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Every so often a customer or user encounters a process, or experiences an interaction, that makes them feel all 1990s.
It makes them feel like the whole world has moved on, leaving only them, stuck, trying to find a black biro, or trying to communicate with a customer services department.
On the Econsultancy blog, there's been much talk of digital transformation. One of the most startling changes, cross-sector, is the almost complete agreement that web operations must be completely customer focused, as should the rest of business be.
So when, at Econsultancy, we receive the occasional notice of a disputed payment from a Barclaycard or AmEx customer (as do most online businesses), asking me to fax or post back information, I rant and tramp around the office, shouting 'can't we just ****** email it?!'
Why do we have to do this? Is this an indicator of a false dawn; an indicator of how far we have to go until the customer is the number one priority?
Ok, this is going to be a boring article about faxes, but at the heart of it is the 21st Century assertion that 'you must be where your customers are'.
Firstly, I know AmEx's 'customer' in this instance is the user disputing a payment, and AmEx is simply trying to protect their information.
I know there are reasons why fax and post are the two methods of communication that are perceived as the safest.
Admittedly, faxes also send data cheaper than scanning many gigabytes of imagery and emailing the resulting files.
But I think all these points are red herrings.
Red herrings
I have been reading a few opinions on faxes on this Slashdot thread. Yes, that's how I spend my afternoons.
I've quoted some points of view below. You may or may not have the will to read these messages, and if not, skip down to the next section on UX, to see what my actual point is in this brief post.
Against fax
'Most fax machine inboxes nowadays go to email, in my experience.'
'The old fax machine in the corner where everyone's faxes go and anyone can look through them isn't terribly secure either.'
'Quite honestly, the reason the fax refuses to die is because people, once they adopt a method, tend not to change. It's the inertia of least effort, aka laziness, aka efficiency of thought.'
'I recently did some work for an organisation that wouldn't accept the PDF, but would if I printed off a copy and posted it to them. It seems crazy that printing it on my printer makes it legally binding, but printing it on theirs doesn't, and a court would agree.'
For fax
'So, what does email offer that fax does not? Is it more reliable? No, not really. Email has inherently unreliable delivery, particularly with spam and malware filters which silently delete suspect emails. Is email more secure? Absolutely not. Email is unencrypted during transmission unless the message itself is encrypted. Does email guarantee sender identity better than fax? Quite the opposite. It's often illegal to obfuscate or alter your sending fax number due to junk fax laws, while spoofing email is trivial.
Finally, since fax is established in the business world, it has become something you will often need not because you yourself haven't adopted a better technology, but because your business peers and customers haven't adopted a better technology. Even where it's not wanted, it's a mandatory legacy system to deal with people who must use fax for whatever reason.'
'Doctors pretty much are obligated to use fax or they will almost certainly end up violating HIPAA.'
Back to UX
In our office, we don't have a spare phone line or a fax; we use a VoIP phone system, and we have to use eFax. I've forgotten my login to eFax, and the system doesn't recognise my email.
When I do try to send, I get an error report about 15 minutes later, so I can never dare to believe I've succeeded.
If I didn't already eat porridge with water every day for breakfast, perhaps I'd enjoy these brief moments of self-flaggelation.
If I send documentation by post, I have to wait for a few extra days.
I believe that if banks really care about UX, they need to enable customers on both sides of a transaction to send communication via a web portal. If this is possible for online banking, it can be possible for submitting evidence for disputed claims etc.
This web portal should be a usable site that also provides information about services and disputes etc etc.
If this kind of service existed, one could almost negate the postal element of paperwork. Even opening an account could be done remotely, after all, I can't recall sending originals through the post.
This method would be more successful for the bank; they could contact users electronically or by phone to say there is a pending dispute on a portal, giving us a unique number (even by post) to access this. My ideas about this might be all mixed up, but I'm pretty sure the current state of affairs is down to a resistance to change, even in the face of customer disenfranchisement.
Perhaps we are in a no-man's land waiting for biometrics. The wait is a painful one.
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Why not secure document upload? Best of all worlds - guaranteed delivery, security, (potentially) friendly UX....
There is the question - if 'secure document upload' is put in place, does that introduce another mechanism for phishing attacks?
It certainly opens another level of identity theft, if the bad guys can get copies of your documents.
The fax needs to die, it's as simple as that. I'd also be happy if scanners went the same way too.


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UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) - April 25, 2013 --Authorities say the fire department had to be called in to rescue a 16-year-old boy who got stuck on a roof while running from police just outside Philadelphia.
Police say it started Wednesday afternoon when the teen was pulled over by Philadelphia police and fled the vehicle on foot. He ran through the woods in Cobbs Creek Park and into Upper Darby, just outside the city.
Upper Darby police Superintendent Michael Chitwood says the boy fled out of the woods and into a house, knocking down a woman on her porch on his way in. The Delaware County Daily Times reports he fled out a window and got trapped on the roof.
Police say the fire department was called in and he was forced off the roof at gunpoint.

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Megaupload Extradition Hearing Postponed Until At Least Spring Of 2013
from the and-its-business? dept
Dotcom seems pretty pissed off about this, as every moment of delay means more time during which his business has been shut down without a single adversarial hearing -- and during which it can't be re-established. For pretty obvious reasons, this is immensely troubling. There was no reason why Megaupload couldn't have been brought to court under a normal civil lawsuit process, like so many other companies over the years -- including Napster, Morpheus, Grokster, Aimster, Veoh, YouTube and others. After the judge was able to hear both sides, they would have been able to determine if an injunction (and eventually, a complete shutdown) made sense or not. Megaupload didn't have that luxury. Instead, the US government simply decided to shut them down on what increasingly appears to be extraordinarily weak evidence. And as the legal process draws out, that business is gone.
What happens if the entire case falls apart? The US government then will have destroyed what turned out to be a legitimate business on no basis. This way, Hollywood gets to be happy, because the US government took out (at its own expense) a service they hated (but which many artists loved). That doesn't seem right at all.


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Sen. Allard, R-Colo., recently introduced new legislation (S. 1625, The Apprenticeship Training and Education Act of 2003) that would provide a tax credit of as much as $10,000 per year for the first two years for an apprentice's four-year training program. The apprenticeship programs would only be available to construction trades recognized by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and approved by the U.S. Department of Labor and state apprenticeship councils.
"Many of these industries are very capital intensive and it makes sense to offer small businesses a short term tax credit to encourage productivity and stimulate economic growth and job creation," says Sen. Allard.
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WASHINGTON, DC--Following up on a Sept. 20 report that there is "something really creepy about the place," Congress established an investigative panel Monday to find out just what's going on up at the old Parker mansion.
"Old Man Parker just disappeared one day, and ever since, all sorts of strange noises have been coming from up there," Sen. Robert Bennett (R-UT) said. "And I heard from one of the fellas in the General Accounting Office that there's a ton of old pirate doubloons up there. We've got to go up there and check it out."
After three hours of congressional debate, it was decided that the investigative panel would consist of Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS), because he's a real leader; Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), because he's small and good at sneaking into tight spots; and Rep. Steve Largent (R-OK), because, as a former NFL player, he's the most athletic member of Congress.
After complaining long and hard about not being chosen, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) was warned repeatedly not to follow the panel up Crooked Hill to the mansion, because it was too dangerous for a girl, and she would just slow them down.
"She'd better not follow us up there," Reed said. "That old mansion doesn't have any lights, and there are a lot of rotten floorboards."
"And they say," added Reed, becoming quieter, "you can still see strange lights up there some nights, like Old Man Parker is still up there. Or..."
"If the distinguished senator from Rhode Island is trying to scare me, it won't work," interrupted Lott, banging his speaker's gavel. "All that stuff about Old Man Parker's ghost is just a lot of baloney and you know it."
The exploratory committee plans to meet in the apple orchard on Friday, after Congress lets out. The group will then wait until nightfall before approaching the creepy, Victorian-style mansion.
"We have to be extra-careful not to be seen, because Mr. Clinton doesn't like us poking our noses into spooky, suspicious stuff," Largent said. "He says it's too dangerous for federal legislators to investigate, and that it's [FBI director Louis] Freeh's job, so we should leave well enough alone. But is Freeh gonna go investigate a haunted house?"
"There's no such thing as ghosts, anyway," said Lott, checking the batteries in his flashlight. "It always turns out to be marsh gas or a crazy old hobo or Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) in a sheet or something. Remember when we solved the Case Of The Phantom Of The Strategic Petroleum Reserves? Some phantom! It was just old [Energy Secretary] Bill Richardson's parrot mimicking an oil tanker's foghorn!"
Reed then reminded Lott that he "sure was scared" during a recent fact-finding mission to the eerie boathouse on the Potomac River. Just moments after Lott's oft-checked flashlight batteries failed, he lost his spectacles, leaving him alone in the dark with a "giant bat" later revealed to be a loose, windblown shutter.
"I think there really might be treasure up there," said Reed, whose home state of Rhode Island, the nation's smallest, is a place where a few Spanish pirate doubloons would go a long way. "The Widow Adams once told me that Old Man Parker went to sea a lot in his youth, and that late one night during a big storm, she saw him bring an old sea-chest into the house. I bet it's full of gold."
"The gold isn't the point," Largent said. "The point is to find out what's going on up there, and what's making those lights, and what happened to Old Man Parker. If we have to camp out all night in that place to find out, that's what we'll do."
The panel is urging Congress to increase federal funding for the expedition, which will require a length of rope, extra flashlight batteries, three bottles of grape soda, and a jackknife. As of Tuesday, the trio had collected from Congress $4.74 million and a slingshot.
"Gee," Lott said, "this slingshot sure will come in handy if we see Old Man Parker's ghost."
"Or if Dianne shows up," added Reed, needling Lott. The senate majority leader was embarrassed this spring when he fled in terror from Feinstein, whom he had mistaken for the Creature From The Congressional Library. Lott's embarrassment only grew when the California senator pulled the candlestick in the Lincoln Bedroom, revealing the secret passage that ultimately led to the solving of the case.
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Harry Redknapp left Old Trafford with plenty to ponder as Manchester United roared back to beat QPR 3-1 and condemn the away side to the worst Premier League start any side has made after 13 games.
Rangers remain rooted to the foot of the table despite taking a second-half lead through Jamie Mackie. And any hope Redknapp might have had of his new charges marking his installation as manager by recording their first win of the season evaporated with three United goals in a nine-minute burst.
Unlikely scoring hero Jonny Evans grabbed one to pull the hosts level before Darren Fletcher found the perfect way to mark his first Premier League start in a year, before Javier Hernandez bagged a third to confirm United's status as leaders ahead of Manchester City's visit to Chelsea on Sunday.
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Sewing, Hammering, Ploughing, Rowing, Welding, Sanding: Whatever It Takes to Finish That Poem with Scott Hightower
A brief review of poetry's history, including glancing considerations of metric and syllabic measures of writing from the Anglo-Saxon to modern free verse will launch this workshop. Poets will draw on the intricate dynamics of poetry's two-headed tradition: oral and written. A weekly reading by each poetry student in the circle will serve as point of departure for discussions of the relationships of craft and expression to the inner music of the poem.
Scott Hightower is the author of Self-evident (2012), Part of the Bargain (2005), Tin Can Tourist (2001), and Natural Trouble (2003). His translations of poems from the Spanish have garnered Hightower a Willis Barnstone Translation Prize. He teaches at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University.


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Well deserving of its local Asian reputation as the 'King of Fruits', the durian is greenish-brown in colour, with a large thorn-covered exterior. Probably native to Borneo and now grown widely in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Thailand, this oblong-shaped fruit can grow up to 30 cm in length and typically weighs one to three kilograms. The husk of the durian must firstly be sliced open, exposing its pale-yellow coloured flesh, which is usually eaten fresh in the hand.
The durian is most famously known for its distinctive odour. Enthusiasts will describe this as 'fragrant', but the majority of people who have never encountered the fruit before are disgusted by the pungent and overpowering smell. In Southeast Asia, the fruit is usually banned in hotels and even on public transport. Thus it is said to 'taste like heaven but smell like hell!'. Silky smooth and creamy in texture, those brave enough to taste durian flesh have discovered how addictive this fruit can be. It is often described as being both 'bitter and sweet' at the same time.
Durian-flavoured sweets
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In Southeast Asia a large variety of traditional sweets are flavoured with durian, such as candies, ais kacang – a pudding made of shaved ice and fruit syrups – and dodol, a toffee-like delicacy popular in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Durian flesh can also be prepared as a sauce and eaten with rice, or fermented in special earthen pots and eaten as a side dish known as tempoyak in Java and Palembang in Sumatra. Modern Western-style dishes have also been introduced: in Malaysia you can now buy durian cheesecakes and pancakes, and durian-flavoured chocolate, ice cream and milk shakes. The seeds of the durian fruit can also be consumed after boiling, drying, frying or roasting and the young leaves and shoots can be cooked as green vegetables.
The durian is a richly nutritious fruit, high in vitamins B, C and E, and also in iron content. In Malaysia the leaves are believed to be of medicinal value, with their juice being applied to the foreheads of fever patients, and used in healing baths for people with jaundice. After eating the durian flesh, Chinese people often drink water directly from the durian husks, the 'cooling' qualities of the drink regarded as balancing the 'heating' nature of the fruit itself.
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Despite its heavy weight, prickly shape and pervasive smell, and although it is banned from passenger cabins on commercial airlines, the insatiable passion of durian-lovers has meant that durians are now a common sight in Asian supermarkets in European cities like London and Amsterdam.
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Mangano Scores 17 Points In Final Game
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – At halftime of its opening round CollegeInsider.com Tournament game with Fairfield, it looked like the Yale men's basketball team might be poised to make a deep run in the tournament. The Bulldogs were running on all cylinders and had a 39-26 lead.
The momentum, though, turned in a big way in the second half. The Stags picked up their defensive intensity and rallied for a 68-56 victory before a Webster Bank Arena crowd of 1,744 that included a nice Yale contingent.
"The first 20 minutes was one of our best of the season. We did a lot of things right," said James Jones, The Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954 Head Coach of Men's Basketball. "In the second half, Fairfield was able to get the ball inside fairly easily. They also were able to turn us over and turn it into points."
The loss ends what was a very successful season for the Bulldogs, who won 19 games, their most since 2001-02. Yale also advanced to the postseason for only the fifth time in school history.
"It's a tough way to end," said senior Greg Mangano. "You always want to win your last game, but we won 19 games and had the opportunity to play in the postseason. There is certainly nothing to be ashamed of."
Mangano paced the Bulldogs with 17 points, eight rebounds and one block in 35 minutes. He finishes his outstanding career as Yale's all-time leader with 213 blocks, the third most in Ivy League history, 735 rebounds, which is sixth in school history, and 1,213 points.
It was also the final game for Reggie Willhite, who had his usual solid all-around performance. He scored 10 points, grabbed five rebounds, handed out three assists and added two steals in 38 minutes. Willhite finished the season with a school-record 65 steals. His 132 career steals are the seventh most in Yale history.
"They did a great job," Jones said of Willhite and Mangano. "They led us all season."
Early on, it looked like there might be quite a few games left for the two. Yale shot 60 percent (15-of-25) from the field, while holding the Stags to 44.4 percent. The Bulldogs led 18-9 after nine minutes and had a comfortable advantage for the rest of the half.
The Stags, though, were a different team after the intermission. Fairfield opened the second half with a 24-3 run. Colin Nickerson was the catalyst. He scored 16 of his game-high 22 points in the final 20 minutes.
The Stags' lead was 11, 61-50, with 1:52 remaining, but poor free throw shooting allowed Yale to get back in the game. Fairfield missed seven straight from the line, and the Bulldogs pulled to within five, 61-56, on Willhite's layup with 1:06 left.
After Rakim Sander made one of two foul shots, Austin Morgan had two opportunities to cut the lead to three, but both his three-pointers missed. Keith Matthews then made two free throws with 47 seconds left, and Sanders knocked down a pair with 39 seconds remaining to seal the victory.
NOTES: The Bulldogs committed eight turnovers in the second half, which Fairfield turned into 14 points… Yale shot just 16.7 percent (5-of-30) from the field in the second half… The Bulldogs outrebounded Fairfield 35-31… Mangano said he will continue to train in preparation for the Portsmouth Invitational next month. Representatives from every NBA team will attend the four-day, 12-game tournament…Fairfield (20-14) expects to host a second round game on Sunday. The opponent will be announced sometime on Thursday.
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Based on her cutting-edge research, nationally-renowned UC Hastings Professor Joan C. Williams in this new book offers tried and tested advice for women at work from the cubicle to the corner office, be they timid or assertive, black or white, juggling a family or single, twenty or sixty years old.
Published by New York University Press, What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know draws on hundreds of published studies and a groundbreaking new study of 127 women at the top of their fields. The result is a researched-based "how-to" manual for any woman trying to figure out what concrete steps she can take upon realizing something's gone wrong in her career. Whether she hasn't advanced as fast as male counterparts, is told she needs to be more of a team player, feels undercut by other women, or is marginalized by motherhood, What Works for Women at Work can help her understand why and what to do about it.
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Pownal Man Killed in NJ Turnpike Accident
POWNAL, Vt. — A local man was killed on the New Jersey Turnpike on Wednesday after his motorcycle broke down.
Thomas Snow, 52, was apparently struck by a tractor trailer truck while trying to move his Harley-Davidson off the highway, according to several news reports out of New Jersey.
New Jersey State Police said Snow was in the northbound lane and trying to move the motorcycle across the highway from the left shoulder to the right when the truck hit him in the righthand lane.
The accident occurred about 1:30 a.m. in Hamilton, south of the Route 195 Exit. He was taken to a hospital and died not long afterward.
Police say no charges have been filed in the accident, which is under investigation.
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help Snow's family.
Two Accidents, No Injuries in Southern Vermont
STAMFORD, Vt. — A local woman avoided injury when her Chrysler Town and Country crashed into a tree on Saturday morning shortly before 11.
Karen Wheeler, 57, of Readsboro was southbound on Route 100 in her 2005 van when she experienced a mechanical malfunction with her steering wheel, according to State Trooper Lauren Ronan. The van left the highway near Lincoln Road, collided with a guardrail and then a tree.
There was extensive damage to the guardrail and vehicle, which is considered totaled. Wheeler was wearing a seat belt and no one was injured in the crash. The conditions were dry and sunny.
A second accident later that day in Pownal involved two motor vehicles but no one was hurt in that collision either.
Tiffany Rounds, 28, of Pownal was southbound on Strohmaier Road when she crashed into the rear end of a parked farm vehicle, said Trooper Ronan. The accident occurred around 2:11 in the afternoon. Conditions were dry and sunny; the road is gravel.
The 2010 Subaru Legacy incurred extensive front-end damage. The unattended 1990 International farm truck had minor damage to rear bumper.
Rounds said she was distracted by her children, who were located in the back seat of the vehicle. All of the occupants were evaluated by Pownal Rescue at the scene; no injuries were sustained in the crash.
Williamstown, Vermont Police Searching for Robbery Suspect
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Multiple police agencies from two states Saturday night were investigating back-to-back armed robberies in Williamstown and Pownal, Vt.
At 8:22 p.m., a masked man entered the Spirit Shop at 280 Cole Ave., brandishing a handgun and demanding the clerk open the cash register, Williamstown Police reported in a news release.
After a brief argument, the armed man fled the store without acquiring any merchandise or money.
About two hours later, a similar incident occurred at the Stewarts Shop convenience store in Pownal, Vt., about a quarter mile north of the state line.
In that case, at about the 10:20 p.m., the suspected entered with a black handgun and demanded money from the store employees. Vermont State Police say he "fled the scene on foot with an undisclosed amount of money."
No store personnel were injured in either incident.
Williamstown Police worked with Massachusetts State Police, North Adams Police and K-9 units from North Adams and Dalton in the Cole Avenue incident. At the Stewarts Shop, Vermont State Police and the Bennington County Sheriff were assisted by police from Williamstown and North Adams.
Police described the suspect as a thin white male, 5-foot-11 to 6-foot, in his mid 30s and wearing a dark gray hooded sweatshirt, black gloves, dark cargo pants and a camouflage hat and with a camouflage mask covering the majority of his face.
Police are asking anyone with information about either incident to call Sgt. Scot McGowan of the Williamstown Police Department at 413-458-5733 or the Vermont State Police barracks in Shaftsbury at 802-442-5421.
Updated with information from Vermont State Police.
Killing of Pownal Dog Under Investigation
|Vermont State Police are investigating the shooting of Cassie, a 2-year-old Corgi/shepherd mix.
POWNAL, Vt. — State police are investigating the killing of a dog in the Burdick Trailer Park.
Troopers were called Wednesday, July 1, at 11 p.m. to the park after a neighbor walking along the railroad tracks discovered the remains of the dog and alerted its owner.
Cassie, a 2-year-old Corgi/shepherd mix, had been reported missing the week before. She sustained what appeared to be a single gunshot wound to the head.
State police say they do have some leads in the shooting. The charge would be aggravated cruelty to an animal.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Trooper Thomas Stange of the Vermont State Police at 802-442-5421. Information can also be submitted anonymously online at www.vtips.info or text "CRIMES" (274637) to Keyword: VTIPS.
Missing Pownal Woman Found in New York
|Rita Sweet
Update: Rita Sweet was found at about 7 p.m. walking out of a wooded area on Route 346, about 200 feet over the state line in New York, by state police.
Sweet verified her identity with state police and told troopers that she left her home after a money-related argument with family members. She said she had intended to walk to Petersburg, N.Y., to meet unspecified friends and family.
She further said she purposely lay down in the shade near the Hoosic River and slept during the day and chose to start walking when it cooled off.
Sweet was showing signs of dehydration and had several blisters on her feet but was in otherwise good health. She was brought to Southern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington for medical evaluation and there she was reunited with family members.
POWNAL, Vt. — A 71-year-old local woman has been reported missing since Monday morning.
Rita J. Sweet reportedly walked away from a residence on VT Route 346 near US Route 7 on Monday at about 11 a.m. after a verbal argument with family members.
State police were notified Monday night at 10 p.m. she had not located.
She may have been walking north on VT 346 toward North Pownal. She was last seen wearing blue floral-print shorts, blue tank top and blue sandals.
She has gray hair, blue eyes, stands 5-foot-4, weighs 170 to 180 pounds, wears glasses and has a distinct mole under her left eye.
Officials continue to have concern for Sweet because of her age, minor medical issues and that she is unprepared for inclement weather or for staying out overnight.
Troopers from Shaftsbury were joined by members with the Bureau of Criminal Investigation; Pownal Fire Department; Rennsselaer (N.Y.) County sheriff deputies; Vermont State Police Search and Rescue Team; and a fixed-wing aircraft from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Air and Marine for both ground and air searches.
After following up on several tips, all indications are that Rita is in New York; with the last possible sighting in Hoosick, N.Y., at approximately 11 a.m. Rensselaer County deputies continue their search efforts and any leads in that area can be referred to their dispatch at 518-270-5252.


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MORRISVILLE -- Two students from Morrisville-Eaton High School have been nationally recognized for their part in the fight against big tobacco.
Ninth graders Wyatt Smith and Jordyn Camp both starred in "The Tobacco Industry is Following Me," filmed by Caleb Kerlin, which won Global Health in Action's anti-tobacco video contest in November.
The video was recorded in Hamilton and features scenes that take place in the library, movie theater and gas station.
"The entire thing is just to let everyone know that the tobacco industry doesn't just sell harmful products, but that they target teens," Camp said.
"It's nice to know we were part of something bigger," Camp said, "and it's great that Caleb got some recognition, too."
"It makes me feel famous," Smith added. He said that the video has inspired them to keep working on more.
Smith said the project was one of seven videos that the Central New York Reality Check chapter produced this year.
The group held a large brainstorming session in Old Forge in August to come up with some ideas for videos. Their Reality Check chapter had won the Youth Advocate of the Year Award the previous year, opening up more funding for the group.
Though they starred in and helped create the winning film, both Smith and Camp said it was a collective effort from the group and Kerlin that put the video on the map.
The group started production on another video last weekend. Both Smith and Camp are unsure what they want to do when they finish high school, but they both agree they think they might want to intern with Reality Check.
"I want to be in Reality Check as long as I can," said Camp.


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March 10, 1981
Response Date: March 30
To: All Department Chairs
From: President Gail Fullerton
Subject: Implementation of Trustee Resolutions on Policy and Procedures for the Evaluation of Tenured Faculty
The Board of Trustees of The California State University and Colleges adopted a policy on May 28, 1980, which reads as follows:
It is the policy of The California State University and Colleges to provide for periodic performance appraisals for each permanent or probationary employee.
Procedures shall be established for periodic performance appraisals of permanent or probationary employees consonant with the policies of the Board of Trustees and the Chancellor.
On July 9, 1980, the Board of Trustees adopted the following resolution:
Resolved. That the Trustees adopt as policy the following minimum standards for the evaluation of tenured faculty:
- The President shall be responsible for assuring that each department, or the first level of review, with student participation, shall develop procedures for peer evaluation of faculty instructional performance including currency in the field, appropriate to university education.
- These procedures shall apply to all tenured faculty except those scheduled for promotion review.
- These procedures shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of student evaluations of instructional performance currently required of all faculty in at least two courses annually. Courses selected for evaluation shall be representative of the faculty member's teaching responsibilities during the evaluation cycle.
- These procedures shall provide that tenured faculty be evaluated at intervals of no greater than 5 years.
- Following the evaluation, a written summary of the evaluation
shall be given to the faculty member. Normally the department
chair, or the appropriate administrator at the first level of
review, shall meet with each faculty member evaluated to discuss
the results of the evaluation.
If areas for improvement are identified the aforementioned administrator shall advise the faculty member of avenues for assistance available within the department or campus.
- The written summary of the evaluation shall be placed in the faculty member's personnel file.
Response was requested by the Chancellor by February, 1981, from each campus president. This due date has been extended to April 1, by which time I must submit to the Chancellor a copy of the procedures adopted by each department on this campus pursuant to Trustee policy.
The Academic Senate of San José State University has been considering a policy recommendation and guidelines for such reviews. This policy is still under debate in the Academic Senate at this time, and the deadline is fast approaching. In accordance with the Trustees' directives, I am asking each department chair, or equivalent first level of review, to send to me by March 30 interim procedures for that department or equivalent unit. These procedures should be developed in consultation with department faculty, and students should have an opportunity to participate in the development of these interim procedures. The procedures should be such that the academic freedom of the professor and the confidentiality of information is protected.
Attached as a possible guideline is the policy proposed by the Professional Standards Committee of the San José State University Academic Senate which is presently being debated by the Academic Senate.
Acting Academic Vice President
Associate Academic Vice President
Executive Vice President
School Deans
Dean, Student Services
Director, Information Systems & Computing
San José State University
Academic Senate
Professional Standards Committee November 10, 1980
Guidelines for Peer Evaluation of Faculty Instructional Performance
These guidelines are intended to implement Trustee policy (Title 5, Section 43351) for the periodic evaluation of tenured faculty, in accordance with the minimum standards for that review passed by the Board on July 9, 1980 and contained in FSA 80-44.
- Department Procedures
Each department shall develop procedures for evaluating tenured faculty in accordance with the guidelines stated below. Opportunity shall be given for students to participate in the development of these procedures. A copy of the department procedures should be sent to the Associate Academic Vice President and the School Dean no later than March 1, 1981.
The department procedures shall provide for "peer evaluations of faculty instructional performance including currency in the field, appropriate to university education." They "shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of student evaluations of instructional performance currently required of all faculty members in at least two courses annually." The courses evaluated should be "representative of the faculty member's teaching responsibilities during the evaluation cycle" (FSA 80-44).
- Schedule
Each tenured faculty member of the department shall be scheduled for peer evaluation at least once every five years. Faculty members who have been reviewed for promotion within the five-year period need not be scheduled for an additional evaluation. The department chair shall be responsible for scheduling the evaluation of the department tenured faculty, and each Fall shall inform the School Dean of the faculty members to be evaluated that year.
- Department Evaluation
A department shall establish one or more committees to conduct the required peer evaluation. A department evaluation committee may be composed of all its tenured faculty, but no committee may be composed of fewer than three (3) tenured faculty members of the appropriate rank, including the department chair. Only tenured faculty may serve on an evaluation committee and, except for full professors, no member of the committee may participate in the evaluation of persons of equal or higher rank.
The department chair shall serve as ex officio member and chair of the evaluation committee(a), but shall be excused when his or her instructional performance is under review. Except for the department chair, faculty members scheduled for evaluation in a particular year shall be ineligible to serve on a department evaluation committee during that year.
In departments of insufficient size, the necessary additional members of the evaluation committee shall be selected from other departments.
- Results of The Evaluation
A written summary of the evaluation shall be given to the faculty member, and a copy placed in the personnel file. The chair should discuss the evaluation with the faculty members reviewed and, if areas for improvement were identified in the evaluation, advise them of avenues for assistance available within the department or the campus. The department chair should inform the dean if the evaluation committee has determined that serious problems exist in any particular case, and review with the dean the steps which have been or may be taken to resolve them. When the chair's instructional performance is reviewed, the committee, or its designee, should discuss the evaluation results with the chair and, if necessary, with the School Dean.
Approved: Professional Standards Committee, November 3, 1980
Ppesent: Buerger, El-Shaieb, Gustafson, Lima, Scofield, Sasseen, and Tidwell
Vote: 6-1-0


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No more "no problem!"
I engaged in a conversation with several ladies while picking up jobwork at a local business. One of them told me "No problem" when I asked if she could do something for me and the other lady reminded her that she wasn't supposed to use the negative-sounding statement. According to them, "No problem" is a double-negative statement. "No," of course, implies a denial or negative. Even parenting classes emphasize avoiding the word "no" when speaking with your children. Parenting classes want parents to keep it positive by saying "Sure, you can do _____ when you finish _____." It's harder than it seems! The problem with the "problem" part of the statement is that it implies the person created a problem with their request. We all know that creating problems is negative! Just to be the devil's advocate, I argued that "no" and "problem" were both negative, so mathematically, two negatives make a positive. That didn't convince them. A friend I was with stated it seemed positive to her because you were stating that it wouldn't create a problem. That didn't convince them either. This led us to other phrases that annoy us. For example, filler phrases such as "you know," "like," "uh," "um," etc. So, like, you know, if you, uh, can't say anything, um, like, clearly, maybe you should, you know, like think it through first. So, when speaking, try to keep it positive and concise...and remember to organize your thoughts before speaking!


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Kitzhaber starts push for tax-and-PERS deal
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and STEVEN DUBOIS
Of the Associated Press
HILLSBORO — Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber started a road trip Friday to try to persuade at least a couple of Republican legislators to accept the so-called "grand bargain" that died in the recently completed legislative session.
The deal that failed in a party-line vote would have had Republican lawmakers accept tax increases in exchange for Democrats agreeing to curtail retirement benefits for public employees. It would provide additional money for education.
If the sides can reach a compromise, the governor will call lawmakers back to Salem for a special session, likely this fall.
Hours after Kitzhaber began his push, the board that oversees the Public Employees Retirement System said it would reduce its assumed rate of return on investments for the first time in 24 years.
The move will result in a slight reduction in benefits for some longtime government employees and higher long-term costs for state and local governments.
Kitzhaber began his tour in Hillsboro, home to Intel — Oregon's largest private employer and one that craves skilled workers — and a school district that has faced persistent cuts. He was joined by Sen. Bruce Starr of Hillsboro, seen as the likeliest Republican to vote for the deal.
Both men said the intensity of the Legislature's final days contributed to the bargain's collapse and that getting away from the Capitol will help stimulate a compromise.
"I don't think it was anybody's fault," Kitzhaber said of the failure. "It was an issue that was sort of percolating at the end of the session. There was a lot stress and challenges at the end of the day. But we're still committed to try and figure out how to do it."
Starr initially voted "yes" on a bill that called for a $215 million package of tax increases, but changed his mind when it became apparent that no other Republican would join him. Even if every Democratic senator supports a tax increase, at least two Republican votes are needed for passage.
"I believe the need to reform our public employee retirement system is great enough that we will find the votes that are necessary on both pieces of the bargain," Starr said.
The governor's tour was expected to include Hood River, northern Clackamas County, Salem and other locations. The dates have not been finalized.
In Hillsboro, Kitzhaber and Starr listened to education leaders lament shortened school years, outdated technology, libraries without librarians and class sizes that have ballooned to 40 students.
"Parents in our community have lost hope," said Kim Strelchun, who chairs the Hillsboro School District board and cited cuts that have occurred since her daughter started school.
"When I used to start doing advocacy work, I had a little wish list of the top 10 things I would add back," she said. "I don't even dream of that add-back list anymore, because the add-back list is just: 'Can we have a full school year?'"
Friday's action by the pension system board lowered the assumed earnings rate from 8 percent a year to 7.75 percent — a reaction to forecasts showing the pension fund is unlikely to hit the 8 percent mark.
The assumed rate of return is used to calculate monthly retirement benefits for some workers. Active workers with the longest service in state government would be most affected.
A lower assumed earnings rate means state and local governments have to contribute more to fund retirement benefits for current and former employees. To mitigate that impact, the board approved two accounting changes that will slow growth in retirement contributions in the near term but require that the higher rates be paid longer.
The higher costs aren't expected to hit government agencies until 2017.
The PERS is trying to recover from substantial investment losses during the Great Recession, when the pension fund lost 27 percent of its value.
Cooper reported from Tigard, Ore.


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Selena Gomez was left nursing more than a bruised ego when she took a tumble during a concert last week (10Oct13).
The Come + Get It hitmaker was performing her track Slow Down during a gig in Fairfax, Virginia when she joined her dancers in a routine, jumping up and down to get the crowd going.
However, Gomez misjudged how close she was to the edge of the stage, and jumped over the ledge and onto a lower platform, leaving her on her knees.
A back-up dancer quickly raced to her rescue and she continued singing.


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|    New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
For the survey, more than 950 brain stem samples of wild New Jersey white-tailed deer were collected during the 2002-2003 November, December and early January deer firearm seasons. Government veterinarians, biologists and technicians with assistance from faculty and student volunteers from East Stroudsburg University, Department of Biological Sciences collected the samples from deer presented by hunters at deer check stations throughout the state.
The samples were submitted to the USDA certified contract laboratories at Cornell University and the University of Connecticut. None of the 900 samples suitable for testing were positive for CWD. The statistical analysis of these findings indicate that if Chronic Wasting Disease is present, it would be in less than one-half of one percent of the state's herd. The confidence that this is correct is greater than 95%. This current survey brings the total number of wild deer tested to 1,402. An earlier survey of 502 deer was conducted in 1998 and none had CWD.
The nearest state to have a case of Chronic Wasting Disease in wild or captive deer is Illinois. This year, surveillance in New Jersey will involve fewer deer and focus on wild and captive deer dying with characteristic symptoms and testing of hunter-killed deer in locations requiring additional samples. For additional information on Chronic Wasting Disease, visit www.cwd-info.org and www.njfishandwildlife.com/cwdinfo.htm.


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When Reflexcell products are packed in our factory, they are neatly folded and all air removed to give an exceptionally small package. Occasionally a small puncture in the outer packaging may occur, making the pack feel softer, and have a slightly more rounded appearance. This in no way affects the performance of the products, and should not be viewed as a problem.
If you are lying on the ground, providing extra insulation between the Reflexcell material and the ground will make you much warmer, for example a sleeping mat, a rucksack, or a pile of vegetation.


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So this is an insulated water bottle. By some miracle of science, the air between the bottles keeps your drink from getting room temperature, which is the worst temperature for either hot or cold drinks to become. Being double-walled means condensation won't form on the outer layer, so it won't get you all wet. It's pretty much the best.
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Seniors Crago, Meterko voted first-ever Spirit Fall MVPs
PUNXSUTAWNEY — After a two-week voting period and more than 2,000 votes cast between the two genders, two seniors stood out among the rest according to the public's selection of The Punxsutawney Spirit's first-ever Fall Sports Most Valuable Players.
Shawnna Crago, a volleyball player who helped the Lady Chucks win their sixth district title in a row, and A.J. Meterko, a cross country runner who finished second at districts and earned his third consecutive trip to states, were selected as the two 2010 winners.
Both were pretty surprised that they were chosen by the public vote, which ended with nearly 1,200 tallies for the 10 girls from five girls' fall sports and almost 900 tallies for the eight boys from four boys' fall sports.
"It's a great honor. I still can't believe it right now," Crago said. "As soon as I found out, I was filled with excitement. I can't thank everybody enough about it. It's awesome."
"I really didn't expect it. It's an honor and privilege," Meterko said. "It's always nice to be selected over all the other boy athletes. There's a great group of kids there who are really talented in their respective sports."
Crago led the Lady Chucks in both kills (220) and blocks (64). She was a powerful force from the middle hitter position for Punxsy, which finished the season with a 16-2 record and advanced to states for the sixth year in a row.
"Like the guys, every girl was an amazing athlete," Meterko said. "Shawnna really is a phenomenal athlete in her sport. She really deserved it, not that anyone else didn't. But she really stood out."
Crago edged out girls' soccer standout and senior Timi Shiock, the team's goalkeeper for the past four years, in the public vote. Girls' golf senior Jordan McGee was voted third.
"For me, I feel like any girl on the (ballot) could have won," Crago said. "I just think it's a very big honor that people believed in me and thought of me."
Meterko had a solid career with the Chucks and finished with a bang by nearly claiming the District IX Class AAA Individual title in 2010. His second-place time of 17:27 at districts improved to 17:26 at states the next week — good enough for 114th place out of the best 283 runners in the state.
"I follow what my coach tells me to do. I conduct myself in a positive manner," Meterko said, trying to figure out why he was the boys' top vote-getter. "I try to be a leader for the other members of the team."
Meterko earned a few more votes than senior football player Ian Weaver, who led the Punxsy defense from the inside linebacker position. Senior forward Kody Young — whose game-winning goal sent the Chucks to the district title game in boys' soccer — finished third after votes were tabulated.
"Every time I looked in the newspaper, (A.J.) was the star for the cross country team," Crago said. "It's a really big honor for him. He's just a fantastic athlete and a good person."
Both Crago and Meterko received personalized plaques after becoming the first-ever award recipients.
After such a great reception from voters, The Spirit will continue to conduct MVP votes by the public for the Winter and Spring athletic seasons in order to continue honoring the athletes. In no way are The Spirit's MVP awards associated with the school's MVP selections, which are usually selected by the players and coaches of each respective sport.


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Wiarton Willie doesn't see shadow, spring just around the corner
WIARTON, Ont. – It's Groundhog Day — the day millions of North Americans turn to weather prognosticating rodents in the hope they'll call for an early spring.
And Wiarton Willie, Canada's most celebrated of all its furry forecasters is predicting an early spring.
Folklore has it that if a groundhog sees its shadow on Groundhog Day it'll flee back to its burrow, heralding six more weeks of winter, and if it doesn't, it means spring's just around the corner. Willie did not see his shadow this morning.
On the East Coast, Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam was the first out of his burrow this morning to make his prediction to a worldwide audience via webcam, and sadly for those hoping for an early spring, the pride of Shubenacadie did see his shadow.
Still to come is Winnipeg Willow's forecast. She'll be visiting a Mountain Equipment Co-op store to make her prediction.
Stateside, Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil is generally regarded as the groundhog of record and his prediction this morning is for an early spring.


text: Latest Video News DISGUSTING: Hillary Clinton tries to score political points from Las Vegas tragedy (Video) Hillary Clinton's response to Las Vegas shooting is pathetic. Published 11 months ago on October 2, 2017 By Alex Christoforou 2,511 Views Share Tweet First appeared on Red Pill Times. At least 50 people are reported dead with over 400 people injured, when a gunman opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival next to the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Videos of the event show the concert in progress, when multiple gun shots from an automatic weapon on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel were fired. The shooter Stephen Paddock started firing and then paused and started firing again. Unfortunately, loser presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has crawled out of the woods and is seeking a platform to divide America and bash President Trump. Never letting a crisis go to waste, Hillary politicized the terrorist attack, going after the NRA in response to the tragic shooting. Fact remains that the Islamic State has doubled down on its claimed that the Las Vegas shooter carried out the attack on behalf of the terror group. The shooting suspect allegedly 'converted to Islam months ago.' Fox News analyst Chris Stirewalt called Hillary Clinton a "blight on her party" who "won't go away. Nothing will stop her." Hillary tweeted… "The crowd fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer, which the NRA wants to make easier to get." "Our grief isn't enough. We can and must put politics aside, stand up to the NRA, and work together to try to stop this from happening again." The crowd fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer, which the NRA wants to make easier to get. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 2, 2017 Our grief isn't enough. We can and must put politics aside, stand up to the NRA, and work together to try to stop this from happening again. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 2, 2017 The Gateway Pundit notes, "there's blood in the streets and Hillary is attacking the NRA?? As usual, Hillary said nothing about Islamic terrorism." Hillary got crushed for her disgusting politicization of such a terrible event. Funny how trump, pence, and Obama all tweet with pure condolences and here's Clinton using the shooting as political leverage — nick underhill (@bakerDW816) October 2, 2017 Way to politicize the tragedy. You're like a lawyer waiting in the hospital ER to find clients. — Troy Caya (@TroyRCaya) October 2, 2017 Thank GOD you are not the president. — Jodi McPhee Giddings (@JodiGiddings) October 2, 2017 I bet your bet your hit man used a silencer when they took out people that we're going to testify against you. — Leo Daniels Ent.🌎 (@LeoRules1) October 2, 2017 pic.twitter.com/Kn7siNJiKn — RC🚂🚂🚂🚂 (@Palladio3830) October 2, 2017 Your sick mind is capable of imagining even worse, you're an abomination to humankind SO GLAD you're not & will NEVER BE anyone's president! — Jackie #LavaJato 👠 (@jackieaus) October 2, 2017 REALLY!?!? This is why you lost! — Smooth Crumminal (@aaron_crumm) October 2, 2017 Within hours you push your agenda!! You disgust me!! — Pittiemomx4 (@dfalls1552) October 2, 2017 Classy tweet Mrs. Clinton. In time of tragedy instead of focusing on coming together as a country let's further divide America w/ gun debate — Nicholas LeBlanc (@Naleblanc15) October 2, 2017 Blood is still running in the streets and you're making a political show of it. Classy. — mardbald (@mardbald) October 2, 2017 Stop w/politics It's NOT the time #HillaryClinton I dont support #NRA but I'm smart enough 2know we cant stop madness #LasVegasShootings — Diana Pasterchick (@PlantYourHope) October 2, 2017 Funny how ISIS is taking responsibility not the NRA! — Amanda (@rayne67501) October 2, 2017 Related Topics:Hillary ClintonLas VegasMandalay Bay Hotel Up Next FC Barcelona to join tomorrow's general strike in Catalonia Don't Miss Facebook hands over 3,000 Russia-linked ads to US Congress Advertisement You may like Republicans call Justice Department's Bruce Ohr to testify, but where is British Spy Steele? (Video) Lenin Updated: 'Turn the Globalist War into a Race War' Russia hysteria gave us social media censorship (Video) Comments Latest Social media purge continues, as platforms operate as publishers (Video) The Duran – News in Review – Episode 80. Published 12 hours ago on August 16, 2018 By Alex Christoforou Following the suspension of Alex Jones, Twitter has also moved to restrict Jones' Infowars account. BuzzFeed News is reporting that the Infowars account will be restricted from tweeting, but will still be able to browse Twitter and send direct messages to other users, while users will still be able to view the account. The move, which essentially puts the account in read-only mode, comes less than a day after Twitter temporarily limited Infowars proprietor Alex Jones for a week after he tweeted a link to a video in which he called on his supporters to get their "battle rifles" ready. That video, which was shared on Twitter-owned live streaming service Periscope, was also shared by Infowars earlier on Wednesday. A Twitter spokesperson confirmed that Infowars' account, which has more than 430,000 followers, will be prevented from tweeting, retweeting, liking or following other users during a seven-day window. The account will stay online, allowing users to view it during that period. Via Zerohedge… On Tuesday, Twitter suspended the conspiracy theorist and blogger for violating the social media company's policies, in a stark reversal for Jack Dorsey who previously bucked the trend by other tech giants to muzzle the Infowars creator. As CNET first reported, Jones' account was put in "read only" mode and will be blocked from posting on Twitter for seven days because of an offending tweet, the company said. While Twitter declined to comment on the content that violated its policies, a Twitter spokesperson told CNN the content which prompted the suspension was a video published Tuesday in which he said, "now is time to act on the enemy before they do a false flag." A Twitter spokesperson wouldn't say what would get Jones or Infowars permanently suspended, however they noted "We look at [the] volume and nature of violations before suspending an account," according to Buzzfeed. On Periscope, which is owned by Twitter, Alex Jones tells supporters to get their "battle rifles" ready against antifa, the mainstream media, and "Chicom operatives" https://t.co/OBHSFc3ofC pic.twitter.com/ntQbh9IKxz — Media Matters (@mmfa) August 14, 2018 The Duran's Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the latest twists and turns in the vicious social media purge of conservative right and libertarian accounts. Platforms are acting like publishers and this may mean the end of monopoly social media services. Remember to Please Subscribe to The Duran's YouTube Channel. Meanwhile, in a censorship move against Libertarian commentary, Ron Paul Institute director Daniel McAdams and Antiwar editor Scott Horton were suspended by Twitter for simply retweeting. Justin Raimondo informs… Two more casualties of the Twitter purge of antiwar voices: @ScottHortonShow, the new editorial director of https://t.co/QNAmINHNCX, and @DanielLMcAdams, director of the Ron Paul Institute. Are you next? — Justin Raimondo (@JustinRaimondo) August 6, 2018 Target Liberty reports… Update from Justin: Neither @scotthortonshow nor @DanielLMcAdams have been reinstated. You can see their tweets: they can't tweet. – RW Daniel McAdams explain what happened… Robert I can give you an update from my perspective regarding what happened: Yesterday on Twitter, former US diplomat Peter Van Buren (@WeMeantWell) took members of the mainstream media to task for swallowing and printing government lies without even bothering to check them out. He said as a former US government official (turned whistleblower) he also lied to the press on behalf of the government and was astonished that the press swallowed each one, hook, line and sinker. Several corporate media hacks and in particular one employee of an NGO funded by George Soros — a fellow called Jonathan Katz — piled on Peter, accusing him of all manner of treachery. When Peter ended one response with a sarcastic reference to zombie attacks – "I hope a MAGA guy eats your face" — which is obviously a joke, Katz replied that he is reporting Peter for promoting violence. So he and his buddies ganged up on Peter and got him banned. Scott Horton and I were incensed over the ban, which seemed to us totally arbitrary. There was no threat of violence and it was no different than millions of Tweets all the time. So Scott and I both joined in and criticized Katz for running off to the authorities in attempt to get someone banned rather than just walk away from the debate. Katz then did his usual routine and ran to the authorities and had Scott and me banned. Mine was for, as Twitter informed me, because "you may not promote violence against, threaten, or harass other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease." There is no way at all that my Tweet violated the above rule. In no way did I harass or threaten based on those criteria. I merely strongly criticized Katz for running to the authorities to get Peter banned. Continue Reading Latest "I'm Not A Racist, But I'm A Nationalist": Why Sweden Faces A Historic Election Upset Sweden is set to have a political earthquake in September. Published 20 hours ago on August 16, 2018 By Tyler Durden Via Zerohedge… "Trains and hospitals don't work, but immigration continues," Roger Mathson, a retired vegetable oil factory worker in Sweden, told Bloomberg on the same day as the violent, coordinated rampage by masked gangs of youths across five Swedish cities. We noted earlier that Swedish politicians were quick to react with anti-immigrant party 'Sweden Democrats' seeing a surge in the polls ahead of the September 9th election. "I'm not a racist, but I'm a nationalist," Mathson said. "I don't like seeing the town square full of Niqab-clad ladies and people fighting with each other." Is Sweden set to have its own political earthquake in September, where general elections could end a century of Social Democratic dominance and bring to power a little known (on the world stage), but the now hugely popular nationalist party often dubbed far-right and right-wing populist, called Sweden Democrats? Sweden, a historically largely homogeneous population of 10 million, took in an astounding 600,000 refugees over the past five years, and after Swedes across various cities looked out their windows Tuesday to see cars exploding, smoke filling the skies, and possibly armed masked men hurling explosives around busy parking lots, it appears they've had enough. Riots in #Sweden. 6 or 7 black dressed masked youths , Around 60 cars have been put on fire several places in #Gothenburg on Monday night. Vehicle fires are also reported in Helsingborg, Trollhättan and Malmö. #EU #Trump pic.twitter.com/JxuBfuoxxe — Alexander Hansen (@AlexanderXV) August 13, 2018 Over the past years of their rise as a political force in Swedish politics, the country's media have routinely labelled the Sweden Democrats as "racists" and "Nazis" due to their seemingly single issue focus of anti-immigration and strong Euroscepticism. A poll at the start of this week indicated the Sweden Democrats slid back to third place after topping three previous polls as the September election nears; however, Tuesday's national crisis and what could legitimately be dubbed a serious domestic terror threat is likely to boost their popularity. Dozens of vehicles have been set on fire in western Sweden in what appears to be a series of coordinated arson attacks; people dressed in all black fled the scenes pic.twitter.com/jkpB0Otzd7 — BNO News (@BNONews) August 13, 2018 Bloomberg's profile of their leader, Jimmie Akesson, echoes the tone of establishment Swedish media in the way they commonly cast the movement, beginning as follows: Viking rock music and whole pigs roasting on spits drew thousands of Swedes to a festival hosted by nationalists poised to deliver their country's biggest political upheaval in a century. The Sweden Democrats have been led since 2005 by a clean-cut and bespectacled man, Jimmie Akesson. He's gentrified a party that traces its roots back to the country's neo-Nazi, white supremacist fringe. Some polls now show the group may become the biggest in Sweden's parliament after general elections on Sept. 9. Such an outcome would end 100 years of Social Democratic dominance. The group's popularity began surging after the 2015 immigration crisis began, which first hit Europe's southern Mediterranean shores and quickly moved northward as shocking wave after wave of migrants came. Jimmie Akesson (right). Image source: Getty via Daily Express Akesson emphasizes something akin to a "Sweden-first" platform which European media often compares to Trump's "America First"; and the party has long been accused of preaching forced assimilation into Swedish culture to be become a citizen. Bloomberg's report surveys opinions at a large political rally held in Akkeson's hometown of Solvesborg, and some of the statements are sure to be increasingly common sentiment after this week's coordinated multi-city attack: At his party's festival, Akesson revved up the crowd by slamming the establishment's failures, calling the last two governments the worst in Swedish history. T-shirts calling for a Swexit, or an exit from the EU, were exchanged as bands played nationalist tunes. Ted Lorentsson, a retiree from the island of Tjorn, said he's an enthusiastic backer of the Sweden Democrats. "I think they want to improve elderly care, health care, child care," he said. "Bring back the old Sweden." But he also acknowledges his view has led to disagreement within his family as his daughter recoils at what she feels is the "Hitler"-like rhetoric. No doubt, the media and Eurocrats in Brussels will take simple, innocent statements from elderly retirees like "bring back the old Sweden" as nothing short of declaration of a race war, but such views will only solidify after this week. Another Sweden Democrat supporter, a 60-year old woman who works at a distillery, told Bloomberg, "I think you need to start seeing the whole picture in Sweden and save the original Swedish population," she said. "I'm not racist, because I'm a realist." Sweden's two biggest parties, the Social Democrats and Moderates, are now feeling the pressure as Swedes increasingly worry about key issues preached by Akesson like immigration, law and order, and health care – seen as under threat by a mass influx of immigrants that the system can't handle. Bloomberg explains further: But even young voters are turning their backs on the establishment. One potential SD supporter is law student Oscar Persson. Though he hasn't yet decided how he'll vote, he says it's time for the mainstream parties to stop treating the Sweden Democrats like a pariah. "This game they are playing now, where the other parties don't want to talk to them but still want their support, is something I don't really understand," he said. Akesson has managed to entice voters from both sides of the political spectrum with a message of more welfare, lower taxes and savings based on immigration cuts. With many Swedes now saying immigration has "gone too far" and as this week's events have once again thrust the issue before both a national and global audience, the next round of polling will mostly like put Sweden's conservative-right movements on top Continue Reading Latest The Turkish Emerging Market Timebomb Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's populist economic policies have finally caught up to him. Published 20 hours ago on August 16, 2018 By The Duran Authored by Jim O'Neill, originally on Project Syndicate: As the Turkish lira continues to depreciate against the dollar, fears of a classic emerging-market crisis have come to the fore. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's populist economic policies have finally caught up to him, and sooner or later, he will have to make nice with his country's traditional Western allies. Turkey's falling currency and deteriorating financial conditions lend credence, at least for some people, to the notion that "a crisis is a terrible thing to waste." I suspect that many Western policymakers, in particular, are not entirely unhappy about Turkey's plight. To veteran economic observers, Turkey's troubles are almost a textbook case of an emerging-market flop. It is August, after all, and back in the 1990s, one could barely go a single year without some kind of financial crisis striking in the dog days of summer. But more to the point, Turkey has a large, persistent current-account deficit, and a belligerent leader who does not realize – or refuses to acknowledge – that his populist economic policies are unsustainable. Moreover, Turkey has become increasingly dependent on overseas investors (and probably some wealthy domestic investors, too). Given these slowly gestating factors, markets have long assumed that Turkey was headed for a currency crisis. In fact, such worries were widespread as far back as the fall of 2013, when I was in Istanbul interviewing business and financial leaders for a BBC Radio series on emerging economies. At that time, markets were beginning to fear that monetary-policy normalization and an end to quantitative easing in the United States would have dire consequences globally. The Turkish lira has been flirting with disaster ever since. Now that the crisis has finally come to pass, it is Turkey's population that will bear the brunt of it. The country must drastically tighten its domestic monetary policy, curtail foreign borrowing, and prepare for the likelihood of a full-blown economic recession, during which time domestic saving will slowly have to be rebuilt. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's leadership will both complicate matters and give Turkey some leverage. Erdoğan has steadily been seizing constitutional powers, reducing those of the parliament, and undercutting the independence of monetary and fiscal policymaking. And to top it off, he seems to be reveling in an escalating feud with US President Donald Trump's administration over Turkey's imprisonment of an American pastor and purchase of a Russian S-400 missile-defense system. This is a dangerous brew for the leader of an emerging economy to imbibe, particularly when the United States itself has embarked on a Ronald Reagan-style fiscal expansion that has pushed the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates faster than it would have otherwise. Given the unlikelihood of some external source of funding emerging, Erdoğan will eventually have to back down on some of his unorthodox policies. My guess is that we'll see a return to a more conventional monetary policy, and possibly a new fiscal-policy framework. As for Turkey's leverage in the current crisis, it is worth remembering that the country has a large and youthful population, and thus the potential to grow into a much larger economy in the future. It also enjoys a privileged geographic position at the crossroads of Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia, which means that many major players have a stake in ensuring its stability. Indeed, many Europeans still hold out hope that Turkey will embrace Western-style capitalism, despite the damage that Erdoğan has done to the country's European Union accession bid. Among the regional powers, Russia is sometimes mentioned as a potential savior for Turkey. There is no doubt that Russian President Vladimir Putin would love to use Turkey's crisis to pull it even further away from its NATO allies. But Erdoğan and his advisers would be deeply mistaken to think that Russia can fill Turkey's financial void. A Kremlin intervention would do little for Turkey, and would likely exacerbate Russia's own financial and economic challenges. The other two potential patrons are Qatar and, of course, China. But while Qatar, one of Turkey's closest Gulf allies, could provide financial aid, it does not ultimately have the wherewithal to pull Turkey out of its crisis singlehandedly. As for China, though it will not want to waste the opportunity to increase its influence vis-à-vis Turkey, it is not the country's style to step into such a volatile situation, much less assume responsibility for solving the problem. The more likely outcome – as we are seeing in Greece – is that China will unleash its companies to pursue investment opportunities after the dust settles. That means that Turkey's economic salvation lies with its conventional Western allies: the US and the EU (particularly France and Germany). On August 13, a White House spokesperson confirmed that the Trump administration is watching the financial-market response to Turkey's crisis "very closely." The last thing that Trump wants is a crumbling world economy and a massive dollar rally, which could derail his domestic economic ambitions. So a classic Trump "trade" is probably there for Erdoğan, if he is willing to come to the negotiating table. Likewise, some of Europe's biggest and most fragile banks have significant exposure to Turkey. Combine that with the ongoing political crisis over migration, and you have a recipe for deeper destabilization within the EU. I, for one, cannot imagine that European leaders will sit by and do nothing while Turkey implodes on their border. Despite his escalating rhetoric, Erdoğan may soon find that he has little choice but to abandon his isolationist and antagonistic policies of the last few years. 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BRISTOL, Tenn. - King College head men's basketball coach George Pitts has finalized the 2010-11 schedule for the Tornado that features games in 10 states.
King will make trips from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., all the way to Fairbanks, Alaska, for three games as a part of the Alaska Invitational.
The Tornado posted a 24-6 record last year and reached the NCCAA Division I National Championship game.
In all, the Tornado will play 24 different teams in 29 games during the regular season.
The schedule starts for King on Nov. 13 and Nov. 14 with games at Kentucky Wesleyan College and Southern Indiana University, respectively. Kentucky Wesleyan went 29-5 a year ago with a trip to the NCAA Division I Midwest Regional Tournament while Southern Indiana had a 24-3 record.
The Alaska Invitational has King playing the University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of West Florida and the University of Arkansas Fort Smith from Nov. 18 to Nov. 20. Alaska Fairbanks was 9-16 in 2009-10 and West Florida went 11-14 while Arkansas Fort Smith was 9-18.
The first team from the 2009-10 schedule that King will play this season will when the Tornado goes to Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) University on Nov. 23 where King will look to avenge two losses from a season ago. The scores of last year's meetings were 73-66 and 77-58. King will travel to nearby Milligan (Tenn.) College on Nov. 29 as King looks to continue a nine-game winning streak against the former conference foe.
The home schedule starts on Dec. 1 when Lincoln Memorial visits the Student Center. On Dec. 4 cross-town rival Virginia Intermont crosses the state line. Under Pitts the Tornado has an 8-0 mark over the Cobras. The home stand continues on Dec. 8 and Dec. 11 with contests against Montreat (N.C.) College and Emory & Henry (Va.) College. The Tornado won at Emory & Henry 113-108 last season and under Pitts King has gone 6-2 against Montreat.
To close out the 2010 portion King plays at NCAA Division I foe UNC Asheville on Dec. 16 and two days later travel to Bellarmine (Ky.) University. UNC Asheville had a 15-16 2009-10 season. Bellarmine reached the NCAA Division II Tournament after a 23-9 record last season. The games will be the first for Pitts against both opponents.
A trip to Nova Southeastern opens the 2011 schedule on Jan. 2 for King. Trips to Salem International (W.Va.) University (Jan. 8), Voorhees (S.C.) College (Jan. 12) and Augusta State (Ga.) University (Jan. 15) come before three home games. Salem International went 3-25 last season while King swept the series against Voorhees in 2009-10. Augusta State went to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight for a third straight trip and went 29-4 while winning the Peach Belt Conference regular-season title and the NCAA Southeast Regional Tournament.
Home games with Union (Ky.) College (Jan. 17), Alice Lloyd (Ky.) College (Jan. 22) and Voorhees (Jan. 24) follow for King. Union won a share of the Appalachian Athletic Conference regular season title last season, but King won 107-60 in Barbourville on Jan. 11 pushing the Tornado's winning streak to seven over Union. In the first meeting against Alice Lloyd since five years saw King win 92-63 in Pippa Passes.
King goes from January to February when the squad goes to Central State (Ohio) University on Jan. 29 and Hiwassee (Tenn.) College Feb. 1. Central State used a 22-6 record to reach the NCAA Division II National Tournament where the team was knocked out by Bellarmine. The Tornado played Hiwassee last season and posted a season-high 127 points.
A home game with Life (Ga.) University comes on Feb. 9 before games at Bluefield State (W.Va.) University (Feb. 14) and Campbellsville (Ky.) University (Feb. 16). King split the 2009-10 series with Life with each winning as road teams. Life won in Bristol 75-67 in the first meeting before King knocked down an 86-85 decision in Marietta. The Tornado has not played Bluefield State during Pitts' tenure, but has played Campbellsville, an 83-78 setback in the 2008-09 season. Both Life and Campbellsville went to the NAIA Division I National Tournament last season.
The final home games of the season will be against Central State (Feb. 19), Hiwassee (Feb. 23) and USC Aiken (Feb. 26). USC Aiken was in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional last season and went 20-11.
The regular season comes to a close for King when the Tornado storms into Life on March 2.
King has the NCCAA Division I Mid-East Region Tournament on the schedule with dates to be announced. The NCCAA Division I National Tournament is scheduled for March 17-19 in Oakland City, Ind.
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When is the last time you talked about colon cancer? It's a disease no one wants to talk about, yet it is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. A lot of work has gone into bringing awareness to this disease, but because it deals with part of the body that our society is uncomfortable talking about, many suffer needlessly because they postponed a colonoscopy or neglected it altogether.
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