For Sparta, on the other hand, life was nothing but endless work, an incessant strain, having no other objective than war. She was gloomy, austere, strict, morose, almost ascetic, an enemy to everything that excuses man's presence on this earth, a nation of spoilers, looters, incendiaries and devastators, a nest of wasps beside a swarm of bees, a perpetual menace and danger to everything around her, as hard upon herself as upon others and boasting an ideal which may appear lofty, if it can be man's ideal to be unhappy and the contented slave of unrelenting discipline. On the other hand, she differed entirely from those whom we are now fighting in that she was generally honest, loyal and upright and showed a certain respect for the gods and their temples, for treaties and for international law. It is none the less true that, if she had from the beginning reigned alone or without encountering a long resistance, Hellas would never have been the Hellas that we know. She would have left in history but a precarious trace of useless warlike virtues and of minor combats without glory; and mankind would not have possessed that centre of light towards which it turns to this day.
What was to be the issue of this war? Here begins the lesson which it were well to study thoroughly. It would seem indeed as if, with the first encounters in that conflict, as in our own, the inexplicable will that governs nations was favourable to the less civilized; and in fact Lacedaemon gained the upper hand, at least temporarily and sufficiently to abuse her victory to such a degree that she soon lost its fruits. But Athens held the evil will in check for seven-and-twenty years; for twenty-seven summers and twenty-seven winters, to use Thucydides' reckoning, she proved to us that it is possible, in defiance of probability, to fight against what seems written in the book of heaven and hell. Nay more, at a time when Sparta, whose sole industry, whose sole training, whose only reason for existence and whose only ideal was war, was hugging the thought of crushing in a few weeks, under the weight of her formidable hoplites, a frivolous, careless and ill-organized city, Athens, notwithstanding the treacherous blow which fate dealt her by sending a plague that carried off a third of her civil population and a quarter of her army, Athens for seventeen years definitely held victory in her grasp.
During this period, she more than once had Lacedaemon at her mercy and did not begin to descend the stony path of ruin and defeat until after the disastrous expedition to Sicily, in which, carried away by her rhetoricians and bitten with inconceivable folly, she hurled all her fleet, all her soldiers and all her wealth into a remote, unprofitable, unknown and desperate adventure. She resisted the decline of her fortunes for yet another ten years, heaping up her sins against wisdom and simple common sense and with her own hands drawing tighter the knot that was to strangle her, as though to show us that destiny is for the most part but our own madness and that what we call unavoidable fatality has its root only in mistakes that might easily be avoided.


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My new album "Callaghan Live in America" is coming out very soon – on July 1st. I can't wait!
This song, "When You Loved Me", is one I wrote recently with amazing writer and friend of mine, Angela Kaset.
Side A of the record is Live on Stage with a full band. Side B is a live acoustic session recorded at Quad Studios Nashville.
'When You Loved Me' is from the acoustic session. The idea for the song came from a conversation with a friend who is in her 80s. We were talking about her first love in New York City when she was a teenager and how she had always wondered what had happened to him and how things might have worked out if they had met at a different time in their lives. It's funny how memories of that first significant love stay with you even though you go on to have other wonderful relationships. I guess these days you can check out that first love on Facebook!
But there's something special about the way things used to work in the days before social media when that first special person could leave you with memories that last a lifetime.
Feel free to share this song with anyone you think might enjoy it.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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After months of planning, decision making, and experimenting, the countdown has finally begun. My new live CD will be coming out on July 1st, and I can't wait!
The record is an album of two halves. The first half, a live recording of songs from my full band show at The Red Clay Theatre in Duluth, GA, and the second half, songs from a live session at Quad Studios in Nashville TN.
I love the way the record feels like a true representation of a live show – acoustic and intimate as well as full on rocking out.
The process of recording each half of the album couldn't have been more different.
As someone with an impressively large collection of live CDs and DVDs, I thought recording the live show would be no problem. How wrong I was! What I hadn't fully realised was that most artists record a live album or DVD during a tour, taking the best performances from several different shows. However, as an independent artist relying on favours from friends to help with the recording, that was not going to be an option. It had to be one show, one night, one take. Quite a challenge, but I love the energy that was captured, and in some ways there is nothing more real than doing it this way.
The Nashville studio session presented different issues. I was really excited about getting to record the old-fashioned way where a bunch of musicians all get together at the same time, in the same room, and someone presses the record button. Just how I imagine one of my all-time favourite artists, Buddy Holly, might have made his records.
The only change to how I had imagined things was that Greg (the producer) had set up each musician in their own little area so that every instrument wouldn't bleed into every microphone. It was such a thrill getting to record playing and singing at the grand piano, and looking over my shoulder to see Donnie playing the violin part live at the same time.
The final track list for the album ended up as:
FULL BAND
1. Green Eyes
2. Noah's Song
3. Close My Eyes
5. Walk The Line/ Folsom Prison Blues
ACOUSTIC SESSION
6. When You Loved Me
7. It Was Meant To Be
8. Love Me For A While
10. If This Is Love
To give you a little preview taste of the live album I'll be posting some listening videos to my YouTube Channel over the next few weeks, starting on Monday.
For anyone in the Georgia area, I'll be performing a CD release party live with full band on Saturday June 29th and The Red Clay Theatre in Duluth GA. Tickets are available now from: http://public.ticketbiscuit.com/eddieowenpresents/ticketing/158234
To keep up with all the news on the album release and lots more, come say hi on my Facebook Page.
To download a song from my studio album for free, head over to www.callaghansongs.com
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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The Guardian view on murdering the messenger: a desperate situation
Daphne Caruana Galizia's warnings that Malta was becoming a mafia state need to be taken seriously
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'Daphne Caruana Galizia was a fearless reporter, taking on the rich and the powerful. A one-woman WikiLeaks, she led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta.' Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
Daphne Caruana Galizia's last blog was characteristically trenchant, pithy and, unfortunately, more prescient for her than she could imagine. She had warned: "There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate." Less than half an hour later, a huge bomb ripped through the white Peugeot 108 rental car she had been driving, killing her instantly on a quiet country lane near her home in Malta. It is not special pleading to point out that journalists and journalism are facing extraordinary challenges: Mrs Caruana Galizia is the 10th journalist worldwide to die this year – and the second in Europe – in pursuit of finding the truth. The assassination of an investigative journalist, one who had unearthed serious allegations of money laundering and corruption in Malta, a European Union state, speaks volumes about the threat to freedom of speech in that country and the atmosphere of impunity and violence that has taken hold in the Mediterranean archipelago. As her son Matthew put it, "she stood between the rule of law and those who sought to violate it". Her bravery cost her her life. It should not be lost in vain.
Mrs Caruana Galizia was a fearless reporter, taking on the rich and the powerful. A "one-woman WikiLeaks", she led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta. Her death must be properly investigated – local police already appear to be unsympathetic. Mrs Caruana Galizia's most recent revelations pointed the finger at Malta's prime minister, Joseph Muscat, and two of his closest aides, connecting offshore companies linked to the three men with the sale of Maltese passports and hundreds of thousands of euros in payments from the government of Azerbaijan. Despite a judicial inquiry into the allegations, Mr Muscat won a snap poll this summer.
What is striking about Mrs Caruana Galizia's reporting is how rotten the state of Malta appears. The EU's smallest country, with a population of around 420,000, Malta held the rotating European Union presidency until earlier this year. It has been labelled an EU "pirate tax haven", helping multinationals avoid paying €14bn. A darker side is the 15 mafia-style shootings and bombings that have punctuated its last decade. Its main industries have been infiltrated by crime gangs. Earlier this month Europol detailed how the Calabrian organised crime syndicate, the 'Ndrangheta, ran a €2bn money-laundering operation through Maltese online betting companies. Internet gambling companies account for 10% of the island's GDP. But Malta's big money-spinner has been selling EU passports to the rich. More than 900 bought citizenship in 2016, which at €650,000 a pop means that they contributed nearly 16% of Malta's budget revenues. Since many were taken up by Eurasian oligarchs, one can understand the accusation that Mrs Caruana Galizia was up against not a democracy but a mafia state.
The charge is that Malta is turning into a state run by, and resembling, organised crime – which does not govern but disposes of positions, wealth and troublesome persons. Malta cannot be a sham EU state where elections, the rule of law and the courts are just for show. The continent's citizens accept EU governance because every member state is a functioning democracy. When one of its own backslides on democratic commitments, when a life is lost in the pursuit of truth, then the EU must take action.


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Financial Industry Hit By Surging Numbers of Cyber-Incidents
Phee Waterfield News Writer
Financial services companies in the UK were hit by 819 cyber-incidents, which were reported to the Financial Conduct Authority in 2018. According to a freedom of information (FOI) request made by accountancy firm RSM, the data showed that there had been a huge rise from the previous year, with 69 reported in 2017.
Retail banks were hit the hardest and had the highest number of reports (486), which is almost 60% of the total. This was followed by wholesale financial markets on 115 reports and retail investment firms on 53.
The majority of reports found that the root causes of the incidents were attributed to third-party failure (21%). Hardware and software issues followed (19%) and change management (18%). The information also shows that there were 93 cyber-attacks in 2018 reported to the FCA, with over half of them identified as phishing attacks, and 20% ransomware.
Steve Snaith, a technology risk assurance partner at RSM, believed that this surge is probably linked to more proactive reporting to the FCA, but worries that there are still many more non-disclosed incidents: "We suspect that there is still a high level of under-reporting and failure to immediately report to the FCA a significant attempted fraud against a firm via cyber-attack could expose the firm to sanctions and penalties.
"As the FCA has previously pointed out, eliminating the threat of cyber-attacks is all but impossible," he continued. "While the financial services sector emerged relatively unscathed from recent well-publicised attacks such as NotPetya, the sector should be wary of complacency given the inherent risk of cyber-attacks that it faces."
In 2019, Metro Bank became the first major retail bank to fall victim to the SS7 exploit, which showed momentum continued into the next year. Hackers were able to intercept an additional layer of security offered by Metro Bank, which asks customers to type in a code sent by text message to their phones to confirm transfers and payments.
Snaith also pointed out that some of the incidents were down to human error or IT environments being mismanaged: "The requirements for Privacy Impact Assessments as a formal requirement of GDPR/DPA2018 should hopefully drive a greater level of governance in this area."
Nigel Hawthorn, data privacy expert at McAfee, commented: "Financial institutions must find the right combination of people, process and technology to effectively protect themselves from attacks and human error, detect any threats as soon as they appear and, if targeted, rapidly correct systems. This means redoubling efforts in training and managing user activities to quickly detect any unusual activity which may signal an attack as well as protecting against accidental errors from staff or partners. With the prospect of damaged customer trust and fines from the FCA or ICO looming as the result of a data breach, the stakes have never been higher."
UK Banks Reported 480% More Breaches in 2018
Bank of England Stress Tests Financial Sector
FCA Forces UK Banks to Come Clean on Security Incidents
FCA: Banks Are Under-Reporting Cyber-Attacks
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Griner, right? Mercury 99.9 percent sure of pick
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Despite a spike in excitement, the actual drama has been reduced to 0.1 percent.
And even that may be iffy.
"I'd say we're 99.9 percent sure of what we're going to do," Phoenix Mercury coach/general manager Corey Gaines said when asked if the franchise has made a decision on which player to select with the first pick in Monday's WNBA Draft.
Since Mercury marketing has reminded fans that "the draft may be big, but our pick is huge," and tower of power Brittney Griner checks in at 6-foot-8, the Baylor star probably could have secured housing in the Phoenix area a long time ago.
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"I think we have a good sense of what we're going to do," said Gaines, who – with two WNBA championships on his resume – presided over the Mercury through an injury-riddled, lottery-bound season.
With Penny Taylor missing the season due to injury and superstar guard Diana Taurasi combining with Candice Dupree to participate in a health-limited 21 games, the atypically struggling Mercury now find themselves in a position to land a player with the potential to be the most dominant (at least on the interior) in league history.
Although Griner has the size, mobility and motor to impact the women's game at an unprecedented level, the WNBA's draft pool also includes celebrated Notre Dame point guard Skylar Diggins and prolific-scoring Delaware forward Elena Delle Donne. In most seasons, it has been posited, either player would draw strong consideration as the overall No. 1 choice.
But Griner's game-changing presence has generated so much national buzz that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was inspired to suggest his team might consider choosing Brittney if she's the best player available when the Mavs pick in the second round. Those who follow the NBA chuckle at the notion of Griner legitimately falling into that category, but Cuban admitted that the marketing potential has some appeal.
After Baylor was unexpectedly bounced from the women's NCAA tournament last week, Griner – who confirmed her WNBA commitment – said she'd like to give the NBA a try, as well.
With all of this probably amounting to little more than catnip for sports-talk shows, it won't scare off the Mercury from taking Griner … even without the level of vetting that men who follow basketball are used to.
Unlike the NBA, which has a couple of months of seemingly inclusive workouts and other forms of evaluation, the WNBA must conduct its draft less than a week after the NCAA crowns a champion.
"I wish we could," Gaines said when asked if more due diligence would be beneficial to the process. "The NBA is better in that regard. We basically have to go off what they do in college games."
Based on the head-scratching moves made by NBA personnel executives, sometimes less is more.
Although Gaines does spend considerable time with Mercury management in contemplation of roster moves and team preparation, he also is busy helping the Phoenix Suns as an assistant coach focusing on player development.
But Phoenix does have an exceptional resource in team vice president Ann Meyers Drysdale, one of the greatest players in basketball history. Meyers Drysdale, who participated in Indiana Pacers training camp in 1979, has the chops to help Griner navigate her playing future in many areas.
"I think we have a lot of that covered with Ann," Gaines said in regard to acquiring inside knowledge of draft prospects. "She's very connected to college basketball and stays in touch with everybody. She certainly knows all of those people."
When asked for an opinion on the potential for greatness in this particular WNBA draft class, Gaines said judging its value requires waiting for actual results.
"We'll just have to see how it plays out," he said. "I think the greatest (draft) classes can be measured by how many WNBA championships are won, how many Olympic gold medals … world championships."
As for Griner's potential interest in taking a shot at the NBA, Gaines was diplomatic.
"It's an honor for her either way," he said.
Having spent four seasons at Baylor, Griner does not quality as an early-entry prospect and can be selected by an NBA team without declaring for the draft's inclusion. But any notion of spending time on the Mavericks' summer league team seems crushed by what will be a commitment to an WNBA season that runs concurrently.
And in the spirit of not having to go out on a limb regarding where Griner will be working, let's predict a 99.9 percent certainly that she'll have warm weather.
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Asia stocks set to sizzle with list of debuts in 2021
BloombergThu, Dec 17, 202012/17/2020 • 02:49 PM GMT+08 • 2 years ago • 4 min read
2021 is shaping up to be a bonanza for Asian share sales.
With an initial public offering queue that includes a potential float of some assets by the world's most-valuable startup ByteDance Ltd. and the listing of its short-video rival Kuaishou Technology, 2021 is shaping up to be a bonanza for Asian share sales.
It could even, some bankers say, beat 2020's pandemic-defying year of sizzling IPOs.
"2021 is shaping up to be as busy, if not busier, than 2020, with many of the same themes we saw this year driving issuance," said William Smiley, co-head of equity capital markets for Asia ex-Japan at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
"From a sector perspective, we expect health care and TMT to remain active, as well as consumer retail, driven by secular growth in mainland China," he said.
Asia's capital markets had a bumper 2020, defying expectations early in the year of an IPO drought, as a flood of liquidity and low interest rates saw investors globally chase returns in equities. The amount raised via first-time share sales in the region this year stands at US$137 billion, set to be the highest since 2010, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
That's been helped in large part by Chinese companies, which raised money in IPOs at home and overseas like never before, buoyed by the country's early emergence from the pandemic. Firms like JD Health International Ltd. and bottled water giant Nongfu Spring Co. had strong debuts, mirroring gains stateside by tech giants like DoorDash Inc. and Airbnb Inc.
The South Korean company behind the hit mobile game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and a Thai brewer are among listing hopefuls expected to give China's tech stars competition for investor money in 2021.
Here is a list of debuts to watch out for in 2021:
1. Kuaishou Technology
The Tencent Holdings Ltd.-backed Chinese short video and live streaming startup filed its listing documents for a Hong Kong IPO in November and is expected to go public at the beginning of 2021. The firm is angling for a valuation of US$50 billion in an offering that could raise as much as US5 billion, potentially making it one of the biggest IPOs of the year in the city, Bloomberg News has reported.
2. ByteDance
The Chinese video giant is considering a Hong Kong listing for some of its assets, including Douyin, its domestic version of TikTok, and news service Toutiao following a private funding round that could boost its valuation to US$180 billion, Bloomberg News has reported. It has long been courted by bankers for a possible IPO given its size and high profile but has been in the throes of fighting a Trump administration ban on TikTok in the US.
3. Krafton Inc.
The company behind the hit mobile game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is planning a South Korean IPO which could be the country's biggest ever. It is expected to be a multibillion dollar offering, with Maeil Business Newspaper putting the figure at US$9 billion.
4. JD Logistics
The logistics arm of the No. 2 Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc. is considering an IPO that could raise at least US$5 billion and has held early discussions with banks, Bloomberg News has reported. JD Logistics is leaning toward Hong Kong as a venue but nothing has been decided yet.
5. FWD Group
The Asian insurer backed by billionaire Richard Li is planning a Hong Kong IPO that could raise as much as US$3 billion in what would be Asia's biggest by an insurer since 2015, Bloomberg News has reported.
6. Wahaha
One of China's biggest drink makers, Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co., is mulling an IPO that could raise over US$1 billion, Bloomberg News has reported. Hong Kong has been considered among possible listing venues. Wahaha's products range from bottled water, yogurt drinks and juice to instant noodles.
7. Autohome
Autohome Inc., a New York-listed Chinese online car-sales website, is planning a secondary listing in Hong Kong that could raise about US$1 billion, Bloomberg News has reported. It is one of many U.S.-traded Chinese firms eyeing share sales in Hong Kong as a way to hedge against worsening Sino-U.S. relations and expand their investor base.
8. ThaiBev's brewery business
Thai Beverage Pcl is planning a multibillion dollar Singapore IPO for its brewery business that could value it at as much as US$10 billion, Bloomberg News has reported. The IPO was originally scheduled for this year but had to be pushed back due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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The federal government is considering a further expansion of immigration facilities on the mainland in an effort to cope with a growing number of asylum seekers in detention.
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen on Monday refused to rule out an expansion of existing mainland facilities, or opening new sites, amid overcrowding in Australia's detention network.
There are now almost 5000 illegal maritime arrivals in detention in Australia, most of whom are seeking asylum, including 2149 on the mainland and 2596 on Christmas Island.
"I've said in an up-front manner that I'm having a good look at the issue of onshore detention, what our needs will be, what the demand will be and what my response will be," Mr Bowen told Sky News.
The development comes after the government last week announced that the Scherger Air Force Base in Queensland would be adapted to accommodate up to 300 asylum seekers as part of an immediate response.
There are also plans to add 600 beds to the remote Curtin Air Force Base in Western Australia, boosting its capacity to 1200, and to expand the use of the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation.
However, Mr Bowen rejected the expansion plans were an admission that the detention system was not coping with demand.
"They are coping, but nevertheless it is necessary to expand the number of detention beds we have to relieve some of that pressure," he said.


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UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Howard Eugene LINER, Appellant.
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Submitted: November 18, 2005.
Filed: January 31, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Douglas Brian Altman, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.
Lisa A. Biersay, John Richard Marti, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellees.
Before WOLLMAN, LAY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Howard Eugene Liner was convicted of one count of making a false statement to a federal officer, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001; seventeen counts of wire fraud, violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1343; and one count of money laundering, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1957. The district court1 sentenced Liner to 135 months' imprisonment and ordered Liner to pay $1,625,666.67 in restitution. On appeal, Liner challenges certain trial court rulings, the sufficiency of the evidence, and the propriety of the restitution award. We affirm.
In 1999, Liner devised a wire fraud scheme involving several purported investment trading programs. He held informational meetings in Minnesota to solicit investments from his wife's relatives and his father-in-law's friends. To induce attendees to invest, he claimed that he had connections to high-ranking military and government officials and access to exclusive investment opportunities. Liner assured potential investors that federal agencies supervised these programs. Liner explained that their money would fund humanitarian projects, while earning them a high rate of return. Because these trading programs were secret, he required potential investors to sign nonsolicitation agreements. Relying on these representations, investors wired more than $1.6 million to Liner's Bank of America account in Texas.
Liner told the investors that the first trade had been successful and made other assurances, but he never invested the money. Instead, he repaid previously defrauded investors, made certain lulling payments, bought vehicles, remodeled his home, and paid for his daughter's wedding. When investors became suspicious and demanded proof that the trading programs were legitimate, Liner reassured them. When that failed, he stalled them. Liner told them that the government had frozen the accounts, that the funds had been stolen, that Liner was the victim of a large-scale fraud, that Liner was suspended from participating in the programs, and that a flood in Texas had destroyed bank records.
On October 21, 2002, Liner, aware of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Minnesota, contacted an FBI agent. During this phone call, Liner admitted that he had not invested the money but instead had swapped the investors' funds with personal funds held in a Swiss bank account. Further, he claimed that another person had absconded with the money and that he (Liner) had had to sue for the funds. Liner claimed that he had already received a judgment in England. Months later, Liner admitted that he had no funds in Switzerland.
On appeal, Liner challenges certain trial court rulings, the sufficiency of the evidence, and the propriety of the restitution award.
We first address the district court's denial of Liner's motion for transmittal of letters rogatory to depose a foreign citizen. We review this denial for abuse of discretion. United States v. Adcock, 558 F.2d 397, 406 (8th Cir. 1977); United States v. Kelley, 36 F.3d 1118, 1124 (D.C.Cir. 1994).
Liner contends that the district court erred when it denied his motion for letters rogatory to depose Gabriel MacEnroe, a Swiss citizen who purportedly ran an investment program. In exceptional circumstances, a district court may issue letters rogatory to depose a witness in a criminal case. Fed.R.Crim.P. 15(a); Fed. R.Civ.P. 28(b)(3). To establish exceptional circumstances, the moving party must show the witness's unavailability and the materiality of the witness's testimony. See Adcock, 558 F.2d at 406; accord Kelley, 36 F.3d at 1124. MacEnroe's unavailability is not disputed. Liner has failed to show, however, that MacEnroe's testimony would be material. In his motion, Liner argued that MacEnroe's testimony might show that Liner invested the victims' money in a legitimate investment program in Switzerland, but Liner offered no evidence to support this claim. Accordingly, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Liner's motion.
Next, Liner argues that the district court erred in admitting the expert testimony of Herbert Biern, Senior Associate Director at the Federal Reserve Board, contending that Biern testified to the ultimate issue to be decided by the jury. We review the district court's evidentiary ruling for abuse of discretion. United States v. Walker, 393 F.3d 842, 848 (8th Cir. 2005). Biern testified that the prospectus Liner provided to investors contained some of the twelve indices of fraudulent high-yield investment schemes. Biern expressed no opinion as to whether Liner had the requisite mens rea to commit wire fraud or whether Liner's program was, in fact, fraudulent.
Rule 704(b) prohibits an expert from rendering an opinion as to whether the defendant had the mental state constituting an element of the crime charged. "Testimony that, when combined with other evidence, might imply or otherwise cause a jury to infer this ultimate conclusion, however, is permitted under the rule." United States v. Vesey, 338 F.3d 913, 916 (8th Cir. 2003). Here, although Biern implied that Liner's program was fraudulent, he did not directly address Liner's intent to defraud. We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting Biern's testimony. In any event, any error in admitting Biern's testimony was harmless in light of the strength of the government's other evidence against Liner.
Liner challenges the sufficiency of the evidence with respect to all counts on which he was convicted. We review de novo the sufficiency of the evidence and view the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict, giving it the benefit of all reasonable inferences. United States v. Hill, 410 F.3d 468, 471 (8th Cir. 2005). We uphold the verdict if a reasonable jury could find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Id.
Liner first argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction on Count I, making false statements to a federal officer. Liner contends that he did not make the statement alleged in the indictment, and, even if he did, the statement was neither false nor material. Title 18, Section 1001, prohibits making "any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation" regarding any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States. 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a). To sustain a conviction under this section, the government must prove that the defendant's false statements were material to the governmental inquiry. U.S. v. Robertson, 324 F.3d 1028, 1030 (8th Cir.2003).
The indictment alleged that Liner told an FBI agent that "another person had absconded with all the money invested by Minnesota investors." At trial, the agent testified that Liner made the following statements: (1) Christopher Herron had taken the investment money and Liner had to pursue him through the courts in order to get a remedy in England; (2) Liner used the victims' funds for personal expenses; (3) Liner swapped the victims' money with other money he had invested in Switzerland, crediting the victims with other monies under Liner's possession and control; and (4) the account in Switzerland was under the name "Gabriel MacEnroe" because only Swiss citizens could maintain Swiss accounts. Liner later admitted to the agent that he had no funds in Switzerland. From this testimony, a jury could reasonably find that Liner made the statement alleged in the indictment and that the statement was false and material to the government's investigation. Thus, the evidence was sufficient to support Liner's conviction on Count I.
Liner next contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction on seventeen counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. Specifically, Liner argues that he lacked the requisite intent. Liner's wire fraud conviction required that the government prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he intended to defraud. United States v. Frost, 321 F.3d 738, 741 (8th Cir.2003). On the money laundering count, the government was required to prove that Liner knowingly engaged or attempted to engage in monetary transactions in criminally derived property of a value greater than $10,000. United States v. Pizano, 421 F.3d 707, 722 (8th Cir.2005). We conclude that the evidence overwhelmingly supported the jury's verdict. For example, one victim testified that Liner promised a fifty-percent return on his investment each month, that there was little or no risk, and that Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, supervised the programs. Based on these and other assurances, the victim wired $290,000 to Liner's bank account, but the victim received only one payment of $50,000. The victim explained to the jury, as best he could, the mechanics of Liner's trading program. Further, the jury heard testimony regarding Liner's lavish expenditures during the relevant time period. Having considered this and other evidence, a jury could reasonably conclude that Liner intended to defraud the victims and that he knowingly engaged in money laundering.
Liner challenges the sentence imposed by the district court. He contends that Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004), and United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), render his sentence invalid. Because Liner raises this issue for the first time on appeal, we review for plain error, and we remand for resentencing only if Liner establishes that there was error that was plain and that affected his substantial rights. United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 732, 113 S.Ct. 1770, 123 L.Ed.2d 508 (1993); United States v. Pirani, 406 F.3d 543, 549 (8th Cir.2005) (en banc). To show that the sentence affected his substantial rights, Liner must show that the district court likely would have granted a lesser sentence had the district court not treated the Sentencing Guidelines as mandatory. Pirani, 406 F.3d at 552.
In this case, the district court's sentencing enhancements were plainly erroneous in light of Booker because they were imposed on the basis of judge-found facts in a mandatory guidelines regime. Pirani, 406 F.3d at 550. This error did not affect Liner's substantial rights, however, for the record reflects that the sentence likely would have been the same had the district court treated the guidelines as advisory. The district court denied the government's request for an upward departure and sentenced Liner at the top of the guidelines range. The district court expressed its satisfaction with the sentence:
I think 135 months, considering your age, is an appropriate sentence under the circumstances. I do find that this sentence of 135 months comports with the statutory objectives for sentencing as expressed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553. You've fooled a lot of people for a long time, but this sentence is entirely appropriate, and the jury spoke loudly and clearly in your case.
Sentencing Tr. at 99. Accordingly, we conclude that Liner is not entitled to resentencing.
Finally, Liner argues that the district court erred in awarding $155,000 in restitution to victims not specified in the indictment. We review the district court's restitution order for abuse of discretion and review de novo its application of the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act. United States v. Ross, 210 F.3d 916, 924 (8th Cir.2000). So long as the indictment details a broad scheme encompassing transactions beyond those alleged in the counts of conviction, the district court may order restitution to victims who suffered from defendant's criminal activity beyond what was described with particularity in the indictment. United States v. Bush, 252 F.3d 959, 963 (8th Cir.2001); see 18 U.S.C. 3663(a)(1)(A). Accordingly, we look to the indictment to determine whether the award constitutes a permissible restitution order.
Liner's indictment alleged a scheme to defraud that encompassed victims and losses beyond those specified in Counts 2 through 18. Liner's entire scheme, therefore, brings the unspecified victim's losses within the outer limits of the restitution order, and thus the district court properly afforded those victims relief.
The sentence and restitution order are affirmed.
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(CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky.) - The Thomas More University men's soccer team is set to take on Carnegie Mellon University tonight at 7 p.m. in Pittsburgh, Pa.
The 4-8-2 TMU men's soccer team takes on the 8-3-2 CMU Tartan's tonight at 7 p.m.
The Saints come into today's match 4-8-2 overall, looking to break a four-game losing streak.
Most recently, the Saints fell to North Park, 3-0,on Saturday.
Senior goalkeeper Jeff Paulin played all 90 minutes in goal and had five saves.
First-year forward Mark McAulay took one shot, which was on-goal.
The Saints have recorded 195 shots on the season so far, 79 of which have been on goal resulting in 14 goals.
Ethan Smith leads the team with 52 shots this season, 21 of which have been on goal.
Smith also leads the team with wight goals scored.
Goalkeeper Paulin has recorded 59 saves so far this season.
CMU comes into the match today 8-3-2 overall, coming off a double-overtime 2-1 loss against No. 23-ranked Washington (Mo.).
The last two games for the Tartan's have been against top-25 teams, including the No.1 team Chicago.
CMU has recorded 208 shots so far this season, 99 have been on goal, resulting in 13 goals.
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My version of Simple Kimchi uses commonly available ingredients. You need a minimum of 3 days to make it, but the actual time required to make Simple Kimchi is only 30 minutes or so.
Kimchi is a staple Korean side dish that is often made from salted and fermented vegetables. Most common kimchi uses Chinese cabbage (also called nappa cabbage or wonbok) and/or daikon with a small amount of other vegetables. They are marinated in a chilli-based marinade paste.
Although it is a Korean dish, many Japanese people like kimchi and they have developed many dishes using kimchi as well.
I used to buy a tub of kimchi from the Asian grocery store but one day I found a recipe in a Japanese magazine that my son brought back many years ago when he went to Japan. So, I started making kimchi at home.
This recipe did not use the shrimp paste that is one of the key ingredients of the kimchi marinade paste. It also adds grated sesame seeds that make the hot chilli flavour of the marinade somewhat milder.
One of the advantages of making kimchi at home is that the flavour is fresh and there is no sourness. Often when you buy a tub of kimchi from a shop, it's already quite sour due to too much fermentation. I don't enjoy sour kimchi.
The traditional Korean way of making kimchi is to sprinkle salt over Chinese cabbage and leave it for a while to get moisture out of the cabbage. This is an important process because otherwise the marinade paste becomes too watery while marinating the vegetables.
My method is to leave a quartered Chinese cabbage in the sun for a couple of days to semi-dry it. You will see that the cabbage shrinks a bit and looks wilted.
When cutting a Chinese cabbage into a quarter, just make an 8-10cm (3-4″) long incision at the stem part. Then hold the separated stem parts and try to pull the cabbage apart. This minimises the leaves cut into small pieces detaching from the stem.
The kimchi recipe is one of those that varies household by household. It is not right or wrong to have some variations to the ingredients.
My Simple Kimchi marinade consists of chilli powder, roasted sesame seeds, sesame oil, salt, soy sauce, fish sauce, an anchovy, apple and garlic.
Traditional kimchi recipes call for shrimp paste but I substitute it with fish sauce and an anchovy. If you don't have fish sauce, use extra anchovy + soy sauce.
In Western cuisine, chilli powder refers to very finely powdered chilli. But for kimchi, you need to use coarse chilli powder like the photo below.
It's basically a collection of tiny chilli flakes but each piece of flake is so tiny that it looks like powder. Coarse chilli powder is available at Asian grocery stores. I buy the Korean brand (well, kimchi is from Korea, so I can't go wrong with a Korean brand!) and it comes in a plastic container like the photo or in a large sachet.
Many recipes cut Chinese cabbage leaves into small pieces and then marinate them. But my way of marinating is different and perhaps a bit closer to the traditional method.
I don't cut the leaves, I keep them attached to the stem when marinating. Then the marinade goes in between the leaves.
Starting from the outmost leaves, open a cabbage leaf, and smudge the marinade paste on the inside of the leaf. Then move onto the next leaf and smudge the paste in the same way. Repeat until the inner-most leaves are covered with the paste.
Coat the outside of the cabbage wedge with the remaining marinade. If nothing is left, don't worry. There should be a bit of marinade paste overflown from the leaves and you can also take some from between the leaves.
Place the marinated Chinese cabbage in a zip lock bag and store in the fridge. My old recipe says that you can eat it after 3-4 hours of marinating. But kimchi develops a better taste after marinating for 1-2 days.
It keeps for a few weeks or possibly even longer in the fridge. If you leave it too long, though, it is still OK to eat but it becomes sour.
I usually serve kimchi as a side dish in place of Japanese pickles when having a Japanese style meal with rice and miso soup. It also goes well as an accompaniment for drinks.
My version of Simple Kimchi uses commonly available ingredients. You need a minimum of 3 days to make it, but the actual time required to make Simple Kimchi is only 30minutes or so.
Total Time does not include 2 days of drying Chinese cabbage or marinating time of minimum 8 hours.
Place the Chinese cabbage cut sides up on a newspaper and leave it outside in a sunny place for 2 days (note 4).
Mix the Kimchi Marinade ingredients well in a bowl. Then add shallots, ginger and garlic chives. Mix well.
Place the dried Chinese cabbage, cut sides up on a large plate or a tray. The stem should be on the left and the end of the leaves on the right (for right handers).
Starting from the outer-most leaf of the Chinese cabbage, smudge (note 5) the marinade between the leaves, working through one by one to the inner smaller leaves. Make sure that the marinade goes up to the stem end of the leaves.
Smudge the surface of the Chinese cabbage with the remaining marinade and make sure that the marinade covers almost every part of the Chinese cabbage leaves (note 6).
Place the marinated Chinese cabbage in a large zip lock plastic bag. Transfer any marinade left in the bowl and the plate/tray to the bag.
Remove air from the bag as much as possible and seal. Store in the fridge for minimum overnight (note 7).
Remove the stem and cut the leaves to 4cm/1½" long crosswise, then plate them (note 8).
1. My Chinese cabbage was about 600g/1.3lb. It is important to cut Chinese cabbage into a quarter vertically with the leaves attached to the stem.
2. Standard chilli powder that is finely powdered is not suitable for this recipe. You can buy coarse chilli powder at Asian grocery stores. It comes either in a plastic container (see the blog for photos) or in a packet.
3. You can substitute fish sauce with 1 additional anchovy and an additional 25ml soy sauce.
Alternatively, you can replace the anchovy with an additional 20ml fish sauce.
4. This is to reduce the amount of water retained inside the Chinese cabbage. You can still make kimchi without drying Chinese cabbage but the marinade becomes quite watery after marinating overnight = a bit watery kimchi.
5. I use disposable latex gloves/medical gloves to do this.
6. If you run out of the marinade before reaching to the last tiny leaves, take some out of the area where a lot of marinade is placed.
7. I find that Kimchi marinated for a couple of days tastes the best. It can stay as is for few weeks in the fridge.
8. When I only need a couple of leaves to serve, I take leaves off the stem from the marinating bag so that the rest can stay as is for further marinating.
Good morning! I live in Central America and can't buy kimchi here. I would like to make some. I will have to use bok choi since there is no chinese cabbage in the market. Also, i do have gochu-garu and shrimp paste. How much should i use for 500gr bok choi?
Hi Sonja, gochugaru is basically just chilli so you can substitute it for chilli powder. Shrimp paste can replace fish sauce and anchovies. The weight of Chinese cabbage in my recipe was 600g so you can adjust the quantity of each ingredients accordingly. However, the marinade may not be too much even if you did not reduce the quantity.
How do you grate sesame seeds please? Do you mean in a good processor?
Hi Michelle, I use mortar and pestle. You can grate sesame seed to even paste using them.
I will try many ingredients easy to find in my house.
Do you mean crunchy dried anchovies? They are not suitable. You don't need to use anchovies and increase fish oil instead. Please read Note 3 in the recipe. Also, thanks for this question. I should update the recipe ingredients to clarify this.
I would like to dry the leaves with salt instead – will this work?
It should work but rinse the cabbage well to get rid of excess alt.
Hi Jinhee, thanks for your comment on the ingredients. I am aware that the real Korean Kimchi does not use sesame oil, though I wan't sure of soy sauce. My version is like Japanese version of Kimchi but tasty! I shall try another batch without sesame oil, soy sauce and grated ginger instead of julienned ginger and compare it.
Hi Yumiko. I'm just a little confused. When do you add the rest of the ingredients (shallots, ginger & garlic chives)? In the bag with the cabbage or when you serve it??
Hi Leanne, After mixing the Kimchi Ingredients. See the Instruction 2, just above the heading Marinating (see the step-by-step photo in the post).
I would like to try this but live in Florida where it is very hot and humid especially now in the summer.
I think I need to skip the drying out the cabbage outside? Correct?
Hi Pam, I would suggest that you dry the cabbage only for a short period of time until the cabbage becomes a bit wrinkly. If you are concerned to leave it out, you could probably dry it in the fridge, too. Having said that, you can still make kimchi without drying but you will find the marinade becomes a bit watery.
Do we need to wash the cabbage. If yes, before or after the sunning?
Hi Jenny, I quickly wash after quartered the cabbage before sunning. I do it just to remove obvious dirt, particularly between the leaves near the stem.
This is wonderful! Thank you so much! I like to add a smidge of Korean chili powder to many recipes for a little extra kick. The kind I get in the States is exactly like the kind you have pictured. I will be making some kimchi soon! Thank you again for posting this recipe! All your recipes look so delicious, and I love all the explanations and history for your Japanese dishes. So fascinating!
Hi Lora, you are most welcome. And thanks for your kind words.
Hello Yumiko, I'm interested to try this recipe. Will preparing Kimchi in this manner still provide probiotic benefits?
Hi Faye, I cannot be sure about it. Probiotics develop through days of fermentation of kimchi and it does not indicate that the traditional use of shrimp paste plays the role in this. So I think that my version will also produce probiotics since the marinating method is the same. But, I cannot say I am 100% sure of this.
This looks good. What type of anchovy do you use? I'm mostly familiar with tinned anchovies packed in olive oil or salt. Thanks.
Hi Lisa, I should be clearer about the anchovy. The one I used was in oil, slaty and brown. Does not have to be in oil as enough amount of sesame oil is in the ingredients. Do not use the white vinegar marinated anchovies.


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December 2021 - Volume 49 - Issue 12
21st Century Evidence: Randomized Controlled Trials Versus Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Agarwal, Ankita MD1; Rochwerg, Bram MD, MSc2; Sevransky, Jonathan E. MD, MHS, FCCM3
1 Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2 Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
3 Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Emory Critical Care Center, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Sevransky's institution received funding from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation, the Marcus Foundation, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.
Critical Care Medicine: December 2021 - Volume 49 - Issue 12 - p 2001-2002
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Dr. Agarwal received grant funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (5T32GM 95442-10).
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Q: 'flask run' or 'python run' which to use? Reading http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/1.0/quickstart/ describes using 'flask run' to start flask based app.
I've been using python run.py myconfig.conf as there does not appear to be an option to set config file 'myconfig.conf' as part of flask startup.
my run code :
if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.config.from_pyfile(sys.argv[1]))

    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=app.config["PORT"])

Can see myconfig.conf is registered with sys.argv[1]
Should I use flask mechanism instead of python for executing flask server ? If so how to pass myconfig.conf to main method ?
As using :
flask run myconfig.py

returns error :
Usage: flask run [OPTIONS]

Error: Got unexpected extra argument (myconfig.py)

A: You can use flasks custom commands (http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/1.0/cli/#custom-commands) which will help you to define your own flask command line options. There you can set app.config.from_pyfile(confige_file). Then run flask run to execute flask server.
    @app.cli.command()
    @click.argument('config_file')
    def set_config(config_file):
        app.config.from_pyfile(confige_file)

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To run the application you can either use the flask command or python's -m switch with Flask. Before you can do that you need to tell your terminal the application to work with by exporting the FLASK_APP environment variable:
$ export FLASK_APP=hello.py
$ flask run

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from the above link itself. you have to set FLASK_APP environmet variable to your script

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In my last blog, I talked about using the Johari window to help us to become more self aware. So to recap, to be an effective leader and manager we need to be aware of ourselves and the impact we have on others around us. When we develop our self-awareness we are able to understand the emotions and behaviours of ourselves and those of our teams – this helps us to deal with the challenges of other people's reactions, especially in the workplace.
Choosing the right tools for self awareness for the organisation, the context of the work and the needs of the individual are important considerations, though below are a number of different methods we can use to increase self awareness.
There are a number of different psychometric tools that can be used in the organisation to increase self awareness in their teams. These may include the OPQ32, Belbin's Team roles and MBTI – personality indicator, though for the purpose of this blog I will focus on ILM72 and MTQ48.
All three Global Factors combined represent 'best' leadership which increase the leader's self-awareness through highlighting the effectiveness of their leadership abilities.
MTQ48 – This tool assesses our levels of mental toughness as understanding an individual's level of mental toughness raises self-awareness as to why they succeed in some situations and struggle in others.
Control – the extent to which the individual believes they have control over their own destiny, work and environment and their ability to manage or control emotions.
Confidence – the extent that an individual has confidence in their own ability over and above others with the same skills facing the same challenge.
How can using Psychometric tools help to improve performance?
ILM72/OPQ32 – use diagnostics to raise awareness and support someone who has just taken on their first role leading and managing a team.
MTQ48 – when a manager has concerns about an individual's ability to cope with the challenges of the job and so tests to raise awareness of this and help develop them in areas of concern.
By using any of the above psychometric tools we are helping to ensure our teams and ourselves have more information with a view that if we raise a person's awareness of themselves and the impact they have on those around them, they can take responsibility for whatever they discover.
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