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"The View" co-host Wednesday's Whoopi Goldberg told a conceivable Donald Trump administration flags that "maybe now is the right time" for her to move out of the country.
Ms. Goldberg was referring to an individual case by co-holding Joy Behar that the Republican presidential leader "has several Democratic propensities on the off chance you see his record."
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"Tune in, he can be whatever faction he wants to be," added Ms. Goldberg, as shown by a clasp that Breitbart News received. "What he can't be is that he can't be the guy that claims that it's the fault stuff that doesn't work. That's not the president I need. Find out how to make it work." "Be that as it might, you can't tell, 'Goodness, you're Lebanese or you're dark or you're Mexican or you're a woman.' Quit blaming anyone. "On top of that, if you can repair it, I'll listen in to what you need to do. The moment you start pointing and saying you 're an attacker and a murderer, it irritates me since i have been a bit of that once they simply utilize a sweeping proclamation to debate dark individuals or once they utilize a sweeping articulation to debate white individuals or ladies or another gathering.
"I do not feel that's America. I do not need it to be America. Perhaps it is the ideal opportunity on behalf of me to maneuver, you know," she included.
"Try to not say that," Ms. Behar cautioned.
"I've generally been an American, and this has dependably been my nation, and we've generally possessed the capacity to possess discourses," she said. "What's more, all of a sudden currently it's transforming into, you know, 'not them, not them.' And you recognize, we've tons of companions whose guardians saw this as of now. they might prefer to not remember this. they might prefer to not remember this. So I require all of the chances to form some quite breakthrough. Return to American qualities."
Ms. Behar included: "I should be gullible possibly, yet I do trust that toward the day's end the American individuals won't choose favor of that sort of xenophobia. The way that they cast a ballot twice for President Obama, twice for Clinton, individuals like that. I actually do trust they're going to awaken. What's more, you recognize what, [Mr. Trump] can't win without 40 percent of the Hispanic vote, and he has estranged the Hispanics.
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Impacts of Failing to Invest in Natural Gas Infrastructure the Focus of Senate Hearing
PA Chamber Director of Government Affairs Kevin Sunday raised the alarm about the consequences for Pennsylvania's economy and energy security if the state fails to harness its abundant natural gas resources.
At a joint informational hearing last week before the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and the Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee, Sunday began by highlighting Pennsylvania's status as an international energy hub and the subsequent economic and environmental benefits of this status by sharing the following facts:
PA is the second largest energy producing state in the nation and the largest in the 13 state PJM grid;
The natural gas boom has led to a 34 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions since 2005 (second in the nation in reductions.) These efforts have led to the state achieving the mandates set forth by the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan for 2030; and
Declines in air emissions have been coupled with reductions in price. In 2020, wholesale prices across PJM were the lowest in 15 years, while Europe lags behind PA and countries including India and China have actually increased their emissions.
Despite these encouraging trends, disruptions in pipeline development spurred by misguided activism and regulatory barriers have led to delays outright cancellations of critical projects. Most recently, PennEast announced its decision to table a 116-mile natural gas pipeline that would have pumped $1 billion into the regional economy, following constant resistance from factions within New Jersey and an inability to secure environmental permits to get the project underway.
As to the impact of pipeline development on national energy security, Sunday testified that the North American Electric Reliability Corporation has said New England's energy security is in the balance; and ISO-NE, the grid operator for New England, has "plainly stated there is a need" for additional pipeline infrastructure from PA and other Appalachian states to the region. New Englanders also pay the highest electricity rates in the nation. In addition, the ISO-NE warned in 2018 that without new gas infrastructure it will likely have to impose rolling blackouts and managed outages during future winters.
Sunday elaborated on the impact on Pennsylvania when pipeline projects are stalled, noting that PA loses out on 22,000 jobs and $2.4 billion in state GDP. He cited researchers at the Columbia University's Center for Global Energy Policy who have reported that expanded investment in natural gas infrastructure is necessary to meet climate goals, stating that "while it may seem counterintuitive, investing more in the domestic natural gas pipeline network could help the US reach net-zero emission goals more quickly and cheaply. Fortifying and upgrading the system could prepare the existing infrastructure to transport zero-carbon fuels as they become available."
"It is important to take a step back and recall that while electricity may be delivered via regional grids, the energy markets are truly global in nature," Sunday stated. "The decisions Pennsylvania and its neighboring states make have global consequences. As noted prior in this testimony, attempts to reduce supply or transmission do not to a great extent impact demand for natural gas – instead, it will be met at the margins by importing LNG from countries that do not share the United States' commitment to human rights or environmental standards."
Sunday's full testimony to the committee can be viewed here.


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Working Families Party Endorses Nixon, Despite Pressure From Cuomo
By Chas Danner
Cynthia Nixon at a campaign event in March. Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images
As expected, New York's Working Families Party officially endorsed gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon on Saturday. Nixon, who received more than 90 percent of the vote at the ultra-progressive party's state committee meeting, is now guaranteed a spot on the ballot in November, though the former Sex in the City actress didn't commit to remaining on the party's ballot line if she loses the Democratic primary against current governor Andrew Cuomo.
Nixon won't commit to staying on WFP line if she loses in the Democratic primary to Cuomo. Says she'll "confer" with party leaders. #nygov pic.twitter.com/4JvOWyXrnf
— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) April 14, 2018
How Cuomo Played the Working Families Party
Cuomo, who announced on Friday that he would not seek the WFP's endorsement, has reportedly gone to war against the insurgent party, and pressured his powerful union allies to persuade them not to endorse Nixon. That didn't work, however, and large local chapters of the SEIU and Communications Workers of America both left the WFP on Friday as a result, though they were not the first unions to split from the party since it almost endorsed Cuomo's last left-liberal challenger, Zephyr Teachout, in 2014. That experience, which resulted in plenty of bad blood between Cuomo and the WFP, undoubtedly set the stage for Saturday's endorsement.
The New York Times reports that Cuomo has also been telling unions to cut off funding for community groups that veer for Nixon, and if they don't they can "lose my number." Nixon made a point to criticize such tactics on Saturday, and she had already been characterizing Cuomo as a Trump-like bully.
"People should be able to endorse who they want to endorse and not have their livelihoods threatened because of it." -@CynthiaNixon at @NYWFP endorsement pic.twitter.com/EDPdAPgcfG
— Nomiki Konst🌹 (@NomikiKonst) April 14, 2018
A Cuomo spokesperson reached out to Daily Intelligencer regarding the discord with the WFP, insisting that the governor's "record of progressive accomplishment is unmatched," and commenting that "the schism between the progressive unions who founded the WFP and some of its member organizations is unfortunate, but in that divide the governor stands with the unions who have left the WFP and no longer feel it represents the interests of middle- and working-class New Yorkers."
Even if Nixon's long-shot campaign to defeat Cuomo in the Democratic primary were to succeed, the governor's name would almost certainly still be on the ballot in November. New York's Independence Party, which also has its own ballot line and endorsed Cuomo in 2010 and 2014, has already said they will back the governor again this year.
This post has been updated to include the comment from Cuomo's office.
WFP Endorses Nixon, Despite Pressure From Cuomo


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Ikea shoppers flee Shanghai store after security staff tried to lock them in over COVID alert
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Chaos arose in a Shanghai Ikea over the weekend, when shoppers were locked in the building after health officials learned someone who had been in contact with a COVID patient had visited the store.
People in the store in the city's Xuhui district were seen screaming and trying to flee on Saturday as news of the sudden unexpected quarantine reached shoppers, with footage showing crowds trying to force their way out of the doors before they were locked.
上海徐汇宜家要forbidden to go out together with popular disease science investigation, scared the customer 银快逃亡。 Don't want to be in China before the virus is destroyed,切记. pic.twitter.com/dAWbpbln7v
— 方舟子 (@fangshimin) August 14, 2022
Bloomberg reported on Monday that Shanghai health officials said they had put "temporary control measures" in place at the store after they were made aware that a close contact of a six-year-old child with an asymptomatic COVID infection had been in the store.
Authorities declined to say when the contact had visited the Ikea store, according to Bloomberg.
A spokesperson for Ikea's Chinese operations told Fortune on Monday that the store remained closed but would soon be reopening.
"In response to the epidemic prevention guidelines from the authorities, Ikea Shanghai Xuhui was temporarily closed on August 14 and 15 and will reopen on August 16," they said. "We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused."
Zhao Dandan, deputy director of the Shanghai Health Commission, said at a press briefing on Sunday that anyone who had been in the store would be required to quarantine for two days before completing five days of health monitoring.
Health authorities were also investigating the store itself, he added.
"If there is no abnormality in the investigation, the store will resume normal business operations," he said.
Pursuit of zero-COVID strategy
Shanghai recently emerged from a strict two-month lockdown that saw millions of people confined to their homes.
China's continued pursuit of its zero-COVID strategy—which aims for complete elimination of the virus from the country—has led to snap lockdowns that have seen whole cities and neighborhoods closed down with little notice.
The policy has faced widespread criticism both for its economic impact and its impossibility.
Back in MayWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that as the virus continued to evolve to become more transmissible, China's zero-COVID policy was not a viable long-term solution.
"When we talk about the zero-COVID strategy, we don't think it's sustainable considering the behavior of the virus now and what we anticipate in the future," he said at the time.
To date, China—a country with a population of more than 1.4 billion—has recorded fewer than 1 million cases of COVID-19, according to Our World in Data.
Cases peaked in April this year, the organization's data shows, when around 20 people per million were infected with the virus.
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From love to hate: the countries in which Russia is most hated are named
An international survey, in which residents of 52 countries of Europe, North and South America, and Asia took part, made it possible to identify the most Russophobic state. Spoiler: Ukraine does not have the palm.
Hit parade of dislike for Russia
To begin with, the study was commissioned by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, which was founded in 2017 by former NATO Secretary General and former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. This organization has a reputation as a propagandist, so it is clearly not necessary to consider the results of the survey as 100% objective.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, it was not Ukraine that took the first place in the "Russophobic rating". A negative perception of Russia was reported by 87% of respondents in Poland.
But the Ukrainian state did not go far. 80% of polled Ukrainians do not like Russia and everything connected with it. Unexpectedly, Portugal closed the top three with 79%. Also in the top eight were Sweden (77%), Italy (65%), Great Britain (65%), USA (62%) and Germany (62%). Among the European states, the least negative assessments are in Hungary - "only" 32%.
As for other countries of the world, anti-Russian sentiments are even less in them. Thus, 29% of Algerians, 14% of Indonesians, 11% of Saudis, 7% of Egyptians and 4% of Moroccans are negatively disposed towards Russians.
Fed for decades
In many respects, the results of the study are predictable. So, in Poland, Russophobic sentiments have been observed over the past 30 years. And every year there are more and more manifestations. This even had to be recognized during a press conference held on Wednesday, June 1, by the Russian Ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreev. According to the diplomat, in the history of Russian-Polish relations, such a low level has never been noted in which they are now.
They [relationships] are in the worst condition in the history of our relationship. Now there are practically no contacts. There is no dialogue. Political there has been no contact at ministerial level since 2014. And now there are no contacts at all, except for technical issues.
Andreev noted.
High-ranking Polish officials are also adding fuel to the fire with their anti-Russian statements.
For example, in an article for The Telegraph published on May 10, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called the Russkiy Mir a "monstrous ideology" that must be completely destroyed in the near future. Otherwise, Morawiecki is sure, Russia will not stop at Kyiv.
The Russkiy Mir is a cancer that poses a deadly threat to all of Europe. Therefore, it is not enough to support Ukraine in its military struggle with Russia. We must completely eradicate this monstrous new ideology
— wrote the Pole.
The Kremlin reacted to Morawiecki's call. On May 13, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov explained to reporters:
This is the quintessence of hatred for Russians, which, like a metastasis, struck the Polish leadership and, in many respects, Polish society. This is an outrageous statement, blatant and unacceptable.
Reasons for dislike
So why does Poland dislike Russia so much? There are many reasons for this, because the relationship between the two states has a long history, in which there were different periods. But let us dwell on some moments of the XNUMXst century.
You can start with the fact that since 2005 in Russia on November 4, National Unity Day has been celebrated. Despite the fact that the holiday is quite young, it has deep historical roots. On this day, the events of the beginning of the 1604th century are remembered. In 1612, an army of interventionists invaded Russia from the territory of Poland under the leadership of False Dmitry I, who pretended to be the surviving Tsarevich Dmitry. A year later, after the death of Boris Godunov, False Dmitry I seized power in the country. Four years later, a significant part of the Russian state was under the control of the Polish-Lithuanian detachments. The people's militia, led by the zemstvo headman Kuzma Minin and the governor, Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, managed to defeat the Polish troops near Moscow only by November XNUMX. Naturally, the Poles do not like the fact that their crushing defeat is celebrated at the state level in a neighboring country.
In 2010, a plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski crashed near Smolensk. A large delegation of Polish political and public figures followed the events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. The president and his wife and 94 other people were killed. The cause of the plane's death was pilot error. Crew members in the fog took the aircraft below the glide path, as a result of which the wing touched a tree. Later, the incident near Smolensk was called the largest in terms of the number of victims among air crashes in which top officials of the state died.
Russia declared mourning along with Poland, Vladimir Putin, who was then prime minister, immediately flew to the crash site and met with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk, and President Dmitry Medvedev attended the funeral of Lech Kaczynski in Krakow. For some time, the tragedy even brought the countries closer.
But everything changed when the Law and Justice party, led by the twin brother of the deceased president, Yaroslav Kaczynski, came to power in Poland. From that moment, the theory began to be voiced that the Russian FSB shot down flight 101 on the orders of Putin, who, in turn, conspired with Tusk to kill Lech Kaczynski.
In fact, there are many more reasons for not entirely friendly Russian-Polish relations. This is the desire of the Poles to dig a canal through the Baltic Spit, and the sad pages of history (the mass execution of captured Polish officers in the Katyn forest), and the unsatisfied imperial ambitions of Poland, and its militarization (the country has been a member of NATO since 1999, which cannot but worry Russia) with decommunization. From this we can conclude that the situation is unlikely to improve in the near future. And the results of the study by the Alliance of Democracies confirm this, albeit indirectly.
Author: Alexander Sizarov
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Pavel N (Paul) 3 June 2022 10: 14
In the Katyn forest, our NKVDEshniki left these Poles to their fate, and the Nazis, in order not to mess with them, shot them all
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dpu (Andrei) 3 June 2022 17: 47
So ours did not want to mess with them. After all, no one has forgotten how they "frolic" with the captured Russians and whites and reds in the 1920s.
Offline KLV
KLV (Konstantin) 3 June 2022 15: 08
God be with them, with Ukraine and Poland. Here everything is more or less clear.
Why didn't the author say anything about Portugal? Flaw!
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Smilodon terribilis nimis 3 June 2022 21: 13
And what about Portugal?
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zenion (zinovy) 3 June 2022 21: 54
The trouble with the Poles is that they try on everyone, that's what they would do.
mass execution of captured Polish officers in the Katyn forest
But who really arranged this execution? Unfortunately, the version invented by Goebels that the Russians did this is now very common.
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Atol vedaslav (Atol Vedaslav) 4 June 2022 11: 40
Gorby in hell will be separately responsible for the fact that the crime of the Nazis hung on the Soviet people.
It's as obvious as Bucha can be. Well, as for the Poles, I think we will have a separate conversation with the Poles, after the swineherds.
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Ulysses (Alexey) 4 June 2022 23: 15
So, in Poland, Russophobic sentiments have been observed over the past 30 years. And every year there are more and more manifestations.
Perhaps someone is not in the know, but the Ukrainian experiment was tested in Poland even earlier.
Even at the beginning of the XNUMXs, our region (Kaliningrad) had extensive ties with the Poles, especially with border voivodeships, including common business, border trade.
However, with each new Polish government, gradually but purposefully, ties began to break down.
Moreover, the initiative came exclusively from the Polish side, back from Warsaw, because the border Poles did not suffer from Russophobia at all.
PS A little dumbfounded when you watch how in a couple of generations (with modern technology) you can reformat entire nations.
Quote: Atol Vedaslav
He was paid well by his German curators for this.


Remembering the Dragon Lady
Memoirs of the Men who Experienced the Legend of the U-2 Spy Plane
Gerald McIlmoyle, Linda Rios Bromley
c 225 photos 1 map
Dimensions : 9 X 6 inches
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With heightened tensions mounting in the Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower's request for more accurate intelligence information on the Soviet Union was the spark that ignited the U-2 project. Modified USAF bombers began overflights of the Soviet Union in 1951, but existing lower flying aircraft in the US inventory were vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire and a number of cross-border flights were shot down. To meet the challenge and improve the survivability, the Lockheed Corporation received approval for their revolutionary design of a new recon aircraft on December 9, 1954. The company began work under a heavy veil of secrecy with only 81 people, including 25 engineers. A test pilot flew the first flight on August 1, 1955, after only eight months of production, a record-breaking result for rollout of a new project, especially one this complex and innovative. A dedicated and inventive group of contractors came together to support the project with partial pressure suits for pilots, high-resolution cameras, and an engine that could carry the aircraft to altitudes of 70,000 feet and higher. Nicknamed the Dragon Lady, the U-2 has flown over Cuba, Alaska, North and South poles, Vietnam, Australia, Sweden, New Zealand, and Afghanistan. The U-2 is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago. More recently it flew over the hurricane ravaged US Gulf Coast to collect imagery of the destruction over a 90,000 square mile area. First-person memoirs of many of the men who supported the early US spy plane project are included in this book. They include pilots, maintenance specialists, a flight surgeon, photographic specialists and some family members. The US also trained U-2 pilots from Taiwan and the UK and some of their photos and memoirs are in this collection. An example of the entries in the book include one pilot's experience on a flight over the North Pole when he discovered his instrumentation was inaccurate due to the magnetic fields and realized almost too late that he was flying directly toward the Soviet Union. Maintenance technicians recalled working long hours to prepare aircraft for historic flights over Cuba. Photographic specialists remembered the difficult conditions in Vietnam, and the care required to download the exposed film of North Vietnamese targets from the cameras in the aircraft. All of these experiences were achieved under Top Secret security conditions and on a "need to know" basis.
Brig Gen (Ret.) Gerald E. McIlmoyle specializes in military history with a focus on aviation.
Linda Rios Bromley retired from federal civil service after 33 years' employment in such locations as Laughlin AFB, Texas; Charleston Naval Base, South Carolina; USAF Headquarters, Europe; Wiesbaden, Germany; NASA; and the Internal Revenue Service, Houston, Texas. She co-authored with Brigadier General Gerald E. McIlmoyle (Ret) Remembering the Dragon Lady, Memoirs of the Men Who Experienced the Legend of the U-2 Spy Plane. As a result of that book, she was invited to write a similar book for another USAF organization... Together with Jim Bard and Frank Hayes, Linda co-authored We Served With Honor, Memories of the Men Who Served the 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. She has served as a member of the Board of Directors, Laughlin Heritage Foundation Museum in Del Rio, Texas and is currently a member of Cypress Ink Blots Writers' Group in Cypress, Texas.
"Remembering the Dragon Lady is a superb book on the dramatic history of this marvelous airplane. A product of Kelly Johnson's Skunk Works, the U-2 was acclaimed by him as one of the very high points of his engineering career. As a pilot of the U-2 for over nine years, I can attest to its challenges and rewards. I entered the program when it first came into the USAF inventory and drew immense pleasure and pride from mastering this difficult but rewarding plane and accomplishing the mission for which it was created. Readers will find this book an exciting and educational volume."
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Jewish Media Bully Amazon Into Banning Academic Books Which Honestly Investigate the 'Holocaust'
April 2, 2019 April 2, 2019 by Edward Morgan
By Russia Insider,
On February 19, 2019, the leftist website Quartz featured a blog entry alerting its readers that Amazon was selling books too controversial for zealots of political correctness to tolerate. The article was adorned with a burning swastika to give the reader the impression that the primary target of this call for censorship were some truly evil people.
After all, we all need to fret at all times that these evil Nazis are always waiting for the next opportunity to throw people alive into gas ovens. And who wouldn't agree that such creatures really need to be censored…
The image Quartz used to terrify its readers …
In case you haven't picked up on my sarcasm here, it may be time for you to relinquish your voting rights, because you are evidently unfit to think rationally and to recognize a bogeyman when he's driven through cyber-town.
The traditional enemies of free speech have been trying for years to bully Amazon into banning items that are perfectly legal (1), at least in marketplaces such as the United States, where the First Amendment to its Constitution prevents the government from passing laws limiting free speech. Amazon simply used to ignore them. And why shouldn't they? Who is going to boycott Amazon for selling a few copies of some fringe literature?
In 1998, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, gave a speech at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois, where he explained the background of his company's success story, and simply stated in this regard:
"[…] we're taking a different approach. We're trying to sell all books. We want to make every book available. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." (starting at 14:30)
But in early 2017, this all changed when Amazon turned its free marketplace of ideas into an increasingly controlled market where the standards of political correctness reign supreme. This is not trivial, because Amazon controls some 50% of all book sales in the U.S., and their market share for other consumer products is similar and growing. Many consumers rely on Amazon as a product search engine. If Amazon doesn't carry it, chances are that some 50% of all consumers will never even learn about a product's existence. If Amazon decides to flip the switch on a certain company, chances are that vendor will not survive this instantaneous loss of some 50% of their turnover. The power we, as consumers, bestow on Amazon to decide what we can and cannot buy is becoming truly frightening.
In March of 2017, Amazon flipped the switch on one small British publishing company: Castle Hill Publishers. Almost all their book titles were banned overnight, with no warning. What kind of books are these? Raving rants of racism and anti-Semitism? Not at all. Here are 9 of them, with blurbs describing what they are about. For a full list of the 68 banned books, see here.
In the eye of this censorship storm was actually a series of academic books dealing with the fate of the Jews in Europe prior to and during World War II. Ah, you may say, that's a fine way of avoiding the third-rail term "Holocaust." As a matter of fact, while many of the books deal indeed with this topic, some of them don't, or do so only indirectly. But no matter what, they were all murdered by Amazon: "No academic dissent permitted!"
Castle Hill Publishers has described in detail in a separate book titled The Day Amazon Murdered History how and why this massive book banning unfolded. For now, this book can even be bought from Amazon. But you don't have to buy it to read it, because it's available as a free download from the publishers' web shop. If you prefer watching it as a documentary instead, visit the publishers' YouTube Channel. But beware! The "YouTube community" has flagged this documentary on book banning "as inappropriate or offensive to some audiences," so you have to first confirm that you really want to be in shock and awe when learning about this. This flagging prevents this video from ever showing up in any YouTube or Goggle searches, and people cannot embed it either. (Needless to say, the publishers' own web version comes without these restrictions.)
So, not only is censorship alive and well in the U.S. – on a corporate level – but the powers that be moreover keep this ugly fact as invisible as possible from the public's eyes by hiding it from the accidental observer. You need to already know that it's there in order to find it!
(1) See for instance:
Joshua Levitt, "Amazon.com Selling Holocaust Denial, Nazi Hate Literature, Despite Being Sued in 2009," The Algemeiner, Oct. 13, 2013
Enda Crowley, "New Amazon shame: Holocaust denial," The Daily Dot, Oct. 14, 2013
Ryan Gorman, "Amazon revealed to sell Holocaust denial, anti-Semitic and white supremacist books," Daily Mail, Oct. 15, 2013
Robert Singer, "Don't sell books that deny the Holocaust, WJC urges Amazon.com," World Jewish Congress, Oct. 17, 2013
Stephen Oryszczuk "Petition to rid Amazon of anti-Semitic texts," Jewish News Online/Times of Israel, Aug. 14, 2014
Ron Radosh, "Why Is Amazon Still Selling Anti-Semitic and Nazi Propaganda?," PJ Media, May 12, 2015
Michael Schaub, "Sacramento rabbi wants Amazon to pull Holocaust-denial books," Los Angeles Times, July 6, 2015
David Benkof, "Anti-Semitism at Amazon is the real scandal," Jewish Journal, Nov. 22, 2016
Mary Papenfuss, "Amazon Gets Heat Over Holocaust Denial Books," The Huffington Post, Feb. 13, 2017
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April 3, 2019 at 8:13 AM | Reply
Long ago I decided upon a course to reverse the censorship idea to turn it back on the inquisitors of the false religion that is called Political Correctness. I have censored its corrupted vocabulary from my speech and my writings. I refuse to repeat its false theology. I refuse to worship its false gods. I lost one job over refusing to refer to someone as "Ms." and almost lost another over referring to a negro lady as a "negro lady." Still, I have never had a hungry day. I recommend that we all just tell the mavens of Political Correctness to take their false religion back to from whence it is come and then stay down there with it.
You are very strange.
BEN GREGO
THIS IS HORRIBLE. I cannot believe that this is happening in this great country of ours.
Shame on Bezos for cowtowing to these idiot!!!
the free exchange of ideas, etc., should NEVER be censored!!!
Here's hoping Bezos wakes up to the terrible thing he's doing to our literary freedoms!!!!
And on a side note, I have boycotted Amazon…..due to the way his company treats its employees, not only here, but in foreign countries also!!
Buh-bye, Amazon, no more of my hard-earned money will ever be in your pockets!!
Get it right ,its not jewish media its Khazarian satanic baby eating pretend jews that run the big companies thru their constant "oh we are victims" cards and pretending they are real Jews !! , time for them all to be removed , C'mon white hats hurry the feck up


«Maltage» and Aliyev's «reforms»? SOCAR Trading, Maddox SA, Rovshan Tamrazov, Turab Musayev, Maryam Almaszade
Euro Asia New's 28th October 2020 28th August 2021 Eng, Europa, Research
Maltese journalism Caruana Galizia has declared with its anti-corruption investigations that, the Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat and his wife were involved in the Panama Papers scandal.
Galicia accused Muscat's wife of keeping bribes in secret accounts in Panama and using secret offshore bank accounts to hide payments from the family of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-whistle-blower-efimova-linked-slain-maltese-jouralist-caruana-galizia-turns-self-in-athens-greece-azerbaijan-aliyev-family-/29112519.html
Galicia died at the age of 53, shortly after leaving her home in Bidnia on October 16, 2017,when a bomb exploded in her rented Peugeot108 car..
Maltese police have launched an investigation into the incident.
Police sought international assistance, including the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The Maltese government announced that a reward of 1 million euros will be given to those who share information that will find the murderer of Daphne Caruana Galizia.
On 4 December 2017, Malta Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced that 10 people had been detained in connection with the assassination.
Three of the ten arrested were later charged with carrying out the bombing.
The three suspects were identified as George Degiorgio, his brother Alfred Degiorgio, and their friend Vince Muscat (who has a surname similar to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat).
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat resigned as prime minister on January 13, 2020, due to the political crisis and increasing pressure caused by the investigation in the government.
Vince Muscat, one of the detained defendants and accused of planting a time bomb in the journalist's car on February 23, 2021, changed his statement at the last hearing and accepted all charges.
Vince Muscat was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Valletta Court.
When we examine the process that resulted in the assassination of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, we come across familiar names and institutions.
So let's take a closer look at the process.
The date is December 2014.
Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, Energy and Water Protection Minister Konrad Mizzi, Prime Ministry Human Resources Director Keith Schembri, Prime Minister Spokesperson Kurt Farrugia are on the left side of the table, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and Azerbaijani officials are on the right side of the table set up in Baku.
The issue began negotiating for an 18-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement to Malta's Electrogas power plant. agreement was signed.
According to the supply security agreement, the Malta Electrogaz plant was committed to purchase liquefied natural gas for 18 years, well above market prices.
The Maltese government has long concealed the existence of this LNG agreement from the European Commission.
Even in the parliament, he did not make any public statement about the agreement, which caused controversy.
It was at this time that Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia began publishing the results of her research.
According to Galizia, the 17 Black and Macbridge companies included in the «Panama Papers» were key in corruption, money laundering and bribery.
http://www.assembly.coe.int/LifeRay/JUR/Pdf/TextesProvisoires/2019/20190529-CaruanaGaliziaAssassination-EN.pdf
Galizia's news eventually resulted in her death as a result of a bomb placed on her car.
The bombing assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017 sparked controversy in Malta.
As street protests increased in 2019, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat had to resign on 13 January 2020.
In the investigation, following the statements of Vince Muscat, one of the three people who carried out the bombing, he caught and arrested the Maltese businessman Yorgan Fenech, who had casinos and hotels in Malta, while he was escaping with his private yacht.
The biggest feature of Yorgan Fenech is that he was the owner of 17 Black companies that were featured in the news of the Maltese journalist Galizia.
In his court statement, Fenech accused Chief of Staff Keith Schembri of being the mastermind behind the murder of journalist Galizia.
The second name Fenech gave is Melvin Theuma.
Theuma agreed to testify for the murder of journalist Galizia after he was granted a presidential pardon in exchange for his testimony. He attempted suicide prior to his trial but was rescued and continued to testify in one of the most sensitive cases in Maltese history.
Theuma claimed that Quilt Fenech had instructed him to contract the hitmen who allegedly planted the bomb.
He said the explosives were also supplied by brothers Adrian and Robert Agius, who became the most important criminal network after nearly a decade of mafia wars in Malta, who are suspected of having carried out numerous car bombings over the years.
The criminal network led by the Agius brothers is also important for Europe.
Businessperson Yorgan Fenech, who was arrested in connection with the death of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, gave another important name.
Rovshan Tamrazov.
It turned out that 2.3 million euros were transferred from Rovshan Tamrazov's Crowbar Holdings company, which is registered in the Virgin Islands, to the 17 Black firm of Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech, who admitted to giving 50 thousand euros to the assassins.
Yorgen Fenech's 17 Black Received €2.3 Million Payment From Azerbaijani-Linked Swiss Company
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/17-black-money-trail-leads-to-switzerland-with-links-to-azerbaijan.824977
Maddox SA Rovshan Tamrazov
https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/12212980
Maddox Energy Trading Limited (Virgin Islands)
Rovshan Tamrazov's companies are countless.
Maddox Asia PTE. LTD. (Singapore)
Maddox SA (Switzerland)
Maddox Energy DMCC (United Arab Emirates)
Crowbar Holdings S.A. (Virgin Islands)
Danais Trade Limited (Malta)
Petro Singapore Trading PTE ltd. (Singapore)
Global Assistant Company Limited (New Zealand)
Fly 2 School Limited (UK)
Rovshan Tamrazov is one of the key figures in the investigation into the death of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Because among the companies that journalist Daphne researched was Pilatus Bank in Malta. According to Daphne's allegations, the bank was used by Azerbaijani and Russian business people in money laundering transactions.
https://www.occrp.org/en/thedaphneproject/pilatus-a-private-bank-for-azerbaijans-ruling-elite
Pilatus Bank was shut down in 2018 amid international backlash against the journalist's death.
Its owner, US citizen Ali Sadr Hasheminejad, was detained in the USA in 2018.
According to another important piece of information, Maryam Almaszade, the current CEO of SOCAR Trading Switzerland, was previously the CEO of Rovshan Tamrazov's Swiss firm Maddox SA.
Rovshan Tamrazov is already selling grued oil of SOCAR company in World trade market
Rovshan Tamrazov buys and sells oil and oil products from SOCAR through his Singapore-registered company Petro Singapore PTE Ltd. Maryam Almaszade, the current CEO of SOCAR Trading, worked as a CEO at Crowbar Holdings until June 2015 and at Maddox SA until 2018.
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SOCAR has sells $ 5 billion worth of crude oil to Rovsens firma Petro Singapore PTE ltd in 2011
Rovsen earned $ 71 million from the sale
According to the journalists continuing the investigation, the Maltese police will issue an international search warrant for Rovshan Tamrazov and then SOCAR Trading manager Turab Musayev through Interpol in the coming months.
Because Turab Musayev worked as a director at Electrogas Malta, which was established with the partnership of SOCAR, Yorgen Fenech and Siemens.
Short and important reference
Adnan Ahmadzade ,one of the founder of SOCAR Trading GE and head of marketing department at SOCAR,Maryam Almaszade, current executive director of the company SOCAR trading GE, Turab Musayev, former head of SOCAR trading GE, owner of Cifidex, Elektrogaz,Khayal Ahmedzade LNG manager of SOCAR Trading Switzerland ,all of them are graduates of school No.160 in Baku Azerbaijan . Interesting nuances …
Rufat Baratzada(usa) , who passed the usual in 17 black limited,*(Dafna case)
According to one e-mail found in the Panama Papers, Schembri and Mizzi were set to receive payments of up to $2 million from 17 Black.
Investigative journalists should pay attention to several issues here
In a report by the Maltese anti-money laundering agency Fiau, two transfers described as "suspect" totaling 1.4 million dollars were paid to 17 Black Limited on November 17 and 26, 2015. The money came from Mayor Trans Limited, a Seychelles-registered company with accounts in Montenegro and Latvia, whose ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) at the time was a certain Rufat Baratzada wrote agency http://www.publiceye.ch.According to Reuters' discoveries, the Azerbaijani citizen looks very much like a straw man: he is a former subway employee who lives in a modest apartment in Baku.
https://www.turan.az/ext/news/2020/6/free/finance%20news/az/125037.htm
https://www.publiceye.ch/de/themen/rohstoffhandel/socar-feuer-und-flamme-fuer-so-vieles?fbclid=IwAR0ZBvOFkkWA7a7KgnM1MkrXYrON75DP-buaTHIdE5SIcRa3nD-zllephBU
https://www.azadliq.org/a/30282599.html
https://www.azadliq.org/a/reuters-baratzade/29596758.html
http://www.dia.az/8/73757-amerikani-satin-alan-rufet-baratzade-kimdir.html
Read about Baratzade and see what Reuters has published on the subject.That's not all, Voice Amerika and NewsBook writes about this in Azerbaijani
In 2014, the General Directorate for Combating Corruption under the Prosecutor General's Office filed a criminal case against Bayali Mursalov, head of the Azerbaijani office of Trasta Komercbanka JSC, registered in Latvia under Articles 178.3.2 (fraud) and 308.1 (abuse of power) of the Criminal Code. opened.
It turned out that Mursalov had embezzled 600 thousand euros from the account of a Baku resident, transferring them to the bank accounts of companies operating abroad to buy equipment for the greenhouse.
Bayali Mursalov, later arrested, was released from criminal liability at the secret request of SOCAR by the order of Kamran Aliyev, head of the Main Anti-Corruption Department under the Prosecutor General's Office.
Meanwhile, it has been recently revealed that Enemalta forked out €10.3 million to purchase a Montenegrin wind farm from a company linked to Yorgen Fenech.
A leaked report by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) found that 17 Black had received €161,000 from the local agent for the tanker supplying gas to the LNG power station, and two separate payments amounting to €1.4 million from Rufat Baratzada, a security guard at a construction site in Baku with links to the ruling elite.
Latvian bank had identified payments to 17 Black as "suspicious"
According to the information obtained, the Maltese police requested the bank account movements of SOCAR Trading from Switzerland regarding the murder of journalist Galizia.
As part of another investigation carried out in Latvia, the Swiss court decided that all account activity of SOCAR Trading be shared with the Latvian police.
The bombing of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia is actually an example of how such organizations ,prosecuter office and etc…darken their eyes.
Uğur Mumcu in 1993, Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.
They lost their lives searching for the truth.
Their job was journalism.
Criminal organizations, money laundering, international bribery traffic, mafia, drug and arms smuggling are actually done with the permission of those who consider themselves the «state».
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Farm to Table, Live Oregon February 11, 2022 <February 24, 2022
Trout Fishing in Oregon
Lyf Gildersleeve, president of Flying Fish Company in Portland, takes his son, Miles, and the family to Oregon lakes for old-fashioned angling.
One man's journey from child angler to fishmonger businessman and sustainable seafood advocate
written by Julie Lee
Trout is Oregon's most popular fish to catch and eat, with several trout species, both indigenous and adopted decades ago, to pursue. The most common is rainbow trout, which is widely stocked and distributed throughout the state. Redband trout are native to Central Oregon and historically found throughout waters connected to the Deschutes River. Paulina Lake, also in Central Oregon, boasts the state record trophy brown trout, weighing in at more than 28 pounds.
Trout is generally found in cool streams and lakes, making Oregon a hot spot for this culinary delicacy. Historically, trout was a favorite of Europeans who noted catching it on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in 1792, but rainbow trout is native only to North America's lakes and rivers and a favorite of anglers.
Lyf Gildersleeve, president of Flying Fish Company in Portland, is a trout aficionado.
Fishing is a family affair for Gildersleeve—his career in the fishing industry started the year before he was born. The year was 1979, and his parents, Sandy and Craig Gildersleeve, launched the first Flying Fish Company in Sandpoint, Idaho. From the time Gildersleeve's tiny hands could hold a fishing pole, there was one in them. He fished throughout his entire young life, eventually studying aquaculture at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University.
What started as born destiny morphed into a family industry. Flying Fish Company expanded across three states and launched dining options, including a food cart in 2010, a fish shack in 2011, a food stand in 2016, finally docking in February 2020 on East Burnside Street in Portland. At the same time, their fisheries are thriving in Portland as well as in Durango, Colorado and Sandpoint, Idaho.
Gildersleeve's children, 8-year-old son Miles and 11-year-old daughter Juniper, enjoy family backpacking trips where the sky is blue and the trout are jumping. His son recently caught his first salmon in Alaska, though favorite family destinations are around Mount Hood, at Timothy Lake or Trillium Lake, where lakes are well stocked in spring, for good, old-fashioned angling. Trout fishing isn't so easy, as Miles discovered on a recent excursion, when, after catching a trout it flew out of his hands.
Gildersleeve doesn't discriminate when it comes to types of fish or shellfish—he buys, sells, cooks and eats all kinds. He is extremely discerning, however, about the sustainability of the fish he buys and sells for his market and restaurant, meaning that it was harvested in a way that doesn't threaten the ocean's food supply, consumers' health or the environment. New shipments of fresh fish, oysters and shellfish are expedited from sustainable suppliers to Flying Fish Company weekly.
"One of the most important things, especially as our wild fisheries continue to be challenged, is that customers start paying more attention to where their product is from, and ask questions: Is it local? Is it domestic? Is it healthy to eat?" said Gildersleeve.
He said that 90 percent of seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported, even though the country has numerous renowned fisheries. Foreign markets quickly snatch up American seafood, because they're willing to pay more, Gildersleeve said. Then the U.S., in turn, imports fish that's so low in quality that isn't healthy. "There's a disconnect," he said.
He recommends an easy way for consumers to get answers to three critical questions before consuming fish. First, where is the fish coming from and is it sustainable? Second, is the species environmentally safe to eat? Third, if choosing a farm raised product, how was it raised? Was it enhanced in any way? Was color added? These are all easily answered with a quick search on Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch, www.seafood-watch.org, a global leader in the sustainable seafood movement, which quickly shows whether a certain type of seafood is a good choice or should be avoided.
A Gildersleeve family favorite is trout for these reasons and more. "Trout is awesome," he proclaimed. "It's sustainably raised and has year-round availability, making it a stable option."
We need only look to Oregon's cold waters, from the coast to lakes, rivers and at specialized, local markets for some of the finest seafood on the planet—trout.
Where are the best places to catch trout, according to Gildersleeve? "Deschutes is the best place for trout, with its resident population," he said. "What makes a good resident-trout river is one where the insects thrive, which is what trout eats." The coast is another great option for trout fishing as well as a farm on Sauvie Island, the Island Springs Hatchery, he said.
His business is doing well during the pandemic, with his market sales doubling in the past year. "The biggest challenge in the seafood industry is inventory and pricing—prices have skyrocketed," he says. Another challenge is that the restaurant industry has been in upheaval, and fish can go bad in a couple of days, making it a sensitive item to list on a menu. Consumer education is an issue, too. "Seafood can be intimidating to cook and is susceptible to overcooking," Gildersleeve said.
Many recipes for delicious dishes, however, are easy to try at home. Gildersleeve shared a simple one for Cedar Planked Trout with local Jacobsen Salt Co. Seafood Seasoning and plenty of fresh, aromatic herbs such as parsley, thyme, dill and cilantro. (See pg. 31)
A bounty of Oregon Dungeness crab is another reason to put this crustacean on your shopping list. Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission reported that the Dungeness harvesting season opened on December 1—for the first time since 2014. January and February are perfect times to celebrate the confluence of two Oregon seafood greats: an Oregon Dungeness Crab Stuffed Trout recipe, courtesy of Chef Leif Benson, culinary ambassador to the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission. (See pg. 31)
Chef Matt Hobbs with NORR Kitchen, a video and photo production studio and test kitchen turned eatery with fantastic takeout options in Portland, elevates the versatility of trout with his take on it: a recipe for Ocean Trout with Pole Beans, Zucchini, Pistachio Vinaigrette and Sweet and Sour Pomegranate. (See pg. 30)
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2019 Ram 1500 Review & Compare | Sandy UT
The All-New Ram 1500 Takes Ruggedness & Refinement To All-New Heights
Bold, aggressive, and eye-catching. Both brawn and brains. Capable, yet surprisingly comfortable too.
The popular Ram brand is well-known and very well-loved for manufacturing truly awesome pickup trucks, year after year. However, for the 15th generation (yes, fifteen) of the wildly successful Ram 1500 model, things have been taken to entirely new heights.
As an all-new pickup model, the 2019 Ram 1500 is more unrelenting and more sophisticated than ever before!
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New & Improved Engineering, Materials, Colors & Trims
While the latest Ram 1500 is indeed an all-new model, this truck still pays proper homage to its roots that originally made it so popular in the first place all of those years ago. You know what they say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", and this notion holds true for the largely unchanged appearance of the striking Ram 1500.
But just because the appearance seems quite similar over the years, this certainly does not mean that the design and the materials used has stayed the same too. Thanks to utilizing more high-strength steel when creating the frame, the cab, and the box, the 2019 Ram 1500 is now stronger than ever, which truly says a lot. Simultaneously, it's lighter than before as well, thanks to newly using lightweight aluminum in the hood and also in the tailgate. The latest-generation of the Ram 1500 actually weighs less when compared to its preceding 2018 model. And it may be subtle, but the new Ram 1500 now looks sleeker, smoother and more agile than most mainstream competitors, without losing its muscular appeal of course.
New exterior color-options are the following: Bright White, Diamond Black, Maximum Steel, Billet Silver, Granite Crystal, Rugged Brown, Black Forest Green, Blue Streak, Delmonico Red, Patriot Blue, Flame Red and Ivory.
6 trim levels are available for the new Ram 1500. Our customers can choose from the Tradesman, Big Horn, Rebel, Laramie, Laramie Longhorn and the top-of-the-line Limited trims.
Rugged Capabilities, With a New Twist
Let's now dive into what is under the hood of the new Ram 1500 that helps make this pickup so genuinely special. The highly praised and proven 3.6-liter Pentastar® V6 engine from past years is the standard for this all-new model. However, this is an all-new and dramatically upgraded engine for the latest generation, and works with a revolutionary new system that Ram calls "eTorque"! As a mild-hybrid system that uses electricity to supplement fuel consumption, fuel efficiency as well as performance are both improved. Ram combined eTorque with their Pentastar® V6, resulting in the best-in-class standard V6 horsepower with over 300 ponies ready to be unleashed when you hit the gas pedal.
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Awareness during general anaesthesia 'uncommon'
The rate of accidental patient awareness during general anaesthesia is low, according to the initial results of a recent study.
More than 80 per cent of senior anaesthetists in NHS hospitals took part in the Royal College of Anaesthetists' and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland's survey.
On average, anaesthetists said they were aware of one episode of patient awareness for every 15,000 general anaesthetics performed in 2011.
With approximately three million such anaesthetics being administered each year, this suggests that the overall rate of accidental awareness while under the knife is low.
Lead author Professor Jaideep Pandit, who works as a consultant anaesthetist in Oxford, said: 'Although we know that some patients do suffer distress after these episodes, our survey has found that the vast majority of episodes are brief and do not cause pain or distress.'
Professor Tim Cook, who co-authored the studies in the journals Anaesthesia and the British Journal of Anaesthesia, added that the number of people affected by awareness is 'very small'.
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SPEAKERS AT THE IT LEADERSHIP & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION STRATEGIES CONFERENCE
Joe Cannella, Chief Information Officer, Tempel
Joe Cannella has spent his entire career in Information Systems working with medium-sized manufacturers across many industries. He is an experienced IS executive with extensive experience leading people, setting vision, managing large projects, and administering multi-million dollar budgets. For the last nine years, Joe has led the IS Team at Tempel Steel Company. Tempel develops advanced, sustainable, energy-efficient, precision laminations and assemblies on a global scale by partnering with our customers and suppliers and extending our unique technical capabilities to solve their toughest challenges because we care about powering the world in a better way. Prior to Tempel, Joe spent 20 years in a consulting firm that specialized in systems and operations improvement for mid-sized manufacturers. He started as a systems designer, became a partner, and eventually led the firms as president. He has taught Materials Management, Supply Chain Management, and Information Technology classes at the college level and for many companies; published articles on Systems Planning and Implementation, ERP Optimization, and Advanced Systems Technologies for Manufacturers; and has been a frequent speaker for American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Illinois Manufacturer Association (IMA), and as an independent expert for many software vendors.
Douglas Davis, Head of Information Systems, Monical Pizza Corp.
I have worked in the computer and information systems arena since the early eighties spending most of my time as a programmer/consultant. For over 20 years, I've headed up the Information Technology Department of Monical Pizza Corporation located in Bradley, Illinois. Monical's Pizza is a medium-size restaurant chain boasting 65+ locations throughout Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Wisconsin – half of which are corporately managed and half franchise operated. While my title is Information Systems Coordinator, my responsibilities are many and varied. As well as overseeing the support of all things computer throughout our corporate chain, I also keep track of communication systems both wired and cellular.
My favorite part of working here is when we roll out something new and it works so well that everyone is excited about it. This is true of our new Point-of-Sale System by FoodTec Solutions, Inc. of Boston, MA. This new system has allowed us to add online ordering, integrated security, inventory management, labor scheduling and many other features that help ease the process of managing a restaurant. Additionally, we have rolled out a unified gift card system that includes eGift cards as well as plastic gift cards. We have implemented this throughout both our corporate and franchise locations with great success. Additionally, we are working on the latest release of the Monical's Pizza App that operates on the iOS and Android platforms. It provides the fastest means to order the best pizza in the Midwest.
When not at the office, you will find me involved with my family and my church. I have five children, three of whom are attending college in three different states. On any given weekend, you will find me travelling to take an active part in their lives. I am also the proud grandfather of two – with a third on the way in 2018. (Pictures shared upon request, of course)
Laura Dribin, President/CEO, Peritius Consulting, Inc.
Peritius was founded in 1989 by Laura Dribin, a refugee from a big five consulting firm. She watched projects succeed, but saw too many fail or limp across the finish line. She believed there was a simpler way.
So, Laura began a journey to find wise people who understood the value of solid and repeatable approaches, but didn't get lost in those approaches when a creative solution revealed itself. She believed she could mix experience with drive and make these complex initiatives easier to complete. She knew that the hardest part of any job was to hire individuals with strong soft skills / high EQ that knew how to engage people and get them to drive to the desired outcome. . The end result is her current company, Peritius Consulting.
Today, Laura spends her time actively growing her business, biking, getting out of town as much as she can for fun and gilding her empty nest!
Bob Dutile, Chief Strategy Officer, UST Global
Robert (Bob) Dutile, Chief Strategy Officer, works with his fellow executives to constantly evolve their high growth company. He also consults with corporate clients to
1) increase the business value contributed or enabled by Information Technology,
2) to digitally transform their business, through increased value to end customers and re-engineered processes, and
3) increase enterprise agility to succeed in the long term.
He is an experienced executive who concentrates his efforts on the business value created through information technology. Prior to becoming the Chief Strategy Officer, Bob served in multiple roles in his 12 years with UST, including head of the Healthcare business, General Manager of the National Account Business Unit, Chief Information Officer and as the General Manager of Strategy and Services.
Before joining UST Global, Bob served as Executive Vice President of Key Technology Services, and KeyBank; as a Partner in the firm of Grant Thornton LLP; and as the first chief information officer of Reebok International Ltd. He has served on the board of directors for the Financial Services Technology Consortium, and on the board of governors for the Sustainable Computing Consortium at Carnegie Mellon. He has also served as the technical liaison to a venture capital fund, and as an advisor for the product development boards of two software firms.
Bob is certified by American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) in Information Resource Management (CIRM). He is a member of the International Society of Six Sigma Professionals, and the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). He is a life member of the American Alpine Club and of the Two/Ten Foundation.
Peter J. Garino, Assistant Director of Regional IT, Mayer Brown, LLP
Peter helps business executives achieve their goals by aligning IT Strategy with business goals to drive increased profitability, productivity and corporate efficiency. He has successfully led business transformation projects in the legal, financial services and healthcare industries among others. A recognized thought leader in IT Strategy, information governance and project management, he has been a featured presenter at CAMP conferences, KM Expo, and PMI Midwest Chapter.
Zach Gorman, Chief Information Officer, Bradley University
Zach Gorman recently joined Bradley University in Peoria IL as their Chief Information Officer. With more than 15 years of progressive leadership talent, he has a proven track record that includes leading organizational change, IT governance and policy within higher education, strategic planning, and IT construction planning and design. He has lead teams through unprecedented change throughout his career, having spent significant time with Augusta University (formerly the Medical College of Georgia) in Augusta, GA as their Associate CIO as well as the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA and the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA. He graduated with a BS in Management Information Systems from Iowa State University and a Master of Organizational Leadership from St. Ambrose University. Currently, he's pursuing his doctorate in Higher Education Leadership at Georgia Southern University.
Michael Kennaugh, VP & Chief Information Officer, Reinhart Foodservice, LLC
Michael Kennaugh is Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Reinhart Foodservice LLC, joining the company in September 2015. Reinhart Foodservice is one of the top 5 largest foodservice distributor in the US, serving independent restaurants, delis, sporting venues, schools, nursing homes, hospitals, the military and chain accounts. As CIO, Michael has had led several business critical initiatives including an ERP selection and implementation, modernization of the company's transportation technology and driving a revolutionary new ecommerce and mobile platform.
Prior to joining Reinhart, Michael has had a diverse 30 year career in the IT field across several industry sectors including travel and transportation, finance, investment banking, manufacturing, consumer products, and logistics working for Fortune 100 corporations.
Peter Logothetis, Vice President and Divisional Chief Information Officer Claims, Allstate Insurance Co.
Peter is the Senior Vice President and Group CIO at Allstate responsible for leading several divisional CIOs in three technology areas: Business Insurance, Life Insurance, and Claims. Prior to this position, he was Vice President and Divisional CIO for the Claims Technology Department, with the responsibility to attract and maintain top IT talent that would allow his department to design, develop, and deliver technology solutions that added value to Allstate, its agents and its customers. Prior to Allstate, Peter ran large organizations for major companies in the financial industry. He has also taught for more than twenty years at other area institutions.
Peter holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MBA from DePaul University. Peter and his wife have three married children and one grandchild.
Jim P. MacLennan, SVP & Chief Information Officer, IDEX Corporation
James P. MacLennan (Jim) is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at IDEX Corporation, an applied solutions business that sells highly engineered products to customers in a variety of markets worldwide. MacLennan has responsibility for Corporate IT service offerings for IDEX' portfolio of business units, and drives innovative thinking through strategic initiatives that leverage Information and Technology as growth drivers for the industrial manufacturing space.
Phil Smith, Regional Director, Vantiq
Phil Smith joined VANTIQ as Regional Director in 2017. Prior to that he held Senior level positions at companies such as Rockwell Automation, JP Morgan, Lockheed Martin, CSC, and Dassault Systemes.
Phil has more than 20 years of experience in IT and sales holding various technical and sales responsibilities. He started his career in software development focusing on elections and county government developing the first Court system for the State of Illinois.
His Trusted Advisor and connector style builds strong relationships with C-level executives and decision makers, delivering results in enterprise software and building high performing technical and sales organizations.
Phil has been awarded various community accolades and won numerous sales awards. He has published whitepapers including presenting to US Congress and broadcast on CNN regarding a Gang Intervention and Dropout Early Warning System utilizing Analytics – (i.e. DEWS).
Phil is from the Chicago area and has earned two (2) degrees in Computer Science including studies at TCU's Keller School of Business. He is active in the Shriner's Hospitals, Beverly Farm for disabled adults, Alzheimer's Association, enjoys photography, hockey, and playing baseball with various MLB fantasy camps.
Mike Solverud, V.P. Information Technology, Superior Bulk Logistics, Inc.
For the past three plus years, Mike Solverud has been the Vice President of Information Technology at Superior Bulk Logistics Inc., in Oak Brook, IL. He is in charge of operations for information technology as well as security and periodically consults for other businesses. Mike believes that collaborating with other people and companies is what we all should strive to do when we carry a unique skill set and knowledge base for the advancement of all. During his tenure at SBL, Mike has had the distinct honor of rebuilding the company within the technology stack from the ground up. Completing such projects as; establishing a new company fiber network, launching a new technology compute stack that involved the use of virtualization, implementing VoIP phone telephony with the use of SIP trunks, populating a new Microsoft network with AD and 47 new complementary network servers. Migration of email from legacy Lotus Notes to Office 365 and Outlook 2016 and implementing SharePoint as the company intranet. Moreover, implementing Disaster Recovery within the footprint of the company that lays the foundation of continuing towards a complete Business Continuity Plan allowing the creation of new process automation for imaging and billing, raising security risk awareness and security protocols.
Mike graduated from Herzing University of Madison Wisconsin, in the summer of 2003 with his Associate of Science in Computer Networking Security Technology. Since then he has worked as Network Administrator, IS Manager, to Director of Technology for manufacturing, credit unions, and transportation companies. His passion in his field and helping others to understand information technology is what allows him to enjoy his work. "I believe that we are put in a leadership role for a reason. We need to mentor, guide and educate our team members to become more than we have to offer. Only then, can we say the future will be brighter than it is today." Mike has also been a member of the Herzing Advisory Board, giving his input on the content and studies offered to the students that attend Herzing University, and the honor of being the first President of the Alumni Association for the Madison campus.
Mike was born and raised in central Illinois, and moved to Wisconsin as a teenager. Mike is married and lives with his wife in Indiana, and has two daughters. One who has graduated from Indiana University-Bloomington in 2016 with a double major in education, while the other is currently attending Purdue University majoring in Veterinary Medicine.
Marty Sprinzen, CEO, Vantiq
Marty Sprinzen is a visionary leader and successful software entrepreneur. The organizations he created and led have introduced some of the most innovative software solutions in the areas of systems management, relational databases, internet application development and currently, Smart Systems. Sprinzen founded and became CEO of Vantiq Corporation. Prior to Vantiq, he was CEO and co-founder of Forte Software, which was acquired for over $1B. He also served as VP of International Operations and VP of Engineering at Ingres and VP of Development at Candle Corporation. He holds a BSEE from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
John Squeo, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer, Thorek Memorial Hospital
John Squeo is an industry-leading expert on strategies for payer and provider convergence and health system growth strategies using IoT sensors, artificial intelligence, telemedicine, hospital-at-home, and clinical data integration across the continuum of care.
As nurses and physicians retire and leave the workforce, John has focused on ways to use Smart Technology to supplement healthcare delivery and payment models using artificial intelligence, sensors, and connected technologies for patients and providers, which reduce labor-intensive tasks in care delivery and payment processing.
He holds an MBA from the University of Kentucky with a focus on decision support and has completed work on artificial intelligence for a PhD.
He is the Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer for Thorek Memorial Hospital in Chicago where he leads the Office of Innovation and is responsible for payer contract incentive strategies, business intelligence, risk analytics for the emerging preventative services and chronic care programs.
John was previously with Vanguard Health Systems, a 29-hospital system, including Weiss, MacNeal, West Suburban and Westlake Hospitals in Chicago. He worked extensively with Vanguard's population health initiatives including the Michigan Pioneer Accountable Care Organization and the Chicago Health System Accountable Care Organization.
John service on the board of Access to Care of Cook County and is an active member of charitable organizations with the common mission of providing healthcare to all patients, including those most in need of care.
Chad Stallings, VP & CIO, Federal Signal
Chad Stallings joined Federal Signal Corporation as VP and CIO in 2017. Prior to that he held executive positions at other multi-billion dollar manufacturers, ITW and Emerson.
Chad has more than 20 years of experience in IT holding various technical and management responsibilities. He has extensive experience implementing ERP and other systems, enabling data driven decisions, leading the IT integration of acquisitions, managing global IT sourcing, developing IT strategies, and building high performing IT organizations. He has traveled extensively overseeing projects and IT teams in N. America, S. America, Europe, and Asia.
In recent years, he has worked to adapt 80/20 management principles to running an effective IT organization. Over the years, through trial, error and success, he has become expert at building and leading an IT organization that focuses on driving growth and profitability by applying 80/20 principles to managing people and work with prioritization, discipline, and execution.
Chad earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. In addition to English, he is fluent in Spanish and French.
Chris White, VP Product and Marketing Strategy, CAST Software
Chris White is a recognized expert in Enterprise Architecture, Application Portfolio Management and IT Modernization. He has almost 20 years experience overseeing, implementing and advising clients on Enterprise Architecture projects and strategy. As VP of Product Strategy & Marketing for CAST, he is responsible for helping CIO's around the globe understand the game changing significance of Software Intelligence. CAST is empowering data-driven IT Organizations to thrive in today's software driven world by providing visibility into the otherwise invisible world of software health, complexity, dependency & risk. With software intelligence, CIO's make better investment decisions, avoid catastrophic failures, and become business leaders in the digital age.
Michael Wood, Vice President, Information Technology, Wilton Brands, LLC
Mike Wood is Vice President Information Technology at Wilton Brands LLC, the worlds leading supplier in food crafting goods. Mike is the leader of the team defining Wilton's business technology framework focusing on delivery of technology solutions that support business goals while maintaining a high level of operational resiliency. Mike brings more than 30 years of technology expertise spanning the industrial manufacturing, consumer products, homebuilding and liquid food packaging industries.
Mike joined Wilton in 2013 from Whirlpool Corporation where he led the Global End User Services and Global Telecommunications functions. Prior to Whirlpool, Mike held a number of leadership positions with Tetra Pak, Honeywell and The Ryland Group. Mike began his career with Honeywell Information Systems in 1983.
Mike holds an BBA in Information Systems from Georgia State University.


Lawsuit Questions How Port Arthur Police Respond to Mentally Ill Patients
Manuel Delacruz's family alleges that hospital guards and police cornered a paranoid man with serious mental illness and then smothered him to death.
The Delacruz family realized Manuel was dangerously sick somewhere on the highway as they passed San Antonio. It was the summer of 2016 and they were coming back from a weeklong vacation in northern Mexico, where Manuel, 26, hadn't slept much, refused to eat and thought someone was trying to poison him. His parents eventually doused him with a garden hose after he refused to shower or remove any of his clothes. On the 8-hour drive home, Manuel, who had seven years earlier been diagnosed with schizophrenia, grew increasingly paranoid as the sun went down.
"He kept flicking the lights on, saying, 'Somebody's in here, somebody's in the truck, somebody's following us,'" recalled his oldest sister Ruth. "We were going, like, 75 miles an hour when he just opened the car door. We don't know if he was really thinking of jumping, but he just opened it." The family pulled over and forced Manuel to sit in the middle seat so he couldn't reach the door handles for the rest of the drive back to Port Arthur.
When they got home, Ruth says Manuel's doctor suggested the family try to commit him to the Medical Center of Southeast Texas for emergency treatment. Because Manuel wouldn't stay in the hospital, they tried to gain power of attorney so they could involuntarily commit him, but the process couldn't be completed on such short notice. Eventually they called the Port Arthur Police Department. State law allows for police to file for emergency detention orders on people like Manuel who pose a potential danger to themselves.
But Manuel was terrified of police. Around the time he was diagnosed with mental illness, Ruth says that he spent a night in jail for public intoxication, an experience that jarred him so much that sirens sometimes sent him into hiding. When officers arrived at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas on August 1, 2016, Manuel walked off the hospital grounds. Ruth says police brought him back in handcuffs but eventually removed them when they realized he wasn't combative, just scared. More than three hours passed after police finished the paperwork to commit him, and Manuel still wasn't being treated, according to a lawsuit the Delacruz family filed against the hospital and city of Port Arthur last week. Ruth remembers that her brother at one point begged her to take him home, afraid the police would kill him.
Several family members who were at the hospital that day claim officers eventually ordered them to clear Manuel's room when he refused to remove his underwear before putting on a medical gown. They say a mix of police and hospital staff then entered and shut the door behind them, which was followed by a loud banging inside. They claim that when the door opened, one officer had Manuel in a chokehold and then a scrum of guards, police and other hospital staff took him to the floor. According to their wrongful death lawsuit, at least six officers and guards piled on top of Manuel at one point. His autopsy report, which indicates he was shocked by a Taser, lists his cause and manner of death as "undetermined."
For full story visit: https://www.texasobserver.org/lawsuit-questions-port-arthur-police-mentally-ill-patients-death/
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Ralph Lauren: Revised and Expanded Anniversary Edition (Hardcover)
By Ralph Lauren, Audrey Hepburn (Foreword by)
Special Order - Arrival Times Vary
The landmark volume celebrating the life and work of Ralph Lauren—the vision of the brand as told and presented by Lauren himself—in a smaller, more portable edition, with additional photographs updated to the present.
In this visually stunning book, Lauren speaks candidly about himself and his art. In part one, we get to know the designer through never-before-seen pictures of him in private life and with his family, living the lives he designs for. In the second part, Lauren displays and writes about his most iconic and most beloved work, handpicked from hundreds of collections and his signature cinematic advertising campaigns. Lauren's aesthetic influence and unique design sensibility are captured here by fashion's finest photographers, including Bruce Weber, Deborah Turbeville, and Patrick Demarchelier.
Now expanded with new photography, this unique fashion monograph is a personal expression of the artist and a rare peek into the mind of one of America's most accomplished fashion designers.
Ralph Lauren began his career in 1967, designing neckties under the label Polo. Today, his collections include menswear, womenswear, accessories, fragrance, and home. He has received numerous awards for his work in fashion, philanthropy, and humanitarian causes and is the only designer to receive the CFDA's four highest honors: Womenswear Designer of the Year, Menswear Designer of the Year, Retailer of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement.
"Ralph Lauren is a visual diary, a personal scrapbook of sorts as well as one of the most unpretentious and intimate stories assembled by the author who happens to be the namesake of his eponymous brand. When reading, and yes it must be read for full appreciation, the reader might feel as if Ralph is sitting there speaking to you and just relating the stories of his life"
—New York Journal Of Books
"The master of all-American style celebrates the 50th anniversary of his label with an expanded edition of his 2007 tome about his life"
Publisher: Rizzoli
Publication Date: October 3rd, 2017
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Photography / Subjects & Themes / Fashion


Seven Followers of St. Francis: Louis Massignon
Robert Ellsberg
Third Order Franciscan, Prophet of Dialogue
Louis Massignon, a French scholar, played a key role in promoting the cause of Catholic-Muslim dialogue. The seeds of his vocation were planted in his youth and his avid interest in Arab culture. While conducting research in Mesopotamia he was arrested and charged as a spy. During his captivity, he received a profound mystical experience, which brought him to an overwhelming sense of God.
This prompted an ardent return to his Catholic roots. But he was also deeply affected by the experience of Muslim piety and vowed to devote his life to increasing understanding between these two religious traditions, both heirs of the faith of Abraham. (He was also deeply influenced by his friendship with the desert hermit Blessed Charles de Foucauld.) In 1931 he became a Franciscan tertiary, taking the name "Ibrahim" (the Arabic form of Abraham).
A key point of reference for Massignon was God's visit to Abraham as a stranger in the form of three angels. By providing hospitality for God in our hearts, he wrote, "we enter the path of mystical union." He considered his encounter with Muslim spirituality (one of the three Abrahamic faiths) as a form of "sacred hospitality." At an abandoned Franciscan church in Egypt where St. Francis had met Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil, Massignon made a vow, offering his life for the Muslims, "not so they would be converted, but so that the will of God might be accomplished in them and through them."
Later in life, Massignon became a Melkite Greek Catholic and was ordained a priest, permitting him to celebrate the Mass in Arabic according to the Byzantine Rite liturgy. A follower of Gandhian nonviolence, he supported efforts to promote peace in the Middle East and for a peaceful resolution of the war in Algeria. For the sake of sacred hospitality, he became an outspoken advocate for Muslim refugees in France. He died on October 31, 1962.
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Louis Massignon followed in the footsteps of St. Francis by promoting Catholic-Muslim dialogue. In what ways can we build bridges instead of walls?
Political infighting, violence, and aggression plague our country and our world. How can we be messengers of peace in the face of conflict?
We must promote peace in the world, but first we must foster peace in our own hearts. How can we do that? How can prayer calm our own inner storms?
"Man is not made for works of external mercy, but first of all to worship the divine guest in his heart, in the present moment."
Louis Massignon
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Free-range children vs. close-minded parenting
by Mitch Albom | Apr 19, 2015 | Comment, Detroit Free Press | 0 comments
When I first heard the phrase "free-range kids" I thought it was a joke. I kept thinking about chickens.
It was no joke, however, when a 10-year-old boy and his 6-year-old sister were picked up by Maryland police after a 911 call, held for 51/2 hours before their parents could see them, and finally released under a signed paper and a threat of future government action.
What was the kids' crime? Throwing rocks? Beating up schoolmates? Spraying graffiti?
No. Walking home from a park.
"Two kids that are unaccompanied and they've been walking around for about 20 minutes," said the man who made the 911 call.
That call led to police, a pickup, Child Protective Services and a national news story. There is now also a threatened lawsuit by the kids' parents, Danielle and Sasha Meitiv, who dare to think letting your children explore the world outside is important. Critics call them wacky, dangerous and irresponsible enough to lose their kids.
As I've written before, thank the Lord I didn't grow up today. I'd be visiting my parents in a jail cell.
The horrors of protection
Forget about the "free-range parenting" thing, a movement created by a New York journalist named Lenore Skenazy and apparently practiced by the Meitivs. When you categorize things like this, you make them easier to scoff at ("crazy liberals," "dumb hippies") and this is not about a movement.
It's about common sense.
What happened with the Meitivs in Silver Spring, Md., has happened all over the country. A South Carolina woman went to jail for letting her 9-year-old play alone in a park. A Florida woman was arrested and charged with neglect because her 7-year-old was alone in a playground.
You've seen these stories. There's always a neighbor who makes a "concerned" call. I know most folks who dial 911 don't mean any harm.
But they still can create it. Being picked up by police and held by CPS is a scary, sometimes nightmarish experience. Police stations and social services agencies are not child-friendly places. Crying kids asking strangers for their parents are often told nothing.
Parents, meanwhile, are terrified. The Meitivs told the media that they weren't even called by the authorities until hours after their kids were picked up. And they had to wait several hours before seeing them.
This, after a previous incident — again the kids walking home from a park — that prompted police, according to an article Danielle Meitiv wrote for the Washington Post, to enter their home without a warrant, questioning their kids there and at school, and asking things like, "What would you do if someone grabbed you?"
By trying to protect kids from horror, you can sometimes create it.
But even worse is the freedom to parent that is being taken away. The laws on the books where the Meitivs live are oppressive. In their town, leaving anyone under 18 unsupervised constitutes neglect. CPS reportedly has threatened the Meitivs with foster care.
Look. I am in favor of stopping abuse, enforcing kids' attendance at school and keeping them from obvious danger.
But being outside, during the day, at ages 10 and 6, in a middle-class suburb, when you know how to get home, just doesn't fit the hysteria.
Safe places to grow up
Now, whenever you discuss this issue, people jump to their own childhoods. I walked half a mile to school as a 6-year-old, rode a subway and two buses to school when I was 11 and was told by my mother, repeatedly, "Go outside and play somewhere. Anywhere!"
As I said, prison and Sunday visitation.
But the knee-jerk reaction will be "the world was much safer when you were a kid." Not necessarily. There was an abduction in the next town over. We heard about it. But it didn't shadow everything we did for the rest of our lives. We walked in groups of siblings or friends. We didn't take silly chances.
And if a policeman saw us and asked a question, the worst — worst — that might happen is he'd say "hop in" and he'd bring us home.
The truth is crime, statistically, is relatively low today. Middle- and upper-class suburbs are plenty safe for kids. And the dangers kids face being inside their entire childhood — from obesity to weirdos online (yeah, that's a safe place to keep your kids all day, the Internet) — may outweigh the danger of playing with your sibling in the park.
I'm not saying bad things don't happen. But when and if they do, it's a risk of life — it was before, it is now — and it needs to be addressed by authorities going after bad people. You want to patrol streets, do it for creeps and perverts. Why take it out on the kids?
Did you know a benefit cited with free-range poultry? That the chickens, allowed to roam outside, don't attack and eat each other.
We might learn more from those birds than we thought.
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