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Abolish the Filibuster
The filibuster has been a tool of reaction since its inception. We should abolish it.
Senator Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana after twenty-eight hours of speechmaking in six days as part of the bloc of Southern senators filibustering the Anti-Lynching Bill, 1938. Library of Congress
The filibuster is one of the grand old traditions of the Senate, an ingenious tool to protect minority rights form the tyranny of the majority, and vital to ensuring democratic debate. Let's take a tour through some of its greatest achievements.
How about the time that Southern Democrats filibustered anti-lynching legislation to death? There wasn't just one time, of course, because they did this at least three separate times: in 1922, 1938, and 1940, all presumably storied victories for minority rights.
The filibuster didn't protect minority rights just by killing anti-lynching bills, though. It also did so by killing a 1942 bill repealing the poll tax, Harry Truman's civil rights legislation, and a 1980 bill erecting protections against housing discrimination. This isn't counting the times a filibuster was tried and failed in defeating civil rights measures, such as the 1957, 1960, and 1964 civil rights bills, the 1968 Fair Housing Act, or the 1972 measure to give the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforcement powers for the first time. Nor the times it was used to water down such legislation, as with the 1957 bill.
One minority group that has richly benefited from the filibuster are "people of means," known to the rest of us as the rich. From 1965–66, Evertt Dirksen led successful filibusters against Lyndon Johnson's attempt to repeal the section of the Taft-Hartley Act that allowed states to pass right-to-work laws. A three-day filibuster in 1979 succeeded in protecting more of the oil industry's profits from a new tax. In the 1990s, Senate Republican leader Bob Dole first turned the threat of filibuster from an extraordinary occurrence to a virtually de rigueur maneuever, killing a stimulus package, health care overhaul, and lobbying and campaign finance reform, all in the first two years of the Bill Clinton presidency. And we can probably all remember the way Mitch McConnell further escalated even that radical strategy in the Obama years.
So the filibuster has been good for minority rights, as long as the minority you're talking about is a tiny band of legislators far to the right of the US public, representing a disproportionately small number of voters (the current Republican majority represents less than half of the population) and the coterie of wealthy donors and corporations that fund them. This isn't to say the filibuster has never been used for good; but taken in total, it has overwhelmingly been a tool wielded against justice and progress.
This history is relevant because all but one of the current Democratic front-runners opposes getting rid of the filibuster should they win the presidency in 2020. That politician is not, as one might assume, Bernie Sanders, who recently said he's "not crazy" about doing so. Rather, it's Elizabeth Warren, who believes "we've got to keep all the options on the table."
There's really no way around it: the continued existence of the filibuster will mean the stillbirth of even the mildest, most compromised versions of the ambitious legislation Democrats need to pass. Infrastructure spending to transition from fossil fuels? Higher taxes on the rich? Free college? Republican obstruction will kill or mortally water down each one.
Same thing goes for Medicare For All, arguably the flagship program of the newly energized Democratic base. There is no chance that the same GOP that decided a Heritage Foundation policy first implemented by a Republican governor was a radical threat to American freedom will ever allow a bill that will annihilate the profits of health insurers, hospitals, and drug companies to move forward. Many of the same Republicans who embraced Obamacare in the 1990s as an alternative to Clinton's health care reform viciously turned on it once it became a Democratic policy. The GOP cannot be won over.
In fact, the Republican Party has made it very clear their only concern is winning political power. Mitch McConnell candidly said in 2010 that the "single most important thing" the party wanted to achieve was for Obama "to be a one-term president" if he refused to bend to their will. He and his party spent eight years waging one of the most aggressive campaigns of obstruction in US history, including blocking economic recovery so that voters would turn on Obama and the Democrats, and all despite Obama's futile attempts at outreach. This is a party whose administration privately acknowledges but doesn't actually care about the ecological doom humanity faces, an administration that is not just stymying and dishonestly fearmongering about measures to prevent it, but actively accelerating its arrival. There is no negotiating or reasoning with these people.
Even in the best case scenario where Democrats win a sixty seat supermajority in the Senate again, the next president would face monumental hurdles pushing any of this through. Besides a united Republican bloc and his own, perennially unanswered faith in bipartisanship, Obama was constantly thwarted by a small number of conservative Democrats like Max Baucus, who watered down virtually anything he tried to do. A Democratic president in 2021 would face a similar problem.
Democrats are understandably scared that gutting the filibuster would endanger any gains the next time the Republicans hold power. There are two reasons why they shouldn't be.
One is that this how virtually every other democratic government in the world operates: laws are passed by parliamentary majority, and they can be undone by a different majority later on. While governments in other countries are known to undo policies set by their predecessors, this hasn't led to an epidemic of wholesale, back-and-forth legislative overhauls across the world. Besides, the filibuster hasn't prevented rollbacks from happening in the US anyway — just look at the gradual dismantling of the New Deal, or the way laws like the Voting Rights Act and, more recently, Dodd-Frank, have been gradually chipped away at.
The second is that democratic systems offer built-in safeguards. As Republicans well know, it is extremely hard to get rid of popular programs that make tangible improvements to people's lives. The New Deal was so popular that it shifted the political center of gravity, forcing even its opponents to go along with much of it. While the last few decades have seen partially successful attempts to take it apart, Social Security has endured, as have later expansions like Medicare and Medicaid, precisely because the improvements they've made to the lives of a broad base of the population have made them difficult to touch. As Dwight Eisenhower once remarked about Republicans eager to topple what Franklin Roosevelt had built: "Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history."
The goal of the next Democratic administration, whether it's led by Sanders or someone else, should be to pass a similar flurry of transformative legislation that would not only become politically entrenched through its popularity, but force the GOP to move leftward in order to stay competitive, just as Roosevelt made his opponents shift leftward, and just as the Democrats lurched right after the Reagan revolution.
Just think of the far-reaching programs that could be passed by a simple majority without the filibuster: Medicare For All; a federal job guarantee; tuition-free college; universal childcare; campaign finance reform; a new Voting Rights Act; statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico. The first four would guarantee the Democrats electoral victories through their popularity; the last three would drastically rebalance the electoral calculus away from big money and small, conservative states. None of them will happen if the filibuster is left in place.
If you're worried ending the filibuster will start a tit-for-tat escalation with Republicans, that ship sailed long ago. The GOP is a single-minded organization that will instantly drop its own past positions and violate any commitment to "norms" in order to pursue its political goals, as its theft of Obama's Supreme Court appointment and subsequent gutting of the judicial filibuster has shown, not to mention its nationwide voter suppression efforts and gerrymandering. In fact, they're already talking about it: as early as 2017 Trump was advocating for ending the filibuster, while at the very beginning of his term, some Congressional Republicans were pressuring McConnell to do so. If the Democrats don't, then sooner or later, the Republicans will.
The Right will no doubt paint any such effort as some sort of authoritarian power-grab. But the public will be reminded that weakening the filibuster is a tradition firmly in the US mainstream. Virtually every decade of the twentieth century saw Senate battles to change it, usually due to Southern obstinacy over civil rights. The rule for cloture — or ending debate — once required two-thirds of the whole Senate, or sixty-six senators; it was later lowered to two-thirds of all those present; then, eventually, three-fifths, as it stands now.
Democrats wouldn't even need to eliminate the filibuster entirely. They could simply advance a variant of what some Democrats tried to do in the 1960s, when they sought to allow cloture by a majority of the full Senate, or fifty-one members, after fifteen days of debate.
Go back to the 1940s, and pro-civil rights senators even then were decrying the filibuster as undemocratic, complaining that "all of the rules of the Senate, work into the hands of those who seek to obstruct legislation," to quote Sen. Alben Barkley. The crazy thing isn't that a few Democrats, obsessed with the procedures and "norms" their opponents don't care a thing for, are finally talking about getting rid of the filibuster; it's that they've allowed it to survive for as long as they have.
Branko Marcetic is a Jacobin staff writer and the author of Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden . He lives in Toronto, Canada.
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My introduction to collecting old arcade machines.
Well, this is how it all started for me...
I was over at an acquaintance's house one day and saw that he had a pinball machine in his basement. I thought that was pretty cool. His little kids were playing it, and I could see that it had a number of things wrong with it, such as flippers that didn't work, broken bumpers, etc. I didn't even take note of the name of it or anything.
One day I find out they are moving. I asked what the plan was for the pinball machine. I was told that it was now in the garage, as it was almost totally unplayable. After offering to buy it from him he said I could just have it. I didn't feel this was fair, so I gave him $25 (that's Canadian, remember).
Well, I didn't waste much time, but got over there with a friend's truck. I can't even remember who it was who helped me with it now. It was apart, of course, and we lugged it up to my third floor apartment (no elevator). Good thing it was a two bedroom apartment and no kids (at the time)! I set to work on it right away.
I obviously came to realize it was an Atari Space Riders. One thing that impressed me right away was the manufacturer. I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Atari. I was a huge Atari 800/600xl fan, and at one time owned a lot of Atari 8-bit computer stuff. I also loved Atari for their arcade stuff as well. I was a big fan of Centipede and Battlezone especially.
I never really knew much of Atari's pinball history though. However, after tinkering with my Space Riders, I started having flashbacks of this machine. I now recall having played it many times at a campground not far from where I grew up in Penticton, BC, Canada. I would walk over to the campground and play on the 5 or 6 arcade machines they had there. I'm pretty certain now that one of the pinball machines was an Atari Space Riders.
What makes Space Riders unique is that it has no electronics, not even scoring, in the head. The scoring is displayed near the bottom of the main box, just above the left flipper button. The backglass is just one big lit up mirrored picture of a guy and his girl on a motorbike. Actually the flyer calls it a "super motocross theme". :)
Another unique feature is the wide-body design. It's a full 29" wide.
What makes Atari pins in general unique is that they only made a handful of them in their entire game making history! Pretty surprising for a company that dominated the arcades for many years.
Back to my progress with the machine... I eventually got the machine back into great working order, with a lot of help from a distributor here in Calgary called Southern Music. I hate to admit it now that I know the company better. If I'd have only known then about how over priced they were! At any rate, they seemed able to have, at their fingertips, any part I ever needed at a moments notice! They must have been slowly stripping another Space Riders in the back. I was even able to replace the bumper caps with original Atari ones with the logo on them. I replaced tons of solenoids and power transistors on the board. I ultimately think there was something wrong with the power supply that it kept burning these things out.
Once the thing was working fully, we moved from our apartment to a 4-plex, still in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada, but we no longer had room for my big toy. I had another friend who was a huge '50's buff, and even though Space Riders was not a '50's machine, he felt pinball in general was a 50's thing. I didn't argue, as my machine was about the only one he would ever have the opportunity to display in his theme basement. I think you can see where I'm going with this. He promised to store it for me as long as he could set it up and use it. Well, we moved it to his place and there it stayed until that fateful day when he had a garage sale.
I told him to throw a sign on it for $175. "If it sells, it sells," I thought. It did. $175 (remember, Canadian currency) in my pocket. Hmmm, let's see, I probably spent $200 on parts, etc. I don't think I made money on it, but the fun and experience were well worth it! However, I was now 'machineless'. Arcade machines would be out of my life for a few years after this...
One quick story though. In the third floor (this has significance) apartment, I used to do a lot of work on the machine. I would also play it whenever I felt like it. I came to realize these two activities didn't mix well. You see, I left the glass of most of the time because, as many of you know, it easier to work on it that way. Do you see where I'm going this time? Well, one night, about 11:30pm, I was playing pinball when all of the sudden there was a loud pounding on the floor! Oh oh, never thought about the neighbours! The machine was probably twice as loud without the glass on it! I was more cautious after that! :-)
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Fra Tokyo e Morioka il treno viaggia fino a 320 km/h in accoppiamento con il treno gemello serie E5 del servizio Hayabusa, e qui si separa, proseguendo da solo lungo l'Akita Shinkansen, realizzato sulla linea regionale linea Tazawa e procedendo a una velocità limitata di 130 km/h.

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Ιωάννης Μαυρικάκης, Χειρουργός Οφθαλμίατρος, , Οφθαλμική Πλαστική, Παθήσεις Δακρυικής Συσκευής & Κόγχου, πυκνές έντονες φυσικές βλεφαρίδες, μαύροι κύκλοι, σακούλες κάτω από τα μάτια, υαλουρονικό οξύ, Botox – What is an Oculoplastic Surgeon?
Oculoplastic surgeons are ophthalmologists (eye doctors) who have specialised in eyelid and facial plastic surgery. Oculoplastic surgeons are trained to do many different types of eyelid and facial surgery, ranging from simple eyelid malpositions to more complex reconstruction involving the eyelids and surrounding forehead, temporal and cheek areas. They understand the delicate anatomy and function of the eyelids and their surrounding structures. As well as the eyelids, they specialise in the lacrimal (tear) system, the orbit (bone cavity around the eye), adjacent periocular (around the eyes) and facial structures, and the forehead and cheeks.
Oculoplastic surgeons assess the surface health of the eyes and function of the eyelids prior to eyelid plastic surgery.
As dedicated eyelid plastic surgeon, an oculoplastic surgeon routinely does surgeries in these areas and recognises potential problems.
Oculoplastic surgeons are trained to manage the complications of eyelid and facial plastic surgery which can involve the eye itself.
Oculoplastic surgeons have professional societies which help them maintain a high standard of care.
Oculoplastic surgeons are also known as ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgeons and oculo-facial surgeons.
Why seek the skills of an Oculoplastic Surgeon?
The eyelid and other areas around the eye are delicate structures that need special understanding and care. Very often the problem at issue is not just cosmetic but interferes with visual function, comfort and well-being. It therefore makes sense to entrust such work to a specialist who has completed years of additional training in plastic surgery as it relates to the eyes and their surrounding facial structures.


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Phil Mickelson cruises to first Open Championship
With four birdies over the last six holes, Mickelson closed with a 5-under 66 for a three-shot win over Henrik Stenson.
Phil Mickelson cruises to first Open Championship With four birdies over the last six holes, Mickelson closed with a 5-under 66 for a three-shot win over Henrik Stenson. Check out this story on DemocratandChronicle.com: http://on.rocne.ws/17VhLoj
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Phil Mickelson of the United States holds up the claret jug after winning the British Open on Sunday. Mickelson shot a final-round 66, his best in 80 majors, to win his first British Open and fifth career major.(Photo: Peter Morrison, AP)
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One of the greatest final rounds in a major. Two of the best shots he ever struck with a 3-wood. The third leg of the Grand Slam.
Phil Mickelson never imagined any of this happening at the British Open.
No wonder he never took his hand off the base of that silver claret jug as he talked about the best Sunday he ever had at a major. Five shots out of the lead, Mickelson blew past Tiger Woods, caught up to Lee Westwood and Masters champion Adam Scott, and won golf's oldest championship with the lowest final round in his 80 majors.
No longer is he mystified by links golf, and he has his name etched in that jug to prove it.
"This is such an accomplishment for me because I just never knew if I'd be able to develop the game to play links golf effectively," Mickelson said. "To play the best round arguably of my career, to putt better than I've ever putted, to shoot the round of my life … it feels amazing to win the claret jug."
Introduced as the "champion golfer of the year," he held the oldest trophy in golf over his head to show it off to one side of the massive grandstand lining the 18th green at Muirfield, and then the other. An hour earlier, they gave the 43-year-old Mickelson the loudest ovation of the week as he walked up the final fairway.
He drained an 8-foot birdie putt and thrust his arms in the air, hugged caddie Jim "Bones" Mackay and whispered to him, "I did it." After signing for the lowest final round ever at Muirfield, Mickelson huddled with his wife and three children for an embrace and waited for the others to finish.
Westwood, who started the day with a two-shot lead, fell behind for the first time all day with a bogey on the par-3 13th hole and never recovered, closing with a 75. Scott took the outright lead with a 4-foot birdie on the 11th, and then closed as sloppily as he did last year when he threw away the Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. He made four straight bogeys starting at the 13th, and a final bogey on the 18th gave him a 72. At least he has a green jacket from the Master to console him.
Woods, in his best position to win a major since the crisis in his personal life, stumbled badly on his way to a 74 and was never a serious challenger.
"We know that he goes for broke, and if that's how he was feeling and pulling it off, he's got the ability to do that," Scott said about Mickelson. "And he's gone and won an Open easily. So every credit to him."
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Q: Demonstrating that 1! is = 1 The problem with this explanation is that it's using n = 2 instead of n = 1. Please read the explanation I found on "Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math" ( http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57128.html ). How do you do the combination formula when there's only 1 person trying to shake hands?
"In the same way, when thinking about combinations we can derive a
formula for "the number of ways of choosing k things from a collection
of n things." The formula to count out such problems is  n!/k!(n-k)!.
For example, the number of handshakes that occur when everybody in a
group of 5 people shakes hands can be computed using n = 5 (five
people) and k = 2 (2 people per handshake) in this formula. (So the
answer is 5!/(2! 3!) = 10).
Now suppose that there are 2 people and "everybody shakes hands with
everybody else."  Obviously there is only one handshake. But what
happens if we put n = 2 (2 people) and k = 2 (2 people per handshake)
in the formula? We get 2! / (2! 0!).  This is 2/(2 x), where x is the
value of 0!. The fraction reduces to 1/x, which must equal 1 since
there is only 1 handshake. The only value of 0! that makes sense here
is 0! = 1.
And so we define 0! = 1."
This makes perfect sense, but n = 2. When you try to put 1 / ???? ( 1 - ???? ) it doesn't explain it. Is there a better way to explain 1 factorial?

A: We define that $0! = 1$, and for $n > 0$, that $n! = n \cdot (n-1)!$. This means $1! = 1 \cdot 0! = 1$.
For a combinatorial interpretation, $1!$ is the number of ways to create an ordered list containing a single object, so $1!=1$.

A: This answer may be a bit dodgy, but is something worth nothing I think.
You may be used to thinking of factorials as sending an integer to another integer. However, there is a function we have defined that given integer elements, is identical to the factorial function, but maps real numbers to real numbers. Such a function is typically known as a Gamma function, and it is easy to see from its definition that
$$1! = \Gamma{}(2) = 1$$
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_function#Main_definition

A: We define the factorial of a positive integer $n$ as the product of all positive integers less than or equal to $n$; i.e., $$n! = \prod_{k=1}^n k.$$  This should be consistent with your previous understanding of the notation $n!$.  Now so defined, we trivially deduce $1! = 1$.  But this is not what you are really asking about; you are asking how the given definition results in $0! = 1$, since it is not immediately obvious how we would define a product of no terms.  The product of one term is easy enough to understand.  But what is an "empty product?"
We won't directly answer this question (although it does have an answer).  Instead, we will motivate the value of $0!$ by the following argument.  Note that from the above definition, it is natural that the factorial function should obey the recursion relation $$n! = n(n-1)!$$  Consequently, if we are to attribute a consistent meaning to $0!$, we would substitute $n = 1$ in the recursion relation to obtain $$1! = 1(1-1)! = 0!$$ and since $1! = 1$, we must have $0! = 1$.  Also notice that if we try to extend this further, e.g., $$(-1)! = (0 - 1)! = \frac{0!}{0} = \frac{1}{0},$$ we find that $(-1)!$ is not well-defined.  And in fact, this is true--there is no analytic continuation of the factorial function that results in a well-defined value of the factorial of negative integers (but that's beyond the scope of your question).

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Coach Elia is married and has 2 children. He loves all sports, with long distance running as his favorite hobby.
Neutra School has been the recipient of a DODEA grant that is specifically directed towards the improvement of physical fitness and health for our students. This grant has enabled Neutra to offer a Physical Education Program for first through fifth grade students. Classes meet two times a week for Physcial Education. Kindergarten meets once a week.
Students should wear comfortable clothes and proper footwear on their PE days. If your child has to miss Physical Education because of a medical reason a brief note from a parent or guardian should be turned in. Please inform me if your child is to be out of Physical Education for an extended amount of time. We will meet indoors on days in which there is poor air quality or inclement weather.
The purpose of the intramural/team sports program is to give students an opportunity to play on sports such as Volleyball, Cross Country, Basketball, and Track. This program will be conducted after school and is open to all 3rd thru 5th Grade students who wish to participate. Volleyball and Basketball are restricted to only 4th and 5th Grade Students. Cross Country and Track is offered to 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade students. The goal is to improve their skill levels and provide a positive experience of being on an athletic team.
P.E. classes meet weekly at each site.
Letter grades are given to all 4th and 5th grade students.
P.E. classes provide a safe environment where all students, no matter their athletic ability, feel free to participate without embarrassment. Good sportsmanship, safety, and positive attitude are stressed on a daily bases. The goal is for all students to be successful and to have fun.
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Book review: Ian Botham: The Power and the Glory by Simon Wilde
It's 30 years since cricketing legend Ian Botham (now a knight of the realm) made the classic Ashes Test series his own.
By Pam Norfolk
29th Apr 2011, 3:35pm - 2 min read
The drama, which made sporting history, began at Headingley four days into the match with the visitors on the cusp of wrapping up an easy win to go 2-0 up.
Up stepped Botham with a gung-ho 149 that inspired England to snatch a memorable victory and turned round a series in which the home side had seemed certain to surrender the Ashes.
It was an incredible performance, not least because Botham's career had seemed close to ending in abject failure. He had just relinquished the captaincy after a run of 12 defeats and his own form was faltering.
So what brought this sleeping giant to life and how did his career reflect the wider picture of England in 1981?
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Journalist and author Simon Wilde's revealing biography examines Botham's life and career, but also reaches beyond the boundary to tell the story of the wider cultural and political context which helped to shape the unique success of a player who shook the game of cricket to its foundations.
Born in 1955, Botham was raised in Yeovil, Somerset, one of the first to be educated under the new comprehensive system.
He left school with few qualifications in the 1970s, a place that was 'monochrome going on grey,' a bleak period of harsh economic conditions and brutal social change.
He joined the ground staff at Lord's where he cleaned boots, washed the pavilion windows and hauled tarpaulins off and on the pitch for the princely sum of £12 a week before becoming a county player.
The young Botham was full of life and full of himself. He was a born fighter, said one of his contemporaries. 'If he played you at tiddlywinks, he had to win.'
An entertainer as well as a sportsman, he was motivated by the cameras and the limelight as much as the desire to win.
And it was this irresistible cocktail of talent, energy and swagger that helped to make him a hero and if the heroics didn't happen, he could always fall back on a few scandals to keep him in the public eye.
Botham also arrived on the international scene just in time to ride sport's first big financial wave and he exploited to the full the Thatcherite mantra of go-out-and-get-what-you-want.
In an era short on glamour and personalities, he had the presence and the talents to make the country feel good about itself again. He also proved that Britain could still produce champions and that the working class still deserved to be valued.
This alone earned him a fund of goodwill, a fund he sometimes threatened to empty but which he managed to replenish through his uncanny knack for heroics and his undoubted charisma.
Wilde gets to grips with the man as well as telling the fascinating story of a great piece of British sporting history.
(Simon & Schuster, hardback, £20)


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USANext
(Redirected from United Seniors Association)
USANext's February 21st 2005 attack ad against AARP, posted on the website of the American Spectator [1]. The ad was quickly pulled [2].
USANext (aka USA United Generations) is the latest incarnation of United Seniors Association. The group is a conservative 501c4 organization that consistantly promotes policies that benefit corporate interests. Direct-mail pioneer Richard Viguerie co-founded the group in 1991, according to Public Citizen.[3] Since 2001, Charles Jarvis has led the group.
According to the group's website, "USA United Generations and USA NEXT are grassroots projects of United Seniors Association (USA) which is celebrating its 13th anniversary as the non-partisan, 1.5 million-plus nationwide grassroots network Uniting the Generations for America's Future." [4]
United Seniors Association took in $26.6 million in revenue for 2003 according to the group's IRS form 990.
1 Medicare and Social Security
2 Long-distance rates
3 Staff and Board members
6.1 Advertising
6.2 Articles & Commentary
Medicare and Social Security
A February 2003 AARP consumer alert notes that "recently, the U.S. Social Security Administration ordered one of them to halt what it determined to be misleading mailings." It also reports that it began backing a plan "to allow more production of domestic energy in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge" after receiving more than $181,000 from Anchorage-based Arctic Power.
The Center for American Progress November 14, 2003, report states:
COMPANIES HIRE MERCENARY "GRASSROOTS" GROUP: To influence the final Medicare bill, the drug industry has bankrolled a front group to air ads throughout the country. The United Seniors Association (USA) is "a conservative, grassroots organization for the elderly… just as likely to be flacking for corporate special interests as it is to be representing seniors." The drug lobby pays the group "as a front for its TV and radio 'issue' ad campaigns," which is also "used by several corporate energy front groups pushing for the GOP legislation."
A May 2004 Washington Monthly article provided further details:
Then there's the benignly-named United Seniors Association (USA), which serves as a soft money slush fund for a single GOP-friendly industry: pharmaceuticals. USA claims a nationwide network of more than one million activists, but, just like Progress for America, listed zero income from membership dues in its most recent available tax return. USA does, however, have plenty of money on its hands. During the 2002 elections, with an "unrestricted educational grant" from the drug industry burning a hole in its pocket, the group spent roughly $14 million--the lion's share of its budget--on ads defending Republican members of Congress for their votes on a Medicare prescription-drug bill. [5]
In 2004, USANext was one of the groups pushing for the Bush administration's Social Security privatization plan. According to the New York Times, the organization had $28 million in annual revenues, and it aggressively seeks contributions from industry: "Health care companies, energy companies, the food industry, just about everybody except for financial investment companies." [6]
The Times reported in February 2005 the group's recent hires:
To help set USANext's strategy, the group has hired Chris LaCivita, an enthusiastic former marine who advised Swift Vets and P.O.W.'s for Truth, formerly known as Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, on its media campaign and helped write its potent commercials. He earned more than $30,000 for his work, campaign finance filings show.
Officials said the group is also seeking to hire Rick Reed, a partner at Stevens Reed Curcio & Potholm, a firm that was hired by Swift Vets and was paid more than $276,000 to do media production, records show.
For public relations, USA Next has turned to Creative Response Concepts, a Virginia firm that represented both Swift Vets - the company was paid more than $165,000 - and Regnery Publishing, the publisher of "Unfit for Command," a book about Senator John Kerry's military service whose co-author was John E. O'Neill, one of the primary leaders of Swift Vets.[7]
Long-distance rates
In March 2004, the United Seniors Association commissioned a push-poll scaring seniors about the potential rise in long distance telephone costs as a result of a prior DC Circuit Court ruling.
In a letter to Congress on March 10, 2004, Mary P. Mahoney, Vice President of Government Relations for USA, wrote: "We are concerned about the recent development in the DC Circuit Court that over turned what Congress has done in regard to local telephone competition. We know you must be as concerned about this as we are... I have enclosed an op-ed by [USA President] Charlie Jarvis, an op-ed by Tech Central Station's James Glassman, as well as a script of a telephone survey we will be conducting in your district."
This action appears to be coordinated with a campaign run by Voices for Choices to pressure the Bush administration and FCC to appeal a recent telecommunications court decision. In addition to being president of USA, Charlie Jarvis is a board member of Defenders of Property Rights, one of several conservative groups that comprise the AT&T-funded (and DCI Group-operated) "Voices for Choices" coalition front group. The Washington Monthly also exposed Tech Central Station in December 2003 as a DCI creation with funding from AT&T. According to news reports, AT&T opposed the DC Circuit ruling because the decision would impact the company's bottom line.
Staff and Board members
According to information from Public Citizen [8] and gleaned from USA's IRA form 990:
USANext President and CEO Charles Jarvis served as deputy under secretary at the Department of Interior during the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. Jarvis was also the executive vice president of Focus on the Family. Jarvis received $242,500 in 2003 for his work.
Craig Shirley, a USANext board member, has long been a Republican Party public relations powerhouse. His public relations firm Shirley & Banister Public Affairs currently represents the Republican National Committee (RNC). During the 1984 presidential campaign, he was the director of communications for the National Conservative Political Action Committee, America's largest independent political committee. More recently, he co-founded Conservatives for Effective Leadership, an organization devoted to defeating Hillary Clinton in her U.S. Senate bid.
The New York Times called USANext board member Jack Abramoff "one of the most influential - and, at $500 an hour, best compensated - lobbyists in Washington."
USANext board member James Wootton is president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform where he advocates for tort "reform," a high priority of the drug industry which is increasingly being sued for manufacturing unsafe drugs. During the 2000 election cycle, PhRMA shoveled $10 million to the Chamber of Commerce to run electioneering ads just before the November election.
USANext lobbyist David A. Keene is chairman of the American Conservative Union, the nation's largest conservative grassroots organization. Keene is a lobbyist with the Carmen Group.
Beau Boulter, a USANext lobbyist, is a former GOP congressman from Texas who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 1989. He formerly lobbied for the Carmen Group and represented the Major Medicaid Hospital Coalition, Northwest Airlines and U.S. Bank.
Lawyer Curtis Herge, USANext's corporate counsel, served as a member of Reagan's Presidential Transition Team. He later held positions as the assistant to the secretary and chief of staff at the Department of the Interior.
William Brindley is executive vice president/treasurer for USANext. He received $126,000 for his work in 2003.
Entertainer Art Linkletter serves as the group national chair and spokesman.
Other USANext directors and paid staff:
Sandra Bulter, director
Anne R. Keast, director
Ron Robinson, director
A. Lee Barrett, Jr., director
Anne L. Edwards, director
Kathy Diamond, VP member services
Mary P. Mahoney, VP legislative
Kathleen Pattern, VP marketing
3900 Jermantown Road #450
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Website: http://www.usanext.org/ NOTE: Web address was reported as defunct on March 10, 2010
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Banner Ads: "The Real AARP Agenda," The American Spectator, February 21, 2005: "They've already started throwing some banner ads around the conservative web that show that they certainly mean business with this smear campaign. The first one is already running on The American Spectator's site, and some clever bloggers dug up the other two by working out the file names. ... Nice, huh? The AARP, it would seem, is suddenly an anti-military, pro gay marriage, uber-liberal organization. They're featured with the Mount Rushmore of liberal evil (in conservative eyes) - The Clintons, Jesse Jackson and Ted Kennedy, and then featured in a poll with the ACLU, NAACP and NARAL, those America hating organizations that are always going on and on about freedom of speech, equal rights for blacks, and privacy for women. ... Josh Marshall has more here and here." [9]
"Charlie Jarvis Appears on The Factor with Bill O'Reilly," USANext, 2005: "Charlie Jarvis, USA Next's Chairman & CEO, recently appeared on The Factor with Bill O'Reilly to discuss why so many Americans are turning to USA Next as an alternative to the liberal AARP."
"United Seniors Association: Hired Guns for PhRMA and Other Corporate Interests," Public Citizen, July 2002.
"United Seniors Association: Hired Guns for PhRMA and Other Corporate Interests" Update, Public Citizen, October 2002.
Bill Hogan, "Pulling Strings from Afar. Drug Industry Finances Nonprofit Groups That Claim to Speak for Older Americans," AARP Bulletin, February 2003.
Nicholas Confessore, "Meet the Press: How James Glassman reinvented journalism--as lobbying", Washington Monthly, December 2003.
Nicholas Confessore, "Bush's Secret Stash. Why the GOP war chest is even bigger than you think," Washington Monthly, May 2004.
Edmund L. Andrews, "Clamor Grows in the Privatization Debate," New York Times, December 17, 2004.
Glen Justice, "A New Target for Advisers to Swift Vets," New York Times, February 21, 2005.
Joshua Marshall, "Oh, imagine that," Talking Points Memo, February 22, 2005: "USANext has pulled its AARP hates the troops and loves gay marriage ad. Well, needless to say we got plenty o' copies -- not just the ad but the ad as seen on the American Spectator website."
John Aravosis, "USA Next accused of stealing photo of gay couple for anti-AARP ad campaign," AMERICAblog Blogspot, February 28, 2005: "Thanks to the DailyKos folks for discovering this story. I got in touch with the couple in the photo on Friday and put them in touch with a lawyer (a rather big lawyer at that). I'm now working as their publicist - not that I wouldn't have covered this anyway. Please help spread the word on this, it's outrageous." The press release is attached.
Molly Ivins, "The return of the Swift Boat Veterans. GOP Astroturf organization takes first shots at AARP," Working for Change, March 1, 2005: "I'm sorry, but every now and again a girl just finds it necessary to lay her head down on the table and howl with laughter. ... You may not believe it, but I swear it is true: USA Next's first salvo was to accuse the geezer lobby of being against our troops in Iraq and in favor of homosexual marriage."
Bill Berkowitz, "Richard Viguerie's Army Attacks Social Security", MediaTransparency.org, March 9, 2005.
Retrieved from "https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=USANext&oldid=466906"
Social Security privatization


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But your fans would love to know that why such a huge gap Pooja?
I have been doing movies lately. I did a Punjabi movie, called as 'Killer Punjabi', last year which released around the same time. I did a Hollywood movie, called as 'One Under The Sun', where I played an astronaut in it and got released in March this year itself. However, in Bollywood, I was not offered any good roles and the ones which were offered were clichéd.
Do you find any changes in Bollywood?
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I am associated with a lot of CRY events in US, which are basically raising funds for marginalized kids in India because nobody is seen doing that much for them here. So we try and raise money for them.
Who are your friends in Bollywood?
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How do you maintain yourself so well?
Stay active and be happy.
What's next now after Mirror Game?
I have done a documentary in Hollywood titled 'Save Her'. It's based on girl.


Alas, the obligatory about me page. I have always struggled with writing about myself, thus the dread. Here's my stab at it, more than anything else, it is about this blog.
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In short, I have an eclectic style with a vintage flare that often pushes the conventional boundaries. I explore the facets of life through the lens of different styles.
I am my canvas, and style is my paint brush.
On this note, it is a good time to credit the artistic master behind this blog. He is my better half and an amazing artist. He is behind the visual representations of this blog. Without him, I would not have ventured into this avenue of self expression. Through his keen eye and lens, my creative outlet is then captured exceptionally via one of his many creative outlets. I have to thank him for being my booster rocket, and conjuring forth my true poser from within.
I have also started work with another extremely talented photographer. Her name is Iulia Agnew and you can visit her webpage, http://www.iuliagnewphotography.com.
With the help of Michael and Iulia, they will always capture my Poses in Vintage.


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This Vault Runway Tape indicates the exact position on the runway. It attaches and detaches to carpeted gymnastics vault runways with hook (like Velcro) fastener backing, which keeps the tape in place. The distance is Indicated in both inch and foot gradations.
82' long x 1-1/2" wide.
No more tripping on loose runway tape. This Vault Runway Tape indicates the exact position on the runway. It attaches and detaches to carpeted gymnastics vault runways with hook fastener backing, which keeps the tape in place. The distance is Indicated in both inch and foot gradations.
82' (25m) long x 1-1/2" wide.
Indicates distance in both feet and inch gradations.


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Author: By Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin M. Ahmed (ra), The 2nd Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Description: Inspiring introduction initially written as a prologue to the English translation and commentary of the Holy Quran, now printed separately by popular demand. Includes an excellent and affectionate life sketch of Muhammad (pbuh), the Holy Prophet of Islam; a history of the compilation of the Quran; some prophecies in the Quran and how these have been fulfilled; and characterestics of the main Quranic teachings.
The Asian Human Rights Commission is concerned to find two cases this month in Pakistan's Punjab province that have targeted the Ahmadi minority sect. In one incident fifteen men in Sargodha district have been charged for attending a place of worship that resembles a mosque, after a complaint was lodged by a radical local religious leader. In Multan city a man and woman from the same sect have been found murdered. Both cases highlight the intense, often deadly discrimination experienced by minorities in Pakistan.
The Ahmadi religion is a branch of Islam, and Ahmadis consider themselves Muslims, yet in the Muslim world they are victims of wide-scale persecution and religious anger. Mainstream Muslims object to a number of divergent beliefs held by Ahmadis, including the claim that a second prophet came after Prophet Mohammed.
In 1974 the definition of a Muslim was amended in Pakistan's constitution to exclude Ahmadis. Even though the freedom of speech and religion are enshrined in Articles 19 and 20, this ruling forced Ahmadis to keep a very low profile and it further popularised discrimination against them. Cases are now easy to file against them on charges of blasphemy or the 'impersonation of Muslims'.
Earlier this month 15 prominent Ahmadi men (their names below) in Sillanwali Tehsil, Sargodha district, Punjab, were charged under Section 298C of the Pakistan Penal Code (First Information Report 96/2009), which applies only to Ahmadis and carries up to three years in jail. Three of the men have so far been detained and denied bail by a local judge. The amendment to Section 298 claims that Ahmadis should not pose as Muslims, call themselves Muslim, "or in any manner whatsoever outrage the religious feelings of Muslims." The worship place the men attended has been used, unchallenged, by Ahmadis for decades.
More than a thousand Ahmadis are estimated to be in Pakistan's jails on charges of blasphemy, which carries the death penalty, and despite promises by former rulers to make stronger evidence necessary for convictions, pressure from the religious right have left the law unchanged. As a result many convictions are part of personal vendettas or land disputes. In this case there had been a disagreement between a non-Ahmadi, Mr Liaquat, who requested a low rent deal for a series of shops owned by one of the sect members, Mr Mohammad Khan, who refused. This was closely followed by the case being filed by a local religious leader, Maulvi Mushtaq Ahmed (son of Mr Abdul Karim) who is the chief organizer of the Madrassa Jamia Islamiyaah of Silanwalli, Sargodha and also heads the International Movement for the Completion of Prophethood (an anti-Ahmadi group) in the village.
Meanwhile in Wapda Colony, Multan Rd, Punjab, on 14 March, 2009, a prominent Ahmadi couple, Dr Sheraz Ahmad Bajwa, 37, an eye specialist, and his wife Dr Nureen Sheraz, 29, a paediatrician, were found murdered in their apartment approximately three months after they started to receive anonymous death threats. The threats were about their religion, but local Ahmadis advised them not to go with their case to the police, since this would make them more vulnerable. The family are currently fearful about following through with the case.
Over the last 24 years at least 100 Ahmadis have been lynched and murdered, 18 of them doctors (their names below) and the government has not acted to lift public resentment towards them. The AHRC has reported on numerous cases in the past in which people inciting hatred of Ahmadis have not been officially challenged.
It is disturbing to note how easily Ahmadis can be arrested on arbitrary grounds, based on the hearsay of an openly prejudiced person. The fifteen men in Sargodha can expect little help from the police, who appear to be acting under the direction of the local mullah. Sadly, they can expect even less of the law, despite articles 19 and 20 in the Pakistan Constitution, which enshrine every citizen's right to free speech and free worship. The amendment in 1974, and its 1984 additions, go against both of these rights and have too long been used as a personal tool of the powerful. Rather than allow this discrimination and violent persecution to continue, the government must recognize the right to life of every Pakistani, and start protecting and compensating those it has helped to make vulnerable.
Dr Abdul Qadir Sb on 16-06-1884 at Disrict Faisalabad.
Dr Aqeel s/o Dr Abdulqadir on 09-06-1985 at Hyderabad.
Dr Abdul Qadus Jedran on 28-9-1989 at Nawab Shah.Sinsh.


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Week in Review: Myanmar regime and Liberian warlords under pressure
10 September 2018 By Thierry Cruvellier, JusticeInfo.Net
Judges of the International Criminal Court have stepped up pressure on the Myanmar regime by deciding that the court has jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed against the Rohingyas.
The effect of this decision, rejected by the Burmese authorities, is likely to be very controversial. The court is giving itself the right to intervene on a country that is not a State Party to the ICC's founding treaty, without going through the UN Security Council (where China and /or Russia would have used their veto). The judges considered that being forced to cross the border into Bangladesh (which recognizes the jurisdiction of the ICC) is a constitutive element in the Myanmar regime's alleged international crimes, i.e. deportation. But murder, torture and rape committed within the territory of Myanmar will no doubt escape the ICC's jurisdiction.
With this decision the ICC is trying to remain relevant on massive violations of international law in places it cannot intervene, like in Syria. The September 6 decision opens a new but fragile field of ICC intervention. But it also makes the Myanmar regime more fragile in the wake of a damning UN Human Rights Council report on August 27 saying senior members of the country's army were responsible for genocide and crimes against humanity and calling for them to be prosecuted.
Liberian warlord arrested
Another country where impunity from criminal justice has ruled for decades is Liberia. The widespread atrocities committed during its two civil wars between 1989 and 2003 have never been brought before the courts. This is about to change. The persistence of NGOs and victims' associations has brought a new arrest in Europe of a Liberian former warlord suspected of crimes against humanity. Kunti K., whose real identity has not been revealed, was arrested on September 4 in the suburbs of Paris. He is the sixth suspect whose arrest is a direct result of action by Swiss NGO Civitas Maxima and its partners in Liberia and Sierra Leone, who are using the principle of universal jurisdiction to bring cases to national courts. Several trials have also taken place in the United States where Liberian suspects have been prosecuted for violating immigration laws but where hearings have also been held on the crimes they are accused of committing in the 1990s.
It has taken 15 years since the end of war in Liberia for justice to get under way. And it has been nearly the same amount of time that some Rwandans tried for genocide and acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) have been waiting in Arusha, northern Tanzania, to be granted a home in a Western country. Six of them are still confined there, including one who has been there for 14 years. Four years after being acquitted on appeal, former officer François-Xavier Nsuwonemeye has filed a request asking the ICTR to order France, home of his wife and children who have obtained French nationality, to take him in. His move is thus a bid to escape the fate of the others and avoid being forgotten.
Meanwhile Tunisia continues its innovative work and fundamental debates on its democratic transition after years of oppression. The June publication of a report by the Commission on individual liberties and equality (Colibe) continues to feed a formidable debate on the social choices facing the country. In an enlightening interview, Colibe member Slim Laghmani explains with clarity the issues raised by this report and how transitional justice also plays out in terms of legal reforms to change the established social order, notably on equality between men and women.
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Dirck Barendsz or Theodor Barendszoon (1534–1592) was a Dutch Renaissance painter from Amsterdam who traveled to Italy in his youth to learn from the Italian masters, most notably Titian.

Biography
He was trained by his father, a painter known as Dooven Barent, or deaf Barent, and in 1555, at the age of twenty-one, Barendsz travelled to Italy. During his seven-year stay there, Karel van Mander tells us that he was "nursed at the great Titian's bosem."

He was a great friend of Philip Van Marnix, whom he met in Rome, and Dominicus Lampsonius, with whom he corresponded in Latin. He was a good musician and his most notable work, among various other pieces Van Mander describes that he painted in Amsterdam, was a Judith. Among pieces worthy of mention in Leiden that Van Mander liked was a Venus that at the time he was writing in 1604 was in the possession of Sybrandt Buyck (son of the last Catholic mayor of Amsterdam, Joost Sijbrantsz Buyck). Van Mander further lists a Table and a Christmas piece in the possession of the Franciscans in Gouda, and a copy of a tronie by Titian, in the possession of Pieter Isaacsz (1569–1625), an Amsterdam painter and art dealer.

His chapel piece voor the Amsterdam militia, called a Fall of Lucifer by Mander, was destroyed in the beeldenstorm, but his militia portrait for the same group that hung in their meeting hall survived.
He died in Amsterdam.

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References

Further reading

External links
Dirck Barendsz on Artcyclopedia

1534 births
1592 deaths
Early Netherlandish painters
Painters from Amsterdam


Dr. Iskander and San Antonio Eye Specialists is excited to be one of the first practices in San Antonio to offer the Tecnis Symfony® and Symfony® Toric Lens Implants, developed by Abbott Pharmaceuticals. The Tecnis Symfony® Lens is designed to reduce or eliminate the need for reading glasses or bifocals after undergoing cataract surgery, something more Baby Boomers are seeking with today's advanced technology. The Tecnis Symfony® lens is comprised of a multifocal lens design, which has multiple power rings that help patients see at various distances. In the past, the issue with multifocal lenses has been a glare and halo effect at night, and patients would have to hold objects at an exact distance in order to see them clearly. The Tecnis Symfony® design allows for an extended range of vision, providing a new option for patients that may result in better vision across a broader range of distances. This new lens significantly reduces any glare and halo effect, producing approximately the same amount of night vision issues as monofocal lenses, which is close to zero.
Abbott Pharmaceuticals also developed the Symfony® Toric lens, which can help patients with astigmatism reduce or eliminate their need for reading glasses or bifocals after cataract surgery. For the first time, patients with a higher degree of corneal astigmatism are able to correct their astigmatism as well as reduce or eliminate their need for reading glasses or bifocals.


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Walter White may appear in 'Better Call Saul' — says creator
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Aaron Paul, from left, Bryan Cranston and Anna Gunn attend the "Breaking Bad" 10th Anniversary panel on day one of Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 19, 2018, in San Diego. Image: Invision/Richard Shotwell via AP
SAN DIEGO (AP) — "Breaking Bad" is gone, but Walter White may be coming back to television.
"Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan said Thursday at Comic-Con that there is an excellent chance that the Bryan Cranston character and Aaron Paul's Jesse Pinkman will be in the show's spinoff "Better Call Saul" at some point.
Gilligan, Cranston and Paul were joined by many of their fellow "Breaking Bad" castmates in the 6,500-seat Hall H to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the show.
Gilligan said the characters will not appear in season 4 of "Better Call Saul" when it picks up in August.
"We don't want to jerk folks around," Gilligan said. "But we would be sorely remiss if these characters didn't appear in the show before it ended."
"Better Call Saul" is a prequel spinoff of "Breaking Bad" that tracks the rise of a struggling lawyer played by Bob Odenkirk into the go-to attorney for top criminals in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
"Breaking Bad" aired for five seasons on AMC, earning Cranston four outstanding drama actor Emmy Awards for his role as White. Paul won three supporting actor Emmys.
Paul brought his infant daughter onstage wearing a yellow hazmat suit and respirator like the one his character donned on the show while making meth.
"I miss you all, I miss the show," he told his former co-stars at one point.
Cranston also said that "Breaking Bad" will never be a feature film, but Gilligan countered not to rule it out. CC
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Franz Anton Mesmer (May 23, 1734 – March 5, 1815) discovered what he called magnétism animal (animal magnetism) and others often called mesmerism. The evolution of Mesmer's ideas and practices led James Braid(1795-1860) to develop hypnosis in 1842.
Mesmer was born in the village of Iznang, on the shore of Lake Constance in Swabia, Germany. After studying at the Jesuit universities of Dillingen and Ingolstadt, he took up the study of medicine at the University of Vienna in 1759. In 1766 he published a doctoral dissertation with the Latin title De planetarum influxu in corpus humanum (On the Influence of the Planets on the Human Body), which discussed the influence of the Moon and the planets on the human body and on disease. This was not medical astrology—relying largely on Newton's theory of the tides, Mesmer expounded on certain tides in the human body that might be accounted for by the movements of the sun and moon.. Evidence assembled by Frank A. Pattie suggests that Mesmer plagiarized his dissertation from a work by Richard Mead (1673-1754), an eminent English physician and Newton's friend. That said, in Mesmer's day doctoral theses were not expected to be original.
In January 1768 Mesmer married a wealthy widow and established himself as a physician in Vienna. He lived on a splendid estate and patronised the arts. In 1768, when court intrigue prevented the performance of La Finta Semplice (K51) for which a twelve-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had composed 500 pages of music, Mesmer is said to have arranged a performance in his garden of Mozart's Bastien und Bastienne (K50), a one-act opera, but except for a statement by Nissen there's no proof that this performance really took place in 1768. Mozart later immortalized his former patron by including a joking reference to Mesmer in his opera Cosi fan tutte.
In 1774 to produce an "artificial tide" in a patient, Mesmer had her swallow a preparation containing iron, and then attached magnets to various parts of her body. She reported feeling streams of a mysterious fluid running through her body and was relieved of her symptoms for several hours. Mesmer did not believe that the magnets had achieved the cure on their own. He felt that he had contributed animal magnetism, which had accumulated in his own body, to her. He soon stopped using magnets as a part of his treatment.
In 1775 Mesmer was invited to give his opinion before the Munich Academy of Scienceson the exorcisms carried out by Johann Joseph Gassner (1727-1779), a priest and healer. Mesmer said that while Gassner was sincere in his beliefs, his cures were due to the fact that he possessed a high degree of animal magnetism. This confrontation between Mesmer's secular ideas and Gassner's religious beliefs marked the end of Gassner's career as well as, according to Henri Ellenberger, the emergence of dynamic psychiatry.
The scandal which followed Mesmer's unsuccessful attempt to treat the blindness of an 18-year-old musician, Maria Theresia Paradis, led him to leave Vienna in 1777. The following year Mesmer moved to Paris, rented an apartment in a part of the city preferred by the wealthy and powerful, and established a medical practice. Paris soon divided into those who thought he was a charlatan who had been forced to flee from Vienna and those who thought he had made a great discovery.
In his first years in Paris, Mesmer tried and failed to get either the Royal Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society of Medicine to provide official approval for his doctrines. He found only one physician of high professional and social standing, Charles d'Eslon, to become a disciple. In 1779, with d'Eslon's encouragement, Mesmer wrote an 88-page book Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animal, to which he appended his famous 27 Propositions. These propositions outlined his theory at that time.
In 1784, without Mesmer requesting it, King Louis XVI appointed four members of the Faculty of Medicine as commissioners to investigate animal magnetism as practiced by d'Eslon. At the request of these commissioners the King appointed five additional commissioners from the Royal Academy of Sciences. These included the chemist Antoine Lavoisier, the physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the astronomer Jean Sylvain Bailly and the American ambassador Benjamin Franklin.
The commission conducted a series of experiments aimed, not at determining whether Mesmer's treatment worked, but whether he had discovered a new physical fluid. The commission concluded that there was no evidence for such a fluid. Whatever benefit the treatment produced was attributed to "imagination." In 1785 Mesmer left Paris. In 1790 he was in Vienna again to settle the estate of his deceased wife Maria Anna. When he sold his house in Vienna in 1801 he was in Paris. His exact activities during the last twenty years of his life are largely unknown.
↑ De Imperio Solis ac Lunae in Corpora Humana et Morbis inde Oriundis (On the Influence of the Sun and Moon upon Human Bodies and the Diseases Arising Therefrom.(1704). See Pattie, 16.
A "Mesmer" is a character archetype in the video game Guild Wars.
Mesmer and his technique are key elements in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cure.
He is immortalised in the verb "to mesmerise" and its derivations.
Some of his writings used symbols to represent frequent words. He used over 100 symbols in a text sometimes, making it difficult, if not impossible, to read without a guide to the symbols.


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Record Carbon Emission Drop In 2020 Because Of Pandemic: New Research
According to a new research, the biggest annual fall in CO2 emissions since World War Two was witnessed because of the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
So far this year, there has been a reduction of 7 per cent in emissions, showed the study. The greatest drop in emission has been recorded in France and the UK primarily because of the strict lockdown measures implemented to prevent the spread of the pandemic.
On the other hand, a large rebound from coronavirus was witnessed in China which can result in a growth in overall emissions this year.
All the previous big falls in carbon have been surpassed by the drop in 2020.
There was a 2.4 billion tonnes decline in carbon emissions this year, according to the Global Carbon Project team. On the other hand, the fall in carbon emissions was only about half a billion tonnes during the 2009 global economic recession. At the end of World War Two., there was a less than one billion tonne fall in emissions.
Over the year, the drop was about 12 per cent across Europe and the US, while the decline has been more in some individual countries.
According to one analysis, the drop was 15 per cent and 13 per cent in France and the UK respectively.
"The main reason is that these two countries had two waves of confinement that were really quite severe compared with other countries," said Prof Corinne Le Quéré, from the University of East Anglia, UK, who contributed to the study.
"The UK and France have a lot of their emissions come from the transport sector and generally have a bit less coming from industry and other sectors. This is even more true in France, because so much of their electricity production is from nuclear energy, so 40% of their emissions are from the transport sector."
Covid-19 restrictions have severely hit the aviation industry around the world and it is being expected that there will be a 40 per cent year on year decline in emission from this sector by the end of this year.
However China may have bucked this trend. It is estimated that there will be a drop of 1.7 per cent in emission in China for the year on the overall according to estimates of the research team while some analysis suggests that the overall carbon output in the country may have increased already as it has already rebounded enough from Covid-19.
"All our datasets show that China experienced a big drop in emissions in February and March, but the datasets differ in the level of emissions towards the end of 2020," said Jan Ivar Korsbakken, a senior researcher at CICERO, who was involved in the study.
"In late 2020, China is at least close to having the same level of daily emissions as in 2019, and indeed some of our estimates suggest Chinese emissions may have actually increased for the year as a whole in 2020 relative to 2019, despite the pandemic," he added.
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Have I mentioned I love Sushi?
I absolutely love sushi and have always been amazed at how effortless true masters of the craft make it look. So a few weeks back, I began looking into what tools and supplies I might need to begin learning this craft. What I came to learn is that it is a lot cheaper and easier than I had expected.
My first step on this journey back to the Far East was to scour the internet for resources. The App store had a decent program called How to Make Sushi. It provides step by step directions and many high resolution pictures of the differing styles of sushi.
Also, I discovered that Amazon (An affiliate of the show) pretty much has anything you could possible think off related to Sushi prep (Including fresh yellow fin tuna which can be overnighted to you.) I found a pack of 50 Nori sheets (Cost $11). This should be enough seaweed to last me a year. It comes in a re-sealable package, so I imagine they will keep for quite a while.
The thing that you will hear and read most frequently about sushi making is that the prep of the rice is very challenging. I found that to be only partially true. Following the instructions on the sushi app, I absolutely ruined the first batch of rice I tried to cook. I don't necessarily blame the app for steering me wrong. I think it has to do with the variations in rice available. I would highly recommend that you simply follow the directions that are printed on the side of the bag of rice. For this adventured I used a top grade sushi rice that I found on Amazon.com. A 5Lb bag Sushi rice (Cost $13). That's enough rice to make at least 100 rolls.
Once I got the texture and consistency of the rice correct, I went back to the sushi app for the dressing. The dressing consists of a blend of rice vinegar, salt and sugar. It really adds a lot to the flavor of rice. The directions on the app worked great and I was very pleased with the overall results.
After prepping the proteins and veg, it was time to break in my brand new set of sushi rolling mats. I bought a Sushi Rolling Kit, which consisted of a set of 2 bamboo rolling mats and a wooden spoon (Cost $7). It is really important that you line your mat with cellophane before you get started. It will make clean up a lot easier. With my mats protected, I plunged headlong into a night of sushi rolling. I have to admit, I was a bit nervous rolling my first sushi roll. After only a very short time, I got the hang of it and was making pretty decent looking product. Again the sushi app had great pictures that really helped with placement of the rice, dressing and proteins onto the Nori sheet.
Once I had the rolls in tube form, all that was left to do was to cut and eat. That brings me to my final point. It is crucial that you have a very sharp thin bladed knife for cutting. If you don't, you will simply crush your rolls. I'd recommend the Non-stick Sushi Chef's Knife At around $10 it is a pretty good deal. I don't expect that it will hold an edge for long, but its non-stick properties are really helpful.
So after this experience, am I now a sushi master? Hell no! It takes years, maybe even decades to hone your skills to the level of high end sushi chefs. What I can say is that after a mere night of practice I produced some very tasty rolls. Frankly, it's a lot of fun and a great way to spend a Friday night. For right at 60 dollars, you can get all the basic supplies to make sushi for an entire year. Through the process, I also developed an increased understanding of the excessive markup on the sushi purchased from restaurants. I am really glad that I decided to try making sushi, and look forward to added it in my cooking night rotations.
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A Igreja Tsromi () é uma igreja ortodoxa medieval localizada no município de Khashuri, na região de Shida Kartli, Geórgia.

História

A igreja está localizada na margem direita do rio Mtkvari (Kura), a três quilômetros da estação ferroviária de Gomi, no coração da vila de Tsromi.

A construção da igreja Tsromi começou em 626 e terminou em 635, por decreto de Stepanose II.

A decoração do templo é escassa. Fragmentos de mosaicos contemporâneos que anteriormente decoravam o altar do templo atualmente permanecem reservados no Museu de Arte da Geórgia.

O monumento foi muito afetado e piorou ainda mais durante o terremoto de 1940.

Em 2006, por decreto presidencial, a igreja de Tsoromi recebeu a categoria de monumento cultural de importância nacional.

Bibliografia

 Chubinashvili G. N., Tsromi. História da arquitetura georgiana do primeiro terço do século VII, M., 1969.
 Shevyakova TS, pintura monumental do início da idade média da Geórgia. Album, TB, 1983.
 Smirnov Ya I. Tsromskaya mosaic, Tfl., 1935.
 Enciclopédia soviética complicada. XI, 1987.
 História e cultura de monumentos culturais, vol. 5, Tb., 1990.
 F. Beridze, antiga arquitetura georgiana, Tbilisi, 1974.
 Sh. Amiranashvili, História da arte georgiana, Tbilisi, 1969

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Arquitetura da Geórgia


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Are Coleus Plants Perennial Flowers?
When you think of gorgeous plants to nurture throughout the growing season, you probably picture flowering plants. Coleus (Solenostemon spp. or Plectranthus spp.), however, are instead grown for their striking foliage, which helps make a bold garden statement. They are tender perennials, typically grown as annuals outside their native Southeast Asia.
Coleus are in danger of cold damage once the temperature drops to 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Anything below 25 degrees will kill the plant. This means that they are hardy only in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 through 13, though they may survive in sheltered locations protected from frost in USDA zone 9b. In colder zones, they are grown as annuals or as houseplants.
Coleus can survive in sun or shade, but different cultivars have different preferences. Full sun bleaches color out of the leaves of shade-loving coleus, and full shade makes the colors on sun-tolerant cultivars more subdued. Cultivars that grow well in shade include "Black Magic," "'Fishnet Stockings" and "Sunset." Cultivars that prefer sunny conditions include "Alabama Sunset," "Pineapple" and "Solar Shadow."
Coleus will grow in a wide range of soil conditions, including clay, sand, loam and acidic soils. However, soils high in organic matter are best, and well-drained soil is essential. Coleus grown in soggy soils have stunted growth and the leaves will turn muddy, scorched-looking and fall off the plant. Coleus shouldn't be allowed to dry out completely, though. For the first seven to 10 days after planting, water to keep the soil around the root ball moist. After that, water deeply when the top 1 inch of soil dries out.
In USDA zones 10 through 13, coleus can be planted outdoors year-round. When growing coleus as an annual in zone 9 or below, plant outside in the spring after all danger of frost has passed. They can be started indoors from seed, planting eight to 10 weeks before the last frost date in your area. Coleus seeds germinate in soil temperatures 70 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit, and take seven to 14 days to sprout. The seeds need light to germinate, so don't cover them with potting mix. When you move the plants outdoors, space them 12 to 36 inches apart, depending on the cultivar's mature size; check plant tags before planting to make sure you're giving each plant enough room.
Keep coleus plants bushy and compact by pinching off the flowers as they develop. Coleus that are grown as perennials in warm climate zones have a tendency to become leggy, so be sure to pinch-back the tips of the plants when the branches start to get too long. Compact varieties like the "Wizard" series and the cultivar "Duckfoot" require little or no pinching to maintain an attractive bushy form.
Where they are hardy, coleus can live for years, but even with regular pinching and pruning they may become unattractive and leggy after a few years. You can replace unattractive plants by taking stem cuttings. Cut a section of young stem at least 2 inches long at any time of the year, and peel off the lowest leaves. Stick the cutting in water, and pot it when it starts to grow roots.
Coleus grown in containers can be placed indoors or out. In zones where coleus are not hardy, you can set them outside after the last spring frost and move them indoors before the first autumn frost to keep the plants alive. Like coleus grown in the ground, container coleus require well-drained soil. Since containers dry out more quickly than garden beds, coleus in containers require more frequent watering. When grown as a houseplant, place coleus in a warm location with bright light.
Coleus have low fertilizer requirements. For in-ground plants, fertilize every four weeks starting in early summer to encourage mid-summer growth. Three fertilizer applications will be enough for plants grown as annuals, but perennials can be fertilized into early fall when the temperatures start to cool. Use a liquid fertilizer at half the usual strength. For example, mix a concentrated liquid fertilizer with an N-P-K ratio of 12-4-8 at a ratio of 1 teaspoon fertilizer per 1 gallon of water. This will cover 20 square feet of garden space.
When fertilizing container plants, use the same concentrated liquid fertilizer as for in-ground coleus. Mix 1/2 teaspoon with 1 gallon of water and apply it to the potting soil in place of a regular watering every two weeks during the growing season.