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Danielle Brander, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Duke Cancer Institute, discusses the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
Brander says there is debate about which patients with CLL will benefit from chemotherapy versus chemoimmunotherapy. The majority of patients in the relapsed/refractory setting are being transitioned to novel therapies. Currently, patients in the relapsed/refractory setting can receive ibrutinib (Imbruvica) if they did not receive it in the frontline setting, idelalisib (Zydelig) if they had more than 2 prior lines of therapy or are not eligible for other treatments, or venetoclax (Venclexta). In June 2018, venetoclax was granted a full approval by the FDA for the treatment of patients with CLL with or without 17p deletion, following at least 1 prior therapy.
There are multiple targeted inhibitors that are being tested in this population, as well. Clinical trials are investigating next-generation BTK inhibitors such as acalabrutinib (Calquence). In high-risk patients, acalabrutinib will be randomized versus ibrutinib in a phase III trial to evaluate differences in toxicity, Brander says.


Question: Respond in 3 sentences. What is the White House plan for infrastructure investments?

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It would expand reforms intended to streamline environmental reviews and project delivery that were begun in the current federal highway bill.
It also would expand popular loan-guarantee programs that have been used by state and local governments to fund projects. The White House plan would almost double funding — from $12.3 billion to $22.3 billion — for transit systems and intercity passenger rail.


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Question: Have you ever noticed any birds that have become familiar to you in your local area? If so, please describe the bird and what makes it recognizable to you.

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One of the really cool things about patch birding is that certain territorial birds like Great Horned Owls may become individually recognizable. That is kind of how it has been for me in the Boise foothill community of Avimor. Over the last few years at my birding patch, I've nest watched, owlet watched, and I've become familiar with the favorites daytime roosts. I've seen a couple of my Great Horned Owls dead on the side of the highway and wondered if it was someone I knew, but have been too troubled by the thought to actually check out the corpse.
Yesterday afternoon while driving out of the neighborhood after doing some work there, I saw this very small Great Horned Owl, with darker than usual coloration. This was the first time I'd seen this guy. I call it a guy, assuming that it is a male. Male Great Horned Owls are known to be substantially smaller than females. At first, I almost thought this was a Western Screech Owl he was so small.
Something else that has helped me get more photos of my Great Horned Owl friends is the Swarovski ATX Spotting Scope. I'm able to digiscope close-up images when in fact I am a considerable and non-intrusive distance away. Sure, the owl knows I'm there, but I've never flushed one while photographing...only by accident hiking through an area I didn't expect to find one.
Below is the first Great Horned Owl nest I watched at Avimor. The nest was just above eye level and just feet away from the paved trail. I was surprised that they nested there, but a couple of young owls successfully fledged from it.
Right at the entrance to Avimor, there is a bridge over a stream with large stands of cottonwood trees. Great Horned Owls have nested in one particular tree a couple of times during my period of observation.
One year I observed a very light colored Great Horned Owl with white and black zebra striping and very little to no brown colors. Alas, it was only around but for one year. It's plumage was very distinctive and recognizable.
The white Great Horned Owl and mate a couple years ago.
The owl I have seen most consistently this past summer, fall, and winter is pictured below and I think is the same owl on the right in the picture above based on the color pattern. The facial disk coloration also seems to vary between individuals and has helped me recognize them.
I've also had Juncos with all white tail feathers, House Finches and Mourning Doves with a unique and individually recognizable traits. Do you have recognizable individual birds in your patch or even in your backyard? If so, which species and what about that bird make it recognizable to you?
Spot patterns on Spotted Towhees do this for me. Also, I have one Steller's Jay with a gimpy toe. I enjoyed the post. Thanks.
Owls about that then. Very cool. Inversely, I wonder if the owls recognize you as distinct from other people passing through?


Question: Describe the fiction announcement made by Amazon.

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SEATTLE—Saying the online retailer was attempting to get ahead of the anticipated rush, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced Wednesday that his company’s warehouses have been stocked with 20,000 doctors in preparation for the launch of his new healthcare initiative. “As part of our mission to always be expanding our selection of goods and services, we will soon begin offering Amazon customers access to thousands of physicians, each of whom will be capable of prescribing a wide array of treatment options and can be delivered right to your door,” said Bezos, noting that Amazon also plans to keep more than 50,000 competitively priced nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists in stock at all times. “As always, Prime members will have access to two-day clinician delivery, but those willing to wait a bit longer for their diagnosis can select the ‘no rush’ option and receive 5 percent off their next purchase of a medical professional. If the treatment you receive from your doctor fails to meet your medical needs, just print out a prepaid UPS label and send him or her back for a full refund.” At press time, sources confirmed Amazon had suspended online pre-orders after approximately 4,000 general practitioners were crushed to death in a forklift accident.


Question: Explain how U.S. firearm laws and regulations influence gun violence in the U.S..

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The weapons used in this week's massacre in San Bernardino, California, were purchased legally, raising questions about how preventable gun violence is under current U.S. firearm laws.
Eighty-two percent of weapons involved in mass shootings over the last three decades have been bought legally, according to a database compiled by Mother Jones magazine that defines a mass shooting as taking the lives of at least four people in a public place. Using that criteria, Mother Jones found 73 mass shootings since 1982.
Authorities say Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 27 — the shooters who killed 14 people and injured 21 others this week in San Bernardino — had two legally purchased .223 caliber assault-style rifles and two 9 mm semi-automatic handguns. Police want to speak to a friend of Farook who purchased the two semi-automatic rifles used in the massacre, authorities told NBC News Friday.
For gun control advocates, the shooting, which officials announced Friday is being investigated as an act of terrorism, resurfaced long-time concerns.
"The way our laws are structured unfortunately often times allow people to legally buy guns who shouldn't," said Mike McLively, a staff attorney at the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence based in San Francisco.
Such was the case in other horrific mass shootings, including Virginia Tech in 2007 and the Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting in June: in both instances the records of the gunmen likely would have raised red flags had they been fully examined through the federal background check system.
"The way our laws are structured unfortunately often times allow people to legally buy guns who shouldn't."
A large part of the problem: When an individual goes to buy a firearm, they are subject to investigation under the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). A 72-hour hold is put on the sale.
But because federal law operates under the idea of "default proceed," the sale can legally go through after 72 hours — even if a background check hasn't been completed. About nine percent of background checks require further investigation, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
Officials have not said whether there was anything in the San Bernardino shooters' backgrounds that would have popped up in a background check when they bought their weapons, and little is known about the friend who purchased the assault rifles that they used.
Alan Lizotte, a professor of criminal justice at the State University of New York at Albany, said secondary firearm transfers — private sales of weapons between individuals that don't involve a gun dealer or manufacturer — are difficult to track.
"By and large, those secondary transfers aren't regulated at all," he said.
And even when they are, states don't always get the information they need. In New York, for example, the SAFE (Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement) Act of 2013 requires a universal background check, meaning anyone who owns an assault rifle must register it with their county sheriff, whether it's from a private sale or a gun dealer.
"But a lot of the sheriffs have refused to do that, because they're elected officials, and there's a lot of rural counties in New York, and they want to be re-elected," Lizotte said.
"Even if we were to stop all mass shootings tomorrow, we would still have an enormous problem with gun violence."
The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence is pushing for universal background checks nationwide, not just to prevent mass shootings, which make up a relatively small percentage of all gun violence, but to stop the deaths that are happening from guns every day.
"Even if we were to stop all mass shootings tomorrow, we would still have an enormous problem with gun violence," McLively said.
One measure the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence is hopeful might help: Starting Jan. 1, 2016, a law passed last year in California will enable concerned family members or law enforcement to petition a court to have someone temporarily disarmed.
The Gun Violence Protective Order will have them "disarmed lawfully and temporarily based on objective warning signs and threat," McLively said. If a court agrees the weapon owner poses an immediate threat to themselves or others, their firearm will be taken away.
"In a lot of these situations, we find out after the fact that the shooter had a troubled history, or had problems in their place of employment that were pretty acute," he added. "In most places, there aren't tools to have people temporarily disarmed that might pose a risk."


Question: What is going on with Merrick Garland's nomination to the Supreme Court?

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Will Trump get Merrick Garland confirmed?
Thursday marks 50 days since President Barack Obama stood in the White House’s Rose Garden to announce Judge Merrick Garland as his pick to succeed Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
The day has come and gone when, if this nomination had proceeded like any of the ones that preceded it, Garland would have been due to begin confirmation hearings in the Senate.
Instead, the seemingly unchanged resolve of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and a circus-like presidential election have pushed Garland’s nomination largely out of public view. That doesn’t mean, however, that a small army of activists and political consultants have given up on pushing Senate Republicans on the issue, or that legal groups have stopped offering their own vetting of Garland and urging that he get a hearing. This week, Obama himself came out to stump on Garland’s behalf, giving a series of interviews to local reporters in key states.
Even if Republicans don’t cave and the election arrives without Garland on the court, Democrats at least have an issue with which to chip away at the Republican senate majority. “Obviously, Donald Trump is something that I’m going to be talking about, especially in regard to the Supreme Court,” Ohio Democrat and Senate candidate Ted Strickland told Politico this week.
Republicans profess to be unperturbed, maintaining their line that the next president should fill the seat. Their less-spoken logic is that the conservative base would be inflamed by the prospect of a fifth vote appointed by a Democrat outweighs any other political cost they’ll pay. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, who is up for re-election this year, even said Wednesday that he wasn’t worried about Trump potentially naming Scalia’s successor. “I think I would expect the right type of people to be nominated by him to the Supreme Court,” Grassley said.
“It resonates with people,” said Woodhouse. “It hits home with people because Washington not doing its job under Republican control is what everyone thinks about Washington.” In other words, if they’re lucky, the campaign will jibe with the anti-establishment sentiment witnessed among both liberals and conservatives in the presidential primary—ironically, on behalf of the not exactlyrenegade chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
The operation is now expanding from six initial states and senators targeted in the last congressional recess — New Hampshire with Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Iowa with Sen. Chuck Grassley, Illinois with Sen. Mark Kirk, Wisconsin with Sen. Ron Johnson, Ohio with Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania with Sen. Pat Toomey — and adding North Carolina, Arizona and Missouri to its list.
A much-touted RedState article called for Republicans to confirm Garland now as the lesser of two evils. With Trump at the top of the ticket, “Republicans must know that there is absolutely no chance that we will win the White House in 2016 now,” wrote Leon Wolf. “They must also know that we are likely to lose the Senate as well.” Better then to avoid a Clinton appointee in 2017 who could be younger and more liberal than Garland. So far, however, conservatives for Garland seems to be an outlier.
Contentious hearings and even rejections of Supreme Court nominees are not an anomaly; all but ignoring the president’s pick is. Still, key legal groups are trying to maintain some semblance of normalcy. On Thursday, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law released its report on Garland’s record on civil rights, including criminal justice and anti-discrimination law.
The report, though generally positive on Garland, notes that there is much that isn’t known about his record on many civil rights issues because of the administrative law focus of the D.C. Circuit. “I think that it is important that we now have hearings so that we can fully understand, and so that the public can understand, the kind of jurist that Judge Garland will be,” said Kristen Clarke, the group’s president.
That deadlock is already partly underway. The court has recently shown a reluctance to take as many new cases as it has in previous years. In some cases, the effect may be positive for liberal policy goals. A 4-4 decision in a key union case this term left intact the current arrangement by which public sector unions are funded, thanks to an earlier win at the liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Coming decisions on immigration, abortion rights and contraception may end in a tie, too, effectively leaving in place lower court decisions and limiting the impact to parts of the county.
Like it or not, will an eight-member court last? That, again, depends on what happens in the election.


Question: Explain how the Russian military reacts to Trump's actions and his alleged cooperation with the Kremlin.

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Last week, after the publication of the so-called “Nunes Memorandum” which accused the FBI of a politically biased investigation into Trump campaign’s ties to the Kremlin, many security and political experts said that the memorandum not only does not reflect reality, but also does great harm to the national security of the United States and works exclusively in the interests of the Kremlin.
In the meantime, Russian military analysts have also confirmed that Trump’s actions are beneficial to Moscow, and they aren’t even hiding their jubilation over this. For example, on February 5th, an article that appeared on the official website of the Russian military magazine Military Review was entitled “Trump is ours again”. First, its author, Viktor Kamenev, described the visit of the heads of the Russian special services to the US, calling it “an unprecedented event.” Then he openly stated that the “fight against terrorism” was used only as a pretext for negotiations and that issues that were discussed were unrelated to terrorism.
“”Terrorism” in Russia is handled by the FSB and its head Alexander Bortnikov. The scope of responsibilities of the heads of the SVR Sergei Naryshkin and the GRU Igor Korobov is different, and it was Naryshkin who was the head of this special delegation – his name was the only one mentioned by our ambassador in Washington Antonov,” Kamenev writes.
“Washington and Moscow could discuss “the fight against terrorism” in another place, without all the buzz. However, this was an in-your-face visit of the sanctioned heads of the Russian special services, flying to the United States by regular flights so that their visit cannot go unnoticed. Finally, Ambassador Antonov himself draws the attention of the American public to this visit in order to emphasize its significance. It is obvious that Naryshkin and his colleagues were invited to the United States by the US side, and in consultation with President Donald Trump – only he can suspend the sanctions. But then the ordinary “fight against terrorism” is just a cover for other, different purpose of the visit, which is no secret to all concerned,” the author argues.
Simply put, the author does not hide the fact that Trump and the heads of the Russian special services most likely discussed the next steps to counter the investigation into Russia’s interference in the US elections – an intervention that has been repeatedly proven and confirmed by the entire American intelligence community as an unprecedented attack on the US, but which is still denied by both the Russian and the American president.
Of course, the investigation itself is described in the article in the best traditions of Trump-Putin propaganda (one can only guess which country created these prototypes first, but their similarity is not in doubt). Thus, the investigation by the special prosecutor, the FBI and the DOJ are called here “a conspiracy against Trump and fabrication of false accusations against him” organized by the “informal party of neocon-globalists“.
“The publication of Devin Nunes’ report and the investigation of the materials presented in it portend a large-scale purge of the FBI, other US special services and the DOJ, and a political earthquake in the Congress. The intelligence services are the main institutions of American democracy, and if Trump co-opted them, then the days of the fake globalist press and the Congress that has fallen into imbecility are numbered,” Kamenev prophesies.
Moreover, if you leave out the typical propaganda catchwords like “fake”, “globalized” or “imbecilic”, it is obvious that this statement reveals the whole essence of what the Kremlin expects from Trump: the eradication of the mechanism of separation of powers, free press and independent law enforcement system. Kremlin’s ambition is to have Trump in full control of the press, intelligence services and Congress, and the Russian “analysts” are rejoicing over the fact that, in their opinion, today’s White House has come as close as possible to this task.
“This is indicated by the in-your-face visit of our special services to Washington: Trump can already afford this!” – exults Kamenev.
Another matter for which the Kremlin is very thankful to Trump and which it views as its victory is the substitution of the “Kremlin list” drawn up by the US Treasury.
“Trump’s subordinate, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, provided Congress with such a telephone “Kremlin list” that the “Atlantic Council of the United States”, in the person of the well-known Russophobe Anders Aslund, called it a Trump’s slap in the face of Congress,” boasts Kamenev.
Democratic institutions in the United States have already shown their vulnerability, but for the time being they are at least partially trying to resist Trump’s authoritarian impulses. However, we don’t know how much longer the US system will be able to withstand the combined pressure of the Kremlin and the White House.


Question: What has been the impact of the independent vote on US House election outcomes?

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Republicans had a narrow four-point advantage among Independents in 2016 (46-42 percent), a five-point advantage in 2012 (50-45 percent) and a two-point advantage in 2000 (48-46 percent). Democrats had a mere one-point advantage in 2004 (49-48 percent).
In 2006, Democrats gained 31 House seats, in part because they carried Independents by a stunning 18-points (57-39 percent), according to the national House exit poll.
Four years later, a Republican tsunami produced a GOP gain of 63 House seats. Independents preferred Republicans by 19 points (56-37 percent).
Independents went Democratic by eight points in 2008 (52%-44%), which produced Democratic House gains of 21 seats. In 2014, Independents preferred Republicans by twelve points (54- 42 percent), which resulted in a GOP gain of 13 seats.
This story first appeared in StuRothenberg.com on October 26, 2017.


Question: Respond in 45 words. What is Juvente?

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Juvente is a Norwegian youth temperance organisation, founded in 1992 after a merging between "Det Norske Totalavholdsselskaps Ungdomsforbund" (DNTU, founded in 1924) and "Norges Godtemplar Ungdomsforbund" (NGU, founded 1909). It is a member of the Nordic umbrella organisation NORDGU and the European umbrella organisation ACTIVE.


Question: Respond in 4 sentences. Describe the Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz.

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The Vilayet of Mamuret-ul-Aziz, also referred to as Harput Vilayet ( "Kharberd") was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was also one of the Six vilayets. The vilayet was located between Euphrates and Murat river valleys. To the northwest was Sivas Vilayet.


Question: Describe Peštani. Respond in 5 sentences.

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Peštani () is a village in North Macedonia, located 12 kilometres south of the city of Ohrid. It is a popular beachside town along Lake Ohrid and lies at the foot of Galičica National Park. Originally a fishing village, it now gets most of its income from tourism.
At the beginning of the 20th century the village was a homestead owned by a landlord. The houses of the natives were built on his land and that is why they paid an annual fee of 13 groschen per house and a certain amount of firewood.


Question: Have you heard about Jim Bakker and President-elect Trump's phone call?

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Jim Bakker: Trump Called To Thank Me, So Please Send Money!
Televangelist Jim Bakker told his viewers today that Donald Trump called him after the election to personally thank him, during what Bakker described as a 20-minute conversation, for his strong support for his candidacy.
“Just a few hours ago, our president-elect called me and we had amazing conversation and he wanted me to thank all of you that voted for him, all of you that were involved, so many people told him what our partners were doing and I was amazed today to spend those many, many minutes talking with him, almost 20 minutes we spent together, as he thanked me and you for voting for him,” Bakker said.
Just as Trump’s election represented the miraculous triumph of the church and all that is good over evil, Bakker said, his television ministry needs its own miracle to “see the enemy defeated again” and remain on the air.


Question: Describe the Raley's Food For Families program.

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 Describe the Raley's Food For Families program.

Raley’s Food For Families program was founded in 1986 by Joyce Raley Teel and former Raley’s President Chuck Collings. What began as a simple holiday food drive quickly grew to a year round effort to fight hunger.
Operating as a true community partnership, Raley’s Food For Families now raises funds in a variety of ways – at the check stand, online and on Facebook. And that holiday food drive? We’re still at it! Last year our annual Food For Families holiday program raised over 2.5 million nutritious meals for local families in need.
In addition, all Raley’s, Bel Air, Nob Hill Foods, and Food Source stores donate unsellable grocery and food products to Food For Families partner food banks. Items donated are unable to be sold for a variety of reasons, but they’re still perfectly safe to be consumed. By getting these products into the hands of those who need them, our Food For Families food rescue program not only diverts usable food from unnecessarily entering the waste stream, it’s also an important source of daily donations for hundreds of food banks across our region.
We’ve got a great team! To learn about the generous businesses and brands that are joining us in fighting hunger, or to learn how your organization can join us – visit here.
2015 Annual Holiday Bag Campaign Kicks Off!
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Question: Explain the effects of record heat around the world in July.

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 Explain the effects of record heat around the world in July.

July has brought record heat to people around the world. From Algeria's deserts to Japan's bustling cities, here are some of the historic temperatures that have affected four continents this month.
This summer is shaping up to be a record sizzler from Algeria's deserts to Japan's bustling cities.
With the United Kingdom poised for historic heat Friday, countries across four continents smashed their own temperature marks this month.
In the past 30 days, there have been 3,092 new daily high temperatures, 159 new monthly heat records and 55 all-time highs worldwide, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
In the U.S. alone, there have been 1,542 new daily high temperatures, 85 new monthly heat records and 23 all-time highs during the same period, most of which were recorded in Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana.
Temperatures on Thursday reached 95.2 degrees at Wisley, Surrey, making it the hottest day of the year, according to the Met Office, which provides weather predictions and warnings for the U.K. The United Kingdom's all-time heat record of 101.3 degrees could be broken Friday, the Met Office said in a statement. That record was set in Faversham on Aug. 10, 2003.
Particularly concerning for the U.K. is that heat-related deaths could spike up to 7,000 a year by 2050 unless lawmakers create a plan to help people at risk of dehydration and heatstroke, Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee warned.
Japan recorded its highest temperature ever Monday with a reading of 106 degrees in Kumagaya. More than 65 people have died in the heat wave, and more than 22,000 people have been taken to hospitals.
Officials called the heat a natural disaster, and the Japanese Meteorological Agency predicts temperatures will continue at 95 degrees or higher into August.
In South Korea, 10 people died from heat-related health complications, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. Officials said more than 1,040 people reported dehydration and other heat-related illnesses from May 20 to July 21, a 61 percent increase over the same period last year.
Temperatures this week reached up to 103.8 in Hayang, South Korea, the highest in the country this year. And in North Korea, temperatures reached up to 104 degrees.
"It is so hot these days that I cannot figure out whether I am in (South Korea) or in Southeast Asia," Kim Sung-hee, a student in downtown Seoul, told ABC News.
More than 70 people died from blistering heat in late June and early July in central and eastern Canada. Thirty-four of these deaths occurred in Montreal from June 29 to July 7 alone, NPR reported.
Most of the people who died were elderly and lived in apartments with no air conditioning, David Kaiser, a physician manager at the Montreal Regional Department of Public Health, told NPR.
Montreal’s emergency services said it received more than 1,200 heat-related calls daily in the beginning of July. Montreal's fire and police departments also visited more than 20,000 homes to check on residents.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians via Twitter to "make sure you know how to protect yourself & your family" against the heat.
Ouargla, Algeria, experienced the hottest reliably measured temperature ever in Africa at 124.3 on July 5. The city is the capital of the Ouargla Province in the Sahara Desert.
Temperatures of 131 hit Kebili, Tunisia, in 1931, but historians have their doubts about the record.
The heat has played a role in Algeria's recent human rights violations. In the past 14 months, the Algerian government expelled more than 13,000 migrants – including pregnant women and children – into the desert's blistering heat. Algerian officials forced hundreds of migrants at gunpoint into the desert every week to walk in temperatures up to 118 degrees, The Associated Press reported.
In Sweden, temperatures caused at least 50 forest fires in different parts of the country – some north of the Arctic Circle.
Nearly 100 people were forced to evacuate their homes last week, according to Swedish officials. Jamtland, Vasterbotten, Gavleborg and Dalarna counties were hit hardest.
The Swedish government called for international assistance to fight the fires from the European Commission. Italy, France, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Lithuania and Poland sent reinforcements including firefighters, vehicles, planes and helicopters to help put out the blazes.
Temperatures in Kvikkjokk soared to 90.5 Tuesday, an all-time high for the city and nearly 20 degrees higher than the country's normal July temperatures. In southern Sweden, Uppsala hit 93.9 degrees Monday, its highest since 1975.
In Norway, all-time records were reached Tuesday in Namsskogan and Mo I Rana. The small town of Snasa smashed its own mark with a temperature of 88.9 degrees on Monday.
In southern Finland, Turku hit 91.9, the hottest day since 1914.


Question: How should Republicans in Illinois respond to the candidacy of a literal Nazi?

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 How should Republicans in Illinois respond to the candidacy of a literal Nazi?

You know you’re in trouble when Ted Cruz sounds like the moderating voice of reason in your party, but that’s where Republican Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner finds himself after again saying voters shouldn’t go nuts and, say, vote for a Democrat for Congress just because the guy running against him is a literal Nazi.
This week, Rauner dutifully condemned the candidacy of Arthur Jones—a 70-year-old who secured a place as the Republican on the November ballot in a Chicago-area race for Congress despite being a Holocaust denier who espouses openly racist views. But he declined to say Republicans should vote for the Democratic incumbent, Congressman Dan Lipinski.
That seemingly begrudging act of distancing came after Cruz on Friday urged voters to pull the lever for the Democrat or to write in another candidate—apparently a bridge too far for the governor.
Jones has been labeled a “local white supremacist” and “long-time neo-Nazi” by the Anti-Defamation League.
Earlier this year, Rauner said: “There is no room for neo-Nazis in American politics. I condemn this man in the strongest possible terms.” But now he’s essentially throwing up his hands, saying the Republicans did what they could to block Jones from the ballot, including trying to get a third-party candidate to run against him.
When neo-Nazis keep finding their way onto the ballot, winning the primary, and then becoming your accidental nominee, you should probably take a long, hard look at what your party’s become.
UPDATE, 5:40 pm: After coverage of Rauner’s comments were picked up today, the governor changed his tune, imploring voters in a tweet to “vote for anybody” but Jones.


Question: How do I create artwork with the #myAHFOD feature?

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Question: Explain how Ta-Nehisi Coates argues that Donald Trump is a white supremacist.

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 Explain how Ta-Nehisi Coates argues that Donald Trump is a white supremacist.

Ta-Nehisi Coates lays out in clear and concise detail how Donald Trump's history, as well as his present behavior, offers all the evidence needed to support the white supremacist label.
Over years and years, and almost every day in the present, Donald Trump has given the public plenty of reason to call him a white supremacist — up to and including his appalling defense of those who follow that ideology.
As the renowned journalist and public intellectual Ta-Nehisi Coates puts it in an important article in The Atlantic, Trump is in fact "The first white president" — someone whose very presence in the White House and "whose entire political existence hinges on the fact of a black president."
When ESPN anchor Jemele Hill called Trump a white supremacist on Twitter, one day before Congress passed a bipartisan resolution demanding that Trump fully and unequivocally denounce white supremacy and its adherents, the network publicly admonished her, for which it received widespread condemnation.
The White House's response was typically brash and inappropriate, when press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said during a briefing that Hill's comments were "a fireable offense."
Sanders labeled Hill's statements as "one of the more outrageous comments that anyone could make" — because for the right, an accusation of racism is always worse than actually being a racist.
But as Coates made clear in his article, and in an incisive interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes, Hill was exactly right.
Hayes noted that conventional thinking defines a "white supremacist" as "someone who wears a Klan robe, a person who proudly proclaims their belief in the inferiority of non-white people."
Coates' rundown of Trump's history of vile, racially-coded and at times just flat-out racist words and actions offered strong evidence that the general public's assessment of what makes a "white supremacist" is sorely insufficient.
I think if you own a business that attempts to keep black people from renting from you; if you are reported to say that you don't want black people counting your money; if you say — and not even reported, just come out and say — someone can't judge your case because they're Mexican; if your response to the first black president is that they weren't born in this country, despite all proof; if you say they weren't smart enough to go to Harvard Law and demand to see their grades — if that's the essence of your entire political identity, you might be a white supremacist!
And Coates drew a clear distinction between Trump and previous white presidents, noting the difference in how their whiteness informed their political ideologies and governing styles.
"I wouldn't say George Bush is a white supremacist," Coates remarked. "Now, I have a lot of problems with George Bush's policies. I could make an argument for how they affect black people in a negative way, you know what I mean? But I wouldn't argue that he is a white supremacist, I wouldn't argue that Mitt Romney is a white supremacist."
When Hayes pressed on the "essential core of what [Trump] is doing," Coates responded concisely: "I don't think he's president without it."
Coates recalled the infamous Willie Horton ad from George H.W. Bush, noting that it was a bad moment but that it was not "definitional" of the elder Bush's existence.
But with Trump, "it's the core of him. He began his career in birtherism. It wasn't on the way, that was the thing that got it started, that was what kicked it off. You know, so I think in that sense, he's different."
Indeed, as Coates noted in his Atlantic article, while previous white presidents achieved victory through "the passive power of whiteness," Trump instead weaponized his, with his black predecessor serving as a convenient target.
"It is often said that Trump has no real ideology, which is not true," Coates wrote. "His ideology is white supremacy, in all its truculent and sanctimonious power" — something bolstered by the fact that white supremacists and neo-Nazis welcome Trump as one of their own.
ESPN may not have liked Hill's comments, but it is simply not possible to argue with any sincerity that she was incorrect.
In his own words, Trump told the world that there are some "very fine people" who follow the toxic creed of white supremacy.
Only someone who found common cause with such a hateful worldview could make such a comment.
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Question: What do you think about Pocahontas?

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"At a time when bigotry threatens to overwhelm our discourse, we must amplify voices of basic human respect."
Editor's note: The following are the prepared remarks of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for a speech given at the National Congress of American Indians on Wednesday, February 14, 2018.


Question: Provide an explanation of how to create a content strategy for a business with multiple products.

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How do you build a content strategy for a business with more than one product?
A content marketing strategy should be built around product use cases. It can expand beyond that, but it should always be anchored by the thing that people can pay for. This is simple if you sell one product, but complexity and scale increases for businesses that offer a suite of products.
Here are two companies with multiple products that address this challenge in different ways.
Zendesk offers a handful of products, including its core support tool, a live chat widget, a knowledge base, a call center tool and a few others. Each can be used individually, and all can be used together. All products help with support, but not all are applicable to every business (i.e., a business may offer support by email and chat but not by phone).
Clearbit offers a handful of data enrichment tools. Some are meant for sales teams, others for marketing teams. They also have an API that developers can integrate directly into their own products. Clearbit’s offering is flexible—there are a number of ways for many people from the same company to use it.
In each case, the content team needs to recognize all of the ways that people will search for use cases that one of the products solves for, and then build content for it. There are two ways to do this, and to understand them, we need to look at the difference between Zendesk’s and Clearbit’s business models.
Zendesk targets a company’s support team with many different products.
Clearbit sells a data-enrichment product that’s customized for the different teams it sells to.
The business model informs the content strategy. In either case, a multiproduct offering means that you need a repeatable template that can be used for each target group.
Because Zendesk targets one team with many products, they should take a product-based approach. To that end, they should segment their content by the products they create. The audience is the same (or very similar) for each, but they need to sell each product on its own merit. This means each product should get a full treatment of top-, middle-, and bottom-of-funnel content.
Because Clearbit is targeting many teams with one product, they should take an audience-based approach. They are selling a very similar product to very different teams. Each target audience needs the full treatment of content, from awareness to consideration to purchase.
The strategy framework is similar for each, in that it’s both horizontal and vertical.
Each “vertical” (i.e., product or audience) gets the full treatment of top to bottom content. The strategy is templated so that it can be repeated for each product or audience.
With the framework in place, most businesses can audit existing content to see where the gaps are. In most cases, quite a bit of content is already created, but there are gaps for newer or less popular products.
Here’s an Airtable template you can use for your own content.
This framework can be used for use cases in addition to individual products. Flexible products with many use cases can benefit from dedicated content for each.
You don’t necessarily need an even distribution of content for each audience, product, or place in the funnel. The amount of content depends on the quality of the writing and the difficulty of the keywords.
It’s not always easy to decide whether a post is targeting the top, middle, or bottom of the funnel—and that’s okay. Try to associate each post with the funnel depth that it most closely aligns with.
Some posts can serve multiple audiences. That’s okay, too. Just assume that it will make your content audit slightly more challenging.
Once you have the framework in place, refer to our content strategy guide for more information on how to write for the top, middle, and bottom of the funnel.
If you’re a content marketer currently working on a multiproduct strategy, please get in touch. We’d love to feature some examples and learn from you.


Question: Describe your experience with the Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree program.

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 Describe your experience with the Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree program.

In this program, you’ll prepare for a job as a Full Stack Web Developer, and learn to create complex server-side web applications that use powerful relational databases to persistently store data.
In this program, you’ll prepare for a job as a Full Stack Web Developer, and learn to create complex server-side web applications that use powerful relational databases to persistently store data. You’ll build applications that can support any front end, and scale to support hundreds of thousands of users.
Get started learning full stack web development through interactive content like quizzes, videos, and hands-on programs. Our learn-by-doing approach is the most effective way to learn web development skills.
Build real projects that demonstrate your skills mastery. These projects will populate a portfolio that can be shared with prospective employers. Our hiring partners regularly review these portfolios when seeking qualified candidates.
Join a dynamic community of learners who are committed to an intensive and productive learning experience. You’ll give and receive support, make connections, and stay abreast of trends in your field. Our graduates consistently cite community as one of the most valuable features of their Nanodegree program experience.
The Full Stack Developer Nanodegree program is designed to ensure your long-term success in the field. The skills you learn will prepare you for jobs in full stack web development, and you’ll be ready to deliver immediate value to any organization. We will support you throughout your learning journey; from gaining valuable technical and career skills, to landing your dream job.Designed to prepare you for career success in full stack web development.
Full Stack Web Developers are in high demand. Create your professional portfolio with Udacity and open up a world of opportunities. Our hiring partners are eager to meet you.Create your portfolio and open up a world of opportunities.
In this Nanodegree program, you'll learn how to build and manage relational databases to store and handle application data, and build powerful server-side applications to serve that data to any type of client-side application.
Brush up on your knowledge of essential developers' tools such as the Unix shell, Git, and Github; then apply your skills to investigate HTTP, the web's fundamental protocol.
Master relational databases with the power of SQL, and leverage Python to incorporate database logic into your programs.
Build multi-user web applications using the Flask framework, SQLAlchemy, and authentication providers such as Google.
Deploy your web applications onto Linux servers. Learn the essentials of securing and configuring Linux web servers, then deploy a full stack application to a live server with a database and routing.
Karl is a Course Developer at Udacity. Before joining Udacity, Karl was a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) at Google for eight years, building automation and monitoring to keep the world’s busiest web services online.
Lorenzo has had a passion for education since his first experience teaching computer science at a summer camp during college. He has lived in Boston, Boise, Bethlehem, Jerusalem and Mexico City before making California home. Lorenzo enjoys traveling, cooking, and taking on do-it-yourself projects. He holds a degree in Mathematics with Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a concentration in Middle Eastern Studies.
Good program, if not a little outdated and lacking.
I really enjoyed this learning experience. I learnt a lots.
Fantastic curriculum from Udacity, as per usual. Great division of lessons. Bite-sized chunks to get your confidence up. Then, it's time for the projects. Lots of struggle. Lots of trial and error. But persistence will win the game for you.
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Tolfenamic acid (Clotam) is a member of the anthranilic acid derivatives (or fenamate) class of NSAID drugs discovered by scientists at Medica Pharmaceutical Company in Finland. Like other members of the class, it is a COX inhibitor and prevents formation of prostaglandins.


Question: What is a Playfair cipher?

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The Playfair cipher was the first practical digraph substitution cipher. The scheme was invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone, but was named after Lord Playfair who promoted the use of the cipher. The technique encrypts pairs of letters (digraphs), instead of single letters as in the simple substitution cipher. The Playfair is significantly harder to break since the frequency analysis used for simple substitution ciphers does not work with it. Frequency analysis can still be undertaken, but on the 25*25=625 possible digraphs rather than the 25 possible monographs. Frequency analysis thus requires much more ciphertext in order to work. For a tutorial on breaking Playfair with a simulated annealing algorithm, see Cryptanalysis of the Playfair Cipher.
It was used for tactical purposes by British forces in the Second Boer War and in World War I and for the same purpose by the Australians during World War II. This was because Playfair is reasonably fast to use and requires no special equipment. A typical scenario for Playfair use would be to protect important but non-critical secrets during actual combat. By the time the enemy cryptanalysts could break the message the information was useless to them .
The coastwatchers regularly used the Playfair system. Evans deciphered it with the key ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY [note that this is key square ROYALNEWZDVBCFGHIKMPQSTUX] and learned of Kennedy's fate. [...] About ten hours later, at 10:00 p.m. Kennedy and his crew was rescued.
Note the ciphertext above has some errors in it, see this comment for a more correct version.
The 'key' for a playfair cipher is generally a word, for the sake of example we will choose 'monarchy'. This is then used to generate a 'key square', e.g.
Any sequence of 25 letters can be used as a key, so long as all letters are in it and there are no repeats. Note that there is no 'j', it is combined with 'i'. We now apply the encryption rules to encrypt the plaintext.
Remove any punctuation or characters that are not present in the key square (this may mean spelling out numbers, punctuation etc.).
Identify any double letters in the plaintext and replace the second occurence with an 'x' e.g. 'hammer' -> 'hamxer'.
If the plaintext has an odd number of characters, append an 'x' to the end to make it even.
The algorithm now works on each of the letter pairs.
For a tutorial on breaking Playfair with a simulated annealing algorithm, see Cryptanalysis of the Playfair Cipher.
Obtaining the key is relatively straightforward if both plaintext and ciphertext are known, however we want to find the key without knowing the plaintext. Guessing some of the words using knowledge of where the message came from, when it came from, etc. can be a huge help in reconstructing the key square. It should be recognized that guessing some of the plaintext and using that to reconstruct the keysquare is by far the easiest way to crack this cipher.
Cryptanalysis of the playfair cipher is much more difficult than normal simple substitution ciphers, because digraphs (pairs of letters) are being substituted instead of monographs (single letters). If we use frequency analysis of english digraphs, we can use this information in the same way as we used the monograph frequencies, however, there are ~600 digraphs and only 26 monographs. We need far more ciphertext for the digraphic system to make reliable key choices compared to the monographic system.
When cryptanalysing by hand, the following trick can be used. A Playfair digraph and its reverse (e.g. AB and BA) will decrypt to the same letter pattern in the plaintext (e.g. RE and ER). In English, there are many words which contain these reversed digraphs such as REceivER and DEpartED. Identifying nearby reversed digraphs in the ciphertext and matching the pattern to a list of known plaintext words containing the pattern is an easy way to generate possible plaintext strings with which to begin constructing the key. A good tutorial on reconstructing the key for a Playfair cipher can be found in chapter 7, "Solution to Polygraphic Substitution Systems," of Field Manual 34-40-2, produced by the United States Army.
The cipher message contains an even number of letters.
A frequency count will show no more than 25 letters (with no letter J).
If long repeats occur, they will be separated by an even number of characters. Repeated sequences will usually be an even number of characters.
When Solving by computer, an easy way of finding a key is to start with a random square of letters. Minor changes are then introduced (i.e. swapping letters in the key) to see if the candidate plaintext is more like standard plaintext than before the change (e.g. using markov models, or trigram frequency counts). If the new square is deemed to be an improvement (plaintext has higher likelyhood), then it is adopted and then further mutated to find an even better candidate. Eventually, the plaintext or something very close to it is found by chosing the key that provides a plaintext with the highest likelyhood.
Lecture 3 "Cryptanalysis of the Classical Ciphers", by Dr. Alex Biryukov.
Simon Singh's 'The Code Book' is an excellent introduction to ciphers and codes, and includes a section on playfair ciphers.


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Chandra K. West (born December 31, 1970) is a Canadian actress.


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NIST is implementing a source of public randomness. The service (at https://beacon.nist.gov/home) uses two independent commercially available sources of randomness, each with an independent hardware entropy source and SP 800-90-approved components.
VALUES AS SECRET CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS.
The Beacon broadcasts full-entropy bit-strings in blocks of 512 bits every 60 seconds. Each such value is time-stamped and signed, and includes the hash of the previous value to chain the sequence of values together. This prevents all, even the source, from retroactively changing an output packet without being detected. The beacon keeps all output packets and makes them available online.
Tables of random numbers have probably been used for multiple purposes at least since the Industrial Revolution. The first published table appears to be by the English statistician L.H.C. Tippett. In the digital age, algorithmic random number generators have largely replaced these tables. The NIST Randomness Beacon expands the use of randomness to multiple scenarios in which the latter methods cannot be used. The extra functionalities stem mainly from three features. First, the Beacon-generated numbers cannot be predicted before they are published. Second, the public, time-bound, and authenticated nature of the Beacon allows a user application to prove to anybody that it used truly random numbers not known before a certain point in time. Third, this proof can be presented offline and at any point in the future. For example, the proof could be mailed to a trusted third party, encrypted and signed by an application, only to be opened if needed and authorized.
A space-time diagram illustrating a locality-loophole-free Bell test. In this test, entangled photons are verified to have correlations that exceed the maximum level possible with any predetermined (or classical) states. To demonstrate this unequivocally, it is important to make sure that the measurements performed on one photon cannot, by any means within the bounds of physics, influence the measurement of the other photon. Such an influence, if it were to exist, could allow fully predetermined states to appear to share quantum correlations. Conducting the two measurements outside of each other's light cones ensures this measurement independence. In the space-time diagram above, the speed of light is depicted by rays at ±45 degrees, and also represents the maximum speed at which information about any event could (conceivably) propagate away from the origin of the event. Therefore, positions outside the cone formed by the rays from any event represent locations and times that could not possibly have received any information from the event. In the loophole-free test illustrated above, entangled photons are emitted from the source and propagate in opposite directions towards receivers Alice and Bob. At some point in time, indicated by "i" and "j," Alice and Bob each independently choose how to measure the properties of the photon each will receive. To conduct a locality-loophole-free Bell test, Alice and Bob must complete their chosen measurements (Ai,and Bj, determining results a and b, respectively.) before any information about the other's choice could possibly reach their location; Alice must complete her measurement before the rays emanating from the event "j" intersect her location, similarly Bob must complete his measurement outside the light cone of event "i." Closing this and other loopholes in the Bell test provide certification that no information about the state of the photons could have been available prior to its observation, assuring that the correlations could not have been predetermined. That guarantee of no predetermination of the photon system and its measurement results, will ultimately be used to produce random bits that can be assured to be both random and unknown to anyone before a certain time.


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When asked if San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz was implicated, an FBI agent said, "We are going to follow the investigation where it leads us."
Special agent in charge Douglas Leff said federal investigators are also looking into potential obstruction of the investigation. According to Leff, agents believe documents tied to the reported irregularities in the city's purchasing procedures might have been taken from the building or falsified.
At least 20 agents, mostly unarmed, entered the building carrying briefcases, cameras, electronic equipment and coffee, Puerto Rican news agency El Nuevo Día reported. The raid was focused on the offices of San Juan's Purchasing Division.
When asked if San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz was implicated in the investigation, Leff said, "We have no information about that, but we are going to follow the investigation where it leads us."
The mayor's office is in San Juan City Hall, in a separate location from the building raided by the FBI.
Cruz tweeted Tuesday morning that she instructed city officials to cooperate with federal authorities.
"If someone has done something wrong, they should undergo due process and face the consequences of their actions," Cruz said.
Cruz often sparred with President Donald Trump after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory last year. Their feud was recently rekindled after Trump expressed doubt about research that indicated the hurricane was responsible for nearly 3,000 deaths, a dramatic increase from the previous official death toll of 64.
Trump has blamed the slow response to the damage caused by Maria on inefficiencies in the Puerto Rican government. Last month, Trump sent a tweet quoting conservative Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, who said Puerto Rico is run by "one of the most corrupt governments in our country."
The allegation was centered on a $4.7 million contract awarded to construction company BR Solutions. The company is owned by businessman Leonel Pereira O’Neill, who has made political donations to a number of Puerto Rican politicians, including Cruz, El Nuevo Día reported.
The FBI has not identified any suspects in the case, but Leff told reporters that a conviction for the type of fraud alleged would likely carry a maximum sentence of five years.


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Important note: the Stand Against Spying Congressional Scorecard is not being maintained. It is provided here for historical reference, but is not a current reflection of legislators' effort to end mass surveillance.
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If you’re a Senator, you can Stand Against Spying by co-sponsoring and voting yes on the Senate version of the USA FREEDOM Act, S. 2685, and supporting amendments that strengthen the bill.
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The Workers Solidarity Movement is very pleased to announce the second issue of The Irish Anarchist Review. This magazine is dedicated to understanding the contemporary political, economic and social situation that confronts us, and finding ways to advance alternatives.
Our first issue was released in the aftermath of major strikes across the public sector. Despite decades of partnership, a deflated union movement and an intense barrage of media bile, Irish workers showed their willingness to take to picket lines to fight the Government.
Now, however, we can see that the union leadership were not willing to fight - they quickly demobilised strike action to return to the bargaining table, squeezing out a disgraceful deal in Croke Park negotiations. Now, without opposition, the Government calmly talks of four-years of ‘hair-shirt’ budgets to restore the national finances.
As we noted in the previous issue, the weakness of the Left had much to do with the failure of opposition. It is clear that the Left will need to be much clearer in its strategy if it is to be able to achieve any positions of strength in future. It is in this spirit that we welcome a guest contribution from Alan Davis, arguing for a concerted and serious approach to union and workplace organising. We recognise the continued need for non-sectarian debate among the Left and are open to more contributions.
The surrender of the unions has left the dominant logic of ‘sharing the pain’ unchallenged. Gregor Kerr’s discussion of the housing crisis shows that even in ‘the good old days’ of the Celtic Tiger, the housing bubble was at its heart a scam, a gamble that enriched the few at the expense of the many.
As Ireland is cast to the mercy of international bond investors and other cavaliers of credit, Paul Bowman assesses the origins of the money market, and its role in contemporary capitalism. He argues against any comfortable return to soft-Keynesian dogma and stresses that the global system is a class-system, it cannot be understood, nor confronted without this analysis.
Our reviews take a more hopeful tone, looking at the continuing usefulness of the historical tradition of anarchism and the increasing evidence for its viability. Both of these will be useful as we seem to face a crisis of ideas and hope in parallel to our economic woes.
While we are confronted with an historic crisis and uncertainty about our future, we would do well to remember that another world is possible, but it will not come of its own accord. We need to understand the present, we need to understand the futures open to us, and we must find the way to the one we want.
Understanding the jargon behind the banking crisis - What are they talking About?