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Seed of Destruction is half a year's joint effort between Komix-Games and BarfQuestion films! This game features innovative physics based gameplay and entirely hand drawn graphics as well as original music from Sulek and multiple hand animated cutscenes. Also check out the unlockable mini-games and NewGrounds achievement system!
Accelerate with the up or shift key.
Brake with the down key or space bar.
Spin with the left and right arrow keys.
If you don't read tutorials, basically just squish civilians and military vehicles/personnel while deflecting projectiles at your enemies with your tail.
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This game is dope, good work :)
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Simple, amusing, easy to get. LOVE IT!
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the game is fun but my keyboard is an a$$hole. can you make it possible to move be able to move with the mouse instead of the arrow keys? then I wont rip my labtop in half with unstoppable rage
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Small-scale, sustainable farms throughout Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie counties will participate in the Viva 500 U Drive Farm Tour, named in honor of the 500th anniversary of the founding of Florida by European explorers.
The public is invited to tour more than a dozen farms that share the values of slow food and have agreed to participate in the annual event. The tour is free to the public, although donations to the chapter will be accepted.
The Slow Food, Gold & Treasure Coast Chapter offers the farm tour each year to increase awareness, support, knowledge of and appreciation for the farmers who produce local food in a sustainable manner.
"The Viva 500 U Drive Farm Tour is a rare opportunity to be on a farm as sadly, visits to farms have all but disappeared," said T. A. Wyner, who co-founded the Slow Food, Gold & Treasure Coast Chapter.
Ms. Wyner points out that visits were recently a part of our local Florida culture.
"Just a few decades ago, the vast citrus industry drew tourists to board buses to take them through the groves and ultimately to the processing plants to see how the fruit was selected for packing, shipping, exporting and, of course, tourists got to enjoy a fabulous glass of fresh squeezed and non-pasteurized OJ," she said.
To date, 13 farms will open their doors to the public on Feb. 16.
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In addition to tours and conversations with local farmers, visitors can also enjoy U-pick, chefs' demos, wine tasting, and learning about farm animals and backyard gardening tips.
A photo contest will be held and a gift certificate to the Wednesday Fort Pierce Green Market & Food Co-op will be given to the best "farm tour" experience photo snapped by a farm tour participant.
"The farm tour may encourage others to try small-scale farming and that helps us all by preserving agricultural land for agricultural use," said Ms. Wyner. "And the more we support local farmers, the more fresh, local food there'll be."
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What is the primary role of the museum in the modern world?
Museums have many roles, responsibilities and functions, some of which arose with the origin of western museums hundreds of years ago, others very new. This is a major debate in the field of Museum Studies as well as other associated fields. Some historical roles have included the museum as a place for academic research, as an educational institution, or both. Most museums continue to perform in this role. More recently the museum has been championed as a place of social interaction, a center for social justice and even a space for experimentation, invention and innovation where visitors can learn how to get involved. What do you think the museum does?
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Nov 15 2012: Also, I would like to clarify the above statement: I realize that there is ambiguity in my separation of academic research and education. I just noticed it now. Yes, both of these could be categorized as educational functions, of course. However, I was focusing on the separate functions of academic or scholarly research and education of the larger visiting public. There is a debate, particularly with Natural History Museums, History museums, Art museums and other disciplinary museums over which is more important: the continued production of knowledge via academic and scholarly study of the collections, or the dissemination of knowledge to the general public.
Nov 15 2012: There doesn't need to be a conflict. Isn't it pretty much a matter of economics and creativity on the board? Can your institution afford to include a research and/or education department for the benefit of members or visitors? If so, to what extent. Is there a volunteer base to support it? Is there a visitor base to support it?
An example of what you are referring to might help. I've been to museums with a restricted research departments. I've been to museum performances. I've been directed to an archeological dig. Some local museums have genealogy departments - and if you have ever done a genealogy, you know that it is a study of history in all of its dimensions, not just a search for ancestors (unless you are Mormon).
Art museums, it seems to me, are a different animal and are one that should certainly find a way to combine the art with interesting, interactive and otherwise education. There is so much opportunity to do so.
In my humble opinion, the biggest problem with many museums is that they are so limited to their area of expertise that they seem to forget that the rest of the world was coexisting. Not a universal problem, but a significant one.
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A documentary film released internationally by SM Entertainment - home to K-Pop's biggest stars such as TVXQ, BoA, Girls' Generation and Super Junior - that centres around the SM Town Live World Tour in Madison Garden. With the singers from SM the first from Asia to stage a concert at the famed New York venue, it is no wonder that the movie drew massive attention from both fans and the media.
The film also featured behind-the-scenes footages from the concert, day-to-day life of the artistes as well as exclusive interviews. However, as it was a movie produced by the company themselves, scandals surrounding the members such as the TVXQ lawsuit and "Dancing King" Hangeng's departure from Super Junior were conveniently left out.
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Just noticed in Jacket Copy, Carolyn Kellogg's LA Times book blog, that the movie version of Jonathan Foer's 2005 novel will be out soon.
Foer also has a new book out: Tree of Codes, which is a sort of intricate, mass-produced artist's book. It defies description: you have to flip through the pages to see what he's done. Not easily adaptable to the Kindle or any other e-format!
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In a finding that once again displays the power of the female, UCSF neuroscientists have discovered that teenage male songbirds, still working to perfect their song, improve their performance in the presence of a female bird.
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Among those cheering the recent opening of the new stem cell science building at UCSF were two patient advocates who have a personal connection to advancing the field of regenerative medicine.
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SLATER, MO — Losing a pet can be a traumatic experience.
Now, a Missouri company is offering a service that will keep man's best friend by your side forever.
Slater resident Anthony Eddy started freeze drying pets after a friend's request. Now his company Eddy's Wildlife Studio does close to 120 pet preservations a year. He admits, it can be a difficult business.
"You have to have the right individuals working for you," he said.
It's not taxidermy, it's actually freezing drying the entire pet minus a few organs and body fat.
"Actual animal muscle bone tissue facial features and everything are still there," Eddy said.
Freeze drying someone's pet is not a short process. Sometimes it takes between 8 months to a year to freeze the animal depending on size.
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New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has named two uncapped players in his 32-man squad for the world champions' forthcoming European tour.
Tawera Kerr-Barlow and Dane Coles are the only novices in the party for Test matches against Scotland, Italy, Wales and England.
Waikato's Kerr-Barlow takes the third scrum-half spot previously held by Andy Ellis while Coles of Wellington joins veteran hookers Keven Mealamu and Andrew Hore.
Hansen said Coles and Kerr-Barlow are "young and exciting players who have shown this year that they look more than capable of stepping up to Test match rugby."
Lock Ali Williams is back for the first time since June after a successful rehabilitation from knee surgery, while flanker Adam Thomson has also been recalled despite the imminent expiry of his New Zealand Rugby Union contract.
The All Blacks are unbeaten under Hansen.
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Forwards: Dane Coles, Andrew Hore, Keven Mealamu, Wyatt Crockett, Charlie Faumuina, Ben Franks, Owen Franks, Tony Woodcock, Brodie Retallick, Luke Romano, Ali Williams, Samuel Whitelock, Sam Cane, Richie McCaw, Liam Messam, Kieran Read, Adam Thomson, Victor Vito.
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I actually dig the EVF. I know it sounds silly, but I like the face detection feature for this style of mirrorless camera for focusing, and it works in the viewfinder on these cameras (rather then just in live view). I'm just not a fan of liveview on the rear screen, except for product shoots.
You can also "chimp" without taking the camera away from your eye, with a 1 second preview after the shot right in the EVF.
To me, what these cameras rock at is journalism and candid photos. Sure, they can do anything else as well, but they very well suited for natural light reportage style work.
I think you need to think outside of your normal box. when you write things like "have to have an EVF" it makes it seem a hardship. it isnt. In many cases having an OVF is a hardship but no one ever mentions it because we all got used to them. Once they use an EVF for a few days it becomes difficult to go back to an OVF because the limitations just hurt too much. No system is perfect, of course.
Technique advantages (I could praise how great it looks looking but that's overdone)
1) when the lens in manual mode, focus peaking through the evf since that's how I comfortably shoot helped immensely
2) the clear leveler helps me to even shoots things straight on when looking through! Oh and the histogram through it is super helpful!
3) accuracy of what I see to taking the photo is accurate'
I'm pretty invested in canon, so I can't wait till the big companies start doing it' other than that it a great technical tool! It's just how I naturally merge with camera since starting with the ovf, yeah it's hard to go back'
Will do just wanted some practice with it on random stuff' was a bit of learning curve from the canon menu / options.
Indeed it is all personal, some people are ok with the current DR/res/refresh of EVFs but I feel they are still lacking in comparison to an OVF because I feel disconnected with the world when I look through them. Like you say there are many potential benefits to them though: focus peaking/false colour, live histograms, bright image in low light, larger size, but with current tech I and probably most others would take an OVF. My favourite viewfinder is the fuji hybrid, you get an OVF but with overlays.
I still think if you are going to dispense of an optical viewfinder at least get rid of the mirror too and the limitations it imposes. Personally I can't wait until the SLR dies and cameras are all mirrorless with amazing EVFs.
Most others or many? No one knows what the masses prefer. Speaking for myself, I don't mind the evf due to it being able to see in the dark unlike an ovf. There are other things that I like about the evf on the Sony. But overall, what I like are the dynamic range, accurate color, resolution, low noise in the high iso, full frame and several other non evf related things.
Try setting the DRO to level one (or three) and see the added differences and smooth noiseless shadow details.
I LOVE the information that the EVF gives me over the old OVF's. As someone mentioned focus peaking, live histograms, bright image in low light, larger size, etc, are many of the info options available. For natural light photography, the "wysiwyg preview" it's the BEST!
And, until someone invents a way to "flash preview" (I'm sure it will be Sony! )...I think the current Sony EVF (from the translucent mirror) is the best thing going (for those folks that still have to have a viewfinder).
I use the LCD most of the time, because I like to "connect" (eye contact with the model) over the camera as I'm shooting (I also love that Facial Recognition!)
But the EVF is great when the sun is directly on the LCD or for shooting sports/fast moving kids.
cool will give it a go
You will love the noiseless details and smooth shadow transitions the DRO brings out of the shadows! (Jpegs)
I have (love) both the a55 and a77, and I know the a99 (full frame) is even better in many ways (like a full stop of brightness/sensitivity at wide open)! I used to shoot with the old a350 with the optical viewfinder...and it took about 10minutes for me to fall in love with the new EVF when transitioning to the a55/a77. I wouldn't want to go back to OVF!
If I was only shooting modelling/wedding photography I would love the a99's full frame...but for the Arizona/Alaska wildlife photography, I wanted the extra "reach" of the cropped sensor with my current 70-300mm(G) lens. I couldn't afford the a99 -and- a good 500mm lens for it!
Armando, are you shooting RAW and converting or using the in-camera Jpegs? Try this same shot with the DRO set to level 3...and check out the face/shadows.
you cant really make a comparison. bottom line they both work and work well. you get a few extra stops. you dont get 4 or 5 like some of the vendors claim. but 2-3 is easy. there are all sorts of theoretical treatises floating around in support of one or the other. there are all sorts of cost comparisons. but no one has done a reliable test comparing the two. For me and my shaky hands, in-body stabilization was a must to start out. I can't imagine having to think and pick and choose when swapping lenses. But the people VR/IS/etc cant imagine having a single point of failure with in body SSS.
Works Excellent! And it works on all the old Minolta ($50/Thrift shop) lenses. a350, a55, and a77...love them all. Never a problem with any of them, very reliable in heat and cold, dust and rain. Never an issue. Years of reliable cameras so far...and more if you count the Minolta accessories that are compatible.
I don't think he was putting them out there for artistic critique. Although I am curious if the Chicken felt it needed an escort, and is it clucking already for it's TF* images?
you feel a need to critique? This is a thread about a particular camera, not an invitation to join camera wars. More important, I question why you feel a need to critique. The OP clearly didn't ask for a critique on either their skills as a photographer or the results they achieved. the were merely expression their view (as a Canon FF shooter) about the Sony. Ssuggesting a critique any time its not requested is just plain insulting. with the amount of posts you have on here you should know better by now, no? Or are you a Nikon shooter ?
Not sure how suggesting it would be nice if this was posted in the critique forum where we're able to give simple feedback on the photos posted is insulting... nor do I understand what it has to do with the number of posts I've made or the camera I use.
OK I'll be more blunt. With the number of posts you have, you should know the rules by now. Since you suggested it go in critique it means you know the rules. so you have both experience of knowledge of how things work. there fore...you can't claim mistake. Knowing the rules means you know you can't critique here. So suggesting they post somewhere means you know the rules and wanna get around them because...you wanna critique. You are essentially saying "I dare you to post it there". that's fkn insulting. Had the OP wanted critique of the images they would have posted there. And I just checked. you are a Nikon shooter. that makes your post a stupid Nikon troll instead of a contribution to the photography forum. have I been more clear or are you still not sure?
Dude! How's Law School going!?
It's okay...so he's a Nikon shooter who hasn't realized that Nikon is just a Sony sensor in Nikon clothing! LOL! Bwahahahehehehahaha! Love those Nikon Lenses though!
law school was last school year. This past term I passed the bar. As soon as I get a job I become a weekend shooter and no longer a professional. and speaking of bars...that beer looks perfect for tonight
Let's not forget the A900 and how piss poor it's low light was compare to the same dressed up Nikon as you put it. Sony may make a good sensor but it's way more involved to make a good camera and system.
I am happy Sony is moving in the right direction, but I fear they don't have much skin in the game. Unlike Minolta who only made cameras, and made them well, this is just a tiny blip for Sony. I worry that if they have any hardships in the market they will just drop it and the users.
I like the NEX systems, but I can't place my primary money maker in their hands just yet. Too bad really, but time will tell.
Yup I'm busted....
Thanks for the info. Dumping my nikon gear & heading to the sony store in the morning....
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Tamilane Blaudeau, PhD, Assistant Professor, UAB School of Education, Department of Human Studies has been awarded the 2011 Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award. Dr. Tamilane has continually given back to the Birmingham community throughout her years at UAB of being an undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral student and now as a research assistant professor at the School of Education. Dr. Blaudeau was selected for membership in the Nutrition Obesity Research Center in 2010.
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I turned 48 on December 1st. I took a week off the grid (from the Wednesday before Thanksgiving until the Wednesday after my birthday) – part of my quarterly off the grid routine with Amy. We had a very mellow birthday this year, spent it with a few friends who came to visit us in San Diego at the tennis place we love to hide at, and basically just slept late, played tennis, read a lot, got massages, ate nice food, and had adult activities.
I returned to an onslaught of email (no surprise) which included a long list of happy birthday wishes. I had 129 happy birthday wall posts and about 50 LinkedIn happy birthday messages.
As I read through them, I was intrigued and confused.
- The Facebook wall posts were nice – almost all said either "happy birthday" or "happy birthday + some nice words." I received one gift via Facebook (a charitable donation – thanks Tisch, you've got class!) Ok – that felt pretty good.
- The emails were mixed. Many of them were like the Facebook wall posts. A few of them were online cards. But about 10% of them asked me for something, using the happy birthday message as an excuse to "reconnect."
- About 50% of the LinkedIn messages were requests for something. The subject line was "Happy Birthday" but the message then asked for something.
I decided not to respond to any of them. There were a few emails with specific stuff that I wanted to say, but the vast majority I just read and archived.
I found myself noticeably bummed out after going through the LinkedIn ones. I woke up thinking about it again today, especially against the backdrop of reading Dave Eggers awesome book The Circle (more on that coming soon.)
I'm an enormous believer in the idea of "give before you get." It's at the core of my Boulder Thesis in my book Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City and how I try to live my personal and business live. Fortunately, many of the people I am close to also believe in this and incorporate it into the way they live.
When processing my birthday wishes, especially the LinkedIn ones, there was very little "give before you get." That's fine – I don't expect that from anyone – it's not part of my view of an interaction model that I have to impose it on others. But I was really surprised by the number of people that used my birthday as a way to "get something" without "giving something" other than a few words in a social media message.
This confused me. The more I thought about it, the more I was confused, especially by the difference between email, Facebook, and LinkedIn. When I tried to organize my thinking, the only thing I could come up with was that email was "variable", Facebook was "generic", and LinkedIn was "selfish." I didn't love these characterizations, but this prompted me to write this post in an effort to understand it better.
Oh – and the best thing I got electronically for my birthday was from Andrei Soroker via a different channel – Kato.
I'm going to ponder the "culture of different communication channels" more, but I'm especially curious if anyone out there has a clear point of view on the different cultures between email, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Feel free to toss Twitter in the mix if you want.
I was fired from my first two jobs. Here's the story of one of them, which first appeared as part of LinkedIn's My First Job content package.
"You're fired." Those were the last two words I heard from my boss after working for six months at Potatoes, Etc., my first real job. I smirked, immaturely threw my apron at her (I was 15 years old after all), and slammed the door on my way out.
My final three words, preceding hers, were "you're a bitch." In hindsight, her response was predictable.
I remember riding my bike home the three miles from Prestonwood Mall where I worked. I had no idea what I was going to tell my parents, but I decided I'd just tell them what happened and see where the chips landed. I felt ashamed of myself for being so disrespectful to my boss, even though she had constantly demeaned me, and all the other people that worked at Potatoes, Etc. I didn't have any respect for her, but my parents had taught me better and I was proud of my ability to suck it up and not lose my temper.
Potatoes, Etc. was one of those local fast food restaurants in a giant shopping mall from the 1980s. Remember Fast Times at Ridgemont High? Yup – that was us, except Potatoes (as we liked to call it) was staffed by the "honors kids." I think the Greek souvlaki place was staffed by the jocks and the Corn Dog place was staffed by the stoners, but it all blurs together 30 years later.
In hindsight, the Potatoes, Etc. supply chain was pretty cool. Idaho spuds appeared magically in 50 pounds boxes and ended up in a dank, gross storeroom. Each shift, one person was responsible for getting them, cleaning them, putting them on trays, covering them with industrial grade salad dressing, and racking the trays. Another person was responsible for putting them in the convection oven and making sure there were enough potatoes cooking at all times to handle the spikes in demand. Another person manned "the bar" – cutting open the potatoes and filling them with whatever goop and toppings the customer ordered. And the last person worked the cash register. After we closed, we were all responsible for cleaning up.
Since we were honors kids, we had a lot of fun with the supply chain. We did a good job of load optimization. We figured out process improvements to cut, fill, and serve the potatoes. We ran a parallel process on cleaning and closing up, so we could be done in ten minutes. We were never, ever short on cash.
Our boss was a young woman – probably in her early 20s. I remember the smell of smoke and alcohol on her breath. I remember Saturday morning shifts where she would come in at 1pm, clearly hung over. She liked to yell at us. Her favorite form of managerial shame was to call someone into the back "room" (there was no door) and dress them down randomly so everyone in the food court could hear.
We were good kids. It took a lot to get a rise out of us. Sure – we'd complain to each other about her, but we bonded together and did a good job regardless of her antics. Every now and then she'd do something that she thought was motivating, like bring a case of beer into the back of the store and offer up cans to us (we always declined – remember, we were good kids). But I can't remember a single time she praised us – or at least me – for anything.
I had been racking potatoes all day on the day I got fired. I was cranky – I wanted to work up front but today wasn't my day. I was tired – lifting 50 pounds of potatoes and washing them one by one is a drag. And I was bored out of my mind.
My boss probably noticed I was in a bad mood. A kind word from her would have made all the difference in the world. Instead, she came over to the full rack of potatoes, started pulling them off the racks, and without even looking at me dumped them one by one in the sink.
"You suck at washing potatoes."
"You're a bitch."
"You're fired!"
My parents were gentle with me. They made sure I understood the lessons from the experience, which included the power of respect and not losing your temper with a superior.
But most importantly this was a key moment that I think back to whenever I consider motivation. My boss never did anything to create a context in which we were motivated. It wouldn't have taken much. And, if she had, respect – and motivation – would have followed. At 15, I learned what it was like to be on the receiving end of a boss who had no idea how to create an environment in which the people that worked for her were motivated. I've carried that experience, and the resulting insight, to every subsequent thing I've been involved in.
When LinkedIn posted LinkedIn Intro: Doing the Impossible on iOS I was intrigued. The post title was provocative (presumably as intended) and drew a lot of attention from various people in the security world. Several of these posts were deeply critical which generated another post from LinkedIn titled The Facts about LinkedIn Intro. By this point I had sent emails to several of my friends who were experts in the email / SMTP / IMAP / security ecosystem and was already getting feedback that generally trended negative. And then I saw this post titled Phishing With Linkedin's Intro - a clever phishing attack on Intro (since fixed by LinkedIn).
All of this highlights for me my general suspicion around the word "impossible" along with the complexity that is increasing as more and more services interconnect in non-standard ways.
One of the thoughtful notes I got was from Scott Petry – one of my good friends and co-founder of Authentic8 (we are investors). Scott co-founded Postini and a bunch of email stuff at Google after Google acquired Postini in 2007. Following are his thoughts on LinkedIn Intro.
I am all for seamless integration of services. And while "man in the middle" is commonly seen as a pejorative, the MITM approach can enable integrations that weren't readily available previously.
Postini, which started life as a spam filtering service became a huge email MITM enabling all sorts of email processing not available on the mail server itself. Seamless integration was a big part of our success – companies pointed their mx record to Postini, Postini filtered and passed the good stuff on to the company's mail server. While controversial in 1999, DNS redirect-based services have become accepted across all ports and protocols. Companies such as Cloudflare, OpenDNS, Smartling, and more all offer in-line services that improve the web experience through DNS-level MITM-type model. Simple to configure and high leverage. They just aren't thought of as MITM services.
Extending functionality of services by authorizing plug-ins to gain access to your data can be really useful as well. I use Yesware in Gmail to help track messages and automate responses when I send company-related marketing/sales emails. It's a great service, enabling functionality not previously available, and you could think of this as a man in the middle as well. It is important to point out that in the case of Yesware and DNS style integrations, I need to explicitly approve the integration. The details are made available up front.
New levels of integrated services are coming online daily. And vendors are getting more and more clever with APIs or skirting them altogether in order to get their app in front of us. It's natural to be sucked in by the value of these services and it's easy to overlook any downside. Especially given that for many of them, the people who are paid to think about security ramifications aren't in the loop. They can be installed and configured by end users, not IT. And most users take the security for granted … or overlook it all together.
Last week, on the LinkedIn engineering blog, details on the new LinkedIn Intro app were shared. Intro integrates dynamic LinkedIn profile information directly into the iOS email app. It didn't get much attention when it was launched, but once the engineering team blogged about how did the impossible to integrate with the iOS email client, the story blew up.
Details on their approach here (http://engineering.linkedin.com/mobile/linkedin-intro-doing-impossible-ios).
LinkedIn Intro does a beautiful job of auto-discovering your environment and auto-configuring itself. A click or two by the user, and they're up and running with active LinkedIn data in their email app.
All this clever engineering hides the fact that LinkedIn is accessing your email on your behalf. Intro uses an IMAP proxy server to fetch your mail where they modify it, then deliver it to your iPhone. Classic Man in the Middle.
If you remember setting up your mail service on your iPhone, it is a bit clunky. You need to know the host names of your service, the ports, encryption values, etc. It isn't easy. But you don't do any of this with Intro. Instead of going through the usual configuration screens on iOS, Intro uses Apple's "configuration profiles" capability auto discover your accounts and insert their servers in the middle. And since it uses OAuth to log in, it doesn't even need to ask for your credentials.
They do such a good job of hiding what they're doing that the significance of the data issues were lost on everyone (except the security researchers who raised the brouhaha).
This weekend, LinkedIn made another blog post. In their words, they wanted to "address inaccurate assertions that have been made" and "clear up these inaccuracies and misperceptions". The post, here (http://blog.linkedin.com/2013/10/26/the-facts-about-linkedin-intro/) followed the PR playbook to the letter.
With one small exception concerning a profile change, the post does nothing to clear up inaccuracies and misperceptions. Instead, their post lists their reassurances about how secure the service is.
Even with these assurances, the facts remain. LinkedIn Intro pipes your email through their servers. All of it. LinkedIn Intro inserts their active web content into your email data. At their discretion.
With its clever engineering, Intro became a violation of trust. And worse, potentially a massive security hole. If the research community didn't raise the alarm, the details of Intro's integration wouldn't have hit the radar.
I think the lesson here is two-fold:
1) We live in a world where our data is scattered across a variety of disparate systems. It is incumbent on us to understand the risks and weigh them against the reward of the shiny new app promising to make our lives better. If something appears to be too good to be true, it probably is.
2) Vendors need to be more transparent about what they're doing with our data. Especially if the vendor has a spotty reputation in privacy and security realms. If they're not, the Internet community will do it for you.
I meet a lot of people. I hear a lot of people introduce themselves. I interview a lot of people. Sometimes I want to hear their story; most of the time I don't.
I've realized recently that I'm tired of hearing histories. And I'm tired of telling mine. It's easy to find out most by a simple search on the web. Or a scan through LinkedIn. Or listening to one of the video interviews I've done where someone has said "tell me your story."
I was thinking about this especially in the context of any interview. I don't care where you went to school (I never have). I don't care what your first job was. I don't care what happened 15 years ago. I care what you did yesterday, and last month, and last quarter, and last year. That's probably as deep as I want to go in the first five minutes of our interview. Sure – I'll go back further in specific examples, but I don't need to spend the first fifteen minutes hearing your story from beginning to today. It lulls me into a false sense of complacency, making me feel like I know you better because I now know your version of your history, when in fact I don't know you at all.
I've learned a lot about interviewing people over the years. I used to be terrible at it. Now I'm pretty good. I don't enjoy it very much, so I force myself to do a good job. I only interview senior execs and I separate clearly between evaluating people for the role and evaluating them for culture fit with the company. But in both cases I feel like I have to grind through the process. Some of it is my introverted nature; some of it is just not enjoying the interviewing a person thing.
I've realized that spending half of an interview listening to someone tell me their story is a total cop out on my part. It lets me shift out of evaluate mode and be passive during the interview process. And, while a lot of people love to listen to themselves tell their story, it's not doing them any good either since my goal is to make a recommendation as to whether or not they fit in the role and the organization they are interviewing for. I should be more focused on what they have learned over their career and how they apply it today, not the path they took to get to this point, which I can read on a resume or on LinkedIn.
I'm no longer interested in telling my own story. Each time I do it, I realize I am wasting another 15 minutes of my life. By starting with the now, and not worrying about going backward, I can get to the meat of whatever I'm communicating, or want to communicate. I'll more quickly engage whomever I'm talking to – making the conversation immediately active instead of passive. When I need to reach into the past for a story to support an example, I will.
I've decided that going forward I'm telling my history in reverse chronological order whenever asked. I'll start with what I am doing now. I'll go backwards as relevant to the particular context. I'll skip stuff that doesn't matter, and I'll stop when it's time to go on. I expect my introductions will be a lot shorter going forward. And I'll be less bored with myself. And that is a good thing, at least for me.
Historically, most of my writing has been either on my blogs or the books that I've written. Occasionally I've written for magazines, like a year-long stretch I did for Entrepreneur a few years ago, and longer form articles of mine appear in different places every now and then. But pretty much everything I write ends up on Feld Thoughts at some point.
I'm going to experiment with some different channels this year. The two that I've already gotten into a regular, once a week rhythm with are LinkedIn Influencers and the Wall Street Journal Accelerators. I'm putting up a lot more content on the Startup Revolution site and I'll be adding at least one more channel in the next 30 days. Finally, I'm doing more guest posts, such as the article I wrote for Amazon Money & Markets titled Startups Are Everywhere.
Up to know I've been generally reposting these on Feld Thoughts. But in the next 30 days I plan to change the landing page for feld.com to include all the different channels, and I'll also do my best to splice up a single feed for everything I write.
Like all things, this is an experiment. I haven't figured out whether I like this or not, but I'm enjoying playing with different channels, different audiences, and engaging with an audience and other thought leaders around a specific topic.
For example, this week's WSJ Accelerator question was "Is it possible for a startup founder to work on two or three products (or startups) at once?" Some posts include mine, which was "No, Mostly", Steve Blank saying "Don't Confuse Science Experiments With Commitments", and Joanne Wilson stating "Choose One Company and One Company Only." Each different article adds to a broader thought, which is part of the joy of "mentor whiplash" we talk about all the time in TechStars. Ultimately, you have to make your own decision as an entrepreneur – we are just providing data for you.
I'm at CES this week. If you want to see why, check out my LinkedIn post titled Why I Go To CES. And, if you are at CES and want me to stop by your booth, leave a comment here.
If you've figured out a great way to be a multi-channel content publisher, I'm all ears. Or, as a reader of this blog, if you have a strong opinion about what I'm doing, please weigh in. Remember – this is just an experiment.


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A&O splits with Indian best friend after liberalisation disappointment
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My guess, the rate of attrition which Trilegal faces and the lack of a second layer of "quality" partners must have precipitated things. This would be in addition to other things that are not working well for this young firm, eg, big ticket deals going wrong, nepotism that has led to some very good associates leaving and an overall negative work place.
Anyone that understands anything about the India legal market knows that liberalisation has never just been round the corner.
Plain English translation of Trilegal comments: "we've had a great run tapping into all A&O's amazing client base, can't believe it lasted this long"
Translation of A&O Comments: "all their clients think we're too expensive; why on earth did we ever shackle ourselves to one firm it's been a one way street, it's about time we got back on the dating scene"
this is really a realisation of the serious legal and regulatory risk that these arrangements pose to any firm with concern for its reputation / franchise risk. such a risk was considered worthwhile since the commercial pie seemed attractive. that too being lost, it was just not worth it.


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Rush-hour traffic costs you $818 a year
A new study finds that the lengthy American commute is draining precious gas money and time.
Researchers at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute released the results of their 2012 Urban Mobility Report and found that the average American commuter wasted $818 in time and gas sitting in traffic in 2011. That's $121 billion total, which is up $1 billion from 2010 but still shy of the $128 billion wasted in pre-recession 2005.
Though the researchers warn that recent improvements may be tied to the economic downturn, there is other evidence that telecommuting, online shopping, a return to urban living and enhanced public transportation may be whittling down the average American commute. In U.S. cities like Washington, D.C., where traffic requires drivers to set aside two hours for a 20-minute trip, relief can't come soon enough.
The nation's capital doesn't even have the worst commute in the U.S. That particular honor belongs to Los Angeles, where a 30-minute trip requires more than 41 minutes of planning, on average. Honolulu comes in a close second, followed by New York; Washington, D.C.; Austin, Texas; Boston; Portland, Ore.; Denver; Dallas; Seattle; Philadelphia and Houston.
That's just how long the trip should take, on average. According to the research, Americans set aside an average of an hour for a trip that's supposed to take 20 minutes. In Los Angeles, for example, commuters have to set aside an hour and 40 minutes for their 20-minute ride. Even smaller metro areas like Portland and Austin require an hour and 25 minutes to get to work on time on a 20-minute stretch of road. Think it's better in Provo, Utah, just because there are only 500,000 people or so kicking around? A 20-minute drive there still requires nearly an hour and a half of planning time.
All of those added road hours wasted 2.9 billion gallons of fuel in 2011, or 19 gallons per commuter. Meanwhile, it also launched 59 billion pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. While researchers say a combination of road improvements and enhanced public transportation saved more than $29 billion in additional congestion costs in 2011, there's still a whole lot of work to do.
In the meantime, if commuters want to get to work and back in a hurry and don't want to put the hurt on either their wallets or the environment, might we suggest Pensacola, Fla., as an option? While it may not have the glut of jobs available in other cities, its commute only requires an extra nine minutes for a 30-minute trip.
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Heavy fog overnight is being cited for a huge back up on Interstate 65 late Sunday night.
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The winter weather is big business for some who make their living plowing snow.
"I started with a pickup truck out of my house and quickly added people and moved to this location about 10 years ago," Kristopher Dabner said.
Dabner with The Greensman out of Kansas City, MO, has been in the landscape and gardening business for 20 years. Ten years ago he noticed the grass isn't always green come March and decided to contract snow plow work during the winter.
"If it's going to be this cold, we would rather have snow on the ground because at least it gives us something to do," he said.
This season is no exception. He's getting the plows, sand and salt ready to serve driveways, business parking lots and churches.
"Getting all the equipment ready, making sure we have enough salt and right now they're just trying to get rest because once the snow starts flying, they'll be on call until it's over," Dabner said. "The biggest challenge is trying to figure out when is it going to be enough snow on the ground to start. But once we're out and about we just keep going until it's done."
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Another winter blast may seem like a headache for the rest of us in the metro, but it keeps money coming in for at least a dozen of Dabner's seasonal workers.
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With all the talk lately about paying college athletes, how about this counter argument by students who pay for their tuition, books and room and board: Don't scholarship athletes already have a sweet deal?
The debate rages over whether NCAA student/athletes should be allowed to earn money from jobs or from signing autographs or perhaps earn a percentage from the sales of jerseys that feature their number.
The NCAA is against all of this, of course, fearing athletes really would go to college just to play sports and cash in. The NCAA doesn't want another scandal like the one that led to SMU getting the death penalty in the early 1980s for repeated violations of boosters paying athletes under the table.
Still, let's not be naive. Big-time college football and basketball programs make tens of millions of dollars from TV deals and ticket and apparel sales because of the athletes that play for their universities.
What seems fair is the NCAA Board of Directors' discussion about a possible rule change that would allow athletes a stipend to cover expenses such as clothes, travel and meal money beyond what is provided by their scholarships. But smaller colleges are leery because they don't have the finances to make such an effort.
Whichever direction this issues goes, the NCAA doesn't want to have to deal with the chaos that would come with endless money trails.
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SELLERSDBURG, Ind. (WHAS11) -- Formal charges were filed late Tuesday afternoon against a former employee of a children's home accused of having sex with a teenage resident.
Darci Stabeno is still in the Clark County Jail and now, official charges of child seduction were filed against her.
According to police, Stabeno worked at the Kingsfield Children's Home in Sellersburg, Indiana until the allegations came to light last week.
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(Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co
The move by the maker of Sprite, Fanta and Minute Maid is "a major step in the transformation of its U.S. production and distribution," said Stifel Nicolaus analyst Mark Swartzberg.
It is not a surprise, but comes earlier than expected.
Coke bought the North American operations of bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc
Coke Chief Executive Muhtar Kent said at the time that he still believed in the so-called franchise model - where Coke sells syrup to independent bottlers who package and distribute the drinks - suggesting that the company would eventually return to it. Coke had generally laid out a timeline of three to five years for that transition.
As for performance in the first quarter, the world's largest soft-drink maker said net income was $1.75 billion, or 39 cents per share, down from $2.05 billion, or 45 cents per share, a year earlier. Earnings were hurt by a calendar shift that resulted in two fewer selling days in the quarter compared with last year.
Excluding one-time items, earnings were 46 cents per share, topping analysts' average estimate of 45 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Revenue slipped 1 percent to $11.04 billion, hurt by currency exchange rates and sales lost through the refranchising of some other bottler assets. Sales by volume rose 4 percent.
By region, volume rose 1 percent in North America, 4 percent in Latin America, 3 percent in the Pacific region and 15 percent in Eurasia and Africa. Volume was flat in Europe, but improved from last year's fourth quarter.
"It was a good start to the year," said Edward Jones analyst Jack Russo.
With the announced changes to the North American distribution, the amount of volume handled by the company itself will be reduced 5 percent.
The five bottlers that stand to expand their territories in upcoming transactions with Coke are Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated
Depending on the situations, the deals might include an outright territory sale, a territory swap or a sub-bottling arrangement by which the bottler would make ongoing payments to Coke in exchange for operating rights.
The agreements are subject to the parties reaching definitive deals by the end of 2013, with closings expected in 2014. Financial terms were not disclosed. Neither was Coke's intended use of the proceeds.
Coke's shares rose 5.2 percent, or $2.08, to $42.18 on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Parenting Horror Stories By: machiner Date: July 24, 2008, 07:12:38 AM
That's some scary shit right there, ey? As parents we fear a lot for our kids. Some of us even get a little too neurotic, and on that rare occassion, their neuroses is justified because something horrible happens to their family or one or more of their kids....or whatever.
As you all know, my dearest friend lost her nephew last week. That's pretty horrible, especially for her brother, the boy's Dad, and his Mom and brother....and everybody.
To this point, I don't think we have any horror stories to tell **machiner knocks wood, crosses fingers, throws some salt, does a little jig**. Sure, close calls, injuries, a fire, the boy swallowing *something* that one time...But we've been relatively lucky.
You? I don't wish you to relive horrific events and I do apologise if this thread made you think of a terrible thing that your family suffered. But....ever drive away from the supermarket with your baby on the roof of the car? That's kinda funny, in a twisted, glad I never did that, kind of way....but OMFG, it's a horror story, too.
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Disturbed is an American heavy metal band from Chicago, Illinois. The band's members are vocalist David Draiman, guitarist Dan Donegan, bassist John Moyer, and drummer Mike Wengren. Former band members were vocalist Erich Awalt and bassist Steve "Fuzz" Kmak. Formed in 1994 as Brawl, the band was renamed Disturbed in 1996 after Draiman was hired as the band's new vocalist. Between the band's formation and 2008, they sold over 13 million albums worldwide, making them one of the largest grossing metal/rock bands in recent years. The band has released five studio albums, four of which have consecutively debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200. The band went into an indefinite hiatus in October 2011 and the band's members are currently working on various side projects. The band members insist that they will regroup as Disturbed again sometime in the future.


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1160/WCFO-AM has picked up Glenn Beck from 9 to 11 a.m. starting as early as Friday but definitely by Monday, October 8.
Beck, who was airing from 9 a.m. to noon, was taken off Atlanta airwaves last Friday when 640/WGST became Hispanic sports talk. He had been with GST in that time slot since 2007.
Jeff Davis, who runs the station, said he will cut an hour from Imus and an hour from Laura Ingraham to accommodate two hours of Beck. Beck is one of the top syndicated talk show hosts in the country behind Rush Limbaugh (now at AM750 and 95.5FM News/Talk WSB) and Sean Hannity (also on WSB).
"He's a big name. He's well known," Davis said.
Talkers magazine ranks him as the ninth most influential talk show host on radio and estimates he draws at least 8.25 million listeners a week.
On TV, after leaving Fox News, he has been doing an Internet-only distribution but recently recently returned to TV through Dish Network.
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October 2nd, 2012
7:18 pm
Clear Channel ruined AM-640 frequency changing it from News Radio WGST to Spanish-language ESPN. The 96.1-FM frequency was recently ruined… the former 96-Rock, which was previously Project 9-6-1, has since become the new Power 96.1. I still remember Clear Channel ruining the 94.9-FM frequency a few years ago… dropping Peach and Lite FM, to accomodate country music station The Bull. Some wondering how many more stations Clear Channel plans on ruining.
We've got CBS dropping Dave FM from 92.9-FM frequency, with the new Sports Talk format set to debut in mid-October.
I'm left guessing that Atlanta radio isn't what it's really cracked up to be… and a lot of the stations becoming shells of their former selves.
October 2nd, 2012
7:57 pm
The GST fiasco will never make sense. Clear Channel has sold their soul to the devil.
October 2nd, 2012
7:59 pm
Hogan tried to by this station, but the local owners said NO.
For 38 years, home of the great, and now sadly, the late Howie Chizek.
You can still listen to Stan, Maggie Phil, Steve, Bob (as in Golic) and Jim!
October 2nd, 2012
8:01 pm
Any updates as to which station is picking up Mark Levin?
October 2nd, 2012
8:03 pm
We can we hear THE PHIL HENDRIE SHOW in Atlanta these days?
October 2nd, 2012
8:41 pm
Beck has some good points to make at times, but his show is HORRIBLE. It sounds like a bad FM morning show. I guess he never left his roots. Horrible show, but his ideology is in the right place, if you ask me.
October 2nd, 2012
9:03 pm
I liked Glenn Beck back when he played lead for The Yardbirds. It's so sad what's happened to him since.
October 2nd, 2012
9:04 pm
Yeah, HORRIBLE, that's why he has 8 million listeners on the radio alone…
October 2nd, 2012
11:29 pm
hate to see that shows are actually being shortened to make room for that scuzz-bag.
October 2nd, 2012
11:42 pm
I miss Glenn Beck on radio, however, I subscribe to his GBTV.com at 5 PM.
October 3rd, 2012
7:08 am
Any Wacko can spew hate and get a following. If he is so smart let's see this clown run for office.
Lush Dumbaugh clone.
October 3rd, 2012
8:40 am
to mr bill – i suggest actually listen to Glenn sometime. He does not spew hate. He actually does the opposite. He spews love most of the time along with the truth. He, Stu and Pat are also damn funny. If you actually listen to them sometime you will understand this. Quit drinking the KoolAid and start looking at both sides. He cares deeply about the direction our country is headed. Can you say you are Happy with the state of our country? You don't sound Happy.
October 3rd, 2012
8:41 am
@Chione – One having 8MM listeners does not determine if he is horrible or not. Remember, 1/2 the population is dumber than the other 1/2. Just like there are 8MM people dumber than the rest of the population.
October 3rd, 2012
9:11 am
AJ. I'll bet we could get a real debate about which half of the population you are in.
October 3rd, 2012
9:15 am
"but recently plans to return to TV through Dish Network."—Rodney, he has been available on DISH for a couple of weeks now. Check your sources before posting.
October 3rd, 2012
12:03 pm
Hopefully the Honey Boo Boo family got word of the station change, they're probably Beck fans.
October 3rd, 2012
2:40 pm
Where is everyone from the 640 talk raido line up. Rob Johnson & Dave Merino,'
Rusty Humphris in the afternoon and Mark Liven? Somone please tell me! I found Beck & Rush. Just want to follow the others. Thanks
October 3rd, 2012
8:56 pm
I really think Clark Howard is being screwed for tRush. Clark is far more valuable but WSB Radio thinks tRush's gonna keep the numbers that are being lost with the retirement of Boortz. Clark is more appealing across all demographics. Kind of hope there is an uprising of Clark listeners.
October 4th, 2012
10:48 am
Dear Atlanta Radio Executives – YOU'RE FIRED!
October 4th, 2012
11:51 am
I have been a listener of wgst for years but not anymore. I don't speak spanish , I am an American in an English speaking country for now. I would like to have it back the way it was. So now I list to AM750.
October 4th, 2012
12:25 pm
I think your problems with Glenn Beck is that he is Correct most of the time. He is way ahead with predictions and you just can't handle the truth. You may not like the package you get it in but I do because I can rely on the FACTS that he digs up not just his opinion. Do some research yourself so you don't end up on his moron trivia show on Friday.
October 4th, 2012
4:23 pm
Does anyone know if CoastToCoastAM, which aired on WGST 1 to 5am, will be picked up locally?
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Creating and trading numerous types of cloth have been vital elements in African life and culture for at least two millennia, linking different parts of the continent with each other and the rest of the world. African Textiles Today shows how ideas, techniques, materials and markets have adapted and flourished, and how the dynamic traditions in African textiles have provided inspiration for the continents foremost contemporary artists and photographers. Enlarged details show the finest examples of textile arts, most selected from the superb collections of the British Museum.
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Coat of Arms: Heraldry is the medieval art and science that deals with the creation, use, and recognition of visual displays that identify an individual person, guild, town, office or other entity. This was typically done through much of the Middle Ages using a painted shield which consisted of a unique arrangement of division lines, and objects known as "charges". Early in the Medieval period, this "coat of arms" was unique to an individual, only becoming associated with a family towards the end of the Renaissance.
The oldest son would often inherit his family's coat of arms without any changes but the younger brothers would add symbols to identify themselves. The symbol a younger son added was usually a smaller picture placed in the middle of the shield. When a woman married, the coat of arms of her family was often added to her husband's arms. Many times the coat of arms were quartered, or divided into different parts.
In modern day times, heraldry is basically governed by the rules set by the heralds of the College of Arms with whom anyone may apply. Provided the applicant is a "worthy person" and has no criminal record, a coat of arms will be rarely refused. However, they charge fees for their services. Many coats of arms have belonged to the same family, being handed down from father to son for generations. Royalty were the first to have heraldic coats of arms. There is some controversy in the genealogy world about authenticity of coat of arms because in olden times they were presented to individuals, and as previously mentioned, passed down through the generations. So it is important to find a historically correct coat of arms. No matter what the final product is, one thing is clear for many researchers – It's always exciting for family members to see the coat of arms or family crest for their family name. In modern times, coat of arms are still used as a means of identification by many companies, clubs, organizations and town and County Councils. Also, there are reputable companies who will search your last name and find the coat of arms for your surname and may even offer a wide variety of interesting products with a family coat of arms on them.
There are numerous online web sites that either provide information or assistance in researching a coat of arms. Some likely sites to look at, for example, are Traceit.com, About.com, Your Irish Roots and AAG International Research. These are by no means the only sites but a sampling of what may be found on the Internet that may be useful to researchers.
The following classifications are the most generally valid categories in use from the past and today.
- Succession - These are arms that are taken up by those who inherit certain estates by bequest, entail, or donation.
- Community - These are arms that are associated with bishoprics, cities, universities, academies, societies, guilds and corporate bodies. Many of these go back to a very early period.
- Dominion (or Sovereignty) - These are the arms of the kings or sovereigns of the territories they govern, which are also regarded as the arms of the State. Thus the Lions of England and the Russian Eagle are the arms of the Kings of England and the Emperors of Russia, and cannot be altered by a change of dynasty. In America several states have official arms of Dominion that derive from the earlier old rulers of the colony, such as in Maryland which bears the arms of Cecililus Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, who was the proprietor of the colony.
- Pretension - These are arms of kingdoms, provinces, or territories to which a prince or lord has some claim, and which he adds to his own, though the kingdoms or territories are governed by a foreign king or lord: thus the Kings of England for many ages quartered the arms of France in their escutcheon as the descendants of Edward III., who claimed that kingdom, in right of his mother, a French princess. Nearly all early sovereigns bore arms of this type as they constantly disputed territories.
- Concession - These are arms granted by sovereigns as the reward of virtue, valor, or extraordinary service and deeds. All arms granted to subjects were originally conceded by the Sovereign.
- Family (or paternal arms) - These arms as such are hereditary and belong to one particular family, which none others have a right to assume, nor can they do so without rendering themselves guilty of a breach of the laws of honor punishable by the Earl Marshal and the Kings at Arms. The assumption of arms has however become so common that little notice is taken of it at the present time. These types of arms sometimes are modified over time by various family members.
- Alliance - These are arms gained by marriage.
- Patronage - These arms are of the type the lesser gentry bore as subjects to governors of provinces, lords of manors or feudal lords. They usually derive from the coat of arms of the lord and indicate a level of dependence on such, as well as the connection to that manor.
- Office - These are arms born by those holding certain offices such as the King of Arms in England or the Butlers of Ireland, ancestors of the Dukes of Ormond.
In conclusion . . .
Avitoe glorioe memor ~ Mindful of ancestral glory
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Fact: There is no such thing as a 'coat of arms for a surname'. Many people of the same surname will often be entitled to completely different coats of arms, and many of that surname will be entitled to no coat of arms. For any person to have a right to a coat of arms they must either have had it granted to them or be descended in the legitimate male line from a person to whom arms were granted or confirmed in the past.
Tip: It's been a popular misconception that the word 'crest' describes a whole coat of arms or any heraldic device. It does not. A crest is a specific part of a full achievement of arms: the three-dimensional object placed on top of the helm.
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NBC is set to add the "Who Do You Think You Are?" Genealogy TV show to their schedule starting in April. The popular British television show has been exported to other countries with each country producing their own shows, featuring local television personalities and stories. The program will air on Mondays at 8 PM beginning April 20th. The American version will feature American celebrities, including Lisa Kudrow, Sarah Jessica Parker and Susan Sarandon, as they unearth their family trees. Quoting from Dick Eastman's Online Newsletter, "The series will examine a star's family tree . . . uncovering stories from the family's past . . . and weaving the story into the larger narrative of American history."
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Barney Frank Announces Retirement
November 29, 2011
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) announced that he would not seek reelection to the 113th Congress and would retire at the end of the current session. Rep. Frank has over 1,000 appearances in the C-SPAN Video Library. You can see all his appearances from his biography page. Some interesting programs include A Day in the Life of Barney Frank in which C-SPAN cameras followed him in his district. Also, his apology to the House during the debate on his reprimand can be viewed. There is also a town hall meeting that Frank held with his constituents. Frank was often sharp-tongued and quick on his feet during legislative debates and the Video Library holds those debates such as this one.
George Wallace, Contender
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November 18, 2011
This week C-SPAN continues its a new American History television series. It will air live each Friday evening at 8:00 PM on C-SPAN. Each program will orginate from a historic site and will feature fourteen men who lost the presidency, but changed history. These contenders were candidates in at least one national election and changed political history as a result of it. This week features Hubert Humphrey.
Contenders featured include Henry Clay, James G. Blaine, William Jennings Bryan, Eugene Debs, Charles Evan Hughes, Al Smith, Wendell Willkie, Thomas E. Dewey, Adlai Stevenson, Barry Goldwater, Hubert Humphrey, George Wallace, George McGovern, and Ross Perot. Watch them live each Friday night or view them in the Video Library at this site. More information is available C-SPAN The Contenders web site.
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November 11, 2011
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The balanced budget amendment was a part of the Contract with America that was the campaign platform for the Republicans in the 1994 election. When they took control in 1995, they debated the amendment, much as they are today. Here is a clip of Rep. Nancy Pelosi from the day it was debated.
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