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Can I directly enhance video quality on my mobile device?
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You can change the background of your images using this app, blend images as well as swap faces.
Best Desktop App to Enhance Video on Mac and Windows PC
Filmora Video Editor for Windows (or Filmora Video Editor for Mac) is the best video editor to enhance videos and photos on Mac (macOS 10.13 High Sierra included) and Windows easily. It has the feature of auto enhance which can enhance your video quality automatically to match you needs. There are several easy steps which are to be followed to make sure that the process is completed. Before going into details on how to edit video, some features of the program are as follows:
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Simple steps to enhance video with Filmora Video Editor
Step 1: Launch Filmora Video Editor and import video
Make sure the program is installed to your computer and then launch it. After that, you should import your video to this program by hitting the "+" icon.
Step 2: Enhance video
Import your video to the timeline by dragging and dropping. Right-click on the file and the drop-down menu will have many options to select. Go for the "Auto Enhance" option and you will have accomplished it.
In addition to one-click enhancement, you can also add text, stickers, background music, filters, transition effects and more to your video to improve its quality.
Step 3: Export video
After that, you can click the "Export" button to save your video to any device in various formats.
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Quantum Physics: Illusion or Reality?
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A Critical Analysis of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis
There exists vast literature regarding the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Wade (1998) observed that:
Interpretations of the Asian crisis have coalesced around two rival stories: the "death throes of Asian state capitalism" story about internal, real economy causes; and the "panic triggering debt deflation in a basically sound but under-regulated system" story that gives more role to external and financial system causes (Wade 1998, p.1535).
Whereas Wade supports the latter narrative based on the chronology of the crisis, this short paper holds that the combination of both stories caused the 1997 Asian financial crisis, rather than one view point being more significant than the other. The major underlying reasons, which contributed to the crisis, are categorized using the criteria described by Wade. There are some overlaps in terms of the supporting evidence and these further support the paper's stand. This paper also presents lessons learned and not learned from the experience.
View points on Financial CrisisSupporting Evidence
'Death throes view'– 'Excessive government intervention in markets' and the state-directed Asian market system (Wade 1998, p.1536)– Structural and Policy Distortions- Rapid Liberalization and Deregulation of Financial Markets*- Moral Hazard**
'Investor pullout/Debt deflation in a sound but under-regulated system'– 'Self-fulfilling withdrawal of short-term loans, fuelled by each investor's recognition that all other investors are withdrawing their claims' due to short term debts exceeding foreign exchange reserves (Wade 1998, p. 1537)– Rapid Liberalization and Deregulation of Financial Markets*- Dependence on Exports- Pegging currencies to the U.S. dollar- Excessive Borrowing and Currency Speculation- Creditor Panic- Moral Hazard**
The 1997 Asian financial crisis signalled the end of the Asian Tigers' "economic miracle." Prior to the crisis, these Asian Tigers (i.e. Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan) and Tiger Cubs (i.e. Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines) were held as role models to developing nations on how to achieve economic growth. Criticisms and doubts about their economic policies were disregarded in favour of their strong growth rates; while financial institutions, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB), showered them with praise (Karunatilleka 1999).
The crisis was triggered on July 1997 due to speculative attacks on the Thai baht. Investors sold-off baht-denominated assets and withdrew dollar-denominated loans to Thai institutions. As a result, the Thai government was forced to float the baht and let go of its peg to the U.S. dollar because it did not have enough currency reserves to support its fixed exchange rate. In the succeeding months, other Southeast Asian countries followed suit as the financial crisis spread throughout the region (Hale, 2011).
By January 1998, the stock markets in many of the affected countries had lost more than 70% their pre-crisis values, their currencies had also largely depreciated against the U.S. dollar, and their governments had to seek substantial financial support from the IMF (Hill, 2003).
What caused the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis?
Many factors are believed to have contributed to the crisis. Some of the very components credited with spurring the region's economic development were later acknowledged as having inadvertently played a part in the subsequent financial crisis. The following are the factors that merged together to create the perfect storm which resulted in the crisis.
Structural and Policy Distortions
The aftermath of the crisis brought to light several structural and policy inefficiencies that weakened the economic foundations of several Asian economies. Governments often undertook large infrastructure projects to promote economic growth and encouraged private businesses to invest in sectors that are in line with national industrialization goals. Corsetti et al (1999, p.306) pointed out this led to a 'structure of incentives' within the corporate and financial sectors and 'close links between public and private institutions.' Furthermore, the political pressures to maintain high growth rates, the absence of an effective regulatory business framework, and a culture of crony capitalism resulted in government guarantees for private projects (Karunetilleka, 1999; Corsetti et al 1999).
Rapid Liberalization and Deregulation of Financial Markets
In the years prior to the crisis, the Asian Tigers were praised for its efforts to open up its financial markets. However, on hindsight, experts believe that the development of financial systems had not kept pace with the rapid liberalization and deregulation of financial markets. Lending standards were lenient, government's supervision and regulation of the financial sector were weak, there was a culture of inter-connected lending, some banks were undercapitalized, and financial safety nets were not in place (Nanto, 1998; Radelet and Sachs, 1999).
Vallorani (2009) gave some insights on the effect of deregulation on the financial sector by pointing out the concept of "hot money" and the high risk-taking that was prevalent in the years prior to the crisis.
Deregulation in the financial sector led to easy money, which caused many speculative and bad loans to be made. It also led to large debt burdens. Since hot money tends to follow hot money, a feeling of "euphoria", and "I can't lose" mentality, pumped money into already overvalued sectors, leading to valuations that could not be sustained. It also led to a misunderstanding of the risks involved with these investments.
Dependence on Exports
Export was the main engine that propelled Asian economies to grow. However, the excessive dependence on trade had made these countries vulnerable to currency movements. During the mid 1990s, real exchange appreciations made Asian companies less competitive, especially in terms of labour cost. Additionally, over production and excess capacity led to falling export prices. Rising competition from China and Mexico were also believed to have cast some doubts about the competitiveness, growth prospects, and ability to pay loans by Asian exporters (Radelet and Sachs, 1999; Hill 2003).
Pegging currencies to the U.S. dollar
Since the currencies of most Southeast Asian economies were pegged to the U.S. dollar, the appreciation of the dollar caused the exports of these countries to become more expensive and less competitive (Hale, 2011). At the onset of the crisis, the rising dollar caused these countries to run large deficits to fund their currencies and maintain the fixed dollar rate (Karunetilleka, 1999). As governments failed to maintain the dollar peg, their currencies depreciated sharply against the dollar and contributed to the financial panic (Hill, 2003; Radelet and Sachs, 1999).
Excessive Borrowing and Currency Speculation
The high economic growth of the early 1990s led to an attitude of excessive borrowing – most of which were used to fund real estate projects. The money loaned to domestic firms for these projects were funded by borrowing excessively from abroad. The influx of money to fund these assets caused an economic bubble as real estate prices increased dramatically (Vallorani, 2009).
In the boom years, speculative loans were awarded to firms which were not credit worthy (Vallorani, 2009). As the crisis unfolded, it became apparent that many companies had a huge mismatch between liabilities that were denominated in U.S. dollars and assets that were mostly denominated in domestic currency (Hale, 2011).
Realizing that many firms would be unable to repay their loans, currency speculation began. The Thai baht was the first to fall victim to speculative attacks, as speculators sold the baht based on the belief that the exchange rate could not be maintained (Vallorani, 2009). Other Asian countries experienced the same fate. And in what seems to be a self-fulfilling prophecy, the depreciation of domestic currencies ultimately caused many firms to default on their loan payments, thereby exacerbating the crisis.
Creditor Panic
Corsetti et al (1999) attributes the crisis to panic by domestic and international investors. Radelet and Sachs (1999, p.10) also support this claim. They argued that the expectation of each investor that other investors will pull out their funds caused them to panic and behave in a herd mentality. More importantly, the 'high level of short-term foreign liabilities relative to short-term foreign assets' spurred each creditor to leave the country ahead of other creditors because they knew that the last short-term creditor to withdraw funds will not be repaid on time.
Moral Hazard
Radelet and Sachs (1998, p.3) pointed out that 'over-investment in dubious activities resulting from the moral hazard of implicit guarantees, corruption, and anticipated bailouts' is one of the main culprits as to why huge amounts of capital suddenly left Asia. In a nutshell, creditors believed that they would be bailed out in the event of a crisis. They felt confident that they would be repaid for lending to companies with close ties to the government, especially for projects with public guarantees.
Prior to the crisis, international banks had poured out huge funds to Asian domestic financial institutions without regard for sensible credit standards. This over-lending practice may have been caused by the presumption that short-term credit liabilities would be implicitly guaranteed by government intervention or IMF bailout programs (Corsetti et al, 1999).
Conclusion: Lessons learned and yet to be learned
Fifteen years after the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the experience still resonates today, especially in the context of the current global financial crisis. Valuable lessons have been learned and continue to be applied to improve economic policies and structures. However, there still remains some important learning that have yet to be realized from the past.
Lessons Learned
Pitfalls of rapid financial liberalization– Rapid financial liberalization caused weaknesses in the financial systems. Well-functioning financial systems require strong legal and regulatory infrastructures (Radelet and Sachs, 1999).
Dangers of fixed exchange rates– Fixed rates make markets very vulnerable to huge shifts and fluctuations when they can no longer be maintained (Radelet and Sachs, 1999).
Mistaken policy interventions– The initial response of the IMF and U.S. treasury exacerbated the crisis in its early stages. This supports the need for a more formal mechanism for international private debt solutions rather than IMF bailouts (Radelet and Sachs, 1999).- 'Swift government intervention with appropriate monetary policy' will help to lessen the impact of a financial crisis (Vallorani, 2009, p.17).
Lack of effective mechanisms to stop financial panic– 'The solution is to develop institutions that can provide more solid foundation for well-functioning capital markets' (Radelet and Sachs 1999, p.18).
Improvements in market/financial regulations– Regulations are needed to guarantee a 'level playing field' and prevent the free market economy to 'run amok' (Vallorani 2009, p.17)- Bank regulators should require greater transparency and must have stricter regulations in supervising lending activities (Hale, 2011).
Implement policies to prevent market speculations – Suggest to have a 'universal tax on currency transactions' to discourage market speculations- Another option is a fee-based system, whereby private financial institutions create an insurance fund similar to the IMF.(Karunatilleka 1999, p.39)
Updating the policies of IMF and WB– Improving global regulations- Creating a process of active and transparent surveillance for borrowing nations- Creating a code of best practices on social policy issues- Reinforcing international and domestic financial systems- Promoting more widely available and transparent data on member countries economic situation and policies- Underscoring the central role of the IMF in crisis management- Increasing the involvement of the private sector in forestalling or resolving financial crises
(Karunatilleka 1999, p. 39)
Enhancing regional surveillance and participation– Regional organisations (i.e. ASEAN) could provide warning/advise to its member countries who are heading for trouble (Karunatilleka 1999, p. 40).
The current global financial crisis has some significant similarities with the 1997 Asian financial crisis. This is proof that there are still a few lessons yet to be learned to prevent future crisis from happening. The most important lesson that keeps recurring as a major "mistake" in almost every financial crisis is aptly expressed by Vallorani (2009).
The lesson that was not learned is that speculative spending, fuelled by risky loans, leads to asset bubbles, and bubbles always burst. The Asian bubble burst in 1997. The .com bubble burst in 2000. The US real estate bubble burst in 2008. It seems to be part of human nature to chase what is hot, to chase the next "I can't lose" investment, to not want to be left out when everyone else is making easy money. When greed takes over, bubbles are built. Unfortunately, when they burst, they take everyone with them (Vallorani 2009, p.18).
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Renowned for being home to Disney World, millions of tourists descend on Orlando every year to grab a slice of the Disney magic and soak up the sunshine with Mickey and Minnie. But the Disney franchise isn't the only thing on offer in the Sunshine State! Enjoy a great getaway in Orlando with our round-up of the best alternative attractions.
If there's another thing Florida is famous for, it's the swamps. At Gatorland you can get up close and personal with this 110-acre habitat, housing the world's largest collection of white alligators, crocodiles, snakes and other exotic wildlife. There are plenty of scaly thrills on offer here including live shows, gator wrestling and a train ride through the swamp. It's not for the faint hearted!
Best known for its live shows with killer whale, Shamu, SeaWorld is home to a whole host of aquatic attractions including one of its newest additions – Turtle Trek. This 360 degree, 3D movie will take you on an adventure though the hidden world of Nyah, a deep sea turtle hatchling. The effects are so realistic you'll be ducking and diving to avoid the rogue sharks and flotsam.
You can also get up close and personal with dolphins, sharks, flamingos, penguins and more, or even swim and play with bottlenose dolphins in the SeaWorld Discovery Cove. If you're willing to splurge, that is!
If you want to get your adrenaline pumping, there are also several thrill rides here including The Kraken and Manta roller coasters.
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Catch the train to Hogwarts and be transported to a magical world at Universal's Island of Adventure theme park. Offering visitors a chance to catch a sneak peek at Dumbledore's office, choose a wand at Ollivanders, browse the shops of Hogsmeade and enjoy the delicious taste of Butterbeer, this is a must for any fans of the books or movies! For any muggles out there, the theme park is also home to some of the most thrilling white-knuckle rides in Orlando.
After a busy day of exploring, you can also enjoy a taste of home with fish & chips, shepherd's pie and Cornish pasties all offered alongside pumpkin juice at the Hog's Head Pub.
Cocoa Beach
All those theme parks don't come cheap, so why not spend a day making the most of Orlando's top free attraction – the sunshine! There are a number of beaches within driving distance of Orlando, but the Alan Shepard Beach Park at Cocoa Beach is one of the most popular. Named after the first American astronaut to be sent into outer space, the whole family will love playing on the beach in a clean and safe environment. On launch days, the beach is also a great place to view space shuttles taking off from the nearby Cape Caneveral.
As well as a number of shops and eateries, the beach is also home to the popular Ron Jon and Cocoa Beach Surf Co – a mist for anyone who likes to ride the waves.


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Procore Android App: No Longer Providing Updates for Android 6.0 and Earlier
This announcement represents a single point in time. Future releases may impact the information below.
Updated: January 07, 2021
Procore Android App Now Requires Android 7.0 (Nougat) or Later
As we strive to provide the best experience for customers, we have ended support for Android 6.0 and earlier for the Procore Android app. This means that in order to continue receiving the latest updates for the Procore app, you must have Android 7.0 or later running on your mobile device.
Android 6.0 was released in 2015; the operating system has not been supported by Google since September 2019 and it no longer receives new security updates from Google.
What happens if my device is still using Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) or earlier?
While you can still use an older version of the Procore app if it was already downloaded to your device, we recommend using the latest versions of Android software and the Procore app for the best stability, security and feature compatibility. If your device remains on Android 6.0 or earlier, you will not be able to upgrade to the newer app versions of Procore.
- At a minimum, we recommend that you update your device to at least Android 7.0 (released in 2016) so that you can continue to receive Procore app updates.
- If possible, update your supported device to Android 11 to maintain the highest level of support by both Android and Procore.
- If you have a device not supported by Android Nougat or later, you may consider replacing the device with one that is supported.
How do I update my device?
For steps on how to update your device to a later version of Android, see Google's support article on checking and updating your Android version.
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New York is going to announce a bill to legalize adult use of cannabis and it could happen within the next 24-48 hours. A heavy tax percentage and an escalating scale for the THC intoxication component in flower and concentrates is already getting panned by the cannabis industry. Details in Weed Talk News with Pro Cannabis Media's Jimmy Young.
Now with six correspondents in different regions giving this weekly review of cannabis news a true coast-to-coast report. New Jersey's Cannabis board gets settled after the NAACP urges personnel change, and Tara Misu has that story. Plus South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem suddenly reverses her policy towards weed. Harborside might not have the DeAngelo brothers running things anymore, but they just procured a historic bank loan for 12 million dollars.
The Green Market Report's Debra Borchardt takes a look at quarterly profits by the big cannabis businesses, and Michigan sets a sales record; Rick Thompson has that story. Vermont's Green Nurse, Jessilyn Dolan reports from the Green Mountain state, Vote Pro Pot Cast's Phil Adams with the DC report. Introducing Margo Vasely with what's going on in Illinois.


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What is a Meta-debrief?
Meta-debriefing is anything which facilitates a debrief, of a debrief, such that learning, reflection, or feedback occurs. In this sense one must be observed for a meta-debrief to occur, either through active observation during real-time debriefing, or by recording oneself for review later. Please note that if a recording is taken, consent from participants should be actively sought to maintain confidentiality as often learners will only express true reflections and learn if they feel safe to do so, and thinking others may watch or listen to a video of them, even if the focus is on you, may impair the quality of the session.
Failing the above, one strategy may be to maintain a reflective log, and/or a portfolio of debriefs you have undertaken, noting what went well, or less well, and look to find routes for improvement. Equally, finding a mentor to support your personal development can be a very successful strategy.
As a critical element of simulation education, it is interesting that debriefing poses such a challenge for even the most seasoned educators—"Even after 23 years, the most experienced of us are still learning to debrief." (Voyer & Hatala, 2015).
As with many things, there is no "right" way of progressing your debriefing style, and one route may work better for some, while another better for others, what matters is what feels "right" for you.
One strategy for more novice debriefer to gain structured feedback is to use an assessment tool, such as OSAD (Objective Structured Assessment of Debriefing), DASH (Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare), or SHORT (Simulation in Healthcare retrOaction Rating Tool) tools. A full breakdown the each tool is available here, here, or here respectively.
If using tools isn't for you, why not attend a debriefing course - one may be running at a simulation center near you?
A highly successful group who are modelling best practice in meta-debriefing are the Meta-Debrief Club, a group from Edinburgh hosing meetings where they would review recordings of their own debriefs, identifying key 'take-home-messages' & deliberate changes to practice (O'Shea et al, 2018).
There are no shortcuts to good debriefs. Practice makes perfect, and purposeful practice is better than unfocused repetition. We know what we know, and we know what we don't know. There are known unknowns, and that is where external help comes in to provide new insights and directions for development once our own avenues for exploration have run out. Work smart, not hard.
Can't find what you're looking for? Get in touch and we may be to offer some help either pointing you towards experienced individuals in the field, or a mentor, or by helping you set up your own meta-debrief club - check out our CONTACT US page for more information.
So how DOES one really get better at debriefing?
Most of the frameworks and tools to enhance debriefing focus on the following during debriefing:
Establishing and maintaining a rapport with learners throughout using non-threatening approach and creating a psychologically safe environment
Explain the purpose of debriefing, expectations and objectives at the start
Encourage participation from learners with open-ended questions and prompting for active contributions
Fully explore reactions to events, dealing with anyone who is unhappy for any reason
Encourage self-reflection using a step-by-step approach
Help learners explore reasons and consequences for actions, identifying specific examples
Provide objective feedback promoting positive behaviors and identifying gaps in performance
Reinforce key learning points and strategies for how future improvements can be applied in practice
But what does this actually mean and how should you look to improve on this:
Approaches should focus on cognitive skills and critical thinking to promote adaptive expertise
Conceptualize, apply, synthesize and evaluate information gathered
Metacognitive reflection pre-, during- & post-event for greater understanding and development
A 3 development stage has been proposed by Cheng et al (2020) in Simulation in Healthcare as follows:
Discovery stage: foundations introduce key knowledge of concepts, frameworks and strategies, tools and aids to facilitate beginners development by helping manage cognitive load and allow meaningful interaction with learners. This stage also benefits from self-observation and feedback, as discussed above.
Growth stage: Attending additional training & courses, expanding one's breadth of knowledge and skills, in addition to observing others and co-debriefing with experts can help progression. Typically will rely less on debriefing tools and blend models, adding complexity and managing increased cognitive loads. A variety of experiences and challenges will further aid development.
Maturity stage: At this point debriefers will have amassed significant experience but will continue to seek avenues of progression and challenge, with ongoing practice and targeted training, helping to develop a community of practice locally, supporting faculty development programs.
More learning resources are available below:
Meta-debrief Club: an effective method for debriefing your debrief https://stel.bmj.com/content/6/2/118
Build your own Meta-Debrief Club: An impactful way to debrief your debrief: https://stel.bmj.com/content/5/Suppl_2/A57.1
A Conceptual Framework for the Development of Debriefing Skills A Journey of Discovery, Growth, and Maturity: https://journals.lww.com/simulationinhealthcare/Fulltext/2020/02000/A_Conceptual_Framework_for_the_Development_of.10.aspx
Debriefing and Feedback: Two Sides of the Same Coin? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25710319/
"Thinking on your feet"—a qualitative study of debriefing practice: https://advancesinsimulation.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s41077-016-0011-4
More Than One Way to Debrief - A Critical Review of Healthcare Simulation Debriefing Methods: https://journals.lww.com/simulationinhealthcare/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2016&issue=06000&article=00009&type=Fulltext#pdf-link


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Will the Federal Court Address Whether We Were at War with al Qaeda Prior to 9/11?
In Al Nashiri v. Obama, a panel of the D.C. Circuit appeared to be leaning toward allowing the federal courts to address when hostilities began with al Qaeda. Al Nashiri is challenging the authority of the Guantánamo military commissions to try offenses that pre-dated the September 11 attacks. Specifically, Nashiri is charged with complicity in the bombing on the USS Cole in 2000, and an earlier attempted bombing, that year, of the USS The Sullivans.
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In Al Nashiri v. Obama, a panel of the D.C. Circuit appeared to be leaning toward allowing the federal courts to address when hostilities began with al Qaeda. Al Nashiri is challenging the authority of the Guantánamo military commissions to try offenses that pre-dated the September 11 attacks. Specifically, Nashiri is charged with complicity in the bombing on the USS Cole in 2000, and an earlier attempted bombing, that year, of the USS The Sullivans. He argued that the military commission is unauthorized by statute because the Military Commissions Act limits the commission to hearing war crimes occurring after the commencement of hostilities. Nashiri argues that this did not occur until 9/11 or when Congress thereafter passed the AUMF.
To pull the plug on the military commission against him (which have been stayed on other grounds), Nashiri brought a habeas action in district court and sought a preliminary injunction. The district court (Judge Roberts) denied the injunction. The court held that "traditional principles of comity and judicial economy support abstaining from exercising equitable jurisdiction over Al Nashiri's habeas petition while his military commission trial is pending." Nashiri then appealed to the D.C. Circuit and also asked that Court for a writ of mandamus (declaring that the military commission acted beyond the scope of its powers).
At oral argument in the D.C. Circuit Wednesday – before Judges Tatel, Griffith and Sentelle – Nashiri's arguments appeared to be faring better. The judges all seemed to agree that mandamus relief was not appropriate here. Such relief is limited to situations where the exercise of authority is indisputably unlawful. Judge Tatel made plain that, while the question of when hostilities began was a close one, it was not indisputably clear. So, don't expect any writ of mandamus to be issued by the court of appeals.
Judge Tatel, however, appeared very skeptical that a federal court should abstain from deciding the question of when hostilities began and whether the military commission acted beyond the authority granted it by Congress. Judge Tatel said that there was no reason to defer to the military or military commission on the issue of when hostilities began. Indeed, he said such deference would be inappropriate. And neither Judge Griffith nor Judge Tatel saw any reason why the federal court should wait for the final rulings of the commission or the Court of Military Commission Review. Counsel for the government, Joseph Palmer, struggled mightily to explain why abstention would be proper. He admitted abstention was not required and could cite no appellate case where such abstention was applied in a context not involving a service member. Judge Tatel made clear that none of the military abstention factors applied and emphasized that Congress had not set up the military commission as a self-contained system, wholly separate from the federal courts. And Judge Tatel perceived no real risk to the military commission system by permitting federal review now.
Judge Sentelle also seemed inclined against abstention, asking Mr. Palmer to outline what should happen if abstention is denied. Judge Sentelle did suggest that Nashiri might still, however, fail in obtaining injunctive relief because any adverse commission ruling could be appealed, ultimately, to the D.C. Circuit, which could later review this jurisdictional threshold issue then.
The oral argument suggests that the appellate court will likely send the case back to the district court for it to possibly address the thorny question of when military hostilities with al Qaeda commenced.
The bigger issue is one of competence to decide such critical "lawfare" questions. If the courts are deemed competent to decide when hostilities began, and as Judge Tatel strongly suggested, will offer no deference to the military or Executive on that issue, it raises the prospect that the courts will someday soon deem themselves competent to decide the corollary question of when the hostilities end. That question is key to all of the detention power being exercised at Guantanamo, as to all of the detainees there. So, that a federal court may feel comfortable addressing these sorts of issues is of great interest and importance.


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'Tab Hunter Confidential' Screens at the Granada
Documentary About the Screen Idol's Life
Tab Hunter is a few minutes late coming home, and his partner, Allan Glaser, who produced an autobiographical documentary about Hunter and has been his mate for three decades, wonders out loud where he's been and why he doesn't come into the front bedroom where the television is to see this amazing thing. A longtime equestrian, Hunter, it turns out, was with his new filly Skylark in Santa Ynez, and he's already guessed what's on TV. "Is it that commercial for our movie on TCM?" he asked.
Glaser seems disappointed; his surprise is ruined. "I taped it," he said. "It's the first time it ran." Hunter joins me on a comfortable bench at the end of a bed and sits back. He looks tired and calm, but he has his characteristic questioning gaze turned on, which seems both skeptical and naïve. Long ago, Hunter perfected a disarmingly brash method of self-introduction. "Tab Hunter," he always says to strangers, thrusting his hand out to shake, the gesture immediately leveling, reassuring. The day I visit, he plops unceremoniously down without the handshake. The commercial comes up on the screen, and Glaser explains to me how the Turner Classic Movie folks negotiated the deal when technically there are no commercials on the station. "They wanted Tab to go on the movie cruise," said Glaser, referring to a summer sea cruise that TCM hosts with stars and directors of older Hollywood in attendance. "And we said, yes, if you'll run the commercial for our movie. Voilà."
Meanwhile a fast montage of images plucked from the trailer for the documentary Tab Hunter Confidential fills the screen, iconic gay celebs like John Waters and George Takei testifying to the past glories of Tabmania, followed by Tony (Psycho) Perkins, whose appearance becomes a confessional moment in the film — though Hunter's autobiography of the same title first revealed their oft-rumored relationship. Then come a number of funny moments: 1950s girls swooning and Hunter ducking a marriage question by Tennessee Ernie Ford. My favorite is a twinned set of clips. "Hi, I'm Tab Hunter, and I've got a secret," says Hunter in high-irony mode, appearing on the famous Garry Moore-hosted quiz show I've Got a Secret, followed by a strange unattributed quote from contemporary Tab Hunter, addressing an unknown interviewer, "I think you have to be true to yourself," he said. "I've never been as open with anyone as I am with you."
Hunter and Glaser live in an ornately furnished, small Spanish-style home, not far from a busy Montecito street. Hunter begins talking about the film itself. "You know this movie took seven years. And it's all Allan. This project was in such good hands," he said, describing its success in U.S. festivals and busy slate of openings around the country. "And you know what happened because of all this?" he asked rhetorically. "The book has reentered the New York Times' best-seller list. Great, huh?"
Glaser's film is a lively and engaging companion piece to Hunter's book, which was first published eight years ago, though Hunter said he began writing it in 2000. By and large, people assumed it was meant to stave off numerous rumors about Hunter in a time when celebrity outing was considered not just fair game but obligatory. Maybe it was confessional in intention, but both book and film feel more like a reconciliation — the attempt to reunify a divided life.
Hunter's career began a half century earlier when sodomy was criminal; the film begins with his arrest at an apparently suspicious party. How that incident haunted him later is part of the film. Meanwhile, Hunter's fate was placed in the hands of his agent Henry Willson, who handled a number of beefcake sex symbols, such as Rock Hudson, who were not much interested in returning the lavish female attention their films engendered. Willson changed Hunter's name from Arthur Gelien (he was born in 1931 as Arthur Kelm but changed it himself after his mother left her abusive husband). The name came from Arthur's love of horses; a stable was where Hunter was first discovered by actor/agent Dick Clayton, a lifelong friend. To this day, Hunter makes jokes about how he prefers the company of horses to Hollywood. "I'd rather be out shoveling the real stuff than all that," he said.
Hunter began in B movies, did some stage acting — he played the Lobero in the late 1950s — and then signed to Warner Bros. The next 10 years were prime Tabmania: He also began a career as a pop star with many Top 10 hits. Screaming hordes of girls followed. "It was horrible; I was very uncomfortable with that," he said. The movie makes clear, however, that pursuit by women began before his celebrity. Though Hunter was for a long time "linked" with Natalie Wood, Confidential frankly enumerates his necessarily secret lovers, who include figure skater Ronnie Robertson and a poignant time with Anthony Perkins. Most interesting, though, is Etchika Choureau, a Parisian beauty he costarred with in Lafayette Escadrille. Hunter considered marrying her. In Confidential, Choureau movingly notes, though, that Hunter had "two faces, dieux visages." She didn't mean unfaithful or hypocritical, just torn.
In every aspect, Tab Hunter's life is paralleled: His name, proclaimed with outstretched hand, isn't real; nor was Arthur Gelien. His career was split, too. First came the studio phase with films like The Girl He left Behind and his serious Playhouse 90 television parts, and then a fusillade of spaghetti Westerns made after leaving the studio, culminating in the underground years starring in film's like John Waters's Polyester. And his biggest role of all, heartthrob magazine cover boy, was almost cruelly false. Glaser, who met Hunter when he was pitching his own camp-classic film Lust in the Dust, collects Tab memorabilia. "I'm always finding things everywhere," he said. "Flea markets, Amazon and eBay — everywhere. But Tab doesn't want any of it, he kept zilch."
"I really don't," said Hunter, who winces when Glaser mentions his storage locker full of Hunter-abilia. Rather, he is all about Glaser's talents. "Don't you think Allan did a great job? This movie is wonderful," said Hunter. "I am way beyond proud of this film. It's getting such good reception in festivals … and now we have this schedule, and we're going everywhere." Glaser details their schedule of openings: New York, Philadelphia, Connecticut, Virginia, and a screening at the Academy of Motion Pictures, which Glaser says Hunter is looking forward to, despite the rigors of Q&A sessions. "I've done this all my life," said Hunter. "One thing I never expected," he said walking me out to my car, "I've met the parents of gay children, and they've thanked me for this. It's such a different ball game today. We all need someone to talk to."
His comment recalls the film's preview, where Hunter admits he's "never been as open with anyone." I ask him who the "anyone" was. "Oh, Jeffrey," he said, talking about the documentary's director, Jeffrey Schwarz, who did a lot of the interviewing. "Like I said, it's a new ball game today. I'm really talking to the audience. I never would have spoken about these things like I'm some long-suffering homosexual."
So why now? Why to all these people? "Oh, wouldn't you rather hear it from the horse's mouth, rather than some horse's ass?" he asks and shakes my hand good-bye.
Tab Hunter Confidential screens Thursday, November 19, at 7 p.m. at the Granada Theatre (1214 State St.). Call (805) 899-2222 or see granadasb.org.


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Parallel Stories Lecture: Tony de los Reyes and Sameer Pandya
Inspired by the site-specific installation by Los Angeles-based artist April Street, The Mariners' Grand Staircase (Armoured Stars, Flying Clouds), currently installed in the Museum's Park Lobby, this conversation between artist Tony de los Reyes and writer Sameer Pandya explores the symbolic potential of the sea. As Herman Melville wrote, why did some "...hold the sea holy?" Why, like Narcissus, do we see ourselves in rivers and oceans? Why, with its associations of unpredictability, infinity, the beginnings of life, turbulent passions, unfettered freedom, purification, solitude and rebellion, does water seduce us, console us, and alarm us?
Parallel Stories is a literary and performing arts series that pairs art and artists with award-winning authors and performers of regional, national, and international acclaim. This series functions as a multidisciplinary lens through which to view the Museum's collection and special exhibitions.


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Safe Passage
How important an issue is food safety? Important enough that more than 1,500 industry, government and academic professionals saw fit to attend the 16th annual Food Safety Summit in Baltimore last month, where they could take part in workshops, ask questions at a town hall-style meeting, award achievements in the field, forge meaningful contacts, and check out the latest products and services on the show floor.
?This event is a perfect opportunity to find out the latest and greatest the industry has to offer,? notes Sharon Wood, the director of quality assurance and food safety at San Antonio-based H-E-B. ?Attendees feel this is a true investment and a time to have access to information that is new and different.?
H-E-B?s not the only retailer to strive to be ahead of the curve when it comes to food safety. Since last Sept. 30, Wegmans Food Markets has required all of its fresh produce suppliers to show they?ve passed a ?Good Agricultural Practices? (GAPs) audit, a requirement the Rochester, N.Y.-based grocer phased in first for growers of crops linked to past outbreaks of foodborne illness, like spinach or melons, back in 2008, and then gradually expanded to apply to more types of fresh produce. In advance of the requirement, Wegmans began hosting food safety education training sessions for growers in 2005.
Designed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the voluntary audit system pinpoints key food safety issues for growers, enabling them to verify that best practices are in place at their farms. ?These audits are the best way we have to know that a grower is following practices to minimize the chance of pathogens getting into the food supply,? says Bill Pool, Wegmans? food safety manager for produce. ?We all want to keep earning our customers? trust in the safety of the fresh foods we offer.?
Costco Wholesale, meanwhile, last year adopted a software solution from Aspirago, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ann Arbor, Mich.-based NSF International, to help manage supplier food safety auditing and product quality testing data. ?Ensuring food safety and quality across the global supply chain is more complex than ever,? explains Christine Summers, director of food safety and corporate quality assurance at Issaquah, Wash.-based Costco. ?Aspirago offers complete end-to-end functionality specifically designed for our needs as a global retailer to ensure our food safety expectations are met worldwide.?
The solution provides secure, collaborative web-based software that aggregates and analyzes third-party auditing and testing data, including multiple audit schemes and requirements consistent with Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standards, in addition to customized retailer-specific audits.
And at the actual store level, Price Smart, an operator of membership warehouse clubs in Central America and the Caribbean, last fall implemented AiroCide, an air sanitation technology manufactured and distributed by Atlanta-based KES Science and Technology Inc., in all 31 of its locations.
First launched aboard Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-73 to preserve crop growth, the solution is an air purifier that completely mineralizes (turns organics into carbon dioxide and water vapor) airborne bacteria, mold, fungi, mycotoxins, viruses, allergens, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as ethylene, and odors without the use of filters and the production of harmful byproducts.
?AiroCide has been very beneficial for all our locations,? notes Philippe Jacquemin, corporate produce buyer for San Diego-based PriceSmart. ?Odors are gone. Product holds up better. We offer our members the best quality available, at a fair price. Anything that we can do, any steps that we can take to ensure achieving this goal, is worth the investment. We pride ourselves in making sure that all controls are in place so our members continue to enjoy the highest level of quality.?
But with such items looming on the agenda as the final major pillar of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which would help prevent the contamination of food products during transportation by establishing requirements for sanitary transportation practices (the proposed rule remains open for comment through May 31), how can retailers, perhaps overwhelmed by the need to keep pace with such sweeping change, make sure they?re doing all they can to provide safe fresh food items to consumers?
Areas of Concern
To figure out how best to approach food safety, it?s instructive to look at retailers? chief obstacles to achieving it.
?The one thing that is keeping retail CEOs up at night is the possibility they will be sued for selling tainted food,? asserts Randy Fields, CEO of Utah?s Park City Group, whose technology powers ReposiTrak, a food safety solution. ?In fact, if you look at the annual report of any publicly traded food retailer, there is always a section on food safety risk. The risk is certainly highest in the fresh food departments, but given events like the salmonella outbreak at Peanut Corp. of America five years ago, the issue is also impacting the center store.? He adds that this worry is intensified by the fact ?that while suppliers are supposed to have insurance to cover problems like tainted products, many don?t, and the retailers themselves become the targets of victims? lawyers.?
Often complicating the issue, Fields contends, are ?operational barriers to implementing fresh food safety strategies, like responsibility scuffles between merchandisers and the quality control group, but the bigger issue is data accuracy and timeliness. Too often, the right people and departments don?t have the right information at the right time to prevent food safety events.?
?Our retailer customers are indicating to us their biggest concerns revolve around improper handling of perishable products at the grower/shipper level and poor handling practices at the store level after the product is actually received,? observes Doug Thurston, VP food sales at Boise, Idaho-based PakSense, which provides a full line of temperature-monitoring labels used on perishable products.
Thurston attributes grocers? problems with instituting food safety measures to ?the sheer number of people involved in the delivery process,? noting: ?Suppliers, carriers and retailers all play a role in ensuring that perishable products are properly handled. When working in concert, they make sure the cold chain is preserved, product is handled properly, and only the freshest and safest products reach consumers. But many entities touch the product, from original harvest or processing to the consumer. For example, product is delivered to a distribution center, handled, shipped to various stores, handled or mishandled by employees; there are many transfer points. Buying habits come into play, product availability, Mother Nature, poor handling practices prior to the retail customer getting the product, poor practices by the grower in plant and harvest, etc.?
Peter T. Wolf, VP of sales for retail and new markets at New Hartford, N.Y.-based ParTech Inc., reels off a list of retailer headaches, among them ensuring that staffers are following operational guidelines, proper storage of food safety records, dealing with internal and external audits, the cost to the environment, and, perhaps most critically, not being alerted to problems.
?All perishable, fresh food and prepared food departments are most affected because [of] the nature of the products and the HACCP rules and regulations that guide the preparation and holding of hot and cold foods,? he says.
Obstacles cited by Wolf include the insight that it?s ?human nature to take shortcuts when they cannot be detected,? which often stymies the ?accurate and verifiable completion of food safety checklists in the stores.?
Major concerns at retail noted by Dr. Dale Grinstead, senior food safety technology editor at Duncan, S.C.-based Sealed Air, are environmental contamination with Listeria in deli and produce, as well as issues relating to transportation, the latter of which, given the current regulatory focus, he expects to move up on grocers? radar. Grinstead?s colleague, Catherine François, global director of the Diversey Consulting division of Sealed Air, flags traceability, temperature management throughout the supply chain, cleanliness, pest control management and associate training as potential trouble spots.
Both point to consumers? lack of food safety knowledge as a challenge to progress. ?Consumers expect food safety [in stores], but don?t understand that most food safety failures happen at home,? says Grinstead, offering such examples as time temperature abuse and hygiene lapses, and describing shopper education as ?critical.?
He further observes that sourcing product locally, while touted as good for the environment because of its ability to reduce carbon footprints, has ?vastly complicated everyone?s supply chain,? by introducing myriad small suppliers with a range of food safety standards, including those laboring under the misperception that ?quality and safety [are] antithetical.?
A Wealth of Solutions
To help retailers achieve optimal food safety, vendors offer a full range of solutions spanning sophisticated software, temperature-monitoring advances and state-of-the-art packaging.
ReposiTrak lets users ?track and trace products and ingredients throughout the global food, drug and dietary supplement supply chains,? explains Fields. ?In addition, our technology addresses the market need of receiving, storing, sharing and maintaining regulatory documentation all in one central location. What we really do is reduce risk in the supply chain by identifying backward-chaining sources and forward-chaining recipients of products in near real time.?
PakSense?s temperature-monitoring labels ?record data during transport and provide data on the environmental conditions the perishable product was subjected to,? notes Amy Childress, the company?s VP marketing. ?They are in use by more than 1,500 customers in more than 75 countries. We also provide consulting services to our customers. Our staff is from the food industry ? we have employees who have worked for retailers and suppliers in quality assurance roles, so they have firsthand knowledge of what goes on in the supply chain and how our technology can help our customers pinpoint supply chain issues.?
PakSense recently formed a partnership with Oslo, Norway-based Thinfilm, which ?developed the industry?s first printed rewriteable memory,? she explains.
To develop a printed electronic temperature-monitoring label, Thinfilm enlisted other companies to provide such components as PST Sensors? printed thermistors and Acreo?s printed electrochromic displays, according to Childress.
?A prototype of this next-generation temperature-monitoring label has been demonstrated, and Thinfilm is in the process of fine-tuning the manufacturing and printing process,? she says. ?The label will definitively display if certain temperature ranges have been breached and is positioned as an alternative to chemical indicators.? When the product rolls out, as is expected early next year, it will be the first time a printed electronics temperature-monitoring label has been offered for use in food markets, observes Childress, who adds, ?By joining forces, PakSense and Thinfilm will help ensure only the freshest and safest products reach consumers.?
Wolf describes ParTech?s SureCheck as an ?automated, mobile solution that provides intelligent checklist-based logging and monitoring for restaurant/retail food safety and management of employee-assigned tasks.? The solution?s platform knows when checklists are due, enforces tolerances, provides remediation steps and alerts management; provides consistent and measurable information for compliance programs; is faster than pen and paper; offers data collection accuracy; has a cloud-based infrastructure that?s scalable to meet users? various needs; issues immediate real-time alerts for resolution; and requires little training to use.
?Incredibly, the area of the food safety checklist is one of the last to be improved using technology,? he notes. ?The inefficient, prone-to-error, costly and environmentally unfriendly paper checklist will be replaced by intelligent checklist platforms? like SureCheck.
Since Mike Rosinski, marketing director for smoked and processed meats at Sealed Air?s Cryovac food packaging brand, notes that ?proper handling and cooking [of food] is key,? and that packaged materials can prevent cross-contamination between raw meat and ready-to-eat deli meat, the company offers a variety of packaging solutions to ensure quality of products by protecting them throughout the supply chain.
These include non-barrier vacuum Cryovac Super L Bags, most frequently applied to whole-body and bone-in breast turkeys to reduce the risks of leaking and cross-contamination at the retail level, and which can withstand temperatures as low as ?40 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the distribution process, and the Cryovac CNP310 Heavy Bag, which enables post-pasteurization/post-packaging heat treatment of abrasive smoked and processed meat products, and is most commonly applied to items with hard or coarse surfaces to help reduce pathogens, control microbial counts and extend shelf life.
Grinstead notes that Sealed Air also offers customized Listeria control programs for stores of all sizes and footprints, and maintains continuous interaction with customers on food safety issues.
Retailers? Role
Along with relying on vendors? solutions and services, grocers and other interested parties need to be more methodical about food safety. Sealed Air?s François urges the implementation of best practices training, education, auditing, and temperature and waste management to ?minimize risk at every level along the supply chain.? Such systems in place will enable adopters to anticipate future risks and address them through technology, she notes.
PakSense?s Thurston notes that since the store ?is an area that the retailer has the most control over ? policies and increased training with store employees on proper receiving practices would be beneficial and would help mitigate issues in the ?last mile? of the supply chain.?
Grinstead and François posit that it?s the responsibility of retailers to manage comprehensive farm-to-fork programs, and that joint approaches among retailers to deal with an ever more complex supply chain featuring multiple suppliers are experiencing success, as such initiatives ?take cost out of suppliers? operations? and ?put in place a certain level of confidence? for consumers.
?The one thing that is keeping retail CEOs up at night is the possibility they will be sued for selling tainted food.?
?Randy Fields, Park City Group/ReposiTrak
?Consumers expect food safety [in stores], but don?t understand that most food safety failures happen at home.?
?Dr. Dale Grinstead, Sealed Air
?The inefficient, prone-to-error, costly and environmentally unfriendly paper checklist will be replaced by intelligent checklist platforms.?
?Peter T. Wolf, ParTech Inc.


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Fort Worth's newest brewery is weeks away from opening its doors and, more importantly, its taps.
Shawn Kidwell, Cowtown Brewing Company co-founder and head brewer, gave me a tour recently. The brewpub will have indoor and outdoor seating with traditional Texas barbecue smoked on site using white oak. Business hours will be 11am to midnight Thursdays through Sundays.
"Traditional barbecue is going to be the backbone of our food service," he said. "Our lunch menu will swing that way. We're trying to come up with a few surprises as well."
A Kölsch, Vienna lager, altbier, milk stout, double IPA, and smash beer (single hop and malt) will form the core beer lineup at Cowtown Brewing once everything is up and running. The brewspace currently holds a 15-barrel brewing system with room to expand.
We will have a "half dozen seasonals and a couple of big beers [throughout] the year," he said. "The rest of production will be rotating taproom-only stuff. To me, that's the beauty of our model. We're not beholden to a big distribution contract. We can come and brew something off the wall. That's the thing I'm most excited about."
The brewpub license allows Cowtown Brewing to sell beer to-go, primarily via crowlers (large sealed cans). Kidwell said he is looking forward to spending time with customers.
"I've always had the philosophy that the people who make the beer need to spend time behind the bar," he said. "I'm looking forward to pouring beer that first day and talking to [customers] about beer."
Kidwell remains bullish on the future of Fort Worth's brew scene.
"We have a lot of potential here to create a beer community that is at least on par with Dallas," he said.
Don't forget to follow On Tap in Fort Worth's Facebook page.
On Tap this Week:
Beer Dinner with Revolver Brewing. August 9
From Revolver: You're invited to a chef-inspired (and hops-inspired) beer dinner in partnership with our friends at Revolver Brewing. Featuring a four-course, custom menu paired with craft beer selections, this is a culinary experience you won't want to miss. $45 per person plus tax and gratuity. Please call 817-350-4106 for reservations. Event page here.
Rahr & Sons Octoberfest 5K International Beer Day Social Run. August 4From Rahr: Uniting the running world through fine crafted brew. Our universal language is running, brew, and food! Because happiness lies in the hands of the beer-holder! Purchase tickets online for $20. We are completely cashless and paperless! Event page here.


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When I say
unto the wicked, Thou shalt
surely die ; and thou givest him not warning , nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life ; the same wicked man shall die in his
iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn
not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he
shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
When I say
unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die
; if thou dost not speak towarn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his
iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from
it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast
delivered thy soul.
Ezekiel the
I never planned on talking/writing this much- once again- about
police abuse.
But- Christians- in my view- need to speak out on issues when they
I could run down and give you an on-going- nonstop- case after
case- litany of official misconduct- every day- by Cops.
Just a reminder- of some I have read/covered these past few years.
Cops use their data base- tracking phones- all the tools at their disposal-
illegally- to find out information on spouses who are divorcing them- who are
in child custody battles.
One tracked info- planted
drugs in his ex-wife's car- and put the woman in prison- until he finally was
caught- after a very difficult time- because the system works hand in hand-
even with corrupt cops.
Cops- while enforcing the law- break it on a daily basis.
Oh- how about the cop who was having sex with a 15 year old [I
think she was 15- or younger?].
This went on for quite some time- never reported by his fellow
officers- until the girl went to the hospital- and at that time the law
required it to be reported- that's when it was dealt with- he's in prison
How about the 25 years I worked at the Fire Dept.?
Many occasions where multiple officers were on top of a suspect-
and the suspect could not breathe- and yes- died.
A Captain told me one day that these cops were killing these guys-
yet- after their deaths- if they had any drugs in their system- which was
common- these deaths were reported as drug deaths- which was false [99% of
these victims were minorities].
As Paramedics/EMT's- these suspects were plainly being killed- by
what we call the Mechanism of Injury- meaning they died because multiple cops
were on top of them- and they couldn't breathe- yet- it never stops- nor do I
think it ever will.
It was humiliating to see Eric Garner plead for his life- saying
11 times 'I can't breathe'- and yet- this murder is considered just- how can
that be?
More than one time- driving to- or from work- I was pulled over illegally-
I talked about these cases.
I knew the cop had no cause- I was in uniform-[which looked just
like a cop uniform] as they approached my vehicle- as soon as they saw me-
thinking I was either a cop- or some other type of law enforcement officer-
they did not even come to the window- they left- realizing it was a false stop.
One time coming back from Kingsville- a constable or DPS officer
drove up to my rear- doing about 100- I thought he was going to ram me.
He did not know I was a firefighter- never stopped me.
He obviously was trying to get my vehicle to swerve- and maybe do
I was still driving and called the local P.D. and told them some
nut is running people off the road.
All of these guys were in uniform- on duty- carrying guns [these
guys are a danger!]
I gave you cases of cops threatening people- making threats
'disappear- or I'll make you disappear'.
I gave the names- first and last- of the persons that told me
these things- and the officer.
These reports fall on deaf ears- you say 'wow- I didn't know they
could do that'.
Did you not see an actual video of an innocent man being murdered-
and they got away with that.
I could go on- forever- but I think you got it.
What we saw in the Eric Garner murder- was a clear case of- well-
Now- once again- the grand Jury said it's ok for multiple cops- to
kill an innocent Black man- father of 6.
I think it's futile to try and deal with these never ending injustices-
by going to 'the system'.
Al Sharpton and others are trying to pass new laws that would
require all innocent people murdered by cops- to go to the Federal Level.
I'm not against it- but the problem is systemic- in many ways.
I do not advocate violence- the Mayor of New York recently said he
told his son- who is black- that he has taught his son when he is pulled over
to be careful reaching for his cell phone.
The Head of the Police union called him a Moron [Oh sorry-
That cop should be fired- for publicly besmirching the guy in
charge of New York- but if nothing happens when they murder innocent Black Men-
well I think you're getting it.
These cops operate out of a sense of impunity- whether it's threatening
– or murdering- people.
Running them off the road- using – illegally- the dept. computers-
data bases- I mean these are NOT ONE TIME INCIDENTS.
I worked with them for 25 years.
The average person on the street is simply not aware of it-
because they have not dealt with it.
But if you are a Black kid- in a tough inner city area- maybe like
Yes- the crime rates are high- and I am not excusing that many of
the crimes are committed by these kids in these areas.
But you don't realize that many of the cops do indeed see these
kids as having no value- some spend their days looking for excuses to 'get
I just told you how I myself have been illegally stopped- until
the cop thought I too was a cop!
Now- what if I were a Black man?
Reaching for his license- after the cop asked- and then got shot.
Or the black Father of 6- who 'might' have been selling 'looseys'-
No- the problem is systemic- and the system will never fix itself.
NOW- Unless you think the murder of Eric Garner was just- the
bible says you must speak out- because surely we all saw- on a national level-a
wicked thing.
Oh-no video on this one- we already have one.
Note- Do me a favor, those who
read/like the posts- re-post them on other sites as well as the site you read
them on. Thanks- John. Don't forget to scroll down on the timeline [FaceBook#]
- I have posted lots. visit- ccoutreach87.wordpress.com- my radio shows.


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Virtual Escape Rooms
These escape rooms were made by the library for you to complete at home. They can be done by yourself or with your family and friends. Younger children may need some help with some of the puzzles, but everyone can have fun exploring the story!
Note: The age recommendations are just recommendations. Younger children might enjoy doing escape rooms with help from adults or older siblings.
Some games will open up multiple pages on your web browser. Be prepared to close pages you already got clues from. If you leave them all open it can slow down your computer and make it confusing to navigate. Most pages have a prompt to "close this page" after you've gotten everything you need from it.
A Lucky Day (Recommended 10+)
Your day takes an interesting twist when you discover a gold coin on the sidewalk. What you choose to do with it will lead you on an adventure unlike any other. This "Choose Your Own Adventure" style story has 15 different endings. Will your day end with a stroke of luck or be filled with misfortune? Play to find out!
North Pole Delivery (Recommended 7+)
It's Christmas Eve, and you find a forgotten letter to Santa on the post office floor. Oh no! You need to deliver it to the North Pole before Santa leaves tonight! Can you make it in time and save Christmas for one little boy or girl?
Play North Pole Delivery here!
The Dragon's Lair (Recommended 9+)
You wake up in a stone room by yourself and don't remember how you got here. You try and think how you ended up in this strange castle, but the last thing you remember was being at your friend's birthday party before a dragon attacked. Will you make it out of the castle alive?
Escape the Island (Recommended 7+)
You've been stranded on an island and need to fix your boat quick! It look's like the volcano is about ready to explode, so you best pick up the pace or things are going to get hotter than the summer sun on this island. Find the right tools and supplies to fix your boat and make your escape. There isn't a timer for this escape room, but try and finish as fast as you can!
Crystal Cave Adventure (Recommended 8+)
Help bear enter the magical crystal cave and uncover the lost treasure. You will travel around the forest talking to various woodland creatures to find the keys to open the mysterious gates.
Play Crystal Cave Adventure here!
The Great Pumpkin Mystery (Recommended 7+)
Linus is looking for The Great Pumpkin. Help him find this mysterious figure by looking through the pumpkin patch for clues. Take your time and new things will appear as you play. You have 10 minutes to find the magic word that will call The Great Pumpkin to the pumpkin patch.
Play The Great Pumpkin Mystery here!
Escape the Kitchen (Recommended 9+)
Someone has locked you in their kitchen. If you don't want to be trapped here forever you need to unlock the door quick! Food based puzzles abound in this fun escape room that will test your wits as well as your hunger level! You have 30 minutes to escape.
Survive the Zombie Apocalypse (Recommended 11+)
Note: This escape room may be scary for young children. It's the end of the world and zombies have overrun your town. You are hiding out in your warehouse shelter when it's surrounded by the walking dead. With zombies blocking your escape you need to break through a locked window to get out. There's only one problem. You don't know the code to the lock! Find the passcode by gathering clues hidden around the room. Along the way learn all about survival tips for real life natural disasters. You have 45 minutes to escape.
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Compositore, arrangiatore, direttore
Umberto Beccaria plays Andrea Ravizza, Frammenti @ Punto Rec Studios on a Fazioli gran Coda
Frammenti is a piano song to be performed with a specific intonation.
Although some sounds are obtained by scratching and pinching the strings with the nails (or even hitting them with the palms of the hands), the personality of the song remains soft and fine.
New sounds are interspersed with quiet chords, played slowly or very softly, slightly rippled by the untempered tuning. Even these quiet moments are therefore pervaded by a certain tension, almost a movement.
From the middle of the piece sounds and phrases are repeated with a phase shifting technique which, although with a certain degree of insistence, turns slowly fading towards the end.
A relaxed and slightly restless chord closes the piece.


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- Safe and Reliable Valley Car Shipping Services by A-1 Auto Transport
- Valley Auto Transport Pricing & Time To Ship Your Car Examples
- Valley Neighborhood Areas We Serve
- Valley includes ZIP codes
- Related Information & FAQ
Safe and Reliable Valley Car Shipping Services by A-1 Auto Transport
We all ask the same question when it comes to car shipping services. Whom can we trust our cars? What company offers the safest shipping services? A-1 Auto Transport is glad to answer every agony a car owner has. When it comes to car shipping services, A-1 Auto Transport is very popular. It is because clients recommend the company, and the comments are all positive.
Valley Auto Transport Pricing & Time To Ship Your Car Examples
Shipping To/From Valley | Cost | Distance | Estimated Time In Transit |
Valley to Jacksonville | $198 | 330 miles | 3 - 5 days |
Memphis to Valley | $228 | 380 miles | 3 - 5 days |
Valley to Tampa | $265 | 441 miles | 3 - 5 days |
Miami to Valley | $389 | 648 miles | 3 - 5 days |
Valley to Pittsburgh | $461 | 768 miles | 3 - 5 days |
New York to Valley | $578 | 964 miles | 3 - 5 days |
Valley to Minneapolis | $726 | 1210 miles | 4 - 6 days |
San Francisco to Valley | $1482 | 2470 miles | 6 - 8 days |
*Prices and times are estimated. They can vary depending on the season and what type of vehicle you are shipping.
A-1 Auto Transport never failed in its entire career. This is the reason why A-1 Auto Transport is one of the top performing car shipping companies in Alabama. Good thing, the company already opened in Valley. This will give hope to our clients in Valley for a safe and reliable car shipping services.
Most of our clients are first timers, and they are the ones who are going to move from one city to another or from a state to another, and this is normal. Since they are first timers, they are scared of availing car shipping services. That is why we let them view the positive feedbacks of our customers, and they realize how good our company is. We never let any of our clients down from the beginning of our service. We are always in time, and we assure the cars of our clients are in good condition.
Shipping cars is not difficult at all. To avail our service, we only need to know what kind of vehicle will be shipped and the complete information about the car. This information will include the time and date of pickup and delivery and the destination as well.
This will make the estimation of the service easier. The estimation will not cost anything, but we would like to inform our clients that for every extra mile, an equivalent cost will be added as well. We highly encourage everyone to visit our site to know the shipping prices.
The clients also have the chance to choose what kind of shipping he wants to get. Normally, the shipping is within the state or to another state. This is why we recommend open carriers which can carry at most 12 cars. This is way more affordable than the closed one. The closed one is offered for rich clients who own vintage, high-performance, and luxurious cars. It is closed to avoid public exposure.
The last thing that our client should consider is the condition of the car before handing it to us. The damage should be specified for us to identify what special things should be in mind upon transfer. The additional cost of transferring damaged cars will be more or less than a hundred dollars.
Valley Neighborhood Areas We Serve
Our auto transport services are proud to help with your move in any of the neighborhoods you see below. And if you don't see your neighborhood listed here, don't worry because we can most likely service it.
Shawmut | Langdale | River View |
Fairfax | Sydney Street | Huguley Road |
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This package includes Reading, Complete, Quick and Listening exams for each of the 10 lessons of the American English File 4 book; Each Quick Test has 50 three-choices questions for 50 minutes, each Complete Test has a total of 30 questions with a combination of four options, space and plug-in for 30 minutes, each Reading Test has 15 questions for 18 minutes and each Listening Test has 10 questions for 10 minutes.
There are two Review exams for courses 1 to 5 and 6 to 10 and finally the Final Exam, each of which has 3 exams: Reading, Complete and Listening; Each Complete Test has 100 multiple-choices multiple-choices questions, space for 100 minutes, each Reading Test has 15 questions for 18 minutes, and each Listening Test has 10 questions lasting 10 minutes.
You are only allowed to take each test once.


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Americans are watching more streaming video than ever — and they now pay an estimated $2 billion each month on subscription-video services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon.
That's according to the Deloitte's 2018 Digital Media Trends Survey, which found found that 55% of U.S. households now subscribe to at least one video-streaming service (up from 10% in 2009).
The average streaming-video subscriber pays for three different services — amounting to $2.1 billion per month in revenue, according to the study. Deloitte calculated the figure based on the Census Bureau's estimate of 126 million U.S. households for 2017.
At the same time, Deloitte's survey found a drop in pay-TV subscriptions: 63% of U.S. households subscribe to a traditional cable, satellite or telco service, down from 74% in 2016. Pay TV's decline is especially pronounced among Gen Z (ages 14-20), millennials (ages 21-34) and Generation X (ages 35-51). Indeed, 22% of millennials say they have never subscribed to a pay-TV service.
The survey found, on average, that Americans watch 38 hours per week of video content, of which 39% is streamed and 61% is on live TV. For younger audiences, streaming is bulk of their video diet: Gen Zers watch 22 hours of streaming video weekly vs. 16 hours of TV, and Millennials watch 19 hours of streaming video vs. 15 hours of live TV.
Overall, about 48% of all U.S. consumers stream TV content at least weekly, versus 37% in 2016.
"Consumers now enjoy unparalleled freedom in selecting media and entertainment options and their expectations are at an all-time high," said Kevin Westcott, vice chairman and U.S. media and entertainment leader for Deloitte. "The rapid growth of streaming services and high-quality original content has created a significant opportunity to monetize the on-demand environment in 2018."


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You want to make the most of your vacation to Yellowstone, so what's the best way to see it?
The park is larger than people expect, and while it's only a few miles between the major hubs in the park, it still takes a long time to drive it. The speed limit is 45 mph, and the average speed in summer is usually around 30 mph with occasional traffic jams due to wildlife sightings or bison setting the pace as they walk slowly in the middle of the road.
Booking a tour guarantees that you won't miss any of the highlights. It's also the best way to quickly learn about the park as well as THE CODY AREA which has much to offer and will give an extra western flair to your trip.
Think of it as a sampler pack. You get a taste of everything and then on the rest of your vacation, you can go back and spend time more thoroughly enjoying what captures your attention.
Yellowstone is basically divided up in two loops. The UPPER LOOP TOUR lets you see Mammoth Hot Springs and the Lamar Valley as well as Hayden Valley and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
The LOWER LOOP TOUR takes you to West Thumb Geyser Basin, Old Faithful, as well as Fishing Bridge and the elegant historic Lake Hotel.
If you take both full day tours, you get 10% off your second tour and will start off your vacation with the knowledge to make the rest of your time in the Cody/Yellowstone area much more enjoyable.
If you want to "see Yellowstone," book a tour with us. We'll make sure you leave with a good understanding of not only what's in Yellowstone, but also in the Cody area as well.
Give us a call today and we'll be happy to help custom-craft your tours.