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Liverton Mines
Tiny village church could be demolished and replaced with new building
St Hilda's Church in Liverton has developed numerous structural defects over the years
St Hilda's Church, Liverton Mines (Image: Copyright Unknown)
A tiny village church could be replaced with a new building with a stand-out stained-glass window if plans are approved.
The Parochial Church Council of St Hilda's has applied to Redcar and Cleveland Council to replace its modest little church building with a brand new one.
The application calls for the demolition of the existing church and the construction of a new building at the same site on the corner of Liverton Road and St George's Terrace in Liverton Mines.
If given the go-ahead, the new church would feature a large stained glass window and provide space for a wide range of community activities.
The application said: "The existing building was built in the early 1900s for use as a place of worship using modest materials and simple construction techniques.
"Numerous structural defects have developed over time and investigations in 2017 concluded that the extent of remedial work needed had no economic viability.
"It is proposed to demolish the existing structure and build a new, slightly larger building over the existing footprint.
"The new building will retain its current use as a place of worship but is design so that the church can accommodate a wide range of community activities."
The plans lodged with the council (Image: Redcar and Cleveland Council)
According to the plans, the new building would have a rectangular footprint and pitched roof with gable ends orientated east-west.
At the east end this allows for a large glazed window which would allow for a "commemorative stained glass feature".
The application said "the design of the stained glass is to be confirmed and is subject to fundraising".
The external walls would be constructed using a red/brown brick, windows and door frames would be polyester powder coated aluminium, coloured bronze.
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The main entrance door to the west would be made of solid oak with glazed panels.
St Hilda's belongs to the Church of England's Diocese of York.
No representations either for the plans or objecting to them have been submitted to Redcar and Cleveland Council's Planning Department so far.
Public consultation on the plans ends on January 31.
Redcar and Cleveland Council
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Travis Schuyler, a doctoral candidate in the UK Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts & Sciences, working with Marcelo Guzman, built a system for fast sampling of temperature, pressure and humidity for the HiDRON glider, a high-altitude measurement platform developed by the earth observation company Stratodynamics Aviation Inc.
UK Chemistry Professor Marcelo Guzman, left, and Schuyler attended an atmospheric research conference in Boulder last summer. This is where the two originally met Gary Pundsack with Stratodynamics Aviation Inc. and began collaborating for this project.
Schuyler and Guzman's project was in collaboration with a stage of HiDRON flight tests by UAVOS Inc. and Stratodynamics Aviation Inc. The companies successfully reached an altitude of 25 kilometers (82,000 feet) for the first time. The UK team members have published their results in Sensors, an open access peer reviewed journal, which can be accessed at the following link, Using a Balloon Launched Unmanned Glider to Validate Real-Time WRF Modeling.
Read more about the projects at www.uavos.com/hidron-measured-weather-conditions-in-the-stratosphere, and about the full research article at Using a Balloon Launched Unmanned Glider to Validate Real-Time WRF Modeling, T.J. Schuyler, S.M.I. Gohari, G. Pundsack, D. Berchoff, and M.I. Guzman. Sensors (2019), 19 (8), 1914, DOI: 10.3390/s19081914.


WICHITA - Subzero cold forecast to sweep into the Plains next week threatens to damage winter wheat across much of Nebraska and north-central Kansas in places where there is little snow to provide crops a protective cover, agriculture experts warned Friday.
Temperatures are expected to dip to a low of between minus 5 to minus 15 in those areas by Monday, said Don Keeney, agricultural meteorologist for Maryland-based commodity risk firm MDA Weather Services.
Some freeze damage is likely to hit about 15 to 20 percent of the Plains wheat belt, Keeney said. The region generally encompasses Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, northern Texas and eastern Colorado.
"I expect there is going to be pretty widespread potential for damage, and so we are going to watch it pretty closely," said Justin Gilpin, chief executive officer for the industry group Kansas Wheat. "But we won't know the full extent really until that plant goes to green back up in the spring."
Winter wheat in northern states such as Montana and the Dakotas for the most part are not in as great a risk from the subzero temperatures, because fields in those states are protected by a thick blanket of snow now on the ground.
Generally, a couple of inches of snow are sufficient to protect winter wheat when temperatures dip as low as minus 4 degrees. But wheat needs at least 4 inches of snow cover to protect it when temperatures get much colder.
"Four inches and above, it can get as cold as it wants and it is not going to hurt it, but a couple of inches isn't going to be enough when it gets to 10 or 15 below," Keeney said.
While more snow forecast across nearly all the Midwest wheat belt this weekend should help insulate the crop, the snow cover is expected to remain thin across a large swath of the Plains by the time frigid temperatures hit. Between 1 million and 1.2 million acres of winter wheat across much of Nebraska and north-central Kansas are at risk of some freeze damage, he said.
The quick moving cold front is expected to surge into the central Plains on Monday morning, but the subzero temperatures are not expected to last more than a day or two before it begins warming up again.
It is still too early to gauge any effect on wheat prices, because the market right now is more focused on world wheat numbers, export numbers and demand numbers and hasn't turned their full attention to the coming crop yet, Gilpin said.
But Keeney said that if the freeze is as bad as forecast, it might cause "a little ripple effect" now on prices and the market will take notice.
"Once we get into spring and farmers are able to get into the field and see the damage ... if it is that bad, then obviously I think we will see a bigger market jump at that point," Keeney said.


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"This record sounds more like my record collection than the band I'm in," explains Ben Gibbard of his first official solo album outside his primary group, Death Cab for Cutie. Indeed, the chiming folkie guitars and acoustic pianos dominating Former Lives (due October 16th) provide organic contrast to the futuristic sonics that underpin Death Cab's most recent effort, 2011's Codes and Keys, or the electronica-driven pop of Gibbard's successful Postal Service side project.
"It's more Big Star-y and rootsy," Gibbard says. "I didn't set out to make something distinctly retro, but if you strip out modern production, that's just what rock & roll sounds like. It just ends up more timeless." According to Gibbard, the 12 tracks comprising Former Lives represent "deleted scenes from [Death Cab] albums, written around different times. They aren't throwaways, but for whatever reason, tonally or lyrically, they didn't help tell the larger story of those albums, or fit in their context."
Largely produced with Aaron Espinoza (of L.A. indie rockers Earlimart), Gibbard played most of the instruments, sometimes taking the one-man-band thing to an extreme: the startling a cappella opener "Shepherd's Bush Lullaby" consists entirely of Gibbard overdubbing his voice into his iPhone.
"I literally recorded it on my FourTrack app, walking around London in the rain," he says. "It seemed like an appropriate curveball to start the record."
Former Lives does feature a few crucial guest appearances, however. Aimee Mann duets memorably with Gibbard on "A Bigger Love," while the songs "Lady Adelaide" and "Broken Yolk in Western Sky" feature Son Volt's Mark Spencer on pedal steel and Superchunk/Bob Mould drummer Jon Wurster adding percussive heft.
"Mark's parts just made those songs so yearning – he plays too many instruments too well," Gibbard says. "As for Jon, Superchunk has been one of my favorite bands since I was a teenager, and he's one of the funniest people on earth, in addition to being one of the greatest drummers of a generation. And with Aimee, we've been friends for a while. She killed it, and she's also hilarious. The whole making of this record, we were laughing the whole time."
Gibbard's most surprising collaboration, though, is with the all-female mariachi ensemble Trio Ellas, who've worked with Lady Gaga, Ozomatli and Mariachi El Bronx, adding here surprising south-of-the-border horns to the standout track "Something's Rattling (Cowpoke)."
"I told them to play it like it was their song, and they ran with it," he says. "I was absolutely surprised – it's like mariachi à la George Martin."
Meanwhile, despite the album's seemingly autobiographical title, Gibbard advises against inferring connections between the doomed romance inhabiting his new songs' lyrics and his recent divorce from Zooey Deschanel.
"Events in my personal life might lead to assumptions that some pronouns refer to certain people, but 99 times out of 100, they're dead wrong," he says. "When a songwriter uses the first person, the immediate assumption is that the lyric is telling a personal story, but it's storytelling. I don't try to be overly confessional in my work. We live in a world of oversharing, and writing a song is different from writing a tweet."
Gibbard also claims that despite striking out on his own, Death Cab remains a healthy ongoing concern. "Every project we do outside the band feeds it – we're actually getting along better than ever," he notes. "We go off and learn new tools, and that finds its way back into how we make music."
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Passover celebrations help local Jews relive the Exodus
by laura legere (staff writer) / Published: March 29, 2010
With the beginning of Passover at sundown tonight, Jewish people throughout the region will again walk from slavery to freedom.
At the heart of the holiday is a call to re-experience the Jewish Exodus from Egypt, and at community Seders beginning today, people will share food, songs, stories and drama to make that story alive.
Props and "colorful teaching tools" will be included at Seders today and Tuesday at the Jewish Discovery Center in South Abington Twp. to help engage everyone in the experience of the Exodus story, Rabbi Benny Rapoport said.
"We're used to, when it comes to secular things, a rich colorful experience" - often one that is "physically exciting but spiritually more hollow," he said.
The goal for Passover, then, is "to make things that are more fundamental and meaningful, to make them also as engaging and exciting."
At a Saturday community Seder at Temple Hesed in Scranton, traditions from across the Diaspora will be featured at the feast.
There will be a Middle Eastern preparation of the charoset, one of the standard foods at the Seder that symbolizes the mortar used by the Jewish slaves to build Egyptian storehouses.
At the start of the meal, a person will enter dressed in a traveling robe bearing a Seder plate on his back, asking the guests to go along on his journey, as in the custom of Yemenite Jews.
And during the chorus of one of the songs sung during the feast, everyone will perform a Persian Jewish custom of circling the table and hitting the guests over the head with a scallion "like the whips of the Egyptian taskmasters," Rabbi Daniel Swartz said.
"It is just, at that point, to wake people up and liven things up a bit," he said.
The work to make the Exodus real is helped by the symbolic significance of Passover: The theme of freedom is one that draws people back to the holiday, one of the most widely celebrated in Judaism.
"There are so many modern-day Egypts, so to speak, that enslave us," Rabbi Rapoport said.
The contemporary challenge, he said, "is to allow us to be free of these things that tie us down, that weigh us down, to enable us to go ahead and find our true selves."
Contact the writer: llegere@timesshamrock.com
4 posted comments
Relive the Exodus? How about remember the Exodus. Passover isn't a historical reenactment!
Andrew, 29 March 2010 kl. 21:05
Bob, may Meir Kahane's ghost haunt you.
Chaya Squad, 29 March 2010 kl. 13:13
What time do the bars open? Everyone is Jewish on Passover! I want one of those plastic horns they will be sure to be selling on the square.
Happy Passover to those who celebrate!
Sholomo, 29 March 2010 kl. 11:46
REMEMBER THE USS .LIBERTY AGTR-5
BOB, 29 March 2010 kl. 10:19


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Technical Solution behind Blockchain-based Messenger ADAMANT
Jun 4 2018 · 11:58 UTC | Updated Jan 31 2020 · 08:19
by Maria Konash · 4 min read
Totally anonymous blockchain-based ADAMANT messenger reclaims peoples' privacy while providing system for data and message transfers along with an integrated payments.
Messenger apps and services have become an integral part of day to day life for many people, be it an individual or a company. Unfortunately, more and more cases occur, wherein the privacy of users is breached by companies who own the application (example: instant-messengers).
ADAMANT tries to address this issue. We all know that Blockchain concepts prove to be robust in ensuring data security along with maintaining anonymity. So, ADAMANT uses a Blockchain – based system for data and message transfers along with an integrated payment system.
This means that unlike traditional centralised messaging systems, it's almost impossible to associate a message history to a specific person – due to the absence of credentials being used in the system. Users don't need to enter their cell phone numbers, email addresses, social accounts, or payment details anymore.
The System's Architecture
As was previously reported by Coinspeaker, Adamant is a fully decentralized system based on the Delegated Proof-of-Stake Consensus (DPoS) algorithm. DPoS leverages the power of stakeholder approval voting to resolve consensus issues in a fair and democratic environment. All network parameters, from fee schedules to block intervals and transaction sizes, can be tuned via elected delegates.
The ADAMANT system consists of two types of nodes: Full Nodes containing the entire blockchain database, that can participate in new block forging; and Light-Clients, which run full data encryption on their side before further transferring to the blockchain.
All blockchain operations are carried out by the full nodes. The light-clients interconnect with these full nodes through the HTTPS protocol (End-to-End encryption), using a certain API to transfer all their data in JSON format.
While a full node uses the following basis:
OS Linux Server (Ubuntu). Installation on other platforms is also possible through the Docker application packages;
Node.JS Application Server;
PostgreSQL Server for storing the blockchain.
While light clients make use of the following technologies:
Progressive Web App (PWA) — a web application for the modern browsers;
HTML5, JS, CSS, Vue — program languages and frameworks for the web;
A full node utilisation through the special API protocol.
All of the network nodes use a Peer-to-Peer scheme over the HTTPS protocol for their interconnection.
Lisk Code for ADAMANT
Initially, a proof-of-work (PoW) system was considered for the ADAMANT project. However, PoW is not compatible in the long term with instant-messengers, as nobody would like to wait long periods of time just to send and receive messages. Also, its maintenance cost is considerably high, with the growth in participants, transaction fees would rise quickly too.
All modern use cases of the Ethereum blockchain are also not suitable for maintaining the ADAMANT network. This is because of the relatively high value of "gas" (transactions' fee), that is used for every Ethereum transaction, including all message transfers.
The above reasons resulted in ADAMANT being built on an independent blockchain. Thus, the transactions' costs could be low enough to operate the entire network, and could easily be adjusted based on the future rising token price. Lisk's codebase supports these needs and hence is used for the realization of the server-part and the blockchain itself. The ADAMANT architecture is flexible enough to allow changes to transaction fees, as and when needed.
ADAMANT Transactions
Each block includes a variable amount of transactions. An amount of 6 to 10 block confirmations are needed, in order for the block to be approved. This is, however, important for token transactions and document transfers. All the messages are sent after one confirmation.
According to the project's whitepaper, there are 10 network's transaction types, which among others include direct token transfer, message transfer, creating a group chat, document transfer, signing a document, etc. All transactions do require commission payments (fees) for their execution. All such payments are shared between active delegates as a network maintenance cost.
Meanwhile, those interested in the project, can participate in its development through the ICO, which is live till the end of the month. ADAMANT is soft capped at $500,000, while the hard cap makes $8,000,000. All funds raised during the ICO will be used for the messenger's development, support and evolution.
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Editor-in-Chief Maria Konash
Being a successful graduate of Belarusian State Economic University (BSEU), Maria has acquired competencies in economic and social studies. Given Maria's previous research working experience, and desire to explore what's really shaping the future, the main research focus is placed on FinTech and Blockchain Technology.


I sometimes have projects that span periods during which hourly billing rates change. It would be great if we could enter a rate schedule for an individual resource. An alternative would be to apply an escalation factor.


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Q: Notification.requestPermission() não funciona no navegador Firefox Tenho o seguinte código Java Script em meu sistema
<script>
function showNotification(mensagem){
  const notification = new Notification('Teste Notificação',{
  body: mensagem,
  icon: 'https://i.pinimg.com/originals/20/79/03/2079033abc8314be554f9d24f562a199.jpg'
  })
}
console.log(Notification.permission)
if(Notification.permission==='granted'){
  showNotification('Você possui notificações não lidas.');
}else if(Notification.permission!=="denied"){
  Notification.requestPermission().then(permission=>{
    if(permission ==='granted'){
        showNotification('Você possui notificações não lidas.');
    }
  })
}
</script>

No Navegador Chrome e Edge e Opera funcionam 100%
Já no Navegador FireFox apresenta a seguinte mensagem no console

A permissão para notificação só deve ser requisitada a partir de um
manipulador de eventos de curta duração gerado pelo usuário.

Alguma sugestão?

A: Isso ocorre especificamente no Firefox pois em Abril de 2019 já haviam decidido mudar a forma que o Notification.requestPermission se comporta, o motivo dessa decisão foi para reduzir o numero de janelas de prompt solicitando permissão, pois esse recurso estava sendo muito mal usado pelos desenvolvedores, tornando isso em um tipo de SPAM.
Em Novembro do mesmo ano, a partir da versão 72 do Firefox isso passou a ser padrão como bloqueado.
No entanto pode notar que o ícone de notificação fica animado quando é solicitado a permissão, ele só não exibe o popup/prompt, para exibir o usuário deve clicar no ícone por vontade própria e decidir ativar ou bloquear:

Fonte da imagem: https://blog.mozilla.org

Se me permitem expor minha opinião, essa forma que o Firefox atua é bem mais agradável ao usuário final, pois muitos sites que visitamos eventualmente ficavam perturbando, se tantos desenvolvedores não fizessem mau uso de tantas coisas talvez muitas decisões e bloqueios hoje não existiriam.
Voltando ao foco da pergunta, além de clicar no ícone (localizado na barra de endereços) para exibir a solicitação de permissão, você também pode ativar o Notification.requestPermission() através de uma interação com o usuário usando o evento click. Note que os navegadores sabem quando o evento click foi disparado pelo usuário e quando foi disparado por uma "simulação", exemplo HTMLElement.click(), se tentar simular também não vai funcionar.
Um exemplo que vai funcionar:
<button onclick="ativarNotificacoes()">Ativar notificações</button>

<script>
function ativarNotificacoes() {
    Notification.requestPermission();
}
</script>

Qualquer tentativa de simular o click irá falhar, como no exemplo a seguir:
<button onclick="ativarNotificacoes()" id="simular">Ativar notificações</button>

<script>
document.getElementById("simular").click();

function ativarNotificacoes() {
    Notification.requestPermission();
}
</script>

Apresentando no console o erro:

A permissão para notificação só deve ser requisitada a partir de um manipulador de eventos de curta duração gerado pelo usuário.

Em navegadores configurados em inglês:

The Notification permission may only be requested from inside a short running user-generated event handler.

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Sarah-Jane Hosegood falls for the charms of Babycham, surely the vintage lover's favourite tipple for the festive season?
Published: December 12th, 2022 at 3:40 pm
With the festive season around the corner, I could no longer ignore my Christmas to-do list. As I marched about the shops taking note of possible present ideas, quite by accident, I was delighted to come across a revamped vintage treat. A large bottle of Babycham caught my eye on a high shelf, clad in a sparkly turquoise sequinned jacket alongside a tempting champagne glass set. I felt a warm tinge of nostalgia for the heritage of my Somerset hometown, Shepton Mallet (also well-known its huge antiques fair).
What is Babycham?
The chances are most of us have memories of Babycham, the ladylike perry tipple with the iconic deer leaping across the bottle. The jolly deer has become somewhat more famous than the drink itself and, as a result, the power of the brand lives on.
Being a Shepton Mallet girl born and bred, my first memory of the company was seeing the large Babycham model stood atop its headquarters as you approached the town. Today, the deer has a lower profile position on the verge, though it can still be glimpsed as you drive by.
Babycham is a great example of why vintage makes me tick. It's not so much the items themselves but the memories that they hold. My late grandmother worked at Babycham in the 1970s and I recall all the memorabilia that she had at home: tea towels, pretty champagne glasses, even silver and gold Babycham bracelet charms that she later kindly gave to me. How did this successful empire begin from a small Somerset market town?
Who created babycham?
The four brothers who co-founded Babycham - Francis, Herbert, Arthur and Ralph Showering - came from unassuming beginnings. Francis started work in his parents' pub, The Ship, brewing beer and cider for both the family pub as well as other local hostelries. As a small concern, they struggled to compete with national brewers.
It was only during the Second World War that they managed to flourish despite a shortage of raw materials, building up a delivery fleet consisting of long-retired vehicles. After the war, however, the Showerings needed to find a niche in order to compete. This is when their experimentation led to the production of perry, a form of cider made from pears.
When the sparkling drink was launched in 1953 it was mainly aimed at young women and fast became the tipple of choice in its glamorous champagne saucer–style glasses adorned with the deer. In 1957 it became the first ever alcoholic drink to be advertised on television and as production increased, Babycham realised worldwide success. Pear orchards were acquired in the Midlands to cope with the demand and a staggering 108,000 bottles were produced every hour in 1967. In 2013 the bubbly drink celebrated a mighty milestone, its 60th anniversary.
How much is Babycham memorabilia?
Now owned by Accolade Wines, Babycham continues to be produced, while vintage pieces of its memorabilia are as popular as ever. I often see it at flea markets and online. The glasses can be bought for around £7 each, tea towels in good condition fetch around £15, and I have a beautiful vintage Beswick ashtray that I wouldn't part with for less than £35 – if I could bear to. There are also pinnies, plastic deer figures, posters, coasters and bracelet charms. I even have a giant green Babycham bottle for saving up my pennies.
Now that I live close to the original factory, I can only imagine the excitement of the hustle and bustle in the business's heyday. How I wish I could time travel back to the 1950s to witness the hubbub of such a local success story.
These days, it is heartening to see Babycham still being sold. This Christmas, it has also launched two more vintage-inspired flavours: cherry and cream soda – ideal gifts for the vintage lover. At least I know what I'll be having this Christmas – as the famous slogan goes, 'I'd love a Babycham.'


The Pensions Regulator has deemed pension schemes "too generous" when offering lump sums to people cashing out "defined benefit" retirement schemes.
Fourteen schemes have been encouraged to consider making reductions, amid concerns that overly generous pay-outs could damage the remaining funds. In the year to March, a record £21 billion flowed out of these schemes.
Defined benefit schemes guarantee a certain level of income on retirement, such as final salary pensions, and for this reason they're often referred to as "gold-plated". However, in recent years firms have been offering people large cash sums to transfer out, as it gets more expensive to cover their obligations.
Sir Steve Webb, director of policy at Royal London, who obtained the letter following a freedom of information request, said people had been routinely offered twenty five to thirty times their annual pension as a lump sum transfer value. He said some were even offered as much as forty times their annual pension. This means for a £10,000 per year pension, someone could be offered as much as £250,000 to £400,000.
The letter, which suggests trustees consider cutting the amounts on offer for workers leaving the pension scheme, was sent to fourteen schemes where the regulator is aware there has been a marked increase in transfer requests from members.
Former pensions minister, Webb, said a particular concern was workers transferring out and being offered a relatively generous cash lump sum when the pension scheme itself is in deficit or the employer is regarded as vulnerable. If large numbers of members were to transfer out on generous terms there would be a risk that the funding position of the scheme could worsen, risking the remaining members not getting their full pensions.
The letter states: "We would expect you to take advice from your scheme actuary about whether the basis on which CETVs (cash equivalent transfer values) are calculated remains appropriate.
The letter highlights that the regulator is aware that the level of transfer activity in the pensions industry has increased significantly in recent years, and that the regulator believes it is in "the best financial interests of the majority of members to remain in their defined benefit (DB) scheme".
Trustees are expected to explain that, in transferring away from their scheme, members would be giving up a guaranteed future pension income in return for income that is not guaranteed and will vary depending on how they manage it, the letter states.
A spokesperson for the Pensions Regulator said, "Transfers from defined benefit schemes to defined contribution schemes are unlikely to be in the best interest of most members, although there are certain circumstances where they may be appropriate.
If you'd like some impartial advice on your own pension arrangements, please get in touch with our Chartered Financial Planner, Dan Eatch.
Collective defined contribution pensions: is the UK ready?


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Sanders answers students' questions at Roosevelt High School
Shaina Humphries
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders held a campaign event at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines Thursday.Sanders is holding rallies today at Roosevelt High School, in Fairfield with actress Susan Sarandon and in Burlington.Sanders told the students that American democracy is not a football game or a TV show -- everyone needs to be involved. He said sometimes young people don't think politics is cool, but you still must be involved."A little over two years ago we had a midterm election, 63 percent of American people didn't vote, 80 percent of young people didn't vote. That's not really a democracy," said Sanders.Who determines what you consider important?Economics is important and even with the explosion of technology most American workers are working longer hours, Sanders said."Why are people working one to two to three jobs to make ends meet?" asked Sanders.Is climate change a hoax as some of my Republican colleagues think or is it real as scientists say, Sanders asked."Should we make it easier or harder to get a college education?" said Sanders.Sanders said we must pass comprehensive immigration reform. What has happened lately is "racist and bigoted attacks" on entire groups of people, Sanders said sighting Trump."If elected president what will you do on the first day?" asked a student.Sanders said he would call lawmakers to the White House to discuss how to rebuild the Middle Class, how to make college tuition free and how to get corporations to pay their fair share of taxes -- get the ball rolling on all of it.On gun control, Sanders said he wants to keep guns away from criminals and mentally unstable. He said he wants an instant background check and eliminate the loophole for gun sales background checks at gun shows.Sanders also answered questions about ISIS, climate change and more. Look for more on this story coming up on KCCI-TV, KCCI.com, our Facebook page, mobile website m.kcci.com and apps.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders held a campaign event at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines Thursday.
Sanders is holding rallies today at Roosevelt High School, in Fairfield with actress Susan Sarandon and in Burlington.
Sanders told the students that American democracy is not a football game or a TV show -- everyone needs to be involved. He said sometimes young people don't think politics is cool, but you still must be involved.
"A little over two years ago we had a midterm election, 63 percent of American people didn't vote, 80 percent of young people didn't vote. That's not really a democracy," said Sanders.
Who determines what you consider important?
Economics is important and even with the explosion of technology most American workers are working longer hours, Sanders said.
"Why are people working one to two to three jobs to make ends meet?" asked Sanders.
Is climate change a hoax as some of my Republican colleagues think or is it real as scientists say, Sanders asked.
"Should we make it easier or harder to get a college education?" said Sanders.
Sanders said we must pass comprehensive immigration reform. What has happened lately is "racist and bigoted attacks" on entire groups of people, Sanders said sighting Trump.
"If elected president what will you do on the first day?" asked a student.
Sanders said he would call lawmakers to the White House to discuss how to rebuild the Middle Class, how to make college tuition free and how to get corporations to pay their fair share of taxes -- get the ball rolling on all of it.
On gun control, Sanders said he wants to keep guns away from criminals and mentally unstable. He said he wants an instant background check and eliminate the loophole for gun sales background checks at gun shows.
Sanders also answered questions about ISIS, climate change and more. Look for more on this story coming up on KCCI-TV, KCCI.com, our Facebook page, mobile website m.kcci.com and apps.


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Watch | Why is the Supreme Court Not Enforcing Peoples' Rights, Asks Justice Lokur
In an interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, the former Supreme Court judge answered a range of questions on the apex court's recent methods of functioning.
Complete transcript appended below
In an interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire on the functioning of the Supreme Court during the coronavirus pandemic, Justice Madan B. Lokur said he is "disappointed" by the way the court has responded to the suffering people affected by COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdown, now in its sixth week.
The Supreme Court, he said, is not fulfilling its constitutional functions adequately. "Certainly, it should be more pro-active than it has been," he added.
Speaking specifically about the three weeks the court took to dispose of a petition on the right to life of migrant workers, only to request the government to "take such steps as it finds fit to help the migrant workers", Justice Lokur said: "Yes, I think the court let down these migrants. Certainly…. I think the court should have and could have gone much further… Whatever steps you're taking is good enough is not an answer particularly in a situation like this… A person has a right. If he has that right it has to be enforced. That's it. You can't say I hope and trust that somebody will enforce that right on his behalf. The person has a right. Why are you not enforcing it? It (the Supreme Court) is not fulfilling its constitutional functions adequately."
Finally, when asked if he was disappointed with the Supreme Court, Justice Lokur said: "Yes, I am disappointed. It is disappointing. Certainly."
The following is a complete transcript of the interview:
Karan Thapar: Hello, welcome to a special interview for The Wire. Earlier this week the lawyer Prashant Bhushan wrote an article for The Wire which is a critique of the Supreme Court's functioning during the lockdown. Prashant Bhushan makes three critical points. He claims the Supreme Court is not doing enough to defend the constitutional rights of the Indian people, particularly the poor and vulnerable. Secondly, he questions the prioritization on which the Supreme Court is choosing to hear some cases immediately and to postpone others, perhaps even indefinitely, and thirdly, Prashant Bhushan says that the Supreme Court has surrendered its power of judicial review over government policy and action. With me to discuss the functioning of the court, here is one of the most learned and highly regarded former judges, Justice Madan Lokur.
Justice Lokur, as I said in that introduction, Prashant Bhushan makes three key criticisms of the court, very briefly they are: a claim that the Supreme Court is not defending the constitutional rights of the Indian people, particularly the poor and vulnerable. Secondly, he questions the prioritization on which the court is hearing cases or deferring them, and thirdly, he says that the court has surrendered its power of judicial review over government policy and action. I'll come to specifics later but broadly speaking, do you agree or do you disagree with Prashant Bhushan's criticism?
Justice Madan B. Lokur: Thank you, Karan, for inviting me on your show. It's a pleasure being here. Well, as far as the critique by Prashant is concerned I have gone through it. Broadly yes, I agree with him but I think he has been a little uncharitable in the sense that when we discuss about judicial review, I'm not sure whether the use of the word surrender would be appropriate. But yes broadly I agree with what he says.
Thapar: Let's go through the main criticisms one by one and I'll cover judicial review right at the end. To start with, let's talk about the way the court has responded to the right to life of migrant workers. These are people who are destitute and starving, they're desperate. We've seen on television how hundreds of thousands, if not millions, tried to walk back to their villages. Now, a petition on their plight was filed in the Supreme Court on the 31st of March. Thereafter, for one reason or another, the government was given additional time and new hearings were scheduled. Finally, three weeks later on the 21st of April, the court disposed of the petition with a pretty anodyne and tepid request to the government, to take such steps as it finds, to fit to resolve the issues raised in the petition. Do you believe this is an acceptable way of responding to the right to life of Indians?
Lokur: I think the concept of Public Interest Litigation in this situation has been completely misunderstood. The purpose of Public Interest Litigation is not adversarial. There is a problem which the public interest petitioner brings to the court, and the government whoever it is, if it's a state government or if it's a central government, says that yes perhaps things are not as they should be, they can improve, and we'll certainly try and help you out and the court works in that direction along with the public interest petitioner and the government and arrives at a solution.
Now in this particular case about the migrants, the stand that was taken was adversarial – there's nothing wrong, we're doing everything that's possible and therefore please don't interfere. I think that stand probably resulted in what has happened. There was a problem, I think the government should have acknowledged that there was a problem and it should have tried to find out ways and means to remedy that problem with the assistance of the court if it is possible or even otherwise. I think that's where the mistake was made and yes I think in that sense the court led down these migrants, certainly.
Thapar: When you say the court led down these migrants are you saying the court should've put more pressure on the government? Should've been more clear cut that the government must act rather than simply saying, I'm quoting the quote – "take such steps as it finds fit to resolve the issue raised in the petition."
Lokur: The thing is, these migrants don't know what are the steps that have been taken. So to say that whatever steps you're taking or you should take more steps… What are those steps? And if actually, you go through the status reports filed in the Supreme Court, one status report was filed on the 31st of March, another status report was filed on the 7th of April, there is a huge disparity in the figures – the number of camps, the number of NGOs who were helping out, the number of people who were provided shelter, the number of people who were provided food – it was a massive problem. And to say that you should do something about it and take whatever steps you feel are appropriate, that's it, we don't want to say anything more. I think the court should have and could have gone much further.
You should look at some of the past Public Interest Litigations, say, bonded labor for example. The court could very well have said in the case of bonded labor – there's bonded labor, do something about it, whatever steps you're taking it's good enough, and in the case of child labor, whatever steps that you're taking it's good enough.
That's not an answer particularly in a situation like this.
Thapar: Now let me quote to you what Chief Justice Bobde said to The Hindu on Monday as his explanation for not defending what is essentially a fundamental right. His words were, "This is not a situation where declaration of rights has much gravity or as much importance as in other times." Do you accept that explanation? That's his reason for saying – the government, do what you can we're not going to put any further pressure on you.
Lokur: Well, I don't want to get into anything personal with Chief Justice Bobde. It's a view that he has and it's a different view that I have, it's nothing personal at all so I think we should be clear about that. To say that fundamental rights are not so important today because of the prevailing situation is, I think, is a wrong way of looking at it. The very same argument perhaps in slightly different words was put forth in the ADM Jabalpur case during the Emergency. And the view of the Supreme Court at that time was 4:1 – when there is an internal emergency, fundamental rights will take a back seat. Justice HR Khanna said – no they can't take a backseat, fundamental rights are inherent. So to say that fundamental rights will take a back seat, I'm not sure if it's the correct way of looking at it.
Thapar: Let's come, Justice Lokur, to the sense of priority that the Supreme Court has shown in terms of what cases it has decided to hear immediately and which ones it has chosen to defer. Now, cases to do with the right of migrant labor presently stranded in shelter homes, to return to their villages, have been postponed to the 27th of May. Cases to do with NREGA payments to people who I presume are destitute, will only be heard two weeks after the lockdown is over. But when Arnab Goswami petitions the court seeking protection from multiple FIRs, he is heard in exactly 15 hours. Is that an acceptable sense of prioritization or is it a questionable one?
Lokur: Well, Karan, the issue is like this, the Supreme Court issued a circular on the 13th of March, saying that they will take up urgent cases from the 16th of March onwards. Now, what is the category of urgent cases, how do you define urgent cases and who decides whether a case is urgent or not, was not explained. A little later, sometime in April or maybe the 31st of March. I'm not sure about the date, they said not the urgent cases but the extremely urgent cases will be taken on. Given the situation I think nothing was more important than the rights of the migrants, wanting to go back home, their shelter, their food, their wages whether it's under NREGA or otherwise, this was of crucial importance or of extreme urgency, whatever word you may wish to choose. Against that if you place the case that you've mentioned, where an FIR is filed or maybe 10 FIRs are filed against a person. What is the urgency? The police had not even acted upon those FIRs, in a situation like this the possibility of an arrest is almost zero. The police have to first at least prima facie verify whether the allegations made in the FIR are correct or not. And, from what I've read and even today there is a write-up on this – the petition was filed after 8:00 pm. So what was the extreme urgency and how do you define extreme urgency? Was there some extreme urgency that this guy is going to be arrested right now? And then you take it up the next day and then you say no coercive action for three weeks and so on… You should compare the plight of the migrants, compare the plight of the poor as against this, then there is just no comparison at all. It is very, very wrong on the part of the Supreme Court to have taken up that case without it falling in the category of extreme urgency. That's from the facts that are available as of today.
Thapar: Again in the interview that he gave The Hindu on Monday, Chief Justice Bobde defended the prioritization with the following argument – "The courts are doing their best to cope with the situation and in particular they're selecting and prioritizing matters they must hear." That suggests that he thinks Arnab Goswami is important, while NREGA payments for the destitutes, or migrant laborers stranded is not an important issue.
Lokur: I don't want to get into personalities but I think it's pretty obvious isn't it that the plight of the migrants is important and that NREGA is important , bail petitions are important, habeas corpus petitions are important, as against the right of a journalist. Of course, freedom of the press is important, there is no doubt about it. But an FIR which may or may not result in anything at all and there is no possibility of an arrest, I don't see how that is of extreme urgency as compared to habeas corpus, or bail or migrants or payments under NREGA, the rights of the poor, the underprivileged. Sorry, there's no comparison.
Thapar: Let me at this point Justice Lokur, briefly sidestep from Prashant's critique and take up something that's closely related to what we're talking about. I'll come back to Prashant's critique in a moment's time. This is not the first time the Supreme Court's approach appropriate handling of constitutional rights has been questioned or criticized, it's not the first time the Supreme Court's prioritization of matters has been criticized. It happened when the whole constitutional structure of Kashmir was changed in August last year, it happened again when the Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed by parliament at the end of last year. Both of those raised fundamental key constitutional issues. In addition, there was also agitation and concern in the country. In both instances the Supreme Court simply kicked the can down the road, and even now, it hasn't heard of those cases. How do you explain this deliberate reluctance to hear critical cases?
Lokur: Well, it's difficult to understand. These cases are very important because they have the character of affecting a very large section of the people. Whether you're talking about article 370, whether you're talking about the Citizenship Amendment Act, whether you're talking about migrants – huge sections of society are impacted. And really, these cases should've been taken up on a priority. I'm frankly not able to understand why that priority has not been given to these cases. Of course, it is within the court's discretion to decide what should have priority, whether case A should be heard first or whether case B should be heard first. But there has to be a rational basis for deciding that case A should be heard first and not case B. Unlike – I don't want to hear it now so we'll hear it on some other day. That can't be the answer.
Thapar: Something else that was deeply troubling, was the Supreme Court's response for a whole spate of habeas corpus petitions. You know better than me that habeas corpus petitions are often considered perhaps the most important petition in front of a court because it concerns the very right to life. Once again the Supreme Court simply kicks them down the road.
Lokur: Yes, you're right, habeas corpus petitions are not cases that are going to go on for two days or three days. They are based on subjective satisfaction of the detaining authorities. So the scope of interference by a court, whether it's the High Court or the Supreme Court is limited. So it's not something that's going to go on for a couple of days. This is a matter of extreme urgency, a person is kept in detention without a trial for months altogether, right, this is a case of extreme urgency. And, these habeas corpus petitions, how many ever there are that are pending, should be heard. How much time is it going to take? One hour, two hours, three hours, maybe one day? Why not hear them?
Thapar: Let me sum up what people are saying of the court and it's being said very widely. People say that the Supreme Court is reluctant to take up matters that would embarrass the government, that would prove awkward for the government Therefore to prevent that embarrassment or difficulty for the government, it simply defers the matter. Do you share that impression?
Lokur: I am not too sure, I think the Supreme Court has a duty under the constitution. It is answerable to the constitution of India, it is not answerable to the government. No.
Thapar: Can I put this to you – Is the supreme court failing to fulfill its duty under the constitution by deferring these constitutional matters, by deferring these habeas corpus petitions.
Lokur: Again, failing is quite a strong word but yes it should have regard to the constitutional principles and conventions. And certainly it should be far more proactive than it has been. Let me put it that way.
Thapar: Let's drop the word failing. Would you say it's not fulfilling its constitutional duty adequately?
Lokur: Yes. Adequately, yes.
Thapar: Let me then at this point come to the third criticism of Prashant Bhushan. It flows out of all that we're discussing. He says that the Supreme court has adopted what he calls – "a hope and trust jurisprudence", placing its entire trust in the government. And therefore he says – "it surrendered its powers of judicial review of government's policies, directives and action. I know you don't approve of the word surrender, but would you say that it is not exercising its powers of judicial review and therefore it's allowing the government to get away on the basis of hope and trust?
Lokur: Yes you see the hope and trust jurisdiction goes back again to ADM Jabalpur, where one of the learned judges said that he has a diamond-bright and a diamond-hard hope that this will not happen. What happened to that diamond-hard, diamond-bright hope? So now this hope and trust that we are talking about today, or which Prashant seems to have mentioned, is the same in different words such as diamond-hard and diamond-bright. Really, this hope and trust jurisprudence… I dont think it's correct. A person has a right. If he has a right it has to be enforced, that's it. You can't say I hope and trust that somebody will enforce a right on his behalf. This is what justice HR Khanna was talking about. You may hope and trust you may have a diamond-hard diamond-bright faith and whatever, but the person has a right, why are you not enforcing it? You know in that sense it's adequately not fulfilling its constitutional functions.
Thapar: Once again let's drop that word surrender, the court is not adequately exercising its power of judicial review. And the sad part is, this is when that power of judicial review is perhaps most needed. Not exercising when it's most needed is very sad and sorry.
Lokur: Absolutely, let's go back to the Emergency. During the Emergency, habeas corpus, arrests without detention… Was it not most required at that point of time ? It obviously was because many of the high courts exercised that power. Can anybody say – well, there is an external emergency, so forget about the right to life? You can't.
So today there is no internal Emergency or any Emergency of any kind, you can't say today that let's forget about the right to life. If you can't forget the right to life during the Emergency, I don't see why you can forget it today.
Thapar: Let's take a break at this point. Justice Lokur, when I come back I want to ask you one simple question, although I may ask it in many ways – Are you disappointed in the way the supreme court is functioning?
Thapar: Welcome back to a special interview for The Wire, our guest is one of India's most learned and highly thought of former Supreme Court judges, Justice Madan Lokur.
Justice Lokur, I want to ask you one simple question. In part one we talked about the manner in which the Supreme Court was not living up to its constitutional duties, It was failing to defend even the right to life of migrant citizens. It was actually exercising an almost inexplicable sense of prioritization. This was the time when it needed to exercise its powers of judicial review and it was not doing so. So let me ask you in the light of all of this, are you disappointed with the way the Supreme Court is functioning?
Lokur: You see, Karan, it's a package – the Supreme Court has got certain administrative functions and it has got certain judicial functions. I'm not criticising judgements of the Supreme Court, that's for the academics to decide if the Supreme Court has decided rightly or wrongly. But if you look at the whole package – the administrative functioning and the judicial functioning – yes, I am disappointed. You have things like appointment of judges for example, transfer of judges, listing-prioritising of cases, you know if you look at the whole package, it is certainly disappointing.
Thapar: Can I ask you this specifically about prioritisation of cases – the distinct cases. I take it that this is a responsibility exercised by the Chief Justice as master of the roster. So if an Arnab Goswami petition is heard in 15 hours, but the right to life of migrant labourers is postponed to the 27th of May, this is because that was a decision taken by Chief Justice himself. This is his prioritisation that is resulting in this outcome?
Lokur: I think 27th of May perhaps may be incorrect because 27th of may as it stands today will be during the vacations, so I think it's probably 27th of April and I know that one of the cases was listed on 27th of April. But you know, the buck has to stop somewhere. Either it stops with the administration part of it which is the Secretary general of the Supreme Court, or it stops with the Chief Justice. Now here, one doesn't know what is the criteria of an urgent case, or of an extremely urgent case. Who decides?
Now supposing, I don't know what has happened but take an example because the Supreme Court circular says that there is something called a competent authority – I don't know what that means but you want a case to be listed you go to a competent authority and the competent authority says I don't think it's urgent or I don't think its extremely urgent. Then, under the SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) which has been framed by the Supreme Court, that advocate can ring up the concerned judge, the presiding judge, and explain to him what is the urgency. So, I would assume that the competent authority is somebody in the registry, it could be the registrar or it could be the secretary general. And then the presiding judge decides whether there is extreme urgency or there is no extreme urgency.
Now in this particular case I don't know at what level the decision was taken – whether the registrar said yes I think it's extremely urgent. Or whether the secretary general said it's extremely urgent or the presiding judge said it's extremely urgent. One does not know, so it's really just guesswork. But ultimately, the buck has to stop somewhere and it would be a good idea for the Chief Justice or the secretary general, that somebody conducts an informal enquiry to find out what went wrong? How come this jumped the queue?
Thapar: You are saying something very important, we don't know who is responsible for these decisions but as you said the buck stops at the Chief Justice because he is the Chief Justice and I think he needs to ask questions as why someone jumped the queue in this way? And if he doesn't ask these questions then presumably he doesn't have a problem jumping the queue. The other reason he's not asking questions because he's the one who has decided the queue should be jumped. The buck stops with Chief Justice Bobde.
Lokur: Yes, in a sense, unless he has delegated that power exclusively to the secretary general. In which case, the buck would stop with the secretary general. But then the secretary general would say, 'I said it's not extremely urgent, but I was overruled.' One really doesn't know what happened, it's worth finding out.
Thapar: My last question, sir, I want to quote from the recent judgement by the High Court of Malawi. Malawi, as we know, is under a state of emergency, much as India is under the state of emergency although ours is not a formal emergency of the sort that happened in '75. Corona virus has changed the nature of judicial functioning both in Malawi and presumably in India. And it's in that light, in that background that I want to quote what the high court of Malawi said in a recent judgement – "The Judiciary is enjoined by the Constitution to ensure that the rule of law is upheld at all times, be it before, during or after the state of emergency has been declared. The court is perfectly entitled to enquire into the legality of measures taken by the state in response to a state of emergency. A declaration of a state of emergency does not give the state carte blanche to exercise power indiscriminately. The substantive and procedural limitations imposed by the law have to be observed. Would you have liked to have heard those or similar words spoken by the Supreme Court of India?
Lokur: Yes, I would. I read an article yesterday, apparently in Nepal also there is a problem of migrant labor and the Supreme Court in Nepal has passed some orders. I haven't seen those orders but they've also passed some orders to take care of the plight of migrant labour in Nepal. I'm glad that it's come out in the papers today. Perhaps the decision was taken yesterday that migrant labour has been allowed to go back to their home. Well, if it would have come earlier it would certainly be better but better late than never I suppose.
Thapar: But we end with an interesting situation: the Supreme Court of mighty India was not capable of standing up to the rights of its people, of the constitution of this country, in a way the Supreme Court of little Malawi has done so. We in India tend to look down on these countries, considering ourselves superior. But in this instance, the High Court of little Malawi, and I don't mean to be belittling when I say that, has perhaps shamed the Supreme Court of mighty India.
Lokur: I'm not sure. If you're asking me for a comment, the Supreme Court of Malawi has done a good job. I believe the Supreme Court of Nepal has done a good job. The Supreme Court of India is capable of doing a good job. But I think they need to introspect. They need to sit down, brainstorm and figure out how to go ahead and they're capable of doing it.
Thapar: Justice Lokur, it's a very interesting choice of words you've used – they're "capable" of doing it, they need to live up to their capacity. That says it all.
Thank you so much for speaking so openly to The Wire.
(Transcript prepared by Soumya Lamba)


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What were the fielding stats for baseball player Hector Almonte playing at pitcher for the Florida Marlins in 1999?
Hector Almonte played in 15 games at pitcher for the Florida Marlins in 1999, starting in none of them. He played for a total of 45 outs, equivalent to 1.67 9-inning games. He made one putout, had 3 assists, and committed no errors, equivalent to 0 errors per 9-inning game. He had one double play.
What are baseball player master skills?
What player is not needed to play T-ball but is needed to play baseball?


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1. Reposition the sides of the bed: swing the front side panels of the cargo bed towards the back of the bed and fold down the front panel.
2. Reposition the cargo bed: next, lift the front of the cargo bed and secure it.
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Even when the trail disappears, you can rely on the RTV-X1140 powerful diesel engine to keep you moving forward. Kubota-built and trail-proven, these 3-cylinder liquid-cooled diesel engines have a well-earned reputation for dependable performance even in the harshest terrains. The RTV-X1140 comes with a robust 24.8 HP engine.
Kubota has more experience in variable hydraulic transmissions than any other Utility Vehicle manufacturer. Kubota's advanced VHT-X offers a wide torque band and large oil cooler that boost performance and durability.
The new X1140 raises the bar on ground clearance—to a full 10.8" with 8" of suspension travel—letting you glide over the bumps rather than through them.
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Standard two-inch hitch receivers at the front and back let you tow up to 1,300 lbs. of gear.
The poles at the rear have been eliminated for a cleaner look and easier cargo loading from the sides in the 2-seat configuration. A 5th pole has been added in the rear middle of the frame to ensure the same high level of ROPS performance that meets the SAE J2194 and OSHA 1928 ROPS standards.
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* Most people interviewed in the Bloomberg National Poll say they don't like Wall Street, banks or insurance companies and favour letting the government punish bankers who helped cause the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
* 57 per cent of Americans have a mostly unfavorable or very unfavorable view of Wall Street.
* Banks are viewed badly by 54 per cent of poll respondents.
* 60 per cent have a negative opinion of insurance companies.
* The majority of poll participants — 56 per cent — say big financial companies are more interested in enriching themselves at the expense of ordinary people.
* Almost seven out of 10 people surveyed support using current bank regulators for consumer protection, backing positions held by the financial industry and Republicans over President Barack Obama's proposal to establish an independent agency.
* More than 40 per cent of Americans say the government has gone too far in measures to fix the financial industry; 37 per cent say it hasn't done enough.
* "Anything the government gets their fingers in, they mess it up," said poll participant Norman White, 60, a community college electronics instructor who lives in Colfax, Louisiana. "I don't have a very high opinion of the government running anything.
What this poll reveals is the great contradiction in American politics. We are at the end of the Reagan Revolution, the great reactionary movement of American politics against the New Deal and "big government." The heroes and myths of the era, such as Wall Street and "free markets", lay shattered on the ground. But just as importantly, the distrust of government, not only in this poll, but all polls, is at record levels. Thus, simply mouthing platitudes from 70 years ago or trying to instill faith back in government with massive bills filled with subsidies for mega-corporations isn't going to get you far.
The poll also shows most Americans don't like the nation's top corporate bosses. Almost two-thirds say they have an unfavorable opinion of business executives, a rating that rivals the public's disdain for Congress, which was viewed with disfavor by 67 per cent of respondents.
Having followed this issue for a long time, neither of these numbers are new, however they are historically high. The question of whether large corporations have too much power in this country has been at or above 70% for a couple decades, in fact, the power of giant corporations has always been an issue since their inception a century and half ago. But today, with both parties in the pockets of the mega-corporations, it is never realised as an issue. Nonetheless, this is the sweet spot of American politics at this point, yet one party will insist on helping the corporations and eventually you through more centralized government, while the other will continue their bankrupt philosophy of laissez faire, thus, political advantage to neither.
What we need is to revive and evolve the principles and institutions of this republic, understanding the people are sovereign. We need to revive the imperative of self-government, now lost to history, that if we are to have democracy, it must be decentralized. If we advocate the use of government, we must first revive its legitimacy, and the only way that is going to be done is by bringing the American people back into politics and into the decision making processes of government.
Joe Costello was communications director for Jerry Brown's 1992 presidential campaign and was a senior adviser for Howard Dean's effort in 2004.


Shayne Neumann is a proud local. He was born in Ipswich, lived here all of his life, having attended East Ipswich State School and Bundamba State High School. He and his wife raised two girls locally and they live at Flinders View.
Shayne was elected to Federal Parliament on 24 November 2007 representing the electorate of Blair, which takes in most of Ipswich and all of the Somerset Region in south-east Queensland.
In March 2013 Shayne joined the previous Labor Government's Ministerial team as Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General and Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing.
In October 2013 Shayne was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Shadow Minister for Ageing. In April 2016, Shayne given the additional portfolio of Northern Australia.
Following the 2016 election, Shayne was appointed to Bill Shorten's Shadow Cabinet as the Shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection.
During his time in Parliament Shayne has served on a number of House of Representatives and Joint Standing Committees. He was Chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Committee from October 2010 to May 2013 and currently serves on the Joint Standing Committee on Migration.
Shayne completed his education at the University of Queensland with Law and Arts Degrees, majoring in Government and Economics.
He was a Senior Partner in a successful Brisbane law firm before entering Parliament. He practiced law for about 25 years across a large range of areas and was an accredited Family Law Specialist.
Shayne served on the Board of Queensland Baptist Care, which was responsible for aged care homes and facilities in Ipswich and surrounding areas. He worked with the West Moreton District Health Council to improve the provision of health services in the local community.
He commenced his working life at the Dinmore meatworks and continues to advocate for workers across the electorate.
Shayne's other great love is sport. He is an avid Brisbane Broncos supporter in the NRL and is a proud supporter of the Ipswich Jets in the QRL.


Home News Movie News Anu Emmanuel to star in Ismart Shankar??
Anu Emmanuel to star in Ismart Shankar??
Energetic star Ram has collaborated with maverick filmmaker Puri Jagganth for an action thriller titled as Ismart Shankar. The first look and motion poster are way unique and enticing. Puri and Charmee are producing this movie.
Latest buzz is that Shailaja Reddy Alludu actress Anu Emmanuel is set to play female lead role in Ismart Shankar. Talks are going on with Anu pertaining to this and soon the team will make it official. The launch of the movie will take place today in Hyderabad. Ismart Shankar marks 17th flick in Ram's career. The entire team is diligent to wrap up the shoot at a swift pace and release it in May.
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ICC Womens World Cup 2013 »
Analysing India's debacle at the Women's World Cup
Tags: ICC Womens World Cup 2013, Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami
India's first-round exit from the 2013 Women's World Cup was as shocking as the men's team being sent packing from the 2007 edition in the Caribbean. The Indian eves went into the tournament high on hopes, being the home side, and also had the team which had the talent to deliver in the mega event. Somehow, things did not fall into place after a near-perfect start against West Indies.
India's first-round exit from the 2013 Women's World Cup was as shocking as the men's team being sent packing from the 2007 edition in the Caribbean. The Indian eves went into the tournament high on hopes, being the home side, and also had the team which had the talent to deliver in the mega event. Somehow, things did not fall into place after a near-perfect start against West Indies. With only three games being played to decide the Super Six spots, it was imperative for the Indians to win at least two of the three matches, which wasn't the case. We list down a few reasons why India came unstuck at the World Cup.
Opening blues: Thirush Kamini and Poonam Raut gave India a brilliant start in the first match of the tournament against West Indies. However, they failed to carry the momentum into the other two big clashes. Raut fell early in both the matches, and while Kamini hung around for a while against Sri Lanka, she never looked convincing, and eventually played an extremely poor shot to throw her wicket away. India were chasing tall scores against England as well as the Lankans. Thus, it was paramount for at least one of the openers to play a long innings. The fact that it did not happen made the job a lot easier for the opposition bowlers.
Lack of runs from the skipper: Mithali Raj was to be India's go-to batswoman in the series, being their best batter. While she did not have much to do against
West Indies, Team India needed her supreme talent desperately in the next two clashes. She fell for a single figure score against England, and looked good for a brief while against the Lankans, but her cameo was too short to change the momentum of the game. Considering how heavily India depend on Raj when it comes to their batting, her dual failures put the side in an extremely difficult position.
No support for Jhulan Goswami: India's best, and fastest bowler, was the team's most effective one in this tournament as well. She picked up wickets in all three games, but while she was economical against West Indies, Goswami went for a few too many runs against the other two teams. It did not help that she found little support from the other members of the bowling outfit. Nagarajan Niranjana and Gouher Sultana were good against the West Indies, but not so good against the Englishmen. And, against the Lankans, the bowling completely fell apart as the batswomen went on an all-out attack.
Just not good enough: Thatis possibly the best way to sum up India's failed campaign. They had their moments againstEngland and Sri Lanka, but once partnerships began to flourish the captain as well the bowlers seemed to run out of ideas. Raj tried everything possible, but just could not get India out of the hole. Even in the field, India looked down and out every time they were on the back foot. Perhaps, this wasn't destined to be their World Cup. Better luck next time.
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DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS each like to accuse the other of being "the real nazis" or "the real fascists." It's a very stupid and cowardly game that they play, trying to avoid a label or an association. It has everything to do with appearances and nothing to do with substance.
The whole question is confused by the fact that, in vulgar American usage, the meanings of conservative and right-wing have changed. Nowadays, to be conservative is to be an advocate of what used to be called liberalism. In most of the world, what is called conservatism in the USA is still called liberalism.
The idea was implemented in Germany by Otto von Bismarck, who, after essentially banning the Socialist Workers' Party in 1878, created the German welfare-state in 1881. The purpose was to eliminate grievances that the Marxists could use to gain popular support. Bismarck did all this with support from Conservatives.
Both Mussolini and Hitler followed in Bismarck's path, doing what Bismarck had done but more of it. National-Socialism and Fascism can be regarded as left-right syntheses in regard to methods, but the ultimate aim is conservative.
It is only by relying on a very limited frame of reference that today's so-called conservatives can argue that National-Socialism and Fascism are in no way right-wing or conservative.
The Democrats, eager to throw the hot potato back to the Republicans, argue that National-Socialism and Fascism are not socialism. It's a purely semantic argument. They can't deny that Hitler and Mussolini created large-scale social programs. So, they point out that Hitler and Mussolini did not implement "government ownership of the means of production" the way Stalin did. But that is not a universally shared definition of socialism. That's just the definition that they want to use just for this particular argument. There are many socialist and social-democratic parties that do not insist on government takeover of enterprises, whose claim to being socialists is for some reason not challenged.
When Mussolini established Fascism in Italy, it was with the consent of King Victor Emmanuel and the rest of the conservative Italian establishment. Under the circumstances, that establishment continued to wield influence and Mussolini could not implement everything in the Fascist agenda. But in the Salò Republic (1943-1945) the Italian Fascists actually did implement nationalization of every enterprise with more than 100 employees. That is rather socialist by anybody's definition.
The NSDAP in Germany also had to compromise with the conservative establishment, which is why figures on the left wing of the NSDAP became disgruntled and began talking about the need for a second revolution, and consequently had to be suppressed with the "Night of the Long Knives" in 1934.
After the Second World War, the idea of using government for conservative purposes (as, for example, with anti-miscegenation laws) came under attack.
Liberalism thus became the new conservatism. It meant that certain ways of doing things — the liberal ways — had to be maintained. Under this pseudo-conservatism, adherence to the Constitution and the free market is not a means to an end, but an end in itself (much like obedience to some religious law). Those principles are treated as holy, regardless of whether the country is going to ruin because of them.
Another way to say it is, present-day American conservatism is a conservatism of means. As long as we keep doing certain things the same old way, the so-called conservatives can claim victory. All the leaders of the Soviet Union between Khrushchev and Gorbachev could claim to be conservative in that very same sense, of refusing to adapt. This "conservatism" is in fact rigidity.
Fascism and National-Socialism by contrast represent conservatism of ends. Fascism and National-Socialism looked at their most cherished values, and chose means that would conserve those values.
So, notwithstanding all the disingenuous blather from present-day American political parties, the bottom line is that National-Socialism and Fascism were simultaneously socialist and, in regard to the survival of their nations, conservative.
"Democrats and Republicans each like to accuse the other of being 'the real nazis' or 'the real fascists.'" For that matter, Donald Trump has been accused of being "literally Hitler." Needless to say, none of them is nowhere near that good.
Contemporary conservatives are wedded to ideas that are fixed in the sense of idées fixes (ideas that are typically obsessive, unsound, maladaptive, and unamenable to correction) as well as fixed in the sense of having been neutered or sterilized.
You've found me out! I'm definitely a LARPer.
I appreciate your advice to try to appeal to stupid people by not calling things by their correct names. Maybe we should also stop talking about race and the Jews, since we encounter unpleasant disagreements on those points. Talking about race and the Jews is definitely LARPing.
Stop trying to correct people's thinking. Stop talking about things that they don't want to hear. GOTCHA.
Odd thing though. Being a socialist didn't seem to stop Bernie Sanders from attracting a huge following.


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North Sea RAC Takes View on North Sea Cod
3rd December 2013 in Advisory Councils, North Sea
The North Sea RAC has suggested that the TAC for North Sea cod should be increased in order to strike a balance between rebuilding the stock and reducing discards.
"We would normally advise that where there is a long term management plan it should be followed", said Niels Wichmann, chairman of the NSRAC.
"However, in the case of North Sea cod, there are exceptional circumstances, not least that the impasse between the Council and the European Parliament, that has blocked a review and revision of the Cod Plan", he said. This would be a departure from the terms of the long term management plan but we think, having looked carefully at the science and the fishery that in these circumstances it is justified.
We have looked very carefully at ICES advice and have come to the conclusion that a cautious increase in the TAC of around 10% would help to reduce discards in 2014 whilst maintaining the steady rebuilding of the spawning stock biomass. We are very encouraged that the science has recorded the seventh successive annual increase in the biomass."
The RAC has also suggested that again there should be no reduction in permitted days-at-sea in 2014.
"If we set aside the complex constitutional issues, there is widespread agreement that nothing would be achieved by a further cut and indeed a reduction in effort could undermine the varied conservation initiatives put in place through partnerships between the member states and the fishing industry."
"This is a view that has been reached after long discussions and close scrutiny of the scientific advice. It is unanimously supported by all groups within the RAC."
Pulse Voluntary Closed Areas Extended for Another Year
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IRS Automatically Waives Estimated Tax Penalty for Eligible 2018 Filers
The IRS recently announced it is automatically waiving the estimated tax penalty for the more than 400,000 eligible taxpayers who already filed their 2018 federal income tax returns but did not claim the waiver.
The IRS will apply the waiver to tax accounts of all eligible taxpayers, so there is no need to contact the IRS to apply for or request the waiver.
Earlier this year, the IRS lowered the usual 90 percent penalty threshold to 80 percent to help taxpayers whose withholding and estimated tax payments fell short of their total 2018 tax liability. The agency also removed the requirement that estimated tax payments be made in four equal installments, as long as they were all made by Jan. 15, 2019. The 90 percent threshold was initially lowered to 85 percent on Jan. 16 and further lowered to 80 percent on March 22.
The automatic waiver applies to any individual taxpayer who paid at least 80 percent of their total tax liability through federal income tax withholding or quarterly estimated tax payments but did not claim the special waiver available to them when they filed their 2018 return earlier this year.
Over the next few months, the IRS will mail copies of notices CP21 granting this relief to affected taxpayers. Any eligible taxpayer who already paid the penalty will also receive a refund check about three weeks after their CP21 notice.
For those yet to file, the IRS urges every eligible taxpayer to claim the waiver on their return. This includes those with tax-filing extensions due to run out on Oct. 15, 2019. The quickest and easiest way is to file electronically and take advantage of the waiver computation built into their tax software package. Those who choose to file on paper can fill out Form 2210 and attach it to their 2018 return.
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Igloo Vision is the shared VR company. Based in rural Shropshire, Igloo Vision also has offices in London, the USA (both in the New York metro area and Los Angeles) and Canada, and is planning to open in other locations around the world. In its ten-year history, Igloo Vision has worked on hundreds of Immersive VR projects for many of the world's biggest brands.
Igloo Vision designs, develops and delivers immersive 360° domes, cylinders, and all of the enabling technologies to play VR and 360°video content as a shared group experience.
Igloo Vision offers a range of Igloo projection domes and projection cylinders, ranging from 5 to 21 metres in diameter. It also creates custom-built projection spaces and installations.
What is Igloo Shared VR?
By its very nature, wearing a VR headset can be a solitary experience - you block out the real world and everything in it. In many situations where VR could be a perfect fit, headsets get in the way.
With shared VR, Igloo takes any VR or 360° content, puts it in a space that anyone can use, and makes it shareable among team members, stakeholders and clients. It becomes possible to work collaboratively (because everyone can see what each other is looking at) gauge reactions (because you can make eye contact and read facial expressions) and brief team members (because you can easily talk them through the VR content).
Importantly, shared VR is not a replacement for headsets. Instead, most clients will use the two platforms to complement each other.