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Never Trust the Judicial Process
It is impossible to trust the judicial process after reading this (via Radley Balko) and realizing that this kind of thing must go on all the time. In fact, our heroes on TV shows engage in behaviors not much more honorable than this. You can't watch a TV crime drama for five minutes without seeing police and prosecutors pressuring witnesses. I was Castle the other day with my 12-year-old daughter (her favorite show, and being a Nathan Fillion fan I am happy to watch it with her) and as usual they were interviewing some suspect and she started doing what has become her habit in these situations -- she started screaming "lawyer -- get a lawyer" at the suspect. Good for her.
Tags: Nathan Fillion, police, Radley Balko, TV
Category: Police and Prosecutorial Abuse
Bearster:
Classic case of "compensation" (doing the wrong thing to allegedly mitigate a wrong elsewhere in the system, like letting the air out of three tires when you have a flat).
You cannot fix a problem of crooked prosecutors and super-aggressive cops by instituting so many rules and regulations that a good lawyer could get an acquittal.
If one had to predict the results (unintended, but of course) of this mashup: unsophisticated indigent defendants will be convicted of all sorts of crimes which they did not convict. And sophisticated wealthy defendants will be acquitted of all sorts of crimes which they did convict.
And of course aggression by cops and detectives is itself compensation for the hatred they face every day (which is itself compensation for the unjust laws that outlaw "victimless crimes") and the procedural challenges that constantly defeat their efforts to put bad guys away.
One wrong begets another wrong begets another wrong begets another wrong... and at each step, there are advocates who don't necessarily believe that wrong is right, but who do believe that wrong can compensate for wrong.
I am reminded again that a free society tends towards being a rational society, and a rational society tends towards being a free society. An irrational society can neither have, nor get, liberty.
Gil:
Isn't there a "judging a real world situation by viewing a TV dramatisation equivalent"? It's like someone complaining "how can real life foresnics yield little helpful information when TV forensics is all-knowing?"
chuck martel:
Two issues are paramount in this fascinating and horrible tale. First is the incredibly intricate mechanism of the nomiocracy and its law enforcement agents. In centuries past, the number one goal of an individual upon waking was to maintain his hopefully favorable relationship with the deity or its representative on earth, the local priest, who administered morality and punishment. As secular society evolved and relationships were defined and interpreted by the state, the state's own priests, the members of the legal profession, constructed a new theology with the state as deity and themselves as its representatives. This theology was built in its primary form in legislative assemblies manned for the most part by the legal designers themselves but more importantly its convoluted judicial process can only be administered by them. They are priests in an arcane religious rite, deriving their substantial income and prestige from their ability to ruin the lives of the general population, just as Aztec priests selected those to be sacrificed on the apex of pyramids to appease their own gods.
Secondly, it is never the goal of this diseased system to obtain justice. It is instead a vehicle for the personal ambitions of everyone from the rookie patrolman to the Supreme Court justice. These agents view their role in the legal maze as an opportunity for advancement. Rectification of an error is a setback to that goal. The study of bureaucracies indicates that the situation is unlikely to improve.
ElamBend:
My wife and I both love crime shows, and we are both apt to start yelling, "Lawyer, I want my lawyer"
John Moore:
Since the Judicial Process is administered by the government, it's sort of obvious that a Libertarian (and anyone else with common sense) would recognize that it doesn't work right all the time, or maybe even works poorly most of the time.
A friend has suggested that one partial solution to aggressive prosecutors is a prohibition on the holding of public office by anyone who has ever been a prosecutor.
A further consideration, and a serious one, is that in any legal confrontation involving the state, the state has for all practical purposes unlimited financial resources, unlike virtually all of their opponents, and has the capability of simply prosecuting them into penury. Of course, the expense of legal action in oppositon to the state goes to some other branch of the legal menagerie, so no matter who wins or loses, the legal profession always wins.
IgotBupkis, President, United Anarchist Society:
Chuck, indeed, it is as you say.
In Gainesville, FL, in the late 80s, there was a comic book shop owner who was doing well enough that he had opened a second shop in another part of town. A mother came in with her 16yo son and he selected a "multipack" of older comics for a couple of dollars, which the mother then purchased at the counter. In that multipack was a DC comic called "The Score" which included a somewhat racy scene in it. Nothing one would not have found in a fairly tame R-rated movie of the time -- and which would have been in a PG movie in the mid 1970s, when standards were more lax. The mother found the scene, and was offended. Now, had she called the owner and complained, he would immediately have apologized, given her a refund, and checked all the multipacks for what was an inadvertent inclusion of marginally "adult" material.
She didn't bother. She directly called the state attorney's office. They contacted the police, who sent in a 17yo shill to buy the same book. Note that I say the shill was *17*. Trust me, you can check for yourself -- there was nothing whatsoever in The Score which one could not find in any R-rated movie, which a 17yo can legally attend in the theater.
After this, it gets better. The owner gets wind, somehow, that something is up. Calls the police and the DA's office to find out if there is any problem, if he should come in, and gets a "no" answer -- even as they arranged for a warrant for his arrest, and then sent out deputies to arrest him ON THE SPOT in his comic shop, publicly hauling him away in handcuffs, a deliberately intentional humiliation...
He obtained an attorney. As I understand it, since the mother, not the son, purchased the books at the register, the initial complaint lacked standing. The use of a 17yo for the subsequent purchase further undermined the standing for the eventual arrest. They had no case whatsoever.
They offered him a chance to "plea out". He was an ornery sort, and said, "no"... and so the case kept wending its way through the system, getting blown out of the water time and time again. They kept trying to get him to "plea out" to a lesser charge, and he kept telling them to Get Bent. As I understand it, in the final hearing before the judge, when he almost immediately tossed the case out, the judge even took the time to admonish the State Attorney's office -- on the record -- for wasting the court's time on such a frivolous and inappropriate case that should never have been carried through as far as it was.
The State Attorney, thus, basically won. Because there is virtually no chance to prove vindictive prosecution here, even though the only real reason for carrying it through is that, by having the judge toss out the case, the DA's office got to write it off rather than call it a "lost case". In the meanwhile, the taxpayers spent tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars pursuing a ludicrous and stupidly frivolous case. The comic book shop owner spent $50k defending himself, and had to close one, then later on, the other, of his two shops.
When you hear about rage killings, I kinda wish this kind of bastard DA got it more often. It would put the fear of God into some of these government bastards to make them realize that they aren't as untouchable as they believe.... But all too often it's only some lunatic idiot like Jared who just kills people who have nothing whatsoever to do with any of the kind of real BS that goes on in our society. :-S
No, I'm not advocating that... but if it's going to happen, it would be a Good Thing if at least the right targets were struck at... SOBs who misuse the power entrusted to them for personal gain.
I think we could stand to have more cases of that, though. It's getting awful close to the time when someone needs to start hanging the bastards...
tehag:
I see you didn't read "Until Proven Innocent."
I hope my plumber is more honest and has more professionalism. And my electrician.
mahtso:
"…it's sort of obvious that a Libertarian (and anyone else with common sense) would recognize that it doesn't work right all the time, or maybe even works poorly most of the time." All true Scotsmen would also see it.
I was reading a blog by a criminal defense attorney in which he and other atty's acknowledged a double standard: when a police officer (or prosecutor) is charged, the defense atty's assume that they are guilty despite sharing the view expressed in this thread that the system is broken.
I do not believe that the system is as bad as this thread would make it out to be. The focus here seems to be false positives (i.e., convicted but innocent), whereas I suspect that most of those convicted are guilty (true positives) and that a bigger problem is the false negatives (not convicted but guilty).
@mahtso
Interesting assumption. That would raise the question of why Americans are so much more criminal than, say, Australians or Canadians (factor of 7 in prison population per capita - see here for some hard data: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_pri_per_cap-crime-prisoners-per-capita)
@me: Q -- what would the prison population be like if you removed all the criminals convicted of "crimes" libertarians don't believe should be crimes at all?
JoeBloe:
"Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer" - Sir William Blackstone in "Commentaries on the Laws of England"
Enshrined in western law is the principle that we must accept large numbers of false negatives in order to protect ourselves from tyranny of the courts. It's also well established in the hearts and minds of the Western populace, and that's why you see this focus on the wrongful conviction of innocents.
Would you honestly have it differently?
me, I've heard that the reason is the number of people convicted of drug related offenses in the U.S.
My point was based on my assumption that the number of guilty but not convicted far exceeds the number of innocent but found guilty and, consequently, by sheer weight of numbers, it is the bigger problem.
I'd say Sir Blackstone's statement reflects a general aspiration, but I don't think it necessarily follows that improving the conviction rate of those actually guilty means that more innocents will be convicted.
If we assume Sir Blackstone was expressing more than an aspiration: What is so special about the 10 to 1 ratio? At what point do we say we cannot tolerate allowing criminals to walk free to ensure that no innocents are jailed? If we knew that 20 were going free for each innocent staying out of jail, would that be too many? 5,000 to 1? 100,000 to 1?
Ben Franklin allegedly preferred 100 to 1, but there's clearly a point at which we have to accept some error in the process. But the most important part is to get straight the idea that we accept the idea of setting guilty people free in order to avoid prosecuting innocents.
It all comes down to the incentives, and currently the incentives are for prosecutors to convict _someone_. It doesn't really matter who they convict, since they can blame rising crime rates on someone else. Prosecutors are judged primarily on their conviction rate, not on the number of "just" outcomes.
Unfortunately, I can't think of a way to fix the incentives at that level.
markm:
JoeBloe: One thing that would help would be to require candidates for the judiciary who were prosecutors to also have a substantial track record as a defense attorney.
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Gaunilo:
It is also indisputably true that a large number of those in prison are in fact guilty, but would not have been convicted if the state had in fact been required to prove that a crime was committed, and that the defendant committed the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.
In most cases there is never a case presented because of plea bargains, and in those that are tried overworked or under-skilled appointed attorneys never truly make the state make the case.
It would shock most of us that many defendants make the same basic decision on felony cases that most of us make on traffic tickets--I'm not guilty or I know they cannot prove the case, but given the reality of my choices, it is better to plead guilty than face the true costs of defending myself.


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Container for all available checks.

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Get the default (global) manager instance.

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Factory method.

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Constructor.

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Set this manager instance as the global one.

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Get all checks.

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Add the checks from a provider to the manager.

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Check if the manager can perform a given check.

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Get the default (global) manager instance.

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Constructor.

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Set this manager instance as the global one.

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Get all checks.

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Add the checks from a provider to the manager.

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Check if the manager can perform a given check.

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Execute a check.

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Four spicy stories about lovers, who struggle with their very strong feelings, starting from a confession...
1. Yume Touka End Roll
2-4. Coyote Hita Hita Hita Kousagi Niya Niya Niya Watashitachi Fura Fura Fura Anata dake Niya Niya Niya
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JARYUU Dokuro
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love can eat you
by hochomoto
November 25th, 2020, 6:07pm
Ow, I'm surprised of the reaction here, people are getting shocked pretty easely. At regular time I feel like the one who's the weak heart, especially lately I've been reading some pretty weird shit that got me spleechless (not in the good sense) (for the curious one : Shiiku Gakari Rika/ Jealousy (Scarlet Beriko) ) . But that's not the subject.
I understand the first story as a love illness, when the feeling is getting too intense and it's becoming hard to handle. I think, the mangaka intempt to show how the feeling can become so strong that it can easely eat you alive and transform into something dangerous for the person in question. The temptation to dive right in and drown into it is seducing, especially when nothing in particular happen in one's life. Love can eat you alive and it isn't always a good thing.
But I agree that answering domestical violence with only a couple of punch isn't gonna solve the real problem, and domestical violence can never be excuse as an act of love.
I truely appreciate the art of Jaryuu Dokoro but I also hate her tendency to always make one shot when there is a potential for a serie. What are we supposed to do, us readers once we got attached to the characters and we wanna watch them grow ? hun ? What are we supposed to do with all theses feelings ? eat them ?
by IMKATE
June 24th, 2020, 11:05am
Oh my goodness I never thought of encountering something like that. They are all creepy but the last one really shocked me with that scene uuuugh
Beautifully Eccentric
April 4th, 2017, 10:48pm
The premises of the first two stories were very much intriguing while the third one is your tame, sweet, collage-days-after-reunion BL story, which I might add isn't run of the mill. (Also, I am a sucker for these types, so yeah)
As disparate as the premises are of all three stories what joins them all is the bubbly-cute art style and story telling. The stories and characterizations are fairly consistent with the theme and plot, which definitely very gratifying. That's why it's befuddling to see the ratings for this manga so skewed.
Uhm... uh... what? o.O
by Dezi
March 11th, 2014, 3:12pm
Well that certainly was a ride. I don't even really know how where to put these stories. They were so different. I can't even tell if it was different in a good way. I like the mangaka and the art, but the stories we're just a bit too crazy I suppose. I'm usually a big fan of crazy but, well... I'm at a lack of words. I suppose you'll have to see for yourself.
January 4th, 2014, 4:17pm
Lol there admittedly are some pretty weird stuff going on here, but I'd prefer to regard it as the intriguing type of weirdness rather than inappropriate. The stories presented all have their WTF moments for sure, some more than others, but I do think that the manga's ratings are a bit off.
The second story is a bit bizarre, but mostly in character designs rather than the story itself. I guess it's the least weird among the three stories?
The third story on the whole is pretty normal for me, just standard BL stuff, and it would have ended up that way were it not for a certain scene near the end which had me cringe pretty hard. For anyone curious, google 'Gankyū name purei' (眼球なめプレイ) or 'Oculolinctus'. Japan's weird fetishes strike again! lol. But then again, if not for those weird stuff, we might not have had such a rich and diversified Japanese culture like we do today after all, and BL might not even have been a thing O_O
The first story, as I think we readers could all see, actually has quite a dark theme underlying, but with such a bubbly vibe that it gives off, even until now I'm still wondering what the author was trying to convey. I like the premise a lot because after all, not a lot of fairy tales and happy endings have a 'after ever after' story following, and the idea & presentation in the first few pages are almost genius. If only the the mangaka had had more space and time to fully explore the theme to a more substantial depth. I feel that a simple, cheerful one-shot isn't enough to achieve that goal. Hopefully in the future Jaryuu Doruko-sensei could write an even more in-depth manga that could completely satisfy fangirls (or me at least).
Btw, is this manga really yaoi? I know there's a bit of nudity but that's practically nothing for avid yaoi fans, heck there isn't even much action going on lol.
WTF??
by Nirhtuc
December 26th, 2013, 11:11pm
Chapter 1 of this anthology reminded me of the 'Don't Hug Me I'm Scared' video- things went to hell out of nowhere and there was this abrupt neutral (non)ending. Like the other reviewer said, it was really weird how there were no consequences for what the main character did...the 'protagonist' and his love interest were creepily 'all smiles'. Perhaps the mangaka was thinking of developing the story but dropped the idea and stuck a random ending to it? I'm not sure...
The other stories were okay. Story 3 was probably the one that was the most complete and made the most sense.
... Last updated on December 26th, 2013, 11:13pm
urg...
by justasideshow
December 26th, 2013, 6:16pm
I liked the last story, but the forst one was messed up... I don't mind screwed up characters, but I hate when the characters around him act like it's just fine and let them do whatever with no consequences...
by JapanRocks
October 29th, 2013, 11:00am
Doesn't this need a psych tag? It's more than just yaoi for sure. Well the first chapter is, so I'll have too wait until more chapters get released to see whether the couple continues or if it's a one shot. The story is not horrible by itself though, but it's no cutesy slice of life. I was momentarily creeped out when things started getting weird.
by Tentacle
October 19th, 2013, 3:38am
I don't know what I was expecting.. The art is really pretty and the characters are really nice and I mean.. just look at how adorable that cover is. But then this was so creepy and psychological and with such a twistending?? I love this to bits! Not what I was expecting but it didn't disappoint at all!


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La neuvième circonscription des Yvelines est l'une des douze circonscriptions législatives françaises que compte le département des Yvelines situé en région Île-de-France.

Description géographique et démographique

La neuvième circonscription des Yvelines est délimitée par le découpage électoral de la loi n°86-1197 du
, elle regroupe les divisions administratives suivantes :
 canton d'Aubergenville,
 canton de Bonnières-sur-Seine,
 canton de Guerville,
 canton de Houdan,
plus les communes des Mureaux et Chapet.

C'est essentiellement une circonscription rurale, mise à part les communes d ' Aubergenville et des Mureaux.

D'après le recensement général de la population en 1999, réalisé par l'Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE), la population totale de cette circonscription est estimée à . Ce qui fait que la circonscription était {{#ifexpr:(129303)>=105600|sous-représentée|surreprésentée}} par rapport à la moyenne nationale (voir la carte de représentativité des circonscriptions législatives françaises), la représentativité théorique par circonscription étant de . Sa population active était de  . En 2008, la population était de  . Depuis le nouveau découpage électoral, la circonscription est ainsi la plus peuplée du département.

Description politique

Députés de la  des Yvelines au cours de la  République

Résultats détaillés des élections

Élections de 1988

Le suppléant de Henri Cuq était Jean-Marie Tétart, Président du Syndicat d'aménagement rural du canton de Houdan.

Élections de 1993

Le suppléant de Henri Cuq était Yannick Dumont, médecin, conseiller municipal des Mureaux.

Élections de 1997

Élections de 2002

Élections de 2007

La suppléante de Henri Cuq, Sophie Primas, le remplace, à la suite de son décès, du 11 juin 2010 au 30 septembre 2011.

Élections de 2012

 Député sortant : Sophie Primas (UMP)

Élections de 2017

Élections de 2022

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12-12 simply refers to the hours of light and darkness a cannabis plant is exposed to – 12 of each. Normally, a cannabis plant is exposed to an 18-6 light cycle. This tells the cannabis plant conditions are good for growth, and it focuses on building up size and foliage. When light cycle is changed to 12-12 (either naturally or through human intervention), it tells the cannabis the seasons are changing, and it is time to flower. By forcing a 12-12 light period from the start, the cannabis plant goes directly into flowering, in a bid to reproduce. You are essentially tricking the plant into thinking the growing season is coming to an end, so it needs to produce flowers ASAP.
Growing 12-12 is as simple as changing the timing on your light cycles, giving your plants equal amounts of day and night right from when they sprout. The plants will look different to a cannabis plant that goes through vegetative growth. Photosensitive hormones in cannabis make the highest point the largest cola. This method all but guarantees only main bud growth on every small plant. Essentially you will be growing a cola with a few short, budded side branches – with the plant basically being a bud in itself. Be sure to stake your plants.
Everything to which you would pay attention in a normal grow remains unchanged and are still just as important. pH and water quality, nutrient mixing, pest control, grow medium conditions, EC and ppm all still play their major roles in the dankness and weight of your finished product.
Growing this way still requires all the knowledge that would be needed to flower plants with any other method, and maintenance routines still remain unchanged. After diluted nutrients, while still young, treat your plants as you would during a normal bud cycle. However, flush more often, every ten days at most, so as to avoid salt build-up in the smaller pots.
Done with expert practice and a willing strain of cannabis seeds, it is not unknown to produce 1 gram of ganja per watt of lighting. That's an impressive 250g in 7-9 weeks for a 250W light in a small cupboard!
Plants with less side branching and canopy spread need less space between them, increasing efficiency. As an example: 1x 15-litre pot produces one plant with a large volume and difficult maintenance issues in a cramped space. 4x 3.5-litre pots in the same sized space can produce just as much dried material with the benefit of being easier to rotate, so the whole plant gets 360-degree light. The entire crop is less hassle during maintenance as each plant is 100% accessible and physically easier to move about. There is no need for a separate sprouting and veg space or time wasted on 18-6 vegetation. The seeds can be sprouted under the 12-12 growing lights providing continual flowering plants.
There is a lesser demand for resources across the boards.
You will experience only half the water consumption with less moisture loss due to evaporation, and a third less nutrients are used. CO₂ and electricity use including most peripherals are reduced by a staggering 650 grow hours annually.
Taking hours to accomplish, tipping, fimming, branch control, and mainlining are now unnecessary freeing up your most precious resource, time.
Always be sure to re-sterilize your grow space after each crop.
Keep a keen eye out for moulds and mildews as the grow space will be getting less light with more moulding opportunity in warm dark corners and creases.
There are some haters of this method, but many love it. Those who hate on it often have not actually tried it. It is all about giving it a go and seeing what works for you. Even if you decide against it after trying it, it all helps expand your knowledge as a grower.
Some sativas will still stretch to 1.2 metres using this method, so species selection right at the very start is key. Indicas are the obvious choice for maximum space saving. They are generally smaller, and 12-12 will keep them very manageable. You will enjoy small pots full of colas, like a miniature stinky forest. Buds grown this way are indistinguishable from vegetated plants in flavour and effects, and at the end of the day, getting buds in the jar quicker and more often is a good thing right?


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Great Court at the British Museum
The new courtyard is stunningly beautiful. The graceful glass-and-steel roof manages both to respect the classical architecture of the original building and to provide a gentle counterpoint to it.
The courtyard at the centre of the British Museum was one of London's long-lost spaces. Originally a garden, soon after its completion in the mid-nineteenth century it was filled by the round Reading Room and its associated bookstacks. Without this space the Museum was like a city without a park. This project is about its reinvention.
With over six million visitors annually, the British Museum is as popular as the Louvre or the Metropolitan Museum of Art. However, in the absence of a centralised circulation system it was congested and difficult to navigate. The departure of the British Library was the catalyst for removing the bookstacks and recapturing the courtyard as a new public focus. The Great Court is entered from the Museum's principal level and connects all the surrounding galleries. Within the space there are information points, a bookshop and café. At its heart is the magnificent volume of the Reading Room, now a major exhibition space, which for the first time in its history is open to all. Broad staircases encircling the Reading Room lead to a temporary exhibitions gallery and a restaurant terrace. Beneath the courtyard are the Sainsbury African Galleries, an education centre and facilities for schoolchildren.
The glazed canopy that makes all this possible is a fusion of state-of-the-art engineering and economy of form. Its unique geometry is designed to span the irregular gap between the drum of the Reading Room and the courtyard facades, and forms both the primary structure and the framing for the glazing, which is designed to reduce solar gain. As a cultural square, the Court also resonates beyond the confines of the museum, forming a new link in the pedestrian route from the British Library to Covent Garden, the river and the South Bank. To complement this artery, the Museum's forecourt was restored to form a new civic space. Together with the Great Court, it is a major new amenity for London.
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During its recent check-up, the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission discovered substandard parts were widely used in nuclear reactors across the nation. Some control cables and safety devices - which send warning electronic signals in case of radiation leaks or other accidents - at four new reactors at the Gori compound in Busan and two new ones in Wolseong, North Gyeongsang, did not meet quality standards and carried fake certificates.
Major accidents could have occurred in the event of a mechanical failure in the safety control system. Worse, the questionable cables have been widely supplied to operating reactors and those under renovation or construction. They are ticking time bombs in nuclear facilities across the nation.
The substandard parts passed tests by a local institution through forgery. The police also acted as accomplices in crime instead of catching the criminal. All the promises and efforts by authorities since last year to heighten safety standards have gone for naught. If not for whistle-blowing about fake warranties in April, authorities may never have known. The government and law enforcement authorities must find those accountable and take strong action. Upon receiving the report, President Park Geun-hye ordered thorough investigations and preventive steps.
The nuclear power industry has long been plagued with scandals. Last year, a number of staff members at Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Corporation were fired for taking bribes to turn their backs on supplies of substandard parts. The Board of Audit and Inspection discovered as many as 1,555 defective parts with faked documentation from the Gori and Yeonggwang reactor compounds.
The nuclear safety commission said a total of 13,794 parts in 561 categories have been supplied with faked quality certificates over the past 10 years. With such poor safety awareness and scrutiny, how can authorities persuade residents and activists who oppose construction of more reactors that nuclear electricity is safe?
The government must first investigate the supply network for Korea's 23 reactors to ease public concern. It should also include more outside experts in testing procedures that are currently led entirely by the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Corporation. Makeshift measures would only result in a stronger backlash. How long do we have to worry about power shortages and blackouts every summer and winter?
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Daily Fantasy Football Cash Game Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings Week 6 - 10/13/19
After a crazy scoring Week 5 in the NFL, let's see if things settle down a bit in Week 6. There are 4 teams on a bye, plus an early Sunday London game, so the main slate is a bit smaller than usual. But there's still plenty of cash game value build lineups around.
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Kyler Murray FD 7700 DK 6500
Opponent ATL
On the season, Kyler Murray is ranked 9th overall in DraftKings quarterback scoring. That doesn't sound all that impressive until you see that he has seven fewer passing touchdowns than the next closest guy to him on the list above. This isn't to say the Cardinals are going to just pour on tons of TDs in the name of offensive regression, but I do think it's safe to assume this number comes up over the course of the season on a per game basis. A big reason for his fantasy gains is his work on the ground. He's behind only Lamar Jackson in QB rushing yards this season with 206. Atlanta is fresh off a week in which Deshaun Watson torched them through the air and it's safe(ish) to assume the Cardinals want to keep pace on offense with an Atlanta attack that comes in with the second-highest implied total on the main slate.
Matt Ryan FD 8100 DK 6400
Speaking of that high total, the Falcons should be in line for a number of points in this game. Arizona and Atlanta are averaging the second and third most average quarterback points per game on DraftKings this season (thank Miami for leading that category) and I do think we see Ryan and Murray as the chalkier cash game plays. For all of Atlanta's issues as a team, Ryan is still the 6th-best fantasy quarterback on the season mostly because the team is playing in constant catch-up mode. He's attempted the most passes in the league (222) and is completing them at a 70% clip. The weapons are still there through the air and you have to love the team total.
Opponent CIN
Jackson really struggled in Week 5 against the Steelers, throwing three interceptions and completing only 19 passes in a 26-23 OT win. And even with that rough outing, he's still the third-highest scoring fantasy quarterback on the season and will face a bottom-feeding Cincinnati Bengals' defense in Week 6. The Ravens have the second-highest implied team total for the main slate and should be able to work downhill in this matchup. That leaves some worry about them just pounding the ball on the ground with guys like Ingram, but Jackson has run so much since Week 1 that I think he's still a safe play even in the upper price tier. Because I think we'll save some at running back, I don't think Jackson is priced out of consideration.
Dalvin Cook FD 8200 DK 8400
With McCaffrey off the main slate, we're left with precious few game script independent running backs to pick from. With that in mind, I'm totally happy with letting Cook stand in for him in the meantime. With 21 carries and 6 targets against the Giants, Cook has had 20 or more plays drawn up for him in all five of his games so far. He got his points the hard way against the Giants as well, putting together 218 yards from scrimmage without scoring a touchdown. This week's match-up with Philly is certainly harder, but the Vikes are 3 point favorites at home, and Vegas still believes that this Cook-led offense can get things done. There is a path this week where you don't pay up at all at running back, but given the safety Cook provides from every angle he's a tough one for me to imagine fading here.
Leonard Fournette FD 7300 DK 6700
Proj Points FD - 17.77 DK - 19.3
We've beaten the Fournette drum essentially all season once it became clear that he would be sliding back into bell-cow duties, and that he has. He's coming off of a game where he had 23 carries and 7 targets in spite of the fact that his team trailed by 14 at one point and never led throughout the entire contest. The Jags are one point favorites against the Saints, and it certainly looks unlikely that the game will get away from them to the point where Fournette isn't heavily involved. He's also shed his early season inefficiencies, averaging 6.4 yards per carry in the 52 carries he's had in the last two weeks. While you're paying more for Fournette now that he's demonstrated increased safety, I still think he's under priced in favorable spots like this one.
Le'Veon Bell FD 6800 DK 6400
We talked about this on the podcast, but at 25.7 touches per game, Le'Veon Bell is only trailing Christian McCaffrey in terms of how involved he is in his team's offense. He's a guy we were happily paying $9,000 for in his last active season, so is he a slam dunk against the Cowboys here? Well, it's probably not quite that easy. The Cowboys have been roughly league average against the run this season, but the real question here surrounds the game script. With Sam Darnold officially active this week, could the Jets actually keep things reasonably close? Vegas has them as 8.5 point underdogs at home, but if Darnold is as big an upgrade over Falk as we believe I think it could be even closer. Mark my words: there will be a week where Bell tops 200 yards from scrimmage, and we'll have to pay 10% more for him. I'm happy to prioritize his opportunity given the lack of truly safe options elsewhere.
David Johnson FD 6900 DK 7600
A lot of people pumped the party with DJ in week 5, and he was everything they hoped he'd be if you concede that he didn't make it into the end zone. With 156 yards on 20 touches, Johnson was dynamic and exciting - until his back locked up and his touches became more limited. Still, DJ says his back is feeling "good" and that he should be good to go against an Atlanta team that just gave up 53 points to the Texans. He's a little rich for my blood on DraftKings, but I could absolutely see going back to the well on FanDuel given that this game has a tight spread and the second highest total.
Cooper Kupp FD 7800 DK 7100
Opponent SF
I'm not sure what Cooper Kupp has to do to reach peak FanDuel and DraftKings' pricing, but I guess it hasn't happened yet. Despite being the second-highest fantasy scoring WR on the season (essentially neck and neck with Chris Godwin), Kupp remains the 4th and 5th highest salary WR on DK and FD respectively. His 63 targets are the most in the league, eight more than Michael Thomas who's second. Kupp's fewest targets in a game were nine in Week 2 and he's top 100 yards receiving in four straight games. I don't really know what else to say here. The matchup isn't ideal against a very strong San Francisco secondary who could scheme against him especially if Brandin Cooks weren't to clear the concussion protocol. That would be the only potential ding on Kupp here, but man is it ever tough to get away from him in cash games right now.
Opponent JAX
Do you think Michael Thomas even wants Drew Brees to come back at this point? Since Teddy Bridgewater fully took over as the starter in Week 3, Thomas has seen a 32% target share (29-91). The first two weeks, from a fantasy perspective, weren't amazing mostly because New Orleans didn't throw the ball a ton. But dude broke out in a big way against the Bucs last week with a 11/182/3 line. He could be in for another one in Week 6. The Jaguars will likely be without Jalen Ramsey again, leaving them compromised in the secondary. In the last two weeks without Ramsey, lesser WR1 types had good games:
DJ Moore 6/91 (9 targets)
Emmanuel Sanders 5/104 (9 targets)
Thomas should put a hurting on Jacksonville. With running back as a possible middle-tier value spot in Week 6, I don't think it's a stretch at all to pay up for two WRs who are outclassing the field in target share this season.
Christian Kirk FD 5600 DK 5200
Larry Fitzgerald FD 5600 DK 6100
Through the first five weeks of the season, Atlanta has allowed the most opposing WRs to score more than 20 DraftKings points in a week. It's happened five times. Only two teams have allowed four 20+ point scorers. Kirk sat out Week 5 with an injury, but is expected to play in Week 6. If he does, and if David Johnson sits (both "ifs") I think we are looking at a chance to stack the Arizona big two receivers. Both Kirk and Fitzgerald, who are each averaging nine targets a game, would have high floors.
Conversely, if Kirk were to sit again, Fitz would easily become a fantastic stand alone value in this Arizona passing attack. Kyler Murray's accuracy is still something of an issue, but this would represent another fantastic matchup for the Cardinals.
Strongly consider playing Michael Gallup who actually leads the Cowboys in targets per game this season (9.67). He looked completely healthy in Week 5 against the Packers and draws a great matchup against the Jets' defense. He makes for a solid mid-tier play.
A couple of other notes:. Folks will rightly want to play Julio Jones against the Cardinals, but I'm still skeptical here. Matt Ryan has really spread the love this season. In the dome, with Atlanta really needing a win I suppose we could see a smash spot game for Jones, but it's just so tough to pay all the way up for him considering his target share this season.
I suppose folks will also want to go back to the Will Fuller well after he put up the best WR game of the season in Week 5. The matchup against KC could also be a shootout. But one game does not a projection make and he hasn't been a model of consistency for his career.
Austin Hooper FD 6400 DK 5000
Hooper is having a nice little run of his own right now, and has this delicious match-up with the fast paced Cardinals. Hooper is currently 4th in overall targets among tight ends this season, and is somehow exactly tied with Evan Engram in DraftKings for the most points among tight ends this season. With 15 catches for 186 yards on 20 targets in the last two weeks, Hooper has brought plenty of consistency to the table, and he hasn't even been getting in the endzone. I think we're getting a value on his price thanks to running bad on touchdowns, and expect these to be among his lowest prices on the season.
Gerald Everett FD 6000 DK 3600
Proj Points FD - 9.54 DK - 11.6
I'm not sure the savings is worth the risk on FanDuel, but on DraftKings this looks awfully tempting. Everett has amassed 19 targets over the last two weeks, and given the current state of tight end that makes him a guy you have to consider. With Cooks in the concussion protocol we could see his targets up for grabs, and with the Rams throwing 117 passes over the last two weeks it looks like they are going to be able to sustain plenty of receivers in the passing game. The reason I don't want to recommend him in cash on FanDuel, though, is actually exactly because his good weeks have come when the Rams have played in these wild games. Given that the Rams are favored here, you could certainly see a case where they throw more like 35-45 times, and if that's the case you'd have to think Everett could be the odd man out. On DraftKings the price is low enough that you don't need to sweat it.
Also considered: Mark Andrews, though I'm honestly worried about the foot situation. As soon as he gets a clean bill of health, I'll be fully back on the train.
Cowboys FD 5000 DK 4300
Opponent NYJ
The big question surrounding this week is: how much better will the Jets offense be with Sam Darnold back under center? Their offense looked fairly shaky in week 1, but that was against a Bills defense that we now know is pretty darned good. Still, with a 17.5 point implied total this week, Vegas likes the Jets to score the fewest points of any offense on the main slate, and paying up for the Cowboys probably represents a reasonably high floor.
Vikings FD 3600 DK 2600
I have to say, though, that it's pretty tempting just to take some savings and go for the Vikings. Yes, the Eagles are a far more potent offense than the Jets are. But the Vikings are also likely a better defense than the Cowboys. Vegas thinks the Eagles are only going to score three more points than the Jets, and saving $1,000 on FanDuel and $1,700 on DraftKings doesn't seem bad. Throw in the fact that the Vikings are a top 10 sack team on the season so far and it seems like you have every bit as much floor here as you do with the Cowboys.
Proj Points FD - 7.6 DK - 7.6
Dolphins FD 3700 DK 2700
Okay, bear with me for a second. You're never going to play either of these defenses against anyone else... but the strategy of taking the defenses playing the Dolphins or Redskins has been fairly bullet proof so far this season, right? The other thing about these defenses is that they've looked particularly terrible because the offenses can't stay on the field, but what happens when they are opposing another terrible offense? What's better, the movable object or the stoppable force? You can be sure that plenty of folks are going to stick their necks out and try plays like these this week.


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Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for Our Inner Clocks
By Steve Mirsky on October 2, 2017
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 was awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms.
"The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute has today decided to award the 2017
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm."
Thomas Perlmann, Secretary of the Nobel Assembly shortly after 5:30 this morning Eastern time.
"Jeffrey Hall was born in New York and performed his seminal work at Brandeis University. He's not retired and lives in Cambridge, in Boston. Michael Rosbash was born in Oklahoma City and performed his prize-winning studies also at Brandeis University where he's still on the faculty. And finally, Michael Young was born in Miami and did his work at Rockefeller University in New York where he also remains on the faculty…ever since the emergence of life on Earth about four billion years ago, evolving life forms had to adapt to the rotation of our planet…but how is this possible?
"This year's Nobel Laureates have been studying this fundamental problem and solved the mystery of how an inner clock in most of our cells in our bodies can anticipate daily fluctuations between night and day to optimize our behavior and physiology…since the paradigm shifting discoveries by Hall, Rosbash and Young, circadian biology has developed into a highly dynamic research field with vast implications for our health and well-being."
For an in-depth listen about the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, look for the Scientific American Science Talk podcast later today.
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News Breaking News Christian Athman injured after one-vehicle crash in Williams Township
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Christian Athman injured after one-vehicle crash in Williams Township
By MICHAEL HUSSAIN
Updated: December 12, 2022 12:58 AM EDT
Accident was at Hwy 18 and Hwy 65 in McGrath
WILLIAMS TOWNSHIP, MN, (December 10, 2022) - Two people suffered injuries after being involved in a motor vehicle accident Saturday afternoon in McGrath, Williams Township.
Two people suffered injuries after being involved in a motor vehicle accident Saturday afternoon in McGrath, Williams Township.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol crash report, a 2007 BMW M6 Convertible was heading eastbound on Minnesota Highway 18 at the intersection of Minnesota Highway 65. Around 4:41 p.m., the BMW drove off the road to the right, hitting a field approach and eventually coming to rest on its roof.
The driver of the BMW, a 27-year-old man, and a passenger, Christian Gordon Athman, 25, of Livingston, Texas, were both transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Aitkin County Sheriff's Office and first responders responded to the scene.
CRASH INVESTIGATION NEEDED
Mr. Athman may likely face a long road to recovery, and, every day, victims like him are injured in motor vehicle accidents across our country, and many times it is not their fault.
The National Safety Council published a 2018 report that found 4.5 million injuries occurred as a result of motor vehicle crashes.
While the cause and liability of the crash are being investigated, Candice Bond, an experienced accident attorney and Managing Partner of Bond Legal, said that it is imperative to have an independent investigation conducted by a seasoned attorney.
"In addition to the diligent work of law enforcement, an attorney can re-interview important witnesses, analyze any surveillance video from the scene of the crash, and obtain phone and texting records of the liable party," said Bond, a national analyst for The Legal Advocate.
"Time is of the essence in cases such as this, and the victim's family must ensure that evidence is reviewed efficiently."
Pending the results of the investigation, Christian Gordon Athman may have the right to pursue a personal injury lawsuit. Stefano Formica, Of Counsel with Bond Legal, noted that the stress and worry following a serious injury could be overwhelming, disrupting all aspects of life, including family, work, finances, and overall quality of life.
"It is vital for victims to hire an attorney when filing a personal injury claim, which allows them to negotiate with an insurance company on behalf of a client," Formica added.
"Insurance companies often try to pressure victims to settle for a quick payout for far less than the case is worth. However, an attorney will vigorously advocate for their client to ensure that they are treated with respect and compensated fairly."
Have you been in a similar accident and need help? Speak to one of The Legal Advocate's national legal analysts now free of charge for a no-obligation.
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The staff of The Legal Advocate would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to Christian Gordon Athman and family
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By Anthony "DarkGemineye" Johnson Posted on Dec 11, 2017 December 11, 2017
Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection is Coming to PS4
We are getting old ladies and gentlemen. The Street Fighter series is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary and Capcom has announced that they will be releasing the best Street Fighter anthology yet in the first half of next year.
The collection will include arcade perfect versions of the best of the series including every true version of Street Fighter 2.
Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection includes these 12 iconic titles:
Street Fighter II: Champion Edition
Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting
Super Street Fighter II: Turbo
Street Fighter III
Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
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Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II: Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Street Fighter III: Third Strike will include online multiplayer that allows players to recreate the arcade experience by taking on CPU characters while waiting for the next challenger to jump in. There will also be a music players for fans of the game's soundtracks, an interactive timeline and much more.
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection will have a simultaneous release in May 2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC.
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Ellsworth Kelly, Austin, 2015 (Interior, facing south) Artist-designed building with installation of colored glass windows, marble panels, and redwood totem 60 ft. x 73 ft. x 26 ft. 4 in.
The story of Austin is a long and drawn-out one. Ellsworth Kelly's chapel began around 20 years ago, when Douglas Cramer, an art collector and television producer behind Dynasty and The Love Boat, commissioned the artist to create a chapel for his home. The project was shelved, until a conversation began between Kelly and his partner Jack Shear with Houston art dealer Hiram Butler. Kelly mentioned the chapel, and Butler, a University of Texas alum, came up with the idea of bringing it to Texas. It wasn't until his friends, art collectors and University of Texas alums Jeanne and Mickey Klein, told Wicha about the project that it would find its home at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas Austin.
By 2015 the project would be complete, except for its actual fabrication. The chapel, which, when drenched in sunlight, shows a glorious cacophony of colors. Inside are 14 minimal, black-and-white, abstract paintings by Kelly, each one representing the stations of the cross — keep in mind that the artist intended for the chapel to be non-denominational — as well as a totem. To celebrate Austin's inauguration, the museum is holding an exhibition through April 29 titled, Form into Spirit: Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin', that details the origins of the project, from Kelly's visits to France in the 1940s, when he saw the rose window at the Chartres Cathedral that would inspire one of the windows in Austin, all the way to his work with totems and color grids.
Ellsworth Kelly and Blanton Museum of Art Director Simone Wicha review the architectural model of Austin, in Kelly's studio in Spencertown, NY, 2015.
I was slightly intimidated to be honest because he was a giant. The first time I meet Ellsworth is in his studio. He was incredibly generous, kind, down to earth, sweet, charming and disarming. I was also very impressed with how he had this ability to work for a long time at the age of 89.
There was something he said on one of the visits when we delivered the gift agreements. The legal paperwork had all been sorted through so he was gifting this project to us to fulfill as he saw it, and he said something in that meeting that stayed with me. We were really happy and we were celebrating, kind of a joyful moment, and he said, "Color is life." That just stuck with me.
He would spend hours looking at the glass, like the first time we saw the glass he set up this kind of garage door. We propped open the garage door and set up this little wood box where the glass panes that we got, early on samples from Franz Meyer, then I asked Michael to come with us, who was with the glass company in Munich, and the first time we were putting them in there, we saw these brilliant colors on the concrete floor reflected, and he just lit up and started almost laughing from the joy of it. He said that he understood in that moment what the windows were going to do. These were little pieces of glass like this all lined up. He could spend hours looking at this and looking at switching out the glass, sitting there on a freezing cold day bundled up in the studio.
Like any artist, he was talking about what he was hoping for. He was worried what might not work, and one of the things that he talked a lot about was the windows. If he had made them too big for the structure of the wall to kind of hold up. He said, "Are you sure I didn't make it too complicated?" And I said, "I promise you, we don't need to change a thing and we'll get it done." I think I said, "Ellsworth, I promise you this is going to be just the way you pictured it." He grabbed my hand, and he went from an artist thinking through it, to like this relief on this face, that just meant the world to me. You can see how much he cared about this, and you can see how many years he had spent thinking about it.
He originally envisioned it as white stucco. It can live in California, it cannot live in Texas, and so we found a stone that he liked, but having a stone building requires a certain integrity of the wall as well as air conditioning, so the aesthetic is what Ellsworth called for, but having and realizing a building that has security cameras, fire control — all that stuff that a museum has and needs to think about, all of that was designed in when we were working on it, and so all of those design decisions working throughout to make sure that it didn't change his aesthetics, so he would approve it through that process.
I'll show you this. Not many people have seen this. We put together this really big book, which was pages and pages and pages, and we distilled it down, and so he had basically approved everything. Each one of these got his approval, and then there's chapters. These are the aesthetic decisions, so the door from the this is going to be the gap that's between the door, this is the patina on the handle, this is what the patina will look like in the future. This is the wood, and the cut on the wood. This is the front door. I have a notch and he specified. All these little things — so he had seen, and we had worked through this whole process with him. And so he knew exactly there's even pieces in the back where we talk about the light, and we talk about the sound in there. He went through this whole process, where the panels are hanging, where the blocking for the panels is, he saw all of that, and I call him in December 2015 to say we're done with the book, we're going to send it to you…we kind of got rid of all the back and forth and back and forth, and just distilled it to your final decisions, and groundbreaking had happened already in October.
Ellsworth Kelly and Blanton Museum of Art Director Simone Wicha with the architectural model of Austin, in Kelly's studio in Spencertown, NY, 2015.
He intended to be a work of art first, and so it's a really big work of art. It's a building-sized work of art. It's the largest sculpture that he's made, and he also wanted it to be a place that was joyful, that was calming, and that you would use for meditation, or truthfully, just going in there and taking a moment away from your day.
They're starting to dig the big hole, and do the big excavation, and we're really starting to move forward in January, and then he passed away eight days later. In my opinion, the work was done, because at that point it becomes fabrication.


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Onecom Awarded Top Vodafone Partner
Onecom has been given one of Vodafone UK's highest B2B partner accolades for the seventh year running.
The company was presented with the Vodafone Total Communications Partner 2017 award – at the Vodafone Partner of the Year Awards, held in Manchester on Wednesday (July 5th).
The award is contested by all of Vodafone's total communications partners, and the winner is chosen using a number of criteria including accreditations achieved, revenue growth, customer churn and performance.
Judges also consider how each company's training and market benefits have been used by partners to deliver results and help UK businesses make the best use of technology.
Darren Ridge, Onecom CEO, said: "We are delighted to once again accept this award, which recognises both the quality of our relationship with Vodafone and our commitment to offering their industry-leading total communications solutions backed by outstanding customer service.
"This honour reflects the dedication and hard work of Onecom's staff, whose focus on putting the customer first is at the heart of our success."
Onecom is Vodafone's largest partner in its UK Partner Programme and has held the network's top award, previously known as Platinum Partner of the Year, since it was first issued in 2011.
The award was renamed Total Communications Partner in 2015 to take into account the full range of communications solutions including mobile and fixed voice lines, broadband and IT services.
Helen Freestone, Director of UK Partnerships & Alliances for Vodafone, said: "This is a well-deserved win for Onecom, who are a key partner for Vodafone in our established Partner Programme, consistently demonstrating that they are at the forefront of business communications solutions across the UK."
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THE INDIE EYE
By Susan King
Werner Herzog admits he has never had any grand plan for choosing his projects.
"The films always stumble into me," says the German-born, L.A.-based filmmaker. "I have never planned a career like other filmmakers would do. It's always been like a home invasion -- how do you get the burglars out of your homes in the middle of the night?"
Case in point: His stumbling into "Grizzly Man," his 2005 award-winning documentary that explored the life and death of Timothy Treadwell, who studied grizzly bears before he and his girlfriend were killed by a bear in 2003.
"I was not searching for a story," recalls Herzog, 66. "I was searching for my car keys in the office of a big production company. The producer, who thought I spotted something on the table, shoved an article to me and said we are doing a very interesting project."
Herzog couldn't say no. "It's like uninvited guests," he says. "All of a sudden, you open the door a foot wide and uninvited guests are crowding in your home."
Herzog has never shied from controversy and has a reputation for daring narratives and documentaries that explore larger-than-life characters. They include Treadwell, Klaus Kinski's conquistador in 1972's "Aguirre, Wrath of God" and the offbeat workers and citizens of the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station in his latest film, "Encounters at the End of the World," for which he is nominated for his first Academy Award, for feature documentary.
Friday at UCLA's Royce Hall, Herzog will talk about his films with Paul Holdengraber, director of public programs at the New York Public Library (and former director of LACMA's now-defunct Institute for Art & Cultures). "We had planned on a wild event with musicians from Senegal, Sardinia and Holland, but the problem is apparently they didn't get a work visa," Herzog says. "So it's a complicated situation. . . . I will basically be in discourse with Paul, and we will show excerpts of how I put music particularly in two films -- 'The Wild Blue Yonder' and 'White Diamond.' "
"Yonder" is a 2005 sci-fi drama combined with documentary images about the environment, whereas "The White Diamond" is a 2004 documentary about an airship designer trying to navigate the rain forest in Guyana. Herzog is one of the few directors who moves with ease among genres.
"I am not into this wild business of labeling," he says. "To me, it's all movies. I cross the border lines in a way as I stylize documentaries. Sometimes I script documentaries -- some of them are just feature films in disguise."
Since completing "Encounters," Herzog has directed the feature "Bad Lieutenant" with Nicolas Cage (the cop thriller doesn't have a domestic distributor), staged the opera "Parsifal" in Spain, made a short film in the south of Ethiopia about music and started shooting his latest narrative drama, "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?," in Peru.
"It was just one isolated sequence which I had to do at the height of the rainy season," he says of "My Son," which is loosely based on a real story about a San Diego man who envisions a Sophocles play in his mind. (The principal filming will take place three or four weeks from now, he says.)
Herzog has also written an English translation of a nonfiction book. "It's based on diaries I wrote during 'Fitzcarraldo,' called 'Conquest of the Useless,' " he says.
"It will be out fairly soon, and it will survive all of my films."
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Who are the winners and losers of the Fed hiking interest rates?
June 16, 2022 by Becky Sullivan, NPR News
With inflation still sky-high, the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it would raise interest rates by 0.75%, the largest increase since the 1990s. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The Federal Reserve has hiked its benchmark interest rate by 0.75%.
But what does that actually mean for hundreds of millions of Americans — Americans who have jobs, who buy things, who have bank accounts?
In short, interest rates are the Federal Reserve's main tool to combat inflation. Inflation is driven by strong consumer demand. By raising interest rates, which makes things more expensive, the Fed is hoping to dampen Americans' willingness to spend money.
"It is essential that we bring inflation down if we are to have a sustained period of strong labor market conditions that benefit all," said Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell at a press conference after Wednesday's meeting.
And the Fed will continue to raise rates as needed throughout the year if inflation doesn't abate, Powell said. Its next meeting will be in late July.
"The Federal Reserve got inflation wrong. And now they're trying to correct their mistake by pretty quickly hiking interest rates. And that will slow the economy," said Aaron Klein, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, in an interview with NPR.
Generally speaking, as the Federal Reserve raises its benchmark interest rate, everything else in the economy that involves interest rates of some kind is affected – and that's most things: credit cards, student loans, home and car loans, banking, savings accounts, the everyday operations of businesses, you name it.
That means the stakes are high when the Fed raises rates, as it did on Wednesday.
"With inflation being as high as it is and seeing some softness in the U.S. economy, the Fed really has a very delicate balancing act this month and for the next couple of months," said Dave Sekera, the chief U.S. market strategist at Morningstar.
Losers: People trying to buy a home right now
The Fed's interest rate isn't directly tied to mortgage rates. But mortgage lenders move their rates up and down based in part on what they expect the Fed to do.
With inflation so bad right now, mortgage rates have been rising all spring.
Today, the average 30-year rate is well above 6%, according to Mortgage News Daily. Earlier this year, a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage could be had for around 3.25%.
Given a loan of $400,000, the rise in interest rates has turned a monthly mortgage payment of about $1,700 into one approaching $2,500 in the span of just a few months.
"Housing is getting less affordable for everyone at every level," said Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin.
That rapid increase in cost has already priced some potential homebuyers out of the market. Mortgage applications for home purchases in June were down more than 15% compared to last year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
(Mortgage rates have historically been higher, especially in the 1980s, when rates topped 15% amid the Fed's efforts to fight the inflation of the 1970s. But home prices now are higher than ever, having risen dramatically in many areas over the past two years.)
Economists have mixed outlooks on what all this means for the housing market. Some say that home prices will hold steady; others are forecasting a drop in prices.
At today's Fed meeting, Powell suggested that prospective homebuyers wait to see if prices stabilize.
"I would say, if you're a homebuyer, a young person looking to buy a home: You need a bit of a reset. We need to get back to a place where supply and demand are back together and where inflation is down low again and mortgage rates are low again," he said.
Winners: People who have money in savings accounts
This one is modest, but noteworthy. With interest rates so low for the past few years, banks had little reason or wiggle room to offer any meaningful interest rates on personal savings accounts, where you might keep money for your emergency fund or a down payment savings.
Ever since the pandemic began and the Fed dropped interest rates, the average interest rate for a typical savings account hovered around 0.06%, according to the FDIC.
Now, with the Fed's benchmark rate rising, interest rates are ticking up, too. Some banks, especially internet banks, are starting to offer interest rates on savings accounts of 1% or more.
It's important to know that the Fed rate isn't the only factor that banks take into account when setting interest rates. Banks also take into account how much cash customers have deposited and how much competitors are offering. So don't expect to see rates rise by .75%.
And, of course, those interest rates remain lower than current inflation rates, meaning that the real value of those savings will still decrease over time.
But for people who need savings to be accessible without the risk of a stock market drop – like emergency funds or a down payment for a new home or car – 1% is better than nothing.
Other savings vehicles that offer a mix of accessibility and growth rate, like CDs and I Bonds, are also offering higher returns than in past years.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during his Wednesday press conference. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)
Losers, most likely: All of us, in the short-term
At the heart of Wednesday's interest rate hike is a tightrope walk: The Fed is trying to slow inflation without triggering a recession and the layoffs that would come with it.
But even with the Fed's thumb on the scale, some of what's driving inflation is outside of officials' control. The war in Ukraine, for instance, has helped drive up oil and commodity prices, along with the ongoing supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic.
As a result, inflation has stayed hot. And that's making the Fed's tightrope walk more difficult.
"I think that what's becoming more clear is that many factors that we don't control are going to play a very significant role in deciding whether that's possible or not," Powell said Wednesday. "It's not going to be easy."
Economists have grown increasingly pessimistic about the Fed's ability to pull off the so-called "soft landing."
In a note to clients today, Wells Fargo economists wrote: "Indications that inflation is becoming more entrenched in the U.S. economy has caused the Federal Reserve to become even more hawkish. We now judge that recession next year is more likely than not."
And a survey of economists published this week by the Financial Times and University of Chicago found that most expect a recession to begin next year.
That means the U.S. could see widespread layoffs – even as inflation is still high, and Americans are paying higher prices for things like food and gas.
Winners, hopefully: All of us, in the long-term
The Fed's goal with the interest rate hikes, today and down the road, is bringing the inflation rate down to 2%, while keeping unemployment around 4%. (That would be higher than the current rate of 3.6%. "We're not looking to have a higher unemployment rate, but I would certainly look at that as a successful outcome," Powell said.)
If they're able to achieve that, that means they were successful at their goal of a soft landing — or a "soft-ish landing," as Powell put it in May.
"I do think it's possible," Powell said Wednesday, emphasizing how strong the economy and labor market currently are.
While economists are starting to feel pessimistic about the odds of avoiding a recession, it's still possible. Americans just have to be patient while things play out, they say.
"Monetary policy takes time to act. There's a long lag between when the Fed moves this week, when it moved before and when that trickles through the economy," said Klein of the Brookings Institution. "It can take up to a year before the full effect of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike is felt on the real economy."
But if the Fed sticks the landing, inflation could get back to normal – alongside a healthy labor market with wages and consumer demand in balance.
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