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Leehans v. Saul
LISA LEEHANS
ANDREW SAUL, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
SECTION: "J" (1)
CARL J. BARBIER, JUDGE
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
JANIS VAN MEERVELD, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
The plaintiff, Lisa Leehans, seeks judicial review, pursuant to Section 405(g) of the Social Security Act (the "Act"), of the final decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (the "Commissioner") denying her claim for disability insurance benefits ("DIB") and supplemental security income ("SSI") under Titles II and XVI[1] of the Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 423, 1381. The matter has been fully briefed on cross-motions for summary judgment. For the following reasons, IT IS RECOMMENDED that the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the plaintiff (Rec. Doc.14) be GRANTED in part and DENIED in part; and the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the Commissioner (Rec. Doc. 19) be DENIED. The matter should be remanded to the ALJ for further proceedings as recommended herein.
Procedural Background
Ms. Leehans applied for DIB on July 7, 2015, and for SSI on August 1, 2015, [2] asserting in both applications a disability onset date of January 15, 2011. She alleged the following illnesses, injuries, or conditions: bipolar. On December 10, 2015, her claims were denied by the state agency. The Disability Determination Explanations on her DIB application concluded that "The medical evidence shows you had a history of mental problems. The evidence was not sufficient to show your condition was totally disabling prior to 03 / 31 / 15, when you were last insured for these benefits." R. at 115. The Disability Determination Explanations on her SSI application concluded that "[t]he medical evidence shows your overall condition restricts the types of jobs you can perform, but is not totally disabling. You can perform most normal activities. You can get along with others and follow simple directions." R. at 106.
Ms. Leehans obtained counsel and requested a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ"), which was held on March 15, 2017. At the hearing, Ms. Leehans noted that there was a prior final ALJ decision dated January 13, 2014 and requested that the alleged disability onset date be amended to March 12, 2014, the date on which Ms. Leehans was hospitalized at the Greenbriar hospital. The motion to amend the alleged onset date was granted. On June 9, 2017, the ALJ issued an adverse decision. Ms. Leehans timely appealed to the Appeals Council, which denied review on April 12, 2018.
On June 16, 2018, Ms. Leehans filed a Complaint in federal court to review the Commissioner's decision. (Rec. Doc. 1). The Commissioner answered and filed the administrative record. (Rec. Docs. 10, 11). The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment. (Rec. Docs. 14, ) 19. Ms. Leehans is represented by counsel.
Evidence in the Record
At the hearing before the ALJ in March 2017, Ms. Leehans testified that her most recent psychiatric hospitalization was in March 2014. R. at 43. She testified that since that time she had been on medication and had been receiving treatment through the St. Tammany Community Health Center. R. at 43-44. She testified that she had no side effects from her medication. R. at 45, 47. However, she later testified that the medicine makes her "real zombified." R. at 47. She testified that even with the medication she still hears voices about every other day. R. at 45. She testified that she felt her condition was getting worse. R. at 48. She testified that she did not think she could work because the medication does not always work and she was afraid she would not be able to multitask. R. at 50. When asked if she thought she could work if she did not have to multitask, she said "no" because her medication makes her feel like she is in another world. R. at 60. Upon further questioning, she explained that it made her feel sleepy and she thinks about being somewhere else. R. at 61. She said that about once a week, for 15-20 minutes, she wishes to be in Mexico. Id.
Ms. Leehans testified that about 3 or 4 days a week she just wants to stay in bed. R. at 51. She later testified she feels that way every day. R. at 52. Ms. Leehans testified that she had not had homicidal thoughts since her March 2014 hospitalization. R. at 56. She testified that she lives with her husband and daughter and that she gets along well with her daughter and "pretty good" with her husband. R. at 56. She testified that she takes a shower and gets dressed on her own every day. R. at 58.
At the hearing, Ms. Leehans amended her disability onset date to March 12, 2014, and the court begins its summary of the medical records on that date.[3] Ms. Leehans was hospitalized at Greenbriar Behavioral Hospital from March 12, 2014, through March 20, 2014 on referral from Slidell Memorial Hospital "on a [physician's emergency commitment] secondary to suicidal ideations with a plan." R. at 503. Ms. Leehans reported that she had recently started having auditory hallucinations, that she was feeling paranoid, was experiencing low energy, and was having intermittent crying and suicidal ideations. Id. She reported spending money impulsively, worrying excessively with tension and irritability, and that she had been charged with theft of more than $500. Id. Ms. Leehans was placed on Prozac, Haldol, and Vistril. Id. At discharge she was tolerating her medication well, denied suicidal or homicidal ideations, reported an improvement in her depression and anxiety, and reported no auditory of visual hallucinations. Id. She was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, depressed with a Global Assessment of Functioning ("GAF") score of 50. Id. She had been assessed with a GAF of 27 upon admission. R. at 508.
On July 18, 2014, Ms. Leehans presented at the NMCH Emergency Department reporting hearing voices telling her to rob a store and hurt herself. R. at 336. She noted a recent medication change to Risperdal on July 10, 2014. R. at 336-37. She was noted to be negative for suicidal ideas, confusion, sleep disturbance, and self-injury. R. at 337. Dr. John B. Seymour noted that Ms. Leehans did not appear to be responding to internal stimuli and did not appear to be delusional. R. at. 383. She was discharged later that day. R. at 336.
Ms. Leehans again presented at the NMCH Emergency Department on August 27, 2014 reporting suicidal thoughts. R. at 348. She reported multiple recent stressors. R. at 349. She reported that she had not seen her psychiatrist since discharge (presumably from her July 18, 2014, emergency department encounter) and that she was compliant with her medication. Id. Upon examination, Dr. Michael Knisley noted Ms. Leehans had a restricted affect, depressed mood, but fair insight. R. at 351. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. R. at 352. When she spoke with registered nurse Kenitra Payne, Ms. Leehans reported being under a lot of stress and that she was going to a psychiatric facility that would help her. Id. Nurse Payne noted that Ms. Leehans had a pleasant mood and was calm and cooperative. Id. A psychiatric placement was sought, and on August 28, 2014, the NMCH records indicate that Ms. Leehans was transferred to Northlake Behavioral Hospital for psychiatric evaluation and treatment. R. at 353-55. Although neither party has addressed their absence, it appears there are no records of treatment at the Northlake Behavioral Hospital. There may not have been an inpatient hospitalization at that time. Ms. Leehans testified at the hearing before the ALJ in March 2017 that the last time she had been hospitalized was in March 2014. R. at 43.
There do not appear to be any medical records from September 2014 through December 2014.
Ms. Leehans presented at the Slidell Memorial Hospital on January 1, 2015 complaining of left ear pain. R. at 436. A physical examination was performed, but no notes regarding her psychiatric condition were made.
On January 15, 2015, she visited the St. Tammany Community Health Center and reported hearing voices and having thoughts that people are out to get her for no reason. R. at 530. She reported chest pain, anxiety and worry, impulsivity, and irritability. Id. Her attitude was noted to be guarded, her mood was noted to be dysthymic. Id. She was nervous and fidgety. Id. But Ms. Leehans was also noted to be non-psychotic. R. at 531. Her thought flow was coherent and rational and her attention demonstrated no abnormalities. Id. She had no suicidal or homicidal ideation. Id. Invega and lithium were continued and she was prescribed Risperdal. Id.
Ms. Leehans again presented at the Slidell Memorial Hospital on February 11, 2015 with ear pain. R. at 454. Her behavior, mood, and affect were noted to be within normal limits. R. at 456. She was awake and alert with orientation to person, place and time. Id.
On April 21, 2015, she visited the St. Tammany Community Health Center and reported that she was hearing voices again. R. at 523. She denied a suicidal plan. Id. Her thinking was vague at times and tangential, her mood was worrisome and her thought content was of helplessness. Id.
Ms. Leehans presented at the Slidell Memorial Hospital on May 2, 2015 with a sore throat. R. at 493. Her behavior, mood, and affect were noted to be within normal limits. Id. She was awake and alert with orientation to person, place and time. Id.
In August 2015, Ms. Leehans filled out a Function Report and reported feeling "the shakes" because of her medication and feeling like "everybody is watching everything I do." R. at 211. She reported that her daily activities included watching TV, doing housework, washing clothes, and taking walks to calm her nerves. R. at 212. She reported going shopping for groceries or clothing every week for about two hours. R. at 214. She reported that she cannot talk intimately with others, cannot remember everything she is supposed to, cannot concentrate enough to complete, understand, and follow instructions. R. at 215.
In November 2015, the consultative examiner Dr. Shah conducted a medical status examination and found Ms. Leehans' affect restricted and mostly euthymic, her speech normal, and her thought process concrete. R. at 498. For memory and understanding, she was able to recall three objects out of three at the end of five minutes and was able to repeat seven digits forward and five digits backward correctly. Id. For concentration and attention, she was able to do serial 3s subtractions from 20. Id. She was able to interpret the proverb "spilled milk, " her insight was fair, and her judgment was normal (if she found a stamped envelope in the street she would put it in a mailbox). Id. Dr. Shah concluded that Ms. Leehans "did well with cognitive tests on mental status examination today." R. at 499. Dr. Shah noted that Ms. Leehans could manage personal hygiene daily on her own and manage some cooking, cleaning, and doing laundry and that she gets help from her spouse with shopping. Id. Dr. Shah noted that Ms. Leehans reported avoiding socialization and crowds in general. Id. Dr. Shah diagnosed Ms. Leehans with Bipolar 1 Disorder MRE [Most Recent Episode] Mixed with Psychosis in Partial Remission. Id.
Decision of the Administrative Law Judge
The ALJ found that Ms. Leehans meets the insured status requirements of the Act through March 31, 2015. The ALJ found that Ms. Leehans has not engaged in substantial gainful activity since March 12, 2014, the amended alleged onset date. The ALJ determined that Ms. Leehans has the following severe impairments: bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder with psychosis and depression, and anxiety disorder. However, the ALJ determined that Ms. Leehans does not have an impairment or combination of impairments that meet or medically equals the severity of one of the listed impairments in 20 C.F.R. § 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1. The ALJ considered the criteria in listings 12.03, 12.04, and 12.06. The ALJ then found that Ms. Leehans has the residual functional capacity to perform a full range of work at all exertional levels but with the following non-exertional limitations: performance of tasks commensurate with an SVP level of two or less, only occasional interactions with co-workers and supervisors, no interaction with the public, and only work not requiring fast-paced production quotas such as those quotas present in moving assembly work or lunchtime work in a fast food establishment. The ALJ determined that Ms. Leehans was unable to perform any of her past relevant work. The ALJ found that Ms. Leehans was 38 years old, which is defined as a "younger individual, " on the alleged disability onset date. The ALJ determined that Ms. Leehans has at least a high school education and is able to communicate in English. The ALJ found that transferability of job skills was not material to the determination of disability because using the Medical-Vocational Rules as a framework supports a finding that Ms. Leehans is "not disabled" whether or ...


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OPEN Media helping to tackle homelessness in Liverpool with free outdoor advertising
The Out of home advertising firm and The Whitechapel Centre team up to raise awareness of homelessness in the city centre
Michael Garwood ⋅ Dec 12, 2018
OPEN Media, an independent out of home advertising media owner specialising in premium digital screens and banners, has teamed up with Liverpool's leading homeless and housing charity, The Whitechapel Centre, to raise awareness and encourage support for the region's homeless population.
The partnership takes place throughout the end of December and January, as the cold weather period settles in, the most difficult time for rough sleepers.
OPEN Media has provided The Whitechapel Centre with free advertising space on their Liverpool City Centre digital outdoor advertising screens, Victoria Street and Barratt House.
The Whitechapel Centre are promoting their Always Room Inside campaign, which aims to ensure that no person arriving on the streets of Liverpool will sleep outdoors for more than one night. OPEN Media fully supports this vision by displaying copy on their city centre screens that contains a phone number to call if you're worried about a rough sleeper.
Mike Smith, MD at OPEN Media commented: "At OPEN Media we're thrilled to be collaborating with The Whitechapel Centre. The centre is an asset to the city and we're great admirers of the work carried out by its employees and volunteers. We want to help support Liverpool's homeless population and see this as a great opportunity for us to use our Liverpool City Centre screens for a very worthy cause."
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Race For Grace and its beneficiary Foundation are named after Grace Elizabeth Ekis, a precious 5-year-old girl, who lost her courageous 13-month battle with a rare cancerous brain tumor on Valentine's Day 2008. Grace was diagnosed in January 2007 with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), an inoperable tumor located in the brainstem, at the base of the brain. Affecting primarily children, it is the rarest and worst of all pediatric brain tumors. Approximately 150 to 200 children are diagnosed with this type of tumor each year and survival time is typically just nine to twelve months from diagnosis. There is no known cure for this type of cancer and there have been no advances in treatment options for more than 35 years.
The despair over the loss of their child, coupled with frustration over the lack of treatment options, led Tamara and Brian Ekis to form the Foundation named after their daughter. The name, Reflections Of Grace, signifies the effect she had on the lives of those she touched over the course of her short life.
With your help, this event can be an inspiring success – both in terms of the monetary contributions gathered for the benefit of others and in the sense of community togetherness that we hope to encourage. Thank you for sharing our purpose and passion by donating to this important and deserving cause. Your generous support of and genuine care towards Race For Grace is deeply appreciated.
Reflections Of Grace Foundation is an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, donations to which are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.


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Q: Spynner - accessing DOM I've just learned that there is a difference between a browser's "view source" and "inspect element". When I use "inspect" in firefox on a specific webpage I get the following:
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However, when I use "view source" I don't see this element. The problem of not seeing the element occurs, when I access the webpage via Spynner and parse the html. Since I need to know the value of "visibility", my question is: how can I access the DOM within Spynner?
I've already tried the following source code:
br = spynner.Browser()
br.show()
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The only problem I have right now is: print only displays the first value of "style"
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Can I somehow access the other values (left, top, height, opacity, visibility)?

A: Dynamically added controls won't be visible in browser's view source option(in mozilla) but they would be updated in the DOM. You can directly search for the element and read its visibility value.
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var x =  document.getElementById("someID").getAttribute("visibility");
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A: I found out that I messed with my code. Instead of "someID" I inserted "someOtherID", which didn't contain the attribute I was looking for. This stupid mistake took me a lot of time.
Then the other thing is: the element I was looking for is a java PopUp. If a user gives input, which is not allowed, then this PopUp will show up and needs to be confirmed. So what I've done now instead of checking if the PopUp is "visible", I check if the confirmation button is "not disabled". This is done via:
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This js-code gets called via the runjs()-method inside spynner. The solution may be pedestrian, but it works for me. Also I know that this solution is very specific. But maybe someday someone might have a similar problem.

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Soleimani's Ultimate Revenge
William J. Burns, Jake Sullivan
Summary: The collateral damage from the strike on Qassem Soleimani will likely be greater than the Trump administration bargained for.
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The death of Qassem Soleimani is a sobering blow for the Iranian regime. Soleimani embodied everything the regime wanted to project about itself—influence, ruthlessness, agility, confidence. He kept Iran's enemies awake at night, and his theocratic masters sleeping soundly in a world of real and imagined threats at home and abroad.
For years, Tehran's leadership talked fatalistically about Soleimani as a "living martyr," but they surely did not anticipate President Trump's audacious targeted killing. Now the Iranians will seek vengeance—methodical, cold-blooded, and nasty. They will look to avoid an all-out war with the United States they cannot win. But they will also look to turn a tactical blow into a strategic boon.
Unlike the Trump administration, which cannot reconcile its desire to get tough on Iran with its desire to leave the region altogether, the Iranian regime has a strategy, tethered to the realities, dysfunctions, and limits of the Middle East. Its tactics are often ugly, its capacity for misreading the terrain is sometimes self-defeating, and the pain and stupidities it inflicts on so many across the region, let alone its own people, can be horrific. But it does connect its means to its desired ends: keeping the clerics in power, keeping its imperial project in the region alive, and keeping sworn enemies, including America, off balance and out of its neighborhood.
William J. Burns
William J. Burns was president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He previously served as U.S. deputy secretary of state.
No one really knows what comes next, not even the protagonists themselves. But as the dust settles, the collateral damage from the strike on Qassem Soleimani will likely be greater than the Trump administration bargained for. Indeed, the strike already appears to be feeding the gnarled ambitions of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, by producing a more unified regime with a tighter grip at home; an even more precarious American military position in Iraq and Syria, with the Iraqi parliament now calling for U.S. withdrawal; and the death of the Iranian nuclear deal and the whole notion of diplomacy with the Great Satan. All of this would cost the United States far more than Soleimani's assassination cost Iran. In his death, Soleimani may exact his own final act of revenge against the United States.
One of the iron laws of foreign policy is that just because you can do something, or just because it's morally defensible, doesn't make it a smart thing to do. Both of President Trump's predecessors adhered to that law when it came to the question of whether to go after Qassem Soleimani. Trump, however, is enamored with actions that his predecessors avoided, and stubbornly convinced that he can get his way with the unilateral application of American power.
For Iran's supreme leader, Soleimani's assassination was both a personal wound and an affirmation of his darkly suspicious world view. Trump's withdrawal from the nuclear deal last year had already reconfirmed his deep skepticism about the wisdom of negotiating with the Americans. The elimination of Soleimani may give pause to Khamenei and the hard men around him about the wisdom of frontal assaults on U.S. personnel, but in other ways it returns them to a world in which they're far more comfortable. It's a world with a clear enemy at the gate, a mortal threat that makes it easier to control domestic pressures for reform and dismiss international pressure for diplomacy. And it's a world in which Iran has a wide array of lethal tools and loyal proxies, and a well-practiced ability to manipulate a neighborhood it knows far better than Americans do.
Strategically, the Iranian leadership will see no shortage of opportunities.
At home, it will use the action against Soleimani to change the channel, seeking to divert the popular frustrations which only a short time ago deeply unnerved the regime. Reformism was already a spent force in Iranian politics. Parliamentary elections next month will bury it—hardening the grip of reactionaries, and all but ensuring the rise of their choices for the next president and eventually the next supreme leader.
Already tiptoeing away from compliance with the nuclear agreement, the regime will now feel obliged to take significant leaps, including the resumption of higher levels of uranium enrichment. Other signatories can no longer make a credible case that they can get Trump back to the negotiating table or deliver Iran the promised economic benefits. The only question about the nuclear deal now is the manner and pace of its expiration. With the treacherous genie of Iran's nuclear program heading out of the bottle, a whole series of dilemmas will reemerge, from the dangers of military preemption to the risks of a regional nuclear arms race.
The wider regional consequences could be equally negative for American interests—particularly in Iraq. For Tehran, ironically, the U.S. assassination of Soleimani offers a convenient escape from the anti-Iranian anger that Soleimani's own policies had stirred up. Barely a month ago, the Iranian consulate in Najaf was torched by an Iraqi Shia mob accusing Iran of violating Iraqi sovereignty; now the Americans are a more urgent target for that same charge. Tehran will do everything in its power to make America's military presence in Iraq operationally and politically unsustainable. It will stoke Iraqi emotions and push a very fragile Iraqi government to demand our withdrawal, and an angered Shia clerical establishment to do the same—tempting an American president who doesn't really want to be there in the first place. In the meantime, Iranian proxies will continue to try to humiliate Americans in Iraq, and look for opportunities to threaten U.S. facilities.
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Jake Sullivan was a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie's Geoeconomics and Strategy Program and also Magro Family Distinguished Fellow at Dartmouth College.
Even short of a withdrawal, pressure to constrain the U.S. military in Iraq will have serious effects on a campaign against ISIS that is far from over. Trump has made no secret of his inclination to pull remaining American forces out of Syria, and the Iranians will turn up the heat to try to encourage that instinct. Mounting protests in Lebanon against Iran and Hezbollah will at least temporarily recede, deferring the hopes of Lebanese whose non-violent, cross-sectarian demonstrations held the promise of a new political era in that embattled country.
In the Gulf, our partners are losing their enthusiasm for an American confrontation with Iran. They are spooked by Trump's oscillation between non-reaction and extreme reaction and the Iranians' demonstrated will and capacity to hit them where it hurts most. The Iranians could eventually stage further attacks on Saudi oil facilities or Gulf shipping, as a reminder that neither the Gulf Arabs nor the global economy will escape the consequences of conflict between Tehran and Washington.
As we've argued before, we're at this dangerous juncture because of Trump's foolish decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal, his through-the-looking-glass conception of coercive diplomacy, and his willing hardline enablers in Tehran. When the deal was in place, Iran remained an adversary—but U.S. unmanned aircraft weren't being shot down by Iran in international waters, Gulf shipping and infrastructure weren't being hit by Iranian mines and missiles, and U.S. personnel weren't being targeted by Shia militias in Iraq. Abandoning the nuclear agreement, on our own and with no evidence of Iranian cheating, started a predictable cycle of escalation and brinksmanship. It is a cycle which Trump has accelerated with muscular bluster and "maximum pressure," unconnected to realistic aims or careful foresight.
The Trump administration is not the first U.S. administration to engage in magical thinking in the Middle East, but the contradictions in its approach have set a new standard. The president came into office promising to undermine Iran's regional reach and secure a "better deal" on its nuclear program—all while drawing down America's military presence in the region and rejecting credible diplomacy.
At the beginning of 2020, a dispassionate reckoning would conclude that the United States is not only farther from those goals than it was three years ago, but more exposed to the unpredictable risks of escalating conflict with Iran, and the vast insecurities of the Middle East, the original land of unintended consequences. The wisdom of particular tactics, including the killing of Qassem Soleimani, is best judged by the strategic results they produce. America is stumbling into a tragedy of its own making. And the Iranian regime is poised to once again reap the rewards, turning Soleimani's loss into a long-term gain.
This article was originally published in the Atlantic.
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Traction Software Selects Attivio to Power Information Access for Enterprise 2.0 Social Software
NEWTON, MASS. – October 14, 2009 -- Attivio Active Intelligence Engine's Permissioning Model and Real-Time Updates Prove Key Differentiators in Replacing Leading Search Solution at Traction Attivio, Inc. today announced that Traction® Software, the leading developer of Enterprise 2.0 social software, has chosen the Attivio Active Intelligence Engine ™ (AIE) to replace its legacy enterprise search solution for easier indexing, retrieval of content and an enhanced user experience. As part of the selection process, Traction evaluated several market-leading solutions before choosing Attivio's unified information access engine for its single, flexible API, full Java support as well as its sophisticated and secure permissioning model.
"Traction Software's award-winning social software enables enterprises and government agencies to share information and collaborate in a secure environment. We needed to partner with an information access company that would enable our users to securely capture and share data across entities from one central repository," said Greg Lloyd, President & Co-Founder of Traction Software. "Attivio was the clear choice for a variety of reasons, including its ability to update information in real-time to ensure the most relevant and current results. AIE improves our users' ability to find content quickly and offers a dramatically smaller footprint than our previous search engine solution."
In addition to needing a secure and flexible solution with granular permissioning that could extract and index text, including attachments – regardless of document form – Traction also needed multi-lingual support for its large overseas customer base, especially in Japan. Attivio again met the challenge, providing robust multi-lingual support superior to Traction's previous solution. Additionally, Traction was impressed with Attivio's real-time field updates and dynamic facet generation, which dramatically improves users' ability to quickly find what they need. AIE is 100 percent Java and runs in its own JVM, so it offers broad platform support for both Java and .Net APIs.
"At Attivio, we pride ourselves on our ability to help our customers and partners rapidly deploy information access solutions that seamlessly integrate into their existing infrastructure," said Ali Riaz, CEO of Attivio. "We are pleased that companies like Traction Software, which have such high standards for speed, ease-of-use and security, continue to choose AIE to power their information access requirements."
About Attivio
Attivio's Active Intelligence Engine™ (AIE) is powering today's critical business solutions with a dynamic new approach to unifying information access. By extending enterprise search capabilities across documents, data and media, AIE brings depth and agility to business applications and websites. The AIE platform enables users to integrate content and data from internal and external sources to support information-driven solutions such as Web portals, eMedia, customer experience, data privacy, eDiscovery and data analysis. AIE features simple integration, true incremental scalability and a tiny footprint and can be easily embedded in other products and applications. AIE's flexible design reduces risk and speeds innovation through rapid prototyping and deployment.
Business and IT leaders, system integrators and independent software vendors partner with Attivio to provide immediate access to comprehensive intelligence, automate business processes and gain competitive advantage. AIE is the first Unified Information Access platform designed to push data to users and to other systems as new content matches saved queries, leading the evolution from finding information to effectively using information. Please visit www.attivio.com for more information.
About Traction Software Inc.
Traction Software Inc is the leading provider of Enterprise 2.0 social software, enabling groups and teams to work more effectively by creating a secure hub for business communication and innovative collaboration. Traction Software's fast growing customer base includes thousands of organizations ranging from small startups to leading enterprises (including thirteen of the Global 100 and ten of the top twenty pharmaceutical firms), universities, non-profits and branches of the U.S. Government including the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Defense. Traction Software is one of KMWorld's 100 Companies that Matter and a winner of the RedHerring100 and eContent 100 awards. Traction Software is a privately held corporation with financing from investors including In-Q-Tel (venture arm of the CIA) and Slater Interactive. For additional information, visit Traction at http://www.tractionsoftware.com.
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The Stanford Dish, known locally as the Dish, is a radio antenna in the Stanford foothills.  The  dish was built in 1961 by the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International).  The cost to construct the antenna was $4.5 million, and was funded by the United States Air Force.  In the 1960s the Dish was used to provide information on Soviet radar installations by detecting radio signals bounced off the moon.

Later on, the Dish was used to communicate with satellites and spacecraft. With its unique bistatic range radio communications, where the transmitter and receiver are separate units, the powerful radar antenna was well-suited for communicating with spacecraft in regions where conventional radio signals may be disrupted.

At one point, the Dish transmitted signals to each of the Voyager craft that NASA dispatched into the outer reaches of the solar system. In 1982 it was used to rescue the amateur radio satellite UoSAT-1.

Today
The dish is still actively used today for academic and research purposes. It is owned by the U.S. Government and operated by SRI International. It is used for commanding and calibrating spacecraft and for radio astronomy measurements.

Recreational route
The area around the Dish offers a popular 3.5 mile recreational trail, visited by an average of 1,500–1,800 people daily. The trail around the dish is known for its rolling hills and beautiful views, which on a clear day extend to San Jose, San Francisco, and the East Bay. The Stanford Running Club hosts an annual Dish Race and fun run that forms a 3.25 mile loop around the Dish trail.

While hikers, walkers, and runners are welcome, biking and dogs at the dish are not allowed on the trail. The opening hours are as per the schedule below, roughly matching daylight hours:

As of June 2018, 360 cows were grazing on the grounds of the Stanford Dish.  Stanford leases the land to farmers who own the cows.

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External links
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 SRI Dish page (archive link)

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The Sacred Heart School of Montreal News
The Sacred Heart School of Montreal
Sacred Heart's Sold Out Gala Raises $60,000
At a Winter Gala celebrating Sacred Heart's 155th anniversary, held at Montreal's Ritz Carlton Hotel, the school proudly announces that it raised $60,000 which will go toward the school's continuing implementation of 21st-century classroom technology, an ongoing project that will culminate with the introduction of Chromebooks with Google Apps for Education.
Capital Campaign Announced In addition, the school made a major announcement that it is launching a 3-year $5 million Capital Campaign with the theme – The Future at Heart or L'Avenir à Coeur. This vast campaign was created to allow the school to raise funds for huge projects within its location. The school last conducted a campaign of such a nature 20 years ago with the construction of its double gymnasium and locker rooms.
"It was a marvelous and magical evening at the Ritz-Carlton for our current and past parents, alumnae, donors & faculty," said Shawn O'Donnell, Head of School of The Sacred Heart School of Montreal. "We are so proud to have raised $60,000 for our illustrious school which is celebrating its 155 year anniversary" he continued. Roberto Di Giorgio, Chair of the Board of Directors added, "As a parent of an alumna and of a current student as well as chair of the Capital Campaign Committee, I am proud to steer this newly launched initiative to its fruition."
Also in attendance was the Most Reverend, Christian Lépine, Archbishop of Montreal, several sisters from the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the principals of Loyola High School, École Bilingue Notre-Dame de Sion and The Priory School.
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Those hoping to purchase townhouses in South Beach have a few distinct regions to look over including the Art Deco District, South of Fifth (SoFi), and awesome Ocean Drive. The Art Deco District is an assemblage of more than 800 structures initially worked between the 1940s. A large portion of these structures have been patched up to wind up distinctly probably the most rich and alluring structures in all of South Beach. The structures are as of now compositionally secured to guarantee the honesty of the region and the style. The South of Fifth area is home to a portion of the most noteworthy esteemed properties in all of South Beach. The territory houses multi-million dollar homes and in addition ultra-extravagant apartment suites, for example, the Portofino Tower, ICON South Beach, The Apogee, and The Continuum. Land close Miami Beach Marina offers fantastic perspectives of the Atlantic and the vessels cruising by, while Ocean Drive is the ideal place for oceanfront condominiums.
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Every year my daughter Yasmin and I each design a new collection of jewellery to be made in our silver workshop in Chiang Mai. We've been travelling to this workshop for many years to work closely with the craftspeople who help us to perfect our jewellery designs. Seeing our friends at the workshop is always the highlight of our year, and over the years Chang Mai has come to feel like a second home - it's such a beautiful small city which is surrounded by mountains, farmland and perfect green of the paddy fields!
This is Yasmin in the Celadon Tea Rooms a beautifully restored traditional teak Thai house with a secret garden. A welcome respite from the heat and shopping.
This is me and Yim at the factory's retail showroom in Chiang Mai. They sell One's stunning silver and colourful acrylic creations. One is our jewellery designer friend who lives in Thailand.
Jewellery designers lunch! Joy, Yasmin, Mon and One!
One of our favourite desserts in Thailand (apart from mango and sticky-rice) are these sweet coconut jelly ducks.
Yasmin, me and Mon outside the factory!
Most factory workers travel by motorbike, here are all their bikes neatly lined up.
This lady is working on our foxtail chains which are handwoven. Here she is polishing a completed chain but the weaving process closely resembles the knotting of coloured threads for friendship bracelets!
Here can see one of the crucibles where the metals are melted down to pour into the moulds for casting. There are also huge ovens where moulds are heated up until the wax melts away - this is where the wax 'gets lost' in lost wax casting. The ovens are incredibly hot so the staff use these long tongs as well as thick gloves to transport the moulds.
This is the room where the costume jewellery is made. I don't design any costume jewellery but it is interesting to see the different techniques used. You can also see the enamelling room where among other colours, they find the perfect red for our strawberry charm. It is such delicate work mixing the colours in the little dishes and then painting it onto the silver!
More costume jewellery processes – gold leaf! This is not the same as gold plating which is done by electrolysis. In this case the gold leaf is carefully painted onto the jewellery, it is very slow and delicate work. Doesn't the gold look delicious in the little cup?
Lots of Thai people are huge fans of British football. Most people seem to support Manchester United but this guy has chosen Liverpool and has decorated his entire workbench with pictures of the players!
On the last day we went back to Celadon tea rooms with Mon and Pound and enjoyed 'Siamese High Tea', a clever Thai take on British high tea and very delicious. After that we had a final walk through the Chinese Market (as it was Chinese New Year) and then it was time to go home!
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New AFGSC command chief visits Whiteman AFB, takes full immersion tour
Story by A1C Parker McCauley on 06/14/2019
Chief Master Sgt. Charles R. Hoffman, the command chief of Air Force Global Strike Command from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, visited Whiteman AFB, Missouri, June 10-12, 2019.
Hoffman was given a full immersion tour of Whiteman AFB from the units around base to learn more about their roles and responsibilities and how they will work under him in his new role. Hoffman became the AFGSC command chief in March of 2019.
Prior to visiting Whiteman AFB Hoffman said he looked forward to engaging with the Airmen and seeing them in action who are always ready to maintain the peace or deliver long range precision strike.
Hoffman began his tour by having breakfast with Airmen from units across base at the Ozark Inn Dining Facility.
Hoffman highlighted the importance of interacting with Airmen.
"We want them to know how much our country, Air Force and command values what they do every day," said Hoffman. "It was a great opportunity to learn from each other. Eyeball to eyeball interaction is the best way to connect and understand each other. We should never underestimate the power of seeing things firsthand. It is a privilege to work for our Airmen and for all of us to work for the Air Force. Machines, tools and technology collect dust without our people."
Hoffman also toured unaccompanied housing with 509th Mission Support Group and 509th Civil Engineering Squadron leadership. First, they toured Endeavor Hall, which was closed to prepare for renovations. Then, they went to Atlantis Hall, which serves as the new standard for dorm buildings on Whiteman AFB since it was renovated.
He also visited the 509th and 131st Maintenance Groups where he received an in-depth tour of a B-2 Stealth Bomber, munitions and the low-observable maintenance process.
Hoffman also visited the tenant units on base, including the 442nd Fighter Wing where he had the opportunity to meet with Airmen and learn about the A-10 Thunderbolt II.
Hoffman said he was impressed by the Airmen he encountered.
"The professionalism, pride, passion and commitment that each Airman at Whiteman exuded was inspiring," He said. "We have challenges, but I am heartened by the can do/could do attitude and innovative spirit that was evident from Airman to command."
Hoffman also talked about his priorities as command chief.
"My priorities are to build on the strengths of our: excellence in the mission, the strength of our team of teams, and the development and the care of our people who are the envy of the world," said Hoffman.
As command chief, Hoffman offered his perspective on Whiteman AFB's role in both AFGSC and national defense.
"Team Whiteman provides a vital part of our nation's triad," said Hoffman. "You create decision space and capability options to the command authority, spanning the future continuum of the phases of conflict. Your readiness, excellence, teamwork and Airmen fulfill our nation's strength and freedom every day, never forget that."
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the liberia question
The few American Africa-watchers who hadn't already left their posts for the 4th of July holiday on Friday were all abuzz over the news that Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf had apparently been banned from holding public office for thirty years by the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The TRC organization was tasked with exposing crimes committed during the country's 2+ decades of on-again, off-again civil war. Johnson Sirleaf, who supported Charles Taylor against Samuel Doe in the 1980's, and then the LURD against Taylor in the 1990's, was apparently therefore considered to have committed war crimes because of her support for Taylor. Not expressing regret over those actions was apparently enough to land her on the list of politicians banned from holding future office in Liberia.
Or that's how it was initially. Since the report's release last Tuesday (and the firestorm of criticism that followed), the TRC retracted its report. What will happen next seems by all accounts to be completely unclear.
What does all this mean? As Chris Blattman points out, for one thing, it serves as a good lesson for Westerners that there are very few angels or demons in politics everywhere, including African countries. (As he also notes, how the Truth and Reconciliation Commission would purport to enforce the ban is far from clear.) It is almost always more complicated than it seems.
Glenna Gordon at Scarlett Lion has a great piece that explains what happened and why in much greater detail. Can any readers with Liberia expertise enlighten us further?
First, it's worth noting that the TRC report was not retracted because Sirleaf's name was on the list of those who should be barred from public office. Her name still appears on the list in the new report: https://www.trcofliberia.org/reports/final/final-report/trc-of-liberia-final-report-volume-ii.pdf (page 271)
The only difference I can discern between the two reports is that the new report recommends 50 people be barred from holding public office, while the old report had a list of 52 people. The 2 people in the retracted report but not the new one are Harry Greaves Jr., managing director of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company, and someone called "Cllr. Rogers."
I have more on this at my blog, http://allabuja.blogspot.com/2009/07/harry-greaves-jr-recommended-for.html
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Thanks, Shelby. My understanding is that the first report was issued, then the second that you mentioned came out with the two fewer names, then they retracted the report altogether. Do you know anything about that?
Everything you said is right, except that it doesn't look like they've retracted the report altogether. It's still up on their website, www.trcofliberia.org (It's called Volume 2 of TRC Report.)


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The College of Religious Studies (CRS), Mahidol University invites applications for a one-year renewable contract position in Religious Studies at the level of lecturer beginning July 2017.
Applicants should have a PhD in Religious Studies (the academic/scientific study of religion); scholars in related humanities and social sciences may apply as long as their dissertation and current research directly address religion. Completed PhD required. Preference will be given to applicants working on modern and/or contemporary issues. The ideal candidate will teach and conduct research in one or more of the CRS undergraduate and graduate programs: Buddhist Studies, Religious Studies, and Religion in Southeast Asia. The selected candidate will teach (medium of instruction is English), conduct research and handle normal administrative duties.
The College of Religious Studies is a small college within the Mahidol University system located about 20km west of Bangkok, Thailand.


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Q: How to cancel a shutdown process invoked through a low battery state?
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How to stop turning off sequence when power manager says that battery is too low and want to power down?

Usually I open a root window to have a chance to stop the invoked shutdown sequence because Ubuntu must first ask for permission to close the root window.
BUT several times later I forget that the shutdown sequence was initiated and close the root window. This leads to a shutdown even when the system is already back on the power line and recharging the battery.
shutdown -c in a/the still open root window doesn't work here.


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module BacklogKit
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  class Error < StandardError
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    # @param response [Hash] Error response
    # @param index [Integer] Index of the error
    # @return [String] Error message
    def self.build_error_message(response, index)
      message = "[ERROR #{index}] "
      message += "#{self.name.demodulize} - #{response['message']} (CODE: #{response['code']})"
      more_info = response['moreInfo'].to_s
      message += " (MORE INFO: #{more_info})" unless more_info.empty?
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  class UnexpectedError < Error; end
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  class LicenceExpiredError < Error; end
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  class UnauthorizedOperationError < Error; end
  class NoResourceError < Error; end
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  class ResourceOverflowError < Error; end
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Having Courtney as our florist was one of our best decisions. I wouldn't even say we "hired" her because it didn't feel like this was a business transaction for her, it felt really personal. She was always available to meet on Skype or in person and answer all our crazy questions, and never made us feel silly for those questions. The day of the wedding I was BLOWN AWAY by the arrangements she made. I get so many compliments on my florals and I never hesitate to recommend Courtney to anyone else. She's truly an amazing person, florist, and vendor!
Courtney was absolutely fabulous! My fiance and I were living in Florida while planning our wedding back home in Virginia Beach. I was nervous about finding vendors that could see my vision from so far away. But after my first consultation with Courtney, nerves were put at ease and excitement set in. She took the time to listen to what I was envisioning while at the same time offering her expertise. She stayed with me through the whole process and by the time of our wedding, I thought I knew what I was getting...and was so excited! However, everything turned out 10X better than my imagination! She captured everything I possibly wanted and made it that much better. I adored my bouquet that captured my personality so well. Another favorite was this eucalyptus greenery that went along the back of my ceremony chairs and was repurposed for my head table..it was so lush and beautiful that everyone couldn't believe it was real! Courtney was incredible and if there was a rating greater than 5 stars she would receive it from my now husband and I without question!
Where do I start?! Courtney was absolutely amazing from the first time we talked on the phone all the way to helping us get ready on our wedding day. She made the bouquet of my dreams, as well as all the other florals she did for the day... they could not have been more perfect! The florals she did truly helped make our day beautiful and I am so thankful for the friend I have found in Courtney through this whole process. I would recommend her 100%!
"All I can say is WOW. Courtney absolutely nailed my vision for a winter wedding! She's not only great at executing ideas, she's an absolutely amazing listener. I knew that flowers can make or break a space so DIY was completely out of the question. I'm so glad we trusted Courtney with the reins! She provided the lush greenery, neutral colored blooms, gold accents, and a massive eucalyptus garland that complimented our venue perfectly. I knew we needed additional decor and we were able to bounce ideas back and forth ironing out the specifics. They looked great! Our guests still rave about the flowers till this day! After our very first Skype meeting I knew I had made the right choice. She just "got me". I live near Baltimore, her office was in Richmond, and the venue was in Charlottesville, so trying to coordinate a wedding in a city you've only visited once (for 30 minutes) was tough. Luckily Courtney understood and worked diligently to make the planning process as easy as possible. I'm so glad I came across her Instagram page months ago. I adore her work and now I'm a CIE bride for life!"
I could not have asked for more gorgeous wedding flowers or a better experience with Courtney! I was so impressed by how quickly and thoroughly she communicated with me through the entire process. She listened and understood my ideas, and gave amazing suggestions as well. Even her proposal was incredible, with the names and pictures of each type of flower as well as inspiration photos so that I could easily see what we had talked about. Courtney went above and beyond to make sure my flowers were perfect and that the day went smoothly. She is so genuinely nice, in addition to being such a talented and creative florist. My flower crown, bouquet, and eucalyptus garland were honestly some of my very favorite elements of my wedding day thanks to Courtney!
Courtney was an absolute dream come true! We had an outdoor ceremony and she literally transformed the space with her creative vision. Her florals - from the bouquets, table arrangements and installations - were jaw-dropping gorgeousness. Courtney was also so professional, very responsive and so easy to work with that I would highly recommend her services. I kept telling her I just wish I could have hung out with the flowers longer! They were THAT beautiful!!


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Q: Linux command line, reverse polish notation ls /tmp
How can I run the same command but using reverse polish notation?
Is there a mode that would allow me to do this or something similar to that?
I could use xargs but that's a lot more typing:
echo /tmp | xargs ls
This would be ideal:
/tmp ls
or
/tmp | ls

A: Bash (I assume you are using it) is a shell for unixoid systems.
As far as I know, bash doesn't provide such a mode. You could use a different shell that provides this feature. Searching in the web, this was my first result: https://github.com/iconmaster5326/RPOS, but maybe it is far from stable ;)
Alternatively, you can make a command that reverses it's argument list and execute it.
The usage would be like this:
reversex /tmp ls
reversex A.txt B.txt cp

Here is an example of such a command:
#!/bin/bash
for i in "$@"
do
    CMDLINE="$i $CMDLINE"
done
$CMDLINE

If you name it /usr/local/bin/reversex and make it executable, you should be able to use simple reverse commands with the prefix reversex. I can not give a warranty that it works. Note that the arguments are parsed twice and have to be escaped twice, too.


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Rethinking Apple Music's Flop Status
Back in September, all facts pointed toward Apple's new initiative to take back the music industry being a major flop. With the confusing departure of Ian Rogers and high expectations for Apple in general, it pushed one anyoption writer to wonder whether Apple Music had a chance.
Numbers don't lie
In late October, Apple chief executive Tim Cook announced some numbers on Apple Music: the subscription service has 15 million users at the moment, with 6.5 million of them paying users (the others are still in the 3-month trial).
With the company typically keeping things like this close to the vest, it makes you wonder why they decided to make this announcement. It may be that high expectations make people nervous when they're not getting hard facts. Or it could just be that Cook wanted to put investors at ease. Either way, the numbers were impressive and here's why:
It took Spotify around two years before it reached 10 million users, 2.5 million of which were paid subscribers. Conversely, it took Apple Music just four months to reach 15 million users and 6.5 paying subscribers.
Spotify currently has more than 75 million active users and 20 million paying subscribers, meaning Apple already has a third as many paying users.
Okay, okay. In a vacuum, all those numbers are great. But while numbers don't lie, they also don't tell the whole story.
Before we start claiming Apple Music as a success, there are some things to take into consideration.
First of all, unlike Spotify, Apple Music doesn't have a free option. While it's impossible to say how long it takes for a Spotify user to start paying for the service, the fact that the streaming service does offer a free version makes it much more appealing to users than Apple Music, which gives you nothing after the three-month trial.
Another thing to consider is that Apple Music is a laggard, not the trailblazer. If you determine its success based on the early success of a service that started seven years ago, you're not getting an "apples to apples" comparison. After all, considering the first generation iPhone's sales, several lesser smartphones have performed better.
The last thing to think about is Apple's sheer reach. Spotify didn't have that option when it first started its service and, frankly, it still doesn't. With that in mind, it's really difficult to say whether or not Apple Music is a good move.
It's still too early
In my opinion, we're still months, maybe years, away from knowing whether or not Apple Music is a flop. After all, it's only been around for a few months. Competitors Spotify and Pandora are certainly looking to respond with improved service and they better, because Apple's existing user base and the seamless integration it has in the Apple iOS doesn't help their case. Also consider that Apple recently launched an Apple Music app for Android, making it only the third app Apple has created for the rival operating system.
In other words, no one's dead yet. Things are just starting to heat up.
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SWF Podcast
Spectrum Protection: An Examination of the Policy and Practical Implications
Our continued ability to get benefits from space assets will be interrupted if spectrum is not responsibly protected. This issue is coming up more and more often, particularly so at meetings last November in Geneva for the World Radiocommunication Conference and as policymakers look at the future of GPS and other positioning, navigation, and timing systems. As the U.S. government takes on the mantle of looking at how its space assets can overall be more resilient, spectrum protection is a key part of this discussion.
This lunch-time panel will examine what major issues could potentially affect spectrum availability and utility over the near term and discuss what policies and/or legislation could help with those challenges.
For further information and speaker bios, please see the event page on the SWF website.
Mr. Christopher Hegarty, Director, Communications, Navigation, Surveillance (CNS) Engineering and Spectrum, The MITRE Corporation
Mr. James J. Miller, Deputy Director, Policy and Strategic Communications Division, Space Communications and Navigation Program, NASA Headquarters
Dr. Scott Pace, Director, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University
Ms. Jennifer Warren, Vice President of Technology Policy and Regulation, Washington Operations Government and Regulatory Affairs, Lockheed Martin
Moderator: Ms. Victoria Samson, SWF Washington Office Director.
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Capacity-building for Space Sustainability: The role of government, industry and civil society
What are the most pressing challenges confronting governments, industry and civil society in terms of building capacity for implementing international space sustainability guidelines, and what steps should each of these three sectors prioritize to build such capacity? This panel of leading international experts shared their thoughts on how governments, industry and civil society can jointly build capacity in the space community to support the implementation of the international guidelines for space sustainability recently adopted by the UN. For more background information on these guidelines, see our _SWF Factsheet_. Panelists Government * Niklas Hedman, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, Austria * Andre Rypl, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil * Keren Shahar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel * David Turner, Department of State, United States Industry * Aarti Holla-Maini, EMEA Satellite Operators Association, Belgium * Therese Jones, Satellite Industry Association, United States * Daniel Oltrogge, Space Safety Coalition, United States * Charity Weeden, Astroscale, United States Civil Society * David Kendall, Outer Space Institute, Canada * Jean-Jacques Tortora, European Space Policy Institute, Austria * Guoyu Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China * Danielle Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Examining the Socioeconomic Benefits of the International Space Station
Secure World Foundation and the ISS National Labs co-hosted the first in a two-event series, one in the San Francisco Bay area and one in Washington, DC. This series is designed to highlight and examine the socioeconomic benefits of the International Space Station. Global efforts like the Sustainable Development Goals are benefiting from work being done on ISS but these activities have received little attention. Speakers comprised a diverse group of ISS National Lab partners, data end-users, and government representatives who spoke to unique work that's being done, the observed or expected benefit on Earth, and the importance of maintaining the space environment to support this work.
Is Spectrum Shifting the Playing Field for the Weather Enterprise?
Many earth scientists unknowingly use special allocations of spectrum that are reserved for the collection and transmission of hydrometeorological data, particularly involving weather satellites. These allocations, for example, provide rebroadcasts of geostationary weather satellite imagery, transmit National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data to academic and industry partners, and enable passive microwave sensing of weather systems over the ocean. Data received through these allocations are paramount to achieving the best possible timeliness and quality of weather forecasts and warnings. Satellite observations of Earth's atmosphere are a major contributor to weather and climate research, and improve the predictions from numerical weather prediction models. However, the spectrum allocations for meteorological observations and earth exploration is potentially becoming threatened from proposals to deploy 5G and other advanced networks in adjacent bands, introducing risk and uncertainty for longstanding remote sensing applications. Because scientists and other users of weather data do not typically follow the complex and technical government spectrum proceedings, there is limited advocacy from those who could be impacted most and could best convey the true value of certain spectrum allocations for science. In order to illustrate the wide range of potential impacts to weather satellite observations and timely earth science data transmissions, this panel, at the 2019 Joint Satellite Conference, discussed various spectrum proposals and how they might impact earth science research and users of earth-observing satellite imagery and products. The panel will also explain the regulatory environment and challenges to a brokered discussion on the relative merits of competing needs for spectrum allocations. It was an opportunity to share information with an international audience of satellite experts across government, academic and private sector audiences. The timing occurred shortly after the close in public comments to the FCC on the NPRM related to GOES real time data access (1675-1680 MHz) and just prior to the start of the World Radio Conference where discussions will include the rules around the global deployment of 5G technologies, including spectrum resources closely adjoining passive remote sensing observations for numerical weather prediction (especially near 23.8 GHz). Speakers: * Jordan Gerth, Physical Scientist, National Weather Service Office of Observations * Ryan Terry, Director, Regulatory Licensing and Policy, Lockheed Martin Corporation * Elliot Eichen, 2018-2019 IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow, and former Director of R&D, Verizon Communications * Dave Lubar, Senior Project Leader, Civil Spectrum Management, Civil Systems Group, The Aerospace Corporation Session Co-chairs: * Renee Leduc, Founder & Principal, Narayan Strategy * Krystal Wilson, Director of Space Applications Programs, Secure World Foundation More details, can be found at the event page on the SWF website.


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Justice, USA
When They See Us: Central Park Five prosecutor resigns from college post
June 26, 2019 sndden
Image captionElizabeth Lederer's prosecution of five black and Hispanic teenagers for a rape they did not commit was overturned in 2002
The prosecutor of five teenagers convicted for the brutal rape of a female jogger in 1989 – depicted in Netflix's When They See Us – has left her job at at Columbia Law School.
Lawyer Elizabeth Lederer led the prosecution, but in Ava DuVernay's series she is seen expressing doubts about their guilt.
The boys, known as the Central Park Five, said police coerced them into confessing and were exonerated in 2002.
They were all black and Hispanic.
Columbia University's Black Students Organisation had set up a petition asking the school to fire Ms Lederer amid outcry generated by the series.
The New York Times reported that the school's dean emailed students saying Ms Lederer "decided not to seek reappointment as a lecturer".
She is also a prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney's office.
Gillian Lester, the dean of the school, said Ms Lederer wrote that the Netflix series had "reignited a painful – and vital – national conversation about race, identity, and criminal justice."
The New York Times said the email included a statement from Ms Lederer saying she had enjoyed her years teaching at Columbia but would not be returning.
She said: "Given the nature of the recent publicity generated by the Netflix portrayal of the Central Park case, it is best for me not to renew my teaching application."
The BBC has contacted Ms Lederer, Columbia Law School and Manhattan district attorney's office for comment.
When They See Us, a four-part mini-series, has proved hugely popular on Netflix, and in the US the series has been the streaming service's most-watched show since it debuted. In the UK it is the second-most watched after Black Mirror.
What happened in the Central Park Five case?
The victim, a white 28-year-old investment banker, was severely beaten, raped and left for dead in a bush. She had no memory of it.
Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam and Korey Wise – then aged between 14 and 16 – were arrested and interrogated for hours without access to lawyers or their parents.
They confessed to the crime but later recanted, saying their admissions were the result of police coercion.
The 1989 interrogation was conducted by another prosecutor and police.
The convictions were overturned in 2002 after a serial violent offender named Matias Reyes confessed to the attack and said he had acted alone.
A US judge in 2014 approved a $41m (£32m) settlement between the five and New York City.
This is the second job loss for someone connected with the case since the series was released.
On 4 June, Linda Fairstein, a former US prosecutor involved in the case, resigned from several boards.
She observed the teenagers' 1989 interrogation, which was conducted by another prosecutor and police. She was Manhattan's sexual crimes top prosecutor at the time, and has since maintained they were not coerced and defended the authorities' conduct.
When They See Us inspired a #CancelLindaFairstein movement on social media amid renewed outcry over her role in the case.
On 8 June, Ms Fairstein, who is now a crime novelist and children's author, was dropped by her publisher.
Two days later she wrote in the Wall Street Journal: "Ava DuVernay's miniseries wrongly portrays them as totally innocent – and defames me in the process."
Ava Duvernay was asked about Linda Fairstein during an interview by Oprah Winfrey, and said: "I think that it's important that people be held accountable."
But she added: "She is part of a system that's not broken, it was built to be this way… the real thing that we are all trying to do.. is to be able to say, 'Go America…Let's do this. Let's change this.'
"You can't change what you don't know, so we came together to show you what you may not know."
"That's our goal."
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Rudy's private life under scrutiny
Hillary keeps her ads kind and cuddly, but blasts hubby's Puerto Rico plan. The NRA shoots off its mouth about Bush.
By Alicia Montgomery
Published May 4, 2000 11:00AM (EDT)
Rudy Giuliani has been dogged by reporters' questions about Judith Nathan, a "very good friend" who has been seen frequently in the mayor's company. The New York Times reports that Giuliani expressed frustration with the press probing and declined to discuss the relationship. "I am annoyed that people would have invaded the privacy of people who are not in [public] life," he said. The New York Post reports that Nathan, a single mother who lives in Manhattan's Upper East Side, was the Senate hopeful's New Year's Eve date and has accompanied him to a few public functions. Giuliani's wife, Donna Hanover, has rarely appeared with the mayor since rumors of his adultery surfaced in 1996.
Renewed interest in Giuliani's romantic affairs comes after a week of unusually sympathetic coverage of the mayor as a result of his announcement that he suffers from prostate cancer. Giuliani said that reporters shouldn't expect him to be as forthcoming about his marriage as he has been about his diagnosis. But he also stepped away from further talk of his health. "I have told you about my health. That affects my public life," he said. "There is nothing else you need to know."
Hillary ads up
Staying away from personal attacks, Hillary Rodham Clinton's new political spot doesn't mention Giuliani at all, instead focusing on the first lady and her public service record. The New York Daily News reports that the ads' positive tone has nothing to do with her opponent's recent cancer diagnosis. "We've been working on advertisements for several weeks now," said Clinton campaign manager Bill de Blasio. "This was when we were ready to start." The Giuliani campaign, however, remains unimpressed. Campaign manager Bruce Teitelbaum called the ads the "latest attempt to reinvent Mrs. Clinton."
Bill's Puerto Rico plan bombs with Hillary
The first lady thinks that the federal government is wrong to continue its military maneuvers in Vieques, Puerto Rico, USA Today reports. According to a statement released by Clinton's campaign, the "small, inhabited island should not be used for target practice," a position in opposition to her husband's support of the Navy's actions. Critics accused the president of trying to boost his wife's Senate run when he released Puerto Rican independence terrorists last year.
With friends like these ...
While "compassionate conservative" George W. Bush tries to keep his ties to the National Rifle Association out of the spotlight, his friends there aren't at all gun-shy about publicizing the relationship. The Washington Post reports that NRA officials have been shooting off their mouths about what a Bush presidency would do for them. Kayne Robinson, vice president of the organization, declared that gun rights advocates would have "unbelievably friendly relations" with a Bush White House. He went on to say, "If we win, we'll have a Supreme Court that will back us to the hilt. If we win, we'll have a president ... where we work out of their office." Robinson's remarks, made in February at a Los Angeles meeting of NRA members, will be woven into a national ad campaign by Handgun Control Inc., a group that promotes firearms regulation.
The Bush campaign has refused to return the NRA's ardent embrace, at least in public. "Neither the NRA nor any special interest sets the governor's agenda," said Bush spokesman Scott McClellan, responding to the comments by Robinson and other gun rights boosters. "Governor Bush sets his agenda based on his priorities and principles."
No breaks for Mrs. Bush
Bush's wife, Laura, was at fault in a 1963 car crash that killed her then boyfriend, according to the Dallas Morning News. As originally reported by the Midland Reporter-Telegram, a court order directed police in Midland, Texas, to release an account of the incident, which had previously been withheld from the press. The police report found that the then Laura Welsh ran a stop sign, hitting a Chevrolet Corvair driven by Michael Douglas, a classmate of hers at Robert E. Lee High School. No charges were filed in the case.
Laura Bush has been relatively silent about the incident and the recent reports. But her spokesman, Andrew Malcolm, commented, "It was a very tragic accident that deeply affected the families and was very painful for all involved, including the community at large," he said. "To this day, Mrs. Bush remains unable to talk about it."
Babes for Bush
Ladies loved Bill Clinton at the ballot box, but Bush has stolen their hearts from Gore. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows that Bush has erased Gore's advantage with female voters, and leads the vice president overall 46 percent to 41 percent. The survey credits Bush's education policy with closing the gender gap. The poll also found that Republican and independent voters still prefer Gen. Colin Powell and former candidate John McCain for vice president over people who actually want the job, though Elizabeth Dole, one enthusiastic contender, bests McCain for second place in an exclusively Republican sample.
Democrats' DeLay action
House Democrats have learned a thing or two from their hearing-happy brethren across the aisle. The Washington Post reports that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is suing House Majority Whip Tom DeLay for racketeering. The civil suit charges the Texas congressman with squeezing contributors for donations to his party, then shifting those funds to shady nonprofits that he controlled. "Never before has a senior congressional and party leader devised a scheme like this: hammering contributors for money, threatening to punish those who decline and setting up a shadow party structure outside public view and outside our laws to make it possible," said DCCC chairman Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy of Rhode Island.
DeLay spokeswoman Emily Miller dismissed the allegations as "utterly invalid and baseless." But the charges aren't new -- DeLay's dealings have raised suspicions before. In April, Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call detailed creative accounting by a nonprofit group affiliated with him.
Whom should you vote for?
Take our survey and find out. You might be surprised.
Poll positions
Presidential race: (previous)
Bush 46 to Gore 41 (NBC/Wall Street Journal April 29-May 1).
Bush 49 to Gore 44 (Gallup/CNN/USA Today April 28-30).
Bush 47 to Gore 38 (Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll April 26-27).
Bush 43 to Gore 41 (CBS News April 15-17).
Bush 44 to Gore 42 (Newsweek April 13-14).
Vice presidential preferences (previous):
Preferences for Republican vice presidential candidate among Republican voters (NBC/Wall Street Journal April 29-May 1):
Colin Powell, 39 percent
Elizabeth Dole, 19 percent
John McCain, 18 percent
Christine Todd Whitman, 5 percent
Fred Thompson, 6 percent
John Kaisch, 4 percent
Tom Ridge, 3 percent
Other, 1 percent
Not sure, 5 percent
Preferences for Democratic vice presidential candidate among all voters (Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll March 22-23):
Bill Bradley, 27 percent
Dianne Feinstein, 10 percent
Bob Kerrey, 6 percent
Bob Graham, 5 percent
John Kerry, 4 percent
Bill Richardson, 4 percent
Evan Bayh, 3 percent
Not sure, 35 percent
New York Senate:
Clinton 46 to Giuliani 44 (Quinnipiac College April 24-30).
Clinton 43 to Giuliani 43 (Zogby April 28-29).
Clinton 52 to Giuliani 42 (New York Times/CBS News April 1-5).
Giuliani 46 to Clinton 43 (Marist Institute March 27-28).
Bush: California.
Gore: Illinois and Michigan.
C-Span's "Washington Journal":
7 a.m. -- Open phones and, from London by phone, Charles Reiss, London Evening Standard.
8:15 a.m. -- Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.), Republican Conference chairman.
9 a.m. -- Open phones.
9:15 a.m. -- Thomas Blanton, National Security Archive, on access to government documents.
Watch "Washington Journal" on the Web.
E-mail Trail Mix with your comments, suggestions and tips at alicia@salon.com.
Alicia Montgomery
Alicia Montgomery is an associate editor in Salon's Washington bureau.
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