Citing your paper can be annoying. Below is a neat website that automatically generates your citation in the format you need. Hope this helps!
https://www.citationmachine.net/

1. Understand the Assignment: Make sure you fully understand the requirements and expectations of your paper. Pay attention to the topic, length, formatting, and any specific instructions provided by your instructor.
   
2. Choose a Topic: Select a topic that interests you and aligns with the assignment requirements. If the topic is already assigned, think about how you can narrow it down to a specific aspect or angle that you find compelling.
   
3. Research: Gather relevant information and sources to support your arguments or claims. Utilize academic databases, scholarly articles, books, and credible websites to gather information. Take detailed notes and keep track of your sources for proper citation.
   
4. Create an Outline: Organize your thoughts and ideas by creating an outline. This will help you structure your paper and ensure that your arguments flow logically from one point to the next. Include an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion in your outline.
   
5. Write the Introduction: Start your paper with an engaging introduction that grabs the reader's attention and provides background information on the topic. Clearly state your thesis or main argument at the end of the introduction.
   
6. Develop the Body Paragraphs: Each body paragraph should focus on a single point or aspect of your topic. Provide evidence, examples, and analysis to support your arguments. Make sure to use clear and concise language, and transition smoothly between paragraphs.
   
7. Craft a Strong Conclusion: Summarize the main points of your paper and restate your thesis in the conclusion. Avoid introducing new information here. Instead, reflect on the significance of your findings and suggest possible avenues for future research or discussion.
   
8. Revise and Edit: Once you've completed the first draft, take time to revise and edit your paper. Check for clarity, coherence, and consistency in your arguments. Make sure your writing is free of grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors. Consider seeking feedback from peers, tutors, or instructors.
   
9. Format and Cite Sources: Format your paper according to the specified style guide (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago). Ensure proper citation of all sources used in your paper to avoid plagiarism. Double-check your citations and bibliography for accuracy.
   
10. Proofread: Before submitting your final paper, carefully proofread it one last time to catch any lingering errors or typos. Reading your paper aloud can help you identify awkward phrasing or grammatical mistakes.
    

By following these steps and dedicating time and effort to each stage of the writing process, you can produce a well-written and coherent paper that meets the expectations of your assignment. Remember to start early, stay organized, and seek assistance if needed.

Getting organized to sit down and write a major term paper is such a daunting task for us folks with ADHD. As a student I would have vague ideas of what I want to write, but lacked the executive function to get to the job done. I would stare at a blank Word doc, type a sentence, delete a sentence, repeat. Unexpected for a writing major, I know. Are you looking for a way to break out of this cycle?
May I present: the Index Card Method.
As a high school student in the 1990s, I was forced to use this method to write a ten page senior thesis. Nearly all senior level English classes in my school used this method. Prior to that year, I had seen students carrying around fat stacks of index cards, protecting them like their ability to graduate depended on them. It did. I begrudgingly followed this methodical approach even though it wasn't "the way I write." Ironically, I found it so helpful I continued using this method throughout college, and admittedly even in grad school 25 years later.
What is it?
It's a low-tech system of organizing your sources, topics, details, citations, and anything else that goes into your paper.
Why low-tech?
It is a hands-on process loaded with sensory actions. Physically handling and arranging the index cards helps me focus on a task. Filling out an index card and setting it aside and then picking up another FEELS productive. Seeing a growing pile of index cards as you move through the project LOOKS like productivity. These sensory activities boost my momentum.
The best part of this method is how it breaks down a mountain of a project into smaller tasks without requiring me to create a big plan before I can start working on it. The size of each task is literally the size of an index card. Plus, it is an opportunity to use those cool pens you bought the last time you said you would start journaling.
The Index Card Method cannot be done the night before a paper is due, at least I wouldn't try it anyway. If you don't like writing outlines or drafts, give this method a try - but if you're cramming, do give yourself a week to get it done.
How does it work?

Step 1: Cards

Get some 3x5 index cards. For a 10-page, double spaced paper, you will need around 300 cards.
Do not get 150 4x6 cards. They must be 3x5.
For this post, I will assume anyone following this method is using lined index cards. It does not matter if the cards are lined, but know that when I say "On the top line write..." I mean where the actual top line of the card would be. This also means you will be writing across width of the cards in landscape orientation, meaning a full line of text on a 3x5 card runs 5 inches, not 3 inches.
There are two simple, but vital rules to remember when creating cards.

1. Only write on one side of the card. Leave the other side blank. You will need to see all of a card's contents at a quick glance.
   
2. If you make a mistake on a card, immediately tear it in half so it doesn't get mixed up with the ones you want to keep.
   

Step 2: Thesis card

You will only have a thesis card if you are writing a thesis (argument) paper.
In the center of the top line of your thesis card, write "Thesis Statement."
Now write your thesis statement below that.

Step 3: Topic cards

In the center of the top line write "Topic." Below that, write the name of a topic related to your thesis statement.
Topics should be broad, written as one or two words. Create as many topic cards as you think you will need. You can always create more later, so don't get stuck on this part.
Example: topics related to a thesis on the healthcare industry may include: Insurance, Costs, Medicare, Medicaid, Prevention, Prescription Drugs, Hospitals, etc.

Step 4: First Layout

Spread out your topic cards on a table. Select the broadest topics and line them up in a row in the order in which you would like them in your paper. Now arrange the narrower topics in columns below the broad topics in the order that makes sense to you. Using the example of the healthcare industry in the previous step, "Costs" may be a broad topic with "Insurance" and "Prescription Drugs" listed beneath it.
Split a topic if you need to. "Costs" could also be split into "Consumer Costs" and "National Costs", then "Insurance" and "Prescription Drugs".
Don't expect to have a lot of topic cards at this point. You may only have one or two subtopics for each broad topic. This is fine. You can always add more as you go along.
Take a picture of your topic cards in this arrangement.
Congratulations, you just made an outline!
Now type it out. Title it "Preliminary Outline."

Step 5: Sources

Go find sources you would like to use for your paper. When you find a source you would like to use, create a bibliography card.

Step 6: Bibliography cards

In the center of the top line write "Bibliography".
In the upper left hand corner of the card on the top line, write the number "1", as it is your first Bibliography card. This is your source ID.
Now write the complete and proper reference of your source, formatted according to your citation style. Include doi links, if applicable. Where italic font is used in a citation, underline it on your card.
Open a new document file. Title it "References", "Works Cited", etc., depending on your citation style. Type out your bibliography cards in the order appropriate to your citation style. Most likely they will be alphabetical by author. As you find more sources and write out bibliography cards, add them to this document.
About citation styles:
A citation style is a way to reference your sources, specifically how you list them out and how you identify where you found a fact or quote.
If you are in highschool, your teacher will tell you how to write write and format sources and citations. If they don't, ask.
If you are an undergrad, most professors don't care which style you choose, but they want it consistent. If this is the case, I recommend using APA or MLA because they use simple, in-line citations.
If you are a graduate student, use the appropriate style for your field. If your reference style uses foot notes or end notes, please be aware you may need to create citation IDs later to help you stay organized.

Step 7: Read and Highlight

As you read through your sources, highlight anything that stands out to you that you may want to use in your paper.
This is where I would normally say it does not matter if your sources are printed or digital, but for many of us it does matter. Stepping away from technology is one the reasons I find this method so effective. I encourage you to print articles or photocopy sources when possible.
Your school likely has access to full-text articles online that can be downloaded as PDFs and printed later.
If your source is text from a website, right click on in the body of the text and select Print. When the print window pops up, select PDF (or Adobe PDF) as your printer. In the next pop up, select where you would like to store your file. Your source is now saved as a PDF. By the way, printing to a PDF is the easiest way to save a file while maintaining its formatting. Try it from any program. Now when you print it to paper, it will look like the PDF.

STEP 8: Detail cards

In the center of the top line write the topic related to the highlighted text. If you do not have a related topic card, make one.
In the upper left corner on the top line, write the source ID that matches the one on its respective bibliography card.
In the upper right corner on the top line of each card write the page number(s) from your source as "p 87" or "pp 87-88". If your source does not have page numbers, write your source's equivalent as it applies (act/scene numbers, time stamp, etc.). Look up a style reference guide for requirements.
Now in your own words, write about an area you highlighted. If you want to directly quote the article, make sure you use quotation marks. Otherwise, simply paraphrase it. Use complete sentences.
If you are copying a long quote and run out of room on a card, write the topic, source ID, and page number on another new card and continue writing your quote. In the bottom right corners write "1 of 2" and "2 of 2" respectively.
Create bibliography and detail cards for all your sources. Find more sources as needed. For a 10-page double spaced paper, expect to have around 150-200 detail cards.

Step 9: Second Layout

Lay out all of your topic cards in the same order as your preliminary outline, only this time line them all up in one row.
By this time you may also want to combine or eliminate topics because your project took a different direction from when you first wrote them. This is fine.
When you think you have enough detail cards, sort them into piles by topic. Now arrange your detail cards in columns under their topics in a way that makes sense to you.
Take a picture of all your cards in this arrangement.
Congratulations, you just layed out your final outline!

Step 10: Type Your Outline

Save a copy of your preliminary outline and title it "Final Outline." Fill in the text from the detail cards. Each detail card should be a separate bullet point on your outline. After typing out a detail card, add the citation at the end. You already know the source because you wrote the source number in the upper left hand corner of each card.
You should not have anything in your final outline that is not written down on an index card.

Step 11: First Draft

Save a copy of your final outline and name it "First Draft." Now arrange your bullet points into paragraphs. This is your draft.
Now print it . Proofread it. Ask a friend to proofread it. Mark it up and make any necessary changes on paper. Don't change any quoted text because quotes are ...well ...quotes.

Step 12: Final Copy

Save a copy of your First draft and name the file "Final Copy." Type the edits you handwrote on paper. I realize with today's technology a lot of proofreading and peer editing is done electronically. This is fine. If you're using Google Docs, be sure to use Suggestion Mode. If using Word, turn on Track Changes.
Your paper is done.
High school students, if your teacher doesn't think you've made enough changes between your draft and your final copy, hand over your stack of index cards, both outlines, and your highlighted sources. They will know you didn't use ChatGPT or copy someone else's work because you can't fake what you've just handed to them.
Edit: See my other post for a technique that harnesses your ADHD to help you organize a project or to present new ideas to a group.
https://www.reddit.com/TwoXADHD/s/Y4pUfQR0R3

Seems like crash for cash to me. This was their first email.
The other post on Reddit was as follows:
I have had a series of letters asking for compensation because I have a tracking pixel on my website.
I did not have a GDPR banner, so I added one of those and I have removed the tracking code as actually at the moment I don't use it.
The guy is threatening to sue If I don't pay compensation.
Any advice?
Edit: Thank you for all your advice. I have installed a GDPR cookie consent widget thing, so hopefully that will prevent this from happening in the future, I have also removed the pixel code, as actually I don't use it for anything anymore.
So far I have ignored the letters as I don't want to encourage contact, I guess if he sues I will have to seek legal advice.
Edit 4: A year later, people are still asking about this. I told him that I would see him in court. Nothing happened after that. Hope that helps.
Edit 3: Lots of you have asked what the outcome of this was. I responded that I would give him no money and that I would see him court if that's what he wanted and am awaiting for him to officially sue.
This was six months ago and I haven't heard anything back yet.
29th February 2024
To;
Dear SiMadam,
Personal Data Breach Notification – Cookie Notification and Consent Compliance Failures; Facebook Pixel
I write to inform you of an on-going data breach resident in the codebase of your web-site registered under your domain;
The breach concerns on-going and unauthorised transmission of Personal Data (PD) to third parties extracted through ‘social-plug-ins’ you have deployed into the codebase of your web-site.
Your web-site is unlawfully ‘tracking’ me.
Explicitly, along with other plug-ins found, you have embedded the Facebook ‘Pixel’ plug-in which by default, facilitates the transmission of personal data when any visitor browses to any page within the domain. I have provided further information concerning the Facebook Pixel itself at the end of this email.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations (PECR) define compliance standards for the processing of all plug-ins including those issued by third parties designed as ‘cookies’ to be ‘dropped’ into PC’s and other on-line devices belonging to those data subjects who visit your web-site. Cookies themselves are designed to leverage the reach, performance and analytic of those host web-sites. National regulators including the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) in the UK have provided additional guidance to business and other-group users considering how to deploy such cookie technologies lawfully 1 (all superscript references at end of document) . You have not followed this guidance nor the data regulations in respect of such processing.
Final rulings in 2019 from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the case of FashionID2 and Planet4926 cases both outlaw all but the most exceptional ‘visitor-notified-and-consented’ deployments of plug-ins including Pixels3 which leak the visitor PD to the plug-in issuing businesses. Typically, the ‘plug-in’ issuers are global US ‘big-tech’ organisations including (though not limited to) Facebook, the particular focus of this notification to you.
Because your site leaks data to 3rd parties located in the US, this brings about additional considerations for lawful data processing. Note, earlier in 2020, the CJEU also ruled that exports of personal data to the US cannot rely on the Privacy Shield Mechanism for such data transfers (SchremsII).
Your web-site fails to meet the privacy standards of regulations and
This letter provides formal notice of this failure to you.
The CJEU Fashion ID ruling affects you.
The CJEU FashionID and SchremsII rulings are two of many concerning data tracking and the legitimacy of plug-ins, yet one of few concluded as regulators and courts are currently overwhelmed with a substantial number of data-privacy-related cases against the US big-tech companies themselves4. In January 2023, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner ruled against Facebook in respect of processing personal data without a lawful basis for doing so.
For the avoidance of doubt, the CJEU FashionID, Planet49 and SchremsII judgements were made by a court of last-resort and such judgements are binding as precedent in the UK5. CJEU rulings govern compliance of all companies (as well as other organisations) whose data processing occurs within EU member states. The outcome from the CJEU continues to set precedent in the UK irrespective of the UK exit from the EU6 .
The UK is committed to on-going alignment to EU data privacy regulations.
The FashionID ruling was obtained after comprehensive technical investigations7 by national regulators, privacy bodies and courts. Indeed, technical investigations of plug-ins designed to transmit visitor data back-to-issuer first took place in consideration of the Facebook ‘like’ button plug-in in 20118. The technical evidence presented in a formative German case (Wirtschaftsakademie) found ‘social’ plug-ins embedded in web-sites leaked Personal Data (PD) of web-visitors to third-party data companies before any level of consent could be obtained through any technical mechanisms that might have presented a genuine notification of requirement for, captured and evidenced; web-visitor consent. Evidence at formative and subsequent legal hearings presented that such PD leaks occur instantaneously when a visitor lands any page within the domain.
With few exceptions, even the most highly engineered Consent Management tools (CMP’s) fail to prevent the instantaneous transmission of personal data and even today, it would be necessary for CMP’s to delete unscripted tracking pixels in order to achieve a lawful compliance standard for their clients’ web-sites. As you will appreciate, your own current web-site user-interface has no such cookie notification or consent mechanism in place in any case.
Nothing has changed since 2011 – and the privacy configuration issues concerning data leaks found in the Wirtschaftsakademie web-site very simply mirror the privacy configuration issues found in your own web-site as it exists today.
The following list of common plug-ins/third party assets cannot be considered as strictly necessary for the provision of the requested service (i.e. where page-landing to a web-site will ‘fire’ the immediate transfer of personal data) and are not compliant with Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive:
a: Google Tag Manager
b: Google Audiences
c: Google Analytics
d: Google Doubleclick
e: GoCubit/Cubit
f: Facebook Pixel
It is easily accessible and straightforward for you to validate the compliance status of all cookies on your web-site – try the blacklight website privacy inspection tool www.themarkup.org/blacklight or www.cookiebot.com for an entry
level (accessible) report of compliance failure of your web-site.
Despite straightforward accessibility and usability of cookie checking services, you and/or your design agents/marketing team have nevertheless allowed your own web-site design to incorporate unlawful tracking plug-ins. Furthermore, in the case of ; you have made no attempt to notify or request consent for dropping tracking cookies onto any of your web-site visitor’s equipment and instead, you rely on ‘default-yes-consent’ protocols which over-ride what should otherwise be an opportunity provided to your web-visitor to make an informed and unambiguous consent choice for their data to be processed by clearly identified third parties.
In its present configuration (with no cookie notification banner at all), site visitors remain ‘blind’ to those 3rd parties you have unilaterally chosen to be able to receive personal data – such configurations are particularly contemptuous of data protection regulation and privacy/cookie law.
Unilaterally dropping cookies to visitor terminal equipment and the ‘tracking’ that results through the deployments of these technologies is unlawful.
Irrespective of how Pixels are embedded in web-sites, the most common marketing plug-ins (including those ‘issued’ by Facebook), facilitate extraction and share routines for significant volumes of individuals personal data to be transmitted to the issuer (i.e. Facebook themselves) but also to many (hundreds if not thousands) of additional third parties downstream. As stated above, such transmission occurs instantaneously, with data including personal identifiers (i.e. within the scope of personal data as defined by data laws) ‘fired’ when a visitor simply lands a page anywhere within the site structure and before any mechanism might properly capture that visitor’s valid consent that might otherwise allow the data shaing. Using web-site scanning tools including those referenced above, I can evidence my personal data is transmitted to Facebook and to their established and substantially9 monetised ‘ads’ eco-system, irrespective of whether Facebook’s own advertising features/services have been added to the website.
“The fact that one of the parties does not have access to personal data processed is not sufficient to exclude [obligations of] joint controllership9(2)”
The ads eco-system provides over 90% of worldwide revenue for companies including Facebook and Google. In 2019, worldwide ads revenue for Facebook was $114 Billion and for Google; $209 Billion. Through a combination of profit shifting, opaque accounting and with leverage of the worlds most expensive political lobby, US-tech companies avoid the payment of effective rate corporation taxes in almost all of the territories where they operate.
The de-facto business model in place at all big-tech organisations referred to as the GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon) relies on the systematic and wide-scale hoovering-up of personal data from users10 including their search, navigation and geo-location footprints in order to deep profile behavioural dynamics that then make people buy certain things, vote in certain ways11,12 and generally act outside of personal behavioural norms (i.e. amplifying polarisation and hate). The ‘surplus’ behavioural data made available by corporate executive complicity in this eco-system is then sold by the GAFA cartel to advertisers – with an eye-watering volume of these data sales occurring outside the transparency requirements mandated by various regulations and laws.
The reach of these companies is invasive, harmful as well as unlawful.
Your business, as a data controller implementing their technologies, is nevertheless required to meet all the necessary standards of lawful processing. Currently, it does not do so.
Your partners; the social media networks themselves, are little more than a false media and ads system, with nation state sponsored fake propagandised accounts, the amplification of disinformation and the inconsistent implementation of censorship on hate-speech - causing real-life societal and cultural harms. A class action complaint has now been lodged with the courts in the US as well as UK seeking $150bn compensation from Facebook for their incitement of violence and subsequent genocide of the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar. Fake accounts have drowned, perverted, and distorted political discourse across continents and disrupted democracies for at least the past 7 years. Cambridge Analytica12 represents one of many vehicles that operated tens of thousands of false accounts and amplified untrue and anti-democratic messages to millions of unsuspecting voters throughout the world.
Despite the unquestioned leverage of social media in political elections globally, these new media channels, misinformation such as the ant-vaccine lobby or climate change denial, together with ‘fake-news’ and racist antagonists remain largely unchecked despite privacy regulation designed and enacted to protect citizens from the societal effects of such misinformation.
You choose to partner with organisations such as Facebook, abusing the personal data entrusted to you by many thousands of visitors to your web-site – visitors who are very simply not aware of the unlawful on-going ‘click-by-click’ data breach you have deployed (negligently, recklessly or deliberately) behind their backs.
Your web-site attracts many thousands of visitors – visitors you negligently, recklessly or (where ads services have been commissioned), knowingly target for profit.
Many businesses do not appreciate the ethical considerations of
deploying even the most simple of 3rd party tracking plug-ins.
Recent anti-trust investigations in the US and EU as well as official enquiries in the UK have also uncovered the GAFA cartel have even disrupted supply chains by aggressively entering markets where their own digital-services clients had evidenced profitability13. Through the analytic embedded elsewhere in the digital architecture of your web-site, the GAFA can ‘mop-up’, replicate and supply profitable business models to their preferred partners, cutting down competitiveness of supply – and in the medium term; cutting down you!
Partnering with these firms presents significant business risk.
Why ‘plug-in’ analytic which gives such firms un-rivalled insight
to your company’s commercial performance?
A reminder of your legal responsibilities
As a Data Controller, you have statutory obligations to meet standards in the protection of data subjects’ rights and freedoms concerning your company’s access, storing, use and sharing of personal data to third parties. In the context of the personal data captured through your web-site, you are a Joint Data Controller14 for personal data currently shared with such third parties and you are responsible for the consequences of enabling such sharing of your customers (or even, simply web-site visitors) data to occur.
You demonstrably fall short of obligations required by current regulation and ‘double-downed’ through an increasing precedent of legal outcomes including the CJEU FashionID case referenced above.
Further cases from National regulators in Spain (Vueling Airlines, 2019, Ikea, Antifawear, Imnova, Eslova, Solo Embrague, Packlink and Twitter) Denmark27 (Danish Meteorological Institute, 2020) and Luxembourg (Amazon themselves fined €746M in 2021) have all reinforced the precedents of the CJEU when ruling against data controllers and in consideration of unilateral ‘invisible-processing’ deployments of social plug-ins which facilitate the extraction of personal data. In July 2020, the CJEU additionally ruled to invalidate the adequacy of personal data transfers between the EU and US under its Privacy Shield framework, citing the unacceptability of US Government access to the private data of EU citizens. Known as ‘SchremsII’ the CJEU mandated an immediate cessation of data transfers to Privacy Shield framework members which include many of the top US technology companies including Facebook.
The forensic of regulation, regulator guidance and case law concerning the lawfulness of cookie deployments and the ‘export’ of data from companies operating across
the EU (including the UK) are inescapable.
Privacy By Design (PBD)
There are currently no technical solutions which might overcome the procedural/privacy notice requirements of the current regulations.
As raised earlier in this notification, for Facebook social plug-ins, cookie notification banners on their own are ineffective in the context of the timing of how personal data is effectively transferred to the 3rd party; data transfers are ‘fired’ instantaneously as a visitor lands at any page within the web-site. The relevant regulation covering cookies is in any way mandated through the EU ePrivacy directive 2002/58 amended 2009 (PECR). Note, these PECR15 regulations mandate consent (to GDPR standards) for the user to confirm deployment of any cookies yet alone those which facilitate extraction of personal data to a potential list of thousands of 3rd parties engineered to receive the personal data in downstream processes.
For the avoidance of doubt, cookie notices are an entirely ineffective
mechanism to obtain necessary consent for the Facebook 3rd party
‘pixel’ plug-in embedded within the domain.
There is no mitigation that your web-site does not even display a cookie notice, nor pretend to notify any visitor to your site you transmit data to Facebook, yet alone properly ask for a visitors consent for this to happen.
Should it have been relevant, the GDPR15 consent standard would have mandated full transparency to a named list of recipient parties receiving the personal data is made visible to data subjects at or before the time a users personal data was obtained. This is one of many interpretations of regulation Facebook rejects (i.e. they consider consent can include unilateral processing so long as it is informed after the event) and is fighting through appeals of decisions already made at a number of on-going regulatory tribunals and legal hearings across the world. Despite these legal battles, the status of these appeals has no bearing on your own responsibilities under Article 13 GDPR or in other regulation now enacted through the GDPR (UK) and you are currently obliged to comply with.
As Joint Data Controller responsible for protecting the rights of data subjects
here-and-now, it is not possible for you to meet the exacting requirements
of the regulations without a significant and immediate dismantling
of the ‘tracking-by-design’ of your current web-site.
To satisfy the requirements of the GDPR and PECR regulation, inserting mitigating contractual clauses covering data-sharing into privacy policies is similarly an ineffective mechanism to obtain the necessary consent from data subjects who simply visit your website. It is simply too late for data controllers to rely on mitigating privacy policies (or any clause designed to undermine the rights of data-subjects) for web-site visitors whose personal data has already been transmitted through the plug-ins themselves.
Rather, for the rights you take away; data-subjects obtain effective recourse under the provisions of several data protection and privacy regulations.
Such recourse is generally commissioned first through Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR) followed by complaints to regulators16. In the UK, personal data rights are overseen by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) who also provide a dedicated cookie complaint reporting portal18 https://wh.snapsurveys.com/s.asp?k=150296439091.
Data Subjects (including myself) affected by breach of their personal data are not mandated to issuing a DSAR or raising a report of concern to the ICO but instead, may in the alternative, seek direct recourse23 against Data Controllers for such breaches.
My notification to you is not a ‘scam’.
I reserve the right to seek such recourse directly subject to continued breach of my digital rights – as well as separately report concerns18 in respect of your cookie processing direct to the Information Commissioners Office who are obliged to take up data-subjects reports for investigation16.
Remedial Action.
You have a statutory obligation under Articles 38 and 3917 GDPR to report this notification of data breach to the senior management team in your company; the boardroom. In handling this data breach, there are minimum standards of further consideration and documentation you need to evidence. I additionally refer you to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) own web-site; ico.org.uk in respect of your obligations for personal data breach.
Aside from signposts to the GDPR regulations referenced in this letter, the ICO guidance on breach is dynamic, aiming to reflect changes following key regulatory outcomes as well as feedback from industry stakeholders.
I am therefore unable to provide further information or advice on what you should do at this time19. Indeed, this letter does not constitute legal advice to you of any sort although I would recommend you seek your own clarifications from a professionally accredited data protection specialist if you do not have one within your own internal team.17
From a technical perspective, I recommend you rigorously sweep the architecture of your web-site for all surveillance tracking plug-ins providing data to third parties. As a Joint Data Controller14 for all 3rd party plug-ins, you need to scope out where (particularly looking at exports away from the EU), how they are deployed, who the data or information is provided to and under what (secure?) processes such data transfers are made. I urge you to complete this review within 28 days of the date at the head of this letter. You may choose to use the web-site scanning tools signposted earlier in this letter to do this.
I consider it wholly unreasonable for my personal data, together with the thousands of other visitors to your web-site to continue to be ‘tracked’ through plug-ins you have deployed at any time after this date.
This letter notifies my intention to take more formal action against should you continue to ‘leak’ my personal data or any other data-subject visitor to
your web-site beyond a 28 day timescale.
With 3rd party plug-ins presenting cyber-security, regulatory and business risk, the maintenance of each web-site plug-in is a control overhead many web-site administrators are increasingly finding un-necessarily difficult24.
Again, you must dismantle many of the plug-ins resident (particularly those extracting data to third parties) on your site and/or robustly engineer and document an acceptable legal basis to justify any residual processing which will pass the scrutiny of regulators21. You should also note the ICO’s appetite to put this issue right – see their 2019 interim report(s) on ad-tech22 for details of how this common data processing routine fails regulation compliance.
Conducting comprehensive audit on your web-site from a technical, regulatory and business perspective mitigates significant risk and I trust you benefit from this insight.
Conclusion
I thank you in anticipation of your dismantling the tracking mechanisms within the website. As stated elsewhere in this letter, I will nevertheless be conducting my own compliance checks running on your site – for the next 28 days and under review thereafter.
If there are further compliance failures in respect of the operation of your web-site, I promise you will hear from me concerning more formal recourse soon-after this timescale has expired.
Yours faithfully,
Ted James
References (search terms formatted in bold)
1
ICO Cookies and Similar Technologies https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-peccookies-and-similar-technologies/
European Data Protection Board also refers –‘edpb cookie guidelines’ https://edpb.europa.eu/sites/edpb/files/files/file1/edpb_guidelines_202005_consent_en.pdf
2
CJEU v Fashion ID; search term ECLI:EU:C:2019:629 [select ‘Judgement’]
3
For independent legal commentary, search pixel and gdpr
4
Search Term Facebook, Google and Twitter in data regulators sights [bbc]
Ireland's Data Protection Commission says it has launched 19 statutory investigations, 11 of which focus on the Facebook group including WhatsApp and Instagram. Twitter and LinkedIn are also under investigation, and the commission launched a probe in to Google over the way it uses personal data to provide targeted advertising [sic]
In January 2023, The Irish Data Protection Commission adopted final decisions on two inquiries into Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, fining the company a total of 390 million euros for the violating transparency obligations, not outlining its legal basis for personal data to users and invalidating its ‘contract’ legal basis for personal data processing relating to ad targeting. Search for further information.
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CJEU is the chief judicial authority of the European Union and oversees the uniform application and interpretation of European Union law, in co-operation with the national judiciary of the member states. The CJEU is the court of last resort for the enforcement of compliance by members states with their obligations under the treaties including the GDPR and ePrivacy directives. The CJEU mission is to ensure the law is observed. Any CJEU precedent can only be over-turned by the same court process – a position which (for Data Protection outcomes) is extremely unlikely as the CJEU has simply ratified the position of an extremely long list of EU National Data Protection Supervisory Authorities and Courts.
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ICO Brexit advice EU data protection outcomes continue to have applicability in the UK irrespective of any form of UK exit from the EU – the UK being committed to maintain the existing Data Protection regimen; The GDPDPA2018, PECR and other enacted in UK without amendment.
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For technical evidence of instantaneous data transfer, see ‘Opinion’ (with others; 115) expressed by the CJEU in consideration of the FashionID case (search term ECLI:EU:C:2019:629 select opinion, search Facts, proceedings, and questions referred (i.e. from paragraph 16)
Other instances of personal data breach and relevant regulatocourt outcomes are outlined below. Note, at time of writing, there are more than 30 outstanding appeals across European regulators relating to the GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft) See also note 3 above;
CNIL v Vectaury
CJEU v Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein (search term C-210/16 ECJ judgement)
Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz v FashionID
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Amir Efrati Like button follows web users – Wall Street Journal, May 18th 2011
On 5 October 2011 ULD, which is the regional supervisory authority, informed Wirtschaftsakademie that it was in breach with German data protection and tele media law. On 3 November 2011 ULD instructed Writschaftsakademie to deactivate the Facbook fan page.
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Over 94% of Facebook global revenue (over $86BN in 2022, a 28% increase year on year) is obtained through advertising – a model which relies on the constant append of data tags through any engineered interface to them (including the pixel social plug-in referenced here).
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EDPB Guidelines on the concepts of controller and processor – see paragraphs 54, 58, 59, 62-66 as they refer to obligations for Joint Data Controllers when embedding social media scripts to web-sites;
https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/document/C4D1FAQF2_Q6vIMlxBg/feedshare-document-pdf-analyzed/0?e=1599642000&v=beta&t=J8252VF-NLmeFwcYdOPj6PFT8QYORrq0Sfho0algddM
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Wiki Surveillance Capitalism accumulates not only surveillance assets and capital, but also rights and operates without meaningful mechanisms of consent. Surveillance has been changing power structures in the information economy. This might present a further power shift beyond the nation-state and towards a form of corporatocracy.
Over time, the architecture of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft platforms have been engineered to leverage an existing individual’s behaviour as well as validation cycle for deepest thoughts, feelings and beliefs. In response to the collection of information, the GAFAM matches ‘validation’ messages to prospects targeted using their on-line behaviour, groups of prospects who have hitherto been impossibly difficult to create, except through the deployment of powerful computing routines and sophisticated artificial intelligence.
Netflix The Social Dilemma ‘All is not right in the world. Credulous corona-spiracists spoiling for punch-ups with 5G masts. Honking clowns of governments who rule by fomenting voter conflict. The constant feeling that you’re being boiled alive in a cauldron of hate. Extremism. Fake news. Hate speech. Mental health crises. And, of course, the main problem: the fact that you logged into social media in the first place.
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In the week prior to the 2016 EU membership referendum, the vote leave campaign targeted 7 million people on Facebook with 1.5 Billion propagandised misinformed ads within a 4 day period.
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Social applications such as the ‘thisisyourdigitallife’ extracted personal data to facebook, data which was then harvested by Cambridge Analytica (also see 21 above) and made available to political parties to run false and misleading political advertisements, targeted to voters matching a behavioural and geo-demographic profile it was deemed unlawful to extract and share. facebook ico monetary penalty notice As joint data controllers (as they are for the visitors harvested on your site), Facebook were subject to a £500,000 Monetary Penalty Notice issued by the ICO on 24th October 2018, the maximum penalty possible for breach of Data Protection regulation existing at that time.
ICO v Cambridge Analytica (further reading - use search term ico investigation data analytics politics)
Portrayals of the Cambridge Analytica scandal are accessible through the recommended Channel4 TV dramatisation Brexit: The Uncivil War (2018) as well as the Netflix documentaries The Great Hack (2019) and The Social Dilemma (2020)
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BBC One – Panorama, Amazon: What they Know About Us https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fjdz
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Refer guidance under ICO Joint Data Controllers
Combined with earlier judgements of national regulators, the CJEU FashionID ruling sets precedent which confirms you as a Joint Data Controller for all 3rd party plug-ins which facilitate data sharing.
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Regulation largely in place Data Protection Act 1998 but double-downed through the latest version of regulations under the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, explicitly;
a) With regard to organisational responsibility to control data; GDPR Article 5.1
b) With regard to consent; GDPR Article 7.1- 7.4
c) With regard to confidentiality of communications; PECR Article 6
d) With regard to placement of cookies (including those supporting social media plug-ins); eprivacy directive cookie rules
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wiki GDPR The General Data Protection Regulation Also; GDPR 2% and 4%
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GDPR Article 38 – Position of the data protection officer reads that: “… (a) The controller and the processor shall ensure that the data protection officer is involved, properly and in a timely manner, in all issues which relate to the protection of personal data….(b) The controller and processor shall support the data protection officer in performing the tasks referred to in Article 39 by providing resources necessary to carry out those tasks and access to personal data and processing operations, and to maintain his or her expert knowledge….(…) (c) The data protection officer shall directly report to the highest management level of the controller or the processor…(d) Data subjects may contact the data protection officer with regard to all issues related to processing of their personal data and to the exercise of their rights under this Regulation.
GDPR Article 39 - Tasks of the data protection officer, reads that: "... (a) to inform and advise the controller or the processor (...) of their obligations pursuant to this Regulation (...) (b) to monitor compliance with this Regulation (...) including the assignment of responsibilities..." - so, the DPO must make the controlle processor aware of WHAT happened as well as reinforcing their awareness towards their obligations and responsibilities.
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The ICO report a breach facility provides an accessible on-line mechanism for reporting any personal data breach including an assessment tool to determine if reporting is actually required
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My own notes here are provided for general information purposes only and are up to date only at the time of writing. This letter itself does not constitute legal advice. No warranty, whether express or implied is given in respect of any of the material within this letter.
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Many data controllers are increasingly decommissioning plug-ins. Their start point is commonly with those that are no longer used or those which have little commercial value
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Also consider Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) as a necessary process and documentation to support Legitimate Interests legal basis in this domain.
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ICO Interim report on ad-tech
ICO update report on ad-tech
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GDPR Article 82 (2) Any controller involved in processing shall be liable for the damage caused by processing which infringes this Regulation.
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Trends privacy regulation Along with most commentators in the data protection profession, the direction of travel for privacy regulation and regulation outcomes seems to be one-way, offering greater protection for data-subject rights – at the expense of corporate and governmental digital tracking and surveillance capitalism.
At present, the CJEU ruling is nevertheless sufficient and entirely consistent with existing regulations.
Companies have had long enough to adjust their processes to comply with these regulations. The rights of data subjects not to have their browsing activities facilitated for extraction are rights which should not be a surprise to data protection officers including you.
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Directive 2002/58 regulates privacy in electronic communications and i.a. the use of cookies. With the amendment of the directive in 2009 informed consent is required.2 Directive 2002/58 refers to directive 95/46 on how to declare an informed consent. Since May 2018 GDPR is applicable in this respect
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On 1 October 2019 the Court of Justice of the European Union (the 'CJEU') delivered its judgment in Planet49, a case analysing the standard of transparency and consent for the use of cookies and similar technologies.
On the whole the findings of the CJEU were unsurprising and largely in line with recent regulatory guidance on the use of cookies and similar technologies.
Key points to note from the judgment include:
Pre-ticked check-boxes authorising the use of cookies and similar technologies do not constitute valid consent under the e-Privacy Directive.

1. Where consent is required for cookies under the e-Privacy Directive, the GDPR standard of consent applies.
   
2. It does not matter whether the cookies constitute personal data or not - Article 5(3) of the e-Privacy Directive (i.e. the cookie consent rule) applies to any information installed or accessed from an individual's device.
   
3. Website users must be provided with information on the duration of the cookies, and whether third parties will have access to the cookies.
   

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Datatilsynet v dmi.dk Building on the CJEU decisions in Wirtschaftsakademie and Fashion ID cases, the Datatilsynet moved on to find that the website operator (DMI) together with Google should be considered as joint controllers, but only for collection and disclosure of website visitors’ personal data. The authority essentially reiterated the CJEU’s argument that a website operator does not need to have access to personal data to be able to determine means and purposes of its processing and assume a role of the data controller to that end.
Further Information - Facebook Pixel
It is clear from standard forensic web-tools available to me from visiting your web-site you use a facebook ‘pixel’ remarketing plug-in which also effects the deployment of a facebook tracking (tr?) cookie on my browser. On its own, this cookie says something quite simple, like [User ID: 0725]. But when Facebook sees it, they make a little sticky note and they stick it to my back — something like:
The code for such a pixel is very simple. It looks like this, and you’ll see it scattered on millions of websites across the internet including your own:
src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=785957079183766&ev=PageView&noscript=1;"
At a parliamentary committee hearing in 2018 Facebook admitted to 2.2M instances of the Facebook Pixel tracking tool used to harvest non-Facebook browsing activity — being invisibly embedded on third party websites.
So when I visit any other web-site where this pixel is enabled, Facebook see that same little sticky note time and again.
I keep going about my day… browsing the internet, planning my next holiday, or looking at gifts for a friend, or a new job, or a new house, or reading up on that awkward medical condition I’m worried about that I might have contracted overnight.
Facebook keeps seeing the cookies stuck to my back as I go — and each time they make a new note. Before I know it, all these notes are sitting in Facebook’s office.
[User ID: 0725; looking at Specialist ]
[User ID: 0725; looking for a new job in health care]
[User ID: 0725; frequently buying hiking gear]
[User ID: 0725; interested in lifestyle blogs]
[User ID: 0725; wants to go to the cinema on Friday night]
Courtesy of all website administrators who are using the pixel remarketing tool, Facebook have an incredibly detailed picture of me and what I’m thinking. They know I’m looking for a career move, that I’m interested in hiking and that you want to go to the cinema this weekend. But it doesn’t stop there.
All of this information — in one place — is valuable. Extremely valuable. This is why Facebook is one of the most successful advertising companies in the world. They sell the information they have collected on me to any other corporations willing to buy it and influence my decisions — perhaps to purchase things, perhaps to vote candidate B in the next election.
And all behind my back. Without my consent. Unfair. Unlawful. And unacceptable.

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https://www.citationmachine.net/

Hi Everyone, later this month I will be 7 years out of my Glioblastoma diagnosis. I was 30 years old when I was diagnosed and am 37 years old now. Over the last 6+ years, I have been put in contact with many people battling the same diagnosis and decided to create a Word document titled "Health & Happiness", which details all of the things I have incorporated into my healing journey. Everyone is different and I am simply sharing what has worked for me. Neither me or my wife are in the medical field however we have spent a lot of time researching things to integrate into my day-to-day life which we believe are keeping me healthy. For the first 5 years of my journey I received MRI's every 8 weeks; now that I am more than 5 years out I get MRI's every 12 weeks. Below is a copy and paste of the document:
*Below there are some discount codes that I have not affiliation with and found them through IG or marketing emails and they might be outdated*
My Neurosurgeon:
Dr. Mitchel Berger - UCSF
My Neuro Oncologist:
Dr. Timothy Cloughesy - UCLA
My Naturopathic Doctor:
· Christian Gonzalez, ND
o Check out his podcast, “Heal Thy Self” – This podcast has been life-changing for my wife and I. It has provided us with assurance about the path that we have been on to keep me healthy and has opened our eyes to so many things that we thought were “good” and “healthy” when in fact we were grossly misled to a technique called “Green Washing” that a lot of companies and products use in their marketing efforts.
· Below are two links where you can find a ND in your area.
o Naturopath Oncologist Database - https://oncanp.org/directory/
o General Naturopath Doctor Database - https://www.naturopathic.org/AF_MemberDirectory.asp?version=2
CBD/THC Extracts - Cancer Protocols:
· I went through CT's full 90 day protocol back in 2017 in conjunction with radiation and chemo (Temodar). I am on CT's "maintenance" program and have been since I finished the 90 day protocol.
o https://www.constancetherapeutics.com/
o https://www.forbes.com/sites/abbierosne2019/01/24/constance-finleys-midlife-detour-to-cannabis-extraction-connoisseu#456c41bc35c6
§ The article above is from Forbes magazine on Constance and how she got started.
Books and Documentaries:
· Radical Remission. This book was the first book I read when I was diagnosed and gave me knowledge and motivation to not look at my diagnosis as a death sentence. One of the most powerful cancer books I have read and I highly recommend it for anyone that has cancer or knows someone that has cancer. 😊
· What the Health: Netflix
· Heal: Netflix
o Here are a couple ‘extras’ from “Heal” that we found very powerful and inspiring.
§ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sxmK8A-Kco&list=PLmcZvnvGDkToo9nYIX3ugcgyLCll0NLLc&utm_content=b080891cf2ccb1c272c432873d52f9cd&utm_campaign=Don%27t+believe+you+can+change+your+destiny%3F+This+video+could+help+you+change+your+mind.&utm_source=Robly.com&utm_medium=email

§ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeQjNRahxrw&feature=youtu.be&utm_content=eadbd6e0e0dff2d44d28e6515fa4c2a1&utm_campaign=Rob+Wergin+use+his+incredible+and+unique+gifts&utm_source=Robly.com&utm_medium=email

o The Documentary “Heal”, did so well they wrote a book as well.
· The Game Changers – A documentary on Netflix.
· Forks Over Knives - Netflix
· Cowspiracy – Netflix
· The China Study – Book outlining the most comprehensive study done on nutrition, and the links the standard American diet has to all types of diseases including cancer.
· Being In Balance - Book
· You The Healer – Book
· The Power of Now – Book
· The Celestine Prophecy – Book
· How Not To Die – Book
· The Truth About Cancer – Documentary


Supplements I am taking:
· Maca Root
· Vitamin B12
· Gaia – “Liver Health”
· Bladderwrack & Sea Moss
o We purchase these from- https://alkalineveganshop.com/
· Mushroom Supplements: Chaga, Turkey Tail, Maitake, Reishi, Cordyceps & Lion’s Mane (Real Mushrooms is the company we use.) See video and article below about the health benefits of mushrooms.
o https://www.realmushrooms.com/
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuL_faveAnw
o https://www.drweil.com/health-wellness/body-mind-spirit/canceturkey-tail-mushrooms-for-cancer-treatment/
o Paul Stamets is the CEO of Host Defense and his mother was diagnosed with Stage Four Breast Cancer. He gives a lot of credit to her remission from the mushroom supplements. https://hostdefense.com/also has a 10% off first time order. We order from Vitacost.com though due to their sales and free shipping.
· Agaricus Mushroom – I take it at night with my Essiac Tea (See Below)
· Kelp
· Vitamin D3
· Graviola/Soursop – (can be taken as a supplement or in Tea form)
· Ashwagandha –Benefits and study links below. In the first link below, each number found in the article is a hyper link showcasing different studies that have been conducted proving the benefits listed.
o https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/12-proven-ashwagandha-benefits#section3
o https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26650066
· Vitamin B2
· Boswellia (Frankincense)
· Melatonin
· CoQ10
[· X-R Shield by LifeExtension – My ND prescribed me to take these 5 days prior to air travel, during travel and 5 days after air travel. When flying, you’re exposed to high amounts of radiation and this supplement helps to protect cell DNA damage]()
· Chaparral
o We purchase these from- https://alkalineveganshop.com/
· Liposomal Glutathione – Quicksilver Scientific
· NAC (N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine, Free-Form)
· Co-E1 NADH
· Probiotic – Klaire Labs, Ther-Biotic Complete
· Life Cykel Mushroom Tinctures
o https://us.lifecykel.com/?rfsn=3953957.f0c203&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=3953957.f0c203
o Discount code: 0DCB4626
o Chaga, Turkey Tail, Reishi, Lions Maine, Cordyceps, Shitake
o All of the above mushrooms are harnessed in Kakadu Plum juice which is the most Vitamin C dense fruit in the world.
· We get most of our supplements from http://www.vitacost.com . They have sales all the time and free 2-day shipping.

Teas:
· Senna Tea - I drank this on the nights I took Temodar (Chemo) to prevent constipation, it's a lot easier on your body than any OTC medication.
· Essiac Tea - I drink 4 oz. of this every night before bed. People who have defeated cancer give a lot of credit to Essiac Tea.
o We purchase it in loose leaf form from https://www.starwest-botanicals.com/
· Moringa
· Dandelion
· Teas with Turmeric
[· Pique Tea – Organic, ceremonial grade, triple screened for heavy metals, mold toxins and pesticides. This is the only tea that we have been able to find that has a triple screening process for heavy metals. “Organic” does not mean free of heavy metals.]()
o Discount Code: GREENFIELD 15% off!

Other things I do:
· Meditation – Every day for 20 minute – I started off with the app called “Headspace” other people use “Calm”. Its personal preference.
o I am looking into taking a TM class (Transcendental Meditation) and will let you know once I do.
[· Minimizing EMF exposure as much as possible]()
o Sleeping with our phones in airplane mode and away from us, ideally in another room
o Turning off Wi-Fi at night, and even when not in use
o Covering Wi-Fi router and Digital Electricity Meter (outside of house) with EMF guards
§ These can be found here: https://smartmeterguard.com/
o Keeping cell phones away from our bodies as much as possible
o Not using anything wireless near our heads. This includes cell phones (always talk on speaker phone or a wired ear pod connection), air pods or any type of Bluetooth headphones, this includes Bluetooth in the car.
o Hardwiring my office so there is no need for Wi-Fi.
· When we fly, we have these blankets that we wrap around our body. This company has a lot of great products that protect you from EMF exposure.
o https://www.defendershield.com/emf-radiation-protection-blanket
· We also wear these when we fly, they are a company out of Australia
o https://radiasmart.com/emf-hat-hood/
o This is what we have: RS EMF radiation protection hood, blocking RF, EMF- Brian Coat
· Here is another company that is popular, we were not aware of it at the time of buying the other products above.
o https://getlambs.com/products/emf-proof-beanie
· Positive attitude and mindset in everything I do- link below to article explaining how thoughts can benefit or hinder your body
o https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-your-thoughts-change-your-brain-cells-and-genes_b_9516176
· Eliminate as much stress as I possibly can from my everyday life
· Be present in my mind
· Yoga
· Spin
· Writing down 3 things that I am grateful for each night before bed
· Using Frankincense oil on my feet and pillow, every night, before bed
· Morning Routine: Body Scan Meditation, Drink a liter of water when you wake up (Your body is most dehydrated after a full night’s sleep), stretch or some type of quick 10 minute workout to get your body moving in the morning, “I Am” affirmations (I will usually do this right after I finish my morning stretching, I will typically say 5-10 things out loud to myself, for example (I am healthy, I am a loving husband, I am kind, etc…), statements of gratitude (I will mix this in with my “I Am” affirmations, for example, I am grateful for my bed, I am grateful for my home, I am grateful to have access to organic produce, etc…) I try to focus on this that I have in my life instead of things that I want, rubbing a 1-2 drops of any organic essential oil that you like in your hands in the morning and taking 4-5 deep breaths with your hands over your mouth and nose (this is very helpful in awakening your sensory functions), lastly, I listen to music when getting ready for work in the morning. Soft music in the morning taps into the creative side of your brain and research has shown that individuals that listen to soft music in the morning are more creative and productive throughout the day than those who don’t.
· Taking a walk every day to get fresh air and disconnect, normally with the dogs J
· Circuit Training
· Acupuncture / Energy Healing
· Energy Healer – Steve Montoya – Let me know if you would like his contact info. He travels all over the world healing people. He is in the LA/OC area once a quarter or so.
o https://ramonashealingjourney.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/you-shall-know-them-by-their-love/
· Keeping my body warm at all times. We learned from Traditional Chinese Medicine, that keeping the body warm protects the kidneys, which means all of the other organs can do their job and the body can heal. Also, just for example, when you have a fever, it’s your body’s way of protecting all of your vital organs so that they can do their job, as well as preventing any proliferation of bacteria and viruses.
o http://aprilcrowell.com/asian-medicine/warm-to-the-core/
· John of God – Brazil. Lauren’s cousin went down to visit him during the 4th quarter of 2018 and took a head shot of myself as well as a two-page letter sharing my story. He is a spiritual healer that helped a young man get to a state of meditation where his brain tumor shrunk to nothing. He sent back two bottles of Herbs (Ground Up Passion Flower Leaves – Actual Name: Passiflora) for me to take. There is a large portion about him in the book “Radical Remission” and he is featured in “Heal” as well.
· I brush my teeth with my less dominant hand once a day and then with my dominant hand the other two times.
o This helps stimulate parts of the brain that are not in use often. You can do this with many things, brushing your hair, using your less dominant foot in sports, washing your body with soap while showering.
· Drinking and eating out of glass vs. plastic. It’s having an effect on both men and women’s endocrine systems (hormones, fertility, etc…)
o https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/pft/2017/7/26/new-endocrine-disrupting-chemicals-are-undermining-male-fertility
· This may sound like something so simple but it’s quite challenging: When moving/changing physical positions I am always present. For example, every time I sit, I tell myself I am sitting, every time I stand to walk, I tell myself I am standing. This helps me to bring my mind into a present state and focus less on the future or past.
o This was a recommendation during one of my guided meditations.
· Laughing, loving and hugging every day. This was a big take away for Lauren and I from reading the book Radical Remission. It’s important to laugh every day, love every day and receive and give hugs to people every day. I know, I know, it sounds crazy but it has worked on other folks, we practice it every day. We try to watch more comedies if we are going to watch a movie on the weekend, an easy way to incorporate laughter into your life.
· We recently added air purifiers into our home. I also have one in my office. We purchased the Molekule, but through research we found that the Air Doctor is another good option (and I believe also a little less expensive). Here is a discount code for $100 off a Molekule: MetroMD100
· IR Sauna (Infrared Saunas)
o These are great for detoxifying the body, especially after air travel. I go to Perspire (https://perspiresaunastudio.com/) here in Orange County.
· Epsom Salt Baths – Especially after air or any long car travel as well.
· Grounding/Earthing – Walk around barefoot on your backyard grass or anywhere there is a plot of “Earth”. Feel the grass between your toes or if you are at the beach, be aware of the sand between your toes. We are all energy and Earth contains energy, manifest the energy from the Earth into your body for increased healing, awareness, presence and mindfulness. I do this for about 10-15 minutes.
· Cold Showers (as cold as the shower can get) every morning and Ice Plunges. Look up the “Wim Hof Method”
o https://www.wimhofmethod.com/

Diet:
· For the past 6+ years we have followed a whole food plant-based diet (vegan without the junk food). Cancer cells feed off of Glucose (Sugar) firstly, but can also utilize glutamate as a second source of fuel (which is in all animal protein, land and sea). I have also cut out all artificial sugars from my diet. Dairy is also extremely inflammatory for your body and has been linked to cancer in many research studies.
· White Carbs and Gluten - We have eliminated these from our diet as much as we possibly can. Even for people who do not have a ‘gluten intolerance,’ gluten is very hard on the body’s digestive system. Excessive consumption can lead to a leaky gut, which causes toxins to seep out of the digestive tract into the body/blood making it hard for your immune system to work at its peak. Also, most gluten products have high levels of glyphosate, which they’ve linked to cancer. Glyphosate acts like an antibiotic to your gut (not in a good way), wiping out all of the beneficial gut flora which are there to keep your immune system working efficiently.
· Alkaline Foods and Water - Cancer cells cannot grow in an alkaline environment; we drink water with a PH level of 9.5. We recently invested in a Kangen water machine for our home. A level of 7 PH is balanced and anything below 7 is acidic. Cancer cells thrive in an acidic environment. Things that make your body acidic are alcohol, dairy, meat, processed and artificial sugars and gluten.
· I drink warm lemon water with apple cider vinegar every morning, which also helps alkalize the body and keep stomach acid levels at a great pH for food absorption.
· We practice intermittent fasting, which allows the body to not worry about processing food for a large portion of the day but rather allow its immune system to be working at its peak ability. We started out by only eating from 12 PM - 8 PM and are working toward 12 PM - 6 PM. Intermittent fasting is really important when taking Temodar (or any chemotherapy). It allows the body to protect the healthy cells while targeting cancer cells. There is so much research showing the benefits of intermittent fasting for cancer patients.
· This is a really interesting article citing a lot of different sources regarding a plant-based diet and fighting/preventing cancer:
o https://www.vivahealth.org.uk/veganhealth/dont-feed-cancer

Other Things to Research:
· Dr. Sebi – He is the doctor who put a full-page ad in the NY Post and was sued to take it down. When he went to his court hearing the judge asked him if he could prove that he healed anyone, and he furnished 70 patients of his that were healed by his treatment and the Judge declared “not guilty” on all the charges that were brought against him by the State of New York.
o The link below is a quick rundown of his life. I believe the pharmaceutical companies were heavily involved with his death in while he was imprisoned in Honduras.
o https://wakeup-world.com/2015/08/28/dr-sebi-the-man-who-cures-aids-cancer-diabetes-and-more/
· Radiation Stickers for your cell phone and laptop:
o https://www.amazon.com/Radiation-Protection-Labobbon-Household-Appliances/dp/B078SSD6QC
· We also try to use the ‘cleanest’ hygiene products we can find. There are many harmful chemicals in our everyday toothpastes, shampoos, deodorants, etc. Chemicals to avoid in hygiene products below:
o Shampoo – Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, basically any ‘sulfate,’ Parabens, Sodium Benzoate. Brands that we like are: 100% Pure, Acure, Alaffia
o Toothpaste – Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, basically any ‘sulfate’, fluoride, triclosan, DEA, Propylene Glycol, Microbeads. One of the worst toothpaste brands out there is Colgate. We use Himalaya Botanique & Nature’s Gate as well as Dr. Bronner’s All-In-One toothpaste.
o Deodorant – Aluminum, Parabens, Triclosan, DEA, Propylene Glycol. We have been testing out natural deodorants for years and our favorite (although not vegan) is from a company called Primally Pure. We’ve also started to use a brand called Joyous Organics with clean (and minimal) ingredients.
o A great website to reference for beauty product ingredients and their safety is https://www.ewg.org/
§ Skin Deep Database – This is where you will find clean products to put on your body.
· https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/

· The Clean Fifteen and Dirty Dozen
o The EWG, each year, comes out with an updated list of produce that we should be buying organic 100% of the time (Dirty Dozen), especially people like you and I who have had cancer. The Clean fifteen can be purchased conventionally if you can’t find them in an organic form and conventional is the only option
o https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/clean-fifteen.php
o https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php

· The link below is a good read on Monsanto’s Glyphosate and the timeline for removal in home use:
o https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2021/07/bayer-end-residential-sales-cancer-causing-weedkiller-glyphosate?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=202108News&utm_medium=email&emci=9a939839-bef6-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=4d3bfe91-dbf7-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=2210188
These are things that we have done and have found to be successful so far with my body, and hopefully, they are helpful for you as well. I have also included some images below that show how damaging the effects of Wi-Fi radiation (and all of the radiation coming from electronics) can be.

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Recently, there has been an uptick in posts regarding First Amendment Auditors. That is because the number of social media 'auditors' who frequent the Orange County area has more than doubled within the past year. This post will go over the origins of First Amendment Audits, how to respond to First Amendment Auditors, and what to do if you find yourself in one of their videos online.

Background

First Amendment Audits date back to the 1991 Rodney King beating. A more recent example is the killing of George Floyd. Genuine First Amendment Audits involve individuals recording matters that would be of public interest involving government employees performing their official duties. These conventional audits typically seek to promote change from the footage they obtained, while also being used as vital evidence in civil and criminal proceedings.
Unfortunately, the virality from some genuine First Amendment Audit footage has caught the eye of opportunist YouTubers dubbed 'frauditors.' Instead of documenting government officials, 'frauditors' typically setup near private businesses filming everyday citizens going about their lives. They intentionally make passersby uncomfortable, enticing questions from passersby, in which the 'frauditors' will rudely respond, escalating an already uncomfortable situation.
It's important to note that conventional First Amendment Auditors are necessary in today's society. They ensure transparency and accountability while also promoting important changes in government policy. 'Frauditors,' on the other hand, accomplish none of that. Their entire goal is to gain viewership (profit) and, typically, the more confrontational a 'frauditor', the more views their videos receive.

Legality

• First Amendment
  • 'Frauditors' claim they are exercising their First Amendment right by filming others in public spaces.
    • 'Although we recognize there is case law supporting a federal constitutional right to photograph and record matters of public interest, such as government affairs or law enforcement officers engaged in the exercise of their official duties, we find no authority for all encompassing protection of every act of photography or videography.' (Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, Inc. v. The Irvine Company, LLC (2019)) [see Glossary for 'public interest' definition]
    • The California Court of Appeal ruling cited above is a certified publication, making it mandatory authority for the entire state of California, specifically addressing filming as it relates to the U.S. and California constitutions.
    • Conventional First Amendment Audits are clearly protected under the First Amendment; however, First Amendment protection for the activities being filmed by 'frauditors' is not supported by legal precedent.
  • It's important to note that the above does not imply that a ‘frauditor’s’ activities are illegal, only that their activities are not protected under the First Amendment.
• California's Right of Publicity
  • In many 'frauditor' videos, passersby will communicate to the 'frauditor' that they need one's consent to video them. The 'frauditor' typically responds that they do not need consent since they are in a public space. This is true; however, the 'frauditor' then publishes the video online in order to generate income, resulting in a commercial product subject to California Civil Code § 3344.
    • 'Frauditors' are required to obtain consent via a photography release waiver when using one's likeness, photograph or voice in a commercial product.
• Business License
  • Every city within Orange County (except for Laguna Woods) requires individuals conducting business within its boundaries to obtain a Business License. This includes temporary activities and contractors conducting business within the city.
    • 'Frauditors' must obtain a city business license prior to conducting any commercial activities.
• Filming Permit
  • Many cities within Orange County require commercial photographers to obtain a permit prior to any commercial photography taking place.
    • Note that 'frauditors' do not meet criteria to be labeled as 'news media.' [see Glossary]
• USPS Facilities
  • Recently, 'frauditors' have been seen at Irvine post offices. They were witnessed in the facility's parking lot, at the entrance, and even inside the facility.
  • The following laws and policies apply to post offices:
    • 39 CFR § 232.1: Except as prohibited by official signs or the directions of security force personnel or other authorized personnel, or a Federal court order or rule, photographs for news purposes may be taken in entrances, lobbies, foyers, corridors, or auditoriums when used for public meetings. Other photographs may be taken only with the permission of the local postmaster or installation head. [see Glossary for 'news purposes' definition]
    • 41 CFR § 102-74.420: Persons entering in or on Federal property may take photographs of space occupied by a tenant agency for commercial purposes only with written permission of an authorized official of the occupying agency concerned and building entrances, lobbies, foyers, corridors, or auditoriums for news purposes.
    • USPS Policy: Pictures taken on Postal Service premises require a License or Location Agreement, whether for commercial or non-commercial use.
  • There are examples of postal service employees exercising this policy and removing 'frauditors' from their facility.

How To Respond To 'Frauditors'

• Ignore them
  • Completely ignoring a 'frauditor' is the best thing you can do. 'Frauditors' film at a lot more locations than they actually post, but when they don't get enough attention from a given location, the video will not be 'post-worthy.'
• Play copyrighted music
  • If you're forced to walk by a 'frauditor' and don't want to be featured in their video, playing copyrighted music while walking by them is recommended.
  • Monetized YouTube videos containing copyrighted material are demonetized and the associated YouTube channels receive a copyright strike; therefore, it's easiest for 'frauditors' to remove the copyrighted portion altogether.
• Alert the authorities
  • If you feel it's necessary, you can call the authorities and notify them that commercial photography is taking place without a proper Business License or Filming Permit. Law enforcement will probably not cite them, but they can stop 'frauditors' from continuing their filming activities.
    • In order for this response method to be successful, one will need to provide information to law enforcement that links the 'frauditor' to a monetized YouTube channel. This may be difficult since most 'frauditors' are masked, but the link must only be reasonable and not definitive. I will provide a list of 'frauditors' who frequent Orange County below, assisting in linking these individuals to a monetized YouTube channel.

What To Do If You Find Yourself In A 'Frauditor' YouTube Video

• Contact YouTube
  • YouTube has a strict privacy policy, in which you can you can file a Privacy Complaint to remove content that uses your image without your consent.
    • Individuals have been successful in removing their faces from a recent Irvine Post Office 'fraudit' activity.
    • There are also examples of 'frauditors' mentioning how much of a pain it is to delete their video, blur out peoples' faces, and then re-upload it.
• Small Claims Court
  • An individual who profits from another individual's likeness, image, voice, etc. without their consent is in violation of California Civil Code § 3344.
    • Court filing fee: $30
    • Serving papers (OCSD): $50
  • The court can assist in issuing a subpoena to YouTube in order to obtain the channel owner's personal information for serving court papers.

YouTube 'Frauditors' That Frequent Orange County

• SGV News First Image 270k subscribers Joined 1/14/2018
  • This 'auditor' is the worst of the worst, which is why he has so many subscribers.
  • He is usually equipped with a holstered taser and is regularly detained by police.
• iiMPCT Media Image 56k subscribers Joined 12/7/2022
  • Easily identifiable by their three-light camera setup.
• First Amendment Rights Image 46k subscribers Joined 3/18/2021
  • Usually wears a straw hat.
• Long Beach Observer Image 25k subscribers 12/11/2014
  • Usually wears a blue jacket and chest mount GoPro.
• SideWalks22 Image 13k subscribers Joined 2/24/2021
  • Wears a disposable face mask.
• Liizrd Media Image 9k subscribers 1/2/2024
  • Face was unintentionally exposed in a recent 'fraudit' activity, making them easily identifiable.
• Siimpl Media Image 6k subscribers 2/10/2024
  • Appears to be the smallest and skinniest of the local 'frauditors.'
• Southern Cali Transparancy Image 5k subscribers 11/5/2023
  • Uses a handheld stick, which is unique compared to the monopods other 'frauditors' use.

Glossary

• Commercial Filming
  • The film, electronic, magnetic, digital, or other recording of a moving image by a person, business, or other entity for a market audience with the intent of generating income. (43 CFR 5.12)
• News
  • Information that is about current events or that would be of current interest to the public, gathered by news-media entities for dissemination to the public. (43 CFR 5.12)
• News Media
  • Filming for the purpose of spontaneous, unplanned television news reporting by journalists, reporters, photographers or camera operators. (Local Municipal Code 1 2 3 )
• News-Gathering Activities
  • Filming, videography, and still photography activities carried out by a representative of the news media. (43 CFR 5.12)
• News Purposes
  • The filming or video taping for television news broadcasting by reporters, photographers or cameramen in the employ of a newspaper, news service or similar entity, of news events concerning those persons, scenes, or occurrences which are in the news and of general public interest to be viewed within 24 hours. This does not include magazine or documentary programs. (Local Municipal Code 1 2 3 )
• Public Interest
  • Matters that must, at a minimum, occur in the context of an ongoing controversy, dispute or discussion, such that it warrants protection by a statute that embodies the public policy of encouraging participation in matters of public significance. (Du Charme v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (2003))
  • Public interest can be evidenced by media coverage. (Sipple v. Foundation for Nat. Progress (1999))

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The so-called “troubles” in Northern Ireland never go away, you know. Shelves of books continue to be published. There is a sizeable stand at WHSmith in Belfast airport dedicated to the latest crop. Film-makers are still drawn to the subject. One of the most recent, Baltimore, related (poorly) the story of the 1974 theft of priceless paintings orchestrated on behalf of the IRA by Rose Dugdale. And television programme-makers often return to the conflict. At each end of March 2024, for example, the BBC screened two very different documentaries that dealt with its earliest phase. The first was a 13-minute segment in the third part of a series, How the BBC Began. The second, The Secret Army, was a 90-minute film about a film, concerning a “disappeared” documentary about the IRA made in 1972 by an American academic.
It would have been of far greater value if the interrogation of the BBC’s role in Northern Ireland had been given a solo 90-minute slot. As for the second, well, let’s just say half an hour would have been long enough. But both, in their very different ways, reminded us that truth is always a moving target. While retelling a history we know well – or think we know well – they underlined the overwhelming importance of propaganda. In war, and let’s not haggle over that description of what took place for 30 years on the streets of Belfast and Derry, the fabrication assumes as great a role, arguably a greater one, than the reality. As three of the BBC’s former luminary staff made abundantly clear, the story they were required to tell did not come close to fulfilling the stated aim of Britain’s public service broadcaster to present impartial information to its listeners and viewers. Each of them admitted they were prevented from telling what they knew to be the truth.
For the record, here’s what they said. First up, Sir Paul Fox, controller of BBC1 for six years from 1967: “In a way, it was as difficult to film in Northern Ireland as it was to film in the Soviet Union … stuff was censored, there’s no question about it, by the hierarchy in Northern Ireland. I suppose it’s worth saying there were bloody Protestants who were running the BBC in those days and had a grip on it … everything that was filmed by Tonight and Panorama in Northern Ireland had to be seen by the head of programmes in Northern Ireland, and he would act as a censor… There were no Catholics working in the BBC in senior positions. Outrageous.”
Second, Denis Tuohy, who learned on joining BBC Belfast in 1960 that he was the first Catholic to work in the newsroom, because a local paper greeted his recruitment with the headline: “At last, an appointment from the outside.” He said: “Those who ran the BBC in Northern Ireland and the unionist government of Northern Ireland … had lots of mutual friends.” Eight years later, by now working in London, Tuohy’s editor thought him the perfect reporter to send to Belfast to cover the outbreak of riots “to help us to understand” what was happening. But the editor was overruled, explaining to Tuohy: “BBC Northern Ireland have protested at the highest level of the BBC in London to you as the reporter… They feel you would be too close to the story.” Too off-message, more like.

The man in the white suit who was “kind of impartial”

Third, Martin Bell, sent from London to report during the earliest days of the troubles: “I hardly knew the difference between Belfast and Dublin. I’ve never admitted this before, but it is true… I learned very quickly the sort of thing you had to learn… the BBC’s controller in Northern Ireland was breathing over your shoulder all the time… BBC cameras and reporters were attacked by the loyalists because we were not the voice of loyalism, because we were kind of impartial and even-handed, even then, and we were giving a voice to their republican rivals, so I got harassed quite a bit.”
Kind of impartial? Even that was too much for the then-unionist government in Stormont. But, with the greatest of respect to Mr Bell, to refer to the BBC’s coverage of the conflict that raged from 1968 until 1998 as “kind of impartial” is entirely to miss the point. Aside from suggesting that truth is some kind of spectrum, it was wholly incorrect. Not kind of impartial, but very partial indeed. Partial and, in some instances, wholly untruthful. What is now evident, and should have been evident at the time, was the willingness of the BBC, which habitually asserted its independence from the state, to do the state’s bidding. Yet this is not, any longer, a controversial viewpoint. It is mainstream. It is accepted as fact. Note the lack of any reaction by the current BBC hierarchy, by politicians, or by commentators, to those statements by Fox, Tuohy and Bell. They provoked no denials. Nothing we haven’t known for years. That was then, and this is now. Move on.
But shaking our heads and lamenting what some would like to pass off as a historical aberration is just not good enough. The BBC’s news and current affairs output failed every possible test of impartiality. The fact that its censorship has long been recognised does not negate the significance of what happened. Nor should it be allowed to pass into some kind of historical limbo. Each additional revelation of the BBC’s faults during that conflict requires examination and explanation. As Fox rightly indicated, pro-unionist prejudice was embedded within the BBC from its inception. The Belfast-based controllers, all of them drawn from a unionist background and supportive of the Stormont government, were allowed to do as they wished by the corporation’s London headquarters. None more so than Waldo Maguire, controller from 1966 to 1972, who suppressed anything he considered inflammatory, meaning, of course, anything that offered even an inkling of the truth. What he achieved and, through him, the wider BBC, was a bias against understanding.
For example, the framing of civil rights protests in 1969 as some kind of stalking horse for the IRA was a crucial deception, playing on the fears of unionists within Northern Ireland while creating among its audience in Britain a bogeyman enemy which, at the time, did not exist as a fighting force. As Bell recalled, reality was camouflaged. When Catholics were burned out of their homes, he was told: “You’re not allowed to call them Catholics. You have to call them refugees.”
These contributions to a false narrative were also charted, along with several others, in a fascinating and meticulous 2015 study by Robert Savage, The BBC’s ‘Irish troubles’: Television, conflict and Northern Ireland. As he related, matters grew infinitely worse for the BBC once British soldiers were deployed on the streets in August 1969. Their arrival engendered the founding, some four months later, of the Provisional IRA and, suddenly, the shadow enemy assumed factual existence. From this point on, the battles on the streets were echoed by battles behind the scenes for media influence.
Despite Maguire’s malign influence, some BBC reporters refused to toe the line. John Bierman, for instance, broadcast a network news item in February 1971 in which he said: “There are growing doubts about the army’s impartiality among moderate middle-class Catholics desperately anxious to hold their co-religionists back from extremism.”
This report enraged the authorities, in Stormont and in Westminster. It also prompted the British army and Britain’s secret services to get their act together. Seen in retrospect, one of the most remarkable aspects of their response was its speed and sophistication. Informed by counter-insurgency experience elsewhere in Britain’s empire, notably by that of General Sir Frank Kitson, it was understood that censorship was no longer good enough; it must be replaced by its more proactive cousin, propaganda. Far and away its greatest success was to institute what became the conflict’s most persuasive overarching media narrative, the portrayal of the army as the disinterested piggy in the middle between two warring tribes.

Maguire becomes the Godfather of news output

It was eagerly adopted by the “neutral” BBC. But there was no tribal equality. There was never any doubt that one tribe – variously described as Catholic, nationalist or republican – was the state’s main enemy. To hammer home the point, lest the BBC’s journalists stray, various pressures were applied, overt and covert, to reinforce the message. When internment was introduced in August 1971, government ministers openly warned the BBC to beware “bias”. The defence secretary, Lord Carrington, wrote to the corporation’s chairman, Lord Hill, to complain about reports “which are unfairly loaded to suggest improper behaviour by British troops”. The post and telegraphs minister, Christopher Chataway, then made a speech in which he said broadcasters need no longer strike an even balance between the unionist government and the IRA, nor between the army and the IRA. Lord Hill took the hint, writing to the home secretary, Reginald Maudling, to affirm that “as between the British Army and the gunmen the BBC is not and cannot be impartial”. These exchanges had the effect of reinforcing Maguire’s hand, cementing his power over all output relating to Northern Ireland. He forbade reporters from interviewing released internees who alleged army brutality and prevented the screening of an interview with the civil rights leader Michael Farrell on his release. He also overruled the making of an “in depth” programme about the IRA.
Although these decisions were not made public at the time, BBC journalists were aware of them. What they did not know was the army’s decision, in the wake of public hostility to internment, to engage in a covert media war through the formation of its notorious information policy unit. The single aim of this khaki public relations initiative was to disseminate misinformation (aka lies). Working closely with the secret services, notably MI5, and often with the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), it developed into an agency of deceit. Years passed before reporters realised they could not trust its briefings. Again, this is now well known, a matter of record, and it is therefore tempting to pass it off as a deviation from the norm, the result of the requirement to deal with exceptional circumstances. No need, all these years on, to rake over old coals. Nothing new can be found in those embers. Wrong, so wrong.
By December 1971, disinformation was the order of the day for the army, and one of its central themes was the denigration of the Provisional IRA. Their operatives were to be portrayed as cowards and/or psychopaths who bombed indiscriminately without a care for the local population. One of that policy’s most contentious manifestations followed the bombing that month of a Belfast pub favoured by Catholics, McGurk’s Bar. It was one of Northern Ireland’s deadliest atrocities, killing 15 Catholics, including two children, and wounding 17 more.
Immediately afterwards, British security forces briefed journalists about the bomb having exploded inside the pub. Unnamed “forensic experts” were cited as having “pinpointed” the centre of the blast with “a tell-tale crater” in the main bar area. It was further hinted that the pub was a regular meeting place for members of the Provisional IRA. These falsehoods suggested that the bomb was an IRA device, a scenario enthusiastically endorsed by none other than Kitson, the commander of 39 Infantry Brigade. He noted in his log that the RUC had “a line that the bomb” was “left in the pub to be picked up by the Provisional IRA. Bomb went off and was a mistake”.
Yet a British army technical officer had already reported to his superiors that it was the pub’s entrance that was cratered and was, therefore, “the seat of the explosion”. This dovetailed with the account of a witness, an eight-year-old boy, who told of seeing men drive up and place a package at the pub’s doorway. This statement was subsequently supported by the confession of the only man prosecuted for the crime (in 1977, loyalist Robert Campbell of the UVF was sentenced to life imprisonment, eventually serving 15 years). But it was the lie that gained media traction, especially at the BBC’s “prestigious” current affairs programme Panorama. Weeks after the event, it reported that “an IRA bomb” was responsible for the massacre.
So far, so bad. A tone had been set. In subsequent years, there was a reliance on unattributed briefings and a belief in their veracity. In the BBC’s news report in January 1972 about Bloody Sunday in Derry, in which 14 people were killed by the Paratroop Regiment, one sentence was particularly notable: “The gun battle lasted about 25 minutes.” That lie – there was no battle – was finally laid to rest 38 years later by Lord Savile’s inquiry. It was, however, just one of so many examples where the security forces’ version of events was too readily accepted.
As if the external political pressure, internal constraints and the army’s information policy unit were not enough to keep the BBC in check, it has become apparent that there was another undeclared level of contact between the corporation and the state. Pioneering research into the BBC archives by Belfast-based Ciarán MacAirt, founder of the Paper Trail charity and grandson to two McGurk’s Bar victims, has revealed a fascinating link between a secret section of the Foreign Office, the Information Research Department (IRD), and a well-placed BBC executive. The contact is clear from a letter sent by the IRD’s Josephine O’Connor Howe to John Cecil Crawley, chief assistant to the then-BBC director-general, Sir Charles Curran.

BBC discounted evidence from eyewitnesses to bombing

She offered Crawley “a background paper” on the IRA, adding that “as usual it is sent for your personal background and is not for attribution”. That letter, dated December 6, 1971, was delivered on the day the BBC in Belfast interviewed two witnesses to the McGurk’s Bar explosion, both of whom offered evidence diametrically opposed to the army’s “official version”, evidence that the BBC discounted. Crawley, in thanking O’Connor Howe for the “very interesting” paper, confirmed that he had sent it on to Desmond Taylor, editor of news and current affairs. Taylor had inherited the job weeks before from Crawley, who headed the news department for four years after spending 26 years as a BBC correspondent and editor.
MacAirt has unearthed other files that show IRD contact with BBC managers and journalists. One file of “ad hoc” BBC contacts was compiled by Norman Reddaway, whose 1970 Foreign Office title as “assistant undersecretary for information and cultural affairs” tended to conceal his real role as, to quote his obituary, “an expert in the field of intelligence and counterpropaganda”. It was also the case that the London-based IRD was closely allied to the army’s Belfast-based information policy unit. At least one of its operatives, Hugh Mooney, was a former journalist for the Irish Times and Reuters, who worked for both. The interpenetration of journalists with the secret services is hardly a new revelation, of course, but each new discovery raises important questions.
Nor must we forget that there is a human element to all this obfuscation and secrecy. MacAirt’s grandmother, Kitty Irvine, died in the McGurk’s blast, and his grandfather John, who served in an Irish regiment of the British army, was badly injured. MacAirt is one of the many bereaved who have been campaigning for a generation to expose the truth and to obtain official acknowledgement of what he calls “the casual criminalisation of our loved ones”. They are also seeking an apology from all concerned, including the BBC. The struggle has involved lengthy and expensive court actions. It has also shown up the BBC in a continuing poor light. In December 2021, the BBC failed to mark the 50th anniversary of the bombing. When reminded of the omission, an online news report was belatedly published. The painstaking research into this incident alone justifies further investigation into the relationship between the BBC and the secret services of the state. There are plenty of similar cases that demand attention too
https://bjr.org.uk/who-says-the-bbc-doesnt-take-sides/

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Trial Day 22
No Jackson family member was at the courthouse.
Paul Gongaware
AEG cross
Putnam asked Gongaware if MJ was comfortable with all the show dates.

"Yes, I went through all of the dates with him," Gongaware said.

Bugzee, the tour manager, had a big calendar on the walls, Gongaware explained, saying they changed the dates of the shows four times. The jury was shown an email in which Gongaware worked with a staffer to create a calendar to show Jackson. He wanted colors changed. He wanted the calendar to be changed so that it reflected Jackson's show dates and off days differently. Gongaware email:

"Figure it out so it looks like he's not working so much"

As to the email, Putnam asked if he was trying to fool Michael:

"No, I was trying to make it clear, trying to get it just the way I wanted it," Gongaware responded.

After changing 4 show dates Gongaware said Michael was comfortable with it. He would do 8 shows in July, 10 in August, 9 in September. There would be no shows in October, November and December, resuming with 10 shows in January, 10 in February and three in March. No back-to-back shows. Gongaware said the O2 Arena had a previous commitment in Oct-Dec of 2009 and they could not have the concerts.

Putnam: "Was this a rigorous schedule?"
Gongaware: "No, not at all"

Gongaware recalled that on the HIStory tour they did 10-12 shows per month, from country to country, but this one would stay in London only. Gongaware said he wasn't concerned with Michael's age.

"He seemed great to me," he said, and this was stationary show, didn't have to travel.

Gongaware:

"The reason Michael wanted to delay the 1st show was he wanted more time to rehearse in the O2 Arena where the show would take place"

He said Michael and Kenny Ortega would decide the rehearsal schedule. Gongaware explained Michael didn't have to attend rehearsals, since it was not part of his deal. He said they never require an artist to rehearse.

"I didn't have any expectation," Gongaware said regarding Michael rehearsing.

He said he's never seen a requirement for a musicial artist to rehearse & that during the HIStory tour, Michael didn't rehearse but nailed it.

"When it was game time, he would show up," Gongaware explained.

For instance, Gongaware cited an outdoor concert in Bangkok in high heat, humidity.
As to the email Gongaware wrote about calling Michael lazy, he said he used unfortunate choices of words, Michael didn't like to rehearse.
Talking about the elements of the show, Gongaware described what they wanted to do for the opening of the show. He said Michael would be dressed up in a LED suit, like a television, flashing on him brief movie about things that happened in history. Michael would be lowered down onto the stage. He called the LED suit a "Moon man" suit, but Ortega called it "Light man." Putnam showed a presentation of how the LED suit idea would work. Footage is not on This Is It documentary because it was early stages of prep. Gongaware said the 1st idea was to make Michael float from the audience, but they couldn't make it work. So they decided to lower him down onto the stage. Gongaware said the big screen on the back of the stage was 3D capable. The audience would be given glasses when they entered the show. The 3D songs would be Thriller, Earth Song and Smooth Criminal.

"He wanted to do biggest, best show ever, live show," Gongaware said

Putnam showed email chain from Ortega to Gongaware asking to make a deal with choreographer Travis Payne. Answer from Gongaware:

"This is not AEG money, it's Michael's money so it takes a lot of time to get approvals"

Defendants were trying to establish a pattern that all the money spent was actually Michael's money, not AEG's, just like with Dr. Murray
At one point Gongaware said he learned from Michael about a doctor named Murray.

"He came to me and said he wanted his personal doctor on the tour"

Gongaware said he suggested to Michael to get a licensed doctor in London who would know the lay of the land, in case of need.

"This is the machine, we have to take care of the machine. I want Conrad," Gongaware said Michael responded.

I think what he meant was his brain could create it but his body had to deliver the show every night

Putnam: "Were you surprised he wanted to take his doctor on tour?"
Gongaware: "No"
Putnam: "Why not?"
Gongaware: "He had doctors before"

Gongaware said other artists take doctors as well, so he was not the only one and it didn't surprise him. Gongaware said he's been on tour before where an artist had chiropractors, but couldn't remember being in one with a doctor

Putnam: "Did you worry Michael might have a health issue?"
Gongaware: "No"
Putnam: "Why not?"
Gongaware: "He seemed fine to me, had a physical and passed"

Gongaware said the suggestion for a London doctor was due to the cost; paying a doctor full time was much more expensive than hiring a local doctor. Gongaware said Dr. Murray treated Michael for about three years before 2009. He knew the doctor was from Las Vegas but said he was in LA. Gongaware said he then called Dr. Murray to work out a deal. Gongaware testified he didn't have Michael's direct phone number, would go through Michael Amir Williams, his personal assistant, to reach him.
Gongaware called Murray on behalf of Michael saying the singer wanted to take him to London.

"What do you want to be paid for that," Gongaware asked.

Gongaware said he thought Dr. Murray was expecting his call and was aware of the desire to take him on tour.

"He said he would need $5 million," Gongaware recalled. "He said he has 4 clinics to close, would lay off people, needs $5 million for that."

Asked by Putnam if Murray's price was reasonable:

"It was ridiculous," Gongaware said about the amount asked. "It was a lot of money for something like that and Michael could not afford it."

Gongaware said he responded that it wasn't going to work. He said this was the first time he spoke with Dr. Murray. After that, Gongaware said he told Michael Amir and Randy Phillips what the doctor had asked. He also told Frank DiLeo. Gongaware said a lot of people who wanted to work for MJ asked for huge sums of money, thinking he had a lot.

Putnam: "Would you be doing this if Michael had not asked you?"
Gongaware: "No"
Putnam: "Did you contemplate bringing a doctor on tour?"
Gongaware: "I didn't think he needed one, we didn't have one in History, he was fine"
"He was Michael's doctor, Michael wanted him. That was it," Gongaware said.
Putnam:" Did you think about checking the doctor?"
Gongaware: "No"
Putnam: "Why not?"
Gongaware: "He was Michael's doctor"
"I'm not going to tell Michael Jackson who his doctor should be," Gongaware explained. "It wasn't my place to say who his doctor was going to be," Gongaware said. "It was his decision."

Gongaware said he doesn't think a doctor's financial situation has anything to do with being an ethical doctor. Gongaware said it never crossed his mind to either do a background check on Dr. Murray or to suggest to anyone to do it.

"I just expect doctors to be ethical, the financial side of their lives shouldn't have an impact on their medical decision," Gongaware opined.

Gongaware said he never did a background check on anyone he hired and had he done one on Dr. Murray, it would've been out of the ordinary.
He also said he never considered performing background checks on Jackson's makeup artist, a choreographer who worked one-on-one with the singer or Kenny Ortega, the tour's director.

"I didn't see the need for it," he said.

Dr. Finkelstein, a friend of Gongaware, said a doctor should charge $10,000 a month for the tour work. But Dr. Finkelstein would've done it for free, since he was on the Dangerous tour before and had a lot of fun
The second call about Dr. Murray came from Michael Amir Williams saying they were going to need to get a deal done for the doctor. Gongaware said he heard Michael in the car saying "offer 150, offer 150." Gongaware understood that to be $150k/month. Gongaware called Dr. Murray, said he was authorized to offer him $150k a month. He said Dr. Murray responded that he couldn't do it for that. Gongaware told him the offer came directly from the artist and Dr. Murray responded:

"I'll take it"

Gongaware said Michael approved the amount of compensation.

"Michael told me offer 150," Gongaware recalled. "And that's what I did."

Gongaware inquired from Dr. Murray how he would get a license in London and the doctor told him not to worry about it. They talked about Dr. Murray's request for a house in London, and the doctor said he would need a three bedroom house. Gongaware recalled Dr. Murray saying he would probably need an assistant and some equipment, but no details were given at this point. After the call, Gongaware said he let Michael Amir Williams know what the result was in a May 6th email:

"Done at 150k per month, per MJ. He needs about 10 days to wind down his practice then he will be full time"

Asked why he had negotiated with Murray, the AEG executive replied that he was

"instructed to by Michael Jackson."

Gongaware said there was no other reason for him to deal with the doctor. Marvin Putnam asked Gongaware why he didn't tell Jackson he couldn't take Murray on tour with him.

"Because he could if he wanted," Gongaware said.

Gongaware said he passed Dr. Murray on to Timm Wooley, never had any other conversation with Dr. Murray about him possibly going to London.

Putnam: "Do you have any understanding as to whether a contract with Dr. Murray was executed?"
Gongaware: "One never was"
Putnam: "Did AEG pay Dr. Murray any kind of money?"
Gongaware: "No"

Gongaware said Michael was ultimately responsible for his own health:

"I think everyone is responsible for their own health and well being. He was a grown man with the capability to make decisions regarding his health and medical care"

Putnam showed Gongaware a frame from the This Is It film in which Jackson's manager, Frank Dileo, was sitting in on dancer auditions. Dancers auditions took place at the Nokia Theater on April 13, 14 & 15. Michael attended the last day and made the final decision, Gongaware said. He said Ortega wanted to film the audition to use fresh footage on michaeljacksonlive.com. The cost for crew to shoot the audition was very high, so Gongaware bought a couple of cameras and used his own crew to shoot the rehearsals. He said he wasn't sure what he would use the video for, but thought the website would be a good platform.
Gongaware said during the period at Center Staging, Michael was good, engaging, didn't think there were any health issues or was using drugs
Gongaware said the media in the UK was going wild with gossip about Michael Jackson.

"They just lie about things."

The Sun claimed Michael had skin cancer on his chest.

"It was sport over in London," Gongaware said about stories on tabloids.

Gongaware testified about emails in which UK press agents working on This Is It sent him tabloid reports on Michael's health. Gongaware said he urged the press agents not to respond. He wanted Jackson's performance to speak for itself & silence skeptics.
Gongaware on 5/27/09:

"The Kid is healthy and rehearsing every day. He was still there at dance rehearsals at 9pm last night when I left. Our redemption will be when he does his shows, that makes all of this build up so damn sweet. We don't have to sell tickets, so we can just sit back and prove them wrong by just doing it"

Gongaware said he was not concerned

"If there was something going on, if he had cancer, we would've heard about it."

Michael Jackson rehearsal venues:

• Mar 28- Center Staging
• May 27- Forum June 23 - Staples Center
• July 13 - O2 Arena

Putnam also asked Gongaware about an incident Karen Faye testified about, that she heard him yelling at Michael's assistant one day. The incident occurred while This Is It rehearsals were happening at The Forum in LA. Faye claimed she heard Gongaware yelling about Jackson being late to a rehearsal and told his assistant to get him there.

"Never, never happened," Gongaware said, shaking his head.

Putnam went through a chain of emails about tabloid reports in the UK regarding Michael. In one, it said Michael had asked AEG to reduce the number of shows by half. Gongaware said that such a discussion never happened. Gongaware testified he woke up to one gossip headline pretty much every day. His idea was simply to ignore the tabloids.

"An amazing show would be the answer", Gongaware said

Gongaware on 6/5/09 in response to Sunday Mirror Query:

"We can only make this work, of course, if MJ puts on the best show of his life. I'm here to tell you that be will. I have seen it for myself. Last night he ran 9 songs with full band, singers and dancers. Sang every one, he was amazing, captivating, riveting. And he's just getting started. Taking it one step further. When people realize that bulls**t the press has been, they will be in receptive mood for the truth Hey look. No skin cancer. He's just a good dad, loving raising his kids. His art and his craft are paramount. A gentle, loving man who does care about people"
"The shows were going to be spectacular," Gongaware said.

Putnam showed a clip of Michael in front of a green screen with 11 dancers, who would become 11,000. Gongaware said Michael was great at this point
Regarding email Phillips sent Gongaware directing to remove Michael's "skeletal" scenes Gongaware said he didn't take anything out of the movie.

Putnam: "Did you remove anything from the movie?"
Gongaware: "No"

Putnam showed a clip from This Is It with the making of "Thriller 3D" and Jackson wearing red jacket.

Putnam: "Did you try to alter in anyway how Mr. Jackson looked, appeared?"
Gongaware: "No"

Gongaware said he didn't remember any of the footage been removed because of how Michael looked.

"We just let the footage speak for itself"

The mini-movie of "Earth Song" a bulldozer would come out from a ramp in center stage.

Putnam: "A real bulldozer?"
Gongaware: "I wish, it would've been cheaper, but it would have crushed our ramps"

Gongaware said they had to build the bulldozer like a prop. It would appear at the end of the song on stage.

"I think the live audience would be just captivated by it," Gongaware said about the little girl running after the last plant on Earth song.

End of the show would be 3D animation. An airplane taxis up, door opens, Michael entered the plane. The airplane door closes, Michael would actually take an elevator down and out of the building, but the plane would take off over the audience
Gongaware said he didn't know if anyone was responsible for Michael's nourishment. Tour would be demanding and exhausting
Gongaware said he met Dr. Murray once at MJ's Carolwood house and ran into him at The Forum during rehearsal. There was a meeting scheduled to discuss Michael's nutrition with Randy Phillips, Kenny Ortega, Dr. Murray, Michael, Gongaware and DiLeo.

Putnam: "Do you recall anyone in that meeting ever telling Dr. Murray how he should be treating Michael?"
Gongaware: "No"

Gongaware said he didn't have any medical training and wasn't qualified to tell Conrad Murray how to treat Jackson
Gongaware said neither Dr. Murray nor Michael talked about the treatment he was receiving. The meeting was about nutrition & vitamin therapy. Gongaware said he had no idea Dr. Murray was giving Michael Propofol and first heard of the anesthetic after Michael died. Gongaware said Dr. Murray was really engaged in the meeting, seemed like a very intelligent guy and wanted to take care of Michael very much. This was the first time Gongaware met with Dr. Murray. He said there were no signs of Michael being poorly treated by the doctor.

"Michael was engaged in the meeting, attentive, seemed happy we were having this meeting," Gongaware opined. "He's a doctor, he'd know better than anybody how to treat his patient," Gongaware said about Dr. Murray.

As to Gongaware's email saying AEG, not Michael, paid Dr Murray he said he was mistaken.

"We wouldn't pay his salary, we'd advance Michael's money".

Gongaware said he didn't remember writing/receiving the email, but never denied he did it.
As to Michael being habitually late, Gongaware said the singer worked on his own schedule, did things his way
Gongaware said his understanding was that Michael hired a trainer of his choice, Louis (Lou) Ferrigno:

"I made the deal with him (Ferrigno). He was supposed to be paid a certain amount of money per session"

He didn't elaborate on fee, how many times he worked with Michael. Putnam showed an email from Travis Payne, he suggested a massage chair to be put in Michael's dressing room.
As to Bugzee's email saying MJ needed cheeseburgers, brats and beers, Gongaware said Bugzee was joking, Bugzee cared very much for Michael. Gongaware testified he didn't recall having any concern about Michael's health/using painkillers as of Monday 6/15/09, 10 days prior to his death
Gongaware was asked about several emails that have been shown before, including messages related to MJ missing rehearsal on June 19, 2009. The executive was on the East Coast for a family wedding, but responded to one message questioning why Murray wasn't at rehearsal. Gongaware email:

"Take the doctor with you. Why wasn't he there last night?"

He then explained his thinking to the jury. Gongaware:

"If his patient is having a problem and he's sick, and he's his only patient, it seemed like he should be there"

Gongaware said on 6/19/09, he was out of town.

"This is the day Michael had chills at rehearsal and was apparently sick," Gongaware recalled. "If the meeting was going to be about what happened that night, the doctor should be there"

Gongaware said he believed Michael wanted to go on tour. He said he doesn't remember anyone talking about pulling the plug on the shows.

Putnam: "Did anyone tell you at this point that Michael needed a drug addiction specialist?"
Gongaware: "No"
Putnam: "Did anyone tell you they were concerned with the care Dr. Murray was giving to Michael?"
Gongaware: "No"

Gongaware said that on 6/20/09 he did not think Michael's health was deteriorating.
With last questions of the day, Putnam asked Gongaware if he was concerned about Jackson's well-being. He said

"Yes"

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Smoking Elimination Bill

A
BILL
TO
Create a statutory duty to eliminate most smoking by 2030, implement licensing for the sale of tobacco and nicotine-containing products, regulate e-cigarettes and for connected purposes
BE IT ENACTED by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:--

Chapter 1: Smoke Free by 2030

1. Smoke Free Target

(1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that by 2030, less than 5% of the United Kingdom population are regular smokers. This shall be referred to as the “Smoke Free Target”.
(2) The Secretary of State must publish an annual smoking elimination plan, which must include:

(a) an action plan demonstrating the actions to be taken by the Secretary of State to achieve the Smoke Free Target,
(b) measurable objectives to be achieved by the time of the publication of the next annual smoking elimination plan,
(c) the best available data regarding smoking within the United Kingdom, and
(d) a summary of failures to achieve targets set out in all previous smoking elimination plans until such time as they have been achieved, alongside remedial measures to ensure ascertainment of the relevant target.

2. Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this act, a regular smoker is a person who usually consumes at least one tobacco product per week
(2) For the purposes of this act, a tobacco product is a product primarily intended for the consumption of nicotine, including but not limited to:

(a) smoked tobacco products such as cigarettes, cigars and hookah tobacco,
(b) smokeless tobacco products such as dipping tobacco, chewing tobacco or snus,
(c) heated tobacco products, or
(d) any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.

(3) For the purposes of this act, a nicotine-containing product is any product given under subsection (3), or an electronic cigarette, or any other product as designated by regulations by the Secretary of State.

Chapter 2: Introduction of Licensing of Sale

3. Licensing Requirement for sale

(1) A person commits an offence if they—

(a) sell nicotine-containing products by retail without a licence, or
(b) sell nicotine-containing products by retail from premises other than premises in respect of which they have been granted a licence, unless that licence is granted for online sales.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is considered to have sold a nicotine-containing product by retail if they provide the item for free.
(4) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

4. Regulations Regarding Licensing

(1) A body known as the Tobacco Licensing Agency is to be formed.
(2) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision about the granting of licences for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products, and such regulations as the Secretary of State deems reasonably necessary for the orderly function of the Tobacco Licensing Agency.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must provide that—

(a) the licensing authority for the sale by retail of nicotine-containing products is the Tobacco Licensing Agency,
(b) the licensing authority may place conditions on persons to whom licences have been granted,
(c) no licence may be issued to or held by a person who has been convicted of an offence under section 7 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.
(d) licences will be issued on an individual basis for a specific address, or online point of sale, and subject to compliance inspection by the licensing authority.

(3) Regulations under subsection (2) must further ensure that the licensing authority may to such an extent compliant with other legislation regulate product standards with respect to products under their remit, including but not limited to:

(a) Restrictions of the marketing and advertising of tobacco products
(b) Requirements regarding health warning and information displays with respect to the sale of tobacco products

5. Age Verification Conditions

(1) Regulations under section 4 must—

(a) require holders of a licence to operate an age verification policy,
(b) enable the licensing authority to issue fines in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy,
(c) create criminal offences in respect of a failure to operate an age verification policy.

(2) The Secretary of State may publish guidance on matters relating to age verification policies, including guidance about—

(a) steps that should be taken to establish a customer's age,
(b) documents that may be shown to the person selling a tobacco product or related goods as evidence of a customer's age,
(c) training that should be undertaken by the person selling the tobacco product or related goods,
(d) the form and content of notices that should be displayed in the premises,
(e) the form and content of records that should be maintained in relation to an age verification policy.

(3) A person who carries on a business involving the retail sale of tobacco products must have regard to guidance published under subsection (2) when operating an age verification policy.

Chapter 3: Regulations Regarding E-Cigarettes

6. Extension of Plain Packaging to all “nicotine-containing products”

(1) Within the Plain Packaging Act 2016, the following amendments are to be made:-

(a) replace all instances of tobacco products with nicotine-containing products
(b) replace Section 1 subsection c with:

“c) Nicotine-containing products shall have the same meaning as that given in the Smoking Elimination Act 2023”.

7. Ban of disposable e-cigarettes

(1) A person commits an offence if they sell disposable e-cigarettes (where intended for use as a nicotine-containing product) by retail.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or-
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or a fine, or both.

(3) For the purposes of this section, an e-cigarette shall be considered disposable if it is intended only for a single use, and lacks capacity either to be refilled or recharged by the user.
(4) It shall be a defence under paragraph 1 if a disposable vape is sold to a healthcare professional or body.
(5) A healthcare professional or body may only procure disposable vapes for the purpose of issuing them for persons whilst under medical supervision or can be reasonably provided for persons who may deemed unable to utilise refillable or rechargeable e-cigarettes ordinarily.
(6) This Subsection shall come into force upon either the 1st of January 2025, or on a date appointed by regulation by the Secretary of State not later than the 1st of January 2027.

Chapter 4: Implementation

8. Commencement, Extent and Short Title

(1) This Act shall come into force one year after receiving Royal Assent.
(2) This Act shall extend to England only unless—

(a) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, in which case it shall also apply to Scotland, or
(b) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Senedd Cymru, in which case it shall also apply to Wales, or
(c) a Legislative Consent Motion is passed in the Northern Ireland Assembly, in which case it shall also apply to Northern Ireland.

(3) This Act may be cited as the Smoking Elimination Act 2024.
This bill was written by the Right Honourable Dame SpectacularSalad KG KP GCB OM GCMG GBE CT PC MP MLA FRS and the Right Honourable Sir weebru_m CT KT PC MP on behalf of His Majesty’s Government
Chapter 2 was largely sourced from the real life Sale of Tobacco (Licensing) Bill.
This Legislation amends the Plain Packaging Act 2016.
Opening Speech:
Deputy Speaker,
The house recently read the Advertisement of Vape Products (Regulation) Bill, one I was happy to welcome to this house and support at division. I believe that we in this house must do more to regulate vaping, and also to do what we can to eliminate smoking more generally.
Recalling also the Plain Packaging Bill read earlier this year (and subsequently withdrawn), I was spurred into action to propose the following legislation. I have sought to propose a package of world-leading, comprehensive measures.
Firstly, this bill will create a statutory duty for the Secretary of State to reduce the number of regular smokers to 5% of the population by 2030. In 2021 it was 13.3%, and below this threshold the UK will be considered “smoke free”. This 5% target is inspired by New Zealand’s health measures, but I must make clear that this bill does not go as far as a total ban for certain ages as seen in Aotearoa.
To support this goal, the bill will introduce two new licences. These are a licence on the sale of nicotine products (meaning tobacco products, and vapes), and a licence on the purchase of tobacco products specifically, but not vapes.
The nicotine-containing products licence will come into effect a year after passage of the bill, and this will require any business selling either tobacco or vapes to be licensed. This will also ban online sales of these products, making them only available in brick and mortar stores.
This effort is aimed at cracking down on the sale of tobacco and particularly vapes to young people, as the 25 years of age check will apply as a part of the terms of the licence itself. The NHS estimates that 9% of secondary school pupils either regularly or occasionally vape. This is 9% too many.
Eliminating online sale of tobacco or vaping products will close the online sales loophole, and by controlling which businesses are able to sell these products, we can implement better checks and controls to ensure that young people are unable to access them.
The second measure is the Tobacco Purchase Licence, which will come into force no earlier than the beginning of 2027. This is a licence to be required for an individual to buy tobacco containing products (but explicitly not vapes).
This will be a free, renewable, annual licence. Everyone who is 18 or older will be able to get one, but they will need an application signed by their GP, with the licences themselves issued by NHS bodies, who may issue guidance to the GP on how to support the individual in question.
The aim here is twofold, firstly to ensure that all active smokers have some interaction with the NHS relating to smoking, giving us a greater ability to support cessation. Individuals will retain the right to choose to smoke tobacco, but they will be unable to renew their licence to purchase without a GP’s awareness.
The second aim is simply to make smoking tobacco more hassle than vaping. We do not know how harmful vaping is, but the NHS’ own guidance is that vapes are far less harmful than cigarettes, exposing users to fewer toxins and at lower levels than smoking cigarettes. By creating a licence required to buy tobacco but not vaping, it is hoped that individuals will be nudged away from cigarettes and towards vaping as a substitute. Due to the nature of the licence, this will be a passive incentive built into the nicotine-products market.
And that brings me neatly onto the fourth key strand of this legislation, that is the extension of plain packaging and out-of-view laws to vapes, and banning disposable vapes. The first component is intended to crack down on bright packaging intended especially to appeal to young people. The second component is intended to tackle both the ease of access to addictive nicotine products, and also to reduce the environmental impact of vaping.
Overall, this represents a comprehensive package of measures that will fit well with the Government’s existing proposals. I hope they will see fit to provide cross-bench support for these measures, aimed at the substantive elimination of smoking in the UK.
This division ends on Wednesday 5 June 2024 at 10PM BST.

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Oshida is feeling down and will take a bit longer than usual to post the full changelogs so I'll be posting the FM changes on my own for this dev. Make sure to send him lots of well wishes and support!
A5M4:

• Mach rip speed lowered from M1.1 to M0.7
• Added EFS

A6M2, A6M2 mod. 11, A6M2-N, A6M2 mod. 22, A6M3:

• FMs updated to new format
• Added EFS

A7M1, A7M2, B6N1, B6N2, B6N2a, D3A1, D4Y1, D4Y2, D4Y3, J2M2, J2M3:

• Added EFS

Boston Mk.1, Br.693AB2, Buccaneer (all), D.371, D.373, D.500, D.501, D.520, DB-7, IAR-81C, Intruder Mk. 1, Maryland Mk. 1, M.B.152C1, Potez 631:

• Made EFS automatic

D.521:

• Mach rip speed lowered from M1.1 to M0.75
• Made EFS automatic

Do 17 E-1, Fw 200 C-1, H6K4, Ki-49-I (all):

• Mach rip speed lowered from M1.1 to M0.7

Pandora Mk.1:

• Mach rip speed lowered from M1.1 to M0.71

Do 217 J (all), G5N1, Hampden TB Mk. I, Ju-87 B-2, Ju-87 R-2, Pe-2 (all), Pe-3 (all):

• Mach rip speed lowered from M1.1 to M0.65

Ju-87 (all):

• Added cockpit door control

Yer-2 (all):

• Mach rip speed lowered from M1.1 to M0.67

Po-2 Night Witch:

• Mach rip speed lowered from M1.1 to M0.68

F4F (all), MiG-3, Night Fighter Mk. 2, P-43A-1:

• Mach rip speed lowered from M1.1 to M0.75

J7W1, LaGG-3-1, LaGG-3-8, LaGG-3-29, XP-55:

• Mach rip speed lowered from M1.1 to M0.8

Yak-9P, Yak-9U, Yak-9UT:

• Mach rip speed raised from M0.73 to M0.78

Avenger Mk.1:

• FM updated to new format
• Aileron compression speed lowered from 360 km/h to 300 km/h
• Rudder compression speed lowered from 360 km/h to 220 km/h
• Elevator compression speed lowered from 303 km/h to 220 km/h
• Aileron compression power decreased from 3.0 to 1.2
• Elevator compression power increased from 2.0 to 2.3
  • Will begin compressing with all control surfaces earlier and compress slightly more in pitch, but way less in roll
• Flap deployment speed increased
• IAS rip speed increased from 583 km/h to 612 km/h
• Mach rip speed lowered from M1.1 to M0.63
• Wing rip strength changed from [19.18G, -19.18G] to [7.34G, -3.19G] at minimum fuel and no loadout
• Fuel consumption coefficient at half throttle decreased from 0.24 to 0.23
• Fuel consumption coefficient at 100% throttle increased from 0.28 to 0.29
• Fuel consumption coefficient at half throttle increased from 0.3 to 0.31
• Propeller aerodynamics completely reworked
  • Brought up to modern format with variables that had no previous analogue, so no point citing it all here

F-4EJ, F-4EJ Kai:

• Made internal fuel tank 1 not self-sealing

F-4J

• Wing with flaps retracted:
  • Oswald's efficiency number lowered from 0.67 to 0.65
    • Will result in slightly higher drag coefficient depending on AoA, meaning worse overall turn
    • Overall ~0.5 deg/s lower turn rate

F-8E, F-8E (FR):

• Wing with flaps retracted:
  • Oswald's efficiency number lowered from 0.68 to 0.65
    • Will result in higher drag coefficient depending on AoA, meaning worse overall turn
    • ~0.4deg/s lower sustained turn rate
• Wing with flaps fully deployed:
  • Oswald's efficiency number lowered from 0.68 to 0.65
    • Will result in higher drag coefficient depending on AoA, meaning worse overall turn

F7F-1:

• Slightly lowered WEP boost coefficient from 1.175 to 1.17
• Made cooling to lower temperatures quicker

F7F-3:

• Slightly raised WEP boost coefficient from 1.26 to 1.29
• Made cooling to lower temperatures quicker

F8F (all):

• Slightly lowered WEP boost coefficient from 1.293 to 1.26

F7F (all), F8F (all):

• Adjusted engine power to match charts more accurately, implemented different manifold pressures for different supercharger gears on WEP
  • I still haven't bothered to properly look at in-depth propeller aircraft power and thrust calculation because I was working on proper turn calc so I can't give full details at the moment.

Added new F-15C FMs for Improved Baz and F-15C MSIP II, differences from F-15A:

• Rip strength is slightly lower, being at 15.86 G and -5.33 G on min fuel and no loadouts
• Elevator deflection at 2000m:
  • At 1000-1900 km/h, negative elevator deflection will be lower
• Thrust, before calculation is 6140 kgf instead of 6070 kgf
  • I am going to go the lazy route with the altitude thrust graphs instead of doing them by numbers in text, this is probably better for people to visualize as well, 15C vs 15A:
  • At sea level: 15C vs 15A
  • 3000m: 15C vs 15A
  • 6000m: 15C vs 15A
  • 9000m: 15C vs 15A
  • 12000m: 15C vs 15A
  • 15000m: 15C vs 15A
• Empty mass is 1.1t higher, 13470 kg vs 12380 kg
• Total fuel capacity increased by 5t to 15t total

Added new F-15J Kai FM, identical to current F-15J FM
F-16A (all):

• Wing, flaps retracted and flaps deployed at 100%:
  • Oswald's efficiency number lowered from 0.65 to 0.64
    • Will result in very slightly higher drag coefficient depending on AoA, meaning worse overall turn
    • ~0.1-0.2 deg/s sustained turn loss at the most, very barely affects the FM
• Thrust reduction at sea level:
  • At 400 km/h from 10220 to 10170 kgf
  • At 600 km/h from 11550 to 10870 kgf
  • At 800 km/h from 12600 to 11930 kgf

Added new Belgian F-16A FMs, identical to block 15 ADF FM
F-16C, F-16D Barak II:

• Removed EFS

F-20:

• Added 4 new external drop tanks, raising max total fuel mass from 2t to 3.5t

F-5 (all):

• Added 4 new external drop tanks, raising max total fuel mass from 1.7t to 3.1t (F-5A, C) / 1.9t to 3.3t (F-5E)

Fw 190 A (all):

• Added new step for cooling at 217 deg C, will cool down from 220 C to 217 C quicker, but from 217 C to 215 C slower

Added J-11A FM, identical to current J-11 FM
J-7II, J-7D, MiG-21 (all):

• Wing, flaps retracted:
  • Oswald's efficiency number lowered from 0.7 to 0.67
    • Will result in higher drag coefficient depending on AoA, meaning worse overall turn

Added new MiG-21 Bison FM, identical to current MiG-21bis FM
J-7E:

• Wing, flaps retracted:
  • Oswald's efficiency number lowered from 0.75 to 0.72
    • Will result in higher drag coefficient depending on AoA, meaning worse overall turn
    • ~0.4deg/s sustained turn rate loss at the most

J-8B, J-8F:

• Added 3 external drop tanks with a mass of 2.4t total, raising max total fuel mass from 4.3t to 6.7t

Jaguar (all):

• Added 3 external drop tanks with a mass of 2.9t total, raising max total fuel mass from 3.2t to 6.1t

JH-7A:

• Added 3 external drop tanks with a mass of 3.4t total, raising max total fuel mass from 6.5t to 9.9t

Ki-100:

• Updated FM format

MiG-23, MiG-27 (all, MLD-specific differences will be mentioned later down):

• Wing, 0% sweep:
  
  • Taper ratio increased from 3.0 to 4.0
  • Moment arm longitudinal coordinate increased from 2.4 to 2.5
    • Slightly decreased roll rate, better retention, more stable feeling
  • Flaps retracted:
    • Oswald's efficiency number increased from 0.78 to 0.87
    • Linear Cl coefficient increased from 0.074 to 0.085
    • Coefficient of drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Linear Cl coefficient Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Pitching moment decrease from Mach 0.2 to Mach 0.6 to Mach 1.1 [0.015, 0.01] -> [-0.0, 0.15]
    • Pitching moment decrease from Mach 0.6 to Mach 1.1 [0.0, 0.01] -> [0.0, 0.11]
    • Zero-speed lift coefficient increased from 0.05 to 0.08
    • Critical angle of attack, positive increased from 18.5 to 19.5
    • Coefficient of lift at positive critical AoA decreased from 1.2 to 1.05
    • Zero-lift drag coefficient increased from 0.0068 to 0.01
  • Flaps deployed at 100%:
    • Oswald's efficiency number increased from 0.78 to 0.85
    • Linear Cl coefficient increased from 0.074 to 0.098
    • Coefficient of drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Linear Cl coefficient Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Pitching moment decrease from Mach 0.2 to Mach 0.6 to Mach 1.1 [0.015, 0.01] -> [-0.0, 0.15]
    • Pitching moment decrease from Mach 0.6 to Mach 1.1 [0.0, 0.01] -> [0.0, 0.11]
    • Zero-speed lift coefficient increased from 0.3 to 0.22
    • Critical angle of attack, positive decreased from 19.5 to 17.5
    • Critical angle of attack, negative decreased from -16.0 to -14.0
    • Zero-lift drag coefficient decreased from 0.08 to 0.06
• Wing, 50% sweep:
  
  • Span decreased from 11.5 to 11.0
  • Taper ratio increased from 3.0 to 4.0
  • Moment arm longitudinal coordinate increased from 2.1 to 2.25
    • Slightly decreased roll rate, better retention, more stable feeling
  • Flaps retracted:
    • Oswald's efficiency number decreased from 0.75 to 0.65
    • Linear Cl coefficient increased from 0.05 to 0.073
    • Coefficient of drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Induced drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Pitching moment decrease from Mach 0.6 to Mach 1.1 [0.0, -0.05] to [0.0, -0.0]
    • Zero-speed lift coefficient decreased from 0.05 to 0.02
    • Coefficient of lift at positive critical AoA decreased from 1.1 to 1.05
    • Zero-lift drag coefficient increased from 0.0068 to 0.01
  • Flaps deployed at 200% (???? whar)
    • Oswald's efficiency number decreased from 0.75 to 0.65
    • Linear Cl coefficient increased from 0.05 to 0.073
    • Coefficient of drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Induced drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Pitching moment decrease from Mach 0.6 to Mach 1.1 [0.0, -0.05] to [0.0, -0.0]
    • Critical angle of attack, positive decreased from 22.5 to 21.5
    • Zero-lift drag coefficient decreased from 0.08 to 0.075
• Wing, 100% sweep:
  
  • Taper ratio increased from 3.0 to 4.0
  • Moment arm longitudinal coordinate increased from 1.6 to 1.9
    • Slightly decreased roll rate, more stable feeling
  • Flaps retracted:
    • Oswald's efficiency number decreased from 0.65 to 0.62
    • Linear Cl coefficient increased from 0.036 to 0.048
    • Coefficient of drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Induced drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Increased pitching moment from Mach 0.2 to Mach 0.6 to Mach 1.1 [0.0, -0.15] -> [0.0, -0.18]
    • Decreased pitching moment from Mach 0.6 to Mach 1.1 and higher [0.0, -0.15] -> [0.0, -0.05]
    • Critical angle of attack, positive decreased from 39.0 to 35.0
    • Critical angle of attack, negative increased from -21.0 to -24.0
    • Zero-lift drag coefficient increased from 0.0069 to 0.075
  • Flaps at 100% deployment:
    • Oswald's efficiency number decreased from 0.65 to 0.62
    • Linear Cl coefficient increased from 0.036 to 0.048
    • Coefficient of drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Induced drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Decreased pitching moment from Mach 0.6 to Mach 1.1 and higher [0.0, -0.15] -> [0.0, -0.05]
    • Critical angle of attack, positive increased from 34.0 to 35.0
    • Critical angle of attack, negative increased from -11.0 to -22.0
    • Coefficient of lift at critical AoA, positive decreased from 1.2 to 1.1
    • Coefficient of lift at critical AoA, negative increased from -0.7 to -0.5
    • Zero-lift drag coefficient increased from 0.0069 to 0.075
• Components from here on out will not have as large of an impact on performance as the above changes for the wings did
  
• Fuselage:
  
  • Coefficient of drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Critical Mach number from 0.94 to 0.82
    • Mach number of coefficient max from 0.99 to 1.1
    • Coefficient max value from 1.7 to 1.6
  • Zero-lift drag coefficient increased from 0.0074 to 0.011
    • Overall more drag
• Horizontal stabilizer:
  
  • Coefficient of drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Critical Mach number from 0.92 to 0.82
    • Coefficient max value from 2.5 to 1.5
• Vertical stabilizer:
  
  • Coefficient of drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Critical Mach number from 0.92 to 0.82
    • Coefficient max value from 2.5 to 1.8
• Elevator deflection for pitch
  
  • At 750-900 km/h restricted from 70% to 60% upwards deflection (pitching down)
  • At 900-2500 km/h restricted from 80% to 70% upwards deflection (pitching down)
    • More restricted pitching down performance

Some more MiG-variant specific changes that I could not mention in the above overarching changes:
MiG-23BN specific:

• Wing, no sweep:
  • Wing rip strength decreased from 13.2 G, -4.59 G to 11.86 G, -4.51 G at minimum fuel and no loadouts

MiG-23M specific:

• Elevator deflection for pitch
  • At 1500-2500 km/h restricted from 70% to 60% downwards deflection (pitching up) and from 80% to 70% upwards deflection (pitching down)
  • At 2500 km/h and above restricted from 80% to 70% upwards deflection (pitching down)
    • More restricted pitch up performance from 1500-2500 km/h and more restricted pitching down performance from 1500+ km/h

MiG-23ML, MLA specific:

• Wing, no sweep:
  • Wing rip strength decreased from 14.45 G, -5.22 G to 12.19 G, -4.53 G at minimum fuel and no loadouts
• Elevator deflection for pitch
  • At 750-900 km/h restricted from 70% to 60% upwards deflection (pitching down)
  • At 900-1500 km/h restricted from 80% to 75% downwards deflection (pitching up) and from 70% to 65% upwards deflection (pitching down)
  • At 1500-2500 km/h restricted from 70% to 60% downwards deflection (pitching up) and from 80% to 70% upwards deflection (pitching down)
  • At 2500 km/h and above restricted from 80% to 70% upwards deflection (pitching down)
    • Slightly more restricted pitch up performance from 900-2500 km/h and more restricted pitching down performance from 750+ km/h

MiG-23MLD specific:

• Wing, no sweep:
  
  • Total area decreased from 38.5 m^2 to 34.5 m^2
  • Flaps retracted:
    • Oswald's efficiency number increased from 0.78 to 0.84
  • Flaps at 100% deployment:
    • Oswald's efficiency number increased from 0.78 to 0.82
    • After critical angle decline coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.03
    • Zero-speed lift coefficient decreased from 0.3 to 0.25
    • Zero-lift drag coefficient decreased from 0.08 to 0.06
    • Wing rip strength decreased from 14.45 G, -5.22 G to 12.19 G, -4.53 G at minimum fuel and no loadouts
• Wing at 50% sweep:
  
  • Total area decreased from 38.5 m^2 to 34.5 m^2
  • Critical angle of attack, positive decreased from 31.5 to 26.5
    • Stalls at a lower AoA
• Wing at 100% sweep:
  
  • Total area decreased from 38.5 m^2 to 34.5 m^2
• Elevator deflection for pitch
  
  • At 750-900 km/h restricted from 70% to 60% upwards deflection (pitching down)
  • At 900-1500 km/h restricted from 80% to 75% downwards deflection (pitching up) and from 70% to 65% upwards deflection (pitching down)
  • At 1500-2500 km/h restricted from 70% to 60% downwards deflection (pitching up) and from 80% to 70% upwards deflection (pitching down)
  • At 2500 km/h and above restricted from 80% to 70% upwards deflection (pitching down)
    • Slightly more restricted pitch up performance from 900-2500 km/h and more restricted pitching down performance from 750+ km/h

Overall, will end up in sustained turn rate decreases at 0% wing sweep of about 2-4 deg/s for most MiG-23s (depending on variant) and lowered instantaneous turn performance.
Mirage 2000 (all):

• Wing, flaps retracted:
  • Oswald's efficiency number decreased from 0.74 to 0.61
    • Will result in higher drag coefficient depending on AoA
  • Induced drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Critical Mach number from 0.6 to 0.3
    • Mach number of coefficient max from 1.1 to 0.9
    • Coefficient max value from 1.1 to 0.72
    • Multiplier linear coefficient from -0.05 to 0.02
    • Multiplier absolute limit from 0.2 to 1.2
  • Decreased pitching moment from M0 to M0.1 to M0.3 [-0.0, -0.08] -> [-0.0, -0.06]
  • Decreased pitching moment from M0.3 to M0.5 [-0.0, -0.08] -> [-0.0, -0.04]
  • Very slightly increased pitching moment from M0.5 to M0.95 [0.0, -0.0] -> [0.0, -0.005]
  • Very slightly increased pitching moment from M0.95+ [0.0, -0.0] -> [0.0, -0.002]
    • Will result in worse instantaneous performance from static until M0.5, slightly increased from M0.5 onwards
• Wing, flaps 100% deployed (yes yes i know this doesn't have flaps):
  • Oswald's efficiency number decreased from 0.68 to 0.59
    • Will result in higher drag coefficient depending on AoA
  • Induced drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Critical Mach number from 0.6 to 0.3
    • Mach number of coefficient max from 1.1 to 0.9
    • Coefficient max value from 1.1 to 0.72
    • Multiplier linear coefficient from -0.05 to 0.02
    • Multiplier absolute limit from 0.2 to 1.2
  • Decreased pitching moment from M0 to M0.1 to M0.3 [-0.0, -0.08] -> [-0.0, -0.06]
  • Decreased pitching moment from M0.3 to M0.5 [-0.0, -0.08] -> [-0.0, -0.04]
  • Very slightly increased pitching moment from M0.5 to M0.95 [0.0, -0.0] -> [0.0, -0.005]
  • Very slightly increased pitching moment from M0.95+ [0.0, -0.0] -> [0.0, -0.002]
    • Will result in worse instantaneous performance from static until M0.5, slightly increased from M0.5 onwards
• Components from here on out will not have as large of an impact on performance as the above changes for the wings did
  
• Horizontal stabilizer:
  
  • Oswald's efficiency number increased from 0.025 to 0.5
    • Will result in much lower drag coefficient depending on AoA
  • Induced drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Coefficient max value from 2.0 to 1.1
• Roll sensitivity adjustments
  
  • At M0.7, from 70% to 60% of current sensitivity
  • At M0.9, from 60% to 50% of current sensitivity
    • Will result in slightly less effective roll between and at those speeds
• Elevator deflection
  
  • Decreased maximum rolling deflection angles from +/-6deg to +/-5deg
  • At 650-1200 km/h restricted from 60% to 45% downwards deflection (pitching up)
  • At 1200-1400 km/h increased from 60% to 70% upwards deflection (pitching down)
  • At 2100+ km/h increased from 40% to 45% downwards deflection (pitching up)
    • More restricted in pitch-up performance from 650-1400 km/h (does not necessarily mean it's worse), slightly less restricted pitch-down performance from 1200+
• Rudder sensitivity lowered from 0.35 to 0.27
  
  • Will result in overall less effective rudder

Overall reduced sustained turn performance at low speed by up to 3 deg/s, but increased turning performance at high speed by 1-3 deg/s
Added new Mirage 5BA FM, identical to current Mirage 5 FMs but also has an extra external fuel tank
Mirage 5 (all):

• Added new internal fuel tank, increasing total internal fuel mass to 2.4t

N1K2-J:

• Updated FM format
• Increased empty mass from 2949 kg to 3125 kg
• Changed CoG coordinates from [-0.172016, -0.128462, 0.00666832] to [-0.02, 0.0, 0.0]
• Redistributed fuel masses

P-38K:

• Updated FM format

JA-37, AJ-37 (all):

• Wing, flaps retracted:
  • Oswald's efficiency number decreased from 0.55 to 0.48
    • Will result in higher drag coefficient depending on AoA
  • Induced drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Coefficient max value from 0.7 to 0.8
    • Multiplier linear coefficient from 0.05 to 0.02
• Wing, flaps 100% deployed:
  • Oswald's efficiency number decreased from 0.65 to 0.6
    • Will result in higher drag coefficient depending on AoA

Overall reduced sustained turning performance by ~1-1.5 deg/s
J-35 (all):

• Wing, flaps retracted:
  • Oswald's efficiency number decreased from 0.5 to 0.42
    • Will result in higher drag coefficient depending on AoA
  • Coefficient of drag Mach multiplier critical Mach number changed from 0.9 to 0.89
    • Zero-lift coefficient of drag will begin changing from M0.9 instead of M0.89
  • Induced drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Critical Mach number from 0.15 to 0.2
    • Mach number of coefficient max from 0.4 to 0.6
    • Coefficient max value from 0.7 to 0.9
    • Multiplier linear coefficient from 0.1 to 0.02
    • Multiplier absolute limit from 1.0 to 2.0
• Wing, flaps 100% deployed:
  • Oswald's efficiency number decreased from 0.5 to 0.42
    • Will result in higher drag coefficient depending on AoA
  • Induced drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Critical Mach number from 0.15 to 0.2
    • Mach number of coefficient max from 0.4 to 0.6
    • Coefficient max value from 0.7 to 0.9
    • Multiplier linear coefficient from 0.1 to 0.02
    • Multiplier absolute limit from 1.0 to 2.0

Overall reduced sustained turning performance by up to 4deg/s
Added Sea Harrier FA. 2 FM, identical to Harrier Gr. 7 FM
Su-17 (all), Su-22 (all):

• Wing, 0% sweep:
  
  • Flaps retracted:
    • Oswald's efficiency number decreased from 0.73 to 0.7
    • Induced drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Flaps 100% deployed:
• Added new 50% sweep polar
  
• Wing, 100% sweep:
  
  • Flaps retracted:
    • Oswald's efficiency number decreased from 0.65 to 0.63
    • Induced drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
  • Flaps 100% deployed:
    • Oswald's efficiency number decreased from 0.65 to 0.63
    • Induced drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Zero-speed lift coefficient increased from 0.02 to 0.08
    • Lift coefficient at negative critical angle raised from -0.65 to -0.6
• Components from here on out will not have as large of an impact on performance as the above changes for the wings did
  
• Horizontal stabilizer:
  
  • Critical Cl Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Multiplier linear coefficient from 0.5 to -0.05
  • Critical AoA Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Coefficient max value from 0.65 to 0.95
    • Multiplier linear coefficient from -0.1 to -0.02
• Elevator deflection sensitivity at M1.5 increased from 80% to 90%
  
  • Will result in slightly more effective pitch at M1.5
• Increased afterburning thrust at 1200 km/h from 13200 kgf to 13750 kgf (except Su-22M3)
  

Su-17M2 specific:

• Wing, 100% sweep, flaps retracted:
  • Coefficient of drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Coefficient max value from 2.4 to 2.2
• Fuselage:
  • Coefficient of drag Mach multiplier curve adjustments
    • Mach number of coefficient max from 0.99 to 1.1

Su-22M3, Su-22UM3K specific:

• Wing, 100% sweep:
  • Flaps 100% deployed:
    • Lift coefficient at positive critical angle increased from 0.88 to 0.95
    • Zero-lift drag coefficient decreased from 0.07 to 0.069

Can't give any concrete numbers on how much turning performance was impacted for the time being!
Added new Su-27SM FM, currently only 400kg heavier than regular Su-27 FM
Ta-154A:

• Elevator now begins compressing from 470 km/h at 2.2 compression power
  • Will begin compressing earlier and slightly more
• Wing:
  • Spin Cd gain increased from 0.08 to 0.03
    • Aircraft will have more drag when in a spin
  • Moment arm vertical coordinate changed from 0.12 to 0.11
    • Very slightly better roll rate
• Horizontal stabilizer:
  • Linear Cl coefficient increased from 0.03 to 0.06
  • Coefficient of lift after stall, increased from +/-0.45 to +/-0.85
    • More lift after a positive AoA stall, less lift after a negative AoA stall
  • Coefficient of lift at stall angle increased from +/-0.5 to +/-0.9
    • More lift at positive AoA stall angle, less lift at negative AoA stall angle

Added new Tornado F.3 Late FM, has 3 extra external fuel tanks but otherwise identical to Tornado F.3
Gaijin hallucinations in changelogs:
P-39N changes in one of the major updates some while ago
NEW: Gripen nerf (please in next dev update gaijin)

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