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Twitpic has sparked outrage among the Twitter user community by changing its terms and conditions.
Sometime early in May, the photo-sharing site replaced its broad (and ill-defined) copyright statement with a new, more detailed policy.
Formerly, the heart of Twitpic's copyright was a single sentence: "By uploading your photos to Twitpic you give Twitpic permission to use or distribute your photos on Twitpic.com or affiliated sites." [Our emphasis in italics - El Reg.]
The new policy adds a lot of detail, and has been interpreted as turning Twitpic into yet another outfit that crowd-sources free content that it can then onsell at a profit. The key items are:
"To publish another Twitpic user's content for any commercial purpose or for distribution beyond the acceptable Twitter "retweet" which links back to the original user's content page on Twitpic, whether online, in print publication, television, or any other format, you are required to obtain permission from Twitpic in advance of said usage and attribute credit to Twitpic as the source where you have obtained the content."
A million sharp-eyed bush lawyers note that this means if someone wants to re-use something from Twitpic in, for example, a newspaper, they need to ask Twitpic, but not the original poster.
The second is this:
"…by submitting Content to Twitpic, you hereby grant Twitpic a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the Content in connection with the Service and Twitpic's (and its successors' and affiliates') business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Service (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels."
In other words, Twitpic can do what it likes, including editing, with posted photos without asking the original owner's permission.
The reaction has probably taught Twitpic – and other photo-sharing services who are probably looking at their own T&Cs, for reasons I'll discuss in a moment – a valuable lesson. If you're going to change the terms of service, don't try to do it on the quiet. And make sure you're willing to explain your reasons in public, rather than have others explain it for you.


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I don't have words.
There is no way that is not both physical and mental abuse. Those people should be in jail.
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and... it just spirals downward...
I'm sure glad to hear that CPS apparently already checked them out and said they're fine. Good to know the government is keeping kids safe in healthy environments like that.
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Wow, that's disturbing. Even if some of the abuse is fake (scripted) and I think it is, at least a fair portion certainly is not. And monetizing this is... scary. That kid in the glasses is going to be so screwed in the head, even if he thinks it's safe because he's being coached in some parts.
If Youtube had any scruples, they would ban the channel and turn all video over to the police.
Social media garbage is biased beyond repair. They'll force users to remove vitally important public documents and video, and ban your ass for intellectually and peacefully discussing important issues that are politically uncomfortable to the corrupt status quo, but they'll happily host users wanting to say how they're into child abuse, pedophilia, extreme violent racism, Islamic terrorism, etc..
I think they want us to be distracted in the soup of 'human filth', as opposed to being upright, conscientious people ready to fix this shyt.
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That is horrible! They are massively bullying that one boy (Cody) just to achieve fame and fortune and then justifying it by buying their kids stuff. And to defend it by saying adults pull vicious pranks on other adults?!?!
EDIT: The parents have issued what seems to be a legit tear-filled apology and claim to be in family counseling. They claim they got caught up in being able to live a larger life and thought they were doing right by their kids by making a life where they could buy them more. To their credit, they (particularly the mom) completely own up to their failings and say they were wrong.
Is it legit or more acting? Who can say? It has a bunch of weird dissolve edits that are admittedly questionable, but for all I know, they just got too emotional or too personal in the edited portions to leave them in. I pray they follow through, and this family gets a much-needed new start away from all the reality YouTube crap and bullying.
EDIT 2: The family got a PR coach, and he may have been behind the apology. That doesn't make it fake necessarily, but it is certainly not helping people's opinions of the case. And apparently investigators are looking into it, but the "privated" videos are making it difficult. De Franco discusses it in the first few minutes of yesterday's video:
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Latest update... Judge ordered emergency removal of Cody and Emma and given them over to their biological mother.
I hope it's a better situation.
However, given judges' tendency to side with the mother in custody issues, I wonder if they'll just be moving to a different bad situation.
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God, I miss television. You'd think that, as the writer of a weekly TV column, I'd have all the time in the world to just kick back and watch the boob tube to my heart's content, but that's never quite how it seems to work out. Indeed, if anything, I watch less TV now that I've got my own TV column that I ever did before I got the column. There just aren't enough hours in the day anymore to indulge in all of the small-screen scrumptiousness that I'd like…and, unfortunately, that also includes the wide variety of TV-DVDs that I get in to review. This seemed like as a good a time as any, then, to take a quick look at some of the more interesting sets that I've had piling up around my desk recently. It's a pretty diverse bunch, to be sure, but since when is there anything wrong with a bit of variety?
Borgia: Season One: No, not "The Borgias," although the subject matter is quite obviously similar. This is actually a series by Tom Fontana, best known for his work on such TV classics as St. Elsewhere, Homicide, and Oz, done for the French network Canal+ in 2011. Although it's only just now come to DVD, Netflix subscribers actually had the option to enjoy the series online starting late last year. If you enjoy a good historical drama, this'll do the trick nicely.
The Courtship of Eddie's Father: The Complete First Season: "People, let me tell ya 'bout my best friend…" So went the opening lines of Harry Nilsson's classic theme song, which I can still sing in its entirety when pressed. I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's held up 100% from its original late '60s / early '70s run, but Bill Bixby is one of those guys who I always wanted to be my uncle, he was always so darned affable onscreen, and as an adult I can definitely appreciate his storylines far better than I could back when I was still part of the under-10 set. (I was obviously far more partial to Brandon Cruz's work at the time I originally watched it.)
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Today's new Pew poll has him steady at +6, but feast on your eyes on RCP's poll tracker. Poll averages are almost always more accurate than individual polls and right now RCP has him at -3.3 and apparently sinking. (This morning Rasmussen had him at -7.) Here's what it looks like over the past month. The black line is approval, red is disapproval:
I'm not sure what explains that temporary spike in disapproval in the middle. The IRS scandal broke on May 10th and the first of Edward Snowden's NSA revelations, the leak of the FISA order targeting Verizon, was published on June 5. The ballooning disapproval at the end of May might simply have been the cumulative effect of Scandalmania catching up to him, compounded by the news about the DOJ snooping on James Rosen (which came out on May 20th). But then that raises the question of why O's disapproval just as suddenly dipped and returned to normal-ish. I'm not sure. Maybe all we're looking at here is the product of a few outlier polls at the end of the month.
Anyway, we're concerned with the current disapproval spike, which has already lasted longer than the one at the end of the May. What's driving it? It has to be the NSA stuff, right? The IRS scandal has slipped off the front page, and in any case, that was never a true "bipartisan" furor. Most Democrats will acknowledge that it's wrong and shouldn't have happened, but rarely do partisans on either side feel abiding outrage over an offense to partisans on the other. Beyond that, no one's tied O himself directly to the scandal. Accusations against him usually boil down to him having "set the tone" by demagoging tea partiers occasionally, but it's hard to build Democratic outrage over that given that many of them hate tea partiers too. The NSA revelations are different because there's no obvious partisan angle to it and because the buck does indeed stop with The One. We know from the polling that many Dems will go straight into the tank to defend him on massive data-mining, but not all will. In particular, the Hopenchange generation of young voters may be disappointed:
In May, President Obama enjoyed a 53/44 approval rating. But the latest CNN poll shows that the numbers have nearly reversed, now standing at 45/54. The most interesting aspect of this poll is the significant drop in support from Americans between the ages of 18 and 34, a voting bloc that helped propel President Obama to the White House in 2008 and to re-election last year.
In May, President Obama held a 63/34 approval rating among this age group. But in June, that his approval rating with young voters was underwater, at 48/50. That's a 15-point drop.
In an interview with CNN on Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) attributed the drop in support among young voters to the recent NSA scandal and explained that it gives Republicans an opportunity for outreach.
That's just one poll, and smaller samples of particular age groups necessarily have larger margins of error, but there's other recent data floating around out there that suggests there's something to it. O talked a good game on civil liberties in 2008 and now some of the younger idealists who appreciated him for it are disillusioned. Plus, for all the talk lately about how Snowden's hurt his cause by wittingly or unwittingly making the NSA story partially a story about him, it may be that younger Americans identify with him to some extent. He's under 30, tech-savvy, idealistic, and took a gigantic risk in exposing the NSA documents. The story of the past two weeks is, in part, a story about whether Barack Obama or Edward Snowden has more credibility on government surveillance. The verdict among young voters may not be what The One wants.
The big question: Does any of this matter? Sean Trende points me to this post yesterday by John Sides arguing that yes, of course the president's job approval matters. It always matters. It matters in 2014 — if it stays low — because Democrats will need a popular president to help them turn out their base. It matters in 2016 — if it stays low — because it'll be easier for the Democratic nominee to run on the record of a popular president than to run against the record of an unpopular one. And of course it matters right now because a popular president has more leverage in getting what he wants from Congress. Good points all, but as for 2016, Hillary is a sui generis figure on the American political landscape. I'm not sure Obama's popularity at that point will matter as much to her as it would to any other Democrat. Bill Clinton's pretty popular, isn't he? Think his name will be invoked by Team Hillary on the trail? As for O's popularity right now, he used to be much more popular and Republicans in Congress didn't care a whit about it. The stimulus passed in 2009 when he was at the height of his Hopenchange influence and he managed to nail down three GOP votes in the Senate. Even if his numbers rebounded "strongly," he's probably looking at 55/45 at best. Which Republican votes are flipping to do O's bidding against that backdrop, with conservative grassroots voters gearing up for the midterms? You might argue that this is more about losing Democrats than winning Republicans, but Dems are firmly behind his big legislative initiatives like immigration reform and background checks. They have an incentive to vote for those because they poll well individually, irrespective of Obama's job approval rating.
The one convincing point is that an unpopular O could hurt his party next year. True, but … he's on the verge of a big legislative victory now, isn't he? Our Republican friends in the Senate are weeks away from giving him 70+ votes for the Gang of Eight's crappy amnesty bill. If you think the GOP rather than the Democrats will get the lion's share of credit if it passes Congress, you're kidding yourself as deeply as the Republican leadership is. Assume that it passes, and further assume that the president who signs it into law (and who's quietly helping to shepherd it through Congress behind the scenes) gets applause for having helped make it happen. Immigration reform is popular, so it's safe to assume that O's approval rating will get a boost from passage. Toss that on the pile with all the other reasons to vote for the Gang of Eight bill — it helps Obama politically at a moment when he's in a bit of a jam. Fantastic.


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Hank Wittenberg has a great article on estateplanning.com on why those of you who did year end planning in 2012 made the right choice, even though Congress extended the generous gift and estate tax exclusions with the American Taxpayer Relief Act.
The tax act signed into law by President Obama last week provided some very good estate planning provisions. Surprisingly, I have already read and heard complaints from other estate planning attorneys that this new tax act renders the 2012 year end gifting a "waste of time." This is absurd; quit your whining! These are the same folks who complain that their clients would not make any significant gifts in spite the significant benefits that go with it, tax and otherwise. The one good thing about the "fiscal cliff threat" is that it convinced some to implement plans that should have been implemented already.
He also adds his top 10 estate tax and gift tax benefits of the new law:
1. Predictability: Taxpayers now have some reasonable estate tax expectations for the foreseeable future so they won't be paralyzed by "what Congress might do in the future."
2. Unified Gift and Estate Tax: Since the exemption amount for an estate is now permanent there was no need to split the gift tax exemption and the estate tax exemption like it was in the 2001 law. This structure is easier to understand and planning can be more straight-forward.
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5. Rate: The current maximum estate tax rate for estates with more than $5,250,000 in 2013 is 40%. Yes, I see this as beneficial. Perhaps it's my age but is seems like it was only yesterday that the maximum estate tax rate was 55% (actually 60% for estate between approximately $10 and $20 million).
6. Portability: Portability permits a surviving spouse to use a deceased spouse's unused exemption amount. Caution! To take advantage of this benefit, an estate tax return must be filed for the deceased spouse. This is a simple concept but tedious to complete. In other words, easier said than done.
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8. Perpetual Trusts: Many states like New Hampshire provide ways to create a trust that will last as long as the assets survive. In the days of olde, all trusts were required to terminate at a specific time in the future, most often measured by "lives in being." If this notion intrigues you I encourage you to pick up a copy of Loring and Rounds, A Trustee's Handbook (2013). No, I do not get paid for the product placement! Note: President Obama has proposed that perpetual trusts be eliminated.
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This year's Final Four features a very unlikely Wichita State team that has turned heads and busted brackets. The fine folks at Lost Lettermen take a look at the most surprising teams to ever reach the Final Four ...
10. 2000 North Carolina (No. 8 Seed)
In Bill Guthridge's third season as the Tar Heels' head coach, his team was on the verge of implosion after a first round exit in 1999 to Weber State and a 13-loss regular season that made the Heels feel lucky to draw a No. 8 seed in the 2000 Big Dance.
But a talented Carolina team featuring the likes of Joe Forte, Brendan Haywood and Ed Cota woke up come tourney time, knocking off No. 1 seed Stanford in the second round and surviving Tennessee and Tulsa to reach the Final Four in Indianapolis.
9. 2000 Wisconsin (No. 8 Seed)
There was an extra dose of Madness in March 2000, with Wisconsin joining North Carolina as a second No. 8 seed in the Final Four. Like UNC, the Badgers had lost 13 games entering the tournament. They were just .500 in Big Ten play and had lost to South Florida and Northern Illinois in the regular season.
But Dick Bennett's tenacious defense stunned top-seed Arizona in the second round, LSU in the Sweet Sixteen and Purdue in the Elite Eight, as none of them scored over 60 points. That run ended in the Final Four against Michigan State, where Wisconsin's defense wasn't enough to make up for a lackluster offense in a 53–41 loss.
8. 1984 Virginia (No. 7 Seed)
Virginia was a college basketball power during the early 1980s but was expected to struggle in 1983–1984 — its first season of the post-Ralph Sampson Era.
And struggle the Cavaliers did. UVA entered the '84 Big Dance with 11 losses (they had just nine the previous two seasonscombined) and a 6-8 ACC record. In a field of just 53 teams, the No. 7 seed was especially low.
Virginia just kept finding ways to win in the tournament. A one-point victory over Iona in the first round, an overtime win over second-seeded Arkansas in the second and a late steal and basket to defeat Indiana, 50-48, in the Elite Eight.
Ironically, after boasting the sport's most dominant player the previous four seasons, the Cavaliers reached the Final Four after coming up short the previous two years.
7. 1985 Villanova (No. 8 Seed)
The lowest seed to win the NCAA title, the Wildcats' run to the Final Four was almost as remarkable as winning it all. 'Nova entered the Big Dance having lost five of its last nine, was eliminated in the Big East tournament after a 15-point loss to St. John's and had a pedestrian 19-10 record.
Somehow that failed to prevent Villanova from victimizing blue bloods Michigan, Maryland and North Carolina en route to the Final Four. (The 56-44 victory over a UNC team boasting Kenny Smith and Brad Dougherty was especially jaw-dropping.) Two games later, a Georgetown squad with Patrick Ewing would suffer the same fate.
However, despite what people will have you believe now, the Wildcats weren't exactly chopped liver; 'Nova had reached the Elite Eight in both 1982 and '83.
6. 1986 LSU (No. 11 Seed)
While LSU is tied for the lowest seed to ever reach the Final Four, their run in '86 wasn't as shocking as the seeding would suggest. After all, coach Dale Brown had led the Tigers there just five years earlier and the Bayou Bengals played their first two tourney games on their home court in Baton Rouge.
Still, no one could have foreseen a team that was just 9–9 in SEC play downing the likes of Purdue, Memphis, Georgia Tech and Kentucky. Yet due in large part to Brown's "Freak Defense," that's exactly what happened.
To this day, the Tigers remain the only team to defeat the top three seeds in their region en route to the Final Four.
5. 2011 Butler (No. 8 Seed)
Butler had reached the Final Four the year before as a No. 5 seed, so the Bulldogs' run wasn't completely out of the blue. But without Gordon Hayward — the star of the 2010 team had moved on to the NBA after his sophomore season — the team struggled, going a pedestrian (by its standards) 13-5 in the Horizon League and suffering losses to the likes of Evansville and Youngstown State.
But once the tournament started, Butler regained its mojo — starting with last-second wins over Old Dominion and No. 1 seed Pitt. Following a triumphant slugfest over Wisconsin in the Sweet Sixteen and a dramatic, come-from-behind victory over Florida in the Elite Eight, Brad Stevens had done the impossible: Lead Butler to two straight Final Fours and, eventually, two straight national title games.
4. 1979 Penn (No. 9 Seed)
Unless a guy named Bill Bradley is on your team, Ivy League squads are never supposed to reach the Final Four. The Quakers had the second best thing: Tony Price.
On a day known as "Black Sunday" in North Carolina, Price led the Quakers over the mighty Tar Heels in the second round, 72–71 — in Raleigh, no less — with a 25-point, nine-rebound performance. The New York City native then spearheaded victories over Syracuse and St. John's, allowing Penn to join Larry Bird and Magic Johnson in the 1979 Final Four.
Despite the identical seeding, Penn's Final Four run was less surprising than Wichita State's this year, seeing as the Quakers had almost beaten Duke in the Sweet Sixteen the year before.
3. 2013 Wichita State (No. 9)
Be honest, how many of you even had Wichita State winning its Round of 64 game?
A Top 25 team for parts of the year, the Shockers' late-season slump (three losses in the final five games entering the tourney) didn't inspire a lot of confidence. Nor did its Round of 64 defeat the year before, when it was a No. 5 seed and, by all accounts, a better team.
But to everyone's surprise, the Shockers crushed Pitt in the Round of 64, put the clamps on top-ranked Gonzaga in the Round of 32 and routed fellow upstart La Salle in the Sweet Sixteen.
Against heavily-favored and battle-tested Ohio State in the Elite Eight, the Shockers had a 20-point lead in the second half before holding on for a 70–66 win — becoming the first Missouri Valley Conference team since Larry Bird's 1979 Indiana State squad to reach the Final Four.
2. 2011 VCU (No. 11 Seed)
A chorus of criticisms rained down on the Rams after they were selected as an at-large team with a 23–11 record. Chief among them was ESPN's Jay Bilas, who memorably stated, "We talk about the eye test, this one fails the laugh test."
No one was laughing, however, as VCU marched all the way to the Final Four in Houston in a story that felt very familiar from five years before. Making it all the more impressive is that VCU had to win a First Four game against USC prior to beating blue bloods Georgetown, Purdue and Kansas in addition to a heart-stopping OT win over Florida State in the Sweet Sixteen.
Of the five tournament victories VCU enjoyed that March, only the one over the Seminoles was by fewer than eight points. Yup, the Rams deserved to be there after all.
1. 2006 George Mason (No. 11 Seed)
George Mason's at-large berth — like VCU's five years later — was a contentious one. But unlike the Rams, who had done damage in the tourney prior to 2011, George Mason had never won a game in the Big Dance and was making just its fourth appearance ever.
That made GMU's defeats of a Murderer's Row of opponents that much more unlikely. There was Michigan State, a Final Four team the year before, in the first round; defending champ North Carolina in the second round; fellow upstart Wichita State in the Sweet Sixteen; and UConn — a team that many had predicted would cut down the nets — in the Elite Eight.
Verne Lundquist's cry of "By George, the dream is alive!" after Mason had downed the Huskies in overtime is one that will be seen and heard on March Madness highlight shows until the end of time and a fitting culmination of the most shocking Final Four run in tournament history.
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Typically, it's a time of clarity and community, introspection and renewal. 'Tis the season. Time to celebrate the light in darkness. As the Quakers remind us, "Where shalt thou seek the light if thou dost not turn within?" As the year turns, we turn with it. Such fact of life is so elemental, we often need reminding.
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After a burst of ranting about homework, the applicability of the classes I'm taking, and my computer science teacher, I have some questions concerning education for my career path as a developer.
I taught myself everything I know about programming. I've been thinking lately about the advantages of teaching myself vs. learning from a teacher. I feel I might miss some things I would normally learn. I might learn some concepts wrong, or something. After all, computer science eduction has been around longer than I have.
The problem is, I'm not learning anything new about computer science in my programming class. I put the computer programming 2 course on my schedule (it was labeled as Computer Science when I signed up for it). It turns out that it's just learning C++ and of course OOP. In fact, the CP2 students are in the same classroom at the same time as the CP2 students, except the CP1 course is a half-year class instead of full year. I thought we'd do something like data structures (other than arrays), or something I'm less experienced in. The teacher had me change my schedule to CP1, but he "lets me loose" to work on projects with the CP2 students while he teaches the CP1 students.
I usually end up helping the CP2 students with build errors and things like that after I'm done. I certainly don't mind helping them, but I'm not learning anything new, and I likely won't, seeing that AFAIK linked lists will be the most advanced concept taught (for the CP2 students; The class ends this semester for CP1, including me). Frankly, I'm not interested in copying source code from paper to screen, which is 90% of what the CP2 students do.
I want to be learning something computer science related. I'd hate to sit around waiting for my options to catch up. I want to take classes not offered by my high school, like discrete mathematics, algorithms and data structures, or something like that.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - online degrees Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Random Musings View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "online degrees" [Shizo]memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 3938 Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:22 am What are the options for studying design online? Such as product design. And what is the possibility of getting a job with an online degree? Back to top ReturnermemberMember #Joined: 01 Oct 2000Posts: 350Location: Sweden, Stockholm Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:27 am From what I've read on CA and elsewhere is that what counts is the portfolio. So sure there must be some course with good teachers but I would chose a IRL education to be around likeminded. Guess conceptart.org has some threads on this do a search. Good luck. Back to top Max OstapmemberMember #Joined: 25 Apr 2007Posts: 70Location: LA Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:13 pm I would find an affordable institution and go there. Online classes are a great way to squeeze money out of people with a false promise of convenience. Technical skills you can learn at home with some seriously berserk motivation, but learning to present to a group of people, getting live feedback from a group of people, and adjusting yourself and your ways to be more effective in your presentation is probably best done in a design school. Also if you know you have presentation on monday, in a room full of people who probably spent entire week before busting their asses to be the best in that room, you will be motivated to get some solid work done. You are kind of locked in a box in more ways than one if you do everything out of your bedroom and never go outside to present it._________________My Stuff Back to top [Shizo]memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 3938 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:32 am Returner, how are things in Sweden? Say if I went and got a BA degree there (not necessarily in CG), would it be easy for me to find a job? I'm thinking of going to uni, but not really feeling the whole USA situation right now. China/Russia is good for making money, but not good for getting an education. Besides, a degree from China/Russia isn't as well received as a degree from USA/Europe. In Sweden there are also more courses in English, although I wouldn't mind learning Swedish. I'd appreciate any info, as I'm trying to decide which country I should go to uni in. USA (passport, family, friends), Russia (passport, family, friends) China (friends) Sweden (friends, close to all of the above) Back to top ReturnermemberMember #Joined: 01 Oct 2000Posts: 350Location: Sweden, Stockholm Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:56 am Hi It's good times for all swedes right now. But if things are worse or better in the art/design field I don't know. For architects things are sweet though. If you are in to product design there's a top 10 ranked school (businessweek) in the north of sweden in Umeå. Heres a link:http://www.dh.umu.se/ And then you have the schools in stockholm which aren't quite as prestigious or specialized as the one above but they are still good. Here's the biggest one "http://www.konstfack.se/" I've been to both schools. Konstfack had an open house were they showed the locals and there were students with portfolios you could talk to. It seemed ok. Just ok. Then I went to umeå. The locals were GREAT. High tech machine park and collaborations with big companys. I was there there as a fly on the wall for one day on different lessons and I'll definetly apply next year. But of course there are people form both schools who's gotten good jobs but I know umeå is the way to go for industrial design. (if you aim high) If you wan't graphic design or commercial design (advertisment jobs) There is a school called beckmans and another one called Berghs. Hope that will set you off in the right direction. Back to top [Shizo]memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 3938 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 6:58 pm Damn it. It looks like I missed out on Sweden by 1 year. Their education used to be free for foreigners, but now - hella expensive! If all it takes is a portfolio to get a job, then maybe I should get started.. Back to top [Shizo]memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 3938 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:04 pm Lol... I was just looking at a site of Russia's most famous designer. His sense of humor is f***ing epic, ex: http://www.artlebedev.ru/everything/povodokus/ Back to top [Shizo]memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 3938 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 8:36 pm For industrial/product design, is it really possible to get a job only based on a portfolio? Wouldn't the job require knowledge of ergonomics, architecture, physics and so on? Something that you can't see in a portfolio, but which is confirmed via a degree? Just thinking aloud.. but any ideas would help. Back to top T_EnglandmemberMember #Joined: 24 Feb 2009Posts: 97 Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:53 pm Is it very difficult to get accepted into Swedish universities? I find it amazing that they don't charge fees for EU students...its making me want to go there and do an MA_________________www.tenglandsketchbook.blogspot.com www.thomasengland.co.uk Back to top T_EnglandmemberMember #Joined: 24 Feb 2009Posts: 97 Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:10 pm Shizo: Yeah portfolio is super important for those, there going to want to see your designs first and foremost. They can tell if you understand ergonomics by looking at the portfolio. I think backing it up with a degree helps a lot in those two subjects_________________www.tenglandsketchbook.blogspot.com www.thomasengland.co.uk Back to top [Shizo]memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 3938 Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:33 am I'm thinking to hell with everything, I'll just learn this sh*t on my own! And if I don't have a kickass portfolio in 1 year then I'll go to a design school. Hopefully I'll have some money saved by then too. So what good books on design would you recommend? Something from your college courses perhaps? I would like to focus on industrial/product design, but anything design related would be good too. Back to top Max OstapmemberMember #Joined: 25 Apr 2007Posts: 70Location: LA Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:22 pm Good portfolio might lead to a better standing with the school when applying later. Scholarships/sponsorships etc._________________My Stuff Back to top TomasismemberMember #Joined: 19 Apr 2002Posts: 813Location: Sweden Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:50 am check scott robertson books and dvds from drawthrough.com check lots of references, learn everything about design, DRAW lots and lots. the last is important, it helps you visualize something that didnt exist before. learn 3d and make crazy good looking pieces and so on. imho it is important to go in school but you can always wait with this while working on portfolio and get into a very good school after you done proper job on research. good luck!_________________out Back to top [Shizo]memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 3938 Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:37 pm Thanks for your input guys, it's all appreciated. 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Guardians of the Galaxy retained first place on Wednesday with a gross of $1.51 million, off 42.5 percent from the same day last week. That brings the Disney/Marvel flick's domestic sum to $256.7 million and counting as it heads into Labor Day weekend. Guardians is now 12 percent ahead of the pace of Captain America: The Winter Soldier--which, along with The LEGO Movie's $257.75 million, it will overtake as the year's top grosser before the end of Friday--and just 2 percent behind the pace of 2008's original Iron Man.
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Brazil lawmaker: US spying won't hurt relations
Disclosures alleging that the United States has collected data on billions of telephone and email conversations in Latin America's biggest country will not affect Brazil-U.S. relations, the head of Brazil's joint congressional committee on intelligence said Wednesday.
Congressman Nelson Pellegrino told foreign correspondents in Brasilia that despite Brazil's strong repudiation of the U.S. information gathering activities in Brazil "the good relations we have with the United States will not be interrupted."
"We have sent Washington a clear message that we are interested in maintaining good relations, but that we will not accept these kinds of practices," he said. "We cannot accept that a country spies another, on its citizens, its companies and its authorities."
He said President Dilma Rousseff's state visit to Washington October was still on and that it would not be affected by the recent disclosures.
Meanwhile Wednesday, Defense Minister Celso Amorim acknowledged that the country invests little in cyber-security, with just $22 million earmarked in the 2013 budget. Still, he insisted that no amount of money can create a totally secure system.
"No country has the capacity to establish absolute protection" of its communication networks, Amorim told the Senate's foreign relations committee. "Even in an ideal situation, there would not be a shield that could completely protect us."
The O Globo newspaper reported last week that information released by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden showed Brazil is the top target in Latin America for the NSA's massive intelligence-gathering effort aimed at monitoring communications around the world.
Snowden's disclosures indicate that the NSA widely collects phone and Internet "metadata" - logs of message times, addresses and other information rather than the content of the messages. The documents have indicated that the NSA has been collecting the phone records of millions of U.S. phone customers, and has gathered data on phone and Internet usage outside the U.S., including those people who use any of nine U.S.-based internet providers such as Google.
Earlier, O Globo reported that in Brazil, the NSA collected data through an association between U.S. and Brazilian telecommunications companies. It said it could not verify which Brazilian companies were involved or if they were even aware their links were being used to collect the data.
The Brazilian government is investigating the disclosures and the alleged links with telecommunications firms with a Brazil presence.
Congress has asked U.S. Ambassador Thomas Shannon for explanations.
President Dilma Rousseff said any such activity infringed upon the nation's sovereignty, and that Brazil would take the issue up at the United Nations.


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Still No Charges Filed in Fatal Sioux Falls Motorcycle Accident
No charges have been filed in connection with a car-bike crash last week that killed a Sioux Falls woman, but that's not to say charges will not be filed once the investigation is complete.
Information Officer Sam Clemens says the crash last Wednesday that killed Natasha Adams is still being investigated:
The 22-year-old Adams was killed over the noon hour Wednesday when she was struck by a vehicle that was coming out of a parking lot in the 2600 block of West 49th Street.
The SUV was driven by 26-year-old Terra Zahn of Sioux Falls.


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A technology with low barrier to entry can be a double-edged sword.
A technology that people can speedily and easily use will probably be adopted very quickly. However, there is likely to be a correspondingly low level of quality control.
HTML's Explosive Growth
HTML's ease of use is one of the reasons behind the explosive growth of the Web.
Anyone can learn the basics of HTML in a short space of time and create a web page very quickly.
It's even possible to use WYSIWYG editors to make web pages without ever seeing a line of markup.
The downside to this is that most pages on the Web are badly formed and don't validate.
Browser vendors have to accept this state of affairs by making their software very forgiving and unfussy.
Much of the code in browser software is dedicated to handling ambiguous use of HTML and trying to second-guess how authors want their web pages to be rendered.
HTML's low barrier to entry has been a mixed blessing for the Web.
— DOM Scripting by Jeremy Keith


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Wray named one of 15 Hertz Fellows
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation has named Princeton senior James Wray one of 15 winners of this year's Hertz Fellowship.
The private fellowship is awarded annually to university seniors who intend to pursue graduate studies in science or engineering at a U.S. institution. Wray, who is set to graduate with a degree in astrophysics, will attend Cornell University in the fall to continue his education in astrophysical sciences.
Wray, who is from Princeton Junction, N.J., plans to pursue a career in planetary science research, and hopes to obtain a leadership position on a space mission in the future. A member of Sigma Xi, the scientific research honor society, Wray has been active in Princeton's Astrobiology Club and was a coxswain for crew during his freshman year. In addition to his Hertz award, he has also won the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship.
This year's winners were selected to receive the highly competitive Hertz fellowships from among 677 applications. Each fellow receives up to $240,000 of support over five years while earning a doctorate. Included is a personal stipend of up to $33,000 per year, combined with a cost-of-education allowance of up to $15,000 per year, which is accepted by the students' schools in lieu of tuition.


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Sometime after defecting from Konoha, Hiruko assembled his own team. He trusted them enough to teach them his Chimera Technique. They are responsible for keeping unwanted outsiders from reaching Hiruko, protecting the perimeter of Mount Shumisen, as well as fighting those who reached the gates on the way to the mountain peak. When Hiruko tried to collect Kakashi's Sharingan, each of them fought in one gate; Ichi guarded the first gate, and fought Team Guy, Ni guarded the second gate, and fought Team Kurenai, and San guarded the third gate, and fought Team Asuma, with Hiruko welcoming Kakashi after the fourth gate. All three had a mark on their backs, similar to the mark on Hiruko's hand. San later summoned the recently defeated Ichi and Ni, and merged with them, forming a chimera beast, an union of the animals each controlled independently. After being restrained by Team Guy, Team Kurenai, and Team Asuma, it was summoned by Hiruko, and was subsequently destroyed by the combined efforts of the Konoha 11.
- The names of the three members are all numbers: "Ichi" means "one", "Ni" means "two", and "San" means "three". This is represented by the number of stripped marks on their faces, as well as the gate they are guarding in sequence. Their names are also written with a different set of numeral characters, usually reserved for legal and financial documents, as the usual kanji can easily be modified into other numeral characters as a form of fraud.


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Please join me in congratulating our winners of our November Theme Challenge !
Again some awesome projects!
Thanks so much for playing along!
Lynda - of 10 free images
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Dawn- Winner of 4 free images
Please check your email later today for the details on how to collect your prizes!
Winners chosen via Random.org!


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Plugin Architecture
Hudson is primarily a set of Java classes that model the concepts of a build system in a straight-forward fashion (and if you are using Hudson, you've seen most of those already). There are classes like Project, Build, that represents what the name says. The root of this object model is Hudson, and all the other model objects are reachable from here.
Then there are interfaces and classes that model code that performs a part of a build, such as SCM for accessing source code control system, Ant for performing an Ant-based build, Mail for sending out e-mail notifications.
Those Hudson classes are bound to URLs by using Stapler. The singleton Hudson instance is bound to the "/" URL, and the rest of the objects are bound according to their reachability from this root object.
For example, there's the Hudson.getJob(String) method. So the URL /job/foo/ will be bound to the object returned by Hudson.getJob("foo") (which would be a Project object that corresponds to the "foo" project. See stapler documentation for more about how it binds Java object model to a URL hierarchy.
Hudson model objects have multiple "views" that are used to render HTML pages about each object. Hudson uses Jelly as the view technology (which is somewhat similar to JSP+JSTL.) Views are really like methods, and each of them work against a particular class. So the views are organized according to classes that they belong to, just like methods are organized according to classes that they belong to. Again, see the stapler project for more about how this works.
Hudson defines a few Jelly tag libraries to encourage views to have the common theme. For example, one of them defines tags that form the basic page layout of Hudson, another one defines tags that are used in the configuration pages, and so on.
Hudson uses the file system to store its data. Directories are created inside $HUDSON_HOME in a way that models the object model structure. Some data, like console output, are stored just as plain text file. Some are stored in Java property file format. But the majority of the structured data, such as how a project is configured, or various records of the build, are persisted by using XStream.
This allows object state to be persisted relatively easily (including those from plugins), but one must pay attention to what's serialized in XML, and take measures to preserve backward compatibility. For example, in various parts of Hudson you see the transient keyword (which instructs XStream not to bind the field to XML), fields left strictly for backward compatibility, or re-construction of in-memory data structure after data is loaded.
More persistence topics
Hudson's object model is extensible (for example, one can define additional SCM implementations, provided that they implement certain interfaces), and it supports the notion of "plugins," which can plug into those extensibility points and extend the capabilities of Hudson.
Hudson loads each plugin into a separate class loader to avoid conflicts. Plugins can then participate to the system activities just like other Hudson built-in classes do. They can participate in XStream-based persistence, they can provide "views" by Jelly, they can provide static resources like images, and from users, everything works seamlessly --- there's no distinction between functionalities that are built-in vs those from plugins.


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Plan of Subdivision
What is a Plan of Subdivision?
A Plan of Subdivision is a method of dividing land into two or more parcels or lots so that they can be held in separate ownership. The approval process is governed by Section 51 of the Planning Act and includes consideration of where streets, schools, parks, homes and businesses will be located.
The Plan must also address servicing issues related to storm and sanitary sewers, and protection of natural features such as woodlots or watercourses.
Subdivision approval is required to ensure that:
- The subject land is suitable for the proposed use;
- The proposal confoms with the Provincial Policy Statement, the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, the Region of Niagara Policy Plan, the City of Port Colborne Official Plan and any other applicable policies;
- The community is protected from development which is inappropriate or may put an undue strain on community facilities, services or finances.
Prior to the Submission of an application for Plan of Subdivision, a meeting with City Staff is required to determine what supporting documents and studies will be required to evaluate the proposal, to verify information on the application, and to clarify the procedures to follow.
Draft Approval
What is Draft Plan of Subdivision Approval (Draft Plan Approval)?
An application for Subdivision Approval will be considered by Council and either "Draft Approved" or refused. If your application received Draft Approval, you will be adivsed of any conditions that must be met in order to obtain final approval and registration. Conditions of Draft Approval may include items such as:
- Road widening;
- Naming of streets;
- Parkland requirements;
- Rezoning of the area to reflect the new proposed subdivision uses; and
- Any other municipal, regional or other agency requirements
Additionally, Draft Approval may include a lapsing provision, which establishes a time frame within which the conditions of approval must be met or the Draft Approval will lapse (and the applicant would be required to re-submit their full application).
In most cases, the developer may be required to sign a subdivision agreement with the municipality to ensure that certain services such as sidewalks and roads are provided after the plan is registered.
Application Process
Applications for Plan of Subdivision are available from the Planning and Development Department, Second (2nd) Floor, City Hall. An application is also available by clicking on the following link:
Application for Plan of Subdivision/Condominium
The Director of Planning and Development will review the application and all supporting documentation and may return the application if it is incomplete or inaccurate, or if fees are unpaid. Also, the administration reserves the right to request additional information in the future.
Please refer to the fee schedule on the Planning_Fees_Schedule for information regarding the applicable application costs.
Approval Process
The subdivision approval process is designed to ensure that the property is suitable for its proposed new use, that the proposal conforms to the Official Plan for the City of Port Colborne and provincial legislation and policies, and that property owners, neighbours and the community are protected from developments that are inappropriate or might put undue strain on community facilities, services or finances.
If the application is approved by Council, the applicant is advised of the decision.
If the application is denied, the applicant will be advised of the decision and informed that it may be appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board (O.M.B.). Appeals are filed through the City Clerk's Department and require a payment of $125.00.
For more information about the appeal process, please visit the O.M.B. website at www.omb.gov.on.ca
When can a subdivision be registered?
Once all conditions of Draft Plan Approval have been satisfied, final approval of the Subdivision is granted and the Plan of Subdivision is registered on the provincial land titles or registry system. Once this is finalized, the developer may then go ahead with the sale of lots in the Subdivision.
What is a Registered Plan of Subdivision?
A Registered Plan of Subdivision is a legal document that illustrates:
- The exact surveyed boundaries and dimensions of lots on which houses or buildings are to be built;
- The location, width and names of streets;
- The sites of any schools or parks.
The Plan does not show specific building locations.
A Registered Plan of Subdivision creates new, separate parcels of land and can be legally used for the sale of lots. it should not be confused with "compiled plans" or "reference plans" which are terms used to simply describe parcels of land.
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For more information regarding Plans of Subdivision, please contact:
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Well, stocks are getting hammered, the root seems to be in the currency markets as fears began in Europe overnight. Evidently a large company in Poland triggered selling there and now the fear is that Poland is on the verge of default. Things are deteriorating quickly all over Europe.
That started our dollar higher and sent money fleeing to safety again, away from stocks and back towards Treasuries. Gee, that ought to help Bernanke sell our debt for a little while longer!
At any rate, the key to watch in the immediate term is if 800 on the SPX gets taken out, and also we are getting close to the 7,499 level on the DOW, which if that falls, we will have a new and fresh DOW Theory sell signal.
The two long term pivots beneath us are at SPX 789 and then 768. We have already made it to the lower Bollinger band, so for lower prices to occur, it must be pushed down.
Thursday, last week, was a small movement on the McClelland Oscillator, Friday did not fulfill it, but it looks like today's open will.
This open will create a very large gap, so be wary and be careful if you are leveraged with short term stuff. The move in bonds is parabolic right now… do not assume that kind of move can last, it can't. Here's a chart showing the RUT futures on the left and the long bond futures /ZB on the right – that's what I mean by parabolic move:
Wal-Mart came in with higher earnings, but they were slightly less than expected and profits came in lower from last year and lower than expected. Not to worry, Wal-Mart reminds us that they created 80,000 jobs in 2008! Ha, ha – of course they destroyed what, twice that in other retail jobs and how many manufacturing jobs don't exist anymore because most of their products are made overseas. Fantastic, we can all be Wal-Mart greeters in retirement! We're saved!
Speaking of manufacturing, I guess this morning's report says it all:
Historic low, declines at the fastest pace on record… that's not sounding like an ordinary recession, is it?
New York Manufacturing Index Dropped to Record Low
By Shobhana Chandra
Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Manufacturing in New York contracted in February at the fastest pace on record, signaling the recession that began more than a year ago is intensifying.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's general economic index fell to minus 34.7, the lowest level since records began in 2001, from minus 22.2 percent in January, the bank said today. Readings below zero for the Empire State index signal manufacturing activity is shrinking.
A lack of credit and sliding sales in the U.S. and abroad are prompting companies from Alcoa Inc. to Johnson Controls Inc. to trim production and slash jobs, while factories may be further hurt as businesses pare inventories to reduce costs. The slump reinforces the need for President Barack Obama's stimulus plan to revive the economy and help households.
Manufacturing "is likely to remain under severe pressure in coming quarters," Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at Maria Fiorini Ramirez Inc., a New York forecasting firm, said in a note to clients. "With economic activity weakening sharply around the world, exports are dropping like a stone. Moreover, an increasingly constrained consumer, deepening woes for the housing sector, and a desire to pare inventories will all continue to weigh heavily on domestic demand."
Stock index futures extended declines following the report and U.S. Treasury securities held gains. Futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 index were down 2.3 percent to 801.4 at 8:40 a.m. in New York. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note fell to 2.72 percent from 2.89 percent on Friday.
Lower Than Forecast
Economists forecast the Empire State index would fall to minus 23.8, according to the median of 44 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey. Projections ranged from minus 36.5 to minus 17.5.
The measure of new orders decreased to minus 30.5, also the lowest on record, from minus 22.8 the prior month. A gauge of shipments improved to minus 8.1 from minus 13.1 and the index of inventories climbed to minus 8.1 from minus 19.3.
The index of prices paid rose to minus 13.8 from minus 18.2, and the gauge of prices received plunged to minus 20.7 from minus 3.4, indicating profits are being squeezed even as raw-material costs drop. A measure of employment dropped to minus 39.1 from minus 26.1.
Factories in the state also turned more pessimistic about the future. The gauge measuring the manufacturing outlook for six months from now dropped to minus 6.6 from minus 4.
Regional Measures
Today's report is one of the earliest regional takes on manufacturing this month. The Philadelphia Fed report, due this week, may show manufacturing in the region also contracted in February, according to the Bloomberg survey median.
A Fed report tomorrow is forecast to show industrial production nationwide decreased in January for the sixth time in seven months, according to the survey median. Manufacturing accounts for four-fifths of industrial production.
A monthly Bloomberg News survey taken Feb. 2 to Feb. 10 showed the stimulus plan will be insufficient to avert the biggest U.S. economic decline since 1946 as consumer spending posts its longest slide on record.
Johnson Controls, the world's largest maker of automotive seats, is working to close 21 plants this year after reporting its first quarterly loss since 1992. The Milwaukee-based company last week said it is freezing wages, eliminating executive bonuses, and considering a shorter workweek.
"The market here has just tanked," Chief Financial Officer Bruce McDonald said at a conference on Feb. 11.
Alcoa, the largest U.S. aluminum producer, also is cutting output, firing workers and selling units. The New York-based company, which in January reported its first quarterly net loss in six years, said it may make deeper cuts if demand keeps waning.
General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, already relying on government aid to survive, are due to report on their restructuring plans today. The automakers are likely to ask for additional assistance as the recession deepens.
Prices paid is rising, squeezing margins… what a nightmare scenario, I can't see how it could be worse than that. Oh, wait, it can if you are an employee as even if you have a job, your wages are under pressure.
As I've been typing, the market fell beneath 800 on the SPX. Here's the latest snapshot with /YM (DOW futures) on the left and /ES (S&P) futures on the right:
Best to your trades, please be careful,