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Vision Statement: We, at Dr. Emily Stowe, believe in a safe, respectful, inclusive and supportive environment that encourages all students, staff, families and community partners to develop resiliency through authentic learning opportunities that prepare them for purposeful, life-long learning.
School Environment:
Dr. Emily Stowe P.S., a junior kindergarten to grade 8 school that opened in 1990. We currently have approximately 375 students registered at our school.
Situated in Courtice, our school serves the learning needs of students in the established subdivisions residing east of Farewell Creek, north of Glenabbey Drive, west of Lydia Trull's eastern boundary and south of Highway #2. Students graduate to attend secondary programs at Courtice Secondary School.
School Staff:
There are 18.15 FTE staff (Special Education 1.25, French 1.11 and Library 0.4, Planning 1.39), Administration 1.0, 2.0 Educational Assistants, 3 Early Childcare Educators, 1 secretary, 1 day-time custodian, and 2 night-time custodians at our school to provide instruction and a supportive learning environment for students. Teachers are constantly updating their qualifications and teaching skills through courses, conferences and workshops.
School Program:
Dr. Emily Stowe offers programming from Kindergarten to grade 8. We provide support for identified special education students and for those students who have intensive needs that require accommodations. The grade 7 and 8 program includes a mixture of core and rotary subjects. We have minimized rotary to facilitate the integration of various subjects and to provide consistency in programming to our students.
School Facilities:
Our 15 classes are housed in 15 classrooms. We also have a gymnasium, Learning Resource Centre, an Early Literacy workroom, a guidance/conference room, Instrumental Music Room and two Computer Labs. Three outside areas are available for supervised recess including a gated enclosure for Kindergarten students and Stuart Park for grade 6-8 students with primary and junior students using the back school yard.
Dr. Emily Stowe has a highly supportive School Council who have actively participated in improving student safety, school yard facilities, while supporting student achievement financially. With our support from committed volunteers, we have been able to reach out to parents, improve communication links, provide input on board and school policies and have, through fundraising contributed many resources and learning opportunities to our school.
Student Services:
A wide range of services are available for our students. Academic support along with Special Education services for students with specific needs and to assist teachers in programming for those students. All students from grades 1 – 8 participate in the agenda program to teach planning and organizational skills as well as to provide a format for daily communication between home and school. Board language assistance is available for those students who qualify.
Our school promotes and maintains a safe learning and work environment for students and staff through the implementation of Safe Schools Policy, Emergency Preparedness and the Safe Arrival Program.
Student Leadership:
Many opportunities are offered for students to develop the skills of being proactive citizens who care and show respect for themselves, their fellow students, teachers and the environment. Through reading buddies, older and younger students work to develop literacy skills. An extensive student volunteer program offers leadership roles which include: announcement helpers, office helpers, library monitors, lunch helpers and recycling monitors. Grade 8 students participate in a community service program working as classroom helpers, sports leaders and computer helpers throughout the school.
Co-curricular activities provide a positive environment for students and offer opportunities to build new skills. Dr. Emily Stowe participates in many extra curricular activities which include, but are not limited to: junior and intermediate sports, choirs, bands, yearbook committees, student well-being committee, student council, ski club, and environment teams (ECO Schools). Within individual classrooms we often raise the awareness of needs within our own community, working to support these organizations.
Dr. Emily Stowe's Student Council offers grade 7 – 8 students the experience of decision making and leadership while providing the rest of the student body the opportunity to participate in dances, spirit days and fundraisers for valuable causes. Our Student of the Month program also showcases the learning that occurs in individual classes and builds school spirit through the celebration of student achievements and the demonstration of Character Attributes. Our Student of the Month bulletin board in the hall encourages students to reflect on their character and to discuss their attributes amongst their peers.
Teachers gather detailed information on students on a regular basis. In addition, Provincial and System assessments offer teachers and parents a snapshot of how well students are achieving the learning expectations. Results from these tests will assist teachers, schools and the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board to pin-point strengths and weaknesses in achievement for individual students, for schools and for the system as a whole.
Currently, the provincial standards are:
Level 1 – well below the provincial standard
Level 2 – approaching the provincial standard
Level 3 – meeting the standard
Level 4 – exceeding the standard
The School Improvement Plan (SIP) is updated on a yearly basis, with input from staff and the School Improvement Team (SIT). Dr. Emily Stowe P.S. uses a variety of resources as they review and update their School Improvement Plan.
Provincial and system assessment results
The previous School Improvement Plan
The current System Improvement Plan
The Principles of Effective Schools
School generated data (from teacher observations, diagnostic assessments and other data that is collected in the classroom)
EQAO results for Dr. Emily Stowe P.S. are shared with school staff in staff meetings and with School Council. In Professional Learning Committees (PLCs), teachers participate in: analyzing data, looking at trends from past information and targeting areas for improvement through collaborative planning and reflection.


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Hindus of Dhanpura village in Haridwar district, Uttarakhand are sitting on hunger strike to protest their harassment by Muslims in the area, and to demand security from the Government. There are reports that around 60 Hindu families have left the village since 1994 due to similar harassment and communal tensions.
There has been a steep decline in population of Hindus in Haridwar district and other parts of South Uttrakhand due to heavy Muslim migration from other parts, particularly from UP – as per Census 2011, Hindus constitute 64% and Muslims 34% of the population.
As per a Dainik Jagran report, one Pankaj Saini has been sitting in protest for the last 11 days stating that the ex-head of the village and few Muslims have filed false cases against him & his family. Alleging police inaction, members of Hindu organizations had picketed Ferrupur police station and blocked the Haridwar-Luxor route a few days back – police had lodged a case against 40 activists.
Local MLA from Ranipur, BJP's Adesh Chauhan has supported Pankaj Saini's protest. VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi also came to meet him on Thursday and asked the administration to look into the matter on priority. She also said she would also meet Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat to seek his intervention.
English language media outlets like Time of India have quite predictably picked up the Sadhvi's visit to reduce this serious issue as 'just another controversy stoked by the firebrand right-wing leader'.
District authorities have also denied any such exdous from the village to TOI – which come as no surprise as this is the time-tested response of the police & Government machinery, as was in evidence even during the Kairana exodus when despite all denials, the exodus was clearly proven true by an NHRC probe. From a system which fears being branded 'communal' after decades of secular conditioning, this is an expected response.
However, the same TOI reports quotes former gram pradhan of Dhanpura, Ram Pal, as saying, "There has never been any mass exodus from the village. However, some Hindu families voluntarily left the area some six years ago due to communal tension. The village has a population of 40% Hindus and the communal rift is palpable mostly during festivals."
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- Make the filling: Toss the rhubarb, strawberries, lemon juice, granulated sugar, cornstarch and salt in a 9-inch square baking dish or 9-inch deep-dish pie plate. Let sit 10 minutes.
- Cover the fruit thickly and evenly with the topping. Place the dish on a foil-lined baking sheet. Bake until the topping is golden brown in places and the fruit is bubbling beneath, 40 to 50 minutes. Let the crumble rest at least 15 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or Greek yogurt.
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Toronto ombudsman probing city's decision to block asylum seekers from overflowing shelter system
Published Thursday, September 21, 2023 10:53AM EDT
Last Updated Thursday, September 21, 2023 3:02PM EDT
Toronto's ombudsman says he is launching an investigation into the city's decision to deny shelter access to refugee claimants and asylum seekers this past spring.
"There is no doubt that the City of Toronto is facing a housing crisis. Even so, the City has an obligation to treat all people in Toronto fairly, with dignity, respect, and care," Ombudsman Kwame Addo said in a statement Thursday. "I am launching an investigation to determine if the City's decision to deny non-refugee shelter spaces to refugee claimants and asylum seekers met that obligation."
In a May 31 news release, the city said that it was facing "unprecedented demand" for shelter in Toronto and said that while it normally budgets for 500 shelter spaces for asylum-seekers per night, it was seeing an additional 2,300 refugee claimants every night in the system.
The city's shelter system generally operates at full capacity and officials have estimated that around a third of the spaces are being used by thousands of refugees.
Citing the fact that refugees and asylum-seekers are an area of federal responsibility, the city said it would have to start referring asylum-seekers to federal programs instead of admitting them to the regular waiting list for those seeking shelter.
As a result, hundreds of asylum-seekers ended up sleeping on the streets outside of a downtown shelter intake centre in the hopes that a spot might open up for them.
Community groups eventually stepped in to house some of the asylum seekers in churches and to provide food and clothing. Eventually, the federal government said it would provide the city $97 million to assist with housing for asylum seekers and refugees.
The provincial government also recently said that it would provide the city with $26.4 million to help house them.
However, critics have said that the city created a crisis by changing its policy.
After taking office, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow passed a motion calling for refugees to be able to access space in the shelter system as it becomes available, however refugees and asylum seekers have continued to struggle to access space.
In a release Thursday, the ombudsman's office said that it will consider the city processes leading up to the decision, the city's communication about its decision with staff and the public, and whether the decision and its implementation were fair and in keeping with city policies, procedures, and rules.
The investigation will include interviews with people affected by the decision and members of the public are also being invited to email or call with comments.
Ombudsman Toronto is an independent office, which operates at arm's length from the city and investigates public complaints about the city. This is the first investigation to come out of the office's newly created housing unit.
In a statement to CP24.com, the city said it plans to "fully cooperate" with the investigation.
"The City will ensure the Deputy Ombudsman is provided with the entire scope of work undertaken by staff on this complex and important matter," the statement read. "In the meantime, the City will continue its work to support the 9,000 people in the shelter system – including 3,500 refugee claimants – and push other orders of government for a sustainable, long-term strategy so municipalities across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area can appropriately manage demand and offer new arrivals a dignified welcome."
In a separate statement to CTV News Toronto, Mayor Chow said she believes "anyone who needs City shelters should be able to access them, regardless of status" and added that she's been working with city staff to try make sure that happens.
"That is why my July motion asserted this, and I have worked with City Staff in recent weeks to ensure refugees are able to access both the refugee-specific system and the base shelter system," Chow said. "However, our shelters are full. Each night hundreds of people are turned away, and half of them are refugees."
She said the solution should ultimately include a long-term, sustainable plan from the federal government, including a regional welcoming centre to support refugees when they arrive.


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(PRESS RELEASE) -- Leading gaming and sports betting partner GAMING1 has appointed Lana Khoury to the role of Chief Information Officer.
Chosen for her natural ability to align business and IT by managing technology in pursuit of an organization's success, the position will see Lana Khoury build on the widespread international awareness enjoyed by GAMING1's brand name, as well as implementing organizational changes to support the company's agile delivery model and data-driven focus.
With a 20-year career in the technology and consulting industry, Lana Khoury brings a wealth of knowledge, most recently as the former Vice President of CGI Business Consulting Belgium, and as a globally recognized expert in business agility, AI, and advanced analytics.
As part of their extensive operations across Europe and Latin America, GAMING1 currently operates more than 20 online gaming brands on behalf of its partners. Pioneering in its work to bring advanced analytics and personalisation to the industry, Lana Khoury's vision and experience will be key to this strategy.
Commenting on her appointment, Lana Khoury, CIO at GAMING1, said: "I was primarily attracted to GAMING1 for its people, values and culture. Its values align very closely to my own, with an emphasis on customer experience that is clearly reflected across their world-class offering.
"Everything we do as a department must begin and end with an exceptional customer experience, and I am extremely excited to be joining one of the industry's foremost technology companies and cannot wait to support GAMING1's continued success in the years to come."
Sylvain Boniver, COO & Co-Founder at GAMING1, added: "I am delighted to welcome Lana to the team. A world-class addition, her appointment forms part of a recruitment drive aimed at accelerating our continued international expansion into crucial markets.
"With a precise and technically-minded approach, as well as an impressive skillset and portfolio, she is exactly what we need to take our brand to the next level."
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When it comes to campaign contributions from the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, headed by anti-immigrant opportunist Mark Spencer, Republican U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth just barely edges out the Arizona Democratic Party.
For the current 2009-2010 election cycle, Hayworth, the Mexican-bashing former radio host has taken $10,000 from the Phoenix police union, which Spencer has transformed into a full-on nativist organization.
That's to be expected of ideological allies. What's surprising is that the Arizona Democratic Party, which is on record as opposing SB 1070 and other anti-immigrant measures, has taken $7,000 in contributions from PLEA for the same period. This, according to a recent report from PLEA to the Arizona Secretary of State's office.
You may recall a blog post I did back in February, where I revealed that Democratic state House hopeful Ruben Gallego's campaign had pocketed $410 from PLEA PAC, which is chaired by Mark Spencer. I also pointed out at the time that the Dems had taken $1,000 in 2009 from PLEA.
Since then, the state Democratic Party's taken another $6,000 from PLEA in the form of high-priced tickets to Democratic fundraisers. Of that, $5,000 alone was for the Dems' Legislative Salute Dinner earlier this year.
It's not like the Dems have been hurtin'. Their January filing with the Arizona Secretary of State's Office showed that they took in three-quarters of a million dollars in receipts, and spent $1.2 million.
Since $7,000 is but a teardrop in that deep bucket, why did the Democratic Party find the need to accept funds from an organization that supports Republican neo-Nazi hugger Russell Pearce, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, SB 1070, and -- to judge by the latest anti-immigrant screed on PLEA's Web site -- the revocation of birthright citizenship for children born of undocumented parents?
Neither party chairman Don Bivens nor executive director Luis Heredia was available to answer that question. Party spokeswoman Jennifer Johnson was left to field the flak.
"Mark Spencer is one person," she stated. "And we certainly disagree with him on some things. It's not his money, it's PLEA's. PLEA has a lot of police officers [as members], and we respect them."
Indeed, PLEA represents the vast majority of the Phoenix PD's 3,700 rank and file, and Spencer has been twice elected to his position as PLEA president.
However, Spencer's tenure has been marked by a rabid obsession with illegal immigration, and a willingness to blame all of the undocumented for crime in the Valley. That's in spite of the fact that violent crime in Phoenix is down according to FBI statistics.
Indeed, at a recent press conference with Sheriff Joe, Spencer likened illegal immigrants to child molesters and drug dealers.
And on its Web site, PLEA even went so far as to blame the 14th Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship for the recent murder of fallen police officer Travis Murphy, seeing that Murphy's alleged killer was a U.S. born citizen, whose parents have been naturalized citizens for over 20 years.
I asked Johnson if there was any group the Democrats would not take money from -- you know, like, Republicans, or worse. She said the party leadership would have to answer that one.
Fortunately, there are some Democrats with honor. U.S. Senate hopeful Randy Parraz told me he would never take a contribution from an organization like PLEA.
"I would be more than happy to receive a donation from a police officer or anyone in law enforcement to support my campaign," he explained. "But it would be seriously problematic to be standing next to someone I'm totally opposed to, in terms of the stands [Mark Spencer] has taken on issues that impact our community."
Asked if the Democratic Party should be taking money from PLEA and Spencer, Parraz said he would leave that to the party's leadership to address.
But he didn't hold back when it came to Spencer.
"I don't share his position on 1070 or immigration enforcement or even the policies and practices of Sheriff Arpaio," he said. "He's just been a very strong force out there in terms of doing damage to the relationships we need to build in our communities of all races, whether undocumented or not, trying to fight crime."
Parraz is one of those candidates who means what he says and says what he means, a rare breed among Democrats these days.
Even Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, the highest ranking Dem in the state, recently tried to play the nativist card by saying that he would "vigorously defend" SB 1070 if and when the U.S. Department of Justice sues to stop the law in federal court.
Goddard could have taken a principled stand and resigned, saying that in good conscience he could not defend such a law. But that would be a hard thing to do with a backbone made of jelly.
Almost as hard as the Dems giving back that $7,000. Something they should do, but won't.


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ATLAS - Affinity
Intense, joyous, exhilarating music from this young duo: Atlas is Cillian King on concertinas and Cillian Doheny on guitars, and for such a small group they make an amazingly big splash. True, they rope in a few friends on fiddles and drums, but still this is a very impressive duo album. I'm guessing all the tunes are original - I certainly don't recognise any - although there's very little info with this CD-DVD combo. The DVD features most of the CD tracks in a studio setting, plus footage of the whole recording process, from serious string quartet arrangements to soul food sessions at the end of a long day.
The music is magnificent, glittering concertina and sparkling guitar, different lines intertwined with imaginative acoustic effects. The two title tracks in particular show a rare inventiveness, but it's clear from the start that Atlas are not your average Irish musicians. The traditional threads running through Affinity are overlaid and braided with modern rhythms, bags of swing, and that disregard for convention which is a hallmark of many brash young Irish bands. Musicophilia is in a Balkan 7/8 rhythm, mostly, and even the square pieces don't fit the neat holes for reels, jigs, hornpipes and so forth. Hyperion is like a song arrangement where the singer never opens their mouth, a long series of intros and fills and instrumental breaks, gently chilling. Amaryllis is understated and beautiful. Fail Better is unashamedly modern, somewhere between jazz and trance, an unusual sound for the concertina outside South America.
Tontine is the only piece which is easily labelled, a contemporary reel in the style of Gordon Duncan or Kevin O'Neill, something which would fit Treacherous Orchestra for instance. The partnership of guitar and concertina brings all the music to life, and while the fuller arrangements are very satisfying, you only really need Doheny and King to make this album fly. They finish with the charming and delicate One Day Like This, seemingly fragile behind clashing rhythms and jagged violins, but emerging triumphant - just like this CD.
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There are ostensibly three main political forces in Italy. The Five Star Movement is seen as a populist party who's agenda appears unique blend of right/left issues. From the March elections, it emerged as the single biggest force. The center-right alliance has two main components, the Northern League, a nationalist party and Berlusconi's Forza Italia. The Northern League has surpassed Forza Italia. The center-left is split between a wing led by former Prime Minister Renzi, who quit as head of the PD but insists on not joining a coalition with the Five Star Movement or the Northern League.
A new SWG poll published yesterday confirms the results of a couple local elections held since the national contest in which the Northern League performed particularly well. The poll has the Northern League's support up to 24.4% from 17.4% in the March election. However, support for the center-right coalition edged up to 38.5% from 37.1%, which suggests the Northern League is drawing support from Forza Italia. Support for the center-left is steady a little below 20%.
Mattarella may be too much in a hurry to seek the technocrat or caretaker government. Recall it took Germany six months to hammer out a coalition after last September's elections. Or consider Spain that had elections in 2015 and 2016 before finally returning Rajoy to power. A technocrat government would mean that Berlusconi was the last elected Prime Minister, and he was forced out in 2011. Northern League head Salvini asked Mattarella for authorization to see if he could put together a government> After consulting with the various party leaders, Mattarella concluded the chances for success were minor.
With little hope of an agreement, Mattarella wants a to name a government whose mission would be to pass the budget and prepare for elections. A local paper suggested several potential candidates, including Elisabetta Belloni, secretary-general in the Foreign Minister., Carlo Cottarelli, previously an executive director at the IMF, and was also in charge of the Italian government's spending review, and Marta Cartabia, deputy head of the Constitutional Court.
Mattarella may name a candidate over the next week or so, who would then face a vote of confidence within parliament. The head of the Five Star Movement (Di Maio) and the head of the Northern League (Salvini) have indicated they will not support a new technocrat government. Assuming that Mattarella's candidate fails to secure a confidence vote, there would be little choice but to dissolve parliament. An election date must be set at least 60 days later.
The national election could be held in the second half of July. A summer election in Italy appears unprecedented in modern times. Mattarella prefers an election early next year. A summer election would depress turnout and a fall election would put at risk the 2019 budget process. While Di Maio and Salvini do not see eye-to-eye on a wide range of issues, they both think that early elections are better for them.
The Five Star Movement is ideologically and politically difficult to categorize. On social economic and environmental issues, it has much in common with the traditional left. It takes a principled stance against improprieties and corruption which is why it is so deadset against being in a coalition with Berlusconi, who can't hold office until next year due to past convictions. On diversity and tolerance, the Five Star Movement shares some positions of the center-right. As the movement evolved from its founder Grillo, it has become somewhat less eurosceptic. Di Maio rejects that label and others that identify the Five Star Movement as populist. In many ways, it seems like a social democratic party.
The Nothern League is more eurosceptic than the Five Star Movement but arguably is not as extreme as say the AfD in Germany. A key issue that may unite the Five Star Movement and the Northern League is antipathy to Europe's refugee policy and in particular what has been dubbed the "Dublin Regulation" which makes the first EU country that a refugee enters responsible for well-being. This puts an unduly burden on the frontline states (like Italy and Greece) who among least capable of shouldering the financial costs. There is little incentive for other countries to advocate a more equitable approach.
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CalPERS has a thing about leaks. We'll use the word "leaks" in the very loose way that CalPERS does. Experience has shown that the organization applies that label to the public disclosure of any negative information about it, even if the information was in no way confidential and the releasing party, such as a board member, was legally entitled to do so.
Readers may remember the coverage we gave a couple of years ago to the trumped-up charges of "leaking" made against then-board member JJ Jelincic, where the allegations ultimately collapsed in the face of evidence that nothing that Jelincic had disclosed was a secret.
Nevertheless, that embarrassing experience has failed to cure the organization of its fevered efforts to find someone, anyone, to pin the blame on for its staggering decline in reputation. To advance that goal, CalPERS has hired a big bucks law firm to lead an investigation. However, like its previous efforts, this one will probably go nowhere in terms of unmasking actual wrong-doing. A tell is is that the investigation has been apparently structured to ensure that at least one important source didn't get talked to.
So whether this "investigation" is intended for public propaganda purposes or merely to have its "findings" shown privately to the CalPERS board to bolster the notion that their poor reputation is undeserved and results from bogeymen hiding under every bed, rest assured that it is a garbage in, garbage out process.
CalPERS has hired an outside law firm, Orrick, specifically the group within the firm that specializes in squashing corporate whistleblowers, to investigate these "leaks". However, the investigation is being wrapped up after making a tellingly insincere effort to interview former board member JJ Jelincic.
This sham suggests two possibilities, both unflattering to Orrick and CalPERS. The first is the too typical stew of laziness and incompetence, where Orrick is making the minimal effort to collect the contracted-for fee, perhaps getting signals that CalPERS didn't want a full-bore effort, and the two sides didn't coordinate effectively. Second is that Orrick cynically invited Jelincic to an interview – mind you, he is retired and has no obligation to cooperate – with only a couple of days notice and a request that he travel to them, in order to elicit a rejection of their timetable. There is an established history of CalPERS trying to set Jelincic up as the fall guy for leaks, so this could be more of the same.
Before you think the idea that CalPERS would deliberately choose to omit key parties from an investigation is far fetched, CalPERS has done this before. After the private equity bribery scandal that led to the indictment of former board member Al Villalobos, who committed suicide, and former CEO Fred Buenrostro, who was convicted and is serving a four and one half year term in Federal prison, CalPERS hired law firm Steptoe & Johnson to conduct an investigation and prepare a report. We explained at considerable length why it was a whitewash.
The attorney leading the Steptoe investigation, Phil Khinda, contacted one prominent former CalPERS insider about the pay to play scandal investigation and invited him to lunch. Before his counterparty could even respond, Khinda proceeded to list all the reasons why the potential source should not want to participate. This individual said it was very clear that Khinda was actively discouraging him from being interviewed. So this is apparently part of the bag of tricks that big law firm "investigations" practices use, which is to discourage various parties from cooperating, when it would support the desired narrative to insinuate that only people with something to hide would decline an interview.
Why Leaks?
It's apparently useful for CalPERS staff to play up supposed leaks to the board, as if they were the cause of the bad press the giant pension fund has been getting. In fact, the big causes are far too obvious: CalPERS deeply underfunded status, the board's and staff's failure to deal with that overarching problem honestly, with that problem compounded by widespread evidence of poor management and oversight. One glaring example of the last problem is CalPERS having a poor sense of priorities. For instance, it has more people in its PR department than in its risk management and audit unit.
On top of that, CalPERS has used "leaking" as a bloody shirt to attack insiders trying to reform the public pension fund….even when they've been presenting public information that is therefore not in any way confidential. One example is when Jelincic was falsely accused of leaking when he responded to a beneficiary question by providing information in a court document filed by CalPERS.
The fact that CalPERS would attempt to depict Jelincic as having breached confidentiality when he was in fact presenting public information indirectly exposes another pathology at CalPERS: a concerted effort to keep things secret when there's no sound basis for doing so. This is analogous to a worrisome tendency in medicine, to move the threshold for "disease" so low as to look to be driven by profit rather than health considerations.
As an attorney said via e-mail:
The real outrage here is that the staff at a fund conclusively proven to have been rife with corruption, and who seem to have no problem wasting fund assets on the exact same high-fee outside managers who were the source of those corrupt influences, are conducting a "leak" investigation that is clearly aimed at intimidating independent board members from exercising their fiduciary duty of inquiry — by unlawfully creating the atmosphere where non-confidential public records are represented by staff to be "privileged" when the law is clear that they are not.
The CalSTRS Policy Guide specifically limits the use of the Government Code 11126(c)(16) "investment decisions" closed-session exception: "With regard to investment decisions, the Board shall consider most investment matters in open session unless such consideration would jeopardize execution of the investment or cause harm to the economic value of the investment." p.32, Teachers' Retirement Board Policy Manual (2015). This is the same law that applies to CalPERS.
The "attorney-client privilege" secrecy ruse is also complete poppycock. The Government Code 11126(e) closed-session exception severely limits the privilege to situations where the agency has "substantial exposure to litigation" and open session discussion would prejudice the position of the agency in the litigation. This exposure to litigation does not include covering-up wrongdoing by staff or the board. Government Code 11126(e)(2) states that, "…all expressions of the lawyer-client privilege other than those provided in this subdivision are hereby abrogated."
Withholding information to which the public is entitled is a misdemeanor crime under Government Code 11130.7
In other words, "leaking" in the eyes of CalPERS' staff is when an insider provides information that CalPERS would prefer to go unnoticed, regardless of whether it is actually confidential or not. That attitude is indefensible in a governmental body, where the employees and officers are accountable to beneficiaries and the public. It is also the sign of a diseased culture, since high functioning organizations acknowledge and fix problems rather than try to cover them up.
What About CalPERS' Terrible IT Security?
One wonders whether CalPERS informed Orrick about CalPERS' lax IT practices, which could raise doubts on the ability to reach firm conclusions as to how supposed confidential information got out into the wild.
Incoming board member Margaret Brown complained repeatedly that board members and certain senior executives had been assigned formulaic passwords and user IDs. Anyone who learned about them could readily access confidential board records by impersonating a particular user.
Brown got pushback when she sought to change her password to something more secure. Literally, all that staff was willing to do was to send her a later password in the same sequence. That meant the "new" password was every bit as guessable as the old one by knowledgeable insiders, as well as easily hackable.
On top of that, the "new" password was sent to her by e-mail, and that same e-mail was also sent to other members of the Board Services Unit.
Since the response to pointing out that the passwords were wildly insecure was for CalPERS to continue to generate insecure and widely-known passwords, Brown continued complaining.
The next iteration of response was for CalPERS to let Brown pick a number in the same password sequence. So if the old password had been "boardmember2" Brown could now make it "boardmember[number of Brown's choice]. Not only was the "improvement" still trivially easy to hack, but the "new" password was again e-mailed to Brown and other CalPERS staffers, undermining the notion that the passwords were at all secure.
It was only in September, after we wrote about the laughably poor password security, that CalPERS finally made real changes. But even then, it's not clear whether they were made for board members or also extended to senior staff, who also had similarly lame formula passwords. But either way, this means that board materials, including closed session records, could easily be accessed by individuals outside board through September 2018, and that knowledgeable senior staff could also impersonate board members to look at that information.
That means that any "leak" of closed session or other confidential information available to board members by computer before September 2018 can't be attributed to board members with any confidence. The recipients of the "leaks" would be journalists, and it would be unheard of for a reporter to burn a source. It's considered to be a huge ethical lapse when that happens accidentally (recall the uproar over The Intercept and Reality Winner).
More evidence of CalPERS' poor IT security practices comes via a lawsuit by former employee Nancy Michaels against CalPERS and former employee Melinda Lorenz-Anderson (nee Lorenz). Lorenz obtained access to, altered, and distributed copies of Michaels' confidential personnel records to members of the state legislature, alleging that Michaels had obtained a promotion improperly.
Bear in mind that Lorenz did not have access to any personnel file as part of her job duties. She badged in after hours and got access to Michaels' records. To have done so, she either had to have hacked CalPERS' system or had someone provide her with a password and login of someone who had access. Under Federal law, engaging in unauthorized access to computer records is a crime.
CalPERS was aware of Lorenz's breach; it launched a disciplinary action against her, with the punishment set to become effective after Lorenz's retirement.1 Yet CalPERS was obligated to make a criminal referral, which it failed to do. On top of that, CalPERS in court is defending Lorenz's "right" to disseminate the stolen information in such a way as to make it a public record….even after disciplining her for precisely this conduct. It is over my pay grade, but it seems highly doubtful that CalPERS would be supporting this line of argument had it made a criminal referral as it was obligated to
Needless to say, CalPERS' overzealous defense of someone who unquestionably hacked CalPERS' systems sends all the wrong messages to other CalPERS employees.
The Botched Effort to Interview JJ Jelincic
Lily Becker, a partner at Orrick, first rang JJ Jelincic on March 11. Jelincic told her he couldn't speak then and she'd need to call back. It was a 38 second phone call (CalPERS may want to check its billings). She said she'd try again at 10:00 AM the following day. She did not call then.
Becker next called on March 19, again failed to get Jelincic live, and Jelincic returned the call the following day. Her next attempt was March 27, a full eight days later. She again missed Jelincic, who again dialed her the next day.
After two failures to connect by phone, if the matter were urgent or important, the logical move would have been to leave a message suggesting how to coordinate a time to speak, say via e-mail or through a secretary. But Becker tried calling Jelincic two more times before taking that step. The latest round of missed calls was when Becker rang Jelincic on April 4 and Jelincic returned her call on April 5.
On Monday April 8, Becker left a message asking Jelincic to come in for an interview in Orrick's San Francisco or Sacramento office later that week and to e-mail to set a time. This is what transpired next:
From: JJ Jelincic
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 4:56 PM
To: Becker, Lily
Subject: meeting
This is not a good week. I'm working on a campaign. Next week doesn't look a lot better.
What do you want to talk about?
JJ Jelincic
From: Becker, Lily
To: JJ Jelincic
Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 04:01:16 PM PDT
Subject: RE: meeting
Thank you for reaching out via email as I suggested, as I know we have been trading voicemails for several weeks. As I mentioned when we spoke the first time, we are conducting an investigation for CalPERS regarding certain leaks of confidential or closed session information from late 2017 to 2019. This week is the last week we are conducting interviews. Please let me know if you are available before the end of the week. It would be most useful if we could set up time for you to come to our San Francisco or Sacramento office.
Thank you,
From: JJ Jelincic
To: Becker, Lily
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 07:49:59 PM PDT
Subject: Re: meeting
As I said this week doesn't work.
I also cannot leave unchallenged your statement "As I mentioned when we spoke the first time, we are conducting an investigation for CalPERS regarding certain leaks of confidential or closed session information from late 2017 to 2019." That is simply untrue. That first conversation was about that I was in the middle of something and could not talk then. We agreed you would call about 10:00 am the next day. That did not happen.
I actually had a conversation with Henry Jones on March 14 about you reaching out to me. He was aware of that and said you had spoken to him. However, when I asked him what it was about he said he would not tell me because he didn't want to get ahead of you.
Your email of April 9 is the first time I knew what you wanted to discuss and that there was any deadline. There was normally about a week between the time I called you and you called back. That certainly showed no sign of urgency.
The last closed session I attended was in was in December of 2017. I would have no way of knowing if any information I received from staff since that time came from closed session.
JJ Jelincic
It may not be sufficiently obvious why this interaction does not smell right.
A critical bit of information is that Jelincic was a CalPERS employee through March 6, 2019. He had filed his retirement date well in advance, mid-December 2018.
In the March 14 meeting with Henry Jones, Jones mentioned that Orrick had already interviewed other board members. It is a reasonable assumption that Orrick would have scheduled at least some of the interviews at the time of the monthly board meetings, for the convenience of Orrick and board members who don't live in Sacramento. Working back from that, Orrick almost certainly conducted some board member interviews at the latest at the February board meetings on February 19 through 21. That would mean it had been engaged, done preliminary research, and developed its investigation program, including its interview guide, before then.
That in turn means had CalPERS wanted to interview Jelincic, it easily could have while he was an employee. Jelincic would have had to take the meeting; he could also have requested that a union representative participate.
Instead, a presumably very competent Orrick partner made a minimal, leisurely effort to get a hold of Jelincic. When Jelincic made it clear that the week of April 8 was not convenient, suddenly Orrick says the interviews are about to be over and oh, by the way, tries to claim that Jelincic knew that they were about leaks, when he didn't. Indeed, board member Henry Jones' closed-mouthedness on March 14 about why Orrick was contacting Jelincic says he knew Jelincic didn't yet know what the request was about….and Jones could have gotten that information only from the Orrick partner Becker.
It would be nice if CalPERS expended as much executive energy on improving its returns as it does on trying to prevent board members from doing their job. Indeed, the example of CalSTRS says that having a board that is active, pro-transparency, and engages in healthy give and take with staff, rather than acting as a rubber stamp, is consistent with higher returns. Too bad CalPERS is so determined not to eat the good governance cooking it feels so free to set before corporate America.
1 Lorenz set her retirement date after the sanction and sanction date was set. It certainly looks as if the intent was to encourage her to retire rather than have the disciplinary action bite.
…another pathology at CalPERS: a concerted effort to keep things secret when there's no sound basis for doing so.
hmmmm….well it might be sound for somebody if they were, for instance, pulling a Fred and Al routine. Ya know, just sayin'…
Susan the other`
CalPERS is consistent. Protecting themselves like the NSA. The State of California is answerable to the public. It is probably the only organization that can dissolve CalPERS corporate structure and start managing the fund directly. Kinda like an integrity bankruptcy. And the longer it remains unresolved the worse it decays. It's definitely a stage-5 debacle.
Am I reading this right ? That after the initial userid and a one-time password Margaret Brown wasn't able to, nay FORCED to, change it to something of her choosing, subject to strength requirements ? but was required to use the "one-time" password ? Unbelievable.
lambert strether
Here is an example of password best practices that the CalPERS IT Department may wish to emulate:
Perfect Social engineer example. Happy hacking ? pic.twitter.com/KA9t2uOoGs— Kevin2600 (@Kevin2600) April 12, 2019
Being a highly skeptical person, a red flag went up when I read the Jelencic/Becker email back-and-forth. Mr. Jelencic's responses seem to indicate he was aware of the traps being set.
Instead, a presumably very competent Orrick partner made a minimal, leisurely effort to get a hold of Jelincic. When Jelincic made it clear that the week of April 8 was not convenient, suddenly Orrick says the interviews are about to be over and oh, by the way, tries to claim that Jelincic knew that they were about leaks, when he didn't.
I think a soft attempt was made to create a deliberately misleading paper trail. imo.
Thanks for your continued reporting on CalPERS, PE, and pensions.
John Zelnicker
And I thought that CalPERS couldn't sink much lower. Such naivete!
George Phillies
California has an Attorney General. For some of these interesting episodes, that AG appears to have been Kamala Harris, who is now running for President. Reasonable folks might suspect that at some point her brilliant achievements in maintaining honesty and integrity at CalPers just might possibly show up during her campaign.
To have done so, she either had to have hacked CalPERS' system or had someone provide her with a password and login of someone who had access. Under Federal law, engaging in unauthorized access to computer records is a crime.
Seems to me that this is elswhere in the news.
Tom Stone
Attorney General Becerra's office is simply overwhelmed pursuing its 47 lawsuits against the Trump Regime!
Or he'd be all over this, you betcha.
My guess is that Newsome will be wearing this tarbaby around his neck within two years.
The Rev Kev
I know that it is not meant to be but I found this post absolutely hysterical. There are so many elements to this story that lends themselves to humour. That Orrick mob had better be careful where those leaks come from. They might actually discover the sources. CalPERS may be like the leaking ship where it is found that it is leaking from the top. Rather unfortunate name that Orrick by the way. What do people say when they have a whistle-blower problem in the C-suites? Time to bring in the "Orcs"?
If I was JJ Jelincic, I would have gone along with that interview but demanded that it be a place and time of his choosing. I can see it now-
Orc: "Who the hell is that?"
JJ Jelincic: "Oh, that's just my old-time buddy. He's a big time lawyer now.
Orc: "And what is that on the table?"
JJ Jelincic: "Ah, that. That's a microphone so we can record the interview. It goes with that video camera in the corner"
Orc: "You can't do that!"
JJ Jelincic: "Never mind that now. Time of interview commencement is 9:43. Now, Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of a whistle-blower investigative team? And could you please face the camera when answering? Thank you"
CalPERS IT security sounds like a joke. What you need is a BOFH to shake the place up. If there is a budgetary problem, then just sack a few PR droids. You do wonder what the IT mob use to log onto CaLPERS account. Is the administrative account called 'admin' with the password listed as 'password'? If they get hacked, legally they will not have a defense that will stand in a court of law in any ensuing lawsuits. It could be that they have already been hacked but refuse to let news of this get out. That Lorenz example is just a case of one that did become public. If that did get out, there would be only one thing that they could do. Bring in the 'Orcs'. Either that or question the cleaners. When they come into do their work at night and are alone, all they would have to do is read the passwords written on sticky notes stuck to those work computers. The pity with CalPERS is that they do not try to eat any any good governance cooking. What they make up on their own is brown and curly and it sure smells so you wouldn't be wanting to try that.
Never underestimate your opponent, etc.
David in Santa Cruz
Follow the money…
Sinecure on Wall St
Shady lawyers performing unscrupulous acts at the behest of the most mismanaged, inept, corrupt, "pension" in the US, ya dont say
Anyone lodge a complaint with the CA bar yet?


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Nearly one in six children around the world — 415 million children in all — were living in a conflict zone in 2018, more than double the figure recorded in 1995, according to a report released Thursday by Save the Children.
"It's staggering that the world stands by while children are targeted with impunity," the charity's chief executive Inger Ashing said in a statement. "Since 2005, at least 95,000 children were recorded to have been killed or maimed, tens of thousands of children abducted, and millions of children denied access to education or health services after their hospitals were attacked."
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How can someone who spent their entire adult life writing about themselves be nonetheless unknown?
This is the central question underlying Arthur Hoyle's new book, "The Unknown Henry Miller: A Seeker in Big Sur." It's a brilliant book – "the best ever written" about his father, according to Tony Miller – and we at the Library will have the honor of hosting Arthur, who'll talk more about it, on May 17th (info here.)
But back to our original question.
The idea of mystique can be critical to any artist's "brand." Sometimes it's legitimate and worthy. Think Pynchon, Salinger, Harper Lee, etc. These writers never give interviews, and good luck finding photos of them.
This phenomenon, of course, is a byproduct of our pre-digital age, but it's also intentional, well-cultivated, and in the case of the aforementioned writers, sincere. Thomas Pynchon really doesn't want to be photographed (although apparently he freely walks the streets of midtown Manhattan thoroughly unmolested.)
It's like growing up in the 1990s: some of us listened to Pavement for years before we actually saw an actual picture of the band!
So what to make of Miller, then? Miller has propagated the Miller "brand" since the 1930s, and if anything, he's too open, too unfiltered, too known. Yet Arthur Hoyle claims that despite all this, the man – or parts of the man – did, in fact, remain unknown, which makes the book so interesting.
The Unknown Henry Miller recounts Miller's career from its beginnings in Paris in the 1930s but focuses on his years living in Big Sur, California, from 1944 to 1961, during which he wrote many of his most important books, including The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, married and divorced twice, raised two children, painted watercolors, and tried to live out an aesthetic and personal credo of self-realization.
And that's a key distinction: the general public is, more or less, consumed with the "hedonistic" Miller of the Parisian gutters of the 30s, which inevitably yields a one-dimensional (and often inaccurate) portrayal of the writer, who after all, also dabbled in quasi-fiction to obscure the "true" reality he was working in. People hear what they want to hear.
And despite his canonical "Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch," even less is understood about this "Big Sur"-era Miller: the city boy hiking two miles a day to get his mail, the somewhat Zen-like elder literary statesman, the gnarled and melancholy veteran of the "sexual revolution" (whatever that means.)
More to the point, Hoyle's book finds: that behind the 'bad boy image,' we find a man with devoted friendships, whose challenge of literary sexual taboos was part of a broader assault on the dehumanization of man and commercialization during the postwar years.
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I enjoyed your book, especially since the issue of "water" can become very boring. People don't find water to be that interesting and don't understand how much water usage issues are controlled by corporate farmers who have a disincentive to save water! The issue is "why are a few thousand plains farmers allowed to pump nineteen million acres feet out of the aquifer…….That is more than half again as much as the annual flow of the Colorado River, which brings water to thirty million people". That is absolutely staggering, but 99% of Americans just don't get it!


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It is still #ChooseCruise month, so I'm breaking from sharing about Turks & Caicos, and continuing sharing more cruise guides. Today is about cruising from New York City. Did you know there are many cruise offerings from the New York area? You'll want to head up early, not only will you not have to worry about missing your ship due to a delayed flight, but you'll have time to explore more of your departure port.
Just like with Seattle, coming 2-3 days ahead isn't enough to explore New York, but that's another post. Like I mentioned, I always always always recommend flying in the day before your cruise departs. So, let's focus on what to do in New York roughly 24 hours before cruise departure. Of course there are endless sights to see in the Big City, but these are a few of the musts that you can squeeze in before setting sail if you've never been.
9/11 Memorial & Museum
At the very top of anyone's NYC list should the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. Though the 9/11 Memorial is a difficult place to visit, it is also a beautiful one. I believe the designers have done an incredible job of creating a space that is warm & welcoming all while paying due respect to those who lost their lives that day. The architecture of the two memorial pools, which are exactly where the twin towers once stood, is impeccable. The waters begin flowing at the names, and flow to the center into the earth.
You can enjoy a walk around the beautiful, solemn grounds of the memorial for free, but I recommend checking out the museum as well. If you find yourself in the museum, plan to spend two to three hours here. The 9/11 Museum is located under and around the original twin towers, and gives us a closer look of the events that transpired that fateful day and the days, weeks, months, and even years to follow. The museum, along with the memorial commemorating the names of those who perished, also gives us a look at the 1993 attacks on the World Trade Center.
The feelings you'll experience when visiting the memorial & museum are unfathomable and no doubt difficult, but you won't regret visiting this most sacred site.
Top of the Rock
When people ask me what are musts in New York City, Top of the Rock is always at the top of my list! No pun intended! Since you're on a time crunch, skip the Empire State Building, and head to Rockefeller Plaza instead to take a ride up to the top of Rockefeller Center. At the Top of the Rock, you'll catch views of the Empire State Building, Central Park, and many more sights of New York & beyond.
If you must, try to squeeze in the Empire State Building, but Top of the Rock, in my opinion, has better views. I love that there aren't crazy lines, at least the several times I have visited, and that you can see views of the Empire State Building on one side and Central Park on the other.
I also recommend visiting twice, once during the day and once after dark. It is incredible to see the difference. During the day, you see a concrete jungle. At night, you see an incredible light show. Both have their own beauty. Another bit I love is you can see the stunning St. Patrick's Cathedral, along with other buildings, from a whole new angle. But there is just something about the beautiful of St. Patrick's from above and below.
Broadway Theatre
Broadway Theatre is one of my absolute favorite aspects of NYC. Catching a show on famed Broadway is a must when in the city! There are many wonderful shows to see, and I could go on and on about so many of them. But see one for yourself, and you'll likely become addicted to theatre like me. The evening before your cruise departure is a perfect time to see a musical or show at the theatre. Check out my post on tips for tickets here.
There are so many other spots to see in New York, but these are some great options to catch before you depart for your cruise. Are there any other spots you'd want to see in NYC?


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Sound Mix by Jeremiah Moore Documentary by Robert Arnold about Mark Applebaum's Metaphysics of Notation. Available on DVD at: innova.mu/artist1.asp?skuID=436
Omada Health – Chronic Disease Manifesto
Sound Design & Mix: JEREMIAH MOORE Music: JESSE CLARK Client: OMADA HEALTH Director: LAUREN FUNDORA Production: OMADA
Athletics Canada – Paralympics
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Sound Design: JEREMIAH MOORE Animation: Studio AKA Creative Directors: BRAD MANCUSO, URS ROSS, JOLA HYEK Art Direction: MARK BUTORAC Producer: TOM HILLEBRAND, LAURALE WUNSCH Agency: ORGANIC THE METH PROJECT (methproject.org) is a large-scale US prevention program aimed at reducing first-time Methamphetamine use, particularly among teenagers. ~ Sound design and mix for six disturbing and uncompromising short animated films, each originating …
Sobe Lifewater – "Lee and Donny" Animated Films
The Lee and Donny videos take us behind-the-scenes with two of the lizards from Sobe Lifewater's 'Thrillicious' Superbowl ad. This video racked up 1.5 Million youtube views in two days. Director: Ian Kovalik Writer: Andre Ricciardi Agency: Arnell Client: Sobe Lifewater
Onlive – v2 Launch
Sound design and original music for a retro style video game preview for OnLive cloud gaming service. Custom sounds composed with FM synthesis. Director: Eric Peltier Producer: Robin Fontaine.
Intel – Smart Performance Spots
Organic produced this series of videos for Intel, illustrating the key features of their flagship line of processors. Key elements of the hoverboard sound were performed on my venerable Roland Jupiter 6. The sound direction was "handmade but high tech. A little quirky, a little "processed" sounding. Sound design, music editing and mix provided by Jeremiah Moore Sound. Client: Intel …
Sanctuary in the Sea – Museum Documentary
Sound Designer: Jim McKee Re-Recording Mixer: Jeremiah Moore Mix: Dolby LtRt / original in discrete 5.1 surround Sanctuary in the Sea: A Gulf of the Farallones Experience. Directed by Robert Talbot. This film showed every half hour in the Forum Theater at the California Academy of Sciences. Sound note: this film was shot 95% MOS.


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|WW2 mortars. Good piccies of German armour on the wall behind
|WW2 rifles and MG's - again a good pic of a Char B in German service in Russia behind
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|Early mortar
|Katyusha - truck mounted, not that sophisticated! Rocket in the foreground
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BULL & STEIN, a Brazilian-German collaboration, was founded in São Paulo by Cynthia Stein and Marcus Bull in 2000. The company is now celebrating ten years of business success in manufacturing and distribution of premium quality ceramic sculptures worldwide. Shortly after BULL & STEIN´s global launch, the famous Brazilian artist and designer Lisa Pappon joined the company and developed her extravagant collection of ceramic apple sculptures exclusively for BULL & STEIN. The Brazilian-born founder Marcus Bull then moved the company's headquarters to Germany, where Marcus had been working as Director of Bildhauerwerkstatt Berlin, a world famous sculpture workshop in Berlin.


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Louis Cole is a Los Angeles based singer songwriter, Grammy awarded producer, composer and multi-instrumentalists. Celebrated as one of the world's most future-sonic-funk drummers and co-founder of KNOWER, his mission is "to create deep feelings through music." Cole has proudly been DIY to date, amassing millions of views with his viral videos like 'Bank Account', international tours and debut album 'Time' released on Brainfeeder.
Known for presenting a show that you will never forget, Louis Cole's powerful stage presence invites you into his broad and deep sound world. As a multi-instrumentalist his writing is a blend of quickfire, hook-laden electro-funk bullets, wistful humor and soft-focus deep balladry. Always performing from the heart of his vastly imaginative emotional portrait, Louis Cole's songs evolve with his live concerts that feature his 18-piece brass band, to full brass ensembles with WDR Bob Mintzer, or his own solo show.
At the forefront of redefining what jazz, electronics and cinematics sounds like; Louis Cole long time collaborators also flavour his sonic mix, notably Thundercat, Genevieve Artadi, Dennis Hamm to and acclaimed jazz pianist and experimental composer Brad Mehldau who featured on his album 'Time'.


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The British South Atlantic territory was used as a staging post for the military task force sent from the UK after Argentina invaded the Falklands.
Some 200 islanders and visiting dignitaries were at St Mary's Anglican Church to mark Ascension's role.
Canon Clive Duncan, who led the service, focused his prayers on those who died in the conflict.
Following the service the Union Flag was hoisted above Ascension's main village.
Key base
Many in the congregation had played a direct role in helping British forces reach the Falklands.
Situated approximately half way between the UK and the Falklands, Ascension Island became a key logistical base for troops heading for the war.
The first British air attacks of the conflict were launched from Ascension Island on 1 May 1982 when RAF bombers made the 8,000-mile round-trip to target Port Stanley airfield.
Ascension Island is a British Overseas Territory just south of the equator in the South Atlantic with a population of about 1,100.
Together with St Helena and Tristan da Cunha, it forms a single territorial grouping under the sovereignty of the British Crown.
Troop ship
In the UK, a series of events to mark the anniversary have taken place in Southampton which played a key role in supporting the British task force.
A lunch for Falklands veterans was followed by the unveiling of a commemorative plaque on the QE2, which in 1982 sailed from the port as a troop ship.
A service has been held at Aldershot Military Cemetery to commemorate one of the bloodiest battles for British troops since World War II.
Thirty-three members of the Parachute Regiment were killed at Mount Longdon on the Falklands on 11 June 1982.
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HR-FuelCell is an innovative idea leading to reduced CO2 emission, thus making a positive contribution in the struggle against climate warming.
The Philosophy
HR-FuelCell is an innovative idea leading to reduced CO2 emission, thus making a positive contribution in the struggle against climate warming.
This patented procedure is based on introducing oscillation to the membrane contained in a fuel cell, thereby bringing about improved interaction between the ions and atoms involved in the processes. The speed at which the ions diffuse through the membrane is determined by the level of the potential barriers. This level is reduced by the oscillating membrane so that the ions can diffuse more quickly through the membrane, which in turn increases the reaction speed.
Another effect of this is to minimize a basic problem of fuel cells, namely the concentration of intermediates at anode and cathode. The oscillations generated stimulate the reaction of the intermediates and so improve the fuel cell's overall capacity of reaction.
Analogous to the combustion engine, one can also refer to the unit for 'setting the membrane into oscillation' as a 'fuel cell turbo loader'. But basically speaking, every "turbo loader" leads to increased consumption. The same applies here. So why not install more fuel cells to begin with, instead of a 'turbo loader'?
As with combustion engines, there are also plenty of reasons to 'downsize' when it comes to fuel cell technology:
1) The oscillator means that short– and medium-term peak demands can be catered for without oversizing the cell as a whole.
2) The production of fuel cells also necessitates precious metals such as platinum. These metals are very expensive.
3) Fuel cells that operate in idle mode or with low output generate particularly high concentrations of intermediates at the membrane, which in turn leads to considerable loss of performance.
4) The oscillator also represents a weight saving, since fewer fuel cells are needed.
It is not just consumption levels that are of fundamental importance for an eco-friendly approach to energy, but also the degree of efficiency achieved.
If we make drastic cuts to our comfort, fun and enjoyment, then we can save a lot of energy and thus reduce CO2 emissions. But such a life would no longer be worth living. The only alternative is to look to energy efficiency, with its huge and as yet untapped possibilities.
An environmentally aware and economically meaningful way forward would be to use ecological electricity for stationary consumers who have no alternative sources of supply. In the mobile sector, one could use direct methanol fuel cells to produce efficient energy and preserve the environment. It is important to remember here: ecologically generated energy makes up only a limited proportion of the total energy sector. The bulk of energy production generates CO2. If we hand over our ecological energy to electric vehicles, then more CO2-producing energy will be needed elsewhere. The energy efficiency of the fuel cell is, however, higher than that of the battery in terms of production, transport and storage.
To recap, it is fair to say that in the short and medium term, there are no alternatives to direct methanol fuel cells when it comes to reducing the level of CO2 emissions quickly and drastically.


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This can aid in satisfying the appetite, stabilizing blood sugar levels, and providing nutrients to the body throughout the day. More frequent meals in your daily eating patterns also can aid in a more efficient metabolism compared to a slower metabolism when meals are skipped.
You will pay for the 2 days upfront. This can be done via cash, bank transfer or a card.
Meanwhile our Standard diet is made of fresh meals with meat, veggies and seasonal produce. A balanced plan which is great for anyone without too many dietary restrictions.
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McIDAS-XCD Administrator's Guide
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Lists the navigation parameters necessary for entering new GRIB2 datasets.
GRIB2NAV GRIB2Filename
fully qualified path of a valid GRIB2 file on your system
When adding a new GRIB2 dataset that accesses data in the
MySQL/MariaDB database, the dataset's navigation parameters must be added into the
~mcidas/data/grib2NavLookup.txt file. These
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Example output is:
Nav parameters for message 66, field 0 are NAM, 6, -4564482, 2089981, 20318, 950000, 250000, 250000
The fields are defined as follows:
This command lists the navigation parameters of the sampleGFS.grb2 GRIB2 file, which can then be entered in the grib2NavLookup.txt file. See Configuring Additional GRIB2 ADDE Datasets for more information.
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Finally a new (and apparently final) Birds of Prey trailer has dropped! Just when I had started to give up hope.
I liked this trailer a lot more than the first although something still feels off to me. Hopefully once I see the whole movie it won't feel that way.
It was nice to see more of the other characters and Canary's power although I'm glad they held back a bit there. We see it but I don't want to see any other characters (Harley's) reaction until the film 🙂
The action looks really good. I like her clothes and she has a pet hyena called Bruce. I would so adopt one!
So obviously even though it feels a little off I'm all over this one 🙂