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Hillary's sex life, Frist's gorilla surgery and Christopher Dodd
The mainstream media has its priorities.
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2006/05/24/dodd_14/
Tim Grieve
May 24, 2006 8:51PM (UTC)
The mainstream media sometimes tells us more than we want to know about some U.S. senators. Earlier this week, the New York Times informed us that Hillary Clinton has spent time with her husband on 51 of her last 73 weekends but on only one day in February 2005. And just this morning, the Washington Post walks us through Bill Frist's early-morning bathroom routine -- shower, hair dryer, the whole bit -- by way of telling us that he sometimes performs heart surgery on gorillas at the National Zoo.
It's all very interesting, we're sure. But what about Christopher Dodd?
Now, granted, the Democratic senator from Connecticut -- the other Democratic senator from Connecticut -- isn't the subject of sex-life obsessions and has neither operated on a primate nor diagnosed a brain-dead woman from the Senate floor. At least as far as we know. But Dodd did announce earlier this week that he's going to "do all the things that are necessary to prepare to seek the presidency in 2008," which would seem to put him in the category of senators about whom Americans might like to learn a little more.
The editors at the Times seem to know better. The paper's 300-word report on Dodd's announcement says virtually nothing at all about who Dodd is or what he has done in 25 years as a U.S. senator. The sum total of the background the Times provides: "Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat ... has a considerable amount of money -- roughly $2 million ... considered running for president in 2004 ... but ... chose to run for re-election instead, winning his fifth term by a wide margin." His votes? His political leanings? Alliances he has made? Stands he has taken? Nada.
The Washington Post, which gives Frist's gorilla story 1,000 words and an online photo essay, relegates Dodd's news to a 162-word digest item that covers the same sparse ground as the Times' piece does. What sets Dodd apart from the 10 other senators who may be running in 2008? Well, he has less money than some of them, the Post says, and he's a "long shot" candidate starting from "a near-dead stop when it comes to fundraising and organization."
We don't doubt that that's true. But we wonder: Would it really have been so hard to report on something beyond the horse race aspect of Dodd's announcement? With a half an hour of Web work behind us, we can tell you a few things about Dodd. It's not a complete picture, but at least we're taking the camera out of the drawer.
Dodd served in the Peace Corps, the Army Reserve and the House of Representatives before he was elected to the Senate in 1980. He gave a nominating speech on behalf of Bill Clinton in 1996, and he voted against Clinton's impeachment in 1999. He voted for the confirmation of John G. Roberts and Condoleezza Rice, but against Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Alberto Gonzales.
Dodd voted in favor of the Brady bill in 1993. After the 2000 presidential election, he helped to write the Help America Vote Act and worked hard to get it through Congress. He voted against a late-term, or so-called partial birth, abortion ban in 2003. Although Dodd voted for the use-of-force authorization for Iraq in 2002, he has since accused the Bush administration of going to war on "false premises." In November, he supported a Senate amendment that would have required the president to establish a timetable for the phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
Dodd's Senate Web site touts him as "a respected legislator who works in a bipartisan fashion to better people's lives." In the National Journal rankings for 2005, Dodd checked in as the Senate's 22nd most liberal member, putting him in the middle of the pack of Senate Democrats with a score that's almost identical to Hillary Clinton's.
Rankings like those -- not to mention 25 years' worth of Senate votes -- may be susceptible to all sorts of misuse and distortion, but we'd submit that they're at least as important, and maybe even as interesting, as the fact that a hard morning of gorilla surgery has Frist "reeking of silverback testosterone."
Tim Grieve is a senior writer and the author of Salon's War Room blog.
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The Yorkshire Bears social group was formed back in 2012 by former Mr Bear UK winner Geoff Widdop, with the aim of providing an opportunity for likeminded guys to get together and socialise both on & off the gay scene venues across the area. Following their successful launch the group won a number of awards at the Leeds LGBT awards, including Best Social Group, Best Support Group and Geoff taking away the award for Best Volunteer.
Following a few months break towards the end of 2013 the group has re-launched with a number of non scene fun social events over the Spring of 2014, leading up to additional nights out starting in the Summer. The group is currently meeting in Leeds venues, but will be looking further afield in the future.
Although coined with the title 'Bears', the group openly welcomes guys of all states and statures, bears & cubs, twinks & twonks, otters & ewoks, chubs & chasers – and the majority of people who just like to be known as a 'person'. The Yorkshire Bears is all about providing a fun and supportive environment for gay men to socialise and for friendships to grow.
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Jeremy Dean – Nashville singer and songwriter – update
We recently had a conversation with our Nashville singer and songwriter friend, Jeremy Dean and he's been bringing us up to date on what's happening with him and his music.
Jeremy had said: "I pick up the CDs of my new project on August 21, 2018 so that is the release date.
Here is the latest bit of news from Jeremy with answers to some questions we had for him:
1) To start with, Jeremy, it's good to hear from you and to see you are doing well these days. It has been over ten years since you put a project of your original songs out, was there a reason for the wait?
Jeremy: "I consider myself a songwriter first. Putting out new music as a project involves some artistry and time that I do not normally have. I have regular writing sessions, a performance schedule, and a day job that finances this expensive hobby (laugh).
Writing really is the passion that keeps me driving on though. This project took over three years to complete, due to the fact that I had so many others working at the same time. It even got shelved at one point, as I spent some personal time overcoming a few life struggles to better myself during that period. But I always kept coming back to it. This was a project for me, truly. I wish I could say it was for the love of music and getting some music out to the people who have supported what I do for so long, but the truth of the matter is that this project represented some closure for some lacking aspects of my life losses too. I initially got back to the project as a coping mechanism for a breakup, but it evolved and metamorphized into so much more along the way. It has been quite a part of my personal journey to get this project completed.
I am so glad I chose to bring Jordan Logue, from Dark Horse Recording, on board to help produce this. I had tracked the songs at various times and studios over the past few years, but Shannon Callihan and I worked with him on the "Dark Horse Sessions, Vol. 1" project, and I just knew he was the man to give all these "pieces of my mind" to for his mastery at musical puzzle-work. He was also the drive I needed to give it a deadline.
2) The first project, "Pieces of My Mind, Vol. 1", had eight songs on it, of which five were recorded by independent artists. What was the highlight of that project?
Jeremy: "Those songs (on my first project) are still very special to me. We – as songwriters – pour a lot of our own experiences into lyrics and the drawing of emotions, so it has been a very rewarding project for me.
I guess the highlight of "Pieces of My Mind, Vol. 1" was the deepest emotional song from that project, "Every Little Piece of My Heart," which was recorded by two independent artists, Trae Edwards (from his project "I Believed"), and South African artist, Jason Bradley (from his project "Dirt Road"), both of which are available online. The stories from that song continue to validate why it is what I do. One gentleman proposed to his girlfriend with that song, another couple rededicated their marriage, and Trae Edwards was contacted by a young woman who stated it was that song that kept her from committing suicide. You can't label a project with that kind of affect anything but success, I think. But along with that, Jason Bradley recorded several that were included on the South African "Country Album of the Year" in 2015…that was pretty neat. I had seven songs on his project.
3) You mentioned earlier there were some personal struggles you went through over the process of this latest project, "Pieces of My Mind, Vol. 2,". Would you like to tell us more about that?
Jeremy: "Sure. Having had struggles relationally in my adult life, I just realized that the common denominator in all of those relationships had to change…me. Sure, they were toxic relationships for the most part, but I had spent half my life in that Codependency Triangle of Rescuer, Persecutor, Victim…putting everyone else's actions and feelings before my own. My good friend, Scott Reall, has a series of best-selling books, the "Journey to Freedom" series. I joined one of his organizations small workshop groups (www.restoresmallgroups.org) and plugged into a small group of people looking to get honest about their lives and finding balance and boundaries to what life throws our way.
There are subjective approaches to life, and the conditions of life will always throw us for a loop, so no sure answer will make every day thereafter imminently possible, but learning that this journey is mine and having the courage to face my fears and find freedom on a daily basis is a positive choice toward fulfillment. I don't live by expectations or conditions or systems of belief so much anymore. At any rate, I had gone through the toughest relational breakup of my life, where I not only lost a significant other but the attached family, and it was during this past three (almost four) year period, while I was using this project as a coping mechanism that I also found my Journey to Freedom. So, completing this project has really been a sort of closure on the past for me too. It really is that important.
4) Where can your fans, both old and new, get this newest project, Jeremy?
Jeremy: "Unlike "Pieces of My Mind, Vol. 1," this one (Vol. 2) is available from all major online digital distributors in streaming and download formats, and CDs are available through my website:
www.jdeanfx.com
and I invite fans to visit my Facebook page at:
Jeremy Dean
SongwriterFeatureSeries
I would really LOVE it if people who get the project will also leave a review for it on Amazon. You can search "Jeremy Dean Music" there and find the project near the top.
5) Jeremy, let us know what your plans are for the rest of the year? Any other projects in the works?
Jeremy: "Quite honestly, some of the other projects I have had going these past few years, as well as a plethora of cowrites, have led to several songs already recorded toward the next one. So, there are some great ones in the works. On a personal level, I have pulled back on some live performance gigs, and really tried to create some balance in my personal life. But, I do have some regular performance venues and events where I continue to perform. But I set out this year to "do less, focus more," with quality over quantity…and I feel really good about where I am right now.
6) Hey, Jeremy Dean, thanks for spending some time with us today. It is always a pleasure hearing from you, and we know we'll love the new music.
Jeremy: "Thank you, Nancy, for always being so supportive of my music and staying in touch. You are a gem.
(It's our pleasure, thanks so much for sharing your new music with us and your fans!)
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Background: 409A is a set of tax rules passed, in part, to stop companies from avoiding taxes through issuing underpriced (cheap) equity as compensation. While well-intentioned, it spawned a cottage industry of third-party valuation firms/i-bankers who charge companies, including startups, thousands (sometimes tens-of-thousands) of dollars to get '409A valuations' for their stock to avoid tax penalties in setting their stock's Fair Market Value.
Anyone who deals with 409A valuations on a regular basis knows that they are the quintessential 'cash cow' for valuation firms and small i-bankers; evidenced by the number of those firms that are constantly inviting lawyers and influential tech players out to lunch in order to get referrals (btw, sorry guys, I'm blogging right now). And if they've dug a little deeper, they've found that, particularly at the early stage, these valuations are generated in an almost entirely automated fashion. Hence, cash cows: premium price, lots of hand-waiving to make them seem difficult to produce, but ultimately with a low marginal cost.
In practice, startups have been advised by lawyers and their advisors to avoid a 409A valuation until a Series A. Pre-Series A there's usually not much on the balance sheet and no arms-length price on the Company's equity to generate a meaningful valuation, so startups just wing it. Post Series A, however, the vast majority of startups pony up $3-10k to get their valuation, and it has to be refreshed (i) every 12 months, (ii) if there's a material change in the startup's financials, or (iii) if a new equity round is done; otherwise it goes 'stale' and no longer provides a safe harbor on FMV.
That can get expensive quickly, though any serious company looking to get acquired by a large company or eventually go public knows that the consequences of not doing this can be substantially more expensive.
Finally, eShares (the paperless stock certificate and capitalization tracking company) has pulled off something brilliant: 409A as a Service. Priced as a continuous service (which makes total sense given the on-going need for re-doing a valuation) and supported by well-known and established valuation firms, startups get continuous 409A valuation services at a monthly fee: $159/mo for a post-Series A startup – higher for later stage.
Doing the math, that's $1,908/yr: easily a 40-50% discount on even the most 'sweetheart' deals offered by local valuation firms for post-Series A startups. If you need a refresh within a year, you're in 90%+ discount territory. Add in the fact that (i) it's done paperlessly via the web, and (ii) the valuation will be updated for major changes in capitalization or financials (no huge cost to avoid going stale), and we have ourselves a game-changer.
The pricing for Series B, Series C+ valuations is even more competitive relative to market rates for 409A services. It's also a brilliant feature for eShares because of how it ties in directly with their existing capitalization tracking platform.
Something tells me that this slaughtered cash cow is going to net eShares and Preferred Return a lot of steak dinners in the future. The cottage i-bankers who've built practices off of milking 409A as much as possible? Not so much. The better i-bankers of course do higher-value things that justify their costs, so they have nothing to worry about. Yes, there are serious parallels to startup law here.
Nutshell: Startups historically had to pay $3-10k for a valuation after closing a Series A in order to protect themselves from 409A issues, and they had to keep re-paying it on an on-going basis to keep it from going stale. eShares has changed all of that by offering 409A valuations as a continuous service (as they should be) and pricing them in a manner that aligns more closely with what it costs to produce them. Cash cows, particularly when visible to techies who like to disrupt things, eventually get slaughtered.
p.s. Like all of the other tools I recommend to startups for saving their capital, I have no financial interest in eShares.


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Two Men Originally Considered As 'Persons Of Interest' In Smollett's Alleged Attack Arrested
Neetu Chandak Education and Politics Reporter
February 15, 2019 2:33 PM ET
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) said Friday the two men who were being questioned over the alleged racist and homophobic attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett were arrested.
The men were identified as two Nigerian brothers, according to The Associated Press.
CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said both were arrested on suspicion of assault and battery, but not charged, for possibly being involved in the alleged attack. One of the men worked on "Empire," but it is not clear how much this person was involved, The AP reported. (RELATED: Authorities Seeking 'Persons Of Interest' In 'Empire' Star Jussie Smollett's Alleged Attack)
The arrest comes after multiple media outlets and journalists reported on various allegations surrounding the incident.
Sources claimed the attack was allegedly planned by Smollett and the "persons of interest" could have been co-conspirators after learning that Smollett's character was allegedly "being written out of the show 'Empire.'"
"TOP SOURCE: '…indicators point to Smollett orchestrating the event….'" CBS Chicago's Brad Edwards tweeted.
TOP SOURCE: "… indicators point to Smollett orchestrating the event …." @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/t3T5kQmeko
— Brad Edwards (@tvbrad) February 15, 2019
"BREAKING: Multiple sources [sic] tell @ABC7Chicago Eyewitness News Jussie Smollett [sic] and the 2 men who are being questioned by police staged the attack – allegedly because his character was being written out of the show Empire," Rob Elgas of ABC 7 tweeted.
BREAKING: Multiple soucres tell @ABC7Chicago Eyewitness News Jussie Smollet and the 2 men who are being questioned by police staged the attack – allegedly because his character was being written out of the show Empire.
— Rob Elgas (@RobElgasABC7) February 15, 2019
"Empire" writers countered the allegation about writing off Smollett's character, however.
"The writers of Empire have never planned or even discussed writing @JussieSmollett off of the show," the Empire Writers tweeted Thursday.
The writers of Empire have never planned or even discussed writing @JussieSmollett off of the show.
— Empire Writers (@EmpireWriters) February 15, 2019
Guglielmi also said that media reports about whether the attack was a hoax were not confirmed.
"Media reports about [sic] the Empire incident being a hoax are unconfirmed by case detectives," Guglielmi tweeted Thursday. "Supt Eddie Johnson has contacted @ABC7Chicago to state on the record that we have no evidence to support their reporting and their supposed CPD sources are uninformed and inaccurate."
Media reports anout the Empire incident being a hoax are unconfirmed by case detectives. Supt Eddie Johnson has contacted @ABC7Chicago to state on the record that we have no evidence to support their reporting and their supposed CPD sources are uninformed and inaccurate. pic.twitter.com/iSO5YFv452
— Anthony Guglielmi (@AJGuglielmi) February 15, 2019
Smollett claimed two men beat him up, tied a rope around his neck, said racial and homophobic slurs and threw an unidentified chemical substance on him on Jan. 29, according to The AP. He reported that the attackers said "This is MAGA (Make America Great Again) country," in a follow-up interview with CPD.
The "Empire" star disputed that he ever said the attackers wore MAGA hats in a Good Morning America interview Thursday.
CPD did not immediately respond to The Daily Caller News Foundation's request for comment.
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PayPal accidentally credits man $92 quadrillion
Oops! PayPal, the online money-transfer company, has accidentally credited a man in Delaware a whopping $92,233,720,368,547,800, making him by far the richest man in the world.
Chris Reynolds, 56, said he was shocked when he received his monthly statement via e-mail from PayPal last week, with an ending balance of $92 quadrillion, over a million times richer than the world's richest man, Carlos Slim.
The fortune of Slim, a Mexican telecommunications mogul, would pale in comparison at a mere $73 billion.
"I'm just feeling like a million bucks," Reynolds was quoted as saying by the Philadelphia Daily News. "At first I thought that I owed quadrillions. It was quite a big surprise."
Reynolds said he has been a PayPal customer for about 10 years and uses it to buy and sell items on eBay, including vintage car parts. He said he usually spends no more than $100 a month using PayPal.
After absorbing the initial shock, Reynolds logged on to PayPal's site and saw that his balance was listed there as $0.
If the prodigious account credit were true, Reynolds — who with his wife owns Reynolds Ink, a public-relations firm — said he would pay down debts with the money.
"I'm a very responsible guy," he said. "I would pay the national debt down first."
PayPal has admitted the error and offered to donate an unspecified amount of money to a cause of Reynolds' choice.
"This is obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr Reynolds understood this was the case," CNN quoted PayPal as saying in a statement.
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Is Water the New Gold? Part 2
The next hot commodity for investors could be one you think is everywhere, but which in reality is increasingly hard to find: Clean, fresh water.
To be sure, it's easy to suffer from crisis overload these days. Climate change. Crop failures. Tornadoes. Oil spills. The list goes on. But of all the issues, water is probably the most troubling yet underappreciated.
According to the United Nations, 50% of the global population will be living in water-stressed regions by 2030. Citigroup estimates that about one-third of the global population will not have access to adequate drinking water by 2025. Right now, 35% of the world's population, or 2.4 billion people, do not have access to safe drinking water and sanitation, the U.N. says.
These issues are poised to result in political turmoil, because more than 20 countries today get more than half their drinking water from rivers flowing out of neighboring countries, and more than 240 water basins around the world cross political borders. Major rivers like the Colorado and the Rio Grande, sucked dry by thirsty municipalities and farmers, now reach the ocean only during very wet years. Imagine the issues to be faced in the years to come along rivers like the Mekong, which flows through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
The problem is that the world is using too much. Water demand in the United States has tripled in the past 30 years while population has grown just 50%. Every 20 years, world water consumption doubles -- a growth rate twice that of population.
Water also plays a central role in the major investment themes set to play out in the decades to come: the rise of the emerging-market economies, increased demands on the world's arable land (a result of the spread of high-protein diets), and increased urbanization.
People, as they become wealthier, tend to use more water. Studies by the Environmental Protection Agency put average American household water consumption at about 100 to 150 gallons per day per person, by far the highest in the world. Compare that to an average of 74 gallons in Europe, just 35 gallons by the Swiss and 23 gallons by the Chinese. Africans use just 17 gallons. Now, think of all the double-head showers being installed in tony condos throughout China and India.
Next up is agriculture, by far the largest user of water at 70% of demand globally. Because of rising population and the need to raise and feed the cattle and poultry bound for the plates of increasingly carnivorous Asian gastronomes, the U.N. estimates that an additional 10% of farmland will be put into use by 2030. That will increase total water demand by 14%.
And finally, the great human migration into cites will further strain antiquated infrastructure in the developed world and force the construction of new facilities in the emerging world. In 1950, 29% of the world lived in cities. The U.N. estimates that number will be 60% by 2030.
How bad is the problem? The EPA estimates that the cost of upgrading and replacing America's dilapidated water infrastructure will be more than $1 trillion. At current spending rates, it would take us 700 years to replace aging water assets.
It gets worse. Aqua America, a utility that operates between Texas and Maine, reports that it operates with some 75-year-old pipes. York Water still uses some cast iron pipes from 1840. In Boston, they've recently found wooden pipes still connecting water mains to historic residences. And in New York City, many water mains are nearly 100 years old.
It's not just an American problem. London reportedly loses 50% of treated drinking water to leaks in old pipes.
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Jim Bob and I have always talked openly with the kids about modesty and about my missteps as a young lady. It's important to teach them so they can learn from our experiences. When I was a teenager, I had no clue as to what men thought. My focus was just on drawing attention. I always wanted my girlfriends to think I had the cute outfit and the pretty hair. It was all about impressing my friends and not really realizing that there is a responsibility involved with that. Jim Bob is very open about how men see things and what goes on in their minds. He explains the challenges from a male perspective so the kids understand both sides of things.
Because our family is so open and honest in our discussions, I find that my daughters are even more careful with their appearances. Their modesty is their own. They own it themselves. I'm not the one telling them what to wear. As my 12-year-old girls are growing and maturing, sometimes I'll have to mention to them when things are getting too snug or revealing. I realize it may be their favorite blouse or T-shirt from last season, but they're growing up a little bit more and things don't fit the same way now. The girls appreciate it and acknowledge that they didn't even realize that the clothes were becoming more revealing. Sometimes they just need someone to help them notice.
They will always have questions along the way as they walk their paths through life. They have to work it out in their own hearts and do what they feel is right. As they look at clothes that others might wear, they have to ask themselves, do I feel comfortable in that? Is that really what I need? Maybe I'm a little taller. My legs are longer. I can't really wear that and feel comfortable knowing that when I sit down, there's going to be a little bit more exposed than what needs to be. Sometimes they'll ask me, "Mom, how does this look? When I raise my arms, is this going to be too revealing?" And I might say, "Oh, well, yeah, now that you mention it." Our openness and honesty as a family helps them really think about their choices and what's important.
It's especially important to instill in our children that their inner beauty is what's most important. The goal is to draw attention to their inner light. We definitely encourage them to look nice and take care of themselves, but we let them know that they are beautiful on the inside and out.


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Website of Women's League of Burma:
http://www.womenofburma.org/
AWID - http://awid.org/News-Analysis/Women-s-Rights-in-the-News2/Women-s-League-of-Burma-WLB-Statement-on-the-66th-Birthday-of-Daw-Aung-Suu-Kyi
WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF BURMA STATEMENT ON THE
66TH BIRTHDAY OF DAW AUNG SUU KYI
"June 19th, 2011, is the 66th birthday of Burmese democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. This is the first birthday she will celebrate free after spending fifteen of the last twenty years under house arrest. Since her release, she has enthusiastically continued her struggle with unwavering political conviction. Therefore, the Women's League of Burma (WLB) would like to express our great respect for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and honor her on this special occasion.
On this occasion, we would also like to express our deep pleasure at Daw Suu's video messages during key events. She greatly encouraged women migrant workers and activists in Thailand on International Women's Day and inspired many others during her addresses to the 7th ASEAN People's Forum in Indonesia in May 2011, and to the International Conference to End Violence against Women that was held from May 23-25 in Canada.
In her video speech, she critically highlights the situation of women in Burma who have been suffering various violations under the dictatorship. She also clearly stated that if men and women work together to achieve human rights and democracy, the entire people of Burma will enjoy genuine peace. Each speech emphasized the lack of security of women, who are critical to the development of peace and democracy in Burma and as they comprise over 50% of country's population.
The WLB is deeply concerned about Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's security during her upcoming national-wide organizing trip due to her previous trip to Debayin in 2003, which resulted in a military regime backed massacre. In any case, the current puppet government is fullyresponsible for her security against any political assassination attempt throughout her trip.
Recently, the so called democratic government, led by president U Thein Sein, announced to be a faultless government that is governing a prosperous country. This deception is an attempt to gain some legitimacy from the people inside Burma and the international community. The recently issued false amnesty for prisoners and escalating border conflicts show the real face of the new government. Moreover, people from Burma including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi have no freedom of expression, which is imperative for any genuine democracy.
The WLB strongly urges this puppet government to resolve the ongoing conflicts in border areas, to release all political prisoners unconditionally, and tobegin a tripartite political dialogue with ethnic forces and democratic parties, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, for peace and justice to transpire in Burma.
We also urge the United Nations and international community not to support or cooperate with the puppet government until there is positive concrete change in the political situation in Burma. We also appeal to the international community to increase support for innocent people, including women and children who suffer from civil war, and to prioritize cross border assistance to people from Burma who face poverty and various untold sufferings.
On this special occasion of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi 66th birthday, we, the WLB, would also like to urge the entire people including the youth of Burma to work hand in hand with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to topple the so called democratic government and achieve genuine democracy and peace in Burma.


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Macclesfield Town charged with misconduct
Macclesfield Town has been charged with misconduct under EFL Regulation 63.7 for non-payment of wages and referred to a Disciplinary Commission for failing to pay its players on the applicable payment due dates.
The EFL recognises the impact the non-payment of wages has on the health and wellbeing of those involved and has been engaged in discussions with Macclesfield Town and the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) to try and find an appropriate solution.
The Club was given until 4pm yesterday to provide a response to the EFL's request for information in this respect. As a result of the information provided, the EFL has notified the Club of multiple charges related to failing to adhere to the terms of the contracts that are in operation.
The Disciplinary Commission has the power to impose a full range of sanctions as set out in Regulation 92 if the Club is found to be in breach.
As a result of the Club fulfilling its obligations in respect of playing last night's Leasing.com Trophy fixture, the EFL has released an immediate payment of £30,000 secured through participation in this season's competition to assist in the payment of wages to players and staff.


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My Deal Fell Through – Do I Still Owe My Real Estate Agent Commission?
After soaring for years, house prices in and around Toronto have pulled back sharply in recent months. Prices in the GTA have fallen 17 per cent on average from the market's peak in April, according to the Toronto Real Estate Board.
That drop is prompting some buyers who bought when prices were at their highest peak to try to get out of their deals – usually once they realize, as the closing date approaches, that the price they paid is now more than the house is worth. But re-negotiating agreements with vendors and real estate agents can be tough and walking away from what seems like a poor deal isn't as easy as one might think.
Related Read: What Happens When a Buyer Walks Away From a Real Estate Deal?
Generally, the real estate industry operates on participants being paid only upon a successful result – but that's not always the case. That's why it's critical that you clearly document the relationship between you and your agent from the outset, including your expectations of the agent's services, what you're prepared to pay for those services, and the duration of your commitment.
Most of this is outlined in your Buyer Representation Agreement, the contract wherein you agree to work exclusively with the agent's firm for a designated period of time. Among other things, the BRA highlights the agent's commission structure and overall compensation, including a holdover clause stipulating that if you buy a home after your BRA has expired, and that buyer was originally found by your agent, you may still be on the hook for a commission.
What many buyers don't realize, however, is that they may also be liable for such commissions if they change their minds and attempt to back out of a sale that's well underway. That's what happened to one Toronto-area family when they decided to walk away from a new house they agreed to buy in 2017.
Last year, Marcello and Anita Mastroianni decided to sell their semi-detached home in Vaughan and buy a larger place for their growing family, subsequently making an offer to purchase another home nearby for $1.3 million. But, within weeks of signing the paperwork, both homes dropped sharply in value. Alarmed, the Mastroiannis decided to walk away and not close on the new house – even though they knew they would lose their deposit.
But that wasn't the end of things as they quickly received notice from their real estate agent that he was going to pursue them for the commissions that he had lost. While the matter is still before the courts, reports CTV, they may face further disappointment since the agreement they signed essentially guaranteed a commission, regardless of the outcome.
It's not only buyers who get cold feet, of course. Given the market's volatility, there's no shortage of reasons that might drive sellers to change their minds and take their property off the market – even after receiving an offer for full asking price. But that doesn't mean they can ignore the work that went into making the sale.
In a recent court case, a valid offer was presented to the seller within the listing period, even though the homeowner had had a change of heart and was actively working to sink the deal. In that situation, the court concluded that actual acceptance of the offer wasn't required for money to be owed. Since the listing agreement clearly outlined the commission to be paid upon presentation of an offer at the full listing price, the real estate agent was entitled to the full commission, regardless of whether the seller accepted the offer, or the property was actually sold.
Most real estate listing agents use standard forms to create their BRAs, generally with few problems. Don't sign one without reading it carefully, however, and don't be afraid to ask for any changes or amendments – realizing that agents may be reluctant to modify their standard agreements since they've used them successfully in the past.
But that doesn't mean they won't make adjustments, particularly if your request is reasonable. If you're in any way unsure, have the proposed listing agreement reviewed by your lawyer prior to signing it.


Editor's note. Talk about timeless stories! This editorial written for the September 2000 issue of National Right to Life News could just as easily be composed today, so regularly does the "mainstream media" air propaganda for assisted suicide. This is Friday's entry in our year-long "Roe at 40" series where we reprint some of the best and/or most enduring stories.
By the time you read this edition of National Right to Life News, alas, Bill Moyers's September PBS special "On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying" will have already aired. While it is unfortunate that we could not have pondered this before it ran, this is such high-grade pro-assisted suicide propaganda that it is well worth our while to reflect on what Moyers's agenda was and is.
I first learned of the four-part six-hour-long series when I was at the hospital waiting for the doctor to take a look at my daughter's ailing knee. I spied the September/October issue of "Modern Maturity," the house publication of the powerful American Association for Retired Persons (AARP). There I found "The Last Taboo—Straight Talk from Bill and Judith Moyers." The topic? Death and dying.
"In September, PBS will air 'On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying,' a four-part series that focuses on the controversial issue of how our society cares–and does not care–for people at the end of life. Produced by veteran broadcast journalists Bill Moyers and Judith Davidson Moyers, the landmark program–culled from nearly 300 hours of raw footage shot over a three-year period–documents the last months, days, and hours of more than a dozen men and women and their struggle to balance medical intervention with comfort and dignity at this final threshold.
MM: Where do you stand on the issue of physician-assisted suicide?
Bill: I am not pleased with how television has treated the issue. We've allowed Dr. Kevorkian to frame the debate in the most simplistic way: Are you for or against? In fact, the question is not that simple. In Oregon, where residents have access to physician-assisted suicide, the dying are not necessarily eager to leave; they don't want to hurry out the door prematurely. The deeper issue is, How do we care for people at the end of their lives so that they don't fear being abandoned or taken advantage of? My own position is that a compassionate society would have a deep bias in favor of allowing patients to determine where, when, and how they die. But we have to provide safeguards, to make sure that they're not exploited in a vulnerable moment by avaricious relatives or indifferent doctors.
Get it? This is all so complicated but we do know (supposedly) that those in Oregon who've been "assisted" in dying have done so responsibly and woe be to those who don't have this "choice." Also, compassion means having a "deep bias" in favor of letting people "determine where, when, and how they die" [wink, wink].
In other words, provided there are those ever-wonderful "safeguards" (the all-purpose solvent that is intended to dissolve all doubts and take away all guilt), go for it. This is a take on assisted suicide that is essentially indistinguishable from the Hemlock Society's.
Thus it came as no surprise when someone who is a position to know informed me ahead of time that Part Three of the series is a real disaster, an in-kind contribution to the campaign to legalized assisted suicide.
That was borne out by a review of the series that appeared before the series ran. Writing for the Catholic News Service, Ann Navarro offered this reading of the pivotal third episode.
Oh, my goodness, are in for it, or what? And in the infuriating "Who? Little old me?" pseudo-modesty which is his trademark, Moyers told Matousek, "If there's an afterlife, I will track down who said that and clobber him—I'm just a reporter." If Moyers is a nothing-but-the-facts reporter, the New York Times editorial page (which never met an abortion it wouldn't condone) is a non-partisan in the battle over unborn human life.
But the question is, how does assisted suicide further this objective? It doesn't, especially when we know from piles of studies that most people who ponder/ask for "assistance" do so because they are clinically depressed, or fear facing death alone, and/or would do anything not to be a "burden"?
This pull-out section also tells the reader that it's okay to withdraw food and fluids; indeed, it goes on to argue that providing these deeply symbolic bare necessities is counterproductive! There's not a syllable that even hints that the patient may suffer in the week to two weeks before he or she dies.
Deeply worrisome as well is that both the PBS web site and "Modern Maturity" provide links to the pro-euthanasia Hemlock Society and to "Death with Dignity. The PSB site also talks about and links up with "media partners" and "promotional partners," such as Barnes and Noble.
Many of the books for sale at the Barnes & Noble web site I know nothing about. Several I do and some of them are not promising. In addition, in reading the description of episode three found at the Barnes & Noble web site, you come across some of weasel words pro-assisted suicide forces are using to try to accomplish their objective but without formally violating laws against assisted suicide.
I would just end with this observation about this infomercial for assisted suicide. It is one thing to "demystify" death, if what is meant by this is that we must face up to the fact that no one gets out of this life alive and that when we are dying it is crucial that there be people nearby to sustain us with love and affection. That connectedness, that assurance that we will never be abandoned is crucial to ensuring that people do not become despondent and contemplate suicide.
Too often that kind of "enthusiasm" leads to an eagerness to help the patient pack and depart early.
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The Shape Returns
After 40 years, seven sequels, and two remakes, Michael Myers is back! What made the original Halloween so effective and terrifying was how simple it was. Halloween was made by John Carpenter on a very tight budget of only $300,000, yet the final product generated $70 million at the box office worldwide and is now regarded as one of the scariest films of all time. Later Halloween films, especially the Rob Zombie remakes, went a little too "Hollywood," and the bigger budget and cinematic polish resulted in a less engaging and effective experience.
Halloween is scary because of the randomness of it. It's a simple story of a deranged psychopath escaping a mental institution and going on a killing spree. Its low budget made it all the more scary. Carpenter managed to terrify audiences with nothing but a now iconic score, inventive cinematography, tension, and a truly terrifying force of a villain. That's all you really need to make a truly memorable horror movie. Another mistake the sequels and remakes made was the decision to humanize Michael Myers. In the original Halloween, Nick Castle, the actor who played the role, was credited merely as The Shape, while in Halloween II, it was revealed that Michael was protagonist Laurie Strode's brother. Not only that, director Rob Zombie focused his remake and its sequel almost entirely on Michael's tragic past. This infuriated many hardcore Halloween fans, who enjoyed the enigmatic and supernatural quality of the original Michael Myers. Audiences don't want to see his face and don't want to know anything about his family and relationships. In other words, they want The Shape, not Michael Myers.
Although it's the franchise's eleventh entry, Halloween (2018) serves as a direct follow up to the original Halloween, ignoring all previous sequels. Halloween: H20 tried doing something similar 20 years ago by ignoring everything other than Halloween and Halloween II, although the results were mixed. After four decades, will this be the sequel that gets it right? With production company Blumhouse Productions, writer Danny McBride, and director David Gordon Green on board, it seems the filmmakers are pulling out all the stops. More importantly, Jamie Lee Curtis is reprising her role as Laurie Strode, Nick Castle is donning Michael Myers' mask once again, and John Carpenter is returning to produce as well as compose a new and original score. The approach to Laurie's character seems especially intriguing, as her traumatizing clash with Michael years ago left her eager for a rematch. Their final(?) showdown should make for a fitting end to an iconic horror series. After 40 years, The Shape finally comes home.
(Photo Courtesy of Blumhouse Productions)
By: Justin Landsman, Staff Writer
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