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The most recent move in the case against key CONAJZAR officials involves the prosecutor stepping down temporarily due to a challenge against her by a defendant. Paraguay’s gaming overseer has been involved in legal proceedings for some time. Those involved in the case maintain that they did nothing wrong, but they are accused of mishandling their responsibilities when working for the organization.
Why was the prosecutor challenged?
The case against several CONAJZAR officials was still in its investigation phase when the prosecutor, María Estefanía González, was challenged by defendant Álvaro Wasmosy. Wasmosy is represented by the law firm, TDP, and it was his lawyer, José Guggiari Mendoza who officially made the challenge on his client’s behalf.
As a result, González has stepped away from the case for the time being and is being replaced, temporarily, by prosecutor Óscar Delfino. Defino’s official role is “provisional intervening agent.” A local news outlet reported on the reasons for the prosecutor’s changeover, explaining that the defendant gave one main argument in opposition to the prosecutor.
According to the defendant’s statement, prosecutor González did not remain objective in the case against him and his colleagues. Rather than taking suitable time to investigate and come to a decision, she seemed under pressure to hurry the case along, therefore not respecting the legal process of those involved in the case.
History of the case against CONAJZAR
The ongoing case against CONAJZAR officials, including Wasmosy, began about one year ago when three senators came forward to raise their complaints. Senator Enrique Bacchetta, Jorge Querey, and Esperanza Martínez went to Paraguay’s Public Ministry in August 2021 to state their claims.
According to these senators, CONAJZAR officials did not follow various rules regarding giving licenses, and their behavior was negligent. This includes giving lottery contracts to gaming partners that were not fit for the job, as well as allowing slot machines to operate in some areas that are not designated as gaming spaces. They were also accused of corruptions of the games.
In March 2022, a department for Economic Crimes within the Chamber of Appeals rejected the defendants’ request that the case be annulled. Rather, the judges Gustavo Auadre, Bibiana Benítez, and Andrea Vera confirmed that six of the seven alleged corruption acts would be tried.
A swath of defendants are implicated in the trial, and some were determined to receive slightly different treatment from March on. The court decided that José Antonio Ortiz Báez; Carmen Corina Alonso, and Raúl Silva will go to court. Another defendant, Omar Mongelós, is still waiting for confirmation. Former prosecutor Sergio Coscia will not have to go to prison, for now. Finally, Rousillón and Nuñez are the two specifically tried for illegal slot machine actions.
CONAJZAR suffered revenue loss in 2021, most likely due to effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Though the pandemic’s aftermath is slowly fading from the gaming industry throughout the Latin American region, it is possible that CONJAZAR will remain stained by the current criminal case. It remains to be seen whether all defendants will be found guilty of the accused crimes, and how the organization will reform and recover its public image in Paraguay.
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Marek of Indie Traveller shares his tips for traveling Mexico on a budget. While Mexico can be an inexpensive country overall, your cost of travel depends a lot on how and where you travel!
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Venezuela is a truly awesome country, this is a land of steaming jungles, jagged peaks and gorgeous beaches. Let’s see how you can explore it for … $50 a week!
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From sweeping vistas to sleepy villages, The Camino is an amazing way to explore Spain while taking part in an epic hiking journey. Unfortunately, with its popularity rising The Camino is becoming more and more expensive. Yet it is still easily affordable to those with some budget sense.
A list of top budget travel tips covering transportation, sightseeing and dining out in Barcelona on the cheap. All based my own experiences!
Today’s post is dedicated to all budget foodies who, like us, can’t resist from trying new dishes when traveling across the US. For those who wish to keep an eye on their restaurant expenditures, San Francisco offers many restaurants that are big on value.

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Virtual Nonholonomic Constraint for Human-Robot Cooperation in 3-D Space
Tomohito Takubo, Hirohiko Arai and Kazuo Tanie
Proceedings of Proc. 2000 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2000), pp.300-305, Takamatsu, Japan, November 2000.
We discuss a robotic system that assists a human to carry a long object. The operator and the robot grasp each end of the object and carry it cooperatively. We extend the concept of virtual nonholonomic constraint to the motion in a vertical plane, in which the robot wrist behaves like a wheel and the operator can maneuver the object like a wheelbarrow. The operator and the robot can cooperatively lift the object to the desired height and inclination. Furthermore, we combine the vertical motion and the horizontal motion to carry the object to the desired position and posture in 3D space. The effectiveness of our method is experimentally confirmed.
Human-robot cooperation, Cooperative manipulation, Virtual nonholonomic constraint, Impedance control


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If any media folk are still interested in “fact-checking” presidents after the Trump era, they’ll have plenty of fodder from Tuesday night’s appearance by President Joe Biden on CNN. A favorite Biden habit is to appeal to the authority of economists, many of whom remain unnamed, to suggest that his policies are wildly popular among experts. And what would we do without anonymous experts?
Newsweek has a transcript of the event in which CNN’s Anderson Cooper hosted our 46th president at Milwaukee’s Pabst Theater. Here’s an excerpt:
COOPER: You’ve made passing a COVID relief bill the focus of your first 100 days. Those on the right say the proposal is too big. Some on the left say it’s not big enough. Are you committed to passing $1.9 trillion bill or is that final number still up for negotiation?
BIDEN: I’m committed to pass — look, here’s — some of you are probably economists or college professors or you’re teachers in school. This is the first time in my career — and as you can tell, I’m over 30 — the first time in my career that there is a consensus among economists left, right, and center that is over — and including the IMF and in Europe, that overwhelming consensus is, in order to grow the economy a year, two, three, and four down the line, we can’t spend too much.
Thank goodness this statement is not accurate. There is not an “overwhelming consensus” among economists that no amount of federal spending is excessive. This column is often skeptical of conventional expert opinion. But even for those who aren’t, the Biden economic plan is notable for the way it has drawn criticism not just from economists in the center and on the right but from Mr. Biden’s own former colleagues on the left. Many of the critiques specifically warn that he is indeed spending too much taxpayer money on a recovering economy which does not need another massive intervention.
Last month this column noted the criticism of Bidenomics from veterans of the Obama economic team. More recently one of the Biden plan’s enthusiastic backers also acknowledged the resistance coming from liberal economists. John Cassidy wrote in the New Yorker:
If there were any doubt that Joe Biden’s economic proposals represent a big break with the policies of the Obama and Clinton Administrations, the debate about Biden’s $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief plan dispelled it. For good or ill—and, in my view, it is very positive—the Biden White House is pursuing a bold and aggressive program of Keynesian economic management, the likes of which Washington hasn’t seen since the nineteen-sixties.
The argument began, last week, with a warning about the Biden plan from Lawrence Summers, the Harvard economist who served as the Secretary of the Treasury toward the end of the Clinton Administration and as the director of the White House National Economic Council during Obama’s first term. Whatever good the Biden spending package might do in boosting output, wages, and profits, Summers wrote in the Washington Post, it was so large that it could also “set off inflationary pressures of a kind we have not seen in a generation, with consequences for the dollar and financial stability.” Over the weekend, Olivier Blanchard, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, seconded Summers’s concerns, tweeting, “The 1.9 trillion program could overheat the economy so badly as to be counterproductive.”
One can usually count on massive federal programs to be counterproductive, such as the one Mr. Biden helped oversee as Vice President in 2009 and which he reasonably described on Tuesday as “the last experiment we had with stimulus.” Unreasonably for taxpayers, the experiment failed as the plan burned through more than $800 billion and failed miserably to reach its employment goals.

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By Theodora Amedetor.
Ghana has been one of the top ten contributor to UN peacekeeping operations, for more than two decades, and has been at the forefront of efforts to strengthen the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations.
In addition to its unwavering commitment to deploying the required capabilities to UN peacekeeping operations, she continues to play an active role in policy debates on global peacekeeping.
Hence, the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, KAIPTC, one of ECOWAS’s Training Centres of Excellence, and mandated to provide research, training, policy interventions and education on peace and security, in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Ghana, the United Kingdom and Norway to the United Nations, together with the International Peace Institute (IPI) and Wilton Park have convened a one-day conference on peace and security in Africa.
The conference, themed; “Peacekeeping in Africa: Fostering Partnerships and Synergies” is being held at the UN Headquarters, in New York.
Amongst the speakers are: Major General Francis Ofori, Commandant of KAIPTC, H.E. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping, United Nations, Dr. Robert Grant, Wilton Park, Dr. Kwesi Aning, Director, Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research, KAIPTC, H.E. Fatima Mohammed, AU Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations, Col. Ollo Alain Pale, ECOWAS Commission, Abuja, Dr. Emma Birikorang, Deputy Director, Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research, KAIPTC.
Discussions will focus on advancing lasting political solutions, strengthening the impact of peacekeeping on sustaining peace, improving peacekeeping partnerships, strengthening performance and accountability and implementing the women, peace and security agenda.
It is to support the shared commitment to address the challenges facing peacekeeping, focussing on the African Continent, and to build political momentum between partners.
For details, please follow the LIVE conference directly at: http://webtv.un.org from 15.00PM (GMT-0).

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Focusing on the art practices of the last 10-15 years in the two areas, the exhibition juxtaposes the freshest voices from the two countries. For long, the art scenes of Albania and Kosovo were evolving separately, their cultural heritage, however, overlaps in several respects; such is the common language spoken by the majority in both states, as well as the traditions deeply pervading both societies.
Albania and Kosovo took fundamentally different courses in the second half of the 20th century; the former suffering from Enver Hoxha’s despotic regime for decades, the latter as part of Yugoslavia. In spite of this, such phenomena as dictatorship, war, or economic and social crises have had considerable impact on the recent past of both areas.
With the collective presentation of the art fields of Albania and Kosovo, the exhibition explores the relation of the two scenes to each other and to international tendencies in the new millennium.
The period starting in 2000 opened up a new chapter for both countries, which is emphasized by the curatorial selection. This was the time when new possibilities arose for both Kosovo(not yet an independent state back then) and Albania to join the universal arts scene – although Albania had already made some attempts to revitalize its contemporary arts in the 1990s, in the first free decade after many years of dictatorship.
While both scenes – each carrying its own visual heritage on its shoulders – began evolving further in the context provided by new possibilities that made international tendencies accessible, the new generation of each country kept a curious eye on the neighboring contemporaries, attempting to “fill in” the artistic vacuum developed during the lost decades.
The exhibition does not aim to be complete: it provides no retrospective overview of the evolution of the two cultural milieus, nor does it examine the activity of artists from a historical aspect.
An array of 25 artists, the selection grasps the dynamics pervading the two scenes: the exhibition at once presents works that can be considered milestones, statements that facilitated the international presence of each scene, and projects engendered as imprints or witnesses of long processes. It is through these positions that the selection explores the phenomena that have functioned as the driving force of in each country and its artists.
Guided tour in English
Curator: dr. FABÉNYI Julia
Assistant curator: KÁLMÁN Borbála
Endri Dani | Helidon Gjergji | Alban Hajdinaj | Edi Hila | Ardian Isufi | Ilir Kaso | Olson Lamaj | Armando Lulaj | Violana Murataj | Matilda Odobashi | Adrian Paci | Remijon Pronja | Anri Sala | Gentian Shkurti | Fani Zguro
Jakup Ferri | Flaka Haliti | Haveit | Majlinda Hoxha | Genc Kadriu | Koja | Dren Maliqi | Alban Muja | Driton Selmani| Sislej Xhafa
Photo: Végel Dániel
Venue: Ludwig Museum
Address: 1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell u. 1.
T: +36 1 555 3480

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Brazilian activist Marcos Arruda exposes the problems with his government’s economic policies and the role of the IMF in a new book. External Debt, Brazil and the International Financial Crisis assesses the history and implications of development lending to Brazil and discusses the programme agreed with the IMF in 1998 which has led to major cuts in social expenditure. Arruda concludes with proposals developed through his work with Policy Alternatives for the Southern Cone.
Stephen Kidd critiques Bretton Woods Institutions' approach to targeted social protection systems, arguing the poor lose out the most.
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All prints come from the original project and book, images were taken between Saturday 15th August 2015 at 11:11 and Friday 9th October 2015 at 21:55.
There are three print editions of each of the 34 prints.
All prints are signed and numbered.
Image Size 370mm x 255mm with a 25mm white border.
Prints are Lambda Prints printed on a Durst Lambda Printer.
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Yes. You can practice and learn many techniques on your own. But in order to take the rank exam, you will need a partner to help you demonstrate your requirements. Also, to show a true level of proficiency, consistent practice with a training partner is a necessity. Krav Maga is a contact art, you literally need contact practice in order to learn and perfect the concepts.
Meet Your Instructor
Michael South is a black belt Krav Maga instructor and has been a student of the martial arts for over ten years. He also holds black belts in Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido. He began teaching martial arts professionally six years ago and is the founder of National Martial Arts, an Oklahoma-based martial arts organization dedicated to making the world a better and safer place. He specializes in Krav Maga instruction and is an avid student of BJJ at the moment, as well as a competitor. He earned his Krav Maga black belt from Dustin Koppel, who earned his black belt from John Gabriel, who earned his black belt from Darren Levine, who earned his black belt from Imi Lichtenfeld.
Who Trains with Our Courses
The great thing about our home study courses is that, not only will you be learning and progressing with a structured curriculum, but you can also earn real rank and credentials! We currently have hundreds or martial artists around the world using our courses. Here are some examples of students who train with our course.
- Individuals who have trained in martial arts in the past, but have taken some time off. (Our Courses offer an opportunity to pick back up where they left off on their own schedule, or learn a new discipline)
- Current students training in martial arts, who are looking to learn something new. (If you are currently training in Karate, for example, but you would like to master a new art such as Krav Maga or Bo)
- Martial Arts instructors and school owners. (Wanting to learn a new art, and even become a Certified Instructor in one of our programs, to have something new and exciting to teach their students).
- Anyone who wants to “feel like a white belt again.” (Whether you have earned several black belts, or just have aspirations to get there, our courses give you the change to start a new journey, and reach a new goal).
- Individuals who are too busy to attend regularly scheduled classes, or that do not have a training facility near by. (Our courses can be used anywhere, as long as you have the desire and dedication to train)
Read Some Real Reviews
“After taking Krav Maga classes for about seven months and then a break, I noticed this set of DVDs and thought to purchase it so that I could continue my training and maintain my skills. I’m very pleased with the program and believe it would be suitable for anyone looking to learn about Krav Maga, continue their Krav training or improve their physical condition.
Each movement or technique is clearly demonstrated and from multiple angles. The instructor also shows how to practice the technique as well as demonstrates its practical application.
Additionally, if you want to improve your cardio and physical conditioning then the prgram will help with that as well which is vital if you plan to take Krav Maga classes.
Again, I am very pleased with my decision to purchase this program and highly recommend it for personal training or as a compliment to taking instructor led classes.“
“This is an excellent Krav Maga DVD set. The 5 disk set contains all of the information and necessary step by step instructions to learn Krav Maga. The think I like the most is the ability to rewind and watch the techniques over and over.
You will learn combatives, weapons defense and much more….. Highly recommended course!“
I am a retired Deputy Sheriff and very familiar with self defense techniques! I honestly have to say, in my opinion that the Total Krav Maga Home Study dvd’s are the best out there! The techniques are shown from various angles with clear explanations for each one. They are presented in an easy to understand format. Anyone can do them. My 13yr old daughter and 9yr old son follow the program along with me! If you are looking for a no nonsense, straight to the point, self defense system, that thoroughly explains all techniques from various camera angles, this is the program to choose. One major bonus is, you can practice in the privacy of your own home with your family. Remember, “A Family That Kicks Together, Sticks Together” Best Wishes!!!”
“I bought the DVD set awhile back and I can say it was really helpful and informative! I’m a US Marine and on my down time, I practice with a few of the guys. Sensei Hodge is really descriptive and performs each technique in both normal and slow speeds so your mind can really grasp the concepts. For each technique, he explains the uses and different ways you can practice it before moving on to another technique so it gives you time to fully grasp each move at your own pace. The best part is that not only are you learning the execution of the deadly fighting force of Krav Maga, but you can actually earn rank in the style straight from the instructor. I would highly recommend this DVD set to anyone who wants to practice this style!”
-Lance Corporal Stephen Diaz, USMC
“Great product for the price. He steps you through the movement and gives you examples of exercises you should do to reinforce your learning. He also does a good job of emphasizing that the purpose is to be defensive in nature. This is assuredly not a replacement for taking a course if you are really serious about training in Krav Maga but it does cover a lot of detail. If you are willing to put in the time to practice then I am certain you will be rewarded with a level of preparedness.”
“Ordered the DVDs and am very happy with my purchase. I’ve tried other follow along courses on DVD before and some are not very user friendly and are hard to grasp all the presented info. Not the case with this DVD set, the instructor does an awesome job breaking down each technique into very easily managed and understandable slices or sections. The material covered is great and you get quite a bit of info over the five dvds not just the same concepts rehashed over and over. Material is well organized also which greatly helps. I would order it again in a heart beat. Keep up the good work. Train Hard.”

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Song Scholarship and Performance
Interdisciplinary Song Scholarship and Performance Program
• Goethe in Performance, Performance in Goethe •
Scholar residency: 31 May – 9 June 2014
For graduate students (master's, Ph.D.) and young professionals in musicology and music theory
Performer residency: 29 May – 12 June 2014
For graduate-level (master's, D.M.A.) and young professional singers and pianists
Advanced undergraduates may also apply
A groundbreaking program for scholars and performers built around intensive study of specific repertoire that offers opportunities for individual mentorship by outstanding faculty from across North America and beyond, as well as opportunities for concert performances.
Please click here to read a February 2013 article highlighting this engaging program
in the American Musicological Society newsletter.
Faculty will include:
SUSAN YOUENS (University of Notre Dame)
JENNIFER RONYAK (University of Texas-Arlington)
BENJAMIN BINDER (Duquesne University), Program Director
DEBORAH STEIN (New England Conservatory)
RICHARD KURTH (University of British Columbia)
HARALD KREBS (University of Victoria)
JANE K. BROWN (University of Washington)
CAMERON STOWE (Juilliard School, New England Conservatory), Performance Director
MASTER CLASSES with: ANN MURRAY and VISI artists
The Vancouver International Song Institute (VISI) invites graduate-level students and all those interested in art song to participate in its 2014 Song Scholarship and Performance (SSP) Program. SSP is a collaborative seminar comprised of musicologists, theorists, singers, and pianists working together in an environment that dissolves the boundaries between scholarship and performance. The program was developed in 2010 by musicologist and pianist Benjamin Binder, and former faculty include superb scholars such as Richard Kramer, Kristina Muxfeldt, Michael Musgrave, Vera Micznik and Sherry Lee. Returning for 2014 are musicologist Susan Youens and music theorists Harald Krebs, Deborah Stein and RIchard Kurth, and Germanist Sharon Krebs. We are pleased to welcome musicologist Jennifer Ronyak and esteemed Goethe scholar Jane K. Brown. Collaborative pianist and coach Cameron Stowe leads the performance side of the program. Mezzo-soprano Ann Murray will give a masterclass during the performer's residency.
In this program, musicologists, music historians, and music theorists of art song will have the opportunity to work intimately with singers and pianists, and vice versa. We will share our ideas through lectures, master classes, seminar workshops, coachings, and personalized mentoring sessions, all the while making valuable professional connections. Student scholars and performers will also put their ideas into practice by collaborating with each other in a lecture recital and a final concert performance.
The thematic focus of SSP 2014 is Goethe in Performance, Performance in Goethe. Led by our expert faculty, we will explore this theme from many angles, including the aesthetics and practice of song performance in Goethe's personal milieu, performance and the construction of identity in Wilhelm Meister, and the performance of gender and Oriental attitudes in the West-östlicher Divan. In our scholarly seminars and in concert performance and masterclasses, we will examine settings of Goethe's poetry from throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
For more information about SSP 2014, please contact Program Director Benjamin Binder at firstname.lastname@example.org.
“I had an extraordinary time at VISI. The faculty and students created an entirely unique environment for enjoyable, deep, and sustaining conversations about ways of understanding song. My expectations were exceeded along every boundary. From the level of engagement and energy, to the integration of musicology and performance, to the warm and welcoming spirit of the whole program, VISI is a new model for the exploration of the arts.” – Jonathan Boschetto, Ph.D. candidate in musicology, Princeton University
Some highlights of the program:
• Attend lectures and masterclasses on art-song related topics by SSP scholars and performance faculty
• Participate in the Scholarship and Performance Seminars, where we combine musicological and analytical study of selected repertoire with live performance in an interactive workshop setting
• Receive one-on-one mentoring on your research and your academic career from the SSP scholarly faculty
• Have coachings with VISI performance faculty as well as SSP musicologists and theorists
• Design and present a lecture recital: student scholars and performers will team up to create an interpretive vision for a set of art songs to be performed in concert
• Singers and pianists will also have the opportunity to perform in a formal evening recital of Goethe settings extensively coached by VISI and SSP faculty
• Enjoy full access to all concurrent VISI activities, including concerts, lectures, masterclasses, and other sessions
To see a detailed daily schedule of classes, lectures, seminars, and concerts from SSP 2013, please CLICK HERE.
More testimonials from former SSP faculty and students:
“It isn’t often we find ourselves in the company of so many others who share our passion for ‘art song.’ SSP is a dream program for any doctoral student working on a thesis in this area. Beyond the intellectual and artistic riches VISI offers, this is a wonderful opportunity for scholars and performers to forge connections that will serve them well for many years to come.” – Kristina Muxfeldt, Associate Professor of Musicology, Indiana University
“I think it is not an exaggeration to say that we all learned greatly from one another, that each song brought to the surface important questions of interpretation and meaning. In brief, this was a rare and stimulating experience for all of us. SSP is a unique program, an invaluable asset to those of us who care deeply about song, and a unique resource for young singers and pianists.” – Richard Kramer, Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center
“SSP is truly a rare gem. The close, daily interaction between the highest caliber scholars and talented, imaginative coaches was one of the single greatest musical experiences I’ve ever had. Everyone involved provided warm encouragement and friendly interpretive exchanges that brought us closer together each day with fresh creative ideas, renewed enthusiasm, and love for song and making music. The network of connections and the sincere bond that the SSP members were able to establish in such a short time is proof of the festival’s power to influence personal and professional lives in significant and enduring ways.” – Loretta Terrigno, Ph.D. candidate in musicology and music theory, CUNY Graduate Center
“I have never been to a program like SSP where scholarship and performance are equally valued and encouraged. SSP is a safe space in which to explore both perspectives and the relative weight given to each when interpreting a particular piece. Rather than simply teaching me what I ‘should’ think and express when performing art song, SSP gave me the tools, expert mentorship, and opportunities to make my own choices – in other words, to be a real artist.” – Lila Palmer, M.M. in vocal performance, New England Conservatory
“Working so closely with such a renowned faculty for two weeks was almost surreal. We were privy to a side of the faculty that students almost never get to see: in our seminars the professors shared with us their new and current work, allowing us to observe a part of their process as scholars and to engage in a discussion about this work as equals. Throughout these two weeks, I was exposed to such a unique setting and such a dedicated faculty that I know this experience will be invaluable to my academic career. I cannot think of another summer program that offers something like this.” – Chantal Lemire, M.A. candidate in music theory, University of British Columbia
Fee, Housing, and Application information:
$450 scholars; $850 performers + $50 application fee. Partial tuition scholarships may be available.
Student auditors may attend at the regular drop-in or weekly VISI rates. Please click for detailed auditor pricing. Faculty auditors may participate for a nominal overall fee. Interested faculty should contact program director Benjamin Binder (email@example.com) for more information.
On-campus housing is available at reduced rates. For general housing information, please click here.
Deadline: March 16th. 2014
Please click here to access registration process.
Required application materials for SSP:
- Scholars must submit a detailed and extensive CV.
- Performers must submit the following:
- A résumé of training and performance experience.
- A recording or video of art song selections, including at least 2 contrasting German Lieder, 15 minutes duration. It is preferable to limit all selections to German Lieder. Arias are not accepted. Pianists should also include a solo piano work of their choice. Recordings should be sent as mp3 files, YouTube linkes, or in another electronic format.
- A signed PDF letter of recommentation from your most recent teacher.
Compile and submit application materials to firstname.lastname@example.org.


In our hyperpolarized society, people often disparage or boycott brands that work with, are run by, or receive funding from people, groups or institutions whose politics they disagree with.
Well, if that describes you, you should probably boycott AllSides.
We are not actually advocating that you boycott us, of course. But we want to make it very clear that we are doing something different.
AllSides has done the seemingly impossible. We’ve found something both sides of the political aisle agree on: that respectfully listening to understand all perspectives is a solution to navigating our modern world, and that it’s worth investing in that outcome — for the good of democracy. The fact that both sides see our solution as worthy of pursuit makes us feel optimistic about the future.
That also means that at AllSides, you are sure to find someone involved who you don’t like or agree with. Our readers are pretty evenly split among left, right and mixed political leanings – about one third each. In that same vein, we have supporters you might consider “evil” from across the political spectrum.
That is essentially the point at AllSides.
Our mission is to free people from filter bubbles so they can better understand the world — and each other. Luckily, there are people and organizations on both the left and right ends of the political spectrum who share our goal and support AllSides in achieving it.
We’re proud to be a group that is bridging divides and is transparent about how we do it. If you want to hate us, that’s OK. We will proudly continue to work with people across the spectrum and be open about it.
So without further ado, here are reasons you might hate AllSides.
“Your founders are partisan warriors…too extreme."
Our founders are from the left, right and middle, and some remain active politically – active and effective enough to potentially upset the other side. This political mix is part of what makes AllSides great, and we are very proud and transparent about it — we even list the political biases of AllSides staff on our team page.
Prior to his career in technology, AllSides co-founder and president John Gable was a professional Republican operative who worked for President George H. W. Bush, Senator Mitch McConnell, and the Republican National Committee. While he now lives in San Francisco, John is originally from Kentucky coal mining country, which has become a heartland of Trump supporters. He remains a proud, active Republican today.
Joan Blades, co-founder of our non-profit schools program and our partner Living Room Conversations, co-founded the progressive groups Moms Rising and MoveOn.org, which has raised millions of dollars for left-wing candidates. She is from Berkeley — one of the most progressive areas in the country. She still lives there and remains a proud, active Democrat today.
Scott McDonald, co-founder of AllSides and technology lead, is more centrist and less active politically. As an early online community entrepreneur, he remains dedicated to transparency, and that feeds his passion for revealing media bias across the political spectrum. However, he did intern for Republican Slade Gorton in the 1990s.
AllSides is proud to be a mix of people from all over the political bias spectrum. Take a look at the TED Talk that John and Joan did together on bursting filter bubbles to see just how we work together across our differences for the common good.
“Your team isn’t diverse enough.”
We frequently get compliments for how transparent we are about the political biases of AllSides team members. That sometimes also leads to concerns from the left and right.
For example, as of this writing (February 2019) there are twice as many people working for us who fall on the left side of the political spectrum than on the right (but the mix continually changes). While the team has more women than men, only 10 percent are people of color.
We might not have a team member from your area, but we do hail from all over the country: rural, sub-urban and urban. This provides us with a diverse mix of experience and values. Take a look at this map showing where AllSides team members and key partners are located. Beyond this, we have even more geographical and cultural diversity when you consider where our team members were raised, adding places like Kentucky, Ohio, Washington and Pennsylvania, and countries including Russia, India and France.
While AllSides isn’t a perfect 50/50 split of men and women, liberals and conservatives, white people and people of color, our background is collectively diverse and we represent many different viewpoints, experiences and perspectives.
“Your funding comes from evil places.”
Most news media business models reward sensationalism and partisanship. In other words, their business models reward bad behavior.
AllSides created a unique business model that actually encourages good journalism. A major part of this is that we provide services to schools and nonprofit organizations dedicated to bridging divides. If we were ever to lose our balance, we would lose these customers and the funds we get from them. We also raise money from individuals dedicated to balanced journalism, civil conversation and bridging divides.
Some of these organizations have received donations from individuals or organizations that fund partisan activities. Some of our individual donors have been active supporters in partisan politics on the left and right.
For example, we have partnered and received some funding from some organizations that are dedicated to bridging divides, and many of these are run mostly by people from the left. Some have received money from people like Tom Steyer, billionaire donor and leader of progressive causes. He is currently funding an impeachment campaign among other causes, and is often vilified by conservatives.
AllSides has also worked with organizations and received funding from the Charles Koch Foundation. Like Tom Steyer on the left, Charles Koch is a wealthy supporter on the right, supporting conservative causes and candidates. Sure, Koch often funds traditionally liberal causes, including free press, free speech, and education, and that is how we have worked with them, but they are often vilified by progressives.
We are proud to receive support from groups like these. While some might cite this as a reason to hate us, we take a different view. The fact that people from both sides of the aisle believe AllSides holds a solution to our hyperpolarized and partisan society and are willing to invest in the solution gives us hope for the future of our nation.
“Both nonprofit and for-profit companies have dangerous biases and inefficiencies - how does that impact AllSides?”
Sometimes those on the right point out that nonprofits can become unaccountable and ineffective, wasting money or becoming almost entirely controlled by one big donor. Some may be concerned that AllSides for Schools is a nonprofit vulnerable to being hijacked by a big money special interest with a partisan agenda.
On the flip side, AllSides.com is a for-profit company. One of our goals is to develop a media business model that rewards good behavior, unlike the modern media model most use, which encourages partisanship and tribal outrage. Yet some may wonder what would prevent our good mission of bursting filter bubbles and bridging divides from being thwarted by the profit motive.
We believe there are pros and cons to both nonprofit and for-profit models, and that is one of the reasons we work in both worlds – to balance out the dangers and to better support our mission.
AllSides is transparent about bridging divides
For people who hate or fear the other side and want to build up anger, we’ve laid out plenty of points you can use. As you can see, AllSides has ties with a variety of groups, individuals and organizations that folks on the other side might find unsavory. But that's part of the point of AllSides: to bring together people who might otherwise disagree in order to work toward the common goal of understanding the world and each other better.
When we refuse to work with people who are different than us, we run the risk of not understanding them or being mislead into thinking they are "evil." At AllSides, we strive to create friendly partnerships with those who are devoted to better understanding one another — and we strengthen our democracy in the process.
If you still have honest concerns, check out some more answers in our FAQ. And if you are tired of the sensational outrage, deepening divisions and polarization that seem to be paralyzing our country and the rest of the world, we hope that you will consider AllSides as a friendly partner devoted to strengthening our knowledge and understanding of one another — in order to build a stronger democracy.
John Gable is the co-founder and CEO of AllSides.


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What are instant payments?
Instant payments are a payment method that allows the sender to send funds to a recipient's account in real time. Instant payment services are available 24 hours a day throughout the year, including public holidays and weekends.
1. What are faster payments?
Instant payments are also known as faster payments in the UK. Launched on May 27, 2008, the Faster Payments Service (FPS) is a banking initiative to reduce the time customers need to move funds between accounts to seconds from three business days previously. A service with the same name was launched in Hong Kong on September 17, 2018.
2. What are real-time payments?
3. Instant payments globally
Instant payment services are available in virtually all major countries. Two examples are mentioned above, namely the FPS in the UK and its namesake in Hong Kong.
On February 9, 2015, Polski Standard Płatności (Polish Payment Standard) launchedBlik, allowing people in the country to make instant payments through the app. By the end ofQ3 2022, Blik had 12 million active users and recorded 324 million transactions in three months, an average of 3.5 million daily operations or a 67 percent year-on-year increase.
Six major Swedish banks launched Swish in 2012. Ten years later, on June 17, Swish had eight million users, or 77 percent of Sweden's population. In India, the Immediate Payment Service began operating in 2010, and theUnified Payments Interface (UPI) was implemented in 2016.
How does instant pay work?
1. Instant payments requirements
The European Central Bank requires an instant payment ecosystem to comprise four layers – the end-user solution, scheme, clearing, and settlement layers. The first layer calls for cooperation and competition with other service providers. The second layer concerns the system that makes instant payment available. The third deals with the scheme used to execute the clearing of transactions between service providers. The fourth concerns the scheme that arranges transaction settlements between service providers.
On the operational level, an instant payment process requires a recipient, a sender, and their respective banks. The parties will be involved in five steps – initiation, authorisation, transmission, acceptance, and receipt. First, the sender connects with the system provided by their bank to set up a payment. Once the sender initiates the request, the bank will take the funds and push them to the recipient's bank. The receiving bank then validates the message and informs the recipient. Once the receiving bank confirms the transaction, it notifies the sending bank through the underlying system and puts the money in the recipient's account. Finally, both banks notify the sender and recipient about the transaction. This sequence does not take not hours or minutes to complete but seconds.
2. Do instant payments charge a fee?
The European Commission on October 10, 2022, announced that it had issued a draft regulation that would force all banks to offer instant payments in euros for free. The announcement came amid the energy and cost-of-living crises on the continent. Until then, instant payments charged fees of up to £26 in the European Union.
As of August 2022, there were 40 institutions offering the FPS in the UK. The service is free for personal use. For corporates, the charges range from £2.50 per payment to £5 per line, with a limit of £250,000 per transaction.
3. Instant payments regulation
In the EU, instant payments areregulated by the European Commission, and payments within the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) are managed by the European Payment Council (EPC). Most transfers in the region comply with the rules set under SEPA payment schemes. The EPC represents payment service providers on the continent to harmonise payments in the region. The council oversees more than 46 billion transactions every year. The EPC was not established by the EU but by banks in 2002 in answer to the bloc's call for harmonised electronic payment systems.
Instant payments are regulated by the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) in the UK. The PSR currently regulates eight payment systems –Bacs,CHAPS,Cheque & Credit,FPS,LINK,Mastercard,Visa Europe, andthe Sterling Fnality Payment System. These previously included The Belfast Bankers' Clearing Company (Northern Ireland Cheque Clearing).
Instant payments growth
Based on data released by GlobalData on February 15, 2022, there were 70.4 billion instant payment transactions worldwide in 2020 alone. Experts at GlobalData believe the industry will expand at a compound annual growth rate of over 30 percent by 2024. India is the country with the fastest rate of instant payment adoption among its citizens. Its UPI is now also available in Bhutan, Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, France, Oman, and the EU. Hosting approximately six billion monthly transactions, it provides services to over 300 registered banks and almost 260 million users.
On April 8, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced plans to connect all instant payment platforms in countries in the region to improve cross-border transactions between them. Several ASEAN members in 2021 signed an agreement to link their instant payment platforms to allow real-time cross-border fund transfers. Digital wallets are a prominent instant payment method of choice in the region. Payments using e-wallets account for 31 percent of e-commerce transactions in the Philippines, 39 percent in Indonesia, and 25 percent in Vietnam.
The Asia-Pacific region in general is ahead of Europe, Latin America, North America, and the Middle East and Africa in terms of instant payment adoption. In 2020, the number of instant payment instances surpassed 56 billion, with China and India, the world's most populous countries, accounting for 70 percent of global instant payments. After India and China, the top markets in the industry are South Korea, Thailand, the UK, Nigeria, Japan, Brazil, the US, and Mexico.
In many countries, the rise of instant paymentsoccurred during the coronavirus pandemic as customer preferences shifted from cash to cashless payments. In Brazil, the use of cash declined by 26 percent in 2020, 8 percent in the UK, and 24 percent in the US. Based on data released by the Central Bank of Brazil in 2022, the country's Pix instant payment platform had 122 million users and 775 registered participating institutions while recording two billion monthly transactions in only two years since its launch.
Instant payment benefits
1. Key benefits for customers
Other than making transactions more efficient, instant/faster/real-time payments offer flexibility for individual users as they can move funds instantly as opposed to the traditional three business days. Instant payments allow customers to makeemergency payments that would not be possible with conventional bank transfers, allowing them to avoid late fees, account overdrafts, and credit score damages.
2. Key benefits for businesses and governments
For businesses and governments, instant payments can help improve cash flow. As funds arrive instantly in the recipient's account, merchants and government bodies can be more flexible and precise in managing their cash flow. Instant payments also boost efficiency. As they are digitalized, real-time payment systems eliminate the need to manage paper money, including counting and storage. Instant payments also help to attract more customers, both in person and online.
1. Instant payments vs real-time payments
Real-time payments are another name for instant payments, mainly used in the US.
2. Faster payments vs instant payments
Faster payments are another name for instant payments, mainly used in the UK.
1. Are instant payments available on weekends?
Yes, instant/faster/real-time payment services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year, including during public holidays and weekends.
2. How long does it take to make an instant payment?
Instant/faster/real-time payments usually take less than 10 seconds from start to finish, with rare two-hour delays at most in the UK. Mistakes and incorrect recipient or sender data are among the factors that can delay the process.


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The UK focussed banks have been among the hardest fallers following the vote to leave the EU. Exactly what Brexit will mean for UK banks remains unclear, but there are a number of concerns that have driven prices down, which we have looked in more detail in our latest article 'Why are the banks suffering the most from Brexit?'
Given the recent market reaction all eyes will be on the banks' next set of results. Half year results are expected on 28 July, when we should get a better idea of exactly what the Bank thinks Thursday's vote means for them.
28 April 2016: Lloyds Banking Group has delivered a Q1 performance very similar to the previous year, in a quarter most notable for the absence of any charges for PPI claims. Income was slightly lower, but costs were lower too. Profits were down 6%, but only because there was a contribution from their stake in TSB, now sold, last year.
Lloyds shares opened two pence lower, in a weak overall market.
Our view on Lloyds:
Other banks would like to be where Lloyds is, especially now that it looks to have drawn a line under the whole sorry PPI affair. Lloyds tends to have the primary financial relationship with its clients; other players have to try and jostle their way in past the current account and mortgage provider to see what is left on the table.
Capital ratios are strong and there is little need to build ratios up any more, so in future, the bank can give the rest back to investors. Lloyds has been assiduously cutting costs for years and is now reaping the benefit. Its class-leading cost:income ratio and focus on low risk, simple banking products means they have strong cash generation, but little need to retain the cash they create.
Bad debts are extraordinarily low, because interest rates are low and employment is high. Investors should not expect them to stay this low in the long run . But the combination of low bad debts and Lloyds' strong cost-cutting performance certainly bodes well for earnings in the near term.
Whilst HSBC and Standard Chartered were beneficiaries of the changes to the banking levy, its reshaping as a tax surcharge on UK bank profit is less helpful to Lloyds, given it has become a robustly profitable UK bank.
Returning cash to shareholders:
Lloyds is strongly capitalised and intends to return any surplus capital generation through special dividends and share buy-backs.
On current consensus forecasts, Lloyds offers a dividend yield of over 6% in the current financial year.
It may not grow that quickly; after all, it has large shares of relatively mature markets, so it is a large fish that will bump up against the edges of the tank quite often. But if it can keep throwing off cash in the direction of shareholders when it does so, we can live with that. Lloyds remains our favourite amongst the UK's major banking stocks.
Results in detail:
Capital ratios remain strong, with Tier 1 capital of 13.0% and a total capital ratio of 21.4%. Tangible net assets edged up to 55.2p per share (2015: 52.3p).
Income of £4.4bn was 1% lower, but operating costs of £2.0bn were 2% lower. Impairments fell yet again, from £158m in the prior year to £149m. This represents an asset quality ratio of 14bps, in other words, less than one seventh of one percent of assets were written off as bad debts, on an annualised basis. Lloyds say they expect the full year ratio to be 20bps.
Underlying profits, excluding TSB were flat at £2.054bn (2015: £2.060bn) but statutory profits were halved at £654m (2015: £1214m) due mainly to an £800m charge against the redemption of the Enhanced Capital Notes, which also had the effect of wiping 40bp off the Tier 1 capital.
Loans to customers rose by £2bn over the year, to £457bn and £1bn of additional deposits were raised (£419bn vs £418bn in 2015) leaving the loan to deposit ratio stable at 109%. Net interest margins improved 14bp to 2.74% and the cost: income ratio declined a further 30bp to 47.4% in sharp contrast to the 76% reported by Barclays the day before.
Lloyds is making good progress with its cost reductions, having achieved half the target of £1bn of annualised cost reductions by end 2017 already. The group expects to end 2019 with the cost: income ratio around 45%.
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BARTON and Dunstall Key Trust maintained a tradition dating back to the 17th century by handing the vicar of Barton under Needwood 10 shillings to deliver a sermon on Good Friday.
This year’s sermon was preached at St James’ Parish Church, based in the village, by Rev Andrew Ridley, vicar of Barton, and he was presented with 10 shillings by the chairman of the Barton and Dunstall Key Trust.
It is believed that this tradition is one of the oldest of its kind surviving in Britain.
When the numerous charities of Barton and Dunstall were reformed into the Barton and Dunstall Key Trust in 1972, there was an opportunity to bring the value up to date but trustees honoured the covenant put in place by William Key by maintaining the payment at the 1651 sum.
Present day value of ten shillings, allowing for inflation varies between £58 and nearly £1,000 if it is related to present average earnings.
Rev Ridley said “It’s a wonderful tradition but it makes me wonder why it was thought necessary to have to pay the vicar of Barton what was then quite a tidy sum to deliver a Good Friday sermon - what was going on all those years ago?”
William Key, 17th century landowner and keeper of the Barton Ward of Needwood Forest, died in October 1651.
He left various plots of land the rents of which were to be distributed to the poor of the villages of Barton under Needwood and Dunstall.
Over the years, some have been sold and investments now produce the majority of the Trust’s income.
Adrian Wedgwood, chairman, said “Local individuals and organisations who think we may be able to help can look up our aims and objectives at www.bartondunstallkeytrust.co.uk.”


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Departmental or ministerial documents, minutes or notes that reference the ATAGI advice of, or about 27 April 2021 on COVID-19 vaccination in particular, concerning the advice to provide choice of vaccine to senior Australian.
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Vancouver-based cleantech player Westport Innovations (TSX:WPT) today announced it has signed agreements with Caterpillar to co-develop natural gas technology for off-road equipment, including mining trucks and locomotives.
Caterpillar spokesman Steve Fisher says the company hopes to be a leader in natural gas and plans to offer a full line of natural gas machines and equipment using Westport’s high-pressure direct-injection (HPDI) technology.
Shares of Westport were up significantly on the news today, providing welcome relief for shareholders who have watched the company’s stock slide from more than $48 in March to recent lows near $23. The company’s revenue is climbing; its recently reported Q1, 2012 saw topline numbers rise 132% to $88.6-million from just $38.1-million in the same period last year. But Westport is still losing money, Q1’s loss of $22.6-million (U.S.) was typical of recent quarters.
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NEW DELHI: India's aviation regulator is likely to put curbs on the use of the entire range of Samsung Galaxy
Note smartphones on flights, a senior official said, after IndiGo reported an incident of "sparks and smoke" emitting from a Note 2 kept in the hand baggage of a passenger.
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"The (regulator's fresh) advisory may be similar to the Samsung Note 7 advisory, where carrying of the phones in a 'switch on' mode will not be allowed," said a senior DGCA official. "We have called Samsung to discuss the issue on Monday." The official didn't want to be named.
"We are aware of an incident involving one of our devices," Samsung said. "At Samsung, customer safety is our highest priority. We are in touch with relevant authorities to gather more information, and are looking into the matter," a spokesperson said.Note 7 to hit Indian markets soon
After the Note 7 incidents, Samsung investigated the problem and found that the rechargeable batteries inside the phones were at fault. It has since worked on the fixes and started selling the rectified device in some markets. The new Note 7is expected to hit the Indian market around September 28-30, with the Korean company looking to bring it ahead of the local launch of Apple's iPhone
7 on October 7, ET had reported this week.
In a news release, Indi-Go said some passengers on its flight 6E-054 from Singapore noticed smoke and smell in the cabin and alerted the cabin crew. The crew noticed the smoke being emitted from a Samsung Note 2 kept in a baggage in the overhead bin, discharged the fire extinguisher and quickly transferred the device into a container filled with water in lavatory, it said.
The aircraft made a normal landing at the Chennai airport and passengers were deplaned as per the normal procedure. This equipment (Samsung mobile) will be further examined by the concerned departments. IndiGo has voluntarily informed the DGCA, the airline said.


In the wake of Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman, and other parents allegedly using the foul means of their considerable means to gain admittance for their children to elite schools, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) wants to end deductions for parents who donate to schools their children attend. Wyden cites deductions for the naming of campus buildings and scholarships, and for sports tickets, as of particular concern.
This is, apparently, not Ted Kennedy’s Democratic Party.
“[H]eadlines about the wealthiest Americans buying access to our elite colleges and universities is just a new version of an old story,” he explained after the scandal broke. “While the prosecutor attempted to distinguish these crimes from payoffs in the form of buildings or stadiums to secure access for the undeserving, it is all part of the same corrupt system.”
The senator does not stretch a point too far to compare illegal bribes to perfectly legal donations. The legal code may make distinctions about such quid pro quo transactions but the moral code does not.
One wonders whether Wyden, and his senatorial brethren, also see the connection between the college admissions scandal gaining headlines and the scandal, discussed in more muted tones, of obscene tax deductions allowing the wealthiest to pay nothing. Both instances seem “all part of the same corrupt system” in which the haves take advantage at the expense of others.
Amazon, certainly as famous as Lori Loughlin, manipulated the tax code in such a way as to pay zero in corporate income taxes for the last two years.
“Amazon, the ubiquitous purveyor of two-day delivery of just about everything, nearly doubled its profits to $11.2 billion in 2018 from $5.6 billion the previous year and, once again, didn’t pay a single cent of federal income taxes,” the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy points out. The online behemoth, in fact, reported a tax rebate of $129 million for 2018. Just as YouTube celebrity Olivia Jade took a deserving kid’s spot at USC, Amazon took a tax rebate better used to fix a road, pay a soldier, or reduce the debt.
Amazon, like parents who time donations to colleges in anticipation of a child seeking admittance, does not break the law. But to most it seems like they take advantage of the existing law, which begs for reform.
Amazon, like Laughlin and Huffman, did not alone transgress decency here. They merely acted as the most famous of those who did. They used shortcuts. But they did not create these shortcuts.
In the case of Amazon, the same government deprived of revenue created the shortcuts. And despite political rhetoric decrying the Trump cut of the corporate rate, the rates do not represent the problem. The labyrinthian loopholes do.
Consider history. Although individual rates in the 1930s dwarfed current rates and corporate rates now eclipse rates during the 1930s, the government consistently derived a higher portion of its receipts from corporations than it did from individual payers. Currently, the federal government gets almost half of its revenues from individual income taxes. It receives less than a tenth of the total from corporate taxes. As late as World War II, the federal government took more from corporations than it did from individuals.
This does not mean the federal government should revert to relying more heavily on corporations than individuals. It does mean that higher rates do not mean higher revenues. This stems in large part because voluminous deductions make a farce of the prevailing rate. Unlike Dorothy, when the Wizard tells us to pay no attention to that man behind the curtain, we heed his advice. We fixate on rates when we should focus on loopholes. Closing loopholes makes for a more honest tax code.
Amazon and other companies owe a duty to their shareholders, not the taxpayers. Congress owes a duty to the taxpayers, not Amazon’s shareholders. The fault lies primarily with those who make laws, not those who manipulate them. The fix does too.
Hunt Lawrence is a New York-based investor. Daniel Flynn is the author of six books.


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