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Cars make their way around concrete in disrepair on 10 Mile Road. The road is slated for concrete slab repair work this summer.
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Concrete repair slated for 10 Mile in Southfield
By: Kayla Dimick | Southfield Sun | Published May 15, 2019
The construction on 10 Mile will stretch from Evergreen Road to Greenfield Road.
SOUTHFIELD — If you plan on traveling through the heart of the Center of It All this construction season, you might want to find an alternate route.
On May 7, the Road Commission for Oakland County held a public information meeting in the Marcotte Room of Southfield City Hall.
The open-house-style meeting detailed upcoming concrete repairment slated for 10 Mile Road, between Evergreen and Greenfield roads.
Residents were invited to the open house to view a map of the project and to ask questions.
Andrew Bates, a Road Commission traffic safety department civil engineer, was on hand to answer questions at the meeting.
Bates said the pavement restoration project will affect both directions of travel on the road.
"We're replacing the distressed concrete, and it's mainly the eastbound lanes between Evergreen and Southfield, and it's the westbound lanes between Greenfield and Southfield," Bates said. "It's kind of a checkerboard, if you will, because there's still a decent amount of pavement that has some life in it."
There is a lot of work to be done on the road, Bates said.
"We'll be ripping out all the concrete where you see all the cold patching or pothole repairs down to the aggregate base, compacting it and then repouring brand-new concrete," Bates said. "So, it's full depth. It's one step shy of being a fully reconstructed road."
While the concrete is repaired, the road will remain open, Bates said.
"We'll be maintaining two-way traffic throughout the construction," he said.
Some side streets may close throughout the project, however, such as Santa Barbara Street.
Craig Bryson, the senior manager of communications and public information at the Road Commission, said in an email that no official detours will be posted.
"Because the road is not closing, we do not post an official detour route. However, the parallel mile roads are, of course, logical alternatives — Eight Mile, Nine Mile, 11 Mile, etc.," Bryson said.
In addition to the road repairs, crews will replace some curbs and gutters, upgrade crosswalks to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and upgrade several bus stops.
The $3.2 million project is funded through the Tri-Party program, a partnership between the Road Commission, Oakland County and the city of Southfield.
According to City Council documents, the city will pay $596,295 for its share of the project.
Construction is expected to begin in late June and wrap up in the fall, Road Commission officials said.
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Deceit tests your instincts at trust and deception in a multiplayer first-person shooter.
Deceit is a FPS game made by Automaton. The gameplay involves the frenzy of fast paced combat mixed with strategic map positioning, and of course the psychological aspects of determining who is infected. You wake up in an asylum to the sound of an unfamiliar voice, surrounded by five others. A third of your group have been infected with a virus, but who escape? The infected will be trying to cover up their group sabotage attempts, whilst the rest will be keeping an eye out for this suspicious behavior and attempt to join forces with people they think they can trust. Find allies and complete objectives around the map to better your chances of survival.
Fast paced combat mixed with strategic map positioning.
Decide whether to collaborate or fight with other players.
Blackout periods across the map which allow for the infected to transform into what's known as their terror form.
Objectives around the map to better your chances of survival.
Deceit game is a bit like Trouble in Terrorist Town mixed with Town of Salem. It gives a really interesting twist and it makes you doubt anyone you see. No one can be trusted. This gives really interesting scenarios where you get back-stabbed by someone you have been working together with for the whole game. You awaken inside of some kind of asylum with 5 other people. You are either an innocent, or an infected. You have no idea what the status of the 5 others are. There are a total of 2 infected per round, and 4 innocents. The goal of the innocents is to escape the asylum, and the goal of the infected terrors is to kill or slow down the innocents until the time expires. Deceit is honestly an awesome concept and game! Every single game has a different outcome with different people being infected together and the random spawns of items which change the game drastically every time.


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by Tyler Davis | Dec 9, 2020 | All Posts | 2 comments
A Screen-free Educational Game
With all of the toys and games available to our kids today it's rare to come across something that is genuinely a new experience. This is what happened to me the first time I sat down with my son to play Turing Tumble—a screen-free educational game.
Andrea purchased Turing Tumble with the hopes that it would provide our kids some STEM education in a hands-on, physical way that would let them develop understanding of foundational concepts while having some fun at the same time. Not being aware of all this background, I simply sat down to play a new game. By the time we used the board to make a four-bit register I found that this game is literally a mechanical computer. It's basic, but it's real.
In the box you'll find the game board, colored marbles, an engaging instruction manual that weaves a story narrative into the game play, and a large assortment of game pieces all carefully placed in their proper location. The entire setup is so well constructed that it is genuinely a pleasure to open and work with. I have noticed that my son also recognizes this as he carefully puts each piece back when we're done playing.
At first glance this game looks like Plinko, but that is as far as the comparison can be taken. It has two sets of colored marbles held at the top that are released by pressing levers at the bottom. The object of each puzzle is to control how the marbles fall, typically producing a specific pattern of colors at the bottom. A variety of different game pieces can be placed on the board to change how the marbles fall. Each puzzle will help explain how to use the pieces, as well as place limitations on how many you can use for the solution.
The game board after completing the first puzzle.
The game of Plinko is much simpler.
Ramps—the basic game piece.
More advanced game pieces.
The game has obvious styling cues that align with its roots in computer science, such as binary strings on the box, computer terminal-like puzzle descriptions in the manual, and sharing a name with the great Alan Turing. While this all sets the scene for legit geeky fun, it wasn't until we had completed the first few puzzles that I began to realize the game was doing more than just enjoying a sci-fi theme. It was reminding me of my introduction to microprocessors college class.
The game comes in an attractive and sturdy box.
Before you know it, you'll be building registers like this one.
The manual is fun to read and very helpful.
The puzzle descriptions look just like computer read outs.
For comparison, a screenshot of a real computer terminal.
Are We in Class or at Recess?
The puzzles start out easy and get progressively more challenging as you progress through the manual. Each puzzle's difficulty is indicated by the number of stars in the description, and the ranking can go well above five! Sometimes it takes us a few attempts before we make it work, but when we finally get it right it's definitely a high-five moment.
It's this great mix of progressive challenge and reward with expertly produced help in the manual that makes this game so fun. It can be played solo, or as a team. I have seen my son set it up to play on his own, and there have been times that I suggested we work through a few puzzles together. It is rewarding to play, and rewarding as a parent to watch your child work through the puzzles and smile when the achievement comes.
Have I mentioned that this game is a mechanical computer? We spend so much time working, studying, and playing on screens that we sometimes forget what it's like to do something in the physical world. This game is 100% physical, and it's a great way to have fun and learn some computer theory at the same time. We like it so much that we included it in this year's Screen-Free Gift Guide.
For more detailed information on the connection between this mechanical computer and the electronic one you're using now, check out Lesson #1 from the Turing Tumble Educator Guide, available on the Turing Tumble Educator page. They have plenty of help for teachers and parents!
Challenges, Computers, and Connections
Has my son learned computer science by playing this screen-free educational game? A little bit, yes. Is he a computer wizard now? No. Computer science is a big enough field that I don't really expect anyone to fully understand it until they have a college degree in hand. What this game does is give an entertaining introduction to the basic concept of computing, binary logic, and the fascinating realization that computing does not require electricity. It also gave me a chance to connect with my son as we worked together to solve some challenging puzzles.
If he later decides to enter a field of study that uses this knowledge, he will already have an improved understanding of the key fundamentals. If he doesn't, the lessons in logic, planning, and mechanics will still be valuable. In either case, he'll have had a lot of fun in the process.
Shira	on January 3, 2021 at 9:25 pm
Lack of instructions on set-up made this unnecessarily frustrating. I finally found a video on YouTube that demonstrated how to insert the silver marbles in ramps. Once I figured out the set-up my grandson loved it.
I also suggest more explanation of Computer/Turing Tumble connections so that adults can convey this information to children.
Tyler Davis	on January 5, 2021 at 1:00 am
Hi Shira,
Thanks for the feedback! Can you share a link to the YouTube video you used? That may be helpful to others. We've updated the post with more information on the computer/Turing Tumble connection.
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Mahaska County Supervisor Steve Wanders is seen handing out candy at the Mahaska County Courthouse on October 30. Early voting was taking place at the time the photo was taken.
Oskaloosa, Iowa- Mahaska County Supervisor Steve Wanders has been accused of violating state law on October 30, pertaining to electioneering at a voting precinct. Wanders was photographed by The Sun outside of the Mahaska County Courthouse wearing a "Vote Steve Wanders Supervisor" t-shirt, while handing out candy during the Oskaloosa Trick or Treat parade. A photo submitted to the Sun also shows candy handed out during the parade with "Vote Wanders Supervisor" stickers on them. At the time of the Oskaloosa Trick or Treat parade, the Mahaska County Auditor's office was open for absentee voting, with voters being observed going into the courthouse to cast ballots. Wanders is on the November 6thmidterm election in the hotly contest Mahaska County Supervisor race.
When The Sun reached out to Wanders regarding the issue, he acknowledged that he had been made aware that he may have broken electioneering laws.
"It's a learning deal for me. I didn't realize I was breaking any laws so it was just a mistake on my part and I will own up to it," Wanders said. "I will accept any consequences that come from it," he said.
He added that County Auditor Sue Brown contacted Wanders on Wednesday morning after being contacted by the Secretary of State's office.
"She just wanted me to be aware of it," Wanders said.
Election misconduct in the third degree is classified as a serious misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $1,850.
Mahaska County Attorney Jim Blomgren said that he is unsure if charges will be filed in the case.
"It's my understanding that Mr. Wanders has been advised that what he did was inappropriate. At this point I can't say whether or not there would be any charges filed," Blomgren said.
Blomgren said that he became aware of potential issue on Wednesday morning, October 31. He said that it is most likely that if charges were to be filed, it would be a decision from his office.
"That's my understanding that we would be involved if something was filed," he said.
Blomgren added that he does not have any specific timeline to deciding on if charge are warranted.
"It depends on how quickly I can get ahold of Mr. Wanders and visit with him and see what he was doing and basically how he got in that circumstance," he said. "It's my understanding he's had a conversation with county officials about it but not with me yet," Blomgren added.
The Iowa Secretary of State's office confirmed to The Sun that they reached out to Mahaska County Auditor Sue Brown after receiving information about the issue.
"Auditor Brown was not aware that candidate Wanders was allegedly engaged in campaign activity and she said that she would advise the candidate of laws related to electioneering at her earliest opportunity," Communications Director Kevin Hall added.


An inhibitor that functions by binding to a site on the target that is not the target's active site, such that the active site adopts an inactive conformation.
Next-generation sequencing method of detecting substitutions, duplications, insertions, deletions, and indels. The method consists of multiplexed PCR amplification of regions of interest, followed by NGS and specialized bioinformatics analysis. Examples of amplicon capture technology include Ion Torrent AmpliSeq, Illumina TruSeq, Agilent HaloPlex, and RainDance. These tests are custom-designed to interrogate tissues for mutations of interest in specific genes, typically 1 to 100.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is a network of oncology professionals dedicated to providing resources for education, policy, clinical research, and improving the care of cancer patients. As part of this goal, ASCO develops and publishes clinical practice guidelines to support doctors in evidence-based care. More information about the ASCO guidelines can be found here.
The British National Formulary (BNF) is a publication of the British Medical Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society that provides guidelines for prescribing and administering medicines available through the United Kingdom Nutritional Health Service. More information about the BNF can be found here.
An inhibitor that binds to the target's active site, making the target inactive.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is an agency that oversees medicinal product regulation and approves (or "licenses") drugs in a centralized manner for use within the European Union. Additionally, the EMA develops guidelines and regulations to facilitate drug development and access and monitors drug safety across the lifecycle of the drug. Before approving a drug, the EMA completes a review of safety and efficacy evidence to determine whether the drug is safe and effective for its intended use. Once approval has been granted, the centralized marketing authorization is valid in all European Union member states, Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein. More information about the EMA can be found here.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency within the United States government that oversees regulation of a broad range of products that includes human and veterinary drugs, medical devices (including companion diagnostics), dietary supplements, tobacco products, cosmetics, and some foods. FDA approval is required for drugs to be marketed within the United States. Before approving a drug, the FDA reviews evidence to determine whether the drug is safe and effective for its intended use. Companion diagnostics, which are used to ensure safe and effective use of one or more drugs, undergo a similar approval process. More information about FDA review processes can be found here.
A biospecimen processed by the most common method used for preserving tissue. A tumor tissue biospecimen is removed from the patient via biopsy or surgery, and the tissue is then sectioned, fixed using formalin, and embedded in paraffin.
A gene made by joining parts of two different genes. Fusion genes may occur naturally in the body by transfer of DNA between chromosomes. For example, the BCR-ABL gene found in some types of leukemia is a fusion gene. Fusion genes can also be made in the laboratory by combining genes or parts of genes from the same or different organisms. (NCIT 2012) Fusions can result from translocations, deletions, and inversions.
"The occurrence of a combination of a deletion and insertion" (HGVS 2013). Commonly referred to as a class of mutations that includes insertion , deletion mutations, and mutation events where both an insertion and a deletion have occurred (NCIT 2013).
Cancer in which tumors have spread beyond the organ in which the cancer originated.
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is a licensing body in the United Kingdom that oversees regulation of drug and medical device licensing and marketing, sampling drugs to determine if they meet quality standards, and regulating blood and blood products. Additionally, the MHRA monitors drug safety across the lifecycle of the drug and approves clinical trials within the United Kingdom. Prior to Brexit, the MHRA enforced EMA drug licensing regulations in the United Kingdom and evaluated applications for drugs to be evaluated for a United Kingdom-specific approval. Before approving a drug, the MHRA completes a review of safety and efficacy evidence to determine whether the drug is safe and effective for its intended use. More information about the MHRA can be found here.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is a nonprofit organization of 28 cancer centers focused on improving patient care, research, and education. Towards this goal, the NCCN publishes guidelines for cancer treatment that provide recommendations for cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. These guidelines are the source of many therapeutic assertions on MyCancerGenome.org and can be accessed here.
See no evidence of disease.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is a part of the Department of Heath in the United Kingdom that generates guidelines and advice for health, public health, and social health practitioners in the National Health Services. Additionally, NICE provides information services and develops quality standards and performance metrics to improve quality of care. NICE guidelines are developed on the basis of safety, efficacy, and economic considerations and determine which medicines are widely available through the National Health Services. While medicines recommended by NICE are typically approved (or "licensed") by the MHRA, NICE will sometimes recommend "off-label" prescription when there is good evidence for a medicine's use. More information about NICE guidelines can be found here.
When diagnostic tests fail to detect presence of disease (NCIT 2012). This may occur after treatment, for example, and a patient's cancer is being assessed regarding the need for additional treatment. Abbreviated NED.
A compound with structural and biochemical properties related to those of rapamycin; an allosteric mTOR inhibitor.
See Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors.
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) is an organization that reviews new medicines that have been approved by the MHRA or EMA. SMC acceptance is based upon safety, efficacy, and economic considerations. Medicines must be approved by the SMC to be routinely prescribed in Scotland. More information about the SMC can be found here.
A large structural anomaly of genetic material such as a translocation or inversion that results from breakpoints between multiple chromosomes or within a single chromosomes. These often result in fusion genes and associated fusion proteins.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is an agency of the United Nations focused on international health. As part of this goal, WHO publishes classifications of cancer types and standards for cancer prevention, detection, and treatment. More information about WHO can be found here.


By sense of civic pride enhanced, we mean the deep sense of pleasure or satisfaction that is felt for the people, environment of a location that is based on governance or the actions of the governing authority.
This outcome is about how engagement in cultural activity can contribute to a sense of civic pride. By civic pride, we mean pride in a geographic location that is, or sits within, a government administrative area. The pride may relate to how the locality looks, what products and services are offered there (such as when a town is a centre for creativity and cultural offerings), how people from that area behave or the values, systems and processes of governance of that area (such as democracy and respect for human rights). This outcome might be what is intended in initiatives to promote 'brand' or 'city' recognition.


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by Christopher W. Holton
Tulsi Gabbard, one of the minor candidates from the 20-strong field of Democrat presidential hopefuls, has been getting a considerable amount of attention due to Hillary Clinton's deranged allegations that she is a "Russian asset."
While it is true that Kremlin-backed web sites have published numerous articles about Gabbard, no sober person really believes she is a "Russian asset." In my opinion the Russians like her because of her positions on U.S. national security, which, if they ever became policy, would essentially open great opportunities for Vladimir Putin to assert Russian influence in the world at America's expense.
What warrants much more scrutiny are Gabbard's bizarre, dangerous views on Iran. Her public statements on Iran almost amount to shilling for the Ayatollahs. She clearly admires Iran and she takes a "blame America first" position on relations between Iran and the U.S.
Her expressed knowledge of Iran-U.S. history is superficial at best.
Gabbard: The Ayatollahs' Favorite Candidate
Her pro-Iran stance, combined with her anti-Semitic support for anti-BDS legislation directed at Israel put her far outside the mainstream of U.S. politics.
It's not necessarily a bad thing to be outside the mainstream of U.S. politics, but when a politician's views are so clearly supportive of a sworn enemy of our country, those views merit scrutiny–which is what I aim to do here.
Gabbard makes her views on Iran a feature of her stance on the issues. On her campaign web site she dedicates a page to Iran.
It's too bad that so much of what she says there just isn't true.
She starts off by saying she is "against war with Iran." This is a thinly veiled accusation, frequently made by the Left, against always unnamed people who are supposedly calling for war with Iran. The problem is, no one ever produces evidence of anyone in US policymaking circles calling for going to war with Iran.
What Gabbard is doing here is using scare tactics: "Vote for me because I am against war with Iran, unlike others, who are for war with Iran."
It's just flat dishonest.
Another claim that Gabbard makes is that war with Iran would strengthen Al Qaeda. There is just as much evidence that going to war with Iran would weaken Al Qaeda as there is evidence that it would strengthen Iran.
After all, Iran has provided Al Qaeda with safe haven and, according to a verdict in U.S. federal court, Iran provided Al Qaeda with support for the September 11 attacks. Beyond that, Iran has a decades-long history of relations with Al Qaeda.
What Gabbard implies by saying war with Iran would strengthen Al Qaeda is that Iran is an enemy of Al Qaeda. That is not true and it never has been.
Gabbard is either ignorant or dishonest on this point.
Gabbard supported the flawed, fraudulent Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA). The JCPOA actually granted Iran a clear path to nuclear weapons, was largely unverifiable and failed to address Iran's ballistic missile program, and sponsorship of terrorism.
To this day, Gabbard calls for the U.S. to re-enter that deal which Iran has violated and which overtly clears the way for Iran to have nuclear weapons in the future.
This is part of the false choice that Gabbard and those of her ilk deceive the American people into believing they have to make: That false choice is between war with Iran and accepting the flawed JCPOA.
Americans must not buy into such radical Leftist disinformation. It is possible to use American power to deter Iran and bolster our allies in the region. Showing weakness to a regime like that in Tehran encourages aggression. Responding with strength reduces the chances of war. The free world doesn't have to accept genocidal Ayatollahs armed with nuclear weapons.
Why is Gabbard promoting this false choice?
Gabbard makes an outrageously oversimplified statement about Iran on her web site that shows, at best, a superficial understanding of our history with Iran.
"The history of the United States relationship with Iran is rooted in, and defined by, a decades-long policy of regime change, which began with the CIA-led overthrow of democratically-elected Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq in 1953 in order to keep U.S.-backed Mohammad Reza Shah in power. This ultimately sparked the 1979 Islamic Revolution which grew from strong opposition to years of U.S. interventionist policies in Iran and throughout the region. As Iran's new anti-U.S. government took power, our threats of intervention grew and Iran started its nuclear program as a direct response to defend against the possibility of another U.S.-led intervention and regime change plot."
In 1953 the CIA did in fact engineer the overthrow of Mossadeq because he was a Soviet-backed communist. But it is not true that this led to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Mossadeq was not an Islamist and the Islamists were not destined to have a role in his regime. The Islamists sought to seize power decades later on their own terms–not to install the regime that Mossadeq would have installed. The two have nothing to do with each other.
Make no mistake, the 1979 Islamic Revolution was carried out to establish an Islamic state ruled by sharia. Period. From the start the Ayatollahs were hostile to the U.S. and violated international law in invading our embassy in Tehran and taking diplomatic personnel hostage.
Iran went on to become the world's most active state sponsor of terrorism. Successive Democrat and Republican administrations have agreed on this. Not only do the Iranians sponsor Hezbollah, an organization responsible for killing hundred of Americans, they sponsor HAMAS, a Sunni jihadist organization bent on replacing Israel with an Islamic state ruled by sharia. As mentioned previously, Iran has also helped Al Qaeda.
Gabbard: Blaming America First
Claiming that the Iranians started their nuclear program as a result fear of U.S. intervention is false and ignores the article in the Iranian constitution that requires that the Iranians export the Islamic revolution worldwide.
In other words, the Iranians have a stated, constitutional policy of intervention.
Rather than intervening in Iran as Gabbard claims in "Blame America First" fashion, the U.S. has in fact shown incredible restraint in dealing with Iran. Consider some of the atrocities committed by Iran over the years.
Here is a partial list of what the Ayatollahs have done over the past 40 years:
On November 4, 1979, Iranian "students" stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and held 52 hostages for 444 days until January 1981.
It is worth noting at this point that Hezbollah is essentially a branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. It could be regarded as an Iranian Foreign Legion.
In April 1983, Iranian-backed Hezbollah carried out an Islamikaze bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 17 Americans.
On October 23, 1983, Iranian-backed Hezbollah carried out an Islamikaze bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks at the Beirut airport. 241 Marines, sailors and soldiers were killed in that attack.
On April 14, 1988, the USS Samuel B. Roberts struck a mine illegally laid by Iran in the Persian Gulf, wounding 69 U.S. sailors.
In 1996, Iran, and its Jihadist terrorist client, Hezbollah, took part in the bombing of the U.S. Khobar Towers barracks in Saudi Arabia, killing 19 U.S. service men and women and wounding 372 more.
In June 2004, two Iranian security guards at Iran's U.N. mission in New York were expelled after they were caught conducting reconnaissance of sensitive sites in New York.
Back in 2010, it was revealed that two Jihadis convicted in Manhattan for terrorist conspiracy had ties to Iran. The two had plotted to bomb JFK airport.
For those who recognize the threat from Sunni jihadists, but not Iran, they best take a closer look. Iran has a long history of supporting Sunni jihad, notably HAMAS. But even beyond HAMAS, the Wikileaks documents disclosed in 2010 direct ties between Iranian leaders and Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders
Hezbollah and Al Qaeda cooperation has been documented elsewhere for some time, as detailed by the non-partisan Council on Foreign Relations.
In November 2017, the CIA released files taken from the Osama Bin Laden raid showing evidence of ties between Iran and Al Qaeda.
Also in 2010, US Army General Ray Odierno called out Iran for the violence in Iraq.
In 2011, U.S. law enforcement disrupted a plot involving the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. by bombing a restaurant in Washington DC. An Iranian-American was sentenced to 25 years for his role in the plot.
In 2012, various intelligence services uncovered terrorist plots involving the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah in countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. Some of the targets included American facilities.
In March 2012, the head of the New York Police Department's Intelligence Division, revealed to a Congressional panel that Iranian personnel had been caught conducting reconnaissance of New York targets at least a half dozen times since 9/11.
In January 2016, Iran seized and held 10 U.S. Navy sailors in the Persian Gulf.
In June 2017, two Hezbollah jihadists were arrested in Dearborn, Michigan for conducting surveillance of law enforcement and military facilities in New York and the Panama Canal. The investigation revealed a previously unknown level of Hezbollah operational activity in North America.
In April 2018, a U.S. federal judge ordered Iran to pay $6 billion to the families of 9/11 victims for Iran's "material support" for Al Qaeda.
In August 2018, two Iranian agents were arrested for conducting surveillance of Jewish targets in Chicago.
In September 2018, the U.S. closed diplomatic facilities in Iraq after repeated rocket attacks and threats from Iranian-backed militias there.
In April of this year, the Pentagon declassified a report indicating that Iran was responsible for the death of 608 U.S. GIs in Iraq during the insurgency there.
Recently, the former head of the security police in Venezuela, who defected from the Maduro regime there, disclosed that Iran's terrorist proxy, Hezbollah, was active in Venezuela.
In June, German intelligence reported that Iran had actively sought weapons proliferation technology for its nuclear program during 2018—during a period in which Iran was supposed to be adhering to the infamous nuclear deal.
So, while Tulsi Gabbard portrays the Ayatollahs as victims, the fact is they are perpetrators.
Tulsi Gabbard's statements on Iran are inaccurate at best, and could be classified as outright dishonesty.
Preventing the Ayatollahs from obtaining nuclear weapons is the most urgent national security imperative today. Should the ayatollahs become armed with nuclear weapons, future generations will ask of us: "How did they ever let it happen?"
If Tulsi Gabbard gets elected president, the answer will be obvious.
The best way to deal with an aggressive opponent is from a position of strength. This does not mean that the U.S. should march irretrievably toward war with Iran. In dealing with Iran, history has shown that weakness emboldens them. In other words, weakness increases the likelihood of war and, doubtless, the Ayatollahs would like nothing more than to see Tulsi Gabbard as president of the United States.
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Bill Clinton Let Iran Get Away With Murder
This comes as no surprise. Former FBI director Louis Freeh all but said as much.
President Bill Clinton knew that Iran and Hezbollah were behind the Islamikaze bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, in which 19 American servicemen were killed.
He, of course, did absolutely NOTHING about it.
Jihad metastasized on Bill Clinton's watch while he philandered his way through 8 long years of disgrace. He is the phoniest person in the history of presidential politics. There is literally nothing authentic or genuine about this lowlife…
Former US president Bill Clinton's administration had enough evidence of Iran's sponsorship of a deadly terror attack in Saudi Arabia to prompt a communique to the Iranian president, but kept the information under wraps to avoid demands for a more forceful response…
http://www.timesofisrael.com/bill-clinton-knew-iran-was-behind-khobar-attack-cable-shows/
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Two Important Articles from Dr. Andrew Bostom
Few, if any, Americans have a more sober and complete understanding of Islamic doctrine, particularly Shariah and Jihad, than Dr. Andrew Bostom.
Two days ago, he penned two very important and educational articles on the threat from the Islamic Republic of Iran and the willful blindness and denial Westerners and Americans in particular have when it comes to that threat. It is just this willful blindness and denial that has allowed us to sit back and watch for 20+ years as Iran builds nuclear infrastructure and ballistic missiles, all while sponsoring Jihadist terrorism directed at us…
Everyone should read these two articles…
http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2014/03/15/iran-denial-left-and-right-illustrated-simply-and-clearly/
http://pjmedia.com/blog/educating-conservatives-about-modern-shiite-quietists/?singlepage=true
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The Democrats' Broken Record on Iran
Over on Investor's Business Daily, Michael Barone reports that Stratfor analyst Robert Kaplan has suggested that Obama is trying to forge some alliance of sorts with Iran.
As implausible as this might seem, Kaplan evidently makes a case for it and it certainly wouldn't be the first move by Obama that defies all logic and appears to work directly against US interests and those of our allies:
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-perspective/021014-689504-obama-shifting-mideast-alliance-to-iran.htm?p=full
The apparent basis for Obama's obsequiousness toward Iran, a country that has sponsored Hezbollah in its campaigns of murder of US citizens and even cooperated with Al Qaeda (YES, Al Qaeda: http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/223992/iranian-entanglements/christopher-w-holton)–not to mention Iran's involvement in supporting insurgents battling US GIs in Iraq and Afghanistan–is the newly fashionable mythology that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is at long-last the "moderate" Iranian leader that we have all been waiting for.
The basic flaw in this thinking is that the President of Iran has no real authority over foreign policy and national security issues and policy. That authority resides only with the Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Despite the absurdity of the theory that Rouhani will make a real difference in US-Iranian relations, history suggests that it should not come as a real surprise that Team Obama is championing him. Democrats in office have held out this theory for decades. (Not that Republicans should get a free pass, since they too have sat idly by as Iran built up its nuclear infrastructure.)
The first known example of damaging Democratic naivete came, of course, during the disastrous administration of Jimmy Carter. Carter's UN ambassador, Andrew Young, declared that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was akin to an Islamic "saint." National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski considered Khomeini someone America could work with to oppose the Soviets. Young's saint proceeded to seize political power despite public pledges not to do so and ordered the slaughter of thousands of opponents. He then dragged Iran back centuries with the imposition of Shariah law and began exporting the Islamic revolution through terrorism.
The next nauseating episode of Democratic gullibility when it came to Iran involved Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who served in several capacities in the Mullahs' hierarchy in Iran, including Speaker of the Majles, a sort of parliament, and president of Iran from 1989-1997. Rafsanjani is one of the wealthiest men in Iran, his family having earned its fortune in the farming of pistachio nuts. The Clinton administration went to far as to ease sanctions on pistachio nut imports from Iran to the US under the misguided expectation that such a move would win favor with Rafsanjani, who many in the Clinton administration considered a "pragmatist."
The rest is, as they say, history. Clinton's pragmatist was evidently the Ayatollah in direct charge of kicking off Iran's nuclear program to begin with.
In a 2001 speech, Rafsanjani had this to say about nuclear weapons and the conflict with Israel:
"If one day the world of Islam comes to possess the weapons currently in Israel's possession – on that day this method of global arrogance would come to a dead end. This is because the use of a nuclear bomb in Israel will leave nothing on the ground, whereas it will only damage the world of Islam."
This was not Rafsanjani's first statement on nuclear weapons. Before he became president of Iran and long before Bill Clinton's team came along to declare him a pragmatist, Rafsanjani was making worrying statements about Iran and nuclear weapons. In a broadcast over Tehran radio in October 1988, when he was speaker of the Iranian Majlis, Ayatollah Rafsanjani made this chilling declaration that called for the development of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons:
"We should fully equip ourselves both in the offensive and defensive use of chemical, bacteriological and radiological weapons."
Rafsanjani was eventually replaced as president by Ayatollah Mohammad Khatami, another Great Iranian Hope for the Democratic Party in the US. Khatami served as president from 1997 to 2005 and many in the West portrayed him as a champion of reform and dialogue between the West and Iran.
Of course, none of that amounted to anything, perhaps because Khatami, as president, had no authority over foreign policy and served at the pleasure of the Supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But, like his predecessors, Khatami was not what he appeared to be. When he was Iran's minister of culture and Islamic propagation, Khatami was directly involved in the creation of Hezbollah, the global Jihadist terrorist organization that has served as Iran's proxy in waging war against the West. It should also be noted that Iran's nuclear program accelerated during Khatami's presidency.
So, now we have Rouhani and Obama's apparent miscalculation to follow in the footsteps of Clinton and Carter before him. The difference now is that the Iranians are so much closer to becoming a nuclear power.
Filed under: Al Qaeda, Carter, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Israel, Khamenei, Khatami, Khomeini, nuclear program, nuclear talks, Obama, Rafsanjani, Rouhani, Terrorism, US State Department, USA, Useful Idiots | Tagged: Iran, Khamenei, Obama, Rouhani |	Leave a comment »
The Obama Perpetrated Iran Disaster Emerges
Well, the deed is all but done. The Obamanistas have gotten what they wanted all along: a false detente with the Ayatollahs.
John Kerry would have us believe that the Iranian nuclear program has been frozen by the "agreement" he "hammered" out with Iranian negotiators, but the subsequent remarks from Iranian leaders are very telling; they don't appear to believe that they agreed to anything that truly curtails their nuclear ambitions.
Kerry is lying.
At BEST, this agreement seems to have set back the Iranian nuclear program all of 6 weeks. It is now inevitable that one day we will wake up and turn on the cable news shows and be treated to the news that Iran has nuclear weapons.
Make no mistake, Obama was NEVER committed to preventing the Iranians from becoming armed with nuclear weapons. To Obama's world view, this is simply a balancing of world power. We have more nukes than anyone, so, what difference does it make that Iran has nukes? (Incidentally, this is essentially the same position that some Republicans, notably Rand Paul, have taken.)
Obama also has an underlying animosity toward Israel and no doubt sees Iran as a nuclear power in much the same light as Israel as a nuclear power.
Probably the most disappointing to liberals in the US who purported to support Israel, Hillary Clinton has gone along with the charade. To Hillary Clinton, everything is about political expedience and she sees it in her best political interests not to disagree with Obama on Iran.
In other words, there is no one in power in Washington who is truly concerned about Iran having the atomic bomb.
Leon Panetta may actually have believed it a few years ago when he said that the US would not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons, but he was being lied to by his colleagues in the Obama administration who claimed to hold that view. No one in the Obama administration is talking like that now.
John Kerry would have us believe that we can just turn sanctions back on like a light switch if the Iranians don't hold up their end of the faux bargain. This is perhaps the biggest lie.
Maybe the US can turn on sanctions again, but such unilateral sanctions will have little effect because the Chinese and the Russians are running full-speed into expanding their operations in the Iranian market now and our allies in Europe, Japan and South Korea are headed back in too. None of those countries, all of whom have closer economic ties to Iran than the US, is likely to turn sanctions back on any time soon. Nope, the genie is out of the bottle.
Meanwhile, the Iranians are up to their usual nefarious activities. They are playing chess and we still think the game is checkers.
A high ranking member of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps recently stated that Iran has IRGC and Hezbollah sleeper cells inside of America ready to strike targets:
http://dailycaller.com/2014/02/01/iranian-commander-we-have-targets-within-america/
I absolutely believe his claim to be true. There is no reason to doubt it.
President Rouhani took office last year amid wide speculation that he would finally be the long-lost "moderate" who would reach out lovingly to the West. This broken record is really getting tiresome. As if to ensure that the myth is once again disposed of properly, the Iranians have ramped up executions on his watch:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/3/iranian-executions-spiking-despite-thaw-with-west-/
Meanwhile, Iran is using its oil wealth to exert its influence in America's backyard. Through Hezbollah and activities emanating from Iran's diplomatic facilities in the region, the Iranians are becoming involved in terrorism and criminal enterprises…
http://freebeacon.com/experts-iran-exerting-troubling-influence-in-latin-america/
And as we have pointed out previously, the nuclear agreement with Iran doesn't even mention the Iranians' ballistic missile program:
http://freebeacon.com/iranian-ballistic-missile-program-can-continue-under-deal/
Finally, amid all their nuclear ambitions, ballistic missile testing and sponsorship of terror, the US, thanks to the Obamanistas, is facilitating the Iranians' access to long frozen financial resources. Money is the most fungible of all commodities. The Iranians might actually tell John Kerry and Barack Obama that this money won't be spent on things like uranium enrichment, ballistic missiles and Hezbollah, but it makes no difference because it would definitely free up Iranian money elsewhere for such activity. We've known for decades that this is what the Ayatollahs do. That's why this deal that John Kerry has perpetrated upon all of Western Civilization is criminal in its effect…
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/joseph-klein/pay-day-for-the-mullahs/
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Iran and Hezbollah: An Analysis of the Threat by Clare Lopez
Retired CIA officer Clare Lopez has published an excellent, detailed analysis of the threat from Hezbollah as an arm of Iran's arsenal.
Here is a brief excerpt and link to her report, entitled Hizballah: Iran's Other Looming Threat to the West
The single most important fact to understand about Hizballah is that its chain of command goes directly to the Iranian Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by way of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Qods Force. That Iranian connection, as well as Hizballah's close and long-standing relationship with al-Qa'eda, the global reach of this Shi'ite jihadist group, and above all, its extensive presence and criminal activities in the Western Hemisphere, including inside the United States, all merit a closer look. With U.S. national security directly in Hizballah's cross-hairs, it's more important than ever to understand what this group is, who leads it, what has motivated them along a bloody 30-year trail of terrorism, and what damage this group is capable of inflicting on American interests.
For even as Hizballah is an Islamic terror organization, an Iranian proxy for power projection, a Transnational Criminal Organization, and a Lebanese military, political, and social domestic entity, it is above all a direct threat to U.S. national security. After all, and despite a complete media blackout on the topic that prevails to this day, on Iranian orders and working together with al-Qa'eda, Hizballah participated in the worst strike ever against the American homeland: the attacks of 9/11. There is no threshold, ideological or otherwise, that Hizballah has not already crossed or would not cross again, given a direct order from Tehran.
Word out of London in late 2013 is that the U.S. is engaged in secret, indirect negotiations with Hizballah, with British diplomats acting as intermediaries. Those talks followed closely on the U.S. capitulation to Iran over its nuclear weapons program during November 2013 discussions in Geneva and reflect a White House policy of seeking to normalize relations with the regime designated by the Department of State as the number one global state sponsor of terror. Hizballah remains a designated terror organization on the Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) list. And while the story about the U.S.-Hizballah talks in London made the Israeli and U.K. media, not one major U.S. media outlet thought it significant to report that the U.S. administration is reaching out to mend relations with what many describe as the most dangerous Islamic terror organization in the world.
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/hizballah-irans-other-looming-threat-to-the-west?f=must_reads#ixzz2ohv16rm3
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Report: Iran accuses White House of lying on nuke agreement
Given Obama's track record, it's tough to know where the truth lies here. But either way, the news is bad.
Either Obama lied and made an even worse deal with the Ayatollahs than he is telling us, or he is telling the truth and the Ayatollahs have already decided to re-interpret the agreement in such a way as to allow maximum overdrive in their continued quest for nuclear weapons.
It doesn't really matter which at this point because Obama already opened Pandora's Box with this terrible agreement. The Ayatollahs have broken down decades of work by Republicans and Democrats alike in America to do our best to isolate Iran economically through sanctions. Perhaps even more than Obamacare, that will be Obama's legacy: Atomic Ayatollahs–the world's most active state sponsor of terrorism armed with nuclear weaponry.
Thanks to Obama and his disgraced Secretary of State John Kerry, the Iranians will very soon have billions of additional dollars with which to develop nuclear technology, build ballistic missiles and sponsor Jihadist terrorism around the globe.
From the Free Beacon article:
Iranian officials say that the White House is misleading the public about the details of an interim nuclear agreement reached over the weekend in Geneva.
The White House released a multi-page fact sheet containing details of the draft agreement shortly after the deal was announced.
However, [an] Iranian foreign ministry official on Tuesday rejected the White House's version of the deal as "invalid" and accused Washington of releasing a factually inaccurate primer that misleads the American public.
Afkham and officials said that the White House has "modified" key details of the deal and released their own version of the agreement in the fact sheet.
Iran's right to enrich uranium, the key component in a nuclear weapon, is fully recognized under the draft released by Tehran.
http://freebeacon.com/iran-white-house-lying-about-details-of-nuke-deal/
It is clear that Iran knows that uranium enrichment is key to its quest for nuclear weapons and they have every intention of continuing that activity. What is not being discussed in the so-called "mainstream" media in the US is the fact that Iran's uranium enrichment operations are already in violation of UN Security Council Resolutions and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, to which Iran is a party.
Why does anyone think that the Ayatollahs would suddenly begin playing by the rules now?
It is once again worth noting that we have seen this scenario before. Way back in 1994, in a deal referred to as the "Agreed Framework," Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter combined to forge a deal with North Korea that was supposed to prevent that country from building nuclear weapons. It failed. In fact, Jimmy Carter can rightly be referred to as the Father of the North Korean Atomic Bomb. North Korea took the largesse that that deal provided and kept up its work on building bombs. Clinton and Carter to this day continue to lie about what the Agreed Framework accomplished. What it actually accomplished was to provide the cover necessary for a rogue nation to become a nuclear power. It is significant that the Agreed Framework was fashioned in such a way as to avoid the necessity for Senate ratification.
Today, the Obama-Kerry-Ayatollah agreement does the exact same thing. It bypasses the Senate's constitutional authority and responsibility to ratify foreign treaties. And the inevitable result will be Iran as a nuclear power. This will be a gargantuan problem that successive presidents will have to deal with long after Obama steals away in the dark of night from his work at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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The Coming Bonanza for Jihad from the Obama/Kerry-Ayatollah Nuclear Bargain
Lost in the discussion about the disastrous P5+1 agreement on nuclear technology forced on the world by Barack Obama, John Kerry and the Ayatollahs in Tehran are the profound implications for Jihadist terrorism.
No where in the agreement is the issue of Iran's sponsorship of terrorism even addressed. For all we know, John Kerry didn't even raise it as an issue in his talks with the Iranians.
It's not like the Obama administration can deny Iran's role in the sponsorship of terrorism. The State Department has for years called Iran the world's most active state sponsor of terrorism. We have chronicled that in the past:
https://iranbulletin.me/2010/08/06/irans-sponsorship-of-terror-detailed-in-new-state-department-report/
Note that in the State Department report we cited in our 2010 post on Iran's sponsorship of terrorism, the Obama State Department acknowledged not only Iran's sponsorship of Shia Hezbollah, but also Sunni terrorist organizations, such as HAMAS and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. In addition, Iran was cited for providing safe haven for Al Qaeda and for providing arms and training to the Taliban, who were fighting US forces in Afghanistan.
Iran's complicated, on-again, off-again relationship with Al Qaeda was the subject of an article I wrote for National Review way back in 2008 as well:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/223992/iranian-entanglements/christopher-w-holton
Meanwhile, TerrorTrendsBulletin detailed Iran's ongoing support for the Taliban as long ago as 2009:
http://terrortrendsbulletin.com/2009/06/08/taliban-continue-to-get-heavy-weapons-from-iran/
How does all this fit in with the nuclear agreement?
The point is, it takes money to arm, train, supply and provide safe haven for Hezbollah, HAMAS, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Money is the lifeblood of Jihad and no one supports Jihad more than Iran does. That money has to come from somewhere. For the most part Iran gets money from oil and natural gas. Divestment and sanctions policies in the US and the West over the past 8-10 years have been geared toward reducing Iran's oil revenue.
Now, with the stroke of a pen, Obama and Kerry have provided a renewed stream of revenue to the Ayatollahs by easing sanctions that were designed to pressure the Iranians into changing their behavior. This was done with the hope that the Iranians would not build nuclear weapons, a fool's errand most likely. But even so, the deal was done in a vacuum of consideration for Iran's sponsorship of Jihadist terrorism. So, whether the Iranians build an atomic bomb next week, next month or next year, Obama and Kerry obviously don't care that Iran is the world's foremost sponsor of Jihadist terrorism.
How much of a financial bonanza will the Iranians enjoy as a result of Obama and Kerry's handiwork?
Well, one estimate forecasts that the Iranians will see an increase in their oil exports of as much as 50%. Given that Iran exports 1 million barrels of oil per day, that figure could rise to 1.5 million barrels of oil per day. Assuming a price of oil of $100 per barrel, that comes to an increase of $50 million each and every day over and above what the Iranians bring in now. Multiply that times 365 days per year and you get a figure of $18,250,000,000.
http://freebeacon.com/analysts-iran-oil-experts-could-increase-50-percent/
In other words, over the next year, the Iranians will earn an extra $18 billion thanks to Barack Obama and John Kerry.
How much of that ends up in the form of weaponry and training for Hezbollah, HAMAS, Islamic Jihad, Al Qaeda and the Taliban is anyone's guess. Surely a portion of it will also go to Iran's ballistic missile development program as well…which is yet another nefarious Iranian activity that Obama and Kerry actively ignored in putting together this unprecedentedly horrible deal.
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Why the Iran Nuclear Agreement is NOT Designed as a Distraction from the Obamacare Debacle
There is speculation in the blogosphere and on the airwaves this morning that the timing of the Obama/Kerry/Ayatollahs Agreement was designed to distract Americans from the Obamacare debacle.
This speculation is wrong for two reasons:
1. Look at the timing of the announcement of the agreement with Iran. It was announced late on Saturday night before a short holiday week, hardly the time you'd want to announce something to distract the citizenry from anything. If anything, the timing of the announcement seems to have been designed to cloak the agreement with Iran in hopes that by the time the next news cycle began other news stories would push it down the order.
It was released so late on Saturday night, in fact, that the agendas for the Sunday morning news shows had been set and there wouldn't be any opportunity for administration officials to be called before the cameras to be questioned about the deal in any depth.
In other words, just the opposite of what a lot of people supposed about the announcement of this horrible deal with Iran, this announcement was designed to be timed so as few people as possible would be paying close attention.
2. The ObamaBomb, as the Center for Security Policy's Frank Gaffney is calling the agreement with Iran, is as significantly scary in its own way as Obamacare is.
At least theoretically, Obamacare can be undone. The American people can choose to vote new Congressional representatives and a new president in 2016 who have the intention of rolling back or even repealing Obamacare.
That isn't the case with the agreement with Iran. It is a multilateral capitulation that puts the Ayatollahs firmly on the road to building nuclear bombs. Even if America changed its mind and decided to re-tighten its sanctions against Iran, there is no way that China and Russia would allow such a move to succeed in the UN Security Council. Pandora's Box has been opened and closing it now won't do any good.
The American people can elect new leaders who think differently that Obama and Kerry on this, and they will still be powerless to undo what Obama and Kerry have done to the entire western civilization.
The only thing future leaders can do thanks to this agreement is try to prepare for a world in which the foremost state sponsor of Jihadist terrorism–and avowed, sworn enemy of the United States–is a nuclear power. Iran will now be untouchable in much the same way that North Korea became untouchable once Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter facilitated their construction of nuclear weapons through an agreement that fell outside the constitutional requirement for senate ratification.
Once Iran fulfills its dream of becoming a nuclear power, which is perhaps only months away, the world geopolitical landscape will become completely changed forever. Not only will Iran approach superpower status as it weaponizes its ballistic missiles capable of at least hitting all of Europe, but it will increase Iran's economic power in the world as countries seek to establish ties so as not to be on the bad side of a genocidal regime armed with nuclear weapons. Most significantly, Iran will be able to operate and facilitate its global terror networks under a nuclear umbrella. Never again will striking Iran when a Jihadist organization they sponsor carries out a terrorist attack be an option. You can't just go bombing a nuclear power, even if that nuclear power is sworn to your (America's) destruction and has a constitutional mandate to export its Islamic revolution.
Future generations will ask:
How did they ever let it happen?
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CNS News: More Evidence Emerges of Worldwide Iranian-Backed Terror Plotting
CNS News has published a very important analysis that shows that Iran's terrorist plots–run through the Pasdaran and Hezbollah–aimed at Israel and the United States, have been uncovered in locales as diverse as Thailand, India, Kenya, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Cyprus, and Bulgaria.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/more-evidence-emerges-worldwide-iranian-backed-terror-plotting
Filed under: Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Hezbollah, India, IRGC, Israel, Jihad, Kenya, Pasdaran, Qods Force, Terrorism, Terrorist Plot, Thailand | Tagged: Hezbollah, Hizballah, Iran, Pasdaran, Qods |	Leave a comment »


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By Henry Collingham
Award Nomination for Claire Baker
Claire's PhD research honouring Chernobyl self-settlers has gained a prestigious award nomination, named as a finalist in the 2022 North East Culture Awards. Claire explained:
"The more I got to know about them, the more I realised we have many shared interests, including in embroidery. All members of the community have those skills because their embroidery is linked to their religious life and has an emotional and spiritual connection. Embroidery is draped around their homes and they are really proud of the work they've done."
Professor Jayne Wallace, CoCreate lead and Claire's principal PhD supervisor, said:
"It's absolutely fantastic news that Claire is in the running for the Visual Artist of the Year title at the North East Culture Awards. This recognition is so well deserved and demonstrates that the research Claire is doing has a huge perceived impact by people in cultural contexts in the UK. Aside from that, the relationship that Claire has formed with the community in Chernobyl, including the Babushkas, is extremely strong and through co-creative craft research and making together they are supporting her ambition to develop new textile objects that ensure their traditional skills are not forgotten."
Claire A Baker's artwork showing the Babushka, Marusya, as an icon. Image credit, Craig McCann McMillan.Now in their fifteenth year, the Culture Awards are open to anyone who has made an impact or a significant contribution to the North East cultural landscape during the last 12 months. Anyone can nominate an individual, organisation, event or exhibition for consideration. The winners of 11 categories will be announced at a special celebration evening on Thursday 8th September at Durham Cathedral.
Discover more about Claire's work online at www.claireabaker.co.uk or on Instagram @claire_a_baker
Read more about it on the Northumbria News page here:
Conrgratulations Claire!


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Anna Rice
IFTA-nominee Anna Rice is fast emerging as a versatile and highly sought-after composer and orchestrator in the UK and Irish music industries. Equally at home in orchestral and electronic fields, she enjoys a varied career scoring both animation and live action, and a busy schedule as orchestrator and arranger for a number of renowned live and recording artists in Ireland and beyond (including the Chieftains, Cara Dillon, John Hughes and Moxie).
In summer 2015 Anna worked closely with acclaimed Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi (House of Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower), orchestrating his new concert work The Japanese Four Seasons, written for violinist Gidon Kremer and chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica. The piece was premiered at the Kronberg Academy Festival in September 2015 and at Tokyo's Suntory Hall in October 2015.
Her score to Graham Cantwell's debut feature Anton (starring Gerard McSorley) was nominated for 'Best Original Score' in the 2009 Irish Film and Television Awards, and since then she has earned credits in Film, TV and Theatre which include the title music to Ian Hislop's BBC documentary series When Bankers Were Good and Ian Hislop's Age of the Do-Gooders (BBC2/ Wingspan Productions), Getting Our Way (Wingspan/ BBC4), Nicktoons' 52-part animated series Wild Grinders (Telegael/ Home Plate Entertainment USA), Captain Flinn and The Pirate Dinosaurs (52-part animated series for SLR Australia / Telegael / Top Draw / ZDF Enterprises) the award-winning short 4 Queens dir. Vittoria Colonna (Underground Films) and feature documentary Tongan Ark dir. Paul Janman, (Public Films New Zealand). In 2011 Anna worked with the Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, scoring their inaugural co-production of Sean O'Casey's Juno And The Paycock, dir. Howard Davies, which starred Ciarán Hinds, Sinéad Cusack and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor.
Anna has produced her film scores and arrangements with the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the Irish Film Orchestra and the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
She is an alumna of the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in Los Angeles, the Royal College of Music, London, The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Trinity College Dublin and the UCLA/ Screen Training Ireland Film Scoring Programme. She holds a Licentiate Diploma from the Royal Schools of Music in Violin Performance and has gigged with a range of Irish performing artists, including Brian Kennedy, Phil Coulter, Íse, Frankie Gavin, Jack L and Sinéad O'Connor.
Andrea Corr's New Christmas Album Arranged and Produced By Wise Music's Anna Rice
Andrea Corr's new EP 'Chritmas Songs' released on November 25th was inspired by her visit to Dublin's Our Lady's Hospice last year where she went to perform a selection of her personal Christmas favourites. The four tracks have been...


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Q: How to install python cli scripts with setuptools without duplicates? I have 2 Python scripts that can be used from the shell as they are thanks to argparse.
The relevant part of setup.py:
setup(
    # (...)
    zip_safe=True,
    scripts=['bin/bgce.py', 'bin/sizes.py'],
    packages=find_packages(),
    data_files=data_files,
    entry_points = {
        'console_scripts': [
            'bgce = bgce:main',
            'sizes = sizes:main',]
    }
)

I end up with bgce, bgce.py, sizes, sizes.py in /usr/local/bin. All 4 work.
If I leave out either the packages or the scripts line, there are no duplicates, but the files fail like this:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/bgce", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('Backtestground==1.0', 'console_scripts', 'bgce')()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 305, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2244, in load_entry_point return ep.load()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1954, in load
    entry = __import__(self.module_name, globals(),globals(), ['__name__'])
ImportError: No module named bgce

What can I do to only have bgce and sizes installed, no duplicates with annoying (for tab-completion) .py attached?

A: Make sure that the actual modules have a main function  like this:
def main():
    try:
        some_stuff()
    except KeyboardInterrupt :
        print ""
        sys.exit()

if __name__ == "__main__" :
    main()

We often do the pattern of writing out main code below the if __name__ == "__main__" :
and if there isn't an actual main(), distutils can't get a load point. (Catching ^C is optional :) I had this problem too until I accidentally discovered that one of my modules actually worked while the others didn't.  This was the difference, once corrected, it's all good!

A: IIRC: Have bgce.py and sizes.py part of your packages, remove the scripts argument, keep the entry points.

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2019 BMW M850i xDrive starts at $112,895
BMW's new 8-series coupe will hit U.S. showrooms on Dec. 8
The 2019 BMW M850i xDrive will mark the return of the 8-Series after a 20-year hiatus.
BMW's big coupe is back. The new 8-series will make its return to the U.S. on Dec. 8 this year. The awkwardly named M850i xDrive will be the first variant of the new 8-series offered, and it will start at $112,895.
Though the name isn't pretty, the coupe's swoopy silhouette certainly is. The M850i xDrive will come standard with all-wheel drive, a 523-hp twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8 and an eight-speed automatic. According to BMW, that combo should be good for 60 mph in 3.6 seconds and an electronically limited top speed of 155 mph.
The 8-series was always more mile-munching grand-tourer than nimble sports car, but that hasn't stopped BMW from making the new car lively. An adjustable sports exhaust system is standard, along with M sport brakes, adaptive M suspension and selectable sport and sport plus modes. The AWD system is rear-biased, and an electronically controlled limited-slip rear differential is standard equipment.
Official: The 2019 BMW M850i xDrive is here
Though pop-up headlamps won't be coming back, the new car comes with LED headlights and BMW's LaserLight technology. A carbon-fiber roof is optional, a first for a non-M model.
Inside, merino leather upholstery, a 16-speaker Harman/Kardon audio system and either a 10.25- or 12.3-inch digital display provide the requisite luxury feel. BMW Live Cockpit Professional is also on tap, plus the latest generation of iDrive.
The new 8-series will be battling its old foe, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class coupe, when it debuts this winter. Since Mercedes-Benz also offers AMG variants of the S-Class coupe, we'll be waiting patiently for BMW to unveil a true M version of its new flagship GT car.


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Tom Chatterton est un acteur, réalisateur et scénariste américain né le  à Geneva, État de New York (États-Unis), et décédé le  à Hollywood (États-Unis).

Biographie

Filmographie

comme Acteur
 1913 : Days of '49
 1913 : Silent Heroes
 1913 : Venetian Romance
 1913 : The Heart of Kathleen
 1913 : The Open Door
 1914 : True Irish Hearts
 1914 : The Primitive Call
 1914 : Heart of a Woman
 1914 : A Barrier Royal
 1914 : The Trap
 1914 : Thieves
1914 : A Kentucky Romance
 1914 : Shorty Escapes Marriage : Tom Crowne
 1914 : The Substitute
 1914 : Tennessee
 1914 : In the Southern Hills
 1914 : The Voice at the Telephone : Dick Carson
 1914 : His Hour of Manhood : Jim Dawson
 1914 : Jim Cameron's Wife
 1914 : Stacked Cards
 1914 : A Tragedy of the North Woods
 1914 : The Game Keeper's Daughter
 1914 : The Worth of a Life : John Emerson
 1914 : The Mills of the Gods
 1915 : A Modern Noble : Ludwig von Hoffmann
 1915 : The Secret of the Dead
 1915 : Satan McAllister's Heir : Bob Ellis
 1915 : On the Night Stage
 1915 : The Valley of Hate
 1915 : The Operator at Big Sandy
 1915 : The Secret of the Submarine : Lt. Jarvis Hope
 1915 : The Pathway from the Past
 1915 : When the Tide Came In
 1915 : Over Secret Wires
 1915 : Liquid Dynamite
 1915 : The Power of Fascination
 1915 : Father and the Boys
 1916 : A Soul Enslaved : Richard Newton
 1916 : According to St. John
 1916 : When the Light Came
 1916 : Double Crossed
 1916 : The Quagmire
 1916 : The Ranger of Lonesome Gulch
 1916 : Two Bits
 1916 : The Sailor's Smiling Spirit
 1916 : Triumph of Truth
 1916 : Bluff : Harold Wainwright
 1917 : Beloved Rogues
 1917 : Whither Thou Goest : Tom Van Wye
 1920 : Would You Forgive? : John Cleveland
 1920 : At the Mercy of Tiberius : Lennox Dunbar
 1920 : The Gilded Dream : Jasper Halroyd
 1920 : Her Husband's Friend : Princeton Hadley
 1936 : Boss Rider of Gun Creek : Sheriff Blaine
 1937 : Sandflow : Sheriff
 1937 : Venus Makes Trouble : Kenneth Rowland
 1937 :  de Christy Cabanne : Mr. Raymond
 1937 : A Fight to the Finish : Mayberry
 1937 : L'Or et la femme (The Toast of New York) : Fisk broker
 1937 : It Happened in Hollywood : Bank Manager
 1937 : Sudden Bill Dorn : Morgan
 1938 : Crépuscule (Under Western Stars) de Joseph Kane : Congressman Edward H. Marlowe
 1938 :  de Christy Cabanne : Mr. Grant
 1938 : Sky Giant : Mr. Johnson
 1938 : Hold That Co-ed : Political adviser
 1938 : The Declaration of Independence : Richard Henry Lee
 1938 : Hawk of the Wilderness : , Munro
 1938 : Kentucky : Bit Role
 1939 : Arizona Legion : Commissioner Teagle
 1939 : Terreur à l'ouest (The Oklahoma Kid) : Homesteader
 1939 : Trouble in Sundown : Prosecuting Atty. Brown
 1939 : La Grande farandole (The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle) : Announcer at Benefit
 1939 : Les Conquérants (Dodge City) : Passenger
 1939 : The Man Who Dared de Crane Wilbur : Police Commissioner
 1939 : Ranch House Romeo : Swindler
 1939 : Man of Conquest : Official
 1939 : The Bill of Rights
 1939 : Thunder Afloat : Lieutenant
 1939 : The Monroe Doctrine de Crane Wilbur : John Randolph
 1939 :  de George Sherman : Speaker of the House
 1939 : Laugh It Off : Politicia
 1939 :  d'Arthur Lubin : Doctor
 1939 : Old Hickory : Colonel Ed Livingston
 1940 : Abraham Lincoln (Abe Lincoln in Illinois)
 1940 : Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe : Prof. Arden
 1940 :  : Prof. Edward Randolph
 1940 : Covered Wagon Days : Major J.A. Norton
 1940 : Hot Steel de Christy Cabanne : Detective
 1940 : Black Diamonds : Dr. Lukas
 1940 : Son of Roaring Dan : Stuart Manning
 1940 : The Trail Blazers : Major Kelton
 1940 : Pony Post : Major Goodwin
 1941 : Desert Bandit : Texas Ranger Captain Banning
 1941 : Outlaws of Cherokee Trail : Captain Sheldon
 1941 : Franc jeu (Honky Tonk) : Townsman
 1942 : Les Naufrageurs des mers du sud (Reap the Wild Wind) : Parson
 1942 : Raiders of the Range : 'Doc' Higgins
 1942 : Overland Mail : Tom Gilbert
 1943 : Adventures of the Flying Cadets : Railroad Conductor [Ch. 2]
 1943 : Santa Fe Scouts : Neil Morgan
 1943 : Drums of Fu Manchu : Prof. Edward Randolph
 1944 : Captain America : J.C. Henley [Chs. 6-8]
 1944 : Lucky Cowboy : Bit Role
 1944 : Rosie the Riveter : Official
 1944 : Tucson Raiders : Judge James Wayne
 1944 : Man from Frisco : Doctor
 1944 : Marshal of Reno : The Judge
 1944 : Cheyenne Wildcat : Jason Hopkins
 1944 : Code of the Prairie de Spencer Bennet : Bat Matson
 1944 : An American Romance : Board of Directors Member
 1944 : Zorro's Black Whip : Crescent City Councilman
 1945 : I'll Remember April : Board Member
 1945 : The Phantom Speaks : Prison Chaplain
 1945 : The Lone Texas Ranger : Sheriff 'Iron Mike' Haines
 1945 : Love, Honor and Goodbye : Bit
 1945 : Marshal of Laredo : Rev. Parker
 1945 : Colorado Pioneers : Father Marion
 1945 : Lawless Empire : Editor Sam Enders
 1945 : Wagon Wheels Westward : The real Mayor Worth (scenes deleted)
 1946 : Gay Blades : Babson
 1946 : Sheriff of Redwood Valley : Doc Ellis
 1946 : Alias Billy the Kid : Banker Ed Pearson
 1946 : Home on the Range : Grizzly Garth
 1946 : Without Reservations : Pullman conductor
 1946 : Conquest of Cheyenne : Rancher Jones
 1946 :  de Ray Nazarro : Doctor Wyatt
 1946 : Le Médaillon (The Locket) : Art Critic
 1946 : La vie est belle (It's a Wonderful Life)
 1946 : Stagecoach to Denver : 'Doc' Kimball
 1946 : Californie terre promise (California) : Joe, Chauffeur
 1947 : Une vie perdue (Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman) : Edwards, Ken's Butler
 1947 :  : Mr. Krock
 1947 : Chansons dans le vent (Something in the Wind) : Bronston the Butler
 1947 : Jesse James Rides Again : Sheriff Mark Tobin [Ch. 13]
 1947 :
 1948 : Le Secret derrière la porte (Secret Beyond the Door...) : Judge
 1948 : Heart of Virginia : Dr. Purdy
 1948 : Carson City Raiders : John Davis
 1948 : Marshal of Amarillo : James Underwood
 1948 : The Denver Kid : Doctor
 1948 : Outlaw Brand : Tom Chadwick
 1949 : Family Honeymoon : Stewart
 1949 : Highway 13 : J.E. Norris
 1949 : Gun Law Justice : Bill Thorp
 1949 : Prince of the Plains : Bat's father
 1949 : The Life of Riley
 1949 : The Wyoming Bandit : Doctor

comme réalisateur
 1914 : The Primitive Call
 1914 : His Hour of Manhood
 1914 : Jim Cameron's Wife
 1914 : Shorty and the Fortune Teller
 1915 : The Wells of Paradise
 1915 : Tricked
 1915 : The Valley of Hate
 1915 : The Kite
 1915 : The Operator at Big Sandy
 1915 : The Play of the Season
 1915 : When the Tide Came In
 1915 : Over Secret Wires
 1915 : The Lighthouse Keeper's Son
 1915 : The Cactus Blossom
 1916 : According to St. John
 1916 : When the Light Came
 1916 : Double Crossed
 1916 : The Quagmire
 1916 : Two Bits

Liens externes

Acteur américain
Réalisateur américain
Scénariste américain de cinéma
Naissance en février 1881
Décès en août 1952
Décès à Hollywood
Naissance à Geneva (New York)
Décès à 71 ans


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Good news and bad news. I've been offline for a bit b/c my mom was ill. She passed on May 3. I haven't been writing, but I am back at it today and it feels great. The good news is that when I pitched online in Feb for KissPitch on Twitter an agent requested the first 25 pages. She read those and said she "loved my first pages and premise and wanted to see how my voice and characters develop." So she requested 50 pages. Fingers crossed. I hope you all have been having GREAT writing days!
Life has a way of walloping with the best and the worst. I'm so sorry about your mother. It's never easy to accept these life passages.
Good luck on the request and hang in there!
Sorry to hear about your mother. It's tough to go through that, and you'll still have days ahead when it hits you hard. It's great that you're getting back to your writing, and the request news is awesome! Congrats!!
Ingram, I'm so sorry to learn of your loss. You and your family are in my thoughts. Congrats on your agent request. Hope it goes well!
Welcome Ingram! Hope you enjoy the community here.


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Philadelphia Eagles, Carson Wentz set to take on New England Patriots this Sunday
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- When the season started the Philadelphia Eagles had Super Bowl expectations and now they get set to face the very team they beat to win their first Super Bowl nearly two years ago.
While the Eagles are tied for first place coming into Sunday's game against the Patriots, they have underachieved to start 2019 and have not looked like Super Bowl contenders, but with seven games remaining, anything is possible and the Eagles believe they can catch fire coming out of their bye week.
Carson Wentz says, "There's a lot of football left. There's a lot riding on these next couple weeks and the last seven games. I have confidence in this team to do something special and make a run."
Girl, 4, caught on camera singing Eagles fight song to newborn sister
A big sister did not waste any time making sure her family's newest addition learned an important song - really early.
Beating Tom Brady and New England at home will be a start. While this is the first time they have faced them since their Super Bowl win, the Eagles have not exclusively studied the Super Bowl game tape because both teams are different than the last time they went head to head.
Wentz did not play in that game and will face Brady and the Patriots for the first time in his career.
The Eagles QB, hoping to play in his first playoff game come January, is trying not to put all the pressure on his shoulders with their frustrating season still to be determined.
Eagles make Brandon Brooks highest-paid guard in NFL
"He wants every game badly. We have a lot of football ahead of us obviously, seven games," Doug Pederson says about Wentz. "None bigger than obviously this one on Sunday. He's doing everything in his power to help this team win and he doesn't look down the road. He doesn't look in his rearview mirror, other than where he's come from physically and how he's put himself in a position to help this football team this year."
"And that's really all he's focused on. Really all of us are focused on that, just one game at a time, one opportunity at a time and we don't look any further down the road than that," Pederson added.
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Sadly, I still haven't found my camera but I still had loads of fun on our trip and I thought it was worth sharing a few things with you! You can see what pictures I do have on my flickr account here.
Austria is a beautiful country and even though it was never high on my list of places to visit- it's definitely on my list of places I'd love to go back to one day. Other than losing my camera in Munich in the last hours of the trip, it was a fantastic trip.
I must say it started well- I had Shake Shack and got to visit the Emirates First Class Lounge in Dubai. Jack, one of The Runner's triathlon friends flies A LOT for work, and we were on the same flight to Munich so he was able to sneak me in. I'm not sure which was more exciting for me. I love Shake Shack, and the luxury and joy of being able to shower and change clothes during a long haul flight—priceless! (The burger I later learned was $15… Damn you exchange rates!!!) So, it was pretty much the ideal long haul stop over experience. (This was not the same on the way back—sadly we were back with the plebs, but I did have a burger AND a shake so…..it wasn't all bad!
We arrived in Munich and luckily The Runner's bike arrived too. I had been trusted as a bike courier for Gary's precious TT bike. He may love the bike more than he loves me, so I was a bit nervous that it would show up mangled or crushed, or even worse not turn up at all. Luckily, it arrived, safe and intact and in Munich. Unfortunately, our friend Jack was not as lucky. His bike was in Bangkok. He was not happy. He was not the only one but luckily Emirates put the bikes on the next flight and it arrived early the next morning.
The trip from Munich to Zell Am See was beautiful- it was hills and mountains and bigger mountains and alpine towns. It looked like something out of a postcard. It was just stunning. Everything I had hoped for in the Alps and more! Driving on the Autobahn or Autostrasse is no joke! It gave me a new respect for just how good German engineering is. At first I was surprised that there were hardly any Toyotas or Fords or Peugeots on the road, but when you think about the German domestic car manufacturers (BMW, Porsche, Audi, Volkswagen, Mercedes), it's pretty obvious why most Germans would support their homegrown producers. I thought the Autobahn would be mayhem, but it really wasn't. I mean, it is a bit crazy when you're going 140 km/h and a BMW M5 or Audi TT goes screaming past at about 170 km/h. But people seem to know how to drive and they make it work. One eye opening thing about German and Austrian roads is their rest stops, they're quite nice but….. well, you have to pay to use the facilities. In other words, you have to pay to pee. And it's not an honour system either, they have tickets and turnstiles and well, yeah. But don't worry, if you don't have change, they take credit and debit cards.
Zell Am See is absolutely stunning. It's a ski resort in the winter, but in sunny, warm 30 degree (Celsius) weather, it was hard to imagine what it would be like in winter. From what we heard, it is just as gorgeous in the winter as in the summer. I'd love to go back and see for myself. There were still some ski lifts running to take you up to mountain, but we didn't decide to go up- we had bigger fish to fry but more on that in a second.
The atmosphere in Zell Am See was pretty amazing. There were so many really fit people but beyond that there were so many nationalities represented there. Everywhere you turned you could hear a different language. Interestingly, the largest international contingent was actually from the US- there were 657 Americans in the race. And we weren't the only ones who had made the long journey from Australia- there were 250 Australians in the race as well!
All the way here, just to see Australians!
The day before the race we did the Grossglockner or High Alpine Road, a twisting and turning road that takes you up to Austria's highest points. (The bigger fish I was referring to!) It is well worth the price of admission but it's not for the faint of heart. There are steep climbs, narrow roads, hairpin turns and a long long long drop if you make any mistakes. The view from the top (or where we thought was the top) was breathtaking. It was one of the most awe inspiring places I've been. A place where you realise how beautiful the planet is and how many different terrains and landscapes there are in the world. It left me speechless.
Race Day was good- it was hot. Very hot. Very Very hot. The Runner had a good race, despite the heat and he even managed to give me a kiss in the finishing chute. He got a medal which is massive and a t shirt he's been wearing with pride. The best part was that his whole family got to see him compete and to share a part of our life that they had never witnessed before. I think they were pretty impressed with his efforts and I had a great time hanging out with them for the day around Zell Am See.
The day after the race The Runner, Jack and I went to Salzburg. We vetoed going to the Ice Caves on the way (it would have been 0 degrees in there!) and went to a medieval fortress/castle/town in Werfen instead which was pretty cool. We finally arrived in Salzburg and visited the Dom Quartier in the centre of Salzburg and the Hochensalzburg Castle. We had the obligatory post-race McDonalds (obligatory for two triathletes not for me)- I did manage to try the Chicken Big Mac—it was kind of tasty. A mix between a Big Mac and Chicken Nuggets. I have to say I'm a fan. It's great for indecisive people like me. From there we went to Hellbrun Palace in Schlosspark and the Trick Fountains there. It was definitely one of the highlights of Salzburg for me. The trick fountains were really fun especially on a hot day. They are over 200 years old and were designed by someone with a devious sense of humour. The fountains are designed to surprise (and soak guests). Luckily we didn't get too wet, but it was fun – like running through a sprinkler on a summer day as a kid. The Hellbrun Palace is also famous as part of the Sound of Music was filmed there. Not being a big SoM fan, I skipped that part of the grounds. I would love to go back and see more of Salzburg one day, we were only there for a few hours and there was a lot that we didn't get to see. I'd also love to go back and actually eat something other than McDonald's there. They have a load of chocolatiers and cafés that we didn't get to try.
We had a lovely day in Salzburg but then headed back to Zell Am See for our last night there. The next day we headed to Vienna……. OH Vienna……….
The view from the High Alpine Road.
News flash: Austrians like beer….a lot. And you can buy it from the grocery store….
Ducks- Austrians and Germans LOVE them and I sort of collect them….
The biggest race medal I've ever seen!
That's right this weekend's adventures have taken us west for the Western Sydney 70.3.
Not a lot to report yet, except that it is hot. Super hot. Like 33 degrees Celsius (or about 97 Fahrenheit!). So tomorrow could be….well, a bit uncomfortable. The race takes place at the same place as the Olympic rowing from Sydney 2000….but there's little shade and very little to do….oh well, time to carb load!
Well, it's all over except for the drinking, dancing and sore muscles tomorrow!
The Runner finished about 5pm today with a time of 10 hours and 20 minutes. Not too shabby! He was 126 to finish overall (out of 1600 entrants) and 25th in his age group (but who is counting!). He also finished first out of everyone in his triathlon club, which is pretty cool! He also took 30 minutes off the time he did in Busselton eighteen months ago! If I sound like a proud, boasting, gloating fiancée, it's because I am.
I am exceptionally proud of him. On a day where I have spent the better part of 17 hours watching people compete, I am in awe of him and the other 1599 competitors, they are all impressive and inspiring. There was a blind man who competed with a guide, a 68 year old man who did his first ironman today, a guy who borrowed a bike because he was hit by a car on his bike recently, people who looked like they never exercised who managed to do the whole 140.6, and someone else who has done 75 ironman races. Seriously.
In short, it's an inspiring place to be. Not inspiring enough to get me in the water or on a bike but its amazing. I've seen people fall over on hills on a bike, propose to their partner, dance over the line and collapse into the arms of the official at the end.
They've all completed an amazing feat today. They are all ironmen. And their persistence, willpower, courage, and determination are an inspiration. Well done!


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Q: Reload shell source from script I would like to know how to reload the shell source from inside script.
I am adding some aliases inside the script and I would like to reload it at the end of it but it doesn't work until I do it manually from the terminal:
source ~/.zshrc

I have been reading that is not possible to do it because the commands are running in a subprocess which does not affect the global environment, but I would like to know if there is any workaround for it.
Thank you in advance!

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the commands in this file are executed in the current environment. This means that the definitions in this file are available afterwards. This applies of course too if you are sourcing ~/.zshrc, so you can do it.
Whether it is a good idea to do so, is a different matter.
While zsh (different from bash) allows the use of aliases in non-interactive scripts, the whole purpose of .zshrc is to set up everything you need for an interactive environment. It is questionable whether all theses settings are applicable or at least don't hurt in the non-interactive case.
There is also a maintenance problem: Nobody expects that someone will source .zshrc from your script. The file .zshrc might be changed without thinking which scripts it will effect. You might pass your script to a co-worker who has a completely different .zshrc and so your script won't work anymore.
So, don't do that. If your script needs definitions, put them into a separate file. If you need this definitions interactively too, source that file from your .zshrc.