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Q: SaveChanges() doesn't insert any records to database I'm using Entity Framework to add new records to the database, everything goes ok without any errors, but I don't see the new record in the database.
Update code works, but insert code doesn't work. No errors appear, but no records are inserted into the database.
My code :
var DBs2 = ConnectionTools.OpenConn();
DBs2.Configuration.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = false;
DBs2.Configuration.ValidateOnSaveEnabled = false;

var resList = CreatedSerials.Where(u => u.Item4 == VID).ToList();

foreach (var r in resList)
{
    // if serial id ==0 => new then add it as new
    if ( r.Item7 == 0)
    {
        try
        {
            var purchasesItemSerials = new purchases_item_seriels()
                                {
                                    pitem_ID = pitem_ID,
                                    stitems_ID = r.Item1,
                                    pmain_ID = PurchasesID,
                                    pitem_virtualID = r.Item4,
                                    pis_CustomSerial = r.Item2,
                                    pis_ExpireDate = r.Item3,
                                    pis_Statues = 0,
                                    ss_StoreID = Convert.ToInt32(gridView1.GetRowCellValue(ItemImdex, "storeID")),
                                    Purchases_Price = Convert.ToDecimal(gridView1.GetRowCellValue(ItemImdex, "item_NetSmallestUnitPrice")),
                                };
            ss.Add(purchasesItemSerials);
        }
        catch (Exception eeeeee)
        {
            Msg.Show("", eeeeee.ToString(), 0);return;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        var DBs350 = ConnectionTools.OpenConn();

        var UpdateSerial = DBs350.purchases_item_seriels.Find(r.Item7);

        UpdateSerial.pitem_ID = pitem_ID;
        UpdateSerial.stitems_ID = r.Item1;
        UpdateSerial. pmain_ID = PurchasesID;
        UpdateSerial.pitem_virtualID = r.Item4;
        UpdateSerial.pis_CustomSerial = r.Item2;
        UpdateSerial.pis_ExpireDate = r.Item3;
        UpdateSerial.pis_Statues = r.Item6;
        UpdateSerial.ss_StoreID = Convert.ToInt32(gridView1.GetRowCellValue(ItemImdex, "storeID"));
        UpdateSerial.Purchases_Price = Convert.ToDecimal(gridView1.GetRowCellValue(ItemImdex, "item_NetSmallestUnitPrice"));

        DBs350.SaveChanges();
    }
}

try
{
    DBs2.purchases_item_seriels.AddRange(ss);
    DBs2.SaveChanges();
}
catch (Exception eeeeee)
{
    Msg.Show("", eeeeee.ToString(), 0);return;
}

I also tried :
DBs2.Configuration.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = true;
DBs2.Configuration.ValidateOnSaveEnabled = true;

but again: no data is inserted, no errors appear
I also tried :
int returnCode = DBs2.SaveChanges();
and returnCode = 0

**I also tried : inserting just a single item then SaveChanges **
// if this serial is new
                    var NewSerialresList = CreatedSerials.Where(u => u.Item4 == VID && u.Item7 == 0).ToList();
                    if (NewSerialresList.Count() > 0)
                    {

                        var ss = new List<purchases_item_seriels>();

                        foreach (var r in NewSerialresList)
                        {
                            try
                            {
                                mrsalesdbEntities DBs002 = new mrsalesdbEntities();
                                var purchasesItemSerials = new purchases_item_seriels()
                                {
                                    pitem_ID = pitem_ID,
                                    stitems_ID = r.Item1,
                                    pmain_ID = PurchasesID,
                                    pitem_virtualID = r.Item4,
                                    pis_CustomSerial = r.Item2,
                                    pis_ExpireDate = r.Item3,
                                    pis_Statues = 0,
                                    ss_StoreID = Convert.ToInt32(gridView1.GetRowCellValue(ItemImdex, "storeID")),
                                    Purchases_Price = Convert.ToDecimal(gridView1.GetRowCellValue(ItemImdex, "item_NetSmallestUnitPrice")),
                                };
                                //ss.Add(purchasesItemSerials);
                                DBs002.purchases_item_seriels.Add(purchasesItemSerials);
                                DBs002.SaveChanges();
                            }
                            catch (Exception ex)
                            {
                                Msg.Show("", ex.ToString(), 0);
                            }

                        }

                        int CC = ss.Count();

                    }

i use this function to change the connection variables  at run-time :
public static mrsalesdbEntities OpenConn()
        {
            mrsalesdbEntities MrSalesContext = new mrsalesdbEntities();
            MrSalesContext.ChangeDatabase
               (
                   initialCatalog: myconn.database,
                   port: Convert.ToUInt32( myconn.port),
                   userId: myconn.uid,
                   password: myconn.password,
                   dataSource: myconn.server
            );
            return MrSalesContext;
        }

public static void ChangeDatabase(
            this DbContext source,
            string initialCatalog = "",
            uint port = 3307,
            string dataSource = "",
            string userId = "",
            string password = "",
            bool integratedSecuity = true,
            string configConnectionStringName = "mrsalesdbEntities")
        /* this would be used if the
        *  connectionString name varied from
        *  the base EF class name */
        {
            try
            {
                // use the const name if it's not null, otherwise
                // using the convention of connection string = EF contextname
                // grab the type name and we're done
                var configNameEf = string.IsNullOrEmpty(configConnectionStringName)
                    ? source.GetType().Name
                    : configConnectionStringName;

                // add a reference to System.Configuration
                var entityCnxStringBuilder = new EntityConnectionStringBuilder
                    (System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager
                        .ConnectionStrings[configNameEf].ConnectionString);

                // init the sqlbuilder with the full EF connectionstring cargo
                var sqlCnxStringBuilder = new MySqlConnectionStringBuilder
                    (entityCnxStringBuilder.ProviderConnectionString);

                // only populate parameters with values if added
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(initialCatalog))
                    sqlCnxStringBuilder.Database = initialCatalog;
                if ((port) != 0)
                    sqlCnxStringBuilder.Port = port;
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(dataSource))
                    sqlCnxStringBuilder.Server = dataSource;
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(userId))
                    sqlCnxStringBuilder.UserID = userId;
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(password))
                    sqlCnxStringBuilder.Password = password;

                // set the integrated security status
                //sqlCnxStringBuilder.IntegratedSecurity = integratedSecuity;

                // now flip the properties that were changed
                source.Database.Connection.ConnectionString
                    = sqlCnxStringBuilder.ConnectionString;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                // set log item if required
            }
        }
    }

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Created in 2016, ESIC (Esports Integrity Commission) is focused on protecting the integrity of esports and helping the esports industry be a safe, competitive, and rewarding environment. Ian Smith, the Commissioner of ESIC, shared what motivates him and his team in their mission to serve the members of the esports community. Ian also talks about why ESIC has chosen to work with Kronoverse and how he expects the use of blockchain technology to impact competitive gaming.
How did ESIC come to be?
�In 2015 I was asked to do an integrity threat assessment of the esports industry and, in normal circumstances in traditional sport, the conclusions reached by this sort of review would be handed to a governing body for implementation, but in esports there was no governing body or central authority to go to and the only alternative was to create, from scratch, a body to deal with these integrity threats and that is why ESIC was formed in 2016.
What motivates ESIC to pursue its mission to be the recognized guardian of the integrity of esports and take responsibility for all forms cheating such as match manipulation and doping?
�At a personal level, I have been motivated throughout my career in traditional sport (20 years in cricket and other professional sports) to ensure that what happens on the field of play is a genuine contest between two people or teams doing their best to win. I hate cheating in any form, whether that is to win or, as with match manipulation for betting fraud purposes, to deliberately underperform or lose. Ultimately, the biggest losers in any corruption scandal in sport are the players and so ESIC's motivation is first and foremost the protection of the players, the game and the business that has evolved around the sport to promote it and enhance it. Anything that undermines that effort, that renders the years of training and sacrifice meaningless, should be resisted and eliminated and that is why we exist for esports.
What are the most common forms of cheating ESIC is currently dealing with in the esports industry?
�The most common form of cheating are cheating to win by using hacks, bots, cheats or ISP attacks and, to a far lesser extent, by doping. After that, cheating to lose or deliberately underperform in order to commit betting fraud (match-fixing).
Are there any solutions available to put an end to these forms of cheating?
I think putting an end to it may be too optimistic, but we can certainly curb it and make esports less of a target for corruptors. Firstly, on the issue of cheating to win with software or dDos attacks is pretty well dealt with through anti-cheat technology at most levels, although we know from experience that anti-cheat is often behind the most sophisticated cheats being developed at high level, but it has to be the case that those cheat developers are increasingly being painted into a corner in the more popular and long running games like CS:GO, DOTA2 and LOL. The cheating players using very sophisticated cheats have usually been caught by their opponents calling them out because good players know when they're being cheated. There are some promising signs with pattern based anti-cheats such as those used to detect poker bots, but we shall have to wait and see how those work in practice. Match-fixing will, similarly, become more difficult as the monitoring of suspicious and unusual betting becomes better and more official data is used to create betting markets. Additionally, greater analysis of player data will allow us to identify when a player is playing in an unusual or sub-par manner and that will mean they are easier to convict of offences because the data will show they were underperforming deliberately.
Where do you see the esports industry in 10 years with how it handles cheating?
�Following on from the above answer, I think it will get harder and harder to cheat to win as long as new games learn best practice in anti-cheat from old games because it seems unlikely that esports will be played in 10 years with the same games being played today. On the match-fixing front, a number of factors ought to have improved to mean it is far harder to get away with. First better regulation globally of sports betting, with a more joined up approach between jurisdictions worldwide. The fact is that good regulation and enforcement in China and the CIS region would cut match-fixing by 80% overnight and I hope that that takes less than a decade, but I'm not optimistic. I do think suspicious and unusual bet monitoring would have improved and will be more coordinated so that real time detection of attempted fixes occurs and can be stopped. These things apply to all sports betting – because esports is digital and data driven, it should adapt more easily to dealing with cheating because the evidence is objective, rather than subjective as it often is in traditional sports. Where esports currently suffers is the lack of a governing body or central authority to create and enforce high standards, so I hope ESIC can fill that void as far as competitive integrity is concerned over the next decade. I try to have us think like a good ancestor!
Why did ESIC choose to work with Kronoverse?
�Having the opportunity to work with a new platform from day one to embed good regulations into the terms and conditions of participation is always exciting and gratifying. It was also such a compelling proposition and being involved from the start and contributing to its growth makes Kronoverse a perfect prospect for ESIC membership. I'm also a fan of the adoption of blockchain tech because it makes dispute resolution and transaction tracking so simple and definitive and creates a safe environment for everyone from day one. �
How do you see the use of blockchain technology affecting the esports industry?
�I think its adoption across the industry is inevitable for the reasons I've outlined above and the transparency it offers creates a trust that is hard to duplicate any other way. It will certainly help ESIC in our role ensuring integrity as the digital record is impossible to argue with.
For more information about ESIC and its work to end cheating and protect the integrity of competitive gaming, visit: https://esic.gg/


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USA: alleged ELF and ALF fugitive, Joseph Dibee, arrested After 12 Years
World, Aug 14th
Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, an alleged member of the Earth Liberation Front group "The Family," has been arrested in Cuba and is now being held in Oregon. Cuban authorities, with assistance from the FBI and other US government agencies, detained Dibee in Cuba shortly before he was set to board a plane to Russia. He has been held in the Multnomah County Detention Center in Portland since last Thursday afternoon.
He appeared in federal court in Oregon last Friday. He pleaded not guilty to three counts of arson and conspiracy charges. He told the judge he understood his rights and said nothing else.
He will now face federal criminal charges in Oregon, California, and Washington.
He is being charged in Oregon with one count of conspiracy to commit arson, one count of conspiracy to commit arson and destruction of an energy facility, and one count of arson. He also faces one count each of conspiracy to commit arson, possession of an unregistered firearm, and possession of a destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence in Washington and one count each of conspiracy to commit arson, arson of a government building, and possession of a destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence in California.
One of the actions Dibee is accused of taking part in is the destruction of the Cavel West horsemeat-packing plant in Redmond, Oregon, in 1997. The joint ELF/ALF action was successful in permanently closing down the facility.
In 2005, FBI agents arrived at Joseph Dibee's home in Seattle, but did not have enough evidence to arrest him. He "disappeared" a few days later. In 2006, a federal grand jury in Oregon indicted Dibee and 12 others as part of Operation Backfire, an FBI investigation into animal and earth liberation groups which has led to numerous arrests. "The Family" is believed to be responsible for actions ranging from vandalism to arson between 1995 and 2001, causing more than $45 million in damages to earth-destroying and animal-abusing companies. None of the actions Dibee is accused of taking part in harmed any human or nonhuman life.
Dibee is expected to go to trial in October in a federal court in Eugene. He will be held in jail until then.
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Forget childhood piano recitals. Could there be a more terrifying prospect than discussing classical music with one of our greatest all-time conductors, Michael Tilson Thomas? I consoled myself with the fact that as music director of the San Francisco Symphony, MTT has picked up Leonard Bernstein's baton and made it his mission to make classical music accessible to the masses. In both PBS's Keeping Score and public radio's The MTT Files (a must-listen: his show on James Brown), he breaks down compositions and musical history. The SF Symphony has kid-friendly programs. He runs the New World Symphony, an academy for young prodigies. He even harnessed YouTube to cast an orchestra that came together for three days of practice before playing Carnegie Hall. In 2005 he produced an homage to his grandparents, Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky, Yiddish theater stars so famous that 30,000 people attended his grandfather's funeral. And President Obama recently awarded him the National Medal of Arts for "for his commitment to engaging new artists and audiences in the exciting world of contemporary music." MTT graciously invited me to his home. Little did either of us know it would turn into a two-hour talk both remedial and revelatory (for me). He seemed happy to conduct.
Michael Tilson Thomas: My grandparents were major theater people—Yiddish theater, which was workers' theater, radical theater—engaging the audience, which was largely an immigrant audience, with the social issues they were encountering in the United States. There were the literary plays, which were biblical epics and high-flown dramas, and then there were these other plays called shund plays, which is a very impolite word, a demeaning word like "crap." But these plays were much more about topical issues; they were really about the things that people were experiencing in their real lives on the street. The way you survive in the performing arts is by having a sense of your audience, and doing things which entertain and satisfy the audience, but in a more important way, cause the audience to question many things. This is what my grandparents did. So part of my mission is simply that: to bring the world of the arts, particularly classical music, closer to people so they don't feel that it is something remote that they have to specially prepare themselves for, or dress up for.
MTT: Yes, and likewise, extraordinary connoisseurs whose background was blue collar and who got into music because of their involvement with mathematics or science. If kids are given the chance to experience this realm at the early ages, 7 or 8 years old, they can pick it up right away.
MTT: My parents told me that when I was a kid, three years old, I couldn't walk by the piano without reaching up and trying to play a few notes on it. There are kids who are just drawn to listening to music and dancing to it and trying to conduct. I think it's wrong to force any kind of agenda on a child, but it's wonderful to give them the opportunity. My parents made listening to music a part of our daily routine. My father had great musical abilities. He had no training, except for a couple lessons with George Gershwin as a kid, which consisted of Gershwin telling him things like, "Teddy, look at the piano. You'll notice that there are white notes and black notes. Figure out the difference between them and you'll be able to make whatever kind of music you want," like a Jewish Zen master of music lessons. My parents took a very active part in acquainting me with all these different areas of the arts as part of our playtime together, from as far back as I can remember. My relationship to all of this is the same as my relationship to breathing.
MJ: And when they all came together, you essentially drilled them for two days, and they practiced, I'm assuming, massively alone before they all got together.
MTT: We tried to use technology creatively by sending them their parts with very exact markings via PDFs. There were also websites that we created, which were kind of tutorials where I was speaking, and colleagues from different major orchestras would explain, "This is what you need to do, this is the kind of tempo, the kind of sound." And people really applied themselves, so that they could hit the ground running.
MJ: Do you feel stage fright appearing with an orchestra that you've played very little with?
MTT: Well, not at all. In truth I feel the greatest level of anxiety at rehearsals, because I can still feel responsible, like I have to come up with some solution. Once we go into performance mode, it's like "Okay, let's perform now." Whatever it is, it's now going to be that.
MTT:I think so. Also a curious skill that has to do with kind of perceiving the past, the present, and the future at once, and being aware of how many different reaction times are present in the orchestra. One of my central maxims is how a major part of what a conductor tries to do is get a large group of people to agree on where "now" actually is.
MJ: You did an amazing radio show with and about James Brown a few years ago. What other nonclassical artists do you particularly like or have been intrigued by?
MTT: I think James Brown was a profound original creator whose thoughts about the phenomenon of music were extraordinary. I liked Wilson Picket, and I liked Otis Redding and all sorts of blues singers. Ray Charles was a truly phenomenal musician and performer; a couple of times I've conducted a show for him, and he had a very particular energy and powerful, intuitive presence. I like Peggy Lee very much. Of course I like Ella. I was very fortunate to work with Sarah Vaughn, who was another supremely intuitive person. That was a fascinating experience: She got some kind of an honorary degree from Harvard, and she was supposed to give a talk of some sort. She had her trio and she performed "Body and Soul" like five different ways, very different ways.
MTT: It's easier to interest a conservative audience in pushing the musical boundaries than to involve a young audience used to very noisy, assertive music in something like Schubert or Bach because the further back you go, the less bells and whistles there are. So you're really coming down to just what the notes themselves say. That is the biggest prize of all. A lot of what we do in presenting music for kids is done using rhythms as the center because the experience and the drive of rhythm is very engaging and because people are familiar with it from all the pop music that they're hearing. But as attractive and as alluring as rhythm is, it is an element of music and it is not the center of it. The real deep text of music and the whole reason that it has continued with the profundity and urgency that it has for over a thousand years, has to do with what the notes say, what the notes witness, different experiences of hope or doubt that people are able to distill and encode and pass on in this way.


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Krings Bridge
Primary Photographer(s): Nathan Holth and Rick McOmber
Bridge Documented: August 2007 and July 6, 2014
Kring Street (Soap Hollow Road, PA-4041) Over Stonycreek River
Krings (Near Johnstown): Cambria County, Pennsylvania and Somerset County, Pennsylvania: United States
Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Pony Truss, Fixed
1937 By Builder/Contractor: Guy Trimpey	and Engineer/Design: Pennsylvania State Highway Department
2 Main Span(s)
This bridge is one of several standard plan type truss bridges that tend to date to the 1920s-1940 that are located in or just outside of Johnstown. Bridges like this one are often discarded by historic bridge inventories because they are declared undistinguished and common technology. Indeed, this was certainly the case when they were built. The fact that multiple examples of relatively similar design characteristics remain in Johnstown testifies to that fact. However, these bridges are rapidly being demolished and this is partly due to the fact that these inventories didn't even bother to consider their historic value.
Inventories should look at the fact that some of these older bridges may seem common when the inventory is taken, and then consider that even though this is the case, bridges like this are no longer being built today, and those that survive are being demolished. As such, even if the bridge is not all that rare today, it might be rare soon, and as such it should be declared historic. Perhaps the government should define a third designation for historic bridges that references bridges that are "prospectively rare and historic" meaning that as bridges are demolished, a particular bridge will then become more rare and historic. In addition, one must take into account that these bridges from this era, whether historic or not, are complex and beautiful structures that are a real asset to a city like Johnstown, and are also monuments to a city that was closely associated to the steel industry.
For a city the size of Johnstown, an unusually high number of metal truss bridges remain in the city. For this reason, these bridges should be considered part of a historic group, meaning that while an individual bridge may be of limited significance, the fact that so many are located in one city means that Johnstown is almost like a bridge museum. As such, the preservation of all metal truss bridges in Johnstown should be considered. The town already attracts tourists, particularly those interested in historic. Attractions include the Johnstown Incline Plane and the Cambria steel facilities. Creating a self-guided historic truss bridge tour might be something the city could consider in conjunction with a comprehensive preservation program that would ensure that all of the city's metal truss bridges are preserved. The city could also coordinate with the surrounding area, as a few bridges are located outside of city limits, but are still close enough to fit into this group of historic truss bridges.
The Krings Bridge is one of two nearby multi-span pony trusses, the other being the Eisenhower Boulevard Bridge. Multi-span pony trusses are relatively uncommon to find, which makes these two bridges interesting and noteworthy.
In 2009, this bridge was rehabilitated by PennDOT, which included a new deck and repainting the trusses with a standard three coat paint system. Overall, the rehabilitation appears have been well designed, although it would have been nice if the original lattice railings could have been left in place for the sake of historic integrity behind the modern barrier system installed on the bridge. However, the sidewalk railings were retained, something which isn't always done in Pennsylvania but is extremely nice to see here. By choosing to rehabilitate this bridge, PennDOT has not only chosen to preserve an attractive historic bridge, they have also shown fiscal responsibility, since rehabilitation has traditionally been less costly than replacement. Located in PennDOT District 9, it is worth noting that District 9 has shown a slightly better track record than the rest of the PennDOT organization in terms of choosing to rehabilitate bridges instead of demolishing and replacing them. HistoricBridges.org hopes that the rehabilitation projects in District 9 will serve as inspiration elsewhere in the Commonwealth, and help to bring a positive change to the way historic bridges are treated.
Information and Findings From Pennsylvania's Historic Bridge Inventory
Discussion of Bridge
The 2 simple span, 213'-long and 26' wide, Parker pony truss bridge is supported on concrete abutments with wingwalls and a concrete pier. A sidewalk with a metal railing is cantilevered from one side. The bridge is an example of a commonly used state standard design. The trusses are traditionally composed with built up box section upper chords and inclined end posts and rolled section for the web members. Although unaltered, the bridge is not a significant example of its type and design, which was common by 1910. Its setting is also not significant.
Discussion of Surrounding Area
The bridge carries a 2 lane street and 1 sidewalk over the Stonycreek River in Krings. At the north end of the bridge is a T intersection with Eisenhower Boulevard. At the near end of the bridge is a 1938 brick firehouse. The area is an undistinguished mix of altered late-19th and 20th century buildings. It does not have the cohesiveness or integrity to be a potential historic district.
Bridge Considered Historic By Survey: No
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The cannabis industry in California, and across the US, is off to the races. While regulatory compliance remains the overriding concern, a new and unexpected issue is developing. With established cannabis businesses experiencing surges of growth, and new businesses opening on a daily basis, a competitive hiring environment has emerged. While there never will be a shortage of entry-level applicants, the pool of experienced professionals is small for areas like accounting, information technology, and C-suite operations. Further exacerbating the shortage, regulatory bodies have joined the fray with hundreds of government job openings in California alone.
How Many Cannabis Jobs Are There Today?
It is unusually difficult to track cannabis job totals because federal laws do not allow unique NAICS codes for the industry, which is the standard for employment data in the US. Undeterred, many organizations have sought to estimate job numbers through a combination of economic forecasting and queries to cannabis businesses. Leafly performed an in-depth analysis in January of last year, and estimated there were 122,814 full-time cannabis jobs in the US at the date of publication. (It's worth a reminder that California had not yet joined the adult-use cannabis business.)
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While economic forecasting is always difficult, analysis of the cannabis industry is especially complex. There are a number of unpredictable situations that could result in major changes for the cannabis industry. On the optimistic side, more states could pass adult-use legalization laws, further expanding the industry. Or the federal government could de-schedule cannabis, opening the way for true legalization free from conflicting federal laws. On the flip side, the current administration could begin enforcing federal laws, which could stymy or completely shut down the nascent industry.
Looking to the future, a recent report by data analytics firm New Frontier Analytics predicted that the legal cannabis industry could create over 280,000 jobs by 2020. This is a conservative estimate, as it only accounts for states with medical and adult-use laws on the books at the time of the analysis, and does not adjust for the likelihood that other states will pass laws and join the legal cannabis industry.
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CSotD: Damn the canaries – Full speed ahead!
Posted by Mike Peterson
Tom Toles offers one of the more depressing cartoons of this brand new year and decade.
What's happening in Australia is so far off the norm that we should all be horrified and focused: People are heading for the ocean, prepared to simply leap into the water to escape the bushfires destroying their towns.
The best we can say about the world's response so far is that at least we're not racist.
That is, we never gave a damn when rising ocean levels were wiping out the islands that little brown people live on.
It's like when a ferry sinks and drowns 100 people in one of those little brown countries: It goes on Page 5, while a bus accident that kills three Americans or Europeans is on Page One.
So I guess it's to our credit that we not give a damn either, when climate change strikes people who share our color and our language.
Perhaps the best parallel in Toles' metaphor is that, in the actual coal mining business, the people who go underground can complain about safety but the people in suits and ties above ground will simply tell them to keep digging and make sure nothing stands in the way of productivity.
Don't worry, Australia: We're going to start using paper straws.
Meanwhile, y'all keep on keepin' on. Thoughts and prayers!
And as long as we're on such a downer course, here's Matt Wuerker with a thought about newspapers and news coverage and, yes, another opportunity for me to complain about Wall Street ownership and blind stupidity.
But to be honest, there are portions that are simply stupid and parts that are the inevitable consequence of progress.
Over the past century, the advertising pie has been divided into more and more slices.
When "Modern Advertising," the landmark guide to the profession, was published in 1905, advertising was basically divided between print — newspapers, magazines and catalogs — and placards on streetcars, with oddities like barn painting being small potatoes in the overall trade.
Radio took a bite out of that pie, but a look at newspapers in the 1940s still shows ads for Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Ivory soap, categories that would soon migrate to television.
The Internet offered a variety of challenges, and, as noted here the other day, ownership's failure to respond to Craig's List was a disaster for local papers, though, as Jack Shafer properly points out, it's a lot more complex than simply losing that local money.
However, his analysis assumes that corporate ownership of newspapers was inevitable.
Left to their own devices, some locally owned newspapers would have made foolish decisions and others would have made smart decisions, but, like the coal miners who know they are digging into dangerous territory, corporately owned papers have no power to operate with their own needs in mind.
I'm not speaking theoretically: I have watched local moves that were working squelched by orders from HQ to halt those innovations and, instead, implement ideas that fell flat, most of which were designed to ship revenues directly to Corporate rather than to the individual papers anyway.
Locally owned papers can still work, reporting not only on what is being debated at City Hall but who won the high school basketball game, who earned Eagle Scout status, who was born, who got married and who died.
But they have to be content to run on a shoestring: There are few local drug stores, hardware stores or pharmacies to buy ads anymore, and Rite Aid and Wal-Mart would rather purchase national TV and cover all their stores than micromanage promotion of individual outlets.
Washington may be the nation's capital, but Wall Street calls a lot of the shots.
And, as Jen Sorensen notes, fighting back against that reality tends to descend into an absurd argument over definitions.
I will admit that the term "populism" makes me grab my wallet, largely because, as she notes, it's been misapplied or, at best, applied to a slick appeal to the common people that carries a stink of phoniness and exploitation.
Which is to say that it can, in fact, be equally applied to Donald Trump and to Bernie Sanders, which, to my mind, suggests that we should throw it out and find more specific definitions.
Bearing in mind that several people have suggested that our Twenties are an awful lot like the last set of Twenties, which included a substantial Red Scare over the term "socialist."
A term that can be applied both to communists and to social workers, to Vladimir Lenin and to Jesus of Nazareth.
The New York State Assembly started out the 1920s with a bang, and, yes, the five duly elected Reds got their hearing later, for all the good it did them.
Still, arguing over definitions is too often a distraction from the task of rolling up our sleeves and getting things done.
Meanwhile, examples speak louder than words.
My TV streaming service is currently cycling St. Jude's public service announcements, which show little bald-headed cancer kids while their parents tell of the relief of not having to worry about paying for treatment.
Plus I watch a lot of NFL Network, and the league is celebrating its 100th anniversary by encouraging players to get involved in their communities, so I see a lot of large young men taking underprivileged kids on shopping sprees for toys but also for clothing and groceries.
Sure, when a rookie superstar with a history of understanding generosity decides to donate his first game check to some cafeteria workers who lost their homes in Hurricane Harvey, the team makes sure a camera crew tags along.
But why not point out the example?
Between some people ignorantly screaming "Socialist!" and others — including editorial cartoonists — intentionally repeating the lie that those who promote health care, housing and education expect it to be "free," decency and generosity are fighting an uphill battle.
I think that, when you're dreaming of things that never were, and asking why not, it's persuasive to let examples take the place of rhetoric.
#1 Sean Martin
January/2/2020
One thing I must confess not understanding is why papers like the NYTimes now hide behind a paywall — and yet every page is slammed full of advertising of one form or another. You'd think the online ads would be about as expensive to run on the Times' website as they would be in print.
#2 PL
not sure about the NYT but in general digital ads are nowhere near what it costs to run a print ad in a newspaper.
#3 nancy o.
@ 12:00 pm
Arlington, Texas ("home of the Cowboys") had a daily newspaper until 2010, when it was "given new life" by turning it into a free weekly:
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/old-arlington-newspaper-gets-new-life/1878710/
We'd find it lying in the driveway every Wednesday, sometimes not even in a puddle.
They pulled the plug last week:
https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2019/12/19/fort-worth-star-telegram-weekly-newspapers.html
And this is in a city of almost half a million people. I'm sure a few of them still cared about what was going on in the local schools.
#4 Hank Gillette
Maybe people like AOC should embrace the word "Progressive". We need people like "Fighting Bob" La Follette these days. I don't know if they are out there.
#5 Kip Williams
I drew a cartoon on the same theme as Toles's a while back. The miners were labeled as Republicans, and the first one exclaimed "Hey! The canary's dead!"
The second one has already turned away. "Aw, boo hoo, the poor widdle birdie died–c'mon, this stuff ain't gonna dig itself."


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A year and a half ago, Skepticon banned Richard Carrier from its conference for inappropriate behavior. Shortly after that, we announced that we were suspending his posting privileges here pending an investigation of the accuracy of those accusations. Immediately, he stormed off in a snit and demanded that we send him a copy of his blog posts, remove his blog, and then resigned. His behavior simply confirmed that the stories about him circulating on the whisper network were valid concerns, so we were quite content to just let him go his own way.
Unfortunately, he then sued us for the effrontery of merely questioning his behavior. He sued Skepticon. He sued The Orbit. He sued four individuals and three organizations, demanding over a million dollars for this slight.
We're slowly wending our way through the halls of justice to deal with this absurd situation, and we're optimistic that we'll win, if we can just make it to the finish line. If only good lawyers didn't cost so much money! We're stretching to keep up, so we just had to increase our goals on legal defense fund to $50,000. Ouch. That hurts. I hope you can donate and help out.
One odd thing: he made the mistake of suing all of us en masse, so we're sharing the legal expenses, which helps diffuse them a lot. But Carrier is somehow paying all of his legal costs alone, which has us mystified. He wasn't rich to begin with — before this suit, he often complained about his poverty, and admitted that his wife (now his ex-wife) was covering most of his living expenses. He doesn't have a job, but instead makes a mediocre living as an itinerant classics scholar (it's as remunerative as it sounds) with a Patreon account. Yet he's burning money on legal expenses at least as fast as a whole group of us combined are. This is suspicious. It wouldn't surprise me if the usual gang of misogynist MRAs and anti-SJW jerks are backing him, which would be an ugly betrayal of all the things he paid lip service to while he was here, and makes us even happier that he packed up his bags and left.
So help us out! Our cause is just, his is more of a vindictive snipe at people he alienated, so please donate to our Defense against Carrier SLAPP Suit fund or to the Skepticon legal fund. We're committed to fighting this nonsense to the end.
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davidc1 says
Run for the hills ,the doc is after money again.
kestrel says
I was saddened to hear this is still going on and costing even more money so I have put in my pittance. I wish it could be more… I hope this is all over for you guys very soon and that it comes to a favorable decision for you.
Oh bugger it ,just coughed up some cash .Wish it was more ,but i am poor .
My butler is poor ,my cook is poor even the gardener is poor.
Nerd of Redhead, Dances OM Trolls says
Threw a few dollars your way. Keep fighting the good fight.
Artor says
Oh look, Carrier has a sockpuppet here in the comments.
Owlmirror says
Richard Carrier's Patreon is funded to the tune of $647 – not per month, as are other Patreons I have seen, but per blog post.
An admittedly quick perusal suggests that he does not seem to be writing that much, but he does seem to be consistently generating content from his wheelhouse: Jesus mythicism; classical history; philosophical atheistic moral realism; atheism vs theism, etc. I see that he has also collaborated with a dev group in creating a Mythicist app for $7.99, and continues to write books (not sure how well his books are selling, but his Patreon supporters might be willing to pay twice for the same content; once when blogged and again in book form).
He may also be living very frugally.
Would his income be subject to subpoena?
Charly says
What a sad, sad story. I chimed in again.
thirdmill says
Owlmirror, No. 6, I haven't read the complaint, but his income might be subject to subpoena depending on what he's claiming as damages. If he says, for example, that he's lost income as a result, then it would be fair to subpoena his financial records from before and after to compare them, to find out if he really did lose income, if that income loss can be proven to be connected to the specific claims in the complaint, and how much money he actually lost.
And now, I have a question for PZ: Have you looked into whether there might be insurance available to cover legal expenses? Sometimes a homeowner's policy will include a provision that if you, personally, get sued, your insurance carrier will pay for your attorney. If there's a plausible claim that your conduct was in any way connected to your employment, you might have coverage that way. It's worth looking at; if there isn't any, you're no worse off. If there is coverage, then it would relieve you of financial stress. And if there are a lot of defendants, and even some of them have insurance that might cover it, that would reduce the share of the fess for the others. Good luck.
Ray, rude-ass yankee, Haunted by Gloaming Murk says
Done. Keep up the good work.
Giliell, professional cynic -Ilk- says
Gonna chuck in a couple of bucks.
If it turns out that he gained income because of his new fans, can PZ and the gang claim that money or bill him for advertising?
paxoll says
Don't know the story, but there seems to be some very strange things in this post. Was he banned for "inappropriate behavior" or "accusations of inappropriate behavior"? I understand if there was some kind of imminent risk associated with the behavior, much like police or teacher being placed on leave (generally paid) while an investigation is done, so how does this apply to this person? If that is not applicable to this person, then getting angry at this presumption of guilt (as well as punishment) and leaving is quite rational and not "behavior simply confirmed that the stories about him circulating on the whisper network were valid concerns".
Was he banned for "inappropriate behavior" or "accusations of inappropriate behavior"?
Neither. Inappropriate behavior was alleged, and before a back-channel investigation was held, Carrier resigned. No investigation was carried out, as it wasn't needed. He just couldn't return after he left on his own.
When he left of his own accord, the whole incident should have been over and quickly forgotten.
Ahhh, look at paxoll, always valiantly defending the poor men.
Saad says
paxoll, #11
Don't know the story…
Then why type the rest of your paragraph instead of saying "what's the story?" Or searching here and elsewhere websites for the story.
That's rhetorical, of course. We know what you're doing. You don't care about the actual story and just wanted to get your "what about the poor problematic harasser!" in.
I think the ban question and answer in the last couple comments is conflating two things, Skepticon and FreethoughtBlogs.
Skepticon "banning" him is just a conference choosing not to invite someone to be a(n unpaid) speaker. Which their policy of getting new speakers probably would have done anyway.
Also, there was risk. The accusations involved using his position as a speaker at events to be inappropriate.
Calling it "punishment" is wild overreach. He didn't lose anything he was entitled to or even had reasonable expectation of. And deciding not to take risks based on credible accusations is reasonable and common, not "presumption of guilt".
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He was not banned here.
Serious accusations were levied by Skepticon, accusations we could not simply ignore. We temporarily suspended his posting privileges and assigned a behind-the-scenes committee (which I was explicitly not part of) to investigate whether there was grounds for taking any other action at all.
He quit. Immediately. Made demands and walked out. If he was innocent, a statement to that effect would have given us something to chew over. He didn't give us anything — except an indignant slut-shaming message in which he explicitly detailed the sexual behavior of a woman who had accused him, as if that mattered, and as if his own participation in a behavior that he condemned a woman for was therefore entirely excusable.
So no, not only do you fucking know nothing, but we know much more, and his behavior is more damning than you can imagine.
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rietpluim says
It wouldn't surprise me if the usual gang of misogynist MRAs and anti-SJW jerks are backing him
Then Carrier has become poor Lotho Sackville-Baggins.
Tethys says
I see paxoll has also graced this thread with his defense of the poor mens. I'm still waiting for an answer as to what horrible calamity will befall society if we start believing women and holding men accountable for misconduct.
Sorry that you need to hire those lawyers. Wish I could contribute, but the heating contractor and vet bill have eliminated discretionary spending for awhile.
Abalone diver says
To Richard Carrier: We all screw up but we only get better if we listen. yes, not every input is valid, but not throwing a fit, smashing the sand castle and storming off calling everyone a poopy face is something we normally have mastered by the first grade.
Sorry, I am old and cannot resist the urge to lecture children.
And another male celebrity's career broken without due process *sob* poor little fella
Vivec says
Even before the Skepticon stuff, Carrier was terminally creepy and way too forward with his interests.
FossilFishy (NOBODY, and proud of it!) says
If I'm reading this right he's suing because the group chose to have ethical standards. *Not* because of how those standards were applied, they hadn't gotten to that stage yet.
Oh yeah, that reflects so well on him. The lack of introspection on his part is astonishing.
blf says
As a reminder, the (mysteriously-paid lawyer for) the "complete and total prick of the highest order" — which, just to be completely clear, the "complete and total prick of the highest order" is Richard Carrier — apparently proposed "that we [FtB et al] hand over contact information and communications from all individuals who'd ever said a bad thing about Richard Carrier."
hand over contact information and communications from all individuals who'd ever said a bad thing about Richard Carrier
Carrier is an asshole.
Lofty says
Donated a few bucks to your Pharyngula account. And in case the Dear Delightful Dick is reading this, Hi there, you're a first grade arsehole.
wrog says
Before we start wallowing in conspiracy theories about where he's getting his money, keep in mind that On the Historicity of Jesus has likely been selling pretty well — it's a hot topic and it's probably getting more than the usual share of buyers outside of NT-studies/history/whatever faculty and libraries.
It's also remotely possible he's found a lawyer stupid enough to work on contingency
Siggy says
The suspension of Carrier's posting privileges, pending investigation, was entirely appropriate. Richard Carrier was considering writing something attacking the accuser(s), and I personally would not want FTB to host that unless the investigation found that he was in the right.
Ok, PZ, that makes much more sense then your original post on the matter. He sounds like an idiot. What possible grounds is he claiming for the lawsuit? Libel? Slander? Sounds like his position at the conference was not paid and even if it was, I would imagine he was compensated according to the contract. What made him single out the 4 individuals?
What made him single out the 4 individuals?
Like your continued posts here. Overly large ego, who believes they must be heard, but they don't have to listen…..
@Nerd I have no idea what you are talking about, no one here has said what individuals are being sued. I apologize if anyone here expects me to spend hours combing through the old forum posts about this when PZ seems intimately aware of the details of the matter and can answer my questions with a quick post. Other people may be curious as to the details on why he is asking for money as well.
EnlightenmentLiberal says
I still feel so blindsided and betrayed – by Carrier that is. I'm such a shitty judge of character. Have some money, and may you win, and soon (barring the ludicrously unlikely scenario that Carrier actually has something to show actual legal malice, which I sincerely doubt).
John Morales says
paxoll:
@Nerd I have no idea what you are talking about, no one here has said what individuals are being sued.
That information is accessible from the links in the OP; you have no idea because you did not peruse them before querulously opining.
(Tsk)
@John, sorry I misspoke in that response. My question was
Maybe some link to the relevant forum posts would be adequate.
paxoll, cf. The Details of My Defamation Case
by Richard Carrier on July 30, 2016
Why do you ask the why of the plaintiff from the defendant?
(I take it you find it easier to ask the wrong people than to search the internet for yourself)
Great American Satan says
Ana Mardoll was right, and I had an exchange in the comments of his blog around that time – five years ago. I think he said I was being immature, or juvenile? Fun times.
Oh, and from "Fionnabhair" in the comments of that article, an amusingly prescient note:
"I don't know if it's a sufficient explanation, but it would be up to each individual blogger to evaluate the risk for hirself and decide if it's worth it or not. I mean, I might blog about it, but I also have a tiny blog that doesn't get updated too often, and doesn't generate much traffic. I would not write something criticizing Carrier's post if I was a blogger with FTB or the Skepchick network, however, because of the lawsuit threats bloggers there have received. (I don't think anyone with Skepchick has been threatened by Shermer specifically, but if it were me on the receiving end, I'd be nervous about drawing Shermer's attention as well.)
Criticizing rape culture is already difficult because of the blowback aphra_behn mentioned (blowback which is often worse for women and marginalized persons), and the threat of a lawsuit just makes it even more difficult."
@John, I have no idea who he is, so yea, sorry for asking someone who is familiar with the case about it. Is that a link of some sort, it doesn't seem to work. Regardless I came here because I saw some posts that looked interesting and have received verbal attacks over simple questions. Apparently civil discourse is not part of this community. Good day.
call me mark says
paxoll is Just Asking Questions. Riiiiiiight.
raven says
…"that we [FtB et al] hand over contact information and communications from all individuals who'd ever said a bad thing about Richard Carrier."
I've said a lot of negative things about Richard Carrier. He earned them the hard way by being a complete failure as adecent human being.
Oh oh, that means Richard Carrier could sue me. I would consider that a huge accomplishment.
Carrier, walk your talk and sue me, sue me, sue me!!!
Reading this thread and thinking about Carrier has convinced me.
I'm in for a few more bucks.
I really don't like bullies and Carrier, among his other major personality defects, is a…bully.
This is a SLAPP suit, of course.
Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation.
In an anti-SLAPP suit state, if Carrier loses, he pays FtB's lawyers and court costs.
IIRC, last I remember, he was careful to file his lawsuit in a non-SLAPP suit state though.
Might not matter.
IANAL but if he loses, the good people can always file and ask for their legal costs to be covered.
I've been involved in a few of these as a donor. We've always won and once, I did actually get my donation back with a nice letter from the victim ( a librarian fired for refusing to ban books demanded by a Mormon fascist politician).
One of the better things I've done in my life.
Azkyroth, B*Cos[F(u)]==Y says
I'm afraid I'm going to have to figure out whether my not-12-years-old laptop is dead, needs a few key replacement parts, or will actually finish drying, after being disassembled and pat-dryed, good as new, before I can determine what I can spare :(
Filing a SLAPP should be a felony, for both plaintiff and the hired-thugs-in-ties they retain.
Is that a link of some sort, it doesn't seem to work.
It is a reference, thus the Courier font and different colour.
(I deliberately did not choose to link to Carrier, given there's a legal case at hand which I don't wish to prejudice)
[…] apparently civil discourse is not part of this community. Good day.
But you are on the internet, as evidenced by your posts.
Civility is contagious.
Have you tried searching for yourself before asking to be spoon-fed?
(Good bye)
Apparently civil discourse is not part of this community.
Is "civility" ever not a code word for "horrendous deplorable dishonesty is supposed to be okay as long as there's no naughty words?"
NelC says
Paxoll, your very first question was, "Was he banned for "inappropriate behavior" or "accusations of inappropriate behavior"?" Which was covered in the post:
we announced that we were suspending his posting privileges here pending an investigation of the accuracy of those accusations. Immediately, he stormed off in a snit and demanded that we send him a copy of his blog posts, remove his blog, and then resigned.
Like a lot of JAQqers, you're so busy asking questions, apparently, that you haven't the time to read the post you're asking about. What degree of respect do you think you deserve for that?
cubist says
sez paxoll @38: "I came here because I saw some posts that looked interesting and have received verbal attacks over simple questions."
Dude. Your very first question—"Was (Carrier) banned for 'inappropriate behavior' or "accusations of inappropriate behavior'?"—was, in fact, answered in the post you're commenting on: Carrier wasn't "banned". If your ability to read for comprehension is truly as poor as your first question would seem to indicate, perhaps you should refrain from commenting here, because you're unlikely to enjoy the experience.
Neither are tone trolls. Or at least not for long.
Get lost Paxoll, the adults are having a conversation.
chigau (違う) says
Was paxoll#38 an actual flounce?
We haven't had one in a while.
LykeX says
On that note, I wonder if anyone knows: What are the ethical rules for lawyers regarding this kind of thing? Is it fine to take a case that you know has no real merit and push it simply for the sake of intimidating someone on behalf of your client? How bad does it have to be before a lawyer can be sanctioned?
LykeX, I'm a retired trial attorney. It is unethical for an attorney to bring a lawsuit that does not have a reasonable basis in law, or that does not have a reasonable basis for attempting to expand or change the law. In theory, lawyers who do can suffer professional discipline or be heavily fined.
In practice, any lawyer who can't think up an argument, no matter how tenuous, that a lawsuit has a reasonable basis probably shouldn't be a lawyer. So it's a tough standard to enforce. Especially when anyone with deep pockets will usually make a business decision to settle rather than fight. (Even if you did nothing wrong, if you can get out of the case by paying $10,000 in damages, and it's going to cost you $50,000 to go to trial where you might lose, the business decision will almost always be to settle. In fact, there are professional plaintiffs who make a pretty good living doing pretty much just that.)
And this is a situation in which there are no good solutions because of the law of unintended consequences. For example, I could support some form of "loser pays" in which whoever loses a lawsuit has to pay the other side's attorney's fees, but the risk with that is that poor people and people of color are more likely to get bad results from the court system, so you've just made it even harder for them to bring their cases. I've heard discussions on these topics for fifty years and literally everything that might fix any given problem has an unintended consequence. Glad I'm retired.
Oh man, I hope it was a flounce. Straw-vulcan asshole.
Also, there's a huge reluctance on the part of judges to punish clients and lawyers who bring bad cases because of the notion that everyone is entitled to their day in court.
cartomancer says
Actually, in my experience, being an itinerant Classics scholar is much less remunerative than it sounds…
What are the ethical rules for lawyers regarding this kind of thing? Is it fine to take a case that you know has no real merit and push it simply for the sake of intimidating someone on behalf of your client? How bad does it have to be before a lawyer can be sanctioned?
As I understand it, lawyers have no professional obligation to serve the interest of justice, and are restrained by ethical rules that seem to consist in their entirety of "don't [literally] fuck the clients," "no, seriously, don't [literally] fuck the clients," and some nitty-gritty procedural stuff. (Google "engineering code of ethics" and look for "safety of the public" for a good contrast, even if it isn't always practiced or enforced perfectly).
Pointing this out, as of at least a few years ago, invariably attracted screeches of "NOT ALL LAWYERS!" which is somehow more respectable than "NOT ALL MEN!" because, um, SQUIRREL!
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