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The Telegraph: 'Police to Get Bitcoin Training Amid Money-Laundering Worries'
24 Jul 2018, 15:23 19 Oct 2018, 14:37
Nataly L.
London police to become the first force in the country trained to deal with cryptocurrencies while others see almost no connection between crypto and money-laundering
Police of London will become the first force in the country to be trained to use cryptocurrencies in an investigative manner. This announcement comes amid fears that such technologies allow criminals to launder money more easily than before.
While everyone talks about money-laundering, The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF), for example, sees no connection between this type of a fraund and cryptocurrency. The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) notes that they see 'no apparent sign of organized crime or ML/TF concerning trading of cryptocurrencies'. According to the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment Report report published in April, Hong Kong government assesses the money laundering risk of cryptocurrencies to be far lower than that of Stored Value Facilities, such as the popular Octopus Card, Paypal or Alipay.
Two weeks earlier Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, said that cryptocurrencies aren't a risk to the financial state , but he thinks they will be subject to some form of regulation.
There are these exchanges where you transfer your Canadian dollars for a cryptocurrency and those in general are unregulated and in some cases, there's plenty of serious abuse or at a minimum, they are very porous to a cyber attack and theft and they just do not meet the standards. There is no reason why that should be tolerated.
Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England
According to the UK National Risk Assessment (NCA) of Money Laundering and Terrorist Finansing 2017, the risk of cryptocurrency use for money laundering is relatively low. Although NCA deems it likely that digital currencies are being used to launder low amounts at high volume, there is a little evidence of them being used to launder large amounts of money.
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Crypto-Markets Take a Hit after Libra Hearing, as Optimists Fend Attacks Off of Bitcoin
The cryptocurrency markets suffered a considerable blow yesterday as the first phase of the Libra Senate Hearing concluded on 17th July. Devid Marcus, the representative of the Libra Association and Facebook, was grilled by all parties on privacy and security concerns. Moreover, due to the limited time, most senators were unsatisfied with the response at the moment. However, David also reiterated that the announcement was made a year tentatively before the launch to address regulatory and market concerns. The Association is committed to complying with all national and international laws. BTC/USD 1-Day Chart on Bitstamp (TradingView) Libra announcement also had a substantial effect on the crypto-markets as Bitcoin seemed to become mainstream. Nouriel Roubini, who has actively engaged with the crypto-community in recent times due to the debate between himself and BitMEX exchange CEO, Arthur Hayes, noted about the fall, Bitcoin down 14% in last day to below 9.5K! Ouch! It must hurt to get so rekt so fast! Calling bitcoin a currency – let alone 1000s of other shitcoins – is a joke: they are not a unit of account, they are not a means of payments (5tps) and no stable store of value (-14% in a day) The altcoins dropped even lower as they broke below support levels. Ethereum and Litecoin are currently testing $200 and $80 respectively, with EOS and Ripple in a bearish trend below $4 and $0.3 as well. Nevertheless, as the drop in Bitcoin was also a probability through technical analysis, the optimism in the market is still intact. Metlem Demirors, the Chief Strategy Officer at Coinshares, expressed similar sentiments. According to her, not everything can be classified as "cryptocurrency"; like the companies or developers attempt to advertise. There are certain economic advantages and security that an open, permissionless network like Bitcoin provides. She told the media, "We're seeing the creation of thousands of companies, thousands of jobs; a lot of economic value being created v/s. What Libra is attempting to do. Libra is an entity that benefits Facebook and small group of participants in the Libra Association." Furthermore, she also suggested how Switzerland's proactiveness in passing crypto -regulations in 2018 has made it a "haven for many cryptocurrency companies." Mati Greenspan, the Senior Market analyst at eToro tweeted, One word dominated the Libra hearings today: trust One word @davidmarcus did not use: trustless Libra requires faith in Facebook. Bitcoin is trustless. Hence, as recent comments from the US President, Fed Chairman, and the Treasury Secretary continue to validate the cryptocurrency space. The enthusiasm that Libra brought seems to be subsiding as it is being burdened by regulatory oversight. Do you agree that cryptocurrencies will flourish in the next decade or are apprehensive of it? Please share your views with us. The post Crypto-Markets Take a Hit after Libra Hearing, as Optimists Fend Attacks Off of Bitcoin appeared first on Coingape.
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Senate hostile towards Libra, Facebook suggests regulators must act or risk losing US dollar dominance to Bitcoin
The focus of the hearing between Facebook's David Marcus and the Senate on the Libra cryptocurrency was trust—or the lack thereof. Marcus, the head of Calibra, strongly suggested that if the U.S. doesn't act quickly, Bitcoin could jeopardize the dollar's dominance. Meanwhile, the Senate Committee was hostile towards the social media giant because of its history of ethical and regulatory violations. David Marcus, the head of Calibra, testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs this morning to clarify issues around Libra, the cryptocurrency Facebook revealed last month. Libra is Facebook's proposed stablecoin backed by a basket of low-yield assets. Calibra, a subsidiary of Facebook, is one of many wallet applications that will allegedly exist on the Libra network. The application, similar to Venmo or PayPal, will utilize the cryptocurrency to settle payments while offering consumers fraud protections and will serve as the point of control for conducting know-your-customer and anti-money laundering checks on users. According to the Libra whitepaper and testimony from Marcus, Libra will eventually be lead by a non-profit association of over one hundred member companies based out of Geneva, Switzerland. Some current members include Mastercard, Visa, Coinbase, and Uber. Facebook attempts to placate regulators "We will take the time to get this right. We expect the review of Libra to be the most extensive ever. We are fully committed to working with regulators here and around the world. And let me be clear and unambiguous. Facebook will not offer the Libra digital currency until we have fully addressed regulators concerned and have received appropriate approvals," said Marcus in his opening testimony. The Facebook executive's appearance before the Senate Committee comes after Libra attracted national scrutiny from several divisions of the United States government. The Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, said Libra cannot go forward until Facebook addresses concerns around privacy, money laundering, and financial stability. The Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin stated Facebook has a "lot of work to do" before convincing him to allow Libra to proceed. Even President Donald Trump tweeted "if Facebook wants to become a bank," then they must be "subject to all banking regulations." "We strongly agree with both of them," said Marcus, referring to the statements from Powell and Mnuchin. That said, and even though Marcus is careful in claiming that Libra will not proceed until it is approved by regulators, he makes a clear call to action. He suggests that if policymakers do not act quickly, Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency could threaten the dominance of the dollar: "I believe that if America doesn't lead innovation in the digital currency and payments area, others will. If the country fails to act, we could soon see a [crypto]currency controlled by others whose values are dramatically different from ours." Senators respond with contempt Yet, even with Marcus's cautious remarks towards Libra's approval, Senators from the Committee still responded with contempt because of the social media giant's repeated ethical, privacy, and regulatory violations. "Facebook is dangerous. Facebook might not intend to be dangerous, but surely, they don't respect the power of the technology they're playing with," said Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat. "Like a toddler who has gotten its hands on a book of matches. Facebook has burned down the house over and over and has called every arson a learning experience." For the entirety of the hearing Marcus was under fire for the myriad of scandals connected to Facebook. Backlash from incidents such as Russian election meddling, to Cambridge Analytica, to the platform's role in the genocide of Rohingya Muslims dominated the hearing. Making matters worse, this week the FTC approved a $5 billion fine on Facebook for mishandling users' data. "I don't trust Facebook, and it's because of the repeated violations of user privacy and repeated deceit, and I am not alone," stressed Arizona Republican Martha McSally. "The core issue here is trust." Nevertheless, Marcus iterated time and time again that the Libra multi-member association model, which currently includes over two dozen members, limits Facebook's ability to influence the payment network. "Facebook is just one vote among many," he told the Committee. The Senators were not convinced. Facebook's market power, vast resources, 2.4 billion person user base, and founding role in Libra would make it trivial for the company to assume de facto control over the supposedly decentralized payment system. Libra is far from a lost cause, however. Many in the Committee were optimistic about the potential of blockchain and cryptocurrency. Although the senators were cautious about Libra, they were still willing to work with Facebook should the company be willing to seriously address their concerns. "To announce in advance that we have to strangle this baby in the crib is widely premature," stated Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican. Senators bullish on blockchain, skeptical of Bitcoin Unlike other hearings, those on the Committee appeared relatively knowledgeable about the potential of distributed ledger technology. As Senator Toomey continued: "It's widely premature to come to the conclusion that we have to act now to prevent what could be a very constructive innovation in financial services. I think there are tremendous potential benefits of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. It's clear they could help us lower payment transaction costs, facilitate access to capital, provide pseudo-anonymity, and provide levels of security that other forms of currency have not." Senator Thom Tillis, a Florida Republican, added to the positive sentiment towards crypto, saying the United States should take a leading role in setting cryptocurrency regulation: "The United States can either follow some other jurisdiction in pursuing this or we can lead it. In the same way we have the gold standard for the banking system in the United States, we have the opportunity to set an international standard that will ultimately provide greater consumer protections for a lot of the other upstart equivalents." However, there is still enormous uncertainty around the securities classifications, tax treatment, and legal status of crypto in the United States—allowing places such as Malta and Switzerland to take the lead (at least for now) in blockchain regulation. Stances towards Bitcoin were another matter. "What's different [between Libra] from things like Bitcoin, is the uncertainty around Bitcoin, the uncertainty in its value, the wild fluctuations, mean, in my view, that it's not going to be put into widespread use," said Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat. Could the dollar lose its grip over the global economy? Having the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency gives the United States leverage over foreign economies by imposing "extremely effective" sanctions, said Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton. The United States government can "blacklist" countries and people from accessing the global financial system by leveraging the dominance of the dollar. Current targets of this financial exclusion include Iran, North Korea and Cuba, crippling these economies. In response to a question from New York Democrat Bob Memendez about blacklisting nation-states and bad actors, Marcus reminded him that the United States is at risk of losing the leverage of the dollar (to BTC). "I really want to stress the fact that if we don't lead, others will. And, as a result the transactions that you highlighted and listed, will happen on a network where we [the U.S.] will have no jurisdiction and no reach and no ability to exert any control for national security purposes." For Libra, the wallet providers and other "on and off ramps" would be responsible for conducting KYC and AML compliance. Those using Calibra would be required to reveal their identity and provide photo identification separate from Facebook's social media platform. The Libra association will also register with money transmission regulator FinCEN, said Marcus. Still, the Committee was unconvinced these measures would be sufficient. "Traditional cryptocurrencies are not the first choice of drug cartels, terrorists, and human traffickers, because cryptocurrencies are not easy to use," argued Senator Kyrsten Sinema. … "But Libra is not a cryptocurrency. It's a digital currency that promises anonymity and ease of use, which raises concerns about its potential exploitation for illicit purposes. I have concern that drug cartels and traffickers may use Libra to finance operations along our southern border," concluded the Arizona Democrat. Nevada Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto added to Sinema's concerns. "This is a new day and age. When it comes to cash and carrying around a briefcase full of cash transnational criminals and terrorist activities don't do that anymore. What you are creating right is an opportunity for them to continue engaging in money laundering and criminal activity." Marcus added, "we will respect the travel rule and perform the right checks, including OFAC checks. This is definitely true for the Calibra wallet." Act fast or be made obsolete The final theme Calibra head David Marcus focused on was the United State's precarious relationship with the dollar and its payments infrastructure. "Every time the chairman of the Federal Reserve has come before this committee, I asked them why the United States government is so far behind our European partners and many others in real time payments. The fact that we don't have a system in this country that can clear real time payments is, today, costing millions of Americans billions of dollars," said Van Hollen. "They should accelerate their efforts and get it done. I personally don't think we should hand that over to the consortium of the biggest banks in the country." Marcus agreed with this sentiment, asserting that if the U.S. doesn't act, its position could be displaced by Bitcoin or another nation-state-backed cryptocurrency—such as the one China is exploring on. "If we don't lead in this space others will. In the same way we will end up having two internets and two different infrastructures, we will have two different financial systems and two different financial networks." Although the Facebook executive does not mention Bitcoin by name during his testimony, the theme of "falling behind" was mentioned in more than four instances during the hearing. Several, like the one above, had strong allusions to Bitcoin. "One will be out of reach of the sanctions that are so effective at enforcing our foreign policy and preserving our national security. This is why I believe Libra is an alternative that consumers will have the ability to use with wallets that will de facto enforce the functions that are led by our national security apparatus and Treasury," finished Marcus. In other words, Marcus is reminding the Senate that if the U.S. government wishes to retain control over the money supply, and the global economy, that a solution like Libra is necessary. As said in another instance: "If we stay put we're going to be in a situation where in 10-15 years where we're going to really have half the world operate, on, by the way, a blockchain based technology [Bitcoin] that will be out of reach from our national security apparatus." Still, the Senate Committee was more concerned about the trustworthiness of Facebook over the threat that Bitcoin, or any other payment network, poses to the U.S. financial system. These concerns mean that Facebook is "definitely not moving fast" when it comes to Libra, as said by Marcus. It seems that the risk to the U.S. financial system outweighed by Facebook's infamy, for the time being. As Senator Brown effectively summarized: "Why with all of your problems should we trust [Facebook] with something as important as a worldwide currency and the damage that can come from it." The post Senate hostile towards Libra, Facebook suggests regulators must act or risk losing US dollar dominance to Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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Farrell Dobbs
Title: Farrell Dobbs
Subject: List of female United States presidential and vice-presidential candidates, United States presidential election, 1952, United States presidential election, 1960, Symon Gould, Eric Hass
Collection: 1907 Births, 1983 Deaths, 20Th-Century American Historians, 20Th-Century American Writers, American Historians, American Labor Leaders, American Male Writers, Members of the Communist League of America, Minnesota Republicans, People Convicted Under the Smith Act, People from Schuyler County, Missouri, Socialist Workers Party (United States) Politicians, United States Presidential Candidates, 1948, United States Presidential Candidates, 1952, United States Presidential Candidates, 1956, United States Presidential Candidates, 1960, Writers from Missouri
Queen City, Missouri
October 31, 1983(1983-10-31) (aged 76)
Pinole, CA
Politician, trade unionist, historian
Marvel Scholl
Carol E. DeBerry, Mary Lou Montauk, Sharon Lee Finer
Isaac T. Dobbs, Ora Lenore Smith
Farrell Dobbs (July 25, 1907 – October 31, 1983) was an American Trotskyist, trade unionist, politician, and historian.
Early years 1
Moves leftward, connects with Teamsters 2
Mentors Hoffa 3
Jailed under Smith Act 4
Presidential candidate, supports Fidel Castro 5
Later life 6
Major works 7
Dobbs was born in Queen City, Missouri, where his father was a worker in a coal company garage. The family moved to Minneapolis, and he graduated from North High School (North St. Paul, Minnesota) in 1925. In 1926, he left for North Dakota to find work, but returned the following fall. At this point, young Farrell Dobbs was a conservative Republican, and supported Herbert Hoover for president in 1928.
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Moves leftward, connects with Teamsters
However, his political viewpoint was changed during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Seeing the plight of workers in that situation (including himself), he became politically radicalized to the left-wing politics.
In 1933, while working for the Pittsburgh Coal Company in Minneapolis, Dobbs joined the Teamsters. After getting to know the three Trotskyist Dunne brothers, (Miles, Vincent and Grant Dunne) and Swedish socialist Carl Skoglund, he joined the Communist League of America. Dobbs was one of the initiators of a general strike in Minneapolis, and for a while worked full-time as a union organizer.
He was influential in the Teamsters' shift from emphasis on local delivery work to over-the-road traffic, which keyed their great expansion towards becoming the largest union in the United States.[1]
Dobbs quit in 1939 to work for the new Socialist Workers Party (SWP). Dobbs met the Russian revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky when he visited Mexico shortly before Trotsky's death in 1940.
Mentors Hoffa
Dobbs served as mentor and advisor to a young Jimmy Hoffa, while Hoffa was making his rise within the Teamsters, eventually becoming its president in 1957. Dobbs primarily inspired Hoffa with his view that the capitalist system was a Darwinian struggle, where power, rather than morality, was the primary factor determining the eventual outcome.[2]
Jailed under Smith Act
For opposing World War II, he and other leaders of the SWP and the Minneapolis Teamsters were convicted of violating the Smith Act, which made it illegal to "conspire to advocate the violent overthrow of the United States Government." He served over a year in Federal Correctional Institution, Sandstone, from 1944 to 1945.
Presidential candidate, supports Fidel Castro
After his release, he became the editor of the SWP's newspaper, The Militant. From 1948 to 1960 he was the SWP's candidate for President of the United States, running in four elections. He succeeded James P. Cannon as national secretary of the party in 1953, serving until 1972.
In 1960, Farrell Dobbs and Joseph Hansen, Trotsky's former secretary in Mexico, went to Cuba to experience the revolutionary movement there. The two American Trotskyists decided to fully support the Cuban Revolution and the leadership of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.
Farrell Dobbs retired in 1972, but remained in the party until his death in 1983. He devoted the later part of his life to historical documentation of the American leftist movement and the Minnesota Teamsters. Dobbs was the author of a four-volume history / memoir of the Minneapolis struggles: Teamster Rebellion, Teamster Power, Teamster Politics and Teamster Bureaucracy. He had completed two volumes of a planned history of the Marxist movement in the United States at the time of his death, titled: Revolutionary Continuity: The Early Years, 1848-1917 and Birth of the Communist Movement, 1918-1922.
Trade union problems, New York, Pioneer Publishers, 1941
The Voice of socialism: radio speeches by the Socialist Workers Party candidates in the 1948 election (with Grace Carlson and James Cannon), New York, Pioneer Publishers, 1948
Recent trends in the labor movement, New York, National Education Dept., Socialist Workers Party, 1967
The structure and organizational principals of the party, New York, National Education Dept., Socialist Workers Party, 1971
Teamster rebellion, New York, Pathfinder Press, 1972
Teamster power, New York, Pathfinder Press, 1973
Teamster politics, New York, Pathfinder Press, 1975
Teamster bureaucracy, New York, Pathfinder Press, 1977
Counter-mobilization: a strategy to fight racist and fascist attacks, New York, National Education Dept., Socialist Workers Party, 1976
Revolutionary continuity: Marxist leadership in the U.S., Vol. 1: The early years, 1848-1917, New York, Monad Press, Distributed by Pathfinder Press, 1980
Revolutionary continuity: Marxist leadership in the U.S., Vol. 2: Birth of the Communist movement, 1918-1922, New York, Monad Press, Distributed by Pathfinder Press, 1983
A political biography of Walter Reuther: the record of an opportunist, by Beatrice Hansen, New York, Pathfinder Press, 1987 2nd ed. (contains Dobbs' essay Meany vs. Reuther)
Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934
^ The Kennedys: An American Drama, by Peter Collier (political author) and David Horowitz, Summit Books, 1984, New York, ISBN 0-671-44793-9, p. 221
The Militant, the newspaper of the Socialist Workers Party
Pathfinder Books, the bookstore of the Socialist Workers Party
Trotskyist Work in the Trade Unions, by Chris Knox
none Socialist Workers Party Presidential candidate
1948 (lost), 1952 (lost), 1956 (lost), 1960 (lost) Succeeded by
Clifton DeBerry
James P. Cannon National Secretary of the Socialist Workers Party
1953 - 72 Succeeded by
Jack Barnes
VP nominee
Alben W. Barkley
Harley M. Kilgore
Richard Russell, Jr.
Henry A. Wallace
Thomas Dewey
Earl Warren
Riley A. Bender
Herbert E. Hitchcock
Joseph William Martin, Jr.
Edward Martin
Leverett Saltonstall
Harold Stassen
Arthur H. Vandenberg
State's Rights Democratic Party
Fielding L. Wright
Other third party and independent candidates
Claude A. Watson
Progressive Party
Glen H. Taylor
Tucker P. Smith
Grace Carlson
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Other 1948 elections: House
George Theodore Mickelson
John Sparkman
Paul A. Dever
W. Averell Harriman
Hubert Humphrey
Estes Kefauver
Robert S. Kerr
Third party and independent candidates
Stuart Hamblen
Enoch A. Holtwick
Vincent Hallinan
Charlotta Bass
Socialist Labor Party
Eric Hass
Darlington Hoopes
Samuel H. Friedman
Myra Tanner Weiss
Edward Longstreet Bodin
Henry B. Krajewski
John S. Battle
Happy Chandler
James C. Davis
Frank Lausche
George Bell Timmerman Jr.
American Vegetarian Party
Herbert M. Shelton
Symon Gould
Herbert C. Holdridge
Georgia Cozzini
T. Coleman Andrews
Ross Barnett
Pat Brown
Michael DiSalle
Paul C. Fisher
George H. McLain
Robert B. Meyner
Wayne Morse
Albert S. Porter
George Smathers
Stuart Symington
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
James M. Lloyd
Nelson Rockefeller
National States' Rights Party
Orval Faubus
J. B. Stoner
Rutherford Decker
E. Harold Munn
Harry F. Byrd
Merritt B. Curtis
Lar Daly
George Lincoln Rockwell
Charles L. Sullivan
People from Schuyler County, Missouri
Minnesota Republicans
Members of the Communist League of America
Socialist Workers Party (United States) politicians
American labor leaders
American male writers
People convicted under the Smith Act
United States presidential candidates, 1948
Writers from Missouri
20th-century American historians
20th-century American writers
Democratic Party (United States)
Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Politics
List of female United States presidential and vice-presidential candidates
Democratic Party (United States), Socialist Workers Party (United States), Republican Party (United States), Workers World Party, Socialist Party USA
New York, United States Senate, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Illinois
Republican Party (United States), Democratic Party (United States), Socialist Workers Party (United States), Lyndon B. Johnson, United States presidential election, 1960
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1927: Mateo Correa Magallanes
Add comment February 6th, 2020 Headsman
On this date in 1927, Catholic padre Mateo Correa Magallanes was martyred during Mexico's brutal Cristero war.
We've previously noted the bloody 1926-1929 rebellion of Catholics in central and western Mexico against the liberal and secular state that had emerged from the previous decade's Mexican Revolution.
Imprisoned as a Cristero sympathizer during this conflict, Correa (English Wikipedia entry | Spanish) administered the church's sacrament of confession to some fellow-prisoners.
When the nearest general caught wind of this event, he immediately demanded of the priest the details those comrades revealed in the rite. Correa positively refused: the inviolable seal of the confessional being a principle that Romish clergy have bravely died for down the ages.
Correa joined their number by refusing every threat and blandishment to break his silence. He was shot in a cemetery outside Durango on the morning of February 6, 1927.
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Execution of Cristeros by federal soldiers on the outskirts of San Gabriel, Jalisco, October 8, 1927. On the same site, the soldiers were ambushed, suffering the same fate.
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1789: Rachel Wall, female pirate - 2009
Themed Set: Women Who Kill - 2009
1997: Ricky Lee Green - 2008
1967: Ernesto "Che" Guevara
1922: Seven Republican guerrillas in the Curragh of Kildare
1836: The defenders of the Alamo, much remembered
1871: The Paris Commune falls
1865: Mexican Republican officers, under the Black Decree
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1929: José de León Toral, assassin of Álvaro Obregón
On this date in 1929, a Catholic militant who had gunned down the president of Mexico was shot for his trouble.
In the midst of the dirty Cristero War pitting Catholics against a secular, development-minded state, adroit former president Alvaro Obregon had just won election to a new term.
On July 17, 1928, as the president-elect banqueted in Mexico City, starving artist and father of three Jose de Leon Toral (English Wikipedia entry | Spanish) gained admittance as an itinerant caricaturist … then shot dead his putative subject square in the face.
En route to his inevitable Calvary, which he met like Father Miguel Pro with the insurgents' cry of "Viva Cristo Rey!", Toral had occasion to stand in a sensational trial where he described to a live radio audience his tortures at the hands of the police. (There's an illustration at this Spanish-language biography.)
And of course, he's got his own corrido.
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1768: Quamino (Dubois) - 2019
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1887: Clement Arthur Day - 2015
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1555: John Hooper - 2012
2011: Martin Link - 2011
1619: Lucilio Vanini, aka Giulio Cesare - 2010
1963: Abd al-Karim Qasim, Iraqi Prime Minister - 2008
1942: Avraham Stern, a strange bedfellow
1975: Prince Faisal ibn Musa'id, royal assassin
1944: Col. Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, for the plot to kill Hitler
1900: En Hai, the murderer of von Ketteler
1915: Veljko Cubrilovic, Danilo Ilic and Misko Jovanovic, Archduke Ferdinand's assassins
1894: Sante Geronimo Caserio, anarchist assassin
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4 comments November 23rd, 2008 Headsman
On this date in 1927, the anti-clerical Mexican government made the emblematic martyr of the Cristero War.
This video is in Spanish, but the storyline is pretty easy to follow — young man finds faith, lives faith, dies faith.
Miguel Pro's dying cry, "Viva Cristo Rey!" — "Long live Christ the King!" — was a refrain of Cristeros, anti-government guerrillas who in the late 1920's fought the revolutionary Mexican government's attempts to forcibly restrict the power of the Catholic Church.
That conflict had been brewing for years, an outgrowth of Mexico's own complex history of colonization and development — measures to restrict the church's size, wealth, and social reach had been mooted and sometimes implemented well back to the middle of the 19th century.
Early in the 20th, the confrontation was merely a twist on its classic form: liberal state-builders and the Catholic hierarchy were (or increasingly saw themselves as) diametrically opposed in their vision for Mexico.
That conflict came to a head under president Plutarco Elias Calles, an irreligious northerner with a project of national capital development for whom the church's intransigence from its agrarian strongholds was most unwelcome … and who seemed to delight in provoking Rome with sport like mandatory physicals for priests, not neglecting to publicize the incidence of venereal disease thereby revealed.
Liberals had already brought about drastically reduced clerical privileges in the Mexican Constitution of 1917; its somewhat draconian measures were neither fully enforced nor fully resisted, but initiated a period where the two hostile institutions rudely grappled for their respective spheres of influence on the ground.
Calles was the rudest grappler of all, and his 1926 Calles Law pushed for anti-clericalism stricter than the letter of the constitution … and sparked armed resistance.
It was an exceptionally dirty war with routine summary executions on both sides and thousands of Catholic refugees — a dangerous environment for any priest with legal sanctions against basically every practice of the vocation. (Photos of Cristeros, some in heroic resistance and others in grisly martyrdom, can be eyeballed here.)
Pro, a Jesuit who like many was forced underground, was under state surveillance and got picked up in the aftermath of an assassination attempt against a prominent politician. He was chosen to make an example of — without an actual trial, possibly because there's no actual reason to think he was involved in the bombing.
Looking at these pictures of Pro's last moments, it's hard to believe that they were taken and circulated at government direction to cow the Cristero movement. Fail.
Led out to execution in a police courtyard. The place of his death today is (bizarrely) Calle Loteria Nacional.
Calmly at prayer before his death, under the eye of the firing squad commander.
Pro himself refused a blindfold. But why state authorities carrying out the execution with an eye towards public relations would allow him to die in this pose is anyone's guess.
He blessed and forgave the firing squad, of course.
Just beginning to topple at the moment the bullets struck him.
Like many firing squad executions, this one failed to kill its victim with the ceremonial volley. Pro was finished off with a coup de grace.
Calles was simultaneously — the key measures were also enacted in 1926 — involved in a confrontation with the United States over oil rights, a situation that came to the brink of war, with Washington saber-rattling about "Soviet Mexico". It's tempting to wonder whether the two situations weren't related, especially since the new American ambassador* who had arrived only the month before Pro's execution would ultimately negotiate both situations' resolutions.
While the natural resource politics went their separate way, the Mexican Revolution's anti-clerical strain didn't so much disappear by negotiation as fade away over decades, with regular new outbreaks.
One thinks of Mexico today as such so staunch a Catholic country that it's hard to imagine that some of these provisions were only officially repealed in 1998.
As for Pro, he's welcome in Mexico by now — celebrated by Pope John Paul II who ultimately beatified him, and the inspirational source of this hymn whose refrain is his famous last cry.
There's a faithful site in his honor here, and apparently a shrine to him in Houston, Texas run by a group pushing for his canonization.
* The American ambassador in question, Dwight Morrow, invited Charles Lindbergh on a goodwill tour to Mexico, where the aviator would meet the diplomat's daughter not long after Miguel Pro's martyrdom. Little could Lindbergh and Anne Morrow suspect that their love match would set them on the path to their own famous encounter with capital punishment.
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1974: Black Saturday in Ethiopia - 2009
1910: Hawley Harvey Crippen - 2007
1941: Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
1916: Syrian and Lebanese nationalists, who christen "Martyr's Day"
1916: James Connolly, socialist revolutionary
1811: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, for Mexican independence
1966: Sayyid Qutb
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Fifth Angel - Fifth Angel (1986)
Fifth Angel was formed in the suburbs of Seattle in 1983, specifically, in the Bellevue area. The band's initial lineup consisted of Ted Pilot (vocals), James Byrd (lead guitar), Ed Archer (rhythm guitar), Ken Mary (drums) and Kenny Kay (bass). This line up went into Steve Lawson Productions studio in late 1983 with Terry Date as producer/engineer and recorded a four song demo that consisted of "Fade to Flames", "Fifth Angel", "In the Fallout", and "Wings of Destiny". Shrapnel Records signed them in 1985 and financed the recording of five more songs to complete a self titled album that eventually appeared in 1986.[1]
Kenny Kay left the group in 1987 and was replaced by John Macko. The group was signed a major label deal with Epic Records in 1988 and the debut album was re-released. As the band prepared to record a second album they lost founding guitar player James Byrd. Kendall Bechtel was brought in as his replacement. In 1989, the follow-up record, Time Will Tellappeared, but the band had lost its label support,[2] with its members going their separate ways by 1990.
Although many rumors cropped up in the 2000s about a reunion, it finally happened in 2009. Ed Archer, John Macko and Kendall Bechtel were joined by drummer Jeffrey McCormack and in 2010, the band played its first live show in its history at the Keep it True Festival, with guest singer Peter Orullian (ex-Heir Apparent).
McCormack left the group in 2011, along with announced lead singer David Fefolt (the latter performed on some demos, but never actually performed live or officially recorded with the band). The group was rumored to be demoing new material, but so far nothing had come of it.
By 2017, Fifth Angel had been active once again. Original drummer Ken Mary rejoined the group, and vocalist Peter Orullian returned to sing for some 2017 engagements. The band booked two shows for the year: April 22, 2017 at El Corazon in Seattle, Washington, and the Keep it True Festival in Germany on April 29, 2017. The band also had a huge slate of demos that it planned to work on following the Keep It True Festival, in hopes of finally putting together a new record. Their third album, The Third Secret, was released on October 26, 2018 on Nuclear Blast
Fifth Angel is the first studio album by the American heavy metal band Fifth Angel. It was originally released in 1986. Musically, it shows much more resemblance to modern power metal than their other USPM counterparts. After recording a four song demo in late 1983 and early 1984, which they sent to over 100 record labels, Mike Varney of Shrapnel Records signed the band and financed the recording of five additional songs and released the album in 1986. Epic Records re-released it in 1988 with new artwork.
The record was produced by Fifth Angel and Terry Date.
All songs written by Pilot, Archer and Byrd except "Only the Strong Survive" by Pilot, Archer, Byrd, MarySide one
"In the Fallout" – 3:55
"Shout It Out" – 4:27
"Call Out the Warning" – 3:34
"Fifth Angel" – 4:04
"Wings of Destiny" – 4:34
"The Night" – 4:45
"Only the Strong Survive" – 3:48
"Cry Out the Fools" – 4:23
"Fade to Flames" – 4:04
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Q: Using cookies in Universal Rendering using angular-cli I have made an angular app using angular-cli and doing universal rendering in it by following steps given here . But it is mentioned that i can't use Global variables like window and document in my app if i am doing universal rendering, How can i set cookies at front end to maintain user session. Previously i was using JWT, but for doing that i need to set cookies in my browser.

A: Note: all the information below is only valid if you're using Node with Express to dynamically render (at the time a request hits the server) your Angular app on the server. I haven't looked into pre-rendering. And I don't know how you would go about it if you'd be using a framework other than Express, like Hapi or whatever orher frameworks are out there. I can only guess that @nguniversal should offer a solution for those as well, but haven't looked into it.
That being said, here's the way I've just managed to make cookies available in my app, when it is rendered server side:
app.server.module.ts:
// ...
import { Request } from 'express';
import { REQUEST } from '@nguniversal/express-engine/tokens';

@Injectable()
export class RequestCookies {
    constructor(@Inject(REQUEST) private request: Request) {}

    get cookies() {
        return !!this.request.headers.cookie ? this.request.headers.cookie : null;
    }
}

@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
    ],
    providers: [
        CookieService,
        { provide: 'req', useClass: RequestCookies }
    ],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppServerModule {}

app.module.ts: (some might call it app.browser.module.ts)
@NgModule({
    declarations: [
        // ...
    ],
    imports: [
        // ...
    ],
    providers: [
        CookieService,
        {
            provide: 'req',
            useValue: null
        }
    ],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule {}

cookie.service.ts:
import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';

@Injectable()
export class CookieService {
    private cookieStore = {};

    constructor(
        @Inject('req') private readonly req: any,
    ) {
        if (this.req !== null) {
            this.parseCookies(this.req.cookies);
        } else {
            this.parseCookies(document.cookie);
        }
    }

    public parseCookies(cookies) {
        this.cookieStore = {};
        if (!!cookies === false) { return; }
        let cookiesArr = cookies.split(';');
        for (const cookie of cookiesArr) {
            const cookieArr = cookie.split('=');
            this.cookieStore[cookieArr[0]] = cookieArr[1];
        }
    }

    get(key: string) {
        return !!this.cookieStore[key] ? this.cookieStore[key] : null;
    }
}

any.component.ts:
// ...
constructor(
    private cookieService: CookieService
) {}

needMyCookie() {
    const userCookie = this.cookieService.get('user');
}

Make sure you > npm install express @nguniversal/express-engine
P.S. I started by looking at this repo: https://github.com/angular/universal-starter/tree/master/cli for the server-side-rendering, only did the cookie part myself (wasn't included there).
That repo follows the universal story from your link, but goes beyond. If you simply follow the universal story, it says:

Lazy loading is not yet supported

But if you try the repo I gave the link to, you'll discover that lazy loaded modules ARE RENDERED on the server also! I don't know what the key is, maybe it has to do with the code in the server.js file and @nguniversal/module-map-ngfactory-loader
I've tried it with:
CLI version 1.4.2 and Angular version: 4.4.1
This is what I get with javascript disabled in the browser:

My carousel items are spaced like that because they're actually scaled to 90%. I have a zoomIn animation on the item in onInit. And on the server rendered view, I force-style them to 90% so they won't appear at 100% on first load and then, after the client kicks in, have them animate 90 to 100.
Also, if anybody comes across this answer and notices a reference to the viewport width in the screenshot, in the codeblock below the main navigation links - in case they're wondering - this is my WindowService:
import { Injectable, PLATFORM_ID, Inject } from '@angular/core';
import { isPlatformBrowser, isPlatformServer } from '@angular/common';

@Injectable()
export class WindowService {

    constructor(
        @Inject(PLATFORM_ID) private readonly platformId: any,
    ) {}

    get width() {
        if (isPlatformBrowser(this.platformId)) {
            return window.innerWidth;
        } else {
            return 'Not available server-side!';
            // return null;
        }
    }

}

Simply add it to the providers: [] array in both app.module.ts and app.server.module.ts.
Another thing to be noted here is that I'm using Node with Express. I don't know about doing this if you're using other frameworks, like Hapi or whatever other frameworks that are out there.

A: I have had success using the npm package ng2-cache (I am using Angular 4 and it works just fine). I am using the local storage, so I have it in my module providers array like this:
providers: [
    CacheService,
    {provide: CacheStorageAbstract, useClass: CacheLocalStorage},
    ...
]

Another option is to use isPlatformBrowser() as shown here.
The ugliest option is to just put your code dealing with cookies in try-catch statements. That way it will work on the browser and be ignored on the server side.

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In this comic tale that brings a touch of horror to Jane Austen's literary masterpiece, zombies stalk the English countryside in bloody fashion while romance blooms between feisty Elizabeth Bennet and the dashing Mr. Darcy.
Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston, Bella Heathcote, Douglas Booth, Matt Smith, Charles Dance, Lena Headey
Action & Adventure, Period Pieces, Zombies
Witty, Exciting, Violent, Romantic
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English, Spanish (Neutral)
English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish (Neutral): Dolby Digital 5.1
PG-13 - Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.
Common Sense rating OK for kids 14+
Common Sense Note
Parents need to know that Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is both a romantic drama and a horror-action movie, just like the 2009 mash-up book by Seth Grahame-Smith (which itself was inspired by Jane Austen's classic novel). There's a lot of zombie violence, though it's largely bloodless, with more suggested than actually shown. Still, zombies are killed, and there are some scary and/or gross images, as well as martial arts fighting, swords, blades, guns, battles, and explosions. Characters talk a great deal about marrying each other; there's one scene of passionate kissing and a flirty fight scene during which a male character pops the button off the top of a woman's dress, exposing a bit more of her cleavage. Language isn't an issue, and characters drink only in social settings.
Passionate kissing. During a fight scene, a man cuts the top button of a woman's dress off, revealing slightly more cleavage. Man's naked body is checked for bite marks (nothing graphic shown). Women getting dressed; stockings are shown, and they slide weapons into sheathes under their dresses. Many discussions of marriage.
Zombie attacks, zombie fighting (though a large portion is more implied than shown). Slicing and slashing with knives/swords. Guns and shooting; a gun backfires in a woman's hand, leaving a bloody wound. Severed limbs, beheadings, and exploding heads, but little blood/gore shown. Martial arts fighting, with punching and throwing. Sword fighting, with kicking and head-butts. Battle and explosions. Gross zombie imagery. Zombie mother and baby shown.
One (obscured) use of "prick."
Women are encouraged to be strong and don't necessarily have to choose between marriage and personal (martial arts) training. They're allowed to choose both, to be themselves, and to show their strength and courage.
Drugs / Tobacco / Alcohol
Social drinking of sherry/brandy.
Not an issue
Depends on your child and your family
Parents strongly cautioned
Not appropriate for kids of the age
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One question I've seen posed a few times in the past several months is whether performance really is a moral or ethical concern, or if that's all heavy-handed exaggeration. When you stop to consider all the implications of poor performance, it's hard not to come to the conclusion that poor performance is an ethical issue.


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The Brigantine Transitional King Sleigh Bed with Low Footboard by Palettes by Winesburg at Dinette Depot in the Brookfield, Danbury, Newington, Hartford, Connecticut area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
The Brigantine collection is a great option if you are looking for Transitional Tropical furniture in the Brookfield, Danbury, Newington, Hartford, Connecticut area.


We love "The Count of Monte-Cristo". No, that doesn't do it justice. We LOVE "The Count of Monte-Cristo". It might just be our favorite book.
So, a round of applause for him. On the book, at least. His anti-Israel stance, on the other hand... Well, that's a debate for another time.


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Irish regulators have fined Instagram €405m for violating children's privacy.
The long-running complaint concerned children's data – particularly their phone numbers and email addresses.
Some reportedly upgraded to business accounts to access analytics tools such as profile visits, without realising this made more of their data public.
Instagram's owner, Meta, said it planned to appeal against the decision. It is the third fine handed to the company by the regulator.
"We adopted our final decision last Friday and it does contain a fine of €405m [£349m]," Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) said.
'Engaged fully'
A Meta official told BBC News: "This inquiry focused on old settings that we updated over a year ago and we've since released many new features to help keep teens safe and their information private.
"Anyone under 18 automatically has their account set to private when they join Instagram, so only people they know can see what they post and adults can't message teens who don't follow them.
"While we've engaged fully with the DPC throughout their inquiry, we disagree with how this fine was calculated and intend to appeal it.
"We're continuing to carefully review the rest of the decision."
'Major breach'
The DPC regulates large technology companies with European headquarters in the Republic of Ireland.
It has never given such a large fine for a breach of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation.
But last year, it fined WhatsApp €225m, while Luxembourg's data authority fined Amazon a record €746m.
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) child-safety-online policy head Andy Burrows said of Instagram's fine: "This was a major breach that had significant safeguarding implications and the potential to cause real harm to children using Instagram.
"The ruling demonstrates how effective enforcement can protect children on social media and underlines how regulation is already making children safer online.
"It's now over to the new prime minister to keep the promise to give children the strongest possible protections by delivering the Online Safety Bill in full and without delay."
Source: BBC – By Shiona McCallum and Tom Gerken
Technology team
Categories: Business, Infosec, Leading Stories, Tech
by ITECHNEWS September 6, 2022
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Kilkenny Castle has a number of exciting events which will take place over the Easter holidays.
On Saturday (April 20), as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations in the care of the Office of Public Works, a wonderful evening of 'Songs from Stage & Screen' at The Picture Gallery at 8pm.
Be enthralled as three of Ireland's foremost musicians - Ryan Morgan (Tenor), Siobhan Oliver (Soprano) and Eoin O'Callaghan (Pianist) - combine forces to present a glittering gala of iconic songs from the stage and the silver screen. Anything goes in this eclectic musical myriad which will include favourites from Rodgers & Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Leonard Bernstein and Claude-Michel Schonberg. Lovers of classic and modern musical theatre will be thrilled and beguiled by performances of passion, romance and frivolity.
Meanwhile earlier in the day at The Parade Tower at 2pm and 4pm Púca Puppets in association with OPW, presents a short film and workshop on Béirín Beag Buí.
Meet the tiny star Béirín Beag Buí of Púca Puppets award winning lullaby film, as seen on RTE and BBC. Enjoy his short film and have a chance to make a dream catcher as a family to assist your own sweet dreaming at home. Children are welcome to bring along their own special toys!
The show is suitable for children aged three to seven years with an accompanying adult. Free admission on first come first served basis with doors open 30 minutes before each show (25 children max and accompanying adult).


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Climate emergency grips California with 50,000-foot smoke plumes and record-shattering heatwave /
Climate emergency grips California with 50,000-foot smoke plumes and record-shattering heatwave
Jon Queally
Smoke plumes rising tens of thousands of feet into the air over California could be seen from outer-space overnight and into Sunday as massive wildfires that touched off this weekend amid a statewide heatwave triggered dramatic rescue efforts for hundreds of people trapped in a U.S. national forest and fresh warnings of a "climate emergency" unfolding in real time.
The fast-moving "Creek Fire" in the Sierra National Forest—which has burned at least 36,000 acres and reported as 0% contained as of Sunday—triggered a military-assisted rescue effort of more than 200 people camped at a popular swimming reservoir in the park. The fire was so ferocious, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) Oakland Center Weather Service Unit on Saturday, that the tops of smoke plumes soared to 50,000 feet or more.
#CreekFire last 5 hours from 1pm - 7pm PT #timelapse Multiple aircraft reporting tops above 50,000 feet! Multiple… https://t.co/cHaXIR4D3k
— NWS CWSU Oakland (@NWS CWSU Oakland)1599360786.0
Meanwhile, with temperature records "shattered" in areas across the state on Saturday, a number of other wildfires erupted elsewhere. After Tom Dang, a science and operations offices out of the NWS's Tuscon office, shared the following satellite imagery of the multiple fires, meteorologist and journalist Eric Holtaus said: "it cannot be overstated how terrifying this satellite image is."
Ugh. The dreaded combination of very hot temperatures and seasonality (approaching the driest time of year) is lead… https://t.co/og8lDQaY8o
— Tom Dang (@Tom Dang)1599352914.0
For climate experts like Holthaus, extreme wildfires like the Creek Fire, matched with the record-setting heat in California, cannot be—and should not be—decoupled from the underlying planetary crisis caused by fossil fuel emissions and other human activity.
The biggest new fire burning in California right now is so powerful it sent smoke 10 miles straight up into the str… https://t.co/ZEg0lEsYQI
— Eric Holthaus (@Eric Holthaus)1599405171.0
A Sunday morning alert from the NWS warned: "A dangerous heat wave is underway across much of the Western U.S. this holiday weekend and critical fire weather conditions are forecast through next Tuesday for portions of the West." The NWS said that as "excessive heat" continues in California and across the western region of the U.S., there is potential for new daily temperature records being set—and those soaring temperatures, experts warn, arrive amid already dire fire conditions.
The heat in California is intense--records aren't just being broken, they're being crushed https://t.co/zSCGG0FQrJ
— Bill McKibben (@Bill McKibben)1599344524.0
The climate crisis has led to: ❌ The strongest hurricane to hit Louisiana in 164 yrs ❌ California wildfires raging… https://t.co/8aEY0Tvexe
— Friends of the Earth (Action) (@Friends of the Earth (Action))1599267609.0
According to the Los Angeles Times:
The forecast prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to issue an emergency proclamation aimed at shoring up California's energy capacity and staving off the kind of power outages and rolling blackouts that left tens of thousands of residents in the dark during the last big heat wave.
The California Independent System Operator, which runs the power grid for most of the state, has issued a statewide flex alert—calling for residents to voluntarily cut back their electricity consumption from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday through Monday.
"This is what climate change looks like," lamented Dana Brown, a research professor of history and professor emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz. in the Guardian on Thursday in a column documenting the recent and widespread destruction caused by this year's fire season in California.
Interviewed by CapRadio this week about the climate connection and what to do about the intensifying wildfire seasons in California and elsewhere, UC Berkeley forest ecologist and climate change scientist Patrick Gonzalez—who says that "outdated policies" combined with human-caused global heating accounts for a 900% increase in areas burned by wildfires since the mid-1980s—said ending the fossil fuel economy should be the chief priority for anyone wanting to address the root cause of the issue.
"Fundamentally, the main solution to a lot of the fire problems that we have [is] taking action on climate change," Gonzalez said of the fires. "To be carbon-free is the ultimate end goal, and the sooner we reach that, the better it will be for nature and for people."
Photo raises alarms about a Trump ally still pushing election conspiracies at the White House
Ivanka Trump in 'a bit of a panic': CNN
Trump ends his presidency in disgrace
Here's why Rudy Giuliani is having an absolutely terrible week
Trump's ex-secretary of state says he is leaving Biden with a foreign policy nightmare
The group hoping to trigger civil war
GOP congresswoman denies she led 'insurrectionists' on Capitol tour ahead of violent assault


Shape-shifting rescue planes: Where can we sign up for one?
OK, so maybe the technology has not come this far yet.
It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a shape-shifting UAV robot?
Developers in Cyprus and Israel, as part of EUREKA, a European collaborative science effort, recently announced creation of an unmanned aircraft that will be able to change shape in order to maneuver in severe weather while performing maritime search-and-rescue missions.
The National Science Foundation this week published a thorough review on the U.S News & World Report web site. The article calls the result from the "E! 3931 ASARP" project a cheap-to-build, small, and handy aircraft that will shorten the duration of sea-based rescue operations and be able to operate from land or water in extreme weather.
Final stages of testing continue on a prototype in Cyprus. Commercial use will also depend on governmental aviation regulations, according to the article, assumedly to allow the design's moving parts the legal freedom to, ahem, spread its wings.
Project director Dr. Michael Amprikidis said the use of cutting-edge technologies such as aeroservoelastic trim tabs allow the airframe to reformulate itself and its light mass to overcome harsh conditions by doing so.
"A tab can have very high oscillation frequency," Amprikidis was quoted in saying in the article. "Traditional flight surfaces cannot match these frequencies, leading to up-and-down movement of aircraft during turbulence."


I Can Too is a Bulgarian organization founded in 2006 to "assist children with disabilities and to foster their social integration." This print ad is part of their "Streets Without Boundaries" campaign. If you want to visit the page, there is an English translation, but it may not go there by default. (Look for a British flag in the upper left corner.) If you cannont recognize the flag of Great Britain/The United Kingdom, go directly to Geography class, do not pass go, and do not buy those airline tickets for your European getaway.
I Can Too gives an example that is tangible, yet metaphorical, of how hard it can be for those with disabilities to access public spaces. Here we see a playground out of focus in the background, blocked by a steep sidewalk fashioned into a castle.
The message is denied happiness. Playgrounds are a happy place, but those with disabilities all too often have the vision of happiness clouded, as portrayed by the out of focus background.
The organizations logo is bright and simple–possibly created by a child. It's a very fitting image for such an organization.
"Sometimes small things can be a huge obstacle" draws attention to the picture and the plight of the disabled, and then the call to action is made asking people to donate to a fund that will help ensure normal access to public space with people with disabilities.
The organization name "I Can Too" was also well-thought-out. It is empowering, emotional, and emphasizes what their goals are.
This piece was well-thought-out and professionally executed. My initial reaction is overwhelmingly positive.
This piece presents the problem well, but could use some additional information regarding the solution.
What does normal access look like? We can see here that the steep sidewalk is in the way, but that is not the only problem. The playground also seems woefully inaccessible. If the curb is enough of an obstacle that someone cannot get to the playground, they will not likely be able to do much even if they could get there.
Is the call to action here really the focus of the ad? Is this an "awareness" piece or a fundraising effort? It certainly creates awareness, but the appeal of donating an unspecified amount with unspecified results for unspecified people to a fund is perhaps not the most motivational way to solicit funds.
I might suggest personalizing the ad a bit more. Expand on that theme of denied happiness and put a human face on it. Abstract concepts are much easier to reject or not care about than humanized ones. Also, let donors know what their donation of various sizes can do. If they knew that a specific amount of money would install an accessible curb or playground equipment, they may be more likely to donate.
Carnvial Cruise Lines–Postcards from the Nation of Land-Locked…But Then Again…Why Not?
In all walks of life, creative people often have an inherent bias against the familiar. To fall into an old mold seems to be a cop-out. While it's true that history often honors revolutionaries, there is still something to be said for tried-and-true methods as well. The predictable approach will often bring predictable results, the cutting-edge approach will provoke a deeper response in an audience, but the results can range anywhere from poor to unprecedented.
We've seen the cruise line commercials. Lots of shots of the boat, lots of talk about how many millions of things we can do while on one of their boats, a list of exotic ports of call, and maybe some mention of a promotional deal to save us a few bucks. There are, of course, a thousand different spins to put on this template, but that's more or less the meat of it.
And then a major cruise line goes to a land-locked metropolis and drops the world's largest beachball onto a a downtown street. CRASH! There goes the template, and the spectacle has people smiling and crowding around to get in on the fun. All brought to you by Carnival Cruise Lines, where they're about having fun and doing big, unexpected things.
This is not just a commercial, by the way. Carnival actually staged this stunt (along with others). I'm sure it was excellent local PR for them, I'm sure they got lots of free airtime in the form of news coverage. (CBS picked it up, albeit as raw video). It was a great idea, but did it make a great commercial?
Casting: I'm pretty sure they used people who were on the street at the moment (though I'm sure they had video releases signed). The camera crew did a great job to capture people's reactions to the audacious stunt.
It's a bit corny, but fairly memorable and meaningful.
So here's my professional critique…I don't know.
I just can't help but feeling that this commercial was kind of an afterthought to the obviously very successful live event in Dallas. The video itself is compelling, even though we don't see any ships or hear anything about their cruises. If the video had managed to go viral, I think they may have had more success with using those clips as an ad. Some preliminary YouTube research does return several videos of the event with 10-20,000 views each, but something as cool as three-story beach balls falling from buildings might have gotten more exposure than that if it hadn't been seen first as an ad. Let's face it, most people, aside from us communication geeks, don't send non-Superbowl ads to each other or post them to YouTube.
What do you think about this spot? Do we need to see something about cruises in a cruise line commercial? Do we need some more information that this record attempt was real? Could we have done without the background music and just done natural sound to give it a more amateur feel? (Yes, I know "Bang on the Drum" is Carnival's Theme).
In our first installment of Links to Make You Think, we have a blog post on the PRSAY site (an outreach of the Public Relations Society of America).
Here, PR professional Kathy Nelson Barbour sheds some light on emotional connotations of punctuation in texting and social media, and how those of us who still type complete, grammatically correct sentences in our Facebook updates can engage the younger Social Media crowd.
Saving One Mountain–A Better Approach to Saving the Earth?
But what about "Saving the Earth"? What does it mean? Are we saving it from pollution, greenhouse gases, resource exhaustion or another environmental nemesis? Are we appealing to the Environmentalists or the Conservationists? What about the guy next door that just wants clean air, clean water, and roadway shoulders free of trash? How do we get them to care about something that isn't directly affecting them at the moment? Even harder, how do we get them to agree to increased costs in the name of the environment?
Enter the plight of Coal River Mountain (If you've watched Hulu in the past three months, I guarantee you've seen this spot).
The people behind this Coal River Wind project did an excellent job realizing that this situation affects very few people directly. The area in question is a very sparsely-populated area of West Virginia. So how did a small town create a campaign to save their mountain and make it relatable to thousands of people all over the world?
The first part of the ad follows a fairly common template–dramatic music, large white text, video of a countryside ravaged by mountaintop coal mining.
But then the otherwise-average spot grabs attention when a mountain goes up (or rather, down) in a pile of dust and debris. It seems a rather senseless destruction to those of us watching at home, but what can we do about it?
Help build a wind farm, save a mountain.
The main shortcoming of this ad was the lack of a clear call to action. There was a website given at the end, but it was not on the screen for a very long time, and somewhat obscured by the logo. I visited the site and found it to be basic, but well organized. If the main goal of this campaign is action, however, I would recommend highlighting one specific step people could take (such as signing the online petition).If the point was simply making people aware and care, they've done their job well.
I'm not normally too given to environmental causes. Sometimes it seems to me that environmental action groups are the real "party of no," focusing on what shouldn't be done, instead of what should. Sometime they seem to react to a problem with solutions that present unintended consequences, and sometimes they try to make us care about a topic so big, so amorphous, that we just can't wrap our mind around it. But despite my admitted self-bias, they have found a great, simple, focused way to reach me with this spot, and I congratulate them.
What improvements could be made to this spot? What would be a convenient, yet meaningful way for people to become involved?
Effective use of the print medium requires the ability to explain the benefits of a product with as few words as possible. Bold, bright imagery that tells a story in two-dimensional space with a single sentence, single word, or just a logo is what makes a great print ad stand apart from a cluttered classified in a local newspaper.
The maxim about a picture being worth a thousand words may be a cliche, but the beauty of a storytelling image is that a picture is worth a different thousand words to each person who sees it. It is a theater of the mind, which is accentuated in this case by another iPad marketing tactic–ambiguity.
We make a tremendous amount of assumptions about people based upon their appearance–and the most identifiable characteristic of appearance is one's face. Apple has chosen to leave faces out of this series of iPad print ads, and in doing so, has managed to create the slightest amount of ambiguity that allows people to envision themselves as the person holding the iPad.
Shopping expert Paco Underhill, in his book Why We Buy, make the argument that when it comes to electronics, men shop and women buy. Men, he says, are likely to look at products they may not need at the moment in order to get an idea of the features and specs are. Women tend to be more concerned with immediate needs and a specific functionality, rather than boasting about gigabytes, megapixels or RAM.
Some, however, believe that Apple has missed the mark when it comes to marketing to women. Avi and Michal Schick's suggest that the iPad ads they've encountered have a gendered and sexist overtone.
Overall, I think this is an example of a highly-respected national company showing that they know how to market. Edward Boches at Creativity Undbound believes that the excellent execution of the iPad print ads could bring a second life to the print advertising medium, as well as further innovation in image advertising.
OK, I can't help myself. The serious commentary is over, but the irrepressible analytic in me has to chuckle at the Pooh passage which appears on the pictured iPad.
With 9 months since the iPad hit the market, we can still make fun of the inoppotune name a bit, can't we?


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IACM-Bulletin
By International Association for Cannabis as Medicine (IACM)
"The IACM-Bulletin is a FREE bi-weekly e-mail newsletter, covering news topics on all aspects of Cannabis as medicine."
"CANNABINOIDS is a peer-reviewed online journal of the [IACM. It] intends to become an important source of information on medical and scientific aspects of cannabis and the cannabinoids in the web and to inform the readers up to date on issues under discussion."
Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics
Edited by Ethan Russo, MD
This earlier publication of the IACM, which ceased in 2004, "is devoted to the scientific examination of clinical cannabis, the biochemical mechanisms of endocannabinoids, and biosynthetic analogues that are based upon their cellular mechanisms. We hope to educate and enlighten a broad-based readership of physicians, researchers and other health professionals."
O'Shaughnessey's Journal of Cannabis in Clinical Practice
by California Cannabis Research Medical Group (CCRMG)
"O'Shaughnessy's is the journal of the CCRMG. Our primary goals are the same as the stated goals of any reputable scientific publication: to bring out findings that are accurate, duplicable, and useful to the community at large. But in order to do this, we have to pursue parallel goals such as removing the impediments to clinical research created by Prohibition, and educating our colleagues, co-workers and patients as we educate ourselves about the medical uses of cannabis."


4 Responses to "Aate hain wo aate hain wo"
Please SEE & HEAR the entire Lata's song (solo & Duets) with Khemchanji, posted on Atulites. She sang in only 3 films for him.
Thanks for a very good article on KP.
As I informed you earlier, a 2 part detailed article was published in Listeners' Bulletins numbers 141 and 142.in July and October 2009.
The first article gives a detailed information on his early years.
Two incidents can be given here for the benefit of our readers.
One is, KP went to England when he was just 18 years old,i.e. in 1925. he stayed there for two years, doing shows on Indian classical dances. His family was worried that he may not come back. They sent him a false news of the death of his father. So he had to come back.
Second point is while he was in Calcutta, with his wife and daughter, he did not get any job for quite some time. he started gambling. he had to sell everything in the house due to this. Seeing his plight, a Panwala acquaintence advised him to try singing on A.I.R.
KP went there with a song written by him and he was given chance to sing that song. That song was " Dukh ke din ab beetat nahi" , which was later used in Devdas.
After this, New Theatres contacted him and offered job as an assistant to Timir Baran. He got Rs. 10 for that song,used in Devdas.
There are many more anecdotes in these two articles. it is surely worth reading in original. As it is published in LB it is reliable. The original article is taken from a research thesis on Khemchand Prakash for Ph. D. by ms. Vidya Arya of Rajasthan University.
Thanks a lot for adding the inputs from LBs which, despite your offer, I could not collect copies of the relevant LBs from you.
The second anecdote about the song 'dukh ke ab din beetat naahi' written by KP and sung by him on AIR add a new dimension to the speculation about two songs composed by KP for 'Devdas' (1935).
Did K L Saigal had a hand in composing this song?
I would rather go with the research paper details, rather than what Kidar Sharma has written.
One important point- If Sharma wrote the song after Devdas was complete ( as stated by him on pp135 of his book), how come KP sang it much earlier on A.I.R.?
It is possible that Sharma might have used the Mukhda of KP's song and added antaras of his own. Afterall the two songs may have different lyrics, except the Mukhda. We do not have access to what actually was sung by KP. But given that this is coming in a research paper, it carries more credibility, according to my opinion.
This also brings us to the point of artistes of Autobiographies. I have read dozens of them and have come to the conclusion that sometimes they write what they want to claim, sometimes they add imaginary stories to add Masala to the book and yet sometimes they simply and honestly write wrong memories. A lot of time had elapsed between the incident and writing. ( Like in many cases Lata has done).
This observation is in general and not specific to what we are discussing about the Devdas song alone.