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The more merry the merrier?

Over coffee today a Dutch friend of mine told me how surprised she had been when listening to a radio station the other day and hearing the phrase ‘… meer prominente plekken’. The context was a radio broadcast on the increasing popularity of supermarket own-brand products in economic hard times and its result: shop managers were dedicating shelf space to own brand products in more prominent places.  The issue, my friend patiently explained for the benefit of my ignorant, Dutch-less self, is that a comparative structure such as this should (grammatically speaking) have contained the morpheme –re. In other words, the correct expression would have been prominentere plekken (without the meer).

We discussed several reasons for this (as you do when you’re drinking coffee), and came up with the following:

1) Misinterpretation: The broadcaster in question was actually referring to the increasing amount of prominent shelves in stores, rather than the way that the space was being used to display products – unlikely, since the context was economic hardship, not expansion.

2) A slip of the tongue: in full flow, it’s harder to monitor your own production than it would be in writing. Given that the report was a monologue for a large (unseen) audience, with a lack of any immediate feedback, the presenter may have moved on too far to self-correct by the time she noticed – if she did notice. Less forgivable though, if she’s merely reading from an autocue.

3) An English-ism: This is possible, since meer prominente is a direct translation of the English more prominent, and phonetically as well the phrase carries the same sound structure. It could be that she is merely an English enthusiast (which we shall not hold against her).

4) Evidence of language change in progress. This is also possible, though difficult to measure. A brief look at the Dutch National Corpus, however, will quickly tell you that meer goed for example, only appears in the context of meer goede doelen – so not as a comparative at all (and many a Dutch speaker may wonder why I even bothered to consult a corpus).

The mention of English gets me thinking about our own, slightly less straightforward, rules on comparative constructions. Like most things which have the capacity to be relatively clear in English, it is in fact confusingly muddy. Whereas the Dutch idea is simply to add –re to any adjective to make it comparative, the English system has a complex mix of more, less, –er and –ier– not to mention the occasional doubling of consonants. So which form do we use when?

For a pre-intermediate learner using Oxford’s ‘New English File’ series, comparatives are explained as follows:

 C. Oxenden et al. (2005), New English File Pre-intermediate Student Book. Oxford University Press (p. 132).

An unsure linguist, however, might prefer A Glossary of English Grammar, where they would find the following:

Comparative: The form of a gradable word which ends (according to the regular rule) in –er, and which indicates a comparison of two things in terms of a higher or lower position on some scale of quality or quantity, for example wider, colder, happier. There are a few irregular comparative forms, for example: good-better; bad-worse; little-less; many/much-more; far-further. Regular one-syllable gradable adjectives and adverbs form their comparative by adding -(e)r, but for most adjectives  and adverbs of more than one syllable it is necessary to add the preceeding adverb more (or less for a comparison in the opposite direction), for example more careful, more slowly, less natural.

G. Leech (2006), A Glossary of English grammar. Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Press (p. 20).

So far so different. Perhaps Swann’s Practical English Usage will provide a more definitive answer?

Swann 2005

M. Swan, (2005), Practical English Usage (3rd ed.) Oxford. Oxford University Press (p. 113).

Well, that certainly clears that up.  Back with the coffee and my friend is wondering aloud who we can trust to produce a standardized, grammatically correct example for the public if not media broadcasters and journalists, and I agree with her. But with such overwhelming potential for forming comparatives in English, I can’t help feeling that had the poor broadcaster been speaking English, she would have been more easily forgiven. Which only leaves one question:

How do you form yours?

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Steve Jobs Essay

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November 23, 2013

Sustainable Knowledge Management within Organizations:
A Case Study of Apple

This research paper outlines that the success that Apple Inc. enjoys is based on the approach based on strengths that Steve Jobs cultivated in the organization as a company strategy during his tenure as the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. This approach to knowledge management is basically built on the creation of deviant performance with a positive outlook, which ultimately results in the achievement of runaway success in the company that exceeds the expectations of both stakeholders and the projections of competitors. The company approach to knowledge management for sustainable development is based on key pillars of focusing on exploiting the major capabilities of employee at the workplace, taking advantage of available opportunities to utilize employee strengths through innovation, and cultivating an organizational culture that ensures the perpetuation of these practices over time. Ultimately, Apple Inc. has been able to create a result-oriented workforce with continuously learning at its core.

Key Words

Knowledge management, sustainable development, organizational culture

Strategic planning for sustainable development in an organizational context basically involves identification of the problem at hand, analysis of its causative factors, proposing viable solutions to the problem and finally coming up with a set of options to mitigate the problem. However, although many organizations can successfully adopt this strategy, it does not result in maximal knowledge management as well as optimal utilization of social capital in a sustainable manner(Handzic 2004).

Sustainable knowledge management which is reflected in positive deviant performance is achieved only when the organization is functionally efficient to at the highest level possible, as well as realizing the best performance. Therefore, an approach to strategy based on organizational strength must be adopted for this objective to be achieved. This does not mean that the organization ignores the environmental threats it faces at the expense of exploiting its strengths, but resources are channeled into the social capital of the organization in order to align it to the most achievable objectives of the organization in order to generate and sustain maximum performance(Handzic 2004).

To sustain maximal performance backed by strategic planning, leaders adopt unique approaches that are aligned to their objective of value creation, which make the process of attainment of extraordinary success possible. Apple Inc. is a good example of a company that has managed to formulate a strategy based on strength that has the capacity to sustain extraordinary performance in the long term(Müller 2011).

Upon Steve Jobs’ return to Apple Inc. in the year 2000, the company was worth $5billion. However, just 10 years later its worth has skyrocketed to the tune of at least $165billion. Nevertheless, the success of Apple Inc. has not been reflected in a strong financial position only. Even though the company may enjoy less than 10% of the personal computer share of the market in the United States, it has at least a 12% share in the smart phone market on the global scale, as well as a dominant share of the market for other products such as the MP3player. The company has also consistently won back to back accolades for management, marketing and innovation consistently(Müller 2011).

In this research, the position that Steve Job’s strategy of utilizing a generative recipe of approaches to define the process of strategic planning at Apple Inc. during his tenure as the C.E.O has placed the company on a path of sustainable knowledge management, which is the backbone of its success. His approach entailed the framing of the strategy of Apple through conceptualizing its story, creating a strategy based on exploitation of opportunities and defining the core capabilities of the company that distinguish it from other competitors in the industry. Furthermore, this research examines the position of organizational culture in the overall strategy of Apple Inc of maintaining optimal performance through promoting continuous learning in the organization.

When Steve Jobs was in charge at Apple Inc., he was lauded for his ability to conceptualize the strategy of the company through coming up with a story line which people could identify with. This was through the crafting of a convincing, chronologically ordered story that reflected the specific mission of the company and promoted value proposition as the primary themes of the core strategy of Apple Inc. As an example, the Annual Report of the company in 2009 outlined its strategy as “Bringing the best personal computing, mobile communication, and portable digital music and video experience to consumers[…].”(O’Grady 2009, pg.34).

Although it can be argued that any other companies within the same industry could have easily outlined the same strategy as Apple, it must be noted that Jobs and the top leadership at Apple did not stop at this point but went ahead to breathe life into this strategy through the adoption of storylines that utilized rhetoric, images and metaphors to back it up. As a case in point, this storyline has been reflected in the adoption of marketing offensives such as the “Think Different” advertisements series, which gave Apple a unique appeal that distinguished it from its competitors and stole the limelight through appearing cool and trendy. These advertisements were backed with sound bites proclaiming that “[…] because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do”(O’Grady 2009, pg.47).

Renowned figures chosen by Apple as the face of this marketing offensive were historical figures and personalities best remembered for challenging the status quo and injecting fresh perspectives into the normal train of thinking such as President Jimmy Carter, a Nobel laureate, and Rosa Parks, an icon of the American Civil Rights Movement. Through choosing such figures to be the face of the company’s marketing campaign, Apple Inc. was able to appeal to the public through enabling them to understand its strategy by identifying it with obvious social identities(Mishra 2009).

However, Jobs did not just use the stories for marketing purposes, but conceptualized them to inform the employees at the company of the aim of its core strategy to beat its competition through adopting an approach of futuristic and insightful visualization of its innovativeness. The story line created by Steve Jobs therefore defined the core strategy of the company.

In example, back in 1981 Steve Jobs story involved the portrayal of the company as an entity with a firm commitment to unveiling simple enough computers for the ordinary customer(Linzmayer 2004). During this early period, Steve Jobs prophesied that the computer would change the lifestyle of man just like the motor vehicle and the telephone had. Jobs simply outlined his mission as to have an Apple computer on all available desks.

However, just as it was characteristic of his style of leadership, Steve Jobs started his campaign from within the company. He issued a memo banning the purchase and availing of typewriters within the company premises. He outlined that since Apple Inc. was marketing itself as an innovation-driven entity, the company staff and stakeholders had to internalize this belief and set a precedence in line with it. He specifically outlined since in their innovativeness typewriters were obsolete in view of computers, they had to purge them from the company premises before expecting customers to believe in word processing computers.

In time, Jobs had conceptualized Apple’s story to encapsulate a rivalry between it and IBM, the leading computer company at the time, such that users would identify with Apple’s products. IBM was the villain and to motivate the staff at the company, Jobs communicated to them that IBM wanted to dominate the market and Apple was the company that was going to stop it. In the annual report of 1984, Jobs painted the picture of a Goliath vs David competition between IBM and Apple in order to motivate the MAC clients to shun IBM products. He aimed to tipping the market share to Apple’s products that users could identify with as opposed to the bland computers that IBM was offering. Later on, Job shifted his strategy to attack Microsoft(Linzmayer 2004).

Therefore, through strategic stories, the employees in an organization are able to discover their capacity to make a positive impact on the future of the company through deciphering the identity of the organization through the distinct conceptualization of its objective. In addition, strategic stories lay out the purpose and aims of a particular road map the company intends to follow(Becerra-fernandez and Sabherwal 2010).

Therefore, the ability of Steve Jobs to come up with convincing story lines enabled him to defined the market for Apple’s products as well as to convince both employees and stakeholders of Apple of the value of the products of the company. These approaches laid the foundation for the maximum utilization of the knowledge of the employees in propelling the organization forward through sustained innovation…

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Banks' first-quarter trading revenue prompts cautious optimism

LONDON (Reuters) - Trading revenue from the world’s biggest banks showed signs of recovery in the first quarter as financial market volatility boosted dealing room profits after years of attrition.

Though income has been only modestly higher than the same period last year, the numbers have prompted cautious optimism from analysts holding out hope for a return to trading returns last seen before the 2007/08 financial crisis.

Earnings so far from the five leading U.S. banks and Credit Suisse in Europe show that revenue from fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) almost doubled from the previous quarter to $17.1 billion.

Quarter-on-quarter improvement was to be expected, given that the first three months of the year are typically the strongest for investment banks as cash is put to work. However, analysts have been encouraged by FICC numbers that were flat year on year. FICC accounts for about half investment banks’ revenues.

Total revenue at the U.S. quintet and Credit Suisse from FICC, equities and investment banking fees was $34.98 billion, up a modest 5.9 percent from the same period last year, according to Christopher Wheeler, U.S. banks analyst at Atlantic Equities.

“FICC is showing some signs of life but that is because rates are back, commodities are back and there’s been more volatility surrounding events like the Swiss franc cap. This is positive given the dull FICC markets in recent years,” Wheeler said.

The first quarter has been notable for the Swiss National Bank’s removal of its cap on the Swiss franc, the European Central Bank’s trillion-euro bond-buying quantitative easing (QE) program, speculation over U.S. interest rates and a rollercoaster ride for oil prices.

This has created the type of price fluctuation and market volatility that traders thrive on, offsetting the seemingly perennial downward pressures on trading revenue from tighter regulation, dwindling liquidity and increased automation in financial market trading.

FICC revenue at the top 10 global banks has risen year on year only once since 2009 and is down about 50 percent overall since then, data from industry analytics firm Coalition shows.

In that light, this year’s first-quarter stagnation has been greeted by some as a welcome development.

“With higher volatility and continued support from euro zone QE, we believe that the investment banking earnings cycle is at a turning point,” Citi analysts wrote in a note on Tuesday.

The big winners have been Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, with revenue up 15 percent and 10 percent respectively year on year, while Citi registered a fall of 11 percent, Atlantic Equities analyst Wheeler said.

Credit Suisse, the first big European bank to report first-quarter results on Tuesday, posted FICC revenue up 8 percent year on year. Barclays, HSBC and UBS will all report by May 6.

Revenue from other banking activities also showed signs of life. Equities income was up 23 percent while advisory and capital markets revenue gained 11 percent, a Reuters analysis of results at the big five U.S. banks shows.

Global M&A deals this year had topped $1 trillion by April 8, the earliest the threshold has been reached since 2007, according to financial data provider Dealogic.

“Low rates have translated into a surge in mergers and an increase in currency trading, both big money makers for investment banks,” BlackRock’s Global Chief Investment Strategist Russ Koesterich said.

“We see the favorable environment for this sector continuing and would remain overweight in large, global financial firms.”

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Climate week of action success

17 October 2016

Andy Burnham MP with CAFOD young leaders at St Mary’s Catholic High School, Astley, discussing climate change

In 2016 Andy Burnham MP visited St Mary’s Catholic High School, Astley, to discuss climate change with 20 CAFOD young leaders.

From students in Manchester to parishioners in Kent, last week thousands of Climate Coalition supporters met with their MPs, organised and attended community events, and spoke to their local communities to help bring power to the world’s poorest people.

The 8-16 October marked the Climate Coalition’s Speak Up week of action. Across the country, there were over 250 events to Speak Up to local government representatives and to ask them to take action to tackle climate change and further invest in renewable energy for developing communities.

Engaging local communities

CAFOD volunteers were determined to spread their message to a wide audience and attended many community events; Keith Taylor from St Albans parish, Macclesfield, set up a CAFOD stall at the local treacle market and met with MP, David Rutley. Angela Terry, an environmental scientist, provided ‘food for thought’ at the annual Somerset Wells Food Festival and was joined by local MP James Heappey.

CAFOD representative in Surrey, Jo Lewry, met with MP Jeremy Hunt and discussed the benefits of renewable energy both locally and internationally. St Aidan’s parish in Wigan met with their local Councillor, Paul Kenny, to support initiatives that promote renewable energy. Purley parishioners held a Harvest festival where they learned about their local environment and wrote postcards to their MP.

In Salford, hundreds of people gathered for a walk around the park with their local MP, Rebecca Long-Bailey, to remind themselves of the beauty of their doorstep which could be altered by the changing climate.

Young leader’s first lobby

As part of an interfaith group, 16-year-old young leader, Aaron from Carshalton met with climate minister Nick Hurd to discuss renewable energy in developing countries and the importance of lobbying in influencing an MPs decision making.

Read what the Department for Energy tweeted about the meet:

At St Mary’s Catholic High School, Astley, more than 20 students from CAFOD’s young leadership programme met with Andy Burnham MP, to discuss the activities they take within their school to support positive climate action. He said:

“You can use renewable energy to help benefit people in a greater way. As an MP I get to vote on things that affect climate change. When it comes to climate change, you’ve got to get individuals to make changes to their lives. However, that’s more likely to happen if big organisations are also saying ‘this is what we should be doing.’”

Step into the Gap volunteers, Hannah Heaney and James Ronan, welcomed two MPs, Paul Maynard and Gordon Marsden to St Mary’s Academy in Blackpool. At the event, students posed questions to the MPs about how they aim to tackle climate change.

Together we made a massive difference

CAFOD is a member of the Climate Coalition, a collection of over 100 organisations, which represents more than 11 million people across the UK dedicated to action on climate change and limiting its impact on the world’s poorest communities.

CAFOD Campaigns Manager, Sarah Croft said:

“It was so exciting to see so many Catholics around the country uniting to send a strong message MPs. On behalf of our neighbours globally and locally, they have shown that they want to see concrete action on climate and energy.

“Thanks to your hard work speaking up, the week has been back by Nick Hurd, Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and hundreds of MPs around the country have heard your call for action'

By becoming a CAFOD MP Correspondent (MPC), you can help to ensure that the voices of many of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people are heard in the corridors of power.

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CAFOD stories and news from the UK

Here you’ll find CAFOD stories about our work in England and Wales, and how we work with parishes, supporters, fundraisers and schools across the UK. If you’re a journalist then our latest press releases have all our breaking news.

News from Zimbabwe this Lent

16 February 2018

Throughout Lent, CAFOD's Zimbabwe programme officer, Livison is visiting parishes across England and Wales to speak about life-saving nutritional work that is being achieved and how your donations can be doubled this Lent.

CAFOD has robust safeguarding policies and a zero-tolerance approach to misconduct

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14 February 2018

Read our statement on safeguarding which we have released following accusations against former Oxfam staff members

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News:: A fistful of Tekken 7 deals for release week

June 2 marks the worldwide release of Tekken 7 for all platforms, but the price you pay depends on what platform you play on. PC gamers will start at a lower list price of $49.99 while PS4 and Xbox One gamers are looking at $59.99. On top of that, PC players are getting further price breaks. That said, all platforms have some sort of discount that may be worth you attention before Friday's launch.

Even with a lower starting price than console, several competing PC game retailers have bigger pre-order discounts on Tekken 7. GamersGate is the best price with an 18% off drop to $40.99 -- or $9 off the $50 list price. Bundle Stars is an alternative at $44, while GamesPlanet is a good choice for customers in the UK with a discount to £33.99.

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Console deals on Tekken 7 have an asterisk, as they will require membership to secure the savings. You'll need to be either an Amazon Prime Member to get a 20% discount at Amazon or a Gamers Club Unlocked member to get the same discount at Best Buy. Best Buy's membership is $30 for two years while Prime is $100 for one year. We would recommend these programs if you buy at least three newly-released or pre-ordered games a year, but not just for Tekken 7.

Pre-load went live today for PC. All the above retailers are shipping Steam keys immediately after purchase so you can partake in the ~36GB download. After installation Steam indicates you may need as much as 60GB of free space.

Pre-order bonus on the PC includes early access to Eliza the vampire. The pricey Deluxe Edition comes with two additional playable character, new game mode, and tons of additional skins/costumes for your fighters.

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Friday, June 9, 2017

News:: Valve releases the first multiplayer campaign for 'Dota 2'

Dota 2 isn't just an ever-repeating, five-on-five race to destroy your enemy's base. Every so often, Valve adds temporary cooperative game modes to the MOBA that unite the toxic player base against an entirely different end goal. In the build-up to The International 7 -- a yearly tournament that's like the Wimbledon of Dota -- Valve has just released the most elaborate of these yet. It goes so far as to call "Siltbreaker: Act I" the first multiplayer Dota campaign, since it plays more like a quest-centric RPG than anything else. Unlike the core MOBA, though, it's not free-to-play.

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Having a Baby in Egypt

If our son, Benjamin, could speak, he would tell you he’s from Egypt. No, he will not be an Egyptian citizen and likely will not speak Arabic like the locals do (although that would be nice!), but from his first … Continue reading

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The Greatest Form of Flattery

It’s no secret that designers (web and otherwise) draw considerable inspiration from, well.. other design. However, there’s a delicate balance between inspiration and passing someone else’s hard work off as your own.

We’ve had a few run-ins with rip-offery over the years, but we recently stumbled upon a new web design firm that appears to have literally copied our site’s code, made a few colour and image tweaks, and used it to represent their web design business. The kicker is that they’re located in and are serving the exact same market as we are. Weird, eh?

Don’t take my word for it though. Here’s a code comparison between their home page’s code and ours. If you’re familiar with HTML, looking at both pages might be enough to make you go “whaaa?”

For everyone else, here are a few screenies (click for a larger view):

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The whole site follows this unfortunate trend. Honestly, we’re flattered… but for your sake guys, it might be best to build your own site – especially given the industry you’re in.

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    Good lord … watch out for the branded PPC campaign targeting your name. There have been agencies ‘known’ to brand squat even close to home.

    • Thanks for the heads up Andrew. I won’t name names, but we’re all too familiar with that one :P


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A CLT provides access to home ownership for people who cannot afford homes for sale on the real estate market.  CLT’s provide greater housing security than renting.  CLT residents benefit from stable monthly payments, security, and the opportunity to build equity through home ownership.

Like all non-profits, CLT’s follow local law and zoning requirements, and also follow the organizational bylaws put in place when the CLT was established.  CLT’s are governed by a Board of Directors that is made up of community members and CLT homeowners.  Members of the CLT elect the Board of Directors.

Currently homes are available for sale in the Northwest Montana Community Land Trust in the City of Kalispell, Montana.

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STENTYS appoints medical device executive to its Board of Directors

STENTYS announced that Dianne Blanco has been appointed as a director to replace the representative from Omnes Capital venture capital fund.

Since its founding in 2006, Blanco has been chief executive officer of Orteq, a medical device company specialising in novel biodegradable polymers in devices for repair and tissue regeneration in damaged joints by sports medicine surgeons. She has more than 20 years of experience in the medical technology industry in key management positions on an international scale. Prior to joining Orteq, she was head of Baxter Healthcare’s Medication Delivery division for the EMEA region.

Blanco replaces Alexia Pérouse of Omnes Capital, which has supported the Company’s development since 2009. Her appointment will be submitted to the next Shareholders’ Meeting for approval.

Gonzague Issenmann, co-founder and chief executive officer of STENTYS, says: “We are delighted to welcome Dianne Blanco onto STENTYS’ Board of Directors. Her experience represents a considerable asset for our Company’s strategic objectives and international development.”

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Job Description: The postdoctoral scholar is responsible for independent and collaborative development, implementation, and analysis of scientific research in the discipline of neuroscience and pain. Responsibilities include management of all aspects of a grant-funded project that will explore the use novel pharmacological approaches to suggest effective therapies for neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury. Duties include: hypothesis development, literature review, collection of pilot data, report writing, supervising of research technicians, undergraduate research students and graduate research students, overseeing data collection procedures, performing surgeries and behavioral testing in rodents, supervising experimental procedures, review of data for quality control, supervision of data entry/data analysis, analysis of research hypothesis using descriptive and multivariate statistics, and the development of independent and collaborative presentations and publications. Scholars are expected to demonstrate compliance with established guidelines and regulatory standards for research including biosafety, responsible conduct of research and human subjects training. Approximately 95% of the postdoctoral scholar's time will be devoted to planning and carrying out data collection and analysis, as well as compiling results into publications. Approximately 5% of the postdoctoral scholar's time will be devoted to managing the day-to-day activity of undergraduate and graduate research students in the laboratory.

Minimum Qualifications: Successful candidates must have a PhD and a publication record demonstrating expertise in one or more of the following areas: spinal cord injury/animal surgery, protein expression, intracellular signaling manipulation, pain neurobiology or assessment of pain behaviors in animal models. The selected candidate will be proficient in English and have excellent written and oral communication skills.

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The Oversight Specialist is responsible for managing assigned area(s) of focus in the loan servicing cycle and performing subservicer performance reviews, audits and customer administration related to the residential mortgage loan portfolio which is service retained by loanDepot.com, LLC.

  • Conduct surveillance of servicing portfolio managing an assigned area of responsibility
  • Assist with oversight assessment reviews of subservicer(s) performance from loan boarding to liquidation touching all aspects of loan servicing
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Chicago Midway International Airport operates as a low cost hub fora number of carriers, and predominately Southwest Airlines, where it is the centre of the companies largest operation.

When O'Hare International Airport opened the airport saw a rather predictable reduction in traffic, but since then has seen national traffic growth.

If you are renting a car from the airport the Stevenson Expressway provides a direct route to Downtown Chicago.

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Advocating For My Wounded Warrior (Part 1)

So, yesterday was a day of HOPE. Today, not so much. But I’m still advocating!

I’ve been following a the use of magnetic stimulation for migraines since 2008. eNeura, Inc. has the first FDA approved personal magnetic device for use with migraine patients. In 2013, the FDA approved its marketing. I attempted to contact the company then to see about getting my husband into a study or find out any more information. However, no one ever returned my email. Their site was basic and they only had a contact for press relations. I tried anyway.

We know from first hand experience that magnetism WORKS to relieve his migraines. When he was still in the Army, and the migraines weren’t as often, nor as bad, he would keep a neodymium magnet inside his cap and it would help. When they went to the berets, though, there was no place to keep it secured and hidden. So he went without. Every time he’s ever had an MRI he’s had a very bad migraine. This is not unusual, even, since he gets them at least 4 times a week. Every time he’s gone into the MRI machine, he falls asleep almost instantly, and then wakes up with NO MIGRAINE. So we know magnetic therapy works. But there’s no way we could get our own personal MRI machine. Plus, it would be incredibly expensive to run the thing. *shudders*

Yesterday, I went looking at it once again. This time, there was more information about the device and more contacts I could pose more questions to. I again sent a letter explaining my husband’s 15 year migraine history and asking about the device, how much it costs, and how we could get it.  This time, they responded quickly, but with rather disappointing words.

Dear Jamie –
Thank you for your inquiry regarding eNeura’s SpringTMS migraine treatment device. We are pleased to announce ours is the first clinically proven, non-invasive device cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration to relieve pain caused by migraine headaches that are preceded by an aura. The company has also received European CE mark for its SpringTMS device for the treatment of acute migraine and is currently marketing the device in the United Kingdom.
The initial U.S. availability of SpringTMS will be through a post market open-label study with leading headache specialists at a number of headache centers around the U.S. The headache centers participating in the post market open-label study are located in Arizona, California, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Please email Customer Care to request contact information for the site nearest you, or click on this link for a complete list of the sites currently recruiting for the study: . This link will also provide you with the list of inclusion and exclusion criteria for the study. If you husband does not meet the criteria, please still contact the study site nearest you. Some of the sites are also prescribing the device to private-pay patients who do not meet the study criteria but may benefit from sTMS (Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic and Jefferson Headache Center).
The SpringTMS is rented for $750 for a three-month prescription, and we do not have a discount program in place at this time. If your husband is prescribed the device, the prescribing clinician will provide a treatment plan that is appropriate for him.
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Seven hundred fifty dollars EVERY. THREE. MONTHS! Oh man oh man oh man. And this isn’t even something that insurance will probably pay for right away, I’m sure! Let alone the VA.

Speaking of the VA.

This got me thinking and doing a little more research. I found out that the VA has a research and development team within their organization. So I thought I’d contact them. With the eNeura device still in studies, I thought maybe the VA would consider this. I know there are more veterans out their who suffer migraines than just my husband. And I wonder how many of them are in the same situation where nothing has worked for them to relieve the pain and severity and the number of them. TheHubs has exhausted the VA Pain Center’s capability to help him. Last year was his last appointment with them and they pretty much told him that they can no longer help him.

I am hoping beyond hope they will consider getting into the study and offer it up to my husband. But this is the VA we are talking about. I don’t know what else to do, where else to go for help. Their “Contact Us” form is generic and done by a 3rd party (UGH) rather than contacting R&D directly. And now I wait.

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Interview Explores the Technology Reality Behind “Halt and Catch Fire”

The Reality Behind “Halt and Catch Fire”, from IEEE Spectrum:

The original technical consultant for “Halt and Catch Fire” is Paul Carroll, who covered the PC industry during the 80s, as part of a long career at the Wall Street Journal, and who is now CEO of online publishing company Insurance Thought Leadership. We talked to Paul at the close of the first season about how the production tried to integrate the technology of the day into dramatic storylines....

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Sunday, February 1, 2015

"Extracted," the book by Ugo Bardi, presented in Florence with the secretary general of the Club of Rome

This presentation will be mostly in Italian, with the exception of the talk by Graeme Maxton, the recently elected secretary general of the Club of Rome. If you happen to be in the area (and if you don't mind listening to spoken Italian) you are welcome!

  1. Dear Prof. Bardi,

    Oil rig count in US starts to look as if on the edge of a Seneca Cliff.

    1. Yes... I had noticed it. Impressive, if it continues......

Ugo Bardi is a member of the Club of Rome and the author of "Extracted: how the quest for mineral resources is plundering the Planet" (Chelsea Green 2014). His most recent book is "The Seneca Effect" to be published by Springer in mid 2017


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Friday, June 26, 2015

The causes of overshoot finally explained in detail

- The more I cut, the more the GdP goes up.

- I say: jobs, not branches!!
 - I can't stop cutting, but I can capture sawdust and sequester it into the tree hollow.
 - Do you really believe in this story of 'gravity'? I am not convinced at all.
- I am not a woodsman, but I say this: if this branch was supposed to fall, why do we see so many branches, up there?
- The models of the branch mechanical properties are still too uncertain.
 - Such a small cut in this big branch, why should I be worried?
- I have been cutting this branch for quite a while and nothing has happened. Why should anything happen?
- Branches fall all the time; it is a natural phenomenon.

- It is just an engineering problem. They'll find something to keep the branch up.
- If we stop cutting, it will cost us more than the hospital bill for the fractures caused by the fall.
- The Pope? What does the Pope know about trees? He should stick to theology!

- .......................................

  1. Don't worry the tree will grow new wood as fast as we cut it.

    See a picture of K-Dog with Guy McPherson at this link. Also featured is Guy's current presentation.

    1. The link doesn't work. Can you send it again?

  2. Dear Ugo, I have not had such a good laugh for days, if not weeks - thank you! (and surprisingly the laugh was not bitter, I think I am beyond bitterness on this topic)

  3. Hmm Ugo you forgot "even if something happens we will adapt as we always did" (to free fall? Or adapt by becoming a novel splattered configuration of broken bones and bloody remains?)

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Bishop Fintan Monahan presents John Paul II Awards to young people of Killaloe

//Bishop Fintan Monahan presents John Paul II Awards to young people of Killaloe

Bishop Fintan Monahan, Bishop of Killaloe, presented 134 young people from across the diocese with Pope John Paul II Awards at a special event held in The Inn at Dromoland on Thursday 11 November.

Bishop Monahan welcomed the young people to the event, along with their families, school teachers, principals and chaplains, and representatives of the various diocesan youth bodies including Father Gerard Jones, Diocesan Co-ordinator for the John Paul II Awards.

Speaking to the young people receiving awards, Bishop Monahan said, “This is a wonderful occasion. It is recognition of your dignity, the gifts that you have, and the way in which you use them and a pointer to your generosity of spirit.”

He continued, “Over the past few months since I came to Killaloe I have heard of the very significant contribution which you yourselves have been making in so many ways throughout the length and breadth of the Diocese of Killaloe. I have heard of the way in which you have presented various aspects of your local Church as members of transition years, the great pride that you take in your local Church history, the books of prayers and projects that has been published by yourselves, the many pilgrimages you have embarked upon at home and abroad, the choirs you have joined, the nursing homes that you visited, the joy and hope that you brought to residents through your good humour, your music and song. At Mass and in the Sacraments many of you have been reading as ministers of the Word, others have accompanied young people as they were preparing for Confirmation in the programme ‘You Shall Be My Witnesses’; you have been role models for younger people who look to you for direction.”

“You have now shown that you are a person who has taken responsibility and is capable of taking on even greater responsibility in the Church. I rejoice in this. I welcome you and I want you to know that the Church welcomes your ideas, your youthful energy, your faith and the hope that you have in your heart. I want you to know that you are very valued members of a team here in the Diocese of Killaloe, in your own family, your school, your parish.”

Bishop Monahan again congratulated the young people of the diocese on their achievements, and thanked all involved in organising the awards, especially the Knights of St Columbanus for supporting the awards across Ireland. He concluded his message by offering a ‘prayer’ written by Bob Dylan:

May God bless and keep you always,

May your wishes all come through,

May you always do for others

And let them do for you.

May you build a ladder to the stars

And climb on every rung.

And may you stay forever young.

The Pope John Paul II Award was created to commemorate Saint John Paul II. The award celebrates young people who take an active part in the life of their parish, in the life of their community and in society. The award was introduced to the Diocese of Killaloe in 2013. For more information about the award, visit

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Unit Price: $159.89 PSF
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Present use is residence. Adjacent to Janitrol. Behind dentist office and to be built Waffle House & Across N Rhett is the new Bojangles. At the N Rhett I 526 intersection . With detached 2 car garage and detached 1 car with 1 car area shop space. Also shop/garage has attached outside screened deck. Because of location and buildings on site this property is easily converted to office/shop business. .3 acres according to N Charleston maps. THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN LIVED IN BY THE SAME FAMILY SINCE 1954 AND WE WILL NEED TO SHOW THIS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. DRIVEBYS ARE WELCOME DO NOT BOTHER THIS OWNER PLEASE.

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Site Description: Residential conversion to B1
Total Number of Buildings: 3
Year Built: 1954
Roof Type: Gable
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Heat Type: Natural Gas
Heat Source: Central
Interior Description: presently residential use
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Sewer Type: Municipal
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@LamarSmithTX21 wrong on climate change… AGAIN. #tired @HouseScience @factcheckdotorg

Representative Lamar Smith heads the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology –  and is essentially as anti-science as you can get when it comes to climate change (see our many posts about Smith here). This week FactCheck.org gives Lamar … Continue reading

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Issue Date: June 26, 2017 | Web Date: June 22, 2017

Golden ticket to trifluoromethylations

Borane catalyst and gold reagent forge C–CF3 bonds, opening another route to radiotracers
Department: Science & Technology
Keywords: synthesis, fluoride rebound, trifluoromethylation, radiolabel
Synthesis of the rheumatoid arthritis drug leflunomide (Arava) features a new trifluoromethylation reaction.
An illustration of the multistep synthesis of leflunomide.
Synthesis of the rheumatoid arthritis drug leflunomide (Arava) features a new trifluoromethylation reaction.

Medicinal chemists love to add trifluoromethyl groups to drug candidates. The substituents are roughly the size of a milquetoast methyl, but the C–F bonds make the moieties resistant to metabolism, helping compounds to circulate longer in the body.

Now, chemists led by F. Dean Toste at the University of California, Berkeley, report a new method for adding trifluoromethyl substituents to molecules. Working in collaboration with researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, led by James P. O’Neil, the chemists adapted the reaction to make molecules with one 18F in the trifluoromethyl group, creating a new method for making radiolabeled compounds for positron emission tomography (PET).

The reaction uses a tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane catalyst and stoichiometric amounts of a gold complex to generate the trifluoromethylated product (Science 2017, DOI: 10.1126/science.aan1411). The gold complex tolerates a wide range of reactions, including aluminum hydride reduction, Simmons-Smith cyclopropanation, osmium-catalyzed dihydroxylation, periodate-mediated diol cleavage, and palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling—all without rupturing the Au–C bond. The complex even withstands the harsh reaction conditions of aromatic nitration when used to synthesize the rheumatoid arthritis drug leflunomide (Arava).

The Berkeley chemists discovered the trifluoromethylation serendipitously when they were trying to do a different reaction. Observing that they’d made a trifluoromethylated product, they decided to look into the mechanism of this unexpected transformation. They figured out that the trifluoromethyl group loses and regains a fluoride during the course of the reaction—a so-called fluoride rebound mechanism.

“The fluoride rebound made it clear that we had an opportunity to do something new in the radiochemical arena,” says the report’s first author Mark D. Levin. Working with O’Neil’s team, they determined they could use radiolabeled potassium fluoride and a cryptand to swap the 18F into their trifluoromethylated products. At the moment, the radiolabeling reaction is limited to trifluoromethylating sp3 carbons, but the chemists hope to make it work for radiolabeling aromatic trifluoromethyl compounds as well.

“None of us started this project with PET in mind,” Levin says. “But now, because we stopped to investigate an unexpected result, we have a platform from which we can start to develop new tracers, not to mention a new mechanism to help us think about synthetic problems.”

“The paper is a beautiful combination of novel reactivity and useful application,” comments Tobias Ritter, an organofluorine chemistry expert at the Max Planck Institute for Kohlenforschung. It’s “a great example of how an unusual discovery can open the doors for valuable reaction chemistry, if you think carefully about it.”

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Tag Archive: PR

crunch time

Ready, set…

Start freaking out!

There are six weeks left of school and the job search has begun. I should have probably started the hunt awhile back but I just don’t think it would have been humanly possible. I hardly have time to see my boyfriend and we live together. Between building three websites, two communications plans , an internship and working I don’t have time for much else.

So are you wondering how to find a job after graduation? Me too. I’ve done my fair share of networking and asking communicators around me for tips or recommendations on the process. A lot of them had similar answers but I still hear this phrase in my head, “it’s not about what you know or who you know. It’s about who knows you.” Simon Salt gave my class this bit of knowledge a few months ago and it’s stuck with me ever since. After all, that is pretty much exactly how I got my internship with him and myDASHH.

For the past couple of months I’ve been attending a lot of networking events and job shadowing trying to get my name out there. I’ve made a few connections and plan on working those to get my resume in front of the right people. I’m also creating a digital portfolio online to help brand myself and showcase some of my best work.

My next step is to complete this weekend is a list of prominent places to work for in DFW. I need to do a little more research on the companies I haven’t heard of and determine which I think I would fit in best. After that, I’m going to figure out which of my connections have connection at each place, haha.

I’ve already been scanning the PRSSA job bank, as well as dfwcommunicators.com, Monster and UNT Career Center. Now I really need to start sending out my resume.

If you’re a PR student and you’re graduation next semester or next May I highly recommend starting your networking and internships now. Everyone should also read this blog post by MarketingMel,  How to get a job in Public Relations: Eleven tips from a PR pro. I like this post because it has a few unique but pertinent tips.

MarketingMel points out as number eleven on the list you need to brand yourself. I’ve heard this over and over the past semester. I’ve found the easiest way to do this is to solidify your social media profiles and make sure you are portraying the brand in person as well. The other tip I like is to follow journalists on Twitter, etc. I’ve heard too many PR students say that they don’t read the news. I have always been a news junkie and it’s important in our field to know news breaking information no matter which part of communications you pursue.

As a soon-to-be graduate I often find myself asking every professional their view on things like what are the most important things I can be doing to get a job after school, what they prefer to see on a resume and what should I include in my portfolio, among others.

At this week’s PRSSA meeting the President of BizCom Associates, Scott White, gave some advice that really made a difference to me, “Write to be a good writer, not to get the grade.” This helped me get out of my forced creative slump. When you’re forced to be creative by a deadline each week the work produced is hardly your best. Every week staring at my laptop a powerful, thought provoking idea doesn’t automatically come to mind. I know I’m the only person with this problem. I know as a college senior that this definitely won’t be the last time I struggle with this situation. But I now realize that this blog can be something more than just an obligation. It’s another outlet for me to perform on deadline and improve my writing skills.

Another student (Brandon, maybe?) asked Scott what he prefers to read on blogs and if he likes a more conversational tone or a news-story structured blog. Scott said the key to writing is understanding your audience. We’ve all heard that before and apply it to our communication plans and marketing homework but fail to realize it’s the same for a simple blog post.

Scott, having a BA in Journalism from UNT, really emphasized at the meeting how important it is to be a strong writer. To write a basic news release that meets the requirements of standard format isn’t that hard. But to write an effective news release that is going to read and the information published requires being a skilled writer.

Scott White of BizCom Associates Tips to Scoring a Job after Graduation

#1 – Have an internship during school

#2 – Be a strong writer

#3 – Read The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Bleak Midwinter, yada yada...

Well, Groundhog Day has come and gone, and winter roars on in the Midwest. I guess we are lucky in that we still measure storm totals in inches, not feet, but the jet stream has us in its sights, and one fears what increased volatility (typical for these parts in late February and early March) may bring! We have had the polar vortex, the snow roller snow, followed by another arctic plunge, and now Nika, followed by another arctic plunge. There is more snow, more single digit or sub-zero temps, yada yada, in the long-term forecast...for as far as the weather eye can see. And so I offer for your amusement yet more images of frozen, snowy Ohio...heh. Grab a blanket, snuggle up by the fire, and enjoy!

 The most ice the Little Miami has seen in quite some time!
 Cedar Run, heading south to join the Mad River
 Looking north toward Cedar Bog, which is actually a fen
 Just another day at the beach, right? Right?
Birdies are very dependent on me these days
 Mama Cardinals and a Dark-eyed Junco butt
Well-fed Song Sparrow
And of course these clowns
 Massie Creek on the eve of Nika
 Fish pond...I went with black and suited the day
 Farm pond
 One of a series of ponds just off HWY 68 in Springfield, OH
 They are usually home to geese and ducks
 Not so much right now!
 Frozen pond at a local park
 Love this giant cedar!
 Frozen eye
 Aye, tis cold!
 Very cold
Yet so lovely
 We have a large goose population that winters here
I see them in droves out in the corn fields, and they can always find open water on the Mad River, as it never freezes
However, something tells me that THIS goose wants to be on a warm beach, one with a tiki bar! Or is that just me?
 Remnants of the aforementioned Nika
 My moccasin print in the ice-capped snow
Rather beautiful on the shrubbery, though!
 Winter wears on, but I think Santa is ready to bug out!
And Joseph seems to be asking, "How long until Spring, oh Lord?"

How long, indeed...

The Bug said...

How long is right! But it is lovely...

Pixel Peeper said...

Beautiful pictures!

I believe that's why there is Valentine's lift our spirits out of the bleak and dreary winter doldrums! Well, and Easter still is so far's nice to have something to tide you over.

NCmountainwoman said...

It is lovely all right. I must admit I am more content to look at your lovely photographs than brave that cold. With one of my children in Milwaukee, and the other one in Indianapolis I get frequent updates, along with descriptive expletives about the never ending cold and snow.

Franklin Bruce Taylor said...

I spent three years in Indianapolis back in the late 60's/early 70's. We never had a bad winter and after we moved to Arizona the Hoosier state was pounded by snow and cold. I said to my wife "Gee, a strange winter in Indiana." She said, "No, that's normal. You were just lucky!"


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Monday, November 30, 2009

Crying Wolf

"In a multiple-bias incident [of reported hate crime], two conditions must be met: (a) more than one offense type must occur in the incident and (b) at least two offense types must be motivated by different biases."

Sounds like the definitive intro to an episode of "Law & Order", doesn't it?

If there were no statistics to show the high incidence of hate crimes committed against GLBTIQ people specifically on the grounds of their sexual orientation or gender identity, the Religious Right could go on making false claims that hate crime is "thought crime" and that the concept of hate crime was no more than a gay rights propaganda tool, and that it is their religion which is under attack, and not the pink community. In fact, this is exactly why they have been fighting tooth and claw to stop the passage of hate crimes laws. Why? Because without them, the FBI could not legitimately record such crimes - and the statistics would not be made available - and they could go on trying to obscure the fact that GLBTIQ people are indeed under attack - by themselves.

The recent passage of hate crimes laws in the USA have made such statistics valid and are currently available on the FBI website. To start off with, yes, these are American statistics - but as in America, the bigots and anti-gay activists in South Africa echo the very same rhetoric and follow the very same strategies as they do there, in fact to a large extent they have been influenced and even mentored by the American religious right. If accurate hate crime statistics were available in this country, there is no doubt in my mind they would reflect a very similar result demographically.

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The FBI reported the following reported incidents of hate crime involving physical violence in the USA in 2008:

On the basis of religion:

Against Catholics, just for being Catholic:
Murder = 0, Forcible rape = 0, Aggravated Assault = 1, Simple Assaults = 3, Intimidation = 3.

Against Protestants, just for being Protestant:
Murder = 0, Forcible rape = 0, Aggravated Assault = 3, Simple Assaults = 3, Intimidation = 1

So we're looking at 14 victims who were violently attacked or intimidated, just for being Christian.

Let's take this a step further and compare anti-Christian incidents to other faiths:

Against Muslims, just for being Muslim:
Murder = 0, Forcible rape = 0, Aggravated Assault = 50, Simple Assaults = 30, Intimidation = 48

That's 128 victims. (A whole 114 more than the Christian total for the same period).

Against Jews, just for being Jews:
Murder = 0, Forcible rape = 0, Aggravated Assault = 25, Simple Assaults = 58, Intimidation = 201

Another 284 victims. (That's 270 more victims than the Christian total for the same period.)

That's their 14 Christian victims vs 128 Muslim victims and 284 Jewish victims of hate crime. Things don't look too good for the radical right argument, do they?

Kind of odd for the mighty Christian faith to be complaining that it is being "persecuted" and that Christians are "under attack" for their faith - especially when it comes to "defending biblical principles" and vending hatred against the pink community, don't you think? Perhaps it is more a case of "persecuted church syndrome"? But wait, there's more...

Against gay males, just for being gay males:
Murder = 3, Forcible rape = 1, Aggravated Assault = 152, Simple Assaults = 312, Intimidation = 238

Against gay females, just for being gay females:
Murder = 0, Forcible rape = 5, Aggravated Assault = 22, Simple Assaults = 58, Intimidation = 61

Against gay people in general, just for being gay:
Murder = 0, Forcible rape = 0, Aggravated Assault = 51, Simple Assaults = 111, Intimidation = 110

Against bisexual people, just for being bisexual:
Murder = 2, Forcible rape = 0, Aggravated Assault = 2, Simple Assaults = 12, Intimidation = 3

That comes to a total of 1143 victims of hate crimes on the basis of their non-heterosexual orientation.

Now let's compare that with one other sexual orientation - heterosexual people. (That's right, "heterosexual" is a sexual orientation too - and most of these bigots forget that when they complain about laws preventing discrimination on the basis of it.)

Against straight people, just for being straight:
Murder = 0, Forcible rape = 0, Aggravated Assault = 3, Simple Assaults = 8, Intimidation = 7

That's 18 straight victims vs 1143 non-heterosexual victims.

Now let's look at the stats given per group - of all of the above, the only groups who were murdered for their sexual orientation were gay and bisexual people. That's 5 - 0.

Forcible rape on the basis of group hate - once again, gay and bisexual people: 7 vs 0.

Aggravated assault on the basis of group hate 227 vs 4.

Simple assault on the basis of group hate - 493 vs 14.

Intimidation on the basis of group hate - 412 vs 11.

It seems that any way you cut the cake, it still seems unbelievable that the group with the least to complain about is also making the most noise. In effect, crying wolf.

If data on hate crimes based on gender identity had been included, the tally would have looked even worse, fortunately the recent Federal Hate Crime laws in the USA were passed, DESPITE STIFF OPPOSITION. Until now, the FBI wasn't allowed to count hate crimes against transgender people, but we know just from US newspaper reports that at least 19 people were murdered simply for being transgender. It will be interesting to see next year's statistics, which will include a more accurate reflection.

Notice how the group with the biggest mouth about persecution (Christianity) has a figure so much smaller than the total for incidents of hate crime based on sexual orientation? AND on the basis of religion as well! So much for their "persecuted church" claims!

While religion is covered by hate crimes laws, sexual orientation and gender identity were not until recently. Now that it is, we can see why they opposed it.

This is the REAL REASON WHY the religious right OPPOSES HATE CRIMES LAWS intended to give EQUAL PROTECTION to the GLBTIQ MINORITY.

Preventing hate crimes laws prevents these incidents from being recorded properly, which prevents gathering accurate statistics, which conceals and covers up the direct results of their anti human rights agitation and campaigning - and makes it possible for them to claim that their religion is "under attack" and that gay people are lying when they complain about hate crime - when the facts (i.e. statistics) prove otherwise.

Because statistics show the facts, and in this case the truth - that the bigots are and have been exaggerating - and that the real reason behind their opposition to hate crimes laws protecting sexual orientation and gender identity is to cover up the truth - that we really are a threatened minority - a minority threatened by them.

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