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Best Follow Me Drones
Which follow me drone is the best?
Dave O
Drone technology is accelerating at a truly breath-taking pace. 4k Ultra-HD and pocket-sized mini drones continue to push the boundaries of the industry. The last few years have seen a push for autonomous drones that are capable of flying with little or no manual control from the pilot. Currently, there's several high-end drones on the market that have the ability to automatically follow you as they fly. An auto follow, or follow me drone, is ideal for filming a subject as they engage in fast-paced activities such as extreme action sports. They don't require manual control, and capture footage from fantastic aerial angles even as the subject continues to move.
Drones That Follow You
3DR Solo
Camera: N/A, GoPro Check Price
The AirDog
Camera: 12.4MP, 4K Check Price
Yuneec Typhoon 4K
Camera: 12MP, 4K Check Price
Camera: Up to 20.8MP, 5.2k Check Price
Camera: 20MP, 4K, 100mbps Check Price
Camera: 12MP, 4K, 4x zoom Check Price
Camera: 12MP, 1080p Check Price
What Are Follow Me Drones?
To put it simply, "follow me drone," refers to a drone that follows you. Follow me drones are designed to work without being manually controlled. Several drones on the market include this feature, and commonly refer to it as "follow me mode," which can be turned on and off.
Follow Methods: GPS vs Recognition
Currently, there are two main methods that drones can to follow you: GPS transmitters and recognition technology.
GPS & Transmitter
This technology allows the drone to connect to and follow a GPS signal. The pilot or subject uses a ground station, smartphone, tablet, or wearable transmitter that emits a GPS signal. The drone receives this signal, locks onto it, and follows it as it moves. In previous years, this was the main technology behind follow me drones, but its use is declining as recognition technology becomes more effective and popular. The AirDog and the 3DR Solo, which we review in this article, are examples of drones that utilize GPS and a wearable transmitter to enable their ability to follow you.
Over the last few years, many popular drones have adopted recognition technology. As the algorithms behind the technology have significantly improved, new drone models have become exceptionally good at recognizing, identifying, and following people or subjects. These drones have the ability to follow a person as they walk or run along a complex path. In fact, using deep learning, many of these drones can effectively predict where a subject is going to move to next.
The Best Drones That Follow You
As with any new technology, the market has seen dozens of drones equipped with this feature emerge over the last year or so. But by providing you with a little bit of knowledge, we can help you to determine which follow me drone is the best one for you. Here's our breakdown:
The 3DR Solo Quadcopter a very affordable, high-quality follow me drone. The affordability is due in part to the fact that it does not come equipped with a camera. The Solo does however, come with a solid gimbal attached to it. The 3-Axis Solo gimbal can mount the GoPro HERO3+ or the HERO4, which are both high quality action cameras.
The 3DR Solo is powered by small twin computers, and is currently the only drone that can stream live videos directly from the GoPro camera to android and iOS devices. In addition, you have in-flight control over the GoPro through the 3DR controller and app. The follow me mode operates by tracking the GPS of your mobile device.
At around $300, it's definitely one of the cheapest drones in this quality range.
Camera: N/A, but the included gimbals mount a GoPro HERO3+ or HERO4
Flight Time: 20 minutes with GoPro attached
Max Speed: 55 mph
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Ehang Ghostdrone 2.0 AERIAL
The Ehang Ghostdrone 2.0 Aerial is one of the most unique drones on the market. The drone is fully controlled by your phone. Piloting is not done through the touch screen, however, it instead mimics the movement of your phone. So, if you were to hold your phone flat (horizontally), this would represent the drone in the air. A tilt of your phone to the left would move the drone in the left direction; a rotation of your phone would rotate the drone. Very cool.
As if that didn't make it easy enough to fly, the Ehang Ghostdrone also comes with a great follow me mode that locks on to the location of your smartphone. The drone provides 25 minutes of flight time per battery charge, and is capable of about a half mile of flying distance. It's capable of mounting EHang's own action camera, as well as a GoPro3, GoPro3+, or GoPro4.
Also worth noting – the Ghostdrone comes with a 1 year no-hassle warranty, where North American customers can have their drones repaired for free.
Camera (EHang Camera):
Video: 4k – 24fps, 2.5k – 30fps, 1080p – 60fps, 720p – 120fps
Photo: 12 megapixels
Flight Time: 25 minutes
Max Speed: 25 mph follow mode, 43 mph manual mode
Notable Features: Controlled by mimicking your smartphone's physical movement. Can Mount EHang camera, GoPro3, GoPro3+, GoPro4.
The Airdog AD20 ADII
The AirDog AD20 ADII Auto Follow Drone is an autonomous quadcopter drone built specifically to capture action sports. It's not only one of the most awesome autonomous drones, but it's also one of the most portable – it's foldable and small enough to fit into a backpack. The AirDog mounts almost all GoPro models and comes with a GoPro gimbal attached to it, but the GoPro itself is not included. AirDog works by connecting with and following a wearable, waterproof device called an AirLeash. This is the definition of a follow me drone.
The AirDog is fully automated, including take-off and landing. It comes with a specific sport mode for each extreme adventure sport, such as surfing and wakeboarding. Depending on the sport, these modes use different algorithms to calculate the best method to film. The Surf mode, for instance, anticipates the quick changes in direction that surfers often use during surf techniques.
Camera: N/A, but includes a GoPro mount
Notable Features: Fully autonomous flight, with specific modes for each sport. Foldable and portable.
Setting it apart from the rest of our favorite follow me drones on this list, the Yuneec Typhoon H is a hexacopter. This six-motored beast comes with a mounted 4k Ultra-HD camera. With 12.4 megapixels, the camera is capable of capturing 4k video at up to 30 fps, and 1080 HD footage at up to 120 fps. In addition, the camera rotates a full 360 degrees. The Typhoon has a flight time of about 25 minutes, and is equipped with several flight modes including a follow me mode and a selfie mode. At this point in time, this one of very few hexacopter follow me drones on the market.
The Typhoon H also comes with Intel's RealSense and Atom technologies implemented. Together, these two advanced systems allow the drone to actually build a 3D model of the world it sees, and then avoid colliding with any objects in any direction. This state of the art technology is used while the drone's follow me mode is activated, so you can be confident that the drone will grab those insane shots while still remaining safe.
Another outstanding feature is the Typhoon H's included controller: the ST16 Ground Station. A step above the controllers of the competition, the Typhoon's controller comes with a 7-inch HD touchscreen built right into it. The integrated screen displays flight parameters, allows you to access features, and streams a live feed from the drone's camera.
Video: 4k – 30fps, 1080p – up to 120fps
Photo: 12.4 megapixels
Max Speed: 43.5 mph
Notable Features: ST16 Ground Station controller, with a 7 inch integrated touchscreen. Intel Atom powered obstacle avoidance system.
The Yuneec Typhon 4K is Yuneec's ready-to-fly 4k quadcopter. The 4k Typhoon comes with an attached Ultra-HD 4k camera that's capable of 4k footage at up to 30fps and 1080 HD footage at up to 120 fps. It comes with two intelligent flight modes, including a "follow me" mode and a "watch me" mode. With follow mode enabled, the quadcopter will follow the pilot who is holding the ground station controller (we'll get to this awesome controller in a minute). With watch me mode enabled, the camera will continue to point at the pilot regardless of which direction the aircraft is flown.
The Typhoon 4k comes with an included ST10+ Ground Station controller – which is just downright awesome. In addition to the expected controls of a high-end drone, the ST10+ controller has a built in 5.5 inch HD touch screen. The screen displays flight parameters and allows you to access the drone's camera controls as well as a few other features. This is great since it means you aren't required to have a compatible iOS or Android device like many other drones currently on the market. We love Yuneec's UAVs and hope that the Typhoon is able to gain more popularity, especially as a follow me drone.
Notable Features: ST10+ Ground Station controller, with a 5.5 inch integrated touchscreen. Intel Atom powered obstacle avoidance system. 360 degree camera pan rotation.
In terms of overall features and quality, the DJI Inspire 2 is likely our number one drone. Unfortunately, unless you're a professional photographer or videographer, it's very expensive. This drone is amazing, but it likely strays away from the consumer/prosumer market and enters into the realm of professional photographers and cinematographers.
There's multiple cameras available for the Inspire 2, several of which have interchangeable lenses. The Zenmuse X5S is currently the best available, and it records at an astonishing 5.2k 30 fps and 4k 60 fps, which is absolutely insane. Although small, the cameras available for the Inspire are much closer to cinema cameras than they are to GoPros.
The Inspire 2 has all of the features you'd expect – GPS, obstacle avoidance, numerous intelligent flight modes, and more. Aside from the main camera, there is a small FPV camera which can be used for TapFly mode, where a simple tap on the screen navigates the drone to that location. There's an ActiveTrack mode where the Inspire recognizes and follows a chosen subject – even if they are not holding the controller.
Like the Inspire 1, the Inspire 2 allows for dual pilot control, where one pilot controls the drone while the other pilot operates the 360 degree rotating camera. However, a new feature in the Inspire 2 is the "Spotlight Pro" flight mode. This mode is insane. It can track a subject by rotating the camera, no matter where the drone flies or the direction the drone faces. You can even begin tracking an object before it even enters the frame by selecting the position it will enter in.
A regular follow me mode just seems boring at this point.
Great video review of the DJI Inspire 2.
Camera (With Zenmuse X5S):
Video: 5.2k – 30 fps, 4k – 60 fps, 1080p – up to 120 fps. Raw & ProRes formats
Notable Features: 4.3 mile range. Multiple very high-end camera choices. Raw video recording. Dual pilot control. 360 degree camera pan rotation. Most advanced follow me features currently available.
The DJI Phantom 4 is possibly the most popular follow me drone currently on the market. Like the Inspire 2 listed above, it offers several very intelligent flight modes. One mode is TapFly, where a simple tap on the screen will fly the drone to the location you tap on. Another is ActiveTrack, where the Phantom 4 has the ability to recognize and follow a chosen subject – regardless of whether or not they are holding the controller.
Another cool feature is the Phantom's sport mode, where agility and speed are increased for quick maneuvering. There's also an Atti mode where the altitude position is locked, allowing smoother cinematic movements.
The Phantom 4 has a camera that is capable of 4k at 30 fps, and 1080p up to 120 fps. The battery lasts around 28 minutes of flight time, which is very impressive when compared to other drones on the market.
Great video review of the DJI Phantom 4.
Check out our review of the DJI Phantom 4.
Video: 4k – up to 30 fps, 1080p – up to 120 fps
Notable Features: 3.1 miles of range. Numerous flight modes: Sport, TapFly, ActiveTrack, and more.
The ultra-portable DJI Mavic Pro is one of our favorite follow me drones. This thing is awesome. It records 4k video at 30fps, and 1080 HD at 96 fps for smooth HD slow motion. The range is ridiculously impressive, with a maximum distance of 8 miles (13 km). It's small, foldable, and very portable – perfect for traveling with.
While it retains many of the great features from the other professional DJI drones, particularly the Phantom 4, the Mavic Pro simplifies the technical aspects. Flying a drone and creating awesome, high-quality art is easier than ever before.
Like the more expensive DJI drones, the Mavic Pro has a "follow me mode" and an "active track mode". Follow me mode works by utilizing the GPS, while Active track uses the front camera of the Mavic to track the subject as it moves. The active track mode is awesome – it analyzes the area and can automatically track and follow a person who is not holding the controller. The Mavic also has the TapFly mode. In this mode, all the pilot needs to do is tap on the screen where you want the Mavic to fly to, and it will automatically head to that location. Smooth aerial videos have never been this easy to capture.
Great video review of the DJI Mavic Pro.
Check out our review of the DJI Mavic Pro.
Video: 4k – up to 30 fps, 1080p – up to 96 fps, 720p – 120fps
Photo: 12.35 megapixels
Notable Features: Max controllable range of 8 miles. Foldable and portable. Advanced flight modes like Active Track and TapFly.
DJI Mavic 2 Pro & DJI Mavic 2 Zoom
Summer 2018 saw the release of the highly anticipated DJI Mavic 2 Pro and Mavic 2 Zoom. Let us tell you — these two drones are awesome. The two new models are a huge improvement from the DJI Mavic, which we also love. The pro model features a 20 MP Hasselblad camera with a 1 inch sensor, while the Zoom model's camera features a 12 MP 1 /2.3" sensor that is capable of 4x zoom at 1080HD. Both models record video in 4K with an insane, professional-quality bitrate of 100 Mbps.
Both the Mavic Pro 2 and the Mavic 2 Zoom utilize DJI's ActiveTrack 2 technology. ActiveTrack 2 allows the Mavic the ability to sense and differentiate 16 different subjects at any given time. Through the app's interface, you can then just tap on which subject you want the camera to track. ActiveTrack can then predict the trajectory of the object and continue following it, all the way up to 45 mph (72 km/h). The Mavic 2 provides 3 different tracking modes for you to use: parallel mode, spotlight mode, and trace mode.
Parallel Mode – The drone will track the subject and remain at a constant distance and angle from it, adjusting to all of the subject's movements.
Spotlight Mode – The drone will keep the subject in the frame of the camera, continuously adjusting to the Mavic's movements as well as the subject's movements.
Trace Mode – The drone will track the subject and keep it within the camera's frame while also maintaining a constant distance.
Camera: 4K UHD, 100 Mbps Bitrate. Raw DNG Photo quality. Pro model features 20 MP Hasselblad Camera. Zoom model features 12 MP Camera with 4x lossless zoom.
Maximum Speed: 45 mph (72 kph)
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DJI Spark – The "Selfie Drone"
The DJI Spark is the most affordable drone from DJI, the kings of the professional drone world. For only a few hundred dollars, the Spark is packed full of awesome features. The Spark comes equipped with a 12MP camera that records video in 1080HD. This little guy is dubbed, "the selfie drone," since it will take off directly from your palm and use its face aware follow technology to frame you perfectly within your selfie picture. As you move your hands, the Spark tracks the movement and flies according to your gestures.
The Spark drone comes equipped with some awesome flight modes that incorporate the "follow me" technology:
Gesture: Gesture mode with the spark enables a few awesome features. The drone can take off from your palm, land back in your palm, and follow your hands movements during flight. Once the Spark is in flight, you can instruct it to capture a selfie by making a "frame symbol" with your fingers, waving your hand, or raising your arms. Aerial selfies, baby!
Dronie: Dronie mode instructs the spark to fly backward and upward while keeping the camera fixed on the subject.
Circle: Circle mode tells the spark to circle around the subject while keeping it in the camera's frame.
Helix: Helix mode allows the spark to spiral around the subject while ascending upward, while still keeping the subject within the camera frame.
Camera: 12 MP. 1080HD, 24 Mbps Bitrate
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That does it for our in-depth review, we hope we've helped you narrow down your search for the perfect follow me drone. Make sure to check back soon, as this technology is quickly advancing – new features are sure to emerge!
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Reyes Buying Bay Area Beverage
Dear Client:
Reyes strikes again in Northern California.
The massive wholesaler has just announced a deal to acquire substantially all of the assets of Bay Area Beverage Company, a blue/silver/gold/green house, headed by president TJ Louderback in Richmond, California.
The deal will add "approximately 8 million cases and nearly 3,000 new customer accounts" to Reyes' operations, per release. Bay Area Beverage's house is stocked too. In addition to the Molson Coors, Constellation, and Heineken USA portfolios, Bay Area Beverage also carries Mike's/White Claw, Diageo Beer Co. and major crafts like Sam Adams/Dogfish Head, Lagunitas, Brooklyn Brewery, New Belgium, and Firestone Walker/Boulevard.
"We have always been extremely impressed with Bay Area Beverage as a company," Tom Reyes, president of Reyes Beer Division West, said in the release. "We are very pleased about this opportunity and are looking forward to a smooth transition and combining our team with theirs in this territory."
For his part, Bay Area Beverage president TJ Louderback reminded that his company has "been a leading distributor in our service area for some of the most important and exciting domestic, international and craft brands." TJ added that "the Reyes family is an industry leader and I am confident they will continue to build on the success our team has achieved over the years."
The transaction is expected to close in June of this year, and at that point Bay Area Beverage will roll into Reyes' new subsidiary in Northern California, Golden Brands.
It's hard to believe that less than a year ago, Reyes wasn't doing any business in Northern California. Now, their new subsidiary, Golden Brands, is on the verge of becoming a 36 million case operation in the area.
Recall, Reyes' move up north began last summer with the acquisition of DBI Beverage Inc.'s beverage distribution business (26ish million cases). That purchase resulted in the formation of Reyes' NorCal subsidiary, Golden Brands.
Then in early March this year, Reyes' Golden Brands cut a deal to "acquire certain distribution rights" of Saccani Distributing in Sacramento, adding about 1.5 million cases to its operations.
Now comes the deal with Bay Area Beverage, tacking on another 8 million cases.
With this latest acquisition, we estimate that Reyes is now distributing over 130 million cases in California alone.
Until tomorrow,
Harry, Jenn and Jordan
"The more passions and desires one has, the more ways one has of being happy." – Charlotte-Catherine
———- Sell Day Calendar ———-
Today's Sell Day: 13
Sell days this month: 22
Sell days this month last year: 22
This month ends on a: Thurs.
This month last year ended on a: Tues.
YTD sell days Over/Under: +1

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"""An adder useful in the context of Learning From Demonstrations.

This adder is mixing the collected episodes with some demonstrations
coming from an offline dataset.

TODO(damienv): Mixing demonstrations and collected episodes could also be
  done when reading from the replay buffer. In that case, all the processing
  applied by reverb should also be applied on the demonstrations.
  Design wise, both solutions make equally sense. The alternative solution
  could then be later implemented as well.
"""

from typing import Any, Iterator, Tuple

from acme import adders
from acme import types
import dm_env

class LfdAdder(adders.Adder):
  """Adder which adds from time to time some demonstrations.

  Lfd stands for Learning From Demonstrations and is the same technique
  as the one used in R2D3.
  """

  def __init__(self,
               adder: adders.Adder,
               demonstrations: Iterator[Tuple[Any, dm_env.TimeStep]],
               initial_insert_count: int,
               demonstration_ratio: float):
    """LfdAdder constructor.

    Args:
      adder: The underlying adder used to add mixed episodes.
      demonstrations: An iterator on infinite stream of (action, next_timestep)
        pairs. Episode boundaries are defined by TimeStep.FIRST and
        timestep.LAST markers. Note that the first action of an episode is
        ignored. Note also that proper uniform sampling of demonstrations is the
        responsibility of the iterator.
      initial_insert_count: Number of steps of demonstrations to add before
        adding any step of the collected episodes. Note that since only full
        episodes can be added, this number of steps is only a target.
      demonstration_ratio: Ratio of demonstration steps to add to the underlying
        adder. ratio = num_demonstration_steps_added / total_num_steps_added
        and must be in [0, 1).
        Note that this ratio is the desired ratio in the steady behavior
        and does not account for the initial inserts of demonstrations.
        Note also that this ratio is only a target ratio since the granularity
        is the episode.
    """
    self._adder = adder
    self._demonstrations = demonstrations
    self._demonstration_ratio = demonstration_ratio
    if demonstration_ratio < 0 or demonstration_ratio >= 1.:
      raise ValueError('Invalid demonstration ratio.')

    # Number of demonstration steps that should have been added to the replay
    # buffer to meet the target demonstration ratio minus what has been really
    # added.
    # As a consequence:
    # - when this delta is zero, the effective ratio exactly matches the desired
    #   ratio
    # - when it is positive, more demonstrations need to be added to
    #   reestablish the balance
    # The initial value is set so that after exactly initial_insert_count
    # inserts of demonstration steps, _delta_demonstration_step_count will be
    # zero.
    self._delta_demonstration_step_count = (
        (1. - self._demonstration_ratio) * initial_insert_count)

  def reset(self):
    self._adder.reset()

  def _add_demonstration_episode(self):
    _, timestep = next(self._demonstrations)
    if not timestep.first():
      raise ValueError('Expecting the start of an episode.')
    self._adder.add_first(timestep)
    self._delta_demonstration_step_count -= (1. - self._demonstration_ratio)
    while not timestep.last():
      action, timestep = next(self._demonstrations)
      self._adder.add(action, timestep)
      self._delta_demonstration_step_count -= (1. - self._demonstration_ratio)

    # Reset is being called periodically to reset the connection to reverb.
    # TODO(damienv, bshahr): Make the reset an internal detail of the reverb
    # adder and remove it from the adder API.
    self._adder.reset()

  def add_first(self, timestep: dm_env.TimeStep):
    while self._delta_demonstration_step_count > 0.:
      self._add_demonstration_episode()

    self._adder.add_first(timestep)
    self._delta_demonstration_step_count += self._demonstration_ratio

  def add(self,
          action: types.NestedArray,
          next_timestep: dm_env.TimeStep,
          extras: types.NestedArray = ()):
    self._adder.add(action, next_timestep)
    self._delta_demonstration_step_count += self._demonstration_ratio

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Chinedu Okobi SMC Sheriff In-Custody Death Lawsuit filed. Key Defendant not included, Why?
Chinedu Valentine Okobi
Attorney John Burris filed a lawsuit Friday May 31, 2019 representing Maureen Okobi mother of Chinedu V. Okobi who died in Millbrae, October 3, 2018 In-Custody of SIX San Mateo County Sheriff Employees. Four Deputies, one Sergeant and one Civilian. The Civilian CSO Joseph Gonzales was very involved in the physical take down of Chinedu Okobi and can be clearly seen in the District Attorney's video at the 7:18 mark dispensing O.C. Spray. You will also notice on the Government's Video they don't mention CSO Joseph Gonzales either. So he was not investigated period, Why? The D.A.'s Office treated him as a Witness.
District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe's Video
March 1, 2019 Steve Wagstaffe held a private Press Conference for select media, public not welcome. At around 8 minutes into the presentation he stated the Cause of Death by the pathologist to be "Cardiac Arrest". Reporter Julie Small of KQED asked about 40 minutes later "Do you know the manor of death?" Wagstaffe responded "The Coroner of this County labeled it Homicide." Why didn't he say that at the beginning? He went on to say "Homicide occurring during Interaction with that Individual." That means with the Six Employees.
KQED reported that Dr. Rogers determined the cause of Death to be Homicide. I reported that Deputy Coroner Heather Diaz #21 determined cause of Death to be Homicide.
By Michael G. Stogner
Filed under #Blacklivesmatter, #SanMateoCountyNews, #SMCJUSTICE, 911, Attorney Generals Office, Board of Supervisors, Chief Deputy District Attorney Al Serrato, Chris Hunter, Citizen Journalist, Citizens Oversight Committee, City of Millbrae, Community Service Officer Joseph Gonzales, CSO Joseph Gonzales, D.J. Wozniak, Dave Canepa, Dave Pine, David Burruto, David Silberman, DDA Albert Serrato, Deputy Alyssa Lorenzatti, Deputy Bryan Watt, Deputy John DeMartini, Deputy Joshua Wang, DOJ, Excessive & Unnecessary Use of Force, Google, Grand Jury, Jamie Draper, John Beiers, John Burris, John Warren, Marshall Wilson, Matthew Graves, Michael G. Stogner, Michelle Durand, Mike Callagy, Millbrae City Manager Tom Williams, NAACP, Organized Crime, Positional Asphyxia, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Rick Decker, San Mateo County District Attorney Office, San Mateo County Sheriff Office, Sergeant David Weidner, Sgt. Bob Pronske, Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos, Silicon Valley, SMC, SMCSO Captain Paul Kunkel, SMCSO Sgt. Weidner, Steve Wagstaffe, Those Who Matter, Victim's Advocate, Warren Slocum, Yahoo
SMC Sheriff Sgt. Irfan Zaidi Qualifies as a Brady Officer. Is He on the List? Who controls the list? Is there even a List?
The law enforcement profession requires integrity and trust and an officer who lies violates that trust and tarnishes the integrity of the profession.
October 3, 2018 at 1:00 PM Millbrae, California, Chinedu Okoki a 36 year old man was walking down the sidewalk on El Camino Real. Within 10 minutes he was Tasered 7 times, sprayed in the face with O.C. spray as six San Mateo County Sheriff Employees were on top of him. He was completely limp, unconscious, and never made a sound again. He died there on the spot in the Custody of the Sheriff's Office.
San Mateo County Sheriff Sergeant Zaidi was not one of the Six Sheriff Employees involved in the In-Custody Death of Chinedu Okobi. Nineteen days later, On October 22, 2018 he filed an Official Report with the District Attorney's Office making knowingly false statements.
" I directed Deputy Lorenzatti to remove the metal handcuffs from the suspect which she did, and the suspect was placed on his back. The Fire Department and AMR promptly began CPR."
District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe on March 1, 2019 provided a video that he and his Team produced for the public it can be found on his website. The placing Chinedu Okobi on his back and CPR starts at the 18:50 mark. The video shows Deputy Lorenzatti did Not remove the handcuffs.
SMCSO Deputy Lorenzatti made an official statement on 10/04/2018 3:50 PM. to Inspector Eric Suzuki.
"They were like, well let's get him on his back and start CPR, So then I, you know helped em, bring him to his back.
Question? "Okay and were his Handcuffs off at that point?"
Answer: No they were still on.
Eng. #37 Mazza Statement: "When decedent was lifted onto the gurney, a police officer cadet or trainee removed the Handcuffs from the decedents wrists."
AMR #94 Retanubun Statement: "They put the decedent on to a "Mega Mover" when noticed the decedent still had handcuffs on." "Saw police cadet nearby who assisted them with the removal of the Handcuffs."
AMR #37 Uhland: "So they laid the decedent on his back with the Handcuffs still on his wrists."
AMR #94 Pham: "Decedent was on his back with Handcuffs on when he arrived."
AMR #37 Holman: "When they rolled the decedent over to remove the Handcuffs, she noticed several scrapes on his hands and a few small abrasion on his back." "She was unsure if the injuries were there prior or if caused by the CPR application."
According to Wagstaffe' Video, Chinedu Okobi was placed on his back at 18:26 mark.
CPR starts at 18:50 mark with Handcuffs On and Hands behind his back.
Handcuffs Removed at 28:47 mark after almost 10 minutes of Chest Compressions.
What caused Sheriff Sgt. Zaidi to file this Bizarre False Official Statement?
District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe's Video and Data made public March 1, 2019
LATIMES Article June 6, 2019
Note: 300 Deputies on the list. Sheriff Alex Villanueva, has called the Brady list a "fake list" and says it was the result of corrupt investigations designed to retaliate against certain deputies.
Should deputies' misconduct be disclosed to D.A.?
Justices seem split on ruling that bars sheriff from giving officers' names to prosecutors.
By Maura Dolan and Maya Lau
The California Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over a ruling that barred the Los Angeles County sheriff from giving prosecutors the names of deputies who have committed misconduct.
During a hearing, the state high court weighed an appeal of a decision that prohibited the sheriff from giving the district attorney the names of deputies with a history of bad behavior, including lying, taking bribes, tampering with evidence, using unreasonable force or engaging in domestic violence.
By law, prosecutors are required to disclose to defendants exculpatory evidence, including information that could diminish the credibility of police officers who worked on a case.
Several justices suggested Wednesday that prosecutors need the information to fulfill their constitutional duty to disclose potentially exonerating information.
That position has been endorsed by defense lawyers, prosecutors and the California attorney general.
Justice Goodwin Liu noted that prosecutors ultimately bear liability for failing to disclose favorable evidence.
If the prosecution is unaware that such evidence exists, convictions — even valid convictions — may eventually be overturned because of a failure to disclose, he said.
"The prosecution can't take an ostrich-like approach to this very important duty," Liu said.
But Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye suggested that the Legislature, not the court, might want to take steps to ensure that exonerating information is disclosed to the defense.
She said one possible remedy was to give trial judges sealed lists of law enforcement officers who have a history of misconduct. The judges could review those lists privately in chambers to determine whether the officers' records were relevant in the case and should be disclosed.
"Doesn't delivering the list directly to the court under seal … meet the problem without intruding overtly on the officers' privacy?" she asked.
Justice Ming W. Chin also repeatedly asked whether that path, if carved out by the Legislature or by the court in a future case, could resolve the problem.
The case before the court stems from a lawsuit filed by the L.A. deputies union to prevent former Sheriff Jim McDonnell from turning over to the district attorney about 300 names of deputies with a history of misconduct.
A divided, Los Angeles-based court of appeal ruled in 2017 that the list must be kept secret, even in pending criminal cases in which errant deputies were expected to testify.
The state high court's decision, due in 90 days, would affect law enforcement agencies throughout the state.
The case pits the privacy rights of law enforcement officers against the constitutional duty of prosecutors to give the defense evidence that might cast doubt on a defendant's guilt, reduce a potential sentence or diminish the credibility of prosecution witnesses.
That duty stems from a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case, Brady vs. Maryland, which said suppression of evidence favorable to the defense violated due process.
At issue is only whether the names can be turned over to prosecutors, not whether they would become public.
But the presence of the names on a list means deputies could be one step closer to having their disciplinary files scrutinized by a judge and their police work called into question during a court proceeding.
Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar noted that the constitutional duty to disclose evidence favorable to the defense trumps state law intended to protect the privacy of law enforcement officers. He suggested the court could "harmonize" the laws.
He called the case "very challenging," but also noted that "the Brady responsibility is on the state."
Justice Joshua P. Groban expressed skepticism about the union's legal arguments.
"You are saying as long as we can bar the door and keep the law enforcement agency from sharing that with the prosecution, then there is no Brady violation?" he asked the lawyer for the union.
Justice Carol A. Corrigan noted that officers whose names were on a list would have less privacy protection than others.
But she also said that a state law intended to protect officer privacy while allowing some disclosures may be hindering the release of information a criminal defendant is entitled to under the Constitution.
Under the system in place for four decades, defense attorneys and prosecutors may ask a trial judge to review an officer's personnel file to determine whether there is evidence that must be disclosed.
But without knowing an officer's history, a defense lawyer may not be able to persuade the judge to undertake a review.
"There are cases in which legitimate and material evidence is eluding their review," Corrigan said.
Justice Leondra R. Kruger asked whether there were legal safeguards that could be imposed to protect officer privacy after the names were disclosed to prosecutors.
Aimee Feinberg, representing the state attorney general, said courts could issue protective orders to ensure the officers' names were shielded from the public.
Geoffrey S. Sheldon, who argued for Los Angeles County, said he felt "good" about how the hearing went.
"I'm cautiously optimistic that we will prevail in the case," he said.
Judith Posner, representing the union, said she couldn't predict the outcome.
"There were a lot of interesting and probing questions on both sides," she said.
Police departments in at least a dozen counties, including San Francisco, Sacramento and Ventura, have had a regular practice of sending prosecutors the names of so-called Brady list officers.
California's strict laws protecting officer personnel files — which underpinned the appellate court's ruling for the deputies union — were dramatically altered by a new transparency law that opened up records of confirmed cases of lying and sexual misconduct by officers, as well as shootings and serious uses of force.
SB 1421, which went into effect Jan. 1, allows the public to see many of the documents at issue in the L.A. County sheriff's case.
But the new law does not apply to the broader range of misconduct that could put an officer on a Brady list, including domestic abuse, sexual harassment, racial discrimination and bribery.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who ousted McDonnell in a stunning upset last fall, has called the Brady list a "fake list" and says it was the result of corrupt investigations designed to retaliate against certain deputies.
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Chinedu Okobi R.I.P. In-Custody Death.
The Taser Part of the story.
October 3, 2018 Millbrae, California Chinedu Okobi died In-Custody of Six San Mateo County Sheriff Employees. Not Five.
October 15, 2018 San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said "Two Deputies used their tasers multiple times and Okobi died." That's 12 days the DA has had the facts.
Reporter Roz Plater NBC Bay Area News Two Deputies
October 17, 2018 Senior Inspector Bill Massey receives the AXON data for the Tasers from Sergeant Bob Pronske. It shows 7 deployments from Deputy Wang's Taser 6 with full 5 seconds discharges and the 7th with a 4 second discharge. So that is 1 Deputy with 7 activations.
Now add at some unknown date Rick Decker who's boss is Inspector Bill Massey and he changes the story to a few activations.
So we went from Two Deputies to One Deputy with 7 activations, to One Deputy with a few activations.
How does this information keep changing?
All reports can be found pages 53-54 on the District Attorney's website.
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Stogner Report on Chinedu Okobi In-Custody Death.
This is a work in progress.
There were Six San Mateo County Sheriff Employees not Five. It's illegal for a civilian to participate in the takedown of Chinedu Okobi. Everybody in Law Enforcement knows that. CSO Joseph Gonzales is a civilian.
Nicole Basurto, A very good and concerned Citizen, Witness not found by Sheriff Office. She called in."Thought it was odd the Deputies did not try to arrest Decedent Okobi when he was on the ground."She was fairly certain that he died at the scene." "A male deputy hit Okobi 3-4 times with a closed fist, seemed directed to his head."
San Mateo County Deputy Coroner Heather Diaz #21 "I have determined the manner of Death to be Homicide."
San Mateo County Sheriff IT Technician Johnson Hang was unable to download Deputy Wang & Sergeant Weidner's MAV Video from patrol cars at the crime scene. Why?
Menlo Park Police Officer Joshua Russell unable to download his witness interviews he tried twice, Vie-Vu software owned by Axon.
San Mateo County Criminalist II Anthony Delmonico: District Attorney's office requesting the Forensic Investigation of an "In-Custody Death."
Caption in D.A.'s video at the 7:22 mark " A deputy attempts to subdue Okobi with Pepper Spray, but mistakenly hits his fellow deputies and Sergeant." Steve Wagstaffe does not identify the sprayer as Deputy Wang, Why? His Expert Jeffrey Martin says it was Deputy Wang. There is only one Deputy it could be and that is Wang. There is one other possibility and that might be why Wagstaffe chose not to identify Wang as the sprayer of Pepper Spray. "At the t 7:18 mark Civilian CSO Joseph Gonzales's right hand can clearly be seen unholstering and discharging pepper spray." He then puts it back in his belt and backs away.
Sergeant Weidner calls it a Crime Scene at 11:31 mark. Why is arresting a suspect a Crime Scene?
Sergeant Weidner 13:26 Mark on cellphone "Dude's alive that's all you need to know, We're good."
Sergeant Weidner 10/03/2018 says Okobi was Pepper Sprayed changes story. Why?
14:35 mark says: "He's been tasered several times and Peppered Sprayed."
15:03 mark says: " He's been tased twice and Pepper Sprayed."
Weidner Statement to Jamie Draper on 10/04/2018 prepared 10/12/2018
"He was told later it was Deputy Wang who deployed the pepper spray at that point in the struggle; however he did not see him do it." Sergeant Weidner speculated the pepper spray was possibly directed upward at the subject's face while he was in a somewhat prone position on the ground which caused the spray to miss the subject completely and instead strike Deputy Watt, Deputy Lorenzatti and Sergeant Weidner.
D.J. Wozniak President of the Deputy Sheriff Association, the Union calls Sgt. Weiner at the Crime Scene audio goes silent. 22:10 mark. Why is he calling Weidner?
Deputy De Martini to Jamie Draper (Sincere report)
"He said he felt a Pulse but said due to the fact he had just been struggling with Okobi he was no longer certain if he felt Okobi's pulse or his own."
Also said " I kind of raised up his head a little bit."
Deputy Watt to Jamie Draper (Sincere report.)
"Said he was speaking to Decedent Okobi, telling him to relax and breath, But he did not recall Okobi ever saying anything in response.
San Mateo County District Attorney Office Video and Reports
San Mateo County District Attorney Office Press Conference March 1, 2019
March 1, 2019 San Mateo County District Attorney held a Press Conference.
The members of the Public were not included.
8:20 mark Steve Wagstaffe tells the reporters that the "Cause of Death was Cardiac Arrest."
47:40 mark, KQED Reporter Julie Small asked "Do you know the manner of death?" Wagstaffe says "The Coroner of this County Labeled it a Homicide." He went on to say Homicide occurring during interaction with that individual."
Had Reporter Small of KQED not asked that question Steve Wagstaffe was not going to mention Homicide
I, Michael G. Stogner Co-owner of San Mateo County News.Com asked Steve Wagstaffe @ 37:39 mark.
"After Mr. Okobi stopped breathing, You mentioned in your presentation somebody said get him in a seated position, can you identify which deputy said that?
Wagstaffe said, "It was Sgt Weidner, "He actually uses the words Positional Aphysixation watch for that, But he was breathing and he had a pulse."
Q. By putting him in a seated position, Did his head not go forward and stop his breathing?" Note: Seated Position @ 10:27 mark
Wagstaffe said "It did not.""The belief was Not, that it did not occur." "Because they continued to check for the breathing." check head position at 10:27 mark it did go forward Mr. Wagstaffe.
Wagstaffe said, "But he was breathing and he had a pulse at the time." "He actual uttered some words." No Caption at time with words allegedly uttered
Wagstaffe said, "It was a couple of minutes, several minutes after he was turned over to the AMR people." "Deputies are out of the picture then it's over to the medical people."
The video does not support Steve Wagstaffe's statement.
Video shows AMR #37 Suzanne Holman @17:55 mark giving Sternum Rub, Checking for a Pulse, and tilting head back. If a Reasonable Person takes the meaning of several minutes to mean 3 minutes that would take you to the 20:55 mark.
Wagstaffe said, He was still breathing when the Sheriff Deputies turned him over to the ARM people." Question, What time was Okobi turned over to the AMR people? Question, Who from the FOUR AMR people is District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe talking about? Here are the AMR people, Suzanne Holman #37, Forrest Uhland #37, Patrick Pham #94 & Ferdinand Retanubun #94
According to Daly City Police Officer Joshua McQuade who interviewed S. Holman on 10/04/2018
AMR #37 Suzanne Holman "She said she did not touch the decedent."
AMR #37: Forrest Uhland "Did not render any medical aid to decedent Okobi personally."
AMR #94 Ferdinand Retanubun said "His unit was assigned to treat the injured deputy who was bleeding from the face (Deputy Wang)
AMR #94 Partick Pham said he was assigned to attend to two (2) Sheriff's Deputies whom he described as an Asian deputy with abrasions to his face, (Deputy Joshua Wang) and a bald deputy who had been exposed to pepper spray (Deputy Bryan Watt).
Wagstaffe said, "You can hear the AMR people say to him, Check the pulse make sure he is still breathing." That sentence makes no sense at all. A Reasonable Person would have to ask, Who is Wagstaffe calling Him? He can't be talking about Chinedu Okobi, He has been dead since 9:10 mark.
Wagstaffe said, "You don't see them taking out their nightsticks." -5:27 mark
Deputy Wang & Deputy Watt both brought out their Batons. In the DA's Video at the 10:57 Mark you will see Deputy DeMartini Tampering with Evidence by picking up a Taser and Extended Baton and putting them in CSO's Sheriff Pick Up Truck.
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Chinedu Okobi In-Custody Death, San Mateo County Sheriff's News Release was a lie. "Suspect Immediately Assaulted the Deputy," Why?
Fact: There was No Immediate Assault of a Deputy. Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos knew that.
Who word crafted that? How many people were involved in that false statement?
A Reasonable Person after viewing the Video prepared by District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe will come to the conclusion that Chinedu V. Okobi died on El Camino Real, Millbrae California at the 9:10 mark 87 seconds before his body was sat up on his rear end with his legs straight out and his head slumped forward closing his airways. That is a full 9 minutes 40 seconds before CPR Chest Compressions were given while his hands were handcuffed behind his back. During this time there was a lot of talk and captions about checking his pulse but there is little evidence any of the 5 Sheriff Deputies or the Civilian CSO Joseph Gonzales did actually check his pulse.
SMCSO Deputy De Martini's statement, He said he felt a pulse, but said due to the fact he had just been struggling with Okobi, he was NO LONGER Certain if he felt Okobi's pulse or his own. That's pretty honest. He also said "I kind of raised up his Head a little bit."
SMCSO Sergeant David Weidner "I Never take his pulse or anything like that."
SMCSO Watt He was Unsure if decedent Okobi was breathing because he was not moving around to the extent Deputy Watt expected after the struggle. Regarding checking pulse."Trying to reach" "I stopped trying to take a pulse because he was moving his head around."
SMCSO Deputy Wang Did not check Okobi for a pulse.
SMCSO Lorenzatti "Put him in a seated position Paramedics arrived on the scene and she recalled seeing a paramedic determine Okobi did have a pulse." Deputy Lorenzatti did NOT check pulse. This statement makes it look like the paramedics were right there and started caring for Chinedu Okobi. It was 10 minutes and 29 seconds of Okobi sitting with his head slumped down before paramedics at 17:59 Caption "Paramedics try to awaken Okobi and attempt to locate a pulse."
Jeffrey Martin the expert hired by Steve Wagstaffe and paid approx. $15,000 by Taxpayers stated 7:10 as the time Okobi was Handcuffed. Wagstaffe's video doesn't give a caption for time handcuffed. Weidner states Okobi was placed in seated position within 10 seconds of being handcuffed. That would be 7:20 Martin says 20 seconds so 7:30 Okobi in seated position. The video shows 10:27 Chinedu Okobi sat up on his rear end completely limp and unresponsive with head slumped forward which would have stopped his breathing if he was in fact breathing at that time. That is a 3 MINUTE difference between Expert and Deputy statements and the Video evidence.
Positional Asphyxia
Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos
SMCSO Press Release October 3, 2018
The deputy exited his vehicle to contact the suspect and the suspect immediately assaulted the deputy, that is the biggest lie of the two. a male adult who was running in and out of traffic on El Camino Real is the second.
Chinedu Okobi was not running in and out out traffic before Deputy Wang tried to herd him with his vehicle including driving the wrong way on ECR.
Supervisor Don Horsley while serving as Sheriff terminated the employment of a Correctional Officer for being dishonest, lying to a law enforcement officer during an investigation.
Don Horsley Terminates Employee for Dishonesty
The False San Mateo County Sheriff Office Press/News Release is the same thing. Everybody in the DA's Office, County Counsel, and Sheriff's Office who had access to the data knew the Press Release was Dishonest. There lies the problem for SMC residents/
PIO Rosemerry Blankswade and Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos are responsible for this press release to be put out to the public.
District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe took 5 months to finally release a highly edited creation of video/some-audio including Captions he felt would be helpful in misleading the public to believe that Chinedu V. Okobi "He was still breathing when the Sheriff Deputies turned him over to the AMR people." He takes it a step further and said it was several minutes after AMR had him. If several means 3 minutes that would be around the 21:00 in his video. Wagstaffe does not tell you what time in the video that transfer of responsibility occurred.
Wagstaffe also fails to identify CIVILIAN CSO Joseph Gonzales 6:26 mark who was physically involved in the takedown of Mr. Okobi. It was Illegal for him to be involved. "He had multiple red/brown stains located on his person from the altercation."
You can see him in action at the 7:18 mark when several deputies get pepper sprayed. Wagstaffe's Caption at 7:22 mark "A deputy attempts to subdue Okobi with pepper spray but mistakenly hits his fellow deputies and sergeant." Joesph Gonzales is not a San Mateo County Sheriff Deputy, Wagstaffe knows that. He doesn't identify the deputy, Why? Wagstaffe's Expert Jeffrey Martin says Deputy Wang did it. There are 5 deputies and 1 CSO that makes 6 people involved. Three of them got sprayed, that leaves two deputies, Deputy DeMartini's statement rules him out. The person who did the spraying said "I did, I did that." Jamie Draper has access to voice recognition software it should be simple to identify who said those words. It's one of two people Deputy Wang or CSO Civilian Gonzales.
Wagstaffe & Bolanos only identify the 5 deputies Why? It was Illegal for CSO Joseph Gonzales to be involved that's why.
Wagstaffe fails to put a caption at the 10:57 mark. Deputy DeMartini Tampering with Evidence
D.A. Stephen M. Wagstaffe
Wagstaffe's Video and Data Released March 1, 2019
Partial Video of March 1, 2019 Press Conference KPIX CBS SF
I attended the San Mateo County District Attorney's Press Conference on March 1, 2019. At the -12:02 mark I asked Steve Wagstaffe "After Mr. Okobi stopped breathing, By putting him in a seated position did his head not go forward and stop his breathing?"
Steve Wagstaffe responded "It did not." "The belief was not." "That did not occur." Because they continued to check for the breathing.
"But he was breathing and he had a pulse at that time."
"He actually uttered some words." Really? What were the uttered words, who heard them, and what time on the video? No caption for this important assertion.
The Video Wagstaffe produced shows otherwise at 10:27 mark.
A thought for the readers, Steve Wagstaffe and his TEAM and Sheriff Carlos Bolanos have had all of the data for 5 months. It was withheld from reporters and the public for 5 months.
Effective May 1, 2019 ALL E-MAILS WILL BE DELETED THAT ARE 90 DAYS OLD AND OLDER.
Welcome to San Mateo County.
By. Michael G. Stogner
Filed under #Blacklivesmatter, #SanMateoCountyNews, #SMCJUSTICE, 911, Attorney Generals Office, Bill Silverfarb, Board of Supervisors, Carlos G. Bolanos, Carole Groom, Charles Stone, Chief Deputy District Attorney Al Serrato, Chris Hunter, Citizen Journalist, Citizens Oversight Committee, City of Millbrae, Community Service Officer Joseph Gonzales, CSO Joseph Gonzales, D.J. Wozniak, Dave Canepa, Dave Pine, David Burruto, David Silberman, Deputy Alyssa Lorenzatti, Deputy Bryan Watt, Deputy John DeMartini, Deputy Joshua Wang, DOJ, Don Horsley, Evidence Tampering, Felony misappropriation of public money., Google, Grand Jury, Hanson Bridgett LLP, John Beiers, John Burris, Michael G. Stogner, Michelle Durand, Mike Callagy, Millbrae City Manager Tom Williams, NAACP, Organized Crime, Positional Asphyxia, Prosecutorial Misconduct, RICO, SamTrans Fraud Investigation, San Mateo County Clerk to Supervisors, San Mateo County District Attorney Office, San Mateo County Firefighters, San Mateo County Sheriff Office, Sergeant David Weidner, Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos, Sheriff's Public Information Officer, Silicon Valley, SMC, SMCSO Sgt. Weidner, Steve Wagstaffe, Those Who Matter, Victim's Advocate, Warren Slocum, Yahoo
Zain Jaffer is suing Vungle, Not Hillsborough Police Department.
Zain Jaffer
Zain Jaffer's attorney filed suit yesterday seeking $100,000,000 for Wrongful Termination. He is not satisfied with not being in prison for 30-40 years. Notice he is not suing Hillsborough Police Department who arrested him for Attempted Murder of his child. The Police Chief stands by the arrest for all charges and he has the video to prove it. His criminal case being plucked from the legal process/system is similar to the College Admissions Corruption story in recent news.
No application ever filed or made for factual innocence motion.
Here are the charges minus the Attempted Murder Charge the Hillsborough Police called for.
COUNT 1: PC664/PC288.7(b) (Felony)
On or about October 15, 2017, in the County of San Mateo, State of California, the crime of Attempted Oral Copulation With Child 10 Years Old Or Younger in violation of PC664/PC288.7(b), a Felony, was committed in that ZAINALI JAFFER being a person 18 years of age or older, did attempt to engage in oral copulation with John Doe (3 years old), a child who was 10 years of age or younger. NOTICE: Conviction of this offense will require you to register pursuant to Penal Code section 290. Willful failure to register is a crime. NOTICE: The above offense is a serious felony within the meaning of Penal Code Section 1192.7(c) and a violent felony within the meaning of Penal Code Section 667.5(c).
COUNT 2: PC288(b)(1) (Felony)
On or about October 15, 2017, in the County of San Mateo, State of California, the crime of Forcible Lewd Act Upon Child in violation of PC288(b)(1), a Felony, was committed in that ZAINALI JAFFER did willfully, unlawfully, and lewdly commit a lewd and lascivious act upon or with the body or certain parts or members thereof of John Doe (3 years old), a child under the age of fourteen years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of the said defendant, ZAINALI JAFFER or the said child, by use of force, violence, duress, menace, or threat of great bodily harm. NOTICE: The above offense is a serious felony within the meaning of Penal Code Section 1192.7(c) and a violent felony within the meaning of Penal Code Section 667.5(c) NOTICE: Conviction of this offense will require you to register pursuant to Penal Code section 290. Willful failure to register is a crime. NOTICE: Conviction of this offense will require the court to order you to submit to a blood test for evidence of antibodies to the probable causative agent of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Penal Code Section 1202.1.
COUNT 3: PC245(a)(4) (Felony)
On or about October 15, 2017, in the County of San Mateo, State of California, the crime of Assault By Means Likely To Produce Great Bodily Injury in violation of PC245(a)(4), a Felony, was committed in that ZAINALI JAFFER did willfully and unlawfully commit an assault on Firoz Jaffer by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury.
COUNT 4: PC273A(a) (Felony)
On or about October 15, 2017, in the County of San Mateo, State of California, the crime of Child Abuse in violation of PC273A(a), a Felony, was committed in that ZAINALI JAFFER did willfully and unlawfully, under circumstances likely to produce great bodily harm or death, injure, cause, or permit a child, John Doe (3 years old), to suffer or to be inflicted with unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, or, having the care and custody of said child, injure, cause, or permit the person or health of said child to be injured or did willfully cause or permit said child to be placed in such situation that his/her person or health was/were endangered.
On or about October 15, 2017, in the County of San Mateo, State of California, the crime of Child Abuse in violation of PC273A(a), a Felony, was committed in that ZAINALI JAFFER did willfully and unlawfully, under circumstances likely to produce great bodily harm or death, injure, cause, or permit a child, Jane Doe (1 year old), to suffer or to be inflicted with unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, or, having the care and custody of said child, injure, cause, or permit the person or health of said child to be injured or did willfully cause or permit said child to be placed in such situation that his/her person or health was/were endangered.
COUNT 6: PC243(b) (Misdemeanor)
On or about October 15, 2017, in the County of San Mateo, State of California, the crime of Battery Upon A Peace Officer in violation of PC243(b), a Misdemeanor, was committed in that ZAINALI JAFFER did willfully and unlawfully use force or violence upon the person of Peter Gould when said defendant, ZAINALI JAFFER, knew or reasonably should have known that said person was a peace officer engaged in the performance of his duties. Pursuant to Penal Code Section 1054.5(b), the People are hereby informally requesting that defendant(s) and his or her attorney provide to the People the discovery required by Penal Code Section 1054.3. This is a continuing request pursuant to the provisions of Penal Code Section 1054.7.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct except for those things stated on information and belief and those I believe to be true.
Executed on October 17, 2017, at San Mateo County, California.
Also here is an e-mail to reporter at the PADP where he is describing a witness from the P.H. Jan. 31, 2018
From: Steve Wagstaffe
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 4:01 PMTo: Emily Mibach
Subject: People v. Jaffer
Here is the description of the testimony by the instructor:
DEFENSE THEN CALLED MARTIN ROMUALDEZ, D'S JIU-JITSU INSTRUCTOR FOR 6 MTHS PRIOR TO INCIDENT, AND THEN CALLED OFC REY. MR. ROMUALDEZ TESTIFIED THAT WHAT HE OBSERVED ON THE BODY CAM FOOTAGES WAS THE DEF PERFORMING A JIU-JITSU MOVE THAT HE HAD BEEN TRAINED IN (ARM BAR/TRIANGLE). MR. ROMUALDEZ ADMITTED HOWEVER THAT IN THE NUMEROUS PRACTICE SESSIONS WHERE D AND HIS SON JOHN DOE WERE INVOLVED THAT D WAS NEVER NAKED, THAT IT DID NOT RESULT IN ANY SCREAMING ON THE PART OF JOHN DOE, THAT JOHN DOE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE IN PAIN, THAT JOHN DOE WAS NEVER INJURED OR TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. INSTRUCTOR FURTHER ADMITTED THERE IS NO JIU-JITSU MOVE THAT INVOLVES INSERTING FINGERS INTO ONE'S ANUS OR SELF-STIMULATING IN THAT MANNER, AND THAT THE PRACTICE SESSION S WITH D AND HIS SON NEVER INVOLVED ANY KIND OF TRASH TALK OR LANGUAGE SUCH AS "PUSSY."
San Mateo County should Audit this case and that includes CPS & APS.
Michael G. Stogner
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SMC District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe making Chinedu V. Okobi recordings public tomorrow.
No mention of the Sixth San Mateo County Sheriff Employee Civilian CSO Joseph Gonzales. He participated in the physical takedown of Okobi, He also can be clearly seen deploying O.C. Spray at the 7:18 mark of Wagstaffe's video.
No criminal charges for San Mateo County sheriff's deputies in death of Chinedu Okobi.
District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe has stated he will provide the Video and Audio recordings of the October 3, 2018 Pedestrian In Custody Death of Chinedu V. Okobi. They will be available on the District Attorney's website March 1, 2019 in the afternoon. He will also announce his charging decision of the 5 SMCSO Employees at an 11:00 am press conference at his office in Redwood City March 1, 2019.
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Q: How to solve Firebase onAuthStateChanged firing 2x (initialization and resolution)? I have been unable to find a strong solution to this issue. The issue being that onAuthStateChanged will execute once when it initializes, and once again when it resolves. Since my apps loads views depending on auth state, the initialization always returns an undependable value.
Is there a strong solution to this yet? Or is this a non-issue and I'm just crazy?
I've looked quite a bit and have only found hacks or workarounds.
A couple:
Firebase Android onAuthStateChanged called twice
Possible to check Firebase 3 auth state synchronously in Javascript?

A: The onAuthStateChanged will always trigger on initialization. However, it should not fire again unless there is a change in the current Firebase Id token (sign out or new sign in event). However, keep in mind that firebase Id tokens are refreshed every hour or so, so this will trigger constantly every hour when the token is refreshed. You can add logic in the listener to check if the user has changed and ignore if the same user is still logged in. If you notice any other behavior, please notify the Firebase teams to fix it.

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Which Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy" character are you?
The Umbrella Academy Quiz!
Umbrella Academy, a black comedy TV series, has fans glued to their seats. If you appreciate superhero shows, The Umbrella Academy is a fantastic TV show that is packed with action and plot twists. It's difficult not to fall in love with these folks and their stories. But who are you in the Umbrella Academy?
Which of The Umbrella Academy's Hargreeves siblings do you most resemble? The Umbrella Academy's members are highly bright, intelligent, and emotionally complicated. We think we know which Umbrella Academy character you're most like based on your responses to these questions.
It's easy to see why it's one of the best programs out there when it's mixed with an amazing soundtrack and humor. We follow a strange family as they try to save the planet. They each have their own special abilities. But that isn't the only thing that sets them apart from the competition. None of the "siblings" are related to each other. When they were all babies, eccentric millionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves adopted them all.
Aside from the show's striking visual features, The Umbrella Academy can successfully evoke emotion and inspire imagination. The fascinating characters leave the audience in awe of their unique personalities. The show's superheroes are unlike any other since they may be relatable and ordinary. However, the engaging performances, complemented by the powerful story, make it tough to put the film down.
Do you have any ideas about who it might be? Klaus? Diego? Vanya? Which Umbrella Academy character are you? Let's see if you get the same character you are currently thinking about after completing the quiz. Ready? Let's go then!
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Ash Wednesday (2002, Edward Burns)
Burns must have cast Elijah Wood because of Lord of the Rings, figured his presence would boost Ash Wednesday's salability. At some point during filming, as Burns watched Wood's useless, laughable, whiny performance… he must have regretted it. It's not like the film's only problem is Wood–far from it–but he's just so terrible, so incompetent, the whole proposition becomes ludicrous when he appears.
And the appearance of his character is actually one of the film's other primary problems. The first twenty-five minutes–save a useless prologue, probably only in there to get Wood on screen at the outset in order to satisfy that rabid Elijah Wood fan-base–are a solid, boring day in the life. Burns isn't going for metaphor with the title, the film takes place on February 16, 1983. He's playing a bar owner who goes about his morning, trying to get to church and stuck hearing about his brother (Wood)–supposedly deceased–back from the grave. He's got good mobsters, bad mobsters and a priest pestering him. It's a solid twenty-five minutes, because there's no indication Wood's still alive, and it's just day-in-the-life and Burns does it well. I wonder if he distracted himself from Wood's performance with the exquisite direction. He futzes with the focus for effect at times and it doesn't work, but Ash Wednesday has some wonderful composition. It's so good, one can forgive Burns his sepia filter, which he must have been using to give it the 1983 look. It doesn't really work, but, again, it's forgivable.
The problems with the script are a different matter. Burns's protagonist is barely a character. The more people talk about him–the main source of information about the stoic, somber individual–the more difficult it becomes to reconcile Burns's portrayal with the imagined personality. One of Burns's greatest strengths as a writer-director-actor is his ability to write himself a good character. He's not Marlon Brando–in most of his films, the flashier performances go to other actors–but here, he misfires. Presumably, the Wood role was supposed to be flashier, but instead it's like a mob comedy–like that movie with Charles Grodin and Martin Short where Short plays a little kid–Wood is playing a tough guy.
There's also an inherent problem with the genre. The Irish crime genre has almost no successes–all I can think of, recently, is The Departed. Almost every other notable one–I'm thinking primarily of State of Grace–is a disaster. Burns certainly doesn't bring anything new to it, but there's a potential to Ash Wednesday he doesn't seem aware of.
If the film had been a day-in-the-life where Wood doesn't show up until the last act (or not at all)–and Burns had written himself a better role–it would have been something interesting… a character drama set in a crime-friendly environment. Would have been solid.
It's just a shame such good direction–and such a good cast (Oliver Platt, James Handy, Peter Gerety)–got wasted on such a poor effort. David Shire's music too. It's a simple, repetitive piano score. Boring, like the entire movie should have been.
Still, without Wood, it would have at least been passable… though Rosario Dawson doesn't have an ounce of chemistry with anyone in the film.
2002, Ash Wednesday, ⓏⒺⓇⓄ, Directed by Edward Burns, Drama, Film
Edward Burns, Elijah Wood, James Handy, Michael Mulheren, Oliver Platt, Pat McNamara, Rosario Dawson
Sidewalks of New York (2001, Edward Burns)
Looking for Kitty (2004, Edward Burns)
No Looking Back (1998, Edward Burns)


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Joe Pham Is Passionate About Succeeding In Business
Joe stuck to his vision and found success in business. His company believes creating partnerships and helping people do something they enjoy, as these are essential factors for success.
- June 5, 2020 —
Joe Pham is passionate about building successful businesses. He has never let anything stop him, even going so far as to try and change industries when there was resistance in the past. Joe opens up on his entrepreneurial spirit and the factors that fuelled his success.
Many entrepreneurs back away from different markets because of ambiguous laws or restrictions, but judging from Joe' actions, he always his business sense would prevail. His business focus started back in 2010, and has grown and scaled as his businesses have done the same in the decade since. He now takes the time to share how he became successful with others, in the hope of inspiring them as well.
Joe discloses that his company enjoys strong partnerships that he leverages for wholesale distribution. We are in the age of e-commerce, and most companies are leveraging the internet to tap into a wider market, and Joe admits that his company has an online platform that increases sales. However, he also understands what goes into face-to-face interactions. His focus on helping people allows his business to flourish, and he hopes that his dedication inspires those around him to reach the same type of heights.
Growth is one of the measures of success in any company. Joe discloses that his company has consistently outdone itself with each passing year since 2015. With parents who immigrated to the US from Vietnam with nothing more than their clothes, Joe admits that success has not always been a part of him. But he also acknowledges that watching his parent's work ethic and also having the opportunity to run the register in his family-owned convenience store as a kid molded him into a great entrepreneur.
Joe Pham says the one thing he would tell his younger self is to have discipline. When asked about what keeps him motivated, he reveals that he stays positive, consistent, and wakes up early. He advises young entrepreneurs to spend their time wisely, start a business that they enjoy, and hold themselves accountable. With these tips, they too, can become successful in the field they enjoy.
About Joe Pham:
If you'd like to learn more about Joe, follow his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joe_industrial_hemp_farms/
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New Congress and Administration Get Started
Election Impact: The January run-off elections in Georgia flipped control of the U.S. Senate to Democratic control, propelling Senator Chuck Schumer to Majority Leader and casting Vice President Harris as the vote that will likely break many ties in the next two years. This unlikely result means Democrats control the House, Senate and Executive Branch, with Joe Biden being sworn into the Presidency on January 20th. Razor thin margins in both the House and Senate spells difficulty for progressive policies like Medicare for All, creation of a public insurance option, and even lowering the Medicare age to 60 years old. Bipartisanship will be at a premium, but with a budget process known as "reconciliation," which requires only 51 votes in the Senate to pass certain legislation, there is still a lot of opportunity to achieve O&P objectives. And the Biden Administration is showing signs of being very active on health policy, which does not require Congress' approval.
O&P Legislation: With all of the key House and Senate champions of the Medicare O&P Patient-Centered Care Act returning to Congress, quick reintroduction is expected in the coming months. The bill would separate DME from O&P, reform the definition of off-the-shelf (OTS) orthotics, exempt licensed and certified orthotists and prosthetists from competitive bidding, and ban drop shipping of custom O&P to patients' homes. The bill will continue to compete with COVID-19 relief legislation which will take most of the oxygen out of the Congressional agenda, but legislative vehicles on which to attach this bill will be available later this year and next. In addition, the "Triple A" Study Act, which would dramatically improve the data the profession has on O&P prevalence, use, and insurance coverage, is also expected to be introduced in the coming months. NAAOP supports both of these bills and urges our members to request their Members of Congress to become cosponsors of the bills.
DMEPOS Proposed Rule: In the closing days of the Trump Administration, CMS collected comments on its CY 2021 Proposed Rule on Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies, but did not have time to issue a final rule. There were several important proposals in this year's rule—which is currently on hold until the Biden Administration decides how it wants to proceed. Of particular note in the proposed rule are the improvements to the HCPCS coding and pricing processes, including the way CMS determines the benefit category of new technologies. NAAOP will be closely monitoring this rule and will report new developments to the NAAOP membership.
Veterans Administration Final Rule on Prosthetics: In late December, the VA finally issued its final rule on prosthetics, clarifying that veterans do, in fact, have a role in deciding which practitioner will be able to provide their care. But the final rule still grants the VA authority to make this determination. Since NAAOP spearheaded the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, NAAOP has made veteran choice of practitioner a top priority. For this reason, NAAOP will continue to closely monitor this situation and will intervene further if necessary.
Sexual Harassment: Maggie Baumer, J.D., President-Elect of NAAOP, has been chairing an O&P Alliance Subcommittee on Sexual Harassment. Look for the NAAOP video coming soon that will feature Maggie as she reports on the status of this important initiative and seeks further engagement in this issue across the O&P profession.


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Dell HPC Supercomputer Advances Women's Health in Australia
By Perrin Cox | March 14, 2016 November 27, 2018
Ed. Note: This post was authored by Andrew Underwood, Manager, High Performance Computing (HPC), APJ, Dell
Today, we are announcing that Australia's national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), will be strengthening its position as Australia's innovation catalyst, thanks to a new Dell High Performance Computing (HPC) System, named Pearcey.
Pearcey will drive a new era of big science that is transforming healthcare by analysing and modeling enormous amounts of data in order to implement clinical treatments that enhance individual and population health outcomes.
One CSIRO researcher benefiting from Pearcey is Dr. Dayalan Gunasegaram, a computational modeler who is using the new system for modeling work behind the development of an improved nylon mesh for use in pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery. This procedure has the potential to benefit the one in five Australian women that have surgery for the condition at some point in their lives.
The Pearcey system will also connect to the CSIRO Bowen Research Cloud, which is built on Dell PowerEdge technology, and provides CSIRO researchers with access to hundreds of flexible data and compute pools designed for collaborative research and multi-tenancy.
Built with future-ready in mind, the Pearcey system is powered by 246 Dell PowerEdge M630 compute blades, and four PowerEdge R930 high-memory servers that offer increased computational and data processing power. The system is tightly connected via an FDR InfiniBand network, and will leverage Bright Cluster Manager to provide a software defined approach to orchestrating the system. This delivers flexibility that allows the infrastructure to change, dependant on the scientific workload.
An example of this is the inclusion of a new ScaleMP software connected architecture running on 16 of the M630 blades, each with 512GB RAM. This software enables the CSIRO to create a single high memory cluster of 8 TB's of memory and 320 cores under a single operating system, or break this memory into smaller clusters such as 4 x 2TB, 8 x 1TB etc. The CSIRO has not had this ability before to manage the size of memory allocated to research projects and is particularly important in the Bioinformatics and Life Sciences research streams.
You can learn more on CSIRO health blog.
Rise of Data-Centric Computing with Computational Storage
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Mar 14, 2016 | Perrin Cox
Healthcare: Moving at the Speed of Technology
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Ill-informed, unwarranted': India condemns Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's comments on farmers' protest
PTI, Dec 1, 2020, 5:19 PM IST
New Delhi: India on Tuesday strongly reacted to comments by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other leaders there regarding farmers" protest, calling the remarks as "ill-informed" and "unwarranted" as the matter pertained to the internal affairs of a democratic country.
"We have seen some ill-informed comments by Canadian leaders relating to farmers in India. Such comments are unwarranted, especially when pertaining to the internal affairs of a democratic country," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said.
In a terse message, the ministry further added that "it is also best that diplomatic conversations are not misrepresented for political purposes."
In a video posted on his Twitter account, Trudeau said,"the situation is concerning and we are all very worried about family and friends and I know that is a reality for many of you. Let me remind you, Canada will always be there to defend the right of peaceful protest."
He also said,"we believe in importance of dialogue and that is why we have reached out through multiple means directly to Indian authorities to highlight our concerns."
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except ImportError:
    import cElementTree as ET
import Utils.ElementTreeUtils as ETUtils
import sys
import CorpusElements
from optparse import OptionParser
from collections import defaultdict

def parseStats(input):
    print >> sys.stderr, "Loading input file", input
    inputTree = ETUtils.ETFromObj(input)
    inputRoot = inputTree.getroot()
    counts = defaultdict(int)
    for sentence in inputRoot.getiterator("sentence"):
        counts["sentence"] += 1
        analysesElement = sentence.find("sentenceanalyses")
        if analysesElement == None:
            counts["sentence-no-analyses"] += 1
            continue
        # Create parses element (if needed)
        parsesElement = analysesElement.find("parses")
        if parsesElement == None:
            counts["sentence-no-parses"] += 1
            continue
        # Loop through parses
        for parseElement in parsesElement:
            parserName = parseElement.get("parser")
            counts["parse:"+parserName] += 1
            if parseElement.get("pennstring") in ["", None]:
                counts["parse:"+parserName+"(no penn)"] += 1
            if len(parseElement.findall("dependency")) == 0:
                counts["parse:"+parserName+"(no dependencies)"] += 1
            if len(parseElement.findall("phrase")) == 0:
                counts["parse:"+parserName+"(no phrases)"] += 1
        # Tokenizations
        tokenizationsElement = analysesElement.find("tokenizations")
        if tokenizationsElement == None:
            counts["sentence-no-tokenizations"] += 1
            continue
        # Loop through tokenizations
        for tokenizationElement in tokenizationsElement:
            tokenizerName = tokenizationElement.get("tokenizer")
            counts["tokenization:"+tokenizerName] += 1
            if len(tokenizationElement.findall("token")) == 0:
                counts["tokenization:"+tokenizerName+"(no tokens)"] += 1

    print >> sys.stderr, "Parse statistics for", input
    for key in sorted(counts.keys()):
        print >> sys.stderr, " ", key + ":", counts[key]

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Home / Hot Stuff / Smartphones / Realme's £279 7 Pro could be the smartphone bargain of the year
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Realme's £279 7 Pro could be the smartphone bargain of the year
And there's an even cheaper one available too
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7 October 2020 / 16:28 BST 5 November 2021 / 03:00 GMT
If we told you a new phone had a 6.4in Super AMOLED always-on screen with a fingerprint reader built into it, a 64MP main camera, 8GB of RAM, and a 4500mAh battery that charges in just over half an hour, how much would you be willing to pay for it? Way more than £279, right? Well put your credit card away because that's all you need to part with for Realme's 7 Pro. There's also a Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G processor, 128GB of storage, and a 32MP hole-punch camera on the front. If that'll still leave you counting the pennies, the standard 7 is £100 cheaper and still comes with a 6.5in Full HD+ LCD screen, a MediaTek Helio G95 processor, and a quad-camera setup on the back. Both can be pre-ordered right now.
Best mid-range smartphone 2022: the top phones that won't break the bank
On the search for the best mid-range smartphone below $500/£500? You're in the right place
9 January 2023 / 12:16 GMT 9 January 2023 / 12:17 GMT
Best cheap phone 2023: the best budget smartphones reviewed
The top affordable budget phones for less than $300/£300 reviewed and rated – Sony, Motorola, Huawei and more
Best Android phone 2023: the top smartphones from Google, Samsung, OnePlus and more reviewed
Which Android blower should you buy?
4 December 2022 / 11:25 GMT 1 January 2023 / 15:08 GMT
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra review: take Note of a new king
The Galaxy Note is dead, long live the S22 Ultra
Rating 5 of 5
22 February 2022 / 18:08 GMT 17 October 2022 / 10:47 BST
Google Pixel 7 Pro review: a safe sequel
Camera cleverness and some style tweaks cement the Pro's place at the top of the Pixel food chain
12 October 2022 / 18:00 BST 9 January 2023 / 12:04 GMT
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max review: more iPhone in every sense
Apple revamps its flagship phone in many meaningful ways – but it comes at a significant price
Price: £1199
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OnePlus 10 Pro review: worth the wait
OnePlus' latest flagship is finally available after its initial new year reveal. Was it worth the wait?
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Oppo Find X5 Pro review: ticking all the boxes
An absolute stunner of a smartphone with an Achilles' heel that may (or may not) be a dealbreaker
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Jordan Peterson's popularity is on the rise. His new book, 12 Rules for Life, tops the charts on Amazon. And he is appearing on numerous platforms, physical or digital. He also influences Christians. But should Christian listen to Peterson? I've given my answer in a previous article. But to sum it up, Christians should listen to Peterson critically because his message sometimes agrees and other times disagrees with the Christian faith.
Should Christians Listen to Jordan Peterson?
Jordan Peterson has become wildly popular. His YouTube channel has nearly 40 million views. And he has recently gone on a successful book tour across the Western world with much fanfare.
In light of this, should Christians listen to Peterson? Is he filling the gap that families and churches have failed to fill (I am not claiming this but merely asking the question)? [Read more…] about Should Christians Listen to Jordan Peterson?
Peterson, Jordan B. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. Toronto: Random House Canada, 2018.
Jordan Peterson's name seems to be everywhere. Whether it's the now famous Channel 4 interview or the plethora of online videos and interviews, he's a hit with people, particularly young men. He also influences people—in some case changing people's lives. To some, he's a messenger of salvation, giving hope to the hopeless.
His influence doesn't seem to be waning. According to David Brooks, Jordan Peterson might be "the most influential public intellectual in the Western world." And his book, 12 Rules for Life, is selling like free candy given to children. It tops the best-seller lists of Amazon (at this moment, it's #1 for Amazon USA and Canada and #3 for Amazon UK).


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Symposium on Interspecies Performance 16. – 17.9.2013
Renegotiating "Us": In Performance with Other Species
What are non-humans, the other species able to become? What are humans and performances able to become together with them in the age of eco-crises?
16.-17.9.2013 Performing Arts Research Centre, Theatre Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki
Through various art, performance and thinking practices, this international transdisciplinary symposium of artistic research, live art and fine art focuses on our relationships with the non-human, especially with other animals and plants. The main aim of the two-day symposium is to explore the possibilities and implications of the interspecies performance – understood as social collectives including humans and non-humans – for performance, art and human in the age of eco-crises. For the first time in Finland, this symposium introduces and explores an emerging field of study into the relationships between performance, humans, other species and "nature". The animal turn (animal studies (human-animal relations), animal ethics) along with the wider environmental/ecological/ earthly turn in our culture and the posthumanistic theories questioning the anthropocentrism prevalent in several disciplines have all been drawing attention also to this field of interspecies performance.
The keynote speaker, Professor Alan Read is a pioneer on the question of performance and animals, and the author of Theatre & Everyday Life (1993), Theatre, Intimacy & Engagement (2008), and Theatre in the Expanded Field (October 2013). He is currently Professor of Theatre at King's College London where he directs the Performance Foundation.
The keynote speaker, Professor Carl Lavery is a specialist in the relationships between performance, ecology and environment. His publications include i.a. Walking and Autobiography: Performance Writing, D. Heddon, C. Lavery & P. Smith, ed. R. Mock, (2009) and Site-Specificity and the Practice of Location: Processes, Performances, Writing (with A. Filmer, 2013/14). He is currently Professor of Theatre and Performance at the Aberystwyth University.
Speakers of the symposium:
o Keynote: Alan Read (Professor of Theatre, King's College London, UK)
o Keynote: Carl Lavery (Professor of Theatre and Performance, Aberystwyth University, UK)
o Hanna Johansson (PhD, Researcher in Art History, University of Helsinki)
o Essi Kausalainen (Performance Artist, Helsinki)
o Esa Kirkkopelto (Professor of Artistic Research, Theatre Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki)
o Tuija Kokkonen (Live Artist, Research Associate, Theatre Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki)
o Susanna Lindberg (Professor of Philosophy, University of Tampere)
o Tuula Närhinen (Visual Artist, Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki)
o Erika Ruonakoski (PhD, Researcher in Theoretical Philosophy, University of Helsinki)
Warmly welcome!
Registration now open: https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/Symposium_on_Interspecies_Perfomance_4604 (by 9.9.)
More information: tuija.kokkonen@teak.fi
The symposium is organized by Tuija Kokkonen, whose artistic research project (since 2006) explores the questions of the symposium.
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Seuraava artikkeliSeuraava New Performance Turku -festivaali 13.-16.6.2013