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"Diplotainment" in Helsinki – A Chorus of Boos
President Trump believes Helsinki was a great show: vintage Trump, celebrity actors, a world stage and nuclear holocaust at stake. But by the time he got Airforce One off the ground, the reviews came in and they weren't good. They said he looked weak, he blamed his own country first, and he repeatedly praised the autocrat and sided with him against his own team.
Trump was surprised at the sweeping, speedy chorus of boos. "Diplotainment" had worked so well in Singapore. The script was to approach the event in a nonchalant fashion, hype the significance, then stage the handshake, the secret meeting, the press conference and rush to the airport to bask in the reviews. Unfortunately, after a few weeks, it became clear nothing significant will happen, without much arduous negotiation in a multitude of meetings, the end point and result undetermined.
President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea leader
Kim Jong-un at summit in Singapore, June 12, 2018 | Evan Vucci/AP
In Singapore, Kim Jong-un got his recognition as a world actor, he appeared reasonable, he gave up nothing discernable (the weak joint statement seemed to codify that), he improved his position with China and Russia, and he weakened the urgency of the sanctions regime.
The next Russian summit, which was just wisely cancelled, was launched in the same pattern – no preparation and no coordination within the U.S. government. The difference between Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin is that Putin, wily tactician, is working every day to weaken and divide the democratic West. What the West needs is a negotiator who is worried less about reviews and more about the results.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold press conference
after their one-on-one meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018 | Photo RanttMedia
Read The Buzz: "Diplotainment" crashes in Korea
Market Stalls – Trump and Tariffs
The disruptive policies of President Trump's trade wars have finally caused the administration to react. A $12 billion bailout of farmers, which is being criticized as an admission of failure and 18 months of rhetoric, but no deals helped produce the at least minimal promise of more negotiations with the EU and less talk of it being a foe.
The 2018 Dow and Trump have been remarkably resilient given the political disruption. Good earnings reports have helped hold the Dow, with some wide swing in a range from 24000 to the low 25000 off the bottom of the year on March 22 of 23957, but well below the all-time Dow high of 26616 on January 26.
Tariffs and trade wars haven't caused panic, but are currently keeping a lid on investor confidence. But warning lights are flashing that inflation is looming, the expansion is nearing its end and a worldwide slowdown has begun. The U.S. Dow is up 1.4 points for the year, but the global Dow is down 1.6.
The U.S. economy appears strong and remains at full capacity, but D.C. politics is volatile. The developing trade wars with most U.S. trading partners has only produced anecdotal stories of lost business and jobs, but the first appearance of data will clarify its cost. The President said: "Trade wars are good and easy to win" (3-8-18). Jamie Dimon doesn't agree. In a CNN interview, he pointed out that the President's team said: "There would be no retaliation. They've already been wrong." Dimon believes another round of tariffs could reverse "some of the benefits you've seen in the economy." He also said the business community wants NAFTA done.
With tariffs getting labeled "job killers," Trump revived his old argument that the Fed is the problem. During the 2016 campaign, he blamed Fed Chair Janet Yeller for low interest rates, which he claimed hurt savers (and helped Obama/Clinton have a strong economy), now he argues modest interest rate increases will cause bigger trade deficits and slow the economy (and hurt him in the midterm elections). There has been six quarter-point rate increases since Trump won in November 2016 from .75 percent to 2 percent now. Two percent is a low interest rate in the modern era. Although, the Fed rate was zero from 2008 to 2014, it averaged 3 percent the previous 8 years and from 1990 to 1999 averaged 5 percent.
Having an independent Fed has been judged better for the long-term economy since before the Nixon presidency. This Fed is approaching a more normal interest rate that will constrain inflation and leave some room for stimulus if a recession develops.
The Dow for now is holding, but Trump knows he's in trouble as tariffs are producing more criticism than good news.
Trump Loses a Fifth of Republicans in Handling Helsinki
The latest CBS national poll shows only 32 percent of Americans approved of President Trump's handling of the Helsinki summit. That is an exceptionally poor rating for a major foreign policy performance (Washington Post poll – 33%). An even bigger problem for Trump is that only 68 percent of Republicans approved his performance (66% in Washington Post poll). The history of Trump's controversies suggests his approval rating won't be affected, but the worldwide media coverage was significant and the broad judgement that his performance was weak may produce a longer-term effect.
Trump's overall approval depends on about 85 percent of Republicans (87% in Washington Post poll), so Helsinki's 68 percent is a loss of about 20 points of support, or about a fifth of self-identified Republican partisans. This drop-off highlights two facts. First, there are Republicans who can be persuaded to withdrawal approval of Trump's behavior. Second, the Republican label is held by a variety of partisan groupings, including evangelicals, Tea Party, old-line establishment, forever Trump and never Trump to just name a few. For some, affection for Trump is primarily a policy preference (tax cuts, Supreme Court appointments) and an aversion to the alternative (Hillary Clinton most recently).
As the Helsinki approval table below (from Washington Post data) shows, Republicans only represent about a quarter of the electorate and Trump can ill-afford to lose any.
Other polls that show lower percentages of independents and more Republicans still require super majorities of Republicans approving Trump to maintain his anemic approval rating of 42 to 45 percent.
A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll graphically shows the Republicans' vulnerability to Trump's periodic missteps. Out of the 82 percent Republican support, they record 50 percent "strong" approval, but 32 percent "somewhat" approve (note: another 3% "lean toward" approval). Nearly two-fifths of the party is weakly attached to Trump. Those are the voters who could stay home or walk away from the party.
Political Fault Lines: Age, Gender, Race and Party
Colorado's politics in 2018 are little different from the country. Voters are divided dramatically along great fault lines of gender, age, race and party.
A recent PPP poll of President Donald Trump's Colorado approval rating highlights those gaps in public opinion. In the end of June poll, Trump had a 44 percent approval and 52 percent disapproval. As the table below shows, it is polarized along the fault lines of age, gender, race and party.
All of these gaps have been long documented in American politics, but each has become more pronounced, especially in the Trump era.
Party with a 68 percent difference is the most profound, with few partisans in the other party (Democrats) offering approval (12%). Republicans continue to approve of Trump at very high levels (80%). Although, an 18 percent disapproval among Republicans should be worrisome for the party.
The race/ethnic gap has been a fixture of U.S. politics since the 1960s, but the Hispanic/Latino community has only in more recent years become hyper-polarized. Trump, of course, has made ethnicity a repeated campaign issue from the day he announced to his most recent border policies. Only 15 percent of Hispanics/Latinos approve of Trump versus 50 percent of Whites. The sample did not have sufficient African Americans to make an observation, but national polls show their profound polarization.
Recent studies have cited gender polarization at all-time highs, and the 21 percent difference in Colorado is high. Only a third of women approve of Trump's job performance, but more than half of men do (55%).
Finally, the age polarization between Millennials and seniors is dramatic. Trump draws support from older voters (50% approval), but has little from voters 29 years old and younger (only 31% approval), a 19 percent gap.
Benson Goes Out on Top
When asked, Bruce Benson thought he was probably the oldest college president working today. When he started his job ten years ago, he was among less than 5 percent of college presidents 70 years of age. Now, he's among 11 percent. The job is tough, and colleges try to keep their successful presidents. Benson also represented the trend of non-academic college leaders skilled in state politics and fundraising.
Benson decided after 10 successful years to retire. CU has had an astonishing run under his decade of leadership. New buildings flood the four campuses. The Anschutz Center has become the tech center (bio) of north Aurora.
In a blog posted in January, I noted he had hit his second five-year mark and hadn't slowed down. From 300,000 Twitter followers, to prodigious fundraising (a Benson specialty), he kept up the pace.
Benson's CU activities have been just one of his life projects. As president of the Denver Zoological Foundation, he led the master plan build-out and his leadership of the Denver Public Schools Foundation was one of the key elements in initiating the District's reforms and improvements. After his first 5 years, Benson was asked as he considered a second 5-year term as president: When would it be time to retire? With his usual uncompromising candor, he said:
University of Colorado President Bruce Benson (R) and
Financial Chief Todd Saliman at CU Systems Services office,
Denver, Feb. 27, 2017 | Mark Leffingwell/Boulder Daily Camera
"…seven, maybe it's four," he said. "You get older, you start sliding – am I as coherent as I was 10 years ago? No. Do you forget names more easily? Yes. But if I start slipping, I'm going to be the first one to notice it, and I'll say, 'Hey, guys, I'll give you a year – you'd better find somebody else.'"
Benson's energy calls to mind another hardworking Coloradan. His old political rival Roy Romer. Romer was 70 when he took over Los Angeles Unified School District, a seemingly impossible job, which after six years, he also received wide acclaim. The two of them made 70 look like the new 50.
Benson mentioned his wife, Marcy, in his retirement letter. She has been his partner and handles a host of causes herself. Colorado and CU has been very fortunate to have the energy of the Bensons.
Good luck on your next project, Bruce.
Read The Buzz:
Bruce Benson for governor?
Bruce Benson hits ten-year mark at CU
Polis Begins Campaign in Strong Position
Although, as Julie Turkewitz reported in the New York Times shortly before the primary, the question is "just how far left this frontier state wants to go," Jared Polis, the perceived "far left" Democratic nominee, begins his campaign in a good position. He is running in a state that has moved left the last decade, in a year Democratic enthusiasm is high and against a Republican nominee burdened with an unpopular president.
Jared Polis | AP photo
Polis' campaign proposals are expensive and his 10 years in Congress will provide a wealth of information for opposition research. So, a tough, in the trenches campaign can be expected, but as reported in this blogsite, The Buzz, the voter registration, party enthusiasm and presidential approval favor the Democrats.
Republicans have lost a 160,000-voter registration advantage in 2000 and are now behind Democrats by 19,000.
FOX News reports nationally Democrats' enthusiasm to vote in November is 9 points higher than Republicans (51% to 42%). The generic ballot is 8 points in the Democrats' favor.
President Trump has a net 13 points negative approval (42% to 55%) in Colorado, a 17-point drop since January 2017. Voting for and against Trump is a major factor in midterm election voting.
The most recent primary election had Democrats turning out 54,000 more voters and receiving 65,000 more unaffiliated voter participants (total 119,000 more Democratic voters).
Finally, a Democratic Party sponsored poll by PPP (reputable robo polling firm) reported Polis with a 7-point lead over Walker Stapleton (47% to 40%). Too early to define the race, but another data point is the Democrats' starting advantage.
Polis has never had a competitive general election where his reputation, political record and platform are truly tested. In spite of the Democrats' 2018 advantage, Colorado remains a state with persuadable voters. Can the Republicans mount a campaign that makes the governor's race competitive?
Webb, Big Smile, Is Still Optimistic About the Human Condition
Wellington Webb, 77, described his life and philosophy in a long Colorado Politics profile by Ernest Luning.
Webb, a tall, thin kid from Northeast Denver, always played above expectations. In his two toughest elections against Norm Early for mayor (1991) and Mary DeGroot for re-election (1995), he came from behind and beat the odds. One of his best assets was a great smile with an even public temperament. Webb puts people at ease, even while he's promoting his loyal Democratic agenda and progressive politics.
Wellington Webb
Denver has been gifted with a long run of progressive, but pragmatic mayors, who, starting with Federico Peña in 1983, have used Denver's landlocked but considerable assets to overcome white flight, old infrastructure and weak economies that have damaged so many core cities.
Webb inherited a new airport that he finished and opened. He managed the planning of Lowry and Stapleton, and most importantly, he vigorously promoted the Central Platte redevelopment with residential, commercial, recreation and just relaxing open space. These are major legacy projects.
Webb's 12-year term from the early 1990s to the early 2000s was among Denver's most productive. I said in the article "that disputes surrounding Webb's administration have faded over the years."
"The reason Denver isn't a Cleveland or St. Louis or Detroit — a city that absolutely struggles — is we had a series of mayors who exceeded expectations and moved the city along," Ciruli said. "Webb definitely pushed this city along to where it is today — one of the fastest-growing, strongest economies in the country. I put him in that pantheon of really great mayors this city has had."
Trump in Colorado – Post-Helsinki – KOA Interview
The latest Morning Consult state-by-state poll (online) shows President Trump 13 points into negative territory in Colorado. During a KOA interview with Marty Lenz and April Zesbaugh, we discussed how Colorado stands out in the Mountain and High Plains as Trump's worst state. Trump is a plus 2 points in Arizona, 3 points in Montana and 8 points in Kansas.
Marty inquired if Trump had improved anywhere since his inauguration. The poll points out he's declined in every state. His national approval vs. disapproval is now a negative 10 points.
Trump's 42 percent approval and 55 percent disapproval will be a major disability for Republicans in Colorado at the midterm elections.
April asked why Colorado seems to be so different. I pointed out that much of our recent growth has been young people. Democrats now have a registration advantage of 20,000. Notice that the state's top Republican politicians are putting some distance between themselves and Trump, especially on trade and Russia.
Read The Buzz: President Trump's approval rating dropped 17 points in Colorado since his inauguration
Beyond the Base. What Do We Know About the Unaffiliated Voters?
Colorado's two main parties are within a few thousand registered voters of each other. In an off-year election. Republicans typically have higher turnout, but this off-year election appears to benefit Democrats in its anti-President Trump passion. The largest bloc of voters in Colorado is unaffiliated. Neither party can win without them, so how they break between the two parties will likely decide the election.
Two recent voter polls – one done before the June 26 primary and one robo poll done immediately after – seem to give the Democrats a 5-point or more overall advantage and an even larger one with unaffiliated voters.
Trump's favorability and approval is low among unaffiliated voters in both Kent Thiry's Let Colorado Vote and the Democratic Party's PPP poll.
Trump nationally has about a 40 to 45 percent approval and 50 to 55 percent disapproval. His unfavorability is similar. In the PPP survey, it appears Colorado unaffiliated voters are at the low end of the range. The Let Colorado Vote poll had unaffiliated voters substantially more critical of Trump.
In both surveys, Republican Walker Stapleton is behind. The Let Colorado Vote poll only measured favorability and has an unusually large difference between the two candidates. Note that Polis is known by 67 percent of the voters and Stapleton by less than half (46%). In the PPP poll, Republicans start about 7 points behind. The unaffiliated spread of 12 points is a serious problem for Republicans. It may reflect the flood of new, younger, liberal-leaning voters who rule the electorate who have chosen the unaffiliated label.
President Trump's Approval Rating Dropped 17 Points in Colorado Since His Inauguration
The latest Morning Consult state-by-state presidential approval ratings are out and show a 17-point drop in President Trump's approval in Colorado since his inauguration in January 2017 through July 2018, with a 13-point negative approval today. Trump is nearly at the national average in Colorado with an approval of 42 percent. He has a slightly higher disapproval at 55 percent than the national average of 53%.
Trump has dropped in approval in every state in the union since January 2017, but he still has a positive net popularity in many states, including many Mountain and High Plains states.
Although the election is more than three months away, midterm elections tend to be about voting against, not for things, and Trump will be the issue in all federal races and probably in many state elections. With a negative 13-point rating, Trump is unlikely to be of much help to Colorado Republican candidates in competitive races.
21st Century Good for Democrats and Independents in Colorado
In an analysis by election expert, Rhodes Cook, for Virginia Professor Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball report (July 12, 2018), Democrats now have a 12 million-vote advantage in the 31 states that register voters by party. Current vote percentages are 40 percent Democrat, 29 percent Republican and 28 percent independent.
The shift since 2000 in registration has been toward independents, with both Democrats and Republicans losing adherents.
Colorado's registration trends since 2000 show Republicans losing the advantage of 160,000 voters to Democrats, who are now ahead by 19,000. Again, independent registration is now the largest, surpassing both parties with nearly a 200,000 registrant advantage over Democrats.
The Republicans had a 176,000-registration advantage in the George W. Bush reelection year of 2004, but since 2008, Democrats and unaffiliated voters have prospered. Although the Republican registration advantage has disappeared, the difference between the parties is slight.
Cook points out that in state-level analyses, about 70 percent of the time, the party dominant in registration wins the electoral vote. But, Donald Trump produced a number of anomalies where he won in spite of a Democratic registration advantage, including Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
He won the Pennsylvania of Colorado, Pueblo County, by 390 votes in spite of a 15,000-vote Democratic registration advantage.
FOX News Poll Reports Democratic Enthusiasm for November Vote High
A new FOX News poll shows a Democratic advantage in voter enthusiasm for the November election. The poll aligns with the RealClearPolitics 8-point spread Democrats have today in the generic ballot test.
This is mostly based on an anti-Trump sentiment because when asked if the Democratic Party has a "clear plan for the country," only 31 percent of public said yes. Republicans get 38 percent for having a plan (49% of Democratic partisans and 65% of Republican partisans thought their party had a plan).
Brandon Rittiman Leaves 9NEWS
Brandon Rittiman, 9NEWS ace political reporter, has decamped for a Sacramento station, ABC10, his home state.
He gave politics a dose of truth in his Truth Test; hosted the Sunday morning Balance of Power; and with Kyle Clark, moderated some of Colorado's most informative debates.
Good luck in California. Lots of political news there.
Can the Democrats Win the House?
The Democrats need to win 23 seats to take the U.S. House of Representatives. The midterm elections should be a good year for Democrats, but 23 seats is a substantial number, given the small number of swing districts and the fierce battle that is expected. Professor Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball suggests it's a 50-50 toss-up that the Democrats can get the 23 seats they need.
Sabato claims Democrats have 199 seats safe or leaning toward them, and Republicans similarly have 208. Hence, out of the 28 identified toss-up seats, they need, 68 percent, or 19, to get to 218 – a high percentage, but possible.
Some Observations on the Mexican Presidential Transition
In an interesting presentation at the University of Denver sponsored by WorldDenver and the Latino Leadership Institute and moderated by former Senator Tom Daschle, it was observed that President Trump has divided America and united Mexico. They believed, due to Trump, America has lost its moral authority to call governments or others to account for corruption, conflict of interest or human rights violations.
The discussants speculated Trump and the new Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) would likely end up in a confrontation, although they have started off on a positive note. I disagree. Although each president may criticize the other, mostly for domestic consumption, they are, in fact, similar in a variety of ways.
They are both nationalists and primarily interested in domestic issues, especially their respective economies. Trump and AMLO share a desire to raise Mexican worker wages. Trump's interest is to create a disincentive for jobs to move to Mexico.
AMLO is likely to intervene in the economy as vigorously as Trump. AMLO's super majority makes him a strong man with an authoritarian attitude. Trump's favorite leader.
They both salute sovereignty and are unlikely to have a great deal of interest in other countries (e.g., Venezuela) or each other concerning "internal matters," such as human rights.
My prediction is Mexico will ignore much of the bluster from D.C. and will instead work hard to maintain the positive economic aspects of the relationship. However, security issues, especially related to drugs, human trafficking and immigration, will likely remain the hot spots.
One note: The election devastated the PRI, the old historic governing party. It may not revive. MORENA, AMLO's party, inherited many of the PRI voters and interest groups. The PRI is the heart of Mexican clientelism and government corruption. How does AMLO stop the corruption when he and his party have become the boss?
Read The Buzz: López Obrador will win and Mexico will lose
Pelosi is Out – Maybe
I have been predicting that Nancy Pelosi would retire from the leadership of the House Democrats since 2010 when they lost their majority. She doesn't listen to me. But finally, it appears her time has run out. After serving the national Democrats since the 1970s and as the Democratic House leader since 2003, RealClearPolitics reports she doesn't have the votes to win the Speakership or even Minority Leader again. The most telling statistic was that 24 new Democratic candidates were refusing to back her if they win, which reinforces a NBC/WSJ poll that reported the two highest priorities of Democratic voters for a candidate were restraining President Trump and not supporting Pelosi.
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi | Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images
Pelosi has fought back opposition before and as recently as 2016, but this challenge is deeper and broader and appears politically fatal.
See The Buzz:
California a winner – Pelosi retires, McCarthy Majority leader
Pelosi retires?
Another Educational Tax Proposal – Better Chance Than 2013?
In ChalkBeat, the highly rated online education news source, Erica Meltzer reported on the fast signature collection efforts of the state's public education establishment for their $1.6 billion tax increase initiative.
The teachers union and its allies turned in 170,000 signatures July 11, following the new rules governing constitutional amendments requiring signatures from voters in each of the 35 state senate districts. They need 98,472 valid signatures. They claim to have collected 65 percent with volunteers. They paid circulators for the remaining 70,000. The initiative will have to get 55 percent support from the voters to pass under the new rules.
With a poorly designed and positioned initiative, a $1 billion tax lost 2-to-1 in 2013, even after an $11 million campaign. Does this effort have a better chance?
My view was yes, but it is still an uphill battle.
Supporters of the measure will be campaigning in a complicated political environment, possibly sharing the ballot with a major tax increase for transportation, as well as a governor's race and legislative contests that will determine control of the state Senate, where Republicans currently hold a one-seat majority.
Candidates up and down the ballot likely will be asked to take a position on the ballot measure, layering partisan politics over a measure that supporters hope will have broad appeal.
"You start this analysis with the assumption that it's an uphill battle because we don't really pass statewide tax increases, while schools pass lots of local taxes and bond measures," said political consultant and pollster Floyd Ciruli. "The difference is trust. At the statewide level, people don't trust that the money will go to benefit their local schools."
Ciruli sees advantages, though, to asking voters in a mid-term election. Turnout will be higher than in an off-year, when older, more conservative voters tend to dominate, and even-year voters are more likely to have Democratic tendencies and be more open to taxes.
The contentious Democratic primary, which focused on education, also "primed" voters to see low funding as a key problem for schools, he said.
"The environment is pro-education," Ciruli said. That places the tax measure "in the ballpark, but it's still a challenge to do a statewide tax increase."
Democratic candidates will have to take a position on a very complex and expensive ballot initiative. Sign up and be accused of tax and spend or don't and anger the union and its friends.
Abortion Rights Still Political – Peter Roper in the Pueblo Chieftain
Forty-five years after Roe v. Wade was decided, the correctness of the decision is still being argued and its fate endangered by President Trump's latest Supreme Court pick.
As Peter Roper points out in his Pueblo Chieftain article (7-11-18), Colorado voters have rejected a "personhood" amendment three times. It was interpreted as a ban and an effort to get a case before the Supreme Court to reverse Roe v. Wade.
Although the vote against the amendment dropped to 65 percent in 2014 from 70 percent in 2010, I argue that a solid majority of Colorado and U.S. voters oppose overturning Roe v. Wade by 2-to-1.
Although voters are more on the liberal side of abortion limits than the conservative, the issue still has a passionate minority that would overturn Roe and a majority of the public supports various restrictions, such as a waiting period and bans on late term abortions.
Frank and Matthews Leave Post
The Denver Post has just lost two of its best political reporters as the political season ramps up.
John Frank heads over to the latest online Colorado website, The Colorado Sun. Mark Matthews just took a job at an environmental and politics news site.
Mexican Elections: A Transformation
The surprise of the Mexican election was not Andrés Manuel López Obrador's (AMLO) majority victory (53%), but the sweep of his party, MORENA, in legislative seats and state governorships.
The build-up demand for change corresponded to the largest election day in the country's electoral history, with nine governorships, both houses of Congress, and several thousand state and local elections. Corruption, crime, and slow and unequal growth were the primary issues debated, with a desire for dramatic change, which AMLO represented.
In a blog on May 9, 2018, I suggested that AMLO would win in a landslide in Mexico's presidential election, which are often won with a plurality, but not control of the legislature. The MORENA party and allies won a majority in both legislative houses and could reached two-third majorities that could approve constitutional changes, such as changing presidential term limits (one six-year term).
AMLO has dramatically raised expectations. Will his vague populist platform and diverse coalition sufficiently address the corruption, crime and growth issues? If not, will he become what many fear – authoritarian?
Andrés Manuel López Obrador | CNN
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Kharkiv National Municpal Academy
The Academy started training international students in the middle 50s of the last century. Just then the first foreign graduates who have studied at the faculty of urban planning got their diplomas. They were citizens of the People's Republic of Poland and the Socialist Republic of Romania.
During the following years the number of foreign students constantly increased and by the end of the seventies it was over 100 people. Therefore the Ministry of Higher and Specialized Secondary Education of the USSR decided to create the Foreign Students Department (resolution dated 20.08.1978). By that time foreign students were educated at three faculties – urban development, electric power supply and lighting of cities, urban electric transport.
In the early 80s the number of students was over 200 people. In addition to citizens from the "Council for Mutual Economic Assistance" member countries among them were citizens from other countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America – coming from fifty countries overall.
Since the mid 80's the Academy began to train foreign citizens at the highest qualification level. Since then more than 150 foreigners have successfully finished a postgraduate course and defended their dissertations (Dr. PhD), among them: Gudari Radzheshvar (Republic of Mauritius, 1989), Muhammad Tahir and Hassan Rabah Hassan Abdul Judy (Republic of Iraq, 1991) Al Azam Mohammad Tayseer and Ravashdeh (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 2001), Nihad Mahmoud Ashram (Syrian Arab Republic, 2001), Derder Wafa (Morocco, 2004), Saleh Koksharov Feruzshah (Republic of Iraq, 2004) Hasanseyfeydin (Republic of Sudan, 2009), Zhong Lin (China, 2010), Van Man Man (China, 2011).
In 1991 a preparatory division for foreign citizens was established at the Academy, and in 1995 – the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language. Teachers from the preparatory division of this department teach foreign students the Ukrainian or Russian languages and liberal arts in the chosen specialty during one year. The department educates future architects, engineers, economists, ecologists, sculptors, artists, managers, medics, etc. Over the last 16 years more than 1000 foreign citizens from more than 80 countries (China, the Syrian Arab Republic, Islamic Republic of Iran, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Algerian People's Democratic Republic, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic of Cyprus, the State of Israel, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, etc.) have learned here Ukrainian and Russian.
Many graduates of the Academy are now well-known people in their countries; they hold senior positions at state and commercial establishments, military units, governments.
Full-time education at the Academy trains specialists for foreign countries at six faculties in three qualification levels – Bachelor, Master and Doctor of PhD. For today over than 3000 specialists for 80 countries have graduated. Many of them have achieved excellent academic results. For example during the past 10 years, 17 foreign students achieved "Honor diploma". Our graduates, who have held their honoured positions in life do not forget their Alma Mater. Moreover, they not only inform us about their achievements, and in fact are voluntary members of our Academy in their countries, active members of the "Foreign Graduates' association" of the universities in the Kharkiv region, and promote education in Ukraine among their co-citizens.
The Academy maintains close partnership relations in the field of science and education with leading universities and research centers in the Russian Federation, the United States of America, the German Federal Republic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain, the Republic of Austria, the Kingdom of Sweden, the French Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Turkey, the Republic of Estonia, the People's Republic of China.
We maintain close academic and business relations with engineering associations of many countries. The Academy is a member of the International Association of Universities under the aegis of UNESCO.

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Royal Flying Doctor Service
The demand for psychiatry services is increasing. The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Victoria are now accepting expressions of interest for flexible contract opportunities for Consultant Psychiatrists to provide telehealth consultations to people living in rural and remote areas of Victoria. If you are a suitably experienced Psychiatrist and would like to work with a…
New Psychiatrist Joins FDT
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Increased Child and Adolescent Support for FDT
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Consumer Engagement Committee
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New Specialist joins FDT
We are pleased to announce a new specialist available through Flying Doctor Telehealth (FDT). Dr Melyse Jung is a specialist Psychiatrist of Old Age and works exclusively with clients aged 65 years and over. Melyse completed her psychiatry training in Melbourne and has worked in psychiatry of old age within the public health system since…
Flying Doctor Telehealth and Covid-19
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to drastically change the world we live in, we wanted to provide an update as to how it has affected Flying Doctor Telehealth (FDT). We are pleased to advise that the FDT service has remained largely uninterrupted, although access to appointments has changed to better suit the circumstances of our…
Telehealth Achieves National Standards Accreditation
Earlier this year, Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Victoria began its voluntary undertaking of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) standards assessment. Given the unique conditions under which we operate, it was decided for our approach to be phased in nature. Flying Doctor Telehealth (FDT) was chosen as one of the first services…
Paediatrics telehealth appointments now available
The Royal Flying Doctor Service Victoria are pleased to announce Paediatric appointments are now available on the Flying Doctor Telehealth (FDT) platform. Dr Brian Timms joins the FDT service as a general paediatrician with over 30 years of experience, with expertise in neonatal Paediatrics. Dr Timms provides generalist paediatric appointments to suitable patients aged 17…
Asthma Awareness Week – hay fever, or something more?
With beautiful sunshine across Victoria, many of us spent the first days of spring outside in the garden or out for a walk. Those affected by hay fever were also likely eyeing up the grasses and wattle flowers that signal the start of a wheezy season. But have you ever considered that it might not…
VACCHO partnership and Cultural Safety Training for telehealth specialists
Image: Trevor Pearce and Scott Chapman (left to right) The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) is the peak Aboriginal health body representing 100% of Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) in Victoria. On 19 March 2019, Scott Chapman, RFDS Victoria CE and Trevor Pearce, VACCHO Acting CEO, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to renew…
Sustainability with Telehealth
Flying Doctor Telehealth reduces the burdens faced by patients needing to travel to access medical appointments. Not only does this travel have an impact on patients, it also affects the environment. RFDS are passionate about providing services to patients that are sustainable and accessible. Within the 2017-18 financial year Flying Doctor Telehealth saved patients approximately…
Flying Doctor Telehealth Research Projects
RFDS Victoria is currently undertaking two research projects to evaluate and improve the care we provide. A Human Research and Ethics Committee have approved our research projects. These projects may use non-identifying information for data analysis so that patients remain anonymous. Current research projects underway: Assessing if telehealth improves access for small rural Victorian communities…
Secure file sharing on the Flying Doctor Telehealth platform
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Victoria does not accept patient information by email, including GP referrals and test results. RFDS is bound by the Privacy Act, including the Australian Privacy Principles. This policy directs how we collect, use, hold and disclose personal information about individuals. Standard unencrypted email is not a supported method of…
Addiction specialist appointments now available
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Victoria are very pleased to expand our number of specialists providing telehealth appointments on the Flying Doctor Telehealth platform. Dr Raymond Chan has recently joined us to provide Addiction specialist appointments via telehealth and assist with pain management support. Dr Chan is available to see patients with difficult chronic…
Flying Doctor Telehealth supporting Health Literacy
The Flying Doctor Telehealth (FDT) team have developed a health literacy resource. The resource aims to help patients get the most out of every telehealth appointment. What is Health Literacy? Health Literacy is the ability to obtain, process, navigate and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. RFDS Victoria want…
New speciality: Geriatrician available on Flying Doctor Telehealth
Flying Doctor Telehealth has a new specialist available for telehealth bookings, Dr Ramila Varendran will be providing geriatric telehealth appointments. Dr Varendran is located in Canberra and provides assistance with managing patients with multiple co-morbidities that result in functional decline associated with age. Ramila has a particular interest in dementia, osteoporosis, reducing polypharmacy and advanced…
Respiratory case study – Flying Doctor Telehealth
Dr Paul Fogarty has been conducting telehealth appointments for patients that require an appointment with a Respiratory Physician. Dr Fogarty presents a case study, of one of his respiratory telehealth patients, to assist GPs with identifying patients to refer to the service. You can view the Flying Doctor Telehealth – respiratory case study here. Suitability of…
Access for rural patients in Warracknabeal and surrounds
Photo: Kathy Poulton, Wellbeing Coordinator at Rural Northwest Health, discussed telehealth consultations with another staff member. Warracknabeal resident Alan Lucas has benefitted greatly from accessing the Flying Doctor Telehealth service. Alan, who requires oxygen in the home, was able to access an online appointment with the Royal Flying Doctor Service Respiratory Physician, Dr Paul Fogarty.…
Shana's story – Flying Doctor Telehealth
Flying Doctor Telehealth was recently showcased on the Channel 9 regional news. Shana Colquhoun, telehealth patient, shared her story about accessing Endocrinology appointments via telehealth and how the service assisted with the management of her type 1 diabetes through her first pregnancy. You can watch Shana's story HERE.
New Flying Doctor Telehealth locations
Eleven new sites have signed up to the Flying Doctor Telehealth service in 2018. The RFDS Telehealth team would like to welcome: Campaspe Family Clinic Dhauwurd-Wurrung Health Service Winda-Mara Aboriginal Corporation Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-operative Woomelang and Districts Bush Nursing Centre Yarram Medical Centre Docker Street Clinic and South Wangaratta Medical Clinic Coster Street…
Ask the Flying Doctor GP support service is now available
The Royal Flying Doctor Service Victoria (RFDS) have launched a new service called 'Ask the Flying Doctor'. Ask the Flying Doctor is a FREE email support service where GPs practicing in rural Victoria are able to submit questions or seek advice from the RFDS specialist team to assist with the treatment and management of their…
Psychiatry services in rural Australia
It is well know that access to mental health services is lower in rural and remote areas of Australia compared to metropolitan areas and that some rural solo GPs are struggling to manage the demand of mental health issues with their patients. The Royal Flying Doctor Service Victoria delivers a rural telehealth program across Victoria,…
Flying Doctor Telehealth in the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) yearly round up
At the end of December 2017 the Flying Doctor Telehealth service was presented in the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) Annual Roundup e-magazine! An editorial about the Flying Doctor Telehealth service discussed how the telemedicine service connects rural Victorian patients in need with their specialist online and the benefits of the service to rural…
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According to the ancient Indian education system, there are six stages involved in learning anything.
a) Information - In the first stage you tend to gather information. You tend to become familiar with basic terminology and vocabulary.
b) Knowledge - When you are able to relate the various pieces of information, you are said to have acquired knowledge.
c) Skill - When you apply the acquired knowledge practically you develop a skill. Skill can be mastered only by constant practice.
d) Insight - When you have spent sufficient time in perfecting your skill, you automatically come to know why a certain thing happens in a certain way. You now can see a pattern which ordinary people may not be able to see. Thus you now have insight.
e) Foresight - After developing insight (knowing the pattern in past), when you project the pattern in future, you can start predicting things. Thus now you have developed foresight (projecting patterns in future with high accuracy).
f) Wisdom - After developing foresight, anyone can use it for personal benefit. But when you develop ability and motivation to use the foresight for the benefit of the society, you are said to have reached the stage of wisdom.
In english language everyone is called a teacher, but sanskrit is a very rich language. There was given a different designation for each type of teacher at each stage of learning.
One who gives you information, is designated as "Adhyaapaka".
One who imparts knowledge is called as "Upaadhyaaya".
One who teaches you a particular skill is "Aachaarya".
One who gives you insight is called "Pandit".
One who gives foresight is called "Drashtaa" (seer).
And finally one who gives you wisdom is called "Guru".
The following is taken from Idli, Orchid and Will-Power by Vital Venktaesh Kamath.
Venkatesh Kamath's friend's daughter marriage was fixed. But, later on his friend was thinking of dropping the match, because, the bridegroom was asking for a car. He was not even in a situation to buy a scooter. He came to Kamath and told the same.
Kamath asked him to bring the bridegroom once. He brought the bridegroom to his hotel. After talking casually for some time, Kamath asked the groom, whether he was fine with the marriage, if he gets a car. The groom said, he does not have any problem. Then Kamath told his friend to print the wedding cards and sent him away.
After that, Kamath asked the groom, "Why are you asking for a small car? Ask for Mercedes."
Groom: "No way. They cannot give. Even this car, I did not ask. My mother asked."
Kamath: "It does not matter who forced. Finally, you only asked. So, ask for big car."
Groom (got confused): "We don't have place even to put a small car. How can I ask for a big car?"
Kamath: "Then ask for a garrage for the car also."
Groom: "They don't have capacity even to give a small car. How can I ask for a big car and a garrage?"
Kamath: "That is not your problem. I will make sure that, they would give all those."
Groom: "Are you going to give money to them?"
Kamath: "Yes, as a loan"
Groom: "How can they repay you. They don't have that much capacity."
Kamath: "I will tell you one life secret. No daughter would like, if her father is in debt. If her father has taken the loan for her, then she would prefer to clear it as soon as possible. That is also, if her husband works in a big company like L&T, then she would prefer to clear it even sooner. She takes Rs.100 everyday from you and saves it. She gives that to your father-in-law, and he would give it to me. That way, I would get back my money through your wife from you."
Later on, the groom married the girl without any dowry.
Recently, my friend got married. She has given dowry in the form of cash and gold to the groom. She has taken loan equivalent to the total dowry amount. After the marriage, She would clear the loan from her salary.
After hearing that, I got confused on what the groom or his family thinking while taking the dowry. One reason might be, they may be thinking that, after the marriage, she may reject to give her salary, so better to take it now itself as dowry.
At the end, By taking the dowry, the third party who has given the loan to the bride is getting benefited.
In many product based companies, the developers at different levels starting from Trainee Software Engineer till Distinguished Engineer, are given the same kind of work. But, the way they do that work would be lot different.
If some work is given to developers of different levels, and if all of them do their best, then others may say the following in response to their work.
Distinguished Engineer - He has not delivered anything.
Principal Software Architect - He has not written even single line of code.
Technical Architect - Even a kid can write the code that he has written.
Sr.Software Engineer - He has developed a complex functionality single handedly.
Software Engineer - He has developed one of the most complex functionalities with very good design, which uses all the concepts of design patterns.
Trainee Software Engineer - He has developed the application by using all the latest technologies, it's latest features, and all the concepts of design patterns. To understand what he has written, one needs to learn all the latest concepts in the latest technologies.
By the way, My lead is taking lot of time to understand the code that I have written with the latest concepts. I also used the following comment, while sending for review.
I cannot understand the issue with Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail. I don't know whether the protesters are clear on what they are protesting.
Is it issue with Foreign Money?
If it is the issue with foreign money, then won't the same problems be there, if the money is invested by the Indians? How does it matter whether the profits are earned by Indians or foreigners? Indians are already buying enough foreign goods to give profits to the foreigners. Are you going to stop buying foreign goods to save Indian industry?
Is it the issue with Super Markets, because of which Retail business would be effected?
Any kind of development would have impact in many people. Many people may have to move to different kind of jobs as part of the evolution. If everyone wants to do the same kind of work everyday for whole life, then obviously there won't be any development.
Those who are worried about employment, instead of fighting to ban FDI, if they fight to ban ATMs in India, that would create lot of employment.
I don't think any domain where free market is allowed, one can earn lot of profits. If there are many opportunities to earn profits, then many people would be there in the field already and would make the entire domain saturated. Best examples are Telecommunications, Airlines and TV Channels. Many of them are not in profits or having marginal profits. I don't think super markets is a best option to get lot of profits.
If there are no profits, then Why foreign companies are coming?
If there is minimum guarantee to the investment, there are many Indians who are ready to invest. But, if there are losses, or one has to wait for a long time to get profits, then not that many Indians are ready to invest. Whereas, the US companies are ready to take lot of risk. They are ready to wait for a long time to get the returns and they don't mind investing a lot in research, where the returns are not guaranteed. They may invest in India for the returns they may get in the future.
If the foreign companies are coming and going to make losses in India, then we should invite them with red carpet and should allow 100% investment, because, if they are making losses, it means Indians are making profits.
Right now, is there any cost advantage in Retail?
I don't see any cost advantage in super markets. Most of the regular commodities are sold at MRP. Vegetables and fruits etc., are more expensive in super markets than the road side shops. But, in road side shops, one may have to bargain to reduce the price. Even for expensive items like Mobile phones also, if you go to small shops, you may get it little cheaper than the shops in the big malls.
Many people (including myself) prefer malls/super markets, because, one can buy everything at one place, browse through the items and can check new products, pay by credit card/food coupons without extra charge, and there is no need to bargain. There may be indirect price advantage, because while browsing, one can see less expensive alternate products, and buy them.
Is it a way to convert to Black money to White?
India would be at advantage, if the black money is invested in India rather than saving in foreign banks.
Irrespective of what all happens, if the government does not encourage open competition (i.e., if it puts restrictions to the new players), then it would lead to monopoly and everyone would suffer. If government ensures that, any person/organization can enter into this business without much hassle, then everyone would be benefited.
The foreign investment should not be allowed in cases of security, agriculture lands, or any other thing which is limited in India. In all other fields, we should allow foreign investment.
If the FDI bill is not passed in the parliament for whatever reasons, I would consider that as the failure of BJP and nobody else.
Y.S.Jagan says, sun rises in the east. I agree to him. So, I am supporting Y.S.Jagan.
KCR says, the capital of Andhra Pradesh is Hyderabad. I agree to him as well. So, I am supporting KCR as well.
Mamatha Banerjee says, West Bengal is a state in India. I agree to her also. So, I am also supporting Mamatha Banerjee.
The media people are no way better than this. If a leader, say, Dr.JP says, he is supporting something, and if some other popular leader, say, Chandrababu is also supporting the same, their statement would be, "Dr.JP is supporting Chandrababu", as if Dr.JP is supporting everything that Chandrababu says. Let's say, if Chandrababu is opposing the same, their statement would be, "Dr.JP is opposing Chandrababu", as if Dr.JP is opposing everything.
I feel frustrated to see this kind of statements even from the so called intellectuals. If you take any four people in this world, then atleast two of them would be on the same side, (assuming that there are three options, supporting, opposing and neutral). It does not mean that, the two, who are on the same side are supporting each other in everything.
The media won't change anyway. I would be happy, if atleast those who feel themselves as intellectuals write/say properly.
I am frustrated to read the statements of the so-called supporters of Lok Satta on Dr.JP's stand on no-confidence motion. He is neutral to No-Confidence Motion. Period.
Telangana lost so much land for the industries. It is all because of Andhra people.
All the educational institutes are started by the Andhra People, and it did not give any scope for the Telangana people.
Andhra people are coming to Hyderabad and doing business here, and robbing our place.
Someone in Telangana failed in the exam. It is because, Andhra teachers intentionally failed those students.
Someone is suffering from fever. It is spread by the Andhra people.
Telangana people are so much aggressive in criticizing Andhra people for everything. But, they are not criticizing Andhra people for one thing, which they should.
in the initial days, the Telangana movement was sponsored by the Coastal Andhra real estate people. By bringing the Telangana movement, the real estate between Vijayawada and Guntur, and in Visakhapatnam has grown up like anything. The prices of the land and many other things have increased more than 10-20 times in just 10 years. There was direct correlation between the movement in Telangana and the prices in Coastal Andhra.
The real estate people show stars in the afternoon saying, We get Telangana in few months. After that, Andhra would get capital between Vijayawada and Guntur, where Government has 10,000 acres of land. There are only two other places in the entire Seemandhra where Government has 10,000 acres of land at one place. So, the capital would surely come here only. Once the state is separated, you cannot buy even an inch of land. So, better buy the land now itself. This way, they will show you heaven in your palm.
With the Telangana movement, Telangana people are suffering like anything, and Andhra people are using the same thing to increase the prices of everything in coastal Andhra. The beneficiaries of the Telangana movement are Andhra people. One person was saying, Andhra people are very good at doing business. Whatever may be the situation, they will do the "appropriate" business, and there is no need to worry about them. We need to worry only about the people of Telangana. Unfortunately, Telangana people are not realizing it, and they are not listening to others.
After L.K.Advani started talking about Telangana in his Jana Chetana Yatra, people started criticizing him by pointing out BJP resolution in Kakinada. I don't accept their criticism.
In 1998, in Kakinada, BJP passed a resolution of 1 vote, 2 states. They promised that, they would give separate Telangana, if it comes to power. But, when it came to power in 1998 and in 1999, it did not give Telangana. Because, Chandrababu Naidu was giving support and he did not want to separate the state.
For any person, their first priority is always sustainment and their promises comes only after that. If they cannot even sustain, there is no question of fulfilling the promises. Without Chandrababu, they could not form the government. If they don't take the support of Chandrababu, they cannot fulfill any promise, leave alone Telangana. By taking the support of Chandrababu, they could fulfill many promises except Telangana.
I would not criticize L.K.Advani for the above reason. But, I criticize him for the below reasons.
During 1999 elections, L.K.Advani said, there was no plan to give the separate Telangana state. The reason he gave was, for all other new states, the capital was far away from their places. Whereas, for Andhra Pradesh, Capital is in the middle of Telangana. So, there is no need of giving separate state.
He understands the importance of the Capital. Now, why is he taking the capital away from Seemandhra? Why is his point no longer valid now?
Aware of the division passions that this issue (formation of new states) had evoked in the past, and aware also of the strong possibility of similar demands arising in the future, I enunciated a sound guiding principle to go ahead in this matter: for Parliament to consider any specific proposal for the formation of a new state, the legislative assembly of the parent state should adopt an enabling resolution to give its consent.
Now, L.K.Advani is demanding to pass the bill in the Parliament without passing in the assembly. Is it not directly contradicting to what he wrote in his book?
While replying to the debate in Parliament after the enactment of the legislations for the reorganization of the three states, I said, 'No one party should claim credit for the creation of the states and I would commend both Houses of Parliament and all political parties, particularly the main opposition party (Congress), and constituents of the ruling alliance (NDA), for the smooth passage of the Bills'.
This was a good example of how consensus-building, rather than confrontation, can yield the desired results.
Now, what is he doing? Is he building consensus or confrontation?
Eventhough, I have lot of respect for L.K.Advani, I could not support him on this issue.
If the Telangana Movement continues the same way for the next few years, then they will definitely get Telangana with unanimous support.
Andhra people's main worry is, they do not want to lose the developed area (Hyderabad). If the Telangana movement continues in the same way, then Hyderabad becomes undeveloped. After that, Andhra people will not have any objection in separating from Telangana and Hyderabad, because, there is no gain by staying together. Since the Telangana supporters want only separate state, and absolutely nothing else, so, they can easily get separate Telangana by continuing the movement the same way. After continuing the Telangana movement for few years, even if they do not want to have a separate state, Andhra people will start Jai Andhra movement, to have separate Andhra.
For those who do not know the history, in 1969, Telangana movement came and after suppressing it, in 1972, Jai Andhra movement came. If KCR and Kodandaram continues the same way, either they will get separate Telangana or there will be Jai Andhra movement in couple of years.
My Manager: Is there any scope for optimizing the 8 reports?
Myself: I have to see.
Four reports, I think, we can optimize because, they were written by others.
Other four reports, we can definitely optimize very well, because, they were written by me, and I know how crappy they are.
Many people are worried about increase in the no.of Divorces.
But, I am happy about it, because, the root cause for increase in the no.of divorces is, the women are becoming independent. That's why, if they cannot live with their husbands, then they are applying for divorce.
But, I am unhappy, because, Government gives too much power to women, and many women who are independent are misusing those acts, and because of that men are suffering. There are many stories at 498a.org, where men suffered because of women unfairly.
If a woman suffers because of her husband, she can just leave him and take divorce. I don't see any reason, why does she need to use 498a act to get him arrested and put him in jail for few years. Within the limited circle I have, I have seen few women who, when they got some differences of opinions with their husbands, used this act and started harassing them. Obviously, I did not see any fair usage of this act.
If the wife's family is richer than the husband's family or if the local police is "so called" sincere, then the misuse is significantly more.
I still cannot understand why Chiranjeevi needs to arrest his son-in-law in the name of dowry harassment. Why cannot they just get divorce and leave him? Is it to take revenge for the things happened in 2007?
The following is the snippet from the above article.
"One of the articles in the Open page (April 24, 2011) talked of suicides of silk farmers. It said how a couple committed suicide because they were unable to pay a loan of Rs 80,000.
The income tax paid by that couple is much more than Rs.80,000 per year. What is government doing with that money? Giving free TVs, cable connections and donating money in different forms rather than improving those poor farmers? These people do not question the government for anything, and fall on the people who are earning more money. If one does not do their duty properly, and criticizes others for everything, then they would never develop.
Two days back, one of my acquaintances went for counselling for P.G. admissions in Hyderabad, and was not allowed to attend counselling by the Telangana supporters. That student never lived in Coastal Andhra or Rayalaseema, and that student's parents also did not live in Coastal andhra or Rayalaseema in the last 30 years.
If one student is not allowed to counselling, then they would lose one year. If they stop 40 students, it means, they are destroying 40 years of people, and it is equivalent to killing one person.
In this case, Telangana supporters have done a murder, but, unfortunately no media covered it. However, the media covered the suicides of some ignorant people in the name of sacrifices for Telangana.
When United Andhra supporters destroyed the government property in Dec 2009, the court has given punishment of 10 years imprisonment to them at very fast speed. Whereas, for Telangana supporters, entire assembly (except one MLA) asked to withdraw the cases, and the cases did not even go to the court.
Some time back, one Telangana supporter commented that, Andhra people would be happy to construct buildings on the graveyards of Telangana people.
If anyone is going to destroy my life or the life of my close friends and relatives, then I will be more than happy to construct graveyards for them, irrespective of whether they are terrorists, militants or Telangana supporters.
If Lord Krishna gives special powers, I would like to eliminate all the people who have done direct/indirect murders in the name of separate Telangana. If not, I would like to become Yama Kinkara (the one who punishes people in Hell) and will punish all these in my own way, so that, they will not forget it for atleast for one life of Brahma (31,536,000,000,000 human years).
Tolstoy's observation on Indian Independence.
A commercial company enslaved a nation comprising two hundred million. Tell this to a man free from superstition and he would fail to grasp what those words mean.... Do not these figures make it clear that not the English, but the Indians, have enslaved themselves.
The same can be applied even now. People elect the politicians, and they only criticize them. The people enslaved themselves, and criticize the politicians who are honest in their dishonesty.
Almost everyone in India is strongly supporting Anna Hazare and his movement against corruption. Only Congress and Lok Satta Parties asked him to withdraw his fasting. Many people were inspired by him, and they did fasting or campaigning within their capacity. I feel his way of solving the problem is not scalable and may mislead the people and India.
India is a democratic country, and all the Indian citizens get right to chose the people who can rule us. If we chose that option carefully, we don't need to do anything else. But, instead of choosing that option, he has chosen fasting. I would have been more happy, if he had come forward during the elections and asked everyone to vote for a good political party. If he thinks, there is no political party which is good, he should have started a political party.
Unfortunately, except the politicians and their families, everybody else hates politics. During the elections, ask any NGO or social worker for helping in your election, they would simply reject it unconditionally. During the elections time, all these 'so called' social workers sleep, and after that for five years, they try to do everything possible. They want the anti-corruption bill to be passed. They want the corrupted politicians (who were in the assembly/parliament for more than couple of decades) to be punished. They ask people to participate in the movements for developing the country, and the list is endless.
Unfortunately, even Anna Hazare does not have good opinion about politics and politicians. He is against politics and politicians. He thinks that most of the politicians are bad (Initially, he said all politicians are bad) and does not want to meet them. If they are bad, why the people had voted for them in the first place? If we chose a corrupted person, he would do corruption. Politicians are honest in their dishonesty. We are doing wrong thing by voting for a corrupted person, and then we are fighting on the streets to punish that person. This kind of things done only by people who do not have any work or mind.
Spend one day in voting for a correct person, and you can take rest for five years. But, all these active people sleep on the voting day and fight for the next five years.
If atleast 20% of the voters take little interest, then we don't need any acts for people's representatives. Except sons and daughters of the senior politicians, almost everyone starts at a small level and gradually they become ministers. Those who come to politics without much background start their career as a corporator, councilor or surpanch. After that, they rise to Chairman/Mayor, then to MLA, then to Minister of State, then to Cabinet Minister and then to Chief Minister.
If the politician is doing corruption at any level, and if the voters immediately refuse him/her, do not vote him/her again in his/her life time, then nobody would do corruption. A corporator knows that, if he/she does corruption, he/she will never become even an MLA, no need to speak of Minister. So, if they want higher post, they have to be sincere. It may be very unlikely that, a person is sincere for 20 years, and suddenly becomes corrupt. Even if there are politicians like that, still, the average net profits that they would get across all those politicians would be negligible. Because, not every candidate wins in the election continuously, and even among those who won, not everyone becomes minister. So, if anyone is trying to be sincere for 20 years and then want to do corruption, country won't lose that much because of them.
If NGO types want to make laws, let them get elected to the Lok Sabha or else go back to activities that are genuinely non-governmental. Making laws is the right of government, no matter how ineffective or corrupt the government may be. This appears to have been forgotten in the mass hysterics of last week. It is time to remember.
In Manipur, there is a lady Chanu Sharmila, who has been fasting for the last 10 years for human rights in Manipur. She has been in hospital for the last 10 years. Till now, nobody cared about her.
1.5 years back, one politician (mis)used fasting, and almost everyone in that state had to suffer like anything, and that state lost everything for 6 months, starting from IPL to new software companies.
If people start using fasting for everything, then there will be more misuses, and it is definitely loss for the country.
Government can do a lot to the people and it cannot be replaced by even the biggest billionaires of the world. What can be done by a Prime Minister in two weeks is a no match with the donation made by Bill Gates or Warren Buffett.
I see many people asking for the option of "I don't like anyone" while voting in the elections. But, that option is not required. If all the candidates are bad, then by voting for the person who is least bad will change the entire system automatically.
In Andhra Pradesh, if anyone asks for this option, I would see him/her like a fool only. If they want to improve the system, they should vote for Lok Satta Party.


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It was built on the land measuring 2 ha in the middle of the protected forest teak tour.
It was the Pillar Monument of the Struggle for Indonesian nation especially Madiun against the PKI ferocity (the Party of Indonesian communists) on 1948.
It is located about 8 km from Madiun city to the east side, precise in Kresek village, Wungu district. Around this location is used for the Scouts Camp or the Public Camp.
With the spirit of Madiun people heroism opposed the ferocity of PKI. The Pillar of the History was the bitter memory that not forgotten and ought to be recalled by the younger generation of the nation goal in fighting for Pancasila and UUD 1945.


Focus Editorial Two-State Solution or Illusion?
"Israeli leaders may then begin to see; as South Africa's white leaders saw in the late 1980s, that their behavior is producing isolation, emigration and hopelessness." Then, finally, they will become reasonable, and something new and acceptable (a one-state solution?) will be possible.
One might ask just how much disaster is necessary before the hard-liner Zionists who have long controlled Israel will compromise their ideological commitment. Keep in mind that the Israeli political elites, right and left, have always been expansionist. Even Peter Beinart is not pushing for a return to the 1967 Green Line and an evacuation of illegal settlements, as far as I can tell. In the past, the Israeli elites have judged their terror and brutality to be justified.
They will do so in the future as well. Some of them will interpret any increase in Jewish emigration (a process already ongoing) as a weeding out of weak elements. Militarily the Israelis can probably maintain superiority over their neighbors even in the face of reduced American aid, and as far as world opinion is concerned, most of them care little about it. If this assessment has any validity, the Israelis could go on ethnically cleansing for a very long time.


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Oregon Laws and Penalties
Drugged Driving
Max. Fine
2 oz or less No Penalty None $ 0
2 - 4 oz Violation None $ 1,000
4 - 8 oz Misdemeanor 6 months $ 2,500
8 oz - 8 lbs N/A N/A N/A
More than 8 lbs Felony 5 years $ 125,000
8 oz - 1 lb Violation None $ 1,000
1 - 2 lbs Misdemeanor 6 months $ 2,500
2 lbs - 8 lbs N/A N/A N/A
Manufacture, Delivery, or Distribution
Any amount Felony 5 years $ 125,000
Within 1000 feet of school grounds Felony 20 years $ 375,000
Personal home gardens and licensed production sites exempted.
1 oz or less homegrown without compensation No Penalty None $ 0
More than 1 oz - 16 oz without compensation Violation None $ 2,000
To a minor Felony 5 years $ 125,000
Delivery with or without compensation of 150 g or more is punished more severely.
Up to 4 plants homegrown No Penalty None $ 0
More than 4 - 8 plants Misdemeanor 6 months $ 2,500
More than 8 - 12 plants N/A N/A N/A
More than 12 plants homegrown Felony 5 years $ 125,000
Within 1,000 feet of a school (except homegrown or licensed) Felony 20 years $ 375,000
16 oz or less solid infused at home No Penalty None $ 0
72 oz or less liquid infused at home No Penalty None $ 0
1 oz or less extract at home No Penalty None $ 0
0.25 oz or less not purchased from retailer Misdemeanor 1 year $ 6,250
More than 0.25 oz not purchased from retailer Felony 5 years $ 125,000
Note that processing, or extracting is Manufacturing under Oregon law.
Sale, delivery, possession with intent to sell or deliver, or manufacture with intent sell or deliver to a person under age 21 Civil Penalty N/A $ 1,000
Civil Asset Forfeiture
Vehicles and other property may be seized.
Commercial drug offenses are punished more severely.
A conviction for possession of more than 1 oz, delivery, or cultivation of marijuana can result in an automatic 6 months suspension of driving privileges.
Penalty Details
Cannabis is specifically exempt from schedule I by Oregon's controlled substances statute and regulation.
Oregon Statute § 475.005(6)(B)(a)-(e)
There is no fine or penalty for possession of 2 ounces or less of marijuana in public.
Possession of more than 2 ounces and up to 4 ounces of marijuana is a violation and a fine of $1,000.
Possession of more than 4 ounces and up to 8 ounces of marijuana is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in prison and a fine of up to $2,500.
Possession of over 8 pounds of marijuana is a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $125,000.
There is no fine or penalty for possession of up to 8 ounces of useable marijuana.
Possession of more than 8 ounces and up to 1 pound of useable marijuana is a violation punishable by a fine of up to $1,000.
Possession of more than 1 pound and up to 2 pounds of useable marijuana is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 month in prison and a fine of up to $2,500.
Possession of more than 8 pounds of useable marijuana is felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $125,000.
Oregon Statute § 475C.337(1)(b)
Oregon Statute § 475C.337(3)(c)(B)
Oregon Statute § 161.605(3)
Oregon Statute § 161.625(d)
Oregon Statute § 475C.305(2)
Oregon Statute § 475C.337(1)(c)
Oregon Statute § 475C.337(3)(a)
Oregon Statute § 153.018(2)(b)
Oregon Statute § 161.635(b)
Commercial Sale and Regulation
Retail sales of cannabis by state-licensed entities to those over the age of 21 are regulated in this state. Adults may purchase up to two ounces of marijuana per transaction from a licensed retailer. Marijuana sales by unlicensed entities remain subject to criminal penalties as described above.
Manufacture of any amount of marijuana is a class C felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $125,000 except for home gardens of 4 plants and licensed production sites and medical marijuana growsites.
Manufacture of marijuana within 1,000 feet of school grounds is a class A felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $375,000, except for home gardens of 4 plants and licensed production sites and medical marijuana growsites.
Delivery of 1 ounce or less of "homegrown" marijuana without compensation carries no fine or penalty.
Delivery of more than 1 ounce – 16 ounces of marijuana without compensation is a Class A violation punishable by a fine not to exceed $2,000.
Delivery of any amount of marijuana to a minor is a class C felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $125,000.
Delivery of any amount marijuana within 1,000 feet of school grounds is a class A felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $375,000.
Any delivery (with or without compensation) of 150 grams or more is punished more severely with the term of imprisonment varying depending on the offender's prior record.
Oregon Statute § 475C.345
Oregon Statute § 475C.345(b)(B)
There is no fine or penalty for cultivation of up to 4 plants homgrown at home.
Cultivation of more than 4 plants and up to 8 plants is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months imprisonment and/or a fine up to $2,500.
Cultivation of more than 12 plants is a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine up to $125,000.
Culitvation within 1000 feet of a school (except homegrown or licensed) is a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $375,000.
Oregon Statute § 475C.349(b)(A)
Oregon Statute § 475.904
There is no fine or penalty for possession of 16 ounces or less of solid infused cannabinoid products, 72 ounces or less of liquid infused cannabinoid products and 1 ounce or less of cannabinoid extracts at home.
Possession of ¼ ounce or less of cannabinoid extract not purchased from retailer is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in prison and a fine of up to $6,250.
Possession of more than ¼ ounce of cannabinoid extract not purchased from retailer is a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $125,000.
Oregon Statute § 475C.337(1)(g)
Oregon Statute § 475C.337(c)(C)
Sale, delivery, possession with intent to sell or deliver to a person under age 21 is subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000.
Every state criminalizes driving under the influence of a controlled substance. Some jurisdictions also impose additional per se laws. In their strictest form, these laws forbid drivers from operating a motor vehicle if they have a detectable level of an illicit drug or drug metabolite (i.e., compounds produced from chemical changes of a drug in the body, but not necessarily psychoactive themselves) present in their bodily fluids above a specific, state-imposed threshold. Read further information about cannabinoids and their impact on psychomotor performance. Additional information regarding cannabinoids and proposed per se limits is available online.
This state has enacted legislation explicitly providing the opportunity for those with marijuana convictions for activities that have since been decriminalized/legalized to have past marijuana convictions expunged, vacated, otherwise set aside, or sealed from public view.
Generally, legalization means a policy that supports a legally controlled market for marijuana, where consumers can buy marijuana for personal use from a safe legal source.
This state has medical marijuana laws enacted. Modern research suggests that cannabis is a valuable aid in the treatment of a wide range of clinical applications. These include pain relief, nausea, spasticity, glaucoma, and movement disorders. Marijuana is also a powerful appetite stimulant and emerging research suggests that marijuana's medicinal properties may protect the body against some types of malignant tumors, and are neuroprotective.
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Co-op to go ahead in Belsize Village despite community campaign as window for objections closes
PUBLISHED: 09:00 15 September 2018
Mohammed Shafiq outside the Late Late Store in Belsize Village. Picture: Linda Grove
The new Co-op in Belsize Village is set to go ahead, despite a meeting between Lib Dem Belsize councillors and the supermarket giant.
Ken Pyne on the Co-op in Belsize Village.
Campaigners have been rallying the troops over the last few weeks, since the plans came to light in late-August.
Councillors Luisa Porritt and Tom Simon met with representatives from the supermarket at the end of last month.
According to an email sent to campaigners by Cllr Simon, and seen by the Ham&High, the Co-op said it would be willing to have a restriction on delivery times, and not block the pavement with delivery trolleys.
They told the councillors, who were both elected in May, it would only have one lorry delivering a day - and it wouldn't block Belsize Lane.
Co-op bosses also said they didn't believe coming into the area would harm businesses.
The supermarket is set to meet with campaigners in the next week. Former deputy-headteacher and long time Belsize activist Linda Grove said: "Co-op are planning to speak to the campaign group after the Jewish New Year. We still don't want them to come here."
The plans have split the village. Campaigners are concerned about deliveries causing congestion in Belsize Lane and the licensing hours to sell alcohol potentially causing antisocial behaviour.
Nearby traders are also unhappy about the likely effect on their businesses. However some locals have welcomed Co-op's entry into the village.
If the licensing application passes at Camden Council, it will open from 6am to 11pm on Monday to Saturday.
As it is falls under permitted development rights, it doesn't require a new planning application, making it harder for residents to stop.
The deadline for objections to the licensing application is today (Thu). If it gets the licence, the shop will open in the new year.
The site was previously occupied by Will Ricker's XO restaurant.
Mrs Grove, who previously led campaigns against Sainsbury's and Tesco coming into Belsize Village said the campaign had been worth it.
"If we do nothing, then they will come. But if we have a go, they might not.
"The whole village is behind us, and the traders have got together and paid for a wonderful banner.
"Whether they come or not, it has brought us together."


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Q: How could I store form values in an Array? How would I be able to append data to an array from a form?
A list is generated according to the data found in the database. Each row has a part number and a QTY text field for the user to edit:
+--------+----------+
| Part # | QTY      |
+--------+----------+
| 123    | [0]      |
+--------+----------+
| 124    | [2]      |
+--------+----------+
| 125    | [15]     |
+--------+----------+
|        | [Submit] |
+--------+----------+

The logic I have so far is:
If QTY = 0 {
ignore
} else {
append values to array object and store array under "parts" session
}

An issue I'm running into is when the form is submitted, it grabs the last part and qty value in the form. I need to somehow make each row unique for the form and input that form data into array.
I plan on after the user adds all the parts and qtys to the array, the array is then submitted into a database.
Is there an easier way of doing this?
EDIT:
Grabs the part number and submits the qty value via the form.
<input type="text" name="item['.$row['Part'].'][qty]" size="2" value="0"/>

So it would look like this:
123 => 0, 124 => 2, 125 => 15

And if value in form is set, map the array. I also used the array_filter() function to get rid of the 0 qty parts:
function show_Names($e)
    {
        return "$e[qty]";
    }
        if(isset($_POST['item'])) {
        $c = array_filter(array_map("show_Names", $_POST['item']));
    }

And stored it in a session this way. If nothing is set so far, set a new session. If something is set, then just add onto the array:
if(isset($_SESSION['parts'])) {
        if(isset($c)) {
        $_SESSION['parts']=$_SESSION['parts']+$c;
        }
    } else {
        if(isset($c)) {
        $_SESSION['parts']=$c;
        }
    }

Hope this helps anyone else tackling a similar issue.

A: Add square brackets to your textbox name attribute for example:
<input type="text" name="part[]" />
<input type="text" name="qty[]" />

<input type="text" name="part[]" />
<input type="text" name="qty[]" />

<input type="text" name="part[]" />
<input type="text" name="qty[]" />

You will then have all part no &  qty into $_POST['part'] and $_POST['qty']

A: Yes. By naming the fields like:
<input type="text" name="item[0][name]" />
<input type="text" name="item[0][email]" />

<input type="text" name="item[1][name]" />
<input type="text" name="item[1][email]" />

<input type="text" name="item[2][name]" />
<input type="text" name="item[2][email]" />

And php script:
function show_Names($e)
{
  return "The name is $e[name] and email is $e[email], thank you";
}

$c = array_map("show_Names", $_POST['item']);
print_r($c);

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Loneliness: How Social Isolation Is Killing Us
The author of the following article in today's New York Times − which I have excerpted here − is Dhruv Khullar, M.D., a resident physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital with interests in health policy, economics, and journalism. He is a contributor at the New York Times and writes regularly for both mainstream and academic publications, exploring evolving trends in medicine and health care. He graduated with honors from Yale University (B.A. in Biology), and earned his medical degree (M.D.) at the Yale School of Medicine. He also received a Masters in Public Policy (M.P.P.) from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a fellow at the Center for Public Leadership. His work has appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Atlantic, Slate, Politico, and Scientific American. For the full article, go to
How Social Isolation Is Killing Us
Social isolation is a growing epidemic — one that's increasingly recognized as having dire physical, mental and emotional consequences. Since the 1980s, the percentage of American adults who say they're lonely has doubled from 20 percent to 40 percent.
About one-third of Americans older than 65 now live alone, and half of those over 85 do. People in poorer health — especially those with mood disorders like anxiety and depression — are more likely to feel lonely. Those without a college education are the least likely to have someone they can talk to about important personal matters.
A wave of new research suggests social separation is bad for us. Individuals with less social connection have disrupted sleep patterns, altered immune systems, more inflammation and higher levels of stress hormones. One recent study found that isolation increases the risk of heart disease by 29 percent and stroke by 32 percent.
Another analysis that pooled data from 70 studies and 3.4 million people found that socially isolated individuals had a 30 percent higher risk of dying in the next seven years, and that this effect was largest in middle age.
Loneliness can accelerate cognitive decline in older adults, and isolated individuals are twice as likely to die prematurely as those with more robust social interactions. These effects start early: Socially isolated children have significantly poorer health 20 years later, even after controlling for other factors. All told, loneliness is as important a risk factor for early death as obesity and smoking.
The evidence on social isolation is clear. What to do about it is less so.
Loneliness is an especially tricky problem because accepting and declaring our loneliness carries profound stigma. Admitting we're lonely can feel as if we're admitting we've failed in life's most fundamental domains: belonging, love, attachment. It attacks our basic instincts to save face, and makes it hard to ask for help.
I see this most acutely during the holidays when I care for hospitalized patients, some connected to I.V. poles in barren rooms devoid of family or friends — their aloneness amplified by cheerful Christmas movies playing on wall-mounted televisions. And hospitalized or not, many people report feeling lonelier, more depressed and less satisfied with life during the holiday season...
A great paradox of our hyper-connected digital age is that we seem to be drifting apart. Increasingly, however, research confirms our deepest intuition: Human connection lies at the heart of human well-being. It's up to all of us — doctors, patients, neighborhoods and communities — to maintain bonds where they're fading, and create ones where they haven't existed.
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Wright Flyer Limited Edition
Bremont's latest and perhaps most iconic limited edition is the Bremont Wright Flyer, which incredibly incorporates a piece of history which changed the world forever, a piece of original material from the Wright Brothers 1903 Wright Flyer, the worlds first powered aircraft. This is the first time Bremont have incorporated it's new BWC/01 in house automatic movement. Housed in a 43mm case with a white full figured dial, with off set small seconds at 9 o'clock.


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Shu-Aib Walters (* 26. Dezember 1981 in Kapstadt) ist ein ehemaliger südafrikanischer Fußballtorhüter.

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Aufgewachsen ist Shu-Aib Walters in seiner Geburtsstadt Kapstadt, wo er in der Jugend und später im Seniorenbereich bei mehreren Vereinen wie Milano United, den Newtons, den Rygerdal Aces und dem Clyde Pinelands AFC spielte. In der Saison 2004/05 machte er als zuverlässiger Torhüter des Kapstadter Zweitligisten Vasco da Gama auf sich aufmerksam. Die Mannschaft schaffte es bis in die Relegationsspiele, verpasste aber den Aufstieg. Walters bekam aber ein Angebot des Erstligisten Bloemfontein Celtic und spielte so doch ab der nachfolgenden Saison in der Premier Soccer League.

Dort konnte er seine Klasse unter Beweis stellen und er war ab 2008 auch in der Nationalmannschaft im Gespräch, allerdings warfen ihn in seiner Karriere immer wieder Verletzungen zurück. 2009 hatte er Schwierigkeiten, den Anschluss wiederzufinden, so dass Bloemfontein ihn nach der Hinrunde an den im Abstiegskampf steckenden Ligakonkurrenten Maritzburg United aus Durban auslieh.

Dort zeigte er wieder eine überzeugende Leistung und als im Vorfeld der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2010, die von Südafrika ausgerichtet wurde, zwei erfahrene Torhüter verletzungsbedingt ausfielen, rückte er als Nummer 3 in den Vorbereitungsspielen auf und schließlich stand er auch offiziell im WM-Aufgebot Südafrikas, obwohl er bis dahin im Nationalteam noch nicht zum Einsatz gekommen war.

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Fußballnationaltorhüter (Südafrika)
Fußballtorhüter (Bloemfontein Celtic)
Fußballtorhüter (Maritzburg United)
Fußballtorhüter (Mpumalanga Black Aces)
Fußballtorhüter (Cape Town City FC)
Fußballtorhüter (Ajax Cape Town)
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I don't really care about Ten Commandments monuments, or plaques, or even little framed paper printouts or whatever on government property. I mean, I think they're clear violations of the First Amendment, depressing aftertastes of the Red Scare era adopted by trolling evangelicals as part of an entire campaign to promote a false vision of American history and our supposed founding ideals, and I'm glad the ACLU fights them. But all that aside, a Ten Commandments monument outside the Oklahoma statehouse isn't a hill I plan on dying on, not when there are more important battles to fight, like the expansion of Medicare to all Americans and the forced collectivization of major league sports teams.
But while I will not protest too loudly about your Ten Commandments tribute, I will definitely loudly support the erection of this amazing statue to Satan, which some Satanists would like to put up outside the Oklahoma state Capitol, site of a Ten Commandments monument since 2012.
Here's Satan -- or, more accurately, Baphomet the Sabbatic Goat, an occult symbol since the 19th century, adopted by Crowleyans and then LaVeyan Satanists in the 20th -- relaxing on his throne with a couple of adorable tykes by his side. It's also interactive!
The Supreme Court's current take on sectarian religious monuments in public spaces is basically incoherent (they are OK if they are "historical," maybe less OK if they are not, with certain exceptions) but if one privately funded religious monument is OK, another ought to be as well. This is a similar tack to that taken by the people behind Florida's famous beer-can Festivus pole, a protest elevated from similar ones thanks to its choice of materials. (PBR cans, though Natty Ice or something would've been even better.) Florida had to allow that display to justify the Christmas decorations they were very attached to. If the right is going to continue to attempt to subvert the Establishment Clause in the hopes of eventually getting the Supreme Court to decide that it means its opposite, we may as well also use the opportunity to spread the gospel of Satan.
So far, though, Oklahoma is being less accommodating than Florida. Oklahoma Rep. Earl Sears told the AP, "I do not see Satanism as a religion, and they have no place at the state Capitol." Not very Christ-like of you, Rep. Sears! I mean, yes, we can all agree that trying to build a statue of Satan at the Oklahoma state Capitol is childish, but it is also pretty good protest because there really aren't any good arguments against it once you have accepted that this "privately funded" Ten Commandments monument is kosher. Plus, Satan is way cooler than the atheist Internet "spaghetti monster" joke.
You can help the Satanic Temple fund its monument at its website, where it also sells some attractive mugs and bumper stickers. Hail Satan.


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Q: Keep html safe from javascript inside div I'd like to allow external content, including JavaScript, to be loaded into DIV's on my webpage. How can I safe my webpage from the contents (JavaScript/..) requested from other sources?
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The content inside div ExternalContent should not be able to alter anything in div myPage. I am looking for a solution not including iframes or pre-parsed content/pseudo-code. Can a HTML-div be constructed like a "sandbox" impossible to "break out" from?