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Biotechnology, Environment, News December 4, 2017
Gates Foundation Hired PR Firm to Manipulate UN Over Gene Drives
by Jonathan Latham, PhD
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation this year paid a PR firm called Emerging Ag $1.6 million to recruit a covert coalition of academics to manipulate a UN decision-making process over gene drives, according to emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests.
Gene drives are a highly controversial new genetic extinction technology. They have been proposed as potentially able to eradicate malarial mosquitoes, agricultural pests, invasive species, as well as having potential military uses.
Emerging Ag calls itself "a boutique international consulting firm providing communications and public affairs services." Its president and founder is Robynne Anderson, a former international communications director of CropLife, the global lobby group for the biotechnology, seed, and pesticide industries.
Gates "Campus", Seattle
The FOIA emails reveal that the project coordinated by Emerging Ag was dubbed the "Gene Drive Research Sponsors and Supporters coalition". It consisted of three members of a UN committee called the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology (AHTEG) plus a larger group of 65 covertly recruited, but seemingly independent, scientists and officials, all coordinated by a still larger number of government officials (mainly from English-speaking countries), PR advisors, academics, and members of various Gates-funded projects.
The AHTEG on Synthetic Biology is part of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This AHTEG is tasked with creating a formal set of regulatory recommendations to help governments avoid negative impacts on biodiversity. Its recommendations are supposed to draw from the discussions of an online forum of experts called The UN CBD Online Forum on Synthetic Biology.
The AHTEG on Synthetic Biology is about to meet, on December 5, 2017, in Montreal, where gene drive issues raised in that online forum are expected to be a significant focus of discussions.
The three AHTEG members who coordinated with Emerging Ag are Dr. Todd Kuiken of North Carolina State University, Robert Friedman of the J Craig Venter Institute, and Professor Paul Freemont of Imperial College, London. The first and last represent teams and institutions that have received at least $99 million dollars between them from the U.S. military and U.S. foundations, including Gates, to develop and test gene drive systems.
The CBD online forum on synthetic biology
According to the emails, which were obtained from the University of North Carolina by Edward Hammond of Prickly Research, the Gates funding for Emerging Ag was obtained to co-ordinate a "fight back against gene drive moratorium proponents."
Funding for Emerging Ag first began after the last full meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Cancún, Mexico in December 2016 which witnessed calls from Southern countries and over 170 international organizations for a UN moratorium on gene drives. Adding to the pressure was a letter titled, "A Call for Conservation with a Conscience: No Place for Gene Drives in Conservation," signed by 30 environmental leaders, including Jane Goodall. The letter asked for a "halt to all proposals for the use of gene drive technologies, but especially in conservation."
A primary function of Emerging Ag was to recruit academics. An introductory email from Stephanie James of the U.S. Foundation of the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), and the organiser of a workshop on messaging around gene drive technologies, illustrates their goal:
"By way of this email, I would like to introduce you to Isabelle Coche [of Emerging Ag]. Isabelle will be working on efforts to get a broader scientific perspective represented in these discussion. She is looking for a few good scientists who have a broad perspective on the issues around gene drive and are mature enough to be able to deal with the kinds of conversations that can arise within the CBD arena. Isabelle would like the chance to explain what this all means and what activities will be needed to fight back against gene drive moratorium proponents before the next CBD meeting in 2018. Ultimately she is looking to get some volunteers to help in the cause. I hope you will all be interested enough to get back in touch with her to learn more about what this might entail. I'm sorry to say that these next few years are going to be critical and we are going to have to take the fight outside the laboratory."
The primary task of the covertly recruited academics (those who were not on the inner circle of the AHTEG itself) was thus to stack the UN's CBD Online Forum on Synthetic Biology. This forum was expected to discuss the wide scientific concerns about gene drives. The UN CBD process is the only multilateral process currently addressing gene drives.
Recruited academics received daily briefings and instructions from Emerging Ag on how to influence the discussion:
"My name is Ben Robinson, I work with Isabelle Coche & Delphine Thizy, and I will be sending you regular updates on the discussions taking place in the context of the CBD's Open-Ended Online Forum on synthetic biology. I will monitor contributions and provide you with brief summaries of the content and tenor of conversations, while highlighting topics and posts you may wish to address. Should you feel that a topic needs to be addressed but you do not have the relevant resources or expertise, I can also help identify and coordinate those best suited among the group to respond to particular issues."
The key role of the Gates Foundation
Delphine Thizy, cited in the email above, works at Target Malaria in London, England. Target Malaria is a Gates-funded project to use gene drives against mosquitoes.
Emerging Ag's activities were overseen by Jeff Chertack who is Senior Program Officer of Global Policy and Advocacy at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is a former public affairs executive from Ogilvy PR who previously represented biotech and pharma giants in Brussels. Chertack sat on the co-ordination team of Emerging Ag's "Gene Drive Research Sponsors and Supporters coalition" and is copied on several strategy calls and co-ordination phone calls.
This is also not the first time that the Gates Foundation has used academics to influence public and private opinion on genetic engineering technologies, as witnessed by its funding of the Cornell Alliance for Science.
Island Conservation
Also heavily active in coordinating the manipulation of the AHTEG on Synthetic Biology has been US nonprofit Island Conservation, which is leading the use of gene drives against invasive mammal species.
Island Conservation is the linchpin of another network, called Genetic Biocontrol of Invasive Rodents (GBIRd). Heath Packard, marketing and communications director of Island Conservation, enticed academics to join the CBD discussion process in an email dated May 30 2017:
"We urge you to get yourself (or a colleague) nominated to the UN CBD Synthetic Biology Open-Ended Forum (July-Sept 2017). It is very important to have experts like yourselves to help balance policy discussions that might otherwise be weighted towards imposing a moratorium on gene drive research as we saw last winter at the CBD Convening of the Parties."
According to the emails, Island Conservation has numerous staff active in the promotion of gene drives, not just at the CBD but also in other scientific fora and the media. Island Conservation staff were among those who attended a workshop on "messaging" run by the Foundation of the National Institutes of Health which seems to be an independent arm of the NIH proper. The workshop's agenda included a presentation by the Gates Foundation's Jeff Chertack entitled "Presentation of preliminary findings of testing gene drive concepts and terminology with stakeholders and informed publics."
Public Research and Regulation Initiative
The FOIA emails reveal that Emerging Ag also collaborated with a lobby group called the Public Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI) that is little known outside the Convention on Biological Diversity.
PRRI has a related influence operation which predates the efforts of Emerging Ag. Its history of lobbying the UN Convention on Biological Diversity over GMOs is mentioned in emails sent to a Canadian official on the UN AHTEG. In them, a PRRI member, Piet Vander Meer, boasts about its 24/7 "backup operation" for "like-minded" government and industry experts who sit on the AHTEG.
The emails suggest that national government representatives of Canada, U.S., UK, Brazil and the Netherlands were being remotely assisted by PRRI during closed door discussions. To help PRRI the 'Gene Drive Research Sponsors and Supporters coalition' offered to approach US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contacts to find additional funding for PRRI's activities. The current funding sources of PRRI are not known but former funders include CropLife International, Monsanto and the US Grains Council.
"There is no transparency about who is influencing decisions on the future of global ecosystems, people's livelihoods, or our food system," said Dana Perls of Friends of the Earth, U.S. "Gene drives could have profound ecological, health and socio-economic impacts, and the emails reveal a secretive attempt to game the system by gene drive proponents aiming to minimize regulations and oversight."
Despite the public perception that conservation and public health are what motivates gene drive research, it is known that, besides the contribution of the Gates Foundation, most gene drive funding comes from the DARPA, the technology foresight arm of the US Dept of Defense.
"Gene drives are a powerful and dangerous new technology and potential biological weapons that could have disastrous impacts on peace, food security and the environment, especially if misused," said Jim Thomas of ETC Group. "The fact that gene drive development is now being primarily funded and structured by the US military raises alarming questions about this entire field."
Thank You Jonathan for such detailed news, nowhere else available in this form..
It is extremely worrisome, that such an organization as J Craig Venter Institute, who has the largest gene data bank in their hands, now wants to make practical use of their knowledge, by reprogramming everything. To take for oneself the right to do anything like that, requires infinite arrogance, evil and hate towards the still to some extend 'organic biology'. No wonder, Gates Foundation takes part in it too.
Postscript. The full citation information of the FOIA is as follows:
http://genedrivefiles.synbiowatch.org/citation/
cyrus kaloki mulandi
Gene drive tech should be handled with precaution less it may cause mightier uncontrollable disaster.
December 6, 2017 at 7:31 pm Reply
From the GeneDrivesDrafPRogram docs Jonathan forwarded, quote: "Evidence indicates that 22 of the world's 25 most important crops exchange genes with their relatives". Also, quote:"Depending on which plant and which transgenes are involved, and on the characteristics of the receiving environment, this may enable wild/weedy relatives to go extinct, exacerbate a weed problem, or to expand and invade new habitats.", which mean, nothing is known for certain, by the scientists who push the genetic contamination and extinction catastrophe.
And another quote from the 'program': "New genome editing techniques (e.g., TALEN, Zinc Finger) open the gate to a so far unknown spatially and functionally precise surgery of genes to the end of a controlled mutagenesis. Moreover, even entire genes can be placed into the genome at desired loci using these techniques. At the same time decisions on whether organisms created by these developments do require legal regulation lags behind in numerous jurisdictions. The progress on genome editing may challenge both risk assessment and regulation: There is a need to balance the public's need for food, feed and environmental safety and the costs for developers, growers, shippers and processors, without wasting resources in a proportionate way.", which is the most frightening, indicating the infinite corruption of the 'scientific community' participating in all of that.
Terry Pollock
Indeed, Christine. The hubris around such profound technological manipulation of poorly understood biological systems has caught many innocents in its web of deceit. Eventually, every living organism will morph unpredictably into an unfathomable, unrecognizable cyborg. Eventually. From whose perspective is that a good thing??
Do these people not have a sense of foresight? There are so many things that can go wrong, yet they insist there's no problem. They're like children playing with fire!
Sunita Katyayan
In India we have a saying- "Sastra ko shastra mat banao" – "don't make information a weapon"
"don't make information a weapon"???
Is that why the world is on the verge of extinction, by those in power who are producing GMO's? Is that why real information about lethal effects of GMO's is being hidden while lies about their positive outcome spread instead everywhere around? Only the military is capable of turning information into real weapons, by their definition, and the amount of money received, from the clueless taxpayers…
Deanna Johnston Clark
Gates would have nothing to do with anything that promotes humanity as a whole…
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The Division of Northern Territory was an Australian Electoral Division in the Northern Territory for the Parliament of Australia. Throughout its existence, it was the only Division in the Northern Territory. At the redistribution of 21 December 2000, the Division was divided into two new divisions, which were named the Division of Solomon, which covered the area immediately around Darwin, and the Division of Lingiari, which covered the remainder of the territory.

History
Until 1911, the Northern Territory was a part of South Australia and from 1890 was represented in the South Australian House of Assembly by two members from the Electoral district of Northern Territory. In 1911, however, the Northern Territory was transferred to the Commonwealth government, which also had the effect of depriving Territorians of all political representation. The first Commonwealth census held in 1911 disclosed the Territory had a non-Aboriginal population of 3,271, comprising 2,673 males and 598 females.

In 1922, the Northern Territory Representation Act 1922 was passed by the Australian Parliament to give the Territory a single non-voting member in the House of Representatives.

The federal Division of Northern Territory was first contested at the 1922 federal election. Its first member was Harold George Nelson, who had led the agitation which unseated the Administrator in 1918. In 1927, the Northern Territory was split into the separate territories of Central Australia and North Australia; there remained only one electoral division and the split was reversed in 1931. Before 1968, the Member for Northern Territory did not have full voting rights, and did not count for the purposes of forming government.  Between 1922 and 1936, he could speak in the House and take part in committee work, but could not vote. Between 1936 and 1959 he was only able to veto motions to disallow laws made for the Territory, and between 1959 and 1968, he could only vote on matters relating to the Territory alone. In 1968, the Member for Northern Territory acquired full voting rights.

The Division of Northern Territory was divided on 21 December 2000 into two new divisions – Solomon, which covered the Darwin area, and the Lingiari, which covers the remainder of the Territory – with Warren Snowdon, the last member for the united division, transferring to Lingiari.

On 19 February 2003, the new Divisions were nominally abolished and the Territory returned to a single Division, but on 28 April 2004 the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Representation in the House of Representatives) Act 2004 passed by the Australian Parliament had the effect of leaving the Northern Territory divided into two Divisions.

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Their quality conditions have considerable influence on the overall superstructure quality. Moreover, track maintenance costs are affected by this element due to their higher number. For many years now, prestressed concrete sleepers have replaced the use sleepers in other materials (wooden or metallic). All the shapes of normal types of sleeper can be substituted with prestressed concrete.
Previous UIC activities have set up the fundamental basis for the design of prestressed monoblock concrete sleepers, which have served afterwards to produce a series of European standards in cooperation with the manufacturing industry.
ballast and the design of sleepers to avoid the flying ballast phenomenon under higher speeds.
Additionally, these subjects should have a global application, even more extended than the EU space.
This project will contribute both to the "technical-economical asset management" and "improving the system utilization operating safety passenger and freight services and overcome infrastructure limitation to heavy and long trains" themes of the Rail System Forum Strategy, and fits with the maintenance optimization objective of the Rail Technical Strategy Europe. Likewise, it is complementary with the S2R Objectives to reach a safe, interoperable, reliable and cost-effective infrastructure.


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El GIGA (German Institute for Global and Area Studies, en español Instituto Alemán de Estudios Globales y Regionales) es un instituto de investigación de ciencias sociales con sede en Hamburgo. Es miembro de la Comunidad Leibniz que reúne 96 institutos de investigación de las más diversas disciplinas, co-financiados por el gobierno nacional alemán y los Länder (estados federales).

El GIGA se dedica a la investigación de fenómenos políticos, económicos y sociales en África, Asia, América Latina y Caribe y el Medio Oriente. A su vez, el GIGA lleva a cabo investigaciones de carácter comparativo en relaciones internacionales, desarrollo internacional, seguridad y violencia, y sistemas políticos. Tiene un amplio programa de difusión de conocimiento y ofrece consultoría política. Desde 2009 tiene una oficina en Berlín.

Origen
El instituto se distingue por su alta calidad de investigación y su enfoque global único a esta investigación, en cual trabaja con perspectivas, conceptos y experiencias de diferentes regiones del mundo. Cuenta entre las instituciones líderes en estudios regionales (area studies) en Europa. Además, hace parte de varias redes nacionales e internacionales de investigación, coopera con numerosas universidades e institutos de investigación, y trabaja en conjunto con diversas fundaciones políticas y asociaciones. El GIGA cuenta con 160 empleados, entre ellos 90 investigadores.

El instituto fue fundado en 1964 en Hamburgo. En 2006 adaptó el nombre de German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA). Amrita Narlikar es la presidenta del GIGA desde el 1 de octubre de 2014. Junto con ella, la junta directiva está formada por Patrick Köllner, vicepresidente del GIGA y director del IAS; Merike Blofield, directora del ILAS; Eckart Woertz, director del IMES; Matthias Basedau, director del IAA; y Peter Peetz, director comercial.

El GIGA está constituido por cuatro institutos regionales y cuatro ejes de trabajo. Cada una de las regiones está representada en un instituto:
 Instituto GIGA para Estudios de África IAA
 Instituto GIGA para Estudios de Latinoamérica ILAS
 Instituto GIGA para Estudios de Asia IAS
 Instituto GIGA para Estudios del Medio Oriente IMES

Cada uno de ellos trabajan en conjunto con los cuatro ejes de trabajo y llevan a cabo análisis comparativos transregionales.  Los ejes de trabajo son:

 Responsabilidad y participación política
 Paz y seguridad
 Globalización y desarrollo
 Órdenes globales y políticas exteriores

El GIGA es una fundación de carácter civil y está financiada conjuntamente por el Ministerio Federal de Asuntos Exteriores, el Ministerio de Ciencia, Investigación e Igualdad de Hamburgo y los demás estados federales. También recibe financiación para proyectos de investigación por parte de la DFG y otras entidades de promoción académica; esos fondos representan alrededor del 20-30 por ciento de su presupuesto total.

Publicaciones
El GIGA publica cuatro revistas académicas con control de calidad por revisión por pares (peer reviewed journals). Las cuatro se publican en línea con acceso abierto ("gold open access").

 Africa Spectrum

 Journal of Current Chinese Affairs (JCCA)
 Journal of Politics in Latin America (JPLA)
 Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs (JCSAA)

Además el GIGA publica el "GIGA Focus", un formato breve que prensenta los resultados de las investigaciones llevadas a cabo en el instituto al igual que breves análisis de acontecimientos políticos, económicos y sociales actuales. El GIGA Focus cuenta con cuatro ediciones regionales (África, Asia, América Latina y el Oriente Medio) y una global (GIGA Focus Global).

Los GIGA Working Papers son publicaciones preliminares con los resultados de las investigaciones en curso.

Referencias

Institutos de investigación de Alemania
Think tanks de Alemania


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Barack Obama's numbers are the weakest they've been in Virginia since before the 2010 election, but he still leads all of his top potential Republican opponents for next year by at least 4 points in the state.
Obama's approval is in slightly negative territory now with 47% of voters giving him good marks while 48% disapprove. On our last poll, conducted shortly after the capture of Osama bin Laden, he was at 51/44. He had also been on positive ground our previous two surveys before that. In March it was 48/45 and last November it was 50/45.
There's no one place where Obama has seen any particularly drastic shift in his numbers since our last Virginia poll. With Democrats his approval is still a very solid 89%, but it's down from the almost remarkable 94% it stood at in May. And with Republicans his disapproval, which was already pretty unanimous at 88%, has ticked up even further to 93%. If there's a silver lining for Obama in his 8 point net approval drop since May in Virginia it's that his approval with independents has remained steady at 48%, with 42% disapproving of him at this point.
Despite his declining popularity Obama continues to lead all of the top Republican candidates in the state. It's only a 4 point advantage against Mitt Romney at 47-43 but he has pretty healthy leads against the other contenders- 9 points over both Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry at 49-40 and 48-39 respectively, an 11 point advantage over Herman Cain at 49-38, and a 14 point one over Sarah Palin at 51-37.
This is the first time we've tested Bachmann, Perry, and Cain in Virginia. Obama's lead over Romney is down 7 points from an 11 point advantage at 51-40 in May but he's only shed one point against Palin, his 14 point edge almost identical to the 15 point one he had at 55-40 the last time around.
Obama's really benefiting from the unpopularity of the Republican candidate field in the state. All 5 of the candidates we tested have net negative favorability ratings both overall and specifically with independent voters. Cain's numbers are the 'best,' such as it is with a -8 spread at 27/35. He's followed by Perry at -10 (25/35), Romney at -15 (34/49), Bachmann at -19 (30/49), and Palin at -34 (28/62).
The overall take from these numbers is that Virginia continues to look like it could be something of a firewall for Obama, making it the most important state in next year's contest. We found last week that Obama was tied with Romney nationally, performing 7 points behind his margin of victory against John McCain. But here his 4 point advantage over Romney is only 2 points worse than he did against McCain, meaning that Obama's running more or less 5 points better in Virginia compared to 2008 than he is in the rest of the country.
Virginia was in some sense icing on the cake for Obama last time- he was glad to win it, but he didn't necessarily need it to win. Now with his numbers flagging in places like Pennsylvania that are more traditionally Democratic Virginia may well be a critical part of Obama's path to 270 electoral votes next year. Combine that with the Kaine/Allen Senate race and you have the biggest state in the country next year.
It seems quite obvious from your polling that Romney is the GOP's only chance. Smart Democrats should be doing everything they can to try to get the Republicans to choose one of these other ... candidates.
Operation Mayhem! ... which GOP primaries are open? Vote for Michele Bachmann!
Hell.. I may even register as a Republican to do it.
Some would say that's against the spirit of democracy --- I would say it's time to fight as dirty as they do!
Nice to see Virginia on its way to becoming a blue state.
Having spent the first 18 years of my life there, I remember thinking I would never see that day.
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Governor McDonnell, your office phone is ringing.
Did no one notice how in a Bachmann/Obama matchup, 19% of Republicans are undecided, while only 2% of Democrats are undecided.
Ron Paul is 3rd among announced Republican candidates, according to poll averages.
Ron Paul does 2nd best to Romney among all Republican candidates against Obama.
So why wouldn't he be included here?
Ranjit said...
When someone is so unpopular like obama, you are under estimating the surge in conservatives on election day ! In the other side, the usual democrat base of African Americans will not turn out in huge numbers when they have 16.2 % unemployment numbers ! Republican candidate will win virginia along with North Carolina !
Because in 2010, I saw these kind of polls and also there were tag lines saying that things will not be so bad for Democrats,if African Americans turn out in huge numbers ! Obama did go to BET and tried his best ! Did they turn up? No ! It is just moment in time, where "If"s don't work during wave elections !
Stephen Monteith said...
What are you talking about, Anonymous? I've lived in Virginia my entire life, and it's always been purple. It has had practically an even number of Democratic versus Republican governors, with perhaps a slight edge going to the Democrats. We elected the first black governor in the entire country; not New York or California, but Virginia. We're about as evenly split as a state can get. Except that we're a commonwealth.
Naman said...
If Ranjit is any example, PPP should be expecting e-mails from Manmohan Singh, Pratibha Patil, and Sonia Gandhi in the next few days, a la the Burmese example.
Special people are special.
@Anonymous 4:57 PM:
Donald Trump has already given the reason regarding Ron Paul.
Ron Paul has zero chance of being president.
Look at the margin between the President and any prospective opponent; that matters far more than does the raw approval and disapproval numbers. Americans are rightly unsatisfied with the economy and the impasse on the debt ceiling.
The Republicans are going to need a miracle to win against President Obama. If Americans are more fussy about the results that the President gets than they were six years ago, then that applies to Republican opponents as well as to the President.
He'll have to campaign in Virginia and have a campaign apparatus there to win the state, which is just as well, as that will help the Senate nominee and some Congressional nominees.
Re: Stephen,
I was talking more about VA on a presidential level. Governors are quite a separate thing. Consider that Massachusetts has had a lot of GOP govs even though practically no one considers that a purple state. People vote very differently on a state level than they do on a federal level.
Obama's not going to win Virgina next year.
"I Am Iron Man" is a plant. Virginia doesn't have party registration.
It's the same thing that we saw in 2008. The Paultards will be out squealing about how everyone under the sun is conspiring against them (which is, to be fair, a standard part of the Republican mantra in general - but they apply it to Republicans too). They'll insist that despite all evidence to the contrary he has some remote chance of winning the Republican primary, or the oft-disproven claim that THIS is the year a Libertarian can win. Then the primary will prove once again that Ron Paul is a fringe kook with a small but intense cult following, and they'll spend the rest of the campaign crying how Ron Paul would have been so much better. It'll also be declared a party-shattering snub when he's not offered the VP slot. As in 2008, no one will care.


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Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster, (Henry Holt and Co., 1998).
Magical Urbanism: Latinos Reinvent the US City, (Verso, 2000).
Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Famines and the Making of the third World, (Verso, 2001).
The Monster at Our Door: the Global Threat of Avian Flu, (New Press, 2005).
Planet of Slums, (Verso, 2006).
Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb, (Verso, 2007).
In Praise of Barbarians: Essays against Empire, (Haymarket Books, 2007).
No One is Illegal: Fighting Violence and State Repression on the U.S.-Mexico Border, with Justin Akers Chacon, (Haymarket Books, 2006).
Reshaping the US Left: Popular Struggles in the 1980s, co-edited with Michael Sprinker, (Verso, 1988).
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Hirst has a Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, for research in plasma physics and microwave engineering. He was appointed Westminster Fellow in the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, advising MPs and Peers on policy issues in physical sciences, defense, and IT. He then served at CEO of London School of Economics' wholly owned subsidiary, Enterprise LSE Ltd., a venture created to support the commercialization of intellectual property and academic capabilities. Hirst then moved to the United States in 2002, where he worked as a strategy consultant for UK universities, helping them establish strategic relationships in the United States.
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Despite Athanassoulas' victory, his second career win in FSTi and coming soon after a P-WRC victory in Greece, Patrick Anglade (21) and new co-driver Peter Loth remain at the top of the standings thanks to their third place in the tried and tested Fiesta ST. While Craig Breen (19) and co-driver Gareth Roberts (21) did enough to maintain their challenge for a hat trick of FST titles this year, ultimately taking fourth place.
A lack of asphalt experience did not stop Team Abu Dhabi's Ahmed Al Mansoori (22) completing an impressive fifth-place finish with co-driver Killian Duffy (26) in the Fiesta ST ahead of Castrol Ford Team Türkiye Emre Yurdakul's Fiesta R2. Majed Al Shamsi (29) and co-driver Allan Harryman completed the finishers in seventh, another good points haul for the Team Abu Dhabi driver.
Athanassoulas and co-driver Nikos Zakheos got the best possible start to their rally, taking victory on SS1 by five seconds from Breen with Yurdakul grabbing third place on the damp, slippery roads of the Tarragona region to the north of Rally HQ in Salou. Despite developing a brake problem, Athanassoulas further stretched his lead on SS2, with Breen second, ahead of Anglade in third. After his strong start, Yurdakul understeered off the stage, putting him out of the day's action and earning a 25 minute SupeRally penalty.
The battle for supremacy raged on in SS5 with Athanassoulas taking the win with Breen and Martin completing the top three. But it was the end of the rally for Çetinkaya (28) and co-driver Çiçek Güney (27) who rolled off the road sustaining significant damage to their new Fiesta R2. The last stage of the day proved a tough one for Al Shamsi who came off the road, surviving a 25 metre drop.
The damage was repaired by his team under SupeRally conditions, incurring a ten-minute SupeRally penalty. It was Breen who ended the day on a high though, taking the win on SS6 ahead of Athanassoulas and Martin to take a 3.1 second lead over his nearest rival into Day 2 an impressive feat after electrical problems had hindered performance for the afternoon.
Yet another stage win for Breen ahead of Athanassoulas and Martin on SS16 showed that he would have been well in contention for the overall win had it not been for Saturday's error. The Irish teenager followed with victory on SS17 ahead of Athanassoulas, the eventual victor, and Yurdakul in third.
On SS18, it was Yurdakul that prevented Breen from taking a clean sweep of Sunday's stages, coming home ahead of Martin and Anglade as Athanassoulas and Breen both had heart-stopping spins within sight of the finish.
The result from Rally de España now means that Anglade and Breen are locked in battle for championship honours and the pressure is on both drivers for Rally GB in just three weeks' time.
"It has been a great rally for us in the end. We had some problems with our brakes but it didn't affect us too much and it was great to be concentrating on our battle with Craig Breen. When he had his problem on Saturday, that meant that we could cruise a little bit, but overall this was much more competitive than my last experience of FSTi in 2006.
Three years in the P-WRC have taught me a lot so I know how to judge my pace against such tough competition as Craig [Breen]. The Fiesta R2 is an amazing car and this rally has demonstrated that it is easily the top car in its class. It needs a few small improvements, as would be expected with any new car, but it's very forgiving and the package is excellent. It would have been great to have a day of testing before the event but overall I am very pleased with the performance."
Lambros Athanassoulas (GRE) – brake problems early on caused him to lose time, leading to a spin on SS3. The problems continued throughout the rally, but, after Breen's error on Saturday, the Greek was able to preserve them more on the closing stages. A near perfect performance was only blotted by a 50 second penalty for exiting service late on Saturday midday after an error by the team. He picked up a puncture five km from the end of SS12, but was able to finish the stage before changing the wheel. A brilliant performance with no prior testing of his new Fiesta R2.
Anthony Martin (BEL) – has limited experience in the Fiesta R2 and struggled to find rhythm on the unfamiliar, wide roads of the Tarragona countryside on Friday morning. Not used to the speed of the R2, he found that his pacenotes were too slow in places. But a better Day 2 saw him adapt to the car and the conditions and post some impressive times. Enjoying a relatively trouble-free rally, he did have to tape his windows closed because of a problem with the opening mechanism on Saturday. The Belgian also incurred a 40 second penalty when delays on the road section saw him arrive late at SS15.
Patrick Anglade (GER) – the championship leader banked on the reliability of the Fiesta ST in the hope that the new R2 would experience teething problems, which, unfortunately for Anglade, never materialised. After a steady start on the slippery roads on Friday, he pushed hard to gain some strong stage results whilst trying to protect his tyres on the abrasive surface. He suffered a set-back on Saturday afternoon after an anti-roll bar linkage broke on SS10 leading to tricky handling for the rest of the stages of the Leg. Another consistent performance from the German keeps him at the top of the FSTi standings.
Craig Breen (IRE) – lost time throughout the rally due to an intermittent electrical problem, which was eventually solved on Day 3. Despite this, his challenge was ended by an accident 23km into SS10 as he misheard a pacenote and hit a rock face. Breen missed out on a clean-sweep of stage wins on Sunday after spinning on the final stage, but is still firmly in contention for the FSTi title.
Ahmed Al Mansoori (UAE) – with no previous experience on Tarmac, Al Mansoori proved that he is a fast learner, producing a string of consistent times over the weekend to take a good points-scoring finish. He ran into problems on Saturday afternoon, breaking a drive shaft after getting caught in a deep cut, losing around one minute, but recovered well to come home as the best of the Team Abu Dhabi entrants and the second Fiesta ST.
Emre Yurdakul (TUR) – his challenge for a podium place was effectively ended as he crashed off on Day 1. With a heavy SupeRally penalty of 25 minutes, he returned to the action on Saturday but suffered brake problems, which slowed his progress. With testing planned on gravel in the Fiesta R2 ahead of Rally GB, he will be looking for an improvement at the final round in Wales.
Majed Al Shamsi (UAE) – a string of problems began on Friday morning as he missed a gear, damaging the gearbox. His difficulties were compounded as he slipped off the road on Friday afternoon. Despite a cautious start to Saturday, his left driveshaft broke at start of SS12 and he lost around six minutes.
Bader Al Jabri (UAE) – lost time on SS3 as intercom problems prevented him from hearing Steve McAuley's pacenotes for 70% of the stage. Bader demonstrated great potential on Tarmac, his preferred surface despite limited pre-event testing. On Day 2 gearbox problems in the morning left him struggling to select second and third gear. He showed good pace on Saturday afternoon, but, just after SS12, his driveshaft broke, forcing him to limp back to service. Renewed drive problems on the first stage of Day 3 ruled him out of the rally.
Burcu Çetinkaya (TUR) – Suffered the worst possible start to her rally when she was awarded a one-minute penalty for arriving late at the opening stage and then bent the steering arm after hitting a rock on the very first stage of the day. The damage from her SS5 crash proved too significant to continue.


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In Rome's early semi-legendary history, Medullia was one of a number of cities of the Latins who went to war with ancient Rome in the 7th century BC, during the reign of the Roman King Ancus Marcius. The town was the focus of the main part of the war when it was besieged by the Roman army. According to Livy it had a strong garrison and was strongly fortified. The Romans were eventually victorious in the war in a pitched battle outside the town.

Livy also records the town was part of the Latin League which went to war with Rome during the reign of Rome's king Lucius Tarquinius Priscus. Medullia was one of a number of towns captured by Tarquinius Priscus.

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Q: Cyclic Polynomial Representation $\newcommand{\eps}{\varepsilon}$
I have seen an exercise as follows:

A cyclic permutation of natural numbers $1, 2, \ldots, n$ is the permutation $12\cdots n$, or one of permutations $j(j + 1)\cdots n 1 2 \cdots (j - 1), j = 2, 3, \ldots, n$. If
for every cyclic permutation $j(j + 1)\cdots n 1 2 \cdots (j - 1)$ of $1, 2, \ldots, n$, the polynomial $f(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n)$ satisfy
\begin{align*}
f(x_j, x_{j + 1}, \ldots, x_n, x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_{j - 1}) = f(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n),
\end{align*}  where $j = 2, 3, \ldots, n$, then $f(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n)$ is called a cyclic polynomial of indeterminates $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n$.  Prove, any real cyclic polynomial $f(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n)$ can be expressed as a real polynomial of polynomials $g_j(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n) = x_1\eps^j  + x_2\eps^{2j} + \cdots + x_n\eps^{nj}, j = 0, 1, 2, \ldots, n - 1$, where $\eps$ is the primitive $n$th root of unity.

Without the requirement of real polynomial, any polynomial $f(x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n)$ can be expressed as a complex polynomial $h(g_0, g_1, \ldots, g_{n - 1})$, as $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n$ can be linearly expressed by $\{g_0, \ldots, g_{n - 1}\}$. While comes into the real polynomial,
I am not entirely sure if the conclusion is true and quite clueless about the proof. In fact, it is even difficult for me to express the cyclic polynomial $f(x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4) = x_1^2 + x_2^2 + x_3^2 + x_4^2$ as a real polynomial of $g_0, g_1, g_2, g_3$. Any hints or solution would be greatly appreciated.

The conclusion of the question is wrong. For a counterexample, $f(x_1, x_2, x_3) = x_1x_2^2 + x_2x_3^2 + x_3x_1^2$ is a cyclic polynomial, when written in terms of $g_0, g_1, g_2$, the coefficient of $g_2^3$ is $\bar{\eps}$, which is not a real number.

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David Ige
Hawaii Democrats sweep top races, cement hold on power
By AUDREY McAVOYNovember 7, 2018
Hawaii Gov. David Ige, left, and Dawn Ige greet supporters after the incumbent defeated Republican candidate Andria Tupola for a second term, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Democrats notched overwhelming victories as they rolled over Republicans in midterm elections and cemented their control over the state's highest offices.
Gov. David Ige easily won re-election over state Rep. Andria Tupola on Tuesday to secure a second four-year term. Democrats won all three contests for Congress by large margins.
Ige told supporters after his win that he was proud to stand up to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party that was "taking our country in the wrong direction." He thanked all those who worked on his campaign with him.
"It's proof again that when we work together, we can do great things," Ige said to loud cheers.
Tupola conceded the race but told supporters she wasn't done leading.
She asked supporters to look at the children in the room as she vowed to continue to address Hawaii's high housing costs, a top issue in her campaign.
"We are the change and our time is now. I'm telling you right now there is nothing that will stop us," Tupola said. She called on her supporters to work even harder with her the next time.
Honolulu attorney Jonathan Burge said his distaste for the way President Donald Trump has been "drumming up all the hatred" led him to vote for Democrats.
"Normally I would look all around. I just went straight Democrat on everything not even thinking about it," Burge said.
Retiree Kenny Deen Quon of Honolulu said acrimony between Tupola and her running mate, Marissa Kerns, hurt the Republican ticket.
"I was ready to vote for Andria Tupola but I didn't because I see that she's beefing with her candidate. I wanted to vote for women to get into these better positions," said the 64-year-old.
Kerns said she missed a KITV candidate debate last month because Tupola deliberately failed to tell her she was invited. Tupola denied this, and said she told Kerns she was also invited. Earlier in the year, Kerns said Tupola should apologize for her voting record in the state House because it was too liberal.
Ige, 61, vowed in his second term to boost affordable housing in a state where half of renters spend more than 30 percent of their monthly income on housing.
He touted his record of promoting affordable housing, boosting teacher pay and installing air conditioning in over 1,000 public school classrooms.
Ige is an electrical engineer who served in the state Legislature from the mid-1980s through 2014, when he ousted incumbent Gov. Neil Abercrombie in the Democratic Party primary.
Tupola, 37, aimed to become Hawaii's first Republican governor since Linda Lingle led the state from 2002 to 2010.
She said she would decrease Hawaii's homeless rate and boost housing construction by reducing the length of time required to obtain permits. She pledged to cut local taxes and help development projects get capital grants.
The Republican Party is vastly outnumbered in legislative races this year, contesting only five of the 13 state Senate seats and 17 of 51 House seats.
In congressional races, U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono beat her Republican challenger, retired engineer Ron Curtis.
Democratic former U.S. Rep. Ed Case came out of retirement to defeat Cam Cavasso, a Republican former state legislator. The seat is being vacated by Democratic U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, who unsuccessfully challenged Ige for the Democratic Party's nomination for governor.
U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard won re-election to her fourth term in Congress representing rural Oahu and the Neighbor Islands. She's beat a challenge by Republican Brian Evans, a singer and songwriter.


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Acquisition International Magazine is a global publication dedicated to providing news and information to elite corporations and businesses worldwide. Each year they compile statistics and information on outstanding businesses in dozens of countries to determine the best in each industry and hundreds of subcategories. In addition to the gathering of statistical information, AI surveys its readers and professionals to determine the award winner for each respective category. This year, more than 630,000 attorneys and other legal professionals were surveyed across the United States and The Law Offices of Marc Grossman was the clear winner in the category of Parole Rights Attorneys.
This award recognizes the Law Offices of Marc Grossman's efforts over the past many years advocating for prisoners who are often unlawfully denied the opportunity for parole despite having served the requisite time and having been a model prisoner. Few law firms can claim to have done more for prisoners or parole rights than the Law Offices of Marc Grossman.
If you or a loved has been refused the opportunity for parole, wrongfully denied parole or is currently on parole but has been harassed or violated unjustly, call the "Best Parole Rights Law Firm in America," the Law Offices of Marc Grossman. Call Now 855-LOMG-911 (855-566-4911) or request a FREE consultation through one of the contact forms on this website.
The official announcement and other details will be available in AI's December issue.
Written by M. Grossman · Categorized: Front Page Content, NEWS, Uncategorized
Outed gay killer to be freed today
More than two decades after he was convicted of the cold-blooded second-degree murder of a 17-year-old Calabasas High School classmate who outed him as a homosexual, Robert Rosenkrantz is set to be paroled today from prison.
Rosenkrantz, 39, who was recommended for parole in May, will be released from the California Men's Colony in San Luis Opispo.
"His family is overjoyed to have him home," said Donald Miller, a former prisoner and expert on parole law who has been working with Rosenkrantz's family on the case. "He has been on the verge of being released three or four times and he has been deemed not a risk for years now." Read the whole story>>>
Written by M. Grossman · Categorized: Criminal Defense, NEWS, Uncategorized · Tagged: calabasas, gay killer, murder, Robert Rosenkrantz
Claremont Settles Lawsuit in Fatal Police Shooting
The city of Claremont has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a teenager who was shot and killed four years ago by two police officers.
According to the terms of the settlement, the money will be divided among Irvin Landrum Jr.'s mother and his two children, a 5-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter.
The settlement involved no admission of guilt by the city. It closes the books on a shooting that prompted numerous protests and prayer vigils.
"I think it has been a very painful and long process for everyone," said Sandra Baldonado, Claremont's mayor pro tem. "It's hard to say there is a silver lining in a tragedy like this."
The settlement comes just one month after City Manager Glenn Southard rescinded awards given to the officers involved. The employee of the year awards had been granted 11 months after the shooting; officials cited officers' professionalism under pressure.
Some in the community considered the awards insensitive. Southard said he rescinded the awards in the best interests of the city. Read the whole story>>>
Written by M. Grossman · Categorized: Criminal Defense, NEWS, Uncategorized · Tagged: claremont, Irvin Landrum Jr., murder, settlement
Police Brutality Against Black Men and the Black Community
In January of 1999, Irvin Landrum Jr. (18), was fatally wounded by the Claremont (CA) Police Department during a routine midnight traffic stop.
Several months later, the incident became extremely controversial as more facts were revealed about what really happened that night. Read the whole story>>>
Written by M. Grossman · Categorized: Criminal Defense, NEWS, Uncategorized · Tagged: claremont, criminal defense, Irvin Landrum, Jr., murder


We'd like to say a big thanks to John H. Halpern, M.D. for sharing a video of his 'First Look' units, testing various music clips.
A reminder from our last update, all 'retail' units will have airtight gaskets and all 'retail' units will be varnished with UV coating (the 'First Look' units were only spray painted), this will ensure they are harder wearing and more scratch resistant.
You can see from JHH's video he tests some limitations of the FS-X. For example, introducing the special edition case between the left and right units in dual mode. To be clear, small objects like this will work fine but if you were to use dual mode between walls or doors you will experience cut-outs. This is a limitation imposed by Bluetooth technology.
Another limitation imposed by Bluetooth technology is range. Slightly more power will be used on the master (left channel) in dual mode, this is because it has to both transmit and receive. For this reason, when dual mode is in operation, wireless range will decrease to around 5 m, instead of 10 m (in single mode) between your device and the master FS-X.
In other news, we are considering introducing a special cable to our webshop once we have delivered your rewards. This cable will allow you to pair up with a buddy or add another set to use 4 FS-Xs at once, creating a wall of sound.
If this sounds interesting, please let us know in the comments. We will of course offer a considerable discount on arrival to Kickstarter backers and early adopters.
We are in the final phase of testing to ensure the FS-X is 100% ready for commercial purposes (testing was reopened after our software changes and bug fixes were complete).
Your next update will be no later than a week from now, Wednesday 26th August.
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Hey @Nick Martin, just wondering, did you get the "brick" speaker through the post? Don't get me wrong, the FS-X does sound better. But considering the price difference I'd really expect it to. Sadly, the first look edition of the FS-X I was sent made it unbearable to listen to for any length of time due to cut offs in sound.
The trusty brick has been running in my bathroom for a couple of years now and hasn't faulted. No it doesn't have 50 hours of battery life but tests of the FS-X show that doesn't either. Nor do I mind charging it up if I'm going out somewhere for the day. Realistically, 14 hours would give two days of pretty solid music playback.
In short, my thought was £15 with next day delivery included for the Brick... plus two years use playing music in my garden and bathroom vs £80 for two FS-X and a two year wait.
@Craig - I just ordered one of those speakers from Amazon. They sound amazing & the price is just a giveaway! I'll let you know what I think - I get it on Friday so will post here.
@Creator - I think @Craig should be taken up on his offer of testing the latest version of the speaker. He sounds like he has the knowledge to be able to offer an authentic review. You might be missing a trick there. I also add my concern for the lack of photographs of stock - perhaps you'd be kind enough to rectify this at your earliest convenience. Also, I suggest you read a link from one of the Guys in the main comments section who has cut & pasted your Updates - in date order - with your constant promises of delivery dates! It's farcical! Truly! You sound like a bunch of amateurs playing at the big boys games! And certainly somebody that has got way out of depth with their original Project. Good Luck!
As commercial strategy, you should send the FS-X first and then announce any other gadget to be used with them. No one here (not me at least) is going to buy you a subwoofer or cables until they see the FS-X in their hands.
The video is great but the @creator can't have the credit of this. A photo of a batch of FS-X and a realistic timeline for testing and shipping would be "nice" for the next update.
Just a thought here, I was a First Look Backer and was asked to return my unit once it had been tested. I did this and was told I would have a new set sent to me within days. Seeing as you are now at the stage of testing again, can you send me a new "test" set so that I can verify that the issues have been resolved? I accept that this will not be a full consumer version e.g. paint work etc but it should have the issues ironed out.
I'm happy to report back any issues I do find and also return the units when my full consumer version is ready.
This would re-instate confidence regarding other backers too as it shows that your claims of fixes and testing are true.
I believe @Darius has adheared to the "Be respectful and considerate." clause on an appropriate level at this time.
Such anger from some of the backers.
the only good and valuable stuff in this update was achieved by a backer, and anyone following had already seen it! some stupid cable is another dumb hypothetical idea that should NOT be occupying your time and minds. get one speaker working, then two together as promised, then get your next idea working before you dare to mention it. as it is it was the only substance from you in this weekly update, and it is SO irrelevant your audacity to make even the crumbs you provide such trash is one again infuriating!
your excuses about bluetooth that you're trying to slide under the table by waving your fantasy cable around is still BS. GOOD bluetooth devices have a range of 40m+.
Pictures. Software doesn't have to be tested and/or done for hardware to be photographed.
Show us there are more units than just the test units.
At least address the concern that backers do not believe that hardware has been produced.
Also. Don't care about blogs and vloggers. Last one wrote an article like he hadn't touched one.
Craig: to be fair, most bluetooth chips use very high audio compression in order to achieve such flawless transmission. The sound quality is usually bellow average then. The more quality, the more data transmitted.
Yes thank you John for your video. As a first look backer, my issue was more to do with putting the speakers either side of a 5m room and then having cut outs in sound when people walked in between. This didn't involve doors or walls or anything like that. John's video simply demonstrates the speakers at around 80cm distance, no where near the 5m range. I currently have a single bluetooth speaker that does work through walls and my phone can be around 20m from the speaker. It only cost £15 roughly. With this in mind, I hate hearing comments about the nature of bluetooth range.
I really hope that the consumer version of these speakers does include fixes for this issue as I've been dying to get my hands on a replacement set of FS-X since sending back my first look set.
As for the new cable, I think the idea is great. Sadly though I think it has the massive downside that is that you would need four FS-X speakers. At around £40 a speaker, thats £160 plus the cost of a cable. Thats a lot of money considering that you can get wireless surround sound systems for similar.
I agree the FS-X is portable etc, but lugging four speakers around and then having to use a special cable etc doesn't make it too portable. Why would I have four speakers like this on the beach, or in a park etc?
Finally, until I'm happy that two FS-X can work as I would expect across a 5m room, I'm not going to double my investment into another pair.


Practically a hole in the wall, "Meatball Obsession" has a tiny nook between some large office buildings along fifth avenue. The snackbar is purely a storefront, no seating since there is no inside – it's just a counter and the sidewalk. Owner Daniel Mancini opened the place out of nostalgia for his grandmother, who used to cook Sunday dinner for the family and would give him a meatball in a cup with some bread to soak up the sauce. Passing down the tradition since 2008 to New Yorker's getting off the 14th St. F-Stop train, it was time for me to taste some of Nonni's old-country cooking and see how this meatball stacked up.


Like most kids, I lived for sweet treats. Not so much anymore, but I still like to throw it back sometimes and relive my childhood. A perfect evening back in the day was a bike ride at dusk with my older brother. We'd both get a dollar from my mom — I would tuck mine safely in my Strawberry Shortcake white wicker bike basket and we'd head off into the just starting to cool off night. We'd "pick up" our neighbourhood friends along the way to the corner store, ringing our bells and barely pausing for them to catch up.
Our crew of skinned knees and sunburnt shoulders would spend a good fifteen minutes pressing our noses against the cold glass of the ice cream case. We'd always end up picking the same treats, but back then, having a choice made me feel older than my six-year-old self. Inevitably, I would pick out a classic ice cream sandwich. It was no contest: the Revellos, Fudgsicles and Creamsicles were nothing compared to biting into the dark brown cake-like cookie and creamy vanilla scented ice cream.
To be honest, I haven't had a classic ice cream sandwich in ages — I'm worried that they won't live up to my memories — but I have no trouble indulging in ice cream sandwiches with a twist. A while ago I had a maple bacon ice cream sandwich at Meat & Bread in Vancouver. I really love sweet and salty desserts so it was no surprise that I fell in love a little bit.
I haven't tried my hand at making ice cream sandwiches before, but while perusing the local grocery store (one of my favourite things to do on vacation) in San Sebastian, Spain, I saw perfectly sized ice cream sandwich wafers. I was so excited I literally squeaked.
Mike: Ok, don't freak out, but I see something that you might like.
Me: Look!! Ice cream wafers!!
Mike: Yes, but look into the freezer next to the ice cream wafers.
There was ice cream, of course, in perfect ice cream sandwich prism form! Ice cream sandwich making is serious business here in Spain. I absoluetly had to buy some sandwich making materials and these brown sugar bacon ice cream sandwiches are the result.
Salty, sweet, crunchy candied bacon bits with creamy vanilla ice cream and crisp wafers…these sandwiches are definitely a hit. The bacon bits on their own are so good that I had to stop myself from devouring them. Even if you're not into ice cream sandwiches, do yourself a favour and make these bacon bits! Sprinkle them on anything, or if you want, have them as a snack with a spoon — I won't tell.
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i am bacon, i am brown-sugared: i am brown sugar bacon ice cream sandwich!
Heat up a small non-stick skillet over low heat. Add the bacon and stir occasionally, rending out most of the fat. After about 15 minutes the tiny bacon bits should be super crispy and deep brown. If they aren't, continue to brown until crispy. Remove the bits from the pan with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Save the bacon fat for other uses if you wish, but either way, clean out your skillet.
Heat up the clean skillet on medium-low heat and add the bacon and sugar. Stir to coat. The sugar will start to caramelize. Keep a close eye on it as sugar burns fast! As soon as the sugar crystals dissolve and the bacon is coated in caramel, remove the pan from the heat and let cool.
**You may be tempted to cook your bacon over higher heat. Feel free to but keep an eye on it. I like cooking it a low heat because I find it renders out more fat and results in crispier bacon. It takes time, yes, but it's worth it.
Once your bacon bits are cool, it's time to assemble. Make sure you have everything ready to go: your wafers or cookies, your ice cream, a small ice cream scoop and your bacon bits. Place a small scoop of ice cream on a wafer or cookie, top with the another wafer or cookie and press down gently. Roll the sides in the bacon bits and freeze immediately for at least 4 hours. Repeat as needed. It's hard to wait, but it's worth it! Wrapped, the sandwiches should keep for up to 7 days in the freezer.
Jealous! I can't believe they have cubes of ice cream for sandwiches! These look freaking amazing.
This looks simply delicious. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe.
Wafers are such a great choice for sandwiching! I can usually find gluten-free wafers, so thanks for the idea!
Are you kidding me?? AMAZING!!!
Yummy!Unique sandwiching for the wafer,I don't really thinks its possible. Simply cool and delicious.
This is TROUBLE. Double TROUBLE.
This looks amazing! I love the blog and had to link up to this recipe on mine today :) Thanks!!
This is disgusting. I feel nauseous looking at it. I would feel like crap for a month after eating something like this.
I loved that you chopped the bacon so finely. That'll ensure even distribution so you'll have a little bacon in every bite. Looks delicious.
I can' wait to try these, they look amazing!
where did you buy the wafer????


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RELEASE: Report Analyzes the Impact of Teacher-Voice Organizations and Fellowships on Education Reform
Press Release Jun 18, 2013
Katie Peters
Education, K-12
Sarah Nadeau
Senior Media Manager
snadeau@americanprogress.org
Madeline Shepherd
Director, Federal Affairs
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Emma Lofgren
Associate Director, State and Local Government Affairs
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Washington, D.C. — Over the past five years, an increasing number of grassroots organizations—often called "teacher-voice organizations"—and fellowships have been created to give teachers more direct influence on the policies that impact their profession. A first-of-its-kind report released today by the Center for American Progress analyzes why teacher-voice organizations and fellowships are gaining momentum across the country, as well as outlines their unique place in the education-reform debate and whether or not these organizations will spark a broader teacher-voice movement.
Working both within and outside of teachers unions, the report also highlights how teacher-voice organizations and fellowships are providing teachers with new avenues to voice their opinions on the policies that shape their classrooms.
"What I find most interesting is that these teacher-voice organizations formed as the number of teacher-focused education-policy reforms increased," said Kaitlin Pennington, an Education Policy Analyst at CAP and the author of the report. "It looks as though these groups represent the growing interest that teachers have in voicing their opinions and influencing policies that impact their daily work."
Although the report recognizes that this is not the first time that teachers have sought to have a voice at the policy table, the recent emergence of teacher-voice organizations and fellowships signifies a growing focus among teachers to professionalize the teaching profession, including reforms aimed at improving teaching quality and student achievement. Specifically, by working under the premise that teacher voice is not monolithic, these organizations and fellowships—often working alongside traditional teachers unions—target the district, state, and federal policies that directly impact their day-to-day practices. By moving beyond the standard "bread-and-butter issues" such as wages and working conditions, teacher-voice organizations and fellowships take on a variety of policy issues that are as unique as the many diverse voices involved within these groups.
The report also provides a detailed description of several teacher-voice organizations and fellowships—including each organization's mission, unique policy focus, and future goals—to portray the wide range of issue areas that these grassroots organizations seek to reform.
Despite each group's unique founding principles, missions, and structures, however, the report emphasizes that teacher-voice organizations and fellowships also share many commonalities that may help generate a broader, full-fledged movement. These common characteristics—such as the use of technology to connect and mobilize participants, and a shared respect toward the history and influence of teachers unions—is fundamentally changing the way educators organize themselves around policy issues.
Education scholars note that when teachers are allotted the opportunity to participate in the education-reform debate, both the teachers and the educational system as a whole are improved. At a time when new policy initiatives from teacher-evaluation reform to the implementation of the Common Core State Standards are directly shaping the work of teachers, teacher-voice organizations and fellowships constitute a new coalition that has caught the attention of policymakers, union leaders, and educators alike.
Read the full report: New Organizations, New Voices: The Landscape of Today's Teachers Shaping Policy by Kaitlin Pennington
VIDEO: Teachers Talk Policy, which features 13 teachers discussing the importance of teacher-voice organizations and the future of the teacher-voice movement
INTERACTIVE: The Teachers-as-Policy Analysts Yearbook
To speak with an expert on this topic, contact Katie Peters at kpeters@americanprogress.org or 202.741.6285.


Here at Laidlaw Auctioneers & Valuers we are proud to support charities and the surrounding community.
When deciding upon a corporate logo, rather than employing established professionals we chose to encourage local students at Cumbria College of Art, the next generation of artists and designers, by offering a prize for a winning design. It was Luvena Jade Petty who came up with our Bauhaus style Laidlaw branding. The iconic 'Going, Going, Gone' banner which hangs in our reception, was designed by the runner up in the competition, and it was so good that we decided to award a second cash prize.
We still work on a regular basis with local charitable institutions, both by selling items at auction and participating in a variety of fundraising events; including valuation days and talks. If you think we can support your cause please don't hesitate to get in touch.
For those charities or community groups that we are already working with, the link below will give you access to our charity portal, including all the material and information that you may need in order to make your event special.
'Well what can we say! .. You were absolutely amazing and we are all delighted.
'Following your visit to our "neck of the woods" last Friday afternoon, I would like on behalf of my Committee colleagues to express sincere thanks to you for the very pleasant, informative and forthright manner in which you took time to look at the articles brought by the people who attended our function.
I particularly enjoyed the way in which you expanded into many strands of the antiques and collectors world, and gave us a real insight into your knowledge of many differing aspects, for example, the sought after militaria objects and what to avoid in the world of ceramics. A few items caught your eye and it was good to learn why they are sought after today, unlike many articles that 10 years ago or so were desired but now are not worth sticking a "label on for auction."
"May I take this opportunity to thank you most sincerely for your first class presentation on Tuesday and for the really lighthearted way in which you carried out the whole afternoon. The feedback I have received from members since Tuesday has been amazing, they all thoroughly enjoyed their afternoon, maybe at some time in the future you might be kind enough to come and see us again. So from us all a hearty thank you."


On President's Day, -SPAN President Susan Swain and National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen, along with constitutional scholars Akhil Reed Amar and Michael Paulsen launch the second season of the C-SPAN series, Landmark Cases: Historic Supreme Court Decisions, produced in collaboration with the National Constitution Center.
The panel and the series will explore the human stories behind the Supreme Court's most historic rulings.
This program is presented in partnership with C-SPAN.


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Q: apns in production environment My app is finally on the App store (thanks to stack overflow :))
Now i'm facing a new problem, everything was ok when i pushed in dev environment, now i can't push anyone, so i have one question :
does a pass phrase is required for production environment ?
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Grand Banks 42 Trawler 'Ariel Lee' Delivery from Rowayton, CT. to Mathews, VA.
On Feb 08 2012, armed with 6 bags of warm clothes, bedding, tools, galley equipment and other cold weather life support equipment we arrived at the GB42 'Ariel Lee' in Rowayton, CT. After making a brief inventory with the new owner, it was off to the nearest West Marine to purchase basic required safety equipment and spare parts. The next morning we completed our pre departure check list and got under way for Liberty Landing New Jersey, to top the fuel and water tanks. We also wanted to get a few hours running on a boat which had been sitting shrink wrapped and winterized for months, before venturing off the New Jersey coast . No major problems developed, so the next morning at 0630 we departed for Cape May, New Jersey. Running conditions offshore were good as far as Barnegat Inlet, and then the wind picked up to around 15 to 20 knots on the nose. Due to the strength, quality, and general heft of the GB 42, there was no need to reduce our speed below 12KTS, and we arrived safely at South Jersey Marina that afternoon, where we were able to take on fuel.
The next morning the 'weather window' slammed shut for two days, with winds forecast at NW 30 – 40 knots, snow and freezing rain. We spent Saturday properly securing the new dinghy, rebuilding the overboard discharge pump, cleaning the fresh water strainer, replacing the shower sump pump, repairing life lines and removing the bimini canvas. Needless to say, outdoor projects were accomplished in small bursts with frequent warm up breaks inside the cozy salon of the GB. On Sunday we walked through snow and freezing wind to the Laundromat and grocery store, then spent the afternoon staying warm.
Monday morning, conditions had moderated, so we departed South Jersey at 0630 for Annapolis. We took plenty of spray going up the Delaware and by the time we reached Annapolis Landing Marina we resembled an ice sculptor. We topped the fuel tanks but once again no water on the dock.
Tuesday the weather moderated, and we had a pleasant run to Deltaville Marina where we topped the fuel and water tanks. We always try to leave the tanks as full as possible, as this is one less thing for the owner to worry about.
Wednesday mornings arrival at Zimmerman Marine was slightly delayed by low tide, so we began our cleanup on the mooring outside the entrance in the East River, off Mobjack Bay. After completing our cleanup, we went over the 'dreaded list' with Zimmerman Marine and the owner Rob Kesler. That evening we had a delightful dinner with the Keslers at their house in Norfolk and departed the next morning in a rental car for Ft Lauderdale.
Average GPH: 18 – 20 GPH with 450 Yanmars including generator time.