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Charlotte's Web Expands Canine-Focused Pet Line
Twelve SKUs Addressing Demand in Fast-Growing Animal Health CBD Sector
BOULDER, CO, May 7, 2019 /CNW/ - (CSE:CWEB, OTCQX:CWBHF) Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc. ("Charlotte's Web", or the "Company") the market share leader in hemp-derived CBD extract products, is pleased to announce the expansion of its canine-focused pet products, launching an all-new 12 SKU lineup comprised of hemp-extract infused chews, flavored and unflavored oils, and a topical balm. Since introducing its first PAWS™ hemp-extract product for pets in February 2017, interest has exceeded all expectations, producing high demand and sales growth. With today's launch of the expanded pet product line, Charlotte's Web aims to increase its market share in the rapidly growing market segment for hemp-derived CBD pet products. According to market research firm, Brightfield Group, the CBD Pet market is forecast to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 151% between 2018-2022 to a market size of US$1.16B.
Charlotte's Web's canine product line can be viewed and purchased online at https://www.charlottesweb.com/all-charlottes-web-hemp-cbd-supplements/cbd-hemp-extract-for-dogs and is available for order through the Company's retail distribution partners.
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is not exclusive to humans. Other mammals can also benefit from Charlotte's Web hemp-extracts with a broad spectrum of naturally occurring cannabinoids including cannabidiol ("CBD"). According to market research firm Packaged Facts in its recent report U.S. Pet Market Outlook, 2019-2020, 85 percent of dog owners agree that "My pet sometimes has anxiety/stress issues."
The new functionally focused chews represent a notable new consumable format from Charlotte's Web and come in three formulations with synergistic functional ingredients to target specific health functions including: Calming, Hips & Joints and Cognition. The chews are all-natural, grain and soy free, and feature 2.5mg of naturally occurring phytocannabinoids per chew.
Each chew formulation contains the Company's market-leading Charlotte's Web hemp extract and are uniquely enhanced with functional herbs and botanical supplements that work in synergy to further support each targeted health focus.
Dog Chews by Charlotte's Web
Helps with everyday stresses, including travel or separation, to help your dog keep calm and relaxed. Enhanced with Valerian Root, Passionflower Extract and Chamomile.
HIPS & JOINTS
Promotes healthy hips and joints, eases stiffness due to normal daily activity and ageing.
Enhanced with Glucosamine, Turmeric and Chondroitin.
Naturally supports brain health. Enhanced with Elderberry Powder, DHA, EPA and Vitamin- E.
All three chew formulations are produced using a new chicken flavor created for the Charlotte's Web canine products line. The new chicken flavor has also been added to the easily digestible and healthy oil products, which now come with an improved pump delivery system making administering oil to pets easier.
Charlotte's Web's new hemp-infused balm can be massaged into a pet's skin for help with stiff joints, tender paws or sensitive skin. The hemp-infused balm features supporting botanical ingredients for topical pet health.
"So many of our customers share amazing stories about the noticeable improvements in their dog's lives when incorporating our hemp-extract into their diets," stated Kelsey Morrison, Associate Director of Product Development at Charlotte's Web. "We applied a thoughtful scientific approach to animal health, expanding from our single oil extract offering to twelve SKUs enhanced with additional botanicals to support your dog's mind, body and soul. This new pet line aims to improve the lives of those who help us improve ours. Because they're not just pets, they're family."
Developed by the Company's animal food sciences team, the entire Charlotte's Web pet line is approved by the National Animal Supplement Council ("NASC") for compliance with animal food and product safety. Charlotte's Web is one of only a few hemp companies to be compliant with NASC. NASC is at the forefront of the push to safely regulate the pet market for animal supplements, offering a quality seal audit program and keeping in close contact with the FDA.
"We all want to see our four-legged friends healthy, happy and safe," said Hess Moallem, President and Chief Executive Officer of Charlotte's Web. "As a proud member of the NASC we strictly adhere to all NASC regulatory guidelines, and each of the pet products we sell go through the NASC approval process. Working closely with the NASC provides pet owners and retailers with assurance that Charlotte's Web pet products are compliant and safe. And, like all our products, over 20 tests are applied throughout the production process. This is only one of the many reason's Charlotte's Web is known as The World's Most Trusted Hemp Extract."
Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc. is the market leader in the production and distribution of innovative hemp-derived cannabidiol ("CBD") wellness products. Founded by the Stanley Brothers, the Company's premium quality products start with proprietary hemp genetics that are responsibly manufactured into hemp-derived CBD extracts naturally containing a broad spectrum of phytocannabinoids, including CBD, terpenes, flavonoids and other beneficial hemp compounds. Industrial hemp products are non-intoxicating. Charlotte's Web product categories include CBD Oil tinctures (liquid products), CBD capsules, CBD topicals, as well as CBD pet products. Charlotte's Web hemp-derived CBD extracts are sold through select distributors, brick and mortar retailers, and online through the Company's website at www.CharlottesWeb.com. The rate the Company pays for agricultural products reflects a fair and sustainable rate driving higher quality yield, encouraging good farming practices, and supporting U.S. farming communities.
Charlotte's Web is a socially conscious company and is committed to using business as a force for good and a catalyst for innovation. The Company weighs sound business decisions with consideration for how its efforts affect its employees, customers, the environment, and the communities where its employees live and where it does business, while maximizing profits and strengthening its brands. The Company's management believes that socially oriented actions have a positive impact on the Company, its employees and its shareholders. Charlotte's Web donates a portion of its pre-tax earnings to charitable organizations.
Shares of Charlotte's Web trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol "CWEB" and in the United States on the OTCQX under the symbol "CWBHF". As at March 31, 2019 Charlotte's Web has 25,375,294 Common Shares outstanding and 169,696.18 Proportionate Voting Shares convertible at 400:1, for an effective equivalent of 93,253,766 Common Shares outstanding.
Certain information in this news release constitutes forward-looking information. In some cases, but not necessarily in all cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "targets", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "an opportunity exists", "is positioned", "estimates", "intends", " assumes ", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate" or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", "will" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances contain forward-looking information. Statements containing forward-looking information are not historical facts but instead represent management's expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events.
Forward-looking information is necessarily based on a number of opinions, assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by the Company as of the date of this news release, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to the factors described in greater detail in the public documents of the Company available at www.sedar.com. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect the Company; however, these factors should be considered carefully. There can be no assurance that such estimates and assumptions will prove to be correct. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter statements containing any forward-looking information, or the factors or assumptions underlying them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Returning Student Registration for Summer Term 2019 opens May 8!
Returning student registration for Summer Term 2019 will open on Wednesday, May 8 at 3pm. 8th graders will be registering for high school courses this summer!
Explore abstract and decorative mosaic designs to create 2D artworks. Learn how to use mosaic tools and materials, cut glass or ceramic tile, and compose with line, shape, color, and pattern to create beautiful abstract designs.
Travel to the Shedd Aquarium and draw inspiration from coral reefs, octopi, jellyfish and other creatures of the deep! Explore a wide array of materials and techniques to craft your own sea creatures and imaginary ecosystem.
Discover the science and magic behind the camera! Experiment with different photographic processes such as photograms and cyanotypes, and create your own cameras from soup cans and other objects to learn about what led to today's technology.
Explore how to visually distort the world around us through experimental photography techniques. Combine the digital and analog processes by printing in the darkroom, collaging imagery, and making 3D photographs in Photoshop.
Learn how to design your own clothes! Create fabric through dyeing and printing and sew basic garments that can be customized with your own style. After a fun fashion photoshoot, you will leave with an original, ready-to-wear garment.
Learn professional methods for drawing and hand-coloring comic books. Develop characters, and give them a story to tell while learning penciling, inking, and coloring processes to create your own comic books!
Explore the world of color and bring new dimension to your drawings. Play with cut paper to create colorful still life compositions, learn color pencil techniques, and venture into watercolor and acrylic paint to make your artwork pop!
Explore life after high school! Visit colleges, meet creative professionals, learn about FAFSA and scholarships, develop your resume, work on personal or artist statements, photograph your artwork, and play with mixed media and bookbinding too!
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Nick Baumann
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Lest readers complain that this blog never reports good news, I want to pass on a bit of it. Later this week (or perhaps next), President Obama will sign an Intelligence Authorization Act that expands congressional oversight of covert government actions. Normally, a small group of legislators known as the "Gang of Eight"—the top leaders of both parties in the House and the Senate, as well as the chair and ranking member of both chambers' intelligence committees—are supposed to receive detailed briefings on covert actions. Now, the intelligence community will also be required to provide "general descriptions" of such actions to every member of both the House and Senate intelligence committees.
Even the ACLU, which has slammed the Obama administration on any number of issues, likes this bill. "This policy will ensure that this and future administrations are more accountable. It will also serve as a check on the 'Gang of Eight' and the intelligence committees as they will no longer be able to claim ignorance of national security programs as they have in the past," Laura Murphy, the director of the ACLU's Washington lobbying shop, said last week.
What remains to be seen is how the new briefing rules will work in practice. The CIA itself has admitted flaws in the process. Last May, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a political controversy by claiming the CIA had lied to her in 2002 briefings about so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques." That June, in response to Pelosi's claim, the CIA Inspector General's office conducted a review of the agency's congressional briefings. It [PDF] found that while members of the CIA division responsible for interrogations repeatedly claimed that Pelosi and other members of Congress had been "fully briefed," they never "provide[d] specifics about those briefings, nor did they source their assertions."
That July, CIA director Leon Panetta reportedly told a closed-door session of the House intelligence committee that the CIA had failed to tell Congress about a number of "significant actions" between 2001 and June 2009. In a letter to Pete Hoekstra, the ranking Republican on the committee, chairman Silvestre Reyes wrote that the panel "has been misled, has not been provided full and complete notifications, and (in at least one occasion) was affirmatively lied to" by the agency.
So to wrap up: it's a good thing that the congressional briefing rules are getting tougher. But there's nothing to stop the CIA from misleading, failing to notify, or simply lying to Congress unless members take affirmative measures to force the intelligence community to play by the rules. That would start with holding the people responsible for the incorrect, misleading, or false Bush-era briefings accountable for their actions. If people know there are no consequences for breaking the rules, they're much more likely to break them.
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Posted on December 14, 2017 December 14, 2017 by Veronica Taglia - 2 Comments on Mapping the Legacy of Cornelia Adair
Mapping the Legacy of Cornelia Adair
My project aims to create a digital biography/storymap of Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie Adair (1837-1921), a pioneer originally from Geneseo, New York who played a substantial role in land development in Donegal, Ireland, and Southwest Texas. After her marriage to notorious Irish landowner John George Adair, Cornelia managed their estate at Glenveagh and was the primary manager of the JA Ranch in Texas, which at its height consisted of 500,000 acres primarily used for cattle grazing. Following the 1916 Easter Rising, Cornelia fled Glenveagh and devoted her time to land expansion in Texas.
Eduardo Tofano Portrait of Cornelia Adair (Source: T.D. Hobart Papers, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum)
Considerable primary and secondary source material exists on Cornelia Adair because her life intersected with many developing narratives of the late 19th century–including Irish land wars, the Easter Rising, Native American land relations, early environmentalist practices and Republican philanthropy. However, I wanted to organize and compile these sources into one website that focuses a narrative on Cornelia Adair, with a particular focus on the way Adair transformed spaces with an eye towards community development. As such, I decided to organize available primary documents and existing research on the Adairs into a biographical story map, which provides a spatial lens for assessing Cornelia Adair's extensive travels and proto-environmentalist land practices.
the homepage of my website
Before beginning the digital map, though, I had to develop a homepage and subsequent pages that would contextualize Adair and provide users with a fuller description of her biographical legacy. I used Omeka, an open-source digital archivist platform, to create "items" related to Adair, most of which contained a picture, source/publishing rights information, and several sentences of description to explain how that particular item connects to Adair's larger narrative story. I also added three simple pages to the navigator of my site: a biography page, in which I provided a short (~750 word) biography of Adair; a bibliography to aggregate my sources and provide users with further reading material; and an "about the project page." In this last page, I state the goals of my website, its origins in my research grant from the Geneseo Foundation, the digital platforms I used to make the site, and an acknowledgement to the folks who helped me in my research (including Dr. Schacht, Dr. Anne, Warren Stricker, and Sean O'Gaoithin). I also organized my items into collections, so users can quickly browse collections such as "pictures of Cornelia Adair" or "letters from Cornelia Adair" without combing through the map.
the navigation bar of my website
Finally, after adding the appropriate biographical and contextual information onto the site, I began developing my original aim for the project: a digital storymap. I used the Omeka plugin Geolocation to locate each of my items to a specific point on a map. From there, I was able to create a more holistic, spatial representation of the scope of Cornelia Adair's travel and activities. Users can browse the map to find items, or zoom in to read about the legacy of Cornelia Adair at a particular place.
Map of Cornelia Adair's Legacy
This is just one example of many forms of storymaps (I wrote about an earlier one that examines Yeats's legacy created by the National Library of Ireland), but in general, I feel that my project helps build onto Cornelia Adair's biography by showing how her activity connects to particular spaces. For visual and spatial learners, maps are often a critical way to transmit stories, which is what I sought out to accomplish in this project. However, the "about" section and "browse items/collections" feature of my website allows users who learn textually to explore the same content outside the confines of a map.
There are still many directions for me to expand upon my website on Cornelia Adair. For one thing, I'd like to incorporate photographs I've seen of Ireland's land surveys of Glenveagh castle from before and after Cornelia's time there, because these maps illuminate how Cornelia built and transformed a physical place, one that now operates as a national park in Donegal. I also want to add an audio recording of an interview I conducted with Sean O'Gaoithin, the head gardener of Glenveagh National Park (Sean has researched Cornelia's influence extensively). For now, though, I'm happy with the outcome of my project, and satisfied with the ways Omeka and Geolocation enabled me to visually tell a story that compiles a wide range of resources from various locations. The tool (or really, set of tools) is an excellent platform to expand upon the traditional practice of archiving and categorizing historical information to convey broader narratives.
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2 Replies to "Mapping the Legacy of Cornelia Adair"
raymond blair, vice president county donegal historical society says:
hello – very pleased to see the focus on Cornelia Adair as I have done quite a bit of research on her notorious husband, John George Adair. I note also that there is to be a talk in April on the topic at the Livingston County Museum. I did send some of details of my own findings in an email to Prof Cope but not sure if he saw it or if it got put into the spam filter. Anyway delighted to hear of this work and hoping to learn from it; I assume you are aware too that Cornelia seems to have made all the way to China on one occasion – a truly global figure!
Veronica Taglia says:
Hello! Thanks for your kind message, Raymond. As part of my project, I traveled to Donegal last summer and met with archivists from the Donegal County Council in Lifford, who were extremely forthcoming in helping me with my research. It's always nice to communicate with people on overlapping research projects (and you're right–Cornelia Adair lived a very fascinating life!) I took note of your contact information and would love to stay in touch as my project develops. All best, Veronica Taglia
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Heading into GIRLS ' season finale, few questions weigh on our minds. We know where Marnie is headed (likely straight into being the other woman). We know Shoshanna's extracurricular activities are eventually going to get her into trouble and that Jessa's drug habit is going to have some sort of a point come finale time. The only major question that remains is: what is going to happen with Hannah and Adam after the tumult of the last few episodes?
For answers, we could turn to the season finale preview (below), which suggests that the episode delivers a major spat between the two lovers, and the logline, which suggests more of the same: "Adam's opening night coincides with news for Hannah that could alter her career and their relationship." From what we can see, Hannah and Adam are on a crash course to Break-up Town, and while they're certainly not clicking at the moment, are we sure we really want these two to call it quits? While many fans may be begging for the messed-up duo to split, there's also plenty of value in a reconciliation.
Last season, when Adam ran down the street without WiFi and managed to FaceTime Hannah the whole way until he barreled into her apartment and rescued her like a damsel in distress, I cried foul. This ridiculously romantic conclusion was so unlike GIRLS. It was too perfect, too seamless. But as Season 3 began to unfold, this ridiculous union began to make sense. These two crazy kids were in for a world of hurt together, and with that hurt came multitude of life lessons. Of course, that took time.
Up until the episode in which Hannah's editor died, these two were peas in a pod. They'd have typical little lovers arguments that tend to happen when people opt to cohabitate, but for the most part, they were happy. Hell, Hannah is willing to wear his tooth around her neck at all times. That's real love, however strange.
But when Hannah is forced to deal with her editor's death and can't do it (until she fakes it by using Adam's sister's fake story about an ailing little girl) her character expands. At the time, her character expanded in an infuriating way; she appeared to be a sociopath without a single feeling for the loss of life while Adam was busy feeling his mortality in a rather heavy manner. Later, with Adam on her arm, Hannah used the funeral to get contacts who might actually be willing to publish her book and we all threw our hands up. How could we possibly continue on with this selfish, disgusting person? And furthermore, how could Adam -- the man who feels everything -- put up with her heartlessness?
This icky feeling went further when Hannah got a miraculous job at GQ and subsequently hated it. She was increasingly selfish and horrible and Adam, inspired by her success, went out and got himself a dream job. Within TV moments of his success, Hannah was already letting her insecurities get the best of her. She let Patti LuPone tell her that her relationship was going to suffer (a ridiculous notion in and of itself) because of Adam's success. And when Hannah took it to heart, she pushed her boyfriend further away by grabbing onto him for dear life. Her jealousy over his success drove her to quit her job (or force her boss to fire her). Now, she's jobless and attending dinners where Adam is the interesting one and she's the accessory.
On one level, it looks like these two should definitely break up -- Adam's success is bringing Hannah down and we should want her to be the success and the bread-winner. Adam is a doofus, after all. But what's interesting about where these two have landed in their relationship is that if Hannah wants to continue to make it work with Adam, she's going to have to grow up a little more from where she stands now. And while the priority is always career success, doesn't it stand to reason that if Hannah grows up a bit more as a result of making it work with Adam, her work could grow up as well?
Being with Adam was easy for Hannah when they first got together because Adam was unmotivated. He had no ambition and he really was the stray dog Hannah's mother suggested he was. That meant that Hannah got to be the star of the relationship. It was perfect because the most important person in her life let her home, her apartment, and everything in between be all about her. And as Shoshanna so colorfully pointed out, Hannah is something of a mega-narcissist.
Her creative prospects were more important by default and her ambitions were more important by default, but that's not fair any more than Adam's creative prospects being more important is fair. When the situation is reversed and Adam's creativity becomes the star of the relationship -- and such a big star, in fact, that Hannah might get pushed out altogether -- the balance is still wrong, just in the opposite direction. Here, Hannah has a few options. She can continue to be the navel-gazing 20-something she is and let it ruin her relationship, or she can grow a bit and find a way to balance support for the man she loves with support for herself.
Option two means that she can no longer be the girl who talks over her father when he tries to tell her how his surgery went. She can't be the girl whose dreams are bigger than a widow's grief. She can't be the center of the universe, but rather the co-chair of the universe she shares with this other person. If she wants to stay with Adam, she doesn't have to lower herself and remain the boring accessory girlfriend at Adam's table of actors. Assuming that she needs to be some subservient partner in order to fix her issues with Adam is all wrong, as evidenced by their interaction at his apartment after she hangs out with his friends: she assumes because she played the good, quiet girlfriend that they're moving back in together. She thinks she just put a bandaid on the problem and now they can go back to normal, but it's just proof that she's not processing this relationship normally, similarly to the way she wasn't processing death normally earlier this season. She's not yet grasping the partnership aspect of this whole thing, which is a tough lesson for most people in their first serious relationships.
So when Sunday's episode comes and Adam and Hannah inevitably fight, a break-up isn't the outcome we should be rooting for. If they break up, it's likely that Hannah will be sent into her own self-loathing pity party and not learn anything aside from the notion that she needs find people who put all of their focus on her. If, however, she and Adam continue to try to work it out, there could be the promise and motivation for her to grow and figure out how to balance her own ambition and the part where a relationship means supporting and caring for another person.
I'm not saying Adam is perfect either. Clearly, he needs to learn how to balance his own ambition and Hannah's as well if he has to move out in order to keep his head on straight. But at a time when the generation of which Hannah is a voice is so heavily focused on promoting our own ambitions beyond relationships and romantic entanglements, a story line surrounding the difficult path of learning to hang onto your wildly ambitious dreams while supporting another 20-something with similarly lofty goals is an incredibly relevant and worthwhile exploration. And it's one that fits GIRLS' penchant for uncomfortable, yet relevant stories to a T.
Of all the places this series has taken us this season, Hannah's relationship and creative journey has been one of the most painful, so it's understandable that we'd want it to end. But perhaps, like Marnie's painful Kanye cover, it's pain in pursuit of an extremely worthwhile, yet seemingly unbearable plot.


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Facebook v. Power Ventures
EFF has urged a San Francisco federal court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss Facebook's claims that criminal law is violated when its users opt for an add-on service that helps them aggregate their information from a variety of social networking sites.
Power Ventures was a company that allowed users to login and manage all of their social networking accounts from one place. In 2008 Facebook sued the company, alleging it had violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and the California state CFAA equivalent when it allowed users to access Facebook data after it blocked a specific IP address Power was using to connect to Facebook data. Facebook also claims that Power violated the CAN-SPAM Act, the federal law that prohibits sending commercial emails with materially misleading information, when Power encouraged users to invite their friends to try Power through Facebook's Events feature because the header information indicated the messages came from Facebook, not Power.
In February 2012, the district court found Power liable under both claims and in September 2013, Power was ordered to pay more than $3 million in damages to Facebook. The case is now pending before the Ninth Circuit.
EFF has argued that Facebook's interpretations of the law are dangerous to follow-on innovators and consumers and would criminalize widely accepted Internet behavior.
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Aaron's Law 2.0: Major Steps Forward, More Work to Be Done
Representative Zoe Lofgren has posted on Reddit a modified draft of Aaron's Law, a proposal to update the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and wire fraud law in honor of our friend Aaron Swartz and to make sure that the misguided prosecution that happened to him...
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Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn, Marcia Hofmann | January 23, 2013
Part 2: EFF's Additional Improvements to Aaron's Law
In our first post, we presented some initial thinking about how to fix the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and wire fraud law in light of the tragic prosecution of Aaron Swartz.
Now we present part two: suggestions to address the CFAA's penalty structure. The CFAA,...
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Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn, Marcia Hofmann | February 22, 2012
Court Finds Social Network Add-On Violated Spam, Hacking Laws
In a potentially troublesome decision, a federal district court has found that a start-up violated anti-spam and computer crime laws by creating and marketing a browser to let users view their social networking accounts in one place. The case demonstrates the difficulties facing those who seek to empower users...
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Document | February 17, 2012
Order Granting Facebook's Motion for Summary Judgment and Denying Power Ventures' Motion for Summary Judgment
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EFF Amicus Brief
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Deeplinks Blog by Hanni Fakhoury | October 28, 2011
Appeals Court Heeds EFF's Advice to Revisit Case That Makes Terms of Service Violations A Crime
In June, we filed an amicus brief urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider the troubling decision of a three judge panel in United States v. Nosal, which ruled that employees commit a crime anytime they use a work computer for purposes that violate a company's...
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Deeplinks Blog by Marcia Hofmann | September 23, 2011
Senate Committee Agrees That Violating Terms of Service Shouldn't Be a Crime
Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a trio of data security and data breach notification bills. One of the bills, which was sponsored by Committee Chairman Senator Leahy, includes a crucial amendment [pdf] to clarify that it's not illegal under the notoriously vague Computer Fraud and Abuse...
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Deeplinks Blog by | January 19, 2011
Sony v. Hotz: Sony Sends A Dangerous Message to Researchers -- and Its Customers
Co-authored by Corynne McSherry and Marcia Hofmann
For years, EFF has been warning that the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act can be used to chill speech, particularly security research, because legitimate researchers will be afraid to publish their results lest they be...
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In Data Portability Deathmatch, Users Lose Out
Co-authored by Rainey Reitman and Marcia Hofmann
In the last few weeks, Facebook and Google have been engaging in a public tussle over an issue that is near and dear to EFF's heart: data portability. The crux of the issue is that when you sign up...
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Avalanche blueliner John-Michael Liles and Team USA claimed a fourth-place finish at the 2009 IIHF Men's World Championship following a 4-2 loss to Sweden in Sunday's bronze-medal game.
With the loss, Team USA was denied its first medal at the event since 2004.
Liles assisted on a Jack Johnson power-play tally in the second period that gave the United States a 1-0 lead in Sunday's contest. Joe Pavelski also scored for the U.S., but Team Sweden recorded three power-play goals and added an empty-netter with one second remaining to claim the bronze medal.
Liles finished the tournament as Team USA's leading scorer with nine points (1g/8a) in nine games. His point total also placed him second among all tournament defensemen, trailing only Canada's Shea Weber (4g/8a).
The Indianapolis native posted a +3 plus/minus rating to tie for second on the team, while his average ice time of 18:31 ranked fourth.
Team Russia captured the gold medal for the second consecutive year by defeating Canada, 2-1, on Sunday.


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by Samuel Haig
Abra Launches Services for SEPA Bank Account Holders
Cryptocurrency wallet and exchange, Abra, has announced the launch of support for customers holding Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) bank accounts. The move allows the citizens of the 28 member states of the European Union, four member states of the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland), and Andorra, Monaco, and San Marino, the ability purchase cryptocurrencies via direct bank transfer.
Also Read: 21,000 New Locations Across Canada, Europe, Australia to Purchase Bitcoin Cash
SEPA Bank Account Holders Now Able to Purchase Crypto Through Abra
Abra, a virtual currency wallet and exchange, has announced support for SEPA bank account holders – increasing the number of countries serviced by the company by 35.
Bill Barhydt, the founder and chief executive of Abra, stated: "With users from over 70 countries globally, and a greater demand for the ability to invest in cryptocurrencies from any bank account, it is really important to give investors the opportunity to fund their Abra wallet directly from any bank account. This new feature is helping to change the way people invest, adding to a brighter future for the cryptocurrency market around the world."
"As we continue to expand our capabilities, we are constantly looking for efficient and secure on-ramps that will enable our users to easily invest in cryptocurrencies. Ease, efficiency, and effectiveness are paramount for us in helping our clients invest," he added.
Abra Customers Soon Able to Fund Accounts Using BCH
Abra's customers will soon be able to fund their wallets using Bitcoin Cash, with a press release stating that "beginning over the next several days, users will also have the ability to fund their Abra wallet using Bitcoin Cash (BCH). This would come in addition to the newly launched SEPA bank transfers and cryptocurrency deposit options already available in the app today."
Alongside the expansion into the SEPA zone, Abra also launched support for Cardano (ADA), Basic Attention Token (BAT), and Tron (TRX). Abra now provides support for 50 fiat currencies and 28 cryptocurrencies.
In July, Abra announced support for Visa and Mastercard purchases – with customers able to purchase between $50 USD and $20,000 USD worth of BTC at a time.
What is your favorite method for purchasing cryptocurrency? Join the discussion in the comments section below!
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At Bitcoin.com there's a bunch of free helpful services. For instance, have you seen our Tools page? You can even lookup the exchange rate for a transaction in the past. Or calculate the value of your current holdings. Or create a paper wallet. And much more.
Samuel Haig is a journalist who has been completely obsessed with bitcoin and cryptocurrency since 2012. Samuel lives in Tasmania, Australia, where he attended the University of Tasmania and majored in Political Science, and Journalism, Media & Communications. Samuel has written about the dialectics of decentralization, and is also a musician and kangaroo riding enthusiast.
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Confession: I have no idea if the Acme Miniature Flea Circus is real. I mean, flea circuses aren't real, right? Of course not. They're just illusions and tricks performed by hucksters and swindlers.
The Acme Miniature Flea Circus has me almost completely convinced. Professor A. G. Gertsacov swears that he uses pulex irritans (human fleas, bigger than fleas on animals) and trains them to pull miniature chariots and dance on high wires [source: Viera]. (Well, high to them.) Gertsacov (not, as far as I can tell, a tenured professor but a bona fide graduate of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College) uses a magnifying glass to highlight the fleas, but most audience members over the age of 8 might be hard-pressed to confirm that they actually see them [source: Acme Miniature Flea Circus]. That doesn't stop members for excitedly rooting for Midge or Madge (the flea performers) to win a race or do an acrobatic stunt.
But who needs proof to be impressed by the illusion? Enjoy your flea circus just as much as the Victorians did, when the little bugs (or their imaginary avatars) proved popular entertainment.


Fushimi, with its rich natural climate, is blessed with high quality groundwater. Sake brewing in Fushimi began in the Yayoi Period, when rice cultivation started to spread throughout Japan. Fushimi flourished in the Edo Period as a vital hub for water and land transportation, and in the later half of the Meiji Period it was known throughout Japan as a mecca for sake. Today there are numerous breweries crafting uniquely flavored sakes steeped in Kyoto culture for you to enjoy.


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Movement in Arizona to cut back on gun free zones
Now Arizona joins other states in discussing ending these gun free zones:
The proposal, Senate Bill 1214, would exempt concealed-carry permit holders from a state law that bars individuals from knowingly carrying deadly weapons onto school property. If it becomes law, the measure would allow teachers and anyone else with a valid permit to carry their weapon onto the grounds of any public or private K-12 school, college or university in the state.
Supporters say the measure would provide an additional ring of security on campuses hit with a string of shootings in recent years. The most recent of which was last year's at Virginia Tech, which left 33 dead. The shootings have come in spite of heightened campus security and policies that are increasingly aimed at scrubbing any and all weapons from school grounds.
"Apparently, it hasn't really protected us . . . " noted Senate Majority Leader Thayer Verschoor, a Gilbert Republican and co-sponsor of the proposal. The primary sponsor is Sen. Karen Johnson, R-Mesa.
Verschoor noted that concealed-carry permit holders must pass a criminal background check and take a gun-safety course, among other requirements.
But Rep. David Lujan, a Phoenix Democrat and president of the Phoenix Union High School District board, said he is "uncomfortable with having weapons on school campuses." . . .
WIth all the decades of experience in right-to-carry states before these gun free zones were imposed in 1995 it would be nice if those who are uncomfortable could point to some bad examples where permit holders have caused problems.
Learning from Virginia Tech in Indiana?
A bill has been introduced in Indiana to help stop a similar attack from occurring there:
INDIANA - A new bill could allow you to bring a gun into a state building.
For those of you who wish you could carry your hand gun into state buildings. Your wish may soon become a reality. An Indiana senator is trying to pass a bill that would allow that to happen.
Incidents like this one at Virginia Tech is what prompted Indiana Senator John Waterman to introduce a bill that would allow folks to carry guns inside state buildings. Buildings like Indiana State University.
"If something would happen like Virginia Tech at least you'd have some people on campus that would be armed and be able to stop it before too many people get hurt," said Waterman. . . .
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Fox News had a funny segment on this.
The Cost of Owning Hybrids
I was reading about the Toyota Highlander Hybrids. The identical hybrid version of the Highlander apparently costs $5,100 more. On the highway, the hybrid gets 27 mpg versus 24 mpg for the regular version -- a 12.5 percent improvement. For city driving, it looks as if the improvement is much larger 18 to 25 mpg -- a 38 percent improvement. Assume an average improvement of 25 percent. A couple of simple calculations indicate that this is unlikely to be a wise investment for most people. First some assumptions:
1) Own the car for 10 years
2) Put 150,000 miles on the car
3) 22 mpg average
4) $3.00 per gallon in current dollars
5) 3 percent real interest
Over the lifetime of the car you would buy 6,818 gallons. The present value of those purchases in today's dollars over those 10 years are as follows:
Year 1 $496.46
Year 10 $380.50
$4,362.04 versus a payment today of $5,100. You are about $738 poorer for buying the hybrid. The day that you buy the hybrid you might as well throw out $738.
There is one caveat regarding resale value for the car and how much being a hybrid would increase its value. I looked up the 1997 Toyota Tacoma Xtra Cab's trade-in value (the Highlander only started in 2001). If the truck is in good condition, the value would be $2,300 (again assuming a 3 percent real interest rate that is the equivalent of $1,711). Assuming that the hybrid equipment depreciates at the same rate as the rest of the car, that would leave you with $296 from the sale.
A final net loss of $442. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to throw away $442.
UPDATE: An important point has been raised in the comment section. The replacement costs of the batteries in hybrids are very high. That link quotes Car and Driver saying that: ""battery replacement will cost $5,300 for the Toyota and Lexus hybrids, and the Ford Escape replacements run a whopping $7,200." These costs swamp the estimate that I have produced.
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Virginia House of Delegates Overwhelmingly Reject making Their Chamber a Gun Free Zone
Virginia's House of Delegates reject making their chamber a "gun free zone."
Delegates reject bill to bar guns in state House
An effort to keep guns out of the House of Delegates chamber, its meeting rooms and similar areas was shot down in the House yesterday 77-18.
The resolution introduced by Del. Lionell Spruill Sr., D-Chesapeake, would have allowed only state law-enforcement officers on official duty to be in House-assigned areas with a firearm. Spruill questioned yesterday the need for a gun in the House chamber or the General Assembly building.
Justice Swedish Style
The famed Karolinska Institute in Sweden faced a dilemma this last week. What to do about one of their students at the medical school had committed a vicious murder, fatally shooting someone seven times in a crime the police classified as a hate crime because of the killer's Nazi sympathies. The school expelled the murderer on the grounds that he had changed his name on his High School transcripts in order not to have his past discovered. To me though, there were two interesting parts of the story.
"After serving 6 1/2 years of an 11-year sentence, Mr. Svensson was released on parole in February 2007. According to Swedish prison standards, inmates are usually released after serving two-thirds of their sentence."
"others said he had served his time and should be permitted to stay and become a doctor."
It is interesting to me that someone can commit such a heinous crime and only receive 6 1/2 years of prison. Perhaps it is less surprising that people would feel that one's debt to society had been repaid after so short of a prison term and that this person could then be trusted to be a doctor (in the United States it is extremely unlikely that the person would ever be given a medical license). Apparently, Svensson, the murderer, had used "six years" of his 6 1/2 years in prison to take course online so it is not even clear how much of a penalty he really faced from prison. It also appears as if it might be relatively easy for one to hide their criminal record in Sweden, obviously Svensson was not released on parole, as he would have been in the US.
I have done a lot of research on the impact of criminal conviction on legitimate earnings in the US and I attempted to disentangle it from the length of the prison sentence, but it would be interesting to see if there was a similar impact in Sweden. One big difference could be if Swedes are better able to hide these criminal records. American criminals find it difficult because when they are released on parole, their employer must fill out reports to the criminal's probation officer. If you are unemployed or have a low level job for a number of years, it may be very difficult for a criminal to hide that past employment history.
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Ben Wittes on the DOJ Brief on the DC Gun Ban Case
Ben Wittes at the New Republic quickly and accurately dissects the Bush Administration's DOJ brief on the DC gun ban case:
It's easy to see why conservatives are in a tizzy. While the brief endorses the D.C. Circuit's view that "the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess firearms unrelated to militia operations," it also emphasizes that adopting this view "does not render all laws limiting gun ownership automatically invalid" and insists that the lower court "did not apply the correct standard for evaluating [a] Second Amendment claim." What is the correct standard? Laws limiting gun ownership, the government argues, should be subject to "heightened scrutiny" under which "the practical impact of the challenged restriction" gets balanced against "the strength of the government's interest in enforcement of the relevant restriction." According to the Bush administration, "important regulatory interests are typically sufficient to justify reasonable restrictions." Because the lower court did not consider the D.C. law using this standard, the solicitor general argues, the case should be sent back for further consideration.
This is a pretty weak conception of a constitutional right. You can't imagine subjecting, say, the First Amendment to such a test. It would be laughable for the court to permit--or the executive branch to advocate--the abridgment of press or religious freedoms whenever the government's interest in restricting them served an "important regulatory interest" and therefore constituted a "reasonable restriction." . . .
Ben supports this increased flexibility with the Second Amendment because as he puts it: "Whatever conception the founders may have had of the amendment, they didn't have to think about situations like Virginia Tech, and they did not have inner-city gun crime." I suppose that my research has convinced me that no matter how well meaning gun free zones such as Virginia Tech might be, they have had unintended consequences -- that they encourage attacks and make them more successful. That said, and I appreciate his well meaning concerns, it is hard for me to see how the trade-offs that government faces with the Second Amendment could be different from say the First or the Fourth that also refers to "the right of the people." I thought that Ben had it right last year when he wrote that rather than eviscerating the constitution by selectively picking the parts that we agree or disagree with he wrote that it should simply be repealed or rewritten if we disagreed with it. See also this by Ben from last year. I particularly respect this position and admire people who take it because it must be very difficult for someone who supports gun control to take. The reason is simple: given how hard it is to alter the Constitution, accepting this argument means accepting strict limits on gun control.
Here is one question: if the costs of guns are so large, why do you have to have a lower level of scrutiny? If the costs are so high, won't you be able to meet the higher level of scrutiny?
Excellent WSJ Editorial on the DOJ brief in the DC Gun Ban Case
The WSJ weighs in on the DOJ gun ban brief and tries to explain what happened:
So why would his own Solicitor General do this? The speculation in legal circles is that Mr. Clement is trying to offer an argument that might attract the support of Anthony Kennedy, the protean Justice who is often the Court's swing vote. But this is what we mean by "too clever by half." Justice Kennedy would be hard-pressed to deny that the Second Amendment is an individual right, given his support in so many other cases for the right to privacy and other rights that aren't even expressly mentioned in the Constitution. No less a left-wing scholar than Laurence Tribe has come around to the view that the Second Amendment protects an individual right for this very reason. Mr. Clement is offering a needless fudge.
The D.C. Circuit's opinion in Heller is forceful, clearly reasoned and Constitutionally sound. By supporting that decision and urging the Supreme Court to validate it, the Bush Administration had the opportunity to help the Court see its way to a historic judgment. Instead, it has pulled a legal Katrina, ineptly declining even to take a clear view of whether Mr. Heller's rights had been violated. It dodges that call by recommending that the case be remanded back to the lower courts for reconsideration.
The SG's blundering brief only increases the odds of another inscrutable High Court split decision, with Justice Kennedy standing alone in the middle with his balancing scales, and the lower courts left free to disregard or reinterpret what could have been a landmark case. Is anybody still awake at the White House?
Thanks to Gus Cotey for sending me this link.
Man uses gun to protect himself against wife who is trying to run him over with her car
The story can be found here:
LIMA, Ohio — After 2.5 hours of deliberations, a jury acquitted a man Wednesday of criminal charges in the shooting of his estranged wife in a motel parking lot.
Adrian D. Banks, 44, of Lima, was on trial on the charge of felonious assault with a gun. The acquittal came after a two-day trial. He was accused of shooting his now-ex-wife, Tamara S. Banks, then 39, in the parking lot of Knights Inn on Elida Road. The shooting took place at 1:45 a.m. May 13.
He faced up to 11 years in prison on the charge.
Banks said he acted in self-defense by firing a handgun at his wife as she tried to run him down with her car. She was shot in the leg.
Assistant Allen County Prosecutor Dan Berry argued during the trial that Banks was out to get his wife and showed up at the Knights Inn on Elida Road to get her. Berry said it was no coincidence that Banks ran into his wife several times that day including at a motel on the opposite side of town from his home. . . . .
Sorry, never mind, the case of children's vaccines
The hysteria about mercury in childhood vaccines went on despite "reams of scientific studies," but the pressure of lawsuits forced pharmaceutical companies to change how they make vaccines. Now a new TV drama is continuing the crusade, but I found this interesting:
For the last decade some parents and advocates for autistic children have championed the theory that a mercury-based vaccine preservative called thimerosal, developed in the late 1920s and used in many childhood vaccines until about seven years ago, is a primary cause of autism in young children.
Autism often is diagnosed in children between their first and fourth years, during the time that many children begin receiving regular rounds of vaccinations.
But reams of scientific studies by the leading American health authorities have failed to establish a causal link between the preservative and autism. Since the preservative was largely removed from childhood vaccines in 2001, autism rates have not declined. . . .
And people wonder why the pharmaceutical is under siege.
Labels: drugs, mediabias, Science
Clinton campaign tactics
John Fund writes this at the WSJ's Political Diary:
Mr. Obama is indeed frustrated by the attacks on his character, as he made clear to David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network. What peeves him most are mysterious emails circulating among voters that claim he is actually a Muslim and has sympathy with the ideas of the radical Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam. Mr. Obama says the charges are preposterous.
"We have no way of tracing where these emails come from, but what I know is they come in waves, and they somehow appear magically wherever the next primary or caucus is, although they're also being distributed all across the country," he told Mr. Brody. "But the volume increases as we get closer to particular elections. That indicates to me that this is something that is being used to try to raise doubts or suspicions about my candidacy." . . .
More on the Clinton campaign can be found here, where Ed Schultz accuses Clinton of lying. Obama pretty much says the same thing here, where he says Clinton "was making things up."
Labels: 2008PresidentialRace, HillaryClinton, Obama
One boy who I predict is going to be a hunter
I had a friend who once claimed that he could only eat rabbit and lion meat, but I take this story a little more seriously:
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A 6-year-old Plainville, Conn., boy is suffering from a rare food allergy and deer meat is the only solid protein the boy can stomach, according to his family.
Timmy Armstrong has eosinophilic esophagitis, a condition in which food allergies trigger an intense inflammation of the esophagus, according to a report from WTNH News Channel 8. . . .
Labels: Hunting
Debate over Handguns in Canada
Canadian newspapers come out against the big pushing going on up there to ban handguns:
1) The Ottawa Citizen - 1/22/2008 - PAGE: A10
Gunning for easy answers
"There's no doubting the sincerity of his grief and anger. Indeed, outrage is an appropriate response when people kill, especially when they kill people they've never met out of indifference to human life. But outrage isn't a solution. It's an emotion that leads people to assign blame, as quickly and loudly as possible. Outraged people need rallying cries, and rallying cries must be short and simple.
But the social factors that create crime are not simple. A ban on all handguns would certainly not end gun crime. It wouldn't root out violence, or alter gang behaviour, or topple the markets in illegal drugs and weapons. . . . ."
2) National Post - 1/22/2008 PAGE: A14
Handgun bans don't work
"If restricting ownership of handguns among ordinary law-abiding citizens had a positive impact on crime, our existing laws would already have produced the benefits. Since 1934, anyone wanting to own a pistol in Canada has had to be registered with the RCMP or the federal gun registry. The application process is long and arduous. The fact that almost no registered handgun owner ever commits murder or other forms of violent crime in Canada (one of the recent Toronto shootings being a noteworthy exception) is a testament to the thoroughness of the background checks.
On top of that, since the early 1990s, Canada's 500,000 or so handgun owners have had to have police approval to move their guns from their homes, and even then may only move them under the strictest of conditions. Typically, owners must lock their guns in a tamper-resistant case, which must further be locked in the trunks of their cars. Then they must drive directly from their homes to an approved shooting range and back, making no stops along the way -- even for gas or a restroom break."
3) The Toronto Sun - 1/22/2008 - PAGE: 6 - By MARK BONOKOSKI
Despite what Mayor Miller says, a ban on handguns would do little to quell gun violence in this city -- just look to the U.K. for proof
The following year -- in 1997 -- the British Parliament passed a law banning the outright ownership of handguns.
Two years after those weapons were banned, a report by the Centre for Defence Studies at London's prestigious King College indicated the use of handguns in crime rose 40% in Great Britain -- from 2,648 incidents in 1997-98 to 3,685 incidents in 1999-2000 -- and concluded that the ban served to only target legitimate gun owners, and did absolutely nothing to target criminals.
And the problem, according to the latest figures, is worsening.
In what was cited as the "stark truth about the battle against gun crime" in Britain's major cities, gunshot murders in 2006 rose 6%, and gunshot injuries rose 10%, totalling out at 958 victims -- all of which represented a 20% overall increase in handgun shootings since the statistics were first compiled two years into the handgun ban. . . .
At least this is progress when even the Toronto newspapers are opposing the ban. On the other hand, the NDP came out for the ban.
Labels: Canada, GunControl
KTLK with Jason Lewis
I will be on KTLK in Minneapolis with Jason Lewis at 6:05 CST, probably for the entire hour.
UPDATE: You can listen to the interview with Jason here. Or here.
Labels: Radio, tape
DC lawsuit against gun companies is dismissed
The Second Amendment Foundation released this press release:
The Second Amendment Foundation today applauded the unanimous ruling by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that dismissed a lawsuit against 25 gun manufacturers filed by the district and families of nine gun crime victims in the city.
The lawsuit was filed in January 2000, but according to the opinion written by Associate Judge Michael William Farrell, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005 required the court to dismiss the case.
SAF founder Alan Gottlieb said the ruling was proper, and recalled that it was municipal lawsuits like this which led to passage of the federal legislation in the first place. At one time, several cities filed a string of junk lawsuits against gun makers, and SAF actually filed counter suits against big city mayors who launched the legal attack. SAF was not a participant in this litigation. . . .
Labels: GunControl, gunmakers
Fred Thompson Drops Out of Race
The BBC is reporting:
Former US Senator Fred Thompson has withdrawn from the Republican presidential race, after a string of poor finishes in early voting rounds.
"I have withdrawn my candidacy... I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort," he said in a short statement. . . .
John Fund, writing in WSJ's Political Diary, as usual has very insightful insights on the entire campaign:
Fred Thompson spotted an opening in the field of Republicans candidates last spring: a yearning for an uncomplicated Reaganite who would unite all wings of the party and take the fight to the Democrats with brio. Until late September, Mr. Thompson actually led national polls among GOP voters. But the seeds of his downfall had already been planted.
His first mistake was not fully realizing that in entering the race so late, he would have trouble building the infrastructure necessary for a modern campaign. The best talent had already been snapped up by other candidates. Mr. Thompson ended up hiring a corporate manager to run his campaign. While a good organizer, the man had never run a political effort of any size, and the resulting confusion cost the campaign precious momentum and money. New leadership wasn't installed until just before Mr. Thompson formally entered the race after Labor Day.
The former Tennessee Senator's second mistake was making it too easy for reporters to paint him as a lazy, disinterested candidate. His campaign committed enough unnecessary gaffes to feed that story line (such as speaking for only five minutes before an enthusiastic crowd of Florida Republicans last October) and the perception set in among many supporters that they were backing a walking horse, not a warhorse.
Lastly, the candidate's theme that he was the "Consistent Conservative" in the race was developed too late and could not be sufficiently exploited because of a lack of money. When Mr. Thompson finally did hit his stride in December, he became a good candidate who performed memorably in recent debates. But, by then, his potential audience had already drifted away to other candidates who looked like they had a better chance of winning.
Mr. Thompson intends to remain active in politics and public affairs, although he has flatly ruled out any plans to serve in someone else's administration. Don't be surprised to find him returning to the airwaves he left just a few months ago -- but this time with much higher name-recognition as a political figure.
Even more gun control laws being pushed in Virginia after Virginia Tech Attack
Another law may be passed after VT that would not have stopped the attack if had been in effect prior to the attack:
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Survivors and families of the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings faced off Monday against gun-rights advocates over a bill that would prevent criminals and the mentally ill from buying firearms at gun shows.
About 100 supporters of the measure lay on the Capitol lawn to honor the victims of gun violence, as about 200 opponents stood nearby, holding signs that read, "Here Lie Disarmed Victims." . . .
Why don't they push to end the gun free zones that made the attack possible? A typical example of how one regulation leads to yet more regulations.
Thanks again to Rich for sending this link to me.
2007 Coldest Year Since 1998?
The final numbers will reportedly be out in March, but the initial information makes it look as if 2007 will be the coldest in a decade. So much for the claim that "There is a 60 percent probability that 2007 will be as warm or warmer than the current warmest year, 1998." [Note: it was found later last year that the warmest year in the US was 1934.] Of course, as noted here earlier, 100 prominent scientists recently released a letter saying that "there has been no net global warming since 1998." See also here for a similar comment by someone else. Of course, for a list of 400 scientists who dispute that any significant temperature changes are due to man please see this.
Meanwhile Sweden is taking the lead in silliness:
A Swedish university has received $590,000 in research funds to measure the greenhouse gases released when cows belch.
About 20 cows will participate in the project run by the Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, about 40 miles north of Stockholm, officials said Monday.
Cattle release methane, a greenhouse gas believed to contribute to global warming, when they digest their food. Researchers believe the level of methane released depends on the type of food the eat. . . .
Sonya Jones has a note about the craziness that is gripping state legislatures over this issue.
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Bill to let concealed handguns in places that served alcohol in Tennessee
A debate is being stirred up over cutting back on gun free zones in Tennessee:
The latest example of this pro-gun mindset is a proposal in the legislature to allow people with handgun-carry permits to carry guns into establishments that sell alcohol. The bill would allow a gun to be carried into the place as long as the person with the gun is not consuming alcohol and as long as the owner of the establishment has not banned firearms and has not posted a sign saying no guns are allowed.
The Senate passed the bill 24-6.
When assessing all the places where an ounce of public safety should be considered, barrooms would be one of the last places where any sober soul would allow guns to be carried. But here's a move afoot in the legislature saying it makes perfect sense to allow people to pack heat in saloons.
Proponents of the bill say it's all about self-defense, with a litany of scenarios where it would be a good idea to have a pistol handy. Some recount real-life situations where, by gosh, if only someone had a gun they could have stopped this bad thing from happening, naturally assuming the shooter would always make perfect decisions and have perfect aim, just like in the comic books. Or they think of all the "what-if" situations, like what if a bad guy is going to throw the prom queen on a railroad track and wouldn't it be great if somebody had a gun to shoot the bad guy down before a train came roaring by. So we need a law. . . .
1) Name some examples where a concealed handgun permit holder has harmed others in such a place. (I can think of one minor example.)
2) "Some recount real-life situations" -- well, I can give you lots of examples, and when this happens it is amazing how infrequently permit holders have actually had to fire their weapon to stop the attack. The problem is that these "gun free zones" attract attacks.
Political balance at Princeton
Generally, Princeton isn't known for being particularly extreme leftwing politically (despite people such as Paul Krugman), many other more extreme schools come readily to mind. Yet, it is not too surprising that:
All Princeton faculty members who have given to 2008 presidential candidates so far have donated to Democrats, according to federal records of donations to presidential campaigns from Princeton University employees. . . .
Labels: 2008PresidentialRace, Academia, PoliticalCorrectness
How things have changed over people's reactions in the South to the Confederate Flag
John Fund at the WSJ as an interesting contrast between Thompson and Huckabee over the Confederate flag:
Mike Huckabee tried his best to expand beyond his evangelical base in South Carolina and appeal to what his campaign called "Joe Six Pack" voters. Mr. Huckabee was the only candidate to pander to devotees of the Confederate flag, telling crowds that outsiders should leave the banner flag, now displayed in a corner of the grounds of the state capitol, alone: "If somebody came to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we'd tell 'em what to do with the pole, that's what we'd do." Contrast that with the comments of Mr. Huckabee's fellow Southerner Fred Thompson: "For a great many Americans, [the flag] is a symbol of racism. I'm glad people have made a decision not to display it . . . in a state capitol." . . .
Labels: 2008PresidentialRace, FredThompson, Huckabee, Race
150+ Critically ill Canadian patients rushed to U.S.
Well, at least Canadians will oppose the US adopting an even larger role for government in our health care system:
More than 150 critically ill Canadians – many with life-threatening cerebral hemorrhages – have been rushed to the United States since the spring of 2006 because they could not obtain intensive-care beds here.
Before patients with bleeding in or outside the brain have been whisked through U.S. operating-room doors, some have languished for as long as eight hours in Canadian emergency wards while health-care workers scrambled to locate care.
The waits, in some instances, have had devastating consequences.
"There have been very serious health-care problems that have arisen in neurosurgical patients because of the lack of ability to attain timely transport to expert neurosurgical centres in Ontario," said R. Loch Macdonald, chief of the division of neurosurgery at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. Those problems, he said, include "brain injury or brain damage that could have been prevented by earlier treatment."
Ontario has the worst problem, though it is not alone.
Labels: healthcare
Behind McCain's win in the South Carolina Primary
Independents were a fifth of voters and, like in New Hampshire, they proved to be a crucial bloc behind McCain's victory.
Labels: 2008PresidentialRace, McCain
The backlash to DOJ DC gun ban brief
The Washington Post discusses the reaction to the Bush Administration's brief here:
The Bush administration's position in the case before the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the District of Columbia's ban on handguns has created an unexpected and serious backlash in conservative circles, disappointing gun enthusiasts and creating implications for the presidential campaign.
The government's brief, filed by U.S. Solicitor General Paul D. Clement just hours before the court's deadline Jan. 11, endorses the view that the Second Amendment conveys an individual right to gun ownership, a finding long sought by gun rights activists.
But it also said an appeals court used the wrong standard when it struck down the District's ban on private handgun ownership, and it urged the Supreme Court to return the case to the lower court for review.
If the justices accept that advice when they hear the case in the spring, it could mean additional years of litigation over the controversial Second Amendment and could undo a ruling that was a seminal victory for gun rights enthusiasts. . . .
The piece notes that Senator Fred Thompson spoke out against the brief, though it doesn't make clear that he was the only one to do so.
In a debate last week in Nevada, all three major Democratic candidates pledged their fealty to the Second Amendment -- "People have a right to bear arms," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) said -- although none mentioned the District's handgun ban.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, it would seem that it was the moderator's job to put the question squarely to them.
Here was my earlier take on all this.
Labels: 2008PresidentialRace, GunControl, SupremeCourt
Interview on WJR sometime between 8 and 9 PM Sunday
I will be interviewed for about 20 minutes to discuss the DC gun ban case before the Supreme Court.
New Texas Gun Laws Raise Concerns
Two new Texas laws stir up opposition:
The state's new castle law has grabbed the spotlight. But some say a lesser-known gun law, which also took effect in September, could have greater consequences.
The law allows Texans to carry guns in their cars, even without a concealed handgun license. As long you meet the law's other requirements – such as not being a gang member, refraining from criminal acts and keeping the gun out of sight – you can pack heat in your glove box.
"Castle is just kind of yawn," said Alice Tripp, legislative director for the Texas State Rifle Association. Texans have always enjoyed robust rights of self-defense. But the gun carrying law "is dramatic," she said.
Nicknamed the "Carjacking Law" by some, it is designed in part to give law-abiding drivers the right to carry a gun for protection.
But Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins worries that criminals may benefit most. He says the law, which also allows people to carry guns from their homes to their cars, has created a loophole that a defense lawyer could drive an armored tank through. . . .
Each new law seems to generate a lot of fear, but I assume that it gets harder and harder to generate a lot of opposition as the predictions prove to be wrong.
Thanks to Scott Davis for sending this link to me.
Labels: CastleLaw, ConcealedCarry
Some environmentalists won't even let some animals get killed to save others
There are a lot of boom and bust cycles for animals. They expand until they get to large for their food supply and then crash. In this case, it appears as if the wolves have expanded to much relative to the moose population. Even so, the Alaskan Wildlife Alliance won't put up with killing any of the wolves.
Wolf numbers seem to be rising in the wilderness around Aniak, McGrath and other villages, and the task once carried out by young Native men should be employed again to help moose populations recover, said Greg Roczicka, natural resources director with Orutsaramuit Native Council in Bethel.
The tribal government and a Fish and Game advisory committee along the central Kuskokwim River have submitted separate proposals asking the Board of Game to overturn regulations outlawing the practice.
The Game Board is scheduled to consider the proposals at upcoming meetings later this month and in February.
At least one group plans to speak against the idea.
"We're fervently opposed to it," said John Toppenberg, director with Alaska Wildlife Alliance. "It's been illegal in Alaska for a long time and deservedly so. It's a Stone Age concept of wildlife management and has no place as a management tool for civilized people. It's just barbaric." . . .
Labels: AnimalRights, Environment


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Life-Threatening Abortion Complications at St. Louis Planned Parenthood Revealed in New 911 Document
January 14, 2019 By Operation Rescue Leave a Comment
By Cheryl Sullenger
St. Louis, MO – In response to an open records request, Operation Rescue has obtained a list of EMS calls placed from the Reproductive Health Services Planned Parenthood abortion facility in St. Louis, Missouri, between November 5, 2016 and November 15, 2018.
The list was released by the City of St. Louis City Counselor's Office on January 3, 2019 — two full months after the request was made.
The list, which contained no specific dates per incident, revealed the reasons for each call. In all, of the nine incidents listed, seven involved patient-related medical emergencies. Assistance was dispatched in all seven patient cases with a Priority One Urgent Response, which indicates a very serious emergency.
The seven medical-related "problems" listed as reasons for the 911 calls included the following:
Abdominal Pain Female Fainting
Fainting Alert <35 No Cardc Hx [Under 35 years old with no cardiac history]
Hemorrhage Dangerous
Hemorrhage Not Alert
Hemorrhage Possibly Danger*T
Hemorrhage Serious*M
Sick Unknown Status
Hemorrhage is the most common complication at the RHS Planned Parenthood abortion facility, according to this and previous records obtained the City of St. Louis officials.
"The Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in St. Louis is one of the most dangerous abortion facilities for women in the U.S. They have sent at least 70 women to the hospital suffering serious abortion complications in the past nine years or so, said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. "There is a history of deception, concealment of information from the state legislature, and failed inspection reports. It is a disreputable abortion clinic that should be shut down in the interest of public safety."
Operation Rescue had documented six medical emergencies – one less than indicated by St. Louis city officials – that were reported by local pro-life activists during that same two-year time frame. They are posted at OperationRescue.org and on the new site Abortion911.com.
Those previously documented incidents are as follows:
November 2, 2018: An ambulance from Abbott EMS, a private ambulance company, was dispatched to Planned Parenthood.
March 6, 2018: City of St. Louis ambulance arrived and departed Planned Parenthood with lights on but no sirens.
February 24, 2018: A Abbott EMS ambulance transported a woman from Planned Parenthood without the use of lights and sirens.
August 4, 2017: Woman completely covered by a sheet on the gurney rushed away by a City of St. Louis ambulance using lights and sirens.
March 28, 2017: Woman completely covered by a sheet on a gurney transported by a City of St. Louis ambulance.
March 11, 2017: Ambulance arrived using lights and sirens, then transported a patient quietly away.
Observations about ambulances running without lights and sirens may be significant. In 2017, the Missouri legislature passed a law that makes it a crime for an abortion facility employee to request that an ambulance run without lights and sirens because silent running actually delayed travel time for emergency vehicles, and that results in delays in patients receiving emergency care.
The new information reveals at least one — and perhaps as many as three — previously undocumented medical emergency at RHS Planned Parenthood. The two previously documented incidents involving the private Abbott EMS ambulances may not be reflected on the City of St. Louis call sheet. When abortion facilities bypass the 911 exchange and directly call private ambulance companies, those calls will not show up in the 911 exchange records.
In 2013, Operation Rescue sued the St. Louis Fire Department for public records related to 911 calls at RHS Planned Parenthood. In 2016, the Fire Department reached a settlement with Operation Rescue in which they agreed to supply information about the nature of the emergencies in requested date ranges.
The first disclosure revealed 58 emergency calls placed by RHS Planned Parenthood from January 1, 2009 and April 4, 2016 – 50 of which were Priority One Urgent Responses with hemorrhage being the most common cause of ambulance requests.
Later, Operation Rescue received two rare typed transcripts of 911 calls made by RHS Planned Parenthood between April 5, 2016 and November 4, 2016. Those transcripts showed that Planned Parenthood employees dangerously withheld information from 911 dispatchers to keep it from ending up on "the web-site," which was an apparent reference to OperationRescue.org.
The RHS Planned Parenthood abortion facility is the last remaining abortion facility in Missouri. However, it has struggled to comply with health and safety standards and has recently experienced a decrease in abortion patients.
But their troubles don't end there. Mary Kogut, Chief Executive Officer of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, which operates the RHS Planned Parenthood, suddenly announced her resignation in October 2018, which was effective at the end of that month. The organization is currently being led by acting CEO Cathy Williams, who also has affiliations with the Missouri chapter of the radical National Organization for Women. No permanent replacement has yet been found.
There are indications that the overall leadership at Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri and their RHS Planned Parenthood abortion facility is in a state of flux. It has posted job openings for upper level financial positions, including an Accounting Manager and Major Gift Officer. Other openings include positions such as Health Center Manager and several other patient care positions at the St. Louis abortion clinic.
"Planned Parenthood is a dangerous abortion business in Missouri that is experiencing many high-level personnel changes," said Newman. "It is an indication that all is not well there, and when there is confusion and uncertainty at abortion facilities, it usually manifests in abortion mistakes that send women to the hospital. Needless to say, we will be monitoring this situation carefully."
Filed Under: Abortion911.com, Medical Emergencies, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Life Tagged With: abortion, abortion complications


iOS/Web: FileThis caught our eye earlier this year as an automated paperwork manager. Now, the company has released an update that allows you to see when bills are due and put all your statements on a calendar.
The new version of the service, currently available for iOS and on the web, automatically detects when bills are due and creates a calendar of due dates. We appreciated a similar feature from Mint Bills, but FileThis has the added benefit of keeping all your statements in one place.


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from ..excel_comparsion_test import ExcelComparisonTest
from ...workbook import Workbook

class TestCompareXLSXFiles(ExcelComparisonTest):
    """
    Test file created by XlsxWriter against a file created by Excel.

    """

    def setUp(self):
        self.maxDiff = None

        filename = 'textbox21.xlsx'

        test_dir = 'xlsxwriter/test/comparison/'
        self.got_filename = test_dir + '_test_' + filename
        self.exp_filename = test_dir + 'xlsx_files/' + filename

        self.ignore_files = []
        self.ignore_elements = {}

    def test_create_file(self):
        """Test the creation of a simple XlsxWriter file with textbox(s)."""

        workbook = Workbook(self.got_filename)

        worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet()

        worksheet.insert_textbox('E9', 'This is some text',
                                 {'font': {'bold': True,
                                           'italic': True,
                                           'underline': True,
                                           'size': 12}})

        workbook.close()

        self.assertExcelEqual()


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Doctors are doctors, not philosopher kings
Tanveer Ahmed
Doctors swear on the Hippocratic Oath that they will "first do no harm", yet they pay little attention to the side effects they are causing with their activism.
The passing of the Medivac bill and the associated debate on asylum seeker health is an example of doctors becoming monolithic in their views.
When the Australian Medical Association's spokesman Dr Paul Bauert compares Nauru and Manus to Auschwitz, it's clear many doctors have lost all perspective in debates that extend beyond clinical medicine.
There is a growing divide among medicos with public sector doctors inevitably playing the activist roles. Doctors with alternative views are wary of speaking out.
Such fears are well founded. Last year Sydney GP and practising Christian Pansy Lai was subject to a GetUp! campaign demanding her deregistration. Her crime was to oppose gay marriage. The sinister move attracted sympathy among some doctors.
This week after I expressed my support for the government's border security arrangements, a junior colleague suggested I had broken my medical College's Code of Ethics. He argued my view on public policy was discriminatory towards asylum seekers. This is despite the fact I treat refugees and asylum seekers in my work at Bankstown.
Medical professionals are increasingly mimicking the worst of campus politics, where alternative political views deemed conservative are seen as corrupting a moral purity. There are moves to ostracise colleagues who are seen as traitors.
Another doctor who had worked at Christmas Island said he knew many health professionals who had a more nuanced experience of asylum seekers' health but were fearful to speak out. My colleague, not wanting to be identified, spoke of asylum seekers faking appendicitis symptoms to facilitate transfer to the mainland as well as the contagion effects if any detainee was successful in gaining release via self-harm. There was a big spike in others doing the same.
These are uncomfortable trends to consider but when permanent residency is the prize, people will go to extraordinary lengths, and understandably so. It doesn't make them bad people, just humans responding to incentives.
We know there has not been a single asylum seeker who has been sent back after gaining transfer, as they lawyer up in parallel with any necessary medical treatment.
The passing of the Medivac bill magnifies these incentives and will spur future arrivals to try their luck, knowing doctor's groups and their supporters are unlikely to cease their activism.
The Hippocratic Oath is unworkable in practice, because doctors must do some harm in the form of side effects to do good. Doctors seem less interested in the side effects at a community level after focusing exclusively on harm reduction at all costs.
This then locks them in alliance with the politics of compassion fundamentalists.
It was emergency physicians who led the move towards lock out laws killing Sydney's nightlife. Public health physicians demand taxes on sugar. And support for everything from climate change to gay marriage has been promoted by doctor's groups on the spurious grounds of health.
And now doctors are helping to dismantle our successful border protection regime.
At a time of declining institutional trust, doctors retain a strong moral authority. They are like secular priests. But medicos' are hitching their wagon to powerful, alternative currents and confusing them with science.
Tanveer Ahmed is a psychiatrist, author and commentator.
Official: climate change denial is misogyny
Abortion euphemisms
How many international students are too many?
Salvatore Babones
To say that the left are bad losers is a major understatement
It's now law: Danandrewstan has more (gender) varieties than Heinz
Bill Muehlenberg
Free thought is bad for you, philosophers decree