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Live in Sofia, Bulgaria
on 19 May 2017
at Club Live & Loud
8, Pozitano Str., Sofia, Bulgaria
The Italian Neofolk top-rankers Spiritual Front with a show in Sofia in May!
Spiritual Front are one of the leading Neofolk bands. It can be argued seriously though with all the stipulations, it is difficult to put the band in strict stylistic boundaries. Among the well acquainted you can hear someone calling the style of the band "mafia folk" because of the inextricable link of the artists with Italian culture, history and all its deposits with particular emphasis on film art and music from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
They themselves have labeled it "suicidal pop" but whether it fits the music searches and experiments of those tempted by a more romantic and at the same time in a way perverse past, tempted by the dark recesses of the human soul and musicians dedicated to passions and longings...
The Spiritual Front show besides being served as an extremely elegant musical experience, includes visual impressions that will be a good game of hidden and very clear messages to fans of classic Italian cinema. As for the rest, this will be a new world, the thrill of which you will see in the face of Simone Salvatori.
The heart of the formation Simone - vocals and acoustic guitars is a charismatic personality, gathered in himself the talent and charisma of Elvis Presley and the dark, melancholy and love of guitar of Johnny Cash. Add to that a pinch of Italian romanticism and Scandinavian sensuality, and here is Salvatori.
In fact, Simone Salvatori already visited the country, but as a solo artist at Tattoo Fest, organized by Emil Saparevski in 2011. Those who missed to see him then still cannot get over it and now they will get their chance, and those who attended it are certainly hungry for more and more of the sweet poison of Simone and Spiritual Front and will surely be among the first to buy a ticket for the concert. It will be on May 19th at Club Live & Loud.
The musicians have prepared a long set and will perform classics as well as new compositions.
30 tickets are on sale via eTicketsMall and online at WWW.LIVEANDLOUD.NET at the price of 17 BGN. For the next tickets the price will be 22 BGN and on the day of the event (if there are any tickets left), they will be available only at the door at 28 BGN. Ticket number is limited and we recommend that you secure yours in time.
Preliminary schedule for the event:
21.30 Doors Open
21.30-22.45 Warm-up music
22.45-00.15 SPIRITUAL FRONT Live
00.15-02.45 Afterparty with DJs Gothprince, Elina-Dark Angel & Miss Markita
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Research Reading Strategies & Modernism with "The Turtle"
Lesson 1 of 9
Objective: SWBAT reflect on reading habits and evaluate author choices and allegory in an excerpt from Steinbeck through class discussion focusing on personification.
Big Idea: Get reflective with data-driven discussion on reading strategies for research & an investigation of allegory with a fierce Modernist turtle!
Last class period, students took a Research Attitudes and Attributes survey to report and evaluate their research skills, so today we will begin by going over those survey results. First, I will show students the results of their Research Attitudes & Attributes survey, pointing out interesting statistics and gathering further insight to explain results from students.
- Slide 3:
- Why do you think this discrepancy between what you feel you should do and what you actually do exists? (I have no idea how students will answer, but I'd be willing to bet it has something to do with being lazy?)
- I will again try to cajole students into writing while they research, using examples from my own past to help show students that ALL people do better while engaging like this. I always share how in college I had whole notebooks of summarized Shakespeare plays, Nietzsche, and Eco essays that really helped me understand the material better. Most students lean on Sparknotes, but CREATING the Sparknotes yourself is so much more valuable for learning!
- Slide 4:
- How effective is rereading? What do you do to make it more effective? Are there times that it works better than other times? Are there times where this does NOT work? (Students will have a variety of answers, but I would assume that they don't see rereading as the most effective behavior, despite it's popularity. I will be primarily interested in learning if they are doing anything WHILE rereading that is helping them and what happens after all the rereading that helps them ensure the new knowledge sticks.)
- Underlining and highlighting are both pretty popular as well. How do you decide what to highlight or underline? How does this action specifically help your comprehension or retention? (Students will probably say they highlight vocabulary words or main ideas, though they also struggle with what exactly main ideas are in high-level text. Ideally, students will report that highlighting and underlining make it easier to go back to the text to study what's important--a fact that I want to exploit when talking about rereading with no writing to "shortlist" the important features!)
- Finally, I will basically emphasize how proud I am of their wider array of study reading behaviors, while noting that anything taking writing is less common.
- Slide 5:
- I'm so proud of you that MOST students have some kind of strategy while reading! Are there any on this list that you think you should be doing more of or that surprise you how many people are or are not doing them?
- Slide 6:
- It looks like there are a lot of similarities here. Most people report changing reading approaches for different classes. What does that look like? What changes? (Students will probably say something about the depth of reading for non-ELA classes or that their teachers have different requirements. Students could also mention that different classes may interest them more, less, or in different ways, so their reading approach changes.)
- What does "selectively" mean here? When you hear the word "selective" paired with an action, does it usually have a positive or negative connotation? Is selective reading a positive or negative practice? (Students will probably easily answer that selective means only some, and if their childhood is anything like mine, they'll also probably link "selective" ANYTHING ["selective listening," anyone?] with a negative connotation. I want to really emphasize that reading selectively is a legitimate reading practice, not a bad one. Different purposes for reading determines the depth of reading, so students SHOULD be selectively reading! Skimming an article to see if it's of use to their research, scanning a textbook's table of contents for the appropriate section, or close-reading a Supreme Court ruling to apply it to an existing issue should ALL be part of a successful student's repertoire of strategies.)
- Slide 7:
- Primarily I want to point out that I'm thrilled about how confident my readers are becoming. I will also suggest that students should be pushing themselves to read more complex texts on the border of their understanding level so that they can improve and grow! If you're using an article for research and have no clue what it's saying, then obviously steer clear of it, but if you're getting most of it or reading something for pleasure, I will advocate stretching your text complexity levels! The Common Core wants students to become grade proficient and college ready, and the only way we'll do that is taking that new-found confidence and pushing our boundaries!
- Slide 8:
- Again, I will give kudos to so many students constantly evaluating author credibility, but I also want to note that 100% of students should be in the "Strongly Agree" column. I want students to be critical readers, so a constant eye on author's perspective, biases, etc., is required. Not to sound too X-Files-ish, but my motto for research is also "Trust No One."
- Similarly, I want to emphasize and empower students into disagreeing with the author as an authority figure. Even "experts" can be wrong, and readers, when they have also done research and have issues with authors based on logic and reason, are absolutely entitled to their opinion. Just because someone is printed (or even your teacher, I say!), it doesn't end the discourse!
- Break students into groups of 2-3. I have my students in "pods" of 3 that makes grouping easy!
- Groups will view the "Translation Challenge" Image (since we're on Chromebooks, I made it an image to avoid students being able to simply copy/paste the text into Google), then begin using the International Morse Code Key to "translate" the image. Students may NOT using any writing utensils during this activity to mimic the process of struggling to decode complex text but not writing anything down while decoding!
- Tell students that the first group to correctly win the challenge wins a prize (of your choosing). The answer key is included in the Resources section. When I was choosing what text to use for this assignment, I just summarized part of a news article I found on Twitter that contained dry information with unusual context and larger vocabulary words to mirror the kinds of text they may find researching.
- When students are at a frustration level (or you need to move on for time!), allow students to begin writing things down so that they get a better understanding of how helpful it is to decoding and recalling information that is outside of their typical comfort level.
- Before wrapping up entirely, ask students to verbally reflect on the experience and how it relates to writing while they read.
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- Did you like Actively Learn more than the Metacognitive Reading Logs? Explain.
- Do you think it improved your comprehension of the story? Explain.
- If you could change one thing about the Actively Learn experience, what would it be? Why? Explain.
After our quickwrite, students will briefly share their views (2-3 minutes max) on what I could do to improve the platform and make it more relevant to them. I do this to encourage students to share in their learning, even if they didn't feel inspired enough to write it in the quickwrite, they might all think it's a great idea! Then, we will review "To Build a Fire," focusing on the questions in the "To Build a Fire Discussion" document in the Resources section.
Finally, we will segue from Naturalism to Modernism by reading the Characteristics of Modernism information and comparing/contrasting it to Naturalism. While we read the link, I will write main notes on the board, which are also included in the Resources section.
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- Do you think it's weird that this entire first paragraph is not about the turtle (who the excerpt is named for)? What IS it about? (Students will have varying opinions on the weirdness of the choice, but they must also objectively summarize the paragraph as a description of the setting. They should also connect that of ALL the vegetation Steinbeck could describe, he chooses these plants to describe and comment on. Draw attention to the pictures attached in the Actively Learn module to emphasize that he describes grass heads with oat beards, foxtails, and clover burrs.)
- What structure do all these plants have in common? What common need do they all have to ensure they spread and continue to populate the area? (Students will likely have to use the pictures to better understand the text here, because not many of my students are outdoorsy enough to recognize these types of plants. Upon viewing, they will better understand that these all have exposed seeds. Using the text, students will also explain that they all need some outside force like wind, animals, people, etc., to carry their seeds.)
- What happens to these plants if nothing ever comes along to carry their seeds away? (Again, this is more a question for my city-folk kids to make sure they understand that without something active to move these seeds, they just sit passive and unable to carry out their duty and continue life. Trees with "helicopters" are a great analogy to make to these plants, since my students probably more frequently come into contact with those than these other plants. They will better be able to understand what happens to these seeds without something blowing them out from under the tree or carrying them away.)
- Why do you think Steinbeck would start off this section about a turtle with no text about a turtle? (Students will be able to probably vaguely state that he is building up for some larger message or at least giving the reader a clear perspective on the setting.)
- I have a weird (but true) fear of turtles. Despite my turtle-fear, I am madly in love with this particular turtle. What descriptions make him SO LIKABLE, even if you don't love turtles? Why? (Students will make fun of me for being afraid of turtles--though it's really only fresh-water turtles that creep me out...tortoises and land turtles are generally adorable!--and then they will point to the way he "boost[s] and drag[s] his shell along," his relentlessness, the way things just slide off of him, his little ajar mouth, his turtle-eyebrows, and his "fierce, humorous eyes." They will also relate that these characteristics are more human-sounding than turtle-sounding and that he personifies traits we really like in people. Making the connection to personification is key here, so keep them talking until they get there!)
- I agree whole-heartedly! This turtle actually reminds me of Mr. Wohlers (one of our very-favorite science teachers here!), specifically because of those "fierce, humorous eyes." That's such a great way to say it. What does that look like in people? Do you think turtles can really look this way with their eyes? (Depending on the class, it might take a minute or two to get to the idea that fierce, smiling eyes are full of life and mischief--aka, Mr. Wohlers. I call them "old man eyes" in class, because I think everyone has known at least one old man who is a good-natured trouble-maker, sneaking an extra cookie from the jar when his wife isn't looking, playing a prank on one of the grandkids, staying for an extra cup of coffee at wherever the old men congregate to gossip in the morning, or something of the sort. After thought and viewing the image of a turtle, they will report that turtle eyes really probably couldn't look like this, which furthers the idea that Steinbeck is purposefully humanizing this turtle for some larger purpose.)
- The turtle's venture over the wall is again highly personified. What else do you see here? (Students will point out that he's holding his head high, blinking poignantly, raising his head to peer, and MOST importantly, using his "hands" to brace and lift himself.)
- If you complain about your games now, imagine growing up with Tiddly-Winks. This was a legitimate game (that was also fun, if you can believe). Check out the link to give you a new insight of how this truck vs. turtle collision looked!
- Someone objectively summarize for me the incidents while he was crossing the highway. (Students will be quick to state that a woman driver saw him and swerved to miss him, while the next male driver swerved to run him over. He was flipped off of the highway, but on his back. After a struggle, he rights himself and keeps moving, still in good spirits. Most of the time, students will miss the fact that he planted the seed from earlier, which is important to our understanding of the allegory. If this is the case, I will ask "What else happened here?" until they tell me a seed was planted.)
- Where did the turtle pick up this seed? Under what circumstances? (Students will go back in the text to see that the seed got wedged in his shell when the ant attacked him. I will mark this on my illustration.)
- If the turtle's journey is parallel to the journey of LIFE, what does the ant represent? The woman driver? The male driver? What literary technique is when a story uses symbols in the plot, setting, and characters to create an overall symbolic meaning and ultimately, a life lesson? (Students can start in any order, but they typically go for the male driver first, since he's the people who are out to hurt you and don't care about your outcome. They will recognize the woman driver as people that go out of their way or even put themselves in peril to save you or help you, and they will identify the ant as one of any number of problems that people face. It will be important to get them thinking about the significance of the ant, as it was only the "negative" interaction with the ant that brought about such a positive ending for the seed. They will also relate this story as an allegory.)
- The story starts off with a discussion about how seeds travel, then we see that "seed" element show up at two other points in the story (illustrate using picture on board). What are seeds typically an archetype (pattern that shows up repeatedly in literature) for? Explain why. (Students should be familiar with seeds being represented as life since they are quite-literally life-bringing.)
- Ultimately, the seed is successfully planted. What does this mean for the allegory? (Students must connect two parts here. The first is that life continues. The turtle is representative of the human plight, which carries on and furthers humanity. Since the seed was planted, life continues and we get to keep on going. It didn't really matter that the turtle wasn't AWARE that he was doing something so monumental. He was just going about his turtle-business and that's what propels life here. His determination to "keep on, keepin' on," even in the face of obstacles--and sometimes BECAUSE of those obstacles--is what humans do and need to continue to do.)
- Would the story have been so positive if the turtle made it across the road, but the seed wasn't planted? (Students will want desperately to say yes here, but when giving thought to the allegory and structure of the work, they have to say NO. He introduces those all-important seeds before the turtle, and it's clear that once that seed gets stuck in his shell, he MUST deposit it to be metaphorically successful.)
- Would the story still have been positive if the turtle died, but the seed was successfully planted? (Again, students will want to fight this on their own perspective, but remind them to consider the TEXT, TEXT STRUCTURE, and ALLEGORY. Once they do this, they will see that the turtle isn't the most important. The seed is. If he continues life for something larger, but gives his own after such struggle and determination, it would still be positive. I will equate this to other professions where great sacrifice sometimes happens, like firemen, police, armed forces, etc., but the outcome is looked upon as heroic because of their sacrifice.)
- Why do you think Steinbeck chose to end the story of the turtle this way instead of telling us what happens to him in his coming journey? (Students will explain that his journey isn't finished and that Steinbeck is probably commenting on some sort of ongoing struggle, like the Great Depression or Dust Bowl that we saw in our historical context of the time.)
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For homework, students need to revise their five thesis statement options (which originally emerged from their Interest Inventories). These must be done so that we can create a Google Form for class voting next time.


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Williamsburg, Massachusetts was incorporated as a town in 1775. Williamsburg, Massachusetts, was once home to many factories, including a silk mill, a brass works and the first ivory button shop in the country. The town has two villages, Haydenville and Williamsburg. This map was published in 1873 and shows the town as it was before the tragic flood of 1874. When the Mill River flood occurred on May 16, 1874, it was the deadliest dam failure in the U.S. A total of 139 persons died, and the valley lined with factories, farms, and homes was devastated.
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The following is reposted with permission from Embrace. The original post appears here, originally published June 27, 2011.
The Embrace Infant Warmer (profiled here on BoP Designer) is a low cost alternative to traditional incubators with many other benefits. In this insightful post, Embrace's designers answer questions about design thinking and what it means to have been selected as a finalist for the INDEX 2011 design awards, asked by Embrace's Business Development Manager, Ana Manzur-Allan:
Ana: Somebody said that to be an effective designer for social impact, we need to be humble listeners and fearless leaders, all at the same time, which is no easy feat. What are your thoughts on this?
Eu-wen: The person who said this was Emily Pilloton, founder of Project H Design and she is absolutely right. One of the key difficulties we face in our work is that the vision we have of the future, the vision that inspires and drives us in our work, is a fiction that many of our users and external stakeholders find difficult to be able to share with us. Our users grow up under severe resource constraints, and tightly circumscribed sociocultural norms. Opportunity to dream of something better is a luxury that we take for granted, but is often not even a rewarding exercise for people like our users because more often than not, that is exactly what it turns out to be for them – a dream.
Thus it is rare for us to be able to effectively co-create with our users, especially under the kind of pressing timelines that we put on ourselves (change should have happened yesterday, and I am impatient). The only viable strategy to create effective design for social impact, is then to carefully understand our users as best we can, in ways that they might not even be able to imagine themselves because we are imagining them interacting in a future with a new product that does not really exist yet. It then becomes our terrifying responsibility to take this understanding, and boldly make design decisions on behalf of our user. I guess I actually would tweak Pilloton's statement to say "bold" rather than "fearless" because especially where Embrace is concerned, developing medical devices for social impact, failures in our design's usability can lead to exposing infants to more harm than good, and so it is with no small amount of both boldness and trepidation that I craft my design.
The nutshell is this: Designers and engineers generally do not come from poor villages. They thus need the humility and tremendous empathy to understand their users who come from completely different backgrounds and often utilize very different mental models to understand and frame their world. Bold leadership is thus especially necessary when you consider how audacious and presumptuous one must be to create a design for people so unlike yourself. Continue reading


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Junior varsity places second
The Kane boys' junior varsity team placed second at the Keystone Tip-off Tournament held this past weekend. The Wolves defeated the Keystone Panthers 49-44 to earn a spot in the championship game where they lost to DuBois. Andy Bundy and Jack Kocjancic were selected to the All-tournament team.


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New York: Flavia Pennetta`s dream of a first grand slam final was crushed by Victoria Azarenka`s straight sets semi-final win on Friday but the Italian left the US Open still proud of her unexpected run to the last four.
Three times previously Pennetta has been beaten at the quarter-final stage at Flushing Meadows and few had anticipated doing better just a year after a serious wrist injury.
"It wouldn`t be right to leave here feeling regrets. It has been a great tournament for me," the Italian told reporters after her 6-4 6-2 loss.
"Sure, there is a little bit of a bitter taste in my mouth about losing but this has been a super and positive week.
"I played the number two in the world and I had my chances," added the 31-year-old from Puglia.
Having returned from injury slowly, with some poor results in the first half of the year, Pennetta showed throughout the tournament a wide range of shots and an ability to mix them up.
But while her best ever performance in a grand slam comes just 12 months after missing the US Open while she sat at home recovering from wrist surgery, Pennetta rejected the notion that she was enjoying a second career.
"I don`t think so. There are ups and downs in every career and each game only lasts for one day and you have to move on to the next one," she said.
"I really didn`t expect to arrive at this level this year to be honest."
In the past Pennetta has had a tendency to be over-adventurous but she said against Azarenka she had reined in her attacking instincts.
"To beat these kind of players you have to play very aggressively, you have to try to find more winners and in that case you`re going to miss more also.
"But actually today I think I didn`t do it too much. I didn`t go for a big, big winners all the time.
"She`s stronger than me and in the end she was winning more points than me."


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"Fidelito," as he was popularly known in Cuba, was the author of 11 books and over 150 scientific articles on nuclear physics, energy and its relation to environmental studies. In a 2013 interview with RT, he said his interest in the sciences was boosted by the revolution, and that he had studied nuclear physics in the former Soviet Union. His death has come as a shock to many, especially due to his fathers long and iconic role in the countries recent revolutionary history. According to the Miami Herald via The Independent, Mr. Díaz-Balart once served as head of Cuba's nuclear power programme until he was reportedly fired from that position by Fidel Castro himself. 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Before the move, Butina was subjected to a "degrading full strip search," and all her things were taken away, including books, shoes, towels and other hygiene items. Butina was moved to a prison in Alexandria, Virginia, and spent the next 12 hours in a quarantine cell with no food and all the lights on, unable to sleep. She will now be kept in "administrative segregation,"which means locked up in solitary confinement – conditions bordering on torture, the embassy says. Embassy staff paid an emergency visit to Butina in her new place of detention. They also intend to send another note of official protest to the US Department of State, in addition to the one recently filed over the inhumane treatment of the Russian citizen. "We have more and more questions to the U.S. justice system," the embassy says in a Facebook post. "Should allegations pressed against Maria before the actual trial condemn her to practices that are slightly below torture? It seems that the reason behind the US decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council was to give the US authorities green light for such provocations." The majority of US government agencies have been pursuing an increasingly aggressive stance towards the Russian Federation without any hard evidence for cause for over two years now. In the last week a painful sanctions package was approved which goes into effect on Wednesday this week. As we have reported at the Duran, this action appears to be serving a dual purpose – to isolate and hurt Russia in her own ability to remain sovereign and not part of the globalist agenda, and at the same time to create a situation through which the removal of US President Donald Trump may be initiated after the midterms in November. Added to this is the recent arrest and imprisonment of 29-year-old Maria Butina, a Russian political activist who supports a Russian pro-gun group called "Right to Bear Arms." In this regard, she was a known presence at gun-rights lobbies in the US, where she was living and studying at the American University in Washington, DC. Her involvement in US politics, notably the National Rifle Association and her alliances with Republicans and conservatives in the US made her a target for accusation as a Russian agent, presumably to further bolster the idea that Trump and by extension, members of the Republican Party at large were in alliance with with the Russians in the like manner as the "election collusion" narrative that has been the dead weight on the Trump presidency since before day one. Butina is being held on conspiracy charges that would be laughable to even think of any other time. Like Russiagate, these charges are unsubstantiated. Like Russiagate, these charges are in reaction to the fact that Mr. Trump won the presidency and not Hillary Clinton. And, like Russiagate, these charges are a major attempt to cut Russia off from the world, simply because Russia will not play the globalist game. Again here, one need only refer to Vladimir Putin's speech in Valdai in 2013 to see the battle lines that are drawn. One can only wonder at the insanity of the American government apparatus and the power that seems to be operating through it. This is not the way the United States used to be. Continue Reading Latest Liberal Hollywood caught in sexual feeding frenzy Asia Argento called out by a man SHE sexually abused, revealing the true nature of Hollywood's "moral cause". Published 19 hours ago on August 20, 2018 By Seraphim Hanisch The #MeToo phenomenon looked to the first glance a bit like a "moral snapback" in Hollywood, as it appeared that the years of hidden sexual perversity and predatory behavior was being revealed so that it might be stopped. Support The Duran – Browse our Shop >> However, a slightly more serious look at this began to reveal that it was far less upstanding than Hollywood's elite wanted the adoring public to believe. Swiftly, the movement became the feminist movement's latest salvo against men, because it provided women accusers with virtually unlimited power to defame any man – all that was needed was for her to say that man X made an unwanted advance and that man's life would be mired in the mud of slander. In some cases, of course the presence of sexual abuse was real, and tragic. However, as with many attacks from the dark side, a little truth mixed with the lie makes the lie much stronger, and this recipe proved a huge success for the #MeToo movement. The viral spread of this hashtag and the social "outrage" associated with it turned the lives of many people completely upside down. However, now the truth begins to show. And what's more, it begins to show how utterly rotten and, honestly, evil this group of people can be. Asia Argento is an actress who was one of the early accusers of the producing mogul Harvey Weinstein, arguably the "Wanted" poster child of #MeToo. This woman is physically very beautiful, which makes her someone easy to believe by the elite and by the foolish who take her appearance as somehow proof that she is good. So, her accusations against Mr. Weinstein held, despite the fact that she continued having sexual relations with him for years afterward. She blamed Weinstein for this situation saying about this, "after the rape, he won." But late Sunday night on August 19th, news began to surface that Argento had herself seduced and forcibly had sexual relations with a 17 year old actor, Jimmy Bennett, when she was 37 herself. After Argento had gone public with her accusation against Weinstein, Mr. Bennett's lawyer notified Argento of his intention to sue her for US $3.5 million for emotional distress, lost wages and assault and battery. Asia Argento agreed to pay him off to the tune of $380,000. This was reported by The New York Times. This is not the only damaged person in contact with Ms. Argento. Just two months ago on 7 June, her lover Anthony Bourdain was found dead in his hotel room at only 61. Mr. Bourdain reportedly suffered from severe alcoholism and its accompanying depression and suicidal tendencies. The #MeToo movement went extremely viral in its early months, and commentator Rush Limbaugh characterized it as the latest onslaught against men by feminists: I'm going to tell you, if you're in politics and you've ever looked at a woman the wrong way, you can expect a woman at some point to go public and say so. In fact, because of the success they had with this, it's entirely possible that men who haven't done a single thing in terms of mistreating a woman, abusing her, or harassing her, are still, nevertheless, going to be accused of it. It has become a political tactic. We have now had — this is a point that I made yesterday — we have now had something that is a genuinely serious thing in its own right and its own contained universe. Sexual harassment, the use of sexual harassment, the treatment of women, or others, in the workplace, that's a legitimate thing. But it's now just been corrupted and weaponized and made to look like a political opposition research weapon, and that's exactly what's happened. And so, anybody can see, and you can see that when one of these allegations is made, the women are believed, and the men who are accused are not. Which means the men have to prove a negative and the accusers don't have to prove anything. That is a powerful weapon the Democrats have decided to use. And believe me, as we speak, they are behind closed doors creating further strategems using this, and they are picking their targets. And you're going to see more of it, I predict. This present issue though with Mr. Bennett's situation shows that this is actually much worse than just the latest outbreak of feminism. The elite in the United States comprises the actors and musicians that have made their names everyday references in popular culture for almost the entire country. These "beautiful people" are tracked by paparazzi and now, apparently, newspapers of national and international significance. Further, the revelation of impropriety among Hollywood elite was mistakenly presented (perhaps deliberately so) as an attempt to make Hollywood look as though it were beyond reproach. The reasons for this are not clear, but speculation exists that it was a setup for an ego te absolvo moment for the Left so they could attack Trump from a "moral high ground." But the very prominent expression of "moral outrage" among such "leaders" in this group falls apart when one sees that this group is not at all guided by anything that is truly good. Jimmy Bennett's case speaks most powerfully about this, because he was raped, essentially, by a woman who he had come to associate in his mind as a "mother figure." He got a payout, but there is no outrage to speak of against Asia Argento. She made the news because of this revelation but all it appears to show is that the Hollywood elite are eating each other. This woman has some very dark liaisons, too, and the aura of death and decay surrounds her. Yet, she is still a "star." Perhaps a good aspect of this report is that we see it a bit more clearly for what it is. But, that is what many of us said when Harvey Weinstein's escapades were revealed. Continue Reading Latest What if Russiagate is the New WMDs? Democrats, certain in their accusations of guilt, sound a lot like Republicans in 2002. Published 1 day ago on August 20, 2018 By The Duran Authored by Jack Hunter via The American Conservative: "The evidence against Trump and Russia is huge and mounting every day," declared liberal celebrity activist Rosie O'Donnell at a protest in front of the White House last week. "We see it, he can't lie about it," she added. "He is going down and so will all of his administration." "The charge is treason," O'Donnell declared. Protesters held held large letters that spelled it out: "T-R-E-A-S-O-N." O'Donnell is by no means alone in her sentiments. Trump's guilt in "Russiagate" is now assumed by much of the American left, and reaches greater levels of fervor with every passing day. This kind of partisan religiosity is not new. In the wake of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, conservative pundit Ann Coulter accused war opponents of "treason" and insisted of Saddam Hussein, "We know he had weapons of mass destruction." Coulter was confident and she wasn't alone. Virtually the entire mainstream American right—from pundits like Coulter and Sean Hannity to President George W. Bush and the Republican Congress—was deeply invested in the notion that Hussein possessed WMDs and that the Iraq war was justified based on that unshakeable premise. This belief was so ingrained for so long that many excitedly rushed to pretend that chemical weapons discovered in Iraq as reported by the New York Times in 2014 were somehow the same thing as the "mushroom cloud" the Bush administration said Saddam was capable of. Unfortunately for the right (and America, and the world), that premise turned out to be false. There were no WMDs. Today, only a minority of delusional, face-saving hawks and unreconstructed neoconservatives still parrot that lie. And far from being "traitors," Iraq war opponents today are considered to have been on the right side of history. Now, "Russian collusion" could be becoming the new WMDs. The post-2016 left's most dominant narrative is arguably their deeply held belief—with all the ferocity and piety of yesterday's pro-war conservatives—that Russia colluded with Trump's campaign to undermine the presidential election. Many believe that the president and anyone who supports his diplomatic efforts like Senator Rand Paul are in the pocket of Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I will meet not just with our friends, but with our enemies," said Barack Obama in 2008, and he did just that with Putin, as has every other president in recent times. But Trump-Russia relations have been spun into far-fetched conspiracy theories on the left. New York Magazine's Jonathan Chait recently went so far as to speculate that Trump has been a Russian agent since 1987, a cockamamie idea on par with the Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes' discredited conspiracy theory that Saddam and Osama bin Laden were in cahoots. It really was plausible that Iraq had WMDs in 2003 based on what our intelligence agencies knew, or purported to know. Today, it is feasible that American democracy really has Putin's fingerprints on it based on things revealed by U.S. intelligence. But isn't it also possible that the left is reading far too much into Russiagate? The Nation's Aaron Maté believes liberals are overreaching, and that's putting it mildly: From the outset, Russiagate proponents have exhibited a blind faith in the unverified claims of US government officials and other sources, most of them unnamed. The reaction to special counsel Robert Mueller's recent indictment of 12 Russian military-intelligence officers for hacking of Democratic party servers and voter databases is no exception. Mueller's indictment is certainly detailed. Most significantly, it marks the first time anyone has been charged for offenses related to Russiagate's underlying crime. But while it is a major step forward in the investigation, we have yet to see the basis for the allegations that Mueller has lodged. As with any criminal case, from a petty offense to a cybercrime charge against a foreign government, a verdict cannot be formed in the absence of this evidence. Then the irony kicks in. Maté continues, "The record of US intelligence, replete with lies and errors, underscores the need for caution. Mueller was a player in one of this century's most disastrous follies when, in congressional testimony, he endorsed claims about Iraqi WMDs and warned that Saddam Hussein 'may supply' chemical and biological material to 'terrorists.'" Noting Mueller's 2003 WMD testimony is not an attempt to undermine him or his investigation, something Maté also makes clear. But it does serve as an important reminder that "intelligence" can be flat-out wrong. It reminds us how these scenarios, which so much of Washington and the elite class fully endorse, can be looked back on as lapses of reason years later. Mass psychology is real. Political classes and parties are not immune. "Suppose, however, that all of the claims about Russian meddling turn out to be true," Maté asks. "Hacking e-mails and voter databases is certainly a crime, and seeking to influence another country's election can never be justified." He continues, "But the procession of elite voices falling over themselves to declare that stealing e-mails and running juvenile social-media ads amount to an 'attack,' even an 'act of war,' are escalating a panic when a sober assessment is what is most needed." The U.S. could have certainly used less hyperbole and more sobriety in 2002 and 2003. And there's good chance that when the history books are written about American politics circa 2018, much of Russiagate will be dismissed as more Red Scare than Red Dawn. With Russia, as with WMDs, left and right have elevated slivers of legitimate security concerns to the level of existential threat based mostly on their own partisanship. That kind of thinking has already proven to be dangerous. 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Update: Woman Hit On Ohio 66
ST. MARYS — A St. Marys woman was flown to a Lima hospital after she was hit while walking across Ohio 66 Thursday morning.
According to a report from the Wapakoneta Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at approximately 11:05 a.m., Kathleen M. Jamieson, 74, of St. Marys, was walking from west to east across Ohio 66 when she was struck by a 2010 Chrysler Town and Country minivan driven north on Ohio 66 by Billie J. Cox, 20, of Houston. Jamieson was struck and came to rest in the road.
Cox was uninjured. Jamieson suffered incapacitating injuries and was transported to Joint Township District Memorial Hospital in St. Marys by members of the St. Marys Fire and Rescue Squad. She was later flown to St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, where she is listed in critical condition, according to a news release from the highway patrol.
Traffic was backed up in both directions for a short period of time as troopers investigated the crash. The crash remains under investigation.


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Reports: Prosecutors wrap up probe of Vatican bank
Jul. 02, 2013
ROME (AP) — Prosecutors have wrapped up their money-laundering investigation into the Vatican bank and are focusing on the institute's two recently resigned managers, Italian news reports said Tuesday in the latest development to shake the Holy See.
Paolo Cipriani and Massimo Tulli stepped down late Monday from the Vatican bank — called Institute for Religious Works, or IOR — amid a criminal investigation into the bank's operations that has resulted in the arrest of a Vatican accountant.
The Vatican said the two resigned to make way for a new leadership to "increase the pace" of efforts to make the Holy See's finances more transparent. That suggests Cipriani, as IOR director, and Tulli, his deputy, hadn't embraced the full scope of reform required to comply with international norms to fight money-laundering and terror financing.
Cipriani was placed under investigation in 2010 for allegedly violating Italy's anti-money laundering laws stemming from a routine transaction involving an IOR account at an Italian bank. The bank's then-president, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, was placed under investigation as well and Italian police seized the 23 million euros ($30 million) in the account.
Italian news agency LaPresse said Tuesday that prosecutors were expected to exonerate Gotti Tedeschi in the case, since he didn't handle day-to-day bank operations. But, according to LaPresse, prosecutors said they would likely seek indictments for Cipriani and Tulli.
It's not clear what charges they could face since prosecutors in 2011 determined the Vatican had put into place a suitable legal regime to prevent money-laundering and ordered the 23 million euro released. Tulli isn't believed to be under investigation in that case, suggesting that other accusations might be involved.
The Vatican has long denied any wrongdoing and said the 2010 investigation resulted from a mere misunderstanding. Gotti Tedeschi, in the meantime, was ousted as IOR president last May, though the reasons weren't related to the investigation.
Tuesday's developments capped a remarkable week for the IOR: It began with Pope Francis' announcement that he was forming a commission of inquiry into the bank to get to the bottom of the problems that have plagued it for decades.
It peaked Friday with the arrest of Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, a Vatican accountant, in a purported plot to smuggle 20 million euros out of Switzerland into Italy. Scarano was already under investigation for using his account at the Vatican bank for alleged money-laundering.
And it continued with Monday's resignation of Cipriani and Tulli from the IOR. Interim managers who belong to the Promontory Group, a leading firm in the fight against money-laundering, were appointed.
Despite the rough week, the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano had some more lighthearted news to offer on Tuesday: Pope Francis' @Pontifex twitter account surpassed 7 million followers, combining the nine languages in which he tweets.
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Establishes baseline for measuring progress in achieving ambitious energy efficiency goals of Gov. Cuomo's BuildSmart NY program to increase energy efficiency by 20 percent at state government buildings
The New York Power Authority has announced the completion of a report on the energy use of New York state government buildings that provides a baseline for measuring the future progress of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's BuildSmart NY initiative. When fully carried out, BuildSmart NY, which will increase the energy efficiency of those building by 20 percent by 2020, will result in $100 million in annual taxpayer savings. It will also help eliminate 8 million metric tons of climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions - the equivalent of permanently removing 1.6 million cars from the road. (A metric ton equals nearly 2,205 pounds.)
"Today, New York again shows its leadership in protecting taxpayers, creating local jobs and helping the environment, with the information in the BuildSmart NY report," Cuomo said. "The report sets the groundwork for expanding energy efficiency in state facilities to save taxpayer dollars by curbing state energy use, generate green jobs in the energy efficiency industry, and cut greenhouse gas levels for reducing the state's carbon footprint. The report also provides a basis for measuring the progress of BuildSmart NY and will be updated annually on the advances we're making to ensure we're truly accountable to the people of the state for delivering the results in energy efficiency we set out to accomplish."
The "BuildSmart NY Baseline Energy Performance of New York State Government Buildings" report contains information on the energy use at approximately 212 million square feet of space comprising more than 16,000 state government buildings, for which it spends approximately $500 million annually on energy. BuildSmart NY stems from the governor's executive order 88 (EO 88) issued last December, which designates NYPA to coordinate the efforts to achieve the 20 percent mandated reduction in energy use.
Specifically, BuildSmart NY, which will prioritize projects at the largest and most inefficient buildings utilizing the data from the baseline report, will save taxpayer money on energy costs, catalyze the marketplace, and increase investment opportunities for private building owners and the clean energy technology industry. The governor's initiative will also increase energy security by reducing dependence on fossil fuels, reduce stress on energy transmission infrastructure and help protect the environment. In addition, the engineering, construction and other activities generated by these energy efficiency projects expect to contribute several thousand local "green jobs" to New York state's economy.
"As the central management and implementation manager of the governor's BuildSmart NY initiative, the Power Authority sees this benchmarking report as critical to the program's success. You can't manage what you don't measure," said Gil C. Quiniones NYPA president and CEO. "We have also committed $450 million in low-cost financing to implement energy efficiency improvements at state facilities to achieve the goals of the governor's initiative, and an additional $350 million for similar improvements on the county and local government level."
"Finding the right energy efficiency consulting, engineering and implementation resources can be challenging for state agencies and authorities," said Lloyd Kass, BuildSmart NY director. "The Power Authority, through competitive bidding, is developing a best-in-class group of contractors, and equipment and service providers to make available more wide-ranging and flexible services to help meet the needs of the participants in BuildSmart NY."
More than 90 percent of the state's square footage and energy consumption is associated with six state government entities: State University of New York; New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision; City University of New York; New York State Office of General Services; New York State Office of Mental Health; and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
One of the key findings about the buildings operated by those six entities is that individually metered buildings are more efficient than master-metered building complexes where one meter records all energy use. BuildSmart NY calls for energy master plans and energy audits to help find and prioritize energy efficiency opportunities at master-metered facilities. Several large SUNY campuses are currently undergoing energy master plans through BuildSmart NY.
Representatives from each of the state agencies and authorities with significant building energy use have worked with the staff at the governor's office, NYPA and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority during the past several months to gather, review and refine the baseline energy use data in the state buildings studied.
The report is available at http://www.nypa.gov/BuildSmartNY/BaselineEnergyReport08-2013.pdf. To learn more about Build Smart NY, visit www.buildsmart.ny.gov.


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Jim Cantiello returns as digital correspondent
Season one finalist Rachel Crow to appear on debut episode of "Pepsi PreShow Live" Thursday, Nov. 1
FOX, Syco and FremantleMedia announced Wednesday that actress/singer Adrienne Bailon, who is best known for her work in 3LW and the Cheetah Girls; and Jesse Giddings, a former MuchMusic Canada V.J. and musician, will join "The X Factor's" "Pepsi PreShow Live" as hosts. Jim Cantiello, formerly of MTV News, will return for his second season as digital correspondent.
The hour-long web-exclusive program streams live every Wednesday, one hour prior to "The X Factor's" weekly performance shows, at 7 p.m. live on thexfactorusa.com,pepsi.com and on The Xtra Factor app. "Pepsi PreShow Live" features interviews with the contestants, the judges, "The X Factor" production team, reporters and pundits, celebrity guests and, of course, the fans.
The first "Pepsi PreShow Live" program for season two will stream on a special night, Thursday, Nov. 1, and will feature season one alum Rachel Crow, as well as "The X Factor" Supervising Producer and choreographer Brian Friedman and pop culture pundits Jared Eng of JustJared.com and SuChin Pak of MTV fame, among other special guests.
"I feel so honored to be a part of 'The X Factor' family. I am a huge fan of the show and a huge fan of music. I started my career in music as a teen, so I'm excited to be a part of show that discovers great talent ... real talent!" said Bailon, of joining "Pepsi PreShow Live."
Added Giddings, "I'm thrilled at the opportunity to host the 'Pepsi PreShow Live' on this season of 'The X Factor.' I've been a fan of the show and Simon Cowell for years. This season promises to be amazing! I can't help but get excited about the possibilities. The contestants are so talented; it'll only make my job easier. I can't wait to bring all the excitement and exclusive access from backstage at 'The X Factor' to the fans online."
"I couldn't be happier to be back on 'The X Factor' team," Cantiello said. "I'm champing at the bit to ask the judges the burning questions that viewers ask themselves each week. If by the end of season two, I haven't made Simon cry during an interview, I will have failed."
This week on "The X Factor," the Top 16 will perform live for the first time on a special two-hour-and-seven-minute show Wednesday, Oct. 31 (8 p.m.), on Fox. Hosts Khloé Kardashian Odom and Mario Lopez will take "The X Factor" stage alongside judges Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears and L.A. Reid. Then, on Thursday, Nov. 1 (8 until 10 p.m.), the top finalists will be revealed, and return the following week to face America's vote.
Bailon first rose to prominence as a member of the '90s all-female group 3LW, which released three studio albums before splitting up in 2006. During the final years of 3LW, Bailon began working on the Disney Channel's telefilm franchise, "The Cheetah Girls," about four teenagers who form a girl group. The telefilms' soundtracks have been certified platinum and double-platinum by the RIAA. The group has four CDs that hit No. 1 on the Top Kid Audio chart and one that reached the top spot on the Top Soundtracks chart. Bailon also has appeared in several films, including playing opposite Samuel L. Jackson in 2005's "Coach Carter." Recently, she starred in her own reality series for the Style Network, "Empire Girls: Julissa and Adrienne" and she is currently working on new music.
Giddings, who hails from Langley, British Columbia, is revered as one of MuchMusic's respected VJs (2010-12), having hosted its flagship program, "New.Music.Live." He also is a musician signed to Universal Music Canada. His new EP, "Brighter," is slated for a spring 2013 release. In addition, Giddings is an international model represented by Elite Models and has worked as a model in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Toronto.
Cantiello is a pop culture addict who has worked for years as a producer, writer and correspondent for MTV News. His quick-witted 60-second recaps of popular reality TV shows earned him raves from fans and celebs alike, including Bravo's Andy Cohen and Martha Stewart. In 2011, while covering "The X Factor's" press junket, Cantiello's fun and fiery questions caught the eye of Cowell, who instantly tapped him to be a digital correspondent for the show's "Pepsi PreShow Live." Prior to that, he developed and piloted a Yahoo Web series, "Primetime In No Time," that went on to break Internet records in 2008. Other notable works include 2009's "MTV Detox" and "Date Night with Martha Stewart," on which he and his producer pal, Brendan Kennedy, wined and dined the domestic goddess on her daytime Hallmark Channel talk show.


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This week the American Heart Association released new guidelines for a first aid technique it calls 'hands-only CPR.' Rather than the multiple steps involved in traditional CPR, which includes mouth-to-mouth breathing, the 'hands only' CPR method distills CPR down to just two steps. First, call 911 or send someone to call 911. Second, begin providing high-quality chest compressions by pushing hard and fast in the center of the chest with minimal interruptions. The group recommends the technique for use on adults who suddenly collapse -- infants, children, people found unconscious and not breathing normally, and drowning victims should still get traditional CPR.
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Ah…I absolutely love grilling season. Chicken, pork, steak, a good juicy burger. Love them all. Plus, I can always rely on my husband to grill while I do everything else. Not to mention the clean-up is much easier.
With 4th of July almost upon us, I thought it was a good time to offer suggestions on what wines to pair with your cookout fare. I know you all have your own taste preferences so just consider this a guide.
Perfect Cookout Reds
Zinfandel is one of the most versatile reds because it pairs well with a variety of red meat options. It also works with zesty sauces like BBQ or steak sauce (for spicier sauces, try a Merlot). Its bold flavors of blackberry with hints of vanilla and coffee – yet medium body – make it a great option for burgers, ribs, hot dogs and grilled chicken. One of my faves is Cline, a California Zin.
Syrah/Shiraz, with its assertive fruit flavors and more mellow tannins, also is good with just about any red meat. Try Jacob's Creek Reserve Shiraz from the Barossa Region of South Australia or any of Mollydooker's Shiraz varieties – Blue Eyed Boy, The Boxer and Carnival of Love.
Pinot Noir is another great but lighter-style red that complements grilled fish, burgers and chicken. I like a few from California – Middle Sister Goodie Two-Shoes, Castle Rock and Irony Pinot Noir.
Grill-Friendly Whites
Riesling is an ideal white to have on hand at your upcoming cookout because it is so versatile. The balance of fruit and acidity with just a bit of sweetness make it a nice match for salads, hot dogs and brats, seafood and grilled veggies. I recommend Dr. Loosen "Dr. L" Riesling (Mosel, Germany) or Chateau Ste Michelle Columbia Valley Reisling.
Grilled chicken and pork chops love an unoaked Chardonnay. Try Four Vines "Naked" Chardonnay, Toad Hollow Chardonnay or Kim Crawford Marlborough Unoaked Chard.
If you are grilling something with an herbaceous or citrusy marinade (think Italian dressing, lemon, fresh herbs), then go for a Sauvignon Blanc. Because these marinades have characteristics similar to a Sauv Blanc, the flavors will really come out. Some of my favorites are Oyster Bay, Brancott and Benziger Sonoma Lake Sauvignon Blanc.
Do have any go-to wines for your cookouts? Please share. I'd love to hear them.
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15 U.S. Code § 78u–3 - Cease-and-desist proceedings
If the Commission finds, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that any person is violating, has violated, or is about to violate any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation thereunder, the Commission may publish its findings and enter an order requiring such person, and any other person that is, was, or would be a cause of the violation, due to an act or omission the person knew or should have known would contribute to such violation, to cease and desist from committing or causing such violation and any future violation of the same provision, rule, or regulation. Such order may, in addition to requiring a person to cease and desist from committing or causing a violation, require such person to comply, or to take steps to effect compliance, with such provision, rule, or regulation, upon such terms and conditions and within such time as the Commission may specify in such order. Any such order may, as the Commission deems appropriate, require future compliance or steps to effect future compliance, either permanently or for such period of time as the Commission may specify, with such provision, rule, or regulation with respect to any security, any issuer, or any other person.
The notice instituting proceedings pursuant to subsection (a) shall fix a hearing date not earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days after service of the notice unless an earlier or a later date is set by the Commission with the consent of any respondent so served.
Whenever the Commission determines that the alleged violation or threatened violation specified in the notice instituting proceedings pursuant to subsection (a), or the continuation thereof, is likely to result in significant dissipation or conversion of assets, significant harm to investors, or substantial harm to the public interest, including, but not limited to, losses to the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, prior to the completion of the proceedings, the Commission may enter a temporary order requiring the respondent to cease and desist from the violation or threatened violation and to take such action to prevent the violation or threatened violation and to prevent dissipation or conversion of assets, significant harm to investors, or substantial harm to the public interest as the Commission deems appropriate pending completion of such proceedings. Such an order shall be entered only after notice and opportunity for a hearing, unless the Commission determines that notice and hearing prior to entry would be impracticable or contrary to the public interest. A temporary order shall become effective upon service upon the respondent and, unless set aside, limited, or suspended by the Commission or a court of competent jurisdiction, shall remain effective and enforceable pending the completion of the proceedings.
Paragraph (1) shall apply only to a respondent that acts, or, at the time of the alleged misconduct acted, as a broker, dealer, investment adviser, investment company, municipal securities dealer, government securities broker, government securities dealer, registered public accounting firm (as defined in section 7201 of this title), or transfer agent, or is, or was at the time of the alleged misconduct, an associated person of, or a person seeking to become associated with, any of the foregoing.
Whenever, during the course of a lawful investigation involving possible violations of the Federal securities laws by an issuer of publicly traded securities or any of its directors, officers, partners, controlling persons, agents, or employees, it shall appear to the Commission that it is likely that the issuer will make extraordinary payments (whether compensation or otherwise) to any of the foregoing persons, the Commission may petition a Federal district court for a temporary order requiring the issuer to escrow, subject to court supervision, those payments in an interest-bearing account for 45 days.
A temporary order shall be entered under clause (i), only after notice and opportunity for a hearing, unless the court determines that notice and hearing prior to entry of the order would be impracticable or contrary to the public interest.
If the issuer or other person described in subparagraph (A) is charged with any violation of the Federal securities laws before the expiration of the effective period of a temporary order under subparagraph (A) (including any applicable extension period), the order shall remain in effect, subject to court approval, until the conclusion of any legal proceedings related thereto, and the affected issuer or other person, shall have the right to petition the court for review of the order.
If the issuer or other person described in subparagraph (A) is not charged with any violation of the Federal securities laws before the expiration of the effective period of a temporary order under subparagraph (A) (including any applicable extension period), the escrow shall terminate at the expiration of the 45-day effective period (or the expiration of any extension period, as applicable), and the disputed payments (with accrued interest) shall be returned to the issuer or other affected person.
At any time after the respondent has been served with a temporary cease-and-desist order pursuant to subsection (c), the respondent may apply to the Commission to have the order set aside, limited, or suspended. If the respondent has been served with a temporary cease-and-desist order entered without a prior Commission hearing, the respondent may, within 10 days after the date on which the order was served, request a hearing on such application and the Commission shall hold a hearing and render a decision on such application at the earliest possible time.
The commencement of proceedings under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not, unless specifically ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the Commission's order.
Section 78y of this title shall not apply to a temporary order entered pursuant to this section.
In any cease-and-desist proceeding under subsection (a), the Commission may enter an order requiring accounting and disgorgement, including reasonable interest. The Commission is authorized to adopt rules, regulations, and orders concerning payments to investors, rates of interest, periods of accrual, and such other matters as it deems appropriate to implement this subsection.
In any cease-and-desist proceeding under subsection (a), the Commission may issue an order to prohibit, conditionally or unconditionally, and permanently or for such period of time as it shall determine, any person who has violated section 78j(b) of this title or the rules or regulations thereunder, from acting as an officer or director of any issuer that has a class of securities registered pursuant to section 78l of this title, or that is required to file reports pursuant to section 78o(d) of this title, if the conduct of that person demonstrates unfitness to serve as an officer or director of any such issuer.
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original "this title". See References in Text note set out under section 78a of this title.
Section 7201 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), was in the original "section 2 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002", Pub. L. 107–204, which enacted section 7201 of this title and amended section 78c of this title.
2010—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 111–203 substituted "Paragraph (1)" for "paragraph (1) subsection".
2002—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 107–204, § 1103(b), substituted "paragraph (1)" for "This".
Pub. L. 107–204, § 3(b)(3), inserted "registered public accounting firm (as defined in section 7201 of this title)," after "government securities dealer,".
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 107–204, § 1103(a), added par. (3).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 107–204, § 1105(a), added subsec. (f).
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective 1 day after July 21, 2010, except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as an Effective Date note under section 5301 of Title 12, Banks and Banking.
Section effective Oct. 15, 1990, with provisions relating to civil penalties and accounting and disgorgement, see section 1(c)(1), (2) of Pub. L. 101–429, set out in an Effective Date of 1990 Amendment note under section 77g of this title.
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During the lazy lacuna of the 2005 Christmas break, the Australian "silly season" was suddenly interrupted by the serious when the country's richest man, media magnate Kerry Packer, died of kidney failure. One of the most influential, colorful and controversial figures in Australia, Packer's death marked the end of a momentous era.
During the lazy lacuna of the 2005 Christmas break, the Australian "silly season" was suddenly interrupted by the serious when the country's richest man, media magnate Kerry Packer, died of kidney failure. One of the most influential, colorful and controversial figures in Australia, Packer's death marked the end of a momentous era.
Through Australian Consolidated Press, Packer owned the Nine Network, one of the largest television networks in Australia, and some of the country's top-selling magazines. A shrewd businessman known for taking a "hands-on" approach to his paper's editorial content, Packer was a larger than life figure who revelled in shocking politicians and the public. When Packer was negotiating with the Australian Cricket Board for the right to televise games, he bluntly summed up the way managed his business: "There is a little bit of the whore in all of us, gentlemen. What is your price?"
Packer left an indelible mark on Australia and in honor of his passing, cricket matches observed a minute's silence; tributes flowed in from politicians, business leaders and charities; special editions of newspapers, magazines and television shows were produced. However, considering he was a notable tax avoider, a state memorial service – a rare honor for a businessman – was his most controversial memorial.
While Packer's death radically altered Australia's media landscape, within 18 months it shifted even further when Packer's only son and heir, James Packer, split the family business into separate media and gaming operations, and sold down his media stake to a mere 25 percent to CVC Asia Pacific. For almost a century, the Packers loomed over Australia's media with thunderous proportions. And then suddenly, they were gone.
But unlike Kerry's passing, no mass outpouring of grief, jubilation or curiosity accompanied the dissolution of the Packer media dynasty. The story was largely confined to the business pages and has really only been of interest to media insiders. After living with the powerful and much-publicized Packer family for four generations, most Australians have no idea who or what CVC is.
Unlike the flamboyant Packers, CVC Asia Pacific is a faceless corporation that is part of a global private equity group, managing billions of dollars in funds focused on management buyouts. It took a week of hounding by the nation's press for the man who will manage the former Packer assets, Adrian MacKenzie, to even agree to be photographed. Unsurprisingly, the 39-year-old James Packer's recent spectacular marriage on the French Riviera to model Erica Baxter attracted more attention.
With a vast landmass but small population, Australia had struggled to maintain independent media proprietaries. Over the last half-century, the Australian media came to be presided over by three family dynasties: Fairfax, centered on the venerable Sydney Morning Herald broadsheet; Murdoch, created by Sir Keith Murdoch in Melbourne and taken across the world and into cyberspace by his son Rupert; and the Packers.
When the Fairfax empire crumbled in 1990 following a disastrous privatization bid, the Packers and Murdochs remained alone to dominate Australia's newspaper and magazine circulations, move in and out of radio and free-to-air television, invest in pay television, intimidate politicians, fascinate society columnists, and manipulate cricket and football contests to maximize media revenues. Through intent, apathy or ineptitude, successive Australian governments have allowed the major players to carve up new markets between them. As the University of Sydney's Professor Rodney Tiffen has observed, complacency and journalistic passivity are as much a danger as is partisan distortion when many cities have a single daily newspaper. And the complacency extends to the public: while Australia has one of the most concentrated press ownership amongst established democracies, there is little evidence that media policy has ever been an election issue.
The Packer patriarch, R.C. Packer, made his name and his fortune as a thrusting, modernizing Sydney journalist in the 1910s and 1920s. But, as each generation has evolved — from Frank, to Kerry, to James — its journalistic credentials have devolved. Sir Frank was adept at spotting journalistic talent and enabled some fine journalism to flourish at the Daily and Sunday Telegraph and the Bulletin news magazine, just as he used his publications as bludgeons to advance conservative political causes. But to Kerry, the newspapers were simply loss-makers, which he helped persuade his father to sell to Murdoch in 1972. Kerry continued publishing the Bulletin, with its modest circulation, and supported the launch of a classy Sunday-morning program on Nine – viewing them as prestige media outlets capable of setting the agenda. However, he was more interested in television and magazines than newspapers, and was constantly on the move, shifting assets and political allegiances, and identifying new opportunities in sport and gambling.
When a mogul dies or divests, the media immediately begins talking about their "legacy." From the acres of newsprint following Kerry Packer's death it was possible to deduce that he left his son with a media and entertainment behemoth to run, professional athletes with healthy pay packets, and a nation with numerous gambling palaces. The Packer legacy must also be said to embrace what else the family's influence helped to deny Australia. Fierce lobbying to protect the Nine television network was responsible for Australia not receiving pay television until the mid-1990s; for the lack of new broadcasting technologies like standard (rather than high) definition digital television; for opening up free-to-air services; and for a fourth commercial television network being constantly put on the backburner.
Australian media policy has tended to be shaped by the power, real or perceived, of Murdoch and Packer. The Howard government's recent lifting of restrictions on cross-media and foreign ownership has not resulted in the established dynasties buying up assets in quite the way feared by advocates of media diversity, but with Australia experiencing a bull market and a mining boom, a new player has entered the media fray. Private equity players have pounced, seeing Australian media groups as a business like any other, and looking to extract a higher margin before selling out in the next few years.
For some time there had been signs that James Packer felt no particular affinity for the old media as he left much of the running of the media group to a small group of executives. The Packer legacy is dead, leaving Australia's media to a new generation of anonymous corporate control.
_Dr. Bridget Griffen-Foley is the author of two books about the Packer dynasty and the Director of the Centre for Media History at Macquarie University in Sydney.
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