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Wed, 15 Nov 2017 20:57:00 GMT Cloud Foundry Rising as Runtime for App Portability A survey by the Cloud Foundry Foundation shows adoption is still early but has accelerated this year, among those who are embracing it because of its promise to provide portability across multiple clouds. Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:34:00 GMT Microsoft Reveals DevOps Tool for DBAs and Developers At last week's PASS Summit, Microsoft introduced its new SQL Operations Studio, a lightweight tool for both database developers and administrators. Mon, 06 Nov 2017 19:31:00 GMT Power BI Soon Will Query Datasets with 1 Trillion Rows Microsoft demonstrated the ability for its Power BI business intelligence tool to query datasets with up to 1 trillion rows, up from its current threshold of 10 billion. 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Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:52:00 GMT Microsoft Execs Discuss Blockchain's Potential for Industry Disruption This month's Redmond magazine cover story exploring Microsoft's fast-track blockchain strategy came to life this week as two leaders of the company's initiative participated in a panel discussion at the Inspire partner conference in Washington, D.C. Fri, 14 Jul 2017 21:17:00 GMT Azure Stack To Advance Hybrid Cloud, DevOps and Serverless Computing Microsoft's first Azure Stack are set for release from Dell EMC, HPE and Lenovo in September with initial architecture and pricing now available. Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:40:00 GMT Largest Windows 10 Migration Yet Is Set to Reach 400,000 Employees Accenture represents Microsoft's largest Windows 10 and OneDrive migration to date with 6 Petabytes of data stored and the migration of 400,000 employees to the latest version of Windows. 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Mon, 05 Jun 2017 20:00:00 GMT Microsoft Gives Skype a Facelift Skype is getting an entirely new look and will be loaded with bots as Microsoft rebuilds the communications app, starting with the Android version. Fri, 02 Jun 2017 17:30:00 GMT Microsoft Readies Cross Region DR Service for Azure VMs A new disaster recovery service to protect Azure IaaS virtual machines to multiple Azure Regions from Microsoft is now available in preview mode. Wed, 31 May 2017 21:01:00 GMT Colin Powell Rouses IT Pros on Cybersecurity and Leadership General Colin Powell shared his IT and cybersecurity challenges throughout his career from Desert Storm to his use of personal e-mail as Secretary State and how that was scrutinized during last year's investigations surrounding Hillary Clinton's e-mail server. Fri, 26 May 2017 21:10:00 GMT Citrix Plans Secure Browser and Windows 10 S Access to Win32 Apps Citrix is developing a secure Web browser that will run as a hosted app in the Microsoft cloud and support for Win32 apps in the new UWP-only Windows 10 S. Wed, 24 May 2017 20:52:00 GMT Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and AWS To Gain Data Recovery Options New pact between Microsoft and Veeam will enable near-real-time recovery of business-critical workloads via the Azure cloud. Mon, 22 May 2017 20:58:00 GMT Veeam's Availability Platform Will Gain Continuous Data Protection Continuous data protection (CDP) is coming to the Veeam Availability Suite later this year that will enable 15-minute recoveries, along with protection beyond just VMs. Fri, 19 May 2017 20:50:00 GMT VMware Horizon Cloud Virtual Clients To Run on Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure will become the second public cloud provider to run VMware's new Horizon Cloud virtual offerings. Wed, 17 May 2017 16:11:00 GMT Apple iTunes Is Coming to the Windows Store The Apple's iTunes Store is the latest major application that will be available as a Universal Windows App, along with Autodesk and the SAP Digital Boardroom, Microsoft announced at Build. Fri, 12 May 2017 20:06:00 GMT Dell EMC Turbocharges Flagship PowerEdge Servers Hitched to Datacenter Refresh The forthcoming 14th generation PowerEdge servers from Dell EMC will deliver advanced compute capabilities based on Intel's next-generation "Skylake Purley" Xeon processors. Wed, 10 May 2017 21:22:00 GMT Surface Laptop Success Will Depend on Long Battery Life Microsoft's new Surface Laptop might sink or swim, depending on whether it achieves its promise of long battery life, a pledge with previous hardware introductions that has fallen short. Mon, 08 May 2017 18:28:00 GMT Dell EMC Reveals Hybrid Cloud Platform Running Azure Stack Dell EMC has announced the first iteration of its planned hardware consisting of two systems based on Microsoft's forthcoming Azure Stack private cloud platform. Thu, 04 May 2017 20:15:00 GMT Microsoft Planning New UWP-Only Windows 10 S and Unveils Surface Laptop Targeting classroom environments, Microsoft has taken the wraps off of a version of Windows that only runs UWP apps and Edge browser, Office 365 for Education and a new Surface Laptop. Tue, 02 May 2017 23:11:00 GMT Microsoft Showcases Customers Using Azure Cloud for Digital Transformation Microsoft showcased customers in multiple industries using some of the advanced new features in Azure such as Internet of Things and Machine Learning to digitally transform their businesses. Fri, 28 Apr 2017 18:19:00 GMT Windows, Office and SCCM Release Schedules Now in Sync Microsoft's new plan to release Windows, Office 365 ProPlus and System Center Configuration Manager twice per year will make it easier for IT organizations to plan and schedule their own upgrades. Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:49:00 GMT Microsoft Broadens IoT Reach with New SaaS Offering Microsoft has a broad portfolio of Internet of Things offerings and has announced a wide range of additions, including its new Microsoft IoT Central, a SaaS-based offering for those that don't have expertise in the rapidly growing technology. Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:07:00 GMT Microsoft: Some Don't Realize They Have a Hybrid Cloud IT pros that said they plan to deploy their first hybrid clouds may not realize they already have one, according to the new Microsoft State of Hybrid Cloud report. Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:52:00 GMT Steve Ballmer Builds Expansive Online Government Database Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer describes newly launched USAFacts repository as a 10-k for federal, state and local governments. Wed, 19 Apr 2017 20:55:00 GMT Hybrid SharePoint Deployments Poised to Expand Survey shows significant percentage of organizations with SharePoint on-premises have hybrid deployments, with further growth expected in the near future. Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:58:00 GMT McAfee Emphasizes Threat Intelligence with Spinoff from Intel Now Complete Now that McAfee is free from Intel's control, it aims to regain leadership in endpoint security and pushes forward improving threat intelligence as a key priority. Fri, 14 Apr 2017 18:09:00 GMT Despite Conflicting Reports, Signs Point to PC Growth On the same day that IDC reported Global shipments of PCs have unexpectedly increased for the first time in five years, and a surging HP has taken the top spot from Lenovo, rival Gartner’s contrary view is that the number of systems has declined. Wed, 12 Apr 2017 20:41:00 GMT Microsoft Packs New Tools with Windows 10 Creators Update SDK Release In advance of next week's rollout of the Windows 10 Creators Update, Microsoft this week released a new SDK for developers to tap into the OS's new features. Fri, 07 Apr 2017 20:50:00 GMT Microsoft Stores Sell Samsung's New Android Phone It's not the first place one might look for Samsung's new Galaxy S8 phone but the Microsoft Store for the first time is taking orders for the Android-based devices at its retail locations. 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Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:58:00 GMT Microsoft Emboldens EMS as Partners and Rivals Explore Its APIs Microsoft steps up assertion that EMS integrated with Office 365 and Windows 10 offers the only offering customers need to manage and secure all devices, apps, cloud services and data. Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:21:00 GMT Google To Distrust 30k HTTPS Certs in Chrome Issued by Symantec Google has admonished Symantec, accusing the large CA provider of improperly issuing 30,000 Extended Validation (EV) certificates and will distrust the SSL/TLS certs in Chrome browsers, impacting numerous HTTPS Web sites. Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:07:00 GMT New Tool Aims To Bring AI to Outlook via Microsoft Graph's new Collage software adds AI and machine learning to Outlook using the Microsoft Graph, connecting apps and services including SharePoint, Office 365 documents, Yammer, e-mail and third-party offerings from Salesforce, IBM and ZenDesk. Wed, 22 Mar 2017 21:03:00 GMT SharePoint Summit Will Emphasize 'Connected Workplace' with Office 365 As the one-year anniversary of Microsoft’s release of SharePoint Server 2016 approaches, the company will host a virtual event slated to include what’s next on the roadmap. Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:51:00 GMT AirWatch Upgrade Extends Windows 10 Management and Endpoint Security VMware's has rolled out the first major update to the AirWatch component of its new Workspace One digital workspace platform. Fri, 17 Mar 2017 20:57:00 GMT Research To Measure State of Hybrid SharePoint Market Survey by BYU Marriott School of Management and CollabTalk seeks to identify extent by which organizations are deploying hybrid SharePoint solutions and why. Thu, 16 Mar 2017 18:29:00 GMT Okta IPO Will Measure Growth of Identity-as a-Service Market Undeterred by the growth of Microsoft's Azure Active Directory, Okta files IPO. 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Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:26:00 GMT Veritas To Move Archiving Service to Microsoft Azure Microsoft will host Veritas' data archive service in Azure as part of a global multiyear pact between the two companies. Wed, 22 Feb 2017 20:24:00 GMT


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Welcome to my blog. I was inspired by the book, "Blogging for Bliss" by Tara Frey. My goal is to share a little about my life, and a lot about my longarm quilting business, Lone Tree Designs.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Taking it all for Granted.

  I have been working on several projects lately, as well as trying to keep up with my longarm business.  It seems that many days, I get up, have my coffee, and then work on whatever it is that I feel like working on for that day.  Routine can sometimes lull us into such complacency that we lose motivation and focus.  I was snapped back into a larger sense of thankfulness for my life recently when my husband had to have surgery to fuse vertebrae in his neck.  As I sat in the hospital waiting for word, I couldn't help thinking of what my life would be without him.  We will be married 26 years this summer.  Even as I write this, the doorbell rang, and a girl brought me flowers for Mother's Day from this wonderful man :)  Anyway, I realized that the routines of my life would be drastically changed if I didn't have him anymore.  I would probably have to return full time to my teaching career in order to provide for myself.  My empty nest would be even more empty.  I felt a new sense of compassion for those who have lost a spouse and are now alone, and I prayed that I would not yet join their ranks.  When the nurse called to tell me everything had gone well, I felt such relief and thankfulness!
  Now, he is home and doing very well, but daily I am reminded of all the little things he does for me.  I had to mow the yard this week!  I had to carry out the trash, and drag the big container to the curb.  I had to carry in all my groceries.  My daily activities haven't changed, but I am grateful for that.  It may be awhile before I take it all for granted!


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Qualitative content analysis: an experimental study

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The aim of this paper was to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the process of qualitative content analysis. For this purpose, 3 transcripts of interviews with year 7 children were reviewed and then prepared for analysis through coding. To infer the credibility of the codes; the categories identified were compared to a second and third coder.
The strength of the method is that it is well suited in the multifaceted educational research environment where often a qualitative approach generates much richer data then a quantitative approach, particularly for topics which include young students’ experiences and views. A weakness is the interpretation and possible subjectivity of the researcher – although this is often argued to be the case in any qualitative methodology. Care must be taken with formulating research questions – they should not be too extensive. Too make full use of multi-coding; some rules or agreement as to how to approach the analysis should be formed before commencing the exercise and software programmes can eliminate unnecessary subjected and human errors.

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Impact of peer assessment on student understanding of the assessment process and criteria

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Peer assessment has often been used and examined in relation to student engagement. There is also a place for investigation into the effect it has on students' perception and understanding of the assessment process and criteria used. This small-scale qualitative study indicates that peer assessment can have a beneficial effect on the understanding students have of the assessment process. Larger studies are required to determine whether this is a tool that can be used to improve student assessment outcomes, particularly in relation to students' understanding of the assessment criteria. This also involves them being more aware of what it is like to critically review a piece of work, and so enhance their ability to critically review their own work before submitting. It is has been shown that preparation for the task is of benefit but can be time-consuming. It is necessary to have a team of motivated lecturers who are willing to put in the time and effort to prepare students adequately for peer assessment.

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Moving Americans to Action: A Messaging Guide for Democracy Advocates

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The subject of money in politics exists in a unique place within American political discourse. Virtually all Americans, across party lines and demographics, recognize that there is something fundamentally wrong with our democracy today. And yet, while 91 percent agree that money in politics is a problem, only 9 percent believe that we can reduce its influence in the next few years (Global Strategy Group).

Plainly stated, the greatest challenge to addressing the problem of money in politics is the public’s cynicism and hopelessness. The aim of this guide is to overcome that obstacle.

In our efforts to move Americans from cynicism to action, we must reach new audiences, and with new messages. From members of the emerging New American Majority—communities of color, women, and young people—to Democrats and Republicans alike, the opportunity exists to make new allies and strengthen the diversity and impact of a growing movement.


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Review: The Greatest Story Never Told by Len Sweet

My clergy group recently read Len Sweet’s book The Greatest Story Never Told: Revive Us Again (Nashville: Abingdon, 2012).  I figured I might offer a few thoughts; if you’ve read it would be happy to hear yours.

I confess that I’ve always had a soft spot for Sweet’s work.  I remember reading a few of his books before going to seminary and being thrilled to find out he was at Drew, where I planned to study.  I took my first couple of classes with him.  If you have a copy of SoulTsunami on your shelf, I challenge you to pick it up and see if it wasn’t pretty much on the money about emerging trends in both the church and American society.

That said, Sweet definitely isn’t for everyone.  He loves his metaphors and his stories, and sometimes he’s willing to lose the flow of the narrative for the sake of an illustration.  Sometimes the wordplay gets a little too cute and clever (woe to readers for whom English is a second language).  You have to remember he’s a preacher at heart – and quite a good one.  He loves a good one-liner, and sometimes it seems like a book is just a convenient place to gather a bunch of them in one place.  Here are a few examples:

  • God puts life’s goodies and cookies on a low shelf.  You have to get on your knees to find them. (46)
  •  “Duh!-ciples,” I call them.  Do they ever get it? (51)
  •  [Wesley] advised early Methodists:  “Be electrified daily.”  Not bad advice for our future. (61)
  •  Methodists are people who sing in the key of love. (111)

But Sweet is also a scholar – not only of Wesley but of American Protestantism.  In this book, he sets out to remind us of who we are as Methodists and exhorts us to reclaim that heritage.  In his introduction, he states the problem this way:

What Voltaire once said of the Holy Roman Empire – it was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire – might arguably be said of the UMC:  it is not United, not Methodist, and less a church than a bureaucracy, and sometimes less a bureaucracy than a circus.  (xvii)

Sweet usually tries to connect his chapters with a running metaphor, or (more often) metaphors.   Here we’re about music (a favorite Sweet trope) plus the four elements, so we’ve got “The Song of Water,” “The Song of Fire,” “The Song of Wind,” “The Song of Earth,” corresponding to holiness, passion, connection, and hope.  For me, the chapters on passion and connection are the strongest of the book.

When Sweet speaks of connection, he keeps it in its proper context of relationships.  The connections that are most important are not the large C’s of “the Connection,” which has become shorthand for our structure and bureaucracy, but the connections between people that result in mutual support, encouragement, growth in faith, and power in mission.  Relationships are fundamental to our identity, and he offers this challenge to those who would root our identity elsewhere:

When the grammar of God moves from the relational language of withness and worship to the descriptive language of absolute determinative proposition, we have moved away from Methodist heritage to Methodist heresy.  (77)

On passion, Sweet quotes Thomas Chalmers, the leader of the Free Church of Scotland in the 19th century, who called Methodism “Christianity in earnest.”  Wesley, often accused of “enthusiasm,” would surely be disappointed by the stunning lack of enthusiasm for much of anything in many of our churches today.

But here’s the challenge, as a good friend put it to me during our discussion of the text:  “Sweet’s describing a church none of us ever knew, that doesn’t exist except in history books.”  Is it possible for a people to reclaim a history they’ve never seen or experienced?

Sweet has been trying to remind us for a while.  Did you read 11 Genetic Gateways to a Spiritual Awakening (Nashville: Abingdon, 1998)?  Probably not.  I bought my copy when I heard him preach in Raleigh  in 2000, and when he signed it, he said something like, “Congratulations!  You’re the sixth person to have bought this book.”  While The Greatest Story Never Told covers a lot of the same ground, and recycles a few of the same lines, it’s much simpler and conveys more of the essence of what I believe – after three years of seminary and ten years in ministry – what we’re about.

But here’s the thing about Sweet’s work that touches on Methodist heritage and history – it always comes back to the experience of Jesus in the heart of the individual.  That’s what moved Wesley.  That’s what powered the movement.  It was the experience of grace in one life, and another, and another.  We’re talking about revival.  And revival can’t be programmed or planned from Nashville or anywhere.  It can only be prayed into reality, one person at a time, one pastor at a time, one church at a time.


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Solidarity after "Sharing:" Notes on Internet Subjects #1

Enormous amounts of capital have been amassed of late under the banner of the so-called "sharing" economy, characterized by companies such as Uber and Airbnb that have garnered multi-billion dollar valuations for creating platforms in which individuals offer their services and property for rent.

Such platforms have advanced a narrative in the media that their services are emancipatory and disruptive of old-fashioned, inefficient industries, going so far as to promise "revolution" amid broken systems. But what, exactly, is being brought into existence by this revolution? And who is it for?

These questions were discussed in depth at Internet Subjects, a "flash panel" on the sharing economy last night, presented by Rhizome at the New Museum and trenchantly moderated by Kate Crawford. Here's what emerged.

Sharing is the wrong word

Most of the companies in the so-called "sharing economy" are not about sharing, but about renting and selling; panelist Denise Cheng (MIT Center for Civic Media) pointed out that the "peer economy" might be a more precise term for platforms such as Uber and Airbnb, marketplaces in which individuals transact with other individuals. (Elsewhere, the phrase "solidarity economy" is used to describe services which eschew profit in attempts to foster more genuine sharing.)

The use of the word "sharing" may reflect a broader push to frame commercial activity in altruistic terms. Melissa S. Fisher (Social & Cultural Analysis, NYU) tied the seeming idealism of the term to the recent rise of the benevolent corporation that understands itself as the new agent of social change. Writer Kate Losse also reflected on how these platforms are far more eager to describe themselves as vehicles for social good than as optimized private networks.

The sharing economy brings capitalism into formerly private spheres

As Rob Horning (Editor, New Inquiry) pointed out in his introductory remarks, "What sharing companies and apps chiefly do is invite us to turn more of our lives into capital and more of our time into casual labor."

For Fisher, this can be seen as a shift by the corporation into traditionally feminized spaces; Cheng pointed out that this shift was not without precedent: many of the issues faced by sharing economy participants parallel those faced for many years by domestic workers.

The worker becomes an "entrepreneur," and assumes the entrepreneur's risk

Panelists noted the various ways in which the term "sharing" most often means a systematic shift of risk from the service provider onto the precarious labor and consumer.

On these platforms the "product" is the software, as opposed to the experiences that result in their use. Uber refers to their drivers as "partners" as a way to alleviate any inherent risks associated with assuming an army of full time employees, as Cheng pointed out. And Rob Horning reminds us, these independent contractors are the only ones who handle the risk of depreciating capital assets. Kate Losse noted that is tied to a larger Silicon Valley ideology that drastically privileges the technical work over the emotional or creative labor that form the end user content of the platforms themselves.

If everyone is an entrepreneur, can there be worker solidarity?

The workers who make up these networks have structural limitations to effective forms of resistance. Workers have little time to organize when they already have to work so intensely just to break even. Whereas factory workers could coordinate a slowdown, the sharing economy creates a distributed set of workers with little collective potential, prompting the panel to question the extent to which the freedom of "working whenever you please" weakens your ability to organize against an employer.

Such networks are in effect anti-communities, as Horning asserted with dystopic alarm, where users and independent contractors are pitted against one another, with the only unifying aspect being their use of digital technology to seek the best opportunity to exploit each other’s labor for the lowest rate. But at what cost?

The recent #uberwar protests were revealing. As unionized London black cab drivers withheld their labor in a massive organized action, Uber remained in prime position to capitalize upon the increased demand for alternative casual labor sources to fill the gap, only further illustrating how many sharing networks find opportunities to exploit even the most coordinated attempts at organized resistance with little more than a line of code.

A massive new private infrastructure is replacing public goods and services

While we can "vote with our wallet" today, we approach the day when private networks completely replace public utilities and vast suppliers of middle class jobs. Just try convincing someone to send a letter via USPS rather than using gmail. What services will remain public goods in an age of private networked infrastructure? What problems will manifest when questions of liability, access, and ethics are no longer decided by the public, but by a small group of shareholders?

Sharing economy evangelists frequently laud the "self-regulating" nature of the platforms (user ratings, feedback) but do we want to substitute this for the traditional levers of enacting change across public services? As the old saying goes, "you can’t fight city hall", but it may be even harder to fight Andreessen Horowitz.

So what next?

Too often these winner-take-all platforms "invoke change without actually doing much" sharing themselves, Losse added, suggesting that companies, as rational capitalist actors, should take user and worker criticisms to heart.

Another possibility was raised by Cheng, who (citing Janelle Orsi) suggested that we should "buy back" Airbnb and other sharing services. While this might be difficult in practice, it does point to the fact that users of peer marketplaces, like traditional workers, might reasonably expect to earn equity in the network itself. But for now, there are few guarantees that the valuations of these companies will be shared by the networked independent contractors who performs its services, and scant hope for collective action.

The final question of the night prompted the panel to think of a new term to replace the misnomer "sharing." "post-sharing," "sublet," "contingent," "casual," or the "gig" economy were among the suggestions to capture the new state of networked precarity. Yet a realistic (if not jaded) observer in the crowd hinted at the futility of compartmentalizing the digital network potential that lay beneath services like Uber and Airbnb. Her proposal was simply to refer to it as "the economy"— despite the dissections offered last night, it appears as if it's here to stay. And simply acknowledging these commodity relations as the new normal may be an important step toward a more equitably shared future.

Internet Subjects is a new series of "flash panels," organized in one week in response to current issues. Sign up here to receive news about future events.

Internet Subjects is presented by Rhizome, and organized by Rhizome editor/curator Michael ConnorKate Crawford (Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and Senior Fellow at NYU's Information Law Institute), and Nathan Jurgenson (contributing editor to The New Inquiry, chair of Theorizing the Web, researcher at Snapchat).


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Policy: Twenty Tips For Interpreting Scientific Claims

scientist1Science has a profound effect on many areas of policy, including (but not limited to) energy, health, environment, and education. How do you get a closer integration of science in political decision making?

Get scientists more involved in politics? Doubtful, considering the workload that scientists are already under. It also doesn’t deal with the core problem of scientific ignorance among many who vote in parliaments.

Teach science to politicians? Like above, which politicians would have the time? It is also rare for a particular study to completely tackle the exact policy issue.

Nature has a possible solution. “In this context, we suggest that the immediate priority is to improve policy-makers’ understanding of the imperfect nature of science. The essential skills are to be able to intelligently interrogate experts and advisers, and to understand the quality, limitations and biases of evidence. We term these interpretive scientific skills. These skills are more accessible than those required to understand the fundamental science itself, and can form part of the broad skill set of most politicians.” (Nature)

They suggest 20 key concepts that politicians, and those dealing with scientists, should learn. These are:

  1. Differences and chance cause variation
  2. No measurement is exact
  3. Bias is rife
  4. Bigger is usually better for sample size
  5. Correlation does not imply causation
  6. Regression to the mean can mislead
  7. Extrapolating beyond the data is risky
  8. Beware the base-rate fallacy
  9. Controls are important
  10. Randomisation avoids bias
  11. Seek replication, not pseudoreplication
  12. Scientists are human
  13. Significance is significant
  14. Separate no effect from non-significance
  15. Effect size matters
  16. Study relevance limits generalisation
  17. Feelings influence risk perception
  18. Dependencies change the risk
  19. Data can be dredged or cherry picked
  20.  Extreme measurements may mislead

What do you think of the list? Is it fair to ask policy-makers to learn this? Anything else you would add to the list? Onwards!

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New Rochelle T-shirt designs help raising money for local non-profits

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ROCHELLE —  people it seems enjoy a unique T-shirt design to wear, and when purchasing them also helps out a good cause, then even better.

With the Rochelle Area Community Foundation’s latest fundraising project everyone in the Rochelle region can show their support while sporting community pride with two new T-shirts available for purchase.
The T-shirts are available with the slogan, “Be the change you wish to see in the world,” or a shirt designed with a distinct placement of a heart symbol with the zip code, “61068,” surrounded by an outline of the state of Illinois.
RACF board member Amy Hayden said many people might have thought only large gift dollar donations are accepted, but there are ways the community can be part of the organization. A goal of the organization is to find ways the community can support RACF.
“We know the RACF does great things for the community, but often times people think the support for the organization comes in large dollar gifts or donations and feel like that isn’t something they can do,” Hayden said.
“This campaign allows people to be a part of the RACF through purchasing a T-shirt.”
The shirts are available at the Cypress House in Rochelle and are also sold during the monthly outdoor farmer’s markets. Both designs range in sizes, with the “61068” available in adult sizes small to 3XL. The “Be the change” shirts are available in adult sizes as well as v-neck and children’s sizes. Prices are $20, with half of the sales going to RACF. Child sizes are on sale for $10.

Great idea
Hayden explained earlier this year she noticed a store was offering graphic T-shirts with a portion of the sales going to support an organization. That’s when the idea struck. She shared the thought behind the design.
“I thought it would be a great chance for the community to be a part of the RACF through the purchase of a T-shirt,” Hayden said. “Sara Slattengren and I have worked on the designs together. It’s a combination of the idea of supporting organizations (be the change design had a message we want to convey to the community) and also our pride for Rochelle (61068) design.”
Jenny Thompson, Marketing Chair for RACF, said the T-shirt fundraising is two-fold.
“They are a great way for anyone to be a part of the Foundation with a small contribution and they are also making the community more aware of the foundation by visiting with our board members at the [Outdoor Farmer’s Markets] and wearing the shirts with our name on the sleeve!” said Thompson.
RACF executive director Kim Montgomery said this latest project is the result of “our fantastic” marketing committee. She also said the support of all sizes of contributions are invested carefully to grow and support many great causes and organizations in the community.
“We are so fortunate to have this group of creatives who have great ideas and so much energy and put everything into action. It’s a positive message encouraging generosity and the 61068 shirts show pride in our community. Strategically, we want as many people as possible to know about the community foundation and what a gift to the community it is,” Montgomery said. “The t-shirts help bring awareness to the Community Foundation.”

About RACF
The Rochelle Area Community Foundation is a publicly supported 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the community through charitable giving. The RACF board consists of an executive director and 15 members divided into four committees; marketing, finance, governance, and grants.
Community Needs Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to non-profit agencies, organizations or governmental entities that are exempt from state and federal tax, and serve the needs of individuals residing in the Rochelle Township School District.
Each grant request will be evaluated based on several factors including the potential impact of the request and number of people who will benefit, identification of a clear need and the capacity of the organization or individual to carry out the grant request.
Grants are awarded annually in the areas of arts and culture, education, health and community services, community development and hunger relief.

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Fleetwood Mac’s incredibly popular album Rumours celebrated a milestone on February 4 as it turned 40 years old. The album has sold over 27 million copies worldwide, 20 million of those in the United States, and is one of the top ten selling albums of all-time. This song of course is one of the most well-known songs on the album. Written by vocalist/keyboardist Christine McVie, the song reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. McVie wrote the song regarding her separation from the band’s bassist John McVie, and unfortunately since then it seems to get hijacked by every other political campaign to come down the pike.

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Going from “Good to Great” in the HIT Interoperability Arena

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Going from “Good to Great” in the HIT Interoperability Arena

What is the connection between the classic business book, “Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't” and HIT Interoperability?

The answer is plenty, according to a recent EMR Industry guest article by Kevin Puscas, the CTO of RosettaHealth.

First published in 2001, this best-selling business book focuses on how different companies effectively cracked the code for becoming “Good to Great” within their respective industries.

In terms of the HIT Interoperability connection, Kevin discusses how the author’s idea of the “Hedgehog Concept,” which is all about finding and leveraging your organizational strengths, is an important concept in Health IT.

With Interoperability playing a larger role in a wide-range of healthcare organizations -- whether it is hospitals, practices, ACOs, HIEs, or Big Data analytics -- the key is how to have this strength within your organization.

As the breadth and volume of what is exchanged has increased, so too has the complexity. This is especially true when trying to exchange information between organizations – with every potential exchange there can exist a number of options and pitfalls.

According to Kevin, this is where the “Hedgehog Concept” can provide a useful guide:

1.     Is HIT interoperability something that your organization is good at today? Do you already have an established team of experienced people, the IT infrastructure, the required operations, and it is a proven part of an organization’s daily business?  Or is it a reliance on that one person, or that one tool or solution that was put together for that one case?

2.     Do you want to be good at creating and maintaining interoperability solutions? With a myriad of potential approaches, standards, tools, and challenges, establishing a successful interoperability capability within your organization is no small effort. It requires real commitment of both attention and resources over the long term. Maybe it isn’t something you want to be good at, but is critical to support what you are really good at.

3.    Does it make sense to be good at creating and maintaining interoperability solutions? Take a look at the things that are truly core to your business. Is it caring for patients, establishing healthcare communities, or maybe taking vast quantities of healthcare data and finding new insights about a population? Does it make sense then to add to that the ability to develop and maintain interoperability solutions? Knowing that this is a long-term investment, is this something that you want to commit both attention and resources?

If you answered “no” to these questions, what are the alternatives?

To learn the answer of this question, please be sure to read the full EMR Industry article here.  In addition, if you are attending HIMSS 2017, please stop by the RosettaHealth booth (#6594) to learn more about how your organization can go from “good to great” when it comes to HIT Interoperability.

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Residents of ROSS’ Enclave apartments in Silver Spring, MD will love having a bonus amenity to enjoy: an awesome park, just down the road!

At ROSS’ Enclave Silver Spring, MD, apartments, we make sure our residents get the best of the best in their home. We start each residence off by loading it with the kind of features and finishes you’d expect in a big city penthouse.

We back it up with a host of great amenities comparable to a five-star hotel. And the location! – Right at the intersection of perfect and flawless, surrounded by an assortment of shopping, dining, entertainment and recreation opportunities. Finally, we pile on convenient services: like a free shuttle to Metro, a concierge, 24-hour emergency maintenance.

Everyone expresses their satisfaction with life at Enclave Silver Spring apartments. BUT… some may feel they’re still missing something: A place where they can run with their furry friends. A place of shady trees and sunny green fields, interspersed with fields and courts for every imaginable sport.

What these people are yearning for is – a park! You can imagine what a relief to realize that to keep our residents 101% satisfied, the last piece of the puzzle lies just about a mile down the road…and it’s called, Hillandale Local Park.

This 24.5-acre natural wonder offers active types a softball field with a soccer field overlay, a lighted baseball field, two lighted tennis courts, two lighted basketball courts, a football field, a volleyball court, an activity building with restrooms and a party room, and a playground for younger residents. The rest of the park is a natural setting for those who want to just relax or chow down.

Now that we’ve filled you in on the joys of playing, partying and picnicking at Hillandale Local Park, we should add that it’s not nearly as much fun if you don’t have a place at ROSS’ fantastic apartments in Silver Spring, MD, to come home to. So, stop by and take a tour today. Then, have a picnic in the park tomorrow.


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RMS Names New COO

September 20, 2013
David J. Miskovich COO of Ross Companies

Bethesda, MD – ROSS Management Services has promoted David J. Miskovich to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) this week as the Washington, DC metro area multifamily firm prepares to add several new communities to its growing portfolio. Miskovich formerly held the Chief Financial Officer position of ROSS Management Services for eight years prior to his promotion to the COO position. In the eight years Miskovich has been employed by ROSS Management Services, the organization has seen a major transformation.

ROSS Management Services’ President Beth Ross says the new position is warranted because of the results of the many changes David has made to the operating and financial strategies of our organization. “As many multifamily companies have struggled in the recent past, we have seen financial growth, added communities to our portfolio and have continued to realize tremendous cost savings – many as a result of David’s ideas and efforts. We are so pleased to have him as our COO.”

“The continued growth of the company, despite trying economic factors, is a testament to David’s outstanding brand of leadership,” says ROSS Development & Investment’s President Scott Ross. “When you look at what we have been able to achieve in the last few years, it is obvious that David is exceptional in every aspect of the multifamily.”

Miskovich is responsible for strategic planning, future growth, and operational efficiencies and the financial policies contributing to the achievement of corporate goals and objectives. Additional responsibilities include management and implementation of financial operations, systems and performance and client relations.

Prior to joining ROSS Management Services, Miskovich was Vice President of Accounting and Finance and Vice President of Asset Management/Operations with Charles E. Smith Residential, a division of Archstone-Smith. His responsibilities included oversight of operational accounting, revenue management, development accounting, and financial reporting for a 25,000 unit apartment portfolio encompassing five major US markets. As VP of Accounting and Finance, he instituted several system and technology advancements which included paperless accounts payable workflow system, advanced budgeting tools, and paperless financial reporting. He also performed and supervised all financial analysis, including executive/management reporting, statistical analysis, and portfolio benchmarking.

ROSS Companies, founded in 1983 in Bethesda, MD is a recognized leader in apartment acquisitions and investment, development, property management and renovation. With more than 11,000 apartment homes in its portfolio, the company is one of the most active multifamily real estate firms in the Mid-Atlantic region. ROSS Companies is comprised of three affiliates – ROSS Development & Investment, ROSS Management Services and ROSS Renovation & Construction. For more information about the ROSS Companies and ROSS Management Services, visit

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  • ross1948 10:00 pm on February 10, 2018 Permalink | Reply
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    Why Debate Fate Of ISIS Rape-Gang ‘Brits?’ Just Kill Them!

     One of two British Islamic State (IS) militants known for their role in the torture and killings of Western hostages in Syria was aiming to reach Turkey when he was captured by Kurdish-led forces last month...

     British IS militant was trying to reach Turkey: SDF

    Doesn’t surprise many of us, although Islamist Erdolf denies everything, of course.

    But more importantly, at least in the short term, is the damfool debate about what to do with the ISIS rape-gang scum.

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    jihadist swine Alexanda Kotey, 34, and El Shafee Elsheikh, 29

    Apparently America doesn’t want to take them back there, President Trump perhaps unwilling to risk one of the numerous Un-American judges in the USA turning them loose.

    They are in no sense ‘British,’ as the BBC insists on calling the brace of bigots –http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42995027   – having repudiated their allegiance by joining the evil caliphate forces, and there are even reports the pair may have had their UK citizenship stripped from them using powers available to the Home Office.

    If so, no question of them getting back into the United Kingdom.

    Just as well, because shariah fan Theresa May doesn’t show much sign of giving them what they deserve.

    Best idea?

    Put them to death!

    If the Western Allies don’t have the cojones to pull the trigger themselves, then let the splendid Kurds do the job!

    • Edward Lamont 2:24 am on February 11, 2018 Permalink | Reply

      If they gave the public one of their ‘consultations?’
      Death to ISIS by 90% or more, I would estimate!

  • ross1948 11:17 am on February 9, 2018 Permalink | Reply
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    Yee-Haw! Texas Parents V Gaystapo! Another Round!

    We covered this story late last year…

    Heart-Warming! Heroic Texans V Gaystapo Brain-Wash!

    ….so we are continuing the saga, a battle by pro-decency parents in the Lone Star Sate against a leftist library board that’s been aiding and abetting the gaystapo’s indoctrination agenda.

    No need for any comments from me. I give you the intro…On Jan. 30, over 50 local pro-family citizens stormed into the Temple Library Board of Directors meeting. They came to express their outrage over last summer’s LGBT public library display which targeted children with psychologically intrusive homosexual propaganda. But more importantly, they were there to make sure the Board’s upcoming “guidelines” for future library displays are written properly.

    …and the link…

    …sent out by the admirable Mass Resistance movement.

    Read it, please, and be prepared to defend your own kids against decadence with as much determination!

    • Ernie Hutzmann 1:26 pm on February 10, 2018 Permalink | Reply

      Good parents, and bad librarians.
      I hope the good people win.

  • ross1948 7:02 am on January 28, 2018 Permalink | Reply
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    High School Flies Racist Flag!

    Pity the students of Montpelier High School in Vermont, USA, where the school board voted en masse…

    …to appease a pack of extremist brats and hoist the banner of the racist Black Lives Matter gang.

    We have looked at the BLM racists before…

    Had to Happen! Black Racist BLM Gang Turns On Pinko ACLU Creeps!

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    ….as have other observers….

     – Black Lives Matter co-founder tweets about killing “men and white folks”

    …but for a full report thereon, try this –

    The Profound Racism of ‘Black Lives Matter’ |

    One can only hope that parents, kids and other residents in the state represented in the US Senate by far-left Senator Bernie Sanders will treat with absolute contempt the plea from the crawlers on that board…

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    …for critics to offer “constructive and peaceful dialogue, in the hopes of deepening our shared understanding of race and privilege in our education system and broader community.

    What’s required is a series of large and loud protests, daily, demanding the racist rag be hauled down….

    …protests by EVERYONE who expects schools to educate and not brainwash the young whom parents entrust to teachers’ care.

    • Chrissie Miles 11:43 am on January 28, 2018 Permalink | Reply

      Bad people, the BLM, and to have that racist flag flying over a school is just damn sick..
      There’s a problem, though.
      If the school board is elected by parents what kind of parents can they be?

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    Give Mr. ‘Gag’ Goodell Hell! Call NFL (212) 450-2000

    So many petitions, yet the one I pass on for your attention today is perhaps particularly deserving, and especially topical too, after the news the other day…

    • …from the USA that Kneel-Kreep Kaepernick is contributing to another far-left agitprop outfit, one which also receives largesse from the network of our common arch-enemy.

    • =
    •   Colin Kaepernick donates $10K to leading Soros-backed resistance …

    • Hence although I’m not American, and therefore can’t add my name to the AFA petition below, I gladly give it space, and have added emphasis where I felt it appropriate to do so.

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    NFL rejects Super Bowl ad promoting patriotism/respect for flag

    The NFL has told the nation’s largest veterans service organization, American Vets, its patriotic ad that encourages people to stand for the American flag and national anthem WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!.

    AMVETS had been solicited by the NFL to place an ad in the Super Bowl LII program. When the submitted advertisement included a two-word message, “#PleaseStand”, the NFL suddenly threw the penalty flag at veterans and gave the game ball to Team Censorship.

    “It’s a simple, polite request that represents the sentiment of our membership, particularly those whose missing or paralyzed limbs preclude standing,” National Commander Marion Polk wrote in a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

    “Freedom of speech works both ways. We respect the rights of those who choose to protest, as these rights are precisely what our members have fought – and in many cases died – for,” Polk added in the letter.

    “But imposing corporate censorship to deny that same right to those veterans who have secured it for us all is reprehensible and totally beyond the pale.”

    Sign the petition to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell NOW!

    NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told the Army Times that the advertisement program “is designed for fans to commemorate and celebrate the game, players, teams, and the Super Bowl.”

    McCarthy added, “It’s never been a place for advertising that could be considered by some as a political statement.”

    The AMVETS chief noted the irony that the NFL continues to claim that the anti-American protests by millionaire players on the field represent “free speech” even as the league denies free speech to AMVETS.

    AMVETS officials said the same #PleaseStand ad was accepted by the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball for inclusion in their all-star games’ programs. The organization sees the advertisement as an extension of their role as a ‘nonpartisan advocate for veterans and their families.'”

    1. Sign the petition to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, urging him and the NFL to stop the blatant hypocrisy and accept the patriotic ad by AMVETS as originally submitted.
    2. Call the NFL at (212) 450-2000 and tell Commissioner Goodell to run the AMVET ad.
    3. Forward this email to your family and friends today!
  • ross1948 12:21 pm on January 21, 2018 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: Comey, , , New York Grievance Commission, , USA

    “Lawyers Can Get Away With Most Anything!”

    Actually the man said that ‘‘if you’re a lawyer with the right political connections, you can get away with almost anything.

    But the story in the WT, about how the arrogant clowns on New York’s  grievance commission flouted their own rules…

    ,…most certainly made me think of that character from a Robin Williams movie that, to me, offered such a glorious appraisal of lawyers as a breed.

    • He was talking about the reasons why research laboratories were allegedly contemplating using lawyers instead of rats.

    • RAT-facebook
    • Vinnie Fiore 1:55 pm on January 21, 2018 Permalink | Reply

      Shysters all!

  • ross1948 7:09 pm on January 20, 2018 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , Mexican DACA ingrates, shutdown, , USA

    America First? Democrats Put ‘Dreamers’ First!

    I could see an opposition party taking an issue of principle to the brink of a government shut-down and beyond.

    But surely it has to be something that matters?

    What on earth can we think of the Democrats, shrilled on by their media hack chorus, who have now brought much of the USA’s federal services to a standstill…

    ….NOT for any issue affecting American people but to give aid and comfort to illegal ingrates.

    Schumer and his pro-crimmigrant comrades in the Senate have been irresponsibly demanding

    “…a must-pass bill that would simultaneously avert a shutdown and enshrine protections for Dreamers into law…”

    Note the ignoramus men, placards in a foreign language – never bothered to learn English? And why don’t the jackasses holding Mexican flags just sod off to their dear old Mexico?

    Dreamers,’ again, that distasteful word used to dress up the demand that the offspring of lawless aliens benefit from their parents’ criminality.

    Illegal immigrant Dreamers had for months begged Democrats to block funding for the government unless the bill granted them citizenship rights. On Friday Democrats heeded that call, mounting a filibuster of a four-week spending bill, denying the government the cash it needs to remain open.

    And half of the senior legislative branch of the United States Government bows and scrapes to the slugs to the extent of inconveniencing millions of REAL Americans?

    Sick, sick, sick!

    • Mort 1:49 am on January 21, 2018 Permalink | Reply

      As POTUS has summed up the situation, these Democrats are giving priority to illegal aliens over our military and in fact over everything else.
      There’s no end to their disloyalty.

  • ross1948 12:03 am on January 14, 2018 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: American evangelicals, , , Paul Bayes Bishop Liverpool, , , , USA

    UK Bishop Bashes U.S. Christians, Embraces Trans-Freaks

    Further to our recent post on renegade churchmen in Germany…

    German Patriot Party Slams Dog-Collared Pinkos!

    …our attention has been drawn to the situation in England, where it’s no wonder Anglican pews are increasingly deserted.

    What are we to make of the bizarre bishop Paul Bayes spouting leftist hogwash, who has lambasted conservative evangelical Christians, arrogantly claiming they risked bringing the word evangelical into disrepute by their support for Donald Trump.

    Paul Bayes, Bishop of Liverpool, in his garden

    The far-left freako at least makes no effort to hide his purely political agenda.‘If people want to support rightwing populism … how are they going to relate that to their Christian faith?’

    Christian faith?

    Sounds more like Jeremy Corbyn than Jesus, similar shrilling to that of his boss, Justin Welby, who abused his Christmas Day pulpit  at Canterbury Cathedral by mixing prayers with fatuous jibes against “populist leaders that deceive!”

    Christian faith?

    Adding injury to insult, Bayes delivered his anti-evangelical, Trumpophobic tirade on the very same day that he exalted sexual perversion at the launch of a new Christian charity, which he is chairing, aimed at eliminating discrimination based on sexuality or gender.

    It’s pretty sordid that he chose that platform from which to snarl at American conservatives, when if he had any sense of Christian solidarity, he’d be shouting support for US evangelicals, good decent folk…

    Crucified by ACLU Gaystapo, Christian Gran Faces Easter Hell!

    Spittle-Specked Spite of America’s Gaystapo!

    ….most of them, fighting valiantly against gaystapo intimidation.

    I don’t really want to know about Bayes’ self-confessed ‘encounters’ with sexual maladjusts, encounters which, he brazenly claims, “profoundly changed” him. It’s certainly not clear if he was normal prior to those encounters or if he isn’t normal now

    The link  will take you to the names of other pro-freako priests in the C of E…

    – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/28/evangelical-christians-uncritical-in-support-for-donald-trump-says-paul-bayes-bishop-liverpool

     …but I suppose if you happen to be a regular attender at any of their churches, you’ll already have sussed out their grotesque eagerness to champion sodomites.

  • ross1948 6:41 am on January 9, 2018 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , POTUS, USA

    Oprah For President? Scarier Than ‘Orrible ‘Illary?

    Awoke to what surely had to be April Fool’s Day, then, as I sank my first coffee, realised this was BBC World News, which, bias or not, had to be taken seriously.

    My response, a gasp, a shudder, and a feeling that if America ever lost its collective mind in the manner mooted by media pundits…

    Oprah for president? A far-fetched idea just got dramatically more real ..

    …I could think of nothing to say.

    I simply link you to my two relevant previous posts, from something like five years ago.

    Whinger Winfrey, Billionaire – A Chip on Each Shoulder!

    The Irresponsible Ignorance of Oprah Winfrey

    • Mort 9:23 pm on January 9, 2018 Permalink | Reply

      It doesn’t seem remotely possible but then so much of what’s going on and what went on when Obama ruled the land doesn’t seem remotely possible either.
      With so many sick little millennials being conveyer-belted out of the colleges, we can no longer count on sanity to prevail.
      I think her rise to power would be the end of America.

  • ross1948 9:00 am on January 5, 2018 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , Governor Cuomo, , pardons to thwart deportation, USA

    If They’re Criminals, We Protect Them! Pardon Me!?!

    There’s an excellent group in the USA engaged in truly impressive work which exposes the wily ways states and cities run by far-left Democrats are doing everything they can to protect criminal aliens  from being sent back to where they belong.

    JudicialWatch' />

    It’s called Judicial Watch, and uses the Freedom of Information Act to (among other things) uncover shameless interference in the deportation process.

     I’d say you need to be sitting down comfortably with a stiff Jim Beam in one hand…

    …and an agreeably deplorable cigarette in the other, before you check out the short article which gives plenty of examples of a treachery little different in its moral derelection from that of  Benedict Arnold.

    You can read all about it here…

    …but as a (foul-)-taster, take a glance at Governor Jerry (if it’s) Brown (flush it!) of California…

    …who issued PARDONS to get two Cambodian crimmigrants of the hook.

     The men, ages 42 and 39, came to the U.S. as children and were convicted of felonies as adults. The crimes include a weapons charge and association to a gang.

    Similar scandalous and irresponsible behaviour is reported on the part of New York’s Governor Cuomo, who pardoned 18 immigrants convicted of serious crimes so they could remain in the country.

    One of those, a 57-year-old Mexican transgender woman convicted of criminal facilitation, earned Cuomo’s benevolence because she’s a strong advocate for transgender and immigrant communities and runs HIV testing programs for transgender sex workers and a syringe exchange for transwomen taking hormone injections.

    Heck, obviously, that’s just the sort that America desperately needs!

    There’s also a fascinating story of a covert ‘internal memo’ laying down the law to employees NOT to enforce the law – no prosecutions that might risk ‘collateral’ deportation!

    These leftist scum are consumed with contempt for their own people, preferring to prioritise the privileges of undesirable aliens.

    • Veritas 2:40 pm on January 5, 2018 Permalink | Reply

      It doesn’t matter if you’re American or not, we should all agree that those two governors should be arraigned on treason charges.
      Or some faster method of stopping their treason should be implemented.

  • ross1948 7:49 pm on January 4, 2018 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , DIllards, , Islamist triumphalism, , USA

    Fight CAIR's Sectarian Triumphalist Law-Suit!

     I was reading an interesting Gatestone article about how weak-kneed Western big businesses like Nike have been courting the sectarian market..  https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11482/islam-oppression-women and was contemplating what a pack of pinko creeps it is that run Nike, as noted last year…

    Hasil gambar untuk nike boycott

    Take A Hike, Nike – Boycott The Kneelers’ Boot-Lickers!

    …when what pops up in my inbox but an appeal from America.

    • Jim in Jakarta 11:42 pm on January 4, 2018 Permalink | Reply

      Welcome back to Jakarta, Ross.
      Hope you had a good time in Kuta or wherever you were this time.

      Jilbabs are much more common now than when I came to Indonesia. Its a shame because women decrease their good looks by hiding their hair.
      I know you think like I do, women here are stunning more often than not.
      But even the best of them lose a little when they wrap those scarfs round their pretty heads.
      I dont know why this fashion has spread so much but it must be to do with the rise of the extremism like the boring prohibition stuff and shutting down fun bars. and hotels like the Alexis.
      Cambodia calling?..

    • Benjamin 3:30 pm on January 5, 2018 Permalink | Reply

      She can apply for jobs in Yemen.
      Iran too would be a fruitful place to seek work, no problems there for her head-scarf issue.

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