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NBA Board of Governors schedule meeting with season in the balance
Sam Amico
The NBA has scheduled a special Board of Governors meeting for Thursday in wake of the players' decision to boycott playoff games, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
The Board of Governors is made up of commissioner Adam Silver and the 30 team owners and their representatives.
Wojnarowski did not provide details on the meeting, but odds are it is being held to help determine how to handle the remainder of the season. The players were were scheduled to meet Wednesday night on the Disney campus to discuss their own next steps.
Beginning with the Milwaukee Bucks, players boycotted all three scheduled games Wednesday in an effort to bring attention to "social justice and racial issues," and find ways to enact change.
Players from the Orlando Magic, Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder, Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers followed the Bucks' lead in boycotting games.
"We are calling for justice for Jacob Blake and demand the officers be held accountable," Bucks guard George Hill told reporters. "For this to occur, it is imperative for the Wisconsin State Legislature to reconvene after months of inaction and take up meaningful measures to address issues of police accountability, brutality, and criminal justice reform."
Bucks players also called for the Wisconsin State Legislature to reconvene and address "issues of police accountability, brutality, and criminal justice reform."
Multiple team owners showed support for the boycotts, with Lakers owner Jeanie Buss saying on Twitter that she stood by the players "today and always."
Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix reported that the defending Toronto Raptors may leave the Disney campus altogether. The Raptors are scheduled to face the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals, with Game 1 slated for Thursday.
"There have been discussions amongst several teams, notably Toronto, about going home," Mannix reported.
Also, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski quoted one veteran player as saying that the "season is in jeopardy."
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Taylor Hicks Interview: Former American Idol Very Interested in Becoming Judge on Show
Written by Melissa Parker, Posted in Interviews Musicians
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Birmingham, Alabama native Taylor Hicks' music sets him apart from other artists because of his unique take on southern soul, R&B, country and blues. More than 63 million votes were cast, and nearly 37 million viewers tuned in to crown him the Season 5 winner of American Idol in 2006, making it one of the most watched TV events of the decade.
Less than three weeks after his Idol victory, Hicks' debut single, "Do I Make You Proud," entered at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100, Pop 100 and Single Sales Charts. Coinciding with the single's release, a cover story named him People magazine's "Hottest Bachelor of the Year." His self-titled album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and was quickly certified RIAA Platinum.
"I know that idea has been kicked around quite a bit about some of the names that were a part of the show that could possibly be judges. Yeah. I would be very interested in that, and I do believe if there was a judge who was a former contestant, then that person should be one of the winners of American Idol as well."
Hicks has performed with Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Gladys Knight, Earth Wind & Fire and The Allman Brothers, appeared in concerts worldwide and penned a bestselling autobiography Heart Full of Soul. On Broadway, he starred in the hit musical, Grease as Teen Angel, and joined the 18-month national tour.
The multi-talented artist guest starred in an episode of Law & Order: SVU at the end of 2013 and was included in Taste of Home's cookbook. He is part owner of a Birmingham BBQ restaurant/bar (Saw's Juke Joint), which made Parade Magazine's Top 10 BBQ restaurants in the country.
Currently, Hicks can be seen at The Paris, Las Vegas, where he has rapidly become one of the most popular acts in the city.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Taylor, your Las Vegas show has been extended through April 8, 2014?
Taylor Hicks: That's correct.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Tell me about the show.
Taylor Hicks: A lot of people are pleasantly surprised because there are selections from Idol, songs from my past records and also a selection of Vegas show tunes. It has music that people are really familiar with which, I think, is important for this type show.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Does it ever get old doing the same show every night and staying in a hotel?
Taylor Hicks: Having my own showroom in Las Vegas is such an honor, and it's great not to be in a tour bus for any stretch of time. I really enjoy performing in Vegas.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): In a recent Forbes article, you were described as having a "slightly offbeat personality." What does that mean?
Taylor Hicks: You know, I think that everybody has an offbeat personality at some point in their lives. To be honest with you, if there wasn't something offbeat about me, I don't think I would've won American Idol because I believe that you have to bring something different to the table to stand out as an artist and create a brand for yourself that ultimately helps you have a long standing career in entertainment. I'm sure that some people have described those in entertainment as "oddballs" at some point.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): It has been five years since you recorded new music?
Taylor Hicks: Yes. It's definitely time to record some music, but there's a saying I like, "It's better to record the right music than release the wrong music." You know what I'm saying?
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Sure. Tell me about the album.
Taylor Hicks: Well, there are a lot of things that we want to put into the record. I come from many different genres of music, very much roots oriented in country. I like to think of it as if you got Zac Brown and Jackson Browne together, you'd have some of the music on this new record.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Is there a theme?
Taylor Hicks: They all have themes, but I can't let the cat out of the bag too much because it's not ready to let the cat out of the bag yet. You know what I'm saying?
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): I know.
Taylor Hicks: I know … I know (laughs). I'll give you as much as I can, but I can't give you as much as you want.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Do you have a tentative release date for the album or the first single?
Taylor Hicks: Like I said, I'm not going to let the cat out of the bag (laughs). I wish I could. Right now, we're getting the music together and deciding which single we want to release. We want to make sure it's great.
The setup has to be right for the music. In this day and age, everybody can release a single to iTunes. But the ones that have the most success are the ones that have a vehicle to piggyback that song or that particular album. This Vegas show is going really well. You have to have a really great setup, I believe, to have successful music.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): When did your fascination with blues and soul music begin?
Taylor Hicks: I started listening to music and singing at probably six or seven. At about eight or nine, Ray Charles was the musical root to my musical tree, the base root, and then it kind of branched out from soul to country. I listened to a lot of Kenny Rogers. This is something that kind of evolved naturally.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What sort of a child were you?
Taylor Hicks: I definitely had a lot of energy. I had a pretty normal childhood until I started listening to music, and once that happened, then all bets were off, and the race was on.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Right after your American Idol win, Justin Timberlake publicly announced that you "couldn't carry a tune in a bucket." Have you ever talked to him about the comment?
Taylor Hicks: Yeah. He apologized profusely on the sidelines of a Chicago Bears/Green Bay Packers game about four years ago, so he and I are all square in that department.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Do you have a favorite American Idol contestant this season?
Taylor Hicks: I don't like to give favorites out just yet. I like to wait until it gets a little closer into the competition because I don't want anybody not liking me if they're not one of my favorites. But I was really excited that some of the Alabama singers have had some success on the show, and I wish them nothing but the best.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Have you ever been interested in becoming an American Idol judge?
Taylor Hicks: I know that idea has been kicked around quite a bit about some of the names that were a part of the show that could possibly be judges. Yeah. I would be very interested in that, and I do believe if there was a judge who was a former contestant, then that person should be one of the winners of American Idol as well.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What can you tell me about yourself that even your fanbase (the "Soul Patrol") doesn't know?
Taylor Hicks: I'm coming up on ten years in show business, so if they haven't gotten it out of me yet, they're probably not going to (laughs).
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): What has been the craziest thing a fan has ever done to capture your attention?
Taylor Hicks: There have obviously been some moments that were a little scary, but all in all, I have a really great fanbase. They're really respectful of my privacy and my shows, and I'm very thankful for that. I think that's part of the give and take relationship when you have an artist and fans. It has been a pretty good relationship so far, and I hope I can keep it that way.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): You guest starred on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit last year. Would you like to do more television and possibly feature films?
Taylor Hicks: I get roles sent to me probably every two or three days. They are just the ones you kind of look over and decide if they really hit you or not. I think a good analogy would be Matthew McConaughey's Dallas Buyers Club. That was a script he really fell for from an artistic standpoint, and those are the kinds of roles you look for and know you will make an impact with.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Is there anyone special in your life?
Taylor Hicks: I'm very happy … I'm not telling you that because that's private, you know?
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Do you have any plans to return to Broadway?
Taylor Hicks: If the right role comes along, I would definitely look at that. I just have so much respect for the theatre and those actors and actresses because they really have a lot of stamina and artistic integrity. It was a blessing to be a part of Broadway. If the right role came along, of course, I'd dive right back into it.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Who is your "dream" duet partner?
Taylor Hicks: It depends on what I'm listening to right now. I'm a really big fan of Lake Street Dive. I think that band is probably one of the more soulful, eclectic bands that I've found here in the last few weeks. The lead singer is named Rachael Price. I think she's fast becoming one of music's newest female voices, so I'd love to play some harmonica with them at some point.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Is there another project in the works after the Vegas stint ends?
Taylor Hicks: The country record project, Vegas and looking for TV and film roles. After that, I'm probably going to rest and sleep for a while.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Do you ever return to Birmingham to perform at Saw's Juke Joint?
Taylor Hicks: I do. I like to get back there as much as I can. The Las Vegas show has me tied down a good bit. I'm trying to get back there to put together a big benefit concert show, so that's always a possibility. When I come back into Birmingham, I definitely stop by and have some barbecue and hang out.
Melissa Parker (Smashing Interviews Magazine): Perhaps you could have a hometown concert to celebrate the new album coming out?
Taylor Hicks: Yes. There's no question. Once there's a release, that is definitely one of the first things we'll try to put together for sure.
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It's no secret that ESPN's gambit on an all-new Monday Night Football broadcast booth hasn't gone according to plan.
The biggest lightning rod has been new multi-million dollar analyst Jason Witten who was brought in to replace Jon Gruden and be ESPN's answer to Tony Romo. However, Witten's most notable exploits this season have been botched turns of phrase like Aaron Rodgers pulling a "rabbit out of his head" or Cam Newton's run after catch ability.
Then there's Booger McFarland, who has been roaming the sidelines on the "Booger Mobile," which has drawn attention for being an unnecessary broadcasting gimmick that ruined the fan experience for people who paid big bucks for seats. At least ESPN put clear glass on the back of it so fans are at the game only have a slightly obstructed view.
Finally, Joe Tessitore swapped places with Sean McDonough moving over from one of ESPN's top college football booths. Tessitore has always had a good reputation among fans as an energetic voice, but it's certainly been an unenviable task trying to switch over to the NFL, work in a rookie analyst, and try to make sense of the unique setup.
The result? ESPN's high-profile primetime MNF crew ranked a distant last in our NFL broadcast rankings as voted on by readers. (In fact, they received the lowest grade ever received for any broadcast team in any of our previous reader polls.) In spite of the critiques, though, ESPN is pledging on bringing back the trio next year. What remains to be seen is whether or not it's in the exact same format.
An interesting note from Andrew Marchand at the New York Post shows that ESPN could at least be exploring some more traditional options. Marchand reports that McFarland will join Witten and Tessitore in the booth for ESPN International's broadcast of the Super Bowl.
The Post has learned that ESPN International's broadcast of the Super Bowl will have Tessitore, Witten and McFarland in a traditional booth. It could provide an easy out for 2019 and permanently park the "Booger Mobile" next to Fox's glowing puck in the "Good job, Good effort" TV sports parking lot.
ESPN's "Monday Night Football" executive producer, Jay Rothman, has repeatedly said McFarland could be the "Charles Barkley of football." If that is the case, why does ESPN diminish his presence on Monday night by putting him in a high chair on the sideline?
There are a couple of explanations here for the switch.
The first could be that ESPN is really interested in ditching the Booger Mobile and doing a traditional three-person booth with McFarland, Tessitore, and Witten for next year. The second could be that ESPN isn't interested in dealing with the Booger Mobile for a broadcast that is only going out internationally. The third could be that the NFL wants no part of dealing with fans corporate partners who paid thousands upon thousands of dollars for Super Bowl sideline seats complaining about the dang Booger Mobile. It's only speculation trying to figure out what the exact motive truly is in this situation.
Whatever the reason, it's clear that ESPN should at least take advantage of the opportunity to see if putting McFarland in the booth improves the chemistry among the MNF announce team. It couldn't possibly hurt it at this point.
In fact, it'd be fascinating to see how different the season would have been had Witten and McFarland being able to work together alongside Tessitore in the booth. Having a team who has never worked before trying to announce a game together from different locations has often led to disjointed broadcasts where Witten and McFarland talk over and past each other instead of flowing together. Perhaps being in the same physical location can at least improve things somewhat heading into next year. Would that really be enough to turn the tide of opinion for NFL fans, though?


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Who were the Natchez tribe known for?
The Natchez are noted for being the only Mississippian culture with complex chiefdom characteristics to have survived long into the period after the European colonization of America began. Others had generally declined a century or two before European encounter.
What Native American tribe was in South Carolina?
The Catawba, Pee Dee, Chicora, Edisto, Santee, Yamassee, and Chicora-Waccamaw tribes are all still present in South Carolina as are many descendants of the Cherokee.
Where did the Natchez tribe originate from?
History – Natchez Indians The Natchez originally lived near present-day Louisiana but were driven out of their traditional home-land by French colonists. In 1735, a group of Natchez sought refuge in the Edisto area of South Carolina.
Where did the Natchez tribe live in?
Natchez, North American Indian tribe of the Macro-Algonquian linguistic phylum that inhabited the east side of the lower Mississippi River.
Who was responsible for what jobs in the Natchez tribe?
Summary and Definition: The Natchez tribe lived in the area of St. Catherine's Creek, east and south of the present city of Natchez, Mississippi. Others later settled in South Carolina. The Natchez Indians were successful hunters, fishers and farmers, growing corn, beans, and squash.
How did the Natchez Indians dress?
Natchez men wore loincloths and leather leggings. Natchez women wore wraparound skirts made of deerskin or woven fiber. Shirts were not necessary in Natchez culture, but both men and women wore tunics in cooler weather. The Natchez also wore moccasins on their feet.
What is the poorest Indian reservation?
Pine Ridge Reservation
Oglala Lakota County, contained entirely within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Reservation, has the lowest per capita income ($8,768) in the country, and ranks as the "poorest" county in the nation.
What was the importance of living in the Natchez district?
It became a center of wealth in the antebellum years, as a trading center for slaves and cotton, and the center of cotton culture in the Old Southwest.
Were the Natchez hostile or peaceful?
Relations between the French and Natchez were at first hostile, but peace was soon made and in 1699 a missionary visited the latter with a view to permanent residence.
Who were the Natchez tribe enemies?
Where do the Natchez live today? The Natchez tribe was defeated by the French in the early 1700's, and the survivors scattered. People of Natchez descent live in many different places today, but most of them live among the Chickasaw, Creek and Cherokee tribes of Oklahoma.
When did the Kusso Natchez Indians come to South Carolina?
History – Kusso-Natchez Indians The Kusso traditionally lived in South Carolina in the same area they occupy today. Shortly after South Carolina became a colony in 1670, the Kusso faced a series of conflicts with the white settlers. Durning the 1960s, they began political activity to gain recognition and better living conditions.
What did the Kusso Natchez Indians wear for clothes?
Villages: Villages consisted of individual homes and usually a council house for town meetings. Men: Loin cloth made of deerskin in warm months; leggings, moccasins, and a cloak called a "matchcoat" were worn in cold months.
Who are the Natchez Indians and what did they do?
The Natchez (pronounced Nah'-Chee, Nauche, or W'Nahx'-Chee) Nation, is a precursor and confederator of the "original" Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy. W'Nahx'-Chee means "fast warrior(s)" in the Natchez language. Prior to the arrival of northern Europeans, and in non-Native terms "in pre-historic times",…
Are there any Natchez people in South Carolina?
Natchez Nation has relations with the Natchez communities in South Carolina. It is a corporation within the Sac & Fox and Seminole Nations. The Natchez leadership has endeavored to work with various representatives and has proposed legislation to the Muscogee National Council. It has sent representatives relative to NAGPRA notifications.
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Governments have been getting it in the neck from comedy shows, and individual satirists, on a more or less regular basis since the short but heady time of TW3 in the early 1960s. That includes all Governments, whoever the majority party. It is a fact that many out there on the right would prefer not to take on board, such is their uniform humourlessness.
Nish Kumar is bereft at his cancellation ...
Which brings us to the new dispensation at the BBC, in the form of DG Tim Davie, who was recently credited with axing The Mash Report, which, in the right-wing press' retelling, was some ghastly hotbed of Rotten Lefties™ which said lots of horrible (if true) things about their political heroes, and to cap it all, was not even funny, honestly.
It had nothing to do with host Nish Kumar not being white, you understand, and nothing at all to do with contributor Rachel Parris mocking former Screws and Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan for the latter's sycophantic brown-nosing of Combover Crybaby Donald Trump. And nothing to do with Ms Parris calling out sexism and misogyny.
... and so is Rachel Parris
And what wound the right-leaning part of our free and fearless press up yet more was the suggestion not only that the Mash Report would see a new series commissioned, even in the face of all that knocking copy, but that the Beeb was considering running two editions of the show every week. But then, all the attacks paid off, and the show was canned.
The Murdoch mafiosi were in a state of rapture, with the Sun sneering "BBC director general Tim Davie axes Nish Kumar's The Mash Report in victory in his war against woke lefties … Sources close to the director-general said he felt the genre needed a radical overhaul as it was too biased against the Tories and Brexit". There was more.
From the bowels of the Northcliffe House bunker (well, the Rothermere press is full of crap, innit?), the Daily Mail thundered "BBC bosses finally address left-wing bias: The Mash Report is axed as new director-general overhauls comedy output after saying corporation must have 'no assumed point of view'". Yeah, boo Mash Report!
But then, but then … only a few days after news of the show's cancellation, free sheet Metro told its readers "The Mash Report could be revived as the satirical format is reportedly being eyed up by the channel Dave after being cancelled by BBC2". Also, "Another insider added that it would be a 'great fit' for Dave: 'As Dave tries to be less male-dominated and broaden its audience demographic, The Mash Report would be excellent for its diversity. Plus it is very funny'". And so it came to pass.
The London Economic told last week "TV channel Dave has picked up Nish Kumar's The Mash Report after it was axed by the BBC, for apparent 'left-wing bias' … The show will air on Dave later this year". Early next month, to be more precise. So the BBC has sacrificed a popular show to appease the right-wing press. Or has it?
Well, of course it has, because Dave is owned by UKTV, isn't it? Yes it is. But UKTV, has, since April 2019, been wholly owned by … BBC Studios, which was formerly called BBC Worldwide, and which is the commercial arm of the BBC. Which means the Mash Report is good enough to make money - as long as it doesn't frighten too many right wingers.
Our free and fearless press scored a notable victory. Sadly, it was merely a Pyrrhic one.
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This I'd hilarious. I actually laughed out loud.
Well....tbf it wasn't very funny.
You only had to read the Daily Mash website and hey presto! you'd seen the show. And as anon@18:38 said, it wasn't very funny anyway.
It "wasn't very funny anyway" if you're a far right racist tory gammon having your arse handed to you on a plate.
Neil said...
I love the mash report and am very glad that it will be shown again ��
Thor Halland said...
Good no one will see it on Dave.
Just unfunny posturing to appeal to the sort of intellectual pygmy who shouts 'Gammon ' at people.
Anon @ 13:24 - I'm surprised a mirthless leftie whiner finds anything funny. My experience of lefty losers is you're too busy being offended to laugh.
Or...you don't have a very good soh...
...only at gammons. Then the shouting is justified.
Wtf is an intellectual pygmy?
Sounds like you're the one who's offended. And we're not mirthless. I find you HILARIOUS.


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The EPA has approved a state plan to postpone pollution standards aimed at reducing phosphorus discharges that cause unnatural weed and algae growth.
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After years of delays, the federal government approved Wisconsin's plan to give polluters less-costly options for meeting phosphorus standards aimed at reducing unnatural weed and algae growth that has impaired hundreds of lakes and streams, state lawmakers said Tuesday.
The state sought an option for expensive improvements that would remove phosphorous from waste water before it was dumped in lakes or streams.
Manufacturers and sewage treatment plants would be exempted from the standards for 10 years if they paid fees that would be spent on cutting phosphorous pollution that rain carries off farm fields.
Some conservation groups have opposed the state plan, saying it lacked teeth to ensure that the fees would result in any significant improvement in water quality.
But Chicago-based EPA spokeswoman Anne Rowan said that if the variance performs as expected it would result in much greater reductions in phosphorus pollution than would have occurred if each exempted factory and wastewater treatment plant "instead installed feasible treatment technology."
Rowan said she couldn't provide details on how reductions would be enforced. Some state officials and environmentalists also said it was too early to comment.
The state has been pushing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for years to approve the rules, which originated with Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature.
The timing of the EPA decision sparked speculation about whether it was related to the new administration of President Donald Trump, who has talked about dismantling the EPA and greatly reducing regulation of businesses.
However, two state lawmakers said the EPA decision will result in lower costs for businesses and utilities and stronger protections for water quality.
Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Green Bay, and Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, emailed an announcement to news organizations.
"This newly approved reform measure will offer a vastly more cost-effective and resource protective means of reducing the phosphorus in our waters while lowering costs to water utility ratepayers and potentially saving thousands of Wisconsin manufacturing and food production jobs," the lawmakers said.
"I'm incredibly pleased that we were able to move this much-needed legislation," Cowles said in a statement. "However, I am still disappointed by the amount of time it took the EPA to review and approve our creative approach to reduce phosphorus."
Among the first
In 2010, the state was among the first in the nation to adopt specific, measurable standards for how much phosphorous could be released into state waters.
The rules approved by the state Natural Resources Board were the result of lengthy talks between state regulators, businesses, local governments and environmental advocates, said Bill Davis, who directs the state's chapter of the Sierra Club.
But after Republican Gov. Scott Walker took office in 2011 along with GOP majorities in the Legislature, changes were sought by business interests.
The original rule package recognized that in some cases, businesses and municipalities would face especially high price tags to reduce phosphorous to the levels scientists said were needed. So the rules allowed those polluters an option called "adaptive management."
Instead of installing new anti-pollution equipment in their plants, they would be able to provide funding for projects that would reduce phosphorous runoff from farms at a lower cost, Davis said.
They would be held accountable by provisions written into their pollution permits, which are legally binding documents. If phosphorous runoff from farms wasn't reduced, the permit holders would be penalized.
Madison and Green Bay were enthusiastic about the idea, and they worked with the DNR to implement legally binding adaptive management programs, Davis said.
But Walker and the Legislature sought to make the adaptive management option much more widely available, and without the binding permit provisions designed to give sewage plants and manufacturers strong incentives to ensure that phosphorous runoff reductions were accomplished, Davis said.
But Loudenbeck said polluters won't "receive a free pass or a proverbial get-out-of-jail-free card."
Cowles said the state's plan would keep the numeric standards for phosphorous on the books even if many polluters are exempted from them for 10 years. It's too early to know how widely the option will be made available, but it will create significant revenue for preventing runoff, and the state can review its effectiveness after 10 years, Cowles said. Fees would equal $50 per pound of phosphorous.
Jimmy Parra, an attorney for the public interest law firm Midwest Environmental Advocates, said the EPA decision isn't based on the state's claims about economic costs, but on an entirely new argument that was never aired at any public hearing — that water quality will be improved, Parra said.
"The public should have had (an) opportunity to weigh in on this new information to ensure that the decision is based on facts and science, not politics," Parra said.
State Department of Natural Resources spokesman Jim Dick said the department was reviewing a letter on the topic from the EPA.
Revenue for preventing runoff
Progressively tighter standards under the federal Clean Water Act have reduced phosphorous pollution from industry and sewage plants. Now the majority of nutrient pollution originates on farms. Runoff is relatively inexpensive to control, but state and federal laws don't set the same clear-cut limits for agriculture as they do for industry.
Farmers are offered financial incentives for voluntary efforts such as erosion prevention, which can be accomplished by planting cover crops near stream banks or by rotating crops.
Cowles said he doubted the new Trump administration was responsible for the EPA approving the rules, because they have been in the works a long time.
But the Sierra Club's Davis said it's possible the timing is the result of career EPA staff members taking a long view, and deciding it was important to preserve the phosphorus standards even if they are circumvented for a number of years.
The alternative — continuing to negotiate — would have run the risk that the state would succeed in getting the standards thrown out completely after more Trump appointees are in place, Davis said. Trump's nominee for EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt, is awaiting a confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate.
State Journal reporter Mark Sommerhauser contributed to this report.
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SAM MENDES: 1917 (2019)
GEORGE MCKAY IN 1917
Most war stories focused on infantrymen are collective stories. The soldier is part of a structure: squad, platoon, company, battalion, regiment. At the lower levels or perhaps any level the aim is not to be noticed. But Sam Mendes' thrilling, remarkable World War I film is about a mere lance corporal, Will Schofield (George McKay), who is sent on an urgent and seemingly impossible mission and must go it alone, against the tide and in face of great danger. It's only by a miracle that he gets through. He carries an order that saves 1500 men from slaughter by the Germans by cancelling a doomed assault. This is a harrowing tale with a "real time" feel. The story which Mendes created with cowriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns is (as we're told at the end) freely reconstructed from the accounts of Mendes' grandfather about his own wartime experience.
Yes, it's a tour de force, which has impressed some critics and annoyed others. (Their displeasure has brought down the Metascore.) They're all talking about the writer-director's choice to have the noted cinematographer Roger Deaakins shoot and the editors cut the film to look like a string of continual "long shots." Yes, the filmmakers refrain from the choppy back-and-forth fast cuts enabled by digital, which so few can resist. The shots and edits of 1917 contribute to a sense of unbroken attention to L/Cpl Schofield. But if you didn't know what a "long shot" or a "single take" were, this wouldn't be such a big deal, because it's just closer to how we experience life.
What to me seems more singular about 1917 is the remarkably detailed and realistic mise-en-scène. All the focus is on L/Cpl Schofield and the man who gets the assignment and takes him along, L/Cl Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman), who doesn't make it all the way. But Mendes has given us as extraordinarily suggestive a picture of the WWI Western European Front as we've ever seen. There are the ravaged fields, the ruined French farms and villages, the camps. Including of course the trenches, very elaborate English ones and later, when the men are crossing enemy lines, a set of quite different abandoned German ones ("Even their rats are bigger," the young men note). This to me is what was distracting, not the shots, but in a good way. The WWI battlefield landscape is rich and wonderful. The soggy clay dirt, the puddles of wet, the nasty barbed wire, the rats: it all comes to life. They are in it, and so are we.
There is a terrific scene when L/Cl Schofield gets through a division of trenches going the wrong way, then encounters a traffic jam of motley big and little lorries with a very grumpy British officer yelling to be let through. The Lance Corporal is identified and put in a vehicle jammed with men from all over, then it's he who leads the push to, well, push it out of the mud when it gets stuck. The glory, the absurdity, the fear, and the muck: Mendes captures it all, while only tracking one man. The $90 million production budget has been used astutely.
Also terrific are the two main actors (not counting some notables, including Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, and "Fleabag's" Andrew Scott, also good in minor roles). Chapman and McKay have 1917 young Englishmen faces. McKay, at 27 a veteran actor whose first film came when he was eleven, isn't handsome. But he is chiseled, innocent, and fresh in a way that reads right for the period. He has a distant look of old photos. For me it's believable that when he's left to complete the mission alone, he takes the sense of duty doubly upon himself, despite his earlier wish that Blake had picked someone, anyone, else.
Could one young man do all this?P Perhaps. There are extraordinary acts of valor in war and moments of freak luck. L/Cl Schofield already has won a medal, though he traded it to a Frenchman for a bottle of wine. It's just a piece of tin, he says. "There was a ribbon too," says C/PL Blake. There's sprezzatura in that trade that hints this man is made of finer mettle than at first appears. This adventure is more germane and more conceivable than the six-year one we see played out in Václav Marhoul's adaptation of Jerzy Kosiński's The Painted Bird.
Mendes says he meant to make an action film, not a war film. Like Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk, with whose complex chronology 1917 is a stark contrast, Mendes is at least reshaping the genre and visibly smashing conventions, realistically recreating historical events in new ways. He has made one of the best films of the year, one that needs to be pondered. This is just a quick note from the Front. To be seen, like DUnkirk, in the largest format possible.
1917, 119 mins., debuted in the UK Dec. 4, 2019 in a royal command performance. Limited US release Christmas 2019; wider US and UK release, Jan. 10, 2020. Metascoore: 79%.
DEAN-CHARLES CHAPMAN, GEORGE MCKAY IN 1917
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George McKay is becoming more prominent on the cinematic map now: he's the lead in two big productions. First this, Sam Mendes' 1917. Next, the lead in February release The True History of Ned Kelly (watch the trailer). And this one's a tour de force too, and eccentric retelling whose radical alterations may not meet with wide approval. I previously saw McKay in Matt Ross's Captain Fantastic (2016), where he plays Viggo Mortensen's eldest son, Bo (Bedevan).
French critical response to 1917.
1917 came out today in France and its AlloCiné press rating (based on a lot of reviews - 34) is a 4.2 (the spectators score is even higher, a whopping 4.5). This is the equivalent of a Metacritic rating of 84% (of 90% for the spectators) - in contrast to the actual one of 79%, which is high, but considering the accomplishment, somewhat niggling.
There are some negative views expressed, such as the "con" side of Première's two-part review, which accuses Mendes of being a copycat filmmaker, who has imitated Nolan's Batman in his Skyfall James Bond treatment, and with major debuts to Dunkirk as well as Saving Private Ryan and Paths of Glory this time. And others found the immersiveness too calculating.
But overall the French critics seem to have grasped better than the American ones that a movie can be a technical tour de force and yet also utterly absorbing and convincing. Caroline Vié of 20 Minutes writes, "The filmmaker can be reassured: the race against the clock in the heart of chaos is so absorbing that we forget his virtuosity." Eric Neuhoff of Le Figaro: "The immersion is total." This can't happen if you're constantly telling yourself, as Anglophone critics apparently are, "This camerawork is showoff-y."
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1. We live at an elevation of 4,700 feet, about eight miles up from downtown Grecia. At this elevation the temperatures range from 60 F to 80 F year-round. This means there is no need for heating or cooling, keeping our electric bill low—about $40 a month for a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home.
2. Next is transportation. We don't own a car and the bus system is excellent in Grecia. It is reliable, extensive, and inexpensive. Since we live high on a mountain ridge we have to take a bus into town in order to travel to the airport or capital. Fortunately, our bus comes by every hour, on the hour. Compared to owning a vehicle, using the bus system is very affordable. A bus from Grecia to San José is about $2 each way. From there you can get to anywhere in the country, and to Panama and Nicaragua as well. We recently took a trip from San José to Tamarindo on the bus that cost $20 each for a round trip.
3. Finally, Grecia is a farming town. Because of this, produce in the town is extremely affordable. Each weekend is our local feria or farmers' market, where locals sell fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats at low prices. For example, three pineapples will cost $2, while 2lbs of potatoes is $1.50.
It is not just consumable items and transportation that is inexpensive in Grecia either. Medical care is affordable and of a high quality. Many local physicians, dentists, and other healthcare professionals receive their education or training in the U.S. In fact, we have found that medical care here rivals that of the U.S., with two areas where medical staff in Grecia have exceeded our expectations—cost and speed of results.
In our three years here we have had our teeth cleaned ($60), fillings replaced ($40), and our eyes examined ($10). Recently, my wife was having an issue that we needed to have checked out. We went to our doctor, who is a general practitioner. We had an initial consultation and a full physical exam. This cost $50 and included two additional follow up visits. He wanted a full blood work panel done, which cost $75. We went to lunch and by the time we had finished the results were ready for the doctor to look at. After reading the results, our doctor wanted to do one more test so we scheduled an ultrasound with another lab for the next day. The cost of the ultrasound was about $100 and once again, the results were immediately ready and the doctor was able to give us feedback quickly.
Grecia is perfect for us. We can have beautiful weather, wonderful views, and excellent and affordable healthcare, all while staying within our budget.


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Mystery solved! The Greek "kamikaze" who rammed an Italian CANT Z.1007 bomber
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A frontpage of the "Daily Mirror" newspaper, dated November 4, 1940, features the story of Greek fighter pilot "Captain Demetriou, who, when his ammunition was exhausted, rammed a huge three-engined Italian plane in mid-air yesterday".
This "kamikaze" attack was not the first during WW2 and certainly not the last. The first ramming attack of an enemy aircraft during WW2 was carried out by the Polish Air Force pilot Lieutenant Colonel Leopold Pamuła on 1 September 1939 over Łomianki near Warsaw with his damaged PZL P.11c.
Several RAF pilots carried out ramming attacks against Luftwaffe aircraft over Britain from August to November 1940.
Looking into the files of the Royal Hellenic Air Force during WW2, no such name as "Captain Demetriou" exists, especially linked to a "kamikaze" attack against a Regia Aeronautica (Royal Italian Air Force) bomber.
The story of the "Daily Mirror" though bears striking resemblance to the ramming of an Italian Cant Z.1007 bomber aircraft on Saturday November 2nd, 1940 over Thessaloniki.
On November 2, a squadron of 15 Italian CANT Z.1007 bombers, with Fiat CR.42 fighter escorts, headed towards Thessaloniki.
Soon they were spotted and intercepted by Greek PZL P.24 fighters of the 22nd Squadron.
During the dogfights, three of the bombers were shot down, while the rest reached their targets, and then started to return to their base in Albania.
Marinos Mitralexis, who had already shot down one bomber, was now out of ammunition, so he aimed the nose of his PZL P. 24 right into an enemy bomber's tail, smashing the rudder.
He then had to make an emergency landing near the crashed bomber. Having landed, Mitralexis arrested the four surviving crew members of the enemy aircraft using his pistol.
Mitralexis, his "kamikaze" attack and the downed Cant
For this extraordinary feat, Mitralexis was promoted and awarded a number of medals, including Greece's highest award for bravery, the Gold Cross of Valour.
He was the only Air Force officer to be awarded it during the war. When Greece capitulated to Germany (April 1941) he and the rest of the surviving Greek Air Force personnel and aircraft escaped to North Africa to join the Allied forces there.
Greek "kamikaze" pilot Marinos Mitralexis. Photo Credit: HAF Museum
In September 1948, during a routine training flight in an Airspeed Oxford, Mitralexis was killed in the south Aegean Sea.
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This site has been up for around 3 years now. My thanks to all who have posted (apart from the spammers). I'm sure other members and guests won't object if I say a particular thanks to those who have reached the status of 'Gods" - you are the guys who have made the site something of a community. I thought it was time for me to give something back.
I've been working on some basic Horse and Musket rules lately, and decided to produce a SYW version for this site. They can be found in the downloads section.
Feedback and questions (within this thread) would be very welcome . They are written for 28mm figures - for 15mm you can deduct a third if you want to use a smaller table, and for 6-10mm use centimetres in place of inches.
Photo below shows a recent playtest using the 'Clash at Kutzdorf' scenario. Click to enlarge.
I would like to greet your new ruleset, I already managed to read through them and they seem simple and easy-to-play!
As you say in your notes they are best suited for 16 figs units - splendid! This means that bigger battles may be played!
-Artillery is much weaker, artillery in HoW could make a devastation, let's see how this works now.
-The attached general gives flavor, brave players will expose their general in melee! Hurrah!
-The turn sequences are simpler, IgoUgo style, rules are simpler, no time to spend for determining which brigade moves (if it moves), so all brigades move!
-The idea of a unit retreating to all its rear sector and not exactly backwards, finds me a warm supporter!
-One little reservation about move and fire: I'm afraid side B will have some advantage. As they move second, they know where to fire and they fire first!
In a ruleset of mine I use the sequence: Side A moves, Side B fires, Side B moves, Side A fires and it works just ok.
Your new ruleset has many more interesting points for discussion, I'm sure a game played with these rules will have a quick flow and with so few modifiers to remember it looks so easy to learn!
I wish you good luck with this ruleset and I'll try to give them a go the sooner possible!
Dindin - thanks for your comments. Artillery will indeed be a bit weaker in the simple rules. Your ideas about turn sequence are interesting - I'll have to look into them!
It sounds really promissing. Perhaps a good idea for large refights like Lafeldt 1747 or Rocoux 1746. Although I fear that my wife would be confused because the rules are similar (inferior, regular, superior units for example) but different. Maybe it will be better for my group of gamers who prefer very simple rules. Many thanks for sharing.
I felt that your designing the artillery weaker in these rules is justified by the fact that this game may be suitable for very big battles, so the OOB will be "baptised" and an infantry battalion will represent a bigger formation, while a battery might stay a battery.
I agree with your idea of attackers shooting before melee.
I'm always eager to see how this could apply for GNW to accurately depict the Swedish Gå–På.
Congrats, you did your best to keep the rules so short and simple!
I'm sure some chaps in the club who do not want to bang their heads much over rule reading, will welcome them!
I saw some little spots which probably need fine tuning, but we'd better listen to all other members' feedback and I promise to come again, hopefully having played one game before!
Just discovered the simple rules and they look very promising. My crew is really into simple rules these days and I have avoided trying Honours of War on them, though I think those rules are elegant. I plan on trying the simple SYW rules next week.
The rules remind me of One-Hour-Wargames rules but with some soul. I think they might work well with the scenarios from that rule set, although the result might be 90 minute wargames.
Melee and morale based on the current effectiveness level rather than how many hits were just received is refreshingly simple.
One minor suggestion: there are numerous references to units with 4+ hits. Perhaps declare early on that such units are weary (or shaken, etc.) and then just refer to weary units throughout the rules. It's a minor thing but is less clumsy than "unit has 4+ hits".
Needless to say, my mind immediately drifts to other uses for such rules, Like French and Indian War. Indians would be skirmishers who are superior for movement when in woods. Braddock's regulars of 1755 would be inferior for movement in woods. I can see the Monongahela working quite well.
Edit: 56 posts makes me a god? Hmm, perhaps I'll go throw some thunderbolts out the window.
I'm pleased to see someone finds the rules of interest! You'll see I suggest in the notes 'light casualties' and 'heavy casualties' for the occasions you suggest. Maybe a single word title would be even better - thanks for the suggestion.
A couple more ideas and questions, all without having played a test game yet. Do the skirmishers represent a whole battalion or a detachment? This has some import for my possible future Monongahela game: how many Indian bands should I put on the table?
Perhaps cavalry that do not get a definite melee result should break off contact at the end of the melee phase. I can see infantry getting involved in a prolonged close range musket brawl.
I'll wait for the test game but I have a Pavlovian aversion to artillery man-handled around the field while firing. It makes me think of Mk IV tanks on the western front during the Great War.
Edit: one more minor suggestion: allow cavalry in column to enter a BUA. They must remain in column while in the BUA.
Skirmishers are intended to represent a full unit, for example Austrian Croat battalions (just as in HoW). Re. your second point, yes, I agree. More work needs to be done on the melee rules.
Man-handled artillery - I have amended this rule so that ANY movement by artillery attracts a -1 modifier.
By the way, I've settled on 'weakened' as short hand for 4 or more hits.
Lutzingen is on tap for Thursday. Our figures are 15mm, with battalions/cavalry regiments on 4" frontage. I suppose I should have re-sized the table and changed movement rates and ranges. Nah, away we go. I'll post a link to the AAR Friday or Saturday.
A question before our game: line infantry and cavalry cannot move to the flank within 6" of the enemy. Does this also apply to light infantry?
Edit: said I wasn't going to do it, but I went ahead anyway. The measurements and ranges are for 25mm units with a frontage of about 15cm (6") and our 15mm units have 10cm (4") frontage. So I shrunk all the ranges and such by 1/3, easy enough since almost all measurements are divisible by 3. I also re-did the field from 4 X 6 feet to 32" X 4 feet. Now the Austrians can cover the ground a little easier.
A good question. I would say no - formed, close order units wouldn't mess around near the enemy for fear of becoming disordered. With light units already in a loose formation this wouldn't seem to apply. Good point - thanks for raising it.
Reducing measurements by a third for 15mm is exactly what I recommend in the notes to the rules. That's one of the reasons just about all the game distances are divisible by 3!
Game was played, guys liked it. The AAR is in the appropriate section. Now for the questions and remarks.
We had an issue with pass-through fire immediately; there is none. We decided to crib the same procedure used to fire in support/against charges, a 50% chance. Our usual rules (BBB) allow static units to fire at any time against units moving through their field of fire. This made the restricted field of fire for artillery less onerous. We may have strayed too far.
Is an about-face a change of formation? We decided it was but aren't adamant.
In one charge a light cavalry unit hit a badly shot-up (6 hits) grenadier battalion and forced it to retreat through their supports (causing a hit on the supports). The light cavalry then had to advance and came into contact with the supporting battalion. We decided since there was a second round of melee it should be resolved now rather than wait until the next turn. It's much more dramatic (and what we're used to). The supporting battalion saw the cavalry off. It was fast.
I also think that if cavalry gets a tied result against any but artillery they should break off the fight immediately.
Last, flank charges get no benefit beyond avoiding defensive fire. We did forget to have the defending units check to change facing. We had a Prussian Dragoon unit with 3 hits behind the flank of a fresh Austrian infantry battalion. We realized that if the regiment charged it would be automatically beaten, being 3 hits down. It felt strange.
The solution? Perhaps the flanking unit counts as having a couple hits less when it comes to calculating winner/loser. Or perhaps give the flanker +2 on melee die rolls. The latter would not change the strange case of a cavalry unit, not quite weakened, in good morale and unable to charge a flanked infantry unit with any hope of success. Now if the infantry unit turns to face, I could see the cavalry being seen off without rolling dice.
Edit: I now see that I overlooked "flanked units do not fight back in first round and get half dice after that". Our cavalry unit with 3 hits still has to leave the flanked infantry alone.
Also, a unit that is beaten automatically in melee should take a hit, methinks. Beating a unit that has 6 hits to see them scamper off with a chance to rally is kind of disappointing.
On a minor note, perhaps a change of terminology. Voluntary Interpenetration caused a lot of levity. Perhaps it was the wine, perhaps even though fairly venerable we are all still puerile. But passage of lines might be easier terminology, just as I prefer jaded horses to blown horses.
I understand heavy through heavy but perhaps formed through formed (and define light and formed earlier) might be more precise. Or perhaps wait until the rules are closer to being done before quibbling over the like.


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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: One man's anarchy is another's road to justice
Sheer chaos and anarchy on the border?
Afghanistan — the most humiliating defeat in recent U.S. military history?
A labor-starved supply chain in shambles and holiday shelves emptying out?
The worst inflation in 30 years that seems soon ready to match Carter-era levels?
Gas hitting $5 a gallon with winter heating fuels soaring?
Free-for-all looting in the major cities without consequences?
Joe Biden's policies and Biden himself diving in the polls?
Never in recent American history has any administration birthed such disasters in its first nine months.
Yet most Americans are arguing not over the sheer chaos and disasters of the Biden Administration, but rather how could such sheer pre-civilizational calamity occur in modern America?
Were these disasters a result of historic incompetency? Or mean-spirited nihilism? Or a deliberate effort to create the necessary turbulence to birth a new American revolution? Or a bit of all three?
Start instead with the idea that what most Americans see as sheer ruin is not what the left-wing puppeteers, who are pulling the strings of the Biden marionette, see.
Our catastrophes are their minor glitches. For them bad polling is mostly a public relations problem of an occasional uncooperative media. Otherwise, a few broken eggs are always necessary to create the perfect socialist omelet.
The Left now controlling Washington believes that the U.S. border is a mere construct. Every impoverished person has a birthright to cross into America illegally. The 2 million who are scheduled to enter this fiscal year alone is a wonderful, if occasionally sloppy, event.
Our border calamity is their celebration of humanity and a long-overdue recalibration of ossified American demography, one that will properly warp the Electoral College to provide the necessary election result.
If you believe that a culturally imperialistic America needs to be taken down a notch overseas, then the flight from Afghanistan is "impressive" and a "success" — by how quickly and efficiently we skedaddled.
Why worry about a lost $1 billion embassy, a $300 million refit of the Bagram airbase, or $80 billion lost in military hardware and training?
Empty shelves? Boohoo.
Grasping, upper-middle-class consumers are angry that the working classes are not willing to risk COVID infection to supply them with their accustomed holiday trinkets.
So, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg intoned that the shortages mean only that the consumer class has to wait a wee bit — until Christmas Eve — to splurge on gifts.
Who worries about a little inflation? Under new monetary theory, printing dollars brings prosperity. Or as White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain put it in a retweet, inflation is a mere "high class problem" of the Peloton elite.
Only those with money worry their ill-begotten pile shrinks. But the majority without money will eventually rejoice that it is everywhere now — finally and properly "spread," as former president and now multimillionaire Barack Obama once promised.
As AOC swore, gas and oil are going to be gone anyway in 10 years. So, if Joe Biden slashes over 2 million barrels a day in U.S. oil production, what's wrong with that?
Didn't Steven Chu, Obama's energy secretary, long ago brag that when we hit $8 to $10 a gallon, we'd approach European levels of proper fuel usage? Why whine about paying over $100 to fill up, when the planet more quickly cools?
Did not Americans learn "critical legal theory" and "critical race theory"?
Or as the architect of the "1619 Project" reminded us, destroying or taking someone's property is no big deal. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey shrugged off torched downtown buildings; such torched stuff, he said, is mere "bricks and mortar."
It is only a crime to "steal" over $500 of needed merchandise from a Walgreens in San Francisco, because the rich who make such absurd laws never have to steal goods from a pharmacy shelf.
If racists wish to point out that African American male youths are disproportionately represented in the latest crime wave, then maybe America should be learning not to create the conditions that force them to break the law.
In sum, we are on a left-wing roller coaster headed to a socialist nirvana.
Most Americans believe it is instead an out-of-control "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" nightmare with incompetents at the wheel.
But the architects of such "hope and change" shrug that the occasional disturbing news that the media sometimes accidentally leaks out is merely the cost of an equitable America.
One man's anarchy is another's road to justice.
Keep that mentality in mind and the absurdities that are mouthed by Biden, Klain, press secretary Jen Psaki, Homeland "Security" Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Pete Buttigieg, or the ravings of the Squad make perfect sense.
They are merely trying to explain to us dummies that what we think is purgatory is actually the new paradise — a promised land that, once we are properly programmed and educated, we too will welcome and thank them for our deliverance.
Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the author of the soon-to-be released "The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won," to appear in October from Basic Books. You can reach him by e-mailing [email protected] This content is provided courtesy of Creators Syndicate.


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The first article in this series examined configuration hardening, essentially looking at ports, processes and services as the "doors, gates and windows" into a network where security configuration management (SCM) becomes the job of determining which of these gateways should be open, closed, or locked at any given time. Now it's time to look at application and version hardening.
If configuration hardening settings are "conditional," meaning they must find and keep that balance between security and productivity, then hardening against known vulnerabilities in applications and versions is much more black-and-white.
To go back to our "secure house" analogy from the previous article in this series for a moment, imagine that the house I'm protecting has three external doors and that they all use Secure-A-Door Model 800 high-strength locks.
But a tester at the Secure-A-Door factory (or worse, a professional burglar) has just discovered an interesting thing: If you slide a credit card along the door jamb at 15 degrees while pulling up on the handle, the Secure-A-Door 800 pops open like a Coke can.
One of the most famous examples of this exploitation began in 2008. That's when the makers of the Conficker worm discovered and exploited an underlying weakness in Port 445 of the Windows operating system.
In effect, the worm popped the Secure-A-Door Model 800, let itself in, repaired the lock, installed a new phone line to listen for orders, and sat in a comfy chair waiting for instructions. It was able to leverage the internet, could register new domain names in which to hide, and created an extensive botnet that by 2010 had infected, according to Panda Security, as many as 18 million PCs—6 percent of the world's PC population at the time.
This type of design failure or exploit is usually repaired by a patch. In the case of Conficker, Windows Security bulletin MS08-067 made the danger known to the worldwide Microsoft community and introduced a patch to prevent easy violation of Port 445.
The MS bulletin was in turn translated by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures site as CVE-2008-4250 and given a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) rating of 10—the most severe rating possible.
VM systems enable continuous hardening by making sure that CVE-2008-4250—and its many thousands of friends—are understood, mitigated, and more-or-less unexploitable when the right steps are taken.
More mature solutions provide an ongoing assessment of overall risk based on whether these vulnerabilities are mitigated or ignored.


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Penn State's hopes for perfection gone
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PUBLISHED: November 9, 2008 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: September 1, 2017 at 7:45 am
IOWA CITY, Iowa – Penn State can't blame the BCS for this. The Nittany Lions' perfect season and hopes for giving Coach Joe Paterno another national title were dashed by Iowa's backup kicker.
Daniel Murray, who hadn't made a field goal since the season opener, hit a 31-yarder with a second left and the Hawkeyes rallied to stun the third-ranked Nittany Lions, 24-23.
All that talk about an unbeaten Penn State possibly being left out of the BCS national title game turned out to be premature.
A third championship for the 81-year-old Paterno, who's had four unbeaten teams not win titles, is a longshot now.
Shonn Greene rushed for 117yards and two touchdowns, and Ricky Stanzi bounced back from an interception and a fumble to lead the Hawkeyes (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten) on the winning drive, which came after Daryll Clark threw just his third interception of the season.
Murray had lost the regular field-goal duties to freshman Trent Mossbrucker and was relegated to kickoffs. But with the winds swirling and strong, Coach Kirk Ferentz opted for experience and Murray's strong leg. He drilled it down the middle, sending Iowa's freezing fans spilling onto the field.
"I've always dreamed about it," said Murray, who grew up in Iowa City. "I kept hoping and hoping I'd get my chance."
The Nittany Lions were third behind Alabama and Texas Tech in the last Bowl Championship Series standings. They'll drop today. The Big Ten title and a Rose Bowl berth are the Nittany Lions' main goals now.
"We need to keep our heads up. We can still have a heck of a year," said Paterno, who again coached from the press box and got around with a cane because of a sore leg and hip.
"Their balloon still isn't busted," Paterno added. "If we win the next two we'll have an opportunity to go to a big bowl."
Iowa was down, 23-14, heading into the fourth quarter. But Greene scored his second TD, from 6 yards out, to make it 23-21 with 9:20 left.
On the next possession, Penn State looked as if it got a break, when Iowa was called for a roughing the punter penalty that had the Hawkeyes seething. The Nittany Lions kept the ball and continued their time-consuming march.
But Clark made an errant throw down the middle that was picked off by Tyler Sash, who returned it to Iowa's 29 with 3:46 left. Iowa then caught another break when Penn State was flagged for pass interference on third down, getting the Hawkeyes near midfield with a first down.
Stanzi, who was 15-for-25 passing for 171 yards, hit Derrell Johnson-Koulianos at the Penn State 15 with 18 seconds left to set up Murray's kick.
"I want to apologize to the whole Penn State nation for my game play today," Clark said. "I just keep having that turnover recurring in my head over and over. I can't get it out of my mind."
This was the biggest win for Iowa in years, its first against a top-five team since 1990.
The Hawkeyes suffered through two seasons of mediocrity after finishing No. 8 in the country three years in a row.
The Hawkeyes had lost four games this season by a total of 12points – and they got beat last week by Illinois on a 46-yard field goal with 24 seconds left.
"We knew we had enough to win," Iowa linebacker A.J. Edds said. "But there weren't a whole lot of people on the outside that thought we were the kind of team we know we are. We showed that today."
Clark was 9-for-23 for 86 yards and Derrick Williams and Evan Royster each ran for touchdowns to lead Penn State (9-1, 5-1), which had to settle for Kevin Kelly's field goals on three different trips inside Iowa's 20.


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Simone Cimiluca-Radzins is one busy woman. Not only does she run LIV Consulting, a successful CPA and management consulting firm that specializes in helping cannabis businesses, but she recently launched Kalogia, a LinkedIn-style site that connects people working in the cannabis industry. We signed up pretty much the moment we heard about it, and we're super excited that Cimiluca-Radzins took the time to answer a few of our questions. Don't forget to follow her on Twitter and Instagram!
SMOKE BREAK: When you were studying to become a CPA, did you know you were going to work in the cannabis industry?
SIMONE CIMILUCA-RADZINS: When I was studying to become a CPA, I had NO IDEA I would be working in the cannabis industry. Always a cannabis fan (and back in my college years we called it weed), I never thought my academics and skill set could be used to help a social justice movement.
Why did you decide to focus on the cannabis industry specifically?
In late 2013, I left my management consulting job in Paris, France and moved back to Los Angeles. I was burnt out from 12 hour days and constant travel and wanted to help small- to medium-sized businesses. After consulting in LA for a few months, I read an article in a mainstream publication about the evolving "cannabis entrepreneur." I told myself: "I'm going to be a cannabis entrepreneur" and make an impact. From there, it was a ton of investigatory work, understanding how I could serve the industry, and making connections.
How is accounting for cannabis professionals different from working with people who have "normal" jobs and businesses?
Accounting in the cannabis industry is TOUGH. From 280E (punitive taxes for cannabis operators) to working all in cash, cannabis operators have an uphill battle from the get-go. The major difference is these operators can't deduct normal operating expenses (beyond their cost of good sold), so forecasting cash and working capital is a challenge. Furthermore, operating all in cash increases the risk of misappropriation of cash and inaccurate books and records.
Why did you decide to start Kalogia?
I started Kalogia to connect cannabis professionals and advocates together. I wanted to build a community that professionals in our space could go to network, share ideas, and gain information and insight.
Just one!? Best tax tip has to go with accounting: Don't wait until the last minute to get your accounting records in order. Accounting should be done on a regular basis to help make business decisions. That way, business owners can forecast their cash flow, analyze their data, and stay nimble to adapt to the market.