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Project Veritas exposes former New Hampshire US Attorney Jim Letten
Posted on April 24, 2019 by TrailDust | 15 comments
When all else fails, circle the wagons and resort to bullying tactics
"Project Veritas confronts former US Attorney Jim Letten at Tulane University, where he is now employed as a dean at the law school.
Letten resigned in disgrace when his office was found attempting to manipulate open trials by disparaging the reputation of defendants on online public forums…
…When confronted, Letten only came out of his office after contacting various members of law enforcement. He then proceeded to swear at our reporters, created fictional crimes, made false statements in front of police, and even committed a minor assault. He acted with complete impunity, as the police officers patiently waited in silence until the conclusion of his tirade, only to then detain our reporters under another fictional pretense…"
New Hampshire puzzles me
Like Texas, it has a long-earned reputation of conservatism and stability. And like Texas, it has been invaded by corrupt Leftists (forgive the redundancy) from nearby Liberal states.
I learned that on a leaf peeping tour of Franconia Notch in the October before Obama won his first presidential term. We had just put on bumper stickers that said "Socialism is Bad Change," before we stopped at the Indian Head Resort for supper before our trek back to Massachusetts. It was a beautiful warm evening. We could see the Indian Head shape on the mountain that gave the retro resort its name. On coming back to the parking lot to the cars, I noticed that my "Socialism is Bad Change" bumper sticker had been torn off!
That was the moment I realized that the Democrats had shifted from honest debate to thuggish revolution. It was also the moment I realized the old conservative New Hampshire was no more.
James O'Keefe's confrontation with political hack Jim Letten is one more illustration of the sad decline. Note: now that Letten has left government in disgrace, he has found shelter in the Leftist stronghold of Tulane University.
Years ago when driving along the Colombian coast from Santa Marta to Cartagena, I asked our host where the soldiers for the Leftist army, the FARC, were being recruited. He pointed at a university we were driving past and said, "at the colleges, by the professors."
Let's add this up, you send your son or daughter to college and expect them to come back challenged by new views; to bring unexpected conclusions, on the road to becoming their own man or woman. But instead, they are recruited into the (then) most murderous army in the Western Hemisphere! AT COLLEGE!!!
Sound familiar? That is happening in America, too.
Pray for your kids. Pray for America.
♞
Posted in Liberals/Democrats/Left, Obama, Obama's America, social justice warriors/SJW
Tagged disgraced US Attorney, James O'Keefe, Jim Letten, leftist bullys, New Hampshire, Project Veritas
Too-stupid-to-understand-FISA-memo Americans inundate Rep. Adam Schiff & Sen. Feinstein with 'I'm not a Russian bot' phone calls
Update: Full FISA Memo released!!!
Our elected politicians just don't get it: They are not our overlords — they work for us.
Remember Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), 57, who said the House Intelligence Committee (on which he is a ranking member) should not release the FISA memo to the public because the American people simply can't understand it?
The now-infamous 4-page FISA memo is described as so "shocking" and "explosive", it could lead to the removal of senior officials in the NSA, FBI and DOJ, the end of Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation, and even people going to jail.
See "Tell Congress to release the 'explosive' FISA memo that'll put officials in jail!"
But Schiff dismisses the FISA memo as a set of "distorted" "talking points" drafted by Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee. He also invoked the Democrats' favorite boogeyman — the Russians — accusing his Republican colleagues on the committee of colluding with "Russian trolls and bots".
When news went viral — of the FISA memo and Schiff's characterization of the American people as too stupid to understand it — there was a popular outcry to #ReleaseTheMemo.
Still thinking the American people to be stupid, Democrats dug in with their Russian boogeyman meme, accusing the #ReleaseTheMemo social-media campaign of being Kremlin-orchestrated social media actors or LARPers pretending to be Americans.
On Tuesday, January 23, Schiff and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) actually sent a letter (see below) to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, demanding a forensic examination into the #ReleaseTheMemo campaign being the work of "Russian bots" or fake Americans.
News of the Schiff-Feinstein letter unleashed a tsunami of phone calls to their respective offices, from American citizens confirming they are not Russian bots. One Twitter user said Schiff's office is now hanging up on American citizens calling to say they're not Russian bots. LOL
Here's a sample of tweets from Americans who called:
"Adam Schiff's office is now hanging up on citizens calling to say they are not Russian Bots."
" I called Schiff's office and actually got a live person, he wasn't too happy with my message and hung up "
"A very rude young man in Adam Schiff's office just hung up on me. After he talked over me and wouldn't even let me finish a sentence."
"Schiff's office not accepting voicemail. I'm an EXDemocrat – NOT a BOT!"
"My husband just got through to Schiff's office. Told them 'Censorship is Communism!' That he was an American Citizen and didn't eat Borscht and drink Vodka! We the People Want the Memo! Schiff is a Mental case and should resign!"
Call Schiff and Feinstein and tell them you're not a Russian bot!
Adam Schiff: (202) 225-4176
Diane Feinstein: (415) 393-0707
By the way, Rep. Schiff said we won't be able to understand the FISA memo because we don't have the memo's classified background information. But we do have that information — the 99-page United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Memorandum Opinion and Order, dated April 26, 2017, which is a blueprint of how the Obama administration and the Deep State illegally spied on President Trump, as well as on U.S. citizens.
See "'Explosive' FISA memo: 'Top secret' source document details Obama NSA illegal spying/doxxing of U.S. citizens"
H/t Gateway Pundit
Posted in 2016 Election, 4th Amendment, Congress, conspiracy, Constitution, crime, Dept of Justice, Donald Trump, FBI, Hillary Clinton, Liberals/Democrats/Left, NSA, Obama, Obama's America, social media, Uncategorized
Tagged Diane Feinstein, FISA memo
Kaepernick's parents say their son "is possibly putting his life on the line for those (his) beliefs"
Posted on December 12, 2016 by DCG | Leave a comment
A military parent might have a different perspective about that statement.
From ESPN: The parents of embattled San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick have broken their silence on their son's decision to kneel for the playing of the national anthem this season.
"Colin is carrying a heavy load and following a difficult path that he truly believes in. He is putting his entire future and possibly his life on the line for those beliefs," Teresa and Rick Kaepernick wrote in a statement addressed to The Undefeated on Friday. "As his parents, it pains us to read articles and tweets saying that his family does not support him; this could not be further from the truth. We want people to know that we are very proud of our son and admire his strength and courage in kneeling for the rights of others."
Reached by phone Friday evening, Teresa Kaepernick said the couple initially wanted to avoid the limelight associated with making a public statement about their son but were shocked by the overwhelmingly false narrative that she and her husband don't support their son.
The Kaepernicks' support of Colin initially came into question after USA Today reported in early September that the family flew an American flag in front of their Modesto, California, home, an apparent statement of their displeasure with Colin. At the time, Teresa said, "It's not in our best interest or Colin's best interest" to make a comment. Colin later told reporters that his parents "agree with what I'm standing for."
Glad to know Kaepernick's parents agree with their son standing for Castro
More than three months later, his parents are finally ready to speak.
"Colin has chosen to kneel for the national anthem as a protest to the continuing racial inequality in this country," the statement read. "He has explained his reasons for this in multiple interviews, yet it seems some people still do not understand his point. For whatever reason, there are some who want to view this as an anti-military protest or an un-American stance. These views could not be further from the truth, but we know that people will believe what they wish to believe. The recent remarks (attacks) by Admiral Harris supported by the Pentagon are over the top, and we feel the desire to make a public statement in support of our son."
On Wednesday, Adm. Harry B. Harris, who heads the U.S. Pacific Command, made indirect comments against Kaepernick while addressing a crowd to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. "You can bet that the men and women we honor today — and those who died that fateful morning 75 years ago — never took a knee and never failed to stand whenever they heard our national anthem being played," he said.
"Our military takes an oath to support and defend the Constitution, and many have fought and died to defend our constitutional rights. Indeed after such sacrifice it is a reasonable expectation that all of our citizens enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," the Kaepernicks' statement read.
"I just want to be on the record that we absolutely do support him," Teresa told The Undefeated by phone.
Posted in #BlackLivesMatter, Liberals/Democrats/Left, Media, Military, Obama's America, Race, race war, Racism, United States
Tagged Colin Kaepernick, communism, Cuba, NFL, SF 49ers
Florida VA hospital left deceased veteran in shower room for 9 hours, report finds
There IS NO EXCUSE for this. Wait until you see what the hospital said about it. Warning: My response to them is NSFW.
From Fox News: An internal report blames staffers at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Florida for leaving the body of a deceased veteran to decompose in a shower for nine hours and then trying to cover it up.
The 24-page report concluded that hospice staffers at the Bay Pines VA hospital failed to provide appropriate post-mortem care to the veteran's body, Fox 13 Tampa reports.
The report found hospice staff put the veteran's body in a hallway and left it there for an unspecified time, the station reported. Staff then put the veteran's body in the shower room and did not "check on the status of the decedent…for over nine hours."
The Medical Center Director for Bay Pines, Suzanne Klinker. From her bio,"With dedication to the organization's I CARE values of integrity, commitment, advocacy, respect, and excellence, she oversees health care delivery for the entire organization which includes one large medical center, eight outpatient clinics and 4,000 employees with an operating budget of more than $700 million." Contact the women dedicated to respect and excellence at 727-398-9300.
The report also found that a staff member then "falsely documented" the incident, Fox 13 reported.
The investigative report said that leaving the body unattended for so long increased the chance of decomposition.
"The report details a total failure on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs and an urgent need for greater accountability," Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., told the station. "Unsurprisingly, not a single VA employee has been fired following this incident, despite a clear lack of concern and respect for the veteran. The men and women who sacrificed on behalf of our nation deserve better."
The unnamed veteran died in February after spending time in hospice care. The hospital's Administrative Investigation Board ordered retraining for staff.
Hospital spokesman Jason Dangel told the Tampa Bay Times hospital officials view what happened as unacceptable.
Posted in Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Military, Obama, Obama scandals, Obama's America, Taxes, United States, US Presidents, V.A. hospitals
Tagged Florida
US students are getting worse at math as science and reading skills stagnate
Posted on December 8, 2016 by DCG | Leave a comment
This is what happens when school administrators are concerned that everyone receives a participation trophy and coddle special snowflakes. Maybe they should focus more on real education instead of worrying about which bathrooms transgenders should use.
American Federation of Teachers union members wear "Obama, Biden 2012" shirts as they wait in line to hear U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speak during their AFT convention in Detroit, Michigan, July 29, 2012. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
From Daily Mail: Americans students are having major math problems and have fallen behind the rest of the world, a new study has revealed. The latest global snapshot of student performance shows declining math scores in the U.S., while performances in science and reading stagnated.
The concerning findings were part of the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) study, which looks into the performance of more than 500,000 15-year-olds across schools in more than 70 countries. Just under 6,000 students took part in American schools.
The top performing country in all three categories was Singapore, while Hong Kong and Macau were second and third in mathematics. Japan and Estonia, and Canada and Hong Kong rounded out the top-three in science and reading, respectively. The U.S. ranked 40th in math, 24th in reading, and 25th in science.
'We're losing ground – a troubling prospect when, in today's knowledge-based economy, the best jobs can go anywhere in the world,' Education Secretary John B. King Jr. said after the results were published. 'Students in Massachusetts, Maryland, and Minnesota aren't just vying for great jobs along with their neighbors or across state lines, they must be competitive with peers in Finland, Germany, and Japan.'
Education Secretary John King
Math was a stubborn concern, the experts identifying the drop off the result of something that has been building for years. The U.S. average score was 470, below the international average of 490. Singapore topped the math chart with an average of 564. The American score was 12 points lower than it was in 2012 and 18 points lower than in 2009. The tests are based on a 1,000-point scale.
'This pattern that we're seeing in mathematics seems to be consistent with what we've seen in previous assessments – everything is just going down,' Peggy Carr, acting commissioner at the National Center for Education Statistics, said.
Andreas Schleicher, director of education and skills at OECD, said the struggle of American students in math was in part due to their inability to solve more complex problems. 'Students are often good at answering the first layer of a problem in the United States,' Schleicher said. 'But as soon as students have to go deeper and answer the more complex part of a problem, they have difficulties.'
Moving away from math, the study also found U.S. students were right around the international average in science and reading. Americans scored 496 in science, compared to a global mean of 493, and 497 in reading, compared to 493. Scores in both categories have remained flat since 2009. The study is the latest to document how American students are under-performing their peers in several Asian nations.
ATF President Randi Weingarten
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) described the results as 'disappointing but not surprising'. 'They were predictable given the impact of the last 15 years of U.S. education policies combined with continuing state disinvestment following the 2008 recession. Thirty-one states still spend less per pupil than before the recession,' AFT President Randi Weingarten said.
National Center on Education and the Economy President Marc Tucker said the test proves the U.S. needs to look at what works for 'smarter countries' around the world and adopt those methods. 'It is critical to look not only at their average high performance, but also at the strategies they use to achieve much greater equity across and within schools compared to the United States,' Tucker said.
The test is coordinated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and conducted every three years. Schools included in each country are randomly selected.
Posted in 2016 Election, Children, Education, Hillary Clinton, Liberals/Democrats/Left, Millennials, Obama, Obama's America, professors and intellectuals, Science & technology, Taxes, Unions, United States, US Presidents
Tagged Canada, Japan, National Center for Education Statistics
Grinnell College warns against 'deplorable and problematic' costumes
Posted on October 27, 2016 by DCG | Leave a comment
From Campus Reform: Grinnell College (a private liberal arts college in Iowa) is promoting a guide to help students avoid "cultural appropriation" this Halloween, warning that some costumes could be considered "deplorable and problematic." (Gee, wonder where they got the idea for the word "deplorable?")
The guide provides several examples of costumes that might fit the definition of "cultural appropriation," defining the term as "the act of displaying people's cultures in a disrespectful or condescending manner."
The guide, called "My Identity, Not Your Costume," goes on to list several examples of "offensive" Halloween costumes, featuring pictures of Grinnell students holding photos of costumes that would be considered disrespectful towards their culture.
In one instance, the guide shows a picture of a burly white man dressed in lingerie with a sash proclaiming "Call me Caitlyn," referring to Caitlyn Jenner. The photo is held by a Grinnell student wearing a "National Coming Out Day" pin, and includes a caption stating, "the misrepresentation of my identity bothers me because people categorize me by my looks and may not understand my culture."
You just don't understand this culture…
Another example of culturally appropriated Halloween costumes, according to the guide, is "using other cultures as accessories to appear more hip/interesting without adequate understanding or permission," one example of which is a picture of someone dressed as a Hindu deity being held by an Indian student and the message that such costumes are "deplorable and problematic."
It then warns students that if their costumes take "defining characteristics of another culture" without "permission, or understanding of the historical background behind the said culture," then these costumes might be too offensive to wear.
The guide then concludes with two questions the school thinks students should consider before selecting a Halloween costume, asking, "Does your costume perpetuate stereotypes or inaccurately portray my culture as a joke?" as well as "Why would I find your 'Halloween costume' to be offensive?"
Campus Reform reached out to Grinnell for a comment on the matter but did not receive a response in time for publication.
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Posted in Culture War, Education, Liberals/Democrats/Left, Obama's America, Race, Racism, United States
Tagged Grinnell College, Iowa, Perpetual Victimhood, perpetually offended
ObamaCare fallout: As premiums rise, so does cost to taxpayers
Going as planned.
From Fox News: The Obama administration is trying to calm the panic over soaring ObamaCare premiums by pointing to subsidies many will receive to offset the cost — but analysts and GOP lawmakers counter that those subsidies nevertheless will stick taxpayers with a rising bill.
With enrollment set to begin Nov. 1, the administration announced Monday that premiums are set rise an average of 25 percent across the 39 states served by the federally run online market. Some states, such as Arizona, will see premiums jump by as much as 116 percent.
Department of Health and Human Services officials are stressing that subsidies provided under the law, which are designed to rise alongside premiums, will insulate most customers from sticker shock.
But the rising cost of subsidies, which already totals tens of billions a year, would be passed on to the taxpayer.
"Taxpayers are already in for a lot," Tom Miller, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, told FoxNews.com. "The cost doesn't go away, it just goes into someone else's pocket."
In a March report, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that subsidies given to enrollees in 2016 would amount to $43 billion in 2016, and predicted the cost would rise to $106 billion by 2026. It also said that over 10 years, ObamaCare provisions would reduce the deficit thanks to tax provisions and cuts to Medicare. That was before the latest announcement by the administration. It's unclear how exactly the looming premium hikes will affect that picture, though Republicans are now seeking new estimates.
Analysts say it's safe to assume taxpayer costs will rise. Miller noted that HHS reported an average subsidy of $291 per month in 2016. A 25 percent increase in premiums would theoretically translate into an extra $73 per month, or about $870 a year per person.
"If you assume conservatively that there's 10 million people getting subsidies, that's an extra $8.5 billion in extra costs taxpayers are getting hit by going into next year," he said.
Other experts warned this is likely to continue as long as premiums keep rising. "Its real simple, premiums are going up and up, and subsidies are going to go up with them," Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum and a former CBO director, told FoxNews.com.
The Department for Health and Human Services, when asked for comment by FoxNews.com, noted that the law's coverage provisions are set to cost 28 percent less in 2019 than the CBO originally projected, amounting to about $49 billion less than originally predicted when the law was signed in 2010. A spokesman also said the same office predicted that repealing the law would increase the deficit by approximately $350 billion over 10 years.
Holtz-Eakin urged caution on the administration's analysis. "It's been a mixed pattern, because the enrollments haven't been what they expected so it hasn't been as big of an impact financially," he said. "The bad news is that spending per person is much higher than anticipated due to subsidy increases because of premium hikes."
One of the biggest ObamaCare costs to taxpayers has been absorbed into the Medicaid budget, paid for by both state and federal governments. As a sweetener to get states to go along with the plan, the federal government offered to pick up the cost of expanding Medicaid eligibility up to 133 percent of the poverty line. That siphoned low income — and expensive – customers away from ObamaCare exchanges, seemingly contributing to its current solvency. But that cost – in the hundreds of billions — also is borne by taxpayers.
The CBO projected in 2013 that, in part due to ObamaCare, federal Medicaid spending would more than double over the next 10 years, topping $554 billion by 2023. State governments pay another $160 billion toward Medicaid. "Volume has been greater in Medicaid, and per person costs have been much higher than expected," Edmund Haislmaier, senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, told FoxNews.com.
Sensing a spike in taxpayer costs, the Republican-led House Committee on Energy and Commerce has written to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services demanding how much taxpayer money will be spent subsidizing the cost of rising premiums.
"While the Administration continues to focus on premium 'affordability,' it ignores the undeniable fact that federal taxpayers are subsidizing these premium increases through tax credits," the letter from Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., says. "The Committee is concerned that the federal taxpayer continues to bear the burden of subsidizing the growing cost of health care insurance."
The committee is demanding estimates of the amount of money spent covering rising premiums by Nov. 7.
Posted in 2016 Election, Health & Human Services, Health Care, IRS, Liberals/Democrats/Left, Obama, Obama scandals, Obama's America, Republican Party, Taxes, United States, US Presidents
Tagged Arizona, Congressional Budget Office, Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare
Miley Cyrus tells voters, "'Kiss my ass if you aren't for Hillary!"
Clinton's celebrity supporters sure are endearing folk. Next Cyrus will be offering blowjobs, no doubt.
Miley being Miley…
From Daily Mail: She's doing her bit to get Millennials to the ballot box. And Miley Cyrus showed her commitment to the democratic process, as she posted a picture of herself peering between her legs while doing yoga on Sunday.
'Good morning!!!!' she wrote, before quickly getting to her point. 'Kiss my ashtanga a** if you aren't voting for @hillaryclinton #imwithher #mydreamistodoyogawithHC.'
The Wrecking Ball singer showed her flexibility in the image, bent double, and peering with a smile through her legs. While impressive, the 23-year-old seemed completely at ease in the position.
Miley has been using her celebrity status to drum up support for Hillary Clinton in Virginia.
The former Disney star surprised George Mason University students by knocking on their dorm room doors in a bid to earn the Democratic presidential candidate extra millennial votes.
In a video clip posted on social media, Cyrus, who is sitting next to a window looking down on a huge crowd of students, tells the camera: 'They're saying Hillary, I swear.' She then adds, 'they're saying Miley,' and laughed.
Miley made her way around campus in a Stars-And-Stripes-themed outfit by Spanish designer Agatha Ruiz De La Prada, with a red and white striped skirt and a blue bow for a crop top.
She talked with students about topics including LGBTQ rights, pineapple fried rice and Clinton's white pantsuit (you know, the really important stuff) during the third presidential debate, which Miley loved, according to reporter Emma Loop, who was on campus and live-tweeted the visit.
Earlier, Miley shared three photos of herself on Twitter with the hashtag #imwithher, showing she was about to board her plane on her way to Virginia.
Posted in 2016 Election, Education, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Hollywood liberals, Liberals/Democrats/Left, Lying Crooked Hillary, Obama's America, United States
Tagged Miley Cyrus, Millennials
California soldiers ordered to repay enlistment bonuses
From SF Gate: Nearly 10,000 California National Guard soldiers have been ordered to repay huge enlistment bonuses a decade after signing up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, a newspaper reported Saturday.
The Pentagon demanded the money back after audits revealed overpayments by the California Guard under pressure to fill ranks and hit enlistment goals. If soldiers refuse, they could face interest charges, wage garnishments and tax liens, the Los Angeles Times said.
Faced with a shortage of troops at the height of the two wars, California Guard officials offered bonuses of $15,000 or more for soldiers to reenlist.
A federal investigation in 2010 found thousands of bonuses and student loan payments were improperly doled out to California Guard soldiers. About 9,700 current and retired soldiers received notices to repay some or all of their bonuses with more than $22 million recovered so far.
Soldiers said they feel betrayed at having to repay the money. "These bonuses were used to keep people in," said Christopher Van Meter, a 42-year-old former Army captain and Iraq veteran who was awarded a Purple Heart. "People like me just got screwed."
Van Meter said he refinanced his home mortgage to repay $25,000 in reenlistment bonuses and $21,000 in student loan repayments that the military says was improperly given to him.
The California Guard said it has to follow the law and collect the money.
"At the end of the day, the soldiers ended up paying the largest price," Maj. Gen. Matthew Beevers, deputy commander of the California Guard told the Times. "We'd be more than happy to absolve these people of their debts. We just can't do it. We'd be breaking the law."
The Pentagon agency that oversees state Guard groups has said that bonus overpayments occurred in every state, but more so in California, which has 17,000 soldiers.
California Guard officials said they are helping soldiers and veterans file appeals with agencies that can erase the debts. But soldiers said it's a long process, and there's no guarantee they'll win.
Retired Army major and Iraq veteran Robert D'Andrea said he was told to repay his $20,000 because auditors could not find a copy of the contract he says he signed. D'Andrea appealed and is running out of options. "Everything takes months of work, and there is no way to get your day in court," he said. "Some benefit of the doubt has to be given to the soldier."
Posted in Afghan war, Iraq, Liberals/Democrats/Left, Middle East, Military, Obama, Obama's America, Taxes, United States, US Presidents
Tagged Pentagon
Head of Democratic Party Donna Brazile: no Obama economic recovery, people are in despair
Posted on October 21, 2016 by Dr. Eowyn | Leave a comment
Yesterday, I received a rare phone call from my brother. He just needed to commiserate with the only person he knows who isn't liberal and who shares his political views about the upcoming presidential election.
He complained that his wife, their two adult sons, and his friends all support Hillary Clinton and think Obama is great.
I said, "Have you asked them why they like Obama?"
He answered, "They say the economy is great! Unemployment is low, interest rates are low, the economy recovered from the recession." He also said that his wife thinks Donald Trump is "crazy".
Not surprisingly, they get their news from the MSM and don't pay attention to the Alternative Media. God help us from intentionally low-information voters, otherwise called useful idiots.
So this post is for my brother. Perhaps he can email this to his sons, wife, and friends. (Probably not. This is the same brother who was silent in 2008 when one of his friends, whom I don't know, accused me of being "evil" and a "racist". My brother had forwarded an email from me, without my consent, of a photo of Obama carrying Fareed Zakaria's then-recently published book, The Post-American World. My brother then very helpfully forwarded his friend's email to me, in which his friend called me an "evil racist".)
Donna Brazile, a longtime Democrat apparatchik who, in July 2016, replaced Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz as Chair of the Democratic Party Committee, sent an email to John Podesta, Chair of Hillary's 2016 presidential campaign committee, in which Brazile said:
"I think people are more in despair about how things are – yes new jobs but they are low wage jobs… HOUSING is a huge issue. Most people pay half of what they make to rent…"
Here's a screenshot of Brazile's email from WikiLeaks:
What Brazile wrote in her email is confirmed by a recent Harvard University Business School study, "Problems Unsolved & A Nation Divided: The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2016," which found that the Obama economic recovery is a myth. As the 72-page report's title suggests, not only has the economy not recovered from the 2008 recession, it has continued to deteriorate.
In the words of the report's authors Michael E. Porter, et al.:
"America retains and enjoys many strengths. However, various economic indicators show that the U.S. economy has failed to deliver strong growth and shared prosperity for nearly two decades. These structural issues pre-date the Great Recession and are compounded by political paralysis. […]
While a slow recovery is underway, fundamentally weak U.S. economic performance continues and is leaving many Americans behind. The federal government has made no meaningful progress on the critical policy steps to restore U.S. competitiveness in the last decade or more. […]
U.S. competitiveness has been eroding since well
before the Great Recession. America's economic
challenges are structural, not cyclical. The weak
recovery reflects the erosion of competitiveness, as
well as the inability to take the steps necessary to
address growing U.S. weaknesses.
Our failure to make progress reflects an unrealistic and ineffective national discourse on the reality of the challenges facing the U.S. economy and the steps needed to restore shared prosperity. Business has too often failed to play its part in recent decades, and a flawed U.S. political system has led to an absence of progress in government, especially in Washington."
You can read the report here.
For those who prefer charts instead of words, the following charts from the Harvard study — on labor force participation, job creation, news business formation, productivity, household income, entitlements vs. investments — all show a continuing decline under the Obama presidency, except for the gap between entitlements and investment, which has widened.
Source: ZeroHedge
Donald Trump is right in his concluding remarks at the third presidential debate last Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, on why the American people should elect him as president:
"When I started this campaign, I started it very strongly. It's called 'Make America Great Again'. We're going to make America again.
We have a depleted military, it has to be helped, it has to be fixed. We have the greatest people on earth in our military. We don't take care of our veterans. We take care of illegal immigrants — people that come into the country illegally — better than we take care of our vets. That can't happen. Our policemen and women are disrespected. We need law and order, but we need justice too. Our inner cities are a disaster: you get shot walking to the store; they have no education, they have no jobs.
I will do more for African Americans and Latinos than she can ever do in ten lifetimes. All she's done is talk — to the African Americans and to the Latinos. But they get the vote and then they come back, they say 'we'll see you in four years.'
We are going to make America strong again. We are going to make America great again, and it has to start now. We cannot take four more years of Barack Obama, and [pointing to Hillary] that's what you get when you get her."
https://youtu.be/VLdmEDOAA4A?t=1h30m35s
Donald Trump is not perfect or a saint; he is his own worst enemy. But if you're sick of what's happened to this country for the last 8 or more years, if you are no better, or even worse, since Obama became president in 2009, then voting for Hillary Clinton is the stupidest thing you can ever do.
Listen to what she says: Hillary Clinton has no new ideas. If you elect her, you'll get not only four more years of Obama, America will be saddled with a predominately left-wing Supreme Court who will set this country's course for generations to come.
Posted in 2016 Election, Alternative media, Donald Trump, Economy, Hillary Clinton, illegal immigration, Liberals/Democrats/Left, Lying Crooked Hillary, Media, Military, minimum wage, Obama, Obama scandals, Obama's America, Race, Racism, Republican Party, Social Security, Supreme Court, Taxes, U.S. national debt, United States, V.A. hospitals, Welfare, Wikileaks
Tagged DNC, Donna Brazile


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Yr Athro Des Evans - Pobl - Prifysgol Caerdydd
Yr Athro Des Evans
Yr Ysgol Mathemateg
evanswd@cardiff.ac.uk
M/2.42, 2nd Floor, Mathematics Institute, Senghennydd Road, Cardiff, CF24 4AG
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Addysgu
Bywgraffiad
Spectral Theory and Differential Operators
Computational Spectral Theory
Analysis on domains with irregular boundaries
Function Spaces and Inequalities
Mathematical Analysis Research Group
B.Sc. (Wales) 1961
D.Phil. (Oxford) 1965
E.C.Titchmarsh FRS
J.B.McLeod FRS
Assistant Lecturer, UC Cardiff, 1964-65
Lecturer, UC Cardiff, 1965-73
Senior Lecturer, UC Cardiff, 1973-75
Reader, University of Wales, 1975-77
Professor of Pure Mathematics, University of Wales, 1977- present
Emeritus Professor, Cardiff University, 2008- present
Anrhydeddau a Dyfarniadau
Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales 2010/11
Brown, B. M., Evans, W. D. and Wood, I. G. 2021. Non-negative extensions of Hamiltonian systems. In: Fritz Gesztesy, . and Andrei Martinez-Finkelshtein, . eds. From Operator Theory to Orthogonal Polynomials, Combinatorics, and Number Theory. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications Springer, pp. 15-39., (10.1007/978-3-030-75425-9_2)
Brown, B., Evans, W. D. and Wood, I. G. 2019. Positive self-adjoint operator extensions with applications to differential operators. Integral Equations and Operator Theory 91, article number: 41. (10.1007/s00020-019-2540-4)
Brown, B. M. and Evans, W. D. 2016. Selfadjoint and m sectorial extensions of Sturm-Liouville operators. Integral Equations and Operator Theory 85(2), pp. 151-166. (10.1007/s00020-016-2296-z)
Balinsky, A., Evans, W. D. and Roger, L. 2015. The analysis and geometry of Hardy's Inequality. Springer.
Edmunds, D. E., Evans, W. D. and Harris, D. J. 2013. The structure of compact linear operators in Banach spaces. Revista Mathematica Complutense 26(2), pp. 445-469. (10.1007/s13163-012-0107-x)
Balinsky, A., Evans, W. D. and Lewis, R. T. 2012. Hardy's inequality and curvature. Journal of Functional Analysis 262(2), pp. 648-666. (10.1016/j.jfa.2011.10.001)
Balinsky, A., Evans, W. D. and Umeda, T. 2011. The Dirac-Hardy and Dirac-Sobolev inequalities in L1. Publications of the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences 47(3), pp. 791-801. (10.2977/PRIMS/51)
Balinsky, A. and Evans, W. D. 2010. Spectral Analysis of Relativistic Operators. London: Imperial College Press.
Balinsky, A. and Evans, W. D. 2010. Some recent results on Hardy-type inequalities. Applied Mathematics and Information Sciences 4(2), pp. 191-208.
Evans, W. D. and Schmidt, K. M. 2009. A discrete Hardy-Laptev-Weidl type inequality and associated Schrödinger-type operators. Revista Matemática Complutense 22(1), pp. 75-90.
Balinsky, A., Evans, W. D. and Saito, Y. 2008. Dirac-Sobolev inequalities and estimates for the zero modes of massless Dirac operators. Journal of Mathematical Physics 49(4), article number: 43514. (10.1063/1.2912229)
Balinsky, A., Evans, W. and Hundertmark, D. 2008. On inequalities of Hardy-Sobolev type. Banach Journal of Mathematical Analysis (BJMA) 2(2), pp. 94-106.
Brown, B. M. and Evans, W. D. 2006. Foreword. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 194(1), pp. 1. (10.1016/j.cam.2005.06.032)
Evans, W. D. and Solomyak, M. 2005. Smilansky's model of irreversible quantum graphs: I. The absolutely continuous spectrum. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 38(21), pp. 4611-4627. (10.1088/0305-4470/38/21/007)
Brown, B. M. and Evans, W. D. 2004. Preface [Editorial]. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 171(1-2), pp. ix. (10.1016/j.cam.2004.01.004)
Evans, W. D., Harris, D. J. and Saito, Y. 2004. On the approximation numbers of Sobolev embeddings on singular domains and trees. The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics 55(3), pp. 267-302. (10.1093/qmath/hag050)
Brown, B. M., Eastham, M. S. P. and Evans, W. D. 2004. Laudatum. Journal of computational and applied mathematics 171(1-2), pp. xi-xiii. (10.1016/j.cam.2004.01.034)
Brown, B. M., Evans, W. D. and Plum, M. 2003. Titchmarsh-Sims-Weyl theory for complex Hamiltonian systems. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society 87(2), pp. 419-450. (10.1112/S0024611503014096)
Balinsky, A. and Evans, W. D. 2002. On the Zero Modes of Weyl-Dirac Operators and their Multiplicity. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society 34(2), pp. 236-242. (10.1112/S0024609301008736)
Balinsky, A. and Evans, W. D. 2002. On the spectral properties of the Brown-Ravenhall operator. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 148(1), pp. 239-255. (10.1016/S0377-0427(02)00583-6)
Balinsky, A., Evans, W. D. and Lewis, R. T. 2001. On the number of negative eigenvalues of Schrödinger operators with an Aharanov-Bohm magnetic field. Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 457(2014), pp. 2481-2489. (10.1098/rspa.2001.0851)
Evans, W. D., Harris, D. J. and Lang, J. 2001. The approximation numbers of Hardy-type operators on trees. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society 83(2), pp. 390-418. (10.1112/plms/83.2.390)
Balinsky, A. and Evans, W. D. 2001. On the zero modes of Pauli operators. Journal of Functional Analysis 179(1), pp. 120-135. (10.1006/jfan.2000.3670)
Balinsky, A., Evans, W. D. and Lewis, R. T. 2001. Sobolev, Hardy and CLR inequalities associated with Pauli operators in R3 [Letter]. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 34(5), pp. L19-L23. (10.1088/0305-4470/34/5/101)
Balinsky, A. and Evans, W. D. 1999. Stability of One-Electron Molecules in the Brown-Ravenhall Model. Communications in Mathematical Physics 202(2), pp. 481-500. (10.1007/s002200050592)
Balinsky, A. and Evans, W. D. 1999. On the stability of relativistic one-electron molecules [Letter]. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 32(11), pp. L129-L132. (10.1088/0305-4470/32/11/001)
Balinsky, A. and Evans, W. D. 1998. On the virial theorem for the relativistic operator of Brown and Ravenhall, and the absence of embedded Eigenvalues. Letters in Mathematical Physics 44(3), pp. 233-248. (10.1023/A:1007425400991)
Beynon, M. J., Brown, B. M. and Evans, W. D. 1993. On an Inequality of the Kolmogorov Type for a Second-Order Differential Expression. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 442(1916), pp. 555-569. (10.1098/rspa.1993.0121)
Graduated (since 2000)
R.Wilson
A.Al-Homaidan
S.Monaquel
J.Thomas
Hardy and Rellich inequalities
Zero modes of massless Dirac operators
Representations of compact linear operators in Banach spaces and non-linear eigenvalue problems
Spectra of the Neumann Laplacian on irregular domains
Weighted inequalities involving rho-quasiconcave operators
External Funding Since 2000
GR/N20560 (£4,800) Visiting Fellowship for Professor Y. Saito, June, 2000
GR/R37111/01 (£63,829) Spectral Theory Network, 2001-04 (with Profs B.M.Brown and E.B.Davies)
GR/R20885/01 (£111,374) Research Assistantship for Dr R. Romanov, 2002-05 (with Drs B.M.Brown and M.Marletta)
GR/R95586/01 (£123,595) Research Assistantship for Dr A.Tuykov, 2003-06(with Dr A.Balinsky)
GR/S47229 (£8,113) Visiting Fellowship for Professor S. Naboko, 2004 (with Prof B.M.Brown and Dr M. Marletta)
GR/T01556 (£8,150) Visiting Fellowship for Professor M. Solomyak, July 2004
EP/E04834X (£3,815) Visiting Fellowship for Professor Y. Saito, April, 2007
Leverhulme Trust (F/00407/E) (£19,500) Collaborative research project with Prague Mathematics Institute, 01.03.01-29.02.04
NATO (£6,490) (PST.CLG.978694) Collaborative research project with European groups, 01.04.02-31.03.04
Major conference talks since 2004
Warwick Workshop on Large Many Body Systems, 23-28 August, 2004
Plenary lecture to ISAAC conference in Ankara, 13-18 August, 2007
Edmunds, D.E. and Evans, W.D. 2004. Hardy Operators, Function Spaces and Embeddings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.
Edmunds, D.E. and Evans, W.D. 2013. Representation of Linear Operators Between Banach Spaces. Heidelberg, New York, London: Birkhauser-Springer,
Balinsky, A., Evans, W.D. and Lewis, R.T. 2015. The Analysis and Geometry of Hardy's Inequality. Berlin, London: Springer.
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Policy and Legal Implications of Implementing Renewable Energy at Scale: Renewables Intermittent Power Generation (Part 6 of 6)
Thomas Burton, III
Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints
Tom Burton, Chair of Mintz Levin's Energy Technology Practice, has published a weekly installment providing insight into the challenges and possible solutions that, if implemented, promise a bright future as clean energy moves America forward. In this series, Tom included one challenge per week and the potential solution(s). This is the sixth and final installment of the series. Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, and Part V below.
The Problem: Renewables Intermittent Power Generation
Renewable energy sources are intermittent in nature, depending on when the sun shines and the wind blows. Because of this, suppliers face "ramp up" and "ramp down" issues.
Ramping up: Renewable supply is typically lowest during the evening, while at this time demand spikes as people return home from work. The California Independent System Operator (ISO) developed a "duck curve" to describe how massive amounts of customer-sited PV systems could cause problems to the state's supply-demand balance on its electricity grid. The ISO worries that the "neck" of the duck curve, situated where consumers come home and turn their electricity on as the sun sets, could overwhelm the state's available generating capacity.
Ramping down: Generation is highest in the middle of the day as demand troughs. This creates an overgeneration risk where grid operators often have to ask renewable suppliers to reduce production so as not to overwhelm transmission lines. In Vermont, Green Mountain Power has, on several occasions, had to cut back the power it sends to the grid because the operator told them it was overloading capacity. Compounding the issue is that it is more difficult to synchronize wind's fluctuating power flow with a system built for the steadier electric stream of fossil fuel plants. This comes with financial consequences – for example, cutbacks cost the Vermont Electric Cooperative $1.5 million in 2013.
A widespread, cost effective method is necessary to smooth out the duck curve and deliver clean power at all hours of the day.
Solution: Policies Supporting Energy Storage Deployment
Energy storage offers a way to harness renewables at their peak supply and deploy them at their peak demand. As battery storage costs have dropped (72% in the last five years according to Clean Energy Pipeline), Baird Equity Research has compared their market to solar 5-7 years ago. That said, there's still a little ways to go – in its latest analysis, the Department of Energy estimated that storage technology is economical around $250/kwh for short term system capital cost and $150/kwh in the long term. Government policy can help accelerate adoption:
Massachusetts is incentivizing the storage technology through government programs. In May, Governor Baker announced the launch of a $10 million Energy Storage Initiative (ESI) that will include the financial commitment from the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) along with a two part study from the DOER and MassCEC analyzing opportunities to support MA storage companies. With the funds, DOER will support energy storage demonstration projects at all scales.
California also offers financial opportunities for storage. Its flagship program in this area is the Self Generation Incentive Program. The program provides $83 million per year until 2019 for behind-the-meter generation technologies, including rebates for stand-alone storage systems.
Additionally, in 2013 California passed the nation's first storage mandate. The state's largest utilities are required to have 1,325 GW of storage operating by 2020. In one of the largest efforts to meet this standard yet, in September 2014 Southern California Edison announced plans for a 32 MW storage project in Tehachapi, CA.
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Policy and Legal Implications of Implementing Renewable Energy at Scale: To DG or Not to DG – That's The Question (Part 5 of 6)
Policy and Legal Implications of Implementing Renewable Energy at Scale: Finance Gap for Innovation Deployment (Part 4 of 6)
Policy and Legal Implications of Implementing Renewable Energy at Scale: Getting the Most Out of The Clean Power Plan (Part 3 of 6)
Policy and Legal Implications of Implementing Renewable Energy at Scale: Supply and Demand Geographic Mismatch (Part 2 of 6)
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Q: Xquery, insert, Trigger and no place to squeeze stored procedure I have a Stored procedure, which is, basically, xquery pulling data from xml and inserting it into multiple tables. Once it's inserting into last of the mentioned tables, the trigger fires up and then this data is used to do more data manipulation.
it all goes nicely up to a point where I have to do some serious string cutting & splicing. By serious I mean adding to one string client surnames and first names selected from multiple rows and columns from a table. previously it was done by way of 3-rd party software, which shredded xml and called SQL Server stored procedure with said string manipulation for each row from dataset it derived from xml.
Now that I'm using Xquery this is unavailable - insert from select from xquery will not allow to either re-use the said stored procedure and I can't use the bit of code to do the manipulation in xquery.
Sample code for string manipulation:
select top 100 @string = @string + Surname +' & '
from usr_bie
where ref = @ref and code = @code and type = 'Client' order by mc desc
Select @string = left(@string,len(@string)-2) + ', '
Select top 100 @string = @string + FirstName +
(case
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 else '' end
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where ref = @ref and code = @code and type = 'Client' order by mc desc
Select @string = left(@string,len(@string)-2)

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Insert into a (col1, col2,...)
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....
from @xml.nodes(...)t(c)

I understand that Xquery inserts multiple rows, so there's no easy way to call the old stored procedure for each row, but OTOH I also can't do my @string manipulation as above.
Is there a solution I'm not familiar with?
I converted the string manipulation code to function (again), and this time it works. But there still is work to be done on the other values from xml... So question is: is there a way to do RBAR with xquery, so I can manipulate data in various ways as I need? As it is right now, Insert is being done on multiple rows, so I can't do do simple condition: if @variable = somevalue begin..., where @variable is passed as a stored procedure parameter? And Is there any sense in my sticking to the slow way (rbar), instead of - like @Duffy suggested - going to CTE?

A: Are you familiar with sql:column and sql:variable?  They allow you to manipulate XML with external variables or tables?  Work through this demo and examine the different 'before' and 'after' results to see if they could help you:
USE tempdb
GO

DECLARE @xml XML
DECLARE @someString VARCHAR(50) = 'test string'

SET @xml = (
SELECT
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FROM sys.tables t
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Movie review: The Last Station
3 Jun, 2010 4:00am 3 minutes to read
Movie review: Sex and the City 2
Viewers pan TVNZ's 50-year celebration
3 Jun, 2010 8:00am
A trivia-style programme to commemorate 50 years of TVNZ has been panned by viewers - but the station says that ratings never lie.
More than 760,000 people tuned in to watch Cheers for 50 Years on Tuesday, making it the sixth-highest rating programme of the year.
Ratings supplied by TVNZ showed most viewers stayed watching for the full two hours.
But the gameshow format and light style of the Jason Gunn-hosted programme angered some who would have liked to see 50 years' commemorated in weightier style. Media websites and talkback radio ran hot with criticism yesterday.
"Thanks TVNZ for making a show that is the equivalent of offering some chips and a litre of orange juice at someone's 50th anniversary on the job," said one contributor on the web forum Public Address, adding: "Running the long history of public broadcasting through a gameshow format hosted by Jason Gunn - says it all."
Descriptions of the show on Kiwiblog included "crap" and "a pile of dog turds".
TVNZ spokeswoman Andi Brotherston said the channel received mixed feedback yesterday but what was important was the excellent ratings.
She said staff thought carefully about the format and decided a trivia show would be more entertaining than a chronological trawl though old clips - many of which were slow-paced by today's standards.
"If it was poor, people wouldn't have stayed with it. People don't stay watching terrible television,"
The show pitted two teams of four television personalities against each other by posing a series of questions about television shows. Many of the shows featured were overseas offerings, such as 1970s American sitcom Mork and Mindy.
Geoff Lealand, an associate professor at Waikato University's school of screen and media studies, was one of those who complained to TVNZ.
"To put on a trivia game show to celebrate such a significant anniversary really was a missed opportunity."
Dr Lealand said it was ironic that Prime, which is owned by pay television company Sky, was putting on a seven-part documentary series later this month celebrating 50 years of television when the state broadcaster had celebrated it so poorly.
"Nowhere did you get the voice of the viewer. It was like a club of insiders all busily rubbing each other's backs," he said.
What did you think of Cheers for 50 Years? Add your comments here.
Pick of the week: Cheers to 50 Years
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2 Jun, 2010 7:17pm
Cartoon: 50 years of New Zealand TV


Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch has announced the launch of its Global Liquidity Platform to offer clients "seamless and integrated" solutions.
According to the financial services provider, the new technology should improve the way in which its global customer-base access liquidity.
Work on the multi-million dollar platform was started by BoFA Merrill Lynch during 2009 and is aimed at customers from the corporate and treasury management sectors.
The platform incorporates interest optimization which provides customers with access to the position of balances held across a range of territories.
Greg Kavanaugh, head of Global Liquidity, Pricing and Segment Integration at BofA Merrill Lynch, said: "The new Global Liquidity Platform gives clients access to a truly global product offering and enables the bank to bring new products to market faster and more efficiently.
"With a modular approach that operates through a single hub, we are eliminating dependency on multiple account platforms."
Previously, BoFA announced it would be working with Accuity's international bank account number conversion solution to help its client-base comply with changes to financial regulations related to the Single Euro Payment Area.


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US Treasuries: Yields Rise On Strong Jobs, Wage Data
August 4, 2017 1:52 PM UTC in News
Employers add 209,000 jobs in July
Wage growth meets expectations
U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday after data showed that U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in July, while wage growth also met economists' expectations.
The Labor Department said nonfarm payrolls increased by 209,000 jobs last month amid broad gains. June's employment gain was revised up to 231,000 from the previously reported 222,000.
Average hourly earnings increased 9 cents, or 0.3 percent, in July after rising 0.2 percent in June. That was the biggest increase in five months.
Wages rose 2.5 percent in the 12 months to July, matching June's gain.
"It was strong across the board," said Justin Lederer, an interest rate strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald in New York. "It puts (the Fed) still on track to start the program to wind down the book in September."
Many analysts and investors expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to announce plans to reduce the size of its $4.5 trillion balance sheet at its September meeting.
Benchmark 10-year notes were last down 7/32 in price to yield 2.25 percent, up from 2.23 percent late on Thursday.
The yield curve between five-year notes and 30-year bonds briefly flattened below 100 basis points, the lowest level since July 11, before steepening back to 101 basis points.
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publication October 7, 2017
Migrating to Opportunity: Overcoming Barriers to Labor Mobility in Southeast Asia
Intra-regional migration in ASEAN has increased significantly, turning Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand into regional migration hubs with 6.5 million migrants. But migration policies in the region have a way to go to better match countries' evolving economic needs, and allow workers to more easily pursue better careers and education across ASEAN.
Barriers to Labor Mobility in ASEAN – A Missed Opportunity
Managing migration better can boost workers' welfare and accelerate economic integration.
Intra-regional migration in ASEAN increased significantly between 1995 and 2015, turning Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand into regional migration hubs with 6.5 million migrants – 96 percent of the total number of migrant workers in ASEAN.
Approximately US$62 billion in remittances were sent to ASEAN countries in 2015. Remittances account for 10 percent of GDP in the Philippines, 7 percent in Vietnam, 5 percent in Myanmar, and 3 percent in Cambodia.
ASEAN migrants are often low-skilled and undocumented who are compelled to move in search of economic opportunity, mainly in the construction, plantation, and domestic services sectors. Higher-salary jobs are available, yet workers are not always able to take advantage of these opportunities.
The ASEAN Economic Community has taken steps to facilitate mobility, but these regulations only cover certain skilled professions – doctors, dentists, nurses, engineers, architects, accountants, and tourism professionals – or just 5% of jobs in the region.
Overall, migration procedures across ASEAN remain restrictive. Barriers such as costly and lengthy recruitment processes, restrictive quotas on the number of foreign workers allowed in a country, and rigid employment policies constrain workers' employment options and impact their welfare.
These restrictive policies are partly influenced by the perception that an influx of migrants would have negative impacts on receiving economies, but recent studies have not confirmed this perception.
The impact of labor mobility on the region's economies can be significant, as migration could provide individuals from lower-income countries with the opportunity to increase their incomes and create new employment opportunities for local workers in sending and receiving countries. The report estimates that reducing barriers to mobility would improve workers' welfare – by 14 percent if only targeting high-skilled workers, and by 29 percent if including all workers.
Changing policies for sending and receiving countries can improve intra-regional migration
A range of policies can be implemented to enhance workers' mobility. More oversight of recruitment agencies is needed across the region.
The highly-developed support system for migrant labor in the Philippines can serve as a model for other countries, however, the country should continue its focus on improving reintegration of returning migrants
Indonesia could improve coordination among relevant agencies and streamline procedures.
Vietnam can benefit from a national migration strategy to guide reforms and from evaluating the effectiveness of the programs introduced over the last years.
Outmigration can be costly, particularly in lower-income countries such as Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar, where simplifying formal processes could help reduce costs.
Receiving countries can also introduce measures to maximize the benefits from labor mobility. Malaysia could adjust its migration policies to the country's economic needs, including by revising its current levy system and by deepening coordination with sending countries.
Thailand may benefit from formalizing undocumented migrants and making entry procedures less costly.
While Singapore has developed a highly sophisticated and well-functioning migration system, attention should continue to be paid to the welfare of migrant workers.
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Effects Of Video Games On Children
September 11, 2018 Gaming
Video games came into our living room and into our life about 50 years ago. As the technology for the games improved, people recognized it as a business opportunity. With money making as the sole aim, game developers thought it fit to feed the basic cravings of humans – violence, vulgarity and perverseness. And they have been unleashing their despicable fare on the unsuspecting but highly impressionable young minds of children all these years. Researches conducted by organizations like, American Psychological Association, American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association have concluded that there is evidence of the cause-effect relationship between television violence and aggression among the children who watch it.
The perpetrators of this crime of poisoning young minds may argue that they do not force their ware and they rate their product as per the guidelines of Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). But the Federal Trade Commission investigation following the Columbine High School shooting, has concluded that, "Of the 118 electronic games with a Mature rating for violence the Commission selected for its study, 83 or 70%, targeted children under 17 in their target audience." And the irony is that most parents, who have the ultimate responsibility for their wards, are unaware of the ESRB ratings.
Research* has shown that boys play video games for an average of about 13 hours a week. It has been found that the children who play violent videogames are characterized by 1. More aggressiveness 2. Confrontation with teachers 3. Fighting with their peers 4. Decline in school achievements. All this affects the overall personality of the child in the long run. The child becomes an adult who is not team spirited, doesn't care for fellow human beings and has scant respect to traditions and practices.
The solution for all this may lie in totally banning the video games from the household. But that would be highly impractical, given the popularity of the video games and peer pressure. So, stricter legislations against marketing of mature content video games to the children should be enacted. The industry may protest that it's infringing their rights, but as of now, the future of the young generation is more important than the right to do business using the loops in the law. However, it would not be prudent to blame the industry as a whole for the rising aggressive and defiant attitude of the young people. There are many games which are really fun to play and playing them can actually be beneficial for the youngsters. Kids can learn about problem solving and strategy planning.
So, the only solution left is in the hands of the parents. Parents should get to know what their kids are playing in the computers or consoles. They must find out the rating system and see that their child is playing only what has been recommended for his / her age. While it's impossible to ban the video games altogether, it would be prudent to limit the time the kids get to play the games. Perhaps in the future, responsibility on the part of the gaming industry and increasing awareness among the parents can stem the damage.
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Big Boys Should Cry / December 18, 2010 by Anne Kreamer
I'm no John Boehner fan. And I'm even less of a Mitch McConnell fan. But as a person who chokes up at a movie or book or a news story most days and full-on cried during Toy Story 3, as tough as it is for me to admit it, I feel for both of them right now. Crying politicians are nothing new. Remember Democratic Presidential candidate Ed Muskie, who lost the 1972 nomination after he teared up during a press conference in New Hampshire while defending his wife? And Hillary Clinton, who also famously choked up, in 2008, also while campaigning for President in the New Hampshire primary?
House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. (Photos by AP Photo)
I understand the modern default assumption that a politician is using emotional displays cynically. (See Clinton, Bill.) And I understand why women, especially women who politically oppose the un-compassionate conservatives Boehner and McConnell, are tempted to revile them for tearing up, which Senator McConnell did this week delivering a farewell speech to his friend Judd Gregg (of New Hampshire -- again New Hampshire!) while Boehner apparently gets weepy on a daily basis. But I'm made uncomfortable that these apparently authentic emotional displays by powerful men are fair game for ridicule.
Men completely controlled the workplace when women first went into the labor force in significant numbers during the late 60s and 70s, so we females believed that to be successful we had to "man up," and emulate their emotional restraint. For forty years women have had to adhere to a poker-faced workplace persona that denies essential aspects or our emotional wiring. Nancy Pelosi said of Boehner in The New York Times magazine, "You know what? He is known to cry. He cries sometimes when we're having a debate on bills. If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics – no – I don't cry." But a hard outer shell of pseudo-invulnerability comes at a cost to both genders.
Women cry, on average, four times as often as men – according to neurologist William Frey, an average of 5.3 times per month, compared with 1.4 times for men. And this isn't just a function of cultural training – women generate far more prolactin, the hormone responsible for milk production that also controls the neurotransmitter receptors in our tear glands, and women's tear ducts are anatomically different from male tear ducts, resulting in a larger volume of tears. In a 2009 survey I conducted with J. Walter Thompson probing the nature of emotion in the workplace I discovered that *both* women and men divide themselves into two large camps: those 25% who cry regularly and those 75% who tend not to cry frequently. McConnell, Boehner and I are part of the 25% of us who are members of the "crying tribe." We also discovered in our survey that when we do tear up on the job, women can be our own worst enemies – a plurality of women consider people who cry at work "unstable," whereas roughly that same fraction of men see tears on the job as only "slightly unprofessional." In other words, women see tears at work as some kind of moral/psychological failure, but men don't.
"We will stop here briefly to contemplate what would happen if she [Nancy Pelosi], or any female lawmaker, broke into loud nose-running sobs while discussing Iraq troop funding or giving a TV interview," Gail Collins wrote in her December 16th New York Times Op-Ed column about Boehner. But instead of decrying (no pun intended) the operative gender double standard, and suggesting that the no-crying rule be enforced equally for male and female Speakers of the House, I think it would be much better to allow McConnell's or Boehner's tearfulness to abolish the no-cry rule for *both* genders. Women (and men) who are belittling Boehner and McConnell for getting emotional are not helping humanity's larger cause – that all people should feel comfortable being as authentically themselves as possible. We can continue to despise their politics and cynical maneuvers but still grant them their humanity.
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RCA exhibits at PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show
Club offers info to 1500 convention-goers
V.G. Duvall of Montgomery, Texas and Tom Thornton of San Angelo, Texas greeted visitors to the RCA exhibit at the PCIA Wireless Infrastructure show in Orlando, Florida on October 2 and 3. The exhibit provided visitors an opportunity to see RCA's publications, new and old, and to receive a membership leaflet. At least three filled out membership application forms on the spot, and a dozen more took forms with them for possible later use. Tom said that Bruce McIntyre and Mercy Contreras also helped to staff the booth. "The exhibit hours were short; we didn't need a lot of people," he said.
Thank-you to V.G. and Tom for handling this responsibility on behalf of the Club, and to PCIA for making the exhibit space available. That's V.G. on the left.
Dulabone, Margulies to speak at RCA Technical Symposium
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
RCA hosts session at New York Athletic Club on November 16
RCA has scheduled its annual Technical Symposium for Nov. 16, 2007, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m at the New York Athletic Club, 180 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019. The symposium's coordinator and moderator, Richard J. "Rich" Reichler, said that this year's symposium will include presentations about advanced wireless technologies by Dana Dulabone and about software defined radio by Allan Margulies. There is no admission charge for the symposium, but the Club asks those who plan to attend to contact HQ to make a reservation. You can indicate your intention to attend the symposium on your banquet registration form, send an email to HQ, or telephone HQ at 303-948-4921. The Club's banquet follows the symposium, and paid registration is required to attend the banquet. The New York Athletic Club, a private facility, has a dress code that is enforced at the door.
RCA names Louis J. Meyer, P.E., for Alfred H. Grebe Memorial Award
Andrew executive receives manufacturing excellence award
Louis J. Meyer, P.E.
The recipient of RCA's Alfred H. Grebe Memorial Award is Louis J. Meyer, P.E., of Shady Shores, Texas. The award is given for achievements in outstanding quality in the design and manufacture of electronic components and equipment. Born in Sterling, Illinois, Lou is a graduate of Marquette University with a BSEE. He worked for several companies in the Midwest and Northeast before settling in Texas for a long career with Decibel Products and its successor company, Andrew Corporation. Lou joined RCA in 1992 and became a Fellow in 1994.
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Hillary Clinton signs copies of her book, "What Happened" at Barnes & Noble Union Square on September 12, 2017, in New York City.
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Even though we all know the results of the 2016 presidential election, a lot of Americans still want to know What Happened. That's the title of Hillary Clinton's new book, which may have only hit shelves a week ago, but has already sold more than 300,000 copies, according to publisher Simon & Schuster, breaking some records along the way.
NPD Bookscan says What Happened sold 168,000 hardcover copies ($17.99) in its first week on sale, with sales of e-books ($14.99), CD ($25.94) and digital audio ($23.95, or free with Audible subscription) versions making up the remainder.
Simon & Schuster ticked off some other impressive-sounding sales stats in a release. What Happened accounted for the best week of digital audio sales — ever — for the company. It also sold more ebooks in a week than any nonfiction Simon & Schuster title since the 2011 publication of Steve Jobs' biography.
One week in, the publisher says it's already gone back to press three times, and that there are a total of 800,000 copies of What Happened in print. It's also been climbing up the Amazon bestsellers list like nobody's business, ranking neck-in-neck with Tom Brady's new self-help book, The TB12 Method.
"Notwithstanding all that has been written and discussed over the last year, there is clearly an overwhelming desire among readers to learn about and experience, from Hillary Clinton's singular perspective, the historic events of the 2016 election," Simon & Schuster president and CEO Carolyn Reidy said in a statement.
According to the Associated Press, What Happened bested first-week sales of Clinton's last book, which covered her time as Secretary of State, although it falls short of first-week sales figures of her 2003 memoir, which delved into Bill Clinton's highly-publicized affair with Monica Lewinsky.
And, perhaps in preparation for the next generation of Clinton readers, Simon & Schuster also just published a picture-book version of Clinton's 2006 book, It Takes a Village.
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