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2013 NAB Product Review: Storage & Recording
Garrett Walker (L) of the Bayside Community Church makes a point about the Grass Valley K2 Summit 3G server to Joe Paryzek (R) of Grass Valley, as Bill Platt of the Platt Design Group looks on.
The world is getting wider, as servers expand outward from their traditional format and storage technologies attempt to better address the ever-growing demand for deeper archiving capabilities. What's adding to the complexity: the impact of cloud technologies, and how those new workflows are changing pieces of the puzzle. Other than 4K, no other emerging technology had a more significant impact on this year's NAB Show than the cloud.
Bright Technologies showed off the BrightDrive Triton and BrightClip SAN servers, as well as the Procyon high-availability (HA) SAN server, which supports eight workspaces, each with multiple streams in various formats including 2K and 4K.
Cache-A introduced Prime-Cache6, a compact, entry-level, desktop/on-set appliance, featuring near-silent operation, toughened chassis and 4TB of rugged, 2.5-inch, HDD RAID. The company also demonstrated its Pro-Cache6 flagship system, now with increased 6TB internal HDD RAID 0 or RAID 1 disk-cache storage. Also on deck was the company's Power-Cache6 Archive Server, with increased 12TB internal HDD RAID 0 or RAID 5 disk-cache storage and 10 Gbps Ethernet.
Dalet Digital Media System announced new configurations for the Dalet Brio servers, which can now be scaled to a maximum of 12 ports in a single server through a four-port extension board.
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group launched MediaCloud, a cloud-based playout platform that delivers next-generation cloud-based playout, media asset management and delivery platform to media enterprises.
DVEO introduced the Stream Bucket IP/IP, a new remotely manageable recorder and professional archiving system for IP streams and developed for broadcasters and content providers to capture their video streams for archiving. It can also be used to repurpose one's streams at a later date. EditShare launched EditShare Field 2, a portable shared storage solution with asset management, field ingest and advanced project-sharing capabilities. The company also showcased a new interface for EditShare 7, an update to the Geevs Sports server, and updates to the Geevs Post server as well as enhancements to the Fastrack Time Tailor controller, which offers broadcast server control.
Improving workflow was a key focus for Elemental Technologies, which showed its Elemental Server, a file-based video processing system, as well as other pieces of the puzzle, including Elemental Cloud and Elemental Live.
Envivio came to showcase the Envivo Halo Experience server targeted to streaming media environments.
In a special screening room within its booth, EVS demonstrated a prototype of a 4K live slow-motion replay system on the company's XT3 platform. The server can ingest four 3G-SDI feeds while playing back another four feeds. The solution will be available by year's end according to EVS.
Kristen Tetherton (L) of Triton Technology Solutions learns about the Harmonic Spectrum MediaStore 5000 from Keith Lissak of Harmonic.For-A announced two new compact MXF clip servers for ingest, playback and playout applications. The 1RU MBP-120SX and MBP-125SX servers are designed for file-based production workflows.
GB Labs showcased its storage solutions, including the Bridge rackmounted Ethernet solution that enables SAN owners to convert existing storage into network attached systems. The company also showed the GB Labs Space network storage solution; BlueShift storage technology, and the Space LTO networked storage system.
Grass Valley debuted the latest version of the K2 Dyno Replay System as well as the K2 Summit 3G server, a solution that offers enhanced codec support for multicam configurations, increased internal storage capacity, and simultaneous low-res proxy generation.
Harmonic introduced enhancements to the Spectrum ChannelPort branded channel playout solution, which now delivers dual DVE capabilities and extended codec support. The company also marked the NAB debut of its MediaStore 5000, a 2RU system that combines with MediaPort and MediaDirector systems to comprise a full Spectrum system.
Harris showed the newest generation Nexio Volt HD/SD server, now with expanded media storage options including an integrated storage model, plus direct connections to Harris Broadcast Nexio Farad systems for shared storage configurations via Gigabit Ethernet or optional fiber channel interfaces.
Hitachi showcased the HLDS BDL 500 Optical Disc archive library, and announced an agreement with Optical Vaults to integrate the solution into its platform.
Levels Beyond announced a hybrid cloud solution called Reach Engine Stage that serves as a hosting system that can synchronize with local media libraries.
MBX Systems introduced the MBX X-60, a 60-drive storage chassis designed for high-volume video storage needs. The configurable unit packs up to 60 discrete 3.5-inch drives into a 4U chassis.
Mediaproxy introduced its next-generation range of LogServer platforms and software, including LogServer IP, an extensible native MPEG streaming server solution; LogServer ASI v8; and LogPlayer Mobile, which offers users an additional path to recorded media and metadata on LogServers.
MediaPower was on the show floor with AirGo, which provides SD/HD SDI and ASI ingest multiformat, low-res proxy generation, file-based ingest with transcoding and quality check, scalable internal storage up to 54 TB, automation with MAM and channelbranding.
NewTek unveiled 3Play 4800, a multicamera replay server designed for live sports production applications.
Elizabeth Granli (L) holds Panasonic's AJ-P2AD1 adapter, and Elise Muller holds the Panasonic AJ-P2M032A Micro P2 card. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, Orad showed the VJ tapeless production server and the PlayMaker slow-motion video server. PESA introduced its compact, 1RU XSTREAM, which simultaneously encodes up to five independent video streams and eight audio streams concurrently from live or recorded video for multipath H.264 IP distribution with no sync or latency issues.
Promise Technology unveiled Vtrak A-Class, a comprehensive, low-cost turnkey scale out SAN storage solution for big data, targeting the storage intensive workflows of post-production, broadcast and data asset management and archiving.
Quantum introduced three new StorNext appliances: the StorNext M440 metadata appliances, StorNext WX Storage primary disk and StorNext AEL 00 Mini archive. The company also showcased two long-term content preservations for its StorNext systems, including the Lattus-M disk archive and a new high-density module within the StorNext AEL6000 archive.
New storage capabilities were shown at the Rohde & Schwarz booth within the SpycerBox storage solution, which offers SSD technology to enable data transfer of up to 12 GBps. The company also showed off the Venice media production hub, which unites classic video server functionalities with file-based studio production features.
Ross Video showcased its Blackstorm BVS-104P, a four-channel playout server that offers the same 1RU form factor as the BVS-102P 2 channel system, but doubles the channel count in the same space. It is available with three different storage options, including a 4TB HDD model, 8TB HDD model, and for ultra-performance and reliability, a 400GB solid state drive model.
Signiant debuted secure file sharing and cloud-based delivery specs to its Media Shuttle cloud-based hybrid SaaS file-sharing solution for sending and sharing professional media files.
Small Tree introduced the Granitestor Titanium4 all-in-one Ethernet-based shared storage solution. It's available as a four-drive system supporting 2TB, 3TB or 4TB disk drives.
For archiving, Sony introduced the ODS-L10, a new optical disc archive with a 10-slot robotic library system that supports up to 15 TBs of video content.
Studio Network Solutions announced hardware and OS upgrades to the newest generation of its flagship EVO shared storage server.
Tiger Technology introduced cluStore TLE, a server-based hierarchical storage management solution that uses LTFS tapes and tape libraries for Windows OS, Tbox, a shared storage appliance that offers 4K DPX playback on a single 16 Gbps Fibre Channel connection. The company also showed off its metaSAN scalable SAN management software.
Tolis Group announced two extensions to its products, including the BRU Producer's Edition for Windows, to create tape archives of creative assets on the Windows platform.
Wowza Media Systems showcased new additions to the Wowza Media Server, including support for the MPEG-DASH streaming protocol, new built-in content protection, and an Apple iOS app that allows mobile devices to encode live video instantaneously and send it to the Wowza Media Server.
XenData announced a partnership with NL Technology and axle Video to deliver an open standard LTO archive for use with Avid Interplay.
XDT launched a new version of the Catapult Bridge in an attempt to redefine cloud-based WAN workflows. The Catapult Bridge offers direct access to cloud-based or remote storage.
XOR Media showcased The XOR Universal MediaLibrary, a scalable, cloud-capable, and mediacentric storage solution that offers high availability, optimum performance, high capacity, scalability, and flexible connectivity for direct ingest, edit-in-place, archive, and play-to-air.
AJA Video Systems showed its Ki Pro Quad, a new solid-state portable video recorder that enables a 4K/Quad HD/2K/HD workflow with the efficiencies of Apple ProRes and the flexibility of RAW data in a compact, solid-state recording and playback package that easily mounts directly onto a variety of cameras.
A cabinet filled with Atomos Ninja-2 camera mounted recorder, monitor and decks. Atomos announced support for Canon's 5D MkIII DSLR platform for its Ninja 2 compact field recorder.
Blackmagic Design introduced the DeckLink Mini Monitor and DeckLink Mini Recorder, two new capture and playback solutions featuring 3 Gbps SDI and HDMI connections, one for recording SDI and HDMI video and the other for playing back SDI or HDMI video.
Matrox Video launched Matrox Monarch HD, a small, easy-to-use video streaming and recording appliance designed for professional video producers who need to simultaneously stream a live event and record a Blu-ray quality version for post-event editing.
Panasonic came to show off its first P2 HD recorder with native AVC-ULTRA recording and built-in microP2 card slots. The AJ-PD500 MicroP2 is a half-rack recorder that can record in full-resolution, 10-bit 1080/60p. The company also showed the microP2 card, a series of UHS-II-compliant memory cards in 64GB and 32GB versions.
Sound Devices showcased the PIX 260i production video recorder, a rackmounted, file-based audio/video recorder that also offers 32 tracks of audio record/playback.
Sony introduced the PMW1000 XDCAM HD422, a dual SxW memory card recorder/player that can be set to record and playback 50 Mbps MPEG HD-422 MXF files.
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April 06, 2013
Obama fights Catholic Church subpoena on birth control
Obama fights Catholic Church subpoena on birth control
The Obama administration has gone to court to try to block a subpoena from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York seeking White House documents about the government's requirement of insurance coverage for birth control.
The subpoena requesting documents from President Barack Obama and his senior advisers would be burdensome to fulfill, the administration said in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Citing U.S. Supreme Court precedent, the suit also argues that civil subpoenas of the president's executive office are inappropriate except in extraordinary circumstances.
The lawsuit was filed on Thursday and released on a court website on Friday.
Religious organizations, individuals and corporations have filed scores of suits to block a planned mandate that employers generally include coverage of contraception in health insurance plans they offer workers.
Though the mandate has some exceptions for religious employers, the New York archdiocese, one of the largest in the United States, said it expected to incur nearly $200 million each year in penalties if it refuses to comply.
The Catholic Church teaches that artificial birth control is sinful because it violates natural law.
A judge in Brooklyn federal court allowed an archdiocese lawsuit over the mandate to move forward in December, over the administration's argument that it was premature.
A lawyer for the archdiocese declined to comment on Friday on the administration's court action.
Obama has been trying to negotiate a settlement of the highly charged dispute, which pits advocates for women's health against those who say a mandate would violate the religious freedom of employers who oppose birth control.
A version of the mandate released in February would not apply to churches and other places of worship even when they operate schools and social services.
It would apply to others, including religiously affiliated nonprofit groups. But in those cases, it calls on private insurers to cover contraceptives through separate plans for employees, not through the employer's group plan.
The mandate was part of the 2010 healthcare law championed by Obama and congressional Democrats.
The Justice Department is representing the White House in the subpoena fight. A department spokeswoman had no immediate comment.
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So horrible, he and his administration have no respect for anything or anyone. It makes me furious that our taxes will be used to pay for abortions, it is bad enough we already are paying now for them with money our government gives to Planned Parenthood.
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Recently, The Guardian's film blog ran a small piece highlighting the trailer for Wes Anderson's upcoming -- and for Anderson fans, greatly anticipated -- Moonrise Kingdom (which I haven't seen but will review soon). With perhaps a mixture of love and mockery, the writer checked off the usual Anderson tropes: "Every box is ticked: Schwartzman, Murray, pint-sized precocity, a retro palette, distracted dads, slo-mo hand-holding, fab hats, dead-centre deadpan," and then asked readers to weigh in on what they thought. As you can imagine, opinions were split between excitement and annoyance. One of the more amusing comments came from a reader who stated, "You can tell this is a discussion about Wes Anderson movies when it boils down to the fact that he's definitely using a different font this time."Ah, yes, Anderson's attention to detail -- the clothes, the pastel colors, the walkie- talkies, megaphones and record players, the ... Dalmatian mice.
Those things that many critics have decried as an addiction to quirk, annoyingly twee, an overly precious and obnoxious palette that values style over substance -- a critique that's decidedly more tired and lazy than anything Wes Anderson's ever done.
In fact, nothing Wes Anderson creates is lazy. Even when you spy a kind of cinematic reference (I see it most in Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude -- particularly the "Trouble" sequence), there's always a twist. It takes an aggressive stylist, innovative soul and industrious spirit to create Margot Tenenbaum, raccoon eyeliner, mink coat, Izod dress, missing finger and all. She is singular Anderson (you actually forget Gwyneth Paltrow is playing her), not only for her personal style, but for her bittersweet beauty, her sad, fatherless childhood, her past triumphs, future failures and her deadpan demeanor, something that fills his frame so perfectly that she becomes overwhelmingly touching. I challenge anyone to get through Nico's haunting "These Days" without, at least once, thinking of Margot Tenenbaum stepping off the Green Line bus. It's Nico's curious mixture of deadpan and emotion, of course, and so perfectly merged with deadpan, emotional Margot. And yet, she's likable, intelligent and funny too. In short, she is style and substance. She's not merely a cardboard cut-out of quirk -- she's an interesting, mysterious woman, and nothing you've seen in any other film, and she's now so iconic that no other filmmaker could create her. She practically carries her own copyright. And yet, we recognize her, somewhere, in some kind of buried childhood memory.
Which leads me to one essential element of Wes Anderson: nostalgia. And not just nostalgia for nostalgia's sake, collecting memories like Star Wars action figures encased in original packaging, never to be played with. No, he's getting at something deeper and more melancholic: those feelings of childhood that are both beautiful and painful because we can only access them through memories, pictures, music and our father's clunky old dial phone (something you'll see in an Anderson movie, no matter what year it is).
And that kind of obsolete technology (old television sets tied to radiators, VHS tapes, records) can fuse with our past movie watching experiences with a kind of phantom palpability. Recently I re-watched Midnight Cowboy, and became misty over, not just the tragic story and of course Harry Nilsson's beautiful "Everybody's Talkin,'" but that the picture brought me back to a childhood memory that was both in touch with and removed from reality. I had to question where that flood of memories was coming from: Watching the movie at home from school on TV? The idea of that kind of New York City -- the New York I never experienced because the movie was released before I was born -- but those who lived there certainly did experience? And harshly remember? And then, the gentle, nearly child-like love of these two men that I figured, even at my young age, was also sexual? As gritty as Midnight Cowboy is, it does have an innocence about it. And though it's far grimier than anything Wes Anderson has ever created, I thought of Anderson. Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo could fit into Anderson's universe, albeit with a different kind of ending. John Schlesinger's bus death is more grindingly, powerfully tragic than any of Anderson's mournful finales, but I can see Joe Buck getting on with with his life in an Anderson-like Florida too. The idea of Joe Buck attempting the kind of optimism and dreams many of Anderon's characters want to have (like Max Fischer), sans Ratso is heartbreaking in itself. And I love that that there was no direct homage (save for, maybe, Owen Wilson's cowboy-clad Eli Cash in The Royal Tenenbaums) that brought me to that thought. It was a swirling cinematic idea and repressed childhood memory, but pushed to the present by Anderson in cohoots with myself. It almost sounds insane. Ah, the magic of movies.
It's not surprising that most of Anderson's adults act much like children -- or rather, act like what we, as children, might have imagined we'd be like as adults. We'd hail dented gypsy cabs in New York, travel on the Darjeeling Limited (for me and my love of train travel this was extra special) with our siblings or, as in The Life Aquatic, become Jacques Cousteau Zissou explorers, calling our competition "my nemesis." It's a lovely presage that the book Max Fischer checks out in Rushmore is "Diving for Sunken Treasure" by Jacques Cousteau.
That's not to say Anderson's films are adolescent. There's too much adult reflection and seriousness within his meticulously art-directed frames. Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) may be a lovable, nattily dressed deadbeat dad, but he's also, eventually, a regretful man who truly loves his family. The shot of the one son who resents him most, the business-minded, now excessively safety-oriented Chaz (a red tracksuit-clad Ben Stiller), sitting teary-eyed with a vulnerable and dying Royal in the back of an ambulance hits the viewer with such a powerful punch that you are smacked into the reality of loss. It's so emotional that, for some of us, you can feel it in your stomach and without warning, you spontaneously sob. Your dad may have been horrible, but he's still your dad. That's not just style. And though it's universal, particularly among so many kids of divorce, it's not easy sentimentality either.
But back to his style and signature. Anderson loves his slow-mo shots (and montages) set to music (and with great taste -- the Kinks, the Who, Brian Jones-era Rolling Stones, Love, David Bowie, David Bowie in Portuguese, Nico) to the point where it drives some viewers crazy. Or, in the case of an Indian boy's funeral in The Darjeeling Limited, offends them (I don't agree with that critique and find the slow-mo during that tragic moment powerful, allowing us to drink in all of what's happening -- for all of the characters). Anderson's slow-mo has become so recognizable that a savvy YouTuber created a video comprised of Wes Anderson slo-mo shots, all set to Ja Rule. I have no problem with Ja Rule, but it's not quite the same as Max Fischer emerging from an elevator to the Who's "A Quick One, While He's Away."
And then there's the God's-eye view. Anderson adores that shot with an almost fervid fetishization tantamount to Hitchcock's love of blondes. Books, letters, laminated lists, even Richie Tenenbaum's bleeding, suicidal wrists are shot from above. For me, each method serves its purpose with potent panache. A slow-mo allows us to drink in the scene and even feel placed in the action. The omnispective POV has us floating above it, like a memory. Who stamps library books anymore? It's perfect to view this outdated act from above, like how we often dream -- out of body: something dislodged, both spatially and temporally, from the past.
It's interesting, then, that Anderson's still startlingly wonderful debut feature, Bottle Rocket, finds his most compelling character planning for the future. Owen Wilson's Dignan has listed a detailed 50-year plan of goals for his small crew (namely his best friend Anthony, played by his brother Luke) that involves petty criminal shenanigans, like robbing a book store (with unfortunate small bags), family homes ("You took the earrings, Dignan? ") and a cold-storage facility, leading to Dignan's valiant efforts to save crew member Apple Jack, and to his swift arrest. Though Anderson would go further with set design and detail, Dignan is an Anderson (and Wilson) creation through and through -- his defining moment in which viewers were absolutely disarmed by a character and actor (Wilson brought a unique style and wit that has been part of Anderson's universe since). And further, in an era of Tarantino rip-offs (the 1990s), we were absolutely struck by the movie's inherent sweetness.
Dignan, like Anderson, is thoroughly well-organized, micromanaging the kind of world he wants to live in, from his yellow jumpsuit (he's ordered a dozen of them) to the correct way Anthony should escape from a mental institution. And yet, in the real world, Dignan, like all of us, just can't achieve that kind of perfection, which by film's end is overwhelmingly poignant. The ever-enthusiastic Dignan (no matter what) jokes (perhaps half-jokes) from the prison yard something like an action movie shoot: "Here are just a few of the key ingredients: dynamite, pole vaulting, laughing gas, choppers -- can you see how incredible this is going to be? -- hang gliding, come on!" Is this Dignan? Or Wes Anderson? Pity Dignan couldn't have become a movie director. And, damn. Dignan's final bit of goofy bravery set to "2000 Man" -- it's so funny and beautiful and sad and perfect: "They'll never catch me... because I'm fucking innocent."
So, back to Anderson's critics. When J.D. Salinger passed away, I wrote a piece for MSN and here about his influence on cinema (even as Salinger, save for one bad attempt, never wanted any movies made of his work). Wes Anderson was a major part of that piece, and I pointed out that critics of Salinger slapped Anderson with similar derision. Both have been called overly precious, overly privileged and overly adoring of characters living in a vacuum of nostalgia and sweetness, dislocated from reality. Well, what, exactly, is wrong with nostalgia and sweetness? Especially if it's crafted with genuine heart and individual éclat?
And Anderson's distinct dislocation, inertia and wistfulness -- from the Tenenbaums to the Foxes -- is part of the point. When Anderson sets it beautifully, like when Margot and Richie Tenenbaum tearfully discuss his suicide attempt and profess their love for each other in their tent while listening to the Stones' "She Smiled Sweetly," Anderson allows the record to keep playing, and so when we hear, up next, "Ruby Tuesday," the entire moment is filled with such bittersweet beauty, that you can't help but be moved -- and not by a suicide necessarily -- more a memory of a perfect little moment.
We do have those in life -- even when they're sad ones. As Henry Allen wrote in his remembrance of Salinger, "Hemingway was a writer who made unhappiness beautiful. Salinger took it a step further -- with the same uncanny ability to evoke the world his characters move through, he made it a virtue." The same could be said of Anderson. That, and as Dignan so poignantly stated, "I'm not always as confident as I look." None of us are.
Well, perhaps, even with all of his failings, excluding this man.
Originally published and extended for my piece at MSN Movies.
Read more Kim Morgan at her blog, Sunset Gun.


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Everyone knows that the best ring bearer is a darling little child, or, if possible, a wiener dog in a tiny dog tuxedo. Barring that, a Dragon Runner sentry and bomb disposal robot will do the trick. Tiny robo tux!
When you're both a bride and a mechanical engineer/robot arm designer, you can pull off radical wedding maneuvers like this one: a fully robotic ring bearer that not only delivers your metallic love symbol with extreme prejudice, but can be heaved over a fence or out a three story window. The Dragon Runner, as the bot goes by when not making love connections, is designed to be worn and literally tossed around by Marines while in combat. That might sound like a fun thing to do during a wedding, but does it sound better than this report from the mother of the bride?
The music at the time was Mr. Roboto...One of Laura's friends from work was wearing the backpack and using the control panel to control the Dragon Runner. That included the Dragon Runner's entry onto the dance floor when the wedding party was introduced. It zipped in and did a "Saturday Night Fever" spin and pump.
Sorry for ruining your wedding by showing you this wedding, which features a robot ring bearer that danced. Unless yours also has a robotic ring bearer, in which case, welcome aboard. [Electronic Design, Thanks Curtis!]


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Time for a Win!!
Alright, we have a problem. Now that all the All-Star stuff is taken care of (Heath's going…WHOO HOOO!!), we need to focus on the real goal: winning! Which we have not been doing against the Nationals. I think that absolutely stinks.
They are the Nationals. We are the first-place Padres. Do you see the problem here? The first-place Padres should have won the first two games of this series, but they didn't. No, who won the first two games of the series were the last-place Nationals. Not good at all.
I don't know what happened, really, but it seems to me like our pitching gave up a bunch of home runs. I think we gave up like four last night. We did hit three of our own, but still.
I don't like to go into the details of losses like this, so I'm not, other to say that whatever wasn't going right for the boys these past two days, they'd better get it going tonight. We've got a win to get.
We are one game away from getting our 50th win of the season. It's about time that we get it.
So how are my boys doing, really? I just realized that I haven't really talked about what's going on with the players in a long time. I found out today that the Young family is about to have their second child, a boy. I haven't heard any news from Chris in so long, and this is great news. Congrats to the Youngs!
More good news on Chris' side. His throwing session yesterday went really well, so maybe, we'll be able to see Chris out there on the mound sometime before the season ends.
Heath Bell is going to the All-Star game as a replacement for some guy from the Brewers. I am so happy! I'm sorry to say it, but I don't know if we would have been able to get him there with the vote. We did put in a ton of votes for him and a lot of hard work, and we've been rewarded. I'm so happy for Heath! We need someone there to represent our amazing pitching staff, and who better than Heath Bell? I know he's going to have a great time. Congrats Heath!
Tonight we've got Mat Latos going out there. He'd better have a great game! We really, really need to end this first half on a good note. How 'bout a sweep of the Rockies over the weekend? That would be great.
I'd like to point you guys out to a new book that's coming out soon called, "What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and Fame". It looks like a fascinating book, filled with anecdotes about food and famous people. You can check out some of the interesting stories about a few baseball players on the blog.
Well, big game against the Nationals tonight. We really really really need to win!!!


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UFC's Donald Cerrone has weight and see attitude
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Donald Cerrone has a fight this weekend at lightweight, where he's been his entire MMA career.
But lately, there seems to be some buzz about the Ultimate Fighting Championship's resident "Cowboy" making the move to featherweight. Cerrone is interest in the drop, and there's at least one fighter at 145 pounds who would love to see him there.
But Cerrone has an importat critic of his potential to make the move: UFC President Dana White.
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Coronavirus highlights sick pay void for platform workers
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is starting to have a serious impact on the world economy. The consequences for platform workers are especially severe in light of forced work stoppages due to self-isolation and lack of sick pay in many cases. Recent media coverage shows that platform workers in the transport sector (ride hailing and food delivery) are most affected, while professional services performed online (such as remote consultations with health professionals) could help to reduce the pressure on health systems.
Steps to cope with the outbreak
Platforms mediating on-location services, that is services delivered in person, are trying to cope with a decreased workforce, due to workers self-isolating or avoiding work for fear of contact with the virus, as well as changes to demand, which can increase or decrease, depending on the type of service the platform offers.
Lexology, a legal publisher, has provided a seven-point plan for platforms on how to manage the coronavirus outbreak. It recommends that they communicate tailored information to their workforces, communicate issues to customers, prohibit discrimination, be prepared for changes to demand and workforce numbers, and take the virus outbreak as an opportunity to future-proof their business model for similar situations. [1]
Uber has issued guidance to its drivers after it was reported that they had begun to avoid picking up passengers from airports. [2] The company also announced that it was temporarily suspending the accounts of drivers who tested positive for the virus or who may have been in contact with it. [3] The company has issued information through its website about the impact of the illness on drivers and customers, and has implemented measures to discourage drivers from working when they feel sick, including reassurances that they will maintain their Uber Pro status regardless of their driving activity. [4]
Pay for self-isolating workers
As the relationship between platform, client and platform worker is usually not based on a traditional employment contract, questions have arisen around sick pay for drivers directly or indirectly affected by the virus.
Cases where platforms pay workers who could theoretically work but self-isolate due to coronavirus symptoms are rare. Hermes, in the United Kingdom, which usually pays its 15,000 platform workers only per completed delivery, has set aside a support fund worth £1 million (€1.13 million) to support workers who have to self-isolate due to symptoms of the virus. The company said it would help couriers to find someone to deliver on their behalf if needed and has guaranteed that they can return to their delivery rounds when the self-isolation period ends. This followed pressure from trade unions over sick pay for platform workers and a deal struck between the company and the GMB trade union earlier in February that guaranteed holiday pay and a legal minimum wage. [5]
Reactions from other platforms are mixed. In Belgium, Deliveroo announced that it would exceptionally offer paid sick leave to workers who cannot deliver food due to self-isolation or illness. [6] In the United States, Uber will offer drivers 14 days of sick leave if they fall ill with the virus. [7] Amazon Flex drivers, however, will not be paid. [8] Postmates, a food- and goods-delivery platform, is setting up an emergency relief fund to support affected workers. Couriers who have made at least one delivery in states where cases of the coronavirus have been identified are eligible for compensation from the fund. [9]
Trade unions demand sickness cover
In Italy, the Deliverance Milano trade union has appealed to the government to provide support for platform workers affected by the virus. Orders for home deliveries in Milan have decreased significantly and, according to the trade union, Deliveroo has made no attempts to protect its workers from risks associated with delivery. [10] In Ireland, the Siptu trade union warned that the social protection system will not adequately support workers on low pay or employed in the platform economy. Workers who rely on the state's sickness benefit system will have to go for a week without pay and will then receive €200 per week, which will hit platform workers and low-paid workers hardest, according to the union. [11]
In New Zealand, FIRST Union, the country's second largest private sector trade union, has called for the government to provide statutory sick pay to platform workers amid the coronavirus outbreak. The union has also demanded that the government clarify the rules discouraging misclassification of employees as contractors, which would give them access to sick leave and other benefits. [12]
Brooke Masters in The Financial Times suggests that the coronavirus outbreak could propel platform worker rights and protections to the top of the political agenda. She argues that not only the workers but the clients are also worried by platform workers' ineligibility for sick pay, which could lead to them working while sick and thereby spreading the virus.[13]Public relations could put additional pressure on the platforms: in New York, an Uber driver tested positive for the coronavirus, which has decreased consumer trust in the company. [14]
Type of task matters
While stock markets have fallen sharply after investors' concerns about the broader economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the impact on platform firms seems to be mixed. While restaurants in affected areas in China cannot admit customers to their premises, food-delivery platforms Baemin and Yogiyo have reported increased revenues, up by 9% and 11%, respectively, compared to the previous month. [15] Ride-hailing companies seem to be seeing a fall in demand – Uber's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi expects a drop in revenues from the ride-hailing arm due to a fall-off in the company's airport business, while the food-delivery arm, Uber Eats, is likely to benefit. [16] For Deliveroo in Hong Kong, lunch orders increased by almost 100% in February compared to the previous month. [17]
The platform economy may have something to contribute to controlling the outbreak by helping to support national healthcare systems, which are currently under exceptional pressure. In China, JD Health, an e-commerce firm that links pharmacies and doctors to patients, has reduced its fees and lured health professionals to the platform to provide online consultations. According to estimates, around 10 million people in China have consulted online health services, and half of them were first-time online patients. [18]
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Research carried out prior to the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020, and published subsequently, may include data relating to the 28 EU Member States. Following this date, research only takes into account the 27 EU Member States (EU28 minus the UK), unless specified otherwise.


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The camera in your cellphone is a lot like the digital cameras marketed for kids—it's a toy, and a pretty bad one, at that. With low-res sensors and lenses so tiny they generally can't focus on anything, much less whatever you're trying to capture, cellphone cameras aren't the equivalent of a disposable film camera or even a Polaroid. They're basically pinhole cameras.
Which is my long-winded justification for testing out Samsung's SCH-a990 cellphone, which came out last summer, received decent reviews, but not much attention. It's a chunky clamshell phone, at 0.8-in.-thick when closed, but it features the first and only 3.2-megapixel image sensor to be integrated into a cellphone in the U.S. The sensor is also a CCD, as opposed to the lower-power and generally lower-quality CMOS sensors used in nearly every other cameraphone. You can get more megapixels in Asia and Europe, but the a990 is still the highest-resolution cameraphone available in the States. It's also the only model I've seen with autofocus, which doesn't sound impressive until you think about how blurry cameraphones are, no matter how close you are or how steady your hand is.
The a990's camera has other "real-camera" features, such as multiple scene modes (portrait, landscape, etc.), adjustable ISO, and a flash, and the display can be swiveled around and then closed to act as a full-screen viewfinder. But it's the image clarity that caught me by surprise.
I took three photos of the scene below, first with a Motorola Razr V3, then with the SCH-a990, and finally with a regular digicam, Fujifim's FinePix F30. I could have framed all of the images better (the top of the lampshade was cut off in the Razr shot), but all were taken from the same distance, with the same lighting conditions (the lamp's compact fluorescent bulb was the only light source), and from roughly the same angle. The first-generation Razr has a maximum resolution of about 0.3-megapixels, the a990 and Finepix F30 were shooting at a resolution of 3-megapixels. But resolution aside, the results are pretty clear.
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The Razr shot see Motorola Razr full resolution image is practically black and white, and nothing in the frame is in focus. The a990's colors, while skewing red, are surprsingly vibrant, and the image clarity see Samsung SCH-a990 full resolution image is at least as good as many compact digital camera's. The FinePix F30 has the best white balance and the sharpest focus, but the difference between the digicam Fujifilm Finepix F30 full resolution image and the phonecam is relatively minimal. Considering that you could easily fix the color levels in the a990's image with Photoshop, this is the first cellphone shot I've ever seen that could pass as a real photo. It's also big enough to print, and easy to transfer out of the phone—you can move the photos from the 72MB of internal memory to a microSD card, and then stick that card into a PC, printer or plug-in card-reader.
So does this phone replace your digital camera, meaning one less high-tech brick you have to lug around? Not really. The lens doesn't zoom, there's a serious delay both for taking photos and saving them, and the tiny LED flash turns faces blue. Not a bluish-white, like you might expect from LEDs. I mean ghoulish, freakish, somebody-get-my-shotgun-cause-I-see-an-alien-invader blue. But when there's enough light to shoot, and you forgot your regular camera at home, the a990 is an excellent backup plan.
On a side note, this phone also has a bizarre feature that lets you scan business cards. It takes a photo of the card, and then uses OCR (optical character recognition) to single out blocks of info, including name, phone number, fax number and e-mail. This lets you create a new contact pretty quickly, but it only works properly with traditional business cards. Weird colors or fonts confuse the phone, making it think a swoosh is a name or a zip code is an e-mail address. I'm not mentioning this feature because it's useful—it only works about half the time. But the fact that it works at all is a credit to the camera's sensor and its ability to focus, since the only way to recognize any characters is to capture an extremely sharp image. It's also an innovative idea, which Samsung is full of these days, especially when it comes to cellphones. And as cameraphones get better I'm hoping we see more image-capture-based features like this, such as face-recognition software that lines up a face with a contact in your address book. With tons of new digicams demonstrating face-recognition, that sort of synergy, pointless as it may be, is bound to happen in the next few years. —Erik Sofge
The Samsung SCH-a990 (CLICK TO ENLARGE)
The SCH-a990's camera (CLICK TO ENLARGE)


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Time2Save Market brings Spanish flair, flavors to Fall RIver
After having to drive to Providence to buy the Spanish food he grew up with, Domingo Herrera decided to open a market selling home-style fare in Fall River.
Dominican Republic natives, Herrera and his wife, Marleny Cabrera, opened the Time2Save market at 179 President Ave., selling Spanish products and hot foods to-go.
Made fresh every day by Cabrera, the foods to-go are sold individually, or as a "plate" with rice and two or three different items, soda included, for about $8. The buffet-style items Cabrera plates up from the behind the glass counter vary each day, but there's always one or two different types of rice, bean dishes, chicken, pork and beef selections.
On this particular day, the hot buffet offered up white rice; yellow rice with veggies; pinto beans; green peas and squash, beef strips with peppers and onions (cebollado); a beef stew flavored with adobo and sofrito (carne de reis gisada); chicken parmesan; a salted cod dish (bacalao); eggplant (beregena); grilled bananas; ribs; pork; hearts of palm; green bananas; pork rinds; and roasted chicken legs.
There's also a selection of hot empanadas (chicken, beef, and ham and cheese); chilled desserts such as flan sold individually, and soon, deli meats. The market also sells frozen seafood, produce, and a full array of market items including Goya products, dried and canned beans, rice mixes, pastas, sodas, and household products and beauty items.
Herrera, who worked in the grocery business for 11 years before realizing his dream to open his own place, said he sought the advice of Spanish market owners he knows in Providence.
At first, people will come in and look around, and they may not buy the unfamiliar foods, but over time they'll be back, he said.
In general, the response to having a market again in that part of the city has been great. "People like it — they say it's beautiful," he added.
And so far, people are also interested in trying out the delicious smelling hot fare. "Some people stare at it and then they'll decide to give it a try. And they like it," said the couple's daughter, Scarlet Herrera, also works at the family business.
Residents of Fall River, Herrera said he worked on plans for the market for about a year. "It's an adventure. I thought I'd give it a try," he added.


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Welcome to Dragon Cave! Dragon Cave is an online adoptables game. Collect eggs, raise them to adulthood, and then breed them to create interesting lineages. New dragons are added regularly!
Cloudplume Dragons are as warm and friendly as they look. Living in groups of ten to twenty, these dragons make their home in snowy mountains, where their white feathers fit right in with the environment. During their waking hours, they spread out to fly all over the mountains and nearby plains and forests, collecting mana, exploring, and greeting whoever they happen to meet. When they need to rest, they return to the snowy slopes and curl up together. While a single Cloudplume can blast an air breath at attackers to make their escape, a group of Cloudplumes will stick close, feathers puffed up and the large feathers on their backs raised high and quivering, becoming one giant, bristling mass to intimidate the attacker away from their home. Smaller creatures—and some not so small—often get in between the resting dragons for warmth and protection, and the Cloudplumes welcome such guests. During summertime, these dragons fly higher up to the mountaintops where the air stays cool, mingling with the clouds.
Dragons are highly-intelligent reptilian creatures that—from a human perspective, at least—appear to live forever. Many different varieties of dragon exist, each with their own unique qualities, habitats, and behavior. Adolescence in dragons is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling's wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. In Galsreim, dragons and humans coexist peacefully.


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Winding down after the C.F.D.A. and Tony Awards galas in early June—the summer party scene slowed to intimate soirées. But VF Daily's dedicated mingling brought plenty of high points. Most notably, our chat with Carla Bruni—and her live performance—courtesy of the New York *Observer'*s salon series; our extensive conversation with Alec Baldwin at Rock Paper Photo's exhibition; and a tipsy Friday afternoon laughing with Amy Poehler at the UCB Theater's Del Close improv marathon. And, of course, a conversation with Cate Blanchett at the Blue Jasmine Premiere was the lemon twist on the martini.
The warm weather also brought some excellent outdoor events. The theater set cooed over puppies at the Broadway Barks pet-adoption drive, Rachel Dratch tap-danced in the Public Theater's delightfully wacky musical rendition of Love's Labour's Lost in Central Park, and—most recently—Soho House's 10th anniversary party was host to an epic Mumford & Sons' concert that inspired Jenna Lyons to jump into the rooftop pool, gown and all.
Below, a few of the most quotable moments from the summer's best shindigs.


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PG-13: Perfect game, 13 K's for Big Unhit
Randy Johnson's career is now as perfect as they come. The 40-year-old left-hander tossed the 17th perfect game in Major League history, pitching the D-Backs past the Braves, 2-0, at Turner Field in his 17th Major League season. More >
Players praise an 'elite' pitcher
Leave it to a pitcher to best sum up Randy Johnson's perfect game on Tuesday. "It's perfect," said Devil Rays pitcher John Halama, who was once traded for Johnson. More >
Unit more than just perfect
We didn't need Randy Johnson's masterpiece Tuesday night at Turner Field to know that he's a Hall of Fame pitcher and a fierce competitor, writes MLB.com's John Schlegel. But his perfect game against Atlanta was the proverbial icing on the cake for the big man. More >
Hammock catches gem
Robby Hammock couldn't wait to catch Randy Johnson Tuesday night. Hammock had invited about 50 friends and family members to attend his first Major League game in Atlanta after spending most of his life in the northern suburb of Marietta. More >


text: Newly surfaced details about Metro-North Railroad's deficiencies are numbing. - An uncertified engineer operated a train. - Inspectors found cracked joint bars and loose or missing rail braces; - Required tests of equipment were not conducted; - Random drug-testing requirements were not met; - Locomotives leaked oil; - Hand brakes were not properly applied to stationary trains. - Switching devices were defective. And so on. And so on. And so on. If the details put you in a trance, here's a translation: The trains you rode weren't always safe. It's also not reassuring that this information is available only because we asked for it. Hearst Connecticut Media gathered the reports under the Freedom of Information law. Transparency can build trust moving forward. An official with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), which made the inspections, stressed that the defects do not mean the trains are unsafe. "We would never allow an unsafe operation to function, and Metro-North has been very responsive to mitigating the exceptions and defects identified during our inspections by reducing the speed of trains when necessary," said Kevin Thompson, FRA's associate administrator. At the same time, he reveals that his agency's 2013 inspections uncovered five times as many issues per 100 miles of track than they did in similar inspections of other commuter railroads. But the FRA's pattern of inspections has fluctuated wildly from month to month. In 2013, they did five in January and 89 in December. So they are hardly in position to say they would not have found even more defects if they held more inspections. The blame can't rest only with Metro-North. Marjorie Anders, a Metro-North spokeswoman, summed up the process by saying "It's FRA's role to find defects and it is our role to fix defects." That's convenient reasoning too, like restaurants letting food spoil until a health inspector calls them out on it. Metro-North holds ultimate responsibility, even if there were failings in the oversight department. Other watchdogs share some of the burden as well. State Sen. Toni Boucher, R-Wilton, reacted to the inspection details by saying "I'm outraged, but I'm not surprised." She shouldn't be surprised. She is, after all, the ranking member of the General Assembly's Transportation Committee. James Cameron, the veteran watchdog for commuters, echoed Boucher's reaction: "The FRA reports are shocking, but not unexpected." Cameron, who served for almost two decades on the Connecticut Metro-North Rail Commuter Council, says he was never able to get an answer from the Department of Transportation on how it evaluated the railroad's performance. That's a lot of finger-pointing, but we are left to question the ultimate effectiveness of everyone involved, including the FRA, the Transportation Committee and the commuter council. The DOT did not respond with outrage when we sought comment on the reports. As Cameron also experienced, they did not respond at all. We still need answers, and it should not take FOI requests to get them The question is simple: Why? Why did any of this happen? How could a culture of neglect thrive at a time when security at airports was at a peak in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001? Given the complexity of the railroad's operations, we suggest a regular independent review of the inspection process by experts. If Metro-North's infrastructure is to be repaired, there can be no dodging of blame. It's not just steel that needs fixing. This culture of neglect must be acknowledged and changed. These deficiencies are numbing, but must not lead to paralysis.


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Braves fall to Phillies
PHILADELPHIA — The Atlanta Braves wobbled once again on the road, something they know will need to change if they are to claim their first National League East title since 2005.
Freshly chosen All-Star Domonic Brown homered, tripled and drove in two runs Sunday, leading the Philadelphia Phillies over the Braves 7-3.
It was the 10th loss in the last 15 road games for Atlanta, which is 21-25 overall on the road this season.
"I really can't tell you why. It's one of those things," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "To be a championship team, you have to win at home and on the road."
Chris Johnson homered and Brian McCann got three hits for first-place Atlanta, which has a four-game lead on Washington. McCann finished 9 for 12 in the series and is batting .512 (22 for 43) over his last 11 games.
"Even though we had 10 hits we couldn't put up enough crooked numbers," Gonzalez said. "You get 10 hits, you can't blame the offense."
Kris Medlen (6-8) gave up a season-high six earned runs in 51⁄3 innings.
Medlen had won three straight and five of his last six starts. He surrendered eight hits with five strikeouts and three walks.
"It came down to execution and I didn't execute," Medlen said. "They're a veteran team and they make you throw it down the middle. They're a quality team. It was one of those days for me."
Of the road losses, Medlen said, "It's one of those weird things that's hard to explain."
Ben Revere hit a two-run triple for Philadelphia, which took two of three from the Braves. The Phillies, who won five straight NL East titles from 2007-2011, have played under .500 for most of the season but haven't given up hope of another division title.
Even without slugger Ryan Howard, who went on the 15-day DL on Saturday with left knee inflammation, Phillies manager Charlie Manuel still believes in his club.
"If we stay at it and grind it out, we can win," Manuel said. "We've been there before. What the heck? We have guys in our clubhouse who know how to win."
The Phillies jumped out to a 4-0 lead through four innings. Brown's RBI triple and Delmon Young's single staked Philadelphia to a 2-0 advantage in the first.
Revere tripled home two more in the fourth. He is batting .337 since May 1.
The Braves scored in the fifth on Medlen's opposite-field RBI single. The first five runs of the game came with two outs.
Brown, picked Saturday to his first All-Star team, got that run back in the bottom of the fifth by turning on Medlen's inside pitch and just clearing the wall in right for his 23rd homer.
"It was down, I thought it might hit him," Medlen said. "What can I say? He's an All-Star and he's having a heck of a year."
The Phillies were gifted a pair of runs in the sixth when Darin Ruf and Carlos Ruiz scored on Alex Wood's wild pitch and McCann's throwing error on the play.
Johnson's homer and Jason Heyward's single accounted for the Braves' two runs in the seventh.
Atlanta's B.J. Upton was ejected in the fifth by plate umpire Doug Eddings for arguing after being called out on strikes. Upton went 0 for 2, dropping his average to .175 with 96 strikeouts.
"B.J. didn't say very much from where I was standing," Gonzalez said. "I don't know what he said at the plate."


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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The 16-year-old California girl who was kidnapped by a family friend clarified some details Thursday about her relationship with her kidnapper, including that they exchanged texts beforehand, not phone calls as police have said, and that they wrote each other letters a year ago when she wasn't getting along with her mother.
The girl, Hannah Anderson, was kidnapped by family friend James Lee DiMaggio on Aug. 4 after he killed her mother and Hannah's 8-year-old brother at his rural house east of San Diego and fled with the teen, authorities have said.
San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore has declined to discuss a possible motive and investigators haven't publicly addressed other aspects of the case, including why the family went to DiMaggio's home, how Christina and Ethan Anderson died, the nature of letters from Hannah that were discovered in DiMaggio's home and how Hannah was treated in captivity.
According to search warrants, Anderson exchanged about 13 phone calls with DiMaggio before she was picked up from cheerleading practice that day. But Anderson told NBC's "Today" show in an interview that aired Thursday that communications were texts, not calls, and she was telling DiMaggio where to pick her up.
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department said it could not immediately explain the discrepancy.
Anderson also said that the letters found in DiMaggio's home his home in Boulevard, a tiny town 65 miles east of San Diego, were written about a year ago when she was having trouble getting along with her mother and she sought advice from DiMaggio.
"They were just to help me through tough times," she said in her first news interview since her rescue.
FBI agents rescued Anderson during a shootout in the Idaho wilderness that killed DiMaggio days after she was kidnapped. She said in the interview that she had no idea there was a massive search effort underway for her but thanked all those who looked and who have supported her. The interview gave no details about what happened after DiMaggio kidnapped her, including whether he told her that her mother and brother were killed or whether she tried to escape.
Authorities have also said he set fire to his home, where the bodies of her mother and brother were found. DiMaggio used a timer to set the fire, giving him a 20-hour jump on authorities, San Diego County Sheriff's Department Jan Caldwell said.
Anderson spoke lovingly as she remembered her mother and brother, saying they both were strong and that her mother knew how to handle herself.
Of her brother, she said, "He had a really big heart," before she choked up and wiped away tears.
Gore has called Hannah "a victim in every sense of the word."
Anderson spoke some about herself and her ordeal days ago on social media, and she was expected to discuss why she did so in another portion of the interview scheduled to air later Thursday morning.


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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), who has been rumored as being considered to replace Janet Napolitano to head the Department of Homeland Security, used some very strange language earlier this week to characterize a sentiment for a clean resolution to end the government shutdown. She labeled it a form of "martial law."
Yes, we have heard Ms. Lee say some whimsical and ridiculous things in her time in office, which I'm sure embarrass her fellow Texans, but this has to be one of the most ridiculous ones to date.
She pushed that the measure was bi-partisan, including Democrats and Republicans.
"It's something called a continuing resolution, but it's a bill that you put on the floor that has been passed already by Republicans and Democrats in the United States Senate….that we could vote on today," Lee said.
"We have martial law — what that means — and my colleagues know what it means — is that you can put a bill on in just minutes," she added.
What in the world does martial law have to do with a government spending bill? Is this implying that Congress can just willy nilly pass a law to do whatever they like, in any manner they like, constitutional or unconstitutional? I think Ms. Jackson better check her 6 if that is the case. I see truckers and vets coming to town who would disagree with her.
Darla Dawald writes:
The term "martial law" in a legislative context is somewhat obscure but it has been used before to define lawmakers' ability to "fast track" bills without going through the usual congressional process.
However, Lee's insistence that a Senate-approved resolution to fund the federal government be fast-tracked via "martial law" appears to conflict with Article I, Section 7, Clause I of the Constitution, which states, "All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives."
This clause was included by the founders to ensure that decisions related to the power of the purse reside with the legislative body which is closest to the American people.
The last time martial law was mentioned by a member of Congress was back in 2008 when Rep. Brad Sherman revealed how lawmakers were threatened with "martial law in America" by then Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson if they rejected the TARP bailout package.
So I was right. As Darla points out, it is a means of dismissing the Constitutional process and the law in order to push whatever Congress wants, whether it is lawful or not. Sheila Jackson Lee is among the most lawless witches in Congress. She is among many socialists and communists on the House Oversight committee in the House of Representatives, and she is more than in favor of grabbing your guns and stealing your right to own them. Why should this surprise us that she would use such terminology? I'll let the reader decide, but I have my own theories.
Beware, Ms. Jackson may have given a signal about what the Communists and socialists in the House, along with their comrade in the White House has planned.
Tim Brown is the Editor of Freedom Outpost.


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As Russell Coutts continues his efforts to become the Bernie Ecclestone of the America's Cup, another Bernie learned yesterday that San Francisco is most likely OUT of consideration for AC35. You'd think the new buzzwords of sustainability and commercial viability might argue for Northern California staying part of the AC, but apparently, they're just too big a pain in the ass for Coutts; in a truly bizarre twist, an island in the middle of the Atlantic is now thought to be at the head of the list, thanks to government subsidies, tax breaks, and time zones, while San Diego and Chicago remain in the hunt, with the SoCal gem a marginal, haven't-we-been-here-before option, thanks to the kelp, light air, and the fact that the racing will either be so far south offshore that it will be in Mexico or so far west that it might as well be in Hawaii, except it isn't. It is equally retarded to think that the Midwest option is probably the best possible one, all things considered.
A Bermuda choice would be a major admission that huge crowds aren't that important to the 'commercial cup', nor does any connection to America matter beyond the 25% nationality requirement or the name of the defending team or the competition itself. More irony in an AC35 that's overflowing with the stuff.