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{Originally posted to the Gatestone Institute website}
Inspired by the inauguration of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, the leaders of Europe's main anti-establishment parties have held a pan-European rally aimed at coordinating a political strategy to mobilize potentially millions of disillusioned voters in upcoming elections in Germany, the Netherlands and France.
Appearing together in public for the first time, Marine Le Pen, leader of the French National Front, Frauke Petry, leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV), Matteo Salvini, leader of Italy's Northern League and Harald Vilimsky of Austria's Freedom Party gathered on January 21 at a rally in Koblenz, Germany, where they called on European voters to participate in a "patriotic spring" to topple the European Union, reassert national sovereignty and secure national borders.
The two-hour rally was held under the banner of the Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF), a group established in June 2015 by Members of the European Parliament from nine counties to oppose European federalism and the transfer of political power from voters to unelected bureaucrats in Brussels, the de facto capital of the European Union.
Referring to the June 2016 decision by British voters to leave the European Union, and the rise of President Donald Trump in the United States, Le Pen said:
"We are living through the end of one world, and the birth of another. We are experiencing the return of nation-states. 2016 was the year the Anglo-Saxon world woke up. 2017, I am sure, will be the year in which the peoples of the European continent rise up."
Wilders added:
"The world is changing. America is changing. Europe is changing. It started last year with Brexit, yesterday there was Trump and today the freedom-loving parties gathered in Koblenz are making a stand. The genie will not go back into the bottle again, whether you like it or not. The people of the West are awakening. They are throwing off the yoke of political correctness."
Polls indicate that the political sea change engulfing the United States is fueling support for anti-establishment parties in Europe. In addition to anger over eroding sovereignty, a growing number of Europeans are rebelling against decades of government-imposed multiculturalism, politically correct speech codes and mass migration from the Muslim world.
In France, a new Ipsos poll for Le Monde shows that Marine Le Pen is now poised to win the first round of the French presidential election set for April 23, 2017. Le Pen has between 25% and 26% support among likely voters, compared to 23% and 25% for François Fillon of the center-right Republicans party. In December 2016, Fillon held a three-point lead over Le Pen.
In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders is now leading polls ahead of the general election scheduled for March 15, 2017. The PVV has the support of between 29% and 33% of the electorate. By contrast, support for the ruling People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) has fallen to between 23% and 27%.
In Germany, the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party (AfD) has become the third-largest party the country, with support at around 15% percent. The AfD had gained representation in ten of Germany's 16 state parliaments, and the party hopes to win seats in the Federal Parliament (Bundestag) for the first time in national elections set for September 24, 2017.
Europe's establishment parties, far from addressing the concerns of ordinary voters, have tried to silence dissent by branding naysayers as xenophobes, Islamophobes and neo-Nazis.
In Germany, for example, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, in an underhanded effort to silence criticism of the government's open door migration policy, called for German intelligence to begin monitoring the AfD.
The German Interior Ministry is now proposing to establish a "Defense Center against Disinformation" (Abwehrzentrum gegen Desinformation) to combat "fake news." Critics have described the proposed center as a "censorship monster" aimed at silencing dissenting opinions.
Enter Trump. If sufficient numbers of European voters are inspired by the political transformation taking place in the United States, the balance of European political power may begin to shift in favor of the anti-establishment parties. European political and media elites will therefore surely view Trump as a threat to the Europe's established political order.
In a January 16 interview with the Times of London and Germany's Bild, Trump said he believed that Brexit is "going to end up being a great thing." He added that German Chancellor Angela Merkel made an "utterly catastrophic mistake by letting all these illegals into the country."
In the same interview, Trump said that the NATO alliance "is very important to me" but he called it "obsolete" for failing to contain the threat posed to the West by Islamic terrorism. He also complained that some countries "don't pay what they should pay." Of the 28 countries in the alliance, only five — Britain, Estonia, Greece, Poland and the United States — meet the target of spending at least 2% of their GDP on defense.
European commentators roundly criticized Trump for his comments and some accused the United States of being an "unreliable partner." European leaders repeated calls for a pan-European Army, a long-held goal of European federalists, which would entail an unprecedented transfer of sovereignty from European nation states to the European Union.
Gatestone Institute Chairman Ambassador John R. Bolton, has provided much-needed context to the debate over NATO. In a recent article for the Boston Globe, he wrote:
"NATO has taken intense criticism this year from Donald Trump, evoking howls of outrage from foreign-policy establishment worthies. The worthies know, however, that Trump is simply using his bullhorn to say what they themselves say more quietly: NATO's decision-making is often sclerotic; its mission has not been adequately redefined after the Cold War; and too many members haven't carried their weight financially or militarily for long years…. Trump has emphasized that his complaints are intended to encourage debate about improving and strengthening NATO, not sundering it. The debate is well worth having."
Bolton added:
"In many respects, France and Germany are proving they do not understand the meaning of Brexit. They are reflexively, almost religiously, following exactly the path that has provoked the EU's current existential crisis: every failure of closer integration by the 'European project' leads only to calls for more integration. Whether it is establishing a currency without a government; pledging military capabilities that collectively the EU never achieves; or pretending to an EU role in world affairs that no one outside of Brussels takes seriously, 'more Europe' is always the answer."
European Reactions to President Trump's Inauguration
Trump's presidential inauguration speech was greeted with formal politeness by European leaders — most of whom will have to work with the new leader of the free world — and with unbridled derision by European commentators and media elites — many of whom appear to be in denial about the anti-establishment fervor sweeping the United States and Europe.
Much of the European commentary about Trump has consisted of name-calling and anti-Americanism. A handful of European analysts, however, have called for introspection and self-criticism.
What follows is a brief selection of European commentary on Trump's inauguration:
In Britain, reactions to Trump were evenly divided between those who do and do not support British membership in the European Union. Prime Minister Theresa May said:
"From our conversations to date, I know we are both committed to advancing the special relationship between our two countries and working together for the prosperity and security of people on both sides of the Atlantic."
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson wrote:
"I think that the new president has made it very clear that he wants to put Britain at the front of the line for a new trade deal and obviously that's extremely exciting and important."
Nigel Farage, the politician who led the effort for the United Kingdom to leave the EU, was one of the few Europeans to understand the magnitude of Trump's rise. He wrote:
"There is a genuine feeling that Trump taking over the White House is part of a bigger, global movement. Our critics, looking at Trump's candidacy and his speech yesterday, would call it the rise of populism. I would say it's simply a return to nation state democracy and proper values. For this inauguration is not just a change from the 44th President to the 45th President of the United States. This is a genuine political revolution."
In France, President François Hollande advised Trump to stay out of European affairs — this a few days after the French government tried to impose a "two-state solution" on Israel. He said: "Europe will be ready to pursue transatlantic cooperation, but it will be based on its interests and values. It does not need outside advice to tell it what to do."
Marine Le Pen said: "Clearly, the victory of Donald Trump is another step toward the emergence of a new world, whose vocation is to replace an old order."
Jean-Marie Colombani, the former editor-in-chief of Le Monde, articulated Europe's geopolitical predicament, which is the direct consequence of a failure to prioritize French defense spending:
"From an American point of view, Vladimir Putin is a secondary problem: Russia is a medium power, which can certainly create problems for the United States, but only marginally, as in Syria, for example. China is the only power to rival the United States. It will be, already is, the only obsession of Trump's America.
"Vladimir Putin represents a problem, if not a threat, for Europe. In fact, the Russian President has set the goal of weakening the European Union, in order to restore the role of guardian that the USSR exercised in the East of Europe, in countries that are now members of the EU and NATO. Everything suggests that Trump shares the same objective: to weaken Europe.
"Indeed, Trump's European policy is inspired by Nigel Farage, who spearheaded the campaign for Brexit, and whose political aim is now to achieve the dismantling of the European Union. This explains the prediction formulated by Trump on the soon-coming demise of Europe, and his anti-German undertones. In the new American president we find the language and elements of all the populist and extremist parties whose common doctrine is hostility towards the European project. Here, then, in the East and the West, Europe is squeezed as in a vise!"
In Germany, which is wholly dependent upon the United States for defense, and which has steadfastly refused to meet its commitment to pay 2% of GDP on defense, reaction to Trump's speech was overwhelmingly negative.
Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged to work with Trump to preserve the transatlantic relationship. "The trans-Atlantic relationship will not be less important in the coming years than it was in past years," she said. "And I will work on that. Even when there are different opinions, compromises and solutions can be best found when we exchange ideas with respect."
Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel was far less diplomatic. He said: "We have to take this man seriously. What we heard today were highly nationalistic tones. I think we have to prepare for a rough ride." He called on Europeans to unite to "defend our interests."
Writing for Deutsche Welle, commentator Max Hofmann admonished Europeans to stop complaining about Trump and instead put their own house in order:
"What do you do when your closest partner just disappears on you? You do what the EU should have done long ago: you fix up your home, regardless of what 'The Donald' is doing in the USA. There is enough work that needs to be done in Europe with regard to 'putting your own house in order' — Brexit, migration and refugee policies, the euro. If Europeans were honest to themselves and viewed what is happening on the old continent from the American perspective — and not just that one — then the situation would not be comprehensible to them. If US parliamentarians were to call European dissent 'madness' or 'nonsense,' no one could blame them."
Commentator Hubert Wetzel said that Trump posed a threat to European security and called for European unity to weather the next four years. In an essay laced with hyperbole, he wrote:
"Europeans will have to adapt to a new tone in dealing with America. Trump has made it clear in his speech that he will pursue a nationalist foreign policy, and his speech contained no reference to America's allies. [Trump actually said: 'We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones,' and 'We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world']. His willingness to spend money on the defense of other countries is limited. He does not see the USA as a protective power of democratic values in the world; and he is the first U.S. president since the end of the Second World War who has openly expressed doubts about the value of European unity and the existence of NATO. At a time when Russia is trying to weaken the West by means of diplomatic, intelligence, and military means, it is an attitude that is a serious threat to united Europe."
In Spain, geopolitical analyst Rafael Bardají wrote:
"President Trump promised that a new era is beginning today. In his inaugural speech he made it very clear that he despises Washington and hates the way the establishment has ruled the country up until now, defending its privileges at the expense of citizens. Yes, a speech that can be called populist, but one that nevertheless is true. Democracy, after all, emerged as the government of the people for the people, something that, at present, is far from being a reality in America as well as in Europe. The great social contract of liberal democracy, namely, growing prosperity and peace and security for the citizens, is no longer being fulfilled. This is due to the inability of our elites to deal with the [economic] crisis, due to their obsession with pacifism and due to the subordination of the interests of nationals in favor of immigrants."
In Switzerland, Roger Köppel, editor-in-chief of Die Weltwoche, warned against efforts by European elites to belittle Trump. He wrote:
"Trump's election was a healthy shock. The shock was necessary. Not only power cartels, but also worldviews are breaking down. This disruption is fruitful. The taboos of the last few years are now fully on the agenda: illegal immigration, Islam, the nonsense of open borders, the dysfunctional EU, the free movement of people, jobs, law and order. Trump's predecessors did not want to talk about it, but the majority of voters did. This is democracy."

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Tears, frustration and anger sparked demands for answers around the school district's reassignment of three beloved administrators this fall.
After hours of questions and testimony, Coast Mountains School District superintendent and board trustees refused to consider postponing the decision until a recently hired independent consultant, Dianne Turner, completes her review in the fall.
"No, the board will not consider rescinding the decision that was already made," said board chair Shar McCrory. "Shame on you!" yelled someone from the crowd.
The administrators will be leaving for teaching positions at different schools Aug. 1.
More than 70 teachers, parents, students and officials flooded the school board office on Wednesday, June 20. High turnout forced many to stand or sit on the floor and tables.
Three district directors, including Janet Meyer, Agnes Casgrain and Julia Nieckarz, were absent from the meeting.
READ MORE: Board of Education hires independent consultant to review SD82 reassignments It began with three presentations in defence of current administrators Pam Kawinsky, Phillip Barron and Cory Killoran.
Cal Albright, executive director of Kermode Friendship Society, highlighted the lack of Indigenous consultation in a matter impacting Indigenous student education, while parents Mallory Glustien and Lori Janzen demanded answers to several other key questions over the lack of transparency, consultation and the board's knowledge of potential impacts.
These are the issues at the forefront of several protests since the school district announced the administrative reassignments on April 25 without consulting parents, teachers, students or other stakeholders.
"We came together, and a synergy developed. We spent hours in timely meetings, sent endless emails asking, writing letters, petitions…Since April 25, we have initiated more than 30 activities in some nature to raise awareness," Albright said.
Terrace and District Teacher's Union president Mike Wen asked why the board has not met with the teacher's union after four requests to discuss 13 identified issues within the district, including a 99 per cent non-confidence vote in the superintendent.
"It's not just one issue. You've heard the angst, the anger and you've heard about dysfunction and distrust. You've heard statements that clearly indicate that our district is ill," Wen said.
BC Teachers Federation president Glenn Hansman was also present at the meeting.
During the question period after the regular meeting, for more than an hour board members listened to questions and emotional outpouring of support for the current administrators. Points and questions were applauded, some statements recognized with a standing ovation.
McCrory, who fielded the board's unified response, said she was unable to answer most of their questions. The trustees were mostly silent throughout the meeting.
"Part of the reason, and you guys can not like it or like it, I don't — it is what it is," McCrory said. "It's a privacy issue and when you're dealing with personnel, we are very limited to what we can say. The reason why we haven't said very much is because we can't."
READ MORE: School district remains firm on reassignments
One resident questioned why their elected trustees have not answered letters, calls or questions directly, but only through the board chair. A 13-year-old student asked why her principal was being reassigned. Another person with 30 years teaching experience called for a public vote of non-confidence in the board.
Nisga'a elder Josephine Casey stood and calmed the room, but admonished the school district's silence in response to the public's questions.
"It doesn't look good to sit there and shut people out…these little kids, they're going to remember this day. They're going to be sitting up here one day and they're going to remember what happened here," Casey said. "Don't do this."
The public's final question, whether the district would consider postponing their decision until the consultant's review was complete, was declined by the board.
"I am not comfortable putting anything forward that is a personnel matter in a public meeting," said trustee Margaret Warcup.
Then, a Skeena Middle School staff member said all school staff are afraid for their jobs, and the administrators will not feel safe to speak openly with the consultant.
"I'm going to tell you — we're terrified. As a staff, we're terrified. Our administrators are terrified. My fear is you're not going to get an answer out of those two [administrators], because they're terrified.
But if they know that their future is on hold until after this [consultant] can gain the truth, then maybe they will feel they can speak honestly on this issue. That's why all of these people are here. We just want things to be transparent."
Before the meeting was adjourned, Glustien handed McCrory a petition with more than 1,300 signatures from students and community members gathered over the last month.
READ MORE: Community gathers at two Terrace schools to protest SD82
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CBN.com It has been six years since popular Christian author Frank Peretti released a new novel, but fiction fans won't have to wait any longer. Peretti's newest novel, Monster, hits store shelves this week. I recently had an opportunity to speak with Peretti about his newest offering as well as his recent experiences in filmmaking.
Your new book, Monster, has been highly anticipated by your fans. What led you to write this story?
Well, evolution is my hot button right now. I wanted to write a book that would be really entertaining and fun for general audiences -- they could be Christian but they don't have to be. There is no blatant gospel message or anything in the book, but it does raise some interesting questions about evolution.
There are two themes that are in the book that come through strongest. Evolution walks on two legs. One is beneficial mutation, purely random, and the other is natural selection. The whole idea is that some organism, purely by accident, has a mutation in his genetic structure and purely by accident that becomes beneficial because it helps him survive better. So he survives better than all of his other compatriots that don't have that mutation. Then over billions of years, and billions of mutations, you end up with every living thing on the planet.
Well, I am presenting a thesis in this book that there is no such thing as beneficial mutation. And in weaving this whole story together, that's what propels the story because this particular scientist decides he is going to prove that beneficial mutations really work. So he starts messing around with the DNA of some animals trying to prove how evolution works. And of course, as in most of these pretty cool monster stories, it is the old pattern of this scientist is messing around with things that are best left. You've seen that in all the great horror movies.
So one thing I want to do in the book is just get people to ask questions, to say, 'Wait a minute, do mutations really work? Is that a really viable pillar for evolution?' We've been told all of our lives that it is purely through mutations that this happens. We've even seen it in the movies. Look at X-Men, they were all these mutants with all these special powers. The whole thing was built off the premise of evolution.
What kind of research was involved in writing this book?
I got to talk to some fascinating people. I talked to a tracker; this is a guy who actually tracks people. He doesn't do animals that much, he mainly tracks people. He came to my house and brought over all of his tracking stuff, his mirror, his compass, his flashlight, and his tracking stick, all the equipment that he uses. And he told me all kinds of neat stories about how he would learn to discern from tracks where this person is going, whether they were running, whether they carried something, what emotional state they were in, how long they had been gone, how far ahead they were, and all kinds of fascinating things like that. I also did a lot of research on evolution.
I talked to a scientist from Liberty University, a brilliant man. He is involved in the Creation Science program there. He was fascinating because he is a brilliant professor type and when he started getting into it he got really excited and said, 'Hey, you could do this and you could do that' and he started kind of writing the story for me. That was a lot of fun. So there was scientific research, there was evolutionary research, and there was tracking and outdoors research. I had to do research on survival in the wilderness, what plants you could eat. And I had to research the forensics. I had a medical doctor, my doctor as a matter of fact. I called him up and said, 'Hey, doc, I need to kill somebody and I need to find a good way to do it (laughs).' One of the characters, Sing, is a forensics specialist. She has to examine this body to determine how the person died and that is part of the detective work she is doing. You have detective work going on, and search and rescue, and tracking in the woods, and outdoor survival, and of course you have the intriguing missteps of some misguided scientists who are trying to prove something that cannot be proven.
I want people to ask questions about evolution, but there is a deeper philosophical theme here too. The logical outcome of evolution is that it makes monsters. We turn into monsters because evolution takes away everything that makes us human in the sense of our moral accountability, our moral absolutes, and our idea of being distinct from the animal kingdom. The prime directive becomes survival. It's not a matter of what is right or wrong, what is virtuous, what is honest, what does God think, it is all a matter of survival. When that is your prime directive, then virtually anything is possible.
Often Christian fiction is accused of being overly didactic in telling the story. How did you avoid that in Monster?
I know exactly what you are talking about and argggh! It, it makes my hair hurt! No, I want to tell a story where I would like the message to be so organic to the story that it flows right along, and people can enjoy a really good story without feeling like they are being preached at. I'm reading a book by Michael Crichton right now dealing with global warming, and he is doing a pretty good job. He almost sounds a little didactic in a few places. It is such a thin line. When you get your characters talking about it, they have to discuss it. But it's fun if you can think of a really clever way to put it into the story so you don't have to say a whole lot, that's a real victory.
Have you always had a fascination with monsters and scary stories? How did that start?
I don't know why, but I guess so. When I was a kid I really got into monsters. I talked about this in Wounded Spirit how my theory -- my aunt Lorene came up with this and I think maybe she was right -- I was really into monsters because I emulated the power that they had, their ability to control their circumstances, to scare people, to be on top for a change. Of course, that's not so much an issue now, I think. I'm not that intrigued with monsters, per se, but I think for the purposes of this book it sure fit in really well.
Do you see yourself in any of the characters in this book?
I don't think I see myself in this book quite as much. I think a lot of people can identify with Beck, the girl who gets grabbed by the monster, because she has this whole character arc where she finally comes to the point where she has to basically assert herself and take charge, and take the bull by the horns so to speak. She can't sit around waiting for someone else to save her. She has to save herself. We all have to come to that point in our lives where we take responsibility for our lives, for our decisions, and what is going to happen to us. Of course, I don't want to sound like we don't depend on the Lord to guide us and so forth, but you can't just sit on your hind-end waiting for something to happen. You have to be motivated. I had to sit down and write everyday. And once in a while you really do have to stick up for yourself. These things are part of life and a lot of us go through life kind of scared and timid in some aspect of our lives, just like Beck, so I think most people can identify with her character.
You have worked on several movies recently, you had Hangman's Curse and you have been working the movie based on The Visitation. Has your work on these films changed the way you write fiction novels?
Well, it had an effect on this one. I'm thinking about doing another book of course, and I'm probably going to go back to more of a literary style for the next one. This one, I tried to write really close almost to a screenplay style. It is just like it is a movie that plays in your head. So there are not a lot of what I've heard referred to as "speed bumps". In other words, the story is trotting right along and then here comes this speed bump where we have to stop the story and now we are going to talk about the character's background, where he went to school, who he loved, who he hated, and what his parents were like, etc. And then, okay, now we can get back to the story again.
In this book I did the cinematic technique where we find out about the characters by watching them. We are going to see what they do, how they act, how they respond when they are under pressure. That's an old adage of fiction writing, and of screenwriting too, the idea that you never really know your characters until they are in the pressure cooker. Then you find out what they are really like. It's biblical as a matter of fact. The Lord challenged Israel by giving them 40 days in the wilderness "to see what was in your heart" like it says in Deuteronomy. So I guess that is part of the human experience; when you are put under pressure that is when you find out what you are really like.
This book has an interesting promotional campaign. There is actually a movie trailer for the book being shown in Regal cinemas during the month of April. Is this a book that you hope will cross over into a mainstream audience?
Oh, absolutely, because the secular audience more than anybody is the one that is brainwashed by evolution. They have been told it all their lives. They believe it. If I can get them to ask just one question, I'll be happy. "You know, I wonder if mutations really do work? I've been told that all my life, but I've never seen any. They don't happen on a regular basis; they are not observable in nature now. If we don't observe them in nature now, how can we know they ever happened in the past?" I'd like to just get them thinking instead of just swallowing all this stuff.
You've written fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays as well. Which do you like best?
My favorite is wiring fiction. Movie making is just really neat and I really like doing that. I'd like to get into it more, but in terms of my role in all of this and in terms of the gift that God has given me, I had to come to the conclusion that my strength is as a storyteller, creating the story. Besides that, when you write a book it's yours, you are not working on it with a zillion other people who all have their opinion of what you should do. When you are making a movie there are a zillion cooks in the kitchen and you don't always get what you want to do. The story can always go in a different direction than what you would like. You compromise and there is dealing and bickering. I'm learning how to do that (laughs). When you write a book you don't have to do that so much. There is a little bit when the editors get it, but that is nothing compared to making movies.
Your book The Visitation is being made into movie. When is that coming out?
We don't have a set date on that. I asked the producer the other day and he thinks it may be out by next spring. They still have all the post production to do on it, the sound effects, special effects, the music, the coloration, the credits and graphics. But it is all filmed, and it is pretty much all edited. Once they get the edited film locked, then they can start adding all the other stuff.
How true to the book is it? Does it follow right along with the book's plot?
No, it follows a lot of the present day story, the strange account of this false Christ who comes to town and so forth. Virtually none of the main character's past is shown. In the book I delved way into his past, his story and his life and all his turmoils in trying to sort out his fate and all that, but none of that is in there. But that's movies. You only have an hour and a half, or an hour and 40 minutes, to do everything. So it's a whole different animal.
It's a good movie though. It's really suspenseful and it is really well done. We are all really tickled by it. Hangman's Curse a nice low budget picture that worked just fine; it was good. But this one is pretty sophisticated and has some very chilling moments in it. It really sucks you in.
What future projects do you have planned? Do you have an idea for a new book?
I don't know what it is going to be yet. With me, I have to start with a message. So it means praying and seeking the Lord. I'm in that nebulous realm between books right now. I just finished one and I need to think about another one. The dust is beginning to settle now and I've got all the other projects cleared up. So now I can quiet myself down and pray a bit. Maybe skip a few breakfasts you know, and fast a little bit. Just kind of sit by my computer and start writing down ideas, talking to the Lord and talking to myself.
I have to have a message first. I have all kinds of people telling me to write about this or that I should do another Darkness book. I have to hear what the Lord wants me to say. Usually I get an idea for a story that will drive that. But there has to be a message so that's what I'm waiting on.
How long does it normally take you to write a book once you get the idea?
I have averaged about two years. It amazes me how some of these authors write two or three books a year. I anguish over that but I'm a slow writer, so that's all I can do.
Well Monster is a great book; I look forward to the next one! Thanks so much for taking the time to talk with me today.
Your welcome. I appreciate it. Thank you.
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I am a self-proclaimed "penny-foolish and pound-wise" girl. What I mean is that while I can rationalize occasional GASP-induced purchases for things like oilcloth or dishes, I drive a car that has a casette player and my old cell phone is sans-apps. This brings us to my recent splurges from Cath Kidston and if this post reads like one long rationalization, it just might be. Blame the coffee.
Perhaps you recall my swooning over this image from overdue library book thriftychic?{Which I now own thanks to my crazywithglitterandseashells and extremely generous pal M of tales from an OC cottage. I kept thinking what is making me so bananas over this photo? It's the Cath Kidston (CK) fabric. So who did I call? My sister Betsy who is equal parts cheerleader and decor-wants-enabler (a value that I dutifully reciprocate). When I told her I was daydreaming about ordering some oilcloth from CK ($$$), she assured, "You will smile every time you look at it." Yes I will! {Click click click. Send!}
MEANWHILE Just a few weeks ago I had bought this sweet blue gingham oilcloth but once wrapped to the table, the checks seemed to pop-up like optical illusions. {Remember "Magic Eye" prints?} No good.
I now have the oilcloth I've really wanted all along (bottom right) -- since here actually -- and I am so happy with it. No remorse.
I'm truly delighted at how the CK oilcloth finally brings together the smoke blue chairs and pale green walls (an unplanned pairing).
While I awaited the shipment from London, I tinkered a bit in preparation for the Complete CathKitchenization to be.
Betsy had given me this wooden rack from her cabin. First I painted it blue, then red and finally white. Edges were gently sanded for a worn look, revealing both underlying colors as if the rack had "many lives." To complete the transformation, small circles of floral paper were decoupaged to the flats of each peg to add some charm.
Now I can display my favorite cups.
To complete the vision, the final item in my order of three (oilcloth + small dishes) was a meter of fabric, which is displayed/hung temporarily (Hello, my Shellie!) with a tension rod.
More playing ...
I rearranged some wall decor, like switching a China dish for a metal M to keep things from getting too sweet. (Think my guys will agree?)
Gathered some flowers both faux ...
and real ...
and placed scraps of the oilcloth here and there.
Some collected wisdom from my Complete CathKitchenization experience:
- It is very true how personal home decor comes together best over time
- It is worth splurging on a few items that you really, really love
- When you're not sure if you should buy something or not, call Betsy
- When you really like a style, just go for it, top to bottom and revel in it
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Warning: This is the manual of the legacy Guile 2.0 series. You may want to read the manual of the current stable series instead.
Next: A Scheme of Many Maintainers, Previous: The Emacs Thesis, Up: History [Contents][Index]
Tom Lord was the first to fully concentrate his efforts on an embeddable language runtime, which he named "GEL", the GNU Extension Language.
GEL was the product of converting SCM, Aubrey Jaffer's implementation of Scheme, into something more appropriate to embedding as a library. (SCM was itself based on an implementation by George Carrette, SIOD.)
Lord managed to convince Richard Stallman to dub GEL the official extension language for the GNU project. It was a natural fit, given that Scheme was a cleaner, more modern Lisp than Emacs Lisp. Part of the argument was that eventually when GEL became more capable, it could gain the ability to execute other languages, especially Emacs Lisp.
Due to a naming conflict with another programming language, Jim Blandy suggested a new name for GEL: "Guile". Besides being a recursive acronym, "Guile" craftily follows the naming of its ancestors, "Planner", "Conniver", and "Schemer". (The latter was truncated to "Scheme" due to a 6-character file name limit on an old operating system.) Finally, "Guile" suggests "guy-ell", or "Guy L. Steele", who, together with Gerald Sussman, originally discovered Scheme.
Around the same time that Guile (then GEL) was readying itself for public release, another extension language was gaining in popularity, Tcl. Many developers found advantages in Tcl because of its shell-like syntax and its well-developed graphical widgets library, Tk. Also, at the time there was a large marketing push promoting Tcl as a "universal extension language".
Richard Stallman, as the primary author of GNU Emacs, had a particular vision of what extension languages should be, and Tcl did not seem to him to be as capable as Emacs Lisp. He posted a criticism to the comp.lang.tcl newsgroup, sparking one of the internet's legendary flamewars. As part of these discussions, retrospectively dubbed the "Tcl Wars", he announced the Free Software Foundation's intent to promote Guile as the extension language for the GNU project.
It is a common misconception that Guile was created as a reaction to Tcl. While it is true that the public announcement of Guile happened at the same time as the "Tcl wars", Guile was created out of a condition that existed outside the polemic. Indeed, the need for a powerful language to bridge the gap between extension of existing applications and a more fully dynamic programming environment is still with us today.
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31 October 2012
Changing the Guard in China
By Gwynne Dyer
By the end of November 6, we will know who will be the president of the United States for the next four years. We already know who will be the leader of China for the next ten years, although Xi Jinping will not be officially installed in power until a few days later. But some would argue that that is the more important event.
The United States, after all, is a rich country with a stable and democratic political system. American politics has suffered a severe case of gridlock in recent years, but nobody believes that it should be solved by radical changes in the US constitution. Any changes that result from the outcome of next Tuesday's election will be marginal, because that's the way that most Americans want it.
China, by contrast, has had thirty years of high-speed economic growth that has created huge inequality.There are a million Chinese millionaires, most of them closely linked to the ruling party, while most people get by on around $250 a month. Yet there has been no perceptible change in the Chinese political system in all these years, and the new guy's family is stinking rich.
Bloomberg revealed last June that Xi Jinping's elder sister, his brother-in-law, and their daughter had property and investments worth at least $300 million. There is no evidence that Xi himself, who gets a ministerial salary of about $1,000 a month, is directly involved in these enterprises, but his family's rise to great wealth is typical of what has been happening in the senior cadres of the Chinese Communist Party.
Indeed, the outgoing prime minister, Wen Jiabao, has an even bigger family problem. Wikipedia published a US diplomatic cable dated 2007 that quoted a business executive in Shanghai who said: "Wen is disgusted with his family's activities, but is either unable or unwilling to curtail them." A New York Times investigation published this month estimated the Wen family's wealth at $2.7 billion.
Both of these men's wealth problems were dwarfed by those of the now-disgraced Bo Xilai, until recently the Communist Party chief in the city of Chongqing. The family's wealth was only in the low hundreds of millions, but when Bo's wife Gu Kailai fell out with a British businessman who helped them to transfer money abroad, she had him killed.
Even among the Chinese elite, this is seen as excessive, and Gu is on trial for murder. Bo has been stripped of his offices and expelled from the Party. But everybody knows that the families of senior officials mysteriously often end up very rich.
Not all of the 2,987 members of the National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp legislature, are rich – but the richest seventy of them, according to the Hurun Report, a magazine best known for its "China Rich List", have a combined net worth of $85 billion.
Virtually nobody believes in the old Communist ideology any more: "socialism with Chinese characteristics" is only another way of saying "capitalism plus authoritarianism." The Party's power survives because it has been able to deliver steadily rising living standards for most people, and because it has been fairly successful in persuading them that the only alternative to its rule is chaos.
This is not a stable situation. No capitalist economy can avoid an occasional recession, but that kind of cyclical decline in jobs and incomes is dangerous for a system whose credibility depends on providing continuous growth. The Chinese regime has been very good at postponing the inevitable – it escaped the 2008 recession by massive public spending – but at some point in the relatively near future, there will be a major recession in China.
The resemblance between the current Chinese economic bubble and the great Japanese bubble of the 1980s is close enough to suggest that the hangover may be just as great in China when the bubble finally bursts. Two decades later Japan is still unable to get its economy growing again, but its political system has survived because it is democratic, and because the level of corruption is relatively low.
The Chinese regime's lack of democratic legitimacy and its manifest corruption make it very vulnerable in such a situation. The economic misery would be compounded by massive civil unrest, and it might even bring the end of Communist rule.
Most of the senior people in the Party will be well aware of this, but they seem incapable of doing anything about it. Part of the problem is that they remember all too clearly what happened to the old Soviet Communist Party when it started trying to reform itself under Mikhail Gorbachev. It disintegrated instead.
An even bigger obstacle to change is the degree to which the economic interests of the elite are linked to the present, deeply corrupt system. If apparently honest men like Wen Jiabao and Xi Jinping are unable to control the reckless greed of their own relatives, what hope is there that the Party can change its behaviour in time to avert disaster?
The coronation of Xi Jinping probably won't make any difference at all. You might as well watch the American election. At least there is some uncertainty about the outcome.
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Comments: For no real apparent reason, in 1997 the Mythopoeic Awards temporarily merged the Best Children's Fantasy Literature category with the Best Adult Fantasy Literature category. There doesn't seem to have been any particular shortage of fantasy literature published in 1997 that would have spurred such a change, but all the same the Mythopoeic Society seems to have decided that having two categories was just too much trouble for this year, and condensed them into a single one.
The other unusual element of the 1997 Mythopoeic Awards is that the Inklings Studies category was won by a book about Charles Williams, breaking the long string of wins by books about Tolkien and Lewis. This year was sort of a high-water mark for non-Lewis and Tolkien books, as one of the three non-winning nominees was also about Williams.
Best Adult Fantasy Literature
The Wood Wife by Terri Windling
Other Nominees:
The Book of the Long Sun (Nightside of the Long Sun, Lake of the Long Sun, Caldé of the Long Sun, and Exodus from the Long Sun) by Gene Wolfe
Fair Peril by Nancy SpringerOne for the Morning Glory by John Barnes
Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip
Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies
The Rhetoric of Vision: Essays on Charles Williams edited by Charles A. Huttar and Peter Schakel
Other Nominees:
C.S. Lewis: A Companion and Guide by Walter Hooper
Charles Williams: A Celebration edited by Brian Horne
The Hobbit: A Journey Into Maturity by William H. Green
Myth and Fantasy Studies
When Toys Come Alive: Narratives of Animation, Metamorphosis, and Development by Lois Rostow Kuznets
Other Nominees:
Lord Dunsany: Master of the Anglo-Irish Imagination by S.T. Joshi
The Supernatural and English Fiction by Glen Cavaliero
The Water of the Wondrous Isles edited by William Morris with notes by Norman Talbot
Go to previous year's nominees: 1996
Go to subsequent year's nominees: 1998
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New New York sewers
New New York sewers | |
Location | Below New New York, Earth |
Inhabited by | Sewer Mutants |
First appearance | "Space Pilot 3000" (1ACV01) |
Beneath the streets of New New York, woven among the ruins of Old New York, lie an endless labyrinth of sewers. Home to the Sewer Mutants, the sewers are a bit more metropolitan than in the 20th century. The mutants who live there have built their own city. Aside from the smell, and the inability to see the sky, and the unusually large number of dry cleaners, it's not that different from any other city. Some claim that in the sub-sewers below NNY's sewers there lives a race of hideous sub-mutants, but most dismiss this as a sub-urban legend.
Places in the sewers include the Mutagenic Sewage Lake and Stenchy's Mutant Café, the latter one serving Sewer Burger with or without rat feces. Youngster Mutants seem to enjoy air boat races through the sewers.
Locations of Interest
Sewer City
First Appearance : "I Second that Emotion" (2ACV01)
(name in Bender's Game
Description : The only known city in the sewers, and quite possibly the only one whatsoever.
Stenchy's Mutant Café
First Appearance : "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" (4ACV09)
Description : A 50s-style diner located in the sewers.
Martin Luther Thing, Jr. High School
First Appearance : "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" (4ACV09)
Description : One of the least-prestigous schools in all of New New York, MLT, Jr. High is the only public school in the sewers. Being a segregated school, all the staff and students are mutants.
Lake Mutagenic
- See Lake Mutagenic.
First Appearance : "I Second that Emotion" (2ACV01)
Description : A large lake of toxic, radioactive sluge. Contact with its tainted waters will instantly mutate any non-mutant DNA.
Ruins of Old New York
- Main article: Old New York
Leela's parents' House
- See The Turangas' House.
First Appearance : "Leela's Homeworld" (4ACV02)
Description : Leela's parents' (Turanga Morris and Munda) house
Additional Info
- In the first appearance of the sewers, all of the buildings appear to be dry cleaning.
- Businesses in the sewers include Bed, Bath and Beneath, Big Mutant Boy's, and Starbucks.
- This is where the Land Titanic sank after a wheel struck a mailbox.
- "Space Pilot 3000" (1ACV01)
- "I Second that Emotion" (2ACV01)
- "The Luck of the Fryrish" (3ACV04)
- "Leela's Homeworld" (4ACV02)
- "Less than Hero" (4ACV04)
- "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" (4ACV09)
- Bender's Big Score
- Bender's Game
- "The Mutants Are Revolting" (6ACV12)
- "Leela and the Genestalk" (7ACV22)
- "I Know What You Did Next Xmas" (8ACV06)
- "Rage Against the Vaccine" (8ACV07)
- Futurama (video game)


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As part of the aging process wrinkles and furrows can develop between the brows and crow's feet can appear around the eyes. These age-related imperfections can result in a tired and weary appearance. Fortunately, there is a non-invasive cosmetic procedure available today that can effectively address these unwanted signs of aging.
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L'OpenTour - 2 day Pass 2 jours. I don't know about you, but I burst into laughter upon seeing this. It's a linguistic Janus. Supreme siamese compromise. The Strait of Dover finally swum through.
Well, this is just one instance; I have seen and heard more English than I had expected in less touristy towns as well.
I was going to jot down a few serious paragraphs about language contact and how all this is related to English education in Japan and so on - but no. The plain fact is, I like it when English simultaneously recoils from and embraces French, just as I like it when French recoils from and embraces English. So I thought I might share the joy with you.


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The Litterbug Boomerang
Question: I recently hired a contractor to build an extension of my house. Some neighbors warned me that this fellow has a reputation of littering the street with the rubble resulting from such construction. Is this something that I should be concerned about?
Answer: The Talmud tells a story about a fellow who was throwing rocks from his private field into the public thoroughfare. A righteous passerby reprimanded him with a puzzling challenge. "Reckless one, why do you throw rocks from an area which does not belong to you into an area which does?" (Mesechta Bava Kama 50b)
Failing to comprehend the logic of this reprimand, the rock-thrower laughed it off and continued his activity. Time went by and he came upon hard times, which compelled him to sell that field. As he walked by it one day on the public thoroughfare he tripped over one of the rocks he had thrown there. Only then did he realize the wisdom of the reproof he had earlier received. The field he thought was his forever was no longer his, while the street he littered belonged to him and everyone else!
Littering a public area is a sin and a crime because of safety, ecological and aesthetic reasons. When you or your agent casts rubble into the street even for a while, you are guilty not only of causing certain harm to others, but are also possibly causing damage to yourself. This is why righteous people disposed of their unwanted thorns and broken glass in a manner which could not possibly affect others in the most remote ways (ibid. 30a).
Littering is a terrible thing regardless of whether it is using the street as a dump for discarded bricks or as a repository for candy wrappers or cigarette butts. It also makes little difference if it is litter thrown from a car or bus or if it is the garbage carelessly spilled near a public bin. If you can't convince your contractor to provide for immediate removal of the litter he creates, get yourself another builder.


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Electrical panel for compressor racks
General characteristics
The compressor rack is the most important and complex electromechanical device in the refrigeration system: this delivers cooling for the foodstuffs to all the refrigeration units and related processing rooms.
The CAREL retail sistema has been designed to be meet the needs of manufacturers, providing OEMs and installers a complete line that matches the results of their design efforts, maximising results. From limited numbers of simple hermetic compressors or large racks, to inverter driven or capacity-controlled semihermetic and hermetic compressors. In terms of energy saving, the compressor rack has a wide range of operation, as the installed power is very significant: all our solutions have been designed with the focus on this aspect.
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- a PWM output for modulating condenser fan operation using a speed controller.
- operation with floating condensing pressure for increasing compressor efficiency and performance.
- three levels of access for viewing and programming the parameters: (user, installer, manufacturer), with the possibility of reassigning the parameters among various levels. pRack is the ideal solution to meet the many needs of the market for control and management of more complex and advanced centralised compressor racks (i.e. CO2 refrigerant):
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- control of modulating capacity through dedicated outputs for compressor inverter and/or inverter/cut-off controls for condenser fans.
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Reproductions of atlases which were published in late 1800s for Pennsylvania counties. Each map has been enlarged to either 150% or 200% the original size. These maps contain the following detailed information:
- houses and farms with owners names
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- drawings of prominent buildings, industries and residences
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Anthracite Coal Fields/Railroad Maps:
Reproduction of maps which depict the southern anthractie coal fields of Schuylkill county. These maps generally cover the Branch, Cass, New Castle, Foster and Norwegian Townships as well as Minersville and Pottsville. The maps were published in late 1880s. These maps contain the following detailed information:
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The panoramic map was a popular form used to depict many U.S. and Canadian cities and towns during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Know also as bird's-eye views, panoramic maps are non-photogaphic representations of towns and cities. They are not generally drawn to scale, they show street patterns, individual buildings and major landscape features.


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Tom Van Buskirk and George Langford do whatever the hell they want. With Javelin, the pair of musicians explores a variety of sounds, channeling influences from across the spectrum of musical genres. "We were never interested in making a tight, recognizable sound," Buskirk says.
Often times a band or an artist will establish credibility and a distinctive voice before moving on to experiment with different creative avenues. Javelin did the exact opposite. "We never even bothered to get the credibility," Buskirk says. "We wanted to get good at spreading ourselves out."
The tech-heavy duo developed their style by using samples and filtering them back through themselves to make a new, layered sound. Their 2013 release Hi Beams twinkles with dirty drums, robotic disco bleeps and vocals reminiscent of Passion Pit's Michael Angelakos — but with less conviction. Combining all these flavors is easier said then done, but it all converges to create poppy indie-electronica that doesn't take itself too seriously. "It's definitely a major outlet for creativity," Buskirk says. "I need to make music or else I don't feel as good as I could."
And it's the creativity that's taken them to their current state. Javelin is embarking on a tour that will bring them to the West Coast with a new live show featuring their trademark boom boxes as the show's backdrop.
Touring alongside Javelin are Helado Negro and Jamaican Queens. Helado Negro is one of a few experimental electronic projects of Roberto Carlos Lange. His Ecuadorian heritage shines through in ethereal, steamy beats blending together with a mellow, corroded sound design and instrumentation. Indie pop trio Jamaican Queens offer a more energetic sound, one that is very clearly inspired by the likes of MGMT, but with more tactile beats and vocals.
Javelin plays with Jamaican Queens and Helado Negro 9 pm Tuesday, May 7, at Cozmic; $6 adv., $8 door.


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The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.
The OECD provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems. We work with governments to understand what drives economic, social and environmental change. We measure productivity and global flows of trade and investment. We analyse and compare data to predict future trends. We set international standards on a wide range of things, from agriculture and tax to the safety of chemicals.
We also look at issues that directly affect everyone's daily life, like how much people pay in taxes and social security, and how much leisure time they can take. We compare how different countries' school systems are readying their young people for modern life, and how different countries' pension systems will look after their citizens in old age.
Drawing on facts and real-life experience, we recommend policies designed to improve the quality of people's lives. We work with business, through the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), and with labour, through the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC). We have active contacts as well with other civil society organisations. The common thread of our work is a shared commitment to market economies backed by democratic institutions and focused on the wellbeing of all citizens.


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Triple Zip Crossbody Bag in Bunny Butts
Triple Zip Crossbody Bag in Bunny Butts
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This crossbody bag features three zippered sections. The two front zippered pockets are great to keep you organized while out and about. The main opening of the bag is the zipper at the top giving you the most room for your goodies in the largest section of the bag. The front pockets are approximately 6 inches deep and span the full width of the bag.
Measuring approximately 12 inches wide by 12 inches tall, this bag is a perfect lightweight option for a daily carry or a travel organizer.
The adjustable webbing strap will extend to a total length (end to end) of 60 inches, meaning you have have it sit as low on your hip or as high on your waist as you would like.
The interior of the bag is a light colored muslin so that you can easily find your keys or phone without having to dig for ages in an dark interior colored bag.


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Since its inception in 1994, Shodor has been offering workshops, apprenticeships, and internships to students in and around the Durham area. Through new partnerships with local and regional organizations as well as continued support from the community, Shodor is now able to focus on and expand the Computing MATTERS program. Computing MATTERS is a coherent continuum of other-than-schooltime activities offered to students, upper elementary through college, in order to initiate encounters the excitement of discovery, the power of inquiry, and the joy of learning enabled by cyberinfrastructure technologies.
Computing MATTERS leverages Shodor's tested and proven model that combines training of teachers and near-peer exploration leaders, effective STEM education experiences for students at all levels, advancement of students from diverse backgrounds to positions of leadership, and continuous mentoring. Computing MATTERS is also designed to help others become adept in computational science explorations, adapt Shodor's materials and approach for their own circumstances, and therefore move to adopt Computing MATTERS as the organizing principle for their own extensive youth-based programs. The general goal of Computing MATTERS is to partner with local communities, providing professional development and ongoing support in order to implement student programs.
Shodor is now working to scale its work by implementing Computing MATTERS far beyond Shodor, serving as a model for dissemination of successful programs. By expanding Computing MATTERS, Shodor is able to facilitate students all over North Carolina, and eventually the nation, in sharing the same growth from excitement to experience to expertise through research opportunities and service as students in Shodor's hometown.
The first step in growing the reach and impact of Computing MATTERS has been for Shodor to create a new, separate, website for the program. This website will serve as a portal of propagation, allowing other programs to search for updates about Shodor, get involved with both the student programs and faculty development aspects of Computing MATTERS, or just gather more information on what Computing MATTERS is.
Please visit for more information.


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Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act(HR 5746) – This act is comprised of two previous bills that were combined and passed in the House using a procedural workaround, then sent to the Senate where it did not pass under current Senate rules. A Senate bipartisan committee is taking action to draft another bill containing components of this one, but it is yet to be seen. This Freedom to Vote Act was designed to expand voting access, standardize voting election laws across the country, and restore provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Other key provisions include:
- Making Election Day a federal holiday
- Online, automatic and same-day voter registration
- A minimum of 15 days of early voting, including during at least two weekends
- No-excuse mail voting
- Ample access to ballot drop boxes
- Online ballot tracking
- Streamlined election mail delivery by the USPS
- Requiring states to accept a wide range of forms of non-photographic ID
- Restoring voting rights to formerly incarcerated people convicted of felonies
- Making it harder for states to remove eligible voters from rolls
- Providing more protections and resources for disabled, overseas and military voters
- Strengthen voting rights and protections for voters in Native American Indian districts
- Greater federal protections and oversight for voting in U.S. territories
- Improve voter registration resources and outreach
- Reauthorize and strengthen the US Election Assistance Commission
- Require states to use standardized criteria when drawing new congressional districts
- Require states to use voter-verifiable paper ballots and conduct post-election audits
- Strengthen cybersecurity standards for voting equipment
- Prohibit local election officials from being fired or removed without cause
- Make interference with voter registration a federal crime, with stricter penalties for the harassment, threats and intimidation of election workers
- Enhance transparency disclosures for campaign financing
- Require campaigns to report foreign interference
Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act (HR 3537) – This bill authorizes grant programs to be awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for scientific research utilizing data from expanded access to investigational ALS treatments for individuals who are not otherwise eligible for clinical trials. Furthermore, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shall award grants to cover the costs of research and development of drugs that diagnose or treat ALS and other rare neurodegenerative diseases, and publish a five-year action plan to foster the development of drugs that improve or extend the lives of people living with these diseases. The bill was introduced by Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) on May 25, 2021, passed in the House on Dec. 8 and in the Senate on Dec. 16. It was signed into law by the president on Dec. 23.
REMOTE Act (HR 5545) – This act was introduced by Rep. David Trone (D-MD) on Oct. 8, 2021. In light of the pandemic and many college classes moving online, Congress passed this bill to ensure veterans making the transition to virtual classes would still receive full benefits. These education benefit protections, which include allowing the VA to make payments or extend eligibility periods for students who can't participate in school, work-study or vocational rehabilitation programs that were closed as a result of COVID-19, will be extended through June 1. The bill passed in the House on Dec. 8, the Senate on Dec. 15 and was signed into law on Dec. 21.
To ensure that goods made with forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China do not enter the United States market, and for other purposes. (HR 6256) – The purpose of this legislation is to ban imports produced using forced labor in China, particularly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It also expands existing asset- and visa-blocking sanctions for foreign individuals and entities responsible for serious human rights abuses in connection with forced labor. The bill was introduced by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) on Dec 14, 2021. It passed in the House on Dec. 16, the Senate two days later and was enacted by the president on Dec. 23.


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A word that occurs frequently in the New Testament, especially in the writings of Paul. The main idea of the word is divine means of help or strength, given through the bounteous mercy and love of Jesus Christ.
It is through the grace of the Lord Jesus, made possible by His atoning sacrifice, that mankind will be raised in immortality, every person receiving his body from the grave in a condition of everlasting life. It is likewise through the grace of the Lord that individuals, through faith in the Atonement of Jesus Christ and repentance of their sins, receive strength and assistance to do good works that they otherwise would not be able to maintain if left to their own means. This grace is an enabling power that allows men and women to lay hold on eternal life and exaltation after they have expended their own best efforts.
Divine grace is needed by every soul in consequence of the Fall of Adam and also because of man's weaknesses and shortcomings. However, grace cannot suffice without total effort on the part of the recipient. Hence the explanation, "It is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do" (2 Ne. 25:23). It is truly the grace of Jesus Christ that makes salvation possible. This principle is expressed in Jesus' parable of the vine and the branches (John 15:1–11). See also John 1:12–17; Eph. 2:8–9; Philip. 4:13; D&C 93:11–14.


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War ends up being so pivotal in so many developments in history and, yet, the more I read about the most crucial wars in our country's history, the more I am amazed by how much of the outcome was due to incompetence, bad decisions, or just plain luck.
David McCullough's 1776 describes the events of that decisive year in the outcome of the Revolutionary War. Starting with the Siege of Boston, which began in 1775, McCullough takes us through the events that lead to the British abandoning Boston and eventually taking New York. The year ends with two stunning American victories at Trenton and Princeton, victories that occurred at such a low point in morale in the army that, had they not happened, the war may have gone a completely different way.
McCullough is a master at describing the events on the ground. Drawing from a huge number of primary sources, especially letters and diaries, he shows us the conditions the average soldier dealt with, including marching in freezing weather with rags covering their feet and hauling cannon through mud and across rivers. You get a sense for how difficult it was, especially considering that moving the army occurred entirely by foot — there were no transports of course.
In particular, we get great insight into the thinking of the important players, such as Washington, Greene, and Knox, as well as some of the British commanders. It is amazing that Washington, leading the entire army to determine the future independence of the United States, was only 43 years old in 1775. I myself, as I write this, am 38. Jefferson was only 32 and John Hancock, president of the Second Continental Congress, was 38 himself. Amazing to think how young these leaders were! Washington is the particular focus, as McCullough tries to uncover the thinking of this most central man. As the Americans lost battle after battle in New York, due in no small part to the indecisiveness of Washington, and as soldiers left the army as their enlistments ended, Washington begins to fret for the outcome of the war and his reputation as a general. Even so, he perseveres, keeping up appearances for his soldiers and pushing them to perform. While Washington may not have been the most brilliant tactical mind of his day, his determination to succeed definitely was the key reason the Revolution itself eventually succeeded.
It is even more astonishing, though, to consider how the weather, how decisions by the British to not pursue the fleeing American army, made such huge outcomes. More than once, storms masked the movement of the Americans, in a way that had the weather been good, the Americans may not have been able to execute their plans. The British, on more than one occasion, also stopped in what could have been a complete rout of the Americans, a defeat that would almost assuredly have ended the war with a British victory. I find it truly astonishing how the outcome of such important events depends on these little details.
I've read one other history of the Revolutionary War, The Glorious Cause by Robert Middlekauff. Middlekauff covers the entire war, including the build up to the war and the aftermath, ending with the writing of the Constitution. While I remember the book being very good, it's been a while since I read it, and with my memory like a sieve, I remember very few details, unfortunately.
1776 is a nice, high level overview of the events on the ground. It is written in a very casual style, with copious footnotes, but those are all relegated to the back (even the numbers are omitted in the text, something which I actually regret). The reading is fast and easy, but also very vibrant, giving a great sense of the spirit of the times. I greatly enjoyed this book.


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Hey data heads! O'Reilly Strata Conference kicks off tomorrow at the Santa Clara Convention Center. If you plan to go you better have tickets because the event is sold out.
If you are attending the three days of sessions, keynotes, receptions and exhibits, please stop by the MapR booth for some face time with one of our big data partners and plan to attend their sponsored panel discussion which includes Cisco IT and other MapR customers facilitated by Mike Gualtieri from Forrester Research.
Best Practices for Hadoop In Production
"Mike Gualtieri, principal analyst at Forrester Research, Inc., will engage a panel of production Hadoop users – including Cisco IT, The Climate Corporation, The Rubicon Project, and Solutionary – to discuss the challenges and best practices for deploying Hadoop in production. Join us for an engaging conversation on tips and tricks in deploying Hadoop in production. 10:40am, Wednesday February 12 in Ballroom H" See more here.
Representing Cisco IT will be Distinguished Engineer, Piyush Bhargava. Piyush is Chief Architect for Data Architecture & Innovation and is responsible for finding new ways of harnessing value from data and for designing architectures to support data processing, analytics & data science needs.
If you can't make it to Strata Conference or are double booked during this time slot you can get the goods on this topic from a number of other sources.
- First, check out the webinar Cisco and MapR produced with Mike that highlights the Cisco IT case study. Mike outlines the 7 Best Practices for Productionizing Hadoop, MapR follows with their best practices for data tables and Cisco IT covers their big data use case. If you want to skip to the Cisco IT use case, it starts at 34:00.
- Then, take a look at my blog post on the Cisco IT big data platform success story. Cisco IT has standardized on Cisco UCS servers and fabric interconnects for its big data infrastructure and uses MapR for data tables.
For operational workloads, Cisco IT has standardized company-wide on Cisco Tidal Enterprise Scheduler with its unique set of adapters that include API integrations to MapR, Hive and Sqoop for big data workload processing.
- Next, spend some time reading the Unleashing IT Big Data Edition. This special edition of Unleashing IT is all about big data and highlights our joint Cisco/MapR customer Solutionary who incidentally, will join Cisco IT on the Strata Conference panel discussion on Wednesday. This e-zine is packed full of big data thought leadership; best practices for infrastructure and operations; customer success stories and include our partners Intel, MapR and others.
- Finally, peruse the Cisco big data website for all the latest on our solutions, partners, services and resources to help you make the best informed decision on moving your big data platform from development to production.
Big Data blogs I follow:
Raghunath Nambiar
Scott Ciccone


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40 Years Ago: John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd Say Goodbye to 'Saturday Night Live'
Saturday Night Live was dealt a blow two seasons into its run when breakout star Chevy Chase departed for a career in the movies. A couple of years later, the program lost its two remaining biggest names as John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd followed Chase out to Hollywood. Their last episode on the now-venerable program was the finale of the fourth season, which aired on May 26, 1979.
Belushi had made the jump to the big screen the previous year with his brief but memorable performance as future U.S. Sen. John "Bluto" Blutarski in National Lampoon's Animal House. He took a larger role in 1941, a Steven Spielberg-directed comedy set during World War II that also starred his close friend Aykroyd. Belushi was attempting to pull double-duty, flying back-and-forth between New York and Los Angeles, but it became too difficult.
On top of that, Belushi's drug use was escalating. "He'd take the host out and party really hard on Friday," writer Tom Davis said in Belushi. "Then the next day the host would show up not looking so good – and John, of course, would breeze in and be ready to go and just blow everybody away. He was miserable at dress [rehearsal] and hard to work with during blocking and late to the studio, but he'd always get the huge laughs. ... And as long as he could pull that off, nobody was going to try to change him."
Things seemed to be coming to a head. Belushi went out with the Rolling Stones on the night before a Feb. 24, 1979 episode, and then struggled to recover in time for the broadcast with Kate Jackson from Charlie's Angels as host. Producer Lorne Michaels said a doctor advised Belushi not to go on because his lungs were filling up with fluid. Belushi somehow pulled it together, although he gave a subpar performance.
"During that last year, he really didn't want to be on Saturday Night Live anymore," fellow comedian Richard Belzer said. "He kind of resented being in New York. He was getting huge, and he'd rather have stayed out in L.A. being a Hollywood star."
Belushi also developed an ear infection while filming in California, widow Judith Belushi Pisano said in Belushi, and had to miss an episode. "He knew that trying to do movies and SNL was too much," she added. "One time he looked at me and said, 'I don't know if I'm coming or going. Sometimes I can't even remember what day of the week it is.'"
Michaels understood when Belushi finally made the decision to quit. "No performer likes leaving Saturday Night Live, because nothing is as satisfying," Michaels said. "But being a movie star is irresistible. Nobody turns it down."
The prospect of a movie built around the Blues Brothers characters Aykroyd had developed with Belushi convinced his friend to leave, as well. "We knew John was leaving," SNL writer Jim Downey said, "but the real shock was Danny. We didn't find out until the last minute that he was going, and people were a little angry with Belushi for luring him away. Billy [Murray] especially, because he felt like he was really left out there to fend for himself.
Belushi said goodbye on the last episode with two of his best-loved recurring bits: Samurai Futaba (the character that helped him pass his SNL audition) and Pete Dionasopoulos of the Olympia Cafe ("Cheeburger cheeburger!"). Aykroyd's only major sketch saw him break out his Richard Nixon impression for the final time.
Actor/writer Buck Henry became the first person in the show's history to host five episodes. The musical guest that night was Bette Midler, who sang her rendition of Tom Waits' "Martha" and "Married Men."
Spielberg's 1941 didn't perform as well as Animal House, either with the critics or at the box office, but The Blues Brothers was a runaway smash. Aykroyd and Belushi made one more movie together, 1981's Neighbors, before Belushi died of an overdose after mixing a combination of cocaine and heroin on March 5, 1982 at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood.