Not a shill, plenty up in the notables to back me up. I mentioned Google and You Tube 2x's as examples of competition and how it exists, My Space was one of the 1st social networking sites, Facebook built a better one, and grew. That's how the free market works, you build a better mouse trap and you are on top, how long you stay there is dependent on continuing innovation. The analogy you make is like saying Facebook is too big to fail.
I know what Facebook is I have know it for years, I in fact don't participate in it and never did for that very reason. What point did I avoid, refresh my memory?
Trump's tweets could prompt OPEC to boost oil production
Industry experts and even the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are acknowledging that President Trump's tweets calling for more oil production may be having an effect.
Trump warned OPEC last month that "oil prices are artificially Very High! No good and will not be accepted!" On Friday, it became clear that OPEC listened.
Saudi Arabia, the largest member of OPEC, and Russia, the leader of non-OPEC countries that are cooperating with the oil group to restrict supply to boost prices, said they are prepared to change course and increase production to calm consumer fears.
OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo said Trump’s prodding had inspired the idea of upping oil production.
“We pride ourselves as friends of the United States,” Barkindo said during a panel with the Saudi and Russian energy ministers.
One expert said Trump's direct message was able to quickly spur action.
“The president's tweet was speaking truth to power to the oil producing countries,” Amy Myers Jaffe, a leading expert on global energy policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, told the Washington Examiner. “When private negotiations don't work, there is a place in diplomacy for public statements, and the president’s tweet was extremely well timed. It got people's attention, and there has obviously been subsequent dialogue with our allies. You are seeing the response now.”
The countries are discussing raising oil production by about 1 million barrels per day, Reuters reported, after 17 months of supply curbs.
The move would be a dramatic about-face for Saudi Arabia and Russia, which had been discussing extending by 10 to 20 years its agreement to cut oil supplies.
Most OPEC nations have been harmed financially by low oil prices over the past three years, driven in part by less demand from the U.S., which is producing more at home.
But prices have rallied in recent months, as some OPEC countries restricted production more than the amount targeted under the agreement, and other supply disruptions have occurred. One disruption was an unintended reduction from Venezuela, which is suffering from a political and financial crisis.
Energy experts also warn of future price increases caused by impending U.S. oil sanctions on Iran after Trump abandoned the nuclear agreement with Tehran.
While higher oil prices benefit U.S. producers and help advance the president’s “energy dominance agenda,” Trump has noticed the corresponding spike in gasoline prices. The price of crude oil is the largest component of gasoline prices.
“OPEC, and all producers, benefit from higher prices, but too high too quickly can have an adverse impact on economic growth and energy demand, as well as stimulating new supply, so OPEC needs to be careful as they try to manage the market here,” said Frank Verrastro, senior vice president of the energy and national security program at Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“For the U.S., Memorial Day kicks off the summer driving season and U.S. consumers are seeing gasoline pump prices this year up 50-65 cents per gallon from last summer, and not happy about it,” he said.
The Trump administration has worked to bolster ties with Saudi Arabia, as the two powers pursue shared goals in the Middle East, such as combating Iranian influence. Experts say that leverage may be pushing the Saudis to listen to Trump.
“Lower oil prices may be the price for Saudi Arabia to get the policy they want against Iran,” Antoine Halff, a senior research scholar with the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, told the Washington Examiner.
Verrastro and Halff say Americans aren’t the only ones complaining about higher oil prices, and Trump may not be the most important player urging action. India, a large and growing consumer of oil, has called on OPEC to moderate prices by adding supply to the market.
https:// www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/trumps-tweets-could-prompt-opec-to-boost-oil-production
Alberto claims its first victims
Two reporters are killed while covering the tropical storm after it makes landfall across Florida and The South with winds blowing up to 50mph causing flash flooding.
News anchor Mike McCormick and photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer were killed Monday in North Carolina
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The WYFF-TV crew were struck by a tree as they reported on Subtropical Storm Alberto's severe weather.
They were found dead by a local fire crew just 10 minutes after they had interviewed the chief about the storm.
The deaths came as Alberto made landfall near Laguna Beach, Florida, on Monday afternoon
Alberto remaining below hurricane strength will result in a small area of winds that can lead to power outages and tree damage across the Florida Panhandle
The storm is expected to unload widespread 4-8 inches with locally higher amounts on the Florida Panhandle and into Alabama into Monday night.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5778295/Storm-Alberto-gains-strength-approaching-northern-Gulf-Coast.
PEO Sisterhood Dig
I found some interesting pic's on Pintrest, regarding this organization. This is only a portion of what is on this page, interesting information.
https:// www.pinterest.com/glohistory/peo-sisterhood/
They have really perfected their skill for assigning blame even when it can be tracked. Just never surprises me though.
I am not sure, yet, I think the best way is to check into Open Secrets.org and check out the money portion to decide. The images seem to have some kind of message, seeing flowers and stars as the focal at the moment.
This is very interesting, I also found this, hmmm
P.E.O. International Headquarters · 3700 Grand Avenue · Des Moines, Iowa 50312 ·
Interesting… it does seem to bear some resemblance to that, not quite sure at the moment though.
What do the letters P.E.O. stand for?
P.E.O. stands for Philanthropic Educational Organization.
The original meaning of the letters, as established by the P.E.O. Founders, is reserved for members only.
What is the P.E.O. emblem?
At her initiation, the P.E.O. star is lent to each member as long as she is an active member of a chapter. A member may have filled out The P.E.O. Wish indicating whether she wishes the emblem to be buried with her. Her chapter president should have a copy of her wish. If it is not buried with the member, the emblem should be returned to her chapter or the P.E.O. Executive Office. If you do not have a chapter contact, please send the emblem to the P.E.O. Executive Office.
Can the P.E.O. emblem be used on a headstone?
The official P.E.O. emblem may be engraved on a member's headstone. In addition, in the Items for Sale by Chapters (also published in the back of every P.E.O. Record), a replica of the emblem to affix to a tombstone and a star marker may be purchased.
https://www.peointernational.org/frequently-asked-questions
Virginia Alice Cottey and the P.E.O. Sisterhood
Virginia Alice Cottey and the P.E.O. Sisterhood
(Philanthropic Educational Organization)
Cottey’s commitment to academic quality, its spirited and energetic environment, and independent mindedness are qualities it inherited from its founder Virginia Alice Cottey.
Virginia Alice Cottey Stockard
Alice didn’t let circumstance stop her. As a farm girl living in Knox County, Missouri in the 1840’s, there weren’t a lot of educational opportunities for Alice and other young women. And while her parents sought to give her every chance at an education, she took on most of the responsibility herself by becoming a voracious reader. Out of her studies she grew to love teaching and became committed to the idea that women should have the same access to education that men did.
With Mary Lyon, founder of Mount Holyoke College, as her inspiration, Alice set out to start a college. And with no more than $3,000 in savings and determination, she contacted Methodist ministers all over Missouri looking for partners. She got a response from Reverend McClure and Mr. Harry C. Moore, mayor, of Nevada, MO. Seeing a college as an opportunity for the town, they took Alice up on her offer to build a school on land that they would donate.
In 1926, her school had been thriving for 42 years, Alice was invited to join a chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood. Although she initially felt she was too old to become a new member, she was initiated into Missouri’s Chapter DW. She did see the organization as the appropriate shepherd to take the college forward. So in 1927, she gifted the school to the P.E.O.s.
Cottey and Daisies
Wondering why all the daisies at Cottey? Here’s why. During her address to the P.E.O. convention Alice noted the following:
“As I have been sitting here, I have been thinking how strange are the ways of God to man. At the time the P.E.O. Sisterhood was beginning to foster the education of women, in a little town in Missouri I was struggling toward that same goal. As I looked at this bowl of Marguerites (other word for daisies) tied with yellow and white, I thought of a handful of hopeful young girls years ago meeting in a plain study hall to vote on the school colors and a flower to represent them–they decided on the Marguerite and the yellow and white.”
http://www.cottey.edu/why-cottey/peo-connection/
Machine learning is helping computers spot arguments online before they happen
‘Hey there. It looks like you’re trying to rile someone up for no good reason?’
https:// www.theverge.com/2018/5/23/17379526/machine-learning-ai-spot-arguments-online-wikipedia
So far, we have found pretty much the same things, one exception, they have a loan program, I had the chart of how it works up, but for whatever reason, I can't put my fingers on it.
I can also confirm there are no political contributions at least in the name of PEO or Cottey College, I was looking for the foundation IRS designation, because I do believe that I have seen something on this in the past.
You know that star thing is strange isn't it?
I was thinking that, but the lending thing combined with the creep occurrences. What do you make of the daisies?
Okay, that is very interesting.
As a result, P.E.O. is clearly making a difference in the lives of women all over the world. More than 105,000 women have benefited from our organization's educational grants, loans, awards, special projects and stewardship of Cottey College. As of May 2018, P.E.O. has awarded Educational Loan Fund dollars totaling more than $195.4 million, International Peace Scholarships are more than $37.9 million, Program for Continuing Education grants are more than $55.3 million, Scholar Awards are more than $24.5 million and P.E.O. STAR Scholarships are more than $8.5 million. In addition, P.E.O. has owned and supported Cottey College, an independent, baccalaureate-granting liberal arts and sciences institution, since 1927. In 2017-18, 75% of Cottey students had declared a four-year major.
Now to find out where all of that money is coming from.
Found the chart, I was talking about,
https:// www.peointernational.org/sites/www.peointernational.org/files/documents/projectfactchart_8.5x11_color_web.pdf
Sorry wrong post meant one above you