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Tulsi Gabbard Resigns from DNC to Back Bernie Sanders
Posted Feb 28, 2016 12:47 PM
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Democrats try to expand House battlefield by targeting six more districts New Hampshire's Kuster backs Buttigieg Impeachment managers all represent safe Democratic seats
Gabbard said Sanders knew "how and when we use our military power — and just as importantly, when we don't use that military power." (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced on "Meet the Press" on Sunday that she was stepping down as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee and endorsing Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders for president.
"As a veteran, as a soldier, I've seen firsthand the true cost of war," Gabbard said. "As we look at our choices as to who our next commander-in-chief will be is to recognize the necessity to have a commander-in-chief who has foresight. Who exercises good judgment. Who looks beyond the consequences. Who looks at the consequences of the actions that they are willing to take before they take those actions. So that we don't continue to find ourselves in these failures that have resulted in chaos in the Middle East and so much loss of life," Gabbard said.
When pressed by moderator Chuck Todd about previous statements she's made about a president needing a "military mindset," Gabbard said Sanders has such a mindset. That means, she said, analyzing "how and when we use our military power — and just as importantly, when we don't use that military power."
Sanders, campaigning in Minnesota on Sunday, called Gabbard "one of the important voices of a new generation of leaders" in a statement. "As a veteran of the Iraq War, she understands the cost of war and is fighting to create a foreign policy that not only protects America but keeps us out of perpetual wars that we should not be in."
After calling for more Democratic debates, Gabbard said she was disinvited from the first Democratic primary debate in Nevada last year — a characterization the DNC disputed. "When I signed up to be vice chair of the DNC., no one told me I would be relinquishing my freedom of speech and checking it at the door," Gabbard said at the time.
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In 1919 Clarence married Margaret Alice Newbold in Derby, England.
In 1936 Clarence lived in Woods Street, Beaconsfield and his occupation was carrier.
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Officials pronounced the 56-year-old Caravan driver dead at the scene of the wreck. A 19-year-old male passenger in the van and the Mazda's driver, a 20-year-old Quebec man, both suffered unspecified injuries. Emergency personnel took them to a hospital for treatment.
Officers closed a stretch of Highway 48 between Ravenshoe and Miles roads following the accident. According to the Ontario Provincial Police, the 20-year-old man was charged with careless driving in relation to the crash.
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Sale-Backs in Bankruptcy
Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Vol. 23, No. 2, October 2007
32 Pages Posted: 11 Jan 2007
See all articles by Paul Povel
Paul Povel
University of Houston - Department of Finance, C.T. Bauer College of Business
Rajdeep Singh
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Jan 2007
The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Vol. 23, Issue 3, pp. 710-730, 2007
When bankrupt firms are sold, they are often repurchased by their former owner or manager. These insiders are by default better informed than outsiders about the true value of the firm or its assets, so other potential buyers must worry about overpaying if they win. The presence of insiders may thus have a chilling effect on the bidding. We ask how insiders should be treated in bankruptcy sales: Should they be allowed to submit bids? If so, under what conditions? We derive properties of an optimal sale procedure and show that it must be biased against insiders. Specifically, it should be harder for insiders to win with low bids than for outsiders. We show that the market tests that are routinely required in bankruptcy sales are sub-optimal, since they treat all potential buyers alike and forgo the benefits of biasing the procedure against insiders.
Keywords: Bankruptcy, Liquidation, Chapter 11, Section 363 Sales, Sale-Backs
JEL Classification: G33, G38
Povel, Paul and Singh, Rajdeep, Sale-Backs in Bankruptcy. Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Vol. 23, No. 2, October 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=956211
Paul Povel (Contact Author)
University of Houston - Department of Finance, C.T. Bauer College of Business ( email )
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HOME PAGE: http://www.bauer.uh.edu/povel
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management ( email )
HOME PAGE: http://umn.edu/~rajsingh


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Scenic Road, Ngapala - Not on your Tourist Route.
Monday, Jun 13, 2016 at 18:13
Stephen L (Clare) SA
Scenic Road offer great views from the Bluff Range
Quite often around Australia, many great drives and special features and not on the average tourist drive, and Scenic Road, just north east of the forgotten town of Ngapala is one such small drive.
Recently there was a forum question by a member about the weather conditions and what is there to see and do in the "Clare Valley" in late June. There were a few replies and one caught my eye, posted by member "Cruiser" of the old ruins of the former Julia Creek Police Station, which is not really in the Clare Valley. Cruiser could not remember where he found the old site, but was on one of the back road between Gawler and Mount Bryan. I had seen photos of the ruins before, so I set myself a goal to try and find them myself and to get some images and add it to the "Places" page.
Time to leave the main road and head up Ngapala Road
The good thing about living in a small country area, is that it took me no time at all to find out where the ruins were and after only 3 phone calls, made contact with a local from Ngapala that painted the ceramic tiles for the memorial and was able to give me a first hand account of how this site was officially unveiled back in November 2000. It was during a talk from the Police Historical Society and the history of the area in the late 1990's, that locals were able to give the Police Historical Society details of where the former Police Station was located, as Police records for the area could not locate the exact location. After extensive searching of Police records and other Government documents, it was confirmed that the locals were correct and the memorial was erected.
Boggy Road Intersection and time to head to the memorial site
An old fridge put to good use
Wet weather continued for a few weeks before it fined up enough to head over towards Eudunda and headed to Boggy Road where I knew the memorial was located. With the memorial accurately recorded on my GPS and images of the site, it was time to head home the long way, rather than back on the bitumen roads that I have travelled countless times over the years. From the memorial site, it was north to the small former town of Ngapala and then I made my way in a north easterly direction on Dunstan Road to the intersection aptly named "Scenic Road".
Site of the former 1842 Julia Creek Police Station
The tiles were hand painted by Jim Dunstan of Ngapala
Old ruins on the Ngapala Road
Ngapala Road is an easy road to travel and suitable for all vehicles
Ngapala is an old town that no one ever visits
Running parallel to the top of Bluff Range, Scenic Road my only be a short drive, but the views from the top make up for it. The almost vertical drop off sits over 200 metres above the plains below with uninterrupted views to the north, south and east. Two large Wedge Tail Eagles were making the most of the thermals and glided gracefully above and were the true "Kings" of the sky. Scenic Road may only be dirt, but was in good condition and is capable of being driven by a standard passenger vehicle with low ground clearance, after all I was only driving our VW Golf for the drive and they have no ground clearance at all compared to our Prado. Following the road north you will come to the only other road junction, with Garden Road on your left and Scenic Road ends and the road though Inspiration Point now called Hills Road.
All roads in the area are well signposted
Looking north from Scenic Road along the Bluff Range
If our Golf can travel these roads, so can you in your vehicle
This pair of Wedge Tail Eagles were the true Kings of the sky
Approaching Inspiration Point
Take notice of this Sign
If you are not able to travel down Hill Road, you will have to turn off into Garden Road
Looking down Hill Road from Inspiration Point
.I headed down from Inspiration Point and from Robertson followed more good dirt roads through Emu Downs and Black Springs and back out to Farrell Flat where is was all bitumen back to Clare.
Looking back towards Inspiration Point from Hill Road
Old Church at Black Springs
Country around Black Springs
If you ever in the area near Eudunda and would like to some special scenery that you will not find marked on any map, make your way to Ngapala and follow Scenic Road for some truely inspiring views.
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Moron of the Moment – Gordon Ramsay
That Gordon Ramsay thinks it acceptable to start selling burgers at £80 a pop at a time of economic meltdown confirms him as a cretin
When he was not offensively mouthing off on our telly boxes during the last lockup, Gordon Ramsay spent the summer in Cornwall pissing off permanent residents during the coronavirus lockdown. Now, at a time of complete economic meltdown, this petulant prat and prized pillock has gone one stage further and has announced he's going to sell burgers for the staggeringly stupid sum of £80 each.
Deservedly flung out of Claridge's in February 2013 and responsible for wrecking the late, great Foxtrot Oscar by ripping out its heart and soul in 2007, rotten ratbag Ramsay now ludicrously plans to sell his utterly overpriced bits of beef in a bap in Harrods from the 4th December.
Announcing the plans for 'Gordon Ramsay Burger' on Instagram, the completely out-of-touch with reality chef and all-round cretin stated: "I'm really excited to announce, I'm bringing the Gordon Ramsay Burger to Harrods in Knightsbridge for the first time ever."
The alleged philanderer continued: "Trust me, this is going to be a burger experience like no other as we've really elevated our patties using the most incredible mix of the UK's best cuts of meat."
Chips are not even included in Ramsay's con: They will set you back an extra £8 per portion whilst onion rings can be had for the 'bargain' sum of £7 a pop. Do note, they are at least "beer battered."
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Previously in April, Gordon Ramsay banged on about cooking burgers for frontline NHS workers. How on earth does he think they'd afford his ridiculous £80 a bap offering?
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Barnual November 27, 2020	At	12:24 pm
What has the down turn got to do with A Gordon Ramsey Burger. In the same way Macdonald's sells for £2 Harrods believes they can attract £80. If the public don't like it they will not buy. That is economics not some wretched Guardianista attitude of jealousy to anyone who is successful.
Adam York November 27, 2020	At	12:31 pm
You sound like Marie Antoinette. You effing berk.
Eric Anderson November 27, 2020	At	12:39 pm
Barnual – You entirely miss the point. It's not about jealousy. It's about greed and avarice at a time when ordinary people are going out of business in restaurants. Ramsay thinks he can pull a publicity stunt with this overpriced item that probably costs him less than £5 to make. He thus deserves the criticism. He is a CUNT.
Rod November 27, 2020	At	12:32 pm
Do not send Gordon Ramsay Down Under ever again!!!!!!!!! We don't want the filthy festering turd pestering any more of our Sheilas!!!!!!!!!!! Disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lock him up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ethel November 27, 2020	At	12:35 pm
I have never been able to afford to go to a Gordon Ramsay restaurant. I used to watch his television programmes but he does need a bar of soap visitation. His food is lovely looking and I like his cookery books but as a pensioner of limited means I cannot afford to go to Royal Hospital Road on the bus let alone afford even a hunk of bread there. I could not believe your article – I would say £8 for a burger was expensive but £80 is disgraceful. Gordon should stop this con before it damages his reputation.
Nok November 27, 2020	At	12:42 pm
Any fool can try and sell overpriced items but it takes a special kind of fool to buy them. If he wrapped his burger in gold leaf and charged even more it could become a McMafia must have.
Matthew Steeples November 27, 2020	At	12:44 pm
That's very true, Nok. The fools are the idiots that buy into this man and his centrally cooked rubbish.
I know you well and I know we'd both prefer a fine steak and a Negoni before. And some change.
Simon Brewer November 27, 2020	At	1:23 pm
If someone is prepared to pay for it, fair enough.
Andy Black November 27, 2020	At	1:48 pm
Gordon Ramsay does not cook in his own restaurants very often. He should not have his name on anything. His sauces are made in central kitchens. His business is not a genuine food business, it's just him sticking his name on a load of old shite. It would be a pleasure if coronavirus wiped his business out as he's conned people for too long.
Fred Hanson November 27, 2020	At	1:58 pm
PR stunt.
Dodge November 29, 2020	At	3:36 am
He's just a foul, loud mouth bully boy, I can't believe nobody hasn't stuck a knife in him to date. He obviously has a very restrictive vocabulary when every second word that comes out of his potty mouth, is an expletive. He always acts very brave when somebody does stand up to him on his show. That's obviously because he has half a dozen minders on set behind the camera's. If anybody wants to pay 80 quid for one of his burgers more fool them, and they can have my share. It's all just bull shit and a publicity stunt, a decent burger doesn't cost a 10th of that price.


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eastisbest said:
then we have a right to litter it with small pox laden peace blankets.
The idea here is to avoid territorial wars.
Why would there be territorial wars if Musk's early setters declared themselves an independent polity? Without any oceans there's a lot of room on Mars.
The reality is that almost every colony established off earth will eventually want it's independence. In fact I suspect that once space colonies become practical a lot of groups will emigrate off earth to create the unique societies that they want to live in. The tyranny of not enough room and limited resources may melt away as we expand through the Solar System.
Spouting legal gobbledygook like this author does strikes me as deeply unimaginative and overly legalistic.
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A potentially huge issue in going to and living on Mars may have been overcome:
Scientists say they have come up with a potential way to make oxygen on Mars
While NASA wants to land astronauts on Mars at some point in the 2030s, the high-stakes mission would take years to complete and require more oxygen than a spacecraft could carry. Scientists say they might have found a solution.
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I actually watched a TV program this week that talked about MOXIE and its potential. It's definitely a start in solving the oxygen problem on Mars...or rather lack-of-oxygen.
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Well this sucks but then again no one said it would be easy:
Video: SpaceX rocket prototype explodes on landing
SpaceX's rocket prototype Starship SN8 exploded on its first attempt landing from a highly anticipated "hop" on Wednesday afternoon. The rocket launched from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas facility near the Gulf Coast just after 4:30 p.m. CST. Video posted to social media shows the fiery explosion...
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President Reagan, after the Challenger disaster, "The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave."
Two things for sure: 1.) There will be more setbacks on our drive to put humans on Mars, and
2.) Like him or not, Elon Musk has giant balls. Kudos.
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well if you plug up the a$$ end on landing, of course it's going to blow. What's the plan there?
That was a cool maneuver though, until the end.
You have to think they go in knowing there's a very high probability of it not working the first time. They'll get it. But 2025 is still extremely optimistic
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They certainly seemed happy about it all. Maybe they had an insurance write off, lol.
When the first shuttle went up, a few of us were huddled in a lab around a small tv. It started to roll, hearts went into sleeves. We didn't know it was supposed to do that. Same when SpaceX went vertical. Didn't mess either. Boom right to it. Just like in the 50s movies.
I think they're happy because it almost worked which at this stage of the R&D is amazing. Musk & SpaceX have never been afraid of learning from failure. In fact it's in their DNA. Here's an explanation of why this was a big win for SpaceX with some great pictures to boot:
Starship flies!
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The flight left several impressions. First, this design is viable. Though we are still looking at a prototype, it is one that works.
Second, the ship appeared to lumber into space, almost slowly. This was partly an illusion because of its size. Nonetheless, it reminded me of the 747, which always flew magnificently but with what seemed like a measured attitude. Starship appeared similar.
Third, the systems for controlling the ship on its return through the atmosphere appeared to work as intended. Though SpaceX obviously has a lot more work to do to achieve an orbital return, they have made a magnificent start.
And they have gotten this far in only two years, for less than $2 billion. Compare that to NASA and Boeing and their SLS, which is half a decade behind schedule and will likely cost $30 billion once launched.
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Do you know how I know this guy is a crackpot? Because he claims that the government is hiding alien contact from us because we couldn't handle it. I suspect that we would handle alien contact better then we handled covid. We have been prepared through the pop culture to expect aliens to land any day now. Books, movies, TV shows and every meme imaginable tell us they're either here or coming soon.
Former Israeli space security chief says aliens exist, humanity not ready
This "Galactic Federation" has supposedly been in contact with Israel and the US for years, but are keeping themselves a secret to prevent hysteria until humanity is ready.
www.jpost.com
Definitely BS. No one should take this crackpot's claims seriously.
We all know the secret underground base is on Venus, not Mars.
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I like this view of the landing.
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The story out of Israel has to be BS because there's no way anyone or any E.T. being would have been able to stop Trump from running his mouth about the existence of E.T.s and our supposed contact and relations with them.
if this were true though, we would have gotten perhaps the most entertaining press conference of all-time from Trump with his way of describing things, and every mainstream media outlet would have gone absolutely bonkers over Trump of all people breaking such news to the world.
Sidenote, I read "galactic federation" and immediately thought of the trade federation aliens from Star Wars.
Either life could never have developed on our nearest stellar neighbor given it's rather rough "weather" or it developed and is tough as nails.
The First Weather Report From Our Closest Star Is In, And It's Bad News For Life
We already had a bit of an inkling that our nearest stellar neighbour might be an inhospitable place. In 2017, red dwarf Proxima Centauri was caught belching out a colossal flare 10 times more powerful than the largest eruptions from the Sun, dampeni
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Most the stars in our galaxy are red dwarfs. Red dwarf star systems are not the most likely candidate for life, although not theoretically impossible. They are small, cool, temperamental, violent stars with likely tidally locked planets in the habitable zone. Even the light's color would be different....some experts think if life evolved in a red dwarf system, the "plants" would be almost black, not green, due to the reddish light. A truly strange world.
The next two closest stars, the binary Alpha Centauri star system, seem more likely. Both stars are main sequence, yellow stars and similar size to our Sun. How easy is it for life on planets of a binary star system to develop and evolve? Or does it even matter that it's a binary star system? IDK.
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Yeah, definitely BS, but a part of me really wants this to be true lol
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Yea me to. Which is why whenever I hear that the government is hiding this kind of stuff from us I laugh because I suspect most people would be thrilled by a visit.
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First, I have a hard time believing aliens visited Earth without us having more more obvious and conspicuous evidence. "Look everybody, a strange light in the sky!" or "I swear aliens abducted me and then probed me!" or "I have a blurry photo that looks like a disc!" does not count as evidence.
Second, I have a hard time believing that aliens could visit Earth without having totally devastating or extremely damaging consequences to our species. They could be an alpha predator or they could be so far advanced they wouldn't care about us at all or they could bring deadly pathogens or they could just want to experiment on us and so on.
But, on the other hand, who knows? All we know is how life on Earth behaves. Maybe aliens would be different. Your guess is as good as mine.
could have landed in San Fran and thought someone had beat them here.
Tonight season 5 of the fantastic science fiction series The Expanse premiers on Amazon.
I've read all the books and watched all the episodes to date and I think that this series does a great job of conveying what a possible future solar system civilization would look like. And it's entertaining as hell.
This season is based on one of the best books in the series.
The Expanse Started out on the SciFi channel and after 3 years was cancelled only to be picked up Bezos and Amazon. It was one of Bezos favorite shows so he kept it alive.
One word of warning to those that decide to start at the beginning and watch The Expanse. The first 3 episodes are slow and a bit confusing as they introduce you to all the characters and plot lines. However from episode 4 on you will be increasingly captivated by the story and presentation. My guess is that most people who visit this thread will like this series.
!!!! You should post that on the stream thread.
A solar system with a Planet X orbit?
Hubble pins down weird exoplanet with far-flung orbit that behaves like the long-sought 'Planet Nine'
A planet in an unlikely orbit around a double star 336 light-years away may offer a clue to a mystery much closer to home: A hypothesized, distant body in our solar system dubbed "Planet Nine."
Mind blowingly far away:
The farthest galaxy in the universe
A team of astronomers used the Keck I telescope to measure the distance to an ancient galaxy. They deduced the target galaxy GN-z11 is not only the oldest galaxy but also the most distant. It's so distant it defines the very boundary of the observable universe itself. The team hopes this study...
"From previous studies, the galaxy GN-z11 seems to be the farthest detectable galaxy from us, at 13.4 billion light years, or 134 nonillion kilometers (that's 134 followed by 30 zeros)," said Kashikawa. "But measuring and verifying such a distance is not an easy task."
"Nonillion" - It's fun to learn a new word
Maybe it's not the planet but what lives on the planet?
Astronomers detect possible radio emission from exoplanet
By monitoring the cosmos with a radio telescope array, a Cornell University-led international team of scientists has detected radio bursts emanating from the constellation Boötes. The signal could be the first radio emission collected from a planet beyond our solar system.
After further analysis, scientists have discovered the radio emission was just an garbled reflection of the WKRP Turkey episode. They still have not been able to rule out alien involvement in the broadcast
Damn, the jokes write themselves!
Uranus blasted a gas bubble 22,000 times bigger than Earth
Last year, while combing through NASA's archives, two planetary scientists noticed something earlier analyses had overlooked—a blip in Uranus's magnetic field as the spacecraft cruised through a magnetic bubble of sorts. The new result, which appeared last summer in Geophysical Research Letters...
www.popsci.com
Researchers have spotted them pinching off from various planets, but the magnetic belch Voyager 2 sailed through was a first for Uranus. "We expected that Uranus would likely have plasmoids; however, we didn't know exactly what they would look like," DiBraccio says.
Now that they've caught one red handed, she says it looks quite similar to those seen leaking from Saturn or Jupiter but stealing away relatively more mass. (This plasmoid formed a cylinder roughly 22,000 times larger than Earth).
Doing double duty - a probe designed to study the sun will get a close look at Venus on the way:
Hello, Venus! Solar Orbiter spacecraft makes first swing past planet
The joint U.S.-European Solar Orbiter spacecraft had an appointment with Venus this morning, the first in a series of planetary flybys to hone the probe's orbit on its journey to the sun.
www.space.com
File this under things that make your head explode:
Ripples in space-time could provide clues to missing components of the universe
There's something a little off about our theory of the universe. Almost everything fits, but there's a fly in the cosmic ointment, a particle of sand in the infinite sandwich. Some scientists think the culprit might be gravity—and that subtle ripples in the fabric of space-time could help us...
A new paper co-authored by a University of Chicago scientist lays out how this might work. Published Dec. 21 in Physical Review D, the method depends on finding such ripples that have been bent by traveling through supermassive black holes or large galaxies on their way to Earth.
The trouble is that something is making the universe not only expand, but expand faster and faster over time—and no one knows what it is. (The search for the exact rate is an ongoing debate in cosmology).
Some more mind numbing astrophysics:
The Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) is home to many interdisciplinary projects which benefit from the synergy of a wide range of expertise available at the institute. One such project is the study of black holes that could have formed in the early...


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1 Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (1991)
You don't have to live in the L.A. sunshine, dress like the Fresh Prince or even remember the '90s especially well to recognise this song as the ultimate summer jam. Delivered by '90s hip-hop pop heroes Will Smith (who always seems to be in the UAE) and DJ Jazzy Jeff (who plays regularly in the clubs of Dubai), this dreamy ode to the fairest of the seasons checks off pretty much every summer essential, from shooting hoops on the street, to dancing at a barbecue – but the real joy of Summertime is that it's so easy. "Time to sit back and unwind," trill the breezy singers at the chorus. We thought you'd never ask. Pass us the suncream.
2 Summer in the City by The Lovin' Spoonful (1966)
The Lovin' Spoonful begins its brilliant rock portrait of urban mood swings in a prelude of pent-up anticipation. Three quick pullbacks on the musical slingshot, each followed by a bang of drums like a backfiring car—and then it's straight into the fast lane, with hard-driving verses that barely come up for air. In tautly evocative language, the song evokes a Jekyll and Hyde portrait of a city split into sweltering days ("All around, people looking half dead / Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head") and cool, exhilarating nights. Real street sounds (car horns, a pneumatic drill) add texture to the midsong musical interlude, which lets the song catch its breath before launching back to the urgent rhythms it renders so urgently.
3 Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (1957)
Summertime is a gorgeous lie. As written by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward for the seminal 1935 American folk opera Porgy & Bess, it's a lullaby sung by a poor young mother in the slums of South Carolina, assuring her child of a tranquil world that is nowhere around them. (Fish don't jump on Catfish Row, and the living sure isn't easy.) Originally sung in a classical soprano range, Summertime has been reinvented in many modes, including Janis Joplin's achingly desperate 1968 account. But it's hard to beat the warm, soothing version that Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong recorded for their 1957 Porgy & Bess album. Curled in the warm voices of these peerless vocalists, you're transported to a gentler place.
4 Summer Breeze by Seals and Crofts (1972)
Nothing says summer like a little harmony-driven folk-pop, and this 1972 AM Gold staple epitomizes that mini movement about as well as any track we could name. We're not sure what Jim Seals and Dash Crofts were getting at when they sang of the "jasmine in my mind", but there's no resisting the bittersweet tug of this tune, covered by everyone from Cincinnati soul faves the Isley Brothers to '90s goth-metal masters Type O Negative.
5 The Boys of Summer by Don Henley (1984)
Maybe the most wrenching of all the "Where did we go wrong?" baby-boomer anthems, this 1984 triumph finds the Eagles kit man mourning not just the summer love that got away but the dashed ideals of an entire generation. Some might chuckle at those synthetic seagull caws and dated drum-machine tones, but anyone who claims not to feel a chill when Henley recounts seeing "a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac" probably needs a pulse check. This is beachside existentialism 101.
6 Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran (1958)
"I'm a gonna raise a fuss, I'm a gonna raise a holler," Eddie Cochran sings in this ode to the pressures of summertime unemployment and its pressures. The Who would go on to record a titanic cover live at Leeds, while Blue Cheer's crunchy version amounted to nascent heavy metal, but the original has a rockabilly twang all its own.
7 Rockaway Beach by the Ramones (1977)
If ever there was a surf tune that catered to the punk soul, the Ramones' 1977 classic Rockaway Beach is it. Penned by bassist Dee Dee Ramone, the only proclaimed "beachgoer" of the group (yes, the thought of tight leather trousers on the sand makes us laugh too), this tune channels the Beach Boys but does it Ramones-style: amped-up and rambunctious.
8 Cruel Summer by Bananarama (1983)
To any fan of The Karate Kid – in which this icily funky 1983 dance-pop hit soundtracked Daniel LaRusso's disastrous attempt to fit in at his new high school, Cruel Summer will forever symbolize those sweltering days when the sun's beating down and you just can't catch a break. To everyone else, it's a ready-made anthem for whatever warm-weather blues you might have.
9 Hot Fun in the Summertime by Sly and the Family Stone (1969)
Released in August 1969, Hot Fun in the Summertime by funk trailblazers Sly and the Family Stone dropped at the height of the band's career, after its legendary performance at Woodstock earlier that summer. It even landed the group the No. 2 spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, as well as No. 3 on the Billboard soul charts in the autumn of 1969. And how could it not? The song's happy-go-lucky melody, coupled with frontman Sly Stone's soulful tone, makes for a tune that perfectly encapsulates the mood of every summertime to come in a just a two-and-a-half-minute time span.
10 Lovely Day by Bill Withers (1977)
Sun, rain or hurricane, it doesn't matter what the weather is doing, cue up this classic gem from revered soul man Bill Withers and you'll agree that it is indeed a lovely day. Fun fact: Near the end of the song, Withers holds a single note for 18 seconds, which is purportedly the longest note in a US Top 40 single in history. We can only assume the tune's inescapable buoyancy is what lifted him to such a feat.
11 That Summer Feelin' by Jonathan Richman (1984)
No one does wistful nostalgia and pure, unadulterated joy quite like Jonathan Richman, the reformed punk man turned wide-eyed purveyor of childlike wonder. Still, there's a knowing edge to Richman's recollections: "That summer feeling's gonna haunt you the rest of your life."
12 Dancing in the Street by Martha and the Vandellas (1964)
An exuberant call to action co-written by a young Marvin Gaye (who also played drums on the recording). In this case, summer that brings a sense of love: an occasion for people "across the nation" and "around the world" to join in celebration. This democratic attitude took on civil-rights overtones when Dancing in the Street was appropriated as an unofficial anthem of the 1965 Watts riots in Los Angeles. But Martha Reeves insisted that it was not intended in that spirit. "It was a party song," she said, and whatever else it might have become, no one can argue with that.
13 Wipe Out by the Surfaris (1963)
A high-pitched laugh, a drum fill that inspired thousands of kids to annoy parents at the dinner table and an instantly recognizable guitar riff: This is how you start a song. Interestingly, Wipe Out was originally penned as a last-minute B-side – only to became arguably the most recognizable surf-rock cut ever. And 56 years after its release, it still sounds like incredible fun. Turn it on, turn it up and get ready to chill out.
14 Sunny Afternoon by the Kinks (1966)
This is 1966 anthem is probably the only tune on the list that doubles as a tongue-in-cheek protest against high progressive taxation: "The taxman's taken all my dough, and left me in my stately home," sighs Ray Davies's bon vivant narrator, adding, "And I can't sail my yacht, he's taken everything I've got." Wry and funny. Sunny Afternoon is also one seriously good summer tune. From its languid melodies to Davies's hypnotic vocals, when we listen this it immediately makes us want to be "lazin' on a sunny afternoon in the summertime."
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4. Due to increased listings, properties under $400,000 are more available as condominium apartments than single-family homes.
5. Statistics display that now is the time to buy due to lower prices and greater inventory though buying a condominium will have a better price than single-family houses for sale.
The residential resale housing market posted some strong November activity by encompassing 1,782 units, a 3% increase over last years and nearly 13% above long term averages. According to CREB® chief economist Ann-Marie Lurie "Relative to other major centers, economic growth in Calgary remains one of the strongest in the country. Employment opportunities and relatively higher wages have encouraged people to move here, supporting the demand growth in our housing sector." That statement shows that Calgary is "the" place to live in! With jobs growing and the economy here prospering the most out of the whole country, there is no reason not to invest in the Calgary real estate market.
On the other hand, new Calgary real estate listings are outgrowing the sales here which are supporting a 22% year-over-year rise in November inventories to 3,849 units. Though inventories have recorded significant gains, they are below long-term averages for the month. Here is what CREB® president Bill Kirk had to say about the situation. "Over the past year, inventories have been low in the city, limiting some of the choice for consumers. While availability in specific segments and price ranges vary, on the whole, the recent rise in inventories will be welcome news for many buyers." So we see there weren't many options to choose from in the past when it came to buying real estate, so this surplus in Calgary real estate listings really expands the types of properties available with better prices for buyers.
Like previous months, November saw double-digit growth in year-to-date sales for all property types. The strongest gains in growth were in Calgary condominium apartments and townhouse sectors which had a combined growth of over 19%. When comparing year-to-date sales figures, both condominium sectors are at record levels. CREB® president Bill Kirk states "Overall, buyers looking for product under $400,000 will find more options in the condominium sector because supply levels have improved. In the single-family sector, however, declining supply in that same price range has created much tighter market conditions in that segment." There you see it is easier to find condominiums at an affordable range, than it is to find single-family houses for sale in Calgary. Single-family sales totaled 1,181 units in November, a 1% year-over-year decline. Meanwhile, year-to-date activity totaled 16,481 units, a 6.2% increase over the previous year. In comparison, new listings increased 5.9% to 23,207 units over the same time frame. November also showed moderate growth in single-family unadjusted benchmark prices, totaling $511,300 which is an 8.7% increase over 2013. While year-over-year price gains remain strong, price growth has slowed from the double-digit rates posted earlier in the year.
Meanwhile, unadjusted benchmark prices for Calgary condos and townhouses totaled a respective $300,700 and $338,600. Like the single-family Calgary housing sector, both condominium sectors have seen price growth gradually ease from double-digit levels in this real estate market. However, it was only this past June and September that saw condominium apartments and Calgary townhouses price recover from previous highs.
As you can see, more listings have given way to better pricing. Though single-family homes can be more expensive, if you're looking for property under the $400,000 range in Calgary, condos are the way to go. To see homes available in Calgary at various prices to match your budget, use the form to the right of this article and see what I have to offer. In addition you can view my latest listings of Calgary real estate or peruse the Calgary MLS for various types of properties.


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Chris Isaak concert review- 11-17-12 Lexington, KY
Our friend Jen caught Chris Isaak's show in Lexington, KY recently and we asked for a full report. There's still time to catch Chris on his current tour. If you're trying to decide whether to go, Jen's account will help convince you to get out to see a show. Here's her review of the night:
17 years. That's how long it had been since I last saw Chris Isaak in concert. He took me by total surprise then – that was a free concert in the park hosted by a local radio station, and featuring Human League, Chris Isaak and Duran Duran. I came to see Duran Duran…but Chris Isaak stole the show and my heart! I never forgot the fun of that night, the great music, and the stage full of girls brought up from the audience to dance to "Diddley Daddy".
So here I am, 2012, ticket in hand to see Chris Isaak perform at the University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts. He's still touring his 13th album, Beyond the Sun (released in 2011), a loving tribute to the rockabilly artists of Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, who have influenced him since he was a kid listening to his parents' record collection while growing up in Stockton, California.
I was excited to have a 5th row seat, but even more so when I actually found my seat and saw how close I was to the stage! The opening act was a local group from Lexington, Coralee and the Townies, whose self-described "honky-tonk soul" sound was a perfect compliment to the night ahead. Coralee was adorable and animated as she belted out song after song with energy, backed by a tight group of talented musicians. Really a great sound to get the audience revved up!
Finally it was time. The lights lowered to blue, with intro music building to a frenzy, as the band, Silvertone (Rowland Salley, bass; Scotty Plunkett, keyboards; Kenney Dale Johnson, drums; Rafael Padilla, percussion; Hershel Yatovitz, guitar) took their positions on stage. And then… Chris Isaak – tall, lean, tanned, perfect pompadour, and looking much younger than his 56 years of age – walked onto the stage, the spotlight dancing off the sparkles of his black suit. He and his bandmates exchanged hand-slaps as the crowd leapt to their feet in wild applause. Just that quick the lights flashed bright as the band kicked into "American Boy" followed by the surf-twang of "Blue Hotel".
When you go to a Chris Isaak show, it's more than just a music concert. From his shining Nudie-style suits, to his banter and self-deprecating jokes with the band, to his walk-through around the theater, shaking hands and sitting on ladies' laps ("Heavy, aren't I?") Chris is a true showman.
"I want to thank you all for coming out tonight to support live music," he says, then adds, "because if you didn't I'd be walking around Lexington in a sequined suit with nothing to do."
"I don't know if anyone told you not to take pictures, but go ahead and take all the pictures you want. I didn't get dressed up like this for nothing," he winked.
The first part of the show was all Chris Isaak, featuring favorites like "San Francisco Days", "Somebody's Crying", "Dancin'" and "Notice the Ring" (one of my faves!). His 1991 breakthrough hit "Wicked Game" still raises a collective sigh from the women in the audience with the first notes of the guitar's longing, lusty twang. The driving bass of "Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing" had everyone dancing, as Chris joked about finding love for his lonely bass player, and inviting ladies from the audience on stage to dance around him.
Next was like a show within a show, as the pace slowed some with Chris singing Elvis Presley's "Doin' the Best I Can" and telling us of the influence the songs from Sun Studios have had on him, as the crew deftly turned the stage into a Memphis Recording Studio space, with a neon sign, Scotty Plunkett's piano, and Rowland Salley playing upright bass. Chris kicked it up with Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" as the audience sang along. Then Chris told the story of Carl Perkins' song, "Dixie Fried":
"Kenney, tell these people here why this song was banned from the radio."
"Well, Chris, I heard that, much like yourself, he used to wear those effeminate girly looking suits…"
"No Kenney, that's not why it was banned… And I want you to know, there's nothing effeminate about this suit. Your most macho athletes … you know, your figure skaters… they wear suits just like this."
The audience roared with laughter as Chris and the band got "Dixie Fried", then slowed things down again with a beautiful version of "Can't Help Falling in Love" that rivals anything done by Elvis himself. Chris finished this part of the show with a rocking version of Jimmy Wages' "Miss Pearl"("This song is about a bad woman, who leaves a trail of broken hearts and hickies wherever she goes."), then right into Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" with Scotty Plunkett's piano erupting in 'flames'. The crowd went wild as Chris and the band raised their arms and waved a thank you before exiting the stage.
We knew the night wasn't over yet, though, as the stage crew, in lights lowered to blue again, whisked away the studio setting. The band entered and took their places again, as Hershel Yatovitz tore into the surf-inspired instrumental "Super Magic". Enter Chris Isaak again, now dressed in his famous encore suit covered entirely in mirrors, stopping to give the audience an eyeful as they snapped away on their camera phones, then blowing a kiss to his fans, hamming it up for all its worth. As the drums beat, the guitars sang, and Chris began, "Pretty woman, walking down the street…" a giant inflatable pinup girl appeared in the background, bouncing to the beat of the song. They finished the night with the soulful, swinging "Big Wide Wonderful World". As the audience cheered, Chris held his guitar high in the air with the message "Thanks A Lot" in letters on the back.
As I gathered my things, heart racing from the excitement of the evening, I knew that sometimes Chris and his band meet with fans after the show, before they leave for the next city. As I walked outside, I heard the low rumble of an idling engine of a very large vehicle… I followed the sound to find the tour bus and a handful of fans waiting. As I neared the crowd I recognized Rowland Salley first, talking, posing for photos and scribbling autographs. I then saw Kenney, Scotty and Hershel also talking with fans. I approached Rowland, who was so kind and smiled so warmly, but I was so overwhelmed I could barely utter how wonderful the show was. Next I chatted with Kenney, who was so relaxed and funny it immediately put me at ease, and I felt as if I were talking with an old friend.
with drummer Kenney Dale Johnson
Then I turned around… and there HE was: Chris Isaak, looking even more handsome up close. I almost forgot I was wearing a little jacket I'd designed, in homage to Chris himself and his sparkly suits – I lettered his name in sequins on the lapels, and across the back copied his caricature from the album "Mr. Lucky" and added a sequined guitar, hearts and scattered rhinestones. I had felt a little conspicuous in it all evening, until that moment, when Chris turned and fixed his gaze on me, and I could see his eyes curiously studying my jacket.
"I made this for you!" I beamed.
"You did??" he smiled. A HUGE smile, clearly appreciative that I would go to such effort. As I turned around so he could see the back he said, "That is so cool! I wish I had seen that – I would have brought you on stage to dance! The next show you come to, wear that and I will!" I made him promise, and he agreed.
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Chris also was just as warm and relaxed as could be, and listened intently as I told him that this show was a birthday present to myself, and how long I'd wanted to see him perform. He wished me a happy birthday, and put his arm around my shoulder for a photo.
The whole evening was fantastic – and all the months building up to that evening were well worth the wait. Never again will I let 17 years slip by before I see Chris Isaak in concert again! There are only a few shows left to this tour, so if you've never seen his show before and he's coming to your area, do yourself a favor and buy a ticket! You can see the list of events at chrisisaak.com/events
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Raging Against The Dying Of The FA Cup from twohundredpercent
Aging can be difficult to come to terms with, both in oneself and with others in our lives. There comes a point in your relationship with anyone when you might well look at them and think, "Things can and will never be the same again." It's a thought that is both profound and frightening, and I've been feeling it about the FA Cup this season. To be fair to myself, I've lasted longer than many, if not most. Though I've become as tired and jaded as the rest of the world with the media's almost cynical spinning of the "romance" and "magic" tropes that are now starting to hang around the competition's neck like a lexicographical albatross, I have done my utmost to try to hang onto the notion that there is something worth clinging onto here.
How much of that, however, is just me raging against the dying of the light? Like a good number of other people who were born in north London in the early 1970s, the FA Cup has a disproportionately special place in my psychological make-up. Never mind the fact that they needed a replay on each occasion and might easily have lost either if not both matches, Spurs winning the FA Cup twice in a row slap bang in the middle of my formative years as a football supporters have, especially when coupled with a hearty interest in the non-league game, proved to be highly determinative in terms of my personality as a football supporter, and even though the professional game has moved away from the FA Cup, I've spent a decade and a half, may be two decades, seeking to defend it against a steadily growing group of detractors.
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Puerto Rico Debt Law Could Apply to US Virgin Islands
A US law passed to address Puerto Rico's debt crisis could apply retroactively to the US Virgin Islands, another heavily indebted US territory. The US Virgin Islands has higher debt-per-person levels than Puerto Rico and ratings agencies downgraded its debt to "junk" status in December. The Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act became law in June and includes language allowing the government of the US Virgin Islands to opt into the law.
"People in the Virgin Islands are facing some of the same challenges that the people of Puerto Rico face," noted Eric LeCompte, executive director of the religious development coalition Jubilee USA. LeCompte testified to Congress and to Puerto Rico's oversight board on Puerto Rico's debt crisis. "What happens over the next few months with Puerto Rico will impact how other US territories deal with financial crisis."
Virgin Islands officials opposed last summer's Puerto Rico debt crisis legislation for fear that it could make it more difficult for the territory to borrow money. The territory has just over 100,000 residents compared to Puerto Rico's 3.5 million but owes $2.4 billion in debt, or $23,000 per person.
Territory officials want Congress to amend federal law to treat territories and states equally on tax and health care issues. The Puerto Rico legislation created a Congressional task force to examine those issues. The task force released a report in December recommending that Congress pass many of those changes.
"There are some immediate steps Congress can take to help the Virgin Islands," stated LeCompte, who serves on United Nations expert groups on debt and finance. "Ultimately, the Virgin Islands will need to restructure its debt."
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Israeli Forces Bomb Gaza Hours After Killing 9 Palestinians at a Refugee Camp
"Israel's horrific colonial violence must end," said the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
Israeli forces launched their latest bombing campaign in the occupied Gaza Strip early Friday morning just hours after killing at least nine Palestinians in a raid on a West Bank refugee camp—resulting in the deadliest single day in the besieged territory in more than a year.
The airstrikes came after the Israeli army said two rockets fired from Gaza were intercepted by Israel's missile defense system.
No injuries or deaths have been reported from the Israeli strikes as of this writing, but Al Jazeeranoted that the country's warplanes hit the al-Maghazi refugee camp in the center of Gaza with its early Friday bombing, which caused infrastructure damage and power outages.
At least 14 missiles were fired by Israeli fighter jets Friday morning.
"We didn't sleep the whole night, bombing and missiles," 50-year-old Gaza resident Abdallah Al-Husary toldReuters. "There is worry and there is fear, any minute a war can happen. With any clash in the West Bank, there can be war along the borders in Gaza."
Israeli forces have killed at least 30 Palestinians so far this year under the far-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has elevated virulently anti-Palestinian figures to top posts, including national security minister.
Last year, according to data gathered by Middle East Eye, Israeli forces killed more Palestinians in the West Bank—at least 220 people—than in any year since the Second Intifada.
"Israel's horrific colonial violence must end," the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights said in response to the fresh round of bombing.
Friday's attack on Gaza could be the first of many to come, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant suggested Friday. As the Associated Pressreported, Gallant "instructed the military to prepare for new strikes in the Gaza Strip 'if necessary.'"
The burst of violence by the Israeli military drew a muted international response.
According toAl Jazeera, the United Arab Emirates, China, and France have requested a closed-door United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday to discuss the situation.
"While Palestinian deaths mount, the international response to Israel's violations consists of little more than timid condemnation at best, and unconditional support at worst."
Vedant Patel, a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, said during a press briefing Thursday that the Biden administration is "deeply concerned by the escalating cycle of violence in the West Bank."
"I want to underscore the urgent need for all parties to de-escalate, to prevent further loss of civilian life, and to work together to improve the security situation in the West Bank," Patel added. "Palestinians and Israelis equally deserve to live safely and securely."
Following the deadly Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp, the Palestinian Authority suspended a security cooperation agreement with Israel.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to visit the Middle East starting Sunday, with planned trips to Egypt, Israel, and the West Bank. Axiosreported that CIA Director Bill Burns "arrived in Tel Aviv on Thursday for visits to Israel and the occupied West Bank, where he is expected to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders and his counterparts on both sides."
Philip Luther, Middle East and North Africa research and advocacy director at Amnesty International, condemned the international community for continually refusing to act in the face of Israel's unending violence against Palestinians.
"For almost a year, Jenin refugee camp has been at the center of Israel's escalating military crackdown," Luther said in a statement Thursday. "Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot dead in the camp last May, and its residents continue to be subjected to relentless military raids which amount to collective punishment."
"Meanwhile, Israel continues to enjoy total impunity for the system of apartheid it imposes on Palestinians—a system which is partly maintained through violations like unlawful killings," Luther added. "While Palestinian deaths mount, the international response to Israel's violations consists of little more than timid condemnation at best, and unconditional support at worst. Today's bloodshed is a reminder of the cost of this shameful inaction—until there is accountability, deadly attacks against Palestinians across the occupied Palestinian territories will continue."
After Windfall Profits, Chevron Set to Buy Back $75 Billion in Shares
"Chevron should not be doing $75 billion in stock buybacks while price gouging American families and accelerating the climate crisis," said one critic.
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Climate and consumer advocates reacted angrily Thursday to Chevron's announcement of a planned $75 billion stock buyback amid record profits and a worsening planetary emergency exacerbated by the continued extraction and burning of fossil fuels.
California-based Chevron said Wednesday it would start buying back shares on April 1, and that the new repurchase will be three times the size of the last one, which began in 2019. Bloombergnotes that the new buyback is equivalent to nearly a quarter of Chevron's market value.
"Companies like Chevron are doing absolutely massive stock buybacks after price gouging working families for over a year," tweeted Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-181). "Then these same companies will come back hat-in-hand begging for more tax breaks and tax cuts."
Brian Vickers, a business administration professor at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma, tweeted, "I kept saying gas price increases were straight-up price gouging and not indicative of the price of oil, and here's all the proof I was right."
\u201cAfter decimating Indigenous groups in the Amazon and evading a $9.5 billion pollution judgement in Ecuador, @Chevron is now reporting a $75 billion buyback of its own stock. How the rich get richer while the poor die.\n\nThis company should lose its license to operate.\u201d
— Steven Donziger (@Steven Donziger) 1674760480
The Biden administration—which despite a worsening climate emergency has been pressing oil companies to increase production to keep gas prices down—denounced Chevron's planned buyback.
"For a company that claimed not too long ago that it was 'working hard' to increase oil production, handing out $75 billion to executives and wealthy shareholders sure is an odd way to show it," White House spokesperson Abdullah Hasan said in response to news of the buyback.
Thursday's announcement came as Chevron, BP, ExxonMobil, Shell, and TotalEnergies are set to announce a record $199 billion in collective 2022 profits, 50% higher than the previous record set over a decade ago, according to Bloomberg.
\u201cNEWSFLASH: Chevron should not be doing *$75 BILLION* in stock buybacks while price gouging American families and accelerating the climate crisis.\u201d
— Climate Power (@Climate Power) 1674755389
Chevron's $11.2 billion third-quarter profit last year was its second-highest on record and nearly double the $6.1 billion it reported during the same period in 2021.
Reacting to Chevron's impending buyback, biogeochemist and Earth sciences professor Gabriel Filippelli said "so much is wrong about this."
"Record profits for Chevron and the [Biden] administration is mad that they don't pump that into more drilling?" he asked. "They should pump it into more renewables and a real divestment strategy to stop producing their deadly product."
On Wednesday, U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) reintroduced the Fair and Transparent Gas Prices Act, which the lawmakers argue "would give the Federal Trade Commission the tools it needs to investigate unfair practices, provide market transparency, and prevent price gouging by Big Oil and gas companies."
\u201cBig Oil is making record profits, while Nevadans still have some of the highest gas prices in the country. I see it every time I fill up my tank.\n\nMy bill will investigate Big Oil for price gouging and work to stop any unfair practices hurting Nevadans.\nhttps://t.co/bT3Qv1m5kx\u201d
— Senator Cortez Masto (@Senator Cortez Masto) 1674745500
Last March, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) introduced legislation that would tax excess oil company profits and use the proceeds to pay American households a quarterly rebate. That same month in the Senate Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the Ending Corporate Greed Act, which would impose a 95% tax on the windfall profits of major companies.
President Joe Biden has threatened to back a windfall profits tax on Big Oil unless companies ramp up production, but has not yet done so.
Georgia's GOP Gov. Signs Order to Prep National Guard for Police Brutality Protests
While the move comes after law enforcement in Georgia killed a "Cop City" protester, one official said it is a "purely precautionary" measure before the anticipated release of video footage from an arrest in Tennessee.
Jessica Corbett
Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency through at least February 9 that will enable him to deploy up to 1,000 National Guard troops "as necessary."
The order follows protests in Atlanta after 26-year-old forest defender Manuel "Tortuguita" Teran was shot dead last week during a multi-agency raid on an encampment to oppose construction of Cop City, a nearby law enforcement training center. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), which is investigating the case, has said Teran was killed after he shot and wounded a state trooper.
While the order begins by stating that "protests turned violent in downtown Atlanta" last Saturday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitutionreported that Kemp's aides signaled that the move was not about the Cop City demonstrations but rather in anticipation of any potential response to video footage from Memphis, Tennessee showing the arrest of Black motorist Tyre Nichols.
\u201cGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp is calling up to 1,000 National Guard troops & declaring a state of emergency until Feb 9, a week after police killed forest defender Tortuguita. 12 Cop City opponents were charged with domestic terrorism since. Tomorrow the Tyre Nichols video comes out.\u201d
— Alleen Brown (@Alleen Brown) 1674766682
As Common Dreamsreported earlier Thursday, five fired Memphis cops were charged with second-degree murder and other crimes related to Nichols' death. Footage of the 29-year-old's arrest is expected to be released sometime after 6:00 pm local time on Friday.
"We understand the executive order is purely precautionary based on possible unrest following the release of the videos from Memphis," an official in Georgia with direct knowledge of the situation told the AJC. "There are no immediate intentions to deploy the guard."
The Atlanta Police Department also mentioned the Memphis case in a statement Thursday:
We are closely monitoring the events in Memphis and are prepared to support peaceful protests in our city. We understand and share in the outrage surrounding the death of Tyre Nichols. Police officers are expected to conduct themselves in a compassionate, competent, and constitutional manner and these officers failed Tyre, their communities, and their profession. We ask that demonstrations be safe and peaceful.
In a series of tweets Thursday, the Atlanta Community Press Collective named several people killed by law enforcement in recent years and suggested that Kemp's order is about "trying to instill fear in anyone who stands up against police brutality."
\u201cKemp's declaration of a State of Emergency isn't about property damage at Saturday's protests at all. It's about police murdering #TyreNichols and Tortuguita within two weeks of each other. They're trying to instill fear in anyone who stands up against police brutality.\u201d
— Atlanta Community Press Collective (@Atlanta Community Press Collective) 1674764329
Meanwhile, national groups and progressive lawmakers have echoed local demands for an independent probe in Teran's case.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has highlighted that it is separate from the Georgia State Patrol and said that GBI "is conducting an independent investigation," after which it will "turn the investigative file over to the prosecutor." The agency noted Wednesday that DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston has recused herself from the case so a special prosecutor will be assigned.
Some have pushed back against the "police narrative" that the "corporate media has ran away with" for Teran's case, as forest defender Kamau Franklin toldDemocracy Now! last week, adding that "we find it less than likely that the police version of events is what really happened."
"And that's why we're calling for an independent investigation, not one that's done by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, not one that's done by any federal authority, but a complete independent investigation," Franklin said, "because that's the only way we're going to know what really happened."
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Our 2018 Spring Musical "The Wizard of Oz" took place May 17th and 18th, with shows at 7 PM and was held at the NGCA Gymnasium.
We were so excited to see everyone out and we would like to personally thank everyone who came out and showed support.
We would love to share with you below some images from that night, thank you, everyone, for your hard work and for the kids who put so much into this.


On 22nd July 2014, Stripe announced the launch of its payments platform in Australia – the company's first attempt in Asia-Pacific. Now, Australian businesses can immediately begin accepting payments from anyone, anywhere in the world.
All a user needs for payments is his bank-account number.
Pricing: 1.75% + A$0.30 for Australian cards and 2.9% + A%0.30 for international and American Express cards.
Stripe also brings its full international currency support with it, enabling Australian users to charge in more than 100 currencies.
The company also said it would sort out conversions for users, as well as transfer funds to their bank account in Australian dollars.
"Stripe's mission is to grow Internet commerce by providing everything an online business needs to accept payments," added John Collison, co-founder and president of Stripe, in a blogpost.
Stripes counts Visa, MasterCard and American Express, as well as some banks, as its partners. The company also offers Bitcoin and China-based Alipay acceptance. Stripe says it is now being used in 17 countries and is processing "billions of dollars" every year.


The Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2018 in Dortmund, Germany took advantage of an intercom network over IP supplied by Clear-Com based around an Eclipse HX matrix system and LQ Series interfaces.
The Willow Creek Leadership Summit takes places every other year and is a 2.5-day convention for leaders and congregations from various churches all across Germany. In 2018, 12,000 visitors came together at a sold-out event held in Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, which saw an energizing mix of speakers live on stage or as a video stream. The summit was also broadcast live as a video stream to six other locations across Germany. This was a demanding challenge for German rental company Kölnton, which provided the intercom technology for the Leadership Summit.
The central elements were an Eclipse HX matrix system and an LQ Series interface. The V-Series intercom panels were distributed in different rooms and connected over the network to the Eclipse mainframe using IVC cards. FreeSpeak II beltpacks were used on stage which could be connected natively to the Eclipse mainframe and acted as a wireless matrix stations with individual settings.
Communication with the local directors onsite was handled by internet telephony with LQ Series interface providing the necessary infrastructure.
Another important factor of the setup was the Agent-IC app which allows external users to use their mobile phone as an intercom panel with full intercom functionality within the Clear-Com system.


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While celebs can often be an inspiration to us, we know they can get insecure, too (hey, it happens to everyone). One example is Ashley Graham, who revealed that her mom stopped her from giving up modeling 10 years ago.
Obviously, Ashley has since gone on to become a super successful model. The 29-year-old has appeared on the cover of Vogue and broken fashion-industry barriers. What's more, she has proven that she's pretty inspirational, speaking candidly about things like cellulite and helping spread body positivity.
But that doesn't mean that Ashley Graham is immune to feeling insecure.
Sitting down with Entertainment Tonight, the model explained that there was one point in her career where she wanted to give it all up.
"I said, 'I can't do it anymore, I'm coming home. This is it,' and she said, 'No, no, you're not coming home. Your body is going to change someone's life and New York needs you. The fashion industry needs you,' and I stayed."
Graham, who is promoting her new book, A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like, explained that her mom was raised by two farmers and because of that, she always stressed the importance of work ethic.
"So she grew up with work ethic and determination and drive, and [the idea that] when you start something, you finish it. So that's how she raised me and my sisters," she said.
The model and author also spoke about Lena Dunham's recent response to a magazine cover that discussed her weight loss.
Tbh, we're glad that Graham did stay on her path to become a model, as we've been totally inspired by her. Her mom was right — the fashion industry did need her, and her body and determination have changed people's lives, and that's an amazing thing.