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risk to themselves and at great sacrifice to their family, but they happily defer any individual recognition because they believe that the principles they serve are so much larger than themselves. that's beautifully crafted and as someone who has worked with and around the bureau before, 36,000 current employees of the bureau, some really thoughtful, selfless public servants that do toil at high public cost for less than what they could earn in the private sector and they pay for it in life and limb and time spent away from home. and i appreciate the way you speak about the mission and the culture of the bureau. there have been some dark times at the bureau in the past, we have spoken a little bit about director hoover and the ways he mismanaged that agency, 45, 50 years ago.
but also there was politicalization about that -- all regularly tried to politicize and weaponize the fbi against civil rights activists and against lots of other people that weren't able to fight back against that big and overreaching state. and i think one of the reasons that you've received so much support for this mission and this calling today, is that you think this mission and this oath to defend the american constitution on behalf of the people not on any -- that's why you have so much bipartisan support for your confirmation today. would you also pledge to this committee that if ever directed by the white house to shut down or curtail an investigation that you would report that back to
this committee? not necessarily in a public setting, but at the very least in a classified setting, would you commit to that any influence from the white house to curtail or end an investigation you would report it back to this committee. >> i would make sure that i was compliant in all my legal duties but if i can i would bring it to the appropriate committee's attention in the appropriate way. >> and i appreciate all of the complicated chain of command issues inside an agency like yours and main justice where the bureau reports in a little more at the dag level than the ag level. i recognize that that's complicated but would you recognize that the senate's constitutional responsibility to oversight is that we are one of the parties you should be
informing. >> i would assure you that those with oversight responsibility over the fbi have an enormously critical role as part of our system and i think it needs to be respected in all the appropriate ways. and i would make every effort, within the chain of command that you referred to, senator, to urge that we be as forthcoming as we legally and appropriately can be with all the right members of the senate. and the house. >> this is obviously a very politicized time in american life and a politicized time in the congress. but i'm filling in right now for a chairman, chuck grassley of iowa who has lots of bipartisan respect around this place because people know that when he does oversight, he's doing it as an article 1 branch of article 2 of the constitution, he's not doing it as a republican of an administration, that he either is or isn't alined with his own party affiliation, this is a constitutional separation of
powers issue so i think i can confidently say on behalf of the chairman that you have a lot of bipartisan support around here and this is a committee that would like to hear those details when you were ever pushed to politicize. your predecessor, assuming your confirmation, famously referred to wikileaks as intelligence porn as opposed to journalism and he said the bedrock of our democracy requires public trust and that wikileaks is regularly acting on behalf of the interests of the american public. can you explain to me how you believe that wikileaks came to be an outlet of foreign and specifically russian propaganda? >> i don't have access to that information so i don't know how that came to occur. i certainly share former director comey's concern about that. and i have no reason to doubt his description. but that's something that i
would have to learn more about once i had access once again to classified information. but wikileaks was not a thing when i was in government before. so my observations of it have been solely through, like any american, watching the news media in bits and pieces. >> i recognize that you have been in the private sector so you're not up to speed on all of these issues yet, but is it your sense as you're arriving to lead the critical agency that is a part of the intelligence committee, it's a broadly a law enforcement agency that has a lot of divisions and lots of the other ic relationships. is it true that we are adequately investing in the challenges of our time. >> i don't know that i know enough to make a responsibility evaluation of the resources, what i can tell you is that my sense is that as much as everybody is talking about the threats, of the sort that you're
describing, i have the sense that we are just scratching the surface of how grave the threats really are. or at least how grave the threats are about to be before we blink and wake up. now that's really based on what limited conversations i have had with people. but my sense is one of the biggest changes i have seen from being in law enforcement for a number of years and then being out and now starting to get reintroduced again, is whereas cyber was a sort of discreet property session in the past, cyber affects national security, every time of criminal element that we deal with. it's become part of the fabric, both of our security but the
threats to our security. it's hard for me to imagine that we're doing enough and we can always do better. >> when you're in a classified bunker getting briefings on these topics, i'm one of five people in the senate who's never been a politician before. and in my five months and my time interviewing people, it is fairly stunning about how when you ask direct questions about not just our cyber relations, and our implementations, and our doctrines, when you ask who's responsibility for doctrines inside the executive branch. in the last administration and the current administration, you see that people start looking sideways to see who else they can point to. what is the fbi's role in cyber security? >> i think the fbi probably has
multiple roles, it has a criminal investigative role when there are ways in which the criminal investigative tools can be used to prevent, detect, disrupt threats, but then it also has an intelligence role. where it partners with our partners in the intelligence community and our overseas partners in trying to defend our systems and our infrastructure from attacks, which is a slightly different kind of role. and the two things work hand in hand. and i would think that there's an analogy that could be drawn to the terrorism arena in terms of awareness, i remember listening to a prominent counter terrorism expert in a room full of prosecutors from all around the world, and it was a very jovial meeting until this guy
got up and spoke, and he said there are two types of countries, there are those who have been hit by a terrorist attack and get it and there are those who have not yet. and you could have heard a pin drop. because it certainly cut a lot of the joy out of the room. and i think there is a degree to which the cyber threats that we face, the same kind of statement could be made there, my strong suspicion is that there are countries that have been hit and have started to wake up. there are companies that have been hit and are starting to wake up. and there are many who haven't realized it yet. the keyword being yet because it's coming. >> assuming that you're confirmed, can you tell us a little bit about your first 90 days or your first 100 day plan about how you will assess issues like cyber capabilities and cyber threats an obviously in the cyber counter terrorism pace
and kind of get up to speed where we might be underestimating, what's your arrival plan? >> i think one of the first things i need to do is sit down with with the senior management of the bureau and start getting briefed up on all of the areas that the fbi's responsible for. i would be largely following off of the priorities that the fbi has and its strategy which prioritizes counter terrorism, espionage and cyber at the top. but my guess is i'm probably farthest behind because of advances in technology and the cyber front, i would want to prioritize in particular spending more time on some of 20 those issues early on just because of my own learning curve, as anybody who's been out of that part of it, that breakneck speed that technology
advances, those are going to be my particular focus early on. >> you and i discussed some issues in my office that i look forward to supporting you on when you have this important new calling. i'm going to turn the gavel back to the chairman. >> thank you for being here and thanks for the visit to my office as well. enjoyed the discussion. just following up on some of that, i know these questions have been asked a lot of times already. but the obligatory, do you feel that you can exhibit independence there as director of the fbi that's necessary for that position? >> senator, i am my own man, and i intend to be governed by the constitution and by the rulings and by the book spectacularly without fear or favor and particularly without regard to partisan politics, i think
that's the only way you can do this job. >> we discussed in my office some of the challenges coming up from the fbi. you mentioned technology and cyber, obviously. but with regard to technology, it seems that, you know, in this committee, we try to balance obviously security and privacy. as soon as we arrive at a solution, technology changes and we're at square one once again. can you talk about that process with the fbi and house you can work with this committee and the congress to ensure that we have the proper balance between privacy and security? >> well, certainly as you say, senator, there needs to be a balance. and that's not just a privacy interest, but a protection of infrastructure, but i do believe very strongly that technology, the private sector is advancing at such a rapid pace and government, historically,
federal government, state government, local governments, foreign governments, are not as nimble in change. and somehow we as a country have to figure out a way to get one step ahead of the bad guys and those who would do us harm and the way they would use technology against us, as opposed to chasing the last technological advance, so i think it's got to be a high priority, both to work with the congress, but also to reach out to industry and see if we can secure better cooperation in that effort. >> thank you, turning to an issue to important to arizona as a border state. eliminating public corruption on the southern border has traditionally been an issue for the fbi. and they have identified corruption and key trends in the types and frequency of those
activity activities. do you agree that this remains a priority for states on the border, particularly arizona? >> my experience with public corruption investigations goes all the way back to my time as a line prosecutor and some of the most meaningful cases that i worked on were public corruption cases, and as assistant attorney general, of course the public integrity unit reported to me, and that section played an incredibly important role. as to the fbi, my experience historically has been that some of the very best agents in the fbi gravitate to the public corruption squads and that's because the skill level and sophistication of the very best fbi agents is in my view without parallel. and public corruption cases are extremely difficult to pursue and it requires the best and brightest agents and to see a
senior fbi agent investigate public corruption is a thing to be behold. >> congressly mandated to pass a polygraph test as a condition of employment. the problem that we're having is that cvp experiences a significantly higher failure rate. around 65% than any other law enforcement agency. these high failure rates have prevented cvp from hiring enough officers to staff our ports of entry, for example. and i think it's problematic to be turning away qualified applicants just because of a potentially flawed polygraph. what we're finding is a lot of people are reluctant to submit
themselves because they have heard of false positives out there and fear that it might impact their ability to land another federal or state or local law enforcement job in the future. given fbi's success administering it's own polygraph, and i have asked this of mr. comey as well. will you commit to provide guidance or share best practices with cvp and dhs to better conduct their polygraph examination? >> senator, that's not an issue i'm especially familiar with at this stage, but something i would like forward to learning more about and seeing how we at the bureau could be helpful to cvp in that regard. >> the fbi, as we understand, has a much better program there and it is a significant problem on our border to hire, just to deal with attrition, let alone hire the number of officers as border patrol agents and port officials that we need.
now over the past few years, which have witnessed several high profile data breaches at federal government agencies including omb, data breaches are often caused by a technological vulnerability or a human vulnerability or both. i asked your predecessor about this but i want to hear your thoughts as well. given the amount of sensitive data held by the fbi and the cb -- date is secure from human hackers? >> at the moment i don't know much about fbi's security status in terms of cyber security, but that's something i would need to focus on early on. i would want to get briefed by the experts not only what can be done but what they see as the threats and how they can be
confident that they have directly identified the threats. what kind of pressure testing and reality checking they have done to make sure that our systems aren't more vulnerable than they might appreciate. >> thank you, mr. wray. >> i would like to defer to my colleague senator blumenthal. >> good afternoon mr. wray, thank you for your willingness to serve and your family's. i want to ask you a couple of questions and hope that you can give me answers that are as straight forward as you can, given the limitations of your position. in your view, is obstruction of justice a serious crime? >> absolutely. >> is your view that lying to the fbi is a serious crime? >> absolutely. >> and both should be
investigated vigorously if there's evidence that they occurred? >> yes. >> to your knowledge, is there evidence that there has been perjury or obstruction of justice in connection with the investigation into russian interference in our elections 2016? >> i don't have knowledge to that effect, senator, but i think special counsel mueller would have jurisdiction over that. >> and the reason he's investigating is that there's sufficient evidence to warrant a special counsel, as i had vadvo at the very beginning of rod rosenstein's appointment. so i view this investigation with the utmost seriousness because it does involve obstruction of justice and perjury and potential defrauding the government of its lawful services, conspiracy to violate the computer fraud and abuse act
and other violations of law. and you and i have talked about the need for the fbi to be as independent and immune from political interference as possible. because i foresee a firestorm brewing that will threaten the fbi and i'm going to support you because i do believe you have the integrity based on your expertise. i'm trusting and i'm sure the rest of this body will trust you to take that most solemn and historically significant obligation as seriously as you do the crimes of perjury and obstruction of justice, those kinds of crimes betray the rule of law because they impede vigorous and independent investigation. and we count on you to protect the fbi, which is an institution
of such professional excellence and integrity, that it is worth any person's career to defend. i hope you agree. >> i do agree, senator. >> if you foresee a threat to that independence and integrity that rises to the level of political interference, will you commit to taking appropriate action, which may include resigning from office? >> yes, senator, as we discussed when we met. one of the lessons i got from both former attorney general griffin bell and former deputy attorney general larry thompson is that you cannot take on a position like this, without resolving in advance that you have to be willing to quit or be fired at a moment's notice in order to stand up for what you think is right and that would be my commitment to stand firm to that maxim. >> you also told me that you try
to persuade, whoever might be taking an inappropriate or illegal action, whether it's the president of the united states or anyone else, endeavor to persuade that official to change course, correct? >> that's correct, senator, my whole career, both public and private has consisted of an awful lot of times telling people things they don't want to hear. and talking people out of bad ideas. >> in my view, the firing of your predecessor warrants investigation as a potential obstruction of justice. we have not yet proof beyond a reasonable doubt, we have nothing like it, and we don't have enough evidence to charge anyone. but if that kind of crime has been committed, you would investigate it seriously and diligently, correct? >> well, certainly as to the
particular investigation that special counsel mueller is conducting that investigation and i would view the fbi's role as providing whatever support is needed for him to do his investigation. i take on instruction of justice, perjury, and those things very seriously because they go to the integrity of the process. and questions from some of your colleagues, it's the integrity of the process is what gives the american people confidence that the outcome of the investigation is the right one. >> and you're a partner in that investigation and i believe that you told me when we met privately that you would provide whatever resources are needed by bob mueller to do that investigation? >> i would provide all appropriate resources to him. my experience with director mueller, when we worked together
before, was always terrific. and i feel confident that he would be professional and only make appropriate requests. >> will you commit to report to this committee any attempts to deny him and that investigation resources or other support that are needed by others in the administration? >> senator, if there was an inappropriate request to deny him appropriate resources, i would try to evaluate the circumstances and take all appropriate action. >> will you be making records of your conversations as jim comey did, as y did? as you recall, director comey contemporaneously made memoranda to reflect his conversations
with the president and others, would you do the same? >> i think it would depend on the situation. i know i would be listening intently to anyone i had a meeting with of any kind of importance. if anyone suggested to me that i ought to create a record, i wouldn't hesitate to do it. and i have done that before, in various occasions in my private practice for example. >> a conversation with the president would be a significant conversation, wouldn't it? >> i think it would depend on what the conversation was about. how's your family, i don't think i would create a record of something like that. >> but if he said i want a pledge of loyalty, would that be significa significant? >> i was not asked to take any
kind of loyalty oath and i would refuse to take any kind of loyalty oath. >> i have heard your testimony about that in the past, and respect and believe that you're being truthful in that regard, but going into the future, if he asked you to take a pledge of loyalty or go lightly on someone, that would be something worth repocording and worth reporting to this committee, is that correct? >> i would do whatever i w-- >> in your view as a former prosecutor, could those emails under some circumstances be evidence of criminal intent? >> senator, as i think i might have said to one of your colleagues, i actually haven't
ahead the emails, i actually haven't had a chance to read any of the newspaper columns because i was going from one building to another meeting with you and your senate colleagues. >> let's switch to a different topic, you mentioned the scourge of gun violence in this country, would you support common sense measures to stop gun violence, as you know, i have championed a number of them, along with others on this committee and in the senate. including universal background checks, would you support that kind of measure? >> i would want to take a look at any sort of legislative proposal and get back to you once i had evaluated any piece of legislation. but i do support efforts to curtail gun violence both directly and consistently. >> in principle, you would support such measures, you would
want to see the details, but for example, on universal background checks, you would not rule out supporting a measure? >> i would not rule out anywhere common sense gun reform legislation, without having a chance to review it. i would have to review it and make a recommendation based on the circumstances. >> between 1977 and 2015, there's been hundreds of violence against abortion providers, reproduction health care, senators, including 11 murders, 77 attempted murders. 184 bombings, arsons and so forth. in 1998, attorney general janet
reno created the task force on violence against reproductive health providers to coordinate n prosecution of such incidents. as fbi director, i would hope you continue to support the fbi's participation in that effort. >> senator, there's a specific statute that is in place that puts it in jurisdiction to support. and we would prosecute all of those violations under statute. >> i appreciate your commitment. thank you. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. >> i feel like you have saved the best for last. thank you so much for your patience and it's good to see you again. i certainly strongly support senator feinstein's efforts to work together with senator grassley to -- in light of
recent news it is even more important that we hear from attorney general sessions andorers to get a public accounting. this committee has an important role to play, as i think you have acknowledged, to assure that law enforcement investigations are done independently and free from political influence. clearly there's been a lot of emphasis and concern on the part of this committee, in light of why this vacancy for the fbi director occurred, on the independence of the fbi and you, should you be confirmed, of any political influences. so i do want to return to some questions about russia's interference with our elections and the continuing position of a president to take seriously the damage to our country or even accept the conclusions of our intel communities and you have testified that you accept the conclusions of our intel community that russia did attempt to interfere with our
elections? >> as i said, senator, i have only been able to review the public summary, but i have no reason to doubt the conclusions of the intelligence community. >> probably the nonpublic portions would be even more confirming. the public information as to russia's attempts to interfere with our elections, so should you be con filled, what would use do to prevent this kind of interference. >> i would want both the fbi and other parts of the intelligence committee on what we know about how any nation state, whether it's russia or any other nation state is attempting to or has s attempted to interfere, how can we detect it, how can we be
confident that we're taking always the right steps, are there sources of investigation that we're not getting that we need to get access to? so i would need to get briefed up on all those efforts. >> in my meeting with you you made it very clear that any foreign country's attempt to interfere, particularly an as ve adversary to us would be an attack on our democracy. so you would take this kind of conclusion that russia would continue to interfere as very serious and that it would be a priority for the fbi? >> there is indeed, senator. >> there were a number of 101 conversations that i would characterize as improper or questionable 101 meetings that fbi director comey had with president trump and you have testified to the concerns that
you would have and you said a number of times that should that kind of circumstance occur between you and president trump, that you would go to a deputy attorney general rosenstein, not to the attorney general sessions. you have said that a number of times during your testimony today. why would you not go to senator -- ag sessions? >> unless there was something that the attorney general was recused from, i would talk to the attorney general as well. but as part of the organizational part, the fbi reports to the attorney general. and the contacts between the white house and the justice department directs that those kinds of contact should occur through the attorney general. so that is an appropriate place to start. >> in this instance, attorney
general sessions has recused himself from anything related to the russia investigation, correct? >> that's my understanding, but i'm not familiar with the full scope of the recusal. >> and when deputy attorney general rosenstein sent a memo to comey, there was a memo from jeff sessions that recommended to the president that comey be fired. would you consider that appropriate for someone who recused himself from those matters. >> senator, i don't know all the circumstances surrounding director comey's firing and i know that special counsel mueller is, i believe, investigating that. so it's probably not responsible for me to speculate. i will say that the attorney general of the united states has authority over the justice department which it covers much more than any single investigation, and clearly the attorney general needs to be able to make decisions that
affect the whole institution. obviously, if he's recused, he can't participate in a particular investigation. >> well, i would say that the firing of director comey was part and parcel as it turns out of the elections and that was -- and the circumstance that attorney general sessions was supposed to recuse himself from. now the attorney general does get briefings on fbi investigations. ongoing fbi investigations, is that correct? >> that's historically been the case. >> so in a case where the attorney general has recused himself, should he be getting briefings on mr. mueller's investigations? >> if i understand your question correctly, senator, anyone who is recused himself from an investigation, whether it's an attorney general or anyone else, shouldn't be getting briefed on that investigation. >> yes. >> that specific investigation,
no. >> so the answer would be no, that he should not be getting briefings on the mueller investigations? >> i have no reason to believe that he is. >> okay. >> i think when you were first asked whether you had met with president trump regarding your nomination and you said no, but then later you said that you were first contacted about this nominati nomination with deputy director rosenstein and then with jeff sessions and then you had another meeting at the white house where the president attended. so when you had your meeting with deputy ag rosenstein, did the subject of comey's firing or the russia investigation come up? did you go in with any kind of seeking of reassurances that if you took this position that you would be able to do your job free mr. political pleasure?
>> i did go into my meeting with deputy attorney general rosenstein and attorney general sessions, i met with them together, with a number of questions in my mind about wanting to be sure that i knew what i was getting myself into. and was very comfortable with what i heard. >> what was it that you heard? >> i'm sorry, there was not a discussion of comey's firing or of russian investigation other than, other than, deputy attorney general rosenstein making a comment to the effect, that now that special counsel mueller has been appointed, that situation is more straight forward because there's an investigation going and special counsel mueller has that. so the landscape that i was coming into at this point, would
have been different had special counsel mueller had not been appointed? >> so did you come to the conclusion that you would not be having one-on-one kmpx with the president about director muller. >> i was very comfortable i would be able to do my job after that meeting, yes. >> at the time that you had a meeting with jeff sessions and deputy director rosenstein, did you indicate to them that should you get the job that you would very much support the mueller investigation? >> i did not discuss the russia investigation with them. as i said, other than deputy attorney general rosenstein making the comment that that was now in place, that should make it easier for me to do my job, that was the sum total of that.
what i did say to them is, that i would approach, much as i would approach this committee, is with independence, straight and by the book. >> so considering that the president was very focused on the russian investigation and i think his position was that he hoped it would go away. when you met with the people at the white house, and i'm not sure exactly who was there, but the president was there, did the question of the mueller come up, or of the russian investigation come up at all? >> no, it did not. >> was it just a hello, great to see you kind of a meeting at the white house? >> i would describe it as a pleasant conversation. i did not think it was odd that the president nor anybody else didn't raise with me the comments of a specific investigation because i would not have expected them to do. >> i don't want to get into a
second round, so thank you very much. >> people do want a second round. and in fact i'm going to start the second round right now. i think we have at least one republican that hasn't had the first round. >> oh, so thank you mr. chairman. >> so you will have another opportunity. i want to ask you about 702 that provides government the authority to collect electronic communications of foreigners outside of the united states with the assistance of the american electronic communication service providers, it's an authority used only for counter terrorism, but counter intelligence purposes as well. this is an authority that privacy and civil liberties oversight board, and i won't finish this paragraph, but a lot of people say it's very essential. so i go to you as fbi to-be. one of your key responsibilities will be overseeing investigations into threats to national security, your
predecessor repeatedly affirmed his support for 702 as a national security tool. so will you tell us whether section 702 will remain important to you under your leadership and also whether the fbi under your leadership will make sure that it using this national security authority with proper training, execution and oversight to comply with the law and protect the fourth amendment rights? >> well, senator, it's been a number of years since i had anything to do with fisa, although i did deal with it a certain amount when i was with the government before. and section 702 was passed after i left government. but from everything i understand from the people in the intelligence community, 702 is a vital tool and one that we need to put at high priority and one that i would expect to place a high priority to seeking
reauthorization on. my answer to the second part of your question is that there are a number of oversight mechanisms built into the statutory frame work, in the executive branch, the legislative branch and the fisa court itself. that's appropriate and i would make sure that the tool was used appropriately. >> okay, i want to talk about leaks. the fbi has often failed to answer this committee's questions, but then the same information gets leaked to the media or produced in the freedom of information act litigation. is it appropriate for the fbi to ignore requests from this committee and provide the same information to the media in a third party litigation? if not, what will you do to ensure that this committee's request will precede. and director comey's last
oversight hearing, i said how do you justify citizen grassley using foya information, getting more information than senator grassley can get, and he said i can't tell you why. i said yee-gosh, a senate official cannot get as much information as a private citizen? we read about foya getting it and releasing it before we are made aware. >> i think it's obviously important for the fbi working with the department's help and approval to be as responsive as possible to this committee and especially of course to its chairman. i'm not familiar with the particular circumstances surrounding foyafoya -- foia.
>> i don't expect you to respond to this next question with anything about mr. mccabe, but i use mr. mccabe as an example. in my opening statement, i mentioned that -- the deputy attorney general has failed to explain to this committee what he's doing to deal with the conflict of interest. in a general matter, do you think it's appropriate for any fbi official to participate in a criminal investigation of someone who was an adverse witness in a pending eeo proceeding, and if so, what will you do to confirm that that does not happen on your watch? >> mi want to make sure that i understand the facts appropriately. one of the first things i would
do upon being confirmed is to try to take stock of the senior leadership. there is of course a senate investigation into acting director mccabe's conduct and i know mr. chairman, your own strong support for the inspector general function is well known and i obviously would want to respect that and not comment here out of school. >> i'm going to put some letters in the record again in support for you, from various law enforcement organizations. and they support your appointment and its law enforcement community at large supports it strongly. fbi agents association atlanta division, former associations of fbi, national fraternal order of police, national association of police organizations, international association of
chiefs of police, county sheriffs of america, the national narcotic association coalition all be entered into the record without objection, they will be. >> thank you very much mr. senator, looks like we're nearing an end here. but i did want to mention not just the letter of support for senator grassley just mentioned, but the earlier win had former u.s. attorneys from all over the country supporting you, i thought that was very impressive and i included former appointed u.s. republican attorney in minnesota as well as our most recent u.s. democratic attorney in minnesota. one thing i want to address
first is the opiod epidemic. that would be a mild way of phrasing what's going on. in my state we have lost everyone from a superstar like prince to a high school swimming star, we have had more people die in minnesota than we have from homicide or from car crashes. you and i have talked about the bills that i have about going after synthetic drugs from a law enforcement standpoint and what others and myself have done to frame a bill and now it's time to implement it. it's everything from treatment to better sharing data across state linings so we can monitor and share that data. and i was wondering from an fbi perspective if you could give my
views on this epidemic. >> i agree that it's a major, major problem that's sweeping this country and seems to be getting worse all the time in many states, and it sounds like including in minnesota. i think that an awful lot of the effort in this area from a federal law enforcement perspective would come from a drug enforcement administration. but i do think that the fbi should look for ways to partner with other agencies and state and local law enforcement agencies to -- >> as you know, sex trafficking and human trafficking has been very important to me personally. and i have drafted a bill that sets out a federal effort and both the former attorney generals as well as deputy attorney general yates who has
actually worked on these cases in atlanta have been involved in this. and the fbi has been an important part of the effort to end trafficking with the innocence lost initiative that began in 2003. one of these programs focuses on under aged victims was successful in rescuing 82 victims and arresting -- i understand this has been an important issue for you and you have done some pro bono work to help trafficking victims. can you tell us how you will carry out this bill as you come into directorship. >> this is an issue that you and i both feel very passionate about. when i was in the criminal division, one of the things that we did toward the end of my tenure was recognizing the increase in human trafficking
and the multidisciplinarmultidi again, i use that word, nature of the problem, we're bringing together both sort of the child exploitation side of it. there's an immigration side of it. an alien smuggling side of it. there's an organized a financial side of it. and so i think it needs to be a sort of coordinated effort. it's incredibly vulnerable population that has -- subject to enormous leverage by the bad guys, and one of the -- as you mentioned, one of the pro bono things that i'm most pleased of and that i'm looking forward to hearing my firm take to the next level, after i've left, is an effort to focus on helping human trafficking victims who don't get really any serious help in our system, and i was really excited to see the young lawyers
in our firm kind of get fired up to go see how they can be helpful. it's a different kind of pro bono work than i think a lot of firms do and i think it's a great thing. >> thank you. >> senator klobuchar is going to shut down this meeting after senator hirono is done. so i'm going to go do a news conference, not about you, but just a general one. and that i do every day or every wednesday at 2:00. so i want to congratulate you, and as i said originally, i think i said we expect to move this along and get this position filled very quickly, and i think your testimony today helps us do that, and i want to compliment your family and your friends for being here with you and thank senator klobuchar. senator hirono. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. getting back to the meeting that you had at the white house regarding your nomination,
president trump was there. can you tell us who else was there from the administration? >> i had two meetings. the first was the president, the vice president, the white house counsel, and then a couple people from the justice department. the second meeting was the president, the president's chief of staff, the white house counsel and again some people from the department, including deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. >> when was the first meeting? do you recall? >> the first meeting was the day after memorial day. it was publicly reported, as i understand. >> and neither one of these meetings did the issue of the russia investigation, mueller or the comey firing came up. >> correct. >> so what did the president say to you in the first meeting, and what did he say to you in the second meeting? >> both -- both meetings,
senator, were very conversational, about my bio, my background. i talked about my commitment in the war on terror, my experiences from having been in the department before. it was more of a -- i would describe it as more of a kind of get to know you kind of conversation in both instances. >> and knowing how strongly you believe that the fbi should be free to investigate to, free from political influence, et cetera, at that time, did you express any of that kind of a strong commitment to the independence of the fbi at either one of these two meetings to anybody at the meetings. >> in the white house meetings? >> yes. >> i may have at some point repeated the line that i told you a few minutes ago about my commitment to playing it straight, you know, that's my approach, words to that effect, but it wasn't really in context called for.
i would say, senator, that i went into both meetings listening very carefully to make sure that i didn't hear something that would make me uncomfortable. having gotten a high level of confidence in both deputy attorney general rosenstein, who i've known since 2001, and attorney general sessions in that meeting who i had, i was then focused more in the white house meetings on making sure that i didn't hear something that i would consider problematic, and i can assure you that if anything had been said that made me remotely uncomfortable, i would not be sit hearing today providing testimony in support of my nomination. >> so definitely things like expectation of loyalty to the president, that would have been a red flag for you? >> i was not asked to take any kind of loyalty. >> but that would have been the kind of thing that you would have been highly sensitive to listen for and that didn't happen. >> correct. that did not happen. >> let me turn to -- we have an
administration that has talked about a muslim registry, a -- various -- well, muslim registry, for example. would you go along with something like that? we talked about, you know, surveilling mosques, creating a muslim registry. as fbi director, would you go along with such a scheme? >> well, senator, i don't know enough about the specific proposals or plans that anybody's talking about. i would say that my commitment on these issues would be the same as it would be on anything else, which is faithful to the law, faithful to the constitution, and faithful to the best practices of the fbi and the department. and as i said, i think in response to senator durbin, my experience with terrorism matters is that we need the cooperation of the
muslim-american community and that a lot of the leads in some of the most important investigations that law enforcement has obtained have been from those people. and so i think the fbi director needs to be an fbi director for all americans. >> so, any kind of a program that would single out individuals based on their religion would raise some concerns for you, that you would ask some quite specific questions, i would say, right, because it's a foundational, you know, religious freedom, not racial profiling. are those areas that, as fbi director, you would be particularly sensitive about moving forward on any kind of programs that would treat different groups, particularly minority groups, in any kind of a discriminatory way? >> well, senator, needless to say, discrimination is abhorrent and not something that i would condone. i would want to pay particularly close attention to any program that seemed to raise those kinds
of concerns, and as i mentioned on the issue of religious freedom, which is something that's always been very important to me, as i said, one of the cases, it was one of the more meaningful cases i did as a line prosecutor was a case where churches all around the country were being burned down precisely because of hostility to a particular religion, which is obviously unacceptable. >> so, i hate to interrupt but i seem to be over my time. i know that, if you don't mind, madam chair, your firm has represented various individuals who have interests to the russian energy interests, et cetera, and so i would probably submit -- i will submit a question as to whether any investigations that would involve clients of what would probably be your former law firm, should you take this position, how you would handle any conflict issues regarding those kinds of circumstances, and then i'll also submit some
questions relating to hate crimes, because as we mentioned in my meeting with you, there is a rise in hate crimes, and what the fbi can do and should do to counter and prevent hate crimes. thank you. >> thank you very much. mr. wray, senator durbin is going to join us so you and i are going to be engaged in a little filibuster. oh, he's here. i have some follow-up questions while he's sitting down. this question i asked you really quickly about the shell companies and the use of shell companies, i just want to explain it, and you answered it fine, but it's a very big deal to me because the treasury department has noted a significant rise in the use of shell companies in real estate transactions because foreign buyers use them as a way to hide their identity and safely conceal money in the u.s. it could be from any country. i used it in the context of russia. and i raised this with director comey when he testified last time and just about -- and your
experience with white-collar cases. does the anonymity associated with the use of shell companies to buy real estate hurt the fbi's ability to trace the flow of illicit money and fight organized crime? >> certainly, senator, those kinds of maneuvers, the creation of shell companies and things like that, are unfortunately an all too common way that criminals and others try to circumvent detection, and so certainly i would think that the fbi needs to work with its partners in law enforcement, especially the treasury department to, as i said, follow the money, and sometimes that's easier said than done, but i think that's a critical step to trying to prevent and disrupt and not just detect after the fact criminal conduct. >> thank you very much. senator durbin. >> thank you. i know this has been a long ordeal for you, but i think it's coming to an end.
let me just try to ask two or three questions. and to nail down this torture memo issue. i want to follow up on what you said earlier about your role in approval of interrogation techniques, which we also discussed in my office. you said that during your time the deputy attorney general's office, you don't recall reviewing or commenting on any memo written by john yu. you also said that as assistant attorney general, the criminal division, you, quote, provided general information and legal support, close quote, regarding the legal standards for interrogation. i want to ask you about one specific memo and i'm going to send it down to you if you haven't had a chance to see i, because i want you to. it's written by daniel levin, and it was dated december 2004. this memo replaced the august 2002 biby memo, and it says that the criminal division reviewed and up a it -- it specific says, the criminal division of the department of justice has reviewed this
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Vama Veche (fino al 1913 Ilanlâc, in gagauzo Yilanlîk) è un villaggio (sat in rumeno) sul Mar Nero nel distretto di Costanza. Dal punto di vista amministrativo fa parte del comune di Limanu, con 178 abitanti al censimento 2002.

Geografia fisica
Vama veche dista circa 7 km a sud di 2 Mai e 12 km da Mangalia, ed è località di frontiera con la Bulgaria.

Storia
Il villaggio è stato fondato nel 1811 da popolazioni gagauze, dedite prevalentemente alla pesca. Il territorio è passato (con tutta la Dobrugia meridionale) al Regno di Romania nel 1913. Alla fine della seconda guerra mondiale il lungo il confine meridionale è stato posto il confine con la Bulgaria. Durante il regime comunista era luogo di esilio per intellettuali e unico caso nel paese di spiaggia per nudisti  Dagli anni settanta ha assunto sempre più importanza il turismo
con un ulteriore incremento a partire dal 2003, anno in cui ha avuto luogo per la prima volta il festival di Stufstock

Infrastrutture e trasporti
Situata lungo la E87, è raggiungibile da Mangalia (capolinea della ferrovia) con microbus.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Località turistiche sul Mar Nero

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Q: Get attribute value by passing node name dynamically in Xpath One of the job pulled the files and wrote the data as shown below.
    <Data>
      <rootDirectory>home</rootDirectory>
      <time>20160330124434437</time>
      <STE_Document1 filename="REPORT_20160328.csv"/>
      <STE_Document2 filename="REPORT_20160328_2.csv"/>
      <STE_Document3 filename="REPORT_20160328_3.csv"/>
      <STE_DocumentCount>3</STE_DocumentCount>
      <DcNbr>1</DcNbr>
    </Data>

I have used the xpath statement to retrieve the attribute value filename from First node.
string(/Data/STE_Document1/@filename)

Instead of hardcoding the node name STE_Document1 in xpath , is there a way to provide the trailing number for the node dynamically?
I have loop counter /DcNbr within the job I can use for the trailing number.
I tried
string(/Data/*[starts-with(local-name(), 'STE')][position=1]/@filename)

but it is returning blank.

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Blue Ox Music Festival
A Little Look Ahead: Minneapolis/St. Paul Spring/Summer concert outlook
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SXSW 2015 is taking place March 17–22, 2015. We love this time of the year, as many bands heading down to Austin will likely stop in Minneapolis before or after the event. Keep up with more SXSW coverage at sxsw.weheartmusic.com. ....
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With warm sunshine in short supply, temperatures at or near zero, and a snow pack that seemingly will never melt, it's probably best to look just past these Winter Blues and preview a taste of what's ahead in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area this spring and summer.
The official start of Spring may be less than a month away, but these are truly the dog days of what's turned out to be a pretty frigid winter season. Even W♥M Head Ringmaster Vu, mostly refuses to venture out for these months, and the bands that are daring to tour, are dramatically less in number than in the warmer months.
So with that, we optimistically look ahead at just a few of the upcoming season's highlights:
This month means SXSW or the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, TX, which brings together multitudes of bands March 17-22. Thankfully, several of these bands decide to make a short tour out of getting-to, and going-from SXSW, meaning many of them book an area performance.
Just a few of these acts include The Church, The Twilight Sad, Gang of Four, and The Ting Tings, among the almost 1,000 acts playing in Austin for those few days and are also making a local appearance in March.
Promotional-related appearances have even reached this far north, with SXSW-bound Delta Spirit headlining a free but invite-only intimate show sponsored by Lagunitas beer on March 12, and upstart alternative station Go 96.3 holding their first station-sponsored concert the next night (March 13) with New Politics, Banks, and K Flay.
April means Coachella, a massive music festival in the desert of Indio, CA that has recently expanded to two separate weekends. Like SXSW, many bands schedule touring coming or going to the West Coast and Minnesota benefits from some of that. Clean Bandit, George Ezra, Glass Animals, Father John Misty and Milky Chance are just a few of the bands making a local stop en route.
Northern Invasion (09 May 2015)
Concerts start to ramp up as the weather warms with Slipknot and friends staging a headbanging Northern Invasion in nearby Somerset, WI on May 9.
Local hip-hop collective Rhymesayers bring its more-successful-than-ever Soundset back to Canterbury Park on May 24, with act details announcing soon.
Bonnaroo is a growing music festival in Manchester, TN happening June 11-14, and like Coachella and SXSW, fingers are crossed that MN gets a few of those key acts in transit.
Blue Ox Music Festival (11-13 June 2015)
June brings the inaugural Blue Ox Music Festival to nearby Eau Claire, WI from the 11th-13th, focusing on Americana and Bluegrass with acts such as Pert Near Sandstone, Justin Townes Earle, and Sam Bush.
Rock the Garden returns to the Walker Art Center as a two-day affair June 20/21, with acts to be announced on-air March 31st. Wishful thinking says Belle and Sebastian w/Courtney Barnett (who are touring together), Run the Jewels, and Florence + the Machine would be great additions, though it's all pure speculation.
UPDATE: 89.3 The Current announced last week that the RTG lineup announcement has been bumped up, now to be revealed on March 10.
Twin Cities Jazz Festival (25-27 June 2015)
Last year's fun, free, and outdoor Twin Cities Jazz Festival was its biggest yet in its 17 years and this year's (June 25-27) looks to be even bigger, with the not-yet-officially announced Saturday headliner being Dr. John, so keep those Mardi Gras beads handy.
Taste of Minnesota recently decided to return to last year's site of Waconia and will be held July 2-5, with a roster of acts expected to be announced soon.
The annual Basilica Block Party is scheduled for July 10/11 and typically features a diverse range of alternative acts over its two main stages, with local acts on a third stage. Jason Isbell was briefly listed as a performer (an artist the sponsoring radio station doesn't even play), but the listing was removed with full announcements expected late next month.
Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival (17-18 July 2015)
One of the most anticipated events of the summer is the first Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival, scheduled July 17-18, in Eau Claire, WI and curated by Justin (Bon Iver) Vernon and Aaron (The National) Dessner. In addition to their own bands, Charles Bradley, Doomtree, Spoon, and The Lone Bellow, round out a very full bill.
The annual Vans Warped Tour returns on July 26 at Canterbury Park, with Blessthefall, Splitbreed, and Family Force 5 among the dozens of bands performing.
Lollapalooza happens in Chicago on July 31- August 2nd, and with its close proximity to Minneapolis, expect several of the bands playing there, to make a stop here. Acts to be announced.
Summer Set (14-16 August 2015)
August begins with the mostly EDM and hip-hop related festival Summer Set at Somerset Amphitheater on August 14-16, with acts to be announced.
Chipotle recently announced its free Cultivate Festival is returning on August 22, headlined by Walk the Moon, who has a two-night already upcoming in March at First Avenue, with other acts to be announced.
The end of the month brings the last days of summer and the glorious twelve days of the Minnesota State Fair, running August 27-Sept 7. In addition to the Grandstand evening shows (some already announced include Carrie Underwood, Def Leppard, and Alan Jackson, with more TBA) most of the artists on the free Leinie Lodge Bandshell have leaked out. Look forward to two-night stands from Pine Leaf Boys, Sonny Knight and the Lakers, ex-Foreigner vocalist Lou Gramm, swamp blues guitarist Kenny Neal, and just maybe, Merle Haggard.
TBD (and rumors)
Will this finally be the year the First Avenue Festival gets off the ground, after a couple years of delays due to bookings and logistics?
Rumors are that Target Field is working on a non-country show to be booked in sometime this summer. As much as I'd like it to be AC/DC and/or The Rolling Stones, who have both announced summer stadium tours, it will more likely be along the lines of Jimmy Buffet, who's heading out this summer as well.
We ended up loving the first Festival Palomino experience, held last September as a Trampled by Turtles curated festival, and despite the bad weather that chased 10,000 people indoors for two hours we hope it returns again.
Prince has had two new albums out for some time (with no real tour that followed), and a deal with Warner Brothers that returned his masters of the classic songs to him. 2015 is perfect timing to re-establish himself on the concert stage and fingers are crossed that he does something completely memorable locally.
Could 2015 mark the long-awaited return of Jack White (who hasn't come to town since a two-night stand in 2005 with The White Stripes)?
With this just being the tip of the concert iceberg ahead (expect the unexpected shows too) and warmer days within sight, it's hard NOT to get excited about live music in the upcoming months.
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Year-End Bonus Time Is Coming - Do You Know How To Make MORE Money Off Your Bonuses?
Can money make more money?
It's coming up to the end of the year. And it's a great time for Filipino employees as they look forward to receiving their 13th month pay (check here to see a break down of what that is!). And it can be tempting to use that bonus to splurge out on yourself. That's not necessarily wrong, but there are a lot of options on the table when you think about what to do with extra money. In fact, the bonus could double in size if you know what you're doing!
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Q: How to add selector before every css rule using js I'm building a web app, just like CodePen or something like that. It offers user to input code and run in browser.
My problem is, I got a css text string from user input, and in order to limit the css scope. I need to add an extra selector (i.e. #user-css) before every css rule.
In other words, it's just a string manipulation, But there maybe have @keyframes , @media or comment, etc to avoid.


Yesterday, Co.Design posted a veeery interesting infographic chart, "America's 50 Most Influential Designers." It covers the entire scope, from graphic designers to fashion designers to architects.
I'm not familiar with all the designers on this list, and the ones I am familiar with, I don't necessarily agree that they belong in the top 50, but (nerd alert) I can definitely appreciate a well-designed, easy-to-read-and-understand chart!
Designing a road sign is possibly one of the coolest things I've ever been asked to do.
I was asked to design a "caution crossing road" sign at the end of a pedestrian staircase that leads right up to a busy street. The foot-traffic is heavy and cars just fly down the hill, oftentimes neither party seeing each other. So the goal was to post a caution sign that would alert pedestrians but not obstruct the landscape too much.
My first round of drafts was totally text-based, as you can see from this one example.
After some discussion, it seemed appropriate to combine the text with a visual, since the pedestrians in the area are multinational and not necessarily English-speakers. Since I had never designed a road sign before, I did web search after web search looking for an appropriate symbol to use, but found nothing. It seemed that, while there are many caution signs for drivers, there aren't many designed for pedestrians. I had to improvise.
The first symbol I came up with was an exclamation point and a car.
The problem with this symbol was that the car didn't look like it was moving. It was like, "Caution! Cars are parked!" So I tilted the car to look like it could be in motion, albeit in a cartoony way, and I liked that the symbol instantly looked more reckless.
I did another round of drafts using the new symbol.
But the one my client liked best was in a triangle format, where I dropped "crossing road" and just left "caution." We used green because it's strong but unobtrusive (you'll see).
I finally managed to get a photo of the sign in action. Unfortunately it wasn't cut exactly right—if you look closely, you'll see the trim-line was printed—but my client was quite happy with it.


Just as the countries of the world got together in Paris, France, in 2016 to negotiate an agreement to reduce the pollution that is driving climate change, it's time for the states of the United States to negotiate their own agreement with the same goal. Why not host the kickoff meeting for these negotiations in Paris, Texas? It would be the right place to send a powerful signal to the world that America is still serious about doing its part to save the planet, even if President Trump refuses to take the lead.
The landmark Paris Agreement was signed by 175 countries on Earth Day 2016. It reflects a new approach to a very difficult problem. Overwhelming scientific evidence shows that human activity is changing the climate to the detriment of our civilization and the natural environment. But the nations of the world have had difficulty agreeing about how to respond to this global challenge. Under the agreement, each signatory offers its own plan for cutting pollution. The agreement cut through the prevailing pessimism and produced a new burst of hope around the world.
This new enthusiasm came on the heels of pushback in the international community against the Paris Agreement's ill-fated predecessor, the Kyoto Protocol, which many viewed as top-down and inflexible.
Many Americans had the same response to the Obama administration's actions on climate change. The former president's use of his executive authority to tighten emissions standards for power plants, cars and trucks was perceived to be heavy-handed and inflexible. The election of President Trump reflected the national reaction against top-down policymaking.
But that doesn't mean that Americans are indifferent to the threat posed by climate change. The vast majority of Americans accept the scientific consensus that human activity causes it. More than 60 percent of Trump voters who expressed an opinion on the matter want the United States to stay involved in the Paris Agreement. And while they may disagree with policies emanating from Washington, Americans are already taking action closer to home.
Twenty states and over a thousand U.S. cities have already adopted targets to cap emissions of pollutants that cause climate change, according to figures from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Texas is leading the way, replacing dirty coal plants with cleaner natural gas plants, like Paris' Lamar Energy Center, and installing more wind power than any other state.
If all the states that have adopted such targets were to hit them in 2050, while the remaining states continued with business as usual, national emissions would decrease by 43 percent compared to 2005 — more than halfway to the Paris goal of 80 percent.
Controlling this kind of pollution does not mean that states and localities must sacrifice their economies. In fact, 33 states have grown their economies while shrinking their emissions since 2000.
It's not surprising, then, that the private sector is also a core part of the bottom-up movement to battle climate change. A group of more than 600 companies have stated their support for hitting the nation's commitment under the Paris Agreement. Meanwhile, 84 large firms, including venerable companies like General Motors and newer giants like Google and Texas's own Rackspace, have promised to shift their operations to 100 percent renewable energy.
The time is ripe for this movement to come together. In the spirit of Paris, each U.S. state might step forward with its own state-determined plan to reduce emissions to the degree and in the manner that best suits it.
Where states are unwilling to do so, delegations made up of localities and private leaders might fill in. The Paris, Texas, meeting — should the community choose to play host — might be the first step in an increasingly ambitious long-term, bottom-up process, just as the global meeting in Paris, France, was intended to be.
Although President Trump has denied that climate change is even a problem, his ostrich-like position might ultimately be a blessing in disguise. The bottom-up approach, which thrives on buy-in close to home, may be more politically sustainable than the one-size-fits-all top-down approach, however well-intentioned it may have been. After all, we are going to have to be in this fight for several decades or more if are going to preserve our habitats, health and livelihoods. A four-year hiatus in federal policy is not the end of the world — as long as we use the time wisely.


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Q: How to ignore comma inside the Content..? //String[] value="name1","name2",**"name3, admin"**,"name4",**"name5,developer"**;

String[] masterData = value[0].split(",", -1);

my output came like this :
name1
name2
name3
admin
name4
name5
developer

but i need this output :
name1
name2
name3 admin
name4
name5 developer

This is my code :
String[] mContactContactsMasterData;

for (int i = 0; i < contactPhoneValue.length; i++) {
    mContactContactsMasterData = contactPhoneValue[i].split(",", -1);
}

how to ignore comma inside the string value ..

A: I'm guessing you mean
String [] values = {"name1","name2","name3, admin","name4","name5,developer"};

Because I don't know what all the asterisks are for.   In which case you could just iterate and print
for (String value : values)
{
  System.out.println(value);
}

If you want to remove the comma in the Strings that contain them, then instead of
System.out.println(value);

do
System.out.println(value.replace(",", ""));

or if you want to keep the value rather than printing it do
value = value.replace(",", " ");

A: You can replace the comma with space or an empty string like this:
String[] value={"name1","name2","name3, admin","name4","name5,developer"};

for ( int i =0; i < value.length; i++ )
   value[i] = value[i].replace(",", "");

for ( String str : value)
    System.out.println(str);

A: I think you forgot to escape the ".
public static void main(String[] args) {
    String value = "\"name1\",\"name2\",\"name3, admin\",\"name4\",\"name5,developer\"";
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(value.split(",(?=\")"))); \\ positive look-ahead

}

O/P : (matches your expected output i.e, length = 5)
["name1", "name2", "name3, admin", "name4", "name5,developer"]
                   <-, ignored ->

A: I'm guessing you're trying to parse a csv line. Your "," is both the separator and a character within your cells.
Maybe try to parse the line using https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-csv/apidocs/org/apache/commons/csv/CSVParser.html the csv parser - then you can replace the , in each string with spaces after the splitting.


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Researcher says stem cell activation could lie at root of health effects of many natural products
By Hank Schultz contact
24-Apr-2020 - Last updated on 24-Apr-2020 at 15:15 GMT
Researcher Gitte Jensen, PhD, has looked into how a sea buckthorn extract can stimulate stem cell production. This approach could be used for other medicinal plants, she says. NIS Labs photo.
Related tags: botanicals, Sea buckthorn
An independent researcher thinks the natural products sector might be underemphasizing a key way in which these products work — that being the effect some of the compounds found in them can have on stem cell proliferation.
Gitte Jensen, PhD, is the principal of NIS Labs, a contract research organization based in Klamath Falls, OR. For several decades, starting with a postdoc stint at the Cross Cancer Institute at the University of Alberta, then running her own lab at McGill University in Montreal and at NIS Labs, which she founded in 1999, Jensen has studied how the human body activates and employs stem cells. These initially undifferentiated cells are the foundation of the body's repair machinery and also play a key role in a healthy immune system response.
Foundation in algae research
Jensen has done research which has explored the effects of compounds found in microalgae. As it turns out, Upper Klamath Lake, which abuts the city of Klamath Falls, plays host every year to abundant blooms of a particular strain of blue green algae long touted for its health benefits. Jensen's expertise in algae research has also been employed in the study of astaxanthin-rich Haematococcus pluvialis.
Looking at sea buckthorn
Recently Jensen's attention has been focused on compounds found in sea buckthorn berries. Sea buckthorn is a thorny, perennial shrub native to many parts of Asia as well as Northwestern Europe. The best berries with the most bioactives are harvested in various high altitude locations in the Himalayan region.
The plant has long been revered for its medicinal properties. Legend has it that during his push into Asia Alexander the Great released horses injured in battle to fare as they might in an area with many of the shrubs. The horses not only survived but prospered and when the Greeks next looked in on them they found a herd notable for their shiny coats, an outward sign of health. Thus the name of the plant: Hippophae, which combines the Greek words for 'horse' and 'shiny.'
Similar legends hold that Genghis Khan instructed his troops to carry the berries to speed recovery from war wounds. Jensen said the berries of the plant have been an ingredient in Chinese, Tibetan and Mongolian herbal medicine traditions for more than a thousand years.
Jensen conducted a small scale, randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study to look into how the proanthocyanidins found in the berry affected stem cell activation. The study was published last year in the journal Clinical Interventions in Aging. The study recruited 12 subjects, eight women and four men, who ranged in age an in body composition from slender to borderline obese. The subjects consumed 500 mg of a proanthocyanidin-rich sea buckthorn extract or a placebo at two separate visits to the testing facility. Subjects remained calm and at rest for three hours during the administration of the test material (or the placebo). Blood was drawn at one hour for a baseline measurement, and then one hour and two hours after ingestion of the test material. Participants were also screened for confounding factors such as a high state of anxiety or being short on sleep, which could have skewed the results, in which case visits were rescheduled.
Particular stem cell expression boosted
Jensen and her co authors found that the sea buckthorn extract significantly increased the level of some specific endothelial stem cells, but not others. "The CD45dim CD34+ CD309- cells, CD45dim CD34+ CD309+ cells, and the CD45- CD31+ CD309+ endothelial stem cells showed significant mobilization above placebo within 2 hours," they wrote.
Regardless of the stem cell type, just having more has been shown to be important, Jensen and her coauthors stated. While pluripotential stems cells are the most important type, there are indications that other kinds of stem cells—endothelial, mesenchymal, and hematopoietic—can revert to the pluripotential state and be available for additional repair processes.
"When the number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells was quantified in the blood of 509 individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease and the incidence of cardiovascular events in these individuals was monitored for 1 year, a significantly greater number of events took place in the individuals having fewer circulating stem cells," they said.
"By documenting the ability of SBB-PE (sea buckthorn berries proanthycyanidin-rich extract) to support stem cell mobilization and to increase the number of circulating stem cells, we have uncovered a new mechanism of action behind many of the health benefits that have been historically associated with SBB," they concluded.
Trying to understand the underlying mechanisms
Jensen said looking more closely at stem cell activation could change how researchers design their studies and help bring forth more trials that show significant results because there is a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms of action.
"When we look at plants that have health properties, we look at whether an underlying protective mechanism might be at work. Every time you take a concentrated dose of sea buckthorn extract you make a concerted effort to boost the number of stem cells in your circulation. You kick them into action to go in search of things that need repair," Jensen said.
Jensen said future avenues of research could delver deeper into how this rapid mobilization of stem cells takes place. She said it's quite likely that the gut/brain connection is involved, as stem cell levels start to rise before significant amounts of the contents of the berry extract could be digested and cross the blood/gut barrier.
"If you are consuming a natural product that works fast it is likely due ot a signal from the gut to the brain likely because of the vagus nerve or other pathways," she said.
"I'm advocating for a deeper understanding in our industry how the many natural products we are working with are tapping into and supporting natural physiological processes," Jensen said.
Source: Clinical Interventions in Aging
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S186893
Rapid and Selective Mobilization of Specific Stem Cell Types After Consumption of a Polyphenol-Rich Extract From Sea Buckthorn Berries ( Hippophae) in Healthy Human Subjects
Authors: Drapeau C, Benson KF, Jensen GS
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The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again (Paperback)
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J.R.R. Tolkien's classic prelude to "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy--now available in a movie tie-in edition paperback.
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.
Written for J.R.R. Tolkien's own children, "The Hobbit" has sold many millions of copies worldwide and established itself as a modern classic.
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Publisher: Mariner Books
Maximum Grade Level: 12
Fantasy - General
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Rugged, terrifying terrain didn't hold me back, and my resolve only became stronger to trust myself and ignore those protective voices!
My legs were going out, but I hiked 4 miles in Sedona the day before experimental stem cell surgery (to save the use of my arms and legs). Every protective instinct tried to stop me, but I lived and felt joyful and empowered!
There's something you long to do — write a book, try a new sport, raise your prices, get active despite disability — so what's holding you back?
You've got MANY tidy reasons that all make a lot of sense but the truth is, your brain is just getting in the way and blocking you from finding your joy.
If I've learned anything in this journey, it's that what screws us up most is our vision of how things are supposed to happen.
Then, that voice tells us no and we close that door telling ourselves, "later".
But does later ever come?
No one is knocking on my door with a miracle cure to my ailments or a winning lottery ticket.
Life is short. We've all got to sneak by our protective brains to realize we can go out there and do just about anything we want to, even when it (and possibly the world) is trying to protect us by telling us not to try, not to fail.
So just how do we get what we want even when the voice in our head (not the crazy voice but the protective brain), tells us we shouldn't or can't?
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InstanceRenderedSceneNode::InstanceRenderedSceneNode(SceneManager& scene_manager, SceneNode* parent, const glm::mat4& local_transformation)
	: SceneNode(scene_manager, parent, local_transformation), instanced_scene_leaf_(NULL), update_matrixes_(false)
{

}

void InstanceRenderedSceneNode::prepare(float dt)
{
	SceneNode::prepare(dt);
	if (update_matrixes_)
	{
		updateMatrixes();
		update_matrixes_ = false;
	}
}

void InstanceRenderedSceneNode::addChild(SceneNode& child)
{
	SceneNode::addChild(child);
	update_matrixes_ = true;
}

void InstanceRenderedSceneNode::removeChild(SceneNode& child)
{
	SceneNode::removeChild(child);
	update_matrixes_ = true;
}

void InstanceRenderedSceneNode::preRender(const Frustum& frustum, const glm::vec3& camera_position, Renderer& renderer, bool process_lights, unsigned int& nr_calls)
{
	if (instanced_scene_leaf_ == NULL)
	{
		return;
	}

	++nr_calls;
	if (frustum_checker_ != NULL && !frustum_checker_->isInsideFrustum(frustum))
	{
		return;
	}
	renderer.visit(*instanced_scene_leaf_);
}

void InstanceRenderedSceneNode::updateBoundingBoxesBoundaries(bool recursive)
{
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}

void InstanceRenderedSceneNode::updateMatrixes()
{
	if (instanced_scene_leaf_ == NULL)
	{
		return;
	}
	SceneNode::updateBoundingBoxesBoundaries(true);
	InstanceRenderedShape& instance_shape = instanced_scene_leaf_->getInstancedShape();
	std::vector<glm::mat4> model_matrixes;

	// Update the model matrixes of the leaf.
	std::vector<SceneNode*> to_update(children_);
	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < to_update.size(); ++i)
	{
		SceneNode* node = to_update[i];
		model_matrixes.push_back(node->getCompleteTransformation());
		to_update.insert(to_update.end(), node->getChildren().begin(), node->getChildren().end());
	}

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}

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With the Sony a6000, you can pull back on the foldable built-in flash so that you can aim it at the ceiling and bounce light off it. The idea is that you don't want the flash to hit your subjects directly. This is cumbersome, but it works. Then I found these flash bounce cards. They work so much better.
The flash bounce card fit into the a6000's hot shoe, and the extended piece of plastic holds back the flash, so that it aims upwards instead of straight ahead.
My old way of physically pulling back on the flash has a few inherent problems. First, there's the risk of my fingers accidentally getting into the way of the flash. The manoeuvre also tends to be a little destabilising.
When the flash bounce card is installed, it's still possible to move the flash head behind or in front of the card. So I can easily switch between direct flash or bounce flash mode. I can also close back the flash to not fire the flash. The flash bounce card doesn't interfere with shooting choices. It's probably better, however, to remove the flash bounce card when storing the camera back in its bag.
The flash bounce cards come in a set of 3 different colours. There's the clear card, the translucent white card, and the amber tint card.
The three colours provide different effects.
The clear card bounces the majority of light.
The translucent white card bounces about 60% of light, with 40% still directed toward the subject. This card thus acts as a light source itself, giving more fill lighting with some effects of the bounced light.
The amber tint card adds a warming tone to the image.
I use the translucent white card a lot for shooting products. It adds softer light to the objects. Here's a test of the Xbox One controller with direct flash.
The next one uses the translucent white flash bounce card. Notice that the lighting is a little softer and better distributed.
Both photos are straight out of the camera, through Adobe Lightroom, and exported to JPEG. I made no manual adjustments to the photos.
These Flash Bounce Cards are available from Amazon (affiliate link) at US$14.95. I imagine these cards will work just as well as the newly announced a6300 camera too.