Earlier today a scooter screamed past me as I was cycling home. A older teen was driving and an apparently younger boy, without a helmet, was clinging onto the back. The passenger was highly animated and shouting. As the bike tore down Carlton Way; not excessively fast but making a lot of noise, the vehicle sounded as if it was being pushed to its limits. Before turning into Brimley Road the bike’s rider started hooting his horn excessively, clearly not worried about drawing attention to himself.
The youths pulled up in Redfern Close and used the footpath to Arbury Court. I took a look at the bike, registration AE 57 FWK, and was amused to find it was, appropriately named a JM Star “Madness” with the word “Madness” emblazoned down the side. Unlike a couple of the scooters I’ve seen being ridden dangerously before in Arbury this one had its ignition intact and was apparently being driven using the key.
I saw the pair again later; they returned from the shops and threw their shopping bags on the pavement on Redfern Close as they packed some of their shopping under the seat of the bike. They drove off with the passenger still without a helmet and now holding on with only one hand; he was holding a bag of shopping he out to one side of the bike with the other.
This kind of thing is a common occurrence in the lawless areas in the north of the city. I have tried to urge councillors, the police, and relevant city council staff to take an interest but they don’t appear to consider what’s going on much of a problem. Youths know that the police won’t take any serious action against them. They know that they will not be treated as I expect I would if I was to brazenly break the traffic laws. They know they won’t be stopped and fined or put in front of magistrates who might take their license away (or delay them getting one). These youths know that if they’re caught at all they’ll probably dealt with under their own law; the new-Labour “Anti-Social Behaviour Act”. Or if not the ASB act, Section 59 of the Police Reform Act youths are aware that under this latter act, in first instance they’ll be given a warning, and only if they’re caught twice doing the same thing will they face having their bike confiscated. This latter act focuses on “Vehicles used in manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance”; I feel this is behind the police’s odd approach which appears blind to the fact that having kids speeding round the pavements, paths and roads of the city on bikes, sometimes without helmets, and some of them being far too young to ride legally is dangerous. At area committees the police say that these are youths who are merely annoying residents with the noise, the police appear not to grasp they’re putting their, and others’ lives and limbs at risk. Even the case of a youngster on a bike seriously injuring themselves when colliding with a bus in the south of the city hasn’t changed the police view.
Just before Christmas a hundred or so pupils from Chesterton Community College gathered on Stretten Avenue to watch youths recklessly ride mopeds and other bikes; pulling wheelies – sometimes to show off and sometimes apparently as a result of having little control over their bikes. Last year mini-motos and children’s quad bikes were in regular use on the streets of the area. I have seen some very young children; as young as eight or so riding bikes at 20-30 mph on the streets of Arbury.
Some of my neighbours have given up reporting what’s happening; due to inaction by the police – or worse than inaction – investigating those reporting what’s happening. If I reported what happened to the police I’m almost certain that if any action was taken it would involve me getting a knock on the door from a couple of PCSOs, and not a police officer going round to whoever the bike is registered to and having a word; and perhaps letting the mother of the child who’d been precariously riding on the back of the bike know about the risks he had been taking.
“Anti-social behaviour affecting St Lukes School and surrounding area” is a current local police priority, it was set at the North Area Committee in November 2009. The bike I saw today came from the direction of St Luke’s School; and as a result of the priority a City Council CCTV camera is on Frenchs’ Road. I will write to the council to see it collected any evidence. The council won’t proactively release images to the police though, the police will have to take an interest and contact them. The priority, at Cllr Todd-Jones’ request, is supposed to involve the police trying to restore local residents’ view of the police which has been damaged by recent lack of action and manner in which contact has been dealt with. I’ve not seen any evidence of that happening.
I’ve been investigated twice by Cambridgeshire police once for reporting a burglary (and not signing a dodgy statement which had been written for me) and once for taking some photos out my front window of some pretty dangerous scooter riding (on the pavements while young children were being taken home from school). Since that latter case the police have changed their stance on those photographing what they call “Anti-Social Behaviour”; but I’m not sure the message has got through to individual officer, who told me I might have to go to court to justify any photo I took. The officer, PC Simon Railer, gave a presentation to the West/Central area committee on the 20th of August 2009, and I asked him if he now accepted that there was nothing wrong with people taking photographs as evidence of problems but he declined to answer.
Some of the Laws the Police Ought be Enforcing
Sections 16 and 17 of the 1988 Road Traffic Act along with the The Motor Cycles (Protective Helmets) Regulations 1998 require both the driver and passenger of motor cycles [including scooters] to wear approved helmets. If a passenger under 16 is the one without a helmet then the driver is the one responsible. Littering is contrary to Section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Unlike the ASB act or S.59 of the Police Reform Act these laws draw the line between legal and illegal clearly. They do not ask PCs and PCSOs to make a subjective judgement on if someone’s behaviour is “criminalish” enough to warrant action.
Previous Related Articles:
- Arbury Vandals Force Playground and Path Closure – May 2009 mini-moto riders and others force the closure of the St. Lukes School grounds.
- Sgt. Wragg tells the North Area committee that problems at St. Luke’s School are only a “perception” in the mind of Mr Dunn, the chair of governors at the school – November 2009 .
- Asking Questions About The Police’s Attitude to Photographers in Cambridge – West Central Area Committee, August 2009.
- Police Stopping People Taking Photographs in Public Places – May 2009.
- Taking Photographs of Anti-Social Behaviour – October 2007.
- North Area Committee Meeting – April 2008.
- Mini-Motos in Arbury – March 2008, Mini-moto riders get away from PCSO Streater.


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A new pharmacist-founded healthcare company is empowering women to take control of their own health by launching a supplement system tailored for women as they enter their peri- and menopausal years.
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Dutch politician Thierry Baudet, leader of the Forum for Democracy (FvD) party, has temporarily halted his election campaign after suffering an umbrella attack, the FvD announced on Friday, reported Xinhua.
Baudet was hit on head with an umbrella by a man before a meeting at a university in Belgium on Thursday evening.
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Auspiciously timed to the Halloween season, the company will undertake Stephen Mallatratt's 1987 adaptation of Susan Hill's 1983 horror novella. Her book also inspired the 2012 horror film starring Daniel Radcliffe.
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"I didn't know before I took my seat that this play has the epithet of the 'most terrifying live theatre experience in the world,' but having seen it, I couldn't disagree," wrote critic Liz Fullick on the Britain's Daily Record's website in June. "It is a roller-coaster ride, made more terrifying as the vehicle is old, rickety and barely hanging together, so you cling to the characters."
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Managing In-House SEO For 17,000 Domains
All complex systems can be broken down into manageable components or modules. SEO is no different; whether you have 17,000 domains or 10,000,000 product SKUs, the system for managing this load is always the same. A complex system doesn’t necessarily mean it’s based purely in technology. Microsoft, Cisco, AOL, Oracle, and HP are all examples […]
All complex systems can be broken down into manageable components or modules. SEO is no different; whether you have 17,000 domains or 10,000,000 product SKUs, the system for managing this load is always the same.
A complex system doesn’t necessarily mean it’s based purely in technology. Microsoft, Cisco, AOL, Oracle, and HP are all examples of complex systems wherein people manage numerous components or modules. National magazine publishers and state fire departments are also examples of managing complex situations through a central system. According to Wikipedia, a complex system is any system of interconnected parts, which exhibits one or more properties that are not obvious from the properties of the individual parts.
Complex systems are studied in natural science, mathematics, and social science. Fields of specialization include systems theory, complexity theory, systems ecology, and cybernetics.
We have developed complex system models in many different disciplines for efficient decision-making. In general, all complex systems can be divided into five main categories, and each manager can handle up to five categories at one time. We won’t go into the whys and wherefores, or even try to justify this statement; it’s a universal truth in management systems.
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We were recently approached by a company interested in building an in-house team to manage SEO for 17,000+ domain names. The company’s primary goal was to acquire great natural-search results for all 17,000+ domains.
As with every other SEO project big or small, we use what I like to call the “hub and spoke” model.
The hub and spoke model integrates all of the information and functionality into the central hub and pushes adjunct functionality off into separate spokes for occasional use. For example, an SEO needs assessment report displays a critical path with priorities as its main hub, allowing the managers within the company to create and remove priorities directly from the hub itself.
If you’re confused, you’re probably not alone, but envision this: at the end of the day, your system should resemble a small number of connected wheels, where each hub integrates most of the content, and the spokes enable completion of ancillary SEO tasks.
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Once you understand the value of having a system in place for managing complex situations, data, and distribution, you must collaborate effectively with the various hubs inside and outside of your organization.
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The Dallas Mavericks are acquiring center/power forward Christian Wood from the Houston Rockets in exchange for the No. 26 pick in the 2022 NBA draft and four players with expiring contracts, sources told ESPN.
Dallas will send Boban Marjanovic, Marquese Chriss, Trey Burke and Sterling Brown to Houston, sources said, creating roster flexibility and adding a productive big man.
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Sources said Houston was motivated to move Wood because the Rockets want to open up playing time for 2021 first-rounder Alperen Sengun and likely the No. 3 overall pick. The Rockets pounced on the opportunity to acquire a first-round selection without taking on any long-term salary.
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economic, social, and cultural ramifications of prostitution throughout history in many nations and cultures. It examines the causes of women’s engagement in prostitution as well as the ethical and legal arguments for and against the practice.Scot’s History of Prosti has been reissued in Urdu under the title “Jisam Faroshi ki Tareekh” with an accessible Urdu translation. Muhammad Ahsan But wrote a book called “Jism Faroshi Ki Tareekh” in the Urdu language. The book examines the
The book “Jism Faroshi Ki Tareekh” gives a thorough and in-depth history of prostitution in numerous societies and cultures. The topic is explored by the author, Muhammad Ahsan But, with a focus on the economic, social, and cultural ramifications of prostitution.
The book was initially released on July 3, 2015, by Nigarshat. Using a variety of primary and secondary sources, it offers a thorough and extensive account of the history of prostitution. Muhammad Ahsan But, the author is a well-known journalist and writer in the Urdu language who has written extensively on a variety of social and political topics.
“Jism Faroshi Ki Tareekh” offers readers a thorough and nuanced view of the history of prostitution as a whole. It is a well-researched and educational work. Anybody interested in the social, cultural, or economic elements of this contentious and frequently misunderstood subject may find it to be a useful resource.
History of Prostitution
“A History of Prostitution” was written by George Ryley Scott. It has gone through a number of revisions and editions since its first 1936 release. The history of prostitution from prehistoric times until the early 20th century is thoroughly covered in the book.
The impact of prostitution on the economy, society, and culture is only one of the many topics the book discusses. It also examines historical arguments for and against prostitution from a moral and legal perspective, as well as how different civilizations and cultures have approached the issue.
A History of Prostitution by George Ryley Scott provides a complete review of prostitution’s history from the origin of civilization until the early 20th century. The book covers the historical moral and legal issues surrounding prostitution as well as how it affects society, the economy, and culture.
The book’s introduction looks at the history of prostitution in cultures including ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The next section of the book examines the usage of prostitution in medieval Europe, the popularity of brothels during the Renaissance, and the development of the modern prostitution industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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A look at inflation in Cuba
It is difficult, though not impossible, to figure out the real inflation rate in Cuba without taking into account the several highly segmented markets that coexist, all with different prices and currencies… But, what is meant by inflation?
Inflation is nothing other than the general increase in average prices in a country for a given period of time. Like other economic indicators, they are usually calculated for one year. The inflation rate, therefore, provides the annual percentage change in consumer prices compared to the previous year.
There are many methods of calculating this, and one is to establish a basic basket of products and services necessary for the existence of an average home. The caveat in the Cuban case is that there is a minimum basic basket, which is delivered monthly to everyone at low prices, without annual inflation, but insufficient to guarantee the monthly needs of the people. It is estimated that this basic basket lasts for about 10 days on average.
One completes the rest of the month in markets where you pay in CUC (Cuban convertible currency) or go to the currency recovery stores (as they are called), or the free supply and demand markets, both agricultural and industrial, and even in informal markets with legal and illegal products, but that satisfy certain needs.
Economic theory states that it is positive for any economy to keep inflation low, given that a high level of inflation distorts market signals, and also generates inefficiencies with serious effects and, above all, makes life more expensive.
The structural economic crisis, such as the one that the Cuban economy is undergoing, together with external shocks like the U.S. economic blockade, the COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of foreign currency due to imbalances or decreased exports, the payment of debts resulting from the cancellation processes, have affected the supply of goods and services in the country, and this has translated into higher prices for products in some markets where the population has access, such as those in the agricultural and informal markets.
High budget deficits financed over long periods in the country, through monetary issuance, generated some inflation, and that inflation affected real income. Another factor that influences the increase in inflation is the credibility of the monetary authority (central bank) and the stability and rigor in the management of monetary policy, but in the Cuban case this is not very negative.
The inflation crisis currently being generated in Cuba is nothing new. The country went through the Special Period as a result of the disappearance of the socialist market, where GDP fell by more than 35 percent in the first years of the 1990s. During those years there was a significant decline in exports, added to the shortage of monetary resources due to the cancellation of credits received from these former socialist economies.
In spite of this adverse economic situation and the lack of supply, the Cuban government did not affect workers’ wages, which brought with it an inflationary spiral of high magnitude. The state had to subsidize most enterprises, which logically generated a huge fiscal deficit.
The cause of inflation in such circumstances was explained in the fiscal deficit, which was covered with money issued in the absence of other financial means during a large part of the crisis. This was reflected in a significant increase in prices in the formal and informal markets based on the absence of products or services.
Figure 1 (below) shows the price increases of the early 1990s, and how the population came to have 73 percent monetary liquidity relative to GDP. That liquidity decreased immediately when the country began to reap the rewards of its economic reform. Everything indicates that there is currently delayed consumption, since the population in 2018 already had 58.9 percent of monetary liquidity. But that figure shows enormous inequality in the country since there is a significant group of workers whose income for basic consumption is not enough, among other factors due to high prices paid in CUC —which are not a product of inflation, since they are stable prices, but high—, and due to the increasing price of the CUP (Cuban peso) today.
Figure 1: Rate of Inflation and Liquidity in Cuba. 1990-2018
Source: Profesor Carmelo Mesa-Lago for “The Cuban Economy in the Context of the Covid-19,” Webinar, Harvard University, May 1,2020.
The complexity of measuring Cuban inflation lies in the existence of two currencies circulating (CUP and CUC), and more recently the partial dollarization (there are products that are sold in dollars) together with various price structures, where they use different exchange rates. Furthermore, the distribution of subsidized or regulated products and services (the monthly ration card) persists, providing coverage to the entire population.
Also noteworthy is the exchange rate of the dollar to the Cuban peso, which during the Special Period reached levels of up to 160 pesos per one dollar, in the absence of a formal market and because few people received, or earned, dollars. And that currency was also necessary to buy in the new stores that were created for the purpose, since there were products that only sold in dollars. With the creation of CADECA (exchange centers), the exchange rate, despite the ups and downs, stabilized at 24 pesos per dollar, and the government decided to establish that as the fixed exchange rate.
With the arrival of remittances in ever-increasing quantities, contradictions once again occurred, since part of the population was able to pay for certain products at hyperinflationary prices, but those living on state wages have suffered greatly from the existing high prices.
Already in 2020 the sum of external and internal factors, highlighting the country’s shortage of foreign currency, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the intensification of the blockade, has led again to the shortage of basic necessities, which in turn has triggered upward the cost of certain things.
Cuba’s reality can be termed a “silent inflation” that is having subtle effects on people and the authorities, and can lead to mistakes if urgent measures are not taken, especially in agriculture.
In the early 2000s, the Cuban shopping habits underwent certain changes. Before then the monthly quota of needed products could be purchased for around 9.05 Cuban pesos (soap, bread, oil, coffee, rice, eggs, chicken meat, and beans), it might have even be a bit higher if other products were added.
By 2005, that same basket of standardized or regulated products was worth 17.45 pesos — an increase of 148 percent. Contrast that to the 8 percent increase in pensions, 6.72 percent increase in the minimum wage, and 11.9 percent increase in the average wage. Plus the new, higher-priced basket of products only contained an additional 2 pounds of rice and two eggs. Coffee prices also went up: what once used to cost 25 cents, was now 4 pesos, a 1600 percent increase.
In the current time of Coronavirus, the standard regulated basket of products, offered monthly per person, is worth around 80 pesos, and includes an additional pound of chicken, products for cleaning, personal care and hygiene products, a few more eggs, and other products. I do not mention products that are normally sold in CUC, but they are provided to people in CUP at this juncture, such as canned soft drinks at 10 CUP, which are not necessarily basic or stand out for their nutritional qualities. However, I insist, this regulated quota is still insufficient to cover one’s needs for a whole month.
And in spite of 2019 budgeted sector wage increase… it is not enough.
It is said that in socialism the power of labor is not a commodity. But can workers no longer aspire to be paid enough to satisfy their needs? Let us remember that as society and its components are more developed, the cost of labor increases, and not only covers what is essential to feed and clothe workers and their families, but should also include more leisure time, more guaranteed healthcare, and enough to allow you to enjoy a well-deserved vacation, go to the theater, cinema, buy books, household appliances, etc.
Betsy Díaz Velázquez, head of the Ministry of Internal Trade (MINCIN), reported, during an appearance on the TV show Mesa Redonda, that some products that are no longer subsidized will soon be sold through the ration book system and stores, but now under a system that controls the products.
In markets of supply and demand, and even with orders not to raise the price of goods, thereby setting the price of these goods, their price has increased.
For example, and taking some areas of the City of Havana as reference points, here are the price of some products. The unit of measurement is expressed in pounds:
March 2020 ( CUP)
|June 2020 (CUP)||% increase|
Source: From the author, based on observations in markets in the municipalities of Playa and Marianao.
The previous table is neither exhaustive nor very rigorous, but rather it was made by simple observation at different points of sale, but it does indicate the upward trend in prices.
It is important to mention that not all Cubans can wait in long lines to buy certain products necessary in daily life such as oil, meat, cleaning products, and others which are in short supply, and that is a gap covered by certain intermediaries who profit from the existing scarcity, and therefore the prices of that informal market have risen dramatically.
The only way to mitigate the current Cuban inflation is with higher production. This will have to conflate with solutions offered by the government’s national plan announced recently, but whose contents have yet to be disclosed. The plan insists on removing obstacles that halt production, but that insistence is not adhered to. And while we bet on gradual decisions, the economy continues to regress.
Hopefully economists will be offered the powers offered to epidemiologists and health personnel in Cuba, who managed well the health situation in the country in the face of COVID-19, and the results have been successful. It would be worthwhile for the economy, which is in a complex structural crisis, to also fall into the hands of its specialists, or at least that some of these specialists’ proposals be taken into account.

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June 29 - July 2, 2009
Monday morning we leave Cumberland Island to make the 6-hour trip through the ICW to Jekyll Island, Georgia. Jekyll Island was purchased by the state of Georgia in 1947, and strict regulations exist that insure only 35% of the island will ever be developed. The island used to be a playground for the "rich and famous", and visitors can still tour vacation cottages once owned by Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Morgan, and Pulitzer in - what else? - "Millionaire's Village". 33 of the original cottages still exist, and the former clubhouse is now the exclusive Jekyll Island Club Hotel, where people still play croquet on the front lawn.
We decide to anchor near the Jekyll Island Marina (as well as the free boat ramp - perfect dinghy landing), and plan to stay for two nights so we can go ashore and play tourist. Unfortunately, this turns out to be one of those stops where NOTHING goes right! We've read that you need to be careful anchoring in this area since there are a lot of shallow spots, as well as a few permanently-moored boats. We find what we think is a nice spot, out of the channel in front of a small creek that goes nowhere (so no local traffic), in "plenty" of water and far enough away from the boat dock to be out of the way. That afternoon, we find ourselves stuck in the mud (yes, grounded) at low tide. High tide isn't until midnight, but we get enough water to come loose around 11pm. At that point, we re-anchor in the dark; we're further out in the channel than we'd like to be, but we think we're far enough from land to be out of danger and will move again once the sun comes up. Or not... when we wake up the next morning, we discover that a) our anchor has dragged, b) we're now closer to shore than we were yesterday, and c) we see land pretty close to our stern. Oh yes, let's add a "d" while we're at it: d) we're grounded so deep that we take in black mud when we flush the head. Yuck!!! The strange thing is that we're perfectly upright; normally if we start to sink into the mud, we heel (i.e. tilt) to one side or another. It becomes pretty obvious when the pictures hanging in the cabin start angling sideways! This time, though, we're perfectly straight. It turns out the mud here is extremely soft, and we've sunk straight down into the muck. Wouldn't you know, we're not quite at low tide yet, so it'll get worse before it gets better. Before we know it, we have NO water behind the boat and the sea birds are walking - not swimming - alongside our boat. (Sorry we have no pictures of the event - we were a little preoccupied!) We decide our only option is to run our secondary anchor out in the dinghy to give us some leverage and keep us from going further into shore once the water returns. Of course, our dinghy is currently on land behind the boat! Rene steps off the stern to retrieve the dinghy and ends up thigh-deep in the mud. He's able to get far enough to hand Stacy the dinghy line, but has to turn back before he sinks completely. We pull the dinghy into shallow water and finally tie it to the bow. Rene is able to lower himself into the dinghy, and we lower the anchor into it so he can take it out into the channel. That done, all that's left is to wait for high tide...at 4pm today. So much for exploring Jekyll Island! By 12:30pm we're still firmly stuck and aren't getting any depth readings. We're afraid to turn on the engine or generator because - based on the head intake - it's likely that all of our intakes are blocked with mud. Rene decides to go snorkeling; there's no visibility in the water around us, so he ties a line from the bow cleat to his waist, dons a mask and snorkel, and goes under the boat to clear the intakes and depth gauge, check the rudder and keel, and check the prop - all by feel. It works, because soon after we're able to see our depth - all 4'6" of it. (Just a reminder - Pipe Muh Bligh draws 5'2". This isn't good!) By 2pm, we decide it's time to try the engine. Our rudder and wing keel are still well in the mud, but our prop is clear and we need to figure out whether we can get ourselves out of here or call Tow Boat again. On the plus side, we've just updated our coverage to "unlimited". :-) We start the engine, Rene heads forward to keep the secondary anchor tight, and suddenly we're loose! We idle out to the middle of the channel where there's plenty of water to bring up our anchors. Just as Stacy puts the boat in neutral, there's a put-put-put, and the engine dies. What?? Rene runs back, checks the gauges, and tries again...nothing. No engine. We drop anchor in the middle of the channel to keep from grounding again, and put out a securite (VHF call) to a shrimp boat coming towards us in the channel to let him know that we have no engine and can't get out of his way. That done, we try once again to start the engine. Rene gets it started in neutral, but it dies as soon as he puts it into idle forward. Finally, a light bulb goes off. Remember that line that was tied to Rene's waist while he went under the boat? In all the excitement of getting out of the mud, we never raised the line! The line was just long enough to go under the boat and get wound around the prop. Had it been 2' shorter, it never would've happened. Fortunately we were only in idle for a few seconds, so there's no real damage to the prop. Rene dons the snorkel gear again and goes under the boat to cut the line. Once it's free, the engine starts up again with no problems. You can't imagine how relieved we are...not to mention completely OVER Jekyll Island! Rather than try to find yet another spot to anchor and potentially get stuck in again, we decide to cut our losses and head for Brunswick. Brunswick is less than 10 miles from Jekyll Island via the ICW, and while we've been warned not to go through this section of the ICW at lower tides, we're about 90 minutes away from high tide. We have plenty of water under us and have an uneventful trip to Brunswick. We've already talked to the marina, and they have a slip waiting for us. Lines and fenders at the ready, Rene backs us into the wide, floating slip like a pro. The dockmaster grabs our lines to help secure us, and we're all set. We hook up the power cord, shower, and go in search of our traditional first-night-in-town dinner: PIZZA! The marina tells us that if we like traditional Naples-style pizza, we have to go Arte's...yes, the same guys who had the great brick oven pizza in Fernandina Beach. We order a Quatro Stagione ("four seasons"). Normally this involves a quarter section each of mushrooms, ham, artichokes, and olives; in this case, everything was mixed together, and we decide that this is the best pizza we've had since Tuscany. The pie is so massive that we have plenty for dinner plus lunch the next day. Back on the boat, we're so thrilled to have a trouble-free spot for the night that we decide to stay for two nights. Ahh, luxury!
First and foremost, we have to say that we love Brunswick Landing Marina. While our 2008 cruising guide mistakenly said there was a pool (there isn't), the folks working there are friendly and helpful, they have a great "captain's lounge" with a/c, a book exchange, and cable TV, the bathrooms and showers are really nice, and the laundry machines are FREE to anyone docked there! Keeping in mind that we haven't been able to do laundry in 3 weeks, this is an absolute godsend. We manage to do 6 loads of laundry in the 40 hours that we're there! After laundry, our first task is a provisioning run. Having been "on the hook" with no grocery stores in sight since Fernandina Beach, we're getting a bit low on essentials (i.e. water, milk, and beer). After arming ourselves with coffee and pastries at Daddy Cate's coffee shop, we make the hot and humid 1.8-mile bike ride to Winn-Dixie. We try not to go too crazy since we have to carry everything back in bags on the bikes (with the heaviest bag on Rene's back), but we still go overboard. We finally make it back to the boat, enjoy the air conditioning, and grab a quick bite of lunch. Afterwards, we go back out to see the historic downtown area, which consists primarily of 10 blocks of a main street. Sadly, about a third of the businesses have shut down; we aren't sure if this is recent, but the economy seems to have hit the area hard. Still, the businesses that we do visit are really nice and the people are incredibly friendly and helpful. We stop in at True Vine, a wine, beer, and gourmet cheese/snack shop and find a couple of good whites and a tripel beer. Best of all, our host gives us a card for a wine tasting event at Cargo Portside Grill. We've heard about this place from our marina's dockmaster, and the "wine guy" confirms what a fantastic restaurant it is. On a side note, Rene and his sister-in-law want to give family portraits to Rene's mom for her birthday, and we've been trying to find a time where we can "clean up" (with actual make-up and everything!) enough to take a picture. Hopefully our sailing friends understand what we mean when we say that boaters typically aren't "picture-worthy" (at least not for one that'll be hung on Mom's wall) after a day on the boat! Anyway, this gives us a chance to have a special evening out, a great meal, and a chance to take a good picture for Mom. (Note to Stacy's mom - I'll send you the picture, too!) We decide to skip the wine tasting beforehand and make an 8pm reservation at Cargo Portside for our first "fancy" dinner since Jacksonville (maybe Key West, depending on which one of us you talk to). Even though it's Wednesday night, the place is packed. After being seated at the last free table, we take a minute to check out the restaurant. What a neat little place! While it's supposedly the best restaurant in Brunswick, it's still relaxed enough that you can wear anything from shorts to business casual and beyond. The wine list is impressive, and the menu is spectacular. We each find 3-4 dishes that are really difficult to choose between, not including the highly recommended "lobster mac n cheese"; the latter combines European cheeses, wine, butter, garlic, etc. with pasta and is served with an entire lobster tail. It's supposed to be fantastic. We finally decide to start with an ahi duo: slices of seared ahi rubbed with Chinese Five Spice seasoning and sashimi with wasabi, ginger, & sticky rice. Dinner was a garlic & peppercorn rack of lamb with asagio mashed potatoes for Stacy, and a cubano boneless pork chop with mashed sweet potatoes and roasted chipotle lentils for Rene. We go with the wine guy's recommendation and order a crianza (Spanish red) to go along with the meal. Everything turns out to be absolutely amazing all around! We've enjoyed it so much that we'll make a special stop in Brunswick again just to go to Cargo Portside, either on our southbound leg later this summer or on the trip up to the Chesapeake next year.
As much as we hate to leave Brunswick, we head out Thursday morning to our next stop, St. Simons Island. Sticking with the day-hopping idea, St. Simons is 5-10 miles from Brunswick. The anchorage has strong currents, but it's big, deep, and has a $5 dinghy dock available at nearby Golden Isles Marina. As we pull into the anchorage, a trimaran behind us calls to us; it turs out they're from Kemah, too! The trimaran ketch "Ultra" and her owners used to run a party boat charter out of South Shore Harbor, not too far from Watergate. The owners left Texas in late March and have been cruising ever since. They're really helpful, and give us a few pointers about visiting ashore on St. Simons Island. After a quick visit, we and the bikes dinghy to the marina for a tie-up, and then we're on our way to the Village Pier area at the south end of St. Simons. The ride is bloody hot, but there are nice bike trails and enough shade to keep us going. The Village Pier area turns out to be a great stop - lots of tourist shops, a few places to eat, a fishing pier that's heavily in use by locals catching crabs, and the St. Simons lighthouse. We spend a few hours touring, taking pictures, and having a quick bite at a great little cafe/pub. It has a dining area, a coffee bar, and a little pub. We try a Cajun shrimp po' boy, and Rene discovers Moon River IPA (a Savannah microbrew - very yummy). We're not sure that we'd find enough to do to spend a lot of time there, but it's perfect for an afternoon visit.
Once we're back on the boat, we manage to get the bikes secure and lift the dinghy back on its davits. Within 30 minutes, we see thunderstorms and heavy rains over the land to our west. As awful as it looks, it doesn't appear to be heading our way. Who are we kidding? Before we know it, rain starts pouring down. We manage to get the windows closed just in time, and then the wind hits. We're heeled over hard to port, and things go flying. Rene tries to secure a few things in the cockpit, and Stacy manages to grab the french press and two bottles of wine sitting on the counter just before they crash to the floor. The wind calms down for a few minutes, and then we're heeling to starboard. Most things have already fallen, so there isn't much left to save by that time. The kitties have taken cover under the couch, and we're holding on for dear life. At one point we have zero visibility and lightning on all sides of us, sometimes hitting within a mile of the boat. We've turned off everything but the refrigerator & freezer at the circuit board just in case we get struck by lightning. During one calmer period, we hear something drop at the front of the boat. Have we hit something? No, we hadn't snubbed our secondary anchor, and it's dropped into the water. This wouldn't be a huge deal, except that Rene has to go outside into the storm, hopefully before the lightning kicks in again. In the end, the storm lasts for over 3 hours, and we check all of our electronics to make sure they're working. We've lucked out this time, and everything is still A-OK. Fortunately, our only fatality is the center piece of our cockpit canvas cover; it had already been ripped at a zipper point, and the wind has managed to tear it off completely. (Hopefully we can get that fixed in Charleston.)
Once the storm FINALLY passes, we have an easy picnic dinner of hummus, baked brie with garlic & olives, and french bread. We're heading out in the morning, going off-shore for the first time since arriving in Jacksonville. We're about 30 miles from our next stop, which is an overnight anchorage in Walburg Creek. We'll get into the ocean via St. Simons Sound, head 15 miles to the outer marker at St. Catherine's Sound, and then head into Walburg. There isn't anything there to see, but it'll provide a good stopover for our journey to Savannah. We want to get to Savannah by July 4th to enjoy the fireworks. Til next time!
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Goldman Sachs's offer to review gender-discrimination claimsis drawing fire from U.S. senators including presidential contender Elizabeth Warren.
The investment bank faces scrutiny after allegations that the Apple Card unfairly penalizes women. Several husbands — including — have complained that their wives were offered dramatically lower lines of credit than they were.
The bank said this week that people who feel they may have been subjected to gender bias in getting an Apple Card canits credit determination, while claiming that gender did not play a role in its decisions. "We hear you," declared Carey Halio, CEO of Goldman Sachs Bank USA, in a post late Monday on Twitter.
Goldman's response did not go over well with Warren, who helped set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and is a frequent critic of Wall Street banks.
"So let's just tell every woman in America, 'You might have been discriminated against, on an unknown algorithm, it's on you to telephone Goldman Sachs and tell them to straighten it out,'" The Massachusetts Democrat told Bloomberg News from Concord, New Hampshire. "Sorry guys, that's not how it works."
"We're all beginning to understand better that algorithms are only as good as the data that gets packed into them," Warren told the news service. "And if a lot of discriminatory data gets packed in, in other words, if that's how the world works, and the algorithm is doing nothing but sucking out information about how the world works, then the discrimination is perpetuated."
The onus should be on Goldman to explain how its algorithm works, and if that's not feasible, "they need to pull it down," she added.
The controversy also drew the attention of Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, who said on social media that intended to look into matter.
"I'm investigating whether these allegations are true. If they are, I expect Apple and Goldman Sachs to do everything in their power to put an end to discrimination," Wyden tweeted on Wednesday.
One factor underlying the issue is that the Apple Card does not allow households to share accounts, meaning members of the same family could get substantially differing credit limits. On Wednesday, Goldman said it would introduce the option, according to Bloomberg.
In an emailed response, a bank spokesperson reiterated Goldman's previous position and endorsed a public airing.
"Goldman Sachs has not and will never make decisions based on factors like gender, race, age, sexual orientation or any other legally prohibited factors when determining credit worthiness. There is no 'black box.' " teh statement said. "For credit decisions we make, we can identify which factors from an individual's credit bureau issued credit report or stated income contribute to the outcome. We welcome a discussion of this topic with policymakers and regulators."
Representatives for Warren did not immediately return requests for comment.
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Bob Kirchgessner Jr. has converted the former LaMar Hotel and Horseshoe Bar into loft office space on the second and third levels and has set aside the ground floor for retail or restaurant use.
The structure at 333 Grandville Ave. SW, at the corner of Goodrich Street, offers a total of 9,000 square feet over its three floors.
“The best that I can tell is the Horseshoe Bar closed in the late 1970s. I don’t think there has been an occupant of the building since then,” said Kirchgessner.
Kirchgessner owns The West Michigan Group (WMG), a 12-year-old residential and investment real estate brokerage firm.
He is in the process of moving WMG to the building’s third floor. WMG began as Kirchgessner Realty three decades ago, a company started by Bob Sr.
Kirchgessner bought the building in 1998 from a group that had planned to renovate it for a multi-level jazz and blues club with a restaurant, about the time the Van Andel Arena opened its doors in 1996.
That plan never materialized, but Kirchgessner is hoping to find a tenant that would be interested in doing a scaled-down version of the club, or an art gallery, or a coffee shop on the ground floor.
“The first floor really sets up for some type of retail use,” he said, while adding that the lower level has 14-foot-high ceilings. “The area is really starting to come around. The Grand Rapids Ballet is across the street and ITP is going in there. I think its time has come.
“It’s such a unique building. Maybe the term is overused, but it’s a signature building. It’s a great place for someone to locate.”
Offices are planned for the top two levels. For leasing information, call 957-8100.
Orion Construction directed the renovation work, while DTS Architects designed the project on the Victorian-style building. Both are Grand Rapids firms.
When Kirchgessner bought the building it was just a shell. So he shored it up with a new steel skeleton and footings. Then he removed a staircase from the middle of the building, which made more useable space available. Kirchgessner also upgraded the utilities, installed an elevator, bathrooms and a fire escape, and built an addition that houses a stair tower and serves as a mechanical room.
The interior has an attractive loft look with exposed brick walls and wooden floors, and ceilings that rise 12 feet on the top two levels.
“It’s very neat and unique. There are bay windows and there are views in four directions on the third floor, and in three directions on the other two floors,” he said.
The building opened as a grocery store and rooming house for train travelers in 1891. But the structure’s notoriety grew following World War II when Frank LaMar bought it for his hotel and the Horseshoe Bar.
The Horseshoe featured many of the country’s top jazz and blues artists over the years and became a popular nightspot for the city’s black residents. A brothel also reportedly operated on the building’s top floor.
“I’m a fan of old homes and old architecture. I’m much more impressed by a three-story Victorian than I am a skyscraper,” said Kirchgessner.
“And I feel that there are very few buildings in Grand Rapids that are as interesting architecturally, and when you throw in its storied past, it really is a special building.”


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Dreaming of dandruff/a lot of/else’s/white/in eyes/falling etc.
Meanings of Dreaming about Dandruff
Dreaming about dandruff is quite frequent because it means a lack of balance in your life. This will mean that you will be more attentive from now on, as you will have to analyze your priorities. Your physical flaws or imperfections represent this lack of stability in certain aspects of your life.
It can also mean that you dream of dandruff as a lack of attention, you tend to blush very easily due to situations that generate anguish or anxiety. Dreaming of dandruff bodes that your dreams are about to emerge and your goals will manifest and bring you good news from your subconscious. It’s time to prepare for what will soon happen in your life.
Likewise, if you dream of dandruff, it could indicate that soon some work is about to emerge and manifest itself in front of you. It is a sign that in real life you are preparing for new opportunities and taking an important and unexpected turn in your life.
What do dream about dandruff really mean?
If you currently have problems, can’t find harmony and dream of dandruff, it’s time for you to do everything possible to move these conflicts and arise in life. You must strive for yourself and note that you must act quickly, before all this leaves your hands like the wind.
You are in time to overcome all the problems that are closing the doors of your path, objectives and goals. The meaning that you dream of dandruff reveals that you have not moved from where you are. Your subconscious tells you to move on and float, walk and keep venturing.
dreaming of dandruff in the head
When you dream of dandruff in your head, it can be a dream that generates doubts and worries. This dream usually manifests itself when you are going through difficult times in your life. If you continue in this direction, you can become totally negative and your whole environment will receive this energy.
The fact that you dream of dandruff in your head is because you are afraid of being judged by other people. Therefore, you prefer to be discreet in your life and not draw too much attention, as this will generate anxiety and nervousness. But, you must not back down from it and face any obstacles.
Likewise, when you dream of dandruff in your head, it can be interpreted as if a person is trying to enter your life. That is, they try to sabotage your ideals that you have in mind. Your goals and objectives will fall, your subconscious is sending you the first warning signal, and you must be vigilant.
Dreaming of dandruff in hair
Dreaming of hair dandruff means that several positive aspects can arise. This means that when you wake up you will feel elated and full of energy, as this dream will make you feel that way.
It will not always be related to the positive, it can also be negative. Any outstanding problem you have and want to solve as soon as possible, as this will mean the end of your life cycle, before that, you must know how to deal with the two situations that reveal themselves.
dream that you have dandruff
When you dream of having dandruff, you are going through a period of great health and prosperity. It will reveal that several positive aspects will continue to emerge, accompanied by higher energies and your subconscious will send that message.
If the above is not your case, it also implies that you dream that you have dandruff, needing peace and control over your life. It’s often associated with a lot of problems, but you have a lot of control over everything and you know exactly where you’re going. Therefore, that peace that is yet to come and you want to receive it fully happy.
Dreaming about a lot of dandruff
When you dream of abundant dandruff, it means that a good period of savings is coming and your finances will change immediately. This is a sign that your finance capital will look lush and quite prosperous. The money you will receive will come from good people, resulting in great and full prosperity.
Dreaming of someone else’s dandruff
If you dream of someone unknown’s dandruff, it will manifest in your subconscious as a sign that a family member or friend is having a bad time. So he needs to talk to you and your advice will help him by giving him good encouragement.
dreaming of dandruff in my hair
Although it may seem a little strange, if you dream of dandruff in your hair, it means that you are currently very stressed. Maybe you are going through a difficult time and a lot of restlessness, anxiety and you feel suffocated. You will have to resolve this entire problem as quickly as possible or the stress will end up causing more problems.
dream of white dandruff
If you dream of white dandruff, this, on several occasions, expresses that you are wasting your good energy on something that is not worth it. Whether it’s a bad relationship or your time on something that can’t be fixed anymore, it’s best to back off with this problem, because it will consume your optimism.
dreaming of dandruff in eyes
When you dream of dandruff in your eyes, it is because your paths in the search for clarity and optimism will be off in the short term. Don’t be scared, it can disappear if you act on time and pay attention to your subconscious.
dream of falling dandruff
This type of dream is extremely common. So, dreaming of dandruff collapsing is a sign that our problems are disappearing. Symbolizes a new direction, to bring abundance and well-being. However, remember that to remove dandruff in real life you need products, which means you need to act wisely.
Dreaming about dandruff and hair loss
When you dream of dandruff and hair loss, that dream represents severe anxiety and you are in your daily life. Usually, when this kind of dream manifests, it is because you currently have many responsibilities and you experience a sudden change in your life. Try to organize your ideas properly for the best results when doing your work.
Dreaming of hair full of dandruff
Dream hair full of dandruff is that soon you will leave so many problems today, feel peace and fulfillment in your life, it means that your life will have a major turning point, can be work, family or two, but what’s coming for you it is positive energy.
Dreaming of dandruff on clothes
When you dream of dandruff on clothes, it reveals important information about how to feel ashamed of yourself. Crashing your confidence and giving you away, making you look and feel insecure.
dreaming of a woman’s dandruff
Dreaming of a woman‘s dandruff will indicate that a person, especially a woman, will soon bring you good news. This news will be positive and good, so we must be prepared, as a big change is coming in your life.

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The project tried to perform a series of measures and actions linked together with the purpose of changing the transport in the city of Burgos (Spain)to a more sustainable and less polluting one.
The project was supported by the CIVITAS Initiative, the European Commission, and it was performed with the help and support of twenty other European cities that participated in the same program.
Reason to Be Selected
Methodology to estimate the cost of CO2 saved through the use of sustainable transport modes
Identification of variables affecting the assessment of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans
Proposal of a new system to assess the measures implemented in a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan.
The aim was to reduce missions and noise pollution, the promotion of public spaces recovered for the citizens, promoting accessibility, recycling of materials to produce new cleaner fuels and in general terms the change to a greener City through the sustainable mobility.
It was structured in three points:
· The first was focusing on Public Transport with the renewal of the fleet to a more sustainable one, currently 75% of them running with biodiesel and 25% with Compressed Natural Gas and with an average age of only two years old. A campaign to collect used cooking oil for conversion into biodiesel was promoted. Another important point was the accessibility, now the public transport is all 100% accessible, with low ramps and oral and visual electric panels to give advice. The project was also focused on the accessibility at the bus stops, giving more clear information and adding real time electronic information panels. Finally, the lines were changed to transform them into more efficient ones and with better frequencies. This has resulted in an increase of 8% in the use of the buses by the citizens.
· The second point was the pedestrianization process of nearly four square kilometers of the center, preventing the movement of vehicles and creating an entirely new space, returning to the citizens the public space for strolling, shopping or going to bars and enjoying the terraces without fear, noise or smoke. 16 electronic bollards were placed and 2.000 cards were distributed to residents and neighbors, taxi drivers or police to enter the area. Along with these measures security cameras were installed to control the area 24 hours a day 7 days a week from the new traffic control center, which also gives real-time advice and suggests to the drivers about where to leave the car in a cleaner or sustainable way(using the underground parking), or how to avoid traffic jams and problems. Currently 98% of citizens have a favorable opinion to the traffic restriction and the reduction of pollution, fumes and hazards in the area is 95%.
· Finally, some actions were focused on alternative means of transport. It was installed a free bike loan system with 16 points which has got now after three years of use over 5,000 users. Measures were accompanied by measures in favor of cycling as a day by day transport, such as installing bicycle parking (more than 200 new racks) or the introduction of the bicycle lane. Burgos is nowadays the Spanish city with the highest percentage of bike lane kilometer per 10,000 inhabitants. The bicycle use as a routine has grown from a residual 0.5% in 2005 to almost 5%today.
Other actions included the promotion of car pooling, with 400 users; the promotion of private collective vehicle aimed, above all, to move to industrial areas (with 2,000 users); or the collective taxi.
All was performed under the collaboration of citizens, with all the stakeholders involved from the outset of the proceedings, and with targeted dissemination and promotion in order to change citizens' mind.Through this initiative, the experience has achieved global significance with the CIVITAS City of the Year Award at the European level, or the Energy Globe Award at global scale, considered the Nobel of sustainability.


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Candace Owens said the education system supported and enabled by Democrats resembles the white supremacist South in the early 19th century when slaves were prohibited from reading. She made the accusations at a House Subcommittee hearing on white supremacy or nationalism, but instead of following the script, she accused Rep. Jamie Raskin and Democrats like him of pandering to blacks every four years.
Owens said Democrats like Raskin ignore topics like the black literacy rate: only 13 percent of blacks in America can read at a 12th grade level. She said the education achievements of blacks today resembles the early 19th century, when white in the South made it illegal for black Americans to read.:
“Why? Because if slaves could read, they could access information. I don’t believe much has changed.”
Democrats on the hearing did not want to hear from Owens. None, including black congresswomen, called on her or asked her a question, even though she was the only black panelist at the hearing. That didn't stop one of the panelists, Kathleen Belew, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago History Department; from attacking her motives:
“My co panelist (Owens) suggests that it’s hilarious that we don’t have the ‘numbers.”
“I just have to say that I object strenuously to your use of the word “hilarious.” To me, this feels a lot like your reaction to being named in one of these manifestos. Now, you’re of course not responsible for the words of somebody writing that document. But I do think that laughing at it is a real problem, because these are real families that are impacted by this violence. And I think that our efforts toward talking about this have to start from a place of mutual respect, which is what I’ve heard from this side of the table. Now, the reason we don’t have those numbers, I want those numbers as much as you do, but to say the numbers don’t show something is simply not supported by the data.”
Instead of giving Owens an opportunity to response, he ignores the attack on her and instead asks Mr. Mulligan for her reaction.
Katrina Mulligan of the leftist Center for American Progress then stated: “The only thing that I would add is that it’s in the name. Terrorism, domestic terrorism, it terrorizes us; it terrorizes us in our homes; it terrorizes us in our schools, and to the points made by the other panelists, it is disproportionate to its impact on any individual life. It’s not.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) asked Mulligan, “You reject the idea that it’s something that doesn’t matter, or it doesn’t really matter?”
Mulligan replied: “Absolutely reject.”
Raskin then gave Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) five minutes to speak. Meadows said:
“Ms. Owens, obviously this is a gang-up on you; we’re giving these witnesses the ability to do a rebuttal on you. And so, I find it unfair, Ms. Belew; candidly, for you to show ‘mutual respect’ and then go after Ms. Owens, it’s not appropriate. So Ms. Owens, you can have four minutes and thirty-four seconds to respond however you like.”
Rep Jim Jordan (R-OH) interjected: Can you yield for a second?
Meadows: I’ll yield.
Jordan: Thank you. I believe, Ms. Owens, when you used the word “hilarious,” it was referencing the fact that no one had asked you a question. It wasn’t to the subject matter of the hearing, is that right?
Owens: That is correct.
Jordan: And to have another witness insinuate something that is not accurate is just not appropriate, Mr. Chairman, for how witnesses are supposed to behave in front of this committee. I also think you didn’t say, “It doesn’t matter” about the subject matter of today’s hearing; you said there were other subjects that matter as well, and maybe we should spend some time on those. Is that accurate?
Owens: That is correct, and they matter much, much, much, much more, and I have said that. I said that in my opening, and I will say it again: you know that white supremacy and white nationalism is nowhere near, ranks nowhere near the top of the issues that are facing black America. And the reason you are bringing them up in this room is because it is an attempt to make the election all about race as the Democrats do.
Raskin: Not in my case, Ms. Owens.
Owens: Please don’t cut me off.”
Raskin: Do not characterize my motives.
Meadows: Mr. Chairman, it’s my time.
Raskin: You’ve got your time. Mr. Meadows, I’ll give you three more seconds.
Owens: Every four years you bring up race, and you knew exactly what I meant when I said “hilarious.”
You just tried to do live what the media does all the time to Republicans, to our president, and to conservatives, which is you try to manipulate what I said to fit your narrative, okay? I was not referring to the subject matter that is “hilarious.”
I said that it’s hilarious that we are sitting in this room today and I’ve got two doctors and a Mrs. and nobody can give us real numbers that we can respond to so that we can assess how big of a threat this is, because you know that it is not as big of a threat as you are trying to make it out to be so you can manipulate.
And the audacity of you to bring up the Christchurch shooting manifesto and make it seem as if I laughed at people who were slaughtered by a homicidal maniac, is in my opinion absolutely despicable. I think that we should be above that. To try to assign responsibility or any meaning to a homicidal maniac writing a manifesto, which, by the way, also cited Spyro the Dragon, the child’s cartoon; he also cited Nelson Mandela as a source of inspiration. I don’t think that Nelson Mandela has inspired mosque shootings; you can correct me if you think I’m wrong.
You would rather assign meaning to a homicidal maniac than to actually address the things that I said that are actually harming black America; number one: father absence; number two: the education system and illiteracy rate. Illegal immigration ranks high; abortion ranks high; white supremacy and white nationalism, if I had to make a list of one hundred things, would not be on it.
This hearing, in my opinion, is a farce, and it is ironic that you’re sitting her and you’re having three Caucasian people testify and tell you what their expertise are. You want to know what my expertise are? Black in America. I’ve been black in America my whole life, all 30 years, and I can tell you that you guys have done the exact same thing every four years we have an election cycle and it needs to stop.
Owens brought up additional sore spots for Democrats, who are supposed to truly represent blacks. The reality, Owens said, is that they purposely choose topics like white supremacy so that they can conservatives and Pres. Trump racist.
She also brought up the single motherhood rate for black mothers, which is now at 74 percent. The abortion rate for black women is also more than twice that for whites, another topic that is ignored by Democrats.
Other panelists on the hearing included: Joshua Geltzer, executive director, Georgetown University Law Center, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection; Katrina Mulligan, Managing Director, Center for American Progress, National Security and International Policy; and Owens.
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US: Airborne missile-killing laser project mothballed after $5 billion
Cockpit view of the ABL shooting down a missile on Feb. 11 2010. Video is here.
A key reason for the ABL shutdown was the cost of the project versus the projected military returns. Another reason is that the Missile Defense Agency is looking to a new generation of laser systems with “much denser capacity or greater power lasers in smaller packages and operating at much higher altitudes.” Unmanned aerial vehicles would be an ideal platform. The MDA’s director said antimissile drones using solid-state lasers could be a reality by 2020.
From Aviation Week. An analysis of laser weapons is at Strategy Page.
Commentary from LaserPointerSafety.com: We included this story because people sometimes wonder if lasers aimed from the ground can damage an aircraft’s airframe. The short answer is “no”. It would take a system similar to the $5 billion ABL. However, the Missile Defense Agency is now indicating that military-developed solid-state lasers may be able to cause enough damage to down a missile -- or aircraft -- within this decade (the 2010s).
While it is unlikely that non-state groups could deploy such a device, it is more of a possibility than independently developing an ABL-like COIL gas laser. For the foreseeable future, the threat to aircraft remains the visual impairment caused by bright laser light, and to a lesser degree, the possibility of causing retinal lesion eye injuries.


ASEAN’s IoT and Machine to Machine (M2M) leaders will gather in Singapore during February, for the 12th edition of Asia IoT Business Platform. Debuting in Singapore after 11 editions held across ASEAN in the past four years, the program will witness leading IoT specialists engage in panel discussions and present case studies on the region’s latest and most relevant IoT developments.
ASEAN is proving to be a bright spot for enterprise IoT projects; Frost & Sullivan estimates the IoT market in ASEAN to be valued at USD 1.68 billion in 2016 and it is expected to grow 35 percent a year. This accounts for 10 percent of the total Asia-Pacific IoT spending. Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines lead the region’s IoT spending, with a strong focus on key areas such as smart cities, manufacturing, automotive, transport and logistics, and agriculture.
“There is no doubt that there is massive potential for enterprise IoT in ASEAN. We have seen many enterprises across different industries, from manufacturing and industrials to agriculture, already deploying IoT and reaping its benefits. There is a clear demand for such technologies to help transform enterprises to become more efficient and productive. This is an opportunity that IoT solution providers should quickly seize,” said Zaf Coelho, Project Director of Asia IoT Business Platform.
Zaf also noted that because of the rapid adoption of IoT in the region, it is now more important to understand the challenges that enterprises face in trying to deploy IoT in their businesses.
“The challenges that enterprises face in implementing IoT will determine how they view the benefits of IoT implementation and in turn, affects the demand for IoT technologies. By bringing the programme to Singapore, we hope to inform IoT solution providers here of the latest IoT developments in the region and to help them understand the different issues and challenges regarding IoT adoption,” he adds.
The Asia IoT Business Platform in Singapore will feature three sessions dedicated to keynote, ASEAN smart city projects, and ASEAN enterprise IoT projects. The program aims to not only help IoT stakeholders keep abreast of the latest and most important developments in the region, but to also bridge them with the local ASEAN markets to foster important connections that will help drive the region’s enterprise digital transformation and IoT growth.
About Asia IoT Business Platform
With a focus on local telecommunication companies and verticals, the Asia IoT Business Platform is an educational platform crafted by the industry, for the industry, with the aim of addressing key issues facing the adoption of IoT technologies in the ASEAN region. Driving enterprises to understand and learn about the adoption of IoT technologies for their business. Since its inception in 2013, the Asia IoT Business Platform has secured strong support from local governments and telecommunication companies for the past 11 editions.


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No data on leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) are available in Brazil for a representative sample of the whole country. The current study describes LTPA levels of the Brazilian adult and elderly populations and explores its association with sex, age, and schooling.
A countrywide household-based cross-sectional study was carried out, including separate samples of adult and elderly individuals from 23 states in Brazil selected through a multistage approach. LTPA was assessed using the long version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. A cut-off point of 150 minutes per week was used.
12,402 adult and 6617 elderly individuals were interviewed in 100 cities. The proportion of individuals below the 150 minutes per week threshold in terms of LTPA was 82.6% (95% CI 81.9; 83.2) among the adults and 86.5% (95% CI 85.7; 87.3) among elderly individuals. Among adults, prevalence estimates were very consistent across regions. Elderly subjects living in states in the Northeast and North regions of the country were less active than those from the other regions. A clear positive dose-response association was observed between LTPA and schooling.
Alarming rates of low levels of LTPA are found in Brazil, thus suggesting the need of urgent actions.
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Texas Republican leaders are calling for Yolanda Waters, Galveston County Republican Party chair, to resign after it was revealed on Saturday that she had sent a text calling a black party operative the N-word several months ago.
In the texts (first reported by the Galveston Daily News), Waters complained about loans she’d made to State Republican Executive Committee member J.T. Edwards, calling him a “Typical Nig.”
Waters told the Daily News it was an “unfortunate typo.”
“I usually type very fast, and in this case, I moved too fast to see that the word was there,” she said. “I made the typo because I did not proofread my text.”
“I apologize to anyone who took my typo in offense,” Waters wrote in a Facebook post, describing herself a “highly educated Latina/African-American woman.”
“I am saddened and hurt that anyone believes I am ‘racist’ against my own people,” she wrote.
“Her comments are offensive to everyone in the community,” Patrick tweeted.
Bush asserted there was “no reason, no excuse and no room in our party for racist comments.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) spokesperson, John Wittman, told the Austin Statesman that her comments were “absolutely abhorrent” and “have no place in the Republican party.”
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Yolanda’s texts are the second scandal tied to racism to emerge from Texas in less than two weeks after state Rep. Rick Miller claimed that two of his opponents were running against him simply because they’re “Asian.” Miller announced he would not seek reelection several days after he made the comments.


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By: Kyle Crooks / Jacksonville Suns
JACKSONVILLE Fla., – The Jacksonville Suns (8-9) will have another chance tonight to collect a series victory in game four of this five game set against the Birmingham Barons (8-9) Tuesday night from Bragan Field.
The Suns would fall by a 3-2 score last night after being held to just four hits, all of which did not come until the eighth and ninth innings. Miles Jaye was spectacular in his start for Birmingham, tossing seven no-hit innings while striking out a season-high seven batters for his second victory of the year. Suns starter Trevor Williams in six innings was tagged for three runs (all earned) on eight hits while walking a pair and striking out three. Birmingham provided a solo run in the first, and a pair of runs in the third. All runs were driven in courtesy of Courtney Hawkins who ripped a RBI double in the first and a run-scoring triple in the third to leap the Barons to a 3-0 lead. The Suns offense after going down in order for six of the first seven frames, finally awoke in the eighth. With the no-hitter still intact, but Jaye out of the game having thrown 95 pitches, Cody Winarski would relinquish the first Jacksonville hit which was a double off the bat of Zack Cox. Next batter Terrance Dayleg followed with a base knock, but back-to-back Winarski strikeouts ended any further threat. Onto the ninth with the score still 3-0, Jacksonville received a one-out single by Kenny Wilson, who was then brought home on one swing of the bat by the next batter Viosergy Rosa after he mashed his first home run of the year to bring his squad to within a run. After the damage done against Barons reliever Raul Fernandez, he then retired Matt Juengel and Ryan Rieger to end the game.
Tonight will feature Chipper Smith on the mound for Jacksonville, who has been the most consistent starter to spend the whole year in a Suns uniform. Smith in his first three starts to begin the season, has posted a 2-0 record attached alongside a 1.17 earned-run mark. His current ERA is good for seventh-best in the Southern League while his .164 average-against is slotted as fourth best. The Barons starter has yet to be announced due to slated right-hander Mike Recchia landing on the disabled list on 4/25. Birmingham called up righty Tyler Barnette from Charlotte in a corresponding roster move to compensate for the loss of Recchia prior to yesterday’s contest.
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Fans can listen to the game live on the Suns Baseball Network, with Roger Hoover providing play by play. Roger Hoover and Kyle Crooks will host the Memorial Hospital Suns Pre-Game Show, beginning at 6: 50 p.m. ET on the Suns Baseball Network.
Matchup: Birmingham Barons (8-9) @ Jacksonville Suns (8-9)
Starters: BIR: TBA vs. JAX: LHP Chipper Smith (2-0, 1.17 ERA)
Who’s Hot: Outfielder Kenny Wilson currently has a three-game hitting streak while posting a .500 average with runners in scoring position.
Suns Spots: Here’s a note from the official Jacksonville Suns game notes:
-Tonight’s starter Chipper Smith boasts the seventh-best ERA in the Southern League (1.17) while manufacturing the fourth-best average against (.164). Matt Juengel is currently tied for first in games played (18), and third in total at-bats (69). Suns closer Sean Donatello rests tied for third in saves (4). Jacksonville as a team is operating at a league-worst .190 batting average, and currently possesses the 9th best runs total (43) while being tied for last in total hits (102).


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