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SHORT TALK BULLETIN - Vol.IV September, 1926 No.9
by: Unknown
Often we read in the newspapers of what 'ÇťThe Reds'ÇŁ are doing in far off Russia. Or we turn the page and find an item telling how they helped, or tried to help in the English general strike. At that we prick up our ears, but soon lay the paper aside with a feeling of relief that it is all remote from our country, and that we are safe from any such evil.
Down in our hearts we may feel that in old, decaying societies we may expect to find maggots working, but nothing of the kind can infest the strong, healthy body of a new, growing nation. Our America is so vast, so prosperous, so sound that it is immune from such an insane infection. So in the main, it is, thank God. But are we so sure that none of the virus'ÇÖs of anarchy, communism or other distemper'ÇÖs are not at work in America?
The facts are amazing, and The Masonic Service Association proposes to give them to the Craft - just plain facts without any coloring other than their own. They will tell their own story no rhetoric is needed. Alas, they cannot be told in a brief space, but a few facts may be recited to show what is going on and how artfully the poison is being injected into our nation. Others will come later.
Of course the 'ÇťReds'ÇŁ do not often work openly in America it is not safe or good for their health. They do sometimes, as will soon appear, prefer to do their job secretly and by stealth, and one is bound to admire their cleverness. It is uncanny at times, and makes good folk of altruistic spirit its unconscious dupes. as the Bible puts it, their cunning deceives 'ÇťThe Very Elect.'ÇŁ
For example, every sane man hates war. Especially every Christian man hates it, because it is the crucifixion of his faith and all of his ideals. The horrors of the great world conflict made this hatred of war vivid and burning in the hearts of all men. The Reds know how to make use of this feeling for their own ends. Every Red is an ardent advocate of disarmament- for others. They are all innocent pacifists - on the surface. They are members, if not the leaders, in all the pacifists societies, of which we have many. Why? They want the world disarmed - so they can do their work and make a clean job of it.
So, naturally, the man of God in the pulpit is often an unconscious helper of his Red enemies. He is sincere, they are not. They use his noble sentiment to serve their purposes. If he is a fiery pacifist it is more to their liking. Next to the Church they invade the schools. They are back of the movement to 'ÇťDenature'ÇŁ our school books, and belittle or besmirch the heroes of our history. They call it 'Çťdebunking the fathers,'ÇŁ and the phrase makes a hit.
All this time this boring from within goes on, secretly, cleverly using every art and device of propaganda, now so highly developed. They make fine phrases and put them in the mouths of thoughtless speakers, who keep them going automatically, They know the value of a crisp, striking epigram which cuts both ways.
Take a single instance. A notorious Red, speaking on the Fourth of July - of all days - cracking the clever epigram, in referring to the Fathers of our Nation 'ÇťThe anarchists of yesterday are the patriots of today.'ÇŁ The crowd swallowed it - failing to see that he meant that Washington, Jefferson and Franklin were anarchists. So it goes, unscrupulous men making a toy of our thoughtlessness.
But enough generalities now for some plain facts. In the hearings before the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization of Congress, during the present year, one witness was asked by the Chairman'ÇŁ:
'ÇťYou think that an alien has a perfect right to come here and get into a labor strike, preach communism all he wants to, and advocate the overthrow of government?'ÇŁ
Reply: - 'ÇťYes!'ÇŁ
'ÇťDid I understand you to say that an alien has the right to preach the overthrow of government, and anarchy?'ÇŁ asked the chairman. Reply: - 'ÇťYes!'ÇŁ
'ÇťDo you believe a citizen has that right?'ÇŁ
Reply: - 'ÇťYes!'ÇŁ
Along with this let us recall the meeting of the 'ÇťYoung Pioneer'ÇÖs League,'ÇŁ held in Philadelphia, under the shadow of Independence Hall. Delegates from six states attended, and the headquarters from which literature was sent forth was the 'ÇťYoung Worker'ÇÖs - Friends of Soviet Russia.'ÇŁ For two days young foreigners - most of them - trained in our schools, denounced the Republic, derided the President, hissed the Flag, and laid plans to propagate their ideas 'ÇťIn Our Schools!'ÇŁ Indeed, the Flag of the United States of America was not allowed in the room! In its place hung the red Flag of the 'ÇťInternational'ÇŁ and under it pictures of Lenin and Trotsky. Fiery speeches were made, denouncing the Army, Navy, the Constitution and Law, Exhibiting an astonishing familiarity with the writings of Marx - in the year of the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence! One speaker, incidentally, spoke of Deity using the phrase:
'ÇťThe Goodness of God.'ÇŁ
'ÇťYes, He'ÇÖs Good For Nothing,'ÇŁ the audience shouted with roars of laughter, and the speaker apologized for his mistake.
Each member call the others 'ÇťComrade,'ÇŁ and all advocated what they called 'ÇťThe Bolshevization of America.'ÇŁ The public schools were held up to scorn. Even grammar came in for stern criticism as 'ÇťA System of Rules Designed to Drug The Mind and Keep It From Thinking.'ÇŁ The question before the house was whether they should carry on their campaign in the schools. Some thought it sneaking to do so, but it was finally agreed that the end justifies the means:
'ÇťThe only Education worth while is the education of Marx and Lenin.'ÇŁ
'ÇťGet your education from the literature of the Workers.'ÇŁ 'ÇťNo, we'ÇÖve got to learn about the capitalist system from the capitalists themselves.'ÇŁ
'ÇťIf we stay in the schools we can do more for the cause.'ÇŁ
'ÇťIt is the school principal and the teachers who are sneaks.'ÇŁ
These and similar bits were caught from the debate, and all were reported in the public press - we give only what is of record. The women wore red dresses, the men and boys red ties. They sang 'ÇťThe Scarlet Banner'ÇŁ and 'ÇťThe Red Flag'ÇŁ and made a parody on 'ÇťThe Star Spangled Banner.'ÇŁ Glibly they rolled off their tongues, in good, unaccented English, words like 'ÇťSoviet,'ÇŁ 'ÇťStrikers,'ÇŁ 'ÇťCommunism,'ÇŁ 'ÇťThe Dictatorship of the Proletariat,'ÇŁ and others of a sort.
Hardly a single delegate to the meeting was over twenty years of age. Nearly all wore foreign names. They were often hilarious in their glee, singing other songs than the ones already named - these being the sacred songs of the League, sung with earnestness and solemnity.
Among such songs was one having the following chorus:
Hurrah! Hurrah! We'ÇÖre going to paint her Read! Hurrah! Hurrah! the way is clear ahead - We'ÇÖre gaining shop democracy and liberty and bread/ With one big Industrial Union!
So much for the meeting. If it be said that it was only an assembly of foolish youths, 'ÇťBlowing Off Steam'ÇŁ - so be it. But such steam is hardly the kind with which to run a Republic. As a fact it is only one of many such meetings that go on all the time in our great cities. The present writer has attended a number of equally wild ones in New York, at which ribald words were sung to Church Hymns, ridiculing God, Home, Church and the Republic.
Again it may be contended that the Communists in America are but few in number, not enough to endanger the nation. Besides, it may be argued, they would like the publicity of Martyrdom, and are actually itching to get in the spot light. No doubt but all the same the facts ought to be well known in every Masonic Lodge in the land, that the Craft may Govern itself accordingly. Our business is to find the facts and report them to the Fraternity for its information, not as alarmists but in the coolest spirit and the plainest words.
In the old days the Masonic forefathers were alert and vigilant in watching the nooks and corners for secret foes of the nation. We must not be less so in our day, when more dangers than we realize are afoot. The Soviets of Russia regard America as their greatest enemy, and, thank God, it is. With Europe slowly sinking into despair and ruin, as it seems to be doing now, America may be the only bulwark left to defend Liberty under Law.
Any man who can see straight knows that we live in terrible times, when any thing may happen. If America fails in her faith - fails to train men to rule themselves and the serve their fellow men - so far as we can see civilization is doomed. Every Lodge must be an Altar of light, kept brightly burning to show the path. Too much is a stake - we cannot take a chance or trust to luck, much less be idle when evil is busy.
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Polts Afloat
The Haunted Ship
The "Revue des Sciences Psychologiques" tells the following story. The thing occurred at Sfax in Tunis, soon after its capture by the French [July 15-16, 1881]; the narrator is a certain "M. J."
Just after the taking of Sfax, the heat being very great and the people of Sfax being so preoccupied by the recent events that they were neglecting their fishing as well as everything else, so making the Mediterranean for the moment a shipless sea, it occurred to "M. J." and a friend to go out into the open and bathe. For this purpose they took an Arab boat, but finding no oars, they appear to have taken the handles off a stretcher, used for carrying the corpses of the Arabs killed during the recent bombardment, and to have somehow manufactured a pair of temporary oars.
About a quarter of a mile from the shore an Arab sloop lay at anchor. This vessel was quite isolated and deserted. The two friends fastened their boat to the sloop, got on board and undressed, and jumped into the water. "M. J." then says:—
"After having made about a hundred strokes my friend cried out:—
'What are you throwing stones at me for?'
'What are you talking about? Where do you suppose I am to get stones?'
'But someone is throwing stones at us!''
'Where are the stones?'
'Look, one is just falling, and others are coming!'
'You are off your head; I see nothing of the kind!'
'Look, there's another; let us get out of this.'
Seeing my friend was frightened we went back to the sloop, he all the time seeing stones fall about him, while I saw nothing."
When they got back to the vessel they found their boat full of water and just ready to sink. They hunted all over the sloop, but there was no one there, and on the calm sea no sign of humanity was visible. They emptied the boat with their hats, but failed to find any leak,
"Having dressed ourselves, I began to loose the boat from the sloop. Our astonishment may be guessed when we found, instead of the cord we had used, a great rope tied in a sailor's knot, tightened up just as if it has been there for months. We could not undo it, and began to be alarmed at the abnormal state of things. I had not seen the stones, but I know I cut through that knot with my knife. As soon as this operation was over, we were about starting, when we found that the boat was fastened to the sea bottom by another rope an inch thick. I cut this second cord, and at last we were free."
It is, perhaps, not to be wondered that, that when the companions got near the shore, they jumped off that uncanny boat, and ran for their lives.
Light 16 January 1892: p. 28
What do we make of this curious tale? Rock showers or stone-throwing poltergeists, depending on how you interpret the phenomenon, are a cliché of the paranormal genre. I've almost stopped collecting these stories unless they have some unique feature. However, the common element of nearly all stone showers is that they occur on land. I've been searching for a case I recall of a sailing ship being showered with stones, with no success. Still, I think I'm correct in saying that sea-going stone showers are exceptionally rare. These stones fall into the even rarer class of phantom falls or possibly into the utterly mythic category of "illusory lithobolia appearing to a single polt vector." The readers of Light would probably have suggested that the witness who saw the falling stones was a medium unaware.
The story is ambiguously titled "The Haunted Ship." Is that the row-boat or the abandoned sloop, prototype of Ghost Ship and its horror-movie ilk? ("Don't open that hatch!") There are hints of djinn-ery: stones visible to only one hysterical witness; an undamaged boat full of water; the immense sailor's knot and the rope attached to the sea floor (was there an anchor?). These could point to angry spirits or even angrier Tunisians hiding on or around the sloop. It seems unlikely that the calm sea filled the boat to sinking point. But using oars made from corpse-carrying stretchers was probably not the wisest choice.
Thoughts on the haunted ship? Parallel cases? Shower me with your wisdom. chriswoodyard8 AT gmail.com
Chris Woodyard is the author of The Victorian Book of the Dead, The Ghost Wore Black, The Headless Horror, The Face in the Window, and the 7-volume Haunted Ohio series. She is also the chronicler of the adventures of that amiable murderess Mrs Daffodil in A Spot of Bother: Four Macabre Tales. The books are available in paperback and for Kindle. Indexes and fact sheets for all of these books may be found by searching hauntedohiobooks.com. Join her on FB at Haunted Ohio by Chris Woodyard or The Victorian Book of the Dead. And visit her newest blog, The Victorian Book of the Dead.

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An embellishment is anything that enhances the appearance of clothing or fashion accessories without actually having any functional purpose.
Embellishment means to add on or to flourish. A simple green knee length kurti will spark up with a little gota work on its edges. Do the minimum for casual wears and heavier stuff for special occasions. This is an art and many designers are known for their embellishments though their creations seem ordinary with easy cuts and length.
You can do it yourself because we all have sewing machines in our houses, and embellishments are easily available in market. Just go and and pick according your choice.
Designers are saying that more is more, but it's easier said than done. Here's how to add a bit of glitz without overdosing on the trend.
Start by incorporating small embellished items, such as a handbag, into your wardrobe. Make sure the embellishment is scaled to your figure: paillettes or huge sequins may overwhelm petite figures. Large, intricate jewelry looks best with streamlined, simple clothing. In general, embellishment such as sequins, embroidery, trims and studs look classier on basic colors like black or white. Make sure embellishment is used on or near a body part you want to call attention to: it draws the eye to it. For maximum impact, wear just one embellished item at a time.
But one thing you should always keep in mind is that overdoing embellishments always takes away the charm of garment.
By doing just a small change in your wardrobe you can beat all the trends and look stylish!!!!


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The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has signed an agreement of sale valued at $145 million for six nursing homes and one assisted living facility operated by archdiocesan Catholic Health Care Services to Center Management Group, it was announced today, July 1.
CMG is a Flushing, N.Y.-based for-profit health care management company that already owns and operates 15 nursing homes in New York and New Jersey. Under the agreement, CMG pledged to maintain the Catholic character of the nursing homes.
Skilled nursing facilities included in the agreement are Immaculate Mary Home and St. John Neumann Home, Northeast Philadelphia; St. Monica Manor, South Philadelphia; St. Francis Country House, Darby; St. Martha Manor, Downingtown and St. Mary Manor, a senior living community with skilled nursing care and assisted and independent living units located in Lansdale.
Also included is Villa St. Martha, a senior living community with assisted and independent living units in Downingtown.
In total, facilities operated by Catholic Health Care Services have approximately 1,400 beds which are included in this agreement of sale. It does not include Villa St. Joseph, Darby, a residence for retired priests or St. John Vianney Center, Downingtown, a behavioral treatment and education center for priests and religious, or some independent living facilities in the archdiocese that will be retained.
It also does not affect nursing facilities owned and operated by religious congregations, but only those directly owned by the archdiocese.
Under terms of the agreement, approximately 1,100 full-time and 950 part-time nursing home staff members will become employees of CMG at their current rate of pay when the agreement closes, the date for which has not been set. They will receive health benefits under CMG's health care plans, and current employee eligibility, accrual and vesting plans, vacation and sick time will carry over along with any unused sick, holiday, vacation and personal time that has been earned but not used prior to the closing.
As a condition of the sale Center Management Group has agreed to retain all residents living in the facilities at the closing date regardless of their Medicare, Medicaid, private or commercial pay status.
Under a stewardship agreement with the archdiocese, CMG will operate each facility in accordance with the moral, ethical and social teachings of the Catholic Church as expressed in the "Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care."
CMG will maintain the pastoral presence of Catholic priests and chaplains at each facility at their expense along with a pastoral care department. Existing chapels and places of worship along with signs and symbols of Catholic identity will be maintained, and Mass and the sacraments are required to be maintained regularly at each facility.
Also, an advisory board will be established and maintain responsibility for advising Center Management Group and the management of each facility on issues of Catholic identity as they relate to nursing homes.
The sale of the nursing homes, which were placed on the market last August, is part of the ongoing effort to address the very serious financial problems that were allowed to build up for decades to the point that they jeopardized the ability of the archdiocese to cover employee and priest pensions as well as the deposits by the parishes into the archdiocesan-operated Trust and Loan Fund.
The $145 million sale price for the nursing homes will be decreased by certain obligations under the terms of the agreement. Coupled with the initial payment of $53 million for the long-term lease of the archdiocesan cemeteries, both deals will go a long way toward easing the financial crisis.
"This agreement will serve the archdiocese and its people well by ensuring the nursing homes presently operated by Catholic Health Care Services will continue to be dignified centers of care for the elderly in the Catholic tradition and in accord with the moral and ethical teachings of the church," Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said in a statement. "I did not arrive at this decision lightly. It came only after a great deal of consultation, discussion and prayer.
"Center Management Group has a great deal of experience in operating nursing homes and they've guaranteed the conditions I set forth some time ago in terms of fair treatment of current employees and residents. Center Management Group was selected from a group of nearly 30 initial bidders in a competitive process that focused largely on the personal commitment of potential buyers to provide the highest possible quality of health care in a manner consistent with Catholic identity and moral teaching."
Archbishop Chaput noted progress on the archdiocese's financial issues. "We become a little more stable with each step we take," he said. "We still have a way to go, but everything is being done so that we can best fulfill the church's mission of evangelization and service to those in need."
CMG already has some experience in operating former Catholic facilities in New York in acquired nursing homes and retaining Catholic identity even when not contractually required to do so.
"We are enthusiastic about the future and grateful for Archbishop Charles Chaput's confidence in our ability," said Charles-Edouard Gros, the CEO of Center Management Group, which he founded in 1999.
"We have the experience of maintaining Catholic presence in skilled nursing communities," he said. "Part of Center Management is to service the residents and the staff and to give the residents what they need to live optimally and happily and part of that is that they are able to practice their religion appropriately and have the love and support associated with that. We are very excited to be working with the archdiocese to maintain the same level of religious conviction and religious ability as to the residents of the facilities.
Gros himself brings an interesting empathy to the task. After receiving his master's degree in public health service management and policy with a concentration in gerontology from New York Medical College in 2001 he trained as an EMT/paramedic, emergency medicine at St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers and still volunteers as a paramedic.
"I want to bring a high level of professionalism to the industry, coupled with my love for medicine," he said. "I have also always loved hotels and another dream I had as a child was owning hotels. Even if I haven't owned hotels, I've taken that philosophy of hospitality and brought it to the nursing environment. We hope to bring that to the forefront coupled with the strong Catholic basis in the community. It will be a special and wonderful environment for the residents."
Although the sale is generally expected to close before the end of the year, there are several conditions that must be met including Vatican approval for the sale, which has already been requested, and CMG's obtaining the necessary licensing to operate the nursing homes. Both conditions are not expected to be problematic.
The $145 million sale price for the nursing homes will be reduced by residents' accounts receivable, which was approximately $17 million at June 30, 2013; external bank debt of approximately $8.3 million incurred for renovation and redesign of St. Monica Manor; set asides for continuing archdiocesan CHCS ministries; post-closing risks and closing costs, according to archdiocesan Chief Financial Officer Timothy O'Shaughnessy.
The net funds will be available to apply against "underfunded balance sheet liabilities" and should be "in the range of $95 million," he estimates.
These underfunded liabilities include the Trust and Loan Fund, which primarily receives deposits from parishes and makes loans to them; the Self-Insurance Reserve, the Priests' Pension Fund and the Lay Employees Retirement Fund.
The total of these liabilities has already been reduced to approximately $290 million from $340 million as a result of the recently completed Catholic cemeteries transaction with StoneMor Partners.
At the same time the archdiocese has been addressing its annual operating deficit which stood at $39.2 million in the fiscal year ending June 2012 and is currently estimated at $4 million to $5 million. All of this has been accomplished by such measures as the long-term lease of the Catholic cemeteries, the sale of the archbishop's residence and the summer home in Ventnor, N.J., and a 25 percent decrease in personnel at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center.
Further funds can be raised through the sale of other archdiocesan properties that are also on the market, O'Shaughnessy said.
"Unfortunately, problems of this magnitude require solutions of equal magnitude," he said. "They are painful decisions. Nobody wanted to do this. The archbishop has been clear — we are going to fix our financial problems."
Lou Baldwin is a freelance writer in Philadelphia.
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It is Jan 2015 and I am excited to see a posted comment from Nov 2014. I have done extensive internet research and there is no central location for families affected by the Archdiocese's sale of Catholic Health Care Services nursing homes to interact and share observations and concerns.
Center Management Group has certainly not kept their promises regarding keeping employees and the same level of care prior to the sale.
Is this intentional? I think we need to bring our concerns and personal anecdotes to the attention of Center Management Group. Do you know how to do that?
Reply to this post if you are interested in discussing the changes your family or loved ones have experienced since the sale.
Two weeks into this sale everything Center Management promised has turned to dust and lies. He has laid off almost half the nurses. He doubled the number of patients/residents the nurses need to care for. In Personal Care the nurse now has 70 residents including the 30 residents in the locked memory unit. Her duties are for both medications and wound care. In the skilled building he laid off the wound nurse and now the nurses have 40 patients to do IVs Peg Tubes, wounds and oral medications. He also fired the RNs in personal care.
He cancelled all live entertainment for the residents as well as all bus trips. This leaves residents in the independent apartments with no way to get to the grocery store food.They also have no way to church on Sunday morning. More than half the maintenance crew was fired leaving 3 men for three buildings.
He promised one year of employment after the sale and he didn't even give one month. His favorite line is "do it or your fired" I don't know why people give in to this tantrum type of behavior he will probably fire them after they do all his dirty work. He cut full timers to less than 28 hours a week in order to kick them off any health benefits.
But the nuns and priests are still there and since rosary circles don't cost him anything (as long as a volunteer is running them) I guess you could say it is still Catholic.
Why wasn't the priest's retirement home included in the sale?
I do hope and pray that the future management at St. Mary's Manor Home in Lansdale improve the living conditions of the residents. For whatever reason, the cleanness of the rooms has deteriorated. Bathrooms in many of the assisted living quarters are a disgrace. Rooms are not vacuumed on a regular basis and bed linens are not changed during the week. There are some wings that smell like an uncared for nursing home.
My mother was in SJN Nursing home for the final 21 months of her life. She was cared for with compassion, and I was able to have quality time with her for those months. The staff , administration, the Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth and Father Bernard Farley were wonderful to my mother and especially to me when she died.
I sincerely hope and pray that this quality of care and compassion will continues under the new ownership. However, what is now said and placed on paper all too often does not materialize in future operation.
Bravo for such a sensitively designed resolution to what had been a difficult financial challenge. Patients will continue receiving care in Catholic surroundings while a very thoughtfully planned transaction relieves parishioners in the archdiocese of burdensome debt. This was true stewardship in action. Outstanding result.
I agree with Tom. My mother was a resident at SJN but passed away a year ago. I am so glad she is no longer suffering and does not have to deal with this new change. I hope they keep their word and retain all current employees. Since I mainly visited in the evenings, the staff on 400 Unit were so wonderful. True dedicated professionals.
It's a shame this wonderful resource is sold to correct the incompetence of previous Archdiocesan financial mismanagement and the horrible consequences of the abuse scandals. The sacrifice of generations of devout Catholic laypeople, and good clergy, lost by previous so-called 'leaders'. Shame on all those whose incompetence or sinfulness led to this day. May God have mercy on them. May God give solace to the faithful who have been let down by the organizational Church, again.
Thank you Tom. Unfortunately many individuals know all of this to be true! It has definitely caused much thought to the teachings of our church. What legacy are we leaving for our children?
Tom needs to familiarize himself with the financial reports and read the material related to the sale of the nursing homes and the outsourcing of the cemeteries. It is all there in black and white-very clear to most people. Yes, there seems to have been mismanagement and lack of decision making. So now the hard decisions must come-not unlike other entities that encompass buildings and employees.
The agenda that Tom has adopted has little to do with these decisions. The deliberate misunderstanding and spinning of these issues is sinful, in my opinion, and very destructive. The way this is set up will not seem to cause pain to any resident-seems like not much will change period. Does Tom have a relative there? Probably not. Only those who do should comment, anyway.


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Japan Starts to Understand the True Cost of Nuclear Power, Cabinet Recommends Cutting Reactors
The respected Japanese newspaper, Asahi Shimbun, headlines today (7/31/11) in its English language version an article by Shinichi Sekine,
Cabinet recommends cutting nuclear reactors ,
"The Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan presented on July 29 an interim report on new energy policies. The basic thrust of the policies is that Japan will "decrease its number of nuclear reactors."…..
"We are going to create a society in which we can meet energy needs without nuclear power," [Prime Minister] Kan said at a news conference July 13 in response to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant."
Of course vested interests howled in protest, claiming that it is not realistic to eliminate nuclear power, but the people of Japan see things differently.
"However, support for a nuclear-free society is spreading among the general public. A recent Asahi Shimbun opinion poll showed that 77 percent support a nuclear-free society."
The Wall Street Journal ran a great article on Friday,
"Japan Snaps Back With Less Power – Economy Survives Reactor Shutdowns, and Tokyo Rethinks Nuclear Policy (7/29/11)
TOKYO—When the March 11 tsunami knocked out more than half of the nuclear power plants serving the Tokyo area, it set off one of the biggest unplanned experiments in a modern society: Could a metropolis of 30 million people get by after losing about a fifth of its power supply?
After a steaming July in Japan filled with 90-degree-plus days, the preliminary answer is in, and it is yes. Not only has Tokyo Electric Power Co. kept the lights on all summer, it has so much extra capacity on most days that it could power New York City, too."
Even the corporate elite was trying to avoid a confrontation with this ground swell of public opinion
""Over the mid- to long-term, it is desirable to move toward shrinking nuclear power by phasing out aging reactors and promoting renewable energy," said a statement by the Japan Association of Corporate Executives after its summer meeting in July."
Energy conservation is in full swing. Load leveling is being done on a massive scale, with factories maximizing production at off hours. Even the famous Japanese corporate dress code has been changed for warmer offices.
Clearly Japan has learned a lesson in the economics of nuclear power. Cleaning this up is going to be far more expensive than what they planned for when they decided nuclear power was cheap.
Don't jump to any conclusions and think that the Murdoch owned Wall Street Journal has realized that Green and Clean means saving big money. The same day they carried an opinion piece from a writer based at both the WSJ and a major Washington right wing propaganda bureau, the American Enterprise Institute, entitled
"Powering Down Japan -Naoto Kan's dangerous gamble on cutting off 30% of the electric supply with a nuke shutdown."
The right wingers love to call the rational cost benefit analysis of nuclear power "radical" if it includes the additional cost to society of accidents, health effects, waste disposal, and of course the nightmare of nuclear proliferation. There is nothing "radical" about doing the math right. The right wingers are the radicals here, claiming that we can engineer and build perfect systems, something that we should have learned about from the Tower of Babel or the Titanic.
Let the industry funded hacks talk all they want about "Safe Guards" and "Redundant Safety Systems" but if you can not handle the consequences of something blowing up and burning down to the ground, don't build it, because no matter how well we design and build things, they will never be more perfect than the people building them.
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Need A Personal Diabetes Dietitian? There's A New App For That
Manually counting carbs should be a thing of the past. With technology making calculations a breeze, there are easier ways to track food intake than pen and paper.
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articles in this issue have been divided up into the following categories
The author of these commentaries on Ecclesiastes, Rabbi
Ezra Reuben Dangoor (1848-1930), had established in 1904
a Hebrew press, from which numerous works of a religious
nature were issued. more
Mufti and the Fuehrer
Mufti is, of course, Haj Amin el-Husseini the Grand Mufti
of Jerusalem and the Fuehrer, Adolph Hitler. Between 1920
and 1948, Palestine was governed by Britain under an international
mandate stipulating that that country was to become a Jewish
national home. During
these years , the most dominant and influential figure in
Palestine was that of Haj Amin el-Husseini, an ardent Arab
nationalist fiercely opposed to the creation of the Jewish
state in Palestine. more
Em Haderech
In her book, Shoshana Levi describes in
great detail the trials and tribulations of her generation,
which the young generation of the Babylonian diaspora suffered
before and after the aliyah to Israel. more
Israeli-Turkish Entente
The new unprecedented degree of closeness
between Israel and Turkey has become a significant feature
of the contemporary international dynamics of the Middle
East. Efraim Inbars The Israeli-Turkish Entente is
the first comprehensive study that explains the timing of
the entente, its present substance, and its impact on the
regional environment. more
Wealth: The Fate of Jewish Property in Arab Lands
Over the past fifty years, hundreds of thousands
of Jews have emigrated from various Arab lands. In most
of those countries, all that remains of a once flourishing
Jewish community is a handful of indigent Jews a
pitiful remnant. Those who left all share a common memory
of the loss of livelihoods, property and savings. more
Social History of the Jews of Hong Kong
What used to be a small, distant outpost
of the Diaspora has now become the hub of Jewish life in
the East and South-East Asian region. It is therefore highly
appropriate that an in-depth study of the social history
of Hong Kong Jewry has recently begun. more
Essential Jewish Cookbook
Whether youre a fan of cooking, or
as in my case, a big fan of eating, this book is a delight.
Judy Jackson has put together a comprehensive guide to the
finest foods that Sephardi and Ashkenazi cooking has to
offer. more
Up and Dream
This book contains a series of well-told
events, fascinating in content, about how the hand of the
Almighty is discernible in the daily round and common task.
It illustrates the truth of the phrase, "God moves
in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform". more
Divine Drama: The Old Testament as Literature
The title of the book The Divine Drama
immediately gives away the angle at which John Dancy wishes
to approach his subject. A headmaster by profession Dancys
work is a culmination of the experience he had in trying
to teach the Old Testament to intelligent six formers.
Freddie Knoller was an ordinary Viennese
schoolboy when, on the 9th November 1938, a hurried telephone
call from a friend warned his family. The Polnische
Tempel is on fire! Soon his apartment building was
full of Brownshirts. more
Hardoon: Business, Politics and Philanthropy in Shanghai,
1911 - 1931
Silas Aaron Hardoon, was born to a poor
Jewish family in the city of Baghdad in 1851. Five years
later the Hardoons left the ailing Ottoman empire and, like
other Jews of the Baghdad area, searched for fortune in
Bombay. more
Talmud, The Internet A Journey Between Worlds
In his extraordinary personal meditation
on the relationship between the ancient, continuing tradition
of the Talmud and the expanding world of the internet, Jonathan
Rosen blends memoir, history and literary reflection. more
History of Writing
From the earliest scratches on stone and
bone to the languages of computers and the Internet, A History
of Writing offers a fascinating investigation into the origin
and development of the worlds writing. more
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course of the year. more
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Trump Wants To Streamline The Executive Branch
President Donald Trump signed an executive order called "Comprehensive Plan For Organizing The Executive Branch" on Monday. According to the Associated Press, Trump signed the order to streamline the executive branch, saying that it aims to examine every federal department and agency "to see where the money is being wasted, how services can be improved, and whether programs are truly serving American citizens." It was signed by the president in the Oval Office among Cabinet members.
While criticizing the wastage of monetary resources, Trump claimed that "there is duplication and redundancy everywhere." According to Tribune Media, he said, "Today we're beginning the process of a long-overdue reorganizing of our federal departments and agencies. We've assembled one of the greatest cabinets in history and — I believe that so strongly — and we want to empower them to make their agencies as lean and effective as possible, and they know how to to it."
According to the president, the Office of Management and Budget will conduct the assessment. Trump said Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney is expected to consult with experts within the government as well as the public, according to NPR. The plan would be submitted to the Congress for implementation after it is evaluated.
"Billions and billions of dollars are being wasted on activities that are not delivering results for hardworking American taxpayers, and not even coming close," Trump said.
Agency heads have been asked to provide recommendations within the time frame of six months to Mulvaney, who would then submit them to the Congress.
According to The Hill, the executive order has not explicitly stated any set amount of cuts but it could lead to the elimination of "entire federal agencies" or decrease the size of the federal workforce. Federal agencies that are reportedly on the chopping block, according to The Hill, include the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Endowment For The Arts, National Endowment For The Humanities, Minority Business Development Agency, Economic Development Administration, Office of Violence Against Women, and the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department among others.
The president is expected to release a budget blueprint on Thursday which calls for significant cuts in funding for federal agencies. These deductions are supposed to cover the cost for a "major military buildup," according to The Hill.
The deductions in funding may potentially affect finances for conservation funding, research for climate change, foreign aid, support for public housing projects, and the federal workforce.
While Trump claims that the cuts in funding to the aforementioned federal agencies is an attempt to tackle the national debt, the planned streamlining seems to be more targeted at slashing projects praised by Democrats such as empowerment for women, minorities, preservation of the natural environment, promotion and protection of civil rights, and public broadcasting.


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The Graduate Employees' Organization (GEO) is throwing our annual Fall Social and you're invited! It's a great opportunity to learn more about the important work GEO does, like the upcoming contract campaign. It's also a fun way to meet the people already active in your union and see how you can be involved.
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Thursday August 31st
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RESTON, Va., Nov. 17, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is forming a team of partner companies for the anticipated competition of the U.S. Army's Joint Network Node (JNN) program.
JNN is a suite of Internet protocol-based communication systems that provide for satellite connectivity and communications. The Army awarded a sole-source contract to General Dynamics in 2004 but has said it intends to issue a request for proposals to build and deliver the third phase of the program this month.
Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems sector has negotiated teaming agreements with L-3 Communications Holdings Inc., New York City; Ultra Electronics, Quebec, Canada; Harris Corporation, Melbourne, Fla.; ITT Industries, White Plains, N.Y.; ManTech International, Fairfax, Va.; and Agile Communications, Los Angeles.
"The stellar team we've formed can provide the Army with a synchronized communications system to leverage the previously fielded JNN sets and, at the same time, spiral in new capabilities that will be needed by future programs including the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical and Future Combat System," said Otto Guenther, vice president and general manager of Northrop Grumman's Tactical Systems Division. "The Northrop Grumman team brings a wide array of experience in all past and future JNN-related programs."
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, based in Reston, Va., is a global integrator of complex, mission-enabling systems and services for defense, intelligence and civil government markets. The sector's technology leadership and expertise spans areas such as strategic systems, including ICBMs; missile defense; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; command and control; and technical services and training.
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More from Roger about the subject I talked about a few months ago: the demise of the department store. The loss is particularly hard at this time of year.
the demise of Lord & Taylor
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That's sad, Luanne. After shopping at Macy's (formerly Marshall Field's, formerly Hudson's) in Portage, MI, today, I said to myself, "Macy's will be announcing a lot of stores closing after Christmas." On the bright side, I got a really good deal on a great winter coat that fits.
Regarding the provenance of our store, I recall a former Chicagoan crowing about Hudson's selling out to M.F. some years ago. Now we would have an M.F. right here in Portage!
It makes me sad that Gilmore's is gone and a lot of other great department stores. Jacobsons, Knapp's, Steketee's, Lamson's, LaSalle's, Lazarus, O'Neil's, Polsky's, etc.
It's so sad to see these big stores closing. Many of the Macy's in our area a shutting their doors.
The world is changing and not always for the better, but we will get used to it and, sooner or later, reshape the parts we don't like.
This sent me on a bit of a journey reading older posts from both of you, but great reads all around. the demise of retail has been one of the more shocking changes I've witnessed in our culture over the last 20 years, shops and stores were the landscape of my childhood and adolescence, so it's like watching my own history die a bit.
Well put: "like watching my own history die a bit." That is so true. I am having a hard time dealing with this. Even more so when I think of what will happen when there is very little competition for Amazon, etc. We have been so blessed with the overabundance on our store shelves. But I still remember seeing photos of the shelves in Poland when I was younger. EMPTY. Is that the kind of availability we want? I'm very concerned that nobody is even ringing the warning bell for this stuff!
I keep thinking of the Woolworth's in the town square where I grew up, their food counter where I worked for a time during high school, serving popcorn, hotdogs, and lemonade. Also the Grant's store in the same square. As the brick-and-mortars fade, it will be interesting to see what does appear in addition to Amazon. I suppose it helps the carbon footprint? Or does it? Love the photo of Lord & Taylor.
I'm sure it doesn't help anything. And it's a loss of community and beauty. I also think of Woolworth's and Grant's, both on the Kalamazoo downtown mall. In fact, a scene in my memoir takes place at Woolworth's. I loved Grant's even more though. What a cool store! The toys in the basement! And the wide stairs near the front of the store. Every so often I see stairs like that in an antique store. I love that you worked at Woolworth's!
I wrote about the evd of a basic USA staple: Sears and Roebuck, Co. It was one of my most visited post in 2017. Everyone's Christmas dream list was made after studying their big December catalogue! I'm so glad you and Roger had a similar conversation. It is sad when the long lasting memories of dream stores are out to rest, Luanne.
May you have had a very happy holiday season and wishing you the best of health, happiness and let's throw in prosperity since we all face the future with some elements of trepidation, I think. Hugs xo 💖


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World Football Floppers: The 15 Biggest Divers in SoccerAugust 16, 2011
World Football Floppers: The 15 Biggest Divers in Soccer
Every football player dives. That's something we have to live with. But even among a sport full of divers, there are some repeat offenders that have done it more than others.
Diving has always been frowned upon, but truth is it's part of the game. And as part of the game, this list will rank the best 15 divers in world football.
That not only means ranking how often they do it, but whether they succeed at it, and where on the pitch they try to do it. Obviously extra points will be given on the difficult area for opponents red carded and penalties awarded for their efforts.
So with no further pause, let's start ranking the world's top divers!
15. Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
Frequency of Dives: 6.2
Torres dives five to ten times per season. So, he gets a low score here.
Diving Success Rate: 5.5
Torres is usually caught flopping, sometimes yellow carded. Low score.
Degree of Difficulty: 9.3
Usually goes for the penalty or red-card, so bonus points there for "El Niño".
Final Diving Score: 6.2+5.5*9.3 = 57.53
Torres isn't an effective or recurrent diver, but he fancies the technically hard ones and usually tries to trick referees into giving him a spot kick or sending off and opposing player.
14. Milos Krasic (Juventus)
Frequency of Dives: 8.0
Krasic is not as dive-prone as now might think. He still enjoys the flop every couple of weeks, though.
Diving Success Rate: 5.5
Very low success rate. Points deducted for getting suspended two matches for getting caught.
Degree of Difficulty: 9.5
If he flops, he's going for the PK.
Final Diving Score: 8.0+5.5*9.5 = 60.25
Loses points for getting caught flopping. A good diver should never get caught.
13. Marcelo (Real Madrid)
Frequency of Dives: 9.32
Marcelo is not only fierce at challenging rivals when they flop themselves, he also likes to dive a time or two per game.
Diving Success Rate: 9.5
Because he does them only to get offensive fouls or relatively unimportant tackles, he's very effective at what he does.
Degree of Difficulty: 6.1
Usually goes for easy fouls behind the midfield line, so his score is quite low on the difficulty scale.
Final Diving Score: 9.32+9.5*6.1 = 67.27
High success rate and frequent diving takes Marcelo up a nodge even if he doesn't like others flopping the other way around. Marcelo's motto: "I dive, but nobody can do it but me".
12. Luis Suarez (Liverpool)
Frequency of Dives: 8.0
Luis Suarez is frequent with his dives. Sometimes he can even flop two or three times per game.
Diving Success Rate: 6.5
Low success rate for Suarez here because most of his dives are in opposing team's danger areas.
Degree of Difficulty: 9.6
Luis likes to go for the penalty.
Final Diving Score: 8.0+6.5*9.6 = 70.4
Suarez loses some points because of his low success rate.
11. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Frequency of Dives: 7.2
Steven Gerrard doesn't overuse his dives. One very other game is more than enough for him.
Diving Success Rate: 8.2
His good reputation gives him some credit with the refs. He seems like such a nice lad, doesn't he?
Degree of Difficulty: 7.8
Stevie G usually prefers to go for the penalty. But he'll take the unimportant foul on a flop too.
Final Diving Score: 7.2+8.2*7.8 = 71.16
Gerrard dives likes he plays football: he's a solid flopper in all aspects.
10. Emmanuel Eboue (Galatasaray)
Frequency of Dives: 9.1
Eboue is a very frequent diver. He just has to do it every game.
Diving Success Rate: 9.6
Staying away from the preferred "diving" areas makes Eboue quite effective with the refs.
Degree of Difficulty: 6.5
Normally he uses high percentage dives, but he can go for the odd dive inside the box, though.
Final Diving Score: 9.1+9.6*6.5 = 71.5
Eboue gets his points due to his perseverance in diving in unsuspecting areas of the pitch.
9. Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina)
Frequency of Dives: 5.0
Gilardino is not a recurrent diver. One or twice will do for him per season.
Diving Success Rate: 7.5
Hit or miss here for Gilardino. Sometimes he gets the call. Sometimes he doesn't.
Degree of Difficulty: 9
"Gila" does like to go for the penalty when he flops though. Even when nobody's a mile around him. Extra points for that one.
Final Diving Score: 5.0+7.5*9 = 72.5
Gila gets lots of points for his efforts to trick a ref into buying his nonsense.
8. Nani (Manchester United)
Frequency of Dives: 9.0
A Cristiano Ronaldo pupil himslef, Nani knows the importance of diving and carries it out in almost every game he plays in.
Diving Success Rate: 7.0
Nani's exaggerations don't serve him well in this department.
Degree of Difficulty: 9.1
Nani always dives for penalties, red cards, or free-kicks in dangerous positions. Anything else is for amateurs.
Final Diving Score: 9.0+7.0*9.1 = 72.7
He learned from the best, but his over the top play-acting cost him some points. Even flopping has some standards to respect, you know?
7. Dani Alves (Barcelona)
Frequency of Dives: 9.7
Dani Alves likes to dive. A lot.
Diving Success Rate: 8.7
He usually gets the foul because he protests like crazy and fakes injuries for fouls that mean no danger to his rivals.
Degree of Difficulty: 8
Alves usually prefers to flop in areas of no concern, but he does go for the red card simulation quite often.
Final Diving Score: 9.7+8.7*8 = 79.3
Dani's Alves all-around efforts land him a very good grade for a defender.
6. Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
Frequency of Dives: 9.1
Didier Drogba needs no reason to go down. So he goes down.
Diving Success Rate: 7.3
He dives so much that his success rate takes a big dip.
Degree of Difficulty: 9.6
Didier loves to go for the penalty.
Final Diving Score: 9.1+7.3*9.6 = 79.18
Didier doesn't need (or want) a reason to STOP going down.
5. Neymar (Santos)
Frequency of Dives: 10
If you get close to Neymar he either dribbles you, or he dives. There is no other option.
Diving Success Rate: 8.7
Neymar's very effective because of his talent. Refs feel they need to protect him.
Degree of Difficulty: 8.3
Not his strong suit, he usually gets fouled close to the sidelines. He does occasionally flop inside the box though.
Final Diving Score: 10+8.7*8.3 = 82.21
Neymar is one of the best divers in the world right now.
4. Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)
Frequency of Dives: 9.7
Robben dives every single time he doesn't get past an opponent.
Diving Success Rate: 8.3
Arjen's play-acting and fake injuries go a long way towards tricking the Ref. Still not his strong suit though.
Degree of Difficulty: 9.3
Robben loves penalties. The moment he's in the area, a flop can always be expected.
Final Diving Score: 9.7+8.3*9.3 = 86.89
Truly a dual threat: great at dribbling, fantastic at flopping.
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Frequency of Dives: 8.1
Once the best in the world in this department, Cristiano Ronaldo has regressed a bit here
Diving Success Rate: 9.3
He dives less, but when he does, Ronaldo now has a very high percentage of calls going his way.
Degree of Difficulty: 9.1
CR7 goes for reds, penalties and dangerous free-kicks. The odd game-breaking foul is not out of the picture either.
Final Diving Score: 8.1+9.3*9.1 = 92.73
One of the most complete floppers in the world, no doubt.
2. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
Frequency of Dives: 7.5
Not the most frequent diver, Busquets waits out his moment to flop on the pitch.
Diving Success Rate: 9.5
A master at timing rivals into falling into his trap, Sergio will fall to the ground the very moment he feels a hand in his face, having a never-before-seen rate of getting opponents red carded.
Degree of Difficulty: 10
It's red card or bust for Busquets.
Final Diving Score: 7.5+9.5*10 = 102.5
The best red card specialist in a long time.
1. Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid)
Frequency of Dives: 9.9
For Di Maria, it's almost always a dive.
Diving Success Rate: 9.5
He won six out of Real Madrid's 10 penalties last season and was the player with most penalties awarded in the world. He's not perfect though, and did get some yellow cards and no-calls.
Degree of Difficulty: 10
If Di Maria's in the area, he will dive. Make no mistake about it. Sometimes he can't make it inside the box and takes a dive to set up dangerous situations.
Final Diving Score: 9.9+9.5*10 = 104.9
If you want a penalty for your team, Di Maria's your man.


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|US Still Mired In Jobless Recession
Some white people got jobs, some black people and Latinos actually fell behind more.
The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in March, but the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent, according to new figures released by the Labor Department Friday.
On the whole, the economic news was mixed, but for African Americans, it was particularly troubling. The unemployment rate for whites held steady at 8.8 percent compared to February and went down for Asians from 8.4 percent to 7.5 percent. But it rose to 16.5 percent for blacks from 15.8 percent. Hispanics showed a slight increase as well from 12.4 percent to 12.6 percent.
"It's very disappointing," said Peter Edelman, a former Clinton administration official who directs the Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Public Policy at the Georgetown University.
While there have long been disparities in white and minority employment, Edelman said, the latest unemployment numbers from the Labor Department show that while "some white people got jobs, some black people and Latinos actually fell behind more."
"We're seeing a whole set of things happening in the recession that are making the inequity worse," said Seth Wessler, a researcher at the Applied Research Center, a racial justice think tank in Oakland.
Chief among those factors are the massive cuts meted out to public services on the state and local level, particularly to public transportation.
"If the bus line you depend on is cut, it's impossible to look for a job or even hold onto the one you have," Wessler said, "and we know that across the country - from New York to Los Angeles - bus service is being cut and fares are increasing."
"We know that people of color are much more likely to depend on public transportation," he added. "White people are not being impacted in quite the same way."
Edelman of Georgetown University believes the primary source of the job gap is the type of work that is emerging as the economy recovers: "mid-skilled" jobs in the health care and alternative energy sectors.
"There will be job growth. The question is who gets the job," Edelman said.
"The jobs that we project over the next decade that are reasonably well paying involve a degree of skills and a degree of preparation," he added, "and people of color have disparate educational attainment," and will be less able to land that work without an associates degree or certificate from a local community college.
President Obama recognizes this, Edelman said, and included a $10 billion investment in community colleges as part of his health care package, but the amount was slashed down to just $2 billion as part of the "reconciliation" process between the House and Senate versions of the bill.
Other efforts at major federal job training and employment programs have floundered in Congress because of Republican opposition, Edelman said, and Obama has not done enough to overcome it.
Minority communities will likely see an increase in the coming months as the Census Bureau hires 700,000 enumerators who help count the U.S. population, said Heidi Shierholtz, a labor economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington.
But those jobs will be gone by the fall and Shierholtz believes unemployment will be on the rise again in the fourth quarter of 2010. The latest unemployment figures from the Labor Department show that more than 400,000 Americans have been out of work for more than six months and have joined the ranks of the "long-term unemployed."
"I don't think we've turned the corner," she said, "and we will not turn the corner until early next year."
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Authorities say three people were injured after a kitchen fire broke out during Google's I/O developer conference at a California venue that normally hosts concerts.
It happened Thursday at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View.
Mountain View Fire Department spokesman Lynn Brown says three people were taken to a hospital and one had life-threatening injuries.
Google said in a statement that the small fire broke out in a kitchen at the venue and no conference attendees were hurt.
The company says the three people who were injured were event staff members and are receiving treatment.
Brown says a flash fire broke out when workers were trying to light a deep-fat fryer. The kitchen's sprinklers put out the blaze.
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Mr Peabody
I'm excited to hear this, the early classic line up of Greg Rollie and Neal Schon with Carlos. Ron Isley does a couple vocals. I tried to copy some stuff here from the article but it wouldn't work, so you may have to search for more info if interested. This line up hasn't recorded together in 45 years. I really like the early Santana, the 3 Journey albums before Steve Perry (liked the ones with him too) & Rollie and Schon released an album together under the name Abraxas Pool I really liked, so as I said, I was excited to see this and looking forward to hearing it.


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A security person was killed and over 150 others were injured in Pakistan on Saturday during clashes which broke out after police and paramilitary forces launched an operation to disperse hundreds of protesters blocking main highways leading to the capital Islamabad.
The operation was launched after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday issued contempt of court notice against Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal for failing to implement orders to clear the roads.
The Pakistan government has blocked popular social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube amidst ongoing operation against protesters. The decision was taken after almost all news channels were suspended.
The government sources say that the decision to shut down private news channels and social networking sites was taken in view of the experience of the military operation at the Lal Masjid in Islamabad.
"At that time some media channels glorified suspected terrorists and vandals and there was a backlash due to this," a source said.
"In such a delicate situation there was also concerns that social networking sites would be used to spread unverified and false news/information and create panic and fear among the people," another source said.
A military spokesman said that army chief General Qamar Caved Bajwa talked to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on telephone and urged for peaceful solution to the problem.
So far police have failed to dislodge the protesters from Faizabad interchange which they have been occupying for about three weeks.
At least one security person was killed and over 150 persons, including protesters and security personnel, were injured, police said.
About 2,000 activists of Tehreek-i-Khatm-i-Nabuwwat, Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYR) and the Sunni Tehreek Pakistan (ST) for more than two weeks have been blocking the Islamabad Expressway and Murree Road that connect Islamabad with its only airport and the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
The protesters demand the resignation of law minister Zahid Hamid for changes made about Khatm-i-Nabuwwat or finality of prophethood oath in the Elections Act 2017 passed in September.
The protesters attacked house of former interior minister Nisar Ali Khan in Faizabad area of Rawalpindi.
They damaged the gate of his house and tried to enter the premises, but were prevented by police.
Khan ia a former minister and his house is located very close to Fiazabad interchanged which has been occupied by the protesters for almost three weeks.
Some of the security personnel were injured due to stone pelting by protesters.
According to a security official, more than 8,000 security personnel took part in the operation against around 2,000 protesters.
The operation was still going on and police were facing stiff resistance from the protesters.
Meanwhile, violence also erupted in many parts of Karachi where normal life was paralysed by protesters who forced shut down of markets, shops and petrol pumps.
Pakistan's biggest city and financial hub, Karachi had to resort to aerial firing and baton charges on Saturday to disperse and control protesters in many areas after a crackdown was launched at the Numaish roundabout on the M A Jinnah road.
The protesters had also gathered at Al-Asif square and tried to block the roads leading to Hyderabad, traffic police officials said.


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The hardest part in getting to work is waking up in the morning. The moment you survived the struggle and dragged yourself to the shower, the rest will follow easily. The temptation to snooze the alarm clock is just too powerful but you have to wake up if you do not want another late.
If the struggle is too real, you have to make changes in your lifestyle. You have to make sure though that the changes will resolve the difficulties you are having especially when it comes to waking up. Here are some tips on waking up in the morning pronto:
If you want to keep up here in Singapore, you better follow your alarm clock strictly. Remember while you are sluggish over there, many people are actually getting more and more productive by the minute. Should this continue, you will find yourself left out.


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In Spring, some students are already planning their Summer! What better way to spend your summer than finding an internship, earning money and gaining real-world experience?
For many students, internships are exciting, challenging and worthwhile opportunities; for others, they're just too complicated! Regardless, you have to find one first, and here are a few pointers to begin preparing.
Career Services is definitely the first stop you should make; they're well connected – and here to help!
In addition, some students receive the weekly email updates of Internships from Handshake. Handshake provides students an easy to use search engine for internships and work opportunities year-round – both on and off campus – to find a variety of opportunities in Green Bay or back home.
Why Apply Now? Most employers begin their search as early. Starting your search and application process early allows employers additional time to analyze your application, and organize their candidate preferences and talents. As the old saying goes, "the early bird gets the worm," so if you apply early, you may get access to better opportunities with key Summer positions.
What You Should Know? 3 tips to help you prepare, search and feel more confident.
1. Know your schedule: Organizing your priorities and other obligations for the Summer will allow you to have dates prepared for interviews and will help with searching internships – especially when asking for specific hours; 2. Look for Internships relative to your studies: These positions will provide the most valuable hands-on experience for the long-run; 3. Internships are a fun and educational, but they exist to give students an inside look at their future career and perhaps, life itself.
Eyes wide open, Bailey Schmid is a COMM Major constantly on the lookout for a great summer internship in the communication field. He's one of those "early birds" who is beginning the process NOW!
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FRENCH FINISH — At Josephine Creperie and Bistro, every month ends with a special fixed-price, five-course meal. This week, starting May 27, the themed meal will celebrate the food of Provence, with courses of fresh mussels in a fennel-Pernod cream broth, fresh fruit sorbet and salad Nicoise, and such entrées as braised lamb shank, chicken capilotade, and campanelle pasta. It's priced at a reasonable $30 per person (tax, tip, drinks extra); reservations recommended; at 241 W. Nine Mile Rd., Ferndale; 248-399-1366; josephinebistro.com.
MARKET VALUES — Eastern Market's big flower sale heralded the start of a busy market season. As the weather warms and community farmers' markets start cropping up again, we'd like to know what your favorites are. Send us a description of your favorite weekly market and why you like it, at mjackman@ metrotimes.com.
Patrick and Gina Neely are easily the most charismatic hosts on the Food Network, exuding Southern charm. Many of the dishes in their book, Down Home with the Neelys: A Southern Family Cookbook (Knopf $27.95), are served at their Neely's Bar-B-Ques in Memphis and Nashville, as well as at home when feeding their friends and large extended family, whose recipes have been passed down by generations, including Gina's Collards and Nana's Southern Gumbo, backed up with Sock-It-To-Me Cake.
There are dozens of vodka brands on liquor store and bar shelves to choose from. So why not go with the local one, especially when it's as smooth and crisp as Michigan's own Valentine Vodka. The base is a blend of barley, Michigan red wheat and locally grown corn that is triple distilled in copper pots one batch at a time. The result is a clean vodka with mild flavor just right for a stiff cocktail or taken straight and ice cold with a plate of whitefish pâté.
The good people at OXO, makers of ergonomic kitchen tools, have done it again. Their Good Grips Hand-Held Mandoline can slice cabbage for cole slaw, potatoes for a casserole, or fruit for a summer dessert. It works by sliding the food over a stainless steel blade, with a soft knob that enables you to adjust the slices to three different thicknesses. A window shows slices accumulating below and a food holder protects hands and covers the blade when not in use. This dishwasher-safe time-saver costs only about $20.
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We featured Ohzy as part of the GetMziki 2012 top freshmen class and as we promised we will be showcasing some of their grind to the majors. I've made it my personal goal to showcase some great music coming from the coast region which meant me hooking up with a great street connect in the coast region.
On this latest single Ozhy & Crazy K collabo on a great track that has some unique costal feel to it. There's something about the track that makes it get some shine and some spins on the site.
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Maryland Removes References to USPAP Advisory Opinions
In 2012, AI requested the removal of the references to the AOs and FAQs from the Commission's regulations….
On April 8, the Maryland Commission of Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies and Home Inspectors completed action on rulemaking that removed the Advisory Opinions and Frequently Asked Questions of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice from being incorporated by reference into the state's appraiser licensing and certification laws.
The move addresses the Appraisal Institute's long-standing concerns about increased regulatory burdens placed on professional appraisers.
Prior to this rule change, the AOs and FAQs were considered by the Commission to be part of USPAP. As such, the contents of the AOs and FAQs potentially could have been used by the Commission as the basis for disciplinary action against an appraiser. This was true even though USPAP specifically states that the AOs and FAQs are a "form of guidance issued by the ASB" and are not part of USPAP.
Maryland was one of a handful of states that incorporated the AOs and FAQs into its regulations that adopted the provisions of USPAP by reference. The Appraisal Institute had pointed out this anomaly in testimony before the Commission in 2012 and at that time requested the removal of the references to the AOs and FAQs from the Commission's regulations.
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Warsaw based X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB), which operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com as well as the X Open Hub trading platform, issued today a response to reports that Poland's Financial Supervision Authority (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego, or KNF) was going to initiate proceedings against the company for perpetrating Forex Fraud.
As we reported earlier this week, shares of XTB tumbled by about 40% after word broke in the Polish press that the authorities, following a lengthy investigation, had determined that XTB engaged in a practice called asymmetric slippage in executing orders for clients, costing XTB clients millions of dollars.
Asymmetric slippage is the practice of treating market movements after orders are placed, but before they are executed, differently. What XTB is suspected of is executing client orders when the slippage was in its own favor, but cancelling (or repricing) client orders when the slippage was in the client's favor.
XTB responded by stating that it indeed received a decision dated November 14, 2017 from the KNF's Commission of Supervision
on the initiation of an administrative hearing against the company.
However XTB said that in its opinion, the infringements identified by the Commission are "unfounded". The company said that its intention is to provide the Commission with substantive explanations indicating the inadmissibility of the infringements identified by the Commission.
The XTB response to the KNF can be seen here (in Polish).
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13 October 2016
Source: HRO.org
On 12 October 2015, Moscow City Court denied a request from the Moscow Administration of the Russian Justice Ministry to institute administrative action against the Andrei Rylkov Foundation, which officials have declared to be a "foreign agent."
This has been reported by the Club of NGO Lawyers, which is providing the foundation with comprehensive legal support.
During its scheduled documentary inspection in May 2016, the Moscow Administration of the Russian Justice Ministry stated that the Foundation was subject to inclusion in the registry of NGOs performing the functions of a "foreign agent." A case was opened against the Foundation for an administrative violation, and the organization was threatened with an enormous fine of between 300,000 and 500,000 rubles.
The Club of NGO Lawyers worked out a defense strategy that was ultimately successful. On 30 August 2016, for the first time in Moscow law enforcement practice involving cases of NGOs acting as "foreign agents," the court discontinued the administrative violation case due to a failure to establish the fact of an administrative violation when it was considered for the first time. Never before had any of these kinds of cases, when considered for the first time in a lower court in Moscow, been discontinued on these grounds.
The state's attack on nonprofit organizations working on AIDS prevention began in February 2016.
In a little more than six months, the Russian Ministry of Justice included five such organizations on the register of NGOs acting as "foreign agents": Sibalt, in Omsk; Sotsium, in Saratov Oblast; the Andrei Rylkov Foundation and ESVERO, in Moscow; as well as Panatseia, in Penza Oblast. The Russian Justice Ministry has just included a sixth organization in the register of "foreign agents": Era Zdorovia [Era of Health], a public foundation in Sverdlovsk Oblast.
Only one of them—the Andrei Rylkov Foundation, which implements programs to reduce harm in the area of AIDS prevention and drug addiction—has had charges of administrative violation opened against it and been brought to court.
In a session of Moscow City Court, a representative of the Moscow Administration of the Russian Justice Ministry stated that the Administration had committed an error in its inspection, in connection with which the lower court had reached an incorrect decision, which should be rescinded.
However, the Moscow City Court judge agreed with the arguments of the Foundation's defence and let stand the Khoroshevsky district court's 30 August 2016 resolution without alteration and dismissed the justice agency's complaint.
"As of now, not a single HIV service organization has been successfully tried for administrative responsibility for failing to apply to be included in the register of "foreign agents," and not a single one of them has paid or will pay a fine," said Maks Olenichev, legal services director for the Club of NGO Lawyers.
"We will continue to render legal assistance to HIV service organizations in cases such as these, inasmuch as the state's position about prevention of the spread of HIV being political action for an NGO is absurd."
The Club of NGO Lawyers is continuing its defense of the Andrei Rylkov Foundation, as well as other nonprofit organizations included on the register of "foreign agents," considering this law unlawful.
Translated by Marian Schwartz
As stressed in the report "Development of civic activism despite everything: Russian NGOs in the aftermath of the Law on Foreign Agents", in 2015 and early 2016 there was a marked upswing in the enforcement of state oversight (frequently on an arbitrary basis) of the activities of NGOs in Russia, as well as the emergence of new legal problems in connection with their existence, placing in question the legal existence and activities of Russian NGOs as an integral part of an independent civil society.
By the end of 2015, there were already 109 organisations on the list of "agents." The organisations identified as "agents" by Ministry of Justice officials have been forced to pay disproportionately large fines as well as facing significant damage to their reputations and finances, and several have been forced to close down.
Environmental and human rights NGOs have been the at the forefront of this persecution. At the 70th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2015, a resolution recognising the importance of human rights advocates and the necessity of defending them was adopted and supported by 117 countries.
In 2015, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, stressed in a special report that, "new regulations have led to the closure of a series of human rights organisations, and other NGOs are engaging in self-censorship, taking extra precautions, and avoiding participation in activities which could be deemed 'political'."
The International Memorial Society has stated in a special announcement: "[...] The very idea behind the Law on Foreign Agents is essentially alien to the principle of the rule of law, and not a single problem exists which it could potentially solve. The goals pursued by its authors were purely political and opportunistic, and its wording deliberately and blatantly introduces legal uncertainty. In effect, the Law on Foreign Agents establishes a presumption of guilt for a group of organisations which have been selected on an entirely artificial basis [...]".
Amnesty International, the largest international human rights organisation in the world, has emphasised that, "the Law on Foreign Agents is one of a series of measures aimed at suppressing civil society and freedom of expression in the country."
Russian NGOs have repeatedly made known their opposition to the law and lodged appeals against it, inter alia at the European Court of Human Rights.
Human rights defenders have stressed that the law is blatantly discriminatory and has extremely negative historical overtones. Ninety members of the Russian PEN Centre, which brings together historians, members of the Free Historical Society and Russian academics, have called on the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation to put an end to the arbitrary treatment of NGOs identified as "foreign agents".
HRO.org in English >


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Doorway to the barn with cutout for cat entry/exit and red "accessories"
Becky Says –
There is an old barn down the road from my house with peeling white paint and faded red lettering with the original owner's name. There are a few other red touches including the hinges, door lock, and funky little handmade door handle. The cut out area on the bottom left allows the barn cats to enter and exit at will. The folks who live here now are running a rescue farm and always graciously offer me free reign on taking photos. On the lower level, I was taking photos of the one horse as he approached me and suddenly he was right on top of the lens! Love the warmer weather for photographing right in my own "backyard."
The renters of this farm are running it as a rescue. Two of their horses are in the pasture that gives them use of the lower level of the barn.
Great shots Becky, I especially like the contrast of the faded red hinges against the door washed by time and decay. Awesome detail on the horse as well, look like it's nose would have been under your arm as you took that shot. Great job. The composition of the lighter background of the sky and still different color background of the ground helps to make the horse stand out, enhancing the composition. Great work.
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Brittney Griner lost three games over the course of her final two college basketball seasons. She's now lost her last two games and in her first WNBA contest, Griner was overshadowed by the No. 2 overall pick in the 2013 Draft.
Griner flushed two dunks home, but finished with just 17 points and eight rebounds in 27 minutes. Chicago Sky forward Elena Della Donne's 22 points equaled the sixth-most points by a rookie in their debut and matched the difference in Phoenix's 102-80 loss.


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Microsoft Webcast Calendar for Developers
Visual Studio Achievements, Fun Stuff
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EDI on Azure – Part 1.A EDI Schema's from BizTalk!
EDI on Azure – Part 1: Installations
Windows Azure Service Bus EAI & EDI – Dec 2011 Release. A walk through and work-arounds. Release Notes: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh689854.aspx Good To Have: Use Microsoft Platform Installer to install Azure SDK http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/install.aspx?appid=WindowsAzureToolsVS2010 Prerequisite: Windows Server Appfabric 1.0 SDK http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=15848 Hotfixes and updates: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh351221.aspx According to documentation this is the version I need for Server 2008 R2 x64 Click the appropriate Download button Follow Screens, Click next I setup to run all possible services. The services will then install: This will then point you to updates that have come out since the release. Configure Appfabric First Configure the Monitoring Configuration Set to your Monitoring Store Database: Rinse and repeat with Persistance: If you are using a domain you can use the network service account and SQL as the provider here. Finally you can check in Internet Information Services (INETMGR.EXE) to see if you ahve the appfabric dashboard. If you would like to setup caching: If you don't have IIS Compatibility Metabase ServiceBus EAI & EDI Labs
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Installing Windows 8 with Developer Tools on a netbook without a CD-ROM
I bought an Inspiron Duo over the last week or so and I am highly impressed by it, not only is the touch screen responsive. It is as powerful as my old work laptop, runs windows 7 and Windows 8. I ran into quite a few problems trying to install. Tools needed: USB Drive 8-16GB Windows 7 DVD USB Download I used this to load the windows 8 USB (With Developer Preview) WinToFlash (incase the above errors). I used this to load Windows 7 Ultimate SP 1 onto a USB . Problem: The USB drives have a hard cap on file size, the Windows 8 Developer Preview install.wim file is too large to copy to the USB. So I have seen tons of people with the windows 8 operating system, but none with the OS and all the tools as well. The Windows 7 DVD tool errored when trying to use it on Windows 7 but came in handy on Windows 8 Once you have the setup files copied to the USB, in the DUO you can hit F2 for a boot menu and select Install from USB. On the Duo it had a 350 GB HD and the ITB drive I bought had an extra platter so it wouldnt fit :(. I went with 50 GB on windows 7 with VS, Expression, Office and 50GB on Wind0ws 8 with 200 GB of shared storage. The Windows 7 tool uses some bit transfer that bypasses the maximum and allows for the install.wim to be loaded onto the usb without having to do any tricky file splitting. Share on Facebook


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Persistent Ambivalence: Theorizing Queer East German Studies
- Author(s):
- Kyle Frackman (see profile)
- Date:
- 2018
- Group(s):
- LGBTQ Studies, LLC 20th- and 21st-Century German, Queer German Studies
- Subject(s):
- Germany (East), Affect (Psychology), Culture and law, Motion pictures, Seduction
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- youth, Homosexuality, Surveillance, East Germany, Affect, Queer and gender studies, Law and culture, Film
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6BW06
- Abstract:
- The German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) had an ambivalent relationship with homosexuality. Under the principles of socialism, everyone was welcome to contribute to the greater good. The situation for queer people, here lesbians and gay men, was different: one of illegality and invisibility. A difficulty in analyzing these experiences is the theory and methodology necessary to find them and draw them together in an historical narrative. This essay offers a mode of analysis in which theories of affect illustrate long-term trends in East German conceptualizations of same-sex sexuality. By discussing a 1950 court ruling and a 1989 film, the essay demonstrates the persistence of homophobic prejudice and fear of homosexual seduction of young people and the links to historical and legal developments.
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- Pub. DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2017.1423220
- Publisher:
- Informa UK Limited
- Pub. Date:
- 2018-1-16
- Journal:
- Journal of Homosexuality
- Page Range:
- 1 - 21
- 0091-8369,1540-3602
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
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Book People of Moscow
September 21, 2017 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Please join us at Book People of Moscow in Moscow, Idaho, for a reading and signing with Eowyn Ivey. Ivey's new novel, To the Bright Edge of the World, is a tale of discovery, adventure, love, and survival, set at the end of the nineteenth century in the Alaskan Landscape.