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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Air pollution in a key Chinese region surrounding Beijing worsened in the first four months of this year, despite tough new campaigns to enforce green regulations and punish offenders, official data published on Tuesday showed.
Vehicles drive on the Fourth Ring Road during the smog in Beijing, China, February 14, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee
In the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, average concentrations of small breathable particles known as PM2.5 rose nearly 20 percent year-on-year to 85 micrograms per cubic meter from January to April, said the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
China has launched campaigns aimed at ensuring the region meets a series of politically significant 2017 air pollution targets set by the central government in 2013.
The region is under pressure to cut 2012 levels of small particulate matter by around 25 percent by the end of this year, with the capital Beijing aiming to keep average PM2.5 rates at below 60 micrograms per cubic meter, down from 73 micrograms in 2016.
Beijing has already promised “extraordinary measures” to ensure the target is met, but its average PM2.5 reading stood at 76 micrograms in the first four months of 2017, up 11.8 percent from the same period of 2016.
There were improvements in April alone, with average PM2.5 readings in the region falling 5.2 percent to 55 micrograms, while the number for Beijing was 53 micrograms, down 22.1 percent.
But those were not enough to offset the outbreaks of near-record smog that hit the region in January, prompting dozens of cities to issue “red alerts” to curb industrial activity and thin traffic.
Chinese cities need to cut average PM2.5 readings to 35 micrograms in order to meet state standards, while the World Health Organization recommends concentrations of no more than 10 micrograms.
Hebei province accounted for six of China’s 10 smoggiest cities over the first four months of the year, with the steel city of Handan in the province’s south ranking the worst over the period.
The environment ministry said last month it would dispatch 5,600 inspectors to look into the sources of air pollution in 28 cities in and around the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Violations have been uncovered at more than two thirds of the firms that have been inspected.
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One evening several years ago, John Mary was up late reading a local blog when he came across a comment from a man who said he lived in Gulfport, Mississippi. The commenter had been watching his kid mow a relative’s lawn, he wrote, when a couple approached the boy and asked if he could cut their grass sometime. The commenter recognized the man. It was Senator Thad Cochran, he wrote, and the woman with him sure as hell wasn’t his wife.
The gossip stuck with Mary, a 62-year-old from Hattiesburg, about 70 miles north of Gulfport. But he didn’t think much of it until last year, when a young conservative state senator named Chris McDaniel decided to challenge Cochran in the 2014 Republican primary.
Mary, who has wispy hair and a beard, all of it white except for his eyebrows, had an intense interest in politics. He tweeted under the handle @DaRinoHunter. His Twitter bio read: “CONSERVATIVE!! In a world filled with fakes and frauds we take seriously the job of sorting through the clutter to out the imposters OUT THE RINO’S.”
To Mary, Cochran was a classic Republican in name only. First elected to the Senate in 1978 and sometimes referred to as the “king of pork,” Cochran was known as an able deliverer of federal funding to his impoverished state. It was a skill that had been considered a virtue — until the tea party came along and made reining in the national debt a pillar of its insurrection. In October 2013, Cochran sided with party leadership to raise the $17 trillion debt ceiling, ending a 16-day government shutdown. McDaniel entered the race the next day. “I’ve got 17 trillion reasons not to compromise,” he declared at his first campaign rally.
Before he announced, McDaniel was considered one of the party’s brightest prospects. “Prior to this race, he was viewed, even by what you’d call the Republican Establishment, as an obvious up-and-comer in the Republican Party,” says Geoff Pender, the political editor of Mississippi’s largest newspaper, the Clarion-Ledger. But soon enough the party found reasons to worry that he wasn’t ready for prime time. McDaniel, who was born the same year Cochran was elected to Congress, hosted a Hattiesburg talk-radio show called “The Right Side” on WMXI 98.1 before winning a State Senate seat in 2007. The program provided plenty of ammo to the Cochran campaign. In April, The Wall Street Journal published an old clip from McDaniel’s radio show in which he promised if taxes were ever raised to make reparations for slavery, he would not pay them, and pondered aloud the meaning of “mamacitas.” BuzzFeed published audio of him saying, “I’m not even sure Janet Reno was a woman. You’ve got to put things in perspective here. When I hear ‘woman,’ I don’t think Janet Reno … for some reason. I don’t think Rosie O’Donnell, either.”
To the GOP Establishment, McDaniel threatened to be a repeat of a dynamic that had played out over the past two election cycles, when upstart candidates, including Sharron Angle and Richard Mourdock, won Republican primaries and then self-immolated in the general election, giving away seats to their Democratic opponents. In 2012, one of the most endangered Democratic senators in the country, Claire McCaskill, was able to keep her seat in large part because her opponent, Todd Akin, told a radio host, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” “One of the lessons of the Todd Akin disaster is that Democrats will not hesitate to tie the statements, behavior, and controversies of one Republican candidate to all Republican candidates,” a spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee told the Washington Post. “This is the kind of stuff that the producers and hosts of MSNBC daytime programming salivate over.”
Mississippi’s political machine quickly lined up behind Cochran, one of the most senior lawmakers in Washington and the first Mississippi Republican elected to the Senate since Reconstruction. Almost everyone in the state who has been involved in Republican politics has some connection to him, particularly Haley Barbour, the former governor and Republican National Committee chairman turned megalobbyist. Barbour chaired Cochran’s first Senate campaign as a young lawyer in Yazoo City. For the 2014 campaign, one of his nephews, Austin, was a senior adviser; another, Henry, ran a pro-Cochran super-PAC. All of the state’s major officials as well as its entire Republican congressional delegation lent their support to his campaign. The Chamber of Commerce eventually contributed more than $1 million to his reelection, and his Senate colleagues donated to his leadership PAC.
In interviews, Cochran, who is 77, seemed to hardly know there was a tea party. “The tea party is something I really don’t know a lot about,” he told reporters more than once. Still, his campaign’s response to his challenger was swift and brutal. McDaniel had vowed not to go negative against Cochran, but he was quickly being buried under a barrage of attack ads, many of them coming from third-party groups. Pender noted that Cochran’s campaign “for weeks had a series of attack ads hitting McDaniel. McDaniel’s only official campaign ad so far is a positive piece, ‘Mississippi is my home,’ that doesn’t attack Cochran.”
Mary was frustrated by McDaniel’s lack of response and decided to act. He knew the candidate personally from McDaniel’s days hosting “The Right Side,” where Mary had also served briefly as a host. Through another host on the show, Mary was introduced to Richard Sager, a local gym teacher and father with a knack for research who posted under the name @RedAlertMS. The two began digging online for dirt on the senator. Cochran’s wife, Rose, had been in a nursing home with early-onset dementia since 2000. When Mary searched Google Images for “Thad Cochran, wife,” instead of Rose, up popped photos of Cochran’s 76-year-old executive assistant, Kay Webber.
Mary and Sager searched Webber’s property records and found that she had a home in Gulfport, where the commenter who had spotted her and Cochran lived. They also found that Cochran had listed his Washington, D.C., residence on official government forms as the basement apartment of a home owned by Webber. They began researching Cochran’s congressional travel and found that Webber had accompanied him on 33 trips, many overseas. They were convinced that the affair was real, and they had an idea of how to prove it. If they could find one photo of his wife, to show that it wasn’t the woman he was so frequently appearing in public with, they would expose Cochran as a liar.
Another activist Mary knew on Facebook told him about a blogger named Clayton Kelly. He described Kelly as a conservative journalist with a growing following who might be able to help them circulate their anti-Cochran research. Soon Mary and Kelly, a 28-year-old libertarian who blogged under the name Constitutional Clayton, were chatting and sometimes arguing about politics. Eventually, the conversation turned to getting a photo of Rose Cochran in her nursing home.
Mary: r u here?
Kelly: hey
Mary: we need you to have no more contact with the campaign … what we are going to do will be EXPLOSIVE … the other side will be hunting for ANY connection to you … call me Mr Paranoid
Kelly: right. Chris said he would help me in any way so I immediately ruled out an interview in order to not have that tie
In another chat, Mary said he was planning something that would “CHANGE EVERYTHING.” “I am not about to discuss it here or anywhere,” he wrote to Kelly. “Suffice to say it will blow ur mind.” A few days later, he followed up:
I need you to call me it is URGENT
Mary sent a link to the Facebook page of Mark Mayfield, a well-known attorney from a Jackson suburb, who was active in local Republican politics both as vice-chair of the Mississippi tea party and a member of the local Republican executive committee. His recently deceased mother had lived in the same nursing home as Rose Cochran.
Mary: I would NOT communicate with him on his page … just talked with him it will be sometime next week … he has the funeral to deal with
Kelly: i just talked to him …
Mary: any word on the adventure … getting the pics/video is hugely important
A few days later, Mary asked, “Did you get a call?”
Kelly: Yep. with details. Got all written down
Mary: OK ... you ARE THE MAN ... REMEMBER CALM AND COOL AND DISCREET
i have NO idea what the call said ... i was not informedd
Kelly: Details on the layout of the place and what I can expect … I have a virtual layout in my head. Got all the info I need and some.
Kelly told Mary he planned to go to the nursing home on a Sunday after church. He made two failed attempts. “I know we still have time. But I am starting to get antsy when I see Thads bullshit attacks on Chris,” he wrote to Mary. “He just sits there and takes it. But that is the moral high road.”
On Easter, Kelly entered St. Catherine’s Village, a sprawling retirement community set on 160 acres of rolling pasture. A security guard held the door open for him, his attorney Kevin Camp says. Kelly took the elevator to the second floor, entered Rose Cochran’s room, held his cell phone over her bed, and took a short video. A few days later, Kelly posted an anti-Cochran video about the alleged affair to YouTube, including a still frame of Rose Cochran in her bed.
The video was online for less than 90 minutes. Just as it began to attract attention, Kelly removed it from the site. He told his wife, “the big man,” presumably McDaniel, ordered it taken down. On May 16, three weeks after the video was posted, Kelly was arrested and charged with felony exploitation of a vulnerable adult. Six days later, police arrested three more people: Mary, Sager, and Mayfield. One month later, Cochran would beat McDaniel in a runoff. Three days after that, Mark Mayfield would be dead.
Photo: Justin Sullivan/John Edward Bates/Getty Images/AP Photo
The week before he was arrested, Mark Mayfield couldn’t get comfortable. He would fidget in the pew at church and toss and turn in bed at night. On a family trip to the beach, he seemed unusually preoccupied; he kept referring to the possibility that he might need to suddenly return back home.
A compact, trim man with wire-frame glasses and blue eyes, Mayfield lived in a buttermilk-colored home with his wife, Robin. He had two adult sons, William and Owen. He was a committed Christian who took pride in his reputation; like most people, he wanted to be liked, and he was, by all accounts, conflict averse. When his sons were younger and his wife asked him to discipline them, “He’d take us out back and say, ‘I’m not going to spank you, but just don’t do it again,’ ” William says. For years, Mayfield did real-estate legal work at his father’s firm. Not long after his dad died, he set up a business arrangement with another lawyer who would handle his court work while Mayfield took care of the prep work behind the scenes. “Originally, I thought he was farming off the work,” says James Renfroe, the lawyer he partnered with. “But over the years, we became really good friends and I realized that Mark didn’t like to fight. He couldn’t do it.”
Before 2009, Mayfield had expressed little interest in politics, but seeing Rick Santelli’s CNBC rant calling for another Boston Tea Party stirred something in him. He started calling his friends who were active in GOP politics. About a dozen of them organized the state’s first tea-party rally in Jackson. That led to another rally on Tax Day, then a series of forums on the coming health-care law. Out of those early meetings came the state’s first tea-party chapter. Mayfield became its vice-chair. “He literally is the founder, the father, and the primary instigator of the Mississippi tea party,” says Roy Nicholson, another of the original members of the tea party.
At first, many of the state’s Republican officeholders were onboard. Congressman Gregg Harper spoke at the tea party’s Tax Day rally in 2009. Later, when tea-party groups expressed anger over Harper’s votes to increase government spending, Mayfield became the liaison for discussions between elected officials and the state tea party. “He was always trying to be the gateway to them,” says Nicholson. “He was the man they all trusted enough that he could have their private cell-phone numbers.”
In 2012, Mayfield was interviewed in the Mississippi GOP’s newsletter. He told the interviewer he’d been drawn to politics in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the bailouts, which inspired him to take action against the politicians he thought were creating dangerous levels of federal debt. “I have sensed a real urgency to preserve the nation that we love, especially after Americans were forced to accept what I believe are unconstitutional and financially unsustainable measures like the financial- and auto-industry bailouts, wasteful stimulus spending, the takeover of our health care through Obamacare, and an alarming increase in government spending and borrowing,” he was quoted as saying. He told his kids that he was getting off the couch and standing up for what he believed in.
On the Tuesday before Mayfield was arrested, as he and Robin lay in bed, she decided she’d had enough of his tossing and turning and demanded to know what was going on. “You know that Kelly guy who was arrested?” he told her. “Well, I’m involved in that somehow.” Mayfield explained that Mary had approached him about taking the photo. According to Robin, Mayfield said he wouldn’t do it but that he could set Kelly up with a friend — another attorney — who could help him out. When Mayfield went to the nursing home to clean out his mother’s room after her death, the attorney accompanied him. Mayfield showed him where Rose Cochran’s room was located, and the attorney then explained the location to Kelly over the phone, using a blocked number. (The attorney was never arrested or charged with any crime.)
Robin thought the photo-taking was a stupid, borderline-insane thing to do but not obviously criminal. When she heard the extent of her husband’s involvement, she was even more certain he’d be all right. She tried to reassure him that, at worst, the police might ask him to answer a few questions. Mayfield wasn’t convinced. “Robin, it’s politics,” he told her. “They’re going to come after me.”
Two days later, Mayfield was arrested at his office. At his arraignment that afternoon, he smiled wanly at the courtroom full of observers and reporters, as if embarrassed to be there. He was charged with a felony conspiracy to commit exploitation of a vulnerable adult. His bond was set at $250,000. Mayfield’s attorney, Merrida Coxwell, argued for a reduction. Mayfield was a well-known figure in the community, a father with no criminal record — he posed no flight risk. The request was denied. Coxwell looked at the judge in disbelief. “There weren’t any facts justifying this bond. It’s why I carry such a hard feeling in my heart,” says Coxwell. “Because I know they were fucking Mark over and using him as a pawn.”
For Coxwell as well as for some of Mayfield’s friends and family, the severity of the charges and the high bond felt more like retaliation than justice, punishment for supporting the insurgent who threatened to end Thad Cochran’s political career. They were suspicious that the Cochran campaign’s lawyers had reached out to Madison mayor Mary Hawkins Butler, a local political force in Mississippi and longtime Cochran supporter, rather than taking the matter directly to the police.
“You just have to do the math. If you have the GOP trying to sabotage McDaniel’s campaign and then you have Cochran people trying to sabotage McDaniel, and [Cochran supporters] are in charge of Madison city government, they decide who the Madison city judges are … people who have those kinds of jobs have to know what side their bread is buttered on,” says Tom Fortner, whose client, Sager, got a $500,000 bond on charges of conspiracy and tampering with evidence for his part in helping Mary do research on Cochran. “When bonds get set, that becomes obvious. You’re talking about a $500,000 bond set on a guy with no prior record of criminal history whatsoever and minor charges brought against him.”
Mayfield posted bond and was released later that day. Soon after his arrest, he told his wife that one of the banks he counted as a major client told him it was pulling its business. His name and mug shot were all over the press. Cochran’s spokesman, who’d been a longtime family friend of the Mayfields, referred to the “criminals” supporting McDaniel, a comment that particularly stung Mayfield. He became anxious and withdrawn. He no longer wanted to be seen in public and felt certain his reputation, and quite possibly his business, was ruined. At the office, “I just sit there and act like I’m busy,” he told his wife. He obsessed over the fate of his legal secretaries, how they would provide for themselves if his practice failed.
After Mayfield’s first court appearance, his son William hid his father’s guns in his backpack. A few days later, William noticed that one of them was missing. William and Robin demanded to see the gun. Mark told them it was for protection. “Protection from what? You’re not being hounded or threatened,” Robin told him. The three of them went upstairs to the attic, where Mark retrieved the gun he’d hidden in the insulation. William asked him to promise that he wouldn’t do anything crazy. His father agreed he wouldn’t. A grand jury was set to meet in June to decide whether to indict him. “I can’t go to jail,” he kept telling his family and attorneys. They assured him that he wouldn’t. But he kept repeating it, until it became a mantra: “I can’t go to jail.”
Photo: Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo/Madison County Police Department
On the Saturday morning after Kelly’s arrest, when a reporter from The Hill approached McDaniel at a craft fair where he was campaigning and asked about the video, the candidate seemed to have never heard of it. “I don’t guess I’ve been awake long enough to see what’s happened,” he said. After the Hill story, Cochran’s aides released a voice-mail left by McDaniel’s campaign manager, Melanie Sojourner, for Cochran’s campaign manager, Kirk Sims. In the voice-mail, which was left earlier that morning, Sojourner said she’d learned about the arrest on Friday night and that McDaniel “is very upset about it and needs to have a personal phone call certainly with you, but he really wanted to have one with Senator Cochran if you think that would be at all possible.” McDaniel conceded that he’d been told of the arrest early Saturday morning, but he and his team stressed that they didn’t know anything about the plot. “I’ve never laid eyes on the video, but what I was sure of is that that was not anything that our campaign was going to be about,” he told a talk-radio show that week.
If the race was threatening to turn nasty before the arrests, now it descended into chaos: Cochran’s backers held that McDaniel knew more than he was letting on about the plot to take advantage of a vulnerable woman, and McDaniel’s contended that Cochran’s camp was exploiting the actions of a few rogue individuals to smear him. In a TV ad by Cochran’s campaign invoking the nursing-home incident, a faceless narrator said, “It’s the worst: Chris McDaniel’s supporter charged with a felony for posting video of Senator Thad Cochran’s wife in a nursing home? Had enough?”
McDaniel responded with his own ad decrying the “outrageous” character attacks. “When I announced my candidacy for the U.S. Senate, I told my supporters that I respected you as a man of honor as well as your longtime service to our state,” McDaniel wrote in an open letter published in the Clarion-Ledger. “Sadly, the actions your campaign has recently taken have forced me to reconsider my position.”
In the June 3 primary, McDaniel beat Cochran in a three-way race by 1,400 votes. The morning after the election, three McDaniel supporters were found locked inside the Hinds County courthouse, raising suspicions among bloggers covering the race that they were trying to steal the election.
Since McDaniel failed to carry a majority, the candidates were forced into a runoff. Mississippi law allows registered Democrats to cross over and vote in Republican races so long as they didn’t vote in their own party primary. During the runoff, Cochran’s campaign began featuring ads of black supporters and highlighting his record serving his African-American constituents, which included channeling funding to the state’s historically black colleges. A pro-Cochran super-PAC paid African-Americans to help get out the vote, and a flyer circulated in black precincts that said, “The Tea Party intends to prevent blacks from voting on Tuesday.” McDaniel accused Cochran’s campaign of pandering to black voters.
On June 24, Cochran beat McDaniel by 7,600 votes. Three days later, Robin Mayfield woke up to an empty bed. Looking over at her husband’s nightstand, she could see his phone and reading glasses still sitting there beside the bed. It struck her as odd — he wouldn’t have left for work without them. She got up and walked through the house. In the kitchen, his favorite cereal bowl, a chipped porcelain piece that used to belong to his grandmother, was sitting next to the sink. She walked down the quiet hallway leading to the garage, calling his name. “I felt this dark veil; it just fell over me,” she said later. “And I just felt so strange.”
She opened the garage door halfway. It was raining outside, and their two cats were sleeping on the roof of her husband’s car. Light was coming from under the closed storage-room door. She walked toward it and opened it. Her husband was lying on the ground, facing her, surrounded by garden equipment and folding tables, with a revolver in his hand. Robin called 911. When the ambulance arrived, she collapsed in the rain and pulled herself into a fetal position.
The tributes poured in: from the governor and members of Congress, state and local officials. McDaniel issued a press release calling Mayfield “one of the most polite and humble men I’ve ever met in politics.” Robin couldn’t bear to hear any of it. “All of those officials who were behind Cochran, Mark had helped many times over the years,” she said. But after he was arrested, she felt they abandoned her husband. “They tucked their tails and ran.” In his briefcase she found a list of people who had reached out to him after his arrest. “Those officials? He didn’t hear from them at all.” McDaniel and other politicians sent Robin plants as a condolence gift. She couldn’t stand having them in the house, so she put them in the garage. “I just watched them wilt,” she says. “It reminded me of how Mark’s life was from the time he was arrested to the time he died.”
Tea-party activists were also fuming over Mayfield’s death. A right-wing blogger named Charles C. Johnson, known for his outlandish claims online, tweeted that Republican operatives had caused Mayfield’s suicide. Others were shocked as well.
“I’ve represented a lot of people for acts so heinous I won’t even discuss them,” says attorney Doug Lee, who represented Mary. “When I saw the reaction of law enforcement and the political Establishment to what these people did, I was simply amazed. I still have a hard time reconciling that, and it makes me very angry. It didn’t seem that anybody could be guilty of anything, except Clayton Kelly was arguably guilty of a trespass. The others are arguably guilty of conspiracy to commit a trespass. To tell the truth, I don’t know that you can be guilty of a conspiracy to commit a trespass.” (Several officials involved in the case, including Hawkins Butler, the district attorney, and McDaniel, either declined to comment or didn’t respond to repeated interview requests. Through lawyers at Butler Snow, Cochran’s campaign also declined to comment on the record.)
After the race, McDaniel refused to concede, claiming Cochran’s attempt to win African-American Democrats was evidence of voter fraud. “We are not prone to surrender,” McDaniel said in his Election Night speech. Soon after, Johnson published an explosive scoop: A self-described African-American reverend named Stevie Fielder said he was given money by the Cochran campaign to bribe black voters into going to the polls for the senator. McDaniel offered a $1,000 reward to anyone who could provide evidence that the senator’s campaign had broken the law. Later, Fielder said that his comments had been “hypothetical” and selectively edited. Johnson admitted to paying Fielder for the story. McDaniel continued to fight the outcome in court, but by August his options were running out.
This month, Clayton Kelly pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit burglary. The district attorney prosecuting the case agreed to drop his burglary charges, for which he could have faced up to 50 years in prison. Kelly was sentenced by a judge to two and a half years in prison Monday, followed by two and a half years of probation. Before the verdict, Kelly’s attorney Camp told me he planned to argue that there was no burglary — Kelly was let into the building by a security guard and was acting in his capacity as a journalist trying to get a newsworthy story out. “It’s going to be very difficult to prove that a crime was committed,” Camp said. Kelly ultimately took the plea because he didn’t want to risk spending decades in jail.
John Mary agreed to serve five years on probation, after which his record will be cleared. Sager, the researcher, will have his record cleared after three years’ probation. All three have been quiet online since the arrests: Constitutional Clayton’s blog hasn’t been updated since May of last year, Sager’s Twitter feed was deleted, and Mary’s has been empty except for a few retweets. Three months after their initial arrests, the lead police investigator on the case was reassigned to animal control.
“Is it a conspiracy or just political maneuvering? What’s the difference?” says Lee, Mary’s attorney. “What the Cochran side did, you can call that a conspiracy and other people will say it’s politics as usual. It’s wrong either way. Dead wrong. A lot of this stuff that looks like conspiracy is just dumb redneck crap.”
Earlier this year, McDaniel and his allies launched a PAC with the stated mission of challenging Republican Establishment candidates. The Senate Conservatives Fund, another tea-party PAC, started by Jim DeMint, launched a campaign called Remember Mississippi, urging supporters not to forget the efforts of the national GOP to crush McDaniel in the Senate race. The PAC asks supporters to join in a boycott of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. It makes no mention of Mayfield or the others. The website has 20,000 pledges listed so far. McDaniel is rumored to be eyeing a bid for Congress against another incumbent Republican, Representative Steven Palazzo, next year.
Rose Cochran died in December. Thad Cochran married his assistant, Kay Webber, in a private ceremony in May.
*This article appears in the June 15, 2015 issue of New York Magazine. It includes information on developments in the story that occurred after press time.
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It’s boom and bust in the world of The World of Warcraft. With subscriber numbers in the last quarter down to 10.2 million, from 12 million in 2010, VentureBeat reports that Blizzard will cut around 12 percent of its workforce, 600 staff. According to the company, the majority of staff affected are likely to be in customer service and sales roles, with only around 60 development roles being cut. Blizzard says its release and development schedules will be unchanged.
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime had this to say:
“Over the last several years, we’ve grown our organisation tremendously and made large investments in our infrastructure in order to better serve our global community. However, as Blizzard and the industry have evolved we’ve also had to make some difficult decisions in order to address the changing needs of our company. Knowing that, it still does not make letting go of some of our team members any easier. We’re grateful to have had the opportunity to work with the people impacted by today’s announcement, we’re proud of the contributions they made here at Blizzard, and we wish them well.”
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Sixty-nine dogsledders are mushing across the Alaska wilderness in hopes of becoming top dog in the 42nd annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Since 1973, hundreds of competitors have come from all over the world to make the 1,150-mile (1,850-kilometer) journey from Anchorage to Nome. Usually, between 60 and 100 teams participate in the event. Each team must start with 16 dogs and finish with at least six. (Read what it takes to compete in the Iditarod.)
National Geographic talked to Diane Johnson, the Iditarod's director of education, to learn more about the so-called last great race.
1. Iditarod is a city, a river, a trail, and a race.
Iditarod means "distant" or "distant place" in the languages of Ingalik and Holikachu, which are spoken by indigenous Athabaskan peoples of northwestern Alaska. It's also the name of a city, a river, and a trail in the same area.
A relic from Alaska's gold-mining era, the abandoned city of Iditarod is located along the Iditarod River (map) and considered the halfway point on the southern route of the dogsled race.
Back in the gold rush days, the only way to deliver mail to Iditarod was to drive a dogsled along the Iditarod Trail. But after World War II, Alaska transportation began to change in favor of faster methods of travel such as snowmobiles and airplanes.
"By the 1970s, the dogsled tradition had nearly disappeared," said Johnson.
Iditarod race founder and musher Joe Redington, Sr., created the long-distance race named after the trail to keep Alaska dogsledding alive and to help the Iditarod Trail become recognized as a historic trail.
2. The starting line can change.
Unseasonably warm weather can move the starting line of the Iditarod race—known as the restart location—if the trail begins to melt.
In 2003, when the trail near Willow was impassable due to deteriorating conditions, the race was moved to Fairbanks, a city 359 miles (578 kilometers) north of Anchorage.
Organizers considered moving it to colder Fairbanks again this year, but decided that trail conditions were safe for the racers.
3. Chihuahuas need not apply.
Only northern dog breeds like Siberian huskies and Alaskan malamutes are allowed to race in the Iditarod. The rule was adopted in the early 1990s after musher John Suter entered the 1988 competition with standard European poodles on his dogsled team. However, many of the poodles were dropped off at checkpoints due to frozen feet and hair-matting problems.
"Most of our pet dogs don't have the right undercoat to travel in the Alaskan conditions during the winter," Johnson said. (Take National Geographic's dog quiz.)
Some mushers disagree with the decision to allow only northern breed dogs, but the organization insists the rule is to protect dogs that aren't suited for cold-weather racing.
View Images An unidentified dog team takes off on March 2, 2014. PHOTOGRAPH BY DANIEL LEIFHEIT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT
4. Moose are dangerous.
Moose are a threat for dogsled teams, said Johnson.
That's because the large animals can charge the sled and injure the dogs. Such attacks are so frequent around Willow that some mushers have nicknamed the area "Moose Alley."
In 2012, a moose charged at musher Karen Ramstead while she was training in Moose Alley. She was able to escape the attack, but the moose injured one of her dogs.
5. Red lanterns finish last.
The Red Lantern Award is given to the last team to finish the Iditarod. The winner usually completes the race in eight to ten days, though the longest any team took to finish the race was 32.5 days.
The red-lantern tradition originated in 1953, during the three-day Fur Rendezvous dogsled race in Anchorage, and was passed on to the newer, and much longer, Iditarod. The name refers to the lantern that's lit during the race and not put out until the last dog crosses the finish line.
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“This many people are here for The Americans?!”. That was me on Friday afternoon, exclaiming to some startled fans, half an hour before the panel for FX’s spy thriller was due to start. It was a little surprising to see how long the line to get in was, winding its way into the cavernous Autograph & Photo Ops area. The show, about early-1980s Russian spies raising a family in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, enjoys critical acclaim, but moderate ratings. Plus, “Cold War spy/family drama” isn’t the kind of genre that one would think could compete for crowds with superhero shows, anime, and a Stephen Amell photo op.
But I was wrong because the room was packed and the fans were loud.
The event kicked off with an eight-minute-long clip showing some of the most tense and bloody moments from Season 2.
Grantland’s TV critic Andy Greenwald moderated the panel and kept the crowd solidly entertained with the wit that listeners of his Hollywood Prospectus podcast are familiar with. The panel featured executive producers Joe Weisberg (“soon to be a guest star on The Good Wife”) and Joel Fields, and stars Keri Russell (Elizabeth Jennings), Matthew Rhys (Philip Jennings), Noah Emmerich (Stan Beeman) and Annet Mahendru (Nina Sergeevna).
The panelists all sported “Commie Con” t-shirts, which was Rhys’s idea. “Growing up in a very socialist South Wales, I thought there was a convention called ‘Commie Con'”.
But like Elizabeth being tortured by Claudia, the panel revealed few hints as to what is in store for the upcoming season.
The cast will return to work on production on Monday.
Fields mentioned that they had spent a lot of time at the end of season two discussing what season three would be about. They forced themselves to put their pencils down and take a break over the summer, and when they got back, they had a lot of ideas percolating.
The show works best when the characters all struggle with the same kind of things everyone struggles with, but on a more heightened, life-and-death level. “We all feel [like] it’s life and death in our marriages and in our parenting, but for them, it really is.”
Greenwald asked Russell and Rhys about having to play characters who also play different roles when they wear their various disguises on the show. Rhys approaches it as Philip needing to convince the person in front of him. “The audience has to believe that that person can be convinced”.
Emmerich took it personally that the writers put Stan through such a rough year. “You live through the imaginary circumstances of your character for those five or six months that you’re in production. I’ve always had a little bit of
has difficulty turning off the switch. The homework is [to] live and see what it feels like to be that character”. He and Greenwald pointed out that Stan’s high watermark in the series was the pilot. Mahendru pointed out, “It’s because NIna wasn’t in the pilot”.
There will be more scenes of Stan and Philip sharing beers.
The crowd cheered when Mahendru indicated that Nina survives into season three (which had been revealed previously).
Since the show is filmed in NYC, they had to contend with having to shoot during this past year’s extremely long, harsh winter (“really worthy of Siberia”). The producers mentioned that as it so happens, the winter of 1982 (when season two took place) was the worst winter in the history of Washington, DC.
The war in Afghanistan will be playing a large part in the Season 3 plot. Parenting will also be a major theme. The cast revealed that the producers are just as secretive with them. Emmerich joked,
“I still don’t know which one is Joe and which one is Joel”.
When a questioner asked Keri Russell about how transitioning between different roles, Rhys says that she told him that “she played Felicity & Elizabeth exactly the same except for Elizabeth, she straightens hair and doesn’t smile”.
All of the cast members except Russell thought their characters would be happy if they survived until the end of the Cold War. Mahendru: “Nina should survive, all the way.”
The producers offhandedly mentioned that skipping ahead a few years might be a possibility if the show continued.
Several members of the cast mentioned that the dark & intense material made it easier to keep the mod “light and happy” on set. Rhys said, “when little Jared was lying there bleeding to death for most of the morning, you can imagine the jokes”.
Emmerich said that he’s sometimes worried about establishing too strong of a personal dynamic with an actor off-screen that it might overshadow the on-screen dynamic.
A questioner asked about the way they research early 80s technology. Weisberg: “I wish I could call it research instead of memory”. The older technology makes it easier for them to write situations, since the characters can’t just call each other on their cellphones.
They also dropped a tidbit that Pete Townsend wrote music for season two.
A questioner asked the producers if the upcoming parenting theme meant that Nina was pregnant. Rhys: “they both just scribbled notes under the table.”
Russell revealed that she and the hair/makeup department have favorite disguises and they name them all. They give all the alter egos elaborate backstories to pass the time in the hair and makeup trailer. Their favorite of Matthew’s is “Fernando”, the long-haired guy with the mustache. Fernando’s voice was stolen from Buzz Lightyear when he goes into Spanish mode.
The season 2 DVD of The Americans will be released on December 16. Season 3 will air on FX in January.
About Dan Wickline Has quietly been working at Bleeding Cool for over three years. He has written comics for Image, Top Cow, Shadowline, Avatar, IDW, Dynamite, Moonstone, Humanoids and Zenescope. He is the author of the Lucius Fogg series of novels and a published photographer.
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MADISON — Governor Scott Walker is among the “least popular” governors in the country — according to MorningConsult.com.
Morning Consult conducted a survey of more than 66,000 voters in all 50 states from January 2016 until early May 2016.
The survey found that Governor Walker is #7 on the list of Top Ten “least popular” governors.
According to Morning Consult, 53% of survey respondents disapprove of Governor Walker’s job performance — compared to 43% of respondents who said they approve of Walker’s job performance.
Morning Consult notes that Governor Walker is one of three governors who opted to run for president — and said that presidential bid resulted in “hardly any change” in Walker’s approval rating.
Eight of the “least popular” governors are Republicans.
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is the number one “least popular” governor.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is the most popular governor, according to the survey results.
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T HERE WAS A SIMPLE AIM at the heart of the top-secret program: Record the website browsing habits of “every visible user on the internet.”
Before long, billions of digital records about ordinary people’s online activities were being stored every day. Among them were details cataloging visits to porn, social media, and news websites, search engines, chat forums, and blogs.
The mass surveillance operation — code-named KARMA POLICE — was launched by British spies about seven years ago without any public debate or scrutiny. It was just one part of a giant global internet spying apparatus built by the United Kingdom’s electronic eavesdropping agency, Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ.
The revelations about the scope of the British agency’s surveillance are contained in documents obtained by The Intercept from National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden. Previous reports based on the leaked files have exposed how GCHQ taps into internet cables to monitor communications on a vast scale, but many details about what happens to the data after it has been vacuumed up have remained unclear.
Amid a renewed push from the U.K. government for more surveillance powers, more than two dozen documents disclosed today by The Intercept reveal for the first time several major strands of GCHQ’s existing electronic eavesdropping capabilities.
One system builds profiles showing people’s web browsing histories. Another analyzes instant messenger communications, emails, Skype calls, text messages, cellphone locations, and social media interactions. Separate programs were built to keep tabs on “suspicious” Google searches and usage of Google Maps.
The surveillance is underpinned by an opaque legal regime that has authorized GCHQ to sift through huge archives of metadata about the private phone calls, emails, and internet browsing logs of Brits, Americans, and any other citizens — all without a court order or judicial warrant.
Metadata reveals information about a communication — such as the sender and recipient of an email, or the phone numbers someone called and at what time — but not the written content of the message or the audio of the call.
As of 2012, GCHQ was storing about 50 billion metadata records about online communications and web browsing activity every day, with plans in place to boost capacity to 100 billion daily by the end of that year. The agency, under cover of secrecy, was working to create what it said would soon be the biggest government surveillance system anywhere in the world.
Radio radicalization
The power of KARMA POLICE was illustrated in 2009, when GCHQ launched a top-secret operation to collect intelligence about people using the internet to listen to radio shows.
The agency used a sample of nearly 7 million metadata records, gathered over a period of three months, to observe the listening habits of more than 200,000 people across 185 countries, including the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Spain, the Netherlands, France, and Germany.
A summary report detailing the operation shows that one aim of the project was to research “potential misuse” of internet radio stations to spread radical Islamic ideas.
GCHQ spies from a unit known as the Network Analysis Center compiled a list of the most popular stations that they had identified, most of which had no association with Islam, like France-based Hotmix Radio, which plays pop, rock, funk, and hip-hop music.
They zeroed in on any stations found broadcasting recitations from the Quran, such as a popular Iraqi radio station and a station playing sermons from a prominent Egyptian imam named Sheikh Muhammad Jebril. They then used KARMA POLICE to find out more about these stations’ listeners, identifying them as users on Skype, Yahoo, and Facebook.
The summary report says the spies selected one Egypt-based listener for “profiling” and investigated which other websites he had been visiting. Surveillance records revealed the listener had viewed the porn site Redtube, as well as Facebook; Yahoo; YouTube; Google’s blogging platform, Blogspot; the photo-sharing site Flickr; a website about Islam; and an Arab advertising site.
GCHQ’s documents indicate that the plans for KARMA POLICE were drawn up between 2007 and 2008. The system was designed to provide the agency with “either (a) a web browsing profile for every visible user on the internet, or (b) a user profile for every visible website on the internet.”
The origin of the surveillance system’s name is not discussed in the documents. But KARMA POLICE is also the name of a popular song released in 1997 by the Grammy Award-winning British band Radiohead, suggesting the spies may have been fans.
A verse repeated throughout the hit song includes the lyric, “This is what you’ll get, when you mess with us.”
The Black Hole
GCHQ vacuums up the website browsing histories using “probes” that tap into the international fiber-optic cables that transport internet traffic across the world.
A huge volume of the internet data GCHQ collects flows directly into a massive repository named Black Hole, which is at the core of the agency’s online spying operations, storing raw logs of intercepted material before it has been subject to analysis.
Black Hole contains data collected by GCHQ as part of bulk “unselected” surveillance, meaning it is not focused on particular “selected” targets and instead includes troves of data indiscriminately swept up about ordinary people’s online activities. Between August 2007 and March 2009, GCHQ documents say that Black Hole was used to store more than 1.1 trillion “events” — a term the agency uses to refer to metadata records — with about 10 billion new entries added every day.
As of March 2009, the largest slice of data Black Hole held — 41 percent — was about people’s internet browsing histories. The rest included a combination of email and instant messenger records, details about search engine queries, information about social media activity, logs related to hacking operations, and data on people’s use of tools to browse the internet anonymously.
Throughout this period, as smartphone sales started to boom, the frequency of people’s internet use was steadily increasing. In tandem, British spies were working frantically to bolster their spying capabilities, with plans afoot to expand the size of Black Hole and other repositories to handle an avalanche of new data.
By 2010, according to the documents, GCHQ was logging 30 billion metadata records per day. By 2012, collection had increased to 50 billion per day, and work was underway to double capacity to 100 billion. The agency was developing “unprecedented” techniques to perform what it called “population-scale” data mining, monitoring all communications across entire countries in an effort to detect patterns or behaviors deemed suspicious. It was creating what it said would be, by 2013, “the world’s biggest” surveillance engine “to run cyber operations and to access better, more valued data for customers to make a real world difference.”
A document from the GCHQ target analysis center (GTAC) shows the Black Hole repository’s structure.
GCHQ is able to identify a particular person’s website browsing habits by pulling out the raw data stored in repositories like Black Hole and then analyzing it with a variety of systems that complement each other.
KARMA POLICE, for instance, works by showing the IP addresses of people visiting websites. IP addresses are unique identifiers that are allocated to computers when they connect to the internet.
In isolation, IPs would not be of much value to GCHQ, because they are just a series of numbers — like 195.92.47.101 — and are not attached to a name. But when paired with other data they become a rich source of personal information.
To find out the identity of a person or persons behind an IP address, GCHQ analysts can enter the series of numbers into a separate system named MUTANT BROTH, which is used to sift through data contained in the Black Hole repository about vast amounts of tiny intercepted files known as cookies.
Cookies are automatically placed on computers to identify and sometimes track people browsing the internet, often for advertising purposes. When you visit or log in to a website, a cookie is usually stored on your computer so that the site recognizes you. It can contain your username or email address, your IP address, and even details about your login password and the kind of internet browser you are using — like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
For GCHQ, this information is incredibly valuable. The agency refers to cookies internally as “target detection identifiers” or “presence events” because of how they help it monitor people’s internet use and uncover online identities.
If the agency wants to track down a person’s IP address, it can enter the person’s email address or username into MUTANT BROTH to attempt to find it, scanning through the cookies that come up linking those identifiers to an IP address. Likewise, if the agency already has the IP address and wants to track down the person behind it, it can use MUTANT BROTH to find email addresses, usernames, and even passwords associated with the IP.
Once the agency has corroborated a targeted person’s IP address with an email address or username, it can then use the tiny cookie files associated with these identifiers to perform a so-called pattern of life analysis showing the times of day and locations at which the person is most active online.
GCHQ was extracting data containing information about people’s visits to the adult website YouPorn.
In turn, the usernames and email and IP addresses can be entered into other systems that enable the agency to spy on the target’s emails, instant messenger conversations, and web browsing history. All GCHQ needs is a single identifier — a “selector,” in agency jargon — to follow a digital trail that can reveal a vast amount about a person’s online activities.
A top-secret GCHQ document from March 2009 reveals the agency has targeted a range of popular websites as part of an effort to covertly collect cookies on a massive scale. It shows a sample search in which the agency was extracting data from cookies containing information about people’s visits to the adult website YouPorn, search engines Yahoo and Google, and the Reuters news website.
Other websites listed as “sources” of cookies in the 2009 document (see below) are Hotmail, YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, WordPress, Amazon, and sites operated by the broadcasters CNN, BBC, and the U.K.’s Channel 4.
In one six-month period between December 2007 and June 2008, the document says, more than 18 billion records from cookies and other similar identifiers were accessible through MUTANT BROTH.
The data is searched by GCHQ analysts in a hunt for behavior online that could be connected to terrorism or other criminal activity. But it has also served a broader and more controversial purpose — helping the agency hack into European companies’ computer networks.
In the lead-up to its secret mission targeting Netherlands-based Gemalto, the largest SIM card manufacturer in the world, GCHQ used MUTANT BROTH in an effort to identify the company’s employees so it could hack into their computers.
The system helped the agency analyze intercepted Facebook cookies it believed were associated with Gemalto staff located at offices in France and Poland. GCHQ later successfully infiltrated Gemalto’s internal networks, stealing encryption keys produced by the company that protect the privacy of cellphone communications.
Similarly, MUTANT BROTH proved integral to GCHQ’s hack of Belgian telecommunications provider Belgacom. The agency entered IP addresses associated with Belgacom into MUTANT BROTH to uncover information about the company’s employees. Cookies associated with the IPs revealed the Google, Yahoo, and LinkedIn accounts of three Belgacom engineers, whose computers were then targeted by the agency and infected with malware.
The hacking operation resulted in GCHQ gaining deep access into the most sensitive parts of Belgacom’s internal systems, granting British spies the ability to intercept communications passing through the company’s networks.
Cryptome surveillance
In March, a U.K. parliamentary committee published the findings of an 18-month review of GCHQ’s operations and called for an overhaul of the laws that regulate the spying. The committee raised concerns about the agency gathering what it described as “bulk personal datasets” being held about “a wide range of people.” However, it censored the section of the report describing what these “datasets” contained, despite acknowledging that they “may be highly intrusive.”
The Snowden documents shine light on some of the core GCHQ bulk data-gathering programs that the committee was likely referring to — pulling back the veil of secrecy that has shielded some of the agency’s most controversial surveillance operations from public scrutiny.
KARMA POLICE and MUTANT BROTH are among the key bulk collection systems. But they do not operate in isolation — and the scope of GCHQ’s spying extends far beyond them.
The agency operates a bewildering array of other eavesdropping systems, each serving its own specific purpose and designated a unique code name, such as: SOCIAL ANTHROPOID, which is used to analyze metadata on emails, instant messenger chats, social media connections and conversations, plus “telephony” metadata about phone calls, cellphone locations, and text and multimedia messages; MEMORY HOLE, which logs queries entered into search engines and associates each search with an IP address; MARBLED GECKO, which sifts through details about searches people have entered into Google Maps and Google Earth; and INFINITE MONKEYS, which analyzes data about the usage of online bulletin boards and forums.
GCHQ has other programs that it uses to analyze the content of intercepted communications, such as the full written body of emails and the audio of phone calls. One of the most important content collection capabilities is TEMPORA, which mines vast amounts of emails, instant messages, voice calls, and other communications and makes them accessible through a Google-style search tool named XKEYSCORE.
As of September 2012, TEMPORA was collecting “more than 40 billion pieces of content a day” and it was being used to spy on people across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, according to a top-secret memo outlining the scope of the program. The existence of TEMPORA was first revealed by The Guardian in June 2013.
To analyze all of the communications it intercepts and to build a profile of the individuals it is monitoring, GCHQ uses a variety of different tools that can pull together all of the relevant information and make it accessible through a single interface.
SAMUEL PEPYS is one such tool, built by the British spies to analyze both the content and metadata of emails, browsing sessions, and instant messages as they are being intercepted in real time.
One screenshot of SAMUEL PEPYS in action shows the agency using it to monitor an individual in Sweden who visited a page about GCHQ on the U.S.-based anti-secrecy website Cryptome.
Domestic spying
Partly due to the U.K.’s geographic location — situated between the United States and the western edge of continental Europe — a large amount of the world’s internet traffic passes through its territory across international data cables.
In 2010, GCHQ noted that what amounted to “25 percent of all internet traffic” was transiting the U.K. through some 1,600 different cables. The agency said that it could “survey the majority of the 1,600” and “select the most valuable to switch into our processing systems.”
Many of the cables flow deep under the Atlantic Ocean from the east coast of the U.S., landing on the white-sand beaches of Cornwall in the southwest of England. Others transport data between the U.K. and countries including France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway by crossing below the North Sea and coming aground at various locations on England’s east coast.
According to Joss Wright, a research fellow at the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute, tapping into the cables allows GCHQ to monitor a large portion of foreign communications. But the cables also transport masses of wholly domestic British emails and online chats, because when anyone in the U.K. sends an email or visits a website, that person’s computer will routinely send and receive data from servers that are located overseas.
“I could send a message from my computer here [in England] to my wife’s computer in the next room, and on its way it could go through the U.S., France, and other countries,” Wright said. “That’s just the way the internet is designed.”
In other words, Wright adds, that means “a lot” of British data and communications transit across international cables daily, and are liable to be swept into GCHQ’s databases.
A map from a classified GCHQ presentation about intercepting communications from undersea cables.
GCHQ is authorized to conduct dragnet surveillance of the international data cables through so-called external warrants that are signed off on by a government minister.
The external warrants permit the agency to monitor communications in foreign countries as well as British citizens’ international calls and emails — for example, a call from Islamabad to London. They prohibit GCHQ from reading or listening to the content of “internal” U.K. to U.K. emails and phone calls, which are supposed to be filtered out from GCHQ’s systems if they are inadvertently intercepted unless additional authorization is granted to scrutinize them.
However, the same rules do not apply to metadata. A little-known loophole in the law allows GCHQ to use external warrants to collect and analyze bulk metadata about the emails, phone calls, and internet browsing activities of British people, citizens of closely allied countries, and others, regardless of whether the data is derived from domestic U.K. to U.K. communications and browsing sessions or otherwise.
In March, the existence of this loophole was quietly acknowledged by the U.K. parliamentary committee’s surveillance review, which stated in a section of its report that “special protection and additional safeguards” did not apply to metadata swept up using external warrants and that domestic British metadata could therefore be lawfully “returned as a result of searches” conducted by GCHQ.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, GCHQ appears to have readily exploited this obscure legal technicality. Secret policy guidance papers issued to the agency’s analysts instruct them that they can sift through huge troves of indiscriminately collected metadata records to spy on anyone regardless of nationality. The guidance makes clear that there is no exemption or extra privacy protection for British people or citizens from countries that are members of the Five Eyes, a surveillance alliance that includes the U.K., as well as the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
“If you are searching a purely Events only database such as MUTANT BROTH, the issue of location does not occur,” states one internal GCHQ policy document, which is marked with a “last modified” date of July 2012. The document adds that analysts are free to search the databases for British metadata “without further authorization” by inputting a U.K. “selector,” meaning a unique identifier such as a person’s email or IP address, username, or phone number.
Authorization is “not needed for individuals in the U.K.,” another GCHQ document explains, because metadata has been judged “less intrusive than communications content.” All the spies are required to do to mine the metadata troves is write a short “justification” or “reason” for each search they conduct and then click a button on their computer screen.
Intelligence GCHQ collects on British persons of interest is shared with the domestic security agency MI5, which usually takes the lead on spying operations within the U.K. MI5 conducts its own extensive domestic surveillance as part of a program called DIGINT (digital intelligence).
“We think and behave differently based on the assumption that people may be watching.”
GCHQ’s documents suggest that it typically retains metadata for periods between 30 days and six months. It stores the content of communications for a shorter period of time, varying from three to 30 days. The retention periods can be extended if deemed necessary for “cyberdefense.”
One secret policy paper dated January 2010 lists the wide range of information the agency classes as metadata — including location data that could be used to track your movements; your email, instant messenger, and social networking “buddy lists”; logs showing who you have communicated with by phone or email; the passwords you use to access “communications services” (such as an email account); and information about websites you have viewed.
Records showing the full website addresses you have visited — for instance, www.gchq.gov.uk/what_we_do — are treated as content. But the first part of an address you have visited — for instance, www.gchq.gov.uk — is treated as metadata.
In isolation, a single metadata record of a phone call, email, or website visit may not reveal much about a person’s private life, according to Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Center for Civic Media at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
But if accumulated and analyzed over a period of weeks or months, these details would be “extremely personal,” he told The Intercept, because they could reveal a person’s movements, habits, religious beliefs, political views, relationships, and even sexual preferences.
For Zuckerman, who has studied the social and political ramifications of surveillance, the most concerning aspect of large-scale government data collection is that it can be “corrosive toward democracy” — leading to a chilling effect on freedom of expression and communication.
“Once we know there’s a reasonable chance that we are being watched in one fashion or another, it’s hard for that not to have a ‘panopticon effect,’” he said, “where we think and behave differently based on the assumption that people may be watching and paying attention to what we are doing.”
Light oversight
A GCHQ spokesperson declined to answer any specific questions for this story, citing a “long-standing policy” not to comment on intelligence matters. The spokesperson insisted in an emailed statement that GCHQ’s work is “carried out in accordance with a strict legal and policy framework, which ensures that our activities are authorized, necessary, and proportionate, and that there is rigorous oversight.”
It is unclear, however, whether in practice there are sufficient internal checks in place to ensure GCHQ’s spies don’t abuse their access to the troves of personal information.
According to the agency’s documents, just 10 percent of its “targeting” of individuals for surveillance is audited annually, and a random selection of metadata searches are audited every six months.
When compared to surveillance rules in place in the U.S., GCHQ notes in one document, the U.K. has “a light oversight regime.”
The more lax British spying regulations are reflected in secret internal rules that highlight greater restrictions on how NSA databases can be accessed. The NSA’s troves can be searched for data on British citizens, one document states, but they cannot be mined for information about Americans or other citizens from countries in the Five Eyes alliance.
No such constraints are placed on GCHQ’s own databases, which can be sifted for records on the phone calls, emails, and internet usage of Brits, Americans, and citizens from any other country.
The scope of GCHQ’s surveillance powers explain in part why Snowden told The Guardian in June 2013 that U.K. surveillance is “worse than the U.S.” In an interview with Der Spiegel in July 2013, Snowden added that British internet cables were “radioactive” and joked, “Even the Queen’s selfies to the pool boy get logged.”
In recent years, the biggest barrier to GCHQ’s mass collection of data does not appear to have come in the form of legal or policy restrictions. Rather, it is the increased use of encryption technology that protects the privacy of communications that has posed the biggest potential hindrance to the agency’s activities.
“The spread of encryption … threatens our ability to do effective target discovery/development,” says a top-secret report co-authored by an official from the British agency and an NSA employee in 2011.
“Pertinent metadata events will be locked within the encrypted channels and difficult, if not impossible, to prise out,” the report says, adding that the agencies were working on a plan that would “(hopefully) allow our Internet Exploitation strategy to prevail.”
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Watch: Ne-Yo Talks “Emotional Disconnect” in R&B, Frank Ocean, Trey Songz, Gotye & More
Singer-songwriter Ne-Yo visited The Breakfast Club today to chat about everything from turning down a chance to play Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Lee Daniels‘ forthcoming biopic, his thoughts on the “hollow state” of R&B music, Frank Ocean, Trey Songz, being inspired by Gotye, his new partnership with Malibu Red and more.
On whether or not he’s inspired by R&B music that’s out right now:
“No. Not at all. I can honestly say the last thing that I listened to that inspired me, and it wasn’t hip-hop or R&B, it was Gotye, that ‘Somebody That I Used To Know.’ That joint is dope. I went and got that album, that whole album is dope. I don’t know, man. I feel like there’s an emotional disconnect in R&B right now.”
On Frank Ocean:
“I dig Frank. I like the album. I feel like on some records, it’s a little too cool for the room, where its like ‘What the hell are you talking about?’ On some records. But I dig the fact that when you listen to his records, you can tell that he means what he’s saying, even if you don’t know what the hell he’s saying, its like ‘he meant that.’ And i feel like that’s the emotional disconnect in R&B right now. It’s like, okay you hear dudes singing about love, but you don’t believe them. Even if you go back to the days of Jodeci. These was the thuggish, ruggishest R&B singers period. These cats was walking around with jeans belted at their thighs with machetes talking about “Forever My Lady” and you believed it. So I think that’s what’s missing in R&B right now. Everybody’s trying to be too cool. It’s too over-sexed right now. That’s why R&B is suffering.”
He made it clear that the “disconnect” has nothing to do with artists not writing their own music, which has been the case for decades. Nor does he blame dance music, which has also been popular for a while, especially overseas.
“R&B is suffering because of what’s happening in R&B, not what’s happening in another genre of music. At the very least they’re making you feel something. R&B records, nowadays, is just a little hollow with it…”
On Trey Songz:
“I’ve talked to Trey before and Trey is one of them dudes, I feel like could be a serious problem in this R&B world, if he decided to just really put that emotion in there. No disrespect to Trey, love Trey to death. But I feel like, again, the emotional disconnect is there.”
Watch: Ne-Yo on The Breakfast Club
Now proudly assuming the role of A&R at Motown, once held by the legendary Smokey Robinson, Ne-Yo shared what he’s learned from Barry Gordy. He also revealed that his fifth studio album, R.E.D. has been pushed back.
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READER COMMENTS ON
"Mississippi's Passage of Polling Place Photo ID Law Reveals Still-Burning Vestiges of Jim Crow"
(13 Responses so far...)
COMMENT #1 [Permalink]
... Mary McLaurin said on 1/14/2012 @ 10:33 am PT...
Brad,
You will be happy to know that multitudes of black Mississippians signed the petition for Voter ID. I went door to door to get signatures and many blacks feel that it is the only way to stop voter fraud. I heard them tell stories of instances where parents or grandparents voted in elections that were well over 100 years old and had been dead for years. Mississippi has had 38 confirmed cases of voter fraud according to Democrat Attorney General Jim Hood. One case netted a black Tunica women in jail for 5 years this year. She voted for a mentally disabled young man (also black). He testified against her saying "it was not nice of her to take his vote like that". I work with the poorest of the poor in Mississippi and have never found that people lack ID's. I am not sure where people are getting that information. 22% of Mississippians live at or below the poverty level and depend on Social Services like Social Security Disability, Social Security, SSI, Food Stamps, TANF, Child Support, HUD Section 8 Assistance, USDA Rural Development programs to exist. All of these programs including bedding down in a homeless shelter require a photo or state issued ID. If they are on welfare of any type they have an ID. If they don't have an ID DHS usually assists them in getting what they need. I work with the chronic homeless, elderly and disabled low and very low income individuals. I don't think you will have this problem in Mississippi. I wish that you would not make race a factor for people in Mississippi wanting voter ID.
COMMENT #2 [Permalink]
... Ernest A. Canning said on 1/14/2012 @ 11:21 am PT...
Mary McLaurin @1 wrote: Mississippi has had 38 confirmed cases of voter fraud according to Democrat Attorney General Jim Hood Interesting, that would be four times the amount documented for the entire nation! Do you have a link for this remarkable figure as opposed to your anecdotal "parents or grandparents voted in elections that were well over 100 years old"? But then, perhaps you are unaware of the only type of voter fraud that can be prevented by polling place photo ID laws --- in person impersonation. Cases do exist where someone has fraudulently cast an absentee ballot, e.g. Lessadolla Sowers was convicted for fraudulently casting absentee ballots. However, that type of fraud would not have been prevented by a polling place, photo ID law. (I suspect the case you referred to of a woman casting a ballot for a nephew entailed absentee voting as well). Likewise, your assertion that you personally gathered signatures by blacks who had been taken in by the GOP voter fraud canard does not explain away the 75% of non-whites who voted against the measure as compared to 82% of whites who did. What is your explanation, Mary, for that stark disparity?
COMMENT #3 [Permalink]
... Brad Friedman said on 1/14/2012 @ 1:46 pm PT...
Mary McLaurin @ 1: I'm going to do you the favor of presuming you actually believe the things you said in your response above --- as opposed to simply posting it here as the misleading disinformation that it is --- and will respond on that good faith basis... You will be happy to know that multitudes of black Mississippians signed the petition for Voter ID. I went door to door to get signatures and many blacks feel that it is the only way to stop voter fraud. Yes, many blacks actually have access to the same public airwaves and propaganda that white people do these days. I'm sure some believe, or rather "feel" that is "the only way to stop voter fraud". They would be as wrong as you are. Mississippi has had 38 confirmed cases of voter fraud according to Democrat Attorney General Jim Hood. I notice that nowhere in your post did you include any cites to the information you proffered. No links to back up any of your assertions with evidence. But, as I'm a swell fellow, I'll help you. The Republican National Lawyers' Association (RNLA) has been the group fronting (lying about) the phony "voter fraud" epidemic for years. They have put together a web page called "Voter Fraud: The Evidence" in order to support their assertion that Photo ID is necessary to stop this pernicious menace. Their page claims "Vote Fraud is All Over the Map" and then it lists, in handy form, "vote fraud convictions or prosecutions in the last decade" for each state. Here's what they list for Mississippi: Mississippi Lessadolla Sowers: absentee ballot fraud (2011)
Terrance Watts:double voting (2011)
Kenny Ray Bowen: vote fraud (2010)
Jasper Buggs, Sr.: vote fraud (2010)
James Bullock: vote fraud (2010)
Tate King: vote fraud (2010)
Billy Street: vote fraud (2010)
Ronnie Wilkerson: vote fraud (2010)
Lillie Jean Norton: vote fraud (2007)
Ada Tucker: vote fraud (2007)
Greg Eason: vote fraud (2003) See Eason v. State, 2005 Miss. App. LEXIS 101 (2005) Now, with 11 names listed there (not "38"), you'll note that 5 of them link to the same news article, as they were busted as part of a single fraud conspiracy. So, of all of those listed above --- or of any other of those "38 confirmed cases of voter fraud" you site (without linking) --- which of them would have been prevented by polling place Photo ID restrictions of the type approved by white voters in November and wildly disapproved by non-white voters in the same election? (Here's a hint: None of them would have been prevented by polling place Photo ID restrictions, as they were all absentee ballot fraud, most of which included legal voters who were inappropriately encouraged to vote by someone alleged to have offered them something in return. That's called "vote buying", and polling place Photo ID restrictions have no affect on such a crime. But I'm happy for YOU to help me see which of them would have been prevented by polling place Photo ID restrictions....I'll be waiting!) One case netted a black Tunica women in jail for 5 years this year. She voted for a mentally disabled young man (also black). He testified against her saying "it was not nice of her to take his vote like that". Yes, it was "not nice". It was also highly illegal for Lessadolla Sowers in Tunica (whose crimes we reported on in August of 2011) to commit 10 counts of absentee voter fraud. Please let me know which of them would have been prevented by polling place Photo ID restrictions. ... I'll be waiting! Thanks! I work with the poorest of the poor in Mississippi and have never found that people lack ID's. I am not sure where people are getting that information. Well, then, I'm happy to help. Here's just some of the places "where people are getting that information". A 2008 survey [PDF] --- created by a PRO Photo ID commission (created expressly to make the case for polling place Photo ID requirements) -- found that in Mississippi, 3.8% of registered African-American voters had no driver's license or passport or other form of government-issued ID, while the study also founding that 0% of registered Whites have that problem. While I find it a bit difficult to swallow that 100% of whites have the type of photo ID that would be required by Mississippi's polling place Photo ID restrictions (and that only 3.8% of Blacks are lacking it), we'll just stipulate, for now, to the numbers above (since they come from a pro-Photo ID restriction outfit), which show that 3.8% of legally registered African-American voters could be disenfranchised by this law versus 0% of white voters. That study, as noted, was from a rightwing-created commission. But what does the U.S. Census data tell us? According to the study released last week by the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law which attempted to discern why more than 83% of Whites would favor such a law versus 75% who oppose such a law in MS, U.S. Census data on vehicle ownership may provide another clue. As the Lawyer's Committee notes.... might be an indicator of racial disparities in driver‘s license possession. Table 7 summarizes a few vehicle availability measures from the most recent 5-Year U.S. Census Public Use Microdata Sample ("PUMS") for the state of Mississippi. [W]e briefly examine statewide vehicle availability patterns in Mississippi to see if minorities are less likely than white individuals to have access to a vehicle. vehicle availability is not a perfect substitute for possession of a driver‘s license, we submit that access to a vehicle is likely to be strongly correlated with possession of a driver‘s license. That is, we use vehicle availability as a proxy for availability of the most common form of government-issued photo ID: a driver‘s license. Disparities in vehicle access along racial linesbe an indicator of racial disparities in driver‘s license possession. Table 7 summarizes a few vehicle availability measures from the most recent 5-Year U.S. Census Public Use Microdata Sample ("PUMS") for the state of Mississippi. The PUMS estimates clearly show that vehicles are unevenly distributed between racial groups in MS, with white householders being far more likely to have access to automobiles than non-white householders. If the vehicle availability rates shown in Table 7 are similar to statewide driver‘s license possession rates, then the reasons for such strong minority opposition to voter ID laws becomes clearer. Hmm...Non-Whites households are some 500% more likely to have no vehicle than White households. I wonder if there's any correlation to having a driver's license in those households. Now, do you have evidence (actual verifiably empirical evidence, like an official study, as opposed to your own anecdotal opinion) to show that either of the above statistics and studies, the first from a pro-Photo ID group, the second from an anti-Photo ID group, are inaccurate? I'm happy to look at those studies if you do. Back to your comments... 22% of Mississippians live at or below the poverty level and depend on Social Services like Social Security Disability, Social Security, SSI, Food Stamps, TANF, Child Support, HUD Section 8 Assistance, USDA Rural Development programs to exist. All of these programs including bedding down in a homeless shelter require a photo or state issued ID. If they are on welfare of any type they have an ID. If they don't have an ID DHS usually assists them in getting what they need. I work with the chronic homeless, elderly and disabled low and very low income individuals. I don't think you will have this problem in Mississippi. Your unsupported personal opinions based on your experience are welcome, but they have nothing to do with actual facts. If you have actual evidence to back up your claims, I'm sure you will link to it shortly. I also have no idea if the programs you mentioned above either require a Photo ID, whether or not the type of ID they require (if any) would be allowable for voting under MS' new law, or, if so, how many still lack such Photo ID. How many legal voters are you comfortable with denying their right to vote before you see this as a problem? 1? 1,000? 250,000? Please let me know what an acceptable rate of disenfranchisement under this law would be for you. I wish that you would not make race a factor for people in Mississippi wanting voter ID. You may "wish" whatever you want. However, we did not "make race a factor for people in Mississippi wanting voter ID," the voters of Mississippi did when Whites voted overwhelmingly in favor it and Blacks voted overwhelmingly against it, according to the independent study referenced in Ernie's article above. As you've made a lot of so-far unsupported assertions in your comment, I've asked you to support those assertions in kind. Short of that, we'll be left to presume you don't have a clue what you're talking about. So please feel free to let me know where I'm wrong. I'll be waiting.
COMMENT #4 [Permalink]
... Ernest A. Canning said on 1/14/2012 @ 2:15 pm PT...
Not only is it of interest to note that none of the documented cases cited by Brad @3 entailed "in person impersonation" which is the only form of voter fraud that can be prevented by photo ID, but that the total number (11) occurred in multiple elections covering a period of eight years. In fact, neither Brad nor Mary cited a single case of in person impersonation ever occurring in Mississippi. Absent a showing of such a documented case, polling place photo ID amounts to a solution to a problem that has never existed in MS. I have not located a number of total votes cast in MS in those eight years, but I suspect it would be well into the millions --- a number that would expose just how rare even absentee voter fraud is.
COMMENT #5 [Permalink]
... Mary McLaurin said on 1/15/2012 @ 7:35 am PT...
In November of 2010 I hired 220 pollwatchers working in various precincts in Hinds, Madison, Issaquena, Washington, Lafayette, Yazoo, counties. There were 5 attempts of documented impersonation (3 separately and 2 by the same individual)at various precincts all were thwarted at the precinct level and the individuals left the precinct before voting. In each incident the individual attempting to vote could not produce an address that matched the name provided. One individual that I was called about was a man dressed up like a woman that atttempted to vote in two separate princints in Hinds County. Attentative pollwatchers and pollworkers noticed that something did not appear right and asked the individual twice for his/her address. He fled the precinct only to return to a neighboring precinct. I have personally witnessed a man entering a precinct wearing an "I voted" lapel sticker on his shirt. I was notified by the Baliff that he was attempting to vote and I questioned him asking "Sir, can I help you?" He commented that he wanted to vote. I asked "Sir, haven't you already voted?" He then fled the precinct. We took down his tag number and vehicle description and turned it in to the sheriff's Department. Nothing ever came of it because according to officials he did not committ voter fraud only attempting. I doubt seriously if either of you are from Mississippi and have only liberal leaning statistics or polls to depend on. I invite you to come down to Mississippi and spend one week with me and I will take you to the areas that would remind you of a third world country and you will see extreme poverty dependent on Government assistance. Most of the very poor have to have a Birth Certificate and Social Security card within the first year to qualify for this assistance. If you want to take me up on it my e-mail is marymclaurin@rocketmail.com. P. S. I am really a nice person that believes that just because we disagree with each other doesn't mean you are a bad person. I will get you the facts from our Secretary of States Office and Attorney General's Office and post them soon.
COMMENT #6 [Permalink]
... Ernest A. Canning said on 1/15/2012 @ 9:06 am PT...
Mary McLaurin @5 wrote: In November of 2010 I hired 220 pollwatchers working in various precincts... On whose behalf did you do the hiring, Mary? Are you affiliated with the GOP? If so, what is your official position? Mary alleges: There were 5 attempts of documented impersonation (3 separately and 2 by the same individual)at various precincts all were thwarted at the precinct level and the individuals left the precinct before voting. In each incident the individual attempting to vote could not produce an address that matched the name provided. Not sure what you mean by "documented," but what becomes abundantly clear is that, per your allegations, every one of these alleged in person voter impersonations was thwarted without the need for photo ID. Still awaiting a link to a documented "conviction" for in person impersonation voter fraud at any time, anywhere in the history of the Magnolia state.
COMMENT #7 [Permalink]
... Brad Friedman said on 1/16/2012 @ 12:03 am PT...
Mary McClaurin @ 5: Just FYI, it'd be easier to read your remarks if you hit ENTER twice to make paragraphs every now and again. In any case... I note that after all the time I spent courteously offering links and details in my reply, you didn't rely to any of them. Nor did you either bother to answer any of my questions or supply the requested links to support your assertions. I look forward to your doing so, as well as answering Ernie's questions above. Thanks in advance! As to a couple of points he didn't speak to in his reply...You said... There were 5 attempts of documented impersonation (3 separately and 2 by the same individual)at various precincts all were thwarted at the precinct level and the individuals left the precinct before voting. In each incident the individual attempting to vote could not produce an address that matched the name provided. Glad to hear the deterents already in place in Mississippi seem to be working without having to deprive anybody of their constitutional right to vote. I doubt seriously if either of you are from Mississippi and have only liberal leaning statistics or polls to depend on. Just as I feared. You didn't bother to read the detailed reply I had the courtesy to give you. Please go back and do so, and you will note that I cited two different studies, the first of which was from a Rightwing commission (put together by the Republicans behind the entire push for Photo ID restrictions, as led by James Baker III, as well as the general counsel for Bush/Cheney '04 Inc.) So, no, Mary, that's not a "liberal leaning statistic or poll" I am depending on. I invite you to come down to Mississippi and spend one week with me and I will take you to the areas that would remind you of a third world country and you will see extreme poverty dependent on Government assistance. I have seen some of it and yes, you are right. It's horrible. It's a shame the white voters of Mississippi have chosen to spend money to keep those people from voting rather than using it to help improve their lives. Most of the very poor have to have a Birth Certificate and Social Security card within the first year to qualify for this assistance. That's nice. And how many don't? As I asked you previously in the reply you didn't have the courtesy to respond to, "How many legal voters are you comfortable with denying their right to vote before you see this as a problem? 1? 1,000? 250,000? Please let me know what an acceptable rate of disenfranchisement under this law would be for you." P. S. I am really a nice person that believes that just because we disagree with each other doesn't mean you are a bad person. Nobody said you were a bad person. But you'd help make your case a lot more affectively to that end if you were nice enough to respond to the notes that have been posted to you here. I will get you the facts from our Secretary of States Office and Attorney General's Office and post them soon. We will be eagerly looking forward to them. Though why weren't they available BEFORE you voted to potentially disenfranchise thousands of voters in Mississippi?
COMMENT #8 [Permalink]
... Mary McLaurin said on 1/16/2012 @ 11:54 am PT...
Where do you live Brad? Just curious. Like to know who I writing to? I wish that you were just as passionate about helping the "potentially disenfranchised" in helping them gain ID's to help them gain benefits that would help them. You only appear to be worried about their right to vote. I don't hear any outcry about the same people not getting Social Security, SSI, HUD assistance, Food Stamps, TANF, Homeless Shelters, etc because they cannot get an ID. Interesting. Beginning of a new paragraph just for you! Still waiting for your e-mail. When do you have have time to come down to Mississippi? I will take you to places that you won't believe. I will get you the information you are requesting. I need to file a public records request first. I want to give you the real statistics not information from 2004. I will also give you some election reports from our Circuit Clerk. It is a Federal and State Holiday. Have a nice afternoon.
COMMENT #9 [Permalink]
... Another Halocene Human said on 1/16/2012 @ 12:11 pm PT...
I have met destitute whites in Florida without birth certificate, due to intra-family issues. Getting a duplicate issued is non-trivial. But say you had one. A working person could potentially spend all day at the DMV on a work day and be out of pocket $20-30 to get their "walking license" (state-issued ID/non-driver's license). In Florida because of some federal legislation it is now much, much tougher to get your photo ID. Even five years ago, the state used to offer alternatives for the very poor who did not have these proper documents. Many elderly natives of the South do not and have never had birth certificates, and without this document, states will no longer issue photo ID. All of this is intended to throw down multiple logistical, bureaucratic, and monetary barriers to voting. I find it ironic that Mary goes on about birth certificates and social security cards, neither of which are photo IDs. I also find it insulting that she repeatedly harps on government assistance but neglects the working poor--the class who already find it most difficult to access the polls. Mary may bring up the I9 work authorization form, but as a US Citizen, I have been hired and employed without ever having to produce my actual docs! That was private sector; in public sector they check your docs. Got around that in public sector once by working under the table (paperwork said I was someone else). And none of this was an attempt to defraud, cheat taxes, or skirt the law, just laziness/expediency/convenience. Bottom line, a poor person may easily find an employer who waives photo ID (btw, you can have a SSC without birth certificate or state ID because your parents obtain that for you due to 1980's changes in tax law). The notion that you would be stopped in your daily endeavors long before voting day without that ID is ludicrous.
COMMENT #10 [Permalink]
... Brad Friedman said on 1/16/2012 @ 12:53 pm PT...
Mary said @ 8: Where do you live Brad? Just curious. Now, Los Angeles. I wish that you were just as passionate about helping the "potentially disenfranchised" in helping them gain ID's to help them gain benefits that would help them. I'm passionate about protecting their right to vote. Ensuring they have the right to vote is (or, at least should be) the most important thing towards helping them ALL out of the poverty they have been allowed to live in. You only appear to be worried about their right to vote. I don't hear any outcry about the same people not getting Social Security, SSI, HUD assistance, Food Stamps, TANF, Homeless Shelters, etc because they cannot get an ID. Interesting. I can't cover everything, Mary. If you read some of the work we've done here for the last 8 years or so, you'll see that we focus most frequently on access to the polls and the fight to assure those who do decide to vote have their vote counted, counted accurately and in a way that we all can know they've been counted accurately. Where there are people who are being denied benefits they are due thanks to a lack of ID, I'm hopeful that you and others can let us know about those concerns. I am unfamiliar with the problem since, as mentioned, I cannot cover everything. It's enough to fight for the basic rights that folks like you seem to be fighting so hard against. When do you have have time to come down to Mississippi? I will take you to places that you won't believe. As I noted in last comment (which you read, right?) I have been there, and concur that some of the poverty in the area is simply remarkable and appallingly third-world-like. Not sure, however, what any of that has to do with the central point of this discussion. Do you want to assure those folks get to vote if they chose to? Or do you want to block them from doing so as the vast majority of white voters seem to want in Mississippi, while the vast majority of non-white voters are against it, as the original article above details? Oh, and will you be apologizing for your charge that I've been relying on "liberal leaning statistic[s]", since I showed you the statistics I used above came from Rightwingers? Or is your charge, to quote from the Daily Show, that documented "facts have a liberal bias"? I will get you the information you are requesting. I need to file a public records request first. I want to give you the real statistics not information from 2004. I will also give you some election reports from our Circuit Clerk. Good. I'll look forward to that. Though, again, it seems like information that ought to have been publicly available before voters were sent to the polls to vote for an issue likely to disenfranchise thousands of MS voters in a purported effort to curb an epidemic of alleged "voter fraud" by polling-place impersonation. Shouldn't those stats have been made available to the public before voters went to the voting booth on this issue?
COMMENT #11 [Permalink]
... Mary McLaurin said on 1/16/2012 @ 5:29 pm PT...
The reason you hear me talk about Social Security cards and Birth Certificates is because it will take both in order to get a state issued ID. The Petition Initiative #27 that was approved by the voters of Mississippi states the following: "provides that any voter lacking government issued photo identification may obtain photo identification without charge from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety;". This will help all Mississippians including the working poor, elderly, disabled, etc. This will be a blessing to those who cannot afford the $12.00 fee that it would typically cost. I have paid to help the poor and working poor obtain their proper ID's to help them get the assistance they need. I also provide transportation too and from if necessary. DHS, Social Service Agencies do this on a regular basis as well. Our poor, elderly, disabled and working poor will not go with out proper ID's to vote or otherwise. It is my mission and has been for over 15 years. The Mississippi Voter Registration application requests already your driver's license number, or the last four digits of your Social Security number for identification purposes. If you do not have either one, you must provide a photo ID. The requirement of showing your ID to register to vote has been in place for quite some time. According to the Mississippi Legislative Budget Office's fiscal analysis based on Fiscal Year 2010 information, the Department of Public Safety issued 107,094 photo IDs to U.S. citizens of voting age. The individuals were assessed $14 per ID to offset a portion of the $17.92 cost per ID. Yes this language was on the Petition Initiative Ballot. The cost is estimated to remain the same, the Department of Public Safety is estimated to see a cost of approximately $1,499,000. This will be taken up in the 2012 Legislative Session. You may cast an affidavit ballot without an ID if the individual returns to the appropriate circuit clerk within five days after the election and shows government-issued photo ID
COMMENT #12 [Permalink]
... pissed said on 1/17/2012 @ 8:45 am PT...
[Ed Note: Comment removed, as it violates one of our very few rules for posting comments at The BRAD BLOG. Commenters may not use personal attack against other commenters. Knock it off. Thank you. - BF]
COMMENT #13 [Permalink]
... Ernest A. Canning said on 1/17/2012 @ 10:15 am PT...
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A recent forum on "The Science of Justice" didn't just talk about the unreliability of eyewitnesses—the presenters proved it with a real-time robbery.
I remember the first time, sitting in a lecture hall, that a psychologist told me eyewitness testimony is rarely accurate.
Or wait—I actually don't, because my memory for mundane lectures from my college years is very fuzzy.
What I do remember is feeling like years of watching CSI and Law and Order had deceived me. Eyewitness testimony, on the silver screen and in real courtrooms, can be very convincing—even more so if that eyewitness is nudged by law enforcement officials into a false sense of confidence. Still, while science has told us time and time again that eyewitness testimony cannot be trusted, it remains a major factor in criminal cases. The Innocence Project reports that 73 percent of post-conviction DNA exoneration cases resulted from mistaken eyewitness identification.
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This was a topic of a recent forum, "The Science of Justice: A Matter of Opinion," presented by the World Science Festival. But the presenters didn't just talk about the unreliability of eyewitnesses—they proved it, by having a mysterious "assailant" storm into the room and steal an iPad from a presenter during the discussion. Later, the audience was asked to identify the perpetrator from a line-up of six mugshots. See the (depressing) results in the video below. —Bettina Chang
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NEW YORK -- House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley hesitated when asked about his party's core message to voters.
"That message is being worked on," the New York congressman said in an interview this past week. "We're doing everything we can to simplify it, but at the same time provide the meat behind it as well. So that's coming together now."
The admission from the No. 4 House Democrat - that his party lacks a clear, core message even amid Republican disarray - highlights the Democrats' dilemma eight months after President Donald Trump and the GOP dominated last fall's elections, in part, because Democrats lacked a consistent message.
The soul-searching comes as Democrats look to flip at least 24 GOP-held seats necessary for a House majority and cut into Republican advantages in U.S. statehouses in the 2018 midterm elections. Yet with a Russia scandal engulfing the White House, a historically unpopular health-care plan wrenching Capitol Hill and no major GOP legislative achievement, Democrats are still struggling to tell voters what their party stands for.
Some want to rally behind calls to impeach the Republican president as new evidence indicates possible collusion between Trump's campaign and the Russian government. Democratic leaders are reluctant to pursue that approach as it only energizes the GOP base. Others want Democrats to focus on the GOP's plans to strip health insurance from millions of Americans. And still others say those arguments can be fashioned into a simplified brand.
"The Democratic Party needs to up its game," national Party Chairman Tom Perez said in a speech this week. "What I hear most from people is, 'Tom, we not only need to organize, but we need to articulate clearly what we stand for.'"
For now, at least, Democrats are waging a tug-of-war largely between the Russia investigation and the GOP's attempts to gut the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
Several liberal groups that had been laser-focused on health care have intensified calls for impeachment in recent weeks, including MoveOn.org, Indivisible and Ultraviolet.
"We need to be talking about impeachment constantly," said Scott Dworkin, co-founder of the recently formed Democratic Coalition Against Trump. He warned on Twitter, "If you're an elected Dem & you're not talking impeachment or 25th amendment then find a new party."
Yet one of the left's favorites, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, is focusing almost exclusively on health care.
Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Senate Democrats, said in an interview that "there should not be a rush to judgment" after emails released by Donald Trump's son this week revealed that Trump's top advisers held a meeting with a lawyer they were told represented the Russian government.
Sanders sidestepped questions about impeachment, warning instead that "many, many thousands of Americans" will die every year if the GOP health care plan becomes law. Sanders has hosted swing state rallies focused on health care in West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio in recent weeks and was in Iowa on Saturday.
Democratic operative Zac Petkanas, who led Hillary Clinton's campaign war room, agrees that this week's developments in the Russia investigation shouldn't change the party's focus heading into 2018.
"Candidates need to be saying the word 'health care' five times for every time they say the word 'Russia,'" Petkanas said. He added, "I think it's a fundamental mistake to make this election a referendum on impeachment."
It's not that easy for some elected officials, like Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass., who says concerns about Russia have caught up to health care as a priority among his constituents. He described the Russian developments as "a threat to our foundation of democracy" that demands attention.
"Congress has to be able to walk and chew gum. We have to be able to do both," Kennedy said.
Democrats are naturally playing defense given generations of victories that expanded the role of government, from the social safety net of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal to Lyndon Johnson's landmark civil rights legislation to Obama's health care law.
But many Democrats outside Washington insist they must go beyond opposing Trump and his policies if they expect to make major gains in 2018 and beyond.
"Democrats would make a mistake if we thought pounding Trump and not having an authentic message of our own is a winning strategy," said Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper. "The message of Democrats has to be about issues that matter to people at their kitchen table."
In South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg said Democrats don't have to retreat from their opposition to Trump, including talking about Russia, but they must tie it all together with a consistent theme that goes beyond day-to-day news cycles.
"It's very simple," he said. "We exist to help people go about their lives, to protect their rights and freedoms and opportunities."
Jason Crow, a Democrat running for Congress in a Colorado swing district, said voters regularly ask him about the Russia story, which "goes to the core of our institutions and our faith in government." But he's anchoring his pitch on issues that "are real and immediate to people's lives: going to college, paying the bills, financing a house, whether they can go and get the health care they need right now in an affordable and accessible way."
Meanwhile, Crowley said voters may have to wait a few more months before they hear national Democrats' new message.
"We're all working on that," Crowley said. "We're hoping to have this up and running and out by this fall." | positive |
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Pelleted food should be offered first to help ensure it is consuming a balanced diet. The exact amount of pelleted food to feed depends on the brand being fed; most brands give general feeding recommendations calculated from their caloric content. Treats such as small pieces of succulent fruits or vegetables may be offered once or twice a day and are best used as rewards in training. General Facts About Mini-Pigs There are many breeds of miniature pigs, including the Vietnamese pot-bellied pig. In addition to pot-bellied pigs, the term mini-pig includes an additional 14 recognized breeds of small pigs including Julianas and KuneKunes. Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs can be as heavy as 200 pounds, reach a height of 14-20 inches at the shoulders and typically live for 14-21 years. Mini-pigs communicate both with sounds and with body language. Mini-pigs should never be left alone unsupervised with even the friendliest, potentially predatory, dogs and cats. Mini-pigs are very smart and can be trained to walk on a leash/harness and to sit, stay, come, and retrieve objects. Housing and Environment for Your Mini-Pig Mini-pigs may be housed successfully inside if they are given enough space, an area in which to root, and proper environmental enrichment. Ideally pet pigs should have access to a safe area of untreated lawn outside in which to root and chew on grass. Pet pigs generally like to urinate and defecate in a single area that is far from where they eat and sleep and can be trained to eliminate either inside and outside. Pigs in urban environments may be taught to walk on a leash/harness and go outside like dogs. If this is not feasible, they can be trained to use a litter pan indoors. Skin, Hoof, and Dental Care for Your Mini-Pig The most common skin problem in mini-pigs is dry skin that results from a dietary deficiency of fatty acids. In addition to dry skin, mini-pigs commonly suffer from sarcoptic mange, parakeratosis, yeast dermatitis, and sunburn. Hooves of mini-pigs grow continuously throughout life and need to be trimmed periodically. The canine teeth (tusks) of male pigs grow throughout life, while those of females stop growing at about two years of age. Starting after the pig is about a year of age and usually after giving the pig a sedative, your veterinarian will trim tusks during an examination. Veterinary Care for Mini-Pigs Just like other pets, mini-pigs should have a complete veterinary check-up after they are acquired and then annually after that. Your pig may need to be sedated for examination. Your veterinarian will determine the vaccines that are advisable for your pig, based on your pig's potential exposure to pathogens, breeding status, and geographic location. An analysis of your pig's feces should be performed annually to check for gastrointestinal parasites. 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As regular readers here will know from my weekly SL project reports, Linden Lab is (among other things) working on the final clean-up of the Server-side Appearance (SSA) code. A large part of this work is directly linked to inventory handling, and is being referred to as the Advanced Inventory Service version 3 updates (AIS v3).
The primary aims aim of these updates is to address a series of inventory issues outstanding from the implementation of SSA, and to aggregate some operations that are currently multiple things into a smaller set of more powerful APIs. As noted in my last update covering AIS, the viewer-side code has reached a point where the Lab is both keen to progress with further testing. This being the case, the Lab has asked TPVs if they could incorporate the updates into experimental versions of their viewers so that they might assist with the testing.
Integrating the AIS v3 code isn’t as straightforward for those viewers which support both OpenSim and SL as it is for those that are focused solely on SL, as the AIS updates have been combined with a removal of the old client-side baking code from the viewer, as this is no longer required by the Lab. So in order to ensure avatar baking continues to work when users log-in to an OpenSim environment, those TPVs supporting both environments with a single viewer are having to ensure the client-side code is not lost when incorporating the new SSA / AIS updates.
On November 6th, Nicky Perian reported that Kokua has now done this, and has a test viewer for Windows available in the former version 3.6.9.30799, which is available in both 32-bit and 64.bit flavours.This viewer both includes the AIS updates and retains the client-side avatar baking code.
As the AIS code is still under development, it is not recommended that either version of this test viewer is used as the primary viewer for logging into Second Life. The primary reasons for making the viewer available are to:
Allow SL users to test inventory transactions, including changing avatar body parts and body part parameters (for example, eye colors) using the dedicated test regions which have been established on the SL Beta test grid Aditi (sunshinesls, sunshinesls1, sunshinetest, sunshinetest1)
Allow OpenSim users to also test inventory transactions and avatar baking on an OpenSim, and check for any unexpected changes to expected behaviour when compared to the latest release viewer.
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The ethnic conflict targeted to the Ukrainian refugees is growing in Russia. The Russians, pissed-off by the crisis and sanctions, blame the ethnic Ukrainians and take it out on those who has recently escaped the war in search of peaceful life.
A Russian regional information agency ‘ Kam 24 ‘ reports that a household brawl on the ethnic basis took place in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. According to refugees arrived from Luhansk a local female resident beat their daughter miscalling her ‘khokhlushka’ [degrading name of the Ukrainians].
As for Olesya Mustafa, who came from Ukraine, her children were coined here. 14 years old Irina and 11 years old Polina arrived to the peninsula to live with their grandmother, away from the war in Donbas. They settled down in a house in Industrialnaya street. Last weekend a couple of incidents happened which made the family to call the police.
Irina said that she with Polina and other their friends played in the yard on Saturday. They built 2 huts near a tree – one for younger children and one for coevals. When they returned to ride on a swing after a while one of the huts was destroyed, and the adults in the yard were unkind.
“We saw that one of the huts was broken. We asked the adults why did they do that. But they started to swear at us, chuck us out and abuse our mother. Then they started to call us ‘khokhlushkas’ and said that we should have been given firearms [and stayed there]” – Irina says to the ‘Kam 24’ reporter.
She added that the flash-point of the conflict happened the next day, on Sunday. The girls were riding on the swing not far from the house. Soon 5 year old Rodion came there, the son of one of the women who conflicted with the refugees the day before.
“The boy started asking us with dirty language why had we arrived here. Then one of the boys who played with us threw a stick at him and Rodion ran away. After a while his mother came. She grabbed me by my hair, banded me over and punched. Then the neighbor promised to crash my face and even kill me if I say at least a word to her son. Leaving she called me ‘khokhlushka’ and said I did not belong here”, Irina added.
The same day girls’ relatives called the police and reported the crime.
“On Monday we visited the hospital, where a doctor examined my daughter. They also took the X-Ray picture of her chest. The doctor said that the child had a bruise and sent us to check the heart condition. Also they promised to send all the information to the police”, said the 36 years old Olesya Mustafa, the mother of the affected girl.
The police confirms – the children hospital No. 2 indeed sent the information about a mother with the daughter which was beaten by a woman on a playground in Industrialnaya street. At this time the police carries out the background check.
According to the affected side, these incidents had purely inter-ethnic basis.
Let us remind you that on August 17, the Russian business newspaper ‘Vzglyad’ [Sight] also published (in Russian) an article about the integration problems the Ukrainian refugees experience in the Russian society. The newspaper highlights the following: “The Donbas residents do not differ much from most of Russians in terms of culture, traditions and language. But anyway the problems with assimilation became a surprise for a lot of refugees from the South-East of Ukraine. These problems are pretty significant, we see constant conflicts between the refugees and the locals and even the marginalization of the refugees.”
Despite the fact that Russia’s Federal Migration Service overestimates (in Russian) the number of refugees, there are a lot of people who believe the propaganda and flee Ukraine to Russia, hoping for ‘brotherly love’. But it appears that nobody waits for them there, and even worse – they are treated as the root of all problems. Apparantly, in this situation we should expect not only household brawls but also the ‘Ukrainian’ massacres. | positive |
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Reading [REVIEW] Spider-Man – Great if you’re not woke ShareTweet [REVIEW] Spider-Man – Great if you’re not woke Patrick Meurs· August 13, 2022 ··3 min read·1 Is Insomniac’s Spider-Man still acceptable in 2022? I’d like to think so. Lately, my rig has been working overtime again because I wanted to personally experience how our friendly neighborhood spider behaves on this platform. The answer to that can be very brief; except for some issues with ray tracing, Spider-Man runs like a charm. But I’ve also talked to enough people who – despite the graphical splendor – don’t like Spider-Man at all. Because a teenage boy who helps the police set up a surveillance network to keep everything in check… That’s really no longer acceptable. Personally, I hadn’t even thought about it that much. I don’t play a game with social acceptance in mind. All those times playing Mortal Kombat and Carmageddon as a teen while society was screaming bloody murder… I really didn’t give a shit what the world thought. I liked it and that’s what counted the most. The same goes for Spider-Man, although it seems these days that I’m starting to get heavily outnumbered. Recently, when I played Stray, I was indirectly branded a racist by Kotaku. And now that I’m having a blast with Spider-Man, I’m supposedly turning a blind eye to police corruption and the threat of a surveillance state. It’s actually bonkers that society is set up like this these days. In 2018, Insomniac’s Spider-Man was the cream of the crop and Peter Parker was everyone’s friend. But now, in 2022, Peter is above all a traitor. Insomniac even tries to keep it a bit tongue in cheek. But that whole cringefest of a Spider-Cop running joke should have been trashed according to a lot of woke people. Basically, PlayStation made a big mistake by ordering Nixxes to make it a pure PC remaster. The entire script should have been rewritten to bring the game more to the current social standard. Trust me, it’s not that I’m going to defend this remaster tooth and nail. There are really things that could have been done differently/better. The graphics aren’t one of those things because Spider-Man looks brutal on PC. Especially when you have a powerhouse of a PC, there is a huge amount of beauty to see. Like I said, for some reason, ray tracing tends to spoil the fun by showing reflections that are full of graphics artifacts. That is a shame, to say the least. But if your rig has the power to max out all other settings – including the number of NPCs and vehicles in the far-from-dull city – you’ll be swinging around for hours without ever getting bored. Spider-Cop Peter Parker has gotten himself into a sticky situation by being cop-friendly Of course, this is also partly due to another ‘once accepted, now outdated’ element: icons. The city is literally teeming with them. Tourist attractions, Peter’s hidden backpacks, Harry Osborn’s labs, the police surveillance towers (which are really not done if I’m to believe everyone)… You can literally waste hours of your time without completing a single main objective. On the one hand, that’s not really a punishment. Swinging through the city was already the main selling point of Spider-Man in 2018 and it still holds up today. But it can also just be one of those things where you think “Go easy on the icons, Insomniac”. To conclude, on the question of whether Insomniac’s Spider-Man in 2022 is still relevant, that is very much up to you. If you’re just a fan of the Spider-Man character with no political agenda, the answer is yes. I mean, name another current game where you can swing through the big city to your heart’s content and introduce some street thugs to a heavy-handed denture correction, of which you can also take a picture. Anyway, if societal pressures won’t allow you to put police surveillance towers online “because it undermines a right to privacy”, leave Spider-Man to those who just want to enjoy it for what it is. Criminally good The Heroic For a 4-year old game, graphics are as amazing as Spider-Man himself Swinging through a hustling and bustling city will never disappoint There's plenty of stuff to do, maybe even too much... 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DANNY Buderus has delivered a stunning assessment of Brisbane’s newest x-factor and the Dragons looming $6 million man Ben Hunt — he’s a better hooker than a halfback.
Hunt’s shift to cover the season-ending injury to regular rake Andrew McCullough has sparked the Broncos and departing star into rare form over the last fortnight, with Brisbane surging to second on the ladder and rattling up a combined 86-10 margin in big wins over the Titans and Sharks.
Despite copping wrist knock early in the week, Hunt is once again expected to start from the bench and be thrown into the fray against his future club St. George Illawarra from the 20-minute mark once Sam Thaiday weathers the traditional sorting out period.
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The Dragons have paid a king’s ransom for Hunt to steer them from the scrumbase in 2018, and he’ll do exactly that despite reverting back to the dummy-half role he filled in the formative years of his Broncos career.
As one of the greatest hookers of the modern era though, Buderus may just give the Red V food for thought with his appraisal of their big money buy, declaring Hunt’s shift capable of taking Brisbane all the way in his final year with his junior club.
“Ben Hunt at nine — sensational,” Buderus said on Fox Sports NRL360.
“I love it, he defends well. I love McCullough as well but I think Ben Hunt in there gives them so much potential to attack.
Asked if Hunt was proving himself a better hooker than halfback, Buderus agreed: “I think so.
“He can just get out and run and just play and he’s playing against a team that (has) paid big money for him in the Dragons this week.”
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While Hunt has only come up against two underwhelming oppositions in the Gold Coast — all at sea with coach Neil Henry fighting for his career — and a Cronulla outfit battling a late-season slump, his returns since reverting to the utility role have been impressive.
Against the Titans Hunt finished with a hat-trick, two try assists and two line-breaks, while his defensive workload over the last fortnight is on a par with his season average of 19 tackles a game.
His strong start in the middle continues a remarkable resurgence since being sensationally dropped to reserve grade two months ago.
After a week with Ipswich, coached in flamboyant fashion by the Walker brothers, Hunt has rediscovered the running game Wayne Bennett feared had deserted him en route to a maiden Maroons call-up for Origin III.
Hunt’s move to hooker has also allowed Kodi Nikorima to claim the No. 7 jumper where he currently boasts a 9-0 record.
Such has been Brisbane’s potency in the last week, they’ve averaged over 35 points a game and revived their entertainers tag from the 1990s in the eyes of Queensland Origin great Billy Moore.
“I look at them now and they remind me of the halcyon period of 1992-93,” Moore said.
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Entropy is a dimensionless quantity that is used for measuring uncertainty about the state of a system but it can also imply physical qualities, where high entropy is synonymous with high disorder. Entropy is applied here in the context of states of consciousness and their associated neurodynamics, with a particular focus on the psychedelic state. The psychedelic state is considered an exemplar of a primitive or primary state of consciousness that preceded the development of modern, adult, human, normal waking consciousness. Based on neuroimaging data with psilocybin, a classic psychedelic drug, it is argued that the defining feature of “primary states” is elevated entropy in certain aspects of brain function, such as the repertoire of functional connectivity motifs that form and fragment across time. Indeed, since there is a greater repertoire of connectivity motifs in the psychedelic state than in normal waking consciousness, this implies that primary states may exhibit “criticality,” i.e., the property of being poised at a “critical” point in a transition zone between order and disorder where certain phenomena such as power-law scaling appear. Moreover, if primary states are critical, then this suggests that entropy is suppressed in normal waking consciousness, meaning that the brain operates just below criticality. It is argued that this entropy suppression furnishes normal waking consciousness with a constrained quality and associated metacognitive functions, including reality-testing and self-awareness. It is also proposed that entry into primary states depends on a collapse of the normally highly organized activity within the default-mode network (DMN) and a decoupling between the DMN and the medial temporal lobes (which are normally significantly coupled). These hypotheses can be tested by examining brain activity and associated cognition in other candidate primary states such as rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and early psychosis and comparing these with non-primary states such as normal waking consciousness and the anaesthetized state.
Introduction
The main aim of this paper is to introduce a new theory of conscious states that incorporates principles of physics, neurobiology, and psychoanalysis. The theory is intended to assist our understanding of the makeup of the human mind, addressing such questions as: “how does the normal waking consciousness of healthy adult humans relate to other states of consciousness?” “how does the human brain maintain its normal state of waking consciousness?” and “what happens to the human brain's functionality when non-ordinary states such as rapid eye movement (REM) sleep/dreaming, early psychosis and the psychedelic state occur?”
At its core, the entropic brain hypothesis proposes that the quality of any conscious state depends on the system's entropy measured via key parameters of brain function. Entropy is a powerful explanatory tool for cognitive neuroscience since it provides a quantitative index of a dynamic system's randomness or disorder while simultaneously describing its informational character, i.e., our uncertainty about the system's state if we were to sample it at any given time-point. When applied in the context of the brain, this allows us to make a translation between mechanistic and qualitative properties. Thus, according to this principle, increased subjective uncertainty or “puzzlement” accompanies states of increased system entropy. These ideas are consistent with Karl Friston's free-energy principle and readers interested in Bayesian inference and the mechanisms by which the brain is hypothesized to minimize free-energy/surprise should consult this work (Friston, 2010).
System entropy, as it is applied to the brain, is related to another current hot-topic in cognitive neuroscience, namely “self-organized criticality” (Chialvo et al., 2007). The phenomenon of self-organized criticality refers to how a complex system (i.e., a system with many constituting units that displays emergent properties at the global-level beyond those implicated by its individual units) forced away from equilibrium by a regular input of energy, begins to exhibit interesting properties once it reaches a critical point in a relatively narrow transition zone between the two extremes of system order and chaos. Three properties displayed by critical systems that are especially relevant to the present paper are: (1) a maximum number of “metastable” or transiently-stable states (Tognoli and Kelso, 2014), (2) maximum sensitivity to perturbation, and (3) a propensity for cascade-like processes that propagate throughout the system, referred to as “avalanches” (Beggs and Plenz, 2003). There is growing evidence that brain activity, like much of nature, displays critical behavior (Beggs and Plenz, 2003)—and this raises some interesting questions: e.g., does the brain activity of healthy-adult-humans exhibit characteristics of criticality during normal waking consciousness, or are there other states of consciousness in which these characteristics are even more pronounced?
Another major topic that is covered in this paper is the psychoanalytic model of the structure of the mind (i.e., Freud's “metapsychology”). Specifically, we discuss some of the most fundamental concepts of Freudian metapsychology, with a special focus on the ego . We focus on the ego because it is one of Freud's less abstract constructs and it is hypothesized that its disintegration is necessary for the occurrence of primary states. The ego can be defined as a sensation of possessing an immutable identity or personality; most simply, the ego is our “sense of self.” Importantly however, in Freudian metapsychology, the ego is not just a (high-level) sensation of self-hood; it is a fundamental system that works in competition and cooperation with other processes in the mind to determine the quality of consciousness. It is because Freud described “the ego” in this mechanistic sense that it can be considered a useful complement to the more widely used concept of “the self.” Effectively, the terms “ego” and “self” are synonyms, except that “the ego” has a background in Freudian metapsychology.
Finally, the shared topic that connects all of the above and offers a unique potential for their empirical study is the psychedelic drug state. In the following section we make the case that scientific research with psychedelics has considerable potential for developing aspects of psychoanalytic theory and for studying human consciousness more generally. Citing recent neuroimaging findings involving the classic psychedelic drug, psilocybin, the psychedelic state is described as a prototypical high-entropy state of consciousness (i.e., higher than normal waking consciousness). Intriguingly, we show evidence that the brain exhibits more characteristics of criticality in the psychedelic state than are apparent during normal waking consciousness. Moreover, this leads to the proposal that the brain of modern adult humans differs from that of its closest evolutionary and developmental antecedents because of an extended capacity for entropy suppression, implying that the system (i.e., the brain) gravitates away from criticality proper toward a state of slight sub-criticality. The psychological counterpart of this process is the development of a mature ego and associated metacognitive functions (see below for relevant definitions of these terms). Specifically, we propose that within-default-mode network (DMN) resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) and spontaneous, synchronous oscillatory activity in the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), particularly in the alpha (8–13 Hz) frequency band, can be treated as neural correlates of “ego integrity.” Evidence supporting these hypotheses is discussed in the forthcoming sections.
Before beginning it is important to address an initial point of potential ambiguity. The view taken here is that the human brain exhibits greater entropy than other members of the animal kingdom, which is equivalent to saying that the human mind possesses a greater repertoire of potential mental states than lower animals (see Giulio Tononi's information integration theory of consciousness cited below). Thus, if referring to human evolution beyond our closest surviving relatives then it would be misleading to suggest that entropy-suppression is the defining property of the human brain—indeed, it might be more accurate to speak of entropy-expansion. The evolution of human consciousness may have occurred through a process of relatively rapid entropy-expansion (with a concomitant increase in system disorder) followed by entropy-suppression (or system re-organization and settling). Thus, the proposal that normal waking consciousness in healthy, adult, modern humans depends on entropy suppression implies that there was a state relatively proximal to this (e.g., in archaic homo-sapiens and in infants) in which entropy was relatively elevated, as it is in primary states. The point is that the brain of adult modern-humans is in a settling rather than expanding phase.
The Research Value of Psychedelics
“It does not seem to be an exaggeration to say that psychedelics, used responsibly and with proper caution, would be for psychiatry what the microscope is for biology and medicine or the telescope is for astronomy. These tools make it possible to study important processes that under normal circumstances are not available for direct observation.” (Grof, 1980)
In 1953, the British research psychiatrist Humphrey Osmond was investigating the psychotomimetic (psychosis mimicking) effects of mescaline, a psychedelic drug derived from the peyote cactus. The British author Aldous Huxley learned of Osmond's work and struck up a correspondence, requesting that Osmond supervise a personal psychedelic experience. Huxley's subsequent mescaline experience would become the subject of his famous book “The Doors of Perception” (Huxley, 1954). Like many before and after him, Huxley was profoundly affected by his experiences with psychedelics and in 1956 sought with Osmond a satisfactory term for this class of drugs. At the time, “psychotomimetics” and “hallucinogens” were popular, but both men felt that these referred to mere aspects of the drug experience and not its essential character. Huxley suggested “phanerothyme,” intending to mean “bringing forth the spirit or soul” (Huxley et al., 1977), and Osmond offered “psychedelic” combining the Greek words for “mind” or “soul” (psychē) with “dclôsē,” meaning “to manifest.” While it was Osmond's “psychedelic” that would stick, it is telling that both men were searching for a word that could denote the same essential property, i.e., psychedelic's ability to make manifest latent aspects of the mind.
In 1943, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann discovered the extraordinary psychological properties of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) (Hofmann, 1980) and the first reports on its effects appeared in scientific journals in the late 1940s. These papers immediately highlighted LSD's potential to be psychologically agitative. The first English language publication was released in 1950 and here the authors reported: “the effect of LSD was a transitory toxic state, disturbing the barrier of repression and permitting a re-examination of significant experiences of the past that were sometimes relived with a frightening realism.” (Busch and Johnson, 1950) In the following years, psychedelics became one of the most researched classes of psychoactive drug in science, with several hundred relevant publications (Grinspoon and Bakalar, 1979). During these years, the focus shifted from psychedelics as psychotomimetics to psychedelics as psychotherapeutic adjuncts, with major international conferences on the topic (Grinspoon and Bakalar, 1979) and even the construction of purpose-built psychedelic treatment centers (Sandison, 2001). Political pressure in the late 1960s led to the illegalization of psychedelics and this had a significant negative impact on legitimate scientific research (Grinspoon and Bakalar, 1979; Lee and Shlain, 1985)—a problem that continues today (Nutt et al., 2013). Despite this however, there has been a resurgence of scientific interest in psychedelics in recent years (Vollenweider et al., 1998; Nichols, 2004; Griffiths et al., 2006, 2008; Moreno et al., 2006; Gonzalez-Maeso et al., 2007; Grob et al., 2011; Carhart-Harris et al., 2012a).
The dominant theoretical and therapeutic approach during the early era of psychedelic research was psychoanalytic. Psychedelics were used therapeutically under the rationale that they work to lower psychological defenses to allow personal conflicts to come to the fore that can then be worked through with a therapist (Cohen, 1972). A related model was that the relinquishment of “ego” enabled profound existential or “peak” experiences to occur that could have a lasting positive impact on behavior and outlook (Savage, 1962). Innumerable cases of apparent spontaneous insights about “self” or “nature” exist in the literature on psychedelics (Cattell, 1954; Sandison, 1954; Sandison and Whitelaw, 1957; Denber, 1958; Hausner and Dolezal, 1965; Torda, 1969; Cohen, 1972; Grof, 1982) and reports of “ego-dissolution” or “disintegration” are commonplace among those who have experienced the effects of these drugs (Carhart-Harris and Nutt, 2010; Carhart-Harris et al., 2012b). Some psychiatrists even believed that psychedelics could provide the necessary scientific evidence for major psychoanalytic hypotheses (Sandison, 1954; Cohen, 1972; Grof, 1982). For example, one enthused: “The phenomenology of the psychodynamic experiences in LSD sessions is to a large extent in agreement with the basic concepts of classical psychoanalysis… Observations from LSD psychotherapy could be considered laboratory proof of the basic Freudian premises.” (Grof, 1982).
Psychoanalytic theory dominated psychiatry in the 1950s but after influential critiques (Eysenck, 1973), the cognitive revolution (Neisser, 1967) and significant pharmacological developments in psychiatry (Ban, 2001a,b; Fink, 2010), its influence significantly waned. As illustrated in Figure 1, despite over a century since its inception, psychoanalysis has failed to establish itself as a science of the mind. This may be because its hypotheses are hollow (Webster, 1995) or because they do not easily lend themselves to controlled experiment. In contrast, cognitive psychology is a mechanistic framework for describing observable phenomena that has become the natural bedfellow for human neuroscience. In comparison with the spectacular success of cognitive psychology, what should we make of the relative stagnancy of psychoanalysis? Is psychoanalysis scientifically redundant? Its fiercest critics claim that it is a belief system, a tautology with untestable hypotheses (Webster, 1995) but others claim that it has considerable explanatory value but could benefit from a closer integration with cognitive neuroscience (Kandel, 1999; Carhart-Harris and Friston, 2010; Panksepp and Solms, 2012). The present article takes this latter view and argues that the most realistic way forward for psychoanalysis as a science is for its most tangible hypotheses to be simplified and applied within the framework of cognitive neuroscience. Here we take the view that this is a necessary concession for psychoanalysis if it is to develop its credibility as a model of the mind.
FIGURE 1
Figure 1. Relative publications on psychoanalysis and cognitive psychology. Annual publications in major medical science journals referenced in the leading database, PubMed. Articles were retrieved by entering the search terms “psychoanalysis” and “cognitive psychology” in separate searches using the default search parameters of PubMed. It is worth noting that psychoanalysis has a different publication culture to cognitive neuroscience. Articles on psychoanalysis are not always available via PubMed and many psychoanalytic writings are published in books rather than academic journals. With these caveats entered however, the publication count shown above still helps to illustrate the general point that psychoanalysis has failed to gain a significant foothold in mainstream analytical science.
In what follows, a roadmap is presented for how scientific research with psychedelics can assist the integration of psychoanalysis with cognitive neuroscience in order to further our understanding of human consciousness. This is motivated by the view that psychoanalysis can contribute something substantial to the mind sciences because it bridges an explanatory gap that has been left vacant by cognitive psychology. This gap only exists because cognitive psychology (rightly) focuses on phenomena that can be observed and manipulated by controlled experiment but crucially, without psychedelic drugs, it is virtually impossible to bring the core phenomena of psychoanalytic theory into an observable space.
Freud famously said of dreams that they provide privileged access to the workings of the unconscious mind (Freud, 1937) but research on dreaming is fraught with difficulties because [despite the phenomenon of lucid dreaming (Ogilvie et al., 1982)] the dream experience cannot be easily reflected on and reported in real-time, and neither can its onset and offset be easily controlled. Thus, Freud's cherished “royal road” has not proved particularly regal and a more practical alternative is required if key psychoanalytic theories are to be incorporated into the mind sciences.
“If, as Freud said, dreams are the royal road to the unconscious, is it possible that psychedelic drugs are a superhighway to the unconscious?” (Holden, 1980)
This article argues that controlled studies with psychedelics are capable of providing major new insights into the nature of the mind and how it arises from brain activity. This is because the mind must be thoroughly deconstructed in order for us to become cognizant of its constituents and how they interact to give rise to global phenomena. The unique scientific value of psychedelics rests on their ability to selectively target processes that appear to be critical for the maintenance of normal waking consciousness. In addressing the action of psychedelic drugs on the brain, this article begins at the cellular level before progressing to the systems level. The intention is to offer a comprehensive account of how psychedelics alter brain function to alter consciousness.
Somewhat uniquely, psychedelics can be studied at a range of epistemological levels; from molecular pharmacology (Gonzalez-Maeso and Sealfon, 2009) to psychoanalytic psychology (Cohen, 1964; Grof, 1982), few topics can engage scientists from as wide a range of disciplines. This reflects not only the special research value of psychedelics but also the immensity of the challenge involved in understanding them; especially, if the intention is to develop a comprehensive account of how psychedelics affect the brain to alter consciousness. The present article should therefore be read with an acknowledgement that this quest is on-going.
Before we begin, it is necessary to enter some important caveats. Firstly, it needs to be stated that those looking for evidence for the authenticity of aspects of Freudian theory will be left dissatisfied by this article. Categorically, this is not its aim. This challenge requires a thorough review of the phenomenology of relevant altered states of consciousness (e.g., the psychedelic state) and this is something that has been attempted before (Carhart-Harris, 2007; Carhart-Harris and Friston, 2010). Thus, due to space limitations, this article's treatment of the relevant phenomenology is relatively superficial. Instead it places its focus on the system-level mechanics of the psychedelic state as an exemplar of a regressive style of cognition that can also be observed in REM sleep and early psychosis.
Some proponents of psychoanalysis may feel that this mechanistic approach has little relevance to psychoanalysis in its hermeneutic or interpretative guise. However, the inherent subjectivity of this aspect of psychoanalysis means that it is difficult to see how it can ever significantly impinge on the scientific study of the mind and brain. Indeed, Freud acknowledged that it was his “metapsychology” that had the most to offer science (Freud, 1949), and at least as a first step, this is where psychoanalytic theory (rather than psychoanalytic practice) should look to develop its scientific credibility. Briefly, for readers who are unfamiliar with Freudian metapsychology and wish to understand it better, his original material should be read (e.g., Freud, 1927, 1949; Freud et al., 1957) and the following review articles may be useful (Carhart-Harris et al., 2008; Carhart-Harris and Friston, 2010). For those interested in the rich phenomenology of the psychedelic experience and how this relates to Freudian and/or Jungian descriptions of “the unconscious mind,” the following references may be of interest (Sandison and Whitelaw, 1957; Huxley, 1959; Cohen, 1964; Grof, 1982; Merkur, 1998; Sandison, 2001). Lastly, it is necessary to state that questions related to the safety of scientific research with psychedelics will not be addressed here. However, evidence strongly supports the position that, conducted with appropriate caution, research with psychedelics presents a low risk of harm to study participants (Johnson et al., 2008; Morgan et al., 2010; Carhart-Harris and Nutt, 2010; Studerus et al., 2011; van Amsterdam et al., 2011).
The Pharmacology of Psychedelics
Before introducing the focal topic of this paper, i.e., entropy and its relation to key brain imaging parameters, it is important to provide a brief introduction to the pharmacology of psychedelics. By definition, all classic psychedelic drugs are agonists at the serotonin 2A receptor (5-HT 2A R) (Glennon et al., 1984). There is a strong positive correlation between a psychedelic's affinity for the 5-HT 2A R and its psychedelic potency (Glennon et al., 1984). For example, LSD has a very high affinity for the 5-HT 2A R and is remarkably potent, being psychoactive in doses as small as 20 μM (Hintzen and Passie, 2010). Blockade of the 5-HT 2A R with the 5-HT 2A R antagonist ketanserin, attenuates the principal hallucinogenic effects of psilocybin in humans (Vollenweider et al., 1998). The 5-HT 2A R is primarily expressed in the cortex (Pazos et al., 1987). In humans, the distribution of 5-HT 2A Rs is generally high throughout the cortex but is densest in high-level association regions such as the PCC and lowest in the primary motor cortex (Erritzoe et al., 2009; Carhart-Harris et al., 2012a). This may explain why cognition and perception are so markedly affected by psychedelics whereas motor action is generally not. In terms of the cortex's laminar organization, 5-HT 2A Rs are most densely expressed postsynaptically on the apical dendrites of layer 5 pyramidal neurons (Weber and Andrade, 2010). These large excitatory neurons are the primary source of output from a cortical region, projecting to hierarchically subordinate cortical and subcortical regions (Spruston, 2008). 5-HT 2A R stimulation depolarizes the host cell, making it more likely to fire (Andrade et al., 2011) and this effect has been demonstrated in layer 5 pyramidal neurons in rodents (Aghajanian and Marek, 1997).
Functional MRI and MEG Studies with Psilocybin
Beginning in 2009, our research team embarked on a series of studies with the classic psychedelic, psilocybin (Carhart-Harris et al., 2012a), culminating in a recent MEG study (Muthukumaraswamy et al., 2013). Our first study utilized arterial spin labeling (ASL), an fMRI technique that measures changes in CBF. Specifically, we compared CBF before and after intravenous (i.v.) administration of 2 mg psilocybin and placebo (Carhart-Harris et al., 2012a). The onset of the subjective effects of psilocybin is rapid when it is administered intravenously, commencing within seconds of the end of the infusion (Carhart-Harris et al., 2011). The infusion occurred over 60 s, beginning 6 min into an 18 min resting state scan. Drug-induced changes in CBF were modeled based on psilocybin's rapid pharmacodynamics (Carhart-Harris et al., 2011). Fifteen healthy volunteers were scanned and the results revealed decreased CBF after psilocybin and no increases. The decreases were localized to high-level association cortices, including key regions of the DMN (see Some background on the default mode network (DMN) for an overview of this system) and subcortical hub structures such as the putamen and thalamus (Carhart-Harris et al., 2012a).
These findings were later replicated using the classic BOLD signal of fMRI. Another 15 healthy volunteers were scanned using a similar placebo-controlled design, with 60 s i.v. infusions beginning midway through two separate 12 min eyes-closed resting state scans on different days. Again, only signal decreases were observed after drug infusion. Moreover, the location of the BOLD signal decreases was consistent with the CBF decreases, e.g., in midline cortical nodes of the DMN (Muthukumaraswamy et al., 2013).
In addition to modeling changes in the direction of the BOLD signal post-infusion of psilocybin, we also measured changes in brain network integrity using resting-state functional connectivity. Three regions of interest were chosen for separate seed-based resting state functional connectivity (RSFC) analyses: a medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) seed, a right middle frontal gyrus (mFG) seed, and a bilateral hippocampal seed. Decreased connectivity was observed within the DMN using the mPFC and hippocampal seeds and in a major task-positive network (TPN), the dorsal attention network (DAN), using the mFG seed (Figure 2).
FIGURE 2
Figure 2. The effect of psilocybin on fMRI and MEG measures of brain activity. (A) Decreased CBF post-psilocybin. (B) Ventromedial PFC (red) resting state functional connectivity (RSFC) at baseline (top, orange) and decreases post-psilocybin (bottom, blue). (C) Dorsolateral PFC (red) RSFC at baseline (top, orange) and decreases post-psilocybin (bottom, blue). (D) Hippocampal (red) RSFC at baseline (top, orange) and decreases post-psilocybin (bottom, blue). (E) Decreases in oscillatory power (purple) post-psilocybin measured with MEG. All spatial maps were whole-brain cluster corrected Z > 2.3. p < 0.05.
In our third and most recent study, we used MEG to investigate the effects of psilocybin on neural activity. Broadband decreases in oscillatory power were observed after psilocybin, and again, these were localized to association cortices, including key regions of the DMN, such as the PCC (Raichle et al., 2001; Greicius et al., 2003)—see Figure 2.
These studies provide some useful clues about the mechanisms by which psychedelics alter brain function to alter consciousness. They imply that cerebral blood flow, BOLD signal, functional connectivity and oscillatory power are decreased in brain regions that are normally highly metabolically active, functionally connected and synchronous/organized in their activity. These results provided the kernel for our subsequent thinking about increased entropy in the psychedelic state. Although none of the analyses formally measured entropy, they spoke to a general principle that psychedelics alter consciousness by disorganizing brain activity.
Some Background on the Default Mode Network
The DMN has become one of the most discussed topics in cognitive neuroscience over the last decade and there are several reasons why it is justified to consider it important (Guldenmund et al., 2012). DMN regions receive more blood flow (Zou et al., 2009) and consume more energy (Raichle and Snyder, 2007) than other brain regions. Indeed, CBF and metabolic rate are approximately 40% higher in the PCC than the average of the rest of the brain (Raichle et al., 2001). The magnitude of the DMN's energy consumption dwarfs the comparatively trivial energy changes induced by stimulus cues (Raichle, 2006, 2010). DMN regions are centers of dense connectivity (Hagmann et al., 2008), implying that they serve as important connector hubs for information integration and routing (van den Heuvel et al., 2012). Consistent with this, a major node of the DMN, the PCC, can be spatially segmented into sub-components that functionally couple to different brain networks (Leech et al., 2012). Similarly, during transient windows of especially high internal coupling (functional connectivity) within the DMN, coupling between the DMN and other brain networks is also markedly increased (de Pasquale et al., 2012). Importantly, this functional centrality of the DMN is not shared by other brain networks (de Pasquale et al., 2012; Braga et al., 2013), implying that, as the highest level of a functional hierarchy (Carhart-Harris and Friston, 2010), it serves as a central orchestrator or conductor of global brain function. Functionally, the DMN is relatively removed from sensory processing (Sepulcre et al., 2012) and is instead engaged during higher-level, metacognitive operations such as self-reflection (Qin and Northoff, 2011), theory-of-mind (Spreng and Grady, 2010) and mental time-travel (Buckner and Carroll, 2007)—functions which may be exclusive to humans. DMN connectivity increases through development from birth to adulthood (Fair et al., 2008; Gao et al., 2009) and DMN regions have undergone significant evolutionary expansion (Van Essen and Dierker, 2007). Despite our knowledge of these things however, it is poorly understood why the DMN consumes so much of the body's energy (Raichle and Mintun, 2006). This uncertainty regarding the nature of the DMN's disproportionate energy consumption has led to loose analogies being made between it and the dark energy of cosmology (Raichle, 2006, 2010). It is consistent with the hypotheses of this paper to suggest that this apparent excess energy of apparently unknown function, residing in the DMN, is in fact the physical counterpart of the narrative-self or ego—much of which is indeed unconscious or implicit.
Introducing Primary Consciousness and Primary States
This article proposes that states such as the psychedelic state, REM sleep, the onset-phase of psychosis and the dreamy-state of temporal lobe epilepsy are examples of a regressive style of cognition that is qualitatively different to the normal waking consciousness of healthy adult humans. We will refer to this mode of cognition as “primary consciousness” and the states themselves as “primary states.” To enter a primary state from normal waking consciousness, it is proposed that the brain must undergo a “phase transition” (Zeeman, 1973; Waddington, 1974), just as there must have been a phase-transition in the evolution of human consciousness with the relatively rapid development of the ego and its capacity for metacognition . This implies that the relationship between normal waking consciousness and “primary consciousness” is not perfectly continuous.
Freud was a great admirer of Darwin and made several references to him throughout his work (Freud et al., 1953). Indeed, Freud considered his own hypotheses to be natural deductions from evolutionary theory. He argued that dreaming and psychosis typify a primitive style of thinking that is dominant in human infancy and dominated the cognition of primordial man , preceding the development of the ego of modern adult humans. Primitive thinking is fundamentally different to the style of cognition possessed by healthy adult humans. This is because in healthy adults, the formation of a mature ego endows the mind with a capacity for metacognition i.e., an ability to reflect on one's own thoughts and behavior (Shimamura, 2000; Fleming et al., 2012).
These ideas form the core of this article's hypotheses. Thus, it is appropriate to clarify them here. A distinction is being made between two fundamentally different styles of cognition, one that is associated with the consciousness of mature adult humans, and another that is a mode of thinking the mind regresses to under certain conditions, e.g., in response to severe stress, psychedelic drugs and in REM sleep. The style of cognition that is dominant in normal waking consciousness will henceforth be referred to as secondary consciousness and the (pre-ego) style of cognition that is associated with primitive states will be referred to as primary consciousness. It is acknowledged that these terms have been used before (Edelman, 2004) but their meaning in the present context is largely independent.
Consistent with Karl Friston's free-energy principle (Friston, 2010), this article takes the view that the mind has evolved (via secondary consciousness upheld by the ego) to process the environment as precisely as possible by finessing its representations of the world so that surprise and uncertainty (i.e., entropy) are minimized. This process depends on the ability of the brain to organize into coherent, hierarchically-structured systems (Bassett et al., 2008; Friston, 2010), critically poised between order and disorder (Friston et al., 2012b; Schwartenbeck et al., 2013). In contrast, in primary states, cognition is less meticulous in its sampling of the external world and is instead easily biased by emotion, e.g., wishes and anxieties.
Later we finesse this basic model, arguing that secondary consciousness actually depends on the human brain having developed/evolved a degree of sub-criticality in its functionality, i.e., an extended ability to suppress entropy and thus organize and constrain cognition. It is argued that this entropy-suppressing function of the human brain serves to promote realism, foresight, careful reflection and an ability to recognize and overcome wishful and paranoid fantasies. Equally however, it could be seen as exerting a limiting or narrowing influence on consciousness.
This paper argues that the underlying neurodynamics of primary states are more “entropic” than secondary states i.e., primary states exhibit more pronounced characteristics of criticality and perhaps supercriticality than normal waking consciousness—implying that the latter is slightly sub-critical, if not perfectly critical. Secondary consciousness pays deference to reality by carefully sampling the world and learning from its encounters (Friston, 2010), whereas primary consciousness does this more haphazardly. Mechanistically, whereas the brain strives toward organization and constraint in secondary consciousness, processes are more flexible in primary consciousness. Freud outlined these ideas in his writings on “the reality principle” (Freud, 1927) and they are recast here in a more mechanistic form, tied to modern cognitive neuroscience.
The phenomenon of “magical thinking” (Frazer, 1900; Subbotskii, 2010; Hutson, 2012) is a potential product of primary consciousness. Magical thinking is a style of cognition in which supernatural interpretations of phenomena are made. Magical thinking is more likely in situations of high uncertainty because there is a greater opportunity for dreaming up explanations that lack an evidence base (Friston, 2010). Wishful beliefs are a classic product of magical thinking because they interpret the world according to what an individual wants to be true (in Freudian terms, they adhere to the pleasure principle). Wishful inferences are quick-fixes that reduce uncertainty but via simplistic explanations that satisfy fancies or desires before careful reason. Another example of magical thinking is paranoia; in this case, an individual jumps to negative conclusions about a situation, even in the face of contradictory evidence, because to do so effectively suspends uncertainty while providing some narcissistic satisfaction. The popularity of magical thinking also suggests that there is some enjoyment in uncertainty, perhaps because it promotes imaginative and creative thinking—and that this is associated with positive affect.
In the forthcoming section we discuss the relationship between medial temporal lobe (MTL—i.e., specially the hippocampus and surrounding parahippocampal structures) activity and primary consciousness, highlighting a specific change in activity that may serve as a marker of primary states.
The Medial Temporal Lobes and Primary Consciousness
Recording directly from MTL circuits in different altered states presents a significant challenge for cognitive neuroscience, but not one that should deter us from trying to expand its reach into areas of relevance to psychoanalytic theory. Pioneering surgical interventions for epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease (Axmacher et al., 2008, 2010; Fell et al., 2011, 2012; Laxton and Lozano, 2012) are opening up new possibilities for depth recordings, and although it would be a challenge to defend the administration of psychedelics to such patients, recording from MTL circuits in other primary states, such as REM sleep, might be more feasible (Cantero et al., 2003).
Another way to circumvent the problem of recording directly from limbic regions is to use non-invasive imaging with high spatial resolution. We recently used fMRI to investigate the involvement of the MTLs in the mechanism of action of psychedelics, performing a hippocampal functional connectivity analysis using the same psychophysiological interaction (PPI) model used in our previous analyses with psilocybin (Carhart-Harris et al., 2012a). A combined bilateral hippocampal and parahippocampal mask was created on a standard brain and time-series were extracted from these regions for each subject and regressed against their functional data, with the pharmacodynamics of intravenous psilocybin modeled as an interaction term. Remarkably, decreases in functional coupling were observed after psilocybin that were selectively localized to the cortical nodes of the DMN (Figure 2D), entirely consistent with the hypothesis that decreased MTL-DMN coupling underlies phase transitions to primary consciousness.
In a separate analysis, we looked at changes in BOLD signal variance (i.e., amplitude fluctuations) after psilocybin and found significant increases in variance that were almost exclusively localized to the bilateral hippocampi and parahippocampal gyri. This result was important because it reinforced the impression given by the RSFC analysis that under psilocybin, the hippocampi become decoupled from the DMN. However, perhaps even more interestingly, the increase in MTL signal variance was consistent with some early depth electrode work with psychedelics that implicated the MTLs in their mechanism of action. This work is reviewed below.
Human depth recordings involving the insertion of electrodes into structures located deep in the brain (Ramey and O'Doherty, 1960) were not uncommon in the 1950s and 60s. Remarkably, some intracranial recordings were carried out during this period in individuals administered LSD and mescaline (Schwarz et al., 1956; Monroe et al., 1957; Monroe and Heath, 1961). The relevant reports document unusual phasic activities in the MTLs during the drug state that were difficult to detect at the scalp. Moreover, in separate studies, temporal lobectomy was found to abolish the effects of LSD in humans (Serafetinides, 1965) and chimpanzees (Ramey and O'Doherty, 1960) and frontal lobotomy was found to augment them (Keup, 1970). Further support for the involvement of MTLs in the mechanism of action of psychedelics comes from reports of similar phasic limbic activity in other altered states of consciousness that show phenomenological similarities with the psychedelic state, namely: REM sleep, acute psychosis and the so-called “dreamy-state” of temporal lobe epilepsy and electrical stimulation of the MTL (Carhart-Harris, 2007; Carhart-Harris and Friston, 2010). Importantly, these states are all characterized by a particular style of cognition that is fundamentally different from that of normal waking consciousness.
It is proposed here that coupling between the MTLs and the cortical regions of the DMN is necessary for the maintenance of adult normal waking consciousness, with its capacity for metacognition. Moreover, a breakdown in hippocampal-DMN coupling is necessary for a regression to primary consciousness. These hypotheses are motivated by our finding that DMN-hippocampal coupling is decreased under psilocybin (Figure 3D), and while DMN activity becomes desynchronous and therefore disorganized (Figure 3E), the amplitude of BOLD signal fluctuations increases in the hippocampus (Figure 2).
FIGURE 3
Figure 3. Increased variance/amplitude fluctuations in the hippocampus post-psilocybin. The charts on the left show the complete time series from the hippocampus (left in blue, right in green) in 3 different individual subjects during the 12 min scan in which they received psilocybin. The transparent red vertical line indicates the beginning and duration of the 60 s infusion of psilocybin. The images on the right show the right hippocampal region where the increases in variance were especially marked.
The Default Mode Network and the Ego
Layer 5 pyramidal neurons densely express 5-HT 2A receptors (Weber and Andrade, 2010). These cells are an important target of psychedelics (Aghajanian and Marek, 1997) and are known to fire with an intrinsic alpha frequency (Silva et al., 1991; Sun and Dan, 2009). Alpha oscillations are thought to be related to temporal framing in perceptual processing (Lorincz et al., 2009; Klimesch et al., 2011) but more intriguingly given the focus of the present article, a positive relationship has been found between self-reflection and alpha power (Knyazev et al., 2011) and alpha synchronization during rest and Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD) activity in regions of the DMN (Jann et al., 2009). Evidence implicates the DMN in self-reflective and introspective functions (Qin and Northoff, 2011) and the phase of fluctuating activity in the DMN is often inversely correlated (or “anticorrelated”) with fluctuating activity in networks concerned with task-focused attention (task-positive networks, TPNs) (Fox et al., 2005). Like the DMN, alpha oscillations mature developmentally and evolutionarily (Basar and Guntekin, 2009), tempting speculations that these rhythms have developed to reduce “entropy” [i.e., disorder or uncertainty (Ben-Naim, 2008)] by increasing mutual information among neuronal ensembles (Tononi et al., 1994; Basar and Guntekin, 2009). With this in mind, it was remarkable that we recently found a highly significant positive correlation between the magnitude of alpha power decreases in the PCC after psilocybin and ratings of the item “I experienced a disintegration of my ‘self’ or ‘ego’.” Scores on this item also correlated positively with decreases in delta, theta, beta, and low gamma power, although alpha explained the most variance (a considerable 66%) see Figure 4. Twenty three subjective items were rated after psilocybin but the one enquiring about ego-disintegration showed the closest relationship with the decreases in alpha power, surviving the conservative Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. Interestingly, the only other item that survived correction for multiple comparisons referred to the promotion of magical thinking, i.e., “the experience had a supernatural quality.” It is a central hypothesis of this paper that psychedelics induce a primitive state of consciousness, i.e., “primary consciousness” by relinquishing the ego's usual hold on reality (DMN control on MTL activity).
FIGURE 4
Figure 4. Decreased PCC alpha power predicts ego-disintegration and magical thinking after psilocybin. Top: Decreased PCC alpha power v ratings of ego-disintegration. Bottom: Decreased PCC alpha power vs. ratings of magical/supernatural thinking. Both correlations were significant after correction for multiple comparisons (0.05/23 = 0.002). These charts are derived from data discussed in Muthukumaraswamy et al. (2013).
The organizing influence of alpha applies more generally to oscillatory rhythms in the brain (Salinas and Sejnowski, 2001; Buzsaki and Draguhn, 2004). Harmonics are known to exist between the brain's oscillatory rhythms, with higher frequency oscillations “nested” within lower frequencies (Jensen and Colgin, 2007). For example, intracranial recordings from the ventral PCC in humans revealed a dominant presence of theta oscillations. The phase of these oscillations modulate the amplitude of high-gamma oscillations and the magnitude of this coupling fluctuates at a frequency that is consistent with that of spontaneous BOLD signal fluctuations (i.e., ~0.1 Hz) observed in resting-state networks (RSNs) such as the DMN (Foster and Parvizi, 2012). Theta oscillations are a canonical rhythm of hippocampal circuits, at least in rodents (Buzsaki, 2002), and MTLs are known to be strongly connected to the PCC (Parvizi et al., 2006) and DMN more generally (Kahn et al., 2008). Thus, it is feasible that a function of PCC theta oscillations is to constrain the activity of limbic circuits, which reciprocally input to the PCC. Evidence that MTL activity exerts a driving influence on PCC activity comes from a recent report on deep brain stimulation for Alzheimer's disease. Chronic stimulation of the fornix, an important component of hippocampal circuitry, was associated with significantly increased glucose metabolism in the PCC (Laxton et al., 2012).
In summary, interaction between different oscillatory rhythms introduces a structured quality to brain activity (Rumsey and Abbott, 2004), constraining the naturally stochastic firing of individual pyramidal neurons (Rolls and Deco, 2010) and so providing ideal conditions for the emergence of “complexity” (Tononi et al., 1994) or “self-organized criticality” (Jensen, 1998). A key hypothesis of this article is that it is through the development of self-organized activity in the DMN [and concomitant entropy/uncertainty/disorder minimization (Friston, 2010)] that a coherent sense of self or “ego” emerges (Carhart-Harris and Friston, 2010). This process of maturational settling succeeds an earlier state of elevated entropy (primary consciousness) and psychedelic drugs induce a regression to this entropic brain state via the mechanisms outlined above.
With these foundations laid, the following hypotheses can be proposed: (1) coupling within the DMN, and especially between the MTL and DMN, is a characteristic of maturational settling that is necessary for secondary consciousness and the development of an integrated sense of self; (2) a relative decoupling within the DMN and specifically between the MTLs and DMN occurs when secondary consciousness abates and there is a reciprocal increase in the influence of primary consciousness; (3) decreased MTL-DMN coupling allows the MTLs to function more independently of the DMN and this can result in unusual MTL activities such as have been recorded with depth electrodes in primary states (see above and Grof, 1982; Bassett et al., 2008; Axmacher et al., 2010) and may have been detected in the BOLD signal amplitude increases in the MTL post-psilocybin (Figure 3); (5) unconstrained/disinhibited/anarchic MTL activity is a principal characteristic of primary states and the occurrence of these activities is consistent with a system at criticality; (6) brain activity in primary consciousness is closer to criticality-proper than it is during normal waking consciousness (which may be slightly sub-critical rather than perfectly critical).
The DMN, Introspection and Metacognition
DMN resting-state functional connectivity correlates positively with ratings of internal awareness (Vanhaudenhuyse et al., 2011), depressive rumination (Berman et al., 2011) and trait neuroticism (Adelstein et al., 2011). DMN connectivity increases during mental time-travel (Andrews-Hanna et al., 2010; Martin et al., 2011) and activity in the medial prefrontal node of the DMN is reliably elevated in depression (Farb et al., 2011; Lemogne et al., 2012). These findings strongly implicate the DMN in introspective thought and suggest that hyper activity and connectivity in the DMN is related to a certain style of concerted introspection.
To step back, one of the primary hypotheses being developed here is that metacognition, and in particular, the human capacity for self-reflection, is an advanced behavior that rests on self-organized activity in the DMN and between the DMN and the MTLs. Thus, if the DMN is hyper-active and connected in depression, does this imply that mild depression is an evolutionarily advanced state? The phenomenon of “depressive realism” has been recognized for several decades (Dykman et al., 1989; Haaga and Beck, 1995) and sits comfortably with the idea that a primary function of the DMN is to support metacognition (Fleming et al., 2010). The suggestion is that increased DMN activity and connectivity in mild-depression promotes concerted introspection and an especially diligent style of reality-testing. However, what may be gained in mild depression (i.e., accurate reality testing) may be offset by a reciprocal decrease in flexible or divergent thinking (and positive mood).
The proposal that increased DMN activity and connectivity is a key functional correlate of concerted introspection, such as is seen in depression, may seem inconsistent with the association between DMN activity and mind-wandering (Mason et al., 2007) but this is a conceptual problem that can be easily resolved. The positive relationship between increased BOLD signal in the DMN and the frequency of mind-wandering during task-performance (Mason et al., 2007) tells us nothing about the nature or style of the cognition in the off-task state, it simply tells us that the mind has drifted off-task. It is known however, that the strength of inverse coupling between activity in the DMN and TPNs is increased when task performance is more consistent (Kelly et al., 2008), implying increased focus and a relative decrease in off-task attentional lapses. DMN-TPN inverse coupling is decreased in patients with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (Hoekzema et al., 2013) and increased after administration of the attention-enhancers modafinil (Schmaal et al., 2013) and nicotine (Cole et al., 2010). Thus, it is too simplistic to regard increased BOLD signal in the DMN as a correlate of freely-wandering cognition, and decreased inverse coupling between the DMN and TPN is probably a more informative index of this. As will be discussed later, this point is reinforced by findings that inverse coupling between the DMN and TPNs is decreased under psilocybin, and DMN activity and connectivity is also decreased. This is important because unconstrained, explorative thinking is a hallmark of the psychedelic state (see Figure 5).
FIGURE 5
Figure 5. Psilocybin promotes unconstrained thinking and decreases blood flow, venous oxygenation and oscillatory power in the DMN. This chart shows the average (+SE) ratings for the item “my thoughts wandered freely” in 3 neuroimaging studies, each involving the administration of psilocybin and placebo to 15 healthy volunteers. Ratings were given within 30 min of the end of the relevant resting state scans. This particular item was one of the highest rated items in all 3 studies and nicely communicates the quality of cognition that predominates in the psychedelic state. The brain image on the left displays the mean regional decreases in CBF post-psilocybin in the ASL study; the central image displays the mean regional decreases in BOLD signal post-psilocybin in the BOLD study; and the image on the right displays the mean regional decreases in alpha power post-psilocybin in the MEG study. All images were derived using a whole brain corrected threshold of p < 0.05.
In the next section we cite direct evidence for increased entropy in brain networks in psychedelic state and use this to support a general principle: that the transition from normal waking consciousness to primary consciousness is marked by an increase in system entropy.
Increased Network Entropy in the Psychedelic State
There is an emerging view in cognitive neuroscience that the brain self-organizes under normal conditions into transiently stable spatiotemporal configurations (Sporns et al., 2004; Shanahan, 2010; Deco and Corbetta, 2011; Tagliazucchi et al., 2012) and that this instability is maximal at a point where the global system is critically poised in a transition zone between order and chaos (Tononi et al., 1994; Shanahan, 2010; Deco and Jirsa, 2012; Tagliazucchi et al., 2012). In the present context, the “metastability” (Tognoli and Kelso, 2014) of a brain network is a measure of the variance in the network's intrinsic synchrony over time. That is, if the signal in all of the voxels within a given network deviates little from the network's mean signal, then variance is low, whereas if the signal in voxels fluctuate erratically, then variance is high. Thus, using the data from the BOLD fMRI study with psilocybin, we recently looked at changes in the variance of intra-network synchrony over time in nine canonical resting-state networks (Smith et al., 2009) pre and post placebo and psilocybin. Results revealed significantly increased network variance in high-level association networks after psilocybin but not in sensory specific and motor networks, and there were no changes after placebo. These results imply that activity in high-level networks becomes relatively disorganized under psilocybin, consistent with the entropic brain hypothesis.
To translate this result into a formal measure of entropy, we discretized the time course of intra-network synchrony over time into equal sized bins where each time-point could be entered into a bin depending on the variance in the network's synchrony at that time point. Doing this for each network, we built probability distributions of the variance of the intra-network synchrony across time from which we could then calculate the Shannon entropy for each network. Not surprisingly, increased entropy was observed in the networks in which there was increased variance post-psilocybin i.e., the high-level association networks (See Figure 6).
FIGURE 6
Figure 6. Changes in network metastability and entropy post-infusion of psilocybin. (A) This chart displays the mean variance of the internal synchrony of 9 brain networks for the sample of 15 healthy volunteers, as a percentage change post vs. pre-infusion. A post-infusion increase in metastability for a specific network indicates that the mean signal in that network is a poor model of the activity in its constituent voxels, implying that the network is behaving more “chaotically” post-infusion than pre. Bonferonni correction gave a revised statistical threshold of p < 0.006 (0.05/9). One-sample (2-tailed) t-tests were performed, comparing the % change against zero. The significant networks are labeled with an asterisk. (B,C) These probability distributions were derived from data from the same single subject, by discretizing a measure of the internal synchrony of the DMN across time into bins. These bins reflect the distance a data point is from the mean and this gives a probability distribution of the variance of internal synchrony within a network for a given time period (e.g., a 5 min period of scanning). The probability distributions shown in Chart B were produced from placebo data where it is clear that prediction of internal network synchrony of the DMN across time is similar before and after infusion (i.e., the blue and green curves). The probability distributions shown in Chart C were derived using psilocybin data and here it is evident that following infusion of psilocybin (i.e., the green curve), prediction of internal network synchrony within the DMN is more difficult compared to pre infusion (the blue curve). When the entropy change was calculated for the group, significantly greater increases in entropy were found in the same networks highlighted in (A) (post-psilocybin vs. pre) vs. (post-placebo vs. pre).
To further assess entropy changes after psilocybin, we took a slightly different approach. Four regions were chosen from a limbic/paralimbic system based on prior knowledge that BOLD signal variance was increased in these regions under psilocybin. The regions included: the left and right hippocampi and the left and right anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). A threshold was set for connection strength such that only connections above a particular strength survived and were therefore said to “exist.” This allowed functional connectivity motifs (connectivity graphs) to be identified at each time point in the time series. With 4 nodes, there were 64 possible connectivity motifs or graphs at any given time point. The results revealed a greater repertoire of motifs under psilocybin than either at baseline or after placebo. Indeed, a number of motifs were exclusive to the psilocybin condition. The entropy of a time series could then calculated by assessing the entropy of a sequence of motifs over a period of time (i.e., how easy/difficult is it to predict a sequence of motifs in a given state?). This is the same procedure one would follow in order to calculate the entropy of a transcribed passage of speech for example (i.e., the likelihood of certain words occurring in a coherent passage is not random, e.g., some words, such as “I,” occur much more often than others). Thus, it was found that the sequence of motifs had significantly greater entropy under psilocybin than at baseline, meaning that a more random sequence of motifs played-out in the psychedelic state. This result implies that it is harder to predict the sequence of connectivity motifs in the psychedelic state because it is more random. This outcome is entirely consistent with the entropic brain hypothesis, which states that brain activity becomes more random and so harder to predict in primary states - of which the psychedelic state is an exemplar.
Criticality and Primary Consciousness
The DMN appears to have a consistently high level of activity, e.g., even when the DMN is relatively deactivated during goal-directed cognition, it is still receives more blood flow than elsewhere in the brain (Pfefferbaum et al., 2011). Thus, it can be inferred that one reason why the DMN is so highly and persistently active, is that it receive regular endogenous input from internal drivers. One such driver may be MTL activity (Laxton et al., 2010) and another may be input from brainstem nuclei such as the serotonergic raphe nuclei. Irrespective of what the specific drivers of the DMN are, its enduring presence fits comfortably with the idea that it is the seat of the ego (Carhart-Harris and Friston, 2010), as in healthy waking consciousness, one's sense of self is never far from consciousness:
“Normally, there is nothing of which we are more certain than the feeling of our self, of our own ego.” (Freud, 1930)
So how does the phenomenon of primary consciousness fit in here? The first thing to say is that primary consciousness may be a sub-optimal mode of cognition that has been superseded by a more reality-bound style of thinking, governed by the ego. However, if primary consciousness is a psychological atavism, and the psychedelic state is an exemplar of it, then how does this explain the putative utility of the psychedelic experience e.g., as an adjunct to psychotherapy (Moreno et al., 2006; Grob et al., 2011) and why do some people report being so profoundly affected by such experiences (and often seemingly for the better) (Griffiths et al., 2008; Carhart-Harris and Nutt, 2010; MacLean et al., 2011)?
The phenomenon of depression can help us here. Cognition during an episode of depression is characteristically inflexible; the patient's focus is almost entirely inward and self-critical, and he/she is unable to remove him/herself from this state (Holtzheimer and Mayberg, 2011). In the previous section, depressive realism was discussed in relation to hyper activity and connectivity within the DMN; however, in severe depression, cognition cannot be said to be optimal. Depressed patients typically perceive themselves and their world through an unyielding pessimism (Styron, 1992). Depressed patients' cognitive style may become too fixed, such that the patient loses the ability to think and behave in a flexible manner. Underlying this phenomenon may be a decrease in metastability, such that one particular state, e.g., the introspective default-mode, comes to dominate cognition. The aggressive self-critical focus that accompanies a loss or abandonment of object-cathexis in depression (i.e., interest in or focus on objects in the world, such as work and people) quite naturally leads to suicidal thoughts and acts (Carhart-Harris et al., 2008). In consideration of these things, narrow-mindedness is to pessimism what openness (MacLean et al., 2011) is to optimism and strategies that promote the latter may be effective treatments for depression (see MacLean et al., 2011).
This article proposes that primary consciousness rests on more metastable dynamics than secondary consciousness, i.e., brain sub-states are less stable in primary consciousness. Thus, by implication, a broader repertoire of transient states may be visited in primary consciousness because the system is closer to criticality-proper. Moreover, it is the ability of psychedelics to disrupt stereotyped patterns of thought and behavior by disintegrating the patterns of activity upon which they rest that accounts for their therapeutic potential. This principle implies that a brain at criticality may be a “happier” brain. The schematic below (Figure 7) illustrates differences between primary and secondary consciousness. The model describes cognition in adult modern humans as “near critical” but “sub-critical”—meaning that its dynamics are poised in a position between the two extremes of formlessness and petrification where there is an optimal balance between order and flexibility. However, because of maturational settling, the brain in secondary consciousness gravitates toward “order” and thus, the dynamics in this state are more accurately, (slightly) sub-critical. Psychedelics may be therapeutic because they work to normalize pathologically sub-critical styles of thought (such as is seen in depression, OCD or addiction/craving for example) thereby returning the brain to a more critical mode of operating. Indeed, if the principle holds that a critical brain is a happy brain, then it would follow that psychedelics could be used to enhance well-being and divergent thinking, even in already healthy individuals. One negative consequence of this however could be the neglect of accurate reality-testing.
FIGURE 7
Figure 7. Spectrum of cognitive states. This schematic is intended to summarize much of what this paper has tried to communicate. It shows an “inverted u” relationship between entropy and cognition such that too high a value implies high flexibility but high disorder, whereas too low a value implies ordered but inflexible cognition. It is proposed that normal waking consciousness inhabits a position that is close to criticality but slightly sub-critical and primary states move brain activity and associated cognition toward a state of increased system entropy i.e., brain activity becomes more random and cognition becomes more flexible. It is proposed that primary states may actually be closer to criticality proper than secondary consciousness/normal waking consciousness.
Recent work has indeed supported the notion that brain activity is slightly sub-critical in normal waking consciousness (Priesemann et al., 2013). One reason why it may be advantageous for the brain to operate just below criticality is that by doing so, it can exert better control over the rest of the natural world—most of which is critical. This may take the form of suppressing endogenous processes within the brain or interacting with the environment in order to shape it and thereby control it. Indeed, if control is the objective, then it makes sense that the brain should be more ordered than that which it wishes to control.
The idea that the brain is closer to criticality in the psychedelic state than in normal waking consciousness (Figure 7) has some intuitive appeal as some of the signatures of criticality, such as maximum metastability, avalanche phenomena and hypersensitivity to perturbation are consistent with the phenomenology of the psychedelic state. For example, if we consider just one of these: hypersensitivity to perturbation, it is well known that individuals are hypersensitive to environmental perturbations in the psychedelic state, which is why such emphasis is placed on the importance of managing the environment in which the psychedelic experience unfolds (Johnson et al., 2008). Indeed, one explanation for why some people celebrate and romanticize the psychedelic experience and even consider it “sacred” (Schultes, 1980; McKenna, 1992), is that, in terms of criticality, brain activity does actually become more consistent closer with the rest of nature in this state i.e., it moves closer to criticality-proper and so is more in harmony with the rest of nature.
A final speculation that is worth sharing, is that the claim that psychedelics work to lower repression and facilitate access to the psychoanalytic unconscious, may relate to the brain moving out of a sub-critical mode of functioning and into a critical one, enabling transient windows of segregation or modularity to occur (e.g., with “anarchic” MTL activity) because of the breakdown of the system's hierarchical structure. Indeed, repression may depend on the brain operating in a sub-critical mode, since this would constrain consciousness and limit its breadth. Phenomena such as spontaneous personal insights and the complex imagery that often plays out in psychedelic state (Cohen, 1967) and dreaming, may depend on a suspension of repression, enabling cascade-like processes to propagate through the brain [e.g., from the MTLs to the association cortices (Bartolomei et al., 2012)]. Such processes may depend on a reduction of DMN control over MTL activity.
The Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelics
Many psychiatrists working with psychedelics in the 1950s and 60s expressed great enthusiasm about their therapeutic potential (Crocket et al., 1963; Abramson, 1967; Grinspoon and Bakalar, 1979; Grof, 1980) but there was an unfortunate failure to substantiate these beliefs with properly controlled studies. Subsequent reviews and meta-analyses have suggested an impressive efficacy, especially in relation to the use of LSD in the treatment of alcohol dependence (Mangini, 1998; Dyck, 2005; Krebs and Johansen, 2012) and modern trials have lent some support to this sentiment (Moreno et al., 2006; Grob et al., 2011). For example, a single high dose of psilocybin produced profound existential experiences in healthy volunteers that had a lasting beneficial impact on subjective well-being (Griffiths et al., 2006, 2008) and a moderate single dose of psilocybin administered to patients with advanced-stage cancer significantly reduced anxiety and depression scores for months after the acute experience (Grob et al., 2011). In another study, symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) were significantly reduced after psilocybin (Moreno et al., 2006). Supplementing these controlled studies, we surveyed over 500 recreational drug users, and found that 67% of LSD users and 60% of psilocybin users claimed that use of these drugs had produced long-term positive effects on their sense of well-being (Carhart-Harris and Nutt, 2010), consistent with the results of the aforementioned controlled studies (Griffiths et al., 2006, 2011). To place this in a context, only 6% of alcohol users claimed such improvements from alcohol use (Carhart-Harris and Nutt, 2010). One of the most remarkable properties of psychedelics is their potential to have a lasting impact on personality and outlook (McGlothlin and Arnold, 1971; Studerus et al., 2011). Personality traits are known to be relatively fixed by adulthood (Costa and McCrae, 1997; McCrae and Costa, 1997), however, the personality trait “openness” was found to be significantly increased over 14 months after a single controlled administration of psilocybin (MacLean et al., 2011). Moreover, neuroimaging studies (Carhart-Harris et al., 2012a) have found decreased activity and connectivity after psilocybin in brain regions (e.g., the mPFC) and networks (e.g., the DMN) that are over-engaged in depression (Greicius et al., 2007; Berman et al., 2011) but normalized by a range of effective treatments (Goldapple et al., 2004; Mayberg et al., 2005; Kennedy et al., 2007; Deakin et al., 2008).
Classic psychedelics are all agonists at the serotonin 2A receptor (Glennon et al., 1984; Vollenweider et al., 1998) and 5-HT 2A R antagonism blocks the positive mood effects of psilocybin (Kometer et al., 2012) and MDMA (van Wel et al., 2012). 5-HT 2A R expression is upregulated in depression (Bhagwagar et al., 2006) likely because of low synaptic 5-HT (Cahir et al., 2007). Positron emission tomography (PET) studies in humans found positive correlations between 5-HT 2A R binding and trait neuroticism (Frokjaer et al., 2008) and pessimism (Meyer et al., 2003). This may imply that 5-HT 2A R upregulation, due to low synaptic 5-HT, reflects a state of chronically deficient post-synaptic 5-HT 2A R stimulation that contributes to inflexible patterns of (negative) thought such as are seen in depression. 5-HT 2A R-stimulation may therefore work to reverse this, effectively “lubricating” cognition.
Given our knowledge of the biological effects psychedelics, a comprehensive model can be presented in which psychedelics: (1) stimulate the 5-HT 2A receptor (Glennon et al., 1984), (2) depolarize deep-layer pyramidal neurons (Andrade, 2011), (3) desynchronize cortical activity, (4) “disintegrate” brain networks (Carhart-Harris et al., 2012a), (5) increase network metastability and (6) increase the repertoire of connectivity motifs within a limbic/paralimbic network. The net effect of these processes is an increase in system entropy (formally reflected in points 5 and 6) as the system enters criticality-proper.
Thus, in summary, it is hypothesized that there is a basic mechanism by which psychedelics can be helpful in psychiatry, whether they be used to treat depression, OCD (Moreno et al., 2006) or addiction (Krebs and Johansen, 2012). Specifically, it is proposed that psychedelics work by dismantling reinforced patterns of negative thought and behavior by breaking down the stable spatiotemporal patterns of brain activity upon which they rest. An important caveat however, is that in order for this process to be beneficial, the drug-induced transitions to, and the return from primary consciousness, must be mediated by appropriate therapeutic care (Johnson et al., 2008). Moving the brain out of sub-critical modes and into unfamiliar terrain may present some risks (e.g., loss of contact with reality and persistent magical/delusional thinking) if not properly managed (Johnson et al., 2008).
The Spiritual Experience and Primary Consciousness
“If we consider contemporary accounts of the mystical consciousness, we can see that the individuality, the “I,” disappears and is in a sense “annihilated.” (Stace, 1961)
In the psychology of religion, one of the most remarkable findings has been that it is possible, by way of a single high dose of psilocybin, to reliably induce profound spiritual experiences in healthy volunteers that are effectively indistinguishable from spontaneously-occurring spiritual experiences (Griffiths et al., 2006). Perhaps this finding should not be so surprising, psilocybin containing mushrooms have been used for centuries in shamanic “healing” ceremonies (Hofmann, 1980), and in a famous study in the 1960s, high-dose psilocybin was administered to theology students partaking in a religious service on Good Friday and emphatic spiritual experiences were reported (Doblin, 1991). The so-called “entheogenic” (generating the divine) properties of psilocybin appear to be shared by the other classic psychedelics such as LSD and DMT but not the “psychedelic-like” compounds, MDMA and cannabis (Carhart-Harris and Nutt, 2010; Lyvers and Meester, 2012). It is intriguing that entheogenic properties appear to be specific to 5-HT 2A R agonist classic psychedelics and this suggests a key role for this receptor in their genesis.
In William James' famous lectures on the psychology of religion he proposed that spiritual experiences depend on the emergence of what he referred to as the “subconscious” or “subliminal” mind into consciousness (James, 1968). Referring to what psychoanalysis calls “the unconscious.” James said: “[T]his is obviously the larger part of each of us, for it is the abode of everything that is latent and the reservoir of everything that passes unrecorded or unobserved… It is the source of our dreams… In it arise whatever mystical experiences we may have… It is also the fountain-head of much that feeds our religion. In persons deep in the religious life—and this is my conclusion—the door into this region seems unusually wide open.” (James, 1968).
James' ideas are consistent with those of Carl Jung; however, Jung extended them, arguing that the unconscious hosts the psychological remnants of our phylogenetic ancestry. In dreams, psychosis and other altered states, archetypal themes shaped by human history emerge into consciousness (Jung, 1982a). Jung's account of the “collective” unconscious fits comfortably with the phenomenology of the psychedelic experience. Archetypal themes feature heavily in user “trip reports” (Masters and Houston, 1966; Shanon, 2002), as they do in religious iconography. For Jung, religion is a manifestation of the collective unconscious, expressed in a symbolic and ritual form: “The brain is inherited from its ancestors; it is the deposit of the psychic functioning of the whole human race. In the brain, the instincts are preformed, and so are the primordial images which have always been the basis of man's thinking—the whole treasure-house of mythological motifs… Religious symbols have a distinctly “revelatory” character; they are usually spontaneous products of unconscious psychic activity… they have developed, plant-like, as natural manifestations of the human psyche.” (Jung, 1982b).
Jung's ideas offer an appealing explanation for the content of religious experiences, as well as the content of high-dose psychedelic experiences; however, a more systematic treatise on the spiritual experience was provided by Walter Stace in 1960 (Stace, 1961). Stace's work is particularly useful because his ideas resonate with the findings of recent neuroimaging studies relevant to the neurobiology of spiritual experiences. Based on a thorough review of first-person accounts derived from individuals from a variety of different faiths, Stace identified seven universal components of the spiritual experience: 1) diminished spatial and temporal awareness, 2) diminished subjectivity (equivalent to increased objectivity), 3) feelings of profound joy and peace, 4) a sense of divinity, 5) paradoxicality (where two opposing things appear to be true), 6) ineffability (the difficulty of expressing the experience in words) and 7) a sense of oneness with the world, otherwise known as “the unitive experience.”
Importantly, in Stace's synopsis, he identified the unitive experience as the core characteristic of the spiritual experience. Freud referred to the same phenomenon as the “oceanic state” (Freud, 1930). Stace explained that in profound spiritual experiences the complex multiplicity of normal consciousness collapses into a simpler state where a sense of an all-encompassing unity or “oneness” with others, the world and/or “God” is felt. He emphasized that there is a collapse in the most fundamental dualities of consciousness (i.e., self vs. other, subject vs. object and internal vs. external) in the unitive state. Moreover, he also showed that reports of unitary consciousness are consistent throughout the different religions—emphasizing its universality and cultural independence (Stace, 1961).
Freud had some important things to say about the unitive state that are directly relevant to the entropic brain hypothesis. For example, when discussing his friend's description of an “oceanic feeling” when in religious practice, Freud says: “Pathology has made us acquainted with a great number of states in which the boundary lines between the ego and the external world become uncertain… Further reflection tells us that the adult's ego-feeling cannot have been the same from the beginning. It must have gone through a process of development… (For example,) an infant at the breast does not as yet distinguish his ego from the external world; he gradually learns to do so. Our present ego-feeling is therefore only a shrunken residue of a much more inclusive—indeed, an all-embracing feeling, which (early in development] corresponded to a more intimate bond between the ego and the world. If we assume that there are many people in whose mental life this primary ego-feeling has persisted to a greater or less degree, it would exist in them side by side with the narrower and more sharply demarcated ego feeling of maturity, like a counterpart to it. In that case, the ideational contents appropriate to it would be precisely those of limitlessness and of a bond with the universe—the same ideas with which my friend elucidated the “oceanic feeling.”” (Freud, 1930).
Thus, Stace and Freud's descriptions of the spiritual experience are entirely consistent with the view of the primary state as being regressive. Moreover, they are also consistent with view that the human brain developed through ontogeny and phylogeny to minimize disorder/uncertainty (Friston, 2010). In the schematic presented in Figure 7, primary consciousness is depicted as being more supercritical than normal waking consciousness. Indeed, at the extreme end of supercriticality is maximum entropy, which is equivalent to formlessness or complete disorder. Formerly, there is no difference between entropy in this thermodynamic sense (depicted as complete disorder) and entropy in the information theory sense, where there is maximum uncertainty about the system - because there is no order on which to base any predictions.
The System Mechanics of Primary States
Extending this, the mechanics underlying the onset of true primary states (for which the spiritual experiences is an example) can be viewed in relation to the second law of thermodynamics. Explicitly, in the absence of a regular driving input, the system (i.e., self-organized brain activity) will inevitably degrade or collapse toward formlessness or maximum entropy. The interesting question that follows therefore is: what is the driving input that ceases in primary states? This paper proposes that regular MTL activity is a crucial driver of the DMN. Although, interestingly, there is also evidence that the usual clock-like firing of serotonin neurons in the dorsal raphe nuclei completely ceases in both the psychedelic state (Aghajanian et al., 1968; Aghajanian and Vandermaelen, 1982) and REM sleep (Trulson and Jacobs, 1979) and there is some indirect evidence that the DMN may be (at least partially) a serotonergic system coupled to dorsal raphe activity (Zhou et al., 2010).
During secondary consciousness, the brain can enter a multiplicity of different states and microstates (Tononi, 2010) but due to “winner-takes all,” or more strictly, “winnerless” (Rabinovich et al., 2001) competition between states [“winnerless” because critical instability or metastability dictates that a state's “victory” is transient (Friston et al., 2012b)] the global system only ever entertains one winning state at any one time (Baars, 2005). However, according to the entropic brain hypothesis, in primary states, the potential multiplicity of possible states is not obliterated but rather extended because the selectivity and conspicuity of a winning state is reduced, and so more transient states may be visited. In dynamical terms, this would be expressed as attractor basins or valleys (defining transient states) becoming shallower in primary states, i.e., the attractor landscape is flattened in primary states.
Conversely, in depression, OCD and addiction, specific states (e.g., the default-mode in depression) may be frequented more regularly than others—and this may be observed as certain mental states (e.g., introspection in depression or craving in addiction) or behaviors (e.g., compulsive acts in OCD) being habitually revisited in a stereotyped fashion. Moreover, these states may be relatively stable i.e., their basins of attraction are relatively steep since the patterns of activity upon which they rest have become entrenched. In such scenarios, uncertainty about the system is minimized because we know that it possesses a particular character. It is intriguing to consider therefore that disorders such as depression, OCD and addiction could be functional in some sense, perhaps working to resist a more catastrophic collapse to primary consciousness (with the onset of a psychotic episode for example) by reinforcing stable patterns of activity.
The following example may help to illustrate what is meant by competition between conscious states—and the loss of it in primary consciousness. Functional brain imaging has identified distinct brain networks that subserve distinct psychological functions. For example, the DMN is associated with introspective thought (Andrews-Hanna et al., 2010) and a dorsal frontoparietal attention network (DAN) is associated with visuospatial attention (Corbetta et al., 1998; Fox et al., 2006) and is a classic example of a “task positive network” (TPN)—i.e., a network of regions that are consistently activated during goal-directed cognition. If the brain was to be sampled during a primary state (such as a psychedelic state) we would predict that the rules that normally apply to normal waking consciousness will become less robust. Indeed, we recently found this to be so when analysing the degree of orthogonality or “anti-correlation” between the DMN and TPN post-psilocybin. Post-drug there was a significant reduction in the DMN-TPN anticorrelation, consistent with these networks becoming less different or more similar (i.e., a flattening of the attractor landscape). The same decrease in DMN-TPN anticorrelation has been found in experienced meditators during rest (Brewer et al., 2011) and meditation (Froeliger et al., 2012). Moreover, decreased DMN-TPN inverse coupling is especially marked during a particular style of meditation referred to as “non-dual awareness” (Josipovic et al., 2011). This is interesting because this style of meditation promotes the same collapse of dualities that was identified by Stace (and Freud) as constituting the core of the spiritual experience. The DMN is closely associated with self-reflection, subjectivity and introspection, and task positive networks are associated with the inverse of these things, i.e., focus-on and scrutiny of the external world (Raichle et al., 2001). Thus, it follows that DMN and TPN activity must be competitive or orthogonal in order to avoid confusion over what constitutes self, subject and internal on the one hand, and other, object and external on the other. It is important to highlight that disturbance in one's sense of self, and particularly one's sense of existing apart from one's environment, is a hallmark of the spiritual (Stace, 1961) and psychedelic experience (Carhart-Harris et al., 2012b). Moreover, as in the psychedelic state (Carhart-Harris et al., 2012a; Carhart-Harris et al., 2012b), a number of studies have found decreased DMN activity (Farb et al., 2007; Brewer et al., 2011; Hasenkamp et al., 2012) as well as decreased DMN-TPN inverse coupling in meditation (Brewer et al., 2011; Josipovic et al., 2011; Froeliger et al., 2012).
The contravention or corruption of important rules about brain organization may explain the sense of confusion and uncertainty that accompanies a transition from secondary to primary consciousness. In the information theoretical sense, “uncertainty” is a synonym for entropy (Friston, 2010; Ben-Naim, 2012)—and disorder and uncertainty are effectively equivalents. Entropy in information theory is reflected in the shape of a probability distribution (Ben-Naim, 2012), i.e., we have less confidence (or more uncertainty) about something when the distribution is broader or more evenly spread. This is because it is more difficult to predict what the outcome of an individual sampling trial would be because the system behaves relatively randomly (Ben-Naim, 2012). Conversely, a probability distribution with a sharp peak would reflect a well-ordered system or high-precision, confidence or assuredness (Friston, 2010). In the specific context of the DMN and the psychedelic state, just as there is increased variance in parameters defining the DMN (e.g., coupling between the nodes of the DMN or rhythmic alpha oscillations in the PCC), so there is uncertainty about ones sense of self—typically described as “ego-disintegration.” Thus, according to the entropic brain hypothesis, just as normally robust principles about the brain lose definition in primary states, so confidence is lost in “how the world is” and “who one is” as a personality.
In addition to the word “uncertainty,” other terms that have been used as synonyms for entropy include: “freedom,” “disorder” and “expansion.” The example of a gas expanding post release of constraints is often used as a metaphor to help explain what is meant by entropy increasing [e.g., in relation to the second law of thermodynamics (Ben-Naim, 2012)] See Figure 8. In the information theoretical sense, entropy/uncertainty increases as the gas expands because with greater expansion, it is more difficult to predict the spatial location of a single molecule. It is probably not coincidental that these physical principles resonate with popular descriptions of the psychedelic experience (Huxley, 1959; Bowers and Freedman, 1966; Masters and Houston, 1972; Grinspoon and Bakalar, 1981; Merkur, 1998). For example, the term “consciousness-expansion” is often used to describe the psychedelic experience—and this may be an inadvertent reference to increased system entropy in the psychedelic state.
FIGURE 8
Figure 8. Gas expansion post-release of constraints as a metaphor for increased entropy in primary states. (A) Entropy is low while the gas is constrained. (B) Entropy increases once constraints are released. In an information theoretical sense, entropy/uncertainty is increased post-expansion because it is more difficult to predict the spatial location of a single molecule. In primary vs. secondary states, it is hypothesized that the biological parameters known to define key brain states (e.g., the default-mode) become more variant or less predictable, thus causing the subject to become less certain in themselves and their experience of the world.
Developing the Construct Validity of Primary Consciousness
To develop the construct validity of primary consciousness, it will be necessary to show that the identified parameters of primary consciousness have high internal and convergent validity (i.e., properties of primary consciousness must be shown to exist in a range of different primary states) and sufficient discriminant validity (i.e., these properties must be shown to be sufficiently specific to primary states, i.e., to be absent in non-primary states). To assist this undertaking, it will be important to optimize subjective rating scales designed for assessing primary consciousness. For example, first it will be necessary to identify key experiences that are considered characteristic of primary states (i.e., visual analog scale items such as “my imagination was extremely vivid” or “the experience had a dreamlike quality” that can be rated during or after a candidate primary state) and then it will be important to test whether different candidate primary states (e.g., dreaming, onset-phase psychosis, the near death experience, the sensory-deprived state and the psychedelic drug state) score highly on these items—and that candidate non-primary states (e.g., normal waking consciousness, the anaesthetized or sedated state, and the depressed state) do not. This will enable the convergent and discriminant validity of these measures to be tested and developed. Similarly, by identifying neurobiological characteristics hypothesized to be essential to primary states (e.g., decreased DMN-MTL coupling, disinhibited MTL activity, decreased DMN-TPN anti-correlation, decreased alpha power in the PCC and increased metastability in resting-state networks), it will be important to determine those that most reliably and specifically identify primary over non-primary states.
As discussed in The research value of psychedelics, psychedelic drugs are especially useful tools for studying primary states as they allow for primary consciousness to be “switched on” with a relatively high degree of experimental control (e.g., with intravenous infusion of a classic psychedelic). Hypotheses about the neurobiological character of primary states can therefore be effectively tested by psychedelic drugs. However, in order to test and develop the generalizability of these hypotheses, research with alternative primary states are required. For example, it would be interesting to carry out simultaneous fMRI-EEG or MEG work with a focus on REM sleep, or to study patients exhibiting early-phase psychotic symptoms with these techniques. Longitudinal analyses looking at brain maturation would also be relevant, where infant consciousness is hypothesized to be reflective of primary consciousness.
Developing the Construct Validity of Secondary Consciousness and the Ego
As outlined above, a key distinction between the primary and secondary modes of cognition is that secondary consciousness pays deference to reality and diligently seeks to represent the world as precisely as possible, whereas primary consciousness is less firmly anchored to reality and is easily misled by simple explanations motivated by wishes and fears. One way this distinction could be tested would be to utilize a measure of metacognitive accuracy (Fleming et al., 2010). As outlined above, metacognition, and specifically the ability to reflect upon one's own introspection, is a particularly advanced behavior associated with the DMN (Fleming et al., 2010). For example, a behavioral paradigm could be designed that requires a participant's friend to rate the participant's personality, e.g., using a standard personality inventory. Then, during scanning, the participant could be asked to predict their friend's ratings—and crucially, to provide an additional confidence rating for their own predictions. This could be done under a psychedelic drug and under placebo in a within-subjects design with 2 different friends for each condition, counterbalanced for key factors (e.g., familiarity, intimacy, fondness, duration of relationship etc). This task would provide a behavioral index of a high-level metacognitive function associated with the ego (theory-of-mind). The hypothesis would be that participants would be less confident in their predictions of their friend's ratings post-psilocybin and that the accuracy of their predictions would also be compromised. Biologically, one would hypothesize decreased within-DMN coupling during the prediction process and a reduction in induced alpha-oscillations in the PCC.
Conclusions
This article has argued that scientific research with psychedelic drugs can have a revitalizing effect on psychoanalysis and an informing influence on mainstream psychology and psychiatry. Rather than discuss the content and interpretation of psychoanalytically-relevant material, we have adopted a mechanistic approach, in keeping with the mainstream cognitive neuroscience. This article proposes that a distinction can be made between two fundamentally different modes of cognition: primary and secondary consciousness. Primary consciousness is associated with unconstrained cognition and less ordered (higher-entropy) neurodynamics, whereas secondary consciousness is associated with constrained cognition and more ordered neurodynamics (i.e., that strikes an evolutionarily advantageous balance between order and disorder - that may or more not be perfectly “critical”). It is hoped that this mechanistic model will help catalyze a synthesis between psychoanalytic theory and cognitive neuroscience that can be mutually beneficial to both disciplines.
It is a fair criticism of this paper that it has given insufficient consideration to the phenomenological content of the relevant altered states of consciousness, and to the specifics of Freudian theory, and so by neglecting this, has failed to present a sufficiently compelling case that these states have anything to do with psychoanalytic theory. To some extent, this charge can be conceded; however, as outlined in the introduction, the intention of this paper was to develop a mechanistic account of altered states of consciousness based on the quantity of entropy, and this task has demanded a substantial amount of space. A more thorough discussion of the phenomenology of primary states is required to develop the case that they show characteristics that are consistent with Freudian accounts of “the unconscious” or “Id.” The reader should be made aware however, that this has been attempted before (Carhart-Harris, 2007; Carhart-Harris and Friston, 2010).
To conclude, it is perhaps not surprising that with only dreaming and psychosis at its disposal, psychoanalysis has failed to convince the scientific community that the psychoanalytic unconscious exists (Hassin et al., 2005). From a neuroscientific perspective, dreaming and psychosis are notoriously difficult to study. The occurrence of dreaming in sleep impedes experimental control and psychosis is an especially complex and variegated phenomenon. However, for those brave enough to embrace it, research with psychedelics could herald the beginning of a new scientifically informed-psychoanalysis that has the potential to influence modern psychology and psychiatry. The unique scientific value of psychedelics rests in their capacity to make consciously accessible that which is latent in the mind. This paper takes the position that mainstream psychology and psychiatry have underappreciated the depth of the human mind by neglecting schools of thought that posit the existence an unconscious mind. Indeed, psychedelics' greatest value may be as a remedy for ignorance of the unconscious mind.
“He who would fathom the psyche must not confuse it with consciousness, else he veils from his own sight the object he wishes to explore.” (Jung, 1961)
“Man's worst sin is unconsciousness.” (Jung, 1969)
Conflict of Interest Statement
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the reviewers for their useful comments on previous versions of this manuscript. Robin L. Carhart-Harris would also like to acknowledge that Robert Leech coined the term “the entropic brain” when in conversation with him over the topic of his and David Nutt's psilocybin fMRI results. Robin L. Carhart-Harris is currently supported by the Medical Research Council.
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Impress - Design Workshop A Living Lab Approach for more Sustainable Cities In Memoriam Kevin Roche: 1922 - 2019 Irish star Sheila O’Donnell wins WIA Architect of the Year 2019 Professor Sheila O’Donnell becomes first Irish architect inducted into American Academy of Arts and Letters Planning and Environmental Policy Careers Day 2019 UCD Professor of Planning, Mark Scott, launches a major new book on rural planning UCD academics named as two of Ireland’s five new Cultural Ambassadors In Memoriam Kevin Roche: 1922 - 2019 Wednesday, 6 March, 2019 Born in Dublin in 1922, Kevin Roche grew up in Mitchelstown Co. Cork, where his father managed the sizeable local creamery, and where the young Roche, years later as an architecture student at UCD in the mid-1940s, designed his first building: a piggery, shaped out of concrete blocks. It was not until 1998 that Roche came to design his second Irish building, the Conference Centre on Dublin’s River Liffey (complete in 2008). At that stage, though semi-retired, Roche was still heading up a vibrant architectural practice in New Haven, USA and importantly, having won the 1982 Pritzker Prize– international architecture’s highest accolade – and the Gold Medal for the American Institute of Architects in 1992, was considered to be one of America’s leading architectural forces. In fact, from the early 1960s, Kevin Roche had been at the forefront of post-war American architecture, designing such ground-breaking corporate environments and cultural buildings as the Oakland Museum (California, 1961-8), the Ford Foundation Headquarters (New York, 1963-68), the Knights of Columbus Headquarters (New Haven CT, 1965-69), and the Union Carbide Corporation Headquarters (Danbury CT, 1976-82). And as Roche problem-solved for middle-management and white-collar workers alike, burying their cars underground and creating plant-filled atria and light-filled offices, he continued to augment and reshape that most cultural of American institutions, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. How, we might ask, did a UCD architecture student come to this prominent influential position? Roche’s biography was pointedly of its time. It tells of a promising young Irish architect who, after graduating from UCD in 1945, worked in the Merrion Square office of renowned local modernist Michael Scott where he contributed to such projects as the Donnybrook bus garage. Then, seeking out international adventure Roche journeyed to war-torn London to work with the brilliant ‘tropical modernist’ architects, Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry, followed by a stint of study in Chicago, with the iconic German modernist Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe. Restless and not keen on the introspective leanings of Mies, the young Roche moved to New York, working on the United Nations complex and then, in 1950, he joined the seminal firm of Eero Saarinen and Associates in Michigan. It was with Saarinen that Roche claimed to learn his trade. Certainly, the post-war Mid-West was where he grew his gargantuan appetite for architecture. Like his mentor, Kevin Roche soon developed a deep drive and work ethic, encouraged profoundly and tragically by Saarinen’s untimely death in 1961, whereupon Roche and a partner in the firm, John Dinkeloo (1918-81), spearheaded the practice. They inherited Saarinen’s unfinished work and soon, through Dinkeloo’s technological brilliance and Roche’s empathetic and contextual design, taking each commission on its own terms, they made a portfolio of significant structures, from the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (St. Louis Gateway Arch, 1947-68), to the General Motors Technical Centre (Warren, 1948-57). 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Ramallah, Occupied West Bank - Smartphones are ubiquitous in Ramallah. All over the city people tap away at their screens as familiar ringtones add to the din of the crowds on the streets.
"This is a tech hungry place," said Omar, a phone shop owner. "People want to be connected to news, politics, culture and to each other. Connectivity here is key."
But Palestinians are spending hundreds of dollars on the latest smartphones that cannot do what they're built for: The West Bank's two service providers, Jawwaland Kuwait-based Wataniya, cannot provide fast 3G mobile data services because of Israel's refusal to grant the Palestinian Authority sufficient bandwidth.
Ammar Aker, the chief executive of Jawwal, said this has left Palestinians in a bygone era. "We are stuck with 2G even as telecom companies throughout the Middle East prepare to launch 4G capabilities."
2G technology dates back to 1991 - the age of brick-sized phones with batteries lasting 20 minutes. While 3G is many thousands of times faster than its predecessor, it is itself a technology more than a decade old.
According to a WikiLeaks report, Israel's policy has forced many Palestinians to switch to Israeli carriers servicing the growing settler population.
"National sentiment can only go so far," Aker said. "Mobile data is very important and people need to be connected to the Internet everywhere. Israel withholding frequency is killing our ability to introduce new products and new services in Palestine. We lose millions of dollars every year because of this."
Samer, a Palestinian engineer, summed up the dilemma: "I don't want to use an Israeli SIM, but my job requires me to email while I'm on the road. So what can I do?"
'Drop in the bucket'
Fayez Husseini, CEO of Wataniya, said provisions in the Oslo Accords signed 20 years ago cover Palestinians' right to faster communications.
"Israel deals with frequency and spectrum like it's a scarce resource. We are guaranteed part of it under the Oslo Accords, but they control it like they do water. If they decide it's enough for Palestinians to take one shower a month, or drink once a day, they have that control. And when it comes to frequency, they give us almost nothing … a drop in the bucket.
"Israel has 60 megahertz and is getting ready to launch 4G. All I need is 10 megahertz to deliver good quality 3G services. They have it to spare and still they won't give us even close to that."
Israel's Minister of Communications Gilad Erdan was unavailable for comment on the country's policy.
The political dimensions of smartphone frequency in the West Bank were brought to attention earlier this year during a visit to the region by US President Barack Obama. He was greeted with posters saying, "Dear Barack Obama: Don't bring your smartphone to Ramallah. You won't have mobile access to the Internet. We have no 3G in Palestine!"
Connectivity is everything today. And here, everything - our land, our families, our nation and even our voices - are being disconnected ... or, in this case, dropped. - Omar, mobile phone salesman
3G is only one of the problems mobile users face in the West Bank. Since the separation of Palestine into areas A, B and C under the Oslo Accords, area C has been under full Israeli control, and Palestinians are denied access to its development and resources.
The absence of Jawwal and Wataniya towers in this area means that service is spotty or non-existent between Palestinian cities, creating a difficult situation for both providers.
"From Ramallah to Jericho, if you’re using our line, you get disconnected multiple times," said Aker. "These areas are full of settlements and we are not allowed to place any antenna close to settlements."
Israel retains complete control over all Palestinian trade and borders. Both mobile networks experience delays in receiving clearing equipment, such as transmitters, into the West Bank.
"For Israel, acquiring transmitters takes 10 days to two weeks. For us? Eight months to two years," said Aker.
This situation is worse in Gaza, Aker said. "Up until 2010, we couldn't send a single screw to Gaza. Our network was facing problems, and we could not fix it."
Power cuts of up to eight hours a day and high fuel costs add to the problems.
"The closing of the tunnels by Egypt has only made it worse," Aker said. "Now every single Jawwal tower in Gaza has its own separate generator. The cost is huge. Tell me of another place in the world that has to cope with these problems."
Illegal business
Back to the West Bank, and despite it being illegal under Oslo for Israeli phone companies to operate on Palestinian land, up to 30 percent of Palestinian mobile users have Israeli SIMs, and use networks servicing the settlements.
That illegal business hurts the native networks and, according to the World Bank, loses the Palestinian Authority $100 million a year in licences and revenue.
It is another example of Israel denying Palestinian development, says Said Haifa, a professor of economics at Birzeit University.
"This has nothing to do with Israeli security," he said. "Restrictions on frequency and infrastructural development on area C is consistent with decades of Israeli policies of denying all forms of development for more than 60 percent of Palestine."
According to a report published by the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem and the Palestine Ministry of National Economy, it is Israeli policy to control Palestinian markets and resources.
"Israeli restrictions prevent Palestinians from accessing much of their land and from exploiting most of their natural resources: They isolate the Palestinians from global markets, and fragment their territory into small, badly connected ‘cantons'."
As much as mobile phones expose the asymmetrical economic relations between Israel and Palestine, they also expose the physical reality in the West Bank of disconnection. Mobile services, much like walls, guard towers and Israeli bypass roads, mark the settlement geography of the West Bank and the boundaries of Israeli control.
Critics say an infrastructure of annexation and separation is being set up, and nowhere is the "Bantustan" nature of the Palestine "State" more apparent than the poor mobile phone services.
"Connectivity is everything today. And here, everything - our land, our families, our nation and even our voices - are being disconnected ... or in this case dropped," said the mobile phone salesman Omar.
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https://torah.org/learning/halacha-overview-chapter61/ Purity Taharah Chapter 61 Impurity of Food Posted on March 7, 2018 By Rabbi Dr. Azriel Rosenfeld | Series: Halacha Overview | Level: Beginner 61. Impurity of Food – Tumas Ochlin Food and drink become impure when they come in contact with a source of impurity or with a person or utensil that has become impure through such contact, as it says “[And anything that part of them falls on…] any food that is eaten that water has come on becomes impure and any drink that is drunk in any vessel becomes impure”.1 Certain types of sacred things that have become unfit are also treated as though they had been in contact with a source of impurity. Rabbinically, when impure food touches other food it becomes impure to a lower degree; but when a fluid becomes impure it is as if it had touched a source of impurity. Contact with an impure fluid even makes utensils impure unless the fluid became impure by contact with impure hands or with one who has eaten impure food or washed in “drawn water”.a If a person who has bathed for his impurity on that day touches food or drink, it acquires the lowest degree of impurity. In ordinary food there are only two degrees of impurity (food that touches a source of impurity and food that touches such food), as it says “And if any of them falls into an earthenware vessel everything that is in it becomes impure”.2 Thus hands that become impure, Biblical writings, or a person who has eaten impure food or washed in “drawn water” do not make ordinary food impure (but do make fluids impure). In heave-offerings there is a third degree of impurity (so that all of these things do make them impure), as it says “[He shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the sacred things unless he washes his flesh in water] and the sun shall set, and he shall [then] become pure and afterwards he shall eat of the sacred things, for it is his bread”.3 In sacred things there is a fourth degree, as it says “And the flesh that touches any impure thing shall not be eaten”.4 All non-sacred meat is regarded as being impure in the third degree.b Food cannot become impure until after it has been in intentional contact with water, dew, oil, wine, milk, blood or honey, as it says “[Any food… that water has come on…] and if water is put on produce and part of their corpse falls on it, it is unclean for you”5; and only these seven fluids can become impure. Food cannot become impure until it is detached from the ground or the animal; an animal cannot become impure until it has died or been slaughtered; and water that is on the ground cannot become impure without special intent. Food and drink cannot become impure unless they are fit (and in the case of food, intended or normally used) for human consumption, as it says “[Any food that is eaten…] and any drink that is drunk”.l,c Sources: 1. Lev. 11:34 a. She’ar Avos ha-Tumos 7:1,2,5; 8:3,10; 9:1; 10:3,7-10 2. Lev. 11:33 b. She’ar Avos ha-Tumos 11:2-5,7-8; see 13-15 3. Lev. 22:6-7 c. 1:1-2,4; 2:1,4,14,18; 12:1; 15:1,5 4. Lev. 7:19 5. Lev. 11:34,38 | negative |
I Saw A Guillemot Fall Today – Dreams from a Pilgrimage Skip to content Dreams from a Pilgrimage Now we see through a glass, darkly Menu Search Home Musings Meditations Fiction Readings The Quote Exchange Music Breathings About Copyright Statement Feedback The Fellowship of the Saints Search for: Search I Saw A Guillemot Fall Today On January 22, 2021 February 15, 2021 By dorahakIn Poems Common guillemot I saw a guillemot fall today off the nesting cliffs before it caught the wind; I saw it snatched by a seagull’s bill fast-disappearing in its maw. Lazarus-like it emerged again and I caught my breath for joy, when swept down another gull to swallow the fledgling whole. Nature’s mien is none too keen on compassion for the young. The weak it passes over lightly as fodder for the strong. The world smiles at peace entraps hopeful souls then dogs of war do feed while songbirds chirp and children sing of innocence and joy. What means this? cries the philosopher writing down his ethics. Why it’s nature versus nurture, exclaims the educationist. Oh, hollow man, feed on love, the poet strums a tune. The guillemot parents of a fledgling bird hear not the empty words. They see beyond a skeptic’s sight to an ordaining hand, and flying easy from an empty nest, they’ll return again in spring. Oh God, who takes away and gives, our wounded hearts you see! O give us strength to bear the pain and rest in faith again. Our grief we give to you once more and pray our sight you’ll clear to see the hope of eternal days when tears no more we’ll fear. Job 12: 7-10 [Job speaks] “But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.” Share this: Facebook Pinterest Email More Twitter Print Like this: Like Loading... Related Christian PoetryFaithGodGraceGriefGuillemotHopePainPoetryPrayerSuffering Post navigation Previous En Pointe Next A Rose To You 18 thoughts on “I Saw A Guillemot Fall Today” Love Alone Reblogged this on Love and Love Alone. LikeLiked by 1 person January 23, 2021 at 11:20 am Reply Jon Amen LikeLiked by 1 person January 24, 2021 at 9:33 am Reply Brisa Cósmica Beautiful poems, beautiful presentation. Greetings. LikeLiked by 1 person January 24, 2021 at 10:05 am Reply Rambling Rose They see beyond the (skeptics) fear to an ordaining hand. … .. needed to hear that today when I am troubled about circumstances affecting a loved one who has no fear. God is in control he said and though I agreed .. I felt like looking for answers and possible options for a deal gone sour instead of trusting the Ordaining Hand. LikeLiked by 1 person January 24, 2021 at 11:29 am Reply Dora Take heart, Rose — The beautiful thing about it is there’s no way around God’s control anyway. And that is a deep consolation to those of us who are his own, because of Romans 8:28, what someone has called “the divine cordial.” LikeLiked by 1 person January 24, 2021 at 1:52 pm Reply Sue Beautiful and haunting verse! LikeLiked by 1 person January 24, 2021 at 2:37 pm Reply Dora Much appreciated, Sue, thank you. LikeLike January 24, 2021 at 6:58 pm Reply 100 Country Trek Love this 😀 LikeLiked by 1 person January 24, 2021 at 9:53 pm Reply Dora Thanks, Anita. 🙏🙂 LikeLike January 24, 2021 at 10:46 pm Reply rothpoetry I love your poem and the dialogue it contains. Such good questions. We assume there is a purpose to it all. Some live on and others pass on… the story of life! Wells done Dora. LikeLiked by 1 person January 26, 2021 at 12:40 am Reply Dora Hard to fathom our world with man-made philosophy; only trusting the wisdom behind God’s purposes ultimately satisfies. Thank you, Dwight. 🙂 LikeLiked by 1 person January 26, 2021 at 9:24 am Reply rothpoetry Yes, we never seem to learn! LikeLiked by 1 person January 26, 2021 at 11:46 am joseph elon lillie This world is broken and has been at war with itself since the fall. I am glad this place is not our hope. But there is coming the change of an age in which a new order will be established and all our swords will be beaten into ploughshares. This is a lovely poem Dora. Thank you for sharing. LikeLiked by 1 person January 30, 2021 at 9:46 am Reply Dora Waiting for that day with increasing hope and joy! Maranatha. Thank you for reading, Joseph. LikeLike January 30, 2021 at 1:11 pm Reply Tannille Very insightful, D. LikeLiked by 1 person February 5, 2021 at 11:43 pm Reply Dora Thank you, Tannille. 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Jadugoda, India - "They took away my land," 35-year-old Agnu Murmu told Al Jazeera, days before he died. "I begged them to give me a small truck… but they gifted me with cancer."
Murmu, according to social activist Ghanshyam Birulee, was just the latest casualty of radiation pollution in Jadugoda, a tribal heartland in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.
His house sits dangerously close to a tailing pond, where the government-run Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) discharges waste from its mining operations. Murmu's mother said the family knew nothing about radiation when mining began here about five decades ago.
They took away my land. I begged them to give me a small truck… but they gifted me with cancer. - Agnu Murmu, Jadugoda villager, now dead
"Like other unsuspecting parents, I would also allow my children to play near the tailing pond and catch fish from the canal that I know now is contaminated by radiation pollution," said Rakhi Murmu, 52, with tears spilling down her creased cheeks.
"Uranium mines have ruined our lives. I know they won't rest till they bury us all in those pits."
Spontaneous abortions and miscarriages
Radioactive waste generated by three government owned mines - Narwapahar, Bhatin and Jadugoda - has spurred fears of a health crisis in the region.
Residents say they suffer from a number of diseases linked to radiation pollution, including congenital deformities, sterility, spontaneous abortions and cancer - yet mining continues unabated near these Indian villages, without proper security measures in place.
Dumping of radioactive waste by the roadside or near the villages may be putting even more people at risk.
Many women in Jadugoda who suffer from radiation-related health problems say they are treated as social outcasts, including Jingi Birulee, 42. She was born with conjoined middle and ring fingers on both hands.
"Initially, it did hurt when all my friends got married one by one, and I was left alone to lead a life of isolation and rejection," Birulee told Al Jazeera.
"But now I thank my stars that I didn't get married and have children. I am really concerned about the fate of Jadugoda girls, now. They are called baanjh (sterile) and dragged out of their inlaws' house."
Social activist Ghanshyam Birulee, who runs a non-profit called the Jharkandis Organisation Against Radiation, said there were no issues in Jadugoda before the advent of mining.
Today, however, spontaneous abortions and miscarriages are common: "Now, Jadugoda girls and boys are finding it difficult to find a match for themselves," he said.
Radiation pollution
Several surveys conducted by independent agencies, including Japan's Kyoto University and India's Jadavpur University, have confirmed radiation pollution in the air, water and soil in Jadugoda.
Independent nuclear scientist Sanghmitra Gadekar, who conducted a survey on 9,000 villagers living in and around mines, has documented cases of congenital deformities, infertility, cancer, respiratory problems and miscarriages.
"Labourers were given only one uniform a week," Gadekar told Al Jazeera.
"They had to keep on wearing it and then take it home. There, the wives or daughters wash it in a contaminated pond, exposing them to radiation. It's a vicious [cycle] of radioactive pollution in Jadugoda."
Gadekar said her survey not only shows excess of congenital deformities among those born after the start of mining operations in 1967, but also extremely high levels of chronic lung disease, "quite likely to be silicosis or lung cancer, in the company's mill and mine workers."
"In the villages near the UCIL facility, nine children had died before they were a year old; eight of them had congenital deformities. While there were six recorded premature deaths in the control villages, these were all due to more common causes like fever, diarrhoea, and premature birth," she said.
"Similarly, while seven men and seven women in the control areas had deformities, the nearby villages revealed as many as 52 men and 34 women with deformities," said Gadekar who also edits AnuMukti (Liberation from the Atom) - an anti-nuclear journal in India.
Low grade Uranium
The ore in Jadugoda is of exceptionally poor quality, meaning more soil has to be dug and lifted. According to India's Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), the ore extracted from this mine is of 0.065 grade, meaning the plant needs to process 1,000kg of ore to extract 65g of usable uranium.
UCIL spokesperson, Pinaki Roy, acknowledged the uranium ore found in Jadugoda is of low grade compared to countries such as Canada, Australia and Kazakhstan - but "whatever we have, we have to make do with that", Roy told Al Jazeera.
However, Roy said "the very word uranium brings about a lot of negative feeling and one should just come out here and see how we helped change the lifestyle of these tribal people."
This has prompted criticism from anti-nuclear-proliferation activists, such as Xavier Dias, who noted: "If uranium ore found in Jadugoda is of low grade, why mine it when you can buy uranium in the open market today?"
The DAE did not respond to Al Jazeera's repeated requests for comment on the matter.
In Jadugoda, radiation is omnipresent - in the air, water, earth and plants.
According to a survey by India's Jadavpur University, which focused on radiation pollution in the Subarnarekha River near the Jadugoda uranium mines, high levels of radioactivity were detected in all water samples, even those far from the mine sites.
Dias has also cited concerns about the impact on the nearby city of Jamshedpur.
"Jamshedpur is being affected and nobody is talking about it," he told Al Jazeera. "These are dust particles that fly around. They enter the water, they enter the fauna [and] flora, they enter the food system."
Guinea pigs?
Nitish Priyadarshi, a geologist who has surveyed radioactivity in Jamshedpur and Ranchi, said while uranium particles cannot travel that far, "its sister elements like radon gas, which damages lungs and kidney, can travel to the city and take the already high radioactivity to alarming levels."
The government and the company don't give a damn whether the tribal people live or die. The government is treating us as guinea pigs to fulfill its greed for Uranium. - Ghanshyam Birulee, Head, Jharkandis Organisation Against Radiation
India's nuclear energy generation capacity stands at 4,780 megawatts (MW), just two percent of India's total installed electrical capacity of 230,000 MW.
The country plans to source a quarter of its energy from nuclear power by 2050, but it is unlikely to reach that ambitious target; the Indian nuclear authority, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited has repeatedly missed nuclear-energy targets over the years.
Ultimately, India does not have sufficient uranium to sustain a large-scale conventional nuclear programme.
And as renewable energy is promoted under India's ambitious solar and wind power programmes, the case for nuclear power has been losing traction among policymakers.
Indeed, India's BJP-led government set aside $93m for solar projects in its maiden budget, with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley declaring: "New and renewable energy deserves a very high priority."
But whatever the government policy, Jadugoda's 50,000 tribal residents continue to stand exposed to a danger which the activists say "nobody cares about".
"The government and the company don't give a damn whether the tribal people live or die," said Ghanshyam Birulee. "The government is treating us as guinea pigs to fulfill its greed for Uranium."
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Training and CPD Activites - Shared Aquifer database for the MEDA Region 26-27 Nov, 2007 Eng. Jumana Abu Sada , the GIS Specialist at HWE attended a workshop - The House of Water and Environment (HWE) +970 2 240 1776 House of Water and Environment HWE is a Palestinian not-for-profit NGO toggle browsing Home About About Us HWE Profile Call for Joint Activities SIRCLES SIRCLES News SIRCLES Events About SIRCLES Events and Activities Launching a theoretical training p... Climate-Smart Agricultural Practic... SIRCLES-Supporting Circular Econom... Review the Tariff Structure for Wa... Design and Implementation of Train... Empowering and Strengthening the I... Support to Human Capacity Developm... Detailed Assessment/Mapping for Ag... Environmental Scoping Session of D... Environmental Scoping Session of A... Show All Publications Universities Reports Papers Show All Projects Launching a theoretical training program enhancing ski... Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices to Reduce Soil Po... SIRCLES-Supporting Circular Economy Opportunities for ... Review the Tariff Structure for Water and Wastewater a... Design and Implementation of Training and Public Aware... Empowering and Strengthening the Involvement of the Lo... Support to Human Capacity Development of the Palestini... Detailed Assessment/Mapping for Agriculture Water Reso... Environmental Scoping Session of Dura Wastewater Syste... Environmental Scoping Session of Al Yamoun Wastewater ... Show All Projects Launching a theoretical training p... Climate-Smart Agricultural Practic... SIRCLES-Supporting Circular Econom... Review the Tariff Structure for Wa... Design and Implementation of Train... Empowering and Strengthening the I... Support to Human Capacity Developm... Detailed Assessment/Mapping for Ag... Environmental Scoping Session of D... Environmental Scoping Session of A... Show All Contact us Shared Aquifer database for the MEDA Region 26-27 Nov, 2007 Eng. Jumana Abu Sada , the GIS Specialist at HWE attended a workshop Eng. Jumana Abu Sada , the GIS Specialist at HWE attended a workshop, entitled: “Shared aquifers database for the MEDA region: content, use and maintenance.” which was held in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 26th-27th November 2007 organised by ESCWA. Areas of work HWE works closely with Newcastle University (UK) and many other international institutions and funding agencies such as UNESCO, ESCWA, CEDARE, UNU, USAID, DFID, AFD, GTZ, GWP, EUWI, JICA, ACSAD, BGR, EU, etc. Main Goals HWE offers a wide variety of services in water, sanitation and environmental engineering and science from the needs identification stage to the elaboration of tender documents, supervision of works and technical assistance. House of Water and Environment The House of Water and Environment (HWE) is a Palestinian not-for-profit NGO that was established in the year 2004. HWE aims to promote practical research into the current and future state of water resources and the environment in Palestine and across the region. Find us on social media! To Community HWE is a Palestinian not-for-profit NGO that was established in the year 2004. HWE aims to promote practical research into the current and future state of water resources and the environment in Palestine and across the region. There is a need to combine different notions of social, technical and economic sustainability in order to achieve development outcomes that both provide for national development and help to achieve poverty reduction. HWE aims to address this need through mobilizing local and international networks and partnerships to promote a broader analysis of sustainable water resource development and better ‘governance’ of the resource. Work and Scope Areas of work and scope of activities HWE is working in three areas (with regard to water and environment): 1- Development. 2- Research. 3- Capacity Building and Training. HWE is particularly strong in the fields of: Water Resources, Sewage and Sanitation, Conflict Resolution, Food and Agriculture, Water supply, Engineering Aspects, ... Contact us 41 Khaled Ibn El Walid Street, Al Sharafeh, Al Bireh, Ramallah, Palestine hwe@hwe.org.ps +970 2 240 1776 All rights are save 2022، House of Water and Environment | negative |
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A solid-fueled rocket booster fired for more than two minutes in Utah on Wednesday, spewing a torrent of glowing hot flame against a hillside in a key test for the Space Launch System, a behemoth rocket NASA is developing to send astronauts on long-distance voyages into space.
Restrained in a test housing, the 177-foot-long rocket motor ignited at 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT) with a blast of fiery exhaust that sent a towering column of smoke and dust hundreds of feet into the sky.
Made by Orbital ATK, a company recently formed by the merger of Orbital Sciences and ATK, the rocket motor produced 3.6 million pounds of thrust and consumed 5.5 tons of powdered aluminum fuel, oxidizer and binding agents per second.
The firing was the first of two tests to qualify the the booster to fly on the Space Launch System, which is scheduled for its first test flight without astronauts in 2018. A crewed mission will blast off in 2021 and fly around the moon, and future missions are planned to dispatch astronauts to an asteroid and Mars.
A large fire extinguisher injected 31 tons of carbon dioxide into the booster’s nozzle after the rocket exhausted its pre-packed propellant supply, and the firing appeared to go according to plan.
“It looked really clean, we’re very excited,” said Charlie Precourt, Orbital ATK’s vice president and general manager for propulsion systems. “It’s a great result. You could feel the pressure coming off the motor, you could see the plume and watch the nozzle vectoring. It all looked great.”
Next will come an intensive data review to evaluate the rocket’s performance.
Engineers will examine data recored by more than 500 channels of instrumentation to check the booster’s performance against more than 100 test objectives.
“This test is a significant milestone for SLS and follows years of development,” said Todd May, NASA’s SLS program manager. “Our partnership with Orbital ATK and more than 500 suppliers across the country is keeping us on the path to building the most powerful rocket in the world.”
The Qualification Motor-1, or QM-1, test Wednesday will be followed by a similar firing in early 2016. The qualification tests build on a series of three developmental firings conducted by Orbital ATK to check changes to the booster’s design.
The booster’s propellant mixture was warmed to 90 degrees Fahrenheit for Wednesday’s test, and next year’s firing will burn fuel at colder temperatures to bracket the extremes of the rocket’s planned operating conditions.
Two 12-foot-diameter solid rocket boosters will fly on each SLS mission, producing more than 75 percent of the rocket’s total thrust in the first two minutes of launch. Four hydrogen-fueled RS-25 engines — upgraded units that flew on space shuttle missions — will power the 27.6-foot-wide SLS core stage.
The five-segment SLS boosters are extended versions of the rocket motors that launched space shuttle missions.
“The biggest change is we added a segment, which is 25 percent more propellant for way more performance,” said Precourt, a former space shuttle commander. “The typical shuttle booster would give you about 3 million pounds (of thrust), and this is a little over 3.5 million pounds of thrust, so it’s the kind of performance to get our exploration journey to Mars off the ground.”
Designers also removed asbestos from the booster’s insulation to comply with environmental regulations, adjusted the attach fittings where the motor will connect to the SLS core stage, and removed the rocket’s parachutes used for recovery after space shuttle launches, according to May.
“We’ve got new avionics in it from what used to be on shuttle,” Precourt said. “They are far more capable than what we had in that program … We also changed what’s known as the insulator, the material that sits between the wall of the motor casing and the propellant. The propellant’s burning at about 5,000 degrees (Fahrenheit), and you have to have an insulator in there. It’s a special material from a rubber base that ablates and protects the system of the case from being compromised by the heat.”
Brian Duffy, a former astronaut and Orbital ATK’s vice president for exploration systems, said components for the boosters to fly on the first SLS mission will be prepared for launch beginning this year.
“This year is when the action starts for us,” Duffy said.
Structural parts left over from the space shuttle program — nose cones, aft and forward skirts and frustums — are in storage at the Kennedy Space Center. Duffy said Orbital ATK technicians will soon start working on the components.
“We already have them there, and we have them in a preserved state where once we get the go, which will be very soon, we’ll start taking them out of their preserved state, clean them up and get them ready for flight,” Duffy said.
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Stephen F. Austin men's basketball has their sights set on adding another massive piece to the 2017-18 puzzle. Graduate center/forward Dwight Coleby, a 6-9, 240 pound athletic freak from the Bahamas, is on the market and the Lumberjacks know it.Since stepping on the campus of the University of Mississippi as a young freshman, Coleby has been chasing one thing: a chance. Part of a deep front court at Ole Miss and averaging just a bit over 16 minutes per game, Coleby made the decision to transfer to Kansas after his sophomore year.“When Dwight became available, we researched it and watched tape," Jayhawks head coach Bill Self said in a statement at the time. "He’s a exactly what I think we need. He’s a big guy that can play either bigs position. He’s active. He’s got a great motor. I feel like he can play on the block. He can play facing. He can do a lot of different things. He’s raw offensively, but he’s a premiere athlete and should be a solid rebounder and defender right off the bat.”It didn't quite go according to plan. While sitting out a season as part of NCAA transfer rules, Dwight suffered a non-contact injury and tore the ACL in his left knee. Surgery was successful, but it was already October and Coleby essentially lost a season's worth of practice during his recovery. Although healthy enough to play when Kansas opened up the 2016-17 season, something was off.Despite his reputation as possessing the ability to be one of college basketball's elite big men, his slow start returning from injury largely kept Coleby away from the action. He averaged under six minutes per game, although he had moments, scoring 12 against Texas in late January.Then the NCAA Tournament happened.Locked in a tight second-half battle with Michigan State for a spot in the Sweet 16, Kansas senior Landen Lucas ran into foul trouble. Up by just a point, Coleby came into the game for nine minutes. Nine huge minutes. His defense was dominant and an inside bucket off a rebound pushed the lead to three. Suddenly, the Jayhawks exploded, closing the game on a 36-17 run.Afterwards, Lucas bear-hugged Dwight. “He just told me, ‘You saved my career,’” Coleby told the Kansas City Star. “‘I’m happy and proud of you.’”Self agreed. “He deserves that because it’s been a rough go for him,” the coach said following the game. “His attitude is so good. He’s such a great kid. To see him respond like that … I just know our kids are so happy for him.”Now, with a year of eligibility remaining and fully healthy from his knee injury, Coleby will play his final year somewhere else. SFA basketball sources have confirmed to The Sawmill that the Lumberjacks are pursuing him to complete their 2017-18 roster.Adding another piece would mean losing one too. SFA currently is at the scholarship limit and making room would require some work - but for a player with the talent of Coleby, completely unmatched in the Southland Conference, it would be a massive step forward for a team with lofty ambitions of playing deep into March this next year.Already likely the favorite in the Southland Conference, adding Coleby could legitimize SFA's goal of seed-altering success in the non-conference season. Especially now fully healthy, there are plenty in the college basketball world who view Coleby as one of the single best available players in the country. Making him a Lumberjack would not only solidify an impressive SFA roster, it would set a precedent for the big men the Lumberjacks have struggled to successfully recruit in years past.That said, the odds are still long. SFA head coach Kyle Keller and assistant Wade Mason visited with his family in the Bahamas about three weeks ago, but Coleby has also been linked to SMU, Mississippi State, Illinois, LA-Monroe, UA-Little Rock, and Western Kentucky (where he spent yesterday visiting, according to Basketball Times columnist Joshua Parrott ). WKU's head coach Rick Stansbury worked with Kyle Keller at Texas A&M and was linked to rumors involving the SFA job before he accepted the Hilltoppers' position last year. Of course, Keller is also well connected to Kansas head coach Bill Self, for whom he worked for three seasons.Coleby is expected to make a decision before the month of May ends, although there is no specific deadline for graduate transfers.In the meantime, enjoy some highlights from his time at Ole Miss and imagine what this man might look like against SLC competition: | positive |
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There is no shortage of web marketing tactics and strategies that you should be using. In all my almost 20 years in the industry, there have only been a couple of times where we reached the limit of what we could do for a client. And that was before social media was a thing!
There’s tons of information out there covering the main priorities of digital marketing. Dig around enough, and you’ll find some deeper-level strategies that you may not have thought about. Dig further, and you’ll find some other strategies that kind of smack you in the head, leaving you wondering why you weren’t already doing them.
Hopefully, this will be the head-smacking kind of post for you. Below are some proven and effective web marketing strategies that, based on my experience, many businesses still aren’t using — or at least not to their full potential. Well, starting today, that won’t be you!
SEO strategies you’re (still) not doing
Search engine optimization is a given when it comes to digital marketing, but there are some aspects of SEO that are often ignored or overlooked, or maybe you’re just not aware of them. Each of these can be an important part of having the most successful digital marketing campaign possible.
Navigation optimization: Effective navigation organization is as much about helping the visitors move through the site as it is about letting visitors see the scope of what you offer. Keyword research can and should be used to build out a navigation that provides numerous landing pages based on searcher interests and behavior, while also aligning with your products and services.
Effective navigation organization is as much about helping the visitors move through the site as it is about letting visitors see the scope of what you offer. Keyword research can and should be used to build out a navigation that provides numerous landing pages based on searcher interests and behavior, while also aligning with your products and services. Tag optimization: Large sites can’t have every page optimized in a short period of time. For many sites, it can take years to get every page fully optimized. However, optimizing your title, description and heading tags can be done across the entire site in a fraction of the time. This will at least cover some of the high-level areas that the search engine algorithms look at and that impact visitor click-throughs and on-page engagement.
Large sites can’t have every page optimized in a short period of time. For many sites, it can take years to get every page fully optimized. However, optimizing your title, description and heading tags can be done across the entire site in a fraction of the time. This will at least cover some of the high-level areas that the search engine algorithms look at and that impact visitor click-throughs and on-page engagement. Link reclamation: If you have ever switched domains or moved content to new URLs, link reclamation is critical to holding onto your built-up site authority. Use tools to find links pointing to any old URLs that are no longer being used and request that those links point to an existing, relevant URL. Search engines are pretty good at transferring most of the value of those links to the new URLs if redirects are in place, but if enough URLs have changed, it can amount to a sizable loss of value if such links are not reclaimed.
Content marketing strategies you’re (still) not using
Buyer personas: To ensure your content makes the biggest impact, you need to know a thing or two about the people coming to your site and (hopefully) buying your products or services. Developing buyer personas will help you understand your ideal customers and their demographics and buying habits, so you can create content that is most likely to turn visitors into customers.
To ensure your content makes the biggest impact, you need to know a thing or two about the people coming to your site and (hopefully) buying your products or services. Developing buyer personas will help you understand your ideal customers and their demographics and buying habits, so you can create content that is most likely to turn visitors into customers. Content messaging review: With the persona information in hand, you then need to make sure all your content is getting the right message across to the right people. Perform an in-depth review of your site’s written, audio and video content to ensure it’s consistent throughout. Check to make sure it is effective at reaching your audience through organization, visual appeal, level of professionalism, thought leadership, calls to action, links and more.
Social media marketing strategies you’re (still) not using
Email marketing: Many businesses have still not gotten on board with email marketing. This should be one of your top goals. If you can’t get a sale, the next best thing is to get an email address with permission to send updates. Of course, the best solution is to get the sale and the email address. This allows you to continue to market to those who have shown an interest in engaging with your company, allowing you to bring them back to become a new or repeat customer.
Many businesses have still not gotten on board with email marketing. This should be one of your top goals. If you can’t get a sale, the next best thing is to get an email address with permission to send updates. Of course, the best solution is to get the sale and the email address. This allows you to continue to market to those who have shown an interest in engaging with your company, allowing you to bring them back to become a new or repeat customer. Social media tag optimization: When visitors socialize your content or products, the social tags play a role in what is said or seen in the social posts. You don’t always want to socialize your page title tags and meta descriptions. Reviewing your social tags allows you to control the message based on the social platform being used, which can have an impact on whether people actually click on it when it is shared.
When visitors socialize your content or products, the social tags play a role in what is said or seen in the social posts. You don’t always want to socialize your page title tags and meta descriptions. Reviewing your social tags allows you to control the message based on the social platform being used, which can have an impact on whether people actually click on it when it is shared. Social media profile optimization: If you’re going to be successful at social media marketing, you have to make sure the social profiles you are using are set up and optimized properly. Without properly optimized social profiles, you’ll be hindering your ability to reach your audience effectively.
Conversion optimization strategies you’re (still) not doing
Analytics goals: To know whether or not your marketing campaigns are successful, you have to track their progress and performance. That means you have to make sure the analytics code is installed properly and that you have established your goals and are using the right metrics to measure results. Data can be confusing and overwhelming. By establishing your goals and metrics up front, you can make sure you’re looking at the right data in the right way.
To know whether or not your marketing campaigns are successful, you have to track their progress and performance. That means you have to make sure the analytics code is installed properly and that you have established your goals and are using the right metrics to measure results. Data can be confusing and overwhelming. By establishing your goals and metrics up front, you can make sure you’re looking at the right data in the right way. Best practices review: The starting point for conversion optimization is ensuring you have implemented general digital marketing best practices. While many of these may be tweaked and changed over time, best practices allow you to cover a lot of ground in improving user experience without having to take the time to gather specific data. That day should come, but this is a nice shortcut to get you started.
The starting point for conversion optimization is ensuring you have implemented general digital marketing best practices. While many of these may be tweaked and changed over time, best practices allow you to cover a lot of ground in improving user experience without having to take the time to gather specific data. That day should come, but this is a nice shortcut to get you started. Live user testing: The true test of on-site user experience is to see how real users work through your site. Use your personas and goals to create instructions for live visitors to use your site. As they do, document what they do and say. This will provide valuable information that you can use to improve your site to get more conversions.
There is rarely a point where you run out of things to do to continue to propel your digital marketing campaign forward, but it’s important to always be investing in things that will produce the best results. At some point, doing the same thing will only get you incremental success, and a whole new strategy is warranted.
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Meet the women fighting for pension justice – Jaded Facebook Twitter Instagram Search Jaded Get some perspective Menu Skip to content Opinion Features About Contact Meet the women fighting for pension justice by Charlotte Rogers Posted on June 5, 2019 June 12, 2019 Given little to no notice of the six-year increase to their state pension age, a generation of women are fighting back against inequality, ageism and institutional mismanagement. The WASPI campaign protests in 2016. Image @WASPI_Campaign “The abrupt and poorly implemented change in the state pension age for women from 60 to 66 has severely and unconscionably penalised those who were on the cusp of retirement and who had well-founded expectations of entering the next phase of their lives”. The words of Philip Alston, the United Nations rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, whose damning report on the state of poverty in Britain laid bare the shocking impact austerity has had on women in the UK. In the report, published in November, Alston discusses how recent government policies have “perpetuated rather than tackled the gendered aspects of poverty”, acknowledging that women in the UK “earn less than men, shoulder a greater amount of unpaid labour and are more likely to experience poverty”. The UN rapporteur points out that even in 2018 women were paid 17.9% less per hour on average than men, made up 60% of low pay workers and were disproportionately engaged in part-time work with little wage progression. “Given the structural disadvantages faced by women, it is particularly disturbing that so many policy changes since 2010 have taken a greater toll on them,” Alston states, in a report where he suggests women, particularly poor women, have been “intentionally targeted” by the government. His recommendation? To review and remedy the “systematic disadvantage” inflicted on women by current policies. This view is endorsed by WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality), a nationwide movement established in 2015 to fight for justice for the generation of women penalised by the “poorly implemented” rise in their state pension age from 60 to 66. Today a judicial review begins, brought on the basis of sex discrimination by separate campaign group Back to 60. The landmark review in the High Court will examine the government’s handling of the rise in the pension age for women born in the 1950s, who were the first to see their pension age fall in line with men. The Pensions Act 1995 stated that the state pension age for women would increase from 60 to 65 from April 2010 to 2020, however the coalition government accelerated the timetable with the Pensions Act 2011. Under the new act the state pension age would reach 65 by November 2018 and 66 by April 2020, to reflect life expectancy. While the government claims to have paid for articles in newspapers and TV advertising to communicate the changes, WASPI research suggests that these were mostly in the financial sections of broadsheet newspapers and not aimed directly at the generation impacted. “The government knew that it would be unpopular and nobody voluntarily chooses to draw attention to something that they know is going to be very unpopular,” states Debbie de Spon, WASPI communications director. “As a campaign we also suspect that successive governments thought we were an easy target and that we wouldn’t make a fuss about it.” They were wrong. Some women did notice and in 2011 complained about the changes, which resulted in the coalition government agreeing to push the rise to 66 back from April 2020 to October 2020. WASPI branded merchandise by long-time supporter and cartoonist, Steve Bee. “As a result the 2011 Act didn’t increase the state pension age as much as it was intended to do, which meant the government didn’t save as much money off the backs of WASPI women as they had hoped,” says de Spon. “It’s also a question less about equalising the state pension age, which is what it’s been dressed up as, but rather it was about the government saving money that it very badly needed to save.” Some four years later in March 2015 the Work and Pensions Select Committee concluded that “more could and should have been done” in communicating to these women. The decision not to inform the 1950s generation goes right to the heart of government. Writing in the I newspaper in October 2018 Baroness Ros Altman, who served as pensions minister between 2015 and 2016, claimed that the then Secretary of State Iain Duncan Smith refused to engage with the women adversely affected and that she was “instructed not to speak to them”. The feeling at the time was that the women would go away sooner or later. Altman goes on to state: “The Department for Work and Pensions had failed to properly inform those affected by the huge 1995 changes. Indeed, the DWP inadvertently led these women to believe their state pension age was 60. “It wrote to millions of them between 2003 and 2005 about their state pension, without bothering to mention that they would not be getting it at age 60. Even in 2015, when women’s pension age had already risen to 62, some pages on the Government’s website said women would start their state pension at age 60.” Achieving financial security The far-ranging impact the change in pension age has had on the generation of 1950s women cannot be overstated. Finding themselves with a six-year gap in their savings has, in many cases, taken financial independence away from women who expected that when they reached 60 there would be money put aside. For those women who have partners and husbands the changes have often meant relying on them to make ends meet, while de Spon explains that others feel like they are on the brink of disaster. “I speak to women who often say ‘I’m frightened that tomorrow I’ll be too ill or my condition will be too bad for me to actually go to work and I have to munch on painkillers in order to get me through’,” she recalls. “Even if you put to one side the financial situation of people who are most struggling which obviously we consider all the time, we also consider the women who did plan, who did make arrangements.” De Spon cites one of her oldest friends who carefully planned for her retirement, only to find out a few years prior that a huge chunk of her expected state pension – up to £45,000 – would disappear. The WASPI campaign While WASPI celebrates flexible working, enhanced parental leave and auto-enrolment being offered to younger generations as they are passionate about women achieving financial security, such opportunities were not open to them. In fact, the government’s decision to equalise the state pension age fails to take into account the significant societal factors affecting this generation. Not only did they have to contend with the persistent gender pay gap, but these women did not have the ability to access enhanced maternity leave packages, nor were the majority offered flexible working, which invariably meant that having a baby or taking time off to care for a family member would see their career effectively stop. “We’re also more of a generation where the woman was expected to stay at home and look after the children and husbands went out to work. That was much more normal and it certainly couldn’t be called normal today,” de Spon points out. “That was the way it was so therefore, if women did work, they probably only worked part time and if you work part time you couldn’t join a company pension scheme which meant that women of our generation had less opportunity to have a private pension and are therefore more dependent on their state pension.” The upshot is that women, sometimes after years out of work, are being forced to get back into the workforce in their early 60s or sign on for Universal Credit. In other cases these women are being pushed into unstable zero hours contract work to pay the bills. “The government claims that [zero-hours contracts] offers greater flexibility, but my only experience is that they offer a complete lack of flexibility and security, and a lot of anxiety with people not knowing until the morning or the evening before if they are going to work. What kind of life is that for anybody?” de Spon questions. While there is far more information available now and the Department for Work and Pensions has been consistently promoting its workplace pensions scheme, she believes far more emphasis needs to be put on how people are going to support themselves financially in later life. “We suspect that successive governments thought we were an easy target and that we wouldn’t make a fuss about it.” Debbie de Spon, WASPI Such an approach will be crucial going forward as life expectancy rises. By 2028, for example, the state pension age is expected to reach 67. This means that as a society – and particularly employers – we will need to find new ways for people work into older age. De Spon believes fundamental change is needed to help people make adaptions through their working life. “Will HR sit you down and say well, how is it for you, how are you managing, how can we consider what your working life is going to look like for the next five to 10 years?,” she questions. “I don’t think in most circumstances that happens yet and is that going to happen in the future? Are we going to really look at the needs of the workforce if we’re all going to have to work into our 70s?” Bridging the gap WAPSI does not oppose equalising the pension age, but it is asking for compensation for a generation of women who were given little to no warning of the changes and therefore were unable to make up the six-year financial shortfall. The group is calling for a ‘bridging’ pension to provide an income until the women reach state pension age – non-means-tested and with recompense for losses for those who have already reached retirement. To date WASPI has taken a two pronged attack. The first was a political campaign, lobbying MPs to gain support for the bridging pension. However, while the group has received genuine cross-party support, de Spon argues that the government has no will to give the group any money as it needs to save – not spend more. Simultaneously WAPSI lodged a complaint of maladministration with the Department for Work and Pensions, which is now with an independent case examiner. The goal is to push the complaint all the way through to the parliamentary ombudsman who could, in theory, decide this generation of women should be put back in the position they would have been had the “maladministration” of their pensions not occurred. The judicial review brought by Back to 60 has, however, put the WASPI maladministration complaint temporarily on hold. “Even at the end of the judicial review we probably won’t know immediately because DWP and the ombudsman will want to consider what the ruling was and how that affects the way forward for our complaints process, so it’s a real wait and see at the moment,” says de Spon. “We’re all marking the days on our calendar until we get an idea of how we move forward.” The experience of the WASPI women is an example of what if feels like to realise the safety net you always thought would be there to catch you has disappeared and time has run out to do anything about it. A generation of women have been – in the words of the UN rapporteur – “severely and unconscionably penalised” in a bid to recoup money to the public purse. Alston clearly points to the way women, particularly the WASPI generation, have been put at a “systematic disadvantage” by the state, suggesting not only a right to compensation, but also the need for the government to address how it treats the most vulnerable in society. Furthermore, this should be a wake up call for future generations to redefine our career trajectories as we prepare to work well into our 70s. Share this: Twitter Facebook Email Posted in FeaturesTagged pensions, WASPI, women, Work Post navigation Prev How craft marketplace Folksy became a driving force for British business Next The return of the Nasty Party: Now with added gaslighting 53 thoughts Flick says: June 5, 2019 at 11:55 pm Best article I have ever read explaining exactly what has been done to 1950’s women. Thank you Debbie. Thank you Jaded Media. The mental effects are also severe. Every day the anger rages at the way we have been treated. LikeLike Reply Val Hart says: June 21, 2019 at 8:31 am I agree totally, that’s exactly how it is. LikeLike Reply Val Hart says: June 22, 2019 at 2:26 pm Just to clarify, people aren’t living longer statistics show! LikeLike Reply DIANA KOZAK says: June 22, 2019 at 8:21 pm Not only the monetary aspect, it is the fact that our bodies do not have the same abilities to be able to stand up or bend or lift if your job is manual or things get done slower in general. One of my great regrets are all the hours and days I cannot be with my young grandchildren, after a hard week I find it hard to be there for them, they grow up so quickly and I cannot forgive that! My partner has already retired and all those special days we were planning to spend together are also no longer viable. I feel robbed not only of money but of life! LikeLike Reply Shirley Hanson says: June 23, 2019 at 11:49 pm Totally agree with you. I can’t plan anything major, like a holiday with my grandchildren as I not only Don’t have the finances, but the motivation isn’t there. LikeLike Mrs waddingham says: June 24, 2019 at 4:41 pm Yes I agree some of us have physics jobs and working till 66. Is just so unfair we sent to choosers work not have to in retirement LikeLike Elaine Jordan says: June 24, 2019 at 3:56 pm Totally agree I’m 62 in August this year and live on my own how do you buy half of anything with only one wage….? Heat half an oven…..? Use only half a room for heat..? Half fill a bath….? Half see the TV…? Half a car even Half the petrol Half the mot Half the insurance It just goes on…… How is a single person going to cope with a single pension…. Not everyone has a partner!!!! LikeLike Reply Debbie says: June 6, 2019 at 6:26 am Very informative. I was born in 1961 and feel just as aggrieved as my 50s friends. Everyone of us has been duped by this change. I cannot speak for others but from a personal perspective I only had my new retirement age confirmed not so long ago. LikeLike Reply savannahsong says: June 6, 2019 at 2:50 pm I feel cheated and am forced to work on in a job that my mental capabilites are tested to the limit, while My brain is rapidly slowing down. I am stressed with trying to keep the mental capability at the required level for my job, which is manifesting itself in other health areas, ie heart issues, incredible fatigue and general feeling of being “under the weather” I reduced my hours to help within financial constraints of daily living, however life is becoming a,chore for me when I should be retired. This article is excellent and informative. Hoping for a foid outcome!! LikeLike Reply Christina lloyd says: June 21, 2019 at 7:33 am Well Said xx LikeLike Reply Denise says: June 25, 2019 at 3:04 pm I only recently became aware of the full impact of these massive changes. The impact is immeasurable. It’s not just the theft of the £45,000 + pension, it is also all the income tax I will be paying for the next 7 years and council tax and bus fares, the list goes On and on and on and on ! Grrr… However not only are there severe financial consequences to me but also major emotional issues to consider for my health and the health and well being of my family. I no longer will be available to contribute to the care and well being of my grandchildren, picking them up from school for them till mum comes home and doing normal things that grannies do because they’re now will be working and the fact that I will be over 60 doing this so I presume I will be extremely tired. The consequences of these decisions will resonate for years to come. I just hope and pray that someone comes to their senses before it’s too late ! LikeLike Reply Natalie P says: June 21, 2019 at 7:46 am Really clear and informative piece, thank you. LikeLike Reply Sheila Atkins says: June 21, 2019 at 7:46 am I was sent a letter by the DWP, stating my pension was fully funded, this was back in 2003. I still have that letter. I was then made redundant in 2010, at the age of 57, thinking I only needed a job for 3 years, I was lucky to be employed within a few months. I was then made redundant again in early 2013, now knowing I would not receive my state pension until 2019/2020! All this time I was in fear of losing my house as I still had a mortgage, after working all those years to owning my own home. During this time I have had both my hips replaced and working this last 6 years has certainly taken its toll both physically and mentally. I look forward to the outcome of the challenges to the way the 50’s generation have been so unfairly treated and victimised. LikeLike Reply Margaret Bullen says: June 21, 2019 at 7:50 am I took out a private pension, it was to be paid out when I was 60, only later was I told that I would have to wait until I was 65, then mmy government pension has been deferred to 66.How do they expect people to work when they’re physically ill after working all their lives plus bringing up a family. It’s despicable. LikeLike Reply Linda Tomlin says: June 27, 2019 at 4:33 pm I feel for all the ladies that still have to work I am lucky I have a husband which allowed me to retire early.I suffer from depression and know how it affected my working I hate to think what situation I would be in if I was on my own.I just feel it is such an injustice that these women had their pensions stolen by some rich fat cat in government who have never struggled in their life.How do they sleep at night.Thankyou for all the good work you are doing.x LikeLike Reply K henney says: June 21, 2019 at 8:16 am I feel cheated. I should have had my pension 2 years ago. I gave up work to look after family member with dementia (who now lives with me – 24hr care), I help my family with childcare, and have other family members at home. So, I am tired!!! When my situation changes as care giver I WILL need to find a job and work!!! I haven’t stopped working!!! LikeLike Reply Dorothy Matthew says: June 21, 2019 at 8:51 am Hoping to retire at the same time as my husband who is 5 years older than me, we thought at 60 and 65 we would be able to enjoy our retirement together. How wrong we were, I have had to continue working, luckily my health is okay so this has been alright for myself, although I would have liked to have made my own decision. This was however taken out of my hands when the government stole our pensionable years and changed the pensionable age from 60 to 66. I have just over 2 more years to go before I am entitled to my state pension and my free bus pass. That will no doubt be taken away also by the time I get there. I am hopeful that something can be done to at least compensate for the total and utter mess they have left in their wake. Good luck with the campaign. LikeLike Reply Doreen says: June 21, 2019 at 9:14 am A brilliant well written article which fully and accurately describes the situation we 50’s women find ourselves in. However it is a sad reflection on life that people in the near future are going to have to continue to work until they drop basically. This reflects life in the 1800’s when there was no pension and although the overall life expectancy was lower, those that lived longer worked until their death. My son, who is in his 30’s, a university graduate, works and pays into a private pension scheme, which will be a pittance when he retires. The future doesn’t look good for the majority. LikeLike Reply Shirley Hanson says: June 21, 2019 at 9:38 am We never know what the future holds for us. Unfortunately for me my husband died aged 56 and I received half of his pension. I knew from 1995 that the Govt had changed womens pension age and calculated that I could retire at 63 and 7 months. I was a bit aggrieved but reckoned I could manage till then to retire. But then when the Govt changed it again I was furious. I retired from work but knew I had to wait 6 years. With my lump sum I paid off the mortgage but family circumstances meant I needed to support my daughter and her children financially through a very challenging four years or they would be homeless. As a result I can only just manage on my husband’s pension and my work’s pension. My situation is not as bad as some stories I have heard but that £48,000 certainly would have helped make life more comfortable. I wholeheartedly support WASPI and the Back to 60 campaign. Hoping the Judges award us what is due. LikeLike Reply Annie says: June 21, 2019 at 12:06 pm 48 years working full time and now the fun part trying to manage on £1.97 a day Feeling angry and bitter, thank you WASPI for all the excellent work you do for us x LikeLike Reply Elizabeth Shaw says: June 21, 2019 at 12:27 pm Thank you Debbie and Jaded Media. A well explained article. I noticed inequality in my employment. When I worked in a bank the young men were pushed forward in their careers. While I was kept back in the remittance room. It was assumed that I’d soon be married and having babies. I didn’t stay long in that job. But it’s true I had to take work that fitted in with the family and even gave up one job to take of elderly relatives. This effected my pension. No regard was given by the government for these women. I am now 65 and had my OAP at 64 and 7 months. So I’m quite lucky. But I certainly would have liked more time to prepare myself. I had one letter that said I had to work until 63 and another saying 64 and 7 months. The women who were effected should have compensation for the mismanagement of it all. If it was men in this position firstly they would have been notified in good time and definitely would have been compensated. LikeLike Reply Dawn medley says: June 21, 2019 at 2:29 pm My husband and I had such plans, we were going to sell our house and move to the coast. I was going to cut back and get a little job, which did not involve me running around 8 hours a day , lifting and carrying. I was going to retire before my husband now he is going to retire before me. He is not happy as he will have to do every thing at home. They changed my age three times 60 62 66 his changed one year 66. Our retirement dream is In shatters. Our health is poor. LikeLike Reply Pamela Munro-Davies says: June 21, 2019 at 2:43 pm Born January 1954. Worked in the NHS from being 16yrs. Had two children then worked a further 24 years. Fully expected to retire at 60 yrs old with my pension. No notice of the changes by DWP. It is outrageous that after paying in all those years my generation have been denied our dues. LikeLike Reply Elaine Brazier says: June 21, 2019 at 3:06 pm Yes a total disgrace. How could any one possibly plan for their retirement with all the changes to when they receive it, and also the numbers of years to pay in, as swung from 35, to 30 and now back to 35. In my case I have 32 years, and I am certainly not going to pay any further voluntary contributions again. The whole system cannot be trusted. LikeLike Reply Jo Rushton says: June 21, 2019 at 5:32 pm At least you will get the New State Pension amount being younger than I. My husband and I both worked until the age of 66/67 and had put in all the years needed for our full pension but we get the old pension at the lower rate. We have taken this up with MP’s etc but told that because the pension age has now been raised that is why the New pension is more around £68.00 per week more?? Swings and roundabouts I suppose LikeLike Reply Wendy says: June 21, 2019 at 4:00 pm All we ever wanted was to help our children and grandchildren, they are all struggling because of huge deposits for housing and the high cost of living a basic life. Now we can’t help them with time or money, so sad. The lack of notice to us all is appalling. LikeLike Reply Gillian Baker says: June 21, 2019 at 4:31 pm I have worked all my working life I left school at 15 and while running a home and 2 children I remained working so when I retire I will have 51 years of national insurance contributions so if we only need 35 years contributions can we not retire when we were promised I am so tired working full time and can not afford to go part time. Thank you for trying so hard for us LikeLike Reply Rosemary Anderson says: June 21, 2019 at 4:52 pm They say women wanted equal rights, and in the other hand they say people are living longer, I am 62 so I have 4 years to do it is a utter degrace what’s been done out of a lot of money am still working with aches and pains while young ones are payed in bed on benefits , I wish you the best of luck with the campaign it would be wonderful to be noticed to get our dues (we been robbed ) ? LikeLike Reply G Dobson says: June 21, 2019 at 5:02 pm Agree totally with this. Personally I had to retire at 60 due to ill health. State gives me nothing no benefits . Should have had my pension at 60. Only have a small private pension . Can’t get anything . Worked since I was 15 the goverment has conned us all and should make up the monies they have cheated from us for 45 years of working. LikeLike Reply Angela bray says: June 21, 2019 at 5:12 pm We need justice, totally robbed we need all the media coverage we can get, all you get people living longer with what quality of life, government needs a wake up call and quick, six years is disgraceful with no notification, we all stand together LikeLike Reply Susan Booth says: June 21, 2019 at 5:25 pm I agree with all these other ladies , this government as ruined lives. I had some off my husbands private pension for two yrs ,but had to live on that due to ill Heath and not being able to get any benefits and still can’t. I still have 10 months till my state pension and have depleted the private pension. Now I am seeing if I can try to get a job for the next 10months. We always wanted to buy a caravan and have time for us , but now we can’t afford to do this. This government have done this to a generation who were brought up to work hard for what they wanted, and claim for nothing!! Look where that got us. LikeLike Reply Margaret O'Rourke says: June 21, 2019 at 5:35 pm This is not being dealt with fast enough by DWP . I am now 64yrs 6months old so 4yrs 6months without the state pension I worked 49 yrs for. WASPI women are doing a fantastic job on our behalf and I applaud them all the way. Thank so much for all ur hard work . Wishing you great success . Hope to here some news soon. Good Luck. LikeLike Reply Anne Roberts says: June 21, 2019 at 6:54 pm Brilliant informative article.. I to expected to receive my state pension at 60 after working since the age of 17, no children so no time out . My husband has had 2 cancer diagnosis so it would be good to spend retirement together.. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016 at age of 60 my expected retirement year .. but here I am 3 years on still working. As one if the ladies has said would be fine if my decision , but again taken out of my hands. I feel the situation is so unfair to the 50’s generation ladies LikeLike Reply Jayne Smith says: June 21, 2019 at 7:04 pm I agree 100% with every comment. I am 59 in a couple of months, I am expected now to work until I’m 66 years and 5 months old. Apart from the financial aspect of these changes for women, I am constantly worried that I won’t be able to work til retirement, as I have several health issues, non of which the NHS is prepared to help me with. I am in constant pain, so if you really must make us all work til we drop, you need to be able to provide sufficient health care for us too. LikeLike Reply Lynne Clayton says: June 22, 2019 at 8:30 pm A very good detailed article I totally agree with which makes very valid points. While I am not in such a bad situation as some have written about. I could not get a job at the age of 55 despite applying for lower paid jobs. I therefore had to take a private pension early at a reduced amount. I am now 62 and friends and family older than me have received their state pension. To make matters worse I now find out that despite having 39 years of NI Contributions I cannot get the full new state pension. Because of changes to pensions made in 2016 the impact of which has not been publicised. I will have to pay extra for every year between then and 2021 when I am due to get my pension. Because I have not been paying NI during this time. This will cost £700 + for each year to get an extra £4.77 per week. Absolutely no publicity or information about this I only found out from a friend. No information from the DWP. Keep up the good work. LikeLike Reply Barbara says: June 21, 2019 at 7:17 pm A very informative article – showing just how badly and unfairly we have been treated. Tantamount to daylight robbery. LikeLike Reply Chris Atkins says: June 21, 2019 at 7:50 pm So unfair,I was born January 1954, and was fully expecting to retire at 60. Worked all my life and have just started receiving state pension at the age of 65 and 4months. They gave us no time to prepare for the sudden changes. LikeLike Reply John Carroll says: June 23, 2019 at 2:51 pm My wife was born same time as you, Jan 1954, just missed getting her rightful pension date by a couple of weeks, had to wait,6 years and 4 months robbed £35,000 where did it go to? LikeLike Reply Debbie Johnston says: June 21, 2019 at 8:55 pm Absolute disgrace….Women deserve better…More protests needed…I will be there for one LikeLike Reply Johanna Niccolls says: June 21, 2019 at 10:06 pm Great article, helped me, thankfully there is someone to stand up for us. I should of had my pension 4 years ago, I’m not working so I don’t have any money of my own, I have nothing. Thankfully my husband has his pension so that’s what we live on. In our retirement years we don’t have holidays, no luxuries, we’re just glad we have a roof over our heads. I’ve worked all my life and paid my dues, only to be robbed by the government. LikeLike Reply Liz Mungall says: June 21, 2019 at 10:57 pm I have had a letter to say i have 45yrs fully paid up national insurance contributions, and cannot get any higher state pension, I am 61 and still working and paying national insurance contributions so where is this money going and who will benefit from it as it certainly is not me LikeLike Reply Janet Monoyou says: June 22, 2019 at 5:46 am I was born in 1954 , I worked full time and expected to retire at 60 , it was moved to 62, then 64 within two weeks of my confirmation of a date it got moved to 66 . I understand people are living longer but we should have had our pension at 60 as that was the plan we we went to work . People going to work now will know at what age they should expect to retire . Still waiting for my free bus pass and my pension . LikeLike Reply Pauline Holden says: June 22, 2019 at 10:02 am Born in March 1954 I have worked as a nurse in the NHS all my working life, we were always told that we would get our pension at 60. Apart from maternity leave I have always worked and paid into my pension. Now not only do I have to wait until I’m 65 and a half to get my pension, I also find I was ‘opted out’ and get even less than anticipated. I have been robbed of £35,000 pounds of state pension. How does the government expect nurses to continue to work so long? We are on our feet nursing people, not sitting at a desk all day. LikeLike Reply Doreen Elizabeth Relf says: June 22, 2019 at 12:59 pm Yes we moved to the coast my husband has Arthritis and l thought good l get my pension at 60 so we should be ok but then find l don’t get it till this year five years and three months later and l had to get another Job then five months before l am due to get my pension he gets heart problems not happy at all !!!!! LikeLike Reply Jeanette says: June 22, 2019 at 5:43 pm I had 3 months in mental hospital because I could not get a job in 2013. To work I started my own business, did not have the sustainable capital and borrowed to keep myself afloat. Leading to bringing on a severe psychotic episode. Upsetting my husband then aged 73 and causing hardship. Used some of my savings lost the lot. Yes the government of the time has a lot to answer for. LikeLike Reply Catherine oddy says: June 24, 2019 at 4:42 pm I was born April 1954 and have to work until I am 65and 7 mths. Worked since I was 15 . Worked for NHS for the 35 years been poorly paid but enjoyed my job. I don’t know how the other 50’s girls feel my brain is not as bright as it was I am worried that mistakes will be made . No bus pass no pension and no loyalty from government that we have paid into for all those years. Well done WASPI GIRLS LETS KEEP FIGHTING . LikeLike Reply christine edmunds says: June 24, 2019 at 8:54 pm My husband died 2002 the widow pension was stopped the year before, was told i would get part of my husbands pension when i retired, so not only do i have to wait for my pension until im 66 i have to wait until then to get this part of my husbands pension, at 64 i am very tired and find it difficult to carry on working LikeLike Reply Sheila chapman says: June 24, 2019 at 10:00 pm It’s disgusting should have got my pension at 60 I’m now 66 and have only had my pension and bus pass 2 years daylight robbery I’m owed 36 thousand pounds and would like it back please 😡😡 LikeLike Reply Sonia peach says: June 26, 2019 at 10:46 pm I have worked in care work for 42 yrs and to think that i have to do another 6 yrs when i should be retiring next year ,,, my husband is 70 and was looking forward to me retiring so we could spend some time together ,,, i work full time + extra hrs to get by as care work is not the besy paid ,, how im going to get through the next 7 years i do not know ,, i am one very tired woman that has worked hard for 42yrs . LikeLike Reply Clare Cocking says: June 26, 2019 at 11:16 pm The same for me should have retired at 60 got made redundant no jobs in my area so had to use our savings to keep us I was born in 1953 I think it’s about 45 thousand they took from me I went to work at 15 and worked all my life even when my boys were little thanks for the work ladies and for keeping us informed LikeLike Reply Ellenrenfrew says: June 28, 2019 at 9:55 am I’m 60 with a load health problems been in and out of hospital were in a coma in the year 2015 with diabetes . Do y think employers will employ me I’m constantly tired with medication to can hardly rise in the morning. People’s body’s are no the same in yr 60s as when younger . I’d rather just had retired at 60 with my health no way would I manage to keep a job. LikeLike Reply Denise Morris says: June 29, 2019 at 4:17 pm I am one (eldest) of four sisters born in the 50s. I received my SRP at the age of 63yrs 9mth having been told I would get it at 60 then 62. My next sister born in Aug ‘54 would have received hers in July 2019 (65yr 11m) unfortunately she died in February this year not getting the chance to retire or collect her SRP. I have to question where does all the money she paid in contributions go to? My two youngest sisters are obviously still waiting. I hope for their sakes that there is a turnaround. Thank you WASPs for taking on this fight. LikeLike Reply Rhona Mumford says: July 20, 2019 at 1:26 pm Great article. I was born in 1961, I feel aggrieved that I’m having to wait until I’m 67 for my state pension. LikeLike Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Facebook account. 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We’ve all done it: shared a story about some study showing that chocolate is a weight-loss miracle food or a story about how KFC serves deep-fried rat before realizing—too late—we perpetuated an untruth. We spread an inaccurate, viral story and made everyone online a little dumber. Hopefully, such experiences make us a little more skeptical, a little less inclined to take hyperbolic headlines at face-value. You might have seen this infographic making the rounds lately, claiming to show “what happens to your body an hour after drinking a can of coke.” It’s the most recent example of why you shouldn’t always believe what you read.
The infographic comes from the mind of Niraj Naik, a former U.K. pharmacist whom, according to Buzzfeed, derived the “facts” entirely from a blog posted on the website Blisstree in 2010. (Blisstree is the site that produced such hard-hitting reports as “Your Favorite Beach Is Probably Covered in Poop” and “The Mom Bod is a Thing and it’s Freakin’ Awesome.”) The article, which has been around since at least 2007, cites no evidence for the claims. Real physicians, however, like Kimber Stanhope, Ph.D., RD, associate research nutritional biologist for the University of California Davis, looked at the claims made by the infographic and found that them to be “not true” or “overstated.” Similarly, Michael A. Taffe, Ph.D., associate professor for the Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders at the Scripps Research Institute found the claims “way overblown.”
So, we at CEI decided to make our own little infographic poking fun at those who get their nutritional advice from conspiracy-peddling blogs and ignorant food evangelists without bothering to do their own research on whether the claims have any validity.
Remember, sugar might rot your teeth, but junk science will rot your brain.
Update 8/7/2015: This post pokes fun at those who trust bogus, nutritional advice they find on the Internet. Unfortunately, some of you didn't quite get the joke. So, just to be clear, CEI is not claiming that kale or kale juice is unhealthy OR that people should over-indulge in drinking soda. Our point is consumers should not assess the quality of their diet or the diets of others on the basis of infographics or Internet memes. And, dearest kale-eaters, we have nothing against you, kale was simply the newest miracle-food fad that we chose to use to parody junk science, like the viral Coke graphic mentioned above.
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ANGE Postecoglou, Aaron Mooy, Sam Kerr and FFA have been nominated for awards at this year’s AFC Annual Awards gala in Bangkok on November 29.
Following the Socceroos’ qualification for the World Cup, Postecoglou is up for the men’s AFC Coach of the Year Award alongside Japanese coaches Ishii Masatada and Takafumi Hori.
Huddersfield midfielder Mooy has been nominated for the AFC Asian International Player of the Year along with Japan’s Shinji Kagawa and South Korea’s Son Hueng Min.
Matildas’ star Kerr, who was overlooked for a FIFA player award two months ago, is one of three nominees for the AFC women’s player of the year.
Football Federation Australia has been nominated for the AFC President Recognition Award for Grassroots Football under the “inspiring” category alongside side Chinese Football Association and Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Kerr is in the hunt as Asia’s top player alongside North Korea’s Sung Hyang-sim and Japan’s Saki Kumagai.
The Matildas striker, whose backflip celebrations after scoring a goal have become football folklore, was originally among 10 players up for FIFA’s women’s player of the year.
But in late September she missed the cut when the list was reduced to three, which sent social media into a meltdown.
However, the FIFA period of qualification ended the first week of August 2017, so it did not include the Matildas’ series win over Brazil in Australia in early September, where Kerr scored three of her team’s five goals over two matches. It did take in July though, where the Australian team won the Tournament of Champions in the US, defeating the host nation for the first time ever, and thrashing Japan and Brazil to finish on top of the four-team event. Kerr scored four times over three games.
Sam Kerr of the Matildas celebrates a goal. Source: Getty Images
Meanwhile, reigning Asian player of the year Omar Abdulrahman has been named Saturday as among the men’s nominees.
The United Arab Emirates midfielder, who plays his club football for Al Ain, features on a three-man shortlist alongside China and Shanghai SIPG winger Wu Lei and Syrian striker Omar Khribin.
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Almond, pear and tahini porridge | Cook With M&S Recipes Collections Download the app marksandspencer.com Almond, pear and tahini porridge Prep 10 min Cook 5 min 257.0 cal/ serving Easy effort Recipe Nutrition Ingredients serves 2 10g flaked almonds 1 conference pear 2 tsp tahini 100ml water 200ml unsweetened almond milk 60g high-fibre porridge oats Preparation Lightly toast the flaked almonds. Thinly slice the conference pear. Method 1 Put the oats, milk and water in a pan. Cook over a medium heat for 4 minutes, stirring gently, until thick and creamy. 2 Divide between two bowls. Drizzle with the tahini and top with the pear and almonds. 3 Tip: for extra flavour, lightly toast your oats in the pan on a low heat until they start to become fragrant. Average per serving Calories 257.0kCal Fat10.3g Saturated1.3g Salt0.04g Carbohydrates118.0 Sugar10.5g Protein27.0g Fibre20.0g Tagged with breakfast healthy You might also like Parsnip, kale and red onion gratin with gruyère 1h 12m v Tandoori Chicken 1h 15m New York buttermilk pancakes 45m Ginger and banana trifles 15m Related Hand crafted by M&S Digital labs Follow Us Contact Us | negative |
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While Fifty Shades of Grey parodies are nothing new, we've yet to see a full-length feature film parody. But all that's about to change thanks to Marlon Wayans, who just announced that he is co-writing and starring in Fifty Shades of Black.
THR reports that Wayans will work with producer-writer Rick Alvarez and director Michael Tiddes on the new comedy spoof, which will reunite the people behind the Haunted House franchise.
“We're excited to be back in business with IM Global doing our comedic remix of this movie. Sex and comedy go hand-in-hand and I'm looking forward to having fun with this project," said Wayans in a statement. "It’s amazing when a film of this caliber comes along begging to be made fun of. I’m really happy to be doing what I love with people I love to do it with. That double entendre was intentional."
The actor also posted the news to his Instagram, with the comment, "Check it out! Just announced my next movie FIFTY SHADES OF BLACK coming soon."
Production is set to begin shortly, and an early 2016 release is planned. While you wait, check out this Batman/Fifty Shades mashup.
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Rachel Paxton-Gillilan is a freelance writer. You can find her on Twitter @rachpax. | positive |
The Thankfulness Project | Unshaken Unshaken "I have kept the Lord always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken." Ps. 16:8 Menu Skip to content Home A Bit About Us Thank You & You’re Welcome Contact Search Search for: The Thankfulness Project November 3, 2018 December 31, 2018 / Mindy Grant It’s been said, “It’s not happy people who are thankful, but thankful people who are happy.” And so, as we celebrate the month of Thanksgiving, I’m going to focus on the things I’m grateful for. October was a rough month, if I’m being honest. The 30th was the one year anniversary of Corey’s transplant – and we were supposed to be celebrating. Remembering all we walked through during that season one year ago has brought up a lot of rough memories and I’ve walked through the past few weeks with a whole lot of tightness in my chest. It’s been hard to turn it off at times and I’m tired of going round and round with it. I’m very sensitive to negativity (a story for another day) and it’s not a road I let myself wander very far down. So what better way to combat negative thoughts and creeping anxiety than to turn my mind toward all there is to be grateful for? So in that spirit, and in no particular order, I’m setting out to list the people and things I’m grateful for. My plan is to add to this list all throughout the month and now that I’ve said it out loud you can hold me to it. Who knows, maybe you’ll even end up on it… MY KIDS | Because let’s be honest, this whole single mom thing is no joke. The level of exhaustion, both physical and emotional, is insane, and they’ve been pretty forgiving of my shortcomings. This isn’t a road I planned on taking. MY FAMILY | They have been a source of encouragement, honesty, help and support. They listen when I want to talk and give me space when I don’t. MY COLLECTIVE FAMILY-IN-LAW | They’re all walking through such heartbreak and loss too, yet they take the time to call or text and check in, or just let me know they’re thinking of and praying for us. THAT EXTRA HOUR C.O.F.F.E.E. | I was going to say that I was thankful for that extra hour of sleep today, but Lord have mercy, no one told the new puppy in our house that today was a sleep-in day! Ugh. Instead I’m thankful for strong coffee… Heaven help me, she is cute though! Meet Penny Lane, the newest member of the Grant family – and one whose cuteness is hard to resist – even at 5 AM! MY JOB + CO-WORKERS | I work with the best people and cannot imagine walking this road over the past year and a half without their unwavering support. I have been the recipient of gobs of kindness and I feel so blessed. I ended up taking more time off after Corey died than I’d planned and when I returned to my office for the first time in the better part of 3 months, this awaited me. These notes are all still on my wall and continue to provide strength, encouragement and they just make me smile. “THERE’S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR” | It’s too soon to talk about the loss of the 2018 World Series 😭 but hey, Kershaw is staying – so “there’s always next year.” I was in high school the last time my #BoysInBlue took home the title – and I’m ready for #ThisTeam to have another victory parade! I might even have to fly to LA to help them celebrate when (not if) they get ‘er done! #ThirdTime’sACharm #LADetermined #LAFaithful Pardon the interruption, but… life. So, where was I? Oh yes, lamenting a World Series loss but thankful that Kersh is staying with my #BoysInBlue. And now I’ll move on to another team I’m thankful for. THE REGION OF BOOM – Edward Jones Region # 174 | The weekend after Corey’s funeral, the kids and I headed over to Coeur d’Alene for the graveside service, which was followed by a memorial service at the church Corey grew up in and that much of his family still attends. While we were gone, a team from our Edward Jones family came over and did a ton of yard cleanup. You see, as part of Corey’s treatment protocol he couldn’t do any yard work for one year following his bone marrow transplant. He couldn’t mow the lawn or even be outside or have the windows opened while it was being mowed. He couldn’t touch soil or work in the garden at all and we couldn’t even have any fresh flowers in the house (and if you know me, that was a major bummer as I love fresh flowers in my house. All. The. Time.). There were some planter boxes in the backyard that needed knocking out and some things that needed to be hauled off and just some general yard cleanup needs. Some of the guys asked me about what they could do around the house after the funeral and, even though I wasn’t going to be there, they wanted to come over and work. I get the need to do something sometimes so, hard as it was for me, I left them a list and when I got home, every single thing I needed knocked out, pulled out moved or removed was gone. I don’t even know who all was there, all I know is that these people have treated us as family from day one and I am blessed to have been a part of this region. So thank you, Region of Boom angels. You helped me kick off a summer of yard transformation and I am grateful for your continued love and support. The big cleanup our EJ family helped out with in the spring set me up for a summer of working in the yard and communing with nature and our Creator in a new way that brought me more peace than I can say. I wrote about it before but my time spent working in the yard over the summer included a lot of quiet conversations with the Lord – and with Corey – that were very therapeutic. THE YARD BOSS, THE TREE BOSS & THE PAVER BOSS | My small group family is amazing and they kicked some serious tail this summer helping me out around the yard. Dan was dubbed Yard Boss as he rototilled the whole garden area after the Edward Jones guys removed the old planter boxes (9 of them!). He also doled out jobs to the troupe of pre-teens who spent a couple days unplugged doing manual labor and liking it – or not… Then there’s Brad, the Tree Boss. He walked into my yard, took one look at the sad tree that had busted through its pot and dug its roots into the ground at a rather unfortunate angle and said, “Oh no! That thing is my job today!” and then spent more than two hours trying to carefully dig up/out the roots, followed by several more hours of trying to prune and right the poor thing. I’m happy to say that, after the shock, it thrived and is definitely going to make it. And, Lord have mercy, what would I have done without Jen and Amber, who helped me lay a few hundred feet of pavers, creating a nice, level, dry patio and walkway on the side of my house. These girls rocked it and I smile every time I’ve walked on that dry patio this fall and winter. And I can’t forget about Kyle who helped haul a few yards of sand for the project and hauled some more stuff off to the dump for me. Seriously, you guys, I am surrounded by the most amazing people. MY PARENTS & THEIR MAD SKILLS | If you know them, this declaration does not take you by surprise. In fact, you probably chuckled at it. I won’t post pics of this one because I’m a little embarrassed of the “before” photos but my parents spent a week here this summer and when they left, the interior of my house had been painted, my garage had been thoroughly cleaned and organized (two full trailer trips to the dump and one full trailer trip to St. Vincents for donations) and my car was parked in the garage for the first time in a dozen years. Sometimes I leave my garage open for a whole Saturday, just to show off how organized and purty it is! Ha ha! MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS BETTER THAN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD | #SorryNotSorry, but it’s true. I was standing in the kitchen having coffee one day early on in Corey’s chemo treatment phase and looked out at the backyard said, “The lawn has been mowed. Huh, that’s odd.” The next week, the same thing. Remember, Corey couldn’t do any of this during his treatment and I knew I certainly hadn’t gotten to it. This went on for some time and I came to realize that Monte and Mark had been mowing our lawn. They didn’t ask, they just did it. And kept doing it – for more than a year you guys. And who knows how many times they took the cans out on Tuesday night for Wednesday morning garbage pickup. Tod too. I know he took the cans out on more than one occasion. Once when I had put a bunch of scrap wood in the recycle bin, sticking out like matchsticks shoved in quickly and haphazardly, I came out to find that Brian had taken it all out, cut it down and placed it back in – with the lid closed. And in the days after Corey died, before the funeral, I came home one day to a freshly “done” Spring porch. Again, I certainly hadn’t had the time to do it, but Chelsie and Shirlene know I like a colorfully done porch and knew I’d be having family and friends in town for the funeral, so they just came over and did it. Because they knew I’d like it. This summer Mark even taught Jayden how to mow the lawn with our new lawnmower so Jayden could take the duty over himself, because he felt it was his responsibility now. There were the amazing fresh flowers Brian and Lanae brought me on Mother’s Day – my first as a single mom – and I still get notes and cards on my doorstep from different people in my hood. So yeah, my neighborhood is better than your neighborhood. MY SISSY & THE PUPPY WHISPERER | Capping off a summer season of yard and house kind of stuff, my sister and brother-in-law came up for a week in September to be with us when we got our new puppy, Penny Lane. The kids didn’t know they were coming, so the whole thing was an a-mazingly fun surprise-filled weekend. Justin and Deanne have been married for almost 25 years and have had dogs for, well, almost 25 years. There may have been patches of time between dogs, but they’re dog people and have almost always had one (or two) so they were as excited as I was about the pup surprise. AND, my brother-in-law is one of those guys who can do anything around the house, so he came up for some puppy-proofing in the yard and to do some little repairs around the house. I cannot even tell you how fun it was when the kids got home and saw them. There were serious bear hugs and peals of teary laughter. And boy, did Justin have a way with Penny Lane! I seriously didn’t know how I was going to get her to go potty (outside, as opposed to on my floors…) when he left. It was magical and he will now and forevermore be known as the Puppy Whisperer. Serious, serious love for them both. (#MoveHere!!!!!) I’ll end this update for now with a promise to be back with more thankfulnesses soon. I know November and Thanksgiving have passed but isn’t the whole holiday season about gratitude and love and reflection? I rather think it is, so I’m gonna ride this Thankfulness Project out for the remainder of 2018. OLD FRIENDS – AND – NEW FRIENDS | I am a big believer in girlfriends. I totally ascribe to the “No (wo)man is an island” and “It takes a village” schools of thought. I’ve known two of my closest girlfriends since I was 4 years old. Another one since I was 6, and the “newest” of my old girlfriends came along in 4th grade. These are all girls who are still very much part of my everyday life. They knew Corey. They know my kids. They knew my brother. They get me and it’s easy being around them. The older I get and the more people I meet, the more I realize how rare this is, and what a treasure it is. I have a group of girlfriends I’ve gone to the beach in Aptos, CA with (almost) every spring for the past 20 years. They’re my “no filter and stretchy pants” girlfriends and I can say a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g to them and know they won’t hold it against me – and that next year they’ll likely roast me for it and we’ll fall over laughing about it for the next 20 years. Some of them flew up for Corey’s funeral and flew home less than 24 hours later. Some of them waited until the dust settled and flew up during the summer. We have inside jokes, annual traditions (“It’s almost Christmas, Charlie…”) and Buffalo Stance dance-offs in the memory bank to pull from on introspective mornings like this one. And then there are my new girlfriends. I met Deb and Kateigh my very first Sunday at BCA and the deal was sealed right then. They know everyone in a 20 mile radius and couldn’t wait to bring me along, get me plugged in, include me and make me feel at home. Not being a part of this group of women was just not an option. They pulled me in like I’d been there for years. I met the most extraordinary women when I was a part of the working moms group at our church and they have become my people. My neighbor Chelsie who’s saved my bacon more than once with a “Can my kids come over early while I run off to an early meeting” or “Can you grab the kids off the bus while I run into a late meeting?” and whose whole family loves my kids like their own. My small group at church is a-mazing and have been there for us in countless ways, not just since Corey died, but in the couple years before when we started meeting and building this “framily” unit I now cherish so much. Then there’s the entire small group at church that’s essentially adopted our family and whose generosity, kindness and all-out Christlike love continues to blow my mind and whose Christmas gift to our family will be part of a future blog post – once I can wrap my head around the awesomeness of it. As I reflect on all I am thankful for this holiday season, my girls, my people, are pretty high on the list. But now I have to run because one of them just texted me that she picked donuts up for my kids and I have to run down to the hotel lobby and pick them up. More on that and more thankfulness project reflections coming soon…… I’M THANKFUL FOR PROMISE | It’s been 8 months since Corey passed away. 3/4 of a year; hardly seems possible. And yet, here we are, wading through another round of “firsts” as we celebrate Christmas and put a wrap on a year that ended so much differently than it began. I knew there’d be no way for Christmas not to be hard this year. No matter which side of the family we were with, there were bound to be comparisons about the last time we were here… with Dad. So, I decided to do something completely different and take the kids on a trip – just the 3 of us – and to no place we’d ever been as a family. Jayden and Abbie will always remember their first Christmas without their dad and I wanted them to be able to look back on this season and have some happy memories to pull from as they remember the grief they felt. So we headed south, to one of my very favorite cities, and, of course, to the sunshine. This past week on Coronado Island in San Diego was exactly what the doctor ordered. We laughed, we cried, we explored, we played on the beach and cheered on a gaggle of surfing Santas. We had a fancy Christmas morning brunch and ate ice cream before dinner some nights. We ice skated on the beach and cheered the sunset (yes, people actually broke out into applause as the sun melted into the mighty Pacific). We walked and walked and walked; some days I had 10,000 steps in before 9 AM. Michele, one of my oldest and dearest friends, spent Christmas on Coronado with her family too. We’ve known each other since we were 4 years old, were bridesmaids in each other’s weddings and are really more like sisters than friends. We stole away for a couple sunrise walks on the beach, long before the kids woke up, and had the kinds of talks that are healing to the soul (and we may have picked a couple beach-front bungalows we’d love to retire to…). So while it was a new and unconventional Christmas for us, it was perfect. It was perfect in its newness, it was perfect in its grief, it was perfect in its time of reflection and of dreaming. And, honestly, taking a trip at Christmastime is not something I’ve ruled out as a new tradition for our family… 2018 is ending far differently than it began. Or is it? This year began with our hearts full of hope and promise as Corey had just come through his bone marrow transplant and we thought we were heading into a year of healing and rebuilding. And I suppose it’s ending much the same way, isn’t it? Our hearts are full of grief at what we’ve lost, but there’s still hope and promise and healing and rebuilding there too. Jeremiah 1:5 says, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart…” I tell my kids all the time that before our Creator set the earth on its axis, He knew the number of Corey’s days. He knew we would have this force in our lives for the time we had him, and He knew we would be left here to carry on after he was gone. Corey did receive his healing in 2018, just in a different way than we’d imagined. And those of us who remain to carry on his memory are full of hope and healing, of rebuilding and promise. So here’s to 2019. May it be a year of growth, a year of greater love and peace and joy, a year of healing and rebuilding – even if it looks different than we thought. May we all continue into 2019… unshaken. Share this: Twitter Facebook Like this: Like Loading... Uncategorized Post navigation ← And I Think to Myself… The Last First → 41 thoughts on “The Thankfulness Project” Doug & Carol Whitfield November 3, 2018 at 3:02 pm Mindy, you are a treasure! Thank you for writing & posting in your blog, it is a blessing to so many, as you write down & share with us all you are also letting God use you to reach other’s that need to be encouraged & know that there is a God who cars so deeply for us. This Journey you are on is hard to understand at times & God never says we have to understand it all but he does want us to trust him as he leads & he provides along the way. As I read your post today it is a reminder to take the time to be thankful for what God has done, has given us & all the ways he has provided for us. Thank you for being real with us all, Praying for you & the kids today! God Bless you. (Carol) LikeLike Reply we4grants November 4, 2018 at 4:25 am Thank you, Carol. ❤ LikeLike Reply George goerzen November 4, 2018 at 2:17 am Mindy you are an Awesome example of our GOD,In good times you honor HIM in bad times you honor HIM and in neutral times you honor HIM,it is my privleage to have known you since a little girl,you have always been the same TO GOD BE THE GLORY,Mindy I will always pray for you and your children and entire Family LikeLike Reply we4grants November 4, 2018 at 4:26 am Thank you so much, George. LikeLike Reply Sharon Souza November 4, 2018 at 6:47 am Mindy, you continue to bless everyone around you as you walk this tough road. I think of you and pray for you throughout every day. And let me just say, I am beyond thankful for you. You are so inspiring, sweetheart, you touch so many hearts … far beyond anything you’ll ever know. I’m proud of you and I thank our Lord for the deep work he has done and continues to do in your life. I look forward to more of your Thankfulness Project. ❤️ LikeLike Reply we4grants November 5, 2018 at 4:18 am Love you & can’t wait to see you for Thanksgiving. 🧡 LikeLike Reply Erika November 5, 2018 at 1:03 pm Awesome! Thank you for sharing. I am going to do this with my students! LikeLike Reply we4grants November 5, 2018 at 4:11 pm Love it! LikeLike Reply Andrea Orosco November 5, 2018 at 4:01 pm This is beautiful!! You continue to inspire with God given words and thoughts. Your transparency touches the deepest places in my heart. LikeLike Reply we4grants November 5, 2018 at 4:11 pm Thank you, Andrea. ❤ LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog November 6, 2018 at 5:35 am Oh what words of comfort! Whether I know what’s going on or not am always, always here praying for the 3 of you! Psalms 9:9-10 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. LikeLike Reply we4grants November 6, 2018 at 6:26 am Thank you LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog November 13, 2018 at 5:10 am There is nothing to fear with the Lord on your side! Lifting up prayer right now! Psalms 23:3-4 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog November 20, 2018 at 5:51 am Always keep your eyes on the only source of true help! Extra, extra prayers this week! Oh it’s hard! Psalms 28:6-7 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog November 27, 2018 at 5:27 am Lifting up prayer to Him for you and the kids! Was saying extra prayers on Thanksgiving! Psalms 34:8-9 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog December 4, 2018 at 5:03 am The Lord is with you right now! Praying right now! Psalms 37:39-40 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog December 11, 2018 at 5:02 am Praying right now! Psalms 43:3, 5 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. (5) Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog December 18, 2018 at 6:42 am Praying right now! Psalms 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. LikeLike Reply Rick Souza December 31, 2018 at 4:20 pm With tears in my eyes I read this on New Year’s Eve morning 2018 & a smile in my heart for the future of your family because of your unshakable faith. Mom & I are so proud of you & words can’t even begin to express the love we have for you, Jayden & Abbie. LikeLike Reply we4grants December 31, 2018 at 4:27 pm Thank you, Dad, for everything. Happy New Year! LikeLike Reply Sharon Souza December 31, 2018 at 4:53 pm Mindy, God has prepared you in many amazing ways for this journey you and Jayden and Abbie are now on together. We continue to mourn with you the loss of Corey. We continue to shed our own tears. But we’re so grateful to God for how He’s leading you … and how you’re following, and how you’re training up children who will always know the love of their father and their Heavenly Father. You did exactly the right thing for your family this Christmas . I’m so glad it was everything you hoped it would be. Love you all so much. LikeLike Reply we4grants December 31, 2018 at 6:07 pm Thank you, Mom. Love and appreciate you all so much. LikeLike Reply Kellie December 31, 2018 at 7:39 pm I love you, Mindy. You are truly phenomenal! 💙 LikeLike Reply we4grants December 31, 2018 at 9:07 pm Love you, old friend. ❤ LikeLike Reply Andrea Orosco December 31, 2018 at 9:08 pm What an amazing example you are to all of us…to PRAISE HIM IN ALL THINGS, despite of what that looks like. I can’t say that I’ve mastered that yet. And Jayden and Abbie are experiencing God first hand as their all in all. ❤️ Your transparency touches my heart to its core and challenges me to look beyond “me” more than I have been. Continued prayers for you and your family as the journey continues. LikeLike Reply we4grants December 31, 2018 at 9:23 pm Thank you, Andrea. We’re all a work in progress, aren’t we? I’m so grateful for GRACE! LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog January 1, 2019 at 7:33 am Been saying extra prayers this whole holiday season knowing how hard it’s been for your family. And now you’re facing a new year. May the Lord wrap His loving arms around your family and hold you tight! Psalms 13:5-6 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. LikeLike Reply we4grants January 1, 2019 at 7:51 pm Thank you, Lynn. Happy New Year. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog January 8, 2019 at 5:05 am He’s holding your hand right now! Praying! Psalms 73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog January 10, 2019 at 5:25 am Know that I’m always here praying! Psalms 73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog January 23, 2019 at 5:37 am We have true Hope in Him! Praying! Psalms 33:20-22 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog January 29, 2019 at 5:20 am Praying right now! Psalms 118:5-6 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog February 5, 2019 at 6:40 am The Lord will be with you always! Praying! Psalms 121:7-8 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog February 19, 2019 at 4:58 am All things are in the Lord’s Hands. We can be at peace. Lifting up prayer for you! Proverbs 3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog February 26, 2019 at 4:52 am The Lord is with you every second of every day! Praying! Isaiah 40:28-29 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog March 12, 2019 at 4:42 am The Lord will get you through whatever you have to face. Lifting up prayers for you right now! Jeremiah 17:7-8 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog March 19, 2019 at 4:42 am Praying right now! Micah 7:7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog March 26, 2019 at 3:56 am Always keep your eyes on the Lord! Praying! Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog April 2, 2019 at 5:05 am The Lord is working through everything you’re going through! Praying!!! Romans 5:3-5 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog April 9, 2019 at 4:25 am The Lord is working, no matter what you’re going through. Praying right now! Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. LikeLike Reply lmworley416blog April 16, 2019 at 5:04 am Know that I’m here praying! 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 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BLACKBURN ROVERS are bringing in Paul Senior as their new technical director to work with boss Owen Coyle.
Rovers have turned to Senior, who worked for Sheffield Wednesday as an adviser last season, to help with signings and sales.
Reuters 2 Owen Coyle has brought in Paul Senior in as an adviser
Senior worked in Charlton's academy before that and this is a major step up for him in what is an unexpected move.
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Coyle has been asking owners Venkys for funds to sign new players for his small squad, who currently sit 22 in the Championship and a point adrift of safety.
However, the Indian bosses have been reducing the payroll and are yet to give the go ahead for deals.
Rovers could soon be given a cash injection with the sale of contract rebel Ben Marshall.
Reuters 2 Wolves boss Paul Lambert is raiding old club Blackburn for Ben Marshall
They want £2million for the versatile Marshall, who can play right back or right wing, from old boss Paul Lambert at Wolves.
Lambert originally offered £1m but Venkys are holding out for twice that sum despite the fact Marshall will leave them for nothing in the summer. | positive |
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You have three more days to help out the Colorado-based producers of
Crafting a Nation
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Wednesday, January 9
Every Wednesday through the month of January, Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen, 1317 14th Street, will surrender its back-wall taps to various craft breweries. Tonight's takeover is courtesy of California's Russian River Brewing Co. Euclid will begin pouring the brewery's Supplication, Consecration and Temptation ales at 7 p.m.; call 303-595-4255 for more details.
The Copper Kettle will open a cask of Mexican IPA today as part of the brewery's new Firkin Wednesday program. The beer is made of 75 percent Black IPA and 25 percent Mexican Chocolate Stout.
The Rackhouse Pub has been hoarding beer, but has now decided to share with a series of Wednesday night "I'd Tap That" events. The latest is today at 5 p.m., when the Rackhouse brings out Flying Dog Brewing's Kujo Imperial Coffee Stout, Galaxy Single Hop Imperial IPA, and St. Eadman Belgian Dark Strong Ale.
Lucky Pie Pizza and Taphouse will tap Grand Teton Brewing's Coming Home Holiday Ale and Double Vision Dopplebock today at 4 p.m.
Hogshead Brewery will tap a firkin of Gilpin Black Gold London Porter today at 4 p.m. It's the brewery's regular Black Gold that has been dry hopped with Fuggles hops and Tcho chocolate. Also on cask today: Chin Wag ESB and Eurotrash Black Lager.
River North Brewery will feature a new take on its Quandary Quadrupel today for its weekly Wayward Wednesday tapping. The beer has been fermented with an Abbey yeast strain and "exhibits warmer alcohol notes backed by malt sweetness," the brweery says. There are only five gallons, so get there early.
Thursday, January 10
The J Wells Brewery, at 2516 49th Street in Boulder, opens for the first time ever today at 1 p.m., serving three beers on tap. Owner Jamie Wells has been working for four years to convert his 1.5-barrel homebrewing kit into a commercial system that could sate the thirst of many more people, and he'll finish that task today.
Friday, January 11
Upslope Brewing will re-release its canned seasonal, Foreign Style Stout, at 2 p.m. today in its Boulder taproom; it will be available on draft and in six-packs. The beer, which was Upslope's first anniversary beer in 2009, was also its first canned seasonal. Roasty and smooth, the 6.9 percent ABV beer will be available in liquor stores next week. There will also be a Q&A session with the brewers from 4 to 6 p.m., live music from DD & The Beamer, and grub from the Heirloom food truck.
Sunday, January 13
The Cheeky Monk on Colfax will tap three of Firestone Walker's previous anniversary beers, 14, 15 and 16. It's hard to find just one of these beers, hurry to the Monk to try all three.
Monday, January 14
In 1906, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody took his traveling circus on the road to Belgium. Now, more than a hundred years later, a beer that was accidentally brewed as a result of that tour (according to legend, at least) has made its way to Colorado, where the famous buffalo hunter is buried. Buffalo 1907, as well as two other beers made by the van den Bossche brewery in Sint-Lievens-Esse, Belgium, will be served today at a party at the Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Cafe that will be attended by van den Bossche's head brewer, Belgian dignitaries and Steve Friesen, director of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave.
Tuesday, January 15
Every Tuesday in January from 3 p.m. until close, Euclid Hall will feature three two-ounce pours of selected beers paired with three bite-sized snacks from the Euclid Hall kitchen for $12.50. Today's is entitled Planes, Trains and Automobiles, though I don't know what that means in terms of either the beer or the snacks.
Wednesday, January 16
The three beers in Avery Brewing's Dictator series are all seasonal releases, but once a year The Kaiser, the Czar and the Maharaja are able to convene. But only eight spots -- six in Colorado, one in California and one in Texas -- are worthy of the summit. They include Avery's taproom and the West End Tavern, both in Boulder; Denver's Euclid Hall; The Mayor of Old Town in Fort Collins; Brewer's Republic in Colorado Springs; and the Vail Ale House in West Vail. Join them at 7 p.m. as they raise a combined toast.
Thursday, January 17
The Denver Bicycle Cafe will host two beer-and-cheese pairings today with the Copper Kettle Brewing Company and Marczyk Fine Foods; the first is at 6 p.m. and the second is at 8 p.m. For $20 ($25 on the day of), you get four five-ounce beers -- from a light lager to a dark stout -- paired with four hand-selected gourmet cheeses. There will also be a discussion.
The Falling Rock Taphouse will break out kegs of Alaska Brewing's Alaskan Smoked Porter going back to 2009. Try one or try the whole vertical beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Friday, January 18
Denver Beer Company will host a beer dinner today at 7 p.m. with the Mike2Kitchen food truck to celebrate the grand opening of DBC's new Barrel Room annex. The brewery will pair five of its small-batch beers with four courses from Mike2Kitchen, including cured and smoked trout with a crispy potato latke, sour beer reduction with lemon and caper and horseradish creme fraiche, paired with DBC's very first barrel-aged brettanomyces beer, Saison du Fou. Tickets are $60 plus gratuity. Call 303-433 2739 for reservations; get more information on Denver Beer Company's Facebook page.
Saturday, January 19
Fans of the Copper Kettle have been askign for more hoppy beers, and the brewery is happy to oblige. It will release American IPA, "a bright, citrusy" brew today. There will also be live music from Brad Murphey and a food truck in house.
Thursday, January 24
The Falling Rock Taphouse is clearing out parts of its vast cellar this month and will give you the chance to taste five years' worth of Avery Brewing Company's stellar Czar Imperial Stout today beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Join the Denver Bicycle Cafe every two weeks for some free beer samples from rotating local Denver breweries. Today's tasting, at 6 p.m., features Strange Brewing.
Saturday January 26
The Falling Rock Taphouse will hold a Vintage Beer Sale today from noon to 6 p.m. "It's been a few years since we've done one of these, and my cooler looks like it," explains Taphouse owner Chris Black in his newsletter. "We've got a few too many bottles of different vintages so...we'll put up a big dry-erase board of all the different beers we're clearing out and the quantity available for purchase (at substantial discount I might add) as we sell one we'll update the board and countdown till we're out."
Copper Kettle will tap a new beer, Oak Aged Double IPA, today; the brewery, which typically serves less hoppy beers, has never done one of these before. This one was aged in "in oak spirals for a hint of earthiness in the end."
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General Dynamics Land Systems Stryker Family - MilitaryLeak Skip to content MilitaryLeak Breaking Military News And Defense Technology. Search for: MENU Home Aerial Ground Naval Video Homepage / Ground Warfare / General Dynamics Land Systems Stryker Family close close General Dynamics Land Systems Stryker Family General Dynamics Land Systems Stryker Family November 12, 2018 November 26, 2018 by admin The IAV (Interim Armored Vehicle) Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III. Stryker vehicles are produced by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada for the United States Army. It has 4-wheel drive (8×4) and can be switched to all-wheel drive (8×8). The Stryker got its name from two American heroes who posthumously received the Medal of Honor after saving the lives of fellow Soldiers in World War II and Vietnam, respectively. Introduced in 2000, the eight-wheeled, medium-weight Stryker has lived up to its name by saving countless numbers of Warfighters. Now the Stryker’s new Double-V Hull – known as the “gold standard of protection” – is protecting even more of our fighting men and women. The Stryker vehicle can reach speeds of more than 60 mph and handle any type of terrain. It also has 10 different configurations and 85% commonality across the entire fleet. That unparalleled combination of versatility, survivability, lethality and maneuverability is what makes this vehicle Stryker Strong. Stryker Combat Vehicles The Stryker is an eight-wheeled, armored combat vehicle that provides an effective mix of capabilities which enables Soldiers to successfully execute their missions across the full spectrum of operations. Manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems, the Stryker is survivable, agile, maneuverable and capable of safely transporting Soldiers to their objective on the battlefield. All ten Stryker variants combine maximum commonality and proven performance with low-operating and life-cycle costs. America’s Soldiers deserve nothing less. Stryker Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) and E. Falck Schmidt (EFS) have joined together to produce a remotely-controlled Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) system for tracked and wheeled Infantry Armored Vehicles. Evolved from the Elevated TOW System (ETS), the ATGM Weapon System provides TOW missile capability to today’s Infantry Armored Vehicles. The ATGM weapon system has a 2-tube launcher and elevated mast extending 0.5 meters above the chassis. The ATGM provides maximum armor protection to a crew of three while operating stealthily using terrian and other structures to provide masking and protection. The ATGM weapon system, through the employment of current sighting technologies, enables the use of all TOW missile types. With ATGM, customers are assured of the equipment and missile commonality with current U.S. and Allied Inventories. The ATGM weapon system is employed in the U.S. Army Stryker Brigade Combat Team (BCT) ATGM vehicle. Stryker Command Vehicle (CV) The Stryker Command Vehicle (CV) is a fast-moving, armored tactical operations center allowing commanders to efficiently and effectively manage the battlefield with real-time intelligence and communication with their unit, all while on the move. Enabled by Stryker’s innate capability and performance, the CV has an unmatched combination of survivability, mobility and lethality, making it suited for roles in any combat formation. Stryker Engineer Squad Vehicle (ESV) The Stryker Engineer Squad Vehicle (ESV) provides Combat Engineers with highly mobile, protected transport to decisive locations on the battlefield. The ESV enables Engineers to provide the required mobility and limited countermobility to support their respective units. The ESV allows Engineers to fulfill their mission roles with the same mobility, survivability and lethality as the rest of the Stryker family of vehicles. Integrated in the ESV are advanced systems to overcome natural and manmade obstacles, lane-marking systems and mine-detection devices. Stryker Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) Stryker Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) supports the Stryker Brigade Combat Team with “first round” fire-for-effect capability. Its capabilities include enhanced surveillance, target acquisition, identification and designation. The FSV also utilizes the AN/TVQ-2 Ground/Vehicle Laser Locator Designator (G/VLLD) to track targets on the battlefield. Stryker Mortar Carrier (MC) The Stryker Mortar Carrier (MC) provides accurate and lethal high-angle fire support. It has the same mobility and characteristics as other vehicles in the Stryker family while allowing for the rapid delivery of indirect fires across the battlefield. The MC is capable of transporting and firing a 60mm, 81mm, or 120mm Recoil Mortar System from a Stryker platform. The enhanced Mortar Fire Control System enables Warfighters to orient the mortar tube and place effective rounds on objectives very quickly. The MCs ammunition stowage capacity enables units to sustain the fight for extended periods. Stryker Medical Evacuation Vehicle (MEV) The Stryker Medical Evacuation Vehicle (MEV) is an essential element to combat formations, giving Brigade Combat Teams the capability to quickly transport wounded soldiers to treatment facilities. Possessing common characteristics of the Stryker family of vehicles, the MEV has the capacity to utilize four litters complete with a lift system. Encased by Stryker’s battle-proven design, the Stryker MEV is the preferred ambulance by today’s Warfighter. The Stryker Mobile Gun System (MGS) The Stryker family of vehicles is the ideal combination of armor, lethality and “historically high” mission availability rates. Stryker Brigade Combat Teams have demonstrated the value of a force that can rapidly move as a cohesive combined arms team. Stryker is extremely mobile on the ground and is C-130 air transportable. This system provides the Army with the ability to project combat power anywhere on earth within 96 hours. The Stryker Mobile Gun System (MGS) variant is a direct-fire infantry assault platform with a 105mm cannon. It is mounted in a low-profile, fully stabilized, “shoot on the move” turret integrated into the Stryker chassis. The Stryker Mobile Gun System (MGS) carries 18 rounds of NATO- standard 105mm main gun ammunition; 400 rounds of 0.50 caliber ammunition, and 3,400 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. The bunker and wall-breaching capabilities allow it to neutralize enemy vehicles, equipment and hardened positions. Stryker NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBCRV) The Stryker NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBCRV) is the choice for Route Reconnaissance and Surveillance. It houses an integrated NBC sensor suite and meteorological system so a crew can detect areas of contamination and then plot a clean bypass route. The Stryker NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle (NBCRV) is also well suited to collect and transport samples of radiological, biological and chemical material for later analysis. Stryker Reconnaissance Vehicle (RV) The Stryker Reconnaissance Vehicle (RV) is a platform that enables reconnaissance elements to collect information and conduct surveillance operations with the same cross-country mobility capabilities as the rest of the Stryker fleet. The quiet engine and long-range infrared surveillance equipment allows Reconnaissance Units to conduct both overt and covert intelligence collection operations. The Stryker Reconnaissance Vehicle (RV) is the key enabler within the Stryker Brigade Combat Teams for both sensor and HUMINT focused Reconnaissance Operations. The RV accommodates a 4-man RSTA squad and an intelligence augmentee. Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle Double-V Hull (ICV DVH) The Stryker Double-V Hull (DVH) is an evolutionary leap of improved capability across the Stryker family of vehicles. The Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV) Double-V Hull provides greatly improved survivability to the Stryker Brigade Combat Team. The new, combat-proven, Double-V Hull configuration provides unprecedented survivability against mines and IEDs, while the new driveline and suspension significantly improve the vehicle’s payload capacity, ride stability, and reliability. As the most common variant within the Stryker Brigade Combat Team, the ICV maneuvers combat elements across the area of operations. The mounted Remote Weapons Station provides direct fire support to dismounted Infantrymen during assaults. The new Double-V Hull ICV is one of the most versatile, mobile, and safest personnel carriers in the Army’s inventory. Already saving lives in the SBCT, and ready now to be the AMPV solution, the Double-V Hull is in production for several of the Stryker variants. 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MAKING it big in the world of entertainment is a tough ask and many wannabe actors, singers and dancers never realise their dreams.
It’s no surprise creative types have plan B careers or back-up day jobs to make ends meet while they try to crack the industry.
These are the occupations some of our biggest stars held before they found fame and fortune.
CATE BLANCHETT
Numbers interested Blanchett before drama did and she was enrolled in economics and fine arts at Melbourne University before taking off on a gap year.
It was while in Europe that she stumbled across a film set and was invited to be an extra, revealing in her a passion for acting.
Blanchett came home, dropped out of uni and enrolled instead at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.
BRAD PITT
During the final year of his journalism degree, Pitt dropped out and moved from Missouri to Hollywood to chase his dreams of stardom.
While trying to find his big break, he made ends meet by delivering refrigerators and dressing in a chicken suit to promote a local restaurant.
GEORGE CLOONEY
This film megastar also had a passion for news and media and studied broadcast journalism at Northern Kentucky University.
To fund his studies, Clooney also sold women’s shoes, stocked shelves at a supermarket, did odd construction jobs and hawked insurance door-to-door.
HUGH JACKMAN
Long before he was Wolverine, this Aussie star was teaching physical education at a high school in Britain while on a gap year.
It was 1987 and a young Jackman’s job was to put the pupils of the Uppingham School through their paces.
Another pre-fame job was dressing as a clown for parties.
JON HAMM
Before he was a television and film star, Hamm cut his teeth as a set decorator — for pornography films.
But the Mad Men star is quick to insist the adult films were softcore, not X-rated, and he essentially moved furniture around and not much else.
NICOLE KIDMAN
Kidman was just 17 when her mother Janelle was diagnosed with breast cancer, so she put her education on hold and got a job.
She worked as a massage therapist to help provide financially for her family. When things settled down, she quit and enrolled in the Victorian College of Arts.
JENNIFER ANISTON
Long before her starring role in Friends and the long list of film credits that followed, Aniston worked as a telemarketer — for a grand total of two weeks.
The actress also took jobs as a promotions model and a waitress to make ends meet.
SHARI SEBBENS
She starred in the critically acclaimed Australian film The Sapphires and has enjoyed a number of TV and theatre roles since.
But up and coming actress Sebbens still holds down a part-time job at JB Hi-Fi in Sydney while she auditions for roles.
RACHEL MCADAMS
Before she ruled the high school roost in Mean Girls, McAdams spent her summer holidays flipping burgers at McDonald’s to earn pocket money.
She’s not the only celebrity to work beneath a set of golden arches. Before fame, actor James Franco, singer Pink and Australian television presenter Sarah Harris did too.
JON BON JOVI
When he was 17, Bon Jovi would wag school and make some extra money by cleaning his cousin’s recording studio in New York.
He managed to weasel his way into the booth and lay down his first single at 18, paving his way to global music stardom.
KYLE PRYOR
He studied media and sports science in the UK and is a martial arts expert, with a black belt in taekwondo.
The hunky Brit cut his teeth in entertainment as a film and television stuntman, before trying his hand at acting.
While spending a few months in Sydney, he was convinced to audition for Home And Away and landed the role of Nate Cooper.
JENNIFER HAWKINS
Before she was Miss Universe, Hawko was a cheerleader for the Newcastle Knights rugby league team.
She also worked as a dance choreographer and did some modelling on the side.
JAKE GYLLENHAAL
He spent two years studying Eastern religion and philosophy at the prestigious Columbia University in New York.
When the acting bug bit, Gyllenhaal dropped out and went to film school.
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY
This southern gentleman has conquered the acting genres of both romantic comedy and drama but there was a time when he wanted to dominate the courtroom.
McConaughey spent two years studying law at university in Texas before deciding to focus on acting. | positive |
The Bay Area can’t work without BART.
The region keeps growing, both in jobs and people. With traffic congestion at an all-time high, everyone who lives and works in the Bay Area has a serious interest in keeping the 44-year-old BART system running. That’s why it’s important for the voters of San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties to pass Measure RR.
Measure RR is a $3.5 billion bond program to repair, replace and redesign BART’s infrastructure.
It sounds like a lot of money, and it is. Property owners in San Francisco (the BART tax district covers San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties) would be facing an estimated property-tax hike of some $2 per $100,000 of assessed value in 2017-18, and nearly $18 per $100,000 of assessed value by 2035-36. But public transit systems are expensive to build and expensive to operate.
The $3.5 billion will allow BART to repair its tracks, repair functions ranging from power stations to its train-control system, and fix tunnel infrastructure.
This is not about flash, it’s about function — and it’s the vital work that goes into keeping BART running.
About 90 percent of the bonds will go toward repairing and replacing BART’s safety infrastructure.
But the BART board has heard the cries of stressed riders. It’s putting 10 percent of the bond toward congestion relief and improving station access.
The fixes include new escalators for six heavily trafficked stations, elevator work, and re-engineering the track system to increase system resiliency and relieve crowding. The plan is to increase train frequency from 23 trains per hour to 30.
“We can’t ignore it anymore,” said BART board member Tom Radulovich. “The need on the capacity side requires a greater investment.”
Radulovich added that BART’s usual sources of funding, from the state and federal governments, have been flat or declining in terms of real dollars.
The opponents of Measure RR cite the BART board’s poor management when it comes to labor negotiations.
“There’s going to be no incentive to control labor costs,” said David Kersten, president of the Kersten Institute for Governance and Public Policy. “We’re just kicking the can down the road.”
It’s true that the BART board has a dreadful record when it comes to holding the line on labor costs. This page has supported many of the solutions Measure RR’s opponents call for, including a ban on labor strikes and more modest pay raises for workers.
Some of these changes would require legislative fixes that would be difficult to come by in Sacramento, where labor-allied Democrats control both houses of the Legislature.
Very few of them would directly affect BART’s immediate — and long outstanding — capital needs.
Plus, while the BART board’s record on labor negotiations leaves much to be desired, its record on capital investments is a different story.
BART has consistently put aside money for capital contributions for decades. It’s planning to dedicate future fare increases to capital contributions, too. Last year, Moody’s Financial Service assigned a triple-A rating to BART’s general obligation bonds. It cited, in part, “the improved financial metrics of the district.”
So while the BART board may be struggling with its labor relations, its public stewardship of BART’s capital projects offers much reassurance to voters. There is no reason to punish BART riders for BART’s labor problems.
The Bay Area needs BART to run smoothly, safely and efficiently. Pass Measure RR. | positive |
The award of a £1.2bn civil engineering contract for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset has been put on ice by EDF Energy, triggering more uncertainty over the nuclear renaissance.
Two consortiums led by Balfour Beatty and Laing O'Rourke were hoping to have heard about the huge deal in recent days but now expect no decision until 2013 at the earliest. The move is a blow to employment prospects in the area and comes weeks after £100m worth of site preparation was postponed.
The soonest a new reactor will be built in Somerset could now be 2021, around four years later than originally hoped. EDF declined to comment on the latest setback, with a spokesman for the 83% state-owned French power company saying: "I am afraid it is not our practice to comment on open tenders."
The group insisted that its wider plans remained intact and it aimed to start work on the £100m contract, which was awarded last year to construction partner Kier Bam, "as soon as practicable, and all necessary steps are being taken to ensure that work can start in good time".
EDF says it still plans to go ahead with new reactors in Britain but industry experts say uncertainty over the government's planned support mechanism through "contracts for difference" and the election of President François Hollande, who is sceptical about nuclear power, have encouraged EDF to slam on the brakes.
John Stanion, chief executive and chairman of construction firm Vinci, a partner to Balfour Beatty, told the industry newspaper Construction News that the £1.2bn contract was unlikely to be awarded until next year. "I think EDF is totally committed to Hinkley Point subject to them having a clear investment case, but I don't think it is in a position to make a decision until [the contracts are] legally brought into force, so some time next year will be the earliest they will commit."
The use of contracts for difference to ensure investment in low-carbon technology through guaranteeing a certain power price was confirmed in the energy bill published by the government last week.
But energy companies have made clear they will need to see the exact scale of the financial support before they can commit themselves to new plants, especially nuclear ones. Other power companies such as E.ON, RWE and SSE have already dropped plans for new reactors in Britain.
There has already been speculation that EDF's original price of building new stations has risen from £4bn to £7bn. The French company will not confirm that.
EDF said it was making "good progress" on site preparation at Hinkley Point after winning approval from West Somerset council in February. Meanwhile, investment in wind and other renewable energy is also stuttering. Spending during the first quarter of the year dropped to its lowest since 2009, according to Ernst & Young's latest quarterly global renewable energy Country Attractiveness Indices report.
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Species of fish
Gymnarchus niloticus – commonly known as the aba, aba aba, frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, poisson-cheval, or African knifefish – is an electric fish, and the only species in the genus Gymnarchus and the family Gymnarchidae within the order Osteoglossiformes. It is found in swamps, lakes and rivers in the Nile, Turkana, Chad, Niger, Volta, Senegal, and Gambia basins.[1][2]
Description and biology [ edit ]
G. niloticus has a long and slender body, with no caudal, pelvic, or anal fins. The dorsal fin is elongated, running along the back of the fish towards the blunt, finless tail, and is the main source of propulsion. It grows up to 1.6 m (5.2 ft) in length and 19 kg (42 lb) in weight.[3]
G. niloticus is nocturnal and has a poor vision. Instead, it navigates and hunts smaller fish using a weak electric field similar to that of the related elephantfish. Also like the elephantfish, it possesses an unusually large brain, which is believed to help it interpret the electrical signals.[3] It can make its tail negatively charged with respect to its head. This produces a symmetrical electric field around its body. Nearby objects distort this field, and it can sense the distortion on its skin.
G. niloticus females lay their eggs in floating nests up to 1 m (3.3 ft) across. The adults continue to guard the young after hatching.[3] The sperm cells don't have a flagellum, and therefore moves like an amoeba instead.[4] | positive |
Kepler Conjecture
In 1611, Kepler proposed that close packing (either cubic or hexagonal close packing, both of which have maximum densities of ) is the densest possible sphere packing, and this assertion is known as the Kepler conjecture. Finding the densest (not necessarily periodic) packing of spheres is known as the Kepler problem.
Buckminster Fuller (1975) claimed to have a proof, but it was really a description of face-centered cubic packing, not a proof of its optimality (Sloane 1998). A second putative proof of the Kepler conjecture was put forward by W.-Y. Hsiang (Cipra 1991, Hsiang 1992, 1993, Cipra 1993), but was subsequently determined to be flawed (Conway et al. 1994, Hales 1994, Sloane 1998). According to J. H. Conway, nobody who has read Hsiang's proof has any doubts about its validity: it is nonsense.
Soon thereafter, Hales (1997a) published a detailed plan describing how the Kepler conjecture might be proved using a significantly different approach from earlier attempts and making extensive use of computer calculations. Hales subsequently completed a full proof, which appears in a series of papers totaling more than 250 pages (Cipra 1998). A broad outline of the proof in elementary terms appeared in Hales (2002). The proof relies extensively on methods from the theory of global optimization, linear programming, and interval arithmetic. The computer files containing the computer code and data files for combinatorics, interval arithmetic, and linear programs require more than 3 gigabytes of space for storage.
Hales' proof proved difficult to verify. In 2003, it was reported that the Annals of Mathematics publication would have an unusual editorial note stating that parts of the paper have not been possible to check, despite the fact that a team of 12 reviewers worked on verifying the proof for more than four years and that the reviewers were 99% certain that it is correct (Holden 2003, Szpiro 2003). However, the actual publication contains no such note (Hales 2005).
In response to the difficulties in verifying his proof, in January of 2003, Hales launched the "Flyspeck project" ("Formal Proof of Kepler") in an attempt to use computers to automatically verify every step of the proof. Unfortunately, Hales expects the project is likely to take 20 person-years of labor (Holden 2003, Szpiro 2003). | positive |
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The biggest sale weekend of the year is coming up, and we’re not very good salesmen. What we’re going to do is highlight a couple of actually good sales, tell you what’s wrong with them, and then let you decide if the good outweighs the bad. We’ll be pulling a couple components from each major category. We’ll put timestamps on the left in the video with the respective categories. We have a GTX 1080 Ti also coming out today.
Black Friday PC Part Sales
Intel CPUs: So, full disclosure, our original plan was to have the timestamp jump to Intel sales and then only last a second and be a black screen, because we almost never see Intel CPU sales ever. Looks like they have some this year, though. The i7-7700K (Amazon) – which is still a good CPU, by all accounts – is a good pick-up, and at time of publication, is on significant mark-down from its old price of $330-$350 (currently $290). The CPU also presently comes with Assassin’s Creed and Total Warhammer II, which is worthwhile, and is easily overclockable to 4.8-5.0GHz, depending on how lucky you are and how good your board is. Don’t bank on 5, but give 4.8 a shot. It’s no 8700K, but for most gaming workloads, it’s still nearly tied for first place in FPS.
AMD Ryzen CPUs: Already pointed this out and it’s old news, but the 1950X (Amazon) is now $800 (usually $1000), the 1920X is $650 (usually $800), the R7 1700 and 1700X are about $260 to $270 (usually $300 to $400), and the R5 1600 is about $190 (usually $220). If you already wanted one of these, now’s the time to buy. If you weren’t sure, but the huge price cuts sound promising, do yourself a favor and watch our Best CPUs round-up to determine if Ryzen is the right fit for your needs. For the Threadripper CPUs, we have used both the Zenith Extreme and the Gigabyte X399 Designare. The Designare will be a bit cheaper, but its BIOS leaves a lot to be desired. We already have an AM4 board round-up for anyone doing serious, actual overclocking. We don’t just mean the multiplier, either.
Cases: Cases have some actually good sales. These are a little more exciting, and many of these won awards from us over the year. The Fractal Meshify C is available between $70 and $80, depending on which retailer you look at, and the Define C is also around that price. We liked both cases, though you should buy a fan to go with them. The Corsair 270R is now available at around $55 on Amazon, down from its $70 MSRP. We also liked the 270R as a budget case, and this new price makes it one of the highest quality in the $50 tier. The NZXT S340 is about $50 after rebate, if you count that, and remains one of the better mid-towers. Finally, the Rosewill Cullinan, which we showed as decently cooled, is now priced at $75 off its original MSRP on Amazon. This one is a pretty serious deal. We can recommend it at that price.
SSDs: For SSDs, we spotted the Crucial MX300 SSDs marked down to $80 for 275GB and the MX300 525GB for $130. These might sound like sales, but we looked at our order history from 2016: We bought these drives at the same prices last year, so looks like it just says “sale,” but it’s actually ye olde mark-up/mark-down game. Skip these, then. It’s not really a sale.
The Samsung 850 Pro SATA SSD (on Amazon) is a bit marked-down, though. The 1TB unit is presently $375 (list price $530), and that’s for a relatively high-end SSD.
For something more reasonable, we also saw the Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSDs for $90 on Amazon right now (list price $150), which would be decent for a boot drive that doesn’t need as much performance as the Pro. We bought two of these for test benches.
Motherboards: We can recommend the Gigabyte Z270X Gaming 7 for the 7700K pairing, if you’re trying for a higher OC. This is the board we use for our GPU test bench. The ASRock Z270 Extreme 4 is way cheaper, but not nearly as well-built for overclocking. It’s good enough to run with a light OC and direct airflow on the VRM, though. For AMD, we already have an entire video dedicated to overclocking motherboards, but you could grab a cheaper B350 ASRock Pro4 for a really good price right now. That’s at $75, as of making this video. $55 if you count rebates. It has the least terrible VRM heatsink of all the B350 boards. You’ll still want airflow on the capacitors to prevent 5000-hour burn-out, if you’re pushing heavier OCs on 8 cores, but this one will be mostly fine for a light OC on a 6C CPU.
PSUs: For PSUs, we saw the EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 for $70 after rebate, or $85 normally. That’s one of the better mid-range PSUs. If you want something dirt cheap that’s kind of mediocre, but will get the job done for an ultra-budget build, the Corsair CX650 non-modular PSU is $50, marked down to $40 after MIR. It’s not a favorite, but it’s fine for something basic and cheap.
Monitors: One of the better deals we saw was the LG 27UD58P 27” display. It’s an IPS panel with a native 4K resolution at 60Hz, coupled with FreeSync and a 5ms GTG response. It’s not the fastest response in the world, but at $300 for an actual sale – not one of those where they mark it up and then d own – it’s a pretty good price and value overall. This isn’t something you buy for perfect picture quality or flawless latency and response, but if you want 4K on the cheap and with still reasonable image quality and still playable response, this one’s worth consideration. $300 is making 4K gaming a lot more playable. We’ll have some GPU recommendations in the GPU section to go with this display. This one is cheapest on Newegg, but Amazon has it for $368.
MSI Optix G27C2 27” display, curved, which has a 1ms response, FreeSync, and a 144Hz refresh rate. The monitor is only 1080p, unfortunately, but it does come out to $240 after the instant promo code. There’s another $10 MIR, if you count those. Amazon has this for $250 after rebate. List price is $300.
For an absolute dirt-cheap monitor, we found a 1080p 23” unit with a 5ms GTG available for $90 after a promo code. You could throw-in a $10 rebate and make it $80, but we generally don’t count those toward the price, these days. Still, at $80-$90 for a 1080p display that’s not absolutely hated, we thought it might be worth pointing-out for ultra-budget buyers.
RX 580s: OK, so this one is pretty sad, but hear us out. The RX 580s are now down to MSRP – so $240 to $250 for an 8GB model, or $200 to $230 for a 4GB model. Typically, you’d scoff at this and say it’s just MSRP; well, you should still scoff at it and it is still MSRP, but the prices are a lot better than they have been for the last 6 months. In the very least, we figured we’d let you know about the return to normalcy. The best RX 580s are still $280, like the Gaming X or the Nitro, but the PowerColor Red Dragon and MSI Armor are available at the $240-$260 range. The main trouble with this is that the VRMs will run a little warm and the fans might spin a bit louder, but if you have adequate airflow in your case, you’ll be fine. You may want to pick up a thermal pad for a quick mod, in the event coil whine becomes a problem. Throwing a thermal pad onto the inductors will often solve that. We’ll link to some thermal pads below.
GTX 1070/1080 Ti: There’s technically a GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Gaming for $740 right now, which is a $10 mark-down from what we saw yesterday. Not much, but something. We also saw a GTX 1070 mini card – great for an HTPC – for about $410.
RAM: We found some RAM sales. No, that’s not a joke. Well, not really. OK, it’s actually just depressing, at this point, but we did find “sales” on RAM that was “marked down” from the price it’s been for the last 8 months.
Yeah, so a little sad. Anyway, we have to make do with the market. The Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB kit at 3000MHz CL15 is currently available for around $160 on Amazon. There’s also a Ripjaws V kit of 2x8GB at 2800MHz for $140. The Ripjaws V 2x16GB kit, for 32GB total, runs at 3200MHz CL16 for $300. Sadly, that’s one of the best prices we’ve seen on a kit of 2x16 in a long time. If you need a big memory bank, there’s your option.
Editorial: Steve Burke
Sales: Steve, Eric Hamilton, & Patrick Lathan
Video: Andrew Coleman | positive |
AMD, ARM and NVIDIA join as key contributors to enable next-generation media experiences in hardware using AOMedia Video
WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – April 5, 2016 – The Alliance for Open Media is pleased to announce that AMD, ARM and NVIDIA have joined the consortium in pursuit of an open and royalty-free AOMedia Video codec. The Alliance is also announcing public availability of its AOMedia Video source code as an open source project, and is welcoming contribution from the broader developer community.
New members and new participation level
Market-leading IP provider ARM and semiconductor companies AMD and NVIDIA have joined the Alliance for Open Media, which also includes Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix. Strong hardware support of AOMedia Video is crucial for broad industry adoption, and the expertise of AMD, ARM and NVIDIA will be instrumental for delivering the best video experiences to consumers.
As the Alliance for Open Media continues to grow its membership, it has also created a new Promoter membership level to allow even greater involvement from the media ecosystem. Application for enrollment at the Promoter level is now open and benefits include voting participation in the development of AOMedia Video, among others.
Availability of a new, open source video project
The AOMedia Video project is the open source repository for active development of the new AOMedia Video codec. The repository contains a baseline for this new codec, which the Alliance for Open Media will build upon to deliver state-of-the-art compression efficiency that bests modern codecs. With a focus on next-generation media experiences, AOMedia Video is designed to meet growing Internet demand for top-quality video scenarios across devices of all kinds and for users worldwide.
The availability of AOMedia Video as an open source project is an important milestone in fulfilling the organization’s promise to deliver a next-generation video format that is:
Interoperable and open;
Optimized for Internet delivery;
Scalable to any modern device at any bandwidth;
Designed with a low computational footprint and optimized for hardware;
Capable of consistent, highest-quality, real-time video delivery; and
Flexible for both commercial and non-commercial content, including user-generated content.
“The open source availability of our AOMedia Video project with active contributions from industry leaders marks the beginning of a new era of openness and interoperability for Internet video,” said Gabe Frost, Executive Director, the Alliance for Open Media. “We’re delighted to welcome AMD, ARM, and NVIDIA to the Alliance for Open Media, reflecting the importance of hardware support to achieve broad industry adoption.”
The Alliance for Open Media is a Joint Development Foundation Projects, LLC series. The Joint Development Foundation is an independent non-profit organization that provides the corporate and legal infrastructure to enable groups to establish and operate standards and source code development collaborations.
About the Alliance for Open Media
Launched in 2015, the Alliance for Open Media is a Joint Development Foundation project formed to define and develop media technologies to address marketplace demand for an open standard for video compression and delivery over the web.
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Supporting statements from the new Alliance members follow.
SUPPORTING STATEMENTS FROM NEW ALLIANCE MEMBERS
AMD
“AMD is excited to join the Alliance for Open Media,” said Joe Cox, corporate vice president, graphics engineering, AMD. “AMD delivers superior video and media solutions optimized for various platforms and is committed to working with other leading companies on the next generation world-class video codec technologies that enable the best media experiences for consumers.”
ARM
“As a Founder Member of the Alliance for Open Media, ARM has been actively involved in influencing and contributing to the new codec specifications,” said Mark Dickinson, general manager, media processing group, ARM. “We are working to ensure that the new codec can and will be implemented in hardware once the software specification is finalized. ARM’s focus on mobile multimedia will enable hardware implementations of the AOM Video codec to quickly become available to all OEMs operating in the mobile market.”
NVIDIA
“Developing future, open-source codecs is an important step on the road to next-generation media experiences,” said Jay White, Director, Strategic Marketing at NVIDIA. “By joining the Alliance for Open Media as a founding member, NVIDIA can directly participate in the development of these key technologies.” | positive |
Search results for: ' on-tv ontv WSNS Channel 44' FuzzyMemories.TV Login Videos Donate About Fuzzy.tv on YouTube Search Results Results for: ' on-tv ontv WSNS Channel 44' Watch Later WSNS Channel 44 - Sign-On & ONTV Transition (1985) Views: 9451 Here is a rare and neat video - a sign-on for WSNS Channel 44 followed by the transition to ONTV's scrambled signal. Includes: Color Bars, Tone & "WSNS-TV Transmitter Maintenance Until 5:57 A.M." text message for about 65 seconds. WSNS Channel 44 Sign-On National Anthem along with scenes of Chicago (Marina City Towers, Soldier Field) Metro Focus community calendar notice (Looks like there was a cut in recording here. ... Watch Later ONTV - "Private Benjamin" (On-Screen ID, 1982?) Views: 873 Here is an on-screen station ID from ONTV during the movie Private Benjamin. Not sure when this is from exactly, but likely 1981 or 1982. No chinsy, lower right-hand corner ID for ONTV! They put it almost in the middle of the screen! Watch Later ON TV - "He Knows You're Alone" (On-Screen ID, 1981?) Views: 1411 Here's another ON TV on-screen station ID - during the film "He Knows You're Alone" - Tom Hanks' first movie. Not sure when this aired exactly, but likely 1981. Watch Later ON TV - "The Hunter" (On-Screen ID, 1981?) Views: 768 Here's another ON TV on-screen station ID - during the movie "The Hunter" starring Steve McQueen. Not sure when this aired exactly, but likely 1981. Watch Later ON TV - "The Blues Brothers" (On-Screen ID #2, 1981?) Views: 1385 Here's one more ON TV on-screen station ID - during the movie "The Blues Brothers" (which as everyone knows is the greatest film in the history of film and any other recorded medium up to and including cave paintings) 8-) Not sure when this aired, but likely 1981 or 1982. Watch Later ON TV - "The Blues Brothers" (On-Screen ID #1, 1981?) Views: 1340 Here's another ON TV on-screen station ID - during the movie "The Blues Brothers" (which as everyone knows is the greatest film in the history of film and any other recorded medium up to and including cave paintings) 8-) Not sure when this aired, but likely 1981 or 1982. Watch Later ON TV - Subscription Television Chicago (1983) Views: 2374 Here is a clip of some footage from ON TV Subscription Television, which was an early cable TV option in Chicago. (not sure if other cities had it) I think this clip dates to March 1983, since Quest for Fire was not released in the US until 1982, so I don't think cable would have gotten it until the next year. Watch Later ON TV - "Rock Rock Rock!" (Opening, 1981) Views: 2130 Here's an ON TV opening for a showing of "Rock Rock Rock!". Includes an ON TV Station ID at the beginning by WSNS' former General Manager/Announcer Mal Wyman. This aired on local Chicago TV early Thursday, December 17th 1981. Watch Later ON TV (Station Sign-Off, 1981) Views: 4755 Here's the ending of the ON-TV presentation of the film "Avalanche Express" on WSNS Channel 44, followed by the station sign-off (voiceover by Mal Wyman). This aired on local Chicago TV early Thursday, May 21st 1981. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ... 30 31 Next» Videos Donate About Contact | negative |
Law enforcement overseeing the 15th annual Bonnaroo Arts and Music Festival arrested and cited more than 300 people during this year's festival, authorities said Wednesday.
Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves said his department wrote 277 citations during the four-day music festival held June 9-12 in Manchester, Tenn., and called the number on par with previous festival years. In all, law enforcement arrested 37 people, a number Graves said is down slightly from previous years.
Last year, there were 76 arrests made by all law enforcement agencies, up from 60 in 2014.
According to booking information at the Coffee County Jail, the Sheriff’s Department made 19 arrests, Manchester Police Department and Tennessee Highway Patrol each arrested eight people and Tullahoma Police Department arrested two people.
A majority of this year's citations and arrests came during the first two days of the festival and included charges such as public intoxication, disorderly conduct and illegal possession of a controlled substance for harder drugs like Molly, Esctasy and LSD — all typical cases connected to Bonnaroo, said Sheriff's Office spokesman Lucky Knott.
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In addition, less than two days into the event the Sheriff's Office made what it called a massive drug bust on festival grounds.
Chattanooga residents Brian Anthony Wiley, 29, and Trevor Franklin Watson, III, 24, were arrested June 9 on multiple drug-related charges after Knott said deputies caught the men with "a very large amount of drugs" on the farm.
The exact street value of the drugs was not immediately known, but Knott said the men were arrested after authorities were tipped off they were selling drugs to people, including festival attendees.
Coffee County EMS Director Michael Bonner said paramedics transported 38 people at the festival offsite to hospitals, including two who were taken by medical helicopter.
Both helicopter rides were for unresponsive patients with one flown out of the venue on June 9 and the other on June 11.
The remaining 36 medical transportation calls were for a variety of issues including heat exhaustion, abdominal pain and respiratory issues like asthma due to dryness and dust, said
This year's numbers, Bonner said, were the lowest in the history of Bonnaroo.
Authorities said the yearly average is about 50 transports but in some prior years medica have transported an excess of 100.
Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Chief Jerry Brown said firefighters overseeing the festival responded to calls including carbon monoxide alarms, grass fires and propane tank gas leaks.
No one was injured in any of those incidents
Meanwhile, a Bonnaroo attendee was killed early Saturday after Tennessee Highway Patrol officers say he ran into the median on Interstate 24 eastbound and was struck by two vehicles, including a tractor-trailer.
The THP identified the man as 22-year-old Louisville, Ky., resident Casey J. Young, who died during the crash, which took place about 1 a.m. near mile marker 112.
According to a THP report, Young had been drinking before he was hit. His toxicology results are pending an autopsy in Davidson County. | positive |
Saudi Arabia, one of the United States’ key Arab allies, rounded up 28 Christians on Friday after receiving a tip about a home-based church. The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice arrested the worshippers at a prayer meeting in the home of an Indian national in the city of Khafji. Their current whereabouts are unknown.
"Saudi Arabia is continuing the religious cleansing that has always been its official policy," Nina Shea, director of the Washington-based Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom, told FoxNews.com. "It is the only nation state in the world with the official policy of banning all churches. This is enforced even though there are over 2 million Christian foreign workers in that country. Those victimized are typically poor, from Asian and African countries with weak governments."
The Saudi media reported different compositions of the arrested Christians. Some reports said the Christians were men and women, while the Saudi Gazette wrote that children, as well as men and women, were detained. It was unclear if a court date has been set in the notoriously opaque fundamentalist court system. Saudi Arabia has gone to great lengths over the years to re-brand its image as a tolerant advocate of multi-religious dialogue. The arch-conservative monarchy funded the Vienna-based King Abdullah International Center for Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue. Nevertheless, critics argue, Saudi Arabia’s Islamist religious police continue to expunge any trace of Christianity within its territory. Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah appears to be tied up in knots because of his conflicting messages to the international community about religious diversity. "Such actions are especially dangerous in the current situation, where the world is seeing the rise of extreme Islamist groups in Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Somalia and elsewhere," Shea said. "The West should demand that its strategic ally, Saudi Arabia, release the Christians at once and allow them to pray according to their own faith traditions. Otherwise, Riyadh will appear to be validating the practices of the Islamic State in northern Iraq and Syria.”
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) pledged to press the State Department and the U.S. ambassador in Riyadh to help the Christians. Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to visit the Kingdom tomorrow to discuss ISIS. Whether he will bring up the recent arrests remains to be seen. | positive |
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Who needs sleep, right? Rather than putting in the tried-and-true "eight hours" that your mum still insists that you get, you're going to be doing something a bit more adventurous this evening. Something involving a "jailbreak" of your recently updated iPod touch, iPhone or iPad. Just hours after Apple pushed out iOS 5 beta 3 to its developers, a Sn0wbreeze update has been confirmed to support jailbreaking on that very build. Sadly, it's still tethered for the time being, and the iPad 2 remains unsupported, but those with nerves of steel (and gobs of vacation days) can hit the source links to get started. Furthermore, we're just starting to see what kind of wacky tricks beta 3 has up its sleeve -- things like custom alerts for text messages and what appears to be a shattering of the app grid on the iPad. For more on that, hop on past the break; for more on the jailbreak, we'd encourage you to talk amongst yourselves in comments below.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in] | positive |
HEBRON, October 19, 2016 (WAFA) – Dozens of Israeli settlers Sunday erected tents on Palestinian land located to the east of the town of Idhna, south of Hebron, chased Palestinian shepherds out and prevented them from grazing their livestock in the area, according to local sources.
Sources told WAFA correspondent settlers erected three tents on Palestinian land located near the Israeli settlement of Adora, built illegally on Palestinian land, and performed Talmudic rituals there to celebrate the Jewish holidays.
Ali 'Ajajneh, one of the town locals living in the area in tents and tin houses for the past 35 years said settlers perform religious rituals in the area each year during the Jewish holidays and prevent shepherds from grazing their livestock as well as deny them access to a water spring in the area, all under the protection of Israeli army.
According to B'Tselem, he Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, Since 1967 Israel has established over a hundred settlements in the West Bank.
“These settlements were established on vast tracts of land taken from the Palestinians, in breach of international humanitarian law.”
“The very existence of the settlements violates Palestinian human rights, including the right to property, equality, a decent standard of living and freedom of movement. Israel’s dramatic alteration of the West Bank map has precluded realization of Palestinians' right to self-determination in a viable Palestinian state,” the center maintained.
B’Tselem stressed, “As the occupying force, Israel must protect the Palestinians in the West Bank. However, the Israeli authorities neglect to fulfill this responsibility and do not do enough to prevent Israeli civilians from attacking Palestinians, their property and their lands.”
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Throughout the school year I am employed at a popular nature museum where I care for animals, primarily insects. To me it’s the best job ever. For a science student, it’s much better than folding clothes at a department store. I have also learned a lot, odd facts I tend to spout out during dinner conversations, like: “Butterflies can see with their genitals. They have photoreceptive cells on their sex organs.”
I actually have said those words on dates. That’s how a nerd copes with first-date anxiety.
I also collect information on animal courtship, and my knowledge is extensive enough to make David Attenborough blush.
Did you know that a female humpback whale lifts her genitals above the water while males fight for her affections? Male fruit flies give females a gentle pat on the behind to let them know they are interested (not much different from some guys I know). Panamanian golden tree frogs wave their tiny hands to communicate their desires. And albatrosses, which stay together their entire lives, keep it interesting by entertaining each other with goofy ritual dancing.
I think life would be good as a monogamous albatross, partly because I find human courtship senseless. In almost all species of animals I have studied, a remarkable gesture of interest is what wins a mate. In humans, it’s the opposite.
Constructing a brightly colored nest works wonders for the bowerbird. Clownfish will actually change their sex in the right setting. Bonobo chimpanzees display their physical interest in one another directly and ceaselessly, performing sex acts as greetings.
Perhaps humans have simply entered a new stage of evolution in which we have abandoned chocolates, door holding, flowers or any overt gesture of interest for a new and unnatural order of things.
“The smartest thing you can do is play hard to get,” said my best friend, Becca, during a brunch at which I was discussing my relationship troubles. “Don’t make yourself too available.” Becca must know what she’s talking about because she has been with a guy for more than a year, and they are talking marriage.
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My friend David was also on the cusp of being in a serious relationship, but he prided himself in staying detached enough so he would not be forced to label it. “It ruins it when you have to call it something,” he said.
When I was with my guy, the last thing I did was play hard to get. Once I even badgered him with six texts in a row, and the fact that he did not respond only made me want him more. It left me wondering: Why can’t we get enough of people who don’t give us enough?
After brunch with Becca, I was ruffled by how little my guy was talking. I wasn’t quite at the point of writing “I love myself” index cards (What crazy person does that?), but I found myself reading a lot of dating material, articles like, “How to Know He’s Just Not That Into You” and “When He Doesn’t Text.” It did not matter that the articles were about straight relationships and I was gay. They assured me of nothing except that I wasn’t alone in how I felt.
When he finally called and said he wasn’t looking for anything serious, I was crushed. I passed through the stages of grief that follow a breakup: denial, anger and depression. But not acceptance. My pride stood in the way of that. Pride also is what filled my planner with the long list of guys I dated for two weeks after, most of whom I met on dating Web sites.
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Dating sites are like virtual zoos, but for humans. You can learn about the various creatures by reading their panels and observe them without any real danger, but you should think carefully before squeezing through the bars to meet what is lurking on the other side. At least that is what I should have done.
Among my dates were a boring professor of Shakespeare who made dinner feel like office hours and a Texan who thought he could lasso me by subtracting 15 years from his age.
But then one morning I saw Nick waiting tables at the restaurant around the corner from my apartment. He hustled around the dining room serving a combination of eggs and attitude. His piercing blue eyes and messy dark hair made me bite the inside of my lip. He reminded me of Jonathan Rhys Meyers, but made in Little Italy. As it turned out, we shared mutual friends.
At our first dinner I sighed with relief when he rattled off names of barbecue places he liked. We laughed over our mutual obsession with superhero films. And after watching me chew the meat off a chicken bone, he still gave me a kiss goodnight.
On another date he suggested a trip to a shooting range near the West Side Highway. I was excited but nervous, never having shot a firearm. He smiled and laughed and held my hand. His skin was always warm to the touch.
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Working at the museum greenhouse recently, I saw a pair of birdwing butterflies engaged in a courtship dance. The male, with his shimmering green wings, flies up and under the female repeatedly until she submits. This male looked exhausted; he had spent so much time seeking her attention that his wings had become tattered and faded.
That evening a large group of children were in the museum for a special event. A few were excited seeing a large butterfly carrying a smaller one in flight. At first I thought it was the same mating behavior of the previous pair, but then I realized it was something tragically different.
The female was spiraling in the air with the corpse of the male butterfly attached. He had died during intercourse. He must have been so exhausted from impressing her that when she finally gave in, he gave out. Spending most of the day resisting him, the female did not have the strength to remove him, so she died also. The moment felt very metaphoric, probably because Nick had been so persistent in pursuing me.
AT first his behavior was endearing. He constantly gave me attention, lavishing me with compliments, calls and sometimes gifts. But one morning when I slid out of bed from next to him, things felt different. All his wooing suddenly repelled me.
I crawled back in and tried my best to pretend things were O.K. He showered and dressed. I clenched my teeth when it was time to kiss goodbye, then shut the door behind him, sighed and wondered if he had any idea.
Slouching into a nearby chair, I found myself questioning the nature of our relationship, how uneasy I became when Nick gave me everything I supposedly wanted. I began to think how ridiculous it is that our most useful allure is resistance and that our natural reaction is to push away someone who shows that he cares.
Would I hurt Nick the same way I had been hurt in the past? I was reminded of my friends and their need to stay detached. I thought about the guy who dropped me and wondered if he experienced the same thing I was experiencing now. I wasn’t used to being liked so easily.
Could it be that I was conditioned to think I had to work for someone’s affection and if I didn’t it meant something was wrong? All that effort did the birdwings little good. Then I thought of my friend the albatross, and I smiled for a moment.
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What we have been seeing worldwide, from India to the UK to the US, is the rebellion against the inner circle of no-skin-in-the-game policymaking “clerks” and journalists-insiders, that class of paternalistic semi-intellectual experts with some Ivy league, Oxford-Cambridge, or similar label-driven education who are telling the rest of us 1) what to do, 2) what to eat, 3) how to speak, 4) how to think… and 5) who to vote for.
But the problem is the one-eyed following the blind: these self-described members of the “intelligenzia” can’t find a coconut in Coconut Island, meaning they aren’t intelligent enough to define intelligence hence fall into circularities — but their main skill is capacity to pass exams written by people like them. With psychology papers replicating less than 40%, dietary advice reversing after 30 years of fatphobia, macroeconomic analysis working worse than astrology, the appointment of Bernanke, who was less than clueless of the risks, and pharmaceutical trials replicating at best only 1/3 of the time, people are perfectly entitled to rely on their own ancestral instinct and listen to their grandmothers (or Montaigne and such filtered classical knowledge) with a better track record than these policymaking goons.
Indeed one can see that these academico-bureaucrats who feel entitled to run our lives aren’t even rigorous, whether in medical statistics or policymaking. They cant tell science from scientism — in fact in their eyes scientism looks more scientific than real science. (For instance it is trivial to show the following: much of what the Cass-Sunstein-Richard Thaler types — those who want to “nudge” us into some behavior — much of what they call “rational” or “irrational” comes from their misunderstanding of probability theory and cosmetic use of first-order models.) They are also prone to mistake the ensemble for the linear aggregation of its components as we saw in the chapter extending the minority rule.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb explains why the world desperately needs to ignore the idiot intellectuals who presently rule it:I could not agree more. One thing I have noticed, regularly and reliably, is that the professional class of the so-called cognitive elite. I mean, they're not exactly stupid, but most of them are 2SD midwits who areless intelligent than Taleb, me, or most of the genuinely smart people that I know.Remember the lesson of the Excluded : "The probability of entering and remaining in an intellectually elite profession such as Physician, Judge, Professor, Scientist, Corporate Executive, etc. increases with IQ to about 133. It then falls about 1/3 by 140. By 150 IQ the probability has fallen by 97%! In other words, a significant percentage of people with IQs over 140 are being systematically and, most likely inappropriately, excluded from the population that addresses the biggest problems of our time or who are responsible for assuring the efficient operation of social, scientific, political and economic institutions."Or as Taleb puts it: "Beware the semi-erudite who thinks he is an erudite. He fails to naturally detect sophistry. The IYI pathologizes others for doing things he doesn’t understand without ever realizing it is his understanding that may be limited."
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Dave Matthews Band will issue their first live DVD for the first time since 2009’s Live at Brixton Academy in the form of the November 19, 2010 show from Charlottesville’s John Paul Jones Arena. The penultimate show to DMB’s fall run has stood the test of time, being regarded as one of the best shows the band has played in numerous years. The following night, the tour closer, also holds a high standing with hardcore fans. Known for bustouts like the ultra-rare “Spoon” and a surprise “Halloween” along with numerous guest spots throughout the run, this release will satisfy every fan of Dave Matthews Band.
Visually, Lighting Director Fenton Williams also debuted a new light rig for the short tour, one of his best in the band’s 20+ year history. Thanks to the wonder of YouTube, here are a collection of must-see highlights from the November 19 show as well as additional bonus material from November 20. Be sure to check out the stirring rendition of “Spoon” (the band’s first in nearly two years) and killer extended versions of “#41” and “Warehouse” featuring DMB crew member Joe Lawlor and longtime DMB collaborator John D’Earth. The gems of the run come in the form of a surprise “Halloween” and the emotional weekend closer, “The Last Stop,” which included a “Three Little Birds” interpolation. The final notes of this performance came under the cloud of the band’s announcement that they would be taking 2011 off.
“Spoon”
“#41” with Joe Lawlor
“Warehouse” with John D’Earth
“Lie In Our Graves”
“Christmas Song”
“Halloween”
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I personally benefit greatly from the global dominance of English. I’m not very good at learning languages and speak only English. If I was blogging in, say, Swedish, I’d have a very limited audience. But having the dumb luck to grow up speaking English, I still get more than a few Swedish readers.
But the rise of English as the global elite cognitive monoculture strikes me as worrisome. Relying upon a monoculture for their calories didn’t do the poor Irish much good in 1846. I’m worried that intellectual blights could get lodged in the Silicon Valley – Hollywood – Washington – New York – London axis of global cultural dominance.
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IVICAT for the masses: An improved technique for permethylation of peptides — Albert Einstein College of Medicine Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content Albert Einstein College of Medicine Home Home Faculty Departments Grants Publications Search by expertise, name or affiliation IVICAT for the masses: An improved technique for permethylation of peptides James G. Farmar, Heinz Nika, Fa Yun Che, Louis Weiss, Ruth Hogue Angeletti Pathology Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review 2 Scopus citations Overview Fingerprint Abstract To determine the levels of post-translational modifications, we needed a quantitative technique that would allow comparison of the amounts of acetylated versus mono-, di-, and tri-methylated lysines in histones. One method, IVICAT, generates trimethyl-amines and could be used, but is technically challenging. We have modified this technique to be used with standard laboratory equipment so that this chemistry is accessible to most proteomics laboratories. Original language English (US) Pages (from-to) 285-292 Number of pages 8 Journal Journal of Biomolecular Techniques Volume 20 Issue number 5 State Published - 2009 Keywords Amino groups Quantitation ASJC Scopus subject areas Molecular Biology Other files and links Link to publication in Scopus Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'IVICAT for the masses: An improved technique for permethylation of peptides'. Together they form a unique fingerprint. Peptides Medicine & Life Sciences 100% Amines Medicine & Life Sciences 82% Post Translational Protein Processing Medicine & Life Sciences 80% Lysine Medicine & Life Sciences 76% Histones Medicine & Life Sciences 73% Proteomics Medicine & Life Sciences 72% Equipment and Supplies Medicine & Life Sciences 46% View full fingerprint Cite this APA Standard Harvard Vancouver Author BIBTEX RIS Farmar, J. G., Nika, H., Che, F. Y., Weiss, L., & Angeletti, R. H. (2009). IVICAT for the masses: An improved technique for permethylation of peptides. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques, 20(5), 285-292. IVICAT for the masses : An improved technique for permethylation of peptides. / Farmar, James G.; Nika, Heinz; Che, Fa Yun et al. In: Journal of Biomolecular Techniques, Vol. 20, No. 5, 2009, p. 285-292. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review Farmar, JG, Nika, H, Che, FY, Weiss, L & Angeletti, RH 2009, 'IVICAT for the masses: An improved technique for permethylation of peptides', Journal of Biomolecular Techniques, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 285-292. Farmar JG, Nika H, Che FY, Weiss L, Angeletti RH. IVICAT for the masses: An improved technique for permethylation of peptides. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques. 2009;20(5):285-292. Farmar, James G. ; Nika, Heinz ; Che, Fa Yun et al. / IVICAT for the masses : An improved technique for permethylation of peptides. 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He was forced to sell the property. William Aiken Sr. bought it in 1827 and in 1833 his son, William Aiken Jr., a future governor and member of Congress, made the house his family's primary residence. One of the reasons that there are so many magnificent homes in Charleston is that in the 1800s, wealthy Charleston families saw their houses not only as the center of their family life but as the hub of their social life as well. The homes were show pieces meant to display the family's status to their guests. The Aiken house was no exception, and Aiken Jr. made major renovations to the home, including moving the front entrance and building a large addition, calculated to make the home more impressive. Along with the political offices that William Aiken Jr. held, he also held a more dubious distinction: he was one of the state's largest slaveholders. The Aiken-Rhett house is one of the few residences in the city whose slave quarters have survived hurricanes and the wrecking ball. 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WASHINGTON -- More than half of the country has no idea who the Koch brothers are.
That was the news from a George Washington University Battleground poll released Tuesday morning. And it was immediately interpreted as bad news for Democrats, who have tried to turn the billionaire energy tycoons into midterm election boogeymen.
"Koch Zero?" read a headline on Washingtonpost.com. "Why Democrats are going to have a hard time enraging people about campaign finance."
The article itself was more dismissive of the strategy: "We've long believed that attacks on two relatively low-profile billionaires isn't likely to work for Democrats simply because, as this poll shows, people don't know who the Koch brothers are."
In fact, the GW Battleground survey, conducted by a bipartisan team of pollsters, doesn't show that "people don't know who the Koch brothers are." It shows that about half the country doesn't know them. It's likely those more aware of the brothers include Democratic donors and politically attentive voters, two constituencies that Democrats are desperately trying to reach in 2014.
Of course, Democratic strategists would like it very much if more of the country knew who the Koch brothers are. With 25 percent of GW Battleground respondents saying they had a negative opinion of the brothers and only 13 percent saying they had a positive opinion, the Kochs do make decent political villains. And as Slate's Dave Weigel points out, the fact that roughly two out of every five Americans knows about the Kochs, despite their efforts to keep themselves and their influence-peddling hidden, is something of a vindication of Democratic strategic thinking.
To get a sense of how the Koch brothers stack up as campaign kindling, it also helps to look at past polls. No comparison is perfect: When the polls took place, the way the questions were asked, and the names of the other people or companies raised in those questions all affect the results. But the data do suggest that while the Kochs are relatively obscure (at least among the public at large), they aren't completely off the radar.
In May 2013, for example, YouGov discovered that 55 percent of Americans had heard of the Koch brothers. That was more than the 51 percent who had heard of investor and Democratic moneyman George Soros. Soros has long been a conservative villain but he hasn't played a starring role in campaigns of late.
In January 2010, CNN/ORG released a poll showing that 24 percent of respondents had never heard of the tea party movement, which was roughly a year old by then.
Perhaps a better comparison, however, is to Bain Capital. In May 2012, 53 percent of respondents to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll said they did not know or were not sure of their opinion of the private equity firm started by Mitt Romney. Over the subsequent months, Democrats used the firm as a cudgel against the Republican presidential nominee.
Romney was obviously more closely associated with Bain Capital than any Republican candidate is with Koch Industries. Bain also became ubiquitous because the Obama reelection campaign worked to make it so. It's unclear if congressional Democrats and their allied committees can do the same this year with the Koch brothers.
Still, that May 2012 poll (which, it should be noted, came two months later in the election cycle than the GW Battleground poll) suggests how something known only to half the country can still be molded into a sharp campaign issue.
Here are some other, semi-relevant survey results to help evaluate the significance of the Koch brothers' poll numbers:
Karl Rove
In July 2005, Gallup found that 25 percent of Americans had not heard of the Republican strategist despite his having been widely portrayed as the evil genius behind George W. Bush's two presidential victories.
Paul Ryan
On Aug. 12, 2012, USA Today/Gallup ran a poll that found 39 percent of the country had never heard of the Wisconsin Republican even though Democrats had been running forcefully against his budget plan. Shortly thereafter, the congressman would be chosen as Romney's vice presidential candidate.
Nancy Pelosi
In October 2006, a Newsweek poll found that 36 percent of Americans had never heard of the California Democrat, even though she was poised to become the next speaker of the House and was the target of national GOP scorn.
Gallup and CNN had the percentage of Americans who hadn't heard of Pelosi hovering in the mid- to high 20s during that time period. But Fox News/Opinion Dynamics did a poll in October 2006 that found 43 percent had never heard of Pelosi, while an Associated Press poll in December of that year (after the election) had 55 percent saying that they hadn't heard of her. | positive |
Numerous speakers at last weekend’s Values Voter Summit suggested that the American republic might not survive a Hillary Clinton presidency. During the Obama administration it has become almost routine to hear far-right leaders talk about the possibility of armed revolution against the federal government. But it was still jarring to hear a sitting governor suggest that America might only survive the election of Hillary Clinton through bloodshed.
Matt Bevin, who was elected governor of Kentucky last year after expressing “absolute” support for marriage-refusing county clerk Kim Davis, received the Distinguished Christian Statesman award from the D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Statesmanship on Friday night. Speaking on Saturday, he told VVS attendees that the country is facing a fork in the road: “We don’t have multiple options; we’re going one way or we’re going the other way, politically, spiritually, morally, economically, from a liberty standpoint. We’re going one way or we’re going the other way.”
Bevin recounted a story from his college days about how he confronted a professor who he said mocked Christianity, the way liberals always do: “They try to silence us. They try to get us to shut our mouths. They try to embarrass us. Don’t be embarrassed. We were not redeemed to have a spirit of timidity.” He urged young people, “Be bold. There’s enough Neville Chamberlains in the world. Be a Winston Churchill…There are quite enough sheep already. Be a shepherd.”
American freedom, Bevin said, was “purchased at an extraordinary price,” saying that one and a half million Americans have given their lives in uniform. “America is worth fighting for. America is worth fighting for, ideologically.”
“I want us to be able to fight ideologically, mentally, spiritually, economically, so that we don’t have to do it physically,” said Bevin. “But that may in fact be the case.” He explained that it might take the shedding of the blood of tyrants and patriots for America to survive a Hillary Clinton presidency: | positive |
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Story highlights Authorities seize more than $100 million in raids of downtown Los Angeles shops
The business are located in the city's bazaar-like fashion district
International drug cartels allegedly use a "trade-based money laundering" scheme
Couriers brought "duffel bags and suitcases full of cash to many businesses," feds say
Los Angeles is known as the nation's capital of many things. Entertainment. Gangs. Even the creative capital of the world.
Add this: The City of Angels is now the nation's "epicenter" for money laundering by international drug cartels.
Federal officials made such an announcement this week after they raided downtown businesses and seized an estimated $100 million in cash and from bank accounts around the world that were part of forfeiture actions in the ongoing probe.
Some of the laundered money included ransom payments to the Sinaloa drug cartel that allegedly kidnapped and tortured a U.S. citizen at a ranch in Mexico.
"Los Angeles has become the epicenter of narco-dollar money laundering with couriers regularly bringing duffel bags and suitcases full of cash to many businesses," Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert E. Dugdale said.
Cash seized during a federal raid of cartels' alleged money laundering in Los Angeles.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris also was blunt.
"California is the gateway to the rest of the United States," Harris said. "California is and always will be an attractive target for these kinds of activities because we have the largest population of any state in the United States. The seventh-largest economy in the world."
Use of peso brokers
The cartels used a scheme known as "trade-based money laundering" or "black market peso exchange," federal officials said.
On Wednesday, 1,000 law officers swept through a section of downtown Los Angeles known as the "fashion district," which is known more for its dense bazaar-like maze of shops than for any catwalks or haute couture.
Authorities initially seized $65 million, but the figure grew Thursday to more than $100 million, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for federal prosecutors.
In the "Operation Fashion Police" raids, nine people were arrested in the investigation into laundering drug proceeds for cartels, authorities said. Three of the arrests were among seven individuals facing federal indictments for alleged conspiracy to launder money and other charges; the other three defendants are from a business in the Mexican state of Sinaloa and are being sought, authorities said.
The defendants' attorneys couldn't be reached for comment.
"We have targeted money-laundering activities in the fashion district based on a wealth of information that numerous businesses there are engaged in black market peso exchange schemes," Dugdale said.
Kent Smith, executive director of the LA Fashion District, told the Los Angeles Times that 4,000 businesses generate billions in economic activity each year.
"It's unfair to paint the rest of the legitimate businesses ... with what a small number of businesses may be doing in terms of illegal activity," Smith told the Times.
An $18 billion sector of downtown
Authorities also say the "vast majority" of L.A.'s $18 billion garment district is legitimate and operates lawfully. But the federal crackdown clearly "portend(s) a profoundly troubling trend," said Claude Arnold, special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit in Los Angeles.
FBI agents work at a command post after raids were conducted in the fashion district of Los Angeles.
"The scope of this current case and its potential long-term impact are truly unprecedented," Arnold said.
A major tipoff to the illegal activity came when the Sinaloa drug cartel used a fashion district firm as a conduit to launder and accept ransom for the release of a U.S. drug dealer who was kidnapped and tortured by narco thugs.
"The victim was held captive at a ranch in Sinaloa, where he was beaten, shot, electrocuted and water-boarded. The hostage was released after relatives paid $140,000 in ransom" through the fashion district business, authorities said in a statement.
The raids capped a two-year investigation, and Attorney General Harris called "transnational gangs" like those behind money laundering "the number one threat to California's public safety."
How it worked
Under the scheme, a peso broker would work with a U.S.-based drug dealer or another conspirator who needs to send dollars to Mexico or another country, authorities said.
To do so, the broker would find businesses in Mexico that buy goods from U.S.-based firms such as those in the Los Angeles' fashion district. The Mexican merchants would send dollars to the Los Angeles fashion district stores, authorities said.
In return, the fashion shops sent goods to the Mexico businesses, which then sold the products and gave the proceeds in pesos to the broker and eventually the cartels, authorities said.
Cartels allegedly use the scheme to avoid "the risk of smuggling bulk amounts of U.S. currency across the Mexican border and without having to convert and wire the U.S. currency through established financial institutions, which not only carries transaction fees, but also a threat their illegal activity will be detected," prosecutors said in a statement.
"It also gives them a presence in the United States they otherwise wouldn't have, indeed a presence in our business industry," Dugdale said.
Also, in June 2010, Mexico announced anti-money laundering regulations "that restrict the amount of physical cash denominated in U.S. dollars that Mexican banks may receive," a grand jury indictment said. | positive |
Chapter 9
With a handwritten note from Weiss, Winter had reluctantly allowed Ruby entry into her home to gather a list of items. Winter still followed her around as she collected Weiss' journal, securely locked, several changes of clothes, all shades of white, grey and blue, except for her underwear which tended towards red, not that Winter appreciated Ruby going through those particular delicates. And lastly, Ruby retrieved her sword, Myrtenaster Weiss called it, a long slender silver blade with an oddly bulky hilt.
Winter took the time to explain that Weiss would no longer be able to handle the weapon bare handed, and that Ruby should not be able to either. Templar blades contained a steel core, coated in blessed silver. They were crafted with the sole purpose of vanquishing the supernatural, and generally burned any such being on contact. And yet Ruby was holding it with both hands. She seemed fine, much to Winter's shock and displeasure. Ruby took some gloves before fleeing the home. She really did not like being disliked.
Upon arriving home, Ruby threw a couple logs into the hearth. Yang was out hunting Grimm to blow off some steam, and would appreciate a roaring source to relax in. It had not taken long for everyone to become used to Yang's presence. Glynda and Pyrrha borrowed her if they needed something heated, or disposed of properly. Blake often curled up in front of the flames to rest, allowing Yang to gently pet her. Ruby asked the two why they got along so well without saying much. Blake had replied that the brightest lights cast the darkest shadows. They had laughed at length, causing Ruby to feel she had missed a hidden meaning behind the joke.
Heading toward Weiss' room, Ruby stopped by the fridge to fetch a fresh blood-pack, this one containing Winter's blood. In a morbid fashion, perhaps it would be of comfort to Weiss, that her sister would help sustain her today...yeah, probably not. Shifting the bag containing Weiss' belongings over her shoulder, Ruby softly knocked on the door. After a few moments there was still no response.
"Weiss?" Ruby called. "I got your things."
"Come in Ruby." Weiss' muffled voice spoke.
Ruby obeyed, quickly slipping in and closing the door behind her. "Winter said the silver on your sword will hurt, so I picked up some gloves as well." She set the bag down on the bed and opened it. "She said these were your favorite." Ruby pulled a pair of grey riding gloves from the bag, holding them up for Weiss to see. It was then that Ruby noticed her change of position, cross-legged, angled away, blankets pulled over her head.
"Thank you Ruby." Weiss said. "Was Winter kind to you?"
"Yeah, she just followed me around frowning." Ruby replied. "You know, like she was thinking bad things instead of saying them."
Weiss laughed softly at that. "Yes, that sounds like Winter." Her voice was shaky. "Seethe in silence, then vent on some unsuspecting Grimm. I believe she and Yang would get along if they set aside their differences and went on a hunt together."
Worried by Weiss' composure, or lack thereof, Ruby crawled onto the bed. "Weiss, are you okay?"
Weiss sighed. "I miss the sun Ruby, the light filling my room each morning, the warmth of its light upon my skin, reminding me with each passing day that life was worth living. If I could just see the sun once more, unimpeded by the everlasting clouds of Atlas…" Weiss turned to look at Ruby, who gasped at the sight. An angry red burn covered the left side of Weiss' face, her eye clouded over, though it seemed to be slowly fading. "How bad is it? I can't look in the mirror" She managed a watery laugh.
Ruby plastered on a reassuring smile. "Just looks like someone slapped you. I think it's clearing up...did you-"
"Try to get some sun?" Weiss interrupted. "Yes. It seems my transformation is not yet complete." She laughed, this time bitterly, her face contorting with emotion. "Transformation, it's like I'm a caterpillar, metamorphosing into a beautiful butterfly, with fangs, and an allergy to light, and a compulsion to f-feast upon human blood." Weiss choked, huddling into her blankets and sobbing.
Ruby threw herself forward, wrapping Weiss in the tightest hug she could muster. Weiss did not shake her off, instead nuzzling closer, burying her face in the fabric of her shirt. "You are beautiful Weiss."
"I'm a monster." Weiss whimpered.
"Yeah, so, monsters can be beautiful." Ruby defended. "Nora and Ren turn into big man wolves and even then they look beautiful."
Weiss choked a laugh. "I'll be sure to remember that when I look like a living corpse Ruby."
"Even then I'll think you're beautiful Weiss, because you are, you are all to me." Ruby insisted. "Existence is beautiful, every sight, every sound, every smell and sensation. It's awesome, life?" She pulled away to meet Weiss' teary gaze, streaks of murky red running down her cheeks. Weiss once again found herself frozen in silver. "Weiss, life isn't breathing, life isn't our soul, it's our story, and every day I see and experience new things, a new animal, a new flower, a new tale from my friends, and I've only seen a tiny little part of what this world has to offer. And you're part of that. You're part of my life and I'm part of yours. You died Weiss, but you haven't stopped living, not yet, and as long as you don't give up, that won't be for a very long time, and I'll stay by your side every step of the way if I have to." She buried herself in Weiss' chest this time.
Weiss blinked, that strange feeling filling her mind once more. But this time, it felt right. "Because you're my friend." Weiss whispered. She felt Ruby nod against her chest, along with a swell of warmth. She chose to latch onto that warmth, and wrapped her arms around it. "I'm not okay Ruby."
"But you will be, someday." Ruby murmured.
"Hmm...someday." Weiss sighed. "Perhaps when I can walk in the sun once more."
They stayed like that for a time, basking in the calm. Ruby's scent was a constant, it surprised and concerned Weiss that she did not feel some need to feed. Perhaps it was Ruby's nature as a summon. Blake and Yang were the same, not that she had seen Yang more than once, promising to hunt down the creature that harmed her, then running off to do so. But even so, Ruby's scent was...something.
"I have an idea." Ruby piped up, pulling away, a grin on her face. "I can't give you the sun, but maybe I can do second best." With that she hopped off the bed, barely stopping to avoid running straight through the door in her excitement. "I'll be back soon, I promise!" She yelled as she slipped out the door.
As the door thudded shut, Weiss was left a tad shellshocked. She laughed, shaking her head, reaching up with her sleeve to wipe her tears away. Her sleeve came away stained red. "Shoot."
Glynda arrived soon after Ruby had left, the latter having informed her of Weiss' injuries. She fussed over Weiss' singed facial features, making her feel like a little girl again, when Winter would worry over her every scrape and bruise. There was nothing for Glynda to do beyond admonish Weiss for her foolishness, as the wounds would soon heal themselves. The sun might weaken and burn vampires, but unless they were in a seriously weakened state, it rarely did permanent damage.
Weiss spent the next hour unpacking. Pyrrha had brought some of her clothes while she was still unconscious, but she did not know which Weiss preferred. Ruby's list included her favorite nightgown, thickened socks, tights - which Weiss was shocked Pyrrha had neglected - and her cloak, lovingly sewn by Velvet Scarlatina. Her journal's wards were unbroken, which either meant no one had tampered with it, or knew exactly what she used, and how to perfectly replicate them. She chose to believe that Winter had not pried.
Alongside a blank notebook, inkwell and her favorite fountain pen, was Myrtenaster. Her beloved rapier was wrapped in a black cloth. She could feel warmth radiating from it, and for the first time in her life, it felt dangerous, as if it would shock her should she touch it. According to Glynda's book, it could do much worse than that. Steel could scarcely inflict more than a papercut upon her person, but silver alone would render her flesh as mortal as any human's. She would scar like any other. The blessed nature of this blade would sicken her to boot.
Still, Weiss preferred to keep it by the side of her bed. Harmful as it may be, the ability to defend herself brought a peace she found had been lacking since her awakening. The riding gloves Ruby brought would protect her in any case. Happy with the neat state of her belongings, Weiss spent the rest of her wait reading more of Glynda's book. Blood in her tears was apparently normal, as vampire bodies needed far less water than humans. Inconvenient, but Weiss rarely if ever cried anyway, she had been taught better than that.
Striga and Vorvolaka were variations of the common vampire, rare natives of remote regions of Vacuo and Mistral respectively, and the most powerful vampires were the Nosferatu. Weiss already knew this, having familiarized herself with vampiric kind during her training, but then only so she could kill them more effectively. The chances of meeting a Nosferatu, let alone killing one, were extraordinarily slim. Regardless, they tended towards peaceful, or at least as peaceful as vampires could be.
Weiss was halfway through a paragraph on vampiric bloodlines when two loud knocks rung upon the door, and before she could answer, it opened, revealing a beaming Yang. "Heya' Weissy!" She chirped, barging in.
Ruby quickly followed, closing the door. "Yang, keep it down. Her hearing is still adjusting."
"It's quite alright Ruby." Weiss waved her off. "Loud noises no longer hurt. Hello Yang, how went your hunt?"
"I haven't found her yet." Yang lamented. "But I've been taking out a ton of Grimm. If nothing else I'm keeping the people safe."
"Thank you, the people take precedence after all." Weiss nodded. "Ruby, what was your idea? You neglected to inform me."
Ruby gestured toward… "Yang! Daughter of the Dragon God of Fire."
"Otherwise known as the Great Sun Dragon." Yang added.
"She isn't literally the sun, but she's related to it!" Ruby cheered.
"Someone told me we had a Weissicle on our hands." Yang teased.
"Yang!" Ruby whined, looking from her to Weiss. "I didn't call you that Weiss."
Weiss merely chuckled. "It's okay Ruby...it's not entirely inaccurate." She rolled her eyes. "So what's the plan exactly?" Yang answered that by shrugging off her clothes, entirely. It was as if they were flames melting from her form, as in a way they were. "Oh gods." Weiss covered her eyes, but not before getting a face-full of Yang's considerable, perfectly sculpted assets.
"Yang, humans don't like nudity." Ruby admonished.
"I-it's not that we don't like it, it's that it's...improper." Weiss stammered. She could not recall if vampires could blush, but if they could, she surely was right now.
"The best way to conduct heat is skin to skin contact!" Yang explained. "Trust me, I've done it before." She explained bouncing, in multiple places, over to Weiss' bedside and lifting the covers. "Come on, move a tad, don't be shy, I won't bite...dunno' about you, but I'd advise against it, because, you know, burning." Yang laughed. Weiss groaned, but moved forward enough for Yang to slip behind her, an arm wrapped around her midsection, and she suddenly found herself surrounded by the warmest embrace she had experienced in her life, and it was only getting warmer. "Just tell me when it's warm enough."
Weiss felt herself shudder, the increasing warmth was an ecstasy she had sorely missed. She found herself melting into the embrace, sliding her arms beneath Yang's until she got the hint and took hold of Weiss' hands in her own. "Perfect." Weiss borderlined moaned, eyes sliding shut.
"Why thank you Weissy, I am pretty awesome." Yang chuckled behind her.
"You're truly a goddess Yang." Weiss complimented. "Thank you Ruby, I never would have thought of this."
"You're welcome!" Ruby cheered. "Is there anything else I can get you?"
Weiss thought for a moment. She felt tired, like she had just had a glass of warm milk before bed. Perhaps it was time for an early rest. "Come lay with us, until I fall asleep." She finally requested, much to Ruby's delight.
"Of course!" Ruby chirped, scrambling onto the bed until her head rested on Weiss' stomach.
Weiss shifted her hand to run through Ruby's hair, impossibly soft for how messy it looked. It only made her smile again. "Thank you both for your kindness...and friendship." She murmured as her eyes slid shut.
"Anytime Weisscream." Yang teased.
Weiss chuckled, just before she fell asleep.
Winter stood at attention on the edge of the clearing. It was not too far from town, nor too close. She wanted to avoid alarming the townspeople with the sudden arrival of an Atlesian Bullhead. Though the outside world was familiar with Atlas magitech, few had actually witnessed it in action, outside of select pieces of civilian technology, refrigerators, radios, televisions and the like, even washing machines in recent years. Still the airship about to land was far beyond what most non-Atlesians would ever lay their eyes upon. It was the size of an ocean-going warship, painted a gleaming white, and yet from it distance it seemed to hover with hardly a sound, as if light as a feather. Of course close up it was quite a lot louder.
Patch was particularly unlikely to have seen such a craft. The insular nature of Atlas meant external influence was minimal. The farther one traveled from the capital, the more primitive the world became. Patch was an odd assortment of cultures and technological periods, a haven for many seeking solace from the harsh realities of their homelands. There was good reason Templar presence here was minimal, why Glynda and Winter made it their home. It offered no strategic value, few natural resources, and required a boat or airship to reach.
Or teleportation magic, but that was expensive to craft and maintain, and only a few very powerful magicians could use it without technological aid. Glynda was one, and even she rarely used the skill. Winter was still attempting to learn. She had made it from one side of her room to the other recently. Granted she landed flat on her back. And vomited right after. Still, progress was progress, and Winter had time to burn.
A dull roar became evident, growing louder, and so Winter began walking into the clearing. The gleaming aircraft came into view, growing larger and larger by the second. It's gleaming white form was majestic even in its bulk. Winter braced herself against the downdraft as it came in to land, landing gear extended. Its sheer size took up more than half of the clearing, its wings nearly clipping the trees surrounding it. With an earth shaking thud, it finally made landfall, and the wind and sound began to fade as its engines powered down.
Approaching the landing ramp, Winter checked her appearance, brushing the hair from her face and ensuring her uniform was relatively straightened. The sky was threatening rain, but fortunately it had not yet come. All in all, she was presentable, but not perfect. She could never hope to be perfect, it was foolish, yet she tried. The ramp reached its full extension with a clunk, and with a whir it began to descend, reaching the ground not ten meters from her person. With a yell, two rows of five soldiers jogged down the ramp, clad in the black leather and white plating of the Atlesian Armed Forces, and the red stake of the Templar order emblazoned on their shoulders.
The soldiers froze at the bottom of the ramp, standing at attention. Winter imitated them, and her gaze was drawn up to the ship, where a tall figure had begun the journey downward. "Former Specialist Schnee." The man greeted as he reached the bottom.
Winter snapped into a salute, her fist covering her heart. "General Ironwood, sir." Winter chanted as he approached.
"At ease Schnee, you are no longer under my command." Ironwood noted. Winter allowed her pose to relax, arms folding behind her back. It helped hide her shaking, though Ironwood immediately turned back to face his troops. "Secure the perimeter, start constructing a camp." He instructed before turning to speak over his shoulder. "Come with me, there is someone you need to meet." The soldiers who had descended the ramp fanned out. A part of Winter wished to join them, following simple orders seemed so menial, degrading even, but with all the free time in the world to do what she wished, there were some days she wanted to just give up that freedom for a hard day's operation. Even the odd hunt did not match up to some of her adventures in the Order. After all, one of them was how she met Glynda, and by extension, Blake.
Following Ironwood into the airship, Winter witnessed more familiar actions, technicians and engineers hauling cargo, soldiers sorting equipment or readying weapons. She swore the scent of boot polish hung in the air, or perhaps it was nostalgia clouding her senses. Vile, chemical nostalgia. "Reminiscing?" Ironwood piped up.
Winter noticed she had slowed, and hurried to catch up with her former mentor. "I apologize General. This environment does inspire certain...fond memories."
"Fond?" Ironwood challenged. "I recall a certain young recruit destroying a combat droid out of pent up frustration."
"It looked at me funny." Winter countered.
"And that is what made you such a fine Templar." Ironwood continued. "Once your temper was properly tamed, you honed it into a weapon of divine justice, and used it to dismantle evil with the precision of a scalpel."
"Thank you...sir." Winter's face burned at the compliment, and she cleared her throat. "I appreciate your praise."
"I appreciate you notifying me of this situation." Ironwood came to a halt before a door, opening it and stepping aside to beckon Winter inside. She found herself in a seemingly unoccupied private quarter, the sort meant for a civilian official or otherwise important guest on long journeys. "Winter." Ironwood's voice softly called. Winter felt her heart clench. "How are you faring, truly?"
Ironwood's demeanor changed, his stern, militaristic voice softening, and for the first time since she had left the Order, Winter found herself transported back in time, to when she was an angry, scared youth, trying desperately to free herself from her father's smothering influence, his lofty expectations and disregard for her individuality, to when Ironwood accepted her into his sect, in spite of blustering and threats from the High Templar, in spite of the objections of her fellow, male recruits, and personally trained her to become one of the greatest warriors in the Templar Order.
"I almost lost her James." Winter whispered, hands clenching her wrists as she took a shuddering breath. "I almost lost my sister, to the very thing that took mother from us, the very thing I swore to destroy in all forms and...I fear I may have regardless." She felt Ironwood's hand on her back, and she very nearly crumpled, turning to stare up into his eyes. "She turned her James. Glynda turned my sister rather than let her die."
"By the gods…" Ironwood murmured in shock. "This is rash, even for Glynda."
"I thought that perhaps she had simply been maimed during a hunt gone wrong, that she may be scarred or down a limb. I was terrified, but I knew she could pull through. We could defeat simple injury, but this? Glynda condemned her soul to the abyss either way, and her excuse was that she wanted to grant her a choice? What kind of choice is that? To live a half life as a p-parasite, or d-die by her own hand and not even be granted the honor of ascending to the heavens." She failed to swallow a sob, turning away to wipe her eyes, and approached the bed, sitting down to pull in deep breaths, attempting to regain her composure. She felt the mattress dip down beside her.
"Winter, don't bottle this up, let it out." Ironwood advised, wrapping his arms around her shoulder.
Winter hiccoughed. "When I spoke with her, she seemed so...so strong James. She was angry, yes, but unbroken. She looked me in the eye and said she would continue her work, and should she lose herself, she trusted me to...to…" Winter could say no more, huddling into Ironwood's side to softly sob. She had shed more than her fair share of tears already. It was exhausting. She had barely been able to sleep, even with Weiss' awakening she found herself staying awake at night, staring at the ceiling, anguish strangling her heart. There was nothing she could have done, and there was nothing she could do. But this, turn to the one person in this world she trusted beyond Weiss. The only person she loved beyond Weiss.
"I understand Winter, I truly do." Ironwood declared.
And he did, Winter trusted in that. Ironwood did not offer false sympathy. And even if he did, Winter knew he understood her in this. Putting down comrades wounded in the line of duty was something they had all prepared for, and unfortunately, many experienced. "I wouldn't be able to survive James. Without Weiss I...I'd have nothing, just a cave in the mountains, filled with objects of no true value, and a grave to lay flowers upon. I don't have anything else to live for."
"That's not true Winter, you have y-" Ironwood started.
"My what James?" Winter growled. "My work? Meaningless. I left the Order to set an example, to grow stronger, to save Weiss from father, to give her a life worth living. What good is all that without her? She is my soul James." Winter moved. Suddenly Ironwood found himself straddled by a seething, crying Winter, fists clenching his lapels, shaking him with every word. "And my heart seems fit only to be spurned."
At this Ironwood frowned, guilt shading his expression. "You know why it cannot happen Winter."
"It doesn't matter anymore." Winter insisted. "I am no longer a part of the Order. I no longer have duties. I no longer swear by the code." Her grip softened, she leaned in to rest her forehead against Ironwood's. "I can be yours, and you can be mine...just give us but one chance." She whispered, eyes gazing lovingly into her former mentor's. Until he closed them, and turned away.
"No Winter, we can't." Ironwood murmured, regretfully.
And once again Winter felt the familiar pain in her heart, and the cold burn of shame descended upon her. Slowly, she returned to her position beside the general, and wiped her eyes, downcast. "I apologize."
"I know." Ironwood said.
"I-" Winter started.
"I know, Winter." Ironwood once again lay his hand upon her shoulder, and she turned to see a reassuring smile. "Grief clouds judgement. I do not blame you. Thank you for venting your feelings."
Winter could not help but laugh at that. Ironwood's smile always seemed awkward and forced, regardless of how genuine it was, it just seemed so out of place on his stern face. "I have a lot of feelings to vent."
"It may or may not please you to know, the person I wished you to meet is very good at listening to people." Ironwood observed.
"It does not." Winter responded.
"Unfortunate." Ironwood sighed, looking past Winter, to the lavatory door. "Penny, you can come out now." Much to Winter's shock and embarrassment, the door slid open, revealing an automaton, wearing clothing, with a painted doll-like face, and a...rather high quality wig. Winter groaned, hiding her flushed face in her hands.
"I apologize for eavesdropping General Ironwood and Specialist Schnee." The robot said. "I merely wished to provide you privacy."
"It's okay Penny." Ironwood soothed. "This is your room after all. Were you sleeping?"
"For a time, yes." Penny nodded. "This lavatory is very similar in size and shape to my stasis pod."
"Penny?" Winter asked, exasperated.
"Yes Specialist Schnee?" Penny replied.
"Why are...please do not repeat anything you have heard here to anyone else, ever." Winter requested.
"Acknowledged Specialist Schnee." Penny agreed.
"It's just Winter now Penny." She explained before turning to Ironwood. "Did you give her my file?"
"Penny was curious." Ironwood confirmed.
"I would like to ask that you not take out your frustrations upon my chassis." Penny requested. "Unlike my robotic brethren, there is only one of me, and father says I am irreplaceable."
Winter leveled a blank look at Penny, then at Ironwood. "I shall attempt to resist." | positive |
Goal
pyflakes is a static checker for python. It is great but it lacks a few features:
no parallel multi-processing execution
no cache to avoid checking files that were not modified
no option to have a long running process that watches the file system and automatically re-executes the checker when files are modified
These features are not specific to a static checker and are nice to have to many other tools. This post shows how to create an application adding those features. It uses pyflakes as an example but it could be applied to other tools also.
static checker tasks
doit is an "automation tool" that can execute tasks and provide the features which we are interested into. So the first step is to transform pyflakes operations into doit tasks.
In doit a task is composed of actions, and some other metadata.
actions
The action describes what the task does (some code to be executed). It can be a python function...
For pyflakes the function pyflakes.scripts.pyflakes.checkPath checks a file and returns the number of flakes or warnings found, so it is successful when zero flakes were found.
The action's return value is used to indicate if the execution was successful or not. So the action must return True if it has zero flakes
pyflakes checker action:
from pyflakes.scripts.pyflakes import checkPath def check_path ( filename ): return not bool ( checkPath ( filename ))
dependencies
A dependency indicates something that is required for a task execution.
For the pyflakes task, the file being checked is a file dependency for the task. That is, the task uses the file as input for its execution.
Explicit information of task dependencies are important for two factors:
1) cache results, if dependencies are not modified since last time the task was executed. It can use the results saved in a cache instead of re-executing the task.
2) execution order, when dealing with the execution of several tasks, the dependencies contains information on the order that tasks should be executed and whether they can be executed simultaneously (in parallel).
task creation
In doit usually task creation is done in a python module. This module functions that return/yield new tasks as a dict with metadata. It can also contain some extra configuration.
Something like:
import os import glob from pyflakes.scripts.pyflakes import checkPath DOIT_CONFIG = { # output from actions should be sent to the terminal/console 'verbosity' : 2 , # does not stop execution on first task failure 'continue' : True , # doit itself should not produce any output (use only actions output) 'reporter' : 'zero' , # use multi-processing / parallel execution 'num_process' : 2 , } def check_path ( filename ): """execute pyflakes checker""" return not bool ( checkPath ( filename )) def task_pyflakes (): """generate task for each file to be checked""" for filename in glob . glob ( '*.py' ): path = os . path . abspath ( filename ) yield { 'name' : path , # name required to identify tasks 'file_dep' : [ path ], # file dependency 'actions' : [( check_path , ( filename ,)) ], }
If you drop the content above in a file called dodo.py in a folder. Executing doit from the command line you would execute pyflakes in all python modules in that folder.
It already has multi-process support. And it would execute only tasks that were failing or which checked module file was changed.
To execute in a long running process that watched the file system and re-execute tasks you could execute it as doit auto .
creating a new tool
Creating tasks in dodo.py works fine if you are working on your own project. But sometimes you just want to create a new application that you can easily distribute to other users without requiring them to add any special file into their project.
doit latest release (0.18) has exposed some of its internal API so you can create new applications and still use its task execution model.
The idea is that instead of loading tasks from a dodo.py module, the application itself create tasks and execute doit.
custom task loader
To create a custom task loader you should subclass doit.cmd_base.TaskLoader and implement the method load_tasks
pyflakes command line is extremely simple. It doesn't even support a --help option. It only takes positional parameter that specify python modules or folders containing python modules.
The first change from the previous example using dodo.py is to get a list of files in the same way pyflakes does instead of just getting all modules from a folder...
So on __init__ the loader will find the list of files to be checked.
from doit.cmd_base import TaskLoader class FlakeTaskLoader ( TaskLoader ): """create pyflakes tasks on the fly based on cmd-line arguments""" def __init__ ( self , args ): """set list of files to be checked @param args (list - str) file/folder path to apply pyflakes """ self . files = [] for arg in args : if os . path . isdir ( arg ): for dirpath , dirnames , filenames in os . walk ( arg ): for filename in filenames : if filename . endswith ( '.py' ): self . files . append ( os . path . join ( dirpath , filename )) else : self . files . append ( arg ) for path in self . files : if not os . path . exists ( path ): sys . stderr . write ( ' %s : No such file or directory
' % path )
Than we need to change the function generating tasks to use the computed files instead of using glob.
@staticmethod def check_path ( filename ): """execute pyflakes checker""" return not bool ( checkPath ( filename )) def _gen_tasks ( self ): """generate doit tasks for each file to be checked""" for filename in self . files : path = os . path . abspath ( filename ) yield { 'name' : path , 'file_dep' : [ path ], 'actions' : [( self . check_path , ( filename ,))], }
Usually doit creates a file named .doit.db to store some information that will be used to determine which tasks are up-to-date. This file is created in the same location path as the dodo.py file. Since our new application works independent from the current path we specify the store file ( dep_file ) to be saved in the user's directory.
DOIT_CONFIG = { 'verbosity' : 2 , 'continue' : True , 'reporter' : 'zero' , 'dep_file' : os . path . join ( os . path . expanduser ( "~" ), '.doflakes' ), 'num_process' : 2 , }
And finally we implement the TaskLoader interface:
def load_tasks ( self , cmd , params , args ): """implements loader interface, return (tasks, config)""" return generate_tasks ( 'pyflakes' , self . _gen_tasks ()), self . DOIT_CONFIG
The command line implementation we just need to pass the positional parameters to the custom task loader. We also need to add a -w command line option to use the watch mode where the process keeps waiting for modifications in the file system.
from doit.doit_cmd import DoitMain if __name__ == "__main__" : cmd = 'run' # default doit command args = [] # list of positional args from cmd line for arg in sys . argv [ 1 :]: if arg == '-w' : # watch for changes cmd = 'auto' else : args . append ( arg ) doit_main = DoitMain ( FlakeTaskLoader ( args )) sys . exit ( doit_main . run ([ cmd ]))
The full code can be found here doflakes.py .
power up your tools!
Using doit you can easily add some nice features to external tools or leverage its power in the tools you are the author!
doit has a very flexible dependency system that can be used to perform tasks much more complex than simple static checkers.
For more information check doit website. | positive |
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