#William T. Baumann

[mikyapixie]

The Secret Saturdays concluded 15 years ago today!

[genevieveetguy]

- Wait... you changed your name to... McLovin? - Yeah. - McLovin? What kind of a stupid name is that, Fogell? What, are you trying to be an Irish R&B singer? - Naw, they let you pick any name you want when you get down there. - And you landed on McLovin...

Superbad, Greg Mottola (2007)

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Interesting Papers for Week 18, 2022

Spatial representability of neuronal activity. Akhtiamov, D., Cohn, A. G., & Dabaghian, Y. (2021). Scientific Reports, 11, 20957.

Dopamine in the songbird auditory cortex shapes auditory preference. Barr, H. J., Wall, E. M., & Woolley, S. C. (2021). Current Biology, 31(20), 4547-4559.e5.

Flexible constraint hierarchy during the visual encoding of tool‐object interactions. Bayani, K. Y. T., Natraj, N., Gale, M. K., Temples, D., Atawala, N., & Wheaton, L. A. (2021). European Journal of Neuroscience, 54(7), 6520–6532.

Drosophila re-zero their path integrator at the center of a fictive food patch. Behbahani, A. H., Palmer, E. H., Corfas, R. A., & Dickinson, M. H. (2021). Current Biology, 31(20), 4534-4546.e5.

Rare long-range cortical connections enhance human information processing. Deco, G., Sanz Perl, Y., Vuust, P., Tagliazucchi, E., Kennedy, H., & Kringelbach, M. L. (2021). Current Biology, 31(20), 4436-4448.e5.

Background white noise and speech facilitate visual working memory. Han, S., Zhu, R., & Ku, Y. (2021). European Journal of Neuroscience, 54(7), 6487–6496.

Perceptual learning as a result of concerted changes in prefrontal and visual cortex. Jing, R., Yang, C., Huang, X., & Li, W. (2021). Current Biology, 31(20), 4521-4533.e3.

Rats use memory confidence to guide decisions. Joo, H. R., Liang, H., Chung, J. E., Geaghan-Breiner, C., Fan, J. L., Nachman, B. P., … Frank, L. M. (2021). Current Biology, 31(20), 4571-4583.e4.

Diverse patterns of vulnerability to visual illusions in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Makris, G., Pervanidou, P., Chouliaras, G., Stachtea, X., Valavani, E., Bastaki, D., … Papageorgiou, C. (2021). Cognitive Processing, 22(4), 659–673.

A direct neural measure of variable precision representations in visual working memory. Merkel, C., Bartsch, M. V., Schoenfeld, M. A., Vellage, A.-K., Müller, N. G., & Hopf, J.-M. (2021). Journal of Neurophysiology, 126(4), 1430–1439.

Single-trial dynamics of hippocampal spatial representations are modulated by reward value. Michon, F., Krul, E., Sun, J.-J., & Kloosterman, F. (2021). Current Biology, 31(20), 4423-4435.e5.

Closed-loop auditory stimulation method to modulate sleep slow waves and motor learning performance in rats. Moreira, C. G., Baumann, C. R., Scandella, M., Nemirovsky, S. I., Leach, S., Huber, R., & Noain, D. (2021). eLife, 10, e68043.

Pupil dynamics: A potential proxy of neural preparation for goal‐directed eye movement. Pandey, P., & Ray, S. (2021). European Journal of Neuroscience, 54(7), 6587–6607.

An auditory time perception illusion analogous to the visual Müller‐Lyer illusion. Surkys, T. (2021). European Journal of Neuroscience, 54(7), 6512–6519.

Disrupted basal ganglia output during movement preparation in hemiparkinsonian mice is consistent with behavioral deficits. Tekriwal, A., Lintz, M. J., Thompson, J. A., & Felsen, G. (2021). Journal of Neurophysiology, 126(4), 1248–1264.

Laminar processing of numerosity supports a canonical cortical microcircuit in human parietal cortex. van Dijk, J. A., Fracasso, A., Petridou, N., & Dumoulin, S. O. (2021). Current Biology, 31(20), 4635-4640.e4.

Testing models at the neural level reveals how the brain computes subjective value. Williams, T. B., Burke, C. J., Nebe, S., Preuschoff, K., Fehr, E., & Tobler, P. N. (2021). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(43).

A state space modeling approach to real-time phase estimation. Wodeyar, A., Schatza, M., Widge, A. S., Eden, U. T., & Kramer, M. A. (2021). eLife, 10, e68803.

The what and when of olfactory working memory in humans. Yang, A. I., Dikecligil, G. N., Jiang, H., Das, S. R., Stein, J. M., Schuele, S. U., … Gottfried, J. A. (2021). Current Biology, 31(20), 4499-4511.e8.

Self-backpropagation of synaptic modifications elevates the efficiency of spiking and artificial neural networks. Zhang, T., Cheng, X., Jia, S., Poo, M., Zeng, Y., & Xu, B. (2021). Science Advances, 7(43).

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Book Log 2022

Early in the year I threw together a list of possibilities to read. I don't want to say plan, because that implies more follow-through than what I figured I'd do. So, possibilities it was and here's how that went.

I did have a goal of 50 books and made it.

* - don’t currently own or have access to

My TBR

Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones

The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones

Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones

The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones

The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss

The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl by Theodora Goss*

Bellwether by Connie Willis*

Drowned Country by Emily Tesh*

Dodger by Terry Pratchett

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle*

Monkey Island Chronicles

Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman*

The Basilwade Chronicles by Dawn Knox*

The Macaroon Chronicles by Dawn Knox*

Death in Disguise by Emma Davies

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Boss Fight Books: Chrono Trigger by Michael P. Williams

Boss Fight Books: Final Fantasy V by Chris Kohler

Boss Fight Books: Final Fantasy VI by Sebastian Deken

Boss Fight Books: Earthbound by Ken Baumann

Boss Fight Books: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask by Gabe Durham

Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin

Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Bros. 3 by Alyse Knorr

Boss Fight Books: Shadow of the Colossus by Nick Suttner

Boss Fight Books: Shovel Knight by David L. Craddock

Boss Fight Books: Continue: The Boss Fight Books Anthology

Boss Fight Books: Nightmare Mode: A Boss Fight Books Anthology

Boss Fight Books: Katamari Damacy by L.E. Hall

A Deception Most Deadly by Genevieve Essig*

Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer

Tall Tails Secret Book Club by CeeCee James

Baking Bad by Kim M. Watt

Yule be Sorry by Kim M. Watt

Manor of Life & Death by Kim M. Watt

Game of Scones by Kim M. Watt

A Toot Hansell Christmas Cracker by Kim M. Watt

Coming up Roses by Kim M. Watt

The Tales of Beaufort Scales Kim M. Watt

Gobbelino London & a Scourge of Pleasantries by Kim M. Watt

Gobbelino London & a Contagion of Zombies by Kim M. Watt

Gobbelino London & a Complication of Unicorns by Kim M. Watt

Gobbelino London & a Melee of Mages by Kim M. Watt

Gobbelino London & a Worry of Weres by Kim M. Watt

Oddly Enough: Tales of the Unordinary by Kim M. Watt

The Cat Did It: 8 short tales of troublesome felines by Kim M. Watt

The Good, the Bad and the Smug by Tom Holt

A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games (in progress)

The Prim Reaper by Kim Watt

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Books for rereading consideration:

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

Hogfather Terry Pratchett

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. LeGuin

The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. LeGuin

Neverwhere narrated and written by Neil Gaiman (audiobook)

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Elfquest by Wendy & Richard Pini

Magic & Malice by Patricia C. Wrede

The Magicians & Mrs. Quent by Galen Beckett

The House on Durrow Street by Galen Beckett

The Master of Heathcrest Hall by Galen Beckett

The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

Unfinished Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien narrated by Andy Serkis (audiobook)

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett

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Currently Reading:

A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games from Bitmap Books

A Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis

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Finished:

January:

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien narrated by Andy Serkis (audiobook) (reread, but first time listen)

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (reread)

Monkey Island Chronicles

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (reread)

Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones

The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones

February:

The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones

Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones

Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett (reread)

March:

Boss Fight Books: Chrono Trigger by Michael P. Williams

Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin

Boss Fight Books: Final Fantasy VI by Sebastian Deken

Boss Fight Books: Super Mario Bros. 3 by Alyse Knorr

April:

Boss Fight Books: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask by Gabe Durham

Boss Fight Books: Continue: The Boss Fight Books Anthology

Boss Fight Books: Earthbound by Ken Baumann

Boss Fight Books: Final Fantasy V by Chris Kohler

Boss Fight Books: Shovel Knight by David L. Craddock

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (reread)

May:

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett (reread)

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (reread)

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien (reread)

June:

Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett (reread)

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien (reread)

Baking Bad by Kim M. Watt

July:

Yule be Sorry by Kim M. Watt

Manor of Life & Death by Kim M. Watt

Game of Scones by Kim M. Watt

A Toot Hansell Christmas Cracker by Kim M. Watt

Coming up Roses by Kim M. Watt

The Tales of Beaufort Scales Kim M. Watt

Gobbelino London & a Scourge of Pleasantries by Kim M. Watt

August:

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Imaginarium - Paul Kidby

Oddly Enough: Tales of the Unordinary by Kim M. Watt

Gobbelino London & a Contagion of Zombies by Kim M. Watt

The Prim Reaper by Kim M. Watt

The Cat Did It: 8 short tales of troublesome felines by Kim M. Watt

Gobbelino London & a Complication of Unicorns by Kim M. Watt

Gobbelino London & a Melee of Mages by Kim M. Watt

September:

Gobbelino London & a Worry of Weres by Kim M. Watt

Tall Tails Secret Book Club by CeeCee James

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Beast-Laid Plans by Kim. M Watt

October:

Who Are You? : Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance Platform by Alex Custodio

November:

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (reread)

December:

The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett (reread)

Yule be Sorry by Kim M. Watt (reread)

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (reread)

A Toot Hansell Christmas Cracker by Kim M. Watt (reread)

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett (reread)

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dasein und sein: the free from ben miethke on Vimeo.

- on searching and fighting for being-in-the-world. -

cast
 girl/ alis kotze boy 1/ kim dawson boy 2/ keilan ivan

credits production company/ filmakademie baden-württemberg co production/ stink berlin director/ ben miethke director of photography/ maximilian pittner art direction/ julian knaack producer/ karli baumann production manager/ justine solomon editor/ alexander peri grading/ nicke jacobsson score/ lex lugner set sound/ chad grove assistant set sound / luphunzo jonas sounddesign/ paul powaljaew soundmixing narratives/ paul powaljaew soundmixing vignette/ matthias millhoff production designer/ julian knaack assistant prod. design/ aphendule bonakete, mcebisi sidlai 1st assistant camera/ ricardo koopman 2. ac + dit/ mihlali mali, mthokozisi msomi, luphunzo jonas loader/ ricardo koopman grip/ shannon solomon casting/ andi davis make up & hair/ michi schietzel, jane jakobi, gilli williams gaffer & light/ mihlali mali, mthokozisi msomi, luphunzo jonas, aphendule bonakete, mcebisi sidlai vfx + compositing/ katalyst berlin, pascal schelbli music production/ de falcon music berlin vo talents/ alis kotze, aza mhlana, kim dawson, jordan magrobi, miles higginson vo producer london/ norman dickfeld - smoke&mirrors, jenny standish - big kahuna vo sound engineers london/ michalis athis - big kahuna, gurdeep singh - big kahuna vo producer cape town/ aphendule bonakete

special thanks martina luelsdorf, moritz merkel/ stink films berlin charlie hey, mon cherie fourie, melissa/ stillking films cape town justine solomon michael boxrucker/ kodak germany nina boriri/ focus film lab pablo b. de falcón/ de falcon music steffen röthinger/ katalyst berlin sofia misgena/ the talent group christoph schaller, ferdinand feldmann/ studio cnp philip doble/ panavision south africa andy davis/ iafrica casting harley gibson/ whatever sets afda film school cape town olivia marten, zoran bihac, bernd t. hoefflin, flo sigl, martin schmid/ filmakademie baden-württemberg all our nearest and dearest

in remembrance of rudi rossouw.

[ligaziemi]

Bilderberg 2017 Tegoroczne spotkanie odbywa się w dniach 1-4 czerwca w Westfields Marriott Hotel w miejscowości Chantilly, w stanie Virgina, w USA. Warto przypomnieć, że Stowarzyszenie Bormanna (Bormann Brotherhood, Brown Eminence) stworzyło NATO za pomocą loży P2, nowy twór skupiający organizacje okultystyczne i struktury najemno-militarne, został oficjalnie nazwany Grupą Bilderberga. Każdy myślący człowiek, jest przyszłym wrogiem ... Martin Bormann Plan spotkania obejmuje następujące panele dyskusyjne : 1. Globalny Terroryzm 2. Przyjęcie euro przez wszystkie państwa zrzeszone 3. Wycofanie gotówki i wykorzystanie pieniądza elektronicznego 4. Zmniejszenie populacji świata 5. Niezależność państw europejskich w kontekście powstania Stanów Zjednoczonych Europy 6. Walka z globalnym ociepleniem poprzez zmniejszenie populacji ziemi 7. Pozyskiwanie funduszy na rzecz programu multikulturowości ( Paneuropa i uchodźcy ) 8. Mieszanie narodów w celu zniesienia tożsamości narodów europejskich 9. Agenda 2030 10. Przyszłość Stanów Zjednoczonych i Francji pod przywódctwem Donalda Trumpa i Emmanuela Macrona 11. Polityka Rosji w kontekście Europy, Ameryki i Bliskiego Wschodu Rozmowy oficjalne (iluzja) : 1. Administracja Trumpa, 2. relacje transatlantyckie, 3. finansowanie NATO, 4. kierunek Unii Europejskiej, 5. spowolnienie globalizacji, 6. bezrobocie i spadające dochody obywateli, 7. wojna informacyjna, 8. wzrost populizmu, 9. Rosja i międzynarodowy porządek, 10. Bliski Wschód, rozprzestrzenianie się broni atomowej, 11. Chiny oraz bieżące wydarzenia. I znów mamy nawiązanie do liczby 22 i wielkich arkan : http://czuwajacy.blogspot.com/2017/05/wielkie-arkana-22-czyli-gupcy-i-ich.html http://czuwajacy.blogspot.com/2017/05/dowody-zastosowania-tarota-w-planowaniu.html Na spotkaniach pojawił się team Trumpa : Henry Kissinger, Wilbur Ross i Chris Liddell, szef IMF - Christin Lagard, Cui Tiankai, a także Eric Schmidt szef Alphabet - Google, szefostwo Carlyle Group, KKR, George Osborne, prezydent Turner International, Sir Nicholas Houghton, Radosław Sikorski ... Pełna lista przedstawicieli zorganizowanej grupy przestępczej : Bilderberg 2017: Przewodniczący: Castries, Henri de (FRA), Former Chairman and CEO, AXA; President of Institut Montaigne Uczestnicy: 1. Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG 2. Adonis, Andrew (GBR), Chair, National Infrastructure Commission 3. Agius, Marcus (GBR), Chairman, PA Consulting Group 4. Akyol, Mustafa (TUR), Senior Visiting Fellow, Freedom Project at Wellesley College 5. Alstadheim, Kjetil B. (NOR), Political Editor, Dagens Næringsliv 6. Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore 7. Arnaut, José Luis (PRT), Managing Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut 8. Barroso, José M. Durão (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International 9. Bäte, Oliver (DEU), CEO, Allianz SE Baumann, Werner (DEU), Chairman, Bayer AG 10. Baverez, Nicolas (FRA), Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 11. Benko, René (AUT), Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board, SIGNA Holding GmbH 12. Berner, Anne-Catherine (FIN), Minister of Transport and Communications 13. Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Executive Chairman, Banco Santander 14. Brandtzæg, Svein Richard (NOR), President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA 15. Brennan, John O. (USA), Senior Advisor, Kissinger Associates Inc. 16. Bsirske, Frank (DEU), Chairman, United Services Union 17. Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA 18. Bunn, M. Elaine (USA), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense 19. Burns, William J. (USA), President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 20. Çakiroglu, Levent (TUR), CEO, Koç Holding A.S. 21. Çamlibel, Cansu (TUR), Washington DC Bureau Chief, Hürriyet Newspaper 22. Cebrián, Juan Luis (ESP), Executive Chairman, PRISA and El País 23. Clemet, Kristin (NOR), CEO, Civita 24. Cohen, David S. (USA), Former Deputy Director, CIA 25. Collison, Patrick (USA), CEO, Stripe Cotton, Tom (USA), Senator 26. Cui, Tiankai (CHN), Ambassador to the US 27. Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), CEO, Axel Springer SE 28. Elkann, John (ITA), Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles 29. Enders, Thomas (DEU), CEO, Airbus SE 30. Federspiel, Ulrik (DNK), Group Executive, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S 31. Ferguson, Jr., Roger W. (USA), President and CEO, TIAA 32. Ferguson, Niall (USA), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 33. Gianotti, Fabiola (ITA), Director General, CERN 34. Gozi, Sandro (ITA), State Secretary for European Affairs 35. Graham, Lindsey (USA), Senator 36. Greenberg, Evan G. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Chubb Group 37. Griffin, Kenneth (USA), Founder and CEO, Citadel Investment Group, LLC 38. Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor "Otto e mezzo", La7 TV
 39. Guindos, Luis de (ESP), Minister of Economy, Industry and Competiveness 40. Haines, Avril D. (USA), Former Deputy National Security Advisor 41. Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor of Economics, Leiden University 42. Hamers, Ralph (NLD), Chairman, ING Group 43. Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation 44. Hennis-Plasschaert, Jeanine (NLD), Minister of Defence, The Netherlands 45. Hobson, Mellody (USA), President, Ariel Investments LLC 46. Hoffman, Reid (USA), Co-Founder, LinkedIn and Partner, Greylock 47. Houghton, Nicholas (GBR), Former Chief of Defence 48. Ischinger, Wolfgang (INT), Chairman, Munich Security Conference 49. Jacobs, Kenneth M. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Lazard 50. Johnson, James A. (USA), Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners 51. Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. (USA), Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC 52. Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies 53. Kengeter, Carsten (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Börse AG 54. Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc. 55. Klatten, Susanne (DEU), Managing Director, SKion GmbH 56. Kleinfeld, Klaus (USA), Former Chairman and CEO, Arconic 57. Knot, Klaas H.W. (NLD), President, De Nederlandsche Bank 58. Koç, Ömer M. (TUR), Chairman, Koç Holding A.S. 59. Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University 60. Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR 61. Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute 62. Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group 63. Lagarde, Christine (INT), Managing Director, International Monetary Fund 64. Lenglet, François (FRA), Chief Economics Commentator, France 2 65. Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, KBC Group 66. Liddell, Christopher (USA), Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Initiatives 67. Lööf, Annie (SWE), Party Leader, Centre Party 68. Mathews, Jessica T. (USA), Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 69. McAuliffe, Terence (USA), Governor of Virginia 70. McKay, David I. (CAN), President and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada 71. McMaster, H.R. (USA), National Security Advisor 72. Mexia, António Luís Guerra Nunes (PRT), President, Eurelectric and CEO, EDP Energias de Portugal 73. Micklethwait, John (INT), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP 74. Minton Beddoes, Zanny (INT), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist 75. Molinari, Maurizio (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, La Stampa 76. Monaco, Lisa (USA), Former Homeland Security Officer 77. Morneau, Bill (CAN), Minister of Finance Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates 78. Murtagh, Gene M. (IRL), CEO, Kingspan Group plc Netherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD) 79. Noonan, Peggy (USA), Author and Columnist, The Wall Street Journal 80. O'Leary, Michael (IRL), CEO, Ryanair D.A.C. 81. Osborne, George (GBR), Editor, London Evening Standard 83. Papahelas, Alexis (GRC), Executive Editor, Kathimerini Newspaper 84. Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), CEO, Titan Cement Co. 85. Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute 86. Pind, Søren (DNK), Minister for Higher Education and Science 87. Puga, Benoît (FRA), Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor and Chancellor of the National Order of Merit 88. Rachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times 89. Reisman, Heather M. (CAN), Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. 90. Rivera Díaz, Albert (ESP), President, Ciudadanos Party 91. Rosén, Johanna (SWE), Professor in Materials Physics, Linköping University 92. Ross, Wilbur L. (USA), Secretary of Commerce 93. Rubenstein, David M. (USA), Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group 94. Rubin, Robert E. (USA), Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations and Former Treasury Secretary 95. Ruoff, Susanne (CHE), CEO, Swiss Post Rutten, Gwendolyn (BEL), Chair, Open VLD 96. Sabia, Michael (CAN), CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec 97. Sawers, John (GBR), Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners 98. Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council 99. Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Executive Chairman, Alphabet Inc. 100. Schneider-Ammann, Johann N. (CHE), Federal Councillor, Swiss Confederation 101. Scholten, Rudolf (AUT), President, Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue 102. Severgnini, Beppe (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, 7-Corriere della Sera 103. Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Senior Fellow, Harvard University 104. Slat, Boyan (NLD), CEO and Founder, The Ocean Cleanup 105. Spahn, Jens (DEU), Parliamentary State Secretary and Federal Ministry of Finance 106. Stephenson, Randall L. (USA), Chairman and CEO, AT&T 107. Stern, Andrew (USA), President Emeritus, SEIU and Senior Fellow, Economic Security Project 108. Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO 109. Summers, Lawrence H. (USA), Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University 110. Tertrais, Bruno (FRA), Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique 111. Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital 112. Topsøe, Jakob Haldor (DNK), Chairman, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S 113. Ülgen, Sinan (TUR), Founding and Partner, Istanbul Economics 114. Vance, J.D. (USA), Author and Partner, Mithril 115. Wahlroos, Björn (FIN), Chairman, Sampo Group, Nordea Bank, UPM-Kymmene Corporation 116. Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chairman, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 117. Walter, Amy (USA), Editor, The Cook Political Report 118. Weston, Galen G. (CAN), CEO and Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Ltd and George Weston Companies 119. White, Sharon (GBR), Chief Executive, Ofcom 120. Wieseltier, Leon (USA), Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy, The Brookings Institution 121. Wolf, Martin H. (INT), Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times 122. Wolfensohn, James D. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn & Company 123. Wunsch, Pierre (BEL), Vice-Governor, National Bank of Belgium 124. Zeiler, Gerhard (AUT), President, Turner International 125. Zients, Jeffrey D. (USA), Former Director, National Economic Council 127. Zoellick, Robert B. (USA), Non-Executive Chairman, AllianceBernstein L.P Przesłanie do ludzi młodych i inteligentnych, którzy nie chcą należycie do stada i być zależnymi od iluzorycznych fetyszy : Kontroluj tych, którzy chcą kontrolować, dekonstruuj i scalaj zdekonstrowane. Ucząc się, zapamiętujcie tylko to co warte waszej uwagi, abyście nigdy nie zapomnieli o swojej tożsamości, bo tylko wtedy wchodząc świadomie w struktury systemu, możecie być świadomie użyteczni dla Lechii, która odrodzi się na szczątkach tworu tymczasowego, jakim była i jest Polska ... Jeśli jesteś młody i masz w sobie tyle siły aby działać na rzecz Lechii, Wolność i Równości zgłoś się, do nas ... Jeśli, jako jedyni mamy swoich ludzi w grupie Bilderberga, oznacza to małe zwycięstwo rozumu i logiki nad bestialską siła nakazu i pieniądza ... Nielegalne twory będą tym, czym chcielibyśmy aby były ... i zrobimy to z waszą pomocą w ciszy, spokoju i cieniu działań tych, który pozycja rozmyje się niczym kurz wspomnień ... Myśl, słowo, działanie ... bowiem wiedza jest wtórne wobec faktów ... a my stworzymy fakty, które będą zalążkiem powrotu do wiedzy starożytnej ... Lepiej działać w ciszy, niż chwalić się osiągnięciami, których nie ma ... I pamiętajcie, możecie być przyszłością Lechii, możecie pozostawić po sobie historyczny ślad przywrócenie Lechii jej tożsamości ... Wojna nie polega na agresji lecz na inteligentnym przygotowaniu zadań, których realizacja prowadzi do konkretnego i ukrytego za chaosem celu. Depopulacji dotyka tylko inteligentnych jednostek, mogących zaszkodzić władzy ... Więc nasza wojna, będzie implozjom wypychającą ze środka Lechii całą szumowinę ... Tylko opanowanie państwa za pomocą silnej struktury wewnętrznej, pomoże nam osiągnąć plan nadrzędny, polegający na likwidacji hierarchii i elit stających na drodze samostanowienia ... Przemyślcie to ... Liga Świata Samostanowienia i Samoograniczenie

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CHRISTINA DE LEÓN JOINS COOPER HEWITT AS ASSOCIATE CURATOR OF U.S. LATINO DESIGN

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of Christina De León as associate curator of U.S. Latino design, effective Feb. 6, 2017. In this newly created position, supported by the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, De León is responsible for researching modern and contemporary U.S. Latino design for the collection, as well as developing exhibitions, public programs and digital content to raise awareness of Latino design.

“Christina is an exciting, new curatorial voice within Cooper Hewitt and the entire Smithsonian. An accomplished scholar, she will help ensure that we continue to enrich and expand the narrative of U.S. Latino design, as well as broaden our ability to engage with an enthusiastic and diverse audience,” said director Caroline Baumann. “I’m very grateful to the Latino Initiatives Pool for supporting this essential position, which amplifies the rich contributions and widespread influences of Latin America on design’s historical continuum.”

“The Smithsonian Latino Center ensures that the contributions of the Latino community in the arts, history, national culture and scientific achievement are explored, presented, celebrated and preserved throughout the Smithsonian,” said Eduardo Díaz, director, Smithsonian Latino Center. “Christina’s important work will expand visibility for U.S. Latino designers and foster increased engagement on Latino-themed design publications, exhibitions and public programs.”

Prior to joining Cooper Hewitt, De León served as associate curator at the Americas Society in New York, where she conducted curatorial research and assisted in organizing a number of 19th-century, modern and contemporary art and design exhibitions and publications, including “Xul Solar and Jorge Luis Borges: The Art of Friendship,” “Unity of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt and the Americas” and “Moderno: Design for Living in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, 1940-1978.” Most recently, she co-curated the 2016 exhibition, “Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press.” She also helped establish La Experiencia Medieval, the first bilingual gallery program at The Met Cloisters.

De León holds a master’s degree in museum studies from New York University and a bachelor’s degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Bard Graduate Center where her research interests lie in the material culture and decorative arts of the Americas, specifically the impact of international modernist principles on the development of regional visual vocabularies during the post-war era.

Upon her appointment, De León commented, “I am delighted to join Cooper Hewitt as the first associate curator of U.S. Latino design. I’ve long admired the museum’s collection and programming, especially the recent Diseño series that heralds the impact of Latinos on American design. I look forward to expanding this dialogue through my research, programming and collaborations with the broader Smithsonian community.”

ABOUT COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM

Founded in 1897, Cooper Hewitt is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. Housed in the renovated and restored Carnegie Mansion, Cooper Hewitt showcases one of the most diverse and comprehensive collections of design works in existence. The museum’s restoration, modernization and expansion has won numerous awards and honors, including a Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy, a Gold Pencil Award for Best in Responsive Environments and LEED Silver certification. Cooper Hewitt offers a full range of interactive capabilities and immersive creative experiences, including the Cooper Hewitt Pen that allows visitors to “collect” and “save” objects from around the galleries, the opportunity to explore the collection digitally on ultra-high-definition touch-screen tables, and draw and project their own wallpaper designs in the Immersion Room.

For further information, call (212) 849-8400, visit Cooper Hewitt’s website at www.cooperhewitt.org and follow the museum on http://www.twitter.com/cooperhewitt, http://ift.tt/1xPp14n and http://ift.tt/1ywLPpg.

About the Smithsonian Latino Center

The Smithsonian Latino Center ensures that Latino contributions to arts, sciences and humanities are highlighted and advanced through the development of exhibitions, publications, public programs, research, museum collections, digitally-based content and educational opportunities at the Smithsonian and its affiliated organizations across the U.S. For more information, visit www.latino.si.edu.

Photo: Wilson Santiago

CHRISTINA DE LEÓN INGRESA A COOPER HEWITT COMO CURADORA ASOCIADA DE DISEÑO LATINO DE EE. UU.

Cooper Hewitt, Museo de Diseño del Smithsonian, se complace en anunciar la designación de Christina De León como curadora asociada de diseño latino de EE. UU., efectivo a partir del 6 de febrero de 2017. En este puesto recién creado, que recibe el apoyo financiero del fondo para iniciativas latinas administrado por el Centro Latino Smithsonian, De León será responsable de investigar diseños latinos de EE. UU. modernos y contemporáneos para la colección, como también desarrollar exposiciones, programas públicos y contenido digital para concientizar sobre el diseño latino.

“Christina es una nueva y emocionante voz en curaduría de Cooper Hewitt y todo el Smithsonian. Como reconocida erudita, ayudará a garantizar que continuemos enriqueciendo y expandiendo la narrativa del diseño latino de EE. UU. y también ampliando nuestra capacidad de interactuar con un público entusiasta y diverso,” afirmó la directora Caroline Baumann. “Estoy muy agradecida con el fondo para iniciativas latinas por apoyar este puesto fundamental, que potencia las valiosas contribuciones y amplias influencias de América Latina en la continuidad histórica del diseño”.

“El Centro Latino Smithsonian garantiza que las contribuciones de la comunidad latina en las artes, la historia, la cultura nacional y los logros científicos se exploren, presenten, celebren y preserven a través del Smithsonian,” afirmó Eduardo Díaz, director del Smithsonian Latino Center. “El importante trabajo de Christina ampliará la visibilidad de los diseñadores latinos de EE. UU. y fomentará una mayor participación en las publicaciones de diseño, exposiciones y programas públicos con temáticas latinas”.

Antes de ingresar a Cooper Hewitt, De León prestó servicios como curadora asociada en la Americas Society en Nueva York, donde realizó investigaciones de curaduría y ayudó en la organización de una cantidad de exposiciones y publicaciones de arte y diseño contemporáneo, moderno y del siglo XIX, que incluyen “Xul Solar and Jorge Luis Borges: The Art of Friendship”, “Unity of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt and the Americas” y “Moderno: Design for Living in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, 1940-1978”. Más recientemente, fue curadora conjunta de la exposición de 2016 “Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press��. También ayudó en la creación de La Experiencia Medieval, el primer programa bilingüe de galerías de arte en The Met Cloisters.

De León ostenta una maestría en museología de la Universidad de Nueva York y una licenciatura de Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Actualmente es estudiante de doctorado en el Bard Graduate Center, en donde sus  intereses de investigación giran en torno a la cultura material y las artes decorativas de las Américas y, específicamente, al impacto de los principios modernistas internacionales en el desarrollo de vocabularios visuales regionales durante la posguerra.

Con respecto a su designación, De León comentó, “Me complace ingresar a Cooper Hewitt como la primera curadora asociada de diseño latino en EE. UU. Durante mucho tiempo he admirado la colección y programación del museo, especialmente la serie reciente Diseño que anuncia el impacto de los latinos en el diseño estadounidense. Espero ampliar este diálogo a través de mi investigación, programación y colaboraciones con toda la comunidad del Smithsonian”.

ACERCA DE COOPER HEWITT, MUSEO DE DISEÑO DEL SMITHSONIAN

Fundado en 1897, Cooper Hewitt es el único museo en Estados Unidos dedicado exclusivamente al diseño histórico y contemporáneo. Ubicado en la renovada y restaurada mansión Carnegie, Cooper Hewitt expone una de las colecciones más diversas y completas de obras de diseño del mundo. La restauración, modernización y expansión del museo recibió diversos premios y distinciones, que incluyen el premio a la preservación Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award de la New York Landmarks Conservancy, el premio Gold Pencil Award en la categoría Mejor en Ambientes Sensibles (Best in Responsive Environments) y el Certificado LEED plata (LEED Silver). Cooper Hewitt ofrece una amplia gama de funciones interactivas y experiencias creativas de inmersión, que incluyen la Cooper Hewitt Pen que permite a los visitantes “recolectar” y “guardar” objetos de toda la galería, les da la oportunidad de explorar la colección de forma digital en mesas con pantallas táctiles de altísima definición, como también dibujar y proyectar sus propios diseños de papel pintado en la Sala de Inmersión.

Para obtener más información, llame al (212) 849-8400, visite el sitio web de Cooper Hewitt en www.cooperhewitt.org y siga al museo en http://www.twitter.com/cooperhewitt, http://ift.tt/1xPp14n y http://ift.tt/1ywLPpg.

Acerca del Centro Latino Smithsonian

El Centro Latino Smithsonian garantiza que los aportes latinos a las artes, ciencias y humanidades se destaquen y fomenten a través del desarrollo de exposiciones, publicaciones, programas públicos, investigación, colecciones de museos, contenido digital y oportunidades educativas en el Smithsonian y sus organizaciones afiliadas en Estados Unidos. Para obtener más información, visite www.latino.si.edu.

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Bilderberg Group meets just outside of DC as Deep State steps up war on Trump. Here’s the attendee list.

Photo: Public Domain

Top global political and business leaders of the Bilderberg Group will meet just miles from the White House this week, as “Deep State” actions to take down President Donald Trump grow more intense.

“The Bilderberg Group meeting in Chantilly, Virginia, will attract 131 elites on Thursday – from politicians and bankers to business titans and European royalty,” The Daily Mail reports. “They will discuss transatlantic relations, the future of the European Union and ‘a progress report’ on the Trump administration behind closed doors at the four-day meeting.”

It has not been revealed what the “progress report” on Trump means. Chantilly, in suburban D.C., is 30 miles from Washington.

Among those participating in this year’s Bilderberg Group meeting are Trump’s Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Trump’s National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Trump advisers Peter Thiel and David Petraeus, U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham and Obama CIA Director John Brennan.

The meeting comes as leaks from within the U.S. government’s security community, intended to cripple President Trump, worsen.

“At least 180 federal employees have signed up for a workshop next weekend, where experts will offer advice on workers’ rights and how they can express civil disobedience,” former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich gleefully notes.

“Federal workers are in regular consultation with recently departed Obama-era political appointees about what they can do to push back against the new president’s initiatives…,” Reich notes, “…The State Department has emerged as the nexus of opposition to Trump’s refugee policy, in part because it has an official dissent channel where Foreign Service employees can register opposition without fear of reprisals. The channel, formed in 1971, has been used to raise policy objections to the Vietnam War and other conflicts. Several hundred employees signed the dissent cable objecting to Trump’s refugee policy.”

WHO’S ATTENDING THE 2017 BILDERBERG GROUP CONFERENCE?

CHAIRMAN Castries, Henri de (FRA), Former Chairman and CEO, AXA; President of Institut Montaigne

PARTICIPANTS

Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG

Adonis, Andrew (GBR), Chair, National Infrastructure Commission

Agius, Marcus (GBR), Chairman, PA Consulting Group

Akyol, Mustafa (TUR), Senior Visiting Fellow, Freedom Project at Wellesley College

Alstadheim, Kjetil B. (NOR), Political Editor, Dagens Næringsliv

Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore

Arnaut, José Luis (PRT), Managing Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut

Barroso, José M. Durão (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

Bäte, Oliver (DEU), CEO, Allianz SE

Baumann, Werner (DEU), Chairman, Bayer AG

Baverez, Nicolas (FRA), Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Benko, René (AUT), Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board, SIGNA Holding GmbH

Berner, Anne-Catherine (FIN), Minister of Transport and Communications

Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Executive Chairman, Banco Santander

Brandtzæg, Svein Richard (NOR), President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA

Brennan, John O. (USA), Senior Advisor, Kissinger Associates Inc.

Bsirske, Frank (DEU), Chairman, United Services Union

Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA

Bunn, M. Elaine (USA), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Burns, William J. (USA), President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Çakiroglu, Levent (TUR), CEO, Koç Holding A.S.

Çamlibel, Cansu (TUR), Washington DC Bureau Chief, Hürriyet Newspaper

Cebrián, Juan Luis (ESP), Executive Chairman, PRISA and El País

Clemet, Kristin (NOR), CEO, Civita

Cohen, David S. (USA), Former Deputy Director, CIA

Collison, Patrick (USA), CEO, Stripe

Cotton, Tom (USA), Senator

Cui, Tiankai (CHN), Ambassador to the US

Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), CEO, Axel Springer SE

Elkann, John (ITA), Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

Enders, Thomas (DEU), CEO, Airbus SE

Federspiel, Ulrik (DNK), Group Executive, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S

Ferguson, Jr., Roger W. (USA), President and CEO, TIAA

Ferguson, Niall (USA), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Gianotti, Fabiola (ITA), Director General, CERN

Gozi, Sandro (ITA), State Secretary for European Affairs

Graham, Lindsey (USA), Senator

Greenberg, Evan G. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Chubb Group

Griffin, Kenneth (USA), Founder and CEO, Citadel Investment Group, LLC

Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor “Otto e mezzo”, La7 TV

Guindos, Luis de (ESP), Minister of Economy, Industry and Competiveness

Haines, Avril D. (USA), Former Deputy National Security Advisor

Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor of Economics, Leiden University

Hamers, Ralph (NLD), Chairman, ING Group

Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation

Hennis-Plasschaert, Jeanine (NLD), Minister of Defence, The Netherlands

Hobson, Mellody (USA), President, Ariel Investments LLC

Hoffman, Reid (USA), Co-Founder, LinkedIn and Partner, Greylock

Houghton, Nicholas (GBR), Former Chief of Defence

Ischinger, Wolfgang (INT), Chairman, Munich Security Conference

Jacobs, Kenneth M. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Lazard

Johnson, James A. (USA), Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners

Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. (USA), Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC

Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies

Kengeter, Carsten (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Börse AG

Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.

Klatten, Susanne (DEU), Managing Director, SKion GmbH

Kleinfeld, Klaus (USA), Former Chairman and CEO, Arconic

Knot, Klaas H.W. (NLD), President, De Nederlandsche Bank

Koç, Ömer M. (TUR), Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.

Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University

Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR

Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group

Lagarde, Christine (INT), Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

Lenglet, François (FRA), Chief Economics Commentator, France 2

Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, KBC Group

Liddell, Christopher (USA), Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Initiatives

Lööf, Annie (SWE), Party Leader, Centre Party

Mathews, Jessica T. (USA), Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

McAuliffe, Terence (USA), Governor of Virginia

McKay, David I. (CAN), President and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada

McMaster, H.R. (USA), National Security Advisor

Mexia, António Luís Guerra Nunes (PRT), President, Eurelectric and CEO, EDP Energias de Portugal

Micklethwait, John (INT), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP

Minton Beddoes, Zanny (INT), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

Molinari, Maurizio (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, La Stampa

Monaco, Lisa (USA), Former Homeland Security Officer

Morneau, Bill (CAN), Minister of Finance

Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates

Murtagh, Gene M. (IRL), CEO, Kingspan Group plc

Netherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD)

Noonan, Peggy (USA), Author and Columnist, The Wall Street Journal

O’Leary, Michael (IRL), CEO, Ryanair D.A.C.

Osborne, George (GBR), Editor, London Evening Standard

Papahelas, Alexis (GRC), Executive Editor, Kathimerini Newspaper

Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), CEO, Titan Cement Co.

Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute

Pind, Søren (DNK), Minister for Higher Education and Science

Puga, Benoît (FRA), Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor and Chancellor of the National Order of Merit

Rachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times

Reisman, Heather M. (CAN), Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.

Rivera Díaz, Albert (ESP), President, Ciudadanos Party

Rosén, Johanna (SWE), Professor in Materials Physics, Linköping University

Ross, Wilbur L. (USA), Secretary of Commerce

Rubenstein, David M. (USA), Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group

Rubin, Robert E. (USA), Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations and Former Treasury Secretary

Ruoff, Susanne (CHE), CEO, Swiss Post

Rutten, Gwendolyn (BEL), Chair, Open VLD

Sabia, Michael (CAN), CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Sawers, John (GBR), Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners

Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council

Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Executive Chairman, Alphabet Inc.

Schneider-Ammann, Johann N. (CHE), Federal Councillor, Swiss Confederation

Scholten, Rudolf (AUT), President, Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue

Severgnini, Beppe (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, 7-Corriere della Sera

Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Senior Fellow, Harvard University

Slat, Boyan (NLD), CEO and Founder, The Ocean Cleanup

Spahn, Jens (DEU), Parliamentary State Secretary and Federal Ministry of Finance

Stephenson, Randall L. (USA), Chairman and CEO, AT&T

Stern, Andrew (USA), President Emeritus, SEIU and Senior Fellow, Economic Security Project

Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO

Summers, Lawrence H. (USA), Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University

Tertrais, Bruno (FRA), Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique

Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital

Topsøe, Jakob Haldor (DNK), Chairman, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S

Ülgen, Sinan (TUR), Founding and Partner, Istanbul Economics

Vance, J.D. (USA), Author and Partner, Mithril

Wahlroos, Björn (FIN), Chairman, Sampo Group, Nordea Bank, UPM-Kymmene Corporation

Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chairman, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

Walter, Amy (USA), Editor, The Cook Political Report

Weston, Galen G. (CAN), CEO and Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Ltd and George Weston Companies

White, Sharon (GBR), Chief Executive, Ofcom

Wieseltier, Leon (USA), Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy, The Brookings Institution

Wolf, Martin H. (INT), Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times

Wolfensohn, James D. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn & Company

Wunsch, Pierre (BEL), Vice-Governor, National Bank of Belgium

Zeiler, Gerhard (AUT), President, Turner International

Zients, Jeffrey D. (USA), Former Director, National Economic Council

Zoellick, Robert B. (USA), Non-Executive Chairman, AllianceBernstein L.P.

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Bilderberg Group meets just outside of DC as Deep State steps up war on Trump. Here’s the attendee list.

Photo: Public Domain

Top global political and business leaders of the Bilderberg Group will meet just miles from the White House this week, as “Deep State” actions to take down President Donald Trump grow more intense.

“The Bilderberg Group meeting in Chantilly, Virginia, will attract 131 elites on Thursday – from politicians and bankers to business titans and European royalty,” The Daily Mail reports. “They will discuss transatlantic relations, the future of the European Union and ‘a progress report’ on the Trump administration behind closed doors at the four-day meeting.”

It has not been revealed what the “progress report” on Trump means. Chantilly, in suburban D.C., is 30 miles from Washington.

Among those participating in this year’s Bilderberg Group meeting are Trump’s Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Trump’s National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Trump advisers Peter Thiel and David Petraeus, U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham and Obama CIA Director John Brennan.

The meeting comes as leaks from within the U.S. government’s security community, intended to cripple President Trump, worsen.

“At least 180 federal employees have signed up for a workshop next weekend, where experts will offer advice on workers’ rights and how they can express civil disobedience,” former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich gleefully notes.

“Federal workers are in regular consultation with recently departed Obama-era political appointees about what they can do to push back against the new president’s initiatives…,” Reich notes, “…The State Department has emerged as the nexus of opposition to Trump’s refugee policy, in part because it has an official dissent channel where Foreign Service employees can register opposition without fear of reprisals. The channel, formed in 1971, has been used to raise policy objections to the Vietnam War and other conflicts. Several hundred employees signed the dissent cable objecting to Trump’s refugee policy.”

WHO’S ATTENDING THE 2017 BILDERBERG GROUP CONFERENCE?

CHAIRMAN Castries, Henri de (FRA), Former Chairman and CEO, AXA; President of Institut Montaigne

PARTICIPANTS

Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG

Adonis, Andrew (GBR), Chair, National Infrastructure Commission

Agius, Marcus (GBR), Chairman, PA Consulting Group

Akyol, Mustafa (TUR), Senior Visiting Fellow, Freedom Project at Wellesley College

Alstadheim, Kjetil B. (NOR), Political Editor, Dagens Næringsliv

Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore

Arnaut, José Luis (PRT), Managing Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut

Barroso, José M. Durão (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

Bäte, Oliver (DEU), CEO, Allianz SE

Baumann, Werner (DEU), Chairman, Bayer AG

Baverez, Nicolas (FRA), Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Benko, René (AUT), Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board, SIGNA Holding GmbH

Berner, Anne-Catherine (FIN), Minister of Transport and Communications

Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Executive Chairman, Banco Santander

Brandtzæg, Svein Richard (NOR), President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA

Brennan, John O. (USA), Senior Advisor, Kissinger Associates Inc.

Bsirske, Frank (DEU), Chairman, United Services Union

Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA

Bunn, M. Elaine (USA), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Burns, William J. (USA), President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Çakiroglu, Levent (TUR), CEO, Koç Holding A.S.

Çamlibel, Cansu (TUR), Washington DC Bureau Chief, Hürriyet Newspaper

Cebrián, Juan Luis (ESP), Executive Chairman, PRISA and El País

Clemet, Kristin (NOR), CEO, Civita

Cohen, David S. (USA), Former Deputy Director, CIA

Collison, Patrick (USA), CEO, Stripe

Cotton, Tom (USA), Senator

Cui, Tiankai (CHN), Ambassador to the US

Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), CEO, Axel Springer SE

Elkann, John (ITA), Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles

Enders, Thomas (DEU), CEO, Airbus SE

Federspiel, Ulrik (DNK), Group Executive, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S

Ferguson, Jr., Roger W. (USA), President and CEO, TIAA

Ferguson, Niall (USA), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Gianotti, Fabiola (ITA), Director General, CERN

Gozi, Sandro (ITA), State Secretary for European Affairs

Graham, Lindsey (USA), Senator

Greenberg, Evan G. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Chubb Group

Griffin, Kenneth (USA), Founder and CEO, Citadel Investment Group, LLC

Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor “Otto e mezzo”, La7 TV

Guindos, Luis de (ESP), Minister of Economy, Industry and Competiveness

Haines, Avril D. (USA), Former Deputy National Security Advisor

Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor of Economics, Leiden University

Hamers, Ralph (NLD), Chairman, ING Group

Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation

Hennis-Plasschaert, Jeanine (NLD), Minister of Defence, The Netherlands

Hobson, Mellody (USA), President, Ariel Investments LLC

Hoffman, Reid (USA), Co-Founder, LinkedIn and Partner, Greylock

Houghton, Nicholas (GBR), Former Chief of Defence

Ischinger, Wolfgang (INT), Chairman, Munich Security Conference

Jacobs, Kenneth M. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Lazard

Johnson, James A. (USA), Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners

Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. (USA), Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC

Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies

Kengeter, Carsten (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Börse AG

Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc.

Klatten, Susanne (DEU), Managing Director, SKion GmbH

Kleinfeld, Klaus (USA), Former Chairman and CEO, Arconic

Knot, Klaas H.W. (NLD), President, De Nederlandsche Bank

Koç, Ömer M. (TUR), Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.

Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University

Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR

Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group

Lagarde, Christine (INT), Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

Lenglet, François (FRA), Chief Economics Commentator, France 2

Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, KBC Group

Liddell, Christopher (USA), Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Initiatives

Lööf, Annie (SWE), Party Leader, Centre Party

Mathews, Jessica T. (USA), Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

McAuliffe, Terence (USA), Governor of Virginia

McKay, David I. (CAN), President and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada

McMaster, H.R. (USA), National Security Advisor

Mexia, António Luís Guerra Nunes (PRT), President, Eurelectric and CEO, EDP Energias de Portugal

Micklethwait, John (INT), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP

Minton Beddoes, Zanny (INT), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

Molinari, Maurizio (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, La Stampa

Monaco, Lisa (USA), Former Homeland Security Officer

Morneau, Bill (CAN), Minister of Finance

Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates

Murtagh, Gene M. (IRL), CEO, Kingspan Group plc

Netherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD)

Noonan, Peggy (USA), Author and Columnist, The Wall Street Journal

O’Leary, Michael (IRL), CEO, Ryanair D.A.C.

Osborne, George (GBR), Editor, London Evening Standard

Papahelas, Alexis (GRC), Executive Editor, Kathimerini Newspaper

Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), CEO, Titan Cement Co.

Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute

Pind, Søren (DNK), Minister for Higher Education and Science

Puga, Benoît (FRA), Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor and Chancellor of the National Order of Merit

Rachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times

Reisman, Heather M. (CAN), Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.

Rivera Díaz, Albert (ESP), President, Ciudadanos Party

Rosén, Johanna (SWE), Professor in Materials Physics, Linköping University

Ross, Wilbur L. (USA), Secretary of Commerce

Rubenstein, David M. (USA), Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group

Rubin, Robert E. (USA), Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations and Former Treasury Secretary

Ruoff, Susanne (CHE), CEO, Swiss Post

Rutten, Gwendolyn (BEL), Chair, Open VLD

Sabia, Michael (CAN), CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Sawers, John (GBR), Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners

Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council

Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Executive Chairman, Alphabet Inc.

Schneider-Ammann, Johann N. (CHE), Federal Councillor, Swiss Confederation

Scholten, Rudolf (AUT), President, Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue

Severgnini, Beppe (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, 7-Corriere della Sera

Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Senior Fellow, Harvard University

Slat, Boyan (NLD), CEO and Founder, The Ocean Cleanup

Spahn, Jens (DEU), Parliamentary State Secretary and Federal Ministry of Finance

Stephenson, Randall L. (USA), Chairman and CEO, AT&T

Stern, Andrew (USA), President Emeritus, SEIU and Senior Fellow, Economic Security Project

Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO

Summers, Lawrence H. (USA), Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University

Tertrais, Bruno (FRA), Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique

Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital

Topsøe, Jakob Haldor (DNK), Chairman, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S

Ülgen, Sinan (TUR), Founding and Partner, Istanbul Economics

Vance, J.D. (USA), Author and Partner, Mithril

Wahlroos, Björn (FIN), Chairman, Sampo Group, Nordea Bank, UPM-Kymmene Corporation

Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chairman, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

Walter, Amy (USA), Editor, The Cook Political Report

Weston, Galen G. (CAN), CEO and Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Ltd and George Weston Companies

White, Sharon (GBR), Chief Executive, Ofcom

Wieseltier, Leon (USA), Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy, The Brookings Institution

Wolf, Martin H. (INT), Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times

Wolfensohn, James D. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn & Company

Wunsch, Pierre (BEL), Vice-Governor, National Bank of Belgium

Zeiler, Gerhard (AUT), President, Turner International

Zients, Jeffrey D. (USA), Former Director, National Economic Council

Zoellick, Robert B. (USA), Non-Executive Chairman, AllianceBernstein L.P.

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boredom

ok, so I can across this game that i reblogged 7 years ago. And I now feel old on so many levels ...

Bold the names you recognize; strike the names of the people you dislike.

Aaron Albert, Aaron Yoo, Adam Hicks, Alan Tudyk, Alex Black, Alex Lambert, Alexander Gould, Alexander Ludwig, Alexander Skarsgård, Alexandra Daddario, Alyssa Milano, Ally Maki, Alyson Michalka,Alyson Stoner, Amanda Crew, Amanda Michalka, Amber Riley, Amber Stevens, Anna Paquin, Andrea Bowen, Andrew Caldwell, Angel McCord, Angela Featherstone, Angus T. Jones, Anna Maria Perez De Tagle, Anna Margaret, AnnaLyne McCord, Annamarie Kenoyer, AnnaSophia Robb, Anne Hathaway, Ariana Grande, Ariel Winter, Asher Book, Ashley Argota, Ashley Bell, Ashley Benson, Ashley Greene, Ashley Rickards, Ashley Tisdale, Austin Anderson, Austin Butler, Austin Canfield, Avan Jogia, Ayla Kell, Bailee Madison, Bella Thorne, Ben Nemtin, Bianca Lawson, Bobb’e J. Thompson, Bobby Campo, Bo Burnham, BooBoo Stewart, Bradley James, Brando Eaton, Brandon Mychal Smith, Brandon T. Jackson, Brenda Song, Brecking Meyer, Bridgit Mendler, Brie Larson, Brit Morgan, Britt Robertson, Brittany Curran, Caitlyn Taylor Love, Camille Winbush, Cameron Monaghan, Candice Accola, Carlie Casey, Carly Chaikin, Carlos Pena Jr., Carter Jenkins, Casey Deidrick, Cassie Scerbo, Cassidy, Charlie McDermott, Charlie Stewart, Charles Carver, Chelsea Hobbs, Chelsea Gabrielle, Chelsea Staub, Chloe Bridges, Chloe Moretz, Chris Colfer, Chris Warren Jr., Christina Milian, Christian Serratos, Christopher Massey, Ciara Hanna, Cody Allen Christian , Cody Linley, Cody Longo, Colin Firth, Colin Morgan, Collins Pennie, Conner Price, Corbin Bleu, Cory Monteith, Cymphonique Miller, Dakota Fanning, Dan Benson, Dana Davis, Dani Thorne, Daniel Curtis Lee, Daniel Radcliffe, Daniella Monet, Danielle Campbell, Danielle Panabaker, Daren Kagasoff, Darin Brooks, Daryl Sabara, Daveigh Chase,David Archuleta, David Boreanaz, David Blue, David Deluis, David Del Rio, David Henrie, David Lambert, Debby Ryan, Demi Lovato, Devon Werkheiser, Dianna Agron, Dijon Talton, Dichen Lachman, Doc Shaw, Doug Brochu, Drew Roy, Drew Seeley, Drew Tyler Bell, Dustin Milligan, Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Dylan Minnette, Dylan Patton, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Elijah Kelley, Eliza Dushku, Elizabeth Gillies, Emma Watson, Emily Grace Reaves, Emily Osment, Emily Ratajkowski, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Erin Sanders, Enver Gjokaj, Ethan Peck, Evan Ellingson, Evan Rachel Wood, Fivel Stewart, Fran Kranz, Frankie Jonas, Francia Raisa, Gage Golightly, Gia Mantegna, Gilland Jones, Giglianne Braga, Grace Gummer, Greg Finley II, Gregg Sulkin, Gregory Michael, Graham Patrick Martin, Graham Phillips, Haley Bennett, Hanna Beth, Hayden Panetteire, Hayley Chase, Hayley Erin, Hayley Hasselhoff, Hayley Kiyoko, Hayley Williams, Haley Ramm, Harry Shum Jr., Heather Morris, Honor Society, Holly Marie Combs, Hugh Jackman, Hugh Laurie, Hutch Dano, Ian Somerhalder, Isabella Collins, Isabelle Furman, Italia Ricci, Jack Salvatore Jr., Jake T. Austin, Jake Silbermann, James Kyson-Lee, James Maslow, James McAvoy, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Janel Parrish, Jansen Panettiere, Jasmine Villegas, Jasmine Guy, Jason Dolley, Jason Earles, Jayma Mays, Jenna Ushkowitz,Jenette McCurdy, Jennifer Stone, Jessalyn Gilsig, Jesse McCartney, Jessica Lucas, Jessica Stroup, Jillian Clare, Jimmy Robbins, Joe Jonas, Johnny Depp, Johnny Pacar, Jolene Purdy, Jonathan Keltz, Jordan Monaghan, Josh Golden, Josh Henderson, Josh Hutcherson, Josh Sussman, Joshua Moore, Josie Loren, Joy Lauren, Julia Jones, Justin Bieber, Justin Lee, Justine Bateman, Justine Wachsberger, Kate Lang Johnson, Katerina Graham, Katie Cassidy, Katy Perry, Kay Panabaker, Kaycee Stroh, Katelyn Tarver, Kayla Ewell, Keira Knightley, Keke Palmer, Kelsey Chow, Kellan Lutz, Kelly Blatz, Kelly Gould, Kelly Hu, Kelly Kruger, Kerry Ellis, Kendall Schmidt, Kenny Baumann, Kevin Jonas, Kevin Mchale, Kevin Schmidt, Kristen Stewart, Kristoffer Polaha, Kristine Elezaj, Kristin Cavallari, Kropp Circle, KSM, Kwame Boateng, Kyle Gallner, Kyle Kaplan, Kyle Massey, Kyle Swann, Laura Ramsey, Lauren Gottlieb, Lea Michele, Leon Thomas III, Lexi Ainsworth, Leven Rambin, Liev Schreiber, Lil’ JJ, Liliana Mumy, Lily Collins, Lindsey Shaw, Logan Henderson, Logan Lerman, Logan Miller, Lucas Cruikshank, Lucas Grabeel,Lucas Till, Lucy Hale, Luke Benward, Luke Worrall, Lyndsy Fonseca, Lindsay Lohan,Madeleine Martin, Madison Davenport, Madison Pettis, Madison Riley,Maiara Walsh, Malcolm David Kelley, Malese Jow, Mariana Klaveno,  Mark Salling,Mason Musso, Mathias Anderle, Matt Bennett, Matt Davis, Matt Lanter, Matt Prokop, Matt Shively, Matthew Davis, Matthew MacFadyen, Matthew Morrison, Matthew Underwood, Matthew Timmons, Max Fagin, Meaghan Martin, Meg Ryan, Megan Fox, Megan Park, Melissa Ordway, Mia Rose Frampton, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Rady, Michael Steger, Michael Trevino, Michael Welch, Michelle Kim, Milly and Becky Rosso, Mitch Ryan, Mitchel Musso, Miranda Cosgrove, Molly Burnett, Molly McCook, Molly Quinn, Monique Coleman, Moises Arias, Morgan York, Nate Hartley, Nathalia Ramos, Nathan Gamble, Nathan Kress, Natrui Naughton, Naya Rivera, Nicholas Braun, Nicholas Hoult, Nick Jonas, Nick Purcell, Nikki Blonsky, Nikki Reed, Nikki Soohoo, Nico Tortorella, Nicole Anderson, Nina Dobrev, Noah Cyrus, Noah Munck, Odette Yustman, Olivia Thirlby, Olivier Martinez, Olyessa Rulin, Paul Iacono, Paul Wesley, Peaches Geldof, Perry Mattfeld, Portia Doubleday, Push Play, Rachel G. Fox, Raini Rodriguez, Raven Goodwin, Raven-Symoné, Recci Canon, Reed Alexander, Reid Ewing, Rachel Mc. Adams, Renee Olstead, RJ Mitte, Rob Pinkston, Robbie Amell, Robert Hoffman, Robert Pattinson, Romi Dames, Rooney Mara, Rosamund Pike, Rumer Willis, Rupert Grint, Ryan Eggold, Ryan Gosling, Ryan Hansen, Ryan Malgsrini, Ryan Newman,  Ryan Ochoa, Ryan Pinkston, Ryan Rottman, Samantha Droke, Star Ryan, Sammi Hanratty, Sara Canning, Sarah Hyland, Sasha Pieterse, Ryan, Savvy and Mandy, School Gyrls, Scout Taylor-Compton, Selena Gomez, Shailene Woodley, Shane Harper, Shanica Knowles, Shareeka Epps, Sharni Vinson, Shaun Sipos, Shay Mitchell, Shenae Grimes, Shiri Appleby, Shoshana Bush, Simon Curtis, Sofia Vassilieva, Skyler Samuels, Spencer Grammer, Sterling Beaumon, Sterling Knight, Stella Maeve, Stephanie Jacobsen, Stephanie Pratt, Steven R. McQueen, Sydney Park, Tahmoh Penikett, Tania Gunadi, Taylor Lautner, Taylor Parks, Taylor Spreitler, Taylor Swift, Teresa Palmer, Tiffany Giardina, Tiffany Thornton, Teo Olivares, Tony Oller, Trace Cyrus, Tristin Mays ,Tristan Wilds, Trevor Gagnon, Troian Bellisario, Tyler Hilton, Tyler James Williams, V Factory, Van Hansis, Vanessa Hudgens, Varsity Fanclub,Victoria Justice, Vincent Martella, Vinicius Machado, Walter Perez, Whitney Able, Whitney Cummings, Whitney Port,, WOW, Zac Efron, Zach Roerig, Zachary Burr Abel, Zoe Myers

[aion-rsa]

The Mare of Easttown Finale Broke HBO Max

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Late on the Sunday night of Memorial Day weekend, WarnerMedia did the unthinkable: they disappointed my mother. 

At precisely 10:09 p.m. ET, the following text flashed across my phone screen “Omg. HBO is down! Too many people trying to watch Mare”

Sure enough, the anticipated finale for crime drama Mare of Easttown was not loading on the WarnerMedia streaming service HBO Max and it would remain inaccessible for around 25 minutes. The Internet reacted with disappointment similar to Mother Bojalad. 

Everyone checking Twitter to confirm @hbomax is down during #MareOfEasttown finale. pic.twitter.com/xG4Ml7094R

— Cat Williams (@dizzycatdesign) May 31, 2021

#MareOfEasttown the IT guys at HBO Max right now. pic.twitter.com/5NnaKhX7d4

— Will Leggett (@wtleggett) May 31, 2021

How authentic is Mare of Easttown? HBO Max worked fine for me for six episodes but now is refusing to load for the seventh, in what I assume is a tribute to the Phillies' bullpen.

— Michael Baumann (@MichaelBaumann) May 31, 2021

Thankfully, HBO Max got itself into fighting shape and Mare of Easttown was eventually available to stream. Viewers got to see the shocking conclusion to the Kate Winslet miniseries. The outage, however, bodes ominously for streaming television’s future. 

Sometimes things break on the Internet. The World Wide Web is a sophisticated, sensitive beast spawned from Transatlantic cables, millions of computers and servers, and just a dash of imagination. Longtime Internet users have grown accustomed to the occasionally imperfect nature of the medium. Occasionally things fall apart, the servers cannot hold. But outages and imperfections in our streaming enterprises cannot remain the status quo now that real money is involved.

Just about every major media conglomerate has made clear that the future of television (and in some sad cases, movies as well) will be streamed. Netflix leads the pack with 208 million subscribers worldwide. It’s followed by Amazon Prime Video (175 million), Tencent (123 million), iQIYI (119 million), and Disney+ (103 million). That’s nearly three-quarters of a billion people subscribing to just five streaming services (granted, the number is undoubtedly smaller as people subscribe to several streamers). 

According to a recent study conducted by three major media companies, 25 million U.S. households are expected to cancel their cable subscriptions within the next five years in favor of streaming. That number is on top of the 25 million U.S. households that have already cut the cord. Streaming will soon be the norm, if it’s not already. And that all makes it a bit strange that some streamers don’t seem fully prepared to handle the technical burden of all that incoming traffic. 

In HBO Max’s case with the Mare of Easttown finale, it wasn’t technically that much traffic to begin with. WarnerMedia’s streaming service held up just fine for big cinematic releases like Wonder Woman 1984 and Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Though viewership numbers in the streaming world remain unreliable, it makes sense that those big IPs would garner more total viewers than an HBO crime drama. Last week’s penultimate Mare garnered roughly 1.2 million viewers, which is excellent for pay cable but not an insurmountable technical challenge. 

The issue likely lies in the way that we’ve traditionally watched television. For nearly the entirety of the medium’s existence, popular TV shows were appointment viewing. A viewer must be on their couch to watch an episode at a precise time or risk never seeing it again. In the streaming world, timeliness doesn’t matter as much anymore, with many viewers happy to watch a show whenever they get around to it. In fact, streamers like Netflix and Hulu just unceremoniously drop their new content at 12:01 a.m. PT. 

Since Mare of Easttown was an HBO series that airs on terrestrial television as well, many streamers wanted to watch right at 10 p.m. so as to not get left behind. Unfortunately, it would seem as though that much traffic targeted at one moment was too much for HBO Max’s servers to bear.

We’re aware some customers may be experiencing issues streaming #HBOMax and appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this as quickly as possible.

— HBOMaxHelp (@HBOMaxHelp) May 31, 2021

With WarnerMedia still trying to bridge the streaming and traditional TV worlds gap through HBO and HBO Max, that kind of delay just shouldn’t be happening with streaming enterprises anymore. What’s more is that Warner and HBO have gone all in on the Game of Thrones prequel train, having commissioned no fewer than six spinoffs to the network’s titanic hit. Once those start rolling out of the gate, HBO Max can’t afford to be caught with its streaming pants down.

Ironically, reinforcements for HBO Max’s technical issues might be on the way thanks to a traditionally cable-focused company. AT&T recently admitted defeat in its stewardship of WarnerMedia and spun the company off into a merger with Discovery, Inc. Though Discovery is best known as a major cable player, the launch of its bespoke discovery+ streaming app went off without a hitch earlier this year. 

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With the combined powers of WarnerMedia and Discovery, perhaps the next appointment-viewing HBO crime drama won’t disappoint my mom.

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[karoltabis]

- on searching and fighting for being-in-the-world. - cast
 the sorrowing dad/ aza mhlana daughter/ dineo pikini the free girl/ alis kotze boy 1/ kim dawson boy 2/ keilan ivan the different rider/ justice ratau boy 1/ thato tsotetsi boy 2/ aphendule bonakete the rivalling wrestler 1/ rian zeiegelaar wrestler 2/ jacques paich the released dancer 1/ jordan magrobi dancer 2/ libby mills credits production company/ filmakademie baden-württemberg co production/ stink berlin director/ ben miethke director of photography/ maximilian pittner art direction/ julian knaack producer/ karli baumann production manager/ justine solomon editor/ alexander peri grading/ nicke jacobsson score/ lex lugner set sound/ chad grove assistant set sound / luphunzo jonas sounddesign/ paul powaljaew soundmixing narratives/ paul powaljaew soundmixing vignette/ matthias millhoff production designer/ julian knaack assistant prod. design/ aphendule bonakete, mcebisi sidlai 1st assistant camera/ ricardo koopman 2. ac + dit/ mihlali mali, mthokozisi msomi, luphunzo jonas loader/ ricardo koopman grip/ shannon solomon casting/ andi davis make up & hair/ michi schietzel, jane jakobi, gilli williams styling/ anett steinbrecher gaffer & light/ mihlali mali, mthokozisi msomi, luphunzo jonas, aphendule bonakete, mcebisi sidlai vfx + compositing/ katalyst berlin, pascal schelbli music production/ de falcon music berlin vo talents/ alis kotze, aza mhlana, kim dawson, jordan magrobi, miles higginson vo producer london/ norman dickfeld - smoke&mirrors, jenny standish - big kahuna vo sound engineers london/ michalis athis - big kahuna, gurdeep singh - big kahuna vo producer cape town/ aphendule bonakete special thanks martina luelsdorf, moritz merkel/ stink films berlin charlie hey, mon cherie fourie, melissa/ stillking films cape town justine solomon michael boxrucker/ kodak germany nina boriri/ focus film lab pablo b. de falcón/ de falcon music steffen röthinger/ katalyst berlin sofia misgena/ the talent group christoph schaller, ferdinand feldmann/ studio cnp philip doble/ panavision south africa andy davis/ iafrica casting harley gibson/ whatever sets afda film school cape town olivia marten, zoran bihac, bernd t. hoefflin, flo sigl, martin schmid/ filmakademie baden-württemberg all our nearest and dearest in remembrance of rudi rossouw.

[vm4vm0]

dasein und sein: the sorrowing from ben miethke on Vimeo.

- on searching and fighting for being-in-the-world. -

cast
 father/ aza mhlana daughter/ dineo pikini

credits production company/ filmakademie baden-württemberg co production/ stink berlin director/ ben miethke director of photography/ maximilian pittner art direction/ julian knaack producer/ karli baumann production manager/ justine solomon editor/ alexander peri grading/ nicke jacobsson score/ lex lugner set sound/ chad grove assistant set sound / luphunzo jonas sounddesign/ paul powaljaew soundmixing narratives/ paul powaljaew soundmixing vignette/ matthias millhoff production designer/ julian knaack assistant prod. design/ aphendule bonakete, mcebisi sidlai 1st assistant camera/ ricardo koopman 2. ac + dit/ mihlali mali, mthokozisi msomi, luphunzo jonas loader/ ricardo koopman grip/ shannon solomon casting/ andi davis make up & hair/ michi schietzel, jane jakobi, gilli williams styling/ anett steinbrecher gaffer & light/ mihlali mali, mthokozisi msomi, luphunzo jonas, aphendule bonakete, mcebisi sidlai vfx + compositing/ katalyst berlin, pascal schelbli music production/ de falcon music berlin vo talents/ alis kotze, aza mhlana, kim dawson, jordan magrobi, miles higginson vo producer london/ norman dickfeld - smoke&mirrors, jenny standish - big kahuna vo sound engineers london/ michalis athis - big kahuna, gurdeep singh - big kahuna vo producer cape town/ aphendule bonakete

special thanks martina luelsdorf, moritz merkel/ stink films berlin charlie hey, mon cherie fourie, melissa/ stillking films cape town justine solomon michael boxrucker/ kodak germany nina boriri/ focus film lab pablo b. de falcón/ de falcon music steffen röthinger/ katalyst berlin sofia misgena/ the talent group christoph schaller, ferdinand feldmann/ studio cnp philip doble/ panavision south africa andy davis/ iafrica casting harley gibson/ whatever sets afda film school cape town olivia marten, zoran bihac, bernd t. hoefflin, flo sigl, martin schmid/ filmakademie baden-württemberg all our nearest and dearest

in remembrance of rudi rossouw.

[ashowsouthofbakersfield]

“EPISODE #3: TAPE FROM CALIFORNIA” PLAYLIST for OCTOBER 15, 2018 *** stands for new releases

Alison Krauss and Union Station - Momma Cried - New Favorite

Jack Grelle - Four  Doors - Steering Me Away

The Louvin Brothers - Are You Afraid - Handpicked Songs 1955-1962

Emmylou Harris - Leaving Louisiana - Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town

Kathy Moffat - Child Bride - Child Bride

Jean Ritchie - Gypsy Laddie - Ballads

Lucinda Williams - Fruits of My Labor - World Without Tears

Charley Pride - Wonder Could I  Live There Anymore - Country Legends

Charley Pride - I'd Rather Love You - Country Legends

Red Molly - Clinch River Blues - The Red Album

KT Oslin - 80 Ladies - 80s Ladies

Joshua Hedley - Weird Thought Thinker - Mr. Jukebox

Joy of Cooking - If Some God - Joy of Cooking

Phil Ochs - Tape from California - Millenium Collection

Jerry Jeff Walker - Desperados Waiting For A Train - Viva Terlingua

Tom T. Hall -- I Want To See The Parade -- One Hundred Children

Garrett T. Capps -- Baby Please -- In The Shadows (Again)

***Kristina Murray -- Lovers + Liars -- Southern Ambrosia***

John Baumann -- Midland -- West Texas Vernacular

***JP Harris -- When I Quit Drinking -- Sometimes Dog Bark At Nothing***

Townes Van Zandt -- Loretta -- Flyin' Shoes

John Hartford -- Nobody Eats At Linebaugh's Anymore -- Morning Bugle

David Wills -- There's A Song On The Jukebox -- From Barrooms To Bedrooms

Danny Epps -- Stillwater, Sad Song -- Danny Epps

Kacy & Clayton -- This World Has Seven Wonders -- The Siren's Song

Daniel Romano -- Strange Faces -- If I've Only One Time Askin'

T Bones -- Melbourne Town -- Cannot Settle Down

Zephaniah OHora -- Way Down In My Soul -- This Highway

[thladklaus-blog]

Jurassic Park Review

THAT DINOSAUR MOVIE WHERE JEFF GOLDBLUM IS HALF NAKED ON A TABLE

Jurassic Park (1993) Movie Review

Nicholas Baumann

           Jurassic Park: A critically acclaimed science fiction movie based on the 1990 novel of the same name that came out in 1993 from Universal Pictures, is a cinematic masterpiece. The movie stars great actors such as Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neil, and Laura Dern amongst others, and about 230 set pieces of dinosaurs that blew the mind of movie-goers and film makers of the time and even today. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the movie takes place on a secluded island in Costa Rica where a retired millionaire decided to put his resources towards building a theme park and reviving dinosaurs from prehistory. However, his illusion of control over the animals in his park gets the best of him, and the lives of the people he invited to test the park out, and even his own grandchildren are put on the line.

The movie is a beautiful blend of music, effects, and writing, that I and many others can’t help but to enjoy. The score is written by John Williams himself and masterfully captures the awe and mighty moments portrayed in the movie. The theme of Jurassic Park is a song that I’m sure many people can sing in their heads as they read this. The effects of the movie are truly amazing. Over 230 set pieces of dinosaurs were made to portray them in an accurate way in the movie. Raptor suits were made, and T-Rex heads were crafted with assistance from real paleontologists in order to craft realistic dinosaurs. These ACTUAL effects, not the over done and non-believable CGI you see in movies today, were amazing, and STILL hold up to modern effects today.

Lastly is the writing of the film. We should establish that the content of the movie is of course, non-real and purely fictional, so of course the writing and acting is going to be unable to actually illicit a realistic response to being chased by a T-Rex or Raptor. BUT WOW DID THEY GET CLOSE. The writing in the movie is truly amazing in how the characters react and respond to the varying scenarios the movie presents to them. Dr. Allen Grant, the main character played by Sam Neil, was developed throughout the whole movie in an amazing way. His background in paleontology was defined and reinforced, but he was also developed as a caring man. His character was in charge of taking care of the children, or David Attenbourgh’s character’s grandchildren. After the T-Rex attack, the largest part of the movie, we see the characters react in ways that no one could have predicted. Dr. Grant, the stone-cold scientist, lunged to help the kids. Jeff Goldblum’s character, the wise cracking and idealistic Dr. Malcolm, tried to take the T-Rex’s attention away from the kids and almost sacrificing himself. Within consideration of the fictional universe, we see the characters react in human, and believable ways despite the unrealistic situation that was presented cheesily.

In conclusion, the movie is amazing. While it of course suffers from the 90s shtick of WE NEED ACTION SO WHAM THERE IT IS!!! Where otherwise good scenes are plopped onto the movie-goer’s lap. The movie’s music, set building, and character development is truly masterful, and the over 30 academy awards it has gained through the years are all certainly deserved. I would have to give this movie a 5/5. It is a must see, a true science fiction classic.

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Das sind doch bloß Verschwörungstheorien wie aus dem Bilderbuch

LePenseur:"Wenn sich die Bilderbücher ... äh ... -berger treffen, dann ist das doch ein harmloses Kaffeekränzchen honoriger älterer Herrschaften, die halt ein bisserl plaudern wollen ... über frühere Zeiten, und über Gott und die Welt. Nicht erwähnenswert. Wer's doch erwähnt, ist ein Verschwörungstheoretiker. Harmlose, ältere Herrschaften? Älter ... nun ja: Jugendliche werden in Führungsetagen generell eher selten zu finden sein. Harmlos & honorig ... nun, das sollte angesichts der Teilnehmerliste doch noch hinterfragenswert bleiben: Bilderberg 2017: Liste der Teilnehmer Vorsitz: * Castries, Henri de (FRA), Former Chairman and CEO, AXA; President of Institut Montaigne Teilnehmer: * Achleitner, Paul M. (DEU), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG * Adonis, Andrew (GBR), Chair, National Infrastructure Commission * Agius, Marcus (GBR), Chairman, PA Consulting Group * Akyol, Mustafa (TUR), Senior Visiting Fellow, Freedom Project at Wellesley College * Alstadheim, Kjetil B. (NOR), Political Editor, Dagens Næringsliv * Altman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chairman, Evercore * Arnaut, José Luis (PRT), Managing Partner, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut * Barroso, José M. Durão (PRT), Chairman, Goldman Sachs International * Bäte, Oliver (DEU), CEO, Allianz SE * Baumann, Werner (DEU), Chairman, Bayer AG * Baverez, Nicolas (FRA), Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher * Benko, René (AUT), Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board, SIGNA Holding GmbH * Berner, Anne-Catherine (FIN), Minister of Transport and Communications * Botín, Ana P. (ESP), Executive Chairman, Banco Santander * Brandtzæg, Svein Richard (NOR), President and CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA * Brennan, John O. (USA), Senior Advisor, Kissinger Associates Inc. * Bsirske, Frank (DEU), Chairman, United Services Union * Buberl, Thomas (FRA), CEO, AXA * Bunn, M. Elaine (USA), Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense * Burns, William J. (USA), President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace * Çakiroglu, Levent (TUR), CEO, Koç Holding A.S. * Çamlibel, Cansu (TUR), Washington DC Bureau Chief, Hürriyet Newspaper * Cebrián, Juan Luis (ESP), Executive Chairman, PRISA and El País * Clemet, Kristin (NOR), CEO, Civita * Cohen, David S. (USA), Former Deputy Director, CIA * Collison, Patrick (USA), CEO, Stripe * Cotton, Tom (USA), Senator * Cui, Tiankai (CHN), Ambassador to the US * Döpfner, Mathias (DEU), CEO, Axel Springer SE * Elkann, John (ITA), Chairman, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles * Enders, Thomas (DEU), CEO, Airbus SE * Federspiel, Ulrik (DNK), Group Executive, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S * Ferguson, Jr., Roger W. (USA), President and CEO, TIAA * Ferguson, Niall (USA), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University * Gianotti, Fabiola (ITA), Director General, CERN * Gozi, Sandro (ITA), State Secretary for European Affairs * Graham, Lindsey (USA), Senator * Greenberg, Evan G. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Chubb Group * Griffin, Kenneth (USA), Founder and CEO, Citadel Investment Group, LLC * Gruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor „Otto e mezzo“, La7 TV * Guindos, Luis de (ESP), Minister of Economy, Industry and Competiveness * Haines, Avril D. (USA), Former Deputy National Security Advisor * Halberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor of Economics, Leiden University * Hamers, Ralph (NLD), Chairman, ING Group * Hedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR Foundation * Hennis-Plasschaert, Jeanine (NLD), Minister of Defence, The Netherlands * Hobson, Mellody (USA), President, Ariel Investments LLC * Hoffman, Reid (USA), Co-Founder, LinkedIn and Partner, Greylock * Houghton, Nicholas (GBR), Former Chief of Defence * Ischinger, Wolfgang (INT), Chairman, Munich Security Conference * Jacobs, Kenneth M. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Lazard * Johnson, James A. (USA), Chairman, Johnson Capital Partners * Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. (USA), Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC * Karp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies * Kengeter, Carsten (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Börse AG * Kissinger, Henry A. (USA), Chairman, Kissinger Associates Inc. * Klatten, Susanne (DEU), Managing Director, SKion GmbH * Kleinfeld, Klaus (USA), Former Chairman and CEO, Arconic * Knot, Klaas H.W. (NLD), President, De Nederlandsche Bank * Koç, Ömer M. (TUR), Chairman, Koç Holding A.S. * Kotkin, Stephen (USA), Professor in History and International Affairs, Princeton University * Kravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR * Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute * Kudelski, André (CHE), Chairman and CEO, Kudelski Group * Lagarde, Christine (INT), Managing Director, International Monetary Fund * Lenglet, François (FRA), Chief Economics Commentator, France 2 * Leysen, Thomas (BEL), Chairman, KBC Group * Liddell, Christopher (USA), Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Initiatives * Lööf, Annie (SWE), Party Leader, Centre Party * Mathews, Jessica T. (USA), Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace * McAuliffe, Terence (USA), Governor of Virginia * McKay, David I. (CAN), President and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada * McMaster, H.R. (USA), National Security Advisor * Mexia, António Luís Guerra Nunes (PRT), President, Eurelectric and CEO, EDP Energias de Portugal * Micklethwait, John (INT), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LP * Minton Beddoes, Zanny (INT), Editor-in-Chief, The Economist * Molinari, Maurizio (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, La Stampa * Monaco, Lisa (USA), Former Homeland Security Officer * Morneau, Bill (CAN), Minister of Finance * Mundie, Craig J. (USA), President, Mundie & Associates * Murtagh, Gene M. (IRL), CEO, Kingspan Group plc * Netherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD) * Noonan, Peggy (USA), Author and Columnist, The Wall Street Journal * O’Leary, Michael (IRL), CEO, Ryanair D.A.C. * Osborne, George (GBR), Editor, London Evening Standard * Papahelas, Alexis (GRC), Executive Editor, Kathimerini Newspaper * Papalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), CEO, Titan Cement Co. * Petraeus, David H. (USA), Chairman, KKR Global Institute * Pind, Søren (DNK), Minister for Higher Education and Science * Puga, Benoît (FRA), Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honor and Chancellor of the National Order of Merit * Rachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, The Financial Times * Reisman, Heather M. (CAN), Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc. * Rivera Díaz, Albert (ESP), President, Ciudadanos Party * Rosén, Johanna (SWE), Professor in Materials Physics, Linköping University * Ross, Wilbur L. (USA), Secretary of Commerce * Rubenstein, David M. (USA), Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group * Rubin, Robert E. (USA), Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations and Former Treasury Secretary * Ruoff, Susanne (CHE), CEO, Swiss Post * Rutten, Gwendolyn (BEL), Chair, Open VLD * Sabia, Michael (CAN), CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec * Sawers, John (GBR), Chairman and Partner, Macro Advisory Partners * Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Deputy Assistant to the President, National Security Council * Schmidt, Eric E. (USA), Executive Chairman, Alphabet Inc. * Schneider-Ammann, Johann N. (CHE), Federal Councillor, Swiss Confederation * Scholten, Rudolf (AUT), President, Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue * Severgnini, Beppe (ITA), Editor-in-Chief, 7-Corriere della Sera * Sikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Senior Fellow, Harvard University * Slat, Boyan (NLD), CEO and Founder, The Ocean Cleanup * Spahn, Jens (DEU), Parliamentary State Secretary and Federal Ministry of Finance * Stephenson, Randall L. (USA), Chairman and CEO, AT&T * Stern, Andrew (USA), President Emeritus, SEIU and Senior Fellow, Economic Security Project * Stoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATO * Summers, Lawrence H. (USA), Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard University * Tertrais, Bruno (FRA), Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique * Thiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital * Topsøe, Jakob Haldor (DNK), Chairman, Haldor Topsøe Holding A/S * Ülgen, Sinan (TUR), Founding and Partner, Istanbul Economics * Vance, J.D. (USA), Author and Partner, Mithril * Wahlroos, Björn (FIN), Chairman, Sampo Group, Nordea Bank, UPM-Kymmene Corporation * Wallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chairman, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB * Walter, Amy (USA), Editor, The Cook Political Report * Weston, Galen G. (CAN), CEO and Executive Chairman, Loblaw Companies Ltd and George Weston Companies * White, Sharon (GBR), Chief Executive, Ofcom * Wieseltier, Leon (USA), Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy, The Brookings Institution * Wolf, Martin H. (INT), Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times * Wolfensohn, James D. (USA), Chairman and CEO, Wolfensohn & Company * Wunsch, Pierre (BEL), Vice-Governor, National Bank of Belgium * Zeiler, Gerhard (AUT), President, Turner International * Zients, Jeffrey D. (USA), Former Director, National Economic Council * Zoellick, Robert B. (USA), Non-Executive Chairman, AllianceBernstein L.P. Da tummelt sich viel Geld, und noch mehr Macht. Von White-Collar-Kriminalität ganz abgesehen. Von menschlich-moralischer Letztklassigkeit wollen wir erst garnicht zu reden anfangen, denn da ist der Pegel erfahrungsgemäß eng zum wirtschaftlichen und politischen Erfolg korreliert. Nur: bloß Verschwörungstheorie, wenn man das faktisch doch "halbgeheime" Bilderbergertreffen nicht taxfrei als Kaffekränzchen einstuft ... will man uns verkohlen? Die Frage zu stellen heißt ... http://dlvr.it/PJB91N "