Don't reduce unemployment, GET RID OF IT.
Unemployment is a breeding ground for criminality and an excuse for the System to justify its departure from working with nature. If you had unemployment in your business, your business would not survive. We have unemployment on our planet – Guess what? Unemployment = out of communication and you know what happens when "things" go out of communication – they become free radicals! It's the type of Empty Desk that we don't want. A genuine Empty Desk is empty of clutter, not empty of activity!
Employment's fluctuating fortunes continue. As relentless strides toward, profitability, technical excellence, and cutting costs intensify, the problems worsen. These strides move at such a rate that once "off the ladder" it is difficult for the disaffected to re-engage in any capacity. Attempts are made with Major Company initiatives, training, and voluntary work opportunities, not to mention re-introduction schemes, but these are a poor relation to full time employment within a fully functioning community.
Yes, a fully functioning community; that sounds rather wholesome doesn't it? How would such a community function. For a start, it would act as a whole – or one. No fully functioning community would allow elite sectors to "encompass the global spoils" while beleaguered fragments large in number but small in representation fight insignificantly to try and "join in the fun". Is there a way in which this long time problem could be ended once and for all?
The Empty Desk works on the principle that what is right in natural terms, will not take any time to picture and that the organization and operation will not be difficult to arrange. This is a truth only ever confounded by self interest dressed up as "living in the real world". This self interest will end up destroying the real world – Planet Earth.
Let us present a simple theoretical model based on the no time principle. In the case of unemployment this would be – set up a Company named Unemployment Ltd., which would then employ all of the unemployed people in the community. That would be the end of unemployment in the community. In practice, perhaps a more positive name could be found for a Company that would serve the whole nation. However, for the purpose of explanation, the name that has been quoted here works fine.
Sounds too simplistic doesn't it, but now let's look at this concept in much finer detail. Major Companies are currently running initiatives for job opportunities. Such Companies could be shareholders in the new Company. The unemployed are skilled in a variety of occupations, not just one, i.e. Inventors, Entrepreneurs (not yet identified as part of the existing system, let alone a new one), Executive and Managerial posts, Scientists, Plumbers, Electricians, Commercial Artists and many other different trades. This new Company could have more talent than many others. A lot of qualified useful people could be and are out of work because of their lack of management, administrative, or promotional skills. Under the umbrella of a much larger organization employing people with those skills, technical talent would be back in the workplace doing what it does best – Work.
The reference to a single Company is in itself theoretical. It could be 15, 20, or more Companies, depending on what is best suited. The principle is the same though – all embracing and linked up. Such a structure, as the one suggested, would be offering all sorts of skills, giving the community improved availability of products and services. Training programs introduced would be able to focus on improving the quality of a complete working community, rather than trying to "kick start" an impossible project into action. The community would grow together. The whole work market would be interacting and competing positively. Self respect and sense of purpose would replace depression and depravation. This results in additional revenue for HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) – relating to the UK.
Current training programs work on the "real world" focus of reducing unemployment, by teaching those made redundant new skills. Many unemployed people do not need to learn new skills, they just need to get on with their own. A lot of the unemployed could probably teach the employed a thing or two. It is not new skills that are needed it is jobs. There is no point in training someone if they have nothing to do when they "qualify". In the "real world" education always becomes popular when there is not enough work about. In the "real world" when there are more than enough jobs the focus changes to people just getting on with doing them. Is it therefore that in the "real world" qualification depends on the ratio between jobs and people rather than on technical expertise? Study is very productive, but it is not production.
Identity is another problem that could be tackled here with a National Insurance Card, with a photograph, to represent the person. Every person over a given age to have their own NI number stated on their NI Identity Card. National Insurance already identifies a person by their own National Insurance Number, so it is only a short hop from there to full identification – with a photograph and a signature.
It has become accepted practice for a Company, in the interests of "cutting costs", to make loyal employees (who built up the Company) redundant; maybe by way of a simple text message. This is very expedient for the Company, but who pays for the damage? Ownership of Unemployment Ltd. will leave the business sector paying for its own "waste disposal". Then Government will be free to get on with running the Country, rather than helping to feed into a lot of business's in the Country.
The business sector could take over the responsibility of the people, at work, subject to Government control, not so as to have Laissez-faire in full swing for competing business giants – they have their own interests at heart.
Enormous amounts of money are handed out by Government, to people who are aimlessly trying to do more than just exist. For many years the population of the UK was 52,000,000. In an environment of the UK now generally working as a service industry, increasingly utilizing resources overseas, and using ever improving computer equipment at home, all of which reduce the need for employment at home, this figure is now approximately 62,000,000. Projections issued by The Office for National Statistics (ONS) illustrate that by 2018 the UK population will have increased to 66,300,000 and by 2033 to 71,600,000.
It must be obvious to anyone with the ability to use a calculator, or who is good at mental arithmetic, or basic organization for that matter, that the current way in which our population is utilized cannot continue. All that seems to have been established by Company employment over the last 50 years is that employment is identified as "Human Resources" rather than "Personnel". Recent developments under the new banner are taking great strides in tackling the problem, but there is a long way to go and will these developments ever solve the problem as a whole?
You have a choice – more unemployed or Unemployment Ltd. Entrepreneurial expansion, and the ability of existing Companies/Corporations to expand, will not solve the overall unemployment scene alone. This is a group activity, encompassing the Community and Commerce. Currently, the term "Human Resources" relates to employed people + those in reserve should they be required. People are looked upon as a commodity, not people who have a right to work. The existing system, entrepreneurial or otherwise, does not have the structure to encompass all the work that needs to be done, by all the people available to do it. The existing system "Spearheads" in peaks and troughs. Our own universe is one complete universe, irrespective of what is going on within. Is it 20% of the UK's working population that are out of work? Imagine how the Organization you work in would look, if 20% of it's people were walking around disconnected from what was really happening?
So there The Empty Desk presents a theoretical model for a solution to the problem of unemployment. Is it the actual solution? One thing is for sure, the problem is not theoretical and turning "Personnel" into "Human Resources" won't solve it.
There is a big wide world out there and much to do on it – much to achieve, much to sort out. With Unemployment Ltd. you have the structure as a whole.
Let's not fall into the same trap though as the initiative, offered by Lady Thatcher, to give every person the chance to run their own business did. Lady Thatcher like most, if not all of us – all but the multi-national Companies that is, thought that the business giants were going to co-operate. The corporate view however was fear of losing their market share. Those new businesses "the individual in the street" were attacked with ferocity and largely put out of business by varying muscle flexing tactics – late payment etc. This is why the concept of Unemployment Ltd. is so important. Let's not have another "Bloodbath". Let's get it right this time, with a fully functioning community!!!


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Portrayal of Guilt Resuscitate Screamo's Dangerous Potential
The crossover potential of screamo / post-hardcore is rarely realized in extreme music. Unless you're Austin, Texas-based Portrayal of Guilt, a band that shares members with hardcore masterminds Illustrations. Today, Portrayal of Guilt are premiering their new self-titled 7", a collection of three songs that showcase their dexterity within the genre. Opener "Humanity Is Frail" is a good reflection of the anger and chaos seen in the likes of Pg. 99 and Encyclopedia of American Traitors.
Melody is introduced in unexpected, sometimes sinister ways. In "The One," a guitar lead gradually become more and more menacing as it whips toward the end of the song. The 7" ends with "Mourning Ahead," a moody, constantly building work that explodes at its midpoint, scratching, self-destructive vocals becoming heavier and heavier until a final crescendo, a satisfying end to a powerful punch of an EP.
Hear the EP below, and pre-order it from Miss the Stars Records. And check out the band May 25 at Shirley's Temple in Austin.
Blush Aren't Embarrassed About Making Shoegaze Heavy Again
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Officials must act on complaints from flat purchasers against promoters: Karnataka HC
Bengaluru, November 15, 2019 20:25 IST
The High Court of Karnataka has said that officials appointed by the State government should conduct inquiry and take a decision when they receive complaints against promoters from flat purchasers over matters such as defects in building/material used and unauthorised changes that go against the agreement specifications.
The court also said that if a case is made out in the grievance of the purchaser, the authorised officers should ask the promoter to make "true and full disclosure of all transactions in respect of a separate account" maintained for sums taken as advance or deposit, including those taken towards share capital for the formation of a co-operative society or a company, or towards outgoings such as municipal or other local taxes, tax on income, water charge and electricity charge.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur passed the order while disposing of a PIL petition filed by Bangalore City Flat Owners' Welfare Association.
The association had sought directions to the State governments and authorised officials to implement the provisions of the Karnataka Ownership Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction, Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1972 to safeguard the interests of flat purchasers. It also stated that the State authorities had not responded to its complaints on violation of the provisions of the Act by promoters.
While making it clear it had not considered the provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 in this petition, the Bench declined to give a direction to the government to delegate powers to the registrar of cooperative societies for the implementation and execution of the Karnataka Ownership Flats Act on the lines of the law in Maharashtra.
The Bench also said that flat purchasers would have to approach the competent courts under Section 15 of the Karnataka Ownership Flats Act with their complaints against promoters for violations punishable with a fine or imprisonment of up to four years, or both.
Printable version | Jan 19, 2020 4:18:33 AM | https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/officials-must-act-on-complaints-from-flat-purchasers-against-promoters-karnataka-hc/article29985396.ece


摘要: This paper presents the prototype of a new remote guiding device to find the accurate screw hole position for drilling and direction for locking in intramedullary nailing surgery. The device consists of three magnetic pins and an electrical conductive board. The three symmetrically placed magnetic pins can rotate freely and point to the permanent magnet inside the nail. The drilling position and screwing direction can be obtained by moving the device with those magnetic pins to align with the magnet in the nail. The alignment condition is indicated by a LED. When the device is not aligned with the magnet in the nail properly, either in position or direction, the pins then will contact with the board to trigger a light-emitting diode for alarming.
國立臺灣科技大學 - Finite element comparison of retrograde intramedullary nailing and locking plate fixation with/without an intramedullary allograft for distal femur fracture following total knee arthroplasty / Chen, S.-H.;Chiang, M.-C.;Hung, C.-H.;Lin, S.-C.;Chang, H.-W.


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Dr Piers Robinson : Cock-up or Conspiracy? Understanding COVID-19 as a "Structural Deep Event" – The Mind Renewed
"The stakes could not be higher, and it has never been more essential to seriously engage with uncomfortable possibilities – even if that means interrogating explanations that move beyond reducing what we are all experiencing to blunder and incompetence."—Dr Piers Robinson
We welcome to the programme Dr Piers Robinson—co-director of the Organisation for Propaganda Studies—for an in-depth interview on his recent article: "Cock-up or Conspiracy? Understanding COVID-19 as a 'Structural Deep Event' ".
As debate over "The Science" has intensified, increasing numbers of people are coming to question the Covid-19 Event. What best explains the often bizarre, and sometimes frightening, responses by authorities over the last two and a half years? Irrational panic by well-intentioned but incompetent politicians and health experts? Profiteering and power seeking by corporate and political vested interests? Or might we be looking at something more—a "structural deep event"—in which globally powerful actors might have harnessed (or even instigated) the Covid-19 Event in order to drive deep structural changes in society? Arguing that all possible explanations need to remain firmly on the table, Dr Robinson appeals to all thinking people to ask such difficult and uncomfortable questions, because to understand the past and the present is to guard the future and "the stakes could not be higher".
Tags Censorship, Collateral Damage, Conspiracy, Corruption, COVID-19, Dr. Piers Robinson, Economy, Government, Hysteria, Lockdown, Media, Misinformation, Policy, Politics, Propaganda, Society, The Mind Renewed, Vaccination
Oliver Stone: Vladimir Putin and War in Ukraine – Lex Fridman Podcast
Oliver Stone is a filmmaker with 3 Oscar wins and 11 Oscar nominations. His films include Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, Scarface, JFK, Nixon, Alexander, W, Snowden, and documentaries where he has interviewed Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Vladimir Putin.
2:54 – Nuclear power
15:52 – Russia and US relations
21:07 – JFK and the Cold War
26:24 – Interviewing Putin
50:02 – Invasion of Ukraine
59:20 – Why Putin invaded Ukraine
1:13:44 – Propaganda
1:21:02 – Interviewing Putin in 2022
1:28:17 – Nuclear war
1:34:28 – Advice on interviewing
1:38:09 – Interviewing Hitler
1:41:30 – Putin interview language barrier
1:42:41 – Love
1:44:36 – Advice to young people
1:47:42 – Mortality
1:48:44 – Regrets
1:50:41 – Meaning of life
Oliver Stone's The Putin Interviews (2017)
Ukraine on Fire (2016)
The Untold History of the United States (2012)
Chapter 1: World War II
Chapter 2: Roosevelt, Truman & Wallace
Chapter 3: The Bomb
Chapter 4: The Cold War: 1945-1950
Chapter 5: The '50s: Eisenhower, the Bomb & The Third World
Chapter 6: JFK: To the Brink
Chapter 7: Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune
Chapter 8: Reagan, Gorbachev & Third World: Rise of the Right
Chapter 9: Bush & Clinton: American Triumphalism – New World Order
Chapter 10: Bush & Obama: Age of Terror
See the full episode playlist on Odysee.
Tags Able Archer 83, Adolph Hitler, Boris Yeltsin, Censorship, Chemical, China, Cold War, Coups, Democracy, Empire, Energy, False Flags, Fidel Castro, Film, First Strike, France, Freedom, Geopolitics, Germany, History, Hugo Chavez, Imperialism, Interviews, Ireland, John F. Kennedy, Lex Fridman, Minsk Agreements, NATO, Northern Ireland, Nuclear, Nuclear Weapons, Oliver Stone, Parenting, Politics, Press, Propaganda, Proxy Wars, Russia, Science, Scientism, SIOP-62, Soverignty, Soviet Union, Suppression, Syria, The Great Reset, Ukraine, United Nations, USA, USSR, Vladimir Putin, War, Winston Churchill, World War 2
The Covid-cautious are hungriest for war – UnHerd
Risk calculus is a funny thing. According to a new poll, the Canadians most cautious about the risk of catching Covid-19 are also the most likely to support open war between Russia and the United States.
It wasn't a big sample, but the results were stark. Ekos Politics polled a random sample of around 1000 Canadians, and stratified the results by vaccination status. This revealed that whereas 56% of unvaccinated Canadians oppose the idea of NATO imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine, an even greater number of the triple-vaccinated — 59% — support doing so.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220323111903/https://unherd.com/thepost/the-covid-cautious-are-hungriest-for-war/
Tags COVID-19, Ekos Politics, Politics, Polls, Russia, Ukraine, UnHerd, Vaccination, War
The next European war will start in Ukraine – Look Magazine, 14 March 1939
For commentary, see UK Column News, 2nd March 2022
Tags Germany, History, Look Magazine, Politics, Russia, UK Column, Ukraine, War, World War 2
Putin is NOT crazy and the Russian invasion is NOT failing. The West's delusions about this war – and its failure to understand the enemy – will prevent it from saving Ukraine, writes military analyst BILL ROGGIO – Daily Mail
Sympathy for the outnumbered and outgunned defenders of Kyiv has led to the exaggeration of Russian setbacks, misunderstanding of Russian strategy, and even baseless claims from amateur psychoanalysts that Putin has lost his mind.
A more sober analysis shows that Russia may have sought a knockout blow, but always had well-laid plans for follow-on assaults if its initial moves proved insufficient.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220304215944/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10569141/Putin-NOT-crazy-Russian-invasion-NOT-failing-writes-military-analyst-BILL-ROGGIO.html
Tags Bill Roggio, Crimea, Daily Mail, Department of Defence, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Iraq, Politics, Russia, Ukraine, USA, War
PROFESSOR JOHN MEARSHEIMER: THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE – King's College, Cambridge
Professor John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982. He graduated from West Point in 1970 and then served five years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. He has published six immensely influential books on international relations theory. In 2020, he won the James Madison Award, which is given once every three years by the American Political Science Association to "an American political scientist who has made a distinguished scholarly contribution to political science."
Tags Kings College of London, NATO, Political Science, Politics, Professor John J. Mearsheimer, Russia, Ukraine, USA, War
Why Canada Will Become a Dictatorship Under Trudeau – The Huffington Post (2015)
Published 11th February 2015
The leader of that party does what he wants, when he wants, and no one dares question him. Would a Prime Minister Trudeau arbitrarily whip the vote and outlaw certain moral questions? Could Prime Minister Trudeau be trusted to make decisions for the good of the country, not just for his personal self-worth? Would Trudeau call in the police to enforce his vision? Let's hope we never have the opportunity to ask those questions.
It's becoming clearer as the days of Trudeau's Liberals wear on: if elected Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau would turn Canada into a dictatorship.
This is the man who admitted he "admires China's basic dictatorship." It wasn't just a sarcastic comment – he seriously said that he admires the dictatorship because they can get things done quickly.
http://archive.today/2022.02.20-065132/https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/trudeau-dictator_b_6314494
Tags Canada, Civil Liberties, Democracy, Dictatorship, Government, Politics, The Huffington Post
The algorithm myth: why the bots won't take over – The Spectator
Google once believed it could use algorithms to track pandemics. People with flu would search for flu-related information, it reasoned, giving the tech giant instant knowledge of the disease's prevalence. Google Flu Trends (GFT) would merge this information with flu tracking data to create algorithms that could predict the disease's trajectory weeks before governments' own estimates.
But after running the project for seven years, Google quietly abandoned it in 2015. It had failed spectacularly. In 2013, for instance, it miscalculated the peak of the flu season by 140 per cent.
According to the German psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer, this is a good example of the limitations of using algorithms to surveil and study society. The 74-year-old has just written a book on the subject, How to Stay Smart in a Smart World. He thinks humans need to remain in charge in a world increasingly filled with artificial intelligence that tries to replicate human thinking.
http://archive.today/2022.02.17-120640/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-algorithm-myth-why-the-bots-won-t-take-over
Tags Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Big Tech, Black Swan, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, China, Civil Liberties, COVID-19, Data, Democracy, Education, Errors, Facebook, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Gerd Gigerenzer, Google, Google Flu Trends, Harding Center for Risk Literacy, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Miscalculation, Modelling, Pandemics, Politics, Smart Homes, Superintelligence, Surveillance, Technocracy, Technology, The Spectator, Transhumanism, University of Potsdam, Whistleblowers
Alternative Media News
UK commanders in Ukraine met neo-Nazi-linked National Guard to 'deepen military cooperation' – Declassified UK
Photos of meeting in Kyiv last year – which UK personnel thought was private – were posted by Ukraine's National Guard (NGU)
UK MoD tells Declassified it has no plans to train NGU and that British commander was misquoted
But UK military is engaging with NGU and aware of "the peculiarities of [its] combat operations"
Apparent member of another far-right Ukrainian group was trained at Sandhurst in 2020
Details and photos of the meeting in the capital, Kyiv, were posted in Ukrainian on the website of Ukraine's National Guard (NGU) last year.
Declassified understands the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) believed the September 2021 meeting to be private and should not have been publicised. There is no mention of the meeting in any UK records that are publicly available.
Three British commanders of Operation Orbital – the UK military's training mission in Ukraine – are pictured, alongside three NGU officers. They sit around a table taking notes.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220215075740/https://declassifieduk.org/uk-commanders-in-ukraine-met-neo-nazi-linked-national-guard-to-deepen-military-cooperation/
Tags Azov Battalion, Declassified UK, Military, Ministry of Defence, Neo-Nazi, Operation Orbital, Politics, Russia, Training, UK, Ukraine, Ukraine National Guard, War, Warfare
This Is How the Progressives Will Write the History of Covid – The Mises Institute
It seems obvious that wherever vaccine mandates, mask mandates, and lockdowns have been imposed in response to covid-19, progressive political and media elites have been the driving forces behind them. This is clear to those of us alive today, but it is worth considering whether future history books will attempt to erase progressives' culpability for the disasters their covid policies have caused. The argument that follows is speculative, but bad ideologies should be held to the fires of their own making, and it seems to be in the nature of progressivism to attempt to escape the historical reckoning it is due.
https://mises.org/wire/how-progressives-will-write-history-covid
Tags Coercion, Collateral Damage, COVID-19, Discrimination, Economy, Errors, Government, History, Lockdown, Media, Murray Rothbard, Policy, Politics, Progressivism, Prohibition, Public Health, The Mises Institute, USA, Vaccination
Why Academia Is Drawn to Fascism – The Brownstone Institute
Most academics since January 2020 have lined up obediently behind even the most improbable self-deceptions of the covid leaders. Chillingly, they've acted out a rough reprise of the performance of their professional forebears in 1930s Germany, when a large fraction of German scientists supported the irrationality of the Nazis.
At the start of the current madness in many Western countries, thousands of academics signed petitions (like this one) that effectively begged their democratically elected governments and their supporting bureaucracies to transform themselves into cadres of despotic thugs.
Through what means was this to be achieved? By using the machinery of state itself to force unproven social and medical experiments onto entire populations, and in so doing running roughshod over constitutional liberties and internationally recognised human rights.
Bizarrely, academics applauded as covid leaders around the world ignored the accumulated public health knowledge of decades and even tampered with the well-researched blueprints that had been prepared for just such an event. Most academics fell hopelessly in love with the illusion that expert-led totalitarianism was the answer to this new threat, and that preservation of freedoms had no meaningful benefit. They were, in short, smitten by the lure of fascism.
https://brownstone.org/articles/why-academia-is-drawn-to-fascism/
Tags Academia, Civil Liberties, Control, COVID-19, Fascism, Germany, Philosophy, Politics, Science, The Brownstone Institute, Totalitarianism
Inside A White Supremacist Militia in Ukraine – Time
TIME Correspondent, Simon Shuster, travels to Ukraine in the summer of 2019 to investigate white supremacists militias that are recruiting people to join their fight.
Tags Azov Battalion, Extremists, Militias, Neo-Nazi, Politics, Time, Ukraine, War, White Supremacists
Alternative Media Videos
Dr. Mattias Desmet, Dr. Robert Malone, Dr. Peter McCullough (Mass Formation Psychosis)
TPC #653 is with Dr. Mattias Desmet, teacher of Mass Formation Psychosis; Dr. Robert Malone, the inventor of the mRNA vaccine; and Dr. Peter McCullough, the most published cardio-renal physician in world history.
Tags Civil Liberties, COVID-19, Dr. Peter McCullough, Dr. Robert Malone, Group Dynamics, Hysteria, Mass Formation Psychosis, Mass Hysteria, Mental Illness, Politics, Professor Mattias Desmet, Psychological Warfare, Psychology, Totalitarianism
Downing Street Christmas party had been planned for weeks – The Times
The No 10 Christmas party was planned for three weeks with invitations sent to officials and advisers on WhatsApp while the UK was in full lockdown, The Times has been told.
Invitations to last year's event were circulated at the end of November, asking people to attend the press office's "secret Santa" gathering with an exchange of gifts. The invitation said it would be held on December 18 and that there would be food and wine.
The messages are likely to form part of an inquiry by Simon Case, the cabinet secretary, who is seeking to establish whether the event was a party and therefore represented a breach of lockdown rules. Case has said he is prepared to hand over any evidence to the police.
http://archive.today/2021.12.10-104409/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/312d8b84-592c-11ec-81f2-17f963b74220
Tags COVID-19, Department for Education, Government, Hypocrisy, Inquiry, Lockdown, Policy, Politics, UK
Whistleblower: Masks were to soften you up for Plan B – Laura Dodsworth
'Masks were a softening up exercise for Plan B,' according to a government whistleblower. He told me that while there is little appetite in the Cabinet for a full lockdown, Covid Passes are 'oven-baked' and ready to go.
In my opinion, the UK government's Winter Plan was always about Plan B. It displayed a classic 'foot-in-the-door' strategy – the raison d'être of Plan A was to prepare you for Plan B. Now winter is upon us, and the nudges fall in a flurry of torpefying snowflakes. Worst case scenarios, big numbers, salutary stories in the media, threats and cajolements are directed at us daily. Plan B is in motion as calls for working from home are heard from the usual suspects and we hear the Cabinet is divided on Covid Passes.
This seasoned government insider plays a key role on a Covid task force and has decided to speak out now because he is disturbed by the unethical reasons for mandating masks. Firstly, 'It's a highly political move to reset the Johnson administration's orientation after bad polling over sleaze and corruption. If Omicron turns out to be super-bad and the public ask what the government did about it, the answer is we implemented masks. The one-way systems, plexiglass screens and masks are to give you an illusion of the government doing something. It's just theatre. There is no evidence base or proportionality in favour of masks.'
https://lauradodsworth.substack.com/p/masks-were-to-soften-you-up-for-plan
Tags Applied Behavioural Psychology, Behaviour Change, COVID-19, Government, Laura Dodsworth, Lockdown, Plan B, Policy, Politics, Psychology, UK, Whistleblowers, Winter Plan
I am determined to leave my children a free and democratic society – Christine Andersen MEP
Your decision today will predetermine whether your children will live in a free society…I am determined to leave my children a free and democratic society.
Once again MEP Christine Andersen shows she has more backbone than the entire British Parliament of Great Supine Protoplasmic Invertebrate Jellies. May God bless her as she continues to stand up against the evildoers whose lies are destroying nations:pic.twitter.com/nzJvVDidXO
— TheBlogMire (@theblogmire) December 9, 2021
Tags Children, Christine Andersen MEP, Civil Liberties, COVID-19, Dictatorship, Government, Policy, Politics, Totalitarianism
Mattias Desmet on Our Grave Situation – Peak Prosperity
Professor Mattias Desmet talks about his work that connects past historical episodes of what is called "Mass Formation" (aka Mass Psychosis) and current events. The risks are as grave as they come. Unless a few brave and courageous people are willing to stand up and say "I don't agree!" history suggests that we will end up with a fully totalitarian outcome.
That is a dark path. It inevitably leads to mass casualties and atrocities. Eventually all totalitarian systems end in their own destruction.
My position is "it doesn't have to be this way." We can do better. Let's avoid a future of atrocities and the complete destruction of our way of life. Unfortunately, those caught up in the Mass Formation event cannot see the larger or wider implications of their actions. They are very much like a hypnotized person with their field of view narrowed down to a singular threat or risk they have been told is the one-and-only threat they must conquer.
So all of their attention goes there. It focusses down. Nothing else matters. Eventually they transfer their anger and rage at that enemy – which is Covid today – upon a more relatable a nearby object. Perhaps their neighbor. Perhaps the unvaccinated. Perhaps immigrants who are stealing their jobs, or those who aren't taking Climate Change seriously enough.
With that transference, the path has been laid to re-trod some of the most awful and inhumane periods of history. We're there again and our own integrity demands that we do what we can to avoid going any further down that path.
In this episode Mattias tells us what can be done. We must never resort to violence. We must be courageous and speak up. We must hold everyone with compassion. But most of all, we must speak up.
Tags Civil Liberties, Collateral Damage, COVID-19, Government, Group Dynamics, Hysteria, Mass Formation Psychosis, Mass Hysteria, Mental Illness, Peak Prosperity, Policy, Politics, Professor Mattias Desmet, Psychological Warfare, Psychology, Totalitarianism
This is how civilisations collapse – UnHerd
Last week, in an attempt to explain away the supply chain woes that are increasingly leading to goods shortages in America, President Biden cited a popular neoliberal fable. He observed that to make a pencil, wood and graphite must be sourced from the other ends of the world before the finished product can end up in American hands. "It sounds silly, but that's exactly how it happens," Biden mused, "that's just the nature of the modern economy." But the result, he added, is that "when global disruptions hit… it can hit supply chains particularly hard".
http://archive.today/2021.11.18-054024/https://unherd.com/2021/11/this-is-how-civilisations-collapse/
Tags Bronze Age, Bryan Ward-Perkins, Capitalism, Civilian, Collapse, Economy, Eric H. Cline, Globalisation, History, Hollywood, Iron Age, John Michael Greer, Marxism, Middle Ages, Milton Friedman, Neoliberalism, Politics, Quinn Slobodian, Roman Empire, Rome, The Great Reset, Trade, UnHerd, Wolfgang Streeck, World War 1
Why are health professionals being silenced? – Australia One Party
Riccardo Bosi interviews health professionals about censorship. Featuring Professor Dolores Cahill and Ros Nealon-Cook
https://www.facebook.com/australiaoneparty/videos/430638731822806
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Жозеф Вильнёв де Жанти (; 21 июня 1868 — 7 июня 1944) — французский энтомолог, специализировавшийся на двукрылых (диптеролог).

Биография
Член Энтомологического общества Франции. Работал в Институте Пастера и Национальном музее естественной истории в Париже. Имел ряд государственных наград.

Научная деятельность
Описал множеству таксонов, внёс существенный вклад в медицинскую энтомологию. Специализировался на систематике нескольких семейств двукрылых, в том числе Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Tachinidae и Rhinophorinae.

Примечания

Диптерологи по алфавиту
Энтомологи Франции
Энтомологи XX века
Энтомологи XIX века
Сотрудники Института Пастера
Энтомологи по алфавиту

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Posted on October 27, 2015 at 9:12 pm.
Sometimes size can be deceptive.
One of our cats at Happy Paws, Starsky, has been getting a lot of publicity of late. Mainly due to a nasty scrape with a neighbourhood cat of dubious morals. Lurking in the shadows, his brother Hutch has kept a low profile. That's the way he likes it. Lulling everyone into a false sense of security.
Hutch was the only black kitten in a large litter of black and whites. He stood alone. The black sheep of the family. We couldn't resist him, or Starsky whose incredible climbing skills, acrobatics and persuasive meowing would have caught anyone's attention.
We took them in. Starsky has grown into a lovable, friendly, cutesy, chocolate box and calendar cover cat. Hutch hasn't. Hutch has an alternate moniker. The dark destroyer. He may be small. He may look as sweet as apple pie but please don't be misled. He lures you in. Rolls on your lap. Purrs like a top of the range sports car. Then you've had it. The teeth sink in. The claws lock on. Suffice to say the first aid kit in our house is frequently replenished.
To celebrate Cats Protection National Black Cat Day 2015, Hutch returned from a brief jaunt to wail on the doorstep. An unusual sound warning us that something wasn't quite right. As I opened the door he looked up at me. His eyes said see I love you really. I've brought you a present. A freshly killed field mouse.
Thanks Hutch. Happy Black Cat Day. We love you too.
Darrin: I'd didn't know there was a National Black Cat day! Sweet post. My sweet little wild black cat has a cleft palate and so her tongue is always hanging out but she doesn't have any clue she's different! A little black kitty lesson…hey that would be a good story for me to tell! Take care.


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Manufacturing the future in Europe
December 30, 2020 //By Nick Flaherty
Per Holmberg, CEO of Swedish industrial computer maker JLT Mobile talks to Nick Flaherty about manufacturing in Europe during the Covid-19 pandemic and the importance for new business models
JLT Mobile is Sweden's largest PC manufacturing company, with over 100,000 computers shipped worldwide. It partners with a local supplier for its boards, building systems at its plant an hour from the capital Stockholm, which turned out to be a key advantage during the pandemic. But it is also looking to use its expertise in hardware to expand its data analysis services.
"This spring when we went into the pandemic one of the aspects we were looking at was our ability to fulfil customer orders as there were indications of longer lead times on items such as batteries," said Per Holmberg, CEO of JLT (above right, at the headquarters in Ronneby). "So we decided to build up inventory here in Sweden on both components and finished products."
"We worked closely with our manufacturing partner to make sure we had back up resources in case employees were sick or in quarantine but we have been able to keep the production cell running – its not that crowded but there is manual labour on testing, but we have been able to do that with multiple shifts so we had different teams coming in at different times."
The company was started in 1994 in the early days of the Internet and GSM, pioneering the rugged computing market with its own engineering and manufacturing facilities in Sweden, enabling it to control every aspect of production with high precision.
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, it has launched its first Android-based rugged computer system and is looking at using its hardware expertise to expand its services business into data analysis services.
"Currently we have all the manufacturing, both PCB design and manufacture as well as box build in Sweden about an hour from the headquarters. We manufacture the boards, assemble the systems, with burn in test and distribution," said Holmberg.
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Just like in the United States. Our Reserve Bank opens up the possibility here.
Struggling mortgagees have been presented with a glimmer of hope by the Reserve Bank whose board minutes released yesterday suggest that the next move in interest rates could be down.
The indication comes as the Treasurer Wayne Swan has warned that the turmoil engulfing US financial markets presents a "significant risk" to the Australian economy.
The board's minutes released yesterday 14 days after the meeting in accordance with the Bank's new rules indicate that the decision to lift rates in March was finely balanced.
They say that although "standard macroeconomic considerations" continued to suggest the need for rate hike, there was "some evidence, albeit tentative, that a slowing in private demand was starting to emerge"...
The board members were presented with staff forecasts of inflation somewhat lower than those previously made public.
After making their decision to lift the cash rate by a further 0.25 per cent to 7.25 per cent the board members described the overall tightening since the middle of 2007 as "substantial", and said that if the private banks tightened their lending standards the effect would be even greater.
In an indication that the board members were uncertain about whether the next move on interest rates would be up or down the minutes concluded by noting that the members felt the higher rate "would leave adequate flexibility to respond as necessary" over the months ahead.
This is a sharply different form of words to that used after the February meeting, which said that the board would continue to review whether policy was "sufficiently restrictive".
The ANZ's chief economist Saul Eslake said that on his reading the words used by the bank conveyed "the possibility that the next movement in rates, whenever it occurs, could actually be downwards rather than inevitably being upwards" as the bank had been suggesting in its February minutes.
He said that the big slide in consumer confidence reported since the March meeting had increased the likelihood that the next move in interest rates would be a cut.
The equities economist at Commonwealth Securities Savanth Sebastian added that the likelihood of a further rate hike had also been cut by an extra fortnight of weakness in global share markets.
"Fear driven sentiment remains a common theme amongst investors, and speculation of further write downs in the US is likely to keep credit markets tight," he said.
Commsec believed that although the Reserve Bank might not need to raise rates again one more rate hike was a possibility given inflationary expectations and an expected strength in commodity prices.
The Treasurer Wayne Swan told parliament that the deteriorating global outlook presented "a significant risk to the Australian economy".
"There is no doubt Australia's financial system has been affected," the Treasurer said in a Ministerial statement. "I do not want to downplay the severity of the global financial developments."
The US Federal Reserve is expected to slash its federal funds rate by up to one complete percentage point early this morning Australian time, leaving the rate as low as 2 per cent.
On Monday in an emergency decision the Fed cut its so- called discount rate by one quarter of a percentage point and agreed to back JP Morgan's takeover of the troubled Bear Stearns investment bank for less than one tenth of its previous price.
Wayne Swan said he was "in almost-daily discussion" about events in the US with the Reserve Bank and other Australian authorities and business leaders.
The outlook was "beyond our control, but we are vigilant".
Labels: mortgage rates, reserve bank, United States


Here's what I've found across the web this week. Have you come across anything noteworthy? Let me know in the comments!
Matcha Mojitos – WAIT. What?! Give me allllll the matcha!
The Reasons it's Important to Have Multiple Streams of Income – Yes, yes, YES. I've been saying this for years and I'll continue to do so because this advice is the JAM.
10 Things I Buy from Trader Joe's for No-Cook Dinners – A must because 1) it's hot AF rn and spending time in front of a stove or oven is hell. and 2) ain't nobody got time for that.
4 Insanely Effective Ways to Sharpen Your Focus When You HAVE to Get Sh*t Done – Does anyone else have trouble focusing in the summer?! It's hard not to think about being at the beach or on vacation when you're stuck at your desk, y'know?
26 Things to Do This Summer – In case you haven't gotten a chance to make a summer bucket list yet!
That's all for today, friends. Hope everyone has a wonderful summer weekend!


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\subsection{Correctness}
Let $I$ be an ideal with the canonical basis $\left\{t,y+g\delta\right\}$. We prove that tuples $(a,c,b,d)$ outputted from Algorithm \ref{algo1} form good bases $\left\{z,z'\right\}$ where $z=at+c\left(y+g\delta\right)$ and $z'=bt+d\left(y+g\delta\right)$.
\begin{definition}
	Suppose that $I$ is an ideal of $\mathcal{O}_K$ and $\left\{t, y+g\delta\right\}$ its canonical basis. A \textbf{good tuple} is a tuple $(a,c,b,d)$ of integer numbers satisfying that $\left\{z,z'\right\}$ is a good basis of $I$ where $z=at+c\left(y+g\delta\right)$, $z'=bt+d\left(y+g\delta\right)$. A pair $(a,c)$ is called \textbf{extendable} for $I$ if $z=at+c\left(y+g\delta\right)$ can be extended to a good basis of $I$.
\end{definition}

We prove the correctness of Algorithm \ref{algo1} as below.

\begin{proposition}
	\label{bode8}All tuples $(a,c,b,d)$ in the output of Algorithm \ref{algo1} are  good tuples of $I$.  Inversely, the output of Algorithm \ref{algo1} completely exports all good tuples of $I$, up to similarity.
\end{proposition}

\begin{proof}
We notice that $(a,c,b,d)$ is a good tuple if and only if $(a,c)$ is extendable. By the argument of given in the proof of Lemma \ref{bode3}, the pair $(a,c)$ is extendable if and only if $\gcd(a,c)=1$ and $\left|c(at+cy)\right|\le \dfrac{t}{2}$. Hence, it is trivial to prove this proposition using the computation shown before Algorithm \ref{algo1}.
\end{proof}
Similarly, we can show the correctness of Algorithm \ref{algo2} as below.

\begin{proposition}
	\label{bode9}All tuples $(a,c,b,d)$ in output of Algorithm \ref{algo2} are good tuples of $I$.  Inversely, the output of Algorithm \ref{algo2} completely exports all good tuples of $I$, up to similarity.
\end{proposition}

\subsection{Complexity}
In this section, we provide an upper bound for the number of loops and operations in Algorithms \ref{algo1} and \ref{algo2}.

\begin{lemma}\label{bode10}
	The total number of loops of Algorithm \ref{algo1} is at most $y+2$. In addition, an upper bound for the number of operations (expect addition) of each loop in Algorithm \ref{algo1} is $57$.
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
It is easy to see the first statement. Since the maximum number of operations in Algorithm \ref{algo1} occurs when $a\in \left[1,\dfrac{y+1}{2}\right]$ and it took us 57 operations (expect addition), the second statement is obtained.
\end{proof}

\begin{lemma}
	\label{bode12} The largest number computed in Algorithm \ref{algo1} is $\dfrac{5t(y+1)+8}{8}$.
\end{lemma}

\begin{proof}
	First, we have $|c|\le \dfrac{t}{2}$ and
	$a\le \dfrac{y+1}{2}$.
	Using \eqref{(32)} and \eqref{(33)}, one obtains that $ -\dfrac{1}{2}-2\alpha	\le\beta_{11}, \beta_{12} \le -\dfrac{1}{2}$.

	In case of applying \eqref{(36)}, since $c<0$ and $a>0$, one has
\begin{align*}
\dfrac{1}{2}\le \left|\dfrac{ac-2}{2c}+a\beta\pm a\sqrt{\beta^2-\dfrac{3}{4}}\right|\le\dfrac{|ac-2|}{2}+2a|\beta|\le \dfrac{t(y+1)+8}{8}+\dfrac{t(y+1)}{2}=\dfrac{5t(y+1)+8}{8}.
\end{align*}
	In the other words, we have the following inequality $\left|\beta_{ij}\right| \le\dfrac{5t(y+1)+8}{8}$.

If we employ \eqref{(20a)},\eqref{(20b)} to compute $\beta_{1}$, then $
\left|\beta_1\right|\le y+1.$\\
Thus $\dfrac{5t(y+1)+8}{8}$ is the maximum number computed in Algorithm \ref{algo1}.
\end{proof}

Similarly, we have the following results for Algorithm \ref{algo2}.

\begin{lemma}
	In Algorithm \ref{algo2}, the total number of loops of  is at most $2y+g+2$ and an upper bound for the number of operations of each loop  is $65$. In addition, the largest number computed in this algorithm  is
	$\dfrac{5t(2y+g+1)+4}{4}$.
\end{lemma}

\section{Introduction}
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\section{Background}\label{sec_backgd}
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\section{Main results}\label{sec_main}
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\section{Algorithms and a numerical example} \label{sec_alg}
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\section{Analysis of Algorithm 1 and Algorithm 2}\label{sec_analysis}
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\section*{Acknowledgement}
The third author acknowledges the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (funding RGPIN-2019-04209 and DGECR-
2019-00428).

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CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost discusses CalPERS benefit education event at the meeting of the Board of Administration on March 19, 2019.
Thank you. Good morning. Members of the board. Thank you. President Jones I wanted to start a little bit with investments and as you know our investment return assumption is probably the most critical assumption we use in calculating our future liabilities. And so each asset class does play a vital role in being able to hit our return target. One of the items that we talked about yesterday was the board's self-evaluation and the need for onboarding and continued education. And so what you will see in the investment committee over the next year is we will be bringing forward workshops around the various roles of the asset classes and we'll have each of our managing investment directors over those asset classes come and talk to the board about strategy for that class and essentially how does that class make money for the fund and for the members. So watch for that over the next year next year or next month we actually will have been do a workshop and that workshop will be more related to pillar 2 around co investments. So this is the plan that he and the team said they would bring back to the board and to the committee and we'll start doing that in April but has been has also emphasized every tool is necessary in order to hit our 7 percent return target. So the team and I also want to thank the board for the decision that was made on Monday to be able to allow us to move forward with the concept and see if we can actually execute on that concept in the market.
I have absolute confidence in Ben and I know you do as well and trust his professional judgment in what I've been saying to people is if anyone can execute on the new concept in innovation it's been making our new CIO also in Monday's investment committee you received an annual update from our sustainable investments team. They did outline their process and progress with the initiatives in the five year plan and also highlighted the results of our core engagement work. I can't really emphasize enough the importance of valuable data but the initiatives are using to develop our strategy and the more that we can actually find the data to measure the impact of our work around environment social and governance issues. We know that by minimizing risk we can actually have a better chance of improving our returns. Turning now to some outreach and engagement earlier this month we did hold another CalPERS benefit education event. This one was held here in Sacramento. I know several of you were able to attend that event. As I been able to do some of the other what we call CBs, the CalPERS benefit education event. I was able to talk with several members about the work that we are doing here at Cowper's to further strengthen the fund and to make the system more sustainable. The number one question remains the same as my benefit safe. And are we paying attention to making sure that we're making the right decisions to ensure the safety of that benefit ongoing. I always appreciate the opportunity to interact with our members being able to address their questions and hopefully be able to give them make them feel a little less anxiety about the future.
So our next CB event will take place just a couple of days from now on Friday and Saturday in Eureka. I've also started meeting with several of California's business leaders and groups in the last month to enhance their understanding of the work that we're doing at CalPERS and how we could potentially build partnerships over the long term. One of those meetings was with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and we discussed the fiscal health of the system and the importance of investing in areas like biotech life sciences and healthcare. I also met with two other groups of business leaders from the California Business Roundtable which is comprised of leaders from major corporations in the state and the California Manufacturers and Technology Association. And then last week Ben and I had a chance to travel to meet with Dan Borenstein of the east of the Bay Area Newsgroup who has written extensively about CalPERS and in particular the liabilities around CalPERS. He did express an interest in learning more about the asset side and Ben and I both talked spoke with him about the work that would be happening here and investment committee over the next year and so looking forward to continuing to build that relationship coming up in a couple of weeks on April 2nd and 3rd I'll be speaking at a panel for the Fortune magazine brainstorm Health Conference this annual event draws business leaders together from technology, health, business sectors to look at some of the major challenges facing healthcare in our country and to discuss ideas and innovation to solve them.
I do plan to address the work that we've been doing here at CalPERS to enhance our ability to compete in the healthcare marketplace and how we've developed innovative proactive practices like reference price seeing value based insurance design.


Traveling with your dog is much more fun than traveling with most cats.
Having had the unique experience of traveling in a car for 5 hours with 3 howling cats, I can honestly say traveling with your cat (cats) is not very much fun.
I love our cats, but I'd go across the country with a dog, any day of the week.
Dogs are social animals and love being with their "folks." Most dogs enjoy other people and enjoy being around other dogs.
Here are some travel tips to keep your dog happy and safe, if you are planning on taking your dog on a trip.
Taking your dog on a vacation can be fun, but you have to plan and you have to consider what you want to do on your vacation.
If taking in historic sights, visiting amusement parks or lying around a swimming pool and reading all day is your idea of a vacation. Leave the dog home.
However, if hiking, camping or visiting your family that loves dogs is on the agenda, take the dog along.
If a leisurely trip around your state or through several states sounds like fun and you plan to stop along the way to see the sights that nature has provided, that too, is a vacation your dog might enjoy.
Whatever you decide to do it takes planning.
If you are driving and planning on staying in a motel, reservations have to be made making certain, animals are acceptable.
If you are camping, check with the campsite people to see if dogs are allowed.
If you are planning on doing some serious hiking, be certain your dog is in fit condition to hike with you.
An overweight dog, one that is up in years or a very young puppy are not candidates for serious hiking expeditions.
The best idea is to check with your vet and get his/her advice, if you are planning on some serious outdoor activity.
Did you know that there are camps that you can go to with your dog that have activities you both can participate in?
Some offer training classes, some are for particular breeds, and some are just for Mom, Dad and Dog to have fun.
I will post the web site for you to check into at the end of this article along with 2 other web sites that will help you find interesting pet friendly places to stay and play and some that will save you money on your lodging.
The safest way for your dog to travel is in its "crate," a dog car seat (if it is a small dog,) a harness fastened to the back seat belt or if you have a van, a barrier to separate the dog from you while on the road.
Do not let your dog ride in the front seat or be loose in the car, not only for the safety of you both, but also as an accident preventative.
A loose animal in a car is like traveling with a loose cannon.
If you are thinking your dog's crate is too big for the car, there are soft-sided collapsible ones available in the market place.
Do not eliminate a crate from your list of things to take along, as you will find it a valuable asset during the trip. If you have not "crate" trained your dog, now is a good time (before the trip) to get the dog used to a crate. Consider it a "doggy den," your dog's home away from home.
If you have not used a crate before, get it well in advance of your trip.
Start putting treats in it for your dog to get, then start feeding him/her in it and along the way make a comfy bed in it for him/her to rest on.
You will find that a crate is almost as good as "sliced bread" when it comes to traveling with your pet.
A crate gives you a secure place to put your pet when you decide to go out to dinner and you are staying in a motel. If your dog is in a crate, the maid can't accidentally leave the door open and your dog runs away.
If you are camping or staying at a relative's home it still becomes a secure haven for your pet.
Think of the safety factors a crate gives, a secure dog is safe and won't get scared and run away. New surroundings and new people have scared many a dog, never to be found again.
Spot cleaning supplies to clean up accidents indoors on rugs, etc.
Having some sort of identification on your dog is extremely important.
Collars and tags do a good job, but they can become lost.
Tattoos on your dog's underside is good idea, however, how many people do you think will turn a strange dog over to see if there is a tattoo?
The best suggestion I can make is to have a microchip inserted under the loose skin on your dog's neck. Microchips are nationally recognized and they can be read by a scanner anywhere in the U.S. should your dog get lost.
The price is reasonable and your vet can explain the procedure. You register the microchip after the insertion with the American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery Program.
Dogs are creatures of "routine," and by nature dogs can become very stressed when their routines are drastically changed.
If your pet is not used to long extended trips, it is all-together possible that it may get car sick and suffer from vomiting and diarrhea. Water from a new location or a different brand of food can also cause upsets, that is why I suggest you bring water and food the dog is used to from home.
Discuss with your vet some preventative measures you might follow in advance of the trip in order to avoid these problems.
When traveling be certain to stop at least every three hours to give your dog a chance to go to the bathroom and stretch its legs.
Do not allow your dog to have its head out the window when you are driving down the highway, the possibilities of eye injuries are endless.
Do not open the car door with out first putting a leash on your dog and having a good hold on it. You never know what may come along and scare or startle your pet.
Another serious consideration is your dog's behavior when left alone. Does your pet bark, whimper or cry when you leave it for any period of time? If your pet does, think about the implications of staying in a motel or with friends that this behavior might cause.
Traveling is stressful enough on a dog, but being left alone in a strange place can and does create more stress.
It is very important that your behavior is reassuring and calm. If you are upset and nervous, your pet will pick up on your moods and its behavior will match yours.
If you are upbeat and happy and you treat your pet in the same manner in most cases your dog will enjoy the whole trip.
Now if you have decided that taking your pet is not the thing to do on this trip, a whole new set of conditions arise.
However, if no one is available, there are two things to consider, the first is hiring a "pet sitter" and the second is boarding your pet at your vet's kennel (if they have one) or finding the perfect kennel for him/her to stay in.
Pet sitters are a wonderful group of people that love animals. Ask your vet to recommend some for you to interview, look in the telephone book or newspaper, ask your groomer (if you have one) and ask your friends or co-workers if they have had any experience with a pet sitter.
I suggest hiring one that is bonded and that has some references for you to check.
It is important that your sitter becomes familiar with your dog's routine and that your dog gets to know them.
With that done it is equally important that you leave explicit instructions on feeding, walking, along with vet numbers, family numbers, in case of an emergency and a very detailed itinerary of your trip.
If a kennel is more to your liking (and most dogs enjoy a kennel visit) visit several. Make a check list and stick to it. Is it clean, well staffed, are there places for the dogs to exercise, what are the amenities, is a vet on call and most of all do you feel comfortable there?
In many areas of the country there are "pet motels" with all the comforts of home and then some. Of course the prices maybe a little out of your range, but just for your information there are some great "resorts" for your pet to visit while you are away.
The secret here is, if your pet has been socialized, it will fit into a good kennel atmosphere with out any trouble and it will enjoy the experience.
Here are the web sites I had promised you earlier www.dogplay.com will give you information on camps that you can go to with your dog.
Some are for basic training purposes, others are for certain breeds, where those breeds learn to do what they have been bred to do. Hunting dogs learn to hunt and herding dogs learn to herd and some camps are just for fun for the dog and its family.
Another great site to visit that offers you information on pet friendly places to stay, some at reduced rates is www.takeyourpet.com. It has great information on total travel resources such as vets, pet sitters, groomers, kennels and just about anything else that you may need to know or find almost anywhere in the U.S. It costs $1.95 to join, the information you get is well worth ten times that.
Another great traveling companion to take with you is the "doggy litter box," if you are going to be in strange areas and do not feel comfortable taking your dog out for its daily constitutional walks or you are leaving the dog in your room while you are visiting sites the Wizdog is the thing to have. If you are not familiar with this product take a moment and visit www.Wizdog.com you will be glad you did.
Enjoy your vacation with your pet, be careful and drive safely.
Dogs should be viewed as a member of the family. If you're traveling, be sure to find pet friendly hotels so your beloved canine won't be left out in the cold! While campgrounds & rv parks usually don't have these restrictions many luxury hotels. You don't have to settle for cheap hotels, just do a bit of online research before your trip.


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M88A2 Improved Recovery Vehicle HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System)
The M88A2 Improved Recovery Vehicle HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System) recovers tanks mired to different depths, removes and replaces tank turrets and power packs, and uprights overturned heavy combat vehicles. The main winch on the M88A2 is capable of a 70-ton, single-line recovery, allowing the HERCULES to provide recovery of the 70-ton M1A2 Abrams tank.
The A-frame boom and hoist winch of the M88A2 can lift 35 tons. The spade can be used to anchor the vehicle when using the main winch and can be used for light earth moving to prepare a recovery area. The M88A2 employs an auxiliary power unit to provide auxiliary electrical and hydraulic power when the main engine is not in operation. It can also be used to slave start other vehicles, as well as a means to refuel or defuel vehicles. The M88A2 can refuel Abrams tanks from its own fuel tanks.
The M88A2 HERCULES is the successor vehicle to the M88A1, which only had a recovery capability of 56 tons. The M88A1's mission was focused on the M60 Series tank while the M88A2 is focused on the Abrams tank.
The HERCULES provides towing, winching and hoisting to support battlefield recovery operations and evacuation of heavy tanks and other tracked combat vehicles. As such, HERCULES is the recovery workhorse of the Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT).
Crew: Three, plus space for four passengers
Width: 144 inches
Height: 127 inches
Speed (no load): 30 mph
Speed (with load): 26 mph with 70-ton load
Cruising Range: 300 miles, 413 gallons
Boom Lift Height: 25 feet
Engine: 1,050 horsepower
Armament: .50 Caliber M2
M88A2 production (converted from M88A1) continued at approximate rate of four vehicles per month at the BAE facility in York, Pennsylvania. Production for the Army through Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) is 809 vehicles toward an Army Acquisition Objective (AAO) of 933.
M88A2 HERCULES Fielding and New Equipment Training completed for Army units in the United States, Germany, Kuwait and Korea
Operational Modification for fielded vehicles continued and modification work order installations were completed on 652 M88A2s
Initiated an Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) to regain Single Vehicle Recovery (SVR) of the heaviest tracked vehicles with receipt of FY18 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) funding
M88A2 production expected to complete 90 percent in 2QFY20
M88A2 production toward the AAO of 933 planned for completion in FY23
M88A2 fielding will be conducted for the 16th ABCT and the European Deterrence Initiative Army Preposition Stock-2 ABCT
RDT&E SVR ECP development will continue
Combat Recovery Systems Product Management Office intends to award up to three prototype agreements via the Detroit Arsenal Automotive Other Transaction Agreement in late FY19. These prototype agreements seek to regain lost capability for the M88A2. By inserting new or modified M88A2 component hardware, contractors shall provide a concept demonstrator capable of SVR of the heaviest tracked combat vehicle (M1 Abrams with force protection kits applied).
Funding dependent, a competitive prototyping effort will conclude no later than FY22 with a government led "run-off" test event to select a winning contractor/concept. This effort will transition into further development of prototypes to support government test, logistics products development, and vehicle production in support of fielding this enhanced capability to the ABCTs.
Australia, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon and Thailand
BAE Systems (York, PA)
PEO-GCS


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NYC Mayoral Race
Last Tuesday, the eight top contenders in New York's Democratic mayoral primary faced off in a debate. The City
A recent poll showed Eric Adams in first place with 19 percent, Andrew Yang with 16 percent, and other candidates with single digit support. 20 percent remain undecided. Change Research
The right supports Eric Adams, arguing that he will implement pro-police reforms to reduce crime.
"More than 400 people have been shot in the city since January, an 83.3% increase from 2020 and a 93.5% increase from 2019. Just a couple of weeks ago, the New York Police Department reported that shootings had tripled…
"Luckily, New York City's mayoral candidates seem to understand that the NYPD isn't the problem liberals have made it out to be. Former police captain Eric Adams has been a staunch defender of New York's police officers. And former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, who is one of several candidates running to replace de Blasio, rightly came out against the 'Defund the Police' movement…
"But New York officers need more than just vocal support. They also need to be allowed to do their jobs efficiently if the city's crime rates are to come back down. That might mean reintroducing some of the aggressive policing policies implemented under former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's administration, during which crime dropped dramatically."
Kaylee McGhee White, Washington Examiner
"New York's reversal of fortune is no accident. Mayor Bill de Blasio cites the Covid-19 pandemic, lost jobs, and closed schools as excuses for the dramatic rise in violent crime during his last two years in office. He conveniently overlooks four culprits tied closely to his ideological priorities: catch-and-release bail reform; the abandoning of Broken Windows policing; the elimination of plainclothes anti-crime units that spent their nights hunting illegal gun carriers; and the movement to 'defund' the police…
"Proactive police officers have no incentive to respond to non-emergency crimes when the mayor has told them to stand down, when they know that the perp will be swiftly released anyway, and when they worry that their faces could be the next ones plastered on screens across the country if an arrest goes wrong."
Craig Trainor, City Journal
"Asked about skyrocketing shootings… gun buybacks don't work to get rid of the illegal guns we need to eliminate, [Adams] said. He rightly pointed out that 95 percent of the victims of gun violence are black and Hispanic. Prevention is fine, he said, 'but we need intervention now.' People are dying now. And Adams is the only Democrat talking about how to stop it. But if we're heartened by our choice, we're even more worried about the alternatives. There was a lot of talk about 'inequities' and not a lot of specifics on how to actually restore New York City's economy…
"Apparently, there is nothing that can't be solved with some more money. Kids should be better educated, but don't test them. (Adams again stood apart, with Garcia, saying we should keep our selective high school exam.)… Yang was more reasonable, but still dodged almost every question thrown at him… we made the right decision in endorsing Eric Adams."
"During a campaign stop in Times Square [last] Sunday, Yang opined that Gotham 'can't afford' to defund the police… this is probably a smart move on Yang's part, in addition to just being common sense. He's running against some very hardcore liberals and socialists who seem to spend more time listening to the talking heads on MSNBC than they do the voters who actually have to live in the crime-ridden streets of New York…
"A recent Ipsos poll showed that 'defund the police' is only supported by 18% of Americans. Even among Black respondents, there was just 28% support and those numbers have been reflected in local, New York City polls as well…
"When the BLM movement was calling for defunding (if not abolishing) the police, Bill de Blasio quickly caved and worked with the City Council to steer nearly a billion dollars away from their budget. The results can be seen in the crime statistics which continue to head in the wrong direction. Even while Yang is being trashed on liberal talk shows for this, an undercurrent of support from alarmed residents may continue to push him upward as we approach the June 22nd primary."
Jazz Shaw, Hot Air
The left supports progressive policies, and is critical of Andrew Yang and Eric Adams.
"[Kathryn] Garcia's many years of experience — she first joined the Sanitation Department as a 22-year-old intern — have helped her develop laudable plans for the city that are also achievable: Provide free child care up to age 3 for families earning less than $70,000 a year. Implement bilingual programs in every elementary school…
"Transform Rikers Island into a hub for renewable energy, with charging stations for the city's electric vehicle fleet. Expand rapid bus lanes. Create more green space in low-income neighborhoods. Address the city's centuries-old trash problem by getting refuse off the sidewalks and tucked away into nicer-looking, rat-resistant containers…
"She is also committed to reforming the New York Police Department. That begins with speeding up and strengthening the disciplinary process, reforming the promotion process, raising the age for recruits to 25 from 21 and requiring them to live in the five boroughs… Garcia can run a government that delivers for all New Yorkers."
Editorial Board, New York Times
"[Yang is] just a little Trump-like… He has no relevant experience in government, either as a legislator or a civil servant, and has never really run a large organization. The New York Times' reporting on his stint leading Venture for America was brutal—basically, he raised a ton of money for a project that he promised would produce 100,000 tech jobs, and only yielded 150—and suggests he's a bit of a showman who exaggerates his accomplishments…
"He [also] seems to have that Trump-like habit of suddenly picking up ideas from whoever he's talked to last and wants to impress. That's not always bad—he recently came out in favor of a land tax on vacant lots, which is great!—but makes me doubt how hard he'd fight for any of the good ideas, and worry about which bad ones he'd adopt. Meanwhile, his campaign is basically being run by a lobbying firm staffed by ex-Bloombergites, which further makes me wonder whether you can really trust that he'll push the more offbeat, progressive plans that make him stand out."
Jordan Weissmann, Slate
"Less than a year since Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd, in Minneapolis, sparking a summer of historic unrest and nationwide calls for police reform, polling shows that many New Yorkers still support transferring resources and responsibilities from the N.Y.P.D. to other social programs and agencies. But, with the spectre of crime suddenly top of mind for many voters, the language of 'defund' has been deemed a political liability…
"The most progressive candidates seem still to be searching for a way to talk about the fraught relationships with both the police and the public which de Blasio is leaving in his wake. On Thursday, the focus on the shootings obscured important policing and reform issues that have been playing out under de Blasio for years: the candidates barely mentioned, for instance, the future of Rikers Island, the city's massive, dysfunctional jail complex."
Eric Lach, New Yorker
"Can a 'Stop-and-Frisk' candidate win New York's Democratic mayoral primary?…
"The ACLU has determined that during Michael Bloomberg's 12-year, three-term tenure as New York's mayor, the NYPD recorded a staggering 5,081,689 stops; even more staggering is that 4.4 million of those stops were of innocent civilians. The ACLU's report goes on to note that 52 percent of the stops included frisks, and that half of the innocent 4.4 million were frisked—this despite the stop-and-frisk law's stipulation that the act should 'be conducted only in the unusual situation when an officer reasonably suspects the person has a weapon that might endanger officer safety.'…
"The report notes that 'young black and Latino men were the targets of a hugely disproportionate number of stops.'… In August 2013, a federal judge declared Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk policy unconstitutional, though she stopped short of ruling on stop-and-frisk in general… This is [the] policy that Adams aims to continue and potentially expand."
Toby Jaffe, American Prospect
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