When the 2022–23 Championship season kicks off for both teams on Saturday afternoon, Norwich City will be traveling to Swansea City, hoping to get back on track.
When the season was suspended for the World Cup, the Canaries were coming off a 2-1 loss to Middlesbrough on November 12, while Swansea had just played to a scoreless draw at Huddersfield Town.
EFL Championship Match Preview: Swansea City vs Norwich City
Swansea hasn’t played since their goalless draw with Huddersfield on December 12, which left them in seventh place with 31 points.
Since their last league win on October 23 against Cardiff City at home, the Welsh club has played to four consecutive draws in the league, splitting the spoils with Bristol City, Wigan Athletic, Birmingham City, and Huddersfield.
Swansea is in a solid position in the standings at this moment, tied with sixth-placed Queens Park Rangers and two points behind fourth-placed Watford.
On December 3, after a week-long training camp in Scotland, Russell Martin’s team played a midseason friendly against Dundee United. Jamie Paterson and Ryan Manning scored for the Welsh squad.
Swansea lost three of their past four Championship meetings against Norwich, but they won 2-0 in February 2021. Norwich lost 2-1 to Middlesbrough in their final match before the World Cup and finished fifth with 32 points.
The Canaries have only won twice in the league since October. Still, they are in a good position in the standings moving into the Christmas break, and it would be a great surprise if they did not push for another Premier League return.
Norwich finished 20th in the Premier League last season, and they haven’t won back-to-back titles since 2014. In 10 Championship away games, Dean Smith’s team won four, drew two, and lost four for 14 points.
Norwich faces Blackburn Rovers next weekend, Luton Town on Boxing Day, and Reading to complete the month.
EFL Championship Team News: Swansea City vs Norwich City
Swansea has sent four players to the World Cup: Joe Allen, Ben Cabango, and Olivier Ntcham made the team, while Ollie Cooper has travelled as a reserve for Wales.
The trio of Cabango, Ntcham, and Cooper should all be ready for this game, while Allen may be out with his lingering hamstring injury.
Joel Piroe has five Championship goals this season and may start up top for the Terriers if head coach Martin sticks with the same XI he used in their most recent game against Huddersfield.
Andrew Omobamidele, Adam Idah, Jon Rowe, and Jakob Sorensen are all still sidelined with injuries and are hence not available for selection by Norwich.
A striker who has scored nine goals in the Championship this season, Josh Sargent is questionable for this match due to an injury he sustained in the USA’s loss to the 2022 World Cup group stage Netherlands.
Because of this, Onel Hernandez might start in the last third of the field with Teemu Pukki, while Joe Hugill is also possible for the front two.
- Swansea City Predicted Starting Lineup: Benda, Darling, Cabango, Wood-Gordon, Latibeaudiere, Fulton, Manning, Grimes, Cooper, Piroe, Ntcham.
- Norwich City Predicted Starting Lineup: Gunn, Hanley, Gibson, Aarons, McCallum, Hayden, McLean, Sara, Ramsey, Pukki, Hernandez.
EFL Championship Match Prediction: Swansea City vs Norwich City
Due to the unusual nature of the season caused by the winter break, predicting the outcome of this match is challenging. Because of the closeness of the teams’ relative strengths, we have decided to play to a scoreless draw.


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reported a different course. In a recent issue of the journal Nature, the team led by James Liao, described how they genetically modified a well-known bacterium, Escherichia coli, to efficiently synthesize butanol, a molecule it doesn’t normally produce.
To do this, the team reasoned that they could divert some of the metabolites that E. coli uses to make amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, to a metabolic pathway that would result in the production of butanol. “Amino acid biosynthesis is very well studied in E. coli,” Liao explains. Using that knowledge, Liao’s team inserted two genes into the E. coli genome: one from a microbe involved in the production of cheese and one from a yeast. These genes express proteins that convert keto acids, components of the amino acid biosynthesis pathway, into butanol. In addition, by inhibiting the expression of other genes and making changes in certain proteins in the pathway, Liao was able to increase the efficiency of the process to a level high enough for industrial use. “By using these two tricks we could force the flux to the desired direction,” he says. “We were able to produce isobutanol very quickly and improved the titer in a few months.”
The technology is so promising that Gevo Inc., a biofuels startup based in Pasadena, Calif., recently announced that it acquired an exclusive license to commercialize Liao’s process. The company is currently scaling up the technology and deciding whether to go ahead with its own plans to build a butanol plant.
Liao, meanwhile, is working on converting cellulose waste materials into isobutanol as well as trying to implement the approach in other microbes. “We’re very excited about the promise of the project,” he says.
Jessica Ebert is a Biomass Magazine staff writer.

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At St Margaret's House, Bethnal Green, London Novemeber 2022.
Uramatsuri 2022 had music, dance, street performance, film, installations and even Geisha Bar(!) with more than 40 artists with Japanese/East Asian heritage.
Ura Matsuri vol.5 (2022) artists lineup:
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Rolling wall: the rolling wall is an important part of the cone crusher, and the frame, horizontal shaft, moving cone, balance wheel, eccentric sleeve, under the crushing wall, hydraulic coupling, lubrication system, hydraulic system, control system together constitute the cone crusher. Also known as: crushing wall, fixed cone lining plate, cone broken lining plate, cone crusher lining plate, static cone, fixed cone, crushing plate.
The rolling wall is the main component that runs together with the crushing wall in the cone to break the material. It is also called the fixed cone because it is fixed. When the cone is broken in operation, the broken wall will move in trajectory, and the distance between the broken wall and the rolling mortar wall will be close to and away from, so as to squeeze the broken material, and part of the material will be discharged from the open side discharge port. The rolling block wall has a U-shaped screw on the adjusting ring, and zinc alloy is injected between the two to make it tightly combined. When the rolling block wall is newly installed or replaced, after working for 6 to 8 hours, check its fastening condition and tighten the U-shaped screw again. The following are several common high manganese steel cone crusher liner introduction:
Manganese 13(Mn13) rolled mortar wall broken wall
Mn13 has high tensile strength, plasticity and toughness and non-magnetic, even if the parts wear to a very thin, still can withstand a large impact load without rupture, can be used for casting a variety of impact resistant wear parts.
Manganese 13 chromium 2(Mn13Cr2) rolled mortar wall broken wall
The use of Mn13Cr2 materials, that is, while reducing the content of C and Mn in traditional high manganese steel, the addition of Cr element, makes up for the defect of insufficient toughness of traditional high manganese steel, and effectively prolongs the service life of wear-resistant parts.
Manganese 18(Mn18) rolled mortar wall broken wall
Casting wear-resistant manganese steel is the oldest and most widely used class. In particular, the standard type of Mn18 high manganese steel rolling mortar wall, manganese and carbon content is high; The cast structure of steel is austenite and carbide, after 1050 ℃ water toughness treatment, most of the carbide solid solution in austenite.
Manganese 18 chromium 2(Mn18Cr2) rolled mortar wall broken wall
The material is made of Mn18Cr2 material, which is treated by compound modification to refine grains and purify grain boundaries. Control solidification mode in casting and optimize heat treatment process. The casting has high hardness, good toughness, impact resistance and wear resistance, and is suitable for large and medium-sized cone crusher.
Manganese 22 chromium 2(Mn22Cr2) rolled mortar wall broken wall
The Mn22Cr2 cone broken wall rolled mortar wall developed by the company for American customers has been approved by American customers after their production and testing.
New composite rolling mortar wall crushing wall
The use of low-cost high manganese steel or ultra-high manganese steel for large wear-resistant parts of the matrix material, in their working parts of the composite inlaid hard alloy, so that the wear surface of the bimetal composite wear-resistant parts has excellent wear resistance, non-wear surface has excellent plasticity and impact toughness, reducing the wear of the matrix high manganese steel, so that the cone broken mortar wall service life is greatly improved.
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Born in Rome (1971) is grew up from a very early age in the world of art thanks to his father's pictorial activity during years '70-'80 and knows international painters including Domenico Purificato, Aldo Riso, Ilia Peikov, Ibrahim Kodra. In 1977, at the age of six, during a summer vacation in Paris, he began to feel attracted by the world of photography and began to take his first photos "for fun" with his inseparable Instamatic 133 Kodak camera.
He trained at artistic high school and at Academy of Fine Arts in Rome under teachments of important masters and historians as Roberto Bossaglia, Fabio Vergoz, Giorgio Scalco, Edolo Masci, Roberto Almagno, Maurizio Marini. Later to professional experiences gained in the fields of interior design at Bauhaus architecture studio and contemporary art, starting from analog photography he decides after to approach digital photography. He use Pentax, Nikon, Canon, Sony professional cameras, Nikkor, Zeiss lenses. Collaborations with authors and publishers; personal exhibitions of Photography at institutional spaces in Rome, Neptune, Luino; collectives of photography and contemporary art in Venice, Naples, Treviso.
His work is characterized by an essential observation of reality, a continuous introspective research in a constant disagreement with homologation of one's own style.
About his work wrote Carlo Savini, Art historian, President of UECAL (Academy of European Union of Art Critics and Letters) of Brussels, in artistic field have founded and directed (2008-2010) art gallery Art's Moment, a innovative exhibition space located in Rome.
Max Callari is currently ordinary member at Officine Fotografiche.
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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, ripped President Joe Biden in a podcast on Monday and told the audience who he believes the “real president” is and then compared Biden to Ron Burgundy from the movie “Anchorman” starring Will Ferrel.
“The real president is whoever controls the teleprompter,” Musk said. “The path to power is the path to the teleprompter.” Here’s the clip below.
Musk also told the Podcast that he previously voted “overwhelmingly for Democrats.” He has not been a fan of the recent administration and has made that clear. Watch the full video below.
“I do feel like if somebody were to accidentally lean on the teleprompter, it’s going to be like Anchorman,” he continued.
Here’s the clip from Anchorman that you can watch below.
When talking about the Biden administration, he said, “This administration doesn’t seem to get a lot done,” he said. “The Trump administration, leaving Trump aside, there were a lot of people in the administration who were effective at getting things done.”
Musk then called the Democrat party the party of the “unions and the trial lawyers, particularly the class action lawyers” and that when they go against the interests of their voters, it’s because of those interests.
He didn’t spare the rod for Republicans either. He said they were ruled by “corporate evil and religious zealotry.”
“In the case of Biden, he is simply too much captured by the unions, which was not the case with Obama,” Musk continued.
When discussing inflation, Musk said that “the obvious reason for inflation is that the government printed a zillion amount of more money than it had.”
“So it’s like the government can’t just, you know, issue checks far in excess of revenue without there being inflation, you know, velocity of money held constant,” he argued. “If the federal government writes checks, they never bounce. So that is effectively creation of more dollars. And if there are more dollars created, then the increase in the goods and services across the economy, then you have inflation, again, velocity of money held constant.”
“If the government could just issue massive amounts of money and deficits didn’t matter, then, well, why don’t we just make the deficit 100 times bigger? The answer is, you can’t because it will basically turn the dollar into something that is worthless,” he said. “Various countries have tried this experiment multiple times,” he said. “Have you seen Venezuela? Like the poor, poor people of Venezuela are, you know, have been just run roughshod by their government.”
Do you think Musk is right about Biden: that he’s just a talking suit?


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We characterize the genetic diversity of Xenopus laevis strains using allele-specific RNA-seq data analysis and provide a catalogue of coding variation which can be used for improving the genomic sequence, as well as for better sequence alignment, probe design, and proteomic analysis. In addition, we paint a broad picture of the genetic landscape of the species by functionally annotating different classes of mutations with a well-established prediction tool (PolyPhen-2). Further, we specifically compare the variation in the progeny of a cross from the inbred genomic (J)-strain, a cross from the popular occasionally outbred albino (B)-strain, and two hybrid crosses. We use the comparison to identify a subset of mutations specific to the B-strain, which allows us to investigate the specific selection pressures affecting duplicated genes in this pseudo-tetraploid. We find the ratio of non-synonymous to synonymous mutations is lower in duplicated genes, which therefore appear to be under greater purifying selection. Surprisingly, we also find that function-altering ("damaging") mutations constitute a greater fraction of the non-synonymous variants in this group, which may suggest a role for subfunctionalization in coding variation affecting duplicated genes.
Contributors: Leonid Peshkin, Virginia Savova, Esther Pearl, Elvan Boke, Marko Horb, Sasha Gimelbrant
Experiment Type: We successfully performed natural mating of the two Xenopus strains: two reciprocal (BxJ, JxB) and two straight self (JxJ, BxB) crosses. We then collected tadpoles at a single developmental timepoint (stage NF 42), pooled ten tadpoles per cross, and isolated RNA from each pool. After RiboZero treatment, we constructed Illumina libraries, and performed RNAseq on HiSeq 2000, resulting in approximately 30 to 47 million reads per library with paired-end 100 base reads.
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I’m looking forward to rehearsal tonight – we had two days off (Halloween, and the regular Monday Off), and we have a ton of fun in these rehearsals. It’s a great challenge, this comedy. Silly, big and honest can be a tough blend, and it’s a lot of fun exploring and fine-tuning. Fortunately I’ve got a great cast to play with!
No more time to update – gotta get more things checked off the to-do list! 🙂


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Waterston lands ‘Beast’
“Inherent Vice” actress Katherine Waterston has landed one of the lead female roles in “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Warner Bros.’ “Harry Potter” spinoff, the studio announced Monday.
Waterston is to portray Tina (short for Porpentina), a witch. She will star opposite Eddie Redmayne as the magizoologist Newt Scamander, who stops in New York City to find and document magical creatures.
Intended as a trilogy of films based on J.K. Rowling’s slim fictional textbook of the same name, “Fantastic Beasts” will mark the author’s screenwriting debut. The story will begin 70 years before the events of the first “Harry Potter” novel.
David Yates, who directed the last four “Harry Potter” movies, is returning to helm the first “Fantastic Beasts” installment, which is scheduled for release Nov. 18, 2016.
Waterston’s previous credits include “Michael Clayton” and HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.” She could have a mainstream breakout with her parts in “Fantastic Beasts” and Danny Boyle’s upcoming biopic, “Steve Jobs.”


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Anemia is a condition characterized by abnormally low levels of healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin.
The tissues of the human body need a regular supply of oxygen to stay healthy. Red blood cells, which contain hemoglobin that allows them to deliver oxygen throughout the body, live for only about 120 days. When they die, the iron they contain is returned to the bone marrow and used to create new red blood cells. Anemia can develop when heavy bleeding causes significant iron loss. It also occurs when something happens to slow down the production of red blood cells or to increase the rate at which they are destroyed.
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Our GPS enabled, solar powered devices are designed to remotely guide cows. These require robust, long-range wireless communication and conservative power consumption. They also require multiple levels of control software in order to record everything about the animal, understand it and act on this information accordingly. We use this to monitor stock health, feed, behaviour and emotion so that farmers can better understand and treat the needs of each animal. We are always pushing to use the latest advancements in technology and want you to be a part of this process. Being a young, dynamic company, there is potential for a person in this role to have a big influence on Halter’s future direction.
High level of collaboration between mechanical and firmware engineers.
Take new or existing subsystems and achieve target BOM cost and product performance requirements.
Own the design, test and optimisation of electronics subsystems.
Design and carry out design verification testing on electronics subsystems.
Create documentation for product assembly, testing and support.
Other miscellaneous projects and tasks that help the hardware team and Halter achieve overarching company goals.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for big thinkers who know how to execute. We’re looking for people who are comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where they will be challenged on a daily basis. To succeed you will need to be able to learn quickly and utilise your own initiative while working under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Strong soldering skills. I.e. Can you repeatedly reflow tricky integrated circuits under time pressure?
Very strong circuit design skills. The ability to conceptualise a requested feature and own it from paper to PCB.
Professional proficiency using Altium Designer.
Experience with first principles electronics diagnosis to efficiently find faults and the root cause.
Previous experience designing electronics for long term reliability in a challenging physical environment.
Previous experience in optimising existing or new designs for cost under strict performance criteria. Can you build the best on a budget?
Ability to own tasks and creatively work to achieve tight deadlines.
Experience with radio frequency engineering preferred but not necessary.
Experience with high voltage design and diagnosis preferred but not necessary.
What we can offer you
An open and supportive environment where input from all members is encouraged.
The opportunity to work in a dynamic, and highly talented team with diverse backgrounds.
A fast-paced work environment that enables and encourages knowledge sharing and skill development
Opportunity for rapid development and career progression.
Competitive package and perks.
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The ’60s brought about a time of sweeping economic changes, cultural shifts and gargantuan technological endeavours that gave real scope to the idea that anything was possible. Jaguar took advantage of this by offering a jaw-droppingly beautiful car with high-performance to match. 150 mph top speed, sub-7-second 0 to 60 mph acceleration and all at a reasonable price – that was the E-Type.
1960s jaguar had a lot of racing know-how from its standard XK models and the legendary C and D-Type purpose-built racers that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times in a row. That expertise was put to good use with the E-Type that combined jaw-dropping beauty with a powerful DOHC inline-6 engine, independent rear suspension and a stunning body made from glass and aluminium.
Roaring through the Decade: Iconic Jaguar Cars of the 1960s
To give the public a taste of what the car could really do, Jaguar also made 12 prototypes called the Lightweight E-Type that were designed for GT racing. These cars featured a lighter chassis and body built from aluminium, fuel-injected engines with a dry sump design and considerably stiffened suspension. The Briggs Cunningham entry driven by Peter Lumsden and Roy Salvadori finished a very creditable fourth at the 1962 Le Mans 24 hours.
The standard production car had a very basic interior but you could spend an extra PS29 and get yourself a heater/demister, tachometer, twin fog lamps, cigar lighter (which back then actually lit cigars) and windscreen washers. For an extra PS29 you could even have the engine boosted to produce 265 bhp.


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From the design studios of Maggie Sottero, the stunning bridal fashion label ‘Sottero and Midgley’ was born.
Rich and luxurious, the Sottero and Midgley collections are designed with every bride in mind. Sottero and Midgely bride's not only experience exceptionally crafted, innovative designs, but luxurious fabrics, Swarovski crystals, hand-sewn embellishments and a renowned, slenderising fit, the result of meticulous attention to, and scrutiny of, design and fitting details.
Also, every Sottero and Midgley wedding dress bought from us comes with a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Sottero and Midgley, so you know you are getting a genuine dress.


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Drug Abuse Prevention Starts with Parents
|CONNECTED KIDS: As a parent, you have a major impact on your child's decision whether or not to use tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs. Be sure to encourage your child to make healthy choices and friendships and to always set a positive example through your own actions. Good communication between you and your child is a great way to prevent drug abuse, but if talking with your child becomes a problem, ask your pediatrician for help.|
The information contained in this publication should not be used as a substitute for the medical care and advice of your pediatrician. There may be variations in treatment that your pediatrician may recommend based on individual facts and circumstances.


Storyful is News Corp's social media storytelling company.
During my time in Storyful I gathered some unique and epic experiences.
I was working on a social story telling platform in creative and agile team. Working in such a diverse and global company helped me to focus on the main mission of my work as a designer: having a customer-centric mindset and ultimately serve the people who use my products and facilitate and improve their daily work. They inspire my work.
On a daily basis I bridged the gap between business decision makers, developers, stakeholders and users. I was the person who figures out the best way to solve big problems without leaving the needs of the most important stakeholders (the users)behind.
My work process
• Research (Who are the users? What is the product? What are the goals?)
• Collaborate and build relationships (users, stakeholders, product owners, devs and engineers)
• Create early feature wireframes
• Iterate & test (user test where possible)
• Create user flows and visualise the features (keep everyone in the loop, to prevent big surprises)
• Iterate & test (user test where possible)
• Handover for implementation
• Support implementation
What was I asked to do?
Improve product Visual and UI bearing in mind the unique user expectations (journalists), apply user centred design approach (based on research) and prepare features for implementation.
What did I inherit?
A functional well established social story telling app - Newswire.
What research did I do?
Explored initial Personas created by Product Owner (Q1) - personas were targeting audience demographics, behaviors, needs and motivations using segmentation.
Benefit: This investigation made it easier for me to create empathy with consumers throughout the design process.
Explored initial Competitive Audit documentation created by Product Owner (Q1) - read throught comprehensive analysis of competitor products that maped out their existing features in a comparable way.
Benefit: It helped me to quickly understand industry standards and identify opportunities to innovate in a given area.
Performed Visual Competitive Audit against main competitors and started making recommendations matching industry standards (Q1)
Benefit: This helped me to create design vision and plan matching industry standards and Storyful's brand guidelines.
Got acquainted with Key Performance Indicators (Q1) - made sure I understood business criteria to measure progress toward strategic goals or the maitenance of operational goals before starting any work.
Benefit: Having clear undesranding about KPIs helped me to make the design decisions along the way and measure results of the UX efforts.
Created wireframes (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) - visualised app structure, feature hierarchy and key elements.
Benefit: Useful to discuss ideas with team members and stakeholders, and to assist the work of developers.
Mapped user flow for specific features (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) - created a visual representation of the user's flow to complete tasks within the product.
Benefit: It helped to determine which steps from user perspective could be improved or redesigned.
Performed Content Audit (Q2) - maintenance was required when design inconsistencies occured. Listing out all content available on an app made the audit much easyer.
Benefit: I referred to Content Audit list multiple occasions after I created it as it came in handy at various stages of the project: helped to see the big picture, define the content strategy and check the details of each page. (Q2, Q3, Q4)
Prototyped (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) - crafted a simulation of the app navigation and features, a complete layout.
Benefit: It gave us an opportunity to test features before fully developing them.
Kept up to date with Metrics (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) - data provided by an analytics tool gave an undertanding how the users are interacting with the product: clicks, navigation time, search queries etc. Data also alerted when the users did not understand how to interact with a product - clicking the download button twice bacause it didnt feel like it worked the first time.
Benefit: Metrics and data are awesome and it also "uncovers the unexpected", surfacing behaviors that are not explicit in user tests.
Kept up to date with Eyetracking and heatmaps (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) - While app did not have an integrated technology that analyzes the user's eye movements across the interface I took the courtesy of using an external design tool that calculates and projects aproximate eye tracking map.
Benefit: Eyetracking and heatmap provide crucial data about what keeps users interested on the screen and how their reading flow could be optmized by design. This information assited me in make a lot of design descisions.
Performed A/B Testing (Q3) - A/B testing served as a great opportunity to offering alternative visual versions of our app to different users and comparing the results to find out which one performs better.
Benefit: It helped to optimize funnels.
After a few months of research iteration product was optimized:
What design rules did I establish?
I applied color theory guidelines and created color hierarchy rules.
Agile and Iterative design
In creative and agile environment direction and scope changes are common. It is crucial to focus on absorbing ongoing dialog between users and Product Owners, respond to their feedback, work in a cyclic process of prototyping, testing, analyzing, and refining a product and process.
Suggestions.. How might the project proceed..
• Create a predictable, simple and beautiful interaction
• Meaningfully group information
• Avoid complication
• Reveal complexity progressively
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The following comes from a July 18 story in New York’s Village Voice.
Laura DeCrescenzo had just got out of a two-and-a-half-hour deposition with attorneys for the Church of Scientology when I talked to her on the telephone yesterday at her home in Albuquerque.
All told, over the three years she’s been suing Scientology for the way she was treated as a young Sea Org employee — including, she alleges, being forced to have an abortion at 17 so she could keep working extreme hours without interruption — she’s been deposed a total of four and a half days.
“The depositions are awful,” she says. “It sets me on fire so I want to keep fighting, but it’s also so exhausting.”
Just keeping up with what’s happened to her lawsuit since she first filed it in 2009 has also been exhausting — the case has been to state and federal courts, to a state appeals court, and now back to a state trial judge, and it’s still a year from an actual trial date. And, as our legal expert Scott Pilutik tells us, DeCrescenzo still has serious hurdles to overcome to even reach that jury trial. But a year ago, Pilutik explained to us that the consequences of this single case are enormous for Scientology, which helps explain why the church is fighting it so hard.
If Laura DeCrescenzo can get her story heard in court, the result could be devastating.
Those of us who have been watching the progress of her case were somewhat caught off guard, however, when a couple of tabloid websites yesterday proclaimed that DeCrescenzo’s lawsuit was somehow new and also “exclusive” breaking news, neither of which are true.
“Yeah, that was really strange,” Laura says. But even if her case isn’t new, it’s still a remarkable one that’s worth wider coverage.
But here’s the thing about that coverage: it really should explain that DeCrescenzo’s experience has been as much about the way Scientology litigates a case as the horrors her lawsuit is alleging.
It’s stomach-turning to hear about DeCrescenzo’s life as a young Sea Org member, working under extreme conditions, and then forced to terminate a pregnancy or risk losing her job, her husband, her family.
But it’s just as frustrating to learn that the reason she’s had such trouble in court is that she says Scientology spent years intimidating her with even more threats to her well-being should she dare go against the church, and then had the audacity to argue in court that it was DeCrescenzo’s fault that she didn’t file her lawsuit sooner.
That’s what is really at the center of the DeCrescenzo legal odyssey, and why she was being interrogated by five representatives from the church yesterday.
“They’re still focusing on the statute of limitations,” she says. “They’re trying to discredit me.”
Poring over thousands of documents from her time as a church employee, the attorneys were trying to build a case, DeCrescenzo says, that the documents showed that she had actual “successes” as a Scientologist, and had not expressed the kind of emotional distress that she’s alleging in the lawsuit.
“Honestly, I was totally brainwashed and thought I was bettering myself,” she says. And if she didn’t show much emotion then, it was because a key part of Scientology is training members to banish it from their lives.
But now she knows better.
Also, she says, she constantly has to battle the church attorneys during the depositions over terminology. “They’re always trying to put words in my mouth.”
When she gave an answer about having a forced abortion, for example, she says one of the church attorneys began his next question by saying, “So, when you made the decision to have an abortion rather than leave…”
“I had to stop him. ‘No, I was forced to have an abortion.’ So we ended up going back and forth arguing about that,” she says.
“I think my case is too unbelievable for most people to grasp,” she adds. “It’s almost too unbelievable for me. The fact that I started in the Sea Org at 12 and all that happened, it’s just incredible.”
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Chennai: Tamilnadu reported 5,684 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of persons tested positive for coronavirus pandemic in the State so far to 4,74,940.
The capital city of Chennai today registered 988 new infections. With this, the total number of cases in the metropolis has reached 1,43,602 , according to the daily bulletin released by the State Health department this evening.
As far as the neigbouring districts of Chennai are concerned, Chengalpattu today posted new 364 infections, Kancheepuram 122 cases and Thiruvallur 277 fresh cases, said the bulletin.
The State today saw 87 Covid-19 patients losing their lives. With this, the total number of fatalities in Tamilnadu so far to the pandemic has touched 8,012.
On the positive side, as many as 6,599 coronavirus patients were discharged from various hospitals in the State today after recovery, taking the total number of recoveries to 4,16,715.


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54 nations that aided the CIA in kidnapping and torture.
Afghanistan: hosted at least three CIA prisons where suspects were tortured and abused.
Albania: allowed its military airbase to be used to receive Khaled El-Masri, a German car salesman whom the CIA kidnapped after mistaking him for someone else and then released into Albania.
Algeria: permitted the use of its airports for CIA kidnapping operations and probably received at least one victim from CIA custody.
Australia: implicated in the kidnapping of Australian citizen Mamdouh Habib, who was taken to Egypt and tortured. He was later transferred to Guantánamo, before being released without charge three years later.
Austria: permitted the use of its airspace for CIA kidnapping flights and may have cooperated in the abduction of two Austrian residents.
Azerbaijan: permitted the use of its airports for CIA flights and arrested a Saudi citizen, Ahmed Muhammed al-Darbi, who is currently incarcerated at Guantánamo.
Belgium: allowed the use of its airports for CIA kidnapping flights, including one that transported Canadian Maher Arar, who was taken to Syria to be tortured.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: allowed the United States to use two military bases to house prisoners. It is not clear whether they were run by the CIA or the Department of Defense.
Canada: provided incorrect information about Canadian citizen Maher Arar that led to his seizure at JFK Airport in New York City and subsequent torture in Syria. He was later returned to Canada. The CIA extraordinary rendition program also made 74 flights to Canada.
Croatia: allowed its airports to be used for CIA kidnapping flights.
Cyprus: allowed its airports to be used 57 times by the CIA, included for flights that held prisoners.
Czech Republic: allowed its airports to be used for CIA flights.
Denmark: allowed CIA planes involved in the extraordinary rendition program to stop at Danish airports 45 times.
Djibouti: allowed the United States to use a military base, Camp Lemonnier, in its territory, to hold and secretly interrogate detainees.
Egypt: was the most popular destination for suspects who have been seized by U.S. authorities going back to the administration of President Bill Clinton. Dozens of prisoners were sent by the U.S. to be interrogated, imprisoned and tortured by the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Ethiopia: hosted the detention and interrogation of at least three prisoners, at least one of whom, Ali Isse, was tortured with electric shocks by Ethiopian interrogators.
Finland: allowed its airports to be used by 150 flights associated with the CIA kidnapping and interrogation program.
Gambia: at the request of the CIA, captured, detained and interrogated three suspects, two of whom were then sent to Guantánamo.
Georgia: under pressure from the United States, captured and suspects and turned them over to the CIA.
Germany—participated in the interrogation of Muhammad Zammar while he was in custody in Syria, Abdel Halim Khafagy while he was in Bosnia, and Murat Kurnaz at Guantánamo. CIA-operated aircraft also made about 336 stopovers in Germany.
Greece: allowed its airports to be used by CIA-operated aircraft 64 times, including for the transfer of eight suspects who had been seized by the U.S.
Hong Kong: captured, detained and interrogated Libyan citizen Sami al-Saadi (Abu Munthir) before transferring him and his family to Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya.
Iceland: allowed its airports to be used more than 67 times by CIA planes.
Indonesia: at the request of the CIA, arrested two suspects and sent them to Egypt and Jordan to be tortured. A third suspect, Omar al-Faruq, was also arrested and turned over to the CIA.
Iran: as part of a detainee exchange deal, turned over fifteen individuals to the government of Afghanistan, at least six of whom were imprisoned secretly by the CIA.
Ireland: allowed its airports to be used 147 times by CIA-operated aircraft, including flights that were used for the transfer of kidnapped suspects.
Italy: allowed its airports to be used 46 times by CIA-operated flights. Italian intelligence officers participated in the CIA abduction of Abu Omar, who was sent to Egypt to be tortured. In connection with this case, in November 2009, Italy became the only nation in the world to hand down human rights convictions relating to the CIA’s secret detention and extraordinary rendition program. In September 2012, Italy’s highest court upheld the convictions of 22 CIA agents, one U.S. Air Force officer and two Italian intelligence agents.
Jordan: interrogated and severely tortured at least 15 prisoners who were handed over by the CIA. Also captured one suspect for the CIA and held others in transit on behalf of the CIA.
Kenya: arrested and handed over to the CIA two suspects, one of whom was beaten by Kenyan police being the handover.
Libya: detained, interrogated and tortured at least eleven prisoners who were delivered to the Muammar Gaddafi regime by the CIA. Anti-Gaddafi dissident Abu Abdullah al-Sadiq (also known as Abdul Hakim Belhadj) was seized in Bangkok and tortured by CIA officials before being sent to Libya, where he was interrogated by British agents. He later served as a military leader of the rebel forces who overthrew Gaddafi.
Lithuania: hosted a secret CIA prison for “high-value detainees.”
Macedonia: captured, interrogated and abused German citizen Khaled El-Masri before turning him over to the CIA. It was later determined was that El-Masri’s case was one of mistaken identity.
Malawi: cooperated in the CIA capture, detention and abuse of six individuals, five of whom were later released in Sudan when it was determined that there was no evidence linking them to Al-Qaeda.
Malaysia: cooperated with the CIA in the detention of a Libyan couple, Abu Abdullah al-Sadiq (Abdul Hakim Belhadj) and Fatima Bouchar, who were sent on to Gaddafi’s Libya.
Mauritania: captured and interrogated at least three individuals before turning them over to the CIA.
Morocco: allowed the CIA to build a prison to hold Al-Qaeda suspects and also held them in another facility. The CIA also turned over suspects to be tortured by Moroccan authorities, including, in a particularly notorious case, Binyam Mohamed, whose Moroccan interrogators broke his bones while beating him, sliced his genitals, and poured hot liquid onto his penis while cutting it. Mohamed later spent five years at Guantánamo before being released.
Pakistan: operated a secret prison in cooperation with the United States. Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf admitted to handing over 369 suspects to U.S. representatives, most of whom were transported to secret facilities in Afghanistan and/or to Guantánamo. Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) also participated in the capture, interrogation and torture of suspects who were then transferred to the CIA.
Poland: hosted a secret CIA prison. It was in Poland that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who claims to have organized the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, was waterboarded 183 times.
Portugal: allowed its airports to be used for 91 stopovers as part of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program.
Romania: hosted a secret CIA prison and permitted the use of its airports as part of the CIA program.
Saudi Arabia: imprisoned individuals before and after they were kidnapped or detained by the CIA.
Somalia: provided territory and guards for individuals detained by the CIA. The CIA also hired Somali warlords to kidnap suspected militants. Up to seventeen such suspects were seized in Mogadishu alone, although most of them turned out to be innocent.
South Africa: although the details are murky, appears to have allowed the U.S. to operate freely in the country in order to capture Saud Menon, a Pakistani wanted in connection with the murder of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl.
Spain: permitted its airports to be used as “staging points” for flights involving the illegal transfer of suspects.
Sri Lanka: allowed at least one CIA flight to land, probably in connection with the capture of Riduan Isamuddin (Hambali), who was known as “the Osama bin Laden of Southeast Asia.”
Sweden: allowed CIA operatives to seize two Egyptians asylum seekers, Ahmed Agiza and Muhammed al-Zery, who were then sent to Egypt, where they were tortured.
Syria: served as a popular destination to which the CIA sent suspects to be interrogated and tortured.
Thailand—hosted a secret CIA prison were detainees were tortured and allowed its airports to be used for extraordinary rendition flights.
Turkey: captured Nashwan abd al-Razzaq abd al-Baqi (Abd al-Hadial-Iraqi, an Iraqi citizen accused of being an Al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, and turning him over to the CIA.
United Arab Emirates: captured and tortured individuals before turning them over to the CIA.
United Kingdom: assisted in the kidnapping of suspects, shared intelligence with the CIA, participated in the secret interrogation of suspects and allowed about its airports to be used about 170 times for CIA-operated flights. Glasgow’s Prestwick airport was known as a crucial “staging point” in the CIA extraordinary rendition operation.
Uzbekistan: known for gruesome methods of torture, received prisoners from the CIA to be interrogated.
Yemen: at the request of the United States, detained individuals who had been kidnapped by the CIA.
Zimbabwe: detained kidnapped suspects in transit to centers in other countries.
Source: Bradley Manning via Wikileaks.

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I'd Rather Have Flowers On My Table Than Diamonds On My Neck2:03 PM
Yes, I'd rather have flowers on my table than diamonds on my neck...
For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant! ~Edward Abbey
To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat. ~Beverly Nichols
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into. ~Henry Beecher, Life Thoughts, 1858
Ah! SunFlower by William Blake
Ah Sunflower! weary of time.
Who countest the steps of the Sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the travellers journey is done.
Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow:
Arise from their graves and aspire.
Where my Sunflower wishes to go.
Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844
Perfumes are the feelings of flowers. ~Heinrich Heine, The Hartz Journey
If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom. ~Terri Guillemets
Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. ~John Ruskin
Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock. ~Henry Ward Beecher, Star Papers: A Discourse of Flowers
These beautiful flowers are sold at Market! Market! in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.


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There are many definitions of “chronic condition,” some more expansive than others. We characterize it as any condition that requires ongoing adjustments by the affected person and interactions with the health care system.
The prevalence is rising
2005 data showed that more than 133 million people, or almost half of all Americans, live with a chronic condition. 1 That number is projected to increase by more than one percent per year by 2030, resulting in an estimated population of 171 million requiring chronic disease management.
Management of multiple chronic conditions requires a transformation in health care
Almost half of all people with chronic illness have multiple conditions. As a result, many managed care and integrated delivery systems have taken a great interest in correcting the many deficiencies in current management of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, depression, asthma and others.
Those deficiencies include:
Overcoming these deficiencies will require nothing less than a transformation of health care, from a system that is essentially reactive – responding mainly when a person is sick – to one that is proactive and focused on keeping a person as healthy as possible. To speed the transition, in 1998, Improving Chronic Illness Care created the Chronic Care Model, which summarizes the basic elements for improving care in health systems at the community, organization, practice and patient levels. Evidence on the effectiveness of the Chronic Care Model was summarized in 2009.

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Arabian Nights Men. Photo by Deen van Meer.
By Sylvia Cassidy
duPont Manual High School, Class of 2021
Disney’s musical “Aladdin,” now on tour across the country, can make you believe in magic again.
The show, based on the 1992 animated movie, is a colorful reminder of that special feeling you felt while watching Disney as a kid. While you come for energetic characters, like the Genie (Michael James Scott), you stay for the new additions in the musical, like Aladdin’s new pals Babkak (Zach Bencal), Omar (Phillipe Arroyo), and Kassim (Jed Feder).
The Genie had an infectious personality and was definitely the best character in the show. While I enjoyed the other characters, too, they weren’t played true to the original film. For example, Jafar (Jonathan Weir) was menacing but not scary and Jasmine (Lissa deGuzman) was passionate, but not fierce.
During opening press night, the ensemble was sloppy, unsynchronized, and the dialogue was rushed.
I had the privilege of seeing the show two nights in a row. During opening press night, the ensemble was sloppy, unsynchronized, and the dialogue was rushed. It became hard to understand what they were saying and what I was seeing from the high balcony.
The next night, I thought I was seeing an entirely new cast. The actors seemed to stir each other as well as the audience. The difficulties with pyrotechnics that threw off the actors the first night were eliminated from the second show. The song and script drew viewers into the fictional world of Agruba.
While the show was wonderful in almost every way, my favorite part was seeing a little boy beside me amazed by the “Whole New World” of musicals. It really warmed my heart to see kids like him immensely enjoy the show. #Aladdin (Clinton Greenspan) seemed to capture the hearts of everyone in the audience, exhibiting the essence of the #Disney spirit.


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Today, this very Biblical concept can, I believe, sometimes become misguided amongst Christians. There are two things that often happen. First, we become ethnocentric and elitist. As a result of that, we start to care only about our tribe. We don't often care too much about the broader culture or cities and towns we live in -we only care to the degree that the environment impairs or obstructs our Christian ideals and wishes. We may be involved in lots of charity work and give to the poor and what-not, but at the end of the day that is what it is: a good deed we are supposed to do. We don't really see them as equals. Second, we make up lots of rules and implicitly act as though they are what God wants, even if we would never outwardly admit that. For example, "No real Christian would watch R-rated movies." Or how about, "Serious Christians don't have television." Still better, "You listen to secular music? Eww... I can't believe you don't have a Chris Tomlin shrine like I do!"
The main reason this happens, I think, is because we don't see that we have a culture, too. There is a layer of abstraction in the middle that becomes invisible to us -our own culture. We often see ourselves so much in terms of distinction from the broader culture that we are blind to the reality of our own culture. What's the point? The point is that culture is a layer of abstraction that we must be aware of in order to think and live justly and lovingly in this world. Otherwise, we fall prey to the two errors above. Christian liberty is lost. And the unbelieving culture around us, honestly, usually just sees a bunch of up-tight, 'got-it-all-together' religious people that they would never go to with their problems and hurts. We can say, "Oh no... I don't have it all together. I'm a sinner." But when they see our attitude, they aren't convinced. Couldn't it just be the smell of Christ? It could be, but it could be the smell of filthy rags, too.
Tim Keller, in his book Generous Justice, illustrates what I mean by being "blind to our own culture" with the following:
"When I went to seminary to prepare for the ministry, I met an African-American student, Elward Ellis, who befriended both my future wife, Kathy Kristy, and me. He gave us gracious but bare-knuckled mentoring about the realities of injustice in American culture: 'You're a racist, you know,' he once said at our kitchen table. 'Oh, you don't mean to be, and you don't want to be, but you are. You can't really help it.' He said, for example, 'When black people do things in a certain way, you say, "Well, that's your culture." But when white people do things in a certain way, you say, "That's just the right way to do things." You don't realize that you really have a culture. You are blind to how many of your beliefs and practices are cultural.' We began to see how, in so many ways, we made our cultural biases into moral principles and then judged people of other races as being inferior."In a similar way, I think Christians can fall into this quite easily. We fall into the trap of becoming blind to our own culture. We think: it is just the right way, or at least the better way. Obviously, not everything is cultural -there is still objective right and wrong, but I think, more than we are aware of, much is from our own cultural bias. Homeschool moms in denim overalls. Homeschooling. Anti-television. The strong tie between Christian belief and certain political party affiliation. Certain ways of dressing. Music choice -don't even get me started there. Honestly, I don't like Christian music. It isn't because it is Christian. But sometimes it is because it is too Christian -like it is out of touch with real life, something you might find on a nice card with a Thomas Kincaid picture on it. But really, I just don't like the way most of the bands I have heard sound, and I think it is overcommercialized. What can I say? I'm a punk rocker at heart. That is my bias.
The point is that if we can no longer distinguish between our biases and the objective morality, with our actions and attitudes, not our words, then we will become, effectively, "racists." Or maybe, since it doesn't have to do with race, we will be culturalists? Is that even a word? I don't know. You get the idea, I hope. Maybe jerks is a good one, depending on the situation.

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text: Well I'm sticking things to the wall again. I had my Inkssentials ink blending tools just sitting on a paper towel on top of my ink pad holder but wanted a better way to organize them. I was thinking about getting the spinner that holds them but it only holds 8 and takes up valuable counter space. So I took my idea of using velcro to store my Cricut cartridges on the wall above my Cricut. I put clear square pieces of velcro (bought at JoAnn Fabrics) and placed it on the wall, the white piece I placed on one side of my blending tool. I colored a blank sticker from the office supply store to match the color inks that I use with that blender. That way I can quickly and easily grab the right blender. I left the top two just for alcohol inks. I love my new way to organize them. Not much room taken and everything within reach. Very neat looking too. A must have for me!


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Yesterday, Janet, who is in my Yahoo Sketchbook Group wrote to us that she was sitting on the porch watching two squirrels fight. This struck me, especially, because I just wrote a poem about watching squirrels.
I've written before about Quinn McDonald's book Raw Art Journaling: Making Meaning, Making Art. She started a workshop based on the book at the Artists of the Round Table Yahoo Group. I was excited to sign up but because I was in Washington and had limited Internet access I was late getting started. I've been so busy I just can't seem to get focused so I'm following Quinn's worksheets without really staying with the group.
This is the book I am using is this Canson Mix Media spiral bound pad. I really like the size of these books and the weight of the paper.
One of the lessons was to draw our gremlin (or Inner Critic).
This is mine, He doesn't have a name yet. He sits there like an old rock with his mean eyebrows and stitching mouth. Part of the reason he criticizes every thing is he is green (with envy?)
Another lesson is to use found poetry. I love these exercises. You go through a bunch of magazines, catalogues or books and cut out various words. Then playing around with them you "write" a poem.Mine reads:
You always wanted
to make a difference,
to discover harmony
and a future of hope.
You only need
and watch the squirrels
The background was done with Neocolor II Watersoluable Crayons, glue stick, Rapidograph pen and Caran d'Ache Supracolor Soft Aquarelle pencils with a waterbrush.
The next type of found poem is more difficult. Take a page from a book and circle words and phrases that make sense and form your poem. This one reads:
gave me the gift of
a green diamond,
and tiny green pearls.
I proudly jump for joy.
No one taught them to fly.
Growing up has its
We hold perfectly still
as feathers come down to our pond,
a fragile family treasure
for imaginary refuge."
This made some sense at the time but now I'm not too sure. That's okay, I'll do more.
The supplies for this were the Caran d'Ache Sup[racolor soft aquarelle pencils, gluestick, Rapidograph pen and a waterbrush.
These pencils are really nice and the best part I found the set of 18 at a thrift store for about $3.00.
Now excuse me while I go sit on the gremlin (or Inner Critic) so he can't keep me from pushing the publish button.
It is scary to put stuff out there that isn't great but I'm learning. I will . . .
push , , ,
that . . .


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At a press conference held in the Kaliningrad region on Thursday, Lavrov criticized the statement made by the U.S. Department of State saying that the purpose of the Geneva-2 forum should be the formation of a transition government to which the Syrian administration will fully give all powers.
"I have heard that officials from the U.S. Department of State have given a very peculiar comment on the results of yesterday's meeting in Geneva between Russian, U.S., and UN," Lavrov said.
"Specifically, they said that Russia, the U.S., and the UN agree that the purpose of the new conference in Geneva should be the formation of a new transition government in Syria," he said.
"That really agrees with what was recorded back in 2012. However, according to the reports I have received, the Department of State added that we are talking about a transition government to which the current Syrian authorities will give all powers," Lavrov said.
"If a Department of State official really said that, it's a very distorted representation of what was discussed," Lavrov said.
"You mist agree that forming a government based on accord between the government and the opposition is one thing and forming it by transferring the powers from the government to the opposition is a totally different thing," Lavrov said.
Lavrov expressed hopes that the agreements reached in his meeting with U.S. State Secretary John Kerry in early May "will be observed in the practical actions taken by the U.S. negotiators." "Our negotiators will strictly follow this particular agreement," Lavrov said.
Jennifer Psaki, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, earlier said in Washington that the participants in the preparatory meeting had agreed that the conference on Syria should focus on the formation of a transition government body, to which the current government institutions should transfer all powers, and that the Syrian regime will not have any executive powers anymore.
In the meantime, Lavrov recalled that "it was clearly stated at the Geneva conference that the purpose of the negotiation process should be the formation of a transition management body base don accord between the government and the opposition," adding that "the fate of specific persons on the Syrian political scene will be decided by the people of Syria."
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In sad news, we’re receiving word that A$AP Yams, one of the founders of the A$AP Mob and—as the New York Times put it—”the spirit guide of hip-hop,” has passed away. At the time of this writing, the cause of death is unknown. For those unaware, it was Yams alongside A$AP Bari and A$AP Illz, that founded the A$AP Mob in 2007, which brought us the likes of A$AP Rocky and A$AP Ferg.
Yams was one of the executive producers behind Long.Live.A$AP and Trap Lord, but was truthfully a visionary for the A$AP mindset and sound. He taught us a lot, was great at Twitter, and judging by the outpouring of condolences being popping up on social media, will be sorely missed. He was 26 years old.
R.I.P YAMS, I LOVE YOU BROTHER A photo posted by PRETTY FLACKO (@asvpxrocky) on


In March, the Fed deleted the word “patient” from its vocabulary in raising interest rates. While they will continue to monitor domestic and global statistics, they will also use this data to determine whether to raise interest rates without additional warning.
While the markets still debate the time for an interest rate lift off, most agree that the changes will begin late summer to mid-fall. The other point that consumers and experts will be watching is the rate of future increases including what increment and how fast or slow the Fed will raise rates.
Those with adjustable rate mortgages and equity lines would be affected in the near term. As mortgage experts we watch these changes closely as a broad indicator of our overall economy. But an important distinction needs to be made between the Fed rate (a short term interest rate used for overnight lending to banks) versus fixed residential mortgage rates (long term rates which remain in place for as long as 30 years.
The 30 year fixed mortgage rate would eventually begin to increase too, if our economy remained strong, continued to grow and, most importantly, if individual incomes increase to offset the increased cost of borrowing.
In the current economic environment it is our contention that if long term mortgage interest rates increased 2% or more, there could be a potentially devastating effect on the US housing market.
1. Homebuilders would be more selective in the types of new housing projects they take on in any given community. For a first time homebuyer obtaining a $150,000 mortgage the difference in payment between 4% and 6% is $183.21/month. This represents a 4% increase for those median income earners here in the US. 1MThe US median income has only increased 3.5% total over the last three years.
2. Those with fixed-rate mortgages may be less inclined to sell their homes and move up. The difference in payment on a $150,000 mortgage at 4% versus a $200,000 mortgage at 6% is $483/month. This requires an equivalent 10.7% raise for one making the 1US median income of $53,900 in 2014.
3. And higher income earners with higher priced homes ($400,000 home value and up) need those homeowners mentioned above to succeed in getting raises and acquiring the equity in their current homes to prompt a move on an even greater scale. Regardless of what pundits say, equity in one’s home is still the most important economic indicator of individual financial health and wealth among working Americans. Most have little else in the way of savings.
Rising interest rates certainly aren’t going to help new or existing homeowners. If you’re looking to move, or even refinance, we recommend taking the time to research financing options sooner rather than later and definitely before you make any decisions on buying or selling a home.
If you have questions on how potential rate increases would affect your search for a new residential home, please let us know how we can help you.
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SPECIAL REPORT PART THREE: Avoid an FCC Fine.
March 7, 2011
In our continuing series regarding FCC fines and how to avoid them, we spoke to communications lawyer John Garziglia of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice in Washington. Although the FCC says it has not stepped up enforcement of its rules or increased the number of inspections being done, we thought it would be a good idea to provide you with as much information as possible to keep you clean and fine free. In today's report, Garziglia provides stations with some great tips on how to avoid being fined.
What is the easiest way to avoid any and all FCC fines?
JG: Many stations, to routinely avoid FCC problems, have one station staff person appointed as the person who tracks FCC requirements and serves as the point person to insure FCC compliance. or instance, this person will be the person who must be notified whenever a job vacancy occurs at the station and it is this person who confirms that those who are doing the hiring are following the FCC's EEO requirements of wide outreach and documentation that are inherent in the FCC's EEO requirements. It is this same person who confirms that issues/programs lists are prepared and put into the local public file for the preceding quarter each January 10th, April 10th, July 10th and October 10th, and compiles and puts into the local public file the annual EEO public file report.
Likewise, this person insures that the Chief Engineer is signing off on the station's logs on a weekly basis, keeps a record of all authorizations and any expiration dates, insures that station contests are complete with rules that meet FCC standards and when necessary, calls the station's communications law attorney for advice and review of FCC issues that may arise such as political broadcasting questions, EEO compliance questions, and on-air content issues. Having one person responsible to the station management for an overview of FCC rule compliance goes a long way to avoiding FCC fines.
What does the commission go after first?
After anything safety related such as tower lights being out without the FAA being notified and EAS non-compliance, the FCC next appears to focus most on EEO and local public file issue such as up-to-date issues/programs lists.
Specificaly, what should stations make sure they have in their public file?
For local public file rule compliance, available at www.garziglia.com/checklists are convenient one-page local public file checklists for each state (different states have different due dates for certain things in the local public file) that can be used by station personnel to periodically audit the contents of a broadcast station's local public file. Some of the things on the checklist are rather obtuse such as the requirement that the FCC's publication "The Public and Broadcasting" be included in the local public file and sent on request to someone requesting it but once the person who is made responsible for the checklist goes through it, that person will know what that document is, as well as the other documents that are to be in each broadcast station's local public file. It is a "one page" checklist so as to make the task not seem too daunting. The checklist gives the person responsible for public file compliance a good guide to the FCC's local public file rules and compliance, along with references to the specific sections of the FCC's rules for each document required to be in the local public file.
How does a station know if a photo is copyright protected with everything that is shared these days?
The nature of copyright law is that, as a general matter, everything on the web should be presumed to have an enforceable copyright and therefore should not be used by another without permission or a license to do so. There are exceptions, but as a general rule no photo should be taken from the web and used without permission. In addition to copyright issues which can be very expensive to resolve, if the photo is of a person there are issues in using the likeness of a person without that person's consent in furtherance of a commercial venture as well as other possible issues.
How in the world can anyone get fined for not renewing a license?
The FCC routinely fines broadcast stations for failing to timely file a license renewal application. In previous license renewal cycles, the FCC did not send out notifications to stations that licenses were set to expire. Rather, the FCC expects broadcast stations to be aware of the terms of their licenses and to timely file license renewal applications without a reminder. With radio licenses starting to expire in the current cycle this year, and license renewal applications due for stations in Maryland, Virginia, DC and West Virginia this June 1, 2011, it is important for each broadcast station to ascertain when a license renewal application will be due.
John can be reached via e-mail at JGarziglia@wcsr.com
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