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Strange Radio Bursts From Deep Space Hits Earth In Clusters: Are We Gonna Be Okay?
Scientists reported last week that strong burst of radio waves from deep space hit earth in clusters.
The research published in the journal Nature stated that the recurrent pulses emitted from the other side of the elliptical galaxy. It was formerly believed to be the alleged FRB's (fast radio bursts), which is capable of emitting that much energy in a millisecond as sun radiates in 10,000 years span of time.
Transient Radio Flashes in the Past
First discovered back in 2007, fast radio blasts have been an obstinate, confusing puzzle to crack. Approximately 24 to 25 blasts have been detected and many appear to have been emitted from as much as millions of light years. For many years, the researchers have squabbled over whether these blasts were even substantive or whether these bursts were emerging from the Milky Way galaxy. As more studies streamed in, astronomers progressively began to admit the existence and reality of these bursts and the fact that they were emitted from far away; however the origin of these bursts remained another mystery.
Recently, a significant part of the puzzle popped into place when a group of investigators researching an extensive formation of universe caught a blast that included an unusual, indispensable piece of information. Auxiliary to the fact that these bursts emerged from far away, the blast appeared to have moved through an extremely magnetized space zone, indicating that possibly a flashing, intensely magnetic neutron star, called magnetar, could be rotating away from its source.
Diversified Blast Engines?
It is worth mentioning that none of these rundowns are persistent with multiple pulses, leaving researchers confused as to how should they interpret the current statistics.
The graduate student as well as the co-author of the paper at McGill Space Institute, Peter Scholz, figured out the clue of the blasts back in November, when he was analyzing the data collected by the Arecibo telescope.
According to Scholz, he soon realized that the finding would be immensely significant in the study of fast radio bursts.
The Arecibo telescope, which is considered to be the largest as well as most persuasive of its kind, had gathered a total of 10 pulses, all collected within a minute.
According to Laura Spitler, who is the principal author as well as a scientist at the Germany-based Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, these blasts were not only repetitive but their illumination and spectrum also varied from other FRB's.
The current discovery seems to differ from the research published last week in the journal that elucidated that fast radio blasts are caused by one-off convulsions. However, it is now considered that there could be more than one origin of FRB's.
Fast radio bursts can be utilized to further clarify cosmological models.
As far as the origin of this particular radio pulse is concerned, quite a few generation mechanisms have been rejected while some of them have been acknowledged. To conduct a fruitful research, the origin of the waves must be conclusively determined.


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Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield is the director of the Sustainable Communities and Smart Growth program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, co-founder of the LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system, and co-founder of Smart Growth America.
Earlier this week Washington, D.C. mayor Vincent Gray announced a bold sustainability vision that is as comprehensive and ambitious in its aspirations as any in the country and, frankly, worthy of comparison to those for other cities around the world. If successful, the 20-year program contemplated by Sustainable DC will bring the benefits of green living to traditionally under-served neighborhoods, cut obesity, substantially increase the presence of nature in the city, grow jobs, dramatically cut energy use and carbon emissions, and much more. If you're not on board with these goals, then you just don't care much about the urban environment.
In the U.S., the west coast cities of Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco have long led the way when it comes to environmental thinking and ambition. More recently, Chicago, New York and especially Philadelphia have produced seriously impressive plans and programs. I've even applauded terrific initiatives in El Paso and Rockford, Illinois. D.C. has been flying under the radar on these issues.*
But, actually, Washington has been building a praiseworthy green portfolio, step by step, without a lot of fanfare, for the last decade. (I've reported on some examples, including zoning reform, a wildly popular bikesharing program, and tree planting.) The new plan, which has been officially in the works for a year and a half, builds upon these efforts with something much bigger and certainly much more public. The fanfare helps, in my opinion: when you announce your intentions to the world, you put yourself in the position of having to deliver on them or produce good reasons why you didn't. That's a good thing.
Here are the specifics that Sustainable DC aims for:
The first four are designated "priority challenges."
These goals are supported by a detailed list of "actions" to be undertaken and city agencies designated to carry them out. It's lengthy. Some of my favorites include updating zoning to allow more accessory dwelling units, rehabbing public housing "to be green, healthy, and capable of meeting net-zero energy standards," using green alleys (as long as they are still functional for vehicle passage; alleys increase connectivity), and programming "crosswalks and traffic lights for improved safety and convenience of pedestrians and cyclists" (I'm kind of a nerd that way). Others that caught my eye include using green infrastructure along public rights of way, expanding neighborhood stores that carry healthy, local food, installing educational gardens at public schools, and developing a "healthy by design" program for new affordable housing projects (in walkable neighborhoods). Good stuff.
These are laid out in a summary document, and elaborated in the full, 127-page plan. Particularly noteworthy is the full plan's section on governance, which includes – importantly – developing a system of performance measures and data collection to assess and document levels of achievement. The plan says the city is partnering with STAR Communities, a program in which NRDC has had a little involvement, "to pilot an evaluation system that measures outcomes against a set of national sustainability benchmarks. The metrics included in the STAR Community Rating System chart progress can be compared to more than 30 leading cities across the United States and Canada." I hope the city also takes a look at the appropriately specific and excellent "Vital Signs" measures adopted in Rockland, Illinois. I haven't seen a better set.
The city plans to undertake a systematic review of laws, regulations and policies to determine where there are conflicts with the plan and how to resolve them. And a number of items are designated as having implications for the 2013 city budget.
There are, of course, some flies in the ointment (love that metaphor). On top of the list is whether sufficient political support can be built for these initiatives. Mayor Gray's administration has already been plagued by ethics scandals, and his popularity in recent polls has been low. Particularly daunting is that, in sometimes racially charged DC politics, sustainability is perceived by some as a "white" issue that gets in the way of the "black" issues of economic development and jobs.
Former "mayor-for-life" Marion Barry, now a city councilmember, has begun to stake out the argument. In an article written by Tim Craig and published in The Washington Post, Barry was quoted:
Black folks are concerned about the environment, but they are also concerned about jobs. Gardens on roofs are fine, but if you are hungry, it's not enough. You might have clean air to breathe, but it doesn't matter if you are also broke.
Perhaps now somewhat ironically, Mayor Gray's predecessor, Adrian Fenty (like our president, the son of an African-American father and white mother), was largely voted out of office on the belief that he cared more about bike lanes, streetcars and school reform than about the city's lower-income residents. The victor in that election, who defeated Fenty with strong African-American support? Current mayor Gray.
The truth is that DC does need jobs; it does need new industry; and sustainability is perfectly situated to supply both. Why not look to the future for an economic development strategy rather than the past? DC's new plan would create many jobs in contracts to install green infrastructure and renewable energy sources, rehab housing, retrofit energy systems, create new parks and gardens, and more. This is a plan for a healthier economy as well as a healthier environment.
To frame the issue in another way, low-income and minority residents are every bit as deserving of clean air and water, healthy food, lower energy bills, access to nature, and a strong and convenient system of public transportation as anyone else. That is exactly what the plan prescribes, and it is cynical in the extreme to see sustainability as something that benefits only the privileged.
A second issue, which I recently raised in a different context, is that planning isn't the same as doing. Gray's opening statement in the new plan acknowledges that "not every proposal will work out just as envisioned," and "some actions may fail." That is undoubtedly true; translating a vision into accomplishment requires work, money, and cooperation. Even then, there will be missteps and unforeseen obstacles along the way. Implementation will be challenging. But to accomplish something, you must first know what your goals are and what your initial steps are. This plan does that, and does it well.
My final reservation – maybe more of an observation than a reservation – is that there is a real limit to what cities can do to help our environment. As I've written repeatedly, urban environmental problems tend to be regional, not jurisdictional. Central city residents are already far less polluting and consumptive, on average, than are those in the suburbs, especially outer suburbs; the latter gobble up more land, consume more energy, and drive more than their more urban counterparts.
Indeed, DC holds only 11 percent of the metro region's population and even (far) less of its area, and by and large it's already the most sustainable 11 percent. But regional governing mechanisms are almost nonexistent in America, and the idea of getting outer suburbs, some of which may not even be incorporated, to curb sprawl and join the city in, say, strengthening public transportation, walkability, or green affordable housing is basically a cruel joke.
Meanwhile, though, Washington is the capital of the United States, an important and highly visible city. Leadership is critical, and there is no better place in the country for a showcase of effective green practices that also support economic development and social equity. Sustainable DC points the way, and I applaud the mayor and the many dedicated city employees, leaders, and citizens who crafted it. They have earned our support for bringing its vision to life.
* Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated the name of Rockford, Illinois.
This post originally appeared on NRDC's Switchboard blog, an Atlantic partner site.
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Nov 21, 2011 by Eric M. Zeman
HTC's first Beats Audio-enhanced phone lands at Verizon's doorstep with LTE 4G, a 720p HD screen, and custom headphones to bring a better audio experience. Here's Phone Scoop's in-depth report, wherein we put Beats Audio to the ultimate test. read review ›
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My personal favorite
You guys know how some of those iPhone (nice phone, not knocking it) users say they like their phone because "it just works?" That's what its like using a rezound. The phone just works. I love it, and am on it all day long, which brings me to my only issue with this device....the battery. When making a phone this great, the designers should have given us a better battery.
Pros: So much, speed, screen, weight (some may count that as a con, but it's well built & nicely balanced, so I like it) design, INCLUDED ibeats earbuds, good sound,HTC Sense (sometimes)
Cons: sometimes i just want vanilla Android, but whatever, if I really want it, that's what rooting is for. Battery! I sometimes wonder, if I didn't use this beast of phone so much, would the battery really be an issue. But I went on Amazon, & for under $30, I got a couple of (OEM) spare batteries, a battery charger, and a case, so no worries really!
Another con, I would say would be the accessories vzw had for this phone, but once again non issue as I've found better selection & prices online.
Overall best phone I've ever had (past 10 yr history: some Nokia, moto 720, LG 7000, LG V, LG voyager, LG dare, BB Storm, HTC Droid Incredible, Rezound) and I was lucky enough to get it off craigslist for $200 new in the box! I
Bottom line, if you're thinking about getting a new phone, & the rezound is on your list... Get It. I recommend it over the galaxy nexus & droid razr (and from what I've read, the new soon to be released DInc 4G)
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HTC ReZound
Outstanding, feature filled device that hits many of my key points I want in a phone but falls short of a few others. I have owned several devices (Moto Droid 1&2 , Droid X, Incredible, Revolution, Stratosphere, Bionic and now Rezound). This has it's pro's and cons when compared to these devices.
720P Display: Even though it is LCD the display on this device is amazing, Netflix/Youtube/Flash supported websites are crystal clear.
Dual Core Processor: Makes this phone fast, and almost lag free.
iBeat Headphones: AMAZING, almost sound proof from outside noise, I've used them in other applications and they have yet to fail me.
Camera: 8MP camera quality is amazing, I take a lot of pictures and the quality is amazing (720p screen doesn't hurt)
Screen Size: The HD screen is great, but I do wish that I did have a minimum of 4.5" screen. You'd be shocked to know how much bigger that is than 4.3"
Phone Speakers: With Beats by Dre ?? Does not sound like it. I've compared the loudness (Speaker and Mic) between the Rezound, Bionic, and Sprint's HTC EVO. The sound quality difference is not noticeable between the devices.
Battery Life: If you are in a 4G LTE area, forget about it, turn it off and use WIFI if you can. I noticed on 4G with regular use (Text, web, maybe some Youtube) and battery lasts less than 7hrs, 3G/Wifi over 10hrs
Camera Shutter: I wish the shutter speed on the back camera was as fast as the front. I do understand the difference in quality and focusing but it should be a little bit faster. (I Have noticed if you double tap screen to focus before taking picture that it does help)
HTC Sense UI: I'm not a really big fan of HTC user-interface. It is extremely customizable and feature orientated but three to four times a week the Operating system reboots.
In the end it is personal preference for what YOU want YOUR device to do. I constantly browse the web, watch videos, and listen to music, so this device suits me perfectly.
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Rezound: Comparison review.
I have owned Verizon Driod, Droid X, ATT Samsung Infuse, and now Verizon HTC Rezound. 1st of all, never ever go with AT&T.. their phones don't work in buildings. As far as phones go.. here are the facts. Motorolla phones are great for about 4 months.. then they become glitchy, freeze up, and need almost daily reboots. Everyone has had one at some point and they are not reliable. The Rezound is a phone for the 'techie' person. It has so many widgets, menus, scroll selections, check boxes, options upon options, it never ends. The screen is good but the samsumng super AMOLED screens are the biggest and brightest and shaprest out there. The samsung reception is kinda spotty though. Rezound has the best camera and reception. Samsung cameras are a very close 2nd. I like the larger screens on the samsungs and the larger phone dimensions. The Resound is too skinny and everything looks compressed. It feels funny in my hand, as I have large hands. I like the samsung layout/size way better. Its smooth, intuitave, fun, and easy. It just does what I want it to do without filling out a 27 question option screen 1st. The HTC Rezound does a great job too but it has a million options to every feature on the phone.. too many in my opinion. For all the options this phone has you think I could find out how to get youtube videos to fill the entire screen. They only fill 1/3 of the screen in a small central location. C'mon HTC!
I don't need extra wieght in my pocket (I have enough of my own). So, I like the samsung the best because it is light making 1 handed operation easy. Rezound could anchor a small vessel.. this thing is a brick. Call clarity on the Rezound is way way better than any other phone and it has a loud earpiece volume. I can hear perfectly with this phone even in my car with the stereo up. I wish I could get samsung UI with samsung screen, HTC camera, reception, and signal strength, with motorolla styling. I may take the HTC back for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I may...
Have had the ThunderBolt since it came out. It is a great phone with just a couple of issues for me. the Rezound has solved the problems and is a first rate Smart phone.
Sound Quality
Battery life
Ease of use
Just a great phone in all aspects of a Smart Phone.
I have no cons with this phone. I am sure that the music part of this phone is also great but that is a feature that I do not use.
Best Phone yet for Verizon!
Almost Perfect
Just got the Rezound, kindly through Verizon since they let me upgrade early.
Once you go HTC, you can never go back.
- HTC Sense is AMAZING. It is so user friendly and customizable.
- Pretty good battery life for a smartphone.
- Great sound quality.
- Very easy virtual keyboard use (I came from the Droid 2 which has a physical keyboard, and no complaints yet).
- SUPER fast
- 4G speeds are incredible, when I wander about 10 minutes away from my home town I pick it up, and I didn't think it made a difference...Silly me!
- Feels like a solid, not cheap phone. The cover is solid and somewhat rugged, so feels durable and easy to grip. Fits into hand comfortably (Even for me and I have TINY hands). Definitely a cool design with large screen.
- Great camera. 8MP takes very clear pictures, even has a good front facing camera. Video quality is outstanding.
- The only thing so far I have to say could be improved are the buttons. The button that locks the screen, and buttons that control volume do not protrude at all really, so can be a pain to press.
Otherwise, keep it up HTC. Get Android 2.3 and combine it with HTC Sense, and you have a beautiful phone. The pros greatly GREATLY outweigh the one con I've seen on this phone.
Best VZW phone
I've had this device 5 days now and absolutely love it. My recent devices include the Bionic, Droid Charge, Droid X2 (on VZW), EVO, EVO 3D and Phonton (Sprint). I played with Razr a few times and loved the screen, HOWEVER it has the same software bugs/problems the Bionic had (i.e. camera, data signal, UI). Here's my breakdown:
-Screen in crisp and a pleasure to look at. Colors are true and text is amazingly clear.
-Camera takes amazing photos and works like it should, smooth and worry free.
-Calls are clear and pleanty loud, no echoes or static.
-Data is crazy fast, processor works great and device maintains nice signal.
-UI works seamlessly and has nice intuitive features which make Sense, IMO, the best UI on the market.
-Beats Audio is the real deal. The sound from these earbuds is nothing short of amazing.
-Ability to add extended battery, a necessity for me.
CONS; these are minor and by no means a deal breaker
-No hdmi out port, need new cable.
-Charging port on the side, not bottom.
-Screen is slightly narrower then other 4.3" on the market.
-Swiftkey keyboard buttons are slightly smaller and appear compressed on screen. Other apps also appear more compressed (maybe its just me??)
-Power and volume buttons are nice looking, minimalistic, but are sometimes a little hard to use.
All in all I'm very pleased with this device and think that it hasn't got the attention it desires because VZW is promoting the Razr so heavily. I believe that once the love affair over the thinness of the Razr wears off and the software issues show their ugly head (and they will), people will realize what a gem they overlooked in the Rezound. I know the Galaxy Nexus is around the corner but the more I read about it and talk to VZW employees who used the demo units, the happier I am about picking the Rezound.
Why everyone should love the underdog
This is by far the best phone on the market overall.
The PROS: It has an amazing display, great high quality dual facing camera with almost zero lag, super fast dual core processor, 4G LTE, an extended life battery available if needed, and an above average musical experience to say the least. Add to all that the 32 GB combined memory, an easy to use form factor and you have the makings of a winner. I have had mine for a week now and it is great. Yes, there are the usual battery length questions that will be asked but just don't be lazy and go into the settings and switch from 4G to 3G when not using the internet and you will be just fine. The call quality is superb and I LOVE the "flip over (face down) to activate speakerphone automatically" feature. I upgraded from the original Motorola Droid and in places where I had a few signal problems when on calls before I have not experienced now with the Rezound.
The CONS: There are two things that hurt this phone and keep it (at least for now) from being the iPhone killing, Android dominating phone that it can be - a COMPLETE lack of proper advertising and marketing from both Verizon and on a lesser scale HTC, and well, when you are the best you are going to be expensive. $299 WITH a contract will keep many people from owning it, but if that is within your budget STOP considering anything else and go get the Rezound. You will be glad you did.
are you kidding me?! this thing is fantastic
Wow, Unbelievable.. absolutely Brilliant!
This is my second Verizon Lte device and I have to tell you, this thing is a piece of work.
I used the demo razr for a few days and loves how it worked, I just couldn't get over the overall size in my hand. Sure it was thin but you sacrifice space squash for it (wide and long).
The display is brilliant. Best on the market that I have seen. I was an iPhone 4 guy and loved the display, this beats it!
The 4g Lte is blazing fast here in DC / Maryland. The HTC Sense 3.5 is an improvement over the Thunderbolts ui. Battery life is good and I switch between 4g and 3g as I travel into the sticks from time to time.
The call clarity is great as well. I usually use speaker since I am in my own office and nobody claims that there is a difference.
If you are like me and was concerned over a 4.3 inch screen, no WORRIES, HTC intergrates this puppy into a smaller "fit' somehow.
Comparing the iPhone 4 to any if the 4G Android devices is no longer a comparison. Lets face it, both have hundreds of thousands of Apps.. but only Android integrates your Gmail seamlessly and has the widget and customizable aspect the Apple just does not have.
Great work HTC, VZW and Google!
amazing phone
First I would like to say that I have always taken what "professional reviewers" have said with a grain of salt. I feel that you have to physically try out a phone before you can really decide what you think about it. A lot of these professional reviewers play up the galaxy nexus as the best phone on verizon, but I personally feel that the crown belongs to the rezound. First off this thing is a freaking beast. The 1.5 gHz dual processor is a monster and coupled with 1 Gb ram there is absolutely no lag. Pictures taken on the rezound's 8 MP camera are fantastic, probably the best pictures I have seen from a phone and video is also fantastic in 1080p. Some people might be put off by the thickness of the rezound, but personally I feel it fits in my hand well and I like a little weight. This is the first HTC phone that I have used and I really like sense UI. I feel that it is probably the most polished UI I have used and the lock screen is the best idea ever. The 720p HD screen on the rezound is amazing and something you have to see to appreciate. Battery life is also great for a 4g phone and I easily make it through the day and usually have 50% or more when I put my phone on the charger. 4g service is great and faster than my 12 mb/s quest service. The capacitive buttons are responsive and unobtrusive and while some have complained about the physical buttons (volume rocker and power button), I personally think they are just fine. In summary I will conclude with a short pro/con list.
-720p screen
-Fast processor (1.5 gHz dual core)
-1 Gb Ram
-Amazing pictures and videos
-4G service is blazing
-Great battery life
-Sense UI
-Good thickness and weight
-Cost (300$) is a little much unless you can find a good deal
I can honestly say this is the best phone that I have ever owned and would heartily recommend this phone to anyone.
Great Phone
This is one of the best phones I have owned. Had the Thunderbolt, Bionic and the IPHONE. This one beats them all. The ability to add panels to the menu in case you need more is awesome. I was going to wait for the Nexus Prime, but the Rezound has faster processors, an 8MP camera on back and 2MP forwrd facing camera. I have had download speeds of up to 20 Mbbs is extremely fast with LTE. Looking forward to Ice Cream Sandwich release. One must have is the extended life battery. The standard battery only lasted me about 4 hours with GPS, WI-FI and auto sync turned off in cdma mode. Changing to the extended gets me more then 12 hours with GPS,LTE, and sync on and occasialy use of WI-FI
Very clear and bright 720P screen easy to read in daylight.
Clear sound for voice and music.
Beats audio for some music.
1080P Video recording.
8MP camera with dual led flash and scenes.
2MP front camera
Battery life on standard battery: expected
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Two Santa Cruz police officers were shot and killed Tuesday while investigating a sexual assault, and a suspect was also fatally shot, authorities said.
The officers were shot around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, and Santa Cruz County Sheriff Phil Wowak confirmed Tuesday evening that they died.
The shooting in the community about 60 miles south of San Francisco took place as police were investigating a report of a sexual assault, Wowak said. A suspect fired, hitting the two officers.
A suspect was shot while police were in pursuit of the shooter, the sheriff said. Authorities said that person also died.
The names and ages of the officers and the suspect have not been released.
Residents on the streets adjoining where the two shootings occurred received an automatic police call at about 3:30 p.m. warning them to stay locked inside.
About half an hour later, more than a dozen semi-automatic shots echoed down the streets in a brief shootout that killed the suspect.
Three hours later, police were going door to door in the neighborhood searching homes, garages, even closets, although the sheriff said authorities didn't know if another suspect remained at large.
Police, sheriff's deputies and FBI agents filled intersections, some with guns drawn, in what is ordinarily a quiet, residential neighborhood.
A store clerk a few buildings away from the shooting said the barrage of gunfire was "terrifying."
"We ducked. We have big desks so under the desks we went," said the clerk, who spoke on condition of anonymity and asked that her store not be identified because a suspect might still be at large and she feared for her safety.
She said she was still locked in her store a few hours after the shooting and was still scared.
Two schools were locked down during the shooting. About two hours later, the students were evacuated by bus to the County Government Center about half a mile away.
As darkness fell, helicopters and light aircraft patrolled above the neighborhood, which is about one mile from downtown Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
The university of California, Santa Cruz campus is in hills about five miles away from the shooting scenes.
Santa Cruz has faced a recent spate of violence, and a rally had been scheduled for Tuesday for community leaders to speak out against shootings. But after Tuesday's gunfire, both a regularly scheduled City Council meeting and the downtown rally were canceled after teary-eyed city leaders learned of the deaths.
The surprising attacks include the killing of Pauly Silva, a 32-year-old martial arts instructor who was shot outside a popular bar and restaurant in downtown Santa Cruz on Feb. 9.
Two days later, a UC Santa Cruz student waiting at a bus stop was shot in the head during a robbery. She is recovering from her injuries.
Then on Feb. 17, a 21-year-old woman was raped and beaten on the UC Santa Cruz campus. Four days later, a Santa Cruz couple fought off two men who came in their home before dawn and threatened them with a sword.
Associated Press writer John S. Marshall in San Francisco contributed to this report.


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Louisiana justice of the peace refuses to marry an interracial couple because the children will suffer. Like that poor Tiger Woods.
Rush Limbaugh says his bid for NFL team was thwarted by "race hustlers."
Boy thought to have fallen out of balloon was hiding in the attic. Kids.
What happens when your Catholic Father is your father.
Baby survives being run over by a train.
Rash of teenage suicides in Ruidoso.
Swat team at Montgomery and Wyoming.
Some billionaires were charged with insider trading which is shocking.
Obama and Bush Sr. hanging out in Texas. Obama like the son he never had.
It's Angela Lansbury's birthday.


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Better jobs report...improved consumer confidence...is this the jump start the blue dog needs to head towards $4...
Better jobs report...improved consumer confidence...is this the jump start the blue dog needs to head towards $4...
That Barron's article was a BIGFKGSETUP for sure SDeez. They are playing me like a puppet. No news at all from MaloneCo or Meyer on HoldCo or anything else for that matter with the exception of a bullshit appearance on Squawk/CNBC that took the wind out of the sails of longs who thought there was something up......that would be DIPSHITME. No DIVI either
let's see if I remember how to do this…
it's been a while…
how you folks doin?
me - I'm good, thanks. haven't been doing much with the market.
I did catch that article - which was likely a part of the pump - but, in reality, I'd imagine that come February - perhaps sooner - we'll be seeing numbers in that range as the new norm.
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What's up HB!!
Been a while my friend. Glad to see you show up and give us a visit.
The Street rating from 2011??
As usual HB, you make me think too much.
HB, let me also wave and shout a big "Howdy". Good to see your smiling face. Hope everything is treating you okay out there in Sandy Eggo (is that how you use to say it?)............ Do I recall that you set up a new Photography business a couple years ago? If so, I hope it is going well and keeping you out of trouble (or at least helping to pay the bills). Don't be a stranger so long. Come around often with your much-needed and appreciated wisdom.
I guess that it would be naïve of me to think that, even collectively, the 'retail investor' in SIRI could move the stock price in any meaningful way. However, I do offer the following as a reason why upward movement (demand) in the sp may be less than what we all hope/wish that it would be:
Considering the present, tiered structure of the long-term capital gains tax rate one must be aware that selling (for a profit, that is) must be done with a focus on the tax consequences- profiting "too much" thereby increases ones' tax burden significantly- perhaps 30-50% more in taxes owed. How this applies to me is that (buy-wise) I am sitting-on-the-sidelines uninterested in purchases unless a real bargain presents itself. Does anyone else feel the same? From a "seller" perspective, I would like to sell some shares, as I am in a position to sell and only be charged the much-coveted 15% capital gains tax rate. Perhaps there are some investors who a similarly situated... They have no interest in buying when the stock is stagnant. Yet, everytime we get a little upward momentum, we have a rush of retail sellers looking to lock in low-rate capital gains.
It us further asserted by me that some retail investors (again, focused on tiered capital gain tax rates) would like to execute incremental selling- some SIRI shares sold every year- so as to lock in profits but never so much profit that they advance into a higher tier of capital gains tax rate... Any thoughts??
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It's a theory, SS that may have a little bit to do with the sp but not much in my opinion. We have been in this controlled area for the last 8 weeks. The markets shot up today and SIRI closed flat. SOS with this stock. As soon as THEPOWERS want it to move it will and there is no retail investor or collection of retail investors that can do a damn thing about it. Take out MaloneCo and institutional shares, the retail owns about 23% ish of the stock. We are just along for the ride in either direction.
Is this how the stock market is supposed to function? Pump and dump manipulation, It smells illegal but no one gets charged with a crime. We are in a card game with magicians dealing the cards....


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Awkward! Find the Typo in This Sign Promoting Literacy
Lakewood High literacy coach Patricia Schley decided to plan a fun event to help out the 1,400 students who are reading below grade level. The literacy night, planned for Leap Day, was becoming a big deal, but unfortunately, there was one tiny detail that sort of overshadowed the entire evening.
In Schley's defense, she does know how to spell "leaping," but she wasn't the one in charge of advertising. The school's principal asked the custodian to put together the school's billboards, and he was the one who got tripped up by the word (and not "literacy" for some reason).
The sign went up on Friday, but Schley didn't notice the misspelling until Sunday morning when she drove by it on the way home from church. She wanted it down right away, but any change to the sign would have to wait until Monday.
By then many of the school's students had either seen the misspelling in person or on Facebook, where photos of the gaffe quickly circulated. On the bright side, the students actually realized that the word was misspelled. Score for literacy!
We're just hoping that the custodian was amongst the attendees of the "Laeping to Literacy Night."
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A few hours ago an article appeared on 'Guardian Online' reporting on an interview that Michelle Obama gave to ABC's 'Good Morning America' breakfast show in which Michelle talked about the contents of her soon to be published book, 'Becoming'. Which extracts from 'Becoming' were highlighted in particular? Well bugger me, it was Michelle's revelation that her daughters were conceived by IVF and that she and Barack received marriage counselling.
When I first saw the article I thought 'oh no, it's another high profile female Western leader/celeb who has Opened Her Heart and Shared' and my initial response was to feel a bit sad that Michelle Obama had felt it necessary to reveal confidential details of personal difficulties – she also talks about a miscarriage – when there was no need for her to do this.
I am of course aware that this blog describes some pretty bad experiences of my own, but I ended up doing this because for decades I watched people die and have their lives destroyed by some seriously dangerous people who remain at the top of the medical and other professions. Furthermore they just would not lay off me or those close to me, so they have got this blog. I have received some really thoughtful e mails telling me that it must have been incredibly hard for me to have relived what we went through while writing the blog. No, it has been fine, because I have excluded the worst experiences and as a result of my academic interests I have placed emphasis on the sociological, historical and political context of the events. I took the view that such an approach was more worthwhile than an account of 'My Hell'. 'My Hells' are simply received with an 'ah, bechod!', or an 'ooh she's a strong woman' and a comment about slipping through the net. I and others did not slip through the net, the net was pulled to one side to ensure that we hit the concrete. Fortunately for me I bounced, but many more people hit the concrete and it killed them. Which was the purpose. I hope that I have shown on this blog that hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of vulnerable people were actively forced into the clutches of a vicious criminal network by the welfare state over many, many years, that it was concealed at Gov't level by successive Govt's and that no-one has been held to account.
Then I re-read the 'Guardian Online' article about Michelle's interview and I noticed something more than another Woman Opening Her Heart. Michelle's comments to ABC were an advert for the medical establishment. No, I am not on the Grassy Knoll, bear with me…
Hours before Michelle gave that interview to ABC, I wrote my post 'The Point Is To Change It', in which I expanded on the most appalling criminal conspiracy on the part of numerous people, including some in Very High Places, to destroy an honest man, Merfyn Jones, the former Chairman of the Betsi Caladwaladr University Health Board in north Wales, because he challenged those who had facilitated a VIP/Westminster Paedophile Ring and years previously his late wife did as well. So desperate were people who had been accessories to very serious crime that the conspiracy ended in corrupt professionals employed in the UK's NHS allowing patients to die in order to destroy this man's reputation, after he took on the unenviable task of Chairing that deeply troubled Health Board which employed numerous people who had facilitated the criminal gang who neglected, abused and killed vulnerable people.
The Guardian Online tells us that 'America's first black first lady reveals she her and her husband, Barack Obama, sought marriage counselling and struggled to get pregnant after she suffered a miscarriage. They underwent in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments to conceive daughters Malia and Sasha…Obama also says she will "never forgive" Trump for peddling false conspiracy theories about her husband's birthplace which, she says, put her family's life in danger from "wingnuts and kooks"…Obama said she felt "lost and alone" after a miscarriage 20 years ago. "I felt like I failed because I didn't know how common miscarriages were, because we don't talk about them. We sit in our own pain, thinking that somehow we're broken….It's important to talk to young mothers about the fact that miscarriages happen...The biological clock is real … egg production is limited. I realised as I was 34 and 35, we had to do IVF. I think it's the worst thing that we do to each other as women, not share the truth about our bodies and how they work."
Michelle, women DO 'share the truth about their bodies', they 'share the truth' quietly and in confidence with people whom they feel able to trust, usually close friends or relatives. The people who are not 'sharing the truth' about women's bodies are the legal and medical professions. Michelle Obama is a former lawyer and hospital administrator. The truth about IVF, including the success rates or the soundness or otherwise of the techniques used, has not been shared with women, or at least the women who are patients. The truth not having been shared has recently been borne out by the many reports etc detailing the numerous ways in which desperate, trusting patients have been fleeced, reports of which Michelle Obama will be well aware. But IVF is a very, very profitable business which has come under severe attack recently…
Gee, what better advert at a difficult time than the First Black First Lady – and one with such enviable arms as well, there's no bingo wings on Michelle!!! – telling the world that her two lovely, clever daughters, who received that little dog as a present when their dad Became America's First Black President, were conceived by IVF!
In terms of not Sharing The Truth, is Michelle aware of the recent vaginal mesh scandal, in which women were positively encouraged to insert a device into their bits which caused lifelong injury to many of them? The possibility of that happening was known by the Top Docs who robustly promoted vaginal meshes but women were not warned. Vaginal meshes were promoted for use by women with incontinence problems. Michelle might be interested to know that one Truth that Top Doctors are reluctant to Share with women is the very common incidence of stress incontinence in middle aged women, particularly those who have given birth. It is so common that in previous generations, women considered mild stress incontinence as normal as greying hair or wrinkles, it was not something one even bothered to seek medical advice about. In more recent years, women experiencing this have been encouraged to Talk To Their Doctor and have been made to feel that they are suffering from something as bad as a recto-vaginal fistula. The loathed and unscrupulous Professor Stuart Stanton of St George's Hospital Medical School (see previous posts) became a very rich man by performing pelvic floor surgery on rich, anxious women who had been convinced by Top Docs that there was something seriously disgusting about them. I await Michelle's Sharing of her experiences of stress incontinence.
With regard to the Top Docs and the healthcare industry not Sharing the secrets of both women's and men's bodies, Dr David Healy has demonstrated that drug companies, including American drug companies, routinely withold data from clinical trials if that data reveals that women's and men's bodies could be damaged by the drugs concerned.
Medicine is an international business. Some of the British obstetricians and gynaecologists – as well as other Top Doctors – named on this blog as having been involved with the most serious misconduct have strong links with the US. Professor Geoffrey Chamberlain was Stuart Stanton's colleague and until Chamberlain was caught up in a huge medical research fraud scandal in the mid-1990s, he was President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and was waiting for his knighthood. Chamberlain spent 1965-66 working at the George Washington Hospital, Washington DC, USA. While he was working there, Chamberlain aborted late gestation foetuses by performing hysterectomies on women, conducted experiments on the live foetuses and then killed them after he had finished experimenting. Chamberlain published this work in the 'American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology', March 1968, it has been there for everyone to read for decades.
Chamberlain's experiments almost certainly contravened US law at the time and I very much doubt that the women whom he operated on to gain access to those foetuses knew what was going to happen to them. The foetuses on which Chamberlain experimented would now be considered to be premature babies and they would receive neonatal intensive care. Chamberlain also concealed a huge sex trafficking ring with which his colleagues were involved/facilitating.
See post 'Now Then…' for further details of Chamberlain and his wrongdoing, including those experiments on live foetuses.
The UK's most high profile fertility expert, Lord Robert Winston, was a friend and colleague of Geoffrey Chamberlain. In 1980, Robert Winston conducted research as Professor of Gynaecology at the University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio. Together with Carol Readhead of the California Institute of Technology, Winston has been researching male germ cell stem cells and methods for their genetic modification at the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College, London. Previous posts eg. 'I Don't Believe It' have detailed some of the misconduct and research fraud perpetrated by staff at Imperial. Other posts have named senior academics at Imperial eg. Lord Brian Flowers who concealed and colluded with research fraud and the organised abuse carried out by Dafydd's gang.
My post 'I Passionately Believe' discussed the ways in which successive General Secretaries of the RCN concealed and ignored patient harm, including the crimes of Dafydd's gang. One such RCN President, 2001-07, was Beverley Malone, who was headhunted from her post in the US.
Here is the extract about Beverley Malone from 'I Passionately Believe':
Beverly Malone is the Chief Executive of the National League for Nursing in the US. Prior to assuming this position in February 2007, she served as General Secretary of the RCN in the UK from 2001, the year following the publication of the Waterhouse Report when there were many furious voices maintaining that Waterhouse was a huge cover-up. During Beverley's time as the RCN, members of the RCN assaulted and injured me as well as other patients, lied about their actions when we made complaints and then perjured themselves in an attempt to have me imprisoned for a serious crime.
Beverly Malone was raised in rural Kentucky, in the segregated deep south of the US by her great grandmother. Malone obtained a Bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Cincinnati in 1970. From 1970 she worked as an Angel in New Jersey, obtaining a Master's degree in adult psychiatric nursing from Rutgers University in 1972. In 1972 Beverley Malone was appointed Instructor of Psychiatric Nursing at Wayne State University in Michigan. From 1973 Malone was a specialist nurse, professor and administrator at University Hospital, Cincinnati.
Psychiatric nursing in the US – as well as in the UK – at that time was a pretty dreadful business. Exposes both fictional (eg. 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest') and academic (eg. David Rosenhan's famous 1973 study in which sane academics posed as people with one minor psychiatric symptom to gain entry to mental hospitals and were within days declared to be far too mad to be allowed out for many months; see post 'Inappropriate Behaviour?') infuriated the Top Doctors but there was so much evidence emerging of widespread dreadful practices that the abuse of patients could not be denied.
Malone obtained her PhD in clinical psychology from Cincinnati University in 1981 and was then Assistant Administrator of the Medical Centre. In 1986 Malone was made Dean of the School of Nursing at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an historically black university. She became Vice Chancellor in 1994. In North Carolina, Malone also served on a number of public bodies, including the Governor's Task Force on Nursing Shortage, the North Carolina Commission on Health Services and the Board of Directors of the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program.
In 1996 Malone was elected President of the American Nurses Association (ANA), an organisation representing 180,000 Angels throughout the United States. She was the second African-American to hold this position. She served two terms lasting until 2000. President Bill Clinton appointed Malone as a member of the US delegation to the World Health Assembly, the governing body of WHO (World Health Association), in 1998 and 1999.
During her Presidency, Malone served on Bill Clinton's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry and in March 1998 she was appointed to the Health Care Quality Measurement and Reporting Committee. She also represented U.S. nurses in the Congress of Nurse Representatives of the International Council of Nurses and served on the Board of Directors of the National Patient Safety Partnership, a collaboration with the Dept of Veterans' Affairs, the AMA (American Medical Association) and other national health care organisations.
From 2000, Malone was appointed by Clinton as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health within the US Dept of Health and Human Services, the highest position that an Angel had ever held in the US Gov't.
'Ah did not have sexual relations with that woman.'
|Monica Lewinsky
Oh yes you did Bill.
'Ah have sinned.'
Hillary was a big fan of Uncle Harry's nephew:
Beverley's wiki entry tells us that re Beverley becoming the Gen Sec of the RCN – the largest professional union of nursing staff in the world – Clinton is said to have smoothed the way politically by "having a word" with Miranda and Gordon.
I'll tell you who knew about Gwynne the lobotomist, Dafydd, Bertrand Russell et al and what they were all up to in Croesor/Llanfrothen in the 1960s and 70s (see eg. post 'The Village'): the young American draft dodger who stayed at Croesor with the radical crowd at that time and who later became a Democrat Senator!
Bill was a draft dodger too of course, but he called it 'going to study at Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship'. Bill got out and about and mixed with all sorts when he was at Oxford.
Hey ho ex-POTUS you didn't expect this did you? Well you shouldn't have blamed Monica you bastard, you could have at least had the guts to say 'yeah, sorry, I did it…' And your wife is no feminist either, she's a rich over-indulged hypocrite and I've had a bellyful of being told that she's my fucking role model.
When in the UK, Beverley Malone was also a member of HEFCE and represented the RCN at the European Federation of Nurses' Associations (EFN), the Commonwealth Nurses Federation and the International Council of Nurses, together with being the RCN General Secretary.
Malone was at first the subject of considerable UK media attention and some controversy, because of her generous remuneration package. Yeah, the Low Paid Angel will have been given a great deal of dosh. There was also criticism of Malone's mother, Dorothy Black, receiving free eye surgery under the NHS soon after her arrival, in spite of having paid no British taxes or insurance contributions. Send her back, along with all those Nigerian women who fly into Tommy's weekly to give birth to quins on the NHS! Officials stated that Malone's mum had not been given preferential treatment and, as a resident or dependent relative of a resident, was entitled to the same free healthcare as anyone else. Er, then why did so many other people in that position receive so much grief? Furthermore, because Malone returned to the US – thankfully – after the necessary had been done for Miranda and the patient batterers/child abusers, she was more like a tourist on an extended holiday than a UK resident.
Malone was also criticised for attending a Labour Party event as a guest, because of the traditional party-political neutrality of her employer.
Beverley is a poor, uneducated 14-year-old girl living in the American South in the early 1900s. She writes letters to God because her stepfather, Alphonso, beats her harshly and rapes her continuously. Alphonso has already impregnated Beverley once, a pregnancy that resulted in the birth of a boy she named Adam. Alphonso takes the baby away shortly after his birth. Beverley has a second child, a girl she named Olivia whom Alphonso also abducts. Beverley's ailing mother dies after cursing Beverley on her deathbed. After she had her eyes done on the NHS. And went to Chequers to meet Cherie and Miranda.
Another one of the Oppressed:
Duw it's hard for Celie in the deep south under segregation…
In 2003 Celie Malone became a member of the steering committee of the NHS Modernisation Agency. While Miranda et al continued to conceal Mid-Staffs. In 2006, Miranda appointed Celie as a member of the UK delegation to the World Health Assembly.
In an interview with 'The Guardian' before returning to the United States, while criticising job cuts and cost cutting in the British NHS, Malone spoke favourably of the system, calling it "a treasure" and praising a system where healthcare is a right rather than a privilege. Malone said this when she knew that NHS whistleblowers were having their careers ruined and that people in north Wales who had spilt the pints of Dafydd and the gang were being unlawfully denied healthcare and were being openly threatened, harassed, arrested and prosecuted on the basis of the lies of NHS Angels. But at least Bev's mum got her eyes done.
Malone welcomed the greater "visibility" of the nursing profession in Britain, as compared with the US. Midwifery has virtually disappeared in the US because of the prevalence of high tech births managed by Top Docs; many midwives in the UK feared/fear that their profession too is being written out of the picture by a similar process. The NHS, assisted by the RCM, systematically forced all independent midwives in the UK out of practice, because they were a little too outspoken regarding the poor care that too many women received from mainstream practitioners, including in the NHS. I knew one of the independent midwives targeted, Beatrice Carla. She was living in Gwynedd while Malone was leading the RCN and had been subjected to an all out witch hunt. Malone will have known about Beatrice's case, it was widely discussed in the nursing press at the time. Beatrice is now practising abroad, having concluded that there is now no way in which she can practice midwifery in the UK without compromising the safety of her patients.
After returning to the US, from February 2007, Malone was appointed Chief Executive of the National League for Nursing (NLN), which has a membership of over 40,000. She also represented U.S. Angels in the Congress of Nurse Representatives of the International Council of Nurses.
In 2009, Malone testified during the Congressional budget hearings. She also served on the Institute of Medicine's Forum on the Future of Nursing Education.
Malone has been particularly involved in minority health issues, racial and ethnic health disparities and other issues of race and cultural diversity. That must be why in the US some ethnic minorities have such poor health outcomes, such as pregnant Peurto Rican women. They have one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the western world, partly because so many of them cannot afford antenatal care so those women who develop pre-eclampsia are not identified; it develops into eclampsia which kills them. Beverley has obviously been spectacularly ineffective with regard to that.
Malone is a member of the Baptist Church and is religious. Then she will probably have firm views on abortion but was nonetheless one of those who kept quiet about the experiments which Prof Geoffrey Chamberlain of St George's Hospital Medical School, who was at one point the President of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, conducted on live late gestation foetuses whom he aborted when he worked in the US in the mid-1960s. After experimenting on them, Chamberlain killed the foetuses. See post 'Now Then…' Chamberlain was one of those who concealed the North Wales Child Abuse Scandal and in 2000, the year of the publication of the Waterhouse Report, he was given a lecturing post in the history of medicine at Swansea University. Chamberlain's feet were well under the table when Bev arrived in the UK to lead the RCN at Miranda's invitation.
In 2005, Euan, Miranda and Cherie's son, spent three months as an unpaid intern with Republican David Dreier and Republican Party staff of the Rules Committee of the United States House of Representatives . He then crossed the aisle to spend time working in the office of Democrat Jane Harman. Euan Blair cut short his internship with Harman in May 2006, after just a fortnight. A statement from Harman's office cited Euan Blair's graduate school plans. In 2008, Euan Blair graduated from Yale University's MacMillan Center with an M.A. in International Relations. He accepted this place after being awarded a £50,000 ($100,000) scholarship based on merit, although there was some surprise at this award.
Michelle 'also disclosed her marriage went through some rocky times, especially after Barack Obama joined the Illinois state legislature, leaving her at home where she was forced to administer IVF shots herself.
Does Michelle realise how women who are not married to Presidents actually live? They would not consider having to 'administer IVF shots' themselves while their husbands were at work any great hardship.
They met a counsellor "a handful of times," she writes, and she came to realise she was more "in charge" of her happiness than she had realised…'
As rich, powerful US citizens, Michelle and Barack would indeed have a substantial degree of control over their own happiness, even if Michelle had to inject herself while Barack was at work. The victims of Dafydd's gang did not, no matter how often they were told that all they needed to do was to practice Mindfulness, or to 'stay strong', or to 'stop catastrophizing'. They were still found dead because the Magic wasn't sufficient to overcome the activities of a vicious gang of criminals. The Empowered Service Users and their carers would be constantly met with these sorts of platitudes whenever they tried to express their distress or desperation to the Top Doctors and others. They were continually reassured that they would be OK because they were Survivors. One man who's relatives were told this after they raised their deepest concerns regarding his ability to cope was found dead weeks later. It is not that I wish to suggest that promoting a 'victim' identity is a good idea, but people in desperate situations are not helped simply by a rather less desperate person telling them that they are a survivor instead of offering constructive support.
She told ABC: "Marriage counselling for us was one of those ways where we learned how to talk out our differences. I know too many young couples who struggle and think that somehow there's something wrong with them. And I want them to know that Michelle and Barack Obama, who have a phenomenal marriage and who love each other, we work on our marriage. And we get help with our marriage when we need it."
Oh please. Are you and Barack such perfect, indeed phenomenal, people that the whole world only has to follow your shining example Michelle?? Just like those bloody arms of yours, to which middle-aged women were told to aspire? Don't you realise that in the US as well as in other parts of the world, millions of people do not have the luxury of 'getting help with their marriage'? Getting help with one's marriage is a first world problem Michelle, rather like acquiring upper arms which are toned. If you are poor and busy, you don't usually have such luxuries. And of course, many people who do 'get help with their marriage' do not find it that helpful. Experiences are mixed.
The couple met at the Chicago law firm Sidley Austin. In the book, Obama also describes falling in love one summer night in Chicago. "As soon as I allowed myself to feel anything for Barack, the feelings came rushing – a toppling blast of lust, gratitude, fulfilment, wonder."
This is quite poignant, I've just read Cherie Booth's autobiography, 'Speaking For Myself' and that volume, rather than being any meaningful analysis or inquiry, is full of this sort of thing, only being Cherie there's also a lot about the size of her bum and her hips and how she couldn't have managed without her hairdresser Andre travelling with her and how outrageous it was that Cherie wasn't given a state-funded 'budget' to 'dress' herself.
Are there not a great many people living in considerable hardship in the US at the moment Michelle? Now, remind me, who won the last US Presidential election? Was it the Democrat candidate or the Republican candidate??? They were both very rich, but I can remember who won as a result of the great deal of disillusionment with the Democrat candidate… I wouldn't have voted for Trump but I wouldn't have voted for the rich spoiled white woman who blamed the women who had been sexually exploited by her husband for their own predicament either.
Obama's speech at the 2016 Democratic convention in Philadelphia, in the throes of a presidential election, remains widely seen as the archetypal antidote to Trumpism. Her plea "When they go low, we go high," became a cri de cœur for many progressives, though some say it is now time to fight the president on his own terms.
Your side lost Michelle. For some reason the glamour and glitz and the phenomenal marriage and the muscly arms did not achieve the desired effect.
Yes, you mentioned the 'wingnuts' and 'kooks' earlier. Was your family's safety REALLY at risk Michelle? Just because Trump was rude? Furthermore I imagine that your family has a high degree of security, far higher than former British political leaders enjoy and they are pretty well-protected.
I am in hiding Michelle, one of my friends was murdered and attempts were made to kill two others. None of us has security and neither were we warned that a gang of very dangerous organised criminals had targeted us. When other victims of the gang complained about being terrorised or violently assaulted, they were dismissed by everyone as being nutters. That's English for 'wingnuts' and 'kooks'.
Trump suggested repeatedly and loudly in high-profile public forums that Barack Obama, who father was Kenyan, was not born in the US but on foreign soil and therefore ineligible for president. In fact, Barack Obama was born in Hawaii and eventually displayed his birth certificate. Trump eventually, reluctantly, conceded the US president was American-born.
Obama writes: "The whole thing was crazy and mean-spirited, of course, its underlying bigotry and xenophobia hardly concealed. But it was also dangerous, deliberately meant to stir up the wingnuts and kooks. Donald Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family's safety at risk. And for this I'd never forgive him."
It wasn't very nice of him Michelle, but it wasn't really a serious threat to your physical safety was it?
She expresses disbelief over how so many women would choose a "misogynist" in Trump over Hillary Clinton in 2016. She remembers how her body "buzzed with fury" after seeing the infamous Access Hollywood tape, in which Trump brags about sexually assaulting women.
Indeed, Trump's comments were appalling, but instead of expressing disbelief Michelle, you have to ask yourself why so many women did vote for Trump. There were analyses suggesting that Hillary was a toxic choice of candidate but no-one would listen. Hillary herself openly sneered and laughed at Bernie Sanders when he made a supportive comment to her during the campaigning, which Hillary interpreted as suggesting that she was the better candidate. Christ, I wouldn't vote for someone who conducted themselves like that towards another candidate behaving gracefully.
Obama also accuses Trump of using body language to 'stalk' Clinton during an election debate. Trump's message, according to Obama, in words which appear in the book in darkened print, was: "I can hurt you and get away with it."
Trump didn't hurt Clinton. He was moving around very close behind her, but he didn't touch her. It was in a public place, in front of journos and cameras and Hillary's supporters claiming that she was 'stallked' is insulting to people who really have been stalked. Interestingly enough Michelle, the members of that criminal gang told everyone who would listen that I was 'stalking' them. Now I have 10,000 documents written and signed by them clearly demonstrating that it was me who was being stalked by them. A claim – particularly by a famous woman – that they are being 'stalked' is easy to make and whips up emotions very easily, particularly if the putative 'stalker' is male.
Er, isn't Hillary supposed to be a Strong Woman??? What Strong Woman feels 'stalked' and 'hurt' by a rather rude man moving around behind her in a crowded forum with security and cameras everywhere?
She writes how she reacted in shock the night she learned he would replace her husband in the Oval Office and tried to "block it all out".
I'd Get Help with that if I was you Michelle…
…Memoirs by former first ladies, including Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush, have been bestsellers. 'Becoming' is part of a joint book deal with Barack Obama – whose memoir is expected next year – that is thought to be worth tens of millions of dollars.
Ah!!! OK, we have the rationale… Michelle has learnt how to control her own happiness…
The Obamas have said they will donate a "significant portion" of their author proceeds to charity, including the Obama Foundation. Obama launches her promotional tour on Tuesday at Chicago's United Center, where tens of thousands of people have bought tickets – ranging from just under $30 to thousands of dollars – to attend the event moderated by Oprah Winfrey. Other stops on a tour worthy of a rock star are planned at large arenas including New York City's Barclays Center and the Los Angeles Forum.
Will there be a bit more PR for a deeply corrupt medico-legal profession on the tour Michelle? We may well be in for a massive dose of such PR, because the according to 'The New York Times' Barack and Michelle are in talks to produce shows for Netflix and one possible show idea was for Barack to moderate debates on issues such as health care, climate change and immigration- all of which dominated his eight years in the White House. Eric Schultz, a senior adviser to the former President, did not confirm the plans, but said they would make sense. "President and Mrs Obama have always believed in the power of storytelling to inspire," Schultz told the paper.
STORYTELLING – yes, it'll be yet more 'The doctors they were wonderful'.
Schultz stated of the Obamas that "Throughout their lives, they have lifted up stories of people whose efforts to make a difference are quietly changing the world for the better. As they consider their future personal plans, they continue to explore new ways to help others tell and share their stories."
How about interviewing Merfyn regarding his efforts to improve the NHS in north Wales, only to find that a group of white-collar criminals conspired to allow patients to die in order to force him out of public life then Barack?
To return to The Guardian Online's article about Michelle.
The high profile events are bound to reignite calls for a presidential run. A recent poll from Axios by SurveyMonkey found that if she ran for president in 2020, Obama would have a 13-point advantage over Trump, while TV star and media entrepreneur Oprah Winfrey would have a 12-point advantage.
Oh God, can't a normal woman run for office, instead of massively rich women who do nothing but talk about their traumas on TV and flog everything about themselves for the highest price possible???
Obama has long said she has no interest in running for office, although she held a few campaign-style rallies before this week's midterm elections, urging people to register to vote.
Michelle must be the only person on the planet with no interest in politics who has run a few campaign-style rallies.
She writes: 'I've never been a fan of politics, and my experience over the last ten years has done little to change that. I continue to be put off by the nastiness.'"
You are maxing out on being the First Black First Lady Michelle and as for nastiness, I think that overblown accusations that a rude, tweeting man is encouraging 'wingnuts' and 'kooks' to physically attack your very well-guarded family is pretty bloody nasty.
Here's Michelle, shy, retiring, with no interest in politics, yet at the same time deeply inspirational and no doubt passionate as well:
"I'll never forgive him for what he did to our United States military by not funding it properly. What he did to our military made this country very unsafe."
There you are Michelle, you need to respond to the allegation, not simply claim that Trump is encouraging violence and stalking Hillary. After all, he won the election so you weren't listening to something.
Author Josh Kendall, who is currently writing a book about how the #MeToo movement casts a new light on presidential history, said: "The entire nation was moved by her plea during her speech at the DNC in 2016 to 'go high' instead of low. I would be surprised if a draft Michelle for 2020 drive wasn't started some time at the beginning of her book tour."
I don't think that I'll be able to cope with a rich lawyer who was married to a President basing her own Presidential campaign on a social media storm which claimed to represent powerless women… I had thought that nothing could surpass the party that Hillary organised for herself with the glass ceiling that she was going to symbolically break as soon as she was elected because she just KNEW that she was going to win, she didn't need to wait for the voters to decide. Hillary had been booked for an appearance on 'Woman's Hour' as well very soon after the date of the election and for weeks beforehand the 'Woman's Hour' presenters kept telling listeners to remember to tune in because they would be hearing an interview with America's First Woman President.
There was only thing that none of them accounted for:
After Computer Said No, Hillary cancelled her appearance on 'Woman's Hour'. Which I thought was very rude of her what with all those Wimmin waiting to hear from their role model and Jenni Murray ready to toady and admire as never before, even if Hillary lost.
Someone in north Wales was as upset about Hillary not becoming President as 'Woman's Hour' was, an Angel called Dee Jones aka Dee Gray. Dee was sacked from successive jobs but always bagged another one by blackmailing people with regard to her knowledge of criminal wrongdoing in the NHS in north Wales. Dee asked me to plant untrue damaging stories in the press about Merfyn when he was VC of Bangor University. When I refused, Dee yelled at me that Brown and I publishing about the abuse of psych patients in the NHS was damaging her career. Dee subsequently set up an Executive Coaching Consultancy and she is now selling her questionable expertise to the NHS Trusts that she knows to be neglecting and harming patients. See previous posts. After Hillary lost the election, Dee sent out furious tweets asking why a bad man always wins over a good woman…
I mentioned earlier in this post that I have not blogged about the worst of my experiences. Neither have I blogged about the worst of other people's experiences, but I won't forget what has happened to people who dared challenge the Top Doctors. Think about it Michelle, you'll know who and what I am referring to here… Dafydd's gang and their international network inflicted enormous damage on a great many people. As I mentioned in 'The Point Is To Change It', they stop at nothing, which of course your interview with ABC yesterday demonstrated. Now I suggest that the whole lot of you do as I requested in a previous blog post and belt up, because I have a great deal of very, very damning evidence and those deaths of NHS patients in north Wales are not going to go away, no matter how many flattering comments rich, powerful Americans make about the Top Doctors.
It is worth noting that when Barack Obama was pushing his Obamacare through, there were a great many UK NHS scandals which were never reported in the media. There was no discussion of the enormous problems with corruption in the NHS on the part of those Americans who were using the NHS as an exemplar of all that is selfless and pure about healthcare provision.
Merfyn is not big and American, in fact as that pompous wally Michael Grade enjoyed reminding Merfyn at a Meet The Governors evening in Cardiff, he's small and Welsh. But he took on a bunch of absolute bastards that the Big Americans would not.
God how bloody pathetic they all are. This is who they are all pushing out so many boats to protect:


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I was close to quitting the comic completely, but then I decided to go for a compromise.
The page will be set up completely new. Everything will be moved into a new, cleaned art section.
There will be no more regularly updating story comic, since I don't seem to be able to update in-schedule. The main comic will be more or less random, while the story comics will update at my will.
I just don't want to force me any longer to continue a story at any cost.
I hope that explains this delay.


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These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.
Big data: 4 predictions for 2014
The Guardian
"One could look back at 2013 and consider it the breakthrough year for big data, not in terms of innovation but rather in awareness. The increasing interest in big data meant it received more mainstream attention than ever before. Indeed, the likes of Google, IBM, Facebook and Twitter all acquired companies in the big data space. Documents leaked by Edward Snowden also revealed that intelligence agencies have been collecting big data in the form of metadata and, amongst other things, information from social media profiles for a decade." READ MORE
The rise of civil society groups in Africa
Africa Renewal
"Under the glaring sun of a recent Monday, an unusual group of protesters marched on the streets of Kampala, Uganda's capital, all dressed in black "to mourn the loss of Uganda's public money through corruption," as some of them pointedly explained to reporters. "Return our money and resign," read one of the slogans they brandished. Since November 2012, on the first Monday of each month, the Black Monday Movement—a coalition of local NGOs and civil society groups—has taken to the streets to highlight the effects of corruption in Uganda and to press public officials to act." READ MORE
Sympathy for the Migrant
Project Syndicate
"The tragic fate of the several hundred Africans who drowned near the Italian island of Lampedusa in October made international headlines, leading to a rare moment of compassion and reflection about the dangers facing many migrants. But the only exceptional aspect of this disaster was the magnitude of the death toll. For Lampedusa's residents, shipwrecks involving refugees and migrants are a common occurrence: a week later, a boat carrying Syrian and Palestinian refugees capsized off the shores of the island, leaving more than 30 people dead." READ MORE
Disability issues must be part of development agenda, say aid experts
The Guardian
"The Department for International Development (DfID) should produce an overarching strategy on disability as it would send an important message to its staff and other organisations that it was taking disability seriously, aid experts have said. Bob McMullan, former Australian minister for international development, told MPs on the international development committee that such a step would be the most important thing DfID could do to put disability on the agenda. Making disability a priority would incur extra costs, he said, but less than expected. "Some things will be more expensive, such as low-rise buses," he added. "I don't want to pretend there is no cost, but it was less than we feared.'" READ MORE
6 Ways Cell Phones Are Changing the World (Beyond the Ways You're Probably Thinking)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
In a world where more people have access to a cell phone than a toilet, we have to ask: what are all those phones doing? And are they really making a difference? Here are six ways cell phones really are making life better for billions of people. READ MORE
Thailand Protests Are Captured in Social Media and Onstage
The New York Times
"In the boldest move in two months of demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Bangkok's central commercial district has been swarmed by antigovernment protesters, and on Tuesday, the second day of the so-called "shutdown" of the city and its consequences were widely tracked on social media. Along with noisy, whistle-blowing protesters at the gatherings, Bangkok residents and others using #BangkokShutdown shared images of an unusual sight: relatively empty streets as traffic was diverted, or as drivers simply kept away." READ MORE
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Columbians Struggle to Find Work Despite Lower Unemployment
COLUMBIA - It seems like the obvious solution, find a job and get out of poverty, but that's not a foolproof plan. There's the challenge of actually finding a job and one that pays enough to survive.
In Columbia, there are several large, stable employers like the University of Missouri-Columbia, the hospitals, two big insurance companies; just to name a few. The city's unemployment rate was 5.5 percent in July, which was lower than both the state and the nation's rate. The state stood at 7.1 percent and the nation had a rate of 7.4 percent.
So, it seems like getting a job in Columbia would be easy, but for the 5.5 percent, the search for a salary is almost a job in itself. Cheryl Wade-Coleman is one of those people looking for employment in Columbia.
"I need work because I've got bills and when my kidney failed those bills didn't stop," she said.
Wade-Coleman's getting help to rejoin the workforce after her health had other plans.
"I lost my husband, I lost my brother both who had failed kidneys. And then I found out that my kidney had failed."
Her kidney failed in 2003 and three years later she got a kidney transplant, that surgery
forced her to leave her job with the state.
"I'm 67 years old, my daughters have often said, 'Mother, isn't it time to retire.' And I'm saying, 'Yes, but the bills are still coming,'" she said.
Now, growing medical bills on top of life's basic needs are forcing her to go back to work.
"Money that I'm getting from social security is just not enough. So I need that extra umph."
Her age has her struggling to keep up with the ever-changing technology and young competition. She said she's been actively looking for jobs in Columbia for three years with no luck.
"I just keep going, just keep pushing, that's all I can do."
She came to Job Point in Columbia to improve her chances of getting a job. She's looking for customer service and data entry positions, similar to jobs she's had in the past. While she doesn't have a college degree to display, she's got the personality.
"She's super easy to work with," said one of the employees at Job Point who works with Wade-Coleman. "It's easy to introduce her to an employer for trying to network her with an opportunity because she's incredibly charming."
Wade-Coleman's one of many seeking the services at Job Point. She took office and technology classes there. The organization helps the disadvantaged and disabled improve their skills and find work.
"There is nothing we know of that breaks the circle of poverty better than employment, if we can train people to be productive and contributing citizens then they'll go a long way toward breaking that cycle," said Job Point CEO Jim Loveless
Every year, Job Point serves between 750 and 1,000 job seekers and the majority are under the age of 35. Wade-Coleman wonders if her age is turning employers away.
"I'm from the older generation and I think different than they do...It kind of makes you want to give it up and just say forget about it, but I'm not that kind of person," she said.
Wade-Coleman said she won't stop trying, her bills won't let her. And neither will her faith.
"God, let's put it that way. I trust in Him and I figure that eventually something will come. I trust in Him so He's gotten me this far," she said.


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Torque wrenches are designed to prevent over tightening when fastening locking nuts and bolts. Torque wrenches are used for accurate torque settings and measure in Foot Pounds (ft-lb) or Newton Metres (Nm).
Torque Wrench Types
A most complete overview of torque wrenches types can be found in our Torque Wrenches Guide, but the main kinds are:
- Beam Torque Wrench: Beam Torque Wrenches, also known as Endam torque wrenches, are a more cost effective option than other types. They are durable and effective and their simple design allows for easy operation. The indicator bar remains straight while the main shaft bends proportionally to the force applied at the handle.
- Electronic Torque wrenches: Electronic Torque Wrenches are fast becoming the preferred choice for engineers. They offer superior accuracy and ease of use. Set the required torque indicated by an LED display and once the torque is reached in operation a clear audible beep or vibration is indicated.
- Mechanical Torque Wrench: Mechanical Torque Wrenches are the most widely used wrenches. Offer great accuracy and are available in various sizes depending on application. Set the torque by releasing the lock at the foot on the handle, twist to the desired torque and lock in the setting.
- Dial Torque Wrench: Dial Torque Wrenches are a dependable means of ensuring that torque control requirements are being met. These measuring instruments can be used as an assembly tool, but are best used as a quality control instrument to verify or monitor torque. Designed for torque auditing and measurement applications and an alternative solution to a digital wrench for performing a quick visual torque verification test.


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When it comes to insurance, many people face the Goldilocks dilemma: Am I buying too much coverage, not enough, or just the right amount? How do you determine your proper insurance levels while ensuring you don't waste money on unneeded coverage — or worse, leave your family exposed?
Here are a few considerations:
Everyone needs medical insurance. One serious accident or illness could wipe out your savings and plunge you into debt or bankruptcy. If covered through your employer, carefully compare all plans offered. The one with the lowest premium may not be your best option. Consider how other factors add up — deductibles, copayments, allowed/disallowed benefits, out-of-network charges, medication charges, etc. Also compare options available through your spouse's job.
If you're not covered, explore other options:
- If recently laid off, ask about COBRA continuation coverage through your former employer.
- If under age 26, you may be able to enroll in a parent's plan. Visit www.healthcare.gov for details.
- High-deductible plans provide comprehensive coverage for catastrophic illnesses at much lower premiums than comparable low-deductible plans.
- Most states provide high-risk insurance for people who don't qualify for private insurance. It's costly, but no one can be denied. Visit www.naschip.org for information.
Life insurance
If you're single with no dependents, you may get by with minimal or no life insurance. But if family depends on your income, many experts recommend buying coverage worth at least five to 10 times your salary. After your kids are grown you may be able to lower your coverage, but carefully consider your spouse's retirement needs.
Car insurance
Most states require car insurance for good reason: It protects you financially should you cause an accident or be hit by an uninsured driver. Rates vary considerably depending on: coverage and deductible levels for liability, uninsured motorist and collision; age and driving record; vehicle year and model; number of insured family members; and security features (alarm, airbags, secured parking, etc.)
To lower car-insurance costs, Ruth Stroup, a Farmers Insurance Group agent from Oakland, Calif., suggests:
- Comparison shop with other carriers.
- Increasing your deductibles from $250 to $1,000 might lower your premium by 15 to 30 percent.
- Ask about discounts for safe drivers, age 55 or older, linked homeowners/renters insurance, etc.
Stroup adds, "My biggest tip on auto insurance is to make sure your liability insurance relates to your net worth and income. It only takes one accident to wipe out your savings. Transferring this risk to an insurance company is very inexpensive for good drivers."
Homeowners insurance
Your home is probably your largest investment, so don't risk losing it and its contents through an unforeseen disaster, accident or robbery. Renters also need insurance. Although the building is insured by the owner, your contents are not. A few tips:
- Review your coverage periodically to adjust for inflation, home improvements, new possessions, change in marital/family status, etc.
- Compare your rate with other insurance carriers, but get "apples to apples" quotes, since policies may have varying provisions.
- Buy additional coverage on expensive items like jewelry, art and computers, which may have limited coverage.
Don't forego critical coverage to save a few bucks. It's not worth it in the long run.
Jason Alderman is a senior director at Visa.
Insurance reality check
When it comes to insurance, many people face the Goldilocks dilemma: Am I buying too much coverage, not enough, or just the right amount? How do you determine your proper insurance levels while ensuring you don't waste money on unneeded coverage — or worse, leave your family exposed?


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Cruise Passenger Threatens Legal Action
Passengers Upset With Carnival Customer Service After Ship Delayed By Bad Weather
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – At least one cruise passenger who was stranded on the Carnival cruise ship Fascination because of bad weather earlier this week is ready to take legal action against the cruise line.
TinaMarie Nelson, of Illinois, said that the cruise of the the port of Jacksonville was a nightmare. She said Carnival put her and her friends in danger with the way it handled the situation.
"The captain of the ship put our lives at risk," Nelson said. "We should've never left port knowing the weather. It's their job to know the weather."
During the four-day trip to the Bahamas, Nelson recorded video as severe weather struck, sending waves crashing against the ship.
She said she's amazed by Carnival's lack of customer service, as about 2,000 passengers were stranded on board and facing several-hour delays, skipping a port and getting seasick.
"People were throwing up everywhere, in the hallways, in the dining areas," Nelson said. "They had towels covering up the throw-up because they couldn't keep up with people throwing up from the motion."
Nelson said she wants her money back, but it's Carnival's policy not to issue refunds. The company provides a detailed contract online that passengers must sign. It indicates that Carnival reserves the right to alter the ship's course, ports of call, itinerary and activities because of bad weather.
Some travel agents say it's the risk cruisers take.
"They have it in their contracts and stuff that say, 'If something comes up and we need to change, we'll change it,'" travel agent Kelly Peck said. "And it could be up until the last moment that you could find out about the change."
Peck, who books cruises for clients all the time, said that while it's usually smooth sailing, things can come up.
Although Carnival has apologized for the rocky ride and long delays, Peck feels it should consider doing more. She also urges passengers to put their travel woes in writing.
"Hopefully, in a good-will gesture that they will, that they'll do something to lure them back and say, 'We're sorry. Please let us try to make it up and make it right,'" Peck said.
Peck did say that the only real financial protection for customers is trip insurance, which would have helped Nelson with her flight back home to Illinois that she missed because of delays.
But for the passengers from northeast Florida or nearby areas, there's not much they could have done, Peck said.
For many passengers who were on board, it's the last cruise with Carnival they plan on taking.
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