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Ram Rebel TRX Prototype Breaks Down While Testing In Detroit
— Aug 31, 2020
With the recent debut of the new Ram Rebel TRX, the off-road performance pickup wars have officially kicked off. Ford first started this feud with the debut of the F-150 Raptor – an impressive package that went unanswered for years, but now things are getting a bit more interesting thanks to the Rebel TRX and the upcoming Chevrolet Silverado ZRX, as well.
Fiat Chrysler was riding high last week following the debut of the Rebel TRX, but taking photos and sending out a press release is the easy part. Now the automaker is busy putting the finishing touches on the truck and getting it ready for its upcoming market launch and it seems it may have hit a snag in this process over the weekend.
We recently spotted this uncamouflaged Ram Rebel TRX test prototype driving down the road in Metro Detroit when it suddenly came to a stop. The truck had to be flat towed away from the scene of the break down – likely to the chagrin of the FCA engineer or employee behind the wheel at the time.
Not to be overly harsh, but this isn't a great look for the new Ram Rebel TRX. Michigan is filled with car enthusiasts and we wouldn't be surprised if many motorists were aware of what this prototype was and were excited to see a Rebel TRX out in public, only for it to come to a grinding halt and get towed away shortly after. We aren't aware of this happening to any Chevrolet Silverado ZRX prototypes, but then again, GM probably wouldn't happily come out and tell us one of its test vehicles suffered a catastrophic failure.
That said, this news may still be a bit unsettling for those FCA customers who have already reserved the sold-out $92,000 Ram Rebel TRX Launch Edition or even just the standard base model that starts at not insignificant $72,000. The truck may still be under development, but this is a 2021 model year product, so its arrival is not far out by any means. Let's hope this is the last time FCA experiences this issue with its development trucks.
As a reminder, the new Ram Rebel TRX produces 702 horsepower from its supercharged 6.2L HEMI V8, which is paired with a TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic transmission and standard four-wheel-drive. The truck will be able to accelerate from 0-60 mph in around 4.5 seconds and will also feature all-new independent front and rear suspension with specially-tuned Bilstein Black Hawk e2 adaptive performance dampers.
GM's answer to the Ram Rebel TRX, the Chevrolet Silverado ZRX, is expected to feature a supercharged 6.2L LT4 V8 engine, 10-speed automatic transmission and four-wheel-drive. Intel on its engine output, performance figures, suspension setup and other aspects is not yet known, so be sure to subscribe to GM Authority for more Chevrolet Silverado news, Chevrolet news and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
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Jesse James says:
What else could you possibly expect. A truck sporting 700+ horsepower is unlikely to display longevity.
It's a tall order. But if it can't handle 700hp it shouldn't have 700hp.
It's built to jump dunes but even it can't handle the pot holes and conditions of Detroit streets
Camaro_kyle says:
There still isnt any closure considering the fact that no real solid information has been released on the zrx much less a supercharged zrx.
JWL says:
Well, not surprising given Fiat's track record. Why anybody would buy Fiat junk is beyond me.
Fiat maybe, but its engine tech almost goes back 20 years, when it was briefly sold alongside the 1960's designed "Magnum", it itself is almost 30 years old now.
The youngest Magnum series engine will be 20, in 2023. Same goes for the original Vortec 350. And the old 4.3 V6, the last all-iron modern engine will mark its 10th decade, in 2024.
Funnily enough, the 2020 Journey still uses a transmission that was last seen in Reagan's last days in office.
Guestt says:
(In a quiet British accent) We quietly observe a Ram with it's natural companion in the wild……
Roy Chiles says:
That sound about right the TRX HellCat needed a Brake get it. No new Dodge is worth $90 or $100K
Dan Berning says:
Seriously? You guys call this new worthy? I don't care what the brand is, I'll say the same thing even if it was a story about a Toyota doing this. So tell me this. Isn't the entire purpose of "testing" a vehicle to see how it does and try and break it? Shouldn't this be looked at as being a good thing that something shows up in the "testing" rather than in the hands of customers? And then some of the comments above making it sound like this is a vehicle that has been in the hands of customers for months now.
Sorry, but between stupid articles like this and the "rendering" articles, this site seems to be struggling for good articles to write.
I agree Dan. This site is starting to get stale. We need info on GM's answer to both FCA's and Fords "offload" trucks. Ford went to the V6 in the Raptor, and FCA is using the 6.2 Hemi with a super charger. GM needs to step up and soon. We have been hearing about the "new" Raptor beater for far too long. Where is it? I suppose, GM is still banking on the electric car craze. I don't see it myself. Come on guys, get this truck out there now. And make it affordable for Joe Normal. $100,000.00 or more is nuts. NO truck is worth that kind of cash. Especially, when it looses a ton of value the minute you drive it off the dealers lot. We can only hope!!!!!!
Thank you Dan, for your thoughts on stupid articles and renderings! Most of us know that the renderings mean nothing, other than someone might occasionally have a better eye than GM for design. But some visiting this site, and you can tell from their comments, believe that they actually come from GM, which doesn't do anyone a favor.
Birdorprey says:
GM is just mad because they have nothing even close to this truck or any Ram! This story is fake news anyway it never happened typical when you've lost market share and customer satisfaction lmao chevy sux!
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Just another nail in gm's coffin
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Grethe Weiser est une actrice allemande, née le  à Hanovre et morte le  à Bad Tölz (Bavière ).

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Grethe Weiser est Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite de la République fédérale d'Allemagne.

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 1934 : Einmal eine große Dame sein
 1934 : Schützenkönig wird der Felix
 1936 : Fräulein Veronika
 1936 : Hilde und die vier PS
 1937 : Menschen ohne Vaterland
 1937 : Meine Freundin Barbara
 1938 : Femmes pour Golden Hill (Frauen für Golden Hill)
 1939 : Frau am Steuer
 1942 : Vive la musique (Wir machen Musik)
 1944 : Famille Buchholz (Familie Buchholz) de Carl Froelich
 1944 : Der Meisterdetektiv
 1946 : Irgendwo in Berlin
 1949 : Tromba
 1949 : Liebe '47
 1950 : Gabriela de Géza von Cziffra
 1952 : Der Obersteiger de Franz Antel
 1953 : Die Kaiserin von China
 1953 : La Rose de Stamboul (Die Rose von Stambul) de Karl Anton
 1953 :
 1954 : Sans toi je n'ai plus rien (Bei Dir war es immer so schön) de Hans Wolff
 1957 : Einmal eine grosse Dame sein
 1957 : Tante Wanda aus Uganda de Géza von Cziffra
 1957 : Casino de Paris d'André Hunebelle

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Actrice allemande
Naissance en février 1903
Naissance à Hanovre
Naissance dans la province de Hanovre
Décès en octobre 1970
Décès à Bad Tölz
Décès à 67 ans
Personnalité inhumée au Waldfriedhof Heerstrasse
Mort dans un accident de la route en Allemagne
Chevalier de l'ordre du Mérite de la République fédérale d'Allemagne

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Helen Mirren: Go-To Girl
By admin | July 11, 2013 | 0
When David Mamet needed someone to fill in for Bette Midler after she dropped out of his recent HBO film, he knew exactly whom to call: Helen Mirren. While some may wonder why the British-born Dame Mirren came to mind to replace the brassy singer-actress Midler, Mamet had no reservations. "She can do anything," says the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Glengarry Glen Ross.
In a world where actors are as disposable as yesterday's newspaper, Mirren has consistently maintained a solid career in theater, film, television and movies. She's been nominated for two Tony Awards, four Oscars (winning Best Actress for The Queen in 2006), 10 Emmys (winning four for her work on Prime Suspect, Elizabeth I and The Passion of Ayn Rand) and 11 Golden Globes (winning three for Elizabeth I, The Queen and Losing Chase).
Just this past January, Mirren received her first star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her eyes sparkle as she recounts the experience. "Like all foreigners, I still think of myself as a newcomer, so to find myself amongst the history of Hollywood and be reminded of all those incredible performers is just so thrilling," Mirren says. "I'll have to go back and lurk. I'll be out there with my little mop every day polishing it up!"
It's a testament to her talent and work ethic that her career has gained momentum rather than waning through the years. But Mirren has no illusions about why she's been able to stay relevant—and working—for more than 45 years in show business. She looks at me intensely with blue-green eyes as she explains.
"I try to work hard and try to be easy to work with. Honestly, that helps because directors and producers talk to each other. They say, 'Yes, she'll work hard,' " says Mirren, 68. "I'm sure that's why David called me when Bette had to drop out. He knew I could come in last-minute and wouldn't collapse or fall apart.
"Come in, do the work, deliver and don't panic," she adds—words to live by no matter what the profession.
Mirren had been enjoying an Italian holiday with older sister Kate when she was approached for Mamet's Phil Spector. "I was determined not to work for the next three months or so, because I was very tired from working so much and just wanted to rest," Mirren says. Then the call came, offering her the role of the real-life attorney who defended music producer Spector on a murder charge. "It was the dream job. I would have died to work with Al Pacino. And on top of that, David Mamet, and on top of that, a fascinating subject. My heart was dropping and I thought, Oh my God. I'm going to have to do this."
Producers wanted Mirren to leave Italy that night and be on set in two days. She put her foot down. "I said I need time to prepare. I'm playing an American, and I'm not terribly good at accents, so I need to have a week to prepare. They gave me exactly a week, but I had to fly out the next day and do it in New York," Mirren says. "But working with these two was a dream come true, so there was no way I was going to say no."
She knew the role would be difficult. "I was terrified of working with Al. Terrified of working on Mamet's type of text because he's such a brilliant writer," Mirren says. "I've watched many of his plays and wondered, How did the actors learn that? It's so interwoven and dense, and you know that kind of writing is not to be improvised. You have to learn every word, and the rhythm of every interjection. So I was absolutely contemplating shooting myself!"
Instead, Mirren observed and learned. She studied Pacino creating a performance. "I was there in a front-row seat to witness it. He's full on, and not just when the cameras are rolling, but in every rehearsal, every moment off-screen," Mirren says. "He wasn't just marking his lines. His performance was electrifying every time."
Mirren has repeatedly sought to challenge herself with eclectic roles ranging from the inner voice of Becky, the cheerleading assistant with Down syndrome, on TV's Glee to the stylish assassin in the Bruce Willis-helmed action flicks RED and RED 2 (due out Aug. 2). She's also gained a strong reputation for her royal turns, portraying three British queens: Queen Charlotte in The Madness of King George in 1994, the title role in the TV miniseries Elizabeth I in 2005, then Elizabeth II in her Oscar-winning performance in The Queen in 2006.
In May, she made headlines with another kind of performance. She was portraying Queen Elizabeth II in a production of The Audience at London's Gielgud Theatre when a noisy demonstration erupted outside. People banging on drums were so loud that they drowned out the actors at one point. During intermission, Mirren marched out in costume, complete with tiara and pearls, and told the drummers in frank terms to be quiet because people had paid a lot of money to see and hear the play.
The stunned musicians obeyed their queen, who clearly was not amused. And the out-of-focus video went viral.
Her co-star Rufus Wright, playing Prime Minister David Cameron, followed Mirren out to the street. Later he tweeted "You should have seen Helen.… Honestly. It was breathtaking."
Mirren has always been a take-charge person. In interviews, she's thoughtful and immensely quotable. Her honesty is as alluring as her classic beauty. During the press tour for her role in Phil Spector, Mirren wore an elegant black dress adorned with a glittering diamond lizard. Her silvery-blonde hair was carefully tousled. She was toned and trim, without the look of enhancements that so many mature Hollywood actresses seem to employ to remain youthful.
Mirren shrugs off any suggestion that she spends much time on her appearance. "I don't look like this in everyday life at all," she says with a broad smile and slight laugh. "I just walk out the door and don't make a big thing of it." As for her fitness regime, "I don't do a lot of anything. Maybe that's the trick," she says with sly smile. "I don't do gymmy things, but then sometimes I do. I don't diet, but then occasionally I do diet. I've never smoked, never drunk too much. Well, not consistently."
She says the most important part of her regimen is her work as an actress, although she admits, "I love to garden with my husband."
She and her husband, director Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman, Ray), first met when she auditioned for the 1985 film White Nights. For Mirren, it was anything but love at first sight. In fact, he had kept her waiting for her audition and she was not at all impressed by that behavior. But he grew on her.
Mirren had had other long-term relationships; one of the highest-profile ones lasted about five years and involved actor Liam Neeson, whom she met on the set of the 1980 film Excalibur. She vowed never to marry, but she finally acquiesced. Mirren and Hackford wed in 1997 after 12 years together.
The couple own several homes, including one in Los Angeles and a flat in London. She says when they stay at their home in Italy, they live "off the grid" with few distractions—save the occasional call to work.
"I used to do a lot of gardening when I was in my 30s, then life took me away from the vegetable garden," she says—life as an in-demand actress, that is.
Mirren, born Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironoff in London, descended from Russian aristocracy, but she insists she is anything but posh. Her paternal grandfather was a tsarist colonel who was in Britain negotiating an arms deal when the Russian Revolution broke out. Stranded, he remained in Britain, earning a living as a cabdriver.
Her father, who changed his name to Basil and Anglicized the surname to Mirren, played viola with the London Philharmonic. But he left that less-than-lucrative life to become a cabdriver like his father to better support his working-class family, which included Mirren's older sister and younger brother Peter. Mirren's dad eventually went to work as a civil servant with the Ministry of Transport. Her mother was British, the daughter of a butcher who supplied meat to Queen Victoria. She credits her mother for insisting that her children speak with proper elocution, which served her well in her chosen profession.
Although a young Mirren had dreams of becoming an actress, her parents tried to steer her away from that path as best they could. They sent her to a Catholic high school in Southend-on-Sea, where an English teacher nevertheless encouraged her acting ambitions.
Mirren played Cleopatra three times on stage, the first time when she was 20. She became a member of the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company in the late '60s. Her first significant film role was in 1968's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Diana Rigg, but it was her film appearance as the young muse to an aging artist played by James Mason in 1969's Age Of Consent that boosted her profile and launched her career.
Long known for her sultry sex appeal, Mirren transitioned from saucy ingénue to tough cop in the worldwide hit series Prime Suspect. She even bared it all at 58 for her role in the 2003 film Calendar Girls, about mature women who pose nude for a calendar to raise money for charity.
"My longevity is a combination of a lot of things, but incredible good luck is a big part of it," Mirren says. "Sadly, I have friends who are wonderful actresses, colleagues from when I was in my 20s and 30s, who find it difficult to find work. I was lucky that Prime Suspect came along when it did."
Mirren was in her mid-40s, a tough age for actresses, in 1991 when Prime Suspect popped on the airwaves and made her a household name. The gritty British cop series featuring a strong female lead was unlike any other show and struck gold with audiences both in the United States, where it was seen on the Public Broadcasting Service, and in Britain.
Suddenly Mirren became a water cooler conversation topic as her character gained popularity. She grabbed six Emmy nominations and took home two gold statues for her role as Detective Jane Tennison.
In 2007 she came to Los Angeles to promote her last appearance as Tennison. In a TV critics' news conference, she admitted to being a bit of a bad girl in her youth, with a penchant for wayward boys. So we asked, in addition to her Native American-inspired tattoo (at the base of her right thumb), what else would people be surprised to know about her?
"I'm a proper English woman in reality. Maybe that's what's ultimately surprising about me," Mirren said. "I'm kind of a good girl at heart. I think. I hope."
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George Franco Prisoners' Rights
Private SoCal Prison Remains Open Despite Ban
by Editor January 13, 2022
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Despite President Biden's ban on private prisons, a for-profit private prison in San Diego, California, is attempting to remain open.
Photo by Emiliano Bar on Unsplash
By George Franco / San Quentin News
A for-profit GEO Group private prison is attempting to keep its federal lockup operating despite President Joe Biden's executive order to shut down.
The Western Region Detention Facility (WRDF), a 770-bed federal detention center in San Diego run by the GEO Group, received a six-month extension to a two-year contract that had expired on Sept. 30, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
In an announcement, GEO contended that it is best positioned to continue as WRDF's operator. GEO also noted that completely closing the detention center would cause pre-trial detainees to be incarcerated far from court attorneys and family in San Diego.
Last October, a federal judge upheld a California law that bans private prisons for civil immigration detention but allowed these facilities to house federal marshals' detainees. This ruling is now under appeal.
Biden's order forbids the Justice Department from engaging in business with for-profit, private prisons in order to reduce incarceration and increase rehabilitations, according to the DOJ's Office of the Inspector General. Private detention facilities were criticized for inadequate safety and security.
Two other detention centers are in San Diego: Otay Mesa Detention Center, operated by CoreCivic and subject to the Executive Order, and the Metropolitan Correctional Facility, operated by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
All three facilities have been criticized for failing to properly handle the COVID-19 pandemic by not implementing protocols that would protect inmates, the newspaper reported. To address overcrowding in the pandemic, the federal court worked with prosecutors and defense attorneys to reduce pre-trial, post-conviction incarceration to low levels in certain non-violent crimes, the story said.
Detention centers like these mostly handle pre-trial defendants with federal crimes, the Union-Tribune said.
The city of McFarland — in Kern County with 16,000 residents, and 250 miles from San Diego — is expected to become the San Diego facility's intermediary.
In August, McFarland's city attorney suggested that the city pursue negotiations to enter into business with the Marshals Service, eventually subcontracting the service to the GEO group, according to the City Council agenda.
McFarland would get a $500.000 administrative fee for its participation, which "could generate new revenue for the city," according to the city manager. It was not established who would pay the fee, since the city manager, who also acts as police chief, did not respond to a request for comment.
California's three affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union wrote a letter urging the Biden administration "to defeat these blatant efforts to strip the Executive Order of any meaningful impact."
"Rather than permit GEO to use the next six months to cement the fate of the Executive Order as a dead letter, the Administration should use this opportunity to wind down GEO's involvement at WRDF entirely," the letter states.
GEO has turned to what it calls "various alternative contracting structures" in order to circumvent the president's executive order, but the ACLU considers the McFarland deal as a violation of that order.
"A similar deal has already kept Marshals Service detainees in place at one private facility, the ACLU notes," said the Union-Tribune. In March, the Marshals Service had a 90-day extension deal for its contract with private prison company CoreCivic. This contract extension allowed the continued housing of federal detainees at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, which also houses state and county prisoners, according to the article.
ACLU senior staff attorney Bardis Vakili notes that for a city as far away as McFarland, with no ties to San Diego, handing over operations presents the issue of accountability.
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Paul+Haeder says:
Power to the Profiteers. Now, come on, until you see we need to get them out of power and office, by any means necessary, then these stories just continue to clog up the Scheer Post posts.
Every year, the major business magazines put out their annual surveys of big business in America.
You have the Fortune 500, the Forbes 400, the Forbes Platinum 100, the International 800 — among others.
These lists rank big corporations by sales, assets, profits and market share. The point of these surveys is simple — to identify and glorify the biggest and most profitable corporations.
The point of the list contained in this report, The Top 100 Corporate Criminals of the Decade — is to focus public attention on a wave of corporate criminality that has swamped prosecutors offices around the country.
This is the dark underside of the marketplace that is given little sustained attention and analysis by politicians and news outlets.
To compile The Top 100 Corporate Criminals of the 1990s, we used the most narrow and conservative of definitions — corporations that have pled guilty or no contest to crimes and have been criminally fined.
The 100 corporate criminals fell into 14 categories of crime:
Environmental (38),
antitrust (20),
fraud (13),
campaign finance (7),
food and drug (6),
financial crimes (4),
false statements (3),
illegal exports (3),
illegal boycott (1),
worker death (1),
bribery (1),
obstruction of justice (1)
public corruption (1),
and tax evasion (1).
We did not try to assess and compare the damage committed by these corporate criminals or by other corporate wrongdoers.
There are millions of Americans who care about morality in the marketplace.
https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/top100.html
Each year, Global Exchange releases a "Top Corporate Criminals" list to highlight some of the world's corporate worst-of-the-worst on issues like violations of human rights and workers' rights, environmental destruction, war profiteering, and tax evasion and other white-collar corporate crime, just to name a few. More importantly, we create this list to bring your attention to these gross violations and call on you to act.
Additional criteria for including a corporation on this year's list include: actions that particularly affect citizens of the Global South; global impact of the corporation's malfeasance; major corporations whose crimes have gone under the radar and need to be highlighted; and corporations whose actions are being met by community opposition.
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Privatization is yet another of the many cancers in this society. Privatization of things like prisons is especially immoral. In fact, prison itself is immoral, though it's a reaction to gross overpopulation (societies that are not overpopulated don't have prisons).
MIchael Lewis Kahn says:
I didn't know about Biden ridding us of private prisons. He did something right, though it may never come to pass, and the guilty illegal prison is given parole. Shut down the slavery. Most private prisons have forced labor, and the pay is literally pennies an hour. MOdern day slavery. I am surprised that a politician, especially one who picked Harris as a vice, is against prisons. Good for him, and for us. Just get it done.
I was imprisoned about 150 miles from any associates, and trial was on camera. No problem.
US govt is immoral and corrupt: there is no reason to believe that govt services are not more expensive and more incompetent than many non-government services. fundamentals are not addressed. why does the USA enjoy the most violent, non violent crime, rape per capita of all nations, despite that most are not reported? why do medieval laws exist in USA not found in other nations? why do fake progressives despise freedom and justice? —these concepts are never examined, nor are concepts like equality, diversity, equity, merit. Anyone that has read George simmel, alexander kojeve, Isiah Berlin, Michael Sandel, Charles Taylor, Jurgen Habermas, Emile Durkheim or Kant, Marx recognizes that natural rights do not exist. As Gorer observed US laws are changed on the whim of any corporation and americans reject standards in schools, police, and nearly all facets of life. "we immediately do the illegal: the unconstitutional takes a little longer". H Kissinger
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"Please know that Peter was extremely appreciative of you, his Torkees"
The Monkees bassist, singer and keyboardist Peter Tork died on Thursday. He was 77.
Peter Tork, who rose to teen-idol fame in 1966 playing the lovably clueless bass guitarist in the made-for-television rock band The Monkees, has died.
Jane Blumkell of fellow Monkee Micky Dolenz's production company tells The Associated Press Tork died Thursday morning.
The accomplished multi-instrumentalist was performing in Los Angeles clubs when he learned of a casting call for "four insane boys," who would star in a TV show about a struggling rock band.
He, Dolenz, David Jones and Michael Nesmith became overnight sensations when the show took off in 1966.
He left the group in 1968 amid creative differences but reunited for tours with the others every few years. His last was in 2016.
Tork also recorded blues and folk music and made several TV appearances.


The heat of summer can heat up your love life as well. When it comes to romance, I've had summer flings and summer flops. Some were short-lived and others became loving, lasting relationships. But I treasure every one of them because I learned something valuable from each experience.


When I was pregnant with my youngest, the doctor's told me I was no longer immune, and needed a new shot. That was almost 7 years ago, and I still haven't gotten it. I'm a chicken, and I'm not ashamed to admit it!
There's a measles outbreak in South London at the moment. It's definitely because of of the lower uptake of the MMR vaccine.
I also had measles when I was 6, I remember it, being very unwell..


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FDA 'Weirdness?' Separate meetings for BioMarin and Sarepta DMD drugs
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In a surprise move, the Food and Drug Administration has set separate dates for advisory panels to review two different drugs for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic disorder that leaves young boys wheelchair bound. Most investors and patient advocates expected the agency to hold back-to-back meetings next month.
Instead, one advisory committee meeting will be held on Nov. 24 to review drisapersen from BioMarin Pharmaceutical, while eteplirsen from Sarepta Therapeutics will be scrutinized on Jan. 22, 2016.
Normally, such doings do not generate much notice, especially for rare disease drugs. But the Duchenne drugs have been the focus of intense interest over the past few years thanks to a combination of unusual circumstances.
Study data, for instance, have been controversial. A late-stage trial for the BioMarin drug flopped and the company then submitted a new analysis for regulatory approval. And Sarepta is relying on a trial that involves just 12 patients. Despite perceived shortcomings and ambiguity, both drug makers hope the FDA will grant accelerated approval, which means a faster regulatory review would take place.
Meanwhile, families of Duchenne patients have been extremely vocal in raising awareness, but have also pursued some unique advocacy strategies to press the FDA. One parent group convened its own collection of experts to write draft guidelines for Duchenne drug development, which the agency used as a template to develop its own set of guidelines.
So any action by the FDA prompts a new round of reading tea leaves.
We asked Janet Woodcock, who heads the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, why the panel meetings are scheduled separately, but she declined comment. She would only say that panel meetings are generally scheduled to reflect agency deadlines for approving or rejecting a drug. The BioMarin deadline is in December and the Sarepta deadline is in February.
Still, Duchenne parents and analysts are puzzled since the agency has previously held two-day panel meetings to review different drugs for the same medical purpose.
One analyst headlined his investor note this way: "FDA weirdness continues in DMD."
"Holding two [meetings] two months apart appears to be an absurdly inefficient use of resources that will require many of the same players to make two separate trips to Maryland to review much of the same background information," wrote Brian Skorney of R.W. Baird. "The only thing we think is really clear is that the FDA is as erratic and unpredictable as ever when it comes to DMD and the most rational decision isn't necessarily the one that the FDA makes."
For now, though, the FDA panel meetings are being viewed as a win for BioMarin and a setback for Sarepta. BioMarin stock is up about 6 percent so far today, and Sarepta is down about the same.
Here's why: Meeting an unmet medical need is a huge factor. If the FDA panel recommends regulatory approval next month for the BioMarin drug, it would reduce the pressure on the FDA panel that meets in January to endorse the Sarepta drug. As Skorney pointed out, the BioMarin drug will "benefit from a psychology that says 'If you don't approve this, DMD boys have no option.'"
We should note that the underlying cause of the disease is a mutation in the gene for dystrophin, a key protein involved in muscle function. The drugs are designed to skip a so-called exon – or section – of the dystrophin gene to alter specific mutations and restore the ability to make a useful form of dystrophin.
And so, the next round of intrigue will take place in mid-November, when FDA medical staffers post their review of the BioMarin drug. Parents and investors will be picking through the documents for clues about how to interpret the prospects for both treatments.
Until then, the tale of the Duchenne drugs will remain enigmatic.
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Wednesday February 13 2019
'Ramsey held Madrid & Barca talks'
Prior to agreeing to join Juventus, Aaron Ramsey reportedly spoke to both Real Madrid and Barcelona over a summer move.
It was officially announced by the Bianconeri on Monday that the Welshman would be joining them this summer, signing a four-year contract as his current deal at Arsenal is set to expire.
However, it's been suggested that Juve held off stiff competition from around Europe to secure his signature.
"Real Madrid, Inter, Paris Saint-Germain a very good offer from them as well, Bayern Munich and some preliminary talks with Barcelona as well," BBC Sport reporter David Ornstein told the Football Daily podcast.
"So Ramsey had the upper hand in these negotiations. It seems Juventus, who were always his preferred choice from a footballing perspective, seem to have come up trumps on the money side as well."
Serie C groups drawn up


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CHRIS BARBER IN BUDAPEST
CD / Product Number: STCD408
The banjo seems to have been the most reviled instrument in traditional jazz, blamed for the plodding 'thunk' that characterized the rhythm sections of many of the less-than-professional bands of the 'trad boom' of forty years ago. In the right hands, however, the banjo is a wonderful instrument, able to drive and swing a good traditional jazz band. The Chris Barber band has been fortunate to have enjoyed the talents of several outstanding banjo players, not the least of whom was Eddie Smith, occupant of the banjo chair from 1956 to 1964. Despite his apparent diffidence – at least on record – Eddie Smith created an unmistakable sound that as much as anything else helped to provide continuity through the transition from Monty Sunshine to Ian Wheeler. I mention all of this because Eddie rarely took a solo (his contribution to the 1957 recording of 'When The Saints Go Marching In' on Chris Barber Plays, Volume 4 was a notable exception), but he makes an outstanding contribution to 'Some Of These Days', an often-played feature for trumpeter Pat Halcox (exceptionally well executed in this version recorded in 1962). Chris Barber In Budapest is a rather unusual LP (and now CD), consisting mainly of re-recordings of tunes that appeared on other discs at around the same time, but always competently played and in some cases giving us the best available version.
Recorded July 7th 1962 in Budapest
1. Lord, Lord, Lord
2. Chiquita
3. Mountains of Mourne
4. Trad Tavern
5. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
6. Ice Cream
7. Mood Indigo
8. Whistling Rufus
9. Some of these Days
10. This Little LIght of Mine


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Paul Johansson Is Dating After Divorce, Meet His Girlfriend
Paul Johansson is an actor and director...villainous father...stands at a height...bio unveils age and family background...married fellow actress and production designer...dating a woman named...acquires citizenship of both countries...won a Daytime Emmy Award in the year...went by the family name 'Johnson' but later changed it to 'Johansson'...
Paul Johansson is an actor and director, best perceived for his role as the villainous father 'Dan Scott,' he starred as in the much loved WB/CW drama series One Tree Hill (2003–2012). He also directed several episodes of the show.
In addition to this career-defining credit, he made notable works in Highlander: The Series spin-off Highlander: The Raven and the 2011 film adaptation of Russian-American author and philosopher Ayn Rand's novel, Atlas Shrugged: Part I.
Paul Johansson's Bio: Age, Height
Paul Johansson stands at a height of 6 feet and 1 ½ inch (1.87 meters).
He was born as 'Paul Joseph Otto Johansson' on 26th January 1964.
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Born in Spokane, Washington, United States, and raised in Canada, he acquires the citizenship of both countries.
His father is a professional hockey player Earl "Ching" Johnson. Earl was a member of the 1954 Stanley Cup-winning Detroit Red Wings team. Over the course of his playing career, Paul went by the family name 'Johnson' but later changed it to 'Johansson' to reflect his Swedish ancestry.
Meet Paul Johansson's Girlfriend
Paul Johansson is dating a woman named Stephanie Ann. On 14th October 2019, Paul shared a picture of Stephanie on his Instagram, for the very first time. To Stephanie's solo shot he captioned the words "Some things are real".
Paul Johansson and his girlfriend, Stephanie Ann on 3 December 2019 (Photo: Stephanie Ann's Instagram)
Stephanie, the nature lover, and philosopher at heart, also has a fair share of 'Paul Johansson' camera shots in her Instagram library.
Divorce From Ex. Wife
On 25th March 2001, Paul Johansson got married to fellow actress and production designer, Gabriela Oltean, and also got divorced in 2005.
From the marriage, the estranged pair have a son named Quinn Johansson.
Paul Johansson and his son, Quinn Johansson celebrates Father's Day on 17 June 2019 (Photo: Paul Johansson's Instagram)
On 19th April 2016, Paul tweeted that on his son's birthday, he built a volcano that erupted candies.
More Facts on Paul Johansson
He played for the Canadian National Basketball team, touring for two years: in Korea and China during 1986 and in Israel and Greece the next year.
Paul became good friends with fellow Canadian actor and director Jason Priestley after both were scouted in Vancouver and brought to Los Angeles. Eventually, they worked together in the projects Beverly Hills (1993–1994), 90210 (1990), Conversations in Limbo (1998), and Dark Side (2003).
As per his birth sign, he is an Aquarius.
He is fluent in French as well.
Paul wrote and directed the film The Incredible Mrs (2003) that won him a Daytime Emmy Award (2004) for "Outstanding Writing in a Children/Youth/Family Special". He also received an Emmy nomination "Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special".
He had a small role in a romantic drama film, The Notebook (2004), starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling.


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FTC Flexes Enforcement Authority against Louisiana Real Estate Regulatory Agency for Anticompetitive Policies
Jun.05.2017
The Federal Trade Commission continues to test limits in its efforts to enforce federal antitrust laws against state regulatory agencies engaged in policies that may unreasonably restrain competition. On May 31, 2017, the FTC filed a complaint alleging the Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board (the Board) unreasonably restrained price competition for appraisal services provided to appraisal management companies (AMCs) in Louisiana through a complex, rate-floor-setting scheme. This is the first FTC complaint against a state regulatory agency since the Supreme Court affirmed the FTC's ability to prosecute inadequately supervised state agencies in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC. Akin to North Carolina's Dental Board, the Louisiana Board consists primarily of licensed members of Louisiana's appraisal industry, who regulate and enforce standards for Louisiana's appraisal industry. Also akin to its position in the North Carolina case, the FTC alleges that the Board is inadequately supervised by the State to be immune from federal antitrust laws. The FTC's Complaint serves as a reminder to similar regulatory bodies that they too can be subject to federal antitrust scrutiny for pricing or other competition-influencing policies they may promulgate at the state level.
The Board's Alleged Conduct
Residential real estate purchases are commonly financed by a mortgage, which typically requires a real estate appraisal performed by a licensed appraiser for a fee. In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, policy makers were concerned that appraisers would continue to experience inappropriate influence from parties financially interested in real estate transactions. To address this concern, Congress included a provision in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requiring lenders and their agents to compensate appraisers "at a rate that is customary and reasonable for appraisal services performed in the market area of the property being appraised."
As of November 20, 2013, the Board adopted a regulation purportedly implementing Dodd Frank's "customary and reasonable" fee requirement for appraisal services. Under the regulation, AMCs must compensate appraisers at a rate determined by one of three methods: (1) a survey of fees recently paid by lenders in the relevant geographic area; (2) a fee schedule established by the Board; or (3) a fee based on recently paid fees adjusted by six specified factors. To implement the first method, the Board commissioned a survey, which produced several reports identifying the median fees paid by different types of lenders throughout Louisiana.
The FTC alleges that by requiring appraisers to set fees by one of these three methods, the Board has prevented AMCs and appraisers from negotiating and selecting fees pursuant to free market principles. The FTC also alleges that the Board unlawfully restrained price competition through its aggressive enforcement of the new regulation, including at least two instances in which the Board commenced investigations that ended in AMCs agreeing to use median fees "at or above" those set forth in the Board's commissioned reports. The FTC alleges that these efforts have effectively caused AMCs operating in Louisiana to use the median fees published by the Board's report to avoid fines or disciplinary action.
Implications for Self-Regulated Professional Industries
The FTC's action signals its intent to continue monitoring the actions of state professional and regulatory bodies it considers to be "unsupervised" for anticompetitive behavior. . As explained by Acting Director of the Bureau of Competition, Abbott Lipsky: "The Bureau is committed to the judicious exercise of its enforcement discretion as mapped out by the Supreme Court in the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners case" and "will exercise its prescribed authority when economically sound and otherwise consistent with the public interest."
Notably, this enforcement action steps beyond the FTC's win in North Carolina Dental by targeting a policy that purports to implement both federal and state law. Although North Carolina Dental holds that state regulatory agencies do not enjoy automatic antitrust immunity under the state action doctrine if they are composed primarily of active market participants and are not actively supervised by the state, the case centered on a state agency policy with no specific authorization in state law. By contrast, the Board attempted to promulgate regulations it purports were necessary to enforce Louisiana's statute implementing Dodd-Frank's "customary and reasonable" fee provision.
Finally, the FTC's enforcement action against the Board is the latest reminder of the importance of antitrust compliance for other self-regulating professional bodies. Even policies that appear to have compelling justifications—such as the Board's attempt to implement regulations protecting the integrity of the housing and mortgage markets—may still be seen by regulators as impermissibly anticompetitive. The value of a proactive compliance approach – incorporating effective antitrust policies, training, and counseling – have never been more vital for state-level professional regulatory bodies.
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Senior Of Counsel – Washington, D.C.
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Partner – Orange County
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Surprisingly small as it is, this riverside city looms large on the world's 'must-sees' list. Cradle of the Renaissance it preserves some of the greatest works of art and most beautiful buildings in the world. Florence (Firenze) is magnetic, romantic and busy. The passing of time has brought hardly any changes, its narrow streets evoke a thousand tales, and its food and wine are so wonderful that the label 'Fiorentina' has become an international brand of quality assurance.
In this tour you will also discover how, with the fall of the Roman Empire, religion has kept drifting away from pure worship and the misuse of the Bible.
CHIANTI TOUR: The ancient vineyard in this postcard-perfect part of Tuscany produce the grapes used in Chianti and Chianti Classico, world-famous red sold under the Gallo Nero (Black Rooster) trademark. This part of Tuscany has a landscape to fall in love with. Rugged Chianti's bumpy backroads reveal a timeless terrain raced with cypress avenues and criss-crossing wines. As we crest the nearby western hills, the 14 towers of the walled town of San Gimignano rise up like a medieval Manhattan. Here you will be able to taste one of the best gelato ever. You will enjoy tasting wine in ancient castles producing their own wine and olive oil among other products. Lunch will be in a very typical and unforgettable place.
SIENA – PISA – LUCCA – VAL D'ORCIA – CORTONA – AREZZO and more…
What surprises about Venice, now as in the past, is its impressive palazzi that face the Grand Canal, important symbols of prestige for their owners who were almost always merchants.
In addition the Venetian Lagoon includes other islands, some only partially drained. The island of Murano famous for glass-working. Burano with every property painted in blazing colours and also famed for its production of lace. Torcello, tradition has it that the first refugees escaped here from the mainland invasions around 400 AD.
You may like to enjoy a gondola ride too.
Linking the coastal villages of Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso al Mare.
The 5 Lands Coastal Walkway, or like the Italian call them the Cinque Terre, is a spectacular route tracing along some of the most breathtaking coastline of the northern region of Liguria.
The history of the villages date back in the centuries along with its culture, unique life style, local products such as olive oil, wine and special dishes.
A boat trip can be arranged on request.
AMALFI COST & THE ISLAND OF CAPRI
Deemed by Unesco to be an outstanding example of a Mediterranean landscape, the Amalfi Coast is a beguiling combination of great beauty and gripping drama: coastal mountains plunge into the sea in a stunning vertical scene of precipitous crags, picturesque towns and lush forests.
Among the glittering string of coastal gems, legendary Positano and Amalfi sparkle the brightest, while mountaintop Ravello has the glossy fame of its grandiose villas and Wagnerian connection. Sorrento is a beautiful town overlooking the water to Naples and Mt Vesuvius.
Capri's beguiling combination of fabled beauty and hedonism has charmed Roman emperors, Russian revolutionaries and Hollywood stars for decades. It's the perfect microcosm of Mediterranean appeal – a smooth cocktail of chichi piazzas and cool cafes, Roman ruins and rugged seascapes.
Capri's single most famous attraction is the Grotta Azzurra (Blue Grotto), a stunning sea cave illuminated by an other-worldly blue light.
Since exploding into history in 79 AD, Vesuvius has blown its top more than 30 times. What redeems this slumbering menace is the spectacular panorama from its crater, which takes in Naples, its world-famous bay, and part of the Apennine mountains. Vesuvius is the focal point of the Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio, with nine nature walks around the volcano.
Europe's most compelling archaeological site: the ruins of Pompeii. Sprawling and haunting, the site is a stark reminder of the malign forces that lie deep inside.
Although it's most famous as the setting for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Verona has much more to offer than its connections to the star-crossed lovers! From the 3rd century BC Verona was a Roman trade centre with ancient gates, a forum and a grand Roman arena, which still serves as one of the world's great opera and concerts venues. The city is rich in culture and history, in fact, has been awarded World Heritage Site status by UNESCO.
Lake Como is a jewel-like oasis of tranquillity, a magical combination of lush Mediterranean foliage and snowy alpine peaks. Its magnificent scenery has enchanted artists and travelers for centuries.
Even today Lake Como continues to attract members of the international jet-set and celebrities that appreciate the evocative beauty of the Lake and its surroundings.
Breathtaking villas, one after the other, encircle the lake, a resort destination of the nobles of Lombardy since the 16th Century.
Italy's largest lake, blessed with a benign climate and diversity of landscape, with Venice to the east and Milan to the west. It's resorts attracts some Europe's best windsurfing. On the more sheltered stretch on the western shore , are lush groves of olives, vines and citrus trees. Scenically the shores of the lake are varied, the rich vegetation of its middle reaches gives way to the rugged north.
The shores of Garda are studded with pretty harbour towns some with Roman history while others with beautiful Medieval castles. Writers have sung Garda's praises over the centuries. Halfway down, at Gargnano, DH Lawrence and Frieda lived for several months – a marble plaque identifies the house. "The lake lies dim and milky," Lawrence wrote, "the mountains are dark blue… the sky glistens… the light burns gold."


Oak Hill librarian Laura Fernett attempts to test the Oak Hill Library's internet speed using the West Virginia Broadband Enhancement Council's online speed test.
BECKLEY, W.Va. — The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced Tuesday that it is collaborating with eight states, including West Virginia, to broaden and update the national broadband availability map.
Other states include California, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah.
David Redl, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator, said in order to ensure that all Americans have access to broadband, a more precise picture is needed of the current services and infrastructure that are available.


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Every automobile dealer and general manager recognizes the increasing costs of sales training. Take a look at your monthly statement. Factory sponsored training costs are on the rise. Training programs from outside vendors continue to become more costly.
What return are you receiving for that investment in your sales department? The feedback I receive tells me not much is changing. High turnover and low productivity continue to plague the industry.
In 2004 I was contacted by the COO of large dealer group in the midwest. He wanted to talk with me about sales training. Imagine my surprise when I arrived at his office and saw a pile of books, manuals, cd's, dvd's and tapes. Not a small pile. This pile was 3 feet high.
His first question was..."Do you have any idea what this pile is?" The answer, of course, was automobile dealer sales training materials. He said,"yes, and take a guess at what I am spending annually for them."
The figure astounded me. It was in excess of $300,000.
Then he told me his grosses had remained static for over 2 years. He also shared with me his employee turn-over figures in his sales departments.
The best store had a salesperson turn-over percentage of 112%, the worst in excess of 400%. Yes, 400%.
Then he asked, "Why do you suppose that is?" Obviously no one answer can cover all the reasons so I asked him a question..."Who is responsible for training your salespeople?" He told me, like I thought he would, "the sales managers." My response was, "Who taught them to train?"
His answer wasn't what I expected. What he told me was each manager used training materials they liked and the GM's of his stores contracted with outside automobile dealer sales training companies on a regular basis.
I had to stop him right there. I asked him one more simple question..."What vested interest do outside training companies have in your business?" None, of course.
Their interest is in coming back, at hefty fees, for follow-up sessions. Any of this sound familiar? Your showroom, break room and training room probably have unused piles of this stuff just like he had on the floor of his office.
"Program of the month" is the derogatory term your managers and sales department call them.
To the point; I know you're busy, just like every other automobile dealer or GM. What is the single biggest problem in automobile dealer showrooms today?
We try to cure before we diagnose.
The perfect cure before diagnosis. They don't stop to think why they have to hire more people, they just look up and they are short handed. Find the diagnosis here.
Of course. Another cure before diagnosis. Who taught the manager to be an effective trainer? Do the salespeople see training as beneficial or just another thing they have to do ? How much time does a sales manager spend preparing to train? The diagnosis is here.
That is the title, not the job description. Find out what it's really about here.
This site contains everything a general sales manager, sales manager or salesperson needs to have a successful automobile sales career. The best part is this site is "live". New material is being added continually. You and your management team can automatically receive each update by clicking here.
Stop spending your training budget on programs no one uses. Don't hire outside trainers for your salespeople. Your managers need to step up, it's what you pay them to do.


I am currently raising money to translate St. Robert Bellarmine's works into English (works which have never been in English). This is a daunting task and requires my full time energy. It also means acquiring the funds to pay for bills and food while doing this. So this is why I have decided to raise the money to maintain myself translating. The formal site is here.
Bellarmine is one of the most important theologians since the Council of Trent, and in the manuals on nearly any discipline Bellarmine is the most frequently cited (except in morals where St. Alphonsus is more commonly cited). Bellarmine lays down principles in theology, solves problems, and heavily quoted the objections of the contemporary Protestants. He was hugely fundamental to the work of Vatican I, and an opponent of absolutist monarchy. It is one of the tragedy's of the loss of Latin in our educated culture that Bellarmine is not accessible to most, even to bright individuals. The goal of the project is to change that.
-De Verbo Incarnato (On the Incarnate Word); De Christo; De Romano Pontifice (an important work if there ever was one); de Ecclesia: de Conciliis (on the Church, which divides into several works, the first on Councils and their authority); on the members of the Church, the Church Militant, Suffering (Purgatorio) and Triumphant; on the Notes (Marks) of the Church; and de Sacramentis (On the Sacraments, in Genere and then on the 7 in particular). Add to this his sermons, many of which have not been translated, and his work on a Christian prince, wherein he lays out his philosophy of Government (often misunderstood as being whiggish, though it contrasts sharply from the views of the day). All of these works will be published through my publisher Mediatrix Press, and will be very affordable. For a 250-350 page volume, the price is projected to be $25 or so.
In general, I translate at a rate of 3-4 pages an hour, so being conservative lets take 3, 8 hours a day and 6 days a week is 168 pages a week, and the average range of Bellarmine's individual works is 200 pages or so, therefore every 2 weeks it is possible, if I was working full time on it and not laboring away elsewhere and squeezing this in on the side, to have a work done, edited, and begin type-setting, or about one book a month on average, just to be on the safe side. That means, in theory, approximately 12 works of Bellarmine could be in print, in English, by this time next year. That is huge. Even if we allow for real life issues, call it 10 works. What is the value of having de Romano Pontifice, or his work on the Sacraments and the marks of the Church in English, plus many more things? This project is worth it. I noticed also that someone was able to raise over $50,000 to make potato salad, and promised to anyone giving a 2 dollars to send a recipe and a photo, or something like that. I'm only asking for as much, to pay my bills and engage an editor. If potato salad can get $50k, what about St. Robert Bellarmine? Isn't he at least worth $50k?
As an added bonus, I am going to work on translating St. Peter Canisius' major works. As you may know, I translated his small Catechism into English, which is the first translation of its kind. He also had major works on the Scriptures, Our Blessed Lady, and a much larger catechism, all of which have never been translated in English. All of this can be done, and with small donations from enough people. We've already raised $350.00, I know we can raise more.
For more information, including on what you'll receive for your donation, you can see the fundraising site here. If you donate, you can remain anonymous to the public, yet at the same time be known to me so I can reward you when the time comes.
I welcome large donations, but you don't need to make a large donation. You can also make a small one. $20 is enough to get the entire series on e-book. Please consider in your charity supporting this project, not just for me, but for the good of the Church which will benefit from Bellarmine and Canisius in English, as truly as the scholarly world did from the former, and the German speaking world did from the latter. Lastly, if you can't support this materially, support it by prayer. Novenas to the infant of Prague, St. Robert Bellarmine and St. Peter Canisius, or any particular devotion that works.
This entry was posted in Support, Translations and tagged 17th century, Latin, Manuals, Scholastic Theology, St. Peter Canisius, St. Robert Bellarmine, Theology, Tradition, Translations on 4 November, 2014 by rubens7.
Thank you very much for your support! I really appreciate it. I only wish I could do more.


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Latino Reformation – shifting the religious landscape
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A LATINO REFORMATION IN USA IS SHIFTING THE RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE
We are currently experiencing the first generation of the Latino Protestant Reformation
As the world marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation there's talk of another major movement, a "Latino Reformation."
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, and Dr. Robert Crosby, professor of practical theology at Southeastern University, argue that we are currently experiencing the first generation of the Latino Protestant Reformation in their new book "When Faith Catches Fire." They point to Latin America and the transformative shift in the past several decades towards evangelicalism and Pentecostalism. Research from the Centre for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary shows that Pentecostal and charismatic Believers have grown in Latin America from 12.8 million in 1970 to 181.3 million in 2010. They're expected to jump to 203 million by 2020.
At the same time, a Latino population surge is shifting the religious landscape in the U.S. It's grown by 43 percent in the last decade and analysts predict that one in three Americans will be Hispanic by 2050. Crosby and Rodriguez also maintain that Pope Francis, the first Latino Pope, has ushered in an era of growing Latino influence. These trends, they argue, have ushered in a new era. "We have yet to see the fullness of Latino Evangelical growth in America and abroad," they write, "but it is happening right before our eyes." Crosby and Rodriguez are not alone in recognizing the rise of Latino Christians. Scholars like Dr. Robert E. Cooley, President-Emeritus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, says the Christian faith community is embracing it. Truly, God is at work today and the Hispanic and Latino Church has caught fire," he said.
Time Magazine labelled the movement "The Latino Reformation" in a 2013 cover story that interviewed Rodriguez. Writer Elizabeth Dias wrote "the Latino boom is transforming American religious practices and politics." It's obvious in cities like Tampa, Florida where almost a quarter of the population is Hispanic. On any given Sunday at The Crossing Church in Tampa you'll see a mix of ages, backgrounds and races. Lead Pastor Greg Dumas is Hispanic although he doesn't speak Spanish. Still, he's very aware of his diverse congregation. "The Latino population has exploded around here and we're seeing it," he told CBN News, "two of our main worship pastors are Latino and they're amazing and they bring the salsa flair. Our student pastor and our campus pastor are both Latino." Rodriguez says he's mystified that many non-Hispanic evangelicals haven't caught on to the rise in Latino Christians in the U.S.
"The white and African-American Churches see Latinos as simply this emerging immigrant group," he said, "We are not emerging. We're here and we're in viable leadership roles." Rodriguez oversees 40,000 churches affiliated with the National Hispanic Christian Conference and 3 years ago merged with Conela, a Latin-America-based organization that serves more than 485,000 Latin churches around the world. Rodriguez says the rise of Latino Christians in the U.S. is no coincidence. He believes they may not only bless the Church here but also help to redeem it in a culture that openly attacks Biblical views. "It's easy when you target white evangelicals but it's difficult when the proponents of Biblical truth are Latinos," says Rodriguez. He sees Hispanic Christians as serving as a "firewall" against these assaults. "When you have a Latino advocating," he says, "you're coming against an ethnicity and a minority."
Crosby says Latino growth in the U.S. is at a point where the Church cannot ignore it. "Churches that choose not to become multi-ethnic will lose," he says. Denominations like the Southern Baptists, which has seen membership decline in recent years, are paying close attention. Its Hispanic churches have spiked, from 649 in 1990 to 3,429 in 2015. Hispanic evangelicals are especially active in charismatic denominations. The Pew Research Centre shows they make up 25% of those who identify with the Assemblies of God and Church of God. Barna Group research shows that 49% of Hispanics believe in charismatic gifts such as speaking in tongues and healing. Just down the road from The Crossing Church, River of Life Christian Centre is also attracting Latinos. Pastor Johnny Honaker told CBN News "the strongest presence and growth that we've had has come from the Latino community."
Pastor Honaker says they not only welcome Latinos, they seek to reflect their congregation in their leadership. "We try to be intentional about representing our community in those on the platform and in those working with people," he said. Crosby and Rodriguez say churches that welcome Latinos tend to become "salsafied." They become passionate in their faith, and intentional in pursuing both salvation and social justice. "The vast majority of evangelical churches in the next 20 years will be both vertical and horizontal churches, will be both Billy Graham and Dr. Martin Luther King" says Rodriguez, "Latinos are doing that because we're not either/or so we'll be a very healthy Church committed to both righteousness and Biblical justice in the name of Jesus." "Salsifying" the Church, says Rodriguez, is an opportunity for Kingdom collaboration what will not only enrich but could revitalize the Church.
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Q: php concatenating string math operation $a =  'hello' . 3 + 6 + 10;
echo $a; // 16

I would expect it to be hello19 not 16.
I know I can put the math operation in ():
$a =  'hello' . (3 + 6 + 10);
echo $a; // hello19

But why is php returning 16?
Thank in advance.

A: In PHP both . and + have equal precedence and are both left associative.
As a result
'hello' . 3 + 6 + 10;

is evaluated as
('hello' . 3) + 6 + 10;

= 'hello3' + 6 + 10

= ('hello3' + 6) + 10 // String 'hello3' when interpreted as a number gives 0
                      // as it starts with a non-digit.

= 6 + 10

= 16

A: It's happening because 'hello' . 3 is avaluated as 0 when followed with math + operation.
when using brackets the sum is evaluated first and then the number is converted to string and concatenated with 'hello'

A: first look at this:
$a =  'hello' . 3;
echo (int)$a; //echoes 0

that's because hello3 starts with a letter but not a digit and php casts it to integer as zero. so 0+6+10 is obvious 16.
the second code first computes 3 + 6 + 10 in braces and then conctenates hello with the result which is 19

A: Following PHP's operator precedence and associativity you can rewrite your expression to an equivalent expression as follows:
'hello' . 3 + 6 + 10;        <==>
('hello' . 3) + 6 + 10;      <==>
((('hello' . 3) + 6) + 10);

And if we evaluate that expression, as PHP would:
((('hello' . 3) + 6) + 10);  =
(('hello3' + 6) + 10);       =
((0 + 6) + 10));             =
(6 + 10);                    =
16

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Larry Fisher found guilty in Gail Miller killing
CBC News · Posted: Jan 04, 2000 7:58 AM EST | Last Updated: January 4, 2000
Larry Fisher has been convicted of first degree murder for a crime he committed almost 31 years ago -- a crime David Milgaard spent 23 years in prison for.
After 13 hours of deliberations, jurors found Fisher guilty of the rape and stabbing death of 20-year-old nursing aide Gail Miller in Saskatoon in January 1969.
Fisher showed no emotion as the decision was announced. He was whisked away in an RCMP cruiser without commenting.
Fisher faces an automatic life sentence. But it's not clear when he will be eligible for parole. Under the current law, there is no parole for 25 years. But in 1969, there was no minimum parole.
Sentencing arguments will be held Jan. 4. His lawyer, Brian Beresh, says he's obviously disappointed woth Monday's verdict and say they plan to appeal immediately after sentencing.
Fisher has already spent more than 23 of his 50 years for seven other sexual assault convictions.
Gail Miller's sister, Doreen Dahlem, was in the courtroom every day of the trial. She smiled and bowed her head when the verdict was announced.
Crown prosecutor Al Johnston says he's relieved with the outcome. "It's been a long haul," he said outside the court house.
Johnston described the Millers as an astonishing family and he hoped the verdict would bring them some peace. He also hoped it would bring some peace to Milgaard's life.
Milgaard was convicted of the crime in 1970. The Supreme Court of Canada set aside his conviction in 1992 and he was cleared by DNA evidence five years later.
The Saskatchewan government awarded Milgaard $10 million earlier this year for his wrongful conviction.


Compliance does not exist in a time-warp vacuum, with programs living in 1977 when the first major anti-corruption legislation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was passed. The law has advanced since that time, as has compliance and society as well. One of the ways that you can engage in continuous improvement for your compliance program is based upon the two-way use of social media. Social media can be used not only to communicate with your employee base but also for your employee base to communicate with you, most particularly if you are prepared to listen.
For every CCO or compliance practitioner, you have multiple audiences. First and foremost is your employee base but there can be third parties, shareholder or other stakeholders. One of the key insights of several business leaders I have studied is the art of listening. In an article in the MIT Sloan Management Review, entitled "How Twitter Users Can Generate Better Ideas", authors Salvatore Parise, Eoin Whelan and Steve Todd postulated that "New research suggests that employees with a diverse Twitter network – one that exposes them to people and ideas they don't already know – tend to generate better ideas." Their research led them to three interesting findings: (1) "Overall, employees who used Twitter had better ideas than those who didn't."; (2) In particular, there was a link between the amount of diversity in employees' "Twitter networks and the quality of their ideas."; and (3) Twitter users who combined idea scouting and idea connecting were the most innovative.
For the compliance practitioner, Twitter can be "described as a 'gateway to solution options' and a way to obtain different perspectives and to challenge one's current thinking." Interestingly the authors found that "It's not the number of people you follow on Twitter that matters; it's the diversity within your Twitter network." The authors go on to state, "Diversity of employee's Twitter network is conductive to innovation." Typically an Idea Scout will "identify external ideas from experts and resources on Twitter." Clearly the compliance practitioner can take advantage of experts with the anti-corruption compliance field but there is perhaps an equally rich source of innovation from those outside this arena.
An interesting approach was what the authors called the "breadcrumb" approach to finding innovation leaders and thought-provokers. It entailed a "period of "listening" to colleagues and industry leaders who are on the platform – including what they are tweeting about, who they are following and replying to on the platform, who is being retweeted often". So with most good leadership techniques the first key is to listen.
Here the authors listed a variety of ways an Idea Connector can use Twitter. One user said, "I try to sift through all the Twitter content from my network and look for trends and relationships between topics. I put my analysis and interpretation on it. I feel that's where my value-add is." Another method is to focus on analytics and one user "filtered specific subsets of the topic for different stakeholders" at his company. Another method was to create "social dashboards or company blogs based on the insight" received thought Twitter. Interesting, one of the key requirements for successfully mining Twitter was in finding ways to share its content "since many employees, especially baby-boomers don't use the platform themselves." Conversely by mining information from Twitter and presenting it, this can allow these 'technologically challenged' older employees to ascertain how they can target millennial's.
But as much as these concepts can move a CCO or compliance practitioner to innovation in a compliance program, it can also foster additional information through the following of your own employees. It is well known that Twitter can facilitate greater communication to and between the compliance function and its customer base, aka the company employees. However the authors also point to the use of Twitter to enable this same type of innovation because it "is different than email and other forms of information sources in that it enables continuous engagement".
Twitter was created to allow people to connect with one and other and communicate about their activities. However the marketing potential was immediately seen and used by many companies. Now a deeper understanding of its use and benefits has developed. For the compliance practitioner one thing you want to consider is to align your Twitter and great social media strategy with your compliance strategy; match your Twitter strategy to your compliance strategy.
Twitter can be powerful tool for the compliance practitioner, as it allows you to both listen and communicate. It is one of the only tools that can work both inbound for you to obtain information and insight and in an outbound manner as well; where you are able to communicate with your compliance customer base, your employees. You should work to incorporate one or more of the techniques listed herein to help you burn compliance into the DNA fabric of your organization through continuous improvement.
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By Jiri Kaloc April 28, 2022 at 11:11 am 5 min reading
In today's world of fitness trackers and wattmeters, it might seem easy to tell when you can keep pushing and when you should rest. Unfortunately, technology and data are only half the story. You might hit your watt numbers and follow the recovery advice from your gadgets and still overtrain. You must always match this data with your own perceived effort and how you feel on and off the bike. Let's take a look at a few tips on how to best do that.
How does your heart rate respond to changes in effort?
When you're well rested, your heart rate should rise and fall quickly with changing levels of effort. There are no universal numbers to look out for. You have to keep an eye on this and learn what's normal for you to be able to spot a problem. For example, a common consequence of fatigue is a suppressed heart rate. If you notice that you're able to repeat an interval workout with the same power output and exertion but at a lower heart rate during the second workout, it could be a sign you need more rest.
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How hard do accelerations feel?
When you're fatigued, accelerations feel like a chore. You can get up to speed but it's unpleasant and slow. When you're rested, accelerations feel easy – so much so that you don't even notice them. For example, when catching up to the rest of the group or when accelerating after a red light stop. If you feel like you don't have that snap in your legs, if they feel heavy during accelerations early into a ride, that's another sign you're not properly rested.
Do you feel like going fast?
If you go out on a ride and even the thought of sprinting up the next hill or taking over a rider you see in front of you sounds hard, then you might be lacking rest. If it takes a lot of mental energy to commit to intensity intervals that your training schedule asks for, then that's a similar story. A clear tell-tale sign that you're well rested is when you get the feeling in your body that you want to go fast again.
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All of us amateurs train because we choose to and because we want to achieve something cool, not because it's our job. And training is not always fun, there are days when we would all rather do something else. It's quite normal to feel that sometimes. But when training feels like a chore and you have to force yourself to do it several times in a row, it might be time for a longer break.
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