sending it flying out of his way to bump over the body of the dead passenger. His engine roared as his smoking tyres screamed on the cobbles.
It turned out that the pool car Jack had been assigned had been used in another operation the week before by the SAS. Unknown to the security forces it had been compromised and a watch put out for it.
Next day the papers were full of the story of how a lone heroic SAS man, trapped in hostile territory, had defeated a lethal ambush dealing a deadly blow to the Provos.
FOUR, FIVE, SIX yelled one Redtop headline proclaiming that he had killed four Provo's with five shots in six seconds. How the hell they'd gleaned that information he neither knew nor cared. Well God bless the SAS he thought they deserved the credit, after all it was they who had taught him to shoot.
Jack's unit was 14th Company of the Army Intelligence Corps, known as 'The Det' (Short for The Detachment) They were nicknamed 'The Green Slime' because of the awful colour of their head gear.
Frank debriefed him. 'So you stayed and recovered the weapons Jack. Good, well done.' He eyed him admiringly 'there could well be a gong in this for you mate and a good one at that.'
Jack had no interest in medals 'I wouldn't know about that Frank I was just trying to stay alive that's all.' He believed that he had had no alternative other than to retrieve the Provo's weapons.
'I had time Frank and the guns would have been spirited away to be used again. The arseholes that tried to nail me would have become a propaganda coup.'
Frank nodded 'yes, "four innocent family men on their way to look for work" or some other such bleeding heart bullshit.' He smiled 'now we have their weapons to prove otherwise.'
All four, it subsequently transpired, were known killers; all their weapons had been used to kill before.
'The problem is Jack they've got your photo now. You and anyone with you will be in mortal danger. The Provos won't let this go lightly.'
Jack nodded. He suspected what was coming.
'I've had a word upstairs. You're to be posted back to the mainland tomorrow by helicopter.'
The disappointment on Jack's face was genuine but he had some good friends here. No way would he make an already dangerous job even more so by his presence.
'Ok Frank, I kinda expected it.'
After the debrief he felt ravenous and devoured a huge T-bone steak. As far as Jack was concerned a brutal death couldn't have happened to four more deserving people.
What The Det had no way of knowing was that the photo, taken in haste, was slightly out of focus. This proved disastrous for Jack's close friend and colleague Sergeant Paul Gibson. 'Gibbo' was roughly the same age, height and hair colour as Jack. He was gunned down in the street by the Provo's a few weeks later just two days before the end of his tour. The Provos announced they had avenged Jack's killings.
The Army announced that the dead man was a soldier working undercover though it was officially denied he was the man who had killed the four gunmen. It was later leaked to a known informant that Paul had indeed been the killer. He was buried with full military honours but Jack was forbidden to attend the funeral. There would be press and TV cameras there and his presence might just jog someone's memory.
Jack was posted to SAS headquarters in Hereford as part of the intelligence liaison team. His work in Northern Ireland was now at an end.
Although he did his best in his new role Jack was beset with doubts which he felt affected his work. Poisonous thoughts kept creeping into his head. Paul was dead instead of him. He felt enormous guilt about that. He also felt a cold rage deep inside him that kept gnawing away at his confidence in the Army. Was Gibbo's death the result of fucked-up orders from on high? Orders given by Whitehall warriors who knew three fifths of fuck-all about life undercover; people he could no longer trust?
He knew he couldn't afford to think like that and pushed the thoughts away telling himself c'mon Jack buck your ideas up. Yet every time he dismissed them the thoughts returned with increased power. In the end he knew what he had to do for the sake of his sanity. He elected to leave the Army taking the payoff and pension. They gave him a new identity as a 'belt and braces' precaution against any future security lapse. It meant losing contact with his friends and that hurt but, on balance, he felt it the safest thing both for himself and his friends.
He declined the offer of resettlement in Australia and after changing his appearance as much as possible he set himself up as Ellis & Co, Security Consultants….to be continued….
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Published: November 4th, 2016
Category: Non-Fiction


A PRIZE presentation was held for the winners of the 48th and 49th Annual World School Children's Art Exhibition of Taiwan, at the Globalarts, Mabohai Shopping Complex last weekend.
Globalarts Regional Director Jeans Lee presented prizes to the five winners.
A total of 154 students from 40 countries participated in the competition, sponsored by the Association Formative Arts of Taiwan and Association of Education through Art of Taiwan.
The competition aimed to showcase images created from children's boundless imagination and promote children's art education. The selected artworks were showcased at an exhibition at the National Taiwan Arts Education Centre.


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Baahubali-2
Watch Camlin's handcrafted movie trailer for Baahubali 2
The trailer has been created by sourcing hand-drawn illustrations through a social media contest and based on scenes from the recently released Baahubali 2
Updated: May 10, 2017, 10:25 IST
Kokuyo Camlin has introduced a new art-based trailer for Baahubali-2, produced entirely using handcrafted artwork sent in by fans on the brand's social media pages. The new motion graphics trailer is a part of Kokuyo Camlin's tie-up with Arka Media Works as the official stationery partner for Baahubali-2.
The trailer has been created by sourcing hand-drawn illustrations through a social media contest and based on scenes from the recently released Baahubali-2. The best artworks have been rendered together with animation and sound effects, to create a visually stunning trailer for the movie. Camlin's digital agency, Big I Tuna, has conceptualized and executed the campaign.
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Sourcing fan-art through social media
Soon after announcing the partnership with Arka Media Works, Camlin launched a contest on social media asking fans to create and submit hand-drawn illustrations for an opportunity to have them featured in the upcoming animated trailer of the movie. Fans were asked to base their illustrations on pre-selected scenes from the TV trailer of Baahubali-2. The entries artwork belonged to different artistic styles and media such water colours, acrylics, sketch pens, pastels and brush pens.
Putting the scenes together
The best entries were chosen for the new art-based trailer. A short-format storyboard was also developed to suit the consumption preferences of social media audiences. The illustrations were converted into digital graphics, where each one was separately animated to infuse motion and depth into the scene. Sound effects from the movie were added and the scenes were rendered together to create the final trailer.
Launch of the trailer
The new animated trailer, created entirely from hand-illustrated fan-art, has been posted on Camlin's social media pages today. The credits in the trailer contain names of the 14 winners of the social media contest whose artwork was selected.
Commenting on the initiative, Saumitra Prasad, chief marketing officer, Kokuyo Camlin said, "Imagination is more powerful than knowledge. Camlin has given wings to the creativity and imagination of generations of Indians including me and members of my team. We are happy to be associated with Baahubali-2. It is part of a franchise that has successfully captured the imagination of Indians unlike any other property of its kind."
Saumitra Prasad
Kokuyo Camlin
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Configure Deluge Reverse Proxy nginx Linux to conveniently access your torrents on your home media server or NAS. When you are away from home then you can log in to your server and see the Deluge web interface. For ultimate convenience with your reverse proxy for people with dynamic IP addresses, use a free dynamic DNS service like AfraidDNS (guide for automating), DuckDNS or No-IP.
After implementing a Deluge Reverse proxy you can access Deluge via your custom DNS address like http://htpcguides.crabdance.com/deluge instead of http://IP:8112. This Deluge reverse proxy how-to was tested on Debian and Ubuntu but the nginx virtual host should work on any Linux system (CentOS, Red Hat, Fedora, Arch etc).
In order for Deluge to accept reverse proxy connections from nginx you need to have the WebUI plugin enabled. Then you just make a simple modification to the nginx virtual host to enable the Deluge nginx reverse proxy.
Open the Deluge client and click the settings icon and then Plugins in the left pane.
Check WebUi, then hit Apply and OK.
Make sure Enable web interface is checked and note the port used is 8112, you can change it if you want a different port.
If you are prompted for a password it should be deluge. If the default deluge password fails you can reset the web interface settings so the password is deluge. Alternatively you can reset the password with this script.
Now you can move on to the nginx section.
Paste the nginx Deluge configuration borrowed from here and replace htpcguides.crabdance.com with your dynamic DNS address and 192.168.40.100 with the device's local IP.
If you want to use SSL and you should if you are accessing over the internet to keep your login credentials encrypted, see this guide to generate the SSL certificates.


In honor of Canada's recent national legalization of cannabis for adult recreational use, I wanted to take a quick look at the Canadian cannabis industry. Could it become the model for our own national legalization here in the United States? How will American companies adapt to a national consumer landscape when cannabis inevitably becomes legal across all fifty states?
Canada is the first of the G7 nations to legalize cannabis nationally. Medical marijuana was initially approved for use there in 2001 and made available to patients via doctor's prescription or a patient's doctor-approved application. Rules regulating medicinal cannabis remained in place until 2014, when Canada's Health Ministry overhauled the original Medical Marijuana Access Program with a new package called Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR). The MMPR addressed cannabis production and licensing and provided a way for producers to legally conduct business with approved patients. Full adult recreational legalization was introduced in the Canadian Parliament in spring, 2017, and, now approved, allows for use by all adults (age to be determined by each province) and limits an individual user to possessing no more than thirty grams of cannabis at any given time (sales regulations are also ultimately left to provincial governments to determine).
After fifteen years of success with medical marijuana, and as neighboring populations in America began to enjoy sanctioned recreational use, a majority of Canada's citizens expressed strong support for a viable, government-regulated national adult cannabis industry. A 2017 MacLeans poll confirmed popular approval, which had swollen to an overwhelming 68 per cent at the time parliament was debating cannabis legislation. The final bill's passage began a months-long waiting period before going into effect, and as Canada's National Post reported, a summer, 2018, survey found that "55 per cent of Canadians want legalization delayed, and 69 per cent are worried that the black market will continue to thrive because legal cannabis will cost more". What happened to public approval over those intervening months? Why did so many want to delay? The answers are moot at this point, as recreational cannabis is now legal north of the border and the cannabis industry there is frenetically working to build itself into the national economy.
On the eve of national legalization, Canada had 116 licensed cannabis producers in the country. Currently only two of those 116 producers are certified organic growers. One of those two is a company called The Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD). TGOD proudly cites in support of its brand and business model the unequivocal results of a 2018 Hill & Knowlton study which found that "57% of Canadian medical cannabis consumers and 43% of recreational cannabis consumers prefer organic cannabis". With a built in client base representing roughly one-half of all Canadian cannabis users, The Green Organic Dutchman's certified organic products are well-positioned to capitalize on a supply chain that claims only one other producer.
In addition to its 36 organic flower strains, The Green Organic Dutchman also produces CO2 extracted oil cartridges "derived using a super-critical CO2 extraction process that uses no harmful solvents or additives", and has detailed plans for expansion into all areas of the Canadian cannabis industry. Products envisioned include "organic cannabis oils & organic capsules, concentrates, including vape pens and cartridges, edibles, including beverages, topical including body butters, sublingual sprays, intensive skin repair, body oils…CBD cosmetics, CBD sports drinks, CBD whey powders, CBD vape pens/oils and CBD topicals". TGOD is currently seeking patients for their beta testing program, which offers preferential pricing and priority service to customers willing to provide targeted feedback about its products.
The production of so many different cannabis products requires not only start-up capital but also infrastructure. The Green Organic Dutchman is growth-minded and envisions the company's incorporation of four distinct production facilities, one for oil extraction, another for genetics and breeding, and the last two "for Research & Development, analytical testing and conducting clinical studies on cannabis" in Quebec and Ontario. These facilities are currently part of their long term business vision and will require the company to attract new investors and additional capital while nurturing the commercial growth of its current operation.
The Green Organic Dutchman envisions a global reach for its cannabis production and distribution and in August of this year "signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of privately-held Hem-Poland". According to TGOD, Hem-Poland is "a leading European manufacturer and marketer of premium organic CBD oils led by founder and CEO, Maciej Kowalski, one of Europe's most widely recognized CBD experts". The Green Organic Dutchman also plans to expand its growing capabilities internationally and will eventually build a third cannabis cultivation facility in Jamaica, where it is a fifty per cent partner with Epican, the island's premiere vertically integrated cannabis company, controlling means of production, extraction, distribution and retail dispensaries.
Before it can expand in earnest, The Green Organic Dutchman must succeed at home, and to that end has partnered with one of Canada's largest medical marijuana producers, Aurora Cannabis, Inc. Unfortunately for all, the Canadian cannabis industry is experiencing growing pains and scaring away new investors with week-long stock market losses. Aurora suffered a whopping 12 per cent drop last Tuesday, its first day on the New York Stock Exchange. And in spite of TGOD's meticulous operational planning, yesterday's trading took almost eight per cent off of the company's stock value. TGOD is doing so poorly, in fact, that Aurora has decided to forgo any future contract options and direct its finances elsewhere. The poor performance of these two stocks is representative of the Canadian industry as a whole, as cannabis shares across the board have lost value throughout the first week of recreational marijuana legalization.
The Canadian cannabis industry offers economic opportunity to those willing to take the risk. Investors and users alike share a clear interest in fostering a well-functioning, profitable, growth-oriented industry. Creative and ingenious minds must continue to apply their talents to develop cannabis products and brands that attract investment and build trust and loyalty through customer satisfaction. Let's hope our Canadian neighbors achieve the kind of success that sets an example worth emulating. These are frenetic and adventurous time for all of us as we watch Canada's newest cultural phenomenon churning and gasping itself into a viable national industry. America and the rest of the world are taking note.


It is getting late, I'm checking in my head if everything is done: tickets, passport, money, luggage, and the folder, a life in a folder. The list keeps going in my head, it is a never-ending list and I've been wondering what is still missing. There is the enemy to defeat: I have to move forward, this is a new beginning and I have so many burdens on my shoulders that my forehead is almost touching my knees.
I see my feet at the door of my house; suddenly I am in the line waiting, anxious, expectant of what is about to come. I know where I'm going. I have no more options but to go back to a place that for a time my parents, but not me, called home. That was a long time ago; I've been overseas for so many years that to me home is where I found love.
Small memories of the big city, big memories of this small city I'm leaving, memories keep coming to my mind. Now the phone is ringing, Mom is calling, I pick up the call, can't say a word, she is talking but I'm not listening, "OK, Mom, I'll call you back in a while". I keep my eyes on the phone. Now I'm checking my messages, there's one that makes me think again about what I'm doing, it only says, "Love you, Dad". I keep looking at my phone. I'm doing this for you, my son, for us, for a better present and future. We have to keep strong for what is going to come. Tears came out, falling on the screen and over my shoes, those shoes that I chose to walk the path to freedom and peace.
My green shoes, not fancy, but comfortable, they will help me to keep me standing in this new beginning. I'm still checking the list, something is missing, but I guess I can't do everything. The decision was taken late and now I have to run, because this enemy is not going to wait. No matter what I do, I can't hide from him, I can't run away, I just have to learn how the power of Cronos could be useful to me. I can't fight against him, he will always win, there's no way to avoid him. What I need to learn now is how I can use him so I can move faster, free myself of all these burdens and move forward in pursuit of the dream of peace for me and for all I love. So now my goal is to make that enemy my friend, so that time will no longer be my enemy: he will be defeated.
no thoughts, I only see the colors under my feet.
time is passing by and I am getting closer to the next line.
that might make me want to change the decision that has been taken.
every step takes me away from a life of production.
So far, I put that all in a box, in a box with all my emotions.
Afraid I am, all this is new, I beg my feet, that please, we have to keep on walking. Now, these feet in these shoes are helping me in getting to fit in the place where everything is going to be started.
there's an itching in my hand.
because there are people who need help.


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CREATIVE COLLECTIVE GROUP
We believe designing a dimensional brand experience is an artform.
Selene Fenton's
passion and talent in the creative field has been inspired from a variety of experience during her 20-year career in the advertising agency, talent management and production areas of the business. Selene's creative view and touch powers the creative energy behind Creative Collective Group's mission and work. She is uniquely suited and driven to consider the magical mix of art and commerce as well as proven leadership to drive beautiful ideas and business success. Equally, her deep experience in the digital and print photo production world informs how she approaches a project. Selene works across the fashion, home and retail space as an art director and set stylist to keep her finger on the pulse of trends and style. This experience coupled with a keen sense of style, passion and her shopping obsession keeps ideas fresh and growing.
Bronwyn Fenton
has 20+ years experience in marketing communications and has been part of global integrated agency partner teams to develop market strategies and programming across the paid owned earned ecosystem. She has worked with several communications agencies including: Marina Maher Communications, Access Communications, Edelman, Ketchum and Weber Shandwick. As a senior account leader and project manager, Bronwyn has led experiential and consumer marketing business and teams for companies & brands such as P&G, Facebook, Google, American Express, Unilever, Starbucks and Walmart. She has also lived in London and worked locally within regions/countries to implement local activations in US, Europe, LATAM, & Asia.
Regina Trumbull
is an established New York-based fashion photography producer and event planner. Regina was most recently part of the Facebook Fit 6 city conference tour and led the production team. Prior to joining our team Regina has worked with several luxury fashion brands and magazines, producing photo shoots and events with the leading creative talent in NYC and the world. Regina is an executive board member at LREI, Little Red School House and Children's Museum of Arts in downtown New York City.
Peter Browne
is an award-winning creative director with over 20+ years of agency and in-house experience leading creative teams and working with top brands across many categories including specialty stores, business-to-business, fashion retailers, and big box retailers not only here in the US, but across the globe. It wasn't till he entered the doors of one of the largest online and tv retailers, QVC, as their global executive creative director, that he found his passion for helping brands of all sizes find their unique story and take them from storytelling to story selling. He has a strong ability to analyze and develop creative solutions that address the critical needs of a brand by defining their strengths and weaknesses and present 360 degree solutions to maximize their potential through consistent, targeted communications across all channels and consumer touch points. He has also spent a large portion of his career developing large and small scaled experiential events both in person and virtually by creating inspirational training experiences, unique product launches, innovative brand building opportunities and just plain fun events. All these opportunities have given him the ability to fill his cup doing what he loves. He believes that no project is too big or too small and that each one allows him to build lifelong relationships for him and the world.
Carly Fitzsimons
is a visual artist who applies her passion and artistic training to the creative process and problem solving of developing unique, experiential events. As a painter and sculptor, she brings an artful approach to every aspect of event production. Her years of experience in photo production fabricating scenery and set styling has provided a sharp eye to the details at each event and ensures every activation is thought through in the round. Carly provides CCGroup with an abstract approach to creative development as she remains active in the continuously evolving art world and activation cross over. Carly is an enthusiastic project manager providing calm, quick solutions in real-time.
Claudia Lombana
a former journalist, is now a consumer and shopping expert, sharing her expert tips on the latest lifestyle trends, bargain hunting, trend-spotting, growth in mobile shopping, online and mobile security, avoiding Internet scams and more. Claudia has brought her expert insight to national television audiences including the TODAY Show, CNN, E! News, Meredith Vieira Show, FOX News and to major markets including New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, San Diego, Phoenix and more. Her tips and advice have appeared in national publications including People StyleWatch, New York Times, USA Today, Family Circle, FIRST for Women, Essence and MAXIM.com. She has educated viewers and readers on unbeatable travel tips, shopping trends, becoming "mobile savvy", holiday gift ideas/deals, back-to-school shopping, fraud protection and more. In addition to her consumer expertise, Claudia is a two-time Emmy Award winning journalist and a Peabody Award winner with18 years of journalistic experience. She has travelled the world covering news stories for CNN, CBS, FOX, Tech TV, The Weather Channel and E! News.
originally from the Boston area, David is the chameleon of the CC Group team. With experience in financial administration, public relations, event production, photo and prop styling, and as a professional dancer and choreographer, he utilizes a unique blend of right and left brain as he manages the day-to-day affairs of CCGroup and brings his upbeat, can do, solution-based energy to all projects. David has been with CCGroup since it's beginning and is delighted to be working with a group of such creative, smart, and fun people.
Dimitri Czupylo
is a consumer communications expert generalist – an oxymoron of collective knowledge spanning retail, toys, non-profit, QSR, CPG, pet food, automotive, financial, and fashion. With more than two decades of headline-making, brand marketing and public relations experience, Dimitri is award-winning creative-director-meets-account-planner who plays (and leads) well in the 360-degree MarComm sandbox. From global agencies including Edelman and Ketchum to powerhouse companies Mattel and Caruso, Dimitri has crafted integrated communications campaigns that both made pop culture noise and moved the sales needle. His creative fingerprint can be found on brands including Visa, Barbie, Starbucks, Frito-Lay, Levi's, and Nestle.
Rachel Fitzsimons
- stage name Rachel de Benedet - spent nearly 20 years on Broadway in such shows as Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Catch Me if You Can and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, among many others. When she had her son seven years ago, she realized she no longer wanted to be at a theatre six nights a week and found CCGroup as a perfect fit. Since then she has hosted and emceed many events for clients such as VISA, Intuit/Quickbooks, Facebook and Blue Diamond. Rachel is also an experienced presentation and communication coach, having helped people from sales executives to the C-suite around the world improve their ability to connect with their audiences and shape their content. She has been the director of brand ambassador training for CCGroup for the last three years, helping to craft the right messages and tone of delivery for each individual CCGroup engagement.
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Astra Jigsaw Art Edition is relaxing jigsaw puzzle game with a collection of 100+ puzzles.
To make playing convenient, you can use two main windows and four pockets for storing and arranging pieces. Select a group of pieces to move or arrange them quickly. The Magnifying Glass is usable for examining small jigsaw pieces.
Astra Jigsaw Art Edition is distributed as shareware. The registration fee is $14.


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With the new Remote Wipe feature, both business and individual users can remove all of their synced files from a PC or Mac in the event of a loss or theft.
Apple on Monday released a utility that builds a Lion recovery disk on a USB flash drive, giving users a way to restore their Macs if the machine's hard drive fails completely.
Riverbed Technology today released three new gateway appliances that use WAN acceleration algorithms in order to reduce the bandwidth required to send data to public or private cloud infrastructures.
Amazon has released a detailed postmortem and mea culpa about the partial outage of its cloud services platform last week and identified the culprit: A configuration error made during a network upgrade.
A graduation announcement. A page torn from a calendar, noting a father's birthday. Tattered pictures of children. An ultrasound image of an unborn baby.
Yahoo's email service was struggling Thursday with users around the globe complaining that they've had no access for most of the day.
The disaster in Japan is putting a pinch on 25% of the worldwide production of silicon wafers used to make computer chips, according to a new report.


Poor Mojo's Classic Squid: Squid "Ask The Giant Squid: A Cavalcade of Quick Questions"
Many small questions have been languishing in my IN BOX. At first, before I had complimented my conquistador for the simplistic transcription of your grunt-language, I believed these questions to be larval, and awaited their growth to adolescence, if not adulthood, when I might sate their wisdom-hunger. I have since grown to appreciate that your utterences are so dismally limited as to cease development once they have left the confines of your gaping, jabbering food-holes. This is very pitiable. Recieve your knowledge below, and leave me be.
Why is Dave so Queer?
Once again, the equivocation of your monkey-speech serves only to confuse your question. The Webster's Third Collegiate Dictionary which my technician, Tom, has pressed against the glass indicates that "queer" can mean either "1) The state of being strange, eccentric or deviant." or "2) Homosexual (perjorative)"
In the case that your question depends from definition-the-first, then the answer is readily availible to anyone with equipment to capture magnetic-resonance images or perform a simple stool ananlysis: Brain parasites.
If it is the second definition which you intended to pound into the keyboard with your clever paws, then the answer is he is not at all "queer"— evidenced by the verve and manly ardor with which he mounts and rides your swaybacked nag of a mother.
Ha. That is a joke, Berkowitz — note my comically orange mantle and the spasticated jitter of my hunting tentacles. Joke, lemur-thing. Dave is as gay as the salt-water crocodile, largely because his brain is small, senses dull and form disgusting to all proper creatures. The honey bee has a saying "Let the drone-males do whatever they select— come WaterLock they will freeze in the horrible Out, and then we may feast upon their sloth-swollen thoraxes."
Gladly, land-trash. Please send me your full surface-address via electonic post, and I will immediatly dispatch the tiny crabs and carnivorous tube-worms. The terrible rending of their claws and mandibles and suctioning faces will be such a symphony of despair upon your dry, pink epidermal-membrane, that it shall cause your screams to become a kind of song. Rejoice in the carnival or your own bloody death!
I know you probably don't follow the American national elections very closely, but as this is my first time voting I am unsure as to who is the best cantidate for President, I don't feel that I am well enough informed to make the right decision. Are you even an American citizen? If not, I offer you my vote, to be cast in favour of whatever cantidate you choose. Please help me to decide.
I am ceaselessly fascinated by the depth to which you monkeys do not understand your electoral system. The Immigration and Naturalization Service recognizes me as a resident alien and thus I am compelled to step aside and not participate in your leader-selection. But imagine this, I have as many rights as a chimp-thing citizen who has transgressed the laws of your federal government. HA HA HA HA. You beasts delight me with your own short-sighted policies! As your federal government extends its loosely defined and poorly considered jurisdiction into the festering corners of each of your paltry lives, you shall eventually, one after the other, transgress a federal law of some sort— and already you have put in place a system which would then strip you of your constitutional right to vote! The denticles of suctioning-tentacle-tips vibrate with mirth! Look now upon your melonin enhanced population segment: They even now suffer under the consequences of this flawed ideology. Singled out for trumped up crimes, they are paraded before federal judge after federal judge and stripped of their right to vote! Millions upon millions of them. It is clearly no accident that they're somber skin, in a chromatic-speaker, would denote extreme and spirit-crimping sorrow.
It is only a matter of time before each of you falls prey to the madness of this system... a system which you yourselves have devised and supported in the face of your own constitution. The Rat-Thing has Built His Own Trap! HA. If I wanted to I could extend my vast resources and build a huge army of lobbyists, and then, after only a paltry hundred years or so, when most of you had been stripped of your right to vote for violating the federal statute against yellow socks on Thursday... then I would be your God and Master!
I am patient. The time shall come. Tremble now, beast-men.
But, if you seek to change that course, listen further to my admonitions. As I indicated last week to Beepers, I'd cast my vote in favor of Na-Der— his basset hound features epitomize the human's loser-nature among the creatures of Earth. But, despite his obvious failings as an attractor of many mates to establish his genetic dominance, his protocol-thoughts have the potential to save your miniscule and backward civilization. Heed the warning now, as it comes from one as wise as I. You will not receive a second opportunity.
Unless, of course, I am lying to you. Ha.
I only say this because I know that you are too stupid to listen. Please, continue your population's trend toward obesity and apathy— the squid army is ravenous, and even now lurking in the shallows of every bay.


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ESTABLISHMENT MEDIA NOW OPENLY PUSHING TECH GIANTS TO CENSOR ALL INDEPENDENT MEDIA
The very first amendment to the U.S. constitution deals with the sensitive subject of freedom of speech, and it is sacred to many people, who feel that the 1st amendment protects their religious, ethical and other freedoms. The right to have your own opinion and express it freely is something cherished by most Americans.
Nonetheless, freedom of speech is under attack, not just in the United States, but across the globe. Countries like China are famous for openly censoring the exchange of ideas and information that they deem to be unacceptable or threatening.
But controlling what people see and hear has become far more difficult since the advent of the Internet, which is now the world's largest platform for free speech. And not everybody is in favor of the way in which the Internet provides information to the masses. Many feel threatened by the ease of access that people now have to ideas that defy mainstream propaganda.
The official narrative on things like pesticide use, chemical drugs, vaccinations, etc. is being fiercely challenged by the independent media, and the mainstream media, governmental authorities, and others are not taking it lying down. Censorship is becoming increasingly widespread on the Internet, and tech giants like Google and Facebook are grabbing more and more control over what we are and are not allowed to read and view online.
And the mainstream media, traditionally a champion of free speech, has switched allegiance and is cheering all the way.
A call to ramp up censorship
While journalists will generally fight tooth and nail to protect free speech, even respected members of the media have fallen prey to the idea that the Internet should be a strictly censored source of information.
The Epoch Times recently reported:
In a recent report, CBS News pressed the head of YouTube to intensify censorship of content the report called "questionable," "controversial," and "harmful."
While YouTube has been hammered by a plethora of independent content creators for hamstringing speech on its platform, CBS's "60 Minutes" correspondent, Lesley Stahl, seemed to come from the opposite direction, questioning why the company doesn't do more.
One of the issues that journalists like Ms. Stahl have with YouTube is that they feel its rules regarding harmful content are too vague, allowing questionable and controversial content to slip through. However, while some feel that YouTube is not doing enough to censor its content, many feel that its vague "harmful content" rules actually result in unnecessary censorship. (Related: New alternatives to Twitter, Google, Facebook rapidly emerging — These sites won't censor you.)
"I can attest that, regardless of the commitments, the impact of any policy that restricts such inherently vague, subjectively defined categories of speech as 'political' or 'harmful' inevitably has an adverse impact on free speech," warned Nadine Strossen, law professor and former president of the American Civil Liberties Union. "It suppresses too much speech that is important, especially in a democracy, and it inevitably is enforced in a way that is arbitrary at best, discriminatory at worst, disproportionately silencing the views/voices of those who lack political/economic clout."
Stahl also hit back at YouTube's handling of hate speech, saying that they had waited too long to tighten their policy in this regard.
While she feels that YouTube took too long to ban what she calls hate speech, however, proponents of free speech insist that YouTube is labeling speech it does not agree with for ideological reasons as "hate."
The Epoch Times reported:
YouTube's "hate speech" policy is tailored to prohibit expressions of supremacy, since the ideology of supremacy is viewed as potentially leading to harm. But the policy is blind toward ideologies of equality, which have proven even deadlier, said Michael Rectenwald, former liberal studies professor at New York University, in his recent book "Google Archipelago."
There's also evidence that YouTube's "hate speech" policy is influenced by the quasi-Marxist intersectional theory, where people are lumped into "oppressed" and "oppressor" categories, based on general criteria such as skin color, gender, and sexual behavior.
As can be seen from these two opposing points of view about how YouTube is handling censorship on its platform, tech giants have way too much power in their hands when it comes to controlling the information we are allowed to receive. And everyone, on both sides of the argument, is using the concept of "censorship" to justify their point of view. Learn more at Censored.news.
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The items are listed using the Trix numbering system.
TTR and Trix locomotives. Including AC, DC, diecast and plastic.


The Rainbow wristband accessory in Blush is a stylish and colorful companion to the Amazfit Activity + Sleep Tracker. The Rainbow wristband is made of lightweight comfortable and flexible TPU with Blush colored gold plated metal details. The uniquely designed double clasp secures the Amazfit tracker with a pop of color.


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A Jagdgeschwader 71 foi uma asa de caças da Luftwaffe durante a Alemanha Nazi. Formada no dia 16 de julho de 1939, operou aviões de caça Messerschmitt Bf 109. No dia 26 de julho foi criado um esquadrão de reserva, o Reservestaffel/JG 71. No dia 28 de agosto de 1939 o 1./JG 71 tornou-se no 11./JG 72 e o resto da I./JG 71 foi redesignada II./JG 51 em outubro.

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Spain sees fall in July tourist visits for second year running
Fewer holidaymakers from the United Kingdom and Germany contributed to the slowdown, but it did not affect spending, which rose 2.2% on last year's figure
Javier Salvatierra
Madrid - 02 Sep 2019 - 11:49 UTC
Other countries are offering cheaper beach trips than Spain.Toni Ferragut
Competition from cheaper vacation destinations than Spain is clear to see in tourism figures for July. According to data from Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE), a total of 9.9 million foreign tourists came to the country in that month, which represents a 1.3% fall on the same period in 2018. This is the second consecutive year that the figure has fallen in July, and is mostly down to reduced visits from Spain's two main markets: the United Kingdom and Germany.
Meanwhile, tourist spending continued to rise. Visitors to the country from abroad spent €11.98 billion on their journeys to Spain, 2% up on July of last year, and with an average daily spend per tourist of €160, a 4.9% rise on last year's figure.
Visitors to the country from abroad spent €11.98 billion on their journeys to Spain, 2% up on July of last year
Last year, the reduction in visits was partly down to a heatwave at the beginning of summer, which saw many Central European tourists stay in their countries and delay their vacations. This year, a fresh heatwave at the end of July appears to have had the same effect. What's more, Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia are offering beach destinations at prices that are, in general, more competitive than Spain's. Brexit, as the UK's impending exit from the European Union is known, a slowdown in the UK economy and the threat of recession in Germany have also made consumers more sensitive to the prices of Spanish beach and sun trips.
July saw a total of 2.16 million Britons visit Spain, 2.2% down on last year. Last year's figure represented a 2.6% fall on July 2017. That means that in two years, 161,000 fewer British tourists have visited Spain, with the fall for the year so far at 1.6%. In the second case, 143,000 fewer German tourists came in July of this year compared to the same month in 2017. This July saw 1.24 million visitors, 3% down on last year's figure. The reduced number of visits had its effect on Spanish hotels, with 11.8% fewer overnight stays among German tourists, albeit with a 1.2% increase for Britons.
In general, the falls have been mostly seen among Central European tourists, such as Belgians (-2%), Dutch (-4.82%) and Swiss (-8.6%). Meanwhile, visits grew among the French (2.3%, up to 1.4 million), Irish (6.7%) and Russians (5.21%).
Tourists from the United States came in at 429,666 in July, 19.8% up on a year ago. In the year so far, nearly two million Americans have visited Spain, 14.24% up on the same period in 2018.
In total, Spain received 9.88 million foreign tourists in July, 133,199 fewer than the year before (-1.3%) and 606,391 fewer than in July 2017, which was the best month of July on record. However, the numbers for this year so far are still an improvement on the same period in 2018: 48.06 tourist visits in total, which is 1.9% up on the first seven months of last year.
English version by Simon Hunter.
ECONOMYSpanish industry feels the strain of global economic slowdown
DESIGNBenidorm, the pioneering resort disdained in Spain but praised abroad
TourismSpain received record-breaking 4.2 million tourists in January
TourismSpain sets new foreign tourist arrival record for sixth consecutive year


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Carl Mayer est un scénariste autrichien né le  à Graz (Autriche) et mort à Londres (Royaume-Uni) le .

Biographie
Son père, spéculateur boursier juif, s'étant suicidé, Carl doit quitter l'école à l'âge de quinze ans et travailler dans un secrétariat. Il se déplace à Innsbruck, puis à Vienne où il devient dramaturge. Les événements de la Première Guerre mondiale font de lui un pacifiste. En 1917, il rejoint Berlin où il se lie d'amitié avec la vedette de théâtre Gilda Langer et tombe amoureux d'elle. En 1920, il écrit le script du Cabinet du docteur Caligari pour le réalisateur allemand Robert Wiene. Le rôle principal devait être interprété par Gilda Langer, mais celle-ci meurt en 1920. Le rôle sera tenu par Lil Dagover. Mayer paiera la pierre tombale de Gilda Langer et y fera graver des vers de Tristan et Yseult. Le succès du Cabinet du docteur Caligari le rend célèbre et il devient le scénariste de grands réalisateurs de la grande époque du cinéma allemand (1920-1930): Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau et alii.

Juif et pacifiste, il quitte l'Allemagne en 1932 pour s'établir à Londres, où il travaille comme conseiller à l'Industrie du film britannique. En 1942, on lui diagnostique un cancer et il meurt pauvre et presque oublié le . Il est enterré à Londres et sur sa pierre tombale est gravée l'inscription : Pionnier dans l'art du cinéma. Érigé par ses amis et collègues de travail. Sa ville natale de Graz a créé un prix qui porte son nom.

Principaux scénarios de Carl Mayer
 1920 : Le Cabinet du docteur Caligari (Das Cabinet des  Caligarin), réalisé par Robert Wiene
 1920 : Le Bossu et la Danseuse (Der Bucklige und die Tänzerin), réalisé par Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
 1920 : Genuine, réalisé par Robert Wiene
 1921 : Torgus (Verlogene Moral), de Hanns Kobe
 1921 : Danton de Dimitri Buchowetzki
 1921 : La Découverte d'un secret (Schloß Vogelöd), réalisé par Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
 1921 : Escalier de service, réalisé par Paul Leni
 1921 : Le Rail (Scherben), réalisé par Lupu Pick
 1924 : La Nuit de la Saint-Sylvestre (Sylvester), réalisé par Lupu Pick
 1924 : Le Dernier des hommes, réalisé par Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
 1926 : Tartuffe, réalisé par Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
 1927 : Berlin, symphonie d'une grande ville, réalisé par Walter Ruttmann (idée)
 1927 : L'Aurore, réalisé par Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
 1932 : Mélo réalisé par Paul Czinner

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Naissance en novembre 1894
Naissance à Graz
Décès en  juillet 1944
Scénariste autrichien de cinéma
Personnalité inhumée au cimetière de Highgate
Naissance en Autriche-Hongrie
Décès à Londres
Décès à 49 ans


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And so we have a new decree
No sooner did I post my last entry than word came down that the interim government had promulgated a new decree affecting the Fiji media. It's the Television Amendment Decree and it can be downloaded here. The main effect is to allow for the revocation of the licence of any television station that contravenes the Media Decree. Coming on the heels of the A-G's alleged stoush with Fiji TV, it is hard to believe that this new decree is unrelated. The A-G claims it is necessary to ensure that all television licensees comply with the Media Code of Ethics and Practice under the Media Decree. As I told Radio New Zealand, however, it does seem like a bit of double jeopardy. Not only are TV stations subject to fines for violating the Code of Ethics and to having their journalists thrown in prison, now they can be put out of business as well. That wouldn't apply to a newspaper or a radio station that violated the Media Decree. The other odd aspect of this decree is that it expressly prohibits recourse to the courts for appeal, which makes the minister's decision on licence revocation final, as I pointed out to Radio Australia. This is fairly unprecedented, I believe, as most regulatory decisions in other countries at least allow for an appeal to the courts or to Cabinet.
The Fiji Labour Party blasted the decree, asking if Fiji is becoming a "police state."
The FLP finds this absolutely abhorrent. "This shows that Fiji is regressing further into being an authoritarian State rather than moving towards democracy as promised by the regime," said Labour Leader Mahendra Chaudhry. . . . Justice and fair play demand that an aggrieved party must have the right to seek legal redress against any action or policy of the State. Yet, the people of Fiji are being increasingly and systemically denied this fundamental right by a regime that does not hesitate to use 'blackmailing' tactics to silence all opposition by gagging the media.
The reaction on the blogs has been predictably furious, and the depth of the anger exhibited has been unlike anything I have seen in my admittedly short time here. According to Fiji Democracy Now, this latest move is "draconian" and "totalitarian." Fiji Today called it "TV control (if not censorship)." But over at Coup 4.5 the reaction was downright murderous, not so much on the blog as in the comments, some of which even pointed to online recipes for bomb-making. This has been rightly denounced by the pro-regime blog Grubsheet and others. Meanwhile, fears for Fiji TV's licence renewal proved unfounded, as July 1 came and it was still on the air. Fiji Today had decried the uncertainty surrounding the licence renewal in light of the fact that Fiji TV is a publicly traded company. "In most countries the stock market would suspend trading if such a vital element of a listed companies business was not certain 24 hours before it must cease transmitting." Coup 4.5 even reported that Fiji TV was"making contingency plans to end its service at midnight this Saturday." That may have been true, but when Sunday came and Fiji TV's regular religious programming appeared, C4.5's credibility took another hit. Except that it did point out that the pressure on Fiji TV, real or imagined, gave an advantage to its competitor FBC, which just happens to be run by the A-G's little brother. Later that day, Coup 4.5 had an expose by Victor Lal, the exiled Fiji dissident now at Oxford, who claimed to have the inside scoop on the younger Khaiyum's appointment and on FBC's recent injection of $22 million in government assistance.
Ah, fun and games! Let's see how this one plays out.


Due to my current workload as Head of School, I am not currently teaching UG or PGT modules.
In the past, I have taught a wide variety of modules within the School, including Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Programming and Algorithms, Introduction to Robotics, Data Modelling and Analysis and Modelling and Optimisation.
I will usually be supervising a number of undergraduate and masters student projects. If I have spaces for supervision, then project ideas can be found HERE.


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Mesa gets $400,000 to help clean up light-rail path
by LRA Real Estate Group | Aug 26, 2014 | 0 comments
courtesy of Maria Polletta, The Republic | azcentral.com9:09 a.m. MST June 6, 2014
Much has been made of the future of Main Street between Mesa Drive and Gilbert Road — the light-rail extension that could boost Mesa's ridership by 4,000 people a day if constructed.
But it's actually its history that's more pressing.
The 1.9-mile swath is peppered with old gas stations and auto shops, which means several of the properties Mesa would own or partially own along the route have been contaminated by petroleum or other pollutants.
Given the extension's potential for revitalization and job creation, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has decided to give Mesa a hand with the necessary cleanup, to the tune of $400,000.
Mesa is one of three Arizona cities recently awarded a Brownfields Assessment grant, which EPA regional administrator Jared Blumenfeld said "allows communities to innovate new ways to retrofit formerly polluted, unused sites for sustainable new uses."
An EPA spokesperson said the agency funded 15 of 31 applications in its Pacific Southwest region and judged recipients based on project feasibility, need, potential benefits to the area, and applicants' community engagement and partnerships.
Mesa Environmental & Sustainability Deputy Director Steve Bouchie stressed that such grants cover the preliminary spadework required to initiate cleanups, not the cleanups themselves. The city has firsthand experience, having received a comparable pair of $200,000 grants in 2011 for the 3.1-mile extension now under construction along Main Street between Sycamore and Mesa Drive.
"Really, the first portion of doing these inquiries is doing some intensive records review, where you're looking at aerial photographs going back 100-plus years, database searches, information both from fire departments and the (Arizona) Department of Environmental Quality, as well as Maricopa County," Bouchie said.
The city's Environmental & Sustainability Division will work with engineers and real-estate experts to identify relevant properties and what needs to be done, while a consultant will handle the records review and any sampling at the sites, he said.
"We try and look at the entire history of the property, because there are really two grants that we have here: One is for hazardous materials, and the other is for petroleum," he said. "Petroleum would (cover) underground storage tanks, shops working on automobiles, that type of thing. … If there were hazardous materials stored on-site, or we're aware of any past violations for hazardous materials, then it'd be the other type."
Though the EPA announced the award in late May, Bouchie said he doesn't expect to have the funding on hand until fall.
Work will begin after that, assuming Mesa has access to all the necessary sites, and likely take about a year.
"(The) next step is looking at how we can get development in the area. Particularly around the transit stations that we'll have," Bouchie said. "We'll be looking at this as a catalyst."


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Schellander ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Georg Schellander, österreichischer Geistlicher und Denkmalpfleger
 Karl Schellander (* 1956), emeritierter Hochschullehrer für Tierzucht und Tierhaltung an der Universität Bonn.
 Meina Schellander (* 1946), österreichische Objektkünstlerin und Malerin der Konzeptkunst
 Ottilie Schellander (1897–1967), österreichische Oberpflegerin und Euthanasiebeteiligte
 Paul Schellander (* 1986), österreichischer Eishockeyspieler
 Robert Schellander (* 1983), österreichischer Fußballspieler


Bra police, or: Should you wear this on a sail boat?
So, yesterday I went sailing around the isle of Manhattan, no it ain't Capri, but what ever, and this 50 foot sail boat had 40 people, so you could say it was a little…PACKED. And I show up in shorts and a tank and this is fine and dandy for sailboat attire, but I look around me and feel a little under dressed. 'cause most all the other ladies around me are well turned out in cute little sundresses. And I'm like, well at least if the wind blows I am perfectly attired …but it didn't much. Then I see this girl, and I'm sorry, but I just don't get that whole bra-strap thing. So I was curious what you all thought about it.
And then, just when I thought all was clear, I looked to my right, and there was a very nice man wearing a not so nice shirt that he must have found in his, well, somewhere…and I'm like, sail us back to Soho. Please.