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New laws for Spanish gambling advertisers have been on the table for a few months now, and just this week, online newspaper 20 Minutos reported that changes would be coming sooner rather than later.
The news site cited department sources, confirming that top officials in the new coalition government are drafting a bill that will limit TV and radio advertising to a four-hour slot per day—starting at 1 am.
The country’s new Minister of Consumer Affairs, Alberto Garzón, has been meeting with key stakeholders in the issue for the past month, with more discussions planned over the coming weeks. People he is talking to include representatives from local gambling operators, consumer groups, problem gambling charities, and various media outlets.
A press release from Spain’s largest gaming industry group, CeJuego, said the initial talks looked set to negotiate a new position “through a calm dialogue with the sector based on rigorous studies.”
Internet ads were also reported to be part of the negotiations, although no further details were released on that aspect. It’s likely that any new information won’t be available until the full draft is published in the next few weeks.
Other measures discussed include a hard cap on the number of gambling ads in any one-hour period and the limiting of sports betting ads to appropriate times—such as during La Liga football matches.
Spanish market providers have already all signed up for a voluntary code of conduct on advertising, which started on the 15th of last month.
The code introduced similar measures to markets like the UK, such as mandatory responsible gambling messages as part of all ads and restricting famous sports stars and celebrities from appearing to participate in actual gambling in adverts.
This move came after Spain’s previous government had threatened a massive overhaul of gambling advertisement laws.
However, the country’s dramatic general election saw a new coalition government installed between the PSOE party and Unios Podemos, and many plans were reconsidered.
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One of the key elements that have changed is lawmakers’ position on the state-run local lottery providers—SELAE and ONCE.
Previously, it was reported that both companies would likely be exempt from changes to any advertising regulations. However, these new sources seem to confirm that they would be subject to the same restrictions as other operators.
The state lotteries faced controversy early last year when a 15-year old teenager won a €200,000 ($219,000) jackpot, even though he should never have been allowed to purchase a ticket.
Such regrettable incidents are always going to attract negative media attention.
However, mostly anti-gambling party Unios Podemos was also involved in its own gaming scandal last year. In November 2019, a youth member of their party was interviewed on TV as a destitute gambling addict, only to later be outed by investigative journalists as a property investor, reggaeton artist, and YouTuber who was rich enough to take 3-week holidays to Singapore and Hong Kong.
Despite some underhand tactics from the left, however, gambling regulation is a popular policy among voters, and the chief of gaming industry group JDigital remained upbeat about the potential for new regulation.
Any new deal should seek to protect the most vulnerable consumers while allowing gambling to continue to provide its economic benefits to the country. Chairman Mike Lopez said in a statement he was hopeful that the new laws would amount to “fair, equitable, and proportionate regulation of the reality of gaming in Spain.”
More regulation in other EU countries awaits
The news of more regulation in the Spanish gambling market comes to no surprise. In just the last year, we’ve reported on multiple countries regulating online gambling, or tightening their old regulations. For example, we have reported on updates on the current gambling laws in the United Kingdom where credit cards are no longer allowed on casinos. We’ve also reported on the Netherlands regulatory status with high fines to offshore gambling companies as well as the current regulatory wave in Germany.


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Regular, consistent sleep. What affects decision making, prioritizing, organizing your days at work/at home more than anything? Regular(ish) go-to-bed times and regular(ish) wake up times.
“Regular” does not mean that there is some “normal” time; it means you decide what your “normal, regular” time is.
I used to focus simply on 8 hours of sleep. I didn’t notice what time I went to bed or to sleep. I also did not get up at the same time each day. Within an hour or so, but not regular.
Find Your “Why”
Having regular times for sleep and wake times has made a noticeable difference in my clarity, sharpness, focus, decision making, patience, and energy.
It’s one less thing to figure out, too; I’d have to do the math every night to make sure I got the 8 hours (it’s a patience and grounding thing).
Ah, but you might be saying “It’s so hard to pull away from…. studying, videos, games.” Or your internal clock prefers late nights and later morning wake up.
Find your “Why” as Simon Sinek reminds us.
What difference would waking up feeling rested every day instead of some days? What difference would it make in your life/work if you showed up to your office about the same time each day, ready to roll? What difference would it make to your family at the end of the day? Stop and answer those questions.
Improve Your Focus, Thinking, Decision Making
Tuck.com -a website all about sleep – says it provides: “Evidence-based sleep health information, news, and unbiased product reviews.” I’ve read the site’s articles and I hope one of these three points from the site will help you discover why this is important to you.
Cognitive Abilities “One 2017 study followed undergraduate interior design students who wore actigraphy wristbands, monitoring their sleep schedules, before giving them cognitive assessments. The more irregular their sleep schedule, the worse their cognitive abilities declines during the week. These findings have been confirmed by others, suggesting that the regularity of sleep is just as important as the amount.”
Creative Abilities “Good sleep simply helps you think better. Many people, including Einstein, Dali, and more recently, Google’s Larry Page, say they got their best ideas while they slept. A healthy amount of REM dream sleep stimulates your creative thinking, explaining why you wake up with novel solutions to tough problems or with a brilliant new idea after a dream-filled sleep.”
For Your Children …. with You as a Role Model Tuck.com states: “The guide shares common sleep challenges for young children, school age children, and teens, along with helpful tips and resources for making the most of sleep at each stage. You can also learn about creating a healthy sleep environment for your child…[more at this link]. ”
So with all of this, from me …
- Start with small steps. 15 minutes earlier to bed, not 1, 2, 3 hours.
- Figure out a way to wind down an hour or two before your “goal” bedtime.
- Look at everyone else’s near-bedtime routine; can you use someone else’s activity to trigger you to start winding down, too.
- Figure out what time you want to get up in the morning – or need to – and count 7-8 hours backwards for your own normal/regular bedtime (for adults).
- Figure out why it’s important.
PS If you want to get to sleep earlier and need to organize evenings or “life” to be able to wind down, not have so much going on in your mind, check in with me. Use the contact me for a no charge introductory call. Look for “Ready for change,” and if you are, give me a shout to explore what might be possible. Thanks!

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In February 2009, the International Air Transport Alliance (IATA) revealed that freight volumes were a staggering 22.1% below 2008 levels. As the third consecutive month at more than 20% below the previous year, such statistics mark a defining low period for the air cargo industry, which began showing serious signs of decline as a result of the global financial downturn around the third and fourth quarter of 2008.
IATA’s director general and CEO Giovanni Bisignani has described the freight market as being in a ‘crisis’ while one industry insider even labelled it as a ‘historic downturn like the market has never seen before’. At the same time, current figures are widely considered to represent the rock bottom of the decline and it is hoped that from now on in, it is simply a case of the market recovering.
Even still, a huge challenge lies ahead for air cargo carriers, many of which have been forced to drastically reduce capacities over the last few months. Such is the state of the industry in Europe, that in January 2009, Alitalia Airlines was forced to ground its five MD-11 freighters and sell all its cargo assets. But what measures can be taken during this time of adversity and what does the future hold for the air cargo industry?
Cargolux’s cargo concerns
Luxembourg-based Cargolux Airlines International is Europe’s largest all-cargo carrier, which currently operates 16 B747-400 freighters and has more than 85 offices in over 50 countries. While the airfreight market remained below 22% in February, Cargolux experienced just a 3% drop compared to figures last year.
Cargolux’s head of marketing and special projects Sebastian Scholte says he believes this is due to several factors.
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“The first two months of 2009 have been very difficult for us, but by being flexible and having a good reputation as a reliable partner for our forwarders, we have been able to outperform the market,” Scholte says.
“It is very difficult to predict how the market is going to develop in the coming months. We are prepared to take out more capacity if needed but in the meantime we will operate flights as long as they are cash positive.”
In the second half of last year, Cargolux extended its network to encompass Cairo in Egypt, Brazziville in the Republic of Congo and Tbilisi in Georgia. Such an exploration of niche markets was one of the ways Cargolux set about counterattacking the deteriorating global industry conditions. “Unlike many passenger-driven airlines, we are very quick and flexible to react to changing market conditions,” Scholte says.
The air cargo operator also benefited from the declining situation in Europe – particularly by expanding its operations in Italy. Introducing a new service from Milan Malpensa Airport to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport, Cargolux also added a road feeder service from Luxemburg airport to Milan airport and back to better serve the exports and imports needs in Italy.
Yet, cutbacks were also made. The airfreight carrier was forced to close its office at San Francisco International Airport last year and its main hub in Luxemburg experienced a reduction in capacities. “Luxemburg has been affected by capacity reductions, but mainly because of reduced flights from competitors or even because some other airlines are no longer serving the airport. Obviously, Cargolux has also reduced capacity, but a lot less than our main competitors – overall we are operating at about 5% lower capacity than last year,” Scholte says.
In spite of the current climate, Cargolux’s expansion plans for the future remain unchanged. It is still committed to the delivery of 13 B747-8s – the next generation of Boeing freighters of which it is the launch customer. Furthermore, Cargolux has made preliminary plans develop its position in Milan.
“For us it is not only important to see how demand develops but also how it will affect capacity. The unprecedented huge declines in volumes have not been caught up by the necessary capacity reductions yet. However, we foresee that in the coming months demand will continue to decline at about 20% [compared to last year], but not more,” Scholte says.
“This summer will most likely still decline but at a lesser pace and around October time, we predict that growth will be about 0% as last year’s winter was already down a lot. I also foresee that capacity will continue to be cut and that towards the end of this year, capacity will be cut more than demand.”
Lufthansa’s freight fears
On the surface, Lufthansa Cargo, which serves over 300 destinations in 90 countries through a combination of its fleet of freighters and the belly capacities on Lufthansa passenger aircraft, appeared largely unaffected by the financial downturn last year. The German airfreight operator achieved it’s second-best-ever results during 2008, having seen operating profits rise by 20.9% to €164m.
According to Lufthansa Cargo’s director of communications Nils Haupt such results were still hampered by the market downturn.
“We actually had a difficult fourth quarter in 2008 so the results would have been even better had it not been for that late steep decline. The fall in tonnage, however, became evident as early as the third quarter of last year,” Haupt says.
“I think one of the reasons we achieved such successful results was down to the fact we were able to compensate heavily with the decreasing fuel costs towards the end of the year. We have also been successful in bringing down unit costs due to good capacity management.”
For the global air cargo industry, capacity management remains a key component for fighting decreasing freight volumes. Taking out capacities – i.e. keeping freighters grounded – is fast becoming a common measure for all air cargo operators. For companies such as Lufthansa Cargo which owns its entire fleet of MD11s, it is more feasible to remove freighters from scheduled operation without facing additional leasing costs.
Currently, Lufthansa Cargo has removed 20% of its capacity – with one aircraft grounded in Leipzig and a further two out of action at its main hub in Frankfurt. “If the industry wants to survive, it has to put out capacity. If it doesn’t then load factors will go down, costs will go up and the pressure on yields will become heavy. The more capacity you have in a decreasing market, the more rates will go down,” Haupt says.
Like the rest of the industry, Lufthansa Cargo has experienced an awkward first few months of 2009 – after seeing a combined 25.4% decrease in tonnage throughout January and February. Yet at the same time, it also strengthened its collaboration with Asian carrier Jade Cargo by taking over sales responsibilities for outbound capacities from Europe and Asia.
Also confirming Lufthansa Cargo’s focus on the Asian market is the summer launch of Aerologic – a joint venture between DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo.
The new airfreight carrier will have a fleet of eight new Boeing 777 aircraft and will be based at Leipzig / Halle Airport, where it will serve Asian destinations such as Singapore, Bangkok, Dubai and Bombay.
Similar to Cargolux, Lufthansa Cargo has also been eyeing up the vacancy left by Alitalia Airlines in the Italian market. “Times of crisis offer opportunities,” Haupt says. “This is why in February we began two weekly services from Milan Malpensa Airport to New York and Chicago. We also started a new service from Frankfurt to Malta.”
“From our point of view, during this period of decline a cargo operator must be flexible and on the constant look out for market opportunities. The industry is suffering and you have to look at where some operators are leaving a market or showing weakness so that their weaknesses become your strength.”


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It's the indie rock trio's first new song in nearly a decade.
After nearly a decade of silence, a new song from Bright Eyes has landed.
"Persona Non Grata" marks the indie rock trio's first new music since their 2011 record, The People's Key, but they've been hinting at a return for the past few months. Back in January, Conor Oberst and company launched their Instagram page and subsequently announced their signing to Dead Oceans, the label home of indie heroes like Mitski, Japanese Breakfast, and Kevin Morby.
Despite their years away, "Persona Non Grata" feels like a return to form for Bright Eyes, whose pioneering of mid-2000s emo-folk paved the way for recent like-minded acts like Pinegrove and Hop Along. The song's title, literally translating to "unwelcome person," is a term used in diplomacy for foreign people forbidden to enter or remain in a country. Oberst, it seems, has altered the term to apply to himself. "I'm the last of the best / I'm the thoughts in the swamp," he sings in his characteristic quiver.
The rocking ballad is driven by a waltzy piano, as bagpipe-like blares occasionally take over. It's somber and evocative, and it marks a welcome comeback for Bright Eyes. Listen below.
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Asus has announced a new version of its smartwatch, the ZenWatch 2. Unlike the old version it comes in two sizes, like the Apple Watch, and features a digital crown… rather like the Apple Watch.

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The internet is in love with these two cute puppies, who have just been rescued and just can’t help but hug each other. Apparently, the dogs were adopted by Vietnamese, who found them wandering in the streets of Ho Chi Minh, and now reside in the shrine with Buddhists.
One can’t help but wonder what the two have experienced in the streets before being taken to the temple that has made them look so scared and vulnerable. Luckily, the two are in good hands now. They’re getting used to their new home and even trying to learn meditation from the nuns.
These two stray puppies were wandering lost and confused in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Everyone ignored them until Buddhist nuns saw them and decided to take the pups in their temple
The bigger pooch kept on holding his younger friend dearly in protection
One can’t help but wonder what the two have experienced in the streets
But now with every day, the two nuggets are becoming more confident. And with every day the bigger pup is getting more and more relaxed

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CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson has appointed the first-ever Deputy Mayor of Community Safety in efforts to combat root causes of crime and violence, the City of Chicago said.
Johnson announced Friday that Garien Gatewood, the director of the Illinois Justice Project (IJP), will serve in the newly created governmental role.
In his time at IJP, Gatewood took action to refocus youth and adults away from the justice system and give support to those re-entering society after incarceration.
In 2021, Gatewood was also appointed by Governer JB Pritzker to serve on the Board of Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, a state organization that hones in on improvement of public safety.
In a statement released by the mayor’s office, Gatewood said:
“I’ve worked with the young people of Chicago for years, and I know that together we can deliver on a vision for a stronger, safer city that addresses the root causes of violence, provides support for youth and adults alike, and lifts up every neighborhood.”
Gatewood will carry the mayor’s vision on public safety through community engagement and diversion programs.

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Equality of arms
Legal aid should be provided for families at inquests in which the government pays for lawyers to represent police officers or other state employees, according to the chief coroner – as reported in the Guardian.
In the wake of the Hillsborough inquest and the resumption of the inquest into the Birmingham pub bombings, Peter Thornton QC has made the case for families to be granted exceptional funding for legal aid.
‘It’s partly a question of equality of arms and also helps the coroner who might otherwise be bending over backwards to help the family and might give the appearance of going too far.’
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‘There’s always been a very good tradition of pro-bono lawyer work,’ Thornton continued. ‘But that’s not always the right way forward. I have also given general advice to coroners when they are [contacted] by a family to support an application for funding.’
Just get on with it
Judges were increasingly failing to alert defendants that they are eligible for legal aid if a prison sentence is likely on conviction, according to the Times’ Brief daily news bulletin.
The report followed news that a 21-year-old man was not represented by a lawyer when he pleaded guilty at Lincoln crown court to two charges of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Jonathan Black, the former president of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association, said that the case potentially typified a growing trend. ‘Defendants are not being told that they are eligible for legal aid,’ he said, ‘and judges – even crown court judges – are under increasing pressure to conform to case management requirements to simply get on with it.’
The criminal justice system was ‘replete with examples of “everyday” institutional racism’, reckoned LCCSA in the Law Society’s Gazette. They were responding to a government review headed up by David Lammy looking into evidence of possible discrimination against black defendants and other ethnic minorities in the criminal justice system.
‘If you are a black defendant, especially in the Crown court (and certainly should you reach the Court of Appeal), you can expect white judges, mostly men and often still an all-white courtroom,’ the LCCSA said.
‘Imagine if you are white appearing in an all-black courtroom where you believe you have been harshly treated. Later you might read of higher sentences for white people; that white deaths in custody never result in any prosecution. That white youths are disproportionately stopped and searched. You may imagine a lack of equality in the criminal justice processes.’
Experiencing violence was ‘now a fact of life for child refugees,’ wrote Kirsty Brimelow for the Guardian. ‘Hundreds of children have arrived at the camps in Calais and Dunkirk with no parents or family members to protect them,’ she said. ‘The violence comes from the police, and people outside the camps. There is a name for the latter group who travel to Calais to attack migrants at night – it’s called “citizen violence”.’
The barrister was reporting on the work of the Bar’s human rights committee who had sent a small team of barristers and researchers to the camps at Calais and Grande-Synthe, near Dunkirk. It called on Theresa May and François Hollande to set up an independent investigation into police abuse and fund a permanent legal advice centre.
‘Speaking to the under-equipped and overworked staff of the Calais camp’s legal advice centre, we heard about a 16-year-old Iranian boy taken to a field outside the town and forced to kneel in a line with others, before the police beat him repeatedly with truncheons; an Eritrean man who, after complying with a police request to get down from a lorry, was violently attacked and had teargas sprayed in his face; and teargas being used at camp entrances to prevent refugees from leaving, being detonated inside vans or shot at people’s faces from close range, and of hundreds of empty teargas canisters being dumped in a warehouse. Teargas is used more often in the evenings and at weekends.’
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The publication last week of the Law Society’s interactive map of legal aid provision for housing advice provided ‘a stark illustration of how little free legal advice’, according to Vicky Pearlman who was writing for the housing charity Shelter’s policy blog.
The LASPO cuts have ‘driven a coach and horses through this publicly-funded advice and turned it into an increasingly crisis-driven approach’, she wrote.
‘But Legal Aid is still available for serious cases of disrepair, possession proceedings and homelessness so why is the number of people getting advice continuing to fall? If the Government decides to take an area of law out of scope for Legal Aid (as it has done with most debt, welfare benefit and disrepair cases, for example), then people with those particular problems will no longer get help. That much is clear. But this is compounded by the impact of other changes to the administration of Legal Aid. The increased cost and bureaucracy, coupled with the reduction in Legal Aid rates paid to solicitors doing the work, make it difficult – if not impossible – to make a high street legal aid practice pay for itself.’
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In addition to the massive influx of assets, two big themes emerging in the world of actively managed ETFs are issuers introducing ETF versions of previously successful active mutual funds, as well as converting those funds to the ETF structure.
In the latter scenario, Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) is one of the leaders, having already converted several tax-managed mutual funds into ETFs. The firm is planning more of the same with the Tax-Managed DFA International Value Portfolio and the T.A. World ex-US Core Equity Portfolio slated to become ETFs.
Late last year, DFA said it planned six mutual fund to ETF conversions this year, with the first four scheduled for June. The Tax-Managed DFA International Value Portfolio and the T.A. World ex-US Core Equity Portfolio could join the initial quartet in September.
“The investment objective of the Tax-Managed DFA International Value Portfolio is to achieve long-term capital appreciation while minimizing federal income taxes on returns,” according to the issuer.
In late March, Guinness Atkinson Funds Guiness Atkinson became the first mutual fund sponsor to convert its mutual fund products to ETFs, doing so with the SmartETFs Dividend Builder (DIVS ) and the SmartETFs Asia Pacific Dividend Builder (ADIV ) – a pair of actively managed dividend growth strategies.
“Generally lower costs, easier access and tax advantages mean ETFs have been luring assets away from mutual funds for years, and this week’s conversions could be the start of a wave,” reports Claire Ballentine for Bloomberg. “The U.S. ETF industry took in almost $500 billion last year, while mutual funds lost about $362 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s helped push total ETF assets up from about $4 trillion at this time in 2020.”
With ETFs on another torrid pace of asset-gathering this year and mutual fund issuers looking to keep up, it’s possible more issuers will be looking to enter the ETF arena.
For more news, information, and strategy, visit the Active ETF Channel.


A campaign is under way to turn Ellisland – the home of Robert Burns – into a major tourism attraction.
The farm, at Auldgirth, was gifted to the nation in 1928 by two Durisdeer brothers “for the contemplation of the life and works” of the Bard.
The house, farm buildings, land and a collection of 150 items which belonged to the poet – hailed as “one of the world’s most important collections of Burns treasures” – are managed by the Ellisland Trust.
Now, the trust is working with a team of professionals and advisers to develop the site, open more of it to the public and unlock its potential as a major visitor attraction for the region.
The trust chairman, Sheriff Principal Ian Abercrombie QC, said: “Ellisland is a site of national importance and the place where our national poet penned the second most sung song in the world – Auld Lang Syne.
“The trustees want to ensure that people continue to enjoy the site for at least the next 100 years. There is so much potential at Ellisland. We hope to make the whole site even more accessible.
“Visitors today really enjoy the stunning landscape of the Nith and also its wealth of wildlife, both of which inspired Burns to create some of his best known works. The trustees are exploring how best to preserve Ellisland for the enjoyment of future generations and are in talks with potential funders.”
Burns is also said to have penned Tam O’ Shanter and Ye Banks and Braes in the 18th century farmhouse.
Museum curator Stuart Cochrane said: “Ellisland is unique in being the only house built by Burns. His descendants see it as their spiritual home.
“We aim to recapture the Ellisland Burns created and lived in. We plan to open the five main rooms of the house, inside which our museum collection will help to tell his story.
“Burns’ wife, family and the day-to-day happenings of Ellisland will all feature as we explore the life of an 18th century family living in rural Scotland.”
The chairman of The Friends of Ellisland, who support the museum, says the time is ripe as visitor numbers have increased.
Russell Williamson said: “We aim to preserve the charm of Ellisland whilst also using the wider site to create an attraction that appeals to all, creates employment and does its part for the economy of the region.”
The trust have appointed conservation architects LDN to carry out research and develop a range of possible future plans.
Also, one of the UK’s biggest interpretation companies – Studio MB – has been appointed to develop the story of Burns and his time at Ellisland, which he built in 1788 for his bride Jean Armour.
Advisers include representatives of the Glasgow University Centre for Robert Burns Studies.


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New Delhi, Nov 16: Cheap rent and village brotherhood were the two factors which led more than 60 people from the same village to live in the same building.
But little did they know that they would all meet the same fate under the debris of the ill-fated building which collapsed like a pack of cards here last evening.
As 30-year-old Mohammad ran from one hospital to another looking for people from his village Sikhtiya of Bihar's Katihar district, he lamented why all of them were staying together in the same building.
Mohammed, who is into making handicrafts, says some 60 people from his village have been staying in the building for the past few months. All were labourers and were staying in the building as the rent was cheap.
"Most of them were engaged in construction business. They are all 'mazdoors'. I have been running from one hospital to another to check the fate of the people from my village," he said.
Mohammed said he had been getting calls from various people in his village who want to know the fate of the near and dear ones. "There were 60 people from the village alone and I don't even know whether they are alive or dead."
Some people said they had been getting calls on their mobile phones from people trapped inside.
Shymala Devi said her son called her from his mobile phone from inside the debris last night.
"He called me and spoke to me last night. He cried profusely as he spoke to me. But from this morning I am frantically trying to call him but the phone is switched off," she said.
"I don't know what to do and what is the fate of my son. I hope he is alive," she said.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today asked the state's Resident Commissioner and Joint Labour Commissioner in New Delhi to reach medical help to the injured persons from Bihar.
"The chief minister has asked the RC and JLC to monitor the situation on the spot and visit the hospitals to reach all-possible medical help to the injured Biharis admitted there," an official spokesman said.
Kumar was informed by the officials from New Delhi that three persons -- two from Saharsa and another from Katihar -- died in the collapse, he said. PTI

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Great! This is one of the most important aspects of guitar playing which many guitarists miss - playing a simple but strong melody.
David thats awesome with so much feeling, i love that! GREAT )
David, I really enjoy this song because as you said, it carries a good melody. It's not got a ton of notes and really fast which is perfect. I would like to hear more of these types of things. thanks a lot!
Nicely done David!
great melody, great lesson.
like Jeff said i would like to hear more often melodic lessons like this.
This is my favourite espect of the guitar, simple and beautifull, great lesson David.
"It's very important to not get carried away with technique and forget that music is about conveying a message."
I agree a 100%. Excellent lesson, very beautiful.
like it..like it. thank you.
Yes, absolutely spot on David!
that's great..ilove it this melodic stuff!
Awesome lesson, can't wait for more like this.
Fantastic - More like this please David!
I especially like the fact that it is in major keys, and not the usual bluesy pentatonic minor sound, that seems to be everywhere.
This is my favorite lesson from you David, well done.
wow ! love it!
I must ask you something , do you listen to camel? I think this lesson has some camel feel to it , it's one of my favourite bands
Never heard of them, but will check them out!
nice melody! i have to agree the other guys here, i also like this melodic lesson.
i was needing a slow melody lesson
thx a lot
I thought I already left a comment...but very very nice like....uh like I don't know, something soft and squishy, but yet firm with a little bounce. ?
David, excellent work. Your casual, yet precise approach to melody is definitely worthy of imitation so I'm spending a lot of time on your tutorials lately.
I particularly like the way this one lends itself to improvisation, I keep finding myself re-arranging it to try new things.
Also, your introductory videos (which I seem to find on all of your lessons) explaining WHY we do it this way are excellent. I'd cheerfully work through a lot more of these types of lessons.
Another fantastic lesson by David
GREAT LESSON. I would like to see you explaining some more theory or some more melody lessons as there is very few on GMC
great lesson David!!!!
I personally dont think the Oral explanation will help a musician but to a guitar player who has started are is in the intermediate level should consiter the fact 1 those chords are made for the scales if you can hear the chord in your head and your heart and follow that then think well you dont you think after your done playing and so shocked you came up with somthing new after coming outa a rutt if thats the case this lesson will Skyrocket my abilities as a song writer aswell as a musician with tequnique the Chord Is Key in this situation the Keys of the scales are only there for a guideline the skys the limit use this with care and it'll take you no where you'd imagine keep it up Dave!
Great lesson David Such a great melody. I really liked the ascending and descending appregios.
wondefull feel, great
Great lesson David. The melodies are really nice.
Awsome Just great melody
Thanks a lot for all your encouraging words friends!
This is a great lesson David. I REALLY liked the bit of theory you put in the second video. I wish every lesson on GMC had this. It really enriches the journey. Thank you!
Thanks a lot man!
I'm glad you like the speaking vids! :-)
This is great man! I LOVE IT! I have to learn this!
This is just a beautiful melody. Great leasson! It feels easier to learn stuff with a melody that just lerns your fingers to move.
David w.You are a great Instructer. thanks [email protected] Orlando,FL


A bunch of Uber drivers protested Uber’s latest price cuts by driving around town blowing their horns and making a ruckus in front of Uber’s drivers’ headquarters at 301 Vermont. Uber wasn’t impressed. In fact, they had signs made to encourage driver to be be cool and respect their neighbors.
There are neon penises along Market Street – but it’s the homeless folks who are obscene?
Last weekend, the No. 1 topic of conversation in my cab was the upcoming Super Bowl. Most passengers were curious how the Big Game is going to affect taxi business. So far, I’ve maintained a wait-and-see approach, but with a massive influx of visitors, street closures and numerous unforeseen factors at play, a certain amount of speculation is to be expected.
Market Street has been renamed Dick Drive for Super Bowl 50
On KPFA 94.1 this morning, I discussed the upcoming Uber protest scheduled during the Super Bowl. There’s a lot of speculation on how this organized action will play out–since the scab mentality is a major part of Uber’s rise–but one this is for certain: it will get people’s attention.


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Creme de Cassis Hollyhock
The 5' tall plants are covered with 3" blooms in a lovely black currant shade edged with lighter berry shades. Blooms range from singles to doubles. The plant begins to flower in its first year.
Biennial, zone 4-8
Germination: 10-21 days
Germination Temperature: Optimum soil temperatures 60-70ºF
Seed Planting Depth: Sow on the surface and lightly cover, seeds need some light to germinate
Starting Indoors: Start indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost. Provide 60-70ºF soil temperature. Transplant after last frost, 18-24” apart
Sowing Outdoors: Direct sow after the last frost and in the fall
Growth Habit: Columnar
Height and Width: 48-60" by 12-18"
Spacing: 12-24" apart
Light Needs: Full sun to part shade
Soil Needs: Fertile, moist, well-drained
Approximate days to flower from seed: Blooms in the second season
Uses: Cut flowers, back border of the flower garden, cottage gardens, attracts pollinators
Care: Water seedlings regularly until established. Amend soil with compost before transplanting. Cut back stems as the blooms fade, this encourages more flower production. Leave some seed pods on the plant of you would like it to self-seed.

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The UK’s Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has said the sector may need further government support as the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown eases.
UK.- Industry association the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has called on the UK government to continue offering flexibility and aid to businesses as the country eases its Covid-19 restrictions.
It welcomed Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s pledge to maintain support for firms affected by the pandemic until October, saying the move will help to support the 64,000 people who work in the retail betting and gaming industry, but said further support may be needed for the leisure and hospitality sector.
The UK’s current furlough scheme, through which the government pay 80 per cent of wages up to £2,500 a month, runs until the end of July. From August employers will have to pay employees’ National Insurance and pension contributions, while in September, employers will need to pay 10% of furloughed staff’s wages, rising to 20% in October, with the Treasury contribution falling to 60%.
The BGC said the current assistance will help bingo halls and casinos get back up and running while retaining control over their biggest cost, staffing, but said that sector-specific aid may be needed because of restrictions over capacity as part of social distancing measures.
BGC Chief Executive, Michael Dugher, said: “Any help for businesses from the Government at this time of global crisis is of course welcome, and we thank the Chancellor for providing more clarity on how the furlough scheme will operate until the end of October.
“Even though the lockdown is easing, many of our member companies – and in particular in casinos and bingo halls – will be forced to operate at a reduced capacity for the foreseeable future because of the need to maintain strict social distancing.
“Given the significant contribution the hospitality and leisure sector makes to the UK economy, we would urge Mr Sunak keep being flexible and acknowledge that it will continue to need support from the Government as the country emerges from the pandemic.
“We have had super engagement with the Government up until now, and we look forward to that continuing so we can ensure the betting and gaming industry can play its full part in getting the UK back on its feet.”
Betting shops, bingo halls and casinos have been closed since March 20. Under current plans, betting shops will be allowed to reopen from June 15 along with other ‘non-essential retail’ outlets.
In other news, Joff Cooke has joined the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Cooke’s previous position was as CEO for the University of Exeter Students’ Guild.


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12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917
François Auguste René Rodin was a French sculptor known for his sculptures such as The Thinker and The Kiss.
As a child he experienced severe difficulties in school. He was extremely nearsighted as well as exhibiting traits of dyslexia. His father once said, ‘I have an idiot for a son,’ and an uncle claimed that he was ineducable. At age 14 he could barely read or write and struggled with mathematics, but had started drawing at an early age. Although his artistic talent was clear, because of his academic difficulties, his family sent him to a school that trained craftsmen.
At age 17, Rodin applied to attend the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, but his application was rejected. He tried again, but two subsequent applications were also turned down.
As a young man, Rodin earned his living working with more established artists and decorators, usually on publicly commissioned works such as memorials or architectural pieces. He began to achieve recognition for his work with The Age of Bronze, created in 1876.
Over the next decade, as he entered his 40s, he further established his distinctive artistic style with many acclaimed and sometimes controversial works. By 1900, he was a world-renowned artist.

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For Immediate Release: May 23, 2013
Contact: Diane Gramley 1.814.271.9078 or 1.814.437.5355
Boy Scouts’ Decision Will Not Stop Homosexual Activists Attacks on the Scouts
(Harrisburg) — This evening the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) voted to allow open homosexual youth into its ranks. The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a statewide traditional values group, is saddened by the path the Boy Scout organization has chosen to follow.
“The Boy Scouts are trying to appease homosexual activists who want to remake the largest youth organization in the nation. Allowing youth who identify as homosexual in as members will not oppose these activists, they don’t want any blocks on homosexuals leaders either. The Scouts have taken the first step into dismantling the organization,” commented Diane Gramley, president of the AFA of PA.
Apparently one of the reasons the Scouts have reached this decision is concerns over finances. Many Fortune 500 companies, which have added sexual orientation and gender identity to their corporate policies, have said they will withhold donations from the BSA. Their actions are because of the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index. A February 4th Washington Times article possibly reveals some of the money problems at the Scouts on the national level. Five Scout executives make more than $410,000 annually, including Chief Scout Executive Robert J. Mazzuca, who was paid $815,000 in salary in 2011, plus another $166,000 in other compensation. CFO James J. Terry Jr. made $697,000 in 2011, according to the Scouts’ 990 Form, and COO C. Wayne Brock made $568,000.
“Tonight’s decision undermines the Scout Oath to be morally straight and misleads young men who have identified as homosexual. This change in BSA policy re-enforces the lie that they are born ‘gay’ and will lead not only them, but others in Scouting to believe homosexuality is okay. That is the wrong message the Boy Scouts of America should be sending,” further noted Gramley.
Parents and sponsoring churches will now have major decisions to make concerning the Boy Scouts of America.
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Today’s film is the 2015 action/horror/comedy short film Stuck written and directed by French born director Benoit Mannequin and starring Tim Hoffman. It is currently being featured on both Fandependent Film Festival and thebestmicrofilms.com. It is in the running for the winter 2017 film festival on Fandependent.
Stuck tells the tale of a overworked and haggard looking man (Tim Hoffman) who has just finished his shift at work and gets ready to go home. Things take an unexpected turn when his office chair slams him back into his desk suddenly as he tries to get up, thinking it odd or a prank he tries to get up again and the chair once more slams him into his desk and traps him there. Frantically the man tries to escape and the seemingly possessed chair chases him around the office before it finally collapses in on itself while the frightened man stands on another chair out of it’s range. His woes have only just begun however as this chair also comes to life and tries to force him to remain at work and he desperately tries to escape to the hallway and freedom.
I was mightily intrigued by this short little low budget film that was Benoit Mannequin’s debut effort. While it is by no means a special effect rich feature it does have a certain charm in it’s simplicity with using old school methods of strings and pulleys to move the chair (and to be honest some elbow grease when it is tossed at poor Tim Hoffman). The comedy of the film comes from the classic method of using prat falls and throws that no mere inanimate object should be able to deliver to the beleaguered office worker and the hilarious facial expressions of Tim Hoffman. It takes a lot of skill to be able to deliver a comedic performance without a single line of dialog and for this being his film debut Tim Hoffman shows he has some raw talent for this line of work. To be honest the slapstick comedy in this film brings me back to the glory days of such greats as Monty Python and Blackadder as well as Sam Rami’s Evil Dead series and this isn’t surprising considering International films often use these classics as inspiration.
The low budget special effects of the film in all honesty adds to the humor of the piece perfectly. Normally in a film when you have cheesy effects it often ruins the experience especially in this day and age of CGI and how critical and knowledgeable everyone is of the film industry’s magic. While likely this was the best he could afford to do on his limited budget anything greater and more in depth would just not have fit in nor been as welcome as the practical effects were here and I for one am glad that it was filmed this way.
The production value of Stuck is surprisingly good considering that not only was this the director’s first film but the first film produced by fledgling company MPC Creative. The visual work on the film is a bit of a mixed bag of good points and flaws. The picture quality is clear but certainly not the best as it has a bit of a dirty feel to the film. This is from a bit of fuzz around the edges of the screen and while this might have been intentional to add a sense of darkness and foreboding it just left me slightly disappointed at it’s presence. The camera itself is stationary and has no annoying shaky cam effect despite seeming to be filmed on a hand held camera (though I am not one hundred percent sure on that) . One further annoyance to me was the fact that whenever the scene was switching directions there was a brief moment of a blackout effect that really breaks you from flow of the film. I don’t know if this was an editing snafu or if it was intended but to me it is a amateurish mistake that could have been done much more smoothly so that the viewer never really had time to register it consciously.
The audio work by contrast is much more concise and professionally handled. While there is no voice acting at all in the film the special effects are heard with flawless perfection and really amplifies the absurd antics happening on the screen. The musical score takes the place of the dialog and really amps up the humor as well as the tension with it’s pounding and driving beat. It reminded me of some of the Video games I use to play that were set in the horror genre when a horde of zombies were about to attack, which is fitting considering the chair was similar to those scenes. This is one of those rare cases where less is more and the grunting and slams heard do more for this film than any terrified cry or frustrated sigh could have accomplished. I do have to give one warning though, at the beginning of the film there is an old school clacker countdown accompanied by very loud beeps. If you are not careful wearing headphones and having your sound turned up will leave you with a massive headache and a ringing in your ears for hours so just be careful when you start this film.
As a first time project I have to say Stuck was much better than I expected and had some funny moments that I really didn’t expect. If this is the type of work we can expect from Benoit Mannequin in the future I really can’t wait to see what he can do with a large budget, that said however Stuck is not without it’s flaws and you should be warned about that going in. If you like comedy that focuses on slapstick prat falls and doesn’t try to dazzle you with expensive special effects but relies on the actor to do the work for you then this film is worth your time at just over two minutes. I would advise any up and coming filmmakers who haven’t put out their first project to give this one a once over to show you that you don’t need a huge budget or star power to make your dream come to life. If more directors just went out there and did it then we wouldn’t be getting the same four movies rehashed over and over again in Hollywood.
Justin’s Notes – I’m not sure why I liked this film so much. It’s silly in every way possible, simple in execution, and yet it really made me chuckle. Something about the absurdity of it just got to me and I couldn’t help myself. I very much enjoyed Stuck.


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This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here.
The lawsuit claims the defendants have breached OpenAI’s founding agreement to develop artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity. The suit claimed the AI giant has become nothing more than a subsidiary of Microsoft, working in secrecy and focusing on profit, and that it may have already achieved artificial general intelligence.
OpenAI has since fired back, posting a blog that claimed Musk wanted control of the company’s for-profit unit and to merge it with Tesla. In one posted email, Musk agrees that as the company gets closer to building AI, it should “start being less open” and “not share the science.”
However, in the interim — and surely unrelated — venture fund SVA posted a pledge for companies in the AI ecosystem to sign stating these companies “are committed to building AI that will contribute to a better future for humanity.”
Let’s put the timing of this letter aside (did we mention SVA is an investor in OpenAI?). The fact such a letter is deemed necessary in the first place is a big issue, but one brought on by the industry itself.
AI has an image problem and, despite all the money that’s gone to the sector, no one has invested much time in trying to solve it. From regulations, to copyright issues to the clear and very public nefarious misuses of the technology, the leaders in the industry — who love to sign letters — have shown a stunning inability to get out in front of any of these problems they should have seen coming.
Even more trust issues were brought to the forefront last November when Altman was ousted from his own company. That mysterious saga — where it was said Altman was “not consistently (being) candid with the board” — and its disturbingly slow, quiet investigation likely still has a chilling effect on most people.
When an industry leader goes through that kind of tumult in the dark, trust is not usually built.
Even the Musk suit has now become a back-and-forth about trust, openness and what these companies are truly trying to accomplish.
AI may not have a money problem, but it does seem to have a trust issue. Signing a letter will not remedy that.
Things that caught our eye and other stuff:
- It’s always interesting to look at all the different industries in which AI is being applied. Boston-based Overjet locked up a $53.2 million Series C led by March Capital at a $550 million valuation. The startup uses AI to help interpret X-rays and review dental insurance claims. Its platform can be used to detect, outline and quantify instances of oral disease — with millimeter-level precision. Founded in 2018, Overjet has now raised approximately $133 million, per the company.
- This round was reported on more than a week ago, but the company confirmed it last week and it’s big enough that it still catches our attention. Figure, a Sunnyvale, California-based company developing AI-enhanced robots that it hopes will be able to perform dangerous jobs and alleviate labor shortages, raised a massive $675 million round at a $2.6 billion valuation. The eye-catching part is its investors, which include the likes of Jeff Bezos’ Explore Investments and Nvidia.
- Staying with Bezos, his name popped up again this week on the report that Perplexity AI is nearing completion of a funding round that will give the AI search startup a unicorn valuation of around $1 billion. The Wall Street Journal reported the deal is being finalized and the new valuation. No new funding amount was disclosed. The valuation is a tremendous jump from just two months ago, when the company was valued at $520 million in a $73.6 million Series B led by IVP, with participation from several other firms and strategics such as Nvidia and Bezos.
Illustration: Dom Guzman
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Posted by linkadge on September 19, 2010, at 19:26:13
In reply to Re: Have our brains been permanently damaged?, posted by olivia12 on September 19, 2010, at 18:18:27
>Huxley--if you feel better as a result of taking >them, why worry about any of this--maybe brain >chemistry is altered, but what is the >alternative? A lifeless life? I believe Dr. Bob >has created a wonderful site and yes, please do >not believe all that you read. Brain chemistry >is complex and remains a mystery to the most >astute. I hope that you find a trusted therapist >and a med that works for you:)
I totally agree. If the medication works for you and you feel fine w. no problems, then by all means take the med if you feel like it.
The problem is that, for a lot of people, the meds don't really do much of anything. Perhaps they help depression or anxiety a wee bit, but with too many side effects.


Leadership from the plains
As the 48th most populous state in the Union, North Dakota is an area many national politicians refer to as fly-over country, so its a big deal when a North Dakota lawmaker is elected by colleagues to serve in a national leadership role.
District 13 Rep. Kim Koppelman (R-West Fargo) assumed the role of vice president in the Council of State Governments, an organization that includes all 50 states in the Union, several Canadian provinces and also the U.S. territories, at CSGs annual meeting two weeks ago in Wilmington, Del.
Koppelman said his serving in this function, the first stepping stone in a three-year progression which will have him chairing the organization in 2007-2008, not only puts North Dakota on the map with a lot of people, but also allows him to export common sense ideas and good government solutions from North Dakota to other states.
I think it is good for the state because [my leadership] demonstrates who and what we are. It gives us some notoriety and raises peoples awareness of us, Koppelman said.
All legislators in every state are members of CSG. Koppelman serves on CSGs Suggested State Legislation Committee, which selects legislation from all 50 states to be published in the organizations book of Suggested State Legislation. The book is issued to and used as a resource by legislators.
CSG has a multi-branch composition. Its chairman is always a legislator, and its president is always a governor. In North Dakotas history, only two of the states legislators have served in CSGs top role. That was two decades ago when former Rep. Roy Hausauer (R-Wahpeton) served in 1984-85. Former Sen. Edwin Becker (R-Willow City) led the organization in 1969 to 70.
Koppelman said in his leadership role, he hopes to take advantage of CSGs multi-branch makeup to expand the effectiveness and efficiency of state governments across the U.S., particularly in the area of communication between the legislative, executive and judicial branches.
He pointed to recent rifts between the judicial and the legislative branches as proof that there needs to be clearer communication and better cooperation between all branches of government.
I said to the CSG, if anybody is going to be able to pull this off, youre the ones who can do it, Koppelman said. Its important to know that legislators do not sit down for lunch with judges every day.
While tensions are built into our constitutional system, with the separation of powers, current pressures have gone far beyond what was intended, he said. They gave Koppelman the idea to team up with Kentucky Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph Lambert to spearhead an effort that would encourage a clearer understanding among the lawmakers and interpreters of the laws as to the original intent of legislation.
We need to have more give-and-take between the branches. Legislators have been complaining that some judges are legislating from the bench. Judges have complained that some legislators are stepping beyond their bounds by passing laws that require mandatory sentencing, Koppelman said.
He said the idea has been well received.
I see this blossoming into something that becomes part of CSGs permanent structure, as an ongoing committee or task force, for example. Hopefully, we can do this to promote good government that operates in the way the founders intended it to, he said.
The CSG encompasses members of all three branches of governmentlegislative, executive and judicialin all 50 states. The U.S. territories and several Canadian provinces are also associate members. States pay dues to be a part of the organization.
CSG is composed of regional branchesthe West, East, South and Midwest. In 2001 Fargo hosted the Midwestern CSG.
National leadership rotates among all four regions of the country. Koppelman was elected to serve as Vice President this summer by leaders from the 11 Midwestern states and three Canadian provinces to be the regions standard-bearer in the organizations national office. He succeeds Delaware Rep. Roger Roy as vice chairman. Next year he will serve as chairman-elect.


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Square Enix announced Kingdom Hearts Union χ [Cross] at PAX East 2017, a rebranding of the existing Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ to further expand the mythology of the series. The expansion will introduce Ventus, as well as Multiplayer feature into the game, which allows 6 players to join together to beat the Heartless.
The expansion itself will be available in Japan in late March, while the global version will get the expansion in April.
Kingdom Hearts Union χ [Cross] screenshots (click to enlarge)
Not only announced the expansion, Square Enix also showcased the demo at the event, featuring the new Multiplayer mode. Those who played the demo at the event were given special buttons and posters. Below are the off-screen screenshots of the demo, as well as the footage, provided by CQI of the KH3 Beta Testers party from KH Insider. Click on the respective images to enlarge.
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The Real Problem with the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Nov 4, 2018
A Question of Style
The current events in Istanbul say nothing at all about the medieval regime in Saudi Arabia we didn’t already know. That would be hard to guess, given the uproar in media and government about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a furore that tells us a lot more about our western media, our politicians and us than it does about Saudi Arabia.
It must have taken considerable depth of perception for anyone to discern Mohammed bin Salman's passion for reform of more than his fiefdom’s image, though there seems to be not a few such sharp characters around, including the inevitable Thomas Friedman, New York Times’ Middle East Expert, who observes a “significant reform process” and even a Saudi “Arab Spring”; and a notable slim customer called Emmanuel Macron who defended his Altitude bin Salman last April while securing deals for French companies worth $18 billion. It has to be admitted they have something of a point as bin Salman has been taking progressive strides towards the 22nd century, in permitting the building of cinemas and in allowing women to drive (while understandably imprisoning miscreant women's rights activists who made the mistake of demanding the privilege before he pioneered it).
However, something more important has now happened – a death that matters – and there’s a big fuss about Khashoggi, hyped in the western media as a critical journalist and democracy lover, but in reality a propagandist for a repressive regime with a few polite reservations about how to keep the dynasty going.
In the eyes of the “International Community” Saudi Arabia seems to have crossed some kind of line in murdering a ‘regime critic’ in broad daylight. Just where the moral line is for that chimerical adjudicator and for western pundits and politicians in general is hard to discern, given its shifting, or better, shifty nature, its whereabouts depending on business rather than on any outlandish ethical imperatives. Or on perceived affronts to western supremacy: Khashoggi wrote for the Washington Post, never failing to suck up to US foreign policy.
Beyond the line for ordinary human beings still in touch with their moral sense is the act of murder and the aiding and abetting thereof, meaning anybody who murders anybody is guilty of murder. That crime does include hiring a pathologist to cut up somebody who gets on your nerves, even if they’ve caused your paranoia to escalate out of its comfort zone, so on that point the International Community have got it spot on.
Nevertheless it’s a pity that Khashoggi forced bin Salman’s hand. Now all the Prince’s efforts to drag the Saudi Arabian Royal Family out of the eleventh century to join western leaders in the twelfth may have been brought into disrepute.
It's embarrassing too, notably for the US senators who voted 71-27 against blocking Obama’s offer of a $115 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia in 2016, the biggest in the decades-long US-Saudi alliance; though seemingly not for the current president who doesn’t do embarrassment and continues to defend the alliance. At least he says openly it’s about the money (having claimed the credit himself for Obama’s deal). It’s also disappointing for the UK Conservative party which hosted the 2017 Arms Fair in London, Saudi Arabia being the UK’s biggest arms customer; and particularly for Theresa May who visited Saudi Arabia in November 2017, declaring her visit to be part of a “bold, confident future” for the UK after Brexit.
A footnote to the really important matters has been the slaughter of Yemeni civilians by our Saudi friends which has taken three years to get serious media attention, now after reports by the UN, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on what Amnesty called the “forgotten war”. For the western media these have been insignificant deaths crossing no moral line. Thousands of Yemeni civilians have been killed in indiscriminate bombing and their lives threatened by famine resulting from the war and the bombing of food supplies by Saudi forces in a coalition of nine countries, backed and actively assisted by the US and UK. Obama authorized 37 drone attacks on Yemenis in 2016. Taking a leaf out of his predecessor’s book Trump had added 105 more by October 2017.
Equally non-newsworthy has been western complicity in the slaughter through weapons supplied by Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy and others, and the continuing effects of the endearingly named ‘bomblets’ scattered by US and UK-supplied cluster munitions. In 2016 the UK government blocked an inquiry into the war in Yemen.
In western capitals the question of aiding and abetting war crimes has been an issue lost in a fog. The best explanation for US direct military involvement in Yemen that can be fathomed out of the murk seems to be that - when Obama started it he wanted to reassure the Saudis that they needn’t worry about his deal with Iran, that they (the Saudis) were still his friends and he was willing to prove it by supporting them in a war against the Houthis in Yemen who the Saudis believed wrongly to be fighting a proxy war on behalf of Iran against the Yemeni government it being in reality a more or less purely local affair and Saudi involvement would actually strengthen Iran’s influence, the opposite of what Saudi Arabia wanted, which Obama being a lawyer could or may have thought through but probably hadn’t.
This kind of mental fog can hide anything and certainly has been successful in helping to hide US war crimes. What the eye doesn’t see can’t be a problem. It has also helped to hide US government intentions in Yemen from the media (not difficult), from nearly everyone else, and (only slightly more difficult) from itself…unless we take the one consistent strand in all this: the continuing sale of arms to Saudi Arabia. If Saudi Arabia’s war against the Houthis was likely to strengthen the (small) Iranian presence there, that might prolong the war and make the Saudis more persistent thus making their acceptance of the $115 billion arms deal offer more likely.
The real problems start to arise when the trompe l’oeil ceases to work and there’s too much clarity. They did arise with the Khashoggi murder and they seem to be twofold.
First, Khashoggi was a member of the western establishment, an accepted hobnobber. You can’t just go and so obviously bump somebody off who frequents the best restaurants in Washington and is seen with some of the finest people.
The emergence of the second problem reveals how essential questions of taste or style really are; there are kinds of things one doesn’t do, stylistic lines one really doesn’t cross. We don’t hire a pathologist to saw people up almost in full public view and we can’t be seen to associate with people who do that kind of thing. Bin Salman has really gone too far and has made it very difficult to find a solution that might save face all round.
As Thomas Friedman put it in the New York Times it’s “an unfathomable violation of norms of human decency, worse not in numbers but in principle than even the Yemen war”. Friedman always did have a knack for capturing nuance, an intuitive sensibility for stylistic niceties.
If only Saudi Arabia had a Thomas Friedman.


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... an expiration of payroll tax cuts in early January and a spike in food prices could wipe 0.8 percentage point off U.S. economic growth next year, according to some economists.
Rises in the prices of corn and soybeans and other field crops as a result of drought this year in the Midwest are expected to feed through into food prices late this year and in early 2013.
Soybean prices jumped 40 percent over the summer, while wheat shot up about 50 percent. Prices have eased a bit since then, but the increases are expected to filter down to consumers.
"We are starting to see evidence of food prices moving up so that's definitely going to be a drag on disposable incomes," said Hoyt of Moody's Analytics.
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Mike Harris | Ventura County Star | Updated February 12, 2021
Commercial cannabis businesses will apparently soon be allowed in Ventura.
The Ventura City Council this week voted 4-2 to introduce two ordinances to permit a finite number of them. The ordinances are scheduled to be adopted by the council at its Feb. 22 meeting.
“I’ve always contended that if somebody wants to do something, making it illegal adds to the mystique,” first-term City Councilman Doug Halter said at Monday night’s council meeting. “So, with that said, I feel that what we don’t legalize, will happen.
“It will just happen without being regulated and without being taxed,” he said. ” … So, I would want us to have a legal, regulated access to a drug that has become in my lifetime almost as common as alcohol.”
The council’s 4-2 vote included adopting a resolution establishing the maximum number of commercial cannabis businesses in the city -five retail locations and 10 industrial locations – with 600-feet buffers around elementary, middle, and high schools, city officials said.
The resolution contained an amendment added to it on a 5-1 council vote. The amendment in part establishes that a cannabis business that applies to the city be penalized one point in an evaluation scoring system if it is on a walking route to a school that tends to have a lot of student foot traffic, Assistant City Attorney Megan Lorenzen said Thursday.
Voting to introduce the ordinances and adopt the resolution were Halter and fellow council members Lorrie Brown, Jim Friedman and Joe Schroeder. Voting against were Mayor Sofia Rubalcava and council member Mike Johnson.
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Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
Darby Bible Translation
And their children thou didst multiply as the stars of heaven, and thou broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.
World English Bible
You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
Young's Literal Translation
And their sons Thou hast multiplied as the stars of the heavens, and bringest them in unto the land that Thou hast said to their fathers to go in to possess.
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And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
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The FBI probe into Denver Bible Church is focused squarely on Rev. Bob Enyart and illegal activity connected to his alleged satanic cult.
Enyart is the author of a Manifesto and treasonous blueprint that outlines a “Shadow Government” he oversees, which does not observe the laws of the United States of America.
Enyart has made a series of radio appearances following the shooting at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs on November 27, 2015, where he creates the false appearance that he, himself, speaks for Christians and unborn babies across the United States.
That’s not true at all.
According to former members of Denver Bible Church, he simply poses as a pro-life Christian minister and only pretends to be utterly obsessed with saving unborn babies; this they have told the FBI is a ‘cover’ for his satanic occultist practices that include kidnapping, rape, and murder.
The Denver FBI is conducting interviews regarding Enyart and his church, which former members have been reporting to law enforcement for several years.
Enyart has made multiple radio appearances, including on the Hagmann and Hagmann Report, Steve Curtis, and his own program Bob Enyart Live, since the Planned Parenthood shooting on November 27, 2015. He has repeatedly lamented that the American media is unfairly blaming the entire Christian pro-life movement for the actions of the shooter, Robert Lewis Dear.
Enyart is holding himself out as a spokesman for Christians and unborn children.
He’s under criminal investigation for criminal activity.
Enyart’s clever attempt to cloak himself with the name of Jesus Christ, biblical scripture, and receive cover from the Lord’s followers is a deception easily recognized by those with eyes to see, ears to hear, and a mind to think.
Enyart is under federal investigation because formal complaints were filed against him by real life victims for crimes he was committing.
Enyart is alleged to regularly engage in blackmail, extortion, and other crimes against members of his fake church.
Brian Rohrbough, founding president of American Right to Life, also appeared on Steve Curtis’ show, recently.
Rohrbough described the real Bob Enyart during a recorded conversation with Kekoa.
“[Bob Enyart] is perhaps the most dishonest and deceptive man I have ever met in my life. He is a blatant liar and his whole thing is to try to get people into following and worshipping him,” Rohrbough said.
Kekoa was asked during her FBI interview about warning signs she and her husband observed while at Denver Bible Church.
Kekoa described a “weird obsession with old men wanting to control women”.
“[There were] multiple divorces in the church. Nobody had good relationships with their kids, if they had any kids at all. There’s multiple people in the church that have no children. And we’re like what the hell kind of pro-lifers have no children, right? And they look like pedophiles. Okay, they have the look,” Kekoa said.
Kekoa explained how church members would offer to take their children for the day to give them a break; and how they (the Kekoa’s) never felt comfortable placing the children in those people’s care and always insisted on coming along wherever they went.
“This is a guy (Bob Enyart) that once told Steve Curtis and I that he has someone in the office review his internet use every week to make sure he’s not looking at pornography – we were both laughing about it – like he wouldn’t know how to delete what he’s really looking at,” Rohrbough said.
“You’re not dealing with a Christian entity. He’s an evil guy,” Rohrbough said.
THE COLORADO SPRINGS PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHOOTING
The FBI received the name of Danielle Kekoa from Planned Parenthood well in advance of the shooting in Colorado Springs.
It appears the FBI subsequently received intelligence of an impending shooting in Colorado, because they subsequently contacted Kekoa, and interviewed her on November 24 regarding information she had about Denver Bible Church.
Special Agent Kimberly Milka, Denver FBI, told Kekoa they were interested in averting any harm to persons and didn’t want another “Dr. Tiller” on their hands.
Kekoa provided the FBI information about Enyart’s cult and warned that something bad would surely happen now that Enyart had been exposed and they should “expect it”. Three days later the Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs was attacked by gunman Robert Lewis Dear.
Following the attack, Enyart began appearing on-air to equate himself with “millions” of pro-life Christians across the United Sates. He claims the entire pro-life movement is being blamed – including himself in the mix – as if he himself represents the entire Christian pro-life movement.
That is simply not true.
Enyart does not speak for anybody or anything except for himself and Denver Bible Church.
He’s in trouble because of his own alleged illegal actions – he is not under investigation because of his (fake) pro-life activism, which is a freedom anybody enjoys.
BOB ENYART’S REAL AGENDA IS NOT ABORTION
Only a cursory analysis and review of Bob Enyart’s conduct and public statements during radio programs following the Planned Parenthood shooting are required to reveal the following:
- Bob Enyart appears on radio programs billed to discuss pro-life issues, but his real/true passion/agenda is NOT abortion/unborn babies. Enyart’s REAL agenda is discrediting witness(s) against him.
- Enyart’s real agenda is delivering talking points about marijuana. He repeatedly mentions the debilitating affects of marijuana on a person and boasts grand studies conducted and published by his people. He incessantly rails on and on about the affects of marijuana on the brain.
- Enyart suddenly interjects his marijuana tirades into the abortion and pro-life discussions where they are out of place and unnecessary.
- Enyart diagnosed the Colorado Springs shooter Robert Lewis Dear as a “paranoid” “schizophrenic” “mentally ill” “pothead” “loser”. Enyart has no access to medical records, psychological reports, blood test results, police statements, etc., of Robert Lewis Dear. Yet, Enyart makes 100% conclusive statements about Dear based upon 0% evidence.
- Enyart’s rants about marijuana are so obsessive and maniacal they overshadow the actual billed topic until the host re-directs him.
- Enyart is desperately attempting to discredit somebody in his minds eye.
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COLORADO SPRINGS – The man accused of a deadly shooting at the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood last month called himself a "warrior for babies" during an outburst in court Wednesday afternoon.
Robert Dear, 57, is charged with 179 counts in the rampage that left three people – including a police officer – dead and wounded nine others.
"I'm guilty – there is no trial," Dear said during court.
The suspected shooter repeatedly said the words "protect the babies" during Wednesday's hearing. He also targeted his attorney, Daniel King, the chief trial deputy for the Colorado Public Defender's Office.
King previously represented the convicted Aurora theater shooter, who is currently serving multiple life sentences after a jury was unable to unanimously sentence him to death.
"Do you know who this lawyer is?" Dear said Wednesday. "He's the lawyer for the Batman shooter who drugged him all up. That's what they want to do to me."
RELATED: Was the Colorado Springs shooting domestic terrorism?
Dear also said he did not want to meet with King again, and did not want to do a mental health evaluation.
"It's my life," he said.
"They want the truth. You are trying to silence the truth," Dear told King.
"I think the problem is obvious, judge," was King's response.
Prosecutors have not said whether they will seek the death penalty in the case.
Dear is accused of entering the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood Clinic at around 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 27, shooting at police officers and bystanders for nearly five hours before he surrendered.
University of Colorado – Colorado Springs Police Officer Garrett Swasey was killed in the attack, as was Army veteran Ke'Arre Stewart and Jennifer Markovsky. None of the three worked for Planned Parenthood, and each of them leave behind two children.
Dear is set to appear in court again on Dec. 23.
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains issue the following statement after Wednesday's court appearance:
“What happened in Colorado Springs was a horrific tragedy. Our focus now is on recovery and making sure this never happens again. We continue to provide high-quality, compassionate health care in a safe, supportive environment. Every day since this terrible tragedy, Planned Parenthood’s doors have been open across Colorado, across our Rocky Mountain region, and across this country. Our doors - and our hearts - stay open.
“We know that words matter. It is time to put an end to the dangerous rhetoric that has permeated our political conversations. Enough is enough --- this violence, whether inflicted with words or with weapons, cannot become our normal.”
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Bids will be sought for the western extension of the Orange Line, stretching from Bang Khun Non to Thailand Cultural Centre and the southern extension of the Purple Line from Tao Pun to Rat Burana.
The terms of reference for the MRT Orange Line should be completed within July and it should be ready for bids in October. The whole bidding process for the Orange Line extension should be completed before the end of this year.
The Orange Line will be developed under a public-private joint venture basis. The construction will cost Bt110 billion, Bt14 billion of which will be spent on land expropriation, Bt96 billion on civil work and Bt32 billion will be spent on the service operation for 30 years.
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Skype for Android Updates for More Smartphone Two-way Video
As you probably know if you are an Android handset owner, when Skype delivered their Android app with two-way video chat functionality only a very small number of Android smartphone were able to take advantage of the two-way video chat function, however Skype has now updated Skype for Android to add additional handsets.
According to an article over on Engadget, Skype for Android has now updated to add to the original four handsets a further 17 devices including Samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson, LG and Acer devices.
Originally the Skype for Android app two-way video calling feature was only supported by the Samsung Google Nexus S, HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro and Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo.
However now owners of the Samsung Galaxy S — Samsung Galaxy S II — Verizon Samsung Droid Charge — Samsung Galaxy Tab — LG Revolution packing Android 2.2 Froyo — Sony Ericsson Xperia Play — Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray — Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro – Acer A5 — HTC Thunderbolt — HTC Sensation – HTC EVO 4G — HTC EVO 3D — HTC Desire HD — HTC Incredible S — HTC Desire with Android 2.2 Froyo — and the HTC Flyer can all now use Skype two-way video calling.
However obviously devices running Android 2.3 Gingerbread will be able to take advantage of Skype two-way video calling much better than those on Android 2.2 Froyo, as Froyo only allows for the usage of the rear-facing camera.
Still at least Skype is slowing bring the updated feature to a wider array of Android devices, so given time eventually all Android Gingerbread handset should be able to make use of the app.
If you still haven’t grabbed the Skype for Android app for your handset or if you have one of the above devices you can grab the updated app from the Android Market as a free download, and of course feel free to let us know how you get on with that two-way video calling feature by dropping us a line to our comments area below.


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- Judy Ann Santos recalled the day that she explained to Yohan about the setup of their family
- She was the one who revealed to Yohan, her eldest child, that she was adopted
- The actress said that she explained to Yohan early on because she didn't want her daughter to hear it from those people who would reveal it to her but not in a nice context
- She also said that she had instilled in Yohan that she first became a mother before becoming a wife, and that Yohan must remember she was first
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Judy Ann Santos has always been proud of her eldest daughter, Yohan. The relationship between Juday and Yohan, being the actress's adopted child, is one that could truly inspire a lot of families today.
In an interview on PUSH Bets Live, KAMI learned that Judy Ann opened up about the day that she explained to Yohan about the setup of their family. It was in 2005 that she became a mom to Yohan, the actress's 26th birthday.
As per Push, Judy Ann said that early on during their relationship, when there were only the two of them, she knew that Yohan already understood. She told her and explained it to her because she didn't want her daughter to hold a grudge against her if she would keep the truth from her.
She gave great emphasis on the importance of being honest with your children, especially with social media.
"Ang fear ko kasi may ibang taong mag marunong at mag-atribida na sabihin tapos not in nice context tapos maging iba yung dating doon sa bata," the actress narrated.
At that point, she crossed her fingers and simply lifted everything to God. Now, she and her daughter are comfortable with their relationship. She was able to make Yohan understand that "being adopted is not a bad thing."
"I adopt you because I want you to be my family. I chose you," Juday further stated.
The 41-year-old actress also instilled in Yohan that she was the first one who came before Daddy Ryan. She emphasized that she was a mother before becoming a wife, which at first, Yohan found a bit confusing but later came to understand.
Now, Judy Ann is very happy with how Yohan has grown. The lovely girl is bound to celebrate her 15th birthday in November.
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Judy Ann Santos is one of the most respected actresses in the Philippines. She is married to Ryan Agoncillo. They have three children, Yohan, Lucio and Luna.
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