When is the right time to stop telling everyone you're a recent graduate?
It's been an entire year since I graduated, so it's not really news, although most people I meet seem to think I'm either still at university or about to go. One woman I met recently asked me if I was at boarding school and she was shocked when I said no — the confusion a baby face can cause is really quite something.
Strangely, it also feels like I graduated many, many years ago. Life goes on and so much has happened in the past twelve months. I did my first full-time internship; I travelled abroad; I had a few health issues. (I love you, NHS, and you should be protected at all costs.) I'm doing okay.
I always thought that by this point I'd be living in a tiny flatshare in London, settling into my first media-based career kinda job and making the most of being in the city. For years it was all I could see myself doing after uni and nothing was going to stop me — I would even commute if I needed to — except when I did finally work there, I discovered it wasn't for me. The commute probably had a lot to do with it, but still. Barely seeing fresh air or daylight brings your mood right down, and who needs that kind of misery in their life?
Instead I'm still living with my parents and I've got to decide whether I want to move halfway across the world or not. I can't say the possibility had ever really crossed my mind until this year, but now it could actually happen and I don't know what to do. I have a lot to think about over the next few weeks.
So that's where I'm at. Time has moved on and I've learnt a lot about the world and about myself, but I'm in an eerily similar position to the one I was in this time last year — trying to figure out what I want to do and where I want to be. I'll get there.
How did you deal with life after university? Let me know in the comments! And congratulations to anyone who has graduated recently or is graduating soon!


Citation: In Smuts, Enumer. Mamm. Capensium: 106.
Type Locality: South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Capetown.
Distribution: Liberia, Ethiopia and Dem. Rep. Congo, south to South Africa.
Comments: Includes Eptesicus loveni, see Schlitter and Aggundey (1986). See Taylor (2000a) for distribution map.


Hon. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. A. Ramachndran cut the ribbon to the new premises of NERCI at the Kerala University for Fisheries and Ocean Studies in Cochin.
The Centre has been located for six years in a business centre in Ernakulam centre. These offices served the Centre well, and we made great memories there, but we are more excited about our new and spacious offices which is now housed in the Amenity centre of the academic institution KUFOS. The relocation will give the Centre new opportunities to extensive collaboration and interaction with the students and faculty of KUFOS as well as other academic institutions in India.
Chairman of the NERCI Board Lasse H. Pettersson welcome the guests to the inauguration ceremony at the new premises of NERCI.
Nansen Environmental Research Centre, India, has organised the inaugural ceremony of the new premises on 7th November 2018. In the Inaugural Function, has graced the occasion as the Chief Guest while Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan, Director, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) and Dr. T. Pankajakshan, Scientist in Charge, National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Kochi as the Guests of Honour. Welcoming the Chief Guest and other dignitaries, Mr. Lasse H. Pettersson, Chairman of the NERCI Board has acknowledged the efforts made by NERCI staff and collaborating institutes in the progress of NERCI in Indo-Norwegian and international research and educational cooperation.
The Chairman of the NERCI Board Lasse H. Pettersson expressed during the welcome statement:- During these years NERCI have contributed to research cooperation particularly in ocean and atmospheric sciences, applied on monsoon studies, climate change and studies of the oceans and marine ecosystems. Also student training and recruitment through hosting several research schools on subjects that are relevant and sometimes very new to the participating students either here in Kerala or elsewhere in India. He concluded that: -The much of the research and educational network and cooperation of NERCI are focused on you here in Kerala, but it also goes beyond to other research institutions all over India.
In the inaugural address the Hon. Vice-Chancellor pointed out long lasting association between KUFOS and NERCI and wished a whole hearted support for all its future endeavours. Attending the function as the Guest of Honour, Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan wished NERCI to strengthen and develop further associations with various research institutions in India. Dr. T. Pankajakshan of NIO congratulated NERCI for their achievements in Ocean science during the last almost 20 years since the foundation in 1999 and extended the research support for NERCI.
Felicitations were delivered by Dr. Sebastain H. Merlind, Director, NERSC, Norway and Mr. Victor M. George, Registrar, KUFOS. The function ended up with ribbon cutting of the new premises by the Hon. Vice Chancellor. Vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. K. Ajith Joseph, Director of NERCI.
Invited guests and the NERCI board and staff members gathered during the opening ceremony at Panangad.


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Q: How i can do this mongodb query? I need to filter results from a single collection, given a collection of characters, some characters do not have userId but others do ( this is because the backend consumes most of the characters from an api and when inserting all the characters in the Characters collection they do not have userId , and the characters that do have a userId is because the user created it from the frontend ) What I want to do is to filter the results so that a user only sees his characters and those of the api (those that do not have a userId), I do not want a user to see the characters of other users, the characters also have professions, I should also filter by professions, an example would be : search by character name, character profession ( this should return all characters that have a certain name and a certain profession, except characters of other users, this is determined by the userId of the user).
This is an example of a character without a userId
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("62d836fd459afd6d0fdd7d1c"),
    "name" : "Robert",
    "api" : true,
    "height" : 157,
    "weight" : 69,
    "profession" : [
        {
            "_id" : ObjectId("62d836c736bd5ad391b4f7c6"),
            "name" : "carpenter",
            "api" : true
        },
        {
            "_id" : ObjectId("62d836c736bd5ad391b4f7be"),
            "name" : "professor",
            "api" : true
        }
    ],
}

This is and example of a character created by a user in the frontend, this have a userId
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("62d836fd459afd6d0fdd7d1d"),
    "name" : "Martin",
    "height" : 177,
    "weight" : 79,
    "profession" : [
        {
            "_id" : ObjectId("62d836c736bd5ad391b4f7c6"),
            "name" : "carpenter",
            "api" : true
        },
        {
            "_id" : ObjectId("62d836c736bd5ad391b4f7be"),
            "name" : "barber",
            "api" : true
        }
    ],
    "userId" : "62d836c636bd5ad391b4f7b9"
}

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Male Trapdoor Spider drowns in pool - What's That Bug?
Found it dead in the pool. Just curious what it is and if me and my guests need to worry. Legs outstretched it was about 4″ from… toe to toe? And torso was around 1.75″ long.
This is a male Trapdoor Spider, probably in the genus Ummidia, and they are not aggressive. Male Trapdoor Spiders wander in search of a mate and males are frequently found drowned in pools.
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bKash has been awarded as one of the Premier/Standard Pavilions by Dr. Hasan Mahmud, State Minister for Forest and Environment, on the last day (March 20, 2012) of the Chittagong International Trade Fair 2012 held at the Polo Ground of the port city. The 20th CITF 2012 was organized by the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) and was inaugurated by Commerce Minister, GM Quader on Friday, February 24, 2012.
Along with 350 other exhibitors, bKash had set up a pavilion at the fair where visitors were able to register for free and open bKash accounts with their Grameenphone and Robi numbers. They also learnt more about the mobile financial services which they may access from their mobile phones using bKash.


Katy ISD's 2011 Teachers of the Year were recently honored by the Katy Heritage Society. Each teacher's name was etched into commemorative bricks, now on display in the patio of Katy Heritage Park.
A total of 55 teachers were honored. In a small dedication ceremony, Carol Adams from the Katy Heritage Society, Steve Smith from Rover Oaks and Ida Franklin from Venus Construction, unveiled the commemorative bricks. Click here to view a photo gallery from the unveiling.
Fifty-five teachers from Katy ISD were honored with commemorative bricks recently for being names a 2011 Teacher of the Year.


International conference Against Conventions "Uncommon Social Roles of Women and Men from Early Modern Times to 1945"
30 November – 1 December 2017, Wroclaw, Poland.
The Historical Institute of the University of Wroclaw hereby invites scholars and PhD students to join us for the international conference: Against Conventions. Uncommon Social Roles of Women and Men from Early Modern Times to 1945 to be held in Wroclaw, November 30th – December 1st, 2017. The organizers propose to use tools which the category of gender gives in humanistic and social studies. However, we would like to overcome present tendencies to separate studies related to women or men. We hope that during the meeting it will be possible to capture mechanisms occurred while undertaking tasks which were contrary to social norms from both "feminine", and "masculine" perspectives. We are aware that definitely more women struggled with social boundaries. Nevertheless, we consider the reflection on men's experience, who also faced such challenges, as equally important.
- who, for what purpose, by what methods and with what result tried to retain status quo in division into "feminine" and "masculine" social roles.
The aforementioned issues indicate the main directions of discussion, nonetheless we encourage to submit other proposals related to the main theme of the conference.
Applicants will receive a response by mid-September.
We do not cover costs of transport, however there is no conference fee and the conference materials, meals (lunches, coffee breaks, official dinner on the first day of the conference), as well as accommodation (2 nights) are provided.
The organizers are going to publish a monograph. The deadline for articles based on conference papers is February 28th, 2018.


Diwali is still almost a week away but lets face it, India has already started celebrating. Not necessarily by bursting patakas but by lighting up the house, buying new clothes, dusting up the house, calling friends and family over for the yearly reunion and so on. The streets in my colony are filled with vendors selling diyas of different shapes, sizes and colours. More than the festival itself, its the "getting-ready" phase of a festival that invokes a very exciting feeling in me :D.
But this year, the monsoons have decided to stay till october and this pro-longed guest is the cause for a very damp house that smells stale. Atleast mine does :/ . So I took up my mom's advice and planted some in-house plants. She gave me names of a list of plants of which I am gonna share some with you here.
We all have heard about the benefits of Aloevera. There are many ayurvedic company even selling its juice. But aloe vera plant not only helps with skin burns and issues but also with filtering various gas emission from dangerously toxic materials and it claims to possess tons of medicinal properties as well.
No one can ignore the beauty of Marginata, a plant that has glossy thin leaves with red edges. It is a slow-growing flowering houseplant with very few growing requirements. It also not only removes formaldehyde(found in cigarettes, wooden furnishings, and benzene(found in glue, paints, plastics, etc) from the air, but some other toxins present as well. But the plant can be poisonous to dogs so do place is carefully.
The Gerber daisy, a bright flowering plant, is effective at removing trichloroethylene(comes from dry-cleaning) and benzene. Place it in your laundry room or bedroom but make sure it gets a lot of light.
The colourful Chrysanthemums have always fascinated me, especially after I read a very touching short story revolving around this flower. Its colourful flowers protect you from benzene and also brightens up your homes. Place it in a place where it will get ample sunlight.
Last but not the least – the Lucky Bamboo! The best part about this plant is that it can be placed even in your cars. Its small in size, needs indirect sunlight, can grow only in water and does not need soil, and then, its supposedly lucky! Need anymore reasons? Just change the water (soft or filtered water) every 2 weeks to keep it glowing green always.
And for those very lazy ones (like me), freshen up your homes with the new godrej aer series.
Great ideas. Wish u a very happy and prosperous Diwali!
Thanx Karishma. Wish you the same.


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Tentative trial date set for America's most ethically challenged judge
The case could come to an earlier end if the court agrees with judicial prosecutors and removes Moore based on legal arguments.
By Associated Press Wednesday, August 3, 2016
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore urged fellow justices to action after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized gay marriage nationwide, court documents filed Tuesday show.
Papers submitted by attorneys representing Moore in a state judicial ethics case that could result in his ouster showed that Moore asked the other justices to clarify the state's position in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling. His request came in a legal memo asking colleagues to rule in a lawsuit filed by a conservative think tank that opposes gay marriage.
The documents show that Moore cited Kentucky court clerk and gay-marriage opponent Kim Davis in claiming that Christians who oppose same-sex weddings could be forced to give up their public jobs. Moore also quoted Shakespeare, a Nazi opponent from 1940s Germany and internet postings in asking fellow court members to act.
Moore is suspended from his job pending trial on judicial ethics charges of improperly issuing an order on same-sex marriage. An order released Monday by the Alabama Court of the Judiciary says Moore's trial on judicial ethics charges will begin Sept. 28 if the case isn't resolved by then.
Moore opposes a move by prosecutors to have him ousted without a trial. A hearing is set for Aug. 8.
Moore is a Christian who opposes same-sex marriage. He is accused of wrongly issuing an order to state probate judges in defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Alabama Chief Justice, Alabama Supreme Court, ethics complaint, Roy Moore
Louisiana: Gay widower denied Social Security survivor benefits
Gay man can continue discrimination lawsuit against Catholic church

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Category Archives: SAR
5G, Cell Phone, Children, Doctor, EHS, Electro-Hypersensitivity, EMF, EMR, Environmental Impact, HEALTH, Lawsuit, Legislation, Marc Arazi, research, RF, right to know, SAR, School, SMART METERS, Smart Phone, Studies, Suicide, WiFi
Phonegate Alert invited to a medical conference in England – June 08, 2019
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"Phonegate Alert" invited to a conference in England by Dr. Mallery-Blythe
https://www.phonegatealert.org/en/phonegate-alert-invited-to-a-conference-in-england-by-dr-mallery-blythe
On June 8, 2019, a commemorative conference in honour of Jenny Fry will be held in England at the initiative of "EMF aware Sussex". On this occasion, the experts present will review scientific and medical knowledge concerning electrosensitivity, the development of new 5G technologies, communicating meters and mobile phones. We would like to thank Dr. Mallery-Blythe for her invitation, which will allow us, for the first time on English soil, to discuss the issues related to the Phonegate scandal.
The speakers:
Professor Dominique Belpomme,
Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Paris René Descartes, founder of the European Institute for Research on Cancer and the Environment (ECERI), founder of ARTAC (Association for Research and Treatments Against Cancer). He will speak on the theme: "Etiology, diagnosis and management of electrohyper-sensitivity (EHS).
Dr. Marc Arazi,
Co-founder and President of the organization Alerte Phonegate.
His presentation: "The international Phonegate scandal: All overexposed, all deceived, all threatened by our mobile phones".
Dr. Erica Mallery-Blythe,
Founder of the PHIRE medical organization (Physicians' Health Initiative for Radiation & Environment), Trustee RRT (Radiation Research Trust), Medical Advisor ORSAA (Oceanic Radiofrequency Scienti c Advisory Association), Medical Advisor ESUK and member of IGNIR 5g, she will speak on the theme: "Overview of EMF health effects and PHIRE 5G Five Facts initiative."
Debbie Fry (dental nurse) will talk about her daughter, Jenny's experiences with her E.H.S. and her campaign to turn off Wi-Fi in schools and hospitals.
This conference, which will be held on Saturday, June 8 from 9am to 5pm in the Sedwick park house, is open to the public. You can download the prospectus to register.
Learn more about Jenny Fry: http://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/?s=Jenny+Fry
4G, 5G, Addiction, cancer, Cell Phone, Children, EMF, EMR, Environmental Impact, HEALTH, IoT, Precautionary Principle, research, RF, right to know, SAR, Smart Phone, Studies, video, Wireless
Generation Zapped – FREE VIEWING May 11-13, 2019
2019/05/11 Linda	1 Comment
– https://generationzapped.com/
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The producer of the landmark documentary film "Generation Zapped" has arranged for supporters of 5G Crisis (and their friends and relatives) to see this incredible film at no cost!
The code is good only for this Saturday, Sunday & Monday! (May 11-13, 2019)
Simply use this link for free access to the film:
https://vimeo.com/r/2leC/U0dDZ1dDOE
If the code doesn't work for any reason, you can also enter the code manually:
Go to: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/generationzapped
Select "Rent $4.99"
When prompted enter code: GenZappedFree
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Phonegate: criminal complaint against Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi – April 15, 2019
Phonegate: criminal complaint against Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi – Alert PhoneGate – April 15, 2019:
– https://www.phonegatealert.org/en/phonegate-criminal-complaint-against-chinese-smartphone-manufacturer-xiaomi
[Press Conference] Phonegate: first criminal action – Alert PhoneGate – April 12, 2019:
– https://www.phonegatealert.org/en/press-conference-phonegate-first-criminal-action
(French video 51:33) Conférence de Presse : annonce de la plainte pénale contre le fabricant de smartphones chinois Xiaomi – Alert PhoneGate Facebook – April 15, 2019:
– https://www.facebook.com/PhonegateAlert/videos/274473293461117/
4G, 5G, cancer, Cell Phone, corporations, Doctor, EMR, HEALTH, Legislation, Marc Arazi, RF, right to know, SAR, Smart Phone, Studies
[Last minute] New smartphone in SAR excess, the Nokia 5 by Alert PhoneGate – April 05, 2019
[Last minute] New smartphone in SAR excess, the Nokia 5 by Alert PhoneGate – April 05, 2019:
– https://www.phonegatealert.org/en/last-minute-new-smartphone-in-sar-excess-the-nokia-5
– http://www.stopsmartmetersbc.com/france-first-exceedance-of-the-head-sar-with-the-xaomi-redmi-note-5-by-alert-phonegate-march-04-2019/
5G, cancer, Cell Phone, Children, corporations, Doctor, EMR, Environmental Impact, HEALTH, IoT, Legislation, Marc Arazi, Microwave, research, RF, right to know, SAR, Smart Phone
Phonegate scandal: Swiss deputies on the front lines by Alert Phone Gate – April 04, 2019
For the past year, many Swiss deputies have been asking the Federal Council for information and explanations regarding the Phonegate industrial and health scandal. Most recently, on 20 March 2019, National Councilor Silva Semadeni (Socialist group) and 26 other deputies* tabled another interpellation, 193180:
"Phonegate": Properly inform mobile phone users….
An article that makes waves
The interpellation mentions the article published on 13 February 2019 by the popular Swiss consumer magazine "Beobachter", written by Editor-in-Chief Andres Büchi, reporting on the Phonegate scandal, "Mobile phone users have been deliberately misled. For years, mobile phone manufacturers have reported values that are too low. Critics talk of a scandal." https://www.beobachter.ch/gesundheit/medizin-krankheit/handystrahlung-handynutzer-wurden-wissentlich-getauscht
https://www.phonegatealert.org/en/phonegate-scandal-swiss-deputies-on-the-front-lines
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Facebook blocks and deletes Dr. Arazi's account by Alerte Phonegate – March 27, 2019
– https://www.change.org/p/ms-elżbieta-bieńkowska-protect-the-health-of-millions-of-mobile-phone-users/u/24347735 (click on photo to enlarge)
Facebook blocks and deletes Dr. Arazi's account by Alerte Phonegate – March 27, 2019:
– https://www.change.org/p/ms-el%C5%BCbieta-bie%C5%84kowska-protect-the-health-of-millions-of-mobile-phone-users/u/24347735
Protect the health of millions of mobile phone users by Alerte Phonegate:
– https://www.change.org/p/ms-el%C5%BCbieta-bie%C5%84kowska-protect-the-health-of-millions-of-mobile-phone-users
Phonegate: French Government Data Indicates Cell Phones Expose Consumers To Radiation Levels Higher Than Manufacturers Claim – Cell Phone Radiation Scandal: More Exposure Than Manufacturers Claim – "PhoneGate" In France, government data release reveals 9 out of 10 phones tested exceed regulatory limits by Environmental Health Trust:
– https://ehtrust.org/cell-phone-radiation-scandal-french-government-data-indicates-cell-phones-exposeconsumers-radiation-levels-higher-manufacturers-claim/
(video 01:43) Phonegate: Cell Phone Radiation Levels Higher Than Manufacturers Claim by Environmental Health Trust – YouTube – August 11, 2017:
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=C4cW2UsPVFs
(video 01:53) Cell Phone Radiation Violates Limits When Tested Against Body: Dr. Marc Arazi by Environmental Health Trust – YouTube – June 04, 2017:
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B_H5Og0k-g
And don't forget:
(video 22:28) The secret inside your cellphone (CBC Marketplace) by Wendy Mesley – CBC News – YouTube – March 24, 2017:
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm69ik_Qdb8
4G, cancer, Cell Phone, EMR, Germany, HEALTH, Legislation, Liability, Marc Arazi, RF, right to know, SAR, Studies
France: First exceedance of the head SAR with the Xaomi Redmi Note 5 by Alert PhoneGate – March 04, 2019
Xiaomi first manufacturer suspected of deception punishable by a criminal offence by Alert PhoneGate – March 04, 2019:
– https://www.change.org/p/ms-el%C5%BCbieta-bie%C5%84kowska-protect-the-health-of-millions-of-mobile-phone-users/u/24246719?cs_tk=Avzw26rrb1NhAFrugFwAAXicyyvNyQEABF8BvIvMpv8NzJkbN4aGXblsFIU%3D&utm_campaign=1b58dfe6d1184d43a21dca0281c62315
France: First exceedance of the head SAR with the Xaomi Redmi Note 5 by Alert PhoneGate – March 04, 2019:
– https://www.phonegatealert.org/en/france-first-exceedance-of-the-head-sar-with-the-xaomi-redmi-note-5
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Planetary Electromagnetic pollution: it is time to assess its impact
2018/12/08 Ted	Leave a comment
Bandara P, Carpenter DO. Planetary electromagnetic pollution: it is time to assess its impact. The Lancet. 2(12):Pe512-e514, December 01, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30221-3.
Download open access paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(18)30221-3/fulltext
Since this commentary has no abstract, here are the first and last paragraphs:
"As the Planetary Health Alliance moves forward after a productive second annual meeting, a discussion on the rapid global proliferation of artificial electromagnetic fields would now be apt. The most notable is the blanket of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation, largely microwave radiation generated for wireless communication and surveillance technologies, as mounting scientific evidence suggests that prolonged exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation has serious biological and health effects. However, public exposure regulations in most countries continue to be based on the guidelines of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which were established in the 1990s on the belief that only acute thermal effects are hazardous. Prevention of tissue heating by radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation is now proven to be ineffective in preventing biochemical and physiological interference. For example, acute non-thermal exposure has been shown to alter human brain metabolism by NIH scientists, electrical activity in the brain, and systemic immune responses. Chronic exposure has been associated with increased oxidative stress and DNA damage and cancer risk.
Laboratory studies, including large rodent studies by the US National Toxicology Program (NTP) and Ramazzini Institute of Italy, confirm these biological and health effects in vivo. As we address the threats to human health from the changing environmental conditions due to human activity, the increasing exposure to artificial electromagnetic radiation needs to be included in this discussion."
"At a time when environmental health scientists tackle serious global issues such as climate change and chemical toxicants in public health, there is an urgent need to address so-called electrosmog. A genuine evidence-based approach to the risk assessment and regulation of anthropogenic electromagnetic fields will help the health of us all, as well as that of our planetary home. Some government health authorities have recently taken steps to reduce public exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation by regulating use of wireless devices by children and recommending preferential use of wired communication devices in general, but this ought to be a coordinated international effort."
Most relevant posts on Electromagnetic Radiation Safety
International EMF Scientist Appeal
Scientists and Doctors Demand Moratorium on 5G
ICNIRP's Exposure Guidelines for Radio Frequency Fields
WHO Radiofrequency Radiation Policy
What's Wrong with Cell Phone Radiation Exposure Limits? (SAR)
NTP Cell Phone Radiation Study: Final Reports
Ramazzini Institute Cell Phone Radiation Study Replicates NTP Study
5G Wireless Technology: Is 5G Harmful to Our Health?
Cell Phone Towers are Largest Contributor to Environmental Radiofrequency Radiation
Cell Tower Health Effects
Cell Tower Radiation Affects Wildlife: Dept. of Interior Attacks FCC
Electromagnetic fields threaten wildlife
International Perspective on Health Effects of Low Intensity Non-Ionizing RadiationPowerWatch: 1,670 Scientific Papers on EMF (1979 – 2018)
Effects of Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields: 833 Studies
Recent Research on Wireless Radiation and Electromagnetic Fields (> 500 studies)
Thanks to Joel Moskowitz for sending this out.
Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D., Director
Center for Family and Community Health
Electromagnetic Radiation Safety
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i4i wins patent infringement case against Microsoft Supreme Court decision released today
June 9, 2011 /in Infringement, Litigation, News /by PMI
Toronto, June 9, 2011 – In Washington DC today, the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled unanimously in favor of i4i in the long‐running i4i v Microsoft patent infringement lawsuit. The Supreme Court did not accept Microsoft's request to lower the standard of proof, for challenges to the validity of a properly issued patent, from clear and convincing evidence to a preponderance of evidence. As a result of this decision, i4i has won its patent infringement case against Microsoft. At trial the jury ruled in favor of i4i and awarded $200 million in damages (now upwards of $300 million with enhancements and interest). The Honorable Judge Leonard Davis entered judgment on the verdict and issued a permanent injunction against Microsoft.
Loudon Owen, Chairman of i4i, says, "Microsoft tried to gut the value of patents by introducing a lower standard for invalidating patents. It is now 100% clear that you can only invalidate a patent based on "clear and convincing" evidence." Owen adds, "This is one of the most significant business cases the Court has decided in decades. Affirmation of the Federal Circuit on a ruling in favor of patent holders is virtually unprecedented. While this ruling maintains the prevailing standard, the innovation community must be ever‐vigilant to defend its property rights."
Michel Vulpe, founder of i4i and co‐inventor, says, "This has been a 16‐year journey with a clearly defined purpose – to build a world leader in managing data. It is an important stepping stone for i4i and we can now continue to build our company the way we intended." Vulpe adds, "Our army was small but mighty and we are grateful to our team, partners, investors, legal counsel, those who filed amici briefs, and everyone supporting the rights of patent holders. Naturally, we are particularly appreciative of our shareholders who continue to support us." i4i's legal team includes WilmerHale, McKool Smith, Finnegan Henderson, and Sterne Kessler.
In March 2007, i4i sued Microsoft for willful infringement of its patent. On May 20, 2009, the jury found i4i's patent to have been willfully infringed, and ordered Microsoft to pay damages to i4i. On August 11, 2009, the Honorable Judge Leonard Davis issued a final judgment against Microsoft that included (a) an award of damages in excess of $290 million USD to i4i (including enhanced damages, interest and post‐ verdict damages), and (b) a permanent injunction, which took effect on January 11, 2010. Microsoft unsuccessfully appealed to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in late 2009, and also unsuccessfully sought a rehearing in early 2010. This was the largest patent infringement judgment ever upheld by the Federal Circuit. The case was heard by the eight Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 2011.
i4i is a global technology company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. For more information on i4i v. Microsoft, selected court documents can be found on www.i4iLP.com.
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BioWare's Mass Effect Headed to the Big Screen!
by Alex Billington
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One of the best video games I have ever played in my life is Mass Effect, an expansive role-playing futuristic sci-fi game. The game not only has great graphics and an immense universe, but features one of the best user-controlled narrative structures I've ever seen. It could easily be turned into an awesome movie without much work, which is why I'm ecstatic to write this news today. Apparently Avi Arad, who was once the CEO of Marvel, has option the rights to the game from publisher Electronic Arts. There aren't any other major details to add to this story at the moment, but we can be sure that Arad is working hard to get this project into development, including finding some writers and pitching the idea to studios.
Whenever I would play Mass Effect, it was one of those games that I felt like needed a movie right away. It was such an incredible universe to play in and the story started getting more and more complex at every turn. You control a character named Commander Shephard who is fighting against an edgy bureaucracy and numerous planetary gangs. In fact, the game is nearly a movie itself, devoting more to its cinematic storytelling than any actual action. I really can't wait to see this come to fruition; I just hope that Arad knows what he's doing and hires the right creative team. This is no skimpy sci-fi film, it needs a big budget, an experienced director, and a writer that won't turn this into yet another cheesy video game movie.
I'm actually so excited by this news that I think I'm going to pop in my disc of Mass Effect and play through it again when I get home. This truly is a dream come true for me, because I'm a big sci-fi nut and Mass Effect was the greatest sci-fi video game I ever played. Hope you pull it off Avi Arad!
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we all know this is going to suck....there is no such thing a good video game movie....with the exception of Mortal Kombat
sean on Sep 20, 2008
Mass Effect has great characters and such a deep storyline that can go in so many directions. This could possibly be the movie that defines a good video game movie.
Chris W on Sep 20, 2008
Is it on Steam?
Colin Dean on Sep 20, 2008
as long as they have Seth Green as the pilot Joker and Keith David as Captain Anderson im happy
fracaso on Sep 20, 2008
i hope the whole movie is cgi.
Darrin on Sep 20, 2008
oh yes this has great potential. They just need to to this right and not be as crappy as every other video game movie. oh and i totally agree with #4. and No god please No to #5.
taylor on Sep 20, 2008
#3: Unfortunately, no. #4: Agreed #5: Then you would just have the game all over again... This could work, but I found reading up and finding out about the great backstory to be one of the most interesting parts of the game. There's no way they'll be able to go that in-depth in a movie.
CajoleJuice on Sep 20, 2008
space nerds (myself included) say a prayer they don't F this up! Oh who am I kidding it's probably going to be cheesy like Starship Troopers or something. But I agree with Alex that it's one of the best games I've ever played and definitley one of my favorites. Maybe Dane Cook could play the lead and restore faith in his fans that he should be doing movies.
vu on Sep 20, 2008
Matthew fox should be the main guy
nelson on Sep 20, 2008
or maybe karl urban
Matthew fox in Vantage Point = terrible. So for that, no Fox in Mass Effect. Ever.
Itri on Sep 20, 2008
i heard vantage point sucked as a whole anyways lol
While I don't want to bash this I must say it was a very predictable move, even my ten year old brother who watched me play the game told me that he expected a movie out of this. Hollywood really needs more people with an imagination. Has it really come to video game movies, superhero movies, cheap comedies that do nothing but make fun of movies, prequels, film adaptation of a novel, tv shows that become films, reboots, and sequels?? I mean some of the movies that fall under these categories are indeed good but come on! every other movie i hear about does indeed fall into one of these sections. Now I don't want to be completely rude seeing as this is my first comment on here so I'll do my best to end it on a strong note, Dominic Purcell - Commander Shephard Keith David - Captain Anderson Seth Green - Joker Megan Fox or Rose McGowan - Ashley Williams 🙂 My Ideal Cast! 🙂 Anyways the game has a good story but is super short (even with all of the side quest completed)!! I wonder how they can extend this...
007 on Sep 20, 2008
I can see the trailer now "from the Producer of Spider-man and Bratz"
Jesse on Sep 20, 2008
So I know that Avi Arad has produced a lot of BAD movies... but the way I look at it, he's not the greatest producer, but he's also not the worst. Maybe he will do this movie justice? Either way, it's a bit ridiculous to say it's going to be terrible just because Arad's produced movies like Bratz... Give it time before you judge it!
Alex Billington on Sep 20, 2008
I'd really look forward to this. I just started playing Mass Effect again (finished my 2nd playthrough, on to the 3rd!) and the story really is exceptional. There have also been two novels published about the characters. Two more games are in the works though I didn't see anything about Mass Effect 2 at this year's PAX. This movie could very well bridge the story between the first two games, be a prequel to the first game, or go anywhere else. Mass Effect is one of very few times I've been able to use the phrase "well-written game" to talk about the story rather than about the graphics engine.
Jason on Sep 20, 2008
As a Mass Effect I hope they do this well, I don't say do it right because the game has such an open branching set of events that it will be hard to please even the hardcore fanboys. For example my brother and I are both hardcore fanboys, I enjoy the guardian of the universe role while he is a stain on the face of galatic piece, killing any and all that may be killed, but we are definately both playing as Commander Shepard, my Shepard is a young balding red haired man with a stubble beard while his is an aging tan black haired man with a giant scar across his face. I won't lie, I even thought about how it would e great to see Shepard's story on screen, but Shepard doesn't really have one because the story is defined by the actions of the players and so becomes the player's story that came only be perfected through interactive media. So the movie will aim to please both of us, it will most likely please only one of us or neither at all. But still, in my heart I do want to seee Turians and Krogan on-screen mid-June or July in the next two or three years. I hope the story they make is pleasing to the rest of the public as well.
MrSammich on Sep 20, 2008
the hollywood's studio should consider to bring brilliant and legendary games like Half-Life or Diablo or StarCraft or WarHammer or Command and Conquer into the silver screen...those games have received a huge and massive success in terms of production quality and commercial in the history of gaming and entertainment...not to mention those games has a huge fan base worldwide...including Halo (we already know Peter Jackson wants to work on this for years)... why bring game like Mass Effect into the movie??? i'm not saying that its not good...but there are plenty more out there much better than Mass Effect...its true...no kidding... Mass Effect does not have enough "charisma" to bring mega success...
safichan on Sep 21, 2008
#18: Mass Effect has as much "charisma" as the other legendary games you mentioned - it's just newer, so it didn't yet have the time to gain as many worshippers as Diablo or StarCraft etc. But for example Half-Life would be a terrible movie in my opinion. The story is just too simple and cliché. The same goes with Diablo - those two games have their greatest strengths in gameplay, not in story telling. StarCraft would make a great movie and Mass Effect already IS an excellent movie that just needs to be translated to the big screen! I would love to see Mass Effect made accessible to all of those who could not play the game, because it's really an amazing work of art that deserves AT LEAST as much attention as Star Wars!
c-r-u-x on Sep 21, 2008
#19 Do not even compare Mass Effect, a game hardly anyone remembers or talks about 1 month after its release to the games #18 mentioned. Those are the real classics and every PC gamer knows what they are. I have to agree with you though on the part that neither of those games would make a good movie except maybe Starcraft.
Shige on Sep 21, 2008
As long as its not Uwe Boll, I'll pay to see it.
sol on Sep 21, 2008
Yay, another generic sci-fi movie in the works, as if Halo wasn't a bad enough idea.
Brad on Sep 21, 2008
Oh great. Another one.
IK on Sep 21, 2008
well, at least max payne is coming this year... and hopefully HALO still can make its way to the hollywood...I believe in Peter Jackson... F.E.A.R anyone??? how about F.E.A.R???
I don't understand the people that dog Mass Effect or even a Mass Effect movie. I'm not sure it needs to be a movie, but from a gaming standpoint, an original and interesting new property for sci-fi gaming is welcome any time. Dog it if it was another Star Wars or Halo game, but it isn't -- a brand new universe with a compelling history and storyline. If the movie brought the same kind of love I'd happily go see it. Agreed with #4 - Seth did so awesome as the pilot -- he helped make star travel feel a bit more casual, and thus believable somehow.
dRailer on Sep 21, 2008
@Shige: STFU. Just because there are not as much fanboys and fans with ME as with those other games[, which are good too], it doesn't mean that it does not deserve a movie. g We have more than enough Movies in the C&C series. With enough money every of these games could be adpoted into good movies, but they would be full of cliche and just bad. Just look at Doom. Just read ones of the novels if you like their stories so much.
Banthas on Sep 21, 2008
Matthew Fox would actually be a good choice for the main character. But this film needs fresh faces.
Xerxex on Sep 21, 2008
This is great news I've had the game for a while now and still haven't got around to beating it, but this news has sparked my interest in playing it again and finishing it. I hope Arad can do some justice to the movie but i don't know yet im gonna have to wait and see, lets hopefully they can find a good director and a great cast of new and old faces, this could be an amazing movie or a complete failure. Looking forward to how it all plays out.
Curtis on Sep 21, 2008
Remember when Comic Book movies sucked? Yeah Video game movies will have their time in the sun eventually too.
Unseen on Sep 21, 2008
#13 I feel you completely!!
Sinbad on Sep 21, 2008
Mass effect sucks... Your Arguments? 'One of the best SF-games ever' Yeah, right...and I thought you were actually meaning Half-Life (1, 2, Episodes), Alien Vs. Predator 2, System Shock... I can still hear that damn 'Mass Effect' dialogs in my head...'Shepard, you're a spectre, act like one!' Oh, shut the *bleep* up, Anderson, or whatever. Still, graphics were fine... BUT...Is it worth a shot? Yes, and what about 'some other grand games out there?' Nobody gives a shit about Morrowind movie, or whatever... Hollywood, sometimes, you just piss me off!!!
m4st4 on Sep 22, 2008
#26 Congratulations. You have successfully missed my point and managed to use the ever handy "STFU". Feel better ?
#26 Impressive reading comprehension!
kekeke on Sep 23, 2008
im on board!
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A Snapshot of the US Market for Smart Solar Inverters
From Intersolar, an update on the march of advanced inverters from pilot project to real-world requirements.
Jeff St. John July 12, 2018
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The solar and utility industries move to the next phase of smart inverter deployment.
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Advanced solar inverters could be one of the biggest distributed energy resource communications and control points out there someday. With California now requiring at least early-stage "smart" capabilities from all new solar projects — and a standards road map for next-stage efforts like real-time communications and active controls — this future now has a template.
There are still a lot of unanswered questions about how smart inverters will be used.
That was the consensus at Intersolar this week, where experts discussed the latest developments on the U.S. smart solar inverter front. After years of pilot projects, multi-stakeholder technical working groups, and slow and steady standards development, solar smart inverters are finally starting to hit the market en masse — even if it's not yet clear just what will be done with them once they're installed.
"From the technical perspective, the standards are firm," Roger Salas, distribution engineering manager for Southern California Edison, said. In September of last year, his utility started requiring that all new solar installations come with "Phase 1" advanced inverter functionality, as defined under the state's Rule 21.
Later this month, it's going to start requiring "reactive power priority" for these inverters, and in February 2019, it's going to start requiring that inverters support the communications capabilities described in "Phase 2," as well as some more advanced "Phase 3" capabilities.
Increasing hosting capacity: A win-win for solar and utilities
Each of these phases aligns with a different value proposition for smart inverters. The first phase is largely preventative, aimed at solving the kinds of problems that have forced costly upgrades to how inverters operate in solar-heavy Germany and Hawaii.
The key standard in question in the U.S. is IEEE 1547, which sets the rules for what grid-connected DERs must do to stay safe, such as trip offline when the grid goes down, or avoid overloading local transformers or circuits.
The old version of the standard, however, had a lot of restrictive rules on tripping off during relatively common voltage excursions, which could cause real problems on circuits with a lot of solar dropping off all at once.
Phase 1 implementation of IEEE 1547 is all about removing these barriers, Salas said. "They need to be stable, they need to be connected, they need to be able to support the grid."
This should increase hosting capacity on circuits that would have otherwise been constrained by these unwelcome behaviors, he said.
Reactive power: Where utility and solar imperatives collide
The old versions of IEEE 1547 also didn't provide rules for how inverters could use one of their more flexible capabilities: the ability to inject or absorb reactive power to mitigate voltage fluctuations, including those that may be caused by the PV itself. The new version opens up this capability, which could allow for an active application of reactive power to further increase hosting capacity, as well as solve other grid edge challenges for utilities.
But where utilities see opportunity, the solar industry sees a threat. Every unit of reactive power comes at the cost of a reduction in the real power output of solar inverters — and almost every solar installation out there is paid based on the real power it produces.
"If you're tasked to do things that rob your energy sales, that will reduce compensation," noted Ric O'Connell, executive director of the Oakland, Calif.-based GridLab. "And a lot of systems have third-party owners — the Sunruns, the Teslas — that have contracts, performance guarantees, and they want to get those financed. It's harder to do that if there's uncertainty in the future with curtailment."
"That's the bottleneck right now," said Daniel Munoz-Alvarez, a GTM Research grid edge analyst. "As we develop markets on the retail end for ...volt/VAR control to be compensated on the grid edge and that is compensated back to the customer, then the customer will be more willing to allow the utility to control their smart inverters or to allow some automation."
But first, he said, "We need some agreed-upon functions."
The future: Communications, controls and DER integration
The next stage of smart inverter functionality is establishing communications with the utility. After that, utilities will be able use them to monitor key DER data, or issue disconnect and reconnect commands in emergencies, as well as actively orchestrate other utility devices and systems.
This last area is where Salas sees the greatest opportunity to putting mass-market smart solar inverters to use. "If you want to maximize the DERs and what they can do, the need information from the grid. And DERs provide operational and capability information to the utility."
Inverter makers have already been forced by California to enable the latest IEEE 1547 capabilities into their existing controls systems — but they are clearly embracing the role that their devices can play on the grid as well. Microinverter maker Enphase leveraged its work in Hawaii into a grid services business, seeking to provide data to utilities where they already had a significant number of installations. While Enphase has since scaled back dramatically, its main rival SolarEdge has taken up the same challenge, launching its own grid services arm earlier this summer.
Inverters have been technically capable of doing most of these things for a long time. But utilities and regulators have been waiting for the completion of IEEE 1547 to move forward decisively. Patrick Dalton, senior engineer for Xcel Energy, said his company's utilities in Colorado and Minnesota are still several years away from mandating advanced inverter capabilities and are waiting for California's example in order to choose a path forward.
In the meantime, it's possible that Xcel's front-of-meter volt/VAR optimization investments in Colorado, including grid edge devices from startup Varentec, could solve many of the issues that have been addressed by smart inverter efforts in Hawaii and California, he noted.
The broader landscape for rolling out smart inverters for solar installations hasn't changed much, with Hawaii and California still out ahead of the pack. Arizona is the next most important state, with a high penetration of distributed solar, a contentious policy climate surrounding its proper treatment in future years, and a big smart inverter pilot from utility Arizona Public Service to inform stakeholders.
All told, eight separate smart inverter pilots are underway across eight states at present, according to GTM Research: Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric in California; APS and Salt River Project in Arizona; Hawaiian Electric in Hawaii; Duke Energy in North Carolina; Con Edison in New York; and a three-state pilot funded by the Department of Energy's SunShot program and led by the Electric Power Research Institute.
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WND Posts Dubious Kenyan Birth Certificate
Topic: WorldNetDaily
An August 2 WorldNetDaily article reports that "California attorney Orly Taitz, who has filed a number of lawsuits demanding proof of Barack Obama's eligibility to serve as president, has released a copy of what purports to be a Kenyan certification of birth and has filed a new motion in U.S. District Court for its authentication."
WND is curiously stingy on details. As such, this purported certificate is shrouded in more mystery than the official Hawaii birth certificate that WND can't decide is a forgery (despite declaring it to be authentic).
According to the article, "Taitz told WND that the document came from an anonymous source who doesn't want his name known because 'he's afraid for his life.'" This is the latest instance of many in which WND has allowed a critic of Obama to hide behind a cloak of anonymity, despite WND editor Joseph Farah's historic criticism of such anonymity. And WND's record of lies about Obama in general and the birth certificate in particular disqualify it from any credibility in asking its readers for trust.
As we've noted, WND has collaborated with Taitz in the past and refused to tell its readers about Taitz's dubious legal history. Did WND obtain the certificate by whatever means and is laundering it through Taitz? Who knows? We certainly can't trust WND to tell the full truth.
But there's another problem with this certificate. It states that it was issued by the "Republic of Kenya" on Feb. 17, 1964. As others have pointed out, Kenya was not a republic in February 1964; granted independence in December 1963, it was not declared a republic until December 1964.
Also, the Mombasa hospital in question has stated that it checked its records for the day Obama was born and found no record of him.
Further, as Media Matters notes: In order to believe Taitz and WND, one would have to assume that this document was requested 45 years ago -- two and a half years after Obama's birth -- preserved that entire time, withheld through the entire election and transition period, and yet somehow ended up in the hands of someone sympathetic to Orly Taitz.
These are authenticity issues WND does not address. Will it be as secretive about this purported certificate as it is other aspects of its Obama birth certificate coverage?
Posted by Terry K. at 2:06 AM EDT
Suddenly, WND Loves Andrew Sullivan
WorldNetDaily is not used to touting Andrew Sullivan.
For instance, a June 6 column by Star Parker makes sure to label Sullivan as a "homosexual journalist and activist," then attacks him for supporting the idea that "children in America's public schools will be properly educated to see all forms of sexual behavior as acceptable." Kevin McCullough labeled Sullivan as a "homosexual blogger." Judith Reisman denounced Sullivan as a "homosexual advocate."
But when Sullivan's views dovetail with WND's, the latter is unashamed to promote it. In May, WND's Bob Unruh touted how Sullivan, "supporter of the homosexual lifestyle choice," criticized hate-crimes laws.
Now, WND is promoting Sullivan again, in an August 2 article noting that Sullivan "joined the rising chorus of voices across the political spectrum calling for Barack Obama to release his original, long-form birth certificate to put aside growing doubts about his eligibility for the presidency."
A couple things are missing from the article, however. While it describes Sullivan as "One of the most influential bloggers, pundits and columnists in America," it curiously fails to mention that he's gay.
WND also curiously fails to mention another birth certificate Sullivan wants to see released -- that of Trig Palin. Despite as many questions raised about the parentage of Trig, Sarah Palin has long refused to release Trig's birth certificate. Indeed, a search of WND's archives shows that it has never reported on those questions.
Hundreds of stories on Obama's birth certificate, none on Trig's. Double standard much, WND?
Posted by Terry K. at 12:08 AM EDT
Updated: Monday, August 3, 2009 11:18 PM EDT
CNS Columnist Baselessly Defends McCaughey
Topic: CNSNews.com
In her July 30 CNSNews.com column, Judie Brown writes of anti-health care reform activist Betsy McCaughey:
What is perhaps most interesting about Dr. McCaughey, who earned her doctorate in constitutional history, is that those who favor Obama's health-care reform are vilifying her right and left. Though we know that this is the way advocates of death and human disrespect operate, it is nevertheless disturbing. She has been called a liar, a spinner of tall tales and other terms of endearment, but the information she is providing is readily available from unbiased sources, such as the text of the health-care "reform" bill itself.
Brown ignores the fact that McCaughey is being called a liar and a spinner of tall tales because that's what she is. As we've detailed, McCaughey has claimed that senior citizens will beforced to undergo mandatory "end of life" counseling when, in fact, such counseling is voluntary. PolitiFact called the claim a "Pants on Fire" falsehood.
Brown's touting of McCaughey's academic credentials doesn't change the fact that McCaughey has lied.
Farah's Latest Birther Lies
Joseph Farah writes in his July 30 WorldNetDaily column:
To listen to the propaganda press, you would believe that certification of live birth settles the matter of where Obama was born. "He's got a birth certificate!" they exclaim. "It's right here. You can see it on the Internet."
However, that document proves nothing about where Obama was born. Nothing! Neither do any of the statements offered by Hawaiian officials who claim to have inspected his birth documents. Nor do the newspaper ads published in 1961.
Why? Because you could easily secure one of these documents for a foreign birth. One parent could simply fill out a form, saying the birth took place in Hawaii, and the certification was issued – no questions asked.
That's right -- in Farah's topsy-turvy world, all the evidence proving where Obama was born doesn't prove where Obama was born. He doesn't want you to think there's any evidence proving Obama's Hawaiian birth -- after all, he's got bumper stickers and videos he wants to sell you, and he loses money if word gets out that he's a liar.
Further, WND has offered no evidence whatsoever that anyone ever has gotten a state-issued birth certificate claiming someone was born in Hawaii when they weren't. Even the Farah-founded Western Journalism doesn't believe that.
Farah goes on to assert:
I offer up cold, hard facts – undeniable truths. I don't tell you Obama was born in Kenya.
That's a lie. Farah and WND have repeatedly -- and falsely -- claimed that Obama's grandmother said Obama was born in Kenya. That's just one of the many lies Farah and WND have told about Obama's birth -- and about Obama in general.
Simply put: Farah has lied about Obama so much, he wouldn't know a "cold, hard fact" if it slapped him upside the head.
WND Repeats False Health Care Reform Claims
WorldNetDaily has embraced the right-wing culture of misinformation regarding health care reform.
A July 31 WND article by Bob Unruh cites Nina May of the right-wing group Renaissance Women to claim that "Those 65 and older will be required to undergo mandatory 'end of life' counseling to determine if they are worthy to continue to not only live, but take much needed resources from those who are younger and more worthy to receive them." Unruh added:
WND reported earlier when Betsy McCaughey, the former New York state officer, told former presidential candidate Fred Thompson during an interview on his radio program the health care plan includes consultations for seniors on how to die.
"One of the most shocking things is page 425, where the Congress would make it mandatory absolutely that every five years people in Medicare have a required counseling session," she said. "They will tell [them] how to end their life sooner."
McCaughey's claim is false -- originally reported by Unruh in a July 22 article -- as is May's echo of it. PolitiFact called the claim a "Pants on Fire" falsehood, which Unruh didn't see fit to tell his readers about. Indeed, McCaughey has been forced to walk back the claim.
Will The Long Form Be Enough for WND?
WorldNetDaily has been screaming for months that it wants President Obama to release his "long-form" birth certificate. But if he did so, would that satisfy Joseph Farah and Co.?
Indications are the answer is no.
A July 29 WND article casts doubt on the veracity of any birth certificate issued by the state of Hawaii in 1961 -- effectively laying the groundwork that Obama's long-form certificate, should one actually exist and should he decide to release it, is as insufficient as the official Hawaii-issued his campaign released last year at confirming that he was indeed born in Hawaii.
That would seem to confirm what White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said at the July 27 press briefing -- that there's nothing Obama could do to satisfy the birthers.
And Farah himself has, for all intents and purposes, said that his goal is not to obtain proof of citizenship but to hound Obama out of office. In his July 30 column, he snarled: "Our country is being transformed rapidly by an administration that is of highly questionable legality." Does that sound like a man who would be mollified by a "long-form" birth certificate?
For Farah, being a birther is a means to an end -- trying to hound Obama out of office the way he tried to hound President Clinton out of office in the '90s.
Besides, if Obama actually did release the long-form certificate, a key part of Farah's merchandising business would dry up. So Farah has a financial incentive to stoke the story -- the more gullible folks to sell trinkets to, the better.
Farah knows that being a birther is not about the truth -- it's simply good business.
WND Promotes Anonymous Video Claiming Obama Is Antichrist
A July 30 WorldNetDaily article by Joe Kovacs touts an anonymous YouTube video claiming that the Bible depicts Barack Obama as the Antichrist:
"When I started doing a little research, I found the Greek word for 'lightning' is 'astrape', and the Hebrew equivalent is 'Baraq,'" said YouTube contributor "ppsimmons," a self-described Christian with a theological education and many years in the ministry, who spoke to WND under condition of anonymity. "I thought that was fascinating."
As he continued looking into the rest of the words in the phrase, he focused on "heaven," and found that it can refer not just to God's dwelling place, but also "the heights" or "high places."
He then recalled Isaiah 14:14, where Lucifer, another name for Satan, is quoted as saying, "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High."
"I wondered what the word 'heights' is," said ppsimmons, "and I looked it up in the dictionary, and it's 'Bamah.'"
Thus, on the video, the announcer notes, "If spoken by a Jewish rabbi today, influenced by the poetry of Isaiah, He (Jesus) would say these words in Hebrew ... 'I saw Satan as Baraq Ubamah.'"
"Gosh, was Jesus giving us a clue or was this just a freak coincidence?" thought the filmmaker at the time of his research.
Here's the video:
Kovacs goes on to quote the poster: "I'm not proclaiming he is the antichrist, or that I'm some kind of a Hebrew expert, but the word associations are indisputable. The Hebrew word for lightning is 'Baraq' and the word for heights or high places is 'Bamah.'"
Yeah, sure.
As might be expected, this anonymous person's claim has some problems. As Richard Bartholomew writes:
The "U" slips in as a Hebrew "vav" construction, supposedly to link "lightning" and "heaven" to together.
Of course, this is yet another farrago of nonsense; as with Walid Shoebat's crackpot exegesis of the Book of Revelation, this kind of re-interpretation is not warranted by any problem in the text, and it does violence to the context – Jesus in Luke 10:17-20 is clearly celebrating Satan's fall in response to his disciples' reports of their successes as exorcists.
In fact, the Greek word used in the verse from Luke translated as "Heaven" is "ouranos" (or "ouranou", to keep the correct case ending). If one wanted to render this into Hebrew or Aramaic (which is not, by the way, "the most ancient form of Hebrew"), it would be more appropriate to use "shamayim" than "bamah", notwithstanding Isaiah 14:14 (where the context has Satan rising to somewhere beyond the "bamah", anyway). Another difficulty is that the verb "fall" has been dropped from ppsimmon's final version: it's obvious that Satan is being compared metaphorically to the physical phenomenon of lightning, as Satan supposedly falls from the sky. Or did Jesus mean to say "I saw Satan fall like Barack Obama"? What would that mean? As for the "vav" construction, those are attached to certain verbs rather than nouns, and they are not used to indicate the preposition "from".
Kovacs, who purports to be a Bible expert to the point where he has written a book claiming to reveal "The Most Astonishing Facts You've Never Been Told" were in the Bible, makes no effort to challenge the YouTube poster's claims -- even though, as Bartholomew demonstrates, a Bible scholar like Kovacs purports to be would presumably know where the person went wrong.
This, by the way, is just the latest report in which WND has granted anonymity to a person attacking Obama. As with most previous reports, Kovacs does not disclose why he granted the video's creator anonymity.
WND editor Joseph Farah has previously dismissed anomymous sources as providing "quotes made up out of whole cloth to help make the story read better."
WND's increased use of anonymous sources to attack Obama can be seen as a sign that it's willing to throw anything and everything -- no matter how specious -- at the president.
Updated: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:43 AM EDT
AIM Endorses Obama Smears
Topic: Accuracy in Media
Accuracy in Media published a July 30 column by right-wing blogger Pamela Meister that repeatedly smears President Obama. Presented as an entry to his "diary," Meister denigrates the president by claiming that he thinks the police officer who arrested Henry Louis Gates is "whitey" and Gates' "oppressor," asserts that "Rahm and ACORN on the case" of a black police officer who defended the arresting officer "ready to give her the Joe the Plumber treatment" and that Obama deliberately caused a controversy over Gates to "take the heat out of the healthcare kitchen."
AIM claims at the end of Meister's column that "Guest columns do not necessarily reflect the views of Accuracy in Media or its staff," but that's disingenuous. AIM does not contain content that is generated automatically via a feed; every word on the AIM website is there because somebody decided to put it there. That means Meister's smears do, in fact, "reflect the views of Accuracy in Media or its staff."
Simply put: If Meister's column didn't reflect AIM's views, AIM would not have posted it.
Updated: Friday, July 31, 2009 9:28 AM EDT
Faux Outrage Fail
Topic: Washington Examiner
The Washington Examiner's Mark Tapscott -- apparently taking cues from his fellow conservatives at CNSNews.com -- tried to gin up some outrage over a remark by Vice President Joe Biden that really wasn't all that outrageous.
In a Wall Street Journal interview published July 25, Biden, in a discussion of Russia, said: "I can see Putin sitting in Moscow saying, 'Jesus Christ, Iran gets the nuclear weapon, who goes first?' Moscow, not Washington."
Tapscott proclaimed himself, in a blog post that same day, to be offended at Biden's "incredible use of 'Jesus Christ' as a curse word," adding:
This is not merely a gaffe or "insensitivity." Taking in vain the name of the man billions of Christians for two millenia have accepted as the creator and Savior of the entire world is either a consciously chosen insult or the kind of unthinking idiocy that disqualifies this guy from being one heartbeat away from the presidency.
How many more stupid comments does it take before his handlers in the White House realize it's time for this dunce to retire?
Tapscott later appended an apology to Biden for calling him a dunce.
Tapscott refrained from direct insults in a July 28 column, but he still managed to escalate the rhetoric, declaring Biden's words to be "hate speech":
Hate speech is hate speech, whether it is aimed at Christians, Muslims, Gays, or African-Americans. Whether or not it should prosecuted or, as Thomas Jefferson argued, left undisturbed as a monument to tolerance and the strength of rational argument is a different issue. Here, it is sufficient to note that hate speech is speech meant to demean, ridicule, and discredit all who are associated with its target.
So where is the outrage about Biden's hate speech against Christians? We've not heard a peep of protest from the Southern Baptist Convention. Nothing from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Nothing from the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Nothing from the United Methodist Church.
Biden's uncorrected cursing is indicative of the slow strangling by the unrelenting forces of political correctness of the religious tolerance that is Christianity's greatest gift to America.
We've reached a point in which the nation's second highest official can without fear insult and degrade the name revered by millions of Americans, but woe unto him who says a word even remotely critical of the PC flavors of the day.
It's worth noting that in neither article did Tapscott provide the full context in which Biden used the exclamation so readers could judge for themselves.
Also worth noting: Tapscott's later column drew a large number of comments, many of whom dismissed his claim. Given that the Examiner is little more than a conservative hangoug these days, that can only be seen as a big thumbs-down to Tapscott's manufactured outrage.
WND Falsely Claims It Was Called Racist
For most of the day on July 30, WorldNetDaily carried on its front page the headline "WND labeled racist by AFP":
But the AFP article to which WND links does no such thing:
WASHINGTON — A small group of fringe conservatives, many fundamentally opposed to the notion of an African-American as president, are challenging President Barack Obama's eligibility for the US presidency.
On blogs and even before US courts, the so-called "Birthers" are using the Constitution, with its stipulation that presidents be US natural born citizens, to argue Obama should not be in the White House.
Despite proof that Obama was born in the US state of Hawaii, including a birth certificate affirming that fact, rumors continue to spread, fueled by a group that critics say includes right-wing militants, racists and Holocaust deniers.
"These are people who are fundamentally either racist or extreme right-wingers. That's where the whole movement is coming from," said Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which studies extremist groups.
The movement is composed of "people who very much do not want Barack Obama to be president, largely because he is black, certainly because he is liberal," he added.
On sites like WorldNetDaily.com, where a petition questioning Obama's place of birth has attracted more than 400,000 electronic "signatories," the so-called Birthers are daily raising "new doubts about the story of Obama's birth."
While AFP correctly points out that there are those in the birther movement who are opposed to a black man in the White House, at no point does the article specifically assert that WND has a racist intent, let alone "label" WND as "racist," as the WND headline asserts.
To the contrary, WND has generally avoided any overtly racist implications in its birther crusade, to the point of refusing to acknowledge that some of its fellow compatriots are racists. But as the leader in the birther movement, WND's silence and apparent ends-justify-the-means attitude runs the risk of effectively condoning racism as a legitimate argument against Obama's presidency.
Instead of playing the victim by hurling false accusations, WND should confront the issue in a direct and honest manner by explicitly denouncing the racists in the birther ranks.
Newsmax Repeats False Health Reform Claim
Topic: Newsmax
In a July 28 Newsmax article, Dan Weil uncritically repeats claims attacking health care reform made by Harvard economist Martin Feldstein in a Washington Post op-ed. Among the claims by Feldstein Weil repeated was an assertion that a surcharge on the wealthy to pay for health care reform "will drive the top tax rate to 45 percent from 35 percent today."
In fact, Feldstein's suggestion that all taxpayers in the 35 percent bracket will pay the highest surcharge rate is false. The 35 percent rate currently begins at $372,950, while the highest surcharge applies only to incomes over $1 million.
Posted by Terry K. at 7:13 PM EDT
Obama Derangement Syndrome Watch
In a recent prison interview, Barack Obama Bernie Madoff told an interviewer, "I can't believe I got away with it."
-- Craige McMillan, July 30 WorldNetDaily column
The Horowitz Empire Flip-Flops on Racial Profiling
Topic: Horowitz
Does the left hand of the David Horowitz empire know what its right hand is doing?
We noted the other day that Horowitz himself has defended racial profiling because most drug dealers are black, a sentiment endorsed by the Horowitz-operated NewsReal blog.
Now, a July 30 FrontPageMag article by Lloyd Billingsley asserts that there's no such thing as racial profiling, insisting that it is a "bogus construct " and it is "not ... a reality that the police target any group based on race or ethnicity."
So, which is it, guys? Is racial profiling imaginary, or is it entirely justified?
Your WND Birther Lies of the Day
WorldNetDaily continues its flip-flopping on whether the birth certificate released by Barack Obama's campaign is authentic, with a July 29 article by Bob Unruh uncritically repeating a claim by an anti-Obama blogger that the certificate is a "forgery." Unruh failed to note WND's own reporting calling it authentic, which subsequent WND reporting has never directly contradicted.
Unruh fails to explain why anyone should accept the views of the blogger, whom Unruh describes only as "a 70-year-old retiree" who denigrates Obama as a "son of a b-tch ... communist," can be considered credible, especially given the extrordinarily high standards WND editor Joseph Farah has established before one is permitted to criticize him or WND.
Another July 29 article by Unruh cites "a report by an investigator commissioned by a retired CIA officer," published by the Western Journalism Center, to claim that there were "several ways to generate a 'Certificate of Birth'" in Hawaii in 1961. But the WJC curiously does not name the "retired CIA officer" or the "investigator" involved in the purported "investigation."
This raises doubts about the motivation and veracity of the report -- not to mention contradicting the transparency WND and the WJC are demanding from Obama. Why should this "invesigation" be trusted when the investigator and his financier won't put their names on their work? Unruh is curiously incurious about that.
Activist Group Repeats Hate-Crime Bill Falsehoods
A July 24 email sent out on Newsmax's mailing list by Pray in Jesus Name -- headed by former military chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt, a former WorldNetDaily cause celebre whom we've documented praying for the imminent deaths of his critics -- repeats discredited falsehoods regarding efforts to add gays to hate-crime laws.
The email calls the bill "the pro-homosexual 'Pedophile Protection Act'" and asserts that the bill does not define the phrase "sexual orientation" and "protects up to 547 types of sexually deviant behaviors." As we've detailed, the bill does not protect pedophilia or any other "sexually deviant behavior," and "sexual orientation" is already defined under federal law, so doing so inthis bill would be redundant.
Klingenschmitt also writes:
In 2004 my friend Michael Marcavage was arrested along with ten other Christians (including two elderly grandmothers), and charged with violating Pennsylvania's "hate crimes" laws, because they carried signs conveying God's love at a Gay Pride rally. One member of "The Philadelphia Eleven," Arlene Elshinnawy, 75 year-old grandmother of three, was holding a sign: "Truth is hate to those who hate the truth," before she was hauled off to jail by police officers. They were literally threatened with 50 years in jail for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ on a public sidewalk, because it offended gays.
In fact, as we've detailed, Maracavage was not merely "carrying signs conveying God's love"; he wielded a bullhorn and tried to interrupt a stage performance during the gay festival, and they were arrested only after they refused a police order to go to an area on the edge of the event. Further, the protesters were never in any danger of serving "50 years in jail"; even the lawyer for the gay event the protesters disrupted speculated that they would not receive anything more severe than probation (indeed, the charges were later dropped).
Klingenschmitt also portrayed himself in the email as "a former Navy Chaplain who was punished (in writing, three times) for quoting the Bible in chapel during optionally-attended worship." In fact, as we've noted, Klingenschmitt was never punished for praying in Jesus' name; he was punished for disobeying the lawful order of a senior officer by appearing in uniform at a partisan event.