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Super Bowl LI Preview
By design on January 30, 2017 Columnist, Norman
By Alex Norman It's hard to believe, but there was a time in the world of American sports when the Super Bowl not only failed to be at the top in terms of interest from the public, but it didn't even exist. This marks the 51st year that the Super Bowl has been a thing. […]
Tennessee's Search for an Athletics Director Continues
By Alex Norman Vols fans frustration at the current state of its athletic program reached such a high point last week that incredibly, the University of Tennessee actually said something publicly about the search for a new Athletics Director. This is incredible because since Dave Hart announced that he would be retiring *cough he's really […]
Alabama loses…. Tennessee and the nation rejoice
By Alex Norman Schadenfreude: Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. There was a lot of schadenfreude taking place last week in Knoxville and… well, just about everywhere in the world of college football. When Alabama fell to Clemson 35-31 in the national championship game, it set off wild celebrations in South Carolina of […]
An Open Letter to the University of Tennessee
By design on January 9, 2017 Columnist, Norman
By Alex Norman Dear Sirs/Madams, Good day to you and yours on The Hill. I am a proud graduate of the University of Tennessee but I do not make donations to the college or the athletic programs so my connection to those in powerful positions is limited. Thus, the generic greeting. Please take this […]
It's Time to Be Thankful for Tennessee Football…
By Alex Norman If you listen to sports talk radio… if you log on to twitter… if you check out Facebook… you would think that Tennessee will soon disband the football program and turn Neyland Stadium into condominiums. The Vols underachieved and boy oh boy is the mob ready to strike. The head coach is […]
George Quarles moves on, heads to Furman
By design on December 27, 2016 Columnist, Norman
By Alex Norman The East Tennessee Mt. Rushmore of Coaches (if there was such a thing) would find room for George Quarles. For 18 seasons, he was the biggest reason why the football program at Maryville High School turned into the most respected in the state, and one of the best in the nation. […]
Lane Kiffin to Boca… Has he matured?
By Alex Norman Lane Kiffin has been the head coach of an NFL team (Oakland). Lane Kiffin has been the head coach of two of the all-time top 15 college programs (Tennessee, Southern California). Lane Kiffin has been the offensive coordinator for an Alabama team that has won three straight SEC titles and is poised […]
Vols Expectations Not Reached
By design on November 28, 2016 Columnist, Norman
By Alex Norman It says something that the biggest game of the Butch Jones era at Tennessee was taking place 650 miles away between two teams that didn't have "Vols" in their nicknames. When Florida held on to beat LSU, Tennessee's chances of winning the SEC East for the first time in 9 years […]
The Joshua Dobbs Legacy
By Alex Norman I saw something on Twitter the other day that made me laugh out loud. To summarize, the tweeter said that Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs will not be remembered fondly by Vols fans because he never beat Alabama. Let that hot take sink in for a moment. Sure, Joshua Dobbs never beat Alabama. […]
By Alex Norman A Cleveland franchise won a major sports championship. The Chicago Cubs won the World Series. A reality TV star will be our next President. If 2016 has proven anything to us, it is that anything is possible. So it got me thinking about things related to Tennessee and the world of sports. […]
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Our Military Is A Woke Joke
Town Hall, by Kurt Schlichter
Posted By: Judy W., 8/16/2021 10:54:39 AM
Ignore those pictures of the Afghan army that our military senior leader geniuses spent 20 years and zillions of dollars on disintegrating in the face of a pack of glorified mountain banditos from the Seventh Century – the real story is that, finally, America's fighting men and women are fully aware of the urgency of accepting and validating the trans experience. And it's even better if said trans people are BIPOC. Plus differently abled. (Snip) Yes, it is a joke, a sick one. Fire all the generals. Invite a few back, maybe a dozen. Clean out the Pentagon. Can all the "Diversity Consultants," "Equal Opportunity Officers," "Climate Change Mitigation Specialists,"
The article has a more cheerful end than its beginning but I don't know if I buy it.
Reply 1 - Posted by: EJKrausJr 8/16/2021 10:59:39 AM (No. 881078)
General Milley is retrograding about "White Rage" instead of being concerned about "Al Queda Rage". He failed America.
Reply 2 - Posted by: volksford 8/16/2021 11:10:49 AM (No. 881098)
Well lets give credit where credit is due , the Pelosi battalion did a superb job in their six month deployment protecting congress from hordes of imaginary deplorable right wing extremists .
Reply 3 - Posted by: columba 8/16/2021 11:19:18 AM (No. 881109)
Obama has and had a plan. He weakened the Military and won a 3rd term.
Reply 4 - Posted by: MDConservative 8/16/2021 11:23:15 AM (No. 881114)
FTA: "...there's been a strategic failure of epic proportions by our civilian establishment." And that establishment has been bi-partisan, willing to station American troops to do the heavy lifting and die while we paid off the warlords to leave the kabob shop managers we installed as central government alone. The Afghans expected this to last forever. The Americans could leave a job unfinished - one that could never come to fruition. And, after 20 years and trillions, the Afghans are left with the check...while their military and government collapses. Check their bags. Bet they're full of US currency. We forget that we weren't really there fighting for America; we were there to nation/society build for the Afghans. They blew it.
Correction: The Americans could NOT leave a job unfinished - one that could never come to fruition.
Reply 6 - Posted by: spacer 8/16/2021 11:39:21 AM (No. 881155)
When President Trump takes back the helm of our Republic this wheel will turn on a dime. Americas Armed Forces are fill to the teeth with true patriots chomping at the bit. Keep the Faith.
Reply 7 - Posted by: ussjimmycarter 8/16/2021 12:04:55 PM (No. 881189)
President Trump put masks on all of us and shut down our economy by listening to the little Dr! We will not vote for that again…EVER! Find a new actual conservative "servant" to the American people. Enough of the self promotion and braggadocio of former Presidents!
Reply 8 - Posted by: udanja99 8/16/2021 12:37:55 PM (No. 881261)
What else was he supposed to do at the time, #7? We were in uncharted waters. If PDT had done nothing, he would have been impeached for that too. I will not only vote for him again, I'll help to fund his campaign.
Reply 9 - Posted by: seamusm 8/16/2021 1:04:43 PM (No. 881306)
And this is the military which will defend us from the ChiComs?
Reply 10 - Posted by: MrDeplorable 8/16/2021 2:15:11 PM (No. 881405)
I'm still waiting for someone to answer this question: How did current SecDef Lloyd Austin "win" the SILVER STAR, America's third highest award for VALOR in COMBAT, while a General and Assistant Division Commander in Iraq? I plan to make this comment every time his name comes up in an article until someone answers my question. Does anyone have the citation for his brave act?
Most Recent Articles posted by "Judy W."
Most Recent Articles posted by Judy W."
Afghanistan Didn't Fall: It Never Existed 9 replies
Frontpage, by Daniel Greenfield Original Article
Posted by Judy W. — 8/17/2021 2:49:00 PM Post Reply
"Afghanistan's collapse: Did US intelligence get it wrong?" ABC News asks. "Afghanistan Is Your Fault," barks Tom Nichols at The Atlantic. "Why Afghan Forces So Quickly Laid Down Their Arms," Politico ponders. The one thing that the Taliban's conquest of Afghanistan is good for is more media hot takes. Afghanistan didn't fall because it never existed. The Afghan army laid down its arms because it also never existed. And not just because many of the 300,000 soldiers were imaginary. Its Pashtun members surrendered to their fellow Taliban Pashtuns, or fled to Iran or Uzbekistan, depending on their tribal or religious affiliations which, unlike Afghanistan, are very real.
Archeologists found something amazing
and in Israel 9 replies
Posted by Judy W. — 8/17/2021 8:44:03 AM Post Reply
My father gave me Werner Keller's The Bible as History when I was a kid. I've been a sucker for Biblical histories since then. Keller's been superseded, both by the deconstructionists who claim the Bible isn't true and by modern archeology, which has added to and reinterpreted many archeological findings since Keller's time. And last week, in Jerusalem, an archeologist discovered an earring that helps confirms one of the most pivotal stories in the Bible: The destruction of Solomon's Temple and the Babylonian captivity.
A Brief History of the Assault on Conservatives
as 'Violent Extremists' 4 replies
American Thinker, by Janet Levy Original Article
Posted by Judy W. — 8/16/2021 11:42:43 AM Post Reply
The assault on conservative Americans began several decades ago with attacks on traditional principles and values. Belief in individual liberty and responsibility, free enterprise, and the rule of law was willfully conflated with "right-wing extremism." Pride in America, a desire to protect our borders, and opposition to illegal immigration was branded as xenophobic. Championing the constitutional right to bear arms was decried as gun-crazed zealotry. Belief in religion, natural law, and the sanctity of human life was maligned as backward and anachronistic.
Our Military Is A Woke Joke 10 replies
Town Hall, by Kurt Schlichter Original Article
The Scale of Humiliation 21 replies
Steyn Online, by Mark Steyn Original Article
To reprise a line from a decade-old column of mine: Afghanistan is about Afghanistan – if you're Afghan or Pakistani. But, if you're Russian or Chinese or Iranian or European, Afghanistan is about America. (Snip) Here's the scoop from USA Today: Taliban's Afghanistan Advance Tests Biden's 'America Is Back' Foreign Policy Promise Kabul Could Fall To The Taliban Within 90 Days, U.S. Intelligence Warns Thank you, geniuses. That was Thursday. So it turned out to be well within ninety hours - which is close enough for US intelligence work. Was this the same "seventeen intelligence agencies" who all agreed Russia had meddled in the 2016 election - and with whose collective intelligence only a fool
Elder Ignores Mainstream Media in First
Online Press Conference 7 replies
Epoch Times, by Roger L. Simon Original Article
Who'd a thunk it? Neither the Los Angeles Times nor Politico (both of whom had multiple reporters) and a host of other mainstream media suspects, including the Associated Press, got to ask a single question Friday at Larry Elder's first online Zoom press conference for the California gubernatorial recall. The likes of the Bay Area Yu Channel, the Sing Tao Daily and Lynn Ku of KTSF did. If you enjoy seeing MSM stuffed shirts being upended, it was quite a hoot. A reporter from the LAT—I won't name him out of a courtesy he didn't seem to have himself—was throwing a tantrum in the Zoom chat room due to his CORRECTION*
Is the federal government torturing Brian Kolfage? 10 replies
Brian Kolfage, an airman who survived losing both legs and an arm in Iraq, started a fundraiser to build a wall on our Southern border. The project took off, a lot of money flowed in, and the federal government promptly went after Kolfage, accusing him of defrauding those who donated money. This post is not about Kolfage's guilt or innocence on the charges against him. It is, instead, about allegations that the government is effectively torturing him by denying him access to a medicine that controls the nerve pain resulting from his leg amputations. We know that the government has been exceptionally vicious in its prosecution against Kolfage.
Reality Bites Biden's Policies 10 replies
American Thinker, by Clarice Feldman Original Article
Wretchard summarizes Biden's challenging week and notes the challenges are going to get even bigger: Joe Biden is facing simultaneous challenges. The collapse of Afghanistan in place of a "decent interval"; The resurgence of the Covid Delta variant in place of the anticipated reopening of society; Looming inflation and economic problems in place of the anticipated boom. The unending border crisis. It's a dramatic reversal of fortune on all fronts. Biden failed to anticipate either the events or their speed and intensity and there is little to suggest he can handle the second order crises that is coming in its wake. Reality has gotten inside Joe's OODA loop.
Tucker's Enemies 8 replies
The American Spectator, by Bruce Bawer Original Article
You don't need to know anything about Hungary to recognize that the people who've savaged Tucker Carlson all over the media for going there earlier this month are telling whoppers about it. Because what they say about Hungary in their rants about Tucker is intimately bound up with what they say in those very same rants about America. Quite simply, they hate the Orbán regime, and Tucker's defense of it, for the same reason they despise flyover Americans. To begin with, they hate them for their patriotism. For Jared Yates Sexton at the Daily Beast, Orbán's border wall, like Trump's, "served as a metaphor
Andrew Cuomo Is 7th Powerful New York
Democrat Ousted in Disgrace Since 2006 17 replies
Breitbart, by John Nolte Original Article
In just 15 years, no fewer than seven powerful New York Democrats have been forced to resign in disgrace. That includes New York's last three governors — three in a row! On top of the governors, there was also an attorney general, a state assembly speaker, a state comptroller, and let's not forget a convicted sex criminal named Weiner. 1.	Disgraced Former Governor Eliot Spitzer (D-NY) Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in 2008 under the weight of a mind-boggling scandal involving his use of prostitutes. Spitzer served as governor for only about 15 months. Spitzer succeeded Gov. George Pataki, a Republican who served three full terms and chose not to run for a fourth.
10 Defining Lyrics From Bob Dylan's
Gospel Trilogy 9 replies
The Federalist, by Barry Lenser Original Article
Of all the reinventions Bob Dylan has undertaken in his long, shape-shifting career, none was more radical and jarring than his conversion to Christianity in the late 1970s. In terms of defying expectations, not even going electric can compare with going evangelical. This was Bob Dylan after all, a Jewish-born avatar of 1960s counterculture. He could have adopted few other identities that would have felt like such a direct repudiation of everything his fans thought he represented. What happened? How did the restless mind behind "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Like a Rolling Stone" find Jesus Christ and later release a trio of Christian rock records?
Andrew Cuomo Is 7th Powerful New
York Democrat Ousted in Disgrace
Since 2006 12 replies
State Department calls for Taliban to
include women in its government 54 replies
Fox News, by Tyler O´Neil Original Article
Posted by Come And Take It — 8/16/2021 9:58:05 PM Post Reply
Despite the Taliban's long history of oppression of women and iron-fisted rule, U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price Monday urged Afghanistan's new leaders to form an inclusive government that had women in it. Price cited a United Nations declaration calling for "an immediate cessation of all hostilities and the establishment, through inclusive negotiations, of a new government that is united, inclusive and representative – including with the full, equal and meaningful participation of women."
Pence convenes GOP donors, luminaries
at Jackson Hole retreat 45 replies
Politico, by Alex Isenstadt Original Article
Posted by Come And Take It — 8/17/2021 12:57:57 PM Post Reply
Former Vice President Mike Pence is ramping up his donor outreach as he weighs a 2024 White House bid. Pence held a donor retreat late last week benefiting his newly formed nonprofit group, Advancing American Freedom. The event, held in wealthy Jackson Hole, Wyo., is the first such gathering the former vice president has hosted since leaving the White House in January.
John Bolton: Afghanistan failure will
go down as 'the Trump-Biden policy' 45 replies
New York Post, by Seth Mclaughlin Original Article
Posted by Ribicon — 8/16/2021 11:21:38 AM Post Reply
John R. Bolton says the calamitous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan will go down in history as "the Trump-Biden policy." Mr. Bolton, who served as former President Trump's national security adviser, said in a Daily Telegraph op-ed that Mr. Biden's approach to withdrawing troops from Afghanistan was "virtually indistinguishable from Donald Trump's." The former adviser, though, said Mr. Biden's insistence that Mr. Trump left him with only two bad options—"follow Trump's blueprint or else considerably increase US combat forces in Afghanistan"—is a "strawman argument" and "palpably false." Mr. Bolton, who has been an outspoken Trump critic since he was pushed out of the White House
'The buck stops with me,' says Biden but
then proceeds to blame Afghan
fiasco on Trump and locaIs who failed
to fight the Taliban - before
ducking questions and fleeing for
Camp David 44 replies
Daily Mail (UK), by Rob Crilly & Nikki Schwab Original Article
President Joe Biden delivered a speech of quiet fury at the White House on Monday, defending his decision to bring home U.S. troops before blaming Afghan leaders for their failure to prevent the country collapsing. 'I stand squarely behind my decision,' Biden said. 'After 20 years I've learned the hard way. That there was never a good time to withdraw U.S. forces.' It was the first time the president had spoken publicly about the unfolding crisis in six days. He was forced to return from Camp David amid hostile headlines about his absence from Washington while Americans were being rescued from Kabul airport.
George Takei says people 'willfully
unvaccinated' from COVID should
be last in line for priority care 43 replies
New York Daily News, by Theresa Braine Original Article
Posted by Ribicon — 8/16/2021 8:45:10 AM Post Reply
Actor and activist George Takei on Sunday said that the "willfully unvaccinated" who refuse to be inoculated against coronavirus should be last in line for priority care. "The willfully unvaccinated who wind up in hospitals from Covid should not receive priority medical care over other very sick or injured people who are as much in urgent need of medical care," the actor known as Lieutenant Sulu for his years on "Star Trek" said on Twitter. He followed that with, "Anti-vaxxers think they are owning us liberals by refusing to get vaccinated. But as the kids say, this is an epic self-own."
Fauci: Unvaccinated Need to 'Put Aside'
Concerns of Personal Liberty 42 replies
Posted by ladydawgfan — 8/16/2021 12:18:58 AM Post Reply
Chief White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation" that the vaccine-hesitant should "put aside" their concerns about personal liberty and recognize the "common enemy" is the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci said, "What's coming next is that we are going to have to continue to get people vaccinated so that right now, even in states in which you have a good relative proportion of people vaccinated, you have to get the overwhelming proportion of people vaccinated. But you also have to do mitigation. And that gets to the controversial issue of mask-wearing and the mandating of things mandating of vaccines,
Joe Biden Remains Hiding at Camp David
After Afghanistan Collapses; May
Address Nation in the 'Next Few Days' 42 replies
Posted by Dreadnought — 8/16/2021 12:14:31 AM Post Reply
President Joe Biden will remain hidden at his presidential retreat at Camp David through Monday, according to the White House, as the Taliban swiftly seized control of Afghanistan. The president's daily guidance for Monday indicated Biden would remain at Camp David for at least one more day, with no public events scheduled. But a senior administration official indicated to reporters Sunday evening that Biden might address the country "in the next few days," according to reports. It remains unclear whether Biden will speak from Camp David or return to the White House to deliver his speech, the reports noted. He was previously scheduled to remain at Camp David until Wednesday.
Anybody notice how cold and heartless
Biden was in his Afghanistan speech? 38 replies
Posted by PageTurner — 8/17/2021 8:17:37 AM Post Reply
Joe Biden and his media acolytes call him Mr. Empathy and Mr. Compassion. His Afghanistan speech yesterday told a different story, and should end that phony spin forever. My takeaway was how cold, and hard, and compassionless Biden was as he sought to extricate himself from the catastrophe of his own making. He blamed everyone but himself for his failure, particularly the Afghan army. He smarmily assured terrified Afghanis left behind he'd now speak out for their human rights instead of actually protect them. He effectively told U.S. servicemembers their service was for nothing. It was appalling.
The embarrassment that is Joe Biden 38 replies
Although the White House had intended to keep Biden under wraps for as long as possible, the demand that he say something – anything – about the unfolding debacle in Afghanistan forced him to leave Camp David for a 20-minute statement, after which he refused to take any questions. The important part of what he said boils down to one sentence: We had to leave and everything that went wrong was Trump's or the Afghans' fault. Biden is a craven coward, a feckless fool, a dismal dummy, and a man who will soon have more blood on his hands than a thousand Lady Macbeths.
Thousands Run At Kabul Airfield Amid Gunfire,
Horrifying Scenes Unfolding On Ground 38 replies
Daily Wire, by Ryan Saavedra Original Article
Thousands of people were seen running for planes in countless videos posted to social media at the airport in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, as the Taliban takes control of the country.Some of the videos were posted late on Sunday night and during the early morning hours on Monday local Afghanistan time."Witnesses at the civilian domestic terminal said they had heard occasional gunshots and said thousands of people had crammed into the terminal and filled the parking lots, desperately seeking flights out," The New York Times reported. "Late Sunday, the State and Defense Departments issued a statement saying the U.S. was working to secure control of the airport
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Launches
Scathing Attack on Biden 36 replies
Red State, by Mike Miller Original Article
The incoming. It's coming fast and furious for (at) Joe Biden.So much so that as I begin this article, the suddenly embattled president is about the speak to the nation, having cut short his Camp David "vacation" solely because his administration is at least "smart" enough to finally recognize they better do their damnedest to attempt to stop the bleeding — ASAP.They — he — will not succeed. It's not just conservatives who continue to skewer the ever-loving crap out of the hapless Biden for his disastrous decision to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan — not because he withdrew them, but because of how he did it.
Obama's Former Ambassador to Afghanistan:
I Question Biden's 'Ability
to Lead Our Nation' 36 replies
Breitbart Middle East, by Paul Bois Original Article
The fall of Afghanistan has shocked Obama's former ambassador to such a degree that he is now questioning President Joe Biden's ability to lead the nation. Speaking with The Spokesman-Review, Ryan Crocker, who served as Obama's ambassador from 2011 to 2012, lamented that the Biden administration failed to see the Taliban's swift takeover when preparing for the withdrawal from Afghanistan."I think the direction was predictable; the trajectory was not," he said. "What President Biden has done is to embrace the Afghan policy of President Trump, and this is the outcome."Just a little over a month ago, Joe Biden rejected assertions that U.S. withdrawal would lead to

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For a moment all the blogs that I have been following suddenly disappeared from my list. Does this often happened to Blogger?
It's late at night here (12.26 am according to my laptop) and I had just finished my revision. I wanted to get a little snack (yes, it is an unhealthy habit, but I digress), so I decided to do a little blogging.
I have been collecting and downloading lots of fantasy based story from Google since I've been meaning to write one. I'm still having difficulties writing down the ideas in my head, so I resolved to reading and doing fun writing first before I get real in the business.
Michael E. Shea's Seven Swords looks perfect for my get away. It is about vampires! Yeah! REAL, BLOODSUCKING VAMPIRES.
Heh.. I might do a simple book review tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, who knows..


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The Hamlet Apocalypse review
The end of the world is nigh. In fact, it is just mere hours away. But for seven people there is something more pressing at hand. These seven actors have come together for one final time to stage Shakespeare's Hamlet. Eventually what is fiction and what is reality is not as clear as it once was as the group attempts to accept what is happening outside while remaining committed to their last rehearsal and to their roles.
As Hamlet's story unfolds, links are made between the tale and the actors' personal lives that are impossible to ignore, and everything begins to slowly and painfully unravel. The ensemble - Chris Beckey, Katrina Cornwell, Nicole Harvey, Thomas Hutchins, Polly Sará, Peta Ward and Mitch Wood - deliver utterly engrossing performances as the actors in the play and as the characters within the play of the play. They find nuanced balanced of showing the truth of both their characters and highlighting the similarities and differences to who they are playing.
Steven Mitchell Wright's adept direction demands a lot from the cast - physically and emotionally - and while they don't show it during the performance, when they take their bow at the end of the show, you can see just how exhausted they are.
The design elements of this production are absolutely remarkable. Wright's staging has plastic sheets surrounding the actors in their rehearsal space, and while it is virtually empty apart for some mismatched chairs, a table and ladders, there is an opulence present that is in direct contrast with the reality of what is happening and what we are seeing. This is also reflected in Wright and Oscar Clark's costuming with the Shakespearean attire and the modern day clothes that the actors wear. As the real world and Hamlet begin to blend into one, so do to their costumes and the various props in the room / on the stage.
Dane Alexander's sound design builds on the tension occurring within this play within a play but also on the apocalyptic events taking place outside. The jarring piercing notes that are used as a countdown to the end of the world leave you unsettled and anxious. Ben Hughes' captivating lighting design creates depth and shadows that cleverly adds to the suspense of both worlds.
There is much to take in with The Hamlet Apocalypse with the chaos and the calm constantly at odds with each other. The quiet sombre moments are challenged by the big macabre ones, and if you're not familiar with Hamlet then there's a chance that some of it may go over your head. But at its heart, this is an exploration of what it mean for humans to expose themselves and face their vulnerability and regrets, which is something that everyone can relate to. The Danger Ensemble has recently relocated to Melbourne and if this production is anything to go, the Melbourne theatre scene is about to get shaken up.
Venue: Theatre Works, 14 Acland St, St Kilda
Season: Until 18 November | Tues - Sat 8pm, Sun 5pm
Tickets: $47.50 Full | $39.50 Conc
Bookings: Theatre Works
Photo Credits: Morgan Roberts
Posted by Myron My at 22:18
Labels: act, Acting, apocalypse, drama, entertainment, Hamlet, Melbourne, Performance, reviews, Shakespeare, Theatre
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B2B e-commerce short for business-to-business, electronic commerce, is selling products or services between businesses through the internet via an online sales portal. In general, it is used to improve efficiency for companies. Instead of processing orders manually – by telephone or e-mail – with e-commerce orders can be processed digitally.
Generally, B2B and B2C web stores both have search, navigation, detailed product information and personal account history pages. However, in some ways B2B greatly differs from B2C. Most B2B businesses have complex ordering processes, large collections of attributes and elaborate back-end systems. Moreover, in a B2B scenario, buying is part the customers' job. He needs to make sure he buys all necessary products or components for keeping his company up and running. Thirdly, since organizations can be very large, they need a lot of products or components to keep their business going. Therefore, B2B buyers often place large orders. B2B purchases are also characterized by recurring orders instead of single purchases. Because of that, companies make deals based on their monthly or even yearly demand. They closely collaborate with each other, and each B2B customer can have its specific prices for certain products. Lastly, multiple people are involved in B2B purchases. For instance, a company can have multiple buyers or buying centers. They are responsible for finding the right products and making the right deal with resellers. Because multiple people are involved in a single deal, B2B is more fact based instead of based on emotions. It's not about the nicest packaging, but the best deal for the company. In general, ratio is leading.
B2B transactions can be processed online in various ways, of which Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and B2B e-commerce are most often used. Although EDI and B2B e-commerce both have their own, distinctive features, they are frequently mixed up.
EDI is built for placing large, recurring orders in a standardized process of supplying raw materials to manufacturers. For instance, in accordance with the example set before, an automobile manufacturer regularly needs to order a specific brand of tires for a certain type of car. When manufacturing a certain number of that type of car, EDI can automatically place an order for the number of tires needed. So, no product information – like a description, images or pricing – is provided, or needed.
Although, like EDI, sales orders are processed online, with B2B e-commerce it is possible for customers to order occasionally and in irregular order quantities. Also, B2B e-commerce enables the display of many different types of detailed figures and images. It is possible to exhibit a full range of products or parts. Therefore, a web store provides the opportunity to cross- and upsell.
With integrated e-commerce, part of the software solution is installed inside the ERP back-end system. This means that the connection between the business logic and database of a back-end system is configured automatically. Information that is available in the back-end system, for example article numbers, prices and current stock availability of products, is leveraged, without being copied to another system, and displayed in the front/back end of the e-commerce system. An integrated e-commerce software solution thus does not require investments in recreating and maintaining a separate database or business logic. Instead, it re-uses those of the back-end system, so all data are stored in one, single place. This can prevent input redundancy, errors and synchronization time.
In most cases, integrated e-commerce is in one way or another acknowledged by the supplier of the back-end system, such as SAP ERP or Microsoft Dynamics. Although many B2B e-commerce suppliers claim to be integrated, most web stores are interfaced. With integrated e-commerce, the software solution is installed on top of the back-end system. This means that the connection between the business logic and database of a back-end system is set up manually. Information that is available in the back-end system is being duplicated into the e-commerce software. An interfaced e-commerce software product thus has their own database and business logic that are being synchronized constantly through a connection to a certain back-end system.
Sales agents should be able to represent their customers.
^ "B2C vs B2B Customers: How to Handle the Difference - OroCommerce". OroCommerce. 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
^ Forrester Research. "US B2B eCommerce To Reach $1.1 Trillion By 2020". blogs.forrester.com/. Andy Hoar. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
^ Global Mobile Commerce Forum. "Inaugral Plenary Conference". Christiane Morris. Retrieved 18 January 2016.


As data is becoming more and more readily available, the need to analyse and make use of these large amounts of data is rapidly growing. Data mining deals with techniques that can find interesting and useful patterns in large volumes of data. This course covers basic concepts, techniques and algorithms in data mining combined with hands-on experimentation.
be able to critically reflect over ethical/privacy aspects of a proposed data mining study, such as whether or not the design or the results of the study may have any negative effect for people, either by their direct involvment in the study or through the results of the study.
Lectures: 8 x 2 hours Assignment: 1 Seminars: 12 hours.


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Corrosion resistance of nitrided low alloy steels
Report of investigations (United States. Bureau of Mines)	; 8894
Scalera, John V.
United States. Bureau of Mines.
Nitriding.
Steel Alloys -- Corrosion.
Steel Alloys -- Heat Treatment.
"Because of U.S. dependency on imported critical metals, the Bureau of Mines has conducted research to evaluate the possible substitution of nitrided low-alloy steels for higher chromium- containing alloys. The corrosion data for nitrided steels are limited primarily to the soviet literature. The objective of this study was to determine the corrosion properties of six commercially nitrided low-alloy steels in a 5-wt % nacl solution at ph 4. Weight- loss tests indicated that, in deaerated test solutions, most of the nitrided steels were less corrosion resistant than nontreated steels. However, electrochemical tests indicated that under more oxidizing conditions, nitrided materials are converted to a passive state with a significantly reduced corrosion rate. Electro-chemical tests performed in an aerated environment confirmed the passivity of the samples in an oxidizing environment." - NIOSHTIC-2
NIOSHTIC no. 10003949
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Wear and corrosion of 12 alloys during laboratory milling of phosphate rock in phosphoric acid waste water
Singleton, D. J. (Deborah J.); Blickensderfer, Robert.;
Report of investigations (United States. Bureau of Mines) ; 8919
"Erosion-corrosion of 12 alloys in phosphoric acid waste water was studied by the Bureau of Mines. Tests were conducted on oblate spheroids or cylindrical specimens in 12- and 60-cm-diam ball mills by grinding phosphate rock in gypsum pond water with...
A sulfidation- and oxidation-resistant ferritic stainless steel containing aluminum
Dunning, J. S.
"The Bureau of Mines is conducting research on substitute materials having greater resistance to high-temperature corrosive atmospheres above 600 deg. C compared to austenitic stainless steels such as aisi 304, 316, and 310, with the goal of conservi...
Partial replacement of chromium in austenitic stainless steels by molybdenum, copper, and vanadium
Rhoads, S. C.; Bullard, S. J. (Sophie J.); Glenn, M. L. (Max L.);
"The Bureau of Mines is investigating low-chromium alloy substitutes for type 304 stainless steel (type 304 ss). The purpose of the research is to reduce the chromium content in austenitic stainless steels used for corrosion-resistant applications. N...
Materials of construction for high-salinity geothermal brines
Carter, J. P. (John P.); Cramer, Stephen D.;
"The U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted research to determine suitable construction materials for use in brine and steam environments produced from high-salinity geothermal brines. The high-temperature, high-salinity geothermal brines in the Salton Sea K...
Effects of Al additions on sulfidation resistance of some Fe-Cr-Ni alloys
Dunning, J. S.; Rhoads, S. C.;
"The objective of this research by the U.S. Bureau of Mines was to determine the effects of al additions on the sulfidation resistance of fe-cr-ni alloys. A series of fe-cr-ni alloys with and without additions of 4 pct al were tested in a wet s vapor...


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Stephen E. Straus Lecture: Mindfulness as a Support for Healing Conversations and Actions Toward Social Justice and Equity
Rhonda V. Magee, J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law
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Sean D. Young, Ph.D., M.S., University of California, Irvine
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Alicia Heapy, Ph.D., Yale School of Medicine
Healing the Opioid Crisis with Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE): Clinical Efficacy and Neurophysiological Mechanisms
Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW, University of Utah
Stephen E. Straus Lecture - All Health Is Not Created Equal: Where You Live Matters
Shannon N. Zenk, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., F.A.A.N., Director, National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH
NCCIH Hot Topic Webinar: Implementation Science and Complementary Health Interventions
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH
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Wolf Mehling, Ph.D., University of California at San Francisco, Eleni Frangos, Ph.D., NCCIH, NIH and Jeanie Park, Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine
Lighting Up Our Lives: How Light Influences Our Mental and Physical Health
Helen Burgess, Ph.D., University of Michigan
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Sean F. Brady, Ph.D., Tri-Institutional Professor and Evnin Professor, Head, Laboratory of Genetically Encoded Small Molecules, Rockefeller University
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Industry losing ground; momentum with the critics
"We lost irradiation because of public unease. We could lose this... The momentum is with the critics." - Consumers' Association of Canada vice-president Jenny Hillard
CAC is pro-GM and a recipient of both Monsanto and Canadian government money and has opposed even labelling of GM foods.
FOOD INDUSTRY LOSING GROUND ON GM: EXPERT
The Western Producers
Barry Wilson [via Agnet]
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. -- Consumers' Association of Canada vice-president Jenny Hillard was cited as telling industry leaders Sept. 17the potential advantages of biotechnology could be lost to the food industry if consumers cannot soon be convinced of its benign benefits and that government and the biotech industry have been losing the public credibility battle to the critics, adding, "I don`t think we will lose the technology but we could lose it in the food system. We lost irradiation because of public unease. We could lose this."
Hillard said in an interview the consumers' group takes a product-by-product approach to GM technology but in the past year, general public attitudes have hardened, adding, "A lot of people in the industry have blinkers on and think they couldn't possibly lose something as good as this. I think they are wrong. Some products already are out of the market. Others like wheat may never make it. The momentum is with the critics."
The story says that some industry leaders who have invested billions of dollars in food biotechnology development dismissed the warning as alarmist but they acknowledged their credibility problem and offered a surprising solution.
Lorne Hepworth, president of the Crop Protection Institute of Canada, was quoted as saying, "I suggest the industry is in favour of increased regulation, adding that it could help illustrate to consumers that their health and safety concerns are being guarded by impartial regulators. Hepworth did not detail the type of rules the industry would accept, but there were suggestions that the regulatory and product approval system become more open and understandable to consumers.
Also suggested were that an independent body be set up to allocate biotech research money and that a strong and visible effort be made to increase research into long-term effects of GM food production and consumption.
The story says that from the podium and in the hallways, there was bravado about the benefits of the technology, signs of growing public acceptance and the unreasonable arguments and tactics of the opponents, but there also was an underlying sense of unease and siege at the meeting.
Former Monsanto Canada president Ray Mowling, now head of an industry Council for Biotechnology Information was quoted as saying, "The food system is under attack."
Hepworth was cited as saying that public opinion polls show growing numbers of people are aware of the technology, but many of them remain concerned about the implications and the risks.
He and other speakers signaled that since consumers do not believe industry is a credible promoter of the safety of GM food, the strategy will be to try to convince respected third-party players to carry the ball.
Dietitians, educators, scientists, nutritionists and media leaders are among those who will be targeted as potential "opinion leaders" to be convinced of the safety and advantages of the technology.
Mark Winston, a professor in the department of biological sciences at Simon Fraser University, was cited as saying a problem is that consumers see companies and government in cahoots to promote the industry and to create a "regulation lite" regime of controls.
Even though there have been no confirmed cases of sickness caused by eating GM food, people are skeptical and see the industry as powerful and secretive, he said. Opposition to mandatory labelling suggests to many the industry has something to hide.
He said the industry should publicly campaign for tougher government regulations and control as a way to show the public it has nothing to hide.


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Acceptance and verification of the Halcyon-Eclipse linear accelerator-treatment planning system without 3D water scanning system
Song Gao, Tucker Netherton, Mikhail A. Chetvertkov, Yuting Li, Laurence E. Court, William E. Simon, Jie Shi, Peter A. Balter
Radiation Physics
We tested whether an ionization chamber array (ICA) and a one-dimensional water scanner (1DS) could be used instead of a three-dimensional water scanning system (3DWS) for acceptance testing and commissioning verification of the Varian Halcyon–Eclipse Treatment Planning System (TPS). The Halcyon linear accelerator has a single 6-MV flattening-filter-free beam and a nonadjustable beam model for the TPS. Beam data were measured with a 1DS, ICA, ionization chambers, and electrometer. Acceptance testing and commissioning were done simultaneously by comparing the measured data with TPS-calculated percent-depth-dose (PDD) and profiles. The ICA was used to measure profiles of various field sizes (10-, 20-, and 28 cm2) at depths of dmax (1.3 cm), 5-, 10-, and 20 cm. The 1DS was used for output factors (OFs) and PDDs. OFs were measured with 1DS for various fields (2–28 cm2) at a source-to-surface distance of 90 cm. All measured data were compared with TPS-calculations. Profiles, off-axis ratios (OAR), PDDs and OFs were also measured with a 3DWS as a secondary check. Profiles between the ICA and TPS (ICA and 3DWS) at various depths across the fields indicated that the maximum discrepancies in high-dose and low-dose tail were within 2% and 3%, respectively, and the maximum distance-to-agreement in the penumbra region was <3 mm. The largest OAR differences between ICA and TPS (ICA and 3DWS) values were 0.23% (−0.25%) for a 28 × 28 cm2 field, and the largest point-by-point PDD differences between 1DS and TPS (1DS and 3DWS) were −0.41% ± 0.12% (−0.32% ± 0.17%) across the fields. Both OAR and PDD showed the beam energy is well matched to the TPS model. The average ratios of 1DS-measured OFs to the TPS (1DS to 3DWS) values were 1.000 ± 0.002 (0.999 ± 0.003). The Halcyon–Eclipse system can be accepted and commissioned without the need for a 3DWS.
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
https://doi.org/10.1002/acm2.12719
Linear accelerators
Ionization chambers
Electrometers
penumbras
Halcyon linear accelerator
acceptance and commissioning
ionization chamber array
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Gao, S., Netherton, T., Chetvertkov, M. A., Li, Y., Court, L. E., Simon, W. E., ... Balter, P. A. (2019). Acceptance and verification of the Halcyon-Eclipse linear accelerator-treatment planning system without 3D water scanning system. Journal of applied clinical medical physics, 20(10), 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1002/acm2.12719
Acceptance and verification of the Halcyon-Eclipse linear accelerator-treatment planning system without 3D water scanning system. / Gao, Song; Netherton, Tucker; Chetvertkov, Mikhail A.; Li, Yuting; Court, Laurence E.; Simon, William E.; Shi, Jie; Balter, Peter A.
In: Journal of applied clinical medical physics, Vol. 20, No. 10, 01.10.2019, p. 111-117.
Gao, S, Netherton, T, Chetvertkov, MA, Li, Y, Court, LE, Simon, WE, Shi, J & Balter, PA 2019, 'Acceptance and verification of the Halcyon-Eclipse linear accelerator-treatment planning system without 3D water scanning system', Journal of applied clinical medical physics, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1002/acm2.12719
Gao S, Netherton T, Chetvertkov MA, Li Y, Court LE, Simon WE et al. Acceptance and verification of the Halcyon-Eclipse linear accelerator-treatment planning system without 3D water scanning system. Journal of applied clinical medical physics. 2019 Oct 1;20(10):111-117. https://doi.org/10.1002/acm2.12719
Gao, Song ; Netherton, Tucker ; Chetvertkov, Mikhail A. ; Li, Yuting ; Court, Laurence E. ; Simon, William E. ; Shi, Jie ; Balter, Peter A. / Acceptance and verification of the Halcyon-Eclipse linear accelerator-treatment planning system without 3D water scanning system. In: Journal of applied clinical medical physics. 2019 ; Vol. 20, No. 10. pp. 111-117.
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Democratic voters returning ballots in bigger numbers than Republicans in Elk Grove's midterm races
http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2018/11/democratic-ballots-returning-at-higher.html
With two days until ballots must be submitted in Sacramento County, recent data shows that registered Democratic voters have returned more ballots than Republicans for the various Elk Grove races.
Statistics compiled by Political Data for the City of Elk Grove, show Democratic registration in the city is 43-percent versus 25-percent for Republicans and 32-percent for decline to state or another party. For this year's general election, there were 90,953 ballots distributed in Elk Grove.
As of Friday, November 2, there have 21,395 ballots returned. Along party lines, 44-percent of ballots returned have been from Democrats, while 32-percent came from Republicans and 24-percent from decline to state.
The highest participation rates as of the report show that 68-percent of ballots submitted were from white or other voters. Among age groups, the highest participation came from the 65+ age group who comprised 38-percent of the total vote (see entire data set below).
The same reported compiled for the 7th U.S. Congressional District, which lies entirely in Sacramento County and includes all of Elk Grove, shows that 105,587 ballots have been returned, 40-percent, or 42,077, are from registered Democrats. Republicans voters have returned submitted slightly fewer with 37-percent, or 39,404.
The total number of ballots returned is105,587 of 407,921 ballots mailed countywide. Democratic voters have a registration advantage over Republicans 38 to 31-percent of votes, while those registered as decline to state or others also have 31-percent.
In terms of the percent of ballots returned by party affiliation, Democratic voters also edge out Republicans. Democratic voters have returned at 42-percent to Republicans' 37-percent return rate.
The total ballots distributed in-district was 405,921 of which 105,587 have been returned. According to forecasting site FiveThirtyEight.com, the turnout rate for this race is expected to be about 46.4-percent in the district.
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Q: How do I call my logging from a method? (variable scoping) I have run into a problem I have beat my head against the wall. Basically, I'm using this logging setup to log to a file, and it works great! However, I want to use this inside a method I built.. it won't let me! It says it's not a defined variable. I'm guessing this is a problem with variable scoping. How can I fix this?
This is my logging setup:
class MultiDelegator
  def initialize(*targets)
    @targets = targets
  end

  def self.delegate(*methods)
    methods.each do |m|
      define_method(m) do |*args|
        @targets.map { |t| t.send(m, *args) }
      end
    end
    self
  end

  class <<self
    alias to new
  end
end

log_file = File.open("/opt/sysnovo/log/server.log", "a")
log = Logger.new MultiDelegator.delegate(:write, :close).to(STDOUT, log_file

This is my method (deletes files):
def cleanup
    log.info "Running cleanup"
    dirs = [ "/opt/sysnovo/tmp", "/opt/sysnovo/data", "/opt/sysnovo/merge" ]
    dirs.each do |dir|
        # Our file count.
        file_count = Dir.glob(File.join("#{dir}", '**', '*')).select { |file| File.file?(file) }.count

        # Log and delete!
        log.info "Removing #{file_count} files in #{dir}"
        FileUtils.rm_rf("#{dir}/.", secure: true)
    end
end

So basically, the log.info INSIDE the method fails with this:
./sysnovo_server.rb:58:in `<main>': undefined local variable or method `log' for main:Object (NameError)

So my QUESTION is this: how can I set up this to work right? Or get the log.info to work inside my method. Or .. am I doing this wrong? I'm new to Ruby so be gentle.

A: If you want to use the log variable inside your method then you should define it as global variable like this
$log = Logger.new MultiDelegator.delegate(:write, :close).to(STDOUT, log_file)

But I would recommend that you create a Singleton class which handles the logging and use it to log.

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Commission approves merger of Gaz de France and Suez, subject to conditions
by Doyle, Barlow & Mazard PLLC
On November 14, the European Commission approved the merger of Gaz de France ("GDF") and the Suez group. After an in-depth investigation, the Commission initially found that the deal would have anticompetitive effects in the gas and electricity wholesale and retail markets in Belgium and in the gas markets in France. The Commission's concerns related mainly to the removal of the increasing competitive pressure that GDF and Suez had so far exerted (and would have exerted in the foreseeable future) on each other in both Belgium and France. Given the conditions on the markets, including the very high barriers to entry, their respective dominant positions would have been considerably strengthened by the merger.
In response to these concerns, the parties offered extensive remedies including the divestiture of Distrigaz and SPE and Suez relinquishing its control of Belgian network operator Fluxys. In light of these structural remedies, the Commission concluded that the merger would not significantly impede competition in the European Economic Area or any substantial part of it.
Gaz de France is active in the gas sector at all levels, in electricity generation, electricity retail, and in energy services. It operates throughout Europe, but mainly in France and Belgium. In Belgium, Gaz de France, along with Centrica, has joint control over SPE, the second biggest player in the Belgian electricity and gas markets.
The Suez group is active in the gas and electricity sectors, in energy services and in water and environmental services, and operates mainly in Belgium and France. Suez's main energy subsidiaries are Electrabel (electricity and gas), Distrigaz (gas) Fluxys (gas infrastructures), and (in the energy services sector) Suez Energy Services (former Elyo), Fabricom, GTI, Axima and Tractebel Engineering.
The Commission analyzed the impact of the proposed operation on the gas and electricity markets in Belgium and France and concluded that in the absence of the proposed remedies, the transaction would significantly impede effective competition. Conversely, no negative impact would arise in the other countries concerned, i.e. the UK, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Hungary.
The Commission found that the merger, as originally planned, led to very high combined market shares in Belgium and removed GDF as the strongest competitor to the incumbents Distrigaz (gas) and Electrabel (electricity and to a lesser extent gas). The removal of GDF's competitive pressure also raised competition concerns with regard to the supply of gas to gas-fired power generators competing with Electrabel. Moreover, in view of its specific assets and strengths, no other company would have been able to reproduce the same level of competitive pressure as GDF.
The Commission also found that high barriers to entry further strengthened the parties' dominant position in the gas markets. Inter alia, the merging parties had access to most of the gas imported to Belgium and held almost all long-term import contracts. In addition, due to the parties' control over Fluxys, the network operator, they had privileged access to supply infrastructure and storage.
The Commission found that the merger would have strengthened GDF's dominant position in France by removing the competitive pressure exerted by Distrigaz, one of its best placed competitors. In France too, barriers to entry, relating to access to gas and infrastructures, would have increased the horizontal effects of the merger.
Finally, competition concerns also arose in the market for district heating in France, where the merger combined the largest player (Suez) with its second largest competitor (GDF), thus leading to a further concentration of this market.
To address these concerns, Gaz de France and Suez offered a comprehensive and far-reaching package of remedies. Most notably, Suez divested Distrigaz (including its French activities) and relinquished control over Fluxys. GDF divested its shareholding in SPE and, to address the concerns in the district heating market, divested its subsidiary Cofathec Coriance. Furthermore, a series of investment projects will be carried out both in Belgium and in France with a view to increasing infrastructure capacities, thereby facilitating the entry of new competitors onto the market and fostering competition. Most notably, the functioning of the Zeebrugge hub will be enhanced through the creation of a single entry point linking all networks converging on Zeebrugge and through the operation of the hub by an independent operator, Fluxys, which will no longer be controlled by Suez.
Nicholas Wetzler
nwetzler@dbmlawgroup.com
Posted in: International Highlights and Merger Highlights
Updated: February 14, 2017 1:07 pm
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Talk radio host Laura Ingraham eyes U.S. Senate bid in Virginia
Would be facing 2016 VP nominee Kaine
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By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times - Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Talk radio host Laura Ingraham confirmed Tuesday she is testing the waters for a run for Virginia's Senate seat, setting up what could be a marquee matchup against Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrats' 2016 vice presidential nominee.
Ms. Ingraham has been an ardent supporter of Donald Trump and helped play a role in the upset victory of Rep. Dave Brat, who unseated House Republicans' leader in a 2014 primary.
Now she says "well-connected" people in the state are pushing her to make a run herself.
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"I'm considering," Ms. Ingraham said on "Fox and Friends." "I haven't made any decisions yet."
If she were to run, it would make the campaign one of the highest-profile matchups in next year's congressional elections.
"Tim Kaine is vulnerable," said Paul Prados, GOP chair of the 11th Congressional District.
Democrats have been on a winning streak in Virginia, controlling all statewide offices and prevailing at the presidential level for three straight elections. But Mr. Prados said Democratic turnout should drop in a non-presidential election next year, giving the GOP a chance.
"If she gets in I think it would be awesome," said Cynthia Dunbar, a Republican National Committee member from Virginia. "She has a tremendous backbone. She is smart. She is articulate, and she is not an insider politician."
If others continue to waffle over whether they will enter the race, Ms. Dunbar said the party could bolster its chances of winning the seat by rallying behind someone like Ms. Ingraham early on in the contest.
"I think America is in a place that they are tired of the seasoned politicians," Ms. Dunbar said. "The fact that she has not run for office, I don't see that as a liability, I see that as an asset for her."
But Mo Elleithee, a Democratic strategist who was previously worked for Mr. Kaine, said Ms. Ingraham's lack of political experience and her no holds-barred style would provide a stark contrast with Mr. Kaine, who he said continues to "get accolades in the state for bringing a reasonable, pragmatic, approach to the job."
"You compare this reasonable pragmatic approach that has always served him well in Virginia against a professional flamethrower in Laura Ingraham — that is going to look good for him," Mr. Elleithee said. "I could not think anything better for Kaine than to run against Laura Ingraham."
Republicans say the field of candidates could be influenced by the 2017 gubernatorial primary featuring Ed Gillespie and Corey Stewart, Prince William County Board of Supervisors chairman, with the loser turning around to run for Senate.
Former Hewlett Packard CEO and 2016 presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, former Gov. Jim Gilmore and state Rep. Jimmie Massie are said to be seriously considering bids.
Others have said that Rep. Barbara Comstock, former Rep. Tom Davis, and Pete Snyder, who ran for lieutenant governor in 2012, have shown interest in the job.
Mr. Brat, meanwhile, said he is not running.
John Fredericks, host of the John Fredericks Radio Show who played a lead role in Donald Trump's Virginia campaign, said he doubts Ms. Ingraham is serious.
"She puts out rumors about herself — it is egomania out of control," Mr. Fredericks said, adding that if she proves him wrong, she will not be in for a coronation. "If people sense that Tim Kaine is vulnerable, she will be in a dogfight."
For his part, Mr. Kaine ruled out running for president in 2020 after the November election and is focusing on re-election, hoping that he will benefit from deep political ties and friendships on the state and national levels that he has developed over his 15 years in public office.
The 58-year-old served on the city council and then as mayor in Richmond before getting elected as lieutenant governor of Virginia. Since then he served as the state's 70th governor and chaired the Democratic National Committee.
Mr. Kaine was sworn into the Senate in 2013 after defeating former Republican Gov. George Allen, and was thrust into the national spotlight last year when Mrs. Clinton tapped him as her vice presidential candidate.
Mr. Pardos said the presidential race left Mr. Kaine damaged back home.
"He had built up over time a reputation as a somewhat moderate Democrat and as people say in the vice presidential debate and also in multiple campaign appearances that Tim Kaine showed himself to be rather partisan on the campaign trail," he said. "Now he was just doing his job, but the end result is that Tim Kaine has exposed himself in what is very much a purple state."
Ms. Ingraham is the host of "The Laura Ingraham Show" and bills herself as the most-listened-to woman in political talk radio.
She is a New York Times best-selling author and a former attorney who worked as a law clerk at the Supreme Court. She also worked in the Reagan administration, serving as an assistant to White House domestic policy adviser Gary Bauer.


Adrian Smith played viola with the Millennia Ensemble on the albums Absent Friends, Sticky Wickets and Foreverland. As such Adrian has also played for many other artists than The Divine Comedy including Joby Talbot (League of Gentlemen, Aluminium), Travis, Paul McCartney or The Pet Shop Boys.
Adrian Smith has also played for many ensembles including the Royal Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the BBC Concert, the Adriamus String Quartet and the Festival Chamber Orchestra.


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The End Times of Bram and Ben from Image Comics
Nobody ever figured Bram Carlson for the Rapture-worthy type. All in all, he's pretty much a total bastard. But when the Apocalypse comes, he disappears from the mortal plane along with the blessed—due to a heavenly clerical error. Heaven (somewhat) promptly sends him back.
Now, in THE END TIMES OF BRAM AND BEN, Bram's the only person on Earth who has glimpsed Heaven, and he intends to use his experience for the good of Bramkind. It's up to his morally conflicted roommate Ben to rein in Bram's ambition, but for a guy who has never striven for anything important in his life, Bram's going after his dream like—well, like it's the end of the world. But will it be the end of a friendship as well?
In his first creator-owned series, writer James Asmus (THIEF OF THIEVES, Gambit) teams up with Jim Festante (writer/comedian Comedy Central, MTV), and newcomer to the American comics scene, European artist Rem Broo, to tell a tale of the un-Raptured, shot through with humor and absurdity that make THE END TIMES the perfect new series for fans of CHEW to sink their teeth into.
"Despite the giant, colorful, violent elements of the Biblical apocalypse—this isn't a 'religious story,'" said Asmus, who was raised Catholic. "The real story Jim and I were excited to tell is one that shows a bunch of people reacting to one earth-shaking question: What do you do when you discover that reality isn't what you thought—and you're about to be punished for getting it wrong?"
Festante looks at THE END TIMES as a way of addressing the big questions as well. "Why does religion paint morality as black and white? Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? If you're doing what Satan wants, why would he torture you for eternity?" he said. "Um, we're not sure, but End Times is a nice break from pondering deep theological thoughts."
To Broo, the END TIMES is the comic he always wanted to read—and gets to draw as well! "I think I was the first true fan of this comic," he said. "I have never asked James and Jim what's going to happened in the script of the next issue. So, for almost two years now I lived of the story as intensely as the comic characters I was drawing."
THE END TIMES OF BRAM AND BEN is a four-issue miniseries. It was announced at New York Comic Con, where Asmus and Festante spoke to Comic Book Resources.
The first issue will be in stores on January 9, 32 pages of full-color story with a cover by Jim Mahfood for only $2.99. Order it now from the November issue of Previews! And each issue of the mini-series will have a cover by a different comic book rock star — Juan Doe (Legion of Monsters), Ben Templesmith (FELL, 30 Days of Night), and fine art sensation J.A.W. Cooper (LA Weekly).
THE END TIMES OF BRAM AND BEN #1
Story by: James Asmus and Jim Festante
Art By :Rem Broo
Cover By: Jim Mahfood
Diamond ID: NOV120448
On Sale: January 09, 2013
Posted by Chucky on December 05, 2012
Labels: COMICS, IMAGE COMICS


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LUIZA PRADO DE O. MARTINS
The Weeds Became Long Graceful Grasses
The Weeds Became Long Graceful Grasses (2019)
In this performance, I cook and serve a dinner of traditional Brazilian dishes prepared with ingredients that lead a double life: they are known food sources, whilst also being used in herbal preparations used for birth control and abortion. The dishes served are safe, not meant to provoke any adverse effects on those pregnant or those who are planning a pregnancy; rather, they are meant to nurture conversations on the medicalization of bodies, notions of 'radical care,' the poetic dimensions of herbal remedies, and a re-centering of indigenous and folk knowledges.
The dinner is accompanied by a poetic reading where some of these threads are unravelled through the story of a garden of abortifacient plants located in the Quinta da Boa Vista park, in Rio de Janeiro — originally Tamoio land, which later on became the seat of the Portuguese empire. The National Museum, destroyed in 2018 by a fire, is also located in the park — further embroiling the threads that trace the complicated history of colonialism and the production of knowledge tied to that place. These narratives unfold through the eyes of two women, Julia and Julieta, who first start sowing this garden at the beginning of the 20th century, and stretching until the night of the fire — invoking possibilities for counter-hegemonic politics of care and solidarity for presents, pasts, and futures.
Appetizer: Artemisia-smoked coconut and tapioca cubes, served with pomegranate molasses
Main: Plantain and coconut moqueca, green parsley rice, cashew nut farofa, passion fruit hot sauce
Dessert: Guava compote with cinnamon
To drink: Pomegranate and juniper kombucha
Commissioned by Savvy Contemporary, Berlin.
Performed in earlier forms on September 2018 at Konsthall C in Stockholm, Sweden, as part of the Decolonize the Curatorial program; and at KTH Södertälje as part of the "Herbarium" exhibition program.
Photos: Raisa Galofre
All A Spectre of Non-Presence An Accumulation of Gestures Eruptions As Flames Engulfed the River The imaginary becomes complete The Weeds Became Long Graceful Grasses All Directions At Once Incantations for a Queer Future Atropelos
A Spectre of Non-Presence An Accumulation of Gestures Eruptions As Flames Engulfed the River The imaginary becomes complete The Weeds Became Long Graceful Grasses All Directions At Once Incantations for a Queer Future Atropelos


Not everyone has billions of ad dollars with which to drive change across the digital landscape but all brands can embark on the same journey as P&G.
An American president once said "speak softly and carry a big stick". Marc Pritchard did exactly that at the IAB in the US recently.
Holding out the prospect that digital media owners might lose their slice of P&G's annual budget, he said it was time to clean up the "crappy media supply chain" of digital.
Specifically, he outlined four key demands: to adopt a single viewability standard, to offer third party measurement verification, review and develop better contracts and prevent ad fraud.
If he didn't get them then he and P&G would "vote with our ad dollars".
Even P&G, however, recognises that this can't happen overnight. Pritchard gave the company until the end of the year to have all these items ticked off.
Clearly this is a big task even for a company the size of P&G. Most other companies will have a fraction of the resources (although often less complexity in their media arrangements too) that the world's leading package goods company can bring to bear.
Nevertheless, it's vital that all brands start the same journey if they want to make media as powerful as it can be as a driver of business growth.
The good news is that all companies will benefit from the pressure that P&G brings to bear – Facebook and Google for example have already taken steps to open up their walled gardens to greater scrutiny.
The rest of the to do list, however, requires works on the part of each individual company, marketing and procurement team.
This is a big task so the key is to break it down into achievable chunks. We recommend that brands take a two-weeks, two-months and two-years schedule so that the processes and alignments that need to happen can be focused on at the right time.
In the first two weeks, the priority should be to create benchmarks. That means understanding where your company is now and how that compares to P&G's route plan.
This exercise should give you the benchmarks you need to create an action plan to transform your company.
The next stage is the two month actions. This is when you identify both the internal and external stakeholders who will need to embrace the changes you have identified in your action plan.
The final part of the transformation is the two-year plan – although there may well be key staging posts along the way. This is where the real changes will start to feed through and add value to your media efforts.
Brands need to create and build their internal media community to give them knowledge and control, revamp their strategic approach to view media as an investment rather than a cost and to align their supply chain with business success.
These are all big jobs. Revamping contracts for example, is critical to ensure that the agency is acting as an agent rather than principle. P&G's key contractual terms are that funds should only be used for media payment, all rebates need to be disclosed and returned and that all transactions need to be audited.
Preventing ad fraud is equally challenging. P&G's solution is to insist that everyone in its supply chain is TAG registered. TAG is currently US only although it is meant to roll out in France later this year, but also offers a way of checking that digital partners are legitimate.
TAG is designed to offer protection against bot or non-human traffic, keep brand messages on sites that meet brand standards and provides an IT route map to help combat malware, essential moves for brands that want to be safe online.
This is a long-term process but brands that don't start the journey will never complete it. It's also a process that needs a leader, someone with direct responsibility for keeping things moving.
That ensures that you don't speak so softly that no one internally or externally will hear you. It will also allow you to weaponise your big stick – your ad budget. No media owner wants to lose a client, whatever their budget, and you should leverage that advantage every day.


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Former presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon, center, arrives at Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, July 27, 2017.
A South Korean court has sentenced the former presidential chief of staff and the former culture minister to prison for blacklisting thousands of artists deemed unfriendly to ousted president Park Geun-hye and denying them state support.
The Seoul Central District Court on Thursday sentenced Park's former aide Kim Ki-choon to three years behind bars and former Culture Minister Kim Jong-deok to two years for abuse of authority and other charges.
The court sentenced five other former presidential and government officials to shorter or suspended prison terms over the case.
They are the latest to be convicted in a corruption scandal surrounding Park who was removed from office and arrested in March.


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