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Turning to the shining light of American liberalism, the lead editorial in the Boston Globe was headlined "Rallying to Chamorro." All those who truly "love Nicaraguans," editorial page editor Martin Nolan declared, "must now rally to Chamorro." Suppose that in 1964 someone had said that all Goldwater supporters "must now rally to Johnson." Such a person would have been regarded as a throwback to the days when the Gauleiters and Commissars recognized that everyone must rally behind the Leader. In Nicaragua, which has not yet risen to our heights, no one issued such a pronouncement. We learn more about the prevailing conception of democracy.44
Nolan goes on to explain that "Ortega was not an adept politician. His beloved masses could not eat slogans and voted with their stomachs, not their hearts." If Ortega had been more adept, he could have provided them with food -- by following Nolan's advice and capitulating to the master. Now, in this "blessing of democracy," "at long last, Nicaragua itself has spoken" -- freely and without duress.
Times correspondent David Shipler contributed his thoughts under the headline "Nicaragua, Victory for U.S. Fair Play." Following the liberal model, Shipler observes that "it is true that partly because of the confrontation with the U.S., Nicaragua's economy suffered terribly, setting the stage for the widespread public discontent with the Sandinistas reflected in Sunday's balloting." Conclusion? "The Nicaraguan election has proved that open, honorable support for a democratic process is one of the most powerful foreign policy tools at Washington's disposal" -- to be sure, after imposing "terrible suffering" to ensure the proper outcome in a "Victory for U.S. Fair Play." Shipler adds that now Nicaragua "needs help in building democratic institutions" -- which he and his colleagues are qualified to offer, given their understanding of true democracy.45
In Newsweek, Charles Lane recognized that U.S. efforts to "democratize Nicaragua" through the contra war and "devastating economic sanctions" carried "a terrible cost," including 30,000 dead and another half million "uprooted from their homes," "routine" resort to "kidnapping and assassination," and other unpleasantness. So severe were the effects that "by the end of 1988, it was pride alone that kept the Sandinistas from meeting Reagan's demand that they `cry uncle'!" But the population finally voted for "a chance to put behind them the misery brought on by 10 years of revolution and war." "In the end, it was the Nicaraguans who won Nicaragua." We must "celebrate the moment" while reflecting "on the peculiar mix of good intentions and national insecurities that led us to become so passionately involved in a place we so dimly understood."46
Editorials in the national press hailed "the good news from Nicaragua," "a devastating rebuke to Sandinistas," which "will strengthen democracy elsewhere in Central America as well" ( New York Times ). The editors do recognize that one question is "debatable," namely, "whether U.S. pressure and the contra war hastened or delayed the wonderful breakthrough." But "No matter; democracy was the winner," in elections free and fair. The Washington Post editors hoped that these elections would launch "Nicaragua on a conclusive change from a totalitarian to a democratic state," but are not sure. "The Masses Speak in Nicaragua," a headline reads, employing a term that is taboo apart from such special occasions. The Christian Science Monitor exulted over "another stunning assertion of democracy."47
For completeness, it is only fair to point out that at the outer limits of respectable dissidence some qualms were indeed expressed. In the New Yorker, often virtually alone in the mainstream in its departures from official theology, the editors observe that "As both Nicaragua and Panama have recently shown, it's one thing to drive a tyrant from power, another to take on the burden of bankrolling his country out of the resulting shambles." The cost to us of repairing the wreckage caused by Noriega and Ortega before we succeeded finally in driving the tyrants from power should, therefore, lead us to think twice about such meritorious exercises.48
Perhaps that is enough. I have sampled only the less egregious cases, keeping to the left-liberal spectrum. It would be hard to find an exception to the pattern.
Several features of the election coverage are particularly striking. First, the extraordinary uniformity. Second, the hatred and contempt for democracy revealed with such stark clarity across the political spectrum. And third, the utter incapacity to perceive these simple facts. Exceptions are rare indeed.
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44 Nolan, BG, Feb. 27, 1990. Nolan identified himself to the Nation as the author of these fine words.
45 Shipler, Op-Ed, NYT, March 1, 1990.
46 Lane, op. cit., , possibly also the author of the unsigned New Republic editorial cited in note 8, to judge by the similarity of wording.
47 NYT, Feb. 27; WP-Manchester Guardian Weekly, March 11, WP weekly, March 5; CSM, Feb. 28, 1990.
48 "Talk of the Town," New Yorker, Aug. 27, 1990. KEYWORDS terrorist democracy elections cia mossad bnd nsa covert operation 911 mi6 inside job what really happened wtc pentagon joint chiefs of staff jcs centcom laser hologram usa mi5 undercover agent female sex exploitation perception deception power anarchy green social democratic participation japanese spy black-op false flag gladio terror.


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Is your child sexting?
by Sally O'Reilly
Irish teenagers were found to be among the fourth highest in the EU for sexting
Possibly, yes (sorry...!)
Irish teenagers were found to be among the fourth highest in the EU for sexting in a study carried out less than a year ago. The figures were presented at the 2016 Anti-Bullying Research Centre Conference, and my professional experience tells me that the 'real' figures are probably a lot higher. We tend to under-report all things sexual in this country...
What exactly is sexting?
Sexting is the sending of a sexually explicit text or image of oneself using a phone or other device. The word was added to the Oxford English Dictionary just two years ago. It's pretty new!
What troubles us is that a lot of the stories we hear about sexting involve teens or 'role model' celebrities that are idolised by teens. And because of this a lot of the "sensitive" material online, being accessed by teens and older, is being spread by teens.Teens who believe that this would never happen to them. Teens who trust their boyfriends, girlfriends, their friends. And the fallout can be very damaging.
Sexting among teens has been linked to early unprotected sex and we all know the joys that can bring! These researchers of one study (there've been lots!) commented that "Sexting is the new first base" - in other words, it's becoming part of growing up and sexual exploration.
So honestly? Yes, your child may be sexting. You can't know everything. And they may not be doing it entirely of their own free will.
Maybe you sext yourself! It's new, because the technology is new. And new is fun, exciting and often misinformed or ill thought out. But what's behind it is not new.
What's behind it?
Sex! I mean, it's just so interesting and fun isn't it? (hopefully... ) We've been interested in it since forever! Why are we so scared of talking openly about sex?
The other thing that's behind it can be bullying, another age old human truth. I'm all for sexual expression in its many wonderful forms but what appears to be happening in many sexting cases is uninformed and coerced sexual expression. Extra alarming is the fact that these images or texts often don't remain private, without consent. They can be shared and used to ridicule the teen or worse, or worse, to shame them.
In my position as a therapist and sex educator I've been shown sext images and conversations that would make you want to give your kids back and run for the hills. But this is the reality. If your daughter for example, is on SnapChat, Instagram or take-your-pick.com, it's possible that she has posted pictures of herself. It's pretty much guaranteed that she has received pictures or (very) sexually explicit questions. But she may not grasp the emotional consequences. Kids may not 'get' that having thousands of followers is not necessarily the coolest thing in the world. Teen self-esteem is more and more connected to 'likes' and 'follows' - indeed some of you reading this might find you have similar feelings. Adults are affected by all of this too. Boys and girls, men and women.
Teens sext to express commitment, maturity, to get attention, to keep attention. All the normal stuff teenagers have always done. As sexting is becoming normalised, teenagers are vulnerable to feeling cast out, and being cast out if they don't join in. Sex and sexual behaviour has evolved and changed. Our kids expect a lot of eachother and themselves. We need to keep up.
Thank you porn...
We adults are responsible for this normalisation. We model sexualisation, we celebrate it through our media, by sending them spam porn, by not challenging it, not talking about it, not being aware of what they are being exposed to.
We never sat them down and taught them English and yet they are fluent. How did this happen? The language of sex is just as easily assimilated. If you consciously look around you, at TV ads, Facebook, Instagram, magasines, email spam - everything is teaching them the language of sexualisation. Why should they think it's inappropriate or unrealistic or emotional dangerous if we don't tell them? How can we talk to them about something that we know nothing about?
This is an issue no generation of parents have ever had to face. It's hard. But do it we must. And you simply cannot rely on your child's school to do it.
Speaking about the stats regarding Irish teenagers, Dr James O'Higgins Norman, Director of the Anti-Bullying Research Centre said: "One of the reasons why Irish youth score so high in terms of sexting is related to a lack of a coherent relationships and sexualities education (RSE) programme in schools. It is estimated that up to 50% of schools in Ireland do not deliver appropriate RSE and when it is delivered it can be formal and focus too much on disease, crisis pregnancy and other negatives instead of emotions and other complexities related to sex."
Grim figures. And honestly, my guess again is that it's higher. Clearly we can't rely on schools, where the teachers are untrained (it's new tech for them too after all!!) or unwilling, and are just human beings who trained to teach academic subjects. We must step up and do it together. This generation needs our help.
So in my next piece I'll offer some practical suggestions on the "how to". Meanwhile, as a kind of homework, just notice how much sexualisation is everywhere. Imagine yourself younger self at eleven, thirteen, trying to deal with all of that!?!
Not easy, not easy at all!
Sally O'Reilly is the Family Psychology Expert at Family Friendly HQ. She's a Psychologist, Psychotherapist & Clinical Supervisor in private practice in East Cork with twenty years' full time experience. She has a special interest in working with teenagers. For more info contact her through her site sallyoreilly.comor on Twitter@psychosalor FB at Sally O'Reilly Psychology & Psychotherapy.
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Changing the Culture of Throwaway Living - Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff
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"In the last 50 years, our habits have shifted to this culture of convenience, and that makes sense; we're moving really fast, life has sped up, people are concerned about not having enough time to do things and so they want to make things easier and quicker. And one of those conveniences in terms of easy and quick, is plastic. But I think what we have to realize is that there are huge implications with using so much plastic — and that single-use plastic is actually really, really easy to shift away from."
— Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff
When plastic made its foray into daily life in the 1950s, it was billed as the liberation to an existence constrained by household drudgery. Plates could be tossed instead of washed; coffee could be chugged on the go and then chucked into a rubbish bin; and frozen TV dinners could be stripped of their plastic wrap and popped in the oven at a moment's notice. Life Magazine touted the disposable revolution in an article entitled 'Throwaway Living'; a mere half-century later, every piece of plastic modern mankind ever made is still with us. Indeed, 8 million metric tons of these metamorphosed fossil fuels continue to enter our oceans each year, choking all life in the pervasive plastic path of its micro-pieces, and ultimately working its way up the food chain, into us.
We've been taught that we can use plastics so long as we recycle, but that system, is in fact, grievously broken, and perhaps never should have been the answer all along, as I learned in this thought-provoking conversation with Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff, executive director of the 5 Gyres Institute, the ocean conservation non-profit whose watchdog study on plastic microbeads led to a federal ban in 2015. But how can we even begin to tackle the 5.25 trillion particles of "plastic smog" (that's 270,000 tons) polluting our oceans worldwide? How can we reverse the seemingly inescapable grasp of a now entrenched throwaway society? Rachel is an awe-inspiring former journalist and mom of three (as well as my friend and neighbor, lucky me!), and she digs deep in this interview -- unraveling not only the history of plastic and the roots of our throwaway society, but channeling the save-everything mentality of her great-grandmother to inspire all of us toward a post-plastic revolution through doable change.
Here's the run-down of our conversation:
"The year that the concept of plastic pollution reached critical mass": the work of 5 Gyres and the #foamfree campaign
Single-use plastics and the pervasiveness of toxic polystyrene
Our modern-day culture of convenience
Learn to take it with you: The bamboo utensil set, metal straw and reusable cup and bag Rachel brings with her everywhere
"It's like a betrayal": The real problem with recycling
How the fossil fuel market fuels disposable plastics
Outsourcing our plastic waste to the third world and China's Green Sword
The myth of the plastic island and the truth about the five gyres
Turning our oceans into a plastic smog
"All of the plastic we've made since the 1950s is still with us"
The human health implications of plastic pollution
What Rachel learned from her great-grandmother
Women in the workforce and women's liberation: the birth of our throwaway society
"It's less about a whole shift, and more about one thing": How to shift away from single-use plastics
Mushroom-based polystyrene and the challenge of compostable plastic
"It's just about asking": How Rachel preempts plastic in her daily life
How 5 Gyres changed WeWork
Reusables as a means to build community
Taking action at the governmental level
Rachel's upcoming plastic-free holiday (plus how to shift the mindset of gift-loving grandparents!)
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Costa Crociere S.p.A. (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkɔsta kroˈtʃɛːre]) trading as Costa Cruises (Italian: Costa Crociere), is a British/American owned Italian cruise line, based in Genoa, Italy, and under control of the Carnival Corporation & plc.
Founded in 1854, the company originally operated cargo ships, in order to carry olive oils and textiles from Sardinia to Liguria. In 1924 the company passed to founder's sons (Federico, Eugenio and Enrico) that started commercial activities, buying the ship Ravenna. Commercial activities continued until the introduction of passenger services in 1947, with regular services between Italy and South America. The company later converted its entire fleet to full-time cruising, and as an independent company became one of the largest cruise operators in Europe. Acquired by Carnival Corporation in 2000, Costa Cruises is now one of eleven brands operated by Carnival and accounts for approximately 16% of its revenue.
Today, as Costa Cruises Group, the company is one of the main operating companies in the Carnival group, with executive control of the groups activities in Europe. The company is responsible for operation of Costa Cruises in Italy, and AIDA Cruises in Germany and was formerly responsible for the operation of Ibero Cruises in Spain. AIDA was previously a subsidiary of P&O Princess Cruises, being transferred to Costa following the merger of Carnival Corporation and P&O Princess in 2002. Ibero Cruises is a new brand, created in 2007 as a joint venture between Carnival Corporation and Orizonia Group.
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Bumble Bee launches massive recall over spoiled tuna
March 17, 2016 By Sam Catherman
The company announced that a staggering number of tuna cans were spoiled and potentially life-threatening.
If you're a fan of Bumble Bee tuna, you may want to check the date on the last can you bought. According to a report from Fortune, the company has announced a massive recall of more than 31,500 cans of Chunk Light tuna due to concerns over spoilage and potential health risks.
According to a statement issued on Wednesday, there were no illnesses reported in connection with the products in question, but the company isn't taking any chances. They announced that they were aware of a number of "process deviations" that occurred in the facility that packed the cans of tuna.
The company reported a range of UPC numbers designating the cans in question. They urged consumers who had purchased one of the three varieties of "Chunk Light Tuna" were urged to throw away the products.
The company reported that the deviations were a part of the commercial sterilization process, and may have allowed organisms and pathogens to contaminate the tuna. The company warned that the consumption of these contaminated cans of tuna could lead to "life-threatening illness" if eaten.
Bumble Bee does not own or operate the facility where the deviations occurred, but it quickly spoke up about the potential for danger. The company is owned by U.K. private equity firm Lion Capital, and said that it was working with the facility and the US FDA to get the spoiled tuna cans off of shelves as fast as possible.
A statement from the FDA advised people who had purchased the products to throw them away immediately and contact Bumble Bee with any questions or concerns about the recall.
The products in question are 5oz Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna in Water with the "Best By" dates ranging from 02/10/2019, 02/16/2019, 02/17/2019, 02/18/2019,
02/22/2019, 02/23/2019, and 02/25/2019, 5oz Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna in Oil with the "Best By" date 02/23/2019, and 4 Pack of 5oz Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna in Water with the "Best By" dates ranging from 02/9/2019, 02/10/2019, 02/22/2019, and 02/29/2019.
A press release from Bumble Bee describing the details of the recall can be found here.
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2003-09-02 - Western High Court of Denmark, n. 6. Afd. B-1791-03, V2003.B-1791-03 - Religious Marriage-case
Family · Denmark · Divorce · Religious marriage
A religious union that is not recognized in Turkey cannot lead to bigamy in Denmark
Key facts of the case - In 1997, H went down to Turkey where she met a man, M, and married him. Everything was done officially and in 1998, M came to Denmark.
However in 2001, H found out that M had another wife in Turkey, a woman he married in 1994. He has two children from his earlier wife.
M's earlier wife claims it is not an official wedding but a religious wedding. It was performed by an imam and but it was not registered because M did not want it to be registered.
H seeks the annulment of the marriage due to M having been married before. M however, claims that his supposed former wife is lying and she was merely his girlfriend. He does not want an annulment but seeks a divorce from M.
Main reasoning of the Court - The Court, having looked to the legal practice in Turkey, found that religious weddings are rare in Turkey and registration of any couples marrying is mandatory. Religious marriages by themselves are not recognized.
Even though M may have been married to A before his marriage to H, religious marriages have no legal consequences in Turkey and neither do have an effect in Denmark.
The Court did not annul the marriage but granted a divorce.


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Going to Michigan, NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt Jr. has two wins – and considerable momentum
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. looks like he is primed to make a run at the Sprint Cup this year.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been part of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup before. Six times to be exact. And he's had some fine finishes in the final championship standings; third in 2003, which was the year before the Chase was instituted, and fifth-place finishes in '04, '06 and '13, all under the Chase format.
And now Earnhardt, who has two race victories, is all but assured on being in the Chase again. There's a growing consensus, however, that there is something different about this season for the 39-year-old. Considered for so long by so many as a champion-in-waiting, Earnhardt has the look of a champion-on-deck. This is a welcomed experience to his millions of fans who have voted him as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' Most Popular Driver for the last 11 seasons, all the while waiting for him to finally win the championship that his legendary father, the late Dale Earnhardt, won seven times.
Dale Jr., it appears, could be approaching a "Sr." moment.
Following his victory this past Sunday at Pocono Raceway, Earnhardt assessed the long road traveled over the last 14 years. He came to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2000 after winning consecutive NASCAR Nationwide Series titles in 1998-99.
"It's elusive, man," Earnhardt said at Pocono, regarding Sprint Cup success. "I don't worry about [being criticized] as much anymore. I'm turning 40 this year, and the 'over-rated' talk is way behind me. That used to bother me when I was younger, but when you get old you don't really care anymore about those kind of things. … I feel like I'm such a lucky guy to have this second opportunity almost to be competitive again, and so I don't really worry about the detractors."
This week, Earnhardt is looking for a third victory, at a track where he has had success in the past – super-fast, two-mile Michigan International Speedway, site of Sunday's Quicken Loans 400. Earnhardt won the event at MIS in 2008 and 2012.


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Megawatt Systems: 3 Design Considerations
On the Megawatt Design discussion board, Ryan Mayfield answers student questions about designing systems. He discusses surge protection, tilted arrays, and "levelized cost of energy."
Student 1: Do any of you specify surge or lightning-protective devices for your systems? Either on the DC or AC side of the inverter? Have any of you had cases where array equipment were damaged by a power surge or lightning?
Ryan Mayfield: We specify it about 50% of the time. Typically at the request of the contractor. We work with some companies in the Caribbean and they require it on 100% of their projects on both sides of the inverter.
I have seen arrays that have been hit by lightning. One took a direct hit on a module, and put a hole in it. But, none of the equipment beyond the combiner (where the surge suppressor was located) was badly damaged. The module, combiner and suppressor were replaced and we didn't experience any problems afterwards. I have also seen the opposite– situations where all of the electronics were fried after a hit.
I think it is best to install the surge suppressor (depending on where you're located geographically) and include language in your contract that states explicitly that you have taken precautions, but can't be held liable for the effects of lightning strikes on or near the array.
Student 2: One of the course articles states "…For more steeply tilted arrays that produce more energy and power on a consistent basis, a more conservative ratio makes sense." What does it mean when it said that tilted arrays produce more energy and power on a consistent basis? Does the power curve for the day change for more steeply tilted arrays?
Ryan Mayfield: I believe the author was referring to arrays tilted greater than 15 degrees. These arrays have the ability (and frequency) to see the 1,000W/Sq. meters much more than the arrays tilted at a lower angle. Therefore, there are more hours in each year where the array will be producing more power in the middle hours of the day.
Given that, you may want to consider a smaller dc to ac ratio in order to maximize the ability of the inverter to convert that power.
With the design tools that are available now (such as SAM), we can track the number of hours per year where the array is producing more power than the inverter can process, (referred to a power limiting) and we can quickly simulate different dc to ac ratios to figure out the best solution for our installation.
Student 3: When someone refers to the "levelized cost of energy" (the average total cost of installing and running a solar system throughout it's lifespan, divided by the energy output it produces throughout it's lifespan), does it take in to account all the costs of the system in its lifetime including replacement of inverters after its lifetime, etc.?
Ryan Mayfield: Exactly. You need to look at all the costs associated with generating the energy in order to determine the actual cost per kWh.
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Disney Mobile Games had recently hit it big with Frozen Free Fall, but its new iOS and Android title, Inside Out Thought Bubbles, is a different type of mobile game all together. It's a bubble shooter that's based on Disney Pixar's latest creation Inside Out, and in here, you join main character Riley and her Emotions, as you go on a journey to match and sort memory bubbles and travel through different locations, all from the film. There are 125 levels all in all, and you can unlock power-ups that are specific to each of the Emotions. You can also play four different types of games as you "listen to the little voices inside your head." We also suggest that you listen to us as well, as we provide you some useful Inside Out Thought Bubbles cheats, tips and tricks right after the jump.
If you're playing a level that has several vertical tiers of bubbles, you'll want to shoot the highest possible bubbles. In order to do this, you can bank your shots off walls, so that they have a better chance of going higher. Better yet, you can save some moves, score more points, and take out a whole slew of bubbles underneath if you're able to pop a chain from the top.
Inside Out Thought Bubbles is a puzzle game that doesn't have any time limits, which gives you the luxury of thinking and strategizing before firing off a shot. Take a look at how the bubbles are laid out, and see if you can spot an opening in the chains. Bubbles that are not connected to other bubbles pointing up will fall down if you're able to break the chain by shooting at the weakest link.
In relation to the above tip, we should also remind you that you can get three-star levels easier if you're able to take out more bubbles with just one shot. Again, there is no time limit, so you have all the time in the world to make sure you're hitting those bubbles with your best shot – it's all about being accurate and maximizing your moves, and not at all about being fast.
All emotions in the game, as we mentioned, have corresponding power-ups, but Joy's power-up is possibly the best. It's a Super Joy Bubble that turns all nearby thought bubbles into Joy bubbles when it lands. With that in mind, you should be on the lookout for chains that have Joy bubbles adjacent to them, and see if they have any weak links.
Mobile games typically encourage you to watch more in-game ads by giving you rewards – some of these rewards are essentially worthless, while others could serve you well in the game. Inside Out Thought Bubbles is an example of the latter, as you can get a random power-up by watching ad videos.


Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner of Colorado agree that Michael Flynn was right to resign his post as national security adviser after it was revealed that Flynn spoke with a Russian ambassador about USA sanctions on Russia and later lied about it.
"The president is evaluating the situation", White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Monday.
The official said they weren't sure whether the intercepted phone call - where Flynn reportedly talked with the ambassador about sanctions - was based on Federal Bureau of Investigation intelligence or NSA intercepts, or whether the call between Flynn and the Russian Ambassador was collected under a FISA warrant.
Republicans splintered over whether to aggressively investigate the White House's dealings with Russian Federation, but Democrats are pushing for a independent review to assess whether Flynn, who resigned Monday, was acting alone or at the direction of others.
A New York Times report claims that members of Trump's campaign and outside associates had "repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials" in the year before the election.
This is a developing story. It's like, "But why wouldn't they discuss sanctions?"
Of course, this statement was in direct contradiction to a statement made shortly before that by Kellyanne Conway during an interview with MSNBC in which she said that Flynn had the "full confidence of the president". "He's speaking to the vice president relative to the conversation the vice president had with General Flynn, and also speaking to various other people about what he considers the single most important subject there is: our national security".
"Unfortunately, because of the fast pace of events, I inadvertently briefed the Vice President Elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian Ambassador", Flynn wrote.
The FBI's discovery is just part of its quest to discover the extent to which the Trump team communicated with Russian officials previous year.
And mavericky patriot Senator John McCain is dialing back his call for an independent investigation of Russia's hacking into the emails of Trump's Democratic opponents during the campaign, seeing as how Senator Mitch McConnell, always a profile in courage, doesn't want to go that route.
"Really that's a question for the president", said Sebastian Gorka, the president's deputy assistant on national security, when asked about it on NPR radio early Monday (Feb 13).
Flynn's ties to Moscow add to Trump's troubling embrace of Russian Federation and Putin. At the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, he also called for Hillary Clinton to be locked up.
In an angry fusillade of early-morning tweets, Mr Trump said: "The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by "intelligence" like candy".
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would not retaliate against the new sanctions.
Several others who are or who been close to Trump also have connections to Russian Federation.
Among them: Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign manager, who resigned in August amid questions about his alleged ties to pro-Russia forces in Ukraine; Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil's former chief executive, who was awarded the Order of Friendship by Putin in 2013, one of Russia's highest honors to foreign citizens; and Wilbur Ross, Trump's Commerce secretary nominee, who reportedly was a business partner with a Russian oligarch.


"Halloween" continues to cash in on the spooky holiday spirit, leading the international box office with $25 million from 62 territories overseas.
Universal and Blumhouse's R-rated thriller also made a killing in North America where it came in at No. 1 with $32 million. Director David Gordon Green's film — starring Jamie Lee Curtis as iconic avenging baby sitter Laurie Strode — has now generated $172 million globally, an especially impressive feat given its $10 million production budget.
"Halloween" did particularly well this weekend in Germany, picking up $3.3 million when it opened in 518 locations. It launched in France with $2.3 million, Australia with $2 million, and Spain with $1.4 million.
In second place, Shane Black's "The Predator" summoned $20.7 million thanks to its debut in China. The sci-fi thriller launched in North America in September and has now made $149 million worldwide.
Among holdovers, Warner Bros.' musical drama "A Star Is Born" continues to post strong numbers abroad, adding another $17.6 million in 75 territories. That brings its international tally to $104.6 million for a global total of $253.3 million. Top markets this weekend include Australia ($3.7 million), the United Kingdom ($2.7 million), and France ($1.5 million).
Another masked figure benefited from the pre-Halloween weekend. Sony's "Venom" generated another $17.3 million in 65 international markets, taking the Tom Hardy antihero vehicle past $500 million worldwide. The movie has yet to release in Japan and China.
"Venom" and "Smallfoot," Warner Bros.' animated family-friendly film, tied for third place. "Smallfoot" also earned $17.3 million from 78 territories. The comedy has now made $167 million globally, including $95 million internationally.
Fox's Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" also saw a big showing in the U.K., launching with $12.2 million ahead of its domestic debut next weekend.


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I want to begin with the question of how art functions within a society.
the theory that art can help us appreciate and understand otherness.
encodes the experiences of a civilization.
interpreting the world around him or herself.
important ways the time he or she lives in.
we might understand something of its people.
of the people through seeing the works of art.
simply factual ideas of a culture and how it functions.
the way people think, act, pray or believe.
by their means, the attitudes basic in other forms of experience.
Dewey's choice of that word, sympathetically, is important here.
in a work of art, because of the logic of art that is about more than usefulness.
the experience of a person or culture distinct from ourselves.
provincial understanding into a broader understanding of the world we live in.
knowing what came before in different cultures, or different contexts.
But Dewey claims a special status for the arts as a way knowing otherness.
like having sympathy with a friend.
And Dewey describes the kind of sympathy we feel with a friend in this way.
of seeing the world through their eyes.
He says friendship and intimate affection are not the result of information.
even though knowledge might further their formation.
only as it becomes an integral part of sympathy through the imagination.
of another, become an expansion of our own being that we understand her.
their results give true instruction, for they are built into our own structure.
seeing the world through another's eyes.
understanding, even if it's a person removed in time and place.
is a huge issue that philosophers have wrestled with.
I can't help while I read Dewey excitedly talking about this potential of the art.
in general, as a way of connecting people and sharing communication?
But at the same time, I don't think this point has lost relevance in today's world.
a kind of personal identification to this kind of communication we have through art.
when we identify with another experience, not just intellectually.
our own attitudes even begin to shift.
we understand it in the degree in which we make it a part of our own attitudes.
and, by bringing it to pass, our own experience is re-oriented.
Barriers are dissolved, limiting prejudices melt away.
reasoning, because it enters directly into attitude.
to incorporate the experiences of other into our own, is this a simple formula?
arrive at a cooperative and understanding perspective.
The answer is obviously not as pure as this, nor as simple.
But I think Dewey in his own discussion of art helps us understand this.
And that is he talks about the energy with which a person needs to apprehend art.
memorizing the dates of the painter's lives.
a far off people or culture.
a devotion of attention, a personal and really emotional involvement.
I'd like to think of this as an effort to identify with a work of art or an artist.
a relatable experience that we've had?
with that other person or other culture that's represented.
what we mean by participating in our societies with art.
its role in our civilization.
forming societies in the present and, in fact, in the future.
He contends that art is more moral than moralities.
bad, where we assign praise and blame.
changing awake vision of the world, but in the rules and religions of the past.
and envisioning new possibilities in the world.
In his words, art is more moral than moralities.
the status quo, reflections of custom, reinforcements of the established order.
that outrun evidence and of meanings that transcend indurated habit.
Outrun evidence, he says, and meanings that transcend habit.
beyond where we already operate in habitual, hardened ways.
judgements that are more relevant responsive to the world around us.
standard ideas of right and wrong.
the imaginative visions introduced in art.
the texture of the actual.
I love that metaphor, like the tapestry of life here.
the first intimations of a better future are always found in works of art.
the changes that affect more than the details of life.
a consideration of the social imagination.
Or as Maxine Green says imagining things as if they could be otherwise.


I noticed that all the people had gone to the place and were doing the thing so I decided that I would follow suit. I decided that I would do that too. Everyone else was going to the place and doing the thing so there must be something in it I thought. So I went to the place and I started to do the thing. This wasn't as easy as it sounds however – I didn't actually know what they were all doing. I didn't know how to do the thing; to be perfectly honest I didn't even know what the thing was!
Basically, I was under a lot of pressure. I had to look as though I knew what I was doing even though I didn't. I had to fit in and yet I didn't even understand what it was that I had to fit into. Everyone else around me was busy doing the thing, doing the thing, doing the thing. They all looked as if they knew what they were doing and why! Their confidence, their evident self-assurance was palpable. Not only was it palpable it was frightening! How could I possibly get away with pretending that I knew all about doing the thing and what doing the thing entailed, I wondered? I was going to get found out for sure!
As you can imagine at this point I was really sweating it. The sweat was pouring down my face. Metaphorically speaking. What the hell was I doing here? What in God's name as I at? I knew I didn't belong even if no one else did and anyway before too long they would start to smell it off me one way or another. My complete lack of confidence and self-assurance was like a particular type of offensive body-odour, it occurred to me. Perhaps no one would say anything, perhaps it would just be too embarrassing for anyone to say anything, but they would nevertheless know. They would know in the same way that they would if someone had announced it over a megaphone. The humiliation would be unbearable.
At least here was safe from that nameless terror. It couldn't get me here. All around me people were doing the thing, doing the thing, doing the thing. They all looked so very secure in doing the thing. They all knew exactly what they were doing and why – there was no doubt about this. As I have said, I found this very intimidating. They were all clearly getting a lot of kudos from doing the thing (whatever the thing was, because as I have also said I didn't have a clue about that) whereas I was suffering from having no kudos at all. I was painfully lacking in kudos as I was sure anyone could plainly see if they took the trouble to have a good look at me. Which thankfully they didn't seem to be inclined to do as they were all so busy and all so full of themselves. Naturally I didn't have any kudos. How could I have any kudos when I didn't have the slightest clue as to what I was doing? How could I have Kudos when I was nothing more than a faker? You can't get kudos from faking it – even I knew that.
I worked at it and I worked at it. I gave it everything I had and as time went by I even started to develop a little flair for the job. I even started getting a little bit of kudos for myself. Not much, just a shade of it, but still it was something. Encouraged by my modest success I kept at it and at it and then one day I actually started to feel that I really did know what I was doing! I had gotten so good at pretending that I knew what I was doing (and why) that I had even been able to fool myself!
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Saint Philip Neri was born in Florence in 1515. From a very early age, he was attracted to virtue, and was awakened to the love of God through the Dominicans at San Marco, where the memory of Savonarola was still very much alive and the frescoes by the Blessed Fra Angelico still had their vibrant colours. In his late teens, he was sent by his family to live with an uncle in San Germano near the Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino, with the understanding that he would become heir to his uncle's business and great wealth. But, through prayer, Philip soon discovered that earthly riches could never satisfy his heart. So he renounced the inheritance and left San Germano for Rome, where he arrived probably in 1533, at the age of eighteen.
While still a layman, Philip encouraged the people of Rome to raise their minds and hearts to God. He was instrumental in popularizing the Forty Hours' Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. And he effectively organized works of charity such as the care of the sick, and lodging and feeding pilgrims who came to Rome. Because of his humility, Philip did not aspire to the priesthood, but in obedience he submitted to his confessor's wishes and was ordained in 1551.
As a priest, Philip was able to win more souls for God through the confessional. He was also able to preach with more authority. Soon, the informal discourses on the Word of God, which took place in his room, developed into daily sermons in a small chapel which he had built for the purpose. This chapel, called an Oratory, would eventually lend its name to the community of priests who, under Philip, devoted themselves to this apostolate. By the time that this initiative received its first papal recognition in 1575, there were close to forty priests taking part in the afternoon exercises, which featured four talks, interspersed with music.
One of the remarkable things about Philip's apostolate was the wide spectrum of people it attracted. Cardinals and other prelates, priests and religious, nobles and servants, musicians and artists, tradesmen, shopkeepers, soldiers, and people on the edge of respectable society – and sometimes beyond it – could all be found at the Oratory and among Philip's penitents. Philip's joyful character was irresistible and his talents for devising paths to holiness were legendary. To keep people away from the sinful excesses of various carnivals, he began a pilgrimage to seven of Rome's most renowned churches. He took large numbers of people to the outskirts of Rome to enjoy a picnic in which religious truths were as much a part of the fare as good food and entertainment and Christian charity. And he counselled his penitents to put their faith into practice by visiting the sick in hospitals and helping the poor to find means to better their lot.
Saint Philip knew that humility was the indispensable requirement for sanctity. He counselled the mortification of the intellect rather than prolonged fasts and the wearing of hair shirts. Think little of being thought little of – despise being despised – was one of his oft-repeated sayings, as was the advice to love to be unknown – amare nesciri.
But Philip's humility and total dedication of himself to God could not remain hidden for long. Stories abound of the Saint's wisdom, insight, and holiness (and miraculous interventions) as he brought people from all walks of life closer to God. The second reading for the Mass in his honour shows the breadth of his imagination in his work for the Gospel: 'Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things' (Phil. 4:8).
Philip died on 26 May 1595, on the day after the feast of Corpus Christi, just two months shy of his eightieth birthday. During his lifetime, Philip had counted many canonized Saints among his friends – Saint Charles Borromeo, Saint Felix of Cantalice, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Camillus of Lellis, Saint John Leonard, to name just a few. So it is appropriate that he was canonized in 1622 on the same day as four other Saints – Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Francis Xavier, Saint Teresa of Avila, and Saint Isidore the Farmer.


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Howdy. I know you all yearn to wear something sweet, metal, and culled from the oceanic depths of the oilpunk masterpiece Bioshock. This is your brass opportunity as I've converted its officially kickass logo into a 3d file for which to use, abuse, and hold up pants. It's a belt buckle. The versions I've done are in bronze from a cnc cut wax model (carved with a 1/8in 15deg inc taper profile tool) and a Zcorp 3dprint. It's pretty fine on the detail end of things so you might want to scale up if you're gonna go for a FDM.
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Q: Isn't Service Mesh a monolithic (ironic) solution for a microservice universe? After reviewing and experimenting with service mesh offerings, isn't Service Mesh a monolithic (ironic) solution for a microservice universe?

A: Actually, I think they are a logical side effect of a microservice universe.  One of the largest drivers for moving to microservice architectures is to separate concerns such that individual services implement very specific functionality very well.
For example, a translation service should take input text in one language and convert it to output text in another language.  The team writing that service should consist of generalized developers and specialized linguists.  Yet, in many cases we force the developers of this business logic to concern themselves with other things (e.g., transport layer security, access control, metrics collection, announcement and discovery).
The point of a service mesh it to treat the networking of microservices as almost another microservice.  It's a specialized concern that, when treated that way, allows others to focus on doing what generates revenue or solves problems.
There is a reason much of the push on microservices is coming out of companies and organizations who are pretty deep in the microservice universe at very high scale. It should also be noted that most service mesh control planes are implemented via microservices, not monoliths.

A: For some aspects yes, they are. Service mesh clients usually run on containers which handle (possibly) authN, authZ, aggregate logging and load balancing.
On the other side, when we move out from a monolith, we should theoretically duplicate all the business logic and authorization mechanisms. This would introduce replication and increase the maintenance effort.
Service mesh are useful because they extract these concerns out from the dev team.

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Neutrals, metallics, and glitter were all represented by Hollywood's best dressed.
Following last Sunday's Golden Globes blackout, the latest red carpet was awash with color.
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In various blog posts and places on BeginningArtist.com I've suggested you study other artists' work.
I've even gone so far as to encourage you to steal ideas from other artists, since this thievery is a time-honored tradition among artists.
In fact, I'm willing to bet the prehistoric hunters who painted the cave walls of Lascaux studied and learned from each others work.
But, please notice, I am not advocating that you try to exactly copy or clone someone else's style. I have no respect for that crap.
What I am advocating is you should study the work of artists you admire and their ideas as a starting point to develop your own style, your own way of working.
As an example, I want to show you something from my own development. Below is an illustration I did many years ago for a publisher of Sunday school materials. The assignment was to depict the biblical scene where Samson destroys the temple.
Around the time of this job I had begun to incorporate in my work ideas I saw in the work of other illustrators. I was especially drawn to how powerfully David Grove and Michael Dudash simplified their subjects and designed their compositions.
I studied the way they painted, and I experimented to see if I could create in watercolors the same effects they got with acrylics and oils.
The illustration below is one result of that experimentation.
I found that I could apply watercolor more thickly than most watercolorists do. When it dried I could go back into it with a damp brush and pull off paint where I wanted lighter areas.
After that it was a simple matter of applying some darks to create more contrast in the people.
Even though I used a very simple, monochromatic color scheme for this illustration, the result was still an interesting painting.
Painting doesn't have to be complicated. All too often beginning artists make it so by not learning how to simplify their work.
By studying the work of people I admired, I learned how to eliminate unneeded detail. I learned how to reduce my idea to its simplest terms.
I learned to create structure – that is, I learned how important design was to creating a good painting.
Notice how I designed this painting so your eyes go immediately to Samson, then to the man on the left, then to the woman and the man on the right and back to Samson.
But, I want you to realize the story doesn't end there.
I stopped using watercolor years ago. But I found when I turned to pastels that I was still using what I learned from watercolors. I still loved having a color tone on the paper and creating lights and darks out of it and even let the paper color show through in places.
You can see what I'm talking about in my online gallery especially in the figurative work.
My painting style today resulted, because I studied the work of people I admired, people who used completely different media than I did.
It can do the same for you. Be willing to study good ideas from any medium or field of art. You never know where they will lead.
P.S. By studying the work of other artists you can begin to reduce your own struggles.
If you don't learn from other artists you are constantly trying to reinvent the wheel.
They already went through this learning stage, allow their work to teach you some of what you don't know.
Figure out how they created their designs. Figure out how they created their images.
Otherwise, art can be a long, often frustrating endeavor.


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