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Clinical activities
Ocular Genetics | Retinoblastoma | NeuroVision | Ocular Reconstruction Program | Retinopathy of Prematurity
The Department of Opthalmology and Vision Science has five major areas of clinical activities:
Ocular Genetics
This program deals with all forms of genetically-determined or inherited eye disease. Inherited eye disorders are the leading causes of blindness in childhood. Our ocular genetic team is unique in the country and in North America because of our multidisciplinary approach to patient care. Using the resources available from the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory at SickKids, we provide molecular diagnosis to a large portion of patients in a reasonable time frame. This helps to establish the correct diagnosis for appropriate counseling and management. We are participating in the first international gene replacement therapy clinical trial. See Ocular Genetics and Retinoblastoma Program in Research Activities.
This program deals with retinoblastoma, the leading cause of ocular malignancy in childhood. Our retinoblastoma team provides service to 100 per cent of children with retinoblastoma in Ontario, as well as Alberta and Manitoba. The Toronto Chemotherapy Protocol developed by us is currently being validated through a multicenter, international clinical trial. We led the Canadian Strategy Working group to produce the first Guidelines for Retinoblastoma Care that was published worldwide. This program is a good example of translational research that brings molecular biology knowledge from the laboratory to bedside in order to improve patient outcomes. See Ocular Genetics and Retinoblastoma Program in Research Activities.
This program integrates the various clinical subspecialties involved in the investigation of normal and abnormal vision development. The clinical subspecialties include strabismus, neuro-ophthalmology, and ocular genetics. Neuro-ophthalmology is at the heart of NeuroVision. We provide highly specialized care to patients who have visual problems as a result of various brain diseases. We also provide services to patients with complex strabismus and amblyopia. We work very closely with other services in the hospital, including Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuro-oncology, Neuroradiology, as well as Metabolic and Genetic diseases. See NeuroVision Program in Research Activities.
Ocular Reconstruction Program
This program integrates the various clinical subspecialties of glaucoma, cataract, corneal diseases and transplantation, oculoplastic and retina. It focuses on surgical innovation. Our talented surgeons aim at optimizing the surgical management of various causes of vision loss, including trauma, severe retinal damage and congenital ocular/orbital/lid deformities. Management methods include selective corneal transplantation, ocular surface reconstruction, iris repair, cataract removal and intraocular lens placement, glaucoma surgery, and management of uveitis among others. We deal with the most complex surgical cases in the country. See Surgical Innovation/Ocular Reconstruction Program in Research Activities.
Retinopathy of Prematurity
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a potentially blinding disease in infants born prematurely. Timely treatment is critical to reduce the risk of permanent blindness. We use an innovative approach to enable remote screening for ROP using telemedicine and digital imaging. We have established a multidisciplinary ROP team for the daily screenings and medical treatments of ROP. Our valued retina surgeons are responsible for the management of the most complex cases requiring surgical "rescue". Our Telemedicine Project includes the Sudbury and Barrie sites and was the first place award recipient of the Celebrating Innovations in Health Care 2010 from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.


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Master Shover,
It is very easy to lose track of
everything as life goes on. Chi Kung has always helped me focus and reset
like nothing else ever has. I recently started a new job, with all of the
uncertainty and stress that comes with doing so. Chi Kung didn't act as a
miracle force that cleared up that uncertainty instantly, but what it did was
put me in the right mindset so that I could succeed when given the chance.
When I've walked out of the dojo after a Chi Kung session, my problems
have been exactly the same as they were when I walked in. However, they
always seem simpler and clearer. Chi Kung changes my outlook on the
future, and as an extension of that helps me deal with problems that are not
actually as complicated or urgent and stress-inducing as they usually appear to
Nathan, 24, Engineer
am still feeling the effects of the Chi Kung class! Usually after Chi Kung I
feel very relaxed and happy, kind of sleepy and warm, and that usually lasts
for the day and then I go about my normal week. I do tend to feel less stressed
throughout the week, but this experience has been remarkably different!
the class I fluctuated between really feeling focused and noticing that my mind
was totally wandering. I was a bit annoyed with myself towards the end of class
when I really wanted to bring myself back into the movements and I felt like
every time I took a breath my mind jumped to some other thought. But at the
end, during the guided meditation, I was able to kindly bring myself back,
reminding myself that it is a practice and it takes work and time to really
train the mind to still.
thought a lot about confidence during the class. Expelling worry and doubt to
make space for new, confident energy. I think this is what really carried on
after Sunday! I left the dojo feeling almost jumpy. I had planned a day to
relax, but when I got home I felt so energized that I couldn't sit still! Not a
frantic kind of energy where you're being swept away in it and you can't put
your feet down. More of a solid feeling as if I was standing on top of a huge
mountain but feeling the weightlessness of the wind almost lifting me
think it?s a combination of the class coming at just the right time on the
first day of spring, my intention for confidence, and the events in my life
leading up to Sunday putting me in a place where I was really ready to feel
energized and confident again. I've kept this feeling through the week. It's
easier for me to make decisions, and I don't dwell so much on if there was a
better way I should have done something. I feel awake, alert, and happy!
else happened too that I haven't quite figured out. I sort of lost my voice
after class on Sunday. I had been feeling a bit of a sore throat earlier in the
week but the pain in my throat had been gone for two days before Chi Kung. Right
after the class, my voice totally dropped out and became very squeaky and soft.
Maybe it's from clearing all the old winter Chi out of my throat and lungs that
took my voice too...its back to normal today though.
you so much for Chi Kung, Sensei, as always it was amazing. The perfect way to
welcome spring!
24, College Student, Business professional
Hey Sensei,
really enjoyed myself Friday night. While life is such a whirl wind on my end,
it really is a treat to be able to slow down and (try!) to clear my mind and
take that time for myself. I found that I was very tired for the next two days,
which has made me realize that, now more than ever, I need to take time for me.
for the moments!
Beth, Realtor, 44
Master Shover:
Thank you very much. Thank you for your instruction, for your love, and for your
I felt wonderful last night, and relaxed and refreshed today.
I let go of so much last night. I understand better than ever what
it means to let go. To let go of anger. To let go of frustration. What a gift.
It IS making me a better person. A better husband. A better boss. A better man.
It is sad that some people see our training as only physical and violent. But I
can let that go too, and laugh. :-)
Dave, 52. Self-employed IT specialist
loved the chi kung class. I felt very relaxed that evening and slept great. I
feel that I since the class I have had more patience and have felt more peace.
I hope it lasts! I will be excited to do another session!
you for a wonderful Chi - Kung class last night. I have not been able to take
one in quite some time, and I could tell immediately how beneficial the class
was going to be for me. I
struggle on a daily basis with anxiety and stress, and Chi Kung practice really
helps me to relax and not worry about things that are out of my control. The
guided meditation was fantastic as I was so in the moment and relaxed I felt as
though I had "melted" into the floor.
am a mortgage loan officer in my day job (and a couple weeks from my 40th
birthday). Instead of a midlife crisis, I feel like with my training my life is
just beginning so thank
you for all that you do and feel free to share this if you choose.
44, Mortgage Banking
Hi Sensei,
Give us a call!

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|The haul to end all hauls
I'd had a pretty bad run of BIFs boxes last year, hell even the Gang Bang 2 box wasn't that great nor a good comparison for what we sent. Bare in mind the sender always met the requirement but where I had been making it a point to hunt down and trade so that I could hit my targets wants (often some of their stated top wants) it is a little disheartening to get a run want free boxes. I eventually came the conclusion after getting a box from Florida containing a Deschutes (out of Oregon) Chasin' Freshies (couple months after release) and a Boulevard Chocolate Ale (from the known infected batch) that maybe BIFs weren't for me so I hung up my hat.
Leave it to my buddy Brandon (biglobo8971) to pull me out of retirement by devising a BIF in which you pick your target and therefore have no excuse to not bury your target and wreck some porches. I loved the idea so much that I said fuck it let's do this and jumped right in.
The process he employed was great, once all of the participants had been decided he started a second thread (YMBBif Bucket List) where you state why someone would want to chose you as their target. After everyone had their bucket list done it was time to rank who you wanted to send to. Finally Brandon did his best to match people up with targets out of their top five.
My Bucket List
I ranked my targets as follows leaving out regular trading partners and fellow Cali tradersMy bucket list item currently is Bourbon Vanilla Darkness, Cantillon Blåbær LambikS (Steve Coon recently shared a bottle with me - Thanks Steve!) and Kaggen! Stormaktsporter (one of the last in the top 10 I've never had) - I've love to collect a Bourbon Vanilla Dark Lord but only to split with my regular tasting group as I was lucky enough to try it at the Firestone Fest.I love canned beers - especially fresh IPAs that I've never had such as Gandhi-Bot Double IPA which is currently one of my oldest wants. I love trying new beers (especially canned) a complete listing of what I've had (for the most part) can be found hereFor the SWAG side I'm a large L and love brewery Work-shirts and glassware. I'm a homebrewer so bring on the homebrew.My favorite breweries (outside of SoCal) are Surly, Cigar City , Squatters, Fitgers, Six Point, Crooked Stave.I've updated my wants as wellCheers
- Shrek806
- MarkIntihar - I'll probably embarrass myself as Mark's a friend
- HannyDawg
- Axic10
- johnyb
- Auror
- GGfunk
- DenverBeerDrinker
- Stupac2
- Mista
I ended up getting my top choice of shrek806 and decided to bury him hard!
shrek806's Bucket List
I sent him 10 hints (Logic behind them in Bold Red)Hello all,I am not really sure what would be on my bucket list as far as rare beers are concerned other than PTY which I know is near impossible. I am a total hophead but I also enjoy sours and BA Stouts. Dont really care for smoked beers. I love stemware, no more pints, and I love T-shirts (long or short sleeved) XL.I am eternally ISO Lunch, any HF IPA's, PTE, Alpine IPA's, Citra, 3F IPA's, Heady Topper, Surly Abrasive and Furious, Town Hall Masala Mama, Fatheads IPA just to name a few.
Hint 1: If my box travels the recommended route it will past through more than 8 states (11 in total between CA and NY mostly on I-80 E)
Hint 2: I'm going to foil my target 1250 (I used the number of his Hads (32), (93), Gots (9) and Place Reviews (1) through the FOIL process)
Hint 3: East Bound and Up? (NY is North East of SoCal)
Mine hasn't posted since page 2, yeah that's hint 4 (The logic should be clear)
Hint 5: 2/25/12 (Loking), 5/16/12 (close?), 8/24/12 (indians), 9/11/12 (west), 10/23/12 (Any), 11/30/12 (either) (this was a fun one, I took all the threads he started and pulled out a single word along with the date he posted it)
Hint 6: My parents met at collage 101 miles away from my target (My parents met at University of Rochester 101 miles from my targets house in NY)
Hint 7: If I told them to meet me in Zihuatanejo they'd get the reference (Noticed on Facebook that one of his favorite movies is Shawshank Redemption)
Hint 8: Delta (47) of my high (72) and your low (25) swung around to °c comes out to 8 point 3 (more math fun this time using the temperature the day of the hint 47°f is 8.3°c)
Hint 9: Was my target split from 915? (the 806 area code in Texas was split from the 915 area code sometime during 1957)
Hint 10: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8101/8589852294_c359026821_b.jpg (This is the picture that comes up on Wikipedia for his town)
Final stats on the boxes I sent were
Number of Beers = 27
Total Number of Ounces = 528
Number of Wants = 19
rAvg Average = 4.33
rAvg Max = 4.82
rAvg Min = 3.86
BA Score Average = 95.12
BA Score Max = 100 x4
BA Score Min = 86
Both the rAvg Min and the BA Score Min belong to the base version of a barrel aged beer which is also in the box (4.38 90). I included it for a side by side
Here's what I sent to shrek806
Red Poppy Ale (Want)
YuleSmith (Winter) (Want)
Supplication (Want)
Beatification (Apparently A Major Want)
Smoke (Want)
Abrasive Ale (Want)
Furious (Want)
Bender (Want)
Hell (Want)
NG Belgian Red (Want)
Raspberry Tart (Want)
Serendipity (Want)
AleSmith IPA (Want)
BA Kopi Speedway
Decadence 2011
BA Decadence 2011
Sculpin India Pale Ale (Want)
Westvleteren 12 (Want)
Westbennetteren 12
Knuckle Sandwich (Want)
Barrel Roll No. 3 Pugachev's Cobra
Big Whig
Victory At Sea Coffee Vanilla Imperial Porter (Want)
Mongo (Want)
Fat Head's Head Hunter IPA (Want)
Russian River Glass
Darkness Glass
Barrel Roll Glass
Lost Abbey Teku
Pliny the Younger Shirt
Lost Abbey Flag
Surly Stickers
As far as who was sending to me I had some general ideas but nothing positive. SliverX seemed like a good possibility based on what he had posted but I had been wrong in a previous BIF. Toward the end it definately seemed like it was going to be sliverX as he had started reponding to some of my posts with what in retrospect were clear clues. It turns out that I was right and on Friday April 5th while I was at Churchill's pub with my friends Eric (ehammond1) and Kurtis (leschkie) I got a text message from Bonnie -
What I got from sliverX
Ursus Spelæus
Peche 'n Brett (Want)
Kiwi Lambic (Want)
King Henry (Want)
Bourbon County Brand Vanilla Stout (Want)
Imperial Sweet Stout - Cognac Barrel Aged (Want)
Leon (Want)
Outer Darkness (Want)
Gudeløs (Want)
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout - Arcadia (Want)
Barrel-Aged Blackout Stout - Great Lakes x2 (2012&2013) (Want)
Blackout Stout - Great Lakes x2 (2010&2012)
Black Note Stout - Bell's Brewery (Want)
World Wide Stout - Dogfish Head (Want)
Barleywine Ale - The Duck-Rabbit (Want)
Sun King Velvet Fog (Want)
Belgian Imperial Stout
Abominable Winter Ale - love the can (Want)
Hubris Anniversary Ale
Gandhi-Bot Double IPA - My second oldest want!
Kick ass work shirt from Roc Brewing
Southern Tier Tulip
Sixpoint Resin Tulip ISO Resin to break it in
Blind Bat Tulip
Tröegs Mini Sniffer
Blind Bat Sticker
Nugget Nectar Belt Buckle
Nugget Nectar Opener
sliverX absolutely buried me in generosity with such a fantastic box and want made it even better is what I learned afterwards. It turns out that sliverX had reached out to a bunch of my friends for input. He completely destroyed my wants list leaving it in shambles. I was absolutely floored by the generosity and communal spirit and owe the community for this one. I've already started a LIF for whoever posted the best gif partly because of this experience and was very pleased to see sliverX end up winning it. 10/10 would bif again.
|The boxes
|via Libbey
|Small bottle shipper
|One of my favorite can designs
|You've got to be kidding me
|The Big bottles
|Small bottles
|The cans
|The Swag
|Nugget Nectar opener magnet


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Life has been so busy these past few months, I just have not been able to write. I have tried to chalk it up to God wanting me to focus elsewhere for the moment. I miss writing, and hope to be called to it again soon.
We decorated our tree last night. Actually, we put the tree up the 1st Sunday of Advent (in a brief moment that no one in the family was barfing. Yeah, Thanksgiving was not fun this year), and decorated it with our purple Advent decorations. It has been so lovely, and a wonderful reminder that Christmas is coming, but not quite here yet.
Now we have passed the third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday, so now we decorate! The boys are all getting so big now. The Monkey was very excited to help put ornaments on the tree. Mostly on the bottom right part of the tree. It is kind of tipping to one side. The cat loves having those "oh-ma-nents" in reach.
Most of the past two months have been filled, outside of normal life and schooling, with my First Lego League team. My team, Storm System, is a 2nd year team this year. They have worked pretty hard all season, but got a little complacent at one point. When they slowed down and did not seem to want to work anymore, my fellow coaches and I sighed and said to one another, "Well, at least our season will end soon." But darn it all! Those boys kicked into gear, and went into Qualifiers this last weekend ready for Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition! They came in 6th out of 29 teams over all in the robot game, and scored well in the project presentation and teamwork. They won a Judges Award and advanced to the Championships!
|Storm System is in the tie-dye black. Getting ready to battle!
|Getting our trophy!
In the above picture, it looks like Romeo is shooting the finger, and has been blurred out for censorship. But no. Pretty sure he was just waving a hand around. It just looks bad.
So, our season will not end until January 21, when we go to the regional Championships. Now we are taking a little break, but will start work back up soon.
In our homeschooling life, we finish up for Christmas break tomorrow. More or less. There may have to be a test or two next week, but otherwise.....freedom!
We are big Cars fans in our house. I still have never seen Cars 2 all the way through (wiggly preschooler), but we love the toys. We were SO waiting for this set! I just picked it up at Walmart today! Love it!
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Q: I bought a Mitsubishi 1080p DLP HDTV. Recently, I found out that the TV's HDMI input cannot accept 1080p from a 1080p source such as a Blu-ray DVD player. The only way for the TV to receive a 1080p signal is through its FireWire input. Did I waste my money by buying this TV? Rushell Fluker
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SC counties could benefit from Carolina Panthers move to SC
South Carolina counties with the weakest economies could benefit from a deal S.C. lawmakers struck Thursday aimed at enticing the Carolina Panthers to move its headquarters across the state line and into Rock Hill.
A panel of six lawmakers, tasked with finalizing details of a deal to offer the NFL team roughly $115 million in tax breaks over 15 years to move to South Carolina, agreed to add to the deal a provision that would make companies eligible for more tax credits if they locate in S.C. counties with the lowest incomes and highest unemployment rates.
Those tax breaks would not kick in until the team's S.C. operations are up and running in the second year, and until the team relocates to South Carolina at least 150 of its full-time employees — with a payroll of $190 million — who must get a benefits package, including health care.
With the bill's negotiations complete, lawmakers said they expect the legislation to fly through the House and Senate.
Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, who has been pushing the Panthers incentives, is expected to sign the bill into law.
Lawmakers supporting the deal say it's a win-win for South Carolina and a "boon" for Rock Hill, a half-hour car ride from Charlotte.
"It has a huge benefit to the coffers of South Carolina," said House Majority Leader Gary Simrill, R-York, who co-chaired Thursday's committee meeting on the bill. "What it does is give us more opportunity to take care of employees of the state and the needs of South Carolina. It is a financial boon. It is an emblematic win."
The deal has had loud critics, too.
After Thursday's deal was struck, Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, who opposed the deal, tweeted, "There are enough legislative buy-offs in here to make Congress blush," referring to the provision tacked on to the legislation.
Though state Sen. Dick Harpootlian voted for the deal Thursday, the Richland Democrat said he plans to vote against the bill next week.
Harpootlian — who helped push the Senate's vote on the proposal to the final day of session — has railed against the legislation for weeks, arguing state commerce leaders have exaggerated the economic impact of the Panthers deal for the state.
"Maybe I can persuade somebody it's a bad deal, but I doubt it. I can't think of anything that would derail it at this point. Not me."
The bill's supporters said Thursday that adding a provision to offer more tax breaks for companies that locate in some of the state's high-poverty counties should help move some of the bill's critics — particularly in the Senate — off the fence to vote for it.
Simrill said Thursday he would have preferred lawmakers consider the add-on for rural communities in separate legislation, not tacked on to a bill to bring the Panthers to South Carolina. But, he added, he understood why the proposal was attached to the Panthers bill and pushed by state Sen. Wes Climer, R-York, who also sat at the negotiation table Thursday.
It's the "shepherds hook to get your flock in line," Simrill said, referring to the Senate.
Panthers aim to break ground this year
David Tepper, the Panthers' billionaire owner, has set his sights on about 200 acres of land in York County to relocate his team's operations and open up two practice facilities, including an indoor one with up to 10,000 seats. A site map shows the property lies off Interstate 77, between Dave Lyle Boulevard and Eden Terrace.
Team officials want the complex to be similar to sports sites in other states, including the Dallas Cowboys' The Star in Frisco, Texas, which includes shopping, a hotel, restaurants and other amenities outside of the football complex.
Beyond football headquarters, team officials also have told The State the site would include a sports medicine complex.
The team has not announced a partner for the facility, but representatives with Charlotte's Atrium Health attended a meeting in March between Panthers' officials, including Tepper, Gov. McMaster and a handful of other state leaders.
The property's construction also is slated to include a new $40 million interchange to provide access to the complex. It is estimated that the federal government would chip in about $20 million for that project. The state would cover $12.5 million of the cost, and the city of Rock Hill would kick in the rest: $7.5 million.
The Panthers want to break ground later this year and move into the complex by early 2022.


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Did you know that if you can naturally increase the temperature of a room by just 1 degree C, you could save up to 10% of operating costs? Or that worldwide, it's estimated that buildings account for approximately 40% of greenhouse gas emissions, yet between 20 to 50% of energy used in buildings is simply wasted through inefficiencies such as poor insulation or excess lighting?
Ever wondered how much more electricity you and your family could save, simply by making a few small changes to the way you live? Want some environmental tips on how you could be more energy efficient?
Here are a few simple energy efficiency tips which can help you be smarter about energy use, so as to take the heat off your next bill:
- Secure your home. Repair faulty door seals, hang curtains or blinds so they fit close to window frames and lay rugs securely on bare floors.
- Dress for the weather. "Layer up" in winter and wear cool, natural, breathable fibres in summer.
- Keep the air where it's needed. Keep doors closed to unused areas (unless your heating or cooling system requires doors or windows to be opened).
- Stay consistent. Try not to change the thermostat settings often. Manufacturers recommend settings of 24°C in summer and 20°C in winter.
- Use curtains. Close curtains over large glass areas (you can lose up to 16% of heat transfer trough glass)
- Maintain your appliances. Check them regularly to remove dust and ensure adequate air flow.
- Use fans rather than air-conditioning. Fans use minimal energy, operate at a fraction of the running cost of air conditioners and can reduce the number of days you use air conditioning.
- Adjust your air-conditioning settings. For maximum efficiency, set the air conditioning unit to re-circulate cool air instead of pulling warmer air in from outside.
- Correctly position your air-conditioning unit. Make sure the outdoor section of your air conditioning unit isn't installed facing the sun (north or west), unless the area will be constantly shaded to allow adequate cooling of the unit.
- Set rules. For example – only use your air-conditioner on days when maximum temperatures are 30 degrees C or higher (instead of 28°C or higher) – and you could save between 2 and 10% of your energy use.


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Far too little has been reported in the media about a major espionage scandal in which Australian, New Zealand and British intelligence secrets were allegedly sold by a Canadian to Russian intelligence over the past five years.
In January 14 this year, Canadian authorities arrested Sub-Lieutenant Jeffrey Delisle, a Canadian naval intelligence officer, and charged him with supplying top-secret information to a "foreign entity" since 2007.
Despite its huge international ramifications, the case attracted strangely little publicity, except in Canada where Delisle enjoyed the distinction, or notoriety, of being the first Canadian to be arrested under laws tightened in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He was denied bail.
The only time this espionage case received any global publicity was months later in July, and even then reports were distressingly homogeneous and lacking in detail.
Strangely, the story first surfaced on July 25 in the Sydney Morning Herald and the ABC, then the New Zealand Herald and, finally, in the Toronto Global and Mail — all on the same day.
Some of the views expressed by so-called experts in the media have been positively risible or incredibly stupid, depending on your knowledge.
For example, there was no justification for the Sydney Morning Herald headline, "Canada spy case rocks ASIO". The reason I can state that is that ASIO is not responsible for the internal security of the Defence Signals Department (DSD), Australia's signals intelligence agency, which works closely with allied countries under a variety of arrangements.
The current agreement between the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand bears the unwieldy title of AUSCANNZUKUS. And while this acronym is typical of the intelligence world, the very pronunciation leads to a certain amount of hilarity. Among those in the intelligence world, the organisation is more commonly known as "Five Eyes" after the five countries which constitute it.
According to public sources, this is essentially a naval C4 (i.e., command, control, communications and computers) body. The fifth "eye", New Zealand, joined in 1984 under a certain amount of secrecy and in the face of the country's general antipathy towards the US, especially under the then David Lange Labour government. AUSCANNZUKUS's main function is the collection of communications interception, more usually called SIGINT (signals intelligence), which feeds into a variety of allied government defence bodies.
Personally, I tend to tread very carefully in this area because of its sensitivity. A close friend was tapped on the shoulder back in the 1980s to join Australia's DSD at a senior level, given his impressive experience in other fields. However, the secrecy under which he would have had to operate ultimately deterred him.
Conspiracy theorists remain unshaken in their belief that signals intelligence means the worldwide tapping of any and all electronic transmission. The civil liberties lobby frequently expresses its concerns about threats to privacy.
The Canadian equivalent of Australia's DSD is the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). Such bodies are of course predictably accused by the political left in most of the contributing countries of domestic spying in the name of counter-terrorism.
CSEC has naturally enough tried to keep the lid on publicity of obvious foreign penetration. Nevertheless, the bottom line in the Canadian case is that Sub-Lieutenant Jeffrey Delisle was passing information to a foreign entity, known to be Russia, from 2007 onwards.
The key ingredient in this case was the odd behaviour of Delisle, although it didn't prompt any investigation at the time it was first noticed. This is rather like the mindset of the US authorities who let Major Nidal Hasan cavort around Fort Hood in Muslim dress before embarking on his killing spree in November 2009.
Both the Fort Hood shooting and Canadian spy case reveal the great weakness of security-checking and underline once again the need for ongoing reviews of staff in sensitive positions. Delisle's trial itself is scheduled for October and promises to be very interesting.
Further details of his career are somewhat mixed and include references to his service in Ottawa, Ontario, and in Halifax, Nova Scotia; but it is a certainty that the critical information he was alleged to have leaked was from HMCS Trinity, a Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) shore establishment — or what Australians would refer to as a stone frigate (building) — and from the base at Stadacona.
These two establishments are part of a wider network and allegedly tasked with maintaining the Canadian forces' Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) communications with vessels of the Canadian navy and allied units, along with developing strategic and tactical operational intelligence for field (oceanic) units.
Not unexpectedly, MARLANT's Internet page is undergoing renovations and is currently inaccessible. (If any News Weekly reader can get past "error 404", please pass any information found to the editor).
Apart from an article on the case in the Wall Street Journal, the US press has been too obsessed with President Obama in an election year to concern itself with such things as espionage and national security.
It now seems fairly clear that, contrary to statements made in some of the Canadian press, this was most definitely not an operation conducted by the SVR (as the foreign arm of the former Soviet KGB secret intelligence service is now known).
The Canadian government, probably with the acquiescence of the US and other allied governments, decided to minimise any publicity, and there has been a certain amount of fudging of facts concerning the departure from Canada of certain Russian officials. These included military attachés, diplomats and several ancillary staff.
An examination of what is known of these officials indicates quite clearly that they were connected not with the SVR but rather with Russian military intelligence, the often overlooked but highly effective GRU.
The allied governments involved were briefed through confidential diplomatic and intelligence channels.
News Weekly readers will be kept abreast of developments as more information becomes available.
It is important to note and fully appreciate that Russian intelligence continues to spy on the West and that Australia, which is a partner in the AUSCANNZUKUS intelligence agreement, needs to maintain the highest degree of security.
For nearly three decades, I have felt like a lone prophet in the wilderness warning about a resurgent Russia, especially since 1996 under the rule of Vladimir Putin. It is now time to face the truth.
In the mid-1980s, a few years before the end of the Cold War, I had the temerity to suggest that a non-communist Russia would pursue the ambitions of old imperial Russia. Our "experts" in academe and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of course scoffed at the idea. This is entirely in keeping with the strange desire of so many elites to erase any memory of the Cold War and to rehabilitate and sanitise those who betrayed Australia.
The power elite that surrounds Putin is generally regarded as the siloviki — men of power, generally drawn from the ranks of the former KGB, the military and quite a few old Communist Party apparatchiks, who did very nicely under communism.
Sure enough, as I had warned on several occasions, by 1996 Russian espionage in the West had reached Cold War levels, only to be surpassed in the years since. The top priority then appeared to be the acquisition of scientific and technical information (colloquially known as S&T), a large-scale theft defended by some as being almost expected because the scientific establishment in chaotic Russia had fallen so far behind the West.
Media coverage of Russian espionage has been abysmal and shown a total ignorance of Russian objectives. For example, the case involving Russian illegal agents in the US two years ago was completely misread by the press and even by former FBI and CIA officers who commented on it. It was patently obvious that the lessons of the long struggle against the Soviet Union and the KGB had been lost.
The media salivated over the attractive redheaded Russian spy Anna Chapman (born Anna Kushchenko) and her sex life, while ignoring the fact that the FBI had run a counter-intelligence operation of the highest calibre for 10 years without a leak.
In itself, this was a magnificent achievement but barely recognised, even though one of the spy ring was allegedly gaining access to members of the Obama administration.
We are entitled to ask why the Russians continue to conduct espionage abroad while professing democracy and the willingness to be what the misty-eyed windbags of diplomacy in Western capitals and Canberra refer to as a "good global citizen".
John Miller is a former senior intelligence officer.
Dan Karpenchuk, "Canadian spy 'sold Australian intel to Russia'", ABC News, July 25, 2012. URL: www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-25/canadian-spy-sold-documents-to-russia/4152920
Philip Dorling, "Canada spy case rocks ASIO", Sydney Morning Herald, July 25, 2012. URL: www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/canada-spy-case-rocks-asio-20120724-22nob.html
AAP, Herald Online staff, "Claim naval officer 'sold' NZ secrets", New Zealand Herald, July 25, 2012. URL: www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10822067
Carys Mills, "Australian intelligence compromised by alleged Canadian spy, paper says", The Globe and Mail (Toronto), July 25, 2012. URL: www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/australian-intelligence-compromised-by-alleged-canadian-spy-paper-says/article4439862/?cmpid=rss1
Amy Willis, "Top level British secrets 'compromised by Canadian spy'", The Telegraph (UK), July 25, 2012. URL: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9425224/Top-level-British-secrets-compromised-by-Canadian-spy.html
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The Ofcom chief executive has said it would be "comparatively easy" to take responsibility for the wholesale regulation of the BBC – but that ultimately it was a matter for parliament.
Ed Richards was speaking on Friday morning after culture secretary Maria Miller issued a final warning to the BBC Trust over its handling of several controversies, and calls from politicians and senior industry figures to hand regulation of the corporation over to Ofcom.
"Clearly we could, it would be comparatively easy to do. We have a very established broadcasting regulatory operation, and compared to taking on the regulation of the Royal Mail, in context of privatisation, or conducting a major auction, it would be comparatively easy," Richards told the Royal Television Society Cambridge convention.
"But that is a very different question to whether we should. Whether we should or not is a matter for government, and ultimately for parliament."
Both former BBC chairman Christopher Bland and Channel 4 chairman Lord Burns told the convention on Thursday that the BBC should be put under the auspices of Ofcom, which already regulates the corporation's output on issues of harm and offence.
Richards said the issues for the BBC were not just of regulation but of governance and "the culture at the top of the organisation which is a different matter again".
He added: "I certainly don't think we should be governing the BBC. We need to have an entity that is responsible for the BBC and is the custodian of the licence fee. I don't think that should be the regulator."
Richards said he was "wary about accepting or seeking more responsibilities. I have never sought more responsibilities. We have had more responsibilities given to us over the last few years."
At the same time, said Richards, Ofcom's budget has shrunk by 26.7% in real terms over the last two-and-a-half years.
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Separately, Richards said plurality of provision in the media was a "critical idea in a modern democracy" and it was a "big positive" from the Leveson inquiry that it had been put back on the agenda.
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Richards said there needed to be a debate in the next year or two about electronic programme guides and the prominence given to public service broadcasters.
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Masayoshi Son of SoftBank: is Masayoshi Son's "Softbank" 50 Billion Investment in America with 50,000 jobs fact or fiction? Or is it a means for Masayoshi Son's SPRINT to merge with T-Mobile ????
Are We willing to sell America to make America Great Again or will this make the Japanese and Saudis wealthier again?
"Masayoshi Son of SoftBank and Saudi Arabia's Sovereign Wealth Fund are launching a new tech fund that will invest in and manage as much as $100bn in Tech Firms; especially in the US and Britain. This Saudi and Japanese creation aims at being the largest tech controlling investment fund in the world.
Trump hailed Masayoshi Son & his SoftBank as wanting to make a $50 billion dollar investment into the USA and create 50,000 jobs.
Facts demonstrate this may simply be a ruse by a Japanese Company and the Saudi Gov to control another major Tech Firm in the USA and, possibly, the largest mobile et al market share ."
Masayoshi Son has been trying to merge his initial SPRINT take over with T-Mobile —Until regulators objected to combining two of the four largest mobile telecom companies in the United States in 2014.
We have heard that Trump wants to remove all REGULATIONS –yet recall what HAPPENED when we did the same: during the Depression 1929, Reagan Admin and Bank Failures 1980's, during Clinton's 1989/1990's failures; and the 2007/failures…
The day before the US election [the 7th], Masayoshi/Softbank said it planned to make future large-scale investments via the $100 billion tech fund, rather than on its own, to avoid growing already-bloated debt.
SoftBank recently bought Britain's semiconductor designer ARM Holdings plc for $31 billion, in one of the largest foreign-company acquisitions by a Japanese firm. It also holds stakes in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba BABA.N and aims to make the firm the "Berkshire Hathaway of the tech industry".
To make AMERICA GREAT means NOT selling US-A out!
Or allowing a Japanese/Saudi Company to gain Control over two of the 4 largest Mobile Market Share Corps.


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Rednesday over at It's A Very Cherry World
Candy, Your pie is beautiful! The top crust looks perfect! Wish we were all there to sit down with coffee and pie.
Thank you for linking up to the Pie Party!
Looks beautiful Candy! Large please:@)ReplyDelete
LARGE! Definitely large. Oh, and make a pot of coffee too, will ya? I'm on my way.ReplyDelete
Your pie is beautiful, Candy. I have always used the premade refrigerated pie crusts and have just decided to try to make my own. I tried the oil crust and next I'll give the crisco crust a try.
Blessings, Beth
That is on awesome looking pie!ReplyDelete
Candy, your pie is perfection! I'll take mine with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, please. Oh, a large piece for certain. ;-)
~ Sarah
Hi Candy,
a small one for me, please, because I had several nice pie slices already on different blogs. But I can't resist just one of all those yummy pies.
Looks relly delicious.
Greetings, Johanna
Lovely looking pie with the juices just running out, delicious.
I've eaten so much pie today I'll just take a small piece please, but may come back for seconds!
Candy I love cherry pie! Your pie looks so delicious!ReplyDelete
I think cherry pie must be the favorite in Blogland..so many of us made one. I am so hungry for one now, after looking at your beautiful pie, I am making one for breakfast in the morning. My favorite breakfast...a piece of pie and a strong, good cup of coffee.:)))ReplyDelete
I must admit to loving cherry pie for breakfast!
I use the oil recipe that I've used for almost 50 years. It seems to work best when there is little or no humidity for some reason. Now I'm hungry for pie!
Love the pie. Wish I had a big slice now with milk or coffee. It really looks good.ReplyDelete
You have made one yummy and colorful pie. Your crust looks super. I can taste it right now. Love the reds in your post.ReplyDelete
I'd like a large piece please with a big glass of milk. Pretty pie and looks yummy!ReplyDelete
I will take a large piece with a tall glass of milk and I will stop on the way to get the ice cream. WOW I could eat half of the pie right now. Have a blessed week and keep one piece for me or maybe eat it for me because I can already taste how wonderful it is. Blessings, VickReplyDelete
that pie looks plumb larapin!
Happy Rednesday!
Wow, your pie turned out just perfect! Do you know that I've never ever baked a pie, from scratch? It's getting the crust on there, and baked just right, that scares me!
Happy REDnesday!
Thanks to all of you for stopping by to help me eat this yummy pie! With all these foggy gray days, I think it must be time to make another! When is NOT a good time for a piece of pie????


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Morgantown is the first city in the state to create a hoarding task force. It brings community, public safety and government officials together to curb the public safety hazard they pose.
.."You can have a lot of issues with rodents, with pests," said Tammy Michael, the Morgantown Code Enforcement Officer who will lead the new task force. "You can have it even go into mold, mildew which for a lot of elderly people can be health-threatening."
Police and fire are also involved.
"Fire occurring in structures like that, they're deep-seated, they're hard to put out," said Morgantown Fire Chief Mark Caravassos. "How are you able to get all this stuff out to put the fire out?"
Even though it's a safety hazard, hoarding is not illegal. The city created the task force as a way to curb what code officers like Michael are seeing more and more.
"We actually had three or four in the last month or two come into play and that's probably a very small amount to what's out there," Michael said.
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Many of the Old Testament prophecies concerning the church are of the "all is right with the world" variety. Prophecies of "lions laying with lambs," "the exile is set free" and "the sun will not beat down on them" are familiar and common.
Zephaniah adds to this a wonderful vision describing the repentant and converted under the new system. The prophet does not see the establishment of a physical, conquering kingdom, as so many mistakenly read many prophecies. But He sees a grand vision of pure, moral and spiritually minded saints.
READ ZEPHANIAH 3:9-12 and see the what he saw as coming:
"Purified Lips" (vs. 9)
"Serve Him Shoulder To Shoulder" (vs. 9)
"Feel No Shame Because of Your Deeds" (vs. 11)
"Never Again Be Haughty" (vs. 11)
"They Will Take Refuge In The Name Of The Lord" (vs. 12)
"Do No Wrong, Tell No Lies" (vs. 13)
Result: "Secure and Well Pastured" (vs. 13)
Does this wonderful vision describe you and the Christians you know? If not, why not? It is a predictive prophecy; does prophecy fail? Or are we failing prophecy? Are we really, fully living up to our calling?


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The numbers and the U.S. stock market's reaction are telling different stories about the results early in the earnings-reporting season.
"The results coming out so far are beating on earnings but light on revenues, which indicates corporate America is cutting costs and restructuring, but the recovery is not feeding into top-line revenue," said Andrew Neale of advisory firm Fogel Neale Partners.
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The 78% figure is unusually high, compared with the 15-year average of 61% of S&P 500 companies topping expectations, according to John Butters, director of U.S. earnings research at Thomson Reuters.
If that 78% holds through to the end of the reporting season, it would be the second highest, behind the 79% tallied in the third quarter.
'Earnings season relative to expectations is mediocre.'
With results in from nearly 20% of the S&P 500, the figures represent a solid sampling of the fourth quarter. But Butters cautions the results so far have been heavily skewed toward two sectors -- financials and to a lesser extent technology, with roughly half of the companies reporting so far in one of these two industry groups.
"Going into next week we'll get a much broader diversity in terms of sectors," he said.
Next week will also mark the peak of the earnings season, with 12 Dow components reporting and 130 from the S&P 500. "There are a lot of big-name companies coming out, so we'll have a better handle on the situation after next week," Butters added.
On Monday, those slated to report include tech titans Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.79%, Texas Instruments Inc. TXN, -1.69%, and AK Steel Holding Corp. AKS, -0.36%
Investors heard from two technology giants after Thursday's close, and analysts say the reaction illustrates the general-market sentiment since the current reporting season began Jan. 11, with aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. AA, -1.38%
"When you see stocks sell off on positive earnings surprises, it is a sign that much of the good news is already baked in," said Marc Pado, U.S. market strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald.
Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak & Co. offered a different take on results thus far, saying "earnings season relative to expectations is mediocre."
Search engine Google Inc. GOOG, -0.93% beat forecasts on a 17% spike in revenue, but failed to meet more optimistic sales projections.
Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD, +0.06% tallied a less-than-expected adjusted loss.
Shares of both companies slumped in after-hours trading, and continued their descent Friday, with Google off 5.4% and AMD shares declined 12%.
Corporations that had slashed capital expenditures in 2009 were expected to use some of their record cash reserves on delayed infrastructure upgrades in 2010, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P Indices.
"The general hope over the past year was that information technology has to benefit from that. Oddly enough, when 2009 did not produce the results, sentiment continued based on the belief that the spending eventually has to be made," he noted.
Investors were not selling shares of reporting companies across the board, with General Electric Co. GE, -1.48% up 1.5% after the industrial bellwether early Friday reported results exceeding Wall Street's expectations for the conglomerate. See story on GE's 'solid' return to growth in 2011.
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Unofficially kicking off the season, Alcoa disappointed in reporting a narrower fourth-quarter after the market close on Jan. 11, with its shares taking an immediate hit in the aftermath of the report and continuing in the two weeks since.
"The numbers show continued bottom-line improvement, but a much slower top-line advance. For the recovery to continue, sales will need to increase," said S&P's Silverblatt.
On Wall Street Friday, stocks were down for a third day, with technology shares down the most as the major indexes readied for weekly declines of 3% and more.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.04% closed off 217 points, or 2%, at 10,173. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.20% dropped 24.7 points, or 2.2%, to 1,091.76 and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.13% fell 60.4 points, or 2.6%, to 2,205.3. See U.S. Market Snapshot
Regardless of earnings and expectations, some market analysts believe the market's multiple-month run higher left it primed for a fall. "We are in the third week of January. The timing is right on target for our anticipated correction," Cantor Fitzgerald's Pado said.
"Certain companies are overvalued at this level, so a correction in the S&P is overdue," Fogel Neale's Neale concurred.


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With the help of ThisService, a third-party utility from waffle software, and AppleScript, you can now run Automator workflows from the Services menu in Mac OS X.
If you've read my Automator book, have been following my video podcast, or are simply an avid Automator user, then you know that it's possible to save Automator workflows as plug-ins for various applications and processes in Mac OS X. Automator workflows can be saved as Finder plug-ins (to be run from the Finder's contextual menu), iCal alarms (to be run on a schedule), Print workflows (to be run from the PDF button in the Mac OS X print window), and more.
Well, with the help of ThisService, a third-party utility from waffle software, and AppleScript, you can now run Automator workflows from the Services menu in Mac OS X. To do this:
1. Create an Automator workflow, and save it somewhere as a workflow file.
2. Launch Script Editor, found in the Applications/AppleScript folder on your Mac.
3. Create a new Script Editor document and enter the following script:
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This script will simply be used to run your Automator workflow. Please be sure to replace /Folder/YourWorkflowName.workflow with your actual workflow path and name.
4. Save the Script Editor document somewhere as a script file.
5. Download ThisService from the waffle software website, copy it to your hard drive, and launch it.
6. Enter a name for the service, map it to your saved script file, set its type to Acts on input, and set it to include a copy of your script. You may optionally give it a menu shortcut (key command) too, if you'd like.
7. Click the Create Service button. Voila, the service is created, and can now be accessed from the Services menu to run your Automator workflow.
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Elite British and US special forces troops are forming a hunter killer unit called Task Force Black – its orders: "Smash the Islamic State."
The undercover warriors will aim to "cut the head off the snake" by hitting the command structure of the Islamist terror group responsible for a trail of atrocities across Iraq and Syria, reports the Sunday People.
PM David Cameron has told the SAS and UK spy agencies to direct all their resources at defeating IS after a video of US journalist James Foley being beheaded shocked the world.
British special forces will work with America's Delta Force and Seal Team 6. The move sees a rebirth of top secret Task Force Black, which helped defeat al-Qaeda terrorists in Iraq .
This time the counter-terrorist experts will be targeting Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of IS and now the world's most wanted terrorist.
A source said: "We need to go into Syria and Iraq and kill as many IS members as we can. You can't negotiate with these people.
"This is not a war of choice. They are cash rich and have a plentiful supply of arms. If we don't go after them, they will soon come after us


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'Low-life politicians' to blame for nation's immigration impasse, Jerry Brown says
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday delivered a blunt message to the Republicans he blames for the country's dysfunctional immigration system. "I think it's time to just chill, recognize the fact that they're here," Brown said of the country's undocumented immigrants.
"With all the other talk and noise about the border, the fact is America has 10 to 11 million people that are here," he continued. "And they're human beings, they have families, it's very important that they be integrated in a humane, intelligent way."
Speaking to reporters at the National Press Club, part of a brief visit to the nation's capital, Brown lamented how the immigration debate has become "an inflammatory football that very low-life politicians like to exploit. And I think it's shocking, it's despicable and it's harmful to California, mostly to the people."
It would be hard to interpret Brown's comment as anything other than a swipe at President Trump, who has made illegal immigration a focal point of his run to the White House and has sparred with California repeatedly over the state's immigration policies.
"If Trump wants to round 'em up like some totalitarian government and ship them out, then say that," the governor said. "But he doesn't say that because the American people will repudiate him and the party."
But Brown also emphasized that it's Congress, not the president, that is truly to blame for the current dysfunction. "Everyone wants to talk about Trump but the Republicans in Congress are the guilty party, they make laws. The other fella is supposed to execute them."
The governor also defended the state's sanctuary law, currently being challenged by the Trump administration in court. Brown noted that the version of the legislation he signed into law last fall was "very measured."
"I substantially modified the original provisions," Brown noted. "We're going to have some court lawsuits and maybe they'll further delineate it."
And he dismissed speculation that the state is prepared to compromise with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its authority to limit auto emissions. "The idea that we're going to roll back the auto standards is absurd," Brown said. "We're not going to do that."
The governor warned the state would pursue legal action to protect the fuel economy standards it is requiring automakers to hit by 2025. In 2012, the Obama administration decided to implement those standards nationally. "We're not backing off," Brown said, "and I believe we have the legal horsepower to block the immediate legal moves by the Trump administration."
He pointed out that other countries are moving ahead with similar standards, which creates an incentive for the automakers to comply, regardless of what the EPA decides. "The auto companies can't have fragmented rules," Brown explained. "China is the biggest auto market. And California is the biggest auto market in America. And between California and China, (EPA Administrator Scott) Pruitt has met his match."
Brown also took direct aim at the president later Tuesday morning in a speech at the National Building Trades Union's annual legislative conference, where he gave a full-throated defense of organized labor. And he called for more federal infrastructure spending to help rebuild the nation's roads, bridges and rails. "Donald, where is the money?" Brown shouted, to cheers from the packed ballroom at the Washington Hilton. He left to a standing ovation.
Brown, 80, is in the final months of his second stint as California governor, but he rejected the notion that his swing through D.C. was some sort of valedictory tour.
"I'm not riding off into the sunset," Brown promised reporters at the Press Club. "You can be sure that you'll hear from me."
He did not, moreover, rule out a presidential run in 2020. "I've done a number of those," he said to laughs, referring to his three failed bids for the Democratic nomination in 1976, 1980, and 1992. When the moderator pointed out that wasn't a "yes" or "no" answer, the governor responded, "I'm not a 'yes' or 'no' kind of a guy."
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Leah's new book: The Arabs at War in Afghanistan
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10:59 – I actually took a lot of my inspiration from screenwriting books and documentary books than any other work. Narrative arcs and how we could do that type of thing, because some of these conversations could fill books in themselves.
12:00 – Our particular goal was to make a book for kids in a library to read in future generations.
13:35 – There are four things I will fess up to being quite shocked by:
1) Spoils of war from the First Iraq War ending up in Jalalabad
2) The details of Bin Laden's support for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
3) Abu Musab al-Suri and the issue of recruit poaching
4) The involvement of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, going back as far as it did
This all has relevance to today – we always want to look at change without looking at continuity.
15:10 – Ideology comes last, not first
17:30 – The entire way in which we study this material, we've got it the wrong way around and I think we really need to have a good hard think about it. To me, that's what part of this book shows. That we got so much of this history wrong. And we got it wrong because we always try to jump to a solution without letting the history speak for itself first.
20:57 – Mustafa and I being able to do this book was a unique confluence of circumstances and also as well as personalities. Both of us had influence within our fields, but also operated on the edge of them.
29:52 – Everyone has an agenda for everything they do, and this is important to remember.
42:01 – Implications of fighting for funding: the pressure to reduce everything to bite size chunks. And with that, we're missing the ability to chart emerging landscapes and how they're changing. And it's very rare that you get that type of funding coming through. The traditional funding structures have not caught up to the changing research environment. So we'll need to look at new ways of collaborating and new ways of researching. The nice side is that the online space means that people like us can contact each other and work together in a way that we couldn't before, and that's breaking down some of the barriers that academia is putting up in other areas.
46:45 – Teaching should be research led. So it's balancing the research you need to do when you're teaching with the research you want to do. And I haven't found my balance yet.
49:29 – I taught, before 9/11, and taught a counter-terrorism course, and one of the things I made every single one of these students in this tutorial class do was give me their own definitions of terrorism, and present to the class the reasons why. And they couldn't just pick an existing definition and if they did they had to really heavily justify it and explain why they felt nothing should be added or removed. So after the first few it got really tiring, as you would imagine. But when you pushed through, the discussion started, and I found it fascinating that – well, it's 2015, and my students still get back to me and they still remember those definitions. That formed the basis of thinking exercises that I did throughout the entire course.
51:09 – I think (research) is all about the teaching or research objectives. I remember I had colleagues in the Australian Federal Police and I felt sorry for them (though I was no different) because no one really taught us critical thinking. I hit the work place, and I didn't know how to think critically and I didn't know how to analyze. I think we've got a real responsibility to make sure that's what we're teaching our students. You want to give students transferable skills.
53:58 – Gregory Johnsen's (previous guest on the show!) excellent AUMF piece
54:30 – In the quest for knowledge, how we see something and how we understand it is essentially the main starting point and the main problem as well.
56:30 – I'm a very visual person and I'm a very messy person…often just grabbing a notepad and scribbling down notes. I love Analyst's Notebook, purely because you can make a mess.
I also have a box full of post-it notes, and use butcher's block and put those post-its on top of it.
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1:01:01 – I think there's something to be said for it (getting up and going) but you have to be very sure of your own strengths and weaknesses, and what you will and won't tolerate. It sounds silly, but if the value and integrity of your work is something you value above all else, be prepared to be blacklisted. I've pulled things from high-profile publications because they've insisted on using different words that would misrepresent something so badly that subject matter experts would say 'what the hell.' Now, that's my personal commitment, but that's come with a cost. And to anybody coming into the academic field, be aware of that type of stuff. Be aware of what you will commit to and what you won't. Because there will come a time where you will have to make a choice – do you surrender some of that integrity? Is having that profile important to you? Is being on TV important to you? If so, great, but know with that it comes with certain benefits and certain negatives.