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Just some of the positive results, often with the assistance of or through the efforts of colleague Wojciech Kornacki who does work with us on adverse actions such as Article 15s, reprimands, discharge upgrades, records correction, and cases before the Court of Federal Claims.
Client received a General Officer Memorandum of Record for creating a hostile work environment and toxic leadership and a referred evaluation. Mr. Kornacki developed evidence in mitigation, extenuation and rebuttal showing that the reprimand was not supported by reliable evidence. After the initial denial, he submitted an appeal with additional evidence and arguments. The Army Board for Correction of Military Records directed to expunge the reprimand, officer evaluation report and to allow the applicant to be considered by a special selection board.
Client received an investigation recommending Client for revocation of clinical privileges due to alleged clinical incompetence. Mr. Kornacki reviewed the investigation and found evidentiary gaps, improper assumptions, and arbitrary actions. After developing evidence in rebuttal and mitigation and extenuation and making additional submissions at each stage of the extensive administrative due process, the Credentials Function recommended reinstatement of clinical privileges.
Client received a statement of reasons for mishandling protected information and personal misconduct. Developed extensive evidence in rebuttal, mitigation, and extenuation, filed requests for additional documents, and identified additional arguments. Client was notified that Client would continue to have eligibility for access to classified information.
Board of Inquiry: An Army Officer was recommended for separation based on multiple allegations of misconduct, including permanent adverse information filed in the officer's personnel records. Conducted further investigation and developed strong evidence in rebuttal showing that the allegations of misconduct was not supported by the evidence. Presented this evidence during the board of inquiry hearing and made arguments for retention. After approximately 30 minutes, board members decided to retain the officer and found all allegations of misconduct unsubstantiated.
Court of Federal Claims: A wrongfully discharged Seaman who was denied his well-deserved retirement. Assisted the Seaman in filing petitions with the Board for Correction of Naval Records and Naval Discharge Review Board. When both boards denied relief, initiated litigation at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. After making multiple legal filings detailing all the legal violations and oral arguments, the Court decided that the Seaman was denied due process during his separation proceedings.
GOMOR: An Army Officer received a General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand. Conducted further research identifying several AR 600-37 violations. Developed evidence in rebuttal showing that there was no misconduct, that the allegations were not reliable, and that the GOMOR proceedings violated the officer's due process rights. After the review of all the submissions and responses, the General decided not to make any permanent filing in the officer's personnel records.
Titling: Former Airman who was criminally investigated while on active duty experiences issues relating to the titling that prevented him from taking an advantage of different employment opportunities after his separation. Conducted legal research, reviewed the Airman's personnel records and prepared a comprehensive legal memorandum and opinion concerning federal military personnel law and titling. The Airman notified us that his titling issue has been favorably addressed and he can take an advantage of the employment opportunity.
BCNR: A Marine received permanent derogatory information in his personnel records. Conducted a comprehensive review and analysis of his records that included several investigations. Filed a thoroughly documented petition with supporting evidence. Approximately 6.5 months later the Board for Correction of Naval Records granted the requested relief and recommended to remove the derogatory information.
BCNR has been convinced to change a discharge characterization from "fraudulent enlistment" to "erroneous enlistment" and also the assignment of better codes. Here, the BCNR accepted the argument that the recruiter had made false statements at the time of enlistment. (Decision on file.
A senior officer's relief for cause from command terminated, no adverse actions, and other favorable actions taken.
Chaplains get Into Trouble
Over the years we have represented a number of military chaplains. The issues seem to focus not on their skills and proficiency as a servant but on their officer-ship and leadership. Confusion, dissension, and alleged poor leadership can lead to adverse actions: nonjudicial punishment, detachment for cause, and loss of promotion. The case just completed, of a command chaplain involved allegations of creating a toxic work environment within the RM program aboard a command. The client received NJP and was detached from the unit. Despite a senior level recommendation for retention and mentoring, a board of inquiry (BOI) was directed. After lengthy debate and a robust support package the Board found no misconduct, which means the client will be retained and will have a chance to at least complete enough service for retirement. A prior similar case of a command chaplain involved not just allegations of creating a toxic environment but of discrimination toward other denominations. The BOI did find poor performance but recommended forced retirement in grade.
(Do you know what compassion fatigue is? Do you know some of the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue? If you do, do they apply to you? If they apply to you--please reach out and get help now. The caring professions can suffer from compassion fatigue and it can affect personal performance, professional and personal relationships, and if left to fester can lead to adverse actions.)
Grade Determination Board
Grade Determination Boards determine retirement ranks for Servicemembers. Recently, a Client notified us that the Army determined that he could retire in his current rank. Representation started when the Client for assistance in providing responses and submissions to this Army Grade Determination Board. Co-counsel Mr. Kornacki developed persuasive evidence to show that there was no misconduct of any type and that the had Client served honorably and faithfully in his current rank. The Army reviewed the evidence submitted and it agreed.
Elimination Board
Co-counsel Mr. Kornacki represented an officer during an elimination board hearing. Despite substantial evidence to the contrary, the Board recommended elimination with a general discharge under honorable conditions. Mr. Kornacki filed an appellate brief identifying numerous legal errors and regulatory violations. After making additional submissions the Client was advised that he could retire approximately 8 months later.
Enlistment Contract Termination
The Client contacted us because he wanted to terminate his enlistment contract after realizing that some of the information that he received before he signed it turned out to be different after he signed it. Mr. Kornacki drafted the appropriate documentation and obtained the necessary evidence to show the discrepancies. In addition, to increase the Client's chances of success, he also developed additional evidence showing hardship under AR 135-178. After several months the Client was discharged.
Processed for Elimination?
There are many ways that the military will "fire" someone for bad performance, misconduct, or some other personal failure. Be alert, you have rights.
There are many ways the military will take an adverse action against someone at a forum lower than court-martial. Be alert, you have rights, do not waive them until you have talked to a military defense lawyer.
Some Recent Successes, More Below
Our Client was proposed for debarment based on allegations of mischarging time in the amount greater than $50,000. Mr. Kornacki was able to develop persuasive evidence to show present contractor responsibility and to rebut some of the allegations against our Client. In addition, Mr. Kornacki assisted the Client in preparing for an in-person meeting. After the presentation of the case, and submission of the evidence, the Federal Government decided to terminate the proposed debarment.
Our Client's ability to access classified information was revoked based on multiple allegations of misconduct. Based on our legal research and in-depth factual development, our Client submitted detailed and comprehensive on-point responses rebutting some of the allegations, as well as mitigating and extenuating others. Shortly thereafter, our Client was notified that his access was reinstated.
An Army Officer received a General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand (GOMOR) based on allegations of physical abuse. After presenting persuasive evidence in mitigation, extenuation, and rebuttal, it became apparent that the allegation was false and totally inconsistent with otherwise outstanding military service. The GOMOR was filed locally.
Former Army enlisted was discharged with a general characterization of service for misconduct. Based on Mr. Kornacki's evidence development, Client preparation, submissions and the presentation, the Army Discharge Review Board upgraded the characterization of service to "Honorable."
An Army NCO was accused of misconduct relating to an Article 112A. The unit proposed him for an administrative separation board. Mr. Kornacki was able to effectively negotiate with the unit to allow the NCO to continue to serve without the board.
The Army discharged a Soldier with a general characterization of service for misconduct related to controlled substance distribution on base. During the Army Discharge Review Board's hearing, Mr. Kornacki introduced additional evidence to show that there was no distribution. The Board decided to upgrade the Soldier's characterization of service to "Honorable."
An Army Reserve NCO was proposed for debarment. Mr. Kornacki was able to develop evidence in mitigation and extenuation to show that the conduct in question would not occur again. After the personal appearance hearing, the Army decided to terminate the debarment action against the NCO.
An Army Officer's personnel records were incorrect due to allegations of misconduct. Mr. Kornacki developed evidence in rebuttal and extenuation and conducted legal research. Based on the submission, the U.S. Army Criminal Records Center partially corrected the records.
An Army NCO was accused of sexual harassment. The unit proposed him for a separation board. Based on Mr. Kornacki's presentation of evidence, witness testimony and development of facts in mitigation, extenuation and rebuttal, the 2 officers and 1 senior NCO unanimously recommended retaining our Client.
An Army Officer received a general discharge. Based on Mr. Kornacki's research, fact collection, and case presentation at the Army Discharge Review Board (ADRB), the majority of the field grade officers presiding at the ADRB recommended upgrading our Client's discharge to 'Honorable.
An Army instructor was found 'unsuitable' and not allowed to teach. Mr. Kornacki worked with our Client to develop evidence in mitigation, extenuation, and rebuttal which was submitted through the Army channels. Shortly thereafter our Client was advised that the board found him 'suitable' and recommended to the Army HQ that our Client is allowed to continue to teach.
An Army Reserve NCO with over 20 years of service tested positive for drug use. The unit proposed him for an administrative separation board. Our in-depth preparation and submission detailing his entire service record, and listing multiple facts in mitigation and extenuation persuaded his GCMCA commander to allow him to retire and avoid the separation board altogether.
A well-prepared package from an experienced military lawyer can help you avoid the worst.
An AR 15-6 investigation found that an Active Duty NCO sexually harassed another person. The client had about 15 years of service. The unit proposed him for an administrative separation board. Our detailed preparation and investigation of the matter revealed new facts during the board hearing. Based on our argument, the Board members consisting of three officers found misconduct but voted to retain the NCO.
A well-prepared presentation by an experienced military defense lawyer can be value added to your defense team.
A Sailor lost his clearance after receiving non-judicial punishment because the Sailor violated multiple articles of the Uniform Code of Military Conduct, including absence without leave, violating a lawful order, poor performance, and other misconduct. We developed substantial evidence in mitigation, extenuation, and rebuttal on the Sailor's behalf and submitted well-documented responses to the statement of reasons. The Sailor recently was told that his clearance was restored.
A well-prepared rebuttal by an experienced military lawyer can improve your chances of success. In a security clearance case, a strong argument about "mitigating factors" can make your case.
Recently a senior officer was given a letter of reprimand for an alleged sexual assault. He was then automatically ordered to show cause why he should not be involuntarily discharged with an other than honorable conditions discharge. In exercising his rights we prepared and litigated a case before a Board of three colonels. The Board did find misconduct, but they found that the officer should be retained. This was a case where solid preparation set the case up for success.
Below we show some of the clients and cases we have dealt with as examples of how we can help you. Largely due to the excellent work of Mr. Kornacki we have been able to assist many servicemembers with adverse actions or other administrative matters that have not resulted in a court-martial. Mr. Kornacki has developed his skills and technique for a niche area of military law. Here is a selection.
Barred From a Base, Contracting, or . . .
Mr. Kornacki has once again effectively assisted a client to rebut a proposal to bar him from dealing with or contracting with any government agency. The support here consisted of preparing a written submission and personal presentation. Mr. Kornacki has also been able to advise and assist those who have been barred from a base for various reasons.
Effective Representation to Waive a Recoupment
DFAS wanted to recoup f $156K because he was disenrolled from ROTC. Working with the client and on the specific facts of this case, Mr.Kornacki was able to convince the Board that the client had not committed misconduct, thus no misconduct related disenrollment. The consequence was that the recoupment action was waived. Keep in mind that not every case is the same and so there can be no guarantee of a similar result.
$210,000.00 for an Academy Education?
Academy cadet separated for alleged military deficiencies. After extensive correspondence and argument, the Secretary has ordered an honorable discharge separation, characterization of the separation as 'not medically qualified," and most importantly, directed there be NO recoupment.
Mr. Kornacki has successfully represented at former military member before the Army Discharge Review Board and an Honorable Discharge has been substituted to characterize the clients prior military service.
Mr. Kornacki recently assisted an E-8 accused of assault, drug use, and drug possession. He was able to work with military counsel and obtain a favorable special court-martial pretrial agreement. No punitive discharge was adjudged. We were recently advised that the Service will allow him to complete his needed 20 years of service and retire, albeit it one pay-grade lower than expected.
Administrative Actions for an Officer can be Complex and Involve Multiple Avenues of Redress
An Army officer received a GOMR. We were able to help keep that officer's security clearance. After that, we were able to help successfully terminate a field directed show cause for retention board, as well as persuade DFAS not to recoup a debt for alleged fraudulent BAH received. The latest event is the DASEB has found the GOMR to be unjustly imposed and ordered it removed from the files.
United States v. Officer: Our client's security clearance is pulled because of adverse information relating to debt and other misconduct. The alleged misconduct is based on an administrative investigation. Our in-depth investigation and detailed explanation allow our client to regain his top secret security clearance.
United States v. Federal Employee: Our client's security clearance is pulled with over 10 reasons listed. Through our detailed fact analysis, and thorough investigation, we were able to directly rebut, mitigate, and extenuate each of the reasons. The end result is that our client is granted his top-secret security clearance back and is allowed to return to work in the same organization, but at a different location.
United States v. Agent: Our client who is also an investigative agent is investigated by military criminal investigative services for misconduct. After our initial case investigation and fact analysis, we are able to establish that no misconduct has occurred. Several months later, the investigation against our client comes to an end, and our client can move on.
United States v. Enlisted: Our client is offered an Other Than Honorable discharge for multiple misconduct relating to his unexcused absences in the unit. After persuasive negotiation with the legal representative for the chain of command, our client is offered a general discharge under honorable conditions.
United States v. Federal Employee: Our client's employer pulls his top-secret security clearance based on several allegations of misconduct. Our investigation in the case reveals strong rebuttal, mitigation and extenuation case on behalf of our client. We are impeded in preparing responses due to limited access to the relevant records but develop other evidence. Following thorough and comprehensive responses to the security office, our client informs us that the top-secret security clearance has been restored.
State Agency v. Former Servicemember: Our client is notified of allegedly withholding information in his employment application relating to UCMJ matters while on Active Duty. After submission of our legal memorandum analyzing the UCMJ matters and showing that they were, in fact, administrative matters, our client is allowed to work.
United States v. Officer: Our client receives a General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand for allegedly assaulting another officer while deployed. After receiving and collecting statements from approximately 25 witnesses and unit members, and pointing out evidence from an investigation showing that our client was in fact not the aggressor, the CA filed the letter locally.
United States v. Federal Employee: Our client received abarmentaction which affected our client's ability to work. Our review of the evidence established multiple reliability and credibility issues. We worked with the client to document the issues. We prepared our legal memorandum pointing out all the issues, and after consideration by the chain of command, the barment was removed.
United States v. Enlisted: Our client is investigated by CID for sexual crimes after allegedly having sex with a drunk female Soldier on Active Duty. Early investigation of the case by the defense team allowed us to find digital evidence proving knowing consent. After several months of the ongoing CID investigation, and several discussions with the prosecution, our client was allowed to continue his military career.
United States v. NCO: Our client is found guilty of multiple assaults, drug use, and other misconduct. After our presentation of his case during a court-martial, he is retained, loses one rank, receives a written reprimand and no confinement.
Civilian v. Officer: Our client is owed debt an Active Duty member. After documenting the debt, applying the military law, and telephonic conference with the commander, the unit takes an immediate action and our client's debt is satisfied in full.
United States v. NCO: Our client receives potentially career-ending non-judicial punishment for fraternization. The concern is that our client could be recommended for separation or barred from re-enlisting. On an appeal, through in-depth fact investigation, we are able to show to the CA, that this case was everything but 'fraternization.' The CA acquits our client of the charge.
United States v. Enlisted: Our client is denied video recordings relating to his alleged misconduct after we filed a FOIA request. After carefully documenting the reasoning, and applying the law, the denial is overruled on an appeal, and the initial FOIA authority is working to obtain the material.
United States v. Enlisted: Our client receives a punishment under Article 15 for assaulting an NCO, multiple failures to report for duty, violation of a general order, and other misconduct resulting in losing 3 ranks, forfeiture of pay, restriction, and extra duty. On an appeal, we are able to document our client's medical history and how his combat-related physical and mental injuries affected his behavior. Our client advised us that he regained 2 ranks after the superior authority reviewed our appeal.
Court-Martial or Adverse Action
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Adverse Administrative Actions Under the UCMJ
Pending Issues and Concerns
AWOL / UA / Deserter
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Many years after retiring from the USN, I suddenly found myself in a very unwelcome legal matter with the Navy. It was a total shock and I was very concerned as to the impact this would have on me and my family. Philip was so helpful, truly a calming force, and his legal help was invaluable to me, I am so thankful that I availed myself of his services! Rob
Phil Cave has helped me through NJP and restoration of my security clearance. He even came to visit me in Spain. I never thought I would work again and he certainly through with advise and guidance that we're exactly spot on. He is my hero and thanks to him I gave my life back... Bryan
Mr. Cave saved my military retirement! His promise to me from day one was that he would fight as hard as he could he right the wring that had been done to me. And he did! I am so very thankful and grateful to him. He genuinely cared about me and made my case his priority. He used all his experience and knowledge to put forth a good defense. I am very pleased with him and will recommend him to anyone in need of an attorney. Crystal
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SchoolChina Europe International Business School
All dates October 19-21, 2018
LocationCEIBS, Shanghai, CN
Price RMB 29,800
CategoryMarketing, Strategy
Although pricing decisions can have a direct bearing on an enterprise's bottom line, many companies fail to address market uncertainties with the aid of a carefully crafted pricing strategy. Most pricing decisions are based on questionable assumptions and crude heuristics that will put financial and brand health in jeopardy. What does an efficient revenue strategy refer to? How will companies ward off the price war, become a price leader, and carry out a pricing strategy to generate value added?
An appropriate pricing strategy must take social, economic and psychological factors into consideration. We will draw lessons from economics, psychology and sociology to examine the role of pricing decision in an overall marketing strategy and assess whether it can help a company attain broad management objectives. This course is intended to help participants design and implement a well-crafted pricing strategy to gain more value from customers.
This course is designed for middle-to-top-level managers responsible for formulating, implementing and assessing a pricing strategy across different functional areas. It is also suitable for board directors of smaller companies, and entrepreneurs who are launching new products and services or believe their current offerings fail to capture a fair share of the value they create in the marketplace.
Recognise the different roles that price can play in a market
Address the constraints that shape a comprehensive pricing strategy
Design a revenue model that complements the broader strategic objectives of the organisation
Determine the proper role of costs, competitors, and customers in setting the "right" price
Understand the impact that customer psychology and sociology can have on demand
Estimate and act on willingness-to-pay information
Calculate and sell the unique value of a product or service with confidence
Use price as a language to build customer engagement and commitment
Respond intelligently to price competition and the forces of commoditisation
Identify opportunities for price customization that are palatable to customers
Design smart sales price promotion campaigns that boost sales without eroding brand equity
Use price as a language to build customer engagement and commitment over time
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Marco Bertini
Marco Bertini is Associate Professor of Marketing Management at ESADE in Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona), Spain. He is considered a leading expert in the area of pricing strategy.
Marco holds a Doctor of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, a Master of Business Administration from IESE Business School, and undergraduate degrees in Arts (Politics and International Studies) and Commerce (Economics) from The University of Melbourne. His research, which investigates the customer and managerial psychology of pricing decisions, appears in the major journals for marketing academics (Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, and Marketing Science) and business practitioners (Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review), and it is often cited in print media and television—most recently in the BBC, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Financial Times, The Times, and Wall Street Journal.
In 2012, Marco was nominated for the Business Professor of the Year award, a global competition administered by the Economist Intelligence Unit, and in 2013 he was recognised by the Marketing Science Institute in the United States as one of the most promising researchers in the discipline as part of its biennial Young Scholars programme.
Before joining ESADE, Marco was on the faculty at London Business School for eight years, where he developed and taught Pricing as Strategy, the most popular marketing elective on the school's MBA and Executive MBA curricula, and participated in a broad range of open enrolment and custom programmes for senior managers. He has also taught or is teaching at other educational institutions in Europe (IESE Business School, INSEAD, Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, and Warsaw University of Technology Business School), the United States (Columbia Business School), and Asia (China Europe International Business School).
Marco is a frequent keynote speaker on pricing issues and his consulting clients have ranged from entrepreneurial start-ups to Global Fortune 500 companies and government. He is a member of several academic associations, pricing platforms, and the academic liaison committee of the Chief Marketing Officer Council.
A native of Italy, Marco has also lived in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and now Spain.
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Remarks by the President at 2003 President's Dinner
Washington Convention Center
President's Remarks
7:20 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Thanks for the warm welcome. It's always nice to have a nice quiet dinner with a few friends. (Laughter.) Can't tell you how much we appreciate you coming, though.
First, I want to thank my friend, George Allen, for putting together this fine event. I want to thank all those who have helped. I particularly want to thank all of you all for coming from all across the great country. Thank you for your support. It makes a huge difference to our "Grand Party." Your participation in the process makes a great difference to our great country.
All of us who serve this country have important responsibilities. You've got responsibilities at home -- to love your children with all your heart and all your soul. You've got responsibilities in your communities to love a neighbor like you'd like to be loved yourself. If you're a CEO in corporate America, you have a responsibility to tell the truth to your employees and shareholders. (Applause.) And we have responsibilities here in Washington, D.C. to work together to keep this nation strong and secure and prosperous and hopeful. And we accept that responsibility. (Applause.)
I appreciate so very much the Speaker of the House, Denny Hastert. (Applause.) He is such a good Speaker; we want to keep him as the Speaker. (Applause.) And the same goes for the Majority Leader in the United States Senate, Senator Bill Frist. (Applause.) It is a joy to work with these two fabulous Americans.
I'm also honored to be on the -- sharing the stage with the Senate dinner chairman, Senator Orrin Hatch from Utah -- (applause) -- the Chairman of the National Republican Campaign Committee from the state of New York, Congressman Tom Reynolds -- (applause) -- the House dinner chairman, Congressman Dave Camp from Michigan. (Applause.) I want to thank all the senators and members of the House of Representatives who are here. America is fortunate to have you -- your service on behalf of all of us.
I want to thank the members of the Cabinet who are here. I want to thank the Oakridge Boys for sharing their beautiful voices. (Applause.) And most of all, I want to thank you all for supporting us and what we're doing for the country.
For the last two and one-half years, this country has faced incredible challenges, and those challenges brought out the best in America. (Applause.) The testing of America has revealed the spirit of America. The world has seen that we are courageous, resolute, tough when we have to be, and a compassionate people. (Applause.)
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The terrorists will have fewer places to hide. Tyrants will no longer be free to enslave their people. Freedom has arrived in far corners of the Earth. (Applause.)
Every friend of this country, and every enemy of this country, can be certain America will always work to keep the peace, and we will always keep our word.
We're working hard to change the tone in Washington, D.C., and I believe we have. We've raised the debate to focus on results and progress, and we're achieving great results for the American people. One reason we're able to do so is because I put together a fabulous team. (Applause.) To the Cabinet members here, I want to thank you for your service. But I do want to mention one member of my team that is not with us tonight, but is doing a fabulous job for America, and that's the finest Vice President our nation has ever known -- Vice President Dick Cheney. (Applause.)
Now, my mother may have a different point of view. (Laughter.) But I got the mike. (Laughter.) The Vice President and members of the Cabinet, and everybody else who works for me is resolved to keep the vow we made to restore honor and dignity to the office of the President of the United States. (Applause.)
And I'm proud of the United States Congress. The Congress is focused on results, and they have delivered tremendous results for the American people: major tax cuts so the working people can keep more of their own money; education reform; Homeland Security Department to better secure America; trade legislation. No, this Congress, instead of endless bickering and needless partisanship, has focused on what's -- doing right for the American people. And I'm proud of what you all have done. (Applause.)
We've come a long way in two-and-a-half years. But we've got a lot more work to do. We've got a lot to do. First, America is committed to expanding the realm of freedom and peace, for our own security and for the benefit of the world. And second, in our own country we must work for a society of prosperity and compassion, so that every citizen has a chance to work and succeed, and realize the great promise of the United States of America.
Across the world it has never been more clear that the future of freedom and peace depend on the actions of the United States. This nation is freedom's home and defender. We welcome this charge of history, and we will keep it. (Applause.)
As we saw again last week in Saudi Arabia and in Morocco, the war on terror continues. Our work is not done. The enemies of freedom are not idle, and neither are we. (Applause.) This country will not rest, we will not tire, we will not stop until the danger to civilization is removed. (Applause.)
Our national interests involves more than eliminating aggressive threats to our safety. Our greatest security comes from the advance of human liberty. Because free nations do not support terror; free nations do not attack their neighbors; free nations do not threaten the world with weapons of mass murder. (Applause.) As Americans, we believe that freedom is the deepest need and hope of every human heart. And we believe that freedom is the right of every person, and the future of every nation. (Applause.)
America also understands that unprecedented influence brings tremendous responsibilities. We have duties in the world. When we see disease, starvation, and hopeless poverty, we cannot, and we will, not turn away. On the continent of Africa, America is now committed to bringing the healing power of medicine to millions of men and women and children who suffer from AIDS. (Applause.)
I want to thank the United States Congress. I want to thank the House, once again, for voting for the package today to make sure that the great compassion of America is felt in some of the most hopeless corners of the world. I want to thank Henry Hyde, and Dick Lugar, and Bill Frist who guided this important legislation through both Houses, a piece of legislation which I look so forward to signing next week before I go overseas. (Applause.) And when I go overseas, I will remind our partners in Europe about our great heart, our great compassion, and call upon them to join us in this great work. (Applause.)
We have challenges at home, and there's not doubt in my mind we are equal to those challenges. Our most urgent mission in the months ahead is to strengthen this economy, to create the conditions for job growth, and to provide economic security and opportunity for all our American citizens. Prosperity is the result of hard work, and the dreams of the American people. The role of government is not to create wealth, but the environment in which work and entrepreneurship pay off. (Applause.)
Republican members of the House and Senate understand that. Each body has now passed additional tax relief to leave more money into the hands of the American people. See, we understand this -- the money we talk about in Washington, D.C. is not the government's money. The money we talk about in Washington, D.C. is the people's money. (Applause.)
Chairman Thomas in the House, and Chairman Grassley in the Senate are working hard to reconcile any differences, and I'm confident they'll be able to do so, and get a package to my desk that I can sign into law. The members of the House and the Senate are results-oriented people. When they see a problem, they act. We want everybody in America who wants to work to be able to find a job. (Applause.)
Economic security also depends on a good education for every child. I came to Washington with a deep desire to pass fundamental reforms in education, to bring high standards, accountability, regular testing to every public school in America. With a solid bipartisan majority, we passed the No Child Left Behind Act. (Applause.) This is a good start, but it's only a start. And now we're working with governors and chief school officers of every state to make reform a reality. Every child can learn the basics of reading and math, and every school must teach those basics. The days of excuse-making are over, and now we expect results in every classroom, so that not one single child in America is left behind. (Applause.)
We can use our past success as a model for meeting other priorities currently before the Congress. Members of the Congress are working with us now to strengthen and modernize Medicare, to give seniors more health care choices, and access to prescription drugs. All of us on the federal payroll get a choice in health care plans. Seniors ought to have the same choices. If choice is good enough for federal workers, it is good enough for the seniors in America. (Applause.)
Together, we've been working to cut down on frivolous lawsuits and pass meaningful medical liability reform. (Applause.) People who have been mistreated by doctors deserve a day in court. Yet the system should not reward lawyers fishing for large settlements. (Applause.) The medical liability issue is a national problem that requires a national solution. The House has passed a good bill, and the Senate should follow suit. (Applause.)
I also continue to work with the Congress to pass a comprehensive energy plan to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. (Applause.) We must also advance our agenda of compassionate conservatism. We have a responsibility to apply the best, most innovative ideas to the task of helping our fellow citizens in need. We must continue to work for meaningful, real welfare reform, to bring work and dignity into the lives of more and more Americans. (Applause.)
The Congress should finish work on a faith-based bill to support the armies of compassion -- for mentoring children and caring for the homeless and offering hope to the addicted. (Applause.)
I appreciate the hard work of Orrin Hatch and Bill Frist to make sure that our judiciary functions properly. I have submitted superb nominations to our federal courts. The confirmation process in the United States Senate should be about justice, not about empty politics. (Applause.)
We have a full agenda for America, and a clear and optimistic vision for our future. We believe in an ownership society. We want Americans to own their own health plan. We want Americans to be able to start their own businesses. We want more families to own homes. We want people to be owning a piece of their retirement, so that every person has the dignity and independence that come from ownership, assets and property that they can call their own. (Applause.)
We also have a vision for a responsibility society. We're changing the culture in this country, from one that has said, if it feels good, just go ahead and do it, and if you've got a problem, blame somebody else -- the culture is shifting to one in which people know they're accountable for what they do. They're responsible for children they bring into the world. (Applause.) A culture which says, you have a responsibility to help a neighbor in need.
We can see the culture of service and responsibility is rising around us in America. We started what's called USA Freedom Corps, where response has been fantastic. Our fellow citizens from all walks of life, all political parties, have joined in making sure that people who hurt receive the love and affection they need.
Our faith-based charities are strong and vibrant in America. We've got people who are willing to sacrifice on behalf of others -- those who wear the uniform, the police and the firefighters. We've got people who are now serving in their communities and being held up as examples -- positive examples -- so that children can learn the meaning, the real meaning of hero. No, America's culture is changing, and changing to the better. (Applause.)
It is such an honor to be the President of a great country. Our nation has faced mighty challenges over two-and-a-half years. We've been endured terrorist attacks, yet we have grown stronger. We've led the world in the fight against terrorism. We freed a great people from a ruthless dictator, and eliminated the threat posed to world peace. (Applause.)
We met every challenge, and we will meet every challenge that comes, because this is the greatest country on the face of the Earth. And the reason it is, is because of the great strength and compassion of the American people.
It is such an honor to be here. May God bless you all, and may God bless America. (Applause.)
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Landscape level planning that incorporates good governance, multi-stakeholder dialogues and strong institutions will be critical as the country rebuilds from the worst fires in its history.
Fires in Chile have destroyed 600,000 hectares of land, including natural forests and plantations.
Chile continues to suffer from the worst wildfires ever recorded in the country, with ten times more area burnt compared to the historical average. The catastrophe offers valuable lessons not just for Chile but for countries around the world, and for WWF's own conservation framework.
Almost 600,000 hectares of land has been consumed by the fires, including pine and eucalyptus plantations but also grasslands and natural forest that are home to endemic and endangered species. According to recent estimates, 300,000 hectares of tree plantations and 15,000 hectares of natural forest have been destroyed. The flames were so strong that an entire town was destroyed, killing 11 and affecting over 3,000 people. Followed by eight years of drought, temperatures in January reached historic levels – a sign of what we can expect for the coming decades.
One of the most important lessons we can take away is that we need to address the key drivers at the landscape level to prevent the type of devastation Chile has recently experienced.
Most of the tree plantations affected by the fires were certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which has raised questions more broadly about certification. WWF considers FSC certification a powerful tool to improve forest management. FSC has proven to do that as well as yield positive environmental impacts, such as a decline in forest conversion, increase of protected High Conservation Value (HCV) and restored areas, among other conservation gains. In the last decade alone, FSC-certified tree plantations in Chile have increased from 13 per cent to 70 per cent, largely in part due to WWF's efforts to transform the forest industry.
The issue is that the scope of FSC is within the forest management unit level and the problem of fires was at another scale: the landscape level. FSC is one of the tools to improve forest and plantation management. One of the most important lessons we can take away is that we need to address the key drivers at the landscape level to prevent the type of devastation Chile has recently experienced. The key is to rethink the scale and how to meet expectations from stakeholders, not only at the local level but also more broadly.
The WWF Network has developed complementary initiatives to address some of those challenges, for example through the New Generation Plantations (NGP) concept in the tree plantation industry, where companies don't only look to their own properties or concessions but at the whole landscape, as well as other producers. NGP recommends best practices like forest restoration, riparian vegetation protection, forest and HCV protection, and clear planning that takes the landscape into consideration and with active participation of stakeholders. The final aim of this initiative is to not only transform companies' performance but also to influence legislation and public policy, as well as other stakeholders and productive sectors in the landscapes.
Market tools and voluntary commitments are important at the forest management unit level but not sufficient for the scenario of large scale plantations expansion and climate change impacts that we face in countries like Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, South Africa and others. Participatory landscape planning, strengthening local and national institutions, and policy development are also needed and the integration between market strategies and governance is becoming more important than ever.
The positive side of the tragedy is that many measures and changes are coming and opportunities are opening up for building a future that's better prepared for climate change in the forest landscapes of Southern Chile. President Bachelet recently announced the creation of a Chilean Forest Service, which will strengthen the current forest institutional framework, a measure WWF has been advocating for several years. More activity is also taking place with active participation of WWF. The Ministry of Agriculture's Council is developing the forest policy for 2015-2035 and designing an action plan for the restoration of burned areas. The Ministry of the Environment has created an advisory committee to recommend priorities that consider biodiversity and climate change in the restoration process.
In addition to restoration, WWF-Chile is also advocating for a broad agreement on the future of the forest sector in Chile, one that evolves from a model of contiguous areas of thousands of hectares of even-aged pine and eucalyptus plantations to mosaics of multiple age, multi-species plantations, protected areas, and restored ecosystems as well as agricultural lands, all in a context of good governance, including multi-stakeholder agreements and strong institutions. In this new model, financial flows will also be fundamental, as a combination of public, private, national and international sources will be needed to recover these landscapes, ecosystems, and their services.
For decades, the Chilean forest model has been replicated in other South American countries and now the shock of the fires is forcing us to adapt the model and share the lessons learned, lessons that are also valid for WWF as a network. We have learned that working on forests, tree plantations and markets with FSC need to be complemented with other drivers such as governance and finance, and issues like climate change.
This new approach can be a critical contribution not only for WWF but also for countries like Chile and others in South America, South Africa, and Southeast Asia with similar forest models based on large scale tree plantations.
Rodrigo Catalan is Conservation Director at WWF-Chile. He is a forester and resides in Valdivia, Chile.


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Why Hundreds of Pro Athletes are Using Hydrogen Water
September 30, 2020 September 30, 2020 Natalia Forrest	Hydrogen Water
Most haven't heard of hydrogen water, but with the way research is advancing and pro athletes are including it into their recovery routines, it won't be long until you're seeing it everywhere. The first question most have is "What exactly is hydrogen water? Doesn't water already contain hydrogen?"
It is true that there are two parts hydrogen in a water molecule, but when attached to oxygen, the properties are not the same as when the hydrogen is delivered freely on its own. Basically, you only get the therapeutic benefit when the molecular hydrogen is in its own form, not attached to anything else. Hydrogen water is simply water that has had hydrogen gas dissolved into it. The product yields a gas-dissolved solution, similar to carbonation which adds carbon dioxide to make sparkling water, with the difference being hydrogen gas is added instead of carbon dioxide. Hydrogen gas does not change the pH of the water and hydrogen water is not the same thing as alkaline water or hydrogen peroxide.
The next question becomes, why would you want to add hydrogen gas to your water? The answer is that research on this topic has exploded over the last 13 years, with 1500+ publications and close to 100 clinical trials demonstrating a therapeutic benefit of molecular hydrogen, with the most prominent results being when it's dissolved in water.
So, what does hydrogen water do for you, and why are hundreds of professional athletes utilizing it for their recovery and health? Molecular hydrogen has shown the ability to help our cells adapt to stress by positively impacting how our cells communicate, driving towards something called homeostasis, a harmonious state where everything is functioning as it should. For athletes this has led to improved performance, faster recovery, and improved health outcomes across 23 published clinical trials and case studies.
When you dive into how molecular hydrogen works for athletes, things get interesting. First, preclinical research has shown that molecular hydrogen first raises oxidative stress during exercising, maximizing the hormetic stress response, then quickly helps your antioxidant system to jump into overdrive once exercise completes leading to faster recovery. In a nutshell, it is spiking the beneficial exercise induced stress we generate while exercising but leading to a faster recovery. When you consume molecular hydrogenyou are maximizing the benefits of your workout but recovering quicker.
Hydrogen water has also shown to improve VO2 max, lower submaximal heart rate while maintaining VO2 max reduce lactic acid build up and protect against oxidative stress promoting proper redox. These benefits have led to meaningful results in exercise performance, particular an anti-fatigue effect as well as a reduction in muscle soreness post exercise.
Molecular hydrogen has also demonstrated to aid in soft tissue recovery, both when pitting hydrogen water baths against the standard therapy in RICE protocol in a clinical trial that recruited pro soccer players with grade 2 ankle tears and in another case study exploring the benefits of hydrogen water bathing. Hydrogen water has even shown the ability to improve alertness after sleep deprivation equivalently to caffeine but without the side effects, something that athletes who are constantly training, and travelling, desperately need.
Does hydrogen water have side effects? So far, the evidence suggests that hydrogen water is incredibly safe and well tolerated.
Hydrogen water is a promising intervention that can provide great benefit to athletes, both in terms of performance and recovery. The questions become:
Is all hydrogen water the same?
Which hydrogen water technology are athletes most commonly using?
The answer to the first question is a resounding "no". Hydrogen water products and technologies can vary in concentration by more than 100x! Imagine getting only 1mg of caffeine, or 50mg of creatine in your supplement! Molecular hydrogen, like virtually every other molecule, has shown a dose-dependent response, with higher concentrations and dosages tending to show a much more prominent effect. It's important to know your dosage, and it's also important to ask questions such as: "is this technology clinical validated", "is this product safe for athletes to use" and "is this product legal for sale in the USA."
Regarding pro athletes, they tend to have management teams that vet products for them, considering all these questions, before the athletes incorporate them into their routine. Overwhelmingly, athletes have chosen to use Drink HRW's hydrogen tablets, the brand and inventor who has been featured in Forbes and Forbes India, with dozens of pro athletes across numerous sports endorsing the brand and hundreds of others of pro athletes using the product unofficially.
In response to the question of why pursing clinical research is so important, Drink HRW CEO Alex Tarnava said this:
"There's a lot of bad actors in the supplement industry, both those who set out to intentionally deceive and those who simply do not understand science, following the bad actors. For companies that conduct clinical research, overwhelmingly it is in a manner that doesn't lead towards truth. Private research will be conducted with protocols that require the funders approval, which leads to skewed results, and contracts will dictate that results can only be published if a benefit is found. Say, for instance, a company runs a trial 10x before they find the result they want. Did that product actually work for the outcome? Or was it just a statistical anomaly? When I made the decision to enter this industry, I committed to searching for the truth, regardless of the outcome. I work with public research teams, and while I may email suggestions on strengthening the design to give a better study, I do not request contracts that give me final say on protocol and design. I also do not require contracts that forbid publishing results if they aren't to my liking. The truth will come out eventually, and I believe it is my responsibility to seek the truth."
Athletes and managers have chosen Drink HRW for several important reasons.
Their tablets have third party testing confirming hydrogen levels, and they provide the highest dosage and concentration of hydrogen water on the market
Drink HRW is the only hydrogen water brand that is Informed Sport certified and tested for all banned substances
Drink HRW tablets are the most clinically validated form of hydrogen therapy, with 6 published clinical trials, two published case studies, and 15 more clinical trials underway
The tablet technology Drink HRW uses is the only hydrogen supplement technology that has been submitted to the FDA, earning New Dietary Ingredient status
Hydrogen water is emerging as one of the most promising and important interventions, not just for athletes, but for general health as well. Drink HRW is leading the way in clinical research to further understand how hydrogen water works, when it works, and who will benefit. Source matters, so choose your source wisely.
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The Controversial Rabbi Sherwin Wine by Henry Kingswell II
Posted on May 28, 2021 by Sherwin Wine
Humanistic Judaism Journal, Spring_Summer_Autumn 1976, Vol. IV, Number II
Mr. Kingswell was the interviewer for DETROIT magazine.
"I am an atheist…school discrimination on the basis of philosophy, talent and sex should be allowed…Israel has made the Jew insular and chauvinistic…When people tell me their identity is in being a woman, Polish, a Black Muslim or a Ku Klux Klansmna, I don't believe them…"
Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine is not one to mince words. His shoot-from-the-hip style has on numerous occasions drawn the ire of the nation's Jewish orthodox community which has publicly denounced Detroit's "Godless Rabbi." Undaunted, the 47 year old maverick is located with his loyal followers in Farmington Hills. Today, capacity crowds flock wherever he speaks.
As a 17 year-old Central High School senior. Wine was to display the brilliant intellect and sarcastic wit that would be his trademark when he was honored as the nation's top student in American History in the annual Hearst Newspapers Awards.
Picking up his formal and street education in the Dexter-Davison area, Wine studied philosophy at U-M and went on to graduate from Cincinnati's Hebrew College in 1956. He then served two years as an Army chaplain in Korea. The dapperly dressed Wine is a confirmed bachelor and founder of the Society of Humanistic Judaism, which serves people in six U.S. cities.
Wine holds that "What a man does is the only adequate tst of man's belief." He believes synagogues are a permanent shelter for puberty, and that urban people have very little need for God. In an urban environment people worry about human power; both the good and evil of our city, says Wine, are the creation of man.
Humanistic Judaism has no religious restrictions. Included in the Temple Birmingham (sic) congregation are several gentiles and many young people who believe they have responded to the secular revolution of the "New Jew" who is mobile, intellectual, science-oriented, skeptical, innovative, a money expert, atheistic and aggressive.
Detractors call Rabbi Wine's flock "Super Jews."
The followers of Humanistic Judaism couldn't agree more. Freelance writer Henry Kingswell II found Rabbi Wine in his office at the Birmingham Temple.
DETROIT: How does an ordained rabbi, a spiritual leader of the Jewish community with a new temple and a congregation of over 300 families explain to his religious members that there is no God?
WINE: That's gutless and unimaginative, but a question I've heard a thousand times before. It's not that I have a non-belief in God, but that I've chosen not to use the word. I regard the word 'God' as troublesome because it keeps people from dealing with their own problems effectively and leads them to do things that are totally irrelevant…like prayers and worship. Believing in God is simply irrelevant to solving human problems. It is delegating one's own power and resources to some sort of authoritarian father figure…My decision has been to stop using the word God and instead to talk about brotherhood, love, justice…The word God is just dragging in a word that is confusing to contemporary, urban lifestyles and carries an historical meaning that, in the long run, has always proved negative and unproductive…The issue of God is an absence of imagination. There are other words, other concepts, much more creative and efficient for describing reality. We shouldn't turn any word or person into an idol. To be totally creative is to say 'Kiddo…I'm never trapped.' My congregation is composed mostly of well-educated, professional and business people. Not all are Jewish, but all share a common belief in Humanistic Judaism. The only real world to us is the natural world not the supernatural…If God wants the supernatural world to play with, be my guest.
DETROIT: What about the Bible?
WINE: The Bible–and other traditional religious books, do not answer the questions raised by modern man. As documents for a modern technological, urban society, the Bible, Koran, Torah and other sacred scriptures defy the principal of reason. Humanism holds that truth does not belong in a book because all books have mistakes..all books have authors..Moses, Einstein, Jesus, Philip Roth or what-have-you. Tomorrow a new piece of evidence could possibly turn up that would prove a book mistake and change your mind. There are much more satisfying, informative and entertaining books to read than those written 2,500 years ago. The problem with religious texts like the Bible is that their intellectual framework is authoritarian…it was written for a society that believed in an authoritarian God. Almost everyone in the Bible was a shepherd, fisherman, farmer or some sort of king. Nobody lived in the city, the settings were usually rural. You can't take shepherds and farmers and the problems that grew out of a pastoral, arcadian society and make them models for people who live in big cities…The modern, urban, technological man can learn a hell of a lot more from Bertrand Russell and Erich Fromm than he can from Moses and Jesus.
DETROIT: Can Detroit's problems be solved?
WINE: Certainly. But first what has to be done is to eliminate all the nostalgic, good-old-days concepts adn to initiate some rational, radical concepts. The city government is going to have to understand that they are going to have to renovate.
DETROIT: Which means?
WINE: The future of Detroit will ultimately be as an apartment city. Much of the housing that exists now will have to be torn down…I see Detroit as a city of high rises and shopping centers. You can't restore downtown Detroit, downtowns are out. The future is going to be very different from the past, but most people are nostalgic and live in a fantasy world. The future frightens them. They don't want to create or build, they want to restore the old. 'Gee, wouldn't it be nice if downtown were alive again–nice trees, beautiful, clean streets.' Such mentalities are very harmful if Detroit is to survive. The Detroit of the future must be a city where the contrasts between the rich and poor will have to change, where large spaces occupied by few people will have to go, a city where private auto transportation will not be the major means of getting around town. Detroit should be a planned city of a dozen major shopping centers and community districts, as opposed to a downtown centralization, which is irrational.
DETROIT: Is it irrational to say that you don't live or work in the city and therefore Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine's views are not coming from Detroit, but from suburbia?
WINE: Hardly. For one thing the very nature of our urban civilization is evolving into one city, one world city, from Hong Kong to London, from Toronto to Buenos Aires–and surely from Bloomfield to Detroit. Suburban spread, as we know it, will ultimately be restricted because of economics–the expensive costs of fuel, food and transportation will necessitate building apartment cities. But I'm not so naive as to not know that many of Detroit's problems stem from poor race relations. That will only end when white people learn to accept black people as power figures. Once they (white people) grow accustomed and accept blacks as equals–in some cases as superiors and authority figures–they will stop running…Whites run from blacks because they put them in a lower class image, but that is changing…Realistically, they (the blacks) will have to be accepted as power figures who will make mistakes, be S.O.B.'s and everything that white people do and are…I'm optimistic that in the future Detroit will master its environment and problems.
DETROIT: Is there any evidence that the church–organized religion–will help bring people together?
WINE: Well, let's say that a young Catholic priest today has a lot more in common with a young rabbi or a young reverend than during any time in history…Modern religions are more and more humanistic in their lifestyles and approach to problems, and less and less theistic. Idealistically, they are much closer and share many of the same humanistic, revolutionary concepts. Western culture has permeated and influenced almost all the world churches. For instance, at one time nearly all religions were deeply concerned with life after death but one rarely hears that kind of thing coming from a pulpit nowadays. People care about what is going on today–how can they better their position in life–and could care less for having lectures in ancient Latin or Hebrew and all the patented promises to heaven or hell…Today a minister, priest, rabbi and what-have-you must service the audience. People want to be inspired, and that's a revolutionary change. Entire congregations are crying out that they want to be changed in one way or another. They want variety, in some cases it's outright entertainment and the churches are changing their emphasis from one of prayer and worship to that of fellowship and counseling. If that means more guitars, poetry, clinics and X-rated films…well, that's how the churches are going to hold people's attention and fulfill peoples' needs. Ultimately the religions that survive will be those which accept humanistic goals and transcend themselves, teaching that it's not how people relate to God, but how people related to themselves and other human beings.
DETROIT: How important is money?
WINE: Personally, I am non-accumulative. I earn enough to have the things I want, but I have no concept of saving…I find it very tragic that people find identity with the things they own…I do not wish to own anything I cannot use…that's my personal style. I like generous people who are not uptight about money. I like people who live in small rooms with very sparse settings so that when you walk into their homes they become the center of attention, not some expensive antique.
DETROIT: Tradition does not seem to turn you on.
WINE: Not in any form…and that includes "Fiddler on the Roof." In a world of continual change, tradition is devastating. People must find new answers to problems as they emerge. A successful society requires a lot of people who concentrate on the future. Far too many people talk about something that cannot be changed–about going back to the land–which is just another way of not finding a creative alternative. It's similar to the numbers of people who work at a place like the GM Tech Center, where they are involved in exciting work making decisions, blueprinting new designs. But then they go home and choke themselves off from the creative world…they become very conservative, unresponsive, lack imagination, become traditionalists. They are locked in a strict routine, a rut, while all the time they could be planning new, exciting adventures. Tradition can easily wind up causing self-hate and retardation of personal growth.
DETROIT: Would this be the same kind of self-hate that you have written about Zionism and the State of Israel?
WINE: My feelings about that are public record. I believe Israel has a right to exist and I will do what I can to see that it does. However, I do not view Israel the way other people–especially the Zionists–do, namely, that it is the center of Jewish life. To me, the center of Jewish life is where most Jews live. I don't believe people have to go there to reconstitute a Jewish nation…Today Detroit has giben much more to Tel Aviv than Te Aviv has to Detroit…As for Zionism, it is a direct response to anti-Semitism. And anti-Semitism says that the most important thing about Sherwin Wine is that he is Jewish. Hogwash! I'm proud of being Jewish but I will not be brainwashed. Basically, Zionism has built into it the same premise of anti-Semitism…I will deal with the enemy on humanistic terms, as an individual.
DETROIT: Your comments after returning from Israel met with much controversy. Would you care to reiterate or modify any of those statements.
WINE: Why? I'm not afraid or embarrassed. Israel was founded to a large degree by Zionists who said the Jews are a nation and that they ought to return to their own land. From my view, Jews have stopped being a nation and have become a world people. Israel is simply not the most important aspect of Jewish life. For the most part Israel serves as a refuge for people who have nowhere to go…My problem with Israel is the same as my problem with the United States–I do not like nationalism. I am an internationalist. As a humanist I look forward to breaking down all national barriers. Indeed, the goal of religious teaching should not be to train good Israelis or good Americans but to teach people to be good world citizens. We live in an international, urban, world culture–more and more so–and we can only solve our problems if we learn to become international, world citizens…We must train Israelis not to think that Israel is the be-all-to-end-all. We must teach Americans that maybe it's all right to give up some sovereignty to something greater and bigger…
DETROIT: Do you believe in the international Jewish conspiracy theory that some people claim exists?
WINE: Jews are by nature of their 2,000 year urban tradition very good with words. Their best skills are verbal. Therefore, they are bound to shine intellectually in any country they live. There is a large percentage of writers above and beyond the normal ethnic percentage. In countries like France, England, Canada…you can't talk about literature without talking about Jewish participation.
DETROIT: As well as the U.S,?
WINE: Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, Leon Uris, Saul Bellow, Malcolm, Malamud and quite a few others have certainly left their mark on contemporary American literature. But when the overwhelming majority write about Jewish life they write about pious, religious, bible-reading people who aren't in any way, shape or form like any Jewish people I know.
DETROIT: What about the way catholicism was presented in "The Exorcist?"
WINE: Undoubtedly "The Exorcist" was the funniest film I've ever seen. First of all the little girl–the little goody-goody, cutesy-wootsy kid that gets possessed–she deserved it. And those two priests! I could ot wait for them to go at the end.They were bad news. One was a self-pitying intellectual, the other was a mumbler. The most attractive person in that whole film was the devil…He had the best lines, the best style…I really liked him.
DETROIT: Exactly how do other religious clergy members react to your dialogue?
WINE: What I do is say out loud what many of them already know and think. My role: I make it easier for them to come out of the closet, because I've let it all hang out. Basically, I'm good for ministers, priests and rabbis. They don't hate me, because they know that the things I say paraphrase many of their own thoughts and beliefs…Another of my roles is to articulate those things that might appear very frightening to the religious community.
DETROIT: What is the greatest frustration you find in your work?
WINE: The absence of laughter in religion I find that the healthiest emotion is laughter. Laughter is necessary for seeing alternatives. When people can't find alternatives they feel trapped, they can't relax. I like people who look at life with imagination (sic) and enthusiasm of Zorba the Greek.If something collapses…you go on and build another. If that collapses, you have a rousing laugh and start all over again. Far too many people feel that if they lose that one special person , that one book, that one house, that they are gone…The key is being able to imagine alternatives. People who can laugh a lot, generally can cope.
DETROIT: If you would, give an instant analysis of the following persons or situation…Busing.
WINE: To me, busing would only be a very expensive procedure with very minimal results…It's an old liberal cliche used by an unimaginative government bureaucracy and will not produce an integrated society.
DETROIT: Rabbi Korf? (The self-appointed legal fundraiser for Richard Nixon.)
WINE: That's easy. The man is either an opportunist or insane…or both.
DETROIT: Public financing of private schools?
WINE: Money should be allotted to individuals to use as they choose…to provide as much educational variety as possible…Discrimination on the basis of philososphy, talent and sex should be allowed…
DETROIT: Are you ready for hell?
WINE: Sure, why not? Besides, I'm not sure I would want to be in heaven anyway. Before I would be interested in heaven I would need more information about the place and what they do there. I don't want to go to some eternal spot before I know what the programs and activities are. I might find heaven a bore…and I'm not too sure I would like God. Hell might be just the right spot—valhalla! For me, physical death is mental death: when the body decays the central nervous system goes. Life after death hardly seems practical, either in heaven or hell. It exhausts me just thinking about the subject. I mean you're speaking of eternity and like I say, I'm afraid that heaven is not all it's cracked up to be and God may be an absolutely dull and boring person…Who wants to spend time trapped in space with a dull, boring person? I don't.
DETROIT: That is exactly the kind of dialogue that your detractors find indignant and sacrilegious. They say you should cool it. How do you deal with their anger?
WINE: Well, I don't mind dealing with hostility if it's over important matters. I enjoy the whole process of convincing, persuading, talking, arguing—I enjoy it. Some people get very uptight, I don't. Controversy has never been burdensome to me, it has never been traumatic or terrible. Well, it's fun. Even obscene letters, they don't upset me. I realize that there's a lot of sick people out there, but as a human being, a Humanistic Jew, I can't preoccupy myself with thoughts of what others think of me. I must get on with my work.
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Q: Compare two arrays to get the missing array and new array in java I have an array which shows the cities  selected  in database as cities=["1","3"] where 1 is Bombay and 3 is bangalore
Now while editing the user deselects Bombay and selects chennai, The new array is ["2","3"]
HTML:
<select name="cities">

<option value="1">Bombay</option>
<option value="2">Chennai</option>
<option value="3">Bangalore</option>
<option value="4">Delhi</option>
<option value="5">Calcutta</option>
</select>

How to get an array which contains the missing values(1)  and an array for newly  selected (2) so that when compared with selected array, if it is missing should update else should insert in  database

A: You can use guava libraries for getting the difference between the sets.
What you can do is convert bothe the arrays to Set
new HashSet(Arrays.asList(array));
And similalarly for the sencond array as well
Then pass the Sets to guava difference method
public static Sets.SetView difference(Set set1, Set set2)
.If you don't want to use any 3rd party libraries, You can check out this question
question

A: public class Main {

public static void main(String[] args) {
  final String[] arr1 = {"1", "3"};
  final String[] arr2 = {"2", "3"};
  List<String> missing = new ArrayList<String>(); // the missing vals
  List<String> have = new ArrayList<String>();    // the common vals
  List<String> newV = new ArrayList<String>();    // the new entries

  Set<String> aSet = new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList(arr1));
  Set<String> bSet = new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList(arr2));

  for (String s : aSet) {
    if (bSet.contains(s)) {
      have.add(s);
    } else {
      missing.add(s);
    }
  }

  for (String s : bSet) {
    if (!aSet.contains(s)) {
      newV.add(s);
    }
  }
}
}

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Ask the Experts: Glacial Acrylic Acid (GAA) Monomer
Glacial Acrylic Acid Monomer, commonly known by the acronym GAA, is an unsaturated carboxylic acid co-monomer used by Gantrade customers as a building block to produce acid-functional and crosslinked acrylic copolymers and polyacrylic acids. These copolymers and polyacrylic acids are then used to optimize a number of products including finishes, coatings, adhesives, sealants, inks, flocculants, thickeners, dispersing agents, lubricants, saturants and plastics.
Use of GAA is on the rise, around the world and in some diverse industry sectors. Recently, Thomas Daluz, Benjamin Stoess, and Gareth Williams from our product team sat down to discuss GAA and its growing demand worldwide.
You're seeing increased interest in Glacial Acrylic Acid worldwide. What's behind the higher demand?
Thomas: "GAA is in higher demand right now because of the performance capabilities it adds to a formulation, but also its ability to play well with other chemicals during processing. It's a high-performance additive that also helps with easier processing when you're trying to optimize a finish or coating, and lots of manufacturers are seeing the GAA value proposition and bringing it into their portfolios."
Are you seeing interest rise in specific geographies and industries?
Benjamin: "GAA offers significant advantages as a co-monomer in a wide range of acrylic and vinyl acrylic polymer-based finishes, coatings, adhesives, sealants, finishes, inks, flocculants, thickeners, dispersing agent, lubricants, saturants and plastics. Other copolymer uses of GAA, especially with acrylamide co-monomer, include oil-field drilling fluids, fracking systems, mining processing chemicals, detergent builders, water treatment chemicals and superabsorbent materials (SAPs).
What's the value proposition for Glacial Acrylic Acid?
Gareth: Specifically, GAA is easy to work with and brings about several performance attributes that formulators desire. It easily copolymerizes with acrylic and methacrylic esters, ethylene, vinyl acetate, styrene, butadiene, acrylonitrile, maleic esters, vinyl chloride and vinylidene chloride. That's a big list that impacts a lot of products across a lot of industries. Copolymers which contain GAA can be solubilized or exhibit improved dispersions in water; the carboxylic acid moiety can be used for coupling or crosslinking reactions, and improved adhesion."
How does Glacial Acrylic Acid improve product performance?
Benjamin: "Acrylic co-polymer emulsions and dispersions produced using GAA are able to achieve multiple performance attributes. GAA is great for crosslinking, polarity, and dispersibility. It also adds a lot of toughness and tensile properties from hydrogen bonding. You get improved adhesion to polar surfaces and fillers especially, and the more GAA you use, the more adhesive the end mix becomes."
How about processing?
Gareth: "GAA is a real asset when it comes to more efficient processing. Copolymers which contain GAA can be solubilized or exhibit improved dispersions in water; the carboxylic acid moiety can be used for coupling or crosslinking reactions, and improved adhesion. GAA copolymers are used in the form of their free acid, ammonium salts or alkali salts.
Thomas: "These polymeric uses for GAA account for approximately 45 percent of global consumption of acrylic acid monomers, so using GAA is popular and getting moreso."
Is Glacial Acrylic Acid as prevalent in conjunction with organofunctional silanes?
Benjamin: "Yes. Organofunctional silanes are often used to modify GAA copolymers to enhance adhesion to surfaces like glass, glass fibers, metals, silica and other mineral fillers, and concrete. Silane-modified acrylic copolymers also improves the compatibility and dispersability of fillers in a polymer matrix."
Thomas: "The most common organofunctional silanes used to modify GAA copolymers are the aminosilanes and glycidyl silanes. The silane adhesion promoter acts as a strong molecular bridge between chemically different materials. The benefits include Improved adhesion to both wet and dry surfaces. You also get increased moisture and solvent resistance. From an application standpoint, you see improved wetting of fillers and surfaces, improved filler dispersion, and improved mechanical properties."
What can formulators expect when adding Glacial Acrylic Acid to co-monomers for acrylic polymer emulsions?
Gareth: "You can use butyl acrylate (BA), 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (2-EHA), methyl and ethyl acrylate (MA & EA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) along with GAA as co-monomers for acrylic polymer emulsions. As long as you select the appropriate glass transition temperature (Tg), you can achieve some really nice attributes like greater durability, and moisture and chemical resistance."
For more information on GAA, contact our team today or visit our GAA FAQ page. We can help you develop the right solutions for your business.


International Puppy was established by founders Flip Gray and Joe Mastrapasqua in November 2011. Bruce Taylor who had been helping establish IPC since the beginning was added as an owner in 2015. The mission of International Puppy is to help the human puppy community grow and to hold an annual International Puppy Contest to show the best of the best human pups from around the country and around the world. It's more than just a one weekend annual event, it's a daily, year-round effort to bring the puppy community together. We are working hard to promote education, understanding, opportunity and friendship to pups new and old.
The International Puppy Contest was created in 2011 to fill the 7 year void left after the International Puppy and Trainer Contest was replaced by the International Puppy and Trainer Conference (IPTC) in 2006 which held educational classes and demos instead of contests. IPTC was later retired in 2010 (see IPTC farewell Press Release). International Puppy tried to contact the former producers of the retired IPTC in hopes of continuing it but received no replies. After seeing several messages posted publicly by them stating they were not going to change their minds about retiring IPTC, we decided to create our own contest. It was originally designed to be a local Leather Puppy category for the Tampa Bay LeatherSIR and Leatherboy Contest which quickly became the model used by many other puppy contests around the nation. After the initial announcement for the Tampa Bay Leather Sir/boy/puppy Contest, feedback from puppies outside the Tampa Bay area and outside the leather community required it to rapidly expand to be pansexual and include all puppy breeds (leather, rubber, etc.). To avoid the confusion and conflict caused by being part of the local leather contest, it was decided to make it a separate contest open to all puppies internationally regardless of breed, gender or location.
After announcing we were now going to be an international contest, we were contacted by one of the former co-producers of IPTC inquiring why we were not continuing the retired IPTC legacy. International Puppy is all about puppies, our focus is not about trainers or handlers, it is about puppies and giving puppies with or without owners or trainers a place to show off, have some fun and earn a title at the same time so we decided not to attempt reviving the retired IPTC which focused on puppy and trainer couples.
No details about the retired International Puppy and Trainer Conference or their abandoned International Puppy and Trainer Contest could be retrieved from any public resource as all of their domain names were expired and all of their websites were taken down. Very little information could be found about International Puppy and Trainer Conference at all in the Leather Archives so Pup Flip Gray and Master Joseph Mastrapasqua of Puppy Graphics, LLC created a new contest from scratch using the existing Tampa Bay Leather SIR/boy/puppy contest as a model, registered it in the state of Florida as dba International Puppy and filed for a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
We immediately started helping puppies around the world organize their own groups and contests and the puppy community grew at a rapid rate confirming the need for new contests, events and awards dedicated entirely to the puppy community.
We wanted to create an event that was controlled and organized for puppies by puppies in a way that didn't depend on only one or two individuals to ensure it could survive the test of time so we changed International Puppy from a DBA to an LLC and added additional owners. We feel we have accomplished that goal and what we feel Patrick Chees (aka Nipper) and the Lone Star boys of Leather, creators of the first International Puppy Contest, originally envisioned for puppies in 2001.
We're looking forward to meeting all the puppies, handlers, trainers and their admirers at our next International Puppy Contest!


With so many different options out there, it's important to find the best air fryers available to purchase! Here are the ones that you need to consider!
Before hopping into the amazing air fryer options to purchase, it's important to understand what an air fryer truly even does. Does it shorter cooking time? Sometimes. Does it use a substantial less amount of oil? Yes!
Basically, some foods can be cooked without oil in the power air fryer, while others may need a bit of a lesser amount. The cooking methods can vary depending on the recipe as well. If you want oil, you can add oil. If you don't want oil, you can give it a go with less and see if you like the outcome! It is possible to have a type of oil less deep fryer with your air fryer, depending on your recipe of choice!
What I love most about my Air Fryer that I use is that it's simple, it's a healthier option and it still gives that deep fry crisp, without all that added grease, oil and fat.
I love knowing that anything that I put into my Air Fryer, will come out perfectly cooked. I mean, c'mon, that crunch of food is awesome, right?!
The answer is no to this one. While they make seem similar, the way that the air fryers cook may be different. Some may be different sizes (16 quart, 8 quart, etc) and others may have options to even rotisserie and dehydrate as well! Do your research before deciding which one is right for you and your family!
The best part about searching for Air Fryers online is that you can compare all the options quickly and easily. Read the sizes, the warranty, the cooking information and see if the options come with cookbooks as well. All those things are important when it comes to finding the ones that is best for you!
When looking at and comparing all the air cookers and air fryer ovens out there, here are some of the best to consider!
Not only does this power air fryer oven fry, it also dehydrates and rotisserie as well! You can add fruit and make some awesome fruit jerky, too.
Reviews love the ease and size of this appliance, but the option to dehydrate as well. Think about all the fruit strips and healthy fruit snacks that you can make for your little ones!
Another great feature is that it has a touch screen, easy to use and read screen and comes with 3 different cookbooks for all your food needs! Our house is vegetarian, but I know many people love to use their air fryer to fry foods like chicken wings for the football season!
Fyer foods have never been more simple than with this hot air fryer. Plus, this one gives you the option to bake as well! Fry some veggies and then back up a cake? Yes, please!
The best part about using this appliance? You don't have to turn on your oven in your house. During those hot summer days, this appliance is perfect. Keep the focus on circulating hot air inside your air fryer, and not inside and around your home!
Those who own this state that it's more like an air baker, than a fryer and things cook up crispy and delicious with ease!
This is the one that I have, and I can't say enough great things about it. It even comes with a baking insert and a pizza pan! Pizza in your power airfryer xl? 100% yes!
Not only is it simple for me to use, but my family also loves it as well. With the push of a button, this power air fryer xl can make up any after school treat or quick dinner option that my family can enjoy.
Plus, cooking with fewer calories is something that we all can love and relate too!
Clean up is simple and the size of this air fryer allows for hefty meals to be made inside.
Air fryer reviews on Amazon even show that some people pack it and take it with them on trips and vacations. With the ease of it only having to be plugged in to work, this makes total sense to me!
Owners of this air fryer agree that the browning of the food that this machine can do it top notch. Again, crispiness is key when it comes to eating food from your air fryer!
The design of this appliance is a bit smaller and round, but it still cooks up your food with ease each and every time. Clean up is a breeze and this air fryer gives you an easy way to cook up your food with a healthier twist!
Yes, you read that right! Not only does this little gem fry, but it also gives other options for baking and grilling as well. Plus, it's dishwasher safe making it an absolute breeze for cleanup.
And isn't that so important? The time you spend cleaning up shouldn't overshadow the use of the machine!
If you are looking for a great way to cook a variety of food and meals, this is a great option for you and your family!
It's time to invest in an air fryer for you and your family! With all these amazing options above, you should have no issue figuring out which one is right for you!
If you are looking for some of the best air fryer recipes out there, check out HERE for some great options!
Did I miss a GREAT air fryer? Leave your favorite air fryer name in the comments!
I don't know anything about air fryers, so this is very helpful. They seem to make life so convenient – I would definitely love to have one!
I got an air fryer a few years ago but haven't used it much. This post reminds me I need to take it out more often. There is so many great recipes I can make with it.
So many great things you can make in them!
I have an air fryer and do not know how I survived without one. It really is awesome. I own the Magic Chef one.
That's awesome! What is your favorite thing to cook in the air fryer? While we don't eat meat, I hear that things like chicken tenders and wings are amazing in it!
I never knew what it is used for. Now I know. Get review. I will get it tomorrow.
Let me know which one you decide on!
I have seen so many amazing air fryer recipes on the web lately. I really need to break down and FINALLY buy one to have on hand to make all of them that look so delicious.
There truly are so many great air fryers out there on the market!
For sure add it to your Christmas list!
It is a MUST HAVE in the kitchen!
I use my air fryer a lot! I purchased a very simple, inexpensive one from walmart.ca because I didn't know if I was going to use it that much, but it is something I use a lot. There's a huge range of prices but my Toastmaster basic model does everything I need.
It's just me so I didn't need a large one. I make what I call potato crispies very often — I scrub and cut potatoes with a wavy cutter into small cubes, put them in a bowl with a very small amount of oil, shake them around, pop them into the air fryer on highest heat for about 13 minutes or so — shaking from time to time.
Tonight I had the first baked potato I've had in years. I scrubbed, punctured and microwaved a medium potato for 4.5 minute, rubbed oil on it and baked it in the air fryer at 390 for around 10 minutes, turning it once. What a great evening snack.
If you don't need all the bells and whistles then get a simple one – but check the size you will need. You can do everything in it you can do in an oven — easier, faster, and with less electricity.
I use mine a lot too! There is a huge range of prices, totally agree! The potato crispises sound delicious!