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Mary Landrieu on Energy & Oil
Democratic Sr Senator (LA)
Proud of expanding oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
Landrieu said one of her proudest wins in Congress was getting approval for the expansion of offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, with a large portion of the royalties going to help Louisiana coastal protection efforts.
Kennedy responded that much of the billions of dollars in royalties wouldn't start flowing until 2017, after thousands more acres of wetlands had washed away. But Landrieu noted millions of dollars already had come to Louisiana because of the drilling bill. Source: 2008 Louisiana Senate Debate by Associated Press on NOLA.com , Oct 16, 2008
Member of bipartisan "Gang of 10" for comprehensive oil plan
Sen. Mary Landrieu is telling voters via a statewide television ad that her Republican challenger John Kennedy opposes more domestic oil drilling. Landrieu's 30-second drilling spot hinges on Kennedy's opposition to an energy bill pitched by Landrieu and nine other senators, Democrats and Republicans calling themselves the "Gang of 10." The approach would combine more offshore production with consumer tax incentives for non-petroleum automobiles. Kennedy called the proposal a tax increase--it would repeal some of the breaks afforded to oil companies--to pay for more studies of alternative energy sources.
Landrieu's ad goes beyond any nuanced criticism from Kennedy, with an announcer stating, "He opposes her plan to open up 120 million acres for drilling. Under Kennedy, no new oil, higher gas prices, lost Louisiana jobs." Source: 2008 Louisiana Senate debate reported in Times-Picayune , Aug 25, 2008
Voted against allowing exploration in oil shale in Colorado
Kennedy opposes an energy bill pitched by Landrieu and nine other senators, Democrats and Republicans calling themselves the "Gang of 10." Kennedy has echoed Republican leaders' call for more domestic drilling, including in the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska's ANWR would remain off limits under the "Gang of 10" proposal.
A Landrieu spokesman echoed his boss's characterization of Kennedy, saying the Republican speaks in generalities and has not offered any specific energy policy, drilling or otherwise.
Drilling has been a major issue in the campaign since Kennedy started earlier this summer highlighting a May committee vote in which Landrieu honored a request of Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colorado, to vote against allowing exploration in oil shale in Colorado. Source: 2008 Louisiana Senate debate reported in Times-Picayune , Aug 25, 2008
Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.
Congressional Summary:To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change. The Clean Air Act is amended by adding a section entitled, "No Regulation of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases". In this section, the term 'greenhouse gas' means any of the following:
Perfluorocarbons
Any other substance subject to, or proposed to be subject to regulation to address climate change.
The definition of the term 'air pollutant' does not include a greenhouse gas, except for purposes of addressing concerns other than climate change.
[Sen. McConnell, R-KY]: The White House is trying to impose a backdoor national energy tax through the EPA. It is a strange way to respond to rising gas prices. But it is perfectly consistent with the current Energy Secretary's previously stated desire to get gas prices in the US up to where they are in Europe.
[Sen. Lautenberg, D-NJ]:We hear the message that has been going around: Let's get rid of the EPA's ability to regulate. Who are they to tell us what businesses can do? Thank goodness that in this democratic society in which we live, there are rules and regulations to keep us as a civilized nation. The Supreme Court and scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency agreed that the Clean Air Act is a tool we must use to stop dangerous pollution. This amendment, it is very clear, favors one group--the business community. The Republican tea party politicians say: "Just ignore the Supreme Court. Ignore the scientists. We know better." They want to reward the polluters by crippling EPA's ability to enforce the Clean Air Act.
Status: Failed 50-50 (3/5 Reference: Energy Tax Prevention Act; Bill Am183 to S.49 ; vote number 11-SV054 on Apr 6, 2011
Voted YES on protecting middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax.
Congressional Summary:
On budget resolutions, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill or amendment that includes a National energy tax increase which would have widespread applicability on middle-income taxpayers.
The term "middle-income" taxpayers means single individuals with $200,000 or less in adjusted gross income and married couples filing jointly with $250,000 or less.
The term "widespread applicability" includes the definition with respect to individual income taxpayers.
The term "National energy tax increase" means any legislation that the Congressional Budget Office would score as leading to an increase in the costs of producing, generating or consuming energy.
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Sen. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R, SC): The climate change proposal that was in the President's budget would create a massive tax increase on anybody who uses energy, and that would be every American middle-class family, which already has a tough time getting by. This [amendment creates a procedure to block] any bill that would raise the cost of energy on our middle-class families who are struggling to get by. I ask the Senate to rally around this concept. We can deal with climate change without passing a $3,000-per-household energy tax on the families of America who are having a hard time paying their bills.
Opponent's argument to vote No:No senators spoke against the amendment. Reference: Graham Amendment; Bill S.Amdt.910 to S.Con.Res.13 ; vote number 2009-S135 on Apr 2, 2009
Voted YES on requiring full Senate debate and vote on cap-and-trade.
Congressional Summary:AMENDMENT PURPOSE: To prohibit the use of reconciliation in the Senate for climate change legislation involving a cap and trade system.
Sec. 202 is amended by inserting at the end the following: "The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget shall not revise the allocations in this resolution if the legislation is reported from any committee pursuant to sec. 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974."
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Sen. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R, SC): This idea to most people of a debate about reconciliation probably is mind-numbing and not very interesting. But there is a process in the Congress where you can take legislation and basically put it on a fast track. It is subject to 50 votes.
The whole idea of the Senate kind of cooling things down has served the country well. In that regard, to end debate you need 60 votes. If 41 Senators are opposed to a piece of legislation, strongly enough to come to the floor every day and talk about it, that legislation doesn't go anywhere. If you took climate change and health care, two very controversial, big-ticket items, and put them on the reconciliation track, you would basically be doing a lot of damage to the role of the Senate in a constitutional democracy.
Senator Byrd, who is one of the smartest people to ever serve in the Senate about rules and parliamentary aspects of the Senate, said that to put climate change and health care reform in reconciliation is like "a freight train through Congress" and is "an outrage that must be resisted." Senator Conrad said: "I don't believe reconciliation was ever intended for this purpose."
I think both of them are right. Under the law, you cannot put Social Security into reconciliation because we know how controversial and difficult that is. I come here in support of the Johanns amendment that rejects that idea.
Opponent's argument to vote No:No senators spoke against the amendment. Reference: Johanns Amendment; Bill S.Amdt.735 to S.Con.Res.13 ; vote number 2009-S126 on Apr 1, 2009
Voted YES on tax incentives for energy production and conservation.
OnTheIssues.org Explanation:A "Cloture Motion" would end debate on the bill, and then allow a vote on passage. This motion failed (3/5ths of the Senators must vote YEA), based on objections of how the new incentives would be paid for.Congressional Summary:A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide Tax incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, and to provide individual income tax relief.
TITLE I--ENERGY TAX INCENTIVES
Sec. 102. Production credit for electricity produced from marine renewables.
Sec. 104. Credit for residential energy efficient property.
Sec. 106. New clean renewable energy bonds.
Part II--Carbon Mitigation Provisions
Sec. 112. Expansion and modification of coal gasification investment credit.
Sec. 115. Carbon audit of the tax code.
Sec. 121. Inclusion of cellulosic biofuel in bonus depreciation for biomass ethanol plant property.
Sec. 122. Credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel.
Sec. 124. Credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles.
Sec. 127. Transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters.
Sec. 146. Qualified green building and sustainable design projects.Opponents argument for voting NAY:Sen. SPECTER: H.R. 6049 would revive important tax provisions that expired at the end of 2007 and extend provisions that are set to expire at the end of 2008. I support extension of the R&D tax credit, the renewable energy tax incentives, and many other important provisions in this package.
Despite the positive elements of this legislation, the main sticking point is whether temporary extensions of tax relief should be offset with permanent tax increases elsewhere. The White House issued a statement recommending a Presidential veto of this bill in its current form. [Vote NAY to] allow the Senate to work its will and pass legislation that can be quickly signed by the President. Reference: Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act; Bill HR6049 ; vote number 2008-150 on Jun 17, 2008
Voted YES on addressing CO2 emissions without considering India & China.
OnTheIssues.org Explanation: This is a motion on an omnibus spending bill, sending instructions to the committee resolving differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. Sen. Boxer introduced this motion, and Sen. DeMint introduced a counter-motion. Voting for the Boxer motion means you favor Boxer's method over DeMint's method, which means speeding up Congressional action on global warming.Opponents argument for voting NAY:Sen. DeMINT. When we are talking about trade agreements, there needs to be a level playing field. This motion would prevent Congress from passing any law with new mandates on greenhouse gas emissions that would harm the U.S. economy or result in job loss unless both China and India had the same mandates--in other words, if we had a level playing field. It is not going to help the environment in the United States or the world if we pass mandates that raise the cost of doing business in our country, if we create mandates that do not exist in India or China.Proponents argument for voting YEA:Sen. BOXER. I rise to speak against the DeMint motion and in favor of the Boxer motion. The DeMint motion is a throwback to 10 years ago when everybody, including myself, was saying we better watch out and not do anything about global warming until the undeveloped world acts. We cannot do that anymore. This is a time when we need to stand up as the leading country in the world and say that we can fight global warming, and we can win this fight.
But what happens with the DeMint motion, he gives China and India a veto power over what we should be doing. Imagine saying we are not going to do anything about human rights until China acts. Why would we give up our chance to take the mantle of leadership and finally grab hold of this issue? I cannot look into the eyes of my grandchildren and tell them: Sorry, I am giving over my proxy to China & India, and I can't do anything about it. Reference: Motion to Instruct Conferees (China-India) re: S.Con.Res.70; Bill Motion to Instruct S.Con.Res70 ; vote number 2008-132 on May 15, 2008
Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies.
Creating Long-term Energy Alternatives for the Nation (CLEAN) Act
Title I: Ending Subsidies for Big Oil Act--denying a deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, natural gas, or their related primary products.
Title II: Royalty Relief for American Consumers Act--to incorporate specified price thresholds for royalties on oil & gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico.
Title III: Strategic Energy Efficiency And Renewables Reserve--makes the Reserve available to accelerate the use of clean domestic renewable energy resources and alternative fuels.
Proponents support voting YES because:
This legislation seeks to end the unwarranted tax breaks & subsidies which have been lavished on Big Oil over the last several years, at a time of record prices at the gas pump and record oil industry profits. Big Oil is hitting the American taxpayer not once, not twice, but three times. They are hitting them at the pump, they are hitting them through the Tax Code, and they are hitting them with royalty holidays put into oil in 1995 and again in 2005.
It is time to vote for the integrity of America's resources, to vote for the end of corporate welfare, to vote for a new era in the management of our public energy resources.
Opponents support voting NO because:
I am wearing this red shirt today, because this shirt is the color of the bill that we are debating, communist red. It is a taking. It will go to court, and it should be decided in court.
This bill will increase the competitive edge of foreign oil imported to this country. If the problem is foreign oil, why increase taxes and make it harder to produce American oil and gas? That makes no sense. We should insert taxes on all foreign oil imported. That would raise your money for renewable resources. But what we are doing here today is taxing our domestic oil. We are raising dollars supposedly for renewable resources, yet we are still burning fossil fuels.
Status: Bill passed Bill passed, 65-27 Reference: Creating Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation (CLEAN); Bill H.R.6 ; vote number 2007-226 on Jun 21, 2007
Voted NO on making oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.
Voting YES would amend the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. It would be a violation for any foreign state:
to limit the production or distribution of oil & natural gas;
to set or maintain the price of oil & natural gas; or
to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for oil & natural gas;
when such collective action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of oil & natural gas in the US.
Our NOPEC bill will authorize filing suit against nations that participate in a conspiracy to limit the supply, or fix the price, of oil. In addition, it will specify that the doctrines of sovereign immunity do not exempt nations that participate in oil cartels from basic antitrust law.
No one likes OPEC. But this amendment, in my opinion, would make bad law. The Framers of the Constitution wisely assigned responsibility for formulating foreign policy and conducting foreign relations to the President and to the Congress, not to the law courts.
The amendment before us has its roots in a lawsuit filed by the labor union nearly 30 years ago. The union at that time charged OPEC with price fixing in violation of our antitrust laws. The trial court dismissed the case on the ground that OPEC members are sovereign nations and are immune from suit. Adopting the amendment will undoubtedly be very popular, but it is also very unwise.
In addition, we here in the Senate ought to consider how enactment of this amendment might affect our relations with OPEC members. What will be the international repercussions when the US starts awarding judgments against foreign nations and attaching their assets in this country? Will other nations start to view our trade policies--such as our nuclear trade restrictions--as violations of their antitrust laws? Reference: NOPEC Amendment to CLEAN Energy Act; Bill S.Amdt.1519 to H.R.6 ; vote number 2007-215 on Jun 19, 2007
Voted YES on factoring global warming into federal project planning.
Amendment would require the consideration of global climate change, in planning, feasibility studies, & general reevaluation reports. Would require accounting for the costs & benefits from the impacts of global climate change on flood, storm, and drought risks; potential future impacts of global climate change-related weather events, such as increased hurricane activity, intensity, storm surge, sea level rise, and associated flooding; & employs nonstructural approaches and design modifications to avoid or prevent impacts to streams, wetlands, and floodplains that provide natural flood and storm buffers.
It just seems logical that we ask the Corps of Engineers to include in their analyses, judgments about the potential impact of global climate change. All this amendment seeks to do, as a matter of common sense, is to ask the Army Corps of Engineers to factor climate change into their future plans. Secondly, we are making a statement here to finally recognize the reality of what is happening with respect to climate change.
The same people today who are saying we are all going to die from global warming, just back in the middle 1970s were saying another ice age is coming and we are all going to die. Which way do you want it?
If a surge of anthropogenic gases--this CO2, methane, or whatever it is--were causing a warming period, then around 1945 we would have a warming period because in the middle 1940s we had the greatest increase in greenhouse gases. But what happened? It did not precipitate a warming period.
Peer reviewed evidence shows that the sun has actually been driving the temperature change. You don't have to be a scientist to know that the Sun can have something to do with climate change.
Implementing Kyoto would reduce the average annual household income nearly $2,700, at a time when the cost of all goods would rise sharply. Reference: Kerry Amendment; Bill S.Amdt.1094 to H.R.1495 ; vote number 2007-166 on May 15, 2007
Voted NO on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR.
To remove the establishment of an oil and gas leasing program in the Alaskan Coastal Plain. The original bill allows for an oil and gas leasing program in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Voteing YES on this amendment would remove that section, hence barring leasing in ANWR. Reference: Bar Oil and Gas Leasing amendment; Bill S Amdt 2358 to S 1932 ; vote number 2005-288 on Nov 3, 2005
Voted YES on $3.1B for emergency oil assistance for hurricane-hit areas.
To provide for appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Vote on a motion to waive the Budget Act in order to adopt an amendment that appropriates federal funds for the LIHEAP program. A 3/5th vote is required to amand a budget bi Reference: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program appropriation; Bill S.AMDT.2033 to HR 2863 ; vote number 2005-250 on Oct 5, 2005
Voted YES on reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%).
Amendment to improve the energy security of the United States and reduce United States dependence on foreign oil imports by 40% by 2025. The amendment seeks to reduce usage by 7.6 million barrels of oil a day, out of a total usage of 20 million barrels of oil a day. The bill without amendment seeks to reduce usage by 1 million barrels of oil a day. Opponents of the amendment said, "It would be disruptive of jobs if you set a 78 mile per gallon CAFÉ standard for cars, a 185-percent increase; a 60 mile per gallon standard for trucks, light trucks, a 174-percent increase. [The unamended version] is more in keeping with President Kennedy's "man on the Moon" goal. [The amended version] is a "man or woman on Mars" goal, and maybe we will get there one day, but it is unrealistic today." Reference: Energy Policy Act of 2005; Bill S.Amdt. 784 to H.R. 6 ; vote number 2005-140 on Jun 16, 2005
Voted NO on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Vote to adopt an amendment that would strike a provision in the concurrent resolution that recognizes revenue from oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The amendment says: "To ensure that legislation that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, other federal lands, and the Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling receives full consideration and debate in the Senate under regular order, rather than being fast-tracked under reconciliation procedures; to ensure that receipts from such drilling destined for the federal treasury are fairly shared with local jurisdictions; and does not occur unless prohibitions against the export of Alaskan oil are enacted." Reference: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge anti-drilling Amendment; Bill S AMDT 168 to S.Con.Res. 18 ; vote number 2005-52 on Mar 16, 2005
Voted YES on Bush Administration Energy Policy.
Vote to pass a bill would overhaul the nation's energy policies, reorganize the electricity system and make available approximately $15 billion in energy-related tax incentives. It also would direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to establish a new CAFE standard within 15 months to two years. It would support the use of alternative energy and call for utilities to increase their dependence on renewable fuels. Reference: Energy Policy Act of 2003; Bill HR 6 ; vote number 2003-317 on Jul 31, 2003
Voted YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010.
Dorgan Amdt. No. 865; To require that the hydrogen commercialization plan of the Department of Energy include a description of activities to support certain hydrogen technology deployment goals. Part of S 14 Energy Omnibus bill; this vote would pass an amendment that would call for the Department of Energy to set targets and timelines to maintain the production of 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010, and 2.5 million vehicles annually by 2020. It also would call for the department to set targets for the sale of hydrogen at fueling stations. The bill would require the Energy secretary to submit a yearly progress report to Congress. Reference: Bill S.14 ; vote number 2003-212 on Jun 10, 2003
Voted NO on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill.
Boxer Amdt. No. 272.; To prevent consideration of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in a fast-track budget reconciliation bill. S Con Res 23 Budget resolution FY2004: Vote to pass an amendment that would strike (remove) language in the resolution that would permit oil drilling and exploration in part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. [Voting No favors drilling for oil in ANWR]. Reference: Bill SConRes 23 ; vote number 2003-59 on Mar 19, 2003
Voted YES on drilling ANWR on national security grounds.
Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Murkowski Amendment No. 31323; To create jobs for Americans, to reduce dependence on foreign sources of crude oil and energy, to strengthen the economic self determination of the Inupiat Eskimos and to promote national security. Would allow gas and oil development in a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge if the president certifies to Congress that production in the area is in the nation's security and economic interests (qwhich Prsident Bush would). If the cloture motion is agreed to, debate will be limited and a vote will occur. If the cloture motion is rejected debate could continue indefinitely and instead the bill is usually set aside. A yea vote for this bill was one in favor of drilling in the reserve. Three-fifths of the total Senate (60) is required to invoke cloture. Reference: Bill S.517 ; vote number 2002-71 on Apr 18, 2002
Voted YES on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months.
Levin Amendment No. 2997; To provide alternative provisions to better encourage increased use of alternative fueled and hybrid vehicles. Vote to pass an amendment that would remove the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard (CAFE) and instead establish a new automobile efficiency standard in 15 months. Congress could veto any CAFE increase and would be allowed to increase the standard if no changes are made with 15 months. The bill would overhaul the nation's energy policies by restructuring the electricity system and providing for $16 billion in energy-related tax incentives. Reference: Bill S.517 ; vote number 2002-47 on Mar 13, 2002
Voted NO on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling.
Vote to preserve language in the Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Framework that assumes $1.2 billion in revenue from oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge [ANWR] in Alaska. Reference: Bill S Con Res 101 ; vote number 2000-58 on Apr 6, 2000
Voted NO on ending discussion of CAFE fuel efficiency standards.
Senators Feinstein (D-CA) and Bryan (D-NV) introduced a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate towards ending CAFE Standards. Senator Gorton motioned to table this amendment. [A YES vote is considered pro-business].
Status: Amdt Rejected Y)40; N)55; NV)4 Reference: Gorton Amdt # 1677; Bill H.R. 2084 ; vote number 1999-275 on Sep 15, 1999
Voted YES on defunding renewable and solar energy.
In June of 1999, Senator Jeffords (R-VT) was prepared to offer an amendment which would have added $62 million to the Energy Department solar and renewable energy programs. This action was blocked by Senator Reid (D-NV).
Status: Motion Agreed to Y)60; N)39; NV)1 Reference: Motion to table the recommital; Bill S. 1186 ; vote number 1999-171 on Jun 16, 1999
Voted NO on approving a nuclear waste repository.
Approval of the interim nuclear waste repository. The repository would be located at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, with an integrated management system for storage and permanent disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Voting YES would authorize the President with sole and unreviewable discretion to determine the suitability of the Yucca Mountain site.
Status: Bill Passed Y)65; N)34; NV)1 Reference: Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997; Bill S. 104 ; vote number 1997-42 on Apr 15, 1997
Supports tradable emissions permits for greenhouse gases.
Landrieu signed the manifesto, "A New Agenda for the New Decade":
Modernize Environmental Policies
National environmental policies, mostly developed in the 1970s, have been remarkably successful in improving the quality of our air and water. But we face a new set of environmental challenges for which the old strategy of centralized, command-and-control regulation is no longer effective.
The old regime of prohibitions and fines levied on polluters is not well equipped to tackle problems such as climate change, contamination of water from such sources as farm and suburban runoff, loss of open lands, and sprawl. Without relaxing our determination to maintain and enforce mandatory national standards for environmental quality, it is time to create more effective, efficient, and flexible ways of achieving those standards.
For example, a system of tradable emissions permits would give factories, power plants, and other sources of air pollution and greenhouse gases a powerful incentive not only to meet but to exceed environmental standards. Decisions about solving local environmental problems should be shifted from Washington to communities, without weakening national standards. Finally, to empower citizens and communities to make sound decisions, government should invest in improving the quality and availability of information about environmental conditions.
Create a domestic emissions trading system to reduce greenhouse gases by 10 percent.
Promote innovative agreements for community and regional partnerships to achieve national environmental goals and standards through local strategies.
End government subsidies for sprawl.
Source: The Hyde Park Declaration 00-DLC10 on Aug 1, 2000
Rated 33% by CAF, indicating a mixed record on energy independence.
Landrieu scores 33% by CAF on energy issues
OnTheIssues.org interprets the 2005-2006 CAF scores as follows:
0% - 30%: opposition of energy independence (approx. 206 members)
30% - 70%: mixed record on energy independence (approx. 77 members)
70%-100%: support for energy independence (approx. 183 members)
About the CAF (from their website, www.ourfuture.org):
The Campaign for America's Future (CAF) is a center for ideas and action that works to build an enduring majority for progressive change. The Campaign advances a progressive economic agenda and a vision of the future that works for the many, not simply the few. The Campaign is leading the fight for America's priorities--against privatization of Social Security, for investment in energy independence, good jobs and a sustainable economy, for an ethical and accountable Congress and for high quality public education.
About the CAF report, "Energy Independence: Record vs. Rhetoric":
Energy independence has surfaced as a defining issue in the current elections. Are most candidates and both parties truly committed? To help distinguish the demonstrated level of support for homegrown, clean energy alternatives, we examined the voting records of current U.S. Representatives and Senators on bills vital to promoting those interests. Key pieces of legislation included goals for independence, and subsidies for the development of alternatives compared to subsidies for drilling and digging. We then compared votes on these issues with campaign contributions from major oil interests. The results show strong inverse correlations between political contributions from big oil and votes for energy independence. Source: CAF "Energy Independence" Report 06n-CAF on Dec 31, 2006
Allow horizontal drilling into Alaska's Coastal Plain.
Landrieu signed No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Energy Act
No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act: Authorizes exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas from the Western Coastal Plain.
Defines the Western Coastal Plain as the area of Coastal Plain: (1) that borders the land of Alaska to the west and Alaska offshore waters of the Beaufort Sea on the north; and (2) from which the Secretary of the Interior finds oil and gas can be produced through horizontal drilling or other subsurface technology from sites outside or underneath the Coastal Plain surface.
Authorizes the Secretary to establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Western Coastal Plain.
Considers such program to be compatible with the purposes for which the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was established.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish lease sale procedures; and (2) offer for lease those tracts the Secretary considers to have the greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons.
Prescribes a scheme for the allocation of revenues produced by bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from the federal oil and gas leasing and operations authorized under this Act, requiring 50% to be paid semiannually to the state of Alaska, and the remainder to designated federal entities.
Source: S.503 2009-S503 on Feb 27, 2009
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Justin Moore Looks Forward to a Short Vacation
ACM New Artist of the Year Plans to Enjoy Some Family Time
If I had a family as absolutely adorable as Justin Moore's brood, I'd want to take a little time off from the road, too, to spend more time with them.
That's apparently what the singer is planning to do for a few weeks after his Off the Beaten Path tour wraps up this weekend. He's essentially scaling back from his regular 150-170 shows a year to about a 100 or so and will return to the road in early May.
The reason for his decision is that adorable family we were gushing about earlier — wife Kate (who's expecting their third child) and two cutie-pie daughters Ella and Kennedy. Sure, the road is a great reward for the Arkansas native, but it's not home.
"My girls are getting older, and I want to spend as much time at home as I can with them," he says.
He'll still be touring throughout the summer, although he won't be hitting the road as hard as he has in previous years.
"When the tour wraps up. we'll take a couple of weeks off, and then we're gonna do some of the big fairs and some of the big festivals," he said. "We're not gonna do as many of the county fairs and things that we've done in the past."
Although he says the places he's played in the past have "been a blast" and are "the reason why we're where we are," he also wants to make sure he doesn't hit certain markets too often.
"I think there's something to be said for not over diluting an area," he said. "And I remember a year or two ago, we were in few different places two or three times throughout the year, so we're gonna scale it back a little."
Like other artists who worked so hard for years as a newcomer before establishing their career, Moore deserves to enjoy life to its fullest. Fresh from an ACM win for best new artists and multiple hit singles and albums, he's hotter than ever, but there's certainly nothing wrong with letting things cool down a little while as he puts his family first.
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A Shul is Reborn
Burned to the ground on Kristallnacht, the Meiningen Synagogue emerges from the rubble 71 years later
Gil Perl
CEO of the Ades Family Foundation. Founding Head of School of the Jewish Leadership Academy. Fascinated with the Jewish future.
Two years after fleeing Nazi Germany as a fourteen year-old boy, Dieter Gruen learned that the beautiful synagogue in which he had had his bar mitzvah, and in which his father had been a cantor, had been burned to the ground. Though the young Dieter had safely reached the shores of the United States, the rest of his family was still living in the small town of Meiningen on the fateful eve of Kristallnacht and bore witness to the destruction of their cherished place of worship.
Not long thereafter, Dieter's father was arrested and sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp. Luckily, though, he was one of the few who were able to secure a release under the condition that he flee the country within twenty-four hours. The Gruens ultimately reunited and rebuilt their family in Chicago. Their synagogue, however, remained a heap of rubble and the Jewish community of Meiningen, which had persevered since at least the 13th century, ceased to exist.
Dieter Gruen went on to accomplish the extraordinary. After completing his undergraduate degree in Chemistry at Northwestern University, he was invited to join the Manhattan Project in 1944 where he was instrumental in developing the process of separating uranium isotopes. After earning his PhD from the University of Chicago in Chemical Physics and organizing scientists to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons, Dr. Gruen went on to a distinguished sixty-five year career as a lead scientist at Argonne National Laboratory with over four hundred peer reviewed publications and sixty patents to his name.
For all that he accomplished and built in his lifetime, however, Dr. Gruen could not rebuild the shul of his youth. And so his grandson decided to do it instead.
Dan Ostrov is a Philadelphia-based visual artist with impressive accomplishments in his own right. Well known in Philly's artistic circles for his unique wood-based installations, Dan was commissioned to build the sculpture for the basilica in Center City when Pope Francis visited Philadelphia in 2015. Not bad for the grandson of a Nazi refugee.
For the past twelve years, Dan has also been teaching and inspiring students at Kohelet Yeshiva as our Middle and High School art teacher. It was in this capacity that we approached him over a year ago about building the aron, mechitztot, bimah, amud, and ner tamid for our new Middle School Beit Midrash. We thought it would be deeply meaningful for our students to know that their teacher had constructed the furniture in their most sacred space with his own hands. Little did we know that the person who would be most moved by the project would be Dan.
He later told me that the night after we accepted his proposal he called his grandfather, Dr. Dieter Gruen (a spry 96 year-old today) and told him that he was going "to build a synagogue" which would be used daily by Jewish children. Dan said his grandfather started crying. All he could think about was the shul of his childhood and how life had, in some respects, come full circle.
This afternoon Dan, accompanied by his grandfather and their family, formally dedicated our new Beit Midrash furniture. In doing so, our students saw for the first time how the mechitzot, made in Dan's unique style of curved wooden slats, flowed from the back of the Beit Midrash up to the aron in front. There, beneath his glass blown ner tamid, the slats part ever so gently, encouraging one to open the wooden doors of the aron kodesh. When one does, one sees the most unique feature of Dan's newest installation. Inside the aaron, on the wall behind the sifre Torah, is an image laser etched onto a backlit mirror, of his grandfather's once forgotten shul in Meiningen.
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What can you say about Jeff Whitty's zany satire "The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler"?
It's funny, for sure. And it's very well acted and costumed in Matt McGrath's lively, fast-paced production at Diversionary Theatre. But the disjointed, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink comedy is a creative mess that only entertains fitfully.
The play — which follows Ibsen's doomed heroine Hedda Gabler and Mammy, the house slave from "Gone With the Wind," on a journey to meet their makers — is overstuffed with characters, plot threads and bad songs, and it slips too often into dead zones of philosophical rambling. What saves it from total train wreck status are a great cast and the cohesive satirical tone that McGrath maintains through its zippy two hours.
"Further Adventures" begins where "Hedda Gabler" ends — with Hedda's suicide. She awakens in a bleak way station for the souls of fictional characters (the "world of infinite possibilities") and decides she'd prefer a happier ending as a real and happy person, not the miserable Norwegian housewife of theatrical fame.
So, like Dorothy from Kansas, she sets out on a journey to the "furnace of creativity" to forge a new life for herself. By her side is Mammy, who'd like to rewrite her character as a modern, free-spirited black woman. Along the way, they meet the Greek mythological characters Medea and Cassandra, two self-loathing gay men from 1970s "The Boys in the Band," the Woman in Pink from 1975's "for colored girls …," several versions of Jesus and several television, film, stage and opera characters.
The play's convoluted and not-very-well-delivered message is that these characters — as dated, stereotypical and unappealing as they may be — exist for all time, and changing them condemns them to death.
Fortunately, a solid cast keeps this leaky theatrical boat afloat. Jacque Wilke is sincere and intense as Hedda, and Yolanda Franklin is uncomfortably on the mark as the happily subservient Mammy. Luke Jacobs and Tony Houck are hilarious as Patrick and Steven, the flaming, bickering overdramatic queens from Matt Crowley's seminal gay play. Shana Wride steals all of her scenes, first as a Gloria Swanson-like Medea and then a Bette Midler-like Cassandra. Lynae DePriest glides effortlessly through a wide number of characters. Andrew Oswald is amusingly along for the ride as Hedda's abandoned hubby, George, and Dangerfield G. Moore is a preachy Jesus and the fiery Lovborg (from "Hedda").
Shirley Pierson's imaginative costumes (particularly for Medea) dress up Matt Scott's minimalist scenic design, with lighting by Michelle Caron and excellent sound by Kevin Anthenill.


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U.S. spreads chaos in the Middle East
By Sara Flounders posted on January 26, 2018
U.S. special forces in Syria.
U.S. imperialism's deteriorating position in the Middle East was confirmed on Jan. 16 by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's bold assertion for U.S. plans in Syria. The arrogant statement was followed, within hours, by almost immediate backpedaling.
Tillerson's talk at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University confirmed that the only hope of maintaining U.S. domination is another desperate attempt to close all borders and dismember the entire region. But the latest plan has also created a rupture in NATO, the oldest and largest U.S.-commanded military alliance.
Meanwhile, Turkish planes bombed 100 positions in Syria of U.S.-backed Kurdish YPG forces (the Kurdish acronym for People's Protection Units) on Jan. 21.
As the war in Syria stretches into the seventh year, Tillerson grandly announced the U.S. military will remain in Syria indefinitely. The newest U.S. plan is to create and train a military border force of 30,000 soldiers. The secretary of state also arrogantly restated the U.S. demand that has met with failure for seven years: the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the overthrow of the Syrian Arab Republic government.
This was not the first mention of new U.S. plans there. General Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, said on Dec. 24 that a training program was being established for Kurdish and Arab fighters to become a permanent U.S. occupying force in Syria. Votel declared, "What we don't want to do is leave a mess." (us.pressfrom.com, Dec. 24)
In fact, U.S. long-term plans are to permanently divide Syria and Iraq and expand their imperialist "mess" into Iran.
Since Jan. 14, news reports around the world reported U.S. plans to create a new "border force" in Syria on the borders of Turkey and Iraq. This U.S. plan would separate the oil-rich northern region from the rest of Syria, create a mini-state and close the borders.
Washington said it would help Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of militias in northern and eastern Syria led by Kurdish YPG militias, to set up a new 30,000-strong border force.
A flurry of other U.S. statements drew out this plan more explicitly.
The coalition's Public Affairs Office said: "The base of the new force is essentially a realignment of approximately 15,000 members of the SDF to a new mission in the Border Security Force as their actions against ISIS [the Islamic State group, IS] draw to a close." (Reuters, Jan. 14)
Before the announcement of a new U.S. plan to occupy and divide the region, numerous commentators described an unprecedented development with the defeat of IS – open borders among Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. The whole region has been divided since the 1991 U.S. war to recolonize and divide Iraq.
Turkey immediately slammed this new plan of a permanent U.S. occupation through an alliance with YPG Kurdish forces in Syria. Turkey warned of military action against the U.S.-armed and -protected YPG forces.
In the face of Turkey's fierce opposition, Tillerson claimed, "That entire situation has been misportrayed, misdescribed, some people misspoke. We are not creating a border security force at all." (aljazeera, Jan. 18)
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Turkey's great fear is that a "border force" of U.S.-armed Kurdish militias will siphon off advanced U.S.-supplied weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles, to Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) forces in Turkey.
Although there are 1.5 to 2 million Kurds in Syria, there are almost 20 million nationally oppressed Kurds in Turkey. Making up 20 percent of population, they are the majority population in southern Turkey, bordering northern Syria, Iraq and Iran.
For decades the Pentagon has armed Turkey and aided in the brutal repression of the Kurds, who resisted under the leadership of the PKK.
But imperialism sees an opportunity to use the smaller Kurdish population in Syria, where they are 5 percent to 8 percent of the Syrian population, as a way to divide Syria. The Kurds in Syria are under the leadership of the Democratic Union Party (PYD); their armed units are the YPG. These are the main units of the U.S.-armed Syrian Democratic Forces.
U.S. imperialism used a similar scenario to impose a division on Iraq. This is imperialism's divide-and-rule strategy for the entire region. Using the Kurds' national aspirations for a temporary U.S. military or political advantage, and then cynically dropping them, dates back to Henry Kissinger.
The Kurds are a historically oppressed nation with a distinct language and culture, numbering over 30 million people. They are the largest nation without a state. They live in the underdeveloped, mountainous region spanning four countries: southern Turkey and northern Iraq, Iran and Syria.
Some 72 Turkish jets bombed U.S.-backed Kurdish militias in Syria on Jan. 21. The Turkish news agency Anadolu reported that jets bombed more than 100 targets, including an air base, in the first day of air operations against YPG militias. The operation targeted YPG barracks, shelters, positions, weapons, vehicles and equipment.
Each U.S. maneuver has created greater destruction, but the U.S. has been unable to consolidate its position in the region or gain stable allies.
U.S. divide-and-destroy tactics
Since 2011 the U.S. has covertly armed a whole series of conflicting militias and mercenaries.
With a wink and a nod from U.S. forces in the region, which were arming numerous extremist militias, Saudi Arabia and Turkey armed the fanatical IS army. This became an excuse for open U.S. bombing of Syrian infrastructure.
The U.S. military command pulled 19 other NATO and Gulf countries into the war in Syria. This military onslaught was totally uninvited by the Syrian government.
The Syrian government appealed to Iran, Russia and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon to aid them in defeating IS and the Pentagon-funded militias and mercenaries. This forced Washington to change tactics, but not its objective — the recolonization of the region.
U.S.-imposed sanctions against Iraq and then Syria were an effort to destroy all forms of normal economic exchange and to shut down all commercial and social life. The U.S. occupation of Iraq divided the country into walled-off mini-states with checkpoints and inspections. All borders were closed. U.S. intervention in Syria was designed to do the same thing.
U.S. wars in the region have displaced more than 10 million people and decimated the region. They have created animosity and suspicion on every side, divided the corrupt and brutal feudal Gulf state regime aligned with imperialism, and are now dividing the oldest U.S. military alliance — NATO.
But after seven years of war and 15 years of sanctions, U.S. imperialism has still not succeeded in destroying the sovereign government of the Syrian Arab Republic.
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The outlook for and selected implications of a high-impact wave of American national policy-making restricting civilian access to arms & ammunition
Jeff Moran | Brussels
The outcome and impact of the American elections next week have been war-gamed or scenario-planned by stakeholders for some time. Let's assume, right or wrong, that the next President of the United States will be Hillary Clinton. What might this scenario mean for firearms and ammunition policy stakeholders who are interested in the promotion of shooting, hunting/conservation, firearms collecting, and civil arms rights in the United States?
Scenario Drivers
A Clinton victory next week would most certainly crystallize a necessary but insufficient condition for an ambitious wave of national-level efforts aimed at further restricting civilian access to arms and ammunition.
Whether or not such a wave is a high-impact tsunami or something else depends on, inter alia, how the electoral dust settles on Capitol Hill. There are two interrelated factors driving the likelihood of an impactful policy tsunami:
the extent to which Democrats gain in the US House and Senate contests, and
the extent to which Republicans finish with sufficient numbers to dampen any such wave or obstruct it completely.
Stakeholder Impact
Most if not all of stakeholders would be impacted if by a firearms and ammunition policy tsunami. However, on net, the scope and scale of the adverse impact would vary tremendously among stakeholders. This impact variability would largely be a function of a given stakeholder's adversity tolerance profile.
So, it would actually not be correct to conclude all stakeholders would be adversely effected or even that some would not stand to gain substantially, on net. Realistically, the stakeholders with the best adversity tolerance profile would be very likely to successfully execute a winning response and even come out better off than had there been no policy tsunami at all.
Industry Losers
The adverse impact on the firearms and ammunition industry eco-system, holding all other factors constant, would be the most severe to the extent a given firm (and its supply and distribution partners), relative to competitors, exhibits all of the following characteristics:
Extremely high risk exposure (e.g. makes and/or sells just one type of product to one customer and this product gets completely banned without phase-out period).
Extremely high resource constraints (e.g. has high fixed costs, high debt ratios, low cash/cash flow, weak talent, poor trading partner relations, no product development pipeline, etc.).
Extremely low resilience (e.g. lacks organizational flexibility, adaptability, and experience with comparable adversity).
Extremely low readiness (e.g. lacks awareness to or is in denial about threats, has no response plan and/or ability to execute).
The sample adversity impact assessment matrix below, adapted from a separate segmentation and sustainability study, shows one way to illustrate relative stakeholder position with respect to tolerance and net impact.
Most Likely Policy Courses of Action
So, what might a worse-case firearms and ammunition policy tsunami actually entail from a proposal point of view? The five most probable policy courses of action would entail proposals to implement ideas Hillary Clinton and her campaign supporters have discussed if not explicitly advocated for already:
Rebalancing the U.S. Supreme Court using a Second Amendment litmus test, because the Court was "wrong on the second Amendment" in its landmark 2008 Heller decision. This would be perhaps the biggest driver of sustained adverse impact over the long-run as it could result in a roll-back of prior Court rulings and effectively close certain markets or nullify civil rights previously affirmed.
Resurrecting and reworking some kind of combined "assault weapon" and "armor piercing ammo" ban with a mandatory buy-back program (like the approach taken in Australia). Official statements in the wake of President Obama's aborted proposal to reinterpret the legal definition of "armor piercing ammunition" suggests regulators are committed to take action again.
Repealing current federal law protecting the shooting industry from frivolous lawsuits over harms resulting from misuse of lawfully sold products by private individuals (e.g. The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. 15 USC 7901). This would certainly lead to a new era of lawfare against businesses of all size. However, the makers and marketers of the most criminally popular handguns will likely be the most exposed since handguns account for the overwhelming majority of American firearms homicides. Makers and marketers of the most criminally popular "assault weapons" would surely be a large target for anti-industry advocates despite the fact that homicides from such firearms are comparatively minuscule in the American context.
Restricting civilian access to all types of firearms through mandatory background checks for more if not all sales and private transfers, if not also for ammunition as well as reloading components eventually.
Designating more people as prohibited persons in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) with executive branch rule changes lacking adequate if any due process for affected citizens. An example would be the still pending Social Security Administration's rule changes proposed in April this year. The proposal suggests agency officials seek to effectively deny perhaps millions of beneficiaries their constitutionally-protected rights to acquire and possess arms and ammunition without, inter alia, a formal hearing, consideration of whether one is a danger to anyone, or the government carrying the administrative burden of proof.
International Sources of Policy Action
It stands to reason that proposals additional to the ones described above could become part of a Clinton firearms and ammunition policy tsunami over time. The most likely international source of potential policy action can be found in the details of the so-called International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS) sponsored by the United Nations (UN) Office of Disarmament Affairs.
This is because Hillary Clinton played a critical role in the ISACS development process when she was Secretary of State, which her successor continues to play. Reliable sources with direct knowledge and now-public internal UN communications involving members of the Obama Administration's ISACSs engagement team confirm:
The US Department of State (DoS) leads an ISACS engagement team that includes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) of the Department of Justice (DoJ).
The DoS retains final decision-rights concerning the nature and extent of participation by the ATF, which is a departure from the established practices of providing discretion if not control to the competent federal regulatory authority on contemporary endeavors of international normative cooperation.
All members of the ISACS engagement team are under restrictive rules of engagement requiring they participate passively in relevant fora (virtual and otherwise), and abstain from any transparent exchanges of view/ input for ISACS development.
The ISACS engagement team and their superiors know that silent participation (or the absence of objection) is understood to mean agreement or acceptance within the context of international normative cooperation, and especially for multi-stakeholder standards development initiatives sponsored by the UN.
The ISACS engagement team and their minders are fully aware of how normatively defective and ethically-challenged the UN ISACS multi-stakeholder initiative (MSI) is, and have refused to make objections to ISACS as they are developed and published.
Officials in the UN connected to the ISACS MSI have cooperated to mislead the public about US participation (e.g. the official UN ISACS website does not list the US as a participant), arguably a prima facie violation of Rule 1.2 of the UN Staff Rules and Regulations requiring all UN officials to uphold the "highest standards" of "honesty and truthfulness in all matters affecting their work."
Over time, the ISACS MSI has become a case example of spectacularly flawed international standard-setting at the UN, or, in the parlance of Secretary Clinton's top legal adviser at the time, "transnational legal process." The biggest driver for this was Secretary Clinton's ISACS engagement strategy because it enabled if not empowered key UN officials and the MSI to operate in a manner that was out of control with respect to conformance to three sets of applicable principles:
ISO principles of international standards development.
UN principles of effective MSI governance.
UN principles of professional conduct, as elaborated in the:
UN Charter (Article 100).
UN Oath of Office.
Standards of Conduct for the International Civil Service.
UN Staff Rules and Regulations.
Now, setting aside the apparent complicity in a what is arguably an enterprise of professional misconduct and normative malpractice at the UN, ISACS 03.30, stands out as a likely Clinton Administration policy planning input. This is because, by design, it sets forth model national regulations on civilian access to firearms and ammunition. Of note, ISACS 03.30 was finally published in 2015 after several years of public controversy and strategic delays, and is now marketed by proponents as implementation guidance for, inter alia, the UN Arms Trade Treaty.
Other Policy Courses of Action
The text of ISACS 03.30 suggests six derivative policy courses of action that a Clinton Administration might eventually argue are necessary to bring the US firearms and ammunition regulatory framework into conformance with contemporary international norms and standards:
Repealing parts of existing US laws (e.g. National Firearms Act of 1934) currently allowing certain civilians, including corporations and their employees, to acquire, possess, and use fully-automatic small arms and other light weapons.
Resurrecting and expanding President Obama's 2015 proposal to redefine "armor piercing ammunition" to ban ammunition currently allowed by specific exceptions. Of note, the current ISACSs glossary contains the exact language in existing US law, minus sporting purposes exceptions.
Mandating a differentiated risk-based framework to categorize and link authorized firearms, ammunition, and magazine capacity to a national individual firearms and ammunition license / registration scheme. This scheme could entail:
Authorizing / restricting specific categories and amounts of firearms and ammunition, where and how transportable, and whether concealed carry is authorized.
Expiration dates and conditions whereby persons are required to demonstrate legitimate need; provide personal references in addition to other background information, certify competent and safe use and safe storage practices, and specify location where firearms and ammunition are stored.
Graduated age restrictions according to rated risk of firearms and ammunition, with a minimum age of 21 for certain types of firearms.
Establishing rules banning the storage of loaded firearms at home or vehicles and require the separation of ammunition from firearms, storage in lockable containers, storage container sufficiency standards, and a verification/inspection regime.
Implementing criminal penalties for civilians who fail to notify authorities when they have firearms and ammunition stolen.
Creating new regulations applicable to for-profit corporations and non-profit clubs and associations engaged in security, training/education, collecting, historical, and sporting activities involving firearms and ammunition on such matters as:
Licensing, registration, and inspection;
Ownership and control;
Employment and membership qualifications; and
Firearms and ammunition storage and use.
Jeff Moran is Managing Director of TSM Worldwide LLC and leads an international trade and investment sustainability practice from Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Wu Woos Himself out of His Job on Capitol Hill
By YeOldeScribe ~ September 15th, 2011 @ 1:19 am
Political Progressives fell very, very far behind over the summer covering political happenings and events, and we can't apologize enough for that. We're still a bit shaky on our production schedule, as our writer's computer up and died. However, we're going to attempt to go back and cover some of the major events of the summer that we missed, and we can't think of a better place to start than with Congressman Tigger.
David Wu was a Democratic Congressman from Oregon, representing its 1st district. Wu, who was in his seventh term as a Representative, was recently forced to vacate his office on Capitol Hill when it was reported that he had an unwanted and aggressive sexual encounter with an 18 year old girl, who is the daughter of a longtime friend and campaign donor. Wu is 56.
But the strangeness of the situation doesn't end there. See, this isn't the first time Wu was accused of sexual misconduct. A mere three weeks before the elections in 2004, The Oregonian reported that Wu had been accused of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend while he was a student at Stanford in '76. Even though no criminal charges were filed, the university did discipline Wu for the incident and sent him into counseling. Wu further gave credence to the claim by staging a press conference where he decried his 'inexcusable behavior'. The voters of Oregon didn't seem to think the behavior was inexcusable though – they re-elected Wu that year by a 20-point margin over a very qualified competitor., and elected him three more times after that.
Don't worry though, the creepy train on Wu still has a while to go before it pulls into the station.
See, it's one thing for your political opponent to call you mentally unstable. It seems pretty harsh, but politicians can sling mud with the best of them, and that's certainly not the worst thing we've heard one politician call another. But what happens when your political allies call you mentally unstable? You'd have to ask Rep. Wu.
In 2010, Wu's own staff worried that he was 'mentally unstable', citing worrisome antics such as accusing his political counterpart of 'being stingy on tips', saying 'kooky things to staffers', committing 'loud and angry behavior', and various other bizarre things that forced his staff to keep Wu away from the public in the critical days leading up to the election.
Seriously, most of you know that the most important time in any election is getting that last-minute push to boost your chances of winning. Many elections are won and lost in the last week due to campaigning (or a lack of it). You would have to be pretty far off your rocker for your staff to not trust you to be in public during the most crucial time period for election seasons. Even as a kid your mommy and daddy probably let you play outdoors. But such was not the case for Wu.
It's okay, though. Wu took his punishment like a man. Or like a man dressed in a tiger costume.
Yes, in the most bizarre part of the story, Wu actually sent a picture of himself to his staff dressed as Tigger. It looked a lot like this:
No explanation. No "Happy Halloween" message attached to it. No silly slogan like "Let's bounce our way to the top in 2010!" Just a strange, sad man in a tigger costume, waving at his staff members, who will never be able to watch Winnie The Pooh safely again. After this photo came out, most of Wu's senior staff left, and the remaining staff tried to stage interventions. Wu wrote it off to the press, saying that he "had a bad month" and that he "did some things [he] seriously regrets".
Of course, Wu won his re-election comfortably in 2010.
The David Wu story presents two problems with our political system.
First, people like Mr. Wu should never see the light of day when it comes to Capitol Hill. If an individual is that mentally unstable, they do not have the ability to be making decisions on important issues like dealing with the debt ceiling or passing a groundbreaking health care package. There needs to be some sort of exam, like those given for security clearances. We, as a public, need to know if our elected officials might have a few screws loose.
But the bigger problem here is not with 'government' – it's with human beings; specifically the people of Oregon who continually voted for the man. Remember, Wu was accused of sexual misconduct twice before anything was done about it. After the first time, the good people of Oregon should have realized that someone who beats the crap out of women probably shouldn't be representing the state at the national level (or at any level, really). But that didn't happen – Wu was elected that year and three additional times. How is that possible? Is someone who assaults women and then vaguely apologizes for it later really the best person Oregon's 1st district had to offer? We'd sincerely hope not. Instead, people listened to the political machines that get people elected instead of actually doing research on the candidates and picking the best choice.
And we understand that some of the information about Tiggergate came out after the election was over, but why wasn't Rep. Wu asked politely to step down there and then? Was there any doubt that a man who sends pictures of himself as a bouncing tiger shouldn't be anywhere near organized government? Did we really have to wait for Wu to be accused of sexual misconduct again before he was asked to go home? All of these are seemingly easy questions to answer for us, but apparently not for the people of Oregon.
If living in Wisconsin over the past year has taught our writer anything, it's that the people do have power – specifically, the power to remove someone from office if they're not fit to serve anymore. If we can remove Senators for approving legislation we don't particularly care for, I think a Representative could be removed for being bleeping crazy.
In short, do your research, people. If that happens, then Rep. Tigger doesn't. End of story.
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package perso;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Composite;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.util.Arrays;

import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

import listeners.ChangeSpecialiteListener;
import physique.actions.vivant.ActionMeurt;
import physique.forme.CorpsPerso;
import ressources.Images;
import ressources.sprites.animation.perso.AnimationPerso;
import specialite.Specialite;
import specialite.TypeSpecialite;
import statique.Style;

public abstract class AbstractPerso extends Vivant {
    private final Specialite[] specialites;
    private final InformationsPerso infos;
    private final Caracteristiques caract;
    private final AnimationPerso anim;
    private final CorpsPerso corps;
    private final int[] xp;
    private int specialite, spePrecedente;
    private ImageIcon icone;

    public AbstractPerso(CorpsPerso corps, int[] xp, Caracteristiques caract, InformationsPerso infos, AnimationPerso anim) {
	super(corps);
	this.caract = caract;
	this.infos = infos;
	this.anim = anim;
	this.corps = corps;
	this.xp = xp.length < TypeSpecialite.values().length ? Arrays.copyOf(xp, TypeSpecialite.values().length) : xp;
	specialites = Specialite.getSpecialites(this);
	specialite = -1;
    }

    public BufferedImage getIcone() {
	return anim.getTetePerso().getImage();
    }

    public ImageIcon getSmallIcone() {
	if(icone == null)
	    icone = new ImageIcon(anim.getTetePerso().getImage().getScaledInstance(32, 32, Image.SCALE_DEFAULT));
	return icone;
    }

    public Specialite getSpecialite() {
	return specialite == -1 ? null : specialites[specialite];
    }

    public Specialite[] getSpecialites() {
	return specialites;
    }

    public int getIDSpecialite() {
	return specialite;
    }

    public int getXP(TypeSpecialite type) {
	return xp[type.ordinal()];
    }

    public void setXP(TypeSpecialite type, int xp) {
	this.xp[type.ordinal()] = xp;
    }

    public void incrXP(TypeSpecialite type, int xp) {
	setXP(type, xp + getXP(type));
    }

    public int getSpecialitePrincipale() {
	int max = 0;
	for(int i=1 ; i<xp.length ; i++)
	    if(xp[max] < xp[i])
		max = i;
	return max;
    }

    public int getSpecialitePrecedente() {
	return spePrecedente;
    }

    public void setSpecialite(int specialite) {
	spePrecedente = Math.max(0, this.specialite);
	Specialite ancienne = getSpecialite();
	if(ancienne != null)
	    ancienne.fermer();
	this.specialite = specialite;
	Specialite nouvelle = getSpecialite();
	nouvelle.lancer();
	for(final ChangeSpecialiteListener l : getListeners(ChangeSpecialiteListener.class))
	    l.changeSpecialite(this, ancienne, nouvelle);
    }

    public void setSpecialite(TypeSpecialite type) {
	setSpecialite(type.ordinal());
    }

    public void addChangeSpecialiteListener(ChangeSpecialiteListener l) {
	addListener(ChangeSpecialiteListener.class, l);
    }

    public void removeChangeSpecialiteListener(ChangeSpecialiteListener l) {
	removeListener(ChangeSpecialiteListener.class, l);
    }

    public int[] getXPCompetences() {
	return xp;
    }

    public InformationsPerso getInfos() {
	return infos;
    }

    public Caracteristiques getCaract() {
	return caract;
    }

    public CorpsPerso getCorps() {
	return corps;
    }

    public void dessineInfos(Graphics2D g, Rectangle zone, int equipe) {
	g.setFont(Style.POLICE);
	String s = getNom();
	int l = g.getFontMetrics().stringWidth(s), l2 = (int) (l * 1.1), h = g.getFontMetrics().getHeight();
	dessineFond(g, zone.x + (zone.width - l2)/2, (int) (zone.y - h * 1.75), l2, h, equipe);
	g.setColor(getCouleur());
	g.drawString(s, zone.x + (zone.width - l)/2, zone.y - h);
    }

    public void dessineFond(Graphics2D g, int x, int y, int w, int h, int equipe) {
	Composite tmp = g.getComposite();
	g.setComposite(Style.TRANSPARENCE);
	g.setColor(equipe == getEquipe() ? Color.LIGHT_GRAY : Color.RED);
	g.fillRoundRect(x, y, w, h, w/5, h/3);
	g.setComposite(tmp);
    }

    @Override
    public void meurt() {
	super.meurt();
	forceAction(new ActionMeurt(this));
    }

    @Override
    public int getLargeurVie(Graphics g, Rectangle zone) {
	return (int) (g.getFontMetrics(Style.POLICE).stringWidth(getNom()) * .9);
    }

    @Override
    public AnimationPerso getAnimation() {
	return anim;
    }

    @Override
    public int getVitalite() {
	return caract.getVitalite();
    }

    @Override
    public int getVitesse() {
	return caract.getVitesse() * 50;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
	return "[PERSO " + infos + "]" + super.toString();
    }

    @Override
    public void setAngle(int angle) {
	super.setAngle(angle);
	if(anim != null && anim.getSequence() == null)
	    anim.getTetePerso().setAngleFutur(getAngleRad(), 5);
    }

    @Override
    public String getNom() {
	return infos.getNom();
    }

    @Override
    public void dessiner(Graphics2D g, Rectangle zone, int equipe) {
	dessineInfos(g, zone, equipe);
	super.dessiner(g, zone, equipe);
	if(anim == null)
	    g.drawImage(Images.get("divers/options.png", true), zone.x, zone.y, zone.width, zone.height, null);
	else anim.dessiner(g, zone, estDroite());
    }
}

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Is predator control an effective strategy for enhancing bird populations?
This study investigated whether predator control is an effective strategy for enhancing bird populations. A systematic review was conducted to determine the impact of predator removal on four measurable responses in birds: breeding performance (hatching success and fledging success) and population size (breeding and post breeding). A meta-analysis was used to summarize results from 83 predator removal studies from six continents. Finally, an investigation was conducted into whether characteristics of the prey, predator species, location, and study methodology explained heterogeneity in effect sizes. Results revealed that removing predators increased hatching success, fledging success, and breeding populations. Removing all predator species achieved a significantly larger increase in breeding population than removing only a subset. Post breeding population size was not improved on islands, or overall, but did increase on mainlands. Heterogeneity in effect sizes for the four population parameters was not explained by whether predators were native or introduced; prey were declining, migratory, or game species; or by the study methodology. Effect sizes for fledging success were smaller for ground-nesting birds than those that nest elsewhere, but the difference was not significant. In conclusion, current evidence indicates that predator removal is an effective strategy for the conservation of vulnerable bird populations. Nevertheless, the ethical and practical problems associated with predator removal may lead managers to favour alternative, nonlethal solutions.
Smith, R.K., Pullin, A.S., Stewart, G.B. & Sutherland, W.J. 2010, Is predator control an effective strategy for enhancing bird populations? CEE review 08-001 (SR38). Environmental Evidence:
www.environmentalevidence.org/SR38.html
Waders on the Fringe. Why Nationally Scarce Waders Flourish on Grouse Moors
This paper seeks to understand the impact of gamekeeping and predator control on gamebirds and other wildlife. Indeed, gamekeeping and predator control was widespread across Britain in the 19th century, meaning that many now common predators (e.g. crows and magpies) were comparatively rare. Similar trends can be seen with other animals such as foxes.
An understanding of this formerly widespread predator control is crucial if we are to restore some of today's vulnerable and declining birds. The Upland Predation Experiment at Otterburn was designed to explore this. Grouse moors were used as the site of experiment as at present they are the only location at which predator control is practised extensively to support wild game shooting.
Tapper, S.C. 2010, Waders on the Fringe. Why Nationally Scarce Waders Flourish on Grouse Moors. Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Fordingbridge, Hampshire
Predator reduction with habitat management can improve songbird nest success
This study investigated whether predator reduction with habitat management can improve songbird nest success. 11 years of nest data from 6 songbird species on 3 lowland farms was analysed. The different game management regimes on the farms enabled researchers to test the hypotheses that systematic predator reduction (mammals and corvids) and sporadic corvid reduction improve nest success in songbirds. A positive effect of systematic predator reduction was detected on common blackbird (Turdus merula), common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), dunnock (Prunella modularis ), song thrush (T. philomelos ), and yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) but not on common whitethroat (Sylvia communis ). For the 5 species that demonstrated an effect, systematic predator reduction improved the odds of nests surviving a day within the nest cycle by a factor of between 1.59 and 1.89. The extent to which predator reduction might influence populations may depend on mechanisms such as re‐nesting compensation and overwinter mortality. Where habitat management is in place to assist threatened songbirds, intensive, systematic nest predator reduction may provide a useful conservation tool for improvement of nest success.
White, P.J.C., Stoate, C., Szczur, J., & Norris, K.J, 2014, Predator reduction with habitat management can improve songbird nest success, The Journal of Wildlife Management 78.3: 402-412
Importance of climatic and environmental change in the demography of a multi-brooded passerine, the woodlark Lullula arborea
This study investigated the importance of climatic and environmental change in a population of a multi-brooded ground nesting passerine (woodlark Lullula arborea) over 35 years. The results revealed that woodlarks had greater nest success when rainfall was low and temperature high. When evaluating the effects of weather on population trajectory, it is clear that the effects were minor compared to the effect of nest predation. In this manner, climate change does not provide an explanation for the population decrease over the last 35 years.
Wright, Lucy J., et al. 2009, Importance of climatic and environmental change in the demography of a multi-brooded passerine, the woodlark Lullula arborea, Journal of Animal Ecology 78.6: 1191-1202.
Tracking day and night provides insights into the relative importance of different wader chick predators
This study investigated the relative importance of different wader chick predators. It used automatic radio tracking stations (ARTS) to constantly record the signals and predation timing of 179 radiotagged Lapwing Vanellus chicks. This was combined with manual telemetry, information from predated remains, and site-level Fox, mustelid and avian predator activity monitoring. The time of predation for 60% of the 155 chicks that were predated was determined. Daytime chick predation accounted for a larger number of predation events, but nocturnal predation was more intensive in terms of predation likelihood per hour. Mammalian predation during both day and night had a larger impact on chick survival than did avian predation. Raptors were primarily responsible for predation by birds and Foxes for predation by mammals, with Foxes also having a larger influence on daily chick predation rates than other predators. Chick predation increased seasonally, implying that earlier-hatching breeding attempts are more likely to be successful. Higher Fox, raptor and mustelid activity resulted in higher proportions of chicks being predated by those predators, so quantifying the activity of those three predator groups on a site could be a quicker alternative to studying chicks when investigating which predator species to target with site-specific predation management.
Mason, L. R., Smart, J. and Drewitt, A. L. (2017), Tracking day and night provides insights into the relative importance of different wader chick predators, Ibis. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12523
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Palestinians call for change after death of Abbas critic
Title: Palestinians call for change after death of Abbas critic
Summary: HEBRON, WEST BANK (JUNE 26,2021) (REUTERS ) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE FOOTAGE OF PALESTINIANS PROTESTING AFER THE DEATH OF NIZAR BANAT - PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS'S MOST PROMINENT CRITICS - WHO DIED AFTER BEING ARRESTED BY SECURITY FORCES HEBRON, WEST BANK (JUNE 26,2021) (REUTERS) MAN CARRYING A BANNER READING IN (Arabic) : WE WON'T KEEP CALM ABOUT YOUR CRIMES PROTESTERS DURING A RALLY IN HEBRON MAN HOLDING A BANNER READING IN (Arabic): THE EXECUTION OF NIZAR IS A CRIME, ADDED TO THE CRIMES OF THE (PALESTINIAN) AUTHORITY (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) IBRAHIM TAMIMI, SPOKESMAN OF HIZB UT-TAHRIR IN PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, SAYING: "We want to send a strong message to the Palestinian Authority that this crime, is a heinous and awful crime and it won't pass. We want to tell the Authority that this attack on the Palestinian people will bring shame and humiliation to the Authority. We want send a message to the Authority to raise its hands from the Palestinian people and to stop its persecution, brutality, and arrest in Palestine." VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS DURING A RALLY (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) KHALIL BANAT, FATHER OF NIZAR BANAT, SAYING: "What Nizar faced is planned and organized crime participated in it all the responsible parties. What I know that when there is an authority it means that there is a decision published from a responsible party and this party direct the decision to the executors." RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (JUNE 26,2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS CARRYING BLACK AND WHITE FLAGS CHANTING SLOGANS IN CENTER OF RAMALLAH PROTESTERS CARRYING FLAGS OF HIZB UT-TAHRIR VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING SLOGANS AGAINST PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
Embargoed: 10th July 2021 15:13
Keywords: Abbas Israel Nizar Banat Palestinian forces Palestinians
Location: HEBRON AND RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
City: HEBRON AND RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
Country: Palestinian Territories
Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
Reuters ID: LVA001EJ1D8AV
Story Text: Palestinians on Saturday (June 26) called for a change of government as they marched through Hebron and Ramallah protesting the death of Nizar Banat, one of
President Mahmoud Abbas's most prominent critics, who died after being arrested by security forces.
Banat's family said Palestinian Authority (PA) forces broke into his house in the city in the early hours of Thursday (June 24) and hit him repeatedly with a metal rod before arresting him.
He suffered blows to the head, the PA's Independent Commission for Human Rights said after conducting an autopsy.
Abbas' Palestinian Authority said it would hold an inquiry, but has not commented on the accusations. Its governor for Hebron, Jibrin Al-Bakri, said Banat died when his health "deteriorated" during his arrest.
Abbas' popularity has plummeted since the 85-year-old was elected president in 2005, with many Palestinians facing economic hardship and complaining of widespread corruption. He has ruled the PA by decree for over a decade.
Making its first statement since Banat's death, the umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which Abbas chairs, said the PA inquiry would be impartial and that it would announce its findings at the earliest opportunity.
But the PLO called on Palestinians "and especially the family of the martyr, Nizar, to assume national responsibility ... and not allow anyone to politicize this issue and divert it from its national, humanitarian and legal track."
Banat, 43, was a social activist who had accused Abbas's PA of corruption, including over a short-lived COVID-19 vaccine exchange with Israel this month and Abbas's postponement of a long-delayed election in May.
Banat had registered as a parliamentary candidate for that contest.
Human rights groups say Abbas regularly arrests critics. A Human Rights Watch official said Banat's arrest was "no anomaly". Abbas denies the accusations.
The United States, the United Nations and the European Union called on the PA to conduct a "transparent" inquiry into Banat's death.
Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, urged Palestinians to rise up and "put a final end to the widespread violation by the (PA) against the freedoms and rights of our people".
Abbas and the PA, which exercises limited self-rule in the West Bank, reject accusations they are corrupt and that they arrest people for their political views. They also deny torture.
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Wolves coach John Anderson has been bucking conventional playoff hockey wisdom for three seasons now--with great success.
That wisdom states that a coach pick a goaltender at the start of the playoffs and stick with him through thick and thin. Anderson has taken the opposite approach, alternating his netminders throughout the playoffs.
The results have been impressive. Anderson led the Wolves to the Turner Cup championship, the International Hockey League's version of the Stanley Cup, two seasons ago and to the seventh game of the Western Conference finals last season. Wednesday at Allstate Arena, the Wolves will again be in the Western finals as they host the Houston Aeros in the first game of the best-of-seven series.
"The last three years, we've had two good goalies," Anderson said. "I think if [Colorado Avalanche coach] Bob Hartley had two Patrick Roys, he would play them both."
When the Wolves take the ice Wednesday, Wendell Young will likely get the start. Young won all four of his starts against Houston this season with a goals-against average of 2.30. But former Blackhawk goalie Andrei Trefilov also will play in the series. They each played two games of the Wolves' four-game sweep of Long Beach in the semifinals.
"I think everyone wants to play all the time," Young said. "I think Treffy would say the same thing, you'd like to get in a rhythm. But I don't know how you can question the success. We just accept it. This is the time of the season that you just want to keep winning."
Anderson's approach made him look like a genius in the Turner Cup finals two seasons ago when Young was hurt in the first game of the series against Detroit. Because Anderson had alternated Young and Stephane Beauregard in the three series leading to the finals, Beauregard assumed the starting job without missing a beat and the Wolves won in seven games.
Anderson wouldn't reveal his method for deciding which goalie to play. Had the Wolves opened the playoffs against Manitoba, Young would have started the series. But when Long Beach advanced, Anderson changed to Trefilov.
"I knew that Trefilov has a bit of a rivalry with [Long Beach goalie and Phoenix Coyote holdout Nikolai] Khabibulin," Anderson said.
For the second straight series, the Wolves will face the league's MVP. Khabibulin and Houston goalie Frederic Chabot shared the league honors this season. Chabot leads the IHL with a playoff goals-against of 0.99 as the Aeros defeated Utah four games to one in their opening series.
The Wolves will have a little extra incentive in the series. Houston dethroned the defending Turner Cup champions in a seven-game series last season.
"I think there is a carryover," Anderson said. "We were probably within nine minutes of winning that series. That hurt a lot of guys emotionally. They don't want to feel that way again."


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Dressler's
DRESSLER'S METROPOLITAN.
Dressler's Restaurant is where it all started for Rare Roots Hospitality Group. Chasing a lifelong dream, Kim and Jon Dressler opened the first Dressler's in Huntersville in 2003, and expanded to add the location at The Metropolitan in 2010. Dressler's exists to provide memorable evenings and exceptional service. Over ten years in Charlotte, we've formed lifelong friendships with our guests, and make new ones daily.
WE LIVE FOR TURNING NEW
GUESTS INTO OLD FRIENDS.
They often say, "Don't quit your day job," but Jon's first (and last) day at the office had him gluing his fingers together.
Corporate life isn't for everyone.
Jon knew he didn't want to be behind a desk all day and that he wanted to run his own business, but wasn't sure about much else…until he took a job here in Charlotte at an iconic steakhouse. That's where we met, where we fell hard for the restaurant life, and where the dream of owning our place began to take form.
In 2003, that dream turned into Dressler's at Birkdale Village. Our first two guests quickly became friends, and now they're like family. And they're not the only ones. Four restaurants later (including another Dressler's location), we've been fortunate enough to build a huge extended family of loyal guests and team members. They help us live out our dreams every single day. It's our joy to serve them.
We want Dressler's to feel like a great meal at home, complete with the guy wandering around telling stories and cracking dad jokes to anyone who will listen (Jon). We also want it to feel like a special occasion, even if there isn't one.
We hope you'll join us for dinner at our house tonight.
—Kim Dressler
Even if you're not joining us for a special occasion, you'll leave feeling like it was one.
DINNER MENU	VALENTINE'S DAY
MAKE YOUR RESERVATION NOW.
Dressler's at The Metropolitan offers two private dining spaces, providing capacity for up to 75 guests for a seated event and up to 100 guests for a cocktail-style reception. With access to Dressler's Restaurant's expansive patio nestled along the Little Sugar Creek Greenway, guests will enjoy one of the best skyline views Charlotte has to offer while they mingle and dine.
Private Dining Menu	Event Request
Our focus on warm hospitality and distinctive dinner offerings serve to welcome you with open arms and full plates.
Metropolitan Ave #125. Charlotte, NC 28204
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FRI-SAT | 5-10
Rare Roots and Hospitality
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Q: Always inverse Mapping for bidirectional relations? I checked
Hibernate 'Inverse' in mapping file and http://www.nhforge.org/doc/nh/en/#collections-bidirectional and http://blog.xebia.com/2009/03/16/jpa-implementation-patterns-bidirectional-assocations/
Do i always have to use inverse=true for the bidirectional mappings on the set (parent) side?
What are the alternatives? Is it also possible to define both sides not-null and not updateable?

A: if you have a bidirectional mapping then it causes harm to not have one side inversed because if you have Cascade.All both sides would try to maintain the association meaning duplicate entries in link tables or redundant Updates.
Both sides as not updateable is useful for readonly associations.


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Gaetano è un singolo del cantautore italiano Calcutta, pubblicato nel 2015 nell'album Mainstream ed estratto come singolo il 13 gennaio 2016.

È stata inserita dal mensile Rolling Stone al nono posto nella lista dei 20 brani italiani più belli del millennio.

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Note

Collegamenti esterni

Brani musicali su Bologna

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Q: How to Set Default Argument of Class Method Equal to Class Attribute (Python) I have a class like:
class Cheetah:
    def __init__(self):
        self.speed = 20
    def move(self, speed):
        ....

How can I set the default value of speed in the method move to self.speed?
I've tried speed = self.speed, but I get a syntax error.
Thanks,
Jack

A: You can't, but there is no reason to. Default it to None and then just check within the method:
def move(self, speed=None):
    if speed is None:
        speed = self.speed

A: One possible way is to
class Cheetah:
    def __init__(self):
        self.speed = 20
    def move(self, speed=None):
        if speed is None:
           speed = self.speed
        ....