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The end of Procurement
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COVID-19 - and the economic fallout ahead - created an urgent need for companies to understand what they've agreed to across their contracts at an unprecedented scale. Surely legal tech - and, in particular, contract management software - must have proved a massive advanta...
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Published: 10 Aug 2020
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Commercial innovation lies at the heart of human progress. It is through commercial innovation that we have created the conditions for successful invention, the framework for trade, the access to goods and services.
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IACCM provides a range of support services that will assist in addressing the issues identified in this report. Managing Contracts under Covid-19: What have we learnt?
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2020-07-29 17:48:12
Modular Contracting Discussion / Help Needed!
HI: I would love to chat about your entity's experience with implementing a Modular Contracting system. From a look, feel, and integration perspective, I am par...
I would love to chat about your entity's experience with implementing a Modular Contracting system. From a look, feel, and integration perspective, I am part of a group running into some challenges that I believe previous experiences have probably already experienced and solved for. From a substantive standpoint, some questions about order of precedence, survival, SOW/purchase order term co-alignment and other questions.
Is anybody able to share their experience and/or willing to share a rule/bylaws document? Thanks so much!
• Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals • 2020-08-05 13:54:15
Hello, this is the type of contract structure my company has used for a while, Master terms, often evergreen, with annual Product and Service Agreements falling under it. I find it really helps create flexibility for purchases through sub agreements since anything that falls under the Master tends to be a shorter document. Generally, the Master governs unless it's a service or product specific term that the Master does not speak to, but we make that all very clear in the body of each section of the agreement. We also make it clear that any agreement falling under the Master only stays in effect as long as there is a Master in effect; though I have seen agreement terms that state until the end date of the sub agreement the Master terms still govern even if that Master has expired.
For Order of precedence I've seen it done with a list, as already mentioned, we try to keep things as uncomplicated as possible, so sub agreements just refer back to the specific Master, which supersedes any PO terms, and each sub agreement only speaks to one topic.
I don't have much of an issue with PO/SOW (for me, service agreement) alignment, ours is a pay at the beginning of the term, after agreement execution, so PO creation can occur after the service term has been set, but I would imagine there should be some sort of language you could include in your SOW that would address that concern...
Hi, I would be willing to have a chat about this. I am a lawyer with more than 20 years experience and although I have not worked extensively with modular contracting, I should be able to provide some advice. Please reach out to me at pdoyle@
• 2020-07-30 15:15:47
If I understand the question correctly, it is asking about the benefits and challenges of breaking contract terms into, for example, POs/SOWs, Master Agreements, Terms of Service, Data Processing Agreements, etc. This has certainly become the norm in the technology industry allowing for multiple purchases under a single master agreement, with the added benefit of allowing companies to amend the ancillary agreements on notice or website updates. Most deal with the order of precedence by listing the agreement order. It may, however, be better to set the order based on the nature of the term, so that updates to data processing agreements take priority over all other agreements. With respect to survival, the most common approach is to extend contractual terms until the expiration of the last PO or SOW or some period following such expiration.
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KEO International Consultants
2020-05-26 13:02:59
Negotiation effectiveness
What are the fundamentals and effective tools to be taken into consideration before negotiation meetings. Please share negotiation cases initiated from both parties. I...
What are the fundamentals and effective tools to be taken into consideration before negotiation meetings. Please share negotiation cases initiated from both parties. Individual cases. - Thank you.
Hi Mohammed,
Great question. You have certainly come to the right place for some expert advice. I hope others jump in as well. You can find an array of resources at your fingertips (including case studies).. if you go into the resource library (Resources > Resource Library) and search by category = Negotiation. I would particularly recommend:
IACCM Dubai Member Meeting April 2019 Presentations
Ask The Expert: Negotiating and Contracting in the Middle East
The Power of Intent Workshop - IACCM APAC Conference 2019
Do Procurement practices cause dishonesty?
Negotiating in a time of coronavirus
In Negotiations, Givers Are Smarter Than Takers
In addition, you may wish to consider our new Managing Contracts Virtually training program (which is currently included as a member benefit) .. Training > Managing Contracts Virtually.
If you need help accessing any of these materials, please contact me at info@
Regards, Paul
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Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
2020-05-25 10:22:15
Call for Help for Contract Innovation in the Defence and AeroSpace Industry for the DASI
Dear All, first of all I hope you are all doing good considering the challenging times. Airbus as most large corparations has initiated and started an internal inno...
Dear All, first of all I hope you are all doing good considering the challenging times.
Airbus as most large corparations has initiated and started an internal innovation challenge.
I am right now preparing a pitch for this innovation campaign coming from the Commercial&Contract department.
As I really would also like to present some first reactions on my idea from eg. Customers as well as Suppliers of ours and also other companies with focus on DASI, it would be great if you could spent 5 minutes and answer the enclosed questionnaire with 6 questions :-)
Google survey:
The Idea/pitch is:
A contract in 3D based on smart data input using AI, NLP and ML together with data modeling to be used for internal means or also within companies external ecosystem.
Time line:
Please feed back until May 28th 2020. That would be perfect as I my deadline for the pitch is Friday May 29th 2020)
If you have any questions please let me know via the forum or PM me.
If you wish to share that with trusted colleagues that is also very welcome))
Warm regards
Ines Curtius
Hi Ines,
What an excellent initiative. Thank you for this thought-provoking post. I would encourage all our members to complete your survey! and I would be very interested in the results.
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2020-04-07 01:47:23
Manufacturing capacity
Where will the extra manufacturing capacity come from to make goods to combat Covid 2019?
Where will the extra manufacturing capacity come from to make goods to combat Covid 2019?
• Fire and Emergency NZ • 2020-04-14 09:00:25
Hi - great question - and perhaps if I reply with a perspective from New Zealand.
I think that the leading company see opportunities where demand is no longer the lowest price or most recent tender - but on availability and quality within a short space of time - and often local ! There are good examples of firms here changing up their business models - making masks and other protective gear - when their tools and workers would otherwise be idle as a business that is not deemed essential, and can't therefore operate.
Some others seem happy to wait it out, but it's fair to say that early signs are that the landscape for both work and production within the economy will change post COVID. Even from a work point of view, many are going to question why they need to come into an office each day to do their work.
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Fire and Emergency NZ
2020-04-03 07:17:39
What I wished I could do during COVID19 lockdown
With some awesome discussion underway from Neal, Mark and the Global CEO of IACCM, Sally, I thought I'd continue this theme a little. Just a quick one that hopefu...
With some awesome discussion underway from Neal, Mark and the Global CEO of IACCM, Sally, I thought I'd continue this theme a little. Just a quick one that hopefully might generate ideas or solutions that could benefit ourselves, our teams or IACCM members.
So my request is that you complete the following sentence :
What I wish that I could do, or could have done during the lockdown is.......
Never ask a question without knowing the answer they say. So my answer is simple. Yesterday, one of my team, who is also a volunteer firefighter, took the initiative to put on his gear and offer himself up to a group of local kids for a video conference. It allowed a group of kids, currently on holiday, some time to learn. It also allowed a bunch of parents working from home, a short break from dual duties of working and supervising kids.
I think that was a great idea, and something that I wish I could have done during lockdown. Just a proud Dad moment, because he wasn't asked to, and just took the initiative himself.
I have pondered whether or not to offer a discussion on accountancy myself, but I'd imagine it would only cause children to sleep. And sadly I only have a limited ability to make balloon animals, and no balloons....
Over to you group.
Hi Darren, for the last few weeks I have been reading bedtime stories to'the children of IACCM' (though given time differences, it is a funny bedtime for some). It happens three times a week and they keep turning up .... I'm also an accountant by background - so maybe that is what makes it effective!!!
• 2020-05-29 10:56:04
I wish I could better balance my work life and home life, there have been a few too many midnight finishes of late!
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Toronto transit commission
2020-03-27 15:19:59
Commercial Management Structure, Model, and Governance in Public Sector
Hi Everyone; Hope you and your loved ones are doing well and staying safe! We are in the process of Commercial Management Function establishment. We do have Materia...
Hi Everyone;
Hope you and your loved ones are doing well and staying safe!
We are in the process of Commercial Management Function establishment. We do have Material Management (subs: Planning and Inventory Control, Warehouse and Distribution), Project and Category Management (subs: Procurement (capital), procurement (operating)) which both department directly report to finance. How do you add the commercial management to this hierarchy?
Alma, my apologies for not spotting your post earlier!
The elements you mention are components of a Commercial Management process. To gain a comprehensive overview, you may find the IACCM 2019 Benchmark Report helpful - it sets out the various activities associated with the contracting and commercial lifecycle.
If you would like to discuss how you might best approach building the Commercial function, I'd be delighted to arrange a call. You can contact me at tcummins@
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Telstra Corporation Ltd
2020-03-16 10:39:35
Defining roles for a team - a personal account.
Reflecting on this article, I agree that it's important to set boundaries for the team as outlined, but it also depends on the skill level and experience of the m...
Reflecting on this article, I agree that it's important to set boundaries for the team as outlined, but it also depends on the skill level and experience of the members of the team. For junior or less experienced, you need to set out the outcomes and provide boundaries. For those more skilled, the outcomes need to be defined, but the boundaries less so. It is however, very important that when the team works across boundaries or cross-cultural teams, setting the expectations for collaboration and approach is essential - this requires effective leadership. A helpful read.
2020-03-11 05:47:57
FM Event - Foreseeability
Can someone please clarify for me: Australian Jurisdiction Where, in a FM clause, it defines an event which does not constitute Force Majeure as "any circumst...
Can someone please clarify for me:
Australian Jurisdiction
Where, in a FM clause, it defines an event which does not constitute Force Majeure as "any circumstance which is reasonably foreseeable" is this interpreted to mean:
(a) "any circumstance which is reasonably foreseeable (at the commencement of the contract)"; or
(b) could it be read to mean that, at the time of applying for relief under FM, the event must not have been reasonably foreseeable?
Thank you.
• Victorian Rail Track (VicTrack) • 2020-04-01 04:48:08
Hi - at my workplace we are mainly dealing with FX related claims that are being submitted as force majeure. In these cases, they are (b) - in that did the party have an opportunity prior to the FM event occurring to reasonably speaking, manage and treat the risk.
! disclaimer - I don't know anything about Australian law !
but I don't see how option a) can be reasonable.
Risks can appear as time goes by due to changing circumstances and something that is not reasonably foreseeable at one point in time could well be later on.
My apologies for the delayed reply to your question.
In general, the clause is referring to an issue that you could reasonably have anticipated and therefore could have prepared for it in some way. That means not only before inception of the contract, but also during its performance.
Even in a case where Force Majeure applies, there is a duty to take reasonable measures to mitigate its effects.
In the case of the pandemic, there are many debates over whether and in what circumstances it represents a Force Majeure event. However, even when disallowed, there may be grounds for claiming frustration of contract or impossibility of performance due to related events.
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Hitachi ABB Power Grids
2020-02-27 23:57:03
Corona Virus
If anyone has encountered the same discussion - any ideas how to qualify and cover corona-virus and such nature of potential disruptions in the contract? What approxim...
If anyone has encountered the same discussion - any ideas how to qualify and cover corona-virus and such nature of potential disruptions in the contract? What approximate statement and references are recommended?
Hi Marina, thank you for your question and of course this is a critical issue for many of us right now. You may be interested to see Tim's Blog on this very point from earlier this week:
We have also launched a survey today which has already generated hundreds of responses and we will be putting out a report on the results early next week so please watch out for that.
I hope this helps and please do let us know if you have further specific questions.
• Cadent Gas Ltd • 2020-02-29 09:14:13
There are multiple ways to be honest, including Force Majeure clauses and Business Continuity obligations on the supplier which are regularly tested.
• Vaisala Inc. • 2020-04-03 21:15:33
We have recently added a statement to all quotes to customers with regard to COVID19, namely that it is now a 'known' event and given that the environment is ever-changing that status of your order may change, including for example the time from submission of order to delivery/performance. We will use all commercially reasonable efforts to notify you as soon as possible of any change. So perhaps something along those lines? Our sales and executive teams seem pleased that we are addressing it directly.
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2019-12-17 11:22:11
Agenda 2030 and public procurement driving it
Lately, I have come across strong initiatives in the Nordic countries that intend to drive Agenda 2030 and all it´s goals by embedding the content within the public pr...
Lately, I have come across strong initiatives in the Nordic countries that intend to drive Agenda 2030 and all it´s goals by embedding the content within the public procurement activities. As you know, the public sector is very large in my Country, Sweden, and I expect this move to have a fundamental effect on trade in general. For obvious reasons they (state, regional and local governments) are looking for insights and inspiration from us at IACCM.
I do not know if I am an early observer (I am not first) or "the last one to figure it out". Regardless, I am interested in understanding if, and if so how, such initiatives are launched elsewhere in the world and a bit more "meat on the bones" if available. It would be very beneficial to me.
Very best regards,
Erik Nordling, IACCM Fellow
• Fire and Emergency NZ • 2019-12-18 09:30:18
Hi Erik - personally I don't think that you are the last one to figure it out, and if I might observe, I believe that there are many others around the world trying to work out what it means for them.
There's two things I'd contribute to your thinking, which are caveated in the usual way (i.e. my views and not necessarily those of my employer) :
1. I think that there is a financial cost to the organisation in seeking to embed these. It's a discussion that I've found has meant that it's hard to get real traction - as whilst the requests for these initiatives come in, there has not been the additional funding provided to many Government organisations to get his going. Sure, it's argued that there are other benefits - often more widely outside of the organisation - but many organisations aren't winning the battle with their finance teams that could see this progress.
2. I have been impressed with the approach of the IRD team in New Zealand. From the presentations that I've seen from Karen Whitehouse and the team, they picked one of the UN goals that was most relevant to them, and looked to focus on that. I think this will be more effective than those who try to achieve too much by looking to incorporate too many of these goals into their procurement activities.
We've looked to take that thinking on board into our operations. Given our contracts are split into portfolios, the challenge for my team in 2020 is to get the business agreeing to an area of focus and measurements for each of these portfolios. These might be the same, or they might be different, but we're using that approach to get the business owners, as well as the leadership team to buy into it, so it's not us going it alone.
Like you, I would love to hear how others are approaching it - it's brave of you to start a topic by making yourself vulnerable, but I think that you're in good company.
Hi Darren, thanks for your contribution. I will add, in terms of motivation, that the Swedish government yesterday announced their long-term strategy towards a sustainable society in general and climate activities in particular. As always, there were many (130) activities, more or less concrete, but a very firm statement by the minister was that they will demand from all public procurement to embed the Agenda and thereby drive the change process.
Obviously, there are a zillion question marks on how to do it (sounds a bit like "how to eat an elephant") and I believe that selecting the goal(-s) that are most relevant would be a decent strategy with a good chance to succeed. I looked at the IRD homepage but could not see a whole lot. Is there a write-up of some kind that I could get access to.
Btw, I am glad to see NZ being active, Tim mentioned it to me and I really believe that us smaller countries are quicker to decide and get going rather than just talking. Denmark is also, as I understand it, acting in the same direction and I honestly believe that we together could put together an IACCM statement of some kind, given that we find more material.
• Ngamuru Advisory • 2020-02-02 07:30:39
Hi Erik,
You've hit on a really good topic. As I sit here in Australia in the areas affected by fire and storms the need for broader outcome as part of public spending is not lost on me. So much so I recently wrote an article on my blog (www.performancebasedcontracting.com) on this topic. I also mentioned that this is being used, or trying to be used. I'd be happy to provide more details directly if you need. Key thing is that it is possible, just not typical. And I hope we can all change that!
Dr Andrew Jacopino, IACCM Fellow
Hi Andrew and thanks for your encouraging article. We seem to have things bubbling here and there in the world and I understand that Tim Cummins is taking a lead from an IACCM perspective, that you are involved and that I will try to contribute to the best of my capability.
Meanwhile, I continue to make myself present in the public domain, an interesting effort after 44 years in the private sector. There is no doubt in my mind that the "public muscle" is a major enabler to introduce a more targeted, ambitious and future-focused trading practice.
In addition, I hear more and more that having a common purpose and an encouraging, visible leadership is more engaging and motivating to coming generations entering the labour market than career paths, personal benefits and generic power and status symbols. Without a clear purpose and professional leadership "the good ones" are gone. Yesterday, the CEO of Scania, producer of heavy trucks, buses and other machinery, said exactly this in a TV interview. My contacts with leaders in the public sector say the same.
Tomorrow, I will meet with a few like-minded people in Copenhagen and look forward to continues communicating with you and others in IACCM on the subject. A "viral approach" will be very important, I believe!! There are big and well funded opponents to a change in the current activities.
Best regards, Erik
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I can't quite figure it out and that's no surprise since the prosecution couldn't either. Everything I may say about Casey and what might have really happened is speculation, but I speculate that her parents were very much involved- right from the start.
Some basic facts to the story include:
– Casey tried to give Caylee up at birth but her mother, Cindy, wouldn't let her. Normally, if a woman wants to adopt her child out, that is up to her. This tells me that Cindy had a lot of control over her daughter.
– On the original 9-1-1 call, Cindy calls to report that Casey has stolen her car and needs to be arrested. Then, when teh call is transfered, one can hear Cindy saying to Casey that she will next bring up the 'child thing'. Casey asks for 'one more day' but Cindy tells her 'I've given you a month'. This sounds to me like it indicates that Cindy has known all along that the child has been missing. Also, the fact that Cindy first calmly reports an auto theft, then brings up the dead body smell in her daughter's car, and finally discloses the fact that the child is missing and breaks into hysterics on cue, tells me that this was planned, staged and theatric. Again, it leads me to suspect that Cindy was heavily involved and was the one to decide how and when they would bring this to the authorities. If your granddaughter was missing, would you first bring up other issues before reporting this on a call? And why would you break into tears only at the end of the call? If this was the first Cindy had heard of it, I would imagine she would have called in tears and immediately reported the most important part first: Caylee's disappearance.
– During the 9-1-1 call, Cindy also states to Casey that Caylee is 'with Zanny', the nanny, although it later turned out that there was no zanny the Nanny. The name Zenaida Gonzales had been chosen by Casey, or more likely Cindy, for some unknown reason, and the only woman in the area with that name is now suing Casey for defamation of character. I can't help but notice that 'Zanny the Nanny' is very catchy, the kind of thing one woudl remember easily. The kind of name a suspect would have in a movie. Was it Cindy who came up with this? Cindy clearly knew there was no 'Zanny', yet she mentioned this fabrication to Casey while waiting for their call to be transferred, as if going over their invented story to make sure Casey had it straight. Why do I think Cindy knew there was no 'Zanny'? Because she spoke about her as if she knew this woman, calling her by her nickname and not 'her (Caylee's) nanny'. If Zanny didn't exist and Cindy talked about her like she knew her, my guess is it would be because she was involved in creating the lie about her. The alternative would have been that Casey had been lying to her mother for months about a fictitious nanny. What purpose would this serve? The only purpose Zanny served was to divert the cops' attention, so I think she was made up during the month Caylee was missing.
– During the month that Caylee was missing, Casey partied, went shopping and got a tattoo that said 'Bella Vita' : beautiful life. This is bizarre behavious for someone whose kid is missing or has just died.
– During the recorded conversations between Cindy and Casey while Casey was in prison, it's obvious that Cindy is the one in control. One can clearly see Casey's frustration at barely being able to get a word in edgewise. Cindy looks to me like the brains of the operation.
– A couple of years into the trial, Casey suddenly states that her daughter died as the result of a drowning accident. Obviously, this is very bizarre.
– The coroner had found duct tape on the child's skull. She concluded that Caylee was the victim of a homicide and that drowning was unlikely.
– Traces of choloform were found in Casey's car along with undetermined DNA that was either human or animal- they couldn't tell for sure.
– A search for 'how to make chloroform' was found on Casey's computer. Cindy said she was responsible for it, but that it happened accidentally with autocomplete while she was looking up chorophyll. It turned out that Cindy was at work while this Google search was done, so she had to be lying about it. Why did she lie?
– Right near the end of the trial, Casey's lawyer stated that Casey had been sexually abused by her father from the time she was eight and that this is why she was in the habit of lying about everything.
– While in prison, Casey did not act like someone who had just lost her child. She came across very self-centered, saying that this whole affair was 'ruining her life', and refered to Caylee as 'that little girl'. Later, in prison, she had a change of behaviour and started acting like she didn't have a care in the world.
My speculations are that not only were the grandparents heavily involved in whatever happened, but this might have involved ritual abuse. Possibly Casey had been ritually abused from the time she was a child. The accusations of molestation woudl fit in with that and it woudl explain casey's bizarre behaviour, as people who undergo this kind of trauma often become very dissociated, sometimes to the point of splitting into two personalities. This could explain her sudden change in demeanor while in prison and her apparent lack of emotions with regards to the death of her child. I would even consider the possibility that Casey tried to give Caylee up to spare her whatever she had gone through herself. As for motive, when it comes to Casey the only motive I could imagine would be wanting to spare her daughter from the same abuse she had endured. This would explain why everyone she knew attested that she was a good mother. maybe she was. Either that or she saw the child as a burden, but the testimonies don't point to this.
It is also possible that Casey actually had nothing to do with the murder, but that her own parents were directly or indirectly responsible for it.
Cindy comes across as a very strong figure, a mastermind, the one in control. I would suspect that she was the one who all along planned how they would turn Casey, who was not responsible, in. They would do this once the body was decomposed and would conspire in elaborate lies that would lead the police on more than one wild goose chase. Did Cindy or her husband kill Caylee as a ritual sacrifice, or did they allow someone else to sacrifice her? What did they stand to gain from it? I cannot make any accusations, I can only wonder.
But I do wonder, because this case reminds me so much of the JonBenet Ramsey case, in which mountains of circumstantial evidence pointed to the parents, yet they were exonerated. As it turned out, they were involved in a Satanic coven that included judges as well as others in high places. JonBenet had started to speak to teachers about people in robes abusing her, and she had been taken to the doctor 60 times in one year for repeated yeast infections. Her vagina was twice the size of a normal 6-year-olds.
Sexual abuse in both families, plenty of circumstantial evidence, obvious lies involving the entire family, and a verdict of 'not guilty' based on insufficient evidence: it is clear both cases have that much in common. But do they also have something even more sinister in common including involvement in Satanic ritual abuse? I can only speculate.


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The Backstreet Cultural Museum is home to collections of costumes, artifacts, memorabilia, photographs, films, and other materials important to New Orleans' African American culture. Our collections inform and enlighten visitors of all ages. The collections continue to grow with donations of new objects that incorporate unique influences while simultaneously maintaining traditional styles.
The Backstreet Cultural Museum's permanent exhibits, from displays on Mardi Gras Indians, to social aid and pleasure clubs, and jazz funerals, reveal a particular view on life. The exhibits illuminate African American history in the struggles against slavery and disenfranchisement and for freedom. The artisans who created the objects know hardship, yes. But they also know how to live triumphantly and express the beauty of life; something that no hardship can ever take away.
The Backstreet Cultural Museum's exhibitions explore the creative achievements, improvisational brilliance, and collective spirit of New Orleans' African American society. The exhibits provide opportunities for all visitors to embrace the rich legacy of African American culture.
Film Collection
Museum founder Sylvester Francis began filming New Orleans' African American parading culture in the late 1970s. Since then, he has amassed films and videotapes that document over 500 jazz funerals. This collection also records more than thirty years of New Orleans' African American Carnival celebrations, Mardi Gras Indian public performances, and the second-line parades of social aid and pleasure clubs.
The museum's film collection is available for the public to access. Videos from the collection are shared with a wide audience at the museum's annual exhibit during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The museum regularly screens its films at schools and other venues in the Tremé neighborhood.
Mardi Gras Indians
The Backstreet Cultural Museum is proud to host an extensive collection of Mardi Gras Indian regalia, including suits of Big Chiefs, Queens, Flag Boys, Wild Men, and more.
The Mardi Gras Indians are one of New Orleans' greatest cultural treasures. Every year, the tribes take to the streets, bringing generations of history right along with them. Each suit is an elaborate design of beads, feathers, plumes, and stones: the result of a year's worth of labor, time, money, and creativity.
The Mardi Gras Indian tradition is rooted in a legacy of resistance. Enslaved Africans, escaping the dehumanizing violence of the plantation, found hospice with Native Americans. The Mardi Gras Indian tribes are noted for their exquisite costumes, public performances at Carnival, and their musical contributions. The Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans endure as the preservers of a distinctive cultural legacy.
Skull and Bone Gangs
The museum's holdings include costumes and objects related to the North Side Skull and Bone gang, one of the oldest African American processional traditions of New Orleans.
The Skull and Bone gangs serve to bless Carnival by stirring the spirits, thus warding off sickness and injury and ensuring a safe celebration. In the early hours of Mardi Gras day, the Skull and Bone gangs roam the streets, walking with stilts, wearing handcrafted skulls, skeleton suits, and carrying animal bones. With harmless mischief—knocking on doors, beating drums, shouting and singing—they alert the community that Mardi Gras has arrived.
Baby Dolls
The exhibits contain costumes and artifacts related to the Baby Dolls tradition.
The Baby Dolls are a New Orleans' African American Carnival tradition that dates to the first half of the twentieth century. The Baby Dolls are made up of women wearing fancy dresses who parade through Tremé and other largely African American neighborhoods. After decades of being inactive, the Baby Dolls tradition was revived in 2004 and is growing stronger each year. It is a beautiful sight to encounter Indians, Skeletons, and Baby Dolls gathering at the Backstreet Cultural Museum on Mardi Gras Day.
Jazz Funerals
The museum's collection includes films and videos, photographs, obituary records, and memorabilia from jazz funerals in New Orleans over the last thirty years.
There is an African American proverb that advises us to cry at birth and laugh at death. No tradition better exemplifies this than the jazz funerals of New Orleans. Jazz funerals are an important ritual that sustains the community and links it to the ancestors.
The jazz funerals of New Orleans date to the beginning of the twentieth century. Many jazz funeral processions are held each year, often to honor musicians or members of social aid and pleasure clubs.
After the church ceremony, the casket is led to the cemetery by the slow, somber dirges and hymns of a brass band. After the burial, however, to signify that the time for mourning is over, the band picks up the tempo, followers of the procession break into dances, and the second-line parade begins: a celebration to send the loved one's spirit into the afterlife.
Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs
The Backstreet Cultural Museum's collections include costumes, decorated fans, umbrellas, handkerchiefs, and other finery from New Orleans' social aid and pleasure clubs.
You can rest assured that at any second-line parade in New Orleans, the social aid and pleasure club members will be the best dressed, with flamboyant, impeccable, matching outfits. They are invariably the pride of the parade.
These clubs are about more than just fun, however. They emerged during a period in which segregation severely limited the resources available to African American families and communities. Today's social aid and pleasure clubs developed from benevolent societies that were created to provide members with support and benefits, such as insurance, funeral coverage, and educational assistance. The clubs participated in charitable works and offered an outlet for entertainment through social gatherings—parades, picnics, and dances. The benevolent societies were organized for the collective good, and helped to foster a more unified community. The modern social aid and pleasure clubs continue this tradition and build pride in the local cultural community.


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Top 10 Reasons the Republican Party is Bad for America
The following is a list of the top ten reasons I feel the Republican party is bad for our country:
- The Republican Party would rather give tax breaks to the rich and make up the difference by increasing taxes on the poor than work toward solving issues such as unemployment and poverty. Where is the logic in making people who don't have money pay higher taxes than the people who have the most money?
- The Republican Party consistently uses religion to back legislation–a clear violation of the first amendment's protection of freedom of religion.
- The GOP has a history of supporting war for war's sake.
- Sarah Palin. 'Nuff said.
- The Republican Party takes a pro-life stance when it comes to abortion, but strongly favors fighting wars, hunting for sport and food, and strongly supports the death penalty. Hypocrite much?
- The Republican Party's actions hint toward wanting a separation of classes.
- The GOP wants to cut funding from education–so that middle and lower class families are unable to educate their children.
- The Republican Party pretends to love America, but its only interest is lining its own pockets.
- Many Republicans refuse to even consider the positions of others on political matters.
- Do we really want to put up with another Bush?
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So, recently, I decided to start using Windows XP on my other Desktop again, as it's been some time now, and there are a lot of new things to look at being done for Windows.
I have my laptop dual booting Windows XP and Linux, but I don't always use Windows unless I'm playing DooM2. That's one of the few things I boot into Windows for these days. So, anyway, I have a desktop with two HDs in it, and it had FreeBSD and Windows XP dual booting. I hadn't booted up Windows in almost a year, so I loaded it up.
After a while, the desktop finally showed up, after giving ample time for the Anti Virus to complain about database being out of date, Flash to say there was a new update, Java to say it wanted a piece of the update pie, and Windows itself saying "Oh ****!" and then Spybot saying it too, needed some.
So, I waited an hour or so, and finally, most of it was completed. It took a little longer than I thought because Office had some updates too, and I wanted to make sure I got all of them. I don't mind updating Office, because it's one of the few FEW VERY FEW Office suites I like.
I know that seems weird coming from me, but I liked Office XP quite a lot. It was well designed, well documented, and other than having to reboot for those damned updates, it was no hassle to use it. (And to further drop you from your seat, I HATE OpenOffice. Sun should have kept up with StarOffice, it was a hundred times nicer).
So, after updates were done, what to do? Well, one thing that aways sort of annoyed me, was finding a decent Email and Media player for Windows. For a while, I didn't even look into it, because having only my laptop booted up into Windows once in a while, and having almost no drive space on that Windows partition, it wasn't a great idea to try and download a bunch of stuff, as I only had about 2 gigs left.
Well, now that the desktop is booted into Windows, it's different. I have LOTS of space. So I started looking up Windows Email Clients, and downloading whatever seemed interesting, and the same for Media players.
I even configured Outlook Express and Outlook to compare things.
After about 10 clients, I remembered why I hated using Windows for mail in the first place. They all seemed to be the same thing re-packaged with a different logo. I wanted to see if Kmail or Novell could be used in Windows, but they couldn't of course. not without basically installing a base Linux for Windows thing anyway. Which sort of defeats the purpose.
So I set up a bunch of clients, and used a different email address for each one, to test what did what. Everyone seems to have a certain client they use and like, but I don't. At least not for Windows. Come to think of it, I don't for Linux either. I use multiple clients.
Anyway, after loading some clients and seeing what I liked and didn't like (Liked the ease of design of Outlook Express, liked the "Professional" touch of Outlook, liked the speed of Thunderbird, and the address book....And the address book of Opera Mail).
So at that point, I didn't really like any one over the other. I updated Windows again, and noticed a Live update, so I thought I'd check that out. Windows Live is basically in the Windows Update area, and once downloaded, offers a selection of software.
I noticed it had a Mail Client too. And since I was looking into that, I downloaded it too. After the install was all set, I set it up with another account, and decided to try it. I like the look, and it grabbed my Hotmail for me as well. Hmm, OK, so far so good, and then I saw the built in calender app, the overall usability of the application, and other than it taking a while to load, it was great.
I tested it out, and decided I liked it. I'm not sure if it's what I'm going to stick with, but it seems to really have something.
So, as of now, Windows Live Mail is pretty high up on my list of considerations for Clients. It's easy to use, not that that matters to me, I used Mutt for years, but it does have a nice set up. You have your calender and everything in one spot, and the calender doesn't suck. It sets reminders, emails you when one is coming up, and overall, I like it. So far, I like Windows Live Mail, and I like the design of Outlook Express when it comes to looks and overall simplicity, and Outlook is nice too, but some things you just can't configure in it, which is a downfall of it, but not enough to throw it out completely, and Thunderbird seems to check mail faster than any other client so far, and then Opera Mail, though not the best designed thing on the planet, is nice too.
Opera would be better if it wasn't so Gmail like in it's "folders are sort of OK, but we think you'd like it better if you just sort of soft linked to emails in folders without actually having them because we still keep everything in the damned inbox or in one folder, and you sort of tell us what you want linked in your folders" idea.
Gmail not having folders.... OK, I don't care how good Gmail is at finding things, and I know Google is the super thingy of search, but, seriously, making a folder in Gmail? I'd stick with Yahoo Mail for Web Mail, since I can make actual folders and have a cleaner design, but, well, Yahoo is starting to suck. Actually it has sucked for a while, but I let it go, I just can't stand the HUGE ads they have everywhere including near the inbox, and then that "You have unlimited space but have to look at an add bigger thans ome screens 10 years ago" is crap.
Hotmail, well, I hate it. I don't like the idea of having to stare at ads and Spam all day, and I get more Spam in my Hotmail then any other account. I report each one to Hotmail to try and help solve that, but it still gets loaded with Spam.
Yahoo, not being able to set up decent filters without paying...That's dumb. Even Hotmail lets me say "No email from anyone who's not in my contact list" but Yahoo doesn't. I don't like not being able to set up proper filtering. Gmail somewhat allows this, and also lets you use an Email client to grab your Gmail, but Yahoo? Pay for it! Hotmail? Well, Windows Live Mail does it free of charge but getting anything else to just isn't going to work right. Good thing that Windows Live Mail is actually good.
On Linux and BSD, I generally use either Kmail, Balsa, Novell, or, one of the few Browser Email clients that doesn't suck "Seamonkey". Whic is actually pretty nice even though it is a lot like the others. Something about it is just nicer. I don't know why. It loads faster, checks quicker, and lets me configure the ports and things properly since my ISP has become a block of morons in their fight against Spam, which has basically been nothing but "We're going to make it so you use these ports instead of normal SMTP and Pop3, and, oh, by the way, you can either use these ports with these options, or these ports with these options, and we aren't sure which ones in which order, in which syntax are going to work on your client, so try them all"... Sadly I'm not kidding, I literally one time set up a client, had everything working, then, it STOPPED.
I don't mean screwing with it and it stopped stopped, I mean, I sent an email, and came back an hour later, and it just didn't work anymore stopped.
I asked tech support, they gave me different ports and SSL and no SSL selected. It didn't work. Ask again.... DIFFERENT PORTS AGAIN and "Yes SSL needs to be selected"...I couldn't believe it. I pointed out that I received DIFFERENT instructions from staff there and they said, no crap, "Yes, sometimes those work and sometimes they don't, so try these"....
I ended up loading up a Linux Mail client that scans the SMTP and POP3 server to see exactly what it needs to work, and just copying the configuration output to my other clients.
Anyway, does anyone here have a favorite client that works well and they like it? I know a lot of people here use different clients, so someone has to like something.
And, what about the Media? Well, my Wife told me to try out Foobar, and, so far, it's actually nice. I also grabbed WinAmp, which, sadly, is going downhill as well, because I still have some old ones backed up, which worked great, but now, it's like they try putting every possible media related anything in one application, and it's making it bloat like Firefox.
So, for media right now, I'm using Winamp and Foobar, because XMMS and MP3Blaster don't want to work on Windows as much heh.
Oh! I did get LMMS to work on Windows XP!!!!!! I must say it's nice! LMMS is Linux Multi Media Studio, and it's what I use to make all of my music. It works normally on Linux, and BSD, and the newest port of Windows, works great! (The older Windows one barely worked at all, so this was big news for me) I have it loaded and running on my Laptop so that I can work on songs while doing Windows stuff.
Whew, long post. Coffee refill time. So many people work on making Windows apps for Linux, why does no one take a team of coders, and make Linux apps for Windows other than.... I forgot the name. It's 8:32 AM and I haven't been to bed at all, so I'm not totally spot on right now, but some app thing works on Windows, but what about things like Kmail, Balsa, XMMS, MP3Blaster, and others? That would be nice.


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Facebook's Instagram Buy Won't Alter Twitter Strategy
Twitter last year looked into buying Instagram, the hot photo-sharing app snapped up last week by Facebook for $1 billion. But Twitter's chief executive said during a Tokyo visit Monday that Facebook's move won't push his company to seek other acquisitions to counter its rival's move. "I think that sometimes there is a tendency for companies to react to events in the marketplace that are inconsistent with their strategy….and I think that tendency is a mistake," Dick Costolo told reporters here when asked how Facebook's purchase will affect competition in the mobile Internet scene.


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In a spectacular display, Pittsburg High senior Harris Ross ran for a school-record 464 yards and seven touchdowns in the Pirates' 49-29 win over host Monte Vista on Friday night.
Ross was too fast for the Mustangs. During a devastating second half, he scored six touchdowns and ran for 361 yards on only 10 carries.
The week before, Ross had 233 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-33 win over California, meaning the Pirates (2-1) have won two in a row against perennial East Bay Athletic League stalwarts.
Ross agreed that he took it to another gear in the second half as the Pirates erased a 14-7 halftime deficit in a competitive game.
"I had to put this game away for my team," Ross said. "If it wasn't for my line, then I wouldn't have been able to do anything."
Ross had touchdown runs of 94 yards, 74, 62, 59, 36, 17 and 15. Monte Vista quarterback Nikita Zamora passed for 349 yards and three scores, and his two running backs Matt Rood (89 yards) and Zach Cribb (101) had big nights.
But the night really belonged to Ross and the Pirates.
"He's pretty good," Pittsburg coach Victor Galli said with a sheepish grin. "He's a phenomenal back, I think he's one of the best in the state. I said that going in. He needs to keep doing it. He needs to get more scholarship offers on the table. Maybe this will open some peoples' eyes that were kind of sleeping on him to let them know he's for real."
The Mustangs took a 14-7 lead into halftime after a 17-yard touchdown completion from Zamora to versatile senior Ben Wensley. The first half settled down some after the teams exchanged touchdowns on their first possessions.
California 48, Castro Valley 31: The host Grizzlies (2-1) got back to their winning ways, using a potent running attack led by senior Blake Bierwith. California had 378 rushing yards and grabbed its second win.
The teams traded scores in the first quarter as Bierwith collected the first of his five touchdowns after Castro Valley's Namane Modise scored on a 3-yard run. Turnovers plagued both teams in the second quarter. A Cameron Owen incomplete screen pass was ruled a lateral, and Castro Valley returned it to deep its own territory. Demeryah Lane punched it in for a 1-yard touchdown, giving the Trojans a 12-7 lead.
After a CJ Cornwell touchdown, California recovered an onside kick. Four plays later, Owen scored on a 33-yard keeper making it 20-12 California.
In the second half, it was all Grizzlies as they continued to punish Castro Valley on the ground. Bierwith racked up four more touchdowns en route to 209 yards on 23 carries.
— Erik Stordahl, correspondent
Foothill 31, Las Lomas 6: Isaiah Langley caught eight passes for 152 yards and a touchdown and added a terrific 5-yard rush for a score where he reversed field to help lead the host Falcons (3-0) over the Knights (2-1).
Langley's rushing touchdown was the final score of the game. On the play, he took a pitchout from quarterback Kyle Kearns and went to the right side. There, he found absolutely nothing. So, he stopped and ran the other way, beating everybody to the pylon on the far side.
"Man, that last touchdown, I was just trying to get something into the end zone so we could seal the deal," Langley said. "We were tired. A lot of people were cramping up."
Langley caught a 13-yard touchdown pass to open the scoring in the first quarter, but he also had four catches of 30 yards or more on the night. That helped Kearns, who completed his first eight passes, to finish 18 of 24 for 316 yards and a touchdown with no interceptions.
— Damin Esper, correspondent
Amador Valley 38, Skyline 0: The host Dons began the game by recovering their own onside kick, and the game was all downhill from there for Skyline.
The Dons scored on that opening drive on a 10-yard run by Michael White and never looked back. White also scored the first touchdown of the second half on a 15-yard run and ended the night with 85 yards in nine attempts. While White did the bulk of the carrying for the Dons offense, Amador Valley also benefited from rushing scores from Jacob Felix and Mitchell Copenhaver. The two-quarterback combination of Zeke Burgermeister and Ronnie Jones combined to throw for 129 yards and a touchdown.
Deer Valley 49, College Park 18: The Wolverines (2-0) scored 28 unanswered points in the second quarter and went on to a comfortable nonleague win over the Falcons (1-1-1) at Diablo Valley College.
Quarterback Nsimba Webster had touchdown runs of 32, 28 and 20 yards in the second quarter, with the last one coming with 2.3 second left in the first half as Deer Valley took a 28-6 lead. Webster also completed 5 of 6 passes for 132 yards in the first half. He finished with 189 yards passing and 84 yards rushing.
College Park's lone score came in the first quarter as quarterback Dimitri Salido found Timmy Jackson for an 8-yard touchdown pass to open the scoring. Jackson finished with two touchdowns.
— Nick Norvell, correspondent
Campolindo 28, Washington-Fremont 24: Andrew Zolintakis threw three first-half touchdowns and Campolindo's defense produced one spectacular play after another in a 28-14 nonleague victory over visiting Washington.
Zolinatakis was playing with a stress fracture in his throwing arm but didn't seem bothered by it during the chilly, damp evening. His first pass was intercepted, but he went on to complete 11 of 15 for 188 yards. He opened the scoring with a 10-yard scoring strike to Justin Dunn, then Tyler Petite snagged scoring passes of 12 and 45 yards in the second quarter.
The Cougars (3-0) intercepted three passes in the first half, two by Nick Fadelli and the last by Tiger Garcia.
Washington (0-2) trailed 21-7 in the third quarter when it changed offensive schemes and pounded away at Campolindo on the ground. Nate Woudstra carried seven times for 38 yards and Mark Colbert added 15 yards on three carries as the Huskies drove from their own 28 to the Campolindo.
Woudstra swept to the left but was forced out of bounds by Fadelli at the 2-yard line. On third-and-goal from the 5, after a penalty, Emory Simmons of the Huskies caught Tylan Vinson's pass at the 1 but was knocked backward by Michael Samaniego, bringing up fourth-and-goal. Woudstra tried the middle, but Daniel Samaniega stopped him short of the goal line.The Cougars then sealed the game with a 99-yard scoring drive.
— Steve Dulas, correspondent


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LONG TERM LUNAR RADIATION DEGRADATION OF POTENTIAL LUNAR HABITAT COMPOSITE MATERIALS by Kristina Rojdev A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ASTRONAUTICAL ENGINEERING) December 2012 Copyright 2012 Kristina Rojdev
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There's been a lot of talk out of the Avatar camp lately: producer Jon Landau talking about the progress of Avatar 2 and Avatar 3, plus James Cameron revealing Avatar 4 would be a prequel. But what happens after those films are wrapped up within the next few years? As we posted previously, it appears that Landau and Cameron's next film in the line-up is still expected to be Battle Angel, an adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's manga, Battle Angel Alita. The story follows a scientist who discovers an android in a junkyard. He brings her back to life, patches her up and raises her as a daughter. Then, the two cavort on bounty hunting adventures. Cameron's passion for the project is well-documented, but fans will likely have to wait until 2017 at the earliest to see Battle Angel on screen. Hit the jump to see what Landau had to say about the project.
In an interview with MovieZine, Landau commented on the possibility of seeing Battle Angel on screen by 2017:
I am sure you will get to see "Battle Angel." It is one of my favorite stories, a great story about a young woman's journey to self-discovery. It is a film that begs the question: "What does it mean to be human? '. Are you human if you have a heart, a brain or a soul? I look forward to giving the audience the film.
While clearly no casting decisions are in the works yet since a good chunk of time remains until Battle Angel gets off the ground, Landau reinforced that the Avatar sequels would be their focus over the next few years with the manga adaptation following them up:
Who we want to put in the lead role today and who we want to put in the lead role when the time comes, it can be two totally different people who would be right for the role. Now we focus on "Avatar" for the next four or five years. It will hopefully right after that.
A mere five years has never stopped casting speculation before, so who do you think would play the role of Alita if she were cast today? Who might be a good fit in five years? Let us know in the comments!
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the manga series, here's the description from the first volume (via Amazon):
When Doc Ido, a talented cyberphysician, finds Alita's head in a junk heap, she has lost all memory of her past life. But when he reconstructs her, she discovers her body still instinctively remembers the Panzer Kunst, the most powerful cyborg fighting technique ever known. In the postapocalyptic world of the Scrapyard, as the secrets of Alita's past unfold, each day is a struggle for survival.


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Everything that you wanted to be, but everything that you were too afraid to try and be. These are the cracks in our life. The cracks that change us. The cracks that we paper over because we're too scared to confront them. Peering into the biggest crack of his life so far, a frightened teenager totters on the edge of the chasm between childhood and adulthood. No amount of paper can cover up this one. Instead, all he can do is look back, tear up all the paper covering the cracks in his life, and somehow find a way down into the gaping hole of adulthood.
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Wright's work is highly influenced by the work of the Abstract Impressionist Movement and in particular artists such as Clyfford Still. This movement broke new ground and sought to release the creativity of the unconscious mind through their spontaneous and free approach. His work seeks to break away from the traditional representation of physical objects and explores the relationship of forms and colours.
Wright used thick textured paint and a careful choice of colours to create the desired atmosphere. Sometimes his work gives the viewer sufficient form to recognise the contours of a landscape or building –while other compositions are completely freeform. In doing so he leaves the observer to read into the painting their own interpretation letting their natural emotions and feelings take them to a place unique to them.
His painting's beauty lie in its delicate balance of abstract and representational imagery, and its interplay between, and control of, powerful hues of exquisite colour and form.
Wright painted a large body of work; these he usually did on board- though sometimes he used canvas. He almost always signed his work "WRIGHT" in capitals and in one of the corners of the picture.
His work is very progressive but he only chose to show it at a local level and through private collectors. He always wanted to keep a large level of anonymity to increase his popularity and exclusivity.
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48 days. If you have eaten broccoli in Italy, you know why Di Cicco is superb. It produces numerous small to medium sized heads well into the summer for more delicious broccoli more often! We recommend harvesting the main head when it is 3" in diameter; this will encourage side shoots. Di Cicco is a good freezer variety, and leaves are also edible, cooked like chard. Seeds are excellent for sprouting!
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Headless PHP Drupal script deletes spam zombie user accounts
Liraz Siri - Tue, 2010/12/07 - 06:05 - 4 comments
For for the last few months automatic bots have been creating hundreds of zombie accounts per day on the TurnKey web site. I'm not sure why they bother. I assume it has something to do with spamming, but they never log in. Besides, spam almost never gets past our content filter (Mollom) and when it does we always nuke it. Zero tolerance.
Meanwhile these zombie accounts are polluting my precious database, and that bothers me. Besides, call me prejudiced, but I just hate zombies. You're either alive or you're dead. Pick a side!
We could enable CAPTCHA but we'd rather make user registration more complicated only as a last resort.
So I wrote a quick and dirty script to delete all 38489 zombie accounts on the TurnKey Linux web site. As you can see below my definition of a zombie user is one that has never logged in or accessed the site, and is over a week old.
require_once './includes/bootstrap.inc';
print "<pre>";
$results = db_query("select uid, name, mail, access, created, login
FROM users WHERE created != 0 AND login=0 AND access=0");
$i = 0;
while ($result = db_fetch_object($results)) {
$daysago = ((time() - $result->created) / (24 * 60 * 60));
printf("created = %s, days ago = %d\n",
date("Y-m-d", $result->created), $daysago);
print "n";
if($daysago < 7)
user_delete(NULL, $result->uid);
$i += 1;
print "COUNT: $in";
print "</pre>";
Hope somebody else finds this useful!
Small correction to the script
Guest - Fri, 2010/12/10 - 15:32
I noticed two things in the script which probably were intended slightly different. Even though it wouldn't affect the workings, it affects the clarity of the output - which goes to how we manually confirm that it actually does work:
- Just below the while loop, there's a print_r call. My best guess is that that should not be there - as it confuses output. It's very useful for debugging though ;)
- Just above the if ($daysago < 7) it says: print "n";, I guess this should have been
print "\n";
- to create a new line in the output rather than print an n.
Where would you place this
David Killingsworth - Tue, 2010/12/21 - 11:53
Would you place this is the Drupal root directory?
I too have had this problem and periodically deleted them by hand!
Julio Mondragón - Thu, 2014/04/10 - 01:17
It worked perfectly, I just changed a little the search query "select users.uid, name, mail, access, created, login, rid FROM users, users_roles WHERE users.uid = users_roles.uid and created != 0 and rid = 5" in order to remove all accounts that were created for a specific role and were older than 7 days no matter if there is any content associated or if was accesed or not. Thank you very much!


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Weight:147 lb (67 kg)
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Here are two recent articles specifically on the subject stated in the title. Basically, the belief is that Pope Francis is neither socialist nor capitalist. The articles clarify this seemingly incongruent statement.
1.) Pope Francis: A Man of the Left ?
Acton Institute
It was inevitable. With the election of a new man to the Chair of Peter, we've already seen an effort to portray him as "socially conservative" yet "economically progressive." This seems to be the way virtually every pope has been presented since Leo XIII's long reign. And it's a profound illustration of the limits of applying secular political categories to something like the Catholic Church.
No one in their right mind would describe Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., as an ecclesiastical Milton Friedman or a closet free marketer. Plainly, he's not. But Francis does have two particular concerns with regard to economic issues. One is the naked materialism and consumerism that disfigures so many peoples' lives. No Catholic is going to affirm people seeking their salvation in the endless acquisition of stuff. Francis's asceticism is a clear repudiation of that mindset.
Francis's second concern regarding economic issues is the materially poor. Again, that's precisely what you would expect from any orthodox Catholic. As Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia (who's no social liberal) once memorably wrote: "Jesus tells us very clearly that if we don't help the poor, we're going to go to hell. Period."
Over the centuries, however, Catholics have actually disagreed among themselves about how best to help the needy. Indeed, the Church teaches that (1) these issues fall largely into the area of what it calls prudential judgment and (2) it is primarily the responsibility of lay Catholics. No Catholic can be a Communist. Nor can they be an anarcho-capitalist. But there is a lot of room between these extremes.
And how Catholics cash out that "in-between" is heavily influenced by the circumstances in which they find themselves. And in Pope Francis's case, it's the conditions of the economic basket-case otherwise known as modern Argentina.
Argentina is a once-prosperous nation that experienced a rapid spiral into seemingly perpetual economic dysfunction throughout the 20th century. Over and over again, Argentina has been brought to its knees by the populist politics of Peronism, which dominates Argentina's Right and Left. "Kirchnerism," as peddled by Argentina's present and immediate past president, is simply the latest version of that.
In concrete terms, this pathology translates into big government, high taxes, hostility to business and foreign investment, heavy debt, and a level of corruption that defies imagination. That adds up to a strange mixture of unsophisticated Keynesianism and naked crony capitalism. And it doesn't benefit the poor. It benefits the powerful and well-connected. In Argentina, you don't get ahead through being economically entrepreneurial; you get ahead through political power and as many privileges from the state as you can.
This is the disaster that Pope Francis's limited commentary on economic matters has sought to address since he became Argentina's leading churchman in 1998. And Francis has made it abundantly clear that liberation theology is not the solution. One of the reasons he's not so popular with some of his fellow Jesuits is that he stopped the Jesuits in Argentina from going down that path in the 1970s and 80s. Liberation theology's Marxist components, he knew, were plainly incompatible with Catholicism. Father Bergoglio also foresaw that it would turn much of the Church into nothing more than just another utopian-revolutionary movement, as occurred in other parts of Latin America.
My suspicion is that Pope Francis is not going to invest enormous intellectual energy in proposing various schemes for economic reform. He will certainly continue to champion the interests of the poor against those who want to maintain the corrupt status quo prevailing throughout many developing nations. There is such a thing as economic justice and the Catholic Church has a definite view of what that looks like. But inferring that the new pope is going to bring Occupy Wall Street to the Vatican takes more than a stretch of the imagination. In fact, it's a form of Kirchneristic wishful thinking that simply doesn't do justice to the wisdom and sanctity of the man.
2.) Pope Francis Blasts 'Cult of Money' That Harms the Poor: 'Money Has to Serve, Not to Rule!'
The Blaze / May. 16, 2013 2:50pm Billy Hallowell
During a speech Thursday, Pope Francis blasted the "cult of money" that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. These comments were particularly important, because they marked the first time the pontiff has spoken out about the subject (as pope, that is).
It's no secret that Pope Francis is frugal. Stories about his penchant for a simple life are now widely-known since he rose to the top of the Catholic Church. While many of the questions surrounding the faith leader's views on poverty and finances have dissipated, his denunciation on Thursday of the global financial system is capturing quite a bit of attention.
In addition to decrying the overall obsession with money, Francis demanded Thursday that financial and political leaders reform the global financial system to make it more ethical and concerned for the common good. He said: "Money has to serve, not to rule!"
It's a message Francis delivered on many occasions when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, and it's one that was frequently stressed by retired Pope Benedict XVI. Francis, who has made clear the poor are his priority, made the comments as he greeted his first group of new ambassadors accredited to the Holy See.
Previously, TheBlaze explored Francis' views on the poor in detail, tackling a question some critics have posed and feared: Is Pope Francis (formerly known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio) a socialist who will allow liberation theology to infiltrate the Catholic Church?
As we noted back in March, while it is true that poverty is close to Francis' heart, there's no indication that he's a socialist and it's on record that he combated liberation theology as a result of its Marxist roots.
It will be interesting to see how Francis will continue to speak about the issue of poverty in the coming months and years.
For a full analysis of the pope's past and present views on morality and the economy, read our previous coverage.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
[For more on Pope Francis, please see my posts:
Pope Francis: His First Homily: the Journey – Walking, Building, Professing (15 March 2013)
Pope Francis of Argentina: a Response to "Urbi et Orbi" (to the City and the World) (14 March 2013)]
[Please also see the brand new ebook "Pope Francis: From the End of the Earth to Rome" at http://harper.hc.com/popefrancis?utm_source=wsj&utm_medium=online&utm_campaign=wsj_pf_hda for "a detailed, timely and original biography of the new Pope Francis."]


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The number of employees getting a pat on the back from their employer is on the rise, new research shows.
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A study by employee recognition firm Globoforce found that 60 percent of employees are satisfied with the recognition they're receiving at work, up 22 percent from a year ago.
The research revealed the increase coincides with a surge in overall employee happiness. This year, 67 percent of employees said they felt appreciated, up from 61 percent last year, while 64 percent now love their job, an increase of more than 10 percentage points.
"U.S. employers have made incredible progress moving the needle on employee satisfaction levels in 2012," said Eric Mosley, CEO of Globoforce. "These levels of increasing positivity are great signs for companies as we head into 2013."
The study discovered a significant difference in the way employees who receive recognition view their job, compared with those who don't. Of workers who were applauded for their work within the last six months, 78 percent report loving their job, compared with just 49 percent who haven't been acknowledged by their employer.
In addition, 56 percent of those who have received recognition consider themselves highly engaged, compared with only 33 percent of those who don't get any credit for their work.
"Our recent survey indicates a direct correlation between the frequency of recognition and the percent of employees who feel appreciated, love their jobs, and intend to stay," Mosley said.
The research shows that just 18 percent of employees who are recognized for their hard work are searching for a new job, nearly 15 percentage points less than those who are acknowledged.
The study was based on surveys of 742 employees working at companies with at least 500 employees.
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White fly infestations can ruin a garden. These relentless flies chew up plants and kill the plant's chances to grow or blossom.
(PRWEB) April 12, 2012
Planet Amazing has a new report that explains how white flies can be eliminated using non-toxic treatments. According to Justin Douglas of Planet Amazing, white fly treatment is a big concern for people with gardens, tomatoes, flower beds and hibiscus or ficus plants. "Whitefly control has always been a concern for gardeners and people who have certain types of flowers in their home," he says. "Planet Amazing has just released a new product called White Fly Guard that is non-toxic and environmentally safe and will eliminate white flies infestations. If you are wondering how to kill white flies on plants, white flies on hibiscus, or how to get rid of white flies, our product White Fly Guard is an option."
Mr. Douglas says that the product is called "White Fly Guard" and was originally developed by scientists for professional organic vegetable farms. Planet Amazing is now making it available to the public as an environmentally safe solution to eliminate white fly infestations. The white fly treatment is a fine white powder that covers the leaves for a few days and takes care of the problem, Mr. Douglas says.
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A medium intensity cheese with a nutty flavor and tangy finish. This semi-firm Gouda from Holland goes perfect with fruits, making a nice lunch along with some crusty bread. Winner of 2004 Gold Medal in Dutch Cheese category at the World Cheese Awards held in the U.K.


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