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Live: TEC-Sudan relations, what happens now?
By Jim Naughton
Archbishop Daniel Deng's call for the resignation of Bishop Gene Robinson today surprised many of his friends and colleagues in the Episcopal Church because the Sudanese Church has extensive relationships with Episcopal dioceses and parishes, and openly gay clergy and lay people are active in these relationships.
"More than a dozen dioceses in the US are supporting, either through formal or informal relationships, ministry in Sudan, including literally hundreds of parishes, with relationships going back more than two decade," said an Episcopal clergy person who is active in these relationships.
Both Deng, a spokesman for the Episcopal Church and at least one diocesan bishop said they hope these relationships continue.
In issuing his call for Robinson's resignation, Deng said, "I'm not talking to the individual bishops that are relating to the Sudan, but I am talking to the institution of the Episcopal Church in America." The church should "allow Gene Robinson to resign."
One Episcopal bishop involved in a companion relationship with a Sudanese diocese met Deng ishortly after the press conference, but was unaware that the archbishop had called for Robinson's resignation. Deng told him that the Sudanese value the partnership it has with his diocese. The Sudanese diocesan bishop expressed similar sentiments in a later meeting, the bishop said.
The Rev. Chuck Robertson, canon to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, said the Episcopal Church "cherished our relationships with the various dioceses there. Our goal has been …. to make a difference, to respect the dignity of every human being, to bring the good news of God in Christ to people, to support and strengthen and encourage. That has not changed."
In the Episcopal Church, the Diocese of Virginia has perhaps the most extensive relationship with the Church of Sudan. It is also the diocese most deeply involved in litigation over church property with breakaway congregations that have affiliated with African churches, making Deng's call for the Episcopal Church to abandon such litigation all the more provocative.
Two of Virginia's three bishops and a former assisting bishops have visited the country, and the relationship has spawned numerous projects, programs and visits back and forth.
The Rev. Lauren Stanley, the Episcopal Church's missionary to Sudan, comes from the diocese. Stanley is a contributor to the Daily Episcopalian blog on Episcopal Café, and has written about her experiences in Sudan and the role of cultural differences in the conflict within the Anglican Communion.
Deng spent a year at St. Paul's Church in Arlington, where he was extremely popular, said an acquaintance of Deng's.
Virginia Theological Seminary and Duke Divinity school co-sponsor a visiting teachers program.
The Diocese of Missouri also has a companion diocese in the Sudan. Lisa Fox, who is openly gay and keeps the blog My Manner of Life chairs the committee, and has written quite recently about the relationship, and about a visit from Deng here and here.
Deng's friends in the United States say his opposition to homosexual relationships is well known, and that he has expressed concerns about the effect of Robinson's consecration on his ability to evangelize in a predominantly Muslim country. However, they said that they assumed Deng was aware that some of the leaders of companion programs with Sudan were gay.
While Bishop of Renk, Deng maintained a companion relationship with All Saints Episcopal Church in Chicago, which he visited about a year ago. All Saints' Rector, the Rev. Bonnie Perry, is openly gay and lives with her partner. Perry's sexuality was much in the news in 2006 when she was a candidate for Bishop of California.
What does evangelism mean when, in order to win converts to Christ, gay Christians must be ostracized and gay Sudanese must be ignored?
Is a partial message of the Good News worthy of being proclaimed?
Is gaining members at the expense of some of the most despised really evangelism?
I have a difficult time hearing the Archbishop Deng's words without hearing him condemn me. I hear him condemn the gift from God that my marriage has been, both to my husband and me, as well as to our church and community.
Theologically and personally, I know that I should not let this issue break the communion that the Archbishop and I share. We say that it is not a communion-breaking issue. But the pain of his words is so intense.
Perhaps that intensity is born of the inseparability of my sexual orientation with my identity. In the same way that racial epithets are so powerful: the target has no way to be any different.
But, my pain aside, how do we, as mission partners, respond?
I can respond to my pain with prayers for him, and I will, but isn't there a way to be even more helpful? A way to be active? My first response would be to reach out to the Archbishop and offer to show him how the Holy Spirit is present in my life; how the fruits of the Spirit bear out the truth.
But he has stated that he will not listen. What then?
We are called to respond to the great suffering in his part of the world. I guess the best thing to do is to say out loud: "What the Archbishop said is wrong. His statements hurt millions of people and damaged the witness of the church and the spread of the gospel. He should apologize." And then quietly send the check, gather the donations, or go on the mission trip anyway.
There are many avenues for sharing spiritual and material resources with people in Africa. Doing it in conjunction with people who are not inclined to show some spirit of mutual respect may not be the best approach.
Turning the other cheek doesn't have to go to the level of masochism.
Agreed, especially if my spiritual health was in jeopardy, as I suspect it is for many who encounter the ignorance->fear->bigotry chain. But I keep asking myself, and not in a cliched way, what would Jesus do?
How do we square "love your enemies", "love your neighbor as yourself", with "get thee behind me, Satan"?
I'm not sure I have an answer for that yet, but perhaps some of us are called and spiritually equipped to be the warriors of love: visibly loving those whose words hurt. Perhaps those people are not spiritually harmed by these words. It seems to me that some *are* called to do this. Some of the Roman Catholics still worshiping in Roman parishes may be doing it with no danger to their spiritual health. And the witness they provide to their communities is valuable, no?
And perhaps there are others who are called to return to the well of support offered by inclusive communities. Building their strength; strengthening others. Providing resources.
I personally worry that abandoning someone because they "believe wrongly" deprives them of the experiences that might help them come to new understandings.
Or do you think I'm just barking up the wrong tree?
Archbishop Deng's specific "suggestions" are painful, but the position of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan is not new. Indeed, Sudan has been a demonstration case that, contra what has been said in Uganda or Kenya, we continue to provide support without requiring folks to agree with us.
We need, as best we can, to continue to provide that support, recognizing first that their disagreement - even the Archbishop's specific suggestions - don't force us to do anything; and, second, that we continue to demonstrate that communion isn't about idealogical purity but about shared mission. I even remember someone saying something about situations like this, something about "heap[ing] coals of fire...."
"Archbishop Deng's specific "suggestions" are painful, but the position of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan is not new. Indeed, Sudan has been a demonstration case that, contra what has been said in Uganda or Kenya, we continue to provide support without requiring folks to agree with us."
Certainly people can work together toward some common objectives even when they agree to disagree about other things. However, that presupposes some notions of mutual respect. One does have to question the mutual respect of someone who holds a grandstanding press conference to say that he will not listen to what you have to say.
I think it's time for TEC to seriously reevaluate its approach to conducting its activities in Africa.
Considerable comment about Deng statements by Thinking Anglican readers:
For some of us who are Gay or friendly, the best response is to walk away from any involvement with the Church of Sudan. Shake the dust off your sandals and move on. Be open in the future if they want to re-engage. Pray that they do, then move on.
For me, I took great comfort in Desmond Tutu's foreword to Gene Robinson's book, which I just received from Amazon. Tutu writes:
"May I wholly inadequately apologize to my sisters and brothers who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered for the cruelty and injustice that you have suffered and continue to suffer at the hands of us, your fellow Anglicans; I am sorry. Forgive us for all the pain we have caused you and which we continue to inflict on you.
"Gene Robinson is a wonderful human being, and I am proud to belong to the same church as he."
Truth and reconciliation, indeed.


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Cook: Sofa king bad
I have shown, and even read, the name of this restaurant to several people. Most didn't get it. It's tongue-in-cheek, and it's an easy thing to explain to your kids: "they have the king of all sofas." (Yes, there will be sofas so it makes sense.) Remember--a word doesn't have any meaning or value until we assign it.
I find it sad that most people are focusing on a silly name instead of the important thing: these business owners are trying to bring business and jobs to the economically struggling area of Red Bank. To me, that's a much greater value than that placed on a word. Maybe some people need to get their priorities straight.
Should Rhonda Thurman resign from the Board of Education over her "slaves" comment?
Or maybe the racists are more likely to spam the survey. This whole thing does really bother me, though, because it's becoming abundantly clear that our city is not as progressive as I thought. Very sad to see such racism DEFENDED in these comments.
Live coverage of today's Hamilton County School Board meeting
I love it when racist people try to convince the rest of us that they aren't racist. It's amusing. :) For the record, anytime that you support treating one group worse than another, then that's not okay. Rhonda Thurman is supposed to represent the children of Hamilton County, and she clearly is only interested in supporting the white half. She needs to go for that reason alone. Nevermind the fact that she's the least educated person on the board, yet the one who always speaks out first.
Chattanooga: Favors says Thurman should step down
By the way, LOVE that our education system is dictated by a college dropout hairdresser. The irony is appalling. This deserves an ethics investigation.
Chattanooga: Favors says Thurman should step down
People who say there is no racism in what Thurman said are clearly as racist as she is. You cannot compare urban youth to slaves. This woman does NOT represent me, and I am ashamed to see how many closeted racists our city houses.
Former Hamilton County School Superintendent Jim Scales tells his side of the story
This is 2011--why are we still having the race debate? I am sickened by Thurman's racist commentary. The ironic part is that if anyone who worked in the education system made a statement relating students to slaves, then they would be and have been fired. It is disgusting that we let an ignorant, racist hairdresser dictate the direction of our education system. Shouldn't be perhaps be listening to someone more qualified? Someone with a college degree instead of someone who gives perms for a living? I guarantee you that we would have better results. Sadly, I think her re-election is a reflection of the hidden racist and backwater attitudes of the Chattanooga general population. Shame on us for continuing to put her in office.
Haslam signs bills abolishing teacher collective bargain, permitting corporate contributions
Also, as was otherwise noted, if you think teachers have an easy job, then you clearly have not been in the schools in a long time. Students do not academically perform for a number of reasons, many mentioned by a previous poster. Abuse, neglect, and other elements of their home life are a huge factor. Drugs, weapons, and violence are also a concern. Many of their parents do not emphasize the importance of education so it is an uphill battle for teachers. It's not like when we were younger and everyone came in fresh-faced and ready to learn. It is a different world, and if you don't understand that, then you are very much out of touch with reality.
Haslam signs bills abolishing teacher collective bargain, permitting corporate contributions
enufisenuf, you really shouldn't talk about things you clearly know nothing about. You keep mentioning tenure. Tenure has not been taken away. It has been changed, but it has not been taken away. Regardless, that's not what this article is referencing. It is discussing collective bargaining. Go ahead. Google it. I'll wait for you to come back. whistles Got it? Good. Okay, now that you may have a bit of an understanding about what has happened, let me just explain that collective bargaining isn't a bad thing. Employees are usually encouraged to speak up regarding their working conditions and how to improve them. Teachers contracts and salaries are also negotiated. That does not mean that "bad" teachers get to be inefficient. Teachers are already rated based on how their students perform on standardized tests. That is weeding out the poor teachers. Collective bargaining assures that teachers receive the same benefits that many of us receive. I'm not sure why anyone would want teachers to go without health insurance or other benefits. Collective bargaining is certainly not getting them fat cat salaries such as Haslam's either. So now we have stripped teachers of any perceived benefit to work in the state of TN. how do you think this will impact students? Do you think teachers will teach freely, as you mentioned they did when you were younger? Of course not. This legislation has done the opposite. It has pushed teachers further away from innovative instruction and more toward a cookie cutter classroom. Furthermore, do you think Tennessee schools will be able to attract the best and brightest college students to teach in our state once they graduate? Of course not! In the past teachers gave up hopes for a high salary in exchange for benefits and the dream of teaching children. Now we have stripped them of any incentive and forced them into bland lessons. Why would anyone come to teach here when they can get a job in a better state? Oh, that's right. Maybe they can't get a job anywhere else so they will have to settle for teaching in Tennessee. Those are the new teachers that we will have teaching our children. Does Haslam care? No. His children went to private schools so he doesn't even have any experience with the public school system. That's like you trying to do rocket science. It's not going to turn out well. So, yes, maybe you should learn the facts and educate yourself before you start speaking on things that you don't understand. You might also want to invest in spell check or a dictionary since it is "dummy" not "dummie."
Senate strips teachers of collective bargaining rights
Clearly some people are misinformed. Getting rid of collective bargaining will not "clean the place up." It will only ensure that we end up with lousy teachers in the future. What bright, educated college student would honestly choose to become a teacher in Tennessee now that they know they are almost assured a paultry pay and poor benefits? If you want the bottom of the barrel teaching your children, then you have just ensured that is what you will get.

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Dr. Otto Gunther Octavius, also known as Doctor Octopus, is a fictional supervillain that has appeared in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July, 1963), created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko.A highly intelligent Mad Scientist, Doctor Octopus is one of the greatest foes Spider-Man has ever faced. He is typically portrayed as a stocky, myopic man who utilizes four powerful, mechanical appendages and is obsessed with proving his own genius and destroying Spider-Man (and not necessarily in that order). The character has appeared in numerous Spider-Man cartoons and video games and is portrayed by Alfred Molina in the 2004 film Spider-Man 2 as the film's main antagonist. In 2009, Doctor Octopus was ranked as IGN's 28th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.Born in Schenectady, New York, Otto Octavius had something of an unhappy childhood. His father, Torbert, was abusive and violent towards both Otto and his mother Mary. Otto was determined not to become like his father and put all his effort into his education, regularly scoring top marks. Unfortunately, a combination of Otto's shyness and good school work got him labeled as a "teacher's pet" and he became a target of bullying. Otto eventually became a brilliant and respected nuclear physicist, atomic research consultant, inventor, and lecturer. One of his most iconic inventions was a set of highly advanced mechanical arms controlled via a mind�computer interface to assist him with his research into atomic physics. Unfortunately, there was an accidental radiation leak that ended in an explosion and those wonderful mechanical arms became fused to Octavius' body.The accident also seemed to have damaged his brain and the scientist turned to a life of crime. His very first criminal act was taking the hospital hostage and proclaiming himself Doctor Octopus, the derogatory nickname that his co-workers had originally given him. In their first encounter, Octopus defeated Spider-Man by tossing him out of a window. Following this defeat Spider-Man considered giving up his heroic career, but was inspired to continue his heroic career by the Human Torch and ultimately defeated Doctor Octopus. Since then the Good (or Bad) Doctor has gone on to become one of the most identifiable members of Spider-Man's rogues gallery. He was actually Spider-Man's first Arch-Enemy, especially during the early days before Norman Osborn began rising to prominence. He formed the first Sinister Six to fight Spider-Man. He was the villain for one of spidey's most iconic early arcs as "the Master Planner". And he was indirectly responsible for the death of Gwen Stacy's father George.After years of fighting Spider-Man, his body began to succumb to the injuries he had sustained over the years. As a way to prevent his death, Otto switched bodies with Peter Parker. Before dying in Otto's body, Peter urged Otto to change for good and succeed the Spider-Man mantle with his last breaths. Otto complied, swearing to become better and a more superior hero, resulting a more brutal, but still trying-to-be-heroic Spider-Man. Unfortunately, he found himself slowly slipping back into evil, starting with his attempted erasure of a fragment of Peter Parker's soul and Jumping Off the Slippery Slope from there. He eventually had a Heel Realization that he was doing more harm than good by the time Peter's soul fragment came Back from the Dead, and relinquished control of Peter's body, erasing his own consciousness as penance. As Otto died, he told Peter that Peter was a better Spider-Man and a better person than Otto (the self-proclaimed Superior Successor) could ever hope to be.
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We're pretty darn excited for the music awards tonight! What a great way to celebrate the musical talent we have here in New Zealand.
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Stafford wants to get in the incentives game
Jonas Beals reports this morning that Stafford County is talking about creating a technology zone.
That's the same tool Fredericksburg has used to offer incentives to businesses over the past year and a half. Actually, Fredericksburg has both a technology zone (around the Idlewild property and Route 3 corridor) and two tourism zones (around Celebrate Virginia and downtown).
They are word-for-word the same thing, but technology zones are aimed at "tech" businesses, and tourism zones are aimed at tourist-focused businesses, which we have learned can include everything from a waterpark hotel to a wine and tapas bar to a craft beer specialty bar to a really big grocery store.
Fredericksburg has not offered any incentives to businesses interested in locating in its technology zone yet.
Stafford's Tim Baroody said the tool could be used to try to lure defense contractors to specific areas the county wants to redevelop.
As Beals reports:
"We've never been in the incentive business here in Stafford," Baroody said, explaining why the county hasn't pursued the option, which has been available for years. "Our location sells itself.
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Visual artist,photographer and journalist, Marie Ange Bordas has a Master in Image and Sound by the School of Communications and Arts of the São Paulo University and a degree by the International Center of Photography in New York.
Since 1997 she has focused on using different media to create environments that propose to arouse the public's participation and sensorial perception. Dealing with issues like memory, exile and loss, she tries to bring together the individual and the collective through personal experiences. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the United States, Brazil, South Africa, Kenya and Europe.
In the last five years she has been using her artistic and media experience to promote multimedia workshops in different communities affected by conflict and displacement. In 2005 she developed the projects "Living Together" and "Message in a Bottle" in Sri Lanka, where she worked with young people and children affected by religious conflict and by the tsunami.
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In the play After the Fall, Arthur Miller put forth a theory that the Nazis should be considered "innocents" because they so believed in their cause. I found this notion to be outrageous putting belief in a cause above ethical and personal moral responsibility.
I am equally appalled to read a memorial in praise of the Rev. D. James Kennedy in the Capsule Comment on your editorial page. Does he deserve praise and honor just because he believed that he held the high moral ground? Does he deserve praise and honor for demonizing those he disagreed with?


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The design of memes serving as narratives has the potential to create disinformation or create a revolution as in the case of the Arab Spring. Narratives are the use of stories to influence behaviour. Messages could be created for nefarious purposes and if these messages become memes, these malicious messages can replicate at a rapid rate and potentially influence behaviour and action in a negative manner. The converse is also true a positive change could be attained though the propagation of memes designed for that specific outcome. It is essential to understand what factors are required to effectively disseminate memes within a narrative network with the goal to transform behaviour of the members in the social network. As the majority of Internet users indiscriminately trust the content encapsulated within the information highway, a threat exists in which entities with power could influence society. This paper addresses factors that could increase the proliferation of memes within cyber space. A framework is proposed of high-level factors that can be used in the design of a meme so as to increase its proliferation. Thereafter, the paper presents an experiment whereby these proliferation factors were investigated. Overall, the goal of the paper is to demonstrate how messages can be designed to proliferate and potentially influence individuals. Description: 13th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, Piraeus Greece, 3-4 July 2014 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z Classification of Security Operation Centers http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7431 Title: Classification of Security Operation Centers Authors: Jacobs, P; Arnab, A; Irwin, B Abstract: Security Operation Centers (SOCs) are a necessary service for organisations that want to address compliance and threat management. While there are frameworks in existence that addresses the technology aspects of these services, a holistic framework addressing processes, staffing and technology currently do not exist. Additionally, it would be useful for organizations and constituents considering building, buying or selling these services to measure the effectiveness and maturity of the provided services. In this paper, we propose a classification and rating scheme for SOC services, evaluating both the capabilities and the maturity of the services offered. Description: Information Security for South Africa (ISSA) Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 14 - 16 August 2013. Abstract only attached. 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z Digital forensic readiness in a cloud environment http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7418 Title: Digital forensic readiness in a cloud environment Authors: Sibiya, G; Fogwill, T; Venter, HS; Ngobeni, S Abstract: Although cloud computing is maturing, security issues are still prevalent. Most of the security issues that are in the cloud have existed since the advent of the Internet. These issues are escalated in a cloud environment due to its distributed nature, multi-tenancy and the sensitive and large amount of data that is transmitted over the Internet and hosted by third parties. The security aspect that this paper focuses on concerns digital forensics. The cloud spans over multi-jurisdictions. As such, service providers hosting the data that may be required for digital forensic investigation may be reluctant to comply with foreign law enforcement agencies. Even if they comply, this may be a costly and time-consuming exercise, given the amount of hosted data that belongs to multi-tenants. In this paper we present a forensic readiness model that makes use of a Forensic Service hosted in the cloud. The model is aimed at minimizing costs associated with conducting a digital forensic investigation in a distributed cloud environment. The scope of this paper, however, is limited to examining the impact that a forensic readiness mechanism may have on other hosted cloud services. Preliminary results have shown a negligible effect in performance of cloud services by a having our proposed digital forensic readiness mechanism in place. Description: IEEE AFRICON 2013 conference, Mauritius, 9-12 September 2013 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z Procedures for a harmonised digital forensic process in live forensics http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7409 Title: Procedures for a harmonised digital forensic process in live forensics Authors: Sibiya, G; Venter, HS; Fogwill, T Abstract: Cloud computing is a novel computing paradigm that presents new research opportunities in the field of digital forensics. Cloud computing is based on the following principles: on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity and measured service. These principles require that cloud computing be distributed internationally. 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text: Hello all. Seamus didn't want to put this on his message, but as his adoring wife, I feel I need to. In addition to the Heraldry class, Sept. 9th is also Seamus' birthday. So, along with all the class stuff, we can celebrate Seamus aging one more year. Thanks all, Genevieve (once again, Seamus' wife) --------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Tom Parr" <seamus at elfsea.net> Reply-To: seamus at elfsea.net, Barony of Elfsea <elfsea at ansteorra.org> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 12:24:28 -0500 >Greetings unto the list: > >This Tuesday at our usual HS&I Guild meeting, I, along with others, will be teaching a court/field (i.e. the vocal stuff) Heraldry class. Have you ever want to say, "Yes I can yell that for you I am a hearld!"? So come one, come all to Timothy et Anezka's at 7:30pm on Tuesday Sept. 9th. > > >Unto Elfsea, > >Seamus >_______________________________________________ >Elfsea mailing list >Elfsea at ansteorra.org >http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/elfsea >


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I agree with Ron, assuming he includes the XML-enabled general database systems such as SQL Server, Oracle, and - at some point in the not too distant future ;) - DB2. Best regards Michael > -----Original Message----- > From: http://xquery.com/mailman/listinfo/talk [mailto:http://xquery.com/mailman/listinfo/talk] On Behalf > Of Ronald Bourret > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:01 PM > To: Martin Probst > Cc: http://xquery.com/mailman/listinfo/talk > Subject: Re: performance figures for xquery processors > > Martin Probst wrote: > > > I only know of one benchmark, called XMark, but it doesn't focus on Java > > processors, and is IMHO not all too significant - it's basically > > modelling an ERP system in XML by more or less trivially translating > > tables and tuples into XML elements, which is probably not an all too > > common use case for XQuery. > > For a list of other benchmarks, see: > > http://www.rpbourret.com/xml/XMLDBLinks.htm#Benchmarks > > But like all benchmarks, you should take them with a grain of salt. > What's important to you is whether or not a processor can perform your > queries fast enough for your needs. > > I also agree with Martin's statement that you should look at native XML > databases. If you are running XQuery queries on documents received at > run time, such as routing documents based on the result of a query, they > won't help. But if you are querying documents stored over time, the > pre-parsing and indexing they provide will significantly improve your > query performance. > > -- Ron > > _______________________________________________ > http://xquery.com/mailman/listinfo/talk > http://xquery.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
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Visitors to my blog tend now to be a few curious clients of my business and more frequently, people referred by Google searches to (hopefully) relevant articles. As I am no longer blogging regularly, there is little point in return visits generally and this is reflected in the traffic levels to the site.
Welcome to Twitter?
Whilst I don't intend to drop my subscription to Typepad and I strongly suspect I will start writing again at some point, for now, my public comments and observations are happening on http://twitter.com/danmitch I have included a feed 'widget' for this on the right of this page.
Twitter allows me to make quick observations as things happen, without having to take the time to write entire articles, though looking back there are a few to elaborate on:
Interesting analysis of RAND Corporation's "Trusted Traveler" Working Paper by @Bruce_Schneier http://is.gd/bZXIln about 15 hours ago via web
The 'Trusted Traveler' concept is an interesting one, built around the concept of focussing the scarce security resource at airports around those travellers deemed to be higher risk. In fact as this article and the comments that follow state, in reality this scheme at best allows a small minority to process through a bit more rapidly. It does raise interesting thoughts on profiling of travellers however and some of the concepts, while difficult to implement would surely improve airline security.
Dropbox Security Bug Made Passwords Optional For Four Hours http://t.co/kHrk7FO via @techcrunch 1 day ago via Tweet Button
I use Dropbox to keep a small number of photos and documents that I am working on in sync between my Macs and occasionally for sharing documents with friends and colleagues. I never use it for anything remotely sensitive so the security scare didn't impact me personally. Having said that, it was pretty serious and will dent confidence in cloud based document storage generally. Simple advice would be to encrypt any documents that are sensitive regardless of where they are stored.
Rory Story Cubes - new to the site - new, award winning game for imaginative storytellers http://fb.me/D8QWP1Mz 9:48 PM Jun 18th via Facebook Retweeted by you
A retweet of an update posted by my wife Amanda who has set up a great new business selling pre-wrapped travel toys for kids - perfect for busy jetsetting families!
Would love @Gladwell to start tweeting again ... 7:42 PM Jun 18th via web
Malcolm Gladwell is the author of Outliers and Blink, among other books - brilliant writer and thinker and threatened to be an interesting Tweeter too!
Great lunch at http://www.therustygun.co.uk in Hitchin today - highly recommended! 7:26 PM Jun 18th via Seesmic for BlackBerry
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Shadow Chancellor calls for temporary VAT cut - not convinced and would be an admin nightmare for small business - http://bbc.in/mbn6mV 5:17 PM Jun 16th via BBC Website
I will resist a long rant! In fact it was the change to VAT in November 2008 that got me blogging in the first place. At the time I pointed out the considerable administrative cost to small business of tampering with VAT, and subsequent changes have been no easier to implement. This is not the tax to be playing with in my opinion.
Other Tweets have included Curb, my work with Graduate Fashion Week, cycling and risk analysis of alien invasions in Nottinghamshire - I could never write a blog article on that!
I'll finish with a brilliant article from the superb ISN resource and invite you to follow me at http://twitter.com/danmitch if you have found these of interest:
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With the relative calm that prevails in the Egyptian street after two weeks of protests, the nation's focus is shifting from politics to the economic situation which suffered heavy losses during the demonstrations.
After being closed for an entire week, banks resumed operations Sunday. Stock trading will remain suspended until next Tuesday. An announcement will be made about the resumption of trading 48 hours before the scheduled date, an exchange official told Reuters.
The first signs of a government response to the economic crisis emerged after the mini-ministerial meeting held by President Hosni Mubarak with the ministers of economic portfolios in the new government on Saturday morning (February 5th), where it was agreed to provide the basic needs of food and fuel for the citizens to restore the life back to normal and as soon as possible.
The meeting included Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, Central Bank Governor Farouq El-Okdah, Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi, Minister of Social Solidarity Ali al-Museilhi, Minister of Trade and Industry Samiha Fawzi, and Minister of Finance Samir Radwan, and the Chief of the Presidential Staff Zakaria Azmy.
The ministers decided to send consumer products inspectors to the market to monitor and curb the rise in prices. They also allocated 1.5 billion Egyptian pounds to subsidise the purchase of wheat to counter any market shortage.
Gouda Abdel Wahid, an economic analyst, told Al-Shorfa that economic losses will be limited "especially if calm returns quickly to the street, which will restore a sense of confidence to Egyptian and foreign investors after the state of panic that hit the markets".
He expected "many investments will be withdrawn, not only from Egypt but from the Arab region as a whole. The first sign of mass exodus was a group of investments targeted to medium-sized enterprises in Egypt worth seven billion pounds. The funds were returned to Egypt after the global recession when relative financial stability returned to Egypt and some countries in the region."
Abdel Wahid said the Egyptian Union for Investors Associations is preparing an inventory of investor losses during the period, to examine compensation mechanisms.
"Losses among foreign investors are increasing daily because of the closure of factories, the suspension of all internal transportation and distribution activities, and suspension of import and export activities," Dr. Yaman al-Hamaqi, an economic expert, told Al-Shorfa.
Al-Hamaqi estimated daily losses at $350 million.
"Losses in the first two weeks reached almost $5 billion, in addition to $1 billion in tourism alone when most tourists left," he said. Tourism is a primary source of foreign currency for Egypt, and it accounts for more than 11% of gross domestic product.
According to the Central Bank of Egypt, nearly 12.5 million tourists visited Egypt in 2009, providing $10.8 billion dollars in revenue.
Regarding the decision to keep the stock market closed, Mustafa El-Gali, a financial analyst, told Al-Shorfa, "Khaled Sirri Siyam's (chairman of the Egyptian Stock Exchange) decision to continue the suspension on Sunday and Monday in light of developments is very good in order to maintain cohesion in this period and stop the bleeding that the bourse suffered last week."
El-Gali expects the stock exchange to resume trading by the end of next week if the situation remains calm, after several extraordinary measures to strengthen the performance of the stock market are taken. He said financial stability will return once banks reopen and the pound's exchange rate stabilises, especially given the willingness of the Central Bank to support it, in the event of a drop in the pound's value against the dollar.
He added, "The World Bank pledged $5 billion to Egypt in aid to ease the situation which will provide an additional safety valve for the financial markets and some reassurance for anxious investors. Considerable liquidity in the markets will restore stability."
Prices have increased between 10% and 25% for staple products such as food, cigarettes and cellular phone recharge cards.
Mohammed Risha, who owns a supermarket in the Giza area, said the rise in prices is normal because of the absence of the supplies and the absence of price controls in addition to the high cost of transportation.
"Drivers use security risks on the roads as an excuse to increase the transportation fee and fear that they might be subjected to beating and theft," he said.
The Arabic governments must endeavor to find appropriate solutions to the economic sector development that will contribute to the development of many services. The Arabic governments must develop a lot of service sectors. There are certain States where many services are lacking. The Arabic States should be planning for the future of the Arabic States, many of which have distinctive services that they are provided with. As for the other States, many of them do not have any resources to develop the investment sectors. The Arabic governments must work to find investment projects that work on the development of the future of the Arabic States. The Arabic States should work on developing a lot of sectors. However, the investment sector, for example, needs a lot of work to improve with the existence of major national projects that work on the development of the Arabic economic structure for all the neighboring Arabic countries. The Arabic States must work on developing the agriculture sector that could bring much benefit to us. The Arabic States are having lots of agricultural lands fit for agriculture to provide fruit and vegetables projects that could open up many prospects for the Arabic States, particularly since there are many States that have financial capabilities but do not have the human potential represented in cadres working in the area of agriculture in all professionalism.
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I love this headboard idea: antique window frames with scrapbooking paper over the glass. It's so lovely! This post over at Brock Design Group has several other lovely headboard ideas as well. We have a wrought iron headboard that hangs on the wall, and I love it, but when we switched bedrooms the headboard didn't come with us. Now, it's just hanging on the wall in our craft room like a weird piece of art. Whoopsie! We'll have to get on with that. For now, though, it's so fun to look at other headboard ideas.
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One night in Boston
Restaurant wanted: Two foodies from California desperately seeking locals to help us choose the right restaurant for Sunday night (yes, tomorow). We've been through the postings here and on TripAdvisor and though we love the sound of the menus and service at Clio, L'Espalier, No.9, Radius, Mistral, Sorellina -- we want something more moderately priced, not stuffy, great friendly service, consistent gourmet-innovative food, intimate, with a local vibe. Somewhere you'd go for a nice evening and knew you wouldn't be disappointed.
We're staying at the CharlesMark hotel but are up for a walk or T-ride.
ps We'd love a breakfast or lunch recommendation for Monday, too.
You might enjoy Oleanna (on Hampshire in Cambridge). The outside patio, on a warm night, will be lovely.
I have to admit that your dinner preferences may be somewhat contradictory in the Boston dining scene. Ten Tables would be great, but it would help to call ahead. Even so, they did make an error in our most recent reservation that forced us to dine elsewhere, though they were extremely gracious about the whole thing.
Breakfast: May I suggest Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe (429 Columbus Ave)? It's a Boston classic. Won a James Beard award. Walking distance from your hotel. Nothing fancy at all, imagine a greasy spoon diner at the nearly superlative level.
Lunch: Parish Cafe (361 Boylston St). Also walking distance. Sandwiches devised by many of Boston's most famous chefs. Lots of fun.
I'd walk to the South End and go to The Butcher Shop for wine and cheese, then to B&G Oyster for dinner.
Few of the places on your list would qualify as "moderately priced" and some would even count as "stuffy". Sounds like you might be looking for a place like the Franklin Cafe, which has wonderful food and bar, good atmosphere, and is much more relaxed than those places. B&G or Neptune Oyster are both good recommendations in this category. Ten Tables and Oleana (also recommended below) would be excellent choices as well. I'm a fan of Evoo in Cambridge for its creative cuisine and friendly atmosphere - a bit of a walk from the T though.
I'll enthusiastically recommend Neptune Oyster -- widely and deservedly praised by the foodies here on Chowhound. A smallish (maybe 30 seats) charming restaurant on a narrow street in the North End it serves creative, and delicious local shellfish and fish dishes:
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Of the list you had No. 9 would probably be the least stuffy but is closed on Sundays. It would be difficult to describe Clio and Radius as moderately priced.
That said, if moderately priced is about $100.00 or so each you can squeak out of Radius for that and probably have a decent meal at Troquet, which is about a ten minute walk from your hotel.
Neptune, B&G, and the Butcher Shop are all good choices as well.
i'm a huge fan of neptune oyster as well. the chef puts out some of the most consistently innovative food in the city. it's anything but stuffy, has a great winelist and i have never had anything less than a great meal. every time. they're open all day, so you could do lunch there on monday if you like.
taranta in the north end is wonderful too. italian, but with a peruvian spin.
a nice walk towards the common would bring you to bin 26 enoteca for small plates and a very unique winelist. also open all day.
personally, i don't care for b&g at all and find radius underwhelming at best.
Another good place within walking distance is Petit Robert Bistro (just down Columbus from Charlie's).
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Do a search on best spots in the North End and pick one that you like. The neighborhood is unique and has great character.
Thanks for all of your recommendations. After a lovely stay with spectacular weather and guidance from Chowhound, we decided to make a Boston stop-over a tradition when visiting my husband's parents in Georgetown.
We were running on the later side after seeing Blue Man Group (love that Charles Street Theatre serves drinks) so we were too late for our first choice Ten Tables, and went to Neptune Oyster. We so appreciate you steering us to a great meal and evening. It fit the bill.
Late Monday morning we took youngho's rec and went to Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe for brunch. We were fascinated with the history, the handwritten notes posted on the wall, and the 4-table top minimum charge of $3.50.


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In response to this order, Pakistan Telecom began advertising a hijacked route for YouTube, which caused all internet traffic to YouTube from around the world to be blocked for several hours. Here is a full writeup of how this happened.
I found this great Slashdot comment that explains how to use BGPlay to see an animation of Pakistan Telecom re-routed YouTube for the world.
Here is how the net looked during the hijack. The red dot on the left is YouTube, and the red dot on the right is Pakistan Telecom:
After YouTube announced new routes, traffic returned to normal for those outside Pakistan:
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All of my children have attended the Wetherill School (the older three have moved onto big kid school and the youngest is still at Wetherill.) It has been a wonderful school and community for the children and adults in our family. The teachers are caring and nurturing-and many of them have been there for years. The school fosters curiosity and creativity in the students. Parents are allowed to be as involved as they wish. It is exactly what we were looking for in a preschool!
This school is a gem--the warmth of the staff--who know every single child here--makes this a truly special place. My daughter loves the teachers--particularly Miss Donna and Miss Carol who she will have had for a total of 3 years. The instructional program is a wonderful mix of the best that Montessori, Dewey, Piaget and Reggio Emilia schools have to offer. The new principal, Marie Conti is a highly responsive and effective leader who has made this school even more remarkable. You should strongly consider this school if your child has a late Sept, Oct, Nov birthday (and misses the early Sept deadline for public school)-because they offer a kindergarten program which will keep your child stimulated + give your child a huge head start when they enter "official kindergarten" the following year. The facilities are a bit modest (church basement)but the classes are well equipped and the playground + nature area are very good. On top of the regular curriculum there is Nature, French/Spanish and Music and Movement classes. The parent involvement here is excellent. The location is the best: so safely tucked away in a residential area that even the neighbors have no idea it's there!
Warm, creative and nurturing! I have had two children at Wetherill and can't wait for my little one to start. The teachers are genuinely wonderful and fill the day with fun learning experiences! We couldn't love it more.
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Inversion & Smoke Slow Fire Growth
The North Buffalo Fire, north of Buffalo Valley near Moran, continued to progress in the Soda Fork and North Buffalo Fork drainages yesterday, but not as quickly as over recent days. That decrease in fire activity was due to an inversion that remained in place for most of the morning, and significant cloud cover over the fire area. Firefighters continue their work to secure the southwestern flank with hand line and aircraft in order to assure it does not back into populated areas. Currently, the fire is estimated to involve 13,727 acres. Further north, smoke caused poor visibility forcing Yellowstone National Park to close the road between Norris Junction and Canyon. With an increase in fire activity, the Cygnet Fire is now estimated to involve 1700 acres.
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National Sunflower Association appoints new board member
Mike Williams has been appointed to the NSA Board of Directors as the High Plains representative. He takes over the seat previously held by Dean Sonnenberg, a Colorado grower who represented this region for 12 years. Williams, of Lubbock, Texas, has been in the sunflower business since 1988 and employed with Red River Commodities since 1995 when he was hired as general manager of the company's SunGold Foods plant in Lubbock. He works with confection sunflower from the development of seeds to the package. He is responsible for the procurement of sunflowers for the southern operations of Red River Commodities. Williams also works with breeders and seed companies in the development of new hybrids to meet the needs of customers. Mike and his wife, Diane, have been married for 41 years and have two daughters and two grandchildren.
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Coalition leads the way with new alcohol & drug strategy
The Coalition Government is committed to a new strategy for the way government, health and community services, businesses, families, and communities work together to address alcohol and drug related harms in Victoria, Minister for Mental Health, Mary Wooldridge said today.
Announcing the Expert Advisory Group which will inform the development of the whole of government Victorian Alcohol and Drugs strategy, Ms Wooldridge said the appointment of the 17-member expert taskforce, chaired by Professor Richard Larkins is an important step forward.
"The last whole-of-government reform to alcohol and other drugs (AOD) policy was in 1996 under the Kennett Government's Turning the Tide strategy," Ms Wooldridge said.
In contrast, Labor's AOD policies were silo-driven, lacked vision and failed to adequately respond to the growing harms of alcohol and drug abuse in our communities.
"The Coalition Government is committed to engaging and learning from those involved in all sectors that are impacted by alcohol and drug issues, such as treatment and prevention, liquor licensing and regulation, education and law enforcement," Ms Wooldridge said.
"We are working across all sectors, government departments and agencies to ensure we develop a comprehensive whole of government approach to the way we respond to alcohol and drug abuse and dependency.
"Earlier this year, the Victorian Auditor-General revealed that Labor had not acted on recommendations from 31 previous reviews of the AOD sector since 1999," Ms Wooldridge said.
The Coalition Government has today launched the new website for consultation on the strategy and opened public submissions from individuals and organisations. The website provides access to a range of AOD reports, including the 31 identified by the Auditor General, most of which were never made public by Labor.
Today the government is also releasing the latest data looking at patterns of drug use and related harm in Victoria.
The Victorian Drug Statistics Handbook 2008-2009 reveals rising levels of alcohol and drug fuelled violence, ambulance call-outs and hospital admissions, as well as emerging trends such as a growing misuse of prescription medications.
The Coalition Government's whole of government strategy will focus on decreasing the current rates of alcohol and other drug abuse in Victoria, reducing the amount of harm that alcohol and drug abuse causes in the community and increasing access to treatment options so that people with an alcohol or drug problem can get help when they need it.
"The Coalition Government is focused on reducing the harm caused by alcohol and drugs to benefit all individuals, families, businesses and the community as a whole," Ms Wooldridge said.
More information about the whole of government Victorian Alcohol and Drug Strategy, including details about how to make a submission are available on www.health.vic.gov.au/aod/strategy
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I came across this question asking how to execute code before main() in C, mentioning there were strategies for C++. I've mostly lived in application space, so executing before main() has never occurred to me. What kind of things require this technique?
"What kind of things require this technique?"
Point of fact: none.
However, there are a lot of useful things you might WANT to do before main for a variety of reasons. For just one practical example, say you have an abstract factory that builds doohickies. You could make sure to build the factory instance, assign it to some special area, and then register the various concrete doohickies to it...yes, you can do that.
On the other hand, if you implement the factory as a singleton and use the facts of global value initialization to "trick" the implementation into registering concrete doohickies before main starts you gain several benefits with very few costs (the fact of using singletons, basically a non-issue here, is pretty much the only one).
For example you:
So, none of this is actually necessary. However, you can reduce coupling and maintenance issues if you leverage the fact that globals are initialized before main begins.
This technique can be used for library initialization routines or for initializing data that will be used implicitly during the execution of the program.
GCC provides constructor and destructor function attributes that cause a function to be called automatically before execution enters
In the case of library initialization, constructor routines are executed before
The only things you could want to do before
One possible "exception" is the initialization of global constant tables at runtime. But this is a very bad practice, as the tables are not sharable between instances of a library/process if you fill them at runtime. It's much smarter to write a script to generate the
Stuff done before main:
g++ 4.4 emits the following before any of my code is emitted. Technically it inserts it into the top of
Anything that needs to run code to guarantee invariants for your code after
Now whether you actually need to write code that does such things as well is what everyone else is answering.
If you have a library, it is very convenient to be able to initialise some data, create threads etc. before main() is invoked, and know that a desired state is achieved without burdening and trusting the client app to explicitly call some library initialisation and/or shutdown code. Superficially, this can be achieved by having a static object whose constructor and destructor performs the necessary operations. Unfortunately, multiple static objects in different translation units or libraries will have an undefined order of initialisation, so if they depend upon each other (worse yet, in a cyclic fashion), then they may still not have achieved their initialised state before a request comes in. Similarly, one static object may create threads and call services in another object that aren't yet threadsafe. So, a more structured approach with proper singleton instances and locks is needed for robustness in the face of arbitrary usage, and the whole thing looks much less appealing, though it may still be a net win in some cases.


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