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suffer the little children: sessions' zero-legality policy
By Alan Gilbert.
Hearing the voices of children separated from their parents at the US border calling for their mothers and fathers in secret detention centers makes any decent person, in the US and abroad, shudder. That the government uses secrecy even in grim public facilities, where at least the façade of the building is known to reporters, but also in nonpublic subcontracted warehouses for private military intelligence contractors like MVM to imprison children is both unsurprising – a sign of bureaucratically authorized crime – and appalling. Even some of the people who work in these centers – a nurse in Hastings, New York as well as someone who recorded the Propublica audio tape – take videos or make recordings with cell phones – at great personal risk and smuggle them out. Writing for Reveal and the Texas Tribune, reporter Aura Bogado was called by two witnesses because groups of children were being guided to two unknown, MVM "transition" warehouses/office buildings in Pheonix. There were no kitchens, few bathrooms; in one, children could only bathe in a sink.
The moral description of those responsible for these detention camps is shiveringly cruel or sadistic; the name for these practices is evil. On a whim of Steven Miller, Sessions and Trump – with near obliviousness to the rule of law – the US government does this harm on purpose, with malice aforethought, and also with casual incompetence. The want-to-be autocrat and his sycophants believe can do anything they want. They even flout judicial orders.
In response to Southern California Federal District Judge Dana Sabraw's order to reunite children under 5 including some nursing babies, with their parents by July 10, the Health and Human Services Department initially reported that it couldn't tell what happened to 16 out of 101 children under 5 years old – nearly 16% – and that they deported the parents of another 19 – 20% – and cannot even locate another 19 – 20% – released in the United States before hearings. The total missing was more than 56% – i.e. more than half of the families of children under 5. In a democracy with the rule of law, those responsible for kidnapping and abusing children be facing trial. Secretaries Alex Azar and Kirstjen Nielsen should have been sent to non-luxury jails for contempt of court by the day until there was information about and clear plans for the return of every child to her or his parents.
Instead, Secretary Azar then announced that the "Health and Human Services" Department would treat parents and their (violently by the US government) separated children as "unaccompanied" and subject them to a much longer review… Parents who often do not speak English or Spanish – many are Guatemalan Mayans, for example – and are often not allowed lawyers, have been browbeaten by detention guards and officials into and agreeing to be deported, sometimes back to likely death, as long as they could be reunited with their children. But the administration has now deported some hundreds without their children, and has, as Judge Sabraw angrily said, "lost track" of the parents.
These are parents who had believed in the United States enough to leave their murderous home for dangerous travel and often sexual abuse. Yet is there some other country which is now as cruel as the United States to these kidnapped children?
As of two weeks beyond the court order, only 57 of 102 children under 5 years old kidnapped from their parents had been reunited. Against Judge Sabraw's injunction, 45 – 44% – were "declared ineligible" to be reunited. Judge Sabraw also ruled that the government must reunite all children seized – an additional, officially recognized 2551 children over 5 by July 26, As of today just under 1187 have so far been returned to parents or another "appropriate" family. But that figure may include some dumped in American foster homes (that is, kidnapped and resettled…). 917 – 36% – are deemed "not eligible," including those whose parents had "agreed" to go so long as they could be reunited with their children and were deceived even in this.
These officials have legal "authority" – they can sadistically victimize children and families seeking asylum. The ACLU, represented particularly by Lee Gelernt, and many other attorneys, have fought heroically to get this much information on the chidren released. But reporting in the corporate press, though reporters are often horrified by Trump's measures, is way too awe-struck about authority. About children, reporters dutifully listen to officials and report their views – really, half the parents are "criminals" or "smugglers or "agreed to be deported without their kids…"
One commentator on a CNN show said that what Secretary of State Nielsen had declared about asylum seekers – that they must present themselves at ports of entry – breaks the law. That is right. The rest of this article will report on 7 American laws which the implementers of this policy violate. But what legal and moral name is appropriate for administration officials and agents who are responsible for kidnapping large numbers of children and then "misplacing" them or settling them in foster homes?
The United Nations Convention against Genocide (1948) names the crime of genocide – a crime against humanity – as a pattern of action intended to destroy 'a people in whole or in part." The US government initially did not sign the Convention because segregation was genocidal toward black people (as was the government oppression of indigenous americans). But the US finally joined nearly every other country in the world by signing it under President Reagan. On February 19, 1986, it was finally ratified by Congress. Once the US ratified the convention, under Article 6, section 2 of the American constitution, that treaty became the highest law of the land. Since these are refugees, one may not initially see the broad pattern of American policy toward the peoples of Central America. But these are systemic efforts through military aid and coups in fostering oppression internally in, for example, Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador and Haiti, and harming the families who come to American borders for asylum.
Below I outline an indictment of major government officials under this Convention, the international Convention on Refugees (1951) and at least 7 American domestic laws. What I describe has been stressed by a statement below of 13,013 mental health professionals on trauma caused to children by forcible separation from their parents, by ACLU and New York lawsuits on behalf of the children and their families, by reporters like Aura Bogardo of Reveal and the Texas Tribune and Debbie Nathan at the Intercept, and by politicians like New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
In a flash through Kafkaesque darkness, secrecy, casual incompetence and lunatic stupidity, the words of international and American domestic laws make clear just how obvious and monstrous these crimes are.
In light of the UN Convention against Genocide, Article 2, section (b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; and section (e) forcibly transferring children of the group to another group, and in view of the Supremacy Clause, Article 6 section 2 of the US Constitution, which "establishes that federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the supreme law of the land and override conflicting decisions by state legislatures or courts" and in view of the UN Declaration of Human Rights , specifying the basic rights of each person, regardless of nationality: article 16 section 3: "The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State" and article 25 section 2: "Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection" and taking account of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 11 Section 1 "States Parties shall take measures to combat the illicit transfer and non-return of children abroad," and Article 12 section 1: States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child as well as 12 section 2: For this purpose, the child shall in particular be provided the opportunity to be heard in any judicial and administrative proceedings affecting the child, either directly, or through a representative or an appropriate body, in a manner consistent with the procedural rules of national law" (immigration judges hear cases of many parents or children at one time ; a 3 year old climbed on a table, unrepresented while a "judge" disposed of his case…), and in view of international customary law on command responsibility – that higher officials/officers are responsible for crimes committed by their troops against civilians and prisoners of war if they do not explicitly warn against the crimes (the Tokyo war crimes tribunal; Yamashita v. Styer, U.S. Supreme Court, 1946) and in view of the facts concerning the violent separation of children from their parents and transportation to secret detention centers, imposing trauma on the children – see the statement signed by 229 mental health organizations and 13,013 Mental Health Professionals below –
and in view of particular crimes at those centers like physical and sexual assault by guards, use of psychotropic drugs at the Shiloh Treatment Center in Manville, Texas, extreme neglect (children sometimes returned unbathed for two months and with lice) and the unwillingness of the Trump administration even to make available girls and young women to senators and representatives after two weeks delay, and in view of the administration having "lost track" of over half of an ever shifting but at least 3,000 stolen children, attempting to defer and then disobeying a court order by Judge Dana Sabraw of the Southern District of California to reunite these children with their families, the "officials" now have the cheek to suggest that the parents may be "human smugglers," and in view of Secretary Alex Azar telling Governor Inslee of Washington that placing children including of "tender age" (under 12) in foster homes, with strangers and even in other countries counts as "family reunification," and in view of Secretary Azar/ICE claiming to be able to reunite barely half of children with their families by and beyond court deadlines and now to have "lost track" of many parents, and in view of the CIA role in the coup against the elected Arbenz regime in Guatemala, the Obama-Clinton military aid to and support of the coup against the elected Zelaya regime in Honduras, the US arming of Guatemalan genocide against 200,000 Mayans and other ordinary people, and the fact that most people who seek asylum are fleeing (U.S.-backed) disintegration of law and order in those countries, the following are guilty of crimes against humanity under international and American domestic law, as well as violations of six further domestic laws, and should be prosecuted in American courts (or in international courts if American justice lapses):
a) Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions
b) Thomas Homan, former head of ICE, Ronald Vitiello, current director of ICE and all other officers of ICE who have not resigned or denounced the policies
c) Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of Homeland Security
e) Steven Miller, advisor on crimes against children,
f) Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services
g) John Kelly, White House chief of staff and former Secretary of Homeland Security
h) Michael Pence
i) the entire executive board of MVM, Southwest Key, Geogroup, Corp Civic and other "private" detention centers (the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Commission is the first and so far only such facility to refuse to take kidnapped children)
j) all other American officials and senior executives of American corporations who have willingly collaborated or acquiesced in this program that is, who have not spoken out against it as American and United Airlines have
k) all individuals responsible for specific acts of violence toward children (drugging, for example, at the Shiloh Center).
On CNN July 7th, one mother was reunited after two months with her daughter. She said heartbreakingly: "Forgive me, my darling for leaving you alone." Five year olds often do not understand when the American government illegally imprisons their mother and kidnaps the child. At the end of June, Secretary Azar bragged to Congress about being able "with a few keystrokes in seconds" at the ORR [Office of Refugee Resettlement's] portal "to find every child" in one of his now myriad, deceitful tales. The separation – kidnapping – is already a crime and is amplified by failure to reunite a large fraction of the families despite court orders to do so.
But these officials have also committed 6 further crimes:
They have violated 8 U.S. Code § 1158:
"(a) Authority to apply for asylum
(1) In general
Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters), irrespective of such alien's status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, where applicable, section 1225(b) of this title."
Nothing in 8 U.S. Code § 1158 indicates the government may take custody of asylum seekers' minor children, with or without force. Note also where the asylum seekers may apply — they are not limited to designated ports of entry and may apply any time within 1 year of arrival.
On June 17, Secretary Nielsen falsely tweeted:
"This misreporting by "Members, press and advocacy groups must stop. It is irresponsible and unproductive. As I have said many times before, if you are seeking asylum for your family, there is no reason to break the law and illegally cross between ports of entry."
But it is not those "Members, press and advocacy groups" who are "irresponsible"; it is Secretary Nielsen's own arrogant and baffling ignorance of the law which she directs balefully against children.
In addition, Border Patrol agents now – as a matter of policy – refuse entry to asylum seekers, making them wait out day after day in the sweltering Texas heat and permitting no legally required"credible fear"hearings. These acts violate Article 31 of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Article 6 section 2 of the American constitution, and 8 U.S. Code § 1158.
As immigration attorney Lindsay Harris notes:
"In early 2017, for example, Human Rights First documented 125 cases of Border Patrol agents unlawfully turning back asylum seekers. Lately, border officers tell asylum seekers to "come back later," turning away one family nine times. This violates our legal obligation under Article 31 of the international Refugee Convention and under our own Refugee Act of 1980 not to return an asylum seeker to a place where she faces a threat to her life or freedom."
These acts add a new category to those listed above:
l) all border patrol and ICE agents who bar asylum seekers rather than facilitate a "credible fear" hearing
Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions has personally sought to stop all asylum seekers with a zero-legality policy.
As Harris explains:
"In June, Sessions reversed a grant of asylum for a Salvadoran woman fleeing domestic violence, single-handedly undoing two decades of progress for gender-based asylum claims. He also changed the standard for asylum to require not only that the government in a migrant's home country is unwilling or unable to protect the asylum seeker from harm, but also that the government is actively condoning persecution by non-state actors — a higher bar for applicants to meet. Asylum claims should be adjudicated on a case-by-case basis, but Sessions's order states that generally, those fleeing domestic violence or gang violence will not pass a credible-fear interview."
Contra Sessions, however, women who are beaten and raped where local government refuses to enforce the law or collaborates with the rapists, are a category: patriarchal violence. Similarly, "cartel" violence – often where former military figures trained in the United States and cooperators with American intelligence lead the organizations – is also a category. In both categories, the abetting role of local government and American cooperation/power are visible. By bizarrely forcing asylum seekers to trace exact causal aetiologies when they have barely escaped being beaten and threatened with death, Sessions seeks to conceal violent, trans-administration American government interventions.
Once again, hundreds of asylum seekers have been deported without their children. These were often misled because they don't speak English or for Mayans from Guatemala, Spanish and coerced (at the least) without lawyers present. Yet Sessions proclaims:
"We also have dirty immigration lawyers who are encouraging their otherwise unlawfully present clients to make false claims of asylum providing them with the magic words needed to trigger the credible fear process."
2. Sessions projects his own sadism on these attorneys (as Martin Luther King says in the "Letter from the Birmingham City Jail," in law, a racist feels no obligation to treat the children of an "other" in the same way as his or her own children)The violent separation of children from their parents is kidnapping (18 U.S. Code § 1201), including section (a)(3), an "act against the person is done within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States as defined in section 46501 of title 49" for those children who are flown to other destinations in the U.S. out of their parents' physical custody.
Spurred by protests by flight attendants, however, United Airlines and American Airlines have rightly published letters telling the Department of Homeland Security to stop using their services to move kidnapped children across the country.
3. The prison conditions in which many of the children are held – they have already been kidnapped… – are at best abusive and sometimes – the Shiloh Treatment Center – sadistic (on July 29, Judge Dolly Gee of the Central District of California ordered the removal of all children from this site because of the use of psychotropic drugs without parental approval).
Referring to a lawsuit to be filed by Attorney General of New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo names three further crimes:
4."holding the children apart from their families is a violation of the constitutional rights of parents to care for, maintain custody of and communicate with their children. These parents are afforded the fundamental right to family integrity under the United States Constitution and under the New York State Constitution."
5. "Detaining children is a violation of the terms of the 1997 Flores settlement agreement with the federal government, which set national standards regarding the detention, release and treatment of children in immigration detention. The settlement prioritizes the principle of family unity, requires juvenile immigrant detainees to be released within 20 days" On July 9, Judge Dolly Gee of the Central District of California pointedly reaffirmed this standard.
6."we intend to invoke what is known as the 'outrageous government conduct doctrine.' In a 1973 case, United States v. Russell,the Supreme Court wrotethat it 'may someday be presented with a situation in which the conduct of law enforcement agents is so outrageous that due process principles would absolutely bar the government from invoking judicial processes to obtain a conviction.'"
"Due process" – requiring habeas corpus, barring torture, and ensuring a day in court under well publicized laws is a cardinal feature of American law (see Amendment 14 to the constitution, article 1). For children and parents, the named officials have travestied this.
Trauma – also referred to as toxic stress – is today a widely agreed upon medical diagnosis, with evidence which has already come forth in the audio tape released by Pro Publica and the video recorded by a nurse from a detention center in New York – the weeping and silence. Trauma is the mental harm invoked in article 2b of the United Nations Convention against Genocide.
229 medical professional organizations and 13,013 mental health professionals have signed a statement on the often lifelong damage caused by child separation.
"Stop Border Separation of Children from Parents!
We would like you to remember what it feels like to be a child. To take a moment and remember how big and sometimes scary the world felt and how, if you were lucky, the adults in your life represented security and safety. We want you to remember what little say you had over what you did and what happened to you and that even though this was frustrating, some part of you trusted that your parents knew what was best for you. And that your physical and psychological survival depended on them…From decades of research and direct clinical experience, we know that the impact of disrupted attachment manifests not only in overwhelming fear and panic at the time of the separation, but that there is a strong likelihood that these children's behavioral, psychological, interpersonal, and cognitive trajectories will also be affected. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network notes that children may develop post traumatic responses following separation from their parents and specifically lists immigration and parental deportation as situations of potentially traumatic separation. To pretend that separated children do not grow up with the shrapnel of this traumatic experience embedded in their minds is to disregard everything we know about child development, the brain, and trauma.
We find ourselves again upon a time where we will one day utter 'how could we have let that happen?' We cannot afford to forget that there is a history of separating children from their parents: during slave auctions; during the forced assimilation of American Indians; and during the Holocaust. The reverberations of these barbaric stains on our history are still felt today and future generations of these original victims will inherit the intergenerational transmission of these traumas. To try and argue that this policy of ripping children from their parents at the border is somehow different from the systematic traumatization of children during the times of slavery, forced assimilation, and the Holocaust is to disregard history. To somehow convince ourselves that this systematic traumatization of children has no bearing on the lives of these children and no impact on the legacy of our country is to be living in an alternate universe. And to not care about the impact these policies have on these children is to succumb to the worst potential of humanity."
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions and Adolf Hitler both praise the racist 1924 US Immigration law which cut immigration from Italy by 90%, excluded Jews from Eastern Europe – turned back to Hitler – and also entirely barred Asians.
In a radio interview with Steven Bannon on Breitbart in October, 2015, Sessions asserted:
"In seven years we'll have the highest percentage of Americans, non-native born, since the founding of the Republic. Some people think we've always had these numbers, and it's not so, it's very unusual, it's a radical change. When the numbers reached about this high in 1924, the president and congress changed the policy, and it slowed down immigration significantly, we then assimilated through the 1965 and created really the solid middle class of America, with assimilated immigrants, and it was good for America. We passed a law that went far beyond what anybody realized in 1965, and we're on a path to surge far past what the situation was in 1924."
In Mein Kampf, Hitler belittled the Weimar Republic compared to the 1924 American exclusion law:
"At present, there exists one State which manifests at least some modest attempts that show a better appreciation of how things ought to be done in this matter. It is not, however, in our model German Republic but in the U.S.A. that efforts are made to conform at least partly to the counsels of common sense. By refusing immigrants to enter there if they are in a bad state of health, and by excluding certain races from the right to become naturalized as citizens, they have begun to introduce principles similar to those on which we wish to ground the People's State."
On the spirit of this law, here is Senator Ellison Durant Smith speech to Congress in 1924 to "Shut the Door!":
"I think we now have sufficient population in our country for us to shut the door and to breed up a pure, unadulterated American citizenship. I recognize that there is a dangerous lack of distinction between people of a certain nationality and the breed of the dog. Who is an American? Is he an immigrant from Italy? Is he an immigrant from Germany? If you were to go abroad and some one were to meet you and say, 'I met a typical American,' what would flash into your mind as a typical American, the typical representative of that new Nation? Would it be the son of an Italian immigrant, the son of a German immigrant, the son of any of the breeds from the Orient, the son of the denizens of Africa? It is the breed of the dog in which I am interested. I would like for the Members of the Senate to read that book just recently published by Madison Grant, The Passing of a [sic – reading is not a strong point in this crowd] Great Race. Thank God we have in America perhaps the largest percentage of any country in the world of the pure, unadulterated Anglo-Saxon stock; certainly the greatest of any nation in the Nordic breed… let us shut the door and assimilate what we have, and let us breed pure American citizens."
Because of abolitionism, the defeat of the slave-owners in the Civil War, and the civil rights movement, the United States has become – in spite of elite-sponsored racist movements – a welcoming place for people of many nationalities. It is the home of equal basic rights and their extension, with struggle from below, to women, blacks, latinos, indigenous Americans, gays, lesbians and transgender people. The crimes of the named officials are part of a concerted eugenic effort to drive large numbers of people out of the United States and harm millions of others.
White workers, like black and latin workers, have suffered the loss of health care under Trump. Money has been stolen from common good-sustaining programs – even food stamps for children – and funneled to the ultra-rich.
As Pastor Martin Niemoller underlined, no one escapes the harms of genocide.
"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."
Allow children to be brutalized before our eyes and the criminals will soon treat all this way. Fortunately, some ¾ of the voting population (and an even larger percentage when including the 50% who did not vote in the last election) is against this administration and many are acting on this. That resistance will be strengthened by bringing the rule of law, more pointedly, in the United States of America to the fore.
Alan Gilbert is a philosopher who specialises democratic theory, international relations theory, social theory, history of political thought, ethics, philosophy of science and social science, slavery and the American Revolution, comparative revolutions, violence and non-violence, democracy and the arts, medieval Islam and Europe.
First published in 3:AM Magazine: Sunday, August 5th, 2018.


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Make-up apps are definitely a great way for makeup addicts to get a fix. The latest and most innovative among them being MakeupGenius from L'Oreal Paris. This episode of Living Digital describes the app functionality and my experience with it.
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When I was little, makeovers were one of my favorite things to do. I loved transforming myself, my friends, my baby sister. Whether I was good at it or not, there was something about creating a new identity. So, when CD rom computer games became popular, I swore it was the best thing to happen to makeovers since paper dolls. Inevitably, that industry evolved to the makeup apps and games of today. The most recent development in this type of digital amusement is the MakeupGenius App from L'Oreal Paris. They call it the "first virtual makeup tester", which was launched in May of 2014. You might be saying, how is this different from any other make up app. Because that's exactly what I was thinking. But I'll explain the differentiator in during our how it works segment. Which I thought needed some theme music of it's own.
How it works:
So, when you download the app, the first step is to capture your face in a relaxed position. But if you have a "serious" resting face like I do, you may want to "smize" or smirk a little. Well, actually that wouldn't matter in this case, as you're about find out. But yeah, click the SCAN button, and you're taken to a page that looks like a L'Oreal advertisement. Button one says tap here to try on a product and button two says tap here to try ready to wear looks. I tap option one and two more options appear. It's a very minimalistic approach. It's like "blue pill or red pill" "right or left". Not alot of distracting imagery or advertisements, aside from the L'Oreal logo at the bottom.
Anyway, the options on this page are to "scan a product" or "browse products". And since I didn't have any L'oreal bar codes handy I chose the latter. The bottom of the screen shows six items to add to "your look". Lipstick, lip gloss, lip liner, eyeliner and eyeshadow.
When you make a selection, you are taken to a page with a handful of options from that category. It looks like a product results page more or less. And just like any product page, there's details about each product, the difference is, once you hit "try" the item you chose is applied in real time. What was once just your beautiful face looking into the front facing camera becomes your still beautiful face just with perfectly applied liner. I was like "this is so cool!!"
You know what it's like? Freaky Friday. (picture whichever version you prefer). You know when the main characters look in the mirror and see a different face? I imagine it's like that, but on a less traumatizing level. Click the info button and you'll You can apply the products to your reflection in real time.
You can squint, frown, make faces and the digital makeup stays in place...for the most part. So yeah, that's the differentiator.
Alright, that was the basic functionality but other features include: the ability to purchase items, record and take photos while wearing your new look, which can be shared via Facebook or email, and if you don't feel like creating looks from scratch, you can always choose from expert curated looks. So great and innovative app in my opinion.
So how did they do it? Well, Guive Balooch, director of L'Oreal's Connected Beauty Incubator, says that By combining their knowledge of consumers and the science of colors with technologies for monitoring facial expressions, they have been able to calculate the best algorithm to produce realistic makeup application in real time.
I do have a few disclaimers. When I tried to take a look at the check out process, every item i selected was out of stock. And when it came to make up application, I really wish I could adjust the intensity of the makeup application. I had a Tammy Fay Baker thing going on there a few times. Then there's the lipstick. Those endowed in the lip department might not get the best coverage. It only covers about 80% of my lips, so it looks odd. I hope they make adjustments in the future. They definitely want to account for the Carrie Underwoods asWELL as the Kerry Washingtons.
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(DAMASCUS, Syria) -- A Syrian air force commander reportedly has been assassinated, according to Syrian state media.
State television reports say air force general Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi died from fatal gunshot wounds late Monday, according to BBC News. The attack was reportedly carried out by rebels in Syria's capital city of Damascus.
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I've been looking at tutorials and the API docs for Swing, but I'm still unsure how this works.
Does Swing have "pages" like websites? So you can like... store different layouts in pages, and then change to them when you click a Jbutton?
Or how do I set it up so the interface changes to a different one (from a group, say I have a "page" for shops, and then a "page" for inventory, character stats, etc) by clicking a Jbutton (or from some other Event, or when a variable reaches a certain value or something)?
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Mr Profumo and 19 fellow defendants – including three Barclays employees – are alleged to have cheated Italian tax authorities out of €245m (£198.5m) when the senior banker was chief executive of UniCredit, Italy's biggest lender.
UniCredit ousted Mr Profumo in 2010 following a long-running feud. He staged a comeback in banking earlier this year as chairman of Banca Monti dei Paschi di Siena.
The fraud case revolves around a complex offshore financial mechanism named "Brontos", devised by Barclays and used by UniCredit during Mr Profumo's time at the helm.
The 20 bankers involved in the case – who also include 16 past and present employees of UniCredit – are accused of using the mechanism to record interest on a bank deposit as dividends, thereby qualifying for a lower tax rate.
In Italy, interest earned on deposits is taxed in full but the rate for dividends is 5pc.
On Tuesday, a judge in Milan ruled that the fraud case would start on October 1.
Mr Profumo, UniCredit and Barclays deny any wrongdoing.
"I await a public judgment confidently and impatiently as I am certain of the correctness of all my activities," said Mr Profumo.
Barclays said: "Barclays continues to believe firmly that it and the individuals involved have not violated any tax or other laws in Italy, and we continue to support fully the individuals named in this matter."
UniCredit said it was confident the trial would prove its employees "acted properly".


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"My 5 year old loved her time outdoors at Chevin Forest School and only wanted to know when she could do it again!"
- Parent
Amanda Newham
Amanda Newham of Chevin Forest School has been working with children and training in the children's workforce since 1995.
Amanda is experienced in working with children of all ages and adults. She has worked with and for a number of community and voluntary sector groups, Schools, Early Years settings - One of those was the Chevin Wool Project in Otley.
Amanda first undertook Forest School training in 2013, and has completed the Forest School OCN Level 3 delivered by Forest School Education. She is now an accredited Forest School leader. Amanda holds a PGCE and is also a trained First Aider.
Before setting up Chevin Forest school in 2016, Amanda worked for Leeds City Council. The role also included working with a wide range of settings and schools to improve the quality of Forest School provision, delivering training which included the Leeds Forest School Network.
Previous to this Amanda had been a primary school teacher for 20 years. The Chevin Forest School supports the surrounding area, including Otley, Ilkley, Bradford, Burley in Wharfedale, Pool in Wharfedale, Guiseley, Menston, Yeadon, Bramhope, Leeds and beyond. Get in touch to find out more!
First up, the wonderful Chevin Forest. If an event says we are that "Chevin Forest" then we meet at the white House up Jonny Lane off Birdcage Walk LS21 3JL.
Second up, we also meet at Gallows Hill near the riverside. Here we can play in the water with all sorts of exciting activities! Don't worry - all safe though mums and dads!
Thirdly we also meet at Gledhow Valley Woods entrance to the woods opposite Gledhow Park Drive - We meet at the bridge


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Chapter One
I awaken when a hand winds around my waist, pulling me head to heel against skin heated from sleep. I sigh and settle into my husband's familiar form, fitting my backside into his front, soaking in his warmth. Will is a furnace when he sleeps, and I've always got some place on me that's cold. This morning it's my feet, and I wedge them between two warm calves.
"Your toes are freezing." His voice rumbles in the darkened room, the sounds vibrating through me. On the other side of our bedroom curtains it's not quite morning, that violet-tinged moment between night and day, still a good half hour or so before the alarm. "Were they hanging off the side of the bed or something?"
It's barely April, and March hasn't quite loosened its icy hold. For the past three days, leaden skies have been dumping rain, and a frigid wind has plummeted temperatures far below average. Meteorologists predict at least another week of this shivering, and Will is the only soul in Atlanta who welcomes the cold by throwing the windows wide. His internal thermostat is always set to blazing.
"It's because you insist on sleeping in an igloo. I think all my extremities have frostbite."
"Come here." His fingers glide up my side, his hand pulling me even closer. "Let's get you warm, then."
We lie here for a while in comfortable silence, his arm snug around my middle, his chin in the crook of my shoulder. Will is sticky and damp from sleep, but I don't care. These are the moments that I cherish the most, moments when our hearts and breaths are in sync. Moments as intimate as making love.
"You are my very favorite person on the planet," he murmurs in my ear, and I smile. These are the words we've chosen instead of the more standard I love you, and to me they mean so much more. Every time they roll off his tongue they hit me like a promise. I like you the most, and I always will.
"You're my very favorite person, too."
My girlfriends assure me this won't last forever, this connection I feel with my own husband. Any day now, they tell me, familiarity will fizzle my fire, and I will suddenly start noticing other men. I will stain my cheeks and gloss my lips for nameless, faceless strangers who are not my husband, and I will imagine them touching me in places only a husband should have access to. The seven-year itch, my girlfriends call it, and I can barely imagine such a thing, because today—seven years and a day—Will's hand glides across my skin, and the only itch I feel is for him.
My eyelids flutter closed, his touch stirring up a tingling that says I'll likely be late for work.
"Iris?" he whispers.
"I forgot to change the filters on the air conditioner."
I open my eyes. "What?"
"I said, I forgot to change the filters on the air conditioner."
I laugh. "That's what I thought you said." Will is a brilliant computer scientist with ADD tendencies, and his brain is so crammed with facts and information that he's always forgetting the little things…just usually not during sex. I attribute it to an unusually busy time at work combined with the fact he's leaving for a three-day conference in Florida, so his to-do list today is longer than usual. "You can do it this weekend when you're back."
"What if it gets warm before then?"
"It's not supposed to. And even if it does, surely the filters can wait a couple of days."
"And your car could probably use an oil change. When's the last time you took it in?"
"I don't know."
Will and I split our household duties neatly down gender lines. The cars and house upkeep are his department, the cooking and cleaning are mine. Neither of us much minds the division of labor. College taught me to be a feminist, but marriage has taught me to be practical. Making lasagna is so much more pleasant than cleaning the gutters.
"Check the maintenance receipts, will you? They're in the glove box."
"Fine. But what's with all the sudden chores? Are you bored with me already?"
I feel what I know is Will's grin sliding up the back of my head. "Maybe this is what all the pregnancy books mean by nesting."
Joy flares in my chest at the reminder of what we are doing—what we've maybe already done—and I twist around to face him. "I can't be pregnant yet. We've only officially been trying for less than twenty-four hours."
Once last night before dinner, and twice after. Maybe we went a bit overboard in our first official baby-making session, but in our defense, it was our anniversary, and Will's a classic overachiever.
His eyes gleam with self-satisfaction. If there were space between our bodies for him to beat himself on the chest, he'd probably do it. "I'm pretty sure my guys are strong swimmers. You're probably pregnant already."
"Doubtful," I say, even though his words make me more than a little giddy. Will is the practical one in this relationship, the one who keeps a steady head in the face of my Labrador-like optimism. I don't tell him I've already done the math. I've already made a study of my cycle, counting out the days since my last period, charting it on an app on my phone, and Will is right. I could very well be pregnant already. "Most people give wool or copper for their seventh anniversary. You gave me sperm."
He smiles but in a nervous way, that look he gets when he did something he maybe shouldn't have. "It's not the only thing."
Last year, at his insistence, we sank all our savings and a significant chunk of our monthly income into a mortgage that would essentially make us house poor. But, oh, what a house it is. Our dream house, a three-bedroom Victorian on a quiet street in Inman Park, with a wide front porch and original woodwork throughout. We walked through the door, and Will had to have it, even if it meant half the rooms would be empty for the foreseeable future. This was to be a no-present anniversary.
"I know, I know, but I couldn't help myself. I wanted to buy you something special. Something so you'll always remember this moment, when we were still just us two." He twists around, flicks on the lamp, pulls a small, red box from the drawer in the bedside table and offers it to me with a shy grin. "Happy anniversary."
Even I know Cartier when I see it. There's not a speck of dust in that store that doesn't cost more than we can afford. When I don't move to open it, Will flips the snap with a thumb and pulls the lid open to reveal three linked bands, one of them glittering with rows and rows of tiny diamonds.
"It's a trinity ring. Pink for love, yellow for fidelity and white for friendship. I liked the symbolism of three—you, me, and baby-to-be." I blink back tears, and Will lifts my chin with a finger, bringing my gaze to his. "What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
I run a finger over the bright white stones, sparkling against red leather. The truth is, Will couldn't have chosen a better piece. The ring is simple, sophisticated, stunning. Exactly what I would pick out for myself, if we had all the money in the world to spend, which we don't.
And yet I want this ring so much more than I should—not because it's beautiful or expensive, but because Will put so much thought into picking it out for me.
"I love it, but…" I shake my head. "It's too much. We can't afford it."
"It's not too much. Not for the mother of my future baby." He tugs the ring from the box, slides it up my finger. It's cool and heavy and fits perfectly, hugging the skin below my knuckle like it was made for my hand. "Give me a little girl who looks just like you."
My gaze roams over the planes and angles of my husband's face, picking out all my favorite parts. The thin scar that slashes through his left eyebrow. That bump at the bridge of his nose. His broad, square jaw and thick, kissable lips. His eyes are sleepy and his hair is mussed and his chin is scratchy with stubble. Of all his habits and moods, of all the sides of him I've come to know, I love him most when he's like he is now: sweet, softhearted, rumpled.
I smile at him through my tears. "What if it's a boy?"
"Then we'll keep going until I get my girl." He follows this up with a kiss, a long, lingering press of his lips to mine. "Do you like the ring?"
"I love it." I wind my arm up and around his neck, the diamonds winking above his shoulder. "It's perfect, and so are you."
He grins. "Maybe we should get in one more practice run before I go, just in case."
"Your flight leaves in three hours."
But his lips are already kissing a trail down my neck, his hand already sliding lower and lower still. "So?"
"So it's raining. Traffic's going to be a bitch."
He rolls me on to my back, pinning my body to the bed with his. "Then we better hurry."


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Greg Lukeman, Executive Director of Food Outreach challenged himself and 3 other friends to eat for a week on $25.38. This amount represents what a disabled Missouri resident would receive in food stamps. This article appeared in the St. Louis Post Dispatch on October 5, 2008. I was a little disappointed in the article as they did ALL their shopping at Aldi's and did not incorporate Sales, Coupons, Rebates, ECB's, or Register Rewards by using other stores other than Aldi's.
They said it was hard to do and that they were ALWAYS hungry! The four participants bought pasta, peanut butter, milk, oatmeal, ice cream, yogurt, tuna fish, eggs, apples, Cereal, Bonless Chicken Breast, saltines, baby carrots, bread, sausage, mac & cheese, Spaghetti Sauce, Spaghetti, Cheese slices, turkey meat, butter, brown sugar, assorted vegetables.
All four complained about having to eat the SAME thing over and over, and not have any variety.
So, I am providing a Mr. Linky – can you come up with a grocery list for one person for $25.38 or less?
Here is my contribution – this is from last week (using sales & coupons but not RR or ECB's) as I know the prices:
boneless Ckn Breast – 6.97 (this last me and my husband 2 weeks!)
7 Bags Vegetable Steamers – 13.86 (Wal-mart comped Schnuck's 10/10.00 add) (enough for two people – so can be used for Lunch & Dinner)
1 jar of Peter Pan PB – 2.18
2 Mac & Cheese Bowls – 1.50
1 bag of Salad – 1.50
1 dozen eggs – 1.29
Total before Taxes – 27.30
Coupons & Comped Ads used:
Schnucks comp ad vegetable steamers – 6.86
7 1.00 off vegetable steamers – makes them FREE – 7.00
.50 off Peter Pan
.75 off two mac & cheese bowls
Total Coupons/comp ad – 15.11
Total after coupons – 12.19!
Tax – 1.00
Total 13.19
Total: 25.38 – 13.19 = 12.19 left
2 Jack's Pizza – 2/4.00
2 boxes Kashi Cereal – 2/5.00
Total: 9.00
.75 Jack's Pizza coupon x 2 = 1.50
2.00 Kashi Cereal Coupon x 2 = 4.00
Total coupons: 5.50
Total 3.50
Tax .29
Total: 3.79
Total: 12.19 – 3.79 = 8.40 left
1 gallon Milk – 2.99
Total – 2.99
Tax – .25
Total: 3.24
Total: 8.40 – 3.24 = 4.16 Left
I can use "roll" the 4.16 to next weeks allotment and begin to look for sales to start stockpiling because this list does not include toiletries or health items.
Now, I know I will probably hear that it is more convenient to shop at one location but if you can plan your shopping there is a way to get what you need for this amount. Take note that the bag of chicken will feed one person for two weeks – also, the steamers can be used for two meals.
I believe that this exercise enlightened the participants in the challenges to make money go further – but I do not believe they showed how creative people need to be in shopping – using sales, multiple stores, and not being brand specific!


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It's official. I am in the Simon & Schuster "Author Portal." (At least the link works on AOL.) And I love how much Level3 footage they used!
Monthly Archives: April 2012
My Simon & Schuster author video
World Book Night (at the Merrimack-Nashua JV lacrosse game)
World Book Night was a great success! Since my sleepy, little New Hampshire town shuts down by 7:00pm, I handed out my copies of Peace Like A River a tad early, at my nephew's JV lacrosse game. What a joy it was to give away one of my very favorite books.
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Writing for a Genre That Doesn't Exist (Yet)
Aspiring writers, fans of Blake Snyder's Save the Cat!, and enhanced e-book enthusiasts should check out my blog post on BlakeSnyder.com today: Writing for a Genre That Doesn't Exist (Yet).
Why I Write
Head on over to Tangled Up in Words and learn the answer…
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But How Many Words Per Minute?
A great YouTube find! I am hoping for a typolution myself at the moment. 😉 –Hilary
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The Last Seven Books I Bought
Yesterday, on Presenting Lenore, the lovely and talented Lenore Appelhans revealed the last seven books she'd bought, and to my delight, REUNITED was on the list (as a pre-order, of course)! So, I've decided to join in the fun and do it, too. This was actually a bit harder than I thought, since I've been trying not to spend so much money on books. Plus, I've been reading lots of ARCs lately, and my mom just passed along the incredible yet emotionally traumatizing Sarah's Key (my current read), but here goes.
1) Croak by Gina Damico (well, technically, I haven't bought it yet, but I will at her book party (woo hoo!) at the Burlington, MA Barnes & Noble next week). I am soooooooo excited to read this!
2) Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty At the suggestion of a friend, I bought this at Longfellow Books in Portland, ME two weeks ago. It's in the line-up on my nightstand, but I haven't read it yet.
3) The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay My sister said it was a must-read & she was absolutely right. What an incredible book. Bryce Courtney is a genius.
4) An Abundance of Katherines by John Green After reading Will Grayson, Will Grayson, I needed more John Green. It's in the line-up.
5) Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green, David Levithan LOVED it! This is a book I want everyone to read, especially high school kids.
6) Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen A.C. Gaughen is such an amazing writer and even though I'd already read the ARC on Netgalley, I just had to own a copy myself. In my humble opinion, Scarlet is one of the best female characters in all of YA lit. I adore this book!
7) SWELL by Corwin Ericson. Another one in the line-up. (Plus, I bought two additional copies as gifts.) Cory is my friend Bethany's brother & his book is getting lots of great buzz, especially around Boston.
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Start with Failure: The Advice No Aspiring Writer Ever Wants to Hear
I was 23-years-old when I made my first feature film. It took me a year to write the script, six months to raise the money, two weeks to shoot it, and three months of editing. The following two years were spent trying to find a distributor and crying myself to sleep each night I failed to do so… Check out the full story over at the Adventures in YA & Children's Publishing blog.


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On Ma's face
There is a book
And life's preface.
Between these lines
And in these two caves
Life dwells.
That line is hope.
That one is love.
That death.
When she smiles,
She gives hope,
She gives love,
She gives life,
To life.
A poem for Mahmoud al-Sarsak and Lina Khattab
The walls of my prison
Whisper to me;
They tell me stories of people who were here
Of people who lived here.
There was the weak
And there was the old.
There was the child.
There was the lady.
They were here,
But now they are there.
In my prison,
I talk to the walls
And they to me talk
That one day I will walk:
One day my jailer will stoop
At my feet
To unlock the chains.
It does not matter why
But he will stoop.
Inside my prison I draw my future
With minute details.
On the other side of the wall (Behind the bars)
Sits the jailer.
As he turns back
And looks me in the eye,
He pours mountains of boredom
And let's loose of a sigh.
I look back and smile.
He clears his throat
Blinks once then twice
And moves his lips.
I walk away
And give him my back.
I smile again Winking at the wall.
'See,' it tells me
'I know,' I reply,
And bend down
And shake my chains.
The look in his face,
The fear in his eyes
Both make my day.
Inside my prison,
I also stoop,
But when I do,
I stoop to conquer.
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|Clifford Beaulieu, 42, was taken to hospital after police found he had spent the night outdoor
A well known Deaf Manitoba curler passes away after a night of drinking and tragedy. Clifford Beaulieu, 42, was out drinking with friends at a home in the Rural Municipality of St Francis Xavier, Man and never return after a argument broke out which after the argument he left the house. He was actually found outdoors by the police the next day. According to the CBCNews, Clifford brother, Martin said,
"They told me that he was intoxicated when he left the house, but he was also angry at them and when he left, he just, like, he walked away angry," said Martin. "Still, no matter what, you don't let a person walk out in the cold like that."
Since this was reported five days ago, police are still investigating the death and will comment more pending the completion of the investigation.
TSG will find out more information as soon as we can. Please feel free to use FB comments to leave your thoughts and well-wishes for the Beaulieu family.
Beaulieu was training for the upcoming Deaflympics.
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TV money up 20 percent for NFL clubs
Editor's note: This story is revised from the print edition.
Each NFL team will get a 20 percent increase in national television money this year compared with 2013 — up $27 million — as a result of the new TV contracts that commence next month, according to sources who have seen the internal figures. Over the following two seasons, the increases will total an additional $23 million per club, at a minimum.
That means by 2016, each NFL team will bring in at least $181 million from national TV alone — more than enough by itself for teams to cover their salary cap expenses.
In 2013, each NFL club received $131 million in national TV money, which includes revenue from the league's three network partners (CBS, NBC and Fox) as well as ESPN and DirecTV, the sources said. The increases set for the coming three seasons reflect current amounts owed by DirecTV but not any potential increases from a renegotiated deal that is in the works but not yet completed.
With a redone DirecTV deal, that minimum $181 million for 2016 could become a sum in excess of $200 million.
It's also unclear if the figures provided include the new, one-year deal CBS signed for Thursday night games this year. That deal pays the NFL $275 million, or $8.6 million per club.
Where national money comes from
The Green Bay Packers earlier this month reported that they earned $187.7 million of their $324.1 million in revenue for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, from national money generated by the NFL.
That is a figure that is the same for the league's other 31 teams.
Breaking it down, $131 million of the $187.7 million came from national TV money. Another $18 million to $20 million, sources said, came from the visitors' share of ticket sales. The NFL takes one-third of teams' ticket-sales revenue and pools it to divide equally among the 32 clubs. The remaining $36.7 to $38.7 million would then have come from other nationally generated revenue, including sponsorships, licensing and NFL Network distributions.
— Daniel Kaplan
But even at the low end, the money NFL teams get from the league's national TV deals is greater than the salary cap amount.
In 2013, for example, the cap was $123 million. This year, it is $133 million, the first major increase under the collective-bargaining agreement signed in 2011 — but well less than the $158 million in national TV money each club will get for the coming season, sources said.
A source close to the NFL said player benefits also need to be accounted for, so the cap is not the entire picture. "There are several components involved in calculating the cap, including player benefits," this source wrote in an email. "The increase in total player costs from 2013 to 2014 is in line with the percentages stipulated in the CBA. The salary cap figure represents a portion of total player cost, which is the key figure."
The NFL Players Association did not reply for comment.
Player costs can vary per club, depending on when bonuses are timed as well as travel costs and workers' compensation payouts. The Green Bay Packers, for example, the only team that makes its financial data public, said earlier this month that in the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2014, player costs rose $35 million, to $171 million, largely because four large signing bonuses from two seasons fell into the fiscal year. However, for the fiscal year that will end March 31, 2015, Packers President Mark Murphy said he expects a reduction in player costs, even with the cap increase. That means that for the Packers, national TV money by itself next year will all but cover total player costs and perhaps might do so fully with a redone DirecTV deal.
The NFL in 2011 signed new deals with NBC, Fox and CBS, taking the deals that ended in 2013 through 2022. The average price paid annually from the three deals rose from $1.9 billion to $3 billion collectively.
Earlier that year, ESPN agreed to pay $1.9 billion annually for "Monday Night Football" in a new deal through 2021. Its original deal also expired last season.
DirecTV's deal has one season left under its four-year agreement that sees the company pay $1 billion annually on average, which comes to $31.25 million per club.


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I only discovered it through a friend who bought me the cheesecake for my baby shower. We all raved about the cheesecake and I decided that I had to check it out. Especially since it is still considered to be in the vicinity of Tanjong Pagar.
I had a chance to speak to the owner of the bakery who has worked in the industry for 20 over years. He is passionate about his craft and natural baking techniques. Hence, his products do not have chemicals or preservatives unlike most bakeries.
This isn't necessarily commercially productive but having tasted his products I can say that it creates premium products.
Being an artisan bakery, they only do a certain amount a day so I suggest that if you want to try these cakes and breads, go in earlier in the day.
Baskets of bread
This place only has a few dozen bread rolls in a day. This is a pity as they really do make good bread rolls that are crusty on the outside and soft within. There is texture to this bread and none of the terrible oily flavor that cheap bread shops use. I would love to be able to order this for a party but they simply don't do this to maintain the quality. The only thing I would like in this bread is a bit more sweetness to it but perhaps this is hard to achieve through natural baking techniques.
Hokkaido cake with Mocha centre
This is a wonderfully simple and delicious cake. The owner said that the difficulty of baking a good cake is to make a cake moist and yet firm enough to have texture and bite. A lot of cakes I have eaten have problems in balancing the two. This one is very good. The flavor is also not too sweet. A lot of sweetness comes from the cream in the centre that is eaten with the cake.
Iced Tea
There are iced teas, coffees and sandwiches in the shop that one can have. The sandwiches are really good as they use the bread baked in house- clubman bread.
I love this shop and wish that it was even closer to my house so I could frequent it more often.
Website: http://www.cheficon.com/cakes.html
Location: 5 Kampung Bahru Road
Opening Hours: Mon - Sat 8am- 8pm, closed on Sun and PH
Contact Number: 9337 3900
Prices: About $6.5 per slice of cake


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Western Maryland is the mountainous side of the state, noted for rural landscapes, small towns, and numerous state parks and outdoor recreation opportunities. It is a scenic region with a wide variety of fun things to do for all ages. See suggestions and learn all about the top attractions in Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties. With its close proximity to the Washington, D.C. area, Western Maryland is a great destination to plan a day trip or weekend getaway and enjoy exploring this beautiful area.
Deep Creek Lake
With 65 miles of shoreline, Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County is Maryland's largest freshwater lake. During the warmer months of the year, visitors enjoy boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, biking, and golf. Wisp Ski Resort offers a wide range of winter activities including skiing, snowboarding, snow tubing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, and sleigh rides. The Western Maryland resort area is the most popular attraction in the region.
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
The national historic park runs 184.5 miles from Cumberland, Maryland to Georgetown in Washington, D.C. The towpath along the C & O Canal is a popular bike trail with gorgeous scenery. The western terminus of the canal offers canal boat tours, scenic railroad excursions, dining, shopping, and outdoor recreation. The Cumberland C&O Canal National Historical Park Visitor Center offers interpretive exhibits on the transportation history of the region.
Antietam National Battlefield
Located in Sharpsburg, Maryland, the site commemorates the bloodiest one-day battle in American history, fought on September 17, 1862, during the Civil War. You can explore museum exhibits, join a park ranger for a battlefield talk and take a self-guided 8½ mile auto tour through the battlefield.
Western Maryland Railroad
The historic railway station in Cumberland, Maryland offers a 32-mile ride through the scenic mountains of Western Maryland aboard a restored 1916 Baldwin Steam Locomotive and vintage diesels. The round trip excursion is entertaining and educational including interpretive history about rail transportation. Special rides include the Murder Mystery Train, Engineer for a Day and Santa Express.
Hagerstown Premium Outlets
The outlet shopping mall is one of the closest to the Washington, D.C. area, attracting shoppers to its brand named stores including Adidas, Banana Republic, Brooks Brothers, Calvin Klein, Coach, Gap, Guess, J.Crew, kate spade, Nike, Tommy Hilfiger, Under Armour and many more.
Western Maryland Rail Trail
The 21-mile asphalt paved trail is perfect for hiking, biking, and roller-blading. From Hancock, Maryland, the trail travels 10 miles to the east to about 1/2 mile from Fort Frederick State Park and another ten miles to the west to Polly's Pond. The center of the trail is accessible from the Hancock Station Parking Area just off Main Street in Hancock, Maryland.
Rocky Gap State Park
Located in Western Maryland's Allegany County, the park features gorgeous mountain views and a 243-acre lake. The park has a day use area with a nature center, interpretive programs, hiking trails, boating and fishing, campgrounds and cabins. Rocky Gap Casino Resort offers luxury accommodations, gambling facilities, and a conference center.
Crystal Grottoes Caverns
Located between Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland's only commercial underground caverns is a popular attraction that dates back to 1920. Visitors take a 40-minute tour and learn the history of the formations and geological aspects of the caverns.
Greenbrier State Park
Located in the Appalachian Mountains, this state park has a 42-acre man-made lake that offers swimming, sunbathing, boating and fishing opportunities. It is one of the closest lakes to the Washington, D.C. area that allows swimming. There are also hiking trails, picnic tables and grills and playgrounds available for day use. There are 165 campsites.
Discovery Station at Hagerstown
The science, technology and history museum in Hagerstown, Maryland offers hands-on experiences for all ages, stimulating a curiosity for discovery and learning. Exhibits include a full-scale Triceratops skull, a Cessna 150, a model of NASA spacecraft, 15' model of the Titanic, Moller historic organ, and much more.


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After a brief lull, Apple's R&D expenditures are once again exploding higher. Apple's 2Q18 financial guidance implies the company will soon report the largest year-over-year increase in quarterly R&D expense in its history. Management is on track to spend $14 billion on R&D in FY2018, nearly double the amount spent on R&D just four years ago. The dramatic rise in Apple R&D expenditures raises questions regarding the company's product pipeline and whether management's overall approach to R&D is changing.
The Numbers
Apple's pace of R&D expenditures is nothing like the company has ever seen. The $14 billion of R&D expense that Apple will spend in FY2018 will be more than the amount Apple spent on R&D from 1998 to 2011. The CAGR for Apple's R&D expenditures has been a remarkable 32% since 1998. As seen in Exhibit 1, the ramp in Apple R&D expense spanning more than two decades has been breathtaking.
Exhibit 1: Apple R&D Expense (Annual)
Another way to demonstrate the dramatic rise in Apple R&D is to look at the year-over-year increase in expenditures on a quarterly basis. As seen in Exhibit 2, beginning in FY2Q17, Apple R&D expense growth has been on an uptrend. The expected $725 million increase year-over-year in Apple R&D expenditures in FY2Q18 will be nearly 25% higher than the previous R&D expense growth record. This $725 million figure is obtained by using Apple's guidance for operating expenses and backing into estimates for SG&A and R&D expenses. The recent ramp in R&D expenditures suggests Apple is definitely up to something.
Exhibit 2: Year-Over-Year Increase in Apple R&D Expense (Quarterly)
R&D Growth Drivers
It's easy to assume that the increase in Apple R&D expenditures over the years simply reflects Apple's expanding product line. However, there is more behind Apple's R&D expenditures. Three items are responsible for the growth in Apple R&D expenditures:
Existing products. Apple is doing more these days given a broader product portfolio.
In-house tech development. Apple has positioned controlling the core technologies powering its devices as a main goal.
New products. Apple is developing products for which it has no guarantee of future commercial viability.
Once a project's commercial viability has been established, it becomes that much more difficult for Apple to classify subsequent manufacturing or evolutionary product updates as R&D. This means that cash spent on developing new versions of existing products may not necessarily qualify as R&D. Instead, such expenses may have to be marked as a capital expenditure and amortized or depreciated over the life of the asset.
Another item that isn't contributing to Apple R&D expense is Apple Park construction. Real estate construction costs related to general corporate usage, or even design labs where some R&D may take place, cannot be categorized as R&D expense. Instead, for real estate to be classified as R&D, there has to be uncertainty regarding future commercial viability. As an example, the numerous buildings Apple bought, or began leasing, in the mid-2010s specifically for Project Titan likely boosted R&D at the time. (A map of Project Titan buildings is available to Above Avalon subscribers.)
New Products
Whereas Project Titan was a leading R&D driver a few years ago, there are likely two new items now driving the recent surge in R&D expenditures:
Smart glasses. We know Apple is working on smart glasses given the company's M&A track record (Vrvana, SensoMotoric Instruments, patents, and subtle clues found in Apple management commentary. The team dedicated to the effort is likely massive.
Content distribution efforts. Apple appears to have settled on a broader strategy for content, and it involves doubling down as a content distributor. Apple is investing big when it comes to delivering music, video, apps, news, and written content to more than 850 million users (of which 500 million visit the App Store on a weekly basis). Apple's effort to launch a video streaming service from scratch is likely being classified as R&D. For example, Apple has no guarantee that money spent on script development will lead to a commercially viable video streaming product. We also know Apple is reportedly spending $1 billion on original video content.
Apple is also continuing to work on doubling down on hardware to control the brains powering its products. As long as the byproduct of such efforts leads to products that are significantly different from existing products, Apple is likely able to qualify such efforts as R&D. Ongoing costs associated with Project Titan are also likely substantial, especially relative to smaller product-specific projects found throughout Apple.
Although Apple remains an incredibly focused company when it comes to products, the amount of money spent on R&D would seem to suggest that management may be relaxing its focus mantra a bit when it comes to researching new ideas. As seen in Exhibit 3, Apple R&D expenditures as a percent of revenue now stand at a 14-year high. This tells us that Apple is spending more on R&D for every dollar of sales earned despite the dramatic rise in sales over the years. For some companies this may not mean much, but for Apple it can't be ignored.
Exhibit 3: Apple R&D Expense as a Percent of Revenue
There are a few possible explanations for the growth in Apple R&D expenditures in recent years:
Greater ambition. Apple finds itself in a position of being able to do a whole lot more. It is estimated that Apple spent $150 million to build the first iPhone in the mid-2000s. At the time, it was a significant amount of cash for Apple. Nearly ten years later, Apple finds itself spending that much money developing one show for its upcoming video streaming service. To a certain degree, Apple management may feel it has an obligation of having to do more given its size. As Tim Cook recently put it, "We can do more things than we used to do because we're a bit bigger."
Competition. One factor driving Apple's ambition to do more is competition. It is no longer enough just to control hardware and software. Apple now finds itself needing to control the technologies powering its devices. Bringing development of fundamental technologies in-house doesn't come cheap. Apple has opened a series of R&D centers around the world (China, Japan, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Canada, France, Italy, Israel, Sweden, and the U.K.), many of which are tasked with developing hardware. Some of these R&D outposts are a result of Apple acquiring teams of talent.
More experimentation. Apple is likely experimenting much more when it comes to new ideas and processes. While there is no evidence of Apple allowing more of these ideas to actually proceed to market, it sure looks like Apple management wants to be in a position where it can afford to say "no" to more ideas than in the past.
The third point involving additional experimentation ends up being the most interesting. For a company that positions its ability to focus on a few things at any one time as a core competency, increased experimentation seems to be at odds with this value.
Apple R&D Theory
My theory on the dramatic rise in Apple R&D expenditures is that management is becoming more ambitious. Apple's future is found in new industries. Just as Apple moved from desktops/laptops to personal music players, smartphones, and watches, the company will need to enter new industries to remain relevant. This is not a company that is holding onto the iPhone as tight as possible for fear of change. Apple management is investigating new ideas and processes in order to support future moves into new industries.
This explains Apple's ongoing interest in transportation and Project Titan, an area that Apple has pretty much no expertise in. We have Apple building an entertainment arm from scratch despite having no experience developing scripted content. In each case, Apple has had to rely on outside hires and significant cash outlays to build core competencies.
It's not that Apple has thrown its focus mantra out the window. Apple remains very selective in terms of both its M&A activity and deciding which products make it to market. Instead of funding significant R&D endeavors with no intention of them one day leading to a product, Apple's R&D remains focused on ideas that at least have the potential to see the light of day. The years of development behind making Face ID a reality would be a recent example.
Much of this focus mantra is driven by the fact that Jony Ive and his Industrial Design group oversee Apple's product vision and the user experience found with Apple products. With only 20 or so members, Jony and team can only do so much at any given moment. In a way, Apple's organizational and leadership structure serve as safeguards preventing Apple from spreading itself too thin and doing too much. Instead of trying to expand the design team in order to work on more products, Apple's strategy appears to be to do the opposite and place bigger bets on a few products.
These bigger bets come in the form of owning the core technologies powering Apple devices. Apple wants to reduce dependency on others. We are quickly moving to the point at which every Apple product will be powered by core technologies developed in-house. Such a reality would have been a pipe dream just a few years ago. Apple believes this strategy will give them an advantage in the marketplace. It's a new twist to the Alan Kay line about "people who are really serious about software should make their own hardware." We are moving to the point at which companies serious about software should design their own silicon. Having $285 billion of cash on the balance sheet gives Apple the freedom to pursue this ambitious goal. It is this motivation to control more of the user experience while pursuing new industries to enter that is driving the remarkable increase in Apple R&D expenditures.
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NHA Brewerville housing to be dedicated to health workers
(elbcradio.com/June 10, 2015)-The National Housing Authority (NHA) says the new housing units, under construction in Brewerville, will be occupied by mostly health workers.
NHA Deputy Director for Administration, Prince Wreh, said 38 housing units are being constructed in Brewerville.
Speaking Tuesday, June 9, 2015 in Monrovia, Mr. Wreh disclosed that an attractive package will be set aside for the most dedicated health worker.
He said the package will involve a cash of US$5,000.00 to help the health worker own a home.
The amount will be generated from the meager incomes of senior managers of the NHA, Mr. Wreh further noted.
The NHA Deputy Director for Administration hoped that the package would serve as a motivating factor for health workers.
Meanwhile, the National Housing Authority has announced Dr. Philip Ireland of the JFK Medical Center as its health Ambassador.


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I had an interesting on line conversation with an atheist recently. He was spouting all the typical "scientific" answers to the miracles and creation and how through history science has been steadily disproving the Bible.
Utter nonsense, of course.
Much of what science is "discovering" today can actually be seen in scripture. Take the Ark of the Covenant. A large box, covered in gold – a highly effective conductor and storer of static electricity – which had to be carried on two long wooden poles and not touched. When it began to fall, one of the Israelites reached out to steady it and was struck down and died. Science can say it was a static discharge. Either way, the man died because the instruction to carry the ark on wooden poles was not used, and it was transported on an ox cart (1 Chronicles 9)
But the best thing I've found is this:
I've looked up all the scriptures quoted in this image. If you consider the "scientific" terms of the day they were written, every one is accurate according to "modern" and "scientific" proof. The same proof that also gave us the centre column until science caught up with scripture.
As Christians we tend towards turning the other cheek because Jesus said it. We lean towards meekness because Jesus said it. But our understanding has changed, and we also need to catch up.
The same One who said "Turn the other cheek" sat down, braided a whip and started a stampede in the Temple when the money-changers were defiling the house of God. Being meek and humble has nothing to do with being pathetic and submissive.
Meekness and Humility are God's way of saying "Be who I made you to be – nothing more and nothing less" The phrase isn't explicitly in scripture that way, but in the Pentateuch Moses is described as the most humble man in the world. FYI, Moses wrote the Pentateuch. Humility is accepting who God says you are. It's demonstrated in the lives of Joseph, David, Josiah, all the prophets. In modern times you see it in men of God like Billy Graham who seek to only point to God, not to gather glory to themselves. The evidence is what is seen in their lives. The more men give Glory to God, the more God tends to Bless them. And many who are raised to high positions by God and receive material possessions are criticised by men who don't know the full story. I met a man some years ago who ran a ministry to help the underprivileged in his city. He was personally a multi-millionaire, but his income was only 10% of what he received. He put the other 90% into the work God called him to.
How different would our lives look if we did the same? I was touched and honoured by talking to this man as his humility was truly awe-inspiring. He worked tirelessly and personally giving out the food and arranging shelter for the homeless. He preferred to be on the front-line of the battle and employed managers to oversee the financial affairs of the work to enable him to do what God called him to.
His reasoning was simple: David sinned with Bathsheba because he became so successful he employed other men to do what he was called to – lead in battle. David was at home in his palace when it was the season for kings to go out to war. The story is in 2 Samuel 11. He stayed home, saw Bathsheba bathing, got her pregnant, recalled her husband from the battle then sent him back and had him killed so he could marry Bathsheba and cover his adultery. This minister didn't want to be tempted to destroywhat God called him to by sitting home counting the books.
I've seen promising ministries fall and men of God walk away not just from their Ordained Vision, but from God as well because they got so focussed on the job they lost sight of the reason. They stopped having Fellowship with believers because they didn't have time: they had to finish the project they were doing. Magazines, recording studios, writers (including myself for many years) who quit their Love for the work, and as a result the work and the Love went sour. Mercifully, God seems to love to give us another chance, and I've seen nearly as many ministries restored as fail, and I hope I can keep going this time myself.
I'm a man who is easily distracted. The "experts" label it ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder – and recommend therapy for me to "overcome" the "disability".
I prefer to think of myself not as disabled (I'm not), but as susceptible to temptation. If a doctor wants to call it ADD, let him. Man's labels rarely affect how I see myself. What I do recognise is when I'm not around my Fellowship – and there's a BIG difference between a true Fellowship and a local church (not that they can't be the same – don't misunderstand this) – I am more easily distracted than when I am accountable and encouraged by God's people round me.
We all have Spiritual ADD to some extent. Satan attacks us. We get distracted and go off on a tangent. I imagine some readers think I'm off on one now!
But this Spiritual ADD has been around since before King David. What do you think was the spirit behind David staying in Jerusalem? Just because science has given it a 21st century label doesn't make it a "new" problem.
Moses saw it with the former slaves. He climbs a mountain for a few days to talk to God and when he comes down the people have started worshipping a cow made of gold! Spiritual ADD! We need to keep our eyes on Jesus as the author and perfecter of our faith. Or we end up like Peter – sinking fast.
So let the world do it's thing. They'll catch up eventually with where God is. Remind ourselves that the Renaissance "scientists" who discovered what much of today's theories are based on were doing it to find out more about God and how His creation worked. Remember they were concerned (mostly) that they may be being misled by Satan and so they balanced their science with intense study of the scripture as well as the sculpture. Had he not known and understood the Bible, could Michelangelo have painted the Sistine Chapel or carved the stature of David? Could Da Vinci have depicted the subtleties of the Last Supper? It's doubtful that a work simply "commissioned" would have captured such details. Michelangelo's fresco of the day of judgement even includes an image of the artist himself being tested.
So science, and atheists will catch up eventually.
Until they do, we just need to remind ourselves that we were given the answers millenia ago.
And let them play catchup at their own pace.


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Latest News
Georgia Defensive End Has USC On Top
DE Euclid Cummings (6-3 228) of Roswell, GA picked up an offer from USC Sunday while attending a camp session, and Monday night he called the Gamecocks he favorites.
"I'm pretty wide open, but South Carolina is high up on my list," Cumming said. "South Carolina is definitely #1."
Cummings said North Carolina is second on his list. He also has offers from Duke, Indiana, Maryland, Central Florida, Middle Tennessee State and Richmond.
He's also getting interest from Georgia Tech and Auburn. Cummings said USC recruiter Ron Cooper was by his school earlier in the spring to watch a practice. Cummings, who had about 40 tackles and six sacks last season, plans to camp this weekend at either Auburn or Georgia Tech.


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Friday, September 17, 2010
The Ugly Truth - Interview with Les Visible
Mark Glenn talks with Les Visible
& Mark Dankof
9 comments:
- the smartass punkSeptember 17, 2010 at 1:07 PM
Bwahaha nice wiener dog put some buns on em. I'll take a pitbull anyday.ReplyDelete
Great interview. Les actually got pretty choked up. I didn't realize he was so old. He must be in his 60's if he was old enough to raise hell in the Vietnam era. He was smart to move when Bush came to office. I felt the same way but couldn't move b/c of parental responsibilities. If I could've, I would have split.ReplyDelete
- willylomanSeptember 18, 2010 at 9:38 AM
Are you serious Kenny? The guy literally said "the jews did it"ReplyDelete
After he claims he can prove "the jews did it" and the interviewer offers him the chance to make his case, he says "oh, just Google 9/11 "the jews did it", and you can read for like "two days" all the stuff...." of course he offered next to nothing in way of proof aside from the document "Rebuilding Americas Defenses", Dancing Israelis, and the security company that had ties with Israel.
two whole days, huh? wow, that's a lot of research (aside from the fact the Google will put you on a list for typing "9/11 the jews did it" and this Les Visable damn well knows it)
I really liked the part where he went off saying that if he doesn't know, his God does...
"the jews did it".... nice
People can talk and speculate on 'who done it' and how forever but the bottom line is no criminal investigation means all the perps are still free, jew and non-jew alike. Opinions don't change that.ReplyDelete
- willylomanSeptember 18, 2010 at 10:56 AM
yeah, some of them just help to feed the propaganda talking points that all 9/11 Truth advocates are antisemites. seems to me like Les may be from the Hal Turner school of social reform, if you know what I mean.ReplyDelete
Everything typed in google is sent to NSA. As for these great arbiters of truth believe half maybe.ReplyDelete
Who benefited from 9/11? Americans sure as hell didn't, as we got turned into a nation of scared rabbits while those "Muzzies" in charge of the Fed and all those NY banks 'Too big to fail' looted trillions out of our economy, a lot of which was shipped off to Israel, laundered thru the NY branch of the Fed, led then by now Treasury Geithner.ReplyDelete
While we were being robbed blind, we gladly gave our sons and daughers lives to fight an enemy that to this day, isn't listed by the FBI as being behind 9/11.
While our country falls apart and heads to complete financial destruction, fighting 'al Qaeda,' Israel is doing just fine.
Their economy is growing and their housing prices are appreciating, not dropping like a rock.
Arab and Persian nations in the ME are now in Israel's sights, they want to steal Lebanon's River Litani and have the USA turn Iran into a carbon copy of Iraq, a broken, destroyed nation.
As for saying the 'Jews' did 9/11, I prefer to say it was a sinister combination of Neo-cons and Zionists, mobbed up with that NWO gang, the CFR.
So I agree it wasn't just Jews, but their sadistic comrades in arms.
And unlesss we come together and fight this menance, it won't matter much, because we'll all be slaves on the 'Man's' Global plantation.
P.S. If it was those 19 Ayyyrabs. then why did all that WTC steel get shipped ASAP out of the country?
Why destroy evidence that would've helped determined what exactly did happen?
When the cops come upon a murder victim, do they throw away the gun and shell casings and make witnessess either shut up or 'disappear'?
And why have the majority of the 9/11 Commission say the investigation was a sham, since key evidence was either withheld or blacked out?
Why did some of the witnessess the commission wanted to call get turned down and denied to appear before the commission?
Why was Condi Rice's good friend, Zielkow(sp?) put in charge of the commission with the ABSOLUTE power to remove any testimony or evidence from the final report?
And why did Bush and Cheney refuse to testify, until the public outcry forced them to?
And why did Bush and Cheney say the only was they would appear if it was behind closed doors, with no notes or recordings taken and they BOTH had to appear together and refused to be sworn to tell the truth? Did a little thing called perjury bother them?
The Congress spent more money investigating whether or not Clinton got a BK in the WH than on looking into 9/11.
Doesn't that make you just a little suspicious or have you drank their Kool-Aid?
Not only did Les Visible say that his "God knows it", WillyL, he also said that he actually spoke with God(!!).ReplyDelete
Now he may say some good things in his blog, but I'm rather fed up with all the religious nonsense that seems to come from people who are trying to show 9/11 for what it is. And I mean people like Les, Mark Glenn, Mark Dankof etc..
I know they're christians but do they really have to recite passages from the bible, talk about how God will save us (he's done bugger all yet), and how according to Les, we're living in those damned end times. Nope still here, Les ... hasn't happened yet ... although it was written about 2000 years ago ... so you know ...
As I get older I just can't handle the silliness that comes out of religious people. We're fighting evil human beings here not demons, devils and supernatural forces ... please people, grow up.
Oh and one thing that riled me listening to an earlier episode of the Ugly Truth. Mark Glenn played part of the interview with one of the infamous dancing israelis. Glenn then said that he/they admitted to being Mossad agents.
Not true. They admitted to "documenting" the event. Not the same. Accuracy please, Mark. Take a page out of Mike Piper's book. Please recount things accurately lest we think that you're not who you say you are.
HPrice, Christchurch, NZ
- AnonymousSeptember 30, 2010 at 7:13 PM
Au contraire. The federal government through the offices of the FBI after 6 weeks of interrogation and their own admission concluded they were mossad.ReplyDelete
And please don't go down that "UH, OH, HE MADE A MISTAKE, GUESS HE MUST BE A PLANT" road. --People make mistakes. It's called being human and I certainly don't claim infallibility.