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Spy vs Spy!
That's Bond– James Bond
Since I was a teenager I have loved me some spy novels and such….but you know real-life is just as interesting as the fiction stuff.
Remember a few years back when the US caught all those Russian sleeper agents…..one was a sexy red head that could make a dead guy write bad checks.
Then there are stories of the assassinations around the world…especially the ex-KGB guy that was poisoned in the UK with his tea…..
Then I read the report of a Brit spy that was found dead stuffed into a sports bag…..
After the dead body of an MI6 spy was found locked in a sports bag in London, police said the death was "probably an accident" – but British and American spy agencies have secret intelligence suggesting Gareth Williams may have been assassinated over highly sensitive work on Russia.
A British spy whose naked body was found decomposing in a padlocked sports bag in his bathtub is among at least 14 people suspected of having been killed by Russian assassins on British soil, BuzzFeed News can reveal.
Source: The Death Of The Spy In The Bag Is Linked To Russia By Secret Intelligence Files
See what I mean…fascinating.
My question is how does a dead guy accidentally lock himself into a sports bag?
Any answers out there?
Time to say bye for the day…..hope you will join tomorrow for more stuff…..chuq
By loboteroin News 30 June 2017 244 Words13 Comments
Mississippi–Is It 1950?
Speaking of Mississippi…….
When I write about the racial tensions that still exist in my state, Mississippi, many people think I am making it all up…..
This is just one area where the racial bias is happening….but not the only area…..
For generations, black residents of Canton, Mississippi have lived under siege from a heavy-handed sheriff's department. Now the ACLU is suing the system.
The sheriff's deputy has his hand around Khadafy Manning's neck. Manning, a 35-year-old black man, is standing rod straight, or at least as straight as someone with a debilitating spinal injury can, with his hands cuffed behind his back, dressed in his underwear, asking why he is being humiliated in his own living room.
"Officer, please. Why are you handling me like this?"
"Because you ain't acting right," the deputy responds.
Source: Police Roadblocks Are Rights-Free Zones In Madison County, Mississippi – Reason.com
There should be a sign on the highways that lead into Mississippi and they should read….
"Welcome to Mississippi
Set Your clocks back 150 years."
By loboteroin Mississippi, News 30 June 2017 177 Words8 Comments
House Committee Votes to Repeal AUMF
I never thought that I would live to see the day when a GOP led House Committee voted to repeal AUMF……
House Committee Votes to Repeal AUMF, Ruled 'Out of Order'| Republican leaders argue vote cripples terror war, shouldn't count.
In a stunning move, the House Appropriations Committee today approved an amendment to the massive military spending bill offered by Rep. Barbara Lee (D – CA). The amendment, passed in a voice vote, and would repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF).
Source: House Committee Votes to Repeal AUMF, Ruled 'Out of Order' – News From Antiwar.com
It is still NOT a done deal….but one helluva step forward.
By loboteroin News, Politics, Public Policy, War 30 June 2017 114 Words5 Comments
So It Is Written, So It Is Done
I seldom write about my state, Mississippi……basically nothing of interest happens too often….but I do like their politics. A Bible Belt conservative state that elects those people that do the most damage to the state……in essence a cultural wasteland.
My state has about 21.6% poverty……is 49th on the health index…..49th on the best educated index…..I could go on with the stats so let us just say Mississippi is at the bottom or near on every "good" characteristic and at the top or near on every "bad" characteristic……
I bring this up because of the laws that will go into effect on 01 July…..one would think the the reps would be addressing the economic characteristics that effect the people of this state, right?
You would be sadly mistaken!
These are the laws that will go into effect next week…..
HB 511: Ready to pass a big truck on I-55? The left lane should be free, since a new law is taking effect that outlaws "lollygagging" in the left lane on the interstate. If you're caught hogging the left lane, you could face a fine of anywhere from $25 to $50.
SB 2968: Soon, there will be more highway patrolmen on the roads with you. With this law, trooper school has been funded. Classes start in October, and by the first of the year, new troopers will be hitting the roadways.
SB 2710: Sanctuary cities for undocumented immigrants has been a hot topic across the United States, but they will be outlawed in Mississippi starting July 1. The law also prohibits municipalities from prohibiting a city employee from asking a citizen about their immigration status.
SB 2689: Campaign funds will no longer be able to be used for personal use come July 1. This means any funds that were collected by any political campaign for the purpose of furthering the candidate cannot be used for personal vehicles, homes, rent, etc. If any campaign funds are left over after the fact, they will have to be returned to the donors, donated to the state, or can be donated to another political or charitable cause.
HB 1046: Students who have relied on the Mississippi Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship can now continue to utilize that scholarship all the way through school. The scholarship can be used to enroll in private school, therapy programs, or purchase resources that would further the child's abilities in school.
HB 1322: Craft beer breweries in the state can now sell their products onsite. Initially, breweries could conduct tours and host events, but would have to direct customers to a nearby distributor for their beer or light wine. Here's the catch: they can sell it to you there, but you have to take it away to drink it. It'll be sealed. You won't be able to down that six-pack at the brewery itself.
There you are…..new laws…typical Repub bullshit that does NOTHING to improve the lives of the people of Mississippi.
This is why Mississippi remains at the bottom of the list of good states in which to live.
I once called the government of Mississippi as a "Moronocracy" and nothing has changed in 35 years.
By loboteroin Mississippi, News, Society 30 June 2017 525 Words13 Comments
Pointing The Way To War?
Iran has not been in the news much these day…the silly season is on the Russia thing and the new health care mash up…..but deep beneath the news these days is Iran and the direction that the president in his "wisdom" is traveling.
There has been triggers that are pointing to a coming war with Iran…..
The long-simmering conflict between the United States and Iran is fast escalating toward war. The battlefield is the desert expanse of eastern Syria where civil war has raged for the last five years. Tehran wants to keep U.S. forces out of the area, while Washington wants to use the region to wage war against Iran's ally, Syria.
After 15 years of unsuccessful war in Afghanistan and Iraq, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the Trump administration is pursuing a policy of "regime change" in Iran that might lead to a third U.S. ground war in the Middle East since 2001.
Restraint is breaking down. While President Obama resisted U.S. involvement in the Syrian civil war, Trump has approved it. While Obama pursued dialog with Iran, Trump has embraced the new Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, who laid down his country's new, harsher line in April. 'We will not wait until the battle is in Saudi Arabia," he said, "but we will work so the battle is there in Iran."
Source: 6 Trigger Points: How the Conflict Between the United States and Iran Is Fast Escalating Toward War | Alternet
The rhetoric is picking up to the point that makes war with Iran a likelihood….the defense build-up points to something big brewing…..Afghanistan would make a good platform to launch an attack on Iran and we are slowly building the troop levels and ordinance up…..will calmer heads prevail?
Not in this admin….calm heads is the furthest thing from reality…….war is coming…..are you ready for more death and destruction?
The only nation that would benefit from such a war would be Israel….but it would only be short lived until they, Israel, can invent a new foe……a new threat.
The losers as always will be the American people and society.
By loboteroin Foreign policy, International Situations, War 30 June 2017 364 Words6 Comments
While The World Implodes
Syria is a bloody mess……Iraq likewise…Afghanistan is waiting….Balkans are verbally hot…..South China Sea is boiling……you get it! The world is far from a peaceful place and yet the man that is the most powerful person in the world spends his time bullying women on Twitter…..
Not the first time that trump has attacked a woman for a slight that he has perceived….just the most recent…..
President Trump has been going after media outlets with a renewed vengeance this week, but things got decidedly personal Thursday morning when he took aim at Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's Morning Joe program. "I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore)," he began in a two–tweet attack. "Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!" ("Psycho Joe" is a reference to Joe Scarborough.) Within a half-hour of Trump's tweets, Brzezinski fired back with a tweeted photo mocking Trump in sync with the small-hands theme.
It's not clear what set off the president, but earlier on her show, Brzezinski slammed his behavior. "Let's say someone came into NBC and took over NBC, and started tweeting wildly about people's appearances, bullying people … that person would be thrown out," she said, per Raw Story. She added that "there would be concerns that the person who runs the company is out of his mind." Before the president tweeted, Trump social media director Dan Scavino also unloaded on "DumbAsARockMika" and Scarborough, saying they were "unhinged" since Trump stopped returning their calls.
What type of person would do this? Not someone that is the president of the USA, right?
…….the White House didn't relent: "I don't think that the president's ever been someone who gets attacked and doesn't push back," said deputy press chief Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Fox News. She said Trump has been the target of an "outrageous number of personal attacks," and he's responding in kind, per Mediaite. "This is a president who fights fire with fire and certainly will not be allowed to be bullied by liberal media and the liberal elites within the media or Hollywood or anywhere else." Elsewhere:
Criticism from GOP: "I don't see that as an appropriate comment," said Paul Ryan, per Politico. "This is not okay," tweeted Rep. Lynn Jenkins of Kansas. "Beneath the office," wrote Sen. Lindsey Graham, a line echoed by Sen. Ben Sasse.
Why the trolling? The right-wing site Twitchy notes that when Republicans such as Sasse call out Trump, they get trolled, instead of supported, from the left. It has examples.
First lady defends: A spokeswoman for Melania Trump defended the president. "When her husband gets attacked, he will punch back 10 times harder," she said, per CNN's Jeff Zeleny. People can't resist pointing out that Melania once vowed to fight social media bullying.
Background: The Washington Post traces the long, up-and-down relationship between the Morning Joe hosts and Trump. It used to be quite cozy.
From Democrats: "Monstrous," tweeted Sen. Chris Murphy. "An attack on women everywhere," says the Democratic National Committee, per the Hill.
Breitbart: Its coverage says Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough had "sneered mockingly" at Trump prior to the presidential tweet. (Brzezinski had suggested he was "out of his mind," per Raw Story.)
Network: "It's a sad day for America when the president spends his time bullying, lying and spewing petty personal attacks instead of doing his job," says an MSNBC statement. Mark Kornblau, a communications VP for NBC Universal, wrote: "Never imagined a day when I would think to myself, 'it is beneath my dignity to respond to the President of the United States.'"
Hannity: Fox News host Sean Hannity, one of Trump's strongest supporters, didn't retreat: "Maybe liberal Joe should stop calling the @POTUS a schmuck, a liar, a thug and mentally unhinged. Were they kissing @POTUS ass at xmas? Yes."
Are you surprised at this action? Why would you? I am not! I have come to expect this type of low class attitude from this person.
There are no consequences for his action….this will not be the last time he does this type cowardly attack….after all he is a bully and he just does what bullies do. His party will do nothing for they are cowards and this will continue followed by strong words and then back to business as usual.
He has done nothing but diminish the office of the president every time he does something as stupid as this latest attack. The actions of a petty vindictive tyrant….
He is a pathetic, disgusting little man….sadly he cannot be ignored.
By loboteroin News, Society 30 June 2017 793 Words16 Comments
Ever Heard Of USIP?
USIP is a program that was passed during the Reagan years.
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent national institute, founded by Congress and dedicated to the proposition that a world without violent conflict is possible, practical, and essential for U.S. and global security. USIP pursues this vision on the ground in conflict zones, working with local partners to prevent conflicts from turning to bloodshed and to end it when they do. The Institute provides training, analysis, and other resources to people, organizations, and governments working to build peace.
Our generals will be the first to tell you it's cheaper to prevent a war than fight one. Lawmakers should keep this in mind as they face an unusually complex budgetary environment this year.
As Congress navigates budget caps and a White House determined to slash spending, it also must consider the turmoil and violence rocking the world.
Source: Give a Reagan-era peace institute a chance | TheHill
I know our new president is all about fighting wars but we have only so much cash to do what he wants and now he purposes even more tax cuts meaning less money yet again.
Maybe if he or his advisors like Tillerson would spend a little time doing some research then they might find that the Reagan idea does have value.
Okay I know that I am not one of Reagan's biggest fans but he did have some ideas that deserve another look see.
That is unless continuous war is the main goal of the Trump cabal.
And it is looking more and more like it is…..to the point that trump is trying to establish a new world order.
That Donald Trump is a grand disruptor when it comes to international affairs is now a commonplace observation in the establishment media. By snubbing NATO and withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, we've been told, President Trump is dismantling the liberal world order created by Franklin D. Roosevelt at the end of World War II. "Present at the Destruction" is the way Foreign Affairs magazine, the flagship publication of the Council on Foreign Relations, put it on its latest cover. Similar headlines can be found on the editorial pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post. But these prophecies of impending global disorder miss a crucial point: in his own quixotic way, Donald Trump is not only trying to obliterate the existing world order, but also attempting to lay the foundations for a new one, a world in which fossil-fuel powers will contend for supremacy with post-carbon, green-energy states.
Source: Is Trump launching a new world order? , by Michael T Klare (Le Monde diplomatique – English edition, June 2017)
Continuous war is looking more and more like the future for the US….that is unless someone steps up and takes a stand.
Will USIP survive in the Trump era?
By loboteroin Fiscal Policy, Foreign policy, History, International Situations, War 30 June 2017 482 Words6 Comments
Protect my 'Net!
For a couple of years now there has been a debate about net neutrality and why it is important.
We also have had those that say who cares.
We all should care about our internet access……and here is why….
Next month, Amazon, Netflix, and dozens of other companies and organizations will host a "day of action" aimed at saving net neutrality as we know it. The Federal Communications Commission, meanwhile, is on the verge of revoking its own authority to enforce net neutrality rules, and the country's biggest telecommunications companies are cheering along. The future of the internet is on the line here, but it's easy to be cynical about the conflict: What does it matter which set of giant corporations controls the internet?
Under the current net neutrality rules, broadband providers like Comcast and Charter, and wireless providers like AT&T and Verizon, can't block or slow down your access to lawful content, nor can they create so-called "fast lanes" for content providers who are willing to pay extra. In other words, your internet provider can't slow your Amazon Prime Video stream to a crawl so you'll keep your Comcast cable plan, and your mobile carrier can't stop you from using Microsoft's Skype instead of your own Verizon cell phone minutes.
Source: Why Net Neutrality Matters | WIRED
Me? I am old and probably does not matter much…but my granddaughter will be effected if these toads have their way.
TTFN–time for me to have a nap after all I'm old and we need our rest, right?
See ya tomorrow…chuq
By loboteroin Business, Civil Rights, Society 29 June 2017 269 Words10 Comments
What About Military Blunders?
I recently wrote a post about Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, and since that wound up being a total disaster I started thinking about other military blunders….disasters that accomplished little and cost the lives of many.
Let's look at the last 100 years or so…….
The first one that I thought about was a battle in World War One…..Gallipoli. An operation attempted by the allies to take on the Ottoman Empire….it was a total bust….
British General Sir Ian Hamilton might not have been a full-fledged ass, but he was certainly a bumbling Ferdinand the bull—shy, courteous and overly accommodating. Unfortunately, Lord Kitchener, Britain's Secretary of State for War, gave him command of the 1915 invasion of Gallipoli—the amphibious landings by British, French and ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) troops intended to take Turkey, a German ally, out of the war. The campaign demanded an assertive, tactically brilliant, take-charge commander. Instead, the Allies got a kindly uncle who really didn't want to interfere with his brigadier nephews.
There were others……
Source: The Worst Battlefield Blunders: Five Battles That Ended Badly | HistoryNet
These battles are seldom brought when the study of war is taught….basically because they were failures and few want to know about the military's failures.
Your history lesson is complete……more to come (insert heavy sighs)…
Class dismissed.
By loboteroin History, Military, Professor's Classroom, War 29 June 2017 233 Words10 Comments
Are Tribes The Answer?
Back in the Dark Ages of the Iraq War, 2007, the president decided that he would send more troops into Iraq to help with security for Baghdad and Anbar province……the general at the time, Patreues, also conned the tribes of Anbar into working with the US and to stop the advance of the AQ backed insurgency.
Using the tribes was a novel idea….of course they were promised things like protection, weapons and most important money for their help with the problem.
I relive this part of the war history because it was a stroke of genius and that I do not understand why the technique has been abandoned.
We, the US, could be using tribes in several conflicts to do some of the lifting…..across the Middle East tribes are the central aspect of life…..so why not try to duplicate the small successes we have had in the past……
For instance in Yemen…where the US has had an on-going battle with AQAP…why not turn to the tribes that do not like AQ……some thoughts on the subject….
Source: The US is failing to exploit tribal anti-AQAP sentiments in Yemen – Middle East Monitor
Then there is Syria and its array of tribal connections…can the tribes work on the aftermath?
Some say no……
Source: After Raqqa: The Challenges Posed by Syria's Tribal Networks – Jamestown
I keep harping on trying to find a new plan….I would say this idea would be considered a new plan….well at this time anyway….it had been a success…It could be again.
What we got to lose?
By loboteroin International Situations, War 29 June 2017 269 Words6 Comments


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The great opera composer Gioacchino Rossini (1792 – 1868) seems to have had a special affinity all his life for the sound of the lowest string instrument. Already at the age of twelve, he wrote the Sei Sonate a quattro for 2 violins, violoncello and double bass, in which the bass was given various small, idiomatic solos. The well-known Duetto for violoncello and double … more
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Tobias Glöckler is associate principal double bass player at the Dresdner Philharmonie and a prizewinner of the International ISB Double Bass Competition (USA). He studied with Konrad Siebach at the Music Conservatory in Leipzig, perfecting his skills with Jeff Bradetich (Chicago) and Ulrich Lau (Stuttgart). While studying, he was principal double bass player with the International Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra under Claudio Abbado. He has performed as a soloist with different orchestras, including the Dresdner Philharmonie with Ton Koopman. In addition he has made recordings for radio and has made guest appearances at diverse music festivals. He is a founding member of and solo bass player with the "ensemble frauenkirche" and has explored a great many chamber music works with the Dresdner String Quintet.
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Radford Island
Map of Radford Island in the Marshall Archipelago
Radford Island (76°54′S 146°36′W) is an ice-covered island surmounted by several peaks, lying 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Saunders Mountain in the east part of Marshall Archipelago.
The island was discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on the Eastern Flight of 5 December 1929. It was further mapped as a part of the mainland by the United States Antarctic Service during the years 1939–1941. The feature was finally determined to be an island by the U.S. Geological Survey using air photos taken by the U.S. Navy throughout the years 1962-1965.
Radford Island was named by Richard E. Byrd in honor of Vice Admiral Arthur W. Radford, U.S. Navy who served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air) during the 1946-1947 exploration of Antarctica by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump. Radford was later promoted to Admiral and appointed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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213 students turn up for MBBS counselling
The first phase of scheduled counselling for admission to MBBS seats for the year 2008-2009 began at the Directorate of Medical Education here on Friday morning.
A total of 242 candidates were invited for the counselling. Of this, 213 students turned up. The nine toppers had received their allotment letters on Thursday.
A total of 197 MBBS seats were allotted by Friday evening. Quite unusually, two students opted for BDS courses and were allotted the same, according to J. Mohanasundaram, Secretary-Selection Committee.
The first phase of counselling will continue until July 8. Students have until July 10 to decide if they are going to take up or relinquish their MBBS/BDS seat.
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Tiruchi Staff Reporter writes:
Sixty one students turned up on the first day for the AIEEE-2008 counselling at the National Institute of Technology-Tiruchi (NIT-T) on Friday.
A total of 157 students received call letters to attend the on campus online counselling. They comprised 107 students under open category, 42 OBC and eight SC students. Most of the students are from Chennai region.
The Friday's nation-wide counselling was for students who had come within the first 5,000 ranks in the AIEEE. Over 3,000 students will attend the counselling over the next ten days.
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology is the venue where the largest number of 14,943 students are expected to attend the counselling for the next 10 days.
The venue in the southern States that would be hosting the highest number of students is the National Institute of Technology at Warangal in Andhra Pradesh.
The counselling for nine days will be for various B.Tech programmes. On the final day, counselling for B.Arch will be conducted, P. Jayabalan, Dean – Academic, NIT-T told reporters.
This time, staying back to fulfil admission formalities is only an option for parents and students. They can return to their destinations soon after counselling and know of the allotment of courses through the Internet later in the day.
Admission is carried out automatically and the classes for first year students will commence on July 21 at the NIT-T.


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Exodus: Gods and Kings (Ridley Scott 2014)
Taking an allegory and trying to make it specific by filming it is a dangerous endeavor for a film maker. Ridley Scott does just that, and the result is a miserable failure. The story is about a suppressed people seeking to escape by means of a spiritually inspired leader. The film is about an Egyptian Braveheart with a Spartacus gene and Ben Hur skills who only gets a bit spiritual after getting knocked on the head by a ravine.
I kid you not: 5 minutes in, I had my first "really? Really???" moment, and started to get bored Michael Bay style – I was thrown into epic battles without sense or structure, nonsense script lines about brothers and family… The only thing keeping me awake was the 5-year old kid in the row behind me, who in defiance of all codes of conduct started kicking the seat ferociously from around minute 15. I would have joined him, but nobody was sitting in front of me, so the violation would have been futile.
There does not seem to be a reason for making the film in the first place. There is no particular visual approach to the parting of the sea, there is no narrative innovation to the Biblical plagues. Those plagues are actually suffering from confusion: it seems by introducing some crocodiles at the beginning that in turn cause a lot of bloodshed, which turns the Nile red, you could believe the film makers try to step away from divine intervention and introduce natural causes. But then again they have a little annoying God-boy who causes all the mayhem one after the other and in consequence there is absoutely no way of claiming these developments are coincidential.
As for the actors: most of them I don't know, and those that I do know, I don't care for. The Welsh Batman looks very bothered as always (making me long for the more burdened bothered look of Australian Noah just recently, who would have thought…). His Moses is in Egypt with the royal family, then away for some years, then back, and it seems that wherever he is, he is visible only to his friends, but completely invisible to his enemies. That is all the more astonishing because he and Ben Kingsley have very funny makeup, like tramp stamp ladies who fell asleep in the sun studio, so it should be easily possible to spot them in an Egyptian Memphis City.
What really is bothersome, by the way, and kicked me out of the story 2 minutes in, was the fact that deep in ancient Egypt, there are all those British and American people speaking real or trained British English, as if someone dropped us in an episode of a Lawrence of Arabia soap opera. Have we not left this kind of foolhardiness behind us sometime in the 60s and do we not know how to deal with regional accuracy in storytelling??? This is embarrassingly clumsy, hard to understand from a film maker such as Scott.
The best bit about the film was very early on there was that cute bear with the hat and no pants that got stranded at a London train station and then picked up by the nice Lord from Downtown Abbey. But that story line unfortunately was not followed through.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/exodus_gods_and_kings/
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Police Bill receives royal assent
By Ruth Hayhurst on April 28, 2022 • ( 12 Comments )
The government's controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill received Royal Assent today.
Opponents described it as "a dark day for civil liberties in the UK".
Protest against the Policing Bill, 15 January 2022. Photo: Andrewa Domeniconi
The bill gives police powers to clamp down on noisy protests in England and Wales and place conditions on demonstrations.
Earlier this week, the House of Lords voted to approve the bill, rejecting Labour and Lib Dem moves to remove curbs and conditions on protests.
The government agreed to a requirement for the Home Secretary to conduct a review of the new powers within two years.
A government press release this afternoon said the bill would:
"strengthen police powers to tackle non-violent protest that have a significant disruptive effect on the public or access to parliament".
But the measures on noisy protest have been criticised as "highly subjective" and open to challenge in the courts.
Sacha Deshmukh, chief executive of Amnesty International UK, described the bill as a "hugely worrying and widespread attack on human rights":
"This is dark day for civil liberties in the UK. This deeply-authoritarian Bill places profound and significant restrictions on the basic right to peacefully protest and will have a severely detrimental impact on the ability of ordinary people to make their concerns heard.
"Protest is a cherished part of British history – from the anti-slavery movement, to the suffragettes and recent anti-war marches and the Policing Bill is in direct conflict with the values of freedom and liberty that this government claims o uphold."
The police monitoring network, Netpol, which has opposed the bill, said this afternoon:
"Protest has not suddenly become illegal. However the new measures mean that the police will have new poorly-defined powers. In practice, the police will choose when and how to impose restrictions on protests and this is likely to lead to widespread abuse of these powers
"If you're going to a protest, knowing your rights will become more important than ever. New police powers aim to further criminalise protesters who use direct action or civil disobedience tactics."
Netpol plans to launch its Defending Dissent campaign next week.
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Martin Frederick Collyer says:
Most of my protesting was as a student-many years ago. Strangely, I recall even back then there was agreement between local police and the Union regarding control to avoid the locals having their rights being trashed. That included noise. That included control of infiltration by other groups to change the nature of the protest.
The protests were still possible, but perhaps back then there was more willingness to accommodate others rights, who may have already "engaged" in the subject but were not convinced by that engagement, and hysteria was only going to move them in the opposite direction?
Phil C says:
Hypocrisy.
While imposing sanctions against Russian business and concealing their conservative party Russian paymasters. Whilst sending £millions of armaments and military personnel to Ukraine against the Russian totalitarian regime in Ukraine. When Russia makes protest an illegal and arrestable offence and is imposing the same restrictions in Ukraine.
The British government, rather than defending democracy against further attack. This government instead descend the snakes and burn the democratic ladders in order to follow Putin's lead and seek to crush any dissent in the no longer, Great Britain? (soon to be reframed as "Airstrip One")
George Orwell's "1984" and Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" were meant to be warnings about what would happen if democracy and Human Rights were not defended against fascist totalitarianism in Great Britain and across the world, following the 2nd World War and the Nuremberg trials.
The "1984" and "Brave New World" (Order) warnings were not meant to be used as instruction manuals that this government and the house of frauds appear to be following to the letter with royal approval. So now Great Britain, is nothing more than Airstrip One, part of USA's "Oceania".
Anyone who sees this as some sort of victory, is more of a pyrrhic victory.
Pyrrhus and Pyrrhic War – Kings and Generals DOCUMENTARY
A pyrrhic victory is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. The origin of "pyrrhic" derives from Pyrrus and the Pyhrric Wars. See link above). For those who think the government's controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which received Royal Assent today, is a victory, it is in fact nothing more than a Pyrrhic victory, and they only need to take an honest look at the similarly pyrrhic war in Ukraine and the invasion by Russia to see what effect this bill has done and will do to all British people.
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Strange one?
How does one "weaponise" a war? War is in fact a total failure of civilisation. War is already "weaponised" far too much by real guns and bombs. War, War, not Jaw, Jaw? (though maybe "Tap, Tap" would be more appropriate?). It would appear, from many years of interminable exposure, from some, that Jaw, Jaw, (or Tap, Tap) has always been "weaponised" into War, War as a matter of habit?). Perhaps some, in using words as weaponised has always become a habit in a self perceived perpetual war situation? As the old saying goes, "there is nowt so "strange" as folk"
That hot line to Putin must be almost "red-hot" (see what I did there?) by now? Perhaps Harvey, the Easter Bunny, has departed back to its chocolate box too quickly and would have whisked away the "contributor" when the forbidden subject of the war in Ukraine by Russia was mentioned?
Never mind, back to the Real World.
There is a curious parallel between the Pyrrhic wars and the present war in Ukraine by Russia, and that is the location of those wars to the north or the south of the Black Sea. The similarity and irony is inescapable. The consequences of that conflict, appear to be equally inescapable.
But at least the lessons of history for those who can still remain independent of the current resultant totalitarian authoritarian mêlée can at least discern the dangers that were and are represented by wars that become out of control by all sides, and only lead to destruction of what was left of democracy.
Macedonia – Ukraine, Russia and the black-sea-map
There is also an interesting parallel, in that the Greek natural philosopher Democritus gave his name to democracy, and was popularly known as the "Laughing Philosopher" (for laughing at human follies). Democracy was the philosophical practice for rational, peaceful social practice and behaviour, which he supported in its many forms. Not just the one form of representative democracy that is operated somewhat imperfectly in Great Britain.
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Oh dear, now Russia and Ukraine have to be weaponized because some who claim intelligence are unable to find intelligent ways of protesting, or communicating. How low will some stoop? Shamefully low.
I would just point out that many a suicide bomber leaves a note/message stating it was their way of protesting. A UK MP has recently been murdered as a form of "protest". Burning books in 1930's Germany was a form of protest, recently mirrored (oops) by XR following a similar path in UK. Not all protest is acceptable to all British people, and limits have always been set to make certain the rights of ALL British people are respected. The quote of British people is actually fake. It is apparent from all polling that the majority of British people actually want tighter regulation to protect their human rights from the type of protesting this legislation aims to control which is deliberately aimed at subjugating the rights of the general public to maximum level under the law, and often outside of it.
Interesting that some protestors require the police to protect them from the ire of the general public, yet expect the general public not to have the police protecting them from the actions of same protestors. Then quote democracy when actually meaning mob rule! Now, that is hypocrisy, and not very intelligent. Just shows why there was a need that has now been met, and that some should quietly find more intelligent methods. That has always been the case with UK law. It evolves as required. Always has, hopefully always will. Sometimes more slowly than ideal, but it usually gets to the place the public support, otherwise it gets changed again. The alternative? Change the public as they don't have the required intelligence! Now that would really be Orwellian, but has been the intention of much activity by whom? Oh yes, protestors, and some politicians who even suggested that "people" had not voted!
Sorry, "we" have engaged, "we" just don't agree, so tough, live with it and let "us" get on with "our" lives. That is democracy.
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Democritus and Leucippus also coined the word "atom". Referring to one of the fundamental elements in matter. And that had unheeded warnings of what would happen if such fundamental forces were allowed to be used as weapons. Whereas atomic energy should only be used for the production of energy.
The story of Oppenheimer's infamous quote refers to the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad-Gita, which has come to define Robert Oppenheimer, but its meaning is more complex than many realize.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/manhattan-project-robert-oppenheimer
"As he witnessed the first detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945, a piece of Hindu scripture ran through the mind of Robert Oppenheimer: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds". It is, perhaps, the most well-known line from the Bhagavad-Gita, but also the most misunderstood."
The warlike elements of the human race are playing with forces in this Russia/Ukraine war they can barely understand, let alone control. The destruction of the Human Rights of speech and protest will have similar effects upon democracy.
To then resort to destroying the Human Rights of free speech and protest in the face of that, is literally insane at these times when government desperately need to listen and hear clearly from those whose lives are threatened by the totalitarian tiptoe into fascism.
The consequences of wars always have the same devastating effect upon every country and every person concerned.
The first casualty is always the truth, as has been only too clearly demonstrated by some.
The second is the lives of the countries, the ecologies and the environments and the ways of life of those innocent people who are trapped between warring sides. Even when they are in a different country but are involved at least by their democratic wishes to preserve theirs and others democracy.
The third casualty is freedom and democracy, which has been only too clearly "demonstrated" to coin an appropriate word, today.
The fourth appears to be the institution of authoritarian totalitarianism as a consequence of war on all sides, regardless of location or distance.
The first two can be recovered by even a little common sense and humanity. The third consequence of innocent lives being destroyed is horrific and can never be justified at any cost.
The last consequence of the descent into totalitarianism, on all sides, will take perhaps centuries before some degree of sanity returns after the worldwide destruction. Deleting free speech and the Human Rights of freedom of protest can only lead to further degradation. The consequences of that, is there will eventually be so little difference between Russia and Great Britain, that there will be nothing left worth fighting for or preserving.
There must be a referendum for each of these changes to the Human Rights that are fast being quietly withdrawn.
Nope. There are elections every 5 years maximum. Up to someone honest to state they will reverse such laws and then get elected.
Deleting freedom of protest is not what has happened, even according to Netpol, so honesty within the proposition should not be trashed in order to mislead the ignorant voters when the time comes.
If someone wants free speech I would have thought they could use the right with some accuracy. Some do not have that right and do have to state fake comments, but it seems a shame to me that those who have the rights can not use them maintaining accuracy.
The rest of it? In that famous ancient saying from the Laughing Milkman, Benny Hill, "Cobras".
Well, that was revealing, wasn't it?
"There are elections every 5 years maximum. Up to someone honest to state, they will reverse such laws and then get elected."
Someone "honest"? Are you suggesting this government are not honest?! I guess you are referring to Boris and Rishi who lied and broke their own laws? Not to mention God alone knows how many others that have been fined for breaking the law, who won't be revealed as liars and lawbreakers until after the local elections? Maybe Priti and, retrospectively to the recent Party Gates, probably Dominic Cummings too perhaps?
I would say that if any MP is part of the numerous government Party Gates, (I wonder if Bill was present?) then perhaps it should be assumed they are also guilty and treated accordingly. That should lead to an interesting consequence of the government blatant lies and lawbreaking, shouldn't it? Clearly, they need a lesson in the consequences of lawbreaking and then lying about it.
A more appropriate, reference would be "The Laughing Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill"?
Though I would suspect that no one else, not in the Big Exclusive Club, are laughing. More like democratically infuriated.
The Laughing Policeman – Charles Jolly / Penrose
Nope rope. It's nonsense to say, that not all protest will be made illegal, because the restrictions in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill give not just the police, but anyone who objects to the protest, to enable the protest to be refused on the grounds of unspecified "noise" (freedom of speech) unspecified disruption, unspecified inconvenience and perhaps just because the government don't want it. Which means that the only protests that will be allowed, will be in support of the government, just like the under the CCP in China and Hong Kong, the Russian Federation, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand and a growing list of similar regimes across the world. From this bill, the next on the list will be Great Britain.
As for deleting free speech, and the accumulative effect of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, and the other attempts on suppressing the human rights of free speech and protest, then that accumulation of legislations will come with:
The Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/human-rights-act-reform-a-modern-bill-of-rights
The Online Safety Bill that will have the last nail in the coffin effects on protest and free speech of any kind:
As for the curiously obsessive reference to Cobras, there was a report only recently that 1 in 5 reptiles, (interesting how that 1 in 5 statistic keeps cropping up in so many issues isn't it?) including King Cobras are suffering from the same extinction statistics as human being deaths due to fossil fuel pollution:
One in five reptiles is threatened with extinction
By Helen Briggs
Environment correspondent
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61242789
So perhaps one should not be so complacent and assured of a long retirement? Unless that is referring to the inevitable long retirement of the soul?
There is also the worrying statistics of the Life Insurance companies reporting an unaccountable 22% rise per quarter more claims due to deaths this year and last?
Life insurance companies report a sudden rise in non-COVID-related deaths
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/02/24/life-f24.html
Documented Life insurance claims for non covid deaths reveal a 37.8% rise in the 3rd quarter of 2021?
"Though death-benefit payouts in 2020 rose 15.4 percent to $90.43 billion, at the same time, industry assets rose almost eight percent from $7.6 trillion to $8.2 trillion."
Perhaps a windfall tax could be levied on the Life Insurance companies as well as the banks and the fossil fuel industry?
Not such a funny old world after all, is it? Perhaps it would be kinder to put that surviving snake carefully back in the lake? Not so much a lot of Cobras nope ropes, but more of a single surviving King Cobra hope ropes?
But of course, as that would be claimed to be an "ethical and moralising" attitude, perhaps it would be termed "academic" by some with less concern and compassion for their fellow creatures?
Nope, I was not suggesting that at all.
What nonsense. It is this Government who has just brought the law in! It would be another lot who would have to be honest and state to the electorate they would remove. It really is not rocket science. You seem to require some reading up on UK democracy having also previously suggested that the Lords would overturn the legislation.
Your posts get more like a Trump rally each week. A great ramble, then some false information inserted deliberately aimed to cause excitement.
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What a load of nonsense indeed, but inconveniently, not from myself. It is indeed this Government who has just brought The Laughing Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in under the cover of the war in Ukraine. It would indeed be another party who would have to be honest and state to the electorate they would remove The Laughing Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and to replace the present lawbreaking liars. Furthermore, it really was never rocket science. Even for rocket scientists.
You also seem to require some reading up on UK democracy, having also previously suggested that the Lords would not overturn The Laughing Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill legislation. But the inconvenient truth is, that the House of Lords did overturn The Laughing Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill on the grounds that many of the clauses were added by Priti Patel after the first proposals were submitted to Parliament and the House of Lords and would have to be removed as a consequence.
That instruction was presumably obeyed, or The Laughing Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill would have been thrown out again. Always better to correct the disinformation and distortion of history by some, isn't it?
As for "Trump" I assume you mean Donald Trump? Strange that you should bring up Donald Trump, (but I guess someone needs to do it) even if it is only your own strange opinion. Because ex President Donald Trump (there are other Trumps available) is not renowned to actually mention substantiated facts and documented verified evidence. Whereas I always do supply such evidence. However, there is an odd similarity in that total and utter lack of any substantiation and verified evidence, which applies more to your own "contributions" than anyone else on Drill or Drop. Mind you, the alternative individual in the USA leaves even more to be desired, judging from this clip:
https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/joe-bidens-kleptocracy-gaffe-breaks-twitter/
Never mind. Maybe soon, Harvey the invisible Easter Bunny will return to shake their hands, and lead them all quietly away back to the chocolate box before they melt. Too late for some, apparently.
Have a nice weekend.
As I previously stated.
Just insert nonsense amongst a ramble/rant.
The Lords overturned nothing. They added in their own views, that were mainly rejected, and the legislation was passed. That is ping pong that happens with every piece of legislation. It only has one outcome when there is a large majority in the elected Commons (elected is key) and few rebels within that large majority on a particular subject. The numbers are recorded. [Edited by moderator]
That's okay. So, all is now fine. The Lords have made that so.
First and foremost, folks, Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls.
Hello. It's Sunday the 1st of May 2022. May Day! A day of peace and celebration for the natural cycle from winter to summer.
[Edited by moderator] I wish you (all-inclusively-without any exception) a good May Day Sunday, and I hope you are all having a pleasant Sunday lunch amongst families and friends, and just having a chilled out day. For some of us, at least. I am sure all our thoughts and minds and hearts are with those who are deep under the jack boots of those for whom no day is sacred, let alone May Day Sunday, which itself has a significance way beyond military displays and warmongering. The true significance goes back into history as shown here:
May Day Celebrations
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/May-Day-Celebrations/
Originally, of course, the May Day celebrations and dances were celebrations of the power of nature returning from the dark cold of the winter months, and were rights of fertility and abundance. The years' cycle of rotation from darkness and cold, into the summer of plenty, fertility and the celebration of the year's coming transition into abundance and joy.
In recent centuries, however, the May Day celebrations were high jacked by such as the fascists, nazis and communists for their proselytising propaganda parades of military might and dreadfully hypocritical workers' marches. The little ruling tin pot gods speeches and arrogant posturing made even peaceful May Day nature celebrations little more than an arrogant militaristic facade of elitist ownership over the people propaganda and a betrayal of everything that the original long history of pagan celebrations were meant to be demonstrating. (there is that word again)


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How to play pool: How to Bridge
In this video Gareth Potts, 4 times World Pool Champion, explains how to bridge. He takes you through the different heights needed depending upon the shot you are playing. Also, he shows you how to effectively bridge when taking a shot over another ball which is in the way, preventing you bridging normally.
Video Transcription:
Gareth Potts: So in this video, we're going to talk about the bridge and
how to hold the cue on your bridge hand. So, there's lots of
different ways to hold the bridge hand, and it also depends on
which shot you're playing on how you'd have your hand on the
table.
For example, if I was playing with top spin in the cue ball, I
would have my bridge hand raised higher from the bed of the
table, as you can see my hands moving up and down. If I was
playing with top spin it needs to be higher, because I need to
get higher on the cue ball to hit with topspin. If I was playing
in the middle of the cue ball, I would slightly lower my bridge
hand, like this, so it's now flatter to the bed of the table,
which allows me to get to the middle of the cue ball.
If I was playing with bottom on the cue ball, I would lower my
hand even further to the bed of the table, like this, you can
see my hand going up and down, lower even further, which allows
me to get to the bottom of the cue ball to play with backspin.
If you're playing with excess backspin, obviously you need to
get even lower onto the cue ball. It's important that your hand
is quite flat, because otherwise, if your hand is still high up
in the air and you're trying to get low onto the cue ball, as
you can see now, the cue's now coming at an angle and you've got
a chance of playing with side spin. So, it needs to be flat to
the bed to play with bottom, in the middle to play with the
middle and high to play with the topspin.
Andy: So it's the back of your hand actually firm on the table
as well as your fingers, or is it the back of your hand raised
up?
Gareth Potts: It's always the back of the hand, the palm of the hand is
always flush to the table, which is like the anchor point
basically. It's like stability on the table; the most important
thing as well is a lot of people don't actually put the thumb
onto the first finger. So as you can see my thumb there is
moving, it has to be pressed up against the first finger, which
allows the cue then to have a V shape if you like, which you
would have in a rest. So it creates a V shape, which the cue
then sits in. So therefore you can't go any other way other than
backwards or forwards.
The only time you would have the palm of the hand raised off
the table is if you were bridging over a ball. So, if we have a
ball here and the cue ball's here, obviously with the palm of my
had on the table, I can't get to the cue ball. So to get to the
cue ball, I need to allow this had to raise up in the air. It's
also important to bury the fingers into the table, because any
movement either way on the hand will mean you either touching
the ball.
So, fingers raised up in the air there. You can see my hand is quite firm
against the bed of the table, and again the finger now gets
pressed still against the first finger. The thumb, so it gets
pressed there and then as you can see the cue sits in the V
shape again. It allows me to get elevation to get to the top of
the cue ball.
Andy: So, if you're trying to do a backspin shot, some people
find that they tend to chip the cue ball up, rather than getting
backspin on it, it actually chips up off the surface of the
table. What's causing that and what should they do to stop it?
Gareth Potts: Yeah, well that comes back to what I was just explaining
with, it's on the height of the fingers, or on the height of the
hand on the table. So, if you're trying to get to the bottom of
the cue ball, you need to flatten the hand out so that so it's
quite flat on the table. As you can see, my knuckles there are
quite flat. If I was playing with top spin, my knuckles would be
quite high up in the air. If I was playing with bottom spin, I
would lower the hand out.
So flatten the hand to the bed of the table. The palm of the
hand is still touching the bed of the table, which allows me to
get lower. The reason why people chip the cue ball up in the air
is because, if you're still playing with you hand quite high up
in the air as if you're playing with top spin, but now the cue
has to be striking down onto the cue ball, so what happens is it
causes a loop. So as I'm cueing up like this, as you come back,
loops. That's the reason people chip the cue ball up in the air.
So the hand has to be flat onto the table so that the cue is
parallel to where you're striking the cue ball. It allows you to
pull it back and push it through in one straight line.
Andy: So you see, in American pool, people would be using a loop
style bridge; why would they do that, and why do you not really
see that in English eight ball?
Gareth Potts: Yeah, well, I've got an American pool cue here and the
reason that American cues allow you to use what they call the
loop bridge, is because the shaft from there to there is
basically the same thickness. So when you loop over the shaft,
it's all one size so it allows it to run smoothly through the
fingers with no gaps in between the fingers. That's why a lot of
the American people use the loop bridge. If you were to try and
use the loop bridge on my English eight ball cue for example,
the taper of my shaft is thicker there than it is there. So, if
you look at the difference of an English cue and an American
cue, you can see how much mine tapers and how and American cue
stays the same all the way through the shaft.
So with the English cue, if I'm trying to use the loop bridge,
as I draw the cue back, it now becomes a really large gap in
between my fingers. So therefore the cue can move side to side.
So, to use the loop bridge with an English pool cue is really
difficult because of the tapir of the shaft. So it's a lot
easier having it sitting on the finger touching, the thumb
touching the finger, and therefore there can be no movement.
Andy: What's the reason for using the loop bridge?
Gareth Potts: Well, it's just something that's originated with the
American players, but the loop bridge again, is exactly the
same. The bed of your hand is planted firmly onto the table. And
it allows... It's just another device, basically, of pushing the
cue through in a straight line. It's just easier to get by with
it on an American cue, because the taper of the shaft is exactly
the same. With an American... with an English eight ball cue, I
wouldn't advise to use the loop bridge just because it allows
too much movement when you draw the cue back as you can see
there between my hands. The cue there goes to probably about
nine millimeters as in when the cue's there it's probably more
like 16 or 17 millimeters. So as you draw there's probably eight
or nine millimeters movement in between the fingers, as opposed
to when you are using the American cue.
Andy: For more videos from Gareth Potts, please visit
homeleisuredirect.com.
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Ky. Dems squash GOP attempts to take over House
By: Adam Beam, Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Democrats won three of four special House elections on Tuesday, dealing a blow to Republican takeover attempts in the last legislative chamber in the South that still eludes their control.
Democrats successfully defended seats in Greenup County near the border with Ohio and West Virginia and Christian and Trigg counties near the border with Tennessee. Those seats were vacated when new Republican Gov. Matt Bevin appointed their representatives to a pair of well-paid state jobs, sensing an opportunity to build on the momentum of his unexpected election in November.
But Republicans failed to hold a seat in central Kentucky that was vacated by a popular young conservative who was elected the state's agriculture commissioner in November. Republicans' only win of the night came in Boyle and Casey counties, where attorney Daniel Elliott defeated former Navy fighter pilot Bill Noelker
"The rebirth of the Democratic Party occurred tonight," House Speaker Greg Stumbo said.
The victories give Democrats 53 of 100 seats in the House of Representatives. But Republicans will try again in November, when all 100 seats will be up for re-election.
In Greenup County, Republican Tony Quillen conceded to Democrat Lew Nicholls shortly after 7 p.m. in a district that hinged on union politics. Nicholls credited organized labor and public school teachers for powering him to victory in what he described as a rebuke of new Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's policies.
"There was a lot at stake, and these are stakeholders in our community and they got out and they worked hard," Nicholls said.
The victory by Democrats assures they will have at least the 51 votes they need to pass a budget that will most likely roll back most of Bevin's spending cuts. Bevin has proposed using the savings to begin to pay down the state's multi-billion dollar pension debt.
But college and university presidents said the cuts would force them to raise tuition and could cause the elimination of some academic programs, while K-12 advocates said the cuts would hurt public preschool options.
"The Republicans are not funding education like they should in Frankfort," said 67-year-old Janet Covington, who voted for the Democratic candidate in Scott County on Tuesday.
Democrats poured all of their resources into Tuesday's special elections, including Democratic President Barack Obama, who recorded a robo call urging voters to elect African-American Democrat Jeffrey Taylor in Hopkinsville because "Jeff Taylor will protect your health insurance, not take it away," according to a report in The Richmond Register (http://bit.ly/1RyS0xG).
Hopkinsville, where Taylor lives, has one of the largest African-American populations in the state. Taylor won convincingly over Republican Walker Thomas, the owner of a local roller rink.
Bevin is dismantling kynect, Kentucky's health insurance exchange, and has vowed to repeal the state's expanded Medicaid program and replace it with a less expensive version. Both programs were made possible by Obama's signature health care law, the Affordable Care Act.
Bevin can undo both of the health insurance programs through executive order, but Democrats could try to slow him down through the budget process now that they are assured a majority.
In Scott County, Democrat Chuck Tackett won in the district on his second try, defeating political newcomer Phillip Pratt, the owner of a landscaping business. Pratt blamed his loss on his opponent's negative campaigning.
"(Tackett) probably ran more as a Republican than a Democrat in this," he said.
Associated Press writer Bruce Schreiner contributed from Danville and Liberty, Kentucky.


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Impulse, formally Impulse: Das Unternehmer-Magazin, is one of the business magazines published in Germany. The magazine is published on a monthly basis in Hamburg.

History and profile
Impulse was started in Cologne in 1980. The founder was Johannes Gross. The magazine was owned and published by Gruner + Jahr. In November 2012 the company announced that the magazine would be sold. In January 2013 the magazine was acquired by Impulse Medien GmbH of which majority stake is held by Nikolaus Förster. The publisher of the magazine, headquartered in Hamburg, is also Impulse Medien GmbH. The magazine is published monthly.

On 1 February 2006 Klaus Schweinsberg was appointed editor-in-chief of the magazine, which targets decision makers, management consultants, investors and entrepreneurs. In 2009 Nikolaus Förster was named the editor-in-chief of the magazine.

Before the unification of Germany Impulse had an East German edition, which was launched in 1990 and was published also monthly.

In 2001 the circulation of Impulse was 142,000 copies. The magazine sold 135,128 copies in the last quarter of 2004. The monthly had a circulation of 81,132 copies during the third quarter of 2012. It was 81,000 copies in the last quarter of the same year.

See also
List of magazines in Germany

References

External links
 Official website

1980 establishments in West Germany
Business magazines published in Germany
German-language magazines
Magazines established in 1980
Magazines published in Hamburg
Mass media in Cologne
Monthly magazines published in Germany

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You ought to be looking at a postgraduate degree in the medical field first and foremost. Some physical therapists have gotten by however having just a bachelor's degree. As a result of the nature and intricacy of the job, a good educational background will be essential to your success. It is much more important if you are coming into the field of neurology.
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Field experience can't be stressed enough as an important element to obtaining a career in the physical therapy business. It is needed to undertake a postgraduate residency after graduating; however, it is recommended that one seek volunteer work in rehab centers throughout undergraduate study. If the rehab center provides services for neurological treatments, you can gain even higher expertise for use in the future in your profession. These volunteer hours can contribute in the direction of your post grad residency.
Selecting a mentor is going to be very important when participating in graduate school. Coaches can be useful as they will provide awareness pertaining to the field and offer advice on a variety of factors of the physical therapy position.
Acquiring your state certification is one of the last steps to becoming a physical therapist. Prior to having the opportunity to practice, you will be required to finish licencing exams. These are delivered via your state's physical therapy association. After you have finished your first state license, you're going to need to be licensed in an additional state before you can practice. Don't be dissuaded by the challenge. The fulfillment of a satisfying profession is well worth it.


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Q: My MongoDB logging system behaves different from expected. Why? I am working on a MongoDB logging system, but it doesn't do behave as I expected.I don't know if the structure of the program is fine.
I want to search in the database (MongoDB) and print all the events, but when I have a pageLoad event I want to check if it has a URL and to print it, else it should search again for the next event and attempt the same behavior, as a loop.
The result I expected would have to be like this, for example:

*

*mouseMove

*mouseMove

*mouseMove

*click

*scroll

*click

*pageLoad....//htttp://www......url(1).....e.x

*mouseMove

*click

*pageLoad....//htttp://www......url(2).....e.x

This is the code:
MongoClient mongoClient;
DB db;

mongoClient = new MongoClient("localhost", 27017);
db = mongoClient.getDB("behaviourDB_areas");

DBCollection cEvent = db.getCollection("event");

    BasicDBObject orderBy = new BasicDBObject();
    orderBy.put("timeStamp",1);

    DBCursor cursorEvents = null;

    BasicDBObject searchQuery = new BasicDBObject();
    searchQuery.put("user_id", "55b20db905f333defea9827f");

    cursorEvents = cEvent.find(searchQuery).sort(orderBy);

    while (cursorEvents.hasNext()) {
        DBObject documentInEventCollection = cursorEvents.next();

        System.out.println(cursorEvents.next().get("type").toString());

        if ("pageLoad".equals(documentInEventCollection.get("type"))) {

            System.out.println(cursorEvents.next().get("url").toString());
        } else {

            System.out.println(cursorEvents.next().get("type").toString());
       }
   }
    mongoClient.close();

But when I run the program, the result I get is like this, for example:

*

*windowSize

*mouseMove

*clickUp

*click

...And it stops there.

What is wrong?

A: You're calling cursorEvents.next() three times in the loop, instead of just once. Every time you call next(), you go... to the next element.
Use your documentInEventCollection variable instead:
while (cursorEvents.hasNext()) {
    DBObject documentInEventCollection = cursorEvents.next();

    System.out.println(documentInEventCollection.get("type").toString());

    if ("pageLoad".equals(documentInEventCollection.get("type"))) {

        System.out.println(documentInEventCollection.get("url").toString());
    } else {

        System.out.println(documentInEventCollection.get("type").toString());
   }

}

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Bayelsa lawyer tasks Dickson on appointment of judges
Home » Bayelsa lawyer tasks Dickson on appointment of judges
FORMER Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Bayelsa State, Mr. Francis Egele, SAN, has urged Governor Seriake Dickson to ensure that judges are appointed in the state before the end of his administration.
•Gov Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa
Egele, made the call in his address during a ceremony in Yenagoa to mark the official opening of the Bayelsa State 2017/2018 legal year, noting that the last time a judge was appointed in the state was 12 years ago, adding that some other states had within the period appointed over eight to 10 judges.
He pointed out that the executive arm of government could not be absolved of blame for the state's inability to appoint judges because according to him, the executive arm has not been able to comply with the stipulations of providing befitting cars, accommodation and library for any judge that is to be appointed as required by the National Judicial Council, NJC.
The former Attorney General, who advocated for capacity building for judges and members of the Bar in the state, disclosed that the NJC has again offered Bayelsa two chances for the appointment of judges and it would expire in December this year or January 2018 and appealed to the Dickson-led administration not to allow the state miss the opportunity on account of lack of funds and facilities.
Egele said: "I crave the indulgence of the governor to ensure that, for the first time, this administration joins the league of administrations that have made it possible for the appointment of judges. I am privy to the fact that since 2012, the governor has proposed the building of judges and magistrates' quarters."
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