Today's charity photoshoot and press call promotional event for UK Aware's upcoming environmental awareness day in May was good fun and generated some great shots and footage to boot. A couple of eco-friendly electric cars received a bit of a beating, but all for a good cause! The star of the day, however, was a 45'000 year old piece of glacier ice that Brian promptly took to eating. Many thanks to Brian, James, Chris, Alex, Will and Scott for giving of their time so readily: The main event will be on May 10th, where we will be running an open workshop for anyone who wants to try their hand.


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Harvey Jokes
A teacher decides to let students out early if they can name the origin of a famous quote.
Teacher: "Who said 'Four Score and Seven Years Ago'?"
Before Johnny can open his mouth, Susie says, "Abraham Lincoln."
Teacher: "That's right Susie, you can go home."
Teacher: "Who said 'I Have a Dream'?"
Again, before Johnny can open his mouth, Mary says, "Martin Luther ...
A good-natured conspiracy theorist wakes up and realizes that he's died in his sleep and gone to heaven...God appears and says "welcome my son, as a reward for your virtuous life, I can answer one question for you about any topic you'd like with absolute certainty..."
The man thinks for a second and asks God "who actually killed JFK?"
God's eyes roll back in to his head for a minute while he scours the divine historical record. After a moment, he returns to normal and says "Lee Harvey Oswald."
The man replies "Wow! This goes way deeper than I though...
If Steve Harvey ever get into a fight with his wife...
>!It'd be a family fued...!<
Harvey Weinstein has coronavirus
Must suck to have something invade your body against your will.
I want to make a joke about hurricane Harvey
But I am scared my inbox will be flooded
What do John wilkes booth, lee harvey oswald and kobe bryant have in common?
They never miss a shot
A lot of people in America are obese. However, many people from Harvey Weinstein's circle are in decent shape.
Because they spent so long running from the truth.
How does Harvey Dent take his coffee?
With half & half
Hurricane Harvey is no joke.
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What do you call a Dent that looks better from a different angle?
\*My first 100% original dad joke. I am proud of me\*
Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus while in jail.
He probably thought 19 in COVID-19 meant age.
Fitting joke for Hurricane Harvey
This is a Joke my Dad (who is Catholic) once told me when I was young. With Hurricane Harvey currently outside my window, I was reminded of it. Maybe it will give some humor to those currently in worse off areas than I.
A woman lives on the Texas coastline. Her town orders her to evacua...
Harvey's grandfather clock suddenly stops working right one day.
He loads it into his van and takes it to a clock repair shop. In the shop is a little old man who insists he is Swiss but has a heavy German accent asks Harvey, "Vat sims to be ze problem?"
Harvey says, "I'm not sure, but it doesn't go 'tick- tock-tick-tock' anymore. Now it just goes 'tick......
Now that Harvey Weinstein's career in Hollywood is over, he should move to Houston.
Houston is used to getting fucked by Harvey.
Harvey Weinstein didn't kill himself
Sorry just practicing for later
Harvey Weinstein tests positive for Coronavirus....
...And Herpes, chlamydia, gonorrhoea, crabs and papilloma virus.
I heard Harvey Weinstein caught the coronavirus
Not surprising, he wasn't exactly known for his social distancing.
Just waiting for Steve Harvey to come out and say it's actually Clinton
any second now
What do Jared Fogel, Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey have in common?
Their favorite piece of classical music is Chopin's Waltz in A minor.
Everybody is saying Harvey Weinstein is the worst person in history, but I think they're forgetting that Hitler is the worst person in history
I mean if he finished what he started, we wouldn't have to deal with Weinstein
What is Katie Price's favourite cocktail?
Harvey Wallbanger.
There's two things I don't like about Harvey Dent
His face
Harvey Weinstein is so fat...
He's the only person in Hollywood that hasn't seen his dick.
He got #meethree'd
What's the difference between "To Catch a Predator" and Harvey Weinstein?
One stars molesters, while the other molests stars.
Today I learned about Harvey E. Brown, a civil war surgeon who had so many amputations he ran out of fake legs and had to use a shovel.
It was a ground-breaking medical procedure.
I hear Harvey Weinstein's call sheet has been blowing up lately.
Apparently the Republican Party wants him to run for President.
Is it too soon to say a Hurricane Harvey joke
Or should I just wait for everything to blow over?
Astronauts release a photo of Hurricane Harvey...
Astronauts released a photo of Hurricane Harvey as seen from the the International Space Station. They sent a short message along with the photograph; "Houston, you have a problem."
What do Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey have in common?
The House of Cards they had built in Hollywoodland has now made them The Usual Suspects in Sin City. This was supposed to be LA Confidential but apparently they couldnt find Consenting Adults. The American Beauty of this is that they will now forever be Inglorious Basterds.
Old man Harvey was a drinker
He would drink everyday, stumble home each night and vomit in the sink. Mrs. Harvey was tired of finding and cleaning puke in the sink every morning and was telling her neighbor about it.
Her neighbor told her to catch one of the stray cats from around the house and kill it, then put the gut...
How many Harvey Weinsteins does it take to change a lightbulb?
That light bulb will change itself right in front of him if she knows what's good for her.
What's the difference between Thor and Lee Harvey Oswald?
Oswald actually went for the head
What do Hurricane Harvey and Harvey Weinstein have in common?
They are both massive bodies that devastated countless victims.
What is the difference between Hurricane Harvey and Harvey Weinstein?
Hurricane Harvey actually made its victims wet.
Why did the big ball of hydrogen and helium give Harvey Weinstein a blowjob?
Because he said he would make her a star!
Now that Harvey Weinstein's Hollywood career is over, he's decided to open a bank.
Word is that he's been giving out plenty of unwanted advances.
What's the difference between a Redditor, Marilyn Monroe, Melania Trump, and Lee Harvey Oswald?
One's a jerk who jacks off, one jerked off Jack, one jacks off a jerk, and one's a jerk who offed Jack .
Every Half Dollar is Lee Harvey Oswald
Cus each one has a headshot of Kennedy
What's the difference between Harvey Weinstein and EA?
EA only sticks their hands in your pants if you have money in your pockets.
What does Hurricane Harvey and Kim Kardashian have in common?
They will both blow the entire coast just to get on TV.
I really liked Harvey Weinstein's speech about sexual misconduct
It was very touching
What did Hurricane Harvey say to the coconut palm tree?
Hold on to your nuts, this is no ordinary blow job!
No way Jose! Another? I can Harvey believe it. Irma find somewhere safer to live.
The local chicken shack changed its name in honor of the occasion. They're now Raisin HurriCanes.
Bill Cosby, Anthony Weiner and Harvey Weinstein walk into a bar
Harvey says, "Hey Bill, buy me a drink!"
Bill shouts back, "I don't know what role you're trying to offer me, but let's not involve Weiner..."
Harvey Weinsteins weapon of choice?
The Rapier.
Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein, and Ajit Pai walks into a bar ...
Later, a man walks up to the bottomless sinkhole, looks down, and asks "Why's the bar so low?"
Harvey Weinstein ejaculated in his potted plant so many times . . .
. . . It almost got cast as Will Hunting.
Harvey Weinstein was a driving instructor before becoming a film producer
He was teaching one of his first students, an attractive young girl, how to drive. He said,
'lift your left leg off the clutch to start moving.'
A few minutes later, he said,
'lift your right leg off the accelerator to let the car slow down.'
The girl asked him,
What do Harvey Weinstein and Macy's have in common?
Little boys pants, half off
My kid sister wanted to play with Hurricane Harvey. She's been . . .
What are the best and worst things about sleeping with Harvey Weinstein?
The roles, and the rolls.
What did NASA have to say about Hurricane Harvey?
*Kzzzzz* Houston, we have a problem.
The most shocking info that we'll get from the classified Kennedy documents will be that Lee Harvey Oswald didn't shoot the president, he ate him.
Because John F. Kennedy was a berliner.
(Me mate just passed and this was his favourite joke) A man walks up to a stranger and says, "Would ye like to hear a joke"? The stranger replies: Eh, aye. Why not?
The man then says "me life" and starts sobbing and wailing
The Stranger replies: Come now, your life can not be that bad. It's nothing to cry over, surely.
The man says back, "I'm not crying, I'm laughing. See? Hahaha" and the man starts fake laughing and sobbing at the same time. ...
With the elections around the corner, do you know who had the best shot at POTUS?
Lee Harvey Oswald.
What do you call a sexual assault at a vineyard?
A Harvey Winestein
My work colleagues and I had a debate about who we thought America's most notorious assassin was.
Lee Harvey Oswald won by a long shot.
A JFK conspiracy theorist dies and goes to heaven
When he arrives at the Pearly Gates, God is there to receive him. "Welcome. You are permitted to ask me one question, which I will answer truthfully."
Without hesitating, the conspiracy theorist asks, "Who really shot Kennedy?"
God replies, "Lee Harvey Oswald shot him from sixth floor ...
Anyone hear about the conspiracy theorist who died and went to heaven?
When he arrived, God stated that He grants all His children one question. The man promptly asked, "Who killed Kennedy?" God replied, "It was Lee Harvey Oswald, on the 6th floor, with his own gun, and he acted alone." The man thought for a moment then disappointingly replied "This goes higher u...
Someone asked me if I could have dinner with any one person, living or dead, who would it be
Easy.
Harvey Weinstein. Dead.
The positive news of the day
A conspiracy theorist dies and goes to heaven.
He proceeds through the Pearly Gates, and is confronted by God, in all his glory.
God - "With my everlasting knowledge, you may ask me any question, and I shall fulfill you with the answer."
Conspiracy Theorist - "God, I have to know, who really assassinated JFK?
God - "well, t...
The Universal Miss award goes to
Steve Harvey.
"Are we alone"
These two little martians land at a closed gas station in a small town in the middle of the night. The two little martians come out of their flying saucer and walk up to the gas pump and say "take me to your leader". Well of course the gas pump doesn't say anything and the little martian says it aga...
Some Chuck Norris Jokes
- Chuck Norris doesn't pet any animals. Animals pet themselves when he approaches them.
- Chuck Norris threw a hand grenade and killed 50 people. Then the grenade exploded.
- When Chuck Norris enters the room, even the chairs are standing up.
- Chuck Norris doesn't need to flush...
A tree fell on our car during the recent Hurricane, and my dad won't get it repaired. He even named the damage.
Harvey Dent
And best picture goes to...
La La Land - Steve Harvey
Who hits Houston harder?
Bobby Brown or Hurricane Harvey.
~Probably too soon.
Actress: I want to be in the Aladdin remake.
Harvey Weinstein: All you have to do is rub my lamp.
What do you call it when a man spills Merlot on a woman's breasts?
A Harvey Wine Stain.
A crying man walks slowly along the frontier.
He finds a deep hole with a bucket beside it, and lowers the bucket in to pull out some water. While he's having a drink, a quivering voice comes from the hole.
"What's the matter friend?"
The man, surprised, wipes his eyes and replies, "My brother Harvey and I moved out here to find a...
Why was Batman in Texas trying to stop the Hurricane?
Because it kept leaving Harvey Dents everywhere
If the voting recount flips the outcome of the election, I have the perfect guy to call Trump and tell him that he's no longer going to be President...
"I have to apologize.....the 1st runner-up, is Trump. The next President of the United States is...Hillary Clinton!"
*DEEP INHALE*
"***WRONG***"
So I was at a film awards event the other night... [nsfw]
I was at a film awards event the other night. I went to the toilet and an actress came out a cubicle with a white mark on her dress. I said to her "Oh did you spill some mayo?" and she replied "No its a Harvey Weinstain"😉
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Conny Ochs believes that the best stories are always the ones that nobody told yet. He seeks to envision signs of the world that are concealed to most others, and to explore them in a more detailed and higher density. On his new album, Doom Folk, Conny follows different pathways to those which he has forged before, channeling his observations into narratives driven by two powerful forces, fervour, and vulnerability.
Ochs' previous albums Raw Love Songs (2011), Black Happy (2013) and Future Fables (2016), illustrate his evolution from a blues/folk troubadour to an accomplished singer/songwriter. In his early days, he traversed the globe as a cliché of the lonesome rider, armed with a rugged dreadnought guitar. Doom Folk closes a bracket around it's three predecessors as well as the two records Conny Ochs recorded with Scott "Wino" Weinrich (Heavy Kingdom in 2012 and Freedom Conspiracy in 2015), which were also driven by a stripped-down attitude in musicality. While the inspiration is still clearly apparent, the bittersweet hymns of dark melancholy across Doom Folk feel new, refreshed, diverse, and with a slight touch of urgency.
Conny Ochs has also expanded his musical repertoire to include, bass, drums, percussion, and organs which all find their way into the sounds of Doom Folk, adding tonal urgency, distortion and volume. The album opener "Dark Tower" ignites a surge of emotion, paying tribute to the tragic death of Chris Cornell. "Hammer To Fit" cultivates a sense of hope and optimism while the guitar shimmers in engaging clarity across the tundra, recalling American stalwarts Howe Gelb or Rainer Ptacek. Ochs pays further homage to American songwriting with his eclectic and uncompromising country track "Gun In The Cradle." While "Drunken Monkey" is a rare pop song amidst his otherwise more familiar flair and radiance counterbalanced by the darkness of the almost-anthemic "Waiting For The Pain" and the shadowy blues of "All Too Bright", which recalls the morbid prurience of Nick Cave.
Melancholy, insanity, attrition and hope, are nestled into Ochs' loud/quiet dichotomy, which is carried forward by clean tones, nuanced instrumentation, and beautiful, authentic singing, before erupting into distortion and dissonance. Fans of William Elliot Whitmore, Steve Von Till, Wino, Scott Kelly, Woodie Guthrie, could well enjoy Doom Folk.
Doom Folk will see release on LP, CD, and digital formats through Exile On Mainstream on February 15th. Find preorders and view the album trailer via the label's website.
Conny is booking live performances in support of Doom Folk, including the Exile On Mainstream 20th Anniversary Parties this year, April 4th through 7th at UT Connewitz in Leipzig, Germany, and on April 13th at Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands. The Leipzig show will feature a full band while Roadburn will be blessed with a intimate, solo show.


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Joe DeAndrea April 2, 2021 • 10:00 am
What better way to kick off a weekend than with new music? Fridays are always chock full of the latest songs and albums ready to be the soundtrack to everyone's antics, and here you'll find some of the week's standout releases. Whether you're ready to spin an anticipated song from a favorite artist or just taking a look at what's out there, there's a whole lot of tunes to dive right into. Who knows—maybe you'll find your next obsession.
"Numb" is a band-defining song for Waterparks—the kind of tune that you'd recommend someone listen to if they had never heard of them before. It's chaotic, carefree, and deserves to be the background to every ESPN highlight reel for the foreseeable future.
"Big Cat Judgment Day"
Weird song title aside, With Confidence's return with "Big Cat Judgment Day" is a big one. It's rot-your-teeth pop, which is to be expected with these guys, but deceptive guitar riffs make the track heavier than the hooks would make it appear.
"We Never Have Sex Anymore"
The Offspring basically go big-band on the horn-infused bop "We Never Have Sex Anymore". From the explosive vocals to the brass solos, there is a whole lot going on with this one. With each listen you'll find something new to smile about.
Will Olivia Rodrigo experience deja vu with her new single "Deja Vu"? Probably not. But that's not her fault. It was impossible to predict the gigantic reign that "Drivers License" had on the charts, but her new track certainly isn't one to ignore. She doesn't try to recreate the magic of her debut here—she simply uses her strengths as a vocalist and songwriter to craft another gem.
"Film Out"
"Film Out" is a change of pace for BTS, who are trading their dancefloor anthemic k-pop for an R&B pop hybrid. Off their upcoming Japanese-language record, the new single opens the door wide open for what we can expect from them in the future; as always, it's looking bright.
The Art of Starting Over
Vulnerable, honest, and heart wrenching, Demi Lovato'sDancing With the Devil…The Art of Starting Over is a diary into the life of someone at their lowest. It's also a redemption story—songs here, at times, are full of optimism, taking the listener on a rollercoaster of a journey throughout the 19 tracks.
"Leave the Door Open" (Live)
Silk Sonic only get smoother in a live setting. The collaborative project from Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak is off to a wonderful start with the soulful "Leave the Door Open". And now they're giving a taste of what a future show could sound like by unleashing their Grammy's performance on streaming services.
"Nextra" is a back-to-basics cut from storied producer Deadmau5, delivering a vintage house track that harkens back to his material of old. It doesn't sound dated here—pulsating synths make waves midway through, giving the tune a jolt energy 'til its conclusion.
Other new releases:
Brockhampton – "Count on Me"
Garbage – "The Men Who Rule the World"
Olivia Holt – "Love on You"
Fickle Friends – "Not in the Mood"
Jethro Sheeran, Ed Sheeran, Contractor – "Soy Una Estrella"
Gorgon City, DRAMA – "You've Done Enough – The Purple Prince Version"
Young M.A. – "Successful"
St. Vincent – "The Melting of the Sun"
chloe moriondo – "I Eat Boys"
CAL – "In the Water (with Quinn XCII)"
Iggy Azalea – "Sip It (feat. Tyga)" / "Brazil"
Eddie Benjamin, Sia – "Diamond Eyes"
KALEO – "Skinny"
Feid, ICON – "PURRITO APA"Foxes – Friends In the Corner EP / "Dance"


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TOP DEMOCRAT OPERATIVE: 'I was a master at fixing mail-in ballots'
New York Post:
A top Democratic operative says voter fraud, especially with mail-in ballots, is no myth. And he knows this because he's been doing it, on a grand scale, for decades.
"There is no race in New Jersey — from City Council to United States Senate — that we haven't worked on," the tipster said. "I worked on a fire commissioner's race in Burlington County. The smaller the race the easier it is to do."
A Bernie Sanders die-hard with no horse in the presidential race, he said he felt compelled to come forward in the hope that states would act now to fix the glaring security problems present in mail-in ballots.
"This is a real thing," he said. "And there is going to be a f–king war coming November 3rd over this stuff … If they knew how the sausage was made, they could fix it."
Mail-in ballots have become the latest flashpoint in the 2020 elections. While President Trump and the GOP warn of widespread manipulation of the absentee vote that will swell with COVID polling restrictions, many Democrats and their media allies have dismissed such concerns as unfounded.
But the political insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he fears prosecution, said fraud is more the rule than the exception. His dirty work has taken him through the weeds of municipal and federal elections in Paterson, Atlantic City, Camden, Newark, Hoboken and Hudson County and his fingerprints can be found in local legislative, mayoral and congressional races across the Garden State.
Some of the biggest names and highest office holders in New Jersey have benefited from his tricks, according to campaign records The Post reviewed.
"An election that is swayed by 500 votes, 1,000 votes — it can make a difference," the tipster said. "It could be enough to flip states."
The whisteblower — whose identity, rap sheet and long history working as a consultant to various campaigns were confirmed by The Post — says he not only changed ballots himself over the years, but led teams of fraudsters and mentored at least 20 operatives in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania — a critical 2020 swing state.
Following are excerpts from key points that this whistle blower is making. PLEASE GO TO THE NEW YORK POST ARTICLE AND READ THE SHOCKING DETAILS
Phony Ballots
The ballot has no specific security features — like a stamp or a watermark — so the insider said he would just make his own ballots.
"I just put [the ballot] through the copy machine and it comes out the same way," the insider said.
Inside Jobs
The tipster said sometimes postal employees are in on the scam.
"You have a postman who is a rabid anti-Trump guy and he's working in Bedminster or some Republican stronghold … He can take those [filled-out] ballots, and knowing 95% are going to a Republican, he can just throw those in the garbage."
Hitting up assisted-living facilities and "helping" the elderly fill out their absentee ballots was a gold mine of votes, the insider said.
"There are nursing homes where the nurse is actually a paid operative. And they go room by room by room to these old people who still want to feel like they're relevant," said the whistleblower. "[They] literally fill it out for them."
Voter Impersonation
When all else failed, the insider would send operatives to vote live in polling stations, particularly in states like New Jersey and New York which do not require voter ID. Pennsylvania, also for the most part, does not.
Bribing voters
The tipster said New Jersey homeless shelters offered a nearly inexhaustible pool of reliable — buyable — voters.
"They get to register where they live in and they go to the polls and vote," he said, laughing at the roughly $174 per vote Mike Bloomberg spent to win his third mayoral term.
Read more at The New York Post
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Man Threatened To Chop Up Rand Paul And His Family With An Ax: 'This needs to STOP!'
By: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has had a really, really rough year. First, he's at a baseball practice where a Democratic terrorist named James Hodgkinson tried to kill a bunch of Freedom Caucus Republicans. Then, he's personally attacked by his Democrat neighbor, Rene Boucher, who claimed it was over gardening issues involving tree limbs. Never did buy that and the guy got only a slap on the wrist for it too – a thirty-day sentence. But that's being appealed to get him more time behind bars if possible. Paul got several broken ribs, broken teeth and a punctured lung that led to pneumonia.
He revealed today at an event in Litchfield, Kentucky, that some unhinged nutcase threatened to kill him and chop up his family with an ax. The guy that threatened Paul and his family was just arrested by police after a warrant was issued.
The Courier Journal reports that the man was taken into custody after he allegedly called in the threats to Paul's Bowling Green office. "Capitol Police have issued an arrest warrant, this man had threatened to kill me and chop up my family with an ax," Paul said while speaking to WHAS11 News' Chris Williams. "It's just horrendous that we have to deal with things like this."
Thank you to the US Capitol Police for their arrest of the man who recently threatened to kill my family and me.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 2, 2018
And it's getting worse by the day. I suggest that Rand Paul get a security detail for his family and himself. "That on top of being attacked personally and having a very serious life-threatening attack on my person and then being shot at, I've had a year where it's becoming more and more aware of we have these real threats out there," Paul continued.
There are loony people on both sides, but there seems to be an inordinate amount of violent mental cases on the left these days. Marxism is driving them mad. This is just horrible and terrifying for Paul's family. He's right… this has got to stop. "Thank you to the US Capitol Police for their arrest of the man who recently threatened to kill my family and me," Paul tweeted. The man was taken into custody in California… shocker there. He was identified by WBKO as Nathaniel Blane Huffman, who was arrested in Berkeley, California. He is originally from Murray, according to WBKO. Huffman is known to the Capitol Police for making aggressive statements to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and others.
Huffman had not been in Kentucky for many months, but he felt the need to threaten Rand Paul and his family, so he called his office. Not very smart and I am thrilled he's in custody. The left is going to keep this up until someone gets killed. Then this whole political powder keg will blow sky high. That's what they want evidently. Chaos in the streets just like in Portland, Oregon last weekend with Antifa.
I am glad that Rand Paul and his family are now safe from this guy. It's the violent ones we don't know about that worry me and they are all leftist radicals of one flavor or another.
Man allegedly threatens to chop up Rand Paul and his family with an ax https://t.co/5Pr9h6hvSX pic.twitter.com/eWZcOh3NeN
— Courier Journal (@courierjournal) July 2, 2018
Sen Rand Paul describes threat from man who he says claimed he would chop up the senator's family w/ an axe. @RandPaul describes his thoughts w/ this happening months after being attacked in his yard & the baseball practice shooting. @WHAS11 pic.twitter.com/xx581BlFj7
— Chris Williams (@chriswnews) July 2, 2018
First he was shot at, ribs bashed in, and now another man threatening to kill Rand and his family.
This needs to stop. https://t.co/VRdHwr8usy
— Reseth (@ResethO) July 2, 2018
Be careful Senator.
— Bill Seitz🇺🇸 (@Bill_Seitz) July 2, 2018
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Netflix Host Michelle Wolf Compares Ivanka Trump To "Herpes" And Says There's 'Blood All Over You'
Just when I thought I could not be any more disgusted by the left, Netflix host Michelle Wolf says, "Hold my beer." Wolf is one of the most unfunny, vile people I think I have ever seen and that's saying something. Netflix, who I thought was great at first, is turning into the ultimate media sewer hole on the left these days. First it was Bill Nye with his profane, almost pornographic, insanity. Then the Obamas moved in and now this. Not impressed to say the least.
Wolf got her 15 minutes of infamy at the White House Correspondent Association's annual dinner this year, where she insulted White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders mercilessly. Sanders withstood it and was far more gracious than I would have been in her heels. As part of her 'roast', Wolf made fun of Sanders' appearance over and over again. "I actually really like Sarah. I think she's very resourceful," she said. "Like she burns facts and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smokey eye." Who the hell thinks that's funny? No one I know.
Wolf has now outdone herself. She made a series of obscene remarks about women working in the White House, including comparing First Daughter Ivanka Trump to "herpes" and a "vaginal mesh." Talk about gutter humor. She's trying to out-slur Samantha Bee who called Ivanka a 'c**t'. Not cool. In Wolf's latest episode of The Break With Michelle Wolf, she encourages people not to halfway harass members of Trump's family or administration, but instead use words that are "life alteringly hurtful." This woman is inciting hatred and violence just like Maxine Waters and the rest of the left are. "You can't just casually harass these people; you have to insult them specifically," Wolf said. "C**t doesn't hurt them — it's on their vision board. You have to make sure your words are life-alteringly hurtful."
So, the Marxists are now hiding behind humor and what they claim is free speech to harass people on the right… especially women. The former Comedy Central comedianne made the suggestion in reference to the recent controversy surrounding TBS late-night host Samantha Bee, who called Ivanka Trump a "feckless c**t" for failing to challenge her father's policy on immigration. Bee also suggested Ivanka seduce her father in that disgusting segment. "If you see Ivanka on the street, first, call her Tiffany," Wolf said. "This will devastate her. Then talk to her in terms she'll understand. Say, 'Ivanka, you're like vaginal mesh. You were supposed to support women, but now you have blood all over you and you're the center of a thousand lawsuits.'"
Ivanka is a massively successful business woman and she tends to stay out of the limelight. She terrifies leftists and that is why they attack her out of the blue over seemingly nothing. Her beauty, grace, brilliance and acumen terrify the ever-living crap out of these weasels. Samantha Bee went after Ivanka when she posted a pic of herself holding her baby boy. That was all it took to set the left off. They are violently unhinged.
Wolf didn't stop at Ivanka. She also went after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, EPA head Scott Pruitt and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. But her favorite was obviously Ivanka and she had a whole list of new names for the first daughter. She's evidently trying to be a female Bill Maher. "Oh wait, real quick, I thought of another one for Ivanka," Wolf said. "'Ivanka, you're like that birth control pill Yaz. At first, it seemed like it'd be really cool and helpful, but you need to be immediately recalled.'"
Unfortunately, there was more. "Say, 'Hey girl, do your legs hurt? Because you've been running afoul of government ethics all year.' And that will satisfy you more than it will hurt her, so follow it up with something like, 'Is your nickname herpes? Because you're not necessarily the most dangerous person in the administration, but you're very unpleasant, totally incurable, and you always show up when we're about to get f***ed.'"
This isn't the first time Wolf has attacked Ivanka, but it is the most vicious. She called Ivanaka "just a pretty little girl" in an interview with the Daily Beast. Sounds like she's jealous. Wolf should be ashamed of herself, but she won't be. I can't stand to listen to her and I don't watch her. Netflix should take a hint.
Iranian Regime Using Water as a Weapon and APT 33
The Iranian people have been protesting against the regime for quite some time and in some cases it has turned deadly, where military forces are firing on the protestors. What are the protests about? Their economy. Remember when the Obama White House gave Iran billions that apparently we owed from back debts and the regime was to use the money to infuse growth in the economy? Yeah, not so much. In fact the starving and unemployed citizens of Iran are demanding the regime get out of Syria and pay attention at home.
Related reading: Iran Calls for Calm After Water Protests, Clashes
Yet, water availability in Iran has been at a crisis point for a few years and getting worse.
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Ridiculous Deductibles Broke the Healthcare System
Hello Democrats… what again did Obamacare solve?
Sky-High Deductibles Broke the U.S. Health Insurance System
Employers are questioning a system they say costs patients too much.
Bloomberg: When Carla Jordan and her husband were hit with a cascade of serious medical issues, she knew that at least her family had health insurance through her job. What she didn't realize was that even with that coverage, a constant stream of medical bills would soon push the family to the edge of financial collapse.
The Jordans, both 40, were once solidly in the middle class, but ever since the 2008 financial crisis, money has been tight at best. Then calamity hit. In 2016, Carla needed a gallbladder operation. Her husband John suffered a seizure the same year, followed by an unrelated infection that sent him to the emergency room. Toward the end of the year, Carla was diagnosed with diabetes. Even after paying $501 a month for medical insurance, they ended the year owing $8,000 to 18 different providers, with creditors threatening to garnish John's wages.
Health plans similar to the Jordans' that put patients on the hook for many thousands of dollars are widespread and growing, but some employers are beginning to have second thoughts. "Why did we design a health plan that has the ability to deliver a $1,000 surprise to employees?" Shawn Leavitt, a senior human resources executive at Comcast Corp., said at a conference in May. "That's kind of stupid." A handful of companies, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and CVS Health Corp., have recently announced plans to reduce deductibles or cover more care before workers are exposed to the cost.
Yet it's still the reality for a growing share of Americans. Today, 39 percent of large employers offer only high-deductible plans, up from 7 percent in 2009, according to a survey by the National Business Group on Health. Half of all workers now have health insurance with a deductible of at least $1,000 for an individual, up from 22 percent in 2009, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. About 41 percent say they can't pay a $400 emergency expense without borrowing or selling something, according to the Federal Reserve. The bottom line: People like the Jordans simply can't afford to get sick.
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Question China And They Were Uninvited To RIMPAC
The U.S. Navy and allies are drilling in the Pacific Ocean as part of the massive Rim of the Pacific naval exercise. After years continuing to sail alongside China in RIMPAC, even as the peer competitor militarized man-made islands in the South China Sea, the U.S. decided enough is enough and rescinded the invitation. (Andrew Jarocki/Staff)
Twenty-six nations, 47 surface ships, five submarines, 18 national land forces, and more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 27 to Aug. 2, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. As the world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity designed to foster and sustain cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's interconnected oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. The theme of RIMPAC 2018 is "Capable, Adaptive, Partners." Participating nations and forces will exercise a wide range of capabilities and demonstrate the inherent flexibility of maritime forces. These capabilities range from disaster relief and maritime security operations to sea control and complex warfighting. The relevant, realistic training program includes amphibious operations, gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises, as well as counter-piracy operations, mine clearance operations, explosive ordnance disposal, and diving and salvage operations. This year's exercise includes forces from Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam. This is the first time Brazil, Israel, Sri Lanka and Vietnam are participating in RIMPAC. Additional firsts include New Zealand serving as sea combat commander and Chile serving as combined force maritime component commander. This is the first time a non-founding RIMPAC nation (Chile) will hold a component commander leadership position. This year will also feature live firing of a Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a U.S. Air Force aircraft, surface to ship missiles by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) from a launcher on the back of a Palletized Load System (PLS) by the U.S. Army. This marks the first time a land based unit will participate in the live fire event during RIMPAC. RIMPAC 18 will also include international band engagements and highlight fleet innovation during an Innovation Fair. Additionally, for the first time since RIMPAC 2002, U.S. 3rd Fleet's Command Center will relocate from San Diego to Pearl Harbor to support command and control of all 3rd Fleet forces in 3rd Fleet's area of responsibility to include forces operating forward in the Western Pacific. The Fleet Command Center will be established at a deployable joint command and control on Hospital Point for the first part of the exercise and then transition to USS Portland (LPD 27) for the remainder of the exercise. Hosted by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, RIMPAC 2018 will be led by Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, Vice Adm. John D. Alexander, who will serve as combined task force (CTF) commander. Royal Canadian Navy Rear Adm. Bob Auchterlonie will serve as CTF deputy commander, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Hideyuki Oban as CTF vice commander. Fleet Marine Force will be led by U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Mark Hashimoto. Other key leaders of the multinational force will include Commodore Pablo Niemann of Armada de Chile, who will command the maritime component, and Air Commodore Craig Heap of the Royal Australian Air Force, who will command the air component. This robust constellation of allies and partners support sustained and favorable regional balances of power that safeguard security, prosperity and the free and open international order. RIMPAC 2018 contributes to the increased lethality, resiliency and agility needed by the joint and combined force to deter and defeat aggression by major powers across all domains and levels of conflict.
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REVIEW of the MAGGUTS +1 magazine spring kit for S&W Shields 9&40
By: Gerald Loeffers
An after shooting range review of both the Magguts.com +1 mag spring kit for the S&W shield 9&40 and a mini review of the 2.0 Shield.
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By: Kent Engelke | Capitol Securities
Welcome to the second half of 2018. Thus far, 2018 has been the year of surprises. Bitcoin is down 70% from its late 2017 apex. Oil at $74/barrel is at a 3 /1/2 year high versus the consensus view of $45/barrel.
Second quarter GDP is expected to be in the "high four handle" versus the projected "low two handle." The PCE or the Federal Reserve's preferred inflationary indicator is at the highest level since March 2012, again eclipsing expectations. Accordingly the 10-year Treasury at 2.85% yield eclipsed the 2.50% mid-year target. Four interest rates are now expected versus two.
And then there is equity performance. The NASDAQ has continued its relentless advance, but the advance is predominately focused in just five names perhaps creating the most concentrated amount of wealth in history. The S & P 500 and Dow are essentially flat.
Geopolitically, economic nationalism and populism has replaced globalism and interdependency. On January 1, "the experts" declared economic nationalism as dead; a flash in the pan.
Today is vastly different than yesterday, a differentiation that I believe is not yet manifested in the markets, perhaps the result of the massive proliferation of passive algorithmic and index trading that now comprises 90% of the volume. Such trading is based upon momentum and size not macroeconomic/geopolitical and security analysis.
On January 1, 2019, what will I be writing? In my view, because of the tectonic changes in the geopolitical and macro-economic landscape, a macroeconomic and geopolitical thesis is required, further stating the days of passive investing/indexing are waning. This is the inverse of the last 10 years.
At this juncture, I will not opine about the election other than I believe the support for the president and his policies is much greater than the media — both traditional and social — suggests.
Few will risk speaking true views under fears of being labeled homophobic, xenophobic, unenlightened and uneducated individuals. The president is challenging the establishment, an establishment which the business and political elite have spent billions in creating and maintaining.
This is holiday shortened trading week. June's unemployment data is released Friday and will offer evidence as to the economy's underlying strength. Historically, voters vote by their pocketbooks and the data could offer some potential insight into November's elections.
Last night the foreign markets were down. London was down 0.83%, Paris was down 0.79% and Frankfurt was down 0.33%. China was down 2.52%, Japan was down 2.21% and Hang Sang was closed for a holiday.
The Dow should open lower on trade and geopolitical concerns. A major question at hand will be whether the accepted leader and cheerleader of the EU — Chancellor Merkel of Germany — survive? Many believe if her coalition — which is on the verge of collapsing because of immigration — fails, it will question the survivability of the EU in its current state. We are indeed living in tectonic times. The 10-year is up 7/32 to yield 2.84%.
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Latakoo – From the Sea to the Broadcast Center, Lessons in Agility
Journal Article from Iatakoo
Jade Kurian,
Iatakoo co-founder
Running a production department at a major news network can be a lot like sailing a ship. Both can push leaders to sink or swim. A seaman turned news executive knows what it takes to keep things running smoothly even when the seas turn rough and unpredictable.
Applying skills learned on capricious waters as a young French Merchant Marine, Laurent De Rodez, Euronews' Head of Production & Post Production, has spent 20 years at the company running nimble operations, building strong crews and anticipating future needs to stay ahead of the curve and his competition.
Laurent De Rodez leads Euronews production and post-production and has worked at the network for 20 years.
When he decided to move on from the naval service, De Rodez found the career that continues to keep him pivoting and moving fast. He began taking classes in video production, and eventually started teaching those skills to others. Then, came 'the business'. "I started in the TV business. And then I worked my way up to some responsibility in different companies," De Rodez said. Spending time as a post-production manager, he was able to transfer those skills into television news, first aiding video editing teams and later moving into the job he has today.
Euronews is Europe's leading international news channel, serving an audience of 400 million homes in 160 countries and available in 17 languages. With De Rodez' leadership in production and technology, the network has been able to navigate worldwide crises and uncertainties with the help of hundreds of freelance journalists who collaborate around the clock with the Euronews team members.
With more than 400 journalists spread across 30 different countries, Euronews relies heavily on strong remote capabilities, collaboration over borders and time zones and seamless production tools.
Euronews has a massive international imprint, serving 160 countries in 17 languages.
In 2017, NBC Universal sold its minority stake in Euronews to the majority owner, Media Globe Networks. That was an opportune time for reinvention. The Euronews team carefully reconfigured its approach to broadcast journalism, but maintained its core operations. One of the most important areas for Euronews, though not fully appreciated at the time, was its remote capabilities. Long before many others in the business were harnessing technologies to make it possible, Euronews was making remote work part of their day-to-day workflow.
Accurately anticipating needs in the ever-changing news business has been a trademark for De Rodez and Euronews. Though they couldn't have predicted the pandemic, their early reliance on freelance journalists across Europe helped them through a critical juncture. De Rodez says the strategy paid off. In the early days of the pandemic when news teams around the globe were struggling to figure out how to produce news outside of their traditional newsroom environments, Euronews was already comfortable with the tools they had been using for a few years. One of the most reliable resources they had, according to De Rodez, is latakoo.
latakoo provides a seamless workflow for journalists and efficiencies for news agencies. Getting news from the field and on air is the way freelancers get paid. Making the process as quick and efficient as possible is crucial to their work supporting a round-the-clock news cycle. Created by two former news reporters (Paul Adrian and myself) a little over a decade ago, latakoo provides simplicity to a historically complicated process. We saw a gap that prevented reporters from being more efficient in their work and radically improved the process. "latakoo was like a miracle. There is a cloud-based storage where everybody can send content, share it and organize it. The files are available immediately after the journalist sends from locations around the world, and they also show up in our asset management system," De Rodez said. With latakoo, journalists can quickly upload their footage in the field from their laptop and smartphones. Within seconds, the entire Euronews team has access to the files, and can immediately share the content on-air and online.
"Euronews is a special type of company that hires hundreds of freelancers. So, on any given day they may have someone producing content who never previously worked for them," said Paul Adrian, CEO and my co-founder at latakoo. "latakoo makes it super easy for freelancers to sign up for Euronews systems and to use their own technology to collect, shoot, edit, deliver and collaborate with their employer. latakoo meets these requirements."
Euronews embraced a dependence on freelance content long before the pandemic.
latakoo also offers an easy-to-use, but technologically robust mobile app for iOS and Android. Along with the LiveU app, LU-Smart, journalists who are working alone have the ability to create stories in the field with latakoo and go live from the field using LiveU. LiveU and latakoo are also integrated. That means a file can be sent using LiveU's store and forward and land first in the latakoo cloud and end up in a user's asset manager. According to De Rodez, his team pulls about 10 live shots per day from correspondents using the LiveU-Smart.
Today, Euronews is in good company. More reporters are working remotely than ever with a significant number of them increasingly being freelancers. Career website Zippia estimates there are more than 14,000 freelance journalists in the United States alone. The International Federation of Journalists says freelance journalism is no longer an "atypical" form of work. In some countries, the majority of journalists are freelancers.
Luke Hanrahan joined Euronews as a freelancer in 2019. Attracted to the network because of its huge footprint and reputation in the industry, he has continued to work for the company because of Euronews' technological agility and prowess. "Using automation tools like latakoo puts Euronews in a good light for freelance reporters," said Hanrahan. Hanrahan describes the latakoo experience in three parts: efficiency, intelligence and speed.
"Every time I submit a package to Euronews as a journalist in the field, it automatically lands on their asset manager. Out of the news networks I have worked for, when you upload a file, whether that is a package or interview, often there is a person who needs to put that file where it needs to be. And that still happens at some major networks. Euronews has the ability to automatically put the file in the folder that it needs to be in for it to go on air. So, within a second of my package landing in the Euronews base in Lyon, it can be pushed on air. So, latakoo gives you the flexibility to do remote work and feel connected to the teams because they are able to access your material much quicker."
"latakoo itself is an intelligent tool. If you're on a breaking story, you can upload material while you continue filming on your phone. So, say for example, there has been a major incident in central London and you just happen to be standing there at the time the major incident occurs, you can stop, pause and carry on. I can't think of another kit that allows you to do that – to be able to film while you're uploading. That is pretty intelligent."
"Because of the technology that latakoo has within it, which is pretty unique, you can upload on one bar. Like when I was out at sea last year. I had one bar, and occasionally no bars and then occasionally one bar. You can drop in and out-of-signal and you are not having to restart the send as you would with pretty much any other technology including like the Live-U's. I could do that safe in the knowledge that I could leave it all uploading in the background as I continued with my work. By the time I got back to the shore, what I needed to upload had already been uploaded. I hadn't had to monitor it at all and that is pretty intelligent."
A freelance correspondent for international networks, including Euronews, Luke Hanrahan covered the deadly flooding in Western Germany in July, 2021.
De Rodez shares Hanrahan's excitement for intelligent technology. He and his network have weathered the pandemic and other storms by embracing uncertainty and relying on just that kind of technology and capable crew members, including freelancers like Hanrahan, who will continue to supply a significant amount of content to fill their 24/7 news cycle. Having put in motion a system that uses technology and people that can quickly shift and change based on the currents, De Rodez and Euronews can keep sailing through fair or fierce winds.
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Catering prices may force Senior Prom scaleback
By Marissa Levy Mar 10, 2005 12:00 AM
For the past two years, GW's Senior Prom has brought students and low-income elderly citizens together for a night of dinner and dancing on the house. But this year, attendees may have to go without the free meal.
Some Student Association senators said they are reluctant to foot a $6,000 bill imposed on the charity event by the Colonial Catering service. The Senior Prom has been catered by food donations from local D.C. eateries in the past, but the 10-year contract agreed between the University and Aramark last summer stipulates that the GW food service provider must cater most events in the Marvin Center.
Junior John Van Name (CCAS-U), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, said the event has nearly tripled in cost this year due to the requirement that it use Colonial Catering. The cost increase is coupled with the event not securing the same amount of outside support as it did in years past. In previous years, the event received approximately $2,000 from groups such as AT&T and Youth Service America.
With this year's catering cost increase, Van Name said the University told coordinators to turn to the SA for extra money.
"The bottom line is, the answer can't be, 'Oh we'll have the SA pay for it,'" Van Name said. "There's a scarce amount of funding, and $6,000 is a sizable chunk for one event."
Van Name complained about GW forcing groups to pay extra for Colonial Catering and added that the University should help pay some of the bill. The Senior Prom, which was never funded by the University, is being prominently featured in advertisements on buses and in newspapers as an example of GW reaching out to the community.
Johnnie Osborne, chief financial officer for Student and Academic Support Services, said he was familiar with the event but unaware of complaints regarding its cost.
Since the University mandated that Colonial Catering be the only option for Marvin Center events, several groups have voiced complaints about the food provider's high prices. Members of the Jewish Student Association, GW Hillel and the Muslim Student Association complained in an October Hatchet article that Colonial Catering was charging exorbitant prices for kosher and halal food, which adheres to religious standards.
Prom organizers said that regardless of whether they receive any money, they would still hold the Senior Prom on April 17, which is National Youth Service Day.
"We'll still have tables, chairs and music and provide as many services as we can," said Emily Morrison, a Neighbors Project coordinator in the Office of Community Service.
Sophomore Elizabeth Schmelzel, a prom committee member, said many of the senior citizens who attend the dance often have to choose between paying for food or medicine and added that organizers are obliged to get money to use the Colonial Catering service to feed elderly attendees. She called the group "reliable" and added that they fully cater events with high quality food.
"We really want to honor this generation, and serving them food that's not only good, but that there is enough of, is really important," she said.
Schemlzel added that that getting food donations from local restaurants is often difficult and can be unreliable, with many venues not making dishes large enough to feed the banquet's crowd.
Van Name said that while using Colonial Catering may seem like the "easy option," student organizations cannot be expected to pay large sums of money to Aramark when there are cheaper options available.
"The issue is not that we don't want to fund (the Senior Prom)," Van Name said. "We are hoping that the University will see this and say, 'We want to contribute.'"
Schmelzel said prom organizers are still seeking grant money from local business and other student organizations and does not expect the University to fund the dance.
This article appeared in the March 10, 2005 issue of the Hatchet.


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Bill Clinton Staffer's Email Was Breached on Hillary's Private Server, FBI Says
Author: Andy GreenbergAndy Greenberg
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Since it came to light that Hillary Clinton ran a private email server during her time as Secretary of State, that computer's security has become a subject of controversy among politicos whose only notion of a "server" until recently was a waiter carrying canapés at a fundraising dinner. But now the FBI has released the first hint that Clinton's private server may have been compromised by hackers, albeit only to access the email of one of former president Bill Clinton's staffers. And though there's no evidence the breach went further, it's sure to offer new fodder to critics of Clinton's handling of classified data.
On Friday afternoon, the FBI released a new set of documents from its now-concluded investigation into Clinton's private email server controversy. The 60-page report includes a description of what sounds like an actual hacker compromise of one of Bill Clinton's staffers. It describes that in early January 2013, someone accessed the email account of one of his female employees, whose name is redacted from the report. The unnamed hacker apparently used the anonymity software Tor to browse through this staffer's messages and attachments. The FBI wasn't able to determine how the hacker would have obtained the her username and password to access her account, which was also hosted on the same private server used by then-Secretary of State Clinton.
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"The FBI's review of available...web logs showed scanning attempts from external IP addresses over the course of [IT manager Bryan] Pagliano's administration of the server, only one appears to have resulted in a successful compromise of an email account on the server," the report reads. "Three IP addresses matching known Tor exit nodes were observed accessing an e-mail account on the Pagliano Server believed to belong to President Clinton staffer [redacted]."
In a press conference in July, FBI director James Comey said that how presidential candidate Clinton mishandled classified documents stored in emails on that private server didn't warrant criminal charges, but nonetheless called her behavior "extremely careless." And the FBI's investigation did, in fact, turn up dozens of email chains that contained classified documents, including eight whose contents were "top secret." The FBI could find no evidence that any of those classified documents had been compromised, but also cautioned that it might lack the forensic records to know if they had been.
The compromise of a Bill Clinton staffer—who almost certainly had no access to any of then-Secretary Clinton's classified material—doesn't make the security of those classified documents any clearer. But it will no doubt be seized on by the Clintons' political opponents to raise more questions about their server's security. "Clinton's reckless conduct and dishonest attempts to avoid accountability show she cannot be trusted with the presidency and its chief obligation as commander-in-chief of the U.S. armed forces," wrote Donald Trump campaign communications staffer Jason Miller in response to the FBI's release of more documents from its investigation. The Clinton campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Though the single-user email breach doesn't indicate any inherent vulnerability in the Clintons' server, it does show a lack of attention to its access logs, says Dave Aitel, a former NSA security analyst and founder of security firm Immunity. "They weren't auditing and restricting IP addresses accessing the server," Aitel says. "That's annoying and difficult when your user is the Secretary of State and traveling all around the world...But if she's in Russia and I see a login from Afghanistan, I'd say that's not right, and I'd take some intrusion detection action. That's not the level this team was at."
Often overlooked in Clinton's email scandal, however, is the fact that the official State Department IT systems have suffered terrible breaches of their own.
Since it first came to light, the security community has roundly criticized Clinton for the reckless move of hosting her own email outside of scrutiny of federal government security efforts like those at the NSA. But often overlooked in Clinton's email scandal, however, is the fact that the official State Department IT systems have suffered terrible breaches of their own. In 2014 and 2015, hackers believed to be based in Russia accessed State unclassified email systems so thoroughly that in November of 2014, the Department's security staff were forced to take the email servers offline to try to root out the hackers.
On Clinton's private server, other than that single staffer's compromised account, the FBI's report notes only multiple hacking attempts in the form of "brute force" guessing of login credentials. Those attempts increased when the existence of the server was exposed by the New York Times in the spring of last year. But none of the recorded attempts seem to have succeeded. At one point, the FBI record notes, Clinton did receive an email containing a malicious link, sent from the apparently hijacked or spoofed personal account of a State Department staffer. Clinton responded, "Is this really from you? I was worried about opening it!" But the FBI found no evidence of malware on Clinton's server or any of her personal devices. For all her security snafus, give Clinton this much credit: she can at least spot a phishing email when she sees it.
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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume XX, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1967–1968
The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity of the United States Government. The Historian of the Department of State is charged with the responsibility for the preparation of the Foreign Relations series. The staff of the Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, plans, researches, compiles, and edits the volumes in the series. Official regulations codifying specific standards for the selection and editing of documents for the series were first promulgated by Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg on March 26, 1925. These regulations, with minor modifications, guided the series through 1991.
A new statutory charter for the preparation of the series was established by Public Law 102-138, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, which was signed by President George Bush on October 28, 1991. Section 198 of P.L. 102-138 added a new Title IV to the Department of State's Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 USC 4351, et seq.).
The statute requires that the Foreign Relations series be a thorough, accurate, and reliable record of major United States foreign policy decisions and significant United States diplomatic activity. The volumes of the series should include all records needed to provide comprehensive documentation of major foreign policy decisions and actions of the United States Government. The statute also confirms the editing principles established by Secretary Kellogg: the Foreign Relations series is guided by the principles of historical objectivity and accuracy; records should not be altered or deletions made without indicating in the published text that a deletion has been made; the published record should omit no facts that were of major importance in reaching a decision; and nothing should be omitted for the purposes of concealing a defect in policy. The statute also requires that the Foreign Relations series be published not more than 30 years after the events recorded.
This volume is part of a subseries of volumes of the Foreign Relations series that documents the most important issues in the foreign policy of the 5 years (1964-1968) of the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson. The subseries presents in 34 volumes a documentary record of major foreign policy decisions and actions of President Johnson's administration. This volume documents U.S. policy toward the Arab-Israeli dispute from late November 1967 to December 1968. Volume XVIII, published in 2000, covers the period prior to the Six-Day War, and volume XIX will document the Six-Day War.
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Focus of Research and Principles of Selection for Foreign Relations, 1964-1968, Volume XX
The editor of the volume sought to present documentation illuminating responsibility for major foreign policy decisions in the U.S. Government, with emphasis on the President and his advisers. The documents include memoranda and records of discussions that set forth policy issues and options and show decisions or actions taken. The emphasis is on the development of U.S. policy and on major aspects and repercussions of its execution rather than on the details of policy execution.
President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk were directly involved in the many discussions relating to the Arab-Israeli dispute, and the editor tried to document their roles in the policy deliberations and decisions as much as possible. Their meetings and correspondence with Arab and Israeli leaders, as well as their responses to pressures from both sides to provide sophisticated weaponry and their appointments of special emissaries to visit the troubled region, for example, are included in the documentary record.
Major topics covered in the volume include: U.S. efforts to promote the mediation efforts of UN Special Representative Gunnar Jarring, U.S. interest in encouraging negotiations between Israel and Jordan, the possibility of a rapprochement between the United States and the United Arab Republic, U.S. concern over the possible development of an Israeli nuclear weapons program, and the failure of U.S. efforts to limit the flow of arms to the Middle East.
The editor included a selection of intelligence estimates and analyses seen by high-level policymakers, especially those that were made available to President Johnson.
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"Bama Hold 'Em" Print
"Bama Hold 'Em" Print quantity
Another great print from Larry Pitts entitled,
"Bama Hold 'Em"This print shows 5 Legendary Bama coaches playing a game of Bama Hold'em!!
Wallace Wade: Wade was hired as the head coach at the University of Alabama in 1923. Over the next seven years, Wade's team won three national championships after appearing in the Rose Bowl in 1925, 1926 and 1930. Prior to the ranking systems, the Rose Bowl determined the national champion.
Frank Thomas: In 1931, he accepted the head coaching job at the University of Alabama, where he established himself as one of the top coaches in the nation. His bowl record at Alabama was 4–2, with wins at the Rose Bowl (1935, 1946), Cotton Bowl Classic (1942), and Orange Bowl (1943). He became the coach and mentor to future Hall of Fame coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. He won 2 National Championship in 1934 and 1941.
Gene Stallings: Stallings became head coach in 1990 and his 1992 team won the first Bowl Coalition national championship. He compiled an official record at Alabama of 62–25 (70–16–1 if the 1993 forfeits are disregarded).
This print has Tyrone Prothro's Catch playing on the TV in the corner and you can see Denny Chimes out the window.
Awesome Bama prints adorn the wall and Bear's Houndstooth hat sits on the old radio beside him!!
The print is signed and numbered by Larry Pitts and measures 11 X 17 and can be easily trimmed to fit in a standard size 11 X 14 frame of your choosing.
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1967 Kathleen 2022
Kathleen Therese (Zinzer) McCarthy
December 9, 1967 — December 2, 2022
Kathleen Thérèse Zinzer McCarthy of Dublin, Ohio, went to Heaven on Friday, December 2, 2022, surrounded by her family.
She was the loving wife of Brett Christopher McCarthy for nineteen years and the amazing mother of three beautiful children, Reagan, Brendan, and Jacqueline.
She graduated from Archbishop Wood High School in Warminster, PA, in 1985, Boston College in 1989, and the New England College of Optometry, where she earned her Doctorate in 1993, focusing on pediatric optometry and binocular vision. She completed her residency in Southern California.
Survived by many loving relatives, she is the daughter of Ron and Betsey Zinzer of Wrightstown, PA, her four sisters, Beth McGinnis of Walled Lake, MI, Eileen D'Ginto (Vincent) of Perkasie, PA, Elaine Kifolo of Perkasie, PA, and Christine Iannacone (David) of Yardley, PA, In-laws Jim and Janet McCarthy of Chesapeake City, MD, Michael McCarthy of Pottstown, PA, and Kelly Breiner (Carl) of Hampton, VA. Loving nieces and nephews, Cassy Kifolo, Lauren Graham (Adam), Miranda Kifolo, Christopher McGinnis, Avery McGinnis, Andrew Iannacone, Megan Iannacone, Daniel Iannacone, Kayla Graham, Aiden Graham, Alex McCarthy, William Breiner, and Matthew Breiner.
Kathleen's most cherished role was motherhood. She also enjoyed Girl Scouts, boating and sailing, skiing, softball, swimming, Old English Sheepdogs, photography, volunteering, traveling, and summertime visits to Cape Cod with family.
Her Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, December 9, 2022 at 2:00p.m. at St. Brigid of Kildare Catholic Church, 7179 Avery Road, Dublin, Ohio 43017. Everyone is welcome to attend a Celebration of Life Reception afterwards from 3:00-5:00p.m. at Hendricks Hall on the St. Brigid Campus. The family requests that bright colored clothing be worn instead of black attire.
A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at 11:00a.m. at St. Andrew Roman Catholic Church, 81 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA 18940. Burial immediately following at All Saints Cemetery, also in Newtown, PA. All are welcome to celebrate Kathleen's life.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial contribution to an organization that was very important to Kathleen: Camp Kesem at Ohio State University, 3501 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210 www.kesem.org/chapters/ohio. Camp Kesem is a national non-profit organization that emphasizes supporting children through and beyond their parent's cancer. Donations would be greatly appreciated.
Please visit www.tiddfuneralhomes.com to share your favorite memories and to send your condolences to the McCarthy Family.
To send flowers to the family in memory of Kathleen Therese (Zinzer) McCarthy, please visit our flower store.
Make a donation to Camp Kesem in memory of Kathleen Therese (Zinzer) McCarthy
Mass of Christian Burial
St. Brigid of Kildare Church
7179 Avery Rd, Dublin, OH 43017
Monsignor Joseph Hendricks, Celebrant.
Celebration of Life Gathering
Bright colored clothing is requested. As this is a Celebration of Kathleen, no black clothing, please.
St. Andrew Roman Catholic Church
81 Swamp Road, Newtown, PA 18940
Burial will follow this Mass at All Saints Cemetery, Newtown, PA.


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Q: #ifdef analog for LaTeX For example there is a simple tex-file with following text:
\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) circle (0.4cm);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Is it possible to modifiy it so: if I \include it another TeX file it is compiled as a picture in a document, while if it is compiled alone (say:pdflatex myfile.tex) it results in a standalone pdf file as the unmodified file?

A: Working example tex-file using standalone package (based on answer by egreg):
master.tex file:
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[p!]
\begin{center}
\input{myfile}
\end{center}
\caption{That's it!}
\label{fig:standalone}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Where myfile.tex contains text from the initial question.


The lower seven arches are from the original 1840 canal aqueduct. Above it, the smaller arches and road bridge were added later, after the canal was abandoned.
A closeup view of the wonderful old hand-cut stonework of the Aqueduct.
A view looking east shows the curve at the end of the aqueduct where the canal turned right through the site where the Rundel Memorial Library now stands.
The 1936 library is an imposing structure, sitting right on top of the old Johnson and Seymour Millrace.
A closer look at the millrace.
This is the inside of the old subway tunnel, built on top of the original canal bed. The graffiti is quite impressive.


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Q: Zooming in UIScrollview Programmatically Does Not Work I'm using double tap to zoom in an imageView inside a scrollview.
The method below works fine (imageView zooms in/out) when it's called from button tap action.
However I need to call the method programmatically to zoom in, when I do, nothing happens: imageView is not zooming in.
What am I missing?
Below is the exact copy of @objc func doubleTapped() method I'm using with tap location replaced with arbitrary CGPoint
func doubleTappedCustom() {

        var scale: CGFloat = 2

        let ratioW = imageView.frame.width / imageView.image!.size.width
        let ratioH = imageView.frame.height / imageView.image!.size.height

        let ratio = ratioW < ratioH ? ratioW:ratioH

        let newWidth = imageView.image!.size.width * ratio
        let newHeight = imageView.image!.size.height * ratio

        if (imageView.image.size.width < imageView.size.height){
            if scale > imageView.frame.width / newWidth {
                scale = imageView.frame.width / newWidth
            }
        }

        let location = CGPoint(x: imageView.frame.width/2, y: imageView.frame.height/2)

        if scrollView.zoomScale == 1 {
            // here tap location is repalced with 'location' cgpoint
            scrollView.zoom(to: zoomRectForScale(scale, center: location), animated: true)
        } else {
            scrollView.setZoomScale(1, animated: true)
        }

    }

A: func viewForZooming(in scrollView: UIScrollView) -> UIView?
{
    return image
}

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    scrollView.delegate = self
    scrollView.minimumZoomScale = 1
    scrollView.maximumZoomScale = 20

}

A: the issue was resolved by moving zooming code to viewDidAppear


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Working from home is awesome. The commute is short, you don't have people dropping in to chit chat and depending on the day you may not even have to shower. Technology has also made it increasingly easy for the self-employed and employees to work from home. And yes, since you asked, you can even deduct some of the costs of working at home, but it's a little complicated. Today I want to explain how the home office deduction works, how you can calculate it and how you can avoid some common pitfalls associated with this deduction.
You can deduct expenses for space that you use regularly and exclusively as your principal place of business. "Regularly and exclusively" means this space should just be an office — not an office/play room or an office/guest room. You can theoretically split a room, if part of it is used for business. If you're doing that, it's best to have some sort of partition.
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Before the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), employees could also deduct this expense if they used it solely and exclusively for business purposes and it was for the benefit of the your employer rather than just being helpful or appropriate for you to do your job. However, the TCJA eliminated the 2% miscellaneous deduction on the schedule A, so for the time being employees can no longer deduct that expense (though this cut is set to expire after 2025).
You should also keep in mind that you have to qualify for this deduction every year. Depending on how you use the space, you may qualify in some years but not in others.
You can calculate the deduction in a couple of ways.
The "simplified method" allows you a certain dollar amount for all business use multiplied by the square footage of your office space. For 2018, you are allowed $5/square foot for a maximum of 300 square feet. This is a simplified method because you don't have to keep track of your actual expenses. You just need to know the square footage of your space. So if your office is 200 square feet, you're allowed to take $1,000 deduction.
Alternatively, you can deduct the actual costs of using your work space. To deduct actual expenses, you divide the square footage of your office space by the total square footage of your house, condo or apartment. For example, if your home office is 200 square feet and your entire home is 2000 square feet, you can take 10% of your mortgage interest, taxes, insurance utilities, etc. In addition, you can take the full deduction for anything that is used exclusively for the business — say a business phone line, internet or cable.
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For more of the ins and out of calculating the deduction, see IRS Publication 587.
I mentioned this before, but it's worth mentioning again: employees can no longer take this deduction thanks to the TCJA. However, this deduction may come back after the provisions expire after 2025. If that's the case, you just have to remember to do more work from home than you do at your employer's office or you bring clients to your home.
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