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Many new tourist destinations have emerged in Bali, ranging from beaches, plantations, man-made tourism and even waterfalls.
Entering the nature tourism category, it’s not wrong if Bali is still a tourist destination that is still busy being visited by many domestic and foreign tourists.
This time we will discuss one of the newest natural attractions that Bali has, one of which is Goa Raja Waterfall, see our review below…
Located in Jehem, Kec. Tembuku, Bangli Regency and is known for its hilly areas. Bangli has enormous natural potential to be developed into a natural tourist attraction.
One of them is the potential of a very extraordinarily beautiful waterfall. The development of this tourist spot was instead developed by the local community independently.
Like the Goa Raja waterfall which was developed by the local community by self-help.
If you visit the Goa Raja waterfall, you have to pass a 200 meter long river with typical river rocks.
What’s unique is that when you cross the river, you don’t need to worry about getting wet because from one rock to another a bridge made of bamboo and wood has been built.
The Attraction of Goa Raja Waterfall
Of course, when you choose the destination for this tourist spot, there will be many activities that you can do at the Goa Raja waterfall, including;
Come with family or friends, don’t forget to bring a change of clothes. The location of the Goa Raja waterfall is perfect for spending time playing in clear water, of course.
Apart from playing in the water, there you can spend time by taking selfies. Prepare your camera then look for the best place for you to capture in a photo.
Following the Melukat Tradition
It has a clean, cool place, and there is a spring that can be used for painting. Here there are also two pools with clear water, a gazebo and also a place to change clothes.
Visit the Cliff Temple Site
The Tebing Jehem Temple is one of the historical remains in Bangli Regency, whose pattern is similar to the Tebing Gunung Kawi Temple.
Location and Hours of Operation
Located in Jehem, Kec. Tembuku, Bangli Regency, Bali. If you start your journey from downtown Denpasar, you will need about an hour’s drive to arrive at this waterfall area.
And for the operating hours themselves, it is open every Monday to Sunday and is open from 08.00 to 17.00 WITA.
For the price of the entrance ticket, you only need to provide money for an entrance ticket of IDR 20,000/person.
This Goa Raja waterfall tourist spot provides a different tourist experience for visitors, because in one place the sensation of natural, historical and spiritual tourism is presented.
Until November 30, 2022, the Goa Rajo Tourism Awareness Group (Pokdarwis) in Jehem Village held a Melaspas Pelinggih and Rsi Gana activity at the Goa Raja waterfall tourist spot.
This ceremony marks and is expected to open the Goa Raja waterfall tourist spot to the public with better management.
Don’t forget to visit this new tourist spot in Bali, this can be an alternative tourist spot for you while on vacation in Bali so you don’t get too monotonous and bored while enjoying your holidays.
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Black beaded watch chain worked in a flat ribbon connected to a gold swivel snap clasp. Gold beads woven into the chain depict crosses, crowns, keys,hearts and other designs, as well as spelling out the maker's initials.
beads (pierced objects)
"Mementos: Jewelry of Life and Love from Historic New England": More than forty years after beaded chains faded from popularity, Margaret Duncan Phillips decided to make one for her new husband, Stephen Henry Phillips. Married in 1871, the couple had to live apart as Stephen pursued business in California. This chain uses the same sentimental motifs as those from an earlier generation.
"MDP" and other designs. (Beaded Monogram)
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There were many small weaving streets in Shimokitazawa, and with each turn there's something cool and fun to look at:
Lovely birds at the side of the street.
NOCE is usually a fairly "elegant-looking" furniture store... and in Shimokitazawa it was in a cool, more "indie" looking building. I believe they intentionally made the building look a bit run-down. (?)
Notice the cute little nordic(?) doll in front of the zakka shop?
Cute duckling cafe sign.
A zakka shop with red fence, a cute little coffee sign, and a bold red coffee and cake sign. The coffee shop was up the stairs on the right.
I believe the shop sells spaghetti. (!)
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A couple of weeks ago, BBC Radio 4s Gardeners’ Question Time mentioned that Roman soldiers introduced Roman nettle to Britain. They used it to keep themselves warm by beating themselves with the stinging plants. As someone who studies Roman plant remains, this is a pretty amusing picture. But I was also a bit confused why I had never come across this in any of the archaeological material I read during my research.
First things first, what is Urtica pilulifera? A quick flick through Clive Staces’ New flora of the British Isles (1997) shows Roman nettle used to occur as a casual in southern Britain, but does not occur any more. Next stop, the Online Atlas of the British Flora. No mention of Roman nettle, neither is there in Preston et al’s 2004 article on archaeophytes in Britain. Flora Europaea does tell us Roman nettle is an annual growing 30-100cm, monoecious, with 2-7cm leaves and flowers in globose heads. It now grows in southern Europe, but used to be found further north but is now rare.
Is this earlier distribution due to the expansion of the Roman Empire? The wikipedia page for Roman Britain has a brief section on environmental changes, in which it reiterates that roman soldiers introduced Roman nettle to warm themselves. Sadly, all of the fascinating plant foods that were introduced in the Roman period are missing (note:archaeobotanists should spend more time editing wikipedia). The article references a 1949 paper by Homer Nearing, published in the (paywalled) journal of the Medieval Academy of America. In this article Homer writes about the various medieval legends relating to Julius Caesar.
Homer discusses how the nettle story was described by William Camden as originating with John Parkinson, the Elizabethan herbalist. In his historical survey of Great Britain, (Britannia 1586), Camden describes how Parkinson linked Urtica romana with Romney, Kent by arguing that Julius Caesar landed there in 54 BC. The Roman soldiers apparently bought seeds with them to sow, so they could use the plants to keep warm. Camden disagrees with Parkinson on 2 points. Firstly, Roman nettle grew in several coastal locations in the late 16th century, and not just Romney. Secondly, Caesar didn’t land in Romney, so the story can’t be true. If Camden knew that the story was false over 400 years ago, how is it still accepted?
The association of stinging nettles with soldiers appears on various websites concerned with folk lore and natural remedies. Some websites associate the claim with William Camden, and miss off the bit where Camden disagrees with it. Here’s a good example. The association of Roman nettles with Roman soldiers also makes it way into medical journals, appearing in Randall et al’s 2000 paper on using nettle for pain relief. In turn, they reference Richard Mabey’s Flora Britannica, which attributes the link between Roman soldiers and Roman nettle back to Camden (Mabey 1996, p. 68).
There are currently no records of Urtica pilulifera listed on the Archaeobotanical Computer Database for Britain. Considering the hundreds of Urtica dioica – stinging nettle and Urtica urens – common nettle seeds that archaeobotanists find from archaeological settlements, the absence of Roman nettle must mean it was never introduced here.
Nettles are interesting for their use in Roman medicine, and Urtica urens (small nettle) was introduced to Britain in the Late Bronze Age (Preston et al. 2004). But the introduction of Roman nettle to Britain by roman soldiers is only a popular folk story.
Camden, W. 1722. Britannia. London Col. 266
Homer Nearing Jr 1949. Local Caesar Traditions in Britain. Speculum 24(2):218-227.
Mabey, R. 1996. Flora Britannica. London: Sinclair-Stevenson.
Preston, C., Pearman, D., & Hall, A. 2004. Archaeophytes in Britain. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 145:257–294.
Randall, C., Randall, H., Dobbs, F., Hutton, C., & Sanders, H. (2000). Randomized controlled trial of nettle sting for treatment of base-of-thumb pain. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 93, 305–9.
Stace, C. 1997. New flora of the British Isles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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It is alleged that Lakot and her sub accountant colluded and reportedly withdrew 5.6 million shillings from the sub-county bank accounts purportedly to construct a latrine at Madi Opei Sub County headquarters.
Four Lamwo District staff have been interdicted for alleged embezzlement
and mismanagement of public funds.
The staff include are Janet Lakot, the Sub County Chief of Madi
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County, William Arop the community development officer of Agoro Sub County and
Paul Kilama the acting Sub County Chief for Agoro Sub County.
The Lamwo district Chief Administrative Officer Charles Uma says that
the staff were referred to the rewards and sanction committee to explain their
alleged involvement in the embezzlement of public funds under the Public
Service Standing Orders, but they refused.
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purportedly to construct a latrine at Madi Opei Sub County headquarters.
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10 Famous Hard Rockers Who Were in Horror Movies
Horror fans got a kick out of news that Metallica’s James Hetfield is playing Officer Bob in the Ted Bundy biopic Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, directed by Joe Berlinger. While this is the rocker’s first foray into acting, cinema is littered with examples of musicians who attempted to make this transition. In the 1980s, Mick Jagger, Sting, and David Bowie all made numerous appearances in movies, including horror flicks.
The trend continues today, but there’s something about metal musicians in movies that feels… funny. I mean, metal is a brutal, mean, and often ugly artform—and those who make a living in this arena often reflect these traits physically. The thought of these ambassadors of antiestablishment on movie sets, jumping to the whims of a director, feels kind of like a let-down!
Then again, horror is the perfect genre for these creators of cacophony, and more metal musicians have popped up in genre flicks than you probably realize. Below, in no particular order, are 10 frontmen who rock hard on stages and on celluloid. While we’d never suggest these guys quit their day jobs, their contributions to the horror genre are definitely appreciated.
To be clear, we’re talking about appearances where musicians are playing roles, not showing up in cameos as themselves.
Considering Alice Cooper’s sound and aesthetic are heavily inspired by classic horror movies, it seems natural that he’d make some notable appearances over his decades-long career. Some have been comic cameos, but Alice flexed his acting chops as Robert Englund’s adoptive father in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. It was a small role, but one that oozed pure evil, giving us insight into the origins of Freddy’s psychosis.
His appearance as a “street schitzo” in John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness is also worth noting. He even made it into the trailer; check him out above at the 0:34 mark!
Henry Rollins from Black Flag/The Rollins Band
On stage, Henry Rollins is a tightly wound ball of rage, a throbbing and percussive vocalist exuding a lifetime’s worth of frustration. But he was able to contain and channel that explosiveness into a measured yet intense performance in 2015’s vampire horror He Never Died. Rollins didn’t just appear in the film—he stars in it, meaning the film’s success hinged on his performance.
Both the film and the musician/actor garnered immense praise and Rollins will reteam with writer/director Jason Krawczyk when He Never Died Part 2 goes into production this summer.
Rollins actually has an extensive creative filmography, with small parts in numerous horror movies including Lost Highway, Feast, and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End.
Considering Marilyn Manson is known for his completely unhinged stage performances fueled by drugs and alcohol (a persona he maintains in between concerts), it’s hard to believe he’d have the discipline necessary to carry an actor’s weight in a film. But he proved himself a capable thespian—and I’m not talking about his bit-part as a sex fiend in Jawbreaker!
The shock-rocker played Pope in 2016’s Let Me Make You a Martyr, a complex and gritty horror movie written and directed by Corey Asraf and John Swab. The fact that Pope is a serial killer seems natural for a man named Manson, but the character is seething and controlled, requiring focused skill to communicate. Without a shred of his hallmark antics, Manson delivered a smoldering performance that dripped with arresting suspense.
Gene Simons from KISS and Ozzy Osbourne
As the fire-breathing, blood-spitting bass player and co-vocalist for KISS, Gene Simmons is the personification of horror. The same can be said for the incomparable, bat-decapitating madman Ozzy Osbourne. Both rockers have been destroying stages worldwide for over 4 decades and, somehow, found themselves with bit-parts in the same horror movie back in 1986.
Trick or Treat, directed by Charles Martin Smith, is a heavy metal-themed horror comedy that’s none too good. The appearances of Gene and Ozzy may be the only reason to seek out this clunker! Simmons is rather forgettable as a radio DJ named Nuke, but Osbourne is hysterical in an obviously ironic turn as a metal-hating evangelist.
Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit
He did it all for the nookie, riding high on the short-lived rap/rock craze of the late 1990s! But Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst’s offstage antics and a nasty reputation transformed him into a social pariah, a status reflected in tanking album sales. The singer’s been attempting to make a name for himself as an actor for over a decade now with little success to show for his efforts.
A notable exception is the horror drama Population 436, directed by Michelle MacLaren and released straight-to-DVD in 2006. It’s a Southern Gothic with hints of folk horror (something rare in American films), taking place in a town that maintains an exact population for nefarious reasons. Like Hetfield in Extremely Wicked, Durst plays a lawman and the irony is obvious. Still, Durst delivers a decent performance as a conflicted pillar of an insular community.
The only non-vocalist on this list, Flea is nonetheless one of the most famous bass players in modern rock. He’s also been popping up in movies for decades beginning with an uncredited appearance in 1983’s The Outsiders; other notable Flea films include Suburbia, Dudes, Point Break, Mototama, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
As far as horror goes, Flea had a tiny part as Bob Summerfield in Gus Van Sant’s ill-advised, shot-for-shot remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. He also played Jester the Alien in the obscure sci-fi Stranded, directed by Fleming B. Fuller and released in 1987; this film only exists on VHS, making it a sought-after rarity.
With his untamed mane, wild makeup, and sharp teeth Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider no doubt invaded the nightmares of more than a few kids who grew up in the 1980s. But he took an ambitious leap into horror movies in earnest with 1998’s Strangeland as the schizophrenic, highly modified sadist Captain Howdy. Snider didn’t merely accept a role, he wrote the film; and though it’s often overlooked by mainstream horror fans, Strangeland has a sizable cult following.
He’s connected to another horror film, although you could watch it 100 times and never realize it. In Adam Green’s chilling chair-lift thriller Frozen, Snider’s the guy who yells (from offscreen) “Last chair is through!” That means this guy’s responsible for a lot of heartache!
Linkin Park were Kings of Nu Metal for over a decade and the soaring vocals of Chester Bennington were a huge component of the band’s winning formula. Though his career was spotted by publicized battles with alcohol and drug addiction, his 2017 suicide shocked millions of fans worldwide; at 41, he still had a long career ahead of him, in music or acting.
Bennington planed Evan, a member of the skinhead gang murdered by Jigsaw protégé Mark Hoffman in Saw: The Final Chapter. Directed by Kevin Greutert, it’s one of the most brutal and over-the-top installments of the franchise, and Evan’s death sees the thug super-glued into a devious trap.
Most horror fans know Corey Taylor as the pyro-psychotic vocalist for the nightmarish outfit Slipknot (where he’s simply known as Number Eight). Though he’s donned many terrifying and unnerving masks for his onstage antics over the years, he went latex-free for a role in Fear Clinic, where he appeared alongside genre icon Robert England and Fiona Dourif (Cult of Chucky, Curse of Chucky).
Taylor also had a bit-part as Frankie in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens, although at this rate, everyone with an IMDb page will have appeared in a Sharknado movie by the end of the decade!

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Sahih Muslim | Book 1 | Hadith Number 419
Hadith Number 419
Narrated by Muhammad b. Ziyad
Muhammad b. Ziyad reported: I heard Abu Huraira narrate this: I heard it from the
Messenger of Allah(may peace be upon him) saying a hadith like one narrated by al- Rabi'.
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Jammu & Kashmir to unveil new industrial policy to encourage new entrepreneurs
The Jammu and Kashmir government will soon unveil a new industrial policy aimed at reviving the sector. "A new industrial policy will be unveiled soon which will give a fillip to the industrial sector in the state", Industries and Commerce Minister, Chander Parkash Ganga said in Srinagar, while chairing a meeting to discuss new industrial policy at Civil Secretariat yesterday.
Ganga said that the government has industrialist friendly approach and all possible efforts and measures would be taken to revive industrial units. "The new industrial policy is aimed to boost and revive the industry in the state and to encourage new investment in industries and facilitate new entrepreneurs, besides generation of employment avenues", he said.
He said Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is very much keen for flourishing progressive industrial setup in the state and all possible measures would be taken in this regard. The meeting was attended by representatives from various industrialist associations, who gave suggestions for the successful implementation of the policy.
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Have you noticed that this entire Obama anti Free Exercise of Religion brouhaha is occurring outside of direct representative governance where the people can actually exert some sway? It is a regulatory requirement that was never part of the original Obamacare bill. Indeed, there would seem to be no question that if such an anti Catholic provision were actually put in a statute, it would fail, fail, fail. That’s why the Obamacarians left most things up to the bureaucracy. It allows them to deconstruct freedom and assume unwarranted powers through bureaucratic fiat that is very difficult to prevent.
And now we learn that for all the president’s assurances about respecting religion and taking a different course were false as the Final Rule that was published about free birth control was not changed. From The Corner:
Prefaced by 17 pages of the kind of rhetorical squid ink that President Obama defensively deployed at his press conference, the words that have the force of law appear on pages 18 to 20. That’s where the actual amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations are made by three departments Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services that Congress previously granted joint oversight of employer health plans.
The bottom line is this: “Accordingly, the amendment to the interim final rule with comment period amending 45 CFR 147.130(a)(1)(iv) which was published in the Federal Register at 76 FR 46621-46626 on August 3, 2011, is adopted as a final rule without change.” [Emphasis added.] Translation: The Obama administration Friday afternoon put into federal law the very regulation that drew objections from almost 200 Catholic bishops, some 50 religiously affiliated colleges and universities, 65 North American bishops of Orthodox churches, numerous other Jewish, Evangelical and Lutheran leaders, and even some liberals and without changing so much as a comma.
From this point forward, any changes to this regulation have to go through the formal regulatory process all over again. The administration admits as much in the preamble to these regulations when it states that Treasury, Labor, and HHS “plan to initiate a rulemaking to require issuers to offer insurance without contraception coverage to such an employer (or plan sponsor) and simultaneously to offer contraceptive coverage directly to the employer’s plan participants (and their beneficiaries) who desire it, with no cost-sharing. Under this approach, the Departments will also require that, in this circumstance, there be no charge for the contraceptive coverage.” Thus, instead of delaying final regulations until they could be revised to reflect the prospective changes President Obama outlined Friday, the administration went ahead and locked into regulation its original position, accompanied by a (non-binding) promise to revisit the issue.
This means we wont see the changes until after the election, and who knows if a change will happen at all?
Remember, what they say doesn’t count. What matters is the text of the regulation. Obama will pretend he’s taken a step back—which itself wasn’t a step back—and renew his assault on religious freedom after he is reelected and has no more impediments to transforming the USA into an entitlement state.
I believe that even more than increasing access to health insurance, seizing power was the primary point of Obamacare: Centralized control and the ability to use health care as the cudgel to smash the principles of limited government. In other words, the USA is on a course that will transform us into rule by the same kind of unaccountable bureaucrats that afflicts the EU from Brussels.

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The mother of tragic Ana Hick posted a heartbreaking video of her daughter singing along with her in the car earlier this year, hours after the teen passed away in hospital.
The 18-year-old lost her fight for life yesterday following a heart attack after taking dodgy ecstasy.
Mum Elga Hick shared a video on Facebook in the early hours of Monday morning showing the pair belting out a Disney tune together in the car in January.
Talented Ana sings the lyrics to the song Part Of Your World from The Little Mermaid, along with her mother, who was driving at the time.
Loving friends posted messages of support after Elga shared the video this morning.
Ashley Morrissey Clarke said: "I loved seeing your videos & photos with Ana. You two had a very special & unique relationship.
"Thanks for bringing Ana into our lives.
"I wish tears could help. I have lots of those. Big hugs my friend. I'm so so sorry for your loss."
Aisling Alwell said: "Elga, the phrase 'like mother like daughter' was made for you two. Wishing you love and strength x."
Jason Proctor said: "My heart is broken Elga. Ana's smile will live forever. She is with our friends who we miss so much."
It follows a raft of tributes elsewhere on social media to the south Dublin teen as gardai today said there is no evidence of contaminated drugs being sold on the streets.
The family of the Dublin teenager also spoke of their heartache, as her grief-stricken aunt Niamh said the family had been hoping for a miracle yesterday.
She said: "We're all devastated, our heads are all over the place."
She told the Irish Sun: "The doctors had been doing their best but nothing changed. We'd been hoping for a miracle.
"We got such a shock about the reports about drugs.
"She's not like that, not that type of girl. She's a great girl.
"We will try to find out the full story of what happened."
The former Loreto College student collapsed outside the Twisted Pepper nightclub in central Dublin on Friday after taking dodgy ecstasy while out celebrating the end of her first year in college.
Doctors were able to resuscitate her after her heart stopped but she didn’t recover and passed away last night surrounded by family.
Gardai said this morning that there is no evidence of contaminated drugs being dealt on the streets of Dublin.
In a statement given to RTE, they said: "While all illegal drugs are toxic potentially fatal, there is no evidence of contaminated drugs being sold on Ireland’s streets."
A statement from the Twisted Pepper nightclub said everyone there "is deeply saddened and devastated at the news".
It added: "Our thoughts and prayers are with Ana’s family and friends at this tragic time.
"We are working closely with the authorities and out of respect for Ana and her family we cannot comment further at this time."
The Loreto Abbey Dalkey school management, principal, staff and students offered their sympathies to the teenager's family, friends and class of 2014.
They also posted a prayer for her on the school website.
"Today is such a sad day for so many people in our school community," the school said.
"All of us who knew Ana will remember her as someone who was full of life and laughter, full of fun and talent. Her sad death reminds us again of the bonds we form as a school community. Even though one of us may no longer be here in the building our presence can still be felt.
"When we lose one of our own we all feel the loss."
The Loreto school said the teenager's parents were in their thoughts.
"We remember her parents. The depth of the loss they must be feeling today is unimaginable. May they find support in the people around them," the school said.
"And we remember Ana's friends both here in school and far beyond - she loved and appreciated you and our prayers are with you today too."
Rachel Sarah Murphy, founder and director of the Irish Film Academy, paid a heartfelt tribute to the teenager describing her as positive, fun-loving and sweet with an infectious laugh.
"She was one of life's beautiful people," she said.
"Our gorgeous classmate and friend Ana who shone so bright in life has taken her place amongst the stars. Ana your infectious laughter will ring out in the IFA forever. We love you. Shine bright xx."


News Study to determine swing bridge future now underway SHARE ON: Rosalind Russell, staff Wednesday, Jul. 11th, 2018 A study of the historic iconic Swing Bridge in Little Current is underway. The bridge averages 3,000 to nearly 5,000 vehicles a day. Photo by Roslaind Russell A study on the future of the Little Current Swing Bridge is underway and residents are encouraged to share their comments, concerns and ideas with the Ministry of Transportation’s consultant firm. Melissa Delfino, senior project engineer with the MTO, says the purpose of the study is to identify a recommendation plan to address current and future transportation needs at the bridge crossing. She adds the study is being done by Stantec Consulting Limited. Three public information sessions will be held. The website, swingbridgestudy.ca, will feature project information as it becomes available. To be part of the study, go to; email@example.com. For more information, contact Gregg Cooke, consultant project manager with Stantec at 905-381-3221. Collect calls can be made to 905-385-3234.


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The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is still working “expeditiously” to implement major portions of the Food Safety Modernization Act, legislation that has largely sat in budgetary limbo since President Obama signed it into law on January 4, 2011 – nearly two years ago.
“The Obama Administration is committed to food safety and we have taken key steps including putting out a food safety rule cracking down on salmonella in eggs and expanding E. coli testing for beef,” an OMB spokeswoman wrote to the Huffington Post on Tuesday. “We are working as expeditiously as possible to implement the food safety legislation we fought so hard for. When it comes to rules with this degree of importance and complexity, it is critical that we get it right.”
That comment came in an official response to an article by Joe Satran published earlier Tuesday on the Huffington Post which suggested that the new laws might finally see the light of day with the presidential election over.
But the January 2012 deadline for several rules is fast approaching its one-year anniversary. According to policy experts interviewed by Satran, many suspect that election season political motivations played into the delay.
Last winter, a 10-person team of U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy officials worked with the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to clear up some concerns with the legislation before the impending deadline. But that deadline came and went without any laws moving on to the next step.
Policy experts tell Satran that the rules should have been released for public comment after several months, but should not have taken more than a year. The OMB, however, may slow down its review based on White House pressure. Given Obama’s struggle to not be pinned as an “over-regulator” during election season, it might have been the politically safe move to stall on new food safety rules that may add costs to industry, especially small businesses.
“And even conservative estimates put the cost of implementing FSMA, both to the government and to the food industry, in the billions of dollars,” Satran writes. “Yet food safety advocates argue that the benefits of the regulations are likely to far outweigh the costs.”
The five major pillars of the FSMA will help pivot the nation’s food system from taking a more reactive to a more preventative approach to food safety. If they reduce foodborne illness rates by even a fraction, they have the potential to save Americans billions of dollars in healthcare costs every year.
Those five pillars — all still awaiting implementation — consist of the following:
– Preventive controls: FDA will require science-based preventive controls throughout the food system. This includes requiring food facilities to write preventive control plans, establishing minimum standards for safe production of fruits and vegetables and introducing regulation to help prevent intentional adulteration of food at vulnerable points in the food chain.
– Inspection and compliance: FDA has new authority to conduct inspections. FDA will inspect all high-risk domestic facilities every three years, have access to facility records and will establish a laboratory accreditation process for third-party testing laboratories.
– Response to violations: FDA will now have the authority to order food recalls – as opposed to recommending voluntary recalls as it does now – in cases of contamination. Farms will also be required to track their product and develop plans for how to issue recalls, though small farms that sell the majority of their product locally (within 275 miles) and sell less than $500,000 a year in product are exempt.
– Oversight of imports: Food importers must now verify that their facilities and preventive controls meet U.S. standards. FDA can now deny food from foreign facilities entry to the U.S. if the facility does not allow access to inspectors.
– Collaborative partnerships: Health agencies, both foreign and domestic, will work collaboratively to improve public health goals. FSMA provides FDA with a grant to develop state and local health agencies’ ability to improve food safety at a localized level. FDA will also develop a plan to help improve foreign industries’ ability to meet U.S. food safety requirements.
Whenever the OMB does release its proposal for the rules, the public will have 60 days to comment, and then it may take another year for FDA to release its finalized rules. After that, it may take another year for other federal agencies to approve those rules. Realistically, the FSMA rules may take until 2016 – or later – to become law.
In a statement to Food Safety News regarding the FSMA’s delayed implementation, an FDA spokeswoman had this to say:
“Publishing the FSMA rules is a priority for the agency. At this time, several key proposed rules are still under review by the Office of Management Budget. While the rule-making process can be complex and demanding, it will eventually provide for a framework that will have an enormous impact in modernizing the food safety system. We have made every effort to engage with all interested stakeholders throughout the process and will continue to do so after the rules are published.”© Food Safety News


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Our last live music of the fall season is Mark Gordon from 2-5pm today! We are out of the wind, but it’s still pretty cool today, so put on your warm & woolies to come celebrate the fall weather with us. Cheers!
Fall is here and I find myself craving a good book, a blankie, a glass of wine and a sweet treat to pair with it all. Enter in this Wine and Pumpkin Mug Cake with Wine Whipped Cream recipe. You can make a single (or double) serving of this feathery-light, moist, fall-inspired cake lickity split, plus have plenty of wine left for your wine glass.
I really liked the using our Sweet River White wine in this recipe, but you can use Whittenburg too. I experimented with Huzzah Valley, our rose, but wasn’t quite as pleased with the end result, so stick with a white wine in this recipe.
A couple goals when I create any recipe is to make the dish as easy and quick to make as possible. This Wine and Pumpkin Mug Cake certainly fits both bills. I made this in a little under 5 minutes with basic pantry staples. It might even take you less time since I took a little longer wanting the picture to look pretty!
I ended up mixing a double recipe in a bowl, then carefully spooned the batter into the wine glasses. You could instead just mix everything together in the glass (or a mug) itself to save some time. I cooked each glass separately, and they stay hot for quite a while after removing from the microwave, so be careful handling!
The pumpkin puree pictured in the background of the photo above was a homemade batch, but you can definitely use canned pumpkin puree instead. To save the unused puree, spoon the leftover into an ice cube tray to freeze small portions of the puree for future mug cakes.
Oh – and let’s talk about this whipped cream. This was my first time infusing wine into whipped cream, and it was a delicious success if I do say so myself. In fact, I liked it so much that I think all my whipped cream should be boozy from now on!
I made the whipped cream from scratch by adding the cream, sugar and wine in a small mason jar, putting the lid on tightly and then shaking it vigorously for about 3 minutes. Not too difficult, but feel free to use your hand mixer or whisk instead of this method (or just use ready whip). Although, I do feel like I worked off a few calories ahead of time by this shaking method. 🙂
The mug cake was inspired by this recipe, and you’ll find my adaptation of it below. If you make this, I’d love to hear what you think of it in the comments (and what you were reading while you ate it). Cheers!
- For the cake:
- 2 Tablespoons Sweet River White wine or Whittenburg wine
- 4 Tablespoons Flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 2 Tablespoons pumpkin puree
- ½ Tablespoon vegetable oil
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon, plus a dash for garnish (optional)
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- dash of ground ginger
- dash of ground cloves
- For the wine infused whipped cream:
- 1 Tablespoon Sweet River White wine or Whittenburg wine
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- Add all ingredients for the cake in a bowl, or directly into a mug, and stir together just until everything becomes smooth. If using a separate bowl, spoon cake mixture into wine glass.
- Microwave on high for 1 minute 15 seconds. Remove from microwave carefully - it's hot!
- Make the whipped cream while cake cooks by placing all the whipped cream ingredients in a small mason or jelly jar. Seal tightly and shake vigorously for approximately 3 minutes. Check consistency after about 2.5 minutes. Shaking for too long will turn the whipped cream into butter, so check often as you shake and stop once you get to the hard peak stage. You may need to shake longer than 3 minutes, or it might be a little less.
- Dollop whipped cream on top of the cake. Top with a dash of ground cinnamon and serve.
Pepe made the rounds again this past weekend as everyone enjoyed the afternoon in our makeshift outdoor tasting room. I think he’s trying to tell Amanda where the treat box is located!
Adam Yount kept everyone entertained throughout the afternoon. This guitar has been fixed up recently, but was only used sparingly on Saturday. However, Adam kept his other guitar smokin’ all day!
Mike and Robin brought two of their great danes to enjoy the music. Their brindle great dane, Bryce, found everything very relaxing!
While Bryce slept, our guests Amanda and Steve were surrounded by other dogs. Pepe’s in the chair, and Maggie is at Steve’s feet, while Steve’s own husky, Mishka, surveys the crowd. You just never knew when dog treats would appear!
This group visits us every year while they take an annual camping trip in the area. They were getting in the Halloween spirit while we got the front porch ready at the beginning of the day.
And one final peek at the day that a customer took with his drone. Once he gets up there, the view is amazing!
Thanks so much to everyone who joined us this weekend! We will do it all over again this coming Saturday, when we will host Mark Gordon from 2-5pm. If you haven’t taken a break yet this fall, then be sure to come out and enjoy the afternoon with us!

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Newsweek, May 2, 1960
Jean Giraudoux’s last play (he died in 1944) is a parable on good and evil, which could have been a bit solemn. To the delight of playgoers on Broadway last week, it turned out to be a fetching high styled vehicle bringing to the New York stage a pair of the theatre’s most fetching actresses–Vivien Leigh and Mary Ure–in high-style Dior gowns.
The duelists of the title are Miss Leigh, lethal and irresistibly wicked, dressed in vivid red, and Miss Ure, pale and the classical Lucrece she plays, sheathed in symbolic white. The scene is Roger Furse’s handsome concept of Aix-en-Provence in the middle 1800s, where Miss Leigh, a wife of notoriously dubious virtue is snubbed by Miss Ure, the militantly virtuous wife of a stuffy magistrate. It is Giraudoux’s point that women of excessive virtue are not only ahead of their times, but a threat to a workable state of affairs that allows women to dominate both husbands and lovers. Threatened by this traitor, the woman-in-red avenges herself by drugging her enemy-in-white and making her believe that she has been ravished in a bordello by a local lecher.
To the victor: In the end, playing fast and leering with logic, Giraudoux arranges a conspiracy among women to keep men in their place as the pompous monsters that they are. While the playwright provides good roles for John Marivale as a gallant dupe, Peter Wyngarde as a rake, and Alan MacNaughton as a proper prig, it is the women who dominate the play: Mary Ure, who dies in virtue, regretting “the disaster of lying down a martyr and rising a virgin,” and Miss Leigh, the vixen who stalks away from the field of honor, evil triumphant. Older, surer, and as handsome as she ever was as Scarlett O’Hara, Miss Leigh plays her role with the look of Lilith and the deadly dedication of a Lady Macbeth. If Giraudoux occasionally talks through his philosophical hat, Miss Leigh, at least, understands women.
There are, of course, any number of Vivien Leighs. She is the visiting British actress who ran home with two Hollywood Oscars–one for her Dresden-china Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone with the Wind,” the other for her blowzy-beautiful Blanche in “A Streetcar Named Desire.” She is also the wife and Lady of Sir Laurence Olivier, who co-starred with her on Broadway in Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra and Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. (Miss Leigh made the transition from kitten to cat with amazing aplomb.)
“I like those Cleopatras best,” she recalled at a last minute rehearsal of Duel of Angels. “The offered a great variety of characterization. I feel the same way about my role of Paola in my present play, and I must admit I like being back on Broadway. I like new York–to visit. I like visiting. But London is my home and I’d like to play Camille” or TV when I get back.”
Miss Leigh was approaching Broadway under considerable strain; she looked abstracted and pale. Two years ago, when Laurence Olivier was playing in “The Entertainer” on Broadway, he took four days off to cheer his wife’s opening in Duel of Angels. This time, the same ocean apart, Olivier remains in England. At the moment, the couple who were once advertised as the great lovers of Romeo and Juliet are separated and living in separate domiciles. The situation, Miss Leigh feels, is nobody’s business. “Of course it’s possible we may play together again,” she said without a great deal of conviction. “I certainly hope so. But don’t forget, it isn’t always easy to find a satisfactory vehicle for both of us.”


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beautonics.laserwhite needed a new logo and social media pack design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 25 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
We use machine to freeze fat. The fat then dies and the body then has better shape. We spot reduced its the closest no liposuction without knifes.
I saw this image and loved the concept. With more colour. perhaps there could chips of ice
We saved a spot for your logo & social media pack contest.


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It wasn't that long ago that Dr. Isra Levy scoffed at moving too quickly against smokers.
It's not that he was against some of the more (then) radical ideas, he just worried about upsetting the apple cart.
In fact, just a few short years ago, he thought the idea of telling smokers they shouldn't light up in their cars when kids were passengers was too much, too soon.
And banning smoking in all parks, all in good time, Levy said hopefully.
Pushing too hard or too fast might mean a mini-revolt of sorts, he believed.
More tortoise speed than the hare, the medical officer of health seemed to feel.
But in fact, though he heads up the city's health department, not even Levy could realize the incredible revolution going on between smokers and non-smokers.
The non-smokers were in the vast majority, and they just didn't want the two groups separated in their own rooms, but were ready to see them banished from city parks, not just restaurants but outdoor patios.
Soon, signs saying you couldn't smoke near entrances of city facilities were replaced by signs banning smokers from having a cigarette on city land.
Apparently, you can't even smoke in your own car if you're in a city garage.
Smokers, though an increasingly small percentage, still cling to their cigarettes, they're more inclined to do it privately.
And now, much of the great outdoors now belongs where it should - to the majority who don't put the toxic smoke directly into their lungs.
(For the sake of transparency, sadly, I'm still one of those enjoying a cigarette privately or on city streets as they may be.)
On Tuesday, Mayor Jim Watson announced that the rate of current smokers in Ottawa has dropped to 11% in 2012 after sticking at 15% from 2005 to 2011.
In fact, looked at another way, it means a 23% reduction in the number of smokers in Ottawa -- equating to 20,000 fewer people who smoke.
And Ottawa's new numbers reveal the nation's capital has fewer smokers than any other municipality in the province.
This week has another significance, marking the second anniversary of the city's expanded smoke-free regulations for outdoor spaces, such as parks and beaches, and on all bar and restaurant patios.
It just doesn't seem that long ago we were smoking in our newsroom, smoking in our university classes or getting caught smoking in our high school washrooms!
Of course, despite all the good news, the picture isn't entirely rosy.
Smoking is still killing almost 1,000 people in Ottawa every year.
Young people are still lighting up and close to 3,000 people are hospitalized every year.
Back to the good news.
Last year, more than 4,300 people took part in one of the many smoking cessation programs offered by Ottawa Public Health.
Having played a role at both the provincial and municipal level to reduce smoking, Mayor Jim Watson is now putting his attention on cigarette butts.
With the spring thaw, the filthy, discarded butts are now decorating city sidewalks, streets and entrance ways to area restaurants.
Yes it's a huge, unsightly problem but where did the city think the butts would go after they moved people away from outdoor patios and most smokers are decent enough not to smoke directly outside front doors of city restaurants.
The city's sidewalks and streets are in some areas covered with the ugly butts.
Watson says he's looking into seeing if he can force restaurants to have those Butt Stop containers.
Perhaps our good mayor would like to take a look around the perimeter of City Hall before he tells city businesses what to do!
Some councillors don't see the need for more regulation.
"Don't think we need it, smoking is going the way of the dodo bird," said Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney.
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Kolkata, December 5, 2023 – The Indian Society of Nephrology Conference (ISNCON) is set to make history once again as it returns to Kolkata after almost a decade. This prestigious event, scheduled from December 14th to 17th, 2023, promises to be a ground-breaking experience, bringing together over 2000 Nephrologists, Post-Graduates, and Medical Practitioners from across the country.
This year’s ISNCON conference features six unprecedented hands-on workshops. The spectrum of these are wide – ranging from fundamental concepts like genetics and histopathology to cutting edge developments in interventional and critical care nephrology. These parallel sessions, highlight the conference’s commitment to training post-graduate students and early career nephrologists.
Distinguished nephrologists, like-Dr. Saubhik Sural, Clinical Director, Dept of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Peerless Hospital; Dr. Arghya Majumder, Director & Head, Department of Nephrology, AMRI-Manipal Hospitals, Dhakuria; Dr. Jayanta Dutta, HOD Nephrology, Manipal Hospital, SaltLake,Visiting Consultant, Charnock Hospital, Kolkata, Dr. Sandip Bhattacharya, Senior Nephrologist, Apollo Multi-specialty Hospital, Kolkata; joined by Dr. Sandip Mitra, Professor of Nephrology, Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust, will lead four days of scientific deliberations, panel discussions, debates and workshops, to facilitate knowledge exchange and collaboration in the field of nephrology. Guest faculty will include twelve international experts including the President of the International Society of Nephrology, President of the American Society of Nephrology, Ex President of the UK Renal Association and Ex President of the Canadian Society of Nephrology.
ISNCON 2023 aims to address the challenges faced by kidney patients in India as well as the world, during natural disasters and pandemics, by exploring strategies to mitigate disruptions in accessing diagnostic services, treatment, and care during such crisis. This conference also aims to highlight the importance of nephrologists in addressing the problem of chronic kidney diseases at the grassroot level, ensuring that scientific advances reach patients in remote areas.
Join us as we embark on this momentous journey to shape the future of renal medicine.
The Indian Society of Nephrology Conference (ISNCON) is an annual event that serves as a platform for sharing knowledge, fostering collaboration, and advancing the frontiers of renal medicine. With a rich history, ISNCON brings together experts, researchers, and practitioners from all over the world to contribute significantly to the advancement of renal care


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"Bee Bee Sea makes a kind of revved-up garage-punk leaked from the mutant brains of Thee OhSees and Black Lips — bands with which the Northern Italian trio has toured — with a little bit of The Cramps' psycho-surf and Can's hypno-funk." -- NPR
"a snotty, brattish salute to everything that makes music fun in the first place."
-- Clash music
"...a fantastic eight track sonic trip of sun-drenched psych." -- Louder Than War
Bee Bee Sea is a three-piece band from an industrial town in Northern Italy with a garage-psych sound and a punk attitude. They released their self-titled debut in March 2015 via their own label, Glory Records, and toured Italy, Switzerland, France and Germany, supporting acts like Thee Oh Sees, Black Lips, Night Beats, and King Khan & the Shrines. Their debut release was followed by a three-track EP, 3 Songs and Jacques Dutronc, last spring. Bee Bee Sea’s songs have been featured in commercials for Fiat, DC Skateboarding, New Balance, and DMAX.
The band will release its sophomore LP, Sonic Boomerang, on November 17th via Dirty Water Records USA (cassette, digital) and Wild Honey Records (vinyl.)


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This unique masque incorporates a special active papaya enzyme in a creme base masque to re-texture and smooth the surface of the skin. Beeswax and avocado oil moisturize and hydrate to soften dry parched skin. Tapioca starch and kaolin clay cleans and tightens pores. Extracts of pumpkin seed and comfrey have clarifying and healing properties. Japanese green tea acts as an anti-oxidant to reduce redness And irritation. Gentle enough to be used two to three times a week!
Tapioca Starch - has tightening and toning properties.
Kaolin refined clay - excellent absorbent, tightening and toning properties.
Avocado (Persea Gratissima) Oil - rich in vitamins B2, D, A, E, & K
Papain Carbomer Conjugate - a special active linked papain from the papaya fruit. This papain stays active in a creme base product unlike the powder version on the market!
Camellia Oleifera Extract (Japanese Green Tea) - helps to reduce skin irritation and redness. This ingredient is also known for its anti-oxidant properties to Scavenge free radicals
Pumpkin Seed Extract - known for its clarifying and astringent properties.
OTHER INGREDIENTS: Aqua, Tapioca Starch, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Kaolin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polysorbate 60, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Papain, Carbomer, Butylene Glycol, Cucurbita Pepo (Pumpkin) Fruit Extract, Camellia Oleifera Extract (Japanese Green Tea), Symphytum Officinale (Comfrey), Beeswax, Non sensitizing Fragrance, Potassium Sorbate, Benzyl Alcohol, Phenoxyethanol, Annatto.

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How do you spend a time with which you’re with friends? Maybe chatting or enjoying food. Or maybe just playing a board game. Board games are classic games that have been in existence for long. They give you the fun on a board, and now you don’t have to use a physical board, you can play board games on your Android device. In this article, we explore 5 best Board games for Android.
1. Catan Universe
Catan Universe is one of the most popular board games for Android. The board games which runs for about 50 minutes is very suitable for play with friends. In this game, no one is eliminated. In the game, you are required to create towns and cities. This you have to keep doing until you get 10 points. More so, at the different turns of each players in the game, every player participates so you don’t have to waste time waiting for turns.
2. Ludo Club
Ludo which is a classic game is played widely all over the world. There’s hardly no one who doesn’t know Ludo. And there’s also a version for Android. Ludo Club which is the virtual version of the traditional Ludo. Note that this game can only be played via internet connection. It allows you to play with players from around the world. You can try your luck with as many players as you wish. The game is designed well it and correctly mimics the classic Ludo. You can even invite your friends on Facebook and WhatsApp to play with you instead of random people.
3. Yellow & Yangtze
Yellow & Yangtze is one of Dr. Reiner Knizia classics. The game is an abstract game where you build civilisation doing so strategically. You play as a warlord in the war time of Ancient China. There’s a lot of direct conflict in the game and advancing through it will earn you points. The game is not without excellent and cutting-edge graphics, all which makes the game an interesting one. You can use the single-player mode which is divided into nine stages.
4. Among the Stars
Another board game is Among the Stars which is a galaxy game with a lot of fun. It is staged in a war-torn Galaxy. The alien races must cooperate in other to overcome the coming threat. There’s a goal: to develop the best space station. You have to use cards to build. Each cards is for a new room in the space station. You use your cards to make your space station better or you use cards to prevent another player from advancing. You need to have the planning skill to get forward in the game as you will need to plan a lot to get things done right.
5. Board Kings: Board Games Blast
This is one of the best board games for Android that is fully board-themed. It boasts of nice aesthetic that is pleasing to the eye. You can either play it with family or friends, or compete against online players. The game involves you building your board city, earning coins and more. Dice are used heavily in the game. You can also steal other players stuffs from their boards. The gameplay is quite hard to explain and we recommend to try it out to see. It boasts of over 20 multiplayer board games which you can explore. It is also possible to grab various awards as you move through the game.
Board Games are the kind of games you enjoy mainly with a group of people. So why not get your friends and family together and enjoy the world of fun on your Android device. We hope you found this guide helpful? If you did, kindly leave a comment and don’t forget to share…


WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Donald Trump on Monday sought to block disclosure of documents related to the Jan.6 Capitol uprising to a House committee investigating the attack, challenging President Joe Biden’s original decision to waive executive privilege.
In a federal lawsuit, Trump said the committee’s request in August was “almost unlimited in scope” and was looking for many documents that were unrelated to the siege. He called it an “illegal and vexatious fishing expedition” that was “detached from any legitimate legislative purpose,” according to documents filed in federal court for the District of Columbia.
Trump’s trial was expected because he had said he would challenge the investigation and at least one ally, Steve Bannon, defied a subpoena. But the court challenge has gone beyond the original 125 pages of documents Biden recently allowed to be disclosed to the committee.. The lawsuit, which appoints the committee as well as the National Archives, seeks to invalidate the entirety of Congress’ request, calling it too broad, unduly cumbersome and challenging the separation of powers. He seeks a court injunction to prohibit the archivist from producing the documents.
In a joint statement Monday night, President Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., And Republican Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, vice-chair of the panel, said they would fight the trial, which they said is ” nothing more than an attempt to delay and obstruct âthe investigation.
“There is a long history of the White House accepting congressional inquiries when the public interest trumps other concerns,” said Thompson and Cheney. “It’s hard to imagine a more compelling public interest than trying to get answers on an attack on our democracy and an attempt to overturn the results of an election.”
The Biden administration, in approving the documents for release, said the violent siege of the Capitol over nine months ago was such an extraordinary circumstance that it deserved to forgo the privilege that usually protects White House communications.
Trump’s trial took place the day before the panel voted to recommend that Bannon be held in criminal contempt of Congress for his disregard of the committee’s demands for documents and testimony. In a resolution released Monday, the committee says the former Trump aide and podcast host has no legal standing to push back the committee, even though Trump’s attorney has asked him not to release information. Bannon was a private citizen when he spoke to Trump before the attack, the committee said, and Trump made no such claim of executive privilege from the panel itself.
The resolution lists many ways in which Bannon was involved in preparing for the insurgency, including reports that he encouraged Trump to focus on January 6, the day Congress certified the presidential vote, and his comments on Jan. 5 that “all hell is gonna come off” the next day.
âSir. Bannon appears to have played a multi-faceted role in the events of January 6, and the American people have a right to hear his first-hand testimony regarding his actions,â the committee wrote.
Once the committee votes on the contempt of Bannon resolution, it will go to the plenary chamber for a vote and then to the Department of Justice, which would decide whether to proceed.
In a letter obtained by the Associated Press, the White House also worked to undermine Bannon’s argument. Deputy attorney Jonathan Su wrote that the president’s ruling on the documents also applied to Bannon, and “at this point we know of no basis for your client’s refusal to appear for a deposition.”
“President Biden’s determination that an assertion of privilege is not warranted with respect to these matters applies to your client’s testimony and to any documents your client may have relating to any one or the other. another topic, “Su wrote to Bannon’s lawyer.
Bannon’s attorney said he had yet to see the letter and could not comment on it. While Bannon has said he needs a court order before complying with his subpoena, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former White House and Pentagon aide Kashyap Patel negotiated with the committee. It’s unclear whether a fourth former White House aide Dan Scavino will comply.
The committee also subpoenaed more than a dozen people who helped plan Trump’s pre-siege rallies, and some of them have already said they will hand over documents and testify.
Lawmakers want the testimony and documents as part of their investigation into how a host of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building on January 6. a violent effort to stop the certification of Biden’s electoral victory. The committee demanded a wide range of documents from the executive regarding intelligence gathered before the attack, security preparations during and before the siege, pro-Trump rallies held that day, and Trump’s false claims that he had won the elections, among others.
Trump’s lawsuit says “the unlimited requests included more than fifty individual requests for documents and information, and listed more than thirty people, including those working inside and outside of government.”
The files should be withheld, the lawsuit says, as they could include “conversations with (or about) foreign leaders, the product of lawyer’s work, the most sensitive of national security secrets, as well as all communications. privileged among a pool of potentially hundreds of people. “
The lawsuit also challenges the legality of the Presidential Records Act, arguing that allowing a sitting president to waive the executive privilege of a predecessor just months after leaving office is inherently unconstitutional. Biden said he would go by each request separately to determine whether this privilege should be waived.
Although not spelled out in the Constitution, executive privilege has developed to protect a president’s ability to obtain frank advice from his advisers without fear of immediate public disclosure and to protect his confidential communications relating to to its official responsibilities.
But this privilege has had its limits in extraordinary situations, as evidenced by the Watergate scandal, when the Supreme Court ruled that it could not be used to protect the release of secret Oval Office recordings wanted in connection with ‘a criminal investigation, and following the terrorist attack of September 11. attacks.
Monday’s lawsuit was filed by Jesse Binnall, an attorney based in Alexandria, Va., Who represented Trump in an unsuccessful lawsuit late last year aimed at overturning Biden’s victory in Nevada. Trump and his allies continued to make baseless allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
Trump’s lawsuit cites the 2020 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a House committees case asking for the incumbent president’s tax returns and other financial documents. But that case involved courts enforcing a subpoena from Congress. The high court in this case ordered the lower courts t o Apply a balancing test to determine whether to hand over records – it’s still pending.
White House spokesman Mike Gwin said: “As President Biden has determined, constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to protect information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the law. Constitution itself. ”
Associated Press editors Mary Clare Jalonick, Nomaan Merchant, and Eric Tucker contributed to this report.


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CRYSTAL BEACH — The call came at the right time for Don Naumann, a local photographer who specializes in snapping lightning storms.
"I was ready to cut back on art shows and was looking for other outlets for my work," he said. "And then I got the call."
The caller was Scott Audette, team photographer for the Tampa Bay Lightning, offering Naumann a perfect outlet for his water and lightning shots: the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, the hockey team's home.
Tod Leiweke, chief executive officer of the team, had read a St. Petersburg Times story on Naumann printed in August and asked Audette to make the call.
The lightning photos might be ideal to hang in the complex, which has recently undergone a $40 million makeover.
The forum will assume a new name, the Tampa Bay Times Forum, on Jan. 1 when the St. Petersburg Times changes its name.
"Scott asked if I would submit some photos to look over," Naumann said, "and he chose six of the nine I sent."
Naumann's scenes depict Florida rivers and inlets with boats, piers and low-hanging clouds beneath brilliant streaks of lightning, some multipronged, others in single bolts. He took all the photos in North Pinellas, standing under a large umbrella. With his tripod, Hasselblad 500 camera and lightning detector, Naumann braved fierce Florida storms waiting for the perfect bolt of lightning to hit.
The six scenes Audette selected for the St. Pete Times Forum walls have been replicated on shiny satin — four of them on fabric measuring 5 by 7 feet, the others on somewhat smaller lengths of satin. Each is attached to six metallic pegs jutting several inches out from the wall on the second tier, the clubhouse level of the sports and entertainment complex. The photos are likely to attract the attention of the nearly 3,700 private guests who typically view games and concerts on the second level.
What viewers probably don't know, though, is how long it took the photographer to capture the exact scene he wanted for any one of those photos. He said it takes months, or even years, to get what he considers the ideal shot.
His most recent photo, for example, was shot in black and white and depicts a boathouse at the end of a pier, its bottom coated with barnacles. Naumann said he thought about the scene for months—waiting for lightning to strike in just the right place. Then it happened. One brilliant bolt hit straight down on an island 3 miles west of the pier and the artist shot it.
Naumann said it is not a matter of just shooting the lightning. The whole composition is important.
"I may get only two show-quality shots a year," he said.
Naumann, who has spent years on the art show circuit, said the purchase by the Lightning has been his most significant sale to date.
"I am so honored to have my work hanging at the St. Pete Times Forum," he said. "It was an opportunity I never expected."


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Last night I finally got around to seeing the Spike Jonze movie entitled Her. It is about a lonely depressed man who falls in love with his artificial intelligent computer. Over the past few weeks I have heard at least a dozen people tell me that the character in this movie reminded them of me. […] [Read More]


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By Katie Styler
“IT Doesn’t Matter.” This simple statement served as the title of Nicolas Carr’s provocative 2003 HBR article. The premise of the article was straightforward: IT services have become a commodity that can be provisioned over the internet and through a variety of external vendors versus expensive and unresponsive internal IT functions.
Fast-forward 15 years—information technology has significantly transformed how we play and win in our targeted markets. Whether B2B or B2C, information and the technology that enables its flow, access, and insight forms the foundation for how we run our businesses and how customers engage with us and our products and services.
Now more than ever, CEOs expect their IT functions to enable profitable growth, innovation and the cost-effective management of IT risk to realize a higher return on their IT investment. Meeting these expectations requires internal IT functions to move beyond operating as a reliable utility and transform into a strategic business partner that materially contributes to the success of the business. To make this transformation a reality, CEOs need their IT functions to:
This article shares perspectives for CEOs on areas to hold IT accountable, ensuring its relevance and delivery of optimal value. In future articles, we will share our perspectives on the actions CEOs and business leaders should take to re-equip, re-position and re-align the IT function to deliver greater value.
Re-establishing IT’s relevancy and value requires your company’s CIO to answer three central questions:
Question #1: What does the business actually spend on information technology?
Most companies do not have a clear understanding of their total IT investment, especially if they fund and pay for IT at a business unit vs. enterprise level. Frequently, they have no clue on the hidden costs of “Shadow IT”, which represents money spent by the business on information technology that is not visible to or controlled by IT. Shadow IT increases not just direct costs but also indirectly raises the cost to run IT itself due to the complexity it brings to the overall IT environment, not to mention the increased business risk associated with managing and maintaining it.
CEOs should ensure their IT functions provide visibility into all costs, including internal and external labor, hardware and software, outside services, facilities and power, and telecommunications. While potentially awkward and upsetting, the function must also understand and quantify Shadow IT and its implications on total IT spend.
Question #2: How do these IT investments directly support the company’s business strategy?
With a more complete understanding of total investment, IT should determine if it is investing in areas that enable the company to realize its strategic goals and objectives around Growth, Profitability, Innovation and the effective management of Risk. This requires a fundamental understanding of what drives value in its business and how IT can enable this value.
Axiom Consulting Partners’ IT Value Framework helps our clients understand the connection between the business needs that information technology should address and the value addressing them creates for the enterprise.
CEOs can use this framework to ensure the company’s portfolio of IT investments aligns with and directly supports the achievement of business strategy, goals, and objectives by engaging their CIO and business leaders on the following questions:
Question #3: Are we realizing an acceptable ROI? If not, what should be done to improve it?
Mapping IT investments to the Value Framework is requisite, but not sufficient to understand ROI. Understanding ROI requires IT and the business to define and quantify the expected return on investment as part of defining the business case and project scope for each IT investment. Sounds like a no-brainer? It’s not.
Most IT organizations and their business clients look at IT expenditures through a project cost lens and do not understand or forecast the total cost of ownership (TCO) over the life of the investment like is done for many other CapEx and large OpEx investments. Like many investments, the bulk of the cost comes in the operation and use of the asset, not in the acquisition or installation. IT investments are no different. Even if TCO is understood, IT functions that do not have a clear and credible line of sight to business value are unable to complete the equation.
It is easier to define and quantify ROI on investments directed towards Growth, Profit and Innovation as impact is tangible in terms of revenue cost and productivity. Quantifying the ROI for risk management related investment is more difficult as these may be necessary to avoid costs that are not clearly quantifiable. While difficult, IT and the business should press to develop credible assumptions on this cost avoidance in order to make an informed decision on the type and level of investment.
Does Your IT Function Still Matter?
Answering Carr’s central question is more important now than ever, as information technology is at the core of how we run our businesses and how customers engage with us and our products and services. Re-establishing the function’s relevance and value is the first step in ensuring your IT function matters.
Our next article will focus on re-equipping the IT function with the required capabilities to deliver on its value promise. In the meantime, we invite you to share your perspectives on the topic.