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Fugitive the Source of Debate Over Black Lives Matter Mural in Palo Alto – NBC Bay Area

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Danzig

The FBI calls her a terrorist but some Black Lives Matter supporters in the Bay Area call her a fighter for civil rights.

Fugitive Assata Shakur is the source of a lot of debate in Palo Alto, after an artist painted the convicted murderer as part of a city-sanctioned mural.

A national police group says thats an insult to police everywhere and are calling on the city to scrub Assata off the mural.

The U.S. government has branded Shakur, a member of the Black Power movement who was convicted in the murder of a New Jersey state Trooper, as part of the nations Most Wanted Terorist List.

Shakur escaped from prison in 1979 and is believed to be hiding out in Cuba ever since.

Assata is one of many minority members who have been slandered by this country, said JT Faraji from Hood Squad from East Palo Alto.

On the same day, that happens to be Shakurs 73-year-old birthday, Black Lives Matter supporters gathered outside of Palo Alto City Hall to defend her as a civil rights leader and to chip away at the label cop-killer.

We have to defend Assata, a righteous woman, a woman who fought for her people, Faraji said.

The National Police Association doesnt see Assata that way. Retired police sergeant Betsy Smith says Shakur should not be glorified.

Police officers have to walk by that every day and see the face of a convicted cop killer, thats a hostile work environment, said Betsy Smith from the National Police Association.

Palo Altos Mayor Adrian Fine says its a contentious issue.

I got hundreds of calls over the past week calling it idiotic and cruel, he said.

Fine says he took the mural artists advice and read up Shakurs biography to decide for himself how Shakur should truly be remembered.

When asked if the mural should stay, the mayor said, as far as Im concerned, absolutely.

It’s finally time to defund the drug war – Business Insider – Business Insider

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Danzig

In the wake of George Floyd's killing, the public has demanded policies like chokehold bans, access to police department's personnel files, and an end to the idea of qualified immunity. Politicians have countered with talk of body cams, anti-bias training and a harder look at municipal budgets.

Most of these efforts are well-intentioned. Many are worthwhile. But despite the recent flurry of policing and criminal justice-related reforms, there's been virtually no discussion around one of the biggest drivers of over-policing and racial injustice in America: our five-decade long War on Drugs.

If we're serious about making real change in the US then it's time we started talking about defunding the drug war.

To be fair, it's often hard to remember we're still embroiled in the expensive, expansive War on Drugs. After all, the hysteria around (Black) crack babies and dope dealers has been replaced by nuanced portraits of (White) victims of the opioid epidemic. Recent years have seen shifting sentiment around substances like marijuana and the tempering of once-absurdist drug education.

Even the rhetoric has changed. Gone are the Reagan-era invocations of "public enemy number one". They've been replaced by the compassionate though deceptive language of drug courts, dependency issue, a public-health crisis.

But make no mistake: despite its diminished presence in our public and political consciousness, the war's still very much on. Every year, our elected officials funnel tens of billions of dollars and destroy countless lives in order to prop up America's discriminatory and counterproductive drug policies.

Predictably, Black people are generally the ones who pay most dearly, and as recent events sadly demonstrate, oftentimes the price is their life.

There's a direct throughline from our drug war policies to the botched no-knock arrest that killed Breonna Taylor. It's no coincidence that a responding officer taunted the crowd by saying "this is why you don't do drugs, kids" as Derek Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd's neck. Their deaths are visceral reminders of our country's long, sordid history of using drug use real or imagined to control, criminalize and brutalize minority communities.

As headline after headline and data point after data point demonstrate, in both its inception and its enforcement, the War on Drugsand the carceral state it has helped to createhas really always been a War on People.

And more specifically, a war on Black and brown people.

The racialized reality of American drug enforcement isn't a bug, it's a feature. From the very beginning, the explicit goal of our country's drug policies were to criminalize members of what Harry Anslinger the grandfather of American drug enforcementbelieved to be "the degenerate races".

Anslinger architected marijuana prohibition, a policy that's been a linchpin of broken-windows policing and mass incarceration, and pushed it through Congress with fabricated evidence and testimony that "reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."

A cursory look at our militarized law enforcement agencies, prejudicial penal code, over-policed minority neighborhoods, and distended criminal justice system, demonstrates the countless ways the drug war has served to animate and exacerbate many of the racial injustices and social inequities we're grappling with today. And to add insult to injury, this unyielding crusade has done virtually nothing to curb American drug consumption.

Criminal justice reform has become an increasingly popular, bipartisan issue over the past few years. But though one of every five people currently incarcerated in American prisons and jails is there because of a drug conviction, there's been very little political movement around drug policy reform issues.

As our politicians pay lip service to ideas around decriminalization and drug courts, American police departments are still making over a million drug possession arrests each year. And unfortunately, the few drug-related reforms that have been prioritized (eliminating crack and powder cocaine sentencing disparities, drug courts, etc.) betray a superficial understanding of both the law and our criminal justice system. Marijuana decriminalization efforts, for example, barely make a dent in the number of or racial disparities related to weed-related arrests.

Even if one were to just focus on our policy of federal cannabis prohibition, we're still talking about millions of stop-and-frisks, traffic stops, summonses, arrests and probation violations each year. In fact, American law enforcement agencies make more arrests for marijuana possession than all 'violent' crimes combined.

Unsurprisingly, most of these cannabis-related encounters are overwhelmingly centered in African-American communities. Despite virtually identical rates of consumption Black people are almost four times as likely as their white peers to be arrested on marijuana charges.

And while it's true that fewer people are serving long prison sentences for weed than they were a decade ago, our draconian and ever-expanding system of collateral consequences means that a marijuana-related encounter can easily result in eviction, student loan ineligibility, and the impossibility of ever being able to access gainful employment.

Marijuana isn't a gateway drugat least not in the sense most people imagine. However, it is a gateway for Black people to arrests, incarceration, and death and defamation at the hands of the state.

The good news is, the vast majority of Americans agree that the War on Drugs has been an abject, spectacular failure. And though these highly polarized times mean it's rare to find an issue that brings together people of different political persuasions, when it comes to dismantling the drug war well, there's an angle for everyone.

Libertarians can focus on the conflict's role in the expansion of civil asset forfeiture . Conservative commentators should speak up about the civil liberties violations associated with racially biased and pre-textural stops.

Good governance groups should look into claims that the Department of Justice is devoting most of its resources to advancing Bill Barr's personal drug-related vendetta. Criminal justice-minded reformers can focus on claims that cities have ceased arrest quotas and "stops and frisks". After all, police departments continue to collect billions in taxpayer dollars that are directly tied to the number of drug-related arrests.

Even the most dispassionate observer should be concerned about tanks given to police departments by the Department of Defense for counternarcotics operations parading down small town streets.

And for those who cite the 'will of the people" to justify their inaction? 91% of American adults are fed up with our current approach to drug policy.

To be clear, drug policy reform will not end the over-policing of Black communities or eliminate the racial inequities embedded in American society. It alone will not eliminate state-sanctioned violence. Nor will it reverse the devastating and disproportionate harms of the War on Drugs.

Butif done thoughtfully, with a focus on public healtha more humane and equitable approach to drug policy will pull millions of people out of a penal system that marks them for life. It will help people get the help they need, while simultaneously reducing the unnecessary and unjust harassment of (predominantly Black and brown) communities.

It will help change a culture that for too long has looked to drug use to justify mass incarceration, police violence and death at the hands of the state. It's not a panacea, but it is a worthwhile start.

Natalie Papillion is the Founder and Executive Director of The Equity Organization, a national not-for-profit organization working towards a more just, effective and equitable approach to drug policy and criminal justice. She is also the author of the forthcoming "Reefer Madness: The Roots of Drug Prohibition in America," a history of drug policy in the early twentieth century.

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The US ‘war’ on drugs – newagebd.net

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Danzig

PROGRAMMES by the United States Agency for International Development that are geared toward decreasing the quantity of opium poppy crops in Afghanistan have, in actuality, fostered growth in production of the narcotic, states a quarterly report from the special inspector seneral for Afghanistan reconstruction that was presented to the US Congress. In addition, the document refutes proclamations made by American officials that opium poppy is chiefly grown in areas under control by the Taliban movement [an organisation that is forbidden in the Russian Federation]. According to experts, by turning a blind eye to drug trafficking American military service personnel can buy loyalty from the local elite.

And that does correspond to reality. Otherwise, how can it be explained that a report from the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, which is a US government agency, states that from 2002 to March 2017 the US wasted $8.5 billion on efforts to eradicate the narcotics threat in Afghanistan, yet never managed to fulfil the objective that was set, and Afghanistan remains the largest opium producer in the world and one that is more and more actively filling demand not only in European markets for drugs, but in the American one. Heroin is a multi-billion dollar business, backed by the interests of powerful circles in the United States. From this it becomes evident that one of the goals for the occupation of Afghanistan was to restore the drug trafficking that was under their control back to its former level, and to assume complete control over drug delivery routes. In 2001, under the Taliban, 185 tonnes of opium was produced, whereas now, even given incomplete data, opium production has risen to 13,000 tonnes!

It would be beneficial to remember the history of drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle, which is closely connected to operations conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency in the area when the limited contingent of Soviet forces was brought into Afghanistan. Back then, the production of opium in Afghanistan and Pakistan was oriented toward minor regional markets and heroin was not produced there at all. The Afghan narco-economy then became a project that was meticulously developed by the CIA as a component of US foreign policy. Just as before, during the Iran-Contra affair, supporting both the Afghan mujahedeen and other forces friendly to Washington was financed specifically by these narco-dollars. This dirty money was converted into clandestine money through banks in the Middle East and CIA shell companies, and was used to support criminal groups led by American instructors that fought against Soviet soldiers, and then successfully fragmented Afghanistan. Since the United States wanted to deliver Stinger missiles and other armaments to the mujahedeen in Afghanistan, they needed help from Pakistan. By the middle of the 1980s, the CIA field office in Islamabad was one of the largest in the world The US turned a blind eye to drug trafficking in Pakistan, and especially in Afghanistan, writes Time magazine.

Afghan history researcher Alfred McCoy affirms that soon after the start of the CIA operation in Afghanistan the area along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border became the largest heroin producer in the world, and from there 60 per cent of the demand in the United States was met. In Pakistan itself, the number of drug addicts grew from almost zero in 1979 to 1.5 million, which is faster growth than in any other country.

The drug trade, as obvious facts can attest to, was completely controlled by CIA officers. When the mujahedeen captured an area of land in Afghanistan, they made peasants plant opium poppy as a tax for the revolution. On the other side of the border, in Pakistan, Afghan leaders and local syndicates sponsored by both the Pakistani intelligence services and the CIA controlled hundreds of laboratories that produced heroin. Over decades of active drug business in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Drug Enforcement Agency regional office has never seized one large shipment of heroin, nor has is made a single arrest!

According to McCoy, officials with the latest administration in Washington refused to investigate the accusations of drug trafficking levelled at their Afghan allies, since US drug policy in Afghanistan was always subordinate to the interests of fighting against Soviet, and now Russian, influence. Charles Cogan, a former CIA operations leader in Afghanistan, quite truthfully and cynically told the world about this when he admitted that the CIA sacrificed the war on drugs in favour of winning the Cold War. He says that the main objective was to inflict as much damage as possible on the Soviet Union. The role played by the CIA, even though it is expressed in many documents, is not mentioned in materials from the United Nations, which place an emphasis on internal factors. Laundered narco-dollars were used by Washington to finance the mujahedeen, and terrorists in Central Asia and the Balkans.

According to an assessment done by the UN, the global drug trade reaches several, if not dozens of, billions of dollars. The opium sold from Afghanistan amounts to a considerable portion of this trade. It is evident that the lions share of the proceeds from drug trafficking cannot be taken in by terrorist groups, as the UN affirms. Major business and financial interests back those narcotics. In that regard, geopolitical and military control over those channels of distribution for the drugs holds as much significance as control over oilfields and oil pipelines.

What sets drugs apart from legal products is that drug trafficking is an important source of income not only for organised crime groups, but for the US intelligence services, which are becoming an even more important player in banks and financial institutions. This means that the American intelligence services and large syndicates that have ties to organised crime compete for strategic control over drug distribution channels. The multi-billion dollar income from drug trafficking is invested into Western banking systems, and above all else into American banks. Most large transnational banks, via their offshore branches, launder a substantial amount of drug money. This trade can flourish only if the main players have highly-placed political patrons in the West and in Afghanistan itself.

There are many specific examples that bear witness, and quite vividly, to the fact that at present a considerable number of Americans in the US itself, and military service personnel in Afghanistan, are not interested in the war on drugs, but in supporting the drug trade. Even though a major portion of American chemical weapons programmes remain classified, it is apparent that much attention has been given to doing research on drug supplements that can boost the performance of military personnel. For example, in the US air force pilots were given dextroamphetamines before long missions to increase their ability to concentrate and reduce fatigue. And out of the American pilots that participated in operation Desert Storm in the war against Iraq in 2003, 65 per cent used narcotic stimulants. An investigation of the exercises held in the Tarnak Farms training camp in Afghanistan, during which four Canadian soldiers were killed by friendly fire and another eight were wounded, found that the American F-16 pilots were permitted to use Dexedrine. And there are many more of these kinds of examples. In addition, medicinal products delivered by the Pentagon that contain narcotic substances are now actively being taken by the Saudi pilots that are bombing mostly cities, villages, and inhabited settlements in Yemen.

In the beginning of this year, the Afghan government announced with grandeur that it had arrested five high-level police official complicit in drug trafficking in Kabul and neighbouring countries. Nasrat Rahimi, a representative from the ministry of internal affairs, declared that Ahmad Ahmadi who was in charge of the war on drugs in the countrys capital was arrested while trying to flee the country. He told the press that Ahmadi was one of the countrys leading drug dealers and mafia ringleader who was also the director of a suspicious Afghan-Swiss business group that was, over the course of several years, involved in protecting, promoting the interests of, and receiving large bribes from drug dealers in a city with more than six million people. It is true that later on the Kabul press found out about this ultra-high level of their governments activity. It turned out that the Afghan group was operating independently of the CIA, which completely controls drug trafficking in the country, and refused to pay American officers their commissions.

That is exactly why Moscow accuses the US and NATO of not being capable of stopping the flow of Afghan drugs moving into Central Asia and Russia. Washington tries to implement a policy of reinforcing measures to conduct the war on drugs in the region without launching any operations against the insurgents. Over the past 10 years, Afghanistan has produced and exported more heroin than any other country. According to an evaluation done by the UN, about 10 per cent of the gross output from Afghanistan originates from growing opium poppy. About 13,000 tonnes of opium was produced in the country, which is estimated to be worth $2 billion. This creates a vicious circle: illegal drug trafficking finances the Taliban, the CIA controls that and takes action to undermine and hinder Afghan authorities attempts to stamp out opium cultivation and come up with a method to obtain alternative income.

Trying to shirk responsibility, Washington as is its usual practice publishes rosy reports about the active war against drugs, and at the same time falsely accuses Russia of allegedly cooperating with the Taliban. Zamir Kabulov, a Russian presidential special envoy, sharply refuted the false accusations from the CIA about collusion with the Taliban, underscoring that the US is the country that has joined with the Taliban to play a part in the flourishing drug traffic out of Afghanistan, adding that the US paid numerous bribes to implement several drug-related projects in Afghanistan. He also emphasised that American aircraft can fly out of Kandahar and Bagram to anywhere, including Germany and Romania, without going through an inspection. This means that the Americans, without any form of control, transport huge shipments of drugs into Europe, and then to the US, earning criminal money on the spilled blood of the Afghan people.

New Eastern Outlook, July 15. Victor Mikhin is a member-correspondent of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

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As Philippines fights coronavirus, some fear involvement of the police – WTVB News

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Danzig

Friday, July 17, 2020 6:17 a.m. EDT by Thomson Reuters

By Karen Lema

MANILA (Reuters) - At the peak of the Philippines' war on drugs, people in the rundown neighbourhoods of Navotas in the capital Manila grew used to police knocking on doors, or bursting into the homes of drug suspects - who often wound up dead.

Now, many residents of the Navotas area, which has been particularly badly hit by the coronavirus, fear another harsh police campaign after the government said officials will visit homes of patients with mild or no symptoms and escort them to isolation centres.

Some Filipinos have labelled the plan "Tokhang 2", calling it the sequel to a police-led anti-drug campaign that became synonymous with thousands of killings.

"We are afraid of the house-to-house. We don't know what the police and soldiers will do to us," said Crisanto dela Cruz, a 46-year-old pedicab driver in Navotas.

"At the same time, we are afraid of getting infected because we are always outside."

Infections have tripled in the Philippines since June 1 and the interior ministry announced this week that health officials, with the help of local authorities and the police, will move people suffering from COVID-19 from their homes to isolation centres. It has urged neighbours to report potential cases of infected people who are evading authorities.

President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman, Harry Roque, stressed the home visits will be led by local health workers.

In a statement, he said "police presence is merely to provide support or assistance in the transport of patients".

But Roque also said anyone likely to spread the virus could be forcibly removed "if need be".

"We can still compel them but I don't think it will be in the nature as if they are being treated as criminals", he told CNN Philippines.

The United Nations has said at least 8,663 people, and possibly many more, were killed in the Philippines after Duterte launched a war on drugs in 2016. It said the killings took place amid "near impunity" for police and incitement to violence by top officials.

Most of the deaths were in poor, run-down areas like those in Navotas.

Police say their actions in the anti-drug campaign have been lawful and that deaths occurred in shootouts with dealers resisting arrest.

The coronavirus strategy was announced in a week when the Philippines recorded Southeast Asia's biggest daily jump in deaths from the disease.

While much of East Asia appears to have COVID-19 under control, the Philippines has recorded nearly 36% of its infections and 23% of its 1,660 deaths in the past two weeks. In the region, only Indonesia's death toll is climbing faster.

'FASCIST ACTIONS'

The government has defended the house-to-house approach, saying that infected people with insufficient space to quarantine themselves at home should be moved to isolation centres.

But opposition senators and human rights groups say the campaign is from the playbook of the drug war.

Senator Franklin Drilon said police had been enforcing a lockdown aggressively, and there was no need for "fascist actions to demand submission".

The National Union of People's Lawyers called it "another tool to sow fear in our communities".

"With a government that has emboldened its own uniformed personnel to violate human rights with impunity, how can we be sure that the police will not abuse this new power," it said.

A better approach, say critics, is to improve contact-tracing and testing, with just 0.9% of the population tested so far. Roughly two-thirds of the tests followed the relaxation of restrictions on June 1 to try to rescue the economy.

Navotas has since seen cases grow from 286 at end May to 906 as of July 16, prompting authorities to reimpose restrictions, with armed police in camouflage deployed to keep people indoors and threaten violators with fines.

"It's not martial law, there's no need for police to go house-to-house," said Arvin Provito, a Navotas tricycle driver.

"What they should do is do house-to-house testing."

Former health minister Esperanza Cabral said the government should rethink its approach.

"As they say, give a carpenter a hammer and all he will see are nails," she said. "As for the people, they've been so used to being treated as nails they're naturally scared of anyone who has a hammer."

(Additional reporting by Adrian Portugal, Eloisa Lopez and Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Martin Petty and Raju Gopalakrishnan)

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Illegal drugs have become deeply rooted in Burmese society – The Economist

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Danzig

Vigilantes say they have no alternative but to take the matter into their own hands

Jul 18th 2020

UNDER COVER of darkness, one night in 2017, Seng Naw and some 150 like-minded men revved up their trucks and drove a couple of miles from the town of Mohnyin in Kachin state, in remote northern Myanmar. Where the rice paddies give way to forest and mountains they found something that resembled a festival, according to Mr Seng Naw: scores of youths lolling about, high on heroin and methamphetamine sold to them by several dealers on the scene. It was 4am or thereabouts, by which time Mr Seng Naw knew the junkies would be too far gone to put up a fight, though some of his crew had brought clubs just in case. They rounded up the group96 users and four dealerspacked them into the trucks and deposited them at the towns police station.

That was Mr Seng Naws biggest haul. He is vice-president of the Mohnyin branch of Pat Jasan, a vigilante group trying to stamp out drugs. It was founded in 2014 by several prominent Kachins, a largely Christian ethnic group, who were dismayed by the havoc drugs had brought to their community. In Mohnyin, Mr Seng Naw says, people would regularly use drugs in public: on streets, in paddyfields, at university, even in a cemetery. As the number of addicts in Kachin state soared, so did violent crime, says Hpala Lum Hkao, a Baptist pastor and Pat Jasans secretary-general. The government could not, or would not, tackle the crisis. So they decided to pat jasansweep and clean.

There are no reliable data on the number of addicts in Myanmar, but the Transnational Institute, an international research outfit, believes the problem is severe. The official tally of injecting drug users has risen steadily over the past decade, to 93,000. But in the past five years methamphetamine, which is typically heated and the fumes inhaled, has supplanted heroin as a drug of concern, according to the government. It is cheap and readily available. Mai Kaung Saing, a journalist who reports on northern Shan state, which borders Kachin state (see map), estimates that 30% of the local population uses drugs, primarily heroin and meth. The problem is national. Every family has been affected by drug-use issues, says Tom Kramer of the Transnational Institute.

The surge in addiction is a symptom of the countrys central role in the drug trade. For decades assorted militias, some almost completely autonomous and others at war with the government, have controlled much of Myanmars border regions, especially in Shan and Kachin states. Many of the gunmen, and some of the soldiers sent to fight them, are involved in the drug trade. In the 1970s and 1980s Myanmar became the worlds biggest source of opium and heroin, and remains the second-biggest producer today. In 2018 sales of illegal opiates accounted for 1-2% of its GDP, according to the UN.

Since the 1990s Myanmar has also been producing meth which, like heroin, was initially intended for export. Gradually, however, as supply has increased and prices have declined, a domestic market has emerged. In Lashio, a city in northern Shan state, four yaba (meth) tablets can be bought for about $0.75. Many users find meth helps them work long hours or in arduous conditions, as truck drivers or miners; others are young and bored.

The International Crisis Group, an NGO based in Brussels, reckons the drug trade contributes more than any other industry to Shan states economy. In eastern and northern Shan state, people get paid in yaba, they trade in yaba, says David Mathieson, an analyst. So when vigilante groups like Pat Jasan cracked down in 2015 and 2016, it depressed the local economy.

The authorities have little incentive to tackle the trade. Police rarely pursue drug-traffickers. Sometimes they are users and dealers themselves: members of Pat Jasan have on several occasions inadvertently arrested officers, says Mr Hpala Lum Hkao. Sometimes they are simply too scared to arrest anyone but small-time dealers, says Mr Mai Kaung Saing. Some of the militias in drug-producing areas are even more deeply steeped in the trade, either providing protection to drug rings or running them themselves.

Kachins like Mr Seng Naw have refused to stand idle as their community becomes hooked. Pat Jasan, which claims to have 10,000 volunteers at its beck and call, is the biggest, most organised vigilante group in Myanmar, and has a lot of energy, according to Mr Kramer. It says it has destroyed 3,000-4,000 hectares of poppy fields, launched numerous campaigns to educate people about the harms of drugs, and arrested dealers and users, some of whom have ended up in their rehabilitation centres. Mr Hpala Lum Hkao says the group has opened 77 in total, though some have since closed down. Treatment consists of prayer, physical activity and the odd bath to dull the pain of withdrawal. Addicts there against their will are sometimes placed in stocks or shackled for the first few days, to ensure they do not escape.

This punitive approach to treating addiction is the norm in Myanmar, says Mr Kramer, even though it is highly ineffective: around 80% of those forced into treatment will relapse. Even Mr Hpala Lum Hkao concedes that once the inmates have been released from Pat Jasans centres, they frequently fall back into their old habits. Some officials are coming round to the idea that there are more humane and effective methods of treating addiction, says Mr Kramer. But curing addiction in Myanmar will take more than an evidence-based approach to treatment. It will involve ending the long civil war in Kachin and Shan states and stemming the flood of drugs. Until then, Messrs Hpala Lum Hkao and Seng Naw will remain on high alert.

This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline "Myanmar vice"

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Kimberl Crenshaw Wants to Build a Movement Where Everyone Is Seen’ – NBC10 Boston

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Danzig

Kimberl Crenshaw is a professor of law at UCLA and Columbia Law School. She has developed Black feminist legal theory and was named one of the top critical thinkers in the world by Prospect magazine in 2019. Based in Los Angeles, Crenshaw is the co-founder and executive director of The African American Policy Forum (AAPF), and creator of the 2014 #SayHerName social media campaign. The online effort is to raise awareness of Black women who are victims of police brutality and anti-Black violence. She hosts a podcast called Intersectionality Matters! and moderates Under The Blacklight, an AAPF webinar series to expound upon both the coronavirus pandemic and anti-Black racism.

This is the seventh part of a series wherecivil rights leaders, cultural influencers, advocatesand critical thinkersexplain race relations, societal change, community protest and the political awakening happening in the United States following the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and other Black Americans.The group, including NAACP President Derrick Johnson and #OscarsSoWhite Creator April Reign, pose their thoughts on race relations during the summer of 2020 and how America may move forward less divided. Join the conversation on social media using #PassTheMic.

Social justice means building a world where everyone can breathe

Q: How would you describe the civic unrest occurring in America right now?

A: This summer we have all borne witness to the utter expendability of Black life. The disproportionate economic and biological toll that COVID has extracted from Black communities has made the nation confront the realities of structural racism in America. The targeted lethality of police violence literally suffocating Black life has made silence untenable. And in this moment of peril and possibility, in this red summer of 2020, Black communities have risen up to shatter the silence that has hidden the disposability of Black life that is both horrific and completely banal in the United States.

Q: Is this a fleeting moment or have we reached an inflection point where lasting change is possible?

A: On the next episode of my series Under The Blacklight were going to ask this very question. I think it is perhaps the question of the moment. Whats been laid bare in recent months is that Black communities ravaged by the threat of a pandemic, by the economic abandonment from a federal government that will not prioritize their survival, and by the relentless policing and brutalizing of their kin seeking to shatter the status quo. And yet, were back to square one when it comes to integrating color-consciousness into our collective discourse. Is the discourse just behind reality? Or have our politics moved on?

Q: Is there another moment in history that relates to the moment we are living through now?

A: This summer has been a long time coming. It has roots in the war on drugs, racial profiling, paramilitary policing in Black neighborhoods, permissive use of lethal force by law enforcement, implicit and explicit bias in policing, in police-sourced solutions to mental health and chemical dependence and other social problems that all combine to produce the disposability of Black life. In that way, it has a lot in common with the Long Hot Summer of 1967, the first time we heard the phrase When the looting starts, the shooting starts. Then, like now, deeply entrenched racial inequality resulted in an outpouring of emotion and activism all over the country.

A civil rights activist, attorney and writer explain race relations, societal change and the political awakening happening in the United States following the tragic death of George Floyd. When it comes to race, systemic problems have plagued the nation for not only decades, but for centuries, says Derrick Johnson, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The summer of 2020 is proving to be a moment for multiracial coalitions to come together, according to Fatima Goss Graves, TIMES UP Legal Defense Fund co-founder and National Womens Law Center president and chief executive officer. Bestselling author George Johnson explains the revolution is being televised.

Q: What specifically needs to happen for Black lives to matter in the United States?

A: We know that where a problem isnt fully seen, it cannot be fully solved. So first, we need to understand how deeply anti-Blackness is embedded in our systems of governance, especially in our criminal justice system. Most immediately, the African American Policy Forum and the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies support the Justice in Policing Act as an important first step in overhauling policing in the United States. We are also asking that any actions taken now reflect a fully intersectional lens. Based on the lived realities of Black women who have been assaulted and killed at the hands of law enforcement, we demand investment in community-based practices of public safety; an end to qualified immunity; mechanisms to address the sexual violence perpetrated by law enforcement officers; and a federal registry of police misconduct.

But all of this is a first step in rethinking the relationship between our systems of governance and Black lives.

Q: What does social justice mean to you personally and why should others care?

A: Social justice means building a world where everyone can breathe. Building an intersectional movement means building a movement where no one falls through the cracks, where everyone is seen and counted and taken care of. Social justice means reckoning with our national inheritance: 400 years of anti-blackness and misogyny and heteropatriarchy. We are all implicated in these structures, as victims, as perpetrators, and more often than not, as both. But we dont have to be complicit, we can all find a way to begin dismantling these structures at every scale.

Q: What solutions will heal racial divisions and disparities?

A: Based on the lived experience of Black women harassed, assaulted, and killed by law enforcement, and listening to the voices of their families and loved ones, we know that racial divisions cannot be addressed until we transform American policing. Black people are overexposed to police, and that overexposure results in a heightened risk of trauma and death at the hands of police. Our goal must be to reduce the exposure of all Black people to police as a first step in creating a society that affirms that yes, Black lives matter to our nation.

Q: How do you feel about the future?

A: I am thinking of a tweet that Mariame Kaba, an important thinker in these times and a prison abolitionist, sometimes posts at the end of a long day. May Tomorrow Bring Us More Justice and Some Peace.

Kimberl Crenshaw Wants to Build a Movement Where Everyone Is Seen' - NBC10 Boston

Perfect timing! Ten new TV shows and movies just landed on Netflix for your lazy weekend – Longford Leader

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Danzig

Timely as ever. Ten new TV shows and movies have just landed on Netflix ahead of the weekend - choose your poison from the list below, grab some treats, and you're sorted!

Cursed (Now on Netflix)

Based on the New York Times bestselling book, Cursed is a re-imagination of the Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a young woman with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful (and tragic) Lady of the Lake. After her mother's death, she finds an unexpected partner in Arthur, a humble mercenary, in a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword. Over the course of her journey, Nimue will become a symbol of courage and rebellion against the terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther. Cursed is a coming-of-age story whose themes are familiar to our own time: the obliteration of the natural world, religious terror, senseless war, and finding the courage to lead in the face of the impossible.

The Business of Drugs (Now on Netflix)

The War on Drugs has been raging in America and world-wide for decades and in the Netflix Original series The Business of Drugs, former CIA officer Amaryllis Fox exposes the chilling economic forces that drive it all. Whether tracking the flow of Meth through the jungles of Myanmar, or seeking out the roots of the current Opioid crisis or investigating the effects of a new legal weed market the series is a smart, provocative and raw look into the dark corners of the drug trade.

Father Soldier Son (Now on Netflix)

When Sgt. First Class Brian Eisch is critically wounded in Afghanistan, it sets him and his sons on a journey of love, loss, redemption and legacy. This intimate documentary from The New York Times follows a former platoon sergeant and his two young sons over almost a decade, chronicling his return home after a serious combat injury in Afghanistan. Originating as part of a 2010 project on a battalions yearlong deployment, reporters-turned-filmmakers Catrin Einhorn and Leslye Davis stuck with the story to trace the longterm effects of military service on a family. At once a verit portrait of ordinary people living in the shadow of active duty and a longitudinal survey of the intergenerational cycles of military service, FATHER SOLDIER SON is a profound and deeply personal exploration of the meaning of sacrifice, purpose, duty and American manhood in the aftermath of war.

Dark Desire (Now on Netflix)

Alma Solares, a prestigious lawyer and college professor, visits her best friend for the weekend to process the grief of the latters divorce. During the getaway, Alma meets Dario Guerra, a 23-year-old, and they have a wild tryst. She returns home with her husband and daughter, determined to forget her lapse in judgment, but her life becomes a living hell. What started as a minor adventure becomes an incendiary passion, and then a dangerous obsession, unravelling a chain of secrets of a past that fatally binds them all.

Skin Decision: Before and After (Now on Netflix)

Plastic surgeon Dr. Sheila Nazarian and skin-care expert Nurse Jamie use the latest procedures to transform clients and bring out their best selves.

Indian Matchmaking (Now on Netflix)

Matchmaker Sima Taparia guides clients in the U.S. and India in the arranged marriage process, offering an inside look at the custom in a modern era.

Fatal Affair (Now on Netflix)

Ellie (Nia Long) tries to mend her marriage with her husband Marcus (Stephen Bishop) after a brief encounter with an old friend, David (Omar Epps), only to find that David is more dangerous and unstable than she'd realized. FATAL AFFAIR is directed by Peter Sullivan.

MILF (FR) (Now on Netflix)

Three best friends in their 40s start relationships with younger men while on vacation.

Urzila Carlson: Overqualified Loser (Now on Netflix)

Urzila Carlson keeps the laughs coming with thoughts on "The Biggest Loser," sex tapes and boxed wine in a stand-up special from Melbourne, Australia

Cinderella Pop (Now on Netflix)

Fiercely independent and disillusioned with love, a teen DJ is determined to chart her own path, till a pop heartthrob falls for her awesome mix.

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When’s the best time to see Comet NEOWISE in the Red River Valley? – Grand Forks Herald

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Danzig

Comets like this arent always visible to the naked eye, UND professor Mike Gaffey said. It depends on how close it is to Earth and how active it is.

Most comets are too faint to be seen without a telescope, said Gaffey, an expert in celestial objects, such as comets.

The comet, which NASA says is 3 miles wide, is made of ice. It was first discovered in March by NASAs Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission. Its covered in soot left over from the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago, NASA says.

As comets orbit close to the sun they heat up and spew gases and dust in a glowing head, which is what forms the tail stretching across the sky.

Processed data from the WISPR instrument on NASAs Parker Solar Probe shows greater detail in the twin tails of comet NEOWISE, as seen on July 5. The lower, broader tail is the comets dust tail, while the thinner, upper tail is the comets ion tail.(Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Lab/Parker Solar Probe/Guillermo Stenborg)

NASA says if youre looking at the sky without the help of a telescope or binoculars, the comet will likely look like a fuzzy star with a bit of a tail. Using a set of binoculars will help people see the comet clearer, Gaffey said.

For those hoping to catch a glimpse comet, heres what NASA recommends:

Find a spot away from city lights with an unobstructed view of the sky;

Just after sunset, look below the Big Dipper in the northwest sky;

If you have them, bring binoculars or a small telescope to get the best views of this dazzling display.

Skychart showing the location of Comet C/2020 F3 just after sunset, July 15 through 23.(Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

WDAY meteorologist Jesse Ritka said this weekend may be the best time to view the comet.

Friday may bring severe storms, rain and clouds, but skies may be clearer Saturday and Sunday.

She said the best time to see the comet after sunset would be from 10 p.m. to midnight.

Additionally, if people want to take a picture of it, they will need to set a five- to 15-second exposure for best results.

Its also visible just before dawn, according to Gaffey, noting that, during the evening, its best to look to the northwest part of the sky and at dawn to the northeast.

The comet will be closest to us on July 22 but really this weekend will be great as we are approaching the new moon on July 20 so there won't be a bright moon in the sky to make the comet seem more faint, Ritka said.

The comet will still be visible through the end of July, but, after Wednesday, it will start heading toward the outer edges of the solar system so it won't be as vibrant or easy to spot.

But thankfully, it's not a one-night viewing phenomenon so we have several more chances to spot it regardless of the weather, she said. And do try to catch it since it won't be back in our solar system for another 6,800 years!

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On Campus: Marlboroughs Halle McCabe makes her mark on the soccer field at Northeastern University – MetroWest Daily News

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Danzig

In her first season wearing red, black and gray, McCabe made some noise in only her second game, but also chipped someone's tooth at the end.

In marker, Halle McCabe writes three letters and two dots on a piece of tape she places on her left wrist before soccer games.

She writes T.A.E the initials of the former Marlborough High soccer star's late grandfather, Thomas Anthony Etre, or as McCabe calls him, Papa.

Before his death, McCabe, who just finished her freshman year at Northeastern University, wore a white headband to her games so that her grandfather could see her. He had vision complications due to health issues. But even after the loss of Etre, McCabe still has him on her mind and his name on her wrist.

"He went to all of my games and was a huge supporter of mine," McCabe, 19, said.

Over four seasons at Marlborough High, that support, whether it was there or in spirit, certainly helped McCabe. She scored 71 goals and recorded 30 assists while being named an All-State selection three-straight years and earning Midland-Wachusett League MVP honors her senior season.

After those four years of high school came to a close, the standout moved on to play Division I soccer last year.

In her first season wearing red, black and gray, McCabe made some noise in only her second game, but also chipped someone's tooth at the end.

In Brookline on Aug. 25, 2019, in a game against the University at Albany, Northeastern headed over to their home field on the team bus. Everyone was doing what they could to get ready and McCabe was no exception.

She sat in her seat listening to a video on YouTube called, "CONFUSE THEM WITH YOUR SILENCE | POWERFUL Motivational Video Speech Compilation." She listens to this video constantly to get pumped up for games.

It essentially drills the viewer with the thought of working hard instead of settling.

Well, McCabe received the message.

In the 81st minute of play, she pushed the ball into the box and made a pass to senior captain Emily Evangelista, who struck the game-winner into the back of the net.

This was McCabe's first career collegiate point. She added two more assists five days later in a 4-1 win over Harvard University.

"Halle's career is about to explode," Evangelista said. "Shes selfless and endlessly talented and I cant wait to see what she does."

After the aforementioned score, she and Evangelista sprinted into each other's arms, but each came in a little too hot for the hug.

"She actually hit her tooth on my head and the whole time we were partially celebrating but also laughing that we just bonked heads and no one knew," McCabe said. "I love looking at those pictures because it reminds me of how fortunate I am to have the opportunity to celebrate something like that and to enjoy the sport I have always loved."

"I think I celebrated a little too hard," Evangelista said. "She's also the only person on the team smaller than me and I think I forgot about that for a hot (second)."

Standing at 5-foot-1, McCabe may be one of the smallest on the field, but with her rolled up sleeves that take the form of a cutoff shirt, it adds a little edge.

"I dont have huge muscles or anything, so it's not like I'm trying to show them off. But now it's just a habit," McCabe said, "Maybe it makes my 5-foot-1-self a tad bit more intimidating."

She also had a few other habits.

"Halle does this weird thing with her ear and at random times will just tuck it in," said recent Marlborough High graduate Lucy Cappadona.

"Half the time she doesnt even realize shes doing it," Evangelista said.

Just like in high school, McCabe started almost every game and made a consistent impact. While she played against a lot of new faces at the next level, she may get to face off against a very familiar one this upcoming season in Cappadona.

Childhood best friend and former Marlborough teammate.

Both of their mothers played soccer together for Marlborough High and the apple didnt fall far from the tree. Cappadona will play for the University of Connecticut in the fall, so the two best friends will share something in common again, besides playing Division I soccer.

"The both of us will be playing for the Huskies," McCabe said.

While they'll both dawn the animal on their jerseys and battle it out on the field; its fun to look back at where they were years ago.

"We used to dress up as boys all the time and play mini basketball and act like we were on the Celtics," Cappadona said. "We looked so much alike; people used to ask us all the time if we were sisters."

Cappadona and McCabe certainly share similarities.

"We love some competition," Cappadona said. "I hope we see each other at the collegiate level, playing against a best friend would be super fun."

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claims theres a narrative that VAR favours Manchester United amid Frank Lampard sugge – talkSPORT.com

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Danzig

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claims a narrative is being pushed trying to influence referees amid suggestions made by Frank Lampard that VAR decisions favour Manchester United.

The Red Devils were fortunate to see Jordan Ayews equalising goal ruled out for a marginal offside in their last outing, a win at Crystal Palace.

Meanwhile, Wilfried Zaha was perhaps unlucky not to get given a penalty when the game was goalless after a tangle of legs with Victor Lindelof.

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Ahead of their FA Cup semi-final clash with United on Sunday, Chelsea boss Lampard has warned his defenders to be wary of conceding penalties when they look to end a run of three successive defeats by the Reds at Wembley.

United have been awarded 13 spot-kicks this season, equalling the record for the number awarded in a single Premier League campaign.

Solskjaer said: I could sit here for hours and talk about this. It looks like there is a narrative to try to influence the people making the decisions.

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But we had a penalty at Tottenham taken away from us which cost us two points. The [Oriol] Romeu red card when he nearly crippled Mason Greenwood. Mark Noble should have been sent off when we played West Ham.

It should actually be me complaining. There is a narrative but we just have to focus on the game, but I am not going too much into it. I am fairly relaxed on it. Referees are objective and are not going to be influenced by emotions.

United have beaten Chelsea in all three previous meeting this season, doing the league double over the Blues and knocking them out of the Carabao Cup.

But Solskjaer refused to take credit for his success in head-to-heads with Lampard.

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Its down to the players doing well, said the Norwegian. Weve been focused in that particular game, weve been having the margins, but its all down to players when they go there and perform they can beat anyone.

Luke Shaw looks like he will miss out at Wembley but fellow left-back Brandon Williams should be fit.

Both were forced off with injuries against Southampton on Monday and missed the win at Palace three days later. Shaw suffered a swollen ankle while Williams had a head injury.

Solskjaer said: I dont think Luke is going to make it. Brandon will hopefully train today and be available.

Solskjaer did not offer Sergio Romero any guarantees that he will retain his place as Uniteds cup goalkeeper, while Jesse Lingard could also be involved.

The team is not selected yet. Jesse and Sergio both have a good chance of being involved, said Solskjaer.

Jesse is a part of the club. He has worked really hard and he deserves his chance to come back in. We know his qualities. He has different qualities to other players and he knows we value him.

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The top 10 most beautiful lakes in the UK – Skyscanner News

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Danzig

Looking to escape the city? Head to one of these picturesque lakes in the UK for rest, relaxation, water sports and stunning views

2020 has been a difficult year, and many Brits are looking to recuperate within our own borders. What could be freer than hopping in a car and driving into the great outdoors? While international travel begins to recover keep an eye on our updated-daily Coronavirus travel page consider a closer-to-home trip to one of these most beautiful lakes in the UK.

The inspiration for the setting of Arthur Ransomes novel Swallows and Amazons, Windemere is also famous for being the largest body of water in the Lake District. The 10.5-mile long lake is a popular holiday spot, lined with B&Bs and activity and sailing centres. Start by taking in the beautiful landscape on an hour-long lake cruise through the ribbon-shaped lakes mountain scenery, isolated bays and between its 18 wooded islets, which run each day on historic steamers. Then there are countless row boat, canoe and sailing boat hire companies to pick from to start exploring on your own.

At 151 square miles in size, this freshwater lake is the largest in the UK its so big, in fact, that it supplies 40 per cent of Northern Islands water and at some points looks like a sea. The third-largest freshwater lake in Europe, it borders five of Northern Islands six counties and links to canals like the Ulster, Newry and Lagan. Suffice to say its a landscape rich with flora, fauna and wildlife, plus adventure sports operators. Ballyronan Marina, on the westerly shores of the lake, is a good place to start, or take a canoe trail which can lead all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. Feeling extra dare devilish? Book onto a Microlight Flying experience from nearby Portadown.

Loch Ness is one of the most famous lakes in the world, and not just for its eponymous monster. This seriously deep body of water is Scotlands biggest by volume, containing more water than all of the lakes in England and Wales combined. In some places it reaches depths of 230 metres that means it could submerge Londons Heron Tower, the biggest in the City. Whos to say it couldnt be home to a long-necked marine monster, too? Hunt for Nessie on the Loch Ness 360 Trail, a walking, running and cycling route that circumnavigates the lake and takes in accommodation, campsites and restaurants en route. You can even get a closer look at the mirror-like water and whatever lies beneath on a paddle boarding or canoe safari.

This perfectly still, blue lake in East Sussex proves that not all the UKs lakes are found in the north. Its 13-mile route around the reservoir makes a perfect trip for families on hired mountain bikes (or a long walk if youve got older kids), but theres a lot more to keep you entertained. Go nuts at Bewl Water Aqua Park where 2,400 square metres of inflatable obstacle course reigns on the water, including monkey bars, a halfpipe and a springboard into the lake. Or, hire out a pedalo, paddle board or sailing boat parents have permission to wait it all out over a slap-up burger at The Waterfront Cafe.

Okay, this remote oasis in the Inner Hebrides isnt technically a lake. But we had to include the Fairy Pools for their ice-blue, crystal-clear waters, tailormade for a wild swimmer that can brave the cold temperatures. Waterfalls plunge into the mountain-surrounded pools, whose smooth, pebbled floor can be seen through the glass-like water. Though popular with visitors to Scotland, its a bit of a trek (around 40 minutes) from the village of Carbost and along the River Brittle, before you reach your watery reward. At least itll get the blood pumping before that first, icy-cold dunk.

The striking beauty of this small, glacial lake, nestled in a volcanic rock formation in Snowdonia, takes every visitors breath away. Surrounded by jagged mountains and cliff faces, and taking on a menacing atmosphere when the suns behind clouds, the lake is also unimaginably clear and fresh. Botanists, rock climbers and geologists go to town on the surrounding rocks, home to geological treasures and climbable crags, but wild swimmers brave the cool waters for their incomparable natural beauty. The dramatic landscape even earned Llyn Idwal the accolade of Waless first National Nature Reserve.

This 24-mile long lake is popular with visitors because its just a 14-mile drive from Glasgow, meaning easy accessibility and amenities, like a golf club and easy-to-navigate cycle trails and footpaths. Synonymous with Scottish beauty, Loch Lomond has not only been the setting of an Oasis gig in the 90s, but also inspired Sir Walter Scotts poem The Lady of the Lake and one of Scotlands most famous songs: The Bonnie Banks oLoch Lomond. But its greatest draw of all might be its wildlife, protected within the Trossachs National Park. Majestic golden eagles soar overhead, otters peek their heads out along the waters edge, red deer gather and elusive red squirrels scamper. Theres even a colony of wallabies on Inchconnachan, one of Loch Lomonds many islands.

Technically a manmade reservoir dating back to the 1880s, Lake Vrynwy deserves a mention purely for its breathtaking location on the edge of Snowdonia National Park and views of the sparse, heather-carpeted moorland leading to the Berwyn mountain range. Its Victorian aqueduct and dam make a scenic focal point for sunset photos, but bird-watchers really come into their own here. thanks to the several RSPB bird reserves around the lake, you can spot peregrine falcons, buzzards, red kites, red grouse and goshawks. Every spring a dawn chorus tour is held at the lakeside, starting at 5am and finishing with coffee and pastries.

As the UKs deepest lake up to 310 metres its no surprise that a lake monster to rival Nessie is rumoured to dwell here, too (the locals call her Morag). But venture out onto these waters and youre far more likely to come into contact with some much smaller marine life. Loch Morar is a prime spot for traditional loch style salmon and trout fishing thanks to its deep water, but fly fishing from a drifting boat and fishing from the bank are also permitted. Be conscious of the conservation rules that apply to fishing here, sit back and watch a sea eagles glide overhead, and otters contentedly go about their own fishing duties.

You might recognise this mesmerising lake for its appearance as the Great Lake in the Harry Potter films (the huge lake next to Hogwarts. Remember when Harry masters the Patronus charm against Dementors on the lakes edge?). In real life, this ancient glacial lake is known for its abundant wildlife, that lives in the woodland, mountains and shorelines that surround the blue-tinged water. Its a vital breeding ground for salmon, sea trout and brown trout, all of which can be fished provided you have a permit and follow certain rules. Hire a boat from the Loch Shiel Hotel in Archaracle, who will also take care of your permit and fuel all in, its 52.50 for a full days fishing.

How many lakes are there in the UK?

The UK is home to approximately 40,000 lakes and 37,000 of them are in Scotland. Five of Englands largest lakes are technically reservoirs, like Kielder Water in Northumberland.

Whats the biggest lake in the UK?

Lough Neagh is the largest lake in the British Isles, and Loch Morar is the deepest.

How many lakes are there in the Lake District?

There are 16 lakes in the Lake District to visit. Windermere is the largest there, and the largest natural lake in England. Its popular with visitors, so check the Lake Districts Coronavirus advice page before setting off.

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Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s emotional ‘Red Table Talk’ demonstrates their business savvy – NBC News

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Danzig

Theres hardly been a more charged, fascinating moment in TV this summer than Jada Pinkett Smith sitting at her famed Red Table with her husband, Will Smith, to talk about their marriage like never before. In the 25 years theyve been married, Pinkett Smith in particular has cultivated a brand borne of her willingness to talk about anything and everything in public except, for the most part, the particulars of her marriage, a constant source of speculation for curious onlookers. But when rapper August Alsina recently alluded to a relationship between himself and Pinkett Smith, and with her husbands blessing no less, it opened the gate for those rumors to come rushing back to the forefront.

The chatter was so fierce, apparently, that Pinkett Smith decided she couldnt ignore it or flat-out deny it, as her reps initially did this time. Theres some healing that needs to happen, she tweeted July 2, so Im bringing myself to The Red Table. The declaration got over 100,000 retweets, and the resulting episode racked up 2 million views on Facebook Watch by the end of its first hour online. So the Pinkett-Smiths tackling the latest round of rumors about their marriage this publicly now isnt just astonishing; its extremely savvy.

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Taped last week, the July 10 episode of Red Table Talk brought the Pinkett-Smiths to the table in order to weed through the fallout. The speculation intensified in a way that had to feel somewhat familiar to the couple. One of the most consistent threads of Hollywood gossip in the last few decades has been about the mechanics of their marriage, with many wondering aloud whether or not theyre in an open relationship, or even more cynically, in more of a business partnership than a romantic one. Smith and Pinkett Smith have rarely addressed any of it (and certainly not in half as much depth as they did today).

As with any persistent rumor, their silence both helped keep the waters relatively calm and added to the mystique of it all. In 2018, however, Pinkett Smith launched Red Table Talk, a talk show all about having uncomfortable conversations in the interest of growing and, as she often says with grounded urgency, healing. Her husband makes enough appearances on the show to keep it firmly within the bounds of a family business venture, but they rarely delved into the specifics of their marriage until now.

The new episode runs at a tightly edited 12 minutes long, in contrast to the series usual 40-plus minute discussions. The couple sits opposite each other at the table, each wearing black pants and shirts in the same shade of denim blue, visually presenting a unified front from the get go. Pinkett Smith explains the situation from her perspective, saying that she and Smith got to a point where they separated completely before she had an entanglement with Alsina. Smith nods along, occasionally interjecting with a yeah or joking(?) insistence that he thought hed never speak to her again. (Their alternately breezy and clipped reactions are already tearing through Twitter in meme form, as per internet scandal tradition.) They agree that the experience brought them closer together; Pinkett Smith underlines that shes grateful for their journey, and that there are a lot of couples who go through those periodsand have to separate, and think its over. They laugh; they sigh; they high five to their deeper understanding of loveforged in fire.

Its a perfect distillation of what Red Table Talk and the Pinkett-Smiths do best: dissecting a controversial topic with meticulous consideration, an eye for relating it back to the audience, and just enough intrigue to keep people guessing as to whats truly going through their heads.

The Pinkett-Smiths are two of the biggest stars in the world. And yet, unlike a show such as Keeping Up with the Kardashians, the point of Red Table Talk isnt to draw the audience into the soap opera of their lives. At the Red Table, the Pinkett-Smiths take on timely topics and boil themselves down to their most essential parts in an effort to be just like you. Pinkett Smith invites guests to discuss everything from gun control to relationship woes in a safe space. She interviews her husband about his approach to parenting, and her Gen Z children about their own views and passions. The Pinkett-Smith family business has many arms, but runs on a commitment to transparency thats nevertheless carefully curated. Somewhat paradoxically, theyve built a collective #brand on authenticity.

Bringing their own relationship to the Table in as stark terms as they just did may not have been something either Pinkett Smith or Smith wanted to do before. And yet, that upfront offer of real time honesty, paired with a contentious edit they could control, is exactly in line with how theyve been steering their professional lives in recent years. Setting the record straight like this is, in a way unique to the Pinkett-Smiths, both the means and the end.

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Robotics on the rise | UDaily – UDaily

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Danzig

Bert Tanner, a professor of mechanical engineering, leads the new Center for Autonomous and Robotic Systems.

Article by Julie Stewart Photos by Kathy F. Atkinson and Evan Krape, and courtesy of Guoquan Huang and Art Trembanis July 16, 2020

The University of Delaware is becoming a leading destination for cutting-edge robotics and autonomy research, thanks in part to the new Center for Autonomous and Robotics Systems (CARS), which launched earlier in 2020.

Experts in the CARS center are studying robotics, systems and control and autonomous systems and artificial intelligence with applications for health, the environment and more. They are also studying the ethical, legal and societal impacts of their work.

Led by Bert Tanner, a professor of mechanical engineering, the new research center establishes a focal point for robotics research at UD and promotes collaborative, interdisciplinary work among the universitys already robust network of robotics and systems experts. Faculty and students at UD are studying robotics for use in environmental monitoring, rehabilitation, agriculture, smart vehicles, and much more.

Over time, we developed collectively a tremendous potential for impact on the field, but we were dispersed around campus, and interdisciplinary collaboration was happening organically, but through personal relationships and networks, said Tanner. The intention of the center is to provide a platform and a set of resources to nourish such interactions, allow them to grow, and increase their reach and visibility.

This photograph was taken before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic forced the need for social distancing and the wearing of masks. UD researchers are using robotics to study the roots of corn plants. From left to right are Erin Sparks, assistant professor of plant and soil sciences; Adam Stager, doctoral student of mechanical engineering; and Teclemariam (Tecle) Weldekidan, research scientist in plant and soil sciences.

The mission of the CARS center is to support UD faculty and students and facilitate their efforts to improve the communitys quality of life and working conditions through innovative and collaborative research on robotic and other cyber-physical systems, which can interact physically with their environment as well as cognitively with humans.

According to Deputy Director Art Trembanis, a professor of oceanography, the CARS center will help catalyze robotics activity across many disciplines and translate that knowledge into solutions for society and for commercial partners. Noting the role of CARS as a talent hub. Trembanis explained that by drawing on expertise from throughout the entire UD system and leveraging our existing resources and central proximity in the Mid-Atlantic Bight makes CARS an ideal partner for industry and federal agency partners looking to advance the field of robotics. (When talking about oceanography, a bight is a long, gradual bend or recess in the shoreline.)

Center member Fabrizio Sergi, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, develops new robots and tools to elucidate the physiology of human motor control.

The CARS center has already received its first grant, through the U.S. Armys Scalable, Adaptive and Resilient Autonomy program. The project is about enabling the Armys ground robots to navigate autonomously (minimal to no human intervention) through forest environments.

Guoquan (Paul) Huang, associate professor of mechanical engineering, is the principal investigator; Tanner is the co-principal investigator. Huang is leading vehicle calibration and localization research efforts, while Tanner is working on the motion planning side of the problem. They are bringing their expertise together to improve the Armys capabilities.

This 3D colored illustration shows depth measurements collected over craters at Bikini Atoll. In 2019, Professor Art Trembanis led a team conducting an underwater mapping effort to locate and characterize the ghost fleet that sits on the bottom of the Pacific as well as the landscape of the atoll in general.

The new center will complement research in other centers and institutes at UD, including the Data Science Institute (DSI). Collaborations with DSI at the center level are already on the way.

For students who want to design, build and program the robots of the future, UD offers a master of science in robotics, which is expected to complement the research activities of CARS and be able to benefit from the increased exposure and additional instructional resources that CARS will offer.

The CARS centers advisory board includes Josh Broussard, chief technology officer at Ocean Infinity; Vijay Kumar, dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science; Lydia Kavraki, director of the Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University; and Magnus Egerstedt, Steve W. Chaddick School Chair and Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

For more information and to get involved, visit robotics.engr.udel.edu.

In the laboratory of Guoquan Huang, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, researchers study ways to localize a robot and track a moving target.

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Robotics in Entertainment Market Business Opportunity, Segmentation, Industry Overview and Forecast Till 2023 – Cole of Duty

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Robotics in Entertainment Market (2018) Report Provides an in-depth summary of Robotics in Entertainment Market Status as well as Product Specification, Technology Development, and Key Manufacturers. The Report Gives Detail Analysis on Market concern Like Robotics in Entertainment Market share, CAGR Status, Market demand and up to date Market Trends with key Market segments.

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The following manufacturers are covered:ABBMidea GroupMOTORIZED PRECISIONNikonRoss VideoKUKAHondaHitachiToyotaAnybots

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Chapter 1- Robotics in Entertainment Industry Overview:

1.1 Definition of Robotics in Entertainment

1.2 Brief Introduction of Major Classifications

1.3 Brief Introduction of Major Applications

1.4 Brief Introduction of Major Regions

Chapter 2- Production Market Analysis:

2.1 Global Production Market Analysis

2.1.1 Global Capacity, Production, Capacity Utilization Rate, Ex-Factory Price, Revenue, Cost, Gross and Gross Margin Analysis

2.1.2 Major Manufacturers Performance and Market Share

2.2 Regional Production Market Analysis

Chapter 3- Sales Market Analysis:

3.1 Global Sales Market Analysis

3.2 Regional Sales Market Analysis

Chapter 4- Consumption Market Analysis:

4.1 Global Consumption Market Analysis

4.2 Regional Consumption Market Analysis

Chapter 5- Production, Sales and Consumption Market Comparison Analysis

Chapter 6- Major Manufacturers Production and Sales Market Comparison Analysis

Chapter 7- Major Classification Analysis

Chapter 8- Major Application Analysis

Chapter 9- Industry Chain Analysis:

9.1 Up Stream Industries Analysis

9.2 Manufacturing Analysis

Chapter 10- Global and Regional Market Forecast:

10.1 Production Market Forecast

10.2 Sales Market Forecast

10.3 Consumption Market Forecast

Chapter 11- Major Manufacturers Analysis:

11.1.1 Company Introduction

11.1.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis

11.1.3 Production Market Performance

11.1.4 Sales Market Performance

11.1.5 Contact Information

11.2.1 Company Introduction

11.2.2 Product Specification and Major Types Analysis

11.2.3 Production Market Performance

11.2.4 Sales Market Performance

11.2.5 Contact Information

Chapter 12- New Project Investment Feasibility Analysis:

12.1 New Project SWOT Analysis

12.2 New Project Investment Feasibility Analysis

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Increasing Adoption of automated devices will help to boost global Industrial Robotics Rental market in the forecasted period. Robot rentals are a relatively new phenomenon in the world of robotics. Industrial Robotics Rental represents a significant shift in the way robots are deployed in industrial and factory settings. Companies can rent robots and pay by the hour. In addition to the easy use and reliability of collaborative robots, this technology may start to appeal to a wider audience.

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Market Trends:

Growing Adoption of Robotic Renting in Numerous Applications across the Globe

Growing Demand for IoT Enabled and Highly Advanced Robotics Systems

Major Roadblocks Worthy Attention Lack of Awareness about Robot Renting Solutions from Underdeveloped Economies

Increasing Installation Expenses across the Industrial Applications might Hamper the Demand

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Region Included are: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Oceania, South America, Middle East & Africa

Country Level Break-Up: United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, South Africa, Nigeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Germany, United Kingdom (UK), the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Turkey, Russia, France, Poland, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, India, Australia and New Zealand etc.

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Chapter 2: Exclusive Summary the basic information of the Industrial Robotics Rental Market.

Chapter 3: Displaying the Market Dynamics- Drivers, Trends and Challenges of the Industrial Robotics Rental

Chapter 4: Presenting the Industrial Robotics Rental Market Factor Analysis Porters Five Forces, Supply/Value Chain, PESTEL analysis, Market Entropy, Patent/Trademark Analysis.

Chapter 5: Displaying market size by Type, End User and Region 2014-2019

Chapter 6: Evaluating the leading manufacturers of the Industrial Robotics Rental market which consists of its Competitive Landscape, Peer Group Analysis, BCG Matrix & Company Profile

Chapter 7: To evaluate the market by segments, by countries and by manufacturers with revenue share and sales by key countries (2020-2025).

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Robotics Surgical Simulation Systems Market Application And Specification, Product Category, Downstream Buyers,Top Player with Forecast till 2025 -…

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Bifurcation of the Global Robotics Surgical Simulation Systems Market

segment by Type, the product can be split intoConventional Surgery SimulationMinimally Invasive Surgery SimulationMarket segment by Application, split intoHospitalsAcademic Institutes and Teaching HospitalsCommercial Simulation Centre

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The study objectives of this report are:To analyze global Robotics Surgical Simulation Systems status, future forecast, growth opportunity, key market and key players.To present the Robotics Surgical Simulation Systems development in North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India and Central & South America.To strategically profile the key players and comprehensively analyze their development plan and strategies.To define, describe and forecast the market by type, market and key regions.

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12 International Players Profiles

13 Market Forecast 2020-2027

14 Analysts Viewpoints/Conclusions

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Meet the founder who is giving robots wings to fly – Livemint

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Many robot makers skip building the autonomous navigation system because of its complexity. They rely on black boxes" available from companies like Bluebotics in Switzerland or cheaper alternatives from China, instead of taking months to write their own code. The black boxes can be retrofitted into various machines to turn them into autonomous mobile robots. But the scope to create differentiating features or cater to new use cases becomes limited when black boxes drive the navigation.

This is where Puru Rastogi, a robotics engineer from Carnegie Mellon University, came up with a third alternative. His startup Mowito, founded last year in Bengaluru, builds the intelligence layer" for mobile robots that takes inputs from LiDAR sensors or depth-sensing cameras to enable autonomous navigation. Robot makers get a plug-and-play system thats easier to configure than a black box.

Inspired by movies

Ever since he saw the movie Flubber in the late nineties, featuring an eccentric professor and his sentient robot assistant Weebo, Rastogi knew what he wanted to do when he grew up. He was then in school in the NTPC township of Vidyut Nagar near Ghaziabad. The theme of my childhood was to get robots into the real world. So all my career choices were easy to make."

He got into IIT Guwahati but his grades werent the best because he spent too much time on projects and too little on coursework. Still, for his MS, he applied only to top-end US universities with solid robotics programmes. As luck would have it, the only one that accepted him was Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), generally considered the best in robotics.

There, he worked with Professor Howie Choset, famous for his snake robot that can wrap itself around your neck. The Pittsburgh region around CMU is one of the top clusters for robotics startups. Rastogi joined CleanRobotics to co-invent a trashbot, which took him to the HAX accelerator in another leading robotics cluster, Chinas Shenzhen. This was his introduction to real-world entrepreneurship.

Back at CMU, he switched to working with Professor Sebastien Scherers airlab on a project to land drones on moving trucks. After completing his MS at CMU, where he also received the Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellowship, Rastogi joined Scherers startup Near Earth Autonomy in 2017 to develop navigation systems for aerial drones, an extension of his airlab work.

While on holiday at home in 2018 he felt a robotics startup out of India would have unique value to offer. He joined a leading robotics company in India as an intern to gauge the market and became aware of gaps in the ecosystem.

Robot makers in India were producing automated guided vehicles (AGVs), which go along paths laid out for them. Some were venturing into the more sophisticated autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), which could find their own way with computer vision. But even the best ones had rudimentary navigation systems. I realized they were just putting open source navigation software into their mobile robots and selling them," says Rastogi. Or they were bunging in black boxes. Rastogi figured he had a value proposition in freeing robot makers from developing autonomous navigation systems.

Mowitos software platform saves time for the robotics company to build and deploy robots for new use cases, such as the current spike in demand for cleaning and disinfecting robots because of the pandemic. Mowito is currently running a pilot for a California-based company making robots for cleaning parking spaces. These robots were guided by GPS earlier but the company wanted them to be able to move in sheltered spaces or indoors. Engineers in the company did not have the expertise to build the navigation system. Hiring engineers would be expensive and time-consuming, so Mowito entered the picture.

Covid-19 threw a spanner in the works. Running a robotics pilot in California from Bengaluru is complicated, considering the interplays between the intelligence layer" and hardware on one side and user interfaces on the other. But its the new normal, and Rastogi is doing the pilot from India.

Earlier, the fledgling Indian startup joined the 2019 winter cohort of Axilor, a startup accelerator and seed fund by tech industry doyens from Infosys in Bengaluru. From shop floors to commercial space housekeeping, autonomous mobile robots are becoming mainstream. Mowito is building the shovels for this gold rush," says Ganapathy Venugopal, co-founder and CEO of Axilor Ventures.

Mowito has four paying clients, with four more in the pipeline, which brings it close to being cash flow positive, says Rastogi. He aims to raise funds abroad once he has the initial test cases under his belt.

Nascent field

Most of the attention and big bucks have gone to autonomous vehicles, or self-driving cars. There are a number of third-party providers of navigation and other software systems for this sector. Now thats starting to happen for self-driving robots too as they get into more complex use cases.

For example, an autonomous mobile robot in a warehouse is in a much more controlled environment than a floor-cleaning robot in an airport swarming with humans. A factory robot can just stop on encountering an obstacle and resume when the path is clear. But such a system would just freeze an airport robot. It has to constantly find new paths to avoid moving obstacles like humans, thus making navigation far more complex.

German robotics firm Magazino has a product similar to Mowitos, Acros.ai, a software toolkit for developing and operating advanced and cooperative robots in dynamic environments." San Diego-based Brain, which raised $36 million in April, has a BrainOS to convert anything on wheels" into self-driving robots. Its business model differs from Mowito and Magazino as it gets into service contracts with original equipment manufacturers. It recently announced a partnership with Tennant, which wants to make cleaning machines autonomous.

Rastogi had also initially toyed with the idea of starting a firm to make autonomous floor-cleaning robots, given his early exposure to handling trash at CleanRobotics. But he realized it would take longer and more funding to build a full stack robotics startup. Then a meeting with a fellow robotics entrepreneur from CMU helped him make up his mind to go for a pure software play.

Rohit Dashrathi had started Rucha Yantra in Aurangabad to make automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for the automotive industry. He told Rastogi that Rucha Yantra would be his first client if he could develop a software layer to make its AGVs autonomous. That was music to a new entrepreneurs earsnothing like having a customer waiting to use your product even before youve built it.

Sumit Chakraberty is a consulting editor with Mint. Write to him at chakraberty@gmail.com.

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