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Public transport safety touted despite death rise
Malcolm Curtis - [email protected] • 21 Apr, 2015 Updated Tue 21 Apr 2015 20:49 CEST
The total number of deaths from public transport accidents in Switzerland shot up to 41 in 2014, an increase of 11 from the previous year, official figures released on Tuesday show.
Five passengers were among the victims but the majority of cases involved people on railway tracks without authorization, or inattentive motorists and pedestrians, the federal transport office (FTO) said in a news release.
Three of the victims were Israeli tourists killed when a Zentralbahn passenger train collided with a minibus at a level crossing without a barrier in the canton of Nidwalden last August.
The number of accidents linked to public transport in 2014 totalled 230, the lowest figure in five years, while the number of serious injuries — 172 — was the lowest in three years.
Overall, the figures underscore the safety of the Swiss public transport system compared to other modes of transport and other systems in the rest of Europe, the FTO said.
Fatalities on Swiss roads last year dropped to 243 last year from 269 in 2013, the office said.
It maintained that measures taken to check more regularly freight trains and to follow up on safety improvements of level crossings contributed to the "high degree of safety".
Railway companies had to submit by the end of 2014 plans for upgrading all level crossings that do not conform to current regulations, the office said.
The FTO also seized the driving permits of 21 locomotives or streetcars who no longer met medical or psychological requirements.
See also: THREE ISRAELI TOURISTS KILLED IN TRAIN-VAN CRASH
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The Cyclist - A World War II Thriller
A search for absolution
World War 2 Adventure Series
A haunting and bittersweet novel that stays with you long after the final chapter – always the sign of a really well-written and praiseworthy story. It would also make an excellent screenplay.
- Historical Novels Review
Editor's Choice, Feb 2011
The story is brilliantly executed... Nath's biggest success is the sustained atmospheric tension that he creates somewhat effortlessly.
- Little Interpretations
Nazi-occupied Aquitaine, 1943: A beautiful young woman is found murdered in the shadow of the Bergerac Prefecture. Auguste Ran, Assistant Chief of Police, suspects Brunner, a German Security Police Major, of the crime. The more Auguste investigates, the more obsessed he becomes with bringing down the seemingly untouchable Brunner. Auguste begins to realise he has been conveniently ignoring the Nazi atrocities going on around him, and understands too late the human cost of his own participation in the internment of the local Jewish population.
Driven by conscience and struggling with his Catholic religious beliefs, his actions start to put his own family at risk. Harbouring the daughter of his lifelong Jewish friend Pierre, they are forced into a desperate trek towards neighbouring Switzerland, pursued all the way by the German Sicherheitspolizei.
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Read an Excerpt from the Book
Bergerac, February 1943
Dusk. Grey slats of cloud lay suspended above Bergerac's town square. Auguste Ran, Assistant Chief of Police, stood at the window of his office in the Prefecture; he was reminiscing. His thoughts made him frown as he looked out. He watched as the cold sunset shed its bloodshot light on the scene below. The waning rays of light filtered through the naked, brown elm branches around the square's periphery, weaving restless, lengthening patterns. He felt as if the cold, dingy grey of the approaching evening was robbing him of the hope of a forthcoming spring.
A lone cyclist crossing below caught his attention. Auguste recognised the man with irritation because he should not have been there. The man bore the yellow Star of David sewn on the right arm of his coat, in testimony of his faith. Jews were subject to curfew after five o'clock and cycling past the Sub-Prefecture could only be a gesture of defiance. It must have been hard for the Jews now but he also knew they had it good before the First War and he at times half-believed the concept they were responsible for this second disastrous conflict, bringing down his country, perhaps even questioning his faith. Of course, he was not anti-Semitic, how could he be? His best friend as he grew up was a Jew. He understood how some of his countrymen reasoned, that was all.
For Auguste, the cyclist with his simple act of disobedience was symptomatic of the hopelessness and anger experienced now by everyone around him. He knew this man very well, but he would not have talked openly to him in the street. They had known each other since they were boys, yet somehow Auguste's life had changed so much, he could no longer greet some of his oldest friends out-of-doors even if he wished to. If an informer or soldier should see him they might report it. If the occupying forces apprehended Pierre on his bicycle, Auguste knew it would mean internment for his friend and his friend's daughter Monique. Auguste had no appetite for more of the persecution his job seemed to be perpetrating on even his old friends. He had seen enough of it already, he reflected, as the cyclist disappeared from view.
The grey cobbles, dull and worn, seemed almost to stare back at Auguste, their emptiness taunting him with memories of happier days. Days of bustling markets in bright sunshine. Days of laughter and coffee in the open-air café next door. Duck breasts, pink, plump and succulent; foie gras, accordion music and clinking wineglasses—all gone now. In those days, before the Germans came, the farmers could afford grain to feed their ducks and geese. In those days, they had plenty to sell and there was always a sense of prosperity in the town. The elm-bordered market square, silent now, seemed to Auguste a dull mirror to these disconsolate feelings arising within him.
He was not a man to embrace the past from habit, but the events of the last few years forced him to look back at his pre-war life with a heartbreaking nostalgia. Auguste smiled, recalling a scene from those "old days". He was a young policeman then and as in all his memories of those times, the sun was shining. Off-duty, he sat in the café on the square under a bright red and blue striped parasol, he ate a salad with walnuts and duck gizzards, oil and vinegar. He could almost smell the balsamic odours, recall the taste of the Rosé and how it mingled with the flavours in his mouth. His superior pointed over his shoulder across the square and they shared a joke. What was it? Something to do with promotion? His memory seemed clouded; he was forgetting. It was a long time ago, a time of happiness and so details were out of mind.
He had worked in the City Police Force for over twenty years now, but in his early days, he was not ambitious and never sought promotion; it just happened. His precise police work and his tenacity investigating cases drew him to the attention of his superiors and so the elevation of rank came uninvited. It might have been that murder case when the murderer, a farmer, hid the body under a hay-stack. If Auguste had not brought his Scottie dog with him the seventh time he questioned the man, he might not have found it. It had been the dog's constant fascination with the yellow hay-pile alerting him, which led to his finding the body.
He did well out of the case; it was widely publicised. The town acknowledged his abilities too. Auguste knew he was a good investigator and experience now gave him an edge. He also knew he was too emotional for the job, as Odette, his wife, often told him. Auguste had felt sorry for the murderer's wife at the time. She was shunned and castigated by everyone but there was nothing he could do for her and he knew it. Her subsequent suicide shocked and depressed him. Those feelings blunted his triumph and made it all a hollow victory when they discovered her body hanging by the neck from a rafter in the barn.
The German occupation was changing his role and every aspect of his life changed with it. Auguste felt like a man on a treadmill who discovers he is only marking time but has long since ceased to care. His existence in the Vichy police was taking him nowhere now and he knew it. He was a second-class bureaucrat in the eyes of the German administration and nothing more. It was as if he spent the last ten years blinkered not seeing what was coming when it was obvious to everyone in the rest of Europe. At first, with the defeat, he felt shocked, threatened. Before it happened he trusted the Maginot line, he thought the Government knew how to defend the country. Disillusionment came when the Germans entered Paris and he wondered what would become of his wife and family; he feared for his life. The family felt tempted to flee like so many others all over France, but Paris was a long way away and salvation came for Auguste in the end. It was Pétain, hero of the last war, who seemed to save France, save him, Odette and little Zara. He thought then the President was right; the only way forward would be to work with the Germans and God knew, how as a policeman, he tried. Policing was his job and he continued to exist within its framework. He could no more buck those traces than he could leave his beloved France.
He was a short stocky man and he wore his brown hair close-cropped in a military style. Deep crow's feet were imprinted at the sides of his grey eyes, a relic of happier days when there was much to smile about. His black uniform, threadbare but neat, was symptomatic of stringencies as well as his own personal quest for precision and tidiness in a time of upheaval.
A knock on his door drew him away from the window and he sat down behind his desk, trying to look occupied.
'Enter,' he said.
Édith, a short plump woman of middle years entered. She had worked at the Prefecture since long before the war started. She knew everyone in the town but Auguste felt her greatest asset was her experience, her knowledge of police procedure when there were difficulties. She showed him the ropes when they first promoted him; she kept him straight afterwards and he trusted her.
She smiled a sympathetic smile and presented him with a letter. Édith had a habit of wrinkling her upturned nose which supported the gold-rimmed, half-moon spectacles through which she peered down at him.
'This came from Lyon,' she said.
'Late in the day for messages from Lyon.'
'Jean dropped it in. He said it came by special delivery—a motorcyclist no less. It was to be in your hands immediately.'
He took the envelope but noticed his hand betrayed a faint tremble when he saw the Prefecture emblem. It had already been opened, he assumed by Édith.
'Something more?' he said.
'No, no.'
'Édith. Maybe you should have let me open this one, it's from Tulard.'
She walked to the door but turned back as if there was more to say.
'I assumed…'
Auguste shrugged and indicated the chair.
'You've read it, so you might as well sit down and tell me what's in it. Am I in trouble?'
The office door gave a quiet click as she shut it. She returned to sit in the chair in front of the desk and crossed her legs. Her worn black suit had seen better days but no one had money these days.
'No, nothing like that. It's more Jewish business.'
'And so urgent it has to be sent at the end of the day? No doubt, they think there is going to be a Jewish uprising, a declaration of independence. Perhaps every homosexual is carrying a gun as well.'
'A special directive.'
'More work, I suppose. He should, of all people, know I have enough on my hands enforcing all the new laws. I am used to prejudice against Jews, it's been common enough here, but the Germans seem to revel in it.'
'They want all Jews rounded up and interned in Drancy,' she said.
'All Jews?'
'Yes. Will you do it?'
'But of course I will do it. It's my job. We need to cooperate with the Germans or things may get much worse for everyone. They will replace the entire Civil Administration with German Military personnel. The work we do here protects the country and the people.'
'You really believe that? You don't sound so convinced.'
He was silent. She looked at the floor.
She said, 'I...'
'What do they want all the Jews for anyway? I know they use them to work in munitions factories, but how many people do you need for such a thing? They sent twenty thousand away at the end of last year.'
'Perhaps they die and need to be replaced.'
'Die? No, Brunner told me they have good, warm accommodation and they are well fed. No, the Germans are plotting something, mark my words.'
'Brunner is unreliable. You can't believe him. '
'He's Sicherheitspolizei. You might find him unpleasant but he can hardly be unreliable.'
'If he was just another SD officer it wouldn't matter. He has a bad reputation.'
'Keep your voice down Édith. You've told me already. I can't believe in rumours. I am a man who needs proof, you know that.'
'I understand, but all the same he makes my flesh crawl,' she said.
'Well, I have to work with him. He's not so bad once you get to know him. He's quite the Francophile you know.'
She was silent again. A gloomy atmosphere appeared between them now and Auguste wanted to end it. He read the memo.
'You can go now.'
'There was one more thing, Auguste.'
'François Dufy.'
'Not him again? What's he done now?'
'Claude arrested him.'
'What for this time?'
She smiled and said, 'He caught some rabbits. He stood outside the prefecture and was shouting for people to buy them. He was drunk.'
'Well it's no crime unless he was selling at exorbitant prices.'
'No, he was shouting they were "as fat as Göring".'
'What?'
'As fat as Göring. Claude arrested him in case the Germans heard him. He's a fool.'
'Yes, always drunk. What did Claude charge him with?'
'Disturbing the peace.'
'Well at least it wasn't for sedition. He'd be deported for that.'
'Claude wondered if we could keep him in the cells for a week and then let him out. He's harmless you know.'
Édith stood.
'Yes, yes. I hope he learns his lesson.'
'I'm going home now. The keys are on my desk.' She opened the door again.
'Édith?'
'Thank you.'
She smiled and left. The click of the door as she shut it seemed to echo in his head. Had it not been for Édith, he would have felt an utter loneliness at work. He missed the time when he was a real policeman. A solver of crimes, a true detective. And now? All he did now was persecute people he had known or to whom he had once been close. The townspeople hated him for it. He felt as if he hated himself too at times.
Without Odette to come home to, he would have left the country long ago. She kept him sane. It was a sanity he needed, for he had begun to feel the world was mad. All sense of proportion had gone, its departure leaving behind an emptiness, a potent emptiness, consuming him, spilling over into everything he saw and did.
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Rounding off our top 10 Nancy Drew games list.
This is a review of our number 1 choice.
From our list of favorite Nancy Drew games.
Don't forget to let us know which are your favorite games from the Nancy Drew series.
Leave us a comment below with your top picks!
Title: Nancy Drew 18: The Phantom of Venice.
Go undercover helping the local police uncover a criminal gang.
Shadow suspects and spy on their possible suspicious activity.
Question witnesses, collect clues and analyse evidence.
Play mini-games and solve puzzles.
Including: Learning the language as you search for clues.
Create a fashion statement with your various new disguises!
Play fun Italian card game Scopa.
Use imaginative methods to earn Euros to cover your costs.
The Phantom of Venice takes you, as Nancy Drew. On an exciting Italian point-and-click mystery adventure!
This time she is helping the professionals! With her exceptional sleuthing skills. To succeed where they have failed.
With plenty of plot twists and turns, that will have you engaged until the end.
The combination of this unique set-up, cool gameplay and interesting storyline.
All makes this a great detective game. And our number 1 choice in our top 10 Nancy Drew games list!
Amazon UK for: PC Download.


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Virus Updates: Biden Sending Masks to Hard-Hit Areas; CVS, Walgreens to Give Shots in More States
Published February 24, 2021 • Updated on February 24, 2021 at 10:25 am
The Food and Drug Administration confirmed Wednesday that Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, setting the stage for a final decision on bringing a third shot to the U.S. marketplace.
On Friday, a panel of experts to the FDA will debate if the evidence is strong enough to recommend the long-anticipated shot. If the agency clears the J&J shot for emergency use in the U.S., it won't boost vaccine supplies significantly right away. Only a few million doses are expected to be ready for shipping in the first week.
However, Pfizer and Moderna, the makers of the two coronavirus vaccines approved in the United States, told Congress on Tuesday that they expect a jump in shot supplies within the next month. Executives insisted they will be able to provide enough vaccine for most Americans by summer.
The U.S. has reported more than 503,000 deaths and 28 million coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, according to a tally by NBC News.
Here are the latest coronavirus updates from the U.S. and elsewhere:
Biden Administration to Distribute 25M Cloth Masks in Underserved Communities
President Joe Biden plans to distribute millions of face masks to Americans in communities hard-hit by the coronavirus, as part of his efforts to ensure "equity" in the government's response to the pandemic.
Biden, who like Donald Trump's administration considered sending masks to all Americans, is instead adopting a more conservative approach, aiming to reach underserved communities and those bearing the brunt of the outbreak. Trump's administration shelved the plans entirely.
Biden's plan will distribute masks not through the mail, but instead through Federally Qualified Community Health Centers and the nation's food bank and food pantry systems, the White House announced Wednesday.
The Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture will be involved in the distribution of more than 25 million American-made cloth masks in both adult and kid sizes. The White House estimates they will reach 12 million to 15 million people.
With new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus circulating, health experts are adjusting their recommendations for face masks. NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres joined LX News to explain why you should make sure your face mask is well-fitted and double up.
CVS, Walgreens to Give Shots in More States, Stores After Boost in Federal Supply
CVS and Walgreens drugstores will start doling out COVID-19 vaccinations in more states on Thursday.
The drugstore chains say they have received additional vaccine doses from the federal government after they used up their initial allotment. Both companies started giving out vaccines on Feb. 12 to eligible customers at stores in several states.
CVS Health Corp. says it will add stores in six states, including Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania to a list of 11 that includes big markets like California, New York and Texas. The Woonsocket, Rhode Island, company received another 570,000 doses from the government.
Walgreens said late last week that it will receive an additional 480,000 doses to distribute at its stores. The company will expand into California, Oregon and Virginia, among other states.
The Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. said it went through nearly all of its initial shipment of 180,000 doses in three days.
Both companies run thousands of stores around the country and plan to expand their vaccine distribution at drugstores into more states as supplies allow. Customers must schedule appointments before they can receive the vaccines.
Since late last year, the drugstore chains have been sending out teams to vaccinate residents of nursing homes and other long-term care locations. A third national drugstore chain, Rite Aid Corp., also started delivering doses to customers this month at stores in the Northeast and California.
Squeezed By the Pandemic, This Small Business Is Making Lemonade Out of Lemons
Lemonade is no longer just for sidewalk stands. For Vicktor Stevenson, owner of San Francisco's Gourmonade LLC, gourmet lemonade is a passion project that has cultivated a loyal local following. But when the pandemic hit, statewide shutdowns gave his juice company the squeeze and Stevenson had to decide whether to focus on serving his "Gourmonade fam" or protecting his real-life family.
States Pass Their Own Virus Aid, Not Waiting on Washington
States are not willing to wait for more federal help and have been moving ahead with their own coronavirus relief packages.
Maryland and California recently approved help for small businesses, the poor, the jobless and those needing child care. New Mexico and Pennsylvania are funneling grants directly to cash-starved businesses.
The spending shows that many states have proved unexpectedly resilient during the pandemic. And it has provided fuel for critics who say they don't need another massive infusion of cash from Congress.
The Biden administration's $1.9 trillion relief plan would send hundreds of billions of dollars to state and local governments.
FDA Says J&J's 1-Dose Shot Prevents COVID, Paving Way for Approval
An analysis by U.S. regulators say Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19.
The report Wednesday confirmed the vaccine is about 66% effective overall at preventing moderate to severe COVID-19.
On Friday, a panel of experts to the Food and Drug Administration will debate if the evidence is strong enough to recommend the vaccine. The FDA is expected to make a final decision within days.
If the FDA clears the J&J shot for U.S. use, it won't boost vaccine supplies significantly right away. Only a few million doses are expected to be ready for shipping in the first week.
J&J tested its single-dose option in 44,000 people in the U.S., Latin America and South Africa. J&J previously announced the vaccine worked better in the U.S. -- 72% effective against moderate to severe COVID-19, compared with 66% in Latin America and 57% in South Africa.
Still, in every country it was highly effective against the most serious symptoms, and early study results showed no hospitalizations or deaths starting 28 days after vaccination.
As Spring Break Approaches, Public Health Experts Urge Caution
The pandemic outlook in the U.S. continues to improve, with confirmed COVID-19 cases falling for the sixth consecutive week and deaths having declined for the past three weeks. But spring break is on the horizon, bringing with it a potential uptick in travel, which has public health experts concerned about the consequences if people don't remain vigilant, NBC News reports.
Anxiety over spring break travel is rising after a particularly grim few months when case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths spiked dramatically after the end-of-year holiday season. And with several strains of the coronavirus circulating in the country — including some variants that are thought to be more transmissible — some experts worry that spring break getaways could threaten recent progress.
"Any event that involves increased travel and people relaxing preventative measures is a concern," said Amber D'Souza, a professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
D'Souza said patterns that have emerged over the past year demonstrate how much the trajectory of the pandemic is driven by behavioral changes. For example, as places experience severe outbreaks, people typically respond by staying home, practicing social distancing and wearing masks. But as the situation improves and restrictions are rolled back, many tend to become more lax, which can cause new outbreaks to surge.
"This is exactly what we saw after Thanksgiving and after Christmas," she said. "It's an ongoing cycle and an ongoing concern."
Read the full story on NBCNews.com
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package gles

import (
	"context"

	"github.com/google/gapid/gapis/api"
	"github.com/google/gapid/gapis/api/transform"
	"github.com/google/gapid/gapis/memory"
)

// copyDepthToColorGLES emmits commands that will copy the depth data of the
// current read framebuffer into an new framebuffer (which is left bound as the
// read framebuffer upon exit) as the color attachment in R32F format, allowing
// it to be read via glReadPixels.
func copyDepthToColorGLES(ctx context.Context, dID api.CmdID, thread uint64, s *api.GlobalState, out transform.Writer, t *tweaker, format GLenum, width, height int32) {
	const (
		aScreenCoordsLocation AttributeLocation = 0
		aScreenCoords                           = "aScreenCoords"
		uTextureLocation      UniformLocation   = 0
		uTexture                                = "uTexture"

		vertexShaderSource string = `
					#version 300 es

					precision highp float;
					in vec2 aScreenCoords;
					out vec2 uv;

					void main() {
						uv = (aScreenCoords + 1.0) / 2.0;
						gl_Position = vec4(aScreenCoords.xy, 0., 1.);
					}`
		fragmentShaderSource string = `
					#version 300 es

					precision highp float;
					uniform sampler2D uTexture;
					in vec2 uv;
					out vec4 fragColor;

					void main() {
						fragColor = texture(uTexture, uv);
					}`
	)

	// 2D vertices positions for a full screen 2D triangle strip.
	positions := []float32{-1., -1., 1., -1., -1., 1., 1., 1.}
	ws, hs := GLsizei(width), GLsizei(height)
	wi, hi := GLint(width), GLint(height)

	cb := CommandBuilder{Thread: thread, Arena: s.Arena}

	// Create a framebuffer with a depth texture and blit.
	fb := t.glGenFramebuffer(ctx)
	tex := t.glGenTexture(ctx)
	t.glActiveTexture(ctx, GLenum_GL_TEXTURE0)
	t.glBindTexture_2D(ctx, tex)
	out.MutateAndWrite(ctx, dID, cb.GlTexParameteri(GLenum_GL_TEXTURE_2D, GLenum_GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GLint(GLenum_GL_NEAREST)))
	out.MutateAndWrite(ctx, dID, cb.GlTexParameteri(GLenum_GL_TEXTURE_2D, GLenum_GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GLint(GLenum_GL_NEAREST)))
	out.MutateAndWrite(ctx, dID, cb.GlTexStorage2D(GLenum_GL_TEXTURE_2D, 1, format, ws, hs))
	t.glBindFramebuffer_Draw(ctx, fb)
	out.MutateAndWrite(ctx, dID, cb.GlFramebufferTexture2D(GLenum_GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER, GLenum_GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, GLenum_GL_TEXTURE_2D, tex, 0))
	out.MutateAndWrite(ctx, dID, cb.GlBlitFramebuffer(0, 0, wi, hi, 0, 0, wi, hi, GLbitfield_GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT, GLenum_GL_NEAREST))

	// Detach the depth texture from the FB and attach a color renderbuffer.
	out.MutateAndWrite(ctx, dID, cb.GlFramebufferTexture2D(GLenum_GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER, GLenum_GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, GLenum_GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0))
	rb := t.glGenRenderbuffer(ctx)
	t.glBindRenderbuffer(ctx, rb)
	out.MutateAndWrite(ctx, dID, cb.GlRenderbufferStorage(GLenum_GL_RENDERBUFFER, GLenum_GL_R32F, ws, hs))
	out.MutateAndWrite(ctx, dID, cb.GlFramebufferRenderbuffer(GLenum_GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER, GLenum_GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GLenum_GL_RENDERBUFFER, rb))

	// Temporarily change rasterizing/blending state and enable VAP 0.
	t.glDisable(ctx, GLenum_GL_BLEND)
	t.glDisable(ctx, GLenum_GL_CULL_FACE)
	t.glDisable(ctx, GLenum_GL_DEPTH_TEST)
	t.glDisable(ctx, GLenum_GL_SCISSOR_TEST)
	t.glDisable(ctx, GLenum_GL_STENCIL_TEST)
	t.makeVertexArray(ctx, aScreenCoordsLocation)
	t.glViewport(ctx, 0, 0, ws, hs)

	// Create a program, link, and use it.
	programID := t.makeProgram(ctx, vertexShaderSource, fragmentShaderSource)
	tmp0 := t.AllocData(ctx, aScreenCoords)
	out.MutateAndWrite(ctx, dID, cb.GlBindAttribLocation(programID, aScreenCoordsLocation, tmp0.Ptr()).
		AddRead(tmp0.Data()))
	tmp0.Free()

	attrib := MakeProgramResourceʳ(s.Arena)
	attrib.SetType(GLenum_GL_FLOAT_VEC2)
	attrib.SetName(aScreenCoords)
	attrib.SetArraySize(1)
	attrib.SetLocations(NewU32ːGLintᵐ(s.Arena).Add(0, 0))

	unif := MakeProgramResourceʳ(s.Arena)
	unif.SetType(GLenum_GL_SAMPLER_2D)
	unif.SetName(uTexture)
	unif.SetArraySize(1)
	unif.SetLocations(NewU32ːGLintᵐ(s.Arena).Add(0, 0))

	resources := MakeActiveProgramResourcesʳ(s.Arena)
	resources.SetProgramInputs(NewU32ːProgramResourceʳᵐ(s.Arena).Add(0, attrib))
	resources.SetDefaultUniformBlock(NewUniformIndexːProgramResourceʳᵐ(s.Arena).Add(UniformIndex(0), unif))

	extra := MakeLinkProgramExtra(s.Arena)
	extra.SetLinkStatus(GLboolean_GL_TRUE)
	extra.SetActiveResources(resources)
	out.MutateAndWrite(ctx, dID, api.WithExtras(cb.GlLinkProgram(programID), extra))
	tmp1 := t.AllocData(ctx, uTexture)
	out.MutateAndWrite(ctx, dID, cb.GlGetUniformLocation(programID, tmp1.Ptr(), uTextureLocation).
		AddRead(tmp1.Data()))
	tmp1.Free()
	t.glUseProgram(ctx, programID)

	// Create a buffer and fill it.
	bufferID := t.glGenBuffer(ctx)
	t.GlBindBuffer_ArrayBuffer(ctx, bufferID)

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Rick Shenkman is Founding Editor of the History News Network at George Washington University. His newest book is Political Animals: How our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics (2016). You may follow him on Twitter @rickshenkman.
One of the only pleasant results of the election of right-wing populists around the world is that the study of democracy is once again drawing the kind of attention the subject deserves. We may in fact be in the midst of what future generations will regard as a golden age in democracy studies.
Yale's Timothy Snyder, known for his Holocaust research, has given us On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (2017): a rather frightening book that suggests the authoritarianism we associate with the 1930s is making a comeback. Harvard's Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have provided us in How Democracies Die (2018) with a handy list of the red flags of authoritarianism—of which, they say, there are many at present in multiple countries that formerly boasted robust democracies. And the most alarmist of all scholars working on these issues, Shawn Rosenberg of the University of California (Irvine), is working on a book that claims democracy is devouring itself.
Should we believe these prophets of doom?
This question, alas, is not one we can answer definitively. The problem, as William College political scientist George E. Marcus likes to remind me, is that none of us was given the gift of prophecy. While the neuroscientists have been busy explaining that the human brain is basically a predicting machine, in point of fact we are not very good at it.
Predicting the Future?
Take almost any major event of the last two centuries. On the eve of the U.S. Civil War, Americans were convinced, by and large, that if fighting broke out the conflict would be short. At the Battle of Bull Run (the first major battle in the war) pro-Union men and women in elegant clothes came out in their carriages to watch the soldiers battle it out thinking they were going to be treated to an entertaining spectacle that would end in victory. Their side lost and the war went on for four long years.
None of the powers on either side in World War I realized that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand constituted the first act in a tragedy that would end in the death of millions: Stanford University historian Niall Ferguson tells us that investors in the New York Stock Exchange blithely ignored the news of the onset of the war for weeks.
On the eve of the greatest war in history Neville Chamberlain announced to his countrymen that peace was at hand. As he held aloft a paper signed by Hitler he said he had brought back "peace for our time." Within months German panzers began rolling through Poland.
Social scientists have been very clear that evolution favored people who are on the lookout for danger. Those who were good at detecting threats were likelier to mate and produce issue. Scientists call the natural ability to spot danger an evolutionary advantage. But it is one thing to be able to see a red flag in the African savanna when you are living amidst a small group of hunter-gatherers and quite another when you find yourself in twenty-first century London, Budapest, or Washington, DC.
Indeed, the red flags have changed. On the savanna you had to worry about strangers outside your tribe. In the modern world we encounter strangers all the time to little effect. But our evolutionary history nonetheless makes us wary of strangers and, under certain circumstances, downright paranoid about them. This is why there is always an appetite in times of rapid migration for the fear-mongering rhetoric of demagogues whipping up hatred for immigrants. In this century as in the last, one can find millions dining out on it.
How are we to make sense of the world then? Borrowing from a neat taxonomy devised by Isaiah Berlin, University of Pennsylvania psychologist Philip E. Tetlock says pundits generally divide rather neatly into two kinds of fortune tellers: foxes and hedgehogs. The foxes know a lot about a single subject or two. The hedgehogs are generalists. In a series of experiments that lasted decades, Tetlock showed that the hedgehogs performed badly at prognostication. While their ideological orientation gave them a convenient lens through which to view world events, their telescope often proved flawed. The foxes generally did better—at least when focusing on subjects in which they had expertise. Still, few performed well enough to be regarded as clairvoyant.
Ah, but some did. This was a revelation. It turned out that there is a category of people—whom Tetlock has dubbed "superforecasters"—who can in fact predict future events rather well, at least when considering events a year or so out.
Their secret? They are numerate, open-minded, critical of unspoken assumptions, and alert to their own biases. They dig into research with zest and are careful in their assessments. As Nobel prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman teaches, they make sure when beginning their research to establish the base rate for whatever it is they are investigating.
If, say (to take a really simple example), one is trying to establish the likelihood of a corner store being robbed in the next year in a particular city, one would be wise to find out how many stores in the neighborhood had been robbed in the past few years. This would give one a basis for prediction. If none had been robbed, one could guess that probably the particular store under observation was unlikely to face the prospect of a robbery. To be sure, as Nassim Nicholas Taleb warns in his best-selling book The Black Swan (2007), there are always black swan events one cannot predict. Perhaps as a result of a breakout from the local jail, thieves are let loose and robberies became rife the corner store might be in trouble. But if one is really careful, one can indeed, more or less, predict the future.
Which brings us back to our prophets of doom. Should we listen to them? Are they superforecasters or just super pessimistic? To answer the question let us consider for a moment what a superforecaster might make of the situation in the United States at present.
Looking at the base rate would suggest that we have little to worry about. While America has faced demagogues periodically on both the left and the right who threatened its democracy—Huey Long on the left, Joseph McCarthy on the right, for example—voters traditionally stuck with more conventional leaders. But maybe the base rate is irrelevant when you are dealing with a figure like Donald Trump. He, after all, got himself elected president—a black swan event few pundits expected. So the base rate no longer applies.
Given how he has handled himself since assuming office, there is plenty to worry a devotee of democracy. A serial breaker of democratic norms, Trump has managed in just a few years to test the durability of the guardrails put in place to protect us from abusers of power. He has refused to honor subpoenas issued by the U.S. Congress. He has conspired to rid himself of law officers who were hot on his tail. He has lied to voters thousands of times. He has refused to release his tax returns. And as we just recently learned, he has tried to pressure foreign countries to hand over dirt on his domestic political opponents. He may even have withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in aid for Ukraine in an extortion scheme designed to force its new president to launch an investigation of the one Democratic presidential candidate who seems capable of contesting Trump's hold over white blue collar workers in the American Midwest.
Given all that, it is difficult not to think that the pessimists are onto something.
Inconvenient Truths
This past summer I heard a talk by Shawn Rosenberg at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychologists (ISPP) that suggests the scope of the challenge we are facing. Rosenberg, a renowned politics and political psychology professor at the University of California (Irvine), began his talk by noting the numerous demands modern societies make on their citizens. We have to understand complex social, political, and economic systems, he said. We have to comprehend the abstract principles underlying these systems. And we have to be willing to accept the fact that not everybody thinks the way we do about important stuff. We may think we are right, but we have to be able to tolerate people who think we are wrong and they are right.
And those are just the cognitive challenges we face. There are also numerous difficult emotional pressures with which we have to grapple. Though we humans hate uncertainty, for instance, we have to learn to live with it. We also have to learn to deal with strangers respectfully.
Whew! Few of us can honestly say we can shoulder all of these responsibilities well. I dare say no one can. Psychologists have shown that we do not think very clearly about complicated subjects owing to our instinctive desire for simplicity and certainty, not to mention all of our natural cognitive biases—confirmation bias, for example, which alone may be responsible for more wrongheadedness than any other. Who does not want to think that they are right? (And to discount evidence that suggests they are wrong.) And yet that is our natural fallback position.
But—you may be thinking—democracies have managed to thrive over the last couple of centuries, even under these constraints. So what is to stop them from continuing on in this way.
Here is where Rosenberg delivers one of those famous inconvenient truths. We have been fooling ourselves, he warns. We may have thrived but we were not actually all that democratic. Party bosses, labor bosses, and others he describes as veritable oligarchs were actually in control much of the time. So it did not matter if the people employed flawed thinking in making decisions. The oligarchs of democracy, as it were, saw to it that the right decisions (more or less) were made when big questions arose. If mistakes were made, as was inevitable, the oligarchs retooled.
Our problem today, Rosenberg opines, is that the authority of the oligarchs—the elites of society—have lost their ability to keep things on track. Why? The answer, he suggests, is that we have become so democratic in recent decades that ordinary people are now in charge of their own destiny in a way they never were before.
Party bosses? Gone. Labor bosses? Gone. And thanks to social media issues are now debated endlessly, unfiltered by the demigods of old, like the legendary CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite, who in his heyday set the terms of debate constructively. Now all manner of wild ideas and—yes!—genuine fake news are leaked on social media promiscuously. It is no wonder millions think Barack Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya.
Under such circumstances it is not only that democracy cannot thrive, it cannot really endure. When voters acting on their own are faced with a menu of political choices, Rosenberg argues, they are likely to pick the ones that are simple and instantly appealing, the very kind of fare that authoritarian populists specialize in. Ergo: good-bye, democracy!
The People Paradox
Given what has transpired since Donald Trump descended an escalator into history in 2015, pessimism seems warranted. But who knows? In mid-October 2019, the Washington Post reported that 58 percent of the American people back an impeachment inquiry into his (mis-)dealings with Ukraine. Even more promising, the inquiry is supported by 29 percent of Republicans. Maybe democracy even under modern circumstances works.
And it is worth pointing out that neither Germany's Adolf Hitler nor Venezuela's Hugo Chavez had majority support for a strongman approach when each first came to power. Failures in democratic leadership and party politics were to blame for their rise, not popular demand for a hard-nosed dictator.
In several European countries right-wing strongmen have come to power, to be sure, and they have already succeeded in breaking the guardrails established to curb the power of people like them. In Hungary the Fidesz Party Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, has packed the courts with party adherents, used state resources on a massive scale to subsidize government-controlled media, and gerrymandered districts in such a way as to achieve a two-thirds majority in Parliament with less than 50 percent of the popular vote in several national elections. And several others in his general neighborhood have followed his lead.
On a recent visit to Budapest I spoke to half a dozen thoughtful and impressive intellectuals and journalists. Troublingly, they support him wholeheartedly. At dinner not one volunteered any criticism. When pressed, just one (a journalist) opined that maybe Orban had gone too far in his campaign to drive George Soros's foundation and university out of the country.
As a polite guest I did not want to spoil our lovely meal by offering a view in dissent. So I kept my thoughts to myself. But if I had spoken up what I would have told them was that I was shocked at their acquiescence. Even the journalist who had dared to mildly express reservations about Orban's campaign against Soros seemed unwilling to take an independent stand. He actually said at one point that several times he had thought Orban was making mistakes but each time, excepting the Soros matter, darn it all if Orban was not proved correct after all.
I had been invited to the Hungarian capital by a foundation close to the Orban government to give a lecture and appear on a panel. I was delighted to do so but wondered why I had been invited. Ostensibly it was because I had written an article in Politico about Professor Rosenberg's paper. Somehow they found this intriguing. But why?
When I pressed for an answer I got the same response no matter whom I asked. It was that Orban loves vigorous intellectual debates and in inviting me (and Rosenberg) they were following the example set by their prime minister. Naturally, I found it gratifying to hear that the PM loves exciting intellectual combat. So do I. But it was somewhat suspicious that each and every person gave the exact same explanation. Were they coached? I don't know, but it was not what would happen in America. And there no one explaining why they had extended an invitation to someone from a foreign country would couch it in terms of the American president's desire for robust debate. Then again, Hungary is a small country. Perhaps intellectuals feel more intimately connected to their government than we do over in the United States.
The more I thought about my visit the more I dwelled on the problematic relationship conservatives have had with the people. Through much of the past few centuries self-identified conservatives traditionally held the people in scorn. British conservatives from Edmund Burke to Winston Churchill almost everywhere identified with elites against the hoi polloi. In the twenty-first century things are different now, are they not? From Hungary and Poland to France and the UK, conservatives wrap themselves around the people like a close-fitting jacket featuring their country's flag and zip it up tight. Often the justification they offer for their policies is that the people like them.
This is bewildering. Aren't the people generally a source of angst for conservatives? At the American constitutional convention delegates warned repeatedly that the people are easily led astray. Deeply conservative delegates worried indeed that the people would want their government to give them gifts paid for by the wealthy.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney expressed similar concerns in 2012: a secret video that was recorded whilst campaigning for president caught him claiming that 47 percent of Americans are dependent upon the state and demand that it take care of them. They "believe that they are entitled to healthcare, to food, to housing, to you-name-it," Romney said. This was good old-fashioned conservatism of the kind the delegates to the constitutional convention would have found much with which to agree. So fearful were they of the power of the people that they insulated the government nearly entirely from direct popular control. Only one half of one branch of the federal government was to be directly accountable to the people: the House of Representatives. All the other branches were to be composed of key actors—senators, Supreme Court justices, and the president of the United States himself—selected by other office holders. And this was the outcome of a convention consisting of people who held the principles of the Enlightenment dearly!
But of this sort of conservatism I heard nothing in Hungary. Indeed, my hosts went out of their way to point out that the Orban government was moving mountains to help Hungarian Roma improve their lives through generous social programs designed to provide them with housing and good schools. In America, one suspects, my hosts would have voted against Mitt Romney for president on the grounds that he was too conservative.
No Time for Complacency
So, to return to the question I set out to explore, should we be worried? This is, it seems to me, no time for complacency. Authoritarianism is on the march; democracies around the world are under stress. And as I argued at length in my last book, Political Animals: How our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics (2016), it is a real problem that voters today in the United States are left largely on their own. There is no longer anyone to take cues from. Not the party bosses, who have disappeared, nor the union bosses, who are too few in number to have much of an impact. Left on their own like abandoned widows, voters decide political questions in a slipshod manner, reaching conclusions based on an irrational alchemy of partisanship, issues, and the likability of the candidates. Most seem susceptible to the brazen appeals of demagogues peddling both fear and misinformation.
On the other hand: as George E. Marcus argues forcefully in books and papers he has written about the Theory of Affective Intelligence, voters are actually highly sensitive to success and failure. So a politician who sells the people a bill of goods will eventually come to realize it.
At some point the mismatch between what voters are being told and what they experience will become so great that they actually get an anxious feeling in the pit of their stomach. This, in turn, prompts a reevaluation of their commitments. When the burden of hanging onto a belief becomes greater than the risk of changing it most will decide to change. That is the gist of what Niall Ferguson wrote in a previous issue of Horizons: that populists are bound eventually to disappoint their supporters because they "seldom make life much better for the people whose ire they whip up." This is how we are wired more or less.
So should we be scared? There is some comfort in not knowing whether we should be or not. But prudence dictates that all who love democracy should be in a state of anxiousness. If ever there was a time to be worried, it is now.
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If confirmed maybe at least we could keep both , no ?
I admit I often prefer the real translation of dramas Korean title than the made on purpose different English title. Here no exception I prefer Dazzling , its aura is better for a fantasy romance than "light in your eyes" which has a melo feeling?
Following the confirmation of the main cast, upcoming JTBC drama "Dazzling" (working title) held its first script reading.
"Dazzling" tells the story of a woman who lost time before she got to use it all and a man who lives his brightest days by doing nothing and wasting them away. It will be a fantasy drama that follows the lives of two people who live in the same time, but also live in completely different times.
Lead actors Kim Hye Ja, Han Ji Min, Nam Joo Hyukand Son Ho Jun were in attendance, as well as other cast members including Ahn Nae Sang, Lee Jung Eun, Kim Ga Eun, and Song Sang Eun.
Kim Hye Ja and Han Ji Min showed different synergies with the same character. The two actresses will both be playing the role of Kim Hye Ja, a woman who finds herself with the ability to travel through time. They portrayed the positive and loyal character with different charms. Kim Hye Ja and Han Ji Min, who had to closely follow the emotional lines of the character, carefully checked each other's lines throughout the script reading and performed wonderful acting.
Kim Hye Ja, who will act in a fantasy romance for the first time since her debut, is in her 70s, but her soul is 25 years old, heralding a dramatic transformation. She completely immersed into her character and also showed unique chemistry with Nam Joo Hyuk.
Han Ji Min also put on an attractive performance by breaking down her character as an aspiring announcer who is equipped with an infinite positive mind. From realistic, empathetic acting that attracts the audience, Han Ji Min is already Kim Hye Ja. She, too, showed great chemistry with Nam Joo Hyuk.
Nam Joo Hyuk will take on the role of Lee Joon Ha, who wishes to become a reporter. The actor, who has broadened his acting spectrum in various works, showed calm yet deep acting. He perfectly portrayed the ups and downs of his character, and viewers are already anticipating his new role.
Son Ho Jun will play Kim Hye Ja's older brother Kim Young Soo, who isn't bogged down by time and is full of mischief. He showed off his cool and deft charm by causing everyone to laugh with his delightful and humorous acting. He is expected to create sibling chemistry with both Kim Hye Ja and Han Ji Min.
The supporting actors played their parts as well. First, Kim Ga Eun is a cold-hearted realist named Oh Hyun Joo who unexpectedly shows warmth from time to time. Song Sang Eun plays the cute aspiring singer Yoon Sang Eun with a husky voice. Ahn Nae Sang and Lee Jung Eun will play Kim Hye Ja's parents, and during the script reading, they portrayed realistic parents with their professional acting.
"Dazzling" began filming in October and is expected to air in 2019.
Hahaha i think i will love all the comedy that son ho jun going to bring to the drama.
the cast looked good in script reading and individual teasers, I'm waiting to see them in same scenes now.
JTBC's upcoming drama "Dazzling" (working title) has released new teasers with Han Ji Min, Nam Joo Hyuk, Son Ho Jun, and Kim Hye Ja!
"Dazzling" will tell the story of a woman who lost time before she got to use it all and a man who wastes his brightest days by doing nothing. It is a fantasy drama that follows the lives of two people who live in the same time, but simultaneously live in completely different times.
Following the confirmation of the main cast and first script reading, the drama released teasers for each lead actor including Han Ji Min, Nam Joo Hyuk, Son Ho Jun, and Kim Hye Ja.
"Dazzling" will premiere sometime in February 2019.
Han Ji Min and Nam Joo Hyuk have hearts racing with the latest teaser for their new JTBC drama "Dazzling" (working title)!
"Dazzling" will tell the story of a woman who loses all of her time before being able to use it and a man who throws away the brightest days of his life. Though the two are living in the same moment, it almost feels as though they are living in completely different worlds.
"Dazzling" will premiere on February 11.


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Katrina's 10th anniversary brings memories of death, destruction, rebirth
1of2Cameron Clark, right, and Aaron Covin, second left, bow during the invocation at a wreath laying ceremony at the Hurricane Katrina Memorial, on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015.AP Photo/Gerald Herbert Show MoreShow Less
2of2Former President George W. Bush greets first responders of Hurricane Katrina, Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, in Gulfport, Miss. Bush is in town to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which is Saturday.Tim Isbell/The Sun Herald via APShow MoreShow Less
NEW ORLEANS >> Churches along coastal Mississippi tolled their bells in unison Saturday morning to mark the 10th anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina — one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history — made landfall.
Residents in Mississippi and Louisiana were marking the somber anniversary by paying homage to those who died in Katrina, to thank those who came to rebuild and celebrate how far the region has come since the hurricane struck.
In Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, the ringing of church bells provoked sadness and tears.
Eloise Allen, 80, wept softly into a tissue and leaned against her rusting Oldsmobile as bells chimed at Our Lady of the Sea Catholic Church just across a two-lane street from a sun-drenched beach at Bay St. Louis.
She said her home, farther inland, was damaged but livable. Her daughter lost her home in nearby Waveland. Many of her friends and neighbors suffered similarly.
"I feel guilty," she said. I didn't go through what all the other people did."
In Biloxi, clergy and community leaders were to gather at MGM Park for a memorial to Katrina's victims and later that evening the park will host a concert celebrating the recovery.
The hurricane's force and flooding ultimately caused more than 1,800 deaths and roughly $151 billion in damage across the region. In New Orleans, wide scale failures of the levee system protecting the city left 80 percent of New Orleans under water.
Katrina's force caused a massive storm surge that scoured the Mississippi coast, pushed boats far inland and wiped houses off the map, leaving only concrete front steps to nowhere.
Glitzy casinos and condominium towers have been rebuilt. But overgrown lots and empty slabs speak to the slow recovery in some communities.
In New Orleans officials will lay wreaths at the hurricane memorial and at the levee that ruptured in the Lower 9th Ward.
The neighborhood was one of the bastions of black homeownership in America when water burst through floodwalls on one side, pushing houses passed down through generations off foundations and trapped residents on rooftops pleading for help from passing helicopters.
The neighborhood still has some of the lowest rates of people who've returned after the storm, but they will be having a daylong celebration to mark the progress they have made.
Across the city volunteers will also spread out in a day of service working on various projects.
Other neighborhoods such as Broadmoor and Lakeview — both recognized as post-Katrina comeback stories — will also be holding events Saturday.
In the evening, former President Bill Clinton will headline a free concert-prayer service-celebration at the city's Smoothie King Center. In addition to the former president the event will feature performances by the city's "Rebirth Brass Band," award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien and Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Wild Magnolias.
The city has framed the 10th anniversary as a showcase designed to demonstrate to the world how far the city has come. In a series of events in the week leading up to the actual anniversary, the city has held lectures, given tours of the levee improvements and released a resiliency plan.
Many parts of this iconic city have rebounded phenomenally while many residents — particularly in the city's black community — still struggle.


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Technically, Dutch Crunch doesn't refer to the type of bread, but rather the topping that is spread over the bread before baking. In Dutch it's called Tijgerbrood or "tiger bread" after the tiger-like shell on the bread when it comes out of the oven. The final product has a delightful sweet crunch to it that makes it perfect for a sandwich roll. It's a common option at sandwich shops all over the Bay Area and is often one of the first breads to run out.
Sara and Erica recommended using a soft, white bread and provided the recipe below. Given that white bread is a bit of a novelty in our house, I decided to give it a go. I also decided to make my own rice flour in the Thermomix, as I had never tried that before. I used brown rice in an effort to make the white bread a bit healthier.
2. Coat the top of each loaf or roll with a thick layer of topping. You should err on the side of applying too much topping – a thin layer will not crack properly.
8. Coat the top of each roll or loaf with the topping as described above.
the finished loaves – pretty!
Finally, we were challenging to make an adventurous sandwich. With two small children, one of whom protests loudly when she is offered anything that isn't spaghetti bolognaise (see last entry), I just didn't have it in me to be adventurous today. So I made burgers. Which Ms B refused to eat on the basis that it wasn't spaghetti bolognaise. She did eat the lettuce however, so perhaps there is hope.
Thanks a lot Sara and Erica for encouraging me to try something completely new!
Great job! Your Dutch Crunch looks awesome!


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Home / News / Photos reveal AOC protest reaction was at empty parking lot
Newly released photos show U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may have faked the reaction at a photo op at the southern border with Mexico.
Photos reveal AOC protest reaction was at empty parking lot
Earlier this week, media around the world showed images of U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clutching her face in despair and weeping at what was implied to be immigrants at the U.S. border. The reality? She was making the scene at a fence surrounding a virtually empty parking lot.
News commentators and reporters said it was a strong reaction to a horrific scene of US migrant detention. Newly released photos from individuals present with Cortez reveal not only she, but the media, was playing fast and loose with the images and the truth.
While quite a few people noted that there was something a bit off about the congresswoman's photo shoot, it wasn't until photos began leaking that showed the context of the strange and what critics called "over-dramatic" reaction. The Parking Lot Scandal was exposed.
Originally shot at a protest against tent-cities for migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas a year ago, the photos were not published until Monday. They came hot on the heels of the scandal surrounding AOC's insistence that border detention facilities are "concentration camps."
The faked reaction at an empty parking lot has been the subject of thousands of memes this week on social media.
The initial shots seem almost carefully selected to avoid showing what was on the other side of the chain-link fence… However, when AOC herself reshared them, she attached a comment that hinted it was something bleak indeed.
I'll never forget this, because it was the moment I saw with my own eyes that the America I love was becoming a nation that steals refugee children from their parents & caged them.
The rest of the photos from the parking lot protest show a couple of cars, some trees, and a few street lamps visible on the other side, but not so much in terms of "caged refugee children."
AOC has been active in her campaign against what she sees as a growing threat at the border. This week, she launched a campaign against the discount furniture company that provides beds for the immigrants.
–Dwight Widaman and wire services
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The Solar Storm: Dr. Nick Kollerstrom & Dr. James Fetzer – Hoaxathon (10-22-17)
October 22, 2017 October 23, 2017 by renegade
For hour 1 Kyle speaks with Dr. Nick Kollerstrom, author of Chronicles of False Flag Terror, about the evolution of the hoax style of PsyOps, how the actors and organizers operate, and what the purpose really is. Then in hour 2 Kyle brings on Dr. James Fetzer for a discussion about his being fired from Rense Radio, his breakdown of the Las Vegas event, as well as his work on Sandy Hook and 9/11.
Renegade Roundtable: Battle of the Wills (10-21-17)
Arcane Semantics: Promoting Our Perspective (10-23-17)
STAGED ATROCITY Las Vegas was simply an Staged Atroicty designed to further the Civilian Disarmament agenda set forth in the UN Arms Trade Treaty. BAN SALE AND PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF ALL SEMI-AUTOMAITIC WEAPONS Provisions of the ATT would compel the US gov to confiscate and destroy all 'unauthorized' civilian firearms (all firearms owned by the government are excluded, of course)" and "ban the trade, sale and private ownership of all semi-automatic weapons." ATT would ban the importation of firearms in the United States by classifying American gun owners as human rights abusers "because U.S. laws allow crime victims to shoot rapists, arsonists, and carjackers. The UN uses an organization called "Small Arms Survey" as a key consultant. http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/home.html Their Mission Statement includes this: "The proliferation… Read more »
kosher-lampshade
Rense endured 2 separate engineered SUV crashes in 2015; the first one especially should've killed him. Then around top of 2016 IIRC, the whole tone/theme of his website & shows, conspicuously transformed into absurdly over the top scary-muslim-savages-booga-booga theme parks. Really tragic; JR's in his early 70s, should've just retired rather performing than this deal with the (((JWO satanists))) nonsense… it's undignified, being a kosher organ monkey.
Reply to kosher-lampshade
Here is Rense's account of his April 24, 2015 crash, complete with pics. http://www.rense.com/general96/crashpics.html Take a good look at Rense. Does he look normal to you? I think it's clear that he is and was being paid by the Feds through earmarked funds made available to certain Alt Media personalities.
Fetzer single-handedly scuttled the credibility of "Scholars for 911 Truth". Fetzer personally kicked Steven Jones out. Fetzer is the one responsible for associating the unsupportable "Space Beam" hypothesis with real investigations to destroy their credibility by association. Fetzer's new co-chair of the Controlled Opposition group "Scholars for 911 Truth" is a Democrat JEW named JOEL S. HIRSHHORN. Fetzer's "split" with Rense was pre-planned to try to spilt the audience into conflicting factions.
PiedPiper
After many years of listening to his podcasts, I've concluded that there is just not much substance there anymore. It's the same guests, mostly and the ridiculous alien agenda/secret space program stuff. Fetzer is full of himself, but has accomplished a lot in life, so who can blame him for that? Honestly there are so many podcasts and so little time, This was a great program though with Fetzer on tonight. Very good job Kyle, as this was one of your all time great shows. For the average white nationalist/separtist out here though, there is just too much information to sift through and no one has the time for it, lest that person starve. We all know the world is crap, and the best times… Read more »
These staged events appear to be a grander form of flash mob. Gov't agents, with a few out of work actors ( who think it's a drill gig & sign con-fidentiality contracts ), intermingled with large crowds. Like all jew deception, it serves numerous agendas and even gets logical/critical thinkers divided. Talking of which lol, both of these guests, like myself, believe William Shepherd took over the role and corporate name of James Paul McCartney in late '66. The beatles were a Tavistock/MI5 creation, designed to hook the boomers with catchy love songs, then guide them, from '67 onwards, towards a darker LSD, free love, diversity lifestyle. This sowed the seeds for the destruction of the White family unit and our planned genocide. Paul was… Read more »
Reply to Anthony Roberts
It is CLEAR that the US gov though DHS and FBI are staging FAKED shootings. This issue should be brought into the Court system so that fact-finding can be done publicly. I see nobody in the Alt Media pushing for a phone call/email campaign to their elected officials calling for investigations into DHS and FBI faking events. I core issue here is that this regime is faking events for political purposes. I fail to see how a government can be even remotely thought of as legitimate when they do these kinds of things.
Renny
Jason Aldean is an obvious tranny. Look at the creature. How any country redneck can fall for that douchebag is beyond me.
It's clear that they are making out the FF theme into a joke.
Just wait till everyone catches on and then they'll pull off a really big one that isn't fake and no laughing matter. The joking leadup catching on currently will ensure maximum fear through surprise, when they do pull off the big one. That's what i'm thinking.
We need to be on our toes ..
The numbers are judaism and kabbalism. They have an obsession with numbers and counting. The false flags are so amateurish because jews suck at art and visual spatial intelligence. It's like a colorblind person who doesn't even know they're color blind trying to pick the right colors. People have known this for thousands of years and there has never been a great jewish artist. All they're good at is counting money, scams, and spinning words and manipulating emotions.
Was really struck by the observation that the Muslims immigrants in the West aren't protesting being misrepresented, and intellectually submissive. Well yes, because Islam means "to submit". To who? The Jewish God. No doubt it was started by b the rabbis in Medina for the same reason as Christianity in Rome.
jssmith
Shame Kollerstrom got saddled with Fetzer and his endless gate keeper yap; Rense to Roberts to Cassidy proven schills all. This guy is a POS and why he gets any airtime anywhere simply points to the fact of how stupid and owned everyone really is as well as the fact they do not care how many facts you might be given. You are goyim and swollow it like the cattle you are with zero recourse at your disposal, so stew in it courtesy of Fetzer and the rest of the alt con artists as designed. I would like to believe renegade knew better in the first place while fetzer is a draw of sorts to the channel… Used just as he uses all others.
Reply to jssmith
What specifically did Jim say that was incorrect?
Fetzer didn't say anything on this broadcast that was incorrect. But let's take a closer look at Fetzer's Modus Operendi. Dr. Fetzer had made himself a self-appointed leader in the "Truth Movement". Fetzerr's co-chari of Scholars for 911 Truth is the jew Joel S. Hirschhorn. Scholars for 911 Truth was designed to assemble real, honest investigators of the 911 event and associate them with ridiculous and wholly unscientific and unsupportable brings theories. It succeeded in that regard. Scholars For 9/11 Truth was formed by Fetzer and Steven Jones in the wake of a huge wave of interest in Jones' paper "Why Indeed Did the WTC Buildings Collapse?" In late 2005, people looking into Steven Jones' work would be directed to his paper on the Brigham… Read more »
Reply to Pat
The no-planes theory" is attached, by default, to the Woo Woo Crowd, why I wonder ?. Do you know about (former, ha ha) CIA asset, John Lear ? He's part of the Gage 9/11 Truth Movement and attests "as a Pilot Himself" that the Video footage shows inconsistencies (like yeah, no kidding) that the Plane shown hitting the second tower was traveling in access of the tolerance speed for that altitude and should have broken up. I assume he means despite not having any passengers on board. But anywho .. lol .. Lear along with Robert Lazar insist on the Ufoe Grey Aliens theme too, what a Surprise ! not .. and then the Puddy Cat Roars *Meow*, it's Project Camelot with Kerry the New… Read more »
RE: Scholars for 911 Truth – Fetzer kicked Steven Jones out of the organization himself. Here is Fetzer's own statement on that:
"The fact that I could do such a thing as founder of Scholars, however, no doubt qualifies as another reason for the need for the society to incorporate and attain more formal structure."
As designed, the Scholars group completely imploded.
This is what Fetzer does.
jssmith is right about Fetzer. Fetzer co-chaired Scholars of 911 Truth with Steven Jones until Fetzer himself kicked Jones out and now co-chairs with the JEW Joel S. Hirschhorn. Jones was glad to sever ties with Fetzer because of Fetzer's unsupportable assertion that energy beams directed from WTC 7, or from space. Cue: Jew D Wood. Fetzer's track record clearly shows that he seeks to infiltrate and than implode the organization of any real investigation into jewish bullshit. Now Fetzer is attempting to infiltrate the discussion of Staged Atrocities such as the Sandy Hook and Las Vegas FAKED SHOOTINGS. As he did with Scholars for 911 Truth, initially Fetzer will play it straight. Then, he will steer things right into the ditch – just as… Read more »
Uncle Fetzer is heavily promoted in the "truth movement" that is created along same time with 9/11 attacks. Alex Jones begun his operation five years prior to that incident and along with assassination of Bill Cooper, emerged as unofficial "king" of "truth community".
Some of the commenters here seem to think that if one simply listens to a guest that we have bought into everything they purport. I trust my discernment and can hear anything from corporate news to Sorcha Fall and can readily sort the wheat from the chaff. I formulate my own truth as it resonates with me. I believe most listeners of Renegade are like myself and are not so easily led down anyone else's path.
Reply to Crystal
Well said, Crystal …. we also get additional information from a myriad of sources that we have to critically evaluate and that ultimately forms our own unique positions.
Glad to see FETZER figured it out, he was insisting people died the first week. Dennis Cimino and others set him straight. JF had a good show with a researcher MONA who found 6 people died in other states than NV.
One other thing I have heard was that the crowd size 22K was total for all the concerts over a few days…. only 6K there "that night" …. also Jim and Nick interrupt poor Kyle all the f-ing time … Kyle is very cool about it.
Negentropic
Spectacular show from Brian after a 2 year layoff covering 9-11, post Sandy Hook PsyOps, the Moon Landing Hoax, the total bullshit institution which is NASA & satellites. http://www.therealnewsonline.com/uploads/6/5/2/9/6529494/dor_10_24_17_pt._1d_mp3.mp3 Some technical difficulties in the first 20 minutes, but after that FULL-STEAM ahead. This is only part 1, haven't listened to parts 2 & 3 yet, but they're posted at Fakeologist http://fakeologist.com/blog/2017/10/25/brians-back/ He also put some really great new graphics on his updated site: http://www.therealnewsonline.com/radio-archive.html
http://www.therealnewsonline.com/uploads/6/5/2/9/6529494/dor_10_24_17_pt._1d_mp3.mp3
Dd Gg
You're probably already on this, but Black Pigeon Speaks is doxxed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qV3pj0XiYY