Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg reappeared on the German scene this past week. He gave the editor in chief of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit, Giovanni di Lorenzo, a three-day interview that is to be published next week as a book, Vorest gescheitert (Failed - for the time being). A portion of the interview was published online, a longer version with nice pictures was published in this week's Zeit.
I must admit to having be extremely angry when I read the interview. di Lorenzo so often quits asking questions on sensitive topics and switches to other topics, such as if he is going to start a new party and when he will be coming back. zu Guttenberg does not admit to having plagiarized, but keeps coming up with excuses. He had over 80 diskettes, and 4 computers, and 2 kids, and this and that and another excuse and this and that and I was really scatterbrained and and and and.
He just does not understand why plagiarism is a problem for science - the only thing we have is our credibility. If we lie or steal, we are no longer reliable. If we pretend to be authors of something that is from someone else, we are liars.
Luckily, the rest of the press pretty much heaped scorn on zu Guttenberg. The best one was a faked interview in the Süddeutsche Zeitung about zu Guttenberg looking like the soccer player Lothar Matthäus, with answers that Guttenberg gave di Giovanni. If you understand German, you will enjoy this interview.
One hopes that he returns to the US and finds something useful to do for society. I don't think, however, that writing another dissertation in the US will be a good idea for him to try. Maybe he can learn a useful trade.
The case of Dutch social psychologist Diederik Stapel from the University of Tilburg has made headlines in many countries. I just want to make a short note so that the articles are linked here. He fabricated data on a large scale for several dozen publications, including Science, so that the data better fit what he wanted to prove.
The Science article, published in April of this year, has not yet been retracted. But the editors have added links to articles about the fraud.
Stapel seems to have often offered colleagues "data" that fit their hypotheses, thus being listed as co-author. They now have to deal with the retractions.
Six young researchers were the whistleblowers in the case, apparently some tenured professors had felt something was wrong, but did not have the courage to act on their instincts.
Case 11: Arne Heller, a lawyer in Hamburg, submitted a dissertation on managing boards. He is currently applying for a habilitation, the second doctorate necessary for a university professorship in Germany. There was a nasty spat that ensued over an article in Die Zeit accusing VroniPlag of letting itself be instrumentalized by unknown persons from the University of Hamburg using VroniPlag to subvert the habilitation process. Heller has, however, already passed Chatzimarkakis with the amount of plagiarism (72% of the pages) and is not too far behind the gold standard, zu Guttenberg (94% of the pages). Many VroniPlag activists joined the fight on the comments page, which run to 39 pages at the time this blog post is being written.
Case 12: Martin Winkels submitted a dissertation on the Ostpolitik that has plagiarism on 24% of the pages. Since he is neither a politician or well known, there was a longish discussion about whether the name should be made public or not. The VroniPlag group voted that since a thesis is published, it is fair to discuss it and its author. The vote was not unanimous, however.
Case 13: Daniel Volk, Member of the German Parliament for the FDP. His thesis on international law is currently at just over 20% of the pages plagiarized. He insists to the press that nothing is wrong with his dissertation.
The Charité is holdling a symposium in Berlin on October 7, 2011: "Responsible conduct of research in academic medicine: From neglect to action plan"
The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung will be holding a conference on October 11, 2011 about quality assurance at university that is said to be streamed on "Plagiatsfälle in der Wissenschaft -Wie lässt sich Qualitätssicherung an Hochschulen verbessern?"
The DFG is said to be having a conference the end of November, I don't have a prospectus yet.
I have been invited to speak at many gatherings, and have been asked to attend a parliamentary committee meeting as an expert witness. Both the Green party and the SPD have prepared motions about academic misconduct that they are planning on presenting to parliament.
I will try and report on as many of these as possible so that non-German speakers can see what is happening.
This blog has reported a number of times on what I term fake or write-only publishers (1 - 2 - 3). I am happy to report that German university libraries are fighting back - they are trying to avoid purchasing expensive rubbish.
The Süddeutsche Zeitung reports that after some libraries realized that they were purchasing printed copies of material from the Wikipeida or dodgy bachelor's theses at outrageous prices, they have begun only purchasing the books - often badly produced print-on-demand volumes - with the possibility of returning the book. And they are keeping lists of the subpublishers that are springing up to disguise who is really behind the publishers. If a book is to be ordered from such a publisher, the librarians are asking back if the person ordering the book is aware of the common practices of these publishers.
Hopefully, more and more libraries will realize that these are not legitimate publishers, and quit ordering books from them.
Thanks to C.W. for the linklist!
The Stuttgarter Zeitung (via dpa) reports that Jan Hendrik Schön has lost his Dr. for good.
Schön, a physicist and shooting star in research, was awarded a doctorate 1998 from the University of Konstanz in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. He moved to a large research organization (Bell Labs) in the US and began producing amazing results in the area of nanotechnolgy - at times publishing one paper every 8 days. 17 papers were published in Science and Nature, before it was discovered that he was fabricating data.
The University of Konstanz was so angered by this - and the ensuing public debate about scientific misconduct - that his doctorate was revoked in 2004. It was not revoked on the grounds that his doctorate was false, but on the basis of a state law that provides for revocation on grounds of "dishonorable conduct". There was some controversy about his, because the law was used in the Third Reich to strip doctorates from Jewish scientists.
Schön sued the university and won, and the university appealed to the state court. They overturned the ruling of the lower court, and since this is a state law, no appeal to the federal court is possible. The doctorate remains rescinded.
It was a long, long process, but it is good to know that the courts are upholding decisions taken by the universities. It will be interesting to see if this has any relevance for the other cases in which doctorates were rescinded on the basis of plagiarism, and the former doctorate holders suing the universities.
The German business daily newspaper Handelsblatt reports on the case of Bruno Frey, a well-known economics professor in Zürich. There had been a bit of fuss in July when colleagues discovered that he had published four papers about the sinking of the Titanic with co-authors Benno Torgler and David Savage without mentioning that pretty much the same papers had already been published elsewhere. The texts were not identical, but the research was, and each paper suggests that it is the only one presenting the results.
The "Journal of Economic Perspectives" (JEP) has formally censured him, the "Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization" (JEBO) has blacklisted the authors and will not accept any further papers from them. Frey and Torgler have said that Savage is not at fault and have tendered excuses at 3 of the 4 journals [German language detail: The article says that they "excused themselves", I always thought you had to ask the other party to excuse you --dww]. Apparently, Frey had not gotten around to writing to the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" (PNAS) before the Handelsblatt started its investigations.
The whole issue seems to have started with the blog Economic Logic and an entry entitled "On the ethics of research cloning". The author of the blog had a good look at the CVs of the senior authors and finds evidence both of slicing results very thin in order to get much publication mileage out of them, as well as republishing the same results multiple times. In the comments a number of other clones showed up, and a FreyPlagWiki (the currently popular German way to collect evidence on scientific misconduct and plagiarism) was set up.
Interesting things have popped up, such as Frey exempting his doctoral students from coursework now required by the University in Zürich, or his being dropped from an editorial board without explaination, according to a followup blog entry.
The Handelsblatt author Olaf Storbeck has set up a Google Table documenting the cloning in 5 papers - it would be great if this and FreyPlagWiki were unified. It is a wiki, after all.
Update: "Ich habe mich zu wenig selbst zitiert"
Hermann Horstkotte reports on Spiegel Online about a strange plagiarism case.
A young woman was working on her doctorate in law at the RWTH Aachen. Since there is no law faculty there, she had to submit her doctorate to the University of Bonn. But she did not submit until after she came back from an extended maternity leave.
Her professor in Aachen sent his glowing expertise on her thesis to the Bonn colleague, who, while reading the thesis, discovered that he had read that before. Indeed, the colleague from Aachen had published another volume of his "Handbuch für Europarecht" during her maternity leave. 40 pages of this volume are identical to the thesis submitted.
Now we have the chicken and the egg problem: did the professor take the text from his doctoral student? Did she take the text from the handbook? Did both write the text together?
Aachen investigated the case and determined, that they could not determine who was the original author. They note that the professor should have noticed in his expertise that there was a large portion that matched his recent book. He agrees that this is a lapse on his part.
The University of Bonn now has to decide how to proceed with the case.
The Nature blog reports that the new Turkish Minister of Education, Ömer Dinçer, lost his title of professor in 2005 on the basis of plagiarism in a textbook published in his name. Turkish Council of Higher Education took back his professorship title, and Dinçer lost his legal appeals case.
But on July 8, 2011, the Turkish Council of Higher Education cleared him, and on July 13 he was appointed Minister of Education. Nature spoke with the council, which confirmed that they had withdrawn the charge of plagiarism, but refused to elaborate.
Since this is a publicly available textbook, I would hope that Turkish academics can quickly set up a wiki and document the extent of the alleged plagiarism, in order to let the public judge for themselves how extensive the copying is.
Without exception, the works, ideas and thoughts of others is to be shown the necessary respect by use of appropriate forms of textual layout.
Every word-for-word use must be set between quotation marks.
Even for paraphrase or summary instead of word-for-word use, appropriate denotation is to be given.
In paraphrase or summary, care must be taken not to attribute to the authors something they did not state.
Translations of texts in foreign languages are to be denoted with reference to the original source. If the translation is not word for word, it must be marked as such. If someone else's translation is used, this too is to be noted.
General knowledge need not be cited.
Self-plagiarism is not scientific misconduct per se, but every effort should be taken to give the source and note the extent of the use.
It is a clear case of scientific misconduct to use a ghostwriter. This is also the case, even if you have permission to use the text.
Authorship is not just a right, but also carries a responsibility. Substantial portions of work denote authorship. On the other hand, no one can claim authorship who has not done a substantial part of the work. Honorary authorship, hierarchical authorship, leadership authorship or authorship on the basis of obtaining resources are clear cases of scientific misconduct.
The assessment of dissertations will be done by the mentors will take these rules into consideration and will make sure that they are followed.
The assessments of dissertations must state whether and how it was made sure that these rules were followed.
It is obligatory to determine if the texts delivered for assessment follow the rules. The assessors must note what measures they have taken to ensure this.
Good luck with that, this is one step in the right direction! If you read German, the blog de plagio has a thorough discussion of the use of titles in IDs in Germany. The author does not see this as useful, as people will continue to use it on their business cards. The author insists that people who lose their titles must automatically lose any public office. I'm definitely in on that one!
The German University of Münster announced on July 14, 2011 that they have rescinded a doctorate from the medical faculty.
A Wikipedia editor reports on a strange occurrence while researching an article about growth factors in prostate cancer in the Wikipedia Kurier from May 28, 2011. The editor was using a dissertation from 2006 as the basis for the Wikipedia article. Dissertations - the non-plagiarized ones - are very useful for this task, as they offer a succinct overview of the literature on the topic.
The editor stumbled over the term Xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx something s/he had not heard before. It was references from a book from 1996. Instead of running to the library to get the book, the editor first asked the "all-knowing garbage heap" if there was anything on this term around.
The editor was amazed to find a dissertation from 2009 on the same topic from the same university. The university puts all of its dissertations online, so only a click was necessary to download it. A short read was, as Yogi Berri would have put it, "déjà vu all over again". The editor thought this might just be a typo on the downloads page and that s/he now had two copies of the same dissertation. But no, each was by a different author.
Since zu Guttenberg had just recently resigned and VroniPlag was under full steam investigating other dissertations, the editor began a side-by-side comparison. Except for minor (and sometime error-inducing) changes, the general introduction to the topic was identical, down to the the line breaks. Then it got worse: there were even identical results, discussions, and the dedication - except the names were changed. The CVs were, however, different.
The editor was not sure what to do, consulted with some scientists. The unanimous opinion was: this must be reported to the authorities. So it happened, and the doctorate has been rightly rescinded from a practicing medical doctor in Westphalia.
I have often stated, as here in the Deutsche Ärzteblatt, that we need two kinds of doctorates for medicine: M.D. for the practicing doctors and Dr. med. for the researchers.
I'm glad the University of Münster was so quick in reacting.
By the time Sezen received a Ph.D. degree in chemistry in 2005, under the supervision of Sames, her fraudulent activity had reached a crescendo, according to the reports. Specifically, the reports detail how Sezen logged into NMR spectrometry equipment under the name of at least one former Sames group member, then merged NMR data and used correction fluid to create fake spectra showing her desired reaction products.
Correction fluid? I thought that state-of-the-art fakes used Photoshop these days.
"Dr. Mohamed El Naschie is pseudoscientist crackpot who makes grandiose claims about being a "paradigm-shifting" high-energy physicist. He also claims that he deserves the Nobel Prize several times over, and has been nominated for it, but that it has been denied him because he's Egyptian, Muslim, and named Mohamed. He does not tolerate criticism and has earned a reputation as a legal bully.
El Naschie is the founder of a nonsense theory of "fractal Cantorian space-time" that he calls "E-Infinity theory". By founding the Elsevier journal Chaos, Solitons and Fractals in 1991, and being its Editor-in-Chief, he managed to publish hundreds of numerological screeds disguised as real physics. As Editor-in-Chief, he was able to avoid peer review for himself, and to publish otherwise unpublishable papers for favored acolytes. In this way he attracted a dozen or so loyal followers, the "E-Infinity group" or "Brotherhood" as we call them on El Naschie Watch. The most famous, or infamous, member other than El Naschie himself is Prof. Ji-Huan He of Donghua University in Shanghai. Ji-Huan He has called El Naschie "The greatest scientist since Newton and Einstein". Another well-known member is Prof. Otto Rössler of the University of Tübingen, who made the news with warnings that the Large Hadron Collider at CERN might make a black hole that would swallow the Earth."
Just when you think that the plagiarism scandal in Germany might be calming down, the next one shows up. It seems that people are learning how to spot plagiarism, and are finding far too much in the dissertations of plagiarists.
The weekly newspaper Zeit reported on July 6, 2011 that unnamed researchers (not VroniPlag) had analyzed approximately half of the dissertation that Bernd Althusmann had submitted to the University of Potsdam in 2007. He is the minister of education in the German state of Lower Saxony and as such the current head of the Kultusministerkonferenz (State Conference on Media and Education). This is an organization that tries to coordinate education matters in the 16 federal states, that all have their own ideas of how to go about educating the general populace.
The Zeit has posted an excellent list of plagiarisms and an analysis of the same. Prof. Volker Rieble, author of the book Wissenschaftsplagiat, has called for his immediate resignation.
At least the University of Tübingen rescinded the doctorate of Matthias Pröfrock, state politician in Baden-Württemberg, yesterday.
Jorgo Chatzimarkis, German representative in the EU for the FDP party, is currently being investigated for plagiarism in his dissertation. VroniPlag has him currently listed at 70%.
He was on a TV talk show on Sunday, for whatever reason, trying to defend himself by redefining the rules of what good scientific practice is, in order to "prove" that his thesis is okay. It was quite a bizarre show, as he evaded direct questions, the talkmaster Anne Will asked leading questions that presupposed the correct answer. There was a guy with a "von" in his name and a journalist/blogger, and then Anke Domscheidt-Berg, standing up for VroniPlag. She had joined the chat the night before, spent a few hours asking questions, and understood quite a lot of what the group does and why.
I just saw a tweet that Chatzimarkakis has now also resigned from the European research council - but I don't have verification on that yet.
If you read German, there is a group blog called "de plagio" (a truely wonderful play on words, as you can read it as "Plagiarism in Germany" or "about plagiarism"). They liveblogged the appearance of Mr. Chatzimarkakis on a German talk show (Anne Will) this evening. He tried to defend himself on account of his "accusers" being anonymous.
Anke Domscheidt-Berg did a great job of trying to explain to him what good scientific practice is and why what VroniPlag is doing is not judging him but documenting grave similarities between his thesis and much referenced but unquoted material (currently at 70% of the pages in his thesis). The show should be online in the "ARD Mediathek" for a week or so.
The de plagio blog is well worth reading!
Sylvana Koch-Mehrin had her doctorate rescinded by the University of Heidelberg for containing over 30% plagiarism in May 2011, and now in June she has been named EU commissioner for research, Spiegel Online reports.
This means that she is in the committee that determines research policy for the EU. She had been an alternate for the committee, her fellow FDP politician, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (his dissertation is currently at 71% plagiarism, but he is contesting the plans of the University in Bonn to rescind his doctorate as well) had the main seat. They have now changed places.
What does this say about research in Germany? What message does this give to the general populace about the importance of research? Plagiarists determining research policy? If today was April 1 I would have considered this an April Fool's joke, but it is unfortunately true.
Poor Germany, all of your good researchers do not deserve this.
Update: A petition has been started requesting that she step down immediately. It is online in English, German, and French. If you feel so inclined, please sign. There are already almost 2000 signatures - on day 1 of the petition.
The GuttenPlag Wiki was awarded the Grimme Online Spezial Award 2011, a German journalism prize for it's work in determining the plagiarism in zu Guttenberg's thesis.
At a time when great confusion reigned about how to assess the dissertation of Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, the "GuttenPlag Wiki" created clarity. In an unprecedented form of collaboration thousands of web users examined the thesis in detail and found discrepancies. Plagiarisms that were found were precisely documented in parallel with the original sources. An overview of the plagiarisms found was kept current on the first page of the wiki.
This method of working produced excellent results in a very short time. The results are verifiable for anyone, making this web site a central contact point for the discussion about plagiarism in the dissertation that was conducted in the media and in the general populace for weeks on end.
The fair and unbiased mode of operation used by the administrators of the wiki was outstanding, and channeled the onslaught of prospective users into constructive paths that delivered a sober overview of the findings. The public statements of Minister Guttenberg about his thesis were thus set in contrast to the facts that could be evaluated by anyone.
Not only was the project idea of the initiators noteworthy, but also the hundreds of web users who found more and more passages online and offline, that were used in the thesis without proper attribution. The project makes it clear that text comparisons can be well-organized in a collaborative manner and shows the possibilities of the web in general for group work.
Silvia Bulfone-Paus is an immunologist. She worked at the Forschungszentrum Borstel (FZB) outside of Hamburg in Germany, and is a professor at the Medical University in Lübeck.
Laborjournal.de reports that she published many papers together with the Russian couple Elena Bulanova and Vadim Budagian from Russia. Retraction Watch reported in March 2011 that 12 papers by the three authors have been retracted. The three have published 22 papers together, so there may be more.
In October 2009 the biologist Karin Wiebauer realized that the Western blots in some of the papers were very similar - sometimes just the labels were changed, in others a dose of Photoshop was used to mirror, move or distort the bands. This is the same method that Marion Brach used in the Hermann/Brach scandal end of the 90s [strangely enough, there is nothing in either Wikipedia about either them or the scandals].
In November 2009 Wiebauer informed the first author, Bulfone-Paus, of her discovery. Nothing happened. Finally, in April 2010 an investigation committee was convened. They determined that there was just sloppy publication, but the results were okay. There was a culprit found - the Russian couple. They were accused of deceit and the 12 papers retracted, although the Russians did not agree to the retractions.
Severe failure in one area (as supervisor and responsible senior, corresponding and first author) can hardly be compensated by merits in other areas. [...] For all scientists, one of the greatest goods in science is personal credibility and integrity, and that the most precious currency scientists have is the truthfulness of their data. The scientific community expects rigorous adherence to the rules of scientific research from principal investigators and, in particular, from heads of research divisions or departments. [...] The scientific misconduct in Silvia Bulfone-Paus's lab and her procrastination to go public despite being ultimately responsible has highly damaged the reputation of the Research Center. This is what cannot be tolerated.
But now the plot thickens: An additional paper by Bulfone-Paus (not including the Russian couple) in Blood is currently under investigation. A co-author on this one is her husband, Ralf Paus, a dermatologist at the University of Lübeck. And the university has verified for Spiegel, a German news weekly, that they are currently investigating 6 papers of Paus.
And now it appears that Bulfone-Paus and Paus both have professorships in Manchester, in England, where they spend 20% of their time, according to the Times Higher Education. The couple also have three children, as reported by Spiegel in January.
In other news about Borstel, another director, Peter Zabel, stepped down earlier this month amidst plagiarism charges. It seems he double published a paper (once in German and once in English), as well as in 2009 publishing a paper that included large portions of text and diagrams from a 2008 paper published in the US. The double publication is deemed not so severe, although it is not clear that the later publication makes clear that it is in fact a double publication - the abstract has been rewritten, but is still similar. Zabel has now also resigned from the editorial board of Der Internist.
The double publication was found by someone calling themselves Clare Francis, who informed Retraction Watch, Abnormal Science Blog, and me. It was found using the Déjà vu tool for searching for duplicate content in Medline.
Joerg Zwirner, in a recent post to the Abnormal Science Blog, calls for setting up an Office for Research Integrity in Germany, as is to be found in the US. I heartily agree - this is far too complicated to understand for non-medical researchers, but it seems that there are deficiencies in the medical research complex in Germany that have existed for decades. And Hermann/Brach did not result in these being adequately addressed. Germany needs action, and it needs it now.


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As a freight forwarder, we are frequently asked shipping questions. Here you will find the answer to the most frequently requested shipping questions.
We then provide shipping lines with this information. At this point, we collate the details and offer the best rates possible.
What happens when my container arrives at the port?
When a container arrives at the port, it will either be released or examined by customs. Containers will only be issued if all the charges have been paid.
If a container is selected for an exam, it will be released once the review is successful. If the exam is not successful, customs will provide details of why not. Afterwards, we will liaise with them to identify and correct the issues found.
It is also important to note that if Customs do examine the cargo, there are associated charges. These charges vary depending on the type of exam.
Are there different types of containers?
These are either 20, 40 or 45 foot in length and there is no temperature control.
These are either a standard or reefer container but generally taller.
Flatracks, Platforms, Bulk or Tank, are also available.
What are the different types of Vessels?
A standard container vessel carries containers of various sizes.
An under-deck vessel carries palletised goods in a large, dedicated hold where it is kept at a set temperature and humidity.
A mixed vessel ship has both under deck storage and containers. It is usually smaller than a standard container ship.
A Freight Forwarder specialises in organising shipments on behalf of their clients. They do this by arranging the shipping and storage of merchandise.
What insurance is involved with importing and exporting?
There are risks when moving goods no matter how much care is taken. We recommend you have Marine Cargo Insurance for your goods during transit. You can also insure the freight charges. If you would like more information or require a quote, please contact a member of our team.
Do I get regular updates from Allfresch regarding my shipment?
Yes, we will give you regular updates on your shipment. Also, you are welcome to contact us if you have a specific question regarding your delivery.
What is in place to ensure the safety of my goods in transit?
We use quality assurance specialists to ensure the safety of your goods. If there is a problem, we will step in immediately and arrange to have the cargo inspected. In this case, we will take pictures for confirmation in case a claim needs to be made.
I want to ship my goods, but I cannot fill a container, what are my options?
General purpose containers are available in a range of sizes. However, we do offer flexible solutions if you cannot fill an entire container. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.
Do I need customs clearance to buy and sell overseas?
The majority of goods entering a new country will require some clearance. However, we have years of experience in dealing with customs clearance, so we are here to help. We can offer you advice and help with any documentation required as well as payments necessary.
Why are shipping rates so volatile?
Shipping rates can vary for a variety of reasons, and fluctuating rates are often due to market demands. The less demand for shipping there is then the higher the rates are at that time.
Also, fuel is also a large factor. The fluctuating price of oil will affect shipping rates, terminal costs and the general economic climate.
Does Allfresch Logistics ship household goods/vehicles or only commercial items?
Yes, we ship all types of items including domestic. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.
Do I arrange the pickup and drop off my cargo?
Allfresch Logistics can arrange everything for you, including the drop-off and pick up of your cargo.
What is a hazardous shipment?
A hazardous shipment is anything from toxic substances to flammable liquids. A dangerous shipment would need to be declared before shipping. If you are unsure if your shipment would be classed as hazardous, please contact us.
Does Allfresch Logistics transport perishable goods/goods that require refrigeration?
Yes, we have over 25 years' experience in the shipments of perishable goods and can transport goods via temperature controlled containers. Find out more about our Fruit Freight Management service.


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ABC announced the midseason premiere dates for its TGIT lineup, including the final episodes of "Scandal," on Thursday.
The final eleven episodes of "Scandal," along with the midseason premieres of "Grey's Anatomy" and "How to Get Away with Murder," will all launch on Jan. 18. All three shows will air their winter finales tonight on ABC.
"Match Game," produced by FremantleMedia North America, returns to primetime on Jan. 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT for Season 3. The show will once again be hosted by Alec Baldwin. "Match Game" is a panel game show that features two contestants as they attempt to match the answers of six celebrities in a game of fill-in the missing blank. Baldwin and FMNA's Jennifer Mullin, Scott St. John, and Mallory Schwartz executive produce.
The series premiere of "Child Support," a one-hour studio-based series from Ricky Gervais and Banijay Studios North America, will make its debut on Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Produced by Banijay Studios North America, the primetime series will feature adult contestants and priceless interactions between funny man Ricky Gervais and a group of five kids who say the most unpredictable things. Hosted by Fred Savage, contestants are asked to answer 10 questions correctly to earn the top prize. If they answer incorrectly, the contestants have a chance to be saved by the 5 kids who have been asked the same question by Gervais. Gervais, David Goldberg, Caroline Baumgard and Jeff Krask are executive producers.


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National Security Adviser Michael Flynn at the White House on Wednesday.
On Wednesday afternoon, President Trump picked his first foreign-policy fight—and signalled who's currently in charge of those decisions. Some seven hours before the former ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson was sworn in as Secretary of State, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn strode to the podium in a packed White House Briefing Room and, without advance notice, issued a combative warning to a foreign power. "As of today," he declared, "we are officially putting Iran on notice." It was the first time the former lieutenant general had appeared publicly on behalf of the Administration, and his performance was in keeping with his feisty reputation and his well-known antipathy toward Iran. Flynn was fired as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency by President Obama partly for his defiant views on the Islamic Republic.
As a Presidential candidate, Trump frequently lamented the "disastrous" nuclear deal negotiated, in 2015, between Iran and the world's six major powers, and vowed to rip it up. In the past week, however, career U.S. diplomats have told the new Administration that Tehran has so far fulfilled its commitments under the agreement. Flynn's showdown on Wednesday confronted Iran on two other grounds. The first was a failed Iranian missile test, on January 29th, that Flynn charged defied U.N. Resolution 2231. The next day, Flynn said, Houthi rebels in Yemen—who are backed by Iran—attacked a Saudi vessel. It was the latest attack in a civil war that became regional after a Saudi-led coalition launched Operation Decisive Storm, in 2015, against the Houthis.
"The Obama Administration failed to respond adequately to Tehran's malign actions—including weapons transfers, support for terrorism, and other violations of international norms," Flynn told reporters. Instead of being "thankful" to the United States for the deals brokered under Obama, Flynn said, Iran is now "feeling emboldened." The United Nations has also been "weak and ineffective" in restraining Iran, he said. On Thursday, at a meeting with executives from Harley Davidson, Trump said military action against Iran is not off the table. "Nothing is off the table," he told a press pool.
Flynn's challenge marks the end of the U.S. experiment in engaging directly with Iran, which began under Obama after the election of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a centrist, in 2013. The two Presidents talked by telephone just weeks after Rouhani took office, when he came to New York for the opening of the U.N. General Assembly. That exchange quickly led to the start of diplomacy between Iran and the world's six major powers, to insure that Iran's nuclear program did not produce a bomb. For the next two years, Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif spent more time with each other than with counterparts from any other nation. The negotiations produced the most important non-proliferation agreement, later endorsed by the United Nations, in more than a quarter century.
The Trump Administration now seems to be charting a separate course from its partners—Britain, China, France, Germany, and Russia—on Iran. "We are communicating that Iranian behavior needs to be rethought in Tehran," a senior Administration official told reporters at a subsequent special briefing on Iran. The official also suggested that Washington was even considering support for opponents of the regime.
Iran, however, read Flynn's statement as delivered. "We're not going to wait for others' permission to defend ourselves," Zarif, the foreign minister who negotiated the nuclear deal, said at a press conference in Tehran. "Maybe the new [U.S.] government, which has already shown its image internationally, will use this against Iran to start new tension." Rouhani has called Trump a novice at politics who does not understand the way the world operates. On Thursday, Ali Akbar Velayati, the senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, vowed that Iran will "vigorously" continue its missile activity and would not cave to threats, describing Trump's policy as its own form of "extremism." The nuclear deal covers only Tehran's ability to make bombs, not its missile capabilities. The Islamic Republic currently relies heavily on missiles because its Air Force, which has had limited access to new warplanes, atrophied after the 1979 Revolution. The theocracy began acquiring or developing independent technology for missiles after coming under intense bombardment by Iraqi missiles during the two nations' eight-year war, in the eighties; it has conducted several missile tests over the years, although the number diminished during the U.S.-Iran diplomacy, according to experts.
In its latest test, Iran launched a medium-range missile called the Shahab, the senior Administration official told reporters. The country has had the basic technology to launch a nuclear-sized payload on a medium-range missile—which could reach Israel and the southeast corner of Europe—for more than a decade, according Greg Thielmann, a former State Department intelligence expert. But Iran does not now have the ability to produce the fissile material to make a bomb, or to weaponize it by loading it on a missile—and, under the nuclear agreement, it won't for at least fifteen years. Trump's policy assumes that Iran still intends to try, possibly even with the missile that was tested this week. "Ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering a payload of at least five hundred kilograms—to a range of three hundred kilometers—are inherently capable of delivering nuclear weapons," the official said.
Trump would almost certainly sign the kind of punitive new legislation that Obama once indicated he would veto. And while the new moves on Iran do not yet destroy the Iran nuclear deal, they could certainly begin to destroy the diplomacy and spirit that produced it.
Who would have thought that, on a point of liberal democracy, the U.S. could take instruction from the white-robed man in Rome?


Digital marketing professional Lauren Jewell says that she starts the call-to-action when planning out her campaign structure, "Ultimately, it's [the] communication of a message and/or an action I am trying to inspire which is why I think it should lead." she says.
Putting the key message first means putting your customers first. It ensures you're always listening for feedback and adding value. Regularly asking about needs and preferences (and delivering them) is the foundation of any strong customer-brand relationship. After all, research shows that 70% of buying experiences are based on how a customer feels they are being treated.
Twist's welcome email below is a great example of how design helps emphasize the key action point. The call-to-action, introduction to their product, is clearly highlighted with a larger image that takes up the above-the-fold space. The call to action button is also in a branded purple, drawing your eye to click and learn more.
In the case of call-to-actions, an eye catching design for a 50% off flash sale would be very different from a product launch. Litmus Builder's launch email is a great example of how design helps highlight the key message. The two dated red and white calendars bring your eye towards the virtual product tour sign up. The grid below also cleanly highlights customer testimonials, with a larger dark testimonial banner at the bottom that complements the header banner.
"There's often a desire to say too much per piece; it's a constant education with colleagues and clients to keep it digestible. Often, design ideas … will fall out of this process too," Lauren says. There's a give and take relationship between design and content. Where content can't concisely convey, design steps in. Balancing content and design keeps your email short, actionable and engaging. And that is the formula to winning over your reader.
Ultimately, our exploration of email creation best practices brings us back to the root of the question. "Content or design first?" hints at a larger dynamic that's been in play for years now. Many design and content teams work on separate parts of a project and don't communicate until it's time to put two-and-two together. This disconnected workflow creates unaligned views on which comes first. It's incredibly difficult to bring the two together if there isn't clear communication from the beginning.
Content and design teams should connect at the beginning of each new email project to build a clear understanding of the audience and message.
From our discussions, we've come to the conclusion that there is no absolute formula to email creation. Both content and design should be considered from the beginning. A punny headline can be taken to a whole new level with a viral GIF. But in order to do so, both teams need to put their heads together.
So what do you think? Which comes first? Design or content? Let us know how you approach email creation by leaving a comment below!
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My second favorite Greek island would have to be Mykonos. This part of our trip was essentially fairytale Greece: sunwashed beaches, gorgeous white houses, unfailingly blue sky. Not to mention the Greeks' fairly relaxed concept of time…meaning it's pretty impossible not to feel mellow and lazy after staring at the ocean with lemonade in hand for a couple of hours.
The approach to Mykonos town. There's no mountain to climb up like at Santorini: you just sail right in and the town is there laid out like white toy blocks on lapis.
Wandering through the cool blue and white labyrinth of Mykonos town. The streets were supposedly built winding and meandering to confuse invading pirates; in any case, it definitely makes exploring the town an interesting adventure. You'll find yourself unexpectedly going down the same alleys again and again, although we did eventually make our way out.
One of my favorite artists, Thomas McKnight, loved Greece and made it the subject of many of his prints. I was astonished to find how accurately he had captured the whitewashed houses, cobblestone streets, and brightly painted doors – it was like I had stepped inside his art.
I love how you can catch unexpected glimpses of the sea; in Mykonos, you're never far from the water.
Little Venice, a conglomeration of chic shops, restaurants, and bars perched on the edge of the sea, Venice-style. Obviously a tourist magnet, but early in the morning it isn't so bad – in fact, it's breathtakingly lovely. Now I understand why people buy overpriced coffees just so they can sit at a cafe and gaze out over the sea.
Closer view of one of many waterfront cafes.
The famous windmills at little Venice. They were built by the Venetians and originally used to mill grain, but they are no longer operational and now function mostly as a photography targets.
We had some excellent moussaka for lunch.
View over the rooftops of town, with little Venice to the left. You can see its a lot more spread out than Santorini but just as brilliantly white.
Baklava we had a little bar by the water – everything does taste better drenched in sunshine and sea breezes.
We also discovered a wonderful little store in town that sold all sorts of local honey.
The cute little sign for the honey store.
The interior of the store was just as charming; see the ceiling? And wall to wall honey jars. And a cute Greek guy asking if you'd like to sample some honey. Seriously, if you see this store – go in.
Headed back to the harbor and the perfect turquoise waters.
At the honey store I couldn't resist picking some thyme honey, one of the most celebrated varieties from Greece. It has a beautifully clean, crisp flavor; sharper than most honeys here. I already showed off the baklava I made with some of this yummy Greek honey. Here's another classic Greek sweet that uses honey: melomakarona, or Greek honey macaroons.
These melomakarona (Greek for, literally, "honey macaroon"), are nothing like French macarons, or the coconut macaroons of the US. They are a cookie all their own, made of flour and sugar, brandy and oil, mixed with citrus, cinnamon and cloves. The resulting sandy-textured cookies are then dipped in a honey syrup (The Greeks love drenching their pastries in honey) and rolled in crushed walnuts and sesame seeds. My hubby, who isn't a fan of super sweet desserts (I know, awful, right?), really liked these – they are hearty, nutty, sweet and spicy at once.
The syrup is made from water, honey, cinnamon, and cloves. The macaroons are dipped briefly in the syrup so the outer layers soak up the flavor while the insides stay crunchy. The macaroons are good on their own, but dipped in syrup they are outstandingly addictive.
These cookies are traditionally a Christmas or New Year's sweet – not surprising, given all the citrus and spices – but they're delicious even out of season. It's a wonderful, unusual addition to your cookie repertoire, and a great use of your favorite honey.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line several cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
Dissolve the baking soda in the lemon juice in a small bowl and set aside.
Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
Place the baking soda mixture in the bowl of a stand mixer. Add in the olive oil, water, brandy, lemon zest, cinnamon, and cloves. Mix on medium speed for 2 minutes until combined.
With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour mixture. Mix until dough is mostly combined. It should resemble coarse meal, not a solid ball of dough. If you squeeze a handful together, it should stick together.
Roll tablespoons of dough into cylinders 2 inches long and 1 inch wide. Place on prepared sheets about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 28-30 minutes, rotating halfway through, until firm and golden brown. Cool on wire racks.
While the cookies are cooling, combing all the topping ingredients in a small bowl.
Combine all the syrup ingredients in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil on the stove over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
Reduce heat to low and let simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and skim any foam off the top.
Line several cookie sheets with foil or parchment paper. Place 6-8 cookies at a time in the syrup for about 30 seconds (use caution as syrup will be hot). Use a slotted spoon to remove the cookies, shake off excess syrup, and place on the prepared sheets.
Sprinkle cookies immediately with the topping. Let cool for about an hour before serving. Store covered for up to a week.
Sounds like you had an ideal holiday. The pictures are like postcards- pristine looking water and skies laced with fluffy clouds.
Wish to do a trip to that side of the world soon.
Thanks for sharing such glorious pictures.
I have loved your posts from your cruise. The pictures have been gorgeous, and the recipes and food look delicious. Thanks for sharing.
These look amazing!! I love your blog! I've tried a lot of your recipes and they tasted amazing… but they don't come out as pretty as yours.
Looks like you had a wonderful summer. I hope I get to travel to Greece and Italy someday.
Thank you for the beautiful pictures and the stories! About the recipe–I'm so curious about why you dissolve the baking soda in the lemon juice. I've never seen that before. I guess that's just another way to leaven, a pre-baking powder thing maybe?
Such a lovely trip! Would love to go there someday! Nice pictures and blog too!
Love the pictures and the story is great. The recipe you have done look amazing it has a nice appearance and I think it tastes good. I will try that at home.
I just love blue and white is combination!
I love Greek pastry! I've never tried these so they'll be next on the list. Your photos are magic and have me craving travel to Greece.
Ohhh, your blog = DELICIOUS!
Mmm melomakarona. I saw this and thought it was Christmas already. In Greece we make these only during the Xmas holidays.


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Luke Bryan's Wife Shares Heart-Wrenching Message for Nephew as She Drops Him Off at College [Picture]
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Luke Bryan's wife, Caroline, posted to social media on Saturday (Aug. 1) after dropping their nephew Til off at college, sharing a sentiment that parents all over the country will relate to.
Caroline turned to Instagram to post a picture of herself giving a goodbye hug to Til (whose full name is Tilden Cheshire), who now towers over her.
"I left a big piece of my heart today in Georgia," she writes to accompany the picture. "Been dreading this day for years, but I guess it's time for Til to fly. Still can't handle it right now!"
"Good luck in college my sweet boy," she finishes, adding a heart emoji.
Adds Bryan in the comments section: "I keep looking to see if his truck is parked next to mine."
Til's mother, Bryan's sister Kelly, died unexpectedly in 2007 at the age of 39, and his father, Ben Lee Cheshire, died in 2014. Luke and Caroline Bryan adopted Til and his sisters after that and raised him alongside their two kids, Tate and Bo.
The couple have shared occasional highlights from Til with fans online over the years, as they have with their other kids. He posted to Instagram in May to share that he had graduated from high school, sharing several pictures to commemorate that milestone.
On July 17, Til posted a series of pictures of himself and his famous uncle through the years, tributing his "best friend" on his 44th birthday.
Source: Luke Bryan's Wife Shares Heart-Wrenching Message for Nephew as She Drops Him Off at College [Picture]
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Country Singer-Songwriter Hugh X. Lewis Dead at 90


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Nuri Albayrak
Born in 1959 in Trabzon, Nuri Albayrak, brother of Ahmet and Bayram Albayrak, is a shareholder - along with his brothers - of Albayrak Yayın Holding A.Ş. which owns Yeni Şafak newspaper, seven magazines and two TV channels. He's also the Head of the Board of Directors of Tümosan Savunma Sanayi̇ A.Ş. which took a 190 million Euro tender to construct tanks for the Ministry of National Defence in 2015. He's known to have close ties with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the two attended İstanbul İmam Hatip high school together in the 70s, Erdoğan was Nuri Albayrak's daughter's wedding witness in 2002 and attended his son's engagement ceremony in 2012. Nuri Albayrak was a member of Gaziosmanpaşa Municipal Council and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipal Council from 1994 to 2004. He was the president of Istanbul Municipality Sports Club from 2002 until 2005, and then the president of Trabzonspor football club from 2005 to 2008. In the late 2000s, Güneş Albayrak Turizm, where Nuri Albayrak was the Head of the Board of Directors, took major tenders from Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) and Istanbul Water and Sewage Administration (İSKİ). Albayrak group is known to have close ties to the ruling AK Parti and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The group has taken dozens of public tenders especially since the mid 90s, some of which were subject to claims and investigations of corruption.
Albayrak Media Group
Albayrak Holdi̇ng Anoni̇m Şi̇rketi̇, Assistant to the Head of the Board of Directors
Tümosan Motor ve Traktör Sanayi̇ Anoni̇m Şi̇rketi̇, In the Board of Directors
Naki̇l Loji̇sti̇k Anoni̇m Şi̇rketi, In the Board of Directors; Albayrak Turi̇zm Seyahat İnşaat Ti̇caret Anoni̇m Şi̇rketi, In the Board of Directors
Tümosan Döküm Anoni̇m Şi̇rketi, Assistant to the Head of the Board of Directors
Tümosan Savunma Sanayi̇ Anoni̇m Şi̇rketi̇, Head of the Board of Directors
Affiliated Interests Family Members Friends
Adem Altunsoy is Nuri Albayrak's son in law. In late 2000s his company his firm Platform Turizm has won various public tenders from İstanbul Municipality and (İSKİ) such as one in 2009 worth close to 30 million Turkish Liras.
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Surveillance technology…rivals nuclear weapons in the threat that it poses to the future of humanity. – Evan Greer and Tom Morello
Droit du Seigneur
Though pimps are not common, a disproportionate number of the ones who do exist are cops:
A [typical and representative] vice [pig] convicted of offering to [pimp] a [sow sexually role-playing a sex worker got away with a slap on the wrist and]…will serve [a mere] 90 days in jail [instead of being charged with "sex trafficking" as a non-cop would have been]. David Moss…of Lehi [Utah], was …[given a cushy] plea deal…to [avoid rape charges as well]…and [merely] plead guilty to patronizing a prostitute…
Population 13,255. Seriously:
Drivers on westbound Highway 17 heading from Sudbury toward the Manitoulin turn-off will notice a new billboard between Nairn Centre and McKerrow that describes a Canadian law with a frank statement: "Buying sex is a crime." It's a part of a [scam] by [prohibitionists]…to [profit from] human trafficking [hysteria]…"if there's no demand then we won't have the supply," said [economic ignoramus] Natasha Falle, [who also vomited up a lot of ridiculous nonsense about]…13…years old…"These highways are part of a circuit in prostitution. Highway 17 is a part of that because it's so close to Sudbury. If a trafficker is moving cross-country, they might make a pit stop on Manitoulin…we're [hoping our billboard scares them away, like a scarecrow]"…
I honestly have to wonder sometimes what these ninnies' fantasies about our lives actually look like in their narrow, frightened little monkey-brains.
The Rape Question (#895)
Tech geeks create a "consent app" that is not only useless, but dangerous:
Stating that applications such as Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge provide too many options with reduced quality of interaction, the dating app Loly, soon to be available on iOS and Android, aims to "disrupt the online dating industry"…Loly removes human inter[ac]tion from the equation and instead relies on a patent-pending Heat Index to take control…generating a recommendation for suitable partners. After connecting, users can then confirm each other's identities through the in-built video call feature, allowing potential partners to ensure that they each match their profile pictures…All data are then encrypted and stored separately, meaning that the sexual preferences and personal information of users [supposedly] cannot be connected [until the pigs demand it]…When using Loly to meet partners for sexual encounters, users must first confirm they consent by selecting the option on the app and at the end of the exchange, they must again confirm that they consented. If both users choose to use this option, the app can listen in during the sexual encounter and will respond to the use of safewords. If triggered through voicing pre-registered safewords, the app will initially place a fake call from the app to the user's mobile phone. If there is no response on the app, the police will be automatically contacted [so they can smash down the door and murder both partners]…The practicality of this app response is…questionable…
The Prudish Giant (#897)
Facebook is trying to become one of the cornerstones of modern fascism:
…The Bay Area has long been a sandbox for technology giants who are no longer merely occupying communities, but building and reshaping them. In Menlo Park, an affluent, mostly white city of 35,000, Facebook…[funds] a police unit…to patrol the area surrounding its campus. The bill comes in at over $2 million annually—big money in a small city. This [increasingly typical] relationship has highlighted issues of policing ethics…"You create a danger when you have public servants being privately funded," [said] J.T. Faraji, an East Palo Alto resident and founder of the activist group Real Community Coalition…
Hard Numbers (#912)
Another Australian state moves toward decriminalization:
Queensland has withdrawn draft laws from State parliament which would have increased police powers, shifted police and licensing authority coverage from brothels to anywhere sex work takes place, and allowed police to covertly film sex workers…police…in Queensland ha[ve used]…"entrapment-style tactics to pressure sex workers into offering blacklisted services". The proposed laws would have afforded the police additional powers to enter, search, film and [steal sex workers'] property…Sex workers continue to campaign for this process to lead to decriminalisation of sex work in Queensland in line with the government's [claimed] commitment to repeal the current laws and decriminalise sex work…
A Broker in Pillage (#937)
Nobody will be safe until this odious, contemptible practice is recognized as unconstitutional:
Thanks to chronic abuse…by…police…the days may be numbered for South Carolina's forfeiture system that allows cops to [steal]…cash and property of the people they arrest…Circuit Judge Steven H. John has ruled that the South Carolina's civil asset forfeiture regulations violate the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights of the citizens. Civil asset forfeiture…allows police and prosecutors to declare that any money or property owned by a [target] is "connected" to a crime…and…[steal] it for themselves. And because this is a civil process, [they]…can do this without having to convict anybody…and [the victims]…have to fund their own lawyers…Local newspapers in South Carolina…discovered police agencies across the state had seized more than $17 million in assets across [only] three years…South Carolina [politicians are working on]…a bill which would…eliminate…civil forfeiture entirely…If it passes, South Carolina would join New Mexico, Nebraska, and North Carolina in completely eliminating [the vile practice]…
Across the Pond (#958)
Redbridge has a history of harassing sex workers while belching up stupid "crime" rhetoric:
After…police [pogroms against] street prostitution in Ilford, hundreds of flyers advertising the sex workers' services have been dumped on the streets in recent weeks…[prudes vomited up a lot of nonsense about sex rays, "objectification", and THE CHILDREN™!] and…Redbridge Council [bloviated a lot of idiotic nonsense while pledging to continue its pathetic, useless game of]…whack-a-mole…The council also said it is exploring legal ways of "going after" printing businesses who make the call cards [even though there are plenty of card-printing businesses on the internet, safely out of the reach of censorious ninnies]…
Only the mind of a prohibitionist could be so narrow and stupid as to fail to comprehend that people have bills to pay, so if violent thugs keep businesspeople from advertising their services in one manner, they will find another.
Dangerous Speech (#974)
The government keeps flagrantly hiding information in the Backpage case:
…Ariel Neuman, an attorney for one of Lacey and Larkin's co-defendants, asserts that prosecutors falsely summarized evidence and misled the grand jury by omitting or excising exculpatory material. Worse still, prosecutors poured gasoline on the pyre by "falsely, repeatedly and irrelevantly" alleging that the defendants "engaged in child sex trafficking and knowingly published ads for sex with underage children," though the government did not charge the defendants with…sex trafficking…[only] facilitating prostitution…Neuman writes…"These are not minor details that the government got wrong; these are explosive allegations that had no place in the Indictment or in the presentation to the grand jury. These are the types of allegations that can overwhelm reason…and lead to decisions out of anger and disgust, regardless of what else is presented. The government's conduct…warrants dismissal of the Indictment"…
Pyrrhic Victory (#976)
All too often, evil arrives cloaked in the mantle of expediency:
Imagine showing up at a…concert and being required to stand in front of a device that scans and analyzes your face…a computer algorithm could then decide that you…look "suspicious" and should be flagged for additional screening…facial recognition…could…be used to track the minute details of your movements once inside. Face scanning software could be used to police behavior — constantly scanning the crowd for drug use or rule-breaking…organizers [w]ould be forced to hand this trove of sensitive biometric data over to [pigs and spooks so they]…could pull people out of the crowd because they have an outstanding warrant…Industry giants like Ticketmaster invested money in companies like Blink Identity…who…marketed [the tech] as a convenient ticketing option to concertgoers. But…artists and fans waged a grassroots war to stop Orwellian surveillance technology from invading live music events…Our campaign pushed more than 40 of the world's largest music festivals — like Coachella, Bonnaroo, and SXSW — to go on the record and state clearly that they have no plans to use facial recognition technology at their events. Facing backlash, Ticketmaster all but threw Blink Identity under the bus, distancing itself from the surveillance startup it boasted about partnering with just a year ago. This…is the first major blow to the spread of commercial facial recognition in the United States…
The Clueless Leading the Hysterical (#982)
There has literally never been a case of a kid getting drugged candy in his trick-or-treat bag:
Police in a New Jersey town are [trying to spread hysteria]…after a substance [they claim they] believed to be heroin was found in a local child's haul of candy from a recent Halloween event…[cops pretend] the substance was…given to the child at [one of those castrated] Trunk or Treat event[s]…police [used the non-incident as an excuse to vomit "if you see something, say something" all over children's holiday fun]…
"Believed to be heroin". You know, just like cops routinely arrest people for things they "believe to be" drugs which turn out to be things like tea leaves, cotton candy, donut glaze, and even bird poop.
To Molest and Rape (#984)
Cops show you what they are every day; why don't you believe them?
A [typical and representative] Livingston Parish [Louisiana cop] and his wife, a…school teacher, have been arrested and accused of child rape and the production of child pornography…photos…show the two suspects nude with an unclothed child [an actual child, under 13]…Dennis…and Cynthia Perkins…were arrested Wednesday, Oct. 23…Dennis Perkins…[who] was [a member of] the…SWAT [gang] is also charged with obstruction of justice after…[he] toss[ed] his cell phone into a river [when his fellow pigs arrived to arrest him]…


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Q: JavaScript Drop Down Menu I have created a drop down menu that works, but i want it to be used to select filters. So the problem is when you select a filter option the drop down goes away. I only want the menu to display and go away when the word filters is selected. I think i just need so more javascript to do this i just dont know how. Thanks for your help in advance.
Here is my html:

    Filters

                    Type:

                        All

                        Local

                        Chain

                    Price:

                        $

                        $$

                        $$$

                        $$$$

                    Open Now

                    Category 1:

                    <input type="text">

CSS :
.fill_box {
    position: relative;
    margin: 0 auto;
    background: #fff;s
    border-radius: 5px;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
    cursor: pointer;
    outline: none;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
    -moz-transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
    -ms-transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
    -o-transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
    transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
    text-align: center;
    background: #CC0000;
    border: 2px solid white;
    border-radius: 4px;
    padding: 5px 0;
    margin-top: 10px;
    font-size: 14px;
    width: 100px;
    color: white;
}
.fill_box .dropdown1 {
    overflow: hidden;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0px;
    background: white;
    border-radius: 0 0 0px 0px;
    border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
    border-top: none;
    border-bottom: none;
    list-style: none;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
    -moz-transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
    -ms-transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
    -o-transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
    transition: all 0.3s ease-out;
    text-align: left;
    max-height: 0;
    background: #3d3d3d;
    width: 300px;
    color: white;
}

JavaScript:
function DropDown1(me) {
    this.dd = me;
    this.initEvents();
}

DropDown1.prototype = {
    initEvents : function() {
        var obj = this;
        obj.dd.on('click', function(event){
            $(this).toggleClass('active');

        });
    }
}

$(function() {
    var dd = new DropDown1( $('#vv') );
    $(document).click(function() {
        // all DropDown1s
        $('.fill_box').show('active');
    });
});

A: You want to stop the click event from propagating out of the dropdown menu.
I updated your fiddle. http://jsfiddle.net/k73s8/6/
$(".dropdown1").click(function(e) {
    e.stopPropagation();
});

http://api.jquery.com/event.stopPropagation/
This is what the HTML looks like.

Filters

                Type:

                    All

                    Local

                    Chain

                Price:

                    $

                    $$

                    $$$

                    $$$$

                Open Now

                Category 1:

                <input type="text">

The root div element with the id, "vv" has a click listener that toggles the content in and out of view. You want to be able to click items inside this div so you need to make sure the click event doesn't bubble up to the vv click listener. To do this just call stopPropagation.

A: You may want to put the "Filters" text on an element then toggle on it.
Filters

and your script would then be:
function DropDown1(me) {
this.dd = me;
this.initEvents();
}

DropDown1.prototype = {
initEvents : function() {
    var obj = this;
    obj.dd.on('click','#toggle', function(event){
        $(this).parent().toggleClass('active');

    });
}
}

$(function() {
    var dd = new DropDown1( $('#vv') );
    $(document).click(function() {
        // all DropDown1s
        $('.fill_box').show('active');
    });
});

Here is the fiddle

With the  tag you need to click on the exact text to fire the event. If this does not work well then you need to change it's display to block, #toggle { display:block;} OR you can change it to a
. jsfiddle

A: Try this:
http://jsfiddle.net/k73s8/1/

    Filters

$(function() {
    var dd = new DropDown1( $('#vv') );
    $(document).click(function() {
    // all DropDown1s
    $('.fill_box').show('active');
            $('.dropdown1').toggle();
    });
});

P.S: You did click event on whole document not sure why...So I did the same. I am guessing it's a part of some other concept. If not, I would suggest not to use it, instead use click event on id=vv div

A: Well there are multiple things you could do but I suggest you don't rely on Javascript because some people turn it off or already by default have it turned off so i suggest you lean towards the css part of things... Anything else?

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Known from having a complicated love life, the 46-year-old African rapper joining the hit VH1 show will give a new explosive drama that will serve as a good addition to the storyline.
AceShowbiz - "Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood" will reportedly welcome some new faces in the upcoming season. MTO News suggests that rapper Akon and his longtime girlfriend Tricia Ana are heading to the hit VH1 series.
According to the site, the 46-year-old African rapper will be joining the cast members of the reality show. The hip-hop star is known to have as many as four wives, though it remains to be seen whether or not he is still married.
With that being said, him joining the show will give a new explosive drama that will serve as a good addition to the storyline. Additionally, it is said that fans of the show can expect a higher production quality in the upcoming season as VH1 had hired a new production team for season 6.
If the new report is to be believed, Akon will join Safaree Samuels, Soulja Boy, Kimberly, Teairra Mari, Moniece Slaughter, Nikki Mudarris, Brooke Valentine, Lyrica Anderson, Floyd Bentley a.k.a. A1, Ray J, Fizz, Marcuss Blac and Daniel Gilbson a.k.a. Booby. The show also features Brigdet Kelly, Solo Lucci, A.D. Diggs, Ray Cunningham, Apple Watts, Paris Phillips, Roccstar and Apryl Jones among others.
This arrives after Princess Love announced her departure from the show back in May. "Thank you for all of your support over the years but I will no longer be a part of Love and Hip Hop," the longtime cast member wrote on late Sunday, May 26. Princess didn't provide further explanation as to why she decided to exit the reality show. As for the caption, Princess only left a heart emoji.
Fans seemingly were being supportive for the wife of Ray J (Ray Jay Norwood)'s decision. "You are a mom now, good choice," a fan wrote in the comment section. Another comment read, "Good sis. That show is toxic." Another user wrote, "Happily married with a baby, that show doesn't like that kind of energy."
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Neuroscientists plant false memories in the brain
The phenomenon of false memory has been well-documented: In many court cases, defendants have been found guilty based on testimony from witnesses and victims who were sure of their recollections, but DNA evidence later overturned the conviction.
In a step toward understanding how these faulty memories arise, MIT neuroscientists have shown that they can plant false memories in the brains of mice. They also found that many of the neurological traces of these memories are identical in nature to those of authentic memories.
"Whether it's a false or genuine memory, the brain's neural mechanism underlying the recall of the memory is the same," says Susumu Tonegawa, the Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience and senior author of a paper describing the findings in the July 25 edition of Science.
The study also provides further evidence that memories are stored in networks of neurons that form memory traces for each experience we have — a phenomenon that Tonegawa's lab first demonstrated last year.
Neuroscientists have long sought the location of these memory traces, also called engrams. In the pair of studies, Tonegawa and colleagues at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory showed that they could identify the cells that make up part of an engram for a specific memory and reactivate it using a technology called optogenetics.
Lead authors of the paper are graduate student Steve Ramirez and research scientist Xu Liu. Other authors are technical assistant Pei-Ann Lin, research scientist Junghyup Suh, and postdocs Michele Pignatelli, Roger Redondo and Tomas Ryan.
Seeking the engram
Episodic memories — memories of experiences — are made of associations of several elements, including objects, space and time. These associations are encoded by chemical and physical changes in neurons, as well as by modifications to the connections between the neurons.
Where these engrams reside in the brain has been a longstanding question in neuroscience. "Is the information spread out in various parts of the brain, or is there a particular area of the brain in which this type of memory is stored? This has been a very fundamental question," Tonegawa says.
In the 1940s, Canadian neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield suggested that episodic memories are located in the brain's temporal lobe. When Penfield electrically stimulated cells in the temporal lobes of patients who were about to undergo surgery to treat epileptic seizures, the patients reported that specific memories popped into mind. Later studies of the amnesiac patient known as "H.M." confirmed that the temporal lobe, including the area known as the hippocampus, is critical for forming episodic memories.
However, these studies did not prove that engrams are actually stored in the hippocampus, Tonegawa says. To make that case, scientists needed to show that activating specific groups of hippocampal cells is sufficient to produce and recall memories.
To achieve that, Tonegawa's lab turned to optogenetics, a new technology that allows cells to be selectively turned on or off using light.
For this pair of studies, the researchers engineered mouse hippocampal cells to express the gene for channelrhodopsin, a protein that activates neurons when stimulated by light. They also modified the gene so that channelrhodopsin would be produced whenever the c-fos gene, necessary for memory formation, was turned on.
In last year's study, the researchers conditioned these mice to fear a particular chamber by delivering a mild electric shock. As this memory was formed, the c-fos gene was turned on, along with the engineered channelrhodopsin gene. This way, cells encoding the memory trace were "labeled" with light-sensitive proteins.
The next day, when the mice were put in a different chamber they had never seen before, they behaved normally. However, when the researchers delivered a pulse of light to the hippocampus, stimulating the memory cells labeled with channelrhodopsin, the mice froze in fear as the previous day's memory was reactivated.
"Compared to most studies that treat the brain as a black box while trying to access it from the outside in, this is like we are trying to study the brain from the inside out," Liu says. "The technology we developed for this study allows us to fine-dissect and even potentially tinker with the memory process by directly controlling the brain cells."
Incepting false memories
That is exactly what the researchers did in the new study — exploring whether they could use these reactivated engrams to plant false memories in the mice's brains.
First, the researchers placed the mice in a novel chamber, A, but did not deliver any shocks. As the mice explored this chamber, their memory cells were labeled with channelrhodopsin. The next day, the mice were placed in a second, very different chamber, B. After a while, the mice were given a mild foot shock. At the same instant, the researchers used light to activate the cells encoding the memory of chamber A.
On the third day, the mice were placed back into chamber A, where they now froze in fear, even though they had never been shocked there. A false memory had been incepted: The mice feared the memory of chamber A because when the shock was given in chamber B, they were reliving the memory of being in chamber A.
Moreover, that false memory appeared to compete with a genuine memory of chamber B, the researchers found. These mice also froze when placed in chamber B, but not as much as mice that had received a shock in chamber B without having the chamber A memory activated.
The researchers then showed that immediately after recall of the false memory, levels of neural activity were also elevated in the amygdala, a fear center in the brain that receives memory information from the hippocampus, just as they are when the mice recall a genuine memory.
These two papers represent a major step forward in memory research, says Howard Eichenbaum, a professor of psychology and director of Boston University's Center for Memory and Brain.
"They identified a neural network associated with experience in an environment, attached a fear association with it, then reactivated the network to show that it supports memory expression. That, to me, shows for the first time a true functional engram," says Eichenbaum, who was not part of the research team.
The MIT team is now planning further studies of how memories can be distorted in the brain.
"Now that we can reactivate and change the contents of memories in the brain, we can begin asking questions that were once the realm of philosophy," Ramirez says. "Are there multiple conditions that lead to the formation of false memories? Can false memories for both pleasurable and aversive events be artificially created? What about false memories for more than just contexts — false memories for objects, food or other mice? These are the once seemingly sci-fi questions that can now be experimentally tackled in the lab."
The research was funded by the RIKEN Brain Science Institute.
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