The Heartland Institute, a conservative and libertarian public policy think tank founded in 1984, held its Third Annual Picnic for Freedom on Saturday June 2 to share some of its accomplishment of the past year and to celebrate what is yet to come in the years ahead.
The event marked nearly the one-year anniversary since Tim Huelskamp, Ph.D., took over the reins of The Heartland Institute as president from long-time president and CEO Joseph Bast, who co-founded Heartland in 1984. Bast served as executive director then as president & CEO until January 2018 and still acts as a Director and Senior Fellow at The Heartland Institute. Bast's research and writing focus on climate change and energy policy these days.
The main event took place on the back parking lot of The Heartland Institute located at 3939 N. Wilke Road in Arlington Heights, Illinois, where tables were set up for guests to enjoy picnic fare provided by TastyCatering.com. It was there that Heartland staff and friends of liberty intermingled – meeting and greeting old friends, and making new friends before the official program began. Former Congressman Joe Walsh, a nationally syndicated radio host based at AM560 The Answer, served as the MC for the occasion.
Three booths for guests to explore were in the Andrew Breitbart Freedom Center, accessible from Heartland's back parking lot. Watch at this link a video of then President and CEO Joe Bast talking about Heartland honoring Andrew Breitbart.
Booth 1: A dual purpose booth featuring the Homeowners Defense Association (HDA), which is proposing a 1 percent tax cap referendum for the November 2018 Illinois ballot to help preserve the dream of homeownership for many struggling Illinois taxpayers. For years, Illinois homeowners have seen their property tax bills climb at a rate higher than their paycheck and inflation. Also highlighted was information about how to subscribe to the Local Government Information Services chain of newspapers, a series of local newspapers across Illinois which hold governments accountable, one county at a time, as an alternative to the liberal media.
Booth 2: Appropriately called the "Joe Walsh" booth where Walsh T-shirts could be purchased.
Booth 3: Promoted Chicago's talk radio station WIND AM560 The Answer, with a weekday line-up featuring Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson, Joe Walsh, Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, Sean Hannity, and Larry Elder.
Although the afternoon was on the cool side and somewhat gloomy without the sun to add overhead sparkle to the occasion, those attending exhibited a festive spirit which never diminished throughout the afternoon.
Breaking the union stranglehold on public schools.
Getting government out of all health care choices.
Promotion of real science when it comes to the climate.
Joe Walsh let it be known that even though he sometimes gets angry at President Trump, he's still thankful Hillary did not win. "Keeping Hillary out there talking is a good thing." In no uncertain terms, Walsh let it be known that he just wants our country back, and the only way to do so is for we the people to stand up and demand it. Walsh predicted that things could get ugly in nine or 10 years should millions of Americans rise up to take their nation back. Walsh bemoaned how half the country doesn't even recognize the names of Madison, Jefferson, Adam as Founding Fathers or the principles upon which this nation was founded. Click here for a video of highlights of Joe Walsh's speech at Heartland's picnic for freedom.
Walsh went on to describe Trump's election as a "punch in the face" to our political system, not any more than that! Trump will be in office two more or six more years at the most, and that's it. If this nation doesn't wake up to embrace freedom, Walsh said, when Trump leaves office this country will return to the same globalist policies (one world government establishment) as demanded by the elites, for whom socialism is their desired goal for America.
In turning the program over to Heartland's president, Tim Huelskamp, Walsh reflected on the existing friendship between the both of them – having come into Congress together in the Tea Party revolution of 2010 – and the good fortune for Heartland to have brought them together again. (NOTE: Joe Walsh one of the first employees of The Heartland Institute in the mid-80s.) As Walsh explained: Tim Huelskamp survived four more years after he left for a total of six years – and took a lot of abuse from the GOP Establishment that he doesn't talk about much.
Tim Huelskamp likewise expressed amazement that he and Joe would meet up again through Heartland. Not missing a beat, Dr. Huelskamp revealed that Washington, D.C. is worse than it even looks. "So many legislators are out of touch and this includes state legislators," Huelskamp said. "They don't understand what built America." Huelskamp believes government is not the answer to freedom, but the problem.
On the issue of climate, Tim Huelskamp sees no problem with CO2. Heartland, as the world's most vocal critic of the hypothesis man-made, catastrophic climate change, believes in Energy Freedom and is fighting back against Tom Steyer as he uses his wealth to advance bogus climate claims. As stated by Huelskamp: "Steyer will outspend Heartland 100-to-1, but we know we will win because Heartland is right." Tom Steyer is a billionaire on a mission to save the planet from Trump. His organization, NextGen Climate, has spent $170 million over the past four years advocating for policies and politicians push climate alarmism and advance renewable energy.
Like our Founding Fathers, Tim Huelskamp believes Washington, D.C. should be limited in power. Accordingly, Heartland efforts are directed at the state level where change is possible – a rarity, as most organizations direct their efforts toward Washington. Heartland prides itself on sending out three monthly policy newspapers – Budget & Tax News, Environment & Climate News, and School Reform News – to every national and state elected officials in the United States and thousands of civic and business leaders. State by state Heartland is making a difference, in keeping with Heartland's mission to save this nation and our country.
The event concluded with a raffle of three prizes awarded to the lucky holders of winning tickets sold throughout the event, although many guests did linger for a while longer.
As I left the event, I was already thinking ahead to next year's Fourth Annual Picnic for Freedom.


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10 Estonian Tech Companies To Watch In 2022
Updated on: Jun 24, 2022 Market Research 8 minutes to read
The 10 Best Estonian Tech Companies To Watch In 2021 are:
The Estonian tech scene is one of the most dynamic in Europe due to the continuously growing number of startups and unicorns. With less than 1.5M people, the number of startups is higher than in Italy and altogether is estimated at more than $1B.
Estonia managed to transform its digital sector thru a series of cross-industry modernization projects such as e-Residency or e-Estonia that had a decisive impact on how society interacts with tech. But unicorns and startups developed in Estonia even before the digital revolution, but of course, at a slower pace. Skype, for example, was founded by Danish and Swedish entrepreneurs, but the first developers working for it were Estonians. And it is largely considered that this was the starting point for the Estonian digital era.
Today, Estonia has more than 6% of its population working in IT and developing startups and interesting tech companies that should be followed
Bolt is the new Uber - a ride-sharing app with Estonian origins and estimated at more than $1.7B. It started to gain popularity in Eastern Europe but is also a top ride-sharing option in Portugal, Mexico, and multiple locations in Africa. Bolt has 2.6K employees as of July 2021, and when it comes to drivers, they charge them up to 15% per ride. However, other companies in the same branch tax 25% per ride, which makes Bolt more competitive on the market.
On the ride-sharing market, Bolt is by far not the first company that comes with adaptive transportation solutions. In Eastern Europe, where Bolt is trying to attract more drivers and customers there is already Uber on the one hand that has already a client and driver base, and on the other, there is Yandex which is the only modern solution in the post-soviet countries from the same region.
The real battle starts in the app, where Bolt comes with a minimalist and simple UI that comes in handy to everyone. On the other hand, Uber has features that Bolt doesn't have yet - the safety section for example. How Uber and Yandex will respond further to Bolt moves and how Bolt will innovate in 2021-2022 may change the industry rules.
Monese comes from the Estonian Norris Koppe and is a licensed fintech in the UK that operates in the mobile banking sector. Monese started in 2015 with a modest number of 13 employees and it grew up to 370 by 2019, which reveals steady growth of the company. According to Glassdoor, the minimum wage of Monese is estimated at £21K/year for a copywriter, and the highest wage according to the same source goes to the Head of Product - £144K/year.
The Mobile Banking Market also has multiple players with a proven track record, and Monese is one of the youngest yet the most promising there. Revolut, TransferWise, PaySend amongst others covered the market, but like in any other industry, the latest entry has always something new to show.
However, the largest competitor for Monese remains Monzo, since both tools provide the same services, allow users to open and hold an account for free and allow them to send money internationally. When it comes to fees, Monese has higher taxes on transfers, while Monzo takes more on ATM withdrawals. Also, both companies have the same features on the ease of getting a debit card and Mobile Banking services. But, except ATMs Monzo provides more flexibility compared to Monese when it comes to card usability overseas and internationally.
The fight in FinTech is far from over, with possible new players coming into the market in the next few years. Until then, Monese has a challenging task to grow in a market dominated by Monzo
Pipedrive is considered one of the most popular sales CRM on the market, and of course, it has the Made in Estonia label. Pipedrive was founded in 2010 and is also one of the oldest and most experienced players on the market. As of 2021, Pipedrive had 800 employees in more than 10 offices across Europe and North America. Pipedrive pays its employees on average $111K/year, including base and bonuses, which is around $53/hour and at the same time has around 95,000 customers which include both companies and individuals that financially supply the company with resources.
But, with all the good news, and adding that in 2020 Pipedrive became the fifth Estonian unicorn, the CRM is still behind Salesforce, which is the market behemoth. On the other hand, there are also multiple CRM platforms popping up from behind which place Pipedrive in one of the most interesting positions - to innovate and evolve. But the story does not end here, since the CRM market is also divided and segmented into multiple layers, where small businesses prefer CRMs like Pipedrive, while large companies opt for Salesforce. It's not only about the budget, but also the volumes and requirements of each company. And as a side note, Pipedrive is not even in the Top 5 Most Popular CRM but is still one of the most promising on the market.
Fortumo
Fortumo is a global monetization and growth platform for digital merchants made in Estonia. It was founded in 2007 and the core of Fortumo is made of 300 different digital wallets and telcos across the globe. For 2007, Fortuma came as an innovative and universal business solution for multiple businesses. Over the years, Fortumo managed to make partnerships with companies like Google, Amazon, Spotify, Facebook, Tencent, and Epic Games.
Fortumo has 180+ employees with its headquarters in San Francisco, California, and has an estimated revenue of $39M. According to Glassdoor, a Customer Success employee at Fortumo gets between $32-34K/year. However, according to teatmik.ee data, the estimated average net wage at Fortumo is €2387/mo.
The main competitors Fortumo has on an international level are Boku, PayOne, and even Citcon with revenue less than $5M. Stats show that Boku is the main player with a 99.44% market share compared to 0.08% that Fortumo has. In customers, that would mean that Boku has ~115K while Fortumo only 117. However, some of Fortumo's customers are larger than Boku's, which means that Fortumo is targeting large players. Back in 2020, rumors were saying that Boku could buy Fortumo, but the deal broke.
AskRobin
AskRobin was founded in Estonia in 2017 and provides financial services mainly in Latin America & Mexico.
The FinTech tool allowed more than 1 million people to access financial services for their needs in the region - all connected to around 100 different lenders. The main contributors that built and raised AskRobin are the following 4 companies:
Change Ventures
Vereeni Early Stage Funds
Bene ASIA Capital
By 2020, AskRobin raised $1.7M in funds and evolved into a platform where multiple crediting companies compete with each other for customers that want and need better credit offers. The Estonian startup came as a helping hand to more than 60% of the Latin American middle class that cannot access formal credits from banks and are falling to loan sharks on the street which comes with harsh conditions and consequences in most cases.
AskRobin has a turnover of under $5M and provides less than 25 working places, but at the same time, it is not the only or the largest company on the market. Twino, Estate Guru, Compara Guru, or Mintos are also providing similar services on the Latin American market, and some of them are also founded by entrepreneurs in the Baltic countries.
What makes the market interesting and continuously evolving is customer behavior. Having multiple options to choose from, users will require better conditions for credits, and the banking systems which differ from country to country in the same region will most probably come with a response to companies such as AskRobin. On the other hand, the governments should encourage the population to access formal credits and officialize their businesses, and work experience. If there will be a chain reaction generated by a government or a bank in the region is still a mystery.
Veriff
Veriff is one of the leading AI-based KYC tools that emerged in a growing industry in 2015. It is an Estonian startup that was created by Kaarel Kotkas which in 2018 was named one of the most influential entrepreneurs in Northern Europe by the Nordic Business Report. Veriff has 248 employees as of 2021 and pays on average 1255 Euros/mo for the services of a Verification Specialist in Estonia.
By 2021 Veriff has taken $92.8 million in funding, and also secured another $69 million in a Series B funding round led by IVP and Acel. The entire Global Identity Verification Market is worth $17.6 billion and is also expected to grow by 13% by 2026. Among Veriff global partners and customers there are notable names such as Monese, Transferwise, Blockchain.com, and Mintos.
However, Veriff is not in the top 5 players on the market yet, where GBG, Thales Group, Mitek Systems, and IDEMIA are leading. But the entire industry was boosted by the recent developments in the global economy and digitalization and combined with the Covid-19 pandemic. The last factor is a game-changer that provided the NYC industry with new customers and players as well. If Veriff will take a leading role in the market, or things will settle, is still uncertain since this is a relatively new market where the only boundaries are national and international law.
Paxful is an Estonian platform for crypto p2p exchange that comes with small innovations compared to larger platforms, such as Binance. Paxful was founded by Ray Youssef in 2015 and provides crypto exchange services for three currencies: ETH, BTC, and USDT. Paxful has between 250-500 employees and has salaries between $63K up to $241K/year depending on the job title.
On the crypto trading market, Paxful is still very small and focused on the top cryptocurrencies, which makes it even after 5 years a limited platform but with a pleasant UI and nice features. Even though there are hundreds of comparisons between Paxful and Binance, CoinBase, or Kraken, the Estonian platform falls far behind. On the other hand, Paxful comes strong in Africa. The company says that has more than 6 million users across the globe.
Topia
Topia is an Estonian-based startup that was launched in 2010 focused on talent mobility. Topia assists both employers and employees in managing their plan for hiring or get hired in other locations. Topia takes into account details such as compliance, immigration, taxes, reporting and simplifies the entire process. This is probably one of the reasons why tech behemoths such as Dell or AXA work with this Estonian startup.
Topia has around 115 employees, and is currently located in San Francisco, but also has offices in the UK, Estonia, and another one in Bellevue, WA, US. Payscale mentions that as of January 2021 Topia employees get between $37K-113K/year depending on the job.
Topia's top competitors are Service Now HR Delivery, Urban Bound, or ReloTalent. Taking into account the pandemic, the entire industry faced specific challenges which changed the settings on the market. In 2021 the industry will most probably evolve.
Raison is a financial platform that provides multiple investment options and + easy onboarding. It was founded in Estonia in 2017 and is a relatively new tool on the market. It allows sharing bills with friends but also stores fiat and crypto assets, invest in blockchain products, and financial analysis. So, what makes Raison unique is flexibility.
According to the official website, Raison has a team of 27 people that are handling tasks such as sales, marketing, development, QA, and C-levels. There is no publicly available information about wages at Raison, neither estimations.
The Estonian fintech mobile app competes on the global market with companies such as TNG Wallet, FlowAccount, CashBee, Eco-Bill, or Outbank. They all have similar functionalities, provide similar services, and hire approximately the same number of employees. And even if Raison is not the only Estonian fintech mobile app, it comes with innovative features and different services in some fields. With multiple players in this industry segment, Raison's current version is only a temporary solution to the people's needs, and major updates focused on innovation and user experience will definitely be to keep or even increase the growth rate.
Crypterium is one of the first apps that allows users to pay with cryptocurrencies. It was founded in 2017 in Estonia and comes as an innovative solution in the fintech industry. It allows users to pay via a digital or plastic card that can be acquired for free. On the other hand, Crypterium has some limitations when it comes to spending and ATM withdrawals: users are allowed to spend up to €10.000/mo in online and offline retails and withdraw a maximum of €2500/mo from ATMs worldwide. In addition, it allows users to access a 1% loan or up to €5000 using the main deposit as a collateral deposit.
Crypterium has 84 employees that ensure the app and processes' well functioning and served more than 5M customers worldwide that performed an all-time transaction volume of over $1Bn.
In 2021 Crypterium is not the only competitor on the market, and as a matter of fact, has multiple alternatives that provide identical services and probably take lower fees. MyEtherWallet, Exodus, Decentral among others. If Crypterium will improve and evolve to a top leading position on the global market it is to find out but is definitely a top Estonian company to watch in 2021.
Would you add more Estonian startups to the list?
Dan Irascu
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Ask a Stoner: Why is U.S. Customs Intercepting My CBD Oil?
By Toke of the Town on November 9, 2017 Cannabusiness, CBD, Hemp, Media, Products, Smuggler's Blues
Dear Stoner: I ordered hemp-CBD oil online, but I got a letter in the mail saying it was intercepted by U.S. Customs. What's the deal? Isn't it legal now?
Visit Colorado's Number-One Spot for Busting Foreign Marijuana Growers
By Toke of the Town on October 31, 2017 Busted, Follow that story, Growing, News, Smuggler's Blues
Courtesy of the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office
The headline of a post published in this space last year posed the question, "Is Pueblo the Drug Bust Capital of Colorado?" And in recent months, law enforcement in the community has answered this question with a resounding "Yes," particularly when it comes to marijuana crimes with an international flavor. In a series of raids over the past four months, the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office, working in conjunction with other agencies, has seized more than 8,000 cannabis plants at allegedly illegal grows associated with foreign nationals. Among those arrested as part of the operations were eight men from Mexico and four from Cuba.
Are East Coast Colleges Really More Weed-Friendly Than Colorado's?
By Toke of the Town on September 28, 2017 Culture, News, Smuggler's Blues
Hunter Stevens
Colorado's status as one of the most cannabis-friendly states in the country is unquestioned, but its universities aren't showing the same love, according to a recent study. In a Princeton Review list of the nation's college campuses that are most accepting of pot, only two Colorado schools cracked the top twenty.
No Jail Time for Deputy Accused in Plot to Smuggle Pot Edibles Into Jail
By Toke of the Town on September 12, 2017 Busted, Follow that story, Say what?, Smuggler's Blues
Boulder County Sheriff's Office
Catching up on a story from earlier this year: Former Boulder County Sheriff's Office Deputy Tyler Mason is currently on probation after reportedly taking a plea deal following accusations that he'd attempted to smuggle marijuana edibles into Boulder County Jail.
Ask a Stoner: Does Nug Size Matter?
By Toke of the Town on August 30, 2017 Dispensaries, Say what?, Smuggler's Blues
Dear Stoner: My question is about the different forms of weed. I recently bought a half-ounce, and the weed was in balls the size of marbles; they were too small to be buds. Why was it like this?
R. Holmes
Ask a Stoner: Can I Order CBD or THC Edibles Through the Mail?
By Toke of the Town on August 17, 2017 CBD, Legalize It, Products, Smuggler's Blues
Dear Stoner: I'm a chronic-pain patient in a state that hasn't legalized marijuana. I've been prescribed opioids for years, which has led to depression and anxiety issues. Is there any way for me to mail-order THC and CBD edibles from a legalized state?
LeighAnn
Do Denver Rental Cars Smell Like Marijuana?
By Toke of the Town on August 16, 2017 Follow that story, Media, Say what?, Smuggler's Blues
During a recent interview with Westword, Smart Approaches to Marijuana President and CEO Kevin Sabet, one of America's most influential critics of cannabis legalization, offered an unexpected observation about his visits to Denver. According to Sabet, a number of vehicles provided to him by Denver International Airport rental-car businesses over the past few years have smelled strongly of pot. He added that he's had to exchange rentals multiple times at DIA before he's been given one that didn't reek of weed, giving him numerous opportunities to "educate" personnel at the agencies about the scope of a problem he views as positively chronic.
Wyoming Has a Message for Solar Eclipsers: Leave Your Pot at Home
By Toke of the Town on August 15, 2017 Busted, Legalize It, Media, News, Smuggler's Blues
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Astrological vibes will take hold of America on August 21, when a solar eclipse will stretch across the United States. It will be close to complete in Colorado, and the path of totality is just a few hours away, in Wyoming.
In fact, Wyoming is considered one of the best places in the West to view the eclipse, with between 250,000 and 500,000 people expected to head into the state, taking advantage of its clear skies and place in the eclipse's direct line. Towns from Jackson to Torrington are on the path, and Casper, four hours up I-25, is even holding a five-day festival leading up to the eclipse; the Astronomical League is holding its annual convention there just before the eclipse.
But the Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police has a warning for travelers coming from Colorado: Don't bring your weed.
Ask a Stoner: Does Marijuana Attract Bears?
By Toke of the Town on August 4, 2017 Say what?, Smuggler's Blues, Stoner MacGyver
Dear Stoner: While camping in bear country, one needs to secure all food and toiletry items that have an odor so as not to attract bears. Is the same true of my stash? I'd hate to be maimed — or worse.
How "Free" Marijuana May Cost Thirteen People Their Freedom
By Toke of the Town on July 26, 2017 Busted, Cannabusiness, Dispensaries, News, Smuggler's Blues
Thirteen people associated with Hoppz' Cropz stores in Colorado Springs, including co-owners Joseph Hopper, also known as "Joey Hops," and Dara Wheatley, nicknamed "Boss Lady," have been indicted on charges that they illegally distributed nearly 200 pounds of marijuana in a variation on the sort of "free" pot giveaway schemes that date back to the days before and just after the launch of legal recreational cannabis sales.


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Road closed after large stuck crane blocks busy Ribble Valley route
These Lancashire bus lanes are set to be enforced by cameras
A series of bus lanes across Lancashire are set to be enforced by cameras in an attempt to improve compliance with the restrictions.
By Paul Faulkner
Updated Monday, 14th June 2021, 1:01 pm
Eight established bus-only routes across Burnley, Accrington and Lancaster will be monitored by the technology after plans were approved by Lancashire County Council's cabinet.
£1m of road safety schemes revealed for Lancashire - with half to help cyclists
New traffic orders have been issued to ensure that the introduction of the cameras meets the necessary traffic sign regulations.
Cameras will soon be watching over bus-only routes like this right-hand turn on King Street in Accrington (image: Google)
Shaun Turner, who holds the newly-created environment and climate change portfolio at the authority, said it was vital to "encourage rapid bus journeys if we want to attract people to use public transport".
His highways and transport cabinet colleague Charlie Edwards said that the bus network was a primary source of "greener travel" across the county, which the authority was keen to support "as much as we possibly can".
A report presented to members stated: "The implementation of camera enforcement will facilitate efficient bus service operation, ensure that the bus lane restrictions are respected and allow them to fulfil the purpose for which they were designed."
WHERE ARE THE CAMERAS GOING?
These are the bus lane routes where camera enforcement can now be introduced:
***King Street – small section preventing right turn beneath the viaduct.
***Whalley Street – between Burnley Road and Peel Street.
***A671 Padiham Road – eastbound from just before the junction with Mitchell Street to the roundabout
***Westway – westbound from just past the Accrington Road junction to close to the roundabout junction with Barracks Road.
***Church Street - between Active Way and School Lane
***North Road – between Damside Street and Rosemary Lane/Chapel Street
An exemption will also be introduced for cycles and authorised vehicles, with the latter intended to allow entry for the purpose of loading/unloading to premises situated on, or adjacent to, North Road between Chapel Street and Damside Street along with vehicles accessing the service area at the rear of properties on Rosemary Lane, Church Street and North Road.
However, "authorised vehicles" are defined as those which have been given permission by the council, in writing, to access the route for the purpose outlined above. The new arrangement will replace the general "except for access" exemption currently in operation.
Taxis are already permitted to use the route and will continue to be so.
***Wood Street – between Cable Street and Damside Street
***Around the bus station concourse
BUS GATE PROPOSAL RUNS OUT OF ROAD
An initial plan to introduce an official camera-enforced "bus gate" on Chapel Street between the entrance to the car park and Butterfield Street was scrapped when it emerged that a planned development will close off access to Chapel Street from Butterfield Street – thereby removing the only alternative route to allow access to properties south of the proposed restriction.
It had been intended that the bus gate would have a defined exemption for authorised vehicles that would have to register in order to use the route. This was deemed easier to enforce than the current "prohibition of driving" notice which has a more general "except for access" exemption and is open to abuse by drivers taking a short cut through the city centre.
However, the complications caused by the development means that the current restrictions will remain in place, with monitoring undertaken to determine how widely they are being flouted and consideration of what were described simply as "different methods of enforcement".
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Taking a Cue from Aaron Moss, Further Thoughts about Miramax v. Tarantino
The blog Copyright Lately by attorney Aaron Moss is a must-follow for copyright nerds. His posts are always lively and filled with historic details or other arcana that will appeal to the true enthusiast, and in that spirit, Moss's latest post got me thinking. It's about the Battaille Royale between Quentin Tarantino and Miramax Pictures over Tarantino's intent to sell seven exclusive NFTs based on high-resolution digital scans of selected handwritten pages from the original Pulp Fiction screenplay. "But while Miramax v. Tarantino is being billed as the first major legal dispute involving copyrights and NFTs, it really isn't a dispute about NFTs. Frankly, it's barely a dispute about copyrights," Moss writes.
Describing the NFT aspect of the lawsuit as a distracting "shiny object," Moss explains, "… this is primarily a contract dispute—a fight about whether the publication rights Quentin Tarantino reserved in his agreement with Miramax include the right to sell digital screenplay scans. While Tarantino happens to be selling the scans as NFTs, the principal legal issue in the case will be whether he has the right to create and sell them at all. This will hinge on the meaning of Tarantino's reserved 'screenplay publication' rights."
Tarantino reserves the right to publish the screenplay, and if the manuscript pages to be scanned are considered "published" segments of the script, Tarantino likely wins. If, on the other hand, the scanned pages (with bonus features) are considered merchandise, then Miramax likely wins because those rights are reserved by the studio. So, of course, Moss is right that this is barely a copyright case and that the NFT aspect is largely irrelevant, except, of course, that copyright law can tell us something about the nature of the works in dispute, and this may include how they will be made available.
Particularly because we do not have the proposed NFTs to examine, the questions are a bit murky as to what kind of works are ultimately in dispute. But let's keep in mind that Tarantino reserves the right to publish the expression originally fixed as a screenplay, and what Miramax reserves is the right to prepare derivative works based on the expressions originally fixed in the motion picture, which would include merchandise. Miramax also owns the trademarks on Pulp Fiction, which it accuses Tarantino of infringing in the promotion of the NFTs.
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, page 1." Chad Kleitsch, 2005. Used by permission.
This case made me think immediately of my friend Chad Kleitsch's work in scanography (a term he might have coined) in which he uses a scanner rather than a camera to capture latent images, turning various objects into works of visual art. Using backlight in the scanning process and applying often painstaking work in post, Kleitsch generally prints his images in large scale, and in these prints, ordinary objects—from flowers to baby dresses—become artworks which are ineffably distinct from the artifacts themselves.
Among the objects Kleitsch has made into artworks are various culturally significant, handwritten documents, for instance, the first page of Chapter 1 of the manuscript for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Mark Twain's writing is, of course, in the public domain, but even where the expression may be free to use, the right to reproduce objects like manuscript pages is vested in the owners of those objects, and this scan was made with permission of the New York Public Library, where the document resides. (In this regard, Tarantino is presumably the owner of the physical manuscript pages he intends to scan.)
Of course, Kleitsch's scanographed works fit a classic paradigm when he meticulously prints the images and displays these prints in galleries where they are offered for sale. This familiar fine-art mode is arguably the opposite tradition of the NFT craze, and some might even call it outdated, though we shall see. Regardless, my point is that scanned manuscript documents can be unique works of visual art in which the expressive and cultural value of the handwriting on the paper is fixed anew in a manner that changes the context of the original object, often altering, transcending, or commenting upon the expression in the words themselves.
If Kleitsch were to come into possession (legally) of one of Tarantino's manuscript pages, turn it into a singular work and sell that work at a gallery for a million dollars, not only would I expect him to buy lunch next time we meet, but I think copyright law would likely find that either the resulting visual work amounts to de minimis reproduction of the protected expression (the words on the page), or that the amount of copying of the protected expression is defended under the fair use doctrine for the purpose of making an entirely new work of visual art.
My point in highlighting Kleitsch's work is to emphasize that a page of writing is simultaneously a fixation of protected expression and an object, which can be made into a new work of visual art, and in Miramax v. Tarantino, a relevant question may be whether the proposed NFTs are considered artified objects or solely reproductions of the expression in the original screenplay. To an extent, the handwriting element ads some weight to the former conclusion, but much depends, I think, on what is ultimately produced and how it is made available. In fact, what Tarantino proposes to create may be more akin to derivative works within the ambit of the motion picture franchise and reeking of merchandising. The Miramax complaint states the following:
The Press Release … described the Pulp Fiction NFTs as containing "one-of-a-kind" content that had "never been seen or heard before, . . . includ[ing]: the uncut first handwritten scripts of 'Pulp Fiction' and exclusive custom commentary from Tarantino, revealing secrets about the film and its creator."
With that kind of promotion, one can at least see where Miramax might have reason for concern. Custom commentary and behind-the-scenes type material in a gimmicky package (and especially using the Pulp Fiction trademark in promotion) is reminiscent of merchandising derivative works based on the motion picture, which falls under Miramax's reserved rights.
The NFT promos and the complaint imply that Tarantino will not be scanning seven non-consecutive single pages into unique works of visual art (a la Kleitsch) but that he will be scanning seven iconic scenes from the movie, each of which will comprise several pages totaling, perhaps, twenty-five or more, or nearly one-fifth of the screenplay. Arguably, the more pages Tarantino reproduces, even with commentary, the more the NFT would appear to fall within his publication rights. Further the handwritten pages are personal property, which he has the right to make into visual works. On the other hand, would Tarantino have the right to produce a gold-embossed, leather-bound, one-of-a-kind copy of the screenplay to sell at auction? Is that an edition of the screenplay or a unique piece of merchandise? Or is it both? In that sense, how are the proposed NFTs different?
So, although I would expect that the handwritten pages element combined with the publication rights tilt in Tarantino's favor, a lot may depend on the overall package embodied in the NFT, how it is presented, and (perhaps) whether it is made available to anyone other than the individual buyers. Especially if the material winds up distributed to Pulp Fiction fans everywhere, the manner in which the proposed elements are arranged and presented may look a lot more like merchandise derived from the motion picture, than like publication of the expression embodied in the dramatic work called the screenplay.
So, what is Tarantino ultimately creating? A limited publication of a screenplay, a gimmicky piece of merchandise, or a new work of visual art? Without the works to analyze, it's very hard to say. But based on the available evidence to date, the proposed NFTs may be all of the above. As such, perhaps this whole venture was best pursued as a collaboration. We shall see.
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Stahlmühle ist ein Gemeindeteil des Marktes Heidenheim im Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen (Mittelfranken, Bayern).

Lage
Die Einöde liegt etwa eineinhalb Kilometer südlich des Hahnenkammsees, westlich benachbart an der nach Ursheim als nächsten Ort führenden Staatsstraße 2384 an der Rohrach.

Geschichte
Der Name leitet sich von den Herren von Stahelsberg ab, die auf dem heutigen Schloßberg bei Hechlingen am See saßen und die Mühle zu einem unbekannten Zeitpunkt errichteten. Um 1200 starben die Stahelsberger wohl mit dem Freien Rupertus von Stahelsberg (genannt 1197) aus. Um 1400 wird die Getreidemühle in den Quellen des Klosters Heidenheim fassbar, in dessen Besitz sie gekommen war. Nachdem das Kloster im Zuge der Reformation aufgelöst worden war, gehörte die Stahlmühle bis zur Säkularisation zum Ansbachischen Kammeramt Hohentrüdingen.

Mit der Säkularisation kam die Mühle 1806 an Bayern, wo sie ab 1808 dem Landgericht Heidenheim zugeordnet war. Im 20. Jahrhundert wurde die Getreidemühle stillgelegt und in ein von der Rohrach betriebenes Sägewerk umgewandelt, das zur Gemeinde Hechlingen am See gehörte und mit dieser am 1. Mai 1978 zur Gemeinde Heidenheim kam. Die Stahlmühle ist heute noch ein holzverarbeitender Betrieb. Derzeit werden 4 Einwohner gezählt.

Sonstiges
 Bei der Stahlmühle wurde in einem heute nicht mehr zugänglichen Steinbruch Kalkstein (Weißjurakalk) abgebaut.
 Auf dem nahen Schloßberg nördlich der Stahlmühle zeugen Erdwälle und ein Halsgraben von der einstigen Burganlage der Stahelsberger. Im ehemaligen Burghof haben sich Ruinen einer Zisterzienserinnen-Klosterkirche des 13. Jahrhunderts erhalten.
 Das Gebäude Stahlmühle 1 ist das einzige Baudenkmal des Ortes und stammt aus dem 17. oder 18. Jahrhundert.

Literatur

 Martin Winter: Hechlingen am See – Bilder aus der Landschaft und der frühen Geschichte. In: Alt-Gunzenhausen. Heft 48 (1993), S. 28–90, insbes. S. 46 f.

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Ortsteil von Heidenheim (Mittelfranken)
Ort im Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
Wassermühle im Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
Mühle in Europa
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2:00PM Water Cooler 1/08/2021
Posted on January 8, 2021 by Lambert Strether
By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
Stormy petrels seem right just about now.
At reader request, I've added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site.
I feel I'm engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching, because I don't think the peak is coming in the next days, or even weeks. Is the virus gathering itself for another leap?
I finally cajoled the 91-DIVOC UI into giving me hospitalization, positivity, fatalities, and above all vaccination, besides case count nationally and in the Big States. I'll mess around more with them during the week to improve them. I think the new UI will allow me to integrate more data series legibly, especially vaccination.
Vaccination by region:
Improvement. I imagine Cuomo is holding back the Northeast.
Case count by United States region:
Big states (New York, Florida, Texas, California):
Oh, California!
Test positivity:
Nowhere near 3%, anywhere.
Hospitalization:
Hospitalization is discretionary; they may also be reducing their admissions rate — relative to cases we cannot see in this data! — to preserve future capacity; or because hospitals have figured out how to send people home. –>
Case fatality rate (plus deaths):
Fatality rate looking a little better, though still not as good as two months ago.
NY: "N.Y. Front-Line Workers to Lose Place in Line If Skip Shot" [Bloomberg]. "New York has administered only 430,000 of the 900,000 doses it has received, leaving more than half of the Covid shots unused on the day the state reported the most daily coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic… Officials around the state have asked Cuomo for freedom to expand eligibility for who can receive the virus because they say the strict rules are unnecessarily delaying the vaccine rollout. In New York City, health officials have thousands of shots available "without arms to give injections to," Mitchell Katz, chief executive officer of NYC Health and Hospitals, said in a separate Thursday briefing." • I hate this "arms" trope that's all over everything. We're vaccinating people, not injecting arms!
"But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?" –James Madison, Federalist 51
"They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery." –Frank Herbert, Dune
"They had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing." –Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
"The Enablers of Insurrection Should Be Ostracized" [Jeet Heer, The Nation]. "What these Trump staffers fear is in fact what progressives should aim for: a world where having Trump on your résumé makes you unemployable." • Come on, man. Iraq War instigator David Frum is now editor of the Atlantic. Bush himself gave Michelle candy. All the torturers and war criminals got jobs, and in the fullness of time, many of them became Heroes Of The Resistance™. And before we go on about interfering with a Constitutional process, Bush destroyed the Fourth Amendment with his program of warrantless surveillance. I'm seeing — mostly from the NGOs and the media — an enormous amount of what on a lesser issue would be called liberal fingerwagging, but in the Capitol seizure has transformed itself into a lust for vengeance ("Impeach, then Humiliate"), and an almost tribal desire to impose ritual separation on the unclean, the contaminated, the taboo. As here. I'm seeing very little thought being given to what actions can be taken to make sure this never happens again. Ostracism was invented to deal with individuals, not classes of people, let alone slightly under half the population, which is what Heer's project will turn into. I don't say I have a solution; I don't. But on all sides I see people doubling down on their priors, and I look for little good to come of that.
Taibbi on The Rising:
Taibbi on Q supporters: "They had to go through a period of disenchantment that lasted decades before they got to this place. And I think people don't understand that." Again, I'm not sure what the solution is, other than to begin by eliminating social media entirely.
"Platforms Must Pay for Their Role in the Insurrection" [Wired]. "[I]nternet platforms—Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter, in particular—have played a fomenting and facilitating role that no one should overlook. In their relentless pursuit of engagement and profits, these platforms created algorithms that amplify hate speech, disinformation, and conspiracy theories. This harmful content is particularly engaging and serves as the lubricant for businesses as profitable as they are influential. These platforms also enforce their terms of service in ways that favor extreme speech and behavior, predominantly right-wing extremism."
UPDATE "The Start Of Something That Is Very Difficult To Turn Back" [Walker Bragman, The Daily Poster]. Interesting historical parallels, but this: "But that's also because Trump truly doesn't care about anyone. He doesn't care if you die. He just doesn't care." • Holy Lord, who does?
So who were the rioters?
"Texas woman flew on private jet to Washington, DC, to 'storm the Capitol'" [NY Post]. "A real estate broker from Frisco, Texas, flew on a private jet to Washington, DC, along with friends to "storm the Capitol" on Wednesday. Jenna Ryan, who is also a radio host, flew from US Trinity Aviation in Denton, Texas, all they way to the nation's Capitol — where she had 'one of the best days of my life.'… The morning of the riots, Ryan livestreamed the walk to Capitol Hill, saying, 'All these working class people taking the week off [(!!)] … We flew here for freedom. They want to steal the election, they want to steal everything.'" • Not American gentry, I would say, but gentry-adjacent.
A second anecdote:
They were upper-middle class adventurists wearing overpriced tacticool gear. "Average folks from rural areas" don't have the money to burn on a plane ticket and a hotel in DC. The left has no reach with these people because they're insurance agents and car dealership owners. https://t.co/WJEe5uL8k4
— gato fumador ❼ (@KweenInYeIIow) January 8, 2021
Also gentry-adjacent.
A third anecdote:
i wanted to find out what kind of guy drove this weird cartoon penis trailer to the trump rally so now i'm on his wife's facebook watching a video of him berating the woman who empties his trash. he's a small business owner & his wife works for jp morgan chase 🙂 pic.twitter.com/drhZhMwv0C
— molly conger (@socialistdogmom) January 8, 2021
"Some clarifications on class and Trump's shock troops" [Carl Beijer]. "On one hand, we need to distinguish workers — who, under capitalism, are all ultimately subject to increasing economic precarity — from the bourgeoisie, which is not…. On one hand, we need to distinguish workers — who, under capitalism, are all ultimately subject to increasing economic precarity — from the bourgeoisie, which is not. This is a class distinction, defined by different relationships to capital and the means of production. On the other hand, however, we also need to be able to distinguish among workers who, at any given moment, may be experiencing very different material conditions despite their identical class position. This is the only way you can avoid the common liberal equivocation between workers and the immiserated poor. 3) Once we make these distinctions, and bearing in mind that demographic generalizations are always dangerous, I think we can speak clearly about who these protesters were. Were most of them the bourgeoisie? Obviously not, simply because very few people are actually the bourgeoisie. Were they the poor then? This doesn't seem very likely, either. The poor in the US are overwhelmingly disengaged from politics; they aren't spending the insane amount of time consuming boutique right-wing infotainment that these protesters clearly consume; and they aren't taking several days off of work for a field trip to Washington DC, a city where few poor right-wing people actually live. Just a glance at this crowd makes it clear that these are the same people who always show up for this kind of protest in DC: well-off Republican contractors and apparatchiks from the nearby suburbs, and the sort of activists who have the time and disposable income to visit the Capitol. The overlap with Trump's hardcore base of beautiful boaters is obvious, and the endless succession of protesters who have since been identified as lawyers, doctors, and small business owners don't exactly contest this." • My difficulty here is that I have glanced at the crowd, and the majority of them don't look like either DC suburbanites or American gentry to me. I remember once, during the Tahrir Square occupation, hearing the figure that Muslim Brotherhood comprised at most 25% of the occupation. So I got a big crowd shot, and counted the beards: 25%. I'll try to do something like that for this event. I think Beijer's structure is good — though it doesn't include people like the dude with the horns — but I'm not sure that his data is. And are there that many beard-os from the Beltway burbs? Plus, I just Googled the cheapest plane far from — random shot — Sioux Falls South Dakota to Washington-ReaganNational: $200. Doable, especially if you have a place to crash.
"Jan. 6 Was 9 Weeks — And 4 Years — in the Making" [Politico]. "The core of the Tea Party was senior citizens in lawn chairs waving miniature flags and handing out literature; the only people in costumes wore ruffled shirts and tri-corner hats. The core of the MAGA movement is edgier, more aggressive and less friendly; its adherents would rather cosplay the Sons of Anarchy than the Sons of Liberty. There is one thing that connects these movements: Both were born out of deception. Republican leaders convinced the grassroots of 2009 and 2010 that they could freeze government spending and reform entitlement programs and repeal Obamacare. Trump convinced the grassroots of 2015 and 2016 that he, too, could repeal Obamacare, while also making Mexico pay for a border wall and overhauling the nation's infrastructure. The key difference is that the Tea Party slowly faded into obscurity as voters realized these promises politicians made were a scam, whereas the MAGA movement has only grown more intensely committed with each new con dangled in front of them."
Election Legitimacy
"Sidney Powell Sued by Dominion for $1.3 Billion Over Vote-Fraud Claims" [Bloomberg]. • And so we're going to end up with ballot marking devices percieved as legitimate [pounds head on desk].
Transition to Biden
"Biden DHS pick discloses corporate clients" [Politico]. "Alejandro Mayorkas, President-elect Joe Biden's pick for Homeland Security secretary, has made more than $3.3 million over the past two years as a corporate lawyer representing and advising companies such as Airbnb, Northrop Grumman, T-Mobile and Uber, according to a newly filed disclosure…. The most problematic might be Intuit, the tax preparation company behind TurboTax. More than a dozen lawmakers — including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) — urged the Federal Trade Commission in 2019 to investigate whether efforts by Intuit and other tax prep companies to conceal their free tax filing options from the public, which were exposed by a ProPublica investigation, constituted 'unfair and deceptive practices or unfair methods of competition.'"
Now that we know who controls the House and the Senate (and presumably the committees):
"Let me just be very clear as the incoming chairman of the Senate Budget Committee: Remember what happened in 2010. Democrats got wiped out. They had the power, but they did not deliver for the American people. We must have an aggressive agenda." @BernieSanders #ChairmanSanders pic.twitter.com/QOB7rWwPrS
— People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) January 8, 2021
Realignment and Legitimacy
UPDATE Maybe we could give people badges, or something:
do blue state libs have some kind of disease that make them dream up Byzantine rules for every conceivable situation or what https://t.co/cMGkjErQdl pic.twitter.com/apPArim4Cr
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) January 7, 2021
Seriously, given a shortage, priorities have to be set. But once this structure is in place, it's going to be re-used. It's rather like a caste system, isn't it? (Of course, there's no reason to include the rich as a category, since they will have had their concierges handle the matter.)
Stats Watch
At reader request, I added some business stats back in. Please give Econintersect click-throughs; they're a good, old-school blog that covers more than stats. If anybody knows of other aggregators, please contact me at the email address below.
Employment Situation: "December 2020 BLS Jobs Situation – Employment Declines" [Econintersect]. "The headline seasonally adjusted BLS job growth declined and was well below expectations, with the unemployment rate unchanged at 6.7%… Employment recovery from the coronavirus has now stalled…. The rate of further recovery will be dependant on the coronavirus effects."
Rail: "Rail Week Ending 02 January 2021 – Rail Down 7.2% For The Year" [Econintersect]. "Total rail traffic has two components – carloads and intermodal (containers or trailers on rail cars). Container exports from China have recovered, container exports from the U.S. remain deep in contraction. This week again intermodal continued in expansion year-over-year and continues on a strengthening trendline. Carloads 4 week rolling average is in expansion when compared to the 4 week rolling average one year ago but the economic intuitive sectors remain in contraction. But overall because of the strength of intermodal, rail is growing year-over-year."
Private Equity: "Pack of private equity bidders circle £400m KPMG restructuring arm" [Sky News]. "Last autumn, KPMG became the second member of the big four – after Deloitte – to signal plans to sell its restructuring wing amid growing pressure on auditors over their management of conflicts of interest."
The Bezzle: "Apple's Self-Driving Electric Car Is at Least Half a Decade Away" [Bloomberg]. "Apple Inc. will take at least half a decade to launch an autonomous, electric vehicle because development work is still at an early stage, according to people with knowledge of the efforts…. The goal is to let a user to input their destination and be driven there with little or no other engagement, according to the people familiar with the project." • In other words, Level 5 autonomy. Again, I don't think robot cars can ever work unless they operate in a closed environment, like a retirement community, or a completely rebuilt road system.
The Bezzle: "Hyundai Motor says it's in early talks with Apple to develop a car, sends shares soaring 19%" [CNBC]. "The statement followed a local report from the Korea Economic Daily that said Apple suggested the tie-up and Hyundai Motor was reviewing the terms. The report said both electric vehicle production as well as battery development were included in the proposal, and that the car could potentially be released in 2027." • So presumably, Apple won't be redefining "car" to mean flying car.
Tech: "Amazon's Purchase of Wondery Is a Big Bet on Podcast Advertising" [Bloomberg]. "More than 100 million people in the U.S. listened to podcasts each month in 2020… The investment follows Sirius XM Holdings Inc., Spotify Technology SA, and a string of others spending hundreds of millions of dollars to buy podcasting companies… Amazon is well-positioned to translate Wondery's audience into advertising revenue, something the industry is still figuring out. "Podcasts have huge audiences, but they're still the most undermonetized media around," says Dave Zohrob, chief executive officer of Chartable, a podcast analytics firm." • We like them undermonetized. Jeff, Jeff, before you destroy podcasting as we know it, and impoverish all the small operators in your usual winner-take-all fashion, could you please let Rich and Tracy finish The Civil War Podcast? They probably only have two or three years to go….
Tech: "How Tinder became the app that defines online dating" [Financial Times]. "Success is down to Tinder's relatively simple set-up. The company says that it dropped its Elo score, an unnerving system that rated user attractiveness based on how many people liked their profile and then showed them equally popular users. But it still matches on proximity and encourages users to swipe yes or no based on appearance rather than pretending to care about a date's hobbies or interests. The result is that shares in Match now trade at 70 times expected earnings, according to Refinitiv data. To warrant that high it must continue to add paying subscribers when life returns to normal. Tinder, which accounts for more than half of [parent company] Match's 11m subscribers, has an offering that should do the trick: a subscription level that allows users to see who likes them. This lure has helped Tinder convert free users to subscribers without spending large sums on marketing."
Tech: "What happens when a Chrome extension with 2m+ users changes hands, raises red flags, doesn't document updates? Let's find out" [The Register]. If you're using The Great Suspender add-on, don't. Final paragraph: "The Register asked Google whether it plans to implement any measures to help make it easier for people to understand who maintains Chrome extensions and to understand code changes that have been made. We've not heard back." • Shocker.
Mr. Market: "Capitol chaos and a record market rally: Traders on the disconnect between Washington and Wall Street" [CNBC]. "Nancy Tengler, chief investment officer at Laffer Tengler Investments, credits the cool nature of the markets in looking past the unrest. 'The stock market is not a proxy on society; it's a proxy for future economic growth, and so while we can certainly feel the sadness and sorrow of this event, the market doesn't have feelings. It's looking forward to future earnings,' Tengler told CNBC's 'Trading Nation' on Thursday. Additional stimulus should also keep money flowing into the market, she said. 'If you look at the lagged effects of stimulus, we are still benefiting from the March/April stimulus that we received last year, and so we expect that the $900 billion that was just passed is not even in the market yet,' said Tengler." • Mr. Market doesn't have feelings? What about fear and greed?
Today's Fear & Greed Index: 69 Greed (previous close: 66 Greed) [CNN]. One week ago: 51 (Neutral). (0 is Extreme Fear; 100 is Extreme Greed). Last updated Jan 8 at 11:51am. The Capitol seizure didn't rock Mr. Market's World at all.
"High-content screening of Thai medicinal plants reveals Boesenbergia rotunda extract and its component Panduratin A as anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents" [Scientific Reports] (this is Nature, i.e. peer-reviewed). "Among 122 Thai natural products, we found that Boesenbergia rotunda extract and its phytochemical compound, panduratin A, exhibited the potent anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity…. Our study demonstrated, for the first time, that panduratin A exerts the inhibitory effect against SARS-CoV-2 infection at both pre-entry and post-infection phases….. Since B. rotunda is a culinary herb generally grown in China and Southeast Asia, its extract and the purified panduratin A may serve as the promising candidates for therapeutic purposes with economic advantage during COVID-19 situation." • In vitro, but still interesting.
"Could new COVID variants undermine vaccines? Labs scramble to find out" [Nature]. "'By next week we'll have much more information,' says Vineet Menachery, a virologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, whose team is gearing up to study the variants." •
"Genomic Evidence of In-Flight Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Despite Predeparture Testing" [Emerging Infectious Diseases, CDC]. Really good article with a seating map. From the Abstract: "Among 86 passengers on a flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, that arrived in New Zealand on September 29, test results were positive for 7 persons in MIQ. These passengers originated from 5 different countries before a layover in Dubai; 5 had negative predeparture SARS-CoV-2 test results. To assess possible points of infection, we analyzed information about their journeys, disease progression, and virus genomic data. All 7 SARS-CoV-2 genomes were genetically identical, except for a single mutation in 1 sample. Despite predeparture testing, multiple instances of in-flight SARS-CoV-2 transmission are likely." • A twitter thread on this is really interesting:
2/An alternative exposure event, such as in the Dubai Airport before takeoff, can't be definitely ruled out but a much more likely scenario is transmission in flight given the 7 were sitting in close proximity on the flight. The virus spread despite 5 of them reporting mask use. pic.twitter.com/Yr63wNOiSU
— Dr. Ali Nouri (@AliNouriPhD) January 6, 2021
The index cases are (most likely) A and B.
"Marijuana stocks could see more than 50% boost, says top analyst" [Yahoo News]. "One top cannabis analyst believes the rally in marijuana stocks is just beginning, with a more than 50% pop ahead due to the increased likelihood of marijuana reform on the horizon with Democrats taking control of the Senate. Cowen Managing Director Vivien Azer explained her thinking in an interview with Yahoo Finance Live Thursday, noting that reform could open the door to many U.S. multi-state operators finally being able to access traditional banking and begin trading on major U.S. exchanges just as their Canadian peers have." • I dunno. What does Joe Manchin think?
Police State Watch
"The Police's Tepid Response To The Capitol Breach Wasn't An Aberration" [FiveThirtyEight]. "Between May 1 and November 28, 2020, authorities were more than twice as likely to attempt to break up and disperse a left-wing protest than a right-wing one. And in those situations when law enforcement chose to intervene, they were more likely to use force — 34 percent of the time with right-wing protests compared with 51 percent of the time for the left. Given when this data was collected, it predominantly reflects a difference in how police respond to Black Lives Matter, compared with how they respond to anti-mask demonstrations, pro-Trump extremists, QAnon rallies, and militia groups." • This is very good, worth reading in full.
"In Wake Of Prop 22, Albertsons Shifting In-House Delivery Jobs To Gig Work" [HuffPo]. "One of the largest grocery chains in the U.S. has decided to end much of its in-house delivery service, outsourcing the work to third-party companies like DoorDash that rely on independent contractors to drop off food to customers on the cheap. Unions representing workers at Albertsons say the chain's decision will end up degrading good delivery jobs by putting the work on a "gig" model. Independent contractors tend to bear many of the costs of employment, providing their own vehicles and covering wear and tear, while forgoing traditional work benefits like health coverage and a retirement fund….. While Albertsons did not cite the new California law known as Proposition 22 for the decision, several major California markets will be impacted by the policy change. Prop 22 makes it easier for companies like DoorDash to classify their drivers as independent contractors." • The entire California liberal Democrat establishment, including President-in-Waiting Kamala Harris, fought Prop 22 tooth-and-nail, but… Oh, who am I kidding?
"The Intergenerational Transmission of Employers" [ISA Institute of Labor Economics]. From 2010, still germane. The Abstract: "We find that about 40% of a cohort of young Canadian men has been employed with an employer for whom their father also worked; and six to nine percent have the same employer in adulthood. The intergenerational transmission of employers is positively related to paternal earnings, particularly at the very top of the earnings distribution, and to the presence of self-employment income and the number of employers with which the father has had direct contact. It has an important influence in determining nonlinear patterns in the intergenerational elasticity of earnings."
"Labor market trends and unemployment insurance generosity during the pandemic" [Elsevier]. The Abstract: "We test whether changes in unemployment insurance (UI) benefit generosity under the CARES Act in the US are associated with differential employment outcomes under the distinct conditions of the pandemic. While we observe a negative association between UI generosity and employment, we show that the relative employment gap arises before the Act was instituted, decreases in magnitude when the augmented benefits were in place, and does not change when the benefits expansion expires."
News of the Wired
"Wait — Kim Owns the Land and Kanye Owns the House?" [Curbed]. "'People in the public eye like Kim and Kanye want to have their property or assets so if they're ever held liable for something, those assets are really hard to reach,' [real-estate lawyer Eric J. Proos] says." • But who's not a public figure these days? You'd think the legal arrangements Kim and Kanye made could be democratized. Maybe Elon should be teahing his robot how to write legal boilerplate, instead of taking money away from starving artists.
"Why everyone is talking about an image generator released by an Elon Musk-backed A.I. lab" [CNBC]. • Kill it with fire, whether it works or not.
"How Boston Dynamics Taught Its Robots to Dance" (interview) [IEEE Spectrum]. Aaron Saunders, Boston Dynamics' VP of Engineering: "We definitely learned not to underestimate how flexible and strong dancers are—when you take elite athletes and you try to do what they do but with a robot, it's a hard problem. It's humbling. Fundamentally, I don't think that Atlas has the range of motion or power that these athletes do, although we continue developing our robots towards that, because we believe that in order to broadly deploy these kinds of robots commercially, and eventually in a home, we think they need to have this level of performance." • Kill this with fire, too. ki
"'Human remains' find turned out to be a potato: UK police" [Agence France Presse]. • More good news in 2021!
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IM writes: "If you need something wintry and abstract in your repertoire. Frost on moss on a cherry tree. If you squint you can make out the green…it is a bit in the spirit of Jean Paul Riopelle." During my time in Montréal, I was happy to discover in the Museum of Contemporary Art that Quebec had a very strong abstract expressionist school, of which Riopelle was a member.
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About Lambert Strether
Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Clearly, neither liberal Democrats nor conservative Republicans can deliver on such programs, because the two are different flavors of neoliberalism ("Because markets"). I don't much care about the "ism" that delivers the benefits, although whichever one does have to put common humanity first, as opposed to markets. Could be a second FDR saving capitalism, democratic socialism leashing and collaring it, or communism razing it. I don't much care, as long as the benefits are delivered. To me, the key issue — and this is why Medicare for All is always first with me — is the tens of thousands of excess "deaths from despair," as described by the Case-Deaton study, and other recent studies. That enormous body count makes Medicare for All, at the very least, a moral and strategic imperative. And that level of suffering and organic damage makes the concerns of identity politics — even the worthy fight to help the refugees Bush, Obama, and Clinton's wars created — bright shiny objects by comparison. Hence my frustration with the news flow — currently in my view the swirling intersection of two, separate Shock Doctrine campaigns, one by the Administration, and the other by out-of-power liberals and their allies in the State and in the press — a news flow that constantly forces me to focus on matters that I regard as of secondary importance to the excess deaths. What kind of political economy is it that halts or even reverses the increases in life expectancy that civilized societies have achieved? I am also very hopeful that the continuing destruction of both party establishments will open the space for voices supporting programs similar to those I have listed; let's call such voices "the left." Volatility creates opportunity, especially if the Democrat establishment, which puts markets first and opposes all such programs, isn't allowed to get back into the saddle. Eyes on the prize! I love the tactical level, and secretly love even the horse race, since I've been blogging about it daily for fourteen years, but everything I write has this perspective at the back of it.
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Building on the success earned from their previous two singles, rising Manchester four-piece The Covasettes have released their third single in the form of 'Top Drawer'. The band, who have since received support from BBC Introducing, as well as played sold-out shows in Manchester, Leeds, Derby, and London, here swap out their slightly heavier side for what they describe as 'a more vibrant and summery vibe'.
Now, whilst there is nothing inherently wrong with 'Top Drawer', there's also nothing different about it. It's not bad, it's just familiar and – I hate to say this – boring. For example in terms of the chorus, what I'm sure was intended to be a catchy little earworm, instead just comes off as repetitive. If you (still) like Catfish and the Bottlemen, then sure, you'll probably love it. However, going to a music college in Manchester means that I am very familiar with bands that are made up of four white boys with guitars, and unfortunately 'Top Drawer' can be described as little else than your typical indie track. It's certainly weaker than some of their previous releases, particularly 'This Feeling', which showcased a heavier side to the quartet and was an overall more enjoyable listen. This shows me that The Cosavettes absolutely have the potential to do better and be better. Manchester is a city overflowing with bands doing exactly what The Cosavettes do, and if they continue doing very little to stand out and keep afloat in the deep end then they'll drown.
Ultimately, the best thing about 'Top Drawer' is the Pug in the video. He's great.


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Two halves of the table collide on Saturday as 16th placed Accrington Stanley host top of the table, Luton Town. The league leaders are coming off the end of a record unbeaten run and are looking to close out a title and promotion to the Championship. Accrington Stanley will be hoping to pull off a scalp in their bid to survive relegation.
Accrington Stanley put a five game winless streak to bed with a win over Walsall in their last match. The Saddlers finished the game with ten men, providing Saturday's hosts with the break they needed to win the game. Ross Sykes came through with the brace to give Stanley the crucial three points.
It leaves them four points clear of the relegation spots and manager John Coleman acknowledge his side's effort against the poor conditions ""It's very difficult to play any kind of football when the pitch turns like this and that's certainly not just our pitch. It becomes a bit of a lottery with the wind as well and it's bouncing everywhere." The hosts face a tough task on Saturday, facing Luton Town, but they will no doubt be pleased with any type of result that can help them in their fight against relegation. Stanley have no injury concerns heading into the game.
It's finally over, after 29 match unbeaten streak in League One and a mind numbing 76 match unbeaten streak when they have taken the lead, Luton have finally been defeated and start with a clean slate against Accrington Stanley on Saturday. After Barnsley 4-2 win over Fleetwood, just five points separate Barnsley and Luton. Hence, despite their stunning start to the league, Luton can't afford many more slip ups if they hope to win the title this season. The aim for Luton Town will be to start anew against relegation threatened Accrington and take one more step towards the title. The visitors have no injury concerns heading into Saturday evening tie.


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JAZZ PIANIST WILLIAM HALL IS COOL ON THE KEYS IN "DREAMING AFTERDARK"
(William Hall) WH: My album "Dreaming Afterdark" is unique because of the different elements of today's mellow genres of music that are in it. I observed the music culture around me from poetry, gospel, R&B, neo-soul to jazz/blues, and classical. I took from different genres that I listen to and had a strong interest in…and combined it all together in this project. It's something for everyone and definitely bridges the gap between old school and new school listeners… to give you this hybrid.
SJT: What inspired you to play the piano and how did you get started?
WH: A trip to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. inspired me as a teenager. I was there for a stage play and on our 15 minute intermission I saw this jazz band and they were rocking it! I was diggin' it! Hearing the chords of the piano made me become obsessed with jazz chords – they were calm and soothing, and stuck in my head. When I moved to Richmond, Virginia in 2004, going to some jazz spots inspired me even more. I learned the ends and outs of taking music lessons and some college music courses.
SJT: The melodies on the CD are very moving and soothe. You even have some poetic expressions going on. Did you write the songs?
WH: Yes, I wrote every song on the album except one song, titled "Infant Eyes" who the original composer is the great saxophonist Wayne Shorter. I had to cover that tune because I love to hear that song. As far as the words from the poet and the vocalist, I did not write the words; but composed the musical arrangement for them. I thought it would add alot of flavor and draw in listeners who thrive on words in music to give them some love.
SJT: Who are some of the guest artists on the CD?
WH: Two guest appearances are from the vocalists. First I had poet Shameika Holmes who does spoken word and showcases artwork in the Richmond Metro area. She's a very talented young lady who did spoken word on my 2nd track titled Dreaming Gallery – a tune speaking about dreams and adversity I've endured. The other guest vocalist is R&B singer Rodney "Soulsinger" Stith. He also has gigged all over in the Richmond area. Stith has been on tour with Destiny's Child as well.
SJT: Where are you originally from and who are some of your inspirational artists in the industry?
WH: I am originally from Wilson, North Carolina – a small town outside of Raleigh, North Carolina. Some of my inspirational artists in today's industry include people like Herbie Hancock, George Duke, Jeff Lorber, Alex Bugnon and Marcus Johnson.
SJT: You once played college basketball? That is very interesting! What made you go from sports to music?
WH: Well I didn't play basketball in college, but I always wanted to play for N.C. State University. I tried junior college after playing varsity basketball in high school and then transferred to a D-1 university- East Carolina University. I found out that if you don't have that scholarship then you don't play -basically no matter how good you are. Without the chance to play basketball really hurt me and I felt lost. I didn't believe in anything at that point. But when I moved to Virginia, I had a different vision. Another dream that I could see myself doing – music which I feel is bigger than sports here. Venturing out to music venues fueled me to learn piano, and crave to play jazz chords that were relaxing and soothing, I wanted to play and make these type sounds last forever.
SJT: What previous work have you done that you would like fans on SmoothJazzTimes.com to know?
WH: Some of my previous works are creating a track on a short movie film produced by full motion media titled "Coffee Break" I played in various groups in the metro area such as festivals, parties, events, and weddings. I have also helped with other artist tracks in the studio, and played on the local CBS news station here in Richmond, Virginia.
SJT: What's next for you?
WH: What s next for me is I am moving to Los Angeles, California next month. I got accepted to Musician's Institute in North Hollywood where I will be taking my musical skills to the next level. I am humbled and dedicated. I am going to also connect on a larger level and continue to make great music and keep jazz alive. LA is probably where I will be recording my next album which will be a while from now. It will focus more of me in the album, but also continue to keep elements from other genres of music that will keep listeners on their toes.
SJT: Anything else you'd like to share with us today?
WH: I will like to share that times where I felt like giving up, I didn't. GOD gave me strength to endure the hardships. We all dream and the main reason that I keep fighting for this is ….I wanted to lead by example and to be a living testimony that dreams do exist and really come true.
SJT: William, thank you so much for your time and keep up the good work!
WH: I would like to thank SmoothJazzTimes.com for having me. I would like to thank all the fans that are out there who support jazz, live music. Check out my album where it can be purchased @ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/chan32. Also check out my website to see video feeds and etc. @ http://www.wix.com/channing031/will-chan-hall. Thank you and God Bless you all!


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Petr Cech's agent has sensationally snubbed a move to Serie A, insisting his client won't go to Italy because 'there are too many problems'.
The veteran goalkeeper could well leave the club this summer with youngster Thibaut Courtois coming back to Stamford Bridge after three years on loan at Atletico Madrid.
However, the player's representative has claimed that the shot-stopper is definitely not coming to the peninsula.
"Petr has a two-year contract, but I don't know if it's going to be respected," Viktor Kolar told Aktualne.
"Both Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain are interested. He's a great goalkeeper and will play for another big club.
"If Chelsea don't want him, I'm sure there will be interest from the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona as well.
Not so sure about the interest from Barca, Real Madrid or PSG as they all have goalkeepers. But Monaco could be a possible destination. Or how about Atletico Madrid where Cech could replace Courtois?


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