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          Bringing It All Back Home (1965)

          Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

          Blonde on Blonde (1966))

          Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967)

          John Wesley Harding (1967)

          Nashville Skyline (1969)

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          Self Portrait (1970)

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          Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. II (1971)

          Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

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          Planet Waves (1974)

          Before the Flood (1974)

          Blood on the Tracks (1975)

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          Desire (1976)

          Hard Rain (1976)

          Street-Legal (1978)

          Bob Dylan at Budokan (1979)

          Slow Train Coming (1979)

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          Saved (1980)

          Shot of Love (1981)

          Infidels (1983)

          Real Live (1984)

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          Knocked Out Loaded (1986)

          Down in the Groove (1988)

          Dylan & the Dead (1989)

          Oh Mercy (1989)

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          Under the Red Sky (1990)

          The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 (1991)

          Good As I Been to You (1992)

          World Gone Wrong (1993)

          Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 (1994)

          MTV Unplugged (1995)

          Time Out of Mind (1997)

          The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998)

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          The Essential Bob Dylan (2000)

          Love and Theft (2001)

          The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue (2002)

          The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall (2004)

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          Modern Times (2006)

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       I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more,

       I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

       Well, I wake up in the morning, fold my hands and pray for rain,

       Got a head full of ideas driving me insane,

       It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor, ohh!

       No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

       I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more,

       I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.

       He hands you a nickel, then he hands you a dime,

       Asks you with a grin, "Are you having a good time?"

       Then he fines you every time you slam the door, ohh!

       Said I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.

       Ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more,

       I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.

       He hands––out1 in your face for kicks,

       His bedroom window, it's a-made outta bricks.

       The National Guard stands around his door, ohh!

       Said I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.

       I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more,

       I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.

       She talks to all the servants about man and God and law,

       Everybody tells me she's the brains behind pa.

       68, but says she's 24, ohh!

       Said I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.

       I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more,

       I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

       I try my best to be like I am,

       Everybody wants you to be like them,

       They say "Sing!" while you slave -- I get bored, whoa-ohh!2

       Said I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

         1

        With the previous verse fresh in memory, Dylan probably starts off the line with "He hands..." by accident and then he mutters some unintelligible words (one of which sounds like "cigar" or "cigarette") until he gets back on track. The line from the original album version is: "Well, he puts his cigar out in your face just for kicks".

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        After the music has come to a stop following this line and just before Dylan sings the last line, he seems to say something like "a'ight" (contraction of alright) or possibly "what" in such a way that it's not directly spoken/sung into the microphone, which makes me think that it might have been part of an exchange with someone onstage or in the crowd, especially since it comes between the lines and at a stop in the music.


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The Explorations in Collaborative Leadership and InterProfessional Education (ECLIPSE) Activities Board is hosting a Trunk-or-Treat on Friday, Oct. 29, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Human Health Building...
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Supporting students and staff fleeing conflict zones
by Student news team 25 March, 2022 12 April, 2022
Prompted by the acute need for support for students and university staff fleeing Ukraine, and similar situations around the world, the University is creating an emergency fund of more than £5 million. This will help to provide support initially for students and academics displaced as a result of the war in Ukraine, but is also open to those from other countries affected by armed conflict.
Funding has been put in place for an initial three-year period with a view to longer term sustainability via external funding streams. Part of the initial funding has been provided from money deducted from the salaries of staff reporting that they took strike action, as a way of using this for a specific, socially responsible purpose.
The first element is the establishment of scholarship fund to support new students fleeing conflict, including those in Ukraine currently, who are so significantly affected by the war. The detail of the scheme needs to be worked through to ensure equity and proper use of University funding and will be confirmed as soon as possible. In addition, we have a range of support systems for existing students who may be affected.
The student scholarship fund builds on our existing programmes to support students, whether through our augmented Living Cost Support Fund for existing students or specific schemes to assist asylum seeker students.
Once established, the new scholarship fund will provide annual support for:
10 undergraduate scholarships including £11,000 stipend each year for three years, access to NHS surcharge and visa costs, with fees waived.
10 postgraduate taught scholarships including £15,000 stipend for one year, access to NHS surcharge and visa costs, with fees waived.
We are also considering how we might provide support for postgraduate researchers and will update on that in due course.
We are initially investing a total of almost £5 million of direct costs and waiving of fees. The funding will be drawn from the student support element of a merged endowment fund, together with a proportion of the funds generated from pay savings due to strike action, as agreed with the Students' Union.
Scholarships would be available to students globally fleeing conflict zones, most likely using the Uppsala University Conflict Data Programme database on armed conflict to set the parameters of the scheme. It is being developed with advice from the University's Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) over the coming weeks and more details will follow.
Further details on eligibility criteria and design are being finalised and we will be promoting the scholarship fund as soon as possible. Funding for scholarship support will begin in September 2022, with some flexibility on allocation in the first year to allow rapid deployment of funds.
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The University is also committed to supporting the Council for At-Risk Academics (CARA) to provide five, two-year fellowships to support staff fleeing conflict zones through central funding. This allows us to prioritise individual applications in a fair and equitable way. The terms of a CARA fellowship allow staff to undertake research and contribute to university teaching.
Funding for the first year of the programme would come from the Strategic Investment Reserve Fund, with subsequent years underwritten at Faculty level, based on how the fellowships are distributed.
A programme for professional services staff is also being considered separately.
President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, said: "Our University is here to create a safe and inclusive environment for students and staff from the UK and around the world to study, teach, research and above all, thrive.
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This is the case beyond time. In the history of legal affairs especially Court deliberations, I don't think any case may come close to the trial of Jesus. What was the system of legal proceedings used at that time? Historians are not absolutely sure the type of legal system used in the case of Jesus. We are familiar with the law of the "Twelve Tables" believed to have been compiled by a commission of ten senior senators in the mid-fifth century BCE. Cicero is believed to have put on record that when they were young, Roman boys were required to memorize the wording of Twelve Tables. Prolific and influential legal authors like Marcus Antistius Labeo and Gaius Ateius Capito cites that Roman Law made use of jurists in legal proceedings in court.
When it came to enforcing the court's decision in civil cases, it was left both in Roman and in Jewish society to the legal victor, without any intervention by the state. This may have influenced the decision for bringing Jesus before Pontius Pilate. When the case came before Pontius Pilate did he give Jesus the right verdict? The enforcement of punishment following criminal convictions was much more systematic. In Roman society, the range of penalties inflicted depended not only on the offence committed but also on the status of the guilty party. Some of the most violent punishments were reserved for slaves. Imprisonment was not usually in itself seen as a punitive measure, but simply as a means to prevent absconding before trial. Little use was made of fines payable to the state (as opposed to restitution to injured parties, as in the punishment of provincial governors convicted of stealing from their erstwhile subjects), or of corporal punishment such as flogging (which was, however, common in the enforcement of military discipline). Other punishments were loss of status as a citizen of Rome; the more humble were condemned to work in the mines or other public projects requiring intense physical labor. The ultimate penalty for all classes was execution, which could take various forms, from the brutal simplicity of crucifixion, a standard mode for disposing of ordinary criminal, to the ceremonial casting of traitors from the Tarpeian rock, a cliff on the side of Capitoline hill. Condemnation to fight as a gladiator was effectively a delayed death sentence. These very public deaths doubtless fulfilled a useful social function as deterrence against criminal behaviour. It was also important that for every crime the penalty should seem to be appropriate. Did the law give Jesus the appropriate punishment for his alleged "crimes"? Let us go to court and relive the proceedings that day.
Today gospel presents a Jew standing trial before a Roman career diplomat, Pontius Pilate. Palestine was a troubled land and so Augustus stationed Pontius Pilate to take charge of the area. Pilate took over in AD 26 and remained in office until AD 35. Palestine was a province bristling with problems, one which required a firm and a strong and a wise hand. We do not know Pilate's previous history, but we do know that he must have had the reputation of being a good administrator or he would never have been given the responsible position of governing Palestine. It was while in office in AD 33 that the case that has inked him in history came to him.
It was the morning of 14 Nisan, AD 33, that Jesus was arrested and the charge brought against him by the Sanhedrin (the Jewish Supreme Council) was blasphemy. He was accused of calling himself the Son of God, and therefore a divine person, an equal to God. The penalty for that was death (cf. Mark 14:64). But there was a small problem: the Jews had no power to put anyone to death. Only the Roman authority had such power. So, they promptly took Jesus to the Roman governor of Palestine, Pontius Pilate. But the governor was not a Jew. He was a pagan. So, the charge of blasphemy would cut no ice with him. It was a religious "crime". He simply would not be impressed by it. So, the Jews had to find another crime that the governor would act upon. They settled on sedition. They accused Jesus of calling himself a king, and thereby challenging the authority of the Emperor in Rome. That was a political "crime". The prominence of the kingship motif underscores the intersection of religion and politics in Palestine during the time of Jesus. Romans were aware of the threat the Jewish Messiahship pose on their rule in Palestine so they did not take chances. A governor who seemed uninterested, all of a sudden got seriously involved. The governor will sit on the case.
They were asked to present their case and back them with evidence. After presenting their case, Pilate decided to cross examine the accused (Jesus). Jesus did not have the privilege of a defence attorney but he was up to the task of defending himself and this is accepted in almost every court of competent jurisdiction. After the cross examination, Pilate found no case against Jesus and so decided to release him and this conclusion was arrived at after another "Judge" Herod, found no case against him.
The plaintiffs did not accept the ruling and mounted pressure on Pilate using emotional and sentimental tactics. When reason takes a "sabbatical", emotions and sentiments rule and they always promote disorderliness and recklessness. Pilate next action was just to satisfy the yearning crowd's emotions and sentiments. His actions should be nuanced like; 'if this decision will make you happy and be at peace, then so be it.' Pilate had the privilege of a wise counsel from his wife, who advised him to have nothing to do with Jesus' case because of a dream she had the night before. Some men do not respect the wise counsel of their wives let alone when the advice is influenced by a dream. Pilate swept the advice of the wife aside and went on with his decision though he had symbolically washed his hands from the verdict if a curse was to follow such a decision. The Jewish authorities responded by saying that they will be ready to accept any curse if there may be any.
After the verdict, Jesus was sent away with hundred soldiers commanded to march him to his destiny as if he was a hardened criminal. These hundred soldiers all had their pound of flesh from Jesus – in literal terms they subjected him to a torture of a kind never witnessed in the history of capital punishment. In the Pieta Prayer Book, it is recorded that St. Bridget wanting to know from the Lord the number of blows he received, the Lord told her that he received 5480 blows on his body. And in the same book it is recorded that the Lord told St Bernard of Clairvaux that the most painful of all the wounds was his shoulder wound. Many saints recount stories of the disfigured body of the Lord to the extent that he could not be recognized. Of this the prophet Isaiah centuries before will prophesize: "Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by others, a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces, he was despised…" (Isaiah 53). It was a sad day for his family especially his mother and his friends, John, the beloved, Mary of Magdala, Joana, Salome, Mary, the wife of Cleopas and other few faithful friends.
The verdict that Pilate gave was divinely appropriate but legal false. Divinely right and appropriate because it was through his death that we were redeemed. Today is called "Good Friday" because though Jesus death was horrific, it was for a good cause.
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Trump Wins Early U.S. Voting in Israel, but GOP Support Slumps, Says Expat Voter Group
Preliminary exit polls from iVote Israel, a group that helps expats in Israel vote in the U.S. election, gives Clinton 44 percent to Trump's 49 percent.
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Though early voting in Israel has reportedly gone in Donald Trump's favor, support for the Republican Party has taken a serious, almost unprecedented hit, early exit poll data presented on Thursday suggested.
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According to so-called exit polls conducted by iVote Israel – a right-leaning group that helps American expats vote in Israel – Trump won 49 percent of the Israeli-American vote, while Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton claimed 44 percent, ahead of Election Day on November 8.
In the 2012 presidential matchup between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the GOP carried 85 percent of expats in Israel, while Obama got only 14 percent – indicating a drop of over 35 percent in support for Republicans in the Jewish state. In 2008, Obama won 24 percent and Republican John McCain got 76 percent.
Divided results
iVote Israel claims that out of around 30,000 voters in Israel, some 15,000 voted through its platform. The exit poll, which had a 3 point margin of error, was conducted among 1,140 voters, with an equal number of men and women. The majority have lived in Israel for more than 15 years and slightly more than half lived in the Jerusalem area and in West Bank settlements.
Trump is far more popular among religious voters. Of voters who identify as ultra-Orthodox, 85 percent voted from Trump, compared with 11 percent for Clinton. Among those who identify as religious, 63 percent went for Trump while 27 percent voted for Clinton. On the other hand, among those who identify as secular, 75 percent voted for Clinton and only 22 percent for Trump.
Half of all voters described themselves as Orthodox, 8 percent as ultra-Orthodox, 16 percent as traditional, 18 percent as secular and 2 percent at not-Jewish, with the rest preferring not to answer.
The female vote was markedly different from the male one, with 52 percent of female voters in Israel voting for Clinton and 33 percent for Trump. Among men, 59 percent chose Trump and 33 percent Clinton.
The most popular reason given for choosing a candidate among both Clinton and Trump voters was "danger of electing other candidate." Interestingly, 25 percent of those who voted for Trump said they were registered Democrats, while only 10 percent of registered Republicans voted for Clinton.
Trump's biggest lead was in New Jersey, with 62 percent of Israelis registered in that state voting for him, compared to only 28 voting for Clinton. In Massachusetts however, 63 percent of voters went for Clinton compared to 26 for Trump. Among voters from New York, New Jersey, California, Florida, and Maryland, Trump was the winner. Among voters from Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts and Michigan, Clinton was the winner.
Younger voters in Israel showed a clear preference for Clinton, while older voters clearly gravitated toward Trump. Among 25-34 year olds, 60 percent voted for Clinton, compared with 28 percent for Trump, whereas among 65+ voters, 60 percent voted for Trump and only 33 percent chose Clinton.
iVote Israel under fire
Headed by Eitan Charnoff, iVote Israel was established in 2012 ahead of the Obama-Romney presidential race. With a distinct right-leaning message, the American nonprofit was founded by political activists with ties to the Republican Party. As a nonprofit, it's not required to reveal its donors.
The organization has come under fire of late, with both Democrats and Republicans saying their ballot requests have gone missing. One voter says he isn't ruling out that the group deliberately misplaced the registration forms from Democrat-friendly places like Tel Aviv.
Some Republicans are equally suspicious, saying the organization could somehow be connected to a plot to suppress votes of American Israelis on the assumption that they'd favor Donald Trump.
Reacting to criticism, Charnoff said, "iVote Israel does everything it can to make the voting process easier and is actively looking into the issue of ballots not arriving through our own channels."
A U.S. embassy official told Haaretz that "all ballots received at the embassy, the U.S. consular agency in Haifa, and the U.S. consulate general in Jerusalem have been properly forwarded to election officials as addressed on those ballots."
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We breed exclusively for commercial performance and are not hamstrung by cosmetic considerations and breed descriptions. There are a growing numbers of like-minded breeders, which is giving critical mass to this breeding ethos within the breed, and we believe Performance Lleyns is at the forefront of this movement.
We aim to use performance recording with the technological and computation skills of Signet, along with the latest breeding technologies as they arrive, to enhance the commercial characteristics of our Lleyns to give you performance sheep at an economically attractive price. We do not register our sheep with the Lleyn society as this would restrict our ability to make genetic progress and compromise our breeding ethos. It also means that the cream of our genetics are available to the commercial sheep farmer. We have as much depth of breeding as our pedigree cousins, but we want to offer you more value for money than if you bought a Lleyn from a pedigree breeder who will have a multi-tiered price system and will not give you the choice of all their sheep that are for sale.


#VadoByke? For awhile Vado disappeared from the music scene, although even still being signed to We The Best Music. So out of nowhere Harlem's own has released a brand new mixtape titled Sinatra 2. The project includes features from Phresher, Ron Browz, Lloyd Banks, and more.


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Giant TCR Advanced Pro Disc review
After overhauling the TCR Advanced for 2016, Giant has quickly moved on to create a disc brake version for 2017. While disc-equipped race bikes are yet to be approved for use in competition, Giant is testing the water with three models and Australian tech editor Matt Wikstrom spent a few weeks riding one of them for this review.
Giant's TCR Advanced road bike has been growing and evolving with the company for over ten years. There have been numerous revisions, the most recent of which was unveiled for 2016 and featured a slimmer frameset that saved weight and increased the stiffness-to-weight ratio. At the same time, Giant unveiled a new carbon clincher wheelset dubbed the DBL (Dynamic Balanced Lacing) WheelSystem.
Both efforts made for an impressive overhaul of the TCR Advanced, yielding a bike that was light and agile with plenty of stiffness to satisfy the racing set. Now Giant has created disc brake versions of the TCR Advanced, adding three new bikes to its road catalogue.
There has been plenty of controversy surrounding disc brakes for road bikes, and while internet forums and the UCI argue and dither, many of the major bike manufacturers have been slowly introducing road disc bikes into their catalogues. Whereas most innovations take time to filter down from the ranks of professional cycling, disc brakes have been travelling in the opposite direction.
Thus, major manufacturers have been choosing to "upgrade" their endurance/gran fondo bikes with disc brakes rather than race bikes, as if there was more enthusiasm for them at the grassroots level than amongst seasoned racers.
Giant started its "trickle-up" for road disc brakes when it overhauled its Defy range of endurance-oriented road bikes for 2015. Rather than experiment with a few select models, the company opted to do away with rim brakes almost entirely for the Defy. Two years on, the only bikes that continue with rim brakes are at the low-end and high-end of Giant's road catalogue.
The new disc brake version of the TCR Advanced is offered at three levels, with one model for the TCR Advanced, one for the TCR Advanced Pro, and another for TCR Advanced SL. Pricing starts at AUD$2,999/US$2,375/£1,699 for the TCR Advanced Disc and rises to AUD$8,999/US$8,250/£NA for the TCR Advanced SL Disc.
For this review, I spent a few weeks riding the TCR Advanced Pro Disc that retails for AUD$5,299/US$4,700/£3,599, courtesy of Giant Australia.
Giant's TCR Advanced Disc frameset retains all of the features of the latest TCR Advanced Pro, including Giant's "Advanced Grade Composite", an OverDrive 2 head tube and 1.25inch fork steerer, internal cable routing, integrated seatpost clamp, and a PressFit BB86 bottom bracket.
In essence the only difference is a change in the fittings for the brake calipers and wheels. Thus, centre mount rim brakes and quick-release axles make way for flat-mount disc calipers and 12x100mm and 12x142mm thru-axles, front and rear. While flat-mount callipers and 12mm thru-axles have yet to be declared formal road disc standards, both appear to be gaining favour within the industry, however it's still difficult to say that the bike is future-proof at this point in time.
Regarding the choice of axles, thru-axles are better able to contend with the forces generated by disc brakes than standard quick release axles. Any argument over the effect on wheel changes is largely futile since disc brakes already hamper the interchangeability of wheels due to the narrow tolerance of fit between the brake pads and the rotor.
The introduction of disc brakes to the TCR Advanced Pro has had no effect on the geometry of the bike so it remains reasonably aggressive, however the number of available sizes has been limited to just four, as shown in the table below:
Giant's detailed geometry chart doesn't provide much more information on the TCR Advanced though it's worth noting that the bike continues with 405mm chainstays. In the past, there was concern that the wider rear hub spacing (135mm versus 130mm) associated with disc brakes really needed longer chainstays (415-430mm) to preserve the chainline and reduce the chance of heel-strike, however there's no indication that major manufacturers are paying attention to this advice for their disc-equipped race bikes.
In this instance, the chainline on the TCR Advanced Pro Disc was satisfactory. I had no issues with "ghost-shifting" when cross-chaining the either chainring. At the same time, Shimano's Di2 system automatically pre-empts chain-rub, so there was no unnecessary noise from the transmission. This may not apply to all frame sizes though, nor every cassette/chainring combination (since bigger cogs and chainrings are more susceptible to chainline issues).
The addition of disc brakes has had no impact on the profile of the TCR Advanced. The bike's pleasing lines are still in effect, as is the sense of proportion, and after more than a decade, it still honours Giant's distinctive compact frame design.
There is just one finish for the TCR Advanced Pro Disc: bright orange highlights on a nude composite frameset. The bike is equipped with Shimano's 11-speed electronic Ultegra Di2 groupset (52/36T crankset, 11-28T cassette) with RS785 brake/shifters, flat-mount RS805 hydraulic callipers, and 140mm RT81 Ice Tech rotors. Aside from the KMC chain, Giant supplies the rest of the build with its SLR 1 Disc WheelSystem, 25mm Gavia SLR tubeless tyres, and Contact SL handlebars, stem and saddle.
The SLR 1 Disc Wheelsystem makes use of a full carbon clincher rim that is 30mm tall and 23mm wide with a 17mm bed, which is essentially identical to the rim-brake version. However, this rim does not have a brake track and makes use of external nipples rather than internal nipples.
Giant supplies the bike with a full tubeless tyre setup including sealant, which must be counted as a first for a major manufacturer. The Gavia SLR tubeless tyres are new for Giant, and according to its testing, trump Schwalbe's tubeless One on the grounds of both weight and rolling resistance. Road riders have been reluctant to embrace tubeless tyres, so it will be interesting to see if this initiative has any impact on existing attitudes.
Giant's new Gavia tyres are tubeless ready so the wheels are supplied with a full tubeless setup including sealant.
The size M bike sent for review weighed 7.79kg sans pedals and bidon cages. As mentioned above, asking price is AUD$5,299/US$4,700/£3,599. By comparison, the rim brake version of this bike is currently selling for AUD$4,999/US$5,250/£3,799. For Australian buyers at least, the addition of disc brakes adds a small premium to the cost of the bike while buyers in the U.S.A. and U.K. will actually save some money.
The TCR Advanced Pro Disc is supplied with a lifetime warranty for the frame, 10 years for the forks, and 1 year for the components and paint. In addition, the bike is equipped with Giant's Ride Sense ANT+ speed and cadence sensor. For more information on TCR Advanced Disc bikes, visit Giant.
Giant did a fantastic job when it overhauled the TCR Advanced last year, and while the new bike surrendered some of the comfort and smoothness that defined the previous version, it was more responsive and race-oriented, delivering a tangible improvement in performance.
Hopping aboard the TCR Advanced Pro Disc, I quickly discovered that the traits that characterized the rim brake version of the bike were in attendance and largely unaffected by the addition of disc brakes.
The front and rear hubs both make use of 12mm thru-axles.
The bike is still stiff, providing a firm platform for acceleration but it never felt as nimble as the rim brake version. That the Pro Disc was carrying an extra 1.26kg (the TCR Advanced Pro 0 weighed 6.53kg), probably accounts for the difference. Those with an anti-disc bias will likely blame the extra weight of the hubs and rotors, but Ultegra Di2 carries its own weight penalty that could be blamed just as easily.
The stiffness of the Pro Disc provided a distinct edge to the ride quality of the bike. I never suffered any unnecessary buzz while riding the bike on rough roads, but the sharp hits associated with potholes, road seams, gutter lips and grates sometimes bordered on harsh. In contrast, when the road was in pristine condition, the bike was smooth and quiet, and very easy to spend a lot of time on.
Giant's tubeless Gavia SLR tyres did little to smooth out the ride. This tyre has a nominal width of 25mm, however it only measured 24mm on the bike. At the same time, it was also very stiff and could not be improved by lowering the tyre pressure. I experimented with pressures as low as 30psi, at which point the tyres started to sag, so I abandoned them altogether.
Flat-mount disc callipers are quickly becoming the standard for road disc bikes.
Swapping to 23mm Schwalbe tubeless One tyres improved the ride quality of the Pro Disc significantly, and I spent the remainder of the review period riding these tyres (at 60psi). Not only was this tyre wider on Giant's carbon clinchers (warning: nominal tyre widths mean nothing!), it was also suppler and provided more grip.
I've been riding road tubeless for a few years, so I was immediately comfortable with Giant's choice for the TCR Advanced Pro Disc, but I can see the uninitiated having problems. Giant seals its rims with a thick strip rather than thin tape; when combined with tight-fitting tyres like the Gavia SLR, an air compressor is essential for inflating the tyres. As a result, owners that are used to fitting their own tyres may be more reliant on shop services if they choose to continue using tubeless tyres on this bike.
On the flip side, owners are likely to find that they are less prone to minor punctures, and while the Gavia SLR was stiff, it was a tough tyre. On one occasion, I was able to traverse a rock-strewn dirt road on these tyres, and while the rear burped some air with one impact, the sidewall remained unharmed. As a consequence, I think the Gavia SLR is best characterised as a training tyre.
The steering and handling of the TCR Advanced Pro Disc was just like the rim brake version, stable and sure-footed under most circumstances. The bike was at its best at high speeds when very little effort was required to control the bike. In contrast, there was some oversteer at low speeds when the bike would start to feel like it could fall over, so I had to pay more attention when picking my way through tight hairpin corners.
As for the brakes, they were smooth, powerful and reliable, a perfect match for carbon rims. Shimano's RS785 hydraulic brake levers are starting to show their age though. As the company's first hydraulic road brake lever, it has been in use for a few years, but more recent designs (such as the RS685 lever for mechanical groupsets) have been improved with less lever throw and more modulation. And like every other disc brake, once wet, the brakes start to squeal.
Shimano's Ultegra Di2 groupset was precise and reliable, as always. The rest of the bike was trouble-free to except for the seatpost clamp, which was reluctant to release the seatpost. I found that I needed to give the bolt a decent tap to knock the wedge free (just like a quill stem, for those that remember using them). This was easily done in the workshop, but it slowed down minor adjustments out on the road.
Summary and final thoughts
It has been a few years since disc brakes first started appearing on road bikes so I think its fair to say that the novelty of the system is starting to wear off. At the same time, a consensus on the format for calliper mounting, rotor size and hub axles is slowly emerging, providing consumers with a measure of confidence that the road disc bikes they buy today won't be rendered obsolete by the next wave of development. In this regard, Giant's TCR Advanced Pro Disc appears somewhat future-proof, at least to the extent that any emerging "standard" in the bike industry is.
The pressing question for any racer considering disc brakes (aside from their legality, that is) is the impact on the performance of the bike. When compared to the TCR Advanced Pro with rim brakes that I reviewed last year, the TCR Advanced Pro Disc was blunted somewhat in terms of its agility and responsiveness. That the new bike was heavier might account for the difference, in which case the TCR Advanced SL Disc will be a better choice for racers that aren't bound by a tight budget.
Unfortunately, it seems unlikely that racers will be flocking to buy a disc-equipped race bike when local clubs and national bodies aren't prepared to approve their use in competition. Meanwhile, the UCI is only inching forward on the matter with another trial announced for 2017, so at least another year will pass before a bike like the TCR Advanced Pro Disc is race-legal.
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Agencies Announce Relaxed Rules to Encourage Telehealth Services
OCR: Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency; OCR: FAQs on Telehealth and HIPAA during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency; CMS: FAQs on Availability and Usage of Telehealth Services through Private Health Insurance Coverage in Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (March 24, 2020)
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HHS's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced that it will not impose certain HIPAA penalties against health care providers using telehealth communications in good faith during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency. (Separately, OCR has waived certain provisions of the HIPAA privacy rule for covered hospitals and summarized existing HIPAA use and disclosure rules applicable to all covered entities in emergency situations.) In FAQ guidance, OCR explains that this enforcement relief applies to all services that covered health care providers, in their professional judgment, believe can be provided through telehealth during the COVID-19 emergency. These services include diagnosis or treatment of both COVID-19-related conditions, such as taking a patient's temperature or other vitals remotely, and non-COVID-19-related conditions, such as review of physical therapy practices, mental health counseling, or adjustment of prescriptions.
Providers are not considered to be providing telehealth services in good faith if, for example, they further use or disclose protected health information (PHI) transmitted during a telehealth communication in ways prohibited by the HIPAA privacy rule; violate state licensing laws or professional ethical standards relating to telehealth treatments; or use public-facing remote communication products such as TikTok, Facebook Live, or other products designed to allow wide or indiscriminate access. Conversely, while not endorsing any particular product, OCR notes that providers may satisfy the good faith standard by using non-public-facing remote communication products such as Apple FaceTime, Facebook Messenger video chat, certain texting applications, and other products that allow only the intended parties to participate in the communication. OCR observes that the acceptable products typically employ end-to-end encryption; support individual user accounts, logins, and passwords; and allow users to assert control over features such as recording or muting the communication and turning off the video or audio signal.
Although OCR's enforcement relief does not apply to health insurers (or, by implication, to self-insured health plans), CMS has issued separate guidance encouraging insurers to promote the use of telehealth services—for example, by notifying policyholders and beneficiaries of their availability, ensuring access to a robust suite of telehealth services (including mental health and substance use disorder services), and covering telehealth services without cost-sharing or other medical management requirements. As an exception to the general prohibition on midyear coverage modifications, CMS further announced that it will not take enforcement action against health insurers that amend group or individual products midyear to provide greater coverage for telehealth services or to reduce or eliminate cost-sharing requirements for telehealth services, even if the telehealth services covered by the change are not related to COVID-19. CMS will continue to take enforcement action against health insurers that attempt to limit or eliminate other benefits to offset the costs of more generous telehealth benefits. The CMS guidance does not apply to self-insured ERISA plans, which are under the DOL's jurisdiction (and are not subject to the ban on midyear modifications).
EBIA Comment: In addition to HIPAA privacy and security considerations, telehealth raises compliance issues under other federal and state laws. CMS encourages states to consider relaxing state laws to support efforts by insurers (and, by extension, all health plans) to increase access to telehealth services. Health plans also face numerous issues when incorporating telehealth into their covered benefits, including HIPAA business associate contracts and the impact of telehealth on HSA eligibility—an issue that is on the regulators' radar (see our Checkpoint article). Employers adjusting to increased numbers of remote workers may be interested in establishing or expanding telehealth capabilities under their health plans. Setting up a compliant telehealth program requires substantial expertise, and while these agency actions are welcome, they represent small pieces in a complex equation. For more information, see EBIA's HIPAA Portability, Privacy & Security manual at Section XXIII.O ("HIPAA Privacy and Security Issues for Health Plans Incorporating Telemedicine"). See also EBIA's Self-Insured Health Plans manual at Section XI.E.5 ("Telemedicine").
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The Network was one of 49 organisations, agencies and entities to contribute to the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) — https://www.parliament.uk/jchr — UK Immigration Detention inquiry by this important parliamentary select committee.
The Network published submission [28] is found in the Witnesses section of the report, which can be read through the link below, whilst the Press Notice also provided to us by the JCHR gives important summary information. Press Notice Immigration detention
Inquiry report: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201719/jtselect/jtrights/1484/148402.htm
The Network response to the news of the publication and release of the inquiry report was:
Thank you very much for sharing the JCHR Immigration Detention Report. The LGB&T Dorset Equality Network is very pleased to receive this, and notes with great appreciation inclusion of our submission [item 28] in the Witnesses section of the report.
We with allies such as the national, grassroots anti-homophobia biphobia transphobia in sport organisation Just a Ball Game? — http://www.justaballgame.co.uk/team-jbg — Gay Star News, and BME community organisations are increasingly connecting to unite in LGBT & BME alliance against abuses of process in UK immigration. We are delighted therefore to have had our contribution of evidence and related issues highlighted through it, published in this highly important inquiry report of the JCHR. We would like to thank Ms Harriet Harman, Committee Chair, and all of her colleagues on the JCHR for their important work in this field.
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Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010;2010:495-8. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627153.
Stiffness and position control of a prosthetic wrist by means of an EMG interface.
Rao S1, Carloni R, Stramigioli S.
In this paper, we present a novel approach for decoding electromyographic signals from an amputee and for interfacing them with a prosthetic wrist. The model for the interface makes use of electromyographic signals from electrodes placed in agonistic and antagonistic sides of the forearm. The model decodes these signals in order to control both the position and the stiffness of the wrist.


Psalm 23 is one of the most recognized, read and cherished portions of Scripture in the Bible. And for good reason. These words, originally written by David under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, provide great comfort to us who belong to God through faith in the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. As those who belong to Him, we enjoy the marvelous blessings of having God Himself as our shepherd and the security that comes with His love, care, protection, wisdom and discipline.
As a good shepherd, He can be trusted to provide everything we need, in every circumstance and at just the right time. Even in the darkest days when we "walk through the valley of the shadow of death", we can remain calm, confident and comforted without any fear, knowing that our shepherd is always there for us; O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!" (Psalm 34:8).
Sometimes the problems of this life can be overwhelming and even can cause us to lose all hope. But our shepherd will never leave us or forsake us. As those who are in the Lord's flock, we enjoy our shepherd's goodness and His lovingkindness all the days of our life. And when this life comes to an end we have His promise that we "will dwell in the house of the Lord forever!" I hope you have memorized this comforting verse and that you repeat it often; "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." Maranatha!


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The Tourism is as a phenomenon involves the movement of people from one place to another it can be inside and outside of country borders the stay of tourist should not exceed more than 6 months and at least one day.
Tourism is a service industry , it have tangible and intangible tourism product .most of the olden monuments are recognize as UNESCO world heritage site . Tourism is also contributed in national income of country.
The growth in the tourism industry due to the rise in foreign tourist from all over the world .
•	It increases in the general income levels of the people.
•	The Aggressive advertisements campaigns on the tourist destinations will attract new customers from advertisement.
Principle 7:- government can also sometime improve market outcome.
The invisible hand is the major factor in guiding economic activity ,rules , polices , maintains the institution that are the important key for market economy .
The tourism minister is Alphorns kannanthanam. The headquarters in New Delhi.
In tourism industry the government is a invisible hand which guide and control from property rights. The government issue pass port and visa for national and international tourist .they provide protection and peaceful environment in crowed area and have the responsibility of international tourist , it create the image of the country in the eye of tourist .
Schemes also for tourist mobile apps and incredible India tourism helpline,and given trainings camping for tour operators ,managers ,guide training camps.
The incredible India is a camping that launched by the government of India, tourism ministry. To promote the popular tourists destination in India. In the year 2002.
The word" incredible India " was adopted as a slogan by the ministry of tourism in India before 2002 they issued pamphlets and brochures for the promotion of tourism ,the ministry was engaged in the services of advertising and marketing firms . To create a new campaign to increase tourist inflows into the country.
This project in India as an attractive tourist destination by showcasing different aspect of India tourism , culture ,traditions ,adventure , religious ,yoga , etc .the campaign was conducted globally to create awareness of India s attraction .
In 2008 , the ministry of tourism launched a campaign targeted at local population to educate the and aware them regarding the good behavior and communities when dealing with foreign tourist .the campaign was commissioned by Indian actor Amir khan campaign title was"Atithidevo bravo". Because the behavior of local people and community represent our county tourist destinations and image.
•	A lot of potential to attract tourist from all over the world.
•	Wilder campaign can be planned.
•	If the campaign fails to promote it is waste of money of country.
•	Competition from neighboring country increase.
•	It creates employments opportunities for local people.
•	The local youth learn new things from tourist.
•	The public sector services also improve.
•	The stander also changes for society when national economy rises.
In tourism sector there is risk involved of tourism products .it create many oppurcnity to grow in national income. this encourage the cultural ,heritage ,tradition of country .this sector government is important role . The surrounding environment situation, climates disturbances, political also effect on tourism demand and supply.


Creating careers for professional managers through the varied methodologies of career templates, career anchors, career pathing has in itself an inherent dimension of the concerned individuals point of view about careers as well as the organizations design for the individuals career. The question we seek to answer in this paper is whether these two plans and expectations match, if so why and if not why.
Increasingly careers are seen as successive job responsibilities ultimately leading to the top echelons of the corporate hierarchy in one or many organizations. Shortly hierarchies would cease to exist and in a flat, horizontal organization careers would mean intellectual contribution. This eventually means that in situations where the career match does not take place within the organization the individual continues to look for career opportunities in various other organizations.
This leaves organizations fewer options for retaining trained manpower for extensive lengths of time and would force organizations to select and extract productivity in as short a span of time frame as possible from professional managers. Harsh but true. This phenomenon would also lead to defining people oriented strategic policies keeping knowledge management in the horizon. In specific short-term situations, reward orientation of a selective lot who are perceived as high performers is done exclusively and explicitly. And from whom the demanded levels of performance is obtained. For the others who are relatively at the middle order/solid performers of the performance scale are rewarded overtly conveying the organizations point of view about them on where they stand for long term continuity. The Common terminology would be "See the writing on the wall – We have no specific ambitious plans for you other than what has been disbursed and therefore you have received a tempered reward".
Selection is a basic and time-tested methodology for identifying a careerist. Although all organizations recruit, few use selection as a career start up tool. In fact interview evaluations of mediocre top management would simply state , "Technically Sound/Positive Attitude/HIRE". If only hiring were to be so simple that with the 4 word statement corporations are built. These statements articulated by responsible top managements show foolishness and scorn for the basic people concern premises assumed in well-managed organizations.
Socialization and cultural integration is a prerequisite to help individuals expeditiously adapt to the new or the changing environment. The changing environment would apply to older managers who have been in the system for longer period of time, who definitely need to accept and adapt the changing scenario as well the College graduates who have just about begun seeing corporate life.
On the job development inputs for merely sustaining the present level of performance in the case of old timers and on going inputs for trainee confirmed managers and young direct recruits.
Formal training courses as a methodology for upgrading an individual knowledge, competencies, and functional and managerial skill or attitude base and also to act as an implicit communication methodology to managers to learn or perish. Make application of learning as the point of transition.
Creating opportunities for contribution through challenging and change oriented assignments, creating work pressures genuine or otherwise, pulls and pushes perceived as appropriate and need oriented, all with the noble intention of getting the best out of your people.
Identification of potential for growth through consistency in performance over a period of time, skill attributes identified and accepted by the organization as imperatives and assessment of potential through specific formats by immediate superior as well as by the human resources personnel.
Ambitious work plan, goals and objectives to match the ever-changing needs of the business and identification of lateral opportunities for contribution.
Creating an administrative environment supports staff and facilities for promoting performance and increased management productivity.
Work environment conveying a message that what matters at the end of the Day RESULT MATTERS.
Make the corporate culture conducive to learn and share. Competing environments make collaboration difficult. Competing individuals make sharing impossible. Corporate degenerates when a significant portion of its management staff choose to retain their learning and experience. More importantly they are doing so consciously and politically. This lot is what I call the "Tyrannical Destroyers of Corporate Value". Sadly it is this same set of management staff who also seek career growth and advancement.
Gaining acceptance among organizational members through professional and personal credibility building. This is achieved through competence as perceived by one's own standards, self-insight and sensitivity to the environment.
Application of academic/previous work experience knowledge into the new situation in an appropriate and relevant manner.
Seeking recognition for the contribution as an individual as well as a member of a relevant peer group in the form of rewards as per organizational standards. The relevant peer group in this context would not openly include colleagues within the organization but also the batch mates from institutes/colleges working in other organizations. A typical trainee considers his entry into the organization not only as an achievement but also as a professional sacrifice for having given up other better compensation jobs at the campus for the sake of the inherent advantages of joining an organization of professional standing, market leadership etc. This parameter would also apply to direct recruits who join with an air of expectation and hope. To every individual the change means a sacrifice for an unknown opportunity.
To an individual not only new recruits but also to careerist of a long term nature what matters is not only the end result, which needless to mention is important, but also the means of achieving the result.
Structuring of rewards based on performance standards that are relevant and tailor made for the needs of the organization and standards that are absolute and unique. It is critical to move away from generic, across the board compensation structures to a competency based individualized reward system. Perhaps even the concept " system" may necessitate elimination and the reward program becomes truly one on one.
Communication of the individuals performance level to the individual explicitly, to others through policy statements, the levels as assessed by the organization and demonstrated through rewards like increment quantum, special MD's awards, elevation, creative task forces, international assignments, international training opportunities etc.
Individual communicated of his/her worth in monetary terms not with the intention of reflecting on the person but on the performance.
Operating Core consisting of capable/ above average performers, who have been running their present show well but who may show slower potential for growth within the company. They too have a set of aspirations that needs managing.
Older age managers and managers who have been in the traditional businesses and whose performance has consistently been below basic expectation.
Incorrect selection and mismatch occurred at the time of joining and for which corrective action has not been taken for internal peer grouping, benchmarking or any miscellaneous reasons or so called humanitarian approaches.
Diminishing performance levels of specific managers given radical shifts in business environment, competencies and performance demands.
Communication and understanding of organizational performance standards as voiced by the immediate superior, departmental/unit head, and Management Committee members. And as told upfront to the subordinate. It is but true and shameful that few managers have the uprightness to give and receive feedback.
Understanding of rewards by the individual as direct indicator of his worth and value to the organization, whether the organization intended it or not.
Individuals understanding of this reward as a direct indicator of his potential for growth in the company. Reward may have meant something completely different from what has been perceived by the recipient.
Understanding of the individuals assessment of his/her own performance vis a vis his/her perception of the performance of his peer group further aggravated by his knowledge of the various kinds of rewards meted out to others. It is not, "how much" have I obtained as much as why has "so much" been given to another.
High fliers have been recognized, rightly so, and rewarded- Is a high flier really a one-company careerist, can the organization sustain his/her aspirations and quest for continuous growth in a long term?
Operating core communicated that they are not high fliers, rightly so, and therefore a tempered reward- Would he/she really continue to make a career or would he/she begin to look for greener pastures? Has he/she understood his/her worth and value to this organization as the backbone of strength or does he/she see himself/herself as victim of circumstances, may be pushed around when need be by the organization?
Poor performers communicated so, disappointment temporary in nature, not an issue as far as the organization is concerned.
If an incorrect decision has been taken at the time of selection or if it is subsequently found that the individual has been unable to fit into the environment do we review his case for continuity in employment?
If we do not have the right incumbent for the jobs do we consider a quick and demonstrative shift?
Do the units as well as corporate have a responsibility to the individual to provide him/her on the job inputs as well as developmental courses on a crash basis?
Do we review whether we have provided challenging and creative opportunities for contribution in specific cases?
Do we communicate to individuals the organization point of view about his/her potential for growth in the company or in the existing job?
Does the organization take upon itself the responsibility for helping individual managers set ambitious work plans for achievement?
Do we communicate as one organizational voice the standards, absolute and unique, for performance?
Do we make visible corporate view of top management's who do not share knowledge or transmit success experiences across the board ?
Do we actually need as a corporate more aspirants for growth and visibility than actual performers for whom growth happens naturally? (Live to Grow or Grow to live).
Do we tell a manager what is in it for him/her in making a career in the organization and why he should continue or not in the organization?
Given the expanse of concerns in managing careers of individual managers many issues come to our mind, the question I have often sought to answer is whether an overt means of integrating the individual and organizational needs is possible in a typical work environment.
If I have succeeded even in a small measure I would consider my effort amply rewarded.


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Blizzard on Pro-Hong-Kong Player's Ban: He Can't Go Unpunished squib
Amid mounting backlash, the video game publisher Activision Blizzard on Friday doubled down on its decision to ban a professional player who used an official company broadcast to express support for Hong Kong protesters.
In a video emailed to employees, Blizzard President J. Allen Brack said the player, Chung Ng Wai, aka "Blitzchung," must pay the "consequence" for "derailing" the broadcast. But Brack said the company would also reduce Chung's suspension from the pro Hearthstone league from a year to six months. The company will also return the $10,000 in prize money Chung had previously been stripped of. The two commentators interviewing him were banished along with him, but Brack said their suspension has been reduced to six months. The transcript of Brack's statement was published soon after the email went out.
In a post-match interview, Chung had worn goggles and a gas mask, common symbols of the protest, and said to the camera "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times." Hong Kong residents have protested Chinese incursions into the Hong Kong rule of law daily for months now, and the demonstrations are ongoing.
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Congressional Democrats' obsession with what's popular may doom them in 2022
To predicate your political strategy on popularity is to build a foundation on sand.
Anjali Nair / MSNBC; Getty Images
Oct. 20, 2021, 3:00 PM UTC
By Noah Rothman, MSNBC Opinion Columnist
Democrats know they're in trouble. They're saying as much to anyone willing to listen.
"We're not trying to hide this," Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Executive Director Tim Persico told Politico.
"There is little margin for error," Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee member Rep. Ami Bera of California said of the 2022 election cycle. "We have to run perfect races."
Faced with a demand for perfection, some vulnerable Democrats are declining to run at all. Of the 10 House Democratic retirements ahead of the 2022 midterm election cycle, most "appear to be more motivated by electoral concerns," according to FiveThirtyEight's Nathaniel Rakich.
That word — popular — has become something of an obsession among anxious center-left Democrats.
The good news for Democrats, however, is they don't believe they have to do much to avert an electoral debacle.
"It's about emphasis," Persico told Politico. "Everything we are doing and everything we've talked about doing is incredibly popular."
All Democrats must do is continue to be popular.
That word — popular — has become something of an obsession among anxious center-left Democrats. It's contributing to a mania overtaking the liberal media ecosystem. And the unlikely figure around whom apprehensive Democrats find themselves rallying, 30-year-old political strategist David Shor, has the answer: Just talk about popular stuff.
Sounds easy enough. In a sprawling profile of Shor and his philosophy, New York Times analyst Ezra Klein drilled down into Shor's "theory of popularism," which consists largely of following the research into voters' preferences. A commitment to popularism should lead Democrats to pursue minor, technocratic changes to existing programs — allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, for example, even if that conflicts with their moderate sensibilities — while eschewing more revolutionary changes to the social compact. Above all, Shor noted, Democrats should not allow their party's young, white, "woke" and utterly unrepresentative activist progressive base to speak for them.
Of course, there is common sense to these recommendations. They are informed by Shor's own bitter experience. Formerly an analyst with the left-wing consulting firm Civis Analytics, Shor was let go after those same activists demanded his head following his decision to tweet, sans commentary, then-Princeton University assistant professor Omar Wasow's study establishing a connection between poor Democratic electoral performance and riotous urban violence. That outsize reaction to Shor's prudent admonition in the long, hot summer of 2020 illustrates Shor's point — as did the Democratic lawmakers who lashed out at progressive activists after the party's poor showing in last year's congressional elections. Defunding the police is not popular, nor is adopting a permissive attitude toward abject criminality. The strategist's recommendation is simple: Don't let ideologues drive the party into those cul-de-sacs.
Opposing radicalism is one thing, but what should Democrats be for? Beyond tinkering around the margins of the nation's entitlement programs, Shor suggested Democrats endorse a federal jobs guarantee. "Honestly bummed that this never made its way into the reconciliation package," the analyst confessed. "Super popular with working class voters and seems high salience enough to break through into the discourse!" When asked just what the people guaranteed a job would be doing exactly, he suggested something along the lines of a permanent and ongoing census.
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Here, we encounter two core problems with the pursuit of popularity for popularity's sake. First, popularity and salience are not synonymous. In August, 4.3 million people voluntarily quit their jobs — decisions that were surely informed by a profound labor shortage that has driven wages and hourly earnings up dramatically. People may like the idea of a federal jobs guarantee, in theory, but that doesn't mean they're going to take advantage of the opportunity.
The second problem with measuring popularity by polling alone is that it ignores all the other metrics we have to gauge the currency of a particular policy. In the case of a federal jobs guarantee, following the polls alone would lead the uninformed observer to wonder why this idea — which has been retailed for decades and floated in legislation, but which never made it off the starting block — isn't already part of the American social compact.
From President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "economic bill of rights" to the 1978 Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act (aka the Humphrey-Hawkins Act) to the Green New Deal, a federally guaranteed occupation is a recurring progressive dream. According to a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis, such a costly program would employ only about 10 million people in a nation with 123 million adults currently employed full time. It is not surprising that generations of elected Democrats empowered by their constituents to represent their interests have weighed the costs of their voters' preferences against the expected rewards and determined that the demos shouldn't always get what it wants.
"Doing things" via legislation is difficult by design.
Moreover, as NBC News policy editor Benjy Sarlin observed, popularity is dynamic. Sarlin noted that one of President Barack Obama's least popular initiatives in his first term — a bailout of the overextended American automotive industry in 2009 — featured prominently in his 2012 re-election campaign and arguably kept the industrial Midwest in the Democratic camp. Indeed, the story of the auto bailout is instructive. The initiative passed the House in 2008 in the lame-duck session prior to Obama's presidency and a Congress controlled by Democrats. But it only passed narrowly, and the Senate killed the measure. When it did become law, it was only as part of a broader relief package at the outset of the Great Recession, and it required substantial Democratic majorities in the House and Senate to pass it. In short, it took a liquidity and demand crisis and an undeniable mandate for Democratic politicians to get this done.
Which brings us to the last problem facing the popularists: Popularity is just not enough to make activist desiderata manifest — not in the United States. "Doing things" via legislation is difficult by design. Popularity without exigency is not enough. What's more, initiatives that are undeniably popular can become unpopular (see the latitude once afforded labor unions in law and jurisprudential precedent) and vice versa (see the Affordable Care Act). The public's attitudes shift, sometimes as a reaction to complex societal phenomena but often in response to stimuli policy wonks would dismiss as superficial. To predicate your political strategy on popularity is to build a foundation on sand.
What Shor has right, and what his progressive opponents are deliberately refusing to comprehend, is that Democrats are better off without needlessly antagonizing the public. Wild-eyed theories that would replace police with social workers and functionally end the enforcement of U.S. immigration law in workplaces offend on an essential level. Reducing financial pressures on families by doling out largess from the public treasury sounds great, but not to the point that the public welcomes disincentives to work indefinitely. There's a difference between being popular and principled. Voters can tell the difference, even if the Democratic intelligentsia cannot.
Noah Rothman
Noah Rothman is the associate editor of Commentary Magazine.


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Dedoimedo interviews: MX Linux team
Behold, for this has never been done before on Dedoimedo. Several readers suggested that I perhaps expand my critique of all things open-source into a more personal dimension. Interviews, babe, interviews. I listened, I agreed, and here we are!
This is the first such interview attempt on Dedoimedo. First of many to come. Today, we will be conducting a written Q&A session with a member of the MX Linux team. Now, for those wondering who or what this distribution slash project might be, quote: "MX Linux is a cooperative venture between the antiX and former MEPIS communities, using the best tools and talents from each distro. It is a midweight OS designed to combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability, solid performance and medium-sized footprint." MX Linux caught the attention and high praise of Dedoimedo recently, with a very solid MX-15 release, and I had recently titled it as one of the top Xfce releases of 2016. Let us expand, shall we.
Hello, unnamed victim, could you please introduce yourself.
Dolphin Oracle (DO): I go by Dolphin Oracle. I run a Youtube channel devoted mostly to antiX and MX called "Run with the Dolphin." I've been using Linux since 2006, and antiX in particular since 2008. I started out completely inexperienced in Linux, and I'm not a programmer/coder by occupation. I started contributing to Linux by "cheerleading" for antiX, and then later for MX Linux. I was asked to be on the development team for MX Linux during the creation of the initial release, MX-14, in 2014.
In one sentence, what is the MX project all about?
DO: What we say on the Home page: "It is a midweight OS designed to combine an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration, high stability, solid performance and medium-sized footprint."
Can you tell us a little more about the distro, its history, its roots, the forking and spinning, the name, and the brand?
DO: You can check out our Wikipedia entry for a little history. Basically the MX community
has its roots from a distro called MEPIS. MEPIS was a KDE distro, based on Debian stable for most of its run, but more or less "owned" by one person. When his business changed, development of SimplyMEPIS, as it's often called, ceased with a beta version 12. Several community members, not the least of whom are Jerry Bond and anticapitalista (of the antiX project), came together to form a dev team for MX Linux. MX is based on the Debian-stable version of antiX (itself debbootstrapped up from Debian). AntiX supplies
the ISO build system, as well as the live-USB/DVD technology incorporated in MX Linux. The former MEPIS community, now the MX community, chose Xfce for the desktop, and began to assemble the apps that have become known as the MX-Tools. Many were developed specifically for MX, some were forked from existing antiX apps, a couple are existing antiX apps, and a couple were imported with permission from outside sources. Together it's a potent combination.
New, redesigned homepage of the MX Linux project.
What do you think is the key selling point (or appeal) of the MX distro?
DO: What people keep praising: the combination of low resource demand, continuously updated applications and ease of use.
MX shares a relatively low resource heritage thanks to its antiX roots. Those looking for a speedy desktop will be happy with Xfce, which I think it's safe to say is one of the more popular desktop environments. The MX-Tools help the average user with common tasks that are often complicated or obscure, like installing popular packages or closed-source packages not otherwise available in Debian (google-chrome, skype), updating Flash, managing Broadcom drivers, or whatever. Our package team also backports a lot of apps to newer versions than might otherwise be expected in a Debian-stable distribution, as well as apps not otherwise found in Debian for whatever reason, like simplescreenrecorder or obs-studio. For instance, MX-16 64-bit will ship with libreoffice 5, xfce 4.12, and a 4.7
kernel.
DM: MX-16 has gone live, get it!
MX Tools, a unique feature of the distro.
What do you think people expect from Linux on the desktop?
DO: That is a great question. I think the tinkerers out there are drawn because it's so customizable (that's what original brought me to Linux).
But many of our users just want something that works on their hardware. They don't want to have to upgrade their hardware to have a up-to-date OS. And they want the customization options, without having to modify text files manually. And excellent performance on top of that.
Do you think MX is there yet?
DO: I'm not sure any open-source OS (or maybe more properly small-market-share OS) will ever be "there." In Linux's case, in general, there is more hardware support than ever before, but driver development still lags on the newer hardware. Things still have to be
reversed-engineered or the Linux drivers that are provided don't have all the features. And with the major commercial OS players now getting into services, it's both easier and harder. Amazon video on demand works pretty well on my MX systems, but iTunes? Different story.
I can say this, I use a Linux laptop as my primary home computer. And it does everything I need; video editing, photo editing, word-processing and spreadsheets of course. And the big enchilada these days, web-browsing and "web-apps."
MX-15, as seen and tested by Dedoimedo.
If you suddenly had an extra 1,000,000 dollars in budget, what would you change about MX that the current constraints prevent you from doing?
DO: (Dev Team would meet in the Mediterranean or Caribbean somewhere) Not sure about this, but it would be nice to hire out some of the marketing, website development, product development, that sort of thing. For instance, we could (use) new features, like encryption, in our installer. A proprietary driver installer GUI development would also proceed faster with a little cash to back it up. More mirrors would be nice as well (we
operate several around the world now even on a small budget).
Where do you see the distro in 2017, 2020?
DO: Alive would be a good start. I'd like to see MX and antiX both in the top 20 on DW by 2017. By 2020 I would like a strong user base providing quality support on the forum.
Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter?
DO: LOTR.
DM: Wise choice, my son.
What roles does the community play in shaping or developing MX?
DO: Very strongly involved thanks to good response mechanism by the Dev Team. I know that many of the dev team, myself included, often pick up on needs for the project based on activities the forum users post about. And there is a request area that community members can request packages to be backported.
And the dev team are active forum members. If a user posts a question, it's often a dev team member chiming in to help get the issue resolved.
Tell us more about the MX team. How do you guys work? How do you share ideas? Run us through a day in life in the MX world.
DO: I can't speak for everyone, but my own day looks like this. I get up, check the forums for posts that might need attention. I monitor the forum most of the day usually. When it's time to work on some MX-Tool for instance, the coders usually coordinate in the dev-only subforum, where we can hash out coding and/or functionality issues in relative privacy. The MX-Tools code is hosted on github.com/MX-Linux. The antiX code is hosted in a different github, but it's accessible for change suggestions. We generally test new tools or features privately before posting to a public-testing thread. Usually in the evening (US time), we see the package team going to work, bringing over new packages or updating older ones. And we all do our best to squash issues, should they arise.
How well do you cooperate with other distro teams?
DO: We are tightly connected to the antiX project. Most of the MX-tools (at least, the non-Xfce related ones) will run on antiX. And the live and ISO build systems come totally from the antiX project. We also have a "lead" packager, Stevo, who is active in the main Debian world.
There are also project teams we have worked with. We have worked with the Xfce developers, especially ToZ, to get new features working in MX. We also monitor the Xfce blog and forums.
Any other personal details you would like to share? Your hobbies, blood type, etc?
DM: Our victim chose not to tell us their blood type.
Over the years, Dedoimedo has often been vocal and critical of many distributions, and MX has sure crossed its sights. What feedback do you have on Dedoimedo?
DO: We had a hard time in the MX-14 days with criticism. It was new, we had worked hard on it, and criticism, deserved or no, doesn't feel good. I think now that we are a little older and wiser, we can deal with that sort of thing better. I think MX-15 was much improved by addressing much of the criticism from the MX-14 reviews. I hope that MX-16 will be better still.
Do you have a role model out there? And if so, why them?
DO: We admire a number of distros for various achievements: Arch for its Wiki, Mint for its aesthetics, etc.
DO: Often when someone talks about a distro, we talk about packages, and apps, and kernels. But lets not forget the community. In MX's case, the community existed before the project, as we kind of inherited it from MEPIS. We are answerable to them. We listen to them. And we are protective of them. Our community is very knowledgeable. They know when you are B.S.-ing them, so we don't even try. We are rewarded in that regard with a outstanding community. Knowledgeable, friendly, and most importantly active. And may I add, hopefully growing!
Dedoimedo's extras
There are a few other little bits and pieces and details that I would like to add to this interview. Having exchange a fair deal of emails with the team, and in order not to break the flow of the questions and the answers, here are several more important facts about MX Linux.
The MX team takes pride in their manual, too. The MX manual is not only available online, but it also ships on the ISO. It has received praise for its clarity and detail. You can also always seek help in the forum. Oh, you should also check the videos, too.
They would also like to make a special mention of the MX Community Repo (mxrepo) team, who consistently bring newer packages into their debian-stable base. Another group of hard-working MXers that deserve attention - core packagers. Quoting Jerry Bond, the project manager:
The core packagers (CR) are very important, since they do all the work to make MX "nimble" by backporting, importing, compiling from GitHub, etc. They will generally meet any reasonable user request.
The aim of the CR is to provide applications that are not included in the default Debian or MX repositories, and/or provide newer (more up to date) versions of existing applications when requested. We do this by either compiling direct from source, backporting from upstream existing Debian packages or adapting packages prepared by other distros in the Debian family.
Last but not the least, the team wants to make sure we do not forget Old Giza and the translations team. They don't get enough credit for the work they do getting localizations done for the mx-tools. As far as branding goes ... the M was originally for MEPIS and the X is for antiX. It's an acknowledgment of the distro's roots. And it sounds kind of sporty [sic]. In fact, everyone, users and developers, deserve a big thank you.
That's it?
Yes, for this time. It is my turn to thank dolphin_oracle for his time and courage in answering my silly questions. Hopefully, you will all find this interview useful. MX-16 is out there, and I am more than looking forward to testing it. If you like this, feel free to share. If you have any feedback, suggestions or ideas, do contact me. See you around.


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