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5 defining Mobilee tracks by Gheist
GHEIST are a Berlin-based production and live band, who've been conquering some of the city's best known dancefloors one party at a time for the past three years. They're also regulars at one of Berlin's landmark venues, Watergate, where they kickstarted the project, and since have experienced a meteoric rise, wowing audiences across the globe with their rich and emotive sound. Fusing progressive with house and techno textures, the German natives have forged a deep, melodic sound of their own, which is melancholic and euphoric in equal measure.
With several exciting releases on the horizon and an increasingly busy touring schedule, it's clear that we've yet to see what GHEIST are really capable of.
Their latest release 'Loewe' is out on Mobilee now, you can grab it here and to celebrate this we've asked them to pick their 5 defining mobilee tracks over the years.
Pan-Pot – Confronted (2009)
It's the first Mobilee release that pops in our heads. Tassilo and Thomas have had a long and impressive history, and 'Confronted' is like a Mobilee and Pan-Pot classic to us.
The synth pattern is simple but very catchy and powerful. We think it has a timeless energy and will still work also in many years.
Rodriguez Jr – Mustang (2013)
The track shares our love for chord patterns and you can definitely hear his french origin – classic and very groovy. These classy chord-driven house tunes will always be relevant for us. Old school but new school. On top of that Rodriguez Jr is a very charismatic dude ;).
Jennifer Cardini & Shonky- Lies (2006)
Cool and trippy track from Jennifer Cardini and Shonky. We like that "Kraftwerk" energy a lot if it hits you in the right moment. The track creates a very distinctive atmosphere and can move you and others into a very cool and kind of foggy' state. Very viby song!
Oliver Deutschmann – Ghost (2015)
Very solid and groovy techno from Oliver Deutschmann. Classic and functional.
You can listen to unes like this for hours and they get better and better. We love hypnotic patterns and 'Ghost' plays the rules of good and timeless techno for us. We can always find a way to play it, even if it's just a little part or a groove from it.
Maya Jane Coles – Beat Faster (2011)
We remember this time very well. Maya Jane Coles has been a big inspiration, we always loved her dubby basslines. The track takes some time to hit, it starts building up almost 1.5 minute till the bass drum and bass kick in, but then you feel Maya's warm groove. We love the track and will always remember this Mobilee release.


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He took in every aspect with grace; "The flowers, the white linen, the many-colored wine glasses (499)." Every detail "flooded Paul's dream with bewildering radiance (499)." This simple change let Paul from misery to complete bliss. He was free from ridicule and his dreams seemed within reach.
Symbolism is significant throughout the story but is most noted toward the closing stages. After eight days of newly found peace, acceptance, and joy, Paul's dream was coming to an end. On Paul's way home, the scenery goes from energetic and beautiful to still and dead. The beautiful carnations in his coat began drooping, losing precious red petals. These both represent Paul withering away and slowly dying as he walked away from all he loved. He was walking away from his dream and his identity as New York grew further and further away. He had to return to Pittsburg, where the atmosphere killed everything he was. When Paul gingerly took one of the dying carnation blossoms and buried it in the snow, he let go of everything he was and wanted to be. This was the last thing he ever did before jumping in front of the train. But he, just like the flower, was already dead.
A dream came true for Paul in New York; but having it taken away after his brutal battle to reach it was more than he could bear. He was fighting for his individuality and his love in life; but one town's unwillingness to see, accept and

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Scott Brown of Vulture recently interviewed Damon Lindelof, one of the most highly sought-after script doctors in Hollywood, about the current state of the film industry. The two seem to agree that Hollywood is running full-sprint toward a cliff, and the whole industry is bound to belly-flop:
Damon Lindelof, the ubiquitous screenwriter-producer whose name seems attached to all of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, is doing his damnedest to get small. This summer, he (along with fellow triage artists Drew Goddard and Christopher McQuarrie) miraculously pulled Brad Pitt out of the mass grave that was World War Z's zombocalyptic original third act and restored the regular-guyness that made Pitt's character work. He also resisted the temptation to threaten Earth's existence (yet again!) at the end of Star Trek Into Darkness,focusing instead on a personal vendetta—albeit one enacted via a dizzying mile-high pursuit across a 23rd-century cityscape. But, hey, you have to give something to get something.
"We live in a commercial world, where you've gotta come up with 'trailer moments' and make the thing feel big and impressive and satisfying, especially in that summer-movie-theater construct," says Lindelof. "But ultimately I do feel—even as a purveyor of it—slightly turned off by this destruction porn that has emerged and become very bold-faced this past summer. And again, guilty as charged. It's hard not to do it, especially because a movie, if properly executed, feels like it's escalating."
That escalation can be felt across the entire film industry this summer, a season of unparalleled massiveness: more blockbusters released, more digital demolition per square foot, and more at stake than ever. The first tentpoles out of the gate did breakneck business, but a late run of expensive flops (and even respectable also-rans) has industry watchers reexamining Steven Spielberg's prediction, in June, that Hollywood is headed for an "implosion": An industry that makes only megamovies, prophesied the father of the megamovie, will die of its own gigantism.read more »


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For example, our research shows that only 40 percent of the parents surveyed think children being hit by trains is an issue. Although the perceived risk is low, the actual risk of a child being hit by a train is higher than most people think. On average a child dies as a result of a rail-related injury every 5 days in the U.S., and for every death, 3 children are injured.
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The view till Wednesday, at least.
I've been back in full-tilt, nothing-else writing mode for the past few days with a few more days to (ahem) look forward to. I discovered (to my dismay) that on my calendar, I'd put the correct day, wrong month on a project that was due in October, not November, quickly contacted the people involved, and found that the piece is still wanted, so now I'm working furiously on that. The very next incoming e-mail brought the same situation with another deadline, only this time it was the folks who needed the info who'd sent the wrong month: November, not December. So, I'm working on that, and on two more similar projects as well, of course all due -or overdue- at the same time. None, alas, are proposals. This morning, I finished writing responses to a lengthy e-mail interview about Natural Cycles, and sent that off. All this has kept me from getting back up to document the show, but lovely Marnie of Monkey Rope Press has blogged about it (with photos), so here it is, while I write and write and write.
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Tatjana Ostrovska (violinist)
Anete Toca (flutist)
Ieva Sarja (piano)
"Music collaboration of the highest calibre" /Latvian Radio Klasika/
Latvian chamber music ensemble NYX Trio was formed in 2011 by two members of the Latvian National symphony orchestra - violonist Tatjana Ostrovska and flutist Anete Toca. Since then, they have performed, together with pianist Ieva Sarja, in various venues across Europe, including Wesminster Cathedral Hall in London, Gibraltar and others.
One of the artistic priorities of NYX Trio is to introduce new audiences to classical music by using a new, more democratic approach to the classial concert format, such as textual introduction to performed music, mixing different genres and styles of performing arts - classical music, jazz and theatre or poetry or performing in unusual venues- parks, art galleries, libraries, museums.
NYX Trio further aims to popularize Latvian culture - from rich folklore traditions to music of contemporary composers - the trio already has musical pieces of Latvian composers in its repertoire and has future plans to include them into the recording of the NYX Trio debut CD of rare Latvian chamber music for flute, violin and piano.


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On May 24, Republican Governor Phil Scott vetoed a marijuana legalization bill in Vermont. At Medicine Man Technologies, we've enjoyed seeing greater marijuana acceptance across the country's legal landscape. Unfortunately, they can't all be victories – fortunately, this is not where the story ends.
Gov. Scott provided a detailed response stating his concerns and requesting modifications. In his letter, he said, "I will provide the Legislature with recommended changes, and if we can work together, we can move forward with this issue." The matters he brought up may be discussed during a 2-day veto session scheduled for later this month and could potentially lead to a revised bill for Gov. Scott to approve.
The Basics of Bill S.22
What makes Vermont's marijuana legalization bill so unique is that it wasn't originally passed by a ballot initiative. Instead, it was first introduced in the state's House of Representatives by co-sponsors, Republican Tom Burditt and Democrat Maxine Grad. In the House, it narrowly passed by a 79-66 vote and was then sent along to the state's Senate where it was supported 20-9.
The bill that landed on the Governor's desk would have allowed adults 21 years and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and cultivate a maximum of two mature and four immature plants in a secure location. Legalization would have gone into effect on July 1, 2018.
S.22 also sought to establish a 9-member, Marijuana Regulatory Commission to study and develop a system and regulations for a retail, adult-use marijuana market. The group's first meeting was set for August 1, 2017 and their first report due to the General Assembly and governor by November 1.
Like many other states, the bill included standard limitations such as not providing marijuana to anyone under the age of 21, not being able to consume marijuana in public or while driving, as well as making it illegal for someone who provides home-based day care to use or cultivate at their location.
The Governor's Response
At Medicine Man Technologies, we were encouraged to see some open-minded thought in his response letter. Gov. Scott began by saying, "With a libertarian streak in me, I believe that what adults do behind closed doors and on private property is their choice, so long as it does not negatively impact the health and safety of others, especially children."
His recommendations included clearly defining severe penalties for dispensing or selling marijuana to minors, especially when on school grounds. He also requested the establishment of strict penalties for not only marijuana consumption while driving, but consumption while driving with a minor in the vehicle which may affect the child due to secondhand smoke.
As for the Marijuana Regulatory Commission, Gov. Scott wants a more comprehensive member base, including representatives from the Department of Health and Department of Taxes, plus substance abuse professionals. He also suggested giving the group more time to complete its examination and submit final recommendations regarding:
- Appropriate regulation and taxation of a legal, adult-use retail marijuana system
- Revenue needed for regulation, enforcement, administration, education and prevention
- Establishing a threshold for driving while impaired and testing method
- A strategy for the education and prevention of drug use by minors
- Plans for ongoing monitoring and reporting of any public health effects
The governor stated, "We must get this right. That means letting science inform any policy made around this issue, learning from the experience of other states, and taking whatever time is required to do so."
So, What's Next for S.22?
Bottom line, either a revised version of the marijuana legalization bill must be passed by the House and Senate then submitted to the governor during the upcoming veto session, or it will have to be put on hold until January of 2018 when the state's legislature reconvenes.
Revising and passing a new bill this June would require a two-thirds majority in the House to vote for a rule suspension that would then allow the process to be fast-tracked. Unfortunately, S.22 barely passed in the House the first time around and Minority Leader, Republican Donald Turner, has asserted that his 53 members would not support the rule suspension and therefore, it would not be approved.
If Rep. Turner is correct, one option would be to extend the veto session beyond the 2 days which some see as a waste of taxpayer dollars. Another possibility would be for Gov. Scott to create the regulation and taxation commission via executive order now. Then, if the legislature votes in favor of legalization in January, the original timeline and the July 2018 effective date would likely remain intact.
As Vermont waits to see how their legislature moves forward with creating a new and improved S.22, Medicine Man Technologies will be sure to provide the latest updates. Despite the fact that marijuana legalization was vetoed in Vermont, we truly see that it's inevitable and look forward to supporting those wanting to start their own legal enterprise in the state. Consulting to cultivation and operations, we offer years of experience and expertise to our clients nationwide.


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Your Right to Join A New Union
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Your Right to Join a New Union
Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (the Act) guarantees employees "the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection," as well as the right "to refrain from any or all such activities."
The law protects the right of employees to engage in protected concerted activities-group action to improve wages, benefits, and working conditions and to engage in union activities and support a union. You also have a right to not engage in protected concerted or union activities.The statements contained in this smart phone application are intended for users' general information. This application may not be cited as legal authority. Particular statements may be subject to unstated exceptions, qualifications, and/or limitations, and may even be rendered unreliable without prior notice by changes in the law. In addition, although we have sought to provide broad general guidance, we do not claim completeness. In other words, you may be subject to prohibitions under the National Labor Relations Act that are not set forth here. The National Labor Relations Board expressly disclaims any purpose or intent to furnish legal advice. You may contact your nearest regional Board office and/or an attorney to discuss your specific situation or to learn more about your rights and obligations under the NLRA.
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Concerted Activity
You have the right to act with co-workers to address work-related issues in many ways. Examples include: talking with one or more co-workers about your wages and benefits or other working conditions, circulating a petition asking for better hours, participating in a concerted refusal to work in unsafe conditions, openly talking about your pay and benefits, and joining with co-workers to talk directly to your employer, to a government agency, or to the media about problems in your workplace. Your employer cannot discharge, discipline, or threaten you for, or coercively question you about, this "protected concerted" activity. A single employee may also engage in protected concerted activity if he or she is acting on the authority of other employees, bringing group complaints to the employer's attention, trying to induce group action, or seeking to prepare for group action. However, you can lose protection by saying or doing something egregiously offensive or knowingly and maliciously false, or by publicly disparaging your employer's products or services without relating your complaints to any labor controversy.
Social media
Whether or not you are represented by a union, federal law gives you the right to join together with coworkers to improve your lives at work - including joining together in cyberspace, such as on Facebook.
Federal law protects your right to engage in not only union activity, but also "protected concerted" activity. You have the right to address work-related issues and share information about pay, benefits, and working conditions with co-workers and with a union. You have the right to take action with one or more co-workers to improve your working conditions by, among other means, raising work-related complaints directly with your employer or with a government agency, or seeking help to form a union. Using social media can be a form of protected concerted activity. You have the right to address work-related issues and share information about pay, benefits, and working conditions with coworkers on Facebook, YouTube, and other social media. But just individually griping about some aspect of work is not "concerted activity": what you say must have some relation to group action, or seek to initiate, induce, or prepare for group action, or bring a group complaint to the attention of management. Such activity is not protected if you say things about your employer that are egregiously offensive or knowingly and deliberately false, or if you publicly disparage your employer's products or services without relating your complaints to any labor controversy.
Decertification election
Have a union, but don't want it anymore, or want a different one?
Under certain circumstances, you can vote out or "decertify" your union, or replace it with a different union. At least 30% of your coworkers must sign cards or a petition asking the NLRB to conduct an election. Unless a majority of the votes cast in the election are in favor of union representation, the union will be decertified. Such elections are barred, however, for one year following the union's certification by the NLRB. Plus, if your employer and union reach a collective-bargaining agreement, you cannot ask for a decertification election (or an election to bring in another union) during the first three years of that agreement, except during a 30-day "window period." That period begins 90 days and ends 60 days before the agreement expires (120 and 90 days if your employer is a healthcare institution). After a collective-bargaining agreement passes the three-year mark or expires, you may ask for an election to decertify your union or to vote in another union at any time.
Interfering with employee rights (Section 7 & 8(a)(1))
Employees have the right to unionize, to join together to advance their interests as employees, and to refrain from such activity. It is unlawful for an employer to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of their rights. For example, employers may not respond to a union organizing drive by threatening, interrogating, or spying on pro-union employees, or by promising benefits if they forget about the union.
Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (the Act) guarantees employees "the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection," as well as the right "to refrain from any or all such activities."
Section 8(a)(1) of the Act makes it an unfair labor practice for an employer "to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in Section 7" of the Act. For example, you may not
Threaten employees with adverse consequences, such as closing the workplace, loss of benefits, or more onerous working conditions, if they support a union, engage in union activity, or select a union to represent them.
Threaten employees with adverse consequences if they engage in protected, concerted activity. (Activity is "concerted" if it is engaged in with or on the authority of other employees, not solely by and on behalf of the employee himself. It includes circumstances where a single employee seeks to initiate, induce, or prepare for group action, as well as where an employee brings a group complaint to the attention of management. Activity is "protected" if it concerns employees' interests as employees. An employee engaged in otherwise protected, concerted activity may lose the Act's protection through misconduct.)
Promise employees benefits if they reject the union.
Imply a promise of benefits by soliciting grievances from employees during a union organizing campaign. (However, if you regularly solicited employee grievances before the campaign began, you may continue that practice unchanged.)
Confer benefits on employees during a union organizing campaign to induce employees to vote against the union.
Withhold changes in wages or benefits during a union organizing campaign that would have been made had the union not been on the scene, unless you make clear to employees that the change will occur whether or not they select the union, and that your sole purpose in postponing the change is to avoid any appearance of trying to influence the outcome of the election.
Coercively question employees about their own or coworkers' union activities or sympathies. (Whether questioning is coercive and therefore unlawful depends on the relevant circumstances, including who asks the questions, where, and how; what information is sought; whether the questioned employee is an open and active union supporter; and whether the questioning occurs in a context of other unfair labor practices.)
Prohibit employees from talking about the union during working time, if you permit them to talk about other non-work-related subjects.
Poll your employees to determine the extent of their support for a union, unless you comply with certain safeguards. You must not have engaged in unfair labor practices or otherwise created a coercive atmosphere. In addition, you must (1) communicate to employees that the purpose of the poll is to determine whether the union enjoys majority support (and that must, in truth, be your purpose); (2) give employees assurances against reprisal; and (3) conduct the poll by secret ballot.
Spy on employees' union activities. ("Spying" means doing something out of the ordinary to observe the activity. Seeing open union activity in workplace areas frequented by supervisors is not "spying.")
Create the impression that you are spying on employees' union activities.
Photograph or videotape employees engaged in peaceful union or other protected activities.
Solicit individual employees to appear in a campaign video.
Promulgate, maintain, or enforce work rules that reasonably tend to inhibit employees from exercising their rights under the Act.
Deny off-duty employees access to outside nonworking areas of your property, unless business reasons justify it.
Prohibit employees from wearing union buttons, t-shirts, and other union insignia unless special circumstances warrant.
Convey the message that selecting a union would be futile.
Discipline or discharge a union-represented employee for refusing to submit, without a representative, to an investigatory interview the employee reasonably believes may result in discipline.
Interview employees to prepare your defense in an unfair labor practice case, unless you provide certain assurances. You must communicate to the employee the purpose of the questioning, assure him against reprisals, and obtain his voluntary participation. Questioning must occur in a context free from employer hostility to union organization and must not itself be coercive. And questioning must not go beyond what is needful to achieve its legitimate purpose. That is, you may not pry into other union matters, elicit information concerning the employee's subjective state of mind, or otherwise interfere with employee rights under the Act.
Initiate, solicit employees to sign, or lend more than minimal support to or approval of a decertification or union-disaffection petition.
Discharge, constructively discharge, suspend, layoff, fail to recall from layoff, demote, discipline, or take any other adverse action against employees because of their protected, concerted activities.
Find out more about your rights by visiting the NLRB website.
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This all happened around 5:00 pm BBT on Wednesday, just as the CBS episode was airing on the East Coast. Frankie went in the DR and apparently they gave him a letter from his family. When the feeds came back Frankie was in the living room with the entire cast, except Caleb, sharing the news and grieving.
(FYI Frankie's grandfather Frank Grande passed away yesterday after a long bout with cancer. You may recall that on July 4th Ariana cancelled some sort of live holiday appearance due to her grandfather's illness, so he must have been very ill in the past few weeks.)
Frankie is just glad that he got to speak to his grandfather before he came in the Big Brother house. His family said in the letter that his grandfather said he wanted Frankie to stay in the Big Brother house because "that is his dream".
Amber straightened her hair yesterday, in case you don't recognize her in the pictures.
I'm sure situations like this one make everyone think about their families, and what could be going on in their homes, too. The room is very silent, except for Frankie speaking and occasional murmurings of support from the girls.
Frankie's aunt died eight years ago and at the time Frankie was the only one strong enough to say the eulogy, so he's "kind of been preparing himself for his grandfather's eulogy", to be the strong one again with the time came. The funeral is this Saturday, and he wants the house to say a prayer or something with him at that time. The family is going to wait to have the "celebration of life" until Frankie can join them. He's glad his family is together right now and he thinks they can handle it.
Frankie, reading from letter: ..and a few days ago grandpa said he was proud of you, and if anything happened to him he didn't want it to interfere with this opportunity......even though he had no idea what was happening on the show, he was watching the live feeds...he's watching now in heaven and I'm sure that is better than any live feed we've got...
Frankie jokes that his grandfather was probably so confused watching the CBS show. He is glad that he got to see Frankie win HoH, but thinks it is good he didn't see Frankie wearing that referee costume.
Where was Caleb during all of this? Kind of goes to show you how out of the loop Caleb is....no one even thought to wake him up, apparently.
Frankie's grandfather fought in WWII, and was a communications officer in the Army and was then stationed in San Francisco. He always wore a suit and tie, and Frankie says there is a picture of the two of them laying out in the son, Frankie in a bikini and Frank in a suit and tie.
Frankie: They said if I win HoH tomorrow I can get a picture of him....
The Crowd: Oh....good!
(They won't just let Frankie win, will they?)
Derrick: Maybe when the show is over they can give you something to remember him by...
(Well, Derrick won't, based on that statement...)
Frankie wants a cure for cancer--it has now taken two members of his immediate family. Amber co-signs that.
Frankie: When I went in there I was all chipper, with my make up bag (each house guest has a little bag in the DR with powder, etc, to help them get camera-ready) and then they said, we have something for you that is not game related, and I was like "uh oh", but they're letting me send a message to my family... RIP Frank Grande...(note he pronounced the last name to rhyme with "candy")
Frankie: He was such a cute man....should we cook salmon? I'll cook salmon..that will make me feel better..is it weird that I'm jealous that my whole family is together now? I know if they couldn't do it, they would ask me to come home...that's the kind of family I have.
Derrick: Play for him now.
Frankie: Yeah, he overcame cancer two and a half times...it's the least I could do
Frankie's grandparents met when they were 11 years old, in Brooklyn. Frankie started imitating them and cracking jokes about their daily life. Frankie and his cousin plan to "do a book about what Grandpa says" one day.
Frankie: He was the first one to accept my sexuality, and led the charge for everyone else to accept it.
(Sean in the DR is the one that told Frankie...Frankie likes his voice.)
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As another season draws to a close, Watford fans are looking at the campaign with a sense pride and bewilderment. Yes, they've effectively guaranteed their status in the top flight for the 2018/19 season but what progress is there to see on the pitch?
Another managerial change despite an excellent start to the campaign, the arrival of a fair few new players who will likely be moved on this summer and some of the most abject performances imaginable as the season draws to a close just about sums it up. Palace head to Hertfordshire on the back of perhaps the most important win of the season and in great confidence.
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Portland has been a place where ive experienced alot of obstacles but these have taught me to be more down to earth and realistic abiut what i am trying to accomplish.
Its also a place that makes me fat and seems to dumb me down considerably compared to being on the east coast or in Cali even.
Today a woman fell on me in the tent city called r2d2. I felt that after i had something the city was legally liable for against them possibly that the tech harassment here became non existent and there was considerably less perp activity. Like down to a trickle. A few people and no staged happenings or encounters.
This place is so tech and chem influence heavy that the in person stalking and psy ops from living humans is mild. Mild but effectively placed played and timed.
Perps always back off when the Target has something on them legally.
In Boston they thot they cud do whatever they wanted becuz they believed my being comprimised in the real world justice system lets say made them immune to any kind of recourse on my part. Little did they realize there seems to be a counter group out there that simply counters the perps' actions with like covert actions.
Becuz perps believe they can hide behind or utilize the justice system and legality as cover story. Thus their actions are dishonest from the start.
Anyone who is pure hearted especially if helped by the countering forces that also work covertly-is going to not even think in terms of money or business or legality or any worldly standards or systems.
Thid is really all the perps consider or care about. They only care about their wallets and what can be proved on paper. Becuz remember they are and their system is the ones that are wrong to begin with.
America whining abiut war crimes in Syria when America has committed plenty of war crimes. Especially GS and related atrocities.
Also today i.was once again rewarded for any and all involvement or actions partaking in our Capitalist system. Consumerism or business. Any actions i take in buy sell or trade are either rewarded with a lifting of the horrible psych effects of GS or a lifting of the being harassed (usually by tech) altogether.
Consuming i get the former reward and doing things like getting involved in selling or trade, i get the former. With of coursr more encouragement to begin exploring the joys of buy sell trade in the USA.
Our nation is now home to this fascist or corporate terrorism where citizens are being brainwashed or behavior modified in order to create the perfect citizen. The desired, globalist citizen set for the NWO and completely dependent on consimerism for their sense of self survival, identity even sanity.
Which of course makes America 'strong' in worldy terms.
This is not the first time Ive experienced this effect as Ive posted about having this occur before I believe in San Antonio TX.
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Portland Has Been A Beat Down/More Brainwashing To Create Globalist Consumers For The NWO in USA
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There is a place in India for everything. Banaras is where people go to die and attain "Moksh"( salvation). Gaya is where those who couldn't attain salvation before their death are remembered and sent to Swargalok (heaven). The dead incur expenses for everything here.
"South ka log bahut aate ho Kya yahaan pe?" I asked my panda( The guy who performs the rituals) whether a lot of South Indians come to Gaya.
"Aap log hi hamara kheti Hain" You guys only are our agriculture, he said. I smelled business in Gaya right from the start. However I wanted to see the process through because I wouldn't come here again probably. Besides my mother fished out a strange coincidence for the day that I came to Gaya. It was the same day that my maternal Grandfather had died. And he used to talk about Shraadh in Gaya. So now I had no choice but to perform it.
If you visit Gaya, be sure to carry a lot of change. There are Brahmins and Beggars at every nook and corner waiting to give you blessings for money. The "pinda daan" that is performed here is the rituals of giving food and water to those who passed away, satisfy them and sending them off to heaven. It is said that it was in the Phalgu river (also called Niranjana) here that Sriram did the ritual for his father during his Vanvaas ( forest banishment of Ram)
The temple at this location was built in the 18th century by Ahalyabhai Holkar of Indore. The temple has a basaltic rock with a footprint shape in it. The belief is that this is the footmark of Bhagwan Vishnu. Hence the name Vishnupad temple.
After praying at the sanctum sanctorum, the panda asked me whether I wanted to do the rituals at the river or on the top ( a platform built above the riverbed) My mind was full of an image of a river with water flowing with some force. I answered at the river. When I reached the river, it was nothing as I imagined.
The Phalgu river is a dried up river with no water flowing through it. I asked the panda why there is absolutely no water in the river. I wasn't expecting him to give any environmental scientist type answer, but barely to say that the water flows during monsoon or winter ( As Himalayan rivers have more flow during winter. I don't know whether this is a Himalayan River) However his response surprised me.
Ye Sitaji ki shaap Hain. This is the curse of Mother Sita. On my further asking why Sita cursed the river, he couldn't come up with an answer.
I was asked to make 51 balls of rice flour. There was a well dug up in the river bed for water, which was manned by a 10 year old. He received 5 rupees for each jug of water he helped dig for the people who came. I also took a jug of water and returned to the spot, where the panda had laid out a gaffitti with white powder.
Soon the chanting started. My maternal grandparents, Paternal grandparents, anonymous people from my family, people who died, who were murdered, who died in accident, suicides, died of animal bite, died of diseases, unknown cause of deaths, everything and everyone were dealt with. They were all paid obeisance too and would finally receive heaven. When all rituals were over, one leaf of rice was left at the river bed ( which I saw a cow eating within minutes of us walking off. These cows recci the area for rice balls dedicated to dead ancestors), the next leaf was taken to the temple and submitted at the foot of the deity, and the third plate at a tree in the vicinity.
The panda then told an elaborate story about how there used to be Brahmin bhojan in the earlier days during such occassions which would give mukti to the souls and I smelled a ruse. He wanted me to basically give him tips. This was in addition to the money I had paid at the Andhra Bhawan for arranging him. I did not argue much, but paid him some tips.
After this at every nook and corner, someone one woo you in the name of blessing and ask for Dakshina (tips). If you have parents/grandparents living, I suggest you spend money and keep them happy with the best facilities you can afford. Don't wait to make them happy after their passing away.


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Defining ethnicity:
Ethnicity = one's identification with a particular ethnic group.
"An ethnic group is a community of people whose members share basic cultural traditions and values and in most cases a common language, and who identify themselves (and are identified by others) as distinct from other groups. All of us belong to at least one and sometimes to several such groups; a single society may contain many." (pp6-7 David Hicks and Margaret A Gwynne (1995) Cultural Anthropology. 2nd ed.. HarperCollinsCollegePublishers: New York.)
People of the same 'ethnicity' share a 'collective identity' (Ref. p441 Lavender)
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Lavender writes: "Ethnicity and race are nearly interchangeable because they perform the same function in overlapping each other, accentuating and perpetuating social difference. In other words, they both articulate a sense of 'otherness.' It's important to keep in mind that ethnicity is viewed as linked to cultural manifestations and race to physical as it is also essential to bear in mind that ethnicity is not a category that any ethnic group would adopt if it were not in a dialectical relationship with a larger, dominant group or an equal competitor, dominant group or an equal competitor…." (my emphasis, p439, Isiah Lavender III Technicity: AI and Cyborg Ethnicity in The Matrix. Extrapolation; Winter 2004; 45, 4; pp437-458)
"Members of groups may be proud of their ethnicity, and may signal this feeling and express their mutual solidarity by behaving in a distinctive manner…. But ethnicity can attract discrimination against members of ethnic groups, especially for urban ethnic minorities.
The concept of ethnicity has proven useful to domestic government agencies and international organizations trying to assist ethnic minorities in polyethnic societies to advance themselves. Rather than treating the inhabitants of a developing country as culturally homogeneous, for instance, most international aid agencies now try to take into account the values, institutions, and customs of various ethnic groups, targeting relief or aid to their particular needs." (my emphasis, pp276-277, David Hicks and Margaret A Gwynne)
"Normally, the ethnic person is a part of a population differing from others and often subjected to differential treatment. …Preconceptions lead to irrational attitudes of hostility directed against other groups and individuals because of their supposed characteristics, regardless of one's rights. …Prejudice leads to discrimination, where one group discerns and acts oppressively on those differences categorically rather than individually. This leads to an intense dislike of difference, which eventually fuels violence. …The construction of ethnicity is deeply layered with sociological border, psychological boundary, and physical restriction questions, particularly when redrawing the shifting sense of identity." (my emphasis, pp441-442 Isiah Lavender III)
Applying the concept of ethnicity:
Lavender III takes the concept of ethnicity and looks at the way it is reinscribed in the futuristic film, The Matrix. By considering ways in which humans, cyborgs, AI, etc. are conceived in this 'post-human' future, Lavender shows how, as he puts it:
The Matrix's "new constructions of ethnicity betray an inability to imagine a future that is post-ethnic, even if post-human." (p439)
That is, this film (and its counterparts) demonstrate the extent of our commitment to such markers of difference!
Lavender's analysis is interesting and brings Bernard Beckett's Genesis to mind; most of the conversations between Adam and Art (in Genesis) circle around their differences. Adam is notably antagonistic towards Art's Artificial Intelligence to start with and the novel, as a result, spends a long time exploring what it is to be human. I wonder if Lavender's term, technicity, might open further avenues of criticism into Genesis…
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Explore the botanical and ornithological diversity on Bowen Island on a gentle walk along forest trails to Killarney Lake. Led by VBGA Education Director Gillian Drake, and Birding Guide Richard Wing, we'll discuss our local ecosystems, and identify native ferns, trees, and more. Learn how to enhance your birding experience by training your ear to focus on the sound of birds calling through the forest. Consider making a day of it and visit Bowen's many cafes, shops and galleries within walking distance of the ferry. Fee does not include ferry fare. Limit: 15
Tour starts at the library on Bowen, 30m from the ferry dock (no car needed), and finishes in time to board the 1:10pm ferry back to Horseshoe Bay.


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Collecting great horned owl pellets northwest of Medicine Hat, Alberta
The Royal Saskatchewan Museum has been collecting owl pellets across the Canadian prairies for 20 years and this year has been no different. From the aspen parkland stretching from Yorkton to Lloydminster, to the sprawling grasslands surrounding Medicine Hat, to the AAFC community pastures of southwest Saskatchewan, and Grasslands National Park, we were search of great horned owl nests and roosts where pellets could be collected. We filled over three garbage bags with owl pellets from these trips!
Great horned owl roosting in trees just outside Grasslands National Park
Why owl pellets? They provide a tremendous amount of information on the small mammal communities we find on the Canadian prairies. Owls swallow their small mammal prey whole and regurgitate the indigestible material (e.g., fur, bones, and teeth) as little compact pellets. The bones and teeth in these pellets can be used to identify which species of small mammals were eaten by owls at each location. We can also identify the number of individuals of each small mammal species eaten during the summer at each location, providing an idea of community composition. With pellets from over 9,000 locations on the Canadian prairies currently in the owl pellet collection at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, we have a lot of data that can be used for studies on small mammal communities.
Prairie deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculats) resting in a hole in the side of a boulder
I started my academic career as a M.Sc. student at the University of Regina, using the Royal Saskatchewan Museum's owl pellet collection to examine how habitat and weather affected where particular small mammal species are likely to be found. There are approximately 20 species of rodents on the Canadian prairies, and each has particular habitat affinities. Using the owl pellet collection, I discovered that while some rodent species seem to be found in almost every habitat type (i.e., deer mice), some species are only found in particular habitats (i.e., sagebrush voles). I also discovered that species are heavily influenced by annual weather patterns. For instance, I found irruptions of meadow voles on the Canadian prairies typically occur following very snowy winters. This is likely because meadow voles dig tunnels in deep snow, and can continue to reproduce under the cover of snow until spring.
Bones of prairie deer mice identified from owl pellets.
I am now a Ph.D. candidate with the University of Regina, and am using the same owl pellets to look at the impacts of agriculture on the distributions of rodent species. The conversion of the Canadian prairies for agricultural production has resulted in a patchwork of cropland, hayland, and native pasture that has likely changed the distributions of many rodent species. I suspect that different species will respond to these changes in different ways depending on their habitat affinities, or lack thereof. Understanding how agriculture has changed the distributions of particular rodent species has significant implications for the Canadian prairies because rodents are a vital source of food for a diversity of prairie predators, and they carry diseases that are transmissible to humans. Naturally, changes in the distributions of rodent species will likely result in changes in the distributions of the diseases they carry and the predators that rely on them for food.
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New University Library
A library is at the heart of any university. It's a place where we can learn and connect with each other and with new ideas. It should be somewhere to be quiet and reflective as well as social and collaborative.
We are building a New University Library at the centre of the University of Bristol, a flagship project within Campus Heart.
The New University Library will have incredible natural light and views, a rich resource of texts and special collections, excellent digital infrastructure and technology.
It will be a stimulating and nurturing learning environment that will provide:
- a café and exhibition gallery space to showcase the new Centre for Cultural Collections, open to all
- a place to host a year-round timetable of events
- library book and journal collections, including the Theatre Collection, one of the world's leading collections of British theatre history, and our extensive Special Collections
- new ways to engage with the City and its communities by delivering an exciting spectrum of social, cultural and academic engagement activities in purpose-built facilities
- a world-class academic environment, fostering innovation in teaching, improving student attainment and facilitating new research partnerships
The New University Library will be built on the site of the current Hawthorns building. Work will start in autumn 2019, and will be completed in 2023-24.
Context: the Campus Heart Programme
In 2015-16 we co-created a bold and exciting University Strategy that encompasses a wide range of ambitions. We listened to what students and staff asked for – more space at the centre to work, to share ideas and relax with each other.
In particular, our students have changed dramatically in both their numbers and diversity and its vital our spaces meet the needs of scholars drawn from different cultures across the world.
Campus Heart is the name for the University's development programme to transform the spaces and services around Tyndall Avenue – creating opportunities for staff, students, external partners (local and international) and our community – to come together to learn and study, get help and support, be social and just relax.
Campus Heart is part of the way we are delivering the priorities of the University Strategy by transforming the space, and the relationships that happen in and around the buildings.
Our Objectives and Vision for the New University Library
- Supporting wellbeing
We will incorporate the latest innovations in design theory and practice to ensure the library best supports the wellbeing of our students and staff. Carefully designed spaces will provide a sense of relaxation and support, particularly for our students who spend extended hours in the facility.
- Inclusive and accessible
The new library space will be welcoming to all users, as an environment where diversity is valued and everybody feels supported. All aspects of the building will facilitate ease of accessibility for all.
- Inspirational
The architecture will delight and inspire innovation and discovery. It will be a building with spaces that create opportunities for intellectual pursuit and elevated thinking. Maximising natural light and views will be essential. There will be opportunities to engage with the city and beyond. Our rich and unique Cultural Collections will inspire creativity and new uses.
- Adaptable
The building will seamlessly adapt to new ways of learning and researching, to accommodate new technologies and services that will develop over the next 50 years.
- Built to last, sustainable, complementary to heritage surroundings
The building will be designed to meet high sustainability building standards. The proposed site is within a conservation area. The building design will take account of and be sensitive to its surroundings, whilst offering a flagship building commending the value of education and research endeavour, and exciting the senses.


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Rules of Procedure of the InterAcademy Council
Article 3. PROCEDURES FOR THE CONDUCT ON AN IAC STUDY
Proposals for IAC studies may originate from a requesting agency (e.g., an international organization, national government or group of governments) or from the IAC Board itself.
Whenever a request is received for the IAC to conduct a study on a specific topic, the IAC Board co-Chairs shall request the IAC Executive Director to prepare a study prospectus—in consultation with requesting agency and designated IAP Academies where appropriate—including a budget for the completion of the proposed study. Requesting agencies shall also be asked to suggest a balance of national sources for the advice it needs. A report review procedure shall be incorporated into the study design, depending upon considerations of the study scope and timeframe. Estimates of cost of report publication shall be included in the proposal budget.
The study prospectus shall be presented to the IAC Board for review and decision, with a recommendation from the IAC Board co-Chairs. By two-thirds majority, the IAC Board shall approve [or disapprove] the study prospectus based on considerations of importance and timeliness of the question, background, likely impact, engagement of likely audiences, the range of competencies that must be represented on the study panel, dissemination mechanisms, and funding sources.
If the prospectus is approved by the IAC Board, a formal proposal shall be prepared by the IAC Executive Director and submitted to the requesting agency or other organizations that shall assume responsibility for providing financial resources to carry out the study.
Grants or contracts shall be subject to agreement by the IAC Board co-Chairs and the requesting agency.
Administrative and staffing responsibility for the study shall be designated by IAC Board co-Chairs, as deemed most appropriate, either to the IAC Secretariat or, on the basis of a contract with the IAC Secretariat, to an Academy or consortium of Academies.
Requests for recommendations for study panel members and reviewers shall be sent electronically to all IAP Academies. Requesting agencies may also suggest names of potential panelists, but the final decision on panel members rests with the IAC. In consultation with IAC Board members (or designated subgroup), appropriate staff shall prepare a slate of panel candidates for two-thirds majority approval by the full
Board, by mail or electronic ballot. The Board may delegate responsibility for approval of panel members to the IAC Board co-Chairs.
In cases where candidates for a study panel or other experts have commercial interests or affiliation with political or profit-making organizations directly concerned with the matter of the report, the IAC Board co-Chairs shall ascertain if these individuals can appropriately serve on the study panel for purposes of balance, expertise, and independence. A written statement on the issue, for public release, shall be required of these study panelists where deemed necessary by IAC Board co-Chairs.
The Panel shall undertake the work. The IAC Board and the requesting agency shall be kept apprised of panel progress in completing the assignment.
All IAC Board members shall be invited to recommend study report reviewers.
The reviewers shall be asked to consider the quality of the analysis and fulfillment of study objectives in the draft report. The IAC Board co-Chairs shall appoint two review monitors to determine which reviewer issues shall be addressed by the study panel. The study panel may be asked to consider modifications of the report.
The IAC Board co-Chairs shall decide that the report is ready for publication after the review monitors have determined that the study panel has adequately responded to issues raised by the reviewers and the monitors. The IAC Board co-Chairs shall inform the IAC Board whether, in their judgment, the study and review have been conducted satisfactorily in accordance with the IAC Rules of Procedures.
The final report shall be publicly issued to requesting agency and to the general public.
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All final IAC study reports shall be made public with the IAC Board deciding, in each case, on the mechanisms of dissemination.
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Whose house is it?
In 2006, Carol and Max were divorced. Carol prepared all of the papers by using Utah Court Self Help website. The divorce decree says their house should be sold and Carol and Max should share the proceeds.
Max moved to the Midwest and Carol continued to live in the house. For 13 years Carol made the mortgage payments, including property taxes and insurance, and she paid for all of the repairs to the house, including a new roof, a new hot water heater and furnace repairs. In late 2018 when Carol tried to refinance the house, the banker told her she qualified for the loan but the refinance could not be approved without Max's signature.
Carol contacted Max and asked him if she could buy out his interest in the house. Max agreed, but he wanted much more money than Carol thought was fair.
Ultimately, Carol hired an attorney who filed a Petition to Modify the Decree asking the court to award the house to Carol subject to Max's equity interest. Max hired an attorney to enforce the decree and force the house to be sold so he could get his equity interest. Max and Carol through their attorneys exchanged what they thought were relevant documents and their attorneys scheduled the court-mandated mediation with me.
Carol, her attorney and Max's attorney met in my office. Max participated by conference call, since he lives in the Midwest. Carol brought copies of mortgage statements, property tax statements, receipts for repairs and maintenance expenses.
Max's attorney brought a Zillow report and Max said that Carol rented out rooms in the house and he should be entitled to half of the rental income. Carol agreed; her daughter and granddaughter have lived with her for the past 34 months and her daughter pays $500 per month rent, which includes utilities, cable and internet.
Carol believes the fair market value for the house is $330,000. Max believes its value is $425,000. Since the parties could not agree on the value of the house, they agreed to have the house appraised and return to mediation in 60 days. They also agreed to be bound by the averages of their respective appraisals.
The parties returned to mediation with their appraisals and without their attorneys. Carol attended in person and Max by conference call. As it turned out, the average value of the house was $348,500.
Carol produced an accounting of rental income, utility bills and bills for cable and internet along with a spreadsheet showing that the average net rental income over the past 34 months was $365.50. Max said Carol's daughter and granddaughter should not be responsible for any of the cable and internet costs because those costs do not go up by usage and Carol would have this expense with or without a renter.
Max said it was not reasonable to think that Carol's daughter and granddaughter caused her utilities to increase by 66 percent and they should not be responsible for two-thirds of the utilities. Carol did not have any information to show that her utilities increased 66 percent when her daughter and granddaughter moved in with her.
After significant discussion, Carol and Max agreed that net rental income is $425 and that Max is entitled to half of the rental income.
The parties agreed Carol would receive credit for paying Max's share of the mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance and repairs, and Max would receive credit for his share of the rental income. With the agreement, the divorce decree could be modified and Carol could refinance the house and buy out Max's equity interest.
Mediator Notes
In hindsight, it is easy to say that Carol and Max could have reached an agreement without their attorneys or even without a mediator, but this is probably not true. Their attorneys set them up to be in a position to reach an agreement, and mediation gave them an opportunity to discuss their opinions in a productive manner that resulted in an agreement.
The time spent in the first mediation was two hours and the second was 3.75 hours. Carol and Max equally paid the total mediation time of 5.75 hours at $250 per hour.
If you have a dispute you would like me to consider in this column contact me at: 801-994-6000 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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In last week's analysis of the Dow Jones (DJIA) index chart pattern, the technical indicators had hinted that the bulls may launch another pullback after the long Memorial Day weekend.
The bears have been pressing sales at every rise of late - a sign of a bear market - which led me to comment:
'In case the Dow manages to move above the 200 day EMA, resistance can be expected from the falling 20 day and 50 day EMAs.'
After failing to get past the 200 day EMA on the first two days of a holiday-shortened week, the Dow moved up smartly on Thursday, Jun 3 '10 and reached the falling 20 day EMA on an intra-day basis. Strong resistance by the bears saw the index drop down to the 200 day EMA.
The bottom fell out on Friday after a spate of bad news. The possibility of a sovereign default in Hungary sent the euro on a dive against the dollar. The employment data revealed that the bulk of new jobs were for temporary census workers. With 7 million people unemployed for more than 6 months, the economic recovery will be slow and painful.
Private sector job additions were way below consensus estimates and April's encouraging figure. A New York Times article about a 43 year old engineer in Chicago accepting a temporary census worker's job after several months of unemployment highlighted the woeful state of the economy.
The 3 months closing chart pattern of the Dow Jones (DJIA) index leaves little doubt that the US stock market is sliding into bear country:
Friday's close of 9932 was just above the Feb 8 '10 close of 9908. But the difference is that the Feb '10 low was above the 200 day EMA. Any hope of a quick recovery by the bulls - like they managed to engineer in Feb '10 - will be stifled by the bears.
The slow stochastic and the RSI are both below their 50% levels. The MACD moved up in negative territory and is touching the signal line. The ROC remains negative and is dropping. None of the technical indicators made new lows - a positive divergence. Bulls may try to clutch at this straw.
Technically, the confirmation of the bear market has to wait till the 20 day and 50 day EMAs drop below the 200 day EMA. It seems like a question of 'when' and not 'if'. The longer the Dow spends below the 200 day EMA, the less the chance of a revival of the bull market.
Bottomline? The chart pattern of the Dow Jones (DJIA) index shows the formidable resistance from the 200 day EMA to all attempts at pullbacks. Looks like it will be a summer of discontent for the bulls. The fundamentals are too weak for robust economic growth. Patient investors will be rewarded with lower stock prices.