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|2012-06-09, 19:36
|Link #1221
Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 27
In my opinion, if you borrow the name of a franchise, it must be exactly clear that it's a part of it. I have no reason to believe that anything I've seen from this show so far benefited from this being a sequel to Eureka 7. It easily could have been changed around to be an entirely new mecha property, and honestly I might be enjoying it more in that case.
Of course it's what I believe. You can believe differently. To me though I think it's a disservice to fans to do so. Again, why call this Eureka 7?
Like I said I'm being patient, but a theory based upon dialogue from the last episode of Eureka 7 plus a basic implication that Eureka is Ao's mother hardly draws the type of direct connection between the series as I was talking about.
When you watched the original mobile suit Gundam and then got to Zeta Gundam (Which was an even better show!), you had characters like Bright and Char in the very first episode. The world was certainly different, and the political organization of everything was different, but it was still easily verifiable as a UC gundam timeline series. As the series went on, we learned about how they got there and what was happening, and what people wanted to do. We got to see older characters still having an impact on the show, not suddenly disappearing, and all the old ideas of the previous show didn't suddenly evaporate. Yet it was still different enough so that it wasn't a stale product by any stretch of the imagination.
To me that was a shining example of how a sequel should be. Eureka 7 Ao on the other hand does not exemplify any of these qualities at the moment. I still think the first 3 episodes were very good, but particularly when Truth started showing up the show started to go very downhill.
EDIT: Anyways if you want to continue this conversation best we save it for VM/PM like CrowKenobi suggested. I don't have a problem discussing differing viewpoints, just please relent on the personal attacks.
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|2012-06-09, 19:43
|Link #1222
Loves the Experience
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Earth...hopefully
I wonder if this is how the 21 Jump Street fans felt when they saw the movie? Or what the Fate/Stay Night fans felt when they saw Fate/Zero...oh wait.
But in all honesty, while it's true that the sequel is different from the first series, it isn't THAT different. I can still tell it's by the same people, even if the writer is different. It still has the complex themes, the grand scope, the fluid animation, and the flawed characters of the first series. It just has some added camp value and takes itself less seriously, that's all.
Edit: Recently wrote a post on my new anime blog to address this series' new tone. I hope you guys check it out when you have the time, although I expect to get bashed for not being taken in by the awesomeness of the first series.
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|2012-06-09, 23:08
|Link #1223
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
*runs away before I get hatemail*
|2012-06-10, 01:49
|Link #1225
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Spoiler for Scub Coral liing to another universe:
AO universe would the universe that Gonzy talked about. Scub Coral are not assimilating everything like they did in the previous universe.
Questions are:
What are Secrets? Why are they destroying Scub Coral?
Who is Truth? Why is he saying this is an incorrect world?
How did Eureka end up in this universe? Where is Renton and the original Nirvash?
The rest is weekly world building. We get a familiar world to our own yet different world. E7 was revealed to be set on Earth 10,000 after exodus of humanity which resettled Earth. Here Scub Bursts and Secrets are treated as natural disasters which are treated as economic opportunities.
|2012-06-10, 03:45
|Link #1228
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Which means somebody has been planting Quartz for Scub arrival. It wouldn't surprise me if there are humanoid Coralians in the background like Gonzy.
If quartz do serve as beacon it would be also why Secret are homing in.
So far Secrets have been acting as antibodies against foreign intruders. Destroying the Scub in a big nuclear explosion.
We saw what happened to Tokyo.
I have a feeling the Coralians are working with Generation Bleu to minimize the collateral damage.
|2012-06-10, 05:10
|Link #1229
Licensed Hunter-a-holic
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 30
Having watched and enjoyed this show for nine weeks straight, I can say that I think what Reckoner said strikes me as being perfectly reasonable, even though I disagree on the specifies of the points he brings up.
For myself, I was sold on the show from the introductory episodes. It managed to hit all the right notes with me, not just as a stand alone series but as what I felt was a spiritual successor to E7. The animation was excellent, the fights were fun to watch, the characters and their VA were likable and matched well IMO, the music was good etc. but more than that, I felt that I was watching E7. It managed to capture the same feeling the first series had, and even now I can still sense the same vibe from the older show in the backdrop of this one. Maybe it's the hints we had been getting, but when it comes to those I'm having more fun trying to casually figure out what is going on (only to have it all be revealed near the end and for me to be mostly wrong ), so I'd like to think that there is a quality that is distinctly E7 included in this anime.
Of course, none of this is tangible. These are all feelings, hints and general aesthetics that sell me on the show and for me at least, enough to place my faith that I'm going to get something good out of AO by the end of the 24th episode. Which is exactly why I can empathize with Reckoner here. He is simply asking ''what exactly am I looking at?''. He wants to understand and know exactly what is this show going to do, and how does it relate to the older anime that he loved. I get that since again, this is a time investment into an anime that may or may not turn out to be related to the older E7 in a concrete way. I get the core of his position, and to be honest, I think that had I not been loving this show so much right now, I would be agreeing with him mostly.
Of course, I had accepted that no answers will be given at this time. It's like the older show where the answers were presented only at the finale. Or at least, That's what I think it going to happen here, since again, I have no way of actually knowing how will the series will unfold. I can only place my faith in that it does so in a satisfying manner.
I do agree that compared to the older anime, AO lacks the same amount of diverse cast members, however I don't think that is a bad thing when the show has less time compared to the older anime, so I would think that having a lesser amount would be better to help focus on the more core characters.
Also, I don't really think it matters much if the cast is made out of adults or out of children, I mean look at a show like Dennou Coil. What was impressive about Holland and Tahlo was their past history and inner demons, motivations for what they did and do in the series, the development they received and how much they changed and grow (yes, grow) to be better people thanks to it (the scene where Holland starts to cry gets me every time), and most importantly, they had their moments where they had shown exactly how great they were. Being adults, I think, doesn't really factor much into it other than it helps with making them have a history together.
So far with AO I've felt that the stories presented were pretty good, but I don't think it's fair to compare them to the older anime when this show didn't get around to showing us exactly how will these plot lines will conclude. Ao's and Fleur's stories so far are the ones I'm most involved in, but I can't really compare them when they had just started.
For me, I find Ao a lot more likable than Renton, and I generally liked Renton. I never got the feeling like he was hard to understand, on the contrary, I think that he wears his emotions on his sleeve and is easy to figure out (and see that he is a good kid). I don't know, but I've always felt the raw emotion in this anime, and even now I can still feel it.
With AO, while the MoTW formula is starting to wear a bit thin, I always get that there is a clear goal to be accomplished, a clear enemy to be defeated etc. I get the impression that the show is still on track, the conflict is still on going, the story is still moving on. I don't feel like there is a ''filler'' in there.
Most importantly, I get the feeling that with each week, I'm learning something new about the world and/or it's cast, and slowly the mystery is starting to be revealed. For me I can say that's a huge plus over some of the episodes in the old E7 IMO.
|2012-06-10, 05:48
|Link #1230
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Ao hates his father he never knew for reasons he made up for himself.
Ao doesn't really care much about Naru, or doesn't even bother to show it. "I'll take Nirvash and save you wherever you ar--- oh guess not. Oh well. Let's swag, Fleur." I understand what's supposed to be happening, but it's shown so briefly and torn up it comes across as if Ao just really is indifferent.
I can't say I like him anymore.
|2012-06-10, 08:21
|Link #1231
Loves the Experience
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Earth...hopefully
|2012-06-10, 08:32
|Link #1232
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
|2012-06-10, 10:05
|Link #1233
Join Date: Feb 2012
|2012-06-10, 10:10
|Link #1234
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
"I hate my father". -- "Why?" -- "He left my mother alone." -- "How do you know this?" -- "I don't remember him being there."
Astonishing logic on display.
|2012-06-10, 10:12
|Link #1235
~ Your Smile ~
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: 346Pro
Age: 32
Also, the 3 stooges surmised that the quartz were being collected and hidden inside GenBleu, implying that whoever's planting them isn't working with GB. If there's someone planting them.
My understanding was that the Quartz was central to the coral's metabolism ("The Scub coral has begun producing harmful particles"), and removing that calms it down. Its not the power source, as the coral itself is producing trapar that is being mined. Maybe its some kind of coordination node for the entire coral, and removing it just puts the whole structure into standby. At least that was my theory.
I'd prefer to see the Scub Coral as Tiberium. Someone is dropping those things from another plane, and its terraforming the planet slowly. Extracting the Quartz stops them from rapidly growing and doing so, creating a vibrant economy for the planet.
I swear, someday, the President's going to bait someone into dropping a nuke on (an already evacuated) GenBleu HQ, igniting all of the stored Quartz at once, and sending a gigantic plume of energy into deep space. This serves as the cue to invite the full and complete invasion arrival of the Scub Coral.
Truth is the immortal prophet who will shed light on this scheme!
|2012-06-10, 10:57
|Link #1236
Join Date: Feb 2012
|2012-06-10, 11:06
|Link #1237
Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 27
I like Ao in this show, and Fleur so far has been OK, but that's where hte majority of the development has been and nowhere else. Considering Ao has started becoming very static, at least in comparison to the gradual evolution of Renton throughout E7, I question what they were doing with their time. Well one explanation would be that they are focusing more on plot lines and setting developments, but both because I find this setting a bit bland in comparison and I'm not invested in many of the characters I find it hard to really enjoy what I am seeing.
Why isn't it? I'm not terribly into the characters for one thing. I hated team Goldilocks and what they brought into the show. The Truth was an even more mind boggling introduction into the show. Just a really weird character who feels so different from what I recognize as E7 that I'm kinda left scratching my head since I don't really have any faith that he will be bringing anything good to the show (You may feel differently this is just a feeling afterall).
Furthermore, the G monsters all look the same, don't talk, and are relatively just uninspiring in their abilities. The action and tension as a result is just not that great to me. It's neither fun like the middle portions of NGE episodes, nor gritty and intense like other NGE episodes (to compare to another MotW show). Well really this just opinions.
I'm still holding out here. I am not terribly insulted by this show or anything, just disappointed. Last Exile Fam was an insulting show though...
|2012-06-10, 20:26
|Link #1238
Ava courtesy of patchy
Join Date: Jan 2009
It's not as absurd as you think, maybe it's only because you haven't experienced it personally(which I hope you will never do because I know I wouldn't want that happen to me or my close family member). My only qualm with the setting is only one. How the hell Ao confide his feeling about his father to Gazelle, one of te people bullying him. It would be much more understandable if the relevation comes from Naru who Ao's close with, but it just doesn't make sense for Gazelle to know about senstive information like this.
|2012-06-10, 20:53
|Link #1239
Loves the Experience
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Earth...hopefully
And also, I've seen people complain that the old E7 characters aren't in this show and what happened to Renton, and whatnot. I also don't care. There story is over as far as I'm concerned. I don't need to see them again. Besides, while I never disliked them, they didn't do much for me.
|2012-06-10, 21:02
|Link #1240
Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 27
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Our home is one of the biggest and most important financial assets we own in our lifetime, and our mortgage is typically one of our biggest debts.
Recently, Jack and Shannon asked me if it was better to buy mortgage insurance through the bank or if they should purchase a term life insurance policy through their insurance broker. Here are some factors for Jack and Shannon to think about.
The death benefit
With mortgage insurance, the death benefit declines as the mortgage balance declines and the benefit is paid directly to the bank. For example, Jack and Shannon are getting a $265,000 mortgage, which means the mortgage insurance would start at $265,000 of coverage. After five years, the mortgage balance would drop to $240,500, but so would the mortgage insurance coverage.
With term life insurance, a $265,000 policy would have the same death benefit regardless of the mortgage balance. Although the policy is designed to pay off the mortgage, it is a separate policy from the mortgage. They could designate any beneficiary with the intent that the proceeds would be used to pay off the mortgage balance. Any extra proceeds above the mortgage amount would go to beneficiaries. With mortgage insurance, there would be no extra.
What is the cost?
Comparing the cost of mortgage insurance to that of a term life insurance policy is challenging, because it's not always an apples-to-apples comparison. The one thing I always suggest is to shop around for the best price. That being said, here are a few generalizations I can provide.
With mortgage insurance, the cost of the insurance stays the same despite the declining death benefit. Continuing with Jack and Shannon's example, after five years, although the death benefit drops from $265,000 to $240,500, the monthly cost of the insurance does not drop.
With a term insurance policy, the cost also stays the same for the length of the term. For example, if you buy a 10-year term policy, the premiums will stay the same for 10 years but then will increase for the next 10 years. Many life insurance agents would suggest a 20-year term policy for mortgage insurance coverage. In a case where the amortization period of the mortgage is longer than 20 years, premiums would go up after that period. The death benefit could be reduced at that time to reflect a lower mortgage balance.
Generally speaking, if you are healthy, buying a personal term insurance policy will likely be cheaper than getting the mortgage insurance from the bank. However, if you are a smoker or have health issues, the mortgage insurance may be the more cost effective option.
Will your claim be paid?
When you apply for personal life insurance, you must get a medical; all of the underwriting is done prior to the policy being issued. Mortgage insurance offered through the banks is different. In most cases, there is no medical - just a really long questionnaire that's not always easy to read and understand. With mortgage insurance, part of the underwriting is done at the time of claim, which has proved to be problematic at times. A while back, CBC Marketplace did an investigation into mortgage insurance and found two people that were denied claims after paying premiums on their mortgage insurance policy because of inconsistencies on the application. So even though you are paying for mortgage insurance, you may not actually be covered, because part of the underwriting is done after the claim has been made. This highlights the importance of completing these medical questionnaires properly and the benefit of buying insurance from a qualified, licensed insurance agent who knows what the insurance companies are underwriting.
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Tuesday, 22 May 2012
A bit of a fail
I have a check up appointment on the 13th June so I guess I will see how I am by then and discuss my options with the doctor. I guess the positive is that apart from the damn hand I feel well, so that's something to be very grateful about.
I am also very grateful for my girlfriend. I've been quite down lately, as I tend to be when I flare (thoughts of impending DOOM tend to descend upon me during these times - I can be very dramatic!). Last time I flared I was single and did my usual routine of crying, feeling sorry for myself and retreating into my room. This time I've taken a different approach and just tried not to spend much time on my own at all. I avoid thinking, because thinking leads to worrying. I have just been spending all my time with my girlfriend who is very understanding of my problems but also very good at cheering me up and making me laugh. I can't believe how much a hug can help me when I feel at my lowest. It's really nice to have some support this time around.
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*sigh* I'm sorry the shot didn't help as much as it did last time hun... but you know what? I'm super happy that your girlfriend is helping you focus elsewhere :) It is so wonderful when that happens. I've noticed around my boyfriend my pain levels are at least half. I wish I could bottle whatever he does just by being around and carry it with me at all times.ReplyDelete
A little bit of support can go a very long way toward making it easier to get through a nasty flare, that's for sure. It's good that you're not having to cope with it alone this time, but I'm sorry you're having such trouble with the steroid injection, Squirrel. There's just no way to predict how RA will behave. You're right that it's one of the hardest things about this disease.ReplyDelete
I'm sending all the warmth, care, and patience your way that I can. Be gentle with yourself, okay? I hope each day will see you feeling better and better.
Steroid injections are a mystery to me. Sometimes they take awhile to work and yes, they can cause some increased pain after the injection. I wish this one was that quick magic bullet but maybe, just maybe it will work for you in the long run. And wooohoooo...you have someone to dance your life away with :-) Yes, I am figuratively speaking but so happy for you!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 May 2012 at 13:49
I'm with you concerning these steroid injections. One time magic, next time not so magical. It's rough and understandable to correlate thinking with worrying. I am glad you have your girlfriend in your life. Loved ones can make a difference, that's for sure. I hope you are feeling better soon.ReplyDelete
Thanks guys! The hand is feeling a bit better now, maybe it's slowly taking effect.. Stupid stupid disease. Nevermind eh, onwards and upwards as I always say. Focus on the positive!ReplyDelete


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For Winston, everything changed at Anaheim in 2004 when he learned about ACN's move into Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) space with its Digital Phone Service and Videophones. He says, "As soon as I heard that, I said 'I'm in'." That decision opened the doors to a totally new way of doing business. "I was always in front of a computer, and now I get to travel and work where I want."
Austin also relishes his new lifestyle, but for different reasons. "I get to set my own hours and spend more time with my family," he says. And as a father of two young children, building a family business is a dream come true – along with being able to make a genuine difference in people's lives. As he puts it, "I love the fact that the only way to truly create wealth in this business is by helping others succeed."
Of course, it's not always easy. Like anyone else, the Lewinsmith's have had plenty of ups and downs along the way. But rather than losing faith, they have committed themselves to a very simple strategy for success: find the most successful people in the business, do exactly what they do – and stick to the system!
Today, the Lewinsmith's are among the top RVPs worldwide, with IBOs in countries all over the world – proving that with focus, effort and a commitment to your dreams, you can make those dreams a reality.
As Winston says, "When you really learn what you've got your hands on here, you'll become invincible."
Bruce Mitchell and Lorraine HolliIBO made ACN Pacific history when, during their RVP promotion parade at the ACN Training Weekend in Sydney, February 27 & 28, 2010, Bruce proposed marriage to Lorraine on stage.
Prior to ACN, Bruce had worked for 25 years as a financial planner and before that was a retail business owner. His partner, Lorraine was working 7 days a week as a real estate agent and before that ran her own newspaper. Both were content in their jobs, earning well and convinced that working in traditional businesses would generate enough wealth for them to retire comfortably. Neither were looking for a new opportunity before being introduced to ACN – but were open to the idea of learning about a great way to earn more money and make more friends.
When Bruce was first approached about the Opportunity, he was not really interested in learning more about the business and felt no urgency to attend a meeting. Six months later, when Co-Founder Mr Mike Cupisz was touring Australia and stopping in Bruce's hometown of Adelaide, his sponsor contacted him again. The chance to meet a Co-Founder, successful business owner and expert in the Direct Selling field excited Bruce. He attended a meeting with an open mind, was energised by what was presented and signed up right away.
After signing up himself, Bruce asked his partner Lorraine to attend a meeting with him. While doubting she could add any value by attending the meeting with Bruce, she went along anyway to show him support.
"I joined because Bruce wanted me to – not because I wanted to. It was not until 2 months after joining that I finally understood what ACN was all about. This came when he took me to my first International Event in Sydney in June 2006. That Event changed my life, and that of the many people that I have since shared ACN with", says Lorraine.
After attending the Event, meeting thousands of excited people and hearing some great testimonials, Lorraine could see what Bruce had seen all along – that "the Opportunity was an absolute 'no-brainer'. ACN had such a good track record and the product was for essential services that people use every day".
When Bruce began talking to friends and family about ACN, they all said the same thing: "Don't be crazy, you already have a great job. Why change?"
What was Bruce's response? "I never actually owned my business, my business owned me. I can't believe that ACN carry all the infrastructure costs, staff problems
etc. and all I need to do was talk to people. I would never go back to being a slave to traditional small businesses after experiencing the ease and lack of stress associated with ACN."
Lorraine faced a similar resistance from her friends and family, but now 3 years later, at the prestigious position of RVP, earning great money and enjoying the life she has always wanted – Lorraine's family and friends are queuing up to join ACN. Lorraine says, "the moral of the story is – never, never take people off your list. I believe as long as you leave the door open – eventually they will all walk through either as customers or reps".
With a strong work ethic, consistency and persistence, Bruce and Lorraine are now RVP's and fast tracking their way to SVP.
Believing in the company, the Co-Founders, and their Leaders has proven successful for this dream team.
Prior to their success within ACN, Denny and Elizabeth controlled fifty companies consisting of licensed and Franchised Stores throughout Australia; however, they were time poor.
"We had no time to spend with our young family, so in the year 2000, we sold the franchise and maintained one successful business, which we recently sold in order to spend 100% of our time on ACN and more time with our family, now we can have time and money together."
Denny and Elizabeth had no Network Marketing experience prior to ACN. "We weren''t interested in selling products and collecting money off our friends. It wasn''t until we were introduced to ACN that we saw a company that we could believe in. We like to fulfil our potential and to help others fulfil theirs. We couldn''t believe that the greatest business opportunity on the planet had been placed right in front of us."
"What appealed most about ACN was the timing of the opportunity, the structure and the simplicity of the business plan and the vision and integrity of the founders and leaders within ACN." Their traditional business involved trading time for money, whereas ACN allows Denny and Elizabeth to help other people to achieve their full potential as well as achieve their own, all the while creating financial freedom.
"We believe in the company, the founders and our leaders. We believe we are only just beginning and the best is yet to come. We believe in a work commitment, being coachable and having a never quit attitude equals success."
"Be coachable, have a work ethic, ''never quit'' and just plug into the successful ACN system and success is assured."
When Karen Rostagno first saw ACN, she was busy running a family business and did not have much time to devote to ACN. However, after just 22 months of ACN part time, she found herself having time and financial freedom that she never thought was possible.
"I love the fact that ACN pays a residual income for marketing essential products that everyone need and want. A lifelong dream of being able to make a significant difference in other people''s lives has become a reality," Karen explains. "ACN is a turnkey business that offers all the resources a person needs to build a successful business."
Karen has since become the first Australian IBO to achieve the highest earned position in ACN, Senior Vice President. "It''s been such a privilege for me to be Australia's first SVP and I want to help other people step into this place as well. So all the dreams that they have, everything they want to achieve for their family, will happen for them as well."
For Karen, the greatest gift from ACN has been the freedom to do what she wants, when she wants, which all comes back to the simple things in life.
Together George and Mavis Nixon make up one of the Pacific regions power teams.
George and Mavis had always been in business for themselves both as a farming enterprise and retailing agricultural products. However after 40 years of travelling up & down the financial ladder 3 times owing to things beyond their control, they were introduced to the ACN Opportunity. With 14 years network marketing experience, George and Mavis were convinced ACN was the way to go!
Introduced to ACN by a friend, George and Mavis were curious to find out more; however, after cancelling their first appointment due to illness, they didn't get to see the presentation for another 2 weeks. "Our Sponsors didn't give up on us and we are very grateful for that".
Knowing that telecommunications was one of the fastest growing industries in the world, George and Mavis didn't want to miss out just in case it did work. "Besides, getting paid on thousands or tens of thousands of other people's phone bills around the world was certainly appealing so we signed up straight away".
The thing that appealed to George and Mavis most about ACN was that they aren't asking people to spend more money than they normally do and everybody has a telephone. "Residual income coupled with the ability to duplicate yourself is very powerful when fully understood. By building and helping a team of people build their business, everyone's income is unlimited".
"Our goal is to change the lives of other people by showing them what we were shown".
Since they started with ACN, George and Mavis have followed the system to the letter, put in consistent effort and most importantly, never ever gave up! "Become 100 % coachable and together everyone wins. Don't hold back, overcome your fears and make it happen with daily action".
Gil arrived in Cairns in the late 70s after wandering around the Pacific on a sail boat. He started a diving shop before eventually going back to school to become an accountant and investment advisor for the next 20 years.
When he first saw the ACN Opportunity he thought straight away that it was too good to pass up. Time was what he needed and he saw the opportunity as a way to get it back.
"One thing I understood straight away when I looked at ACN is it can give you everything you want provided you are willing to put the time and effort into it. You can build a phenomenal business," Gil said on stage.
Since joining ACN, not only does Gil now have his time back, he also enjoys helping other people from all walks of life grow and develop with their own ACN businesses. ACN has also helped him grow personally as someone that can help train and motivate others.
Gil's ACN business has been a vehicle for meeting new people and building friendships with lots of like-minded people and this to him is the most rewarding aspect of the business.
Gil closed with some advice for all IBOs "Please, please don't ever give up! Don't think about it, never quit, continue on with ACN and you will be wherever you want to be."
John Grant and his wife Jarmila have illustrated a fine example of what it takes to become a leader in this business. Now, John and Jarmila lead an ever expanding team of IBOs in the Pacific Region.
John had been a corporate trainer since 1990 presenting professional development programs to many companies, large and small. Prior to this, John and Jarmila created a chain of 10 fitness centres with 10,000 members, the success of which was featured as a cover story in an Australian Success Magazine.
John and Jarmila were doing well financially and creatively when first introduced to ACN. "Actually, it was completely serendipitous. I received a call from an old acquaintance who had already experienced financial success in another network marketing company. He mentioned that this opportunity was at least five times better. After two and a half years with ACN I agree with him."
"To say everything would sound all inclusive may not be believable, but for me everything about the company was appealing... the idea, the leadership, and the fit for me really made sense. Significantly though, ACN's future expansion plans into new countries and the future of telecommunications were the clinchers!"
From day one Jarmila was delighted. "Her only desire was for me to be happy with what I was doing. Within weeks of joining ACN she commented that I was back to the excited, energetic happy person I was before I was engulfed by my traditional business."
"My advice to anyone getting started is create a personal vision for your success, make sure that this is ''other people centred'', set an action plan with major and micro steps you need to take and manage your emotions by developing your emotional maturity."
"Remember, if you know where you are going and you are headed there with the mental certitude of being successful, people will want to be a part of what you are doing."
Even in relatively remote parts of Australia, Keith & Colleen have achieved remarkable success in a short period of time.
Keith & Colleen Janke were introduced to ACN and quickly realised that the business was an exceptional, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Jankes have since flourished as leaders, and it was their winning combination of commitment and action that propelled them to become leaders in the region.
Keith was very motivated to get involved with ACN as he didn't want to miss out on what could be a huge opportunity. Keith thought it was the right time to get involved with ACN – "Those who wait will always be following those who grasp the opportunity now," he said.
"Only a very small percentage of Network Marketing companies ever last more than 5 years, but ACN has not only lasted for nearly 14 years, but has prospered with above average growth year after year. The successful history of ACN really gives me confidence in the company," Keith explained.
"ACN's Co-Founders are people who have walked the talk. They provide great support through leadership conference calls and hosting training events. The great thing about ACN is that I'm supported with resources like marketing materials and International Training Events, which help me to become successful while I can get on with my business. But I would have to say the best thing about ACN is that it allows me the freedom to spend time with family and friends while building my ACN business."
Keith explains that, while he has been self employed most of his working life, the real difference with ACN is that now he receives a long-term meaningful residual income. "In a short period of time we have a residual income that most Australians work 40 years or more and NEVER achieve. So, now, I'm semi retired, with a home on the river in the country and can be close to my grandchildren," said Keith.
Keith believes anyone can have success with ACN if they are committed, apply self-discipline and learn from the success of others. "Since I have been with ACN, I have a great desire to help others reach their full potential. That's where I find the inspiration and motivation to continue my success. My business only grows to the extent that I am a student of other's success who can impart this wisdom to my Team."
Memory & Frances Ahec, a mother-daughter team from New Zealand, are now two of the most influential leaders in the Pacific region.
"Becoming Regional Vice President''s has been such an amazing journey. We love the company and the new found family we have made. For the both of us, our most enjoyable part of building an ACN business is to help change the lives of people we meet."
They have met huge sacrifices along the way... One of the biggest challenges they faced was when Frances chose to leave her home and family to build their ACN Business in Australia, while Memory remained in New Zealand. "We did this to help speed up the process."
Since achieving Regional Vice President, Memory and her family have also moved to Australia to continue growing their business in the region.
"We love to work together. A daily outing for the both of us would be to spend time in cafes, restaurants and shopping malls, talking to people and sharing the opportunity."
Memory and Frances both agreed to make these sacrifices now so they could enjoy the rest of their lives together with family, not struggling financially, not working for someone else and not being owned by traditional business.
Frances'' biggest fear in life is to rely on a government system to take care of her in her old age, so while she still has life in her she will continue to build this business to buy her freedom. As a single parent she strives for better and to help change the lives and mind set of those who dare to dream.
"We love this business and we look forward to helping many more people on the road to RVP."
MaIBO & Lisa Rasmussen's organisation Titan Global has gone from strength to strength they now have a team of IBOs and customers located in 14 countries around the globe.
"I didn't have a privileged background. My parents were blue collar workers and they had a dream for me; they wanted me to have a life better than what they had. I went to school and got my degree and went into the corporate workforce as a public accountant and it didn't take me very long to realise that wasn't a better life. I didn't have a lot of freedom. I had a lot of stress in my life and not a lot of free time and I certainly didn't have a lot of time to spend with my children or to grow as a person. This wasn't the way I wanted to spend my life, so I was open to opportunities. I saw ACN seven years ago and it just made common sense. Getting paid when people pay their essential bills and getting paid while I slept sounded like a very good thing. So we got started and we went to work and we worked hard," explained Matt.
Matt's wife Lisa was sceptical when he first joined ACN. "But in the last seven years we've had some amazing lifestyle changes. I've seen the world and we've spent more time with our children", she said. MaIBO continued, "Before ACN, I'd never even left the country and today we've been to multiple countries around the world. It's just been staggering - especially the personal growth. And what I really love is that this company has allowed us the environment to see these changes in our life and really fulfil what I believe was my potential all along."
MaIBO believes the ACN opportunity is only as good as what an IBO is going to bring to the table. "It's a personal growth program with compensation attached. The more you grow the more you make. You have to like people. You've got to have a vision for people and a desire to have people succeed beyond your own success in order to really have success at ACN. For a new IBO, the key to success is very simple - you've got to be coachable. The people that are involved in the business are there to help you. If I'd just been more coachable and listened to the people that got me involved when I started out, I would have had an even greater level of success."
So, what is it about ACN that MaIBO enjoys so much?
"With ACN you wake up each morning and the day is limitless. You don't know who you're going to present to that day that's got a bigger vision than you. I look out ten years from today and I can imagine where our business is going to be – in multiple countries around the world, hundreds of thousands of customers - and it's all because of ACN. It's absolutely amazing to think that from the kid that grew up in a very humble beginning to be where we are today and just travel the world and do what we want to do is amazing and I'm just so thankful for that."
ACN Senior Vice Presidents and Circle of Champions Members
Former Engineer and U.S. Olympic Track Team Hopeful, now ACN Senior Vice President and North American Circle of Champions Member.
As a former Ivy Leaguer from Princeton and future Olympic Hopeful, Brian Sax seemed to have the recipe for success - a college education from one of the country's most respected institutions and an athletic ability to break new records in track and field. But it didn't take long for Brian to discover that college had not prepared him for the harsh realities of the real world - a world that unfortunately would not allow him to do what he loved and to be financially successful at the same time.
As an Engineer, he never gave up on his dreams, but his career simply did not leave enough time for him to train properly. In his search for something new (for something that broke the corporate rules), he discovered ACN through a friend who was a Heart Surgeon from Yale. Brian was immediately impressed.
"Everyone was so supportive from the beginning; everyone wanted to see everyone else succeed. It was the most positive environment that I had ever encountered," Brian said.
From his first days in this business, Brian set out on a different kind of race… a race to the top. He was promoted to Regional Vice President in July 2000 but that simply wasn't enough. So he relocated to Odessa, Texas, and under his leadership, the Texas market exploded. His move also resulted in Brian meeting his future wife, Andrea.
The couple has been extremely successful, and their financial gain had given them the freedom to spend more time together and to look forward to starting a family without any financial worries. In addition, Brian is able to devote time once again to his love of track and field, and Andrea has been able to focus on her own long-time dream of starting her own business. While their income had afforded them a lot, they've gained far more from their ACN business.
"The growth along the way, as well as the type of people who have come into my life, my wife especially, have completely changed my life. If it were not for ACN, I would not have 90% of the non-material items, qualities, and assets I cherish most in my life right now! I'm excited about where I am, what I've become, and where my wife and I are headed – all because of ACN!" Brian said.
Today, this consistent Circle of Champions Member oversees a global network of IBOs. Brian reached another milestone in February 2003 when he was the first to be promoted as a North American Senior Vice President.
"ACN has been the definition of change in my life. What my career forced me to give up years ago, I now have that and so much more back through ACN," Brian said.
With ACN, your success is your own — but that doesn't mean doing it alone. Join tens of thousands of Independent Business Owners —based new, experienced and everywhere in between —based at our regularly occurring training events. Grow professionally and personally. Leave inspired and ready to take your home—based business that extra mile
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Functional Statements > Office of the Chief Information Officer
The Financial Systems Services (FSS) operates and maintains the agency's financial systems; develops, tests, and installs related hardware and software components; provides end-user training and support; establishes policies and procedures; and ensures system compliance with applicable laws and regulations. On a daily basis, the Group is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of the agency's core financial applications that contain books of original entry for all funds authorized by the Congress for programs managed by the Department. FSS also establishes Departmental travel policy and procedures, administers and monitors the agency's travel system and program, and conducts training to ensure ED compliance with the Federal Travel Regulations.
In performing its responsibilities, FSS:
- Manages and oversees the systems infrastructure of the Department's financial management system, managing and maintaining the platform's hardware, system software, application software and automation tools.
- Investigates and tests new enabling hardware and software.
- Provides technical and functional support to internal and external users of the Department's financial management system.
- Ensures the security of sensitive data residing in the financial management systems.
- Ensures application software meets the business needs of ED's staff.
- Trains users on necessary application software and automation tools.
- Coordinates interagency electronic grants initiatives.
- Collaborates with ED Program Offices, the agency's Risk Management Service (RMS), and government-wide grant related E-GOV initiatives.
- Supports the successful implementation of electronic grants initiatives and provides leadership to grant related data collection and reporting activities.
- Operates the agency's Grant Application Control Center (ACC).
The Director, Financial Systems Services, reports directly to the Chief Information Officer and provides overall leadership and coordination to the following components:
- Immediate Office
- Systems Operations and Maintenance Team
- Functional Applications Team
- Financial Systems Support Team
- Financial Systems Transactions Team
In addition to these specific oversight responsibilities, the Director's immediate staff operate the agency's Grant Application Control Center and function as liaisons to the agency's Program Offices and government-wide grant related E-GOV initiatives.
Systems Operations and Maintenance Team
In performing its responsibilities, the Team:
- Installs, configures, tunes/optimizes, and troubleshoots the financial management system platform's databases;
- Installs, configures and troubleshoots the financial management system platform's application software and other various automation tools;
- Maintains the platform's operating system activities (i.e. directory/volume structures, performance enhancements, backups, restores, etc.);
- Oversees configuration management (version control) for all financial management system application and system software;
- Provides a Federal ADP Security strategy and direction for the financial management system platform (hardware/software/communications). Also ensures Federal ADP Regulations compliance;
- Develops and maintains security and contingency plans for the financial management systems;
- Provides guidance for permitting access to the financial management system platform and its system and application software, and other automation tools. Provides technical expertise and troubleshooting assistance to users of the financial management system;
- Develops and oversees task orders for the enhancement and modification of application software packages;
- Performs the final analysis on requirements for modifications and enhancements to application software packages (forwarded by the Functional Applications Group);
- Manages the testing of all application software enhancements and modifications;
- Investigates and recommends new and enabling application software and related automation tools;
- Develops (internally), the necessary automation applications and tools (i.e. Bridges, Conversion Routines, Tracking Systems, etc.);
- Assists in the administration of contracts and task orders to software vendors.
Functional Applications Team
In performing its responsibilities, the Team:
- Continues the implementation of planned application software modules and patches.
- Prepares the initial drafting of requirements for enhancements or modifications to application software packages;
- Maintains the functional integrity of all application software packages;
- Assists the Super Users Help Desk with application problem identification and resolution;
- Assists with the development of operation policy that supports the software application packages;
- Provides expertise for developing ad hoc and standard reports for all financial management system application software;
- Assists in the development of up-to-date data dictionaries for all of the financial management system application software packages;
- Establishes Departmental travel policy and procedures, administers and monitors the agency's travel system and program, and conducts training to ensure ED compliance with the Federal Travel Regulations;
- Maintains the agency's Virtual Performance System (VPS), a planning and performance management database of Departmental and program goals, objectives, strategies, performance measures, and targets;
Financial Systems Support Team
In performing its responsibilities, the Team:
- Maintains Help Desk for internal Super Users to track and resolve end-users application software problems;
- Develops a training strategy for all applications on the financial management system platform;
- Develops and maintains internal training materials;
- Develops training courses on various subjects related to the mission of the Financial Systems Operations;
- Maintains a Payments Processing Help Desk to assist grant recipients with drawing awarded funds.
- Provides status and policy information to internal and external users on financial management system software;
- Provides presentations on pertinent software applications, policy or status issues;
- Assists in the development and maintenance of the Financial System Operations' website.
Financial Systems Transactions Team
In performing its responsibilities, the Team:
- Ensures that existing financial systems comply with the Standard General Ledger requirements and OMB/Joint Financial Management Improvement Program guidance as it relates to such systems;
- Identifies, specifies, and investigates new equipment or developments in automated data processing that could replace manual operations or provide more responsive financial systems;
- Manages all funds control systems within the current financial systems and the internal/external accounting reporting systems;
- Receives administrative and program appropriation apportionments, warrants, allotments, and limitations from Treasury, OMB, and the Budget Service; prepares and inputs apportionments and warrants into the accounting system; and establishes the books of original entry/official accounting records;
- Verifies fund availability for commitment and obligation documents received from program and staff offices and records related fund transactions in the automated accounting system;
- Processes payment requests, award updates, adjustments, and recipient expenditure data;
- Oversees the FEDWIRE and other payment processes.


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Professor Fairfield wrote:You can bite my plastic yellow ass; I take that personally, and I am no retard. If you're such a pissant about doing the slightest degree of calculations or tactics, I'd say the bigger retard is you. Thinking men may have less fun, but don't call them retards.
Professor Fairfield wrote:The rule I have much more of a problem with is the What-I-Say-Goes Roll. Mainly because, while the Rule of Fudge is designed to streamline the game, WISGRs can easily have the exact opposite effect, but still get associated therewith. Again, in his endless glaring bias, Mike only recognises jerky, cumbersome behavior as being constant reference to the rulebook; he's completely ignoring that anybody who wants to make a constant WISG role when the "less-important" rules give him a clear disadvantage is also being a jerk and holding up the game, and in fact, is an even bigger one.
Warhead wrote:my head burns with War.
In-jokes are crucial to social group identity formation
Rayhawk wrote:ARGUMENT: Your argument is a little along the lines of "I don't like Checkers because it has checkers in it." If you don't like checkers, Checkers is probably not the right game for you. There are other games.
Warhead wrote:my head burns with War.
Professor Fairfield wrote:Rayhawk wrote:ARGUMENT: Your argument is a little along the lines of "I don't like Checkers because it has checkers in it." If you don't like checkers, Checkers is probably not the right game for you. There are other games.
Except that no; it isn't. The equivalent to that is saying "I don't like Brikwars because it has bricks in it." Obviously, that's not true. The reason I'm pissed is because I came here based on the lure of a Lego-centric game, and it pisses me off to see other people who play it throwing disses at me for how I want to play it. Granted, Brikwars by its very nature is easier to fudge, given that unlike, say, Dungeons and Dragons, it's already more physically manifested. You can see the soldiers, tanks, dragons, and evil volcano bases right there, so less mathematical calculations are required to figure it all out.
Then again, though, that's not why I have a problem. Even WISGRs aren't why. It's because you're calling me a retard. It doesn't matter if it's as a joke. Enough people have done it to me in all seriousness that I detest being called a retard, and I do not belive that humor requires blatant use of untruths and insults. Really, Mike, I would be lying if I said I didn't find your sense of humor great 99% of the time. I laugh my ass off at your manuals, when I'm not shaking my head, but most of the time I'm not shaking my head. The whole concept of Brikwars is funny. Now that you're actually going and arguing with yourself, though, it's a new low for you. Humor needs something left to stand on so it's clear what it's making fun of, that's why I prefer satire, the brand of humor that embraces reality so it can turn around and beat the fuck out of it, over this illogical, stoner-centric, Williamstreet bullshit.
I'm not here for that. I don't give a fuck if I don't fit the average profile of a Brikwarrior. I came here for the title concept at its bare bones, and that's it. I'm not going out of my way to alienate any of you, but I will not stand for being insulted, even when it's not serious. Insincerity is the weakest form of humor available, one that I am above. I will, however, agree to be part of a running joke of sorts, something of self-parody if you will, in terms of modeling my gamer persona after these spats, and making him and his forces like the estranged mad scientists of Brikwars, eager for revenge. I must start building my volcano base...
Edit: Oh, und vait! Zat rrremindss mich! Vy ze bums do Ich nicht hab Professor Monkeyhead displayed?! Is zis a trick of yours?! Ich vant Professor Monkeyhead as ein avatar!
Professor Fairfield wrote:I don't understand your grammar with, "you're trying to bring base the humor." Worse than Zero Wing, and much less funny.
However, it's probably not a good idea to make a battle between spacemen and cavemen if you want to keep things simple. Even if you want to force logic out the door to make things fair, you'll probably find that you need to do even more second-guessing just to maintain that forced leveling. Besides, cavemen would be kind of dull to base a Lego army on, considering they didn't really "build" anything.
Professor Fairfield wrote:Yeah, great idea. While I'm at it, why don't I forget that Legos necessarily connect at the studs and bases, and try to build things by stacking things side by side, sure that they'll fit?! Logic has its place, even in preparing for this game. Sure, that clearly doesn't reflect on the forums' psyche, but I do not care.
Warhead wrote:my head burns with War.
Professor Fairfield wrote:While I'm at it, why don't I forget that Legos necessarily connect at the studs and bases, and try to build things by stacking things side by side, sure that they'll fit?!
IVhorseman wrote:Well wait hold on, this is a logical fallacy. It's a "Slippery Slope" fallacy, claiming that one thing will invariably lead to another to another, which isn't necessarially true.
IVhorseman wrote:Also Also, Benny, I've actually met this guy in person before.
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Jaipur National University, Jaipur came into existence in the year 2007. Two professional institutes of the Seedling Group, established in 2002, with several technical & professional programmes of studies, were merged with the University to form its major part.
In 2008, an expert panel of UGC members accorded approval to our programmes under Clause 2(f) of the UGC Act, 1956.
The University has received the approvals from all mandatory regulatory authorities of India.
Jaipur National University is ranked amongst the Top 20 universities in India by India Today.
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Jaipur National University, Jaipur is a premier centre of learning, providing various integrated and interdisciplinary programs of study and research in the country.
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The Man from the USSR and Other Plays
|Vladimir Nabokov
|Dmitri Nabokov
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The Man from the USSR and Other Plays is a collection of four dramas by the Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov, first published in 1984. The plays were collected and translated from the original Russian by Nabokov's son, Dmitri Nabokov after his father's death.[1] The volume consists of the plays 'The Pole' ('Polyus', written 1923), 'The Man from the USSR' ('Chelovek iz SSSR', written 1926), 'The Event' ('Sobytie', written 1938) and 'The Granddad' ('Dedushka').[2]
The Plays[edit]
'The Pole'[edit]
'The Pole' is a one-act play in blank verse. It was written in 1923, when Nabokov was working as a farm labourer in France, and was first published August 14 and 16 in Rul' (The Rudder), a Russian newspaper of which Nabokov's father had become editor in 1920.[3] It was a response to Scott's diaries, which Nabokov had seen in the British Museum some years earlier. It depicts the deaths of last four members of Scott's crew, on their 1911/1912 expedition to the South Pole.[3] Dmitri Nabokov described them, in the collection, as a 'deliberately free synthesis [...] not a journalistic reproduction'.[4]
The first production of 'The Pole' was probably in 1996, directed by Klaus Michael Grüber. It opened on September 28, 1996, at the Berlin Schaubühne, and was followed by 20 performances in October. It was performed in German, translated by German playwright Botho Strauß.
'The Man from the USSR'[edit]
'The Man from the USSR' was first produced in Berlin in 1926, and the first act was published in Rul' on January 1 the following year.[3]
'The Event'[edit]
'The Event' was written in Paris in 1938, and was published in Russkie kapiskie (Russian Annuls).[3] The plot follows a painter in tsarist Russia and his wife as they await a convict who has threatened them with violence.[5]
'The Granddad'[edit]
'The Granddad' is a one-act verse play, which was first published in Rul' in October 1924.[3] According to Kanfer's review in Time magazine, 'Because of the melodramatic structure and blank-verse dialogue, the play is the least successful.'[5]
The response to this collection has been small compared to the general response to Nabokov's work, due in part to the small proportion of his canon that drama represents.[1]
- ^ a b Frank, Sigrun. "The Man from the USSR and Other Plays". The Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ Frank, Siggy (Oct 2007). "Exile in Theatre/Theatre in Exile". The Slavonic and East European Review. 85 (4): 629–657.
- ^ a b c d e Zimmer, Dieter E. "'The Pole' at the Berlin Schaubühne". Zembla. Pennsylvania State University Libraries. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ^ Manhire, Bill (2004). The wide white page: writers imagine Antarctica. Victoria UP. pp. 311–312.
- ^ a b Kanfer, Stefan (Apr 1985). "Books: Gamesman the man from the USSR and other plays". Time Magazine. Time Inc. Retrieved 21 May 2011.


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"Justice is an indispensable ingredient of the process of national reconciliation. It is essential to the restoration of peaceful and normal relations between people who have had to live under a reign of terror. It breaks the cycle of violence, hatred and extra-judicial retribution. Thus, Peace and Justice go hand-in-hand."
Antonio Cassese, former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia
The ICTY (The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia) is the first international body for the prosecution of war crimes since the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals held after of World War II. It has jurisdiction over individuals responsible for war crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia. It operates from a specially converted building in The Hague. After 2010, the prosecution of all Bosnian war criminals will take place in Bosnia as the ICTY will cease its work.
The ICTY has first struggled to establish itself, but has since inspired war crimes tribunals covering Rwanda, Sierra Leone, East Timor, and Cambodia, as well as the court in Sarajevo.
The ICTY's combined budget for 2006 and 2007 was $297 million. Staff numbers range from 900-1,000 at any one time. As of 25 March 2008 the ICTY has indicted 161 persons. Proceedings against 50 people are ongoing. 9 persons have been acquitted; 53 people were sentenced; 13 were referred to national jurisdictions; 20 indictments were withdrawn; and 16 died before or after transfer to ICTY.
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ICTY Chief Prosecutors have repeatedly exhorted authorities in the Balkans to arrest the two biggest perpetrators of war crimes in Bosnia: Radovan Karadzic, the leader of the Bosnian Serbs and military commander Ratko Mladic. Karadzic was finally captured in Serbia in July 2008. The two have been indicted for genocide, complicity in genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of the laws and customs of war.
The prosecution of indicted Bosnian war criminals is also taking place in the BiH Court's new War Crimes Chamber (WCC) in Sarajevo, set up as a joint initiative of the ICTY and the Office of the High Representative (OHR).
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The WCC has jurisdiction over cases referred by ICTY and over the most sensitive war crimes cases in Bosnia. It can refer other cases to lower courts in BiH.
There are 18 prosecutors dealing with war crimes. In summer 2008 there were 53 judges – 36 national and 17 international – at the BiH Court. Just under a third of their time is spent trying war crimes. In such cases, judges sit in panels of three. By 2010 – the end of the first five-years of operation – all international staff in the War Crimes Chamber are due be replaced by Bosnians.
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Cases heard at the WCC have already helped establish important points of jurisprudence. Neđo Samardžić, a member of the RS Army, was found guilty on 13 December 2006 of "having forced Bosniak women into sexual slavery through rape and other inhumane acts" in Foča. He was sentenced to 24 years' imprisonment.
By March 2008, the WCC had reached 42 verdicts at first and second instance. It has issued 61 indictments for war crimes, including ICTY indictments (which it needs to confirm). According to Human Rights Watch (HRW) 2007 assessment, "the War Crimes Chamber has made significant progress in fulfilling its mandate and is playing an important role in bringing justice for the atrocities committed during the war.
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Haven't really talked much about the whole Kony 2012 flapdoodle here, because up until now, it didn't seem to be much of a religious issue. But looking over the curious case of Jason Russell, self-appointed savior of Ugandan children and flamboyant public-naked-meltdown-haver, it is necessary for me to prologue this post in order to give you an idea where I'm going with it.
A question Christians often have for atheists is why we bother being decent, moral human beings, if there isn't a God up there keeping a running tally of our awesomeness and preparing a sweet reward for us behind door number three when we get to Heaven. We all know the answer to that, so I won't derail my own post by going into that part of it. Suffice it to say that there are those in the evangelical community who see morality in the context of their public image. They do good deeds to be seen doing good deeds, and praised for it. This was the shocking charge laid against Mother Theresa, a woman acclaimed universally as an unassailable paragon of faultless, selfless Lawful Good, by the late Christopher Hitchens. People simply couldn't believe it…and yet, the facts were troubling. Here was this very public saint, basking in the adoration of heads of state and taking in millions upon millions in donations, and yet her hospitals were run-down wrecks lacking in anything but the most rudimentary medical care. Curious.
Was Mother Theresa deliberately dishonest in how she went about her affairs? Or was she wholly and sincerely convinced that what she was doing was all for the poor and downtrodden, and that her way was the proper and most Godly way? I tend to think that the most flagrantly dishonest charitable behaviors, the most overt and flamboyant expressions of moral superiority, are in fact done by painfully sincere, un-self-aware egoists convinced of their humility. Following from Kazim's earlier post about The Amazing Atheist, in the same way horrible people don't realize they're horrible — because they've constructed an I-totally-rock! narrative around themselves and then shored up a personal environment that supports and protects it — egoists don't realize they're egoists. The more giving and self-sacrificing they think they are toward others, the more they're actually trying to feather their heavenly nest. So to speak.
It becomes necessary to point out that it isn't everyone, or even necessarily a majority of people (religious or not) who devote themselves to charitable work who hide such cynical, selfish motives. But when you encounter someone who does, the truth of it becomes clear in very creepy and distressing ways. It starts with a vague feeling that there's something here that just isn't ringing true, that feels a little off. Then as more details are revealed, it's as if floodgates have opened. And then you see a very different and bizarre side of the person everyone was being asked to hold in such esteem.
Like this, for instance.
That was Jason Russell, co-founder of Invisible Children, an organization founded to raise awareness of the exploitation of children as soldiers in Uganda, and director of the Kony 2012 film, standing on a street corner, stark naked and totally losing his shit. He does not appear to be publicly masturbating, but that hasn't stopped a million photo-memes from sprouting like mushrooms. (Perhaps the camera mercifully cut away.) In all, it's a rather facepalmy position for someone intending to lead a global philanthropic movement to find himself in.
Russell's colleague, Invisible Children CEO Ben Keesey, offered this interesting explanation of Russell's street-corner shit-losing. "The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially, and that toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday. Jason's passion and his work have done so much to help so many, and we are devastated to see him dealing with this personal health issue."
Personal health issue? Mental health, does he mean? I'll grant that making a video that garners 81 freaking million YouTube views in 12 days, turning you into a literal overnight celebrity, can stress a guy out. But to result in a collapse so intensely bizarre and potentially destructive to what your whole movement was set up to accomplish from the outset? Was it that the growing criticisms — that the film plays fast and loose with facts and rather rashly advocates American military intervention, which hasn't exactly worked out so well for us in the past decade; that Invisible Children accepts funding from vehemently anti-gay Christian hate groups, a touchy matter considering that Uganda has been pushing for laws to make being gay at all a capital crime, laws known to have been drafted by American evangelical Christians; that Russell and his buddies have cozied up to Ugandan military leaders themselves accused of ghastly atrocities; that the film focuses on dated events while ignoring real present-day plights suffered by Ugandan children and adults alike — were starting to crack the shell of Russell's carefully cultivated self-image?
Let's have a look at that self-image.
The first thing that occurs to you when checking out anything Jason Russell has to say about himself is that the concept of modesty appears to have been surgically chiseled from his brain in early childhood. Seriously, giving yourself the nickname "Radical" is extra-douchey and mad cheesy all on its own, but this…?
Russell's superhero complex is further shored up by his bio at the Invisible Children website, where we learn he has given his children middle names like Danger and Darling, and hopes to breed nine more. Presumably he has consulted with his wife about this. Perhaps he means to grow his own moppet army to fight off Kony's. In any event, wherever you find Jason Russell, you find a man reveling without shame in his sense of personal grandeur.
And his evangelism. Russell spoke last fall at Liberty University, where he pretty much laid bare the fact that what he and his organization are doing is motivated, to at least an equal degree as their desire to save the kids, by "stealth evangelism."
Russell has been criticized most heavily for playing the "white savior" role, which is what happens when privileged white Westerners decide they have some duty to impose their presence upon struggling developing nations and underprivileged peoples and Fix Everything with their magical Whiteness rays. "White savior" behavior is usually marked by not-entirely-honest motives, and an oafish refusal to make sure you have all your facts in order and a sensible game plan in mind before donning your cape and flying in. It is, as noted before, all about doing good in order to be seen doing good. (Which again requires the disclaimer that not all charitable white Westerners working to fix problems in developing nations are guilty of "white savior" syndrome.)
That Russell is operating under a full-fledged case of "white savior" is evident simply from watching the half-hour film. If you're not one of the 81 million people who've yet seen it, the first thing you'll notice is that, in a manner more in keeping with narrative (fiction) rather than documentary film, Kony 2012 establishes a storyline with a protagonist. And that protagonist is Jason Russell. Slickly shot and edited, with highly professional use of digital graphics, the movie's first five minutes detail the birth of Russell's son and Russell's own background in political activism. (No religious angle is presented here, so as to appeal to the broadest possible audience.) Then Russell shifts focus to the time he spent in Uganda, acquainting himself with "another little boy," Jacob. The movie's first genuinely affecting moment comes six minutes in, when Jacob, very matter-of-factly, talks about his dead brother, and that he'd really be better off dead himself. He says this as calmly as if he's telling you he prefers Battlefield 3 to Halo Reach. And then all the grief he's had bottled up inside bursts forth, and he breaks into truly pitiable tears.
Obviously Russell wants to offer comfort and succor. And he goes about it in the douchiest fucking way possible. He reaches out to Jacob and says — I shit you not — "It's okay, Jacob, it's okay…we're going to stop him [Kony]."
And what immediately follows this? We cut to uplifting rock music, and the whole thing turns into a "Get involved, people!" infomercial!
The narrative of Jason Russell, White Savior of Poor Black Children, is thrust to the forefront. That there are Invisible Children employees and volunteers on the ground in Uganda doing meaningful work is pushed to the back burner by a film that frames the plight of child soldiers in the context of how it's changed Jason Russell's life. And if certain facts have to be downplayed (that Kony — a truly loathsome piece of shit, no question — and his Lord's Resistance Army have actually been scattered and out of Uganda for about six years now, and that Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has himself used child soldiers) to sell this self-aggrandizing narrative, so be it.
Which brings us full circle to Russell's evangelism, and his breakdown. No, I don't know the inside of the guy's mind, but I look at his talk at Liberty, advising Christians to "get in the fight," and I see his film, with himself very much at the forefront as the hero. And I see an evangelical narcissist. Is he insincere? No, that's the problem. He's exceedingly freaking sincere, and this has blinded him to his faults: that he's affiliating with an army that has itself been guilty of looting and rape, that he paints a complex and evolving array of political turmoil in simplistic good-vs-evil terms. And so on. God will smile on Jason Russell for all of these things. I'm sure Jason is sure of that.
And yet, when the man who swears to a crying boy that he's going to stop the ferocious warlord who killed his brother and so many other children is faced with media attention, criticism, scrutiny and backlash, he's so undone that he strips off his clothes and throws a fit on a street corner in broad daylight?
That's the tragedy of the narcissist. Occasionally, reality breaks through that shell of fantasy you've built around yourself. And for a brief moment, you must face the horror that your life is not, in fact, a movie.


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The US's Reaction To Wikileaks Is Doing A Lot More Harm Than The Leaks Themselves
from the destroying-any-moral-high-ground dept
A bunch of folks sent over this blog post by Jack Goldsmith, which succinctly summarizes how backwards and damaging the US's response to Wikileaks has been. He questions if whoever leaked the diplomatic cables (he names Bradley Manning, but nothing has yet proven that he's the specific source, as far as I know) directly to the NY Times -- and the same info would likely have been published -- would the US government reacted in the same way?
Would our reaction to that have been more subdued than our reaction now to Assange? If so, why? If not, why is our reaction so subdued when the Times receives and publishes the information from Bradley through Assange the intermediary? Finally, in 2005-2006, the Times disclosed information about important but fragile government surveillance programs. There is no way to know, but I would bet that these disclosures were more harmful to national security than the wikileaks disclosures. There was outcry over the Times' surveillance disclosures, but nothing compared to the outcry over wikileaks. Why the difference? Because of quantity? Because Assange is not a U.S. citizen? Because he has a philosophy more menacing than "freedom of the press"? Because he is not a journalist? Because he has a bad motive?He also notes that a reporter like Bob Woodward has published and revealed "many details about top secret programs, code names, documents and the like," obviously with direct help from top administration officials... and yet there's been no anger and threats about all of that. Among the many points he raises, one is particularly compelling: any attempt to actually charge Assange will backfire for a huge list of reasons:
I think trying to prosecute Assange under the Espionage Act would be a mistake. The prosecution could fail for any number of reasons (no legal violation, extradition impossible, First Amendment). Trying but failing to put Assange in jail is worse than not trying at all. And succeeding will harm First Amendment press protections, make a martyr of Assange, and invite further chaotic Internet attacks. The best thing to do -- I realize that this is politically impossible -- would be to ignore Assange and fix the secrecy system so this does not happen again.Yet again, I'm left noticing the similarities between the US government's reaction to Wikileaks and the entertainment industry's reaction to file sharing. Each move that it made, including going legal, backfired in a big, bad way. It's really quite stunning to watch the US government make the same mistakes.


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Man stabbed in Thomasville, 1 arrested
Man stabbed in Thomasville, 1 arrested
A man was arrested in connection with a stabbing in Thomasville early Saturday morning.
Kareem Anderson, 28, was charged after an incident around 2:30 a.m. at 214 Carolina Ave.
Stephen McClure was found with a stab wound to the back and two cut wounds, Thomasville police said. He was treated at High Point Regional Hospital and released.
The stabbing happened during a verbal dispute between the victim and suspect, police said.
Anderson was charged with charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill. He is being held under a $100,000 secured bond in the Davidson County Jail pending a Feb. 10 court appearance.


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Fetchmail to Zarafa
From Zarafa wiki
fetchmail collection to Zarafa Mailboxes:
There are a few tools out there that will collect emails from External POP3 servers and deliver them to a local Zarafa server. One of them that is by far the easiest to use is fetchmail.
The following will take you through the configuration needed to use fetchmail with Zarafa.
Firstly, we need to create the 'fetchmailrc' file. This file contains the configuration parameters, usernames,passwords and what servers to download the mail from.
set daemon 60 defaults proto pop3 nokeep poll [email protected] via mail.domain.com.au user "[email protected]" pass "password" mda "/usr/bin/zarafa-dagent user" flush no ssl
There are a number of other parameters you can use, find more here: Redhat Fetchmail Commands
Then you repeat the 'poll' section to 'no ssl' for each user. Obviously changing the details.
Next create a file called: /etc/cron.domain/fetchmail.sh and add the following to that file: (This file will be called via crontab to initiate the fetchmail collection every 5 minutes or what ever you specify.)
#!/bin/bash # # Add this to a cron process that runs once every 15 mins # just to make sure fetchmail is up and running # fetchmailpid=`/sbin/pidof fetchmail` # # If fetchmail is not running then start it # if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then /usr/bin/fetchmail -F -K -L /var/log/fetchmail fi
- Please note: The '-K' option above will delete retrieved messages from the remote mailserver. If you want to keep the emails on the external POP3 server, then i would suggest removing the '-K'.
Parameter Breakdown from above:
-K - Delete retrieved messages from the remote mailserver. This option forces retrieved mail to be deleted -L - Specify the log file to which fetchmail should log to -F - Delete old (previously retrieved) messages from the mailserver before retrieving new messages
Set the permissions on the /etc/cron.domain/fetchmail.sh to 777:
chmod 777 /etc/cron.domain/fetchmail
Now we setup the cron to collect the mail every 5 minutes:
*/5 * * * * /etc/cron.domain/fetchmail.sh
If there any errors check the /var/log/fetchmail.log for more information.


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