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Scarlet Spider (comic book)
This article is about the comic book series. For the character of the same name, see Scarlet Spider.
Scarlet Spider
Cover of Scarlet Spider #1 (November 1995)
Art by John Romita, Jr. & Al Williamson
(vol. 1): Limited series
(vol. 2): Ongoing series (vol.3): Ongoing series
(vol. 1): Nov. 1995 – Dec. 1995
(vol. 2): January 2012 – December 2013
No. of issues
(vol. 1): 2
(vol. 2): 26 (25 regular + 1 special)
Main character(s)
Ben Reilly
Kaine (vol.3)
Howard Mackie
(vol.3)'
Penciller(s)
Khoi Pham
Reilly Brown
Paulo Siqueira
Carlo Barberi
Chris Burnham
Inker(s)
Michael Babinski
Terry Pallott;
Colorist(s)
Edgar Delgado
Chris Sotomayor
Scarlet Spider is the title of two comic book series published by Marvel Comics about two clones of Spider-Man while they functioned as the current version of the Scarlet Spider. The first volume lasted two issues and was published in 1995. The second volume started publishing in January 2012 and ended in December 2013 with issue 25 after a total of 26 issues, because there was a special Marvel Point One issue published between issues 12 and 13.[1]
1 Volume 1
2.1 Volume Three
3 Collected editions
Volume 1[edit]
The first volume starred Ben Reilly as the Scarlet Spider. It was published for two issues in November and December 1995. The book was a direct continuation, in terms of creative teams and story lines, of the Spider-Man series which the title temporarily replaced for two months between issues 63 and 64.
It was one of four briefly published books which featured the character. The others were The Amazing Scarlet Spider, The Spectacular Scarlet Spider, and Web of Scarlet Spider.
The series began when Peter Parker gave up being Spider-Man to retire with his pregnant wife Mary Jane, and the Scarlet Spider took on his duties. The title returned to its old name and numbering when Ben Reilly took on the Spider-Man name.
The writer of the two issues was Howard Mackie and the pencillers were Gil Kane and John Romita Jr.
Further information: Kaine Parker § Scarlet Spider
Variant cover of Scarlet Spider, vol. 2, #1 (March 2012). Art by Mark Bagley.
On July 22, 2011, during the San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel released an image to the audience depicting a burnt sweater of the original Scarlet Spider.[2] This led many readers to assume that Ben Reilly would be returning and taking on the mantle of Scarlet Spider once again. However, through introduction of the Marvel Now event, Marvel Point One showed readers that Kaine Parker would be the main character in the new Scarlet Spider series.[3]
Ryan Stegman, the series' penciller states that volume 2 is set to be of a darker tone than The Amazing Spider-Man series.[4] Stage-man also states that the new Scarlet Spider is meant to be a grittier and scarier version of the original Spider-Man.[5] The writer of the series, Christopher Yost, states that Kaine would be moved to Houston, Texas due to characters in New York knowing that he was a villain in his former life, and that Kaine needed a fresh start.[5] Yost also states that due to the brand new location of Houston in a Spider-Man comic book, several new villains would be introduced in the Marvel world as well as a brand new supporting cast.[6] Yost stated that the Scarlet Spider series would be a story about a former super-villain who is finding himself and is on the pursuit of a journey of self-discovery.
The second volume stars Peter Parker's first genetic clone, Kaine as the Scarlet Spider. After helping to stop Spider-Island, Kaine has been cured of his clonal degeneration. While fleeing to Mexico he stops in Houston to steal money from criminals, but ends up becoming the superhero, Scarlet Spider.
The first issue sold over 50,000 copies, but sales dropped to an average of about 22,000 copies being sold per issue by July 2013.[7] The series introduces several new characters in the Marvel world, such as Aracely Penalba (the demigod superhero known as Hummingbird), Dr. Donald Meland and his husband Wally Layton.[8] The character Annabelle Adams is also introduced in the Marvel world as a love interest for Kaine.[8] The characters play pivotal roles in the growth of Kaine as a superhero.
On July 6, 2012 Marvel teased readers with the submission of an article displaying a logo titled Minimum Carnage, and that more information would be released soon.[9] The 2012 San Diego Comic-Con revealed that the Scarlet Spider series along with the Venom series, would be collaborating for the Marvel event, Minimum Carnage.[10]
On May 10, 2013, Christopher Yost revealed his plans of Scarlet Spider and the Superior Spider-Man meeting for the first time in Superior Spider-Man Team-Up issue #2, in a Marvel arc titled 'Sibling Rivalry'. Scarlet Spider's and Superior Spider-Man's meeting is said to collaborate with the Scarlet Spider and Superior Spider-Man Team Up series'.[11]
Volume Three[edit]
Following the events of the 2016 Spider-Man event The Clone Conspiracy, Ben Reilly was brought back after a twenty year absence, and a new Scarlet Spider title written by Peter David was launched. The title ran for 25 issues before folding in late 2018.
Collected editions[edit]
Material Collected
Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic Book 1 Spider-Man: The Parker Years, New Warriors (1990) #65-66, Scarlet Spider Unlimited #1, Web Of Scarlet Spider #1-2, Amazing Scarlet Spider #1-2, Scarlet Spider Vol. 1, #1-2, Spectacular Scarlet Spider #1-2, Green Goblin #3 and Sensational Spider-Man (1996) #0 And Mini-Comic. 978-0785155454 August 2011
Scarlet Spider Vol. 1: Life After Death Scarlet Spider Vol. 2 #1-6, material from Marvel Point One 978-0785163107 February 2013
Scarlet Spider Vol. 2: Lone Star Scarlet Spider Vol. 2 #7-9, 12.1, 13-15 978-0785163114 April 2013
Carnage: Minimum Carnage Scarlet Spider Vol. 2 #10-12 978-0785167266 January 2013
Scarlet Spider Vol. 3: The Big Leagues Scarlet Spider Vol. 2 #16-20, Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #2 978-0785166498 November 2013
Scarlet Spider Vol. 4: Into the Grave Scarlet Spider Vol. 2 #21-25 978-0785166504 February 2014
^ Arrant, Chris (31 October 2013). "Is SCARLET SPIDER's Conclusion the End of Kaine? Yost Teases". Newsarama.
^ "SDCC 2011: The Scarlet Spider?". marvel.com. 22 July 2011. [permanent dead link]
^ Marvel Point One #1 (Nov. 2011)
^ Beard, Jim (20 March 2012). "Tuesday Q&A: Ryan Stegman". Marvel.com.
^ a b Dietsch, TJ (15 October 2011). "NYCC 2011: Scarlet Spider". Marvel.com.
^ Borders, Meredith (17 January 2012). "Interview: Marvel Comics' Christopher Yost and Ryan Stegman". Badass Digest.
^ Craig, David (23 July 2013). "Marvel NOW! – 5 Books That Could Be Cancelled Next: Number 4 Scarlet Spider". WhatCulture.
^ a b Scarlet Spider vol. 2 #1 (Jan. 2012)
^ "Minimum Carnage: Find out more at Comic-Con International!". Marvel.com. 6 July 2012.
^ "SDCC 2012: Venom & Scarlet Spider Vs. Carnage". Marvel.com. 15 July 2012.
^ Wigler, Josh (10 May 2013). "See Spider-Man & Scarlet Spider Reunite". Marvel.com.
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HomeArticleWorld's Most Tyrannical Regime Can't Stop Babbling About "Human Rights"
World's Most Tyrannical Regime Can't Stop Babbling About "Human Rights"
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"America won't back away from our commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms," reads a Wednesday tweet from the presidential Twitter account. "No responsible American president can remain silent when basic human rights are violated."
The tweet, an excerpt from the US president's prepared congressional address, was retweeted on Saturday by Secretary of State Tony Blinken with the caption, "We will always defend human rights at home and abroad."
Like all US secretaries of state, Blinken's public statements overwhelmingly focus on the claim that other nations abuse human rights, and that it is America's duty to defend those rights. Which is very silly, considering the fact that the US government is the single worst human rights abuser on planet Earth.
And it's not even close.
We will always defend human rights at home and abroad. https://t.co/wmPTO7Aa0k
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) May 1, 2021
There is no other government that is circling the planet with hundreds of military bases and working to destroy any nation which disobeys it via invasion, proxy wars, blockades, economic warfare, staged coups, and covert operations. There is no other government on earth whose violence has killed millions of people and displaced tens of millions just since the turn of this century. There is no other government waging nonstop wars around the world and dropping scores of bombs per day on human beings in foreign nations in order to perpetuate its iron-fisted domination of our planet.
And it just says so much about who is controlling the dominant narratives in our society that these actions are not considered human rights violations. Clearly we should all have a human right to not be murdered by explosives dropped from the sky, and we in nations where this does not commonly occur would be very upset if it suddenly began happening to us. Clearly it is an abuse of human rights to deliberately starve children to death because you don't approve of the people who run things in their part of the world. Clearly it is an abuse of human rights to turn a nation to rubble and chaos for profit and geostrategic control.
Not a day goes by when the US government is not doing these things, both directly and through its imperial member states. Yet the US secretary of state spends all day tweeting that other governments are guilty of human rights violations. Because, as far as power is concerned, narrative control is everything.
If mass murder is not an abuse of human rights, then "human rights" is a meaningless concept. But even if bombing campaigns and other acts of military butchery do not transgress your personal definition of human rights, the US still does not care about human rights.
A few years back we used to hear a lot about Duterte's atrocious human rights record—but that seems to have stopped over the past year or so. Wonder what Duterte could've possibly done to get the human rights industry heat off him?https://t.co/vWHLqox1N9 pic.twitter.com/rkd09xuUrx
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) April 30, 2021
As journalist Mark Ames recently flagged, a few years ago the imperial narrative managers were very keen on informing us that Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was a despotic human rights abuser, but we haven't been hearing much about what an evil brute he is of late.
So what happened? Did Duterte cease promoting the extrajudicial killings of drug users and spontaneously transform into a cuddly wuddly human rights advocate?
What happened, as Ames points out, is that Duterte ceased publicly toying with the notion of pivoting from Washington to Beijing as he had been doing since taking office, shifting to a hard line against China in support of Manila's longtime imperial overlord.
We saw the change in coverage because Washington and its imperial spinmeisters only care about human rights abuses insofar as they can be exploited against the few remaining nations like China that have insisted on their own sovereignty instead of allowing themselves to be converted into member states of the US-centralized empire. We know this not only from naked eye observations of the empire's behavior from year to year, but also because they have blatantly said so.
That Time A Leaked Memo Proved The US Weaponizes 'Human Rights' Against Nations Like China
"The reality is that actions against China were already planned, and a narrative was used to justify them."https://t.co/J9RHRcPat1
— Caitlin Johnstone ⏳ (@caitoz) March 23, 2021
As I never tire of reminding readers, a leaked 2017 State Department memo spelled out in plain English how the US only cares about human rights when they can be weaponized against its enemies, and has a standing policy of ignoring them when they are committed by its allies/vassal states.
In December 2017 Politico published an internal memo that had been sent the previous May to then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by virulent neocon Brian Hook. The memo provided useful insight into what it looks like when a toxic swamp monster orients a political neophyte to the inner mechanics of the empire, explaining the way "human rights" are really just a tool to be cynically leveraged to advance the goal of planetary hegemony. It reads like an old veteran explaining the backstory to the new guy in the pilot episode of a new TV series.
"In the case of US allies such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the Philippines, the Administration is fully justified in emphasizing good relations for a variety of important reasons, including counter-terrorism, and in honestly facing up to the difficult tradeoffs with regard to human rights," Hook explained in the memo.
"One useful guideline for a realistic and successful foreign policy is that allies should be treated differently — and better — than adversaries," Hook wrote. "We do not look to bolster America's adversaries overseas; we look to pressure, compete with, and outmaneuver them. For this reason, we should consider human rights as an important issue in regard to US relations with China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran. And this is not only because of moral concern for practices inside those countries. It is also because pressing those regimes on human rights is one way to impose costs, apply counter-pressure, and regain the initiative from them strategically."
Imperialist propaganda is like ninety percent concern trolling. https://t.co/EcXLA14YEt
— Caitlin Johnstone ⏳ (@caitoz) April 10, 2021
In Imperialist Brain Worms World, "human rights" is nothing other than a propaganda weapon to be used for building antagonistic international coalitions, manufacturing consent for invasions and regime change ops, and spinning the dominant narrative in support of starvation sanctions and world-threatening cold war escalations. It's just mass-scale concern trolling of the most destructive and malignant sort imaginable.
This is what you are feeding into, by the way, when you parrot State Department lines about how horrible and tyrannical US-targeted governments are. You are helping to circulate the narratives our rulers are spending billions of dollars circulating, and you are doing it for free. You are making the jobs of the imperialists that much easier, because you are unwittingly operating as a pro bono Pentagon propagandist.
Don't be a Pentagon propagandist, pro bono or otherwise. Don't be an imperial concern troll. Don't let the worst human rights abuser on the face of our planet get away with pretending to support human rights.
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Piotr Berman / May 4, 2021
" honestly facing up to the difficult tradeoffs with regard to human rights," Hook explained in the memo.
This is a nice example of difficulties in translating from varieties of English into "Simple English". In English, words have different meaning dependent on context, dialect and trade-related varieties. I guess that when and English-speaking (or hissing, quacking etc.) swamp creature utters "honestly facing up to the difficult tradeoffs", in Simple English it means "We do not give a damn", so the translation would be "We do not give a damn about human rights". Alternatively, ".. human [expletive deleted] rights [string of expletives deleted]".
Mind you, square brackets are necessary, simple English lacks expletives.
Fred / May 3, 2021
In this day and age it is all propaganda warfare. Whoever controls the media can run the show his way. The narrative is spun in favor of the elites to propel their agenda, which is never in favor of people but profits. Any bottom up movement, no matter how revolutionary in character, gets sold out and betrayed by politicians, who fitting it into their playbook of ruling and governing. Just look at the Paris Commune, the Soviets, feminism, human rights, environmental and climate change initiatives, fair trade or worker's rights – it all gets absorbed and deprived of its power and punch by career politicians who make it out to be their 'thing'.
Martin / May 3, 2021
they've got free speech and the right to associate covered. we'll have to use to power of the mushroom to conspire outside of their realm. 😉
Johnny / May 3, 2021
As long as hierarchies exist human rights will be a distant dream.
Anarchy IS RULES WITHOUT RULERS.
Jack Oliver / May 3, 2021
Israel will run out of missiles soon because the old Soviet era S300s intercept nearly all of THEM !
A few land in the desert OUTSIDE the S300s – 300 kilometre range – NONE hit Damascus or ANY populated cities !
Russia NOR China can ever be attacked by air because they have the S400s and S500s – NOTHING gets past these DEFENCE systems !
I stand by my statement that the ZIO/US is all Piss and Wind because if they started ANYTHING they would be absolutely humiliated and THATS why they will never start anything with Russia OR China !
You really need to brush up on your elementary knowledge of these subjects PERKY – you just sound uninformed and juvenile !
COVID – EVERYTHING is about stopping the BRI – China and the BRI can't be stopped though !
Get on the high speed train or PERISH !
Those are the choices for ZIO/US and their vassals – the Rothschilds can't save you now – the Rothschilds monetary system will soon be just a memory !
For most of the world – it cannot come quickly enough – they are sick of WARS and POVERTY !
Dollyboy / May 3, 2021
It's a very successful strategy that the the propaganda machine running. My next door neighbour and I were chatting today and he was "Oh China is bad with their human rights abuses and their secret government. They are the world bullies." And so I was like "Dude are you serious? I think you mean the US. Have you not heard about their shitfuckery in Somalia, Panama, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Cuba, Yemen, Vietnam, Laos, Korea … and they are just the ones I remember. Where has China invaded recently?" neighbour bats eyelashes*
Well done – all we can do is bring awareness !
King Von / May 3, 2021
Pornography as a Secret Weapon
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Julius Skoolafish / May 3, 2021
Good link – and I will add this:
•	Pornography and Political Control – E Michael Jones (Unz Review)
https://www.unzDOTcom/ejones/pornography-and-political-control-the-hexenhammer-debate/
(replace "DOT" – I suspect Unz Review is being censored)
Dr. William Fusfield / May 3, 2021
I really wish you would add share tabs on your many fine articles like this one which first get sent out to us as emails, and then when we turn to the regular website version of the article don't have share tabs to make it easier for us to ensure your posts get the widest possible dissemination. I will copy the url from the website version and post it to my facebook account, but I suspect not many others will do the same, or even know how to do that. Keep up your great work debunking establishment lies and the lying liars who tell them, Caitlin!!
Joho / May 3, 2021
We are all hostages of the empire under the label of Human Rights. But make no mistake, all strategy relies on a daily basis propaganda to take control. It works perfectly fine against starving countries. Each one of the allies want to be a part to take a picture to show how daddy or grandpa was a hero. But it doesn't work against a country who can defend itself against the empire. Look at the recent event at the Bosphorus. Two aircraft carriers, dozens of destroyers and subs going towards the Black Sea. Suddenly they had to make that U turn. All fleet would sink and probably the event would have a broadcasting negative narrative showing to the world that the empire is not what you think. A world war today would havre a catastrophic impact far from the battlefields. How to control billions of people struggling to find food, gas and supplies? The 3rd world war will not happen as everyone would expect. It's already happening in the last 10 years. Economic sanctions, media and deception are the ammo. If the empire lose one or two sponsors now in the last stretch the war is over. All allies will be dragged into the same hole and listening to the spangled star echoing in free fall inside of the abyss. Decades of an endless cycle of big truths revealed and big coverups trying to keep things under control. This covid lockdown made more enemies against the empire than any other event in our history.
Remember the ZIO/US overthrew the Bolivian government last year and the 'ousted' President reclaimed it ??
Well – things are going to get a lot worse for Bolivia – because Bolivia has at least 50% of the worlds known LITHIUM reserves !!
EVs are the Rothschilds answer to Russia's ( and affiliates ) CNG !
Things are about to get a whole lot worse for the Petro dollar – Russia has already dumped it !
https://mondestuff.com/world-news/putin-announces-total-independence-from-rothschild-controlled-us-dollar/#disqus_thread
All this knowledge will help make you Geopolitical 'Literate' 🙂
Susan Mercurio / May 3, 2021
I have decided that the neoliberal austerity measures being practiced by Congress against the American people are sanctions. People are dying in the United States from them.
Caitlin, I wish that you would comment on this. Please look into domestic policy as well as foreign policy.
And speaking of fighting for 'human rights' using atrocity propaganda, the situation in Syria could not be more clearly articulated than by Aaron Mate and Jimmy Dore here.
•	OPCW scandal: Jimmy Dore and Aaron Mate take it apart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmR6s9J62n0
Jimmy gives a good summary from 5:00 and then Aaron explains how they manufacture consent.
This perfectly illustrates how atrocity propaganda has been used to ferment and propagate war since the "Babies on Bayonets" in 1914.
Same old lies, same old evil Moloch-worshipping liars … Cui bono … ?
Gregory Herr / May 3, 2021
https://youtu.be/zRf_PmExPJM
Richard Black has produced some great reports on Syria. Thanks for this latest one.
•	Senator Richard Black explains what's happening in Syria
•	VA State Senator Richard Black Addresses September 11 Memorial Schiller Conference
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg6B0P-127w
And to think that "The West" had to defeat 'National Socialist' Germany to get to this point of global genocide. (That's the only thing Richard Black gets wrong.)
There is only one explanation for all this … It was expressed by General George Patton:
•	General Patton's Warning
• https://nationalvanguard.org/2014/12/general-pattons-warning/
BB Benderhaus / May 3, 2021
We speak of human rights but from a historical standpoint, the idea of human rights is a relatively new and novel idea. Today we act as if everyone has always had rights where in actuality for most of the history of mankind, such rights were non existent. Human rights are seldom given and instead must be fought for to be achieved. The rights of a wealthy man is far greater than the rights of a poor man. We create a legal system that supposedly represents all but in truth only works for those who can pay for it. Human rights are a vapor, a mirage, a straw man that represents something that has never existed.
Since Russia arrived in Syria in 2015 – well – according to Syrian figures ( which I believe ) over 350 thousand ZIO/US ISIS 'proxies' have been turned into FERTILISER !
Since 2015 Russia has suffered 112 casualties !!
Tells you everything you need to know !
THIS is why the CIA is behind Musk – they have NO answer to CNG which is the future of transport !
Since 2015 CNG refuelling stations have doubled in Russia and tripled in Europe – there are already over 25 million CNG vehicles ( Cars AND Trucks ) in China already !
The big CNG players are all enemies of the US – basically because the ZIO/US 'KNOWS' CNG is the future and has aggressively MESSED with the countries who either have it or TRANSIT it !
It takes 3 to 4 minutes to refuel a CNG vehicle !
Russia has the pipelines in place – US has NONE !
They great thing about CNG is that you can keep your V8 'Classic ' – just harden the valves and the internal combustion engine is purring !
If I were going into a new Industry – well – I would be opening CNG conversion shops !!
Ian Perkins / May 3, 2021
The down side to CNG is that when it's burned you get carbon dioxide.
When you exhale you get Carbon Dioxide – that is your exhaust – so what is your point ??
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, causing climate change, and CNG is an even more potent GHG, which leaks from CNG vehicles and infrastructure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_natural_gas#Drawbacks
JWK / May 3, 2021
You mean the climate change that has failed to fulfill any of the predictions made regarding it by the abundant "officials" and "experts" on the subject?
Most of the core predictions from thirty years ago are coming all too true. Which prdictions did you have in mind?
Bonnie Camo / May 2, 2021
At least Trump did not start any new wars. And he tried to bring the troops home from Afghanistan, but the Dems wouldn't let him.
Deborah / May 2, 2021
Throughout history, humans have lied about their reasons for going to war. An ancient example is the siege of Troy. Supposedly the Greeks attacked Troy because Paris had taken Helena – "the face that launched a thousand ships." But that was just the pretext, the excuse. The real reason they attacked was because Troy was very successful in trade and they had long coveted Troy's wealth.
The United States also covets wealth and power. Their excuse for invasion is "human rights," "freedom," and "democracy."
Pascal / May 2, 2021
On January 15, Voice of America reported that the US had sanctioned Cuba for "alleged human rights abuses".
Where, in Guantanamo?
The US blabber about human rights is the best exercise in black humor ever. There should be an Oscar for it called "CIA goes to Hollywood".
https://www.spyculture.com/national-security-cinema-source-documents/
tjrich / May 2, 2021
It's actually getting worse due to Republicans. In Florida, it's now legal to drive over protestors. So anyone who drives carelessly and runs over pedestrians, the elderly, cyclists, children or motorcycles they don't like. Can simply claim "I thought they were protestors." and the police will have to let them go. Stupid is as stupid does. 🙂
WillD / May 3, 2021
Only in America…. the land of the mad and deluded. A dangerous country, inside and out. Avoid at all costs.
But as has happened on a number of occasions, it's OK for "protestors" to drag someone out of their car and beat the crap out of them? How is a driver to avoid this sort of assault if they cannot drive on?
Edward / May 2, 2021
Human rights is for humans. Palestinians, Venezuelans, and Yemenis are clearly not humans.
The government also seems to plant agents in human rights groups. Recently, we have witnessed the White Helmets psy-op, but there are other examples. There was probably an MI6 agent at Amnesty International who made sure that organization supported the baby incubator PR effort to justify the first Gulf War.
An old classic example of a human rights fraud is the British lie about Germans bayonetting babies during WWI.
ifreemantoo / May 2, 2021
Caitlin I don't know what's become of you of late, but your full of BS these days. Reporting accurately without political bias use to be a trait of yours. Not so much anymore.
Why is it critical mass that you pretend the uS of A is worse than China. That's laughable. Could the uS of A be a different mixture of the same poisons naturally created wherever man's best attempts at fixing the problems of man only really furthers the problems of man?* You're pushing CCP propaganda while you pretend that CCP sovereignty is allowable to imprison political and moral descent. Some say that sovereignty also includes organ harvesting? Well that in itself should be a big fuck you to CCP, but not for you.
I could entertain expose claiming that essentially there's only a difference of time before the uS of A is not much different than the CCP or grown into The States of the Party is just a matter of time. Certainly the corporatists and mismanagers haven't been able to shut down independent thought completely; only lessened the outreach of the thought.
BTW Chinese people having fled the CCP prefer the uS of A are not offended by the use of CCP.
*(please no gender phobias here. Man simply means mankind which includes womankind as well.)
China may end up 'sleepwalking into empire' as the British did in India, when its overseas investments are threatened. But that's a future possibility, while the US empire is a present reality. The US regularly fights devastating wars on the other side of the planet, unlike China. And the USA's incarceration rate is vastly higher than China's, even if you include a million Uighurs. China's also lifted huge numbers of its population out of extreme poverty, while the US allows many of its own citizens to become poorer, and revels in sanctions that impoverish countries it views as enemies.
You continually spread cryptic disinformation – Are you aware of that ??
I suppose you got your Uighurs information from your favourite
'Wiki' source ??
HERE is the TRUTH !
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-04-02/The-war-in-the-shadows-Challenges-of-fighting-terrorism-in-Xinjiang-Z7AhMWRPy0/index.html
EVEN IF !!!!!!!???????!!!!!
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/cede/det/zt/7c/t1866256.htm
"No act of refusal is too small." You're probably wrong, here in Illinois, we've had 5 governors lately who have been tried and sent to prison, supposedly for corruption, but most likely because they refused to be complicit in these crimes against humanity. I say that, because I witnessed the corruption of the courts first hand, they're all run by the Mossad
freefall / May 2, 2021
It's the same for American presidents as it is for Duterte. Like Bill Hicks said, the elite take the newly elected president to a room and show him a film of the grassy knoll on that fateful day from a different angle.
Awaiting "Operation American Freedom" once they bring the troops back home.
Stan Warford / May 2, 2021
Great call to action!
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/30/pedophilia-and-the-gop-the-history-of-lawrence-e-king-jr-overachiever/
Pedophilia and the GOP, the History of Lawrence E. King Jr. Overachiever
My home town isn't mentioned but the funds to purchase it came through the hands of one of Al Capone's former hidden, turned loan shark. The U.S. is recognized as the most corrupt nations on earth and Chicago as the most corrupt city in America. These are the people that my family and friends are being blackmailed by. Women it seems by my experience are just as much inclined to be pederasts as men, my guess is that the real purpose of all these laws protecting children to supply these creeps with unlimited access to children. That pedastery is almost as common as masturbation, which at the time was also a serious crime.
For all its hypocritical babble about human rights, the USA has not ratified either the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child or the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child#United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights#Signed_but_not_ratified_%5B76%5D
Wikipedia LOL !
Should have guessed a juvenile like you would get their 'facts' from the CIA fountain of knowledge !
LOL !!
Do you know of a source which claims the USA is a party to either?
Anna / May 2, 2021
Excellent expose of the tyrannical & hypocritical US' "human rights' concerns" around the world that has always driven me into overdrive!!
Some One / May 2, 2021
Downing Street Memo: "Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. " And, this strategic "policy" (as combined with other maneuvers, "Human Rights," etc.) has only grown ever since.
Gus Goodland / May 2, 2021
Dear Ms Johnstone–but you left out the confirmation of Victoria Nuland-Kagan! Surely, she will turn things around.
Em / May 2, 2021
Where is all the courageous effort, to get 'us' all to focus on the actions, rather than on the perpetual underhanded US regimes rhetoric – backed by history's most overarching military machine, actually getting us, when it comes to altering the global populaces behavior's, with regard to what lies ahead; if this might is ever directly confronted?
Blind faith believers are capable of ideating Apocalypse, yet Extinction seems to be just another rhetorical word that has less relevance in the here and now, than have the effects, over 2000 years, of diverse institutional scriptural narratives.
Or perhaps it comes down to individuals' needs to breathe, eat and stay healthy in body and mind.
Just pondering the preposterous!
history (even recent such as the duterte matter) is such a great teacher.
Phillipines have signed up for the BRI – Duterte has already talked to Putin – Putin told him to shut up with the outlandish statements and bide his time !
It will all be over very soon – Russia has already dumped the $US and China is about to !
The dogs bark but the caravan moves on – ZIO/US is all piss and wind now !
so you think caitlin's argument holds no water? duterte hasn't changed sides?
Of course not – he has signed up to the BRI so he hardly anti- China !
Shakespeare said " The world is a stage " !
People see how you 'ACT' – Duterte says what is necessary.
Hello Jack. Every one of your contributions is absolutely spot on. I can barely keep up. – I hope you are right on Duterte.
I have been a huge fan of President Duterte (as is a niece of mine)
•	President Duterte – Interview with RT's Maria Finoshina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHjlCmdyesY
•	Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte spoke with RTD's Marina Kosareva in an exclusive interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCodJRNc3K4
but then he goes and behaves like this …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOlwV7c3hnQ
Why is Duterte showing reverence instead of defiance to Gates, Fauci, Schwab et al?
(Mind you, the Bashar and Asma Assad as well as Kim Jong Un are also giving credence to this COVID hoax – most disturbing – has the world gone insane?)
A huge nuclear arsenal, the world's highest military spending, military bases around the world – all piss and wind?
Russia displayed over 70 types of 'never before seen ' weapons in Syria !
Russia turned over 300 hundred thousand ZIO/US ISIS 'proxies' into FERTILISER !
What did the ZIO/US ??? Absolutely FUCKING nothing – because Russia could not be stopped and simply called the ZIO/US ISIS 'bluff' !
Since 2015 ( when Russia entered Syria – Russia has suffered 112 casualties !!
ZIO/US are all PISS and WIND and you are a brain dead SHILL !
The US has imposed crippling sanctions on Syria, severely impeding reconstruction, as well as continuing its occupation. Israel continues to attack Syria on an almost daily basis. If only the US and Israel were all piss and wind.
Russia NOR China can ever be attacked attacked by air because they have the S400s and S500s – NOTHING gets past these DEFENCE systems !
I stand by my statement that the ZIO/US is all Piss and Wind because if the started ANYTHING they would be absolutely humiliated and THATS why they will never start anything with Russia OR China !
More atrocious – Illegal atrocities being carried out by ISRAEL right NOW using Turkey as their 'proxy' !!
This gets absolutely NO coverage in the MSM !!
Barbarians is being too kind !
https://syrianews.cc/erdogan-escalating-the-water-war-against-syria-and-iraq-for-israel/
Carolyn L Zaremba / May 2, 2021
Human Rights Watch has just published a report declaring the Israeli government to be an apartheid state. Which we already knew it was.
Of course world leaders in human rights abuses is the Zionist/Stolen/Apartheid of ISRAEL !
ISRAEL – of course – has been responsible for slaughtering MILLIONS in the ME – men – women – children – babies – makes absolutely NO difference to them – all in the name of the greater. Israel project !
The Zionist state gets the US to do a lot of its 'dirty' work – however the Rothschild/ Soros combination OWN the courts of 'Human Rights' as WELL !
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/481651-george-soros-european-court-judges/
And Soros and his friend own disqus
solly / May 2, 2021
BDS the US!
Variant 23 / May 2, 2021
Right! Refuse to play. Any refusal, no matter how small, makes a difference. Any of us can sanction the sanctioners. Withhold your vote. Freeze your own assets. Make every day an "I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore Day" (January 7th). Any of us can deplatform the deplatformers. Get 10 words from a random word generator online and put those into Google every day, then watch how your targeted ads and your newsfeeds change. Any of us can be a Bartleby and say "I prefer not to." No act of refusal is too small.
I have been telling people not to vote since before the 2020 election, and I add that comment to every chat line to which I can.
Most people think I'm nuts.
Check out AdNauseam – a browser extension that automates the process of confusing Google.
https://adnauseam.io/
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Q: why is folder created in server and not local PC I have a ASP.net website and in the code behind I am creating a folder on page load, if it doesn't exist in the local drive:
string strDirectory = @"C:\PDFGenerate\";
try
        {
            if (!Directory.Exists(strDirectory))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(strDirectory);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ce)
        {
            tc.Text = "Unable to create directory to save generated PDF files";
        }

The website is currently hosted in my local server. I added the website to my IIS so I can access it locally from any PC in our network.
The issue I am experiencing is whenever I access the website from my local PC, the folder is being created in the server and not in my PC.
Is this something to do with access? I tried to create a folder in my own local drive and it worked fine.

A:
The issue I am experiencing is whenever I access the website from my local PC, the folder is being created in the server and not in my PC.

Yes. That's because all your code is being executed on the server. The server just delivers HTML to your PC, and the web browser displays the HTML. Of course, if that includes some Javascript, that will run on the PC (in the browser) - but the C# runs on the server. (Think about it: how would you expect the C# code to run on a machine which didn't have any facility for running .NET?)
It's really really important to understand where your code is running. As a web app creator, you don't get to create folders on client machines. You've got some very limited access to local (i.e. client-side) storage, but you won't be able to perform arbitrary file system operations. That would be horribly insecure.

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Abugída ali zlogóvna abecéda (syllabic alphabet) označuje segmentirano pisavo, ki vsebuje grafeme za samoglasnike in soglasnike in imajo grafemi za soglasnike vključen privzeti samoglasnik. Izraz abugida je skoval Peter T. Daniels, strokovnjak za pisave. Ime izhaja iz pisave, v kateri se je pisal starodavni semitski etiopski jezik giz. Abeceda jezika giz ima semitski vrstni red znakov alef, bet, gimel, dalet... kar iz prvih štirih črk da ime abugida. Mnogo pisav severnoameriških indijancev, kot je na primer krijevska pisava, so tudi abugide. Največja samostojna skupina abugid je brahmijska družina pisav, ki zaobsega skoraj vse pisave v Indiji in Jugovzhodni Aziji.

Opis

Abugida tako kot abeceda vsebuje grafeme, ki predstavljajo samoglasnike in soglasnike. Vendar pri abugidah grafemi za soglasnike vključujejo privzeti samoglasnik. Na primer: če je privzeti samoglasnik a, potem grafem soglasnika k vključuje ta a in pomeni ka. Kadar si v besedi sledi več soglasnikov, se značilne oblike grafemov, ki prestavljajo te soglasnike, sestavljajo v poseben sestavljeni grafem, ki prav tako vključuje privzeti samoglasnik.

V grafemu, ki predstavlja soglasnik ali več zaporednih soglasnikov, lahko njegov privzeti samoglasnik spremenimo v druge samoglasnike z njegovim obratom ali pa z dodajanjem razločevalnih znakov. Na podoben način lahko tudi odstranimo privzeti samoglasnik in tako dobimo samo soglasnik oziroma soglasniško skupino.

Samoglasnike redko pišemo z njihovimi lastnimi grafemi in sicer le, kadar stojijo samostojno, kadar stojijo na začetku pisalne enote (besede ali več besed, ki se pišejo skupaj) in kadar sledijo drugemu samoglasniku.

Tradicionalno gledanje predstavlja abugide kot vmesno stopnjo med abecedami in zlogovno pisavo. Vendar takšno gledanje ni pravilno, saj se abugide niso razvile iz zlogovnih pisav ter se od njih bistveno ločijo. Pri zlogovnih pisavah je vsak zlog predstavljen s svojim simbolom in ti simboli, ne glede na sorodnost zlogov, med sabo niso sorodni; zato je zlogovna pisava po navadi omejena samo na tiste zloge, za katere obstaja ustrezni simbol. Abugide pa so abecede, kjer se posamezni grafemi na sistematičen način sestavljajo v zloge poljubne sestave in dolžine (zato so zlogovne abecede).

Za etiopske in indijske abugide predvidevajo, da so nastali iz semitskih abdžadov. Abdžadi oziroma soglasniške abecede ne vsebujejo samoglasnikov, pač pa vsebujejo grafeme le za soglasnike. Pozneje so abdžadi razvili sistem razločevalnih znakov, ki predstavljajo samoglasnike in se pišejo ob soglasnikih. Taki s samoglasniki opremljeni abdžadi so sorodni tako z abugidami (ker samoglasniki niso običajni simboli), kot tudi z abecedami (ker soglasniki nimajo privzetega samoglasnika).

Pisava jezika giz

Pisava giz je abugida, čeprav samoglasniške spremembe niso v celoti sistematične.

Abugide severnoameriških indijancev

Indijske abugide

Po prevladujočem mnenju so na indijsko podcelino pisavo prevzeli od bližnjevzhodnih semitskih plemen u okviru trgovskih odnosov okrog leta 800 pr. n. št. Prevzeto pisavo so brahmani prilagodili glasovnemu sistemu starih indijskih jezikov (sanskrta in njegovih naslednikov) in jo poimenovali brāhmī.

Iz pisave brahmi so se razvile poznejše indijske pisave. Oblike grafemov so se v različnih okoljih skozi čas spreminjale, pri tem pa so nastale na severu bolj oglate oblike in na jugu bolj okrogle oblike, kar je vodilo do sorodnih pisav današnje Indije. Značilnost nekaterih severnih pisav je podoba vodoravne črte, na katero se nizajo posamezni grafemi, medtem ko pa pri južnih pisavah takšna črta ne obstaja.

Indijske abugide so se prilagodile zapisu jezikov iz različnih jezikovnih skupin. Največ abugid uporabljajo jeziki indoevropske jezikovne skupine. Na jugu Indije se uporabljajo za zapisovanje dravidskih jezikov, kot je tamilščina, v Tibetu pa za zapis tibetanskega jezika, ki spada sino-tibetansko jezikovno skupino.

Starejše severnoindijske abugide so gupta, nagari, sarada, nekatere izmed modernih pa so devanagari, bangla, gurmukhi in oriya. Starejše južnoindijske abugide so grantha, kadamba, kalinga, nekatere izmed modernih pa so pisave malayalam, kannada, telugu in sinhala.

Soglasniki v indijskih abugidah imajo kot privzeti samoglasnik vedno kratek a, samoglasnike pa predstavljajo dodatni razločevalni znaki. Stare indijske abugide so se tradicionalno pisale brez presledkov (pisalna enota je bil cel verz oziroma stavek).

V naslednji tabeli so prikazani grafemi za zlog ta ter nekateri razločevalni znaki. Razločevalni znaki po navadi pridejo pod, nad ali za osnovni grafem, včasih pa tudi pred ali okoli osnovnega grafema (spredaj-zadaj ali zgoraj-spodaj). Tako razločevalni znak za samoglasnik i pride pred osnovni grafem v pisavah devanagari, bangla in gudžarati, prav tako razločevalni znak za samoglasnik e v pisavah bangla in malajalam. Razločevalni znak za samoglasnik o v pisavah bangla in malajalam pa obkroži osnovni grafem, tako da pride en del pred njim, drugi del pa za njim. Pri določenih soglasnikih se lahko razločevalni znak združi z osnovnim grafemom v ligaturo, kar je vidno pri zlogih ti, te in to v pisavi kannada.

Če zapišemo še grafeme ba, pa, ma, sa in la ter samostojni grafem za samoglasnik a lahko zapišemo naslednje sanskrtske besede:  (moč),  (oče),  (tema),  (mama),  (sedem) in  (krpa).

Značilni elementi zaporednih soglasnikov se v splošnem sestaljajo najprej od zgoraj navzdol, nato pa od leve proti desni. V spodnjih primerih sta zaporedji mb (beseda ambi) in pl (plota) v pisavi devanagari sestavljeni od leve proti desni, zaporedja pt (sapta) v pisavi devanagari ter vsa tri zaporedja v pisavi bangla pa so sestavljena od zgoraj navzdol. V pisavi malajalam so zaporedja zapisana z razločevalnim znakom, ki odstrani samoglasnik iz grafema (maba -> mba). Ta način se lahko uporablja tudi pri ostalih pisavah (recimo če imamo soglasniški sklop več kot dveh soglasnikov, ki se po navadi sestavljajo v navpični smeri), vendar se ne v pisanem tekstu ne uporablja pogosto, saj zahteva dodatno potezo s pisalom. Razločevalni znak za odstranitev samoglasnika uporabimo tudi, kadar se pisalna enota (beseda) konča na soglasnik (tamas).

Razločevalni znaki za samoglasnike delujejo na celoten zlog. Tako mora biti v pisavah devanagari in gudžarati lok razločevalnega znaka za samoglasnik i potegnjen do navpične črte zadnjega znaka v zaporedju 'mbi', to je do b. V pisavah bangla in malajalam pa je celoten soglasniški sklop pl med obema deloma razločevalnega znaka samoglasnika o.

V pisavi kannada se samoglasnik zloga zapiše za prvim soglasnikom zaporedja, ostali soglasniki iz zaporedja pa se zapišejo pomanjšano spodaj ali spodaj desno od samoglasnika, pri čemer se soglasniki pogosto sestavijo v posebno ligaturo.

Seznam abugid

 bajbajin, predkolonialna tagaloška pisava
 burmanska pisava
 devanāgarī (देवनागरी)
 giz in amharska pisava
 gudžaratska pisava
 krijevska pisava
 kmerska pisava
 laoška pisava
 meroitska pisava (za zapis meroitskega jezika, ki ni v zvezi z indijskimi pisavami)
 tajska pisava
 tamilska pisava
 sarati

Glej tudi

 abeceda
 abdžad

Zunanje povezave

 http://www.omniglot.com/writing/syllabic.htm
 http://www.ancientscripts.com/ws.html

Pisave

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Baseball's beloved bad calls
The botched umpire's call that stole a perfect game from the Detroit Tigers' Armando Galarraga last week has become - with Commissioner Bud Selig's help - an embarrassment to the game of baseball.
by By Rich Westcott, Inquirer
Umpire Jim Joyce made one of the worst calls in baseball history, denying Galarraga a pitcher's greatest possible achievement. To review the grim details, Galarraga was pitching a perfect game when, with two outs in the ninth inning, Joyce called Cleveland Indians hitter Jason Donald safe on a close play at first base. Replays showed clearly that Joyce blew the call: The runner was out by half a step.
Later, Joyce, a highly respected umpire, realized his mistake and apologized profusely to Galarraga. It was noble of Joyce to admit his blunder, and it was equally noble of Galarraga to gracefully accept Joyce's tearful apology.
In the wake of these classy reactions from those involved, baseball could have acted to rectify the situation. Instead, the commissioner made himself the real villain of the affair by ignoring a chorus of pleas to reverse the umpire's decision. Rather than make it right, Selig chose to keep it wrong.
As an old pitcher myself, I am particularly galled that Galarraga was denied his place among the stars.
So why couldn't Selig undo a great injustice - even if it was an exception to normal procedure? Overruling the call wouldn't have affected the outcome of the game. But it would have rightly legitimized the pitcher's achievement.
Blown calls are shamefully regular occurrences in baseball. Despite reasonable reservations about instant replay, it's obvious that something needs to be done.
That doesn't have to mean endless rounds of bothersome television replays or changed calls on routine plays. What baseball needs is a process for reviewing decisive plays.
But Selig and his cohorts have steadfastly rejected the use of replays, apparently preferring to keep baseball mired in the dark ages. Baseball does use instant replay to certify home runs, but that's it. No other play is allowed to undergo electronic review.
Why? Mainly because baseball clings to the ancient notion that the game must be accepted as it is, imperfections and all. The thinking seems to be that correcting errors of judgment would unacceptably compromise the game (even though it has been tampered with in many other ways): Just let whatever happens happen, even if it means refusing to overrule a dreadful mistake that the offending party has admitted.
What nonsense. Here's a sport that prides itself on purity, and yet it passes up a chance to right a wrong when it really matters. Certainly we can all agree that a call that takes away a perfect game is far worse than the average blunder. But baseball seems to be insisting that all mistakes are equal - that you can't make an exception and correct one mistake without opening all calls to further review.
Professional football, basketball, and hockey all use replays when necessary, and an excellent example of the value of that practice came on the same night as Galarraga's misfortune. Twice during the Flyers' game against the Chicago Blackhawks, instant replay was used to determine whether or not a goal had been scored. In both cases, it was impossible for the referees to make the call on their own, so they did what all officials should do for important calls: They reviewed the video. As it turned out, both decisions - one a goal, one not - played a significant role in the outcome of the game.
Instead of floundering in a sea of excuses, baseball should employ a technique that works well for other sports.
Since the perfect-game incident, Selig has said he will explore expanding the use of instant replay. I'll believe it when I see it. But I hope the day comes when no other pitcher will have to go through life lamenting that a horrendous call - which could have been corrected - prevented him from making baseball history.
By Rich Westcott, Inquirer


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Marina Gross: Some Want Trump's Interpreter Subpoenaed
By	Jessica McBride
Updated Jul 18, 2018 at 11:11pm
Getty	Marina Gross has served as a translator for Donald Trump during his meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Marina Gross was President Donald Trump's interpreter during his one-on-one meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, and now some Democrats want to subpoena Gross to see what she knows.
Marina Goss has worked as a U.S. State Department interpreter. Gross was the only other person present during the private Putin and Trump meeting in Helsinki (other than possibly a Putin translator). The meeting lasted for two hours and what was said at it is of keen interest to a lot of people after the controversies surrounding Trump's public press conference with the Russian president.
Although many are calling Marina Gross a translator, there is a technical difference between a translator and interpreter; "the interpreter translates orally, while a translator interprets written text," according to Language Scientific.
Here's what you need to now:
Marina Gross Has Interpreted for Former First Lady Laura Bush in the Past
Russian President Vladimir Putin (2R) and US President Donald Trump (2L) attend a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018.
Kaitlan Collins, a CNN reporter covering the White House, wrote on Twitter, "President Trump does have his own interpreter in the room for the Putin meeting, a White House official tells me. It's Marina Gross, who has previously translated for the State Department and former first lady Laura Bush."
President Trump does have his own interpreter in the room for the Putin meeting, a White House official tells me. It's Marina Gross, who has previously translated for the State Department and former first lady Laura Bush. pic.twitter.com/xcYvbj0UYk
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 16, 2018
According to TMZ, "Gross has worked for the State Dept. for years. We know back in 2008 she accompanied then First Lady Laura Bush to Sochi." TMZ also reported that Gross "served as a translator for then Secretary of State Rex Tillerson back in April 2017 in Moscow."
The State Department confirmed the trip in a photo (which you can see below) posted to Flickr that was captioned, "U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and members of the U.S. delegation listen to opening remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ahead of their bilateral meeting in Moscow, Russia, on April 12, 2017. Pictured right to left: U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Tefft, interpreter Marina Gross, Secretary Tillerson, Chief of Staff Margaret Peterlin, and senior advisers Brian Hook and R.C. Hammond."
In Helsinki, Marina Gross was also one of the few people present at a bilateral and working lunch between Putin and Trump.
"With Trump are Fiona Hill, who is on the National Security Council; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; translator Marina Gross, who has previously translated for the State Department and other government entities; US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman; and national security adviser John Bolton. Chief of Staff John Kelly is seated at the front end of the table," reported CNN.
Some Democrats Want to Subpoena Marina Gross
GettyPresident Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire, tweeted, "I'm calling for a hearing with the U.S. interpreter who was present during President Trump's meeting with Putin to uncover what they discussed privately. This interpreter can help determine what @POTUS shared/promised Putin on our behalf."
Democratic Rep. Joe Kennedy III said that Congress should subpoena Marina Goss to testify if the White House doesn't release a "readout" of the Putin and Trump conversation, according to CNN.
Democratic Rep. Joe Kennedy calls for a subpoena of Trump's translator if the White House does not provide a readout of the Trump-Putin meeting: "It's up to Congress to try and assert our role and make sure we know exactly what the President agreed to" https://t.co/P1eLWbkrP8
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 18, 2018
On July 16, 2018, Kennedy also wrote, "It's a sad day when America can't count on its President. @potus sold out our security, democracy and credibility— to an adversary who continues to attack our nation and undermine our values. And that was only what we saw on live TV. @realDonaldTrump's translator should come before Congress and testify as to what was said privately immediately. If Republicans are as outraged as they claim, then issue the subpoena today."
U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) penned a letter to Reps. Trey Gowdy (R-SC-04) and Elijah Cummings (D-MD-07), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, "demanding the Committee hear public testimony from Marina Gross, the United States' interpreter for Donald Trump in his meeting on July 16, 2018 with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland," according to a press release.
GettyTrump and Putin meeting in Helsinki
"I write to urge you to request a hearing with the American translator to testify publicly before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the details of Trump's one-on-one meeting with Putin in Helsinki, Finland on July 16, 2018," Pascrell wrote the committee leaders.
He added, "Given this history, the American people deserve to know if Trump used his position or this meeting with Putin to continue to pursue his own financial interests," Pascrell writes. "We need public testimony by the only American present at this meeting to ensure Trump did not further undermine our intelligence or law enforcement communities."
Published Jul 18, 2018 at 3:23pm
Breaking News, Donald Trump, Politics, Russia, Vladimir Putin
Marina Gross, Donald Trump's interpreter, has worked for the U.S. State Department. She was present during his meeting with Putin.


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Incubus have just inked a deal with Island records. The band say they will release two EP's next year on their new label. The band's last album, If Not Now, When? came in 2011.
Are The Afghan Whigs working with Dennis Leary? Earlier this week, Whigs leader Greg Dulli posted a photo of him and Leary in the studio with the caption, "Yes that's Denis Leary of Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll. FX July." Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll is the title of Leary's new FX show, no word yet if Whigs are doing the theme song or will have a part in the series.
Band of Horses have confirmed they are working with Grandaddy's Jason Lytle on a new album which they hope to have out next year.
Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova spoke to NME about how music is secondary to their message, saying, "We're not really musicians or from the music world. At that moment we just decided that we should do a punk band, and we got our friends together and tried to do a song. We did what we were able to. it wasn't brilliant, but it was enough for a political video. Our goal is not to make a political album, but the form of our statements is very important to us and the video clip form is one we like. Maybe at some point in the future we will do an album, but right now we want to make videos."
Also speaking to NME is RZA, who talked about Wu-Tang Clan's latest album, A Better Tomorrow, and said that the influential hip-hop group tried to get James Blake to work on the record. RZA said, "I tried to get James Blake to do a hook on 'A Better Tomorrow' but we couldn't make it happen in time." RZA worked with Blake on the British singer's sophomore album and 2013's best record, Overgrown.
Another person opening up to NME is Brandon Flowers who talked about the direction of his upcoming solo album. The Killers frontman said, "Even though I'm still young, you can start to get set in your ways. Change is good and there's always growth, I'm always looking for that. It's nice to steer the ship and that's what you'd think I'd do on my own album, but I'm letting Ariel take over every now and then. That's led to some really exciting things and sounds I would never have used. As I've gotten older I'm much more open to that – I'm much more open to peoples' strengths and really trying to utilise them – and that's where Ariel comes into the picture. He's really knowledgeable about every genre; it's pretty incredible what he's able to reference and pull out. It's definitely going to be different, but I'm still in the thick of it, hammering away."
Labels: Incubus, James Blake, Pussy Riot, The Killers, Wu-Tang Clan
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Q: Hive: Is there any way to customize hiveInputFormat? Here's the scenario: 3 folders are located in hdfs. The files are as follows:
/root/20140901/part-0
/root/20140901/part-1
/root/20140901/part-2
/root/20140902/part-0
/root/20140902/part-1
/root/20140902/part-2
/root/20140903/part-0
/root/20140903/part-1
/root/20140903/part-2

After creating a hive table whose command is as below, I invoke hql=[select * from hive_combine_test where rdm > 50000;], this will cost 9 mappers, just the same number as the files in hdfs.
CREATE EXTERNAL table hive_combine_test
(id string,
rdm string)
PARTITIONED BY (dateid string)
row format delimited fields terminated by '\t'
stored as textfile;

ALTER TABLE hive_combine_test
ADD PARTITION (dateid='20140901')
location '/root/20140901';

ALTER TABLE hive_combine_test
ADD PARTITION (dateid='20140902')
location '/root/20140902';

ALTER TABLE hive_combine_test
ADD PARTITION (dateid='20140903')
location '/root/20140903';

But what I want is to make all the part-i together in one split, in such way, there should be only three mappers.
I've tried to inherit from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.HiveInputFormat in order to test whether the custom JudHiveInputFormat can work.
public class JudHiveInputFormat<K extends WritableComparable, V extends Writable>
                    extends HiveInputFormat<WritableComparable, Writable> {

}

But when I mount it in hive, it returns exception:
hive> add jar /my_path/jud_udf.jar;
hive> set hive.input.format=com.judking.hive.inputformat.JudHiveInputFormat;
hive> select * from hive_combine_test where rdm > 50000;

java.lang.RuntimeException: com.judking.hive.inputformat.JudCombineHiveInputFormat
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.mr.ExecDriver.execute(ExecDriver.java:290)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.mr.MapRedTask.execute(MapRedTask.java:136)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Task.executeTask(Task.java:153)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TaskRunner.runSequential(TaskRunner.java:85)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.launchTask(Driver.java:1472)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.execute(Driver.java:1239)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.runInternal(Driver.java:1057)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:880)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver.run(Driver.java:870)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLocalCmd(CliDriver.java:268)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processCmd(CliDriver.java:220)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.processLine(CliDriver.java:423)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.executeDriver(CliDriver.java:792)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.run(CliDriver.java:686)
    at org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliDriver.main(CliDriver.java:625)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:212)

Could anyone give me some clue? Thanks a lot!

A: As far as I know to add a custom INPUT/OUTPUT format in Hive you need to mention that format in your create table statement. Some thing like this:
CREATE TABLE (...)
ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
STORED AS INPUTFORMAT '<your input format class name >' OUTPUTFORMAT '<your output format class name>';

Since you need only InputFormat, so your create table statement will look like this:
CREATE TABLE (...)
ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
STORED AS INPUTFORMAT 'JudHiveInputFormat' OUTPUTFORMAT 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.io.IgnoreKeyTextOutputFormat';

Why you need to mention this OUTPUT format class, since you have overwritten the INPUT format Hive expects the OUTPUT class as well, so here we need to say Hive to use its DEFAULT OUTPUT format class.
May be you can give it a try.
Hope it helps...!!!


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As of 2018, the Pleiades Awards scheme aims to encourage organisations to promote equity and inclusion of all people and encourage practices that actively support currently marginalised groups (including those of diverse ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, religions, and disabilities). Key components to achieving the goal of equity and inclusion within an organisation include adopting practices that promote awareness of unconscious bias, encourage full participation of a diverse population of people at all levels of professional life, and the importance of work-life balance. The IDEA Chapter believes that transparency and communication within organisations are key to achieving this goal.
Prior to 2018, the Pleiades Awards scheme aimed to encourage organisations to adopt practices that promoted awareness of unconscious bias, encouraged full participation of women at all levels of professional life, and recognised the importance of work-life balance in enabling the career development trajectory of many women.
There are three levels of Award; Gold, Silver and Bronze. The selection criteria for each level of award are currently being updated to reflect the aims of the IDEA Chapter for Award Rounds from 2018 onward. The old criteria focused on gender equity (prior to 2018) are described below.
In the event that the criteria for the level of award sought by the eligible organisation are not met, the awards committee will consider the application against the criteria for a lower award level.
The Bronze Pleiades is the entry-level award for organisations that are committed to the aims of the IDEA Chapter. Organisations must demonstrate that they have examined their conduct against the aims of the Chapter, developed a credible and measurable plan of action and demonstrated commitment to implement changes consistently across the organisation.
The Silver Pleiades recognises organisations with a sustained record of at least two years monitoring and improving the working environment. It also recognises leadership in promoting positive actions as examples of best practice to other organisations in the astronomy community. Prior attainment of a Bronze award is a prerequisite for this award.*
The Gold Pleiades Award recognises a truly outstanding sustained commitment to best practice in relation to the aims of the IDEA Chapter. Attaining a Gold Pleiades award is an exceptional accomplishment. Prior attainment of both Bronze and Silver awards is a prerequisite for this award.* Attaining a Gold Pleiades award is an exceptional accomplishment.
* For the first year of applications after the revisions to the selection criteria (2018), applications for Silver and Gold will be accepted as long as they can demonstrate that all of the revised selection criteria have been met over the stated time periods. Organisations will not necessarily be required to obtain a Bronze Award under the new selection criteria before progressing to Silver or Gold.
Pleiades Award Criteria prior to 2018 are listed below:
Required for:
Selection Criteria Bronze Silver Gold
Examined the conduct of the organisation in relation to Gender Equity, and identified several specific areas in which there are opportunities to improve. Y Y Y
Monitored the conduct of the organisation in relation to Gender Equity over a sustained period of at least 2 years. N Y Y
Monitored the conduct of the organisation in relation to Gender Equity over a sustained period of at least 4 years. N N Y
Demonstrated a credible commitment to implement a range of initiatives during the coming 2 years that will promote Gender Equity and demonstrate best practice. Y Y Y
Demonstrated the implementation of a range of initiatives during the past 2 years including best practices and initatives with high potential in promoting Gender Equity. Also identified several specific areas in which there are still opportunities to improve, and made plans to address those over the coming 2 years. N Y Y
Demonstrated sustained best practice across a broad range of measures for at least the past 2 years, and implemented novel and/or high-profile initiatives that have a broad reach and have significantly progressed Gender Equity in the organisation over the past 2 years. N N Y
Devised ways to measure impact (or lack thereof) of planned initiatives within the organisation. Y Y Y
Measured the impact (or lack thereof) of initiatives within the organisation over the past 2 years or more. N Y Y
Demonstrated the tangible positive impact of initiatives within the organisation over the past 2 years or more. N N Y
Established a team of staff to identify, implement and monitor positive changes in Gender Equity within the organisation. Y Y Y
Maintained a committed team of staff over the past 2 years that regularly meet to identify, monitor and implement positive changes. N Y Y
Maintained a committed team of staff over the past 4 years that regularly meet to identify, monitor and implement positive changes. N N Y
Publicised the commitment to work towards best practice by circulating specific plans to all staff and students within the organisation. Y Y Y
Demonstrated regular communication of goals and progress reports to all staff and students within the organisation. N Y Y
Demonstrated a public commitment to sharing best practice and achievements inside as well as outside the organisation, thereby encouraging others to implement positive change. N N Y
Provided safe avenues for staff to report issues or make suggestions without risk of repercussions. Y Y Y
Performed an (anonymous) climate survey to identify equity and diversity issues within organisation, and presented results to staff and students. N Y Y
Developed and executed an action plan to address issues uncovered by climate survey within 2 years of climate survey findings. N N Y
Announced a credible commitment from the head of the organisation to achieving Gender Equity goals set out by the organisation. Y Y Y
Demonstrated effective commitment from the head of the organisation to achieving Gender Equity goals set out by the organisation. N Y Y
Demonstrated widespread 'buy-in' throughout the organisation, including universal uptake of appropriate training and vocal leadership by senior managers. N N Y
An eligible organisation can be awarded a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award, or no award. In the latter case, feedback will be given and the organisation will be encouraged to develop a plan and to work towards appropriate goals.
The Pleiades Awards recognise the implementation of "best practices" at eligible organisations, which are initiatives and ideas specifically targeting issues such as unconscious bias, unequal pay and higher female attrition rates at certain career stages.
Examples of good practice can be found in the 2015 Silver Pleiades Award holders' presentations at the ASA Annual Scientific Meeting:
AAO Silver Pleiades Award Presentation 2015
CAASTRO Silver Pleiades Award Presentation 2015
Eligible organisations may choose to gain inspiration and ideas from initiatives employed at other institutions. Information is available on the Chapter website under "Resources to Take Action", and past workshop proceedings therein. Eligible organisations can choose whether they use existing schemes and policies, or create completely new ones.


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Report: Lemieux, Crosby's play to save the season
By Ryan DadounDec 9, 2012, 6:51 PM EST
When the player-owner meetings started on Tuesday, skepticism was quickly replaced by cautious optimism. The week still ended with disappointment, but perhaps months from now it will be seen as one of the key events that pushed the NHL and union towards a new CBA.
Even if that doesn't prove to be the case, Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review suggests that Penguins co-owner Mario Lemieux, superstar Sidney Crosby, and NHL agent Pat Brisson were key players in the recent attempt to save the season.
Brisson is a longtime friend of Lemieux and represents Crosby and has reportedly kept in contact with both of them.
"We have been talking for a long time about what we can do to get the league back. Mario, myself, we could not sit back and watch without trying something," Brisson said. "The timing had to be on our side."
That time was around Thanksgiving when Brisson reached out to Lemieux.
"We talked, and we agreed that maybe now we should try something," Brisson said. "What was our choice, to sit back and watch the season die?"
So Lemieux reportedly got in touch with fellow Penguins co-owner Ron Burkle and from there the Penguins reached out to other owners. Burkle also contacted NHL commissioner Gary Bettman to inform him that he and other moderate owners wanted a seat at the negotiating table.
On the other end, Crosby was supportive of the notion of a player-owner meeting and was one of the NHL's representatives when the talks took place.
During Tuesday's CBA discussions, Crosby and Burkle were described as the "voices of reason" by the Tribune-Review's Rob Rossi.
Of course, it remains to be seen if we are truly closer to a deal. When the talks blew up on Thursday, Bettman said that the NHL's recent compromises and the Make Whole proposal were off the table. The two sides also haven't met since, although they have kept in touch.
On top of that, Crosby didn't sound like a guy who had won anything after the talks. He recently discussed the possibility of him playing elsewhere because "this stuff is getting ridiculous." Crosby also thinks that it will be hard to "get guys' trust back after that."


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Book Excerpt - Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
By Helen Fisher, Ph.D.
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Why We Love:
The Evolution of Romantic Love
The fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the ocean;
The winds of heaven mix forever,
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things by a law divine
In one another's being mingle:--
Why not I with thine?
"Love's Philosophy"
"I seem to have loved you in numberless forms / numberless times, / In life after life, in age after age forever . . . / Today it is heaped at your feet, it has found its end / in you, / The love of all man's days both past and forever." Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore sensed that his passion for a woman had come across the eons from a mind built long ago. Indeed, we carry embedded in our brains the whole history of our species, all the circuits that our forebears built as they sang and danced and shared their wisdom and their food to impress their lovers and their friends, then passionately fell in love with "him" or "her."
How did we come to court and love the way we do? Bad Bull didn't shower Tia with poetry to prove he was king of elephants. Skipper found his little beaver mate one spring evening; he didn't sing rock 'n' roll songs to a thousand assembled female beavers to impress them first. Misha fell in love with Maria the moment Maria wagged her doggy tail and invited him to play. All animals have mating preferences. And most have evolved courtship plumage of one kind or another to dazzle their would-be lovers. But no creatures except human beings parade about with such extravagant displays as sonnets and skydiving.
As psychologist Geoffrey Miller argues, many of our exceptional human traits, such as our ornate language skills, our affinity for all kinds of sports, our religious fervor, our humor and moral virtue, are too ornate, too metabolically expensive, and too useless in the struggle for existence to have evolved merely so we could survive another day. They must have emerged, at least in part, to help us court and win the mating game.
Moreover, I have proposed that along with all the magnificent courtship ornaments that we flaunt to persuade prospective mates, men and women have also evolved a specific brain network to respond to these traits: the circuitry for romantic love. This passion, a developed form of animal attraction, emerged to drive each of us to choose from among these myriad courtship displays, prefer a specific individual, and begin the primordial mating dance exclusively with "him" or "her."
But Miller never tells us when, where, or why human beings evolved these special talents. And I have not explained how our species transformed from creatures who felt a temporary attraction for a "special" individual into men and women who are willing to die for "him" or "her." Something happened deep in time to produce the human drive to love.
Love in the Trees
Palm trees, fig trees, wild pear trees, mahogany trees, evergreen trees, trees, trees, and more trees carpeted East Africa 8 million years ago. Here lived the last of our forest-dwelling ancestors. Anthropologists have little direct evidence of their daily lives. But our first forebears probably lived much as modern chimpanzees do. We share over 98 percent of our DNA with these creatures. "Common" chimps and their smaller chimp relatives called bonobos still live in what is left of that primal African environment. And chimps display many traits that our common ancestor most likely shared.
Like today's common chimps and bonobos, our first forebears must have lived in communities, often consisting of eighty to a hundred males and females. They slept high in the forest canopy, arose after dawn, and descended to the jungle floor to wander well-worn trails in their mutual home range. Members must have met and mixed singly or in small parties, eating and socializing intensely. These human ancestors knew who was family, friend, and foe. And they chattered among themselves with at least fifty different kinds of hoots and barks, as well as with about thirty varied gestures.
Like today's chimps, they probably used stone hammers to crack nuts, toothpicks made of twigs, and napkins from wadded grass. Like chimps they probably hurled rocks and sticks to spar for dominance, hunted monkeys, shared the meat, and made war on chimp neighbors to usurp their lands. Some were pranksters, some leaders; others brave, deceptive, curious, or belligerent. And many made friends and enemies, gave twigs as gifts, defended comrades in spats, and lingered near dying relatives.
They also made love. Today's chimps and bonobos are among the most sexually active animals on earth. They kiss -- sometimes with the deep "French kiss," walk arm in arm, hug, stroke, pat, groom, bow to one another, and often copulate throughout most (if not all) of the female's monthly estrus cycle. But unlike human beings, our last tree-dwelling forebears were almost certainly promiscuous -- just as chimpanzees and bonobos are today.
At the height of estrus, an ancestral female may have joined a single male and left the community to copulate with him in private. But this bond was temporary; most likely they never paired for more than a few days or weeks.
Nor did they fall in love. Undoubtedly our first relatives had "favorites," like all other creatures. But these distant kin showed none of the obsessive focus on a single mate that is so characteristic of human romantic passion. And they probably never formed a partnership to rear their young. A mother didn't need a mate to help protect or provide for her and her child. So like chimps, mothers raised their infants by themselves.
Nevertheless, some of our forest-dwelling ancestors must have felt more attraction for a mating partner than others did, an affinity that would eventually develop into human romantic love. When, where, and why humanity started to love with new vigor, no one knows. But I think this journey began soon after our forebears began to descend from the trees of East Africa to build a new world on the perilous ground.
(From the book Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love by Helen Fisher, Ph.D., Published Henry Holt; February 2004; $25.00US/$36.95CAN; 0-8050-6913-5)
Copyright © 2004 Helen E. Fisher
Helen Fisher, Ph.D., is one of this country's most prominent anthropologists. Prior to becoming a research professor at Rutgers University, she was a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Dr. Fisher has conducted extensive research on the evolution, expression, and chemistry of love. Her two most recent books, The First Sex and Anatomy of Love, were New York Times Notable Books. She grew up in Connecticut and lives in New York City.
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Question: Why Do We Need To Remove Nitrogenous Waste?
Which nitrogenous waste is least toxic?
Where urea is produced?
How do fish get rid of nitrogenous waste?
Why are nitrogenous wastes toxic to humans?
How does the kidney remove nitrogenous waste?
Where does nitrogenous waste come from in humans?
What would happen if wastes were not removed from the body?
What causes your body to produce ammonia?
What causes nitrogenous waste?
What is the most toxic excretory product?
Why ammonia is toxic?
How is urea removed from the body?
How does the human body remove waste?
What system removes waste from the body?
What is the main nitrogenous waste of humans?
Do humans excrete uric acid?
What are nitrogenous waste products?
What will happen if waste substances are not removed from your body?
How is cellular waste removed from the body?
How is ammonia excreted from the body?
How do humans get rid of nitrogenous waste?
The uric acid is the least toxic metabolic product of protein metabolism, which gets excreted by urine..
liverUrea production occurs in the liver and is regulated by N-acetylglutamate. Urea is then dissolved into the blood (in the reference range of 2.5 to 6.7 mmol/liter) and further transported and excreted by the kidney as a component of urine.
To maintain their water balance, marine fishes drink large quantities of seawater, retaining most of the water and excreting the salt. Most nitrogenous waste in marine fishes appears to be secreted by the gills as ammonia. Marine fishes can excrete salt by clusters of special cells (chloride cells) in the gills.
Excess nitrogen is excreted from the body. Nitrogenous wastes tend to form toxic ammonia, which raises the pH of body fluids. The formation of ammonia itself requires energy in the form of ATP and large quantities of water to dilute it out of a biological system.
The kidneys remove from the blood the nitrogenous wastes such as urea, as well as salts and excess water, and excrete them in the form of urine. This is done with the help of millions of nephrons present in the kidney. The filtrated blood is carried away from the kidneys by the renal vein (or kidney vein).
Nitrogenous waste products have their origin in the breakdown of proteins by cells. Cells catabolize amino acids to obtain energy. The first step of this process is deamination. During deamination, enzymes remove the amino group as ammonia (NH3).
The kidneys filter out the waste products and excess fluids from the body and dispose of them in the form of urine, via the bladder. The clean blood flows back to the other parts of the body. If your kidneys did not remove this waste, it would build up in the blood and cause damage to your body.
Ammonia, also known as NH3, is a waste product made by your body during the digestion of protein. Normally, ammonia is processed in the liver, where it is changed into another waste product called urea. Urea is passed through the body in urine.
Nitrogen wastes They are ammonia, urea, uric acid, and creatinine. All of these substances are produced from protein metabolism. In many animals, the urine is the main route of excretion for such wastes; in some, the feces is.
AmmoniaAmmonia is the primary excretory material of many aquatic freshwater forms. It is most toxic waste material which requires large amount of water for its excretion.
When excessive amounts of ammonia enter the central nervous system, the brain's defences are severely challenged. – A complex molecular chain reaction is triggered when the brain is exposed to excessive levels of ammonia. We have found that ammonia short-circuits the transport of potassium into the brain's glial cells.
The kidneys remove urea from the blood through tiny filtering units called nephrons. Each nephron consists of a ball formed of small blood capillaries (glomerulus) and a small tube called a renal tubule.
Body Waste: Urine The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs that remove these toxins from your blood and produce urine to carry them from the body. This waste then trickles down the ureters — thin tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder.
The excretory system removes metabolic wastes from the body. The major organs of excretion are the kidneys, a pair of bean-shaped organs located below the liver. The kidneys filter blood and regulate water balance in the body.
ureaSUMMARY. Two major nitrogenous waste products, urea and ammonium (NH4+), are produced in humans when proteins are oxidized, and in this manuscript their excretions are examined from two perspectives.
In normal humans, uric acid is excreted in urine. However, uric acid excretion may be impaired by kidney disease, leading to hyperuricemia [2].
Any metabolic waste product that contains nitrogen. Urea and uric acid are the most common nitrogenous waste products in terrestrial animals; freshwater fish excrete ammonia and marine fish excrete both urea and trimethylamine oxide.
Your body also needs to remove the wastes that build up from cell activity and from digestion. If these wastes are not removed, your cells can stop working, and you can get very sick. The organs of your excretory system help to release wastes from the body.
H2O also diffuses out of the cell into the bloodstream, from where it is excreted in the form of perspiration, water vapour in the breath, or urine from the kidneys. Water, along with some dissolved solutes, are removed from blood circulation in the nephrons of the kidney and eventually excreted as urine.
Your body treats ammonia as a waste product, and gets rid of it through the liver. It can be added to other chemicals to form an amino acid called glutamine. It can also be used to form a chemical compound called urea. Your bloodstream moves the urea to your kidneys, where it is eliminated in your urine.
In contrast, mammals (including humans) produce urea from ammonia; however, they also form some uric acid during the breakdown of nucleic acids. In this case, uric acid is excreted in urine instead of in feces, as is done in birds and reptiles.
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