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> Other theoretical mechanisms have to be put forth for the rate of profit
> the gold industry to decline back to normal (or rise). The obvious one is
> for other prices to rise. But, and that seems to me the problem from a
> Marxist standpoint, that relies on the quantity theory. Specifically,
> capital moves into the gold industry (and, incidentally, it is not
> whether this takes a long time or other mines are discovered), more gold
> produced and enters circulation, other prices rise, the rate of profit for
> gold falls. For Marxist monetary theory, that seems to me unacceptable.
> What would be a solution from a standpoint that rejects the QTM?
I think that you have put your finger on a key point here. There is
no mechanism in marx's theory by which gold will exchange with
other commodities for its value.
Ricardo obviously had such a mechanism which Marx rejected.
Marx's argument was that the quantity of money in circulation was
regulated by the value of gold rather than the exchange value of
gold being regulated by the quantity of money.
This however relies on commodities exchanging at their values
by some prior axiom. If we know that this is necessarily the case,
then what he says would follow. But to me this seems to be a
confusion of long term and short term mechanisms.
A series of long term mechanisms ensures that commodity
exchange ratios oscillate around the ratios of their Smithian
natural prices. The observed tracking of values by prices
is a result of these mechanisms. What Ricardo was doing was
citing one of these mechanisms. It strikes me as invalid for
Marx to use the end result of the mechanism to argue against
the mechanism itself.
I have from my first reading of it, always found his criticisms
of the quantity theory implausible.
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Mounts & Animal Companions - an ub3r showoff
ub3r_n3rd posted a topic in Show Off: PaintingFor my Broken Gods D&D game, I've painted up all the figures for my group and am now getting around to painting up their mounts and animal companions. First off we have Bagheera, the Panther based off artwork in the spoiler. Bagheera is the animal companion of the party's monk/ranger and normally it is a standard medium-sized panther that he can use to fight along side him, but the panther can grow into this large mount when needed. Next is the Golden Lion, the mount of the party's bard, based on the artwork below: Next is the Nightmare for the party's warlock, based on the artwork below: I painted up the standard medium sized panther to use when it is needed. The monk/ranger also gained a (perhaps) temporary follower in "Jim the Brown Bear" which I also decided to paint up for this adventure and future adventures as a companion or just standard bear. All of these are painted up tabletop to tabletop+ standards. I didn't want to put too much work into them as they are just meant to be on the tabletop and not to be put into any contests. Larger panther and the lion are the lioness and lion from Bones 3. The smaller panther and the brown bear are bones animal companions. The Nightmare is from one of Tre's kickstarters. It has a barbarian that goes on the saddles, which of course I omitted here and I'll either toss the barbarian in the BOGW or put him in the melt bin at ReaperCon now that he's not really needed and I covered the hole in the saddle where he would normally attach. There's one missing mount, a silver and black fox that I may also paint up for the 4th member of the group. She paints minis too, so I'm thinking I'll give her a wolf figure that looks very foxlike to have her do it herself especially since I have so many other projects I need to finish up on this month. Anyhow, C&C are welcomed and appreciated! EDIT!! Adding more pics of the figures in more close-up shots for each one.
Animal Companions and Mounts - an ub3r WIP
ub3r_n3rd posted a topic in Works in Progress: PaintingToday, I'm not feeling working on my main ReaperCon project for the diorama so I figured to stay productive and still do something I'll go ahead and start a WIP thread for some tabletop to tabletop+ painted figures of mounts and/or animal companions for the characters in my D&D game. First off I'm doing these three bones figures: animal companion brown bear (Jim), animal companion black panther (Alex), and Phantasmal blue panther mount (Bagheera). These are for the monk/ranger character in my D&D 'Broken Gods' game. I will use some green stuff to even out and blend into the bones broccoli bases, the bigger panther will get a green stuff made saddle and harness. After I'm done with these three: I will paint up a golden lion (the companion to the panther figure from bones 3 I believe) Find a fox figure big enough to be a mount - will need to be about 1 1/2 to 2 inches long. Acquire a nightmare figure for a mount or modify a horse or unicorn
So, I may or may not be soon embarking on painting some mounted figures, but really never have and wondering upon the opinions of this all so wise group of knowledge. When you paint a mounted figure, do you paint the mount and rider separately or do you attach the rider and then paint them both together? I've got some little goblins with some wolves I need to do, but the questions is attach and paint, or paint and attach?

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Today, July 12, 2017, the National Women's Business Council released its latest research report, Necessity as a Driver of Women's Entrepreneurship. This report offers a nuanced view of what constitutes "necessity entrepreneurship" and reveals why it is crucial to explore business motivation in context of gender and social norms. While the project was launched in order to understand more about the 80 percent of women business owners bringing in less than $50,000 in receipts a year, the research ultimately challenges the notion that necessity entrepreneurship can be described through finances, alone. The final report reviews the existing literature; analyzes two public sources of data; introduces a new working model for understanding necessity entrepreneurship; and offers recommendations for policy and future research.
Research and the media frequently contrast individuals who enter the market to exploit a particular opportunity (often described as "opportunity entrepreneurs") with those who resort to entrepreneurship in order to meet financial needs ("necessity entrepreneurs"). These categories reflect the basic economic principles of supply and demand, or "push" and "pull," factors. But while this framework may be intuitive, it is also overly simplistic, failing to take into account the full array of motivations behind self-employment.
Men and women may be "pushed" into entrepreneurship in order to meet basic economic needs in a time of market—and labor force—contraction. For example, research clearly demonstrates that self-employment numbers rose during the time of the 2008 recession. Entrepreneurship in these conditions can be described as a result of necessity, and those who enter business ownership as "necessity entrepreneurs".
However, self-employment may also result from less financially quantifiable needs. Consider individuals with children, for whom reliable and safe childcare is an ongoing need. In this case, entrepreneurship may be an option that allows parents to meet not only budget, but also time-flexibility, requirements. Individuals may also choose to start a business to respond to a lack of opportunity in the C-suite; allow for geographic flexibility; or supplement wages with additional income in order to pay for short-term expenses, such as tuition or debt.
Although many of these examples relate to basic economic needs, each specifically addresses nuanced trade-offs commonly faced by women, who not only assume much of the responsibility for resolving work-life balance issues within families, but also see limited advancement at the highest levels of corporate management as well as greater levels student loan debt than men. In light of these illustrations, it is clear that a traditional idea of what constitutes "necessity" is worth a particular examination through the lens of women's experiences. The report released today, Necessity as a Driver of Women's Entrepreneurship, uses literature and data to explore a broader definition of necessity-based entrepreneurship, in which women start a business not due to the lack of employment options, but because their other labor force options are either not preferable or are not sufficient to meet their needs.
On the policy side, this paper surfaces research suggesting that countries with better paid leave, subsidized childcare, and more part-time opportunities demonstrate a negative correlation with necessity entrepreneurship and a positive correlation with growth-oriented forms of entrepreneurship. Such results suggest a variety of arenas for policy intervention or support, including investment to
- Alleviate social and economic disparities facing women in the workforce;
- Address macroeconomic and general unemployment issues in the United States; and
- Assist women who have already made, or are about to make, the necessity entrepreneurship decision to survive and thrive as business owners and leaders.
Necessity as a Driver of Women's Entrepreneurship is NWBC's first paper explicitly exploring this topic. The next step in this work is to engage with directly with women entrepreneurs to evaluate the strength of the model for necessity entrepreneurship presented in this initial report. Stay tuned for ongoing research on this critical issue.
You can read the full report here and join the conversation online using #NWBCResearch.
Author: Annie Rorem, Director of Policy and Research at the National Women's Business Council.


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Cairns offers a great variety of active living classes for all to enjoy. The Active Living Program consists of free fitness classes 6 days a week. The classes provide an introduction to the sport so are suitable for all levels of fitness and are run at numerous picturesque locations along the Esplanade. From Aqua Aerobics to Zumba Fitness there is something for everyone to try.
Get wet and wild with aqua zumba in the Lagoon,
every Wednesday 5.30pm at the Lagoon Cairns
Learn the basics of Pilates at the Fogarty Park soundshell at 6:30am on Thursday mornings. Please bring water, a towel and/or mat.
Zumba classes feature exotic rhythms set to high energy Latin and international beats. Before you know it you are getting fit and energy levels are soaring. It is easy to do, effective and totally exhilarating.
Fogarty Park 5.30pm Tuesday
Bouldering is a form of rock climbing at low height. A minimal amount of equipment is required. Bouldering is a fun and safe introduction to rock climbing. Bouldering is suited to all levels of fitness and climbing experience. Over the sessions you will learn and develop skills to solve a range of climbing problems. Like any form of rock climbing it is good for the body, mind and soul. If you have climbing shoes, bring them along – Dunlop Volleys are a good alternative and of course sneakers are fine. Bring a water bottle and a towel.
At 5pm Monday afternoon
Want to learn to play Beach Volleyball, increase your skills, or just want to have a fun hour of sport? Elite coaches Joel and Luke lead this weekly clinic. The session combines skill training and play with groupings for all skill levels. Come on down and bash a ball!
5.30pm Tuesday evenings.
Aquatic exercise is a low impact, effective and fun way to get fit, burn calories, strengthen joints and bones and reduce stress. Aqua Aerobics increases general well-being with little or no impact and you don't even have to be able to swim!
Saturday 9am at the Lagoon
This Introductory class is a combination of Yoga and Tai Chi techniques. Learn the basics at Fogarty Park from 6:30am on Wednesday mornings.
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5pm Thursday at the skatepark opposite the hospital
This one hour class utilises the fantastic fitness stations spread out along the Esplanade to provide participants with an 'all over' body workout. The class is suitable for all fitness levels and abilities. The class consists of a series of timed circuits (e.g. 30 seconds on each machine/station) and once a station has been utilised, the group will jog/skip/hop/lunge/squat to the next lot of fitness stations.
Saturday at 9am
Enjoy the unique experience of Sahara Mediation on the esplanade every Saturday at 7.30am. Allow your kundalini energy to awaken with the rise of this meditation.


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Please be sure to read the VENDOR GUIDELINES & AGREEMENT at the end of the application. You only need to apply one time, which adds you to the vendor mailing list. Our monthly email will inform you of upcoming markets and other market opportunities.
All Vendors should carefully review and sign the Market Operating Rules and Regulations and Vendor Agreement in order to participate in any market.
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One hundred ten years ofeditoralfreedom
February 13, 2001
L&. l o.,81 '
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Nap-
ster must stop allowing the millions of
music fans who use its free Internet-
based service to share copyrighted
material, a federal appeals court ruled
he three-judge panel allowed Nap-
ster to remain in business but told a
lower court judge to rewrite her
injunction that ordered Napster to shut
down pending a trial in a lawsuit filed
by the recording industry.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals also said Napster must lock.
out those users who exchange copy-
righted songs without permission.
*he appellate court had earlier
issued a stay of the injunction.
"This is a clear victory," said Hilary
Rosen, president and CEO of the
Recording Industry Association of
America. "The court of appeals found
that the injunction is not only warrant-
ed, but required. And it ruled in our
favor on every legal issue presented."
Napster can stay in business until
U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel
retools her injunction, which the
appellate court's 58-page opinion
called overbroad. In fact, minutes after
the panel's decision, thousands of Nap-
ster users were still trading music files
on just one of the company's more
than 100 servers.
The panel said Napster may be liable
if it does not actively prohibit its users
from swapping protected material.
Rather than placing the entire burden on,
Napster, however, the court said the
recording industry must warn Napster
that copyrighted work is on the service
before the company is found liable..
The court did not specify what-kind
See NAPSTER, Page 7
Service replaced CDs
for many
By Hanna LoPatin
Daily Staff Reporter
Until LSA junior Aaron Penn got kicked off
Napster for downloading a Metallica song last
year, he loved the service and used it often.
"I thought it was pretty lame because I've actu-
ally purchased a lot of Metallica CDs in my life,"
Penn said about getting ousted from his member-
ship. "I don't really know what the problem is
with sharing information."
While many students like Penn are disappoint-
ed that their source for free music seems to have
dried up, there is also an understanding for the
artists' plight.
"Though I love Napster, I think its opera-
tions are kind of shady," said LSA freshman
Sina Joorabchi, who said he is an "avid Nap-
ster user."
"They're taking away from the music indus-
try," he said.
LSA junior Tim Kable said he has stopped
buying CDs since he began using Napster.
"That's usually how I get all my music," he
said. "I like it, but I don't know if it's necessarily
See STUDENTS, Page 7
Napster Inc. founder Shawn Fanning looks down during a
press conference in San Francisco yesterday.
Intervenors argue
affirmative action
helps many races
1Jen Fish
Daily Staff Reporter
DETROIT As the lawsuit challenging the
Law School admission policies heads into its
final day of witness testimony later this week, the
intervening defendants yesterday attempted to
show that affirmative action is not a black-and-
white issue - liter-
Opponents of
*rmative action,
including the . ONTRIAL'
plaintiff's counsel
the Center for
Individual Rights,
have contended
that race-conscious
admissions can be detrimental to Asian-
Americans because they are not typically
classified as underrepresented minorities.
' sian-Americans clearly benefit and are
c rly not harmed (by affirmative action)," said
Howard University law Prof. Frank Wu. Because
the term "Asian-American" encompasses many
different countries, Wu told U.S. District Judge
Bernard Friedman, to call all Asians overrepre-
sented is misleading.
For example, the passage of Proposition
209, which ended affirmative action in Cali-
fornia, has eliminated the representation of
certain Asian groups - such as Filipino stu-
dents - at the University of California at Los
Angeles altogether.
It is widely acknowledged, Wu said, that
Asian-Americans have been held up as a kind of
"model minority." While this may seem positive,
Wu warned that the positive stereotypes of
Asian-Americans carry with them a negative
But CIR lawyer Larry Purdy disputed this
point, saying outside the courtroom that "I don't
think any of the positive things you hear about
Asian-Americans are then used in a negative
way," a point he attempted to make during cross
Wu testified that the stereotype of Asian-
Americans as a "model minority" not only pro-
motes discrimination but also pits
Asian-Americans against blacks in the affirma-
tive action debate.
Because of the success of some Asian-
Americans, Wu said, the group is "brought
into this debate and held up as if to say, 'They
made it, why can't you?"' to blacks.
Wu said he was also troubled by the stereotype
because it causes backlash against Asian-Ameri-
cans. Hate crimes against Asian-Americans, he
said, increased after the passage of Proposition
"Asian-Americans have benefited tremendously
See TRIAL, Page 7
University Prof. Francis Collins (center), who heads the Human Genome Project, listens to Eric Lander, director of the Whitehead Institute
Center for Genome Research during a Washington press conference yesteiday. Cetera Genomics PresidentJ. Craig Venter is at left.
Geni6iomae 's*urprisngly smnall
From staff and wire reports
Competing maps of the human genome are
being laid bare this week as scientists hurry to
tell the world what treasures lie buried in the
long, complex chain of human DNA.
Like pirates' maps spread out on a sandy
beach, with exciting details on view for the
first time, the genetic data offer intriguing
clues to how life operates, where we came
from, and how we got here.
"This turns all the lights on now," molec-
ular biologist Richard McCombie said yes-
terday at the Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory in New York, who is a key play-
er in the publicly financed Human Genome
Project. Now, "you can see everywhere" in
the human set of genes, and "we'll be
forced to ask bigger questions."
"There are some
Stunners here."
- University Prof. Francis Collins
Human Genome Project director
University Prof. Francis Collins, head of
the public project, added: "There are some
stunners here." For example, far fewer genes
have been found than expected. "We thought
we were big, fancy, complicated organisms.
But our gene-list is a lot less impressive than
we expected. That's quite a surprise."
The main surprise is that the human
genome is rather small, containing only
about 30,000 to 40,000 genes, rather than
the anticipated 100,000-plus.
University genetics Prof. Miriam Meisler
said despite the fact that fewer genes were
discovered than originally anticipated, many
of them remain a mystery to scientists.
"We want to determine the function of
genes that are completely unknown,"
Meisler said. "That's a big goal for the next
10 years, to assign function to the genes we
don't know about yet"
Although finding fewer genes means
there's less to look at, it also means that the
genes are more complicated than expected.
The low gene number overturns the cher-
ished idea that each gene has only one func-
tion. Instead, it appears that each gene makes
perhaps three or more proteins, and scientists
must sort out just how that is done.
The first analyses of the human gene set
See GENOME, Page 7
Southeast Michigan commuter
rail system seeks more funding
BRETT MOUNTAIN/Daily
LSA freshman Alexis Fabrikant talks on her Web phone from her residence hall. Like many students,
Ikant finds Web phones more economical than calling on conventional phones.
Web phones rove useful
for londistance caing
By Louie Meizlish
Daily StaffReporter
PMaren Schwartz
Staff Reporter
Instead of paying long-distance rates for
daytime calls or even paying less for night
and weekend calls, some students are choos-
ing to connect to family and friends through
their computers.
worldwide calling at reduced prices.
"We started and 12 million people around
the world have signed up for it.... In the first
year of service we did a billion minutes of
phone calls. ... It's a very popular service,"
Dialpad Marketing Manager Mark Barthele-
my said.
Barthelemy said college students are one of
A proposed commuter rail system between
Detroit and Lansing, with stops in Dearborn,
Ann Arbor, Howell and possibly Detroit Metro-
politan Airport is seeking funding from the state
and local governments.
A study of the project is required before it
proceeds, Project Director Debbie Alexander
The group has so far secured a $7.5 million
grant from the federal government, which can
cover only 80 percent of the cost of the study.
The other 20 percent, said Alexander, would
have to be funded by the state and local gov-
That leaves approximately $20,000 per city to
"The mayor is a big advocate of rail trans-
portation," Laundroche said, also pointing out
that Guido serves on Amtrak's Mayor's Adviso-
ry Council.
The city of Howell is also expected to consid-
er appropriating such funds at its city council
meeting tonight, said the city's community and
economic development administrator, Carolyn
Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje, who has not
yet received the proposal from Lansing's Capital
Area Transit Authority, said, "We will sit down
at council and seriously consider it."
Greg Bowens, press secretary for Detroit
Mayor Dennis Archer, said Archer also had not
yet received CATA's proposal, but added that his
boss "has been pushing pretty hard for a region-
Detroit to Ann Arbor:
Detroit to Lansing:
Proposed commuter
rail service between
Lansing and Detroit
Yearly operating cost: $9 million
Stops: Dearborn, Ann Arbor and
Passenger costs


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Our Parish - Its History
Then and Now
Over 100 Years as a Faith Community
For more than 100 years, the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Catherine of Sienna has served as the spiritual heart of Franklin Square. Generations of families have been baptized, confirmed and married; and untold thousands have received their First Holy Communion at our parish altar. A small town of immigrants with strong faith not only built a town, but together created a faith community that has grown stronger and larger for generations.
Yesteryear & Humble Beginnings
The story of our parish begins in the 1850's when German immigrant farm families settled in Franklin Square and Elmont. As the majority of families were devout Catholics, the organization of a church by this community was not surprising.
By 1908, the local people tired of traveling to Elmont and Hempstead for Sunday Mass, arranged for the first Holy Mass to be celebrated in Franklin Square on Sunday, July 5, 1908; it was held in the Kinsey Homestead, which would later become the Krauss Funeral Home. For the next five years every Sunday a priest came from the neighboring town of Hempstead to celebrate Sunday morning Mass at 10:00AM.
On donated land that was originally a field of flowers became the parish complex. It was there the first wood framed church - the Saint Catherine of Sienna Chapel - was built. The parish complex grew as more families became part of the parish through the years. By 1913, the faith community of Saint Catherine of Sienna had grown sufficiently to qualify for a full-time priest and was elevated to parish status by canon law within the Diocese of Brooklyn. It began with four men and their wives, all named Catherine, which many believe the name of the parish was so inspired. A parish community of eleven families started four ministry groups – Altar Servers for boys, Society for men, women and girls. The first pastor to serve this new faith community was Rev. Tobias Farrenkopf; and soon there would be a new rectory. The parish complex grew due to need of more worship and meeting space and more families became part of the parish through the years.
In 1917 the parish entered a new era! Rev. Conrad Lutz was the new pastor and the parish grew in people and with new building and property. In 1920 there was a Parish Hall to meet the need of expanded ministry. In 1925 a new stone church was erected that would accommodate many more people with vision of future growth to come. That church still stands today with it's steeple overlooking the town; and the carillon of bells calling attention to the heart of our faith for the townspeople everyday!
Through the Years & Growing Through Change
The sacramental and spiritual life of our parish impacted many lives in yesteryear and continued to be a strong and integral part of our faith community during the 1930's and 1940's.
And then as Long Island flourished the need for Catholic Parochial Schools came to be. By 1956 the building of the Saint Catherine of Sienna Elementary School that served children from first grade through eighth grade was completed. And with the school a need for a convent to house the consecrated religious women of Saint Dominic, O.P.
With continued growth of Catholicism across Long Island the need to reach out more directly to the peoples of Nassau and Suffolk Countries became a more clear vision. In 1957 our parish became part of the newly established Diocese of Rockville Centre.
In 2004 the school and church were physcially connected by a parish "center". Today from the Saint Catherine of Sienna R.C. Church one is led into the Msgr. Thomas W. Groenewold Memorial Sienna Center, blessed in 2008 by Most Rev. William Murphy, on the 100th Anniversary of the first Mass celebrated in Franklin Square. With the Saint Catherine of Sienna Chapel at its center, the handicap accessible building now connects to the Parish Activity Complex (formerly the parish school) which has had classrooms filled with children attending religious education, an auditorium/gymansium for shows, plays, sports and the Faith Formation Office, the Parish Office, Welcome Desk and more.
The original rectory still stands as the residence of our parish priests since prior to 1918; and was home for 9 former pastors and over 30+ associate pastors. And now home to our current pastor and priests. As the parish complex expanded so did need for parish priests grow. At one time there was one pastor and a total of four associate priests with a resident priest and/or summer visiting priest for a few years. The rectory was refurbished a few times to make room for a visiting priest that may visit during the summer months. It has change to some degree over the years from having a front porch enclosed to house a small Parish Office and Pastor's own office. One can also see the spirituality of the grounds surrounding the bulding which includes the special alcove of the Blessed Mother Mary in front; a replica of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Our Lady of Guadelupe and more which are all special places for prayer.
Originally a convent for the Sisters of Saint Dominic that taught in our elementary school, the former convent now has a multi-purpose with a separate handicap accessible entrance at the east end of the building to our Parish Social Ministry-Outreach Office. Outreach is equipped with small confidential meeting space, office space and our Outreach Food Pantry. A place that serves hundreds of people, families and individuals, with needs. Another handicap accessible entrance is located at the west end of the building leading one to our Adoration Chapel for perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Based on the seasons, weather and CoVid19 there are changes in schedules but hundreds continue to visit and pray in silence in the Real Presence of Christ. The center of the building houses an organization that assists women and children in need of temporary housing.
Today & Moving Forward
Today we are guided by one pastor and two associate pastors. While there are fewer priests within the diocese we do have visiting priests during the summer. Our parish has had Deacons that also serve today and in the past. Currently two are serving our faith community, Deacon Joseph Bennicasa and Deacon Frank Gonzalez. In addition, the need for more assistance includes lay leadership provided by the Pastoral Staff Team in Business Administration, Faith Formation, Social Outreach and Music MInistry along with volunteer leadership of our Parish Trustees, Finance Committee and Pastoral Council.
Today we have over 4,895 households/families in our parish-wide family composed of residents in Franklin Square and surrounding towns. We are a Faith Community serving God by serving others through the many good works of mercy and ministry offered within our parish. In addition to the celebration of the Eucharist - the Mass - our work in parish ministry encompasses liturgy and prayer, outreach to those in need, preparation for sacraments, family activities for various ages and a variety of spiritual and social activities and events – all part of the spirituality of parish life.
The core of any Catholic Church and parish is centered on the celebration of the Eucharist – the Mass. Today nearly 150 volunteer lay liturgical ministers serve the Lord through their serving and participation before, during and after weekday and weekend Masses; and bringing Holy Communion to those in senior and assisted living residences, local hospitals and to parishioners that are homebound. The parish hosts a Parish Mission/Retreat annually with special activities during the Seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter -- all are welcome!
Saint Catherine of Sienna Faith Community has deep commitment to prayer through Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. We have a Perpetual Adoration Chapel with opportunity for prayer in the Real Presence of Christ for 24 hours a day; however, schedule has changed due to CoVid19.. There are also special liturgical events with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction in our Church and Saint Catherine of Sienna Chapel throughout the year. In addition, Prayer-Devotion-Scripture Study and faith sharing groups meet regularly under the leadership of lay ministry leaders. And, a team of faithful ministry volunteers assist in our 'In-Home' Parish Prayer Program. This initiative includes a 'Cup of Prayer' focused on daily prayer in the home praying for vocations to the priesthood and the 'Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima' focused on daily recitation of the Rosary and family prayer; both travel separately on a weekly basis to different homes with the parish.
Our Faith Formation continues to grow as we serve nearly 1,000 children annually traditionally in classrooms Mondays thru Thursdays; and designed a new blended program with virtual classrooms to meet the challenges during the Coronavirus. We support adults in their formation through a variety of programs such as Mary Matters, Faith Conversations for Parents, and Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults. We also have adults serving those preparing for their sacraments including baptism preparation classes for parents of children they wish to be baptized andPre-Cana for those to be married.
Our parish ministry touches thousands including senior citizens, parents, married without children, singles, young adults, teens and children through a wide variety of parish social family style events. We had hosted an annual festival for over three decades and many may remember the famous 'Dancing Giglio' of the Sons of San Paolino. Music, dinner and dancing was heard and seen at Carnevale for the beginning of Lent. Volunteers in our parish social ministry reach out to those with special needs, those in need of assistance and help many in our local community through our parish food pantry. We have an active youth ministry for children, teens and young adults served through a variety of programs such as our Youth Ministry and Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) sports programs including basketball and volleyball under the guise of volunteer adult sport leaders.
Our parish social life has spiritual roots and brings families, friends and neighbors together throughout the year with the Community-Wide Interfaith Thanksgiving Eve Service and other parish-wide family and community oriented activities.
Much may have changed through the years -- the buildings may be a bit different, the leadership may consist of new faces, the people are more diversified in culture and ethnicity; but one thing remains the same -- the parish of Saint Catherine of Sienna is still an active, vibrant and essential part of the community with THE EUCHARIST at its center, the source and summit of life.


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Well, whatever their decision is on their future, it will be made together.
So, either we will be doubly elated or doubly disappointed...
Both are weighing whether to turn pro or return to help the Trojans make a run at a Bowl Championship Series title next season.
The Matts will decide separately, but Kalil anticipates a "chain reaction" that will result in the "double package" either moving on or staying put.
"We either both leave or we both stay," he said recently. "I think that's the way it will play out."
Said Barkley: "I think it would be a big factor but not a definite yes or a definite no."
I think if Kalil goes its a no-brainer Barkley goes....Matt Barkley would be losing a major anchor in his protection.
If its the other way around then it is a bit trickier to figure out.
I don't know anything here, but I have a hunch that both will depart USC. They have been through a lot over the past three years.
Competing for a BCS title might not be as important to them as the bigger plan for their respective futures.
Not after all they have been through.
I am not going to dwell on it too much.
Regardless of their decision, these two will go down in USC lore as two of the greatest. Not just because of their production on the field but because of how they handled themselves during one of the most trying times in the history of USC football.
Regardless, Barkley will not let the emotion of his possible final game carry the day...
Matt Barkley won't be overcome with emotion Saturday against UCLA.
"I'm not really emotional as it is," the USC quarterback said Tuesday. "You don't see me getting super jacked up or super low. I'm pretty even-keeled."
So was former USC quarterback Matt Leinart. But the 2004 Heisman Trophy winner took the field in tears when the Trojans played the Bruins in 2005.
Leinart, his emotions getting the better of him in his final game at the Coliseum, was visibly shaky in the Trojans' first series.
Barkley, a junior regarded as a top NFL prospect, pointed out that his situation was "completely different" than that of Leinart, who was a fifth-year senior.
There are no similarities.
Leinart was on the way to playing in another BCS title game, USC was riding a 30-game plus winning streak while leading one of the most prolific offenses ever seen in college football history.
Barkley has the opportunity to finish off his own legacy at USC, but without being able to play in the post season I am not sure that breaking records is important to Barkley.


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The United Launch Alliance is caught in a "Beltway knife fight" with SpaceX for some of the most lucrative contracts at the Pentagon.
The alliance, which is made up of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, now has sole dominion over contracts with the Defense Department to launch military and spy satellites into space, as they are the only companies certified to provide the services.
But that could soon change.
SpaceX, a relatively new aerospace company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, argues that Boeing and Lockheed have engineered the system in their favor, and is demanding certification.
The financial stakes couldn't be higher, as one of the projects contracted out to the Alliance — the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV), used to send government satellites to the stars — is reportedly the fourth most expensive project at the Pentagon, with a price tag of around $70 billion through 2030.
The competition between the rival companies is becoming one of the biggest lobbying battles in all of Washington.
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) has hired three K Street firms to lobby on its behalf, all in the past month.
Van Scoyoc Associates, which already represents Lockheed, and Shockey Scofield Solutions, which works for Boeing, both retained ULA as a client on June 4.
Both firms have deep ties to appropriators in Congress who hold the keys to the Defense Department's budget.
J.R. Reskovac of lobby firm Capitol Decisions, a former staffer on a House Armed Services panel, will also be working for ULA in a contract with Van Scoyoc.
One observer said the alliance's decision to hire up on K Street is an acknowledgment that SpaceX's bid poses a serious threat.
"I do think the incumbent companies' leadership was taken aback initially by the aggressiveness and scale of SpaceX's advocacy. Contrary to impressions, this is no naďf when it comes to D.C. influence, not to mention the boldness — ULA would say mendacity — of the public claims about cost and performance," said someone in the industry with knowledge of the ULA defense contract.
"Before, all [ULA] had to worry about was keeping the Air Force, their client, happy," he added. "All of the sudden, they find themselves in this Beltway knife fight."
SpaceX, meanwhile, is fighting aggressively to gain a slice of the contracting pie, spending more than $1.1 million on lobbying last year alone.
The company has hired Patton Boggs, Heather Podesta + Partners and the Nickles Group, among other firms; their representatives include members of the lobbying elite, such as former Sens. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and John Breaux (D-La.).
"Lockheed and Boeing are used to trying to stomp on new companies, and they've definitely tried to stomp on us," said Musk during an event at the Newseum in Washington earlier this week that gave members of Congress a chance to step inside a SpaceX spacecraft.
SpaceX already has a $1.6 billion contract with NASA to take items to and from the International Space Station. It has been unable to break into the defense space and has taken the Air Force to court over what it calls an unfair contractor monopoly.
In the latest round of EELV buys, the Pentagon decided to purchase the vehicles in bulk sets of 36, which the Defense Department says will save billions, rather than one by one.
But SpaceX is pushing the Pentagon to open up the bidding process, saying the contract is anti-competitive. The Air Force is spending $60 million to get the company certified despite the lawsuit, according to Bloomberg.
"If we're given a chance to compete for this contract, we will deliver value to the American taxpayer. It's not that we think we should get every part of this program, but we should be able to compete," John Taylor, a spokesman for SpaceX, told The Hill.
"Not only is this an un-level playing field, it's a playing field we're not even allowed to enter."
Those associated with the established contractors argue SpaceX has a troubled launch record that includes performance issues in its contract with NASA.
The billion-dollar NASA deal, signed in 2009, requires SpaceX to take 12 trips to the International Space Station and back by the end of 2016. As of June of this year, only three have been completed, with the fourth scheduled to take place in August.
"The concern on the ULA side is that SpaceX is going to get their nose under the tent, and the same thing will happen with the Air Force that happened with NASA — where the leadership has become vested in the success," said the person familiar with the ULA work. "Then, they will get into the 'too big to fail' category, and ULA will get stuck cleaning up the mess."
Large defense contractors argue that higher costs are required to assure quality and dependability, and say Pentagon officials know their product will be delivered as promised and on time.
SpaceX dismisses that claim and say the alliance's exclusive deal has allowed the companies to fleece taxpayers.
"Each launch by ULA costs American taxpayers roughly $400 million — four times as much as a launch by SpaceX, and at least twice as much as any provider in the world," SpaceX said in a release about its lawsuit. "It's a false premise to suggest that a more expensive launch is a more reliable launch. Prices have increased because there is no competition."
Boeing and Lockheed Martin combined in 2006 to form the United Launch Alliance, and the venture's chief executive, Michael Gass, argued in March that the program needs the stability of one provider.
"ULA was formed to enable assured access to space with two separate launch systems, with recognition that the market demand was insufficient to sustain two competitors," he told a Senate panel.
"We went from two competing teams with
redundant and underutilized infrastructure to one team that
has delivered the expected savings of this consolidation,"
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This paper is discussing on the higher order thinking skills assessment focusing on cognitive competency via assisted assessment. The focus is on short free text answer for tertiary level of education. The hybrid approached has been employed in the assessment. The techniques are a combination of CNN-seq and information theory. CNN-seq concept is used to generate the pattern of the answer and the information theory is employed to generate the amount of knowledge and finally the mark will be calculated. Based on initial test on few data, it is found that this hybrid technique has produced encouraging result. Data selection is carefully done to ensure the questions are belonging to higher order thinking skills category. It is found that most of questions to test this level of skills not in the format of textual answer. Due to the difficulty getting the data, the full testing result is still due. The data collection is still in progress..
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Wise men speak because they have something to say;
Fools because they have to say something. ~Plato
There are three different perceptions we project on others by their verbal offerings into our lives.
- Those who talk
- Those who invest or are vested
- Those who just are
We all know people who just need to be quiet. When we see them coming we either hide or attempt to retreat. I often wonder if these people just like to hear themselves talk. There are others that we just love to be around because whatever comes out of their mouth is encouraging or challenging, regardless – helps us process what it takes for us to become a better person. Then, there are others that just have no impact, either positive or negative, they just are.
As you think about the past month, week, day, even hour of your life, where do you fit in the above descriptions. Do you really know? Is it possible to be perceived as all three to different people at different times? Is that really a good thing? I think not. If you are brave, if you can handle it, ask … ask those who are around you often, but in different environments. Ask a kid, they will be more honest than you might be able handle, but they will be honest.
However, this challenge comes with a warning. Be forewarned, you have a certain projected perception of the people you will be asking, including children, which category you place them, will very much influence how you hear their response.
I believe life to be about gaining understanding of self and others… the greater understanding of yourself the greater understanding you will have of others… If you are a "talker" and completely unaware of yourself, you will not have any idea to what I am even referring, if you think everyone is a "talker" then you might not follow this either. If you truly want to gain greater understanding and communication, back up and assess… you will be amazed to what you can learn, for the positive and negative you discover about yourself.


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This new mod lets you play Cyberpunk 2077 in VR
But you'll need a R.E.A.L. beefy PC to run it.
Headsets up, VR fans! Master modder Luke Ross is back with another brilliant update for his R.E.A.L. VR mod and this time it allows you to experience the thrills of Cyberpunk 2077's Night City in virtual reality.
Just like Luke's other R.E.A.L. VR mods there are no motion controls here, only head tracking. This means you will need a controller to play the game but after trying out the mod for myself, I can safely say that this doesn't detract from the magnificence of the experience at all. Driving through the middle of the busy, neon lit Night City at night time is a sight to behold and the huge amount of world detail means that the immersion stays high, even without the option to physically reach out and touch things.
You can watch me try out the first two hours of Cyberpunk 2077 in this week's episode of VR Corner. Starting off as a fresh Nomad character, I go from the Badlands, into Night City (via a botched smuggling run) and right through to the mission where you need to rescue Sandra Dorsett from a bathtub full of ice.
If you fancy trying out the mod for yourself, you can get access to it right now by becoming a paid member of Luke's Patreon, but be warned - you will need a fairly powerful PC if you want it to run smoothly.
I currently have a RTX 3070 in my rig and you'll see in the video that, for the most part, the game ran at around 50-65fps depending on how busy the game was at the time. It's worth pointing out though that I was running my video capture software at the same time as the game. When I was playing without capturing footage the frame-rate increased to 60-70fps so that should be way more comfortable on your eyes/brain.
Cyberpunk 2077 is quite a temperamental game at the best of times though, and near the end of the VR Corner recording you will see a section where the frame-rate absolutely tanked. I solved it relatively easily by restarting the game but this unpredictability is worth baring in mind if your VR legs are not that strong.


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War In Ukraine Is The WEF's Doorway To Global Technocracy
Welcome to the second phase of the Great Reset: war.
While the pandemic acclimatised the world to lockdowns, normalised the acceptance of experimental medications, precipitated the greatest transfer of wealth to corporations by decimating SMEs and adjusted the muscle memory of workforce operations in preparation for a cybernetic future, an additional vector was required to accelerate the economic collapse before nations can 'Build Back Better.'
I present below several ways in which the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine is the next catalyst for the World Economic Forum's Great Reset agenda, facilitated by an interconnected web of global stakeholders and a diffuse network of public-private partnerships.
1. The war between Russia and Ukraine is already causing unprecedented disruption to global supply chains, exacerbating fuel shortages and inducing chronic levels of inflation.
As geopolitical tensions morph into a protracted conflict between NATO and the Sino-Russia axis, a second contraction may plunge the economy into stagflation.
In the years ahead, the combination of subpar growth and runaway inflation will force a global economic underclass into micro-work contracts and low-wage jobs in an emerging gig economy.
Another recession will compound global resource thirst, narrow the scope for self-sufficiency and significantly increase dependence on government subsidies.
With the immiseration of a significant portion of the world's labour force looming on the horizon, this may well be a prelude to the introduction of a Universal Basic Income, leading to a highly stratified neo-feudal order.
Therefore, the World Economic Forum's ominous prediction that we will 'own nothing and be happy' by 2030 seems to be unfolding with horrifying rapidity.
2. The war's economic fallout will lead to a dramatic downsizing of the global workforce.
The architects of the Great Reset have anticipated this trend for a number of years and will exploit this economic turbulence by propelling the role of disruptive technologies to meet global challenges and fundamentally alter traditional business patterns to keep pace with rapid changes in technology.
Like the pandemic, disaster preparedness in the age of conflict will rest significantly on the willingness to embrace specific technological innovations in the public and private spheres so that future generations can supply the labour demands of the Great Reset.
A recurring theme in Klaus Schwab's Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is that groundbreaking technological and scientific innovations will no longer be relegated to the physical world around us but become extensions of ourselves.
He emphasises the primacy of emerging technologies in a next generation workforce and highlights the urgency to push ahead with plans to digitise several aspects of the global labour force through scalable technology based solutions.
Those spearheading the Great Reset seek to manage geopolitical risk by creating new markets which revolve around digital innovations, e-strategies, telepresence labour, Artificial Intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology, the Internet of Things and the Internet of Bodies.
The breakneck speed in which AI technologies are being deployed suggest that the optimization of such technologies will initially bear on traditional industries and professions which offer a safety net for hundreds of millions of workers, such as farming, retail, catering, manufacturing and the courier industries.
Many of the jobs which will be lost in the years ahead were already moving towards redundancy and are unlikely to be recovered once the dust is settled
However, automation in the form of robots, smart software and machine learning will not be limited to jobs which are routine, repetitive and predictable.
AI systems are on the verge of wholesale automation of various white collar jobs, particularly in areas which involve information processing and pattern recognition such as accounting, HR and middle management positions.
Although anticipating future employment trends is no easy task, it's safe to say that the combined threat of pandemics and wars means the labour force is on the brink of an unprecedented reshuffle with technology reshaping logistics, potentially threatening hundreds of millions of blue and white collar jobs, resulting in the greatest and fastest displacement of jobs in history and foreshadowing a labour market shift which was previously inconceivable.
While it has long been anticipated that the increased use of technology in the private sector would result in massive job losses, pandemic lockdowns and the coming disruption caused by a war will speed up this process, and many companies will be left with no other option but to lay off staff and replace them with creative technological solutions merely for the survival of their businesses.
In other words, many of the jobs which will be lost in the years ahead were already moving towards redundancy and are unlikely to be recovered once the dust is settled.
3. The war has significantly reduced Europe's reliance on the Russian energy sector and reinforced the centrality of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and 'net zero' emissions which lies at the heart of the Great Reset.
Policymakers marching lockstep with the Great Reset have capitalised on the tough sanctions against Russia by accelerating the shift towards 'green' energy and reiterating the importance of decarbonisation as part of the 'fight against climate change'.
However, it would be very short-sighted to assume that the Great Reset is ultimately geared towards the equitable distribution of 'green' hydrogen and carbon-neutral synthetic fuels replacing petrol & diesel.
While UN SDGs are crucial to post-pandemic recovery, more importantly, they are fundamental to the makeover of shareholder capitalism which is now being vaunted by the Davos elites as 'stakeholder capitalism'.
This will centralise power in the hands of stakeholder capitalists under the benevolent guise of reinventing capitalism through fairer and greener means
In economic terms, this refers to a system where governments are no longer the final arbiters of state policies as unelected private corporations become the de facto trustees of society, taking on the direct responsibility to address the world's social, economic and environmental challenges through macroeconomic cooperation and a multi-stakeholder model of global governance.
Under such an economic construct, asset holding conglomerates can redirect the flow of global capital by aligning investments with the UN's SDGs and configuring them as Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) compliant so that new international markets can be built on the disaster and misery of potentially hundreds of millions of people reeling from the economic collapse caused by war.
Therefore, the war offers a huge impetus for the governments pushing the reset to actively pursue energy independence, shape markets towards 'green and inclusive growth' and eventually move populations towards a cap-and-trade system, otherwise known as a carbon credit economy.
This will centralise power in the hands of stakeholder capitalists under the benevolent guise of reinventing capitalism through fairer and greener means, using deceptive slogans like 'Build Back Better' without sacrificing the perpetual growth imperative of capitalism.
4. Food shortages created by the war will offer a major boon to the synthetic biology industry as the convergence of digital technologies with materials science and biology will radically transform the agricultural sector and encourage the adoption of plant-based and lab-grown alternatives on a global scale.
Russia and Ukraine are both bread baskets of the world and critical shortages in grains, fertilisers, vegetable oils and essential foodstuffs will catapult the importance of biotechnology to food security and sustainability and give birth to several imitation meat start-ups similar to 'Impossible Foods' which was co-funded by Bill Gates.
One can therefore expect more government regulation to usher a dramatic overhaul to industrial food production and cultivation, ultimately benefiting agribusiness and biotech investors, since food systems will be redesigned through emerging technologies to grow 'sustainable' proteins and CRISPR gene-edited patented crops.
5. Russia's exclusion from SWIFT (The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) foreshadows an economic reset which will generate precisely the kind of blowback necessary for corralling large swathes of the global population into a technocratic control grid.
As several economists have opined, weaponizing SWIFT, CHIPS (The Clearing House Interbank Payments System) and the US Dollar against Russia will only spur geopolitical rivals like China to accelerate the process of de-dollarisation.
The main benefactor of economic sanctions against Russia appears to be China which can reshape the Eurasian market by encouraging member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and BRICS to bypass the SWIFT ecosystem and settle cross-border international payments in the Digital Yuan.
While the demand for cryptocurrencies will see a massive spike, this is likely to encourage many governments to increasingly regulate the sector through public blockchains and enforce a multilateral ban on decentralised cryptocurrencies.
The shift to crypto could be the dress rehearsal to eventually expedite plans for programmable money overseen by a federal regulator, leading to the greater accretion of power in the hands of a powerful global technocracy and thus sealing our enslavement to financial institutions.
I believe this war will bring currencies to parity, therefore heralding a new Bretton Woods moment which promises to transform the operation of international banking and macroeconomic cooperation through the future adoption of central bank digital currencies.
6. This war marks a major inflection point in the globalist aspiration for a new international rules based order anchored in Eurasia.
As the 'father of geopolitics' Halford Mackinder opined over a century ago, the rise of every global hegemon in the past 500 years has been possible because of dominance over Eurasia. Similarly, their decline has been associated with losing control over that pivotal landmass.
This causal connection between geography and power has not gone unnoticed by the global network of stakeholders representing the WEF, many of whom have anticipated the transition to a multipolar era and return to great power competition amid America's receding political and economic influence and a pressing need for what technocrats call smart globalisation.
While America tries desperately to cling to its superpower status, China's economic ascent and Russia's regional ambitions threaten to upend the strategic axial points of Eurasia (Western Europe and Asia Pacific).
The region in which America previously enjoyed uncontested hegemony is no longer impervious to cracks and we may be witnessing a changing of the guard which dramatically alters the calculus of global force projection.
Although China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has the potential to unify the world-island (Asia, Africa and Europe) and cause a tectonic shift in the locus of global power, the recent invasion of Ukraine will have far-reaching consequences for China-Europe rail freight.
The Ukrainian President Zelensky claimed that Ukraine could function as the BRI's gateway to Europe. Therefore, we cannot ignore China's huge stake in the recent tensions over Ukraine, nor can we ignore NATO's underlying ambition to check China's rise in the region by limiting the sale of Ukrainian assets to China and doing everything in its capacity to thwart The Modern Silk Road.
As sanctions push Russia towards consolidating bilateral ties with China and fully integrating with the BRI, a Pan-Eurasian trading bloc may be the realignment which forces a shared governance of the global commons and a reset to the age of US exceptionalism.
7. With speculation mounting over the war's long term impact on bilateral trade flows between China and Europe, the Russia-Ukraine conflict will catapult Israel – a leading advocate of the Great Reset – to even greater international prominence.
Israel is a highly attractive BRI market for China and the CCP is acutely aware of Israel's importance as a strategic outpost connecting the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea through the Gulf of Suez.
Furthermore, the Chinese government has for many years acknowledged the primacy of Israel as a global technology hub and capitalised on Israel's innovation capabilities to help meet its own strategic challenges.
Therefore, Naftali Bennet's mediation between Moscow and Kiev is likely to factor the instrumental role of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in expanding both China and Israel's regional and global strategic footprint.
Israel's status as among the leading tech hubs of the future and gateway connecting Europe and the Middle East is inextricably tied to the web of physical infrastructures, such as roads, railways, ports and energy pipelines which China has been building over the past decade.
Is Israel in the formative stages of outsourcing its security interests away from the US and hedging its bets on the Sino-Russia axis?
Already a powerhouse in auto-technologies, robotics and cybersecurity, Israel aspires to be the central nation in the millennial Kingdom and the country's tech startups are predicted to play a key role in the fourth industrial revolution.
Strengthening its evolving relationship with China amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis could help propel Israel into a regional hegemon par excellence with a large share of centralised economic and technological power converging in Jerusalem.
As Israel embarks on efforts to diversify its export markets and investments away from the United States, it begs an important question.
Is Israel in the formative stages of outsourcing its security interests away from the US and hedging its bets on the Sino-Russia axis?
8. It is now common knowledge that Digital IDs are a central plank in the World Economic Forum's Great Reset agenda and are to be streamlined across industries, supply chains and markets as a way of advancing the UN 2030 SDGs and delivering individualised and integrated services in future smart cities.
Many have cottoned on to how such a platform can be used to usher in a global system of technocratic population control and compliance by incorporating humanity into a new corporate value chain where citizens are mined as data commodities for ESG investors and human capital bond markets and assigned a social and climate score based on how well they measure up against the UN SDGs.
This seamless verification of people and connected devices in smart environments can only take place once our biometrics, health records, finances, education transcripts, consumer habits, carbon footprint and the entire sum of human experiences is stored on an interoperable database to determine our conformity with the UN SDGs, thus forcing a monumental change to our social contract.
Vaccine passports were initially touted by public-private partnerships as an entry point for Digital IDs. Now that such a logic has run its course, how might the present geopolitical tensions contribute to scaling what is the key node in a new digital ecosystem?
Ration entries could be logged on blockchain ledgers on the Digital ID to track our carbon footprint and consumptive habits during a national emergency
Ukraine has traditionally been called Europe's bread basket and alongside Russia, both nations are major global suppliers of staple grains. Therefore, the war has all the makings of a black swan for commodities and inflation.
With an economy teetering on the brink of collapse due to a global supply crunch, I believe the resulting economic tremors will trigger wartime emergencies across the world and the public will be told to brace themselves for rationing.
Once this takes place, the multilateral adoption of Digital IDs which interface with Central Bank Digital Currencies can be touted as the solution to efficiently manage and distribute household rations under an unprecedented state of emergency and exception.
The Bank of England has already floated the prospect of programmable cash which can only be spent on essentials or goods which an employer or government deem sensible.
Once the issuer is granted control over how it is spent by the recipient, it will become nigh impossible to function adequately without a Digital ID, which will be required to receive food parcels and obtain a basic means of subsistence. Think UBI (Universal Basic Income).
If food inflation continues on an upward trajectory with no signs of abating, governments may institute price controls in the form of rationing and ration entries could be logged on blockchain ledgers on the Digital ID to track our carbon footprint and consumptive habits during a national emergency.
9. Europe is directly in the line of fire once a hybrid war between NATO and the Sino-Russia axis is underway.
It would be remiss to ignore the clear and present danger posed by a cyber attack on banks and critical infrastructure or even a tentative and tactical nuclear exchange with intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
I can't see how any warring party will not be limited by the doctrine of mutually assured destruction so a thermonuclear fallout is unlikely.
However, the use of remote access technologies to erase system memory from the SWIFT banking apparatus or Cross-Border Interbank Payment System can potentially render much of the international economy non-operational and send the dollar into a tailspin.
If an event of such cataclysmic proportions was to occur, it will undoubtedly lead to increasing demands to overhaul cyber security.
The fallout from such an event could very well establish a new global security protocol according to which citizens must possess a Digital ID as a necessary national security measure.
One can imagine how accessing the internet or public services in the aftermath of a nationwide cyber attack may require citizens to use a Digital ID to authenticate that their online activities and transactions are from a legitimate and non-malicious source.
There are few coincidences in politics.
10. The economic implications of this war will be so disastrous that governments and the public sector will require a significant injection of private capital to address the financing shortfall.
This will effectively render the traditional separation of powers between central banking institutions and governments obsolete, as the former will be positioned to disproportionately influence the fiscal trajectory of nation states, whose sovereignty will be hollowed out by the wholesale capture of governments by the central banks and hedge funds.
Therefore, the nation state model is gradually being upended by a global technocracy, consisting of an unelected consortium of leaders of industry, central banking oligarchs and private financial institutions, most of which are predominantly non-state corporate actors attempting to restructure global governance and enlist themselves in the global decision-making process.
Therefore, the future of international relations and the social, economic and political transformation which the world is presently undergoing in light of the pandemic and Russia-Ukraine conflict will not be decided through multilateralism and elected representatives of sovereign states.
Rather, it will be decided through a network of multi-stakeholder partnerships which are motivated by the politics of expediency and not accountable to any electorate or beholden to any state and for whom concepts like sovereignty and international law are meaningless.
CIA Brags It Has Trained Ukrainian Troops To Fight Russians Since 2015
Operation poking the bear that is Russia?
US attempting to take credit for Ukrainian military's strength
A Yahoo News report published Wednesday detailed a secret Central Intelligence Agency training program used to get Ukrainian troops prepared for a war with Russia.
The clandestine operations started soon after Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych was overthrown in a US-backed coup.
According to the Yahoo article, a "select group of veteran CIA paramilitaries" were sent into the Donbas region of Ukraine to train troops in 2015.
The mainstream narrative being promoted by Yahoo is that because America helped, "the Ukrainian military has defied predictions of a rapid collapse, holding key cities against the Russian advance and inflicting punishing losses to Russian troops and materiel."
Of course, there is no mention of how Russia might feel about American intelligence agencies helping the Ukrainian military with a hot war.
How would America react to Russian or Chinese intelligence training Mexican drug cartels just across the southern border?
Anonymous intel officials speaking with Yahoo said, "The CIA paramilitaries taught their Ukrainian counterparts sniper techniques; how to operate U.S.-supplied Javelin anti-tank missiles and other equipment; how to evade digital tracking the Russians used to pinpoint the location of Ukrainian troops, which had left them vulnerable to attacks by artillery; how to use covert communications tools; and how to remain undetected in the war zone while also drawing out Russian and insurgent forces from their positions, among other skills."
At one point, the Yahoo journalist admitted the CIA previously lied about the training operations being offensive in nature.
"The purpose of the training, and the training that was delivered, was to assist in the collection of intelligence," a senior intelligence official said in January.
If they were willing to lie just months ago, why should we trust them now and what else are they fibbing about?
The agency knew their presence could provoke Russia, one official saying, "Everything we did in Ukraine had a chance to be misinterpreted, and escalate the tensions."
The CIA paramilitaries were allegedly told to "Advise and train, but do not take part in combat yourself, recalled former officials."
However, this is coming from the same group who claimed their training wasn't offensively oriented just two months ago.
During the Trump presidency, Yahoo reports his administration was worried about the ramifications of a CIA operative killing a Russian military member, and the consequences if the Russians captured one of the intelligence agents.
The agency claims nobody was ever killed in the long-running operation, but a former senior intelligence official admitted the US "wouldn't want to say, 'We just had a CIA officer killed by a Russian in Ukraine.'"
"That would put the president or the White House in a very bad position," the former official explained.
For an alternative look at the 2014 Ukrainian coup, check out legendary filmmaker Oliver Stone's documentary "Ukraine on Fire," which has been banned by YouTube.
'You're my hero,' Ben Stiller tells Zelensky in Kyiv visit
The Hollywood actor is helping to keep the war in the public eye
Ben Stiller, the Hollywood actor, has met Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv and revealed how the Ukrainian leader has inspired him.
"It's a great honour for me... you're my hero," said Stiller, a UN goodwill ambassador who met Mr Zelensky on World Refugee Day. "What you've done, the way that you've rallied the country, the world, it's really inspiring."
"You quit a great acting career for this," he added, to which Mr Zelensky replied: "Not so great as you."
Stiller was on a visit to the Kyiv suburb of Irpin, part of a trip to eastern Europe where he visited Ukrainian refugees in Poland and met UNHR staff working in the region.
Irpin was the scene of fierce fighting near the beginning of the war, and the closest Moscow's army got to the capital since it sent troops into Ukraine in February.
"I feel it's hard to understand what's actually going on here if you haven't been here," Stiller told Mr Zelensky.
"You see it on TV, you see it on social media, it's something else to actually see it and feel it and then to talk to people. We have talked to a bunch of people."
President Zelensky said that it was easy for people to forget the conflict, but thanks to Stiller and others, they could bring international attention to it.
During his visit to the region, Stiller has released videos urging support for Ukrainian refugees.
Last week he stopped in Rzeszow in southeastern Poland, where he was photographed hugging two refugee children.
"I'm here to learn, to share stories that illustrate the human impact of war and to amplify calls for solidarity," he said.
Since the invasion on Feb 24, numerous celebrities have visited Ukraine and its neighbouring nations.
Angelina Jolie, the actress and UN humanitarian, visited Lviv where she met displaced people who had found safety in the city.
In May, Bono and The Edge from the band U2 played a concert in a Kyiv metro station.


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He described the address by Mr Cox - who is Attorney General as well as the MP for West Devon and Torridge - as being a "wild and unstoppable rant reminiscent of a Monty Python sketch".
Mr Bercow also said that when Mr Cox turned his back on the house during his diatribe, it was "both mildly 'disorderly', in parliamentary parlance, and very unpopular".
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"I have no reason to suppose that he did not believe every word he spoke. Yet if he didn't, such was his thespian quality, that he carried it off with shameless aplomb.
"The best in terms of playing to the gallery of shocked Tory MPs and the extreme Brexiteers of the media was also the worst to those not signed up to the message that anyone seeking to stop Brexit was somehow an enemy of the people.
"Cox appeared before his peers in two guises – law officer and politician. As the former, he was a model of courteous but unmistakable legal clarity. He then turned his machine-gun fire on parliament.
"Becoming more florid of face, hyper in tone and undilutedly pompous, he thundered: 'We now have a wide number in this house setting their face against leaving [the EU] at all. When the government draw the only logical inference from that position, which is that we must leave therefore without any deal at all, they still set their faces, denying the electorate the chance of having their say in how this matter should be resolved.'
"At this point, on the flicking of a mental switch, the studied and elaborate courtesy which had long been a hallmark of a Cox performance in parliament gave way to a wild and unstoppable rant reminiscent of a Monty Python sketch.
"'This parliament is a dead parliament,' he roared. 'It should no longer sit. It has no moral right to sit on those green benches ... They don't like to hear it, Mr Speaker ... This parliament is a disgrace.'
"The man had worked himself up into a frenzy that oscillated between the comic and the terrifying. Visibly enjoying his sense of moral outrage at the activities of his opponents, Cox began to rotate at the despatch box, swivelling round to rouse his Conservative colleagues to paroxysms of righteous indignation.
"Turning his back on the house was both mildly 'disorderly', in parliamentary parlance, and very unpopular. I intervened good-naturedly: 'I do not normally offer stylistic advice to the attorney general, but his tendency to perambulate while prating is disagreeable to the house. He should face the house with confidence and assurance and an acknowledgement that the house wishes to hear his every utterance.'
"'I wonder if you, Mr Speaker,' Cox replied, 'in a well-earned retirement, would like to give lessons to frontbenchers. It could be the beginnings of a new and very glorious – or even more glorious – career.'
"I won't describe the atmosphere as electric – that would be too kind, suggestive of excitement, tension and, perhaps, the constructive direction of power. It was worse, far worse, than that. The atmosphere was one of raw, intense, undiluted anger on both sides of the House of Commons, made more alarming by the direction of the anger.
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You can read the full article here: www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/25/john-bercow-speaker-house-commons-memoir