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Remembering the victims of the first, Islamic terror attack in Los Angeles - Orange County Muslim shoots-up EL AL Flight 106 check-in on July 4th, 2002
"Los Angeles Airport -- top target of terror attacks, lax security, TSA agent arrested" Julia Davis wrote in Examiner.com Jan 22, 2010.
LAX should is no stranger to counter-terrorism. Three of the four planes involved in the jihadist attacks of September 11, 2001 were originally headed for Los Angeles. American Airlines Flight 11, and United Airlines Flight 175, were from Logan International Airport, in Boston, Massachusetts, and American Airlines Flight 77 was from Washington Dulles International Airport, in Dulles, Virginia.\ LAX has direct flights to North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East – more direct flights than any other airport in the world.
NY Senator Chuck Schumer said, "You don't have to be Albert Einstein to realize that flights that originate in foreign countries pose a greater danger. There's a perfect storm for airport security overseas. Lax security checks, complacent government officials, and terrorists who exploit them. During the Millenium holiday in 2000, Al-Qaeda attempted to bomb LAX, although the bomber, Ahmed Ressam, was apprehended in Port Angeles, Washington, with a cache of explosives in the trunk of his rented car. Ressam, also known as the Millenium Bomber, transported the explosives from Victoria, British Columbia, aboard the ferry "Coho".
Mr. Hadayat Belonged to Egyptian Jihad, al Qaeda's Operational Arm
Hashem Mohamed Hadayat, 41, who gunned down Yakov Aminov, 46, and Vicky Hen, 25 – both from Los Angeles - on the 4th of July at the El Al terminal of Los Angeles, and wounded 7 others, was revealed by intelligence and counter-terror sources as a Muslim extremist. During his ten years in the United States, he was a secret operative of the Egyptian Jihad who maintained undercover links to the same Jihad cell in Brooklyn, New York, as the "blind sheikh" Abdul Rahim Rahman and Ramzi Yousef. Both are doing time for perpetrating the first attack on the New York World Trade Center in 1993.
This is the same cell that spawned El Sayyid Nosair, who assassinated the Judaic leader Rabbi Meir Kahane. Nosair's ties to the terror ring and it's goals might have been uncovered during the Kahane trial had the appropriate leads been followed. In the words of the Investigative Project's Steven Emerson, "Had there been a thorough analysis of the Nosair materials, and had there been more careful utilization of the Egyptian informant, the World Trade Center bombing could have been avoided."
Hadayat is also believed to have abetted a previous, contrived airline disaster: On October 31, 1999, an Egyptair Boeing 767 Flight 990, which also took off from Los Angeles Airport for Kennedy, New York. After Kennedy, the plane bound for Cairo plunged into the Atlantic off the Nantucket Island, Mass. coast, killing all 217 passengers and crew. In a special probe, the US National Transportation Safety Board found that the copilot Gameel el-Batouty was at the controls when the plane went into its dive. His voice was recorded shouting, "I put my faith in Allah!" (Source Terrorism 101 Debka LAX)
The victims of Hadayat's attack on El Al Flight 106 are commemorated each year at LAX on July 4th. In 2011, some of those who were there retold their experiences of that fateful, July 4, 2002 morning.
2012 marks the 10-year since the shooting. In addition to Yakov Aminov, 46, and Vicky Hen, 25 who were killed, at least 4 more were wounded: Haim Sapir, the El Al security guard whose bullets ultimately stopped the attacker; Sarah Philips, a then 61-year old traveler from Canada; Arie Golan, then 54, who suffered superficial stab wounds; and an anonymous El Al security guard. Worthy of distinction is Dr. David Parkus, a trauma surgeon from Beaumont, Texas, who jumped in to wrestle the shooter.
How many more innocent Jewish and Israeli people have to get injured or murdered before the authorities supposed to be protecting us begin to acknowledge the motivations and protect the targets of Islamist extremism? Aggression directed at Jews never ends at Jews. It didn't with Germany's National Socialist Party and it didn't with the Islamist-killers of Kahane who went on unfettered, to bomb the World Trade Center in '93. No more excuses for tolerating Islamic anti-Zionism- which manifests in violence against Jews outside and inside of Israel.
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Broadcaster Being Pulled From Game Because Of His Name
By William Ruiz
Jason Smith says that ESPN is pulling Broadcaster Robert Lee as a precautionary measure.
Jason says that ESPN has decided to pull Robert Lee from calling a Virginia football game because the broadcaster has the same name as former Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Jason goes on to say that the Lee's safety may be at risk if he broadcasts the game.
The Jason Smith Show can be heard on Fox Sports Radio Monday through Friday 8-11 PM PT.

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Whether a bikini or brow wax, burns are the biggest risk of waxing. This is one of the most common insurance claims we see from salons. The best way to avoid this is to ensure the only people performing waxing services have the appropriate licenses (cosmetology, esthetician or waxing).
No matter how long you have been using a particular brand of wax or how reliable your equipment is, techs must always check the temperature of the wax before they apply it to the client. The easiest way to do this is to test it on the inside of your wrist, like you would milk for a baby bottle.
Both keratin and Brazilian blowout hair straightening and smoothing treatments often contain formaldehyde, a known carcinogen. If your salon has not opted for formaldehyde-free products, make sure you provide or have access to masks and adequate ventilations. All stylists should use masks while performing these treatments. Salon owners should test air quality in the salon periodically to ensure the level of formaldehyde is within OSHA guidelines.
Clean and sterilize tools thoroughly for every single customer.
Invest in pre-sterilized, disposable tools.
Give regular clients the option of purchasing their own box of supplies to keep at the salon, so they do not have to use the same tools as other customers.
Between every pedicure, sterilize your foot baths, paying special attention to the jets. These are well-known for harboring bacteria.
If a client does get hurt by a service, don't panic. Take charge quietly and quickly. If it is a minor cut or bruise, apply antiseptic and a bandage. If it is a more serious injury, or if a client calls to say a minor injury has turned into an infection, refer the client to a physician. Never attempt to treat an infection yourself. A staff member should complete and file an injury report as soon as an incident occurs—this will help defend your salon in the event of a claim or lawsuit.
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News: Georgia Tech Scholar Publishes First-Ever Study of Paid Family Leave's Impact on Maternal Mental Health
Lindsey Bullinger
By Michael Pearson
California's paid parental leave law appears to have improved the mental health of mothers and the overall welfare of their infant children, according to a new Georgia Institute of Technology study that is the first to assess the impact of paid family leave on maternal well-being.
Using data from the National Survey of Children's Health and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the study finds a 5.5% to 9% improvement in self-reported ratings of mental health among California mothers after the 2004 implementation of paid family leave, as compared to women who gave birth in California before the law went into effect and to those who live in other states.
The study also found improvements in overall infant health and reduced rates of asthma among children born after the law's implementation, according to Lindsey Bullinger, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech's School of Public Policy. She conducted the study.
"So much of the focus on paid family leave is on the employment implications. But paid time off to recover from childbirth and bond with a child could also have effects on the health of both parents and children. Some research has explored the health effects for children, but nearly no research has looked at the health of those who take the leave in the U.S." Bullinger said.
The study did not find any improvement as a result of the law in how new fathers reported their mental health status, or in measures of respiratory or food allergies in children. But it did find improvements in how parents felt like they were coping with the day-to-day demands of parenting.
The improvements in maternal mental health and overall child well-being may be the result of children spending more time at home after birth instead of in daycare, increased opportunities for parents to care for their children, reductions in parental stress and anxiety, and improved economic outcomes, all of which have been shown to have a positive effect on child health, according to the study.
The results were particularly strong in low-income households, Bullinger said.
"Many families do not have paid leave through their employers and cannot afford to take unpaid leave after the birth of a child," Bullinger said. "Relative to higher-income families who can, paid family leave could be more impactful for poorer families, since the jump between what leave they could afford to take before the law compared to after the law is larger. And that's what we see in the study. Paid leave in California had stronger effects for children and parents from lower income families."
Results Could Help Guide Policy
Paid family leave is a perennial issue across the United States, and the results contained in the new paper could prove useful to state and federal lawmakers considering implementation of such policies, Bullinger said.
"Most of the research on paid family leave is from Europe and Canada. But there, leave lengths are much longer, in the range of 25 to 52 weeks, so it is not clear if that research is helpful in the U.S. where leaves are typically much shorter. These findings can help policymakers in both designing programs and evaluating the costs and benefits of those programs in the U.S."
Previous studies have documented positive implications from paid family leave on job prospects for mothers, the length of parental leave taken, and child hospitalizations. Bullinger's paper is the only one to look at the impact on parental mental health, and among the first to look at overall infant well-being.
The study, "The Effect of Paid Family Leave on Infant and Parental Health in the United States," will be published in print in the July edition of the Journal of Health Economics.
Two Previous Studies Focused on Impact of Affordable Care Act
Bullinger, who focuses on the impact of public policies on the health and well-being of children and their families, also recently had two articles published examining impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
In the most recent paper, published in May in Maternal and Child Health Journal, Bullinger, along with co-author Kosali Simon of Indiana University, found that the ACA increased sales of injectable contraceptives, but had no significant impact on sales of many other forms of prescription contraceptives, such as intrauterine devices, implants, pills, or patches.
Bullinger also co-authored a paper in JAMA Pediatrics examining reimbursement changes for breast pump medical equipment.
The law's provisions covering the cost of breast pumps for new mothers increased the number of women who attempted breastfeeding, as well as the period those mothers breastfed their children. That paper found that recent reductions in reimbursement of breast pumps by insurers are unlikely to yield health care costs savings.
Kandice A. Kapinos of the RAND Corporation and Tami Gurley-Calvez of the University of the Kansas Medical Center co-authored that article with Bullinger. It was published in November 2018.
The School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
Michael Pearson
michael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu


Cell phone users should be aware that their phone does not provide the 911 center with the same information as your home phone. When you call 911 from a land line (home, business, pay phone, etc.), the 911 operator usually receives your address, phone number and in whose name the phone is billed. This is not the case with mobile phones. Most cell calls provide the phone number and an approximate location of the caller. However, an approximate location may not be good enough.
Remember, when calling 911 from a cell phone, know your location. We can talk to you, we have your phone number to call you back, but we can't get you help until we know where you are located.
Currently 82% of all 911 calls to our center are from wireless phones. Many accidental calls occur through activations of emergency buttons on wireless phones. When a cell phone inadvertently calls 911, it takes up operator time that could be better used for an emergency situation. To avoid accidental calls to 911, please remember to lock down the keypad of your wireless phone when not in use.
It was important to prepare and bring this capability to our area to add another way to contact 911, especially for the speech and hearing-impaired community. When a response is needed from police, fire, or emergency medical ambulance personnel, you can now text '911' and your message will be delivered into our phone system. We will be able to text a response and determine what assistance you need. Greene County is only one of approximately 16 counties in the state of Missouri that has the ability to receive text-to-911 messages.
Voice 911 calls are still the preferred method of receiving emergency calls so the telecommunicator can talk with the person. The slogan 'call if you can, text if you can't' is exactly what the community should remember.
Other tips include knowing your location, being brief, using plain language, and avoid abbreviations so the telecommunicators can clearly understands what is occurring.


As you know, dogs love bones (without even meat on it) and they would spend hours working, crushing and grinding the bone, so that it can be consumed. In others words, dogs are highly attracted towards a bone, though it doesn't have any taste and nutrition. This toy is simply based on the fact, how a dog reacts while seeing a bone. That is the reason, this dog toy is being controlled by a piece of plastic in the shape of a bone(acting as remote control). Its electronically built in such an interesting way, that by simply shaking the bone in front of the dog, would make it jump (I mean it would stand on its two back legs instead of sitting on four legs as usual) and bark, and move forward as well. The bone also produces noise while shaking it. This is a great fun for the toddlers and they would simply love it.
The toy also has the educational part other than the fun. There are also several press buttons on the body of the dog that teaches counting, alphabets, colors and shapes. Several sounds are produced when the dog is in action or in motion. Two songs are also played by this wonderful toy. Batteries are required for its operation. Here is a nice video to see the toy in action. This dog toy looks cute and it has two movable big ears which makes it more attractive.
You might be knowing about Ozell Williams, who amazingly flips his body, and he ranks among the best in the world trickers. If you don't know him, and want to see his flippin actions just watch this youtube video. Action of flippin is something when a person jumps and rolls his body in air in complete 360 degree, and then land back on the ground with his feet. This is an amazing stunt which hardly anyone can do. Now, this same stunt is being applied to toys to amuse the children. Tobar flippin puppy dog is built on the same principle of flippin action. Its a soft toy and there is a button to switch it on or off. Once you Switch ON the button, the dog toy will start barking, and then after moving forward for few seconds, it will suddenly flip upside down, just like you watched Ozell Williams doing the same in above mentioned video. This is all a great fun to watch the dog jumping for any child irrespective of their age. Just watch this youtube video to see this product or item in action.
The no.1 toy mentioned above, was simply, when the dog only used to stand on its back legs, while operated through a battery. On the other hand, in the no.2 toy mentioned above, the dog actually does a 360 degree flip in the air, like Ozell Williams, when operated through a battery. That is the major difference between the two dog toys but both are worth buying. And remember, both the toys bark which should be the main feature of a dog toy. But the number 1 toy is more interesting as it does its actions by the shaking of a bone, while the 2nd one is operated only through a battery operated key.


There are no formal entry requirements but we recommend that normally you have successfully completed an undergraduate or post graduate qualification in Business, Management, Human Resource Management, Psychology or a related subject area, or an equivalent qualification. Exceptional learners, who have no formal qualification in management or leadership, but whohave several years' experience and have completed some formal training in the role, may also participate.
Participants must also be able to complete a minimum of 12 hours of coaching and/or mentoring with 2 or more coachees/mentees during the course for the assessment.
*Please note we are currently reviewing this programme in light of amendments to the qualification's standards by the ILM. While we feel these will only be minor changes to the programme, we are currently unable to confirm the exact dates and fees for our next cohort in October until we have finished our review.
Consequently we are currently offering the option to book and pay to reserve your place on our October 19 cohort now at the 18/19 early bird fee of £1,845 until the full dates and 19/20 pricing are released. We anticipate being able to confirm dates by the end of April 2019.
Once dates are scheduled we will contact you to confirm that you wish to keep your place. If the cohort dates are unsuitable for you, a full refund will be offered.


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In informatica, l'algoritmo di Ford-Fulkerson permette di trovare il flusso massimo che attraversa un grafo da un punto ad un altro di questo. Il nome deriva dai suoi due ideatori, Lester Randolph Ford e Delbert Ray Fulkerson.

Definizione formale del problema

Dati un grafo

, con V insieme dei nodi e E insieme degli archi,

e una capacità c

 con

Si può definire flusso in G una funzione

con le seguenti proprietà:

  con s origine del flusso e d destinazione.

Il problema da risolvere è quindi trovare il massimo di  dato un grafo G.

La complessità dell'algoritmo nel caso peggiore è , dove  denota il flusso massimo nella rete residua. La complessità dipende quindi dalla cardinalità degli archi e dal flusso massimo.

Esempio risolto
Risolvere un problema di flusso massimo significa calcolare la quantità massima di flusso (sia questo di informazione, elettricità, materiale, ecc.) che può passare da un punto definito della rete ad un altro (anch'esso definito).

Un esempio di un problema di flusso massimo è il seguente: "Calcolare quanta elettricità può arrivare all'Hotel Roma attraverso la seguente rete elettrica".

In questo caso
indicano i nodi della rete (ovvero le ramificazioni della rete elettrica)
indicano i punti di partenza e arrivo(ovvero la centrale elettrica e l'Hotel)
 indicano gli archi (ovvero i cavi elettrici e la loro relativa capacità massima)

Per risolvere i problemi di flusso massimo dobbiamo calcolare tutti i percorsi che il flusso può fare dal nodo di partenza a quello di arrivo (quindi all'aumentare del numero di nodi la difficoltà del problema aumenta notevolmente). Per fare in modo di considerare tutti i cammini possibili è conveniente seguire un determinato ordine; convenzionalmente si usa considerare sempre il cammino più alto disponibile.
Un'altra importante regola in questi tipi di problemi è che nei nodi non si può accumulare, generare o cancellare materiale: ciò che entra deve anche uscire (eccezione fatta per il nodo di partenza e di arrivo).

Prima di continuare occorre introdurre una notazione:

Da questa scrittura è facilmente intuibile che l'arco tra il nodo A e il nodo B è 4, cioè tra il nodo A e il nodo B possono passare al massimo 4 unità del flusso.

Quest'altra notazione è equivalente: Dal nodo A al nodo B, in questo momento, possono passare solo 4 unità mentre tra il nodo B e il nodo A nessuna unità.

Posso spostare 3 unità di materiale (o di flusso) dal nodo A al nodo B e me ne resta ancora 1 unità, mentre da B ad A ne posso rimandare indietro 3; questo secondo la regola per cui nei nodi non si genera né cancella materiale.

Consideriamo ora un esempio di problema di flusso massimo e vediamo in pratica come si risolve.

Abbiamo la rete qui sopra descritta e dobbiamo calcolare il flusso massimo che può passare dal nodo "A - inizio" al nodo "G - arrivo".
Secondo quanto appena detto dobbiamo seguire tutti i cammini possibili seguendo uno specifico ordine: Consideriamo prima i cammini più alti.

Nel grafico il cammino più alto che collega "inizio" ad "arrivo" è ABCG ed il flusso massimo che può passare attraverso questo cammino è 3 (ovvero la minima tra le capacità degli archi). Elenchiamo il cammino seguito (e la relativa capacità) e aggiorniamo il grafico.

Il cammino più alto ora è ABDG che ha capacità 1. Come prima lo elenchiamo ed aggiorniamo il grafico.

Dal nodo B attualmente non può uscire nulla (sia verso C sia verso D ha capacità zero) quindi ci si sposta sul nodo E.

Ora il problema è concluso. Per calcolare il flusso massimo tra A e G si fa semplicemente la somma dei cammini trovati:  3+1+6=10.

In una schematizzazione di questo tipo del problema va prestata attenzione a due cose: La prima è che la somma delle capacità dei cammini trovati deve essere uguale alla somma delle capacità in entrata del nodo di arrivo.

La seconda è che la somma tra le capacità di un arco è costante. Consideriamo ad esempio l'arco AB:
 Nel primo passo era
Nel secondo passo era
Nel terzo passo era
Nel quarto passo era uguale al precedente quindi

Bibliografia
 Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest Introduction to algorithms MIT Press

Altri progetti

Ricerca operativa
Ford-Fulkerson
Reti di flusso

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Kerala women panel registers case after actor molestation in Kochi's mall
WC chairman MC Josephine (File photo)
Kochi (Kerala) [India], December 18 (ANI): Kerala Women's Commission Chairman MC Josephine on Friday said a suo moto case has been registered after a Malayalam actor alleged that she was "stalked and physically assaulted by two men at a shopping mall in Kochi."
Josephine and Advocate Shiji Shivaji will collect evidence on Saturday from the actor.
"The incident of insulting the actor at the mall in Kochi was reprehensible. The Commission has registered a suo moto case. The commission will take evidence from the actor about the incident tomorrow (Saturday)," said the statement.
The actor revealed the incident through a long post on her Instagram page.
In a detailed note shared on Instagram stories, the actor stated that two men walked close to the actor and one of them not so accidentally put his hand on her back. She noted that though she realised that it was not accidental, she could not react immediately.
"I wanted to give him the benefit of doubt but you know when something is just not right, you feel it. I was blank for a minute trying to process this. My sister saw this very clearly as she was standing not so far away. She came to me and asked if I was okay. I was clearly not. The fact that it looked deliberate even for her made it clear that I was not imagining this. I was blank for a minute trying to process this," she wrote on her Instagram stories.
She added that the men also followed her to the vegetable counter in the mall.
"These men came to us again and this time that guy had the audacity to talk to me and my sister. Trying to get closer as he spoke. They wanted to know the names of the movies I have been a part of. We turned a cold shoulder and asked the guy to mind his own business and leave. When my mom walked towards us they left," she explained the shocking experience.
The actor also expressed her disappointment to react against the men who dared to misbehave with her. (ANI)
Thailand Open: Carolina Marin, Viktor Axelsen crowned champions after straight games wins
The former world number one Spaniard was an imposing force with razor sharp smash shots, clever net work and an unmatched level of aggression and agility.


Super easy, literally this CBT therapy can be done by adults,children and adolescents alike.You have full control of your emotions and actions, and all it takes is the CORRECT way to shift your thinking! To adopt healthy thought paaterns. And that is the mission of this book.
You don't need to a ton of cbt books/workbooks, audiobooks and video products to possess the right toolbox or fix to the issues bothering you. It just takes understanding of your problems, basic skills and strong will to actually do something about it-preferably today?
I will not waste your time today, forcing you to read several hundred pages of material unnecessarily – when all that you need can be concisely compressed into this book you hold in front of you.
Let us begin this journey today-that's right today, stop procrastinating, stop whining, and begin taking steps towards a better you! No need to be intimidated. The wonderful thing about CBT, is that it's not rocket science and you can finish the book and start tweaking your brain minutes from now.


Star Cruises marked the inaugural sailing of the SuperStar Aquarius from her new Qingdao homeport earlier this week, and also announced the SuperStar Virgo would homeport in Qingdao starting in November.
Ang Moo Lim, President of Star Cruises said: "Back in 2002, Star Cruises had the privilege to pioneer Qingdao's cruise industry development with the deployments of SuperStar Gemini and SuperStar Capricorn to this beautiful port city. As we celebrate the inaugural sailing of SuperStar Aquarius in Qingdao, Star Cruises has officially set a new record number of homeport deployments by the same brand in Qingdao.
The SuperStar Aquarius will sail from Qingdao this summer to Japan, stopping in multiple ports including Nagasaki, Fukuoka, Sasebo and Beppu.


As we see now double bottom was performed and BTC is rising, last 3 days. Anyone could think that bulls have taken control of the market, but there is currently no reason to believe that more downside will not coming. The selling probably is not over. We are still in downtrend.
1) Now, BTC is heading EMA200 and EMA21 trend lines . So EMA200 is stronger than EMA21 and i suppose to EMA200 will win and reflect BTC below $7200. In 3 attempts of 4 BTC faild and BTC was reflected down.
2) In my opinion - BTC have allready finished Elliott Correction Wave ( ABC ) and now continues forming Elliott Impulse Wave (12345) which will dropdown the BTC's price again below $7000 or deeper.
If I am right We will se price $6000 soon.
3) To make my TA clearer, so I have not drawn there two important formations "long trend descending triangle" and "local trend Ascending Triangle . I'm curious about which pattern win and i bet "Descending Triangle", bearish , pattern will win and reflect BTC near price $6000.
Last point … We still in a downtrend until higher high is created = price above $11000.But that does not mean that BTC will not grow.
Always use stoploss and follow your money management. Good Luck!
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The Origins of Impulse
Everyone makes poor decisions from time to time. Not knowing why they made bad choices, or acted 'out of character,' can appear as though humans aren't in control of their own bodies. Philosophers have argued that such rash decisions can be the result of too much passion, or lack of knowledge. Religion has considered it devil's work. Science has termed that mysterious agent impulse. By recounting both real-life stories and lab test results, David Lewis offers a glimpse into the triggers that lead to those face-palming moments with Impulse: Why We Do What We Do Without Knowing We Do It.
The author moves deftly from actual events to lab results in order to make his points. Lewis' opening salvo is a foursome of true stories demonstrating how impulses saved people's lives, including a personal story of how a whim to visit the cinema helped him avoid a terror bombing overseas. Additional tales explain .how individuals were saved from disaster by listening to a vague 'gut reaction' to alter their courses of action.
The human brain's mode of thinking is split between System R, for slow reflection, and System I, for quick and impulsive. The oft-retold story of Phineas Gage, whose work-related brain trauma brought about life and mood-altering events, leads the reader to an understanding of the areas of the brain that control appropriate versus impulsive behavior. Those same areas of the brain are under-developed in the still growing minds of teenagers, which may explain their susceptibility to impulsive behavior. Further biological explanation is given in the 2D:4D ratio, a method using the length of the pointer finger divided by the length of the ring finger, which predicts risk-taking aversion or acceptance.
Lewis details how 21 senses relay information to the brain, and are influenced by impulse. Beyond the traditional 5 senses, humans have detectors such as thermoception, for heat awareness, and proprioception, for body awareness. Particular attention is paid to the sense of smell, and how it can be manipulated by marketing to lead to impulse purchases, or by individuals trying to attract mates with perfumes and colognes. A later chapter focusing on sight makes interesting note of how cultural differences determine perception, and how gender and beauty are 'predetermined' in the brain by recognition of color and symmetry.
The second half of the book focuses on specific impulses. In discussing desire for love and sex, Lewis refers to experiments which show how adrenaline rushes in the company of others can cause people to wrongly attribute the thrill to a partner, or how male preferences for particular female body parts may reveal their personalities. He shows how the body's primal survival impulse to use sugary, fatty foods as quick bursts of energy is spun by fast food marketers and dessert peddlers in a chapter focusing on eating. "The Buying Impulse" reveals how department stores wield sights and sounds to appeal to human senses. A chapter reviewing mirror neurons demonstrates the human impulse to mimic emotions and actions, and how that leads from everything to reciprocating a smile, to possible extremes like rioting and suicide.
Impulse builds up to a widely accepted scientific notion that 'free will' is an illusion, due to evidence that reactions in the brain happen before humans are even aware they are taking a course of action. While this could be seen as incendiary for religious and humanist groups, Lewis' conclusion takes a philosophic rather than scientific approach. He contests that if science is going to refute free will, society must implement it as an ideal for maintaining order and direction in people's lives. No doubt religious groups were happy he chose to end the book on that point.
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Generally speaking, essential oils (EOs) and components of interest are extracted from plants using hydrodistillation (HD), steam distillation or organic solvent methods The Supercritical CO2 (SC-CO2) extraction technique is a good alternative to the three previously mentioned methods as it is able to be applied at temperatures close to ambient and shows no toxicity to humans or the environment. The aim of this study is to investigate the ability of supercritical CO2 extraction to extract bioactive components from four Corsican endemic plants: Rosmarinus officinalis, Juniperus communis ssp nana, Helichrysum italicum and Pistacia lentiscus. After the extracts were analyzed by gas chromatography, it would appear that SC-CO2 is the most adapted process for the extraction of such components of interest as verbenone, germacrene D, bornyl acetate, ferruginol, transcaryophyllene, elemol,gamma-cadinene, geraniol or beta-eudesmol in higher quantity. The SC-CO2 extraction curves were obtained using two models published by Sovova. These models give access to complementary information and help to estimate the values of some important data such as the possible maximal extraction yield for Helichrysum italicum and the end of the extraction period.
The implementation and optimization of continuous supercritical CO2 fractionation of a clary sage extract containing 25 wt% of sclareol were performed in order to increase its sclareol content. After preliminary experiments confirming the feasibility of the process, different operating conditions were studied: CO(2-)over-feed mass ratio from 25 up to 115, and pressure between 11 and 13 MPa, with an internal reflux due to a thermal gradient 323-338 K along the column, through an experimental design. Four responses were highlighted: sclareol mass fraction in the raffinate, sclareol mass fraction in the extract, sclareol yield in the raffinate, and the amount of an undesirable compound exhibiting a similar behaviour to sclareol and thus, hard to separate from sclareol by conventional techniques. This work allowed us to highlight the best operating conditions: a pressure of 12.6 MPa and a CO2-over-feed mass ratio of 114.5 leading to a sclareol mass fraction in raffinate and extract of 75.3% and 4.6% respectively, to a sclareol yield of 82.4% in the raffinate, and to an amount of 0.08% of the undesirable compound in the raffinate.


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Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit California Eastern District (PC) Sosa v. CSATF Warden Filing 72
(PC) Sosa v. CSATF Warden
ORDER Taking Objections under Advisement, Directing Plaintiff to File Statement Regarding Schedule and Discovery; ORDER Directing Clerk to Send Plaintiff Copy of Order Requiring Statements from Parties Regarding Schedule and Discovery 48 signed by Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean on 01/10/2022. Scheduling and Discovery Statement due by 2/10/2022.(Flores, E)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 JORGE LUIS SOSA, 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:19-cv-0333-JLT-EPG (PC) ORDER TAKING OBJECTIONS UNDER ADVISEMENT, DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE STATEMENT REGARDING SCHEDULE AND DISCOVERY R. HULSE, THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE Defendant. (ECF Nos. 66, 69, 70) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO SEND PLAINTIFF COPY OF ORDER REQUIRING STATEMENTS FROM PARTIES REGARDING SCHEDULE AND DISCOVERY (ECF NO. 48) 19 On June 3, 2021, the Court entered an order requiring the parties to provide statements 20 regarding the schedule and discovery within 30 days from service of the order. (ECF No. 48). The 21 Court twice extended this deadline to allow the parties to focus their efforts on settling the case. 22 23 24 (ECF Nos. 50, 59). In the Court's August 23, 2021 order extending the deadline for the parties to file statements, the Court ordered the parties to "file their scheduling and discovery statements no later than October 15, 2021." (ECF No. 59). On October 15, 2021, Defendant filed his statement. 25 (ECF No. 63). After Plaintiff failed to timely file any statement, this Court sua sponte extended 26 the deadline for Plaintiff to do so on October 25, 2021, giving Plaintiff an additional 21-days 27 from the date of service of the order. (ECF No. 64). 28 1 1 After Plaintiff again failed to file his statement, this Court issued findings and 2 recommendations on December 3, 2021, recommending that this case be dismissed without 3 prejudice because of Plaintiff's failure to comply with court orders and to prosecute this case. 4 (ECF No. 66). On December 22, 2021, Plaintiff filed objections to the findings and 5 recommendations. (ECF No. 69). Referring to the October 28, 2021 order of clarification, Plaintiff states that he "was of the 6 7 belief that all matters – including the Order for Scheduling and Discovery – were STAYED." 8 (ECF No. 69). Additionally, Plaintiff states that he speaks very little English and his legal 9 advocate has been on vacation and other "inmate 'translators"' gave him incorrect information. 10 (Id. at 1, 8). Plaintiff has also attached the declaration of his legal advocate, Mark Edwin 11 Sunnergren, which states that he mistakenly believed that litigation in this case had been stayed 12 by the order of clarification, but that, in the future, Plaintiff will promptly comply with all court 13 orders. (Id. at 10). On December 28, 2021, Defendant filed a response to Plaintiff's objections. (ECF No. 14 15 70). Defendant argues that Plaintiff's statement was overdue even before the order of clarification 16 was filed, and thus that cannot explain the cause of the entire delay in Plaintiff's failure to file his 17 statement. Additionally, Defendant states that the order of clarification is sufficiently clear in 18 noting that matters handled by the magistrate judgment may proceed.1 Lastly, Defendant notes 19 that Plaintiff still has yet to file his statement. 20 On January 7, 2022, Judge Jennifer L. Thurston was assigned as the District Judge to this 21 action, obviating the NONE designation. (ECF No. 71). Accordingly, the order of clarification no 22 longer in any way stays the assigned District Judge's participation in this case. Upon consideration of the parties' arguments and the fact that this case now has an 23 24 assigned District Judge, IT IS ORDERED as follows: 1. Plaintiff's objections to the Court's December 3, 2021 findings and recommendations 25 26 The Court notes that the order of clarification allows "magistrate judges assigned to Unassigned/NONE civil cases [to], in their discretion, elect to stay discovery and other proceedings in these cases entirely or may allow proceedings that do not require the attention of a district judge to continue to move forward." (ECF No. 65, p. 2). 1 27 28 2 1 (ECF No. 66) to dismiss this case are taken under advisement; 2 2. Plaintiff has until February 10, 2022, to file his scheduling and discovery statement; 3 3. If Plaintiff timely files his scheduling and discovery statement, the Court will vacate 4 5 its December 3, 2021 findings and recommendations; 4. However, if Plaintiff fails to timely file his statement, he is warned that the December 6 3, 2021 findings and recommendations will stand and this action may be dismissed; 7 and 8 5. The Clerk of Court is directed to send Plaintiff a copy of the order requiring 9 statements from parties regarding schedule and discovery (ECF No. 48). 10 11 12 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: January 10, 2022 /s/ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3


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Florida:Hero in blue cops plea on Roid rage shooting after firing at another officer
Posted by Deborah Jarrett
"MIAMI (WSVN) – A South Florida police officer has pleaded guilty after a road rage shooting in 2014.
Officer Jonathan Lang admitted to discharging a firearm from a moving vehicle, assault and tampering with evidence.
In exchange, he's expected to face a lighter sentence.
Lang was off-duty when he cut off a Miami-Dade corrections officer on the Florida Turnpike in July 2014.
The corrections officer flashed her high beams and Lang fired his gun, shooting out her tail light."
South Florida police officer pleads guilty to shooting at corrections officer's vehicle
Welcome to Florida where the motto is "Come on vacation, leave on probation"
You can truly find some of the finest serving here
Better hope that you or yours don't encounter one of Florida's boys in blue on some dark stretch of highway
This is the caliber of whom they think is appropriate to hire
What was it about this guy that made them say "Gott'a have him"?
Seriously, someone this raged out isn't throwing red flags?
Or is it because he fit the bill on so many other levels?
Either way, a P.O.S. destined to catch a round while raging on somebody
The crooked blue line
Read the reports from below
These are from 3 days of news reports from Oct. 2016 from the CATO institute's police misconduct site
That's right 3 days
Makes you feel safe doesn't it?
That is a bona fide hero with his lights on behind you
Remember these heroes the next time you see someone in uniform
Remember that you are only as safe as the officer says you are
(https://www.policemisconduct.net/)
Here are the nine reports of police misconduct tracked for Wednesday, October 26, 2016:
Ripley, Mississippi: An officer was indicted on tampering and burglary charges for breaking into police offices to steal drug evidence. ow.ly/qdG5305yaTX
New York, New York: An officer resigned after she was caught using a fellow officer's American Express card during a shopping spree that racked up over $3,400 in purchases. She was charged with petty larceny and possession of stolen property. ow.ly/Tfas305yb5f
Joliet Junior College (IL): A now-former campus police officer pled guilty to misdemeanor theft from the school. ow.ly/iHAL305yllR
Update: Miami-Dade County, Florida (First reported 01-14-15): A now-former officer pled guilty to unlawfully discharging a firearm, assault, and tampering with evidence for an off-duty road rage incident. ow.ly/VMAf305ymp7
Update: Clark County, Ohio (First reported 10-12-15): One deputy who was fired for gross employee misconduct has been reinstated. ow.ly/Ldln305ys17
Update: Bakersfield, California (First reported 11-23-15): A now-former officer was sentenced to five years in prison for dealing methamphetamine. His partner previously pled guilty and also received a five-year term. ow.ly/kzUA305yugV
Prince George's County, Maryland: An officer was indicted for a "theft scheme" and suspended without pay. ow.ly/1q6D305yFrT
Louisville, Kentucky: A detective was charged with solicitation of prostitution. ow.ly/Khge305yQ2i
Update: Santa Ana, California: The City agreed to pay the owners of a marijuana dispensary $100,000 after a raid during which officers stole and consumed edible merchandise. ow.ly/gc2j305yR8l
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National Police Misconduct Newsfeed Daily Recap 10-25-16
October 26, 2016 @ 6:16 PM by Jonathan Blanks
Here are the eight reports of police misconduct tracked for Tuesday, October 25, 2016:
Pennsylvania State Police: A trooper was placed on leave after being charged with aggravated assault and child endangerment. ow.ly/plRt305tYvd
Update: Austin, Texas (First reported 09-16-16): Two more officers were suspended for their actions that resulted in pepper-spraying a man during the SXSW festival. One officer was previously suspended for the incident. ow.ly/WYjz305vWGJ
Update: Warren, Ohio (First reported 05-16-16): An officer was reinstated by a labor arbitrator. He was fired in May for lying about a use of force incident. ow.ly/Eih8305vXJk
Franklin, Indiana: An officer was arrested for a domestic violence incident at his home. ow.ly/EPHn305vYiw
Montville Township, New Jersey: An officer was arrested for DUI on duty while in an unmarked police car. ow.ly/vPAB305vYWo
Blaine County, Idaho: A now-former deputy was indicted for misusing Police Athletic League funds while he was on the force. ow.ly/Azup305w6vY
Update: Elgin, Illinois (First reported 05-23-13): The now-former deputy chief was urged by a judge to settle a pending lawsuit against him. He had previously pled guilty to identity theft for hacking into the email of his lover's husband. Charges of official misconduct and abusing a law enforcement database were dropped in exchange for the plea. The lawsuit is directly related to that case. ow.ly/ogpH305w7jH
Update: Flint, Michigan (First reported 10-10-14): A now-retired officer pled guilty to 16 counts of sexual abuse of children for incidents that occurred over many years he was on the force. ow.ly/kyr8305w9aC
Here are the nine reports of police misconduct tracked for Monday, October 24, 2016:
Washington, District of Columbia: A metro officer was arrested for DUI while on duty. ow.ly/obra305tgGb
Nelson County, Kentucky: A deputy was arrested on a fourth-degree assault charge for actions against a woman while off duty. He is prohibited from carrying a firearm or contacting the woman while the case is pending. ow.ly/WPxB305thjj
Update: Jackson, Mississippi (First reported 09-25-15): A now-former officer was sentenced to 27 months in prison and three years of supervised release for stealing cash from purported drug suspects in an FBI sting. ow.ly/DmMa305tiye
Update: Gladstone, Oregon (First reported 12-15-11): A now-former officer was found guilty on all counts for hiring someone to kill his estranged wife. ow.ly/YMT5305tkrN
Sonoma County, California: A deputy was fired for tasing and beating a man in his own home. The now-former deputy may face criminal charges as well. ow.ly/6esK305tNil
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: A now-former officer failed to appear in court on fraud charges for allegedly making $1,450 in unauthorized purchases on department gas card. He is alleged to have used the card improperly to fill personal vehicles over 50 times. ow.ly/wisw305tQt3
St. Petersburg, Florida: An officer was arrested for DUI after being found passed out in his car on the road. It is the officer's second arrest for DUI. ow.ly/pCdR305tRwM
Dearborn Heights, Michigan: An officer was suspended after an off-duty drunk driving crash without injury. Criminal charges are expected to be filed. ow.ly/Rdk8305tSUx
Scottsdale, Arizona: Several officers were reprimanded for giving special treatment to a former Mesa officer who had been sentenced to jail after pleading to enhanced DUI charges. The wife of the former Mesa officer, who is an active detective in the Mesa Police Department, is under internal investigation because she was granted special access to her husband while he was in jail. The report also alleges that the Scottsdale officers released the former officer before his sentence was complete. ow.ly/3TpG305tV3J
Blue privilege: Special rules for special people
Wendy Halloran, KPNX 10:57 PM. MST October 17, 2016
"The wife of a former Mesa police lieutenant has suddenly found herself accused of disgracing her own department.
Mesa police Sgt. Diana Williams confirmed to 12 News, the department initiated an internal affairs investigation against homicide detective Teresa Van Galder.
It stems from a series of 12 News investigative reports regarding her husband, Rick Van Galder who was arrested for drunk driving by Gilbert police on Feb. 12, 2016. Teresa was also in the car, drunk. The two had been golfing and admitted to drinking throughout the day and the night before in Scottsdale.
The arrest was captured on Gilbert police body cameras. Rick tried to pull the cop card and get professional courtesy, repeatedly attempting to wiggle his way out of the arrest. But Gilbert police officers and their supervisors did not cave into pressure. Teresa can be seen on the video slurring her words and fumbling around in her purse looking for her cell phone and driver's license.
In fact, the arresting officer noted in his report, while trying to talk to Teresa, that he witnessed, a chewed piece of pizza fall out of her mouth and onto the seat between her legs. Gilbert police had to have the couple's car towed because Teresa was also inebriated. Her daughter picked her up from the scene of the traffic stop. Rick's blood alcohol level was .306 following a blood draw that was taken 46 minutes after he was pulled over.
In August, Rick Van Galder resigned before Mesa police could terminate his employment.
"But a 12 News investigation uncovered he did not fulfill his jail sentence. Scottsdale city jail detention sergeant Don Vogel sprang Van Galder from his jail cell the morning of Aug. 5 and Van Galder was put up in detention manager Jeff Landrum's office which was not even in the jail. He was also given a key card which allowed him to come and go as he pleased.
And he had a visitor: his wife. No visitors are allowed at the Scottsdale jail. In September, Scottsdale Police Chief Alan Rodbell confirmed to 12 News that Teresa Van Galder accessed Landrum's office and brought her husband food on at least two occasions. Sources also tell 12 News Teresa brought donuts for jail staff during one of those visits."
http://www.12news.com/news/investigative/mesa-homicide-detective-investigated-for-bringing-shame-to-department/337184457?platform=hootsuite
Special rules for them
But if you "Resist"
You will be shot down like a dog
Time to start dumping the bad apples out of the bushel
Better empty than rotten
To Perve: Man alleges that cop who sparked Milwaukee riots raped him
October 24, 2016 ~ deborahleejarrett	~ 1 Comment
"A Milwaukee police officer who shot and killed a man in August — setting off protests in the city — allegedly sexually assaulted incapacitated victims, tried to pay for sex and snapped nude photos of unsuspecting acquaintances, according to authorities.
Dominique Heaggan-Brown, 24, a two-year department veteran who once performed as an amateur rapper, shot and killed Sylville Smith as he fled from a traffic stop on Aug. 13.
Authorities said Heaggan-Brown shot 23-year-old Smith after he refused orders to drop his gun, though the encounter sparked police brutality protests in the city that turned violent.
An unidentified man who said that he watched TV coverage of the protests with Heaggan-Brown at a bar the night after the shooting claims that the officer raped him, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office."
"The man told authorities that he left A bar with Heaggan-Brown and woke to Heaggan-Brown trying to penetrate him, "struggling to breathe as the defendant raped [him]," according to the complaint.
He repeatedly told him "no," but the cop didn't listen, the victim told investigators.
The accusations set off an internal investigation. As police investigated — and after Heaggan-Brown confirmed having the man's belt, shirt and cell phone in his car — he allegedly texted a mentor: "F—ed up big time … But need to handle this the most secret and right way possible."
"Authorities claim that evidence from the officer's phone led to offenses including his attempts to pay for sex, secretly recorded sex footage, and nude photos of numerous victims, authorities allege.
One victim alleged that they went out drinking with Heaggan-Brown and other friends in July, and "could not recall" how they ended up in his bed, naked."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/milwaukee-killed-sylville-smith-accused-sex-assault-article-1.2838201?utm_content=buffer2bae6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=NYDailyNewsTw
Stop resisting!
Hero in blue: Former Berrien County Sheriff sentenced to 30 months imprisonment
"VALDOSTA – A former Berrien County sheriff was sentenced Wednesday after pleaded guilty to federal charges in June.
Anthony Heath pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the civil rights of two non-resistant arrestees by using excessive force against them. Heath was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment, a $200 assessment fee and three years of supervised release, according to the United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia.
According to Heath's guilty plea, on Jan. 12, 2012, Heath and deputies from the Berrien County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) were engaged in a foot chase of an individual identified only as M.V., who had been banned from traveling through the county. During the chase, Heath saw M.V. and called out to him, "You better not run or I will beat your a**," or words to that effect. M.V. responded by running into a nearby wooded area.
Heath and multiple BCSO deputies followed M.V. into the woods, where a BCSO deputy eventually saw M.V. and arrested him without incident. When a deputy reported that M.V. was in custody, Heath ordered deputies to wait and hold M.V. in the woods. When Heath arrived, M.V. was lying face-down on the ground, with his hands handcuffed behind his back and was not resisting arrest. Heath kicked M.V. in the ribs, punched him in the head with a closed fist multiple times and forcefully kneed him in the ribs multiple times, causing M.V. to experience pain and have difficulty breathing."
Former Berrien County Sheriff sentenced to 30 months imprisonment
Pinellas deputy arrested on theft, drug charges after pawning his service pistol
Bay News 9- By Josh Rojas, Reporter
Last Updated: Thursday, October 13, 2016
DUNEDIN — A Pinellas County Sheriff's deputy was arrested Wednesday.
Pinellas deputy arrested on theft, drug charges
Steven Smith, 32, is accused of selling his duty-issued gun
Smith had been Pinellas deputy since 2012
Steven Jared Smith, 32, is accused of selling his duty-issued gun to a pawn shop, in addition to stealing drugs.
According to the sheriff's office, Smith was fired Wednesday evening.
Investigators said Smith sold his agency-issued Glock 30 .45-caliber pistol for $250 to Silver Dollar Pawn Shop in New Port Richey.
A deputy since 2012, Smith is also accused of stealing a bottle of hydrocodone pills at the north district station in Dunedin. Smith was supposed to destroy the pills.
The rest of the story here: http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2016/10/13/pinellas_deputy_arre.html
Who hired this guy?
He looks like a candidate for psychopath of the year
Man, Pinellas county sure can pick them
Tony Soprano must have his "Guy" in the personnel Dept.
Hero cop has medal rescinded when leaked dash cam video shows him shoot man on his knees in the back
Matt Agorist October 10, 2016 The free thought project
"Birmingham, AL — In May 2015, officer Daniel Aguirre was given a Combat Cross Medal after he said in a police report that he successfully fended off a struggle in which he and his partner were in danger. However, someone on the inside leaked Dashcam footage showing Aquirre shooting a man in the back as he lay prostrate on his hands and knees. Still, Birmingham police charged their victim, Aubrey Williams, with attempted murder.
But, last week, after spending more than a year in jail for a crime he never committed, the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office finally showed a semblance of logic and dropped the charges against Williams.
"After an extensive review of all the evidence in this case, the state is unable to meet the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt," according to the press release issued by the Jefferson County District Attorney's office late Friday.
"This man stayed in jail for more than a year and a half on some trumped up charges by these Birmingham police officers," Anthony said. "Not all police officers are bad, but when they make a mistake they should own up to it," he said, according to AL.com.
According to the entirely fabricated police report, Aguirre began to struggle with a man named Aubrey Williams who pulled a gun and pointed it at his partner officer Richard Haluska. When he ordered the man to drop his gun, the suspect then pointed his gun at Aguirre. Aguirre fired and struck the suspect.
Newspapers reported on it, and the local media hailed Aguirre as a hero. However, the dashcam video of the incident was released in November that contradicted Aquirre's claims. Immediately after the dashcam was released, Aguirre was stripped of his medal. However, the department still pursued murder charges against a man innocent of murder — and neither of the cops was disciplined for lying.
On April 24, 2014, Aguirre and Haluska were in search of suspects involved in a robbery when they encountered Aubrey Williams and Devon Brown. That much of the story is true.
But the dashcam video shows what really happened after the encounter. A struggle ensued and Haluska had Brown under control when Aquirre approached Williams, who was on his hands and knees.
Aguirre then unnecessarily feared for his life and fired two rounds into a man complying with his orders, on his hands and knees.
Williams wasn't pointing the gun at anyone, and the department had to have known this, but they gave Aguirre the award anyway.
The dashcam was leaked to AL.com from a confidential source inside the department. After it had been posted on their website, the department had no choice but to issue a statement saying they are taking back the award.
"In regards to the officer involved shooting that took place on April 24, 2014, the award is rescinded until further review by the Awards Committee," said Officer Lt. Sean Edwards at 10:57 p.m. last November.
Aguirre's attorney issued a statement to AL.com on Saturday.
"Officer Aguirre stands firm on the justification for having to use lethal force in this instance," Aguirre's attorney, Scott Morro, stated. "Officers are called upon to make split second decision with regard to their own safety and the safety of others. Ultimately those who decide to prosecute or not do so after scrutinizing much more information then what the officer on the scene has. Officer Aguirre has no control over those prosecuting decisions."
"Any suggestion by anyone that officer Aguirre is a "bad cop" is completely and utterly false and defamatory," Morro wrote.
Apparently, according to Morro, 'good cops' lie on police reports and receive medals for shooting non-threatening men in the back.
"This video provides evidence that Police Officer Daniel Aguirre shot Aubrey Williams twice despite the fact that Williams was on his hands and knees and not in a position to fire a weapon," Frank James Matthews of the Outcast Voters League said in a statement in November. "It is clear that the Birmingham Police Department attempted to prevent the release of this footage, and it seems that Officer Aguirre's actions were rewarded based on outright lies."
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/53140-2/#Ev6VJVPmK8vioxLR.99
And here is the best part:
The cops had the video the whole time
That's right, these degenerates knew the truth all along
They sat on that dash cam video
And let the guy who got shot go to jail for over a year
Just a few bad apples, right?
Most of them are stand up honest guys, right?
Until you have a whole P.D. that covers something like this up
Now that we live in the video age it is becoming harder and harder to sell the whole
"Few bad apples" narrative
There is a very good chance that any time you have contact with police
Your life is in danger
Who is behind that gun?
Officer friendly, sworn to serve and protect?
Or some malicious psychopath who wears a badge and a gun
for a lot darker reasons?
If you get pulled over somewhere on a lonely highway
you should hope it is not the latter
You can see from the video above that even complying won't save you
From the CATO institute: Worst police misconduct for Sept. 2016
Worst of the Month — September
October 6, 2016 @ 12:25 PM by Tim Lynch
"For September, we have selected the Connecticut State Troopers who were caught on tape harassing a protester and fabricating charges against him.
According to news reports, Michael Picard was protesting near a DUI checkpoint. He had his cell phone camera out and was recording the scene. When a trooper noticed what he was doing, he angrily approached Picard and seized his phone saying it was illegal to record him. This is when things got interesting. Unbeknownst to the trooper, Picard's cell phone was still recording as the trooper went back to his patrol car to confer with his colleagues. The troopers were anxious to "hit" Picard with some kind of charge, but they became frustrated with their options. Picard had a firearm, but a valid concealed carry permit. Picard did record them with his cell phone, but that's legal too. What to do? To "cover their ass," they decide to fabricate a story that several citizens were complaining about Picard's supposedly "disruptive actions," but these "witnesses" did not want to stay on the scene, so the troopers had to take action on their own.
The charges against Picard were quickly dismissed. The ACLU has now filed a lawsuit on behalf of Picard.
The cell phone recording of the incident can be found here. Because the phone is evidently sitting on the roof of the patrol car, the value is in what can be heard, not seen. Listen and decide for yourself."
And here is CATO's website, an invaluable resource : http://www.policemisconduct.net/
2 Police Officers Are Shot and Killed in Palm Springs, Calif.
By KAREN WORKMAN and JONAH ENGEL BROMWICHOCT. 8, 2016 NYT
"The police in Palm Springs, Calif., are mourning two officers who were shot and killed on Saturday while responding to a call about a domestic disturbance. One of the victims was a young mother and the other a veteran months away from retirement.
Dozens of law enforcement officers converged on the scene, where a third officer had been wounded, to help search for the gunman.
"I am awake in a nightmare right now," said Chief Bryan Reyes of the Palm Springs Police Department.
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department, which took over the case, said on Sunday that a suspect, John Felix, 26, of Palm Springs, had been arrested.
The police said that Mr. Felix had been injured while exchanging gunfire with the officers, but that his injuries were not life-threatening and that he was being treated at a local hospital. Mr. Felix will be charged with two counts of murder of a peace officer, the police said.
Jose Gilbert Vega and Lesley Zerebny. Credit Palm Springs Police Department
The Los Angeles Times reported that Mr. Felix had a criminal record. He was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon in 2009 and sentenced to two years in prison.
The episode began shortly after noon on Saturday when a woman called the police about her adult son.
Three officers — Jose Gilbert Vega, 63; Lesley Zerebny, 27; and a man whose identity has not been released — responded to the call. A person at the house refused to open the front door and threatened to shoot them through it, Chief Reyes said.
Within 10 minutes, shots had been fired and all three officers had been hit.
"It was a simple family disturbance and he elected to open fire," Chief Reyes said."
The rest here:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/us/palm-springs-police-officers-shot.html
Now it's starting to get dangerous out there
"It was a simple family disturbance and he elected to open fire,"
You never know when someone has had enough
The old "They risk their lives every day" might actually become truth
Police fatalities up to 2016 have been at historic lows
It as actually more dangerous to be a bartender than a cop
But times they are A-changin'
Think that you cannot effect change? We all have a voice
Don't worry, the police will be coming to save you
Hero in Blue pulls gun on woman after road rage incident
Do you think they are creating this police state for no reason?
Here is your hero in Blue for you : Man shot down holding cell phone
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Free game giveaway: what's the catch, Ubisoft?
by Datronizer University of South Florida May 6, 2019
"Liberté, Égalité , Fraternité" in the form of a free game. Courtesy of StaticFlickr
Mere days after the great tragedy of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Ubisoft - a French video game development and publishing company - decided to roll out one of its games, "Assassin's Creed: Unity" for free to everyone on Windows. The game was listed free for one full week (once you grabbed it, it's yours to keep). Personally, at first, I think that it's very noble of Ubisoft to do so, but as a week went by, I started having some more adverse thoughts about the matter.
The Twitter post
On April 17, Ubisoft made this Twitter post, publicly announcing the release of AC:U. The gaming community went nuts as they clamber to see one of the lowest rated game companies in recent years making history. Their game was an instant hit. Being free, it was more accessible to the community as a whole, thus boosting player counts to insane levels. This led to more players being able to experience the game, and thus give their ratings. More on this will be discussed in a bit.
But what makes this special? For that, we have to look back at 2014, when the game first debuted.
Starting off with a... well... not much of a bang
Assassin's Creed: Unity did not have a good release. IGN puts it like this:
Assassin's Creed Unity is a game of impossible peaks and disappointing valleys. [...] On a purely technical level, Unity is a marvel to walk through and admire. But at the same time, a lot of my journey through the French Revolution felt as cold and heartless as the darkest depths of the catacombs. [...] It's a bit disappointing to see how few of the long-standing problems with the series have been solved by the upgrade to the new generation of gaming hardware.
Unity was full of bugs on release. The game literally breaks a lot due to developer oversight. This in turn turned a lot of fans away from the franchise and eventually the company itself. In a last ditch act of self-redemption, they released 4 more games in the 3-year period following AC:U's release. They turned out to be just as under-performing and disappointing.
Ubisoft then made another Assassin's Creed game titled "AC: Origins," taking place in ancient Egypt. The game was an instant hit, boosting their sales and popularity up once more. Meanwhile, with their current games, Ubisoft decided to amend the glitches and bugs of their ongoing titles like "Rainbow Six: Siege" and "For Honor" by fixing them and adding more content. They were on the rise. However, past actions of the company had costed them a lot of credibility, and the Notre Dame fire gave them an opportunity.
The redemption?
Remember earlier when I mentioned players giving the game positive reviews? That was not an exaggeration. When Unity was released in November 2014, the amount of good and bad reviews are identical. The game was at a constant 50% score for the longest time. Eventually, as the developers fix the game, its reviews generally got better and better. Then in 2019, it spiked. The game received over-80% reviews constantly right after it becoming free. Below is a graph detailing the ratings of the game over a monthly period.
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Is this a redemption call from the company? Not necessarily.
Egoistic Altruism (who even came up with this word?)
Personally, I believe that this move of theirs is both a clever marketing strategy as well as an offer the better our world. Not one single company was ready to step up and play it big like Ubisoft did. Granted, Ubisoft was French, but that did not mean they're compelled to do so. Having base in the US, Canada, and Australia, Ubisoft didn't have to do all this, but they did, both because they wanted to better the world and earn some followers along the way.
Frankly, I like their philosophy. If one is to benefit from an act, might as well direct it so that it benefits the people also. Egoistic Altruism, shared goal, etc. whatever you call it, I think it's a great way to both feed into oneself and others.
Plus, it's not like they only gave a game away. Giving away €500,000 to restore the church was pretty big of a deal. But hey, that's the detail we tend to skip to doubt others, don't we?
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Regarding Mr. Stockman's correlating the receipt of plunder (taxes) and the federal deficit: I don't and never have observed much of a correlation at all. These sanctimonious, tunnel brained, greedy politicians will spend regardless of receipts.
Is there any evidence that Mr. Stockman's assertion about this is correct?
Even if it was correct, I have always felt (as Cavuto mentioned) that ANY money in the hands of politicians and bureaucrats is dangerous and at the very least, wasteful. That money kept in private hands, much better spent. But Stockman felt differently about this as well. He's a smart guy, so I am wondering if I'm missing something.
I am not sure Stockman was making a correlation. He is simply looking at the fact that government spending is not being cut but taxes are. This means that the deficit will have to go up. That's his point with the further point that the spike in the deficit is not going to be small, it is going to explode.
Say there is an economy with a GDP of $10 million.
The government taxes 30% and spends the $3 million which leaves $7 million for the private sector.
Now along comes Trump. he cuts taxes by $500,000.
So things look like this: Government takes $2.5 million which leaves $7.5 million for the private sector.
But the government still spends $3 million. This will result in a deficit of $500 000.
If the government goes to the open market to borrow the money to finance the deficit, it will crowd out $500,000 in private sector borrowing, so the $7.5 million in the private sector shrinks to the same $7 million that existed before the tax cut and government funding goes back up to $3 million/.
Things get quite a bit more complicated if the $500,000 is monetized by the Fed. There are a series of rounds that take place in the monetization scenario. The government will get back, in phase one, to $3 million because the Fed buys $500,000 to support the government debt issuance to cover the deficit. But because of the fractional reserve system even more money gets created pushing the number of dollars in the private sector above $7.5 million. Thus a bidding price war will develop with the explosion in the money supply. This will mean a further shortfall in government funds to finance budgeted activities as costs rise, which will explode the deficit further and we are caught in what Hayek pointed out in a slightly different context was a tiger by the tail situation---that makes it very difficult for the private sector to save or plan. As more funds are funneled to the government by even more Fed deficit monetization (or the crowding out of the private sector).
I do not find any of these alternatives attractive. A cut in government spending is the only sound solution, a tax cut without spending cuts is just getting hit by a train that you don't hear until it hits you.
I agree the impact of a deficit financed tax cut is reduced purchasing power for us.
Nonetheless, given the choice between no tax cut and a deficit financed cut, Rothbard favored the latter. Perhaps someone can locate the reference.
Perhaps we should go the whole hog ie suspend all taxes, finance govt spending by money creation and publicize the consequences.
Incidence of taxation changes. Right now a small business llc in NYC gets hit terribly. If it is financed by inflation, treasury bond holders and other dollar asset holders like China, Buffet, insurance companies get hit.
Since taxation is theft, I want the least theft from me.
This has been asked before but I don't recall ever seeing an explanation. If the federal government can and does print all the money it wants, why do we need to pay federal taxes?


Summary: Google's Tez payment service in India has gotten a major update that allows users to pay their utilities and other bills via the app.
My Perspective: Paytm, India's largest payments company backed Ant Financial from the Alibaba Group has to watch out for competition. The timing as Jon pointed out, came when Facebook is now launching a beta peer to peer payments via Whatsapp where they have 200 million users.
"Alibaba-backed Tokopedia takes online shopping throne" (FT Confidential Research in Nikkei Asia Review, requires subscription).
Summary: Online marketplace Tokopedia overtook Lazada Indonesia as the country's most popular internet shop.
My Perspective: This confidential study gives the first glimpse to the ecommerce market in Indonesia. Another interesting datapoint: Shopee, owned by SEA (or Garena) is now number 3 after Tokopedia and Lazada and above Bukalapak, while JD Indonesia has entered into the market and superceded Matahari Mall. The surprise is that even though more Indonesians shop online, the transaction values remain low.
Summary: Interesting podcast on tech & entrepreneurship in China and seriously, they have great guests who you want to listen to.
My Perspective: Interesting podcast which leverages on the recent 996 mentality championed by Chinese entrepreneurs. Do give a listen if you have the opportunity. Liked the first interview with Jerry Yang, where they discussed why Yahoo! invested in Alibaba Group which may be ancient history but still relevant today in how foreign companies approach China.


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Q: how to reference a reactive $ variable inside a svelte store? I'll brief.
I have a reactive variable that updates everytime a user adds a product to a shoppingcart.
let cartItems = []
$: cartLength = cartitems.length;

Now I want to put the length of the cart items into icon in a different component. So I tried to create and share it with the rest of the component.
import { writable } from 'svelte/store';
export const cartItemsLength = writable("");

In my cartitems component. I tried to update the store after importing it into my component:
cartItemsLength.update(value=>{
value =  cartLength
})

But it shows undefined in my dev tools everytime. I tried $cartLength {$cartLength}
So, my question, how do you assign that cartLength variable to the value inside the store update function?

A: writable store's update function should have a return value to be set in the store.
https://svelte.dev/docs#writable
// File cartitems.svelte

import { writable } from 'svelte/store';

export const cartItemsLength = writable(0);

let cartItems = [];
$: cartLength = cartItems.length;

// 1. use store's update function
cartItemsLength.update(value=> {
  return cartLength;
});

// 2. or you can just use $store if in .svelte script
$cartItemsLength = cartLength;

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Is it true that choosing between "would be" and "is" sometimes doesn't change the overal meaning of an excerpt?
His former friend wouldn't have left him to die. It is/would be just too heartless. Even a monster would have a second thought. His former friend wasn't like him, this dude, this monster!
I think It would be just too heartless would be better; however, regardless of what tense you choose, I don't think it changes the meaning by much? Am I wrong? Also, is there a set of general rules that dictate what tense you should use in a given context?
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While the two can be taken in the same way, the difference in wording generally leads to subtly different meanings.
His former friend wouldn't have left him to die. It is just too heartless.
This says that the act of leaving somebody to die is heartless. It refers to the act in general and would apply to anybody leaving anyone to die.
Because it is heartless, it's something that is true regardless of whether or not his former friend actually did it or not.
His former friend wouldn't have left him to die. It would be just too heartless.
This can have a more specific meaning, referring to it being heartless for his former friend to leave him to die.
In other words, it applies to the specific set of circumstances (his former friend, whoever he is, and whatever the situation is), rather than to leaving people to die in general.
Since it's conditional, the statement is only true if his former friend did it.
If you want to make a statement about leaving people to die in general, then use is. But if you are making a statement about the particular situation (which may or may not have happened), then use would be.
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Talk show hosts get a lot of random questions to deal with. Rather than try and sort out their problems in private, many people go on TV to share them with the world. Sometimes, it's the only way to get the help they need. Of all the bizarre things people have asked on television before, though, this is definitely one of the strangest. Sloane, a guest on Steve Harvey's talk show "Steve" in 2018, asked the host if he had a solution for her peculiar problem. She lives in a haunted apartment building and can't convince her boyfriend to spend the night with her, because he's afraid of where she lives.
Not exactly known as a paranormal expert, Steve was bemused when Sloane asked if he knew how to persuade her partner to visit her apartment. Most people faced with this question would probably be lost for words, but this is Steve Harvey we're talking about here. The man has a way with words, and he knows exactly what to say. Unfortunately for Sloane, what Harvey came back with was not what she'd anticipated at all. She couldn't believe his response after she'd turned to him looking for help. This is why you shouldn't try to solve all your problems on TV.
Our TV screens wouldn't be the same without Steve Harvey on them. He's been acting as a host for several decades now, racking up appearances on the game show "Family Feud," variety series "Little Big Shots," and even the Miss Universe beauty pageant. Harvey's also known for hosting his own talk shows, with his program "Steve Harvey" winning numerous awards during its five-year run. When it ended, the host made a deal with IMG and NBC to keep the format alive in a new show, "Steve." The series features many similar aspects as "Steve Harvey," including audience interaction. However, the host was left regretting this after responding to an audience member's bizarre request in 2018.
Taking questions from the audience is a relatively common feature of talk shows. Although Harvey places more focus on celebrity interviews and comedy routines during the series, he likes reaching out to his viewers and helping them with their problems. He's a man of the people. The incident in question happened during a segment of the show known as "Hey Steve." People in the audience ask the host a question in the hopes he'll be able to provide them with a solution. These questions have ranged from things like "How do I confront people?" to "Can you help me make my online dating profile?" There was one question out of all of these that Harvey wasn't prepared for, though.
During a segment of "Hey Steve," Harvey takes a question from Sloane who has a rather peculiar request from the host. She explains that she lives in a "very old Hollywood apartment building" which is speculated to be haunted. Why do people believe that? There have been several deaths on the property since it was built in the '20s, so now it's believed that their spirits are still lingering in the building. Harvey is no ghostbuster, so what exactly is Sloane hoping he'll be able to do?
The guest further elaborates on what has been going on in her apartment, revealing that on one night, in particular, she'd had a somewhat haunting experience. It had happened while she'd been on the phone having a normal conversation with her boyfriend. Suddenly, out of nowhere, she heard this voice that definitely didn't belong to her partner. When she asked what the voice was, her boyfriend replied that he hadn't heard anything, leaving Sloane particularly spooked. The haunting experience wasn't yet over though.
Following the emergence of the voice, the power in Sloane's apartment building completely switched off. Unsure of what else to do, she went outside and tried to get help. Being out there, the guest described it as "the eeriest, quietest thing," which is not the atmosphere you want when you're afraid something is haunting you. As Sloane continues to talk about the experience, Harvey listens on, growing more bemused by the second. He isn't sure where this is going, but he is intrigued to find out.
Unsettled by what had happened in her apartment building, Sloane asked her boyfriend to come over and help her. She didn't want to be alone in a place that was apparently haunted, but this was her home. She couldn't just suddenly up and leave, so she had to try and get accustomed to the apartment's spooky qualities. Unfortunately, her boyfriend came back with the answer that she'd been dreading, and it wasn't for the first time either. This is where Sloane needed Harvey's help.
Sloane's boyfriend refused to come over. Ever since he discovered it's haunted, he's stayed as far away from her apartment as possible. Whenever the two of them spend time together, they always do it at his place, much to his girlfriend's annoyance. She doesn't want to always be the one who has to travel to see him, especially when she has a place of her own. Having explained her story, Sloane then asks Harvey if he knows how she can convince her partner to come back to her haunted apartment.
Harvey listened to his guest's story in silence, but now the ball is in his court. The host is accustomed to being asked for relationship advice, but this is a new one for him. However, he is primed and ready with a response. When the question comes his way, he responds with one of his own – "Is your boyfriend black?" After Sloane responds with, "No, but he thinks he is," Harvey knows everything he needs to. He is now certain her boyfriend will never go to her apartment.
According to Harvey, rule number one in the black manual is that you don't stay in a haunted house. It's better to move than stay put in somewhere like that. He says that this is supported by the fact that black people generally don't fare well in haunted movies. The audience erupts into fits of laughter over Harvey's response, although Sloane is still at a loss. She'd hoped there would be some way to convince her boyfriend to stay at her apartment, but that seems less likely by the second.
There is one thing that is still confusing Harvey about his guest's predicament. If her apartment is causing so many issues between her and her boyfriend, why is she still there? Why didn't she move out the second she discovered it was haunted? When Sloane declares that she doesn't know what to do anymore, Harvey asks her what is still keeping her in the building. He isn't expecting the answer she gives, but it makes him realize just what kind of person he is dealing with here.
When asked, Sloane confesses she is something of a paranormal junkie. Harvey has no idea what this means, but when he probes her, she explains. "I like haunted things," she clears up, much to the host's surprise. The reason she'd stayed living in her apartment all this time was that she is addicted to the supernatural. She finds the idea of being around ghosts exciting, even if they do still freak her out at times. Unable to understand how anyone could enjoy that, Harvey comes back with a hilarious response.
Everyone in the audience starts laughing when Harvey calmly tells Sloane, "Oh, you crazy." The guest agrees with him, taking pride in her interest in the supernatural. After the laughter dies down, though, Harvey still can't get his head around her obsession. As someone who's never had a great interest in ghosts and haunted places, he doesn't see what the attraction is. Even as Sloane continues to explain what drives her desire to explore the supernatural, Harvey remains clueless. Eventually, he decides that he's had enough.
"I've been in all the scariest most haunted abandoned mental asylums," Sloane elaborates hoping it will help her case, but it doesn't. By this point, Harvey is struggling to work out what advice he can possibly give his guest, and he thinks she's beyond help. When she starts talking about how she has a problem with ghosts following her home, that proves to be the final straw for the host. He has no answer to her question, so he does the only other thing he can think of.
With no helpful advice to offer his guest, Harvey demands that his 'security' "Put her out." Everyone, including Sloane, starts laughing at the host's request, but this is no joke. A man in a blue suit comes over to the guest and leads her out of the audience. The good-natured request for her to leave gets a lot of applause from everyone else, but Harvey isn't quite finished yet. As she is on her way out, the host calls her back for one final attempt to help.
Sloane has no idea why she is being called onto the stage, but she follows Harvey's directions nonetheless. As she walks over to him, the host also calls over a woman named Jen from backstage. The two women aren't sure why they are being introduced to each other, but it quickly becomes apparent when Harvey refers to Jen as the show's "resident Christian." Once again, everyone bursts into laughter, including the two on stage, but Harvey isn't done with his joking around just yet.
As everyone in the audience quietens down, Harvey explains to his guest exactly what Jen is going to do. He tells her that she'll take her backstage and throw some holy water over her in the hope that she will be healed. Seeing as Sloane believes that these various spirits are following her, maybe dousing her in holy water will keep them at bay. There is no assurance it will work, but Harvey feels that there is no harm in trying.
Shortly afterwards, Jen and Sloane walk off the stage, leaving Harvey on his own once again. He's failed to answer his guest's question, but he's given everyone in the audience a good dose of humor. We're not sure many talk show hosts would be able to provide a solution to Sloane's problem, so Harvey did well to tackle things the way he did. How his guest will deal with her issue is yet to be seen, but we're sure if there are any major developments, she'll keep Harvey informed.
You can hardly blame Sloane's boyfriend for not wanting to stay in her haunted apartment. After all, many people would be equally resistant to stay somewhere supposedly teeming with ghosts. Several sports stars came to regret sleeping in a haunted hotel in Scranton, Pennsylvania, after having supernatural experiences that left them spooked. David Price and Wade Davis both had to check out after one night there when they heard mysterious knocks and screams, and the room became unbearably hot. Needless to say, they didn't get a good night's sleep.
Price and Davis aren't the only people to have had terrifying experiences in the Scranton hotel. Ryan Tatusko, another sports star, revealed that several of his teammates noticed supernatural events during a stay there. One guest's glass slid across the table and smashed on the ground, while another crossed paths with what they believe was a ghostly figure. Tatusko's coach encountered someone in the hallway and stepped aside so they could pass by, only for him to discover there was no-one there. He stayed somewhere else the following night.
To some people, events like this have an obvious logical explanation, while to others, it's a sure sign that ghosts exist. Although we can't prove which of these is right, Sloane's boyfriend is perfectly entitled to be afraid of her haunted apartment. We wouldn't fancy sleeping somewhere that's supposedly experienced supernatural activity. We don't think Steve Harvey would either. From the sounds of it, he wants nothing to do with all these ghosts apparently following Sloane around, and we're right there with him.


It was not your normal festival crowd at "Banner Nero Wellness Center" in Gilbert Arizona. On the second day of the "Arizona Wisdom Experience Retreat", I facilitated, instead of glow sticks and feathers in their hands this very special group held canes and walkers. Our host, Angela Fears of Angel Star Health, had set up a special teaching for Michael to share breathwork with a group of nero patients with Parkin's Disease and other neurological disorders who attend a "coffee talk" every Friday afternoon. She had shared with us she didn't know how many people would attend, perhaps 5 or maybe up to 15?
I was surprised to walk into a room full of 40+ people who had come to learn about the breath. I had been in the work for a little over two years and had never had the opportunity to work with a group of 60+ year old participants. What unfolded over the next hour was profound.
As I scanned the room, some attendees were smiling and enthusiastic but most were sizing things up. Not their usual "coffee talk" I am sure. With a bit of charismatic charm we introduced ourselves and slowly started to share the work.
We honored the elders calling them "grandparents" in which one man yelled out "Who's old here?" making it quiet clear he did not appreciate any term which referred to being "old". Note to self, we now call them wise elders? The laughter over the term landed the room further.
Eloquently, The Breath Centers' founder, Michael shared and the room began to shift and settle. Parkinsons patients hands steadily shook as he boldly explained how the breath had the power to heal. A few looked hopeful but the majority were still not having any of it. One man was falling asleep in the corner. What else could be expected from a group that has lived their lives, many in tremendous physical suffering, now in their later years and for the most parts set in their ways.
Michael requested I share my personal story of what brought me to the work. As I spoke of how I healed my back through a single session utilizing the breath in Sedona a few more seniors started to look a bit more optimistic.
We invited them to try it. By a show of hands they agreed to a shortened version of a unique breath practice as they sat in their chairs, not laying down in the familiar "Breath Center fashion". Without the use of any tools, music or oils, we guided them through the breath, willingly they filled their lungs and released. Again, breathing gently, sweetly the room followed his voice through the sacred journey, that we fondly call breathwork.
I'd like to be able to describe what happened over the next 15 minutes but from my experience there are no words. If you have been blessed to reap the benefit of the experience that breathwork can provide perhaps you know. At the very least, I can share some participants where touched, moved beyond measure and healed by the magical power of the breath this day.
The experience for me was a realization that the work is now expanding beyond our perception of where our comfort zone leads us. Breathwork is not just for yoga studios, meditation cushions and festival crowds. These wise people showed in a way we never expected.
Our mission is to continue to share this work with anyone and everyone who shows up.
I'm hoping if you have not already experienced our unique way of sharing that you will join us too.
Thank you to Angela Fears of Angel Star Health for creating the space and opportunity to share the healing medicine of the breath.