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Q: Printing SHA256 sum I am trying to build a C program to find an unknown string equivalent to a given SHA256 sum. The final program should generate strings of the format "###ENCRYPTION," then find it's SHA sum and compare to the known value. However, I am having problems simply generating the SHA sum. For some reason, my method of printing the sum drops out 1 character:
000ENCRYPTION=f6bc212596f37e1855fb2bbfaf49b514c5ea79e332c57bb6**0**c493bafd38baff5

But my code generates:
000ENCRYPTION=f6bc212596f37e1855fb2bbfaf49b514c5ea79e332c57bb6c493bafd38baff5

This link seems to seems to describe a similar problem but it does not quite fit my problem.
I have already built a program in Python to do the same thing, but now I want to build one in C to compare run times.
(I also used the CommonCrypto Library from OS X  but OpenSSL would work too.)
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
#include <stdio.h>
#include <CommonCrypto/CommonDigest.h>
#include <string.h>

int main() {
int c=0;
char *input_sum="9dcaea0ae17e31d47640cb7c390976d8962823a55ea03fe43b0d061f5624069f"; // currently unused
char *end="ENCRYPTION";
char temp[100]; // need to learn more about allocating memory
unsigned char output[32]; // initializes output variable

printf("Sum=f6bc212596f37e1855fb2bbfaf49b514c5ea79e332c57bb60c493bafd38baff5\n"); // Sum of 000ENCRYPTION from command line

while( c < 5 ) { // limited to 5 right now for testing
    sprintf(temp, "%03d", c); // creates leading zeros
    sprintf(temp + 3, "%s", end); // appends string "end"; should ideally be moved outside loop
    c++;
    puts(temp); // visual check of input into cc_sha256

    CC_SHA256(temp, (CC_LONG)strlen(temp), output); // function does sha256sum

    int i; // for loop prints resulting byte array from cc_sha256 to hex; I believe the problem is here
    for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
        printf("%x", output[i]);
    }
    printf("\n");

}
return 0;
}

A: Where the output should be 0c, your code only outputs the c part. This is because printf by default prints the result with the minimum number of characters possible. In this case, you should tell printf that the proper result always contains two hexadecimal digits by giving it a width, and by specifying that a zero should be placed in the most-significant nibble if the input is less than 0x10:
printf("%02x", output[i]);


The best way to heal the guts would be with digestive grape or other bitters, a probiotic, and possibly molybdenum. Glutamine isn't as important as these three supplements for healing the gut; I would focus on these first and maybe get glutamine at a later time. I am not promoting it as a great supplement, I only recently started to take it on phase 2, 4 months into the diet. I haven't really noticed much of a change after using it either.


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Sven Peter Molin, född 5 januari 1957 i Sundbyberg, Stockholms län, är en före detta svensk militär (överste), och länsråd vid Länsstyrelsen i Gotlands län 2022-2021.

Biografi
Peter Molin är son till egenföretagaren Sven Toivo Molin och farmaceuten Siv Maj-Britt Marianne, född Carlsson. Molin gifte sig 1982 med Pia Westerdahl (född 1958). Han blev sambo 2000 med frisören Cathrine Christiansson, (född Appelbom 1968), dotter till chauffören Staffan Flodman och skolbiträdet Maj-Gull, född Appelblom.

Han blev löjtnant vid Gotlands regemente (P 18) 1980, kapten 1983 och genomgick armélinjens allmänna tekniska kurs vid Militärhögskolan, vapentekniska grenen (AATKV) 1984–85 och armélinjens högre vapentekniska kurs (ATKV) 1985–87. Molin blev major 1988, var avdelningschef vid markoperativa avdelningen vid Gotlands militärkommando (MKG) 1990 och tjänstgjorde vid arméstaben från 1992. Han var också under en period i början av 1990-talet anställd som systemanalytiker vid Förenade Fabriksverken (FFV) i Eskilstuna.

Han var sektionschef vid Gotlands militärkommando 1993, överstelöjtnant och chef för taktikledningen 1994–97 och blev överstelöjtnant med särskild tjänsteställning 1997. Molin var ställföreträdande chef för Gotlands regemente och Gotlandsbrigaden (MekB 18) 1997, blev överste 1999 och var chef för Gotlands regemente (P 18) 2000–03 samt var överste vid Gotlands militärdistrikt (MDG) från 2003. Han genomförde studier vid United States Army War College 2003-05, var adjutant vid H.M. Konungens stab 1994–04 och 2004 överadjutant vid H.M. Konungens stab.

Peter Molin lämnade den militära banan och var förvaltningschef på Barn- och utbildningsförvaltningen, Gotlands kommun 2005–11 innan han den 21 januari 2011 utsågs av regeringen till länsråd vid Länsstyrelsen i Gotlands län. Han var länsråd till sin pension 2021.

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The Australian Government is putting together a national heritage list of all those sights which make Australia what it is – cultural sites, natural sites, indigenous sites and sporting sites. Today the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is going to be listed on to the National Heritage List as Australia's premier sporting arena, an arena where cricket was first played between colonies and between countries, where the AFL had its spiritual home and still plays its grand final. Sport is so central to Australian life; it looms so large in people's consciousness that the sporting arenas are now part of Australia's heritage and culture. And the MCG, as our premier sporting arena, will now be on a heritage list recognised along with other great icons of Australia as one of the great sites that has made Australia what it is. We have got legends here from cricket and football who are both going to say something about what the MCG means to them.
Well I think it is wonderful for all Victorians It is the home of sport, as Peter has already pointed out, but for a cricketer from the Northern suburbs just to walk on to the MCG as a teenager to play cricket for Victoria was the biggest thrill of my sporting life – even bigger than playing for Australia. I think every Victorian just loves the MCG – be it football, cricket or any sport and the Olympic Games, of course, in '56 and you've got the Commonwealth Games starting in a few months time. I just think it is wonderful. I think it is the 21st place to be heritage listed and I think the MCG can stand tall just 20 minutes walk from this great city.
Well I just love the MCG. Like Billy said, Billy and I used to go to school together; we used to discuss it instead of doing our exams properly. I just love the place. And I think it is worthwhile reminding the viewers that no Victorian taxpayer or Australian taxpayer has paid any money towards the stadium. There have been loans and all of that but hasn't been a fund which…put it this way, we did it ourselves, the sporting community of Victoria, of Melbourne did this ourselves. And it has been a sensational stadium for decades and decades and decades. I can remember seeing a game here in 1948; it was a grand final, I am not sure if I saw the grand final or the replay because there was a replay back then. Essendon were beaten – did you hear that? Essendon were beaten in that match and it was a marvellous thing. My father played here so I really feel attached to this place here and to hear it's been put on a marvellous list like the Heritage List, I think it's absolutely fabulous. And for those very few people who aren't into sport, come down here and juts have a sit one day even by yourself, even if there is nobody here, just have a sit and you'll just marvel at the peace in this place and you will be able to visualise the cricketers and the footballers playing here.
Barass, what do you make of the new members stand – you are a member – does it have the same atmosphere as the old Long Room?
No because that was a magic room and it had such a name and this one has to build up a name. You don't want any "johnny-come-latelies" coming in and taking over but it is a marvellous room. I don't think the old stand - the member's stand – was worthwhile saving myself. If it had been the Sydney Cricket Ground with those old buildings up there I would have a different view on that but no I think we did the right thing in building this edifice for sport.
JOURNALIST: Treasurer, what does it mean for this to be heritage listed, practically?
Well what it means is that it is recognised as one of the great sites of Australia. The sites of Australia that define who we are – the Sydney Opera House, Port Arthur, Gallipoli, the MCG – things that loom into the consciousness of everybody who has grown up; everybody who has grown up and loves sports, and let's face it that's nearly every Australian, knows the MCG. They know the Boxing Day Test; they know the AFL Grand Final; they are going to see the Commonwealth Games and it just recognises that this is part of who we are, that it needs recognition and protection and being on the National List will do that.
So in the future you won't be able, for example, to tear down a stand or replace it?
Well the ground will always have to be here; the ground will always have to be set aside for premier sporting events, if there is any redevelopment in the future it is going to be a long time after all of us are gone, they will have to talk to the people involved and make sure it is consistent with those objectives.
Is this is along time overdue?
Yes. It is a long time overdue. To be entered on the national list takes a lot of investigation. It has to go before an independent committee; there are a lot more nominations than sites that can be listed and for the MCG to be finally recognised as the great stadium that it is – is a great day for Melbourne, is a great day for Victoria and Australia.
Can I just ask you about tax…?
Why don't we let these guys go and then I will (inaudible).
…They might want to hear about (inaudible).
They might have their own views – okay you can stay…..
……..Labor are apparently, according to one newspaper report about to announce some major tax reform, flattening the tax base perhaps giving tax cuts to high income earners. Have you had a chance to muse over that and can we get you reaction to it?
The Government's position is we want to balance our budget, keep interest rates low, fund health, invest more in national security and cut taxes and that is what we have done in the last three Budgets and if we have the opportunity for further tax cuts next year we will be doing that as well.
But tax reform doesn't necessarily mean tax cuts, it could be a re-organisation of the tax system which is what I think Labor are suggesting and bringing the rates down for high income earners and families?
I think what people are interested in is having taxes which are as low as possible and that is the kind of tax reform that people are interested in. I don't think they are interested in tax reform that increases taxes. I think they are interested in tax reform which reduces the burden on average families. I am focussed on families. Families who need help who we are really going to be focussing on in the future and ensuring that they can have the benefits of good economic policy.
I think he is saying that….he wants to cut the top marginal rate – do you agree with that?
I think the important thing is that we keep the burden as low as possible for all people. I am not just focussing on those in the top rate, I am focussing on families; families that are doing it hard; mums and dads that are servicing a mortgage; that are looking after kids; that are raising kids; that are educating kids. We need to keep in sight all Australians, particularly families, when it comes to the taxation system.
Do you (inaudible) that the time is right, the environment is right to really have a good look at the income tax system and give it a good overhaul?
I think the time is right, consistent with low interest rates. And that's the caveat I put on this - it is very important that we keep interest rates low. The time is right to work at reducing the tax burden. We did it in 2003, we did it in 2004, we did it in 2005 and if we can do it again we will do that as well. Thanks very much.


The Appling County unit of the Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) is crediting the recent rainfall for contributing to a decline in wildfires this year.
"The GFC offers a good variety of "Pine" and "Hardwood" seedlings. They can be purchased in quantities as low as 10 trees, so there's something for people with any size of property," said Rewis. The GFC website (GATrees.org) gives a list of seedling selections and has details about ordering and delivery.
Chief Ranger Rewis also reminds landowners of larger tracts that its time to contact the GFC about other forest management services, including harrowing, pre-suppression fire break plowing, mechanical fuel treatment for fuel reduction and assistance with prescribed burning.
The GFC's Appling County Unit is located on U.S. #1 at 4309 Hatch Parkway South in Baxley and can be reached at 912-366-1000. Visit the GFC website for complete details about services of the Georgia Forestry Commission at GAfTrees.org.


Home of PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE CHAMPIONS!
Karson Smith is a level 4 and she placed 1st on Vault with a 9.650, 3rd on Bars with an 8.9, 3rd on Floor with a 9.3, and placed 2nd in the All Around with a 37.225.
Kayla Sims is a level 2 and she placed 1st on Vault with a 9.350, 1st on Bars with an 8.650, tied for 2nd on Beam with a 9.000, 1st on Floor with a 9.225, and placed 1st in the All Around with a 36.225.
Mya Sandiford is a level 3 and she placed 2nd on Vault with a 9.400 and tied for 3rd on Bars with a 9.250.
Tinsley Mircea is a level 2 and she tied for 3rd on Bars with a 7.900, 1st on Beam with a 9.400, 2nd on Floor with an 8.950, and placed 2nd in the All Around with a 35.025.
Ellie Davis is a level 3 and she placed 1st on Vault with a 9.650 and placed 1st on Beam with an 8.900.
Abby Wallace is a level 3 and she placed 2nd on Bars with an 8.825 and tied for 3rd on Beam with an 8.700.
Jayla Muldrow is a level 2 and she tied for 3rd on Vault with a 9.050, placed 2nd on Bars with an 8.175, and placed 3rd in the All Around with a 34.325.
Reagan Yacoubian is a level 2 and she placed 2nd on Vault with an 8.775, 1st on Bars with an 8.250, 1st on Beam with an 8.775, 2nd on Floor with a 7.675, and placed 1st in the All Around with a 33.475.
Bella Falk is a level 2 and she placed 3rd on Vault with an 8.400, 2nd on Bars with an 8.100, 3rd on Beam with an 8.300, 1st on Floor with an 8.550, and placed 2nd in the All Around with a 33.350.
Alyssa Regalado is a level 3 and she placed 3rd on Vault with a 9.150, and placed 2nd on Beam with an 8.475.
Londyn Beckett is a level 2 and she placed 1st on Vault with a 9.000, 3rd on Bars with a 7.925, 3rd on Floor with a 7.050, and placed 3rd in the All Around with a 32.225.
Allison Rath is a level 1 and she placed 1st on Vault with an 8.950.
Apr 26 AAU State Meet!


Portraits provide a fascinating insight into the changing styles of dress over the centuries. This lecture by Rosalind Whyte follows the different fashions as revealed in paintings, looking at dress and accessories, and some of the more ridiculous styles of fashion from the 16th century to the 19th century. It focuses particularly on fashion in England, but looks also at some contrasting Continental fashions. In times when Sumptuary Laws prescribed what you could wear, according to your status in society, fashion was much less of a personal choice and more a reflection of social standing.


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## Introduction
This module provides useful classes for building a [Zend Framework](https://github.com/zendframework/zendframework) application with a persistance layer based on [Doctrine](https://github.com/doctrine).

## Requirements
[Zend Framework Skeleton Application](http://www.github.com/zendframework/ZendSkeletonApplication) (or compatible architecture)

## Installation
Install the module through [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/) using the following steps:

  1. `cd my/project/directory`

  2. Create a `composer.json` file with following contents (or update your existing file accordingly):

     ```json
     {
         "require": {
             "detailnet/dfw-persistence-module": "^1.1"
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  3. Install Composer via `curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php` (on Windows, download
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  4. Run `php composer.phar self-update`

  5. Run `php composer.phar install`

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Medindia » Environmental Health
Saudi Arabia Sows the Seed for Climate Research
by Medindia Content Team on November 20, 2007 at 12:50 PM
King Abdullah Abdel-Aziz of Saudi Arabia opened the session of the third Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) summit by announcing a grant of $300 million "as a seed" for research on climatic change, environment and energy resources.
"I hope that (oil) producing and consuming countries will engage in a similar programme, an endeavour that guarantees the well-being of the environment," said the Saudi monarch in his opening speech Saturday.
"Protecting the planet" and the world's ecosystems was a benchmark on the summit's agenda where the OPEC members have vowed to "recognise the need to ensure that providing reliable energy supplies is done in an environmentally conscious manner".
The heads of state of the 13-member OPEC convened in Riyadh for a summit overshadowed by the falling value of the US dollar, rising oil prices and the effect on poorer nations despite its focus on such issues as energy supplies, climate change and fighting global warming -- matters of less impact to concerns on oil prices and quotas, according to observers.
This was not to say that rising prices of oil had no effect on the meeting's mood. In his speech, Abdullah seemed compelled to defend the soaring prices hovering around the 100 dollar-a-barrel mark, by saying inflation had lessened the value of the dollar over the years.
"The real current price of oil -- if we bear in mind the inflation rate -- has not even reached its equivalent in the 1980s," said the king.
"We have founded a treasury for development whose investments reach more than 120 countries worldwide -- aside from aid," said Abdullah. "Facts prove that OPEC always behaves against a backdrop of fairness and wisdom."
OPEC, made up of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, Venezuela, Angola, Libya, Nigeria, Algeria and Indonesia, produces 40 percent of the world's oil and owns three-quarters of the world's oil reserves.
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While David Cameron was making his speech on immigration at the Home Office yesterday (he blamed the Liberal Democrats for blocking the coalition government's attempts to reduce the level of net migration to the UK), his former senior adviser Steve Hilton was in Prospect's offices in London for a roundtable discussion with a group of journalists and policy professionals about his new book, More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First.
More Human is a manifesto for the post-bureaucratic age, then; a blueprint for new kinds of institutions (and not just government ones, but in education and business, too) designed on a human scale. But, Hilton insisted yesterday, "this is not a 'small is beautiful' argument." He's less interested in the size of institutions, he said, than in dislodging "concentrations" of political and economic power wherever they occur.
Inevitably, much of the blanket media coverage of Hilton's book has concentrated on the extent to which his ideas have survived both contact with the upper echelons of the Civil Service while he was in government and then his departure in 2012. Does Hiltonism endure even though its originator no longer has an office in Number 10? One could be forgiven for being sceptical—and not just because the Tories have just run a successful election campaign that was decidedly un-Californian in tone. The knighthood to be conferred on Eric Pickles, the former Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, might, for instance, be interpreted as a reward for ensuring that the Hiltonite obsession with localism (in the book he advocates what he now calls, in Silicon Valley jargon, "MVG," or "Minimum Viable Government") didn't do too much damage. That said, Hilton could plausibly claim some responsibility, however remote, for George Osborne's agenda for the devolution of power to cities like Manchester—even if the Chancellor's rhetoric and demeanour couldn't be less evocative of the West Coast of the United States.
The book is full of American examples like this. But what works for California wouldn't necessarily work for Cornwall. Having "crazy ideas" (Hilton's own words) is one thing. What the despised bureaucrats call "delivery" is quite another.
The following people were present at Prospect's roundtable with Steve Hilton: Matthew d'Ancona, journalist and author; Jonathan Derbyshire, managing editor, Prospect; Bill Emmott, former editor of the Economist; Tony Grew, editor and founder of PARLY; Richard Harries, deputy director, Reform; Ben Judah, journalist and writer; Serena Kutchinsky, digital editor, Prospect; Josh Lowe, deputy digital editor, Prospect; Bronwen Maddox editor, Prospect; Emran Mian, director of the Social Market Foundation; John McTernan, former political secretary to Tony Blair; Matthew Parris, columnist, the Times; Jonathan Refoy, director of external affairs, CH2M Hill; Peter Riddell, director, Institute for Government; Alice Thomson, columnist, the Times.


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Holiness, perhaps better referred to as awakening, isn't found in some far away place that is hard to find let alone to get to. Awakening is found in the everyday, in the mundane, because God isn't separate from us and needing to be "found." God is right here within everyone and everything. That means God is to be found right here – and coming to realize that IS awakening!


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Sharks tickets rank 24th in median ticket prices
Life in the sun belt continues to be pretty good for Sharks fans.
By jake.sundstrom@jakesundstrom Oct 6, 2015, 5:38pm PDT
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All things considered, Sharks fans living in the Bay Area have a pretty good thing going. A good hockey team in a non-traditional market means paying far less than fans in Toronto or Chicago have to shell out for similar seats.
In a Vivid Seats report, the Sharks rank 24th in median ticket prices for the 2015-16 season. San Jose's median ticket price is higher than that of the Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, Anaheim Ducks, Carolina Hurricanes and Arizona Coyotes.
The only surprise on that list is the Red Wings, whose hockey history is unavoidable if you've spent any time watching hockey the past...well, I suppose ever. They're a vocal bunch, those octopus throwing fanatics.
A note that these are median ticket prices, meaning, and I quote:
denoting or relating to a value or quantity lying at the midpoint of a frequency distribution of observed values or quantities, such that there is an equal probability of falling above or below it.
Just to make it clear that these aren't the average prices. Still, Sharks fans are pretty lucky when it comes to how much they have to pay to see their team. Now, they aren't Ducks fans lucky, but who is?


The Aladdin MK II is manufactured by renowned cartridge manufacturer Soundsmith. Not only is this cartridge exceptional in it's performance but it follows the Soundsmith tradition of a high value investment with full restoration and stylus rebuilding at 20% of its price when renewal is required. This can be carried out many times over for you.
The Aladdin MK II enjoys a great heritage, starting with the well loved Zephyr original, which evolved into the well known Zephyr MKII. In Soundsmith's effort to bring even higher definition with high value for money, they've introduced the NEW Aladdin MK II. It features a newly developed aluminum alloy – the same one now used in the Soundsmith Paua MKII, just released. This new metal alloy has unique dualistic properties, providing stiffness in the ranges required as well as damping exactly where its needed – and by the proper amount – in the most critical parts of the sonic spectrum. The result is a cartridge that will slam your Rock and Roll while providing a new level of linearity and clarity for the most complex classical and jazz passages.
Attached to the new cantilever material is a tiny new super low mass "High Profile" Contact Line diamond developed for the new Aladdin MK II. This stylus traces more of the groove walls than a standard contact line, but avoids some of the alignment pitfalls that can occur with a high profile contact line design, allowing more azimuth alignment forgiveness than is normally possible with such designs.
These improvements are paired with technology borrowed from Soundsmith's higher end line; "Trickle Down" technology from a unique Dynamic Energy Management System (DEMS) developed by Soundsmith that moves the damped energy and propagates it properly within the cartridge body. This is a similar system employ in the Soundsmith's well received and reviewed high end Sussurro Cartridge.
The new Aladdin MK II is capable of truly remarkable separation and sound stage imaging at a level not previously achievable in a modestly priced design. The composite body and unique DEMS design work in tandem contribute to the Aladdin MK2's ability to produce high-end performance from a moderately priced cartridge. Be prepared to sit back and realize……you may have never really heard your record collection before.
The Alladin MK II will provide a level of clarity and beauty that will make you take out your record collection and listen to it all over again.


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Home Money, Politics and Power Trump Lamented Loss of Oreo Jobs to Mexico. His Tax Bill Could Make More Jobs Go South.
Trump Lamented Loss of Oreo Jobs to Mexico. His Tax Bill Could Make More Jobs Go South.
Nabisco's outsourcing wreaked havoc on its American workforce. The Republican tax plan could prompt even more manufacturers to move operations out of the United States.
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The historic ten-story Nabisco plant in Southwest Chicago had long been a point of pride—and a source of good-paying union jobs—in the Windy City, thanks to its production of one of America's favorite cookies: Oreos. The good feelings went both ways. In 1993, Nabisco received $90 million in tax subsidies from Chicago and Illinois to invest in upgrading and expanding its production capabilities for snacks like Oreos, Ritz crackers, and Fig Newtons.
More than 20 years later, in the spring of 2015, rumors were circulating at the 1,200-employee plant that Nabisco's parent company, Mondélez International, might once again invest more than $100 million to modernize the Chicago plant and add new production lines. That July, however, management announced that the company would instead be investing that money to expand operations at a new $500 million plant it had opened Salinas, Mexico—a move that the company said would save it about $46 million a year. Nabisco would end the production of Oreo cookies at its Chicago plant, where they had been made for decades. That meant pink slips for about 600 employees.
Managers had demanded that the unionized workers would need to swallow $46 million in cuts to their annual pay and benefits for the company even to consider keeping Oreo production in Chicago. The offer, Anthony Jackson, one of the Chicago bakers who lost his job, says in a new report on Mondelez's outsourcing, "was so egregious the company knew it could never be accepted. After they had invested $500 million in a new facility, they had no intention of letting it go unused."
With the crisis of offshoring playing a central part of the 2016 presidential campaign, the Oreo layoffs in Chicago became a flashpoint, as Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump all denounced Nabisco for shipping good American jobs abroad. Trump in particular relentlessly railed against Nabisco. In several of his stump speeches, he pledged that he'd never eat the cookies again—and that he'd get tough with American companies that ship jobs abroad.
"I'll never eat another Oreo again. Ever. Ever!" Trump declared in October 2016.
"So I'm going to talk to them. I don't want their cookies made and sold there. I just don't want it. It's unfair to us."
In recent months, a coalition of faith and labor leaders traveled around the country to cities with Mondélez-Nabisco plants—Chicago; Fair Lawn, New Jersey; Richmond, Virginia; Portland, Oregon—talking with current workers and those who were laid off. Activists also traveled to Monterrey, Mexico, in late November to learn about the working conditions at a Mondélez plant there. The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers' International Union, which represents Nabisco workers around the country, and Interfaith Worker Justice, a faith-based labor group, has now released a report, "Breaking Faith: Outsourcing and the Damage Done to our Communities" detailing the impact of Mondélez-Nabisco's outsourcing on workers on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border.
"Mondélez-Nabisco has come to treat its workers just the same way they would the other commodities that go into Oreos, such as cocoa, sugar, flour, and so on," Laura Barrett, executive director of Interfaith Worker Justice, says in the report. Shifting production of Oreos from Chicago to Mexico reflects "a trend of exporting from the United States production lines that baked and packed Nabisco's so-called Power Brands – those with greater, steady sales, such as Oreo, Chips Ahoy, Honey Grahams, and Ritz Crackers," the report states.
The company has said that it hopes to produce all its Power Brands in Mexico by 2018, which could mean hundreds of more jobs moved out of the U.S.
The threat of future layoffs and plant shutdowns looms large for Nabisco's U.S. workforce, creating a constant sense of insecurity.
"The fear is always there," Lamar Kennedy, a baker in Portland, says in the report. "There's always the possibility that everything will go to Mexico. So every day you go into work, you think that today could be the last."
Another worker explains: "Supervisors were telling people, 'you need to work harder because we've got to keep this place open.' So it's like a veiled threat. I think the workforce thinks that a shutdown is not a matter of if it will happen, but when it will happen."
Compounding such problems, Trump, once in office, has fallen short on his campaign promises to crack down on companies that ship jobs abroad. Both Carrier and Rexnord, both companies based in Indiana, have continued to ship jobs to Mexico despite weeks of media attention after Trump promised to protect their American workers' jobs. Trump's shaming of Carrier appeared to cement Trump's campaign image as "a blue-collar billionaire who would stand with workers, not CEOs," Chuck Jones, the former president of the United Steelworkers local representing Carrier workers in Indianapolis, recently wrote. But Trump's initial action, Jones continued, has been followed by a year of inaction. "A year later, we feel betrayed. ... Beyond Indiana, workers across the country feel like they too are victims of a false Trumpian bargain, in which they were invited to trade their votes to keep their jobs."
The administration has started talks with Canada and Mexico to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and labor advocates are holding out hope that a new deal will stop the outflow of American jobs to Mexico. But those following the negotiations remain skeptical that the Trump administration is willing to loosen the stranglehold that corporations have on U.S. trade policy.
Meanwhile, the Republican tax plan that Trump has sold as a tremendous deal for the middle class might actually encourage companies to move their domestic operations—and jobs—abroad. One provision in the tax plan would establish a "territorial" system for taxing foreign profits, which would make it much easier for corporations to avoid international taxation and could actually spur companies to move operations abroad.
Kimberly Clausing, an economics professor at Reed College, writes: "Unlike the present system, which taxes companies on their foreign income once it is repatriated to the United States, a territorial tax system exempts foreign income from U.S. taxation. This tilts the playing field even further toward doing business abroad rather than at home, since there will always be countries with lower rates. A territorial system makes explicit, and permanent, the preference for foreign income over domestic income. It also accelerates the profit shifting behind our corporate tax base erosion problem. That is hardly an 'America first' policy."
Detroit-based auto giant Ford announced just last week that it will build its new electric car in Mexico, reneging on its promise in January to launch production in Michigan—which it called at the time a "vote of confidence" for President Trump.
That's no coincidence, says Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers union. "Ford and other giant corporations got what they wanted out of Republicans on taxes, dramatically lower levies on domestic profits and total elimination on foreign profits," Gerard recently wrote. "That makes Mexico an even more attractive manufacturing site for them than NAFTA did."
In the meantime, Mondelez has left thousands of frightened or abandoned workers in its wake. "We don't expect to live in the same world, because this world does change," says Stan Milewski, who has worked as a Nabisco baker in Fair Lawn for 38 years. "But ever since Mondélez took over [in 2012], they are fast-tracking these changes. They just don't have the interest of the workers at heart. The executives just want to line their pockets."
Indeed, Mondélez-Nabisco CEO Irene Rosenfeld was rewarded handsomely for trimming labor costs, pulling in more than $185 million in pay over the last nine years. When she recently left her post (to take over as board chair), she took with her a $35 million personal pension, $50 million in severance, and more than $70 in stock options, the report says. The company's new CEO, Dirk Van de Put, could make more than $55 million in his first year.
And it remains to be seen whether Trump fulfills either campaign promise: to crack down on companies that offshore jobs, or never to eat an Oreo cookie again.
As The Washington Post reported in its preview of the book Let Trump Be Trump, by former Trump campaign officials Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, the cupboards of Trump's plane during the campaign "were stacked with Vienna Fingers, potato chips, pretzels and many packages of Oreos because Trump, a renowned germaphobe, would not eat from a previously opened package."
The White House did not respond to requests for comment on whether the president has eaten an Oreo cookie since first pledging to boycott them, or to charges that his vaunted tax plan could spark even more Oreo-esque layoffs.
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Nuclear weapons require uranium enriched to 80 percent or more.
Iran's nuclear chief said Saturday that the country had requested to buy 950 tonnes of uranium concentrate from Kazakhstan over the next three years to help develop its civil reactor programme.
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, told the ISNA news agency that the purchase was supposed to happen "within three years".
"650 tonnes will enter the country in two consignments and 300 tonnes will enter Iran in the third year," he said.
Salehi said the final shipment of concentrate, known as yellow cake, would be turned into uranium hexafluoride gas and sold back to Kazakhstan -- its first international sale of the compound which is used in the uranium enrichment process.
Under the nuclear deal, many of Iran's centrifuges were mothballed but it has the right to enrich uranium to a level of 3.5 percent and sell it abroad.
Salehi said Iran has already received around 382 tonnes of yellow cake, primarily from Russia, since the nuclear deal came into force in January last year.
Under the deal, Iran is allowed to run around 5,000 "IR-1" centrifuges and has been testing more advanced models that can produce greater quantities of enriched uranium -- all under the strict supervision of the UN atomic agency.


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Presented by Tura as part of the Scale Variable series.
A two week workshop with composer and clarinetist Carol Robinson will facilitate the development of a new piece in Radigue's "Occam" series with Decibel, concluding in the world premiere of a new work.
Arthesis (1973) 26' by Eliane Radigue. An electroacoustic work, realized on Moog Synthesiser. Spatilisied in realtime by Decibel and Carol Robinson. Australian Premiere.
The collaboration with Carol and Eliane will facilitate a new addition to a series of works composed especially for particular musicians, know as the 'Occam Ocean' pieces. Hexa II is a new work commissioned by Decibel, and written collaboratively by Eliane Radigue and Carol Robinson. The work process, though extremely demanding, is fascinating and thoroughly rewarding because it obliges the performer to enter into a state of hyper acuity, sensitivity and in some ways, belief. The musician is guided, often through a visual image, into an awareness and level of reactivity that increases as the sound material itself is assimilated. It is never a question of reproducing an event or sequence, but rather of understanding the elements that produced the event and then allowing those elements to develop further. The pieces are completely defined, and yet never exactly the same, because the particular interaction between sound, instrument, musician and acoustics requires constant adaptation. There is no music quite like this magically expressive music made of minute and surprising pulsations that reach deep into the listener's psyche.


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COVID-19: Zafar Mirza dismisses rumours of health facilities crisis in Pakistan
Mon, Jun 01, 2020
The prime minister's aide on health, Dr Zafar Mirza, on Sunday dismissed rumours of health facilities crisis, claiming that only 28% of ventilators have so far been engaged by COVID-19 patients across the country.
Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, the federal minister did lament, however, that with 88 fatalities, the country has reported the highest death toll in the last 24 hours.
He said with 201 patients on ventilators, the number is also the highest figure of patients on ventilators since the emergence of COVID-19 in the country.
"About 723 patients are in critical condition and 201 of them are on ventilators, which is the maximum number of people on ventilators," said Dr Mirza.
Resource Management System (RMS) launched
In a bid to monitor the health facilities in the country and to eliminate confusion regarding hospital bed availability, the health ministry has launched a Resource Management System (RMS) to collect and provide real-time information about coronavirus patients across Pakistan.
Providing details of the system, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Information Technology Board, Shabahat Ali said that all the hospitals across Pakistan have been linked with this system.
"Hospitals can individually provide real time data for a unified and consolidated picture of the resources available to treat COVID-19 patients," he explained
Ali went on to add that social welfare organisations like Edhi Foundation and Rescue 1122 will also be given access to the system so that they can get updated information about availability of beds, ventilators, and Personal Protection Equipment for people suffering from COVID-19.
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The indicator of divergence is a tool of technical analysis, which determines the level of the divergence of price ranges on the world exchange market, overbought and oversold levels and also provides accurate trading signals. The robot doesn't only determine the presence of discrepancy but also gives the information about its type (bullish or bearish). This robot is used by traders of different levels of knowledge and trading experience.
Before you start trading with such technical analysis tool as divergence, you need to download one of the versions of it. It can be done free of charge on the MTDownloads website.
If the deviation is downward (bearish), then you need to sell the assets.
The most popular form of divergence is the classical divergence. It shows the difference in price and the signals of the indicator, giving the trader the information about the changes in trend and the turn in the price chart. This kind of divergence provides the most accurate signals on long or medium time frames. That's why it's better not to use it with short-term time periods. On time intervals less than an hour can be traced various false signals.
In addition to the classical or the correct divergence, there is also a hidden divergence. It gives good results only when the price moves by a particular trend. Of course, if you use two kinds of divergence, your trading results will be much better.
Not so popular, but also often used is an expanded divergence. It is used to confirm the trend of the market. The indicators of this type are better used on candlestick charts. If you learn to take into account the performance of all three types of price divergence, your predictions will be unmistakable.
The experienced trader can determine the price deviations manually - for them; it is enough just to look at the graph and to determine whether it exists on the given time interval. However, if you are a newcomer in trading, it is better to use the tool of divergence. For using it, you need to understand its basic parameters and set them up in a proper way. Only after this, you can start trading.
This tool of technical analysis reveals its best qualities only when using with other indicators, or rather, oscillators such as RSI, MACD, Stochastic. In such situations, they are playing the role of filtering tools. This quality makes them such perfect additions to the price deviation indicator. Using two tools of technical analysis makes it possible to avoid false signals even in such a highly volatile market as Forex. Also, you will receive accurate signals as quickly as possible, without any delays.
The significant advantage of this robot is its message function, which indicates about the discrepancy. It is configured to your taskbar, or it is sent to your e-mail address. So you will always be aware of the most favorable situation in the market for opening deals.
However, it has the only minus. This robot doesn't take into account the mood of the market, and it sometimes gives false signals before the release of big news.
Anyway, to choose the instrument of a divergence that suits you, you need to try some of them on the demo account first. Only after that, you can start trading with real money.
You can find the signals of the indicator of divergence in a separate window on the trading platform under the graph of the price changes of the financial instrument. Depending on the tool chosen for determining the price deviations, it can be depicted in two ways: as a line or as a histogram.
Looking at all the advantages and disadvantages of this tool of technical analysis, we can conclude, that it is an excellent addition to any trading strategy. All versions of such an instrument you can find on the website MTDownloads and download them for free.


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Dawn's Dark Music Corner: Dark Matter Noise
August 4, 2015 by elektronikadance in NEWS and tagged Ambient, Dark Matter Noise, dawn wood, goth music, industrial, Seattle music, vampiric.darkwave metal | Leave a comment
Seattle Sounds- Dark Matter Noise- by Dawn Wood
Dark Matter Noise has evolved dark and luscious sound-scapes from two of Seattle's respected veterans: Allen Tompkins and the Goth Metal Goddess, Charlie Drown.
The band first started recording in 2007 and their first digital release was in 2008. Since that time, between other projects, Dark Matter Noise still continues to mystify and intrigue both Gothic/Industrial/Ambient fans and fellow musicians.
Their music is described as: "A mix of angelic and demonic percussion and noise, crushing industrial, sugary pop, pulsing ebm,vampiric.darkwave metal."
Dark Matter Noise is currently working on their second album entitled: Oceans and Gravity.
Check them out:
Reverb Nation: https://www.reverbnation.com/darkmatternoise
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarkMatterNoise?fref=ts
Website: https://darkmatternoise.bandcamp.com/releases
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Music Review: Weird Tales From The Countryside
June 18, 2015 by Horror Addicts Guest in NEWS and tagged 70's/80's horror, Ambient, avier Gomez, dark music, DeFago, electronica, Horror music, Horror Soundtracks, WEIRD TALES FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE | Leave a comment
WEIRD TALES FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE (2015)
DeFago
Today I am checking in with Javier Gomez, otherwise known as DeFago. DeFago is a Spanish musician, with a feel for Ambient and Electronic music.
His latest album, "Weird Tales From The Countryside" was released in March 2015, and is one album that will keep you awake at night J
"WTFTC portrays the way the countryside haunts and lingers around you in the night. It brings a deep, unique twist on modern horror music. WTFTC features a great electronic twist on the usual daunting strings music we hear in modern cinema. The overall dark tone and atmosphere the album brings a sheer sense of loneliness and terror."
Hailing from Seville, Spain, DeFago is an artist who pushes the boundaries on techno music and brings a new haunting element to the mix. DeFago's music may not suit everyone, but I will say that followers of Tangerine Dream, Goblin, and those who like Horror Soundtracks will find this work superb as DeFago captures brilliantly the work of such haunting themes from the 70's/80's horror as well as modern elements.
My personal favorites from this album were "Return To Corpse City", "The Festival" and "The Holy Company". Each one of these tracks brought something unique and enthralling to the lineup where one started to have flashes of scenes from an upcoming book (spoilers).
As I said, DeFago's style of music may not be for everyone, but I will say that he is one artist to keep on your radar.
You can find more about DeFago and his music at the following sites, and be sure to listen to some of the tracks and spread the word.
~ C.A.Milson
C.A.Milson is an award winning horror author of 4 books (and counting); Founder of ASJ Publishing, and seldom film producer. He resides in Melbourne, Australia and likes to spend his time in his backyard hobbyfarm of 13 chooks, and draws inspiration from the horrors that lay in wait in the darkness. C.A.Milson can be found at: www.asjpublishing.com and:www.facebook.com/C.A.Milson.Author


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Soccer Video Game Developed by College Students Proves to Reduce Violence Against Women and Girls
Kayla Hedman, Contributor
Graduate of Champlain College
During the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, an innovative, serial-based soccer video game debuted with the objective of reducing violence against women and girls. At present day, ironically amidst threats of violence at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the game, called "BREAKAWAY," has been proven in a research study to be an effective, transformative tool to address the rampant problem of violence against women, primarily targeted for and played by boys ages 8-15 around the world.
BREAKAWAY was developed by Champlain College Emergent Media Center (EMC) students with the support of behavior change experts at the Shelburne, Vt.-based Population Media Center (PMC) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). PMC is the leading authority in using the Sabido methodology for social and behavioral change using radio and television dramas around the globe. The game was researched and developed by more than 110 Champlain College students from a wide array of majors since 2008. Since the online debut of the game in June 2010, BREAKAWAY has reached youth in more than 180 countries, and a newly conducted impact study confirms that it works to change the mindset and behaviors of young boys.
Champlain College's EMC worked closely with research partner Dr. Hua (Helen) Wang at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, to design and evaluate the impact of BREAKAWAY at youth camps in El Salvador in November 2013. The study, funded by the Champlain College President's Cabinet, showed that it does help to reduce prejudice and violence against women and girls.
Dr. Wang has published research on the use of entertainment-education strategy for health promotion and social change, including serious games and the Sabido Methodology - a theory based on media design and production methodology upon which the BREAKAWAY game was designed. Dr. Wang's research team has helped create innovative assessment tools using participatory sketching, photovoice, and event-based time diary to capture the impact of BREAKAWAY during the camps in El Salvador.
In the online soccer game, players confront challenging situations modeled after real-world examples of violence and bullying balanced by sportsmanship and teamwork. By guiding the main characters and selecting their dialogues through the scenarios, camp participants aged 7-18 formed understandings of the good qualities of sportsmanship, debated about the rationale of different decision-making processes, wrote individual letters to the abusive characters, and co-crafted RESPECT poems/rap songs. They showed empathy to the characters that were mistreated in the game episodes and admiration for the positive role models. Additionally, they sketched out real-life bullying scenarios, demonstrating some of the strategies they learned from the game and camp activities.
"BREAKAWAY offers youth the chance to discover how to become a champion both on and off the field. The game offers an engaging and fun way to develop successful intrapersonal skills," explained Ann DeMarle, director of Champlain College's EMC. "This study confirms that games can be, and BREAKAWAY in particular is, effective at changing attitudes and behavior in regards to some of our most serious global problems."
In 2013, the BREAKAWAY team joined with the United Nations Development Programme and the University of Sonsonate to host two youth camps in western El Salvador based off of a model used in the summer of 2012 in Palestine. Local university students were trained as facilitators to lead young campers through gameplay, discussions, worksheets and interactive activities to evaluate the game.
Extraordinarily, in 2012, Palestinian youth played co-ed soccer for the first time. "We [the facilitators] were able to see the children have a better understanding of gender rights and why girls have the right to play and be equal as boys. We had never before seen this kind of discussion taking place among children and teenagers," said Mahmoud Jabari, a Champlain College communications student from Palestine who led the first BREAKAWAY international camp trip. "By concluding this project, we record Hebron as the first city in the Arab World to receive and implement this educational game that conveys a universal message and is designed to raise awareness about the issue of violence against women," Jabari continued. Through three camps, 300 Palestinian children were exposed to BREAKAWAY.
Upon learning of Jabari's success of initiating the BREAKAWAY summer camp model in his home community of Hebron, Palestine, graphic design student and EMC student employee Mariana Herrera knew she wanted to bring BREAKAWAY camps to El Salvador. Herrera, a native of El Salvador, states that she wanted "to bring BREAKAWAY camps to El Salvador because it is a project that takes video games, a medium that kids love but often portray violence, and instead use them to shape attitudes and actions to end violence, particularly violence against women and girls." In addition, El Salvador has one of the highest per capita rates of femicide in the world.
Much like the successful Hebron camp model a year prior, where facilitators used the game to engage youth in deeper conversation around the issue of violence against women and girls, the cohort of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and alumni from Champlain College assisted Herrera in conducting facilitator trainings to 40+ volunteers and lead camps for 60 children in Sonsonate, a western region of El Salvador.
Herrera expressed, "The BREAKAWAY camp format makes addressing the sensitive issues that comprise gender-based violence approachable for young people. We combine technology with group activities and facilitated discussions in an exciting and creative manner attractive to young people. Many of the children we worked with don't have easy access to computers or game consoles. This was an opportunity for them to be exposed to this fun technology in an environment that encourages positive behavior in a culture marked by gender inequality and violence."
In the early stages of research, students traveled to Cape Town, South Africa, and St. Lucia to study how best to tailor a game toward youth on a global level. At this time, the ground-breaking game project called upon world-famous soccer star Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon – striker for the Football Club Internazionale Milano – who joined the project as a celebrity spokesman and spent a day in May 2010 working with Champlain College students and faculty from the EMC and representatives from the United Nations in Milan, Italy. You can find Eto'o incorporated in the game narrative as an animated in-game character.
The study conducted by Dr. Wang, with help of the BREAKAWAY team in El Salvador, found that based on a five-star rating scale, on average, participants rated the camp experience 4.92, facilitators 4.66, and other campers 4.66. Participants claimed, "The camp is the best thing that has happened to me;" they learned that "the abuse of women is bad," and to "not react to violent situations in a violent way because it can make things worse, so it is best to remain calm." They reported that BREAKAWAY changed them in many ways. One said, "It opened my mind that girls can do the same things as boys." Another said, "BREAKAWAY changed me morally in terms of respect to others." Participants' awareness and attitudes not only changed, but some also indicated their behavioral change. For example, they are now more frequently playing alongside girls. Additional insights for the study were obtained from the BREAKAWAY Facebook page during and after the camps.
BREAKAWAY is a continual and integral part of the UN's ongoing worldwide fight against poverty, violence against women, hunger, disease and environmental destruction. The game is also part of the UN Secretary Generals' Campaign UNiTE to end violence against women.
Through its success, the BREAKAWAY team is planning to offer international camps at more locations throughout the world. A multilingual Facilitator's Guide, released in early 2013, provides educators or coaches with the specific tools to delve deeper into the issues addressed in the video game, where players must make critical decisions throughout the story related to gender equality, violence against women and girls, bullying and more. The BREAKAWAY Game & Toolkit, available in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese, are available for play and download at http://www.breakawaygame.com.
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Here's to two wins in two weeks for Norwich City at West Brom
Clare Williamson
I sat in front of the TV on Sunday evening, eagerly awaiting the fourth round draw for the FA Cup. I say eagerly awaiting because with all the ad breaks and stats that you have to endure whilst watching football on ITV it felt like an eternity!
Eventually they got round to it as we were being drawn against West Brom away, I just said "Oh, well that's not very exciting" but who knows what will happen on the day and Saturday's league game may give us some indication. As many fans, I was hoping for another home tie against lower league opposition to give us more of a decent chance of reaching the fifth round but as I say you never know what will happen. I have to keep remembering that we're actually quite good away from home and not rubbish like we used to be.
What I did find interesting was the way we played last Saturday. I thought it just showed how far we'd come in 20 games. We dominated from start to finish and looked a class above Burnley and would have looked even better if we'd gone up another gear or two!
To be fair to Burnley they weren't a bad side. What I was so impressed about was our starting line-up, apart from Dani Ayala and Declan Rudd, was the same as the one that got us promotion.
I thought it was significant that Lambert played the diamond formation, almost as if to test the team against a side we played last year to give us a guide of how far we'd come and we passed the test with flying colours, there was even time for Wes to get a few tricks out.
It felt a bit more relaxed too, maybe because we've now got used to the pressures of playing in the Premier League and having a week's break from it came as a bit of a pleasant change.
It was also nice to see a lot of different supporters there. There weren't many of the regular season ticket holders around us and with the competitive ticketing price policy the club employed it gave those who maybe can't always get tickets or who can't afford to pay �35-�45 for a Premier League game a chance to see the team play.
So hopefully we'll pick up two wins in two weeks at the Hawthorns to move us further away from the bottom three in the Premier League and progress to round five of the FA Cup.
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WHY I WENT BACK TO SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW ITS JUDGEMENT- IHEDIOHA
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Uzodinma assures women equal opportunity in govt
The former Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has said that it was an effort to safeguard the Nigerian democracy that propelled him to seek the review of the Supreme Court judgment, which ousted him from office.
Ihedioha, in a statement yesterday, opined that history would vindicate and be kind to the dissenting Justice Centus Nwanze, who gave the minority judgment in his favour.
The former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives said: "Whatever may be the personal injury I suffered as a result of the miscarriage of justice, my main concern in this whole tragic episode is not about me. It has always been about the implications this judgment could have for the future of our democracy and the right of the electorate to have their votes count.
"If institutions that are critical to the entrenchment of rule of law could thwart the wishes of the people in a cynical manner, where lies the future of our democracy? That was why I sought a review of the Supreme Court judgment. Even though justice was not served at the end, the well-articulated dissenting judgment delivered by His Lordship, Justice Centus Nweze, has vindicated our stand. I am sure that history and posterity will be kind to him," he said.
Ihedioha said that all the efforts of the people to reverse the judgment would ever remain in his heart.
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We've had a wonderful victory in Somalia. Let's analyze what happened from a military and psychological point of view. Let's pick up from the point where the Somali dictatorship was somehow overthrown by clans in 1991. The clans couldn't agree on who should rule. It's not surprising that they didn't trust each other. These people are not humanists. How can one non-humanist put his trust in another non-humanist to look after his human rights? If I were them I would ask for external oversight of some sort, by a trustworthy country (e.g. Japan). But their racism probably wouldn't allow such a step, even though it is in their best interests.
The US came into the middle of this mess, but in a half-hearted manner. The basic problem was that the Somalis are racists/religious bigots and they cheer when they see the movie of the Black Hawk going down, despite the benevolence of the US force trying to help these people. The enemy was basically the people themselves, but there was no plan to effect a cultural change on them. So the US left without actually accomplishing anything.
Then recently the Islamic Courts movement came into existence. This was basically an ideological movement rather than clan-based, and due to their flexible ROE (rules of engagement were basically kill anyone you feel like, there's no accountability), the opposition actually feared them. If the US had flexible ROE, it could do the same thing, but political constraints prevent it from doing so. In a way, the Islamic Courts were a godsend. It allowed the clans/warlords to be defeated. The militias switched sides rather than face "Islamic justice". The Islamic Courts nearly took over the transitional government.
But Islamic goons are no match for a professional army. They of course believed their own propaganda, but the moment professional Ethiopians entered the battle they were swiftly defeated. They had no ability to assert force over others. Any public presence could be defeated. And that's exactly what happened. So the Islamic Courts did the dirty job of disbanding the clans, and the Ethiopians then got to inherit that work.
However, we still have the fundamental problem of the Somalis being religious bigots who don't appreciate the help that Ethiopia has provided, and have made attacks on Ethiopian troops. So the Ethiopians need to leave ASAP. The Somali government needs to create a thuggish interim army to prevent organized warlords from returning. It won't look pretty, but it's the LEAST WORST OPTION. The same thing that could be done in Iraq at any time too, as this article shows, and I quote:
"If all we wanted to do was turn out an army over there, an Iraqi army that wanted to go out and murder everybody over there, we could do that literally in a couple of weeks and go home."
An African Union force would be good to put into the mix. It is more difficult for the Somalis to hate Africa than hate Ethiopia. So I see 3 forces in Somalia.
1. A quick Somali thug army (much like Al Sadr's militia in Iraq) that the Ethiopians hand control over to.
2. Professional African Union forces that provide backup to the Somali government.
3. A professional Somali army to be built up over time.
The idea would be to decrease 1 as quickly as possible, increase 3 as quickly as possible, and get 2 to leave as soon as 3 is ready.
I would expect the thug army to simply shoot protesters on sight and basically have no judicial oversight. The thug "batallions" should have a mixture of clans in them to prevent the army from disintegrating along clan lines, and making it more difficult for the Somalis to fight it. The thug army's task is quite simple - prevent any opposing armed group from raising its ugly head.
The Somalis won't get human rights and rule of law until the professional army moves in. They're no worse off. They haven't had human rights and rule of law ever since "independence" anyway. At this point in history it is more important to maintain central control and allow gradual improvement of the situation than demand professional troops or nothing. At the same time they should ideally be working on cultural changes to introduce the concept of humanism.
If push comes to shove, the same thing needs to happen in Iraq. If the Americans choose to leave or redeploy to Iran, Maliki should relax the ROE of the Iraqi Army and do whatever needs to be done in order to stay in power. It is the LEAST WORST OPTION for getting the BEST LONG-TERM RESULT. No-one seemed to care when it was Saddam's thugs murdering for no long-term benefit, so no-one has a right to complain if Maliki is forced to use similar tactics as a TEMPORARY measure to protect Iraq's DEMOCRACY. Getting Switzerland overnight is unrealistic. And once again, cultural change is needed. But so long as US troops are available, such emergency measures are not required. So the best thing is to keep the US troops there for the moment. Although given the Iraqi people's opposition to foreign troops, again despite their benevolence, it is very tempting to just hand over the keys to Maliki and let the Iraqi people get what they deserve. But again, the most humane thing that can be done is to ignore the non-humanist behaviour of the Iraqi people and hope that one day future generations will find the morality required to give a big thanks to America.
UPDATE: Actually, there were US troops in both the UK and Australia during WWII, and in both places there existed those with anti-American sentiment. That is also to be condemned. And anti-American sentiment in both countries even today should also be condemned. I directly told one of my work colleagues that his anti-American bigotry was unacceptable. This is national bigotry, another thing that needs to be erased. Although in fairness to Australia and the UK, they weren't actually cheering on American deaths!!! Although one of my in-laws from Hong Kong apparently made a comment that America deserved 9/11 for throwing its weight about. Honestly, the failure to be able to distinguish between good and evil is breathtaking. Although even 50% of America is guilty of that - condemning Bush, a wonderful benevolent guy who brought freedom to 52 million people and sacrificed American blood and treasure to help others. What can I say? The world is a complete and utter mess. I hope I'm not too late to sort it out.


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Continuation of content extracted from an interview with Steve Romick of First Pacific Advisors (Newsletter Fall 2010) published by Columbia Business School. Please see Part 1 for more details on this series.
Underwriting to an extremely conservative, worst case scenario helps minimize loss while increasingly likelihood of upside. This is similar to advice given by Seth Klarman in a previous interview with Jason Zweig.
The relationship between exposure and intrinsic value has been something we've previous discussed, nevertheless it remains an intriguingly difficult topic. Even Buffett ruminated over this in 1958 without providing a clear answer to what he would do.
Do you trim the exposure despite the price of Asset 1 not having reached its full expected intrinsic value of $200?
Steve Romick's words seem to imply that he trimmed his exposure as the positions increased in value.
Practice risk "prevention" by choosing not to buy certain exposures, versus neutralizing risks that have already leaked into the portfolio via hedges (which require additional attention, not to mention option premium).


I finished my weekly creative deadlines and had some "spare" time in my craft room today so I got out my new Reverse Confetti stamps graciously given to me by the super sweet Jen del Muro.
I used the oh so adorable set "Monkey Business" and a sentiment and heart border strip from "Fancy Word Coordinates". All of the die's are by MFT. I used patterned paper (mint woodgrain) from Simple Stories "Summer Vibes" collection and pink geometric patterned paper from the Pink Paislee "Citrus Bliss" collection. I loved creating this card! Thank you for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend!
Veronica, your card I so sweet!