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Tragic Peaches Geldof's private funeral to be held next week as friends and family pay tribute
Family and friends will attend the private service after the mother-of-two was found dead at her home on April 7
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The funeral of tragic Peaches Geldof is to take place next week.
Family and friends will attend the private service after the mother-of-two was found dead at her home on Wrotham, Kent, on April 7.
A post mortem ruled inconclusive, pending the results of further toxicology tests.
Her "sudden" and "unexplained" death is not being treated as suspicious, but officers will continue to investigate the circumstances around her death.
Pecahes mother Paula Yates' funeral was held in the same church in 2000.
The journalist and TV personality leaves behind husband Thomas Cohen, father Sir Bob Geldof and sisters, Fifi, 31, Pixie, 24, and Tiger, 17.
It emerged this week Peaches was in talks with Australia's Next Top Model producers for a judging role on the panel show.
In an interview she gave weeks before her death, Peaches spoke optimistically about her plans for the future - including a secret TV project she was working on.
Speaking to Aga Living Magazine, published in The Sunday Times, in what was to be her final ever interview, she said: "I can't say what it is yet, but I'll be there for three months."
The doting mother added: "Of course the babies will come with me because obviously I wouldn't leave them for that long."
Foxtel's director of television Brian Walsh confirmed to Fairfax that only preliminary discussions had taken place.
"Peaches was one of a number of names suggested but we took the decision that it was too soon to make any calls," he said.
"The idea was not progressed beyond an initial stage."
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Green at Work: Finding a Business Career that Works for the Environment
contributions by Lynda Grose and Horst Rechelbacher
by Susan Cohn
eISBN: 978-1-61091-078-1 | Cloth: 978-1-55963-333-8 | Paper: 978-1-55963-334-5
Library of Congress Classification HF5382.75.U6C64 1995
Green at Work, published by Island Press in 1992, was the first source of information to help nontechnical but environmentally concerned job seekers learn about career opportunities with environmental companies or within the newly emerging "green" corporate culture. Now entirely revised and expanded, this indispensable volume again offers invaluable tools and strategies for launching a green career.Susan Cohn has expanded her scope beyond the business world to examine environmentally focused, nontechnical careers in a wide variety of fields, including communications, banking and finance, consulting, public policy, the non-profit sector, and more. This completely updated edition includes: profiles of more than 70 individuals that illustrate how people have woven their skills, values, and passions into their work listings of more than 400 companies with contact names, addresses, phone numbers, information on what the company does, and its environmental programs and policies listings of more than 50 resources, including organizations, publications, and other sources of information a bibliography of recommended readings
Susan Cohn was Special Projects Coordinator, including Environmental Programs, in the Office of Career Development at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University.
Introduction: The New Edition
Building A Greener World
-Environmentally Conscious Design
-The Greening of Job Sectors
-Seeking Green Employment
-It's Your Turn
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Aaron Hadlow and Vahlinvader, winners of the 2018 Magic Millions World Cup Qualifier at Gatton.
The Pryde's Easifeed Gatton World Cup Show took place over the weekend and saw many of the country's top showjumpers in action. The headline class, the Magic Millions World Cup Qualifier, went to Aaron Hadlow and Vahlinvader.
Eight combinations jumped clear in the first round to progress through to the jump off, while another four combinations on four penalties also made the cut for the second round. However, only one of the twelve combinations jumped clear in the second round: Aaron and Vahlinvader. This meant the pair had a double clear and finished at the top of the scoreboard.
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ZVO.ČI.TI so.und.ing DUO is a series of electroacoustic performative sound events premiering works created in collaboration between a Slovenian and an international artist.
artists 2018:
Ana Kravanja (SLO) – Laura Netz (ES, GB)
Wednesday, 7 March 2018 at 8:00 p.m., Kino Šiška, Komuna Hall, Ljubljana
Borut Savski (SLO) – Disinformation (GB)
Wednesday, 21 March 2018 at 8:00 p.m., Kino Šiška, Komuna Hall, Ljubljana
Thursday, 22.March 2018at 8:00 p.m., CMK Koper
Mauricius Valdes (SLO) – Seppo Gruendler (AT)
Tuesday 3. April. 2018, at 8:00 p.m., Kino Šiška, Komuna Hall,Ljubljana
Wednesday, 4. April.2018 at 8:00 p.m., Layerjeva Hiša, Kranj
Ana Kravanja is a violin player and singer that collaborates with Slovenian and foreign musicians and dancers performing improvisation music. In duo Najoua they create own music on fourteen kalimbas, in trio Širom [pronounced Shirom] they use a variety of classical, traditional and D.I.Y. instruments. She created Kompozicija za pepel [A Composition for Ashes], a sculptural installation with live sound material (2013), Glacies [Glaces] (music for fridge shelves), a structured improvisation for a quartet, and composition Tinnitus for an octet (2014). She is the co-creator of multimedia project Resurekcija [Resurrection] (concept and directed by Bratko Bibič, 2016). She is also one-tenth of group Olfamoštvo.
Laura Netz Curator, artist, and researcher. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student at Crisap – UAL, where she studies the new tendencies in curatorial practices and cultural management in sonic arts. Interested in sound art, science, technology and digital media, she is an active participant in hacking culture. One of the future activities which support her practice-based research is the exhibition "Sounding D.I.Y."
Borut Savski is an intermedia artist and composer, artistically active in different areas from 1994 on. Presented different collaborations and solo concepts: performances, instruments, autonomous objects/sculptures, frequent collaborations with musicians and artists. In the last five year period mostly occupied with autonomous mechanisms/algorithms, tactile interfaces and interactive/generative means of creation of sound/music. Next to this in the process of re-approaching the music as the antipode of the latter.
Disinformation is an electronic music and installation art project, founded by Joe Banks in 1995, which produces works focused on electromagnetic (radio) noise, and on the psychology of perception and illusion. Disinformation artworks have been described as "actively thrilling" by the Financial Times and as "mesmerizing" by Aesthetica magazine. Disinformation is based in London, UK.
Mauricio Valdes
Since 1996 his work focuses on the artistic development and application of technology, searching for forms of interactive means for creation of sound. His catalog, with more than 40 works, crosses various areas of sound, stage and film art. Has been s regular guest at 15 universities, cultural and research centers in 8 countries. As a cultural manager, he was active as artistic and musical director of 5 festivals in Mexico, Spain, and Slovenia. Parallel to his artistic career, he runs an independent itinerant space called Blue SoundHub, now based in Ljubljana, running a diverse program sponsored by the Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry through the Mexican Embassy in Vienna, along with a vast number of local artists and institutions that are dedicated to music, sound, and research. www.mvsanemeterio.wix.com/mvsanemeterio
Seppo Gründler, Sound and media artist, software, and electronics tinkerer. Main instruments are guitar, electronics, and software. Visiting professor of sound design at Donau-University Krems, member of the board of directors of the Institute for Media Archeology and the Society for Dissemination and Distribution of New Music, teaches Sound/Interaction Design at the Institute of Design and Communication/FH JOANNEUM. He has performed and his work was shown in numerous venues and is released on CD, Vinyl and online. gruendler.mur.at
The ZVO.ČI.TI so.und.ing DUO series is a multiannual music performative project connecting international and Slovene sound artists and performers through the research, presentation and mapping of new sound practices, structures and methods in the frame of residency programmes and in accordance with CONA strategies. ZVO.ČI.TI so.und.ing DUO constitutes a platform enabling improved conditions for continual international cooperation and exchange between artists, artist production and artist concert presentations of new sound works, while at the same time presenting Ljubljana as an important sound production and creative-networking crossroads.
Curator and art director: Brane Zorman
Translation and editing: Urban Belina
Design: Irena Pivka
Photos: Iztok Zupan, Alyssa Joye, Dušan Stone and Annonimous
Produced by: CONA Institute for Contemporary Arts Processing, 2018
Partners: CUK Kino Šiška,
Program of CONA is financially supported by the Municipality of Ljubljana.


Big win for the Blue Devils! Don't know anybody outside of Lebanon saw that coming!
Anybody got the score for the Becch vs Portland game Feb 1.
I believe it is in Gallatin.
Who does everyone see as making the all district regular season team? There seems to be a lot of good choices. Coach Allen from MJ is the clear coach of the year.


The Trick Worm quickly gained tons of attention last season as "the floater that really gets 'em". This bait is dynamite for topwater worming when fished weightless and twitched slowly. Hook it Texas style.


An affidavit from Sir Charles Cameron, M. D. accompanies this ad in the text at the bottom of the page. This image is from a painting by the well known artist W.P. Firth and was exhibited at the Royal Academy and owned by Sunlight Soap. This print was published by The Graphic and is in good condition. Size includes a paper mat.


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Nestling under Ben Nevis, UK's highest mountain, is the busy town of Fort William. It is the gateway not only to the Lochaber area, but also to Skye and the Western Isles. The main highway runs through it, virtually South to North, following the Great Glen geological fault from Oban to Inverness
The Presbytery of Lochaber covers the whole District of Lochaber from Fort William in the East to Mallaig and the Small Isles to the West, Ardnamurchan Peninsula, as far North as Fort Augustus, and as far South as Duror. It includes two of the largest parishes in the UK, Kilmonivaig and Glengarry
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Q: Formula to generate a value according to a range I want to populate a cell according to the range of another cell. Like if the independent cell has the value between 12 to 16 then the dependent cell will be populated as -2 and if the independent cell has a value between 16 to 20 then -1 and if 20-24 then N and so on:
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Is there any formula or how otherwise can I do it?

A: You could do it like this (place this formula in B1):
=IF(AND(A1>=12;A1<=15);"-2";IF(AND(A1>=16;A1<20);"-1";IF(AND(A1>=20;A1<25);"N";"N/A")))

A: Assuming 16 is "between" 16-20 rather than "between" 12-16 and that for N it is the text of the OP that counts rather than the image:
=LOOKUP(A1,{12,16,20,24},{-2,-1,"N"})

Negative values, zero, numbers less than 12 and positive or greater than 24, blanks and text would return #N/A.
LOOKUP.

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Employment up again
Over the past three months, the number of people aged 15 to 74 in paid employment grew by an average of 15 thousand per month, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports. In October, over 8.6 million people in this age group had paid work. Nearly 4.3 million people did not have paid work for a variety of reasons. Among these people, 404 thousand indicated that they had looked for work recently and were also immediately available. This number declined by 11 thousand per month on average over the past three months.
The other people without work, nearly 3.9 million, had not been looking for work and/or were not available recently. Their number increased by an average of 3 thousand per month. The Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) reported a further decrease in unemployment (WW) benefits to a total of 343 thousand in October.
Unemployment indicator (ILO definition) drops to 4.5 percent
To be able to compare cyclical developments in the labour market between countries, the unemployment indicator of the International Labour Organization (ILO) is often taken as a measure. According to ILO's definition, the group of unemployed people includes all 15 to 74-year-olds who are without paid work but are actively looking and are immediately available. As indicated above, this number stood at 404 thousand in October, i.e. 4.5 percent of the labour force. In September, this was as much as 4.7 percent.
This figure does not include all people without work who would like to work. People who do want to work but who have not sought work recently for any particular reason, and/or have not been immediately available, do not count towards ILO's unemployment definition. Likewise, part-timers who want to work more hours are not included. CBS describes these groups on a quarterly basis. Furthermore, the number of hours worked by people in paid employment is reported quarterly. The monthly figures on people in paid employment (the active labour force) include all people in work, regardless of the number of hours worked.
UWV: Number of WW benefits continues to drop
In October, the number of current unemployment (WW) benefits fell by nearly 8 thousand. The total number of WW benefits at the end of October stood at 343 thousand, the lowest level since December 2012. A decline was seen particularly among people working in construction and in education. In agriculture, however, there was an increase in WW benefits of 7.8 percent in October relative to September. Seasonal effects play a role in the month-on-month changes: in October, there was less employment in agriculture and more in education.
When comparing to one year ago, October 2016, the number of WW benefits fell by 18.2 percent. The decline is most significant in the construction sector (- 41.9 percent) and among temp agencies (- 28.5 percent).
Youth unemployment below pre-crisis level
With the unemployment rate standing at 4.5 percent, the difference with the pre-crisis level has been reduced to less than 1 percentage point. Exactly nine years ago, at the end of 2008, unemployment was at its lowest level, i.e. 3.6 percent of the labour force. Youth unemployment, on the other hand, reached a lower level than before the crisis for the first time: 7.9 percent in October. Just before the crisis, the lowest level was 8.4 percent.
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Every month, CBS publishes figures on the total (employed and unemployed) labour force as well as the number of people not in the labour force (ILO definition). However, this does not include the total unused labour potential, i.e. other groups of people aside from the unemployed according to the ILO indicator. CBS publishes quarterly on the size and composition of these groups. Therefore, the overall picture provided below is based on the latest quarterly figures (Q3 2017). Development of the total unused labour potential closely follows developments in unemployment according to the ILO definition.
Of the 12.9 million people aged 15 to 74, over 8.6 million people were in paid employment and 408 thousand were unemployed (ILO standard; not seasonally adjusted) in Q3. These included 153 thousand people who had been seeking work for at least twelve months. Almost two in three were aged 45 years or older. The groups of employed and unemployed combined represent the Dutch labour force.
The other part, over 3.8 million, is not included. The majority of the latter group were not willing or not able to work (3.2 million), e.g. due to education or training, care for others, sickness or old age. In addition, there were 210 thousand people who were willing to work in Q3, but who were not looking and not immediately available for work; for example, people who were in education or training. Furthermore, there were people either looking (162 thousand) or immediately available for work (263 thousand).
Unused labour potential does not only comprise people without work. Among the 4.2 million people working part-time, 445 thousand were seeking more working hours in Q3, for which they were also immediately available.
Every month, CBS publishes figures on the labour force in accordance with international guidelines. The corresponding indicators, i.e. the employed and unemployed labour force, are used around the world to describe cyclical developments on the labour market. Monthly figures are essential in this respect. In addition, UWV issues its own monthly figures on unemployment benefits; however, these do not correspond with the indicators on the labour force.


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Ability to assist in the technical operations, program scheduling, and events with a campus or performing arts facility. Ability to work with students and staff who range from minimally to moderately familiar with technical theater functions. Effectively use organization and planning skills with attention to detail and follow through. Ability to provide assistance to the student and faculty while following DCCCD policies and procedures. Possess a professional and friendly attitude and is able to quickly develop a rapport with students, faculty, and staff. The ability to assist with the construction of the theater, maintain theater facilities and knowledge of safe operations of equipment. Knowledge of hazards and safety practices involved in theater technical operations. Open to different and new ways of doing things and makes appropriate decisions with the input from colleagues. Proven oral and written communication skills to support interaction with the students, faculty, and District/college administrators from diverse backgrounds.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to individuals with physical challenges to perform the essential duties and responsibilities. Construction of sets and placement of lighting requires the ability to bend, stoop, crawl, and climb. Ability to lift and place sets that may weigh up to 50 pounds.


Or do a "clean out the fridge party" and have a ball!
Some of these used to be a big hit at my Martini Bar on the beach in Puerto Vallarta - on Los Muertos Beach in Olas Altas.... they bring fond memories every time we have them... so why not create your own memories of good time and share some of these tasty bites with friends!
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Dans la mythologie grecque, Hyas est le fils d'Atlas.
 Hyas est un genre de crabes de la famille des Oregoniidae.

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The MSRB will host an education and outreach seminar on Monday, November 14, 2011 in New York, NY.
The event will provide an opportunity for municipal market professionals to learn about MSRB initiatives and current rulemaking to protect investors and municipal entities.
Local governments in the United States have been issuing municipal bonds since 1812.
The City of New York issued the first general obligation bond.
In recent months, many state and local governments have reduced the number of their public offerings, instead turning to alternative financings such as bank loans and private placements of their securities with banks, also known as "direct purchases." This is particularly the case with variable rate demand obligations secured by expiring letters of credit. These alternative financings may, in some cases, be municipal securities transactions, triggering specific regulatory requirements. Market participants should be aware of this issue because they may have specific legal obligations to investors and issuers.
On September 12, 2011, the MSRB announced that it would delay its municipal advisor rule proposals currently before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The MSRB was concerned that without a definition of who is and who is not considered a municipal advisor, some individuals would not participate in the SEC comment process on the proposals. Once the SEC has finalized its definition of a municipal advisor, the MSRB's rule proposals will be resubmitted to the SEC for approval.
Edward J. De La Rosa, President and Founder of De La Rosa & Co.
Click here to see the full list of the members of the FY 2012 MSRB Board of Directors.
In September 2011, the daily average trading volume of municipal securities reached $11.45 billion, approximately 10.1 percent lower than the $12.74 billion traded in September 2010. Customer purchases accounted for 47.7 percent of all trades in September 2011, down from 50.3 percent in September 2010. Customer sales accounted for 32.2 percent and inter-dealer trades accounted for 20.2 percent.
While 2011 total par amount traded through September continues to lag behind levels reached in 2010, the number of trades has increased. During the first nine months in 2011, $2.19 trillion changed hands compared to the $2.51 trillion during the same period in 2010. The number of trades in the first three quarters of the year increased to 7.91 million, compared to 7.65 million in the same period of 2010.
For more information or other statistics on municipal trading activity, continuing disclosures or variable rate resets, visit the MSRB's EMMA website.
The MSRB published its first report summarizing the type and number of continuing disclosure documents for municipal securities available on the MSRB's EMMA website.
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Poetry is finding its way into our consciousness at the Weizmann Institute: At the recent, fourth annual Science on Tap evening, which the Institute hosts in Tel Aviv, several poets joined in the fun, reading from their work before and after the talks given by scientists in over 60 filled-to-capacity pubs and cafes around the city. And calls have gone out for entries to the Ofer Lider creative writing contest – open to scientists (writing in Hebrew). The contest is named for Prof. Ofer Lider, an Institute scientist who, sadly, died young and who wrote poetry because he believed that scientific thought and creative thinking are synergistic pursuits.
So, in that spirit, I offer three haikus, one for each of the new online articles on our site. Among other things, they are proof that a science writer trained to write with word limits can reduce years of demanding research to seventeen syllables. To learn more, follow the links.
Casey Luskin asks "Did Darwinism Hinder Research Into Understanding Cancer and Diabetes ?"
Does anybody else remember the literary magazine with science-related content? I want to say it was called Ion but I don't think that was it...out of a north Midwest university? I loved the stuff, and still find my mind constantly bridging writing and science.
Re question from Lisa: magazine may have been "Isotope", which was published through the English department at Utah State University. A very fine magazine, but it went out of press about two years ago -- not enough sponsors.


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We Changed the Game
Written by Robert Netolicky
"In memory and legend, the ABA is symbolized by Julius Erving, a red, white and blue ball, the three point shot, it its wide-open, free-wheeling style of play. The Spirits of St. Louis, the team I called games for, lasted only two years and they are often also cited as a prototypical ABA Team.
And yet, here is the trutyh: The ABA franchise, THE league flagship was the Indiana Pacers. Winners of three of the league's nine championships. One of four to make it into the NBA. And the only one of the four with the same hometown and the same team name from 1967 to the present. From coach Bobby Leonard to league luminaries like Roger Brown, Mel Daniels, Freddie Lewis and Bob Netolicky, the Pacers were in many ways a model franchise. But like all ABA teams, they were brimming with characters. And as a business they often teetered on the brink.
Here is their fascinating and enduring story as told through the eyes of Bob Netolicky and others who truly lived it. If you loved the ABA as I did, or are simply curious about a fascinating slice of sports history you will love this book." (Bob Costas)
That in a nutshell is what this book is titled "We Changed The Game" is about. It's the underdog basketball league which competed with the NBA to get top notch players but was not given credit for so many different reasons and one of the obvious ones was they knew that the Red, White and Blue Basketball League was every bit as good as the brown basketball league with a lot more excitement.
"The ABA revolutionized basketball," said Bob Netolicky, the author of We Changed The Game. "Walt Frazier recently said the NBA is the ABA."
This book will take you from the very beginning of the ABA in the 60's all the way up to the mid 70's when it merged it with the ABA. As a matter of fact legendary NBA Hall of Famer George Mikan was the brainchild of the actual Red, White and Blue colored ball. He was quoted as once saying that "the brown ball looked a lot like a giant terd."
The upstart ABA league had all kinds of new ideas for the flashy coast to coast high flying league. It included Cheerleaders (Miami Floridians) that wore bikinis, the three point line and other halftime activities that were not present in the NBA. These guys were playground basketball playing above the rim.
"The NBA was like a rotary phone back then and the ABA was more akin to a smart phone that could so much more," laughed Netolicky. "At the time the NBA was slow it down into a half court game by setting up plays to strategically hit the open man. The ABA hit the open man while jumping up rebounding and throwing the ball down court to a racing guard or forward all in one motion. It was like a raceway."
Netolicky himself is very familiar with raceways as he grew up and played his ball in Indianapolis and was fixture at the Indinapolis 500 for years. He also owned Neto's Sport's Bar and Grill saw many professional athtletes and race car drivers as its patrons.
"On any given night it was a regular who's who of professional athletes and celebrities and who were in town for basketball or car racing," stated Netolicky. "It was the in place to congregate before, during or after a sporting event."
The Pacer teams of the early 70's (three championships in nine ABA seasons) were every bit as good as the counterpart champions of the ABA which included the Knicks, Bucks, Celtics, Lakers and Warriors.
"We definitely could've held our own if not beaten them," said Netolicky, who was known for incredible long range smoothaccuracy for a big man. "Heck the World Championship Knicks would not accept the Pacers challenge in 1970, the Golden State Warriors declined the Kentucky Colonels challenge in 1974 and the Boston Celtics refused to play Doctor J's New York Nets the following year. That was proof positive that the NBA was fearful of the outcome."
The book not only includes the great players from those Pacer teams but it also talks about other ABA greats including Doctor J, Artis Gilmore, Dan Issel, David Thompson. The league was more than legit as is evident by the merger in 76-77 when 10 out of the NBA All Star Players were from the ABA. The top two leading scorers that season were George Gervin and David Thompson, two ABA alumni. The NBA Finals between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Portland Trailblazers featured five starters with ABA roots; Erving, George McGinnis, Caldwell Jones, Maurice Lucas and Dave Twardzik.
Just to be clear the main focus of this book was on those historic Pacer teams, how good they were, the fun stories that took place during the season or how the teams came about along with the backgrounds of the greats like Roger Brown, Neto, Mel Daniels and company.
"The stories divulged (not all) will educate people as to what was happening with professional sports behind the scenes," said Netolicky. Many books have been written but mostly with falsities, inaccuracies and embellishment. We Changed The Game, just like its name, is the real deal."
The purpose of this book was to raise monies for the "Dropping Dimes Foundation". This was set up former ABA Players that never made it to the NBA whether by their careers winding down or other factors that never received a pension. Many of those said players (some of the very best basketball players in the history of the sport) have lived in poverty for many years and some so poor that an appropriate funeral could not be held for them. One player's name comes to mind, Bird Averitt, an incredible guard with the Kentucky Colonels had no heat in his house when he passed in December of 2020.
"It's a travesty that many of these players have had to live with little to no money for all these years, " said Hall of Famer Big Man Artis Gilmore (nicknamed the A-Train). It's almost like people just forgot about them. There were 225 players without pensions and now it's down to 103. And that's because the others have passed away. And not under the best circumstances. Hopefully between Bob Neto's book and the NBA now currently working with Dropping Dime Foundation President Scott Tartar this may be just what the Doctor ordered or in this case what Neto ordered."
"We've got guys like Bob Costas, who got his start in announcing with the old ABA St. Louis Spirits helping us out and going to bat for us," said Netolicky. "Peter Vecsey, Jim Gray, many former ABA players and current NBA players who were inspired by the Red White and Blue Ball pall bearers are also stepping up the good of the sport and the 103 ABA Greats that are still around and without pensions."
"Demeaned and devalued by NBA snobs and its ill-informed factions, we had chips on our shoulder the size of manhole covers. We were obsessed on gaining equal eyeballs, corresponding appreciation and identical idolatry. The Pacers of Slick Leonard, Mel Daniels, George McGinnis, Bob Netolicky, Freddie Lewis, Darnell Hillman, Don Buse, Jonny Keller and company attained all that and had had a blast doin' it. (Peter Vescey)
Clyde Frazier said it best. "The NBA is the ABA and we didn't want to play against them when it was two different leagues."
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THIRD-QUARTER [AUTOMOBILE] PRODUCTION in North America and Europe came in basically in line with our expectations. But it looks like the North America industry truck mix was well above our forecast, at 57.3% (versus our 54.5%).
In particular, General Motors posted strong volumes on its T900 pickups (which include the Sierra & Silverado) and SUVs (which include the Escalade, Yukon, Suburban and Avalanche), with combined output increasing 8% versus second quarter compared to the 15% to 20% decrease normally seen from the second-to-third-quarter.
Based on our discounted-cash-flow (DCF) analysis, most of the supplier stocks are trading at a 5% to 10% discount on 2011 earnings, relative to consensus. On average, market-implied earnings growth from 2010 to 2011 is about 17% versus consensus-earnings growth of nearly 26% (and our estimate of about 27%).
We think the third-quarter-earnings performance could be particularly strong for companies with GM truck exposure and/or little-to-no market-implied earnings growth in 2011 (namely American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings (ticker: AXL), Superior Industries International (SUP), Lear (LEA) and Tenneco (TEN)). But truck output could slow in fourth quarter, which would create some risk for these same companies.
Longer-term, we still prefer supplier stocks that can generate their own earnings momentum (regardless of industry trends), favoring Johnson Controls (JCI), Tenneco and BorgWarner (BWA).
We are raising our third-quarter earnings-per-share estimate for Ford Motor (F) from 29 cents to 31 cents, driven by an increase in our pretax-profit estimate for the finance company (to $700 million from $500 million), offset by an about $100 million decrease in Europe (to $50 million from $154 million). Our lower forecast in Europe is due to third-quarter volumes in that region that came in about 8% below our previous estimates, compounded by industry-wide price deterioration. On the FinCo [financing] side, we think industry used-car pricing held up better-than-expected in the quarter, especially in the luxury vehicle and pickup-truck segments (where Ford does a lot of leasing).
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Anthony B. July 9, 2021 We Are The Night, Part 1: Annabelle2021-07-09T14:19:55+02:00 Art & Culture, Pop Culture
Our new series, "We are the night" presents artists, promoters, production managers, label owners and others who are bringing the music world of the Czech Republic, from the past to the present and the present to the future. This week we present Prague's electro-pop newcomer Annabelle. Photos: Michal Budinsky / cropped.
It was long and grey, that last year, full of bad news and empty of live events. As often, I was digging around on YouTube for new music, new visuals, interesting sounds.
When you really look you usually end up finding, and I found that track, "Roles" by Fiedlerski ft. Annabelle, an interesting melodic pop track with an unusual drop, production at the same time soft and deep. A really great work.
Sharing the song with a few friends I got only good feedback, so I decided to contact Annabelle to find out more. We sat down in a cafe in Prague's Karlin district for an unconventional discussion about music, creativity, her path and her next steps.
Artist: Annabelle (singer, composer)
Label : Universal Music Czech republic.
Czech-born and raised with Russian roots from her mother, Annabelle started her journey into music via initial contact with MTV RnB standards of the 90s, such as TLC and Destiny's Child.
With a musical education, mainly piano, she later began writing her own songs, using various combinations of piano, guitar, and her own vocals.
She admitted to a strong passion at the time for Amy Winehouse. Who in the last 15 years was not influenced somehow by that London talent? "I was really into her, probably so much that I wanted to sing like her, to be like her." She says this influence helped her understand that she should do her own thing, finding her own musical identity.
A night life and a day job
To play music is also to live music; Annabelle then started work as a production manager for several venues in Prague, meeting the people on the scene and the audiences linked to it.
After some time, still creating tracks and trying to release them, she eventually joined the staff of Universal Czech Republic, working on social media and communication, an opportunity to get one foot in the door of the world of record labels, via one of the most powerful ones.
After a while working there, and with the hope of getting signed, she presented one of her songs to her colleagues. The wife of one of her colleagues was touched instantly and told her husband that if he didn't sign her, he would be missing out on something. The deal was done, and Annabelle made the transition from an office worker to a signed recording artist.
Beginning is the hardest part
Being signed is not the end, it is the beginning. Annabelle understood this quickly and started preparing one-off tracks to be released via Spotify, some of them supported with videos, as the world of music requires of today's artists.
Annabelle's musical identity is, for now, oriented to pop music with a slight electro atmosphere, assuming a mainstream musical mainstream with clear, sultry vocals. Credit: Michal Budinsky.
She grappled with the ongoing debate for artists over whether to sing in Czech or English, and in the end went with English, convinced like a growing number of contemporary Czech artists that this is the best way to connect with as many listeners as possible.
She met the Liberec-based producer Fiedlerski, and they began working together on tracks, supported by video clips (links at the end of the article). About the making of the video of "Roles" she said: "It was in full Covid lockdown… it was really hard, some people were watching us from the windows of buildings and threatening to call the cops." Finally, the video was completed and released onto YouTube.
The second video, "Medicine", was even harder to produce: "As it was in the middle of a pandemic, it was really hard to find sponsors and coordinate a team. I watch a video of a band called BRIXTN ("Inspirace") and I really liked the video, so I contacted the director and tried to see if he would be eventually interested…"
"He was actually ok to go for it, but I had neither money nor a sponsor so I doubted whether it could be possible, but the director told me he had a vision and would find both the teams and the material to complete the video production. I kind of suffered in the making of that clip because I had to be physically involved, half my body in the ground with people throwing some water, with a fireball, big and moving behind me."
Despite a long wait and some concerning moments ("I thought the director would never do it"), the video for "Medicine" was finally completed and released, and it is now a real success on YouTube and Spotify.
Annabelle's musical identity is, for now, oriented to pop music with a slight electro atmosphere, assuming a mainstream musical mainstream with clear, sultry vocals. The substance of her music is slowly taking form with every new track released, and with the final target ahead of an LP. "I'm looking forward to the LP," she says. "I want, when I do the album, to do it well, to have it big, and visible."
To complement her music activity, she co-presents a music show on Radio Wave every week Wednesdays 8pm till 9pm, with recommendations of hot upcoming tracks.
She is also slowly starting to get into performing on stage; she appeared on the Radio 1 stage at United Islands of Prague at the end of June, together with DJ Battle Lady, who also works with Anet X. And there are more gigs to come.
It remains to be seen where her next steps will take her, but be sure to keep an eye and an ear open, because her tracks definitely resonate as an enjoyable medicine.
Annabelle's current playlist
Lorde: "Solar power"
Billie Eilish: "Lost cause"
Olivia Rodrigo: "Jealousy Jealousy"
Annabelle's key tracks
Fiedlerski ft. Annabelle & V.I.C: "Black Hole"
Annabelle: "Medicine"
Fiedlerski ft. Annabelle: "Roles"
Our new series, "We are the night" presents artists, promoters, production managers, label owners and others who are turning around the music world of the Czech Republic, like a soft and deep vinyl LP, from the past to the present and the present to the future. All the pleasure of exploring new sounds, new bands and new places, different personalities and different tracks, but always with the same intention: to discover the emerging Czech music scene, and share it.
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As soon as the big boar turned slightly to his right the 180 grain Berger bullet was on its way along the 574 yard arcing route across the steep canyon. Hit hard, the bear buckled, spun, and then sprinted downhill about 50 yards toward us and then to its left, finally collapsing on the ground.
Through my 25 power Nightforce ATACR rifle scope I watched his head move ever so slightly waiting to see if he'd need a second shot. Soon there was no movement and it was time for high fives. I had just taken a beautiful six and a half foot black bear at 8,000 feet in the Wyoming mountains!
Here I was during spring just below the rapidly receding snow line having lived a dream. Several years ago I had realized that spot and stalk black bear hunting in the western mountains during the early June "rut" season may be the perfect perennial addition to my annual calendar. I drive from my home in Wisconsin to the western mountain states about 10 times per year. In recent years each fall I have been hunting antelope, mule deer and elk. It is always a long wait from the end of my last big game hunt in late fall until the first such hunt 9 months later. In between big game hunting season years, my numerous western trips focus on meeting up with western friends for coyote hunting, shooting, scouting or just solo hiking in some of the best outdoor photographic areas of the country.
My hope now was that I would like my first spring bear hunt and plan to repeat it often in future years. Well, the whole experience was a bases-loaded home run. This trip met all my expectations and I plan on repeating it during early June for at least the next few years.
A couple times in recent years I had headed west on solo DIY attempts to begin black bear hunting. With location advice from western friends I tried a couple spots in Montana. To make that long story short, my first trips featured a few obstacles like blocked forest service road access and an untimely early June snow storm. I saw one bear, a nice sized one, a mile away and moving toward private land.
At the end of that particular hunt the realization of what a bear kill would actually mean in logistics for a solo hunter on foot in the mountains started sinking in. Where I was hunting in the state of Montana I would be required to haul out hide, head and all meat. My body is doing much better than most at my age but it started sounding like maybe it wasn't such a smart idea after all to do it unguided as a solo hunter.
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Right about then Robb Wiley of Non-Typical Outfitters emailed me some pictures of really big color-phase bears his clients had just killed during the 2013 spring season. Wow, they looked great! I was already committed with him for a LRH Group Hunt for deer and another for elk. I had done my due diligence and knew he ran a top notch operation.
Suddenly the whole spot and stalk black bear logistics issue for me became quite simplified in my mind. I would organize a LRH Group Hunt for the next year -- 2014. I love DIY hunts but had been realizing what a challenge it would actually be to find my own bear and then haul it all out from the mountains. Plus I have been enjoying the comradery of the group aspect of last years' two LRH Group Hunts - one for deer and one for elk. Robb's hunts involve horses and mules and are based right in the mountains working out of tent camps.
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Online Crime a Cat-and-Mouse Game for Hackers, Security Companies
Aug 12, 2010 12:00 AM EDT
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/online-crime-a-cat-and-mouse-game-for-hackers-security-companies
Spencer Michels wraps up his cybersecurity series with a look at online crimes and the technology being used to stop them.
JIM LEHRER:
Now the final story in our cyber-security series. NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the problem of online crime.
SPENCER MICHELS:
If you could play an ATM like a slot machine, this would be hitting the jackpot.
At the recent Black Hat Cybersecurity Convention in Las Vegas, computer expert Barnaby Jack showed how to do it. His demo was so controversial, that it was delayed a year so the manufacturers could come up with a fix.
But plenty of other security loopholes remain.
BARNABY JACK, IOActive Labs:
I didn't give away the cookbook recipe to allow anyone to suddenly go and break into these machines, but I think the reason I showed this is I want to raise awareness of these issues. The flaws are actually in the code that the manufactures come up with.
The problem of cyber-crime is not limited to ATM machines. Last year, the FBI reported more than half a billion dollars was lost to Internet thievery. Other estimates are much higher, but it's hard to measure because banks are reluctant to acknowledge their losses.
TERRY AUSTIN, guardian analytics: You know, this is a touchy topic, because a lot of banks don't really want to talk about the fact that they have this vulnerability.
Terry Austin, CEO of Guardian Analytics, a company that designs software to protect banks from cyber-crime, says that his banking clients privately tell him that the threat of being hacked is getting worse.
TERRY AUSTIN:
As we get into the security departments and talk with the executives at banks, they begin to acknowledge how serious a problem it is.
That's partly because more and more people do their banking online — almost a third — and it's partly because the crooks are getting more sophisticated and more organized into crime syndicates.
Joe Menn, who writes for "The Financial Times," talked to a group of bankers about the problem.
JOE MENN, "The Financial Times": The banking industry, as I said, has gotten itself in a bit of trouble by telling everybody how safe on line banking is. So maybe that was true a while back. It is not true today.
The American Bankers Association acknowledges it encourages online banking because customers can check their own accounts online to discover fraud. But finding fraud quickly is not easy. Cyber-criminals often use malicious software designed to infiltrate a computer system without the owner's consent and steal from customers' bank and credit card accounts without their knowledge.
JOE MENN:
Half of all credit card numbers are in the hands of organized criminals, according to the Justice Department. Half of all computers have some form of malware on them. It's the worst stuff that steals your financial passwords and the like.
Hacking into someone else's computer is relatively easy for experts. At McAfee Security Systems, Candace Worley and technician Bruce Snell showed us how a hacker can install malware on a computer without the owner even knowing about it.
BRUCE SNELL, McAfee Security:
We'll just attach it to an email and we'll send it over to Candace, and it will come from, you know, somebody that she recognizes as a friend of hers.
CANDACE WORLEY, McAfree Security:
I'm going to drag the attachment in the e-mail to my desktop. It's going to open that screensaver because I'm thinking I'm getting a cool new screensaver I can install on my laptop.
And now all of her keystrokes can be seen by the criminal.
BRUCE SNELL:
I can pretty much do whatever I do at this point. I can see what's she's typing on her screen. I can really take control of her computer.
With that control, the crooks have access to passwords and bank account numbers.
Terry Austin says criminal gangs have developed a way to move the stolen money out of the country.
TERRY AUSTIN, Guardian Analytics:
They'll often set up a network of what we call mule accounts. These are people who have been hired to work from home to transfer money in and out of a bank account, and then it's whisked offshore.
In his book "Fatal System Error," Menn says the organizers have become local heroes at home.
The people in charge are definitely in Eastern Europe. They're probably in the Ukraine. There is less societal disapproval for crime against people in other countries, particularly the West. And we use credit cards more, we have fatter bank accounts, we're logical targets.
The vulnerability of our financial information has national security implications, says Melissa Hathaway, who led a cyber-security review for President Obama.
MELISSA HATHAWAY, Hathaway Global Strategies:
I think our economic security is our national security. And to the extent that anybody can make the e-commerce infrastructure unstable, that's going to jeopardize really everybody's economy.
Stealing information via computer has become an international sport with a big payoff.
Chris Paget showed another way thieves get information and eventually money. He set up antennas on a 29th floor Las Vegas hotel balcony to demonstrate how credit cards and passports embedded with wireless transponders called RFID tags can be read by crooks.
CHRIS PAGET, security researcher: These things can be read at very long distances. People can be tracked, they can be identified. You can find out all kinds of information about them from these RFID tags that are being issued to you by the government, by stores, and products you buy all over the place.
But hackers don't just use computers to gain access to information, as was made clear in this contest at the DefCon Hackers Convention. Here, contestants like Shane MacDougall showed how they could get crucial information on cyber-security simply by phoning employees at large firms and convincing them to divulge company secrets.
MacDougall called a large automaker.
SHANE MACDOUGALL, security consultant: Is your computer currently running the corporate Symantec anti-virus, or is it running an alternate?
You know, pretending you are doing a survey, pretending you are internal audit, pretending you are external audit, it could be coming up dressed as a courier into the front desk, or, you know, you're a sprinkler inspector. There are so many different ways you can pretext yourself into a company, but basically social engineering is lying.
Do you think it works most of the time?
SHANE MACDOUGALL:
It works all of the time. I mean, whenever you couldn't get in past the firewall, or hack your way in, you could always social-engineer your way in.
Defending against smooth talkers is a matter of training, which experts say is often lacking. Defending against cyber-crime, which is more technical, has become big business.
For years, computer owners have used anti-virus services like McAfee or Norton to protect against malware. McAfee's Candace Worley said her firm processed 17 million pieces of malware last year, and the threat is changing.
CANDACE WORLEY:
It's a constant game of cat and mouse; right? So, we build a better mousetrap, the hackers basically create a better mouse. And so it's a constant process of evolving our technologies to address the new types of attacks that they create. So about the time we believe we've caught up with everything they could do, they create something new.
But some security experts question whether it's possible to keep up with the bad guys, especially for individuals trying to protect their own computers.
Guardian Analytics CEO Terry Austin says computer bank robbery often takes place without banks even missing the money at first. Austin's firm has designed a system to detect suspicious activity using changes to a customer's usual patterns.
We saw a fraud attempt, nearly a million-dollar wire transfer, where the fraudster broke into the account with stolen credentials. They set up some new payees, some people to receive funds, and then they tried to execute wire transfers to those new payees. Luckily, we saw it before they could get any money out.
But fraud detection systems like that and more traditional virus protection services face a continuing battle. And for his part, writer Joe Menn thinks it's a losing battle.
If I had to bet, I would bet that it's going to run wild and forever, and it's going to destroy the Internet as we've come to think of it as a place that is safe to do business, safe to do financial transactions, safe to put your sensitive business materials in the cloud and access it remotely. It's really, really bad.
Others say that by talking about cyber-crime and figuring out what the criminals are up to and how they work, security may be possible.
The administration and the industry say they are working towards that goal.


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The Lost History of "Piers Plowman": The Earliest Transmission of Langland's Work
Lawrence Warner
Series: The Middle Ages Series
Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt3fhp40
The Lost History of "Piers Plowman"
Despite the recent outpouring of scholarship onPiers Plowman, Lawrence Warner contends, we know much less about the poem's production, transmission, and readership than one might think. When did William Langland write each of the three versions of the poem, and when did they enter wide circulation? What role did scribes and other agents play in these processes?The Lost History of "Piers Plowman"engages with these questions to bring about a fundamental shift in our understanding of the genesis and development of the Middle English poem.
According to received history, the poem exists in three distinct, chronological versions, the A, B, and C texts, with most scholars agreeing that Langland completed the B text-the version most familiar to modern readers-around 1377-78. Challenging much of the prevalent wisdom about the poem, Warner argues that the received B text is not an integral poem aligned with a single author but, rather, two groups of manuscripts, each of which, because of scribal activities, takes on varying amounts of what we now call C version matter. Through close textual analysis, he reveals that the B text is a conflation of an ur-B text with a collection of passages that belong to the C version of circa 1390, demonstrating that the circulation of the C text actually predates that of the B.
The Lost History of "Piers Plowman"is a groundbreaking and provocative work that establishes an entirely new paradigm for the study of one of the central works of Middle English literature. It will be of interest to scholars and students of textual studies, editorial theory, and medieval history.
Subjects: Language & Literature
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(pp. ix-xviii)
Chapter 1 Piers Plowman Before 1400: Evidence for the Earliest Circulation of A, B, and C
William Langland was finished withPiers PlowmanA by around 1370, but its earliest extant manuscripts are no earlier than about 1390.¹ Such gaps are not unusual for Middle English poetry,² but the existence ofPiers Plowmanin so many versions, and the indications that major figures like John Ball and Geoffrey Chaucer knew one of those versions as early as 1380, render our response to this gap in particular especially urgent. The predominant narrative of the poem's early existence—that the B version was the only one available by that date—is in effect a gloss on that gap,...
Chapter 2 Scribal Conflation, Convergent Variation, and the Invention of Piers Plowman B
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The archetype of all surviving B copies, as we saw in the Preface, concludes with a rubric expecting a further, twenty-first passus: an odd error resulting from contamination by a C manuscript, in which the rubric worked perfectly well as an explicit. These few pen-strokes in manuscripts L and R thus have enormous consequences in that they identify the moment of Bx's production as the era of conflation and conjoinment. The critical propensity for focusing only on authorial texts has led to an almost exclusive focus on the three versions, dated to the 1360s, 1370s, and 1380s respectively, but the...
Chapter 3 The Poison of Possession: B Passus 15
In a famous forty-line invective printed as B 15.533–69, Anima inveighs against the ill effects of the Donation of Constantine, the apocryphal act that was believed to have ceded the Lateran in Rome to the papacy.¹ This passage has long figured prominently in textual and editorial work on the poem, and its culminating lines (564–67), an explosive call for disendowment, have served as an important touchstone for studies ofPiers Plowmanand topics as diverse as Wycliffism, anticlericalism, Franciscanism, vernacularism, English historiography, and the politics of the C revision.² Here is the passage as it appears in National...
Chapter 4 The Ending, and End, of Piers Plowman B
Are passus 19 and 20 ofPiers PlowmanB the 1000-odd lines of Middle English poetry with the greatest impact upon our understandings of English culture c. 1380? Few competitors present themselves. These passus' sheer power has attracted much of the attention: Robert Frank heard "splendid Beethovian thunder" in passus 20, which features Will's waking encounter with Need and the apocalyptic final dream in which Elde and Antichrist ravage Holy Church.¹ The final few lines, in which Conscience announces that he "wol bicome a pilgrime, / And wenden as wyde as the world renneth / To seke Peres the Plouhman"...
Conclusion. Lollars, Friars, and Fyndynges: C Passus 9 and the Creation of Piers Plowman
Piers PlowmanB was a much different poem, so I have argued, from the entity Skeat and his successors constructed and that has been studied ever since. This stage of the poem, which took shape in the late 1370s, lacked a series of passages totalling about eighty lines from passus 3, 8, 9, 12, 15, and 16; lacked the final two passus altogether; and had not yet taken on those hundred or so RF/Cx readings that conflict with W~M/N². But we can cast this in positive terms as well: over the course of the 1380s Langland put together a program...


Does "C" lead to espionage or just more pay-to-play?
Yesterday afternoon, FBI Director, James Comey, sent a letter to key members of Congress informing them that the Hillary Clinton email investigation is being reopened. The media, in the tank for Hillary, went berserk, the Democrats went berserk, and Hillary Clinton demanded Comey provide more information. With the election 10 days away, this revelation does have the obvious ability to impact the election, so of course, the political optics should concern everyone and assuredly they concerned everyone on the Left and in the media.
Speculation runs rife, but so far, the media is reporting that new emails came to the FBI's notice through its investigation of perv, Anthony Weiner's sexting with a minor investigation. Media reports assert that electronic devices belonging to both Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin, estranged wife of perv Weiner were subpoenaed in this investigation.
One can only wonder what "information" would prod Comey to act, since he already listed an array of felonies, from mishandling classified information to obstruction of justice, in his July "nothing criminal" statement and dismissed them as "extremely careless". So, knowing that Comey did not feel compelled to pursue those crimes, it stands to reason to wonder what might have motivated him to act now, especially this close to the election.
The media is yammering about pay-to-play and more classified information, but I keep thinking about that charge list Comey read off in July and then dismissed. Perhaps, it was something so serious, that even compromised-his-integrity Comey could not bring himself to ignore it as just, "extremely careless"… like, maybe espionage (pure speculation on my part, but hey, I feel no remorse).
Did she ever undergo a formal security background check to ascertain she is not a security risk???
Or was that waived by Hillary Clinton? This same question should be asked of President Obama and his White House staff. It should also be asked, looking back, to President Bush and President Clinton too. I remember, during the Clinton administration, people in the national security community raised serious alarms about the lack of proper security vetting, which allowed unvetted people close access to the Clinton White House.
And if my speculation turns out to have any veracity, it should prod both sides, especially grand-stander, John McCain, to seriously review how elected officials in Washington vet their staffs. I've been wondering since 2013 why on earth McCain hired disgraced ISW analyst, Elizabeth O'Bagy, after she was fired by the Institute for the Study of War. And of course, did she ever undergo a security background check?
How Abedin, with her connection to the Muslim Brotherhood, ever passed a security background check, boggles the mind, but the same goes for O'Bagy, who is still a staffer for John McCain.
In 1980, I was a lowly private in the US Army. I arrived at the 21st Replacement in Frankfurt, Germany, because the lower ranks did not have direct assignments in Germany. I was being given my assignment as an Army journalist/information specialist, but first I was asked some questions, because the assignment was to Berlin. The first question was, "Do you know anyone in the Soviet Union or Eastern bloc countries?" I answered honestly, that I had a pen pal in Czechoslovakia, as a teenager.
"A few days ago, the Wall Street Journal ran a high profile article from one Elizabeth O'Bagy arguing that the majority of the Syrian rebels were actually moderates.
Senator McCain mentioned Elizabeth O'Bagy's op-ed during the Senate hearings, when he wasn't playing poker, and tweeted it. That should come as no surprise, considering that O'Bagy is credited with arranging McCain'sinfamous photo op with the Syrian rebel leadership.
The Wall Street Journal lists O'Bagy's role as the Institute for the Study of War. It leaves out the fact that she is the political director for the Syrian Emergency Task Force making her an activist.
Mouaz Moustafa is a Palestinian Arab and the Executive Director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force which arranged for McCain's visit.
Now, I must disagree with Greenfield, because I think these "oh so innocent American women, with Islamic radical ties", matter a great deal. I think they might matter more than the men, like Moustafa, because these women have ingratiated themselves with top US politicians and have complete access to highly classified information, but also a great deal of influence over these politicians.
Things have changed a great deal, but it sure seems like national security protocols now center around partisan domestic politics and the vagaries of the egos of entrenched Washington insiders, like McCain and Clinton, whom operate above the rules of lesser mortals, than they do about the actual national security of the United States of America.
I meant to add, I did have a "Secret" security clearance, just couldn't be stationed in Berlin, because of a pen pal, whom I had never met.
Well, that was 1980 and we were still in a Cold War mentality, but even now many people in the military are disgusted that she could jeopardize national security on this scale and not be held accountable in any way. Even if you mishandle classified information, accidentally, with no malice intent, the military still takes that seriously and demands accountability. Most accidents are usually preventable and ones involving how you personally handled sensitive information entrusted to you – are 99.9% preventable. You had control to avoid it happening. I'd go with 100%preventable, but I'm sure there's some far-fetched hypothetical to make a case for an unpreventable mishandling case. I am not a criminal defense attorney, so I will concede that some of them could conjure up that sort of scenario.


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WHO extends COVID-19 emergency; cases soar in Brazil, Russia
Adam Calaitzis / iStock
The World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 emergency committee met yesterday to review the latest pandemic developments, and the WHO's director-general today accepted the group's recommendation that the event still warrants a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations.
The global total rose to 3,329,740 cases today in 187 countries, and at least 237,647 people have died from their infections, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.
Public health emergency extended
The WHO first declared the PHEIC on Jan 30, and the emergency committee typically reviews the developments and reviews its recommendations every 3 months, or more often, as needed. At a media telebriefing today, Didier Houssin, MD, who chairs the panel, said the group heard updates from each of the WHO's six regions and got the global view from the WHO headquarters. He said the event is clearly still a PHEIC and that the pandemic is not finished.
The group addressed more than 20 recommendations, some directed at the WHO and others geared toward all member countries. The committee voiced concerns about the impact of food and other supplies to fragile countries, due to interruptions in cargo shipments due to travel restrictions. It urged the WHO, for example, to develop guidance for the gradual return of passenger travel and update recommendations on appropriate travel measures with an eye toward analyzing the effects on international COVID-19 transmission.
Also, the committee urged the WHO to encourage global animal health groups to identify the animal source of the virus and how it jumped to humans.
For countries, for example, the WHO experts urged nations to support WHO leadership and collaborate with the WHO at all levels and to document and share lessons learned from steps to control the pandemic, including applying and lifting public health measures.
At the briefing, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, the WHO's director-general, said the agency appreciates the committee's confidence and trust and accepted the group's recommendations. He again urged countries to take a comprehensive approach to battling the pandemic.
WHO details EIB funding partnership
In another development, Tedros said a pledging conference will be held on May 4 to fund the recently announced Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, a massive global effort to fast-track and scale-up the development of vaccine and drugs and make them available to countries that need them the most.
Also, Werner Hoyer, president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), announced a new partnership between the WHO and the EIB to shore up efforts to battle COVID-19 and to strengthen health system to tackle future health threats. The first phase will address urgent needs and boost primary healthcare in 10 African countries and bolster financing for essential supplies, such as personal protective equipment and tests.
The partnership also takes aim at other health threats. The agreement establishes a European Union Malaria Fund, a private-public partnership to put $274 million toward addressing market failures that have held back more effective malaria treatments. And as part of the partnership to address antimicrobial resistance, the WHO and EIB will work on new financing to support the development of new antibiotics, with a goal of raising nearly $1.1 billion for medium-term solutions.
Brazil, Russia cases surge
In developments in global hot spots, cases in Brazil are soaring, with 6,209 more infections reported today, along with 428 more deaths. The number of deaths in the city of Manaus, near the country's rainforest, have forced cemetery officials to bury five coffins at a time in mass graves, and the city may run out of coffins soon, Reuters reported. Officials warned that other Brazilian cities may soon face similar situations.
Meanwhile, the country's president continues to downplay the COVID-19 outbreak, calling it just a "little cold," and is facing new criticism on his remarks that shrugged off the deaths.
Russia today reported another record high in cases, with 7,933 new infections reported, according to CBS News. The mayor of Moscow, the country's main hot spot, said the situation may have stabilized, but he warned that difficult days are ahead and that a shortage of hospital beds could occur in the coming weeks. Officials are assessing large facilities that could be used at temporary COVID-19 hospitals.
Tajikistan reports first case; Iran reports alcohol poisonings
Elsewhere, Tajikistan recently reported its first case, and the country's government has invited a WHO mission to help authorities prepare for and manage spread of the virus. In a statement, the WHO said that, over the past 2 months, it has organized about 60 missions to countries in the European region to help with technical guidance and operational planning.
In Iran, at least 700 people have died after drinking methanol, wrongly thinking it can cure COVID-19, Al Jazeera reported. A report from the national coroner said alcohol poisoning has killed 728 between Feb 20 and Apr 7, up sharply from 66 such deaths reported for all of 2019. The country's health minister said 5,011 people have been sickened by methanol alcohol and about 90 have lost their eyesight or have eye damage.
The WHO last month called alcohol as COVID-19 treatment a dangerous myth and said it should be restricted during lockdown.
Elsewhere, China today reported 12 more cases, 6 imported and 6 local, which include 5 in Heilongjiang province and 1 in Inner Mongolia, according to the National Health Commission. It also reported 25 new asymptomatic cases, all of them local.


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Carl von Linné hade ett tjugotal elever som han kallade sina apostlar eller lärjungar. Lärjungarna reste runt i världen för att forska och samla in material. Det var ofta farofyllda och äventyrliga resor där flera fick sätta livet till.

Efter Linnés död 1778 blev det eftertraktat att kallas "Linnélärjunge". Äretiteln har ibland använts utan att det funnits täckning för den. Senare forskning tillämpar en vid definition av Linnélärjunge, och räknar som sådan bland annat den som av Linné angivits som lärjunge, den som disputerade under Linné eller den som följde hans föreläsningar. Stundom särskiljer man dem som på Linnés uppdrag genomförde forskningsresor och kallar dem "Apostlar". Beteckningen apostlar antyder att de också skulle sprida Linnés lära.

Urval av lärjungar

Några av lärjungarna var:

 Christoffer Tärnström 1711–1746
 Pehr Kalm 1716–1779
 Olof Torén 1718–1753
 Carl Fredrik Adler 1720–1761
 Fredrik Hasselquist 1722–1752
 Pehr Osbeck 1723–1805
 Anders Tidström 1723–1779
 Erik Gustaf Lidbeck 1724–1803
 Daniel Rolander 1725–1793
 Pehr Löfling 1729–1756
 Anton Rolandsson Martin 1729–1785
 Hieronymus von der Burg 1730–1811
 Peter Forsskål 1732–1763
 Johan Peter Falck 1733–1774
 Daniel Solander 1733–1782
 Mathias Wallberg 1737–1808
 Johann Christian Daniel Schreber 1739–1810
 Göran Rothman 1739–1778
 Birger Martin Hall 1741–1815
 Carl Peter Thunberg 1743–1828
 Andreas Berlin 1746–1773
 Anders Sparrman 1748–1820
 Erik Acharius 1757–1819
 M.A. Afonin  (Ryska: Матве́й Ива́нович Афо́нин)  1739—1810
 A.M. Karamysjev (Ryska: Алекса́ндр Матве́евич Кара́мышев) 1744-1791
 Erik Tuvén 1721–1766

Se även
 Amoenitates Academicae, samling av avhandlingar för vilka Linné presiderade.
 Lärjunge

Källor
 Birger Strandell, "Linnés lärjungar. Varifrån kom de och vart tog de vägen?", Svenska Linnésällskapets årsskrift, 1979–81, s.105–143.
 Sverker Sörlin & Otto Fagerstedt, Linné och hans apostlar, Stockholm: Natur&Kultur, 2004.

Noter

Carl von Linné
Vetenskapshistoria


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Smiler
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The Smiler
Location Alton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Park section X-Sector
Status Operating since May 31, 2013
Cost £18,000,000
Height restriction 140 cm (55 inches)
Replaced Black Hole
Manufacturer Gerstlauer
Designer / calculations John Wardley (ride consultant)
Ben Dowson (development)
Candy Holland (artistic direction)
Type Steel
Model / product Infinity Coaster (Custom)
Riders per train 16
Hourly capacity 1200
Propulsion One chain lift hill, one vertical chain lift hill
Height30 metres
Top speed85 km/h
Length1170 metres
Inversions14
Steepest drop50°
Duration2:45
G-force4.5 g
[1] - HELP
The Smiler is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers, opened in May 2013. The ride is manufactured by Gerstlauer and is an Infinity Coaster roller coaster. The ride is positioned where the Black Hole was formerly located, opposite Oblivion. The ride is the first roller coaster with 14 inversions.
Due to "teething" problems, the coaster did not open on the planned date of May 23. The ride opened on May 31, 2013.
2.1 Trains
Smiler under construction
Plans were submitted for SW7 in late December 2011. Documents were later revealed showing that it was a custom Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster. Planning permission was granted on 15 March 2012, despite opposition from both Alton and Farley Parish councils.
Deconstruction of the Black Hole tent started in April 2012.
Track arrived on October 27, 2012 and vertical construction began in early December 2012.
On January 21, 2013, the ride's name was announced as The Smiler.
The ride was originally scheduled to open for the start of Alton Towers' 2013 season on March 16, 2013, however due to the ride falling behind schedule the opening was delayed to May 2013.
The ride's track was completed in April 2013 and a new opening date of May 23, 2013 was announced. However, on May 22, Alton Towers announced that due to "unforeseen teething problems" The Smiler would not be open on May 23. After the problems were ironed out, Smiler opened on May 31, 2013.
Heartline roll
Lift hill
Dive loop
Cobra roll
Double Corkscrew
The Smiler is an Infinity Coaster, manufactured by Gerstlauer. It has two lift hills and 14 inversions.
4 trains with 4 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 16 riders per train.
The ride was codenamed SW7. This stands for Secret Weapon 7. This name was used for Thirteen (SW6), Air(SW5), Oblivion (SW4) and Nemesis (SW3). It was subsequently used again for Wicker Man (SW8) in 2018.
On 21 July 2013, a bolt fell from the ride. People queueing for the ride at the time said that they heard a large clanging sound as the bolt fell. The bolt partially disengaged two sections of track and the ride reopened on 25 July 2013.
On 4 November 2013, guide wheels flew off one of the ride's trains as the train was ascending the vertical incline and hit four people in the face. The ride was closed for the rest of Scarefest.
On June 2, 2015, two cars collided, one full and one empty. The four riders in the front row; Daniel Thorpe, Vicky Balch, Joe Pugh and Leah Washington were seriously injured. The following week, Washington had her left leg amputated above her knee as a result of her injuries. On June 26, it was revealed that Balch had her leg amputated below the knee after multiple operations to save her leg were unsuccessful.
Following the accident, merchandise and references to the Smiler were removed from the park. The fate of the ride was unknown until November 24, 2015, when Alton Towers announced that the accident was caused by human error and the ride would reopen in 2016.[2] [3] On March 19, 2016, the ride reopened after 9.5 months of closure. Merlin Entertainments, operator of Alton Towers, was later fined £5 million for the accident on September 27, 2016.
↑ The Smiler. Gerstlauer Amusement Rides
↑ Four seriously injured in Alton Towers crash - BBC News
↑ Alton Tower bosses considering scrapping Smiler after the accident - Daily Record
Most inversions on a roller coaster (14)
10 Inversion Roller Coaster Most inversions on a roller coaster (14)
May 2013 - present Succeeded by
Roller coasters at Alton Towers
Present Galactica • Nemesis • Oblivion • Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure • Rita • Runaway Mine Train • Smiler • Spinball Whizzer • Thirteen • Wicker Man
Former 4 Man Bob • Alton Mouse • Beastie • Black Hole • Corkscrew • Mini Apple • New Beast • Thunderlooper
Unbuilt Secret Weapon 1 & 2 • unknown
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