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Layne Beachley
Cape Solander, 13 May 2009. Sequence, Billy Morris via Coastalwatch.
Layne Beachley is someone who just seems to rub people up the wrong way. And sure, I've seen her do some things and heard her say some things where I just thought, 'Really?' But I have also seen and heard many famous surfers do and say things that made me shake my head, so I don't really pay Layne's moments too much heed. But for some reason, other people do, and they really rub their dislike of her in her face.
And the sad effect of this has been that she doesn't get the credit that she deserves for her role in driving and building the profile of competitive surfing in Australia, and in particular the opportunities that many professional female surfers now enjoy. I wouldn't say she is the patron saint of women's surfing - not at all - but I would say that because people don't like her, they don't want to acknowledge her achievements and impact. She rips, she was world champion seven times, she has caught some impressive and heavy waves (including those pictured in this post from her session at Cape Solander in May 2009), and from 2006-2013 she started and ran a competition for women that had the highest prize pool on the women's side of the ASP World Championship Tour - $140,00) in 2012. (As of this year, that competition has been cancelled due to lack of sponsors.)
Cape Solander, 13 May 2009. Image Tim Bonython via Coastalwatch.


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Thursday, August 06, 2009
Barefoot Books
As I mentioned in my earlier post, I am now a SAHM. Wanting some sort of outlet for myself outside of the home, I decided to become a Barefoot Books Ambassador, meaning I am now an independent bookseller of Barefoot Books. I had been a fan of Barefoot Books for quite some time, but just recently found out about their ambassador program. Barefoot Books is a publisher of children's and young adult literature (as well as games, puzzles, and CDs) and promotes diversity, tolerance, multiculturalism, and environmental awareness in all of their books. The artwork in each book is stunning and I am very happy to have now become a part of the Barefoot Books team of ambassadors.
From time to time, I will post about current sale offers on my blog, as well as reviews of some of my favorite Barefoot Books and notifications of upcoming releases. Please feel free to visit my site for some book browsing or shopping! You can also access the current sale offers by clicking "SALE" when you visit my site. I have also posted a link to Barefoot Books in the sidebar of my blog.
For a chance to win some of your own Barefoot Books, visit this blog and read all about one of Barefoot Books' amazing authors!
Up next, some reviews of recent adult books I have read...
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News about nature and the environment in Singapore - Archives
List of Categories : errata * about * map * cycling * events * marine * animalwelfare * envt * jobs * research * talks * photos * coastalcleanup * news * education * cameratraps * tvradio * internet * software * nature * malaysia * books * heritage * trade * stamps * articles * parliament * conceptplan * world *
Sat 13 Nov 2004
"Greens anything but 'real nature sanctuary'"
Category : news
Recently, there have ben some claims touting the new Kranji Golf Course as "a real nature sanctuary" and that it proves golf and nature can coexist. The Nature Society (Singapore) has questioned these claims in a letter published in The Straits Times today, 13 Nov 2004 which is reproduced here.
"Greens anything but 'real nature sanctuary'"
We refer to the article, 'Where birds, birdies co-exist' (ST, Nov 3), in which the new Kranji Golf Course was touted as 'a real nature sanctuary'. We are concerned about the misleading picture of the state of the wildlife/biodiversity presented.
We would like to draw attention to the following:
There is an urgent need to monitor for a period of time this category of birdlife - if not all the other forms of wildlife inhabiting these sorts of habitat. The monitoring must focus not only on the variety of the wetland and grassland species but also on the population levels of these species, as well as the number of nesting records. Otherwise, no proper assessment of the measures taken to contain further decline can be derived.
Dr Ho Hua Chew
Lim Kim Keang


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Wow, looking at all the Paulson's Flooring reviews on Yelp and other sites it doesn't surprise me that their overall satisfaction rating is poor. Guess what? Here's another customer with a terrible experience.I'm having to fight with them right now because they won't honor their warranty claim on a new home …
A bad job, sales person was great at first but her Karla's follow up was none, and the job went right from the beginning down the tube, they don't respect their customers and they think that it is alright what their do with them. They blame everything back on the customer and do not take responsibility for all …
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Accepting People
Sometimes we tell others about things we think are right for them, thinking we're kind and doing them a favour. But often times, we're just the selfish selves trying to squeeze some feeling of influence.
The true kindness comes from the ability to accept others for who they are (or what they've done). And only when you've learn to accept them, people will be more acceptant to what you say, for it comes from your true heart.
Khoi Tran
Very true, sir. It is indeed very hard to know where is the fine line between accepting and indulging.
Terrific insights.
To add a small point: many people need inspiration, not orders, not advice, not anything else.


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So today was a busy day at work. I had to create 3 graphics from scratch by the end of business today. I got 2 of the 3 done, so at least I have that going for me. But this blog's purpose is not to bore you good readers with details of my laborious vocation. Nay, the reason for this blog is to bore you good readers with details of my rather mundane non-work life. And bore you I shall.
On Friday of last week nothing happened. That's right. Nothing. This leads me to tell you about Friday night where all the fun (loosely and ill-defined) occurred. Now before any of you go on thinking dirty thoughts, this story is about Little Man and his coughing. On Thursday of last week Little Man's breathing started to be sporadically disrupted by coughing. He slept pretty well on Thursday night, but Friday night was something else entirely.
Around at night Little Man woke up coughing too much to fall to sleep. I rocked him until about before the myriad of medications started working on his non-feeble cough. Bored yet? Well, after gingerly laying him down back into his wonderful slide bedecked bed I went to bed to try and get some blessed sleep as well. But I have been having some difficulty getting to sleep, so around 15 games of spider solitaire later I finally drifted off to a fitful sleep of discomfort.
"Discomfort?" you ask? Why yes, dear blog reader, discomfort indeed. Bored yet? Well, give me a second, the story doesn't really speed up from here. I know there are about 1 of you out there who will push through this boringness, and you will not be rewarded with anything amazing at the end of this post. Just more boredom. I told you my aim is to bore, and bore I will. So, my right hip is hurting as well as my right shoulder. I am getting old and decrepit. But tha ladies still find meh sexay!! So around I finally fell to sleep.
Anyway, around Little Man coughed himself awake. So we medicate him something fierce again. FYI, I think next time we are medicating him with some scotch. Any recommendations, Themikestand? We are looking for a full bodied scotch that is afordable and consumable in mass quantities by a near 4 year old. Anyway he finally goes back to bed on his own at . So Wifey and I immediately fell into our blissful slumber. Bored yet? I am and I am writing this crap.
To make a long story short (I missed that one pretty badly, didn't I?) I took a long long nap on Saturday, and that made me very happy.
To recap:
Naps = goods
Mmmm naps
Today sucked
Tomorrow will suck too
I will be traveling 3.5 hours away and back
That is 7 hours just in a car, not to mention the craptastic meeting I am traveling to
I will have over 26 hours of work under my belt by the time I am done with work tomorrow
Naps = good
Since I am clearly a workaholic, tomorrow's 20 Questions Tuesday will be about jobs
I will probably be posting this from home tomorrow night
Deal with it
Sweet Jebus, I just re-read this post and I think I brought the boredom
I brought it in spades


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On Monday BN mentioned that a decision whether Guillem Bauza's time with Hereford United might be extended was yet to be made public.
Another player whose future is also not clear is Rob Purdie.
In theory he is due to return to Oldham by January 29th as his loan spell with the Bulls will have ended.
However Purdie has said that there is no place for him at Boundary Park and when he agreed to join Hereford it was with the hope he might secure a contract.
"I'm not here to play games to get fit to go back to Oldham," said Purdie.
"I don't have a future at Oldham whether I score twenty goals or two goals on my loan spell. It doesn't matter.
"I just here to win myself a contract and do well for Jamie."
It's thought that Oldham will not require a fee for him. In fact they would be happy to get him off their books.
Yet Purdie is almost certainly on better money with the Latics than he would be with the Bulls so he might face a simple choice of stopping with Oldham or moving to Edgar Street on, perhaps, half the money he is currently receiving.
That, of course, presumes that manager Jamie Pitman is happy with Purdie's time to date. In two months he has made seven appearances for the Bulls scoring four goals including two on his debut at Stockport.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Purdie's Future to be Clarified
On Monday BN mentioned that a decision whether Guillem Bauza's time with Hereford United might be extended was yet to be made public.


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Synopsis: U.S. Senator Rand Paul, a 2016 Republican Presidential Candidate, will deliver a speech to the Club. The topics addressed will be his economic platform, including spending and debt, reforming the government, his fair and flat tax plan, the Federal Reserve, and regulation on businesses. His speech will be followed by a moderated Q&A session.
Tickets: $85 per person (includes buffet lunch)
Date & Time: Wednesday, December 16, 2015, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Check-in will begin at 10:45 am
Location: Caesars Palace - Neopolitan Ballroom
3570 S. Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas NV 89109


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I realized I had never uploaded this here! *slaps myself on the forehead*
This was a test for a local copyshop to see their quality of printing books and I am proud of the results, sadly the price is a bit high. And to please my own ego and for my portfolio X3
But I have gotten positive comments on other sites and I am now looking into different printers (with a good quality, but a lower price), so if there's still enough interest, I'll print and sell a couple of books.
Why is this, exactly me and my crush? Literally, the characters and their physical appearance are on point with my life WTF?


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Adding to the volume of data is the value of this data which causes retailers to adhere to strict Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS). These standards apply to anyone who handles credit cards from the major card schemes and globally applies to all entities that store, process or transmit cardholder data. Some elements of these standards include cyber-security measurements such as penetration testing but should not stop with the simple checking off of a list item. In order to be truly safe, not just PCI-DSS compliant, you should have a comprehensive cyber-security plan to protect yourself and your consumer's data.
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Category: Sauces and Condiments
Step 1In the bowl of a standing mixer -- or in a large bowl, using a hand-held mixer -- whip the creme fraiche until light and airy. Stir in the buttermilk, garlic, chives, lemon zest and juice. Season with one-fourth teaspoon salt and a couple grinds of black pepper, or to taste. Refrigerate 1 hour before serving. This will keep, refrigerated, for one day.


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Muslim Aid has welcomed the confiscation order issued by a judge at Woolwich Crown Court. This was in relation to last year's conviction of individuals illegally raising funds for terrorist activity by fraudulently using Muslim Aid's name and branded property.
The Order, issued on 9 January 2014 required six individuals from Birmingham to pay back the funds they stole from charities after posing as official collectors.
A Spokesperson for the Charity said, "We are pleased that proceeds of the confiscation order will be given to the two affected charities, one of which is Muslim Aid. We are grateful to the police who continued with their investigations until they had tracked the money down. The funds amounting to 80% of the £33,000 collected form their seized assets will be spent by Muslim Aid for helping the needy in the UK, including the homeless and the hungry.
Muslim Aid is grateful to the public for their understanding and continued support for the Charity's humanitarian work.
Notes to editors
• Muslim Aid is a relief and development agency set up in the United Kingdom in 1985 to provide humanitarian assistance to disaster affected countries and to help poor and vulnerable communities overcome poverty. Over the last 27 years, Muslim Aid has delivered services in over 70 countries worldwide. Muslim Aid works with all communities irrespective of faith, ethnic origin or political system. Muslim Aid programmes include emergency relief, capacity building through water, sanitation and health programmes, education and skills.
© Copyright 2019. Muslim Aid,
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Do we really need another standards forum? Why is HomeGrid Forum different?
By Donna Yasay, President of HomeGrid Forum I recently spent "5 minutes" speaking with Embedded Computing Brand Director, Rich Nass, to discuss the proliferation of industry standards bodies promoting differing technologies and why HomeGrid Forum, with our primary function to push for G.hn, is any different.


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As with any piece of machinery, it is important to stay on top of proper maintenance of window air conditioning units. HVAC coils, water pans, and air filters all need to be checked and cleaned regularly. The coils should be cared for annually, but the air filter is best when properly cleaned monthly.
A dirty filter can reduce the output so much that airflow can eventually become completely blocked. People often underestimate or forget about the importance of a clean filter, but this simple task can improve the efficiency of the unit, resulting in greater output and lower energy cost.
Proper cleaning of the air filter prevents freezing and uneven cooling, along with the need for frequent short cycles that are inefficient and noisy. A clean filter can also reduce allergens and even mold being spread throughout the room and building. When a filter is clean, it can properly do its job.
Read on to learn how to how to clean your window air conditioning unit's air filter:
- To begin, the manual should be checked. While cleaning a filter is fairly straightforward, it is best to take a quick look to know what to expect.
- Gently remove the front grille. Sometimes a putty knife or a butter knife is needed to pop it out.
- Extract the filter. In most window units, the filter is located right behind the grille—it should pop out fairly easily.
- Wash the filter using a mixture of warm water with dish soap or white vinegar. The soap or vinegar blend helps eliminate mold and thoroughly disinfect the surface. Scrub gently with a plastic-bristled scrub brush to remove debris. Rinse thoroughly when finished.
- Inspect for damage. While unlikely, it is possible that there may be holes or other damage to the filter. Sometimes there could even be insects within the unit that can damage the equipment. Look over the filter and take a peek into the rest of the unit to be sure.
- Wash the outside vents and any surrounding area where dirt and dust may be collecting.
- Allow everything to dry completely before returning it to the unit. Then, simply replace everything in the proper order: filter first, then snap the grille in place.
Cleaning the air filter on your window air conditioning unit should be done monthly. In households with pets or dusty conditions—or if the residents have allergies—the filter should be cleaned more frequently. Harmful conditions can become exacerbated by a dirty air filter.
Some filters are disposable and can be replaced; however, using a reusable filter can save money in the long run. If the unit has a foam filter, it can be replaced by electrostatic filter material cut to size to make maintenance easier.
No one likes extra chores, but this one simple task can improve the physical and economic health of any household that utilizes a window air conditioning unit. Those who enjoy the cool breeze of their air conditioner should appreciate the added cleanliness that comes with proper care and a clean filter.
Author Bio:
Albert Krav is a HVAC technician and a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California. With over 15 years of experience in the HVAC industry, he is an expert in repairing and maintaining air conditioning units and heating systems. He enjoys informing people of how to properly care for the HVAC units with how-to articles.


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OG and I have had a great summer exploring outside, swimming and feeding our chickens but with all of that time outside (and her apparently irresistible flesh!) I've had to cover her in bug spray every second that she is outside.
Essential oils vary in price and some can be quite expensive so I tried to come up with a blend that would be less expensive to buy but still effective.
The recipe I came up with is excellent for keeping ticks away and works great for mosquitoes and flies too. It also smells nice!
Homemade Bug Spray
(Great for ticks and DEET-free!)
What you need:
- 12 drops of each essential oil (I buy high quality oils here)
- Oregano (or Peppermint for adults and children over 6 years)
- Pennyroyal
- Geranium
- Lemongrass
- Lavender
- 1 oz (raw) apple cider vinegar
- Distilled water
- 4 oz opaque spray bottle
What you do:
Mix all ingredients in the spray bottle. Apply liberally to exposed skin and clothing before going outside. I tend to put it mostly on clothing instead of skin since the concentration is a bit higher than I would normally use on my skin.
-other possible essential oils to repel insects: Citronella, Clove, Rosemary, Eucalyptus, Cedar, Catnip, Lavender, Mint, Sassafras, and Thyme.
-If using on children be aware that peppermint EO is not recommended for children or pregnant women. Always check with your doctor if this is safe for you and your family.
Short on time or don't want to spend money on all those essential oils?
I feel you. Here's another option that is 100% nontoxic and 100% awesome. Pronounce bug spray is handcrafted by Jess at Scratch Mommy. I love her products and think you will too!
What natural bug repellent do you use?


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Thursday, April 27, 2017
Commodore Hendy Field, Buzzards Bay, Mass.
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. -- Senior Samuel Devine (Bourne, Mass.) tossed a complete-game four-hit shutout and struck out 13 to lead Bridgewater State to a 7-0 nightcap victory over Massachusetts Maritime to complete a sweep of a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader Thursday afternoon at Commodore Hendy Field. Junior Tyler Morini's (Plymouth, Mass.) two-out RBI single in the top of the seventh gave the Bears a 10-9 victory in the opening contest.
The visiting Bears (10-18, 3-9 MASCAC) overcame a 2-0 second inning deficit in the lid-lifter by plating three runs in the top of the third on a two-run triple by senior Ryan Feeney (East Bridgewater, Mass.) and a sacrifice fly by junior Alex Carey (East Bridgewater, Mass.)., but the host Buccaneers (10-14, 5-7 MASCAC) regained a 5-3 edge in the bottom of the frame on a two-run single by sophomore Kevin Troy (Braintree, Mass.) and senior Jake Petruzzelli's (Abington, Mass.) fielder's choice. Bridgewater State knotted the score at 5-5 on a pair of errors in the top of the fourth before using a four-run fifth inning rally highlighted by RBI singles off the bats of Morini and juniors Reed Pike (Bellingham, Mass.) and Ryan Kelleher (Danvers, Mass.) to grab a 9-5 lead, but Massachusetts Maritime responded with three runs in the bottom half of the inning on a Petruzzelli single, a Troy sacrifice fly and an RBI triple by freshman Jackson Simone (Seattle, Wash.) to climb back to within one at 9-8.
Sophomore Paul Sances (Middleboro, Mass.) laced a one-out double in the bottom of the sixth and later scored on Simone's sacrifice fly to tie the score at 9-9 for the hosts, but the visitors plated the go-ahead run in the seventh when Morini plated freshman pinch-runner Carlos Rivera Jr. (New Bedford, Mass.) with a two-out single to right. Troy led off the bottom of the inning with a double and advanced to third on a sacrifice, but he was caught stealing on a suicide squeeze attempt that ended the Buccaneer threat.
Morini and Pike each had three hits as part of a 15-hit opening game attack for Bridgewater State, which also received two hits each from Kelleher, Carey and junior Randy Frazier (Wareham, Mass.). Junior Mike Nader (Hollywood, Fla.) evened his record at 2-2 by picking up the win in relief for the Bears, while junior Connor Birch (Bellingham, Mass.) worked around Troy's double in the seventh to earn his first save of the spring. Troy rapped out three of Massachusetts Maritime's 13 hits and joined Simone with three RBI in the opener, as the hosts also received two hits (including the 100th of his career) from junior Logan Sullo (Acushnet, Mass.). Petruzzelli and junior Casey Furnas (Boca Raton, Fla.) also had two hits for the Buccaneers, as freshman Matt Smith (Lowell, Mass.) allowed the go-ahead run in the seventh to suffer the setback and fall to 1-1 on the season.
Bridgewater State gave Devine the only runs he would need in the second inning of the nightcap by taking advantage of a pair of errors and a wild pitch, and the Bears added two runs each in both the fifth and sixth frames on an error and Morini's two-run single. The visitors closed out the scoring in the seventh on Kelleher's sacrifice fly, and Devine took care of the rest on the mound by walking just one and throwing 70 of his 110 pitches for strikes to improve to 4-1 on the season. Junior Connor Kennedy (West Barnstable, Mass.) accounted for half of the Buccaneers' hit total with a pair of singles, as senior Daniel Avery (Milford, Mass.) allowed six unearned runs and struck out eight over the first six innings of work to fall to 3-3 on the spring.
Massachusetts Maritime heads to Westfield, Mass. on Friday afternoon to take on Westfield State in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader that begins at 1:00 p.m., while Bridgewater State hosts Johnson & Wales in a non-league outing on Friday afternoon in Bridgewater, Mass. beginning at 3:30 p.m.


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Argentina–Japan relations
Argentine-Japanese diplomatic relations were established in the late 19th century.
Early contacts
The history of Japanese-Argentine relations was influenced to a large extent by Argentina being a country of immigration. The first known Japanese to immigrate to Argentina arrived by boat in 1886. Among the Japanese to immigrate to Argentina was Professor Seizo Itoh, expert on agriculture, who came to Argentina in 1910 and worked to improve the level of agriculture in his new country.
The Empire of Japan and Argentine Republic established formal diplomatic relations at a Legation level with a Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation on February 3, 1898. Following the conclusion of the agreement, regular trade relations by sea began in 1899.
Argentina assisted Japan in the Russo-Japanese War by agreeing to sell Japan the cruiser Nisshin, which had originally been purchased for the Argentine Navy. However, prior to 1941, the main aspect of relations between Argentina and Japan was immigration, mostly of agricultural laborers. There are currently an estimated 10,000 people of Japanese descent living in Argentina.[1]
Diplomatic relations between Japan and Argentina were raised to Embassy level in 1940, and the following year Rodolfo Morena was appointed the first Argentine Ambassador to Japan, while Akira Tomii became the first Japanese Ambassador to Argentina. Relations were severed in 1944, and on March 27, 1945, the Argentine government entered World War II on the Allied side and declared war on the Japanese Empire.
Modern developments
Diplomatic relations were restored by the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1952.[2] Argentine president Arturo Frondizi visited Japan in 1960, and subsequently bilateral trade and Japanese investment into Argentina have increased in importance. Japanese imports were primarily foodstuffs and raw materials, while exports were mostly machinery and finished products. In addition, agreements on cooperation in various aspects were concluded. In 1963, the two governments concluded agreement on immigration, in 1967 a treaty of amity, commerce and navigation and in 1981 agreements on technical cooperation and cultural exchange.
Argentina maintains an embassy in Tokyo and Japan maintains an embassy in Buenos Aires.
High-level visits
Members of the Imperial Family of Japan have visited Argentina on a number of occasions, including Prince and Princess Takamado in 1991, Emperor and Empress Akihito in 1997 and Prince and Princess Akishino in 1998. Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín visit Japan in 1986, as did President Carlos Menem in 1990, 1993 and 1998.
In November 2016, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe paid a state visit to Buenos Aires and had a meeting with Argentine President Mauricio Macri there. The Japanese PM's last visit was by his grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, in 1959.[3]
See also
- ↑ Christopher A.A. Gomez, "Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Immigrants and Their Descendants in Argentine Audiovisual Popular Culture" University of Nevada, Reno, May 2014
- ↑ Treaty of Peace with Japan signed at San Francisco | United Nations Treaty Collection
- ↑ Japan boosts ties with Argentina - Breitbart - November 21, 2016
External links
- List of Treaties ruling relations Argentina and Japan (Argentine Foreign Ministry) (in Spanish)
- Argentine embassy in Tokyo (in Japanese) (in Spanish)
- Japanese Foreign Ministry about Argentina
- Japanese embassy in Buenos Aires (in Japanese) (in Spanish)
- Historical Timeline of Japanese Argentine


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Human beings
WANT, NEED and DESIRE
this is the golden rule of reciprocity and justice
this is not only human but found all over Nature and in many organism populations in the universe.
Called "Reciprocal Altruism"
even vampire bats are shown to exhibit it:
Vampire bats[edit]
Vampire bats also display reciprocal altruism, as described by Wilkinson.[18][19] The bats feed each other by regurgitating blood. Since bats only feed on blood and will die after just 70 hours of not eating, this food sharing is a great benefit to the receiver and a great cost to the giver.[20] To qualify for reciprocal altruism, the benefit to the receiver would have to be larger than the cost to the donor. This seems to hold as these bats usually die if they do not find a blood meal two nights in a row. Also, the requirement that individuals who have behaved altruistically in the past are helped by others in the future is confirmed by the data.[18] However, the consistency of the reciprocal behaviour, namely that a previously non-altruistic bat is refused help when it requires it, has not been demonstrated. Therefore, the bats do not seem to qualify yet as an unequivocal example of reciprocal altruism. (from wikipedia)
These EMOTIONAL REACTIONS of STRONG DISLIKE
and STRONG LIKE
<note, the problem is, this is also PASSION which is a wonderful human quality, and without such emotional natures and reactions, we find we are PASSIONLESS bummer>
inform most of your decisions and are emotional gut, instinctual reactions.
these inform your choices, like I will be friends with them because I LIKE them, or
I can not be your friend any more because now I do not LIKE you because you were not reciprocal towards me, you are taking too much and I feel like I gave you a lot and did not get back what I gave.
this is reciprocity
and these are PREFERENCES and PREFERENTIAL treatment based on emotional response
There is a fable that when the badger had been stung all over by bees, a bear consoled him by a rhapsodic account of how he himself had just breakfasted on their honey. The badger replied peevishly, "The stings are in my flesh, and the sweetness is on your muzzle." The bear, it is said, was surprised at the badger's want of altruism. ["George Eliot," "Theophrastus Such," 1879]
When we do not get treated in this fashion it creates
Also known as "SIN" or "THE EVIL EYE" or also "HUBRIS"
grudge (n.)
"ill will excited by some special cause," late 15c., from grudge (v.).
The Grouch, on the other Hand, gave a correct Imitation of a Bear with a Sore Toe. His Conversation was largely made up of Grunts. He carried a Facial Expression that frightened little Children in Street Cars and took all the Starch out of sentimental Young Ladies. He seemed perpetually to carry the Hoof-Marks of a horrible Nightmare. [George Ade, "People You Know," 1902]
The verb is 1916, from the noun. Related: Grouched; grouching. Grouch bag "purse for carrying money secretly" (1908), probably so called for keeping the cash hidden from compatriots; it is the source of the nickname of U.S. comedian Julius "Groucho" Marx (1890-1977), who supposedly carried his money to poker games in one.
This can create many problems for everyone
including illness and sickness, (BECAUSE WOE IS ME )
especially of the Grudge bearer, or the one who feels the contempt (righteous or not) the strongest
this can be because they are HIDDEN in this GRUDGE PURSE
"Most people seemed to believe that they were experts of their own life story," he writes. "They had a set of memories that they strung like beads, and this necklace told a sensible tale." But, he suggests that "most of these stories would fall apart under strict examination — that, in fact, we were only peeping through a keyhole of our lives, and the majority of the truth, the reality of what happened to us, was hidden."
Synonym Discussion of ill will
malice, malevolence, ill will, spite, malignity, spleen, grudge mean the desire to see another experience pain, injury, or distress. malice implies a deep-seated often unexplainable desire to see another suffer.
- ⟨felt no malice toward their former enemies⟩
malevolence suggests a bitter persistent hatred that is likely to be expressed in malicious conduct.
- ⟨a look of dark malevolence⟩
ill will implies a feeling of antipathy of limited duration.
- ⟨ill willprovoked by a careless remark⟩
spite implies petty feelings of envy and resentment that are often expressed in small harassments.
- ⟨petty insults inspired by spite⟩
malignity implies deep passion and relentlessness.
- ⟨a life consumed by motiveless malignity⟩
spleensuggests the wrathful release of latent spite or persistent malice.
- ⟨venting his spleenagainst politicians⟩
grudge implies a harbored feeling of resentment or ill will that seeks satisfaction.
- ⟨never one to harbor a grudge⟩
Since often this ILL WILL
is JUSTIFIED by a terrible thing or trauma,
it creates a BURDEN OF CONTEMPT
to be carried by the victim, or holder of the cheat, we carry the burden of the beast
This must be minded and healed AND SHARED in order that it not consume everyone and everything into dehumanizing, demonizing cycles of samsara,
but it proves very difficult to reconcile, and certainly we are a far way off from it yet.
If you find your CONTEMPT is too large to reconcile, consider growing it SO LARGE it covers over everything, this too can be a strategy for managing it called CONTEMPTUS MUNDI where the hatred is taken on as a spiritual practice that accepts that the world and worldly things contain darkness hate and horror.
Gaining and researching strategies for healing your contempt must be investigated if you find you are consumed by it, in order that the poison not toxify you body mind and soul.
To tame the wolf of hate, it's important to get a handle on "ill will" – irritated, resentful, and angry feelings and intentions toward others. While it may seem justified in the moment, ill will harms you probably more than it harms others. In another metaphor, having ill will toward others is like throwing hot coals with bare hands: both people get burned.
Avoiding ill will does not mean passivity, allowing yourself or others to be exploited, staying silent in the face of injustice, etc.
There is plenty of room for speaking truth to power and effective action without succumbing to ill will. Think of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, or the Dalai Lama as examples. In fact, with a clear mind and a peaceful heart, your actions are likely to be more effective.
Ill will creates negative, vicious cycles. But that means that good will can create positive cycles. Plus good will cultivates wholesome qualities in you."
Buddhism present strategies and acknowledgements of these as well as the obstacles such emotional preferences cause in our lives,
2. ill will
Ill will (vyapada) is similar to sense desire in that the object of the hindrance is its dominant feature; this is not the case with the other three hindrances. In both sense desire and ill will we are strongly attached to an object which we are reluctant to let go. With sense desire we are trapped through our craving; in the case of ill will we are trapped through our aversion to it – yet the fascination of the object, the power of its spell over us, is no less strong.
The I Ching Recommends meeting people HALF WAY or in the middle, which is a way of the golden rule, or middle path and even if you CANT give them total emancipation from their evil, you could give them part and in that way not sacrifice your own values nor take everything for yourself
Ultimately each individual will have to find what works best for themselves and what they want to feed their hate wolf, and what they want to starve it from,
but this is a deeply internal and natural phenomenon that each human being must and should wrestle with in order to come into harmony and equilibrium with their resting state, especially when experiencing severe disturbance of any kind.
Shamanic and indigenous practices to deal with these kinds of disturbances are many and varied, for a system you can implement that includes these strategies please see here and investigate THE WAY OF HEAVEN
when low skies weightier than a coffin-lid
cast on the moaning soul their weary blight,
and from the whole horizon's murky grid
its grey light drips more dismal than the night;
when earth's a dungeon damp whose chill appals,
in which — a fluttering bat — my Hope, alone
buffets with timid wing the mouldering walls
and beats her head against the dome of stone;
when close as prison-bars, from overhead,
the clouds let fall the curtain of the rains,
and voiceless hordes of spiders come, to spread
their infamous cobwebs through our darkened brains,
explosively the bells begin to ring,
hurling their frightful clangour toward the sky,
as homeless spirits lost and wandering
might raise their indefatigable cry;
and ancient hearses through my soul advance
muffled and slow; my Hope, now pitiful,
weeps her defeat, and conquering Anguish plants
his great black banner on my cowering skull.
— Charles Baudelaire, Flowers of Evil (New York: Ives Washburn, 1931)


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Attack Types & VectorsDDoSSecurity
RDoS campaign underway in the United States
This blog discusses active research from Radware's ERT research team regarding a DDoS for Ransom campaign.
This is a preliminary report and will be updated accordingly.
Since the ProtonMail attack in 2015, Radware's ERT has been tracking and mitigating DDoS for Ransom campaigns, RDoS, from groups like the Armada Collective. An RDoS campaign is a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack motivated by monetary gain. Attackers typically start with an email or a post threatening to launch an attack at a certain day and time unless a ransom in Bitcoin is paid. In some cases, attackers will launch a mini-attack or sample attack on the victim's network as evidence that the threat is real.
RDoS campaigns can be financially rewarding to a cyber-criminal who enjoys making large amounts of money for little to no investment. Because of this, many hacking groups now imitate this modus operandi and spam similar ransom threats using other group names, with no intention of launching an attack. In 2016 many opportunists emerged using infamous names like the Armada Collective, Anonymous and Lizard Squad to spread fear and gain credibility for their threats. This year we have even seen groups pretending to be Fancy Bear/APT28.
[You might also like: As Cyber Security Programs Lose Their Moorings to Ransom-DoS: Radware Introduces the Ultimate Guide to Cyber Ransom]
Over the last several weeks Radware has witnessed an increase in RDoS campaigns in the Asian Pacific. Two groups emerged mid-June using the names Anonymous and the Armada Collective in an attempt to ransom dozens of financial institutions in China and South Korea. The group claiming to be the Armada Collective was requesting $315,000 USD under threat of a network-crippling DDoS attack. In South Korea, a number of organizations that received the ransom email also experienced sample SYN and NTP floods ranging between 5-20Gbps. In this campaign, the attackers did not follow through with their original threat even though sample attacks were launched.
Currently Radware's ERT team is tracking a similar campaign in the United States. Several large financial institutions in the U.S. have received email threats this week from a group claiming to be Anonymous. This group is requesting 100 bitcoins to be paid within seven days under the threat of being attacked by an IoT botnet. Radware's ERT Research division can say with high confidence that this is likely the same group that was behind the string of attacks in the Asian Pacific. At the moment, no sample attacks have been recorded but a number of victims have received letters similar to those sent out in China and South Korea.
Companies should be advised not to pay an extortionist and to seek professional assistance for mitigating RDoS attacks.
We will update this blog as more information becomes available.
Download the "Cyber Ransom Survival Guide: The Growing Threat of Ransomware and RDoS – and What to Do About It" to learn more.
Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith is an information security researcher for Radware's Emergency Response Team. He focuses on security research and risk analysis for network and application based vulnerabilities. Daniel's research focuses in on Denial-of-Service attacks and includes analysis of malware and botnets. As a white-hat hacker, his expertise in tools and techniques helps Radware develop signatures and mitigation attacks proactively for its customers.


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Wired staffers love Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Believe it or not, the demented antics of Tim Heidecker and Eric Warheim might be the future of comedy.
Storyboard Podcast: Episode 8
But what's so funny about the show's gross, awkward sketches (like the one embedded above)? As Brian Raftery learned while writing this month's feature, it's hard to explain what makes the show so … awesome!
In this week's Storyboard podcast, Wired senior editors Chris Baker and Robert Capps discuss "Tim and Eric Awesome Show! Gross, Half-Naked, Demented TV," Raftery's feature from the November 2009 issue.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


text: Improving quality of life with palliative care What is palliative care? Palliative care gives an extra layer of support to patients with serious illnesses or injuries as well as life-threatening illnesses. We work to improve the quality of life of patients and families. We help patients cope with their symptoms. Our team works with other providers to give the best care possible that fits within a patient's wishes. Legacy Health's palliative care team can help patients: Manage symptoms (pain, nausea, fatigue, weakness, breathing problems, sleep issues, constipation or weight loss) Talk about and plan the treatment with the whole care team Make plans for future care and difficult health choices Find emotional and spiritual support through counseling or community resources Locations & Providers Palliative care vs. hospice care Both hospice and palliative care give support and comfort. However, palliative care is given to patients at any stage of a serious illness or injury. Hospice is for patients near the end-of-life who are no longer receiving cure-related treatment. We aim to improve the patient's quality of life and reduce their symptoms at any point along the treatment path. Learn more about hospice or palliative care management. Learn more about hospice and palliative care planning. What is palliative care? How to get palliative care Anyone — patients, families or health care providers — can request palliative care services. For patients in the hospital, the physician in charge of your care can ask for palliative care. For patients not in the hospital, call Legacy Medical Group-Palliative Care at 503-413-6862 for more information. Center to Advance Palliative Care Learn more about palliative care Resources LINK Palliative care - what is it? LINK Learn more - explore our health library Stories VIEW MORE Our People Legacy Meridian Park's Joan Sichel honored with Palliative Care Award READ MORE > Our Communities Legacy hospitals recognized for LGBTQ care equality READ MORE > Our Patients Daughter gives life back to mother READ MORE > VIEW MORE


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Dell inc. is an American privately owned Multinational Computer Technology Company based in the United States & which developed, deals, sold, repaired & supported computers & related products & services too. The Dell Canvas was on show last month at CES, 2017 at the Round Rock. The Texas-headquartered company is also show casing a Surface Studio like device, called the Canvas. Dell describes this 27-inch QHD touch screen device as a "Smart workspace". It is surely not a tablet or AiO, as it still requires the partner PC to work along with it.
DELL Canvas Laptop
However, in one or the other way, it is the rival of Microsoft Surface Studio AIO as it is also designed to appeal to offer the creative & appealing touch, precise inking, & much more.
Dell Canvas, which also features at 4,500 x 3,000. The Microsoft surface studio has 10 points multi-touch while, Dell has 20 points multi-touch screen, which allows multiple people to work is featuring a massive 27-inch Canvas touch screen display, which is just an inch smaller than the Microsoft all-in-one PC, the Surface Studio.
The display is 2,560 x 1,441 resolution, which is the same as 27-inch but, less the higher 4K surface studio on a single project amicably.
The 27 inch Dell canvas – is seamlessly working with the existing professional software. & it also monitors the setup to encourage the interaction. There are some special devices available in 27-inch Dell Canvas which will able to create, communicate, & also express one's thoughts & ideas as naturally as on paper.
The Dell Canvas will cost $1,799 in the U.S. on the other hand; you will get the new version where you can draw on it with the pen. It is already integrated with the surface pen usage & it also allow the creation to Cortana reminders & intelligently recognized addresses, E-mail, Phone numbers & much more call to actions.


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Stacking Green
Winner of the best house award at the World Architecture Festival held in Singapore earlier this month, this house in Ho Chi Minh City has front and back facades consisting of layers of concrete planters cantilevered from two side walls.
The design by Vo Trong Nghia Architects is named 'Stacking Green', after the vigorous and vital greenery that fills its facades, and was inspired by the local custom of displaying flowers and tropical plants in pots on balconies, courtyards and in the street.
Sunlight entering the building via the planted facades creates beautiful shadow effects on the granite walls.


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A mother is outraged after disturbing photos of a police officer posing with a 'thumbs up' while holding the wrist of her dead son have emerged.
Kim Staton from St Louis, US, said she will 'never know' what happened to her 28-year-old son Omar Rahman who was found in a home by officers.
Omar died of an overdose but it seems the police were highly inappropriate 'when they're supposed to be there to help and protect', the Sun reports.
Ms Staton told News 4:
When they (the police) come to a call, they're supposed to be there to help and protect, not doing what he was doing with thumbs up and a smirk on his face.
Her attorney, Antonio Romanucci, branded the photo as 'hideous' and said that the implications are 'astronomical'.
The forensic camera allegedly went missing for a period of time, and an investigation is being launched into the photo.
North County Co-op Chief Time Swope refused to go on camera and speak to the news programme, but former St Louis Chief Dan Isom couldn't understand why the officer would be acting in such a way,
Isom said:
I don't know why he's raising his thumb in the air, I don't know what he's doing at that point, I can't explain why you would be doing that in the photo, but certainly there are reasons why a person might turn a body over, view it, for signs of trauma.
Staton has launched a lawsuit to find 'some answers' while the North County Police Cooperative claim the photo is 'stolen property' and 'does not believe it is appropriate to comment on a matter related to 2 open criminal investigations'.


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PF says the "election of a pro-choice Democrat for president" could contribute to this downward trend in numbers of abortion supporters, since the decline first appeared in polls early in 2009. Until then, abortion supporters largely outnumbered opponents, but now they only represent a slim majority.
The survey revealed a seven-percent drop over the past year in the number of Americans who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases (47 percent). At the same time, the number of pro-life advocates (45 percent) is up four percent. PF found a six-point increase in respondents who want to make abortions more difficult to obtain (41 percent). Sixty-five percent of Americans think it would be good to reduce the number of abortions, also up six percent from last year. All of the survey results found that support for abortion is on the decline. And although 60 percent of Americans still believe it is possible to find a compromise on abortion issues, even that number is down six points from 2006 survey results. This recent survey confirms findings of a May 2009 Gallup poll that found a slim majority of Americans, 51 percent, call themselves "pro-life."
The shift in opposition to abortion is bi-partisan, though PF noted that abortion is no longer a hot topic among liberal Democrats. (Since 1973 and Roe v. Wade, they have not had to fight for abortion; they have focused their energies on loosening restrictions. Pro-life causes, on the other hand, have fought an uphill battle for nearly 40 years against legalized abortion, which might explain their more entrenched opposition.)
But this recent rise in pro-life sentiment didn't stop the Senate Finance Committee from rejecting two anti-abortion provisions in the healthcare reform bill earlier this week. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced both amendments. The first would ensure that no taxpayer dollars would support abortions, especially exempting insurance premium subsidies since the bill authorizes such funding. The other amendment would have prohibited the government from discriminating against healthcare providers who refuse to perform abortions. Committee members voted 13 – 10 against both provisions. In a press release, Hatch expressed his disappointment in both votes, "especially given the fact that Chairman Baucus has made it clear during this mark-up that he did not want federal taxpayer dollars to pay for abortions." Hatch declares he will continue to fight for both of the issues contained in these amendments as debate on the healthcare bill continues.


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It was sooooo cold today. Like, bone chilling, nose dripping, foot numbing cold. I ventured out of the house to get a facial at this place called Finesse Spa. I get them about once a year, usually when my skin is acting up which it has been ever since I got back from London. They were having a special... it was nice, they steamed my face and put my hands in these warm gloves things so it definitely thawed me out. The plan was to go to the gym and then go home, but the spa was across the street from the Chelsea Flea Market where I've never been so I decided to go check it out to see if they had any vintage patterns or anything of interest. Did not find any patterns but I did find some other things, this one lady had a stall where everything was really cheap, she gave me the following all for $115:
I had been wanting a good 60's vintage suit for some time, one with a fur collar preferably contrasting to the suit. This one is a dress suit with a mink collar, by "Visconti." Was not familiar about the label but it is in great condition. Do you think people would think it was weird if I wore this to interviews? I sooooo can't stand my Nine West pantsuit, I don't feel like myself.
Then I got these boots:
I probably didn't need these, since I already have a pair of red boots, but not ones with heels. These are dreamy.
And as it was an exeedingly cold day, I was on the lookout for a good muff. Even with gloves on my hands were numb, so I picked out this awesome black one. I know, I know, I'm Cruella DeVille. Whatever, it was already dead. She threw in the polka dot gloves for free!
I think I could wear all this together.
I felt bad for all the market vendors, it was FREEZING in there and business seemed a little slow.
After that my motivation to got the gym fizzled as I could no longer feel my extremeties, and I decided to get home as fast as possible, but on the way back I had to pass by Shake Shack, Danny Meyer's burger place. This place is known for its insane line:
So since there was none, I got a burger ($3.75) and then hopped on the subway. Waiting in the cold for it to be cooked was unpleasant but it sure was tasty. Not Dumont tasty but you can't get a much better burger for that cheap.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
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My philosophy - I want to share my art with as many people as possible. You will not see a watermark as I loath watermarks, they detract from the image.
Another reason is I want people to see my work and what better way then to have people that really love an images to tell a friend, hey, look what Rod Melotte has created, you should check out his website.
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Are you looking at upgrading your camera gear? From the new Canon EOS-R to the Fuji XT-20, these are the best cameras for blogging & vlogging right now!
If you're looking for the best camera gear for travelling then this is the article for you. Some of this camera gear I couldn't like without while on the road!
Are you looking to take your time-lapse photography to the next level? Then check out my review of the Syrp Genie as I test out this motion control device!
Do I need specialist camera insurance?
This is a question I've been asking myself a lot recently. Do I really need specialist camera insurance for my travels? Yes, yes I do, and you probably do too.
It doesn't matter whether you've got a camera phone, a compact camera, or an advanced DSLR, you've got to use it and it's you've got to frame everything.
Don't use a flash, do shoot from the heart. Part two of my interview with director of photography, Brian Ceci, looks into technicalities & finding your artistic style.
Where the Light Leads Us
Brian Ceci and I talk about the urge to travel, and what it was about photography and videography that took a hold of him and hasn't let go since.
I absolutely love photography, and these are just a few of my favourite photos from a few of my favourite countries. I have no doubt a lot more is to come.
While I have spent a lot of time performing in my life, I was always drawn to taking a look at the bigger picture, and I love creating all types of visual composition.
Photos by Brian Ceci
Photography is such an unnatural medium to humans. No one looks at a single moment and freezes it in time; we all view things in real time as they move about.


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Arrangement of Sections
1. Short title.
2. Incorporation of the Maharagama Young Men's Buddhist Association.
3. General objects of the Corporation.
4. General powers of the Corporation.
5. Management of the affairs of the Corporation.
6. Rules of the Corporation.
7. Fund of the Corporation.
8. Debts due by and payable to the Association.
9. Corporation may hold property movable or immovable.
10. Seal of the Corporation.
11. Saving of the rights of the Republic and others.
12. Sinhala text to prevail in case of any inconsistency.
19 of 1998.
AN ACT to incorporate the Young Men's Buddhist Association, Maharagama.
[Date of Commencement: 31st March, 1998]
1. Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Young Men's Buddhist Association, Maharagama (Incorporation) Act.
2. Incorporation of the Maharagama Young Men's Buddhist Association.
From and after the date of commencement of this Act, such and so many persons as now are members of the Young Men's Buddhist Association, Maharagama (hereinafter referred to as the "Association") or shall hereafter be admitted members of the Corporation hereby constituted, shall be a body corporate (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation") with perpetual succession, under the name and style of the "Young Men's Buddhist Association, Maharagama" and by that name may sue and be sued in all courts, with full power and authority to have and use a common seal and to alter the same at its pleasure.
3. General objects of the Corporation.
The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be—
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"Case evaluation" evaluation" is a process in which the parties or their attorneys present a summary of their case to us. We then give the participants a non-binding opinion of the likely outcome or range of expected outcomes if the case proceeds to a trial by a judge in court. This process can occur with the parties alone if unrepresented, or with the parties and their lawyers present and participating. When counsel does not participate directly in case evaluation, we encourage the parties to have lawyers with whom they consult before sessions, in financial disclosure and in connection with agreement drafting. We will only do case evaluation as a joint engagement of all parties to the dispute and not for one side only.
We will address divorce, custody or other family law, probate law or other litigation matters.
If the case does not settle, we will, if the parties wish, explore the steps that remain to prepare the case for trial before a judge in court, of if the parties wish, before an arbitrator.
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That joyful time of year is with us again - 24 nights of fun and laughter across four weeks with the Tringe Comedy Festival (28 June - 25 July).
Kicking off this weekend with the ever popular Roving Comedy Night, four groups of comedians made up of professionals and trainees, will perform at four pubs on Sunday evening.
A last minute 'Brucey Bonus gig' which is not listed in the event guide, but is included in the passport scheme, is the appearance of Patrick Kielty at The Court Theatre on Saturday July 25.
The Northern Irishman returns to his stand up roots with a brand new show. But he can't do it on his own – he needs your help. Join the former psychology graduate and star of Live At The Apollo, Dave's One Night Stand and host of the BBC New Comedy Awards as he attempts to write his new rulebook for love, life and happiness. Bring him your lovers, your advice and a crayon. He promises to do the rest.
Appearing on the same bill with Kielty is Tringe favourite Jimmy McGhie with his fifth solo show, confronting masculinity, mortality, the sins of the father and his complete inability to resist a good salesman. Along the way he encounters some vicious anti-corporate satirists, and explains how various early childhood humiliations made him what he is today: a clown.
Most of the nights are at the Court Theatre in Tring, with an occasional gig at the Limelight Theatre in Aylesbury.
Acts over the four weeks include Hardeep Singh Kohli, Josh Widdicombe, Pete Firman, Ed Byrne, Jenny Eclair and Henning Wehn.
Tringe Variety Night takes place on Tuesday June 30 and sees luscious Lili la Scala and some of her favourite cabaret reprobates entertain with a show stuffed to the gunnels with comedy, songs and burlesque. The night includes The Boy With Tape on His Face, an award winning Chaplinesque New Zealander who has been compared to Buster Keaton, Harpo Marx and Mr Bean. The night also includes Margaret Thatcher, Queen of Soho, which enjoyed a total sell out run in Edinburgh and at London's Leicester Square Theatre in a drag musical extravaganza like no other.
Details of all gigs, locations, acts, times and ticket prices can be found at www.tringefestival.co.uk where tickets can also be bought. Tickets are also available from Fancy That on Tring High Street.


text: This is about a month late, but we had a blast performing at the Red Rock Dance Festival! We performed a work by Artistic Director Shay Lynn Myers titled Unsteady. We had originally used this work for a dance film she created but decided to try to transform it to the stage. It was also the first time we've been on a stage together as a whole, yet it felt so good! We received great feedback, many commenting on how well we danced together which has made us more excited for our show this coming fall. Its interesting how half of our company members were complete strangers last summer, but now we have formed this new bond that can only happen through dance. We truly do love what we do, and hope the audiences we get to perform for do as well!


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Sick As We Are festival is an anual gathering of the Balkan hardcore punk community in Županja, Croatia. It usually takes place mid-July, when people all over the Balkan region come together and have fun.
We're a small and intimate festival with friendly atmosphere and do it yourself spirit. So far we had around 93 different bands playing on our stage, and this year we have 21 more. We love to host new folks from all over the world and introduce their music to the regional community. We don't like monotony, that's why we don't often repeat bands. Once again this year, we invite you to support each and every band that is playing at the festival.
SAWA is all about gathering our dear friends together to have fun, supporting the scene and bands on tour, and loudly saying good night to racism, hate, violence, homophobia and any kind of discrimination. We think that's more important now than ever.
We are a non profit collective. We don't do this because of money. All the people involved in the organization are doing this completely voluntary. We also invest a lot of time and our own money to make this happen, so please look out for the donation box on the festival and help us by donating as much as you feel you can.
Check out the following links to find out more about the festival:
+ After party: DJ BajaHazard & DJ LeyzBastard
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Patrick Henry PTA, in partnership with Baroody Camps, provides a wide variety of after-school enrichment classes for students across all grade levels!
Patrick Henry PTA's Enrichment Program offers elective classes, held after school (3:45-4:45 pm), that give students a chance to exercise intellectual, physical and creative energies through hands-on and participatory classes. Classes have included art, music, fitness, sports, language, science and more. We offer classes three times each year and ensure a safe, engaging environment that motivates and inspires learning outside of the regular school day.
Online enrollment for our fall session is now open, with classes beginning the week of October 2nd. Please remember that many classes fill up quickly.
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Kafka Inside Keystone Pipeline
This is the second blog of our Keystone pipeline series. Please refer to the first part for overview and evolution of the Keystone pipeline:
Evolution of the Netflix Data Pipeline
our Keystone data pipeline has experienced major transformations
In summary, the Keystone pipeline is a unified event publishing, collection, and routing infrastructure for both batch and stream processing.
We have two sets of Kafka clusters in Keystone pipeline: Fronting Kafka and Consumer Kafka. Fronting Kafka clusters are responsible for getting the messages from the producers which are virtually every application instance in Netflix. Their roles are data collection and buffering for downstream systems. Consumer Kafka clusters contain a subset of topics routed by Samza for real-time consumers.
We currently operate 36 Kafka clusters consisting of 4,000+ broker instances for both Fronting Kafka and Consumer Kafka. More than 700 billion messages are ingested on an average day. We are currently transitioning from Kafka version 0.8.2.1 to 0.9.0.1.
Design Principles
Given the current Kafka architecture and our huge data volume, to achieve lossless delivery for our data pipeline is cost prohibitive in AWS EC2. Accounting for this, we've worked with teams that depend upon our infrastructure to arrive at an acceptable amount of data loss, while balancing cost. We've achieved a daily data loss rate of less than 0.01%. Metrics are gathered for dropped messages so we can take action if needed.
The Keystone pipeline produces messages asynchronously without blocking applications. In case a message cannot be delivered after retries, it will be dropped by the producer to ensure the availability of the application and good user experience. This is why we have chosen the following configuration for our producer and broker:
- acks = 1
- block.on.buffer.full = false
- unclean.leader.election.enable = true
Most of the applications in Netflix use our Java client library to produce to Keystone pipeline. On each instance of those applications, there are multiple Kafka producers, with each producing to a Fronting Kafka cluster for sink level isolation. The producers have flexible topic routing and sink configuration which are driven via dynamic configuration that can be changed at runtime without having to restart the application process. This makes it possible for things like redirecting traffic and migrating topics across Kafka clusters. For non-Java applications, they can choose to send events to Keystone REST endpoints which relay messages to fronting Kafka clusters.
For greater flexibility, the producers do not use keyed messages. Approximate message ordering is re-established in the batch processing layer (Hive / Elasticsearch) or routing layer for streaming consumers.
We put the stability of our Fronting Kafka clusters at a high priority because they are the gateway for message injection. Therefore we do not allow client applications to directly consume from them to make sure they have predictable load.
Challenges of running Kafka in the Cloud
Kafka was developed with data center as the deployment target at LinkedIn. We have made notable efforts to make Kafka run better in the cloud.
In the cloud, instances have an unpredictable life-cycle and can be terminated at anytime due to hardware issues. Transient networking issues are expected. These are not problems for stateless services but pose a big challenge for a stateful service requiring ZooKeeper and a single controller for coordination.
Most of our issues begin with outlier brokers. An outlier may be caused by uneven workload, hardware problems or its specific environment, for example, noisy neighbors due to multi-tenancy. An outlier broker may have slow responses to requests or frequent TCP timeouts/retransmissions. Producers who send events to such a broker will have a good chance to exhaust their local buffers while waiting for responses, after which message drop becomes a certainty. The other contributing factor to buffer exhaustion is that Kafka 0.8.2 producer doesn't support timeout for messages waiting in buffer.
Kafka's replication improves availability. However, replication leads to inter-dependencies among brokers where an outlier can cause cascading effect. If an outlier slows down replication, replication lag may build up and eventually cause partition leaders to read from the disk to serve the replication requests. This slows down the affected brokers and eventually results in producers dropping messages due to exhausted buffer as explained in previous case.
During our early days of operating Kafka, we experienced an incident where producers were dropping a significant amount of messages to a Kafka cluster with hundreds of instances due to a ZooKeeper issue while there was little we could do. Debugging issues like this in a small time window with hundreds of brokers is simply not realistic.
Following the incident, efforts were made to reduce the statefulness and complexity for our Kafka clusters, detect outliers, and find a way to quickly start over with a clean state when an incident occurs.
Kafka Deployment Strategy
The following are the key strategies we used for deploying Kafka clusters
- Favor multiple small Kafka clusters as opposed to one giant cluster. This reduces the operational complexity for each cluster. Our largest cluster has less than 200 brokers.
- Limit the number of partitions in each cluster. Each cluster has less than 10,000 partitions. This improves the availability and reduces the latency for requests/responses that are bound to the number of partitions.
- Strive for even distribution of replicas for each topic. Even workload is easier for capacity planning and detection of outliers.
- Use dedicated ZooKeeper cluster for each Kafka cluster to reduce the impact of ZooKeeper issues.
The following table shows our deployment configurations.
Kafka Failover
We automated a process where we can failover both producer and consumer (router) traffic to a new Kafka cluster when the primary cluster is in trouble. For each fronting Kafka cluster, there is a cold standby cluster with desired launch configuration but minimal initial capacity. To guarantee a clean state to start with, the failover cluster has no topics created and does not share the ZooKeeper cluster with the primary Kafka cluster. The failover cluster is also designed to have replication factor 1 so that it will be free from any replication issues the original cluster may have.
When failover happens, the following steps are taken to divert the producer and consumer traffic:
- Resize the failover cluster to desired size.
- Create topics on and launch routing jobs for the failover cluster in parallel.
- (Optionally) Wait for leaders of partitions to be established by the controller to minimize the initial message drop when producing to it.
- Dynamically change the producer configuration to switch producer traffic to the failover cluster.
The failover scenario can be depicted by the following chart:
With the complete automation of the process, we can do failover in less than 5 minutes. Once failover has completed successfully, we can debug the issues with the original cluster using logs and metrics. It is also possible to completely destroy the cluster and rebuild with new images before we switch back the traffic. In fact, we often use failover strategy to divert the traffic while doing offline maintenance. This is how we are upgrading our Kafka clusters to new Kafka version without having to do the rolling upgrade or setting the inter-broker communication protocol version.
Development for Kafka
We developed quite a lot of useful tools for Kafka. Here are some of the highlights:
Producer sticky partitioner
This is a special customized partitioner we have developed for our Java producer library. As the name suggests, it sticks to a certain partition for producing for a configurable amount of time before randomly choosing the next partition. We found that using sticky partitioner together with lingering helps to improve message batching and reduce the load for the broker. Here is the table to show the effect of the sticky partitioner:
Rack aware replica assignment
All of our Kafka clusters spans across three AWS availability zones. An AWS availability zone is conceptually a rack. To ensure availability in case one zone goes down, we developed the rack (zone) aware replica assignment so that replicas for the same topic are assigned to different zones. This not only helps to reduce the risk of a zone outage, but also improves our availability when multiple brokers co-located in the same physical host are terminated due to host problems. In this case, we have better fault tolerance than Kafka's N — 1 where N is the replication factor.
The work is contributed to Kafka community in KIP-36 and Apache Kafka Github Pull Request #132.
Kafka Metadata Visualizer
Kafka's metadata is stored in ZooKeeper. However, the tree view provided by Exhibitor is difficult to navigate and it is time consuming to find and correlate information.
We created our own UI to visualize the metadata. It provides both chart and tabular views and uses rich color schemes to indicate ISR state. The key features are the following:
- Individual tab for views for brokers, topics, and clusters
- Most information is sortable and searchable
- Searching for topics across clusters
- Direct mapping from broker ID to AWS instance ID
- Correlation of brokers by the leader-follower relationship
The following are the screenshots of the UI:
We created a dedicated monitoring service for Kafka. It is responsible for tracking:
- Broker status (specifically, if it is offline from ZooKeeper)
- Broker's ability to receive messages from producers and deliver messages to consumers. The monitoring service acts as both producer and consumer for continuous heartbeat messages and measures the latency of these messages.
- For old ZooKeeper based consumers, it monitors the partition count for the consumer group to make sure each partition is consumed.
- For Keystone Samza routers, it monitors the checkpointed offsets and compares with broker's log offsets to make sure they are not stuck and have no significant lag.
In addition, we have extensive dashboards to monitor traffic flow down to a topic level and most of the broker's metrics.
Future plan
We are currently in process of migrating to Kafka 0.9, which has quite a few features we want to use including new consumer APIs, producer message timeout and quotas. We will also move our Kafka clusters to AWS VPC and believe its improved networking (compared to EC2 classic) will give us an edge to improve availability and resource utilization.
We are going to introduce a tiered SLA for topics. For topics that can accept minor loss, we are considering using one replica. Without replication, we not only save huge on bandwidth, but also minimize the state changes that have to depend on the controller. This is another step to make Kafka less stateful in an environment that favors stateless services. The downside is the potential message loss when a broker goes away. However, by leveraging the producer message timeout in 0.9 release and possibly AWS EBS volume, we can mitigate the loss.
Stay tuned for future Keystone blogs on our routing infrastructure, container management, stream processing and more!
— by Real-Time Data Infrastructure Team
Allen Wang, Steven Wu, Monal Daxini, Manas Alekar, Zhenzhong Xu, Jigish Patel, Nagarjun Guraja, Jonathan Bond, Matt Zimmer, Peter Bakas, Kunal Kundaje
Originally published at techblog.netflix.com on April 27, 2016.


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Death didn't seem to have changed Jerry Rosenberg much. There he was, careering around the courtroom, the same skinny, hyperactive wise guy he used to be before he expired back in 1986. In the years he has spent behind bars since 1963, Jerry has dreamed up some pretty inventive legal arguments—even if he says so himself, and he does. But the argument he was presenting to a New York State Supreme Court justice two weeks ago had to be his pièce de résistance as a jailhouse lawyer. When his heart stopped during open-heart surgery two years ago, Rosenberg told the court, he literally died for a few moments: Ipso facto he had fulfilled the life sentence he'd been serving for a killing 26 years earlier and shouldn't be imprisoned at Auburn Correctional Facility in Upstate New York any longer.
Who else could exhibit such a unique understanding of the law? Who else but the trouble-prone son of a middle-class merchant from Brooklyn, eighth-grade dropout Jerry Rosenberg—or, as he's proud to be called in the slammer, "Jerry the Jew"? Jurisprudential creativity has earned Jerry about all the acclaim a 50-year-old con could crave. Sure, he was convicted of killing two policemen in New York City during a holdup in May 1962. But a correspondence school in Illinois has granted him two law degrees. A paperback has been written on his life, and Hollywood turned that into a TV movie titled Doing Life, which aired in September 1986. The U.S. Supreme Court has even, as Jerry puts it in his raspy Brooklyn accent, "reckanized" him as "counsel": The court ordered the release of mobster Carmine Galante in October 1978 on the basis of a brief filed by Rosenberg as Galante's petitioner. With so many fine credits, Jerry isn't even steamed about a New York law that bars those under life sentences, like him, from taking the bar exam. "The only bar I wanna belong to," he says, "is Joe's bar in Brooklyn."
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Ground-Breaking Will Begin Fall 2018
After 85 years, it is time to renovate the student cabins, bathrooms and showers at Camp Davis. While these cabins have served us well for years, and hold many fond memories, ongoing maintenance costs, safety concerns, and infrastructure decay require major upgrades to continue Camp operations, and to serve UM students for another century. We have developed a comprehensive renovation plan in collaboration with a local architect to redevelop the student cabins, connect Camp to high speed internet service, and renovate the mess hall. College, Department and alumni contributions have gotten us more than halfway to our $5 million target. Our ambitious goal is almost complete, and we plan to break ground on the new cabins in the fall of 2018. There are many ways to contribute to this fundraising goal. Please read below about ways to give.
"Oh Joy Another Day To Excel"
A note from Camp Davis alumnus Fred Metzger:
"Non Tam Pares Quam Superiores" …"Not as Good as but Better Than", that was the motto of the Michigan Marching Band during my days underDr. William D. Revelli and George Cavender. (Still is today!) The Band wasreally what kept me going at Michigan during my undergraduate years from1969-1973. For me, academics were just optional; it was all about the band and football, basketball and hockey. I was in the Engineering school but I really had no passion for it, and then I took my first Geology class in CC Little as an elective. I cameaway from that class,taught by Ike Smith, thinking hey this is a little more fun than Engineering! It wasn't long after that Geology became my major. more
Renovation Needs
Renovation of the student cabins and mess hall at Camp Davis are needed to address two specific challenges. The first challenge is infrastructure decay. The cabins, and much of the associated water, sewer, and electrical infrastructure, is nearing 90 years old. Maintenance costs for the student cabins are a significant drain on our operating budget, and modern building code requirements limit the upgrades, repairs, and renovations we can perform on the existing buildings and infrastructure. Redevelopment of the entire student housing wing is the best way forward to improving infrastructure reliability, enhancing student safety, and lowering our long-term operating costs. The second challenge that we are addressing is student demand. Enrollment in Camp Davis courses has been climbing annually, and over 170 students are expected to participate in our courses this summer. Our present infrastructure limits the number of students we could accommodate because student cabins aren't heated, and student showers and bathrooms can't be opened while nighttime temperatures are below freezing. The renovation will address these problems, and allow Camp operations to expand earlier into the spring and later in the summer and fall, allowing continued student enrollment growth at Camp. For more information about the proposed renovation and needs, please see this prospectus.
Current Status of Renovation Project
Groundbreaking for the new student cabin phase is currently scheduled for fall 2018. Completion of the project is expected before spring classes resume in May of 2018. Architectural and engineering diagrams for the student cabin renovation have been completed by Greg Mason of Krikor Architecture in Jackson, Wyoming, in consultation with the University architect, LSA Facilities management, and Department and Camp Davis staff. A variety of engineering sites tests have also been completed, including well pump tests and perc tests. Potential cabin manufacturers have been visited in the Rocky Mountain region. Plans will be submitted to the University's Board of Regents and to the City of Jackson and the State of Wyoming for approval and construction can commence. A PDF document of architectural site plans and cabin plans is available here.
An internet improvement plan is in place and negotiations are ongoing with the local internet service provider to develop this service.
Plans for renovations to the Camp mess hall are in development.
Cabin Plans
We plan to replace all of the cabins, bathroom buildings, and infrastructure on the west side of Camp. We will construct 28 new student cabins with electric heaters and en suite bathrooms, each of which will sleep 4 students. In addition, we will build two ADA-compliant cabins that will each sleep 2 students, and build a new restroom building adjacent to the camp center to better serve the mess hall and classrooms. All of the infrastructure will be replaced, and will be buried underground well below the frost line for multi-season use. This will include a new septic system, sewer lines, water lines, electrical service, and fire sprinkler supply lines. The construction cost, per cabin, is estimated at $125,000. A PDF document of the architectual site plans and cabin plans is available here.
Ways to Give
The Camp Davis renovation fund is a unique opportunity for alumni and friends to help support and continue the educational mission of Camp Davis, and to improve the facilities at Camp for generations to come. There are many ways to contribute towards the Camp renovation that will help us reach our fundraising goal for this project. Importantly, plans for future contributions or gifts can be counted now towards our target.
- Donate now to the Camp Davis Renovation Fund
- Pledge an annual gift over the next five years. If your employer matches your charitable giving, both your total pledge, and the total matching amount from your employer can be counted towards our fundraising goals. Example pledge letter.
- Plan for Camp Davis in your estate through a bequest. Planned gifts that are documented with the University can be counted towards the fundraising goals of the student cabin renovation. Example Memorandum of Agreement. Example Declaration of Intent.
- If you are interested in making a pledge or a planned gift, please contact Camp Director, Nathan Niemi (email@example.com); (734) 764-6377) or LSA Development Liaison Jenny Howard (firstname.lastname@example.com ); (734) 615-6239)
Donor Recognition
Generous Alumni and thier families have donated over $2 million to help us reach our goal of providing the Camp Davis experience for generations to come. Thank You!
Student Testimonials
Below are just a few of our student testimonials over the years:
Any student will tell you that Camp Davis offers so many more lessons than those printed on the course syllabus...more − Eric Portegna (BS '08), Postdoctoral Fellow
In a world where field camps are vanishing, Camp Davis offers students what no other geology field camp can provide: a varied, first-rate education of fundamental field skills in a small class setting with high caliber experts.... more − Kelly Umlauf (BS '07) , Geologist
I love Camp Davis! Not only are the classes fantastic, but the professors are great and very knowledgeable and approachable.... more - Ada Dominguez (BS'10, MS'12), Geophysicist
The impact Camp Davis has had on my life is indescribable - it is directly responsible for where I am today.Camp Davis is a unique learning experience - the setting is rustic but the faculty are world class.... more − Jess Malone (BS'06, MS '09), Environmental Consultant
The educational experiences that Camp Davis provides to students in various degree programs are unlike anything they can receive on main campus. Camp Davis facilitates physical and mental growth, teamwork, and camaraderie with other students and professors.... more − Lt. JG Jared Halonen (BS '08), NOAA Corps
My experience at Camp Davis, in addition to providing me with practical field knowledge which has been invaluable to my research, caused an enduring shift in how I think about deep earth processes... more − Mary Peterson (BS '09), PhD student


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A stand against silence
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By NEELY STEINBERG
November 14, 2007 4:50:48 PM
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By NEELY STEINBERG
November 14, 2007 4:50:48 PM
CAN'T ASK, CAN'T TELL: Denied a spot in the American Legion's Veteran's Day Parade, members of the local Veterans for Peace showed up anyway, and were arrested for their silent protest against censorship.
Their hearts were warmed by passion, despite the cold temperatures. Armed with signs, upside-down flags of distress, and anti-war fliers, the Smedley D. Butler Brigade, Chapter 9 of Veterans For Peace (VFP), refused to be censored — their request to participate in this past Sunday's annual Veterans Day parade was denied by the American Legion, which coordinates the event each year. But official exclusion did little to deter the group from marching at the end of the parade, behind the street sweepers, and carrying out its objectives: promoting peace, speaking out against the war in Iraq, and supporting the troops by calling for their immediate return home.
"We want to put our message out to the crowd along the route, and make it clear that we will not be silenced by the American Legion," said Nate Goldshlag, an Army veteran and one of the Brigade organizers who led the rally of about 40 disgruntled vets down Tremont Street to City Hall Plaza. (Goldshlag is no stranger to activism: in 1969, he and fellow Vietnam War opponents participated in the infamous student takeover of Harvard's University Hall, an incident that garnered national attention and got him expelled.)
Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner, a strong supporter of VFP, also weighed in on the Legion's decision, calling it "an insult to vets everywhere." The Legion, however, asserts the parade is a non-political event, a claim hotly contested by Goldshlag and Turner, who argue that in previous years the parade's speakers have been "pro-war."
For the most part, the crowd along the parade route was supportive of VFP. But Jeff Monico of Saugus, a Marine and Iraq War veteran, was angered by the anti-war group's display of upside-down flags. "It's disrespectful at this event to be holding the flags like that," he said. A young boy next to him agreed. "You're not holding the flag the right way," shouted the youth. "If I were a cop, I'd put you in jail." His words were all too prophetic.
As people trickled into the plaza, a single line of VFP members began to form in front of the podium. Faces stoic and mouths stuffed with handkerchiefs, the demonstrators now silently protested with signs draped across their bodies that read: AMERICAN LEGION SILENCES MESSAGES OF PEACE FROM VETERANS. The American Legion band played on as people anxiously waited to see what would happen next. Slowly, one by one, the veterans were handcuffed and arrested by the Boston Police, the rat-a-tat-tat of the drums ringing in their ears as they were led off into the distance.
Eighteen of the VFP vets were subsequently charged with disturbing a lawful assembly of people, and, at press time, were scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday and Wednesday in Boston Municipal Court.
By Rachel Leamon
The Daily Free Press ( Boston U. )
(U-WIRE) BOSTON -- Patriotism and antiwar passion collided Sunday when 18 former soldiers turned activists were arrested during a Veterans Day parade at City Hall in front of the uniformed, whom they blamed for unnecessary bloodshed in Iraq. Members of Boston Veterans for Peace, a group of former soldiers who oppose U.S. involvement in the war, were reprimanded by police when they refused to move away from the main podium after continued warnings.
By Rachel Leamon
The Daily Free Press ( Boston U. )
(U-WIRE) BOSTON -- Patriotism and antiwar passion collided Sunday when 18 former soldiers turned activists were arrested during a Veterans Day parade at City Hall in front of the uniformed, whom they blamed for unnecessary bloodshed in Iraq. Members of Boston Veterans for Peace, a group of former soldiers who oppose U.S. involvement in the war, were reprimanded by police when they refused to move away from the main podium after continued warnings.
The city permitted the group to march in the parade Sunday, but banned carrying antiwar signs. "The American Legion sponsors this parade and doesn't like veterans who are against war," Veterans for Peace member and Vietnam veteran Jim Packer said. "The Legion thinks that to support the soldiers, you have to be for the war, but I think that the best way to support soldiers is to bring them home." Packer, who stood near the rear of the crowd, said he developed a new perspective on war after he graduated from Boston University in 1966 and enlisted in the Marines. "I came back from Vietnam with a commitment not to allow this country to start another war based on lies," he said.
According to its website, Veterans for Peace, which has four chapters in Massachusetts, aims to peacefully stop hostile intervention in foreign affairs and eradicate war as a policy tool. Veterans for Peace member Paul Atwood, also a BU graduate, said Veterans Day pageantry glorifies militarism. "A day like this should be a day of sovereign reflection," Atwood said. Other protesters turned American flags upside down. "The upside-down flag is a symbol of soldiers in distress," said Montserrat College of Art freshman Casey Furtado.
"Our country is in distress as a result of the war." According to the Boston Police Department website, those arrested are being charged with disturbing a lawful assembly. Other spectators said they recognize anti-war activists' right to free speech, but their message had no place at a Veterans Day event. "I think everyone here should support the war and the soldiers," said Lizbeth Sanchez, a junior Reserve Officer Training Corps member. "They're entitled to voice their opinions, but making a demonstration due to their political opinions is inappropriate at this occasion," Suffolk County American Auxiliary Legion officer Albert Ashe said. "They can't protest anywhere they feel like it."