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A generally acknowledged characteristic of modern life, namely the temporalization of experience, inextricable from our intensified experience of contingency and difference, has until now remained largely outside psychology's purview. Wherever questions about the development, structure, and function of the concept of time have been posed – for example by Piaget and other founders of genetic structuralism – they have been concerned predominantly with concepts of "physical", chronometrical time, and related concepts (e.g., "velocity"). All the contributions to the present volume attempt to close this gap. A larger number are especially interested in the narration of stories. Overviews of the relevant literature, as well as empirical case studies, appear alongside theoretical and methodological reflections. Most contributions refer to specifically historical phenomena and meaning-constructions. Some touch on the subjects of biographical memory and biographical constructions of reality. Of all the various affinities between the contributions collected here, the most important is their consistent attention to issues of the constitution and representation of temporal experience.
Jürgen Straub is Professor of Psychology at the University of Chemnitz. He was research director and member of the management committee at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Essen (Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen, KWI) from October 1999 to September 2001. Beginning in April 2004, he will lead the research group Intercultural Communication – Intercultural Competence at the KWI. His research topics include the psychology of cultural practices, methodology of qualitative research, and historical consciousness.
Subject: General History General Cultural Studies
LC: D16.9 .N36 2005
BISAC: HIS016000 HISTORY/Historiography; SOC000000 SOCIAL SCIENCE/General
BIC: HBAH Historiography; JFC Cultural studies


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Hemnarayan Sah is an Indian politician and leader of Janta Dal United. He was the Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly for Maharajganj between 2015 and 2020.

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According to Yuri Ushakov, Russia proceeds from the fact that the meeting will be held in Istanbul
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MOSCOW, October 2. /TASS/. An agreement on a four-way summit on Syria involving Russia, Germany, Turkey and France is expected to be reached within days, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said on Tuesday.
He recalled that aides to the four leaders had met recently to discuss "some substantive matters."
"Now, it looks like the idea is getting a second chance. An agreement on this summit is expected to be reached within days, if all the four states confirm their participation. Russia draws on the fact that this summit will be held in Istanbul. Concrete dates have yet to be agreed on," Ushakov said.

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Much of the debate surrounding HB 5097 had to do with the potential impact of the bills on urban areas, where there may be several utilities already in the ground when a broadband project is initiated, and there may be further complications such as contamination. At the earlier hearings, Rep. Jim Runestad (R- White Lake) noted that Oakland County, in particular, has concerns of this nature. Rep. Runestad indicated that he does not want taxpayers to have to pick up costs exceeding the caps set out in the bills. Rep. Jewell Jones (D-Inkster) asked to be provided with statistics for Wayne County, which as an urban county will face similar issues. Rep. Jones wondered whether the bills could be crafted so that certain counties could be exempt. Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township) also expressed concern about shifting costs away from "for profit" companies and onto residents. However, Rep. Gary Glenn (R-Williams Township) asked for confirmation that the broadband providers that will be affected by the bills cannot be compelled to offer the service, which is accurate. If service cannot be mandated, then high fees can discourage providers from coming in to an area.
To address the concerns expressed by Representatives and stakeholders from urban counties, Substitute H-2 to HB 5097 was drafted. Rep. Griffin called H-2 a "robust substitute," and reported that it sets up a two tier structure so that, for example, highly populated counties can impose fees that are double those applicable in low population areas. Insurance requirements would also be higher and, in addition, provision is made for counties and providers to enter into voluntary contracts that differ from the terms of the bill. At the request of Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township), the Committee voted to amend Substitute H-2 to clarify the meaning of the term "entity" as used in the draft. The vote to advance the substitute bill, as amended, was 7 for, 2 against, and 2 abstentions. Voting "no" were Rep. Kevin Hertel (D-St. Clair Shores) and Rep. Lasinski, while the abstentions came from Rep. Jim Tedder (R-Clarkston) and Rep. Jewell Jones (D-Inkster).
Under HB 5098, also introduced by Reps. Hoitenga, Griffin and Phelps, a city, village, township, or county, or the State Transportation Department would have to give notice to a telecommunications or video service provider at least a year before requiring a relocation of facilities. If the governmental entity does not learn of the need for the relocation a full year in advance, then the notice would have to be given within thirty days after the entity learned of the need. The governmental entity could require the provider to obtain a permit for the relocation, but would waive permit and inspection fees, and could not require the provider to conduct studies relating to the relocation. The bill provides for exceptions to normal notice requirements in the case of "acts of God" or emergencies. Rep. Hoitenga stated that providing for timely notice helps providers to create a budget and to plan.
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Today, I saw Kagemusha on Netflix instant streaming. It was an amazing movie by Akira Kurosawa, who is considered one of the worlds best directors. Definitely worth a watch. Highly recommend.
I was trying to 'upgrade' myself in terms of movie taste sometime back when i watched this. But, this one was painfully slow for me. i watched only a part of it.
I also watched a part of Bicycle Thief, but that seems to have gone off.
The highest i can hit is movies like 'Cinema Paradiso' and 'Being John Malkovich', both of which i watched on instant stream. Not sure if they are still around.
Bhaiiya, Kaun gaanv hai tera jo 20+ FTA channels aati hai?
Did you know you can make a better than store HDTV antenna for about 20$ and a few hours of work with hand tools?
I actually got my RCA antenna for $10 from the store and it shows HDTV quite well. Only, it sometimes fails to decode channels.
and put it on house roof, attached to chimney, or you can put on your fence or in backyard with small post ( you can also hide in your roof attic, if you can do wiring to your TV or so and now due to the digital broad casting, you get all major local channels very well,...all HD like broadcast signals,.... those rabbit year on TV small toys are garbage,.... you can save all monthly paying fees to those garbage cables,..
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For Hindi new movies,... you can go to web pages like sominaltvfilms or einthusan and they have dvd/bluray qlty all new hindi movies,.. or you can also buy a desi box like jadoo, Boom or so ( one time buying expense only ) ,.. to watch all desi serials for free ( By internet ) and for awards,... desi serials and say Big boss, or JDJ, Comedy nights with Kapil,.. etc,.... watch on net, with on india-forums or apnicommunity in HD quality of any show.
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Kyon meri garibi ka mazak udate ho. I stay in an apartment, so no access to the chimney and no fence.
Why all the movies when there is so much entertainment in EC itself. Anyway, will check the desi box things.
yaar my suggestion is an indoor one..
^^ indoor is a loss of quality,... and in this HDTV HiFi Fios time you are compromising watching the poorest qlty of TV with a rabbit ear antenna,... I prefer not to watch at all,.. rather,..
which you can rather put outside your apt. windows on wall, the very small ones,..and can get better signals.
it will scramble some signals from your cable-internet lines and will let you watch local TV channels on your PC.
return within 30-60 days,... Give a try, within return policy,.. it's worth trying,..
If it works,.. you will be very pleased,.. especially My computer,... I always use with two screens,... so I always watch Tv, side by side on the other screen,.. while doing any internet acticity,...... no monthly charges needed to pay to any,...as you are using your internet wire, that you are alreday paying for the internet.
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Aneeta rhymes with Antenna. Anyway, with the rabbit year antenna also, i am able to see NBC, ABC and CBS in HD quality. Fox news also comes well, though occasionally, it blacks out. But Super bowl was coming in fine HD quality.
I checked the Jadoo TV and saw a lot of negative reviews on that. Plus, if i put a bit more, i could actually buy a DELL vostro kind of a computer and connect it. For Boom IPTV, the site itself was not opening. what kind of a streaming will they give.
Finished watching Pulp fiction yesterday. Wow, what a movie - Enjoyed watching it.
i watched Kill Bill 1/2 when Netflix's DVD and streaming were together for $9.99/month. So, will go for Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs next.
Mind you,….. It's just a box that just uses internet webs urls to convert them so that they can feed it to your TV/Monitor by proper scrambling,.. so it's not their guarantee or responsibility what / which channels you may get, nor they are supplying you the channels like startv, Sony, Colors,... etc.,…. ( like Comcast or Verizon ) they may continue / discontinue any channel serial, add/omit which ythey always do,.. Etc,.. ( It's like buying a magicjack piece and complaining them,.. that no one is calling me from India. Hello,.. all they do is make your PC's sound card, in compitable like regular phone service,...and whoever calls you or do not,... is not their responsibility,.. ) ) but overall they still have much coverage of all major desi channels, they take some legal/illegal contracts scans their web addresses and convert them at 720pixel and put for you to watch,…and scanning from major desi channels and provide max coverage possible,.. and also have HW and BW movies,… but still no one is a official supplier to you officially, of any broadcasts guaranteed or so,.
So before you buy any,.. do proper Ques/Ans about what you get,… also they go with jadoo2, 3 and more versions and smtms cancel the old model ones,.. etc,. so always a risk everywhere,..
You may also try these guys if it suits your needs,..
for price and all diff models,. Etc,..
Goggle search for BOOM TV, B-TV, Jadoo,.. Zenith, Shava Plus,.. and ask them the benefits/disadv. v/s price.
Best thing would be searchbox them in ebay's search box and call the dealers on their phone nos,…ask them and discuss all diff boxes, price, pros and cons,..
But at present these three/four are main boxes used,.
I had done a wide research and finally had bought BOOM box,…. So far so good,.. though I watch Hindi movies on Internet's other sites as qlty is more sharper there,… but few desi shows and live 24-7 desi flavored TV is a boon for US's hosuehold desi ladies to pass time,..... plus, you pay nothing except one time of buying expense of box,.... and ofcourse your Internet service you must have.
Jadoo has delayed broadcast ( recorded earlier ),… BOOM has "live" as it the same times, the people there in India watches it ( live) ,….......... BTV is very expensive ( USD 299 ) and also has plus and minuses,..
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The recent one watched is Diana. The concept itself is doomed. You cant get any actress to play Diana and Naomi Watts despite her efforts hardly looks like Diana. The mvoie itself is slow moving and not really worth a second look.
But kept on thinking ' *!@#, THis Hasnat was banging Lady Diana. Actually had he married her, it might have been a nice slap on Royalty and improved Pak's image. I am wondering who this 'Samundar' character played by Art Malik is. Is it Imran Khan's disguised name?
"Iron Lady". Good concept, also Meryl Streep seems the right choice but the movie keeps coming back to her demented old age.
"For a Few Dollars More" - Now, this El Indio Character seems to have been the inspiration for Gabbar Singh.


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John Helmer: Jared Kushner's Testimonial to Stupidity and Unfitness – American and Russian
Posted on July 25, 2017 by Yves Smith
Yves here. Helmer wrote to say he was doing some minor clean-up to this piece, and I will repost his mildly tweaked version later today.
By John Helmer, the longest continuously serving foreign correspondent in Russia, and the only western journalist to direct his own bureau independent of single national or commercial ties. Helmer has also been a professor of political science, and an advisor to government heads in Greece, the United States, and Asia. He is the first and only member of a US presidential administration (Jimmy Carter) to establish himself in Russia. Originally published at Dances with Bears
Jared Kushner's title is Director of the Office of American Innovation at the White House, a new function for the old one of overseeing everything in the US Government for the benefit of the incumbent president. He's also ranked Senior Advisor to the President, and by marriage he is son-in-law to President Donald Trump.
Stupidity isn't a crime; it's a life sentence. Not so for power. Supposing everything Kushner has written in his presentation to the US Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday is true, then one conclusion from a half-dozen bits of evidence he testifies to is obvious – Kushner is unfit to rule, and so are the Russians whom he mentions.
Here are the eleven pages of Kushner's public statement to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. His committee appearance and additional testimony were behind closed doors, lasting about two hours. Kushner gave his testimony on Monday (July 24). Reading the statement isn't difficult because the vocabulary is simple, the logic of presentation rudimentary, the style impersonal.
Two slips are revealing, but they have so far gone undetected in the voluminous US media coverage. The first reveals just how ignorant Kushner, his legal and other advisors are of Russia, although it is the target of the proceeding. At page 8, he claims "Nvgorod [is] the village where my grandparents were from in Belarus." This looks like a typo for Novgorod (literally, "new town"), the ancient Russian city west of Moscow. It is more than 200 kilometres from the current Russian frontier with Belarus and the historical border with the territory which for a thousand years has been occupied by Lithuanian, Polish, German and Russian imperial as well as Soviet forces. Kushner's grandparents actually came from Navahrudak (Навагрудак), spelled in Russian as Новогрудок (Novogrudok). The meaning of the word, which was first used for the place in the 11th century, is "new little town". When the Germans arrived in July 1941, there were 20,000 residents, 10,000 of whom, including the Kushners, were Jewish. The Kushners escaped; the majority who didn't were killed. Kushner reveals he doesn't know. His, and everyone else's mistake, is 834 kilometres off the mark.
Also, by the M1 highway direct between Minsk, the current capital of independent Belarus, and Moscow, the distance is 856 kms. If Kushner's father-in-law launched a nuclear attack on Russia, followed up by NATO missiles and forces from Poland, the Baltic Sea and the shore territories, it's likely Novogrudok would be bypassed; and depending on which way the wind was blowing, the radioactive fall-out, too. Kushner reveals he doesn't comprehend these things.
Kushner's second slip is evidence on the issue, as he states it, of collusion with Russia during the election campaign and during the presidential transition, before Trump was inaugurated on January 20. Kushner claims at the end of his testimony: "I did not collude, nor know of anyone else in the campaign who colluded, with any foreign government. I had no improper contacts."
But Kushner admits that during the campaign he "had incoming [sic] contacts with people from approximately 15 countries." He also had "hundreds" of "calls, letters and emails from people…outside the United States." He says he asked Henry Kissinger for "advice on policy for the candidate, which countries/representatives with which the campaign should engage, and what messaging would resonate." He says he spoke once for "less than a minute" with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak at an April 2016 Trump campaign speech in Washington, when the Russian was accompanied by three other foreign ambassadors; Kushner doesn't name them.
He denies any record of receiving or remembering two reported telephone calls with Kislyak between April and November, and had forgotten his name when, on November 9, an official congratulatory note arrived for Trump from President Vladimir Putin. From November 9 to January 20, Kushner says he received "over one hundred contacts from more than twenty countries…They included meetings with individuals such as Jordan's King Abdullah II, Israel's Prime Bibi Netanyahu, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Luis Videgaray Caso and many more."
A neophyte in foreign affairs as Kushner confesses himself to be, he doesn't reveal that Videgaray and he set up candidate Trump's visit to Mexico City to meet the Mexican President on August 31. The Mexican reaction to that was extremely hostile. Videgaray was forced to resign as finance minister on September 7, but promoted to foreign minister on January 4. Videgaray might be charged with colluding with the Americans to advance himself, with Kushner as co-conspirator, but no senator on the Intelligence Committee is reported to have asked Kushner about that.
Kushner may not know the nicknames of Videgaray or King Abdullah, but he certainly refers to the Israeli prime minister as Bibi, an appellation well-known to Israelis and Jews worldwide. His official name is Benjamin, and there is ample evidence that Kushner has been familiar with Netanyahu for many years. Kushner's father is also widely reported in Israel as Netanyahu's personal friend. Kushner's slip in yesterday's evidence was to reveal just how familiar he is with that foreign official, who met with Trump and Kushner for a campaign appearance in Israel in June, five months before Election Day.
The special relationship between Israel and the US cannot be collusion – that's a rule of US politics. The rule wasn't quite so fixed in the 1980s when the FBI caught US officials at spying, stealing and smuggling on behalf of Israel, and sent one of them to prison; click for details.
Nor can God and the Orthodox Jewish group known as Chabad-Lubavitch be reported as colluding in Trump's victory, despite the evidence that Kushner and his wife Ivanka prayed for it at a Lubavitcher shrine on the weekend before the poll.
Source: http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/u-s-election-2016/1.751279
The Israeli and Jewish community media also claim the possibility that Kushner's pilgrimage reminded God to intervene when there was a suspected assassination attempt against Trump in Arizona at the same time.
The inadvertence of these slips in Kushner's statement reinforces his claim that he knows the difference between collusion with Russians and special relationships with Mexican, Israeli and Lubavitcher friends. The US press and the US appear convinced of the same thing.
The evidence presented on Kushner's meetings with Russians between April 2016 and January 20, 2017, adds up to four occasions for durations he reports of "less than" 1 minute + 10 minutes ("or so") + 20-30 minutes + 20 – 25 minutes. That makes a total of 66 minutes at most, with several accompanying witnesses.
"Ten or so" of the minutes involved the recently reported meeting in New York on June 9, 2016, at which Kushner's brother-in-law Donald Trump Jr. was hosting a Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, and her associates. Supposing that Kushner is telling the truth about the meeting on two points — that its subject was "the issue of a ban on US adoptions of Russian children", and that he was uninterested and left prematurely – this time ought to be subtracted from the serious time Kushner admits he did spend on matters of state policy towards Russia. That leaves 56 minutes.
There are revelations in Kushner's testimony about what transpired in this time. The first is that Dmitri Simes was involved with Kushner in arranging Trump's campaign speech in April 2016, and that Simes fixed Kushner's 1-minute introduction to Ambassador Kislyak. Simes runs the think-tank called Center for the National Interest, which was the creation of former President Richard Nixon. A Center press release reveals the other ambassadors Kushner shook hands with but doesn't name were from Italy, Singapore and the Philippines. The names of others attending can be found here, without mention of Kushner, plus Trump's speech.
About Russia on that occasion, Trump said: "Russia, for instance, has also seen the horror of Islamic terrorism. I believe an easing of tensions, and improved relations with Russia from a position of strength only is possible, absolutely possible. Common sense says this cycle, this horrible cycle of hostility must end and ideally will end soon. Good for both countries. Some say the Russians won't be reasonable. I intend to find out. If we can't make a deal under my administration, a deal that's great — not good, great — for America, but also good for Russia, then we will quickly walk from the table. It's as simple as that. We're going to find out. "
Simes (Дмитрий Саймс), son of Jewish dissidents expelled from the Soviet Union to the US in 1978, is the Uriah Heep of Russian-American advisors, ingratiating themselves to both sides and making a living out of obsequious intermediation. He was Richard Nixon's factotum when the disgraced president visited Moscow. Nixon died in 1994 leaving Simes his think-tank as an inheritance. Its motto is "America's Voice for Strategic Realism". Kissinger is the honorary chairman, succeeding the American International Group (AIG) fraudster Hank Greenberg.
From left to right: Simes, Greenberg and Kissinger. This month Greenberg was given the Center's "Lifetime Achievement Award" in Kissinger's presence, along with a general, an admiral, and four senators. Source: https://cftni.org/recent-events/cftni-presents-lifetime-achievement-award-to-maurice-r-hank-greenberg/
When there is escalating conflict between the US and Russian governments, Simes is of next to no value to either side. His advice has also been worthless when there is booming business between the Russian oligarchs and their US counterparts. The long dominance of Russia policy by the Clinton and Obama Administrations has been bad for Simes's business; war between the White House and the Kremlin allows him no room for manoeuvre at all. So cultivating Kushner and Trump in the spring of 2016 was a business opportunity Simes exploited. Trading that to the Washington embassies of Italy, Singapore, the Philippines and Russia was Simes's bread and butter. Kislyak and the other envoys got their minute with the candidate. They are likely to have paid for it.
Kushner now reveals how Kislyak tried cashing in. Kissinger and Simes continued being helfpul to the Trump campaign once they were sure he would win the Republican Party nomination. When Kushner's memory of Kislyak's name failed, he didn't google for it — he says he sent Simes an email. Evidently, the name wasn't urgently needed. Simes has continued to be as ingratiating to Kushner as he was at first to Nixon, and since then with every other candidate with the main chance.
What Kushner reveals with Simes, again inadvertently, is how inconsequential the Russian ambassador's links were in Washington in 2016, despite starting his term eight years before, in 2008. If Simes was the go-between with Kislyak – if Kislyak couldn't have gone straight to Kissinger, for example – then this is evidence of haphazard collision, not of calculated collusion.
Kislyak (right) meets Kissinger at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in May 2017. Kissinger was directly courted by the Kremlin immediately before the US poll with election to the Russian Academy of Sciences, voted on October 28; for details, read this.
Kushner reveals more. According to his Senate testimony yesterday, Kislyak told Kushner "he especially wanted to address U.S. policy in Syria, and that he wanted to convey information from what he called his 'generals'." Supposing Kushner to have heard right, it is a remark which may be as novel for the Russian General Staff as it is new for the US Senate to hear. Was a diplomat really proposing to talk about operations on a war front with the enemy? And was Kislyak asking Kushner and General Michael Flynn, then the US National Security Advisor in waiting, for "a secure line in the transition office to conduct a conversation"?
Never mind that Kushner and Flynn said no, and "so we all agreed that we would receive this information after the Inauguration." Accepting that Kushner didn't ask for a back-channel, as he claims, the disclosure that Kislyak asked for one in this fashion — if Kushner is telling the truth — is a blunder of Kislyak-sized proportions. It begs the question: what were the ambassador's instructions from the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, and what clearance had been given by the Security Council for such a meeting, with such a script, to take place?
Putin chaired Security Council meetings on November 8 – before the election result in the US was k nown – and on November 17 (pictured above) and November 28. Between November 17 and 28 Putin was travelling. Kislyak met Kushner on December 1, and asked for a follow-up session on December 6. That didn't occur until December 12. In Moscow the Security Council met with Putin in the chair on December 1, 7, 13, and 24.
Kushner has one more disclosure to make of significance. He says that Kislyak kept pestering for another meeting but that he declined because he was too busy. Kislyak then proposed, and Kushner agreed, on a meeting between Kushner's assistant and Kislyak. That happened on December 12.
Next, according to Kushner, "my assistant reported that the Ambassador had requested that I meet with a person named Sergey Gorkov who he said was a banker and someone with a direct line to the Russian President who could give insight into how Putin was viewing the new administration and best ways to work together. I agreed to meet Mr. Gorkov because the Ambassador has been so insistent, said he had a direct relationship with the President, and because Mr. Gorkov was only in New York for a couple days. I made room on my schedule for the meeting that occurred the next day, on December 13."
Gorkov, head of the state bank Vnesheconombank (VEB), had met Putin in August of 2016 (pictured below, left), when they discussed development banking policy. They were to meet again, officially, on February 10 of this year (below, right).
Kushner now says he met Gorkov for "twenty to twenty-five minutes". That's shorter shrift than Kushner gave Kislyak.
"He told me a little about his bank," Kushner testifies, "and made some statements about the Russian economy. He said that he was friendly with President Putin, expressed disappointment with U.S.-Russia relations under President Obama and hopes for a better relationship in the future. As I did at the meeting with Ambassador Kislyak, I expressed the same sentiments I had with other foreign officials I met. There were no specific policies discussed. We had no discussion about the sanctions imposed by the Obama Administration. At no time was there any discussion about my companies, business transactions, real estate projects, loans, banking arrangements or any private business of any kind."
Kushner omits to say whether he employed an interpreter, notetaker or taperecorder at the meeting, and if Gorkov did the same. If Kushner didn't, he cannot have been following Kissinger's advice. That Gorkov's VEB is not a commercial bank, and not intended to conduct the kind of business Kushner has operated for his family raises the questions of what Gorkov was intending to achieve with the call-in, why Kislyak requested it, and who in Moscow decided to push it.
Again, supposing the meeting with Gorkov was as anodyne as Kushner testifies, there is one little thing which stands out on the Russian side. Make that two little things. Kushner describes how Gorkov opened their meeting: "He introduced himself and gave me two gifts — one was a piece of art from Nvgorod, the village where my grandparents were from in Belarus, and the other was a bag of dirt from that same village." Kushner has told the Senate the fact that he immediately registered the gifts with the presidential transition office proves that he wasn't trying to conceal the meeting.
But what was Gorkov doing making a gift of anything? If Putin's power vertical was running normally, this should have required a chain of memoranda, approvals, and instructions running from Putin through the Security Council, the Foreign Ministry and Kislyak. Whose idea was it to make a gift at such a place and time, and what gift options were discussed at the Kremlin?
Whatever the Russian calculation was on December 13, it appears now, in Kushner's inadvertent retrospect, to have failed disastrously. He can't remember the name or how to spell his grandparents' natal village. It is a traditional Jewish custom to bury the faithful with a phial of earth from the Holy Land. But Kushner, apparently not as faithful as he might be, says Gorkov gave him "a bag of dirt". That phrase says everything.
This entry was posted in Banana republic, Guest Post, Politics, Russia on July 25, 2017 by Yves Smith.
visitor July 25, 2017 at 12:28 pm
Helmer provides a wealth of background about people and their role, institutions and practices. It is the kind of information that puts things in quite a different light — and it turns out to be intriguing.
Apparently, the Kremlin really wanted to get in touch with Trump — and tried it in a serious way (gifts that should have been laden with personal symbolism for Kushner, sending that high-powered Gorkov banker, letting the ambassador pester Kushner for meetings). All for naught, due to spectacularly poor assessment of the other party by the Russians, and a clueless Trump team (with Kushner supremely ignorant of his supposedly cherished Eastern-European Jewish heritage).
The picture of that milieu full of go-betweens, cats' paws, and assorted parasites is not pretty. Contrarily to the often agape descriptions of "Putin's regime", the Russians appear to have been rather incompetent in that specific occurrence.
MyLessThanPrimeBeef July 25, 2017 at 2:50 pm
Creatures from the Swamp.
witters July 25, 2017 at 5:52 pm
"Apparently, the Kremlin really wanted to get in touch with Trump — and tried it in a serious way" – Well, I think the dirt on offer was of the wrong kind, no?
Funny you got here first "Visitor".
different clue July 25, 2017 at 9:06 pm
Somebody is always first by definition. There was always a mad rush to be the "Me first commenter number One!" over at James Klunster's blog, for example.
witters July 26, 2017 at 1:58 am
"Somebody is always first by definition."
No, not by definition: Q: "Who won?" A: "No-one. It was a tie."
Lambert Strether July 26, 2017 at 2:07 pm
This is a "caucus race," in which "you have all won, and you shall all have prizes." –Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland (from memory, so…)
Bill Smith July 25, 2017 at 12:29 pm
"reveals just how ignorant Kushner, his legal and other advisors are of Russia"
It is a big deal that Kushner didn't know the proper spelling of the town his grandparents came from? Heck, I don't even know the name of the town my grandparents came from – much less how to spell it.
Interesting point on Mexico and Israel / collusion…
For better or worse I think there are more US citizens who know who Bibi is and not many who know the nickname of the King of Jordan.
1. I've come across the nickname Bibi so many times and I am only a casual reader of mainstream news.
Perhaps it is that many people in the mainstream media who are 'personal friends' of Bibi.
2. You know your grandparents home town either when they sat down with you and showed it to you on a map with its English spelling on an American map, or an old map with unknown words on it (a Belarussian one maybe), or they talked about it many times, so that you know, but only know how to say it (however imperfectly). Then, when it came for you to write it down the first time (or may not have to the first time, but the first time someone more familiar with the area reads it), you didn't get the spelling exactly right, and even confused it with any town.
I think the stupidity is anyone on the left buying into this fake McCarthyite Russia scare — just because a racketeering war criminal lost the election. For one, Hillary took naked bribes from Russia. As Secretary of State, Hillary received millions in bribes to approve the transfer of 20% of our uranium assets to Russia:
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html?_r=1
And the Podesta Group, founded by John Podesta, took money from Russia's largest bank, Sherbank, just last year, to lobby for a lessening of sanctions:
https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F137350&year=2016s
Secondly, Hillary's post election pronouncements were absurd and contradictory to DNC talking points:
"If you look at Facebook, the vast majority of the news items posted were fake. They were
connected to, as we now know, the thousand Russian agents."
– Crooked Hillary
"I would have won had I not been subjected to the unprecedented attacks by Comey and the Russians."
Finally, the idea that the DNC was hacked by Russia is so flimsy, it makes the Bush WMD report look like the gold standard:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/07/25/was-the-russian-hack-an-inside-job/
cj51 July 25, 2017 at 9:04 pm
I won't reciprocate and call you stupid Jamie but you do seem ignorant of the facts:
http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-uranium-russia-deal/
I thought this was well known by now.
"Finally, the idea that the DNC was hacked by Russia is so flimsy …"
regardless of the fact that all major USA intelligence services have said Russia did hack DNC.
google "Russia hacked DNC".
likbez July 25, 2017 at 10:08 pm
IMHO the person who cites snopes is clearly a Hillary supporter.
As for "all major USA intelligence services have said Russia did hack DNC.
google "Russia hacked DNC" that's a myth propagated by Hillary camp. There were handpicked analysts from three agencies who did the hatchet job as they were ordered to.
This is a recipe from Sharp's textbook (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12522848).
Such dirty tricks is how "color revolutions" are done in xUSSR space and ME, my Hillary-supporting friend.
Now it is the USA turn ;-)
calltoaccount July 26, 2017 at 9:14 am
NSA Officials and Computer Expert: Forensic Evidence Proves DNC Emails Were LEAKED, Not Hacked
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-24/nsa-officials-and-computer-expert-forensic-evidence-proves-dnc-emails-were-leaked-no
HBE July 25, 2017 at 10:56 pm
Hmm, so the Clinton foundation was not simply a tool to accept bribes for influence?
I guess it was simply dedicated to helping the poor and underprivileged, but if that's the case it seems strange donations dried up after Clinton lost her ability to directly influence policy. Unless you're saying there are no longer any poor or underprivileged people do to the amazing work done by the foundation in places like Haiti?
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/16/clinton-global-initiative-lays-off-22-as-donations/
It's almost as if donations were contingent on policy outcomes, and dried up once Clinton couldn't provide them.
Really, when have intelligence agencies ever been known for their honesty and transparency?
And have you actually read the original crowdstrike analysis and report, you know the actual source of that evidence?
Because the original source isn't very convincing (this all being besides the fact the wikileaks vault 7 release shows clearly accurate attribution is an impossibility).
https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-midst-intrusion-democratic-national-committee/
But you go right on ahead, letting snopes and tenous secondary sources do your critical thinking, and analysis for you.
BoycottAmazon July 27, 2017 at 8:12 am
Oct 25th, 2016 is the date of the Snopes Article, while Wikileaks later showed that Clinton and Podesta were very much worried that this collusion was a weak point, and decided to gaslight Trump on Russia first as a preemptive counter measure.
John Gilberts July 25, 2017 at 11:57 pm
And then of course there's this…
Ukraine Oligarch 'Top Cash Contributor' to Clinton Foundation…
https://on.rt.com/fpwvmm
"That places ukraine as the leading contributor among foreign donors to the Clinton Foundation."
Apparently, it's only 'meddling' when the alleged culprits are Russia and the Trump team. Not Hillary. Not Ukraine. And certainly never Israel…
OpenThePodBayDoorsHAL July 26, 2017 at 3:25 pm
So Kushner is "unfit"…compared to whom? Bush's people who believed anything Chalabi had to say? Or perhaps Colin Powell before the U.N.? Or maybe Obama's man who perjured himself before Congress on America's illegal domestic spying? Or perhaps the many dual US/Israeli citizens in the House and Senate? (When they "pledge allegiance, to the flag…" um which flag are they referring to?)
And of course the complete irony of any hacking, obstruction of justice and double dealing for money charges is the boomerang effect back to: Hilary. Leaving aside her destruction of evidence after it had been subpoenaed, just peruse her lovely husband/Foundation's activities in Haiti and Rwanda. Rwanda's probably the worst: a sweetheart deal for Bubba's pal for all gold mining rights, doled out by the bloodthirsty dictator (Bubba's pal) for $50M, sold off 12 weeks later for $1.1B. Stealing from the poorest people on the planet? Par for the course. The transfer of funds? There for all to see on FedWire.
Not only is the kettle black, it's Vantablack. Anyone who cannot smell the steaming corruption of Team Clinton/Obama and the steaming irony of ANY corruption/collusion accusations should seek a professional consultation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack
different clue July 26, 2017 at 12:36 am
It is not stupidity. It is Jonestown-grade loyalty and Personality Cult Worship.
The Clintonites worship their Dear Great Leader Hillary with all the pure unforced sincerity which the North Korea regime can only force the North Koreans to pretend to feel for the Dear Sweet Great Leaders Kim.
Go read Riverdaughter's blog The Confluence. They are not stupid people. What they are is Jonestowniform cult members who have drunk the koolaid years ago and are involved in a Mutual Suicide Pact of the Mind.
Tomonthebeach July 25, 2017 at 6:09 pm
I think that the average American reading this article would half-way through roll their eyes and say this is so micro nit-picky that there is no there there.
Arizona Slim July 25, 2017 at 6:36 pm
That was my impression too.
Cujo359 July 25, 2017 at 8:58 pm
No kidding. My summary of the first objection: "Kushner would certainly known that his grandfather was from Novafreakingrad, Ukraine, not Novafrakingrad, Russia if the idiot hadn't realized he was reading the wrong cyrillic alphabet."
Or something like that. I'm usually interested in trivia, but this strained my limit to the breaking point. Like Bill Smith said in his comment above, most of us would be hard pressed to know what country our forbears came from, let alone what city. I think if this is the dumbest thing Kushner writes or says while he's working for the White House, he'll be the best Director of the Office of American Innovation evah – even if every other President had at least two of them.
ChrisPacific July 25, 2017 at 11:17 pm
Seconded. The amount of meaning that Helmer hangs on a (still roughly phonetically accurate) misspelling of his grandparents' home village is astounding, and should have been a red flag for the rest. I finished the article anyway hoping to find some evidence in support of the opening thesis (that Kushner was unfit to rule) but didn't find it. Granted he might not be as informed about Russia as one might hope, but that probably describes most US politicians.
Presumably there are some readers who are not average Americans. That last para:
.It is a traditional Jewish custom to bury the faithful with a phial of earth from the Holy Land. But Kushner, apparently not as faithful as he might be, says Gorkov gave him "a bag of dirt". That phrase says everything.
That's killer oppo, which often turns on small, but revealing details. It's absolutely killer. Of course, that's not the business Helmer is in.
clarky90 July 25, 2017 at 6:19 pm
God forbid that we talk to the Russians! Oh my. Far better to start a nuclear war that ultimately involves all of the nuclear powers, even the North Koreans. Then we can solve climate change by gifting the planet back to the extremophiles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremophile
Shake and bake. A billion years from now, Earth will be covered with multitudinous expressions of life.
Millions of Americans colluded with the Russians and elected DJ Trump. IMO, largely because they are sick of this constant war-mongering. The second World War only lasted for 5 years!
"God forbid that we talk to the Russians!"
Military industrial complex needs your money my friend. Nothing personal. This is strictly business :-)
The last thing MIC cares is what millions of Americans, who elected Trump, want.
Temporarily Sane July 25, 2017 at 6:24 pm
If the members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, ostensibly on a fact finding mission re the Trump administration's alleged collusion with Russian government officials and business people, take their assignment seriously they could use Helmer's brisk, no-nonsense just the facts ma'am approach as a template for their proceedings. The key word being "if"…
Reading the American and European press it's striking how the reporting on countries in the 'axis of MIC designated evildoers' is almost always grossly, or hilariously, depending on your disposition, reductionist. While Western countries have a complex and multilayered system of government administration the "evil" countries are ruled by bad dudes with one name (North Korea's Kim Jong-un excepted) – Putin, Assad, Saddam, Gadaffi – who have absolute control over civilians military alike. It really is a South Parkesque view of the world. One can imagine a Putin or Assad grimly overseeing a trembling clerk issuing licenses at a provincial DMV, because Leader Knows Best of course.
Back in the real world this cartoonish dumbing down means every action – real, alleged or made up – the West doesn't like is traced back to The Leader. If a military unit goes nuts and slaughters a bunch of non-combatants , a nasty but not uncommon occurrence in wartime, it must be because The Leader ordered it. The Syrian Arab Army, to name one example, becomes "Assad's Army" and is composed of "soldiers loyal to Bashar al-Assad". The media would never talk about a Western, or "allied" army like this.
In the transcript Helmer cites, Gorkov's gifts to Kushner, something that might only be an innocent overlooking of protocol, can easily be spun in such a way that it becomes part of that evil rascal Putin's ploy to influence an American president. That's why these committees and hearings are a joke that belong in a low-budget sequel to Dr. Strangelove. Every person with a functioning brain knows there is a double-standard at play here. Even the maniacal partisan nutjobs agitating for Cold War 2.0 would have to admit this if logic and reason still have any meaning.
Demonization of Putin is very profitable. This new round of McCarthyism enforced on the country proved to be the strategy chosen by neoliberal elite to return Dems to power and suppress populists within the party. Smash any critique of neoliberalism equating them with Russian agents, who are trying to undermine the state.
There were rumors that original McCarthyism campaign partially was designed to suppress "leaks" about export of nazy scientist and spies in the USA after WWII that Communists and Trotskyites tried to expose.
Rosario July 25, 2017 at 11:06 pm
I'm coming to the conclusion that this type of foreign policy hand waving directed by US oligarch sycophants is exactly what the Putin led mob in Russia wants as well. The existential threat of the United States is just as much a boom for military business in Russia as in the US. Putin sure as hell didn't make his phantom billions through principled, astute investment.
The US political theater has gone completely post-modern after Trump got elected. Russia has been doing this for over a decade with the help of Vladislav Surkov, a post-modern Machiavelli. Now the two major parties in the US are playing a similar PR game full of alternate truths, half truths, pliable/selective facts. The riffraff, as always, are stuck in the middle.
Perhaps we of the Great Riffraf will learn to play the middle against both ends.
rps July 25, 2017 at 8:17 pm
Talk about a nothing burger about Kushner and Russia other than his aficionado to be Bibi's US puppet-in-law. If Trump has any Russian connections its through his first wife Ivana Trump. According to wikipedia, Ivana Trump nee Zelníčková was born February 20, 1949 in the Moravian town of Zlín, Czechoslovakia. From 1948 to 1990, Czechoslovakia was part of the Soviet bloc. Donald Jr speaks fluent Czech.
Now the Clintons Russian connection of selling and buying 'Merica uranium/speechifer/foundation grab bag of goodies makes the Trump Russian investigation look like its run by a whole buncha nut job congress critters who fell off the turnip truck conned into playing a shell game.
Griffs77 July 25, 2017 at 10:51 pm
McCarthyism res ipsa loquitur
Anti Schmoo July 26, 2017 at 1:43 am
On the one hand; maybe Helmer's pedantism is showing itself.
On the other hand; Helmer is showing the lack of intelligence, honesty, and maturity in the White House, which also has nuclear weapons.
It's tantamount to leaving a cocked and loaded .45 in an infant's crib…
McKillop July 26, 2017 at 11:00 am
Pedantry does make for dull reading to people who are titillated daily by revealing hyperbole and innuendo used to imply criminal and or traitorous wrongdoing. Even simple naughtiness.
I'm myself often made impatient by articles that use charts to illustrate the various changes in economic conditions. And please don't ask me to read insurance policies or warranty statements or the fine print that ends with the demand to click Yes/No concerning internet sites that could be demanding pounds of flesh or agreement to arbitration.
Kushner is a powerful man of influence questioned by other powerful men. Devil's in the details.
Not to be pedantic, but it's not "pedantism," but "pedantry." #JustSaying.
Scott July 26, 2017 at 3:06 pm
Pedantry, Pedantic, is a word I had to look up the other day after listening to my record because the word pedantic describes the Trump style of speaking.
However the Pedantic person is supposed to be a nit picker because they know things about the subject.
I am forced to wonder what it is that Trump knows and why does Pedantic apply to his speaking style.
Far as Kushner, well, last I knew the most substantive action reports were that he & Ivanka were willing to go to the Russian Embassy in DC, or NYC, that building up there near the UN around what 66th on the West Side, so they could communicate directly with the Russians.
Facts, facts appear to add up to this: Kushner wanted independent channel of communications with the Russians in Moscow, meaning Putin. Russians were directed to hack as much of the election infrastructure as they could. They did hack as much as they could. It was a lot of hack.
Truth and lies were distributed in the Social Media in a targeted way that swayed the election result.
The Trump Campaign did commission freelancers familiar with social media distribution methods.
The conclusion from the circumstantial evidence I have seen is that Russians were directed to distribute truth & lies about the Clinton Unit to target audiences on social media.
"I did not have sex with that woman." -"Depends on how you define sex."
"Clinton is a weak candidate." – Punditry.
If anyone plays both sides off the middle it would be Kissinger sounds like to me. The middle being those that pay him.
The GOP/C.S.A., at large, Burr, Rudabacker, Risch, Royce, Sessions, Flynn, Nunes, exist to aid and abet & protect the self loathing illegitimate criminal Trump. Trump becomes honorary Russian Oligarch. He governs as if the US is a Federation style "democracy".
What's that scene in Casino when the Pesci character is going to be "made"?
bronco July 26, 2017 at 4:29 pm
That didn't make a lot of sense , I read it twice , I can't tell if you were being pedantic , ironic or sarcastic.
Loblolly July 27, 2017 at 11:44 am
My mom is from a small village, one whose name I am not too clear on the spelling of.
Where do I turn myself in?
McKillop July 27, 2017 at 8:26 pm
If you are willing to accept the proposition that stupidity is not a crime but rather a life sentence hen there is not need to surrender yourself to the authorities. On the other hand, if knowing your familial history is seen as a cultural obligation it would be best to learn accuracy. It's a bit funny to confuse the two towns, like jumbling Sudbury in the U.S.A. with Sudbury in Canada or Sudbury in Great Britain (like talking about your dear friend, umm, umm, uhhmm.
Perhaps Kushner gave as good as he got from his interrogators, Or was incapable of giving more.


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Q: Locking behavior of MySQL VIEWs? We're considering using a MySQL merge view in our application, and came across the following puzzling language in the documentation:

A reason to choose TEMPTABLE explicitly is that locks can be released on underlying tables after the temporary table has been created and before it is used to finish processing the statement. This might result in quicker lock release than the MERGE algorithm so that other clients that use the view are not blocked as long.

The way I read this is that selects on merge views take out a read lock, but that doesn't seem right.  Can two clients read from a view simultaneously the way they can from a table?
Thanks!

A: If you create a view on MyISAM tables, SELECTs and UPDATEs are mutually exclusive, so a SELECT/UPDATE on the table would block any UPDATE/SELECT on the view. So you'd want to keep locks short.
On InnoDB, this is not a problem.

A: The way I read it is that while it DOES take out a lock (it has to read the data, right?), it builds a TEMPTABLE, and then release the lock. Any work to be done after that can be done without the lock, and so the other clients can have their fun with the underlying tables.
The read lock might be released quicker this way.

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Facebook Cracks Down on QAnon, Just as Trump Makes Everything Worse
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Facebook on Wednesday announced a crackdown on a range of extremist communities on its social networks, including the increasingly mainstream QAnon and not a moment too soon.
Facebook said in a press release published on Wednesday that its new "policy expansion" applies to activity on its platforms "tied to offline anarchist groups that support violent acts amidst protests, US-based militia organizations and QAnon." So far, the company says, the policy change has resulted in bans on thousands of Instagram pages and Facebook groups.
Pages, Groups, and Instagram pages whose members "discuss violence" will be removed, per the new, and seemingly broad policy. Pages associated with such groups will additionally be forbidden from running ads, selling merchandise, and using fundraising tools on the platforms—things that, alarmingly, were seemingly kosher until literally today. The company says it will soon rank content from these groups lower in the News Feed to limit their reach and reduce their visibility in search on Facebook and Instagram.
"As a result of some of the actions we've already taken, we've removed over 790 groups, 100 Pages and 1,500 ads tied to QAnon from Facebook, blocked over 300 hashtags across Facebook and Instagram, and additionally imposed restrictions on over 1,950 Groups and 440 Pages on Facebook and over 10,000 accounts on Instagram," Facebook said, though it did not elaborate on what those restrictions are.
It added: "For militia organizations and those encouraging riots, including some who may identify as Antifa, we've initially removed over 980 groups, 520 Pages and 160 ads from Facebook. We've also restricted over 1,400 hashtags related to these groups and organizations on Instagram." To be clear: It is largely far-right militia groups, not people who identify as antifascists, who have been found to have instigated violence at protests despite assertions by Trump to the contrary. But hey, gotta ban both sides, right?
QAnon, for those fortunate enough to be unaware, is a putrid orgy of far-right conspiracy theories that congeal around the idea that the "deep state" is out to get President Donald Trump and his supporters—a fantastical plot that alleges liberal elites, Hollywood, and various government operatives are engaged in a child sex ring, Satanic rituals, cannibalism, and other quaint activities. The movement stems from abstruse "predictions" posted to 4Chan, 8chan, and 8kun by a mysterious figure or figures—"Q"—that claims to have access to high-level government intel. It'd all be easy to ignore if QAnon had remained an imageboard oddity where such rhetoric is par for the course, rather than a brain-ooze that has since infected followers who are believed to have engaged in a kidnapping, the murder of a New York crime boss, as well as counting more than a dozen people running for political office among its ranks, but here we are.
Facebook and Instagram have become breeding grounds for QAnon over the past two years, with an estimated 4.5 million people joining related groups on the social networks before a crackdown began earlier this month. Facebook also reportedly banned more than 100 groups associated with far-right "boogaloo" movement back in April and hundreds more in June—"boogaloo" being in-group lingo for a second Civil War, something its members are in favor of instigating.
So, will Facebook's crackdown work? Even the company admits it won't—at least not entirely—with a spokesperson telling NBC News it knows these groups will try to evade its enforcement. "We don't think we're flipping a switch and this won't be a discussion in a week," the spokesperson said. The success of similar initiatives against health-related misinformation has been lacking according to a recent study.
Such moderation attempts—slow and lacking as they are—went from ineffectual to essentially doomed less than four hours after Facebook announced them.
Trump on Wednesday evening gave credence to QAnon at a White House press conference, saying that he doesn't "know much about the movement," but does know that they "love our country" and "supposedly like me."
Fantastic.
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It's weird that Qanoners are smart enough to read but dumb enough to fall for that bullshit. You'd think that Venn diagram wouldn't have so much overlap.


PROVIDENCE — Fossil-fuel companies and environmental groups remain united in their opposition to Gov. Lincoln Chafee's plan to buy Canadian hydroelectric power for Rhode Island. Chafee's Energy Reform Act of 2013 compels the state to buy 150 megawatts of electricity annually for 15 years from large-scale hydropower facilities, presumably from the Canadian hydropower industry.
Chafee has been pushing hyrdo power from Canada as an abundant and inexpensive renewable energy since he toured power plants in Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011. According to the Canadian Hydropower Association, 60 percent of Canada's electricity comes from hydropower. Industry groups say capacity could more than double. Many regions north of the border are aggressively building dams and courting states in the Northeast to buy this power to help meet long-term renewable energy benchmarks.
Chafee wants to begin procuring the power just as Massachusetts and Connecticut are doing and perhaps achieve additional cost savings through collaborative purchases.
During a May 22 Senate hearing, Richard Licht, director of the Department of Administration, testified on behalf of the governor. "We need to be at the table when this discussion is going on or we'll be left behind," he said.
But Licht was the lone supporter.
"We're all opposed to this bill," said Jerry Elmer, staff attorney for the Conservation Law Foundation. Despite promises from Chafee, Elmer said, hydro electricity isn't cheap. Vermont recently signed a contract for Canadian hydropower that was 32 percent above the market rate, he noted.
Importing hydro from existing power sources to meet Rhode Island's green energy goals, Elmer said, also goes against several renewable energy programs, which aim to foster local construction of solar, wind and other renewable projects.
National Grid, he said, can buy Canadian hydro electricity at any time, without Chafee's mandate. But the state's biggest power supplier hasn't bought in, Elmer said, because of the high price for hydro and the need for new transmission lines to deliver it to Rhode Island.
Sandi Hennequin of the New England Power Generators Association, the trade association for most fossil-fuel power generators in New England, said bringing Canadian hydro to Rhode island will require the construction of the Northern Pass, a controversial power line project that cuts through the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. This project has sparked significant public opposition, as well as objections from the New Hampshire Legislature for the need to use eminent domain. The power transmission project is expected to take years to resolve, Hennequin said.
At the recent hearing, Sen. Stephen Archambault, D-Smithfield, said the action by the New Hampshire Legislature effectively kills any chance to bring Canadian hydro energy to Rhode Island. "Without the power of eminent domain ... how are you going to complete the project? You can't," Arhcambault said.
In early May, Chafee said Canadian hydroelectric power would not travel on existing transmission lines and thus not connect through the Northern Pass. His office admitted Wednesday that Chafee misspoke and that it is unclear if new utility lines would be necessary to deliver the electricity.
National Grid called the governor's proposal a mandate, saying it weakens the energy supplier's ability to negotiate for electricity and keep prices lower for customers. "At the end of the day people aren't going to complain to anybody but us because we are sending out the bill," said Michael Ryan, vice president of government affairs for National Grid.
Other opponents speaking at the hearing included People's Power & Light, the New England Power Generators Association, Excelon, the Environment Council of Rhode Island, Real Goods Solar, Northeast Solar & Wind, the Sierra Club, Clean Water Action, Clean Economy Development, New England Clean Energy Council and Handy Law.
There also was broad support for Sen. Susan Sosnowski's, D-South Kingstown, bill (H938) to extend the pilot program that has helped launch large wind- and solar-energy projects in the state. National Grid was one exception. Ryan said the distributed generation (DG) contracts program, which allows fixed pricing for new renewable projects, should pause for a year after the program ends Dec. 31, 2014. Expanding the program would cost ratepayers some $285 million, he said.
Elmer and others noted that the DG program has been a tremendous success. New projects have been launched while the cost to ratepayers for wind and solar has dropped. California, Iowa and Oregon are copying it, he said.
Ryan's cost estimates don't include the economic benefits of a growing renewable energy sector. Many local developers said Rhode Island is well behind Massachusetts and Connecticut in the renewable energy business.
Every megawatt of new renewable energy creates 400 new jobs, said Julian Dash of Clean Economy Development. "The day this bill passes is the day new jobs get created," he said.


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This picture of Crown Prince — and later King — Faisal was taken in San Francesco, 1945. He was leading the Saudi delegate to the conference to adopt the Charter of the UN.
Taken in 1942, this is a view showing the country 20 miles east of Hofuf, my hometown and where I currently spend most of time.
Former Saudi minister of petroleum Abdullah al-Tariki is seen here at his office in Riyadh. The picture was taken in May 1961.
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Saudi Arabia arrests 45 in fresh 'anti-corruption' campaign
Hundreds of former officials have been arrested under MbS [Getty]
Dozens of people, including public servants, are the latest to be arrested as part of Saudi Arabia's wide-reaching anti-corruption drive.
Saudi authorities arrested at least 45 people, including military officers and public servants, as part of an anti-corruption drive.
The Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority said on Thursday it had launched more than 800 investigations for criminal and disciplinary cases, including into "suspicion over corruption, profiteering and influence peddling of public posts".
The Anti-Corruption Authority also seized funds and real estate assets worth $160 million, the statement said according to Turkish state news agency Anadolu.
Those arrested included five non-Saudi employees and four businessman, it added.
In another case, the Authority said it had four army officers and five Defence Ministry contractors over suspicion of profiteering in a project.
Another 14 people, including two police officers, were also detained over alleged embezzlement and bribery.
Previous detention waves targeting so-called corruption have been widely condemned by critics who accuse Saudi Crown Prince and de-facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman of utilising anti-corruption sentiments to purge potential rivals and gain financial assets.
Shortly after coming to power in 2017, the crown prince launched a purge targeting a number of high-profile officials and businessmen in the kingdom. Hundreds were detained in Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton hotel, where torture allegedly took place, and authorities seized more than $100 billion.
A number of royal family members have been detained in recent years.
In September, a royal decree saw Princes Fahd bin Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Abdulaziz bin Fahd relieved from their positions and referred to the anti-corruption watchdog for investigation.
Senior Saudi security commanders were among a string of officials sacked in August over graft allegations at tourism projects.
In March, Human Rights Watch voiced alarm over the arrest of 298 Saudi officials over corruption allegations, warning of possible "unfair legal proceedings" in an opaque judicial system.
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HomePlayersShoretire, Elanga, expected to stay at Man Utd: report
Shoretire, Elanga, expected to stay at Man Utd: report
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is seemingly set to place his trust in Shola Shoretire and Anthony Elanga this season.
Manchester United's mantra has always been to place trust in youth. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has continued that trend excellently.
Although several young up and comers have headed out on loan for the 2021/22 season, our Baby Faced Assassin has seemingly seen enough from two players whom he wishes to keep around; Anthony Elanga and Shola Shoretire.
According to the Daily Mail on Sunday, the emerging United duo are set to stay at Old Trafford and play in the first-team – rather than head away in short-term loan deals.
The article from the DM was actually based around James Garner, who has headed to Nottingham Forest for the season. There's also plans for Amad Diallo to head out and play his football elsewhere for the 2021/22 term.
As for Elanga and Shoretire, these guys have already shown their quality. The Swede was involved at the back end of last season, scoring on the final day against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Shoretire is a little further down the pecking order and we've not really seen him given the chance as of yet – however, it seems that opportunity is just around the corner.
It's worth noting that Solskjaer won't be expecting these guys to start week-in-week-out. Rather, they'll drift in and out of the side when needed, most likely as substitutes initially.
Again, it just goes to show what a fantastic job United are doing behind the scenes when it comes to developing the next generation. The academy is literally overflowing with insane talent right now as the years of hard work from our coaches is starting to pay dividends.
I, for one, am excited to see how these guys get on over the next nine months.
Are Shoretire and Elanga good enough to play first-team football at Man United this season? Let us know your thoughts in the comment box below.
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Join literacy-lovers from Northern Colorado to meet Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Doerr at Loveland's Sweet Heart Winery.
The Sweet Heart Winery will be open from 4:30 - 6:00 for this event, and the author will be in attendance from 4:45 - 5:30. Individuals are on their own for additional dining between 6:00 and 7:30, before the Author Talk at Price Auditorium (tickets to the Author Talk are sold separately).
Please note that books will not be signed at this event.
Easy parking is available off Highway 34, although we do recommend carpooling.
The $50 per person ticket includes generous hors d'oeuvres and one glass of wine or iced tea. Additional wine will be available for purchase.
Advance ticket purchase is required for this event due to limited size of the venue. For those who prefer, tickets can also be purchased at the Loveland Public Library, in the Friends office, on Tuesdays 9:00 AM to noon, May 1 through September 18. Tickets are not refundable.
For information about becoming a sponsor, contact Roseanne Wheeler at 970-278-0321.
The Loveland Loves to Read group chooses a One Book, One Community book title each year, now in the 15th year. The author of the chosen title is invited to speak, and Book Discussion groups, open to the public, are held at the Loveland Public Library.
For more information about this event, see https://www.friendsofthelovelandlibrary.org/Loveland-Loves-to-Read.


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Industry News 12/1/2010
SNOW: Burton Snowboards Strengthens its Women's Team
Burton Snowboards Strengthens its Women's Team with Veteran Kelly Clark & Newcomer Enni Rukajärvi
It has been more than a decade and over 113 podiums since Kelly Clark started riding for Burton Snowboards. Now, Kelly will continue her snowboard career with Burton after just re-signing a head-to-toe contract, and she will also be joined by a new teammate, Finnish shred sensation Enni Rukajärvi.
"It's a real privilege to ride for Burton Snowboards for all these years," says Kelly Clark. "As Burton riders, we're very involved in the product development process, and it's amazing to be a part of the company on that level. Through Burton's support, I've been able to achieve my goals, and I'm really looking forward to my future on the team."
Kelly's contributions to snowboarding go way beyond her staggering competition results, which include a record-setting four US Open halfpipe wins and two Olympic medals. Her relentless drive to progress women's snowboarding and positive vibe on and off the hill is an inspiration to all. Kelly's biggest focus is not on her incredible results, but on having fun with a sport she loves.
The newest member of the Burton and RED team, Enni Rukajärvi, is also no stranger to podiums. Last winter, Enni earned more impressive titles than some riders do in an entire pro career. At the top of her season's achievements was winning both the women's Swatch TTR World Tour Championship title and the Burton Global Open Series overall title. And she's already started this season with a bang, most recently winning the 4Star Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam in Austria, boosting her into the women's TTR world ranking lead.
"I'm so happy about my new sponsor," says Enni. "Burton provides me with really amazing gear and a lot of support to develop myself as a rider. I can't wait to get to know the team better, and start working with Burton."
Congratulations to both Kelly and Enni from everyone at Burton.
To learn more about Kelly Clark, check out her timeline at www.burton.com/kelly.


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Clyde Austin Stubblefield (ur. 18 kwietnia 1943 r. w Chattanooga, zm. 18 lutego 2017 r. w Madison) – amerykański perkusista, muzyk.

Najbardziej znany ze współpracy z Jamesem Brownem, jego gra do dziś uważana jest za klasyk perkusji w funku. Jego solówki perkusyjne w utworach takich jak "Funky Drummer" czy "Funky President" były często używane jako sample w utworach z gatunku hip-hop.

Dzieciństwo
Clyde Stubblefield urodził się 18 kwietnia 1943 roku w Chattanooga, jego rodzicami byli Vena Stubblefield oraz Frank D. Pierwszy raz grę na perkusji zobaczył podczas jednej z parad w mieście i występ tamtego perkusisty zainspirował go, aby samemu rozpocząć naukę gry na tym instrumencie. Pierwsze rytmy grywał sam – najpierw nucił je sobie w głowie, następnie przenosił je na bębny a jego główne otoczenie oraz miejsce, w którym się wychowywał wywarło na nim spory wpływ, który ukształtował brzmienie jego perkusji. Początkowo grywał w lokalnych zespołach, takich jak Blue Shufflers, Inclines oraz Cascades. Na początku lat 60. przeniósł się do Macon w stanie Georgia, gdzie grywał u boku gitarzysty Eddiego Kirklanda oraz odbywał trasy koncertowe z szeroko wtedy znanym Otisem Reddingiem.

Kariera

Współpraca z Jamesem Brownem (1965-1970)
W 1965 roku obecny w Macon James Brown dostrzegł grającego Stubblefielda i poprosił go o spotkanie, co zaowocowało przyjęciem go do jego zespołu. Przez kolejne sześć lat, zespół miał dwóch perkusistów – Clyde'a Stubblefielda oraz Johna "Jabo" Starksa. Obaj perkusiści na przestrzeni kilku lat grając w zespole Browna, dali podwaliny pod nowoczesne funkowe brzmienia perkusyjne.

Clyde Stubblefield stworzył perkusję pod wiele klasycznych utworów Jamesa Browna, w tym "Cold Sweat", "There Was a Time", "I Got the Feelin", "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud", "Ain't It Funky Now", "Mother Popcorn", "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" czy "Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved".

Jego solówka perkusyjna w utworze "Funky Drummer" jest jednym z najczęściej wykorzystywanych sampli w historii muzyki, głównie w muzyce hip-hop. Można ją usłyszeć w utworach takich wykonawców jak Public Enemy, Run-DMC, N.W.A, LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, oraz w innych gatunkach, w utworach m.in. George'a Michaela czy Eda Sheerana. Pomimo szerokiego uznania wśród fanów jego muzyki i wykonawców, którzy wykorzystywali fragmenty jego perkusji, nie był często wymieniany jako faktyczny twórca perkusji, przez co nie dostawał zbyt często należytego wynagrodzenia za sukcesu danego utworu, w którym umieszona była jego gra. W 2009 wystąpił w filmie PBS "Copyright Criminals" dotyczącym aspektów prawnych oraz samplingu w przemyśle muzycznym.

Dalsza kariera
Od 1971 roku żył w Madison w stanie Wisconsin. Tam również założył swój zespół The Clyde Stubblefield Band, z którym przez ponad dwadzieścia lat grywał w poniedziałkowe wieczory w centrum miasta. W 2011 roku zrezygnował z występów, przekazując zespół w ręce swojego siostrzeńca Breta Stubblefielda.

Przez swój okres życia w Madison pracował z wieloma artystami z tegoż miasta, takimi jak Steve Skaggs, Luther Allison, Cris Plata, Randy Sabien, trio Common Faces oraz grupą NEO. Ponadto nagrywał z byłymi członkami grupy Jamesa Browna, takimi jak Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker oraz "Jabo" Starks. Jako grupa, w 1999 roku wydali album "Bring the Funk on Down".

Pierwszy solowy album Stubblefielda zatytułowany "The Revenge of the Funky Drummer" został wydany w 1997, którego produkcją zajął się Richard Mazda. W 2002 roku wydał album "The Original Funky Drummer Breakbeat Album" zawierający 26 utworów, w których zawarta była wyłącznie perkusja. Rok później wydał album "The Original" za którego produkcję odpowiadał Leo Sidran.

Razem z Johnem Starksem jako grupa Funkmasters wydali dwa albumy – w 2001 roku "Find the Groove" oraz w 2006 "Come Get Summa This". W 2007 roku, duet dołączył do koncertu Bootsy'ego Collinsa w Kentucky zorganizowanym ku pamięci Jamesa Browna. Obydwaj byli perkusistami na albumie byłego członka zespołu Jamesa Browna, Freda Wesley'a na jego albumie "Funk for Your Ass" wydanym w 2008 roku.

W 2009 roku Clyde Stubblefield musiał pilnie przejść transplantację nerki. Muzycy w Madison zorganizowali zbiórkę pieniędzy, z której dochód przekazali Stubblefieldowi na dalsze leczenie. Jego żona, Jody Hannon, była najważniejszą mu wtedy osobą, odpowiadającą za dalsze leczenie.

W 2015 roku został uruchomiony fundusz dający stypendia uczniom kształtującym się muzycznie, który został nazwany jego nazwiskiem.

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Clyde Stubblefield zmarł 18 lutego 2017 r. w Madison w wyniku niewydolności nerek. W 2000 roku pokonał raka i od tamtego momentu, borykał się z chorobą nerek. Pozostawił żonę, Jody Hannon.

Dyskografia

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 The Revenge of the Funky Drummer (1997)
 Find the Groove (2001)
 The Original Funky Drummer Breakbeat Album (2002)
 The Original (2003)
 Come Get Summa This (2006)

Współprace

Fred Wesley

 Funk for Your Ass (2008)

The J.B.'s

 Bring the Funk on Down (1999)

Ben Sidran

 Don't Let Go (1974)

Garbage

 Garbage (1995)

James Brown (wybrane)

 Cold Sweat (1967)
 It's a Mother (1969)
 Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969)

Przypisy

Ludzie związani z Chattanoogą
Amerykańscy muzycy sesyjni
Urodzeni w 1943
Zmarli w 2017


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This is a rich and delicious French toast bake with cream cheese, fresh blueberries, and a blueberry sauce. Plan to prepare this the night before and refrigerate overnight.
Cut the bread into 1-inch cubes and place half in a greased 13x9x2-inch baking dish.
Cut cream cheese into 1-inch cubes and place over bread. Top with blueberries and remaining bread.
Whisk in milk and syrup, blending well. Pour egg mixture over bread mixture.
Cover and chill 8 hours or overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking.
Cover with foil and bake at 350 F for 30 minutes.
Uncover; bake 25 to 30 minutes longer or until golden brown and the center is set.
In a saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch; add water.
Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
Stir in blueberries; reduce heat.
Simmer for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the berries have burst.
Serve the sauce with French toast.


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Q: Why does conformal transformation require the function to be analytic instead of differentiable? Why does conformal transformation at require the function to be analytic at point z instead of differentiable?
If $f(z)$ is differentiable at point $z_0$ and $f'(z_0)\ne 0$,then we could also get the angle-preserving property and result that Scale factor is constant.Because when we proved the  angle-preserving property,we got that the angle is constant because the $\arg f(z_0)$ is the angle.So did Scale factor.
So why does conformal transformation require the function to be analytic at point $z_0$ instead of differentiable?
I'm confused with that.I hope you could help me.Thank you!

A: The geometric intuition about a conformal transformation is that it locally "looks like" a similarity transformation.
This is not necessarily the case if the function is just complex differentiable (with nonzero derivative) at a single isolated point -- such a function might not even be injective on any neighborhood of that point!
"Conformal" is really only interesting when it's true in an entire open set -- and in that case, when we're talking about the complex plane, "differentiable" and "analytic" are well known to be synonyms anyway. You can probably find texts that use either wording in their definitions. In particular, "conformal" makes sense for $\mathbb R^n$ in general rather than just $\mathbb C$, and texts that want to emphasize this connection are likely to select definitions that generalize more directly than "analytic" or "homeomorphic".