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Surviving R. Kelly (Documentary)
'Surviving R. Kelly' (January 3, 2019) starring Andrea Kelly, Tarana Burke, Sparkle.
January 10, 2019 by Jessie Mendoza
Series examining the controversies surrounding R&B singer R. Kelly.
"Surviving R. Kelly" is a six-part Lifetime documentary detailing sexual abuse allegations against R&B artist R. Kelly. It aired over three nights, from January 3 to January 5, 2019.
Filmmaker and music critic Dream Hampton served as executive producer and musicians Chance the Rapper, John Legend and Stephanie "Sparkle" Edwards appeared in the documentary.
Its premiere episode on January 3, 2019, was Lifetime's highest-rated program in more than two years, with 1.9 million total viewers.
Release date : January 3, 3029
First aired : January 3, 3029
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A documentary series focused on R. Kelly's history of alleged sexual abuse was green lit by Lifetime in May 2018.
"We've been working for over a year to bring forth the stories of these women," executive producer Joel Karsberg told The Hollywood Reporter. "We are proud to team with Lifetime to shed light on these stories as well as an industry that has looked the other way for so many years."
Hampton was invited onto the project by an executive at Bunim/Murray Productions. "[…] That executive, Jesse Daniels, and Tamara Simmons, another co-EP on this project, have been holding these relationships with some of his survivors for months before I came on board," Hampton said in an interview with NPR. "I remember talking to them early on, kind of figuring out if we were going to work together…Having been adjacent in some ways to the music industry, when there was one, I knew that it it took dozens, if not hundreds of people, for R. Kelly to operate as long as he has in the way that he has."
Hampton said that Simmons would call prospective interviewees late into the night. "She was handling and had the relationships with, not just the women and girls who survived R. Kelly, but also the families," Hampton said. "We had three families who were trying to get their daughters back. So she in particular, she and Jesse, had been caring for those relationships. And then I came on as showrunner and made it a show."
Many musicians who worked with R. Kelly refused to participate in the series. "When it comes to celebrities, It was incredibly difficult to get people who had collaborated (artistically) with Kelly to come forward," Hampton said. "We asked Lady Gaga. We asked Erykah Badu. We asked Celine Dion. We asked Jay-Z. We asked Dave Chappelle. (They're) people who have been critical of him. That makes John Legend even more of a hero for me."
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Resignation of Commissioner Humphreys
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The Law Reform Commission was sorry to learn of the decision of the Honourable Mr Justice Humphreys to resign as a Part-time Commissioner.
Mr Justice Humphreys brought energy and commitment to his role as Part-time Commissioner and that will be missed by his fellow Commissioners. The Commission wishes to thank him for his contribution to its work.
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Early Signing Period: Four-Star OT George Fitzpatrick Signs NLI
By Braden MolesDecember 14, 2021 (2:06 pm)Early Signing Period
Get to know Englewood (Colo.) Cherry Creek four-star offensive tackle George Fitzpatrick, who signed his National Letter of Intent with Ohio State on Wednesday.
Height, Weight: 6-6, 285.
247 Composite Rankings: He's rated as the 325th overall prospect, the 26th overall offensive tackle and the No. 2 recruit out of Colorado.
Commitment Date: Fitzpatrick committed to Ohio State on July 9, 2021.
Other Offers: Arizona State, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Iowa State, Miami (Fla.), Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Penn State, TCU, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, USC and Utah, among others.
How he did in high school: Fitzpatrick will join Ohio State as a champion, as his Cherry Creek squad brought home the Colorado Class 5A state championship in each of the last three seasons.
In 2021, they finished with a 12-2 record, blanking Valor Christian 21-0 in the state title game.
Why he committed to Ohio State: Fitzpatrick was thorough in his recruitment, taking official visits to Ohio State (June 4), Michigan (June 11), Oklahoma (June 18) and Oregon (June 25) over the summer, but it was his initial visit with the Buckeyes that put him in position for Ohio State.
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Wolf Popper LLP Announces Investigation on Behalf of Investors in Braskem S.A. (PR Newswire)
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NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Wolf Popper LLP is investigating potential securities fraud claims on behalf of investors in Braskem S.A.'s American Depositary Shares (NYSE: BAK). Braskem investors can contact Fei-Lu Qian at 877.370.7703 or fqian@wolfpopper.com for more information.
A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 31, 2015. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of class members in directing the litigation.
The lawsuit alleges that during the period June 1, 2010 through March 11, 2015, the Company failed to disclose that Braskem was involved in a massive scheme to funnel millions of dollars in kickbacks to Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, to buy crude derivatives such as naphtha and propylene at low prices from Petrobras. As a result, Braskem and certain of its officers made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operational and compliance policies.
On March 11, 2015, a Brazilian newspaper implicated Braskem in a major bribery and corruption scandal involving Petrobras. Specifically, the newspaper reported that based on testimonies from former Petrobras executives and other individuals, Braskem had paid at least $5 million annually to Petrobras officials and Brazilian politicians.
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Public Accounts Committee criticises auditing procedure of ministries, government departments
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ISLAMABAD (November 11 2002) : The Public Accounts Committee has strongly criticised the auditing procedure of ministries and government departments by Auditor General of Pakistan and stated that there is lack of professionalism, competency and efficiency in various areas, sources said here on Sunday.
The Public Accounts Committee in its annual report has asked the Auditor General of Pakistan to not bring irrelevant matters in the meeting in future as it has been a practice during the last two years.
The report, based on the proceedings of the PAC, which completed its job quite recently for 1999-2000, has been approved by the President.
The PAC in its report also raised questions about the professional approach of the Auditors General of Pakistan and the auditors who according to the report were lacking in many important areas.
Pointing out the incompetence and prevalent inefficiency of the auditor general of Pakistan office, the PAC has said that the staff working in the audit department needs to be more professional, considering the present-day challenges. Audit has started carrying out performance audit in certain areas. Audit of the commercial enterprises in public sector also contains an overview for the operations and health of the auditee.
The PAC found that presently the overview is somewhat rudimentary in contents and does not meet the standards of financial analysis. The PAC, therefore, recommended that in order to enhance the value of reports audit should evolve indicators in consultation with the ministries concerned and apply these indicators to measure performance of the auditee unit.
The report has pointed out that the Auditors have also an obligation to constantly update and improve their skills in discharging their professional responsibilities.
They must know and apply auditing, accounting and financial management standards, procedures and practices. They must possess a good understanding of the constitutional, legal and institutional principles and standards governing the operations of the audited entity. Thus, the general public and the audited entities would be assured of the fairness, impartiality and competence of the auditors.
In addition to it, the committee felt that certain trivial matters ie transaction of lesser value, matters of less importance, procedural lapses, matters requiring verification, non-production of record, etc can be left to internal audit of the concerned department which must be strengthened in government departments.
Statutory audit can leave these issues with the executive authorities; small low financial utilisation of funds can better be left to departmental audit and inspection. Audit should concentrate on major issues ie transaction of huge amounts, major purchase deals, performance audit of organisation and prepare special audit reports of major projects so that substantial matters are brought before the PAC.
Meanwhile, an official said that this is not for the first time that the troubling questions have been raised over the competency, efficiency and quality of auditor general of Pakistan and his team. As in the past, on many occasions, the AGP first submitted some paras but later could not pursue them effectively.
The auditors were found manipulating the audit paras to grill some government departments while happily extending co-operation and showing soft corners to many ministries and divisions, perhaps to oblige their friends there.
The official said that this plausible attitude of AGP was also criticised by the PAC in the meetings as well and subsequently pointed out by the press as such attitude had failed to bring about any change in the governance system.
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This Sums Up The Demonic Hypocrisy Of The Democrat Party And Liberal Progressivism
You've got to just stand back and marvel at the STUNNING hypocrisy and dishonest and disgraceful deceit that are at the core of every so-called "liberal" and at the heart of every Democrat and at the heart of their false messiah Barack Hussein Obama.
How dare we publish material that would offend Muslims, they argue in the name of the multicultural pluralism that they gave birth to.
Okay, fine. Every atheist who publicly claims there is no God ought to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Every liberal who espouses the radical secular humanist invention of a "separation of church and state" to annihilate their opponents' religious influence ought to be publicly demonized.
But of course not. Christianity is of course different and ought to be attacked and demonized because unlike other groups that all come from the totalitarian left we don't resort to hate and violence. I guess ultimately it's Jesus' fault for teaching His disciples to turn the other cheek and it's the Holy Spirit's fault for instilling in us the fruits of the Spirit rather than the hate of the left.
The French satirical paper that was attacked in France was a LEFT-WING magazine that generally attacked the political RIGHT, attacked Christianity and basically attacked opposition to liberalism. NPR had this factoid:
Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French magazine that was the target of a deadly attack today, is part of a long tradition of French satire dating to the days before the French Revolution.
The left-wing magazine is known for its biting takedowns. Its past targets include the political right wing, capitalism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
The beauty of progressive liberalism, secular humanism and the Democrat Party which defends these engines of destruction in America, is it's monolithic hypocrisy. Liberals are pathologically dishonest hypocrites whose cry is invariably "It's NEVER fascist when we do it" because they have conveniently pre-defined themselves as virtuous and their opponents as guilty.
The left have been viciously attacking Christians and Christianity for DECADES. But of course now we shouldn't have the right to employ the same standards that the left created to attack and undermine us to criticize their fellow "Government-as-God" worshipers in the Muslim religion.
Here is a piece that deliciously exposes this profound hypocrisy (and for the official record let me simply point out the fact that "Piss Christ" was funded by Democrats who had perverted the National Endowment for the Arts into something so vile it is beyond unreal):
AP Won't Publish Muhammad Cartoons, Will Gladly Sell 'Piss Christ'
Purchase link pulled after hypocrisy exposed
1.7.2015 |
Trey Sanchez
As reported through Breitbart, the Associated Press made clear that its official policy is to censor photos of the Prophet Muhammad. Apparently, though, disparaging images of Jesus Christ are acceptable.
The AP told The Daily Beast, "It's been our policy for years that we refrain from moving deliberately provocative images." And because of that policy, the cartoons of Muhammad seen in the Charlie Hebdo magazine were deleted from its commercial photo service.
But as was discovered, the infamous "art" photo of a crucifix immersed in urine, known as "Piss Christ," could be purchased online through the news organization.
Once this hypocrisy was made known by The Washington Examiner, AP took the purchase link down.
A screenshot of the broken link is provided below:
Do you know what?
If you don't want to offend Ismam, you shouldn't elect a damn president who by definition of Islam is the worst kind of infidel because he was raised by his father as a Muslim and now (falsely) claims he's a Christian.
Obama is the infidel who once claimed:
OBAMA: And what was the first thing the McCain?s campaign went out and did? They said, look, these liberal blogs that support Obama are out there attacking Governor Palin.
Let's not play games. What I was suggesting — you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith. And you're absolutely right that that has not come–
STEPHANOPOULOS: Christian faith.
OBAMA: – my Christian faith.
I mean, "Ooops," said the man who also said that the Muslim call to prayer was "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth."
"Ooops," said the man who was raised as a Muslim and who attended a mosque in Indonesia as a boy and was listed as a "Muslim" when he attended a Catholic school there. Obama had a Muslim father, whether the man was a practicing Muslim or not. And I can ASSURE you that that is ALL it takes to make one a "Muslim" in the eyes of Islam. And our president is the worst kind of walking, talking betrayal and disgrace to Islam that there is and would be executed for his "crime of apostasy."
Every Democrat directly participated in insulting Islam. And yes you DID. Look at parallel cases that document what I'm saying is true.
If Obama wanted to stop insulting the Prophet, he would resign from office in disgrace and face his punishment under sharia law.
I can't say enough about the rabid hypocrisy and cockroach dishonesty of the left.
They claim they fight for the freedom of speech. BULLCRAP.
NO president has EVER been so HOSTILE to free speech as messiah of secular humanist liberal progressivism:
Barack Hussein Obama is "the greatest enemy of press freedom in a generation." And that is a FACT. Obama is assaulting journalism and has been for his entire presidency.
Barack Hussein Obama's presidency is more restrictive and more dangerous to the press than any other administration in history.
Barack Hussein Obama runs "the most closed, control freak administration" in at least a generation including Richard Nixon's regime.
Barack Hussein Obama's regime is the most secretive White House that senior New York Times' editors have ever covered.
At this point, the only difference between Democrats, i.e. between DEMOn-possessed bureauCRATS, and Nazis is that the Nazis dressed better. And the scale of evil: Nazis murdered six million Jews and Democrats have murdered SIXTY million innocent babies in their death camp abortion mills.
And we see the hate of secular progressive liberal progressives for freedom and for the rights of others all the time.
Take a gander at this story, for an example for an example of the latest outrage directed against the rights of Christians to believe what thousands of years of the Word of God proclaims to be true, what the entirely of Western Civilization has believed to be true. Because under these antichrist Democrat haters, deviant homosexuals have every right to drag their moral filth into churches and flaunt their lifestyles and the only people guilty of "bigotry" are the people who say in their own houses of worship, "our faith says that's not right, and is there nowhere we can go to practice our religion?" And NO, there is not in this age just before the Democrat Party worships the beast and takes his mark on their right hands or on their foreheads.
Liberal intellectuals – which means people who have carefully taught themselves to be the stupidest people on the face of the earth – have proclaimed free speech to be the greatest threat to liberalism. Because nobody would ever believe this garbage called liberalism if they had all the facts presented to them – and thus the facts and the truth themselves become the enemy.
If you are a Democrat, you hate freedom and you rabidly despise the freedom of speech to say anything but what you have fascistically proclaimed to be politically correct.
If you are a Democrat, then you are a hypocrite and a liar and a pervert and a murderer. And God has decreed that you will get yours. Because if there is a God, there is a thing called justice. But I know, you want to make those words first a thoughtcrime just like the book 1984 described and ultimately an actual crime. It's just who you are.
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This impressive 8-piece vinyl only box set brings together all of Eric Clapton's solo studio albums from his time with the Polydor/RSO label, spanning the period of 1970-1981. Each album has been faithfully replicated and pressed on 180g vinyl, and two of them, "Eric Clapton" and Derek and the Dominos' "Layla and Other Assorted Love Song" have been re-mastered for this release.
Eric Clapton needs little by way of an introduction as a renowned solo artist in his own right as well as a member of the Yardbirds, Cream, and Derek and The Dominos. He is the only three time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is one of the most important influential guitarists of all time. He has been the recipient of 17 Grammy Awards, 1 Brit Award and 1 Bafta.
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Eric Clapton (1970)
1. Slunky
2. Bad Boy
3. Lonesome and A Long Way From Home
4. After Midnight
5. Easy Now
6. Blues Power
7. Bottle of Red Wine
8. Lovin' You Lovin' Me
9. Told You For the Last Time
11. Let It Rain
Derek & The Dominos / Layla and Other Songs (2LP) (1970)
1. I Looked Away
2. Bell Bottom Blues
3. Keep On Growing
4. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
5. I Am Yours
6. Anyday
7. Key To the Highway
9. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?
10. Have You Ever Loved A Woman
11.Little Wing
12. It's Too Late
14. Thorn Tree In the Garden
461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
1. Motherless children
2. Give Me Strength
3. Willie and The Hand Jive
6. I Can't Hold Out
7. Please Be With me
8. Let It Grow
9. Steady Rollin' Man
10. Mainline Florida
There's One In Every Crowd (1975)
1. We've Been Told (Jesus Coming Soon)
2. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
3. Little rachel
4. Don't Blame Me
5. The Sky Is Crying
6. Singin' The Blues
7. Better Make It Through The Day
8. Pretty Blue Eyes
10. Opposites
No Reason To Cry (1976)
1. Beautiful Thing
2. Carnival
3. Sign Language
4. County Jail Blues
5. All Our Pastimes
7. Double Trouble
8. Innocent Times
9. Hungry
10. Black Summer Rain
Slowhand (1977)
1. Cocaine
2. Wonderful Tonight
3. Lay Down Sally
4. Next Time You See Her
5. We're All the Way
6. The Core
7. May You Never
8. Mean Old Frisco
9. Peaches and Diesel
Backless (1978)
1. Walk Out In the Rain
2. Watch Out For Lucy
3. I'll Make Love To you Anytime
4. Roll It
5. Tell Me that you Love Me
6. If I Don't Be there By Morning
8. Promises
9. Golden Ring
10. Tulsa time
Another Ticket (1981)
1. Something Special
2. Black Rose
3. Blow Wind Blow
4. Another Ticket
5. I Can't Stand It
6. Hold Me Lord
7. Floating Bridge
8. Catch Me If You Can
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Connected Societies
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September 6, 2018 July 10, 2018 By Tamaryn Tesselaar
We know that access to the internet has the capability to economically propel communities around the world, as my colleagues previously shared regarding emerging markets and rural America. But how do we take that access and convert it from individual use to a truly connected society? The community in Delft, South Africa provides us with an example.
The Delft government and the Mzansi Digital Republic (MDR) are working to implement public Wi-Fi to boost the local economy. MDR's aim is to create digital citizens with the vision of unlocking the knowledge-based economy. To do that, they consider a multi-faceted approach to power, IoT infrastructure and internet access, connected devices, online community, e-commerce, and online support. Through their disruptive model of realigning the value chain of consumption and actualizing new opportunities for business, employment and social engagement, MDR is connecting the society in Delft in ways that haven't been done before. As a result, local tech businesses have grown, generating local employment, facilitating digital commerce and ushering in local economic empowerment, thereby preventing a large amount of money from trickling out of the community.
In general, connected societies like the one developing in Delft will open opportunities for more collective action in regards to single-issue movements, while open government initiatives and access to public sector data will lead to more transparency and citizen-focused public services. The critical backbone to a connected society is a robust communications infrastructure that can support the required level of community connectivity. The Delta Smart Grid Network™ comes to mind as a solution—it fills in the gaps left by current telecommunications providers through the building of a community-wide Wi-Fi infrastructure.
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Lead Our Capacity Team as Community Development Director
Community Development Director Kelly Zelenka is leaving MHP in early May to join the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority. At MPHA, she'll develop and drive implementation of Agency's new comprehensive human services strategy geared toward significant outcomes in health, educational attainment and workforce development for MPHA-assisted families, children, seniors and persons with disabilities.
"Kelly has been a tremendous leader at MHP and her leadership of our community development programs has made a lasting impact on communities around Minnesota and beyond," said Anne Mavity, MHP's executive director. "We will miss Kelly at MHP, but there is a silver lining: Kelly will be putting her experience and skills into work that will elevate the lives of people served by the MPHA. She's going to do a tremendous job."
Kelly has graciously agreed to stay with MHP and assist with the transition through early May.
If you or someone in your network is interested in joining MHP's leadership team as Community Development Director, view the position profile here.


Diesel city ban spreading
/ EV News / By Alastair
The leaders of four major global cities say they will stop the use of all diesel-powered cars and trucks by the middle of the next decade.
The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens say they are implementing the ban to improve air quality.
They say they will give incentives for alternative vehicle use and promote walking and cycling.
The commitments were made in Mexico at a biennial meeting of city leaders.
The use of diesel in transport has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, as concerns about its impact on air quality have grown. The World Health Organization (WHO) says that around three million deaths every year are linked to exposure to outdoor air pollution.
Diesel engines contribute to the problem in two key ways – through the production of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). Very fine soot PM can penetrate the lungs and can contribute to cardiovascular illness and death.
Nitrogen oxides can help form ground level ozone and this can exacerbate breathing difficulties, even for people without a history of respiratory problems.
As the evidence has mounted, environmental groups have used the courts to try to enforce clear air standards and regulations. In the UK, campaigners have recently had success in forcing the government to act more quickly.
Now, mayors from a number of major cities with well-known air quality problems have decided to use their authority to clamp down on the use of diesel.
In the UK, campaigners are calling for London's mayor to commit to phase out diesel vehicles from London by 2025. Sadiq Khan has proposed an expansion to the planned Ultra-Low Emission Zone in central London.
ClientEarth lawyer Alan Andrews said: "In the UK, London's mayor is considering bolder action than his predecessor, proposing an expansion to the planned Ultra-Low Emission Zone. This is welcome but we want him to go further and faster.
"And it's not just London that has this problem, we need a national network of clean air zones so that the problem is not simply pushed elsewhere."
Expect used Diesels to continue to slide down the value chain and more reasons for consumers to consider Electric Cars.


WhatIsSoftware
Software is machine; software is text; software is both machine and text. The machine and text category collapse is a direct result of the Turing machine where data is code is data, and here we refer to data as text. There is no other way to view software until we have a deeper theory of it all, and then we will have even fewer categories.
Here is a loose outline of the place software fits into our models.
Software is machine
Clearly, software is machine. On an industrial robot, the software plays the central role in determining the behaviour of that robot (--> cybernetics). In a bureaucracy, software moves paper around, and by extension people and capital. On a simple level, software performs actions on our computer. It isn't quiescent or socially negotiated. It can act directly, without humans to act it out. Software coupled with hardware coupled with power is a machine.
On a general computer, software is not tied to the hardware like it is to an industrial robot. We can download new software and run it on our hardware. Thus, in an effective sense, since we provide a clean separation between the hardware&power and the software, we can make the philosophical claim that software is machine.
Software is text
Software is text. Unlike a physical machine, it is composed of the same stuff that we compose essays with, in the same manner, in the same domain, in exactly the same way. But legal documents are different than recipes as legal documents carry extra weight. The difference is that we can separate the domains of legal documents from recipes so that only a special class of documents are given legal weight, and that separtion is socially negotiated. Only those with signatures of more than one person are considered legal, and they are only legal in a socially validated way--through the court system.
Software is more ambiguous. That you happen to have a machine that can read the software and perform some (intended) action is up to the reader; after all, a recipe is also software except that it requires a human to carry out the instructions. And it matters that we do not consider software at least within reason always a machine since we publish algorithms for academic research. This is different than publishing blueprints since you are transmitting the machine itself.
Software is machine and text
Software is both machine and text together. This gives rise to software engineers that point to the Tacoma Bridge and correlated it major software failures and legitimately claim responsibility must be made. It also gives rise to artists who claim that software is just their artistic idea, an expression, that others can play upon like they play upon their poetry and manifestos. That creates the tension.
Further more, while anyone can build a car in their garage, this is conspicuous enough that not anything will be allowed on the road. However, anyone can build software in their basement, and as long as they do not harm anyone else, that is their own business and joy. It would be immoral to make hobby programming illegal.
It would also be immoral to make small-scale programming illegal short of having an iron ring as small businesses will be unable to develop software to fit their needs, rather relying on generic hand me downs from larger businesses.
Differences with mere text
There are various differences between software (and its documentation), and other forms of copiable content - most notably the LifeInText of an OnlineCommunity.
These are important because they mean that we can't simply follow the simple logic that OpenSource is good for software, therefore OpenContent is good for content. Rather, there are some subtelties involved, and the lessons from software might not be directly applicable to other forms of content. In particular, it's questionable whether the benefits of CopyLeft over the PublicDomain truly apply to anything except software.
Software is tested carefully before a new revision so you never get incomplete "work in progress"
No Interaction quality. The value of software is not in the interaction between the user and the developer, but rather in that between the user and the software. In most other forms of copiable content, the content is instead largely a means for the author(s) to communicate with the users. This is especially true in an OnlineCommunity, where the content itself may be largely incidental.
GatedCommunity. Software projects never get code directly from the public. There are always maintainers who control exactly what gets into the system, typically to a greater degree than on any online community. This is a symptom of a related difference:
Software is fragile. Natural language is remarkably tolerant to spurious changes, odd typos, ambigous text, and so forth. Software is not, and it is entirely possible for a well meaning but inexperienced contributor to effectively destroy a piece of software, rather than improving it.
Software updates are frequently necessary due to the fragility and incompleteness of software, not to mention the engineering ethic of creeping featuritis. Books don't need to be ammended or supplanted if they can be supported by additional sources as the integration is ambiguous and socially constructed rather than formal and logically complete.
Software guarantees nothing - it typically comes with a disclaimer against any warranties, expressed or implied. Some other forms of content do likewise, eg: content about the law, medicine, any medium to high risk activity, graphic content, etc; However, most do not. This is a symptom of a related difference:
Software is risky - buggy software might wipe your hard disk - if you're not backed up that can be very expensive. Buggy software can kill, and frequently does. The potential downside to other forms of content is much lower, because they are mediated by the human brain, which is smarter.
Software is configurable - A good program can perfectly satisfy two groups of users, via configuration. A piece of text cannot, no matter how good.
Reading the various discussions about whether or not software should be regulated or that programmers be held responsible for software is interesting because everyone looks at software from one particular pre-software metaphor. The problem is that software is not like anything else, rather it is a bridging object, and thus our ethical categories that remained happily separate now collide and come into tension.
This tension is unresolvable with prior frames simply because each category, machine or text, is incapable of dealing with the problems of the other. We need to first acknowledge what software is and then ask what we want to do with it.
In our society, manufacturers are somewhat responsible for their goods (as criminal negligence and civil disorder are still crimes), so we allow free enterprise and sanction outcomes, but to a limit we decide as a public. Weapons and drugs are controlled, for instance.
If we change our ethical frame to not worry about regulating all software, but to worry about how that software is used, both in machine form and text form, then we might get somewhere. We do claim some speech is illegal, and certain types of software should also be illegal to produce. There are academic ways of discussing racial differences and there are hateful ways. There are academic ways of describing software holes and there are exploitive ways.
Sanity must prevail.
High quality textual content is written for an audience (see TheAudience). To RepurposeContent for a new audience requires a significant investment of time, so people won't do it on a whim. A good program can perfectly satisfy two groups of users, via configuration. A piece of text cannot, no matter how good. Different languages are a striking example of that. --MartinHarper
Programs themselves are texts and can be read literarily. Software may be able to satisfy two groups, but maybe not three (or N+1). They remain socially constructed and consequently deconstructable. Also, a piece of plain text--although capable of being read in multiple different ways (related: WhatIsMultiplicity)--can also be modified by software into cybertext, or programmatic text. If your claim is that software can be reconfigured, software can also reconfigure text. cf. CybertextPerspectivesOnErgodicLiterature. Note your example of multilingualness. Software configuration can only switch languages. The translation is still text to text. Similarly, a MultilingualWiki for example may afford WikiTunneling from one page to another in a different language. -- SunirShah
I doubt that ...text cannot.... I think any text can satisfy different groups of users. Doesn't the law and the bible? Configuration seems to be done implicitely by interpretation. -- HelmutLeitner
I believe that a given edition of the bible only perfectly satisfies a specific group of people. --MartinHarper
Probably not perfectly. Also, is there a piece of software that perfectly satisfies a specific group of people? -- SunirShah
Putting the transmission in reverse: text becomes machine in Modernist poetry
From [William Carlos Williams'] introduction to "The Wedge," in Selected Essays of William Carlos Williams (NY: New Directions, 1969), p. 256. (emph. added):
To make two bold statements: There's nothing sentimental about a machine, and: A poem is a small (or large) machine made out of words. When I say there's nothing sentimental about a poem, I mean that there can be no part that is redundant.
Prose may carry a load of ill-defined matter like a ship. But poetry is a machine which drives it, pruned to a perfect economy. As in all machines, its movement is intrinsic, undulant, a physical more than a literary character.
And while Williams refers more to the stylistic precision of poetry analogous to the precision of machine, he also speaks of its machinistic effect and power. Poetry drives the ship. It's strength comes from the power imbued in each word, just as each word in code is given power, albeit ironically more prosaically. In a very direct way, e.e. cummings' poem r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r embodies this, but in taken on this directness, it transcends the point to take us further down the text as machine pipe:
r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r
a)s w(e loo)k
upnowgath
PPEGORHRASS
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S         a
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rIvInG .gRrEaPsPhOs)
rea(be)rran(com)gi(e)ngly
,grasshopper;
The typesetting may appear here incorrectly; cf. this annotated [proof] by cummings.
This poem is a typographic, sonic, and metaphoric reflection of the industrial process, of the mechanical processes that flowed from total rationalization and then resynthesization. The poem visually appears like a machine. It follows structurally from the processes of a machine; that is, the components of the poem form have been rationalized (words, spaces, punctuation) and those components have been rationalized again until all that are left are typewriter symbols; and then those have been repeatedly resynthesized--"become rearrangingly grasshopper".
Even poems not so overtly troped in machinism could exhibit mechanistic triumph. Take this slightly edited excerpt from F.T. Marinetti's Founding and Manifesto of Futurism (Paris) Le Figaro, February 20, 1909 (translated):
Courage, audacity, and revolt will be essential elements of our poetry. Up to now literature has exalted a pensive immobility, ecstasy, and sleep. We intend to exalt aggresive action, a feverish insomnia, the racer's stride, the mortal leap, the punch and the slap. We affirm that the world's magnificence has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. A racing car whose hood is adorned with great pipes, like serpents of explosive breath—a roaring car that seems to ride on grapeshot is more beautiful than the Victory of Samothrace. [...]
We will sing of great crowds excited by work, by pleasure, and by riot; we will sing of the multicolored, polyphonic tides of revolution in the modern capitals; we will sing of the vibrant nightly fervor of arsenals and shipyards blazing with violent electric moons; greedy railway stations that devour smoke-plumed serpents; factories hung on clouds by the crooked lines of their smoke; bridges that stride the rivers like giant gymnasts, flashing in the sun with a glitter of knives; adventurous steamers that sniff the horizon; deep-chested locomotives whose wheels paw the tracks like the hooves of enormous steel horses bridled by tubing; and the sleek flight of planes whose propellers chatter in the wind like banners and seem to cheer like an enthusiastic crowd.
What can we say? Software doesn't merely exalt, it embodies the aggressive action, a feverish insomnia, a racer's stride, the mortal leap, the punch and the slap. (cf. MetaphorInversion)


New WPA Poster Stamps Unveiled At FDR Library
By WKIP Mar 8, 2017
The FDR Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park yesterday was the setting for a U.S. Postal Service first-day-of-issue ceremony. The 10 new Forever stamps that were dedicated are in the design of 10 WPA posters created under President Roosevelt's WPA Federal Art Project.
United States Postmaster General Megan Brennan unveiled the stamps. Brennan was joined at the stamp dedication ceremony by Paul Sparrow, director, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum; Anthony Musso, author and historian; and David B. Roosevelt, grandson of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
The stamps are now available at your local post office or online.
Photo: Provided by USPS®


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Editorial: Gloria Reyes best choice to protect, improve Madison schools
Wisconsin State Journal editorial boardMarch 21, 2018 GMT
Gloria Reyes has a clear position on keeping police officers in Madison's high schools.
"I support EROs in school," Reyes told the State Journal editorial board this week. "I don't need a committee to tell me that."
That's different from the view of her opponent, Anna Moffit, in the April 3 election for Madison School Board. Moffit, who has served on the board for three years, initiated a district committee to study "educational resource officers" and whether they should stay in city schools.
Moffit told our editorial board she's not comfortable removing the officers "at this point," meaning a contract with the city for police services won't be terminated next month. Yet Moffit is vague on her intentions beyond that. She sits on the committee studying officers in schools and sounds like she'll support whatever recommendations it makes to the School Board in May.
Given the rash of school shootings across the country and heightened concern about fights and disruptions in Madison's high schools, Moffit's ambiguous position should concern voters. On Tuesday, a 17-year-old gunman shot two fellow students at a Maryland high school before a school police officer quickly confronted and stopped the violence.
Moffit also sounds skeptical of a state plan to give local school districts money to improve security, while Reyes strongly favors "beefing up infrastructure" and making sure protection procedures are followed.
"If we can't ensure safety for our kids, none of this other stuff matters," Reyes said.
The State Journal editorial board endorses Reyes in the April 3 election for Seat 1 on the School Board.
Reyes offers district voters more than her background as a Madison police officer with expertise in security issues. Reyes now serves as the city of Madison's education liaison, so she's well versed on lots of school issues. She's also an East High School graduate with children in the district.
Growing up in Madison as an English language learner who struggled with hunger, homelessness, misbehavior and trauma, Reyes said she understands and credits the impact of city schools for much of her success. The daughter of migrant farm workers now serves as a deputy city mayor focusing on public safety, civil rights and community services. She will bring needed diversity to the board and better understand struggling students.
Moffit, a former teacher, works hard advocating for students with special needs. Her dedication and knowledge are impressive.
But Reyes' keen focus on school safety and minority achievement make her the stronger candidate. Voters should support her April 3.


Tag: Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group
A pair of Chinese companies recently announced they were teaming up to build a massive new spaceport in Djibouti. If you were like me, you probably wondered: where is Djibouti? And why is China building a spaceport there?
Great questions. Let's find out.
Down at Starbase in Texas, SpaceX completed a "flight-like wet dress rehearsal" by filling Starship and its Super Heavy Booster with propellants for the first time.
HKATG Forms Strategic Partnership for Golden Bauhinia Satellite Constellation
HONG KONG (Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group PR) — Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Limited (HKATG; 01725. HK) announced its strategic cooperation with the Company and Shandong Institute of Industrial Technology for the construction and operation of the first high-resolution agricultural satellite constellation ("Golden Bauhinia — Qilu Satellite Constellation") on 4 April. It is known that the first phase of the project comprising 9 satellites and the first experiment satellite is expected to be launched in July 2022, and the remaining eight operational satellites with 8-band multi-spectral observation capability will be launched in December 2022.
After the news came out, a huge amount of smart money poured into HKATG, its stock soared for 4 consecutive days between 4 April and 8 April. HKATG recorded a four-day gaining streak from its latest low of HK$12.2, in addition to crossing above 10-day and 20-day exponential moving average (EMA), the stock, a new high in three months was made during intraday trading on 8 April. HKATG surged by more than 100% in a few days, and the trading volume moved against the market which up to nearly 800,000 shares, with a capital of HKD 16.83 million involved and an amazing momentum.
Can HKATG Challenge SpaceX's Starlink? Chinese Company Prepares For Golden Bauhinia Satellite Constellation
HONG KONG, Feb. 24, 2022 (HKATG PR) — HKATG [Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Limited ] has successfully launched five satellites for its "Golden Bauhinia Constellation" in 2021, the aerospace development plan shows no sign of slowing down in 2022.
In January 2022, HKST announced that the Group has planned to launch two satellites named "Golden Bauhinia Satellite No. 3" and "Golden Bauhinia Satellite No. 4" in 2022 Q3, with the target launch time tentatively being scheduled in July 2022 and will continue to form and constitute part of the "Golden Bauhinia Constellation".
At the same time, 25 satellites are planned to be launched in 2022 for the "Golden Bauhinia Constellation", and the further launch of satellites this year will provide additional aerospace data as well as will boost the speed of receiving aerospace data. It's worth noticing that "Golden Bauhinia Constellation" is the first-star chain plan of the Hong Kong aerospace industry, the whole project plans to launch 112 satellites.
HKATG to Launch 25 Satellites This Year
The firm foresees substantial economic benefits from its entry into the aerospace sector
HONG KONG, Feb. 10, 2022 (HKATG PR) — Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group, Ltd. (HK: 1725) (HKATG), a leading aerospace firm traded on the Hong Kong stock exchange (HKEx) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Gang Hang Ke (Shenzhen) Space Technology ("SZ Gang Hang Ke") has entered into a second satellite launch service confirmation agreement with China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), a state-owned enterprise in Mainland China.
Under the agreement, SZ Gang Hang Ke is tentatively scheduled to launch the two satellites, Golden Bauhinia Satellite No. 3 and Golden Bauhinia Satellite No. 4, in July of this year. The continued launching of satellites is expected to speed up the timetable for the completion the Golden Bauhinia Constellation project as well as enhance the operations of the smart city in the process of being rolled out in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA). HKATG plans to launch 25 satellites in 2022.
HKATG Carries Out In-orbit Technology Validation of Golden Bauhinia Satellite Constellation
HONG KONG (HKATG PR) — On July 25, 2020, China's Long March-4B carrier rocket was successfully launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, and the space exploration satellite named "Lobster Eye X-ray Explorer" was successfully put into orbit. The "Lobster Eye X-ray Explorer" is the first space exploration satellite in the world to apply X-ray technology focusing with lobster-eye optics.
In its design and development process, all participators including the Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group, Ltd. (HKATG) co-innovated in the basic research, engineering technology and applications to carry out the full-chain, systematic research and development work, which have made great contributions to strengthening China's independent innovation capabilities in space astronomy, deep space exploration, and space remote sensing, etc.
Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Prepares to Launch First Satellite
HONG KONG , April 3, 2020 (HKATG PR) — Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group (HKATG) announced it aims to launch the "Golden Bauhinia No.1" low-orbit high frequency satellite in June from China . The planned launch marks an important milestone in the company's "Golden Bauhinia" space remote sensing project.
The rapid development of international commercial aerospace makes it one of the most dynamic industries after the Internet, AI and 5G. According to the US Satellite Industry Association (SIA), commercial aerospace revenue was US$277.4 billion in 2018 and is expected to increase 10 percent per year.


Port Harcourt Medical Journal
The effect of insecticide-treated bed net on malarial parasitaemia and haemoglobin level of under-five children in a semi-urban community in south-south Nigeria
B Ordinioha Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences,University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt
DOI: 10.4314/phmedj.v1i2.38861
Background: Imperfect control measures like insecticide-treated bed net that merely reduces transmission, appear unlikely to have any significant effect on malarial morbidity in an area of intense perennial malaria transmission. Also, some field studies have indicated that the efficacy achieved might be due to the high coverage rate achieved during the trial that produced a mass killing of mosquitoes in the communities. Aim: To assess the impact of the use of the insecticide-treated bed net in a programme situation, on malarial parasitaemia, haemoglobin levels and spleen sizes in under-five children, in an area of intense perennial malaria transmission in South-South Nigeria. Methods: The study was carried out over a six-month period in two communities in the Ogba/ Egbema/ Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-South Nigeria. A non-randomized control group pre-intervention-post-intervention study design was used. Fifty five children under five years systematically chosen from buyers of the nets sold by a social marketing project were used as the intervention group. Fifty eight children were recruited as controls, from a neighbouring community about ten kilometers away, and matched for age and socio-economic status of their parents with those in the intervention group. Results: The baseline data of the study groups were broadly the same (p > 0.1). However, in the post-intervention study, there was a 0.75g/dl (p<0.05) difference in the haemoglobin level of the children, with a concomitant difference of 24.05% (p-value <0.05) in the proportion with moderate anaemia (8g/dl). There was also a 2.03cm (p-value <0.001) difference in spleen size, and a 34.42% (p-value <0.05) difference in the prevalence of splenomegaly. The 21.35% difference in the proportion with parasitaemia between the two groups was also found to be significant (p-value < 0.05). Conclusions: The study shows that insecticide-treated bed net can be an effective tool for malaria control in an area of intense perennial malaria transmission.
Keywords: Insecticide-treated bed net, Effectiveness, Malaria control, South-South Nigeria.
Port Harcourt Medical Journal Vol. 1 (2) 2007: pp. 90-95
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Bill Goldberg Q&A: The Big Gold Belt, Martial Arts Training, Partying with Mark Coleman and Beating Hulk Hogan
By Tony Reid 3 years ago
Tony Reid – The former WCW World Heavyweight Champion, the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion, one of only three men to hold the 'Big Gold Belt' in the WWE and WCW and just an iconic figure in pro wrestling, television and movies Mr. Bill Goldberg… Goldberg how are you doing?
Bill Goldberg – "Tony, I'm doing great especially since you started off the introduction by saying the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, because that is what I remember."
Tony Reid – Well, we all know the "Big Gold Belt" is by far the coolest belt in the history of pro wrestling. You held it and held it well for a good period of time.
Bill Goldberg – "I appreciate it. It was an interesting venture to say the least. It was a time in my life when I had a lot of fun, had a lot of strange things going on but I had a great time."
Tony Reid – When you were rehabbing the injury suffered during your NFL career, you began power lifting and training in martial arts. Do you ever wonder where you would be today if you hadn't taken Sting's advice and given pro wrestling a shot?
Bill Goldberg – "The reality is although it (MMA) would have been a great opportunity back in the day, there was no money. The guys who put the sport on the map, the Gracies, the Shamrocks, the Fryes… Randleman, Coleman…Those are the guys that put it on the map, unfortunately they paved the way but were not in it long enough to reap some of the benefits given now. I probably would have been in that situation. If you compare Brock (Lesnar) and I, Brock is a lot younger than me even though we retired at the same time from pro wrestling, we were at two totally different parts in our lives. Here is a guy who wants to go out and play professional football and football was ten years behind me. To be in the right place at the right time for wrestling, yeah I was but for MMA I couldn't have been there at a worse time. Look at Danny Hodge, talk about a bad ass wrestler, you have to go back 50 years but just imagine if he was around when MMA started. I would have done it; in the beginning I had the largest MMA gym in the country. Right when I got into the wrestling business I started taking martial arts seriously. Unfortunately the gym got pushed to the side because I wasn't there to control things. (Kevin) Randleman, (Don) Frye, (Mark) Coleman, Randy (Couture), they all trained at my gym. They had trained at my place prior to starting their respective gyms. So, I have been around it for a long time. I am a firm believer that Dana (White) is well, I don't want to say prophet but we both knew it (MMA) was going to work."
Tony Reid – So you spoke about having a number of elite guys training at your gym back in the day. Can you share a story from those days?
Bill Goldberg – "Not in the gym but over in Japan I remember, I was represented by a guy that was also representing Coleman and Frye at the time. All I can say is that we all went to a late night establishment, they had fights coming up and I had a wrestling match coming up. Now, I could take my time out on the town less seriously than they could but you would never have known it by their condition that night, by any stretch of the imagination. Those days are way behind us, but back on that particular night Goldberg tried to get Coleman out of a bar at 3:00 in the morning because he had a fight coming up in a few hours."
Tony Reid- You based your WCW persona, do some degree, on a mixed martial artist. Do you feel that authenticity helped get you over in a day and age when many guys had long, bleach blonde hair and crazy outfits and personalities?
Bill Goldberg – "Lets be honest, I had some good foreshadowing, and I knew it was going to work. I was such a big fan of MMA and the UFC that I went to probably two out of the first ten UFC events. I truly believed that if I liked it, not to say that in an egotistical way, then everyone was going to like it. I knew it was going to be the next big thing. I knew I had a passion for the martial arts, I knew that, being a 300 pound defensive lineman that I had the mentality to mix it up with the real moves in pro wrestling. I used to go back and watch UWF tapes, most people don't even know what UWF is…For a guy who went out every Sunday and went 100 miles per hour, gave 150% and head butted 350 pound offensive lineman I think I was the perfect guy to take that character. I bought about $5,000 worth of tapes and just started studying guys like Oleg Taktarov, who was one of my idols because of his use of Russian Sambo. I had never seen Sambo before, so I thought if I start throwing some Sambo moves in people will think that, number one, that's real and two it looks like I'm killing the guy. I tried to take specific moves from anybody that I thought was in possession of a move that could get over in the wrestling world without hurting someone. 90% of my moves came from the UWF. I wanted to be able to not blur that line between non fiction and fiction that 99.9% of the guys on TV were doing. I wanted to come up with a character that makes me proud of who I am. I can't act like I'm punching a guy in the face. If I hit a guy in the face with my hand I'm going to light him up and there is probably going to be blood. With the gloves you get the tearing and ripping of the skin. There is probably going to more blood coming from a guy hitting a dude with the gloves on. That was one of my ways of trying to cover up the fact that what we were doing was fiction.
That's something else I want to point out, man, being in the football world, the wrestling world and the MMA world, I truthfully believe the largest percentage of good people are in MMA. The level of accessibility and the down to earth nature is what separates MMA from other sports. NASCAR is pretty much the same way in that the drivers are very approachable during the event. It's the people's sport, really."
Tony Reid – Do you remember the first combat sports event that you ever watched?
Bill Goldberg – "The UFC started it for me. I had taken different martial arts individually but I had never seen a competition like that. I had seen Pancrase prior but it really didn't grab me like the UFC did. Truthfully, I believe and this is a whole different conversation, but part of me likes the old UFC platform best. Reality is that you can't be stuck in that world anymore and for people to compete you have to be well rounded. But for me it was like Street Fighter back in the day. You see Gracie come in there against a guy that is 200 pounds heavier and choke out the guy in 45 seconds. You always have the element of surprise in there. Back then you didn't know what was going on. For me, that was the pinnacle of the sport. Obviously, nobody was making money but fan wise that was extremely fun."
Tony Reid – What are your thoughts on the current state of MMA?
Bill Goldberg – "As much as I love MMA, it is killing the traditional martial arts. That is why I have a Muay Thai gym and not an MMA gym. I want to try to do my part in keeping the traditional arts relevant. I know they are going away but how many high school or college kids do you know that are training in one singular discipline? It's just not happening. What I am most disappointed with is that the traditional concept of martial arts has been lost. That is the building block of mixed martial arts, respect and all that stuff."
Tony Reid – You have stated that you researched a great deal of martial arts in the infancy of your wrestling career. Where are all of those tapes/DVDs now? In watching all the events you watched then, who struck you most and what style did you relate to most?
Bill Goldberg – "What I did is I kept all of them and now I co-own a Muay Thai gym here in Oceanside, CA called Extreme Power and the tapes are all there. I wanted to show the co-owner who is an 8th degree dan and a monster in that world, as well as the other guys at the gym a few different styles to expand their games and open their minds to different styles and techniques. They (the tapes) definitely didn't go to waste!"
Tony Reid – Who are your favorite fighters (past or present) to watch as a fan of the sport?
Bill Goldberg – I used to love watching Wanderlei (Silva) and most of the guys during the PRIDE days. Dan Henderson is a machine, man. To see what he is doing at his age is beautiful, it's wonderful. I am a fan of most of these guys because of their personalities, not necessarily because of their fighting styles. I love watching Melvin Manhoef. Whether he has the right mentality for success or not, that kid goes out to blow you up. Wanderlei used to be the same way. Guys just can't go in there and go crazy anymore but I used to like watching a lot of the PRIDE guys.
Tony Reid – There is a long and growing list of fighters turned wrestlers and wrestlers turned fighters. To what do you attribute that crossover appeal?
Bill Goldberg – "Well, it's a hard transition to make whether it be from pro wrestling to fighting or fighting to pro wrestling. There are some guys that could make it an easier transition than others, guys that have a character or personality in the MMA world already, Quinton Jackson could do it in three seconds. He has that personality. As far as wrestlers going into fighting, well, that is a whole different story. The years that they trained to be involved in wrestling could have been used to train in mixed martial arts. That puts them behind the 8 ball, no matter how old or young they are. It's time that's kind of wasted. I don't know if it's a realistic transition from pro wrestling to MMA because some of the wrestlers might believe they are tougher than they are. Although, if you get ahold of a guy back in the day and it's was an option, I guarantee you the Steiner Brothers and Meng and the Barbarian would have made a huge splash in the MMA world. I don't know of a human being alive that could take out Meng in his prime. I really don't. One story I remember was when it took like 13 guys to get him out of a bar with Ric Flair. He was pepper sprayed and laughed at the cops and broke the cuffs right in front of them. This was a totally different human being.
You look at a guy like Jon Jones, he was athletic enough to have been able to pick and choose a sport to excel in and he chose MMA. Now you are seeing guys that have the athletic ability to be able to play any sport that are foregoing that opportunity to take up MMA. I think that's the new breed. They are going to come in and its going to be a totally different story. We are starting to see that now."
Tony Reid-So, I can't let you go without getting a WCW/Pro Wrestling story from you. You will go down as one of the most iconic figures in the history of the industry. Can you share a story with us that the masses haven't heard?
Bill Goldberg – "It's really hard to look back and find truly wonderful stories of my time in the industry. The best time in my entire athletic career, excluding me being drafted in the NFL, was the night when I beat (Hulk) Hogan. And it wasn't because I beat Hogan; it was because at the end of the night all the guys I played pro football with on the Atlanta Falcons wanted to be me. They came out to the ring, they wanted the limelight and they wanted to help me. I had Chuck Smith, Cornelius Bennett, Jesse Tuggle; I mean that was very cool for me. All I ever wanted to do was be a pro football player. I unfortunately got hurt, I didn't have the ability to excel and be the player I wanted to be and I had to give it up. That's all I ever wanted to do. I did the pro wrestling because I had to. I became fond of it, but at that point in time the guys who I revered more than anybody in the world wanted to be me. So, that was some real poetic justice for me."
Tony Reid
In July of 2008 Tony Reid launched an MMA inspired clothing line that he named Reid Fight Wear. He saw a need in the MMA clothing market for a more classic, clean and timeless design and less of the dated styles seen then. In the process of major life changes, Tony cashed out his 401(k), emptied his bank account and put his heart and soul into building the brand.
In August 2009 Tony began writing for TapouT and MMA Worldwide Magazines. There he created Rattling the Cage, an MMA specific news site and home for all of his work.
In May of 2012 Reid began writing for Ultimate MMA Magazine, launching an MMA Legends and MMA Officials Series.
Also in May of the same year he started appearing regularly on ESPN 92.3 WVSL as the MMA Insider.
In early August of 2012 Reid was named General Manager of UFC Fighter Tim Boetsch's Barbarian Combat Sports in Sunbury, PA.
By December 2012 Reid started contributing to Fighters Only Magazine. "The World's Leading MMA and Lifestyle Magazine" is sold in over 30 countries around the world and has the largest reach of any international magazine of its type.
In May of 2013 Reid became a monthly segment host on Sirius XM Radio. Appearing the first Thursday of every month on TapouT Radio on SiriusXM (Sirius 92 XM 208) in a segment he created called "On Blast!" where he puts people in the MMA world on notice.
In June of 2013 Reid began writing for the UK based MMA Uncaged Magazine.
In August of 2013, Reid launched "Rattling the Cage with Tony Reid" a talk radio show he hosted on ESPN 92.3 WVSL "The Valley's Sports Leader". The show aired over 100 episodes and featured some of the biggest and brightest stars in the world of combat sports. It was one of the most successful shows in the station's history.
In May of 2016 Reid became a feature writer for FloCombat.
In September of the same year Reid began writing for ONE Championship, Asia's largest global sports media property in history.
Reid is happy to now join the team at MyMMANews as a contributor.
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Americans Were Just Introduced To One Of The Nation's Most Powerful Voices
"When I hear Hillary's voice and her positions, I hear and I know that she is working to embrace our deepest moral values ― and we should embrace her."
By Ryan Grim and Julia Craven
PHILADELPHIA ― The Democratic National Convention introduced America to the longtime leader of North Carolina's Moral Monday movement, the fiery Rev. William Barber, on Thursday.
The Moral Monday movement has sought to highlight the extreme swing to the right that North Carolina has taken, despite its status as a purple state. A tea-party-occupied GOP has gone after LGBTQ rights, attacked the storied university system, slashed social spending, implemented strict voter ID laws and removed police camera footage from the public record.
Barber, the president of North Carolina's NAACP, began his speech by linking faith and morality to progressivism before issuing a call for "a revival at the heart of our democracy."
"When we fight for 15 [on minimum wage] and a union and universal health care and public education and immigrant rights and [LGBTQ] rights, we are reviving the heart of our democracy," he said. "When we develop tax and trade policies that no longer funnel our prosperity to the wealthy few, we are reviving the heart of our democracy."
"When we hear the legitimate discontent of Black Lives Matter and come together to renew justice in our criminal justice system, we are embracing our deepest moral values and reviving the heart of our democracy," Barber continued.
Barber has a rare ability to bring a fire-and-brimstone style yet still appeal to secular liberals, connecting the social justice tradition of the black church to the broader left, but also explicitly making room for non-believers and activists of other faiths ― or, unusually from the stage of a national convention, especially from the mouth of a preacher, "those who have no faith."
Barber, who has a significant following in progressive quarters, vouched for Clinton, but added that it's up to grassroots advocates to continue pressing her to do the right thing.
"When I hear Hillary's voice and her positions, I hear and I know that she is working to embrace our deepest moral values ― and we should embrace her," Barber said. "But let me be clear … she nor any person can do it alone. The watchword of this democracy and the watchword of faith is we. The heart of our democracy is on the line this November and beyond."
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A cautionary tale of the two-month CEO
Earlier this year, I had lunch with a friend I'll call Phil, who was looking for a new job. Phil had a successful 15-year run with his last employer, and he was well positioned for a COO or CEO position. Two weeks after our discussion, a headhunter told me about a position he was trying to fill.
The client, M&C Inc., had been a leader in its field for close to twenty years. It was still in a market leadership position, but the industry was only a fraction of its former size. It was purchased out of bankruptcy by Mason, who ran it for about 5 years. Mason spends most of time in Singapore, and he realized that taking M&C to the next level required more time with the business in Minnesota than he was willing to give.
I introduced Phil to the headhunter, who presented him to Mason. Mason and Phil met in early March. Within a few weeks, Phil was named CEO. A couple months later, I was preparing to present to a group of executives in transition, when I got a note from Phil. "I didn't want to surprise you in your presentation, Steve," Phil said. "But I will be among the executives you will be presenting to tomorrow. Things didn't work out for me at M&C Inc., and I am looking for a new opportunity."
The group discussion the next day was on how things might go wrong for executives as they integrate in their new roles. Phil was very open on how things went down. I think it was an eye-opener for everybody in the room. And the painful lessons Phil shared are important for both new executives and hiring companies.
The owner didn't leave the search up to the professionals. He hired a headhunter who uncovered at least one very compelling candidate. The candidate came from a company in adjacent space to the recruiting company, and Phil used that adjacency to make a strong case for how he understood the business.
Mason, being sold on the good fit of the adjacent business, freelanced in the search process by contacting executives of Phil's former company. Not only did he query people on what they thought of his candidate, but he attempted to get several of those who took his call to consider the position.
Of course, all of this behind-the-scenes maneuvering got back to the candidate. Undoubtedly, this left a bad taste in Phil's mouth. But his interest in finding a new position and getting his first-ever CEO spot led him to look beyond. He remained undeterred as he progressed in the search. And he was offered the position, which he quickly accepted in March.
2. The owner and the CEO could not make a long-distance relationship work. I know a lot of CEOs who succeed working for owners who live thousands of miles away. But a Singapore-Minneapolis axis, with thirteen time zones in between, is hard to manage. There has to be a commitment to 6am or 7pm phone calls, and even the International Date Line can get in the way.
Even a thirteen-hour time differential can work if the CEO has sufficient autonomy. That is hard to accomplish when (1) it is the first time the individual has held a CEO role, (2) the owner successfully held the role of CEO prior to this search and (3) there are no set communication times.
Working well with remote ownership requires establishing rules of the road on what needs prior approval, what needs to be reported after the fact and what can just get done. In this situation, establishing those guidelines had not happened at the get-go.
3. The role of an incumbent COO created confusion. A passed-over executive in a situation like this can be trouble for the recently hired exec, especially if they thought they were in line for the position. In this case, Phil believed that the COO was cool with an outside CEO, and he had been told by Mason of a division of labor between the COO and himself.
But as soon as Phil was in position, the COO received messages from Mason to take the initiative on areas assigned to the CEO. Maybe this was a continuation of past activities, when the owner served as a largely-absent CEO. Maybe this indicated lack of confidence with the new CEO. Whatever the cause, it created ambiguity of roles and responsibilities between the two people in charge. And the CEO did not feel empowered to countermand the owner's directive and to straighten things out between himself and his COO.
4. The organization's immune system confronted the CEO from the start. They liked the COO, and they liked the owner, who had bought the business at a point of crisis and had stabilized it (albeit at a point well below its heyday) and set it up for growth.
Phil brought with him a promise and maybe a threat of change. Early on, he was impressed with the institutional knowledge of his reports, less impressed with their functional expertise. It's unclear whether the organization felt it was being judged, but that is a good assumption. And Mason sold Phil on a mandate for change. Without selling the organization on "What's in it for me," a new direction would not seem like a popular course of action.
I never asked Phil if his departure were voluntary or not. Enough things had gone wrong for him to want to bail out early on. Maybe the owner quickly developed buyer's remorse from afar. Whatever the dynamic, this is a painful tale for all involved. For Phil, his search for the next step in his career was sidelined for months, and he probably didn't receive the full severance that a spot in a less entrepreneurial enterprise would provide. The whole experience may have led to a little PTSD, which will make it harder for him to jump back into the fray as fully engaged as he was when I first met him.
For M&C, the harm may be even greater. They end up having to conduct a second search. They have been without consistency in leadership for a half year, which might end up more like a full year. They take a blow to their reputation that might hurt them in their next search. The cost involved in getting this right will total hundreds of thousands of dollars, without considering the results of the turmoil on employees or consumers.
My focus is usually on strategies new executives can use to have a successful integration. And I will offer some suggestions. But before that, I'm compelled to make it obvious what an employer could do to make this difficult hire a success.
Let the search firm do its job. This story is the poster child for botched interference that created unnecessary ill-will. Instead, the recruitment process should end with a hire feeling like they are wanted and valued.
2. Spend time needed to be clear on expectations. Spell out what are the limits of the employee's authority. Make clear how his responsibility differs from those of his second-in-command.
3. Bestow your endorsement on the new hire. Make the organization understand that he has your full confidence. Do not participate in or condone any efforts that undercuts the authority he has been given by you.
So, what could the new CEO have done differently?
1. Don't expect you can succeed without a clear mandate. I think there were enough warning signs here that the best play may have to turn the offer down.
2. Ensure that the commitments you make with the owner on responsibility, reporting and autonomy are explicit. Talk them through. Write them down. Get the owner to make an endorsement of you across the employee community. Make sure any issues on a division of labor with your subordinates are just as clear. Copy the owner on written roles and responsibilities.
3. Hold to these commitments. You've just gone through the trouble to "make a contract" on responsibilities. Resist any early attempts that reduce your scope.
4. Control the communications. Given the difficulty in managing time zones, I would assume that directives from the owner to the COO came via email. Any email to the COO from the owner should have the CEO cc'd.
5. Start building the relationships that you need with employees to be successful. Speak with authenticity. Listen to them. Demonstrate how you value them. You need them on your side to accomplish your goals.
Phil's brief tenure at M&C provides lessons galore for both the executive and the company. An owner needs to stay in his own lane to give a high-risk situation a chance to succeed. An executive must stand firm in response to inappropriate action from a superior, and he has to get a good start in building bridges with employees. I don't mean to imply that Phil would have succeeded had he and Mason taken different tacks. But without these actions, a slim chance of success quickly became none at all.