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Nothing but a compete purge of the FBI will restore accountability and credibility to beseiged DOJ
By Andrew C. McCarthy
What do you do with an FBI agent, sworn to uphold the law, who flagrantly violates the law in a rogue investigation aimed at making a name for himself by bringing down some high-profile targets?
Fired former FBI Director Janes Comey
Why . . . you promote him, of course.
At least that is the way the Justice Department answered that question in the case of David Chaves, an FBI agent who serially and lawlessly leaked grand-jury information, wiretap evidence, and other sensitive investigative intelligence to the media in his quest to make an insider-trading case against some celebrities.
And when finally called on it, the Justice Department circled the wagons.
It has proceeded with it's tainted prosecution, referring the now-retired Chaves for an internal investigation that has gone exactly nowhere after nearly two years, and using legal maneuvers to block the courts and the public from scrutinizing the scope of the misconduct.
The Ethos of Law Enforcement
It has become a refrain among defenders of the FBI and Justice Department that critics are trying to destroy these vital institutions. In point of fact, these agencies are doing yeoman's work destroying themselves — much to the chagrin of those of us who spent much of our professional lives proudly carrying out their mission.
The problem is not the existence of miscreants; they are an inevitable part of the human condition, from which no institution of any size will ever be immune. The challenge today is the ethos of law-enforcement. You see it in texts expressing disdain for lawmakers; in the above-it-all contempt for legislative oversight; in arrogant flouting of the Gang of Eight disclosure process for sensitive intelligence (because the FBI's top-tier unilaterally decides when Bureau activities are "too sensitive" to discuss); in rogue threats to turn the government's law-enforcement powers against Congress; and in the imperious self-perception of a would-be fourth branch of government, insulated from and unaccountable to the others — including its actual executive-branch superiors.
The "Gang of Eight"
Once law enforcement saw the virtue in self-policing, in a duty to expose and purge itself of rogue actors. Now, it tends toward not just burying bad behavior but — the best defense being a good offense — hiding it behind claims of a job well done, behind claims that its ends are so noble its means are justified no matter how unseemly.
In the years after the "Great Recession," progressives were frustrated by the incapacity of prosecutors to hold financial institutions responsible for the subprime-mortgage crisis and the housing crash, to which government policies had contributed mightily. One response was a flurry of securities-fraud investigations: If you can't nail the evil banks, at least nail big-time market players, even if less than compelling evidence needs propping up by extravagant legal theories.
Among those who found themselves on the FBI's radar were three celebrities: investor Carl Icahn, pro golfer Phil Mickelson, and sports gambler Billy Walters. In early 2011, for example, Icahn made a $10.2 billion bid on Clorox Co., triggering what investigators regarded as suspicious stock trading. In particular, they eyed Walters, who was known to talk stocks with Icahn and give investment advice to Mickelson.
But they had nothing, and the investigation stalled. Two years later, the effort was described as "dormant" by David Chaves, the supervising FBI agent for a squad handling big-time insider-trading investigations in Manhattan (where the Bureau's headquarters is just a five-minute walk to Wall Street).
Felon and the Fed: Tom Hardin (left) former hedge fund analyst "Tipper X" with David Chaves,
Securities Fraud Manager, FBI New York Division
Working in conjunction with the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), agent Chaves and his subordinates had aggressively used a federal grand jury to investigate Walters, and had even obtained court orders enabling agents to monitor phone calls — a burdensome commitment of time and public resources, generally reserved for conspiracy cases involving insulated mega-crooks who orchestrate major felonies. But it was to no avail.
The FBI's New Strategy: Strategic Leaks to Media
There is more crime than federal law enforcement's finite resources can handle. So when an investigation yields nothing after a reasonable time — to say nothing of two years— it is usually deemed time to move on to more-fruitful cases. But not for agent Chaves. He doubled down with a new strategy: strategic leaks of grand jury, surveillance, and other sensitive investigative information to select journalists.
In 2013, Chaves began arranging phone calls, meetings in restaurants, and other modes of communication with reporters for the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
Although federal law criminalizes the disclosure of grand-jury and sealed wiretap information, details of the probe were expansively revealed to the press: the targets of the investigation; the stocks in which they traded and specific transactions that were being scrutinized; the investigative techniques that were being used and that were under consideration; and potential prosecution theories of insider trading.
The FBI's goal was twofold. First came intelligence-gathering: improper quid pro quo arrangements in which Chaves exchanged details from the government's investigation for information from the journalists — in essence, trying to turn reporters, who are not subject to FBI guidelines and protocols, into sources. Second, the Bureau hoped that the pressure generated by media coverage would "tickle the wire."
This is a venerable law-enforcement expression for sudden events that panic conspirators into blurting out incriminating statements on tapped phones. Unexpected developments — e.g., the disappearance or arrest of a conspirator, a price spike or crash — can yield valuable evidence of association, pecking order, and consciousness of guilt . . . but investigators are not supposed to bait their targets with lawless leaks to the media. Here, Chaves hoped for a windfall from the press coverage — it would get the phones humming, ratcheting up pressure on accomplices to "flip" and become cooperating witnesses.
The public media blitz began in late May 2014, with major stories in the Journal and the Times about how Icahn, Mickelson, and Walters were under the federal microscope for a scheme involving Icahn's investments in Clorox — a scheme for which there was apparently scant evidence and no coherent insider-trading prosecution theory.
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No Clorox case was ever brought. In fact, on June 11, a few days after the initial report, the Timesconceded that it had been misled by its (unidentified) law-enforcement source and that the FBI, in fact, had no evidence that Mickelson had traded Clorox stock while Icahn was preparing to bid for the company. One Times reporter actually called the U.S. attorney's office to complain that his source — whom prosecutors suspected was an agent — had lied to the media. (Who knew there was a Code of Ethics for leaking!)
As the continuing press coverage showed, the investigators' attention shifted from Clorox to a company called Dean Foods, which had a promising subsidiary called White Wave. Consistent with much market speculation, White Wave was spun off from Dean Foods in 2012. Walters, it turns out, was friendly with Tom Davis, chairman of the Dean Foods board, and traded heavily in the stock.
At one point, after FBI agents approached Walters but he declined to speak with them, an article appeared in the Times the following day, outlining new details about the investigation and Walters's trading patterns. The FBI sought cooperation from Davis, too, but he repeatedly denied engaging in any wrongdoing with Walters. In August 2015, "people familiar with the investigation" identified Davis to the Journal as a target who had tipped Walters to the White Wave spinoff and other inside information. The humiliating public revelation cost Davis his job and, according to Walters, drove him into the arms of the FBI.
Under U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the FBI in New York systematically leaked grand jury secrets to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, court documents prove jaw-dropping criminal prosecutorial misconduct in the 2017 prosecution of William T. Walters, a multi-millionaire investor, sports gambler, and philanthropist
Davis agreed to cooperate and plead guilty. After five years of FBI pursuit, Walters was indicted for insider trading based on allegations that tips from Davis netted him over $40 million (in combined profits and avoided losses). He was eventually tried and convicted. Mickelson, who traded in Dean Foods stock largely based on advice from Walters, was not charged; he paid a nearly $1 million settlement to the SEC and avoided testifying in Walters's trial by announcing that he would assert his privilege against self-incrimination if called.
Circling the Wagons
There is irrefutable evidence that high-ranking officials in the FBI and SDNY were aware when the leaks began in 2014 that they were coming from law enforcement. Significant efforts were made to persuade the Journal and the Times to delay their initial reports. On the day when they began appearing, George Venizelos, then the agent in charge of the FBI's New York field office, emailed his underlings that contacts with the Journal must stop "for now":
"Just stop talking to this reporter for now! If we don't have enough evidence by now its [sic] over. I mean it when I say cease contact with this reporter for now, if I find out someone is still talking to this reporter after today than [sic] there will be reassignments immediately.
They didn't have enough evidence but, as we've seen, it wasn't over.
When a follow-up Journal report indicated that publicity about the investigation had undermined the use of wiretaps, the SDNY's then–U.S. attorney Preet Bharara emailed Venizelos to lament that "these leaks are outrageous and harmful," and to suggest that they jointly take corrective action. An angry Venizelos forwarded Bharara's email to his underlings, grousing that the "not good" situation was now a "bad" one, and ordered a meeting the following morning.
Subsequently, top SDNY officials discussed the astonishing revelation that, when the Times had to retract its initial accusation against Mickelson, not only did reporter Ben Protess complain about having "to walk back his story"; Protess also described being threatened by the FBI. The reporter told the SDNY that his source "did not like being called out for lying or the story being walked back"; the source had also become "a bit threatening," warning Protess that he and the Times were now "on the radar." With the investigation ongoing, the SDNY decided that the time was not right to discuss the situation "generally," but that "obviously we need to discuss and will need to address this with the FBI."
NYT reporter Ben Protess
Clearly, this level of alarm was appropriate, yet it does not appear to have resulted in any meaningful corrective action. Chaves kept leaking investigative information to his media sources. And there are significant reasons to believe the leaks went well beyond the Walters investigation — when a top government official is an incorrigible leaker, it is virtually never confined to one case. But here's the kicker: By the end of 2014, Chaves was promoted, becoming the head of all white-collar FBI investigations in New York.
When the government was finally called out for the outrageous leaking, its first reaction was to deny, deny, deny.
In September 2016, after being indicted, Walters filed a motion seeking a hearing to explore a pattern of government misconduct, including "leaking grand jury information to the press, as part of a concerted effort to breathe life into a flagging investigation." The SDNY indignantly replied that Walters's allegations were "false" and "baseless"; further, prosecutors insisted that Walters "cannot show that the source of the information contained in the articles was an agent or attorney for the Government," and that "the natural and logical inferences lead to the conclusion that the source was not a Government official."
The huffing and puffing proved futile. Federal District Judge P. Kevin Castel declined to dismiss Walters's motion and ordered a hearing.
Control the Damage . . . Or Repair It?
Now forced to take the motion seriously, the government abruptly changed course. The SDNY admitted that agent Chaves had, in fact, disclosed to the media a "significant amount of confidential information relating to the investigation." Taken aback, Judge Castel could not help but note the irony: "Mr. Walters is charged with . . . tipping material nonpublic information to another. And to help support that case, the special agent apparently tipped material nonpublic information improperly to another."
U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel (Photo: Rick Kopstein)
Still, despite the gamesmanship piled atop the indefensible misconduct, the court withdrew its grant of a hearing. Judge Castel reasoned that the government's concession made it unnecessary to air out the dirty laundry; the only question was whether Walters could demonstrate that he had been prejudiced by the years of leaking, and the judge remarkably found that he had failed to do so.
In appealing his conviction, Walters has vigorously disputed this conclusion and mocked the Justice Department's efforts to contain the damage. The effort to portray Chaves as the lone bad actor is belied, his lawyers point out, by the media stories that describe multiple sources. While the government vowed to the court that it would conduct a zealous investigation of Chaves, he has never been charged — notwithstanding that a year and a half has gone by and Judge Castel has threatened to appoint a private attorney to pursue a criminal contempt case. Walters further contends that, although the leaking went on for nearly two years, the SDNY's investigation covered only three months (around the time of the first press stories in May 2014); and while prosecutors represented that they had reviewed "thousands of emails and text messages" relevant to the dispute, they disclosed a grand total of just six.
Walters further argued to the Second Circuit appellate court:
Nor did the government dispute that the misconduct here was part of an extensive pattern spanning numerous other insider trading investigations in which information was leaked to the same Journal and Times reporters. Walters has identified at least five such investigations overseen by Chaves. The resulting articles span an eight-year period from 2009 to 2016, and cover some of [U.S. attorney] Bharara's most-touted insider trading prosecutions. They reveal vast quantities of "inside information from the government," including "the names of unindicted co-conspirators," their "statements to investigators" which "hadn't previously been reported," nonpublic "subpoenas," "meetings with defense lawyers," whether a "probe" was "at an advanced stage," how the government was "preparing to present evidence to the grand jury," and the nature and expected timing of the "charges" the government was "preparing." The government has not disclosed what, if anything, it has done to investigate the leaks in these cases or identify other cases in which leaking occurred.
A little over a year ago, I wrote about another of these cases. It involved David Ganek and his hedge fund, Level Global. The government obtained a search warrant for the firm and alerted the media before the raid. Predictably, the reputational damage caused by publicity about Ganek's status as a suspect destroyed the business. Yet, Ganek was never charged, and it appears that the government falsely represented in its search-warrant application that an informant had implicated him in insider trading.
At the time, I opined that investigative excesses and lawlessness are a serious problem best addressed by Congress and Justice Department leadership. The courts are limited to weighing the legal claims raised by parties to a litigation; they are simply not equipped to investigate official misconduct, nor is it their responsibility. And indeed, since I posited that argument, Ganek's lawsuit against the government has been dismissed on a finding that law-enforcement officials have immunity, and it is an open question whether the Second Circuit (which dismissed Ganek's claims) will take action on the misconduct in Walters's case.
Regrettably, the ensuing year has also exhibited Justice Department leadership more inclined to conceal and soft-pedal evidence of official wrongdoing than deal with it forthrightly and accountably. And no wonder. Just this week, the report on the Clinton emails investigation filed by the Justice Department's inspector general included this stunning passage (on page 430, footnotes are omitted):
Although FBI policy strictly limits the employees who are authorized to speak to the media, we found that this policy appeared to be widely ignored during the period we reviewed. We identified numerous FBI employees, at all levels of the organization and with no official reason to be in contact with the media, who were nevertheless in frequent contact with reporters. The large number of FBI employees who were in contact with journalists during this time period impacted our ability to identify the sources of leaks. For example, during the periods we reviewed, we identified dozens of FBI employees that had contact with members of the media. . . . [We also] identified social interactions between FBI employees and journalists that were, at a minimum, inconsistent with FBI policy and Department ethics rules. For example, we identified instances where FBI employees received tickets to sporting events from journalists, went on golfing outings with media representatives, were treated to drinks and meals after work by reporters, and were the guests of journalists at nonpublic social events.
As in the Justice Department's stonewalling of the congressional committees pressing for answers about investigative tactics in the Russia probe, if the president does not take remedial action and demand transparency, the disreputable behavior will continue, and public faith will continue to plummet.
For their part, if the Justice Department and FBI wish to maintain their standing as rule-of-law pillars in a free society, they need to stop whining about their critics — many of whom love these institutions. They need to start looking within.
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Anshai Lal's directorial debut traces the incidents around the marriage of Kanan (Suraj Sharma) with his childhood love, Anu (Mehreen Pirzada). The twist is that Kanan marries a tree as he is a "manglik" and the ghost of Shashi (Anushka) is bound to him as she is the ghost on the tree. The film narrates two parallel love stories – that of Kanan and of Shashi.
Set in undivided Punjab in the pre-Independence era Anushka-Diljit's love story is quite unusual. While Diljit plays a "bhaant, kanjar, piyakkad" singer, Anushka is the obedient sister of a doctor who believes that singing and dancing is not for "respected people".
Anushka loves poetry and even writes for a weekly that is widely read in her pind – Phillaur. Everyone loves her poetry but Anushka does not unveil her identity because "acche ghar ki ladkiyan in cheezon mein nahi padti". She becomes an intellectual equal and partner – more of the "sangini" for Diljit – as she writes and he sings.
Conceptually, Phillauri is a winner and that much was evident from the trailer. The idea is superbly original, culturally on point and has great potential. The problem is, you only get what you see in the trailer. The narrative shifts between Shashi's past and Kanan's present seem abrupt; the soulful songs are easy on the ear.
The actors sweep in and carry the film, though. With his body language and voice modulation, Suraj Sharma nails the confused-aimless millennial and lightens the mood. Mehreen Pirzada's helpless and hopelessly-in-love Anu is endearing. Diljit Dosanjh brings his trademark goodness to a rather bland role. And as the translucent ghost (kudos to the VFX team), Anushka delivers a solid performance with a weird mix of sadness and humour.
Its an okey dokey film. Watch it if you are a fan of Anushka Sharma and Diljit Dosanjh. Otherwise, you can wait a couple of weeks to see it on TV.
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Appointed in April 2015, Professor Samuel Fankhauser is Director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, both at the London School of Economics.
He is also an Associate Director at the economics consultancy Vivid Economics. Previously Sam served as Deputy Chief Economist and Director, Policy Studies, at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Prior to that he worked at the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility. Sam has studied Economics at the University of Berne, the London School of Economics and University College London.
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Life has been absolutely crazy the past few weeks, and I missed my anniversary of moving to New York City. So, I wanted to take a moment to talk about my relationship with the city and what it's meant to become an adult while living here. It always makes me really nostalgic and thankful.


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Industrial control systems exposed to RTA ENIP stack vulnerability
Article, Industrial Cyber Attacks, News, Vendor, Vulnerabilities
Recent weeks have proven to be challenging with several industrial control system (ICS) vendors issuing critical warnings about security bugs lurking around the ecosystem.
Claroty has privately disclosed details to industrial automation connectivity company Real Time Automation (RTA), informing the vendor of a critical vulnerability in its proprietary 499ES EtherNet/IP (ENIP) stack. Millions of EtherNet/IP devices are deployed on the factory floors of large and small manufacturing systems that enable communication using the industrial network protocol to reach customers and third party vendors.
Researchers at the New York-based operational technologies (OT) security firm identified that all versions of RTA EtherNet/IP TCP/IP stack before version 2.28 are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, which may allow an attacker to send a specially crafted packet that may result in a denial-of-service condition or remote code execution.[optin-monster-shortcode id="dv4jqlr9fih8giagcylw"]
Operators of industrial control systems should investigate their RTA ENIP implementations and update to current versions, as the vulnerability could cause a denial-of-service situation, and depending on other conditions could expose a device running older versions of the protocol to remote code execution, Claroty said.
Using their detection tool, Claroty researchers were able to identify 11 devices using RTA's ENIP stack from six different vendors, which are likely to be vulnerable.
RTA has identified that this vulnerability was indeed removed in a 2012 code update, though it is likely that many vulnerable implementations still exist in products currently in use, according to Claroty. However, vendors make a one-time purchase of protocol stacks such as RTA ENIP using an SDK or hardware implementation, without buying an additional support package, leaving integrations before that date vulnerable as they have not been updated.
"The older code in the RTA device attempted to reduce RAM usage by limiting the size of a particular buffer used in an EtherNet/IP Forward Open request," said John Rinaldi, RTA's CEO, chief strategist and business development manager. "By limiting the RAM, it made it possible for an attacker to attempt to overrun the buffer and use that to try to get control of the device. That line of code was changed a number of revision levels ago and is not an issue in current EtherNet/IP software revision levels."
In August this year, Claroty researchers discovered that control systems vulnerabilities were most prevalent in energy, critical manufacturing, and water and wastewater sectors. It further identified in its report for the first six months of this year that over 70 percent of ICS vulnerabilities could be exploited remotely, highlighting the importance of protecting internet-facing ICS devices and remote access connections.
Following details from Claroty, the Industrial Control System Computer Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) put out an advisory, and estimated a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score of 9.8 out of 10, placing the risk in the 'severity' category. CVSS is an open framework for communicating the characteristics and severity of software vulnerabilities.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), part of the US Department of Homeland Security advised users to follow several defensive measures to cut down on the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Users must minimize network exposure for critical control system devices and/or systems, and ensure that they are not accessible from the Internet, apart from identifying control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls, and work towards isolating them from the business network.
Industrial control systems are particularly vulnerable as they are always available, 24/7 and any disruption to these systems could undermine the critical infrastructure on which other large numbers of businesses and households depend. The prevalence of several protocols and lack of standards also makes it difficult for them to communicate automatically. As a result of the huge investment involved, organizations with industrial assets typically deploy such assets for years at a time, which proves to be a challenge when security updates have to be made available to these older products.
Schneider Electric also identified nine high severity security bugs in its interactive graphical SCADA system (IGSS), which is used for monitoring and controlling industrial processes, and communicates with key industry-standard PLC drivers. These security vulnerabilities identified include improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer, out-of-bounds write and out-of-bounds read. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may result in remote code execution.
Another affected product identified has been the Paradox IP150 firmware version 5.02.09, as vulnerabilities were detected in its stack-based buffer overflow and classic buffer overflow. CISA observes that exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code, which may result in the termination of the physical security system. The IP150 Internet module can control and monitor a control panel through an IP network (LAN / WAN / Internet).
With OT and ICS security issues increasingly becoming a concern for national security and critical infrastructure security, Claroty asked the very relevant questions on whether vendors of third-party libraries must offer security updates to their customers irrespective of the support contracts in place, and if these vendors must publish the third-party libraries that they are using in their software/firmware.
Researchers weigh in on challenges of securing industrial robots in 2021
Over the past few years, researchers with the Polytechnic University of Milan and IT security company Trend Micro's forward-looking threat research team have been looking
Anna Ribeiro is a freelance journalist with around 14 years of experience in the areas of security, data storage, virtualization and IoT.
US maritime cybersecurity plan focuses on cyber threats targeting IT and OT systems


As y'all know, Hurricane Joaquin has taken its toll on everyone in the Low Country. We are going to do a quick supply drive for the Georgetown Helping Hand from October 9-14 at SBB. They are in desperate need of Water/Canned Meats/Peanut Butter and dry food items like Grits/Beans/Cereals etc. There will be boxes at SBB on the stage for those who want to help and or make donations. Thanks in advance everyone!


SEPTEMBER 9th, 2018 — Pandora Boxchain team has created a reference implementation of the ERC1329 – Inalienable Reputation Token during ETHBerlin Hackathon. This first version of ERC1329 token is available on GitHub. The project invites crypto enthusiasts to enter into discussions about ERC1329 on Ethereum GitHub or the project's Telegram channel.
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Scoliosis is not a condition all Williamson parents, families or persons have to consider. For those whose lives or loved ones' lives are concerned with scoliosis, Williamson scoliosis is a big consideration. Apple Country Chiropractic presents these new findings about Williamson scoliosis development and treatment of scoliosis.
Being physically active is a common recommendation for Williamson chiropractic patients. It's important for all Williamson kids and especially for kids at risk for scoliosis. New research on the mechanism, diagnosis and treatment of spinal scoliosis - though not very much is understood about the origins of adolescent onset idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) – verified that decreased physical ability and activity in those who go on have scoliosis by age 15 was seen as early as age 18 months. Those children who did more objectively measured moderate/vigorous physical activity at age 11 were 30% less likely to develop scoliosis. (1) Apple Country Chiropractic knows Williamson parents will want to keep their kids moving!
A recent study reported support for spinal mobilization of scoliosis spines. Researchers found significant improvements in the neutral angles of both the lower thoracic spine curve and the lower lumbar spine curve after triple-treatment trunk stretching. Triple-treatment trunk stretching may well improve the spinal curve and the physical fitness status of the scoliosis patient. (4) Again, Cox® flexion distraction manipulation stretches the basic anatomical posture of scoliosis.
Chiropractic medicine can be first line care for AIS. The chiropractor measures the curvature angle and sets up a Williamson treatment plan that can incorporate spinal manipulation, specialized exercises, postural control, and bracing. If needed, interdisciplinary care will be included in the Williamson chiropractic treatment plan. Concerning chiropractic Cox® Technic spinal manipulation, consider the study (6) regarding stiffness of the thoracic spine which is the main area of the spine affected by scoliosis. This study found that changes in spinal stiffness with chronic thoracic pain show correlation with pain and muscle activity. Spinal stiffness is intensified in chronic spine related pain. Increased spine motion is a part of non-surgical treatment of scoliosis whether in the adolescent or middle to older aged individual.
Schedule your Williamson chiropractic visit. Considering all the treatments available for Williamson scoliosis is vital to the adolescent or adult with scoliosis and his/her family. Apple Country Chiropractic partners with Williamson scoliosis patients and their families to plan the right path for spinal mobility, strength, and health.


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SAS Survey: Is the Current Political Climate Impacting Divorce for Women?
in Contemplating Divorce, Getting a Divorce/by Liza Caldwell
Are you feeling it, too? A study published by the American Psychological Association in mid-February (2017) has found that two thirds of all Americans feel anxiety over the future of the country. The analysis, called "Stress in America," also discovered 57 percent of the nation reported that politics were either somewhat or a very significant source of stress in their lives.
In our work at SAS for Women, a practice dedicated to helping women navigate the emotional and logistical challenges of divorce, we are not surprised. While January, February and March are commonly referred to as the "divorce season" in the family law industry (with the theory being that couples bury their conflict during the holidays and file for divorce in the new year) the start of 2017 feels especially divisive. Since Mr. Trump's ascent to power, we are hearing more and more about a certain type of stress women are facing, and in particular how it's playing out beyond and behind the marital chamber's door.
Our question is how much is this current administration and the daily barrage of headlines proving to be a lightening rod and moving women toward divorce? Is the current political climate impacting divorce overall?
The Survey on political climate and divorce
To learn how much the current political climate is influencing women's feelings and behavior about divorce we polled the SAS for Women Community — women who are thinking about, or navigating divorce.
Design: Ashley Nakai
Of the 100 women polled, 53 percent say they are influenced by the political climate. More than a third (35 percent) rate themselves 5 or higher on a scale of 1-10, with 10 representing the primary reason or trigger they are divorcing. 6 percent of the women who participated indicated they were a "10."
What Women Said:
Many women in the SAS Community did more than simply self-assign a number. They shared comments and thoughts about their dilemmas, circumstances, and outlook for the future:
Answered "3": "Women's rights and freedom are in jeopardy as long as Trump is in office and the cabinet and Supreme Court are staffed as they are now. Single mothers are at high risk for poverty, which not only negatively affects them, but also their children. And yet, women must have the option to leave abusive or otherwise unhealthy domestic partnerships without fear of becoming homeless, hungry, etc."
Answered "9": "My soon to be ex has always been a Republican and we clashed during presidential elections before (Bush), but he was a Trump supporter and it really pushed me over the edge to the realization that our values and interests were completely different. Upon my announcing I wanted a divorce in October, he immediately became a Hillary supporter and tried to tell me that he agreed with every position I ever had and that I just misunderstood him or didn't know him. While it was not the primary reason for my seeking a divorce ( I have been unhappy for many years!), it was the straw that broke the camel's back."
Answered "1": "Political factors influence very little of my day to day decisions. My divorce, my children, and my career consume the entirety of my energy. I will not waste limited energy on those things that do not directly benefit my children or my career or me and moving ahead with our lives."
Answered "7": "Problems before…but a perceived wider gap in our overall politics (and general direction we are both leaning) has made the possibility of divorce even greater. I am left shaking my head about who it was I fell in love with 25 years ago and who is in my bed tonight …"
Answered "1": "America goes about its business day after day, sometimes good and sometimes bad. I personally take responsibility for my actions and feel that I have the greatest impact on myself and others by owning what is mine, the good and the bad. Politics will always have good and bad realities that will either enhance or detract from our lives and our choices, but that is something we are lucky to have!"
Answered "8": "The political attack on everything I hold dear and all that constitutes my core values as a human being and a woman recalibrates the tolerance of a husband who is not truly supportive of those values either. I can't have this President in The White House and be trapped in marriage to someone who is not shook up, too."
Answered "1": "Politics have nothing to do with my pending divorce or how my 'husband' treats me."
Answered "8": "I was just speaking about this to my therapist. I feel so outraged by the misogynistic administration and the misogynistic culture of the election that preceded this corrupt administration. I've realized that our society is more misogynistic than I had felt and that my husband is not a feminist. It has become clearer to me."
Answered "2": "My decision was made way before the current political situation which only strengthens my determination. However, the impact is not that great as the determination was there to begin with."
Answered "10": "I am exiting a relationship with a narcissist, after 25 years of believing his spin, his alternative facts, his hostage holding (beholden to keeping kids emotionally safe). It was actually a relief to hear the descriptions of Trump as it clarified the behavior I was looking at but still couldn't see."
While 47 percent of the SAS Community self-assigned themselves a "1," thereby indicating their feelings and actions about divorce are not impacted by the political climate, it is clear that more than half of the women polled claim they are influenced. More than a third of this community feels very much impacted by the current political climate and what it means for them, their families and the future.
What do you think? We would be interested to know — as would our Sister Readers! We invite you to share your comments and thoughts below.
SAS for Women® is uniquely positioned to understand women as they confront the realities of divorce around the world. Our education and coaching services — action and outcome-drive — focus on the healthy approach and appeal to women who are committed to being smart and educated in their decision-making. To learn what is possible for you and your life, schedule your free consultation with SAS by visiting here.
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Isabell Springer, PhD, LMFT says:
SAS,
Interesting study and more interesting were the results. The data is quite symbolic of the election. Half were impacted, the other half not. As a therapist, I just throw in for fun, my experience of working with couples around the time of the election and the climate today was interesting to witness. Couples who were on the left seemed to experience greater anxiety in their relationship after the election and those on the right did not appear to be changed. Up until the day of the election, those couples who were voting for Hillary were relaxed. Those couples who were politically split, one voting DEM the other REP, the election outcome added fuel to their dysfunction. Just my 2 cents. Thanks for asking important questions and getting feedback on matters surrounding divorce. I love how outside-the-box, daring and committed SAS is to change.
Dr. Isabell Springer
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Create a Door Hanger that is sure to inspire some smiles! This fun Come Stamp With Me Door Hanger is my new door sign for when my stampers are coming to play!! Using spare card board/coaster board from a paper packet and some of my favorite paper (Modern Medley that is RETIRING - EEEK!!) I created this pretty eco-friendly door hanger that is sure to inspire creativity as people come and go!!
Create this pretty rose using the Spiral Flower Die and the Red Glimmer Paper... accent the center with the *Large Pearl Jewels for a pretty accent.
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I hope that this eco-friendly and pretty Modern Medley black and white (with a pretty pop of red) door hanger inspires YOU to have fun! Join Me in my upcoming classes - go ahead, Come Stamp With ME!! I hope that these Door hangers inspire YOU to create great gifts that are priceless (while embracing your personal style).


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Business, Economy, South Africa
JOHANNESBURG – DJ Black Coffee's investment holding company, FlightMode Digital, and Lebashe Investment Group, on Wednesday announced a partnership with Gallo Music Investments (GMI) for an undisclosed amount.
DJ Black Coffee said: "This is the first of many moves we are working on to change the landscape of both the South African and African music industry. The music in the Gallo catalogue is some of the most culturally rich that has ever been created in this country.
"The partnership with Lebashe to invest in the catalogue and masters, is more than just a business transaction – it's about creating an environment in which artists and creatives have a truly equitable stake. It is also the beginning of an industry revolution where African artists are part of structures that are fair and encourage new ways to monetize content."
Flightmode Digital was established by Black Coffee in 2017 to hold all content projects, software applications and investments in early stage businesses. Flightmode has equity stakes in some of Africa's top start ups namely Yoco, Andela, Sweep South and Rensource.
GMI, South Africa's largest and oldest independent music label, was purchased by Lebashe from Tiso Blackstar for R75 million in March.
GMI was incorporated into news and entertainment business Arena Holdings, which is 100 percent owned by Lebashe.
Lebashe chairman Tshepo Mahloele said the investment in GMI significantly enhanced Arena's entertainment offering to its consumers and the transaction with FlightMode would add tangible value and attract diversified audiences to its platform.
"We are delighted that South Africa's most extensive musical archives reside within Arena Holdings, and it is our intention to explore and reintroduce these amazing classical archives to our mainstream market, locally and globally. The collaboration with internationally renowned DJ Black Coffee will usher in a new era for the South African music business on a global scale," said Mahloele.
Gallo Record Company has been in business for more than 90 years and is focused on the acquisition of music rights, representing artists, recording, manufacturing, digital and physical distribution, and the sale of pre-recorded music and video in South Africa and internationally. As an established and iconic music label, it boasts as stable that includes some of the biggest artists to come out of South Africa, including Lucky Dube, Dorothy Masuka, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Stimela, & Sipho Hotstix Mabuse and Mango Groove among others.
DJ Black Coffee said: "This is the first of many moves we are working on to change the landscape of both the South African and African music industry. The music in the Gallo catalogue is some of the most culturally rich that has ever been created in this country. The partnership with Lebashe to invest in the catalogue and masters, is more than just a business transaction – it's about creating an environment in which artists and creatives have a truly equitable stake. It is also the beginning of an industry revolution where African artists are part of structures that are fair and encourage new ways to monetize content."
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Black Coffee, DJ Black Coffee Lebashe in partnership with Gallo Music to 'change landscape of SA music', FREE MARKET ECONOMY, Gallo Music, SA music


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Varga Arnold (Dunaújváros, 1992. június 19. –) magyar válogatott jégkorongozó, jelenleg az Újpesti TE játékosa.

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Varga Arnold a Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák akadémiáján nevelkedett. 2010 és 2016 között a Fehérvár AV19, majd a Debreceni HK játékosa volt, előbbivel kétszeres magyar bajnok (2011, 2012). 2017 óta a Újpesti TE játékosa.

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Q: What is the maximum amount of data that can be reliably stored in a Double that is persisted in JSON? Disclaimer: I'm asking a crazy question, I understand it's crazy, but it has an answer, and I would like to know it.  The specific application is irrelevant, if that bothers you (or perhaps helps you sleep better at night) then pretend it's an academic question.
I understand that a Double (IEE 754: "binary64") itself takes up 64-bits (or 8 bytes) of raw memory space, and in memory I can pipe any raw 64-bits of data that I want in there, and it can technically be interpreted as a double -- though, some of those are "not numbers", and some are duplicates (i.e. -0 and +0 are technically different, but they compare as equal according to the spec, then there's the NaNs and the Infinities, etc...).  [My guestimate is that there's probably about 55 to 60 usable bits here if we want the data we store to always be interpretable as a sane Double value.]
And then we have to consider what persisting the data as JSON Encoding might do to it (i.e. converting it to base 10 and rounding it to some approximation... -- I'm guessing that at best we might be able to reliable encode 40 bits of information here?)
A good Litmus test for valid values here might be:
    var bytes = new byte[8];
    PutDataInto(bytes);

    double d = BitConverter.ToDouble(bytes);
    d += 0d; // Round-trip as a double
    var bytes2 = BitConverter.GetBytes(d);

    if (!Enumerable.SequenceEqual(bytes, bytes2))
    {
        // already we see some byte combinations failing before the JSON conversion.
        Console.WriteLine("Double failed to store: " + d);
        Console.WriteLine($"    Input: {string.Join(string.Empty, bytes.Select(x => x.ToString("X2")))}");
        Console.WriteLine($"    Output: {string.Join(string.Empty, bytes2.Select(x => x.ToString("X2")))}");
        //continue; // or break; or throw; -- whatever
    }

    var text = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(d);
    var d2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<double>(text);

    var bytes3 = BitConverter.GetBytes(d2);
    if (!Enumerable.SequenceEqual(bytes, bytes3))
    {
        // JSON Conversion shows more failures.
        Console.WriteLine("JSON failed to store: " + d);
        Console.WriteLine($"    Input: {string.Join(string.Empty, bytes.Select(x => x.ToString("X2")))}");
        Console.WriteLine($"    Output: {string.Join(string.Empty, bytes3.Select(x => x.ToString("X2")))}");
        //continue; // or break; or throw; -- whatever
    }

What I have done so far:

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*I supposed that this might already be a solved problem and I tried googling it, but ... I have no idea what this type of thing might be called (as you can tell from the long ridiculous title of this question).  And I just got all sorts of nonsense that was unrelated.

*I made the approximate guesstimates shown above and looked up the specs. -- But I wanted to ask y'all before jumping right in and reading for the next 8 hours -- because A.) It might already be a solved problem. B.) Y'all are smart and might be able to figure out a sane way to store more bits there. [And it totally had nothing at all to do with C.) me being kind of lazy. ]

A: You have to avoid NaN and _+ infinity, because the 52bits of the fraction is ignored, and won't be round-tripped.
And if you can use the sign bit, you've got -0 and +0, which will not round-trip.
So you can safely use 10 of the 11 exponent bits, and all 52 fraction bits, or 62 bits.
JSON should round-trip all off these values.
You can actually do better if you use all 2,047 exponent values that don't indicate NaN or Inf, and the sign bit plus all the non-zero fractions, but that makes the information encoding harder.

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Q: Is there any way to store the trained neural network into memory in MATLAB? I try to create a speaker recognition system. The training time is so long so I wonder if there is a way I can store the model and load it from the memory when the GUI launchs?

A: You can save your trained network with
save net

this will save the network called net as net.mat, you can then load it to the workspace with
load net

To do your prediction, you can use
sim(net, inputs)
Type
doc sim

for detailed help
(more details on this can be easily found on MATLAB central)


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Living Brave Interview Series: Brene Brown Interviews Oprah Winfrey
It was Lucille Ball who said, "I'm not funny. I'm brave." And so she was. It took a lot of courage in those days, especially for a woman, to do all of the wonderfully "nutty" things that she did.
In the first taped episode of her "Living Brave" series, Brene Brown interviews Oprah Winfrey, and courage takes on a very different meaning in a conversation that is fascinating and illuminating. We don't often get to hear Oprah answering personal questions and sharing fairly intimate details about her life and her "own truth."
Brown, whose latest book is Rising Strong, asks Oprah some pointed questions, the first of which is what vulnerability means to her. The answer: "It is being willing to express the truth no matter what — the truth of who you are. The essence at the core of what you are feeling at any given moment. Being able to open up your soul and let it flow so that other people can see their soul in yours." That's pretty powerful, I think, and as the interview progressed, I had a glimpse of seeing my soul in Oprah's.
When asked by Brown to give an example of what she still feels vulnerable about, Winfrey shared that it's "not having conquered the whole weight struggle — balancing what it means to be a strong powerful woman in the world juxtaposed with trying to control what you are eating."
Brown and Winfrey talk about stories — those we create about others and those we create about ourselves, or that others create about us and how we deal with them.
When asked about what fear she still struggles with, Winfrey said, "I've worked on the disease to please a lot." Reading and introspection helped Winfrey learn how to live an "intentional life." She no longer makes decisions unless she thinks about what her true and pure motivation is for doing something. "The intention informs the cause, and the reason for doing the action is what actually is going to show up in your life. It will come back to you." Winfrey's example: "I realized I was often doing things for people who kept coming back for more and I didn't understand it." It finally became clear that the intention was she wanted to be liked. Wow, does that sound familiar. Yes, folks, even Oprah felt the need to please.
I found this discussion about bravery and courage to be so important for all us to hear and to really think about. I was particularly affected by Winfrey's answer to the question: "So what do you do if you want to lead a brave life and not disappoint anyone?" Her answer: "You cannot live a brave life without disappointing people." It does take courage — especially for people pleasers — to make decisions they know are going to disappoint people, but do it anyway to be true to themselves.
The discussion continues with fascinating topics that include the physics of vulnerability, taking falls and rising again, the two "shame tapes" and how to understand that sometimes the world is "reflecting you back to you." Says Winfrey: "No one is saying anything about you that you haven't thought about yourself."
I urge you all to listen to the conversation. It's powerful, honest and brave. Oprah Winfrey, Brene Brown, and yes Lucille Ball, have each found the courage to live her truth.


I first wrote about it when I was a sophomore at George Mason University. Always curious how a continent that is home to more than a billion people somehow was subdued and conquered by foreign interlopers, it suddenly dawned upon that there was a colonization playbook that is always used by nations France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
Up until that epiphany occurred during my second year in college, I assumed the technological edge, weapons superiority and tactical advances were why country after country in the continent we now refer to as Africa was decimated and put under the boots of European invaders. I was wrong all along, it was never the superior might of colonial powers that paved the way for the suppression of the Zulu, Hausa, Yoruba and countless civilizations within "Africa", manufactured schisms and the splintering of the people birthed continental subjugation.
Though the targets were many, the blueprint of colonization was always the same. The first step is to induce conflict by way of tribalism. In order to do this, sustainable communities were lumped in with other communities in order to form a central authority. If you look at the countries on the map of "Africa", almost every one of them were carved up by European powers. Once a central power is created, the next step is to make sure that one tribe is elevated above others. To one tribe status and wealth is accorded, to the rest grievance and vengeance is propagated.
This schism between the haves and have nots creates a enduring cycle of violence. As long as the elevated tribe and the leaders who are of that clan act at the behest of their western masters, the status quo remains. If and when the leaders deviate from the desires of their minders, all the sudden destabilization takes root as guns and money floods to the tribes who have been agitating for change. Civil war breaks out and a new day arrives as the once privileged class joins the out group and the new bosses take over.
This perpetual cycle of tribalism and bloodshed is what has kneecapped "Africa" for centuries. Even though the continent has enough resources to feed the world, the people are mired in indigence and suffering while the wealth of nations is shipped to colonizers. Sadly, instead of focusing on this pernicious form of theft and crimes against humanity being endorsed by outsiders and perpetuated by chosen overseers, the people are distracted by their differences and diverted from the true sources of injustice.
If this sounds familiar as you are reading this, that is because the same playbook of colonization and ghettoizing that condemned "Africa" to a never ending sentence of violence and suffering is being deployed with even more cunning right here in America. The tribes here are insidiously hidden and in a way even more toxic than the tribalism that takes place in "Africa". Democrats, Republicans, left, right, black, white, gender, orientation, religion, ideology and an endless stream of labels and identities are foisted upon us to make us value what we are above who we are as humans.
Even though most of us are being squeezed to a pulp by the same pernicious policies of greed and capital hoarding that is bleeding "Africa" and developing nations, we are too focused on our differences instead of uniting to defend our common interests. We have chosen overseers here as well, they take the form of politicians, media personalities and opinion leaders who thrive by antagonizing us and convincing us to lay the blame at the feet of others who are struggling like us.
If you think about it, I mean take a pause and consider these things, it is truly outstanding how we have been so thoroughly indoctrinated to accept labels and in the process defend the establishment at our expense. We are so programmed to view this world through tribal lenses that many would gladly take bullets for politicians while bashing others who are struggling to pay the bills just like them. We have reached the nadir as a society where we find it entertaining to argue over two equally bankrupt parties and be transfixed by the imbecile in the White House while we keep outsourcing our power to chosen overseers.
I don't write this article to preach conformity nor is my aim to tell people to get over the past and overlook human suffering. But we must be intentional with all our actions and understand when we are being manipulated by those who care nothing about our interests. People who we see on mainstream media and being given platforms to inject anger and divisiveness are being paid not to lead us to healing but to divert us from the road to redemption. A thousand stories of outrage and countless acts of indignation is being pumped into the ether by people who prefer that we bicker with each other the better we disregard the ways we are being mauled by malicious policies that values capital greed above our collective humanity.


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US Downgrades Bangladesh To Trafficking List
U.S. secretary of state Rex Tillerson (Xinhua/Bao Dandan)
Bangladesh was downgraded in the US government's 'trafficking in persons' report and remained again on the Tier-2 list, the list which do not fully comply with the TVPA's (Trafficking Victims Protection Act) minimum standards….reports Asian Lite News
The US government has downgraded Bangladesh in the 'trafficking in persons' report for not taking firm steps to deal with the threat, a media report said.
The report released by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Dhaka does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, bdnews24 reported.
Although Bangladesh demonstrated some efforts during adopting the 2012 Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act (PSHTA) in January 2017 but "the government's investigations, prosecutions, and convictions of trafficking crimes and the number of victims identified by the government… decreased," the report added.
Bangladesh "remained without a formal mechanism to refer trafficking victims to protective services…" and "did not provide rehabilitation services designed for trafficking victims' specific needs…," the report added.
"NGOs reported victims were frequently re-trafficked due to insufficient care," it added.
"Therefore, Bangladesh was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List," the US government said.
However, Bangladesh had been on the Tier-2 list for the last five consecutive years, reports Dhaka Tribune.
Around 45 nations, including Pakistan, Serbia, and Saudi Arabia are in the Tier 2 Watch list.
The countries in the Tier 2 Watch list do not fully comply with the TVPA's (Trafficking Victims Protection Act) minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards, the daily said.
As per the report, China, Russia and Iran are among the worst offenders.
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Townsquare Flourishes by Focusing on Small and Mid-size Media Markets
In addition to owning its own local media, the Connecticut company offers others advertising solutions.
The Taste of Country Music Festival is one of Townsquare's 200-plus live events
While much is made of big-market media, Townsquare is built around the idea of small and midsize market traditional and digital outlets, whether the company owns them or not.
The Greenwich, Conn.-based company's offerings serve local media in many ways. Townsquare's own portfolio includes 321 radio stations — WYRK in Buffalo and KLAQ in El Paso among them — and more than 330 local websites in 67 U.S. markets.
But it also helps keep other businesses robust with a digital marketing solutions company, called Townsquare Interactive, which serves roughly 14,500 small and medium sized businesses, and a proprietary programmatic advertising platform called Townsquare Ignite.
Townsquare also has 200 or so live events that that draw more than 1 million attendees every year. The Taste of Country Music Festival, WE Fest, Country Jam, the Boise Music Festival, the Red Dirt BBQ and Music Festival and Taste of Fort Collins are among the company's assets. So are the music and entertainment websites XXL, Taste of Country and Loudwire.
On a growth trajectory since its 2010 founding, Townsquare has flourished thanks to innovation from the get-go in its content offerings, traditional and digital media destinations and the technology that helps others in the same media space thrive.
And there is no sign of that letting up. Moving ahead, Townsquare is focused on expanding products to meet changing market needs, but also developing new services that strengthen Townsquare as well as the larger media ecosystem.
"We are incredibly proud of our track record of organic development of new and innovative products," said Townsquare co-CEO Bill Wilson. "We have assembled a world-class team in engineering, business development, multiplatform content and local sales execution and together we will continue to push the envelope of innovation in our industry to deliver for our customers and our communities."
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Security Council calls for sanctions against fighters in north and says razing of shrines could lead to ICC charges.
The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution that calls for sanctions against rebel fighters in northern Mali.
Thursday's call does not include a provision for a UN mandate to deploy a proposed African force in the conflict-stricken West African nation, but did not rule it out in the future.
the north of Mali", was passed unanimously by the 15-nation body.
The French-drafted resolution said the council "expresses its readiness to further examine the request of ECOWAS once additional information has been provided regarding the objectives, means and modalities of the envisaged deployment".
Laurent Fabius, the French foreign minister, welcomed Thursday's resolution. "The international community must do everything it can to fight terrorism in Mali and the Sahel, which is threatening to destabilise the whole region," he said.
The resolution also warned that the desecration of Muslim shrines in the northern city of Timbuktu, blamed on fighters from the group Ansar Dine, could lead to charges of war crimes in the International Criminal Court.
In the capital, Bamako, 2,000 people joined a sit-in protest at the Independence Square monument, calling for army intervention in the north, where fighters have enforced strict sharia law, destroyed ancient shrines and trapped residents with landmines.
West African nations have been pressing for UN backing for a proposed intervention force they want to send to Mali, where a military coup on March 22 was followed by a breakthrough by fighters in the north.
The Security Council called on West African states to provide more information about the objectives and means of the proposed force before it could act.
The resolution noted the request by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union for the UN to mandate a force.
The council said it was ready to "further examine the request of ECOWAS once additional information has been provided regarding the objectives, means and modalities of the envisaged deployment".
African diplomats said details on the force would be provided within days.
Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, the ECOWAS president, told the Security Council his group had decided to "speed up the deployment of the ECOWAS stand-by force in Mali".
He said that ECOWAS also would press ahead with mediation efforts.
If those efforts fail, Ouedraogo said, ECOWAS would eventually help Mali's army "restore the territorial integrity of the country".


On June 15, 2008, I was at The Comic Strip with Ann Curry, and Gilbert Gottfried and we were giving Ann tips on how to do stand-up comedy for some kind of event she was preparing for. And despite the fact that I had been there for so many years, and had seen the walls before, I found myself transfixed by all the amazing memorabilia that I noticed that day.
Jeffrey Gurian, Ann Curry, Gilbert Gottfried, and Richie Tienken on the day that Jeffrey suggested doing a book on the iconic Comic Strip!
I didn't know that other people had suggested that to him before but for some reason he wound up not doing it with them. He came to my home for a meeting and ended by saying "You have more photos on your walls than I have at the club", and he decided to trust me with telling his story, and the stories of all the huge stars that came out of the club.
Jeffrey Gurian and Richie Tienken in the lobby of Jeffrey's building after their meeting to agree on doing the book!
The club officially opened on June 1, 1976 with Billy Crystal as the opening act. On JUne 17th a young, and unknown Jerry Seinfeld walked in to audition. In those days people were graded on their auditions. Jerry was graded "Good", and then someone wrote on his sheet, "Definitely put on Mon. 6/21!" Whoever that person was had a good eye for comedy! Jerry stayed at The Strip for four years until he left for LA in 1980. It was his home club.
Jeffrey Gurian, Jerry Seinfeld, and Richie Tienken on the day of Jerry's interview for the book!
In the book Jerry said he felt like he was born in 1976, because that's when he began working at The Strip and that felt like the start of his life!
Eddie Murphy spent his early years at the club, and Richie Tienken was his manager for the years when Eddie was the biggest star in the world. That period of time spanned his days on SNL through Beverly Hills Cop 2.
The one night in 1986 Eddie came into The Strip and asked to see a Black comic. The only one around was a 19 year old Chris Rock who was setting up chairs in exchange for stage time, and had only performed for very small audiences at 2 or 3 A.M. Not wanting to disappoint Eddie, they put Chris up in front of a packed house on a Friday night, and Chris killed it in front of his idol.
Richie Tienken, Chris Rock, and Jeffrey Gurian at The Strip on the day we did Chris' interview for the book!
That was the start of Chris's rise to stardom. He hasn't lost his gratitude for all that Richie did for him and wrote a fantastic, and funny introduction to the book.
He also came into the club and gave Richie and I a really super interview. Most of the big stars came into the club for their interviews because Richie and I felt that being surrounded by those four walls would bring back memories, and we were right.
Alan Colmes who many people don't even know started his career as a stand-up comic came in wearing his 30 year old Comic Strip jacket that looked as if it was brand new.
Jeffrey Gurian with Alan Colmes wearing his original 30 year old Comic Strip jacket, which looked brand new!
In the middle of Paul Reiser's interview he suddenly recalled what started the annual New Years Day brunch attended every Jan. 1, by himself, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry Miller and Mark Schiff. There had even been a fifth member of the group, a friend named Michael Cain but he passed away very young.
Jeffrey Gurian, Gilbert Gottfried and Richie Tienken at lunch at Pastis where GIlbert spent most of his interview denying he had ever been at The Comic Strip. He did say they had good electricity though!
And then I flew out to LA to get an in office interview with Billy Crystal the first comic to hit the stage on opening night, back in 1976.
Other comics interviewed were Ray Romano, Susie Essman, Jim Gaffigan, Judah Friedlander, Larry Miller, George Wallace, Rick Overton, who has also gone on to have a very successful acting/film career, Jim Breuer, Tony Rock, Adam Ferrara, plus newer stars who frequent the club like Colin Jost and Jay Pharaoah from SNL.
Thanks to our agent J.L. Stermer from N.S. Bienstock, we got a deal with Skyhorse Publishing and the book is 250 pages down from the 500 I started out with. It took three years to get all of the interviews done and transcribed, because I did it myself by hand just by playing the interviews over and over again, and the fourth year was about editing and getting it down from 500 pages to the 250 that was needed. It was often a grueling process, but always a labor of love!
Since it came out, it's gotten great reviews, tons of press, and lots of celeb attention as you can tell from the following photos.


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China to bankroll Vale iron ore expansion – by Amanda Saunders (Australian Financial Review – May 20, 2015)
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China will help to bankroll a major expansion by Brazilian iron ore giant Vale and invest in huge Vale ships that will transport high-quality ore to North Asia – a deal that will reshape the global industry and put more pressure on Fortescue Metals Group.
On a state visit to China with Premier Li Keqiang, Chinese officials agreed to invest in up to eight of Vale's huge iron ore carriers, known as Valemax ships.
More importantly, China will loan the company up to $US4 billion ($5 billion) to help fund a $US16.5 billion expansion called S11D. The project, which should be finished next year, will produce 90 million tonnes of high-quality iron ore that will be shipped to China at a cost almost as low as that achieved by industry leader Rio Tinto.
While Fortescue's Andrew Forrest has repeatedly attacked BHP Billiton and Rio for continuing to expand into a weak iron ore market, Brazil's plans are accelerating.
Vale plans to increase capacity to 450 million tonnes as early as 2018 from 330 million tonnes this year. Its expansion easily eclipses the combined tonnes BHP and Rio will put into the market over the next three to four years.
While the timing of the deal is unexpected, it validates BHP chief executive Andrew Mackenzie's warning that conducting a parliamentary inquiry into Australia's iron ore sector would be "a gift to Brazil".
Mr Forrest has slammed as a "fallacy" Rio and BHP's rationale that if they don't expand, other producers will.
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The deal with China will pave the way for Vale, the world's third-lowest-cost exporter of iron ore, to narrow – and possibly close – the gap on all-in costs with leader Rio and second-placed BHP.
It is also set to put daylight between the margins of Vale and Fortescue – the highest-cost producer of the four iron ore majors – once the expansion is complete.
Fortescue's cost-cutting drive since the iron ore price plunged last September has lowered its break-even price – the point where it is not making or losing cash – to near, and at some points below, Vale's.
Credit Suisse mining analyst Paul McTaggart said China executed the Vale deal "to ensure S11D gets up".
"It is the Chinese helping them out – as a major consumer of iron ore, China wants to ensure diversity of supply," he said.
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My friend Alice Marie and I recently attended church with her mother and the pastor said that many of us suffer from a syndrome called "ANTS" – Automatic Negative Thought Syndrome. I remember being affected by this malady – especially as my children were going through one or another "phase". I KNEW meal time would be a whine fest, nap time a challenge, and bath time a wrestling match. By anticipating negative behavior, was I setting myself up for difficulty? Probably so. Children do go through phases and their brain development as toddlers does precipitate some erratic behavior, but I know that when I expect the worst – that is most likely what I will get.
You've heard the saying (pardon the grammar, Phil) "When mamma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!" We mothers do set the tone in our homes. If we are negative, our children will be as well. If we respond to whining with a firm, "Tell me what is wrong, I can't understand when you whine", instead of whining right back with, "You always whine and it's driving me crazy!' we will redirect the negative behavior. It is not easy – because whining DOES drive us crazy, yet as an adult, I must choose to model a positive attitude.
Paul is encouraging us to choose positive thoughts with which to fill our minds. Thoughts determine our speech and then lead to the actions we take. If my thoughts toward my children are lovely and admirable, it follows that my speech will be as well.
When our children were young my friend Carol made me a cross stitch of this verse which I hung in my kitchen. It seems like I needed it in the kitchen the most. You might have a room or a situation that is a challenge for you, where you feel "ANTS" taking over. If it would help, make a list of true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and admirable thoughts. Hang it up. The list may change from time to time. Yet the principle remains the same. Think on these things.
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My good friend Kelly has this verse handpainted along her bathroom wall. It blesses me when I visit her. I can remember many of the verses that you, Mom, had posted up around our house. They are probably the first verses I memorized without even realizing it because I saw them going in, out, and around the house everyday.
I put those verses up as encouragement for myself, yet isn't it a blessing to realize that they touched your life as well. Thank you for the reminder, Abigail.