text: Latest News George Soros is investing $500 million to bring refugees into EU and US George Soros pledged to invest $500 million in programs and companies benefiting migrants and refugees fleeing war and conflict. Published 3 years ago on September 21, 2016 By Alex Christoforou 3,804 Views Share Tweet George Soros has made no secret his desire to flood Europe and the United States with migrants and refugees. Soros has a five step process to bring his neo-liberal change to the world…removing borders, ethnicity, culture and history once and for all. For the elite globalists, the best way to rule the peasant class is to remove any sense of nationalism. First Soros uses his media influence to demonize a country or leader, he then lobbies for crippling sanctions to be imposed upon that country, he then moves to destabilize that country with an NGO sponsored colored revolution, he then lobbies the western powers to intervene militarily, finally, after said country has been demolished (with all capital plundered and pillages by the elite super class), Soros funnels the displaced and desperate (sometimes radical) populace of the destroyed country into western society. Soros is the architect of a new world order, where the powerful few will govern over the confused and disconnected masses. Which brings us to George Soros' recent announcement at the United Nations (U.N.) summit in New York, where the billionaire pledged to invest up to $500 million in programs and companies benefiting migrants and refugees fleeing life-threatening situations…the very life-threatening situations he so shrewdly instigates. The the 86-year-old globalist said in an official statement… "We will invest in startups, established companies, social impact initiatives, and businesses started by migrants and refugees. These investments are intended to be successful. But our primary focus is to create products and services that truly benefit migrants and host communities." "I hope my commitment will inspire other investors to pursue the same mission." CNBC reports… On Monday, the U.N. opened its first summit addressing the current refugee and migrant crisis. The U.N. and Unicef calculate that a record 65 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes in 2015, with more than half from just three countries: Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia, Reuters reported. The increasing number of asylum seekers from those war-torn nations has sparked political debate in Europe and the U.S. over where the refugees should be resettled. The issue has been clouded by economic migration, with large numbers of people reportedly seeking entrance to developed nations in the hope of better prospects as global growth slows. The Open Society Foundations (OSF), a non-profit organization owned by Soros, will be in charge of the funds, the statement said. Any profits from the investments would go to the OSF's migrant and refugee-related programs, which include community centers in Greece and initiatives to provide Syrian refugees with legal advice. "Refugees need access to financial and legal services, education, and employment opportunities; we believe the private sector is uniquely placed to help build the infrastructure needed to support these services," the U.N.'s High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said of the Soros investment. Via: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/20/george-soros-to-invest-500-million-in-help-for-refugees-through-his-open-society-foundations.html Liked it? 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Published 6 hours ago on March 26, 2019 By Seraphim Hanisch Presently there is a media blitz on across the American news media networks. As was the case with the Russiagate investigation while it was ongoing, the conclusions have merely given rise to a rather unpleasant afterbirth in some ways as all the parties involve pivot their narratives. The conclusion of Russiagate appears to be heavily covered, yet if statistics here at The Duran are any indication, there is a good possibility that the public is absolutely fatigued over this situation. And, perhaps, folks, that is by design. Joseph Goebbels had many insights about the use of the media to deliver and enforce propaganda. One of his quotes runs thus: The best propaganda is that which, as it were, works invisibly, penetrates the whole of life without the public having any knowledge of the propagandistic initiative. and another: That is of course rather painful for those involved. One should not as a rule reveal one's secrets, since one does not know if and when one may need them again. The essential English leadership secret does not depend on particular intelligence. Rather, it depends on a remarkably stupid thick-headedness. The English follow the principle that when one lies, it should be a big lie, and one should stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous. If there has ever been a narrative that employed these two principles, it is Russiagate. A staggering amount of attention has been lavished on this nothing-burger issue. Axios reports that an analytics company named Newswhip tallied an astounding 533,074 web articles published about Russia and President Trump and the Mueller investigation (a number which is being driven higher even now, moment by moment, ad nauseam). Newsbusters presently reports that the networks gave 2,284 minutes to the coverage of this issue, a number which seems completely inaccurate because it is much too low (38 hours at present), and we are waiting for a correction on this estimate. Put it another way: Are you sick of Russiagate? That is because it has dominated the news for over 675 days of nearly wall-to-wall news cycles. The political junkies on both sides are still pretty jazzed up about this story – the Pro-Trump folks rejoicing over the presently 'cleared' status, while of course preparing for the upcoming Democrat / Deep State pivot, and the Dems in various levels of stress as they try to figure out exactly how to pivot in such a manner that they do not lose face – or pace – in continuing their efforts to rid their lives of the "Irritant-in-Chief" who now looks like he is in the best position of his entire presidency. But a lot of people do not care. They are tired. I hate to say it (and yes, I am speaking personally and directly), but this may be a dangerous fatigue. Here is why: The barrage of propaganda on this issue was never predicated on any facts. It still isn't. However, as we noted a few days ago, courtesy of Fox News' Tucker Carlson, at present, 53% of US registered voters believe that the Trump campaign worked with Russia to influence the 2016 election. That means 53% of the voting public now believes something that is totally false. Many of these people are probably simply exhausted from the constant coverage of this allegation as well. So when the news came out Sunday night that there was no evidence of collusion and no conclusive evidence, hence, of obstruction of justice by the Trump Administration – in other words, this whole thing was a nothing burger – will this snap those 53% back into reality? Probably not. Many of them may well be so worn down that they no longer care. Or worse, they are so worn out that they will continue to believe the things they are told that sustain the lie, despite its being called out as such. C.S. Lewis wrote about this peculiarity of human nature, in particular in the seventh book of his Chronicles of Narnia. After a prolonged and fierce assault on the sensibilities of the Narnians with the story that Aslan, the Christ figure of this world, was in fact an angry overlord, selling the Narnians themselves into slavery, and selling the whole country out to its enemy, with the final touch being that Aslan and the devilish deity of the enemy nation were in fact one and the same, the Narnians were unable to snap back to reality when it was shown conclusively and clearly that this was in fact not the case. The fear that was instilled from the use of false narratives persisted and blocked the animals from reality. Lewis summarized it this way through the thoughts of Tirian, the lead character in this tale: Tirian had never dreamed that one of the results of an Ape's setting up as a false Aslan would be to stop people from believing in the real one. He had felt quite sure that the Dwarfs would rally to his side the moment he showed them how they had been deceived. And then next night he would have led them to Stable Hill and shown Puzzle to all the creatures and everyone would have turned against the Ape and, perhaps after a scuffle with the Calormenes, the whole thing would have been over. But now, it seemed, he could count on nothing. How many other Narnians might turn the same way as the Dwarfs? This is part of the toll this very long propaganda campaign is very likely to take on many Americans. It takes being strongly informed and educated on facts to withstand the withering force of a narrative that never goes away. Indeed, if anything, it takes even more effort now, because the temptation of the pro-Trump side will be to retreat to a set of political talking points that, interestingly enough, validate Robert Mueller's "integrity" when only a week ago they were attacking this as a false notion. This is very dangerous, and even though Mr. Trump and his supporters won this battle, if they do not come at this matter in a way that shows education, and not merely the restating of platitudes and talking points that "should be more comfortable, now that we've won!" The cost of Russiagate may be far higher than anyone wants it to be. And yes, speaking personally, I understand the fatigue. I am tired of this issue too. But the temptation to go silent may have already taken a lot of people so far that they will not accept the reality that has just been revealed. Politics is a very fickle subject. Truth is extremely malleable for many politicians, and that is saying it very nicely. But this issue was not just politics. It was slander with a purpose, and that purpose is unchanged now. In fact things may even be more dangerous for the President – even risking his very life – because if the powers that are working behind the people trying to get rid of President Trump come to realize that they have no political support, they will move to more extreme measures. In fact this may have already been attempted. We at The Duran reported a few months ago on a very strange but very compelling story that suggested that there was an attempted assassination and coup that was supposed to have taken place on January 17th of this year. It did not happen, but there was a parallel story that noted that the President may have been targeted for assassination already no fewer than twelve times. Hopefully this is just tinfoil-hat stuff. But we have seen that this effort to be rid of President Trump is fierce and it is extremely well-supported within its group. There is no reason to think that the pressure will lighten now that this battle has been lost. The stakes are much too high, and even this long investigation may well have been part of the weaponry of the group we sometimes refer to as the "Deep State" in their effort to reacquire power, and in their effort to continue to pursue both a domestic and geopolitical agenda that has so far shown itself to be destructive to both individuals and nations all over the world. Speculation? Yes. Needless? We hope so. This is a terrible possibility that hopefully no reasonable person wants to consider. Honestly, folks, we do not know. But we had to put this out there for your consideration. Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Parliament Seizes Control Of Brexit From Theresa May Published 12 hours ago on March 26, 2019 By Zerohedge Liked it? Take a second to support The Duran on Patreon! Continue Reading Latest Schaeuble, Greece and the lessons learned from a failed GREXIT (Video) The Duran Quick Take: Episode 117. Published 22 hours ago on March 25, 2019 By Alex Christoforou The Duran's Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris examine a recent interview with the Financial Times given by Wolfgang Schäuble, where the former German Finance Minister, who was charged with finding a workable and sustainable solution to the Greek debt crisis, reveals that his plan for Greece to take a 10-year "timeout" from the eurozone (in order to devalue its currency and save its economy) was met with fierce resistance from Brussels hard liners, and Angela Merkel herself. Remember to Please Subscribe to The Duran's YouTube Channel. Follow The Duran Audio Podcast on Soundcloud. Via FT… "Look where we're sitting!" says Wolfgang Schäuble, gesturing at the Berlin panorama stretching out beneath us. It is his crisp retort to those who say that Europe is a failure, condemned to a slow demise by its own internal contradictions. "Walk through the Reichstag, the graffiti left by the Red Army soldiers, the images of a destroyed Berlin. Until 1990 the Berlin Wall ran just below where we are now!" We are in Käfer, a restaurant on the rooftop of the Reichstag. The views are indeed stupendous: Berlin Cathedral and the TV Tower on Alexanderplatz loom through the mist. Both were once in communist East Berlin, cut off from where we are now by the wall. Now they're landmarks of a single, undivided city. "Without European integration, without this incredible story, we wouldn't have come close to this point," he says. "That's the crazy thing." As Angela Merkel's finance minister from 2009 to 2017, Schäuble was at the heart of efforts to steer the eurozone through a period of unprecedented turbulence. But at home he is most associated with Germany's postwar political journey, having not only negotiated the 1990 treaty unifying East and West Germany but also campaigned successfully for the capital to move from Bonn. For a man who has done so much to put Berlin — and the Reichstag — back on the world-historical map, it is hard to imagine a more fitting lunch venue. With its open-plan kitchen and grey formica tables edged in chrome, Käfer has a cool, functional aesthetic that is typical of the city. On the wall hangs a sketch by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who famously wrapped the Reichstag in silver fabric in 1995. The restaurant has one other big advantage: it is easy to reach from Schäuble's office. Now 76, he has been confined to a wheelchair since he was shot in an assassination attempt in 1990, and mobility is an issue. Aides say he tends to avoid restaurants if he can, especially at lunchtime. As we take our places, we talk about Schäuble's old dream — that German reunification would be a harbinger of European unity, a step on the road to a United States of Europe. That seems hopelessly out of reach in these days of Brexit, the gilets jaunes in France, Lega and the Five Star Movement in Italy. Some blame Schäuble himself for that. He was, after all, the architect of austerity, a fiscal hawk whose policy prescriptions during the euro crisis caused untold hardship for millions of ordinary people, or so his critics say. He became a hate figure, especially in Greece. Posters in Athens in 2015 depicted him with a Hitler moustache below the words: "Wanted — for mass poverty and devastation". Schäuble rejects the criticism that austerity caused the rise of populism. "Higher spending doesn't lead to greater contentment," he says. The root cause lies in mass immigration, and the insecurities it has unleashed. "What European country doesn't have this problem?" he asks. "Even Sweden. The poster child of openness and the willingness to help." But what of the accusation that he didn't care enough about the suffering of the southern Europeans? Austerity divided the EU and spawned a real animus against Schäuble. I ask him how that makes him feel now. "Well I'm sad, because I played a part in all of that," he says, wistfully. "And I think about how we could have done it differently." I glance at the menu — simple German classics with a contemporary twist. I'm drawn to the starters, such as Oldenburg duck pâté and the Müritz smoked trout. But true to his somewhat abstemious reputation, Schäuble has no interest in these and zeroes in on the entrées. He chooses Käfer's signature veal meatballs, a Berlin classic. I go for the Arctic char and pumpkin. Schäuble switches seamlessly back to the eurozone crisis. The original mistake was in trying to create a common currency without a "common economic, employment and social policy" for all eurozone member states. The fathers of the euro had decided that if they waited for political union to happen first they'd wait forever, he says. Yet the prospects for greater political union are now worse than they have been in years. "The construction of the EU has proven to be questionable," he says. "We should have taken the bigger steps towards integration earlier on, and now, because we can't convince the member states to take them, they are unachievable." Greece was a particularly thorny problem. It should never have been admitted to the euro club in the first place, Schäuble says. But when its debt crisis first blew up, it should have taken a 10-year "timeout" from the eurozone — an idea he first floated with Giorgos Papakonstantinou, his Greek counterpart between 2009 and 2011. "I told him you need to be able to devalue your currency, you're not competitive," he says. The reforms required to repair the Greek economy were going to be "hard to achieve in a democracy". "That's why you need to leave the euro for a certain period. But everyone said there was no chance of that." The idea didn't go away, though. Schäuble pushed for a temporary "Grexit" in 2015, during another round of the debt crisis. But Merkel and the other EU heads of government nixed the idea. He now reveals he thought about resigning over the issue. "On the morning the decision was made, [Merkel] said to me: 'You'll carry on?' . . . But that was one of the instances where we were very close [to my stepping down]." It is an extraordinary revelation, one that highlights just how rocky his relationship with Merkel has been over the years. Schäuble has been at her side from the start, an éminence grise who has helped to resolve many of the periodic crises of her 13 years as chancellor. But it was never plain sailing. "There were a few really bad conflicts where she knew too that we were on the edge and I would have gone," he says. "I always had to weigh up whether to go along with things, even though I knew it was the wrong thing to do, as was the case with Greece, or whether I should go." But his sense of duty prevailed. "We didn't always agree — but I was always loyal." That might have been the case when he was a serving minister, but since becoming speaker of parliament in late 2017 he has increasingly distanced himself from Merkel. Last year, when she announced she would not seek re-election as leader of the Christian Democratic Union, the party that has governed Germany for 50 of the past 70 years, Schäuble openly backed a candidate described by the Berlin press as the "anti-Merkel". Friedrich Merz, a millionaire corporate lawyer who is the chairman of BlackRock Germany, had once led the CDU's parliamentary group but lost out to Merkel in a power struggle in 2002, quitting politics a few years later. 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Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Jonathan Coppess has announced that the 2010 FSA county committee elections are under way, with USDA beginning to mail ballots to eligible voters. The deadline to return the ballots to local FSA offices is Dec. 6, 2010.
"All eligible farmers and ranchers can make a difference by voting in this year's county committee elections," said Coppess. "County committee members will provide input and make important decisions on the local administration of new disaster and conservation programs under the 2008 farm bill. I particularly encourage minority and women producers to get involved so that county committees fairly represent the producers of a county or multi-county jurisdiction."
County committee members are an important component of the operations of FSA and provide a link between the agricultural community and the Department of Agriculture (USDA). Farmers and ranchers elected to county committees help deliver FSA programs at the local level, applying their knowledge and judgment to make decisions on commodity price support loans and payments; conservation programs; incentive indemnity and disaster payments for some commodities; emergency programs and payment eligibility. FSA committees operate within official regulations designed to carry out federal laws.
To be an eligible voter, farmers and ranchers must participate or cooperate in an FSA program. A person who is not of legal voting age, but supervises and conducts the farming operations of an entire farm also may be eligible to vote. Agricultural producers in each county submitted candidate nominations during the nomination period, which ended on Aug. 2.
Eligible voters who do not receive ballots the week beginning No. 8, can obtain ballots from their local USDA Service Center. Dec. 6, 2010, is the last day for voters to submit ballots in person to local USDA Service Centers. Ballots returned by mail must also be postmarked no later than Dec. 6. Newly elected committee members and their alternates will take office Jan. 1, 2011.
Close to 7,900 FSA county committee members serve in the 2,244 FSA offices nationwide. Each committee consists of three to 11 members who serve three-year terms. Approximately one-third of county committee seats are up for election each year. More information on county committees, such as the new 2010 fact sheet and brochures, can be found on the FSA website at www.fsa.usda.gov/elections or at a local USDA Service Center.


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Actually not sure what the point of indirect on create is, as it doesn't really originate from you anyway. You don't create a wall that comes out of you and goes to the place, you create an object at the place you want it. What's indirect doing for you?
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Editor's Note: This is part of a series by Indianapolis Motor Speedway Historian Donald Davidson featuring Indianapolis 500 veteran drivers returning to IMS for Legends Day Honoring Roger Penske presented by Shell on Saturday, May 26. The veteran drivers will participate in autograph sessions and other fan-friendly activities.
Not only did 1975 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Bill Puterbaugh have at least one start in each of the 500-mile races which used to make up USAC's Triple Crown in the 1970s—Indianapolis, Pocono and Ontario—but he managed to score top-10 finishes in all of them. Just one month after placing seventh in the rain-shortened 1975 Indianapolis 500, he finished ninth in the Pocono 500, and then, competing in his one and only Ontario 500 in September 1976, he scored another seventh. He was also 12th at Indianapolis in 1977.
The third-ranking USAC Sprint Car driver of 1969 (behind Gary Bettenhausen and Larry Dickson), Puterbaugh was a five-time winner in USAC Sprint competition who had dreamed of driving in the "500" ever since his youth. But he had to labor long and hard to make it—even after he was already a USAC Championship driver. He landed a "500" driving assignment virtually every May from 1968 until 1974, but when the allotted qualifying time would run out each year, he would always be on the outside looking in.
Enter Lee Elkins.
A leading sprint car entrant and "500" car owner between 1951 and 1959, Elkins had dropped out of the sport for several seasons until the mid-1960s, when a handful of runs with a USAC Midget signaled the beginning of his return. One thing led to another, and it wasn't long before Elkins-entered McNamara Specials were running up front again, just as they had done in the 1950s with Bob Sweikert, Dick Rathmann, Mike Nazarauk, Joe James, Andy Linden, Ed Elisian and numerous others.
The crusty and cantankerous Elkins took a liking to Puterbaugh, and after an absence of 16 years, he was back as an Indianapolis 500 car owner, taking delivery of a "hand-me-down" turbocharged Offy-powered Eagle from the Patrick Racing Team.
Of his 1975 Indianapolis adventure, Puterbaugh said with a laugh: "I had a lot of help. I was real good friends with Al Unser and Lloyd Ruby and they were both wanting to help me, but not at the same time. They'd been down in the turns together and discussing where I should be shutting off, but they didn't want to be standing side by side while they were telling me. So they flipped a coin to decide who was going to do it. Ruby lost the toss and became my coach. He went round to the front of the car, stuck his foot under the nose cone and says, 'Drop this down an inch.' Then he goes round the back, looks at the wing and tells them to put on a bigger wicker bill. Then he tells me, 'You're backing off too early. Drive her all the way down to the gate.' I tell him he's crazy, but we try it anyway and we pick up 7 mph. So we fuel her up and put her in line."
Just a few minutes before qualifying ended on the opening day of time trials, Puterbaugh breezed into the field with a four-lap average speed of 183.833 mph. The scene which followed was something to behold. Solidly in with three full qualifying days still remaining—when so many times in the past he had he suffered through to the final crushing minute, only to come up short—the extremely popular Puterbaugh gave a most emotional speech over the public address and then spent the next hour or two staggering around the pits and Garage Area in an apparent state of shock, well-wishers slapping him on the back every inch of the way.
While Puterbaugh's closest friend among the drivers was Sam Sessions, his bond with Ruby and Al Unser was just about as strong. Thus it came as a one-two punch in March 2009 when news was received that not only had Ruby passed away, but within a matter of hours, so had Al's daughter, Mary.
Mary's viewing was to be in Albuquerque, N.M., on Thursday evening, March 26, with Ruby's down in Wichita Falls, Texas, approximately 24 hours later. Feeling the need to be with both families, Puterbaugh got out the maps, filled the gas tank and headed west. He left Indianapolis virtually in the middle of the night and drove, by himself, straight through to Albuquerque. He arrived at the funeral home with time to spare and so he caught a nap in the parking lot until people started showing up for the viewing. After spending some time with the Unser family, he quietly snuck out of a side door and found a motel for the night.
Just before bedding down, he learned that heavy snow was in the area, so he grabbed a few well-earned hours of sleep and was up again before daybreak. He headed east out of Albuquerque on his way to Amarillo, Texas, aware now that the freeways were apparently closed! But it takes a lot more than that to keep an old USAC Sprint car driver down. As luck would have it, he found a ramp which had not yet been blocked off and so he hopped on it and hoped for the best. After a few miles of steady progress, he caught up with a pair of snow plows which were travelling about 20 mph. He happily rolled along behind them for a while until they suddenly pulled over and stopped. Reason? A 10 or 12-car pileup a few miles down the road had everything blocked. Still not defeated, Puterbaugh found an exit and eventually linked up with the road which would take him south to Wichita Falls.
"I had so much snow packed under the car," he recalls, "that I was bottoming out from the weight. I had thought about trying to find a car wash, but because I was now heading south, it started warming up and pretty soon all of the ice and snow began melting and falling off."
It was a worn-out version of Puterbaugh who finally arrived in Wichita Falls that night and collapsed in a chair next to Ruby family members at the viewing.
The following morning, he sat with Johnny Rutherford, Parnelli Jones, Jimmy McElreath, Dave Laycock and others at Ruby's celebration of life, but at the graveside burial service which followed a short time later, he was nowhere to be seen. Contemplating another solo run of better than 900 miles, he was already on the road and high-tailing it back to Indianapolis.
Any compliments paid to him at that time or since concerning that supreme gesture has always been brushed off with, "Hey, when I was racing, we used to make hauls like that all the time."
The popular Puterbaugh is one of several Indianapolis 500 Rookies of the Year who have indicated they will be among the returning veterans who will be signing autographs for the fans on Saturday, May 26, the day before this year's "500," during Legends Day Honoring Roger Penske presented by Shell. They will be signing, in shifts, in the Plaza Area between 1-4:30 p.m.
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The early months of the Obama administration have been dominated by dealing with the recession, health care and Afghanistan, and by little action that affects agriculture. That trend may be changing and some of the subtle policy changes may have a significant negative effect on Southern agriculture.
Washington insiders contend the new administration's proposed shifts in agriculture policy are being driven by a stated goal of making regulatory decision-making more transparent and to give the general public more opportunity for input in developing EPA policy.
Among the initiatives intended to shed more "sunshine" onto EPA's regulatory process is the agency's new policy, announced on Oct. 1, 2009, with no prior warning to the regulated community, that imposes a 30-day window of opportunity for public comment prior to agency approval of any new pesticide active ingredient or the first residential, outdoor or food use of currently registered products.
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In a second major announcement of an initiative aimed at bringing greater transparency to its regulation of pesticides, on Sept. 30, 2009, EPA trumpeted its plans to move forward with an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) requiring that the identities of hazardous inert ingredients, and possibly the identities of inerts not deemed hazardous, be made publicly available.
Most chemical products, including agricultural pesticides, contain a high percentage of inert ingredients. Many agricultural chemicals require the use of adjuvants to increase efficacy and/or to make these materials safer for the target crop.
The identification of these inert ingredients, the Obama administration contends, will better equip consumers of products produced using these materials to make more informed public health and environmental stewardship decisions.
In addition to these two new efforts aimed at facilitating greater public involvement in rulemaking, the Obama EPA has jumpstarted at least one long-standing initiative that has been slow to launch — namely, the Endocrine Disruption Screening Program (EDSP).
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However, EPA emphasizes that "nothing in the approach for generating the initial list provides a basis to infer that any of the chemicals selected interfere with or are suspected to interfere with the endocrine systems of humans or other species."
The program will now move forward with Tier 1 screening of an initial group of 67 pesticide chemicals, including 58 active and nine inert ingredients. The costs for testing each chemical are expected to exceed $1 million.
If all these 67 pesticide chemicals are tested, the program would cost $83 million just for this initial Tier 1 screening.
The entire $83 million would come from the companies that develop and sell these pesticide products.
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Manufacturers of these pesticide chemicals have a significant amount of data already in hand that may be able to answer the questions the Tier 1 tests are designed to ask. The question is whether any of these materials have a negative impact, or more succinctly — what is the risk reward of using these inert ingredients.
"Our manufacturers are not trying to avoid all testing, rather they are trying to avoid unnecessary Tier 1 testing that will only tell them what they already know and to prevent the needless use of hundreds of laboratory animals in the process. They are prepared in many cases to move on to Tier 2 testing to determine whether there are real risks to endocrine systems associated with these chemicals," Ferenc says.
Perhaps a more direct and costly impact to farmers comes from the EPA's consideration of eventually putting all federal labels of agricultural pesticides on the Internet and taking this information off the can or jug of product. In fact, companies could be forced to take label information off the can or jug in order to comply with these guidelines.
The proposed change in policy is being fought tooth and nail by state agencies and by every agricultural group aware of the proposed change.
The EPA contends that putting this information on the Web improves their ability to mitigate risks, but the liability issues for applicators and farmers, and enforcement problems for state officials may be significant.
If implemented, at the bare minimum, this policy change would require farmers to seek, find, download and/or print the labels for dozens of agricultural chemicals they use in their every day farming operation. Where and how label information will be available on the Internet is not yet clear.
"To my knowledge the EPA virtually stands alone in promoting this move to Web-based labels. However, the EPA appears to be pushing hard to make it happen," Ferenc says.
Two other issues are developing that will certainly impact pesticide product labeling. Most recently, at the Oct. 14-15, 2009, meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) — a federal advisory committee comprised of representatives from the regulated community, public health agencies, state lead regulatory agencies, the federal government, and the NGO community — EPA raised its concerns relating to the use of the phrase "plant derived" appearing on the labeling of certain pesticide products.
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The 1,074 Android apps that were found to have "inadequate use of SSL/TLS" were susceptible to Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks that can easily exploit and retrieve personally identifiable information about the app's users.
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Grolly's Biker Colours
Late 1960s
Grolly is Dennis Corcoran's nickname.
He rode with the Nightingales
biker gang.
The colours of the Nightingales
were a skull with wings.
Biker gangs knew each other
by the colours that they wore.
Dennis's gang was named after
their meeting place,
the Nightingale Cafe on Biggin Hill.
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Dennis Corcoran
Dennis was in a biker gang
called the Nightingales:
"We used to wear colours,
hand stitched.
One of our Nightingales blokes
used to draw them up.
You didn't have to earn colours,
there was no initiation ceremony
or anything like that."
"There was plenty of gang warfare
with other London gangs.
But we didn't really run into
the scooter gangs much -
they all had to be in bed
by 8 o'clock.
My brother was a mod
And a skinhead.
He'd wear Ben Sherman's and Stayprest
and mohair suits and DMs
and that kind of thing.
Lambrettas were all crammed up
with about 50 spotlights on them.
There were general verbals between us.
My parents hated every minute of it,
or rather me mother did.
My friends called round for me
one Bank Holiday Friday night
and all I heard was hoots of laughter
from outside the house.
And I went outside
and they're all roaring with laughter
and me mother's
putting holy water all over the bike.
She thought that if she did that
I'd be alright."
Identifying with a youth gang
Dennis Corcoran was sixteen
when he got his first bike
and joined the Nightingales.
They were an unofficial
Hells Angels biker gang.
His leathers, his colours and his bike
created a strong image.
Hells Angels, Hippies, Mods and Rockers.
1960s teenagers had many
different identities and cultures.
Mods and Rockers were known
for their violent hatred of one another.
Dennis's dislike
of his brother's Mod style
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LONDON (AP) — Garbine Muguruza's first major tournament as a reigning Grand Slam champion didn't last long.
Less than a month after winning the French Open, the second-seeded Spaniard was beaten in the second round of Wimbledon on Thursday by a Slovakian qualifier ranked No. 124.
In the biggest upset of the tournament so far, Jana Cepelova beat a listless Muguruza 6-3, 6-2 on Court 1 in less than an hour to reach the third round at the All England Club.
Also, in women's matches, fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber advanced with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Lehigh Valley resident Varvara Lepchenko, and No. 5 Halep beat Francesca Schiavone 6-1, 6-1. No. 14 Samantha Stosur was knocked...


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With server populations looking a little lighter than normal in recent weeks, some industry watchers are speculating that Bioware's The Old Republic is already losing subscribers just four months after its launch, sparking a vibrant debate in our forums. But in a recent interview with PC Gamer, Bioware lead writer Daniel Erickson said the game's subscription numbers are not dropping despite the somewhat emptier servers.
While subscriber numbers haven't dropped, Erickson admitted that the game is showing lower levels of concurrent users at peak times. He said the development team is looking into "anything and everything" to get those server population numbers up, including potential server mergers at some point in the future. "Nothing is off the table when it comes to making sure our communities are strong and active on each server," he said.
The team will be focusing on adding more variety to daily quests, and creating more memorable, unique one-off events like the currently running Rakghoul plague outbreak to keep players coming back regularly, Erickson said. As for criticism that the company has been slow to produce additional post-launch content for end-game players, Erickson noted that the game's fully voiced storylines take a bit longer to put together than new quests for other MMOs, but said the team is "getting sprier all the time" on that score.


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Victory: The Department of Veterans Affairs must honor marriages of same-sex couples
August 30, 2013
On Thursday, federal judge Consuelo B. Marshall found that federal laws excluding same-sex spouses of U.S. servicemembers from the benefits and protections that military veterans receive are unconstitutional. The judge wrote that there was no rational basis for the Department of Veterans Affairs to bar same-sex spouses from receiving these protections - that it is not related to the goal of gender equality, to any military purposes, or to the military's commitment to caring for veteran families. The judge explained that the definition of "spouse" in Title 38 of the Code of Fedearl Regulations is unconstitutional.
For now, the ruling is limited to married same-sex couples living in states with the freedom to marry. We await further clarification on how military families living in the 37 non-marriage states will be treated.
The ruling is in line with the June 2013 Supreme Court ruling in Windsor v. United States, which struck down the central part of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and led to legally married same-sex couples receiving the 1,100+ protections and responsibilities that marriage triggers at a federal level.
The couple at the heart of the lawsuit, Tracey and Maggie Cooper-Harris (right), were seeking partner benefits since Tracey is a 12-year veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The women married in California in 2008 and currently live in Pasadena, CA. The suit, Cooper-Harris v. United States, was brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center and WilmerHale.
Tracey was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2010, and the V.A. determined shortly after that the condition was related to her 12 years of service. "I am in the early stages of a neurological disease that has no cure," Tracey said back in June. "So I am doing everything in my power to ensure my wife does not have to worry about what benefits I earned during the military will be available for her as I get worse. I can't bear the thought of leaving Maggie to fight for the benefits I earned and she is entitled to as my wife while she mourns my loss."
This video captures more of the couple's story, and demonstrates the wonderful victory this ruling brings for this couple and for all military veterans:
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has already announced that the Department of Justice would not defend Title 38, the law barring same-sex spouses from receiving veteran's protections, and the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, which defended DOMA after the Obama administration said they would no longer defend the law, has withdrawn from the case.
American Military Partner Association president Stephen Peters applauded the ruling, saying:
Title 38 clearly violated the constitutional rights of our military veteran families. This decision sets our nation on a path to honoring and serving all of our veterans and their families, regardless of their sexual orientation.
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Was browsing the internet for some guidance on building stamina and endurance for swimming and came across these Swim Britain Training Guides that are free to download going from Beginner Level to Intermediate to Advanced.
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Christie Agrees to Clarence Clemons Day
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed a resolution declaring Jan. 11 Clarence Clemons Day. That's the day Clemons was born.
Clarence Clemons was an original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, known for his saxophone solos and huge stage presence.
He was immortalized in the song "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" with the lyric "the change was made uptown and the Big Man joined the band."
"The New Jersey Shore would not be the same without the music of Bruce Spingsteen's E- Street Band," state Senator Jennifer Beck (R) told the Marlboro-Colts Neck Patch last December when the state Senate passed her resolution."And the E-Street Band would not have been the same without the sound of a saxophone played by Clarence Clemons."
The resolution lists many of Clarence Clemons career accomplishments including his work with other musicians including Aretha Franklin, Ringo Starr and Lady Gaga and his charitable work.
"WHEREAS, During the E Street Band's legendary live concerts Clarence Clemons' saxophone solos were highly anticipated and he was always introduced last in the band introductions, to the delight of the concertgoers who greeted his every move with roars of approval," the resolution reads in part.
The day is meant to be observed with an official proclamation by the governor and "appropriate activities and programs."
Clarence Clemons died in 2011 from complications of a stroke at age 69. Christie, who has attended over 130 Springsteen concerts, caused a bit of controversy when he ordered flags flown at half staff in his honor upon his death. The honor is one normally reserved for military personnel and elected leaders.
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Point Park University's Conservatory Dance Company presents Student Choreography Project, a diverse combination of student-choreographed works from 11 of the conservatory's most creative students. The students take the George Rowland White Performance Studio stage in the downtown dance complex Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.
The show is completely student-produced; the choreographers have the responsibility of holding formal auditions, running rehearsals and making costume decisions. In addition, the show's lighting design is a collaborative effort with the conservatory's technical theatre majors.
Works presented as part of the program are regularly recognized at national festivals and awards, namely the American College Dance Festival Association.
Student Choreography Project opens Friday, Sept. 30, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 2. Performances will be held Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 6 p.m.
Tickets for the performances are $18-$20; student tickets are $7-$8. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Pittsburgh Playhouse box office at 412-392-8000 or online at www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.
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Disney's "Mars and Beyond"
I've been shy about posting movies that have cut into parts but I stumbled into this 1957 Disney animation "Mars and Beyond" and, holy smokes, is it the coolest thing I've seen in ages. It's a great mix of fact and supposition with an amazing, and seemingly endlessly creative, design. It covers historical astronomical beliefs, the beginnings of science fiction literature, "current" science, and a fantastical array of what-if Martians. It's both delightful and scientific without ever being silly or dry.
Monday, September 14, 2009
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I had forgotten this, Irene. Amazing stuff! There was an earlier Disney space-themed piece, too, about the building of the torus-shaped space station seen in this one. Wish i could figure out who the narrator was--very striking voice.
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Organisers of the Bespoked Bristol handmade bike show have said it'll be back next year after a successful second event at the weekend, when more than 4,000 people checked out the custom frames on show at Brunel's Old Station.
If you missed BikeRadar's coverage of the show check out our first look at the Cotic Rocket, plus our Argos to Torus and Enigma to Ted Jones Designs galleries. Below is the list of prize winners – check out the image gallery for lots more pictures by show photographer Kayti Peschke. Next year's event will take place on 12-14 April.
Bespoked Bristol winners
Best of Show, sponsored by Reynolds – Robin Mather's Camponneur
Best Road Bicycle, sponsored by Reynolds – Feather Cycles' Rapha
Best Track Bicycle, sponsored by Brooks – Demon Frameworks' Hermes
Best Utility Bicycle, sponsored by Brooks – Mercian Cycles' Jane's Bike
Best Off Road, sponsored by Hope – Crisp's Il Capo
Best New Builder, sponsored by Columbus and Ceeway – Wilkinson Cycles' Mixed Gear
Touring/Randonneur – Roberts Cycles' Rough Stuff (joint winner)
Touring/Randonneur – Winter Bicycles' Wanderer
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February 18, 2004
In one of the nation's oldest speech competitions, Wabash College students drew deeply from their own personal experiences as they tackled the competition's topic, "Talkin' 'Bout My Generation."
The five finalists in the 130th annual Baldwin Oratorical Contest took very different approaches to the subject, and in the end junior Charlie Lopez captured first place with his speech, "Generation Misunderstood: Why?"
"This was a unique year in that the topic, "Talkin' 'Bout My Generation," drew five very different and very personal responses from the students," said speech professor David Timmerman. "I would not have wanted to be one of the judges because the diversity of speeches, while it made for a fascinating night of oratory, would make judging between them the equivalent of choosing the 'best' flavor of ice cream. I prefer to simply enjoy them all and refrain from rank ordering flavors!"
In addition to Lopez, finalists included senior Alex Barefoot ("Hello, Welcome to Vandalay Enterprises"), senior James Litton ("Getting My Generation's Number"), freshman Udayan Chattopadhyay ("The Way We Are"), and sophomore Curtis Eilers ("Prostitution, Prozac, and Pop Music: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll").
"This was a year that the students who attended obviously enjoyed the speeches a great deal, owing I would say to the very personal nature of the speeches given," added Timmerman.
Judging the competition were Professor of Classics John Fischer, Crawfordsville attorney Elizabeth Justice, and 1988 Baldwin winner Terry Hamilton, who is executive director of finance for St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis.
Lopez' winning speech posed the stereotype of his generation as being detached and disengaged against the reality that the current generation of college students is heavily involved in community service.
Said Timmerman, "Charlie did a nice job speaking extemporaneously and he argued that his generation actually is engaged. He noted the recent activities like the Tau Kappa Epsilon fundraiser for a local high school student who is paralyzed, the Student Senate donating to Habitat for Humanity, and the Theta Delta Chi blood drive. He quoted a member of his generation, 'If I want to make the world better the last thing I would do is vote.'"
Litton earned second place in the competition and argued that his generation is typified by its ability and practice of talking about sex openly, seeing it everywhere, and being focused on it.
Third place finisher Udayan Chattopadhyay argued that his generation works hardest to be "in" even though they are unsure what this means.
"A nice display by the students," said Dean of the College Mauri Ditzler. "I enjoyed the wide range of styles in terms of both the composition and the delivery of the orations. What an interesting mix of traditional public address and thoughtful analyses."
Now in its 130th year, the Baldwin Oratorical Contest is one of the nation's oldest speech competitions. Cash prizes are awarded to the top three finishers.


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Come along to this monthly creative workshop and share ideas of protest over a cup of tea, while learning new textile techniques. Taking inspiration from the museum's collection, participants will work collaboratively to produce pieces of artwork rich in personal responses and exploration. Being at the centre of textile production in Manchester historically, we will collect personal stories, learn about the conditions for workers, and compare the industry from past to present with global textile production and zero hours contracts.
Artist Helen Mather leads The Fabric of Protest workshops. You can read Helen's latest blog post and follow what the participants are learning and creating on Helen's tumblr blog.
Participants can attend an individual workshop or join us on a regular basis to shape how the work develops.
Suitable for adults and young people over 11yrs.
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From Princess Mononoke
Momentary thing, not worth remembering in the morning
Must it be so cold, like something bought and sold,
Was it just a game,
Would you recall my name if you saw me.
** How would it be I wonder,
If we ever meet again
Now that I've been you're love
Is this how it's gonna end
Will we ever be just friends
Learn to live it now and then, oh...
Was that all it was, night out on the town,
One look decides at will
You wanted me to feel
Did you use me?
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*** Was that all it was, when you close the door,
Passion left behind,
Out of sight and out of mind - gone forever.
** Repeat
*** Repeat (2x)
Was that how it was
Was that how it was
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Did you need a friend?
Bet you didn't know you had one.
Did you use me?
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To qualify for 2014 TOP SAFETY PICK, a vehicle must earn good ratings in the moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests, as well as a good or acceptable rating in the driver-side small overlap front test.
The photos and videos shown here may be of a different model, model year or body type from the one selected. The ratings of one vehicle often apply to other models if they are built on the same platform. In addition, a test of a vehicle from one model year may apply to earlier or later model years if the vehicle hasn't been significantly redesigned.
The Mini Countryman was introduced in the 2011 model year.
The driver space was maintained reasonably well, with maximum intrusion of the lower interior of 13 cm at the lower hinge pillar. Upper interior intrusion measured 7-9 cm at the hinge pillar and instrument panel.
Measures taken from the dummy indicate a low risk of any significant injuries in a crash of this severity.
The dummy's movement was well controlled. The dummy's head loaded the frontal airbag, which stayed in front of the dummy until rebound. The side curtain airbag deployed but does not have sufficient forward coverage to protect the head from contact with forward side structure and outside objects. The side torso airbag deployed.
How this test is conducted
The Mini Countryman was introduced in the 2011 model year. Frontal ratings are assigned by the Institute based on a test conducted by BMW, the manufacturer of the Mini, as part of frontal crash test verification.
Dummy movement was well controlled. The driver side curtain airbag deployed during the crash. After the dummy moved forward into the frontal airbag, it rebounded into the seat without its head coming close to any stiff structure that could cause injury.
Driver — Measures taken from the dummy indicate a low risk of any significant injuries in a crash of this severity.
Passenger — Measures taken from the dummy indicate a left femur fracture would be possible in a crash of this severity. The risk of significant injuries to other body regions is low.
Driver — The dummy's head was protected from being hit by any hard structures, including the intruding barrier, by a side curtain airbag that deployed from the roof.
Passenger — The dummy's head was protected from being hit by any hard structures, including the intruding barrier, by a side curtain airbag that deployed from the roof.
In the test, the strength of the roof is determined by pushing a metal plate against one side of it at a slow but constant speed. The force applied relative to the vehicle's weight is known as the strength-to-weight ratio. This graph shows how the ratio varied as the test of this vehicle progressed. The peak strength-to-weight ratio recorded at any time before the roof is crushed 5 inches is the key measurement of roof strength.
A good rating requires a strength-to-weight ratio of at least 4. In other words, the roof must withstand a force of at least 4 times the vehicle's weight before the plate crushes the roof by 5 inches. For an acceptable rating, the minimum required strength-to-weight ratio is 3.25. For a marginal rating, it is 2.5. Anything lower than that is poor.
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The comedy gods, no doubt, are enjoying a good laugh over Jerry Lewis' latest women-have-no-business-being-funny comments coming just two days after Carol Burnett earned headlines for capturing the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
The honor has eluded Lewis, one of Hollywood's most successful film comedians. That's unfortunate. But it's a bigger shame that, through nobody's fault but his own, 87-year-old Lewis risks being remembered more for his nutty remarks than for "The Nutty Professor."
For a performer whose childlike antics inspired years of laughter, Lewis is a complicated guy with more personalities than his classic Jekyll-and-Hyde comic creation. He's part manic, rubber-faced comedian, and part schmaltzy sentimentalist. But the most disturbing part of his makeup seems to be a mix of ego and hubris that threatens to swallow his legacy.
It's not a defense, but just movie history that Lewis, alongside partner Dean Martin, emerged in the 1950s as one of the biggest movie comedy superstars since Charlie Chaplin. The comparisons became more apt in the 1960s, when, like Chaplin, Lewis made his own innovative films filled with physical comedy and dashes of pathos. "The Bellboy" and "The Errand Boy," among others, stand up well beside "The Nutty Professor."
The Lewis touch can be seen in the likes of Eddie Murphy and Jim Carrey, among many performers. Unfortunately, Lewis apparently can't see his influence on other stars, from Tracey Ullman to Kristen Wiig.
It's worth noting that in Lewis' last major outing – Martin Scorsese's brilliant 1982 dark farce "The King of Comedy" – he played a virtual straight man, tied up much of the time, as Sandra Bernhard put on an edgy, dangerous and hilarious performance.
Lewis first weighed in on women in comedy in 1998, spurring condemnation that stretched to Twain Prize winner Tina Fey's 2011 "Bossypants" book, in which she offered an unprintable rejoinder. His latest comments came at the Cannes Film Festival, when, The Associated Press reported, he was asked about the success of "Bridesmaids" scene-stealer Melissa McCarthy and Sarah Silverman, one of the stars of the ongoing YouTube Comedy Week.
"I can't see women doing that. It bothers me," Lewis said.
"I cannot sit and watch a lady diminish her qualities to the lowest common denominator," he added.
It's too bad Lewis doesn't realize he diminishes his own qualities with such comments. You would think, at the very least, he'd show more generosity of spirit toward fellow (and non-fellow) performers, especially after being shabbily tossed aside as host of the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day Telethon two years ago without a proper goodbye.
As Lewis' career draws closer to a close, the man who made "Hey, lady!" a catchphrase might want to offer a gracious apology to comedy fans and comedians of all stripes. After all, there are few things sadder than watching what could be the final performance of an angry clown.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Our resources
Find a variety of resources online through the Kansas Historical Society.
Primary sources
- Kansas Memory — Our digital archives of primary sources on Kansas history.
- Territorial Kansas Online —Our virtual repository of primary sources related to Kansas Territory from 1854-1861.
Find a number of online exhibits, many of which offer images for use in the classroom.
Kansas history, events, traditions, and famous Kansans
- Kansapedia - Thousands of Kansas related topics; contribute your essays
- Famous Kansans trading cards - Sets for the classroom
- Food in Kansas - A cookbook for young Kansans with historical and nutritional information
- Chronicling America — Through a grant awarded to the Kansas Historical Society, 100,000 newspaper pages from our collection will be digitized. These pages come from newspapers dated from 1860-1922. A list of the Kansas newspapers that have been digitized can be found at Kansas Digital Newspaper Program.
Classroom Resources
- Read Kansas! lessons — Lesson plans using primary sources and Kansas Educational Standards for grades K-12.
- Traveling Resource trunks — Each trunk focus on a specific Kansas topic and includes high-quality hands-on reproductions.
- The Kansas Journey textbook — This textbook was written for middle school students but serves as a resource book for adults also. The book emphasizes the use of primary sources from our archives.
- Lesson plans by other Kansas teachers
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Just in case you're thinking about breaking into someone's email, better think twice. Especially if that person happens to be famous. Hacker Christopher Chaney, who broke into at least 50 email accounts -- a lot of them famous women like Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, and Christina Aguilera -- has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Ten years!!! That's more than a lot of murderers get.
Chaney used a pretty simple method to break into the email accounts of famous peeps -- he'd use the "forgot password" option and then answer secret questions, which, when you're famous, the answers to aren't that secret. He'd then monitor emails by having them forwarded to an account he'd set up. He described the feeling as, "You feel like you've seen something that the rest of the world wanted to see. But you're the only one that's seen it ... it was a rush."
Chaney says he not only saw nude photos of celebs -- a few of which he leaked online, most famously of pics Scarlett Johansson that she'd sent to her then-husband Ryan Reynolds -- but claims he also saw emails that made it clear that some of the "straight" actors he was spying on are really gay. And I totally don't want to know who those actors are. Right? You don't want to know, do you? Okay, I do. I'm dying to know. But it's none of my beeswax. But considering all of the juicy stuff this guy must know, he was pretty restrained. He could have sold a lot of it to gossip sites, but never profited from his hacking.
However, one can't ignore some of the more reprehensible stuff he did like breaking into one non-famous woman's email account and sending a nude pic of her to her father. What?! Why?!
While all of this is morally bankrupt behavior, the punishment is quite stiff for his crime. Perhaps the problem is that Chaney has been remorseful and blamed no one else, or nothing else, for his actions. Compare this to hacker Gary McKinnon, who will receive NO jail time after being accused of the "biggest military computer hack of all time." But Gary's lawyers were able to successfully argue that his Asperger's Syndrome made him do it. (??)
I guess it's one thing to break into military computers and another to break into Scarlett Johansson's nude pics!
Do you think his sentence was fair?
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