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There has been a great impact on juvenile justice policy decisions in recent years due to increasing public focus on the effects of juvenile crime on society. Historically, the aim of juvenile justice policy makers has been to address juvenile crime through promotion of promotion of policies addressing the rehabilitative needs of the offender. However, over the last 20 years of the 20th century, there has been implementation of more punitive offense-based policies that aim at addressing juvenile crime. This paper will examine the historical justification and implementation of the Native American Policy in the 1800s. The second section shall address the issue of Serious Violent Juveniles (SVJs) and the proposals made about SVJs.
Interest groups and policy makers in the United States have formulated and implemented many policies. The aim of these policies is to provide juveniles and children that are considered disadvantaged various services. These services help in preparing the disadvantaged youth with the skills required to function in the society. Disadvantaged environments were defined by policy makers through different ways for instance tribal reservation environment in the 19th and 20thst century (Hesse, Lawrence, and Hesse, 2009).Juvenile policies are generally moved through the policy process through interest groups and governmental bureaucracies. During the mid 1800s, the reservation living system was abolished with through the effort of interest group Friends of the American Indians.
The system was abolished in order to create government schools to educate the Native American children. The interest groups believed that this approach was a humanitarian way of providing civilization, assimilation and living skills for the Native American children. The initial step was the congress appropriating money for a Civilization Fund Through treaty agreements with the different Native American tribes (Hesse, 2009).In 1887, the congress formally created a compulsory education agenda through the General Allotment Act. The Carlisle Industrial Training boarding school opened in 1879. The school has an n education format that entailed multi-tribal, academic and industrial education programs. This school was opened by Thomas Jefferson Morgan, the then Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
The school activities were controlled by the Commissioner through the 1890 rules for Indian schools. Thomas added an extra year of education in the 1892 revision of the school rules. Indian parents who resisted the removal of their children from the reservation were withheld of government supplies and rations under the Indian Appropriations Act of 1891 which also formalized compulsory attendance (Taylor and Fritsch, 2010).Moreover, the government put pressure on the Native American tribal police to force compliance by enforcing the truancy laws and the compulsory school attendance. Hence, the Bureau of Indian Affairs agents entered homes of Native Americans and removed children physically. Over the next 20 years the public gave more attention to poor educational quality, poor living conditions and assimilative teaching methods at schools.
It is also evident that by the 1920s, Hubert Work, the Secretary of the Interior commissioned a study on Indian education. The report from the study suggested closure of some of the off-reservation boarding schools. Therefore, by 1930s, most of the schools abolished the forced assimilation techniques though normal operation of many boarding schools continued. Conclusions made by several assessment programs indicate that the Native American policy ultimately failed and created harmful conditions for students. Consequently, former students have filed several class action lawsuits against the United States (Taylor, 2010).Policy makers over the last two decades have focused on the issue of serious violent juveniles (SVJs).
The policy makers mainly focus on how to treat SVJs who grow up in crime-ridden and disadvantaged neighborhoods. Juveniles who commit serious and violent crimes have most of the times grown up in socio-economically disadvantaged areas in which there is a high crime rate. One of the proposals made by the National Centre for Policy Analysis in 1995 was removal of SVJs and children who are at a greater risk for criminal offences from the disadvantaged and crime-ridden neighborhoods. One of the suggestions was to provide families in the underclass neighborhoods with public funds that could enable them to send their children to boarding schools. It was believed that this could help reduce the number of children who were at a risk of committing violent crimes (Regoli, Hewitt and DeLisi, 2005).
Boarding schools were believed to provide a safe environment and a sound mechanism for socialization and hence, cultivate traits such as cooperation, politeness, kindness self-control and hard work in these children. Though some institutions successfully treated SVJs, several research studies revealed negative results regarding residential treatment facilities. The studies indicated that time spent in work programs, juvenile detention facilities and group homes were associated with negative adult criminal outcomes. Research also indicated that the most effective method of reducing recidivism was treatment rather that residential care (Regoli, et al, 2005).
Communities, States and federal agencies are combating delinquency and violence through coordinates and multi-agency approaches and innovative services and programs in the Juvenile justice system. The above information is based on a publication by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Statistics by OJJDP also indicate that there was a national decrease in juvenile residential placement between the years 1997 and 2007. Statistics also indicated that the number of juveniles held in adult jails as a result of serious offenses had decreased by 25% between the years 1999 and 2004 (Hesse, 2009).One of the methods of removing SVJs from communities is transfer of juveniles from juvenile courts to adult criminal courts.
This method has been found to increase the chances of future recidivism in violent crimes by 34%. This is in comparison to juveniles sent to juvenile facilities and other treatment programs. In response to the study, several states are raising the ages for determining juveniles from 16 to 18. Moreover, studies that reflect the fact that intensive treatment can change violent and serious behavior have influenced many states to change the way SVJs are treated in both residential and community settings (Taylor, 2010).The common interventions for SVJs include counseling in form of groups, individual and family counseling. The other interventions include working with interpersonal skills, academic, behavior and employment issues.
A very popular proposed method that combined all the interventions mentioned above is the Multi-Systematic Therapy (MST). This kind of therapy is designed to create a therapeutic environment in which all aspects of an offenderâ€™s life play an active role. Research studies have revealed that MST is an effective treatment that greatly reduces cases on recidivism in SVJs. Majority of the states have implemented the findings and juvenile justice advisory group recommendations regarding the positive effects that MST has into a formal policy. This is due to the fact that a lot of juvenile justice bureaucracies in the state constitute treatment in their formal juvenile justice programs (Hesse, 2009).Several jurisdictions have made use of the MST proposal and implemented the policy.
MST plays a key role in the process of policy implementation with regard to the power of discretion in spending state and federal justice budget funding. Majority of the juvenile justice bureaucracies at the county and state level have implemented the OJJDP recommendations to include MST In their juvenile justice programs. For example the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission reached a conclusion that MST reduces both long-term criminal offending in SVJs and out-of-home placement of SVJs. There are several other states besides Texas that have implemented this policy and positively evaluated it that they have found various ways through which thy can fund the programs (Shoemaker and Wolfe, 2005).
The other point that is worth noting is that several states are in the process of developing Medicaid-compliant MST programs that truly reflect the acceptance of the juvenile justice program by the federal program as effective and worth funding. One of the states that are in this process is Texas, which is utilizing Medicaid as a source of funding for the proposed juvenile justice program, MST. In addition to this, there is an online document which discusses state standards regarding Medicaid funding for state MST programs. Majority of the states, even the conservative ones are implementing this policy due to the fact that it is effective and it is associated with long-term results (Regoli, et al, 2005).
The efforts of government juvenile justice bureaucracies, academic studies, government advisory groups and interest groups has led to placing of MST in the agenda, formulation into policy and policy recommendations, implementation in many jurisdictions and finally evaluation as a cost-effective and successful treatment of SJVs. Many jurisdictions have come to a conclusion that MST is more cost-effective and more successful compared to residential placement. It is hoped that many more jurisdictions will adopt the practice and confirm the effectiveness of this policy in different countries and states in addition to their jurisdiction issues (Shoemaker, 2005). century and socio-economically disadvantaged environments in the 21
Government policies whose aim is to improve social viability of disadvantaged youth have included several programs such as community programs and residential placement with resocialization attempts. Though, some residential plans may seem sound from the outlook, throughout history, most of them have proved to be harmful and unsuccessful. Majority of modern jurisdictions have also obtained similar results in their residential placement of SVJs. Multi-Systematic Therapy (MST) has proved to be the most effective program that can help deal with the issue of SVJs. Many states have recognized the cost-effectiveness and success of MST in addressing SVJs contrary to residential placement and transfer to adult courts. Hence, this policy is among the most recommended approaches to addressing SVJs and is likely to continue further implementation in various jurisdictions.
Hesse, M. L., Lawrence, R., & Hesse, M. (2009) Juvenile Justice: The Essentials
Regoli, R. M., Hewitt, J. D., & DeLisi, M. (2005) Delinquency in Society.
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Shoemaker, D. J., & Wolfe, T. W. (2005) Juvenile Justice: a reference handbook
Taylor, R., & Fritsch, E. (2010) Juvenile Justice: Policies, Programs, and Practices
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According to the SSA, eligible disabled veterans must be unable to find or perform meaningful work because of one or more medical conditions. Additionally, the veteran must have had the condition for a year or more or will most likely have the condition for at least a year. A condition that will most likely result in death may also meet the eligibility criteria.
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Veterans suffering from severely disabling mental health conditions may also qualify for SSDI benefits. According to FindLaw, the SSA covers specific mental health issues such as bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression, among others.

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By Vanne Elaine Terrazola
Senators on Monday expressed support for the government's pursuit of justice and accountability for the victims in the bombing at the Jolo Cathedral in Sulu, Sunday.
At least 20 persons, which included personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), were killed while more than 100 were hurt after two improvised explosive devices exploded during a mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, Sulu Sunday morning.
Police investigators and soldiers attend the scene after two bombs exploded outside a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Nickee Butlangan / MANILA BULLETIN)
“I fully support our government as they vow to crush those responsible for the attack. I am also praying for the safety of military personnel as they go after the perpetrators,” Senator Cynthia Villar said on Monday.
Villar, who described the incident as an "act of terrorism", added: "No time should be wasted in hunting down those who are responsible for this senseless act.”
Sen. Leila de Lima, in condemning the bombing, also called on authorities to investigate and track down the perpetrators of the attack "to ensure accountability and accord the victims and their families the justice they deserve."
“This senseless attack calls for serious government attention and action to ensure that the perpetrators behind the bombing are put to justice and the victims will not be simply relegated as collateral damage of the persisting acts of terrorism in the area,” De Lima said in her dispatch.
Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III, for his part, said he could not express enough his outrage on the bombing of the Jolo church. He, too, joined the call for justice for the casualties of the incident.
"Let us pray for the souls of those who died and pray for the speedy recovery and the lessening of the pain being felt by the injured. Let us pursue justice and justice means that the perpetrators of these dastardly acts must be found out, charged and punished pursuant to law," Pimentel said.
Sen. Joel Villanueva likewise said he hoped that law enforcement agencies and the AFP will be able to "bring justice to those who perished in this senseless act against our people."
Villanueva, meanwhile, appealed to stop the attacks on "sacred" places" like churches. "Places of worship should be spared from senseless violence," he said.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, in a tweet on Monday, also expressed sympathies to the families of the victims of the bombing.
"This act of violence is also an attack on the Christian community, and therefore must be condemned in the strongest possible terms," Trillanes said.
The Palace earlier vowed that it will be merciless in pursuing those behind the attack in the Jolo Cathedral.
Members of the Upper Chamber also could not help but link the attack to the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Sunday raised suspicion that those behind the bombing wanted to "taint" that ratification of the BOL. Zubiri sponsored the BOL in Senate.
Villar on Monday agreed with Zubiri, saying that attack "could be an attempt to undermine the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law and the creation of the new Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao as a measure that will bring prosperity and lasting peace in Mindanao."
De Lima said she hopes that the incident would not derail the Bangsamoro peace process.
"The timing of the bombing is really questionable that is why it poses a big challenge for the authorities to find out, through a thorough investigation, the real reason and mastermind behind the Jolo bombings," she said.

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At present three political forces are ready to begin consultations of rather new structure of the coalition. About it journalists in a lobby of the Verkhovna Rada were told by the People's Deputy from BYuT Andrey Kozhemyakin.
As the correspondent reports, in particular, Kozhemyakin emphasized that if negotiations will be correctly conducted, the coalition can be both wide, and very wide, that is not only from two political forces. According to him, now BYuT, Party of Regions and Blok of Litvin are ready to dialogue and are ready to begin consultations of rather new coalition now already.
Kozhemyakin also emphasized that at present to WELL-NANOSECOND fractions there are difficult processes. Thus he noted that BYuT supports the National Self-defense group position in the matter.
We will remind, "National self-defense" suggested to begin negotiations on coalition creation in the BYuT format, "WELL - NANOSECOND" and Blok Litvin. Such decision of National Self-defense group was declared by the People's Deputy from "WELL - NANOSECOND" Oles Dony.


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Black Lightning, Thunder, Mal and Karen Duncan, Renee Montoya and Katana aren’t the biggest names on the DC roster…which is exactly what makes them ideal leads for The Other History of the DC Universe, the long-awaited five-issue miniseries from writer John Ridley and artists Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi.
The series—with a title that deliberately references 1986’s similar-in-format History of the DC Universe—presents a timeline of iconic DC moments from the perspective of characters from traditionally marginalized groups. The first issue of the bimonthly series, in stores this week, stars Black Lightning, a character with major personal significance to Ridley.
Ridley, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of 12 Years of Slave, has written comics before, including two volumes of The American Way. But as he discusses in this interview, this series marks his first time writing in the DC Universe, and he relished the opportunity to instill hope and humanity to some often-overlooked DC characters.
This series was first announced January 2018. Do you think the current state of the nation and the world has made this story even more timely than it would have been a couple years ago?
Yes and no. Obviously the things that are right in front of us, they inform how we see everything that’s around us. But whether this had come out in the wake of Trayvon Martin, in the wake of Ferguson, in the wake of what happened in Baltimore—just think about how regularly we find ourselves looking at these issues.
And that’s just for me as a Black man of a certain age. But we have characters that are dealing with issues of identity and inclusion that are gender issues, that are issues from the LGBTQ community. This is a series that would have shouldered a certain level of importance at any time. But certainly in the moment that we find ourselves in, where it feels like there’s so much weight being put on the scales, I hope it’s material that meets the moment.
You’ve written stories for DC before, but this is your first time writing DC characters in the DC Universe. How has that experience been for you, both as a DC fan, and also given this is such a unique type of story?
In some ways it was coming full circle. When I was a kid, I wasn’t a very good student, my mom—who was a teacher—really struggled to get me to read at all. One day, my parents found out that I liked reading comic books. “Great, if you read them, we’ll buy them.” That was my first introduction to reading on a regular basis. That was very important to me—a way to engage in reading and storytelling.
But I also remember when Black Lightning first came out, and what an impact that was for me as a young kid of color, to see a Black man as a hero. A Black man standing up for what was right. A Black man who in his other identity was a teacher, the way my mom was a teacher.
To be able to track a lot of my personal trajectory—to wanting to be a storyteller, to becoming a storyteller, to finally having the opportunity to tell stories in the DC Universe—it was humbling. It made me want to be all the more honorific to the men and women who came before me and inspired me. It’s been remarkable.
Black Lightning is now the star of a TV show, but he—and each of the characters featured in this series—haven’t traditionally been considered A-list. What has it been like to dig into characters who haven’t always gotten a chance to be in the spotlight?
What’s it like? Honestly, pick an adjective: it’s been great, it’s been frustrating, it’s been invigorating, it’s been thought-provoking. Some of these characters, you read them and think, “Wow, this character should have been a lead character, and it would have been amazing.” More than anything, I’m just appreciative to have the opportunity to revisit these characters and look up stories I remember from when I was much younger.
We wanted to approach it as though it were a real, true timeline. The timeline actually begins in the late 1960s with Jefferson Pierce talking about his childhood, and then taking it all the way to Anissa Pierce, where her story concludes around 2005 or 2006. It’s treated as real history. Each of these characters reflects a particular decade: ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s and the early 2000s.
More than anything, I wanted it to be hopeful. I wanted to focus on successes. I wanted to focus on relationships. I wanted to focus on these various individuals—even though they may be tasked with their own challenges, together as people, we always rise.
Curious to hear more about the format of the series, which is a mix of prose and illustration. What made that the best way to tell The Other History of the DC Universe?
It’s definitely prose. It’s different than sequential dialogue—it’s not spot art, it’s not sequential art. Cammo did a masterful job creating true flow for the book, from one moment to the next over time.
In terms of the writing, I really approached it as though it were an oral history; as though I had the opportunity to sit down with these characters and really ask them about their lives, their relationships, their successes, their failures. It really was trying to treat these characters as though they were very real people.
Speaking of Giuseppe Camuncoli, what was your experience collaborating with him, especially given the unconventional approach to illustrating this story?
It was the best kind of collaboration. It’s one thing to sit and write as a storyteller, but in the graphic novel space, so much of it is about that art, that look, that feel, the representation of these characters. Cammo is an artist in his own right, but he also has an uncanny ability to take moments and iconic artwork that existed and recreate it, but also give it its own individual identity.
We were really asking a lot of Cammo: to interpret what was on the page, to give it its own flow and feel. Sometimes having that much freedom is more of a challenge. “How do you feel about this?” “What stirs your emotion and your passion?” Cammo was able to do all of that. To have his own ideas. To look at past artwork. To make it fresh. To decide what the flow was going to be. I’m deeply appreciative of Cammo for his hard work over two and a half years.
The Other History of the DC Universe #1 by John Ridley, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi Is now available in print and as a digital comic book.

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The SFFaudio Podcast #311 – Ethan Brand by Nathaniel Hawthorne; read by Fred Heimbaugh. This is an unabridged recording of the story (44 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in the discussion include Jesse, Julie, Seth, and Rose.
Talked about on today’s show:
The story as a “culminate chapter” to an unfinished novel; H.P. Lovecraft’s description of the story in his essay on supernatural fiction (see our Podcast of the Seven Gables); Ethan Brand as Byronic (anti)hero; Nyarlathotep by H.P. Lovecraft; the uncanny nature of laughter; Hawthorne’s Biblical allegory; “Puritans and sin, they go hand in hand”; Ethan Brand and Adam’s search for forbidden knowledge; the almost-total absence of women in the story; the vices of the townspeople in the story; Hawthorne’s regret of the Salem witch trials; parallels to House of the Seven Gables; Hawthorne’s sense of humor; similarities to Goethe’s Faust; the Jew and his picture box; how the Holocaust ruined our reading of literature; what exactly does Ethan Brand see in the picture box?; the biblical story of Job; the intersection of sin and evil; the sin of suicide–can it be absolved?; the ambiguity of the final laughter; morality vs. intellect; the multifaceted symbolism of the story’s final image; association with Cain and Abel; double meaning of the name Brand; the internal nature of Brand’s sin; the image of girls running off to join the circus is apparently timeless; The Heart of Ethan Brand 1944 radio drama by Weird Circle; is redemption possible?; relics, iconoclasm, and capitalism; fruitlessness of pursuing knowledge; the story’s roots in Hawthorne’s experience; staring into fire; the audio drama’s departure from evil; “Jesse does not eat babies–or even veal.”; using people as a means to an end; degrees of evil; the sin of pride; Paradise Lost; Rappaccini’s Daughter; the story’s measured tone; Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God; Dombey and Son; the dog chasing its tail; unconditional love; the alternate pronunciation of “kiln”; parallels in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray; contradictions in story’s final image; white as image of purity in Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince and other fairy tales; phantom limbs; more on The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant, The Centerville Ghost by Oscar Wilde; the power of audiobooks; “hair-raising image of corruption”; Ethan Brand as a novel.
The SFFaudio Podcast #304 – Jesse, Paul, and Marissa talk about Time Out Of Joint by Philip K. Dick
Talked about on today’s show:
1959, New worlds, the Wikipedia entry, the New Worlds triptych, facial tattoos, A Clockwork Orange, Back To The Future II, body modification, terrible lifestyle choices, patois, Ragle Gumm, drugs, themes, the most 1950s story ever, Marilyn Monroe, fear of nuclear war, why keep evolving the culture?, no radio, Lawrence Olivier, The Prince And The Showgirl (1957), The SF Masterworks cover, Life magazine, The Truman Show (1998), pens, Mrs. Kittlebine is a Lunar spy, the model, the planted magazines, who was Ragle’s minder, The Prisoner, Mr. Black’s real wife, Philip K. Dick was extremely interested in cheating wives, marital infidelity, the breakdown of the nuclear family, being a writer, “your channeling yourself here Phil”, living in a false reality, mental illness, The Thirteenth Floor (1999), a horror trope, The Matrix (1999), Craig Bierko is a leading man from an alternate universe, “everything is a little off”, the colour palettes are off, very 1999ish, the future (2024) is the present, a much more coherent Matrix, it came from an alternate world, a little too much dancing, eXistenZ (1999), The Restoration Game by Ken MacLeod, The Tunnel Under The World by Frederik Pohl (from 1955), running advertizing experiments, what is the purpose of simulated worlds?, rough day at work? … go out and be a serial killer (in a simulated world), they’re working from home (like Ragle Gumm), The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth, Pohl worked on Madison Ave., robots, was the world physically real?, the slips of paper, the bus isn’t quite really there, the bus station, the solider, endless problems, progress is never made, one step forward three steps back, the diner, the malt, is he on a treadmill with hypnosis?, are they in drawers?, it’s in Wyoming, Kemmerer, Wyoming, technically insane, more insane?, Brazil (1985), Sucker Punch (2011), which reality is real?, any clues?, there’s no satisfaction, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, stacked problems, the guy learning to be a patrolman, the bus driver who doesn’t know how to drive a bus, they’re actors, brainwashing, falling through the cracks, mirrored scenes, ‘it borrows unapologetically’, thinking hard, we’re all happy at the end of The Truman Show, the outside world, our future is in the stars, Time Out Of Joint could never be a Hollywood movie, imagine The Truman Show minus the love interest, conservative endings, science class in a fake high school, there’s no existential crisis, Truman’s soul, he wanted to be an explorer, shilling the products, product placement, his happy ending is to escape the simulation, the rich father-in-law, 0% crime, how would they know?, turtles all the way up?, the granddaddy of all these stories, Hamlet, William Shakespeare was the original meta-man, to catch the conscience of the King, The Taming Of The Shrew‘s induction, Christopher Sly, it’s Trading Places (1983), a very weird framing device, plays within plays, Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter, a really good conversation, Dick’s worst books, Dick’s early books, Dr. Futurity, Eye In The Sky, carbon tetrachloride, coffee, the lasagna, existential crises, after his safe was blown up, an invitation from V-Con, X-Kalay, pretending to be a heroin addict, amphetamines, a mind like a Ferrari, Dick’s unsold mainstream novels, suburban 1950s reality falling apart, Ragle Gumm’s name, a character named Phil, half a prison of his own making, choosing to return to reality, the power station, The Kettlemen’s, surreal and weird, based on a real incident, monitoring devices, a mad person ranting, are they faking?, how brainwashed can they be?, borderlands, defense in depth, “this is Ragle Gumm”, the whole business with the light-cord, “I have to get back to my base,” he said. “Phil and I have to be in by eight o’clock or we’re AWOL.”, “Is that you Wade?”, author insert, post-it notes, 3M, “soft drink stand”, “SOFT-DRINK STAND, DOOR, FACTORY BUILDING, HIGHWAY, DRINKING FOUNTAIN, BOWL OF FLOWERS”, virtual reality, so intuitive, pattern recognition skills, nonsense, white noise, paranoid psychosis, another Jim Carrey movie, The Number 23 (2007), creepy and weird, on the list, Virginia Madsen, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004), Adjustment Bureau vs. Adjustment Team, a dog falls asleep, a talking dog, the least good, Imposter (2001), the short film, the original story, a robot that thinks its a scientist, why him?, Total Recall, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, implanted memories, don’t watch the remake, machinations, a secret agent, false endings, which story is the real one?, sitting on a park bench, why is this whole world being built up?, consider the scene…, the fake pressure, even if…, back to Shakespeare, the whim of a Lord, an essential skill, for advertizing, Rene Descartes, cogito ergo sum, imagine an evil demon, post-religious people, we don’t require a purpose, our purpose is to read Philip K. Dick books and drink coffee and watch old movies, a poetic polish by J. Michael Straczynski, Bishop Berkeley, its not a toaster its a post it with the word “toaster” on it, a rock on the dark side of the Moon’s existence isn’t contingent on our perception of it, God perceives everything, the elevator scene, their building up the world as it goes, Dick’s thinking hard and we’re thinking with him, the object or the word, Friedrich Nietzsche, Tibor McMasters from Deus Irae, “this book [Time Out Of Joint] doesn’t end it disintegrates” -Frederik Pohl, missing words, narrator Jeff Cummings, this book requires more study or less, 110.5 slips of paper, the Truman Show delusion, why they’re Tweeting so much, Skype is completely transparent to the NSA (computers), The Thirteenth Floor is beautiful to look at, what our reality is like, computer games, not knowing the difference, does the world (the GAME SERVER) exist when you’re not playing it?, what if it’s robots (AIs) running around in there?, Minecraft, when they built an 8-bit computer inside Minecraft, a giant physical object in a simulated world, there will be a computer program inside the Minecraft computer that can run Minecraft, what’s wrong with The Thirteen Floor, the time is wrong, a simulated world within a simulated world would take more time every time they go up a level, assuming the laws of physics, Inception does that, an infinity of time as a moment, all Science Fiction can be tied together by this novel, is it a Masterwork, it itself is not luminous but it is a conductor of light, it feels very inspired by, a good book for people who’d never read Science Fiction, a peek behind the curtain of reality.
Not From Space Produced by Borgus 2 CDs – 108 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA] Publisher: Borgus Published: 2002 ISBN: None Themes: / Science Fiction / Satire / Radio / Greed /
We join Earth during the year 2000. The economic boom, advanced technology is prospering, and everyone is focused on… themselves. —Not From Space Introduction
Not from Space is not your typical fare. Uniqueness in audio is something I haven’t come across in a long while, and here it is. With that said, I’ve got the task here of telling you what Not From Space is, and I can’t think of a way to describe it without making it sound like so many other radio shows. But here goes: Not From Space tells the story of alien invasion entirely through newscasts. Sounds pretty common, eh? Told you.
But again, Not From Space is not your typical fare. At the very beginning, for example, is a brilliant piece of satire as talk show hosts announce that Bill Gates is going to give away computers to “foreigners”, then take calls from people that are really upset about it. I’ve heard enough talk radio to be able say that this bit really hit home, from the encouragement of the hosts to the logic of the callers. And that’s what makes Not From Space so atypical – it is full of pieces that hit home.
The entire story is told through the news radio station. There is no traditional dialogue between characters, just news told to listeners. Jeffrey Bays, in a talk about the show which is included at the end of the production, says that the show is meant to be listened to in the background, much like a real radio station would be. There are so many interesting moments that popped out as I listened, and the more I listen, the more things I notice.
The show was produced in a unique manner as well. It was entirely created on the internet using a world-wide cast of 15 voice actors trading MP3 files. It sounds wonderful – a very accurate simulation of a radio station, right down to the commercials, which in this case are a pleasure to hear.
Borgus has captured the feel of an American talk radio station to tell a story with a point. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and am looking forward to listening again.
Not From Space will be heard on XM Satellite Radio’s Sonic Theater, Channel 163 this Halloween weekend: -Saturday October 29 at 9am/9pm (US-Eastern) -Monday October 31 at 5am, 1pm, and 9pm (US-Eastern)


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Back muscle spasm treatment relies on osteopathic techniques that reduce muscle tension, alleviating involuntary muscle contractions to address pain, loss of mobility, and impaired function.
Back muscle spasms are a painful and sometimes debilitating condition. These spasms in the back occur when muscle tissue spontaneously contracts as a result of various nerve impulses. Typically, this happens when the body believes that it has suffered damage of some kind. To protect itself, the muscles contract to inhibit movement and prevent additional damage from occurring. If you are experiencing muscle spasms, osteopathic treatment can be a helpful option to reduce discomfort and hasten your recovery.
Like all back conditions, muscle spasms in the back occur for a reason. Of course, those reasons can vary, depending upon the patient. Typical causes for serious back spasms can include a serious injury to the back, joint problems in the spine, and overloaded back muscles. Other causes include:
In many instances, patients may be unaware of the reason for their spasms. This is especially true in cases where there has been no obvious injury and the patient has no previous diagnosis indicating a serious medical condition. In such cases, it is important to obtain a proper diagnosis as soon as possible.
Back muscle spasms are like many other back conditions in that they can be accompanied by a variety of different symptoms. These symptoms can include:
Because back pain is often difficult to self-diagnose, patients who suffer from any of these or similar symptoms should seek medical attention.
Our team is committed to helping you get to the bottom of any back muscle spasm problem. By identifying the underlying cause of your condition, we can more effectively treat your spasms and expedite your recovery. The goal is to treat the root cause of your pain rather than the symptoms, to ensure optimal results and maximum pain relief. There are a variety of osteopathic techniques available to treat your condition, relieve your discomfort, and restore your quality of life.
Back and spine conditions can be degenerative, disease-related, or caused by overuse or injury. Symptoms can include pain, impaired mobility, numbness, weakness, and more.Back Muscle SpasmFacet Joint SyndromeFailed Back Surgery SyndromeHerniated DiscsLow Back PainLumbar RadiculopathyMid Back PainMyofascial Pain SyndromeNerve Compression SyndromePiriformis SyndromePost Laminectomy SyndromeSacroiliac Joint DysfunctionScoliosisSpinal Stenosis
If you are suffering from a back muscle spasm issue, Dr. Leonid Tafler can help. He will work to diagnose your spasms, develop a plan to treat the problem, and provide the care you need to alleviate the condition. In addition, his team can provide you with important prevention information to help you avoid recurring spasms in the future. To learn more about how we can help treat your back spasms and get you on the path to a full recovery, contact us today.
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Weak economy blamed for 30% decline in Vietnam H1 car sales
Vietnam's car sales in the first half dropped 30 percent from a year earlier to 47,909 vehicles, as a weakening economy hit demand, Reuters quoted the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association as saying.
However June sales by the 16 car makers operating in the Southeast Asian country only fell 1 percent from a year earlier to 9,699 units after the government halved its value-added tax to 5 percent, the Association said in a report.
Dealers said demand could still slow significantly for the rest of the year as consumers shelve big-ticket items such as cars and houses.
Last year, car sales rose 37 percent to a record 110,186 units.
Vietnam's economy grew an estimated 3.9 percent in the first six months from a year earlier, slowing from annual growth of 6.5 percent in the same period last year, the government said last week.
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp held on to the top position, with its six-month sales down 13 percent to 10,907 vehicles. Sales by Ford Motor Co fell nearly a third to 2,699 units.
Mitsubishi Motors Corp, Malaysia's Proton, Suzuki Motor Corp and Nissho Iwai, part of Sojitz Holdings Corp, are among the car makers with assembly plants in Vietnam.
Last month Nissan Vietnam Co Ltd, part-owned by Japan's Nissan Motor Co, said it would start production in Vietnam and market the first locally assembled vehicle by 2010.
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In recent days, the kind of armed violence previously limited to Ukraine's beleaguered east came within 30 miles of the country's European Union borders.
In the city of Mukacheve, one person was killed in a Saturday gun fight between members of far-right nationalists known as Right Sector and security guards connected to a Ukrainian legislator.
Right Sector, whose own volunteer battalion fights alongside government troops in eastern Ukraine, said its members were trying to confront a local crime boss and policemen it alleges were involved in large-scale smuggling in the region.
But some witnesses say the shootout involving automatic rifles and grenade launchers appears to have been part of a criminal turf war over smuggling itself — particularly the illicit transit of cigarettes into EU markets.
A number of civilians were injured and several police vehicles destroyed in the incident, while about a dozen Right Sector militants involved in the shootout managed to escape into the nearby mountains, evading troops sent to disarm them. Ukrainian officials reported Monday that two militants who security forces were closing in on had managed to escape by taking hostage a 6-year-old boy, who was later released.
Following the incident, President Petro Poroshenko called for the militants involved in the shootout to be disarmed and detained for an unbiased investigation into what happened.
Right Sector, however, mobilized its members across the country and launched protests demanding the removal of the Interior minister and officials in Ukraine's western regions. It also called on government forces to defy their superiors' orders, and some Right Sector units fighting in eastern Ukraine reportedly abandoned their positions to join protests in the capital, Kyiv.
On Monday, Poroshenko discussed the violence in Mukacheve during a meeting with senior military and security officials. The Ukrainian president's website quoted him as saying the violence was the result of a fight for control over smuggling operations and reported that he called for "prompt and meaningful actions from law enforcement agencies in combating smuggling."
The website also quoted him as saying that no political party in the country should have "armed cells," and that the law enforcement agencies must "perform their duty and disarm all illegal armed groups."
Right Sector is essentially Ukraine's largest private army, boasting 10,000 armed members nationwide. In weeks preceding the incident, the group ramped up its anti-government rhetoric in Mukacheve, labeling the country's elected government "an inner occupying force" and suggesting it should be overthrown.
In early July, Right Sector gathered several thousand supporters in Kyiv for a rally to protest what they called government "terror" against nationalists and the lack of reforms in the country, and to demand an offensive against pro-Russian militants in the east.
Right Sector: coup is coming
Last week, before the Mukacheve incident, VOA asked Right Sector spokesman Artem Skoropadsky to comment on the group's rhetoric and possible future course of action.
"If there's a new revolution, Ukraine's President Poroshenko and his teammates won't be able to make it out of the country the way the previous president [pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych] did," Skoropadsky told VOA. "They can't expect anything other than an execution in some dark vault, carried out by a group of young officers of Ukraine's army and National Guard."
Skoropadsky also said his organization is not calling for a coup, but that one is inevitable if the government remains deaf to the pleas of the volunteer battalions and the population.
Since last year's Euromaidan demonstrations against the Yanukovych government and the start of war in the east, Ukraine has seen a drop in its living standards, a currency devaluation, price increases and rising unemployment. This has not translated, however, into mass anti-government sentiment. According to a recent poll, 32 percent of the population would re-elect Petro Poroshenko as president.
In last year's parliamentary election, Right Sector was unable to win a sufficient number of votes to make it into the Rada — the Ukrainian parliament — as a political party.
According to Anton Shekhovtsov, a visiting senior fellow at Britain's Legatum Institute who researches European radical movements, there is only a handful of far-right MPs in the Rada.
Ultra-nationalists: defenders or curse?
Andreas Umland, a German political scientist working in Ukraine, agrees that Right Sector lacks popular support, telling VOA that it consists of "a couple of thousand mainly young men and has limited appeal in broader society."
Likewise, Ivan Yakovina, a reporter with Ukrainian weekly magazine Novoe Vremya, says neither the right-wing Ukrainian battalions and organizations, nor their political agenda, is very popular.
"I believe that most Ukrainians, especially in relevant urban areas, have little appetite for a new round of instability after the revolution, loss of Crimea and the war," he told VOA.
Adrian Karatnycky of the Washington, D.C.-based Atlantic Council said via Facebook that "vigilantism and far-right military formations" are Ukraine's "curse," and called for its government to launch an investigation into Right Sector activities.
According to Karatnycky, high-ranking Ukrainian officials believe Right Sector "is heavily infiltrated by agent provocateurs, including those linked to the FSB" — the Federal Security Service, Russia's main state security agency. Right Sector is officially banned in Russia, which has long called the organization a threat to Ukraine's stability.
Dmytro Riznychenko is a Ukrainian far-right blogger and veteran of the war in eastern Ukraine who is the spokesman for the Donbas-Ukraine battalion, a newly-formed armed unit backed by Kyiv. He told VOA last week that Ukraine's nationalists understand they lack popular support and thus could eventually try to seize power by force.
"The only issue is to find the right figure to be the country's dictator and savior," he said.
Riznychenko exemplifies how intertwined Ukraine's military is with nationalist organizations. Before joining a volunteer battalion in 2014, after which he fought and was wounded in the bloody battle of Ilovaisk, Riznychenko was a member of C14, which researcher Shekhovtsov believes to be a neo-Nazi paramilitary group.
Riznychenko, however, told VOA his battalion is apolitical.
Some observers say that despite their aggressive rhetoric, the far-right groups do not pose a real threat to the government.
"While the Right Sector is flexing its muscles in the streets, the government is way stronger and feels no need to resort to posturing," Serhiy Leshchenko, a former investigative journalist who is now a member of the Rada, told VOA last week.
Others say it is not clear whether the government could rely on the military to quash an attempt by nationalist groups to seize power. Indeed, Riznychenko said that the volunteer battalions and the military are closely connected and share the same concerns, disagreeing only over how to address them.
Should it come to a face-off between Kyiv and the nationalists, he suggested, camaraderie and mutual respect forged in battle will trump government directives.
"In April, the government made an attempt to disarm the Right Sector," Riznychenko told VOA. "Its base was surrounded and artillery was pointed at it, [but] rank-and-file government troops defied orders after exchanging calls with counterparts in the Right Sector.”
Regardless of whether this account of what happened in April is accurate, the loyalty of government forces may again be put to the test if the current showdown over the Mukacheve shootout is not resolved peacefully.

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“As part of a recent interview with an Italian trade paper, an Intel exec explained that the chipmaker’s involvement with Apple’s iPhone’s hardware was at once more substantial and complex than previously thought,” Aidan Malley reports for AppleInsider.
Malley reports, “Intel Italy chief Dario Bucci told Il Sole 24 Ore that while the semiconductor firm had no direct part to play in the CPU powering Apple’s new handset, the chip is still an Xscale and therefore shared a link to the company’s efforts.”
Malley reports, “Intel had originally developed the Xscale platform in 2002 while branching out into mobile phones and PDAs, but later sold the architecture to Marvell Technology group in June of last year when it chose to return its attention to x86 and Itanium designs. Bucci identified Marvell as the source of the Xscale during the interview.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “LinuxGuy and Mac Prodigal Son” for the heads up.]


While a rock star’s life on the road may seem glamorous, O.A.R. front man Marc Roberge jokes just try finding a little space to call your own.
“I’ve sat on every shitty back alley of every shitty club in America, and some of the good ones too, just looking for a little piece and quiet,” he laughs.
Otherwise, life is good for the Maryland-based rock band, very good, in fact. Twelve years after the release of its first album, the group continues to reach new success levels: current single “Shattered (Turn the Car Around)” is the biggest radio hit of its career.
With its catchy melody and sing-a-long lyrics, it’s easy to miss “Shattered’s” message about taking responsibility for one’s life in an age where blame is all too easily passed around. “In everybody’s life, they’re surrounded by excuses: their wife, their boss, their husband is holding them back, they think. When, in reality, no one is holding them back, you can’t blame everyone else for it,” Roberge, 30, says. The song came “from constantly hearing people that are lost. I’m lost too. The most important thing is you just don’t know anything. I was never happier than the day I realized I don’t know shit. My life has been great since.”
O.A.R. remains a strong concert draw, including headlining Madison Square Garden. It has grown far beyond its roots as a college jam band.
After a brief hiatus, O.A.R.-which stands for Of a Revolution– is back on the road supporting “All Sides” (Everfine/Atlantic) the band’s sixth studio album. The CD has spent 18 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 13.
“This tour is all about taking the songs we love and twisting them,” Roberge tells Hitfix. “We want to get out there and fuck with the songs in a way,” he says. “People will recognize them. We’re just going to find more freedom inside of them.”
For those about to rock, he has a warning: “Bring your earplugs. We’re pretty loud for a couple of pop kids.”
Those “pop kids” are guitarist Richard On and drummer Chris Culos, who, along with Roberge, formed a band in 8th grade, united in their love for Pearl Jam. In 11th grade, bassist Benj Gershman joined and in 2000, saxophonist Jerry Depizzo came aboard.
After a dozen years of recording, Roberge says the thrill is far from gone. “When I’m on stage and I’ve gotten through the first couple songs and it hits me that the band is on autopilot in a good way– we can play off each other, we can do what we did in the basement when we were kids– that’s when it hits me that’s what I want to do the rest of my life. There are days when I wake up [on the road] and I want to be at home and it lasts 10 minutes. I look around stage and my best friends in the world are on stage and we’re playing music and people are liking it. All it takes is this one little moment when we click. That’s what keeps me going.”
In fact, like many musicians, stage is where Roberge feels most at home. “To this day, I walk around society a little uncomfortable, a little uneasy,” he says. “The second I get on stage, that’s my family. It’s like a gang: us and our crew. We look at it like a summer camp on wheels. We get to be 20 forever.”


What is your interpretation of the word “essential” in the context of an essential benefit package?
The official response from APTA:
“Essential,” in the context of essential benefits provided under insurance plans, should mean benefits that are available and accessible to all individuals with coverage without increased premiums and co-payments. Essential benefits include, but are not limited, to preventing the spread of disease, improving and/or eradicating certain medical conditions or disease states, improving and minimizing the effects of acute and chronic conditions, injury prevention, health benefits which promote and encourage healthy behaviors and mental health, and assuring quality and accessibility to these services. Without such essential benefits, an individual’s health condition would deteriorate and potentially require even more costly healthcare resources.
Under section 1302(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
In comments submitted to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) last week, APTA provided a definition of “essential” in the context of essential benefits, offered clarification on what constitutes rehabilitative services, discussed how “medical necessity” is defined and applied by insurers in coverage determinations, and made various recommendations related to the types of services that should be included in benefit packages. In response to a question on limits on specific or total benefits, the association said, “APTA believes imposing numeric limits on essential benefits is inappropriate given the provisions included in the Affordable Care Act that prohibits annual or lifetime limits on essential benefits. However, it is important to appreciate that unlimited treatment that is of no value is not appropriate. Medical necessity and effectiveness of care are important principles to keep in mind.” APTA also commented on the need for essential health benefits to take into account the health care needs of diverse segments of the population, including women, children, persons with disabilities, and other groups.


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Hand picked by our Chief Beekeeper, Steven Goldsworthy, the honey in our Limited Edition Mini Trio gift pack has been selected for exceptional colour, flavour or rarity.
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At the end of last year, Petrobras deployed its first wet Christmas tree (equipment installed on a wellhead, comprising a set of remotely operated valves designed to control the flow of fluids such as oil, water and natural gas from a reservoir to the surface) using cables in the pre-salt area. The main change involved was the use of a subsea equipment support vessel (SESV) to install the equipment rather than a traditional drilling ship. This resulted in a time saving of approximately 10 days, generating a gain of more than US$5 million.
The well on which the Christmas tree was installed using this technique—7-SPH-2D-SP—is located in Sapinhoá field, in the pre-salt layer of Santos Basin, at a depth of 2,130 meters (6,988 feet). The operation, which involved lowering the Christmas tree into position and installing it on the wellhead using a suspended cable, was carried out from an SESV using a subsea equipment guidance system. This installation technique replaces the use of drilling ships, which are much more expensive to charter.
SESVs have some other major advantages in relation to traditional drilling ships. For example, using a drilling ship it takes around 10 hours to lower a riser 1,000 meters (3,281 feet) in the open sea. Consequently, the time taken to lower a Christmas tree for installation on a well at a water depth of 2,300 meters (7,546 feet) is 40 hours on average. SESVs, on the other hand, can perform the same maneuver in less than four hours, due to the cable launch and return speed.
Petrobras had already used this technology at depths of up to 2,000 meters (6,562 feet). Following engineering studies, some adaptations were made to the SESV Skandi Santos, enabling the vessel to install equipment at depths of up to 2,300 meters. After the success of this first experience, the use of SESVs has now been proven as a viable option for the pre-salt layer, and this will help reduce operating costs and times. Petrobras has now chartered a second SESV, which is being adapted for depths of up to 2,500 meters (8,202 feet) and which should start operating in the second half of 2016.
Sapinhoá field is operated by Petrobras (45%), in partnership with BG E&P Brasil Ltda (30%) and Repsol Sinopec Brasil S.A. (25%).


A man has sadly jumped off cliffs at Beachy Head this morning.
Here’s the police: “At 9.30am on Wednesday, May 5 the body of a man was found at the foot of cliffs at Beachy Head.
“He is believed to have fallen from the top of the cliff shortly after 8am. There are no suspicious circumstances and the coroner’s officer has been informed. Identity has not yet been established.”


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The death of a homeless senior inside a Vancouver Tim Hortons illustrates how much 24-hour restaurant workers and ordinary citizens are increasingly finding themselves on the front line of homelessness.
Known only as Ted, the man was believed to be in his 70s, suffered from cancer and had nowhere else to go other than the all-night coffee shop at 856 West Broadway. He died in the early hours of May 31 before anyone noticed he was in distress.
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“People now are on the front lines of homelessness who weren’t before,” said Jeremy Hunka, spokesman for the Union Gospel Mission. “This includes restaurant staff, it includes customers at the coffee shop.”
Retired Vancouver homeless advocate Judy Graves said the homeless have looked to 24-hour-restaurants for respite “for as far back as I can remember.”
“It’s just that more people are homeless now, there are more people with no place to go at night,” she said.

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The Yitzhak Rabin Center is a mausoleum-like museum and research center in northern Tel Aviv, with sweeping views of the city and a funereal landscape of rosemary and olive trees. It is a history of the State of Israel, using the chronology and influence of Rabin’s Life to tie Israel’s timeline together. The visionary ideals, the desperate courage of a decimated Jewish people to build a safe home for themselves, and the sheer amount of blood shed on the land since Israel’s establishment is profoundly evident in every corner of this monumental building. It is a wonderfully designed exhibit, centered on a large descending spiral of the historic timeline and inset with corridors that expand upon certain important phases of Israeli history. In absorbing the (translated) words of national leaders around the world, descriptions of historic events, and footage of crowds and wars and marches and massacres, I could distinguish what I thought were several different voices, describing the early triumphs of the Jews over Arab attacks and defenses, or lovingly narrating the shaping of Rabin’s personality in his years in the Palmach, or providing accounts of Arab citizens and property brutally destroyed by the IDF. On second thought, I believe that, although the exhibits may indeed have been written by several individuals, the museum was in general a reflection of the schizophrenic position of the modern Israeli Jewish viewpoint.
Jews here know about at least some of the atrocities committed by the IDF, and they can see Arab villages all over Israel with inferior conditions and facilities. They are also, unless they are ultra-orthodox, required to serve in the military, and nationalism, in the Israeli mainstream, is synonymous with Zionism. The view that God promised this land to the Jewish people and them alone resonates just as strongly with today’s secular Jewish culture as it did in the bleak years following the Holocaust. Israel is regionally powerful, both in its economy and in their military, but these resources are largely unavailable to its own Arab citizens, who are paid far less than what their Jewish counterparts make and who, rather than being protected by the national security the IDF is supposedly providing, suffer death, harm, property seizure, and indignity at their hands. Israel has taken drastic measures to retain control over its own Arab citizens, and the disempowered and marginalized residents of the territories are either under military occupation or, in Gaza’s case, effectively sealed off, unable to acquire freedom, security, or a working economy. Over the years, Arab communities in Israel have become even more segregated, even more invisible to the general Jewish public. Invisibility is dangerous for everybody: it is dehumanizing.
Yitzhak Rabin was a complicated, multifaceted character. He recommended violent measures against the Intifada, a view that had far-reaching consequences in military practices towards both Palestinian Israelis and the Palestinians in the territories. Yet he also, and against the furious opposition of the majority of Israeli Jews, signed the Oslo Accords, a beginning framework for Palestinian independence – an act for which he was killed by a right-wing Israeli Jew. He is considered a war hero, a humble man, a practical man, and a dreamer. The museum was full of young soldiers taking education sessions. There is a commonly accepted narrative among Jews concerning Israel’s history, and I wondered if these kids had ever questioned it. As a foreigner, if I read between the lines, if I searched for multiple perspectives, if I searched out secular Jews, soldiers, human rights activists, elderly veterans, Palestinian Israelis, Palestinians living in the territories, Knesset members, high school students, and so on, I can find a more complete understanding of Israel’s complicated, tragic history. As one of my mentors in my organization put it, "It's not a tragedy only because it isn't over yet."
Here’s what I think: I don’t think attack is the best form of defense. I think that no people will ever lie quietly
down forever under subjugation and oppression. I think that there is no such thing as a war hero. I think that systems and institutions are not worth protecting at the expense of human life. I have found that I have an aversion to all manner of nationalism. I think that the Israeli-Palestinian situation is not driven by religion, but by urges much more fundamental in human nature, which are being manipulated by those in power.
Most of all, I believe that every single terrible aspect of Israel’s history, every piece of violence committed by the Israeli government, the Israeli Jews, the Palestinians, and the Christians, is understandable. These are human beings naturally driven to strange ardors and revenge by extreme conditions. I also think that these acts of violence, especially the institutionalized discrimination, the deplorable treatment even of Israel’s own Palestinian citizens, and the insane destruction of the suicide bombers, are nevertheless inexcusable. I can understand and still not tolerate the angry mob beating the innocent, penniless Sudanese immigrants last night in south Tel Aviv. Discrimination and disempowerment of a people is the biggest threat to Israel's security.
In regards to assigning power among ourselves, none of us have a choice in this matter. We must coexist or we will die.


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H.R. Giger Webstore – Giger’s official store, featuring jewelry and other cast items based on his artwork.
The Surreal Treehoppers – We really don’t need to look very far to find seriously alien-looking life.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal – Now we know.
The House of Mouse – Etsy seller specializing in little felt mice, dressed up in elaborate costumes. They’ve recently added a whole line of Star Wars-themed rodents, and whose life wouldn’t be enriched by Mouse Vader?
Darren Criss Yearbook Quote – I’m jealous that I didn’t think of this when I was in high school.
Transcending the Human, DIY Style – Short article on a woman who’s engaging in homebrew biohacking.
You vs. The Morning – Amusing personalized travel mug.
Hijinks Ensue – I have even more respect for Ben Franklin.
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The goal of this study was to assess the risk of pesticide exposure to honey bee colonies in different Virginia landscapes. Researchers performed chemical analysis on adult honey bee, pollen and wax samples to detect pesticide exposure. Nine of the eleven pesticides were detected. Colonies from forests had the fewest pesticide detections compared to agricultural or urban landscapes. Coumaphos and fluvalinate are among the most detected chemicals across all sample types. More research is required to understand how miticide accumulation is affecting honey bee colonies.
One of the global research trends is the attempt to limit the absorption of toxins from the gastrointestinal tract of animals using preparations consisting of probiotic lactic acid bacteria strains. A 2019 World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology review by Fabiszewska and colleagues describes 55% reduction in mycotoxin reported in the gastrointestinal tract of chickens receiving probiotic (El-Nezami et al. 2000) and 80% reduction in mycotoxin following fermentation of contaminated meadow plants with the participation of the bacterial inoculant (Zielińska et al. 2014). The beneficial effect of bacteria is explained by increasing the amount of enzymes in food, which facilitates digestion and chelating of mycotoxins (El-Nezami et al. 2006, Luz et al. 2018). These findings showcase the detoxification potential of beneficial microbial products and the outlook of these findings being increasingly translated to detoxification of miticide and pesticide accumulation affecting honey bee colonies
In-hive variation of the gut microbial composition of honey bee larvae and pupae from the same oviposition time
The mechanisms which adult honey bees share food via mouth parts (trophallaxis) results in a uniform microbial gut composition. Variations in hive gut composition can therefore illustrate changes in colony health. The microbial community in developing honey bee larvae varies greatly from that of an adult worker. Research findings pertaining to the gut microbial composition of honey bee larvae and pupae are inconsistent. Results from a recent study suggest that variation exists between individual larvae and pupae. Gammaproteobacteria were the most abundant in 30% of samples, while in other samples Firmicutes bacteria presented at the highest levels prior to larval defecation, then decreased by nearly half in favor of Gammaproteobacteria (Figure 2). Understanding the nuances in honey bee larvae and pupae gut communities represents an opportunity for probiotic supplementation to be used as a treatment option for destructive brood diseases.
Honey bees rely on the inclusive behavioral immune system (BIS) as a first line of defense against pathogens. Individually, honey bees are unable to fight off disease entering the hive and therefore must always act altruistically to promote their longevity and survival as a colony. Honey bees use a variety of mechanisms like thermoregulation to modulate the hive temperature outside of range suitable for pathogen proliferation. The ability for healthy individuals to identify the diseased is also a component of BIS that suggests diseased individuals emit chemical signals to deter healthy individuals from becoming compromised. This can be seen in the case of brood disease. Hive hygienic behavior is imperative to managing disease. Infected brood can be identified by workers through the cappings and be eliminated from the hive to prevent the disease from spreading. Altrustic interactions as part of the BIS in social species like honey bees therefore plays an important role in individual and group fitness.


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Browsing Recipes similiar to Baby Bok Choy in the Wok.
This is a quick and easy dish that can be made with Baby Bok Choy or regular Bok Choy, chopped. I found this recipe on a several different websites when...
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Jody Morris has said that the older players at Chelsea could have helped the club’s younger stars out while he was assistant manager under Frank Lampard.
Lampard and Morris arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2019 following Maurizio Sarri’s sacking. They enjoyed several standout moments in the dugout, but ultimately could not lead the Blues to sustained success.
As such, they too got the chop from Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich in January. Lampard’s successor, Thomas Tuchel, has had a stunning impact.
He led Chelsea to Champions League glory last season. This term, the club have a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League table after 12 games.
Reflecting upon his time in charge, though, Morris admitted that the squad – which is largely unchanged since he left – could have been more supportive.
“There’s always going to be older pros that don’t play as much as they want,” the 42-year-old told the Off the Hook podcast.
“In our group, some of the older ones helped the younger ones.
“But there was, like at all clubs, maybe opportunities where they should have helped them more.”
Thiago Silva is the oldest member in the Chelsea squad and he turns 38 next September. The Blues have a range of young attacking talent including Callum Hudson-Odoi and Mason Mount.
However, reports claim that Mount feels underappreciated under Tuchel. The England international reportedly believes that the club’s big-money signings get better treatment than him because he came through the club’s academy instead.
Chelsea’s squad is one of the deepest in the Premier League, hence their status as firm title challengers.
Tuchel has so far done well to manage the players, including those who failed to move on in the summer. Midfielders Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Ross Barkley looked to have little future at Chelsea but they have earned minutes this season.
Chelsea duo battle for FIFA award
In other news, Chelsea duo N’Golo Kante and Jorginho will battle with several other star names for FIFA’s The Best Men’s Player award for 2021.
Kante put in outstanding displays en route to Chelsea winning the Champions League, winning UEFA’s Man of the Match award in both legs of the semi-final against Real Madrid and the final against Manchester City.
Jorginho was also a key figure for his club. However, he has earned further recognition for helping Italy triumph in the Euro 2020 final in the summer.
Other nominees for the award include Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski.


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Today we’re going to have a wee cooking lesson. But it’s also a lesson in budgeting and in ridding ourselves of un-needed preservatives. And as the topic of tortillas has come up a few times in the last week, that’s what we’re going to play with today.
First, let’s look at the nutritional side of things, using Old El Paso flour tortillas as our guide. The back of the pack claims the following ingredients: Wheat Flour, Water, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Stabiliser: Glycerol, Salt, Raising Agents: E450a, E500, Dextrose, Emulsifier: E471, Preservative: E202, Flour Treatment Agent: E920.
[Note for American readers: ‘E Numbers’ are how preservatives and additives are labelled in the EU/UK. Find out more here.]
Now, compare those ingredients to my recipe: Flour, water, olive oil, baking powder, and salt.
(Do you see where I’m going here?)
Then, let’s look at the cost. A pack of tortillas will cost you anywhere from £1.20-£3.00 in the UK and, what, about $1.00-$4.00 in the States, depending on the brand and the number/size in the pack. After you add up the cost of a 5-pound bag of flour, 16-ounce (or so) bottle of olive oil, and the negligible cost of salt and baking powder, you’re looking at less than £1.00 ($1.00) for a batch of 8-10 tortillas. And yes, I realise that time and electricity/gas for cooking plays into this, too, but I still think homemade is a bargain!
But, more importantly, homemade just tastes better. The texture and the flavour are a vast improvement over store-bought. And you can use whole wheat and/or gluten-free flours if you want.
So, on to the next part: A wee how-to video to show you just how easy it is! (And because I haven’t made a video in a while.) The recipe will follow the video.
- 3 cups plain flour (375 g)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3-4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup water (8 oz / 250 ml)
Once you’ve gathered your ingredients, you’re ready to make some tortillas!
- Mix flour, baking powder, salt, and oil
- Add water a bit at a time and mix with hands until it forms a nice, doughy ball (you may not need all of the water!)
- Form into large ball and let sit (covered with towel) for 15 minutes
- Divide into 8-10 smaller balls
- Flour work space
- Roll each ball flat with rolling pin (or a wine bottle!)
- Cook on very hot, un-greased pan or griddle for a few seconds on each side – just enough to get pretty little brown spots
These can be enjoyed as a taco wrap, or as a bread substitute for almost any kind of sandwich. I like to spread them with cream cheese or salmon pate and enjoy them with a few olives. Yummy!


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The Gingerbread Man
Did you know that gingerbread came about because of a smut disease of wheat?
Stinking smut is a disease that replaces the wheat grain with a black powder of spores that has a strong fishy odor. Flour ground from smut-contaminated wheat, although not poisonous, has a gray color and an unpleasant fishy flavor. Many years ago a baker in Europe had a supply of flour ground from smutted wheat and people would not buy bread made from this flour. Rather than discard this tainted flour and suffer a financial loss, the baker added molasses to the dough to mask the dark color and ginger to cover the fishy flavor. So, according to some authorities, gingerbread was created.
The smuts are a large group of plant diseases caused by a family of fungi related to the rust fungi (Basidiomycetes). Among the most important are the smuts attacking various cereal grains such as wheat, rice, and corn. The stinking smuts attacking wheat replace the grain with dark smut balls containing the fungus spores. These smuts are also called bunts, a name that comes from the charred, or burned, appearance of the kernels. The fish oil odor comes from a flammable chemical in the smut spores and explosions often occurred in threshing machines harvesting smutted wheat, as well as in storage bins where sparks from machinery ignited the spore masses.

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Jason Blum invited 16 cutting-edge collaborators, filmmakers, and writers to envision a city of their choosing and let their demons run wild. The Blumhouse Book of Nightmares: The Haunted City brings together all-new, boundary-breaking stories from such artists as Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Eli Roth (Hostel), Scott Derrickson (Sinister), C. Robert Cargill (Sinister), James DeMonaco (The Purge), and many others.
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