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10 – Education "Let's Go Fishing"
November 24, 2016 ~ russmac0818 ~ Leave a comment
The 2016 Electoral College results, for ages 18-25, would have been over 500 votes to under 25 vote in favor of Hillary Clinton. I do not know the exact connection between that statistic and this blog but it is what fueled these thoughts. How can 95% of this demographic results be so overwhelming? Especially when the choice was two flawed candidates.
Education – "Going Fishing" – Its Local
Is ignorance a bad thing? If one has never been exposed to information, then how can they be expected to know. A doctor would prescribe a dose of education to cure ignorance. The process may seem simple but it is not. What the good doctor prescribes for both sickness and ignorance has to be approved by a governmental agency. The Food and Drug Administration certifies the medical prescription just as the Department of Education certifies conscription into public education.
The word educate comes from the Latin word educare, which means "to draw out that which lies within." The educational system should be an active process involving a series of stimuli and a response. In education we distinguish between the two. The stimulus is most often provided by the teacher and the response is drawn out of the student.
The responsibility of the teacher is to present information and the responsibility of the student is to respond to it. In its simplest form, the educational process allows for the teachers to use a variety of tools to draws out raw and honest responses from the students. However, the education process begins after the initial response is drawn out.
It is the dialog, a conversation, created between the two parties that is invaluable. Adversarial positions should be encouraged in order to express all opinions from all sides of the discussion. The exchanging of ideas promotes diversity of thought. Diversity is required in order to explore the topics in depth.
I would be naïve not to think that this process would be free of prejudice. Pre judgment is part of the drawing out and in many cases the information going in. Pre judgment abounds. Pre judgments are generated by geographical, cultural, religious, racial, sexual, economical, basically all environmental and social exposures.
The environmental and social situations we experience are unique to all individuals. Any one or combination of the above pre judgments are the bases of our diversity. It is our differences that impact the processing of information. Pre judgments lead to different conclusion from processing the same information. After all diversity means different.
Diversity has to be considered in the educational process. Let's "go fishing". On the island of Martha's Vineyard if I am asked by a friend, "do you want to go fishing? "My logical conclusion is that we would be going salt water fishing in the ocean. If this same situation occurred in the North Country of New Hampshire, less that 200 miles away, the conclusion would be different. The going fishing would indicate fresh water fishing in a stream, a river or a lake.
The conclusions are different because they are based upon pre judgments. However, both assumptions are more than likely correct. Why? Because the conclusions were arrived at by two independent, geographical diverse fishermen.
Let's stay with the fishing venue. Change the question to "what would you need to go fishing?" The most obvious responses by both fishermen would be a fishing pole and some sort of bait. However, if the same question is asked of a commercial fisherman in New Bedford, less than 30 miles from Martha's Vineyard, the response may be a boat, fuel and nets.
These questions produce diverse responses, yet all of the "answers" are correct. This may cause havoc with the validity of an assessment. To judge the level of correctness of these responses is difficult and can be arbitrary. So who then should be empowered to assess the quality of the response?
Consider this, would the assessment of the fishing responses differ between a Midwestern educator than that of an Atlantic Coast educator? Again, so who should assess the quality of the response? I say the most local educator, the one I know, the one I can call, text, e-mail or even meet face to face. Why opt for a disconnected evaluator?
When a distant assessor is put in charge we lose the local pre judgments and local interpretations. The US Department of Education clearly believes that education from the top down is preferential. This exhibits the arrogance of a governmental agency "we know what is best for you." theory. The local communities are the patches that make up the quilt of society. Bottom up must be promoted to save the community school.
The true injustice of this system is amplified by the weight that we have assigned to the results of standardized testing. They have become the fare required to take you to the next grade level, a diploma and even the college of your choice. Is this process fair? I say no. It is discriminatory and unjust. We have created a faceless distant bureaucracy to be the gatekeeper in charge of "entry into the club."
The local teacher, the local administration and the local school board must be independent in order to select the needs and direction of the community. When assessment and curriculum development are controlled locally real diversity of thought is allowed to flourish. Local control is personal and nurtures students not statistics.
Standardized testing selects national or global essential understandings. Whether it is Washington DC or the state, standardized testing is turning local control over to an intervening agency. The priorities of the two do not necessarily reflect the needs of the local community and its neighborhoods. The locally elected school board is beholden to their citizens while state and national boards are beholden a political boss that may change every four years
Think local because, in reality, the community is our only jurisdiction. Teachers of previous generations were valued based upon their ability to define challenging essential understanding. Their evaluations were connected to their ability to draw thoughtful and independent response from their students. An invested teacher is a better teacher.
Standardization is coercive and regressive. Teachers are not only expected "to lead the horse to a designated watering hole" but to enforce their consumption and regulate how to drink. When a central authority is allowed to uses: extortion for funding; compulsory taxes: evaluations; certifications; licenses and accreditations; to "collaborate" with local districts it is clear that our schools have become servants.
Standardization of "truths" and thought become a byproduct of this system. If there is a reward for standard response, then standard processing of thought is controlled. Social justice warriors, conservatives and progressives need to understand its impact. Standardizations lead to a clean and pristine society in lock step with a distant cadence. Whether standardization occurs in education or in politically correct speech it is stifling. The result is a society void of non conformity. The patchwork quilt becomes a one flavor utilitarian blanket.
A standardized society is destructive. A standardized society is a selective society. Historically, standardized evaluations have been used to justify atrocities. They were misused in the 1920's by the Eugenics movement. That movement targeted thousands of individuals for sterilization. Nazi Germany took standardized achievement results to the limit, extermination.
95% to 5% is a loud statement. Hell 95% of the population cannot even agree upon the color of a dress. When one's future is predicated upon appeasing a master the compliant are rewarded while those of independent and critical thoughts are nullified. The safest choice may be conformity but is also the most dangerous.
009 – The Lesser of Two Evils
November 18, 2016 November 18, 2016 ~ russmac0818 ~ Leave a comment
The Lesser of Two Evils
"There are men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle."(Alexis de Tocqueville) This quote is from his book "Democracy in America" written in 1835. It is as current today as it was in the 1800's. In 2016, our two party democratic system produced two unprincipled candidates.
My response to de Tocqueville's observation is that we need to empower responsible people to find those "men(women) of principle". Our founding fathers actually set up a process in the Constitution that accomplished that, it is called the Electoral College. Unfortunately, we have strayed so far from the original intent of the Constitution those "men of principles" are not being identified as our national leaders.
The constitution set up a government that was a representative republic not a democracy. The founding fathers were not fans of the democratic process. They understood that majority rule could be volatile, fickle and dangerous. To defend liberty, they limited the democratic process in favor of a representative republican process. The citizens would entrust elected official to make decisions for them.
Thomas Jefferson declared: "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." Even the top Federal of the day Alexander Hamilton asserted that "We are now forming a Republican form of government. Real liberty is not found in the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. If we incline too much to democracy we shall soon shoot into a monarchy, or some other form of a dictatorship."
The sirens of democracy are seductive. Their songs have lured many a nation onto the rocks of destruction with empty promises. The thought that "we the people" could rule by popular vote is attractive and empowering. However, the majority will choose security over freedom, self interest over the principle and nationalism over sovereignty. Consider this, who wins in a popular vote when two wolves and one chicken vote to chose "what is for dinner?"
Fisher Ames (1758-1808) a Founding Father and framer of the First Amendment warned that "the known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty." The liberties that the founding father valued so dearly were to be protected by the republican form of government they outlined in the Constitution.
After the Constitutional Convention was concluded, in 1787, a bystander inquired of Ben Franklin: "Well, Doctor, what have we got a Republic or a Monarchy?" Franklin replied, "A Republic, if you can keep it." What did Franklin mean by this statement? Have we reached the destiny that he feared? Franklin's warning makes it perfectly clear that our fore fathers knew that it would be hard work to maintain liberty.
The Constitution's version of a republic was to empower the "people of the … States". Democracy turns the power of governing over to an individual, the President, to rule over individuals and states. This I believe is the mind set of many. We elect a President to change the country for better or not.
Our leaders promote democracy as something great and wonderful that should be spread across the world. Public education endorses this concept and it is emphasized in our core curriculum. In reality this misconception keeps us ignorant of the fact that a more democratic process brings us closer to tyranny. Ill informed protesters beg for a democratic popular vote to elect a shepherd to protect the flock against the evils of terrorism, racism, sexism, and all the other "…isms" out there.
I find it disheartening that most protesters are calling for a further destruction of our republican process in favor of more "democracy". To eliminate the Electoral College and replace it with a popular vote iniative would be a huge mistake. It would be a one giant step closer to a democratically elected Monarch.
It is encouraging that the protesters are calling for a "refusal" to comply and serve a President. But I am concerned that their motives are out of fear. The fear, that is being generated by the media and by the losing party. The fear of a new president is over blown.
The anger of those protesting is misdirected. The calm for the anger is not the other candidate, especially a candidate that in her political career has never opposed a war. The solution is not to change the Electoral College process to a majority rule. The solution is to educate ourselves on the workings of government according to the Constitution.
The role of the President defined by the Constitution resembles an ambassador as much as it does a powerful national leader. There are only a few responsibilities that the President holds omnipotent control over. In the oath he accepts the responsility to: "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution". This makes him the chief executor to enforce the laws of the United States and the power to commission all the Officers of the United States to ensure this.
Presidential powers includes being the "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and the State Militias, "when called into the actual Service of the United States." This means only in time of war.
He is granted the power, on extraordinary occasions, to convene and to adjourn both Houses in Congress and the power to temporary fill vacancies when the of the Senate is in recess. He is also to be our nations number one "host" to receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers.
The Constitution describes the duties of the President that are to be approved and vested by Congress. These shared powers include the ability to make Treaties provided two thirds of the Senators present concur. To "appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment.
However, the powers of the President have grown with every administration. The number of Executive Orders, issued by the past two presidents, is outrageous. The fact that they go unchallenged is proof that we have become numb to the usurpation of power by the Executive Branch. The increasing number of rules, regulations, restrictions, quotas, fees, fines and licenses passed by the Executive Branch's regulatory agencies are painful and further strip us of both personal and economic freedom.
How would a popular elected President change this? It wouldn't. The opposite would occur. A popular elected President would increase the powers of the Executive Branch. It would eliminate another safeguard to the distribution of power. The balance of power is delicate, we can not continually grant more power to the President and the Executive Branch.
The energy of those protesting should be directed to the political process that they have the most control, local politics. Think locally, the local level includes the electing of city, town, county, state legislators and Congressmen that emphasis liberty and put principle over party politics.
Solution – The Changes Required
Change #1 – The House of Representative, is the catalyst for change. A good start would be to make the representation ratio in the House of Representatives meaningful. The Constitution called for one congressman to represent not more than 30,000 people. From 1789 until 1833, the House of Representatives grew from having 65 members to having 240. The result was that over that entire period, the average congressman never represented more than 60,000 people. In 1913, the House of Representatives was fixed by law (but not the Constitution) at 435 members. The result is that: today there are more than 730,000 U.S. residents per member of Congress. 730,000 to 1 is not a meaningful representation. It must be changed.
Change #2 – The US Senator would be next. In the Constitution the Senators were selected by the States' legislators. This process ensured that our states would have a say in foreign affairs. On April 8, 1913, the 17th Amendment, was ratified. The 17th Amendment made the two US Senators from each state elected by popular vote.
The result of the 17th Amendment allowed eliminated most, if not all, of the States' influence in Washington. The more "democratic process" moved the balance of power away from the states and toward Washington DC. President Wilson was the first to explore Washington's newly granted powers, the Federal Reserve Act, World War 1, Revenue Act (Federal income tax) and the list goes on.
In order to regain influence in Washington the 17th Amendment must be repealed. I believe this change would open up more discourse into our role an Imperialist nation. It would help to harness the "security and intelligence" agencies that have metastasized and put a halt to our interventionist foreign policy
Change # 3 – The Electoral College is the saving grace of the Constitution. It is the last safeguard to prevent us from becoming a Nation State ruled by an elected Monarch. The Electoral College is state based. The members are selected by the States' legislators and it is those members that "theoretically" select the President.
This would act to preserve the states sovereignty and be another barrier to protect the balance of power between the three branches. This process described in the Constitution is not being followed. It has to return to the function that our founders envisioned. The electoral members should not be appointed by political parties. The selection of its members must be based upon principle. They need to be independent, non partisan citizens, committed to liberty and state issues.
Getting our government under control begins locally. Let us re-empowering the citizens and the states. Congress needs to become more responsive to a lesser number of constituents. The repealing of the 17th Amendment will re-empower the states in domestic, national and international policies. This would disrupt the power of Washington's perpetual bureaucrats, neocons and cronies embedded in the "deep state".
A return the Electoral College described in the Constitution is vital to preserve our Constitution Republic. Allow an independent group of respected citizens, appointed by the state representatives, beholden to their constituents, to select the President. This process would eliminate many of the pollutants that make the Presidential waters undrinkable; the two party systems, the presidential primaries, self promoting narcissists, national party conventions, the buying and selling of candidates, media pandering, empty promises and lies.
Well respected, independent, Electoral Members, from all 50 states, must be trusted to select our leader. I believe that when we return to this process, principled men and women will emerge. Our current system has failed to produce good choices. How long we will continue to be forced to choose the lesser of two evils? This is the result of a "democratic process" that our founding fathers went to great lengths to avoid.
008 United States' #1 Priority – Part 2
November 7, 2016 November 7, 2016 ~ russmac0818 ~ Leave a comment
The U.S.'s #1 Priority is to Mend Russian Relations Part 2 – Syria
A brief summary of Syria's recent history leading up to the Arab Spring. The Ba'ath movement took over leadership in Syria after a coup in 1963. This event marked its independence. Since then Syria's standard of living has risen. The country's life expectancy increased by 17 years, infant mortality improved from 132 deaths per 1,000 live births to 17.9, primary school enrollment improved to almost 100 percent of males and 85 percent of females and the adult population literacy rate increased dramatically.
Syria was an independent country with a centrally planned economy. They did not rely on Western economic assistance. Syria was able to improve it's living conditions and economy largely from aid by the Soviet Union, Iraq and China. Strike one.
In 1979, Syria's was added to the State Department's Sponsors of Terrorism list. Primarily due to its support to Lebanese Hezbollah and continued relationship with Iran. It also aided the Palestinian people and their resistance in Israel and maintained close economic relations with Russia. Strike two!
The Soviet Union provided Syria with millions of dollars in loans to build its infrastructure including the Tabqa dam. The dam also enabled irrigation throughout the Syrian countryside and electricity to many parts of the country. Soviet technicians have worked on several infrastructure project. China has invested millions of dollars in Syria to modernize the country's oil and gas infrastructure. Strike three!
In 2011 Syria became part of "Arab Spring" uprisings. Protests in Syria began after two dictators, in Tunisia and Egypt, had stepped down in a response to the pro-democracy demonstrations in their countries. Syrian protesters peacefully opposed the arrest and mistreatment of a group of young people accused of writing anti-Assad graffiti.
An International Crisis Group reported that Assad first response to protests was to release some of the political prisoners and instructed his officials "to pay greater attention to citizen complaints," His attempts to pacify the protests were not effective. They were followed by a show of force and an increased usage of censorship. By the end of April, the situation grew out of his control. The Syrian government deployed troops into the streets to battle with the Syrian civilians. Civilians were killed and battle lines were cast. However, due to foreign interventions and the influx of multiple factions with various motives, the battle lines became unclear.
The Western media represented the Syrian civil war as a "battle for democracy". The truth is somewhat different. It is a complex situation and has become a battleground for many causes. Including: a war for Syria to remain a sovereign nation: a Sunni caliphate involving several different versions of Wahhabism: a battle for Sunni Islamic dominance between ISIS and various Al-Qaida terrorist organization such as Nusra Front, the "Islamic Front," the "Islamic Liberation Front," and the "Ahfad al-Rasoul Brigades: a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia: a Kurdish war for existence against Isis, Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq: and just maybe a Turkish attempt to gain back influence that it once held during the Ottoman Empire days.
One could argue that Syrian Civil War has grown into one of the worst humanitarian crisis since the World War 2. Over a quarter million killed, roughly the same number wounded or missing, and half of Syria's 22 million population displaced from their homes. Syria has become the largest battlefield of Sunni-Shia sectarianism clashes the world has ever seen. The results of this war will probably have implications for the future boundaries of the Middle East.
Russia has intervened on behalf of the Syrian loyalists (Assad) and the United States has intervened on behalf of the "moderate" rebels. The U.S. has "tried" to help only certain rebels, providing arms and training to "vetted" moderate rebel groups. The term "Moderate rebels" is an oxymoron.
This contradiction of U.S. goals has confused the media and the US citizens. America wants Assad to go but we are also fighting ISIS, one of the strongest anti-Assad forces in Syria. The U.S. position defies the adage "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" or does it? How was ISIS formed and how did it grow from a handful of radicals to 100,000 international members? Maybe that question needs to be directed to our allies Saudi Arabia, Qatar and then Secretary of State Clinton. The same money sources that funded ISIS "donated" funds to the Clinton Foundation.
Russia's approach is less sensitive to the differences among rebel groups. Russia has made it clear that it opposes all of them. In September 2015, at the U.N. General Assembly Vladimir Putin made an offer to the United States. He proposed for U.S.-Russian to fly joint airstrikes against the Islamic State and associated jihadists. Putin described his plan to be "similar to the anti-Hitler coalition, it could unite a broad range of parties willing to stand firm against those who, just like the Nazis, sow evil and hatred of humankind." However, the demonization of Vladimir Putin was well underway and his offer was spurned by Western leaders.
Russia began its military intervention in late September 2015 without the United States. Putin and motives were clear, destroy the rebels, all of them. The Russia's intervention seriously reversed the jihadists' advances in Syria.
The US understood why Russia intervened. Secretary of State Kerry said "The reason Russia came in is because ISIL [another acronym for Islamic State] was getting stronger, Daesh was threatening the possibility of going to Damascus, and that's why Russia came in because they didn't want a Daesh government and they supported Assad," he said in the leaked discussion. Kerry's comment suggests that the U.S. was willing to risk Islamic State and its jihadist allies gaining power in order to oust Assad.
However, the US. Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S., rather than seriously fight Islamic State in Syria, was ready to use the growing strength of the jihadists to pressure Assad to resign, just as outlined in the Defense Intelligence Agency document. "We thought however we could probably manage that Assad might then negotiate, but instead of negotiating he got Putin to support him."
The West has been further infuriated by Putin's rhetoric. Putin on French TV stated: "Remember what Libya or Iraq looked like before these countries and their organizations were destroyed as states by our Western partners' forces? … These states showed no signs of terrorism. They were not a threat for Paris, for the Cote d'Azur, for Belgium, for Russia, or for the United States. Now, they are the source of terrorist threats. Our goal is to prevent the same from happening in Syria."
Now it is Hillary Clinton and the neocons plan to continued to push for a military intervention in Syria in order to promote regime change in Syria. In the most recent presidential debate Clinton declared, "I'm going to continue to push for a no-fly zone and safe havens within Syria … not only to help protect the Syrians and prevent the constant outflow of refugees, but to gain some leverage on both the Syrian government and the Russians".
I am baffled that her statement was not challenged. I get angry at how the Clintons hide their motives under the disguise of humanitarian acts. From Kosovo, to Haiti the Clinton and their foundation, 6% of the money raised going to actual humanitarian efforts, continually deceive the public for personal gain. A "no-fly zone and safe havens sound like good humanitarian acts but they are Acts of War. Both of these strategies require "boots on the ground" to invade, capture and the military control of land in a sovereign country.
For what reason do we need to "gain leverage over Syria and the Russians"? The "democratically" elected Assad, whether you agree with his regime or not, is trying to preserve the sovereignty of his country. Russia is in Syria at the invitation of Assad. If Assad fall who will fill the void of power? Moderate rebels, how did that work out in Libya? ISIS and the Wahhabism caliphate or some other group that makes ISIS and the "moderates" look tame?
The winds of war are blowing, especially in Ukraine and in Syria. Is it due to "Russian aggression" or the military posturing of NATO and the U.S.? WW3 may be closer than expected. The two leading candidates for presidents are not non-interventionist. Hillary is a "war hawk" and Trump's position is unclear. Where have you gone Ron Paul?
007 – United States' # 1 Priority – Part 1
Our #1 Priority is to Mend Russian Relations Part 1 – Ukraine
Has NATO over stepped its boundaries or is Vladimir Putin and Russia determined to dominate its neighbors and menace Europe. NATO and the United States claims that it is Russia that is attempting to expand its influence in Eastern Europe and beyond.
NATO has accused Russia of causing unrest in Ukraine and "land grabbing" of Crimea. Leaders in Moscow, however, tell a different story. For them, it is Russia that is attempting to protect ethnic Russians and is being pushed into a corner.
Russia has also claimed that the United States has failed to uphold a promise, made in the 1990's, that NATO would not expand into Eastern Europe. If one examines the history and facts it appears Russia has a valid point.
Most people with an awareness of post WW2 history know that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded in response to the threat posed by the Soviet Union. NATO countries were clearly defined as the other side in the "Cold War" against the Soviet Union. In recent years NATO has emphasized that its role includes "a broader effort to serve three purposes: deterring Soviet expansionism, forbidding the revival of nationalist militarism in Europe through a strong North American presence on the continent, and encouraging European political integration."
This expanded purpose may be NATO's only justification of existence. If NATO was formed in response to the threat of the Soviet Union, then when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991 NATO should have also dissolved. In reality, since the 1990's, NATO has expanded immensely.
The disbanding of the Soviet Union created a void in the old Warsaw Pact (Iron Curtain) countries. The void was ripe for NATO to expand its shield of influence. In the past 25 years NATO's borders have expanded from the old West Germany border to the Ukraine and into the Balkins.
When the Berlin Wall fell, the question was whether the reunified Germany would be aligned with the United States and NATO or the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. The George H.W. Bush administration advocated for the reconstituted German republic to be include in NATO.
On February 9th 1990 U.S. leaders met in Moscow with the Soviets and a verbal agreement was struck. According to transcripts of the meetings then Secretary of State James Baker suggested that in exchange for cooperation on Germany, the U.S. could make "iron-clad guarantees" that NATO would not expand "one inch eastward." Less than a week later the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to begin the reunification of Germany talks.
Although no formal deal was struck, the evidence indicates that a quid pro quo was initiated. Gorbachev would agreed to Germany's western alignment and the U.S. would limit NATO's expansion. In June of 1990 Bush was telling Soviet leaders that the United States sought "a new, inclusive Europe."
In 1999 Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic joined NATO. In 2002 at the Prague Congress center Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia were invited to join NATO. In 2004 at the Istanbul summit, Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia were welcomed in NATO as members. NATO leaders also made substantial progress towards receiving Ukraine into membership. In 2011, NATO officially recognized four more members: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, and Montenegro.
Russian leaders Yeltsin, Medvedev and Gorbachev have all protested that U.S. and NATO have violated the non-expansion arrangement of 1990's. Putin has become the loudest Russian leader to protest against NATO's advance into Eastern Europe. Putin's rhetoric over NATO's expansion has been termed by most politicians (including Clinton) and the compliant US press as "aggression and saber-rattling."
NATO used a US backed regime change in Ukraine to cast an even darker shadow on Putin. But the situation was distorted by the US, NATO and mainstream media. In February of 2014, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland "masterminded" the "regime change" in Ukraine, that overthrew the democratically elected government of President Viktor Yanukovych. The State Department convinced the ever-gullible U.S. mainstream media that the coup wasn't really a coup but a victory for "democracy."
The U.S. organized a propaganda campaign to promote the coup-makers as heroes, not the brown shirts that they actually were. The New York Times and The Washington Post and most all of the West's mainstream media twisted their reporting into all kinds of contortions to avoid telling their readers that the new regime in Kiev was permeated by and dependent on neo-Nazi fighters and Ukrainian ultra-nationalists who wanted a pure-blood Ukraine, without ethnic Russians.
In Crimea, the ethnic Russians, who had been Yanukovych's political base, resisted what they viewed as the illegitimate overthrow of their elected president. Crimea held a referenda seeking separation from Ukraine. On March 16, the referendum was organized by the elected legislative assembly of Crimea. Some 95.5% of voters in Crimea supported joining Russia. Vladimir Putin accepted the results of the Crimean people's and Crimea joined Russia, after all Crimea has been under Russia on and off since 1783.
Meanwhile this past summer NATO conducted Anaconda-2016 a 10-day military exercise, involving 31,000 troops and thousands of vehicles from 24 countries. It represented the biggest movement of foreign allied troops in Poland in peace time. The exercise, launched in Poland, was promoted as a test of cooperation between allied commands and troops in responding to military, chemical and cyber threats. The question should be asked "From where are these threats coming?"
The only non-NATO country in that part of the world that is capable of being a Military threat is Russia. The DNC and Hillary can tell us exactly who the leading suspect of Cyber terrorism is. Hillary in the presidential debates concluded "We have 17 intelligence agencies, civilian and military, who have all concluded that these espionage attacks, these cyber attacks, come from the highest levels of the Kremlin, and they are designed to influence our election." When in trouble blame the Russians.
George Washington advised against "permanent alliances," and Jefferson, in his inaugural address on 4 March 1801, declared his devotion to "peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none." World War 1 was the enactment of a series of those alliances that went into affect after the assasination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, in Sarajevo. Leaving NATO may just be a preventative move to avoid WW3. Where have you gone Ron Paul?

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The moon hurls its umbra into your uberous rivers, surging with fecundity.
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Still bursting with five millennia of pride as it was once and will be always.


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Having amazing skin isn't only about the products you put on your face. Your complexion is also a reflection of the food you eat. Certain additions to your diet can help heal acne and inflammation, while other ingredients can cause your breakouts. Read on to find out the best (and worst) foods for your skin.
Fill your plate with these foods that fight inflammation and acne.
Found in kombucha, sauerkraut and pickles, they may help reduce inflammation by encouraging healthy bacteria to grow in your gut.
Inflammation-fighting foods like salmon and walnuts have a higher ratio of omega-3s (the good fats!) than omega-6s, says William Rietkerk, M.D.
Acne sufferers have fewer of these complexion boosters, says Whitney Bowe, M.D. Snack on dark greens and berries to get your fill.
Lower levels of this essential mineral have been connected to more severe acne, says Dr. Rietkerk. Nosh on cashews and almonds to up your intake.
Eat these ingredients in moderation to keep your breakouts at bay.
The oil of the moment could be a pore clogger. Consider swapping it for sunflower-seed oil if you see breakouts around your mouth.
One small study showed that this ingredient could lead to acne. Dr. Bowe has seen improvement when patients eliminate powders and bars that contain it.
"These raise blood sugar," says Jennifer Burris, R.D. That causes hormone levels to rise. Stick to whole, high-fiber foods instead.
Double trouble: Not only does most dairy cause hormone production on its own, but it's also full of the same acne-causing hormones from cows, says Dr. Bowe.


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Ukraine launched a counter-offensive to recapture Kherson
Benjamin Aguilar 5 months ago 2 min read
The Ukrainian president offered a message of hope in announcing the counterattack
Ukrainian forces launched a counteroffensive to retake the southern city of Kherson. It is now occupied by Russian troops, a local government official said on Monday. The Ukrainian counteroffensive would represent a major strategic advance for Kyiv forces.
"Today there was a powerful artillery attack on enemy positions along the border of the occupied Kherson region." The Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council said, Sergey ClanFor TV channel Priyami From Ukraine.
A Russian military truck carries unexploded ordnance during Ukraine-Russia clashes in the Russian-controlled town of Chornobyivka on July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
"This is the announcement we have been waiting for since spring: this is the beginning of unemployment in the Kherson region", The officer added
News about it has been circulating for weeks Ukrainian forces are preparing for a counter-offensive in the south of the countryThat is, in the area Gerson occupied by Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
Russian-backed authorities in the region announced the evacuation of nearby residents on Monday Nova GakovkaA city frequently attacked by kyiv forces, for the bomb shelters of their workplaces. Officials cited Ukrainian rocket attacks on the city.
Earlier, two senior US officials confirmed CNN Ukrainian forces began "shaping up" operations in the south, preparing the battlefield for a counterattack.
But in a battle plagued by claims that are difficult to independently verify, Moscow-appointed head of the Crimean region, Sergei Aksyonov, rejected Ukraine's claims of a counteroffensive in the region. Kherson is false, Ukrainian forces have suffered heavy losses in the south and elsewhere.
See also Macri had lunch with the ambassadors of the seven major Western powers and talked about the elections
In the last 24 hours, the largest number of casualties (eight civilians killed and seven injured) in the eastern Donetsk region.. Russian forces launched overnight offensives in the cities of Sloviansk and Kostanivka, and the area's Ukrainian governor, Pavlo Kyrilenko, urged the remaining residents to leave immediately.
KharkivUkraine's second largest city, He was hit by cluster bombs on Monday morning. Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Ukraine's presidential office reported heavy fighting and several Ukrainian attacks in the southern Kherson region. Most of it is occupied by the Russians. Ukrainian forces have recently attacked ammunition depots and Russian military positions there.
After the attacks in recent weeks, the Atomic Energy Agency mission will visit the Zaporizhia plant.
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2) "Interesting" is a way to put it.
…why did I write "ugly"? I meant "evil". She's not actually particularly ugly.
I'll blame it on the constant humming. The Internet-by-cell-phone-network receiver is very demanding for this computer, for, presumably, some reason.
Canada had its free land era too. Several of my ancestors trace to the Carignan-Salières Regiment and the filles du roy. The regiment came to Canada to fight the indians, but found the villages emptied by smallpox. The king sent the filles to keep the men there. That was probably the first free land in the Americas, since the very first wave (of several waves) of emmigration from central and eastern Asia. Every other wave encountered occupied territory, it is the human way.
The chief of police really thought those 4 year olds were that dangerous?


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If you are prone to some nerves before seeing the dentist, you are not alone. Dental anxiety is a real issue for an estimated 180,000 Irish Adults. Whatever the reason, the jittery feeling keeps many people from receiving even routine dental care. There are several ways to overcome these fears and make your dental visit a very manageable and pleasant experience.
Here are some tips to help you combat the dental jitters.
Find a dentist that lets you feel in control. Ask a friend or co-worker for a recommendation.
If you are seeing a new dentist, consider making a €œget-to-know-you appointment to discuss your anxiety and build your trust level.
Get the facts about any procedure sometimes what you imagine is far worse than today'€™s reality.
Be an active participant in your care€" ask your dentist about his or her policy concerning sedation and general anaesthesia and what may be suitable for you.
Work with your dental team, so they understand your fears and can even develop hand signals to help communicate during the appointment.
Schedule your visit when you are not rushed or under pressure, as this will just add to your stress levels.
If the sound of the treatment bothers you, bring your iPod or MP3 player so you can listen to your favourite music.
Playing some soft or classical music on your iPod in the waiting room can also help to ease your nerves in advance of your treatment.
Visualisation of a beach, clouds or a place that has pleasant associations for you can help take your mind off matters at hand.
Focus on breathing regularly and slowly while relaxing your entire body.
Avoid coffee, tea and other caffeinated beverages prior to a dental visit, as caffeine can make you more nervous.
Remember that regular dental exams can help to prevent minor and major treatment. So, the best cure for the dental jitters is visiting the dentist more often!


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A membership fee invoice is the default payment method of the membership fee. The membership fee invoice is delivered by mail in December - January of each year or after registration.
The invoice can be paid as a single payment or in monthly installments. Pensioner and student members pay their membership fees as a single payment.
Please always remember to use the reference number in the invoice to ensure your membership fee payments are registered correctly.
You can also order the membership fee invoice as an e-invoice in your online bank. The reference number of the membership fee invoice is used as the order ID.
After the order is complete, the e-invoice is delivered to the online bank every month starting from the next possible month. If you wish to pay your membership fee as a single payment using an e-invoice, check the amount of your membership fee from the invoice/estimation sent at the beginning of the year and change the sum of the e-invoice to correspond to the membership fee of the rest of the year.
Student and pensioner members pay their membership fees as a single payment with an invoice sent in December - January of each year.
The e-invoice contains a default maximum membership fee for the members of Association of IT Sector Employees. If necessary, the sum can be changed to your personal, percentage-based membership fee, but the sum should not be below the minimum payment.
The membership fee can also be collected by the employer, whereupon the fee is deducted directly from the salary and the employer will deliver the fee to the union. The agreement on employer collection is always made in writing. If the employer or the paymaster changes, a new agreement must be made. The employer collection only applies to membership fees paid in full.
The customer service of the union must be notified of any changes related to the employer collection, such as temporary interruptions or discontinuing the employer collection. Your membership fees will stay updated and your membership will be secured.
Fill in all the fields on the form.
Mark the employer collection as starting on the first day of the month.
Payroll will keep the original form.
Deliver a copy of the agreement to the address mentioned in the agreement form of the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland.
If you are unable to pay your membership fee by the due date, please contact the customer service of the union and agree on a payment plan. This helps you ensure that there will be no interruptions to your membership of the union and the unemployment fund.
The due date of the monthly membership fee installment cannot be permanently rescheduled. The membership fee is due on the 15th of each month or in accordance with the invoice.
Not paying the membership fee is not considered a notice of terminating your membership.


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Q: Have/has sentence usage in the following sentences. Can someone help me with it? Does Jules have/has feelings for him?
Does Jules have/has the golden touch?
Does Jules have/has a plan?
Have is plural and has is singular. So technically for the last sentence, I should choose have. But I guess it's wrong but not quite sure. Can someone help me with me. And someone let me know the tense and it's form.

A: When any question begins with do/does, have is used all the time. The verb do is associated with the person of the sentence. Have is independent of it.

A: Do is an auxiliary verb that's used with other verbs to form questions, make things negative, add emphasis etc. The main verb it modifies is always the infinitive form:

*

*Jules has feelings - the main verb is have, conjugated to has (present simple, third-person singular)

*Jules does not have feelings - negative form, the auxiliary do gets conjugated instead, have stays as the infinitive

*They don't have feelings - negative again, auxiliary do is conjugated differently (third-person plural) to match the subject. Have stays in the infinitive

*Jules did have a plan - emphasis, auxiliary do is conjugated as appropriate (now we're talking about the past), have stays in the infinitive form.

*Do you have the answer? - question form, have is still infinitive, hopefully you get the idea now!

Auxiliary verbs are "helper" verbs that add some sense to a main verb - do can be used as an auxiliary, but it can be used as a normal verb too, e.g. she did a good job. The main auxiliary verbs are do, be and have, and they're used like this:

*

*do + infinitive

*have + past participle (e.g. perfect forms, I have been to France)

*be + past participle (passive form, I was contacted)

*be + present participle (-ing) (continuous form, I am swimming)

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Le Mèt-Bwa (maître des bois ou maître de la forêt en français) est une créature légendaire créole du folklore guyanais.

Description
Il mesure près de trois fois la taille d'un homme et a une apparence terrifiante, il est poilu, barbu et possède une force surhumaine qu'il tire de la nature qui l'entoure. Il est parfois décrit avec une seule jambe et il utilise un tronc d'arbre comme canne afin de se déplacer.

Il est né dans la forêt mais a été abandonné par ses parents, il a grandi avec les animaux de la forêt. Il n'est pas méchant et se nourrit principalement de fruits et est généralement solitaire. Il ne faut pas siffler dans la forêt sous peine de provoquer sa colère et de se faire kidnapper.

Origine
Mèt-Bwa a été créé afin de dissuader les enfants de se promener dans la forêt la nuit. Dans les récits, il apparaît dans la disparition de quelqu'un.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Voir aussi
 Maskilili
 Baclou

Bibliographie

Liens externes
 http://www.fierdetreguyanais.com/folklore/met-bwa-le-maitre-de-la-foret/
 https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/culture-et-patrimoine/le-met-bwa-maitre-de-la-foret-170169.php
 http://www.ville-cayenne.fr/etres-fabuleux-et-genies-de-guyane/

Créature fantastique d'Amérique
Folklore guyanais
Homme sauvage

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· The Publishing Tome
1st-Feb-2014 08:00 am
Hey gang!
After a few questions, some muddled contemplation, and a bucket of coffee, I've decided to put together a list of publishing news/links/info. I'll update this beast any time something exciting happens and throw the link up over on the handy-dandy sidebar. Thank you for your patience, interest, support, and love, oh beloved readers.
♥Dee
Hi, I'm Darkprism, AKA: D, Dee, and Kelly Wyre, and I like to tell stories.
What I do, I do in and for love.
♠ Stalk. ♠ Me. ♠
I like it roughed up in the dark.
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DO NOTE! Covers and Titles are the buy links. Thank you!
Earthquakes - A New Amsterdam Story by Kelly Wyre - Dance like it's your last.
Ellis Parker is a lucky man: he escaped his persecuting family, survived his tour of duty, and met Maxwell Clark in the city of New Amsterdam. Clark showed Ellis more than the ropes: Clark helped Ellis figure out who he is – a gay submissive with a massive fixation on a beautiful, mysterious ballet dancer named Bryn Rothe. Ellis knows a Good Man when he sees one, and he wants nothing more than to score a first date with Bryn.
Little does Ellis know that Bryn has a violent past that is crawling out of shallow graves to haunt him. Even his hectic schedule and beloved stage aren't enough to distract him. It's impossible for Bryn to figure out how he feels about Ellis with his demons between them, but when Ellis saves Bryn not once but twice, Bryn is forced to admit that there's something about Ellis that Bryn might not merely want but need.
Together, they journey to the scene of Bryn's original crime – Charles Towne, South Carolina. There they will dig up secrets that might explain Bryn's tortured life but might also be his – and Ellis's – undoing.
Meet Me at the Gates by Kelly Wyre - Love across all time.
Meet Me at the Gates Outer Banks bookstore owner Hyacinth Silver Fox has a secret millennia in the making: her soul was magically entwined with another, and at night she dreams of every lifetime they've ever spent together. The rules of their magic are simple: Hydee always knows her lover, but he, or she, doesn't remember her. It's up to Hydee to find and make her soulmate see they are destined for each other, and this lifetime is no different, but there's one problem: her soulmate is Theo Monk, heartthrob actor and Hollywood's sometime-infamous badboy. Hydee's hope of reuniting is wearing thin, but she has no idea how dire the situation really is.
Because meanwhile in California, Theo Monk is losing his mind. Anxiety and paranoia rule his life, along with his on-again-off-again girlfriend and her entourage. When fear and frustration push him to an edge, Theo cuts and runs as far from his problems as he can without knowing Fate's giving him one last shot to unite with the only person who can help him. Hydee and Theo must save one another before hope runs out and Hydee's despair and Theo's fear keep them apart forever.
Fight by Kelly Wyre - The truth is worth anything and everything you've got.
To Nathan Hunt, honesty is anything but the best policy. Telling the truth has gotten him nothing but heartache and pain; so lying about who he is and what he wants seems to be the only path to job security and friends. Hell, it even brings him a hollow kind of happiness.
Except, that's not much of a life for any man. Especially one with Nathan's passion. Desperate to cure his self-made misery, Nathan agrees to go along with a con that will score cash for Nathan to start over. There's just one problem: lying is getting harder by the day. And a con who can't lie, is a con who gets caught.
Nathan's attempts to distract himself from his moral quandary lead him to a mysterious, intoxicating man named Fury. The Mixed Martial Arts fighter knows a thing or two about lies and pasts better left buried. He and Nathan have something else in common – they both want to be with someone who lets them be themselves.
Together, they undertake a journey that proves honesty is more dangerous and more difficult than either of them could have imagined. And as they combat addiction, thugs, guns, and their own inner demons, Nathan and Fury can only hope that their battle to be together will be worth the bitter fight.
Lego Nate & Fury Tell All
Welcome to New Amsterdam: it's the NYC landscape, Chicago's political machine, and Gotham's darkness. Murder, mayhem, intrigue, and intimacy are the stock in trade on these city streets, and rarely is anything exactly what it seems.
The tale begins with Maxwell Clark and Daniel Germain in Hearts Under Fire, continues in "The New Deal," follows Lucian Gray and his entire vigilante team in Winter's Knight, expands to different parts of the city in "Luck in the Making," stops by the shooting range to get better acquainted with Ellis Parker and Clark in Shot in the Dark, and then dives deeper into Ellis's story in Earthquakes. Join the gang for a tour of leather, lust, luck, and love.
The New Amsterdam books, novella, and shorts are available in ebook and print formats from Torquere Press, Loose Id, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and many others.
Ten years ago, Maxwell you-can-just-call-me Clark thought he would spend his life as a military man. But his world turned into a nightmare when a suicide bomber destroyed Clark's career. It's been a long road to recovery, littered with surgery, alcohol, and secrets, but Clark finally has peace. His bar, Glow, is the place to be in the city of New Amsterdam, the son of the mayor employs Clark as a confidential information man, and Clark's side venture as part-owner of a BDSM club is quite the profitable release. Clark's life is a good one, so long as no one gets too close.
Then a man walks into Glow who will forever change Clark's rules and reality. Thinking Professor Daniel Germain is just another handsome face ripe for Clark's kind of good time, Clark puts on his smoothest moves. When the professor turns him down, Clark goes on the hunt, and what he discovers shows him that even the deepest wounds can be healed by submitting to love.
❧Excerpt, extras, & more.❧
"The New Deal"
It's been a year since Clark and Daniel found one another in Hearts Under Fire, and the bartender and the professor have found harmony. However, Clark's work for Lucian Gray, the New Amsterdam Mayor's son and leader of an underground vigilante network, still continues, and it's not without danger. Clark knows it's only a matter of time before the risks become too great for Daniel to bear, and his prediction comes true when a BDSM scene turns into a captive discussion. Find out what happens when the men must balance life's passion with true love.
"Luck in the Making"
For Jeffrey Ross, life is all about disaster management and recovery. Even a ride on the subway presents its challenges. Thankfully, though, Jeffrey works for Maxwell Clark, who not only notices difficult struggles and brave deeds, he believes in easing the first by rewarding the second. And this Valentine's Day, Clark's decided that Jeffrey is long overdue for some sweet strokes of manmade good fortune.
As the son of the infamous New Amsterdam city mayor, Lucian learned at an early age that power is king, love is for the weak, and a real man never has a use for tears or mercy. The only source of light in Lucian's formative years is Shea Ollivander, who gives Lucian the impetus to break free from his father's rule and leave the city. Shea is never far from Lucian's side, a friend and companion.
But after a lover dies despite Lucian's best efforts, Lucian returns home with a new purpose: build an empire of resources and men to destroy the sources of darkness that steal lives and souls. Shea's back in the city, too, and when three long years pass without contact, Lucian realizes he can't live without telling the man he loves that Shea is Lucian's only solace and reason for living.
When the inclusion of Shea in Lucian's life leads to a horrifying discovery of pain and suffering at the hands of the very evil Lucian wishes to annihilate, the prince of the underground realm must set his sights on a path of bloody vengeance to save his newfound lover from certain destruction.
Ellis Parker is a military man who puts his faith in truth, duty, honor, and living for the moment. Keeping that peace isn't easy, and he reveres the person who helps him stay on his chosen path: Ellis' former Dominant lover and New Amsterdam's most well-connected bartender, Maxwell Clark. So when Clark makes a rare and unexpected offer that might let Ellis relive the days when Ellis was Clark's, who is Ellis to refuse such a chance?
May you enjoy, and thank you kindly for reading.
Light & Love to you and yours,
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Q: Storing list of same type type as entity Lets suppose I have an entity "Article" and it may have a list of Articles inside it received from the api. The question is how to save this list that has the same type as the entity using room.
I am saving them as embedded using type converters but nothing is saved
    @Entity(tableName = "articles")
public class Article {
   @Embedded
    @TypeConverters(ArticleTypeConverter.class)
    @SerializedName("relatedArticles")
    @Expose
    private ArrayList<Article> relatedArticles = null;
}

A: In your case, Article class should be an object that mimics the structure of the article you're getting from the server. In addition, you will need a separate class that holds a List of those Article instances.
    public class Article {
    //.....
           private String title;
           private String author;
    //.....
    }

and here's the class you need to save
@Entity(tableName = "articles")
public class Articles {
     //.....
     @SerializedName("relatedArticles")
     public List<Article> relatedArticles;
     //.....
}

NOTE I added the Article class w/ fields I imagined it would have, but for it to work it'd need to match names/types of fields that your server returns.


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The move brought both praise and condemnation from across the political spectrum.
Donald Trump has signed into effect an executive order withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade deal between the US and 11 countries in the Pacific Rim. Trump had campaigned against the deal, arguing that it did not serve the nation's best interests.
"Great thing for the American worker what we just did," Trump said as he signed the order on his first Monday (23 January) in office, which he had called "day one". Along with the withdrawal, Trump reinstated a rule that stop NGOs funded by the US from discussing or aiding abortion.
The move against TPP was one of Trump's clear campaign promises but has elicited differing reactions from across the aisles in Congress. Democratic Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he is "glad" that TPP is "dead and gone", describing it a part of a series of trade deals that have "cost us millions of decent-paying jobs and caused a 'race to the bottom' which has lowered wages for American workers". He was joined by a number of other Democrats in his praise of the move.
However, within Trump's own party, Senator John McCain described the move as "a serious mistake", saying it will have "lasting consequences for America's economy and our strategic position in the Asia-Pacific region.
"This decision will forfeit the opportunity to promote American exports, reduce trade barriers, open new markets, and protect American invention and innovation," McCain went on. "It will create an opening for China to rewrite the economic rules of the road at the expense of American workers. And it will send a troubling signal of American disengagement in the Asia-Pacific region at a time we can least afford it."
TPP did not include China and was thought to be a means of exerting American economic power in the region and restricting Chinese influence. However, in an attempt to assuage worries that the Trump administration would have a more laissez-faire attitude to disputes in the South China Sea, press secretary Sean Spicer said during his first press briefing that the US would "make sure that we protect our interests" in the area."
"If those islands are in fact in international waters and not part of China proper, then yeah, we're going to make sure that we defend international territories from being taken over by one country," Spicer said.


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Meet The "Gang"
NEW - Read David T. Hardy on the FOPA, a PDF on the Firearm Owners' Protection Act.
View "The Gang" movie trailer!
Buy a copy of "The Gang" from the JPFO store
Why did we make this film? See our "Boot the BATFE" page!
Shotgun News Ad (pdf format)
We had a question from someone who wanted to know who supported Thomas Dodd and the 1968 Gun Control Act.
Go to this Google.Books link - and read page 58.
WANT TO DEAL A DEATH BLOW TO THE BATFE?
It's time to take JPFO's "Boot the BATFE" campaign to a fiercer, more gutwrenching level.
Announcing an upcoming video documentary from JPFO Productions: The Gang: How a Government Agency Uses the Law to Destroy Your Rights and Freedoms, an hour-long video documentary will show:
A brief history of the BATFE, with emphasis on its racist origins and ongoing racism.
Documentary evidence that the Gun Control Act of 1968 (one of the major laws the BATFE enforces) was based on Nazi law and Nazi legal concepts.
Video proof that the BATFE tried to frame an American gun owner with federal felony charges by attempting to call a malfunctioning semi-automatic rifle an "illegal machine gun".
Documentary evidence that the BATFE is incompetent to carry out one of its primary tasks, the classification of weapons.
Interviews with abused gun owners and manufacturers. We are also trying to get a BATFE whistle-blower or former agent to go on camera to give an insider's view of BATFE corruption and ineptitude.
Finally, a Second Amendment lawyer will reveal how Congress and the BATFE routinely misuse the interstate commerce clause to control gun ownership and persecute firearms owners.
NOTE: - The Gang Movie web site is no longer available.


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In this episode of the Teacher Wellbeing Podcast, I interview Daniela from teacher-wellbeing.com.au about all things Teacher Wellbeing!
Daniela works specifically with schools and teachers to improve both whole-school organisational wellbeing as well as personal wellbeing for individual teachers.
I really enjoyed this conversation because Daniela and I are very aligned in our approaches. We both agree that it's important to be proactive about wellbeing and that tiny habits done regularly make more of a difference than one-off events.
In this episode, we discuss the difference between taking personal responsibility for our lives (which moves us forwards) and sitting in self-blame (which keeps us stuck). Daniela shares a number of really practical action steps we can all take to be proactive (instead of reactive) about our wellbeing, and how to work on wellbeing from the inside out first.
In the end, it's about being kinder to ourselves and understanding that student wellbeing starts with teacher wellbeing.


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Q: Add "if arguement" against a Pipe for a variable I'm new at writing code and batch files. I'm trying to automate a user setup by allowing the user to issue the following batch file:
Command Executed = "BVT_AudioDecode_Setup.bat V:\WP\BVT\Audio\Decode 10.42.233.237"
@echo off
::Conditions leading to errors if the batch script is not executed correctly
if "%1"=="" and "%2"=="" goto error1
if "%1"=="" goto error2
if "%2"=="" goto error3

::Allows user to set the "Source Path" to copy the testcase files from
set source=%1
::Allows user to set the "Destination Path" to copy the testcase files from
set IP_Address=%2

::Tells the user what the "Source" and "Destination" Paths are
echo Source Path = %1
echo Destination Path = %2
echo.
powershell.exe -File "bat_script.ps1" %1 %2 -NoProfile -NoExit

goto end
:error1
echo.
echo Error Syntax: BVT_AudioDecode_Setup.bat "Source_Path\AudioDecode_Testcase_Folder" "Device IP Address"
echo.
echo For example: BVT_AudioDecode_Setup.bat V:\WP\BVT\Audio\Decode 10.42.233.237
echo              -or-
echo              BVT_AudioDecode_Setup.bat C:\WP\BVT\Audio\Decode 10.42.233.237
echo.
echo.
goto end
:error2
echo.
echo Error Syntax: BVT_AudioDecode_Setup.bat "Source_Path\AudioDecode_Testcase_Folder" "Device IP Address"
echo.
echo For example: BVT_AudioDecode_Setup.bat V:\WP\BVT\Audio\Decode 10.42.233.237
echo              -or-
echo              BVT_AudioDecode_Setup.bat C:\WP\BVT\Audio\Decode 10.42.233.237
echo.
echo.
goto end
:error3
echo.
echo Error Syntax: BVT_AudioDecode_Setup.bat "Source_Path\AudioDecode_Testcase_Folder" "Device IP Address"
echo.
echo For example: BVT_AudioDecode_Setup.bat V:\WP\BVT\Audio\Decode 10.42.233.237
echo              -or-
echo              BVT_AudioDecode_Setup.bat C:\WP\BVT\Audio\Decode 10.42.233.237
echo.
echo.
goto end
:end

This was tested and it works.
Now I am trying to add/test a simple block of code, but I cannot find the correct syntax. Yes, I have been googling for the last 3 hours. Here is what I am trying to do:
Command Executed = "Random.bat C:\Users"
Command Executed = "Random.bat C:\InvalidDirectory"
::Conditions leading to errors if the batch script is not executed correctly
@ECHO OFF
SET "mypath=%1"
ECHO %mypath%
cd %mypath% | find "%invalidpath%"
Echo %invalidpath%

If "%invalidpath%=The system cannot find the path specified." (
goto error1)
else (
goto BeginTest)

::Begins the testcase
:BeginTest
::Do some stuff
goto end
:error1
echo Error: Invalid Path
goto end
:end

If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated...

A: You can use the IF EXIST statement to check for the presence of a directory. For example, to test for C:\WIN and then change to C:\WIN if it exists :
C:
IF NOT EXIST "C:\WIN\." GOTO NOWINDIR
CD \WIN
:NOWINDIR

A: because the "not-found-answer" from "cd xxxx" will vary with the language of your windows-installation you should prefer a language-independent solution.
Use %errrorlevel% for that.
cd c:\existingpath\ will return an errorlevel of "0"
cd c:\notexistingpath\ will return "1"
so a good solution would be:
SET "mypath=%1"
ECHO %mypath%
cd %mypath%
If %errorlevel%=0 goto BeginTest else goto error1

...

A: It worked, thanks. Here is what I have in case anyone else runs into this problem:
::Conditions leading to errors if the batch script is not executed correctly
@ECHO OFF
SET "source=%1"
ECHO %source%
IF NOT EXIST "%source%" goto error1
ECHO Directory Exists
cd %source%

goto end
:error1
echo Error: Invalid Path
goto end
:end

Now I need an if condition for a true IP Address
::Conditions leading to errors if the batch script is not executed correctly
@ECHO OFF
SET "IP_Address=%1"
ECHO %IP_Address%

::Checks if the IP Address is valid
IF NOT EXIST "%IP_Address%" goto error2
ECHO Directory Exists

goto end
:error1
echo.
echo Error: Invalid Path
echo %source%
goto end
:error2
echo.
echo Error: Invalid IP Address
echo %IP_Address%
goto end
:end

It automatically checks to see if the IP Address is a path. I could add a "\\" in front of the "IF NOT EXIST "\\%IP_Address%" goto error2", but the issue with this is that the computer will not be able to connect to the device unless it uses either telnet, or "Open-Device" command through powershell. It can however ping that IP Address.
Is there is a way to setup to read a successful ping vs unsuccessful ping??

A: same solution with %errorlevel%
ping -n 1 -w 100 %ip-address%
if %errorlevel%=0 then goto doesexist else goto cannotreach

...
All commands will return an errorlevel. Normally Zero, if all was ok, and a non-zero- value for errors.

A: It's still not working correctly with the IP address listing, but I am closer with your help. Here is what I have when I execute the bat with a valid IP Address to ping:
::Conditions leading to errors if the batch script is not executed correctly
@ECHO OFF
SET IP_Address=%1
ECHO %IP_Address%

::Checks if the IP Address is valid
ping -n 1 -w 1000 %IP_Address%
if not "%errorlevel%=0" goto error2

goto end
:error2
echo.
echo Error: Invalid IP Address
echo %IP_Address%
goto end
:end

Upon execution this is what I am seeing in cmd:
c:\>Random.bat 192.168.1.46
192.168.1.46

Pinging 192.168.1.46 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.46: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.46:
    Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms
goto was unexpected at this time.

Once this is solved, I would also like to know a way to hide the output:
Pinging 192.168.1.46 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.46: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.46:
    Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 1, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms

A: to hide the output use >nul
ping -n 1 -w 1000 %IP_Address% 1>nul 2>nul

1>nul will  send the "normal" output to nirvana
2>nul will send the errormessages to nirvana
So if you use " 1>nul" (or just " >nul") you will have the errormessage on the screen, but not the "reply", "statistics" and that kind of stuff.
I don't understand the "unexpected goto" just now - I will have a look on that tomorrow.

A: Ah I finally found it after looking up usage for errorlevel
::Conditions leading to errors if the batch script is not executed correctly
@ECHO OFF
SET IP_Address=%1
ECHO %IP_Address%

::Checks if the IP Address is valid
ping -n 1 -w 100 %IP_Address% 1>nul
if "%errorlevel%"=="1" goto error2

:error2
echo.
echo Error: Invalid IP Address
echo %IP_Address%
goto end
:end

Thanks for the help everyone.


Junior students can take anything from five to twelve years to achieve black belt, depending on attendance, age and skill level. To keep juniors motivated between grading examinations, unique badge awards can be achieved by attending an assessment. It is possible for a student to achieve all badges at one assessment. However, junior students can take on average three assessments to achieve all badges. When all badges have been attained, uniorsj are then allowed to take a formal grading examination.
All of the following 10 badges must be achieved before students can attend a Grading Examination toGreen Belt (6th Kup). After achieving green belt, students must attend a minimum of twelve sessions (and a minimum of three months of training) before attending an assessment. Thereafter, if need be, students are recommended to attend a minimum of nine sessions before taking the next assessment.
Students are only tested on this exercise if Won-Hyo Pt. 1 Badge has been achieved. The complete pattern must be performed.
Whom is Won-Hyo named after? : Won-Hyo was the monk who introduced Buddhism to the Silla Dynasty in the year 686 AD.
What does the colour green on a green belt signify? : Green signifies a plants growth as Taekwon-do skills begin to develop.


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Hamilton's Boardwalk Empire
By Steve Arnold
Annie Newman tries to hide her face from photographers as she is led off to prison. (Trevor Cole photo)
Back in the wild days of Prohibition, Hamilton, Ont., gangster Rocco Perri used to call himself the "King of the Bootleggers," because he was so successful at getting illegal alcohol to thirsty people throughout Ontario.
He made a fortune in bootlegging, gambling, prostitution and drug smuggling, and owed a large part of his success to a pair of remarkable Jewish women who helped run his rackets.
In an age when opportunities for women were, for the most part, rigidly constrained, Besha (Bessie) Starkman and Annie Newman saw in the little Italian criminal a chance to earn more money than they ever imagined growing up poor and Jewish in Toronto.
Their lives have been captured in author Trevor Cole's book, The Whiskey King, a tale he shared with the local chapter of Na'amat Canada last month.
In an interview with The CJN ahead of his presentation, Cole said that while there's room for some debate over the claims that Starkman and Newman were the "brains" behind Perri's gang, it's clear that they brought skills to the crime world that Perri lacked.
"I think it's clear Rocco would not have been nearly as successful as he was without Bessie and Annie," Cole said. "Bessie saw advantages and business opportunities that Rocco might not have seen on his own."
As bootleggers, Cole said, "Rocco had the network of men they needed for distribution and enforcement, but Bessie understood business. She advised him, encouraged him and facilitated a lot of what he did. She had an innate understanding of how to take advantage of certain situations."
Those qualities of Starkman's emerged most fully when the end of Prohibition forced the Perri gang to look for new revenue streams – finding them in the growing field of narcotics smuggling.
"People have a kind of romantic view that Bessie was responsible for much of what they did in bootlegging, but it's certainly clear that she was responsible for the narcotics traffic," Cole said. "That was her impetus, it was her baby."
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Starkman was born in Poland in 1889 and arrived in Canada with her family sometime around 1900. She married at age 18, had two daughters and then, in 1912, decided to abandon them and run off with an Italian boarder she and her husband had taken in.
From then, until she was murdered in 1930 in an assassination in which some say Perri helped orchestrate, she lived a life that was unknown to poor Jewish immigrants.
"Bessie was a somewhat vain woman who was somewhat ruthless but undoubtedly very smart," Cole said. "She was someone who loved diamonds and saw the benefits of wealth. She liked expensive clothes and diamonds and liked to show them off in a way Rocco didn't."
Starkman's criminal career ended suddenly on Aug. 13, 1930. She and Perri pulled into the garage of their mansion and she stepped out of their car and into a pair of shotgun blasts.
That death, and the way she lived her life, caused serious debate in Hamilton's Jewish community – to the point where the rabbi of the city's now-defunct Hess Street shul refused to bury her. A visiting rabbi who had once lived in the city was drafted to oversee the service.
The death of his long-time partner seemed to deflate Perri.
"He seemed to lose his mojo after that. He just wasn't the same," Cole said, adding that the hood's spirits didn't start to revive until he met another Jewish woman from Toronto and brought her back to Hamilton.
"It's not really clear how he met Annie, but he immediately saw in her Bessie 2.0," Cole said. "Annie was just as corrupt and business-like as Bessie."
Cole said little is known about Newman's background, where she was born or her life before and after Rocco Perri. She was short and buxom, a platinum blonde who seemed to pour most of her affection into a little Pomeranian she named Fifi.
Together, the new criminal power couple bootlegged liquor, sold drugs and made money from other illegal enterprises, but their time together was short. In 1943, Newman went to prison on a gold-smuggling conviction and the next year, Perri was visiting a cousin in Hamilton when he complained of a headache and went for a walk to clear his head. He was never seen again.
While local legend holds that he "sleeps with the fishes" in a cement-filled barrel at the bottom of Hamilton harbour, a more recent theory, backed by a letter he allegedly wrote a cousin in the 1950s, holds that he moved to a small New York town and lived out his days in obscurity.
Whichever fate befell him, Perri never reunited with Newman. She served her prison sentence, returned to Hamilton and sold their fancy home. Cole said he didn't research her life after Perri, but one source says she married twice and died in 1974 at age 85.
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By Phoebe Maltz Bovy
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U.S. Democratic Deputies Call for Protection for Talíria Petrone (PSOL)
PSOL | 03 de December de 2020
Via PSOL
A group of 22 representatives of the Democratic Party of the United States released on Wednesday (2) a public letter in solidarity with Federal Representative Talíria Petrone (PSOL-RJ), who has been receiving death threats in Rio de Janeiro, and criticizing the "antidemocratic and xenophobic" policies of President Jair Bolsonaro.
Talíria is prevented from returning to Rio de Janeiro with her five-month-old daughter after receiving death threats. In September, the PSOL congresswoman called on the United Nations (UN) to ask for protection after not receiving help from both the federal government and the governments of Rio de Janeiro.
In the letter, U.S. congresspersons mention the murder of councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018 and threats against former MP Jean Wyllys, who had to leave the country, and say that "Afro-Brazilian opposition leaders have not received adequate protection from the Brazilian government to ensure their safety.
U.S. Democratic deputies have been criticizing various aspects of the Bolsonaro government, especially in matters of human rights and environmental policy.
The letter is led by Congresswoman Susan Wild and has the support of deputies such as Joaquin Castro, Alcee L. Hastings, Mark Pocan, Henry C. Hank Johnson, Alan Lowenthal, Deb Haaland (quoted to take command of the Interior Department in the Biden government), Raúl M. Grijalva, Ro Khanna, and Ilhan Omar.
They are calling for a full and impartial investigation to identify and prosecute those responsible for the Petrone threats. According to the letter, it is "alarming" that the Bolsonaro government has so far shown itself "incapable or unwilling to guarantee the safety of elected lawmakers. "In fact, Bolsonaro's attempts to promote a crack in the Brazilian population contributed to a high in political violence in the 2020 municipal elections, which resulted in the assassinations of several candidates and supporters.
Democratic congresspersons point to the growth of racism and homophobia in Brazil. "While President Bolsonaro continues to undermine the rights of Afro-Brazilians, women, the LGBT population, indigenous people and others, we are seeing the forces of racism, sexism and homophobia being dangerously empowered in Brazil," the text says.
"That is why, since the beginning of the Bolsonaro government, a broad coalition of members of the U.S. Congress has denounced and fought against the praises of the Trump government and support for President Bolsonaro. We will continue to support the Brazilian people and oppose the anti-democratic and xenophobic actions of President Bolsonaro".
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