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CEO and Managing Partner, Iotco, LLC
Mo Abuali is CEO and managing partner at IoTco, the internet of things company. He is a strategic and transformative technology and business management leader with a 20-yr. record of achievement driving and sustaining change in manufacturing. Abuali serves industrial and manufacturing clients in the automotive, aerospace and defense and other industries, providing digital transformation, industrial IoT and predictive analytics technology and services, as well as the IoT Academy for Training. He has a doctorate degree in Industrial Engineering, and has worked at Toyota, Omron and other companies.
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Director of IT and Digital Transformation, SAF-HOLLAND USA, Inc.
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Chief Operating Officer, Automation Alley
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Bryan Sapot
CEO, SensrTrx
Bryan Sapot is a lifelong entrepreneur, speaker, CEO and founder of SensrTrx Manufacturing Analytics and Datix. With more than 20 years of experience in manufacturing technology, Bryan is known for his deep industry insights and plain language explanations of the complex ideas and issues manufacturer's face today. Bryan has been featured in INC magazine, the St. Louis Business Journal, and the St. Louis Post Dispatch, and has won numerous technology awards.
Fred Tillman
VP of Product Development , ECI Software Solutions
Fred has extensive experience developing and deploying complex global commercial SaaS software products and services for a diverse spectrum of industries. He has held executive and leadership positions in software product development at various companies including Maintenance Connection, Periscope Holdings, BidSync, L-3 Communications, ARI Network Services and ADAC Healthcare.
Fred earned a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Texas Christian University. He has a broad understanding of product management, system architectures, programming languages, software development processes, and cloud computing. He has developed several successful commercial software products for the manufacturing, asset management, government procurement, e-commerce, aerospace, and healthcare markets.
Fred's primary motivation is to create enabling and collaborative environments for technology professionals and customers that want to make a difference in the world. He has an unquenchable thirst for solving business problems through the use of technology. Success is defined by creating value for customers, shareholders, and employees.
Chuck Werner
Manager Operational Excellence, Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center
Chuck Werner has been with the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center since July 2016. His areas of expertise are in Lean, Six Sigma, Industry 4.0 and Quality.
Chuck has accumulated 30 years of experience in manufacturing, most of it as a Tier I supplier in automotive. He worked in several different companies, even working at a bank for almost a year until the "the song of production" lured him back. A fringe benefit of the companies he has been with is having experienced first-hand the benefits of implementing manufacturing technologies and using them to improve products, processes and services. While most of his time in manufacturing has been in the areas of Operations, Quality and Engineering, he has found that the Lean and Six Sigma tools are universally applicable regardless of the role. Over the past three years, Chuck has worked diligently on the organization's Industry 4.0 practice area and has assisted many manufacturers on identifying and implementing technology to improve their business.
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Why choose one when you can be both?
As we approach the sparkly New Year, I began to think of my resolutions for 2018. Of course, there are the perpetual ones that keep sneaking in each year (exercising more, reading more, etc.) that all seem to have the common long-term benefits for one's health, happiness, and self. It makes sense that all these long-term investments keep intuitively reappearing on the list every year. But what about the others? The ones that you want to set for yourself now, in just a few days? Are they short-term investments? Are you setting them now because you want to achieve them soon? Or by this time next year?
If you know me at all, you know I am a big fan of efficiency and maximization, so as my mind kept wandering, I thought to myself, "How do I ensure a higher success rate for my new goals?" We all know how this story ends. We finish our last final exam or paper, and we are off for winter break. We sleep. We eat. We have time for ourselves. And we think. Before we know it, sequins and metallics are surrounding us, from the racks and shelves at the nearest store, to the latest emoji, to the icing on the holiday cookies at our favorite coffee shop. As society expects of us, we take the lovely opportunity that the New Year has to offer and we set our new goals.
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"The sky is the limit" is a great metaphor, but it's a metaphor. You can't do it all - and that is totally 1000% fine. No one expects you to, and neither should you. You can definitely reach for the sky, and you should. But don't expect to get there in one single breath. Maybe set a baby step goal that will get you one step closer to walking?
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We may play by the rules, and do everything as we planned, but a year from now we may not achieve our goals. Disappointment and frustration are usually the feelings that will tend to take over. But before you let that happen, remember: that's life. We plan life until life happens. Or as the proper phrase goes: "We plan life and God laughs." We can only plan according to what we know, what we can predict. But most things are unpredictable. Adapting and pivoting is the only way to succeed and be happy. Dwelling on the change means wasting time, but figuring out next steps means moving forward. Choose to make the unknown your friend rather than your enemy. It's what makes life exciting and spices up our routine. So, even if a year from now you are not where you thought you'd be according to your plan, cut yourself some slack: it doesn't mean you are doing something wrong. It just means you are doing something right.
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Kathie Lee Gifford, 64, opens up to First for Women, in its cover story on stands now, about the self-care strategies that helped her heal after the loss of her husband of 29 years, Frank, in 2015 and her beloved mother this past September.
Cohost of TODAY and author of The Rock, The Road, and the Rabbi coming out March 6, Kathie Lee relies on a few wellness strategies to keep her spirits up when things get tough.
She starts by taking better care of herself. "I had more time because I wasn't concerned about Frank and his health," she tells First. "So I started going to the gym and making myself a little bit more of a priority."
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Oklahoma insurance chief's petition seeks $102 million in 'fraudulent' sale of company
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Published: Wed, October 20, 2010 12:00 AM Updated: Wed, October 20, 2010 1:12 PM
Oklahoma's insurance commissioner is seeking more than $100 million in damages from the buyer and sellers of a now-insolvent insurance company, who she claims "looted" the firm with the help of a bank, according to a petition filed Tuesday.
Commissioner Kim Holland, acting as receiver for the insolvent Park Avenue Property and Casualty Insurance Co., said the $37.5 million sale of the company was funded with the company's own assets and caused the "one-day demise" of the firm, according to the petition filed in Oklahoma County District Court.
The defendants include the seller, Providence Holdings Inc. and seven of its owners or executives; New York banker Charles Antonucci Sr.; and Oppenheimer & Co., its investments director and nine of the firm's board members.
"We have uncovered a highly complex financial scheme of fraud and deceit that placed many policyholders in danger while enriching a few insurance company executives," Holland said.
Attorney Stephen Jones, who represents Providence Holdings owner Jerry Lancaster, denied Holland's claims.
"The allegations are baseless and without merit," Jones said. "Providence Holdings and the Lancasters are the victims of a scheme by Charles Antonucci, who deceived the New York banking superintendent, the Oklahoma Insurance Department, his own lawyers and our clients. The proof is in the documents and the documents exonerate our client."
A spokesman for Oppenheimer & Co. told Dow Jones Newswires that the company had not received the complaint. The spokesman, in an e-mailed statement to Dow Jones, said the bank believed it acted "appropriately at all times and intends to vigorously defend any claims."
According to Holland's petition, Antonucci admitted that he schemed with others to buy Park Avenue Property and Casualty "by the unlawful use of Park Avenue's own assets to leverage the transaction."
Antonucci's admission came as part of his guilty plea earlier this month in federal court in New York in which he also confessed that he tried to grab more than $11 million in federal bailout funds through his New York City bank. He also admitted giving false information to the Oklahoma Insurance Department and lying about his net worth while trying to win the agency's approval of the sale.
In January 2009, Park Avenue's previous owners transferred the company's $55 million bond portfolio from Wells Fargo & Co. to Oppenheimer & Co., according to the petition. Oppenheimer shifted control of the bond portfolio to an entity controlled by Antonucci and then loaned him $30 million to buy Park Avenue, using the bond portfolio assets as collateral for the loan, the petition said.
By using the bond portfolio as collateral, Park Avenue was immediately rendered insolvent, the petition said. Several months later, the company was placed into receivership, which is similar to bankruptcy.
Holland, as receiver for Park Avenue, demanded that Oppenheimer return the bond portfolio, the petition said. Oppenheimer returned less than $8 million to Park Avenue of the $55 million in assets, the petition said.
"What is most reprehensible is the level of fraud and negligence that appears to have taken place at the prominent investment bank and financial services firm Oppenheimer & Co.," Holland said.
Assistant Insurance Commissioner Marc Young said the damages to Park Avenue are estimated at $102 million, but that figure could be increased or decreased by the court.
CONTRIBUTING: Staff Writer Nolan Clay
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Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex, morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris, a backdrop for much of his writing, takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous authors, including the novelists Marcel Proust, Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Henry James and Jack Kerouac, as well as important philosophers such as Friedrich Engels. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films, and they continue to inspire other writers.
An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac had trouble adapting himself to the teaching style of his grammar school. His willful nature caused trouble throughout his life, and frustrated his ambitions to succeed in the world of business. When he finished school, Balzac was apprenticed as a legal clerk, but he turned his back on law after wearying of its inhumanity and banal routine. Before and during his career as a writer, he attempted to be a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician. He failed in all of these efforts. La Comédie Humaine reflects his real-life difficulties, and includes scenes from his own experience.
Balzac suffered from health problems throughout his life, possibly due to his intense writing schedule. His relationship with his family was often strained by financial and personal drama, and he lost more than one friend over critical reviews. In 1850, he married Ewelina Hańska, his longtime paramour; he died five months later.
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It may have escaped most Caledon residents' attention that the Doug Ford Conservatives have resurrected plans for the GTA West Corridor as it was buried on Page 73 of the recent Fall Economic Statement. It intends to reactivate the Environmental Assessment which the previous Liberal government put on hold in 2015.
It will do no such thing and now is the time for ratepayer, community, environmental, and other groups to rise up in protest and strenuously voice their objections.
This action, along with the government's decision to kill the Office of the Environmental Commissioner, is highly concerning given the very real challenges associated with climate change and loss of good productive farmland. We need more, not fewer, environmental champions.
So, probably the most effective first-step is to engage our local and regional representatives on this issue. What are the opinions of Mayor Allan Thompson and members of Caledon Council on the corridor? Are they in favour? If so why? If not what actions will they take to stop it?
A solid case can be made against the corridor on financial, environmental, and transportation planning grounds. Those arguments have been thoroughly documented by a number of environmental organizations such as the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation, Environmental Defence, and the Save the Oak Ridges Moraine Coalition.
First of all, how will the Conservative government pay for it given their self-proclaimed emphasis on budgetary restraint?
In a 2016 submission to a Ministry of Transportation GTA West panel review committee, Environmental Defence pointed out the cost could be between $4.3 and $5.2 billion according to environmental assessment documents. Those figures were apparently based on four-year old data which would be even more outdated now.
Apart from being a monstrously expensive undertaking, the GTA West Corridor will cause irrevocable damage in its wake. The so-called corridor would be a 50-kilometre-long, four- to six-lane highway that would rip through the hearts of Halton Hills, Caledon, and other municipalities and, in the process, slash through farmland, destroy or at least seriously degrade neighbourhoods, and uproot property owners—some of whom are fourth- or fifth-generation descendants of the original settlers.
Then there would be the direct detrimental environmental impact on the small little headwater streams which feed into the Humber, West Humber, Etobicoke, and Credit Rivers. Extensive bridges would be required to span flood-prone areas.
Instead of relying on what is basically old-style expressway planning in the form of the GTA West corridor, the provincial government should be exploring other options for moving goods and people such as more investment in regional rapid transit and upgrading existing railway infrastructure. In fact the EA itself had already come to the conclusion that, by utilizing and upgrading existing roads and facilities, a new highway was NOT needed to achieve its goal. Let the evidence speak for itself, without the trappings of politics.
What's your response to this letter? Feel free to post comments.
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What a waste of $6 billion when we need transit in our cities.


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iStart India's only Integrated Start-up Platform
Rajasthan, in many ways, is the home for entrepreneurs and innovative thinkers. Millions of young minds with brilliant ideas, new-age thinking and extraordinary skills are ready to take ahead the start-up drive. Leveraging this quality of the business-brains of the State, the State conceptualised an integrated startup platform called iStart, writes Elets News Network (ENN).
iStart Rajasthan is a one-of-its-kind, end-to-end startup development platform to foster innovation, create jobs and facilitate investment. The unique initiative aims to nurture entrepreneurship. It not only provides a prodigious platform to the investors but has also created a competitive environment among the youngsters working for startup initiatives. The platform also provides easy access to knowledge exchange and funding to new ideas.
Platform Launch: August 18, 2017
Start-ups registered so far: 700+
Services to help the Start-ups reach new heights:
Act as a one-stop solution for Start-ups, Incubators, and VCs for ease of doing business and assessing all benefits & offers by the Government
Help Start-ups connect with investors, accelerators, and incubators
Helping investors, accelerators and incubators discover curated, high-potential Start-ups
Mentoring to help Start-ups improve their chances of success
Content, workshops, and resources to help entrepreneurs
Help Start-ups to connect with the Government for seed funding or larger capital investments
Provision of 500 crores by State Government for Matching funds to Start-ups; including separate provision for Women & Green IT Start-ups
Programmes under Rajasthan Startup Ecosystem
QRate: Qrate is the only startup rating mechanism in the country, accepted by all leading venture capitalists and investors. It is an assessment programme which provides a detailed report on the start-up's potential and investment worthiness. Much like a health report from a diagnostic lab helps you identify problem areas and take steps to improve your health, the scorecard and assessment report provides start-up founders actionable insights to help them strengthen their business plan, and improve their chances of getting funded. Under the programme, boot-camps are organised to refine product, strategy, business plans, and market position of start-ups and enhance their limitations. Worth mentioning here is all start-ups in Rajasthan are Q-Rated.
Categories of QRate cards
Student Startup Exposure Programme was implemented to create a strong entrepreneurship pipeline among the youth of Rajathan.
iStart Nest: Government of Rajasthan's incubation centres are the only incubators in the country providing free incubation to emerging Startups. iStart Nest is designed to help start-ups gain traction through deep mentor engagement, rapid iteration cycles, and fundraising preparation. iStart Nest offers stateof- the art facilities at its incubation centre with a wide range of resources and mentoring from industry tycoons. iStart Nest works with an extensive network of investors, accelerators and mentors to help entrepreneurs launch and grow the innovative companies that are building Rajasthan's future.
Challenge for Change: Challenge for Change is an initiative wherein organisations are provided with an opportunity to partner with the Government of Rajasthan and play an important role in empowering the State to be the Digital-sthan of the country.
The youth, working professionals and start-ups can share their innovative idea or can provide an ingenious solution for existing challenges floated by the Government and bring change that will benefit the masses. It's a dream come true for young entrepreneurs to have direct order of up to Rs one Crore. In this one of a kind initiative, the young entrepreneurs can directly work with the Government without following the traditional tendering process. Start-ups are neither required to furnish any EMD, nor any minimum years of prior experience or minimum turnover is required.
The major objective of this initiative is to invite IT solutions for various citizen-centric services by the Government and recognising & promote the potential of the young brains.
Rajasthan Stack: Rajasthan Stack is essentially an integrated platform which offers multiple services to sort out the technology requirements of start-ups. It is a one-stop destination for all the e-governance and technological requirements for the residents of the state as well as for budding entrepreneurs. Each service, resource, application, and infrastructure offered by the Government of Rajasthan can be accessed for free. The idea is to encourage start-ups and provide them ease of doing business, thereby paving the path for a concrete startup infrastructure in the State. The platform is open for start-ups at the national level and offers a stack of APIs that would otherwise require much hassle to get access to and work through.
Bhamashah Techno Hub: Bhamashah Techno Hub is country's largest incubation centre which will house more than 700 emerging start-ups of Rajasthan. This world-class incubation centre will be a one-stop solution for all the entrepreneurs to get amenities like free space, connectivity, easier funding, mentorship and exposure & much more.
The incubation centre does not charge any kind of fee from start-ups as well as entrepreneurs and provides free facilities unlike other incubation centres of different cities. It will be the biggest incubation centre as compared to existing operational hubs of India. Bhamashah Techno Hub will provide a complete support system to emerging entrepreneurs. From assisting them to pitch their ideas, to providing mentorship and connecting them to potential investors and venture capitalists, Bhamashah Techno Hub will act as a launching pad for innovators. This 1,50,000 sq ft of incubation space will be entirely dedicated to entrepreneurs and for their development and coordination with the world-class facilities such co-working space, connectivity, easy funding, mentoring and advisory support all under one roof.
Bhamashah Techno Fund: Bhamashah Techno Fund of Rs 500 Crores for start-ups has been introduced to give an open sky to the potential start-ups of the state. The fund would be used for start-ups of the State for their growth and all-round development and to levitate the start-up community of Rajasthan to the highest pinnacle in the Country. Out of the 500 crore, Rs 100 crore is dedicated towards women entrepreneurs and RS 50 crore for Green Startups. The launch of Bhamashah Techno Fund has motivated the start-up generation of the state to initiate their own ventures with the support of Government. Bhamashah Techno Fund has been disbursed to eight start-ups within 10 days of its launch and 15 more Startups have been funded recently in May 2018.
Qrate is the only startup rating mechanism in the country, accepted by all leading venture capitalists and investors. It is an assessment programme which provides a detailed report on the startup's potential and investment worthiness.
Student Start-up Exposure Programme: Student Start-up Exposure Programme was implemented to create a strong entrepreneurship pipeline among the youth of Rajathan. Through the exposure programme, the State Government aims to send 100 selected students from the state to an allexpense paid residential learning programme in Silicon Valley.
The programme is open to any student pursuing higher education in any college of the State of Rajasthan. The top 100 selected students from the State will be hosted by Menlo College in Menlo Park, Silicon Valley. Over the course of two weeks, they will learn various aspects of building a tech product startup from renowned experts in the global start-up ecosystem. The participants will receive mentorship to build their prototype and pitch it to prospective investors in the Silicon Valley and gain feedback from them. During the tenure of the two-week programme, students will also get a chance to acquire on the job training at some eminent organisations and interact with successful founders and other key professionals.
Number of applications received so far: 10,000+
Such recent initiatives by the Department of IT & Communications, Government of Rajasthan certainly open the doors for budding entrepreneurs and students to make their entrepreneurship dream come true. These programmes will not only prove to be an excellent learning experience but will also motivate participants to become a job creator by starting their own venture and not lure behind corporate jobs.
Undoubtedly, with the launch of all these initiatives, Government of Rajasthan is developing a digital infrastructure to promote & facilitate entrepreneurship in the State. These technological insertions are boosting the economic standards of the state and boosting emerging Startups. Rajasthan has transformed into a "Start-up Leader" of the country with the robust, effective, efficient and active digital infrastructure – paving the way for truly transforming the Rajasthan State to a DigiSthan.
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Centre for Electronic Governance — Boosting IT Ecosystem in Rajasthan


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Sunday Sketch - Flip-flops are Great for the Summer
On the heals of launching Animal Farm Fridays in honor of the rising totalitarian police state in America, I'm now kicking off the Sunday Sketch, featuring an unfinished - and currently exclusive - cartoon. Some of you may recall my earlier request to get readers to pound away on the Google ads to help me justify the time commitment it takes to do these cartoons. There's been modest progress there, but right now sketches and works-in-progress are the most I can do. So thanks for those who have been clicking those ads, but I'm pleading now for others to literally abuse those ads with your mouse clicks - point the arrow on the ads and pound away on that mouse button - because, while this is partly a labor of love, it is still labor, and I still have bills to pay.
With that, I'll pause on the pity party/beggars ball and introduce to you the inaugural piece to the new Sunday Sketch feature on The Low Bar. (Click the image to enlarge)
Posted by Jake Barlow at 7/05/2008 View Comments
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I've been paying attention
Josh wants to know if we're paying attention, and for the record I'm saying "yeah." I've been paying attention to the exceedingly clear bias the reporters from the Associated Press have shown in their stories against Obama, almost as obviously egregious as those of Fox News. That's really saying something, because at least Fox News doesn't shy away from its obvious bias against Obama, nor does Fox News try to pretend to be anything other than baseless tabloid journalism. But the folks at the AP are flea-ridden dogs pretending to be shit-eating pigs, so they haven't quite gotten the hang of what it takes to roll around in the muck and love doing it. But with Fox News's big daddy Rupert on the AP board, it's only a matter of time before the lot of them become just as useless and joyfully pathetic as all the other fecal freaks at Fox News.
I've been working on a new look for The Low Bar, and I'm interested in what you think before I kill myself trying to code it. Take a peek and let me know what you think, or if you have a preference for one or the other. All feedback is welcome, good and bad.
How dare they, indeed!
Preach it, brother!
Now these bad actors are prepared to set aside your right to privacy — written into the Constitution as a key part of our Bill of Rights — with hardly a nod in the direction of the true patriots who rebelled against an English king and his army to guarantee those rights.
That they will do this while the last empty phrases of the political windbags at the Fourth of July celebrations are still echoing across a thousand city parks and the bright red, white and blue bunting and blizzard of American flags still flap in the breeze is little short of breath-taking.
How dare they?
They would have us believe that a nation of 300 million people must surrender what a million other Americans gave their lives in war to protect in order to protect us from a couple of hundred fanatics hiding in caves in Waziristan.
Somewhere across an ocean and a desert, hiding in his cave, a man of hate named Osama bin Laden is laughing up the sleeve of his dirty robe at the thought that he and a small handful of fellow fanatics could tie a great nation in knots — knots of fear stoked by our own leaders.
We have done incalculably more and greater damage to ourselves since September 11, 2001, than a thousand bin Ladens and ten thousand al Qaida recruits could ever have done to us.
The world just got a little better
Jessie Helms is dead!
Losing Hope
After a thorough re-reading (and re-reading) of Obama's statement on his FISA cave-in, I've come to this conclusion. What this sounds like to me is that Barack Obama's attitude is "Aw, aren't they cute? Look how the angry supporters self-organized to tell me how much they don't like that I flip-flopped on the FISA bill. That's just darling. Okay little cuties, run along now. Go back to your little blogs, and rant and rave all you like, and leave this Presidenting stuff to us grown-ups."
Obama just lost nearly all of my respect. Seeing Obama being weak on this issue and playing into the right's frames of national security, seeing Obama willfully participate in the denigration of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, and see Obama act so patronizingly towards his supporters who firmly believe that we are first a nation of laws, not a nation of men, I am so very saddened.
While I could easily believe that Obama would not abuse the power of the Executive branch the way that George W. Bush has, I cannot accept that as a reasonable defense of his new position. It is not enough to say "trust me" on such a critical issue. It does not matter how trustworthy he may appear to be. But on that note, if we cannot trust Obama to stand by his own words and principles on such a critical issue, how can we trust anything else he says? Why won't we just expect him to do the politically expedient thing of the moment? Isn't that what the Clintons are famous for? Isn't that what triangulation is?
Here is why I find him to be so patronizing with this statement:
It grants retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies that may have violated the law by cooperating with the Bush Administration's program of warrantless wiretapping. This potentially weakens the deterrent effect of the law and removes an important tool for the American people to demand accountability for past abuses. That's why I support striking Title II from the bill, and will work with Chris Dodd, Jeff Bingaman and others in an effort to remove this provision in the Senate.
Potentially weakens? No, it absolutely weakens the deterrent effect of the law. It is not as though we demand accountability for the sake of vengeance. Accountability for past abuses would have the effect of increasing the deterrent effect of the law, ensuring that those who might liberally interpret those laws in the future could be held accountable retroactively. As for supporting the removal of Title II, that just talk, and talk is cheap. Actions speak louder than words. Supporting this bill even while verbally objecting to Title II is like talking out of both sides of your mouth at the same time. Clintonism at its finest.
But I also believe that the compromise bill is far better than the Protect America Act that I voted against last year. The exclusivity provision makes it clear to any President or telecommunications company that no law supersedes the authority of the FISA court. In a dangerous world, government must have the authority to collect the intelligence we need to protect the American people. But in a free society, that authority cannot be unlimited. As I've said many times, an independent monitor must watch the watchers to prevent abuses and to protect the civil liberties of the American people. This compromise law assures that the FISA court has that responsibility
The exclusivity provision is needless rhetoric. The current FISA law was just liberally interpreted by Bush, as could this new exclusivity provision be imaginatively interpreted by a future President. As for this "compromise law" assuring that the FISA court has the responsibility of "watching the watchers", the current FISA bill already does that just fine.
But leaving that aside, I am completely appalled at this new tone Obama is taking with his supporters. Firstly, he is talking to us like children, much like Bush did. And using fear - like Bush - to defend his position. "In a dangerous world..." WTF? Seriously, Obama. WTF? Who have you become?
The Inspectors General report also provides a real mechanism for accountability and should not be discounted. It will allow a close look at past misconduct without hurdles that would exist in federal court because of classification issues. The recent investigation uncovering the illegal politicization of Justice Department hiring sets a strong example of the accountability that can come from a tough and thorough IG report.
Really? And how is that going, Mr. Obama? How is the uncovering of these illegal issues going? When a rogue Executive has the backing of a rogue Judiciary and the support of roadblocking Legislators, and when lawmakers can't enforce suppoenas against Executive staff members, ow are we to believe that this "new and improved" compromise bill will do anything to keep the government from violating our Constitutional rights again? The answer: It can't!
The ability to monitor and track individuals who want to attack the United States is a vital counter-terrorism tool, and I'm persuaded that it is necessary to keep the American people safe -- particularly since certain electronic surveillance orders will begin to expire later this summer. Given the choice between voting for an improved yet imperfect bill, and losing important surveillance tools, I've chosen to support the current compromise. I do so with the firm intention -- once I'm sworn in as President -- to have my Attorney General conduct a comprehensive review of all our surveillance programs, and to make further recommendations on any steps needed to preserve civil liberties and to prevent executive branch abuse in the future.
BOO! Are you scared yet? (I'll address in more detail the issue of these expiring electronic surveillance orders, but the short of it is that these orders need to expire, and their expiration will do nothing to make us less safe.) But to the point of Obama's intentions once he's sworn in, this goes back to the matter of trust. In the very statement he makes to defend his flip-flopping, he asks us to trust him when he's President. That sounds eerily familiar. I will repeat, we are a nation of laws, not a nation of men. That's where Bush got it wrong, and now it is looking like it is where Obama is getting it wrong.
Now, I understand why some of you feel differently about the current bill, and I'm happy to take my lumps on this side and elsewhere. For the truth is that your organizing, your activism and your passion is an important reason why this bill is better than previous versions. No tool has been more important in focusing peoples' attention on the abuses of executive power in this Administration than the active and sustained engagement of American citizens. That holds true -- not just on wiretapping, but on a range of issues where Washington has let the American people down.
Awwww. Aren't we sweet? Look how we got Obama's attention just long enough to tell us all to collectively go fuck ourselves.
Firstly, Obama supporters in the FISA group had nothing to do with this current compromise bill. While some in the group may have been vocal about the issue, this particular group was formed to tell Obama that we were not happy with this particular new bill, nor with his reversal on the issue, and his decision to go against his own words. Look how that has worked for us. We get a pat on the bottom and told to run along, while Obama goes off a plays nice with the telecoms. How much has he gotten from them anyway?
I learned long ago, when working as an organizer on the South Side of Chicago, that when citizens join their voices together, they can hold their leaders accountable. I'm not exempt from that. I'm certainly not perfect, and expect to be held accountable too. I cannot promise to agree with you on every issue. But I do promise to listen to your concerns, take them seriously, and seek to earn your ongoing support to change the country. That is why we have built the largest grassroots campaign in the history of presidential politics, and that is the kind of White House that I intend to run as President of the United States -- a White House that takes the Constitution seriously, conducts the peoples' business out in the open, welcomes and listens to dissenting views, and asks you to play your part in shaping our country's destiny.
Democracy cannot exist without strong differences. And going forward, some of you may decide that my FISA position is a deal breaker. That's ok. But I think it is worth pointing out that our agreement on the vast majority of issues that matter outweighs the differences we may have. After all, the choice in this election could not be clearer. Whether it is the economy, foreign policy, or the Supreme Court, my opponent has embraced the failed course of the last eight years, while I want to take this country in a new direction. Make no mistake: if John McCain is elected, the fundamental direction of this country that we love will not change. But if we come together, we have an historic opportunity to chart a new course, a better course.
So I appreciate the feedback through my.barackobama.com, and I look forward to continuing the conversation in the months and years to come. Together, we have a lot of work to do.
I don't see a whole lot of "accountability" here at all, not with Obama being so dismissive of and patronizing to so many of his supporters. As for this being a deal breaker, I mentioned earlier that it is indeed a deal breaker for me. I hope Obama wins against McCain. I really do. I really believe that McCain would be horrible for this country, and despite this "new but not improved Obama," I think he'd be a great President. But he is going to have to do it without my help.
Obama's campaign was the first campaign I ever volunteered for. I have donated more of my money to his campaign than to any other, by far. I got on board back when he formed his exploratory committee, and have been supporting him on the phones calling almost every state, walking the streets of San Francisco, and the streets of San Antonio. I did this because he convinced me that he was not like other politicians. He convinced me that he was a true leader, not someone who was led by consultants. He seemed guided by principles, not blown by political winds. He talked to us all like we were adults, and treated us with respect.
I don't know who this new Barack Obama is, but I don't particularly like him, at least not as much as the old Obama.
Labels: FISA
Thanks, Glenn
First of all, thanks Glenn Greenwald for the link to a little post on this tiny little backwater blog in your very astute post on Obama's FISA cave. I really appreciate the traffic, and the lively discussion it has generated.
More importantly, thank you for your dogged determination to get the story out about just how dangerous this new FISA bill is, and how damaging it is to our country.
Animal Farm Friday - Independence Day Edition
Predictable, I suppose. But what can I say. These are magnificent birds. Stephen Colbert, this one's for you!
Labels: Animal Farm Friday
Declaration on Independence Day (eve)
I wish I was part of this group. Where do I sign on?
Rabble Rousers Post Subversive "Declaration" in NYT
Off Obama's bus
Here is an excerpt from Obama's statement on his FISA cave in, interspersed with my knee-jerk commentary (I will have full analysis when I have a proper keyboard again):
Democracy cannot exist without strong differences. And going forward,
some of you may decide that my FISA position is a deal breaker. That's
Me: It is a deal breaker, and I guess Obama is happy to lose my support.
But I think it is worth pointing out that our agreement on the vast
majority of issues that matter outweighs the differences we may have.
Me: If by differences Obama means the way we value the Constitution, then he is astoundingly out of touch with the way I - and many like me - feel. I am sorry, but pissing on the Constitution is absolutely unequivocal to any other issue in this - or any - campaign. Accepting the past transgressions against the Constitution, and those transgressors, is unacceptable.
After all, the choice in this election could not be clearer. Whether
it is the economy, foreign policy, or the Supreme Court, my opponent
has embraced the failed course of the last eight years, while I want
to take this country in a new direction. Make no mistake: if John
McCain is elected, the fundamental direction of this country that we
love will not change. But if we come together, we have an historic
opportunity to chart a new course, a better course.
Me: Sorry mate, but turning your back on your principles and on the Constitution is an act of cowardice. It is a weak political move, and it goes against the primary reasons I supported you since prior to your official announcement to run. The Barack Obama who penned this letter is not the same person I flew to Texas to volunteer for.
The vacillating, flip-flopping politician that you appear to have become is little different from McCain, and I can no longer trust you any more than I could McCain.
This does not sound like a new course at all, but rather a failed course, and one I want no part of. Not only have you lost my support, you may have even lost my vote. Consider me officially off the Obama bus.
WHIP IT! WHIP IT GOOD!
/Shift
Earlier today in a response to a question by Mike Saul from the NY Daily News on Obama's statement today on withdrawing from Iraq I wrote:
My first thought is that Obama's recent actions and statements won't help him avoid being painted a flip-flopper by the right, but they were going to find a way to do that anyhow. It also won't help Obama much with the "low information" voters for the same reason. I, however, expected this. Obama has always said that how he wants to proceed with Iraq will be determined by the information he has available, and he never ruled out that his thinking might shift. I remember this from either a debate moderated by Tim Russert, or perhaps it was on his MTP appearance. However, the context of those statements seemed to apply more to post-inauguration than while still campaigning. But we can't deny - at least from recent press reports - that things do appear to be changing in Iraq, at least from the point of the Iraqi government trying to at least appear to be acting more independent.
I'm less concerned about what he has to say about Iraq, because lets face it, there's no easy way out of this for anyone. What I am very concerned about is what he says about Iran. Any "tough talk" is going to have a negative affect on me.
On their own, many of the apparent "flip-flops" from Obama lately are anything but. If you've read his books, you'd know that he was for the death penalty for those who would rape and murder a child. He was also fairly pro gun, though he was also for gun control, especially in Chicago, and those positions are not incompatible.
His recent remarks about withdrawing the troops from Iraq are consistent with what he has said all along, but when you put all of these recent positions together and view them out of their original context, you see what appears to be a pattern of Obama shifting away from his progressive values and pandering more to the "center" - wherever the hell that is.
I guess I could be in the center, considering that my positions swing far right in some cases, but far left on most others. What I liked about Obama is that he seemed to embody a similar dynamic, that he could be liberal and libertarian and conservative, without those positions being in conflict. What I liked most about him, however, was that he seemed guided more by principles than by politics, and wasn't afraid to be controversial. I still believe that for the most part, but I cannot compromise on the FISA issue.
Make no mistake. I am holding Obama accountable to his words, not mine. When I say he has lost my support, I mean that I am no longer willing to give him my money, nor give him my time. It's not too late for him to change my mind on that, just as it's not too late to lose my vote as well. I'll be watching Obama with the same critical eye that I have always watched with, even when I walked up and down the San Francisco hills on that cold and rainy February day, even those days in Texas when I walked three precincts, and even when I talked to potential voters on the countless numbers of calls I made.
Not that it really matters all that much, what with me being one person. But then maybe it matters a little more when you factor in all those folks I encountered while volunteering for the campaign, and especially when you factor in all the fence sitters I talked over to Obama's side.
I'm anxious to see what Obama does next.
Labels: FISA, Obama
FISA is still the law!
If a judge appointed by Bush Sr. says that Li'l Bush's wiretaps were illegal, and that FISA gives Congress authority on this matter, will Obama still support a bill that grants telecoms immunity?
Not a glitch in the Matrix, but an attempt to break the matrix
Strange Bed Fellows, indeed. I'm on board to add to the "money bomb!"
Yes. It is torture.
Take it from the mouth of one of the biggest champions of the Iraq war.
A top 10 list...
...that will really piss you off!
Cockney rhyming slang...
...just about blows my loaf off! Have a butcher's.
No, Russ. We thank you!
Glad to see someone standing by their principles and not being a political coward.
No sycophancy here either!
I'm with Kos on this one, for the very same reasons!
So it's not just me...
From Greg Sargent at TPM:
Anti-FISA-Cave Group On Obama's Web Site Keeps On Growing
By Greg Sargent - July 1, 2008, 12:00PM
That social networking group set up on MyBarackObama.com for the specific purpose of urging Obama not to support the FISA cave-in bill has now grown to nearly 7,500 members.
It's the fourth largest group on the site, after less than a week in existence.
As of 9:20 AM 2:00 PM Pacific, there are over 7,900 8,900 members.
A glitch in the Matrix?
or just Chronotopic Anamorphosis from Marginalia Project on Vimeo? It gets better as it goes on.
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"In adversity lies opportunity, however hidden or dim. And we must find that dim or hidden opportunity and seize it. Otherwise, despair swallows us whole."
–Cary Tennis
Can you tell I'm feeling melancholy?
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Apparently, this question was interesting to me a couple of years ago:
What did the first person who owned a fax machine do with it?
WTF Obama?!?
What the fuck has gotten into Obama? His campaign is turning into one big massive mistake right before our very eyes. General Wes Clark rightfully says that McCain's military service and experience as a POW does not necessarily qualify him for being president, and that it also does not serve as a reliable indicator of good judgment. There was no attack on McCain, nor on his service, but to hear the right-wingnuts and media blowhards tell it, Clark might has well have pissed on McCain's medals.
But then the Obama campaign has to come running to McCain's defense? Why? There was no attack to defend against.
"As he's said many times before, Senator Obama honors and respects Senator McCain's service, and of course he rejects yesterday's statement by General Clark," said Obama campaign spokeman Bill Burton.
I'm already done donating and volunteering because of the whole FISA/telco amnesty flip-flop, but Obama is dangerously close to losing my vote outright. If they keep up this kind of wussy behavior and allow themselves to be led around by the nose by the media and the McCain campaign, then Obama can go fuck himself.
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CHAIRMAN OF THE JUDGES
Adrian Barnard
Adrian is an award-winning TMT & ICT entrepreneur with a respected track record in building, exiting and running companies in the £1m to £50m range. A well known commentator and face of the industry for all things TMT, Adrian is currently involved in several successful UK Tech start-ups and high-level lobbying for the TMT sector.
THE JUDGING PANEL
Edward Armitage
Edward Armitage, Independent,
Having co-founded an IT services company before going on to create – and successfully sell – his own managed services business, Edward understands what drives founders and shareholders and what it takes to transform a business you love into a business that others desire.
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Matt Atkinson, Founder & Consultant, Utelize Matt's a Founder & Consultant working with innovative service providers and technology firms to deliver next generation networks and mobile technologies to large businesses. He founded and successfully built and sold telecoms software and reseller billing specialists Aurora Kendrick James (AKJ) to Alternative Networks, before founding Utelize, a partner-focused managed mobility services provider operating in the large corporate sector. He's also working with ComputerAid on a programme to encourage large businesses to donate unwanted mobile phones and laptops, with the proceeds being used to build solar-powered digital classrooms and community hubs in the poorest regions of the world.
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Paul McGlone, Coach, ICT Sector
As a successful business leader, Paul has created, managed and sold award-winning businesses and organisations in and out of the ICT sector. Drawing on over 30 years of experience, Paul is non-exec Chairman of several market-leading companies and provides confidential coaching to business leaders who recognise high growth potential and wish to accelerate their success or who face business challenges and value immediate support. Paul remains passionate about new technologies, innovative products, and emerging markets and values time spent investing in himself, his family and his friends.
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Phillip Reynolds is Chairman and Director of Mobile Apps at Oak Innovation, the call recording company. He started his computing career in 1976, working on ICL, IBM and Honeywell mainframes, before progressing to IBM PCs when they launched in the early '80s, since when he has developed many innovative and market-leading telecoms products. He co- founded Oak Telecom, now Oak Innovation, in 1991, and was CTO until 2018 when he passed on the role to his son, David. Phillip now works on personal projects, including wellness and fitness apps, while continuing to support the team at Oak.
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$:.unshift File::dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib'

require 'test/unit'
require File::dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib/clienttester'

require 'xmpp4r'
require 'xmpp4r/last/helper/helper'
include Jabber

class LastActivity::HelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  include ClientTester

  def test_simple_query
    state { |iq|
      assert_kind_of(Iq, iq)
      assert_equal(JID.new('juliet@capulet.com'), iq.to)
      assert_equal(:get, iq.type)
      assert_kind_of(LastActivity::IqQueryLastActivity, iq.query)
      send("
<iq type='result' from='#{iq.to}' to='#{iq.from}' id='#{iq.id}'>
  <query xmlns='jabber:iq:last' seconds='903'/>
</iq>")
    }

    res = LastActivity::Helper.new(@client).get_last_activity_from('juliet@capulet.com')
    wait_state
    assert_equal(903, res.seconds)
    assert_nil(res.text)
  end

  def test_text_query
    state { |iq|
      send("
<iq type='result' from='#{iq.to}' to='#{iq.from}' id='#{iq.id}'>
  <query xmlns='jabber:iq:last' seconds='903'>Heading Home</query>
</iq>")
    }

    res = LastActivity::Helper.new(@client).get_last_activity_from('juliet@capulet.com')
    wait_state
    assert_equal(903, res.seconds)
    assert_equal('Heading Home', res.text)
  end

  def test_empty_query
    state { |iq|
      send("
<iq type='result' from='#{iq.to}' to='#{iq.from}' id='#{iq.id}'>
  <query xmlns='jabber:iq:last'/>
</iq>")
    }

    res = LastActivity::Helper.new(@client).get_last_activity_from('juliet@capulet.com')
    wait_state
    assert_nil(res.seconds)
    assert_nil(res.text)
  end

  def test_forbidden_query
    state { |iq|
      send("
<iq type='error' from='#{iq.to}' to='#{iq.from}' id='#{iq.id}'>
  <error type='auth'>
    <forbidden xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-stanzas'/>
  </error>
</iq>")
    }

    assert_raises(ServerError) { LastActivity::Helper.new(@client).get_last_activity_from('juliet@capulet.com') }
  end

end


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Introduction any other program, young children are exposed to
IntroductionThis essay is going to address how children acquire English as a first language. The reason I am writing this report is to look at the different strategies children use to first acquire language and the process that leads up to them saying their first coherent word.
The first part of this essay will discuss whether language is learnt or acquired. Afterwards, I'll be taking a look at whether infants pick up language aimlessly or if this acquisition occurs in a highly organized manner. Then, we will take a look at what researchers think about the existence of stages in L1 acquisition and finally, which has a bigger role in First Language Acquisition, nature or nurture.
The Acquisition of LanguageLanguage Acquisition seems to be a very easy task to children. It occurs seemingly effortlessly. However, there is a difference between language being learned and acquired. Learning a language requires studying the rules, looking at grammar among many other guidelines. On the other hand, acquiring a language is a less conscious effort. Some cultures spend time reading with their children for pleasure, while enriching their vocabulary. Infants who are being read to start to babble in a different way called book babble.
(Smith, 1997) Before joining school or any other program, young children are exposed to a form speech called Child Directed Speech (CDS) which is a way a mother or caregiver speaks to their infant. In this form of speech intonations are exaggerated and there is an apparent rhythmic pattern. Grammar is simple and words are often repeated. This is also another reason young children are equipped with a large vocabulary of words. (Vialle & Lysaght & Verenikina, 2008, p.110-111) This is evidence that language is acquired rather than learned.
Schooling only helps with polishing the language that has previously been acquired. An Organized SystemFrom birth, infants are processing the sounds of speech around them, which are referred to as Phonology, alongside the form of the phrases, called Syntax. Later as they grow, they start using Semantics, which is the combination of words. Once a child has turned 3 years old, they have basically grasped the concept of language and the basics of the system. (Yang & Lust, 2009) According to Kopko: "Infants learn language according to a highly organized set of rules containing five systems: Phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and Pragmatics." (Kopko, Research Sheds Light on How Babies Learn and Develop Language, n.d.) Using these components that make up language, children are able to use speech flexibly.
This shows that rather than randomly using different words, children have a rather organized set of rules in their minds, and these components of language are what allows children to vocalize their first words. However, research has found that a child growing up in Hong Kong learning Cantonese is progressing faster in using Phonology than English speakers are. This occurs due to many words and syllables being easier to pronounce in Cantonese than in English.
(Berk, 1989) The Stages of Language AcquisitionAt around 2 months, infants make noises using vowels called cooing. At 6 months, they start babbling. At 7 months, babbling includes consonant-vowel syllables and by 10 months, some of the intonation patterns make up the infants first words. In a book by Berk, she writes: "Children's errors are similar across a range of languages." (Berk, 1989) Although language varies in different parts of the world, infants make many similar errors in speech. There are several stages that begin from an infant's birth all the way to adolescence that are part of the child's language development.
(Vialle & Lysaght & Verenikina, 2008) The first stage is Babbling which is approximately 6-8 months of age. Then occurs the Holophrastic stage from 9-18 months. After that comes the Telegraphic stage from 24-30 months. Lastly, the later multiword stage which is from 30 months and above. Doug McGlothlin wrote in his research about how he attempted to observe his son, Colin, as he speaks a new word, noting down it's meaning and when it was first used, starting from his birth in September 1985 until December of 1987. His wife and himself use the correct form of English words as they speak to their child and he seems to understand, but when he talks, his words are incomprehensible.
McGlothlin wrote that the learning process of language is separated into two parts: how new language comes to the learner and how the learner comes to the language. As McGlothlin observed his son, he noticed that his vocabulary lacked verbs and held more simple nouns. This proves that children are very aware of the language being spoken around them from a young age and these words are stored in their vocabulary. However, they don't include them in their speech right away, rather, they start using them after a period of observation. (McGlothlin, 1997)Nature or NurtureB.
F. Skinner is a theorist that believed reinforcement is how young children acquire different abilities, one of them being speech. For example, a parent would command their child to say 'I want a cookie' and then praise them for saying it, giving them a cookie. This is what's called reinforcing this behavior within the child, so that they can develop their speech.
In theorist Noam Chomsky's view, language is something that's built into the brain and children have a system in their minds called the language acquisition device (LAD) that enables them to take in words and form grammatically correct sentences. Not all children speak the same language, which is why Chomsky stated that within the Language Acquisition Device, there is a built in set of rules that are the same for infants worldwide called the Universal Grammar (UG). Another theory with a focus on Interactions as a means of development, is called the Interactionist Perspective contributed to by theorists like Vygotsky and Bruner, in which social interactions are highly emphasized. On a daily basis, infants interact with their parents, not necessarily using speech, but even facial expressions and various noises. Berk wrote: "An active child, well-endowed for making sense of language, strives to communicate. In doing so, she cues her caregivers to provide appropriate language experiences, which in turn help her relate the content and structure of language to it's social meaning.
" (Berk, 1989, p.366) Humans are inherently social beings, needing to communicate with other people. This theory shows that without interactions or speech between humans, language would not develop. ConclusionThere has been a lot of research done on the topic of language acquisition and the findings imply that although language differs across the world, and infants learn at a slightly different pace, the acquisition process is similar. Infants pick up language in an organized pattern in recognized stages of First Language Acquisition. Opinions vary on this topic, but in my view, language cannot be acquired without the intervention of the people in the child's life, for instance, parents, family members and other caregivers.
At the same time, children are able to comprehend so much even before they begin to speak. (Kopko, Research Sheds Light on How Babies Learn and Develop Language, n.d.
) In the end, there is no single theory that can justify the whole process of a child's initial acquisition of language. I believe that a child acquires language due to interactions, behavior modification and certain innate skills. Therefore, Nurture plays a bigger role in this process, because without interaction and communication, speech development is hindered.
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