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Q: How can I see the current Database Mail configuration? Our SQL Server (2008) instance is configured to send mail and everything is working correctly, but I can't figure out how to view the existing configuration, in particular the SMTP server.
From SSMS I can only start the configuration wizard, and I can't find anything online - plenty of info on how to set it up but nothing on how to view the current settings.
How can I view the existing settings?

A: +1 to @jsauni for the wizard
You can also use the following system functions.
EXEC msdb.dbo.sysmail_help_configure_sp;
EXEC msdb.dbo.sysmail_help_account_sp;
EXEC msdb.dbo.sysmail_help_profile_sp;
EXEC msdb.dbo.sysmail_help_profileaccount_sp;
EXEC msdb.dbo.sysmail_help_principalprofile_sp;

The wizard is probably easier to follow but these will give you everything at once without having to go back and forth through the wizard.  I find it a bit cumbersome. :)

A: If you open the Database Mail Configuration Wizard again, on the Select Configuration Task, the second option should be to Manage Database Mail accounts and profiles, select this option and click next. You should now be on the Manage Profile and Accounts step, select View, change, or delete an existing account and click next. You should be able to view the different accounts and their corresponding smtp server settings.

A: You can also query this data with a select statement:
select *
from msdb.dbo.sysmail_profile p
join msdb.dbo.sysmail_profileaccount pa on p.profile_id = pa.profile_id
join msdb.dbo.sysmail_account a on pa.account_id = a.account_id
join msdb.dbo.sysmail_server s on a.account_id = s.account_id

If it is a migration that would require you to look this info up, I'd suggest the absurdly simple DBA Tools: Copy db Mail.


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It is great and well made. The only problem I have with The shirt is it's too small.
I like everything about it, except it is to small.
high quality good graphics, I would buy again.
Excellent shipping time and very nice quality t shirt. This is not the typical cheap cotton that many others have.


A Tahoe feel in Carson City! This HUGE custom home sits on 1.18 acres with beautiful views. Over 5700 square feet of living space; approx 2899 SF on main level (upper)and 2858 in the finished daylight/walk out basement. Two master suites; one smaller master on main level and an expansive master with outside access on lower. Four bedrooms, plus office and bonus/rec room. LOTS of storage and a huge laundry room. Many features have been updated included the kitchen, master bathroom, fresh paint and more.


Sometimes, an album simply blows me away from the very first listen. However, I find that the ones that require several listens to appreciate tend to be the best. The latter is the case for Subsignal's third album, "Paraíso". I'm a big fan of their first two releases, and I even thought their last one, "Touchstones", was a masterwork. However, I was somewhat concerned with this release, as the band lost an integral member of its sound, the drummer Roel van Helden. In stepped Danilo Batdorf to take his place, and I was not familiar with his work at all.
I say I was concerned because Roel's drumming was always a perfect median between technical and appropriate, and his performance always seemed to drive the melody to greater places. I'm happy to say, then, that Danilo's performance is just as good, if not better. However, I think this album represents a greater balance for Subsignal overall.
With "Paraíso", Subsignal has tweaked their sound to perfection. The glorious vocals of Arno Menses are far less layered, and thus come across as pure, raw, and more emotive. The drums are not over-loud this time, as they join the chorus of great bass, strong riffing guitars, atmospheric use of keys, and a stuttering grooviness that is really catchy. The band has also made use of strong piano pieces to drive many of their songs. Lastly, the album is a bit softer overall, which is welcome as I felt a few songs on "Touchstones" were too loud for their purpose.
Indeed, this album full of ridiculously creative track titles is also full of ballads to a degree. The thing about Subsignal is that each track is full of different styles. So, technically, every song is a ballad, but every track is also a rocker, too. Heck, "A New Reliance" even includes a salsa interlude! There isn't a weak track on this album, especially when you give this album time to grow. "Paraíso", "A Heartbeat Away", "A Long Time Since the Earth Crashed", "A Giant Leap of Faith", and "The Colossus the Bestrode the World" are all favorites, but all the other tracks are strong, too. It's just one of those albums that seems to be inspired from beginning to end.
Overall, then, I think this is Subsignal's best album. I feel their maturity is showing, as they focus more on complex melodies than on heavy riffs. I feel that they have come into their own with the harmonies, as Arno doesn't hog them all to himself now, and every part of the song complements the whole. I feel that they have finally captured the essence of what they set out to do after Sieges Even, and they have the synth solos, the magnificent climaxes, and the excellent composition to prove it.


As noted above, it's been a while since I tried to do any serious gaming on my iMac—it was just so bad at it, it wasn't worth the struggle. I played a bit on my Hackintosh, but mainly I used my Windows 10 PC with its GeForce GTX 1080. So I was quite curious how this new machine would stack up—not to the Windows PC, but to the previous iMac. Could I once again play games on my iMac?
I looked at my (aging) games collection, and decided to compare the previously-mentioned F1™ 2012, DiRT Rally, and X-Plane 11. I wanted to look at Doom 3, too, but it won't launch on the new iMac (Aspyr is looking into the problem).
I started with one of my older games, suspecting that there wasn't much to be gained in frame rate, as the game was two years older than my old iMac. And I was right—this game is so old that it runs fine on both the 2014 and 2019 iMacs. The maximum selectable resolution is 2560×1440, and even with 8x anti-aliasing enabled, it worked fine on both Macs with those settings. And despite being seven years old, the game still looked fine and was fun to play on either iMac.
The big difference, though, is that the 2014 iMac is working quite hard to do this—the fans were spinning fast—and noisily—trying to cool the machine as it's pushing the pixels around. My 2019 iMac handles the same settings with no audible change in fan speed. Note that I only played the game for about 30 minutes at a time, so this may change in longer sessions.
So if you've got older games, you may not be able to push them to higher resolutions (due to limits in the game), but you may have a quieter gaming experience.
I didn't set any records on that particular stage, unless there's one for Air Distance Traveled.
But back to the benchmarking. When I let DiRT Rally set the optimal graphics for the old iMac, it ran its built-in benchmark test at right around 60fps. The same happened when I tried on the new iMac—60fps was the average. It appears the game sets its optimal configuration with Vsync enabled, which is why the optimal settings on both iMacs came out at 60fps—the game can't go any faster with Vsync enabled. And because the game runs full screen, it's hard to tell exactly what resolution it's using.
Thankfully, GRiD Rally exports two files after each benchmark: A CSV file with the time (in milliseconds) required to generate each frame (where lower times mean more frames per second), and an XML file with a summary of the results and details on the settings. When I looked at the XML files for each iMac, it seemed that DiRT Rally wasn't really pushing the new iMac's capabilities all that hard—the graphical settings didn't vary much from those on the 2014 iMac.
To see if I could get more out of the game, I opted to override the optimal settings and tweaked things manually, increasing resolution and graphics features until the average frame rate dropped below 60fps. I did all of this (unintentionally) with Vsync engaged, so the maximum frame rate I'd ever see would be right around 60fps. So consider the last column "best configuration with Vsync enabled," which is not the same as the "best configuration with Vsync disabled" (see below).
With Vsync off, I can run at the same "best with Vsync on" 2048×1152 resolution, but with much higher frame rates (84fps average vs. 60fps average) and never dip below 60fps minimum. Alternatively, I can bump the resolution to 2560×1440 with the average still above 60fps and the low at a still-acceptable 50fps.
There are pros and cons to disabling Vsync; this article summarizes them quite well. I'll experiment as I play and see if I notice a lot of visual issues with Vsync off.
After I'd re-done this testing on the new iMac, I ran one more test on the old iMac: I matched the new iMac's quality settings, disabled Vsync, and ran the benchmark at 2560 x 1440 resolution—just to see what it could do at the new iMac's resolution and quality level.
The new iMac simply crushes the old one—the 2014 edition can't even hit 25fps average on this test. Impressive.
The downside to running with these higher resolution and quality settings is fan noise—unlike F1™ 2012, the new iMac is working hard at these quality and resolution settings, and the fans are spinning and audible, though it's only really loud when the game isn't making racing game noises.
Despite the fan noise, I was having so much fun testing this one that I'm pretty sure the newly-released DiRT 4 will be soon added to my collection.
In years past, X-Plane has been my most-used diversion on my Mac…that is, until X-Plane 11 came out, with its much higher demands on the video card. I tested it on my 2014 iMac, and it really wasn't playable with decent quality settings. So I'd fly on my Frankenmac, using the GeForce card. Needless to say, I was anxious to see how X-Plane would work on the new iMac.
As you can see, the graphics are much smoother on the new iMac (there's some frame rate hit due to the recording, too). There's still a bit of jumpiness, but it's much more tolerable than on the old iMac. Even better is that the minimum frame rate stayed above 20 the whole time, even when the scenes got complex—trying to fly at nine frames per second on the old iMac was quite the challenge.
Downsides to the new iMac? This will sound familiar, but it's fan noise. (The old iMac's fans crank under X-Plane, too.) If I'm flying while wearing headphones, or flying something loud, it's not really an issue. But flying a glider, for example, with the fans cranking is a bit annoying. Still, given the fans ran fast and loud on the old iMac at its much lower frame rate, this is a worthwhile tradeoff.
The iMac Pro has been completely redesigned on the inside, with the space reserved for spinning hard drive configurations in standard iMacs replaced with a new fan system that's quiet and efficient. For comparable levels of work, such as a video export from Final Cut Pro X, my iMac Pro is nearly silent and the iMac emits a constant buzz of white noise.
For me, though, as I spend most of my time not gaming or working in video, that $2,350 represents a whole lot of money to spend on silence under load. And those saved dollars will pay for a lot of additional games.
Still, there's no denying that you'll hear the fans when you push hard on the new iMac. For me, the cost savings with near-iMac-pro levels of performance are worth it. You'll have to make that decision yourself, though, based on your budget and tolerance for fan noise.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some games to play real work to get done.


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Q: JavaScript Print Formatting I'm learning NodeJS and rewriting some code to see how it compares.  For one script, I am trying to take dates in the form of strings and turn them into JavaScript Date objects to perform calculations on.
I managed to do this, by converting the string into an array and processing each character.  It looks so ugly though, I'm wondering if there is a cleaner way, like the equivalent to sprintf or something.  I'm sure I can find a module but am wondering if there is a native way in JS.  This is what I have:
var a = '081320141900'.split('');
creationDate = a[0] + a[1] + "/" + a[2] + a[3] + "/" + a[4] + a[5] + a[6] + a[7] + " " + a[8] + a[9] + ":" + a[10] + a[11];
console.log('Creation Date: ' + creationDate);

Output:
Creation Date: 08/13/2014 19:00

Again, the above works fine, just wondering if this can be done cleaner.

A: Usually, you would be using Date.parse, but here, you can't, since your input date uses custom format.
But there are a few things you can improve:

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*Use new Date() to build a date object. You can then format it.

*Use parseInt() (see this answer) on the substrings (e.g. a.substr(0, 2)).

*Validate your inputs.

*Use better names for your variables. a is not a good name.

A: I think I found a way to make it look a bit better.
#!/bin/env node
var dateString = '081320141900'.split('');
dateString.splice(2, 0, '/');
dateString.splice(5, 0, '/');
dateString.splice(10, 0, ' ');
dateString.splice(13, 0, ':');
createDate = new Date(dateString.join(''));
console.log(createDate);

That outputs:
Wed Aug 13 2014 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (CDT)

And lets me move forward with the calculations.  I'll add some code to catch if the Date object cannot be formed, etc. but at least this is a bit more legible.  Thanks all again for the help.

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Here we go, been a while since someone monkeyed around with their charges. The lang cat patented Recursive Pricing Engine (with integrated Turing Guessing Module) was getting a bit dusty, so this is just the thing.
Now, Transact. The grandaddy of the wrap market has an interesting proposition. It unashamedly occupies a premium pricing position, something which advisers and clients are either fine with – on the basis of famously excellent service – or not. Those in the 'not' camp simply go elsewhere, no problem. The service in question is – at least with the users we speak to, and there are plenty – nothing to do with the technology, which was described to us recently as 'creaky', but is all to do with the quality of the people, described to us recently as 'oustanding' and 'unparallelled'.
In many other businesses – some very big ones – a reliance on bodies rather than very shiny new-world tech has led to a lack of profitability and some pretty hairy times. Transact doesn't suffer from this. It's profitable and has been for some time. It doesn't get caught up in marketing arms races or in price wars. But what it does do is – from time to time – apply some of its profit into reducing client charges.
And that's what it's done today. Here's how it works (from the horse's mouth here).
First reactions – this is a reasonable cut from the previous levels. For example, a £100k portfolio held in an ISA (there's a £12pa wrapper fee), used to come in at 0.48%. Now it's 0.44%. £200k used to be 0.45%, now it's 0.38%. So this is a welcome reduction, but we shouldn't get our knickers in a twist. Transact isn't in the habit of falling on its sword for volume at any price, and this is a modest cut.
A couple of notes – ATS IFO is Alliance Trust Saving's inclusive fee option, which we wrote to our subscribers about earlier this year. If you missed it, get subscribing. For AJ Bell and Ascentric we've included some trading costs, but we haven't done that for Transact (buy trades are at 0.2% or 0.1% for portfolios over £1m; no charges for portfolios over £2m). So we're understating Transact's charges a bit here depending on portfolio turnover.
Nonetheless, in the key wrap heartland of £100k – £500k we can see that Transact has come much closer to the market. At £200k, its 0.38% compares well with Standard Life Wrap (also 'premium' priced), and is in the hunt against Elevate, Nucleus and Skandia. It's still not troubling the lower priced guys – AJ Bell, ATS, Aviva, Ascentric (seriously, what is it with companies starting with A in this market?) but I suspect that won't bother the Transact team too much.
Criticisms – this is less complex than the old system of percentage discounts but it's still insanely complex – the £60k / £300k interaction thing is a pain and I really wish people would stop doing charges to 3 significant figures. Not big and not clever; either round down and take the hit or round up and take the margin. It's still probably a bit toppy at the £100k mark; advisers would like to use Transact there but it's hard to justify 44bps for an ISA when you can get a perfectly reasonable one for 25bps or less. Portfolios smaller than that clearly aren't the target market so, y'know, whatever.
Good things – right up at the top Transact remains very competitive (sometimes mid-market price cuts come at the expense of the big guys). In the £200k – £500k target market it now has stopped itself getting ruled out on charges and is on the market-ish, which for a platform which prides itself on going above and beyond adviser expectations with a very personal service (no, not that sort) is probably good enough.
One plea. This isn't a race to the bottom. Transact is coming more in line with the market, that's all. If it's a race to anything it's to the midriff, much as Elevate did last year. Let's not get too excited, but let's give credit where it's due. I think despite its modest nature this could be a real game-changer for Transact, and more power to its collective elbow.


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That means we need to inject stimulus monies into the hands of working families and not offer a giant handout to corporations who have notoriously left workers behind.
Last week, we told you about a series of measures signed into law that are meant to help our country deal with this quickly changing crisis. That work has continued as Congress negotiates a stimulus package this week. We need to ensure this effort puts workers first by providing economic justice and support. That starts with:
Ensuring Health Care for Laid Off Workers - Workers are being laid off to not only keep the virus from spreading, but because industries are suffering from economic impacts from the pandemic. As it stands, these businesses are not required to provide health care for workers or provide temporary assistance while they are out of work. We must demand they are taken care of.
Protecting Workers' Rights - We know without restrictions, companies could use bailout funds to fight union organizing, buy back stocks, and enhance their CEOs, while still firing their workers. This global emergency should not be an open invitation to exploit working people, and we must have protections included to prevent that.
Requiring Retirement Security - Congress is preparing to inject two trillion dollars into the economy, but not a dollar of those funds is set aside for retirees in already vulnerable pensions. This is unacceptable. If Congress is willing to put hundreds of billions into companies and CEO's hands, they can find money for promised retiree benefits.
It's simple, workers need to come first. Our members and workers across the country are protecting our communities during this pandemic. It's time for Congress to protect them.
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We cannot allow corporations to cash in and leave laid off workers behind while taking federal funds. Congress must do their part by passing this bill swiftly and fairly.
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"You can count on the full support of the FTM-CGT and the CGT Constellium in your struggle," the letter read. "We will be your voice at the top management and we will defend your positions as firmly as ours."
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Dow, evacuated the entire site, except for a skeletal crew of USW members who stayed behind to maintain safe operations.
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Sunday 1 September I visited the New York Botanical Garden to study and relax. There was an exhibit there called "Wild Medicine" which I wanted to see.
I walked as much of the garden as I could because I was eager to see it but then also I had some reading to do, and I had intended to find someplace peaceful and read. That hardly happened. There is a shuttle which travels around the park and I took that to understand the size of it. The park is too big and the shuttle, while it makes a good route, does not cover much of the park at all. I wish that I could spend days there.
I appreciate the efforts of the Wild Medicine exhibit to present medicinal herbs but I thought they did a poor execution. When I was at that open access conference in Switzerland some months ago Daniel and I visited the Botanical Garden in Lausanne. Daniel told me that they had attempted an instance of the QRPedia project.
QRPedia is a project to create infrastructure to create QR codes for Wikipedia articles. The idea is that when there is some meatspace object which is described by a Wikipedia article, and someone is responsible for explaining that object to large numbers of people continually, then providing access to the Wikipedia article as a default option is useful. Instances of the QRPedia project would be attempts to apply QR codes in a particular place, such as at a botanical garden or museum. John Cummings in 2011 conceived and managed the MonmouthpediA project, and John knows well what he is doing and that his idea is brilliant and the idea had to start somewhere, but parting with the city of Monmouth in Wales is no way to get the leverage out of QRPedia for which it was designed. If historical sites in Monmouth are tagged, then that is great for people visiting Monmouth. Outside of Monmouth it is less relevant, except that I can understand that the city of Monmouth would want this to increase tourism. I had never heard of the place before; it has a population of 9000.
I expect that the New York Botanical Garden gets a million visitors a year and tourists to New York speak every language. Also, places like botanical gardens, zoos, and science museums have internationally collected specimens, whereas in Monmouth, they have Monmouth attractions. If any botanical garden in the world used QR codes to link their specimens to Wikipedia, then as those Wikipedia articles are be shared with every botanical garden, if anyone in the world developed the articles then all botanical gardens would benefit. The utility of this explodes into radical accessibility when articles are translated, as a QR code would know what language a person uses on their phone so a single QR code applied to a plant, animal, or science museum exhibit could service speakers of every language in the world. I wish the best for Monmouth, but I cannot expect why tourism organizations in New York and Lausanne would find it in their own selfish interest to develop content on Wikipedia about Monmouth. I do feel that the most self-interested actions that those two and every other botanical garden could make would be to develop and translate articles on whatever popular specimens they have.
In the New York exhibit on Wild Medicine, near each plant was a sign with two paragraphs on the medicinal utility of each plant. This was done for perhaps forty plants and I expect that after showing this in New York they would like to sell the exhibit to tour to other gardens. When the exhibit is over the curation will be lost. Would it not have been better that instead of them hiring a botanist to spend lots of time writing unique transient non-interactive content in only English that they spent much less time making permanent sharable interactive content in every language and in partnership to make all botanical gardens in the world better? Open educational resources will have to come eventually.


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La Cancelleria del Reich, en alemany Reichskanzlei, era el nom tradicional de l'oficina del canceller d'Alemanya (Reichskanzler) durant el període del Reich Alemany (1871 – 1945). La Cancelleria era l'òrgan responsable de la coordinació entre el canceller i la resta d'autoritats alemanyes i estava dirigida per un secretari d'Estat. La seva seu s'ubicava a l'antic palau del príncep Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł (1775 – 1833) a la Wilhelmstraße de Berlín. Entre el 1937 i el 1945, a causa dels llargs períodes de temps que Adolf Hitler passava a Obersalzberg, la Cancelleria del Reich tenia una segona seu a Bischofswiesen, a prop del Berghof de Hitler.

Tant el palau com un nou edifici de la Cancelleria del Reich (acabat a principis de 1939) van ser greument danyats durant la Segona Guerra Mundial i enderrocats a la seva fi, seguint ordres de l'Administració militar soviètica.

Actualment, l'oficina del canceller alemany se sol anomenar Kanzleramt (Oficina del canceller) o, més formalment Bundeskanzleramt (Oficina del canceller federal). Aquest últim és també el nom de la nova seu de la Cancelleria, acabada l'any 2001. El terme Reichskanzlei també es refereix a diversos edificis que allotjaven els nivells superiors del govern d'Alemanya.

Antiga Cancelleria del Reich
L'edifici fou construït el 1739 seguint l'estil barroc i, inicialment, fou la llar del príncep Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł.

Quan, l'1 de juliol de 1867, l'aliança militar de la Confederació Alemanya del Nord es va reorganitzar en un estat federal, es va crear l'oficina del Canceller Federal (Bundeskanzler) i es va situar la seva seu a la capital de Prússia, Berlín. El primer en ocupar-la fou Otto von Bismarck, el Primer Ministre de Prússia –i Canceller de l'Imperi Alemany a partir del 18 de gener de 1871, després de la unificació alemanya.

El 1869, el govern de Prússia havia adquirit el palau del difunt príncep Radziwiłł al número 77 de la Wilhelmstraße (antic "Palais Schulenburg") i el 1875 es van iniciar les reformes per a convertir-lo en la seu de la Cancelleria. Fou inaugurat durant el Congrés de Berlín (juny i juliol de 1878), durant el qual Otto von bismarck va fer de mediador per a la resolució de la crisi dels Balcans. Posteriorment, també va ser la seu de la Conferència de Berlín (1884 - 1885), on les potències occidentals es van repartir Àfrica.

Durant la República de Weimar, la Cancelleria es va ampliar significativament gràcies a la construcció d'un annex modern, acabat el 1930. Durant els anys 1932 i 1933, l'edifici també va ser la residència de Paul von Hindenburg, el President del Reich, ja que la seva oficina situada al número 73 de la Wilhelmstraße era en reformes. Precisament fou durant aquest període quan Hindenburg va nomenar Adolf Hitler canceller (30 de gener de 1933); però el seu govern es reuniria poques vegades a l'edifici.

El 1935, els arquitectes Paul Troost i Leonhard Gall van redissenyar l'interior de la Cancelleria per tal que fos el domicili de Hitler. També hi van afegir una gran sala de recepcions, o sala de ball, i un conservatori al jardí, oficialment conegut com Festsaal mit Wintergarten. Aquesta última incorporació era única a causa del gran celler que duia fins a un metre i mig de profunditat, on es va construir un refugi antiaeri conegut com el Vorbunker ("búnquer superior"). Un cop completat, el 1936, es va anomenar oficialment "Refugi antiaeri de la Cancelleria del Reich". El 1943, veient l'increment de bombardejos aeris sobre Berlín, va començar la construcció per ampliar el complex de búnquers amb l'afegit del Führerbunker, situat dos metres i mig per sota del Vorbunker. Els dos búnquers es van connectar a través d'una escala situada en angle recte que permetia tancar els dos espais separadament.

Devastada pels atacs aeris aliats i gairebé completament destruïda durant la batalla de Berlín, les ruïnes de l'antiga Cancelleria del Reich no es van netejar fins al 1950.

Nova Cancelleria del Reich

En consonància amb la idea de reformar Berlín per convertir-la en la capital de les capitals, cap al final del gener de 1938, Adolf Hitler va assignar al seu arquitecte preferit, Albert Speer, la construcció de la Nova Cancelleria del Reich a la cantonada entre els carrers Voßstraße i Wilhelmstraße, demanant-li que l'edifici estigués enllestit en el termini d'un any. El palau havia d'ocupar una illa de cases completa; tenir un gran parc interior; integrar l'Antiga Cancelleria, el Palau Borsig del  (situat a una cantonada) i comptar amb una caserna per a la Primera Divisió de les Waffen-SS (la divisió Adolf Hitler), que era la guàrdia de corps del führer. Tot i que a Berlín ja hi havia l'antic Palau Reial (Humboldt Forum), ni els presidents de la República de Weimar ni Hitler no el van fer servir a causa de la seva associació amb la monarquia. A més, el règim nazi volia reforçar Wilhelmstrasse com un símbol polític i, per això, van decidir construir la Nova Cancelleria en aquell indret.

Segons Speer, Hitler li va comentar que l'Antiga Cancelleria de Bismarck no li semblava adequada "per al seu ascens al rang d'un dels homes més grans de la història" perquè només era "apta per a una empresa de sabó" i, per tant, no complia els requisits per a ser la seu central del führer del Gran Reich Alemany. Tot i això, seguí sent la seva residència oficial, ja que Hitler vivia al Führerwohnung ("apartament del líder"). L'Antiga i la Nova Cancelleria compartien una gran zona enjardinada, amb el Führerbunker subterrani, on Hitler es va suïcidar el 30 d'abril de 1945.

Hitler va posar tot el costat nord de la Voßstraße a disposició de Speer, assignant-li la feina de crear grans sales i salons que "impressionin la gent". Speer va rebre llibertat absoluta –Hitler digué que el cost del projecte era "irrellevant"– i va rebre l'ordre de fer un edifici de construcció sòlida que estigués enllestit el gener següent per a poder-hi celebrar la recepció diplomàtica d'Any Nou.

A la seva autobiografia, Speer afirma que va completar la neteja del solar, el disseny, la construcció i l'equipament de l'edifici en menys d'un any. De fet, ja l'any 1935 es treballava en la planificació preliminar i en versions dels dissenys. A més, per a fer espai per a la Nova Cancelleria del Reich, els edificis del costat nord del carrer Voßstraße (núm. 2–10) ja havien estat enderrocats el 1937.

Unes 4.000 persones treballaven en torns en l'obra, de tal manera que el treball no s'hi aturava mai. El projecte es va concloure 48 hores abans del termini previst, fet que va donar a Speer la reputació de bon organitzador, un atribut que jugaria al seu favor per a ser nomenat, posteriorment, ministre d'armaments i director de treballs forçats. Speer narra que tota la mà d'obra que havia participat en la construcció (paletes, fusters, lampistes, etc.) van ser convidats a inspeccionar l'edifici acabat abans d'assistir a un discurs de Hitler a l'Sportpalast. Els detalls interiors no s'acabarien fins a principis dels anys quaranta. Al final, el projecte va costar més de 90 milions de Reichsmarks (equivalent a 370 milions d'euros del 2017). Un cop acabada, la Nova Cancelleria va acollir els ministeris del Reich.

A les seves memòries, Speer va descriure la impressió que la Reichskanzlei causava als visitants:Les sales i habitacions per on es passava durant el trajecte fins la sala de recepció de Hitler estaven decorades amb una gran varietat de materials i colors i feien un total de 220 metres de longitud. La pròpia galeria feia 147,5 metres de longitud i l'oficina de Hitler uns 400 metres quadrats de superfície. Ubicada al centre del complex, disposava de grans finestrals que tenien vista als jardins de la Cancelleria. Una gran portalada destacava a la façana interior l'entrada al despatx de Hitler. Com a totes les portes que hi donaven accés, dos soldats de la Primera Divisió de les Waffen-SS (Adolf Hitler) hi feien guàrdia amb els seus uniformes negres.

Des del seu exterior, la cancelleria tenia un aspecte sever i autoritari. Des de la Wilhelmplatz, els convidats hi entraven pel pati d'honor (Ehrenhof) i veien les dues estàtues de bronze de l'escultor Arno Breker que flanquejaven l'entrada principal de l'edifici: "Wehrmacht" i "Die Partei" ("Forces Armades" i "El Partit"). Es diu que Hitler va quedar molt impressionat per l'edifici i que va elogiar Speer molt més del que era habitual en ell, arribant a anomenar-lo un "geni". El seu gran estudi, decorat amb una fotografia de Bismarck i un globus terraqüi, era un dels indrets preferits del dictador. La taula gran de marbre que s'hi va instal·lar va ser molt útil per al führer, especialment des que l'estudi es va utilitzar per a conferències militars a partir de 1944. En canvi, la sala del Gabinet mai no es va utilitzar per al seu propòsit.

La Nova Cancelleria va patir seriosament els bombardejos aliats, especialment el que va dur a terme la Força Aèria estatunidenca el 3 de febrer de 1945, i va quedar força malmesa durant la Batalla de Berlín, combatuda l'abril i el maig del mateix any, quan, per una banda, va rebre els impactes de l'artilleria soviètica i, de l'altra, va ser camp de batalla urbana en els últims intents defensius a la desesperada dels nazis. En efecte, durant la lluita a la capital del Reich, el Palau fou defensat per algunes divisions de l'Exèrcit Alemany i per les Waffen-SS. Fou durant aquesta batalla que Hitler va suïcidar-se al Führerbunker situat al subsol de la cancelleria. A la fi de la guerra, diverses seccions de la Nova Cancelleria (l'entrada des de Voßstraße, l'edifici annex a la Vella Cancelleria o les portes d'accés al pati d'honor) havien quedat molt malmeses o totalment enderrocades. Per contra, el parc interior i els accessos al búnquer no havien patit massa desperfectes i els Aliats van trobar en bon estat el cos central del Palau, incloent la gran galeria i el despatx de Hitler. L'Antiga Cancelleria tampoc no va quedar tan afectada.

Andrei Gromyko, qui seria ministre d'exteriors soviètic entre el 1957 i el 1985, va visitar el complex de la cancelleria poques setmanes després que acabessin els combats a Berlín. A les seves memòries, va relatar la seva impressió sobre la visita: "Hi vam arribar no sense dificultats. Edificis enrunats, trossos de metall i formigó deformats obstaculitzaven el pas. El vehicle no podia arribar a l'entrada de la Cancelleria. Hi vam haver d'arribar a peu..." Sobre la Nova Cancelleria afegia que "...estava pràcticament destrossada... Només aguantaven els murs, plens de metralla, tot era ple de grans forats dels projectils. Els sostres només sobrevivien parcialment. Les finestres, badallant per grans forats de petxines. Els sostres van sobreviure només en part. Les finestres es veien negres pel buit".

Un cop a l'interior,, Gromyko va observar les destrosses ocasionades pels combats:Portes, finestres i canelobres -la majoria destrossats- eren testimoni del desgast de la batalla. Els pisos inferiors de la Cancelleria del Reich eren una representació del caos. Òbviament, la guarnició de la Ciutadella va oposar una resistència dura... Per tot arreu hi ha piles de travesses i sostres, tant metàl·liques com de fusta i enormes peces de formigó. A banda i banda d'un estret passadís hi havia certes cel·les disposades, totes erosionades per les explosions... Tot plegat produïa una impressió trista i angoixant. Si hi hagués cap fotografia d'aquesta ciutadella subterrània de Hitler, seria una il·lustració de l'infern de Dante; només cal que seleccioneu quin cercle.Un cop la Segona Guerra Mundial havia acabat a Europa, la restes del que llavors era Berlín Oriental -el sector soviètic d'una ciutat dividida- van ser enderrocades per ordres de les forces d'ocupació soviètiques. Es rumoreja que parts de l'edifici van ser fetes servir per a construir el Memorial de guerra soviètic al parc Treptower o per reconstruir i renovar la parada del metro de Mohrenstraße U-Bahn, propera a la cancelleria; però els anàlisis petrògràfics dels materials utilitzats per a la construcció no ho confirmen. Part del marbre vermell (realment pedra calcària) aconseguit durant l'enderroc de la Nova Cancelleria del Reich també s'hauria utilitzat per a la construcció d'algunes estacions de metro de Moscou. Finalment, també es rumoreja que un calefactor tret d'una de les estances de Hitler es va utilitzar en un hospital protestant no massa lluny de la cancelleria.

El 1961, la meitat occidental de la parcel·la va ser utilitzada pel govern d'Alemanya de l'Est per a l'establiment de l'anomenada "franja de la mort" adjacent al mur de Berlín i, durant la dècada el 1980, es va edificar un bloc d'apartaments de Plattenbau i una llar d'infants a la meitat est (al llarg de Wilhelmstraße).

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As part of our TY Programme in Scoil Mhuire, Barrister James T Fahy visited our school to run a two day law programme. This programme took place on the 7th and 9th of November in our school. His main aim was to inform us on the basics of law in Ireland and to familiarise us students with the Irish Constitution. Basically, as he put it 'to teach what they don't teach at school'.
On Tuesday the 7th of November, our year group was enlightened by all things civil law. We learned many relevant facts about the several different courts, the roles of lawyers, different civil case examples etc… The information we learned is basic but it's information that will prove valuable in our future and which is vital in developing an understanding of law. Mr Fahy also explained on how he stumbled into his career and advised us not to overplan, that you'll usually find your path when you least expect it. He showed us many different civil cases in Ireland which fuelled heated debates and mixed opinions.
On Thursday the 9th of November, we were educated on the fundamentals of criminal law. Mr Fahy prepared an interesting presentation on several criminal cases. We were also given the chance to act out a mock trial which was a new and unusual experience for all of us. Some students enjoyed cross examining their peers while others struggled with giving the witness accounts.
Overall, we learned a lot of information in two days but the message was delivered in a fun and light-hearted way which made the whole experience thoroughly enjoyable. Mr Fahy would recite articles from the constitution and follow it with quotes from 'Goodfellas'. Now and again he'd throw in the cúpla focal, hoping that we would understand!! We've seen law as a career in a whole new light. Many of the us Transition Year students weren't even thinking about law but now understand the system and have been inspired by Mr Fahy's determination and work ethic. We would not have seen this without this programme. It's probably been one of the most enjoyable, educational programmes yet this year.


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Posted: July 23, 2012 | Author: Minkoff Minx | Filed under: 2012 elections, court rulings, Crime, Criminal Justice System, Discrimination against women, Economy, Elections, just because, open thread, SDB Evening News Reads, social media, U.S. Politics, Women's Rights | Tags: Candidates owe Taxes, Georgia, Savannah Dietrich, Tax Liens |15 Comments
Many of you already know about this situation: Savannah Dietrich outs her rapists on Twitter and Facebook
Last summer, 16-year-old Savannah Dietrich went to a party, had some drinks, and passed out. Then, two acquaintances sexually assaulted her, took pictures, and forwarded them to their friends. News of the public assault tore through Dietrich's Louisville high school. Dietrich was forced to "just sit there and wonder, who saw, who knows?" The public humiliation culminated this June, when her assailants struck a plea deal on charges of felony sexual abuse and misdemeanor voyeurism that Dietrich felt amounted to a "slap on the wrist." And the court had an order for Dietrich, too: Don't talk about it, or risk 180 days in prison and a $500 fine.
First, Dietrich cried. Then, she logged online. "There you go, lock me up," she tweeted to a couple hundred Twitter followers, outing her assailants by name. "I'm not protecting anyone that made my life a living Hell." These men had made their assault on her public. Now, they had convinced a court to keep it all under wraps. "If reporting a rape only got me to the point that I'm not allowed to talk about it, then I regret it," she wrote in a note on her Facebook wall. "I regret reporting it."
Well, this morning I found this message in my email…I went and signed the petition.
Drop the charges against Savannah Dietrich, who identified the men convicted of sexually abusing her.
Sign Elizabeth's Petition
JJ –
Savannah Dietrich is a 17-year-old rape victim in Kentucky. She could face up to 180 days in jail for revealing the names of her convicted attackers — while those two young men will likely face no jail time at all.
The two young men pled guilty to assaulting Savannah at a party — it's even been reported that they took and distributed photos of the assault. But Savannah found out that their plea bargain likely won't even include jail time — a slap on the wrist for sexual assault.
To add insult to injury, Savannah was told she must keep the names of her convicted attackers a secret.
For Savannah, this was the last straw. She called out the two young men by name on Twitter — and now she faces up to 180 days in jail for doing so. Savannah later tweeted, "I'm not protecting anyone that made my life a living Hell."
Elizabeth Beier was outraged when she heard what had happened to Savannah. "I thought, they're threatening her with jail time if she doesn't shut up about the most traumatic thing that has happened to her," Elizabeth says. "Then I thought, someone needs to do something about this."
Elizabeth started a petition on Change.org asking Judge Dee McDonald to drop all charges against Savannah Dietrich. Click here to add your name.
Well, here is some good news on the subject: Savannah Dietrich Doesn't Face Contempt Charge For Revealing Names Of Sexual Attackers
A Kentucky teenager frustrated by light punishment for two boys who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her was spared Monday from having to face a contempt charge for naming them on Twitter in violation of a court order.
The case of Savannah Dietrich, 17, quickly gathered supporters nationwide who were upset that the victim of an assault could be punished for speaking out against her attackers.
The girl turned to Twitter after she said she was frustrated with what she felt was a lenient plea deal. The judge had ordered no one to speak about the case, which was in juvenile court.
On Monday, attorneys for the boys dropped their motion to charge her with contempt. David Mejia, an attorney for one of the boys, said the decision to withdraw the motion had nothing to do with public sentiment and online attention to the case.
He said the purpose of the motion had been to enforce the law that protects juveniles and their actions from disclosure.
"The horse is out of the barn," he said. "Nothing is bringing it back."
What an ass these lawyers are to even press charges against Dietrich…
Jeff Dion, deputy executive director of the National Center for Victims of Crime, said victims who feel cheated by the justice system sometimes file civil lawsuits in an effort to get information in the public, but social media has turned that on its head.
"It's all about giving victims a voice," Dion said.
In one day, an online petition on Change.org had garnered 62,000 signatures in support of Dietrich's action.
Finally! Victims a voice, is what is the most important thing the social media has done…Look at what things like Twitter and Facebook have done to change peoples lives. (I'm not just talking about Dietrich, but remember the Revolution in Egypt? Twitter was one of the only ways to get information.) I am not one of those addicted to either forms of social connection, but it has been beneficial in many ways.
I have to admit, I have been avoiding the news today. So I will give you one more link and open it up to you…
Tax problems haunt state candidates
Get this, from my home state of Georgia…
An in-depth investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found 56 state legislative candidates have had problems paying their taxes on time, leading to more than $1 million in local, state and federal tax liens. Many have paid them off, while others still owe.
The bills range from token amounts for an unpaid sewer or garbage collection bill to five- and six-figure balances covering multiple years.
In that sense, these challengers are very much like the lawmakers they hope to unseat.
Investigations in the past year by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed Georgia lawmakers accrued nearly $1.5 million in current and past liens for overdue taxes.
Some of the candidates have even filed for bankruptcy:
With the July 31 primary elections a little more than a week away, the news that so many candidates have problems paying their taxes is worrisome to some voters. All 236 seats in the Georgia Legislature are up for election this year.
Jared Thomas, spokesman for Secretary of State Brian Kemp, said a number of candidates this year have had their place on the ballot challenged because of tax debts.
"It's much more so than the past," he said. "It's probably just a reflection of the poor economy. A lot of people have found themselves in financial trouble and taxes are a part of that."
Kemp is reviewing the rulings of administrative law judges on several cases. He has yet to make a decision in those cases.
One candidate — Chris NeSmith, who was running for a superior court judgeship in the Northern Judicial Circuit — withdrew from the race Monday after an administrative law judge declared he was ineligible for the ballot after his candidacy was challenged for state and federal tax liens.
Only one candidate for the General Assembly has been challenged on the basis of their tax debt, incumbent Rep. Paulette Rakestraw Braddock, R-Powder Springs. Braddock faces a IRS tax lien for $36,343.59 in unpaid taxes from a failed marketed business. A judge in that case turned down the challenge.
Some candidates saw their past tax problems as a net positive on their political resume.
Bikram Mohanty, a Valdosta Democrat seeking the District 8 Senate seat, paid his 2008 state income taxes late, but not before the Georgia Department of Revenue filed a lien against him for the $4,466.58 bill.
"As most Georgian's can attest, 2008 and 2009 were the years that many families began to feel the influence of our current economic dilemma," he said.
No kidding, we lost our house in 2008, my parents lost theirs last year…We also have tax liens on us, and believe me, they have kept my husband from getting jobs in his former career in the finance sector. It kept him from getting a job at a call center in Atlanta..even go so far as affect his entrance into the Army, when things were really bad and the Army may have been the only option.
William Blackmon, a Democratic candidate from Locust Grove in the House District 111 race, said liens and bankruptcies don't disqualify you from public service. He had a state income tax lien for $582.38 for the 2000 and 2001 tax years he paid off in 2003 and declared bankruptcy in 2009 after a business he invested in failed.
"As a candidate, I'm not different from any other individual that has had a business that went through that," he said. "If you check the background of some of those (legislators) in there now, you'll probably find a worse record than that. And I don't think that's bad. The economy hit a lot of people in business."
Wow, I thought guys with tax liens could only get jobs like Treasurer of the US…go figure.
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JJ Lopez Minkoff says:
Did anyone post a link about this: Penn State Nittany Lions hit with $60 million fine, 4-year bowl ban, wins dating to 1998 – ESPN
The NCAA said the $60 million was equivalent to the average annual revenue of the football program. The NCAA ordered Penn State to pay the penalty funds into an endowment for "external programs preventing child sexual abuse or assisting victims and may not be used to fund such programs at the university."
"We had our backs to the wall on this," Penn State president Rodney Erickson told the Centre Daily Times of Pennsylvania in an interview later Monday, saying the school accepted the penalties to avoid the so-called "death penalty" that could have resulted in the suspension of the football program for at least one year. "We did what we thought was necessary to save the program."
In response to Erickson's comments, Ray, speaking to ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg, said the NCAA did not threaten Penn State with the death penalty, and that the sanctions issued were unanimously agreed upon by the NCAA Executive Committee.
"It was a unanimous act," Ray said earlier during the news conference. "We needed to act."
Wow, 60 million a year is what the football program brings in…I still think it isn't enough. I do think the part about taking away Paterno's wins from 1998 forward is a good thing. Sort of a retroactive losing season? Sounds like a response to the Bain question that Romney is getting away with…
I saw that … too bad Paterno didn't live long enough to see it.
His family is pissed: Penn State, Paterno family not happy by NCAA terms – USATODAY.com
ecocatwoman says:
The family is also pissed that Paterno's statue was taken down as well.
So glad that you posted this JJ. I was cheering this morning as I heard the story on the way to work. Steve Inskeep interviewed veteran sportscaster Frank Deford and this is what Deford had to say about the NCAA's decision:
"INSKEEP: Is there any parallel for the NCAA involving itself in a case where it was a criminal matter and not, strictly speaking, a football matter?
DEFORD: I can't think of any, but as I said, they obviously determined that this was a football matter, in the following way: Why was there a cover-up? Was it to protect Jerry Sandusky? Only incidentally. What they were really trying to protect was the football program. If the word got out that one of the assistant coaches was a pedophile, it obviously was going to affect recruiting and affect the whole program.
So when you draw a line to that, it becomes very much not just a criminal issue but an athletic issue as well, and that's obviously the way the NCAA decided."
Too bad the Vatican, at least as far back as Pope John Paul II, didn't choose to take as strong a stance against the pedophile priests & their enablers. Amazing to me that the NCAA seems to have stronger moral codes/values than a religious entity who continues to instruct their followers and the rest of Americans on proper moral behavior.
I applaud the NCAA's decision.
bostonboomer says:
Tough shit. The NCAA should have suspended the program completely for a year at least.
Here is a bit more good news, for now.
Mentally disabled man's execution stayed at 11th hour by Georgia Supreme Court | The Raw Story
Warren Hill, a death row prisoner in Georgia who has been diagnosed intellectually disabled, has been granted a stay of execution 90 minutes before he was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection.
The Georgia supreme court unanimously decided to postpone the death sentence in a case that has caused an uproar nationally and around the world.
Hill was set to be executed despite the fact that the US supreme court has banned executions for "mentally retarded" criminals on grounds that they constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
The stay of execution was ordered on the basis of a dispute over the technique of the killing, not the fact that it was to be carried out in itself. The state has recently moved from a three-drug lethal injection procedure to a single fatal dose of the sedative pentobarbital.
The judges said they would now consider whether the switch in procedures amounts to a violation of Georgia's administrative procedure act that governs executions.
RalphB says:
Sheer hypocrisy from another Republican on Rmoney's team. 🙂
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Star of Romney 'My Hands Didn't Build This' Ad Received Millions in Government Loans and Contracts
The Republican Party has simply ran out of real arguments. Dahlia Lithwick in Slate:
The GOP's War Against Facts
Someday political scientists will try to date the decline of reasoned discourse in America to the moment when the left and the right began to invent their own facts. Climate change deniers, the purveyors of lies linking abortion to breast cancer, and creationists will all be blamed for the end of meaningful debate between liberals and conservatives. But that's not quite right. The real end of civic discourse can be traced to the new conservative argument that facts themselves are dangerous.
It's a dangerous contention not just for what it hides, but also for what it reveals: a lack of any other arguments.
OFA pushback on Rmoneys out of context ads …
Krugman on negative real yields.
Take a look at the latest Treasury real yield curve data — the interest rate the U.S. government pays on bonds that are indexed to inflation:
That's right: for every maturity of bonds under 20 years, investors are paying the feds to take their money — and in the case of maturities of 10 years and under, paying a lot.
Now, you might think that there would be a consensus that, even leaving Keynesian things aside, this is a really good time for the government to invest in infrastructure and stuff: money is free, the workers would otherwise be unemployed.
But no: the Very Serious People have decided that the big problem is that Washington is borrowing too much, and that addressing this problem is the key to … something.
northwestrain says:
So much to comment on. Penn State deserves the fine and all that goes with it. A lot of people were hurt — including staff who knew that something was wrong and were forced out. Seems like there was a reign of terror — everything the the team. Sports should be a side line — not the major focus and business of colleges.
Way to go Savannah Dietrich!!!!!!!! You have a back bone and pride. Be honest and stand up for what is right!!!
She has a point — she followed the "legal" route — reported the bastards and they get protection from exposure. At least locally their names are mud — creeps like this as a rule will repeat their crimes.
But note that the media still has not printed the rapist names.
I'm not convinced by the boy's lawyers claims that the public outcry had not effect — lying bastards.
Sleepless in NJ says:
I also signed the petition for Savannah. The terms of the plea bargain are outrageous and ridiculous. Thank goodness the contempt charge was dropped. I hope she gets a lot more support from her community than she got from the judicial system!
I hope she does get more support from her community too…
If you can, watch this: Jon Stewart Tears Apart ABC's Brian Ross For False Tea Party Report On Aurora Shooter | Mediaite
Jon Stewart opened his show tonight by talking about last Friday's shooting in Aurora, Colorado, and said that it was a complex issue with a variety of different factors involved that should be talked about. He contrasted that assessment with how individuals in the media have been saying it's completely inappropriate to talk about gun control following the tragedy, and also took time to slam ABC News' Brian Ross for his false report on the shooter's tea party ties. Stewart was amazed at how Ross didn't get disciplined by the network.
He contrasted the laissez-faire attitude about the gun argument with all the airport security measures taken ten years after 9/11, and made a comparison between gun control and the desire of some not to talk about it.
"You're telling me that to discuss the epidemic of gun violence in this country, for that, there is a waiting period. Yeah, I guess you'd hate to go into a conversation about guns all hot-headed and say something impulsive you'll never be able to take back."
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Romney aide loses cool, curses at press in Poland
CNN National Political Correspondent Jim Acosta
Warsaw, Poland (CNN) - The traveling press secretary for Mitt Romney lost his cool and cursed at reporters who attempted to ask questions of the Republican presidential candidate in a public plaza near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw Tuesday.
After Romney paid his respects to Poland's war dead and shook hands with a small gathering of the nation's military veterans, the GOP contender walked approximately 100 yards away from the memorial as he chatted with Warsaw's mayor.
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As Romney made his way to his vehicle, reporters attempted to shout questions to the candidate. The former Massachusetts governor, who has answered only three questions from his traveling press corps during a week-long overseas trip, ignored the queries. Romney did sit down for multiple interviews during his foreign swing, including with CNN's Piers Morgan and Wolf Blitzer. Romney also spoke with NBC News, CBS News, ABC News and Fox News during his trip.
When members of the press tried to ask Romney about some of the mishaps on his trip, his traveling press secretary Rick Gorka verbally dressed down reporters.
Here's a transcript of the questions and Gorka's response:
CNN: "Governor Romney are you concerned about some of the mishaps of your trip?
NYT: "Governor Romney do you have a statement for the Palestinians?
Washington Post: "What about your gaffes?
NYT: "Governor Romney do you feel that your gaffes have overshadowed your foreign trip?"
CNN: "Governor Romney just a few questions sir, you haven't taken but three questions on this trip from the press!
Gorka: "Show some respect"
NYT: "We haven't had another chance to ask a question..."
Gorka: "Kiss my ass. This is a Holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect."
Moments later, Gorka told Jonathan Martin, a reporter for Politico, to "shove it." About a half-hour later, the aide called reporters to apologize.
Gorka's comments to the media came just hours before Romney's foreign policy speech in Warsaw.
Aides to the GOP candidate say Romney visited Poland to highlight the nation's growing economy and honor its contributions to the war in Afghanistan.
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JackDW
Republicans are only capable of offering the same thing over & over, even when it doesn't work at all – Romney offers no policies that are at all different than GW Bush. And we all know how well THAT worked out.
Nothing new, Romney has been saying the same thing from the start.
ZERO class. And this guy wants to be president? He's not worthy of the job.
ChiefGunner
I don't blame him for "going off" on the press. Have you ever heard CNN ask President Obama: "...are you concerned about some of the mishaps of your trip? Would any "reporter" ask President Obama: "What about your gaffes? No. Instead they cover for Obama and even more so for Biden (that guy gaffes just waking up in the morning). Perhaps if they wanted to ask real questions instead of hoping for that "gotcha moment" he would be more inclined to talk to them.
Willie12345
Good for him. The media is too rude and impolite for my liking.
Rico Sauve
This is the clown that some people want to be our leader! I see why Republicans dislike him!
Take that as a lesson, all you journalists out there: Show Romney respect... by not hitting him with questions that he would have difficulty answering.
the less said to this bunch of left wing reporters the better. every one here would make his words to fit there report. they are all know for miss reporting the news.
hecep
Take that as a lesson, all you evil journalists out there: Show Romney respect... and don't hit him with questions that he would have difficulty answering.
waimeavalleygirl
This aide needs to lose his job. Pronto. If Romney wins, he does not need this kind of assistant.
TomNPitt
"Governor – why is it you'll meet with the head of the Polish Unions, but yet have such disdain for unions in the United States? Are you pandering to the people of Poland? What is your true opinion of Unions and Union activity?"
That's the level of intellect his advisory team has.
tuscany590
Oh my God, that is absolutely horrible..That man should be put in jail for such language..In the words of our inept VP "This is a big fing deal". Two horrible "news" sites that are worse than the National Enquirer.
Ya really think this is newsworthy?
This aide needs to lose his job. If Romney wins, he and WE do not need this type of assistant to the president.
Morpunkt
The liberal news media is launching their crusade against Romney on an international scale.
They can kiss my gluteus maximus too.
Romney in 2012.
and yet the haters will vote for this pandering, jingoistic cultist.
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Past 45 days they couldn't deliver anything, frustration
What? The Romney campaign exclaims "kiss my as__" at a holy site while somehow telling others to show respect. The hypocrisy & projection of Romney's campaign are unbelievably reprehensible.
Romney's foreign 'apology' tour has been embarrassing & an epic fail on the world stage.
Gorka says "Show some respect" due to being so close to the memorial, then in the next breath he yells "Kiss my ass"? I guess "respect" means not getting information from Romney. The reporters have every right to ask any question to anyone who wants to be the most powerful person in the world. Just another reason NOT to vote for Romney!
Romney and his entourage didn't get their foot-in-mouth disease
shots before they traveled. He's over there just to pay lip service.
Even Obama engages foreigners better than that.
ShawnDH
Her Highness, Princess Mittens of Buttercup is not ready for the Big Leagues. He's in waaayyy over his head.
Anon2012
It's official, Team Romney is not ready for prime time. This was the most incoherent, devoid of content, bumbling foreign tour in the history of America. He is now rivaling Sarah Palin in foreign policy knowledge.
Mike from Idaho
Romney: "I see you've met my future White House Press Secretary... Heh."
Jealous haters of Mitt Romney need to take note of their hypocrisy, when he Kennedys never get criticized for their wealth, all attained through bootlegging and insider trading, by pappa Joe.


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The Question of the Maternal Clan
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It is evident that in Virginia there was some form of social grouping determined on the mother's side, otherwise defined as a type of maternal clan. Yet the only evidence upon which this rests is a statement by John Smith attributed to Powhatan, as follows:
His kingdome descendeth not to his sonnes nor children: but first to his brethren, wherof he hath 3 namely Opitchapan, Opechancanough, and Catataugh, and after their decease to his sisters. First to the eldest sister, then to the rest: and after them to the heires male and female of the eldest sister, but never to the heires of the males.1
In another place Smith repeats as follows:
Powhatan hath three brethren, and two sisters, each of his brethren succeeded other. For the Crowne, their heyres inherite not, but the first heyres of the Sisters, and so successively the weomens heires. For the Kings have as many weomen as they will, his Subjects two, and most but one.2
We may use these remarks as far as reasonable speculation will permit. Swanton3 thinks that they have probability in their favor as bearing upon the maternal social organization in Virginia. It would have been unusual if the Powhatan tribes had not acquired such a grouping in some form through contact with the peoples on all sides of them having a maternal determination. Their near relatives, the Piscataway, and the Delawares, in the seventeenth century after the period of contact with the Iroquois,4 the southeastern or Gulf culture area in general, and the Iroquoian companies, are characterized by matrilineality. The whole question of matrilineal descent among the eastern Algonquians has still to be considered from an unbiased sociological viewpoint, it seems.
Pamunkey, Powhatan,
Speck, Frank Gouldsmith. Chapters on the ethnology of the Powhatan tribes of Virginia . Indian Notes and Monographs, vol. 1, num. 5, pp. 225-455. Editor: Hodge, F. W. Heye Foundation, Museum of the American Indian. 1928.
Smith's account of Virginia in Tyler, L. G., Narratives of Early Virginia, New York, 1907, p. 115. ↩
Smith's account of Virginia in Tyler, L. G., Narratives of Early Virginia, New York, 1907, p. 52. ↩
Swanton, J. R., Social Organization of American Tribes, Amer. Anthr., vol. vii, 1905, p. 666. ↩
MacLeod, W. C. The Family Hunting Territory and Lenape Political Organization, Amer. Anthr., vol. xxiv, no. 4, 1922. ↩


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Catholic Church: Enough Already On The Gay Marriage Pulpit!
On April 12, 2013 April 18, 2013 By str8gayconfessions
I'm fucken tired of these religious pontificating about the evils of gay marriage and how our society will collapse if we gay boys – and girls – continue to hitch legally. First we've got an anti-gay Pope who, unless lightning or some scandal like homos in the Curia or the Vatican bank laundering money for the Mafia eliminates him, will be the Bishop for Rome for the next twenty years. Now, here in South Florida the Archbishop of Miami, a diocese which has seen its fair share of priest pedophilia, has come out in an editorial in the local daily paper that headlined "Idea of Same Sex Marriage Shows No Real Grasp of Reality." While he sanctimoniously stresses that his views are no way discriminatory, he points out that God and the Bible decree that marriage can only be between a man and woman since only this family unit can actually create kids and raise them in "bonded and enduring relationships."
Says Archbishop Wenski: "It is no way unjust to homosexuals (to deny them marriage) than it is unjust (to recognize) heterosexual couples who cohabitate without the legal benefits and protections of a civil marriage."
He goes on to contradict himself by pointing out that "it is no longer seen as the purview of the state to punish what used to be called fornication and sodomy. But neither should the state involve itself in redefining marriage." If not the State, then who? The Catholic Church? What happened to Separation of Church and State? As important as the family unit is to the continuation of society, isn't marriage ultimately a secular, legal institution?
What gets my blood boiling the most is, whether gay marriage is right or wrong, OK or sinful, and may in Wenski's view open the gates for legal polygamy, instead of worrying about what a minority of this population may want, how about focusing on:
the ever escalating divorce rate among str8's?
the growing number of str8s "living in sin" while having kids?
the millions of fatherless homes that lead to kids, particularly boys, turning to crime and drugs because they have no dad to guide them while their single mom works three jobs?
the countless physically, sexually and emotionally abused children at the hands of str8 parents?
the tens of thousands of kids up for adoption, many adopted by gays because str8's don't want them, kids who were created by these "holy" unions?
the fact many American Catholics and I suspect many Euro-Catholics use birth control because they wanna fuck for fun without the consequences, while those Catholics who have babies like rabbits never consider the financial burdens put on all of us? Especially singles who subsidize other people's kids through taxes?
Like Jesus said, "Ye among you who has not sinned, cast the first stone."
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Storyboarding the Austin Powers 3 Opening Scene with Director Jay Roach
By Mike Bedard on March 5, 2020
The Austin Powers opening scene is one of the most memorable comedic set pieces in film history. With skydiving, motorcycles and exploding helicopters, it's an incredibly detailed shoot, and the only way the Austin Powers 3 opening scene was even possible was with detailed storyboarding. In this co-production with Sundance Co//ab, Director Jay Roach shares his original storyboards and explains how he used them to shoot such a complicated scene while balancing action, comedy, tone, and contrast.
We've imported the original storyboards that were used for the Austin Powers intro into StudioBinder's storyboard software to provide useful tips you can incorporate into your next storyboard. And stick around to see exclusive storyboards for scenes that didn't make it to the final cut, including a ninja fight and a Wild West showdown. Yeah, baby!
Storyboarding the Austin Powers 3 Opening Scene
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TRACKING COMPLICATED ACTION
Plan out action with detailed boards
Before we're introduced to the real Austin Powers, we have a three-minute action sequence. For just three minutes of screentime, we have 20 pages of storyboards. This is common for complicated sequences where you want to make sure you know exactly how each scene plays into one another.
With action sequences, the last thing you want is make the audience confused about what's happening on screen. In this instance, you have helicopters, self-driving cars, motorcycles, and explosions at play, so you want all those elements to make sense in context of one another.
COLLABORATING WITH STORYBOARDS
Ironing out the logistics
Another great benefit of storyboarding is the ability to work out all the actual logistics and feasibility of the proposed scene. This applies to both the macro (budget, scheduling) and the micro (how to create a self-driving car).
As Roach explains in the video, one logistical issue they had to figure out was how to make Austin's Shaguar appear as if it were driving itself.
The solution? Disguise the stunt driver as the front seat of the car.
This solution wasn't brainstormed on set the day of shooting. It obviously required a lot of planning well in advance and the storyboard would be an ideal focal point for the conversation. The storyboard can help facilitate the logistics because we know how the car will be presented on-screen.
For example, we know that we'll have a high-angle shot looking down into the car. We can't settle for a simple eye-level shot looking through the windshield, so we need to figure out how to really sell this idea that no one is driving the car.
Here's a storyboard of these shots and an example how this conversation might have gone down between the director and practical effects department on how they might pull this illusion off.
Stunt Driver Sequence • View Storyboard
This is a clear example of how and why the storyboards should be shared with every department. In this case, they were able to iron out the "how to create a driverless car" problem and then pull it off seamlessly during production. The end result is a practical effect that makes a sequence like this that much more exciting to watch.
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TONE IN THE AUSTIN POWERS 3 OPENING SCENE
Establishing and shifting tone
A big component of storyboarding is to tell a story, but you also want to place an emphasis on tone, especially when you're dealing with a mish-mash of tones within several minutes, as is the case with this Austin Powers intro.
From the storyboards alone, it's obvious that this scene will play out like a straightforward, serious action movie. The tone of this sequence, therefore, is established and unmistakable.
Austin Powers 3 Opening Scene • Guns Blazing • View Storyboard
Based on those storyboards, you might think you were watching something out of a Mission: Impossible movie, which is obviously the goal of the sequence.
Later into the sequence, though, the tone lightens up. We now have visual gags, jokes, and celebrity cameos. The boards from one beat to the next become more random, creating hilarity as a result, as evidenced in the storyboards below.
After the bombastic opening, we get our all-star cameos but the tone really shifts when they call "cut!" and the "movie-within-a-movie" is made clear.
It's clear a transition has occurred, and we're now into the more comedic portion of the film. This shift in tone is communicated in the storyboard and will help inform how they shoot and edit the scene later.
Austin Powers Opening • Movie Set • View Storyboard
AUSTIN POWERS 3 OPENING SCENE OUTLINE
Set up blocking and camera movement
The storyboard is more than just planning out how the film is plotted. It's also an opportunity to consider blocking and camera movement.
For the Austin Powers opening storyboards, you frequently see camera moves at play. Specifically, you can see this in the Britney Spears sequence. Here's the storyboard for the entire scene, notice how motion for both characters (blocking) and camera are indicated.
Britney Spears Battle • View Storyboard
In these shots, the storyboards outline how the camera will spin around Austin and Britney during their quick slap fight. While storyboarding, you can communicate these movements with arrows and text directly on the panel, or in the description. Let's take a closer look at how you specific shot specs and camera movements for each panel.
Britney Spears Slap Fight • View Storyboard
As we can see in the finished film, they decided against that camera movement at this moment but you can see how Roach was thinking creatively about his shot choices from the very beginning.
It's incredibly important because Roach knows precisely what he's going to do the day of filming. You aren't going to have all the time in the world, so the more you plan ahead of time and know every last detail of what you're about to do, the better off you'll be.
ALTERNATE AUSTIN POWERS INTROS
Be ambitious with your storyboard
Storyboarding doesn't cost you anything. It's the place where you can let your imagination run wild with ideas. It's your chance to outline the movie as you would like to have it. But there are numerous factors that go into a film's production, many of which may be outside your control even as a director.
For example, the original plan for the Austin Powers 3 opening scene was actually much larger in scope than what made it to the final cut. Have you ever wondered why Austin is flying in the air in the first place? The initial plan, in the storyboard below, had Austin jumping out of his jumbo jet after Dr. Evil's black fighter jet launches a barrage of missiles.
Austin Powers Opening • Fighter Jet Sequence • View Storyboard
In yet another proposed version of this opening scene, Austin drops from outer space, through the atmosphere, pursued by...ninjas? They battle mid-air before Austin manhandles both of them. How great would this scene have been?!
Aerial Ninja Fight Scene • View Storyboard
This jumbo jet and space ninjas are very cool ideas but you can see how those few extra minutes of action would complicate the shoot and bloat the budget. Jay Roach and his team obviously had a "go big or go home" attitude when approaching this intro sequence, which should be encouraged at this storyboarding phase.
In yet another abandoned alternate sequence, Austin finds himself in an Old West shootout with Dr. Evil. It's another cheeky homage to classic Hollywood and another chance to play around on a studio backlot.
Wild West Showdown Scene • View Storyboard
This scene also didn't make it to the final cut but you can see how the storyboarding process allows for chances to be taken and alternate options to be explored.
Put all your ideas down, share those ideas and collaborate, consider the budget and production logistics — there is no harm in letting your ambition loose at this stage.
So, when you make your own storyboard, whether you want a scene as ambitious as the Austin Powers 3 opening scene or not, you should still keep an open mind. The storyboard is not final, and during the process, you may have other ideas you like better.
Austin Powers Opening • Mojo • View Storyboard
The scene ends with the note that we go into a full wipe before heading into the next scene. It's incredibly important because Roach knows precisely what he's going to do the day of filming. You aren't going to have all the time in the world, so the more you plan ahead of time and know every last detail of what you're about to do, the better off you'll be.
Also a special thanks to the team at Sundance Co//ab for the collab!
Storyboarding in Get Out
We've seen how storyboards can help with action and comedy scenes. Now, take a look at how you can use storyboards to create tension and horror. Jordan Peele has some amazing storyboards for his film Get Out, and there's much you can learn from them.
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Mike Bedard is a graduate of UCLA. He's a screenwriter based out of Los Angeles who's written several short films as well as sketch comedy for various theaters around LA. He's also written articles for sites like Cracked and Ranker.
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This Austin Powers 3 is an awesome opening sequence. Breakfast at Tiffany's has to be my favourite.
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Babbage is an ancient lunar impact crater that is located near the northwest limb of the Moon, named after Charles Babbage. It is attached to the southeastern rim of the prominent crater Pythagoras. The crater remnant named South intrudes into the southeastern floor of Babbage.

The outer rim of Babbage has been eroded and modified by a multitude of subsequent impacts, until all that remains is a ring of rounded hills. The most notable of these modifications is the satellite crater Babbage D, which overlays the southwestern rim. The northeast rim of this satellite crater is missing, and it forms a bay on the perimeter of Babbage. Oenopides is another worn formation attached to the southwest edge of this protuberance.

The outer rampart of Pythagoras lies across the floor of Babbage, forming a region of rough terrain in the northwest part of the interior. The remainder of the crater floor is relatively flat, although it is marked by many tiny craterlets. The most notable feature on the floor is the satellite crater Babbage A, which lies in the southeast part of the interior. This feature has not been significantly worn, and appears much younger than the remainder of the formation. Just to the west of Babbage A is the smaller Babbage C, a bowl-shaped formation.

Satellite craters

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Turbulent - CODAworx
Turbulent
Submitted by Jill Anholt Studio
Photo: Doyle Marko
Photo: Jill Anholt
Client: Edmonton Arts Council
Artwork budget: $120,000
Jill Anholt
jill@jillanholt.com
Public Art Agency
Edmonton Arts Council
Turbulent takes inspiration from the patterns and flows of water movement to create a series of colourful seating elements that float atop concrete pedestals along the edge of a public walkway at Edmonton's riverfront. At night the art elements glow from below, enhancing their sense of buoyancy and weightlessness
The North Saskatchewan river valley is the largest expanse of connected parkland in north America, connecting Edmontonians and surrounding communities, with places of activity recreation and nature. The overall civic project for which this artwork was created, The River Valley Access Project included large urban stairs, a funicular and a bridge culminating in a broad pedestrian promenade that allowed people to be able to travel from the urban downtown core to the natural landscape of the river valley trails and parks. The goal of the artwork for this project was to artistically interpret the connection of Edmonton to its river valley within this construction project in a highly integrated way. To facilitate a seamless integration with the project, Jill was brought onto the design team early in the process.
This was a highly integrated project involving the landscape design team, engineers, fabricator and the artist in order to create and install the final work within this challenging site. The artwork was designed to enhance a series of concrete pedestals which were situated along a sloped bank at the river's edge. The artworks, which are constructed from painted bent steel plate which is 1" thick, were extremely heavy and unwieldy requiring coordination between the general contractor and the artist and their art fabricator/installer. Getting power to the pieces to enable them to be lit at night, including designing a lighting system which could be removable and serviceable also proved to be another great challenge involving collaboration and coordination between the electrical consultant, the engineers, the general contractor, the design team and the artist.
Project received an Edmonton Urban Design Award, an International Architecture Award and an Alberta Minster's Award for Transportation Innovation


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The code works fine, but when i put the error mode on, i see this nasty errors:

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A: You get these errors because you're trying to access to key of an array which doesn't exists. Here, you access to $_POST['tstUsername'] but it doesn't seems to exists in the $_POST data. Same case with a key named checkPassword somewhere else in your code.
To avoid that, use isset() function to check if they are declared before trying to access to the value.