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The Past Couple Weeks of British Politics: Some Rambling Thoughts
By Dave Brockington
Dominic Cummings, special adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain.CreditCreditTolga Akmen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images, from the NYT article linked below.
This piece ran in the New York Times a couple weeks ago, as an attempt to characterise the brains behind Boris Johnson's approach to governance as an evil genius:
Mr. Cummings deliberately framed and precipitated the confrontation with Parliament, intending to lose the vote so that Mr. Johnson could instantly call an election as the people's champion, the deliverer of Brexit, the supporter of no deal. He didn't expect so many Tories to revolt or the opposition to derail his timetable for an election, but Mr. Cummings, who considers himself a master strategist, sees these as little more than skirmishes before the real fight.
I still do a lot of media, but mostly American politics these days; on 11 September I made a rare appearance about British politics, discussing the legalities of the prorogation of Parliament (thankfully alongside a university colleague of mine from the Law School here). It all kicks off at 8:50 in.
The Labour Party is preparing for a potential general election in its expected utterly incoherent and shambolic manner. Selections for constituencies without a Labour candidate have been halted by the Politburo, yet the so-called trigger balloting for existing MPs continues on. The obviously disingenuous explanation is that with a general election near, we need to concentrate on the trigger ballots for existing MPs at the expense of selecting candidates for open constituencies. But these are, by definition, two entirely different sets of local officials and activists. Those next door to us in the South West Devon Constituency Labour Party are not suddenly going to be able to help out with our trigger ballot procedure for our MP, where on Wednesday we had a special 2.5 hour meeting of the CLP's Executive Committee then General Committee about the trigger ballot. It was time well spent. But, then, we could have spent that time preparing for the Brexit Party and Conservative challenge in Plymouth Sutton & Devonport (not to mention the resurgent Liberal Democrats), but party leadership considers this significantly more important for its activists and officials.
The clear takeaway there is that the Corbynistas want to deselect as many sitting Labour MPs as possible, while simultaneously parachuting in their own loyalists to safe or competitive open seats — and there are a lot of those, as in 2017 we won 262 MPs, but due to defections and the like, we're currently sitting on 247. And good for the Corbynistas: they have the power at present, so they should use it. But don't disrespect the membership by lying so pitifully to us about your motivations.
The two days immediately before the Labour Party Conference (currently being held in Brighton from yesterday) were a whirlwind of power consolidation in the Labour National Executive Committee. Again, while it's understandable that the hard left wants to consolidate power in the party, at least give the rest of us the respect of trying a little when it comes to the lies. To wit: on Thursday, the NEC formally abolished the student wing of the party, Labour Students (with branches in many universities). This is half power-move, and half one man settling a 40 year-old grudge.
The next evening, news came down that the NEC was considering a motion to eliminate the post of deputy-leader, which the party has had for around 100 years, and is currently held by Tom Watson. Early word yesterday morning was it would pass NEC then easily pass conference, but at the last minute there was a stay of execution. Watson was elected by the membership in 2015, so (unlike Labour Students) satisfies the standard of "one member one vote".
Jon Lansman, leader of Momentum PLC, was behind both motions to NEC — the disbanding of Labour Students and the attempt to eliminate Watson's position. Watson's sin is not being a member of the Cult of Corbyn, but rather being critical of the party's response to anti-semitism, and coming out clearly in favour of a second referendum on EU membership before a general election, whereas Corbyn's policy is, of course, mildly incoherent.
Rumours are also rife that Corbyn is on the verge of going, if not now, certainly if Labour should lose the next election, so all these moves, from trigger balloting on is to consolidate the position of the hard left within the party, if not in outright control. There isn't a clear succession plan to replace Corbyn when he stands down — and they will need this to communicate it to the members come balloting in a leadership race (especially if that is held following a crushing electoral disaster).
Would it be a disaster? Who the hell knows. Polling right now is relatively unstable, especially in the midst of conference season (the Liberals are even ahead of Labour in second place in a couple, following their conference). But the one consistency in all 19 polls in September is that the Tories lead, from 1% to 15%. The last five are a Conservative lead of 7%, 15%, 9%, 9%, 12%. Flavible seat-level projections based on the last ten polls indicate a Conservative working majority in six, Conservative minority government in four; Labour lose seats in all ten, from 11 all the way to a crushing 107, with most projections in the net loss of 80 or so.
A firm second-referendum, remain policy would not hurt our poll standing. Conference is debating this in the coming day, but with Corbyn suggesting this morning that Britain could be better off outside of the EU with the right sort of deal suggests that a clear policy will not now, nor ever, be coming from this Labour Party.
I enjoy helping manage elections, and I do like a challenge. With the national party resolutely planning on fighting the last war, and trying with all its might to will Brexit away as a thing with impressive delusional stubbornness, this one will be a challenge.
UPDATE: I just came across this in The Observer, which does a better job of articulating the narrative that ties together all the recent internal machinations of the Corbynite wing of the Labour Party than the above:
There are also some less obvious dimensions to the anti-Watson plot, the public face of which was Jon Lansman, the chairman of Momentum. I think it is also an expression of a furious frustration that other schemes to eliminate critics, purge dissent and tighten their control of the party have not been going entirely to plan. Non-Corbynite Labour MPs are being exposed to a leadership-sanctioned and Momentum-organised effort to have them deselected and replaced with more compliant candidates for the election. This began at the beginning of September and the results are starting to come through. In much greater numbers than was anticipated, Labour MPs, including astringent critics of Mr Corbyn's leadership, have been defeating attempts to evict them from their seats. Some have been reconfirmed as candidates by substantial margins, worrying the Corbynites that their control over the party membership is weakening.
If Labour is again rejected by the country, it is almost certain that Mr Corbyn, who will then be a two-time election loser, will have to go. Even some of his most fervent admirers will conclude that he cannot carry on as leader. His departure will trigger a titanic struggle for the soul of the party. So another, and I think correct, way of reading the failed anti-Watson plot is as a sign of how much they fear losing control. When you might expect all the focus to be on winning the election, the Corbynite left are desperate to tighten their grip on the party for fear it will be broken by another election defeat.
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Funny how these investigations come to fruition just just when the party leadership wants Shiozaki Yasuhisa to cease his annoying wangling and vacate his office without any more fuss.
Shiozaki's office staffer embezzled, double-booked 6.3 million yen
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TOKYO, Aug. 20 - A staff member at Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki's parliamentary office has embezzled about 6.3 million yen in political funds and double booked expenses in funding reports in 2005 as a coverup, the lawmaker's office said Monday.
The latest in a spate of money scandals involving Cabinet ministers is another blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, coming less than a month after farm minister Norihiko Akagi was effectively dismissed over scandals including the double-booking of office expenses.
"I myself am very shocked and find it regrettable that something like this has happened," Shiozaki said in a statement. "I will deeply reflect on my responsibilities to manage and supervise, and will make utmost efforts to investigate the situation and prevent a recurrence."
The incident may dampen the hopes of Shiozaki, a close ally of Abe, to take the foreign ministerial post in next week's Cabinet reshuffle...
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import sys, getopt
import os
from pyral import Rally, rallyWorkset

##########################################################################
def main(args):
    # parse command line options
    # first Rally options that start with '--'
    #import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
    options = [opt for opt in args if opt.startswith('--')]
    args = [arg for arg in args if arg not in options]
    server, username, password, apikey, workspace, project = rallyWorkset(
        options)
    query_criteria = ''
    inclAttch = False
    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, "aq:")
    except getopt.GetoptError:
        print ('get_features.py [-e]')
        sys.exit(2)
    for opt,arg in opts:
        if opt == '-a':
            inclAttch = True
        elif opt == '-q':
            query_criteria = arg

    if apikey:
        #print "using apikey"
        rally = Rally(server, apikey=apikey,
                      workspace=workspace, project=project)
    else:
        #print 'not using apikey'
        rally = Rally(server, user=username, password=password,
                      workspace=workspace, project=project)

    rally.enableLogging('rally.hist.feature_sync')  # name of file for logging content

    print 'Getting features'
    if (query_criteria):
        response = rally.get('PortfolioItem/Feature', fetch=True, order='Rank',
                          projectScopeUp = False, projectScopeDown = True,
                          query=query_criteria)
    else:
        response = rally.get('PortfolioItem/Feature', fetch=True, order='Rank',
                          projectScopeUp = False, projectScopeDown = True)

    flist = list()
    for f in response:
        flist.append(f)
        #print f.FormattedID + ' ' + f.Name
        alist = list()
        if f.Attachments != [] and inclAttch:
            attachments = rally.getAttachments(f)
            #print str(len(attachments))  + ' attachment(s) found...'
            for a in attachments:
                #print "-" * 32
                #print 'Name: ' + a.Name
                #print 'ContentType: ' + a.ContentType
                #print 'Description: ' + a.Description
                #print 'Size (bytes): ' + str(a.Size)
                alist.append(a)
                apath = a.Name
                # print 'getting attachment: ' + apath
                af = open(apath, "wb")
                af.write(a.Content)
                af.close()
            #print ''
        f.attachments = alist

    # for f in flist:
    #     # print f.FormattedID + ' ' + f.Name
    #     if f.attachments != [] and inclAttch:
    #         # print str(len(attachments))  + ' attachment(s) found...'
    #         for a in attachments:
    #             print "-" * 32
    #             print 'Name: ' + a.Name
    #             print 'ContentType: ' + a.ContentType
    #             #print 'Description: ' + attachment.Description
    #             print 'Size (bytes): ' + str(a.Size)
    #         print ''

    #Destination Rally Configuration
    rallyDest = Rally(server, workspace="Vantiv Enterprise", project="DFS Demo", apikey="_Lc6wXtqnQyOOzspVIpQEynN3VbAG6kT3nUJzod7AXQ")
    #rallyDest.enableLogging()

    workspaceDest = rallyDest.getWorkspace()
    projectDest = rallyDest.getProject()
    userDest = rallyDest.getUserInfo(username="abdulsalam.mohammad@worldpay.com")

    print("duplicating features to destination...")
    for f in flist:
        fDest = {
             'Workspace'     : workspaceDest.ref,
             'Project'       : projectDest.ref,
             'Name'          : f.Name,
             'Description'   : f.Description,
             'Notes'         : f.Notes,
             'Owner'         : userDest[0].ref,
           }
        fDestSaved = rallyDest.put('PortfolioItem/Feature', fDest)
        print("duplicated feature {0} to {1}".format(f.FormattedID, fDestSaved.FormattedID))
        #print fDestSaved.details()

        if f.attachments != [] and inclAttch:
            print "    " + str(len(f.attachments))  + ' attachment(s) found...'
            for a in f.attachments:
                apath = a.Name
                #print 'adding attachment: ' + apath
                aSaved = rallyDest.addAttachment(fDestSaved, apath, mime_type=a.ContentType)
                print("    Saved attachment {0} to {1}".format(a.Name, fDestSaved.FormattedID))
                os.remove(apath)

##########################################################################
##########################################################################
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main(sys.argv[1:])

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Anyone who has travelled on a rush-hour motorway will be no stranger to a traffic jam.
But motorists on the M74 may be surprised to learn the cause of their latest tailback: a runaway tractor driven by a sheepdog.
Don the collie dog inadvertently caused chaos after leaping into the tractor while his farmer owner was looking the other way.
As Tom Hamilton, 77, tended to a lamb in a field next to the motorway, the over-keen collie leaned on the controls of the tractor and coaxed it into action.
The vehicle, left standing without its brake on, is said to have shot out of the field, crashing through the fence and ploughing across one carriageway.
The sheepdog's adventures eventually came to a halt when the tractor crashed into the central reservation and was forced to stop in its tracks.
Miraculously, drivers managed to avoid the runaway vehicle and Don survived his perilous journey.
Police, who had been called to the scene by worried motorists, were relieved to find the four-and-a-half year-old dog safe and well.
They cleared the motorway, near Abington in South Lanarkshire, within half an hour, with Don reunited with his owner at his nearby farm.
Mr Hamilton, who has run the sheep farm for 52 years, said: "I was out in the mini tractor and had stepped out of it to get a lamb which looked like it was about to get out of the gate.
"I had not put the brake on the tractor and when I turned round I got a fright as the vehicle was careering down the hill, through a gate and onto the M74."
He added: "Don was fine and did not bark during the incident."
The public were alerted to the unusual scene by Traffic Scotland, who tweeted to say there was a road traffic incidence "due to dog taking control of tractor".
"Nope, not joking," it added. "Farmer and police at scene, vehicle in central res. #maycausetailbacks".
They later declared it "the weirdest thing we have ever reported".
A Traffic Scotland spokesman said: "The dog accidentally leaned on the controls and the vehicle made its way out of the field and onto the M74."
@trafficscotland #WaggingTail Dog reported as saying: "there's some Ruff drivers out there".
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland added: "At around 8.15am a farm vehicle crashed through a fence in a field and made its way onto the M74 at junction 13.
The incident inspired a flood of dog-related puns on Twitter.
Professor Paul Cairney joked: "The Scottish parties may as well take the day off now that a dog has driven a tractor onto the M74."
Sarah Duggers tweeted: "Tailbacks on the M74 in Scotland this morning, due to a dog taking control of a tractor. Magical."


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Home > Heritage
St Buryan village is dominated by the massive granite tower and church of St Buriana on raised ground right in the centre of the village. The building seems unusually large and significant for such a small community but the site of St Buryan Church is one of the most important in West Penwith.
The mighty 92 foot tower has for centuries acted as a daylight beacon for shipping and is to be found on medieval shipping charts, and the churchyard, almost circular in shape, is a good example of a pre-Norman enclosure. There are considered to be more relics from the Iron age, Bronze age, and early Christianity in this parish than anywhere else in the country.
An inconclusive survey, by Cornwall Committee for Rescue Archeology during road widening along the eastern boundary in 1985, suggested traces of part of a wall and defending ditch of an Iron Age or Romano-British round. It is still not clear though, whether the site is a typical early Celtic Lan or whether it makes use of an existing Iron Age enclosure.
The whole area is steeped in history with the highest concentration of ancient Celtic monuments to be found in the UK. Close to the village are two Neolithic stone circles, The Merry Maidens and Boscawen-Un, and a number of stone crosses with notable examples in and around the Church.


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namespace PhalconRest\Transformers\Postman;

use PhalconRest\Export\Postman\ApiCollection as PostmanCollection;
use PhalconRest\Transformers\Transformer;

class ApiCollectionTransformer extends Transformer
{
    protected $defaultIncludes = [
        'requests',
    ];

    public function transform(PostmanCollection $collection)
    {
        return [
            'id' => $collection->id,
            'name' => $collection->name,
        ];
    }

    public function includeRequests(PostmanCollection $collection)
    {
        return $this->collection($collection->getRequests(), new RequestTransformer);
    }
}


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const test = require("tape");
const { dropWhile } = require("../");
const {
  testAndToArray,
  oneTwoThreeFour,
  positiveIntegers,
  takeThree,
} = require("./_tools");

test("dropWhile", (t) => {
  const processIterable = testAndToArray(t);
  const dropWhileNotEqual3 = dropWhile((a) => a !== 3);
  const threeFour = dropWhileNotEqual3(oneTwoThreeFour);
  t.deepEqual(processIterable(threeFour), [3, 4]);
  t.deepEqual(processIterable(threeFour), [3, 4]);
  t.deepEqual(processIterable(threeFour), [3, 4]);
  t.deepEqual(
    processIterable(takeThree(dropWhileNotEqual3(positiveIntegers))),
    [3, 4, 5]
  );
  t.deepEqual(
    processIterable(takeThree(dropWhileNotEqual3(positiveIntegers))),
    [3, 4, 5]
  );
  t.deepEqual(
    processIterable(dropWhile((a) => a !== 12321, oneTwoThreeFour)),
    []
  );
  t.end();
});


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With the Raptors Over Syria
By Amy Hudson
Ramp space was limited in late September 2014 at an undisclosed operating base in Southwest Asia as the F-15E Strike Eagle and F-22 squadrons located there prepared to change out.
In fact, group and wing leaders at the undisclosed base had "asked and received permission" to let the F-22s head home to the 1st Fighter Wing at JB Langley-Eustis, Va., a week early to help ease the congestion on the ramp. The aircraft were configured for the long trip, complete with two extra fuel tanks, the normal configuration to fly across the ocean, when word came from the combined air operations center that the jets were needed for combat.
Maintenance immediately got to work, and within 24 hours airmen had downloaded and reconfigured the Raptors with two 1,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions and everything else the pilots might need to face either an air-to-air or surface-to-air threat.
Up until that point, no one expected the F-22 unit, which was in the Middle East for strategic deterrence and as a safeguard for possible contingency operations, would make its combat debut against ISIS. The brutal-but-primitive terrorist organization lacked an air force for the predominantly air-to-air Raptor to destroy.
"It was awesome to see them work and get the jets reconfigured, and then we kind of sat in that mode, not sure if we were going to execute or not," one of the pilots involved in the operation told Air Force Magazine. The unit received notice a day or two later that the operation would take place late on Sept. 22 through the early morning hours of Sept. 23 local time, he said.
The F-22 was part of the initial US-led air campaign against ISIS in Syria, which was conducted in three waves. The US did not know, at first, what Syria's response would be to the presence of American combat aircraft in its airspace. Although ISIS lacks an air force, the Syrians certainly have one—and a fairly advanced integrated air defense system as well.
The USAF crews started doing some generic planning, mapping out the closest airfields and coming up with a basic fuel plan, but the real planning couldn't begin until the airmen received their targets about 24 hours before takeoff. They were tasked with hitting an ISIS command and control facility about 50 miles from Aleppo.
There is a "joint team that looks at those targets and then says what's going to be the best resources to put against that target," said Maj. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, assistant deputy chief of staff for operations, plans, and requirements on the Air Staff. It made sense to use the F-22s "in the areas where they're concerned about being highly defended, and originally, the first couple nights that was a concern until we understood how the Syrian integrated air defenses would work."
Although the F-22, as a platform, didn't have any combat experience, the crews "had been preparing since Day One," said the pilot, who asked not to be identified because of security concerns.
Early in the deployment, the F-22s trained with the F-15E Strike Eagles based in the area, until President Obama authorized the use of force against ISIS in Iraq in early August and the Strike Eagles' operational tempo significantly ramped up.
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"They were busy all through August and in to September, so [the F-22 unit] stopped participating. We were doing a lot of training with them prior to this time and we basically were on our own at that point, doing our own training in-house with the limited number of aircraft we had," added the pilot.
The aircrews also had spent some six months leading up to the initial air campaign studying Syria's surface-to-air missiles and aircraft. "We would try to generate all of our scenarios around those specific mission sets. … A lot of our training when we got in theater was focused specifically on countries we were concerned with: Iran and Syria," he said.
Around June or July, "as things started heating up," the F-22s also shifted from a daytime training schedule to a night flying schedule. "We weren't sure what would happen, [and] it made sense for us to at least start preparing," said the pilot.
The F-22s were one of three cells scheduled to launch around 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Sept. 22. The lead group included F-15Es, the second group consisted of partner aircraft, and the third included the Raptors, all from an undisclosed base in the region. Each cell was made up of four fighters and a tanker, said the pilot.
Anticipation was high and everyone wanted to be part of the historic event.
"The weapons folks don't often get a chance to load live munitions on the F-22, so those guys were out there, very excited," said the pilot. "We had four weapons crews total and three of the four were out there on the line. All of them wanted to be out there."
There was supposed to be a five-minute separation between each of the cells, but the first F-15E had an engine malfunction on takeoff and had to execute a high-speed abort that ended up closing the runway for about 20 minutes, said the pilot.
"It's a 1,200-mile drive to get from where we were to the target. It took a little over two hours to drive direct … to the target area and we had planned about 30 minutes of slop to allow for contingencies and various other things," he said. "So we lost almost all of that [flexibility] on the ground before we even got airborne. … That was our biggest challenge out the door on the F-22 side, being the back end of the train as the front end is starting to have problems."
At that point, the flight plan was still on track, but the time line was compressed. Everybody was rushed to make up time and that caused some problems for air traffic control, which was trying to deconflict the aircraft and reconnect the three cells of fighters with the tankers.
The F-22s were held low and slow, delaying the mission another four to six minutes. Once the Raptors climbed to their cruising altitude of 28,000 feet, they were met with another challenge: The winds were "significantly higher" than they had expected, said the pilot.
"We had been flying there for six months and there had been virtually no wind at altitude the entire six months, then once we got to altitude the winds were about 60 to 80 knots [70 to 92 mph], which is not a big deal for short distances, but when you are flying 1,200 miles and you've got a two-hour drive, that creates a significant difference in your flight plan route."
The unexpected wind speeds added another five or 10 minutes, making it more challenging to meet the planned time on target.
Avoiding an "incident"
"To make matters worse," Iraqi air traffic controllers "started vectoring us toward Iran instead of toward Syria," said the pilot, who said the Iraqis were not organized to deal with that many aircraft simultaneously operating in their airspace.
The US pilots had to figure out a way to meet the mission objectives without causing an international incident by blatantly ignoring host nation directives.
"Fortunately, we managed to get going in the direction I needed to go and I didn't need to ignore their direction. It just took another minute here, another minute there, but it's all cumulative, and it all adds up, and it all gets us much further behind than what we can afford," he said.
The original plan was for the F-22s to fly toward the northern "two-thirds" of Iraq where they would hit an air-refueling track, then flow in to the west and hold on the western border of Syria. However, once they passed Baghdad it became clear that wasn't going to work.
"Even going direct [to the target], I wasn't going to make it unless I started going much, much faster," said the pilot.
The four-ship of F-22s got as much fuel as possible from a KC-10 circling midway through Iraq, then peeled off and started to climb directly toward the target area.
About 200 miles from the Syrian border, the F-22s went to afterburner, accelerating to Mach 1.5, and started the climb up to 40,000 feet—the intended cruising altitude for the 15-minute flight into Syria.
"We were pulling the power back to try to keep the jet from accelerating past 1.5 because 1.5 was actually the sweet spot for us to hit the time on target exactly on time," said the pilot.
The CAOC did not want the F-22s to get there early. Although it was not "overly crucial" for all three cells to simultaneously hit their targets, that was definitely the "desired impact," the pilot said.
Despite all the delays early on, things were starting to come together. The timing was actually looking good and the F-22s had enough fuel to strike the target and get out of Syria before they had to hit up another tanker.
The plan was for two Raptors to go in and take out a command and control center while the second two provided air cover. All four were configured the same way and could switch roles if necessary.
"My two-ship was the first in the country and the farthest into the country at that point. We were the leading edge, making sure there was no air threat for the follow-on package," said the pilot. "Then my three and four would follow up in that max-range airspeed … and they would hang out as long as possible to ensure we have actors on station in case Syria launched any airplanes."
With the F-22's advanced integrated avionics, the pilots had "very good situational awareness" and "we were not ever worried about being attacked [by] the Syrians," said the pilot. "It was obvious when we got about halfway through Syria that [their air force was] not going to respond to us," the pilot said. He "wasn't convinced" that air defenses would stay dark, though, until the mission aircraft actually got to the target area and didn't see any air or surface threat become active.
Despite Syria's passive defenses, the F-22 pilots kept their guard up throughout the entire operation, keeping an eye out for threats not only to themselves, but also to the F-15Es, F-16s, and B-1s operating nearby.
Around 4 a.m. local time, within five seconds of the desired time-on-target, the JDAMS hit the target, an impressive feat given the distance and repeated delays the F-22s encountered.
During a Sept. 23 briefing at the Pentagon, Army Lt. Gen. William C. Mayville Jr., director of operations on the Joint Staff, showed before and after pictures of the command and control facility. He noted that the GPS guided munitions hit only the right side of the building, where
the command center was located. That area was completely destroyed.
In a Sept. 25 press conference, Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said the F-22s did "very, very well the other night, very well."
Raptor Eyes on Site
Adrenaline was still running high as the first two F-22s quickly left Syria and headed to a tanker to fill up. The third and fourth F-22s stayed on station for about 60 minutes and continued to provide offensive counterair for the remainder of the strikes.
The assumption was that because of the long drive back to the tanker, the first two Raptors would top off just before the third and fourth F-22s would start running out of fuel and had to head to the tanker themselves. That way there were always Raptor eyes on site, said the pilot.
"It was a relatively uneventful night. We saw a lot of flashes with [night vision goggles] as the bombs were going off in various target areas, but we didn't see a whole lot of action from Syria or their ground forces," said the pilot. "It looked like the vast majority of the action was coming from the coalition bombs."
With the sun just starting to rise in the east, the Raptors had successfully made it out of Syria and Iraq and were heading back toward the Persian Gulf when they got a call from an AWACS saying the CAOC needed them to turn around.
Although they didn't immediately know why, a B-1 needed an escort as it went in for a reattack, but at this point the F-22s had just enough fuel to get back to their home station. The tankers they had launched with were in the same boat.
"Gas is always my biggest concern. We had looked at the fuel plan early on and we knew that there was extra gas available for contingencies, but we were completely off the script now … so I had no idea where the tankers were," he said.
They quickly determined that only two F-22s were needed for the B-1 escort follow-on mission, so the third and fourth jets headed back without the tanker.
The remaining two pilots started running through a list of nearby airfields in case they had to divert. Though there were plenty to choose from, there weren't many where the pilots felt comfortable landing an F-22, given the security concerns associated with the aircraft.
"A lot of that is going through my mind as we turn north, not really knowing where to go, knowing that I have to support the mission, … but then may very well be going to a divert someplace where I don't want to go," he said.
After flying north for about 10 minutes, the AWACS controller informed the pilots there was a KC-135 "over on the Iranian border" with enough fuel for them to top off. It wasn't until they got to the tanker that the two pilots learned the details of their new mission: Escort a B-1 to the western side of Syria so it can reattack some targets missed during the initial bombing campaign. The new target was the farthest point west so far for the pilot.
The first of the initial air campaign's three waves was mostly unmanned and included more than 40 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles fired collectively from USS Arleigh Burke and USS Philippine Sea, striking targets in the vicinity of Aleppo.
The F-22s participated in the second wave along with F-15Es, B-1s, and F-16s, striking ISIS headquarters, "training camps, barracks, and combat vehicles," said Mayville in September.
Carrier-based aircraft from the Persian Gulf and partner F-16s made up the third wave and focused on "targets in eastern Syria, to include [ISIS] training camps and combat vehicles" in the area around Dayr az-Zawr," stated Mayville.
By the time the F-22s left the KC-135 along the Iranian border, the third wave was just kicking off, said the pilot.
Deconfliction was not a problem for the F-22s, which were operating solely in an air-to-air capacity now, because they could climb higher than the other aircraft, but the B-1 had to worry about the other aircraft taking off.
The Raptors provided air coverage for the B-1 for another 30 to 45 minutes before refueling for a third time and then heading home.
"There was a lot going on in the mission, a lot to deal with, a lot of changes and contingencies that I didn't have to deal with in my previous combat experience, as limited as it was," said the pilot, who previously flew F-15s. "It was a great experience all in all."
As of Dec. 10, 2014, F-22s had flown less than 100 total combat sorties from their undisclosed operating base, including about a dozen strikes in which multiple weapons were employed, said Air Forces Central Command spokesman Lt. Col. Edward T. Sholtis.
Though it took nearly a decade for the fifth generation aircraft to see combat, the pilot said he doesn't think the Air Force will suddenly start using the aircraft more freely. The fact is the Raptor is still intended primarily to respond to threats in the air, not on the ground.
"I don't think it's going to change the perspective. When there is a threat that requires the F-22, whether it's an air threat or a surface-to-air missile threat, they will continue to use it. That's my guess," he said. "I don't think it will be as big of a deal [next time it participates in a contingency], but I don't think that means we're just going to start using F-22s for any mission, and I think that's held true in the time since I left."
Going To The Mountain Top
In early August a distraught Iraqi Yazidi made an emotional appeal to parliament in Baghdad on behalf of her people—a mostly Kurdish-speaking religious minority group—who had been brutally pushed from their homes by ISIS terrorists and were now isolated and starving on top of a barren mountain in northern Iraq.
"An entire religion is being exterminated from the face of the Earth," she said, according to the Washington Post.
Almost immediately after the plight of the Yazidi became known, the US began flying humanitarian assistance operations in support of those stranded on the mountain. Air Force C-130s and C-17s dropped thousands of pounds of food and water, as US, coalition, and partner aircraft conducted strikes on the ISIS fighters.
Months later, however, there were still many Yazidis calling Mount Sinjar home and despite the humanitarian operations, they still needed help.
On Oct. 25, 2014, a U-2 Dragon Lady took to the sky above Mount Sinjar, tasked with using its optical bar camera to not only update the enemy order of battle, but also the location, layout, and disposition of the nine refugee camps still scattered around the mountain, Lt. Col. Jason Arnold, director of operations for the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing at JB Langley-Eustis, Va., told Air Force Magazine in December.
The U-2's OBC is a film-based system that produces incredibly high-resolution images. "Because it's film, and it's an older system, it's inherently unclassified," allowing the US to share the gathered information with partner nations capable of helping with the airlift operations, said Arnold.
The 9th Intelligence Squadron at Beale AFB, Calif., is the only unit in the Defense Department capable of processing such film, and for some unexplained reasons, the film was delayed in getting there.
The 10,500 feet of negatives—nearly two miles' worth of extremely delicate film—arrived at Beale six days later, said Arnold. The airmen knew they didn't have much time if they were going to provide relevant information to mission planners. What normally takes 12 to 24 hours to process, took just six.
The film then went to a group of geospatial intelligence analysts, who quickly looked through all 1,500 frames of the Mount Sinjar area "looking for refugee locations, the camp layout, and doing an analysis of the slope of the group, and the surrounding areas to figure out where it was safe to airdrop those food and supplies," he said.
In just over 12 hours, the geospatial analysts were able to put together 47 intelligence products. They were sent electronically to the combined air and space operations center downrange.
"It was really inspiring," commented Arnold.
More Air Strikes, More Intel, More Partners
For the Air Force, the operation to degrade and ultimately defeat the ISIS terrorist organization actually began on June 11, 2014—some three months before the launch of the initial air campaign—when President Obama first authorized intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance flights over Iraq.
It had been nearly three years since combat operations in Iraq ended and most of the 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing at JB Langley-Eustis, Va., had long since moved on to other operations across the globe. The 480th is the lead wing for the service's Distributed Common Ground System and is responsible for exploiting the majority of the intelligence coming from Iraq and Syria. However, at the time there were few Iraq experts left.
"We maintained our current level of support to all the combatant commanders cross the globe. … All we did was layer on an additional set of requirements for our airmen. They took it with great aplomb," said Lt. Col. Jason Arnold, the wing's director of operations. "Those airmen were asked to exploit missions that they hadn't really seen before, but that didn't decrease the quality of products we were providing."
Within 24 hours of the first medium-altitude ISR operations over Iraq, the airmen of the 480th successfully sorted through the information and created a set of intelligence products that were then handed over to the Kuwaiti crown prince. In the weeks that followed, thousands more intelligence products were exchanged with five other Gulf partner nations.
"We didn't have the same basing rights or overflight rights back in June that we did when [the Iraq war] was in full swing several years ago, so we were really building those relationships anew," said Arnold. "We certainly aren't in there doing this alone. Those intel products were used as a type of currency to buy us the basing rights and access we needed so eventually the F-22 [and other aircraft] could go across the border into Syria."
The rate of overall air strikes has increased since air operations expanded to Syria from some five per day to around 15 per day. Both the number of deliberate and dynamic targets also has increased, Air Forces Central Command spokesman Lt. Col. Edward T. Sholtis told Air Force Magazine.
As partner nations began contributing more aircraft and aircrews to the mission, the USAF burden has decreased. Overall, Air Force support has declined from about 70 percent of all sorties in late September to about 60 percent in late November.
As of Nov. 25, US and coalition aircraft had flown more than 10,000 sorties—some 45 percent of them kinetic close air support or interdiction sorties, 30 percent of them tanker sorties, 15 percent ISR, and 10 percent "other types of support sorties, not including intertheater airlift," said Sholtis.
Partner nations have conducted about one-third of the close air support or interdiction sorties, while the US continues to fly about 90 percent of the air refueling sorties.
"Overall, air refueling represents nearly a third of all aircraft sorties and remains an essential component of wide-ranging and persistent air operations against [ISIS]," he said. "The majority of the US Air Force tanker presence in the CENTCOM area of responsibility historically has been in the Gulf region, and that remains the case."
KC-135s from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at Al Udeid AB, Qatar, are among the tankers flying "many sorties per day." The squadron is operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, said squadron commander Lt. Col. Van Thai.
"As the linchpin in most air operations, manning and jets have increased," said Thai, adding that the squadron tries to support everyone, though it must prioritize where the fuel goes.
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, assistant deputy chief of staff for operations, plans, and requirements on the Air Staff, said airpower has been "indispensable" to the anti-ISIS operation, since dubbed Operation Inherent Resolve.
In Iraq, the coalition air campaign is providing Iraq's new government time to stand up and for the Iraqi security forces to recapture "several tactical operational objectives," giving them the confidence they need to defeat ISIS, said Harrigian.
Syria has provided an opportunity for airpower to show what it can do. After 13 years of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, "we became very, very good at what we were doing in an environment where we owned the airspace," said Harrigian. "We could develop targets, we had several forces on the ground. This environment is different."
This new campaign required "innovative" targeting, he said, noting the Air Force had to rethink how it was going to determine where to strike, where the enemy was located, and how it would use its capabilities. Then it had to educate the joint force on how to leverage those capabilities and "develop these updated target decks."
For example, in northern Iraq, where the mostly Kurdish Peshmerga is based, joint terminal attack controllers are working from an air operations center trying to develop an understanding of the environment and then they are relaying that information to an MQ-1, MQ-9, F-16, or various other platforms.
In the south, however, the relationship is different because the JTACs are working "hand-in-hand" with their Iraqi counterparts, who are pointing out where their forces are, so the JTACs can call in a Predator or Reaper to get eyes on the ground, and they can determine the appropriate weapon to deliver, said Harrigian.
There are fundamental differences in how airpower supports the Iraq portion of the joint operations area and Syria, Harrigian said, "but from an airman's perspective, whether it's Iraq or Syria, we're able to do that really on the same mission if we have to, and that's what we bring to the fight and that's how we operate."
Without boots on the ground, the onus falls on the airmen of the 480th to quickly and accurately process available intelligence and get that information to the supported commanders for target discovery, said Arnold.
The 480th also has been exploiting weapon systems video from the targeting pods of aircraft "with pointy noses," a job that previously would have been done at the fighter units or wings.
"When we have a JTAC on the ground, they can point across the street and say, 'That is the building that the bad guys are in.' In this case, we're using persistent ISR, many different flavors, in order to identify the targets for strikes," said Arnold. "Our airmen are the ones exploiting it as it comes off the jet, so we are able to layer many different types of intelligence on top of one another. I'm talking about signals intelligence, geospatial intelligence, ground moving target indications—all the different types of ints that are out there, we layer them all together and we do analysis fusion and we provide a finished product."


The history of Château de la Motte began as a Viking motte and bailey fortress and evolved into the 18th and 19th century Château seen today. The two most noted families who owned the site were the Gabriel Montgommerys and the Nicolas Angos, but its role as Resistance center in World War II may be its most notable episode.
Long established Norman châteaux, like Château de la Motte, usually originate from a motte and bailey castle constructed during the earliest Norman period in the 10th and 11th centuries. The bourgeois Ango family built much of Château de la Motte in the late 16 and early 1700s. They bought the original château from one of the most noted names in Normandy: the descendants of Gabriel de Montgomery I (Montgommery). In 1559, Montgomery had accidentally killed King Henry II of France in a joust.
Château de la Motte sits at the end of a long chestnut tree alley or avenue linking to the commune of Joué-du-Plain and the village of Écouché. The château's former farm, with an arched entry and coat-of-arms may have been the original château built in the 1660s. Today's château and a number of buildings have dates from the early 1820s, after restorations from the Deschamps family following the French Revolution.
In the Second World War, the château operated as a dairy and holiday home for Paris prostitutes. However, at the same time it functioned as headquarters for the Resistance. Escaping Allied pilots and an important arms depot were hidden here. The discovery of the depot by the Germans caused the assassination of the local mayor, and an unresolved crime, the subject of two criminal investigations and one book.


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3.0 out of 5 stars I'll stop here. I think I've noticed a pattern
Catalyst was the 3rd "epic" series that I tried in the last 2 weeks. In the others I lasted to/through book 3 before deciding to stop. However, while here I stop after book 2, the reasons for the stop are basically the same.
And that is a pattern. What a person reading this review might not know (but should) is that Amazon allows authors to make their books available to Amazon Prime members for free. The authors then get paid for each page of the book that is read. What I noticed in the other two epic series and in this one is that the books have a ton of wasted exposition included. The stories drag with people pontificating on things that do not matter, or in repetitive scenes where we have to read the same interactions from multiple perspectives.
I don't like this. Right now my top series has to be Jerry Boyd's "Bob and Nikki" series, which has lasted more than 12 books, but which is constantly changing with new characters and new situations. There is some repetition, but its more in the jokes that have become running gags over the course of the series. However, this epic series doesn't have the tight focus and narrow plot. The plot meanders constantly, but the characters don't get defined well even if they are getting a lot of page time.
it's frustrating for me to read, and I realized as I read this book that I can't keep forcing myself to plow through books that are written for page count and to generate multiple sequels. This story didn't really end as the end of book 1, and it was worse in book 2 when it came to tying up plot threads before pouring more plot into an already toxic stew.
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Gesler
1.0 out of 5 stars Unreadable
Book 1 started out great, a new premise, an interesting story, with a likeable MC. Towards the end, it got bogged down by a gradual slowing down of the pace of narration. This continued in this book, only at exponential levels. The MC is now dumb as a brick and has lost all the maturity he had to forcefully attain. Almost feels as if someone else took over from the original author and wrote this book. Skimmed through to the end in 15 min to justify the money I wasted on this bilge.
A very lazy effort by the author overall. Word count and quality are not necessarily tied to each other, and this greedy author doesn't seem to be aware of this basic fact.
Strongly recommend against wasting your time and money on this series.
5.0 out of 5 stars The blood brings them there power to fight!!!
I must say the writer has done a excellent job bring this story to life . The main characters Ryl an Andr have a friendship is one of a kind. They have a long journey ahead of them an come out the other side saved by others long thought lost an gone from there world. The Phrinc come to Ryls add an show him what he must become to fight the Horde. But they need a arm to do so. An he knows where to get one an save his friends an family in The Stocks. They find horrors that make them sick to see an understanding hits them hard. Aaron brings this great story to life with a fast pace read battles at the ready in great detail. You won't want to put it down. Bang up read for book # 2.
monocart
1.0 out of 5 stars Good Premise, Awful Writing
I gave a lot of forgiveness for the pace, the over-explaining, and the excessive grandiose language in the writing of the first book. The first book in a series usually has a lot of world building and has to set the tone for the series. But the second book was unreadable.
I've only ever quit one book before in my life and book #2 in this series was the second. I got through 90% of it and am quitting the series. The entire first half of the second book is all explaining and exaggerating how beautiful and detailed all the features of a special city were. At one point, the author takes forever explaining how the main character sees a painting more beautiful than anything else he had seen yet, but doesn't even say what the painting is of.
The first book showed potential for an interesting story, but the second book is so terrible, I'm giving up on the story's ending. It's embarrassing for Kindle that these books average such a high rating.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The engaging series continues.
The series continues to be very interesting. This book had a great deal of description. It was well done. The main character continues to learn more about himself and his powers. I like the ending.
5.0 out of 5 stars Masterful tale
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2020
This whole series is the type to keep you turning the pages. The characters grow throughout this series and the twists in the story keep you engaged. Can't wait for the next book/
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good suspense/action
This book has a continuation good suspense and action. Several different twists in the book. Overall still a bit slow for me but I enjoyed it the book itself
Troy O
5.0 out of 5 stars an epic story gets more epic
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2020
Excellent follow-up to a very unique book. Adds lots of elements to the story, making it larger and more epic in scope. Can't wait to see where this goes.
Sophie cook
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 13, 2020
At first I had my doubts about this series, however, what a joy to read of a world that's different. Brilliant story, great writing, and I'm annoyed I have to wait til next month for the conclusion.
Phil Bbradbury
4.0 out of 5 stars Needs work
Good story and mostly well paced. Only occasionally a bit slow and repetitive. Let down by frequent spelling and grammatical errors. Some nonsensical passages. Needs a sub-editor!! Will continue with the series in the hope of improvement.
4.0 out of 5 stars The story continues. More quality work from the author.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 13, 2021
More of the same from book 1. The story and characters continue to develop while we find out some more about what's really going on. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Ellinah C
5.0 out of 5 stars Ryl 2
Reviewed in Australia on May 9, 2021
Oh wow that Vigil guard what a dick, jealousy begets! Really enjoyed this story, sad to say we will all do much worse for immortality, human depravity knows no bounds! Thank you great story.
Coduxs
5.0 out of 5 stars Much improved
Reviewed in Australia on June 7, 2021
The pace is picked up in this second edition and a lot is explained. The action is quick and exciting, I loved this very much over the first slower paced book.


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December 12, 2010 5:00am
FOUGERE Mom shot in face.
The loving mother and devoted churchgoer shot in the face through her Brooklyn door by a thug targeting her son was clinging to life yesterday as police hunted for the cold-blooded gunman.
Marie Fougere, a 51-year-old nurse's aide known for her classy sense of style, was pierced through the chin, with the bullet traveling down through her neck and into her shoulder in the Friday night ambush, according to members of the tight-knit Haitian family.
"She is a caring, peaceful woman. She doesn't deserve this," said Pierre Fougere, 30, the victim's oldest son and a security guard at MoMA.
At around 11 p.m., Fougere was making soup with her family in their two-family home on Avenue M and East 93rd Street, in Canarsie.
Her younger son, Mac, heard a rap on his downstairs bedroom window, with the shooter looming outside. The gunman then marched to the side of the tidy, brick home and pounded on the door.
Fougere descended the wooden stairs to answer.
"Don't open the door! Don't open the door!" Mac screamed. But it was too late.
The gunman shot three times through the door with a .45 caliber handgun, blowing out the diamond-shaped window in the door.
Fougere was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where doctors were attempting to stabilize her, family members said. She was to undergo emergency surgery yesterday, with family members keeping vigil at her bedside.
Police sources said the shooter was looking for Fougere's son, Mac. When police questioned him, the man flew into a rage, screaming and yelling that he wanted to go see his mother, they said.
"To see something like this happen to my mother, it kills me inside," her son Pierre said through tears.
Mac Fougere was known to run with a bad crowd and had several girlfriends. Fighting among his crew had resulted in two shootings the previous week, said dad Maxime Fougere, 51, the victim's husband.
"I don't think it was a robbery. This was someone coming over for something," he said.
The victim worked long hours as a nurse's aide at the Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital on Roosevelt Island.
"She is loved here and we are all praying for her," said Jeanne Waller, the public affairs director for the hospital.
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What are the unique cultural traits of the world's biggest technology businesses?
When I was seven years old, my grandfather took me to the horse track to watch the races. He was not the gambling type, but knew this kind of outing would make me happy. Immediately, I devoured the data in the racing program, finding the best horse names and their track records.
When I explained in great detail why my grandfather should bet on one horse versus another, he gave me the kind of laugh that indicated my enthusiasm was far ahead of my knowledge. He then explained, "If you want to win, bet on the jockey and not the horse." I would not find the wisdom in that statement until I became an adult.
Decades later, as a company owner looking to improve my organization's culture, I turned to top CEOs to learn their secrets. Among the ranks of savvy investors, venture capitalists, and successful businesspeople, I kept hearing some version of my grandfather's advice to choose people (the jockey) over a product or service (the horse).
Seeing how these individuals did so in their respective business sectors helped me piece together why some companies were winners and others losers.
My research revealed patterns, which I call the seven pillars that any company can master to achieve cultural greatness. Here, the jockey represents the leader and the people who take direction. On a collective scale—the one that generates culture—whole companies act as the jockey.
Think of Apple, Amazon, and Google. These three examples could not be more different in their approach, what they sell, and how an employee might navigate a successful career.
Yet, they all have mastered the seven important pillars of outstanding culture. Let's look at their approaches to three of my pillars, to see how each leverages its strengths to dwarf the competition.
In my experience, when companies know what makes them unique, celebrate that with the world, and make it a core part of their DNA, they can outwit and maneuver to dominate the marketplace.
That's Apple, in a nutshell. Their culture is one of secrecy, innovation, and disruption, and it makes them unique. They embrace these elements. The company's smiling geniuses and loyal customers form a bond that pushes them to explore the boundaries of what might be possible.
We love them and we hate them. But, we admire them. Leaders, take note! The fundamental way in which Apple leverages what makes them unique is what companies striving for greatness should emulate.
While we might consider Apple a cultural role model, Amazon has a very competitive and driven culture that is not a fit for most companies.
One of the hardest things to do for any company is to stay on top. Typically, when businesses do well, their employees and leadership are charged to keep the status quo. But Amazon is different. They intentionally create silos of innovation to find new and impressive ways to achieve and improve. That also means they fail often.
But mistakes are seen as part of the creative process, and part of their business plan. Failure is literally celebrated by the company, digested, and turned into the next pivot. Amazon expects to get it wrong nine times out of 10, because they are trying to enact gigantic change.
Often the darling of company culture and what CEOs dream of, Google makes the impossible look easy. Among their many cultural strengths, in my opinion, what they do best is "Measurement." Looking at the hard facts of company performance lets leaders and employees own what works and fix what doesn't.
Data drives Google's culture and its outcomes. Ceaseless measurement gives them incredible insight into their clients, employees, and the public. How do teams best operate? They measure it! Which managers hire the best? They measure it!
The list goes on. The company is a borderline science factory of data that allows flawed humans to make the best decisions possible. Google does measurement so well, they even measure what they measure.
The best cultures empower leaders to operate effectively and create the right space for employees to do their most impactful work. As we look to great companies for cultural inspiration, remember what my grandfather might say. A great jockey is what makes a horse a winner.
Chris Dyer is the author of The Power of Company Culture: How any business can build a culture that improves productivity, performance and profits, out now published by Kogan Page, priced £19.99.


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Class formation in the global field of finance: a comparative study of Frankfurt and Sydney
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This thesis investigates whether professionals on the global financial markets, such as investment bankers, traders, and analysts, form a global social class. Over recent decades, rising inequality has reinvigorated interest in issues of class. Despite the experience of world-wide economic crises demonstrating the global reach of the contemporary economy, the research areas of globalisation and class remain surprisingly disengaged from each other. Especially the question of global class formation continues to be underexplored. The first part of this thesis examines why the issue of globalisation remains a niche within research on class. Therefore, the theoretical foundations of the dominant approaches to class are investigated, identifying the causes for the implicit "methodological nationalism" of modern mainstream class analysis in the underlying theories of the economy and social action. Vice versa,an examination of globalisation theory shows that similar obstacles persist in the theoretical reasoning on inequality from a global perspective, precluding a conceptualisation of global class formation. In dialogue with the few existing approaches to conceptualize class on a global level, a framework for the study of global class formation based on Pierre Bourdieu's notion of social fields is developed. In part two of the thesis this framework is employed to examine empirically whether the global field of finance is currently the source for the formation of a global financial class. The field of finance as the most globalised economic sector is a paradigmatic case for studying the formation of a global class. This interview study on the career trajectories of financial professionals from Frankfurt and Sydney uncovers that, despite the legacy of national economic specificities on the institutional level, financial actors draw in their social praxis on global forms of social, cultural and economic capital and have developed a common culture, worldview, praxis, and habitus, delineating the formation of a global financial class.
1. Introduction -- Part One. Perspectives on globalisation and class formation. 2. Class formation : stuck in national economies? 3. Globalisation without global class formation 4.Towardsconceptualising class on a global level -- Part Two. The formation of a global financial class. 5. Approaching class formation in the global field of finance 6. Research designs and methods 7. Financial markets as a global social field 8. Frankfurt and Sydney as financial centres 9. A global financial class? Trajectories in the field of finance 10. Structural tensions in the field of global finance -- 11. Conclusion : the formation of a global financial class -- 12. References -- Appendix.
Theoretical thesis. Bibliography: pages 192-213
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This instructable will show you how to make fenders for your bike using plastic water bottles, clothes hangers (for structure), and twist ties.
I've seen stores sell mud shields for mountain bikes, but I've never seen any full fenders for sale, so I decided to make my own. Since I live near Portland, Oregon (which has a large and thriving bike community, but also lots of rainy weather) i hope that my new fenders will encourage me to ride more in the rain.
- Several wire twist ties or zip ties. (I used 6 paper-coated wire twist ties and 7 longer plastic-coated twist ties.
First, use the scissors to cut up the water bottles. Cut off the top and bottom and you'll have a tube. Then, cut the tube in half. Look closely and you'll see a plastic seam running down each side of the tube. Cut along the seam so you have 2 equal halves.
Then use the pliers, or just your hands, to unbend the clothes hangers. Try and make the hangers as straight as possible.
Now use the one-hole punch to punch a series of holes on each side of the plastic tubes. Punch the holes nearest the edges first to get the spacing right so they will overlap well. Then punch another hole about 4 cm away from the first.
Next, extract the piece of wire from the paper-coated twist tie (or just use any thin wire you have handy) and use it to join the 2 plastic sections together. Trim off any excess with the wire cutters.
Join 4 halves for the front fender and join the remaining 8 halves for the back fender.
Now using an under-over pattern, start threading the straightened hangers through the holes but skip any hole that joins two sections together because you want the pieces to be able to pivot and flex to take the curved shape of the wheel.
My front fork had an eyelet hole open on each side near the axle, so I was able to use it as an attachment point for the fender.
Use the needlenose pliers to bend one end of the hanger into a tight loop and insert it into the eyelet. Then tighten with the pliers. Extend the hangers straight out, and about 1-1.5 inches past the tire, use the pliers to bend the hanger up almost 90 degrees. Repeat on the other side. Bend the rest of the fender frame by hand so that that the fender matches the curve of the wheel.
Next, trim the excess length of each hanger near the top of the wheel and use one of the pieces to make a spacer for the fender frame. Secure the spacer using more twist-tie wire. Finally, secure the top of the fender to some point near the split of the fork. I punched a couple more holes and used a twist tie to secure the fender to a reflector.
The rear fender is assembled in the same way as the front fender, but the attachment is a bit different.
Depending on your style of bike, you may have to get a little creative to find good way to attach the rear fender.
For the rear fender, join together the remaining 8 water bottle halves with wire.
Next, thread the 2 remaining hangers through the punched holes like before.
Before attaching the fender, bend it into a curved shape.
After both fenders are assembled and attached to the bike, take time to fine tune the curve of the hanger frame so that the tires don't rub on the fenders as you're riding.
To make them look a bit more stylish, you might want to spray paint the fenders before attaching them to your bike.
The fenders feel a little flimsy (especially the front one because it is only attached to the bike at 2 points), but they are made with everyday household items and cost me $0.00. I haven't ridden in the rain yet, but on a test ride, I don't hear any tire rubbing against the fenders, so I think I'll be OK.
Good luck, ride safely, and most of all have fun!!!
For a few test rides, different parts of the fenders were rubbing on the tires, but nothing ever got sucked into the wheels. The worst that I've seen is that the 2 arms of the front fender sort of bounce back and forth off the sidewalls of the front tire. I guess if you have very knobby tires, then there's a greater chance something could get sucked in, but I still think that's unlikely.
After about 2 months, the front fender did get sucked into the fork. There was just not enough support to keep the front fender isolated from the spinning tire. I removed it. The back fender is still going strong 4 years later.
or cut up windshield washer fluid jugs.
I did something like this once for a bike only I used 2" wide strips of vinyl siding from scrap left over, this worked well as the vinyl tends to want to stay flat and not rub.
Seems you could glue or cement the pieces together with some fancy glue available nowadays once it is put together. It should make it more rigid as well as waterproof. Might even be able to then remove the hangers.
I originally thought about leaving a few segments off the front and rear fenders, but I had already cut the bottles and I had extra room on the clother-hanger frames, so I decided to opt for more coverage rather than less.
HAHAHAHA!!! That isn't a good reason for do it. It is not even a reason. But (and you do not tell anyone, it's a secret) I very often fall into the same trap.
Very economical idea, fenders are SO expensive. Re PKM's suggestion for a less angled look - maybe use 2 liter soda bottles instead of the ribbed 500mL mineral water ones? Since they're bigger, they could probably be cut into thirds instead of halves lengthwise.


As mentioned in my previous post I had the opportunity to go down to Oregon to see the total solar eclipse. It was well worth the trip down and the traffic up as seeing the entirety of the eclipse was very different than the 93% in Seattle or the 99% in Portland. Though stock was scarce I managed to get a solar filter for my camera and setup with a tripod and a telephoto lens to capture this astronomical oddity.
Just after C1 first photo I was able to capture as I was formatting my camera card as first contact was made to make room for all the eclipse photos.
About half an hour latter the moon is nearing the half way point. Around this time it starts getting noticeably cooler.
Through the camera or eclipse glasses the sun is now a sliver behind the moon. Without the glasses the only noticeable change is that sun light seems dimmer. This is about as much of the eclipse would have been seen in Seattle.
The sun gets smaller and smaller. This is about the extent of the eclipse that would have been seen from Portland.
An interesting phenomenon know as Bailey's Beads. The last rays of sunlight are sneaking through the mountains and valleys of the moon, making the appearance of a string of beads.
Totality. Now the glasses and solar filters can come off as the sun is completely eclipsed by the moon for 1 minute and 44 seconds. In the sky there is a black circle surrounded by white rays which is the sun corona, only visible to the human eye during a total eclipse. Stars are visible and the entire horizon looks like a sunrise.
As C3 passes the total eclipse ends I sneak a picture of the 'Diamond Ring' before putting the solar filter back on the camera.
The sun is back to being a sliver, and the entire process reverses its self. Around this point we did notice some light Shadow bands snaking across the ground.
Currently stuck participating as a member of unending traffic coming back from Corvallis, OR. I was in Oregon to see the full total ecipse. It was an amazing experience, and I have a lot of photos to go through, but here is a quick favorite.
As mentioned in my previous post on pens I like to carry a writing instrument on me as part of my everyday carry. In school I always had a mechanical pencil, moving into pens I first tried roller-ball then felt-tip pens before landing on fountain pens. Fountain pens have many advantages over other types of pens, but being pocket safe is not one of them. Because they use liquid ink drips or leaks can cause a lot of damage (think of the opening to Shawn of the Dead). Last century wanting safety from leaky pens was such a necessity that people would line their shirt pockets with plastic envelopes bring us the dweebish stigma around the pocket protector. Luckily today the fountain pen enthusiast has better options.
A large point of not spilling your ink is how you are filling your ink. Older fountain pens used latex bladders or lever activated pistons to pull ink directly into the barrel of the pen. Now it is much more common to insert a small ink filled plastic cartridge or a converter which uses a screw piston. These ink distribution methods are much more reliable and will prevent ink from seeping out of the pen. But that's not good enough for a pen that I want to throw in my pocked with my keys and other things.
The Liliput is nearly the perfect pocket pen. It adds protection by having a twist off cap that will never come off in your pocket, and will never let ink out. Coming in at a little under four inches capped its a pocket-able aluminium ink fortress. But its only nearly perfect. Being small, slippery, and perfectly round this pen wants to roll of and get lost. To be truly useful this pen needs a clip. There are clips make by Kaweco for this pen, though the selection is very limited. Instead I tried fabricating my own.
I have a 3D printer, but the nature of a pen clip makes it difficult to print on a 3D printer. Printing a ring to fit around the pen was easy enough, but attaching a clip to it introduces structural weakness that will not stand up to being pocketed over and over again. This has to do with the direction of layers, for the ring having the layers perpendicular to the pen makes printing the shape simple. For the clip the layers should be oriented parallel to the pen otherwise the clip will just snap off at the weak layer joins.
I printed the ring to fit around the pen and then looked to some model making techniques to finish the clip. I happened to have some very fine brass rods around that would make a durable, but flexible pen clip. Using a very small drill I made inserts for the ends of the brass rod and bent it them glued it into place. A little bit of sanding to smooth out the printed plastic and I have a very functional clip for my favorite pen.
Now this little pen is perfect for a pant for shirt pocket. With the oblong shape of the plastic ring it also no longer rolls away! With this clip I have been carrying the pen around for a few weeks now. Haven't lost it and no spills! I've also got a rather odd way of filling this mini pen to maximize the amount of ink it will hold, but that's a story for another time.


The benefits for adults are also important. Fluoride can help repair a cavity in its earliest stage before it has become visible in the mouth. Fluoride rebuilds the enamel layer of the tooth.
Fluoride treatments are sometimes prescribed to help eliminate the bacteria that cause gum disease. Fluoride treatments for older adults help to treat decay on tooth roots and to minimize root sensitivity.
For these reasons, we recommend fluoride toothpaste for all of our patients. We may also recommend additional sources of fluoride for you to use at home. Depending on your situation, these could include fluoride drops, tablets, rinses, gels, or a high-concentration fluoride toothpaste.


After spending no less than 2 hours on the phone with DirecTV, and having them reach the conclusion that I should buy a new one, I figured I'd put in my old HDD (the original 40 GB HDD) and lo and behold, everything works. I'm downloading all software updates from the last year right now.
My 120 GB Maxtor only lasted 10 months... where is that receipt anyway.
I was going to upgrade/hack this weekend anyway, now I just need a new disk. Any ideas on what the best/most reliable brand is these days?
I have some precious cargo on the dead drive, is there some easy way to move it to the new Hard Drive when I get it up and running? Presumably, once I get the network adaptor going and do things I can't type about here, as long as the relevant sectors of the old HDD are ok, it should be possible, but what do I know anyway?
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Integrating Climate Change Into Professional Military Education
Despite its vast potential to shape the global security environment, climate change remains underrepresented in national security curricula, including professional military education institutions. This article draws on the authors' experience leading the first climate security course offered at the National War College to illustrate a viable approach to building climate literacy among national security practitioners and related audiences. This article describes the course structure, explains the key topics discussed, and highlights essential pedagogical considerations for teaching climate security to rising strategic leaders and professional audiences. The authors intend for their experience to provide a roadmap for other instructors who seek to incorporate global climate change into their national security or political science courses at all academic levels.
Greg Pollock
Greg Pollock served as the Secretary of Defense Chair on the faculty of the National War College from 2019-2021. He served in various leadership positions within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, most recently as the acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Security Cooperation. Greg has also worked at the Department of the Treasury, the Department of State, and as a Brookings Legislative Fellow for Senator Harry Reid. He received a B.A. from Wake Forest University and a M.S.F.S. from Georgetown University.
John C. Ellis
John C. Ellis is a graduate student reading for a MPhil in Politics and International Studies at Cambridge University. He was a research intern working on climate security topics at the U.S. National War College and the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. John holds a bachelor's degree in history and political science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His research interests include diplomatic history and the intersection of climate change, national security, and grand strategy.
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Francis William Deas (1862 –13 November 1951) was an influential Scottish Arts and Crafts architect and landscape designer in the late 19th century and first half of the 20th century. He was a keen amateur painter, largely of landscapes. His most important work was probably the restoration of Castle Toward.

Life
He was born in Haslar in Hampshire. He was the son of Margaret Hepburn and Sir David Deas, a naval surgeon. His grandfather was Francis Deas, provost of Falkland in Fife.

When his father died in 1876 his father's brother, Sir George Deas took over the role of organising his education and sent him to Charterhouse School then to the University of Edinburgh. From that point onward he remained in Scotland.

In 1890 he was articled to Robert Rowand Anderson and also began attending the new Edinburgh College of Art under Prof Frank Worthington Simon where he studied for three years.

From 1896-97 he made a study trip undertaking many measured drawings. This was partly in the companionship of Robert Lorimer (who was a lifelong friend), who apparently swayed him from his original intention of being an interior designer to instead be an architect. He returned to Edinburgh late in 1897 and set up an office at 63 Frederick Street which he shared with Victor Daniel Horsburgh (but not as partners). In 1902 he set up in a grander office at 15 Rutland Square, leased from Robert Rowand Anderson (now the headquarters of the RIAS).

Deas never married, and may be safely assumed to have been homosexual. In 1908 he built an impressive home in Aberdour which he called The Murrel. This has a strong Arts and Crafts flavour and its garden is allegedly laid out by Gertrude Jekyll. He invested in property in both Austria and Turkey and losing them both as a result of  World War I. Due to the financial pressures he sold The Murrel in 1915. Thereafter he resided at a villa at Greenhill Gardens in Edinburgh.

His finances improved with a major commission in 1921 to extend and restore Castle Toward which provided six years of work. At the conclusion of this work he went into semi-retirement and worked with Christopher Hussey on studying the work of Robert Lorimer. This culminated, in part, in a paper published in the RIBA Journal in February 1931 on the life and work of Lorimer.

He retired completely in 1937. He died in 1951 and left his collection of art and Chinese pottery to the Royal Scottish Museum.

He is buried with his father in Warriston Cemetery near the sealed east gate.

Principal Works
Rebuilding of Hindley Hall and House, Northumberland (1907)
The Murrel, Aberdour (1908)
Rebuilding of Fyndynate House, Aberfeldy (1909)
Walled garden and gardener's cottage at Kinfauns Castle (1910)
House and garden at 16 Inverleith Terrace ("The Little House"), Edinburgh (1912)
Remodelling of gardens and gardener's cottage, Donibristle House, Fife (1913)
Kellas House and lodge, Morayshire (1913)
Layout for new burial ground, Culross Abbey Church (1914)
War Memorial, Aberdour Old Parish Church (1919)
Major alterations and restoration, Castle Toward (1921-8)
Alterations to Archerfield House, East Lothian (1923)
Estate Cottages Knightshayes estate, Devon (1923)
1 Easter Belmont Road, Edinburgh (1924)

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View more >This study examined the influence of school, surrounding neighbourhood-defined as the area within one-kilometre of a school-and student characteristics on the likelihood of student violent delinquency. Based on data from the International Youth Survey (2006), findings indicated that there was significant variation in violent delinquency among students in grades 7, 8 and 9 across a sample of Toronto schools. This variation was explained primarily bycharacteristics of the students themselves. However, the school climate, or the perceived atmosphere in the school also explained a statistically significant part of the variation in violence. Moreover, a higher level of school capital (positive feeling toward the school) reduced students' chances of self-reported violent behaviour over and above any of their own risk factors. In contrast, the findings did not support the contention that the level of crime and/or socioeconomic disadvantage in the neighbourhoods surrounding schools had an influence on students' violent behaviour. Explanations for this finding may reflect factors such as the definition of neighbourhood areas used in the study, the greater importance of more immediate environments on students' behaviour, or the possibility that neighbourhood conditions impact students' behaviour indirectly through their influence on factors such as parenting.
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