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So what we seem to be hearing is that this politicization of the Justice Department has been noticed, and someone is trying to put the brakes on it. I found this section of the article particularly telling with regards to how this hiring was done in the four years of appointees running the programs.
Bill Condon, an honors hire in the civil rights division who graduated in 2004 from Regent University, a small Christian school in Virginia Beach, recounted his job interview recently in the school's alumni magazine. Condon wrote that, when an interviewer asked him which Supreme Court decision he disagreed with most, Condon cited a 2003 ruling that struck down a Texas law outlawing homosexual acts, a decision that has been a lightning rod for social conservatives.
One of his interviewers, Condon wrote, suggested that, coming from Regent, "I may be interested in some religious liberties cases" the civil rights division was bringing in a new area of emphasis for the division.
Basically, she didn't want to have to work Sundays, and she wanted her job back when the library fired her for not wanting to work Sundays.
The part I like the best is right at the end - where the legal fees are SIX TIMES her lost wages for that time period. It's a good time to be a Christian lawyer, isn't it?
At the grocery store today, I was seeking out milk that didn't contain rGBH (I recently watched The Corporation). The kind I found was Promised Land Dairy brand. Now, the name didn't give me any red flags. There's a lot of brands that use religious wording that don't particularly have religious motivations in mind and many without such names that do. However, when I got home I noticed a Bible verse on the label, so I decided to do some sleuthing.
Turns out Promised Land is owned by a Texan businessman by the name of James R. Leininger. From 1987-1997 Leininger spent more than 4.6 million dollars to influence elections and on political issues like tort reform and vouchers. According to the Dallas Star-Telegram this primary season alone he has donated over $550,000 to various state-level Republican candidates. Five candidates he's backing all have "nearly identical" fliers. Interestingly, Leininger also owns a direct mailing business, Focus Direct. Leininger has funded Focus on the Family, the AFA and the Family Research Council and has founded several PACs and a think tank based on the Heritage Foundation's model.
Not to be confused with another James Leininger, a supposedly reincarnated WWII pilot.
Anyone know anything about the Thomas More Law center? I found this http://www.thomasmore.org/resources.html at their site. It includes free book covers with the 10 commandments, and a book marker with questions to ask biology teachers about evolution.
Unfortunately, the largest barrier to a healthy discussion will be the American instinct to treat religiously-motivated conduct as though it should not be held accountable - regardless of the harm that is caused. I document this phenomenon in my recent book, God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law, and it is a very real component of American debate.
Found this lobbyist group through Mike the Mad Biologist. Sounds like it was started in reference to some new rule that lets Commanders endorse their religious beliefs to the troops in the USAF. The mission statement starts out wonderfully.
"The Military Religious Freedom Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that all members of the United States Armed Forces fully receive the Constitutional guarantees of religious freedom to which they and all Americans are entitled by virtue of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
MRFF recognizes that military life requires individual adherence to shared patriotic principles. MRFF also recognizes the need for military personnel to at times temporarily relinquish some Constitutionally granted personal freedoms for the sake of military discipline and objectives.
However, MRFF believes that religious faith is a Constitutionally guaranteed freedom that must never be compromised, except in the most limited of military circumstances, because of its fundamental importance to the preservation of the American nation and the American way of life."
[The Public Expression of Religion Act] would change a federal law that allows attorneys' fees to be paid by the government when a court finds a person's civil rights have been violated. The bill would bar the awarding of attorneys' fees when the deprivation of rights involves the First Amendment's ban on government establishment of religion.
So, let's follow the logical progression. The ACLU is prevented from recovering legal fees when it challenges an unconstitutional religious expression. The lawyers who put in the tremendous amount of work fighting these battles can't get any compensation. The attorneys for the government entity in question are paid for their time defending said "unconstitutional religious expression". There are no more cases brought against the government challenging "unconstitutional religious expression" by government.
Why only freedom of/from religion cases? It would seem clear that Indiana's John Hostettler is another Dominionist to keep an eye on.
I've been perusing David Limbaugh's website and uncovered a bunch of links to the kinds of organizations that we should be paying attention to. Since Limbaugh is a lawyer, there are quite a few legal organizations among them. Most were obvious in their Domionist sentiments, but some just appear to be benign Christian organizations. It's hard to tell, because "religious liberty" has been used by the Christian Right, including Limbaugh, to mean Christian supremacy. The first organizations I've been unable to pin down is The Rutherford Institute which is pro-life in that it opposes abortion, but interestingly also in that it opposes the death penalty. There's also a lot about the erosion of civil liberties on their website. It looks like they're pretty independant and probably not related to Dominionism. The other is The Christian Legal Society. Their 'core purpose' is "Transforming the legal profession for good one heart and mind at a time by enlisting lawyers and law students everywhere to faithfully serve Jesus Christ in the diligent study and ethical practice of law by ministering to the poor, reconciling people in conflict, defending life and protecting the religious liberties of all people." From what I can see the organization itself is pretty neutral; it doesn't seem to hold any position on any of the issues that we and Dominionists are concerned with.
The state would be within its rights to issue specialty license plates reading "Choose Life" while denying a plate encouraging abortion rights, a U.S. appeals court ruled yesterday.
Messages on Tennessee license plates are government speech, not a public forum as the American Civil Liberties Union argued, the majority decision of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. While one-sidedness may be "ill-advised" on politically charged issues like abortion, the court ruled there's nothing in the First Amendment that prohibits it.
What is happening to the judiciary in this country? Is it fear, as Sandra Day O'Connor suggests?
EDIT: I have become aware that my original intent was not made clear. Let me state it bluntly. Government has responsibilities. Government does not have civil rights. Civil rights are what we use to protect ourselves from the encroachment of government. That was the thought process behind my question above.
"Retired Supreme Court Justice hits attacks on courts and warns of dictatorship"
Supreme Court justices keep many opinions private but Sandra Day O'Connor no longer faces that obligation.
"Nina Totenberg: In an unusually forceful and forthright speech, O'Connor said that attacks on the judiciary by some Republican leaders pose a direct threat to our constitutional freedoms. O'Connor began by conceding that courts do have the power to make presidents or the Congress or governors, as she put it "really, really angry." But, she continued, if we don't make them mad some of the time we probably aren't doing our jobs as judges, and our effectiveness, she said, is premised on the notion that we won't be subject to retaliation for our judicial acts. The nation's founders wrote repeatedly, she said, that without an independent judiciary to protect individual rights from the other branches of government those rights and privileges would amount to nothing. But, said O'Connor, as the founding fathers knew statutes and constitutions don't protect judicial independence, people do.
"I, said O'Connor, am against judicial reforms driven by nakedly partisan reasoning. Pointing to the experiences of developing countries and former communist countries where interference with an independent judiciary has allowed dictatorship to flourish, O'Connor said we must be ever-vigilant against those who would strongarm the judiciary into adopting their preferred policies. It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship, she said, but we should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings."
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Alito kisses up to Dobson. Plus Dobson pulls a Robertson and prays for a vacancy on the court.
To me it seems like these people are getting more and more bold. This just reeks of conflict of interest. This thing that strikes me is that he wanted it public. Even if this is somehow legally legitimate, it has the appearance of impropriety. That use to mean something.
Having trouble sleeping at night? Plagued by nightmares, illness, bad luck? Chances are that someone is praying against you. And if you are one of the four remaining moderate Supreme Court Justices, there are people actively praying for your demise.
Think I'm joking? Read on.
Here's my prayer list: Ginsburg – gone! Stevens, Souter, and Kennedy – gone! Installed in their place: God-fearing, Constitution-loving justices flanking Roberts on both right and left! There are four remaining liberal judges on the nation's high court. That equates to four justices who are anti-life (in the name of choice), pro-perversion (in the name of privacy) and anti-American (in the name of progress). May God banish them from the court.
Let's not be deceived. In Alito, we've wrested away the swing-vote, but apart from radical judicial change, the slaughter of unborn millions and the protection of vice and perversion will continue indefinitely. We need a complete reversal in the court's balance of power, not a mere shift from the left.
This person is praying for the downfall of the United States. It is as simple as that. This person wants a theocracy. If they want a theocratic government so badly, maybe they should move to an Islamic country like Saudi Arabia.
God, in Jesus Name, destroy the hold which dark powers have had over much of our nation's leaders. Bring down Your divine gavel upon those judges who have used their position of authority to exalt their will against You and against Your word.
Forgive us Lord, for the sanctioned slaughter of multiplied millions of innocent lives, and for the protection we've afforded perversity and ungodliness. Remove from power, oh Lord, those who hate You and have used their power to abolish Your name from the ears, minds and hearts of our nation's children.
God, give us more justices who fear You and respect Your law. In Jesus' name, Amen.
EDIT: OK, out with the counterprayer. If God has a sense of humor, (and I expect that Sie does) Sie'll give them a divine wedgie and give us a good laugh when Sie decides to do something.
*headdesk* The time is ripe, people! What with Roberts and probably Alito soon to be on the bench, it's time to overturn Roe v. Wade!!
In the next six weeks, South Dakota lawmakers will decide whether to make abortion a crime.
And the lawmaker who's introducing the bill says he thinks now is the right time to try and over-turn Roe vs Wade.
Rep. Roger Hunt says, "Abortion should be banned."
A possible method for impeaching dominionists?
I actually saw the following in a response to a recent Raw Story article (on a leaked Justice Department memo in regards to the ongoing scandal about how the NSA may have illegally spied on US nationals with the President's consent and used warantless wiretaps--reportedly, the Justice Department will be defending the President) and, well...it's piqued my interest, to put it mildly.
Now, I'll be honest. Most of me is inclined to take this with a bit of salt...but I'm having problems finding flaws in the strategy he's taking (at least as far as *getting the dominionists out of office*). It also might be worth looking into *state* impeachment rules, too.
Two of DefCon's advisory board members, Kate Michelman and Erwin Chemerinsky, will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the Samuel Alito confirmation hearings this week. Michelman and Chemerinsky will most likely appear before the Committee on Thursday to contribute their expertise to the hearings, however the date could change depending on whether the Committee stays on schedule.
What's equally exciting is that on Friday, January 13th, at 1pm, Michelman and Chemerinsky will join DefConAmerica.org for our first live online chat. Michelman and Chemerinsky will be discussing Judge Alito and answering your questions on the potential threat he poses to the separation of church and state.
Stay tuned for details on how to submit a question for either Kate Michelman or Erwin Chemerinsky. Our moderator will then pose your questions to Michelman and Chemerinsky and you'll be able to tune into the chat by visiting our website, http://www.defconamerica.org.
A live chat! Sounds interesting! What questions would you pose?
Ministers from Philadelphia, New York and Washington today criticized plans by religious conservatives to hold a nationally broadcast rally Sunday at an African American church on North Broad Street on the eve of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito.
The Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State in Washington and a United Church of Christ minister, called the gathering nothing more "a big play" by its conveners "to gain control over the one branch of government they don't now control."
A group of three ministers who have a history of advocating that the Ten Commandments should trump the U.S. Constitution have told the Wall Street Journal that they entered an unlocked Senate hearing room in order to anoint with oil the chairs that will be used for the confirmation hearing next week of Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito.
"We did adequately apply oil to all the seats," said the Rev. Rob Schenck, who identified himself as an evangelical Christian and as president of the National Clergy Council in Washington. He was accompanied by Rev. Pat Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, and Grace Nwachukwu, general manager of a group called Faith and Action, of which Rev. Schenck is president and co-founder. Rev. Schenck, Rev. Mahoney, and Rev. Nwachukwu spearhead the National Ten Commandments Project, launched in 1996, and claim to have distributed more than 400 plaques of various sizes that can be seen in offices throughout the Capital.
Rev. Schenck was trained at the Elim Bible Institute in Lima, NY. Along with fellow Elim alum Randall Terry, Schenck helped found the underground Operation Rescue, which has invoked "higher law" to justify not only peaceful civil disobedience, but also bloody revolution with "real bullets" and "real blood." Schenck later founded the National Community Church, a charismatic Pentecostal congregation in Washington, D.C., whose members included the then-junior Senator from Missouri (and future U.S. Attorney General) John Ashcroft, along with Ashcroft's family and several congressional staffers.
Nice. Anyone for a counter-prayer to neutralize the noxious nonsense?
The "extra-Constitutional construct" that the judge is referring to is commonly called the Establishment Clause, that interpretation of the First Amendment that basically says that "freedom of religion" is intrinsically tied to "freedom from religion", and gave rise to the term "separation of Church and State", which has its basis in the Federalist Papers, and Court precedent going back to the early days of this nation.
In defense of this decision by Judge Suhrheinrich to ignore the Establishment Clause, the conservative talking points of the day emphasize that the Ten Commandments are the cornerstone of modern law, and that the laws and liberties of the United States are an extension of that.
Only three of the Ten Commandments are codified in US Federal Law, and all three -- murder, theft, false witness -- are so basic that they have been codified by every culture as far back as there have been codes, and are so intrinsic to the social fabric that they legitimately fall within Rousseau's Social Contract. Three out of ten is not a good basis to say that modern law is based on the Ten Commandments.
The Magna Carta, on the other hand, is the first document in Western civilization to afford civil liberties to all noblemen formerly reserved only for monarchs, and was thus the basis for all subsequent laws that extended or expanded rights and liberties. For historical documents, the Hammurabic Code would be a far better example than the Ten Commandments of the early codification of laws that we now consider dear.
Furthermore, the display is clearly a display of historical documents intrinsic to the founding of the United States of America; the other major documents displayed are the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner". To include the Ten Commandments, one would have to first accept that the Ten Commandments is an historical document (a matter in dispute), and that it is an integral part of the United States' history, a claim with no real basis.
Third, the Ten Commandments, while intrinsic to two major religions of the World -- Judaism and Christianity -- does, when displayed in a courthouse, place a certain expectation on how the Court will view cases and defendants before it. The judge in this case is clearly looking at the display through his pious Christian eyes, rather than the eyes of a defendant, or even an attorney, who perhaps does not believe in the validity of all the Commandments, or perhaps has broken a few that are *not* codified into law. If I appear before a court in this courthouse that is endorsing the Ten Commandments on a par with the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, will it work against me in this court if I have been disrespectful to my mother (Commandment #5), not kept holy the Sabbath Day (Commandment #4), or worshipped a different God (Commandments #1 and #2)?
By now, I am sure you have rolled your eyes at me so much that you're getting dizzy, but consider the reality of this. The Court has placed a religious document with only tangential relationship to our laws on equal footing with the actual historical documents upon which our laws and our liberties are based. How can that possibly not be seen as prejudicial and biased in favor of a certain religious view?
The South Dakota initiative would create a special grand jury to hear complaints against judges based on an open-ended list of possible grievances. The list specifically includes not only crimes such as graft but certain flaws in reasoning, such as ignoring evidence and "sophistry."
The grand jury would have power to set aside judges' immunity from civil suits by the people they rule against. It also could levy fines or hand down indictments, subjecting judges to criminal proceedings before special trial juries with the power to sentence as well as convict. After three missteps, a judge would be disqualified from holding office.
The initiative author is Ron Branson, a Baptist minister, a former minor Republican party official in Los Angeles County and a frequent unsuccessful litigator in the state and federal courts.
This Law.com article takes a look at Jay Sekulow, one of the Religious Right's major players. It's a fascinating tangle of high finance, tangled alliances, and God-talk.


New York, NY – July 19, 2016 - (Marketwired – July 19, 2016) - DH Capital, LLC ("DH Capital"), an investment banking firm serving companies in the Internet infrastructure, software & IT services, and communications sectors, announced today that it served as exclusive financial advisor to DataBank, Ltd. ("DataBank") on its sale to Digital Bridge Holdings, LLC ("Digital Bridge") closed late last week. DataBank is a leading North American provider of enterprise-class data center solutions including colocation, managed services, as well as cloud and network services. Financial terms of the transaction were not announced.
DataBank is headquartered in the historic former Federal Reserve Bank Building in downtown Dallas, TX, where it operates one of the major network interconnect facilities in the region. The company has six data centers located in downtown Dallas, North Dallas, Minneapolis and Kansas City. DataBank's footprint and top-tier facilities are dedicated to providing uninterrupted access to customer data, applications, and IT equipment. DataBank's suite of managed services provides business solutions for corporate enterprises including hybrid cloud services, customized IT deployments, and industry compliant regulations to meet the outsourcing needs for IT management, maintenance and operations. The company serves a wide range of customer verticals including media and content distribution, cloud infrastructure providers, and telecom networks in addition to corporate enterprises.
"We entrusted DH Capital with helping to create a successful outcome and they delivered great results for the company and our shareholders. It was a pleasure working with an investment banking team that is so knowledgeable and experienced in the sector. DH Capital was a valuable resource for us," said Tim Moore, CEO of DataBank.
Digital Bridge, based in Boca Raton, Florida, was formed in 2013 through a partnership between Ben Jenkins, formerly of The Blackstone Group, and Marc Ganzi, formerly founder and CEO of Global Tower Partners. Digital Bridge is a leader in the acquisition, funding and management of companies in the communications infrastructure sector. Digital Bridge has an experienced team of senior executives with more than 90 years of combined data center industry experience to support DataBank's management team, and help multiply this investment organically and through acquisitions.
DH Capital has long served as a trusted advisor and maintains the largest dedicated team of professionals covering the Internet infrastructure, communications, and SaaS sectors. DH Capital has advised companies on over 130 transactions with combined value in excess of $14 billion.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as the legal advisor to DataBank in connection with the transaction.
DH Capital is a private investment banking partnership serving companies in the Internet infrastructure, communications, and SaaS sectors. Headquartered in New York City with offices in Boulder, Colorado, the firm's principals have extensive experience and proven abilities in capital formation, finance, research, business development, and operations. DH Capital provides a full range of advisory services to companies and financial institutions, including mergers and acquisitions, private capital placements, financial restructuring, and operational consulting. DH Capital has completed over 130 M&A transactions and private capital placements totaling more than $14 billion in value. SaaS Capital, a DH Capital affiliate, is the premier provider of growth capital to emerging SaaS companies. SaaS Capital's innovative, recurring revenue based lines of credit, and years of experience focused exclusively on the SaaS business model, enables portfolio companies to fund substantial growth without selling a significant portion of their business. For additional information about DH Capital, please visit our website at www.dhcapital.com.


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IAFC-VCOS and NVFC Release Lavender Ribbon Report Update to Reduce Occupational Cancer Risks
The International Association of Fire Chiefs' Volunteer and Combination Officers Section (VCOS) and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) have released an update to the Lavender Ribbon Report that provides 11 best practices for reducing exposure risks and preventing occupationally caused cancer in firefighters. The new Lavender Ribbon Report Update includes additional information, essays, articles, research, and ideas for successfully implementing the best practices.
Cancer is a leading health risk facing firefighters, largely due to the chemicals and carcinogens they are exposed to while on the job. In 2018, VCOS and the NVFC released the original Lavender Ribbon Report to provide specific actions that firefighters can take to protect themselves and their team from these risks. The Lavender Ribbon Report Update takes things a step further by sharing personal stories, examples of how departments are implementing the best practices, and other information to reinforce the actions firefighters need to take to lessen their exposure risks.
"The risks we face aren't going anywhere, and we can't remain stagnant in addressing this critical health and safety issue," said Chief Brian McQueen, chair of the NVFC's cancer subcommittee and co-author of both the Lavender Ribbon Report and the Lavender Ribbon Report Update. "This new release will equip firefighters with further tools and knowledge so they can successfully implement the best practices, along with motivation for why it is so urgent that we take action now. Don't let this document sit on the shelf – use it so that we can prevent the tragedy of firefighter cancer."
Chief John M. Buckman III, VCOS educational coordinator, commented, "The VCOS hopes that all public safety personnel will read both the original Lavender Ribbon Report and this updated version. Firefighter health and wellness, especially occupational cancer, must be a top priority and is a continuous process that requires strong leadership and commitment to take the right actions. This updated report is designed to reignite the passion for helping firefighters protect themselves from carcinogen exposure. This is a large document and will require significant individual and organizational commitment. Don't let its size stop you from using each piece to improve your organization."
Studies show that firefighters have higher rates of many types of cancer than the general population. It is critical that both individual firefighters and fire service leaders implement the best practices to reduce exposures to toxic chemicals and carcinogens. Use the Lavender Ribbon Report Update to implement practices that will make the department safer and reduce the number of firefighters who have to face the anguish of a cancer diagnosis.
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The War After the War in Syria
The continued fracturing of Syrian fighters threatens any hope for reconstruction once the fighting dies down. By Joshua Foust
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The war in Syria seems to be one disaster after the next. Last week, credible reports emerged that upwards of a thousand people died on the outskirts of Damascus after the Assad regime used chemical weapons against them. After trying to delay United Nations weapons inspectors, the Assad regime now faces an international response, possibly in the form of a military strike.
But the biggest disaster to befall the country may not be the alleged use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar al Assad, an incident now being investigated by a team of United Nations inspectors. Rather, it's the continued fracturing of Syrian fighters – a development that threatens any hope for reconstruction once the fighting dies down – that is sparking such concern and caution about the two-year civil war.
In a video statement released on Aug. 22, the five front-line commanders from the opposition-backed Supreme Military Council announced they were abandoning the group and choosing instead to work with any group willing to fight Assad. They tendered their resignation while sitting in front of the black flag of Jabhat al Nusra, a key opposition group with growing ties to al Qaeda in Iraq – implying they have rejected U.S. demands not to work with jihadists.
The council, formed in December 2012, was meant to consolidate the various rebel factions into a unified command structure. It never really worked – the SMC had little legitimacy, and the chains of command to each front were only as good as the individual commanders leading them. Though it had the potential to serve as a check on the radicalization of the opposition movement, that potential now seems further away than ever before.
"It's really sad to see," Elizabeth O'Bagy, a senior research analyst at the Institute for the Study of War who just returned from a research trip to Syria, told Defense One. "Islamic movements are taking over the council and people feel they can't fight back."
The Syrian resistance has become increasingly radicalized over the last two years. "Especially in Aleppo, but also in the rebel-controlled North, you see the Islamic State of Iraq taking over local councils entirely," she says, referring to the official name for al Qaeda's branch in Iraq.
The SMC is nominally led by Salim Idriss, who chairs its Joint Staff. "It never really exercised its power," said Kirk Sowell, CEO of Uticensis Risk Services and an Arabic language researcher. "They failed to remove troublesome commanders from Aleppo and Dira, but they could have become a kind of Defense Ministry."
Yet this recent defection of its top leaders, Sowell says, shows that not only does Idriss lack authority over his own commanders, but that the SMC "is a total non-entity" inside Syria.
Two major setbacks seem to have broken the SMC: the collapse of last month's Latakia Offensive and last week's apparent use of chemical weapons in the suburbs of Damascus. The offensive, led and endorsed by Idriss, failed to dislodge regime forces from Syria's northwest coast. Days later, the Assad regime responded by reportedly unleashing chemical weapons against upwards of a thousand civilians. Both were were devastating blows to the opposition.
"This is incredibly dangerous in terms of the radicalization of the population," O'Bagy says. "If the international community does not respond to chemical weapons use, the radicalization of the population might be irreversible."
In the video, SMC spokesman Fatih Hassun, the commander of the Homs Front, repeatedly uses the phrase "majusi" to describe the enemy. "It is the most sectarian way of framing the conflict," Sowell said, as it turns the war into a Sunni-vs-Shia battle.
While the UN continues to inspect the chemical attack, while dodging sniper fire, yet another worrying development is taking hold among the regime forces. "The regime is evolving into a variety of militia-like forces," O'Bagy said. "I was amazed when I was in Aleppo that the regime largely withdrew from the city and relied instead on local militia groups."
These militias consist of both local fighters and foreign fighters, mostly from Hezbollah and Iran. "I am amazed at how many pro-regime militias have Farsi-speaking advisers with them," she said. "Iran is heavily influencing the regime's decision-making process."
Complicating matters is the growing presence of Iranian fighters at Assad's chemical weapons facilities. In a February 2009 report, Janes Defense Weekly detailed an agreement between Damascus and Tehran to upgrade Syria's chemical weapons. It's unclear whether Iran had any say in the most recent chemical attack, but there are growing reports that Iranian fighters are guarding Syria's chemical weapons facilities.
As the world ponders what comes next for Syria, the involvement of Iran and Hezbollah weighs heavily. And the prospect of more direct involvement by Tehran has many analysts worried. Moreover, the increasing radicalization by Syrian rebel groups, including the SMC's decision to work directly with the local al Qaeda branch, bodes poorly for any future scenario.
"It's in the U.S.'s interests to try to end things as quickly as possible," O'Bagy said. "There are a lot of moderates still fighting, and supporting them is critical."
Unfortunately, it is the jihadist militia groups that have focused so much on controlling territory and governance, while the moderate groups have done most of the fighting, weakening any hope of fostering and rebuilding a civil society after the war ends.
After the ambiguous results at the battles for Latakia and Aleppo, it seems clear that neither side is eking out a decisive advantage to win. Assad's growing use of militias to fight instead of his own military suggests that not only is he losing control, but that local groups will be able to continue fighting if he's swept from power. And the jihadization of Syria's resistance movement also suggests that the war-after-this will be even more brutal as time moves on.
Yet the biggest question of all -- can a U.S.-led military strike improve the situation inside the country? -- remains unanswered.
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The Ends Don't Justify the Means
• REPORT BoliviaLatin America and the CaribbeanWorld
David Rosnick
Yet Another Analysis Fails to Support the OAS' Delegitimization of Bolivian Elections
The Bolivian mission to the Organization of American States (OAS) promoted a new study purportedly proving that the results of the October election in Bolivia were fraudulent.1 This study, "The OAS Conclusions about the election integrity of the Bolivian election are correct" by John Newman, primarily expresses concern that in the preliminary count the late votes are distributed differently than the votes counted prior to the interruption in reporting. 2 Newman argues that the unexplained difference is necessary in order to account for Evo Morales's victory. That is, if not for the unexplained increase in his votes late in the count, Morales's margin would have fallen short of the10 percentage points necessary to avoid a runoff election.
Unfortunately, Newman's statistical tests are uninformative. By conditioning samples on the early vote margins, the tests ought to come back positive ― with his split Newman creates a difference to be detected and a test should detect that difference. All negative results — failures to distinguish statistically between the distributions — likewise, are false negatives even in the absence of any fraud.
We suggest an alternative split of the data that suffers less of this conditioning problem while maintaining the spirit of the exercise. When we apply the tests on this alternative split, we expect to find that all results are negative and — following Newman's approach — the election result is entirely explained.
Further, Newman's choice of cutoff increases the relative likelihood of finding a false negative in cases where a positive result would lend counterfactual support to Morales over the runner-up, Carlos Mesa.
Finally, we note that Newman builds the final counterfactual based on municipality-level analysis. By ignoring intra-municipality variation, this necessarily overestimates the unexplained difference.
We therefore conclude that Newman's study is fatally flawed and should be retracted.
There are a number of ways in which researchers have attacked the question of whether the post-interruption results in Bolivia's October 2019 elections were predictable. For example, we projected directly the late votes using multiple imputations of tally sheets based on geographic indicators and the pre-interruption results; this led us to reject the idea that something inexplicable drove Morales's final margin above the 10 percentage point threshold required for a first-round victory.3 That Morales was headed for a decisive victory appeared inevitable based on the early reporting.
Taking a different approach, Escobari and Hoover construct an implicit counterfactual using regression analysis. Seeking to quantify the degree to which the late vote is inexplicable, they find that incorporating full geographic information into their model leaves very little unexplained. In other words, once they take geography into full account, their model shows Morales's victory was predictable.
John Newman takes a third approach. Newman first breaks down the data into three sets: geographical areas where all tally sheets were counted pre-interruption, areas where all tally sheets were counted after the interruption, and areas which were partially but not completely counted after the interruption. Newman accepts the results from the first and second groups; for the third group, two questions are posed. First, do the late tally sheets look different than the early ones? Second, if they do look different, how much of this difference is accounted for by a shift in the mix of geographies within the group? Newman argues that absent non-geographical differences, Morales's margin would have fallen short of the threshold for a first-round victory.
As it happens, with a careful understanding of the first question, Newman's second question becomes moot.
Bolivia en la OEA (2020).
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Throughout this paper, for consistency, by "margin" we mean the number of votes recorded for the leading candidate, less those of the runner-up, as a share of the valid votes cast. The margin is normally expressed in percentage points. Margins may be aggregated at different levels, but by "final" margin we mean aggregated across the entire presidential election.
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Q: Jmeter generate random domain name How can I generate random domain name in using JMeter?
This is what I tried:
Random Variable

VariableName=domainName
OutputFormat=00000.com
MinumumValue=Aa
MaximumValue=Zz
SeedForRandomFunction=__RandomString

A: Though you have not mentioned which type of random domain names you want, I have considered some examples,
domain_00001.com
domain_03000.com

etc.
This can be created like,

In Beanshell preprocessor this code should yield the desired output,
change it accordingly as per need.
import java.util.Random;

public class MyDomainRandomGen {

    private static final String CHAR_LIST ="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
    private static final int RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH = 10;

    public String generateRandomDomain(){

        StringBuffer randStr = new StringBuffer();
        for(int i=0; i<RANDOM_STRING_LENGTH; i++){
            int number = getRandomNumber();
            char ch = CHAR_LIST.charAt(number);
            randStr.append(ch);
        }

        String[] domains = {"de","com","in","en","us"};

        int idx = new Random().nextInt(fruits.length);
        String random = (fruits[idx]);

        randStr.append(random)

        return randStr.toString();
    }
}

A: got it using this pluging
http://jmeter-plugins.org/wiki/ParameterizedController/?utm_source=jmeter&utm_medium=helplink&utm_campaign=ParameterizedController
like this
 domainName=${__RandomString(${__Random(00,20)},ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890,)}.com

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Huffington Post/AOL: It's AOL/Time Warner all over again
Two troubled companies make a risky deal hoping it'll solve all their problems. Sound familiar?
By Scott Rosenberg
Published February 7, 2011 7:01PM (EST)
A late Sunday night in winter and the surprise announcement of a big merger, with Kara Swisher one of the key people breaking the news: No wonder the Huffington Post/AOL announcement last night gave veteran tech and media-biz reporters a flashback to 2000 and the colossally ill-fated AOL/Time-Warner deal.
The events are similar in another way: Despite all the CEO happy-talk about synergy, we are once again watching two companies in trouble taking a big gamble that the other will solve its problems.
People think of Huffington Post as the leading popular liberal-Democratic news site. Huffington is now at least suggesting that the progressive point of view isn't a part of what she'll be pursuing at AOL. "Ms. Huffington said her politics would have no bearing on how she ran the new business," says the New York Times story. Really? This strikes me as strange, disingenuous, and about as credible as Roger Ailes claiming that Fox is not a partisan-driven institution.
One possibility is, Huffington is just saying what the corporate script requires and actually the plan is to position AOL as a sort of Democratic alternative to Fox News/Drudge -- which I think would be a really interesting move. I have to assume Arianna has big TV ambitions; I have yet to meet a new-media empire builder who didn't secretly yearn to do an Ailes (or an Oprah).
The other, more likely possibility is that this whole thing is about the money, the investors needed to cash out, HuffPo's numbers weren't looking good enough for an IPO, and Huffington is basically improvising. She'll spend a couple years at AOL and then move on. This means that, in 2011, Huffington Post will be playing the same role in relation to AOL that AOL played in relation to Time Warner back in 2000: selling itself at the top of a market bubble, pocketing the profit from a sale that couldn't be earned from customers, and leaving a bigger, older company with all the headaches.
I was one of the few outspoken skeptics of Time Warner/AOL back in 2000. This time around there are more -- see Om Malik, who looks at some numbers; Dan Lyons, who's funny; and Ken Auletta, who views the deal as AOL CEO Tim Armstrong's "hail Mary pass."
Having all this company in doubt gives me a little pause. Maybe Huffington and Armstrong will prove a great team: The queen of low-cost SEO-driven content paired with the guy who built the Google ad machine that made SEO-driven content pay. But I still think this union is unlikely to end well. AOL remains a generic blandness factory when it comes to journalism. Huffington's brand could change that; far more likely, it will just dissolve into the corporate miasma.
Salon co-founder Scott Rosenberg is director of MediaBugs.org. He is the author of "Say Everything" and Dreaming in Code and blogs at Wordyard.com.
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Months before my trip to France, I began listening to a CD known as earworms : a musical brain trainer. My goal: to become familiar with basic words and common phrases.
I readily admit I struggle with foreign language; found French torturous in high school and college. My brain just doesn't want to think in another tongue.
But, I gave earworms a try. I played the oral lessons, really more like rhythmic tunes, in my office. I honestly didn't study or concentrate on the CD's. However, I listened to volumes 1 and 2 many times.
When I got to France, I actually comprehended some conversation. Menus could be deciphered with a reasonable amount of certainty. I confidently ordered a coffee or a bottle of wine since those were the first things I mastered. My grasp of basic phrases seemed automatic, almost magical.
One morning a waiter spoke to me, just rattling along and when he finished, I casually replied with my room number– in French. My daughter looked at me stunned. How did you understand all that, she wondered?
And..frankly, I did too. Must have been those earworms!


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Mondo and the lost art of the movie poster
Artists Kevin Tong and Martin Ansin rethink the best of sci-fi in the collectible company's latest show
By Bryan Bishop@bcbishop Mar 12, 2014, 10:15am EDT
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Looking through the posters at your local movie theater, it's easy to forget that the medium hasn't always been the domain of Photoshop and graphic design. Movies like Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark were once the gold standard, artists like Drew Struzan capturing the essence of a film in a beautifully composed painting. That's mostly been replaced by posters consisting of the bare essentials: the photographed faces of the actors the studio wants you to see, the branded title, and a release date.
But over the past 10 years, a small company in Austin has been fighting that trend, creating some of the most gorgeous original movie posters you've ever seen. Mondo is an offshoot of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a chain of speciality movie theaters that cater primarily to film aficionados in places like Texas and New York. Back in 2004 Mondo mostly dealt in T-shirts, but Drafthouse head Tim League brought in artist Rob Jones — now one of Mondo's art directors — to create a poster for Rolling Roadshow, the Drafthouse's traveling film series. "That's when I suggested, 'You know what? I can probably get other guys to make posters for each movie rather than try to do just one poster for the entire event,'" Jones says. Mondo started to bring in more artists, produced more limited-run posters, and in 2012 relocated to a new gallery where it could show off the artwork in a more appropriate setting.
Kevin Tong's new 'Psycho' poster, and the color variant for 'Hannibal'
A new show dedicated to sci-fi and fantasy
Last week that space was home to a show devoted entirely to Disney films, dubbed "Nothing's Impossible!" Artists like Mike Mitchell and Olly Moss created alternative posters for everything from Alice in Wonderland to Wall-E, and like most Mondo shows it was an immediate success: fans lined up for blocks to buy the silk screen prints, with many posters selling out before they even had the chance to hit Mondo's online store. This Friday, a new exhibit debuts, highlighting science fiction and fantasy work from popular Mondo artists Kevin Tong and Martin Ansin. With stunning posters for Psycho, Alien, and Flash Gordon amongst many others, the collection is a genre fan's dream, and a reminder that posters can be much more than a mere promotional tool.
Today Mondo averages a new gallery show about once every six weeks, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences archives new Mondo posters for posterity. The styles range based on the artist, with Mondo posters consisting of everything from character portraits to surreal, abstract pieces. Whether it's a new take on an old classic or a poster for an upcoming film, however, two thing are always the same: the art is inventive, and demand is rabid.
Tong says they're an important way for fans to express themselves — something that's disappeared as we've shifted towards digital media. "You used to be able to have a wall of CDs, and people would just come into your living room, and look at it and talk to you about music," he says. "I think the same thing is happening for movies. Because what are you going to do, just sit there and say, 'Would you like to look at my iTunes library?'"
Martin Ansin's twin posters for 'Flash Gordon' (1980) and 'Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars' (1938)
Mondo's brain trust — creative director Justin Ishmael, Jones, and fellow art director Mitch Putnam — decide which artists and movies are selected for new posters. "Each one of us, under the umbrella of having good taste, has different interests and we like different styles of stuff," explains Ishmael. If one curator is obsessed with Italian horror films but doesn't care about '80s action, Jones says somebody else on the team will bring those ideas to the table because of their own personal interests. And as both Ansin and Tong testify, the company gives the artists room to do the best work they can do, without creative interference. In the process, film fans of all types find something to like.
Its creative and artistic edge helps Mondo's posters stand out as true objects of art, a perception that's only enhanced by their limited nature (some sold-out posters go for thousands of dollars on eBay). "We don't reprint posters at all," Jones explains. "I came from the gig poster world, and in the gig poster world things have to be silk-screened to be taken seriously. So that's why everything was silk-screened. And then two: you don't reprint."
"If it wasn't limited, it wouldn't be precious," he says. "It wouldn't be worth your time and care."
Martin Ansin reimagines the poster for Ridley Scott's classic 'Alien'
'Aliens' original and variant, by Kevin Tong
Martin Ansin, 'Prometheus' (original and variant)
Kevin Tong, 'The Wizard of Oz' (original and color variant)
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Driven by a 12 Fet, 15A controller, the motor is capable of exerting 45Nm (33.2 foot pounds) of torque at a stall, more than a 500W direct drive motor.
The major advantage of a geared motor conversion kit is that you are reducing the weight compared to direct drive motor and increasing the torque at the same time.The gear reduction of high efficiency high speed motor is capable to produce a torque equivalent to more than twice the same power of direct drive motor.Driven by a 12 Fet, 15A controller, the motor is capable of exerting 45Nm (33.2 foot pounds) of torque at a stall, more than a 500W direct drive motor.
The front wheel conversion will further reduce the total weight and although it is rated at 350W nominal power the amount of torque that produce makes it capable to climb much steeper hills and carry much heavier loads. The robust planetary gear reduction provides also a better acceleration than many 500W direct drive motors.
The quality of the gear material the overall motor quality and the extensive tests we have performed give us confidence to back it up with two years warranty.


Feeling blue? Singer and Songwriter, Di'ja, shows us the best way to rock a blue ensemble.
Di'ja's recent photos in her blue hair and boots is why the singer's icy blue look is today's style inspiration.
Mavin Records musician, Hadiza Blell, popularly known as Di'ja, ditches her signature full afro for a new look that follows the trend of brightly coloured weaves.
Her signature full fro is one of the reasons why we love Di'ja.
However, these new photos prove that the mother-of-two can pull of any look. In the spirit of the festive season, she rocked a black fit with icy-blue knee-high boots and matching hair. She also topped off the look with a black turban but decided to let her blue hair flow over her shoulders.
For her second look, she rocked the same blue hair but with a long floral gown and a simple pair of green sandals.
This coloured-hair trend has a huge following, both internationally and in Nigeria, as many celebrities have also been spottedwearing brightly-coloured weaves and wigs. The singer already has a reputation as a fashion-forward personality and her fusion of a trend and modest-fashion is a major style inspo.


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DoctorDr Matt Kelly
LocationWestern Province
Dates2018
Dr Matt Kelly is a dedicated and highly motivated young GP whose areas of special interest include Remote and Aboriginal Health, Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics, Skin Cancer Medicine and Sexual Health.
"I did my intern placement at Royal Darwin Hospital. From there I went on to work in regional Health services in the Kimberly specializing in Aboriginal health. My aim is to continue working in rural areas of Australia in the General Practice and Emergency Department setting."
While in PNG, Dr Matt Kelly will take part in Integrated Health Patrols in New Ireland and Western Province offering mobile, on the spot triage, testing and treatment, with a significant emphasis on training and support to the accompanying local PNG staff. He will also help to train local communities, rural health and aid post staff, whilst providing treatment and referral to communities that are rarely visited by health professionals.
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Andy Fickman to Direct 'The Exes' for CBS Films
Andy Fickman to Direct The Exes for CBS Films
— July 30th, 2013
CBS Films announced today that Andy Fickman (Parental Guidance, The Game Plan) is attached to direct the romantic comedy The Exes. The film is based on the book The Ex Files by Jane Moore with the screenplay written by Kelly Bowe. It will be produced by Leonard Goldberg.
The Exes follows the ex-girlfriend of the groom, who reluctantly agrees to attend his destination wedding for closure and for friendship. Once there, she finds herself trapped at an island resort with all of couples' exes. Old flames are rekindled, new romances are born and complete chaos ensues.
Andy Fickman had this to say in a statement.
"I absolutely love this project. It's a fun and fresh unique perspective within the romantic comedy world. Every time I mention the story to someone they immediately respond with how it relates to their own life - which makes this such a universal experience... anyone who has loved before has lost before. I'm also excited to work with CBS Films and a chance to work with legendary producer Leonard Goldberg is icing on the cake!"
Andy Fickman is represented by WME and Management 360.
Vice President of Production Mark Ross and Creative Executive Alex Ginno are overseeing the project for CBS Films.


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The Guardian: Want to 'train your brain'? Forget apps, learn a musical instrument
Dr Catherine Loveday, neuropsychologist and Principal Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Westminster's Faculty of Science and Technology, discusses the dramatic impact musical training can have on enhancing memory.
"Music probably does something unique," explains neuropsychologist Catherine Loveday of the University of Westminster. "It stimulates the brain in a very powerful way, because of our emotional connection with it."
"Music reaches parts of the brain that other things can't," says Loveday. "It's a strong cognitive stimulus that grows the brain in a way that nothing else does, and the evidence that musical training enhances things like working memory and language is very robust."
Learning to play a musical instrument, then, seems to be one of the most effective forms of brain training there is. Musical training can induce various structural and functional changes in the brain, depending on which instrument is being learned, and the intensity of the training regime. It's an example of how dramatically life-long experience can alter the brain so that it becomes adapted to the idiosyncrasies of its owner's lifestyle.
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Oscars wish list
**Contains spoiler for Gone Girl - you have been warned**
1. That the revisionist, right-wing and totally rubbish American Sniper wins nothing, nada, zip.
2. That Nightcrawler wins at least one award - Rene Russo will struggle to beat Boyhood's Patricia Arquette for Best Supporting Actress so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for writer/director Dan Gilroy in the Original Screenplay category.
3. That the opening number features Public Enemy and their latest ditty: "Where the fuck are all the non-white nominees this year?"
4. That 'Everything is Awesome' wins Best Original Song - it won't entirely make up for The Lego Movie's egregious snub in the Animated Feature category but it will help.
5. That if Leviathan wins best Foreign Language Film, they have a live feed from the Kremlin showing Vladimir Putin's enraged reaction.
6. That Julianne Moore - arguably the finest American actress of her generation - finally wins an award after four previous noms.
7. That John Travolta is asked to read the nominations for Best Actor and calls Benedict Cumberbatch, "Bendydick Cucumbersandwich".
8. That Boyhood, Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman all win at least one of the big prizes.
9. That Ida wins best Foreign Language Film, although, failing that, I'd settle for Pawel Pawlikowski's film taking the Cinematography prize instead.
10. That there is no repeat of last year's tiresome selfie bollocks.
11. That host Neil Patrick Harris presents the awards as a zombified version of his character in Gone Girl, complete with gorily slashed throat.
12. That JK Simmons collects his Best Supporting Actor award in character as Terence 'Not quite my tempo' Fletcher and reduces several audience members to tears.
13. That someone has the foresight to lock Benedict Cumberbatch in a wardrobe to prevent him getting up to any more "hilarious" photobombing high jinks.
14. That those members of the Academy that couldn't be bothered to watch all the Best Picture nominees are made to come out onto the stage and explain themselves.
15. That Eddie Redmayne turns up drunk, chanting 'Millwall aggro', and looking for a ruck.
16. That I won't be tempted to stay up and watch the whole interminable ceremony because it doesn't finish until 4.30 in the morning UK time.
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Taking time to eat is an important part of being mindful of your eating habits.
Eating quickly can prevent you from knowing when you are full. Eating while distracted or doing other things, such as watching TV, can increase how much you eat and drink. When distracted, people may eat larger portions or lose track of how much they have already eaten. These can lead to eating more than you need.
Healthy eating habits include taking the time to make food an important part of your life.
There are different ways you can take time to eat.
sit down at the table instead of in front of a TV. Focus meals around the food.
At work, step away from your workstation and eat lunch in the cafeteria or outside with coworkers.