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The following are the outputs of the captioning taken during an IGF virtual intervention. Although it is largely accurate, in some cases it may be incomplete or inaccurate due to inaudible passages or transcription errors. It is posted as an aid, but should not be treated as an authoritative record.
>> We all live in a digital world. We all need it to be open and safe. We all want to trust ‑‑
>> And to be trusted.
>> We all despise control.
>> And desire freedom.
>> We are all united.
>> JALAJ JAIN: Greetings, everyone. I must thank you all for joining our talk on behalf of the Institute of Internet and the Just Society. I am Jalaj Jain, pursuing law at the National University of India. I am a researcher with the Antitrust and Big Data Research Cycle of the Institute, specializing in blockchain and data protection. Good morning, good evening to everyone who is here, and I hope you're having a good, good day.
So, the Institute for Internet and the Just Society is a think tank based out of Germany, connecting civic engagement with interdisciplinary research focused on fair artificial intelligence, inclusive digital governance and human rights. As part of the Institute, more than 100 researchers at any given point in time are researching and contributing to providing cutting‑edge research for betterment of the society. The Antitrust Cycle works regularly to promote fair and just competition, which has been severely affected due to the privacy concerns and big data in recent times. Over the past year, our cycle has worked very hard to essentially push this agenda that we have to have fair competition and, obviously, this event is part of many efforts that we are trying to make.
Today we are joined by two fantastic speakers, Mr. Mario Moyron and Ms. Nidhi Singh. Mario is a Mexican lawyer with studies in Europe who practices at AXA, the technology division of the AXA Group in Paris. He is also a member of the IAPP and a writer for some Latin American journalists. Nidhi is a lawyer and specializes in composition laws. She holds separate degrees from Oxford, Harvard, and Stanford. She serves as a Deputy Director for Center for Competition Law and Policy and is based out of India. They are going to be speaking about the role of privacy and antitrust policy in highly data‑driven markets.
I also must thank Mr. Marco Schmidt, who is essentially a law graduate from University in Germany and currently a candidate at the university in Netherlands. He is basically preparing the report for today's event. And I must apologize in advance for butchering the pronunciation of the words. So, yeah. So, I think, Mario, why don't you begin?
>> MARIO TAVARES MOYRON: Yes, thank you, Jalaj. Thanks to everyone for joining. I see some familiar faces, and I'm glad to see you guys there. And thank you to you, Marco, and Jalaj, for organizing, and for all the people in the Cycle of Big Data and Antitrust also for supporting us. I'll try to be as quick as possible because this is a never‑ending story, and this will be basically just an effort to outline some basic principles for what we believe that will be then endeavored as a bigger project for the Institute. But our conversation is framed in the context of many cases of e‑competition law that you probably are very aware of. And one constant item that has been always underlined in these type of cases is data as a value for large tech companies.
My purpose for today's conversation will be in the framework of first that this is a basic conversation to focus on whether privacy should be considered as an element for consumer welfare, and if so, how to incorporate it, how to internalize it into competition policy. And please note, of course, there are different glasses to look at this. One might be from the law and economics, the other might be the doctrine of human rights. I'll try to be between the two of them, because otherwise, it will be impossible to remain objective.
And keep in mind that the right of data protection is a fundamental right, together with privacy that is acknowledged not only by specialized regulation like the GDPR in Europe, but also by local constitutions and international treaties. And what we believe is that competition authorities should now consider privacy in a different scope, because things have changed, and the main reason for this has been technological development. This has had an impact on law and regulations, and now they need to rethink how data can be relevant for purposes of carrying out their own investigations in the context of antitrust.
Something else to mention is antitrust agencies have been attacked for using data protection as a part of their analysis because they are said to be outside of their scope. I believe that antitrust agencies are already following some studies of substantive subjects of law that are not competitional law, such as intellectual property in the case that this is also relevant for purposes of the competition assessment, and the same should be happening for data protection.
Now it goes beyond this, because data is not only valuable asset in certain cases for certain transactions, but it's also a fundamental right. And our ambition is that data protection or privacy should be taken care of even by competitional authorities before, during, and after the assessment of a competition analysis.
Data‑driven markets, I believe that you are very familiar with this. The particularity that they have is they use data as an advantage. Sometimes this becomes a barrier to entry, and sometimes you can also think about data as an essential facility for purposes of becoming, let's say, a bottleneck that doesn't allow other companies to develop in the same conditions in a given market. There are several arguments to, let's say, tackle the idea that privacy could be considered as a part of consumer welfare; first of all, because some people say that data subjects for people are willing to give up on their privacy in exchange for a free service. This is a very conflicting idea. And I will not delve into it, but it is true, there is another separate debate about the intrinsic value to data and whether a specific piece of data changes its value depending on the people, depending on who the data subject or the owner is, but that's for another story.
And keep in mind that one of the central purposes of competition policy is to maximize consumer welfare, which is basically the purpose of this conversation. The problem with this one is that consumer welfare will be read in terms of that which brings satisfaction to the consumer, which is a bit abstract to analyze. Privacy, in my view, should be considered as a possible element for consumer welfare, not because only it's a human right acknowledged by local constitutions, but also because now it is an element for the design of solutions and services. Today you see in your mobile applications for any possible reason, a design of privacy, while also the JAPR calls privacy by design and privacy by default. And I believe that is important that competitional authorities use this notion as a part of their assessments.
So, let's just put an example to make it a bit more dynamic. You might remember that by 2017, I guess, there was this investigation by the European Commission for a merger of what Facebook and WhatsApp. Let's just say that in a nutshell that the competitional authority considered that there was no big deal that there was no issue for this merger to happen because these two companies, even if they were providing different privacy, privacy setup, they were belonging to different markets; notably, the one from social networks and the other for messaging applications.
In my view, which is only personal, of course, this view was a bit mistaken, because the Commission failed to assess that, actually, these data had a specific value, which I said before, depends on a case‑by‑case basis, but because then that led to some negative effects in regards to the data subject rights by the main undertaking.
And there's two elements where I would like to focus quickly for how privacy should be internalized in competition policy. So, first one is, of course, that it is a behavioral component for companies. This means how they carry out their practices in regards to collecting data and processing data. And the second one, it's about the competitional authority's interaction with supervisory authorities of data protection. This is what I call the dialogical regulatory function. So, for when it comes to the second one ‑‑ because the first one I think is very intuitive ‑‑ in digital markets, the analyzers of personal data is fundamental, but not only as an element to assign value to a transaction, but also for the supervisory authorities to take care of fundamental rights that are at stake. Competition policy should allow authorities to develop legal assessments on the regulations that are not necessarily theirs, which sometimes it's a bit problematic for the other authorities, when this is relevant for the core investigation at stake, meaning when data and the data processing activities are relevant for a competition docket.
At the same time, I believe competition policy should establish a minimum basis for this cooperation to happen between competitional authorities and data protection supervisors, whenever these data can be used to determine, for instance, substantial market power or dominance in this dialogical function that I mentioned before. I think this could mean material overlap, and this is relevant because in some jurisdictions, this may lead to court disputes where these two offices are trying to settle who should be the one that is relevant for a given transaction, and these normally can alert also the companies that would have been otherwise subject to an investigation, and then they can take their necessary measures, let's say.
I know that there's no vast empirical evidence to support this view, which I said before, it's only personal, but I'm going to use one example that I believe is exemplary for this, and it's from 2019. Well, it started in 2016, but it's still going by the German Competition Authority. I know that you guys probably know very well the story, but the Bundeskartellamt determined Facebook was abusing its domination in the market of social networks because it was exploiting the data, that it was not fully, let's say lawfully, collected from the users. They were merging certainly data sets and using it for creating super profiles for targeted advertisement, not also to mention that this data was collected from third‑party websites. There was also a component of possible leakage of the data. And let's say the APIs that were functioning for purposes of sharing the data were also just the "like" button and the "share" button.
So, they considered that because of this, there was a need to carry out an assessment of the data processing activities by Facebook, and in such regard, they had to analyze and study the GDPR. Keep in mind that all this information was afterwards shared with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner because they were the main supervisory authority for Facebook as they have the main address in Dublin. But what's interesting was the reaction of the Data Protection Commissioner where I will not delve into today, but also, why they decided there was a reason to look into the analysis of another legal framework, not only the legal consultation law. They also found there was a need to enter into the civil doctrine. They were using one that is related with abusive contractual terms, according to which, basically, an abusive commercial term exists where one of the parties in a contract has substantially more power than the other one, they can prevent the weak party to negotiate, let's say, in good flexible terms. And whenever this happens, it has an impact in constitutional rights, when this happens, then this means that the Court should intervene to settle down and protect actually the fundamental rights of the individual that is the weakest party in the negotiation.
So, the authority in this case found that when investigating companies relying on big data, competitional authorities ‑‑ and this is, again, my view ‑‑ should assess the data processing activities to test their level of compliance with the data privacy laws, and they should safeguard that constitutionally acknowledged rights are protected. Keep in mind, of course, that it's also true that this framework of European ‑‑ what is called the single digital market in Europe ‑‑ is already forecasting some of these elements, the digital services second, the markets already foresee some of these elements. And the German Competition Act was recently amended. And now Section 19a is incorporating some of these elements as well for the internet tycoons, let's say. But I believe this is a matter that is regardless of the jurisdiction, and these companies are operating all across the world, so we should be wary about how are we managing this at the local level, because it's not only Europe and the U.S. that wants that will be conducting in the future these types of investigations and the ones that should be taking into account also the data protection regulation.
So, now, just to try to finalize this, because if not, I'm going to take all the time. The same can be said ‑‑ let's say that if incorporated data privacy as an element of consumer welfare, of course, on a case‑by‑case basis, this could nudge the competitional authorities to actually study procedural deficiencies in how the data is collected, together with the scope of data processing activities carried out by the company subject to a competition analysis, and thus, of course, influencing what will be the output in the context of a merger, in the context of determining potential anticompetitive behaviors of the companies. I think this is more or less what I wanted to outline. Of course, we may delve into specific elements of what I just mentioned, but for purposes of keeping this simple, I'll give the word back to Jalaj, and then we can discuss again during the Q&A.
>> JALAJ JAIN: Thanks a lot, Mario. I think that's a completely different perspective I haven't heard in a while from a private sector person. So, all right.
Next up, we have Nidhi Singh. Before that, I would remind the audience, after Nidhi's remarks, we will move on to the Q&A, so start dropping your questions in the chat box and I will recognize the questions then. So, hi, Nidhi.
>> NIDHI SINGH: Hi. Thank you so much, Jalaj. Picking up from where my colleague left. So, as rightly argued by Mr. Mario, that digital environment as such has brought some sort of a drastic regulatory and legal transformation that require competitional authorities to sharpen their vision during procedures such as merge analysis, because of the kind of access these tech companies have to our data.
Now, setting the stage for that, I pick up from here, and what I would want you to appreciate is that just like competition law has written as inherent conflicts with IPR, or for that matter, consumer law. The current interface we see with data privacy also raises concerns within the domains of antitrust. Now, the digital economy has made this tension between antitrust and data privacy more pronounced and noticeable, but you will notice that if data, on one hand, fuels competition in the economy, it comes along with a trade‑off that compromises on privacy.
As also argued rightly by Mario, there are well-developed laws within various jurisdictions that has upheld privacy separately as a matter of right. And I echo his reviews in this regard and would like to bring before you the complex reality that we have seen over the past two decades, wherein data privacy law can be seen overall as a separate domain of law in itself.
Now, the digital world that you see today holds a large amount of big data which are being shaped by both antitrust and data privacy concerns. Current times, if you see, is complete with examples of digital platforms like Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon, that have faced the scrutiny of the effects of antitrust authorities from Asia, Europe, and the United States.
What I want to take you through is that the privacy considerations that we see, those considerations can be considered a form of a non‑price competition. That is especially important in industries where services are offered for free. Now, instances have been seen where firms can compete by offering title, or for that matter, transparent privacy policies, and this acts as a competitive advantage for them. However, in case of mergers, if you see, if the entity ‑‑ say, for example ‑‑ becomes dominant, the dominant form can harm consumers, as it has no incentive to ask such invest in privacy. With the increasing number of big data‑related merger cases we see today, there has been a sharp increase in the potential harm that has mainly arisen on account of acquiring getting access to the underlying data, set of the target company.
What I feel, and in my view, antitrust authorities in such scenarios need to examine transactions in light, if it is also likely to reduce incentives to compete in providing privacy to consumers. I would like to substantiate this claim with an example. For example, in the Google‑DoubleClick Case, while rendering a dissenting opinion, the Commissioner had remarked that privacy could be cognizable under the antitrust laws. Having said that, it is also important to note that transactions under given circumstances could lead to some sort of an improved product, improved quality, lower prices, and greater innovation. And this could be only possible on account of the access of the amount of the data they have.
I would like to bring you to a prominent author, Erica A. Douglas, who recently in Yale Law Journal argued that there are two specific areas of tension emerging between data privacy and antitrust law in the digital economy, and this, to me, seemed very interesting. Firstly, the first tension that we should examine is that the general practice which is being followed by the tech companies, like Facebook, Apple, in the platform market, is that they tend to invoke some sort of a data privacy as a business justification, to defend against the allegations they face of anticompetitive conduct.
Secondly, the premise the author takes is that agencies have been seen to be calling for remedies that can grant access to data held by digital platforms as such.
Now, both these concerns, in a way, if you see, has implicated the data privacy concerns in interest of consumers who are exposed to the disclosure requirements without their much willingness to do so. However, to substantiate this, one glaring example I could give you is of the LinkedIn versus ‑‑ HiQ versus LinkedIn, wherein the recent decision rendered by the 9th Circuit of the U.S. Supreme Court provided a description of the new and this inherent tension between the antitrust and the data privacy in the digital world.
To give you the facts of this case, in this case, LinkedIn terminated the HIQ's access to user profile data on the LinkedIn social network, arguing that the HiQ violated user privacy settings through its collection and dissemination of profile data in data analytic software. Now, the claim of HiQ that termination was unfair competition and the practice of LinkedIn is intentional in terms of ousting a rival was upheld by the Court. Now, the reason why I cite this example is, somehow, you see that it appears to be in contradiction with what the FTC in the United States wants. It wants to uphold and ensure some sort of a privacy protection, but this decision rendered by the 9th Circuit Court in the USA, somehow, shows that the competition concern overrides the privacy, and the competition law perspective has been given more privacy.
In instances like this, it begs the question whether antitrust analysis would examine data privacy protection, cognizable as a business justification. The second area that I would like to expand on is the antitrust behavioral remedies that compel access to information held by digital platforms as a means of restoring online competition. What is interesting to note here is that the European Commissioner very recently had remarked that with data becoming so increasingly important for competition, the future isn't too far, wherein the best way would be to restore competition through giving access to data. And one example in this case could be behavioral remedies that grants rivals access to data held by these platforms.
So, overall, what through this discussion I have tried to highlight is that there is some sort of a competition‑first approach which is taken even by the antitrust authorities whenever there is a conflict between data privacy and competition. But I would want to, from speaking from a lawyer's perspective, I would not be surprised to state this, that the reason for this could be the kind of mandate competition authorities are bestowed with. Their objective is to advance competition. But data privacy takes a different course of law in itself. What we should appreciate, and probably, what we should come to a conclusion that, you know, the approach with what should be followed? What should be the right way? And in my view, while encountering with cases that raises data privacy concerns on the horizons of antitrust, in such cases, a very non‑biased and a no‑primary approach should be followed. Subordinate laws should be seen from an unbiased perspective. And this needs to be done on a case‑by‑case basis, which was also argued by my co‑speaker, Mario, a couple of minutes ago.
>> JALAJ JAIN: Thanks, Nidhi. I think we should start taking questions. We have five minutes left.
>> NIDHI SINGH: Just a second, Jalaj. I'll just wrap up in one line. So, you know, the way I would just see this issue is that antitrust and privacy are complementary to each other and must not be separate a legal doctrine while dealing with inherent tensions and interface. Thus, the decision as such should be made of the scope of the permitted conduct within the permitted contours of digital platform economy. Thank you so much.
>> JALAJ JAIN: All right, guys, great points made. So, essentially, I think we have time for two questions. Please keep the questions short and answers as well. So, first question from Sahil Tharia. Have you considered this in the antitrust context? I think Mario can take this up.
>> MARIO TAVARES MOYRON: Yes, if you don't mind, I can take this one.
>> NIDHI SINGH: Please, please.
>> MARIO TAVARES MOYRON: He says have you considered purpose limitation clause of GDPR in the antitrust context? Great question and it was addressed before not necessarily in regards to the purpose limitation, but just to step back. Purpose limitation is one of the many principles that should be considered before data processing and before data is collected. So, that's basically one of the principles of the GDPR. I consider that privacy limitation was one of the main features that was addressed by, as I said before, the Bundeskartellamt in the case of Facebook, because they said Facebook was using data for purposes other than those established from the beginning with the privacy notice to the users; meaning, by no means Facebook was letting the users know that the data would be merged and then used for targeted advertisement and for use of other third parties.
I believe this is how we should see the purpose limitation as a key point, because if we believe that, as Nidhi mentioned before, privacy could be considered as a non‑price element of competition, we should expect that the companies are going to compete on the basis of better privacy conditions and better, potentially, security and accountability principles on how our data is used in the context of their platforms and their services. So, I'm not sure if this answers the question, but it's just to say that companies should be accountable in how they carry on their data processing activities. Purpose limitation is one of this. And I believe that this would help in an overall way to the competition landscape.
>> JALAJ JAIN: Yeah. Thanks a lot, Mario. I have one question for Nidhi, then I'll wrap up. Nidhi, one question for you. I think you are practicing in Indian courts. And you know, essentially, what I'm asking is that, is privacy ‑‑ I mean, we can only create privacy‑compliant companies by following profits, or do you think in the future there will be a scenario where companies will respect privacy more, will actually be more profitable as well?
>> NIDHI SINGH: Well, that's a very interesting question that you ask. This is more particularly relevant in the kind of big data mergers that we are living in. Definitely, privacy today gives some sort of a competitive advantage. And just like what I had argued in my course of my talk today, is that companies would somehow have access to data and have used privacy as a competitive element also to compete in the market. So, having said that, answering to Jalaj's question, it would, somehow, lead to a competitive advantage for these companies who trade off on some privacy concerns.
>> JALAJ JAIN: All right. I think we had an amazing talk, and I think both private sectors and the regulatory aspect was covered. Lastly, I would like to thank Marco. I think he's been taking notes and you can probably read his report and he'll have access to other points as well, so I hope it's comprehensive. Then, obviously, you can reach out to Nidhi, who is physically present on behalf of our talk, and she can address your concerns as well. Otherwise, feel free to reach out to Marco, me, or Mario on LinkedIn.
Then lastly, I think I want to give a shout‑out to our Cycle coordinators and Konstantinos, who is present as a participant. We have dropped in the links to reach out to the Institute. You can join the Institute and participate in a similar kind of research that we are doing. And yeah, I think the session was 39 minutes and we wrapped up in 29 minutes, 30 seconds. So, we should get extra points. Yes, guys, any last remarks? Anyone wants to say anything?
>> MARIO TAVARES MOYRON: If Nidhi doesn't go first, just, thank you guys, again. Thank all the attendees to the session. It's been a blast. It's been amazing. And I also encourage you guys to follow the work of the Institute. I believe that there's a couple of pieces already addressing some of these points. So, just take a look and stay put.
>> NIDHI SINGH: Yeah, and thank you, everybody, who joined us in person here, in the room. And we hope that you were able to gain something out of this session. Thank you so much for joining.
>> JALAJ JAIN: All right, guys. I will wrap up. And there was a team of multiple five‑ten people working behind it. Only Marco and I are here. So, yeah, shout‑out to the team as well. All right, guys.
>> MARIO TAVARES MOYRON: Thank you very much.
(Session concluded at 1415 CET)

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A couple of years ago, I came up with a glorious recipe for fried fish minus gluten, dairy, or egg. Everyone I made this for loved it, but boy was it a pain to make. Not just the breading, but standing over a hot frying fan (or two) for about an hour. And I’m not a lowfatter but it really did suck up the oil too.
Welcome to the new and improved version. Now I bake the fish in the oven, which reduces the oil use but still leaves it crispy, and cuts the time I spend in the kitchen way down. Plus now I can make 4 meals at once.
Just like before, you want to choose a flat boneless fillet. I’ve tried several, but really can’t get better than dover sole. It’s reasonably sustainable, wild caught, sold boneless, and cheap. I usually buy it at Costco (can’t vouch for all branches, but mine has a excellent fish counter).
The basic directions are to take fresh (or defrosted) fish that is reasonably dry (I always rinse fish before using), coat it in flour, coat it in “egg,” and coat it in flour again. It really makes a big difference to do the double coating, so I recommend you don’t skip it. I use the same container of flour for both dips, you could do different ones if you wanted…some people do a fine flour for the first dip and a coarse one for the second. Use a large roasting pan for the flour. The 2-3″ lip helps keep the mess down and the large size lets you work with 7 or 8 pieces of fish at once.
It helps a lot to have a wet hand and a dry hand. I use my right hand to lay the fish on the flour and turn it over, then I use my left hand to dump more flour on the fish to make sure it’s fully coated as I pile them up to one side of the container. You can follow my suggestions of plates from my old recipe, but I’ve found that to be an unnecessary step.
Next I use my right hand to dip each piece one at a time in the “egg” and let it drip before laying it in the flour and turning it over. The dry left hand piles flour on top to make sure everything is coated.
In the past I used half soy flour and half brown rice flour plus salt (a tsp or two for every 3 cups) and pepper. The soy cuts down on the carbs but is too heavy alone. Brown rice works well but is very carby. This makes a nice but thin coating.
Then I started using cornmeal, the standard fine grind from Arrowhead or Whole Foods. Because it isn’t as fine as flour, I do 3 parts cornmeal to 1 part brown rice flour. Plus salt and pepper. This batter is slightly thicker and has a nice flavor.
Azure Standard sells a corn flour which turns out to be an actual flour grind. It gives a thin coating to the fish and isn’t very good on its own. They also sell a medium grind cornmeal which turns out to be pretty coarse. Not quite as coarse as polenta but way beyond “meal.” My last fish batch was about 3 parts medium cornmeal and 1 part corn flour. Came out thick and very good. And the “scones” I made with the leftover flour was fabulous.
Do experiment with flours if you don’t like, or can’t have, my choices. Heck, even wheat.
I’ve changed my seasoning too. I still use salt and pepper but add cumin powder and paprika. You can’t taste them in the final product but it gives it a depth and richness it lacked before.
You can use real egg here if you want. But we use flaxseed, which works very well. Heat up water and add well ground flax seeds (I use a way oversized glass measuring cup in the microwave). Stir and let cool. The standard amount is 1/3 cup water to one tablespoon of meal equals one egg. I usually make a bunch of eggs worth and then add more water as I get down to the bottom. I find that a thinner “egg” coating works better on the fish.
Plan on around 1/2 pound of fish per person (measured before coating). This is an average for children and adults. A group of just adults will eat more.
It’s very hard to give the amount of flour mix because it varies so much based on how thick the fish fillets are (it’s surface area that counts, not weight), how coarse your grains are (coarser ones weigh less per cup due to more airspace and also make a thicker batter), and your technique. Count on at least 3 cups of flour mix per 5 lbs of thin fish. But I add extra to make hushpuppies with.
About 6 eggs or egg equivalent will do 5 lbs of thin fish. For flax I usually use 6-8 tablespoons of flaxmeal to 2 cups of water, then add 1-2 cups as I go along. Since I like it thinner, this is enough for 7-9 lbs of fish. Plan to have extra for hush puppies.
I like to make 9 lbs of fish at a time. It’s not that much more work than making 4 or 5 lbs but it’s about all I can handle. Fried this would be way too hard, but baking makes it easy. I generally bake up 1/4 of it then freeze the rest, for an additional 3-4 meals for 3 people (each time we usually have a serving or two leftover for lunch the next day).
Dover sole fillets
Seasoned flour mix
Beaten eggs or flax goo
Oil for baking (I use olive)
Baking the Fish:
Coat the fish in flour, dip in egg/flax, coat again in flour, shake off excess and put on a cookie sheet with a good deal of olive oil on it (just enough that it moves around when you tilt the pan). Do not use baking pans. The fish will not crisp up. Use sheets that are flat or have a lip no higher than an inch.
Bake at 400*F until the bottom is browning nicely. Flip fish over and brown the other side. Take care not to burn it or let it get too brown. But you want it crispy.
Freezing the Fish:
Coat the fish in flour, dip in egg/flax, coat again in flour, shake off excess and put on a cookie sheet or baking pan with a piece of parchment or waxed paper on the bottom. Do not use oil. The fish can touch but should not overlap. You can make 3-4 layers of fish as long as there is parchment or waxed paper between each layer. Stick in freezer.
In theory, you can move the fish to zipper bags once frozen, but we’ve never bothered. You will want to do this if your freezer gets freezer burn easily though.
When you want to cook them, just remove from freezer. No need to defrost. Put the fish (minus the paper!) on a well oiled cookie sheet and bake at 400*F as per above.
I’ll make a separate hush puppy post at some point. I make mine more like scones and they are fabulous. Mix the leftover flax goo or egg with the leftover flour mix. Add water or milk (I’ve used soy milk to good effect) or more flour until the batter is thick enough to only partially hold its shape on a pan. Add more seasoning (dill weed, dill or cumin seeds, chipotle pepper powder are all good) and a pinch of baking soda. Bake on an olive oil coated pan until fully cooked but not too hard.
Recipe for Tarter Sauce:
Relish (I prefer dill but sweet is fine)
Veganaise or mayonnaise (1-3 times the relish)
A squeeze of fresh lemon
A bit of salt
Serving the Fish:
Serve with tarter sauce and lemon slices (or catsup if you’re like my daughter). The fish is delicious with coleslaw but goes well with a wide variety of vegetables.
Leftover fish is great cold or heated.

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Common Cause/NY to New Yorkers: "Beware of Rouge Boards of Election Impersonators"
Know your rights: Board of Election workers will never contact a voter in-person at home
NEW YORK, NY (08/31/2023) (readMedia)-- Today, in response to news of people pretending to be Board of Elections (BOE) employees throughout the state, Sarah Goff, Deputy Director of Common Cause/NY, issued the following statement:
"New Yorkers beware: rouge, fake Board of Elections (BOE) 'employees' are harassing voters at their homes regarding their registration status. The BOE will only contact a voter via mail, e-mail, phone or in person at their County office. And never at their own home. This is voter intimidation: every voter has the right to ignore them and report it to the NYSBOE at 518-474-1953. We're calling on Attorney General James to investigate the organization and folks behind this spreading of misinformation, and look forward to working with the legislature to craft laws that protect voters against this staunch abuse of the voter rolls."


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ESSENCE.com’s “New and Next” column spotlights the brightest new talents we think you should know. This week we meet a triple threat, singer, actor and model Rotimi:
Showtime at the Apollo
Rotimi recalls the first time he took the stage at age 15 at the legendary Apollo Theater fearing that the Sandman would come after him. “The kids spot had filled up and I had to compete against the adults,” explains the rising R&B singer, actor and model. “I was in a holding room with 30-year-olds and I was terrified.” Fortunately, the crowd embraced him and gave Rotimi the boost he needed to follow his dreams. “The Apollo is where all the greats performed,” he explains. “I felt like if I could win this, then I could be one of the greats.” Since then he’s connected with Jennifer Hudson and Mary J. Blige, recorded with Dawn Richardson and spent time in the studio with songwriter Bryan-Michael Cox.
College Detour and Developing His Sound
By 17, Rotimi had clocked studio time with Jay-Z and spent all his non-school hours learning the ropes of the music industry. Feeling like he was just moments away from his big break, he decided to switch gears and focus on academia. “I’d promised my parents that I’d go to college, take the time to grow up a bit, and experience something different before really pursuing music.” Although it was a difficult decision, Rotimi feels it worked out for the best. “If I’d gone into the industry at that age I would have been done by 19 because I wasn’t grounded.” He spent his college years taking music courses, performing on campus and coming into his own as an artist. “I don’t just sing R&B, I’m able to sing pop and play with other sounds, but it’s all real soulful. I pride myself on having a really authentic music sound, no gimmicks, just my vocals.”
Hanging with Starz
For the first eight months post college, Rotimi spent his days and nights in the studio and also decided to try his hand at acting. Within two weeks of getting an agent, he auditioned for the Starz hit series Boss and landed the roll of Darius Morrison. “It was God and timing,” he says, of getting a spot on the Golden Globe-nominated series starring Kelsey Grammer. He then added model to his resume as the face of rapper/actor T.I.’s clothing label, AKOO. “Balancing all three definitely takes sacrifice, a great team, and determination,” he says. “You have to the have the passion for it and never settle. It also helps to have a mentor guide you through the game. I’ve found a mentor in Jamie Foxx. He’s explained the business to me from an actor and a musician’s point of view.”
Where You’ll See Him Next:
You can get a sample of Rotimi’s style on his project, While You Wait, as he preps his new EP for a fall release. The biggest difference with his new music is that it’s more collaborative. “I’m starting to get comfortable with having other writers on my project,” he says, noting that he’s always prided himself on telling his own stories. “I’m such a hands on person but, when you’re surrounded by such talented people, it’d be stupid not to take advantage.”
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With control of the Senate evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, the 2022 elections are set to be as competitive as ever.
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The final Elections Daily ratings of the 2020 elections project Democrats to win the presidency, 50 Senate seats, and 242 House seats.
Elections Daily is shifting Missouri’s Presidential and Gubernatorial races to Leans Republican and MO-02 to Leans Democratic.
The Elections Daily team is keeping an eye on four Senate races that are seemingly tight: Alaska, Kansas, Michigan, and South Carolina.
The Elections Daily team is keeping an eye on several states for potential Presidential, Senate, and Gubernatorial ratings changes.
The latest Elections Daily ratings move the Senate race in Montana to Leans Republican; only one seat, Iowa, remains in the Tossup column.
The Elections Daily ratings shift Texas from Tossup to Leans Republican, and Eric Cunningham notes several other states that might move soon.
Elections Daily shifts Maine’s Senate race to Leans Democratic and South Carolina’s Senate race to Likely Republican.
At the presidential level, we’re shifting Arizona and Nebraska’s 2nd congressional district to Leans Democratic and Utah to Safe Republican
Over the coming weeks, we’ll be shrinking the number of seats in our Tossup category.


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Yes, I do this twice a month. No, no death wish. My husband plays a game called Exalted (power nerd) and we hold the game at our house. This time I made chicken with forty cloves of garlic. Now I know some of you are thinking this is a ridiculous amount of garlic, but let me assure you, the garlic mellows out a lot because of the long(er) cooking time. I made this dish specifically this time because it is a favorite of mine, it can feed a lot of people, and it can be prepared the night before. The recipe calls for wine, but please note all of the alcohol will cook out--not to worry. But the flavor the wine leaves behind is remarkable. This recipe is loosely based on one by Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa). I really hope you can enjoy this recipe as much as I have.
Chicken with Forty Cloves
3 heads of garlic, seperated and cloves peeled
6 chicken breasts (approx. 6 pounds), bone in and skin on (it prevents it from drying out)
Fresh Ground Black Pepper-(I promise this post is coming)
Sea Salt-(seriously it is coming)
2 Tbs unsalted butter (always control the quantity and quality of the salt in your dish)
2 Tbs olive oil
1/2 bottle dry white wine
2 Tbs fresh Thyme or rosemary, minced (I prefer thyme)
3 Tbs Flour
1/4 whipping cream or half and half if you prefer
Salt and pepper the chicken. Melt your butter and oil in a large pot (or my favorite, a Le Creuset *psss, find an outlet near you, the savings are staggering!) over a med-high heat. and saute the chicken in batches. Just brown them on either side until they get some good color. 10 ish minutes. Remove the chicken (I like putting mine in a big bowls-easy). Lower then heat. Add you cloves of garlic and brown them on all sides for about 7 minutes. Raise the heat back up again and add the wine. Bring it to a boil and srape up all those brown bits on the bottom, they add a lot of flavor!
Add your herb of choice and then add the chicken back to the pot. Cover it and set it to simmer for about 30 minutes, however this may take longer. Then remove the chicken again and cover whilst you combine 1 cup of the cooking liquid to the flour and whisk it until smooth. Add this paste back to the pot and whisk to combine. Also add you cream here and bring to a boil for 3 minutes. Season it well with salt and pepper, it will be bland otherwise. Plate the chicken and pour the sauce over it. I serve it with rice and green beans, but asparagus and couscous would be lovely also. Enjoy!
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In the last four years much of North American experienced a drought. During President Trump's inauguration speech the rain started.
Many believe President trump is an extremist. He is dangerous and he must be stopped!
President Trump's travel ban is a temporary ban on travel from seven danger zones. It will most likely die during court litigation.
President Trump's cabinet nomination Betsy De Vos for Secretary of Education is his most controversial and dangerous pick.
President Trump to make nomination to Supreme Court. Many expect a culture war over conservative judges appointed by President Trump. Women's march is considered a push back against Trump's conservative worldview.
Environmental foundations such as the Sierra Club and the Earthworks Foundation have helped to stop the Keystone Pipeline, copper mines in Arizona and Alaska. Left wing foundations have used the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act to put thousands of mining and timber people out of work. We need a more balanced approach as stewards of creation.
Citizen shocked over student protests and flag burning do not understand the full significance and ramifications of the recent Trump victory.
Traditionally international bankers and the corporate establishment control both the Republican and Democratic parties in presidential elections through control of the media and financial backing. Trump's presidential win is a threat to the establishment because he was successful largely without their assistance.
WikiLeaks emails show John Podesta and others in Hillary's inner circle participate in bizarre occult rituals. Emails show a social link between John and Tony Podesta and Marina Abramovic who performs occult rituals as an "artist".
Socialism is not a movement of the downtrodden masses, but is often a movement of the economic elite who want power and monopolist capitalism or despotism.

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NAIROBI - Human Rights Watch has released a report describing how Sudanese security forces have subjected female activists, human rights defenders and journalists to sexual abuse, intimidation, and other forms of ill-treatment. The rights group says it does not believe any security officer has ever been held to account for these actions.
In a new report entitled “Good Girls Don’t Protest,” Human Rights Watch has documented cases in which it says Sudanese authorities abused, harassed and intimidated women who were involved in protests and rights campaigns, as well as journalists and others.
Human Rights Watch senior researcher Jehanne Henry says male activists tend not to have the same experience as their female counterparts.
“So we have got a lot of examples of national security officials in particular, but also police, sometimes, harassing women who are protesting, taunting them, telling them, ‘What are they doing out on the street. it is not the place of women?' And then we have got much more serious examples as well of national security officers or suspected national security officers who have actually abducted or detained women and raped them,” said Henry.
She described one case from Sudan’s April 2015 elections, when a female activist was distributing leaflets urging a boycott.
“She was arrested from outside of her family home, and then driven away, some distance away from town, and she was raped in a very remote location by three national security officers, she said. And then when they were finished beating her and insulting her and raping her, they drove her back to the main road and dropped her off,” she said.
Sudan is a deeply political culture and women have been politically active for a long time, according to Henry. The report suggests abuses against women seemed to increase as public protests and demonstrations became more frequent around the time of the Arab uprisings, South Sudan’s 2011 secession, Sudan’s economic downturn, and uprisings in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile.
Henry believes it is necessary to highlight these cases of rape, sexual violence, and harassment committed by security forces, in order to ask the Sudanese authorities to take appropriate action.
“So we want to show that this is happening, ask them to address it by showing zero tolerance for it and by holding security forces accountable when they are found to have done this. And Sudan has denied that its officials do engage in sexual violence, and it has not to our knowledge held anyone accountable for any abuses of female activists,” said Henry.
Sudan’s National Security Act of 2010 gives national security officers broad powers, effectively ensuring individual officers will avoid prosecution.
Sudan has ratified human rights conventions that prohibit inhuman and degrading treatment, yet public morality laws proscribe a woman’s manner of dress, movement, and role in public life. Violations can bring punishments of lashing and stoning.
HRW is urging the Sudanese government to reform these laws, including the national security act, and repeal corporal punishment.
Calls to a Sudan government spokesman for response were not answered.


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Michael Idalski lit up the stage with Broadway songs in front of a large, enthusiastic crowd Friday night. The Rogers City Theater provided the perfect venue for the benefit concert for Idalski’s May trip to Carnegie Hall in New York City.
As a senior at Central Michigan University (CMU,) Idalski is a three-year member of the CMU Chamber Singers. Fellow member, Sarah Clark, also sang to the delight of the audience. Tyler Kivel provided piano accompaniment for the evening as well as performing his own amazing keyboard solo.
Michael performed a duet with Heather Nordenbrock whom he has worked with since eighth-grade, as a cast member in Lucky Stiff at the Rogers City Theater. You might also remember him from Annie, Hello, Dolly! and other productions at the local theater. In Mount Pleasant, Idalski also has been active on stage, including being cast as the lead role in Rent at the Broadway Theater.
Selections for the night included “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and the World Premiere of “June 21, 2005.” Anne Petrides wrote this song for Idalski, in memory of his cousin, Nick, who was fatally wounded in Iraq. The text of the song is a letter that Nick sent to Michael’s Busia that she received on June 21, 2005.
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, two blocks south of Central Park. It opened May 5, 1891 with Italian and Florentine Renaissance architectural styles by Andrew Carnegie and William Tuthill.
After graduation, Idalski’s plans include performing and touring. He is a 2009 graduate of Rogers City High School.

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THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT:::: SAY YES OR NO TO THE HATE CRIMES AND HATE SPEECH BILL. The Parliamen...
THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT:::: SAY YES OR NO TO THE HATE CRIMES AND HATE SPEECH BILL. The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services has asked for your opinion on the controversial Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and
Hate Speech Bill.
Although "hate" is not clearly defined in the Bill, ‘‘harm'' is broadly listed as any emotional, psychological, physical, social or economic harm;
The Bill aims to provide for the prosecution of persons who commit offences referred to in this Act and provide for appropriate sentences.
You are invited to provide comment in support or objection to the Bill. Closing date is midnight 31 January 2019.
Please take action now by clicking on this link; https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/hate-crimes-and-hate-speech/
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The 2019 World Champion Bareback Bronc Rider in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Clayton Biglow is our guest this week on Word With A Champ. Clayton won the PRCA season, Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and season title, earning over $425,000.00, 8 seconds at a time. We caught up to the second generation ProRodeo cowboy immediately after the 10th go-round win in the city of lights, that made him the undisputed champion representing the state of California.


Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh reported 115 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday.
With this, the total number of Covid-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh rose to 3,791 including 479 patients from other states and 112 foreign returnees.
A total of 12, 613 samples were tested in the past 24 hours in the state.
Officials of the Medical and Family Welfare Department said that a total of 41 patients have recovered and discharged from the hospitals in the past 24 hours.
The total number of those recovered in the state now stands at 2,407, including 197 people from others states and one foreign returnee. The number of active Covid-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh is now at 1,320 (927 from Andhra Pradesh, 282, and 111 from other states and foreign returnees respectively).
The death toll remained at 64 in the state. There was no new death reported in the state during the last 24 hours.
Kurnool district has reported the highest of 25 Covid-19 deaths followed by Krishna district with 18 deaths and Guntur district with 8 deaths.
Nellore and Anantapur districts have reported four COVID-19 deaths each while East Godavari and Chittoor districts reported two deaths each. Visakhapatnam district reported one death.
Andhra Pradesh continues to lead the table among the states in the conduct of Covid-19 tests per million.


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Lincoln elementary schools receive food funding
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The Lincoln County School District is pleased to announce that all five elementary schools are recipients of the federal Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Grant (FFVP). The total amount awarded from the grant is $92,945.76 (per school breakdown listed below). The grant is funded and regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The FFVP provides all children in participating schools with a variety of free fresh fruits and vegetables throughout the school day. It is an effective and creative way of introducing fresh fruits and vegetables as healthy snack options. The FFVP also encourages community partnerships to support the schools when they offer free fruits and vegetables to children during the school day. The goal of the FFVP is to:
• create healthier school environments by providing healthier food choices
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• expand the variety of fruits and vegetables children experience
• increase children’s fruit and vegetable consumption
• make a difference in children’s diets to impact their present and future health
School selection was based upon submitted applications from elementary schools that operate the National School Lunch Program and that have 50 percent or more of their students eligible for free/reduced-price meals. Priority was given to schools with the highest percentage of free and reduced-price eligible students. Kentucky received more than 3.8 million dollars in FFVP funding for the 2022 Federal Fiscal Year. Each participating school will receive funds to operate the program based on approximately $50 per student. The participating schools are listed below.
• Waynesburg Elementary – $13,080.00
• Crab Orchard Elementary – $12,743.82
• Stanford Elementary – $35,400.00
• Hustonville Elementary – $19,601.94
• Highland Elementary – $12,120.00
FFVP Grant Total – $92,945.76


COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – You may remember the story back in March about the giant metal die that turned up in Lake Coeur d’Alene. It turns out, that die may have been on a longer journey than initially thought.
Ed Shorts emailed KREM 2's Taylor Viydo a couple of weeks ago the tank first appeared in Cataldo -- in 2001. He said the tank washed up on his property along the Cd’A river and then washed away during the floods of 2008.
Short said something strange caught his eye along the Coeur d'Alene River near Cataldo.
"Literally, it looked like it had been there one hundred years," he said.
This giant metal tank, buried in the riverbank.
"I swear to God, it would look like it would take an excavator to pull it out of there," Short said.
Short said he does not know how the tank arrived there. It would sit there though for some time, until Mother Nature had other plans.
In 2008, Short arrived on his property and the tank was gone. Little would Ed know that would bet he start of what would be quite the journey.
"The river solved my problem for me," Short said.
During the flooding of 2008, the die -- which was still just a tank -- washed away.
That is the same time when Chris Gridley said it washed up on his family's property on Driftwood Point. The Gridley's own a sign shop in Spokane, and after being tired of looking at the plain tank for years, in 2012 they made the dots to create the die.
That means in 2008, the tank washed 26 miles down the Coeur d'Alene River. It entered the lake near Harrison, and then headed north to Driftwood Point.
Fast forward to March and high waters would again push the die north -- all the way to Downtown Coeur d'Alene and onto our airwaves.
"When I saw your clip, I did the double take," Short said, "I said 'you know what, I've seen that tank.'"
What are the odds?
From 26 miles up the river, to two beaches on the lake, and then eventually to a park where it will become public art. The giant metal die is lucky in more ways than one.
"It's a funny story about a gas tank of all things," Short said.
The Legend of The Die: A timeline of the die's incredible journey
2001: Giant die first spotted by Ed Shorts in Cataldo, Idaho
2008: Flood waters carry the die up near the property of Chris Gridley. After staring at the plain tank, they paint it in the form of a die in 2012.
2017: Giant die washes up on the shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene


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Katy Perry Honors Miranda Kerr In Heartfelt Speech After Red Carpet Appearance Together
Pippa Middleton has welcomed her second child with husband James Matthews. The 37-year-old welcomed her daughter on Monday morning, Access Hollywood confirms. Their baby girl is named Grace Elizabeth Jane and was born around 4:22 AM, weighing in at 6 lbs., 7 oz., Pippa’s rep tells Access Hollywood. “Mother and baby are doing well,” Pippa’s rep told Access Hollywood.


School Board Meeting Sparks Debate on Transparency and Support for Fargo Youth
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The Fargo Public School Board meeting held Monday night evoked a range of emotions, as parents expressed their concerns about transparency, while others rejoiced over the board’s support for transgender youth and teenagers.
The meeting shed light on community perspectives and underscored the need for open dialogue and understanding.
Cassie Smith, a concerned parent, emphasized the importance of depoliticizing the situation.
“I think it’s really important to try to take the politics out of this situation.” Smith said.
Conversely, other community members welcomed the board’s support and inclusivity for all youth, meeting attendee Kristin Nelson, expressed her gratitude. Stating: “I’m here today to offer words of gratitude to Dr. Ghandi, as well as the rest of the board, for courageously supporting all children who attend Fargo Public Schools.”
The meeting also revealed concerns about transparency within the school board, leaving some parents feeling excluded from decision-making processes and fueling frustration and worry. Parents expressed a desire to be well-informed about their children’s education and questioned who holds the authority to determine what is best for their child.
“It’s just something we need to be careful about, what type of information we’re receiving, and who’s the gatekeeper of that information.” Smith said.
On the other hand, some parents simply want to see their children succeed.
“Don’t get in the way of parents and their children,” said Deven Styczynski. “We want the children to succeed.”
Despite different viewpoints, many community members support the board’s decisions and believe in the positive impact it will have on the lives of some students.
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It wasn’t a save situation, “Enter Sandman” wasn’t blaring, but Mariano Rivera still came in and made an inspiring impression yesterday.
Rivera was invited to come speak to the Nets and share his experiences with the Yankees. Because he has more rings than the entire Nets team – which aside from assistant coach Bill Cartwright is still working on one – they sorted of listened.
“He just talked about the importance of the team, staying together, supporting each other through the ups and downs of a season,” said Cliff Robinson. “It was good to have someone who has been as consistent as he has and understands what it takes to be on top to come in and spend some time with us.”
And Robinson, from Buffalo, is a Yankee fan – “Oh, yeah, I was extremely impressed.”
Ditto Bostjan Nachbar who, despite his Slovenian heritage was well aware of Rivera’s pedigree.
“He talked about the experiences in his career, how he went through good times and difficult times and through it all, ‘team’ is the most important thing,” Nachbar said. “I think everybody enjoyed listening to a guy who has achieved so much in his career.”
Coach Lawrence Frank has brought in success stories in the past to address his troops; to tell them about success and failure. And while it’s not limited to the sports arena, he jumped at the chance to have Rivera, whose appearance was arranged through the team chaplain, Pastor Willie Alfonso.
“We’ve had different people come and talk to the team. It’s important to be able to listen and learn to others and he had a lot to share,” Frank said. “We talk about being able to achieve great things, but we like to talk to people in other venues – whether sports or business or in society – that have achieved great things yet have such a humble demeanor about them.”
And that was one word that seemed to come up about Rivera: humble.
“A superstar like him, yet he was one of the most humble people I’ve ever met,” said GM Ed Stefanski, one of the host of Net types who clutched Mariano Rivera autographed baseballs before last night’s 109-107 home exhibition win over Boston. “He talked about the team and how you have to trust each other. Everybody was listening because everyone has seen the results.”
And everybody was impressed by Rivera’s mere presence. Well, almost everybody.
“I don’t watch baseball,” said rookie Marcus Williams. “But I do know who he is.”


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Beecroft says many questions unanswered
South Douglas MHK Kate Beecroft says she may still bring more questions about the government’s regulatory agreement with Manx Gas.
Yesterday during Tynwald questions she grilled Office of Fair Trading Chairman David Quirk MHK about the deal – which caps the company’s profits while ruling out regulatory action over prices.
But Mrs Beecroft says many of the questions she posed remain unanswered – and she may bring more in future.
She says Mr Quirk’s advice to ask Manx Gas about the deal isn’t good enough:

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Campbell much better than his numbers show
Campbell is quickly emerging into a solid starting QB in the NFL, writes Jeremy Green. , writes Jeremy Green.
Originally Published: October 17, 2007By Jeremy Green | Scouts Inc.
After watching Washington QB Jason Campbell over the past few weeks I wanted to go back into the film room and really break him down. What I saw after looking at tapes is that he is rapidly developing into one of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL.
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About Independence Township
Independence Township has a land mass of 23.3 sq. miles or approximately 15,142.4 acres. It is a rural community located in the southern section of Beaver County. The township abuts Hanover Township to the west. It is bordered on the northeast by Hopewell Township, with Raccoon Township on its northwestern border. Allegheny and Washington Counties are on its southeastern border.
It is just a few minutes commute to the Pittsburgh International Airport or the Beaver Valley Mall. Pittsburgh and all of its activities are just a half an hour away.
History of Independence Township
The lands that are now Independence Township were originally part of Hopewell Township and the Village of Independence. October 19, 1848 Independence Township was born.
During the mid 1700s, Independence was an Indian hunting ground and arrowheads and other artifacts are still found in the Township today.
Independence Township occupied much of the Raccoon Creek Valley in southern Beaver County. Independence Village, the site of “Seventy-Six” Post Office, was Hopewell Township’s first polling place and chief village until that township was divided to form Independence Township in 1848. Forner’s Mill, located here, was powered by water from a unique underground mill race. The blacksmith shop nearby was a Masonic Lodge for many years. The last covered bridge in Beaver County was also here until it collapsed in 1948. This is the area now occupied by Morely’s Auto Repair.
George McElhaney, an Indian scout during the Revolutionary War, settled along Raccoon Creek south of Independence Village shortly after the war. Nearby, the township’s other village of note developed as Bock’s Mill (later Bocktown). The post office here was called Deluth which was near the present day intersection of Route 151 and Independence Road. Backbone School, one of the county’s more interesting place names, was named for a high, narrow ridge in a loop of Raccoon Creek in the southwest corner of the township. New Bethlehem United Presbyterian Church, founded in 1865, is the township’s oldest.
Raccoon Creek, Service Creek and Raredon Run flow through the Township.
The Township had six one-room schools Gorsuch, Butler, Backbone, Independence, Hardscrabble and Bocktown.
The original Township building, aptly named “Independence Hall”, circa 1920, was located on Independence Road near the intersection with Ridge Road and served as the seat of local government and community social hall. This structure still stands today and most recently housed Kaufmann’s Gun Shop.

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It's a bit of old news, but when is that ever appropriate to say about our constitutional right to bear arms, along with the incessant attacks against it? The Reload found this nugget last month: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention got manhandled by anti-gun groups to remove its commissioned study that justified legitimate uses of firearms in self-defense situations. In other words, it was about "good guys with guns," and there was data to support that hypothesis. Anti-gun groups wanted this study torched because it would make it harder for them to pass gun control legislation.
This effort to torpedo the problematic study occurred in 2021. The best part is the series of emails The Reload obtained showing the communications between the Biden White House and these gun control groups who dismiss the study as misinformation and having no value because it guts their agenda like a fish. The CDC, at first, stood by its findings in September 2021 but relented to outside pressure by December (via The Reload):
Update: The CDC never actually sent @teamtrace the statement it drafted in response to the publication's initial inquiry about the agency's decision to change the language on its website about defensive gun use and the lobbying campaign behind it. https://t.co/24igo5iePL— The Reload (@TheReloadSite) December 29, 2022
The Centers For Disease Control (CDC) deleted a reference to a study it commissioned after a group of gun-control advocates complained it made passing new restrictions more difficult.
The lobbying campaign spanned months and culminated with a private meeting between CDC officials and three advocates last summer, a collection of emails obtained by The Reload show. Introductions from the White House and Senator Dick Durbin’s (D., Ill.) office helped the advocates reach top officials at the agency after their initial attempt to reach out went unanswered. The advocates focused their complaints on the CDC’s description of its review of studies that estimated defensive gun uses (DGU) happen between 60,000 and 2.5 million times per year in the United States–attacking criminologist Gary Kleck’s work establishing the top end of the range.
“[T]hat 2.5 Million number needs to be killed, buried, dug up, killed again and buried again,” Mark Bryant, one of the attendees, wrote to CDC officials after their meeting. “It is highly misleading, is used out of context and I honestly believe it has zero value – even as an outlier point in honest DGU discussions.”
Bryant, who runs the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), argued Kleck’s estimate has been damaging to the political prospects of passing new gun restrictions and should be eliminated from the CDC’s website.
“And while that very small study by Gary Kleck has been debunked repeatedly by everyone from all sides of this issue [even Kleck] it still remains canon by gun rights folks and their supporting politicians and is used as a blunt instrument against gun safety regulations every time there is a state or federal level hearing,” he wrote in the same email. “Put simply, in the time that study has been published as ‘a CDC Study’ gun violence prevention policy has ground to a halt, in no small part because of the misinformation that small study provided.”
Despite initially standing behind the description in the defensive gun use section of its “fast facts” website on gun violence, the CDC backtracked after a previously-undisclosed virtual meeting with the advocates on September 15th, 2021.
These groups also have their media allies to think about, who pervasively misreport the basics of the firearms lexicon and current law. The fact that they don't know the difference between semi-automatic and automatic is beyond inexcusable, along with the ignorance that domestic abusers already cannot own firearms. Some even confuse shotguns with AR-15 rifles, which is real misinformation.
Yet, once again, we had a major network—CBS—peddle a misleading study on mass shootings that ignored defensive uses. The new wave of anti-gun coverage comes after two mass shootings occurred in California this month around the Lunar New Year celebrations, though Asian males committed both. That shouldn't matter, but in today's media paradigm of focusing on race and identity, these shootings would be given the proverbial drive-by treatment. There's nothing here to weaponize against Republicans:
Since the mass shooting in Monterey Park, California … viewers of English and Spanish broadcast networks have seen the reported number of mass shootings in the United States jump from 33 to 39 in just three days. And as CBS Morning’s co-host Nate Burleson put it on Tuesday, “my logic says that has to be wrong, those numbers have to be exaggerated, and they are not.” But Burleson should’ve listened to his logic because his instinct was correct. Yet, these networks have also ignored a recent study that shows an average of 1.67 million defensive gun uses per year.
… the liberal broadcast networks and Spanish-language networks have cited the anti-gun Gun Violence Archive (GVA) 20 times. From Sunday morning to Tuesday morning (January 22-24) the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) cited the Gun Violence Archive 9 times during their morning and evening flagship newscasts. Telemundo and Univision cited GVA 11 times (including on their noon and late-night newscasts).
It's the same old story. Thus far, gun rights groups have been able to stop atrocious anti-Second Amendment pushes outside of the blue hell holes that dot the country. I would've liked to say there are enough pro-gun Republicans to kill new gun control legislative efforts, but Senators McConnell and Cornyn decided to surrender on that last year. Overall, we clinched significant court wins, especially on carry rights, so not all is lost.


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Description: Learn how to create a unique beautiful piece of art, using one of the most versatile and useful tools in the shop. TheBand Saw Box is created from a block of wood that is either laminated or solid, containing drawers or hidden compartments. Students will learn how to plan, layout, cut, and craft an eye-catching project using a minimum of major woodworking tools. This project is a fun method that will increase your Band Saw skills and create fantastic gifts.
Luckily, we have also managed to find a detailed video tutorial of the Barn door project that illustrates the process of building a Barn door of your own. The steps and instructions in the video tutorial are different from the source links listed above. Actually, you can make different types of designs for your Barn door depending on which one you can afford easily and DIY on your own.
$1125.00 (Includes All Materials) . Deposit $300.00 (Balance due 30 days before class) In this class we will explore the works of one of my favorite woodworkers, George Nakashima. This chair has elegance, simplicity, subtle details, and beauty. Don't let its simplicity fool you. This chair requires great skill and precision to execute. It involves carving and sculpting of the seat with power and hand tools. The complex joinery has to be done accurately to ensure…
Another awesome thing about this coffee table is that it is also has a storage unit. So you can store drinks, and other stuff in the half barrel of your table and then close or open it whenever you need. Pete has also constructed a video for this tutorial for which you can find the link below. It illustrates the same process in a video guide that shows you the exact process to be followed while building this whiskey barrel coffee table.
Although refrigerators long ago rendered them obsolete, antique oak ice boxes remain popular with collectors, even though they’re expensive and hard to find. This do-it-yourself version is neither: it’s both inexpensive and easy to build. An authentic reproduction of an original, the project is especially popular when used as a bar, but it has many
With a pencil and a protractor, divide the larger disc into 30-degree wedges to create 12 center lines for the bottle indents. Center and trace the smaller disc on top of the larger disc. Next, with a drill press, drill 3/8-in.-deep holes on the 12 center lines with the 1-7/8-in. Forstner bit, spacing them between the disc’s outer edge and the traced circle. Next, divide the smaller disc into 60-degree wedges and drill six more 3/8-in.-deep holes with the Forstner bit.
There are many ways to learn woodworking. Books and DVDs are a great source of information, and there's nothing wrong with trial ans error. But if you really want to sharpen your skills or pick up a new technique, nothing beats a woodworking class. If you live within traveling distance of one of the many Rockler Woodworking and Hardware store's that offer classes, you're really in luck. The woodworking classes held at Rockler retail stores are taught by experienced woodworkers who are enthusiastic about their craft. Class sizes are small - 10 students or less in most cases - so you can expect the kind of individualized instruction that really helps when you're learning something new. Here's a sample of the great woodworking instruction upcoming at Rockler retail stores around the country:
Description: You're not finished until it's finished and this course help add the perfect touch to complete your project. You'll learn the concepts behind finishing, how to prepare your surface, how staining and dye work, and several basic finishes. You will practice the specific skills you need to apply a general purpose finish to your prized projects.
Description: Come explore the world of chip carving! Geometric and free form designs created with a cutting knife and stab knife provide tremendous opportunities for artistic expression based on generations of tradition. This hands-on class will cover carving techniques, traditional as well as free form designs, layout and knife sharpening methods. Tools required: Chip carving cutting knife and stab knife, mechanical pencil with .5mm lead, eraser, T-square, and draftsman's compass. Recommended reading: The Complete Guide to Chip Carving by Wayne Barton.
If you bought this superb polished table in a store, it would cost you a fortune, but our detailed instructions will help you make one for less than $100. And it looks like highly polished stone, but no-one would know it’s actually made from concrete with a wooden base. Also, you can embellish the top with leaf prints, like the table shown here, or personalize it with glass or mosaic tiles or imprints of seashells.
The best thing about the toy chest is that it is very easy to build. All you need is the basic understanding of woodworking and a few tools to get started. You can also modify your kid’s toy chest in any way you want or build in a different design or color different from the one pictured above. You can try some other designs for your plan in the below-mentioned link.


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Once you have unboxed the mBot and mounted the fun can start!
Don´t be fooled by the nice looking and easy going of this robot: it can teach robotics to children and adults alike. It´s so easy and well prepared to make all robotics easy, that you can not get lost. And if you do, you have loads of documentation and technical support on hand.
So mBot robot comes programmed already, it executes out-of-the-box (after mounting it) a program with three main functions:
- move around and avoid obstacles on its own,
- follow a line on the ground,
- or just accept commands from the supplied IR remote controller (like a nice robot).
I think it's a great way to show the capabilities of this robotic platform with three ready-to-use examples. The most I like is the command by remote controller: there you can check how fast, precise (and funny) this robot is.
However my first idea was to test the robot in a table. You know, let´s complicate easy things...
Problem? It can fall down and break it appart. The solution? It's easy! Just use the line detector to "see" if there is table or not. Yes you can do that!
With a little program in the easy to use mBlock software it took me only 10 minutes to develop and test it, and other 5 minutes to refine it! This is great! (Yes I myself know some programming languages and disciplines, but it's so easy you have to try play with it).
But first things first. What programming platform is this mBlock? How easy is it? Is it compatible with anything else? Spoiler: yes! It is very easy and compatible with your beloved Arduino boards! Keep reading:
You can download the mBlock software from here. Hey! You can see there in the third tab, that mBlock is compatible with many Arduino boards! So you can develop robotics applications with your beloved Arduino board in mBlock. Here is the list I have right now for them in my mBlock software (note mBot is marked as it´s what I have connected right now):
From its website we can see that: "mBlock is a customized version of Scratch which is a graphic programming language (developed by the lifelong kindergarten group at MIT Media Lab). With mBlock, those who are familiar with Scratch can easily interact with electronic modules in Arduino eco-system."
This software has modules for everything, from inputs to outputs, to functions and even sounds. Drag and drop a module and voilá! You have that function working in your robot! If you have the robot on and connected by USB, the robot "gets" the software and executes it. Tip: if you test motors, put the robot at the top of something so you don´t mess with the cable ;-)
You can get wrong behaviour from the robot or nothing at all. No problem! Remove or re order the blocks and keep trying. Finally you get to where you want with the robot. Tip: develop easy tasks at the begining and test them. Save them and keep complicating the things. In this way you get familiar with those modules and the robot. I did it on that way too ;-)
So, how a program for mBot looks like? Here you have the program I did by my own. It is not perfect, but does what I want:
Yes you may think it is a complex program for a newer like you... So let´s try a easy one:
This program just repeats twice the following instructions:
- run forward at 100 of speed. Forward means BOTH motors moves to provoque that the robot moves forward.
- wait for 0.2 seconds (during those seconds motors are executing the precedent command).
- run backward at speed 100.
- wait again for 0.2 seconds.
- After doing from 1 to 4 twice, the robot ends that loop and keeps going with last sentence in this case:
- run forward at speed 0. That means stop motors.
As you see the program by itself is silly. But learning the basics on mBlock instructions and get used to motors is important for next programs.
The green flag means that you have to press that flag into the mBlock software so it sends the order to the robot to execute it.
As I said before, if we have the robot connected to the computer via USB cable for example, it is updated with this program. We can also force it opening the Arduino. We´ll see it later.
So we connect via USB mBot to the computer, open the mBlock software and "write" this program above. Then we have to connect to the robot. We do it using the Connect -> Serial Port -> Com... (in my case is the 14).
You can test with yours, until you see at the top of the mBlock program the message "Serial Port Connected" and listen to the mBot robot makes a sound like "hey I'm connected":
Then if you double click with the left button of your mouse or click on the green flag, you will see how the robot executes your program.
Now you can change speed, number of repetitions or seconds to wait and see how it affects to your robot. Attached you have this simple example to play with, but first try to build your own ;-)
Let´s see the code of this program in case you are familiar with Arduino or want to see what is behind the scenes (at the left):
As you can see you have a button where you can open this sofware with your Arduino IDE if you have it installed.
But , what about the sensors? Well, they are nearly as easy as the motors! Let´s see a simple example I build to test the ultrasound one:
Don´t get impressed by this program (you can download it from here), it has only some new functions. I recommend you to review the funny and instructives manuals that are in the mBlock site here.
- declare the speed to 100 (because it´s fine like 100).
- we create a loop that will be executed forever. It´s simple and easy.
- Into this infinite loop we:
- declare the variable distance, that gets its value from the ultrasonic sensor, attached to Port3. Very straight forward, isn´t it?
- Now we start to give intelligence to our robot. It has to decide with "if" functions:
- if distance is less than 25 and it´s less than 15 then get backwards half second. Note: the ultrasonic sensor measures in centimetres (cm).
- if a random value is less than 50, then turn right half a second. It´s just to get things simple right now.
- other wise turn left half a second.
- If distance is > 25 (remember point 6?) then run forward, as there is not obstacle at less than 25 cm.
- Until when? Until it detects an obstacle at less than 25 cm, as the robot executes again and again from the point 3 (remember the infinite loop).
So finally after testing also with the line detection sensor I could develop and test sucessfuly the program to avoid obstacles on a table while the robot avoids also to fall down from the table, you can download this program here. I have tunned a bit this program and now the robot is faster and avoids nearly perfect any obstacle and fall, you can download it here. Please take note that for a perfect "fall down avoidance" you need two line sensors, one in each front side.
Update 27 August 2015: I have tested the omboard light sensor and it works great! This is a basic test. And this is an advanced one.
- Check the Youtube video list from mBot here, you will see other positibilities like the 2.4 GHz tutorial.
- Pins connections for mCore board of mBot is in GitHub with some comments.
- If you want to adapt your own sensors and servos for example to mBot, try this adapter.
- More about the adapter and schematics of the mCore board is here.
There are kits, upgrades and extensions for this mBot robot kit. If you want to see what else can be done and learnt with this robot stay tunned ;-)


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For as long as I can remember, the Oscars have been telecast “live” on Channel 9â€”so many commercials were squeezed into the breaks that the broadcast ran two hours after the winners’ names were announced on CNN. This year the Academy Awards aired live on the Velvet cable channel, which some of us do not have, so we invited ourselves to a friend’s house for Oscars brunch.
As far as I am concerned this is an excellent batch of nominees, but there is one work of true genius among them, and it is Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood. Even its flaws underscore its brilliance. That said, I did not think it could win Best Pictureâ€”because The Coens’s No Country For Old Men had swept the guild prizes, and because I didn’t think the voters would like it. It is not a picture that wants to be liked. So I joined Raymond in betting on No Country, while Leo and Chus bet on Blood. The fact that Leo and Chus had not actually seen Blood, and the fact that No Country both impressed and repelled me (I’d like to believe that humanity deserves more than a stain on the bottom of a shoe), were immaterialâ€”we were going for probabilities and outcomes.
– Alright, no one say anything about the host, he’s my husband.
– Is everyone pregnant?
– Obscene proposal to Javier Bardem.
– Why is Amy Adams (from Enchanted) dressed like a matron?
– Or a congressional spouse.
– In something from Karimadon.
– Poor girl, that song doesn’t really work without the rats and cockroaches. She doesn’t even have visual effects or back-up dancers, it’s not fair.
– Tilda Swinton! Upset!
– Nanalo si Aling Tilda, makakabili na siya ng manggas. (Now that Tilda’s won, she can buy another sleeve.)
– All the live action short nominees are foreign.
– Haay ang guapo ni George Clooney! Aww, I’d do Seth Rogen.
– Make up your mind. Clooney or Rogen?
– Obscene proposal to Colin Farrell. A talented actor whose best work is still that sex video.
– Colin, you need to see Chus about your hair.
– The sound is awful, I can barely hear them sing Falling Slowly.
– This show looks like it was thrown together at the last minute. Did the montage-makers go on strike too?
– Ricky texted. They forgot to put Brad Renfro in the In Memoriam montage.
– Ha ha, the orchestra won’t interrupt the winner for Musical Score with a snippet from his musical score. Because that would be ironic.
– Nooo, the orchestra cut off Marketa!
– (Big laugh at “That guy is so arrogant!”)
– Jon brought her back! I love you, Jon.
– (Cate Blanchett grimaces at the clip from Elizabeth: The Golden Age, summing up how we feel about that movie. Applause.)
– Oh no, is Juno going to win?
– La Vie en Rose was so-so, but Marion Cotillard was spectacular as Piaf.
– Tapos na ba? Pag local awards show, last ang Best Actress. (Is it over? On local awards shows, Best Actress is awarded last.)
– Gil-roy! Gil-roy! Oh blast.
– In fairness, carry ni Diablo Cody ang damit na yan. (To be fair, Diablo Cody carries that outfit well.)
– Why is she pulling it down? If you’re going to wear a dress slit to there, be prepared to show “there”. And she’s a former stripper.
– (All together) Viggooooooooooo.
– Sana yung fight scene na lang ang pinalabas para nakahubad siya. (They should’ve shown the fight scene where he’s naked.)
–(I decide to change my cat Mat’s name to Matthias Eomer Federer-Urban-Day-Lewis.) He’s really a writer’s son, note how he summed up the theme of the evening.
– This really is a beauty contest. Marty should wear a cape and crown and pass them on to his successor.
– (All together) P-T-An-der-son!
– Oh well. Which one is married to Frances MacDormand?
– We win! Let’s get halo-halo.
– (We all get up and walk to Kozui for halo-halo.)


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I checked out this site and noticed there is such a difference in their cruise prices (cheaper!) They quote their "our starting price" Once you start the booking process does the price drastically go up? How can they quote prices so much lower than the cruise co.'s own websites?
I absolutely need a wheelchair accessible cabin. Will they guarantee this?
Vacations to go-reputable?
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