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U.S. Department of Justice Announces it Will Intervene in False Claims Act Complaints Against Tetra Tech Ec. Inc.
The DOJ reported on October 26, 2018, that it will intervene in three federal California whistleblower cases. The Department of Justice claims that Tetra Tech EC Inc. (Tetra Tech) failed to submit correct claims to the United States Navy. The false claims were for "radiological remediation and support services." The work was done at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco, California.
The US Navy awarded Tetra Tech federal contracts to test some of Hunters Point's land parcels for radiation. If excessive radiation was discovered, Tetra Tech was supposed to remediate the land parcels. The claims, which were based on whistleblower disclosures, asserted that Tetra Tech submitted false claims in the following ways:
"It misrepresented the source of the soil samples that were submitted for radiological testing.
It falsified "data collected from radiological surveys of existing buildings at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard."
Previously, two supervisors at Tetra Tech pled guilty to falsifying records. As part of their plea, they admitted that "rather than take soil samples from the survey units undergoing analysis, they participated in the substitution of "clean" (non-radioactive) dirt fraudulently taken from other areas within the former naval base."
The Department of Justice filed the action not just to recoup payments that were improperly made. They filed the action because it was and is essential for the US Navy and the public to understand and remedy any dangerous radiation at the Hunters Point location. Submitting false records meant that the true conditions of the site can't be properly determined. The intervention seeks to hold entities that contract with the U.S. Navy accountable for non-compliance with essential contracts.
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TGS: For Honor shows The Oni
Game2k
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 | 3:39 PM
Trailer PS4 Xbox One PC
Because of the Tokyo Game Show, Ubisoft had to unveil more of the Samurai faction from For Honor. That's the case with this new trailer focusing on The Oni, the first hero unveiled from this faction.
Update: 2 screenshots added.
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TGS: Samurai Preview - The Oni
All comments (45)
MrRygar
Commented on 2015-09-15 16:01:56
This game screams quality, are the in game graphics as good as this, the graphics and animation look to good for real time.
MinorDespera
Commented on 2015-09-15 16:20:14 In reply to MrRygar
Posted by MrRygar
It's Ubisoft.
[quote=MrRygar]This game screams quality, are the in game graphics as good as this, the graphics and animation look to good for real time.[/quote] It's Ubisoft.
Cant wait for, For Honor!
Fantastic! A little worried about the final version, but still....I will go for this character.
KORNdog
Single player story? Or just MP?
Commented on 2015-09-15 19:43:25 In reply to KORNdog
Posted by KORNdog
Both...fortunately.
[quote=KORNdog]Single player story? Or just MP?[/quote] Both...fortunately.
You gotta love the concept of katana slicing through 15th century plate armor :)
crookedmind
So, a Samurai got to medieval Europe somehow before the Edo period began? Is that what this is or...
Commented on 2015-09-15 20:28:54 In reply to ManCrush
Posted by ManCrush
In fact, there are a lot of discussions and books about it and of course,...katana wouldn´t slice through the armor, but still it is believed it would hurt like hell, throw You off balance etc...that´s why I like the neck stab in the end of the video. There are many unprotected parts on knights armor in this game. They would feel the impact of the katana for sure. The katana blade damage from the impacts is another thing. On the other hand...Samurai´s armor was far superior to simple plated armor of the knights. It used better "technology" and much better metals. But I think it´s obvious, this game is not meant to be a medieval simulator.
[quote=ManCrush]You gotta love the concept of katana slicing through 15th century plate armor :)[/quote] In fact, there are a lot of discussions and books about it and of course,...katana wouldn´t slice through the armor, but still it is believed it would hurt like hell, throw You off balance etc...that´s why I like the neck stab in the end of the video. There are many unprotected parts on knights armor in this game. They would feel the impact of the katana for sure. The katana blade damage from the impacts is another thing. On the other hand...Samurai´s armor was far superior to simple plated armor of the knights. It used better "technology" and much better metals. But I think it´s obvious, this game is not meant to be a medieval simulator. :-)
Posted by crookedmind
Vikings never fought samurais.
Also...VIDEO GAMES, not "based on tru historical events"-the video game.
Video game.
[quote=crookedmind]So, a Samurai got to medieval Europe somehow before the Edo period began? Is that what this is or...[/quote] Vikings never fought samurais. Also...VIDEO GAMES, not "based on tru historical events"-the video game. [quote=ManCrush]You gotta love the concept of katana slicing through 15th century plate armor :)[/quote] Video game.
Commented on 2015-09-15 20:38:08 In reply to Zat
Posted by Zat
but still it is believed it would hurt like hell, throw You off balance etc...that´s why I like the neck stab in the end of the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5tuklPjtAU
It's around 10:37. And this is a bastard sword I mind you. It's very probably a sharper and more thinner (better armor penetration) blade, than any katana I saw in person. Katana is a very thick sword by any standards, hence it stands no chance against a solid steel plate, mail underneath it and then a gambeson which also deflates the pressure of a strike, on your body.
On the other hand...Samurai´s armor was far superior to simple plated armor of the knights. It used better "technology" and much better metals. But I think it´s obvious, this game is not meant to be a medieval simulator.
Please, don't make it even more embarrassing for yourself. Wooden armor and plates made of really bad quality iron, that was oh so common in Japan, is probably worse than even ancient linothorax of Greeks, let alone plate armor of 15th century. Really, it's not worth even discussing at this point.
[quote=Zat] but still it is believed it would hurt like hell, throw You off balance etc...that´s why I like the neck stab in the end of the video[/quote] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5tuklPjtAU It's around 10:37. And this is a bastard sword I mind you. It's very probably a sharper and more thinner (better armor penetration) blade, than any katana I saw in person. Katana is a very thick sword by any standards, hence it stands no chance against a solid steel plate, mail underneath it and then a gambeson which also deflates the pressure of a strike, on your body. [quote=Zat]On the other hand...Samurai´s armor was far superior to simple plated armor of the knights. It used better "technology" and much better metals. But I think it´s obvious, this game is not meant to be a medieval simulator. :-)[/quote] Please, don't make it even more embarrassing for yourself. Wooden armor and plates made of really bad quality iron, that was oh so common in Japan, is probably worse than even ancient linothorax of Greeks, let alone plate armor of 15th century. Really, it's not worth even discussing at this point.
Commented on 2015-09-15 20:38:49 In reply to Sath
Posted by Sath
Sure. No question about it. Anything goes and I'm quite ok with it :)
[quote=Sath] Video game.[/quote] Sure. No question about it. Anything goes and I'm quite ok with it :)
You are right...I fucked that sentence up about the armor. It was meant to be like knights armor better, samurai armor worse. About the video...it just shows, it would hurt like hell...so I don´t get Your point.
You are right...I fucked that sentence up about the armor. It was meant to be like knights armor better, samurai armor worse. About the video...it just shows, it would hurt like hell...so I don´t get Your point. :-)
I dont care how "authentic" it is like you guys. As long as the warriors have awesome proper animations and gear, combat on point which seems to be...its awesome as hell.
I just hope they release more like warriors like spartans, mongols...etc. more awesome famous warriors from various countries.
I dont care how "authentic" it is like you guys. As long as the warriors have awesome proper animations and gear, combat on point which seems to be...its awesome as hell. I just hope they release more like warriors like spartans, mongols...etc. more awesome famous warriors from various countries.
I am relieved that it was a simple mistake. ;o
However, if you look inside the helmet on 10:41 you would be able to spot a face of a man, that is generally not very bothered by anything to the point of apathy. Cheers.
[quote=Zat]You are right...I fucked that sentence up about the armor. It was meant to be like knights armor better, samurai armor worse. About the video...it just shows, it would hurt like hell...so I don´t get Your point. :-)[/quote] I am relieved that it was a simple mistake. ;o However, if you look inside the helmet on 10:41 you would be able to spot a face of a man, that is generally not very bothered by anything to the point of apathy. Cheers.
Oh man, I would soooooo play as a Hoplite! Or a roman legionaire of around 2nd century AD.
And I really hope this game would spawn a singleplayer based sequel with Mount and Blade'ish game mechanics.
[quote=Sath]I dont care how "authentic" it is like you guys. As long as the warriors have awesome proper animations and gear, combat on point which seems to be...its awesome as hell. I just hope they release more like warriors like spartans, mongols...etc. more awesome famous warriors from various countries.[/quote] Oh man, I would soooooo play as a Hoplite! Or a roman legionaire of around 2nd century AD. And I really hope this game would spawn a singleplayer based sequel with Mount and Blade'ish game mechanics.
So single player isn't just an offline version of the online mode with bots? It has levels, bosses, objectives and a storyline?
[quote=Zat] Both...fortunately.[/quote] So single player isn't just an offline version of the online mode with bots? It has levels, bosses, objectives and a storyline?
Nobody knows. But i wouldnt be surprised it would be play as ??? faction, kill all enemies, take over the base...etc. Dont expect a full on campaign, atleast im not. But as long as i can play around with whatever faction without going online i am good lol.
Though i do hope there are levels, bosses, objectives and upgrades though and not just online going offline with story attached to it.
There is ALOT of potential, its just a shame they havent spoken anything about it yet or giving hints.
[quote=KORNdog] So single player isn't just an offline version of the online mode with bots? It has levels, bosses, objectives and a storyline?[/quote] Nobody knows. But i wouldnt be surprised it would be play as ??? faction, kill all enemies, take over the base...etc. Dont expect a full on campaign, atleast im not. But as long as i can play around with whatever faction without going online i am good lol. Though i do hope there are levels, bosses, objectives and upgrades though and not just online going offline with story attached to it. [quote=ManCrush] Oh man, I would soooooo play as a Hoplite! Or a roman legionaire of around 2nd century AD. And I really hope this game would spawn a singleplayer based sequel with Mount and Blade'ish game mechanics.[/quote] There is ALOT of potential, its just a shame they havent spoken anything about it yet or giving hints.
icecold1983
its very easy to tell which parts of the trailer are showing in-game graphics, the parts where hes alone in that forest area. all the scenes of him in the battle are prerendered.
[quote=MrRygar]This game screams quality, are the in game graphics as good as this, the graphics and animation look to good for real time.[/quote] its very easy to tell which parts of the trailer are showing in-game graphics, the parts where hes alone in that forest area. all the scenes of him in the battle are prerendered.
On ign they said SP campaign, so not really sure how its gonna look and play.
[quote=KORNdog] So single player isn't just an offline version of the online mode with bots? It has levels, bosses, objectives and a storyline?[/quote] On ign they said SP campaign, so not really sure how its gonna look and play.
True true. I would like to see the real battle.
True true. I would like to see the real battle. :-)
GunsnSwords
Commented on 2015-09-15 23:20:40 In reply to crookedmind
Spain (which is part of Europe) Established trade with the east since the days of Marco Polo in mid to late 12th century. It's true though that the rest of Europe never really dealt with the east. The Greeks wanted to concur many parts of Asia with "Alexander the great" but they were exhausted in supplies and infantry, and so they retreated back.
As for the game For Honor, it's mostly fictional but it looks great i'll give it that. the animations are very smooth. the lighting is also great too. I hope this title doesn't get put under the knife of Ubisoft. they've been ruining their reputation this gen.
[quote=crookedmind]So, a Samurai got to medieval Europe somehow before the Edo period began? Is that what this is or...[/quote] Spain (which is part of Europe) Established trade with the east since the days of Marco Polo in mid to late 12th century. It's true though that the rest of Europe never really dealt with the east. The Greeks wanted to concur many parts of Asia with "Alexander the great" but they were exhausted in supplies and infantry, and so they retreated back. As for the game For Honor, it's mostly fictional but it looks great i'll give it that. the animations are very smooth. the lighting is also great too. I hope this title doesn't get put under the knife of Ubisoft. they've been ruining their reputation this gen.
Commented on 2015-09-16 01:10:16 In reply to GunsnSwords
Posted by GunsnSwords
Right. Though I cannot tell from the video, it looks like a mesh of medieval versus a Samurai. Which there is nothing wrong with, I'm just trying to figure what the hell is going on. (Also, the Edo period started about 200 years after the middle ages, so herein lies the confusion)
Vikings never fought samurais. Also...VIDEO GAMES, not "based on tru historical events"-blahblahmememe
The hell you talking about, it was a question... Trying to figure out what is going on in this game.
[quote=GunsnSwords] Spain (which is part of Europe) Established trade with the east since the days of Marco Polo in mid to late 12th century. It's true though that the rest of Europe never really dealt with the east. The Greeks wanted to concur many parts of Asia with "Alexander the great" but they were exhausted in supplies and infantry, and so they retreated back. As for the game For Honor, it's mostly fictional but it looks great i'll give it that. the animations are very smooth. the lighting is also great too. I hope this title doesn't get put under the knife of Ubisoft. they've been ruining their reputation this gen.[/quote] Right. Though I cannot tell from the video, it looks like a mesh of medieval versus a Samurai. Which there is nothing wrong with, I'm just trying to figure what the hell is going on. (Also, the Edo period started about 200 years after the middle ages, so herein lies the confusion) [quote=Sath]Vikings never fought samurais. Also...VIDEO GAMES, not "based on tru historical events"-blahblahmememe[/quote] The hell you talking about, it was a question... Trying to figure out what is going on in this game.
koenshaku
I thinks I saw a trailer like this before called watch dogs, then saw it downgraded to console specs..
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Defamation And Media Law
Every person has the right to protect his/ her fame like body and property.
Actually, the right of protection of fame is more important than the right of protection of body and property.
A person can tolerate the injury of property and body but not the injury of reputation. This is the reason that injury to the reputation i.e. defamation has been treated actionable under the law of tort along with criminal act.
Different definition of defamation have been given by different jurists.
According to Underhill, defamation is false statement to blame one's reputation. Defamation can be done by words, signs, or scenes. The aim of defamation is to down plaintiff's reputation.
According to Salmond, defamatory tort is publishing false statements and the statements of defamation.
According to Winfeld, defamation is the statements relating to someone which are published to down one's reputation. So that right thinking member of society may despise him.
The word defamation is also defined under section 499 of Indian Penal Code 1860 as below:
S/499 of Indian Penal Code provides:
Whoever by words either spoken or intended to be read or by signs or by visible representation makes or publishes any imputation concerning any person intending to harm or knowing or having reasons to believe that such imputation will harm, the reputation of such person, is said except in the case here in after expected to defame that person.
Explanation 1:
it may amount to defamation to impute anything to a deceased person, if the imputation would harm the reputation of that person if living, and is intended to be hurtful to the feelings of his family or other near relatives.
It may amount to defamation to make an imputation concerning a company or an association or collection of persons as such.
An imputation in the form of an alternative or expressed ironically, may amount to defamation.
No imputation is said to ham a person's reputation, unless that imputation directly or indirectly, in the estimation of others, lowers the moral or intellectual character of that person, or lowers the character of that person in respect of his caste or of his calling, or lowers the credit of that person, or causes it to be believed that the body of that person is in a loath some state, or in a state generally considered aas disgraceful.
A is asked who stole B's watch. A points to Z, intending to cause it to be believed that Z stole B's watch. This is defamation, unless it falls within one of the exception.
A draws a picture of Z running away with B's watch, intending to be believed that Z stole B's watch, this is defamation, unless it fall within one of the exception.
Kinds of Defamation:
There are two kinds of defamation:
Libel:
a libel is a publication of false and defamatory statement in some permanent from tending to injure the reputation of another person without lawful justification or excuse. In an action for libel the statement complained of must be false, permanent in nature and published. Winfeld has also considered the libel as defamation statement in permanent form.
In the case of S.N.M. abdi vs Prafulla Kumar Mohanta (A.I.R. 2002 Orissa 75), an article published in a newspaper allegedly defamed plaintiff has been considered as libel by the Orissa High Court and it was said that the plaintiff is entitled to get compensation from the defendant.
In the case of libel three items are required to be proved:
That the statement published by the defendant was false;
That such statement was permanent , and
That it was defamatory.
Slander:
a slander is false and defamatory, verbal or oral statement in transitory forms intending to injure the reputation of another without lawful jurisdiction or excuse. Slander is not per se actionable. Slander is actionable one on proof of special damage.
Difference: following differences are there in libel and slander:
Libel is either written or published which is addressed to eye or that can be read and seen, whereas similar slander is spoken or oral which is addressed to ear and that can be listen.
In libel the defamatory matter is in permanent form while slander is defamation in transit form. (Noor Mohammed vs ziauddin, 1991, MPL 503)
Libel is both a civil wrong and criminal offence while slander is a civil wrong only, although the slander is categorized in both- civil and criminal in India.
Libel shows greater deliberation and raises a suggestion of malice because it is written whereas a slander may be uttered in that heat of the moment and under sudden provocation.
Libel is always actionable per e i.e. without the proof of any damage whereas, save in exceptional cases, slander is actionable only on proof of special damage whereas such special damage is not required to be proved in India.
In the case of Parwati vs Mannar [ILR(1884)8 Madras 175] it has been held that under the proceedings of slander in India proving of special damage is not required. This view has been also ratified in the case of Ramdhara vs Phoolwati (1969 MPL 483).
Essential Elements of Defamations:
Now we will discuss the essential elements of defamation. For the success of sue of defamation, following is required to be proved.
Statement must be defamatory:
The first element of defamation s that the words or statement must be defamatory. Such words or statement may be treated defamatory by which, in its natural and ordinary sense it tends to excite adverse opinion or feeling of other persons against the person and people hatred him, by which a person is injured in his profession, business or trade. Generally, the following words or statements are considered defamatory:
Which tends to holding up to public hatred or excite adverse opinion;
Which tends to libelous to plaintiff and degradation of his reputation;
Which tends to prejudice a person's private character or credit;
Which tends to injure a person in his profession, business or trade, or
Which tends to cause a person to be feared, shunned, disliked or avoided by the neighbours or others.
One more similar case is of 'Marrison vs Richi and Co.'[(1902)4 F 645]. In this case, the defendant ignorantally published this news that two twins have borne from the plaintiff whereas the plaintiff was married only two months earlier. The plaintiff filed a suit for defamation against the defendant in which the court while entertaining it said that without enquiring the truth f facts, the published news comes under purview of defamation. At all it may be held that ignorance or unknowness cannot be a base for defence of defamation and there is no importance of intention in it.
The Statement must refer to the plaintiff:
the defamatory statements are to be directed towards the plaintiff or to be made for the plaintiff, is second essential element. In such cases, the plaintiff has to prove that the statement refer to him. Such an action can done by referring whole name, brief name, false name, imaginary name, etc. it is only essential that it may be inferred from such words or statements that they are referred to plaintiff.
The statement must be published:
the third essential element of defamation is publication of such words or statements. Publication means making known the matter to some person other than the plaintiff. If a person writes a defamatory matter of plaintiff and puts it into his own pockets or locks it in his drawer, he is not responsible in action, because there has been no publication.
It may be clarified by us by an example; A writes a defamatory note for B. B torns out it after seeing or keeps it in his box. It will not be treated as publication because that letter was only in the notice of plaintiff. But, if 'A' sends a telegram in place of letter then it will be treated as publication because it has come in to knowledge of many persons like. Telegram clerk, postman etc.
In the case of Queens vs Adams [(1888)L.R. 22 Q.B.D. 66] the defendant exhibited indecent expression in a letter and packed in an envelope and send it to the women. Such exhibition was not considered publication because any other person was not supposed to know about this.
In Nemchand vs khemrajn (Air 1973 raj. 200) it was held by Rajasthan High court that the publication be considered defamation only when it decreases the reputation of someone before other persons.
False Statements:
Initially the onus of proof is on the plaintiff to prove that the defendant intended to defame him. If such statement is true then it does not cover under the definition of defamation. Actually the publication of true statements is a good defence.
Publication of Statement by the defendant:
finally these statements must be published by the defendant. If these statement are published by other person by the name of defendant, it is not defamation.
In the case of Ritnand Balved Education Foundation vs Alok Kumar Delhi, the defendant made false and malice statements against the members of board and secretly made informations about this to some persons. Where all the defamatory statements were found to be directed towards the executive board of the plaintiff society and not against plaintiff society, no damage could be found to have occurred due to injury to reputation of plaintiff society, the suit was dismissed.
In the case of Vimal Kumar vs Desh Divakar, Madhya Pradesh, the plaintiff was a minister. It was alleged that the defendant published a circular stating that the plaintiff was arrested for causes nuisance to the management of a school and he also took a share from salary of teachers, allegations were found to be correct, act of defendant was not held to be libelous.
Media Law And Defamation
It is very important that any of the published news is within the purview of the ethics of the media person or the journalists. One should see that the information communicated leads to truthfulness and leads the mass in a proper direction and doesn't create a negative impact. In a society the law endows every person with a right to maintain and preserve his reputation. The right of reputation is acknowledged as an inherent personal right of every person. A man's reputation is his property and perhaps more valuable than any property.
Constitutional Aspect
The constitutional aspect of the media law involves to certain fundamental freedoms. There is no direct freedom given in concerned with media law but indirect freedom falls under the Article 19. This article gives the freedom of speech and if seen in relation to media, Article 19(1) enumerates the freedom of speech and expression. This fundamental right plays a very vital role in relation to the freedom of media. The right given to the media person also brings some of the restrictions to it. One can't use the right to its extreme, the other laws has to be kept with it at the time of implementation.
In Sakal Papers ltd. V. Union of India in this case, the Daily Newspapers Order, 1960, which fixed a minimum price and number of pages, which a newspaper is entitled to publish, was challenged as unconstitutional. The state justified the law as a reasonable restriction on a business activity of a citizen. The Supreme Court struck down the order rejecting the state's argument. The court opined that, the right of freedom of speech and expression couldn't be taken away with the object of placing restrictions on the business activity of the citizens. Freedom of speech can be restricted only on the grounds mentioned in clause (2) of Article 19.
K. A. Abbas V. Union of India, the petitioner for the first time challenged the validity of censorship as violative of his fundamental right of speech and expression. The supreme court however observed that, pre- censorship of films under the Cinematography Act was justified under Article 19(2) on the grounds that films has to be treated separately from other forms of art and expression because a motion picture was able to stir up emotions more deeply and thus, classification of films between two categories A'(for adults only) and U'(for all) was brought about.
Defecne of Defamation
Publication of true Statement
Truth is greatest defence of defamation. Means if it is proved by the defendant then he will not responsible for defamation. In India law, the statement must be in the welfare of public as well as true.
In Alexander v/s N.E Railway (1865) the defendant published a notice stating that the plaintiff had been convicted or travelling in a train without ticket and sentenced to a fine of Rs 1 with an alternative of three weeks imprisonment. The defendant was held not liable, as the statement has been substantially true.
Impartial and Just Criticism
The second defence in the case of defamation is impartial and just a criticism. If defendant proves that whatever he published was impartial and just, then he will not be held responsible for defamation. But it is necessary that the criticism must be:
In the public welfare
In good faith
Just and balanced
Merely an opinion
Privilege is third good defence of defamation. Privilege means an excuse or immunity conferred by law on statement or communication made on certain occasions called privilege occasions.
Privilege is of two kind:
Qualified privilege
Absolute privilege statement are such statement on which no action lies for them even thought they are false, defamatory and made with express malice. In public interest, it is not desirable and necessary to inquire such privilege.
In such privilege statements, following cases are covered:
Parliamentary proceeding
Proceedings of Military and Naval
Proceeding of state etc.
Whereas the statement under qualified privilege are such statement which are made in certain circumstances are not malice.
Following statements are deemed to be included in it:
Statement made in performance of a duty
Statement made for safely and save interest of others.
Fair and accurate report
In the case of Tejkiran Jain v/s Sanjiv Reddy (AIR 1970 SC) it has been held by supreme court that the parliament Members cannot be held liable for the statements made in Parliament under Article 105(2) of the constitution.
T. Gopalankutty v/s M. Sankunni (AIR 1971 Keral) it has been held that the statement made by a judge, advocate, witness or party before the court during judicial proceedings cannot be held liable for defamation whether there is not suitability of such statements.
Sometime apology is also considered in the shape of defence. The amount of compensation may be reduced by the apology.
But it is required that the apology must be:
At the earliest opportunity
Absence of malice, and
Free from any condition
Hence, by adopting above defences one may be saved from the tort of defamation.


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Prominent Russians: Vladimir Bekhterev
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Vladimir Bekhterev was an outstanding Russian medic, psychiatrist, neurologist, physiologist, psychologist and founder of reflexology in Russia. He created the Psychoneurological Institute in St. Petersburg, which now bears his name.
Vladimir Bekhterev was born in a village in Tatarstan, Russia. His father was a collegiate secretary, who died in 1865 of tuberculosis.
After graduating from a classical school, Vladimir entered the Medical Academy. He studied successfully and in the fourth year of education he chose his specialization – psychiatry. Bekhterev was one of the top graduates of the Academy. This gave him the opportunity to take exams at the Institute for Advanced Studies. But with the outbreak of the Russian-Turkish War (1877-1878), army doctors were needed. Bekhterev did not enroll in the Institute, becoming instead an intern doctor at a clinic for mental and neurological diseases. He worked enthusiastically, reading a lot and performing his own medical research.
In 1879 Vladimir Bekhterev was admitted to the Society of Psychiatrists in St. Petersburg. Soon he married and moved with his wife to St. Petersburg from the city of Vyatka, Tatarstan. In St. Petersburg he wrote a series of ethnological articles and became known as a publicist.
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In 1881 Bekhterev earned a doctoral degree in medicine. He focused on the physical connection between the physical state of a man and his mental diseases. Bekhterev's thesis was published and translated into German. At the same time Bekhterev began to read lectures to students on the diagnosis of nerve diseases and in 1884 he began working at the clinic for mental illness.
In 1883 Vladimir Mikhailovich began his research in the field of reflexology. He investigated the role of individual brain structures in charge of motor functions. For his work in this area Bekhterev was awarded a Silver Medal of the Society of Russian Physicians. That same year Vladimir Mikhailovich was elected a member of the Italian Society of Psychiatrists, an indication of his growing reputation outside Russia.
In 1884 Bekhterev went on an academic mission, first to Germany, then to France. In Paris Bekhterev especially wanted to work with Jean-Martin Charcot, the founder of the world's first department for neurological patients.
While in Germany, Bekhterev was asked to lead the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Kazan (Tatarstan). He accepted the offer and returned to Russia in 1885.
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When Bekhterev arrived at the Department of Psychiatry in Kazan, his first task was to re-organize it. Then he began his fundamental study of the nervous system. He studied the nervous system under normal and pathological situations. During the first stage of his research Bekhterev concentrated on the structure of the brain. These physiological studies formed the basis of a large number of his publications.
Vladimir Mikhailovich was always convinced that there was no distinction between nervous and mental diseases. He claimed that nerve diseases were often accompanied by mental disorders. Bekhterev analyzed the disease in which spinal curvature is as a result of the defeat of the nervous system. The disease is now known as the Bekhterev's disease.
In 1891 Vladimir Mikhailovich organized and headed the Neurological Scientific Society in Kazan. In 1893 the Society began to publish the magazine "The Journal of Neurology," which Bekhterev edited.
Later that year he headed the Department of Mental and Nervous Diseases at the Military Medical Academy in St. Petersburg. After moving to St. Petersburg, Bekhterev began the organization of the first neurosurgical operating room in Russia. He did not perform surgery, but he took an active part in the diagnostics of neurosurgical diseases.
In 1894, Bekhterev received a general's rank and was appointed a member of the Medical Board of the Ministry of Interior. Bekhterev's efficiency was amazing. He wrote from fourteen to twenty scientific papers every year. His accumulated life and academic experience spurred Bekhterev to make philosophical interpretations and generalizations. In 1902 he published the book "Mind and Life" in which he gave his opinion about the nature of mental processes.
Bekhterev's main work in neurophysiology became the book "The Fundamentals of the Theory of Functions of the Brain," which he wrote based on his own long-standing experimental and clinical studies. The edition includes seven volumes.
In 1907 - 1910 Bekhterev published "The Objective Psychology," in which he laid the foundations for a new trend in psychology. In his view, all mental processes were accompanied by reflexes, which could be observed and analyzed. In his work Bekhterev also distinguished individual, communal, national and comparative psychology. He also suggested that child psychology become a separate area of science.
Bekhterev was also renowned for his research in the field of hypnosis. He asserted the need for collective treatment of alcoholism and drug addiction with the help of hypnosis and suggestion. Bekhterev believed that collective treatment of patients was more efficient because patients influenced each other positively.
After the October Revolution of 1917 Bekhterev cooperated with the government in the field of public health. On his initiative the Institute for Brain Research and Mental Activities was inaugurated. Until his death Bekhterev served as its director.
Vladimir Bekhterev died on 24 December 1927. There is an assumption that shortly before his death Bekhterev diagnosed Joseph Stalin with paranoia. Some researchers connect this fact with the sudden death of Bekhterev. However, there is no direct evidence to support the theory.
After his death Bekhterev left his own scientific school and hundreds of students, including 70 professors.
Written by Leonid Laparenok, RT
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News: One World Trade Center in New York has been officially declared tallest building in the western hemisphere, following a debate over whether the spire can contribute to its overall height.
The skyscraper, designed by American firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM), topped out earlier this year at a height of 541 meters, overtaking Chicago's 442-metre Willis Tower as America's tallest structure, but the claim was called into question after supporters of the former Sears Tower complained that the spire is nothing more than an antenna and shouldn't be included.
But tall buildings expert The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has now verified the height and ruled that the building's claim is correct, making it the third-tallest skyscraper in the world.
The decision was made by the 25 members of the council, following a presentation by David Childs and Ken Lewis of SOM that included a examination of design and construction drawings.
"We were very satisfied with the detailed information presented by the team, in particular, that which affirmed that the structure on top of the building is meant as a permanent architectural feature, not a piece of functional-technical equipment," said CTBUH chairman Timothy Johnson.
One World Trade Center was deliberately designed with a height of 1776 feet to commemorate the year of America's independence and it located in the north-west corner of the site where the former World Trade Center towers were destroyed in the 11 September 2001 attacks.
"The design of One World Trade Center, as explained to us, reinforces its role as a symbol of resurgence on this important site," commented CTBUH executive director Antony Wood. "In particular the spire, which holds the beacon light, shining out at the symbolic height of 1776 feet, is especially poignant - echoing the similarly symbolic beacon atop the Statue of Liberty across the water."
In the original design by architect Daniel Libeskind, the mast at the top of the tower was set to be covered with the same cladding as the rest of the building. The removal of the cladding came after SOM was appointed, prompting a row over whether it could be called a spire - a vertical element that completes the architectural expression of the building, or simply an antenna - a piece of technical equipment that can be removed at any time.
Without the mast, the building would only measure 1368 feet (417 metres).
One World Trade Center is scheduled for completion early next year, after which it will be officially named third-tallest building in the world behind the 828-metre Burj Khalifa in Dubai, also designed by SOM, and the 601-metre Makkah Royal Clock Tower in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Photography of One World Trade Center is courtesy of Shutterstock.


SEATTLE, WA and MIGDAL HA'EMEK, ISRAEL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- March 19, 2007 -- Leading logic nonvolatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP) supplier, Impinj, Inc., and Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM) (TASE: TSEM), an independent specialty foundry that delivers customized solutions in a variety of advanced CMOS technologies, today announced the availability of Impinj's AEON®/MTP Parallel Architecture NVM cores in Tower's 0.13-micron Logic process.
Embedded in system-chips that power high-volume electronics products such as digital storage devices, Impinj's AEON/MTP NVM cores store crucial on-chip information such as encryption keys, configuration data and calibration settings. AEON/MTP NVM cores are manufactured in standard logic CMOS processes and are available for license through Impinj's "Try it Now" six-month free evaluation program (www.impinj.com/tryitnow).
"The demand for NVM IP in standard processes is growing rapidly, and we are ramping to volume production of Impinj's AEON/MTP to meet that demand," said Dani Ashkenazi, general manager of Core CMOS product line at Tower Semiconductor. "We are very pleased to partner with Impinj in our advanced 0.13-micron technology, bringing AEON/MTP to the growing number of system-on-chip developers looking to incorporate advanced logic NVM solutions in their designs."
Ideal for portable applications, the certified AEON/MTP Parallel Architecture NVM IP consists of hard macro cores in 8-bit to 256-bit configurations with parallel data output enabling instant access to all data bits. Additional features include 10-year data retention, capability for up to 15,000 write/erase cycles and on-chip high-voltage circuitry for simplified in-field programming.
"We are very excited to align with Tower Semiconductor's embedded NVM initiatives and expand the manufacturing options for Impinj's AEON memory products," said Larry Morrell, vice president of IP products at Impinj. "As the number of system-chip designers embedding NVM grows, so does the demand for fully qualified CMOS manufacturing alternatives."
Embedded in more than 300 million chips, Impinj's AEON logic NVM cores enable high-growth electronics products and applications including RF microcontrollers, secure digital media and precision analog performance trimming from leading fabless semiconductor companies and integrated device manufacturers (IDMs).
The Impinj portfolio of NVM cores undergoes stringent and well-documented quality, performance and manufacturability testing, and is available at the world's leading foundries in volume production at 0.13-, 0.18- and 0.25-micron technology nodes.
Impinj, Inc. is a semiconductor and RFID company whose patented Self-Adaptive Silicon® technology enables its two synergistic business lines: high-performance RFID products and semiconductor intellectual property (IP). A leading contributor to the RFID standards for high-volume supply-chain applications worldwide, Impinj leverages its technical expertise and industry partnerships to deliver the GrandPrix™ solution, comprising tags, readers, software and systems integration to offer RFID that just works™. Impinj's innovative IP products, core to the company's RFID tags, are licensed to leading semiconductor companies worldwide, allowing them to seamlessly integrate crucial nonvolatile memory (NVM) alongside analog and digital functionality on a single chip. Impinj's IP products include the popular AEON® family of embeddable cores, which provides rewriteable NVM technology in logic CMOS manufacturing. For more information, visit http://www.impinj.com.
Impinj, Speedway, Self-Adaptive Silicon, GrandPrix, Monza, "RFID that just works" and AEON are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Impinj, Inc.
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. is a pure-play independent specialty foundry established in 1993. The company manufactures integrated circuits with geometries ranging from 1.0 to 0.13-micron; it also provides complementary technical services and design support. In addition to digital CMOS process technology, Tower offers advanced non-volatile memory solutions, mixed-signal & RF-CMOS, and CMOS image-sensor technologies. To provide world-class customer service, the company maintains two manufacturing facilities: Fab 1 has process standard and specialized technologies from 1.0 to 0.35 micron and Fab 2 features standard and specialized technologies of 0.18, 0.16 and 0.13-micron. Tower's Web site is located at http://www.towersemi.com/.
This press release includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary from those projected or implied by such forward-looking statements. A complete discussion of risks and uncertainties that may affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements included in this press release or which may otherwise affect our business is included under the heading "Risk Factors" in our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F, Forms F-1, F-3 and 6-K, as were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Israel Securities Authority. We do not intend to update, and expressly disclaim any obligation to update, the information contained in this release.


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How do you write a formal language in an essay?
1 How do you write a formal language in an essay?
2 What are examples of formal language?
3 What is language in an essay?
4 What kind of language is used in academic writing?
5 What are the 4 components of academic language?
6 What are the 4 components of grammar?
7 What are the 4 types of language?
8 What are the 5 components of language?
9 What are the language features?
10 What is language and its types?
11 What are the two types of language?
12 What is language explain?
13 What is language and example?
14 What is language in your own words?
15 What is the use of language?
16 What are the three uses of language?
The following guidelines should help you maintain a formal writing voice in your essays.Do not use first-person pronouns ("I," "me," "my," "we," "us," etc.). Avoid addressing readers as "you." Avoid the use of contractions. Avoid colloquialism and slang expressions. Avoid nonstandard diction.
What are examples of formal language?
There are also examples where spoken English can be very formal, for example, in a speech or a lecture. Most uses of English are neutral; that is, they are neither formal nor informal….Formal and informal language.formalinformalcommencestartterminateendendeavourtry
What is language in an essay?
We define language as a system of communication that is primarily verbal, symbolic, dually-patterned, and arbitrary and is used by humans with common cultural expectancies. Language is also a means to communicate ideas, knowledge and emotions to other individuals through the use of the body.
What kind of language is used in academic writing?
The tone used in academic writing is usually formal, meaning that it should not sound conversational or casual. You should particularly avoid colloquial, idiomatic, slang, or journalistic expressions in favour of precise vocabulary.
What are the 4 components of academic language?
The components of academic language must be deliberately developed and taught….Language FunctionsCompare and contrast.Describe.Identify cause and effect.Ask Questions.Summarize.
What are the 4 components of grammar?
The grammatical component consists of four levels:The interpersonal level, which accounts for the pragmatics.The representational level, which accounts for the semantics.The morphosyntactic level, which accounts for the syntax and morphology.The phonological level, which accounts for the phonology of the utterance.
What are the 4 types of language?
So we • 've looked at canonical examples of four types of languages: analytical, agglutinative, fusional, and polysynthetic.
What are the 5 components of language?
Linguists have identified five basic components (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics) found across languages.
What are the language features?
Language is an essential part of our lives. We speak a language so that we can communicate with others. The writer usually uses different language techniques to convey his message. Further, the writers use techniques such as figures of speech, sentence structure, tone, and word choice.
What is language and its types?
A language is the main medium of communicating between the Computer systems and the most common are the programming languages. As we know a Computer only understands binary numbers that is 0 and 1 to perform various operations but the languages are developed for different types of work on a Computer.
What are the two types of language?
There are two kinds of classification of languages practiced in linguistics: genetic (or genealogical) and typological. The purpose of genetic classification is to group languages into families according to their degree of diachronic relatedness.
What is language explain?
Language, a system of conventional spoken, manual (signed), or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group and participants in its culture, express themselves.
What is language and example?
The definition of language is speech or other forms of communication. An example of language is words spoken. An example of language is words read in a book. An example of language is people using their hands to express themselves. noun.
What is language in your own words?
Language is the normal way humans communicate. Only humans use language, though other animals communicate through other means. Human language has syntax, a set of rules for connecting words together to make statements and questions. Language can also be changed, by adding new words, for example, to describe new things.
What is the use of language?
The primary uses of language are informative, expressive, and directive in nature. Language is used to reason, to express ideas, argue a point, provide directions, and much more. Let's learn about the three main uses of language and how they are represented in written and spoken language.
What are the three uses of language?
I. Three Basic Functions are generally noted: there is perhaps nothing more subtle than language is, and nothing has as many different uses.
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Local Home-Grown Business Receives National Attention
Published in the Latah Eagle weekly newspaper November 22, 2001, on page 1 and 16
In 1990, MaryJane Butters started an organic food business at her Moscow farm with one product, a ready-to-eat flavored garbanzo bean meal called falafel. At her home the food became a staple, known to her two children as "Mom's awful falafel."
Eleven years later, her business has expanded to more than sixty different prepared dried foods—from soups to salsas and from breads to brownies—available on her websites, by mail order worldwide, and at retail stores across North America.
And now she's getting national recognition for her commitment to organic, elegant and easy prepared foods. In October, the Food Network cable TV channel, with 51 million viewers, sent a three-person film crew to her farm near Paradise Ridge and her production facility in the old Grange Hall in Moscow. A seven-minute segment will begin nationwide airing in the spring.
The "Taste of Home's Light & Tasty" magazine from Reiman Publications, with one million subscribers, includes a feature on her products in the December issue.
In addition, the premiere issue of her new storefront magazine, a women's magazine and organic foods catalog with 116 color pages, is now available upon request.
"This is so exciting," she said. "A few years ago, I could only dream that so many people would be enjoying my foods. This is all I really wanted: a chance to share delicious food with people who care about quality."
MaryJane's focus on food is not surprising, since that is how she was raised. She grew up in Ogden, Utah, in the small house where her parents, Allen and Helen Butters, still live today.
"It seems that everything we did involved food," she said. "We had a large garden, meticulously free of weeds. We had every kind of fruit tree plus lots of raspberries, currants, chokecherries and strawberries. We ran our squash vines up the fruit trees, and spent our summers sleeping in a pup tent in the garden next to our chicken coop, pigeon roost, and duck house."
Every year, the family preserved a basement full of food. Her father grew up on a farm, but spent his entire adult life working in a factory that made cans. Consequently, he brought home thousands of empty cans to fill with garden produce. In the cool of the basement, her parents and their five children all took turns cranking the manual can sealer. After graduating from high school in 1971, MaryJane started working as a secretary, but quit a few months later to pursue a job more appealing to her pioneering spirit: watching for fires from a mountaintop lookout near Weippe, Idaho.
Butters continued to select jobs where she was the first of her gender: the only woman on the carpentry crew at Hill Air Force Base, the first woman wilderness ranger hired by the US Forest Service, and in 1976, the first woman station guard at the Moose Creek Ranger Station, the most remote Forest Service district in the continental US, in Idaho's Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area.
After two years, she left Moose Creek with her husband John to find a farm of their own and start their own family. Their daughter, Megan, was born in 1979, and their son, Emil, was born four years later. Finding that farm took a little longer.
"I envisioned an old farm in northern Idaho hidden at the end of a dirt road. I dreamed of chicken coops, barns, root cellars, fruit trees in bloom, clematis vines, lilacs, wild roses, irises, and gardens," she recalled. "Then in 1986, I saw an ad for a five-acre homestead. It sounded perfect, so I called and bought it sight-unseen. I named it Paradise Farm, since it was hidden at the base of Paradise Ridge, 8 miles from Moscow."
Her world seemed idyllic, but changes were coming. John left as their marriage ended in divorce, and then in May of 1986, the Pacific Northwest was dosed with releases from the nuclear accident at Chernobyl.
"I got mad. Motherhood brought out a special activism in me." MaryJane called a public meeting to discuss the threat of nuclear radiation exposure, specifically from the Hanford nuclear facility in nearby eastern Washington. More than 35 people showed up and elected MaryJane president of their new organization, Palouse-Clearwater Hanford Watch.
"It was an intoxicating era, so exciting," she said. "We got involved in lots of water quality, transportation and agricultural issues. But for me it ended at a protest meeting about agricultural spraying in 1989, when I realized that I just did not believe in making change by confronting people in that way."
At that same meeting, MaryJane met a farmer who grew a small hard-skinned variety of garbanzo bean known as desi. The desi beans were an ideal organic crop for the region, since the plants did not need insecticide applications. However, the unusual beans were also of little agricultural value, since there was no established market for them.
"I decided not to be a righteous environmentalist, but to reach across to the farmer. I wanted to design a product that would create a market for that bean," she said. "I experimented with creating falafel, a mid-eastern staple, but relatively unknown food in this country at that time. By 1990, I started marketing it locally."
In 1993, her business was incorporated as Paradise Farm Organics, Inc. "I became interested in working with farmers instead of just blaming them. I realized that if I want the farmers here to grow organic, I need to help them make that transition."
Experimenting, MaryJane ultimately created dozens of other dried ready-to-eat foods using organic ingredients.
During the same time, MaryJane found a partner to share both her business and her life.
"Over the years as I lived here at Paradise Farm, I occasionally caught the brilliant smile and helping hand of my neighbor, Nick Ogle. Nick's 600-acre farm borders mine on two sides. He and his parents still work the ground Nick grew up on. Nick loves flowers. The Paradise Ridge wildflower bouquets he brings me are no longer anonymously left upon my doorstep. In 1993, Nick became my husband."
MaryJane is the company's president, and Nick is in charge of the production facilities. And together they direct the growing of organic herbs, produce and grains at their farm. Their union was immortalized in the National Geographic magazine with a photo that fills page 89 of the December 1995 issue.
The easy-to-prepare, tasty, and organic foods MaryJane offers are what she dreamed of making decades earlier when she first started feeding her own children.
"This is what I wanted years ago for my family: organic dried foods that are both elegant and easy."
The Future of the the Oakesdale Mill
In 1998, MaryJane Butters bought the organic flour business owned for 40 years by Joseph Barron in Oakesdale, Washington. The purchase included both the "new mill," the small electric mill that Barron set up in his garage in 1960 and used to create his flours and cereal mixes, and the "old mill," the four-story building with the original milling equipment that is listed on the National Historic Register. The new mill has been moved to Moscow. Barron's organic flour label, Joseph's Natural Grain, has been retired. Flours and cereals milled using Barron's new mill will be used in the production of 60 ready-to-eat organic meals sold by MaryJane Butters' company. The old mill, which was built in 1890, will be maintained at Oakesdale and opened for tours periodically, MaryJane said.
"The first time I toured the old mill, I felt such reverence for Joseph, his family, and the other pioneers of the Palouse," she explained.
"There is so much history in that building, in the machinery polished by decades of working hands, and in the huge timbers that hold it together. We are honored that Joseph chose us to preserve this wonderful mill for future generations."
Third generation miller Joseph Barron was born in Oakesdale in 1909 and started working at the family flour mill full time in 1927. In 1960, he reorganized his business to produce only organic flours and cereal mixes, and was recognized as an organic food pioneer in the Pacific Northwest.
Barron first sold his flours under his Nutrigrain label. After he sold that trademark to Kellogg's, he marketed his flour as Joseph's Natural Grain. Joseph Barron died on October 27, 2000.


I found a great collection of pen-and-pencil-centric How Its Made videos. Some you may seen but I thought this would make for great lunchtime viewing. Enjoy!
This next video is in Japanese subtitles with no spoken dialogue but its how Pilot makes its fountain pens so I thought it would be fun to watch even without narration. The first eight minutes is all about how the nibs are constructed which is a little slow to watch but fascinating!


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By Jim Ellis
Nov. 7, 2019 — Kentucky's GOP Gov. Bevin looses, Republican Reeves wins in Mississippi and state legislatures in New Jersey and Virginia are looking decidedly blue …
Gov. Matt Bevin (R), always lagging near the bottom of the 50-state gubernatorial approval polls throughout his term, lost his re-election bid to Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear.
The vote totals fell within three-tenths of one percent, or an unofficial raw vote margin of 5,150 votes of 1.41 million votes cast. The Beshear victory spread translates into just 1.4 votes per precinct, statewide. Additionally, the Libertarian candidate in the race, Kyle Hugenberg, attracted over 46,000 votes, nine times greater than the spread between the two major party candidates.
The defeat appears to belong solely to Gov. Bevin, and not the Republican Party in general. The down-ballot Republicans scored a clean sweep, converting the attorney general's office that Beshear held with 58 percent of the vote, and the secretary of state's position (52 percent). GOP incumbents also were re-elected as state treasurer (61 percent), agriculture commissioner (58 percent), and auditor general (56 percent). With these hefty Republican percentages recorded for the other offices, it is clear that Gov. Bevin severely under-performed.
Political trouble for the governor became apparent when he won re-nomination last May with just 52 percent of the vote against little-known state Rep. Robert Goforth (R-East Bernstadt) and two others. Bevin under-performed in the "coal country" area of the state, an area from which Goforth hails, and again fell below typical Republican vote patterns here in the general election, which evidently cost him the race. Mining healthcare issues became a problem for Bevin, and his position with regard to miner health benefits went a long way toward unseating him election night.
Andy Beshear was elected attorney general in 2015. His father, Steve Beshear (D), served the maximum two terms as governor prior to Bevin winning four years ago. Therefore, the Beshear name is extremely well known throughout Kentucky.
Voter turnout was up a whopping 45 percent above the 2015 odd-year election, though still significantly under presidential levels. In 2016, more than 1.9 million voters cast ballots in the presidential election.
The Mississippi voter patterns in the election were similar to Kentucky's, except for the final result in the governor's race.
In this contest, Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves defeated four-term Attorney General Jim Hood (D), 52-46 percent, thus likely nullifying a federal court challenge to the state's system of requiring that gubernatorial candidates carry a majority of state House of Representatives' districts in addition to winning the popular statewide vote. Since Reeves recorded a clear majority in the popular vote, there will be no grounds for legal action.
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Yesterday's Odd-Year Election Day
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (L) and Attorney General Andy Beshear
Nov. 6, 2019 — The odd-year Election Day hit yesterday, with voters going to the polls in Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia. Governors' chairs were at stake in Kentucky and Mississippi, while state legislators were on the ballot in all of the aforementioned with the exception of Kentucky.
Bluegrass State Gov. Matt Bevin (R) ran for a second term after a tenure that has seen him dwell at the bottom of the 50-state approval polls for almost his entire time in office. Bevin was a surprise winner in 2015, defeating then-Attorney General Jack Conway (D) who was viewed as the favorite for the entire campaign. Similarly, Gov. Bevin again faced a Democratic Attorney General in this election, Andy Beshear, the son of the man who he replaced in Frankfort, former Gov. Steve Beshear (D).
Polling suggested a close race. Polling was right. As of publish time, the election still was too close to call despite Beshear claiming victory. Bevin would not concede. Fewer than 5,000 votes separate the two candidates, the advantage going to Beshear at the moment.
Bevin lagged behind early in the general election cycle, but returned to parity. The polling pattern was similar in Bevin's last contest, so he is obviously hoping for a repeat performance. In 2015, Bevin defeated AG Conway by a surprisingly large 52-44 percent spread, a margin that surprised pollsters.
Mississippi featured an interesting gubernatorial campaign between GOP Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, who attempted to succeed term-limited Gov. Phil Bryant (R), and state Attorney General Jim Hood (D), serving his fourth consecutive term. This race, as in Kentucky, has been close in the polls with Reeves maintaining a small lead. And Reeves is ahead with 53 percent of the vote.
The Mississippi race included a budding controversy that could take shape after the election. Under state law, a gubernatorial candidate must not only win a popular vote majority at the statewide level, he or she must also carry a majority of the 122 state House districts. A federal judge appears ready to strike down the result if the state legislature is forced to decide because no candidate wins both a majority in the statewide vote and in the state House districts.
The entire Virginia House of Delegates and state Senate was on the ballot, and Democrats were confident that they would assume the majority in both houses. Before yesterday, Republicans held a 20-19 edge in the state Senate with one vacancy, and a three-seat margin in the House with one vacancy. The latter majority was literally decided by pulling lots from a hat when the final 2015 Delegate race ended in a tie. The Democrats took back both the House and Senate; it looks like the Democrats will win 21 seats in the state Senate, with the Republicans holding on to 19. In the House, the Democrats are ahead with 53 seats to the Republicans 43 seats with a few races still outstanding.
It was estimated that the redistricting decision since the last election, which mandated the re-drawing of several Delegate districts, would likely give the Democrats an extra boost.
New Jersey voters selected state Assembly members, however the state Senate won't come before the electorate until 2021. Democrats maintain a huge 54-25 majority with one vacancy, and that could increase. Republican chances of winning a majority in the state Assembly were nil.
Posted in Election Analysis, Governor, State Legislatures, Super Delegates and tagged Andy Beshear, Eddie Rispone, Gov. John Bel Edwards, Gov. Matt Bevin, House of Delegates, Jim Hood, Kentucky, Louisiana, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, Mississippi, New Jersey, state Senate, Virginia on November 6, 2019 by Jim Ellis.	Leave a comment
Weekly Political Synopsis,
Period Ending May 17, 2019
• Gov. Steve Bullock: As has been expected for some time, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) officially announced his presidential effort this week, becoming the 23rd Democratic candidate. Bullock made the argument that he will be an effective national candidate because he's won two elections in a conservative state and has been able to earn legislative achievements, like Medicaid expansion, in negotiating with Republican leaders.
• Mayor Bill de Blasio: Following Gov. Bullock, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio released an announcement video at the end of the week making him the 24th Democratic presidential candidate for the 2020 election cycle. His declaration centered around being the candidate for "working families," and cited the $15 minimum wage, a free pre-K school program, a comprehensive healthcare program that especially covers mental health, and paid sick leave.
• Florida: Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to see strong polling numbers, with the latest data coming from Florida. The Tel Opinion Research organization is reporting its latest results (released May 8; 800 likely Florida Democratic primary voters) that show Biden pulling away from his Democratic opponents on an open-ended ballot test poll. An open-ended ballot test is one where the respondent is not given the candidates' names. That approach tests for committed strength.
According to Tel Opinion, Biden leads Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), 39-16 percent, with Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) each pulling only five percent support. South Bend (IN) Mayor Pete Buttigieg follows at three percent preference. All of the candidates scored well on the favorability index scale. Biden is viewed positively with an 81:13 percent ratio, where Sen. Sanders' score is 68:23 percent.
• Arizona: Phoenix-based pollster OH Predictive Insights released their latest data from their May 1-2 poll (600 likely Arizona voters) where they queried the respondent universe about the impending Senate race between appointed Sen. Martha McSally (R) and retired astronaut Mark Kelly (D). Though we are more than a year before Arizona's 2020 late August primary, the chances are strong that the aforementioned will be their respective party standard bearers.
According to the OH poll results, the early race again earns toss-up status. The sample breaks 45-44 percent in Sen. McSally's favor, which is virtually identical with the firm's late February poll giving the incumbent a 46-44 percent edge.
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Could Bannon Cost the GOP?
Steve Bannon (Photo by Gage Skidmore)
Oct. 13 2017 — Several articles have surfaced this week speculating that former presidential advisor Steve Bannon wanting to find and support challengers to Republican Senate incumbents could cost the GOP its majority. It appears individuals making such a claim have forgotten how to count.
Keeping in mind that the Democrats must protect 25 of 33 in-cycle Senate seats, there are simply not enough legitimate targets available for the minority to change their status within the chamber, even though they need a net gain of only three seats. Yes, the Dems are forcing Sens. Dean Heller (R-NV) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) into toss-up situations, but the remaining six GOP incumbents are some of the safest in the Senate. So, even if Bannon or other conservative insurgents recruit opposition to incumbents, the chances of the eventual Republican nominee losing the general election in these particular states are extremely low.
Posted in Election Analysis, Senate and tagged Arizona, Bill Freeman, Blackwater, Chris McDaniel, Club for Growth, Erik Prince, Gov. Gary Herbert, Gov. Phil Bredesen, Hillary Clinton, Jane Raybould, Jensen Bohren, Jim Hood, Mayor Megan Barry, Mississippi, Mitt Romney, Nebraska, Nevada, President Trump, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Rep. Chris Stewart, Rep. Jim Cooper, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Bob Corker, Sen. Dean Heller, Sen. Deb Fischer, Sen. Jeff Flake, Sen. John Barrasso, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Sen. Roger Wicker, Sen. Ted Cruz, Steve Bannon, Texas, Utah on October 13, 2017 by Jim Ellis.	Leave a comment
Bevin Wins Big in Kentucky; Election Night Belongs to Incumbents
Nov. 5, 2015 — Republican venture capitalist Matt Bevin, whom the Republican Governors Association abandoned in late summer because of what the organization's leadership said was a poorly run campaign, came up a big winner Tuesday night in defeating Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway. Bevin's victory margin was 53-44 percent.
The major institutions from both parties were wrong about the race. The RGA pulling out, only to return with a late $2 million ad buy, and the pollsters providing support for the analysis that Conway had the advantage were proved incorrect by a substantial margin.
About a week before the election both Survey USA and Western Kentucky University found Conway to be holding a 45-40 percent lead, almost the exact opposite of the final result. Vox Populi, which released the poll closest to the election, correctly found Bevin gaining momentum going into Election Day. Their last ballot test projected the candidates tied at 44 percent but the sample seemed to possess a slight Republican skew. The actual results, however, proved the Vox methodology, as it related to turnout model projection, sound.
In winning, Bevin is only the second Republican to become governor since World War II ended. The only other GOP winner was former Rep. Ernie Fletcher (R-KY-6), who held the governor's mansion for one term after winning the 2003 election.
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The film follows John Everman, recently divorced and reluctant to start over. On a beer run, John's car suddenly breaks down in front of a warehouse run by Bob, an out-of-work Wizard. John sees an opportunity to get his old life back by trying out new ones. Bob gives John new lives and he's swept away on adventures as other people but will they give him the life he truly wants?
In addition to the trailer, an extended clip featuring snippets of all the actors involved with the production was shown as well. I was quite delighted to find so many actors I know and with whom I have worked involved in this film.
Once is Enough is scheduled to complete post by the end of summer 2013.


Finger, Annett (2016) Utility of the Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) as a bioindicator of coastal metal pollution. PhD thesis, Victoria University.
Trace metals are present in all aquatic systems, originating both from natural and anthropogenic sources. With concerns over the environmental impacts of metals, particularly in semi-enclosed aquatic systems such as the Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, it is important to be able to monitor the degree of pollutant exposure to local organisms. Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) nesting at St Kilda, only 3 km from the centre of the 3.3 million people metropolis of Melbourne, are a potentially useful bioindicator species for toxicant exposure within Port Phillip Bay because they are resident and feed exclusively within the bay all year around. This study investigated metal and metalloid concentrations in Little Penguins at St Kilda and two other locations with different levels of anthropogenic impact: the penguin parade at Phillip Island and the remote off-shore Notch Island.


Discussion in 'MacBook Air' started by mellofello, Feb 1, 2011.
I gave the iPad a try. I truly tried to like it but I hit it's boundaries every time I used it. Great toy, bad tool.
Got $550 for the iPad on Craigslist, then sold my 2009 white MB for a awesome $700. Took my winnings, and ordered a 13 MBA.
I am smitten. This thing flies! I am surprised how fast his thing moves for such a puny processor. What a screen, what a design. Love it.
I see myself keeping this machine for years just like my original Macbook Pro.
Any one else ditch the ipad for MBA? If your on the fence better sell now before they announce the new one.
Heck I "ditched" my iPad for a MBP! Sure a not as light and no touch screen but the power difference is worth it. I know what you mean by boundries though, somethings you flat out couldn't do and if you could you had to find some app for 99cents or go through a bunch of hoops.
I agree just traded mine in as well as my imac for it 13 mba ultimate should be getting wednesday or thursday. I think for me the combination mba and iphone is perfect too many limitations with ipad. could not justify both imac and mba so just went ahead and traded both.
I had an iPad, and as you said, I kept running into boundaries even though i really tried to like it. Got myself an 11" MBA which is perfect. Has the power of a desktop-OS, but is light in form factor like the iPad.
Here's another one who moved from an iPad to an MBA. I got the 11 incher. Like the poster above, I just running into too many limitations with the iPad. Plus a lot of what I did on my iPad I could already do on my iPhone. I've still got the iPad, but the MBA stays with me most of the time. The iPad doesn't really leave the house.
Congrats on your purchase! Im considering selling my iPad when I get my 11" MBA. If the MBA can really "make up" for it, like people are saying!
Yeah I just sold my iPad on ebay for about $740. Hopefully I'll order mine in about a week or two. cant wait!!
You all know that the iPad isn't supposed to do the exact same things as a laptop, right?
I completely concur. All of the people who talk on this forum about ditching their iPad for a MBA were trying to get notebook-like productivity out of a media consumption device. As far as media consumption goes, iPad is the winner.
If you can only afford one device, then it would be a stupid choice to go with the iPad. Those who love their iPads are not the ones using it as a notebook replacement.
If my iPad were a notebook replacement, it would be the worst notebook I ever used.
I'm not bashing the iPad. But for me it felt like 65% of a computer most of the time. I needed 85%. I think that incrementally it will get fast enough, and smart enough to reconsider one. For now it is just an overgrown touch.
The ipad is great at doing what it does. Right now I need something that I can produce on, and wow is the air great for on the run. It feels like there is nothing in my bag just like the with ipad. But it runs Office, and allows me to charge my phone from it's larger battery.
If I could justify having a 27" imac, iphone 4, Air, and an iPad I would but that seemed a bit much. It's not the money. I try to live a simple life and having all that overlap is a bit gluttonous IMO.
More power to people who are happy with their ipad 1s. If I had children, or was a gamer then I would have kept it for sure.
I disagree with that statement. Perhaps for you it was a toy, but for me, I found it indispensable as a tool. It allows me to get a lot of work done without the need of lugging a laptop around, or take notes with pen and paper, only to have no categorization of my notes, making any searching impossible.
I see a lot of people in Shenzhen with iPads and I ask them how they like them. They all say they love them. It is a very hot item in China. I like a keyboard and a way to protect the screen but I also own an iPad. Maybe they will make touch screens for MacBook Air then we will have the best of both worlds.
come on..fess up.......you secretly wish you could have kept both since they serve two purposes.
main thing is your happy...the air is great machine but so is the iPad...just wasn't your type of machine.
I don't buy the media consumption meme at all. I know of several large corporations that are using thousands of iPads for much more than consumption. It really depends on what apps you use, how you use them, and for what purpose.
All I wanted from a tablet was really good web browsing which the ipad didn't allow with it's lack of flash.
Everyone on the planet knows that the iPad does not support Flash, so that couldn't have been a surprise?
Totally agree. I would never let go of my iPad, but it would be cool if Apple could somehow combine the two. Here's my article about it.
I would totally buy an iPad that ran OSX.
Flash would be of course nice to have, but for me more important is nothaving to refresh pages all the time as I return to them. I know that the limiting factor is the iPad's memory and that the new model won't have this issue as often as the current one has. I am also temptet by the Macbook Air but I don't want to sell my iPad. The only problem is that the Macbook Air would really be a luxury item for me as I don't really need it. I can see using it a lot when at home (where I also have a Mac Pro and an iPad), but I wouldn't take it with me when at work, because I have a windows laptop from my company which I have to use (I am an MS Consultant). Having the iPad with me all the time satisfies all of my needs. Having said that I am really tempted by the great design of the Macbook Air.
yeah I know but I got it as a gift. Thought I could work around it but I used it less and less so I sold it. I just think it's ridiculous that it didn't have it in the first place. My phone is more capable for god sakes.
I wouldn't take it with me when at work, because I have a windows laptop from my company which I have to use (I am an MS Consultant).
I too am required to haul around my company provided laptop. I am going to experiment with a vnc solution where it looks like I am logging in with the company laptop but am really telecommuting from the air. I have a 4g clearspot so I could always log in.
I also have enough sway with the IT guys that I could probably get a VPN set up if I did a boot camp partition.
We are going on a 3 city trip next month, and being able to leave the 7 lb monster at home would be a relief to my shoulder.
I took a few trips with the ipad. and the battery was amazing. However I couldn't imagine ever getting any work done on it. Looking forward to just having one lightweight device to commute/travel with.
As others have said the ipad is great for some, and bad for others just depends. My gadget phobic girlfriend summed it up best for me though. She said it seems like the ipad should have come before the iphone. It doesn't innovate in any way it's just a larger version of a existing product. Usually Apple shirks things in this case they just gave a iphone a thyroid problem, and called it done.
You will need to pry the iphone from my cold dead hand, but the ipad needs a bit more time in the oven.
She said it seems like the ipad should have come before the iphone. It doesn't innovate in any way it's just a larger version of a existing product. Usually Apple shirks things in this case they just gave a iphone a thyroid problem, and called it done.
Actually, Jobs said the iPad was planned and drafted before the iPhone, but everyone focused on the phone at the time. The best thing about the iPad is that it is a larger version of the iPod touch.
I have all three devices, and use the all, but there is some redundant overlap which bothers me. I actually go back and forth between the pad and the Air to get different things done.
I totally agree. With the 1st gen iPad, there is both an overlap with some of the tasks we perform on Macs, and a barrier we hit with some projects, where an app is more useful (due to form factor and features) on one than the other.
As it stands now, I really do use the iPad as a giant iPod Touch, and it comes in handy for travel. Of course, early adopters like me know we're guinea pigs to a certain extent, and Apple always does a great job at noting how people use the devices, and almost always addresses needs and issues in future gens.
I keep wavering on eBaying my iPad and getting an Air, but I'll probably keep it because, as C64 says, its capabilities are different than a Mac, and within those parameters, I do get a lot of use from it.