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Clinton: Free press is under open assault in Trump era
Donald Trump's defeated rival in the 2016 presidential election took aim at his regime.
Hillary Clinton has said press rights and free speech are "under open assault" under Donald Trump, and has likened his administration to an authoritarian regime.
The former US secretary of state did not mince words in a lecture on freedom of speech in New York City on Sunday night.
She said Mr Trump seems to reject the role of a free press in a democracy in "an all-out war on truth, facts and reason".
The former Democratic candidate said it was no wonder that her opponent in the 2016 election had apparently joked about throwing reporters in jail to make them talk.
Mrs Clinton was referring to recent revelations from memos by former FBI director James Comey.
She told the PEN America World Voices festival in Manhattan: "We are living through an all-out war on truth, facts and reason.
"When leaders deny things we can see with our own eyes, like the size of a crowd at the inauguration, when they refuse to accept settled science when it comes to urgent challenges like climate change … it is the beginning of the end of freedom, and that is not hyperbole. It's what authoritarian regimes through history have done."
Mrs Clinton, who was delivering the festival's Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, began by discussing threats to press freedom and free speech around the globe, including in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
But she soon turned her remarks to the United States under Mr Trump, saying that such freedoms are "in the most perilous position I've seen in my lifetime".
Mrs Clinton said of her 2016 election opponent: "Today we have a president who seems to reject the role of a free press in our democracy.
"Although obsessed with his own press coverage, he evaluates it based not on whether it provides knowledge or understanding, but solely on whether the daily coverage helps him and hurts his opponents."
What do I do? Do I turn around and say: 'Back up, you creep?' Hillary Clinton, reflecting on Donald Trump's debates behaviour
And she added: "Now, given his track record, is it any surprise that according to the latest round of revelations, he joked about throwing reporters in jail to make them talk?"
The reference to revelations from memos by former FBI director James Comey was Clinton's only reference to Comey, who was sacked by Mr Trump.
Mrs Clinton's remarks were followed by an onstage conversation with Nigerian-born novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, largely about the 2016 election.
Under friendly questioning, the former secretary of state was asked if she had "hit back" enough during the campaign — a reference to a childhood episode in which, Mrs Clinton has written, her mother gave her permission to hit back at a bully.
"I now think that I didn't," Mrs Clinton said. She described the much-discussed moment when Mr Trump was "stalking me on that debate stage".
She recalled thinking: "What do I do? Do I turn around and say: 'Back up, you creep?'"
But then, she said, "the coverage would have been: 'She can't take the pressure, she got angry.'"
And so, she said she told herself: "You just have to be calm and in control. Because ultimately what the country wants is someone who is not blowing up in the Oval Office.
"Well, you know that did not work out so well," she said, to laughter in the audience.
Ms Adichie expressed admiration for Mrs Clinton but confessed to some disappointment that in her Twitter profile, she describes herself first as a "wife" – followed by mom, grandma and then her professional titles, ending with 2016 presidential candidate. The author said she would have preferred Mrs Clinton begin with "should have been a damned good president".
Mrs Clinton spoke of the difficulty she had in finding a balance between one's personal roles and relationships and one's professional roles. "It shouldn't be either-or," she said, noting that she had long searched for the right mix.
"But when you put it that way, I am going to change it," she said of her Twitter profile, to laughter and applause.
As of Monday morning, she had not yet done so.
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18min intro video that will change your life
Peak Oil and a Changing Climate
An introductory video of just 18 minutes that will change your life. You really owe it to yourself to see this, followed perhaps by one or two of the more in-depth videos with some of the most scientists, authors and philosophers on these subject of our time respected and then decide to either ignore the disaster that is approaching you, your family, your kids, your neighbourhood as well as the whole country and world or pehaps decide to do something about it.
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Visual Experience is a company that specializes in virtual reality technology. When I first joined the company, we were working on a new brand with a new product called BeThere from the very first start. Hence, I reviewed the website, sketched our site's design, and created the social media platforms that are most suitable for virtual reality. When it was all done, I write articles related to virtual reality that speak our brand and our product, following the SEO guidance, and making it relatable to the target audience. However, the era has now changed. It is not enough to only publish it on the site or simply share it on social media platforms. So, I distribute our content on a right publication on Medium.com, whose people are open to new technology. Some of the articles were noticed by some of virtual reality influencers.
Furthermore, in some cases, I also helped the team for business proposal and idea. Back then in December 2016, I helped the team to prepare a strong and engaging proposal to join a competition from IBM, which was later won by us.


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A simple numerical procedure is proposed for the solution of the two-dimensional power-law flow equations for a wide channel with a moving boundary. The results are used to construct a complete model of the isothermal operation of a single-screw extruder in terms of the compression ratio, the relative lengths of the compression and the metering sections, and the power-law index of the material. It is shown that a number of the main features of screw extrusion are predicted by the model. By way of examples it is shown that, in application, the isothermal condition can be relaxed, and satisfactory correlation between the theory and experiment can be obtained, by the use of an average extrusion temperature. The model provides a broad theoretical framework, by which the relative significance of the geometric parameters and the power-law index on the throughput-pressure characteristics of the screw extrusion can be examined, and the experimental results collated and extrapolated. Examples of the solution are presented in the form of contour plots to assist designers and users of single-screw pumping machines.
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The Installation programme of the Interact Club of our school was held on 12-7-17, Wednesday at 10 a.m. Rotarian Sri.G.P.N.Guptaji, The Managing Director Jumbo Bags Pvt Ltd, and also the chief donor of our child school at Panchetti was the guest of honour for the programme. Rotarian Sri.Bharath Jain, Rotary Club Madras East, Rotarian Smt. Sujatha, Youth Services Director, Rotary Club Madras East, Sri. Pappa Rao, Secretary, Rotary Club Madras East, Sri.Irungovel, SMDC member of DR NKVV, and our Principal Smt. S. Padmini were present for the programme.
The programme started with prayer. After the prayer Selvi. Durgashree- XII-A, Secretary, Interact Club for the year 2016-17 welcomed the gathering. Selvan. T.Harinarayanan – XII-A, President, Interact Club 2016-17 presented the report on the Interact Club activities held during the year 2016-17. Then he introduced Selvan. E.Amudhapriyan-XI-B, the new president of the Interact Club for the year 2017-18. The Chief guest Sri.G.P.N.Guptaji honoured the new president with the president's badge.
Selvan. E. Amudhapriyan, the new president rendered his acceptance note and introduced the new office bearers of the Interact Club 2017-18. All the new office bearers were honoured with badges by the dignitaries present for the programme.
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Maroszek WZ 35, the polish secret weapon.
The Polish Maroszek WZ 35 was one of the first designs of the 30s.
Clearly inspired in the Mauser tankgewehr it had been conceived and developed by Lt.Col. T. Felsztyn and the engineer Jósef Maroszek in the early 1930ies. First trials in late 1935 proved unsuccessful, because the extremely stressed barrel endured only about 20 shots. After intensive research and testing an almost perfect relation between ammunition characteristics and barrel construction was reached.
The new weapon had a life expectancy of 300 shots. It was integrated into the army in November 1935, simulated battles showed a more than satisfying performance as an anti-tank rifle.
However, the rifle was considered so important that a strict veil of secrecy was put over the whole project, and the delivery crates - containig one Maroszek WZ 35, three replacement barrels and three full ammo magazines - were sealed with the strict order that the seal was only to be broken under direct orders of the defense minister. Until July 1938 only a very restricted and select group of people (again under strict nondisclosure - orders) - mostly military commanders of different command levels - was shown the weapon.
The result was that in many cases the soldiers that were to use it didn't even see the weapon before WW II started with the german invasion of Poland! Due to all this, this reasonably performing weapon saw only very limited use in the Polish war against the attacking germans; many Polish soldiers ended the short German invasion of Poland still ignorant of the weapon!
The Germans captured considerable numbers of these weapons still unissued in the armories and storages; it received the German designation Panzerbüchse 35(p) ("Tank Rifle", the suffix "p" for "polnisch") - abbreviated as PzB 35(p) - but was also called Panzerbüchse 770(p) and was issued to german troops. Some of the weapons were also given to and employed by italian troops.
At least 630 of these polish tank rifles were incorporated into the Wehrmacht and used in the war against the French in 1940. Also a small numeber went to Italy and slovakia, the italians named it "Fucile anticarro Modello 35".
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A cancer diagnosis and the prospect of a lengthy treatment can cause stress, depression and anxiety. Cancer treatment produces symptoms that may affect your daily activities and the quality of your life. Yoga can help.
Uncontrolled stress and anxiety may affect your perception of pain, as well as your heart rate and blood pressure. Yoga's guided breathing and gentle movements can help you regulate your stress cycles and reduce your anxiety, which, in turn, helps manage your response to pain, reduce your heart rate and lower your blood pressure.
Chair yoga adapts traditional yoga poses so you can do them while sitting in a chair. Chair yoga is a moderate exercise that promotes flexibility and strength. It also encompasses the beneficial guided breathing and gentle movement that can help you manage your stress. The following poses can be done at home or in a group setting, which produces yet another benefit. A yoga community can quickly grow into a support group you can count on throughout your journey to survivorship.
It is important for you to talk with your doctor before beginning a new exercise routine. Also, remember:
Yoga instructors at Swedish offer a variety of yoga classes in multiple locations. Talk with your doctor about whether yoga may help you on your journey to survivorship. Go to www.swedish.org/classes for more information.
The following 10 poses are done one after another in the sequence they are presented. Begin by sitting in a chair with your spine very straight and your feet flat on the floor.
Slowly inhale and arch your back while dropping your shoulders (cow position). Slowly exhale while rounding your spine. Let your shoulders and head come forward (cat position). Repeat the full cycle for five breaths (inhale and exhale).
After completing your fifth Chair Cat-Cow Stretch, inhale and raise your left arm toward the ceiling with your palm facing in. Keep your feet flat on the floor. As you continue to reach upwards, let your shoulder blade slide down your back. Exhale slowly and lower your left arm. Inhale as you slowly raise your right arm toward the ceiling with your palm facing in. Exhale and slowly lower your right arm. Let your shoulder blade slide down your back. Continue with the Chair Forward Pose.
Inhale and raise both arms with your palms facing. Slowly exhale, lower your arms and bend forward over your legs. Let your hands rest on a chair in front of you. Let your head hang. For more stretch, continue to bend forward until your hands rest on the floor. Let your head hang. Slowly inhale, return to a sitting position and raise your arms over your head again. Repeat the Chair Raised Hands followed by the Chair Forward Bend five times. After the fifth time, move on to the Chair Extended Side Angle Pose.
Slowly inhale while raising your right arm toward the ceiling with your palm facing in. Point your fingertips to the ceiling. Slowly exhale and bend to the left. Don't overdo it. You should just feel a gentle stretch. Hold this pose, breathing slowly several times, before exhaling and bringing your right arm down to your side. Repeat with your left arm. Slowly inhale while raising your left arm toward the ceiling with your palm facing in. Point your fingertips to the ceiling. Slowly exhale and bend to the right. Hold this pose, breathing slowly several times, before exhaling and bringing your left arm down to your side. Slowly repeat five times, alternating arms.
After completing the Chair Extended Side Angle, bring your right ankle up and rest it on your left thigh. Keep your knee in a straight line with your ankle as much as possible. Hold this pose for three to five breaths. For a stronger stretch bend forward slightly. Repeat with your left leg.
Cross your legs with your right thigh over your left thigh. Wrap your right foot around your left calf as far as possible. Cross your left arm over your right arm at the elbow. Bend your elbows and touch your palms together. Lift your elbows while dropping your shoulders away from your ears. Hold this pose for three to five breaths. Lower your right foot to the floor and continue with the Chair Spinal Twist.
Slowly inhale and lengthen your spine. Slowly exhale while twisting your torso toward the left. Hold the arm or seat of the chair. Inhale as you return to a straight spine position. Repeat the twist for five breaths. Change direction and repeat the Spinal Twist to the right for five times.
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Hi Dan! It is the third time I interview you for VERSUS Magazine and as always it is a pleasure to congratulate you!
«The Northern Sanctuary» is somehow an album extension of some songs from «The Inheritance». Why did you decide to make an extension of those songs in particular? (and not the whole album)?
Because they were the tracks that worked the best for me. No use making extensions of stuff that didn't work in the first place, right!
Lyrically speaking «The Northern Sanctuary» is the continuation of the previous album. What is the concept behind it?
A new inhabitant comes to the house in the north and the evil entity that possessed people on the 1st album is still there and finds its perfect host in the "man in white" and at the end it performs a ritual that opens up a portal to the hell dimension from where it once came, before the creation of time, and in doing so, hell on earth is real!
The lyrics are once again supported by Paul Kuhr. What is your contribution to them? How does it feel to sing other people's words?
I gave Paul the beginning and the end and all the vocal bits are already written with scratch lyrics. So instead of singing "murder the path of dependence" I sang like "I am the die of the deathpraist" (sic) and Paul found the cool line and make sure it fit syllable by syllable to my guide vocals. I love to sing other peoples lyrics when they fit! But in the end…I rarely sing lyrics that don't fit because they are not ready until they do. Sounds always come before meaning in this case!
In between those two albums we got «The New Tomorrow». How can we fit this EP into the concept/story?
This is where the 50 year time jump took place. The man in white found the house on an auction and in this track we set up the story for The Northern Sanctuary
Is this the final story or more chapters are to come?
I think this is the very end!
It seems to me – from the little I know from the interviews and of course your immense work – that you are not the kind of guy that needs to listen to "others" in what concerns making music. Why did you write the "unsafe" 13-minute epic track? Was it just to show that you are able to make some "unsafe" music?
I like to go on such musical adventures. It was also what drew me towards death metal in the first place. The rules were a bit different…you could get away with a track where you just stapled riffs together, not having to think about structure and stuff like that..but in the end, I started writing tracks with a normal pop structure within death metal as well…and I know people seem to think that we don't care about media comments on our work, but we all do..and this comment could also have been from a friend that I had played the "album so far" to or something..but at this point, it was a FaceBook comment and it made me wake up from my lazy slumber and it kicked my ass to make this album special and I believe the title track is what makes it really special in combination with "Marionette"
Was this your most challenging song so far? What is it about and how did it grow into a 13-minute track?
It did take some time to get it right, but I had a lot of cool ideas I knew I had to get in there..so it was challenging fun! I had hopes for it to be of the same length like the 2 tracks I kicked out, like 9 minuter or so, but all of sudden it became this beast..and it felt a bit like writing another Crimson 🙂 1/3 of a Crimson actually 😉
You said that you wanted to make this track to be like "Halloween" or "Suite Sister Mary", two tracks that I know very well. Did those songs influence somehow "The Northern Sanctuary"?
"Halloween" did. "suite…" not so much. I actually find that track the 2nd weakest on Operation… but the vibe of the whole track list with a bunch of "hits" and a long epic and some intro outro kind of stuff…that inspired me a lot!
Speaking of influences, where did you go get the 70s/80s Prog and AOR roots of this music? And by the way, how do you "embed" it in this atmospheric but yet extreme Metal?
The main inspiration for TNS is the 1st WS album and then take that to a "more is more" place. Faster, harder, softer, A.O.R.-ier, Proggier etc. without losing our own vibe. All our main inspirations have done really extreme twists in their career. Bands like Judas Priest, Voivod, Rush, Queenryche. All have started at a darker place then evolved to more commercial stuff, then went back again. For this project I see he whole story of our main inspirations as a "can do". Not saying we will cover "Parental guidance" any day soon 😉
Another thing that is quite elaborated in this album is the artwork from Gyula Havancsák, who has already worked with Nightingale. What is the meaning behind the cover?
It shows the ending of the story line. This was an image I had in my head that I successfully transferred to Gyulas brain 🙂 This is what it looks like when the portal is opened and all hell's breaking loose!
You have some projects, the last one that I heard was Nightingale. Quite different from this one. Are there any plans for another Nightingale album?
Nope. Nightingale is currently resting. I have other things to take for the coming years. If we ever get 45 min. of killer material together again, we might do another LP!
The limited edition version is enhanced with extended artwork and the full dynamic mix:
What does this artwork consist of?
Just some more photos. But the actual vibe of the whole Media Book is worth the extra buck
Of course… the full dynamic mix: why this was not the default version?
In the perfect world, this would be the only version…but we are still at (loudness) war, so what can I do? I am afraid some illiterate metal consumers would return the CD's to the shops because the volume is too low. Not enough people seem to understand that they are buying a product that could have sounded so much better..I hope the #2 CD will raise some eyebrows and maybe bring a few more to understand that dynamics and transients are an important hing in a crowded mix
One of the coolest interviews I made was the one about the loudness war back in 2014. What do you think that has changed regarding this topic in these two years?
Not really much I am afraid. I am currently bouncing out the FDR mix of the new Ancient Ascendants and backing off the limiter those 8 dB opens up a whole new world…and I do it for he vinyl version and for the ban to have a master that is 100% "there" with all dynamics etc. when the day comes when humanity realize that limiting stuff was stupid!
Do you think that people, musicians, bands, labels, etc. are more open minded to this subject? Does the mentality about this is been changing?
There are some labels where the owner cares about dynamics. But most labels don't really care.
This quest, the time spent in teaching people and industry that this isn't oriented the right way (I think we can say that) if you want to make good music to listen to are worth the effort so far?
It is worth it. At least I know I am doing my clients a service by providing an alternative master. Even if some of them don't really understand the difference.


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For the celebration of the Eucharist during the conference, clergy are required to possess a celebret or a letter of good standing from their Ordinary. If clergy intend to exercise any public ministry in the Archdiocese of Dublin during their stay in Ireland, they should contact email@example.com.
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Lake Mead, Mohave rangers cracking down on litter
Photo by Vanessa Espinoza.
Originally published Friday, March 23, 2018 at 05:54a.m.
Photo by Vanessa Espinoza.
Originally published Friday, March 23, 2018 at 05:54a.m.
BOULDER CITY, Nevada – Spring break season is upon us and rangers at Lake Mead National Recreation area are cracking down on visitors who possess glass and Styrofoam.
Both of the storage options have been prohibited at Lake Mead and Lake Mohave since 2002 to prevent injuries and litter. Despite the ban, rangers haven't seen a significant reduction of both glass and Styrofoam.
Rangers have started a "No Breaks" campaign to educate visitors on how to enjoy the park responsibly by using beach-friendly items such as plastic containers, coolers, and reusable or biodegradable products.
Park rangers will conduct zero tolerance patrols Saturday and Sunday and again May 18-20. Rangers will be issuing citations, and banned items will have to be thrown away. Violators may be fined up to $5,000.
Volunteers are also invited to police litter April 7 as part of the Great American Cleanup.
For more information or to register, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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A Chakra/Aura Rreading
involves looking at your chakras, which are energy centers that are aligned down the front and back of the body. I work with the chakras to gain insight regarding your mental, emotional and physical states. In doing so I am able to address your questions or situation on a deeper level. The information and understanding you gain helps to facilitate release of emotional and mental blocks. This helps the body's energy system flow freely, creating peace and harmony within.
Readings can be done in person, but are usually done by distance via phone or email.
What kind of information can be gained from a chakra reading?
Chakras are energy centers in the body that spin; they are wheels going down the front and back of the body and different colors mean different things that relate to our health, wealth and, spiritual evolution. They are vortices through which energy flows both in and out of the body. There are different energy frequencies, which affect our emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual states.
There are seven bodies within the aura, these relate to particular levels from the physical body: etheric, emotional, mental, astral, etheric template, celestial, and ketheric template. The first three relate to our personality levels and the last four to our spiritual levels.
When the chakras are open and the auric field is clear the energy will flow freely, you feel lighter and infused with life. You feel empowered, loved and nurtured inside and have the energy to accomplish your goals. It helps to open you to your spiritual awareness, which helps guide you on your journey, and you will feel your connection to spirit.
When I tune into you during a chakra reading I can see where your chakras are out of balance, where there may be imbalances, blocks, or problems, from this life and possibly other past lives, and/or generational levels. Our environment, psychological state and belief system has a specific relationship to our chakras and can block the free flow of chi, our life energy force, in our entire energy field, and in the physical body causing a sense of not belonging, failure, scatteredness, and illness to name a few. To clear any of these issues it can be of great benefit to have an aura/charka reading & balancing,