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Perhaps the most bizarre event so far in this election campaign was Nigel Farage talking to Donald Trump on his LBC radio programme yesterday.
Toms Posts: 2,478
How about putting them in a bear pit somewhere and forgetting about 'em.
Toms said:
Why? What have bears ever done to you?
DecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
More Trump/Farage chat at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q44Mv3T62MQ
AndyJS Posts: 29,395
all this reminds me of the Blair-Bush image the LibDems used to hit Labour in GE2005...I dont think that it will change very much except fire up the usual party faithful - JC probably welcomed it. Nigel probably is under pressure a bit as he has 600 plus candidates champing at the bit and doesnt really want an election.
asjohnstone Posts: 1,276
I really never got this NHS worship thing. Respecting doctors and medical staff? Sure.
But when did a system of funding become an article of faith, what's so special about the NHS that makes it holy and sacred when compared to the German or Swiss models.
asjohnstone said:
This twitter thread and programme on Dispatches gives some idea of what is in store with Britain Trump doing a deal:
https://twitter.com/C4Dispatches/status/1188831701654482945?s=19
Black_Rook Posts: 8,905
The NHS is one of the UK's three main religions. Alongside football and shopping.
The over use of "secret meeting" to cast suspicion really irritates me
Civil servants meet pharma industry to discuss drug pricing. No shit. That sort of meeting happens in every industry with every government every day
There is a difference between "private" and "secret".
U.K. drug pricing is a good system. Drug prices are among the lowest in the world. NICE has pioneered value based pricing which is widely copied. Some of the work on outcomes based pricing is cutting edge. The PPRS gives innovators flexibility on pricing
I'm sure lobbists are going to push for higher pricing. That's their job. Doesn't mean that it is going to happen. In any event it's a decision for the government. If it makes sense (eg increasing the cost of drugs to the NHS by £1bn per year creates £10bn pa of value to the economy) then fine. If the deal as a whole doesn't make sense then they won't approve it
The LDs apparently want Labour to stand down in Jacob Rees-Mogg's seat in NE Somerset. The problem is why would Labour stand down when the result last time was Con 54%, Lab 35%, LD 8%.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7634195/Lib-Dems-WONT-stand-against-ex-Cabinet-minister-Dominic-Grieve.html
Much ado about nothing.
No government ever would or could afford to end NICE making sure drugs are value for money and as cheap as possible.
AndyJS said:
That was then this is now. The LDs have dramatically improved their position since GE2017 while LAB has collapsed.
SquareRoot Posts: 7,095
The NHS is the ONLY thing that Labour have that might cut thro to voters. The trouble is that its used every time as a stick to beat the Govt with.. yawn...
Compare it to the US
Conversations about pricing happen, but that's not really my point. No other country has this fetish about public healthcare funding, it even made it into the opening of the London Olympics, it's frankly bizarre
Labour have been predicting the slaughter of the NHS at Tory hands in every GE campaign since Thatcher. Curiously, however, it remains conspicuously alive...
It's no wonder that they continue to bang on about it endlessly like a broken record, mind you. The Labour core vote is so gullible that they can repeat the same nonsense every single time and be guaranteed that it will work, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Besides, the overriding issue in this election isn't whether or not the NHS, or any other arm of the state, is at risk from the Evil Tories. It's that Corbynite Labour would do a Venezuela job on the entire British economy - and then it wouldn't matter a damn how much money they chose to fling at the NHS, or any other priority you care to name. The pound would be virtually worthless, so it wouldn't actually serve to pay for any of these services. The electorate could then wave goodbye to public health care, along with public transport, welfare benefits and reliable supplies of electricity, clean water, petrol, affordable food and bog roll, along with just about everything else.
They'll try to blame it all on Trump and the Jews, of course, but that will hardly help the rest of us as we plan how to snare the neighbour's cat, and what we're going to use to cook it.
Flanner Posts: 359
swing_voter said:
all this reminds me of the Blair-Bush image the LibDems used to hit Labour in GE2005. .I dont think that it will change very much except fire up the usual party faithful
In GE 2005. the LDs went from 50 seats to 60. But Labour still ruled Scotland, and the Tories didn't have UKIP/Brexit snapping at their heels. We had a 2.001 party system
This year, 60 LD seats would destroy Johnson. It'd destroy any prospect of a no-deal Brexit, guarantee a new referendum, consign the lying sexpest to a future of after dinner speeches no-one pays to listen to and almost certainly ensures any kind of Brexit dies forever.
Says man who works in pharma...
Trump has always been clear, he wants other countries to pay more for US pharmaceuticals. That means us as currently the NHS negotiates very low prices.
MikeSmithson said:
So? If Labour started forming these sorts of alliances with other parties, it would be tantamount to admitting that it is incapable of winning a Parliamentary majority under any circumstances, and might as well start planning for a Coalition now.
Corbyn is hardly going to do this when, after the Clegg experience, Swinson won't make that kind of arrangement with either of the large parties that she seeks to vanquish (and, even if she did, the price would be certain to include Labour offering up a more palatable centre-left figure as Prime Minister in any event.)
I'm as sure as I can be that Labour will field a candidate in every seat in Great Britain, except that occupied by the new Speaker should the election for the post go ahead. Why wouldn't they?
edmundintokyo Posts: 16,522
Yup, this is why the British put up with such an unbelievably shitty health service. They compare it to the US, when they should be comparing it to pretty much any other developed country.
The whole point of Brexit is to move away from European models, and towards systems in use in the USA.
But why would you compare it to the US instead of, say, Germany or the Netherlands? Only a complete moron would think the US has a good healthcare system,* so it is irrelevant to any debate about the future.
It does however mean it is impossible to have an adult debate about healthcare funding in this country, as that is immediately brought up. This is also surprising because the more you look into it the more you realise, despite being founded solely for ideological reasons to deal with issues very much of the 1940s, the NHS is remarkably efficient and effective compared to most other mass healthcare systems, and is not expensive for what it provides either. It should hold its own in any proper, reasoned debate - but we can't have one.
*I know Dan Hannan does think this. I do not consider that invalidates my point!
The NHS was a major reason people voted Brexit, and is central to the Tory party campaign.
I am sure that you are right though, once they have their majority, the Tories will shaft the NHS and those CDE voters dependent on it.
Black_Rook said:
Exceedingly crap though, isn't it?
This is where the British centre-left position is so bananas. They think the Tories are trying to wreck everybody's healthcare. But in that case, given that the Tories are in charge of the British government at least half the time, why on earth would you want the healthcare system run by the British government?
All of which is true - but doesn't mean that the Desptaches programme wouldn't be effective if correctly targeted. The key for Labour is not to persuade Tory voters they're wrong, but to persuade those who, like me, are considering voting Liberal Democrat that a Johnson majority is a very risky course.
And it is. I know that. I'll just take a risk of Johnson's malificience against the certainty that Corbyn would be a disaster in every imaginable way.
Scott_P Posts: 51,453
Trying to buy votes? Again...
https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/1190162842277822464
Bercow is no longer Speaker.
Just rejoice at that news.
Why? If they are convinced it's value for money they're more likely to keep it.
Indeed, the more serious risk to the NHS is arguably Labour - in hock to the major NHS unions and caring far more about them than about patients - getting in and being forced to agree to major pay rises coupled with reduced working hours.
That's not a comment on Ashworth, btw. He's quite good. It's Just a recognition that he has next to no influence in Labour.
Scott_P said:
What a bunch of scumbags. Can you imagine the level of corruption Boris is going to get to if he gets a majority?
Good morning, everyone.
Mr. Rook, quite. The sky'll fall in this time, for sure.
Is Parliament not sitting today then? Because surely it can't sit without a Speaker?
edmundintokyo said:
I don't need to imagine it. I can remember Blair quite clearly.
JRM is a useful bogeyman for Labour, that picture of him lounging in HoC will be his legacy to British politics. The LDs are wasting time, money and effort if they are trying to unseat him from their starting, far more juicy targets sit just a few miles in either direction (Wells, Cheltenham etc)...I think a bit of expectation management is needed.
Ishmael_Z Posts: 8,981
That is because you hate sick children and want them to die.
This is why we should never have referendums about anything. Restore the death penalty? Let's take the n million a week we spend on lifers and give it to the NHS. English independence? Let's take the Barnett formula money... etc. Stupid, mawkish, fallacious and universally effective.
That just goes to show how outside the UK mainstream I am.
I hate football and shopping, and am reflective about, rather than worshipful of, the NHS.
I do love pubs, watching rugby and cricket, labradors, green fields, steam railways, and village churches though. And I'm a thrice a year CoE'er too.
So perhaps that just makes me a more rural / traditional kind.
The U.K. and USA are both massive outliers in healthcare provision for developed countries. They're also the only two places where healthcare is a political issue.
Almost everywhere else runs with some combination of private and public funding and provision, and isn't a political issue. Pretty much anyone who's ever lived abroad knows this.
Bang on.
The NHS is good for free basic care but it isn't fit for purpose for long term chronic care as we age and live much longer.
At some point it's going to need to be supplemented in the same way state pensions are by private ones.
I'm puzzled by this talk, or at least suggestion, of a national negotiated price. In my day there were two sets of pricing arrangements. Pharmacists in the community (retail chemists) were paid according to a scale laid down in the Drug Tariff, and if they could do 'better' than the price laid down, they could keep the difference. The Department of Health was constantly enquiring to see what prices were being charged for what, and carving down the price they paid. Or, when prices world-wide had risen, grudgingly edging up what they paid.
This of course gave a substantial advantage to the likes of Boots and is a significant part of the reason that 80+% of 'chemist shops" are now in the hands of multiples.
Hospitals employed pharmaceutical staff to do a similar job, on both a local and a regional basis. So far as I was aware, and it only impinged on me when there were effects on patients, there were no national contracts.
I don't believe so, no.
malcolmg Posts: 37,946
Lib Dems have lost the plot , they have no clue.
One of the major reasons that acute hospitals are in financial trouble (BoZo was in Adenbrookes yesterday which has a record financial deficit), is the privatisation of the bits that run a surplus, such as parts of elective surgery. That leaves the Trust running only the bits that make a loss, such as Emergency depts, geriatric care, obstetrics etc. That is the reason that we have the paradox of increased NHS spending and increased indebtedness of Acute Trusts.
Though staffing might be the biggest problem for the NHS this winter.
https://twitter.com/TheDA_UK/status/1189564639350267904?s=19
But that is equally true of every other system.
What only Theresa May seems to have grasped and was unable to get people to discuss is that there is no cheap, easy or simple way of caring for the very elderly and frail.
(Incidentally I'm not sure I agree about the NHS and chronic illness either. In my experience it can do it very well - or very badly. I think that is a management issue rather than a systemic issue.)
JohnO Posts: 4,135
I assume it can or else how will a new Speaker be chosen on Monday?
AlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
https://twitter.com/alliehbnews/status/1190159203371044864?s=21
JohnO said:
The Father of the House is in charge until the new speaker is elected, but that is not a "normal" sitting AFAIK
We have differentiated between health...... as in mental or physical malfunction....... and care, as in support for people who, for whatever reason, and particularly as a result of old age and consequent enfeeblement, are unable to look after themselves. generally speaking we do health pretty well; day to day experience fluctuates but overall we don't do too badly. Could always improve, of course.
What we don't do well is social care.
Can't a Deputy Speaker preside?
Selebian Posts: 4,897
It actually comes out very well on value for money compared to most western health services (I'll try and find the study). But many other countries spend more on health care so some have better health care outcomes (not the US, which spends much more for much less) but some of the European systems. But if we want a better health service it will cost more. Sure, some efficiencies are possible, but we're already pretty much world leading in efficiency.
The father of the House presides at the election of a new speaker. So we will see Ken in the chair for the election. I don't think the father is empowered to preside over any other debates though.
malcolmg said:
I'm surprised at that comment, Malcolm.
That implies you thought they once had the plot, and such we know is not the case.
They can exercise the powers of a speaker in his (sic) absence. But if there isn't a Speaker, I can't see how that would apply.
Under Grimond, Thorpe and Steel the Liberals knew what they were for and where they were going. I think Ashdown and Kennedy knew what they were doing and where they were going, too. Kennedy was, IMHO, rather squeezed out, and consequently took to the bottle. If ever a man died of a broken heart......
felix Posts: 14,490
Totally agree. I retired early so was not elegible for the Spanish NHS and took private cover in Spain which costs me about €100 a month and includes a GP service as well as hospital treartment, no queues etc, etc. It's no big issue in Spain and is really good value. NB Average specialist doctor wages in Spain around €60000pa. Explains a lot about why the British system both puiblic and private is such poor value.
Thorpe - still dogging the Liberals many years later...
OblitusSumMe Posts: 9,143
Absolutely ruthless, entirely lacking in shame and with a degree of competence that makes the former two terrifying.
Sadly it's only the last that marks them out from the opposition. I've no doubt the people in charge of Labour would do exactly the same given the chance.
AlastairMeeks said:
Lol - apparebtly they turned her down a few weeks ago and she's already saying she doesn't like their Revoke policy.
Most developed coibtires also spend more money than the UK does on healthcare.
Weirdly it tends to be the same set of people who say thay
A ) the NHS is horribly inefficient
B ) we should adopt system from country X
Where country X is one where the they spend more per head on health care than The UK does.
There is never the option of just spending as much per head as country X with the current NHS system. That's always wrong for some unspecified reason.
Like, Switzerland healthcare is always a popular choice for the UK to adopt, that would require spending 90% more per head to achieve.
felix said:
But she'll get her pay-off....
I hope she loses her deposit.
There is always the magic money tree...
Even the Beeb are criticising Corbyn's campaign slogans as lies, although they do rather pull their punches in the conclusion:
General election 2019: Have the Conservatives 'slashed taxes for the richest'?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/50249909
Charismatic leader though.
Blair may have been a scumbag but I don't think he was corrupt. What are you thinking of specifically?
v good
One of the prettiest, one of the most distinguished politicians ever to rise to high office in this country...
...or not - as you may decide.
But why would you compare it to the US instead of, say, Germany or the Netherlands?
Well let's spend between 25% to 30% more per person on healthcare before we compare the NHS ot the German or Netherlands healthcare system and then we'd have a fair comparison in terms of outcomes.
Where do you want me to start? His leaflets ramping extra spending in every constituency much as these adverts do, or Ecclestone, the Hindujas, cash for peerages and him being the only serving PM ever to be interviewed by the police as part of a criminal investigation?
Edit - and I haven't even mentioned Carol Caplin or whatever her name was - the property wheeler dealer and masseuse...
Ecclestone's million? Blair reportedly thought that was the end of his career when that came out. Thankfully for him, he was still in his honeymoon period with the press.....
Which is of course one reason why nobody is anxious to make that comparison...
Although weirdly doesn't the US system cost about three times as much?
The NHS debate comes down to money and people who don't want to pay for other people's healthcare. I can see the slogan on the side of the bus now:
"We spend £5,000 a year of your taxes on other people's healthcare. Why don't you spend it on your own?"
YBarddCwsc Posts: 6,900
She has no connection to Eddisbury constituency, and she should never have been chosen as a candidate for any party.
Well let's get loads more billionaires and tax them then.....
I think malc's jury is definitely not still out!
Nemtynakht Posts: 2,296
I don't understand how we would pay more. Wasn't it announced last year that negotiations had lead to previously unavailable drugs being made available as they now met cost benefit models.
It doesn't seem to make sense on a basic level. Can anyone explain why we would do this?
Yes, that's well put.
talk about a leading question...
Let's start by not volunteering to hit the country with the equivalent impact of a severe recession and get rid of a Prime Minister who wants to fuck business.
The idea that an Atlantacist Europhobic Brexiteer run Tory government is going to move in the direction of European models of doing anything is for the birds.
Nemtynakht said:
There are three reasons why it might happen:
1) Because Boris Johnson and Steve Baker are idiots who are unfit to run a whelk stall;
2) Because - ummm - actually, you can forget the other two reasons.
It's unusual for you two to be so naive. LibDems made the call to get some publicity for there being an outside chance of unseating JRM - which there is and they have, unlike Labour - and you two are helping them along by taking the bait.
The only way to do that is put in a majority Tory govenrment and ensure Boris is defenestrated immediately afterwards.
Otherwise, you know what we get instead...
The idea that any politician is going to get rid of the NHS is nonsense. There are these regular things called elections which mean that anyone stupid enough to propose it will get hammered. Therefore this is why labour are always trying to place it in the evil Tories plans.
Good Morning Mr Meeks, a slight over statement if I might point out. Suggesting that won't hold much traction. His policies might well have that unfortunate side effect, but the policy is not to fuck business.
Completely Off Topic but in real life just been getting the kids ready for school when heard a loud commotion upstairs - went up to check what was going on and found a black crow flapping around in our bedroom banging into the wardrobe and windows and walls.
I'm not superstitious but that was freaky - to make it more freaky and apparently more portentous the window was closed. I've checked every other window too, they're all closed. No chimney. I've got absolutely no idea how on earth a black crow has suddenly and without any open windows appeared in my bedroom . . .
Managed to get it out by opening the window and it eventually found its way out but even without being superstitious that is strange and put me on edge, still got no idea where it came from . . .
During the Osborne years I lost my PA, my CB and paid a higher rate on a greater proportion of my income. I didn't complain (much). The country clearly needed the money to reduce the deficit and people like me fortunate enough to have a good income had to take the strain. But this "slashing taxes for the rich" meme is just irritating.
I'm not superstitious but that was freaky - to make it more freaky and more portentious the window was closed. I've checked every other window too, they're all closed. No chimney. I've got absolutely no idea how on earth a black crow has suddenly and without any open windows appeared in my bedroom . . .
Not like last night was anything spe....oh.
Flanner said:
The two roadblocks to a Bozo majority are:
- LibDems capturing a raft of Tory seats in the S and SW
- Corbyn's campaign effectively defending his Northern and Midlands marginals
At the moment the first looks more likely than the second; both are possible and neither happening is also possible.
Ideally stopping a Bozo Brexit needs a bit of both.
Flew in earlier through an open door and was just sleeping peacefully until then, at a guess.
The US system is bonkers inefficient. The US governement alone spends more per person than the combined public+private per person spend of the UK. Add in US private insurance and the figure goes crazy. As you say almost three times as much.
The Americans seem to be able to tax a lot of their people even when they are abroad. It's a shame we can't do that.
Selebian said:
But when did a system of funding
It's not just how much you spend it's who, what and when - how you balance risk and choice between the state and the individual.
A single healthcare provider can clearly use its market dominance to drive down purchase prices of drugs and healthcare services - that makes it "efficient" as it gets more bang for its buck - but it will also need a management framework of priorities to do that (which won't always align with the interests of the individual needing the healthcare) and resort to rationing on the supply side too - that makes it "inefficient" as it is too big and slow to respond to market changes and consumer demands.
Was it Bercow by any chance?
Today it is believed that the Crow symbolizes a new phase in someone's life. If a crow appears in your life, it means that you should leave all the past behind you because something new has been born. A crow that appears in your life indicates it is time for you to use your second sight and to think more thoroughly about your life. It is usually believed that the crow is a symbol of bad luck and death, but it is not always the case. As we have already said, a crow may be a symbol of life magic and mysteries. It also symbolizes intelligence, flexibility and destiny. If a crow appears at a certain moment in your life, it can mean that you are going through a period of personal transformation and that it is time to discover your own personality much better.
Maybe you should reinvent yourself as a remainer?
Martin_Kinsella Posts: 444
YBarddCwsc said:
Why not ?
Because what US Pharma wants out of a Trade Deal is removing that monopoly purchasing power that the DoH and NHS currently uses to keep down prices, and the end of NICE.
That was my best guess but I've no idea how long birds sleep for. All windows were closed overnight so I'm guessing then we slept last night with the crow already in our house all night from yesterday . . .
Mr. Thompson, you haven't recently angered a witch, have you?
Yes, the US system is utterly bonkers, from the pervasive TV ads for prescription-only drugs, to the hundreds of thousands of dollars that each doctor needs to spend every year on malpractice insurance, because they get constantly sued by their patients.
You do make a good point upthread that most European countries do spend more on healthcare than the UK does. The NHS system is relatively cheap, but that doesn't mean that pouring money into an unreformed system will make it any better (except for the employees).
That is BoZo's plan though. He promised* in his leadership campaign to raise the threshold for higher rate tax to £80,000.
*yes, I know what his promises are worth!


Will Florida's Sports Betting Roadblock Pave Way For Jaguars' Move To London?
The future of legalized sports betting in Florida looks bleak at best, and one prominent NFL reporter thinks that could significantly alter the league's landscapes in years to come.
The state of Florida on Tuesday night voted "Yes" on Question 3, which means any expansion of gambling — including sports betting — must be passed by a 60 percent vote.
Both Disney and the Seminole Tribe of Florida led the charge for the amendment, and it's easy to see why: An expansion of gambling, particularly sports betting, would take away potential dollars from both entities. At least if you ask them.
Had the vote gone the other way, professional sports teams in Florida potentially stood to benefit.
In-game, in-stadium wagering theoretically is a financial opportunity for the state's pro sports teams.
In a previously unprecedented move, the Miami Dolphins urged fans to vote against the amendment with a since-deleted tweet. The Tamp Bay Buccaneers opposed the measure, too. The Jacksonville Jaguars, meanwhile, kept quiet. Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio on Wednesday morning wondered whether the new law makes it more likely Jaguars owner Shad Khan will ultimately move the team to London.
"The passage of the new amendment that, as a practical matter, will make it much harder to adopt sports wagering (and in turn create revenue streams like in-game prop bets) could make a relocation to London even more attractive to Khan," Florio wrote.
Speculation about Khad moving the Jaguars to London has existed almost since Khad bought the team in 2011. Khan's purchase of English soccer club Fulham in 2013 only fanned those flames, and there's been increased chatter about a potential relocation in recent years. Sports betting is far more prominent in the English soccer world, with no shortage of English Premier League partnerships.
What's more is that in-game betting is also allowed, and fans can place those bets from inside the stadium.
The latest developments in Florida not only ensure in-game wagering won't be coming to the Sunshine State anytime soon. It will also make it harder for the state's pro sports teams to partner with sportsbooks because, well, the sportsbooks aren't coming to Florida. But the issue with Florio's premise is it's assuming a lot. For starters, the NFL will have to ultimately change its stance on sports betting. The NFL does seem more open to the idea, especially after the Supreme Court legalized sports betting earlier this year, but league commissioner Roger Goodell and Co. are taking a wait-and-see approach. That could change relatively quickly, and the Oakland Raiders' move to Las Vegas is indicative of the league's softening stance on sports betting. Still, there's a lot that needs to be sorted out before the NFL and its teams can profit off sports betting in a truly lucrative way, and that's assuming it's even possible for the NFL to make a ton of money off gambling. Sure, there will likely be partnerships and naming rights opportunities, but it's not like the NFL or any of its teams have provided a plan for how they plan to profit off something like in-game betting. Perhaps Tuesday's development pushes Khan and the Jaguars closer to London, but that train has been on the tracks for quite some time. If the Jags do end up in London on a full-time basis, it's more likely it has to do with the NFL's desire to have its own sort of manifest destiny than it does capitalize on sports betting — but this certainly could be one of many factors, too.


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Q: Stroke of some map path is fragmented I created a map of Europe using two json files.
When the user double-clicks on a country, the country is zoomed and his regions are displayed.
Now I would like that when the user hovers over a country/region, the edge of the corresponding path changes color. It's a very easy thing.
Here is the piece of code that does this thing:
mapSvgGCountryPath.attr('class', 'country')
    .attr('fill', 'black')
    .style('stroke', 'white')
    .style('stroke-width', 2)
    .attr('d', path)
    .attr('id', function(c) {
        return 'country' + c.properties.nuts_id;
    })
    .on('click', clickOrDoubleCountry)
    .on('mouseover', function(d) {
        d3.select(this).style('stroke', 'red');
    })
    .on('mouseout', function(d) {
        d3.select(this).style('stroke', 'white');
    });

The problem is that the result doesn't work:

The border of some countries is broken (it seems that countries share some pieces of stroke).
Is it due to how the json files are made? In my previous question I explained how I got these files.
How can I solve?
PLUNKER.

A: There are no "countries sharing the stroke". The issue here is just that one <path> is over the other one.
Just raise the country you hover over, to move it to the bottom of the parent's group:
.on('mouseover', function(d) {
    d3.select(this).style('stroke', 'red').raise();
})

The logic here is that the elements painted last remain on top of the other elements.
Here is the updated Plunker: http://plnkr.co/edit/R96JM4ZZrAJ8X1YuUWdO?preview&p=preview

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Home Comedy & Satire Shortcuts & Delusions: Rene Boucher Is A Hero & Patriot
Shortcuts & Delusions: Rene Boucher Is A Hero & Patriot
This is satire.
Rene Boucher is a hero and patriot whose only crime was standing up to tyranny. That should be the take away from the altercation between himself and his neighbor, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, the latter of whom suffered five broken ribs, bruised lungs and a few cuts and scrapes. The conservative news narrative is that Paul is a victim of assault, but closer examination of the story reveals a man, drunk from the power he wields as an entrenched and privileged member of the U.S. Senate, lording it over his peon neighbor.
Mr. Paul had just stepped off a riding lawn mower on Friday when Rene Boucher, a retired anesthesiologist who lived next door, charged and tackled him. Because Mr. Paul was wearing sound-muting earmuffs, he did not realize Mr. Boucher was coming…
The senator grows pumpkins on his property, composts and has shown little interest for neighborhood regulations…
Competing explanations of the origins of the drama cited stray yard clippings, newly planted saplings and unraked leaves…
Matthew J. Baker, a lawyer for Mr. Boucher, called the matter "a very regrettable dispute" between neighbors over a "trivial" matter.
The incident "has absolutely nothing to do with either's politics or political agendas," Mr. Baker said in a statement on Monday. "It was a very regrettable dispute between two neighbors over a matter that most people would regard as trivial." (…)
"They just couldn't get along. I think it had very little to do with Democrat or Republican politics," said Jim Skaggs, who developed the gated community and who lives nearby. "I think it was a neighbor-to-neighbor thing. They just both had strong opinions, and a little different ones about what property rights mean."
Asked about long-leveled allegations that Mr. Paul had disregarded neighborhood regulations, Mr. Skaggs, who is also a former leader of the county Republican Party, said that the senator "certainly believes in stronger property rights than exist in America."
The foundation of American civil society is irrevocably linked to property rights, and what happens when a member of government repeatedly disregards the property rights of his neighbors and constituents? He is justifiably attacked by the individual he is oppressing.
America is a nation of laws, not men. It is clear Paul sees himself as above the law; he believes any social contract that exists between himself and his neighbors is null and void since he is a member of the federal government, and he will ignore any city ordinances and housing development association rules concerning landscaping and property lines that he finds inconvenient.
He forced Boucher's hand. In fact, Paul is lucky he was only tackled, and not shot, by Boucher, as is Boucher's Second Amendment right to defend himself from tyranny from an all-powerful federal government.
Paul is a member of the American Aristocracy; he is a member of the elite ruling class of this country, and his privileged lineage can be traced all the way back to his father, Ron Paul. Ron Paul, in case you aren't aware, was a U.S. Representative from Texas from 1976-7, 1979-85 & 1997-2013, and ran for President three times. Ron Paul's Congressional career and his multiple presidential campaigns make it clear that he loved being in power. Both father and son are doctors (are we sensing a pattern yet?), and both cannot resist the temptation of statism.
The American Revolution was fought to throw off the yolk of British monarchy. Unfortunately, over the past couple of centuries, American politics has become rife with royal families who seek to maintain their hold on power: the Adams, the Harrisons, the Roosevelts, the Kennedys, the Bushes, the Clintons, and now the Pauls.
It would have behooved Paul to be more acquainted with the writings of Thomas Jefferson. If he was, he'd know T.J. once wrote, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."
It's ironic that this whole affair was initiated by where Paul had planted saplings. If Paul wasn't so arrogant and truly believed in the property rights his neighbor was entitled to, this would never have happened. Boucher was refreshing the tree of liberty after Paul had planted trees of tyranny.
And that's the way it is, as far as you know.
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Dillon Eliassen is a former Managing Editor of Being Libertarian. Dillon works in the sales department of a privately owned small company. He holds a BA in Journalism & Creative Writing from Lyndon State College, and needs only to complete his thesis for his Master's of English from Montclair State University (something which his accomplished and beautiful wife, Alice, is continually pestering him about). He is the author of The Apathetic, available at Amazon.com. He is a self-described Thoreauvian Minarchist.
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John Galt November 9, 2017 at 12:45 pm
I <3 satire. I'm certainly hoping that this is exactly that.
Yoke = a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plow or cart that they are to pull.
Yolk = the center part of an egg.
James M. Ray November 9, 2017 at 12:53 pm
If this is not sarcasm/satire, it's too stupid for words. If it is, it's not that funny, and yolk's something in an egg, not a yoke, you yokels.
Ben Franklin November 9, 2017 at 1:37 pm
Assault is not an altercation. You're about as libertarian as Hillary Clinton. I can't believe how utterly stupid this moron Eliasson is…. In an interview today in the Washington Examiner, the president of the association has stated that no rules were broken, and there have been zero complaints. You're a liar.
Wayne November 9, 2017 at 1:37 pm
This doesn't even say what the fight was about, just that it was all Paul's fault. Seems like a hatchet job. I wonder who funds this website.
Russ Westbrook November 9, 2017 at 1:58 pm
No matter HOW you take this article, two things must be eminently clear- this is perhaps the least Libertarian article written in the last four months, and its author is a moron. 😛
Kim Jong's sister November 9, 2017 at 2:34 pm
Yes this a nation of laws. A man was attacked on his own property. The reason is irrelevant. Dillon Ellison has just proven himself to be an idiot
Rjr November 9, 2017 at 2:34 pm
You are a fucking idiot
George Kite November 9, 2017 at 2:44 pm
Your an idiot.
Clyde Darrin Myers November 9, 2017 at 3:41 pm
For anyone still wondering, this article is clearly filed under "Comedy and Satire."
Zev Allison November 9, 2017 at 5:43 pm
I thought this was a joke, and kept reading to get to the punch line. That this is even on the "Being Libertarian" website is justification for me to block this tripe from Facebook foreseeable future. This is the most UN-LIBERTARIAN collection of letters and punctuation I've ever wasted my time reading.
EXCUSE ME?! When someone disregards another's rights, the response is to take it to the neighborhood housing administration or the police. "Justifiably attacked" is a nonsense term. There's no justification for starting an attack that was not physical self-defense, and that is the crux of this whole issue.
Bruce Wayne November 9, 2017 at 6:49 pm
Guys, it's listed under satire. It's a joke.
GTElmore November 9, 2017 at 10:32 pm
Around here, Mr. Boucher woulda' probably been dog food.
Mom42bee November 9, 2017 at 10:35 pm
This has got to be joke, right. I'm just not getting it.
NotTheDroidYoureLookingFor November 10, 2017 at 12:00 am
Holy Daily Kos, batman!
idahoj1 November 10, 2017 at 12:23 am
Satire should at least hint at something humorous, clever, ironic… something.
This had some hysteria in tone, but not in funny sense, more like the angry Antifa rants.
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Matt Courtney November 10, 2017 at 7:04 am
This is satire, right?
TehJohnest November 10, 2017 at 11:11 am
Quite possibly the most ridiculous thing I've ever read. If this is the result of the "logic" produced by your brain, it's a marvel that you aren't yet in prison. If someone paid you for this, they should also be having their head examined. Truly and utterly disgusting.
100marymich November 10, 2017 at 12:17 pm
Hey Managing Editor Dillon Eliassen- No wonder the Libertarian Party is not garnering but losing so many members when they post this kind of infantile Mental Amoeba trash!
Johnny Goldwater November 10, 2017 at 4:15 pm
Kathy M Nawara November 10, 2017 at 5:49 pm
Rand Paul is not a Libretaian,he is in fact a Republican . Remember he left the Libertarians party & joined the Republicans to back Mitt Romney in the Republican party & has been backing Trump since.
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I've been there! I've been to Finland... visited at the height of Summer Solstice, when the sun never sets and the drinking never ceases... and this is Finland! And watching this film, now you've been there, too. It's so dark and foreboding throughout winter, the only way you can numb the boredom and depression is with drink. And then the sun finally returns, so the appropriate activity is to celebrate and drink heavily. This film might be a little cruel and over-reaching in its prejudice, but still, I think most Finns will say, "Ayeyuh... thar we be..."
I held it together until the chicken leg.
These boots are made for warblin'.
Oh, Bob, that was just so very bad. So seductively, deliciously bad. But at least I could understand the words. I never knew that music could be a race to the finish line, but she showed me so many new things. New tones, new rhythms, it's so chock fulla new!
Dear Lord, G Bob, that was sublime, or ridiculous, or both, or something.
I used to style myself a connoisseur of bad music, but I got nothing on you.
Impossible to pick her greatest performance. Probably either this (wait for the sublime whistling) or this.
I used to make my records sing like this, Bob, by pressing down on the needle just a tad, but this woman has a gift!


It's been a while since I've done an update, been a super busy year, but since people occasionally ask – a small update on mu Mintos portfolio.
As for a while I had some cash that I pulled out from other investments, for most of last year I kept my Mintos loan volume rather high, at the end of the year I had a total of 40 000 eurot invested, which produced a solid 400 euros/month of loan interest.
While the summer of 2018 was rather sad in the sense that after mogo buybacks there was a marked loan interest rate drop (many good loan originators dropped down to 10-11%), then I mostly picked short term loans to reinvest the money that was returning from loans, to keep my options open for when I hoped the interest rates would start to climb again.
As it turned out, once autumn hit, loan originators needed more capital again, so both mogo and creditstar started to list 12% loans, I also picked up some 12% banknote loans and a few other originators' loans.
At the start of the year I needed to move some money to another investment opportunity, so I reduced my outstanding loan volume in Mintos to 25K. It took about 3 days to sell enough loans on the secondary market to cash out 15K, I was pretty impressed with the speed (but I also had good loans to sell, 12% Estonian car loans and other 12% loans from reputable originators.
Since Mintos has once again opened up their refer-a-friend and more people are looking for info on Mintos experiences, then I thought I'd do an update on my Mintos portfolio. For the first two years Mintos was mostly a small part of my P2P investments. Solid, but there were other alternatives I preferred (Omaraha at the time).
As time went on, Omaraha became less attractive due to lower returns and Mintos much more interesting due to cashback being offered. Since I sold my rental apartment and needed an option to invest the money short term, then for the last 6 months Mintos has been the biggest part of my portfolio.
This is the chart of my interest returns across two years – you can clearly see the *bump* from when I added in the money from the sales of the apartment and when I started to trade more actively on the secondary market (cashback being offered also offered bigger volumes for the secondary market).
This as stated is interest returns – interest + late fees. This chart does not show cashback returns, which aren't really repeatable at this point – since no campaigns are running, but cashback has effectively helped this year's Mintos returns hover at about a 20% return. Cashback rewards + secondary market profits together are almost as big combined as all of my interest returns.
Overall, I'd say Mintos has definitely surprised me in a positive way when it comes to their growth rate and the pace at which they add loan originators. While I can't keep my portfolio at this level for much longer since I need to cash out from some investments, but I feel comfortable having a significant amount of money invested with them.
Overall the only small issues I have with them are 1) it's still somewhat slow to deposit money (some hassle with them switching providers as well), 2) maybe sometimes slow on updates (such as Eurocent case) and 3) somewhat difficult to assess originators for an investor (I only invest in a handful of the 40) and 4) at times customer service struggles with more complex questions. Most of these are fixable issues though.
Other than that, they're more transparent than most P2P portals, sharing relevant info (yearly report) which should interest all investors, and as they are profitable I feel that a lot of risks are mitigated by that. No big issues so far over the 2,5 years I've invested with them.
Crowdestate now has a secondary market – good or no?
It's definitely interesting that after years of hoping and waiting for Crowdestate to open a secondary market, there are interestingly a few downsides to it that are tied to the current situation on site and the economic situation.
It's definitely good to have an option to sell investments. Due to a large amount of projects having a ~2year deadline, then the flexibility of being able to sell, means more people would probably have the courage to lock in their money into projects.
Also, the secondary market will be an interesting way to play around with increasing your earnings, people can be quite emotional when buying, especially since with CE projects the fear of missing out is rather big, so people might want to buy into deals if they miss it.
I think the biggest issue currently is the fact that adding a secondary market is likely to make it even more difficult to get into projects. People would be motivated to make multiple bids (automatic bids) through more than one account and then sell one of the pieces. I know that I had this idea, so I'm assuming others did as well.
This means that there will likely be even more autobidders active, which means that even less of chance to get into projects manually. One of the last projects listed was pretty much completely filled with automatic bids, meaning manual access was impossible.
While playing around like this means potential for better income (essentially making profits from reselling pieces), then I'm seeing a lot more disappointed investors who aren't able to participate in projects. But who knows, maybe they'd be happy to have the chance to buy from the secondary market?
Overall, the best fix for this would be to have more projects listed to decrease the competition for investors to get into projects, but currently it seems like there isn't much in the pipeline, and I'm unlikely to increase the amount I place per investment due to wishing to keep some level of diversification (currently capped at 500 per project) and therefore like most other p2p investors I'm also currently moving any free money to Mintos to take advantage of the cashback offers.


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Bullet journaling is a simple system that you can learn in a few minutes and maintain without fuss. The best part: you don't have to be perfect at bullet journaling for bullet journaling to improve your life.
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It has index pages in the front so that you can easily add (and locate) all your custom pages, dedicated pages for your Future Log (doesn't a Future Log sound exciting?), and a handy 8-page tutorial on the system. The pages are numbered and unlined, with a dot matrix that helps you make calendar pages, charts, boxes (and even lines). There is a gusseted pocket in the back where you can keep your ticket stub or business card collection.
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Virginia's dying marshes and climate change denial
By Daniel Nasaw BBC News Magazine, York River, Virginia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17915958
Media caption'Ghost trees' are victims of rising sea levels; Video produced by the BBC's Bill McKenna
Dying wetland trees along Virginia's coastline are evidence that rising sea levels threaten nature and humans, scientists say - and show the limits of political action amid climate change scepticism.
Dead trees loom over the marsh like the bones of a whale beached long ago.
In the salt marshes along the banks of the York River in the US state of Virginia, pine and cedar trees and bushes of holly and wax myrtle occupy small islands, known as hummocks.
But as the salty estuary waters have risen in recent years, they have drowned the trees on the hummocks' lower edges. If - when - the sea level rises further, it will inundate and drown the remaining trees and shrubs, and eventually sink the entire marsh.
That threatens the entire surrounding ecosystem, because fish, oysters and crabs depend on the marsh grass for food.
Image caption Trees die as rising salt water soaks their roots, Watts says
"These are just the early warning signs of what's coming," says avian ecologist Bryan Watts, stepping carefully among the fallen pines.
The sea level in the Chesapeake Bay area and in south-eastern Virginia is predicted to rise by as much as 5.2ft (1.6m) by the end of the century.
Ancient geologic forces are causing the land literally to sink, while the amount of water in the oceans is increasing because of global warming, scientists say.
As a result, the low-lying coastal areas - and the towns in it - are at tremendous risk of flooding.
To address the problem, climate scientists, environmentalists and their political supporters say the US must dramatically reduce its fossil fuel emissions, while also taking steps to lessen the impact of coastal flooding and wetland erosion.
"There is time to turn the ship around," says Michael Mann, a former University of Virginia climate scientist, "but there is not a whole lot of time."
But in Virginia's state capital Richmond, as in Washington, many politicians remain sceptical about the extent to which humans are responsible for global warming.
They fear measures needed to curb climate change would hurt the economy, threaten private property, and harm commercial and industrial interests.
"Here in Virginia there is very little political will to address the mitigation side of things - reducing our carbon footprint, reducing greenhouse gas emissions," says Carl Hershner, who studies coastal resources management at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
"There is a high degree of scepticism in the political and the general public."
Virginia's attorney general, Republican Ken Cuccinelli, has waged an aggressive public battle against the Obama administration's efforts to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, which he said would drive up electricity costs and kill jobs in the state's coal industry.
A battle in the climate war
In 2010, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli demanded access to Michael Mann's grant applications and correspondence.
Mann was a prominent former University of Virginia climate scientist.
Cuccinelli said he was investigating whether Mann had committed fraud in grant applications when he had said data showed a rapid rise in the earth's temperature.
"The use of manipulated data to apply for taxpayer-funded research grants in Virginia is potentially fraud," Cuccinelli said.
"This is about rooting out possible fraud and not about infringing upon academic freedom."
But Mann and his supporters called Cuccinelli's move a politically motivated attack on a high profile climate scientist.
The University of Virginia refused to give up the documents and hired a lawyer.
Ultimately, the Virginia Supreme Court rejected Cuccinelli's demand for the documents, saying he lacked authority.
While politicians in Washington and in Richmond, Virginia's state capital, have done little to address the problem, authorities along Virginia's coast have watched the waters rise and have been forced to take action.
The city government of Norfolk spends about $6m (£3.8m) a year to elevate roads, improve drainage, and help homeowners literally raise their houses to keep their ground floors dry, says Assistant City Manager Ron Williams.
About 5%-10% of the city's lowest-lying neighbourhoods are subject to heavy flooding during storms. City planners do not currently recommend any areas be abandoned to the tide, but "you have to have the conversation as you look 50 years out", Mr Williams says.
At Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval base, the US Navy is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to replace aging piers with new ones better able to withstand the rising water.
"Sea level rise was having a measurable impact on the readiness of the ships," says retired Capt Joseph Bouchard, who was commander of the base from 2000-2003. "And that's unacceptable."
So the Navy decided to replace the old piers with double-decked piers - one for utilities, the other for the ship operations - with the upper deck 21ft above current sea level.
Image caption Dead trees ring the living ones as a hummock is slowly inundated
"Were it not for sea level rise caused by climate change, the Navy could have replaced those piers with single deck piers at much much less cost," he says.
Even a measure as ostensibly mild as funding for a flooding study was fraught with climate change politics.
Senator Ralph Northam, a Democrat, and Chris Stolle, a Republican member of the Virginia's lower House of Delegates, this year shepherded a resolution through the legislature spending $50,000 on a comprehensive study of the economic impact of coastal flooding on the Virginia and to investigate ways to adapt.
To pass the bill, at Stolle's suggestion Northam excised the words "relative sea level rise" from an initial draft of the bill , replacing them with "recurrent flooding" in the final version .
Stolle says the change was necessary to ensure the bill focused on the issues Virginia politicians can handle - flooding - and not those they cannot address - global warming. In any case, "the jury's still out" on mankind' s contribution to global warming, he says.
"Other folks can go argue about sea-level rise and global warming," Stolle says. "What matters is people's homes are getting destroyed, and that's what we want to focus on. To think that we are going to stop climate change is absolute hubris. The climate is going to change whether we're here or not."
Northam describes the change in language as pragmatic politics - necessary to win support from conservatives sceptical of climate change science.
"If you mention climate change to them, it's like a big red flag," he says. "A barrier goes up. That's the way it is here in the Virginia."


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Working in the Studio
"I began to think of these small orbs as tiny round paintings."
"I have always felt that making sea floats was simply fun and whimsical. Recently, I figured-out a way of working that would allow me to place colors—I'd previously thought impossible to put together--together. It was like magic, and suddenly I had bright vermilion red right next to turquoise blue and cream."
In time, we will feature a number of sea floats made over the past three to five years that are held in private collections. Since Kelly changed the her approach to making the floats--the way she combines and uses color--she has created more than fifteen hundred in the same period of time. We will draw images from this group of 1500, and not the estimated 15,000 floats she has previously made with the public at the Lincoln City Glass Center--where Kelly is a well-respected teacher and one of the co-owners.
YouTube video of Making a Blue Birthday Float with Ben
All of these Floats are previously collected, but are provided here to give you an idea.
Each piece is one-of-a-kind and created in my personal studio in Oregon.
I hope you appreciate the singular beauty of these treasures.


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The Ivy league refers to the eight schools as a group of elite colleges with academic excellence and social elitism. During the new academic session, students look out for admissions at Ivy League schools as per their priorities and choice.
While seeking admission, there are specific parameters on which they filter the ivy league schools. And one such factor is the QR University ranking. As per the rankings, American Universities remain on top of every student's mind. Hence, every year numerous international students come from around the globe.
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Why Are Ivy League Schools Considered Best for Education?
Here are some reasons why Ivy League schools are best at providing quality education to students:
Ivy league schools are well-funded, have high academic standards, and have scholastic staff.
The Universities follow research-based study patterns with innovative classroom activities.
American Universities are the most culturally diverse universities, providing inter-cultural exposure to students.
They provide the best financial aides in all fields of expertise as per the student's caliber.
Ivy league school promotes digitalization in education by involving modern technology.
You feel at home at American Universities because of their student support forum.
By keeping in mind all these criteria, the next step is to find out the top ivy league schools in the USA to seek admission this academic year.
Top 8 Ivy League Schools in the United States
The members of the top Ivy League schools are
Brown university,
Dartmouth university
Princeton University, and
The eight schools are counted as one of the most prestigious universities in the world. In addition, the Association of American Universities comprises Ivy League schools.
Brown University is located in Rhode Island. The university offers an online master's program, undergraduate courses for students of the university.
In addition, this Ivy League school offers free tuition to meet 100% of the financial needs of all students. In 2018, the university replaced financial aid with free scholarships to all its students.
Famous courses:
Entrepreneurial Studies
History General
Columbia University is an Ivy League school located in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Also, the college has a royal history attached to it. The Royal charter of George the Second of Great Britain named it King's college until later in 1784 when it got its new name Columbia University.
In addition, the university has many famous alumni figures such as Samuel Johnson and three US presidents.
The college has many famous graduate schools, including:
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia Journalism School
Columbia Business School
Information Sciences and Support Services
Cornell University is a renowned Ivy League school located in Ithaca, New York. It was founded in 1865 as the first university that offered a degree in the field of journalism and modern Eastern languages.
In addition, the university has a flourishing architecture with enormous labs, buildings, and auditoriums. There are a plethora of student organizations such as athletics and other cultural activities.
Dartmouth University is a member of the Ivy League schools established in 1769. Around 9% of the student population are international students. Also, the university offers undergraduate, post-graduate, and doctoral programs to its students.
Biological and Biomedical science
Harvard University is the oldest institution in the United States. It was established in 1636, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Also, it flourishes with the world's most dynamic academic library.
And it consists of over 18 million volumes and 400 million manuscripts. The university has eight US presidents, Billionaires, Scholars, etc.
Social Sciences General
Biology/Biological Sciences
General Physical Sciences
The University of Pennsylvania is one of the Ivy League schools located in Philadelphia, US. In addition, Benjamin Franklin had founded this university in 1740 to educate future generations.
The university majors in providing an enriching experience to students in all academic programs. Also, it conducts an online learning program with a mission to provide global access to its educational resources.
Princeton University, located in New Jersey, was established in 1746. It is one of the greenest Ivy league schools around the world.
Moreover, the university has two US presidents, James Steward and Woodrow Wilson, as Alumina. Also, other renowned personalities such as Peter Conrad and Michelle Obama.
The university provides quality education in the field of Social Science, Engineering, etc.
Public Administration and Social Service
Yale University is one of the Ivy League schools located in New Haven, Connecticut. The English puritans founded the university in 1701. Moreover, the university is the third-oldest institution built in the USA.
It has various schools, including 14 undergraduate schools, Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and 12 schools for professional courses. Also, the university has five US presidents as alumina- William Howard Taft, Gerald Ford, H.W Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.
Statistics of Applications Received at Ivy League Schools: 2024
The data shows applications received at Ivy League schools for the class of 2024. Moreover, Harvard University received 40,248 applications, and the acceptance rate at Harvard was 4.9 percent.
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Unfazed by market swings, Fed sticks to mid-2015 hike scenario
Jonathan Spicer, Ann Saphir
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tumbling oil prices have strengthened rather than weakened the Federal Reserve's resolve to start raising interest rates around midyear even as volatile markets and a softening U.S. inflation outlook made investors push back the timing of the "liftoff."
The United States Federal Reserve Board building is shown in Washington October 28, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
Interviews with senior Fed officials and advisors suggest they remain confident the U.S. economy will be ready for a modest policy tightening in the June-September period, while any subsequent rate hikes will probably be slow and depend on how markets will behave.
While they are hard-pressed to explain why bond yields have fallen so low, their confidence in the recovery stems in part from in-house analysis that shows falling oil prices are clearly positive for the U.S. economy.
Internal models also suggest that a decline in longer-term inflation expectations probably does not signal a loss of faith in the Fed's 2-percent inflation goal.
Instead, the models attribute much of the recent decline in market-based measures of inflation expectations to increased investor confidence that prices will not spiral out of control, officials say.
Policymakers' public comments reflect that, as they sound unperturbed by what has been a steep drop in recent months.
"I am watching the inflation expectation numbers but not drawing a conclusion that they call for any action or that they change in any serious way my outlook," Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart told reporters earlier this week.
Some of those interviewed stressed that in the light of last year's strong jobs gains waiting until mid-year represented a cautious approach rather than an aggressive one, allowing the Fed to delay the rate liftoff if needed, particularly if inflation expectations turned sharply down.
However, with markets increasingly gripped by fears of global deflation and economic stagnation, futures traders now are betting the Fed will stay pat at least until October, possibly until December.
Yet interviews with the Fed insiders reveal that while they keep an eye on volatile markets they remain confident that unexpected overseas headwinds will not derail the U.S. economy.
"Six months from now or whatever - middle of this year - I think we'll have a better position to understand" if the time is right to raise rates, San Francisco Fed President John Williams said on Friday.
Williams, a voter this year whose views are seen as close to those of Fed Chair Janet Yellen, said he viewed the recent decline in U.S. bond yields and in market-based measures of inflation expectations as reflecting overseas weakness, not worries about the U.S. economy.
CHEAP GAS BOOST
So far, signs of domestic price weakness, such as slow-growing wages, have not shaken the central bank's faith that inflation will rebound once energy markets stabilize, the interviews showed. In fact, cheaper gasoline and the boost it gives particularly to lower- and middle-income households could be just the shot of economic confidence the Fed needs to tighten policy after six years of near-zero rates.
"We've been through enough of these energy price swings...and this volatility can't go on forever," Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker told Reuters in an interview Monday. "I don't think we'd have trouble looking through that transitory phenomenon," of slightly low inflation, and raise rates, he said. "I don't think we'd have trouble selling that."
Lacker has long criticized the Fed's exceptional monetary stimulus and advocated ending it, but his comments on inflation reflect the thinking of more centrist Fed policy makers on the subject.
A sharp drop in unemployment to 5.6 percent and solid economic growth have led most Fed policymakers to pencil in a rate rise this year, with many eyeing a move sometime in the summer. Most Wall Street economists agree with such timing.
Inflation remains a half-percentage point below the Fed's 2-percent target, and could slip more on plunging oil prices and the soaring dollar. But the Fed expects oil prices to eventually stabilize, the U.S. economy to keep growing despite weakness in Europe and elsewhere, and inflation to rebound in coming years.
The interviews also showed Fed officials were not overly alarmed by weakness in some market-based measures of inflation.
Some believe the sharp drop in longer-term borrowing costs, rather than a matter of concern, may be an added reason not to delay a tightening beyond mid-2015, especially if a "rush to safety" is driving demand for U.S. Treasuries.
With central banks in Europe and Japan looking to ease policy in the face of deflation threat, investors have sold stocks and commodities and snapped up U.S. debt, driving yields on 10-year and 30-year bonds to or near record lows.
Such low borrowing costs make for exceptionally easy financial conditions in the United States, even with the Fed looking to end the era of near-zero interest rates.
"I think it's important that the Fed not be so intent on every little movement in these asset market prices that they don't take strong enough action," said former Fed Vice Chairman Donald Kohn, who is now a member of the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee. "I certainly expect them to be pretty cautious right after liftoff," he told Reuters.
The Fed took a small step toward its first rate rise in nearly a decade last month, when rather than saying it would wait a "considerable time" with tightening it said it would be "patient" - a term Fed Chair Janet Yellen suggested meant it might move in April at the earliest.
Reporting by Jonathan Spicer and Ann Saphir; Additional reporting by Michael Flaherty and Jason Lange in Washingon and Howard Schneider in Atlanta; Editing by Tomasz Janowski


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EXCLUSIVE: Former aide to disgraced pol Sheldon Silver now working for President-elect Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner
By Kenneth Lovett
Judy Rapfogel began working in April as a property manager for Kushner Companies, a real estate firm headed by Jared Kushner. (Jefferson Siegel/New York Daily News)
ALBANY — Judy Rapfogel, who was the long-time chief of staff for disgraced former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, is now working for a company run by President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law.
Rapfogel went to work in April for Kushner Companies, a real estate organization headed by Jared Kushner, a top Trump adviser who is married to the President-elect's daughter, Ivanka Trump.
Rapfogel was hired to be a property manager, a company spokeswoman confirmed.
The spokeswoman had no other comment on the hiring or what exactly Rapfogel does.
Kushner Companies was founded by Charles Kushner, who spent 14 months in federal prison after being convicted in 2005 of tax evasion and election fraud.
Once among the state's highest-paid workers, Rapfogel was out of a job after Silver was convicted on federal corruption charges in 2015. He was sentenced to 12 years, but is out as he is appealing the conviction. Rapfogel could not be reached for comment.
Rapfogel collects a $115,889 annual state pension.
Her husband, William Rapfogel, was convicted in 2014 for stealing from the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, a charity he headed. He's eligible for parole in 2017.


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Blues musician to visit Coleman High School
By Jake Bolitho for the Daily News
Published 6:47 am EDT, Monday, October 10, 2011
Pat Murray hopes his friend Larry McCray will fire up some college-bound students when he visits Coleman High School on Tuesday.
McCray, a nationally renowned blues musician, is being brought in to promote two scholarships programs issued through the VFW.
Murray, a member of VFW Post 1071 in Coleman, met McCray about 20 years ago when the blues artist was wrapping up his career at General Motors in Saginaw. In the end, life on the assembly line wasn't cutting it.
"We've gotten closer over the years," Murray said. "The GM job wasn't his calling. His calling was playing music."
The Coleman VFW post is participating with other posts nationwide in offering the Voice of Democracy scholarship program for students, in which they submit essays to be judged. This year's topic asks, "Is there pride serving in our military?"
Scholarship amounts for the Voice of Democracy program vary, but last year the top scholar received $30,000, Murray said.
A second program, called Patriot Pen, also judges student essays, with the top prizes being $10,000 U.S. savings bonds and trips to Valley Forge, Pa., and Washington, D.C.
Ninth- through 12th-graders participate in Voice of Democracy and sixth- through eighth-graders submit essays for Patriot Pen.
Participation in the past has been minimal, but Murray said he is expecting spiked interest this year with McCray's visit.
"I told (McCray), 'I can't pay you because we don't have that money, but you can set an example for all these kids,'" Murray said. "I want him to show the kids that whatever their aspirations and goals in life are, they can do it."
For McCray, that lifelong aspiration was playing the blues, even though initially making a living on that job proved challenging, Murray said.
Today, the guitarist and singer travels with his band around the world. McCray is working on his ninth album and has performed alongside blues legends such as Buddy Guy.
"His hard work and dedication worked out in the end and that's exactly why I invited him to perform here," Murray said.
The performance is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Coleman High School. Because of limited seating, it will be treated as a private event for students.


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WiiWare Gets Pong Toss, VC Gets Chase H.Q., Art of Fighting 2
July 28, 2008 | By Michael Zenke
More: Console/PC
Another casual title has been added to the North American WiiWare shop this week, the 'extra-spicy' Pong Toss - Frat Party Games. Meanwhile the Virtual Console is seeing the addition of two non-Nintendo classic titles: Chase H.Q. (originally on the TurboGrafx16), and Art of Fighting 2 (originally on the Neo Geo).
Pong Toss, from developer JV Games, is a ping pong party game, emulating the bar backroom game while adding some console gaming sensibilities. Allowing four players to compete on a regulation table, the title offers a number of different playstyle modes.
Straight competition allows you and friends to compete for the "Pong Toss Championship", while "Speed Pong" allows three people to play at the same time. The addition of power-ups and consecutive shot bonuses adds a layer of strategy to what is otherwise a straightforward title, available for 800 Wii Points ($8).
Originally an arcade title published by Taito in 1988, Chase H.Q., this week's first VC addition, has been on numerous platforms over the years. It was converted to home computers in 1989, and saw release on numerous game consoles before reaching the TurboGrafx-16 in 1992. The Turbo-Grafx version is the one ported to the Wii Shop this week, available for 600 Wii Points ($6).
In Chase, players attempt to catch fleeing criminals as part of a special squad in the NYPD. Gameplay is typical rear-view racing, with a brief starting timer extended by checkpoints throughout the chase. Chases occur through crowded city streets and typical flat green countrysides as players pursue criminals across five levels of gameplay.
Joining Chase H.Q. this week is the title Art of Fighting 2. The 1994 sequel to the original Art of Fighting pits players against each other with a total of 12 characters and numerous special techniques.
Every title in the AOF series has seen release on multiple platforms, and the Neo Geo version is the one appearing in the Wii Shop this week.
The Art of Fighting series is known for its 'mental energy' system, which requires players to balance their use of their character's special moves vs. the flow of combat. Other moves, called taunts, can reduce an opponents mental energy.
The end result is a typical beat-em' up with call for more caution than a simple button mashing experience. It's available for players to download at the cost of 900 Wii Points ($9).
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Q: Marketing Cloud File Transfer Activity Changes We have received a notification from Salesforce about Marketing Cloud File Transfer Activity Changes where they are disabling FTP protocol and enabling SFTP.
We as an organization are already using SFTP(with strong cipher keys)but when we raised a Case to Salesforce Support,they say we need to use SSH keys to connect to Marketing cloud FTP now.This will be a major change for us.There are multiple third party vendors which place files on SFMC FTP(by using the username and password which we had generated for their FTP location). Also there are business users(several departments) which connect to FTP to check their files or places files manually.Do we need to generate SSH keys for all of them? or we generate ssh keys for all of them and pass the public keys to Salesforce and private keys to vendors and marketing users ?
Is there an efficient way of doing this?
This is how I connect now:

This is how Salesforce Support is proposing we need to connect:

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A teammate of mine received the following response from SFMC about this issue:

...the configuration team... confirmed that the combination of both
  a strong password and cipher will be enough to connect after the
  transition. So make sure to update your FTP client even on the third
  party side and no more action is required, SSH keys are not mandatory
  but are a preferred and encourage method of authentication.

The support person was likely confused. If you are utilizing the correct SFTP process already then it should have little to no change requirements on your end. There are a few different ways SSH is involved inside of SFTP.
SFTP utilizes SSH protocol. In a nutshell, this is the similar to the difference between HTTP and HTTPS. It helps protect at a broad level from malicious actions or events (password sniffing, man-in-the-middle attacks, etc). It does allow for password as well as key authentication.
SSH keys are another form of access credentials inside of SSH protocol. A lot of times, there are used for automation and Single Sign-on systems. They are not required in order to utilize SSH protocol though.
I think since this is not very common knowledge, as most people when they think SSH and SFTP, they think of the keys, not realizing that the 'S' in SFTP is because of SSH providing 'Security' on your FTP server.

A: Am not sure on the point - "salesforce support say we need to use SSH keys to connect to Marketing cloud FTP now." Please double check with them again. I believe they are still supporting with passwords for SFTP.
Since your question is more related to generating SSH key. Please follow the below procedure.

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*You can request to SF support to enable SSH key of the option to access SFTP along with password or SSH key. In this way you can still access SFTP with password or SSH.

*Once they have enabled then you can create a Public SSH key or 3rd party can able to create a key. There are many tools for it like PuttyGen
Make sure your SSH has strong cipher key.

Please find the formats for SSH:
https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=mc_es_enhanced_ftp_guide.htm&type=5
https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=000351981&type=1&mode=1

*You can create one public SSH key for one BU and share it across teams.

*Once this is done. Then you can or 3rd party team can able to access SFMC SFTP via SSH.

Let me know if this helps.