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Blunt Quizzes Interior Secretary On Progress Of National Park
By Editor | May 29, 2019 | 0
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt last week asked David Bernhardt, the secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, for an update on the progress toward opening the Sainte Genevieve National Historic Park but didn't receive much in the way of firm answers.
Bernhardt spoke on May 22 with the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, of which Blunt is a member.
Blunt noted that the National Park Service has acquired one property (the Beauvais-Amoureux House) and is working toward acquiring five historic properties that belong to the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Missouri as well as that organization's Centre for French Colonial Life, which is projected to become a visitors center for the national park.
Blunt asked if he had Bernhardt's "continued commitment to make it a priority."
"You absolutely do," Bernhardt said. "And I was told last night that everything is going swimmingly. I said. 'If there's a peep, I need to know.'"
Blunt also asked about any plans to hire and develop staff for the park.
"We're going through that right now," Bernhardt said. "I just brought in a new director of operations, David Vela, who you all know for his nomination process, which I hope will re-start again soon.
"He's looking at that. We're going to make sure that's taken care of."
Blunt asked about specific dates.
"I really hazard to give you a date on a recruitment," Bernhardt said.
See complete story in the May 29 edition of the Herald.
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Hong Kong / Seattle / London, 14 January 2015 – Ribose has become the world's first cloud service provider (CSP) to achieve Cloud Security Alliance's (CSA) STAR Attestation, and is currently the only CSP to have achieved both STAR Certification and STAR Attestation.
STAR Attestation provides a framework for Certified Public Accountants to express an opinion of key factors relating to CSPs' service descriptions, as well as suitability and effectiveness of systems controls. Ribose's achievement was accomplished through completing a Service Organization Controls (SOC) 2 attestation performed by global professional services organization Ernst & Young (EY), using criteria from the 2014 edition of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' (AICPA) Trust Service Principles and Criteria (TSP 100) together with CSA's Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) 3.0.1.
The Cloud Security Alliance is a not-for-profit organization led by a broad industry coalition. Dedicated to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within cloud computing, CSA also provides education on the uses of cloud computing to help secure all other forms of computing: cloudsecurityalliance.org.
EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. For more information, visit ey.com.
Hong Kong, 17 November 2014 – Ribose has become the world's first cloud service provider (CSP) to achieve STAR Certification from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) compliant to the latest Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) 3.0.1 cloud security standard. Ribose is also the first CSP to have achieved two consecutive STAR Gold Certifications, indicating the maturity level of its security controls.
STAR Certification, the internationally-recognized cloud security certification program jointly developed by CSA and BSI, specifies comprehensive and stringent cloud security requirements on CSPs. Ribose's latest certification was awarded by BSI, and Ribose is currently the only CSP worldwide with STAR Certification compliant to the CCM 3 family of cloud security standards.
"Cloud security is an ongoing matter, and CSA continuously updates the CCM and the STAR Certification program to address the latest concerns. As a pioneer in cloud security, Ribose is leading the industry by certifying to the CCM 3.0.1 cloud security standard, reinforcing its commitment to providing a safe, secure collaboration platform," explained Jim Reavis, CEO of CSA.
Ribose is a cloud collaboration platform that makes working together easy and fun. A forerunner in cloud security, Ribose is the world's first cloud service provider certified to CSA STAR using CCM 3 and MTCS. It is also certified to ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 20000-1 and CDSA CPS standards, and approved by the UK Government's G-Cloud program for government use.
Hong Kong, 10 March, 2014 – Ribose, a start-up that redefines the way people collaborate, is the first to achieve STAR Certification from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) fully compliant to the new cloud security standard: Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) 3.0.
This certification means that Ribose is committed to protecting user information to the greatest extent possible. Users can be confident their privacy and data will always be respected and protected, and that they can collaborate freely on Ribose to innovate and succeed with their teams.
Ribose is currently the only organization to achieve STAR Certification compliance under the new CCM 3.0 standard. It is one of only two organizations worldwide to achieve Gold Certification, the highest level, based on its security measures and controls as assessed by the British Standards Institution (BSI). Ribose is also the first software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud service provider to achieve STAR Certification under CCM 3.0 with SaaS services fully covered in the certification scope.
STAR Certification is the first internationally recognized cloud security certification program. Developed jointly by the CSA and BSI, it places stringent and extensive requirements and controls on information security management systems, including comprehensive coverage of cloud security. Certification is awarded only after a CSA-recognized independent auditor conducts a thorough audit and verifies that the organization's applications, systems, processes and services fully comply with STAR's requirements, including ISO/IEC 27001 and CCM 3.0.
According to David Horlock, Asia Pacific Managing Director, BSI, "CSA STAR Certification is a rigorous assessment by a CSA-recognized independent body and provides customers with a benchmark to make informed decisions on cloud services. Achieving the Gold award shows Ribose's leadership and commitment to delivering professional and secure cloud services through world-class best practices".
"CSA STAR Certification is a comprehensive, industry-accepted program covering numerous security control areas and capabilities", said Jim Reavis, CEO of CSA. "As the first to adopt and verify compliance with the new CCM 3.0 cloud security standard, Ribose has demonstrated its commitment to cloud security, giving users confidence to collaborate freely on the Ribose platform".
Founded in 2008, Ribose redefines collaboration results by providing individuals and organizations with an effective and efficient collaboration platform. Whether you're planning social events or running business projects, Ribose makes it easy and fun. Currently in public beta, Ribose is free to use: http://www.ribose.com.
Note: No certification can guarantee information being completely secure.


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Ansel Adams Original Signed Print Value
Published on Mar 16, 20
How much is a signed, original Ansel Adams print worth?
Auction prices have ranged anywhere from $722,500 for an oversized 39 x 52 inch print of Clearing Winter Storm done in the 1950s to around $1,000 for a small initialed print or a print of a less popular image.
Ansel Adams original prints for sale in the April, 2020 Photograph Auction – bid online or in person in New York April 4.
What Determines the Value of an Original Ansel Adams Print?
As with all photographs there are several factors that determine the value. First there is the subject – some images are just more popular and desirable than others. One of his most desirable images is Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941 which Heritage Auctions has sold for up to $50,000 while one of his more atypical images like Graduation Dress, Yosemite Valley, 1948 pictured below can be had for $2000.
Size is another factor – the larger the print the more valuable. A 16 x 20-inch print is going to sell for more than an 8 x 10-inch print of the same image.
Condition – Ansel Adams was a master printer and collectors expect his prints to be in pristine condition. Probably more than the work of any other photographer, the smallest imperfection can affect the value.
Print Date – For example Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico was taken in 1941 but Ansel Adams made prints almost up to his death in 1984. Collectors will pay more for an earlier print – sometimes twice as much for a print made in the 1950s instead of the 1970s.
Ansel Adams Original Print Value – Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
Heritage Auctions has sold ten prints of this image, with a price range from $2,625 to $50,000. The prints sold within months or years of each other, so what determines the value?
The signed gelatin silver pints of Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico that we have sold are 16 x 20 inches and have varied in price from $27,500 to $50,000 depending on print date or if there were any condition issues.
We have also sold copies of limited-edition collotypes (a type of high-quality photomechanical reproduction). These were made in two sizes and signed by Adams, 39 x 47 inches which have sold in the range of $3,884 to $9,375 in an edition of 50 and a 15 x 19 inch one that sold for $5,079 in an edition of 350.
How to Choose the Best Original Ansel Adams Print to Collect?
First find an image that you really like. After all, you are going to live with it for many years. If you are going to hang it on the wall keep it out of direct sunlight. Framing it with UV glass will also help.
Try to buy the best print that you can afford. In other words, look for something that is in excellent condition. If you are buying a small 8 x 10-inch photograph it is worth the extra money to buy one that is signed by Ansel Adams rather than printed and initialed by Alan Ross.
Where to Buy Ansel Adams Original Prints
Buy from a well-known auction house like Heritage Auctions. If you see something on eBay that looks too good to be true, then it probably is. There are unscrupulous people trying to pass off photo-mechanical reproductions as gelatin silver prints and I have even seen faked signatures.
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Jared Standley of Washington state is charged with shooting his father in the head and beating his mother to death.
Before a 21-year-old Washington man allegedly killed his parents, his father made an alarming phone call.
Steven Standley was on his way to meet with his son Jared, when he called his other son and said: "If you don't hear from me in 20 minutes, call 911," said Detective Ed Troyer of the Pierce County (Washington) Sheriff's Department, KOMO News reports.
The father suspected Jared had a gun, the agency said on Facebook. Jared had been kicked out of the house a week earlier and had returned unexpectedly, The News Tribune reports.
Steven Standley's son never heard from his father again, police said. So, about 20 minutes later, he called 911 for a wellness check.
On the evening of March 14, police saw a bullet hole in a window at the Buckley area home of Steven and Theresa Standley. Inside, they found Steven, 55, and Theresa, 56, dead. Theresa Standley, Jared's mother, was beaten to death and Steven was shot in the head, The Courier-Herald reports.
Jared had left the scene in a rental car, which police spotted early the next morning, police said. He became involved in a shootout with police, was hit once in the shoulder and taken to the hospital with a non-life threatening injury, police said.
Jared pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated first-degree murder at his arraignment, the Tribune reports, which is punishable by life without parole or the death penalty in Washington state.


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Where Swedes live the longest
Of all Swedes, people from the province Halland in west Sweden live longer.
Congratulations to the people in Halland! Of all Swedes, they live the longest. According to fresh figures from Statistics Sweden, a girl born here is expected to live to be 84.5 years old, a boy 80.6 years.
"We've long seen that there are major differences in the parts of the country where people live the longest and where they live the shortest. Halland has during quite some time now, been the county with the longest average lives in Sweden," says Linus Johansson, investigator at Statistics Sweden. The lists show women's and men's expected average length of lives from the birth years 2009-2013.
Apart from Halland, inhabitants of Jönköping, Kronoberg and Stockholm are also expected to live long lives. According to Örjan Hemström, demographer at Statistics Sweden, the main factor for a long life is the educational level.
"But it may also include that you have other life habits and are more healthy. Smoking, alcohol consumption and diet are also factors. It has been shown previously that the number of cardiovascular diseases are fewer in Halland," he says. What you are exposed to in your professional life may also affect your life expectancy. In the past, bigger cities have not been listed in the top, but that has changed, and now Stockholm is a county where the average life expectancy is among the highest. "It may in turn have to do with bigger cities mostly recruiting people with higher educations," says Hemström. The statistics also show that the average life expectancy in men for the first time exceeded 80 years. Newborn boys are expected to have somewhat shorter lives than newborn girls, and the boys who live the longest are those in Uppsala County and in Halland. The average life expectancy for the country as a whole is 83.5 for women, and 79.7 for men.
The province Halland, along Sweden's west coast, south of Göteborg.
People in Halland County are the Swedes who have the longest lives. Baby girls born there are expected to live 84.5 years, and baby boys 80.6 years.


Terrorist groups have used fertiliser to make explosive devices for many years.
As we're the heaviest user of ammonium and ammonium nitrate-based fertilisers in the world there are more opportunities for terrorists to get hold of it in the UK.
If you use, store or make fertiliser make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
Regardless of the amount, it's your responsibility to take appropriate security measures.
Use a supplier approved by the Fertiliser Industry Assurance Scheme.
Keep the fertiliser in a secure area or sheeted away from public view.
Carry out regular stock checks and report any loss to the police immediately (call 101).
Never leave fertiliser in fields overnight.
Never sell ammonium nitrate without seeing the correct documentation.
For more guidance visit the government's Secure Your Fertiliser website. The site is aimed at farmers, buyers, agricultural contractors, hauliers, merchants, blenders, importers, manufacturers and other organisations involved in fertiliser storage.
You can also view gov.uk/ACT for further information and to find out how to report anything suspicious. 'Make Nothing Happen'.
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Wine SpectatorSinewy and reserved, with a light dusting of cocoa powder over the tangy damson plum, red licorice and cassis notes. The long, supple finish, with a lovely wafting note of Lapsang souchong tea, is packed with minerality and tight-grained tannins that will need time to fully evolve. One of the more backward 2009s, though this should pick up steam in the cellar. Best from 2013 through 2025. 9,000 cases made.
International Wine CellarIntensely perfumed cherry, garrigue and flowers on the nose, plus notes of licorice and smoky Moroccan spices. At once fleshy and sappy, with incisive, spicy red fruit flavors complicated by herbs and floral pastilles. Finishes spicy and with superb intensity, echoing the spice and floral notes emphatically. This sample was a blend from five of Avril's giant, mostly old foudres Avril averred that "14.5% alcohol is the jumping off point for high-quality grenache, any less and the flavors aren't complete. This should be just above that so it will be fresh and balanced."


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It's a universally-accepted fact that early detection in breast cancer (or, for that matter, all types of cancer) is essential to fighting and beating the disease. However, the medical world is still hesitant to recommend an extensive amount of screening tests, including mammograms, the most common tool for locating breast cancer. This conservative approach to testing is due to many factors, including worries about unnecessary radiation exposure, false-positives, and the potentially-harmful side-effects of treatment.
However, there is no definitive rule that says you can't get tested as often as you wish; there are merely professional guidelines that are designed to weigh the both needs of the medical profession and the overall population of potential patients. So, is there a situation where you should have annual testing?
We'd like to highlight four specific factors that should influence you to consider yearly screening for breast cancer. If any of this criteria applies to you, talk with your doctors and your loved ones to decide if routine mammograms are right for you.
The American Cancer Society is hesitant to recommend breast cancer screenings to all women, but they do recommend that women between the ages of 45 and 55 have mammograms every year. This guideline applies to all healthy women in this age group who have an average risk for cancer, but there are situations when women of different ages should be tested regularly.
Using assessment tools that are primarily based on family history, doctors can determine your risk levels for breast cancer. Women who have a lifetime risk of 20 to 25 percent should consider annual mammograms.
There are three syndromes that have been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. These are Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Cowden syndrome, and Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome. If you or a close relative has one of these conditions, it's a good idea to consider annual mammograms.
If you had radiation therapy to the chest between the ages of 10 and 30 years-old, it is recommended that you receive annual mammograms. Receiving it early in life has been shown to increase the risk of cancer cells in the body.
Deciding to get routine breast cancer screenings can be a complex, deeply-emotional, and potentially-frightening topic, but it really comes down to assessing risk vs. reward. If you are at a higher risk for breast cancer, then the potential benefits of yearly mammograms and other cancer screenings are significant.
In the end, you should talk with your doctor and your family, know your family history and other risk levels, and make the decision that is right for your wellbeing.
If you have additional questions, contact POM MRI and you'll get the information you need and the service you deserve. And if you or your doctor have decided that a screening is the right option, request your mammogram screening today.
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(THE SCENE: WTFN's annual Oscar show. Host Lance Boyle and critic Miriam Kale are in their usual high-backed upholstered chairs amid the predictable movie posters and Oscar bric-a-brac.
The floor director comes up to the stage: "…and we're on in 5…4…3…2…" backs away pointing to Boyle. Theme music starts up.)
LANCE BOYLE: (to camera) "Welcome to WTFN's Oscar Show, the annual event when Hollywood pats itself on the back, and critics kick it in the butt. Joining me in our West Coast studios for this special edition of "The Cutting Room," is WTFN's resident movie maven Miriam Kale." (turns to face her and the camera pulls back into a two-shot)
MIRIAM KALE: "Hi Lance! Got my boots on."
BOYLE: "Well, let's get at it, and let's start with one of your predictions that came true—the list of Best Picture nominees still stands at 10."
KALE: "Curse my accuracy! I could understand this increase if there were a surfeit of great movies, as there was in 1939, but today, when schlock is Paramount and also a Universal blight, a film now merely has to be good or even average to get a nomination. Eventually, though, the one, two or three creditable movies will garner the most votes and then we're back focusing on the best five. All this fatuous padding does is expose Hollywood's pathetic need to inflate its own image because it can't compete with foreign films."
BOYLE: (laughs) "Well, how about starting on a less pessimistic note. Usually we end the show with your pick for The Leni, so this time let's begin with it."
KALE: "Great idea! First, for those who don't know, The Leni Riefenstahl Award is a new Oscar category for Holocaust® propaganda films. This year there a few worthy nominees, but my pick goes to The Debt, an espionage thriller about retired Mossad agents and the (supposedly) botched kidnapping/assassination of a Nazi war criminal."
BOYLE: "Good choice, but before we get to your analysis, let's look at two films I had on my list that you didn't pick: first, Footnote, the serio-comic Israeli film about duelling Talmudic scholars."
KALE: "I considered it, but decided the subject matter to be too esoteric. Admittedly, the Talmud has numerous passages that are cited to justify Jewish exceptionalism and the violent mistreatment of non-Jews, and this is clearly relevant to what we see today in Occupied Palestine and throughout the Middle East. However, The Leni is not a religious award. Moreover, since all organized religion is fundamentally irrational and can be exploited by militant lunatics to justify atrocities in the name of "god's will," nominating Footnote risked conflating Jews with Zionists, and that would itself have been an act of Holocaust® propaganda!"
BOYLE: "Very logical! I hadn't thought of that. OK, what about In Darkness, the Agnieszka Holland-directed story of Catholic Poles hiding Jews in the sewers of Lviv to keep them safe from Nazis?"
KALE: "I debated a long time over this. The film clearly meets the Leni criteria of promoting the Jew-as-victim stereotype that drives the Israel-has-a-right-to-exist mantra. It also perpetuates our habit of compartmentalizing fascism to the Nazi era. As much as German fascists persecuted Jews, Jewish fascists are today persecuting Arabs. Gaza is recognized as the world's largest ghetto, and the Israeli press is very open about the extreme brutality, even bestiality, of Israeli settlers and soldiers toward Palestinians. The more we regurgitate World War II stereotypes the more easily we give ourselves permission to gloss over this reality."
BOYLE: "So, why didn't you select it?"
KALE: "Essentially, because it is based on a true story, and as such has a defensible historical component. It also shows Catholics being compassionate towards Jews, and this counters the argument that Polish Catholics were anti-Jewish. It, therefore, has some value."
BOYLE: "Now, tell us about The Debt and why you picked it to win The Leni."
KALE: "The Debt takes place both in 1997 and in 1965 as two sets of actors portray the central agents: Rachel Singer (Helen Mirren) and Stephan Gold (Tom Wilkinson) and a former colleague David Peretz (Ciarán Hinds) play the contemporaries, while Jessica Chastain, Marton Csokas, and Sam Worthington, respectively, play them as younger Mossadniks. The Nazi in question is Dr. Dieter Vogel, a Joseph Mengele trope played by Jesper Christensen, perhaps best known for his role as the odious 'Mr. White' in the two most recent James Bond films.
"In 1965, Vogel is bound and gagged and being guarded by our three agents in an East Berlin apartment because the plan to smuggle him out of East Berlin to stand trial in Israel for war crimes falls through. Vogel manages to free himself, slash Rachel's face and escape. Rachel manages to grab a gun and shoots at him as he flees, but did she kill him or did he get away?"
BOYLE: "Sounds like a typical spy movie, and vaguely similar to Mossad's kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann from Argentina to stand trial in Israel for war crimes."
KALE: "It should because it's based on that event, though this is not a true story. In fact it's a remake of an fictional Israeli film of the same name! So this is recycled, Anglicized propaganda!"
BOYLE: "I take it that the Leni nomination comes from the movie's heroic depiction of Mossad."
KALE: "In part, yes. This slick film reinforces the perverse myth of the Mossad agent as hero. In reality, Mossad agents are international criminals. They have been behind the assassination of Iranian scientists, the World Trade Centre attack, and even plots to assassinate American politicians, like former senator James Abourezk. This film celebrates Jewish terrorism by making these criminals out to be crusaders for justice."
BOYLE: "But as a Mengele figure, Vogel is supposed to have conducted medical experiments on people. Can't a case be made for kidnapping a war criminal to be brought to justice?"
KALE: "We have Interpol and other police agencies to arrest people to stand trial. If you condone Israeli vigilantism, you condone criminal behaviour. But because Vogel was a Nazi, he is placed beyond the moral law, and so it is easy for us to subvert our respect for the law and endorse whatever is done to him and at the same time endorse the Israeli mindset. The irony is that Vogel isn't really so terrible."
BOYLE: "What!"
KALE: "Psychological and mental torture, including medical experiments, still goes on today at the Guantánamo Bay Detention Centre. If we condemn Vogel then we have to condemn ourselves."
BOYLE: "You can't be serious!"
KALE: "Ever hear of David Hicks? He was the Australian drifter who became one of the first detainees at Gitmo because of the World Trade Centre attack. He was arrested in Afghanistan on a false charge of being a terrorist, and held in seclusion for five and half years. He describes in detail the torture he endured, including medical experimentation, in his book Guantanamo: My Journey, which has been banned in the U.S. and cannot even be sold on-line, despite being published by a large company like Random House Australia. According to Hicks:
'There were many pills and injections, plus constant blood tests over the years. Everybody regardless of their citizenship should acknowledge that medical experimentation, whether on human beings or animals, is unacceptable. As with animals, we were held as prisoners when these procedures were forced upon us against our will. And as with animals, we were voiceless.'
"In short, 'Vogel' is alive and well and working at Gitmo. He isn't a villain; he's one of us. If kidnapping or assassinating Vogel is supposed to be morally defensible, why shouldn't Israelis, Americans, Canadians or other Westerners who are complicit in the Gitmo torture facility also be kidnapped or assassinated?"
"If you condone Israeli vigilantism, you condone criminal behaviour. But because Vogel was a Nazi, he is placed beyond the moral law, and so it is easy for us to subvert our respect for the law and… endorse the Israeli mindest." Miriam Kale
BOYLE: "Earlier, though, you said the depiction of Mossad was only part of the reason you picked this film. What's the other part."
KALE: "This has to do with the film's title and the transparent lack of justice driving the latter-day agents. Killing Vogel is all about selfishness and ego. In 1997, Rachel's daughter penned a book extolling her mother's honour killing of Vogel, but when an old man in a Ukrainian nursing home surfaces claiming to be Vogel and the press gets wind of it, the book is put in jeopardy. If this old man turns out to be Vogel, Rachel must kill him to settle "the debt" she owes for taking credit for a 30-year-old killing that she apparently didn't do. Essentially, the The Debt is concerned with public relations as a justification for premeditated murder. So much for justice and the great reputation of Mossad!"
BOYLE: "Anything else?"
KALE: "One last point. The film garners inflated credibility from its excellent cast, especially Helen Mirren in the lead role. When an A-list actress like Mirren, and A-list actors like Wilkinson and Worthington lend their collective talent and reputation to such a movie, the propaganda can easily pass for truth."
BOYLE: "You make a convincing argument, as always. Before we move on to the other categories, there is one prediction you made last year that didn't come true."
KALE: "Yes. I thought that Bruno Lustig's inability to find funding for his film about Jews in Shanghai—of all places—was one sign that Hollywood was finally getting the message that the Holocaust® genre was creatively, morally and politically exhausted. Even the Jewish Telegraph Agency speculated that the Holocaust® movie had been done to death. Alas, there is more pro-Israel propaganda on the way, including a new Steven Spielberg version of Moses, the same Moses that Shlomo Sand said never existed. Where are the scripts about Cast Lead, Mavi Marmara, Qana or some other aspect of our modern Holocaust® featuring an updated fascist villain?"
BOYLE: "Have you forgotten who runs Hollywood?"
KALE: (sighs) "No, I haven't. As the saying goes: 'There's no business like Shoah business,' so I guess we'll be talking about The Leni for some time.
BOYLE: "We'll have to wait to see if the Academy agrees with your choice, but I can't see how it could disagree."
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In the wake of religious discrimination, are U.S. citizens moving away from their faith, is Pope Francis our hero?
Molly Stazzone, Staff Writer|March 6, 2014
Religion, a long with politics are uncomfortable topics to discuss. However, in the aftermath of the Arizona LGBT segregation bill that was vetoed last week, I think Americans should be speaking out about these 'touchy subjects.'
When I was in catholic grade school (Yes, I went to private school up until high school). Religion at my grade school was the most important subject to study. Every morning we would say the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a pray. When lunch time came we would pray before taking our first bite. At the end of the week we would go to church on Fridays and receive the host. I would do this for 8 years.
Now when I went to high school and started to think for myself, I still had to get to church with my grade, but my Religion classes that I took were not the most important subjects at school. I remember taking a marriage and family class (stay with me), and our teacher told us what to expect when and if we would get married. It was up to us, my class and I, to figure out if getting married was in our future.
Going back to the Arizona vetoed bill, these legislators who created the bill don't understand free will and choice. Yes Freedom of Religion is one of the five rights in the First Amendment, but the bill was going against human rights. It's my choice to not go to church on Sundays, it's a gay individual's choice to date and/or marry their same-sex partner.
In a Pew Research report on Religion of Public Life, More than one-quarter or 28 percent of adult Americans do not believe in the faith they were grown up into. Americans between the ages of 18-29 say they are not affiliated with any religion. They make-up one out of four adults in the U.S.
Even though Christianity is the largest religion worldwide with more than 2.1. million followers, Catholicism has experienced the most loss in followers in the U.S. One-in-three Americans or 31 percent were raised in this faith, only 24 percent still practice the Religion today.
Young people are not going to church as much now than when they were kids, because they are now thinking for themselves rather than having someone mentor them. Millennials still believe in God, however when compared to the older generations their percentage is the lowest according to Pew Research. Nevertheless, they do believe in God to a certain degree.
Pope Francise said in an interview that he wants the church to support some type of civil union, indicating gay marriage. He wants to retire the church's teaching that marriage is between a man and a woman. He said, "We have to look at different cases and evaluate them in their variety."
Pope Francis has been favor over the former pope, Pope Benedict XVI. His overall popularity is almost equal to the late John Paul II. Catholics at the Sacred Heart Church in Elgin, TX say, The pope does his own thing. He's more normal, down-to-earth person, and he seems connected with the people." Seven-in-10 U.S. Catholics say Pope Francis represents a major change in direction of the church. They see a change for the better.
Currently, two-thirds of the public including 60 percent of non-catholics favor Francis immediately after he was elected. When Pope Benedict XVI was in office there wasn't a lot of praise coming from Catholics and non-Catholics. He didn't approve of gay marriage and covered up sexual assaults that took place in the church. Benedict XVI resigned in 2013.
Now the general public wants Francis to discuss making some changes. About eight-in-10 Americans say the church should allow catholics to use birth control, while about seven-in-10 say the church should allow priest to get married and have women become priest also.
With positive feedback from U.S. citizens, Pope Francis has made a lot of outstanding achievements during his position as the pope. There is no doubt more changes need to be made. But it seems that Catholics and non-Catholics agree with Pope Francis. Maybe there is hope in the future that one day all citizens will return to their Religious beliefs.
Molly Stazzone, Impact Staff
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The seller is legally required to give you a Car-Pass.
Are you buying a used vehicle or light van in Belgium? The seller is legally required to give you a Car-Pass. It doesn't matter whether the car is being sold commercially or privately. The Car-Pass shows the odometer reading on different dates. The document may not be older than two months old. If you do not receive a Car-Pass, the sale is invalid and you can request to cancel the contract and a full refund.
The more odometer readings there are on the Car-Pass, the more insight you will have into the history of the vehicle. The odometer should increase steadily over time. Does the document show a sudden decline in the odometer reading? That could show that someone has clocked the odometer. You should therefore ask some critical questions to the seller before you buy the vehicle.
In the future, the buyer of a second-hand car will be able to see on the Car-Pass document which European standard the car complies with, how much CO2 it emits, whether the vehicle still has to undergo an assessment after an accident and whether any recall actions still have to be carried out. In short, you will not only be able to form a clear picture of the mileage history, but there will also be information that can influence your purchasing decision. After all, the Euro standard determines whether or not you can drive into a Low Emission Zone (LEZ), and if so, during which times. The CO2 emissions, on the other hand, play a role in determining the amount of vehicle tax payable and fuel consumption.
Vehicles that have been involved in a major accident must undergo a rigorous assessment. Some of these vehicles are offered for sale after faulty repair without having been assessed. So always check on the Car-Pass if the the vehicle still needs an inspection after accident.
The Car-Pass is printed on special paper to protect it from counterfeiting or fraud. Do you have doubts about the authenticity of the document or the information it contains? You can test the authenticity of your Car-Pass here or scan the QR code.
Each year tens of thousands of vehicles are imported into Belgium, and of course they don't necessarily cause problems. But it is important to know that a Car-Pass is only legally required in Belgium. Car-Pass does not receive mileages from garages abroad. The first odometer reading that is recorded in our database is the one that is written down during the import inspection. Unfortunately there are fraudsters who clock the odometers before going to the technical inspection. So be careful before buying a used car that is imported from abroad. The only exception are cars imported from the Netherlands. Car-Pass asks RDW, the agency that manages the central database for odometer readings in the Netherlands, for the mileage history and shows it on the Car-Pass document.
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This is Murakami's "South of the Border, West of the Sun" - the simple story that could happen to me and you - there is a boy and his childhood beloved, then a teenager and his lover, then a man and his wife and children, and suddenly his past comes back to him in an unexpected way, very true and well written.
I was also surprised to find out that Polish translations of Murakami's books are being done from the English versions, not from the Japanese ones... Which makes me wander about the 'lost in translation' flavours of the stories, that are filtered not only once (JP-PL) but twice (JP-ENG-PL). I still love these books, though.
I haven't been knitting Emelia because I could not find the proper environment to concentrate on the charts and that's obligatory for this pattern, but I'll finish it this week. I also decided that I desperately need a pair of mittens - since I can knit them myself I don't want to buy some ready-made acrylic ones, but on the other hand I postponed making them for so long that Winter came and even without a frost it's quite cold outside, so expect me to whip up some simple mittens soon, before I'll knit the beautiful Norwegian gloves I had planned last year from the famous Japanese pattern book many bloggers bought (I may have money for the yarn in the second half of January).
Still no yukata to show you, becauase Robert was making a pair of Japanese hakama pants yesterday for a friend and spent the whole day on it. (It's rather easy to make it patternwise but there is a lot of fabric handling and pleating, 5 metres of fabric, to be exact. ^^) And he broke all the machine needles except for the last one nr 100, which is very thick. Must go needle shopping tomorrow!
And this morning the stray cat came again to my balcony, Barbi of course went mad and I had to expel the kitty immediately, so she went on neighbours' balcony and tried to get inside through their glass doors, no result, I'm afraid. I wish the owner wouldn't let her go around the blocks so much.
I love getting reading suggestions and I've never heard of Murakami before - so I'll definitely try and get hold of one of his books.
The Candle Flame Shawl is looking lovely.
Thanks for the comment! I'm a little nervous because I'm notorious for being klutzy and rather ungraceful, but that was half the reason I signed up for the class. Besides, I usually wear jeans and Doc Martens, so my friends are all in shock. It's rather amusing.
How do you like Women Who Run With The Wolves? It was one of my favorites years ago, and I recently started re-reading it.


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Thrissops — род вымерших лучепёрых рыб из семейства Ichthyodectidae отряда ихтиодектообразных (Ichthyodectiformes), живших во времена юрского и мелового периодов.

Их окаменелости известны из Зольнхофенского известняка, а также Kimmeridge Clay. Thrissops были быстрыми хищными рыбами длиной около 60 сантиметров, которые питались другими костными рыбами. У них было обтекаемое тело с глубоко расщепленным хвостом и очень маленькими парными плавниками. Thrissops были родственниками гигантских Xiphactinus и, возможно, предками современных араванообразных (Osteoglossiformes), наиболее примитивной группы современных костистых рыб.

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По данным сайта Paleobiology Database, на июнь 2019 года в род включают 4 вымерших вида:
 Thrissops curtus
 Thrissops formosus
 Thrissops molossus
 Thrissops portlandicus

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Ихтиодектообразные
Рыбы мелового периода
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Q: order by in Pony ORM I try to implement a order by with the attribute "Nachname" in english "surname". But in my try, the object k ist not found.
I do not understanding, how I can use the oder_by in pony orm
sel = select((k.kuId, a.adressid, k.nachname, k.vorname, k.email, k.telefon, a.kunde, a.ort, a.strasse,
                      a.plz, a.land, a.adresszusatz,
                      a.staat, a.art) for a in Adresse for k in Kunde if k.kuId == a.kunde.kuId and a.art == 1
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How I can order my selection by k.nachname?
Greetings niesel

A: Pycharm can't handle the pony orm syntax and higlights the k in order_by(k.nachname) as unknown reference. The answer for my question is:
sel = select((k.kuId, a.adressid, k.nachname, k.vorname, k.email, k.telefon, a.kunde, a.ort, a.strasse,
                      a.plz, a.land, a.adresszusatz,
                      a.staat, a.art) for a in Adresse for k in Kunde if k.kuId == a.kunde.kuId and a.art == 1
                     ).order_by(lambda: k.nachname )

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We have a new feature, a labyrinth, at the Del Ray pocket park at the corner of Commonwealth and Del Ray Avenue.
The labyrinth is designed to be is a single path leading to the center for meditative walking. Although the term maze and labyrinth are sometimes used synonymously, I've read that they are two separate things. A labyrinth has a single path and a maze is more complex, with more pathways and branches.
The new labyrinth is not only lovely to look at, but is also a nice activity for both kids and adults.
When I tried it, I noticed too that it's impossible to walk quickly.
It does make you slow down and it would also feel wrong to abandon the maze in the middle. The entire walk takes about 5 minutes.
Naturally, kids try to do the labyrinth as quickly as possible, nearly careening out of control around the corners.
They're also triumphant when reaching the center.
The labyrinth is part of the Phase 2 plans for the Del Ray Pocket park, which will continue with new tree plantings this month, as shown on the overall site plan.
A space for our neighborhood that just keeps getting better and better.
Thank you for your blog. You keep me informed about things I really want to know about!


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One Has to Take Sides
Shuja Haider
"Many sides" aren't promoting racism and hatred. One side is. And ours is committed to stopping them.
Susan Melkisethian / Flickr
Last year, the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia brought together white supremacist groups from all over the country to demonstrate their volume, in both senses of the word. They cut ridiculous figures at first, dressed in khakis and polo shirts, wielding citronella candles, and shouting awkwardly. Their presence was met by a robust opposition, comprising local chapters of Black Lives Matter, Democratic Socialists of America, Industrial Workers of the World, and other groups. But the rally took a violent turn. A young white nationalist named James Alex Fields, Jr., drove his silver Dodge Challenger into a crowd of counter-protesters, leaving many injured and at least one dead.
Soon after, President Trump made a statement from his private golf course in New Jersey. "We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides," he said, before adding, again, "on many sides."
The term "many sides" drew rightful scrutiny from many observers. In a confrontation between racists and anti-racists, in which a racist's actions resulted in the death and injuries of anti-racists, it's a strange geometry that identifies multiple equivalent sides. President Trump's reticence betrays a reactionary bias, which comes as no surprise. But his rhetoric was not unique to him — the mainstream media and liberal intelligentsia had set the precedent.
The morning before the rally, Mieke Eoyang, vice president of the National Security Program at centrist think tank Third Way, tweeted, "If the Bernie Bros wanted to make a show of force on behalf of progressive values, Saturday in Charlottesville would be a good time."
Neera Tanden, president of liberal think tank Center for American Progress, turned disdainfully to her left later that day. "We have actual fascists marching with torches. Maybe everyone on the progressive side could focus on the enemies of progress in front of us," she tweeted. "We're ready for you to join us Neera," one young activist responded. Tanden's response was to ask him to condemn "those on the alt left who want to join with the fascists."
By evening, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, a journalist for the New York Times who was reporting from Charlottesville, had tweeted, "The hard left seemed as hate-filled as alt-right."
This middle-of-the-road tongue-clucking appeared earlier that year, in a Vanity Fair article by James Wolcott, pointing a finger at the so-called "alt-left." Wolcott, too, directed his condemnation at many sides. He characterized the growing radical and socialist left, formerly scorned with the more lighthearted epithet "Bernie Bro," as something more sinister. There is a "kinship," he claimed, between the far left and the white supremacist alt-right. They are united by "disillusionment with Obama's presidency, loathing of Hillary Clinton, disgust with 'identity politics,' and a craving for a climactic reckoning that will clear the stage for a bold tomorrow."
The torch has been carried by centrist liberals ever since. Just a week before the Unite the Right rally, the Atlantic published an article by Peter Beinart decrying the "Rise of the Violent Left." Beinart focused on "antifa," which refers to tactical groupings of leftist activists dedicated to defending themselves and their comrades from fascist violence. "The people preventing Republicans from safely assembling on the streets of Portland may consider themselves fierce opponents of the authoritarianism growing on the American right," wrote Beinart. "In truth, however, they are its unlikeliest allies."
The day before the rally, the Wall Street Journal published an excerpt from an upcoming book by Mark Lilla, The Once and Future Liberal, which suggested that leftist anti-racism creates a "centrifugal" force, causing a movement to spiral out and splinter into factions. Even if we grant him his convoluted metaphor, based on a concept considered nonexistent by modern physics, it leads him to dangerous conclusions.
"Black Lives Matter is a textbook example of how not to build solidarity," Lilla writes. "I am not a black male motorist and will never know what it is like to be one. If I am going to be affected by his experience, I need some way to identify with him, and citizenship is the only thing I know that we share."
This isn't just a failure of imagination, though it is certainly that. It's a moral failure and a strategic failure as well. It offers no meaningful distinction from the politics of Donald Trump, who, after the violence in Charlottesville, tweeted: "We must remember this truth: No matter our color, creed, religion or political party, we are ALL AMERICANS FIRST."
The first reported death from Charlottesville was of Heather Heyer, a thirty-two-year-old paralegal, who appears from her Facebook page to have been a Bernie Sanders supporter. "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention," says her last public post. The cheapness of deriding "Bernie Bros" or comparing the left to the alt-right becomes all the more offensive in light of her courage, and the tragedy that followed. Looking at circumstances like these and seeing "many sides," indistinguishable from each other, is a stance that history has never revealed to be anything but moral cowardice.
This stance is the subject of Graham Greene's novel, The Quiet American, which follows Thomas Fowler, a journalist in 1950s colonial Vietnam who is dedicated to remaining objective in any situation. He befriends an undercover CIA agent named Alden Pyle, who advocates for a kind of centrist politics he calls a "Third Force" — one that opposes both communism and colonialism, viewing them as equal threats. When Fowler finds out that Pyle was involved in an act of terrorism in Saigon, detonating a car bomb and killing innocent civilians, he goes to speak to a member of the Communist Party who he knows as Mr. Heng.
"Sooner or later… one has to take sides — if one is to remain human," Heng tells him.
The liberal center has to heed the same warning. In order to reject Trump's equivocations about "many sides," we have to take one. There is a side that asserts our common humanity and fights fascism, racism, and hate. It was represented in Charlottesville by the leftist groups who took to the streets to confront the far right. The other side is the one that took innocent lives on those same streets. The stakes are high. We have to choose.
Shuja Haider is a writer and musician based in Brooklyn and an editor at Viewpoint Magazine.
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Last year, the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia brought together white supremacist groups from all over the country to demonstrate their volume, in both senses of the word. They cut ridiculous figures at first, dressed in khakis and polo shirts, wielding citronella candles, and shouting awkwardly. Their presence was met by a robust […]


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Rownd graduates from Betaworks "Fix the internet" accelerator, raises pre-seed
Round: a low-code B2B privacy start-up was recently "graduated" from New York City-based Betaworks "Fix the internet" accelerator.
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina: Rownd, a North Carolina-based technology company, announced they raised a pre-seed round led by Betaworks Ventures (https://betaworksventures.com) out of New York City. Betaworks Ventures and their accelerator, Betalab, has a focused thesis around investing in bold companies that want to "Fix the Internet."
"We give companies that truly want to put their customers first an alternative to the extractive business model of the past. Many legacy companies treat data privacy as an after-thought, and the internet is worse for it. Our flagship product, the Rownd Data Privacy Platform, gives users and customers control," says Robert Thelen, CEO and co-founder at Rownd. "Apps and websites have a major trust gap. A vast majority of Americans do not trust any app with their data. Rownd helps businesses increase loyalty and empower users, leading to a better experience and more revenue."
Rownd joined Betaworks' "Fix the internet" accelerator in June. The team met weekly with partners, learned from industry thought leaders, and received hands-on mentorship in building a successful business. "We came in with a few customers and a few thousand in revenue," says Rob. "We leave the accelerator with a team of amazing investors and mentors, $50K in revenue, and dozens of new customers."
"Over the past few months, we have scaled, accelerated, hired, and expanded our product to meet our mission and goals," explained Matt Hamann, CTO and co-founder of Rownd. "This opportunity with Betaworks has put us into a different league, and we are excited to grow our team here in the Triangle."
Rownd is a mission-driven company that believes everyone deserves individual data privacy, ownership, and security. The Rownd data platform is available for early access.
Features and benefits of the Rownd Data Privacy Platform include:
· Personal Data Center: Allowing individuals to claim and control their data in minutes
· Data Privacy Platform: A security and privacy-focused database with simple APIs for offloading data
· Developer-friendly: Made by and for developers to get started quickly
About Rownd: Rownd is a mission-driven company that believes everyone deserves individual data privacy, ownership, and security. The Rownd data platform is available for early access. Based in North Carolina, Rownd is a Veteran-owned start-up focused on delivering B2B tools that increase trust, enhance product experience and speed, and simultaneously decrease the cost of compliance with data privacy laws and regulations. Rownd will be raising seed funding later in the year. Learn more at https://rownd.io. Contact Rownd via [email protected].
About Betaworks Ventures: Since 2008 they have built products from the ground up like Giphy, Dots, Bitly, and Tweetdeck, and invested in many amazing companies including Venmo, Superplastic, Anchor, Gimlet, Rec Room, and Hugging Face. In 2016, they launched Betaworks Camp, a thematic residency and investment program for early-stage companies. Camp allows them to immerse themselves in emerging tech categories and work closely with the startups in each cohort. Their current theme is "Fix The Internet", and encompasses privacy technology, developing a healthier media ecosystem, and consumer products whose business model isn't predicated on harvesting our data or our attention. Previous investments include: Tumblr, Kickstarter, Medium, and Venmo. They continue to do so through our seed and series A $50m fund.
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Your Laid-Back Coastal Getaway Awaits: The Best Things to Do in San Luis Obispo
Dana Dickey
| Sep. 6, 2019
For a coastal Cali weekend getaway that's as smooth and chill as a Lana Del Rey song, drive a few hours north of L.A. to San Luis Obispo (that's SLO for short). This little coastal town has a smattering of college cool thanks to California Polytechnic, a special place in the natural world thanks to the monarch butterflies that winter here and a rave-worthy wine scene—after all, it sits right in the middle of prime pinot and chardonnay terroir. Here's our short list of Central Coast must-sees in and around SLO.
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The Kinney SLO
1. Sleep in a Happy Place
Catering to the families of nearby California Polytechnic State University, the Kinney SLO hotel is close to downtown and has a heated pool and happening lobby bar. Order a locally brewed beer and fantasize about how you're living the dream, just like the people in the surf posters all over the hotel.
1800 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo; 805-544-8600 or thekinneyslo.com
2. Stargaze in a Mineral Spring
The naturally heated mineral spring water at Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort & Spa is sourced from more than 100 acres of natural underground resources. This means you're getting traces of sulfur (which your body needs to make collagen), boron, magnesium, potassium and sodium. Stay overnight and have your own bathtub full of it, or slip into the hot tubs or the Waterfall Lagoon. Whichever you choose, a big soak is great for relieving stress, soothing aching muscles and encouraging better sleep.
1215 Avila Beach Dr., San Luis Obispo; 805-595-7302 or sycamoresprings.com
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3. See All the Monarch Butterflies
There's a little cluster of eucalyptus trees off Highway 1 at the south end of Pismo Beach. It's called Monarch Butterfly Grove because every year from October through March, 25,000 of these large orange-and-black insects migrate to seek shelter from the freezing northern winters. They gather in shingle formation, weighing down the boughs of the trees in a natural phenomenon that is equal parts children's Cinderella dream and creepy bug nightmare. Starting in early November, volunteer docents will guide you to the best trees and answer your questions; other times, the Museum of Natural History in Morro Bay has tons of butterfly info.
400 S. Dolliver St., Pismo Beach; experiencepismobeach.com
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4. Toast to the Edna Valley
Located just outside downtown San Luis Obispo, the Edna Valley is closer to the ocean than any other appellation in California. The cooler climate makes it perfect for raising chardonnay and pinot noir grapes. This means that a number of vineyards (including the Biddle Ranch estate, which looks like a set piece by Joanna Gaines) create wines from grapes that benefit from the early-morning fog that sweeps into the valley, the cool ocean breezes that blow it back out and the lingering sunny afternoons that ripen fruit on the vine. There are tasting rooms aplenty, so grab that designated driver and make an afternoon of it.
2050 Biddle Ranch Rd., San Luis Obispo; 805-543-2399 or biddleranch.com
The Shell Shop
5. Browse the Shell Shop
The sweetest old-timey beach town experience ever, this business was opened in 1955 by a commercial fisherman to sell the by-product of his trade. It has been owned by the same family ever since, and now imports shells from working fishermen around the world. Whether you take home a cluster of mega-barnacles as a shelfie accent or a few scallop shells to use for crafts with your kids, you'll find something to love here.
590 Embarcadero, Morro Bay; 805-772-8014 or theshellshop.net
Sensario
6. Experience Environmental Art
Sorry, Mother Nature—Central Cali's most Instagrammable moment comes at Field of Light: Sensario, the 15-acre art installation in Paso Robles. Walk through artist Bruce Munro's solar-powered collection of 58,800 color-changing fiber-optic stemmed spheres. Imagine the California super bloom represented in an episode of sci-fi hit Black Mirror and you'll get the idea. Buy tickets to the VIP experience, which includes dinner on a terrace that lets you see the fields as a whole, plus drinks from a retrofitted Airstream.
4380 CA-46, Paso Robles; sensoriopaso.com
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7. Hike a Gorgeous Ocean Overlook
You didn't leave home for a hike along the usual dusty fire road—you want to be dazzled. So commit to the Avila Ridge Trail, which rewards some steep climbing sections (let's just say you won't be sprinting) with 180-degree views of San Luis Bay and Avila Beach in the north to Oceano Dunes down south. It's only a three-mile loop, and the ocean breezes keep you from sweltering. Bonus: You can bring your dog, who will be eternally grateful.
Avila Ridge Trail; hikeslo.com
Covell Clydesdale Ranch
8. Ride a Giant Horse
Horse breeder Ralph Covell has raised prized Clydesdale horses at his Cambria ranch for 40 years, and visitors can enjoy watching the lumbering herd, now 80 horses strong, from an ATV or even in the saddle. It's a great way to get a close-up view of the region's endangered Monterey pine forest and rolling California hills. Or, as one of the ranchers says, once you're six feet up in the saddle of one of these gentle giants, it's like off-roading on a sofa.
Cambria; 805-975-7332 or covellsclydesdaleranch.com
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Why is Iran Arresting More Dual Nationals?
By editor on 3rd March 2016 in Politics, Security
By Bijan Khajehpour, for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iran Business News.
The arrest Feb. 22 of former senior UN official Baquer Namazi, 80, who holds dual Iranian-American citizenship, defies any sort of logic. Baquer is the father of Siamak Namazi, who was unfortunately arrested in October after a period of intense interrogations by the Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran.
More than four months have passed and there is still no clear information about why Siamak was arrested and what he is accused of. The original arrest and now the incarceration of Siamak's father clash with basic human rights, core Islamic values and the overall direction that the Islamic Republic of Iran adopted when it decided to move away from its past escalatory policies in the nuclear negotiations and adopt a conciliatory approach — one that led to the historic nuclear agreement in July and to the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in January.
This agreement has been hailed as a win-win solution out of the decadelong nuclear impasse.
Nonetheless, some forces in Iran, seemingly closely affiliated with the hard-line faction, may view the deal itself and the expected relaxation in Iran's external relations as a threat to their interests and beliefs. This is the only logic that can explain the decisions that led to the arrest of Siamak and Baquer, who have done nothing but to promote better relations between Iran and the world.
In the case of Siamak, his transparent track record has been well covered and captured by the online media, and in the case of Baquer — a former senior UNICEF official and civil society representative — he has been praised for his work in poverty eradication, children's education and the protection provided in times of war and overall social development of those in countries such as Somalia, Kenya, Egypt and Thailand.
Considering the above, and the premise that those who decided to arrest Siamak and then to escalate the case by arresting Baquer are rational actors, the central question is what their motives may be.
There could be three possible explanations. First, there is the anxiety over the return of the Iranian diaspora in the post-sanctions era. Baquer and Siamak were both among the Iranian diaspora that returned to Iran in the late 1990s, in the aftermath of the election of Reformist President Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005), who promoted greater engagement with Iranians abroad.
Baquer dedicated his energy to the development of the country's civil society, and did considerable work for the victims of the 2003 Bam earthquake. Siamak joined a consulting group that helped international investors understand the Iranian market prior to investment decisions. It is possible that these arrests are linked to the desire of some hard-line elements to discourage Iranians abroad from returning.
One could conclude that such elements would be concerned about a growing presence of returning Iranians, and especially Iranian-Americans, who would obviously have an influence over how Iranian society will develop in the next decade or so.
Another explanation could be the protection of existing interests. Such economic interests grew considerably under the tenure of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2013), partly as a direct result of the attitudes in the Ahmadinejad government and partly due to the existence of sanctions. There are ongoing discussions of the rampant increase in corruption as a result.
Though the incumbent government of President Hassan Rouhani has taken some actions to address the issue, there is no doubt that such networks remain strong and are also anxious about the economic reforms that seem to be emerging in post-sanctions Iran and that require much more transparency and a more competitive environment.
Within this context, arresting Siamak could be understood as a warning shot to discourage the re-emergence and growth of international businesses — including Iranian-American investors — that may wish to develop business opportunities in Iran. In fact, such an effect can already be registered among Iranian-Americans.
A third scenario could be the intent to link Siamak to an ongoing case. Siamak was a director of Crescent Petroleum (CP), a company based in the United Arab Emirates. Iran had signed a gas export contract with CP in 2001, an agreement that ended up in the court of arbitration in Paris. In fact, over the past few years, the two sides have been locked in a legal battle in which Iran seems to claim that CP made illicit payments to facilitate the contract. A plan to link Siamak to such a case by extracting a statement from him to say that CP was engaged in corrupt dealings at the time would be another scenario.
If this is one of the aims of the arrest, it would be flawed as Siamak was neither employed by CP at the time that the CP agreement was signed, nor was he ever involved in any of CP's Iran-related matters after he joined the company. In fact, the first time Siamak became involved with CP was when he was hired about two years ago, with no Iran-related responsibilities.
Nonetheless, such a plan may explain why Baquer was arrested. His arrest may be a tactic to increase the emotional pressure to obtain some type of "statement" from Siamak in this respect or in relation to other potential allegations against him. However, it is clear at this stage that any "statements" or admissions by Siamak or Baquer would be without value, as it is evident that a father and a son would do anything to ease the pressure on the other — no matter the cost.
Regardless of which one of the above motivations is driving the hard-line forces who decided to arrest Baquer and Siamak, they are doomed to fail. What we need to understand is that the majority of Iranian society rejects the highly security-oriented, close-minded and conspiracy-driven views that produce the lies, deceit and slander that is reported on by affiliated media and websites.
If anyone had any doubt, just review the results of the twin elections that were held Feb. 26 for parliament and the Assembly of Experts. These hard-line elements see that they are being marginalized by society and need to come up with justifications to continue their actions and operations. Such justifications are now reflected in the notion that the West, and especially the United States, is trying to "infiltrate" Iran in the aftermath of the nuclear deal. In my view, this is a flawed concept, but it is one based on which they can arrest people and clamp down on civil society and independent media.
It is sad to see that decent people such as Baquer and Siamak have fallen victim to such an unacceptable agenda — no matter what the motivation may be. It remains to be seen whether the Iranian government will be able to stop such elements, which are clearly operating against the desired government policies and especially ones depicting Iran as a more engaging and responsible member of the international community.
One thing is clear: If the Iranian government fails to address these and other arbitrary arrests, the circumstances will certainly undermine the vast potential that the Iranian diaspora and international business have in helping develop Iran.
Note: The author and Siamak Namazi were business partners from 1998 to 2007; the author is also married to Namazi's cousin.
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Tags: Assembly of Experts, human rights, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC), Majlis, reforms


A plant capable of crushing 5 million bushels of soybeans a year will break ground today on the east side of Aberdeen. The public is invited to the 3 p.m. ceremony at the plant site on County Road 14 about one-quarter mile north of U.S. Highway 12. The site is on the west side of the road and south of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks. For perspective, Brown County produced 8.5 million bushels of soybeans in 2006, more than any other South Dakota county. The plant will refine soybean oil for use mainly in biodiesel fuel. The plant is expected to begin operations in the spring, said Arlis Hanson of rural Bath, director and part owner of the new company, Natural Gold LLC. About 10 people will work at Natural Gold: a manager, a production supervisor, a sales representative and production and maintenance workers. "But we won't start out with 10," Hanson said Tuesday. And expansion beyond 10 is also possible, he said. Hanson declined to say how much the plant will cost, in part because it's an elusive figure. That's because the plant will consist of separate modules that can easily be added, he said. "It's not like an ethanol plant," he said, where everything is built at once. Funding sources: No public money is involved in the construction, although the state's Value Added Ag Subfund provided a loan for a feasibility study and development of a business plan, said Cheri Rath, executive director of the Value Added Agriculture Development Center in Pierre. Natural Gold and the center have been working on the project for more than two years, Rath said Tuesday. Natural Gold did not conduct a public equity drive with open meetings, which is sometimes the way value-added projects get the capital they need. The company conducted a private placement equity drive, Rath said. That means it asked selected individuals to become investors. The capital to build Natural Gold is coming entirely from banks and investors, she said. Products: Natural Gold is a joint venture with Ag Services, a local company that has been producing and marketing soy meal products for livestock and poultry since 1988. Hanson is also part of Ag Services of Huffton, which is an unincorporated area north of Groton. The Aberdeen plant plans to initially refine soybean oil so that it can be used in the company's product called Dakota Ag Additive, which is mainly a soybean oil/ethanol additive blended with diesel fuel or use in the over-the-road vehicles with diesel engines. The soy meal that's a byproduct of the plant will be sold as a livestock feed ingredient, according to a company news release. The chemical-free soybean crush process that Natural Gold will use also means the refined oil it produces could also be used for human consumption and other industrial/technical applications, the release states. Other ventures: Natural Gold is not the only soybean processing business on the horizon. Coteau Hills Processors hopes to build a crushing plant near Webster. The plant would process about 6 million bushels of soybeans a year. Coteau Hills has launched a series of equity-drive public meetings to raise at least $11.2 million and up to $19.2 million toward its $32 million project. South Dakota Oilseed Processors also plans an equity drive for a soybean plant it wants to build in the Miller area. South Dakota has two soybean processing plants now: a plant in Volga that processes oil mainly for industrial uses and one in Alexandria, which processes oil mainly for biodiesel applications, Rath said. South Dakota farmers produced 130.9 million bushels of soybeans in 2006, with almost 49 million of them harvested in northeast and north-central South Dakota.


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