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|1 How dare one of you havinge busines with another goo to lawe vnder the wicked and not rather vnder the sainctes?
|1 If any of you has a dispute with another, dare he take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the saints?
|2 Do ye not know that the sainctes shall iudge the worlde? If the worlde shalbe iudged by you: are ye not good ynough to iudge smale trifles:
|2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
|3 knowe ye not how that we shall iudge the angles? How moche more maye we iudge thinges that partayne to ye lyfe?
|3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
|4 If ye have iudgementes of worldely matters take them which are despised in ye congregacio and make them iudges.
|4 Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, appoint as judges even men of little account in the church!
|5 This I saye to youre shame. Is ther vtterly no wyse man amoge you? What not one at all yt can iudge bitwene brother and brother
|5 I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?
|6 but one brother goeth to lawe with another: and that vnder the vnbelevers?
|6 But instead, one brother goes to law against another--and this in front of unbelievers!
|7 Now therfore ther is vtterly a faute amonge you because ye goo to lawe one with another. Why rather suffer ye not wronge? why rather suffre ye not youre selves to be robbed?
|7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
|8 Naye ye youre selves do wronge and robbe: and that the brethren.
|8 Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers.
|9 Do ye not remember how that the vnrighteous shall not inheret the kyngdome of God? Be not deceaved. For nether fornicators nether worshyppers of ymages nether whormongers nether weaklinges nether abusars of them selves with the mankynde
|9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
|10 nether theves nether the coveteous nether dronkardes nether cursed speakers nether pillers shall inheret the kyngdome of God.
|10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
|11 And soche ware ye verely: but ye are wesshed: ye are sanctified: ye are iustified by the name of the Lorde Iesus and by the sprete of oure God.
|11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
|12 All thinges are lawfull vnto me: but all thinges are not proffitable. I maye do all thinges: but I will be brought vnder no mans power.
|12 "Everything is permissible for me"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--but I will not be mastered by anything.
|13 Meates are ordeyned for the belly and the belly for meates: but God shall destroy bothe it and them. Let not the body be applied vnto fornicacion but vnto the Lorde and the Lorde vnto the body.
|13 "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food"--but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
|14 God hath raysed vp the Lorde and shall rayse vs vp by his power.
|14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also.
|15 Ether remember ye not that youre bodyes are the members of Christ? Shall I now take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot? God forbyd.
|15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
|16 Do ye not vnderstonde that he which coupleth him selfe with an harlot is become one body? For two (saith he) shalbe one flesshe.
|16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."
|17 But he that is ioyned vnto the Lorde is one sprete.
|17 But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
|18 Fle fornicacion. All synnes that a man dothe are with out ye body. But he yt is a fornicator synneth agaynst his awne body.
|18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
|19 Ether knowe ye not how that youre bodyes are the temple of ye holy goost which is in you who ye have of God and how that ye are not youre awne?
|19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
|20 For ye are dearly bought. Therfore glorifie ye God in youre bodyes and in youre spretes for they are goddes.
|20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
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[Solved] Moving framework to shared lib
I am wondering how I can move my cakephp framework outside the "regular" web folder to share it with all cake apps on system?
cake location: /usr/local/lib/cakephp/cake_1_3_6/*.php
ISPConfig PHP open_basedir => added => :/usr/local/lib/cakephp/cake_1_3_6
and then to my app/webroot/index.php
if (!defined('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH')) {
Thanks for any and all help provided!!
This might cause problems with file permissions, as files should be owned by the user of a website and as every website has its own user, you might get problems depending on the php mode that you use. You will have to try if it works.
Thanks for your reply ;p
I have been trying to sort out this myself.. and I have solved it.
Logged in and su - to get root access
1: Moved cake to: /usr/share/cakephp/cake
2: Moved vendors to: /usr/share/cakephp/vendors
3: Checked ownership of vendors & cake + sub-files (ls -all = root:root)
5: added /usr/share/cakephp to the Options :: PHP open_basedir in ISPConfig
6: Saved website
7: Edited app/webroot/index.php
if (!defined('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH')) {
Hope this can help anyone else :D
Edit: Using Fastcgi + suexec. Tried with suPHP also,, working just fine.
Edit2: The problem from first post and the setup not working, was that my app/webroot/index.php was checking for a "cake" dir and not the cake_1_3_6, further down in config. Also, I did not realize that "vendors" also was needed!
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How can an exhibition offering 101 Inventions That Changed the World omit the two greatest advances of modern times? I refer, of course, to the Post-it Note and that yellow first-down line projected on football broadcasts.
Debating what did and didnt make the list is half the fun of 101 Inventions, a multimedia show with a provocative twist that opens Sunday at Discovery Place in Charlotte. It comes as no surprise that taming fire lands as No. 1 on the list, but one must quibble with the wheel-and-axle checking in so low at No. 27. Just try building a pyramid without them.
Oddly, some inventions hog two parking spots on the list, which is probably why sticky notes never got in. Alexander Graham Bells classic telephone (debuting in 1876 as the electrical speech machine) rings in at No. 7, followed closely by the modern cellphone at No. 9. Text me if you think that makes any sense.
Television, whose experimental roots stretch back to the 1920s, is No. 16, then color TV blooms in the No. 55 spot. No mention of the first-down line. None.
You can decide whether the electric guitar deserves to be one place ahead of the International Space Station (Nos. 72 and 73). Parents wont argue about Legos making the list (No. 77) or Velcro (No. 94) or maybe even birth control pills (No. 8), especially if they just stepped barefooted on a Lego.
Stone tools at No. 14 could use a promotion, in my opinion, as could the spinning wheel (No. 65), but aspirin is about where it belongs at No. 40.
Questions open exhibit
101 Inventions opened its U.S. tour last year in Salt Lake City, and Charlotte is its first East Coast destination. Discovery Place staffers viewed it in Utah and developed their own mini-exhibit at the entrance posing questions.
Using ethical concerns raised by cloning, stem cell research and genetic mapping, the museum asks visitors that just because something can be created, is it necessarily right to do so? And how far is too far with some profound discoveries?
Another interesting fact: None of the inventions in the exhibition was created by women.
Tim Pula, manager of special projects at the museum, says that may be in part because women didnt have ready access to the patent process until recent decades.
You can play endless parlor games on whats on the list and whats not, says Joanie Philipp, vice president of operations (who has color-coded sticky notes all over the periphery of her computer screen, and who wonders why duct tape didnt make the list).
Sensory experience
The centerpiece of the exhibition is a 45-minute video and sound loop that projects images of inventors and their gadgets on the floor and walls of a gallery. Called the Sensory4 experience, it is an all-around graphic assault on the senses that will be re-created with the next Discovery Place exhibition in April examining the works of Vincent Van Gogh.
While the show is a bit above the museums usual complexity level for children, Discovery Place tinkerers have built hands-on gizmos combining several technologies for kids to monkey with.
Perhaps the best is a classic Royal typewriter whose key-snapping rhythm makes words appear simultaneously on a computer monitor and a sheet of old-fashioned paper (the personal computer comes in at No. 41, and paper is where it belongs in the inventive hierarchy at No. 2).
Actors also prowl the exhibit talking to children about the characters they portray among them Alexander Graham Bell, Galileo and Berenib, believed to be the Egyptian queen on the first-dynasty throne when the phonetic alphabet was created. Feel free to ask her if she ever thought that creation would someday lead to sticky notes.
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(OL kanno nikki: Ah! Watashi no naka de)
Released: 1977
Masaru Konuma
Asami Ogawa
Michio Hino
Tatsuya Hamaguchi
Maya Kudou
Running time: 72 min.
Reviewed by Matthew Hardstaff
"Erotic Diary of an Office Lady" is the seventh and final film in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno "Office Lady Journal" series, started in 1972 during the early years of their pink films. By 1977, Masaru Konuma had already established himself as a Roman Porno heavyweight, having completed "Wife to be Sacrificed" and "Flower and Snake" years earlier. While the subversive nature of his films fluctuated over the years in between, very few matching what he did with "Wife to be Sacrificed", his cinematic audacity and skilled use of montage ensure that his films remained a step above others churned out by the studio.
Asami Ogawa makes her star debut as Asami Suzumura, an office worker who's having an affair with her boss. She spends her days at work in a busy downtown office, meeting her boss for their sexual encounter afterwards and then finally returning home to take care of her ailing father. Her father Kouhei (Michio Hino), whose health is declining due to his love of sake, is worried that she won't get married, and is determined to help her find a husband. Asami of course isn't all about sexual gratification, and whilst she enjoys her trysts with her boss, is still looking for something with a deeper connection. Her co-worker Komako Izumida (Aoi Nakajima) on the other hand is looking for nothing more than a good time, and spends her days sneaking a drink at work and having sex in bathroom stalls. Of course, she soon makes a name for herself, and men seem to force themselves on her when they are alone on elevators and other secluded office locales. Things begin to change in Asami's life when she meets a younger man who sells dyed chicks on the streets, and sex manic Komako, coming to the realization men are dogs, visits Asami's home for birthday dinner and strikes up a relationship with her father Kouhei. Both women struggle to find the perfect balance between love and sex, but Asami finds herself conflicted about which man will provide her with all her worldly needs; her older, rich office boss who gratifies her daily, or the poor, young man who sells chicks on the street who offers his heart and love.
Visually, this is Masaru Konuma at his best. He doesn't dwell and fetishize the sex, but creates poetic beauty instead, the height of which is a shot of Asami and the younger man having sex with hundreds of chicks flooding the floor around them. The composition of the frame, the visual metaphor the image represents, beauty like this doesn't happen a lot in films featuring people having sex on a hardwood floor, but Konuma knows how to make gorgeous eroticism that has far more going on than just skin and boobs. Much of the film is shot guerilla style on the busy city streets, and this style of filmmaking that represents so much of what Pinku Eiga is creates an energy that is hard to simulate in a controlled environment. It's also this guerilla style that helps to develop the isolating undertones that run through the film. The opening credits run over images of people inside their compartmentalized glass office prisons, the world around them watching, but not interacting.
On a narrative level, this film threw me for a loop. What started as a generic office sex film, lulling its viewer into erotic tranquility, quickly turns a 180 and by the end leaves your heart on the floor. Yes, this is a Roman Porno, but this isn't a film about sex, it's a film about love, and it's that emotional connection it establishes that helps to leave you stunned by the time the credits roll. The duality between Asami and Komako and their mentalities between love and sex also helps to add to the gut punch at the end, as well as the duality between the male and female view of sexuality and eroticism, leading to a very voyeuristic and uncomfortable sex scene between Asami and her boss. Konuma doesn't just present the sex to titillate, he uses it as a narrative device, and uses it to make his audience feel uncomfortable, and for the males, to make them feel shame for wanting to watch a film purely for the eroticism. This is quintessential Konuma bringing the Roman Porno film out of the adult theatre and into the art theatre. It transcends its original purpose, but that's what he is a master of Pinku Eiga isn't it.
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Discours.es http://discours.es/feed.xml 2014-08-14T00:00:00Z Werkzeug Testing 2 http://discours.es/testing 2014-08-14T00:00:00Z 2014-08-14T00:00:00Z Doug Belshaw
Just testing Dropbox integration with Markdown support.

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 No time travellers on the internet http://discours.es/no-time-travellers-on-the-internet 2014-01-02T16:44:27Z 2014-01-02T16:39:33Z Doug Belshaw
I love stuff like this. Here's the abstract from an article published last month in a respected physics journal:

Time travel has captured the public imagination for much of the past century, but little has been done to actually search for time travelers. Here, three implementations of Internet searches for time travelers are described, all seeking a prescient mention of information not previously available. The first search covered prescient content placed on the Internet, highlighted by a comprehensive search for specific terms in tweets on Twitter. The second search examined prescient inquiries submitted to a search engine, highlighted by a comprehensive search for specific search terms submitted to a popular astronomy web site. The third search involved a request for a direct Internet communication, either by email or tweet, pre-dating to the time of the inquiry. Given practical verifiability concerns, only time travelers from the future were investigated. No time travelers were discovered. Although these negative results do not disprove time travel, given the great reach of the Internet, this search is perhaps the most comprehensive to date.

The third search in particular makes me chuckle. :-)
 Separating the man from the busted kid http://discours.es/separating-the-man-from-the-busted-kid 2014-01-02T09:41:52Z 2014-01-02T09:24:27Z Doug Belshaw
Self-realisation is under-represented in society at large. That's why I found this post on Penny Arcade interesting:

I've learned a ridiculous amount this year. About myself and about other people. It's been a difficult year, probably the hardest in my life and I realize I brought most of it on myself. That's a sobering realization. I also realize that I've made it harder for the people I care about, my friends and my family. I can't be this guy anymore. I have every intention of taking the things I've learned this year to heart and changing. I've said I'm sorry for the things I've said but I've never apologized for who I am. I need to separate the busted kid from the man I am now. I guess that's my new years resolution. Might be harder than losing ten pounds.

The author is a 36 year-old man. I'm 33. Our generation is losing the rituals or rites of passage that previous generations had. This makes it difficult to get to a point when you realise you're all grown up.

I don't know about 'Gabe' but the things that have made me reflect on who I am and what I'm doing have been things like marriage, the birth of my children, and graduation ceremonies.

There's no point in a reactionary attempt to turn the clock back to a mythical 'golden age' but I do think we need to find new ways of splitting up our lives into meaningful chunks.
 Rules for writing http://discours.es/rules-for-writing 2014-01-02T08:05:53Z 2014-01-02T06:56:04Z Doug Belshaw
These 10 Rules of Writing from Zadie Smith are great.

My favourites:

Avoid your weaknesses. But do this without telling yourself that the things you can't do aren't worth doing. Don't mask self-doubt with contempt.

Avoid cliques, gangs, groups. The presence of a crowd won't make your writing any better than it is.

Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.

Following a link from that post took me to another one which used an embedded readlist. Now that looks like it's worth exploring...
 Weak signals: Lift http://discours.es/weak-signals-lift 2013-10-22T19:30:00Z 2013-10-22T19:13:40Z Doug Belshaw

Whenever so come across a new service, I tend to create an account and give it a go. Unless I've got a very specific reason to persevere in the face of confusion or poor UX, I tend to abandon it - but with my account still active in case I ever want to return.

Some services just die and I receive emails from the founders of services I can barely remember announcing they're shutting down. Sometimes companies get acqui-hired by Google or Facebook or Yahoo. But sometimes I get a steady stream of notifications that users are following me on one of these services. That's when I know I need to go and take a second look.

All of this is preamble to say that it looks like I should have another look at Lift, an iPhone and web app for building better habits and 'changing your life'. This might have something to do with the recently-announced groups feature.
 Scary autonomous corporations powered by Bitcoin http://discours.es/scary-autonomous-corporations-powered-by-bitcoin 2013-10-22T18:46:54Z 2013-10-22T18:39:06Z Doug Belshaw
Sometimes the stuff I see as speculative thought pieces online blows my mind. Take this article entitled Dawn of Autonomous Corporations, Powered by Bitcoin, for example:

Bitcoin can be thought of as the first real autonomous 'corporation' although you probably don't see it that way. Think about it – it provides a payment protocol and employs miners to maintain that protocol. The employs are rewarded with 'stock' that is split at most into 21 million units. You don't have to think of Bitcoin this way to get to autonomous corporations, though it will help.

Reading the article it sounds kind of utopian and wonderful. And in fact, the author seems to have drunk his own kool-aid:

The idea is the same – this corporation has revenues, expenditures and profits. However, once again, no one owns this entity, it owns itself. The reason it exists is to provide a service at an extremely competitive price that no human-based corporation can provide, so they'll work higher up the chain to provide 'value-added' services.

All of this is possible because of the way Bitcoin (and other, similarly organised systems) are entirely decentralised:

The last pieces of centralization are removed with a system like Namecoin that is decentralized DNS system that the autonomous corporation uses as its website/front where it interacts with people. There will ideally be a decentralized identity system, like the Keyhotee system Communication can take place through something like Bitmessage or through the Keyhotee mailing system that is decentralized. The autonomous corporation cannot afford a central point of failure for essential functions.

While I'd love to see such a system do things for the benefit of humankind I've also experienced human greed, malice and unfairness in my time. I can't help but think, therefore, that while such systems would certainly be working autonomously it would be a kind of Matthew effect on steroids for the already-wealthy.
 On presence and status http://discours.es/on-presence-and-status 2013-10-22T14:58:18Z 2013-10-22T14:41:07Z Doug Belshaw
This post invites us to remember the time a few years back when, if you saw someone with a Blackberry, it was reasonable to assume they were a moderately-powerful businessperson?

When people walked into a boardroom for a meeting, everyone would ritualistically un-holster their BlackBerry, with the unmistakable plastic clicking sound...and put their phone on the table in front of them to show off their status.

These would, of course, occasionally vibrate or light up and need to be attended to immediately. The more times this happened, the more important you were.

It was the technological equivalent of pulling your dick out and slapping it on the table.

Nowadays, everybody who wants one can have a pretty powerful smartphone. And behaviour that was previously seen mainly in boardrooms is now seen everywhere.

I'll have dinner with a friend and they slap their iPhone on the table from the moment we meet, keeping it there for the duration of the meal. They are constantly distracted by the phone lighting up, beeping and buzzing to let them know someone validated their existence by liking their latest Instagram photo.

This idea of constantly checking social networks (essentially 'private public spaces' funded by advertising) in order to validate our existence rings true with me.

We are desperately trying to relate on a human level, but our devices steal us away from each other, time and time again.

The author concludes by calling this an 'illness' and describing his attempts to 're-calibrate his priorities' by turning off most notifications.

While I spend most of my days in front of my laptop, this is sage advice. I fondly remember the days when you could go off for a wander and you were, for all intents and purposes, uncontactable. Being alone with your thoughts is what makes you, you after all.

In related news: #BelshawBlackOps13
 Fulfilled by Amazon: the fastest path to a minimalist lifestyle? http://discours.es/fulfilled-by-amazon-the-fastest-path-to-a-minimalist-lifestyle 2013-10-22T08:47:58Z 2013-10-22T08:37:17Z Doug Belshaw
Ben Guild hit the front page of Hacker News yesterday with this post about sending everything you no longer want/need to Amazon for them to sell on your behalf:

If I'm considering getting rid of anything of any value what-so-ever, I try to send it to Amazon for sale and storage instead. If there's anything that I don't need, I opt for keeping my local "inventory" light and getting the value out of it now rather than dealing with it later. Let Amazon store and sell it for you! — If you ever need it again later, then buy it again. Be liquid + mobile, not sitting on a home full of "maybes".

This is a great idea. It removes the hassle of dealing with each seller individually and taking photos for eBay, etc. It also means you can decltter your house as soon as you decide to sell things, rather when they're actually sold.

I wondered whether Amazon Fulfillment for non-business sellers was a US-only thing, but it looks like Amazon offer it in Europe too. You just have to register as a private seller to avoid monthly fees.
 Why teachers quit http://discours.es/why-teachers-quit 2013-10-21T13:29:40Z 2013-10-21T13:21:57Z Doug Belshaw
There's an article in The Atlantic about the reasons teachers quit, featuring this quotation from a U.S. History teacher:

"I realized that most older men I taught with eventually felt pressured to advance into higher-level administration as their careers progressed in order to better support their family," he said. "What many of them working in high-need schools told me, however, was that being successful at school directly conflicted with being successful husbands and fathers. While this is certainly true of any occupation, most occupations don't leave your children asking you, 'Why do you go to more basketball games of the kids at school than mine?'"

This is why you see so few male teachers in Primary schools: there's not enough senior management jobs and not enough status as a 'mere' classroom teacher. There are exceptions, of course.

Meanwhile, in Secondary, it's an arms race and (again) although there's spectacular and noticeable exceptions, it's those willing to sacrifice time with their family who tend to have more 'successful' careers.

It's quite understandable that some seek to 'get out'. It's just a shame that doing tends to be couched in 'failure'.
 Getting out of the ivory tower http://discours.es/getting-out-of-the-ivory-tower 2013-10-21T13:04:54Z 2013-10-21T12:46:30Z Doug Belshaw
There's at three important points in this lengthy post by a (soon-to-be former) Associate Professor of Philosophy at a US university. The first is about the problems of incentivising research:

Here is one tiny example. In the spirit of interdisciplinary research, I've recently co-authored an article (with an excellent graduate student in computer science) in the journal "Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence", which is not a philosophy journal, but a computer science or engineering journal. One would think that this was precisely the sort of project that should get a warm welcome from a university that's encouraging interdisciplinary research. Unfortunately, I've actually incurred a small, but significant penalty for writing this paper. The reason for this penalty is simple. In my department (as is commonly the case), faculty salaries are determined largely by research productivity. But this is more than the mere quantity of research produced. A judgment is made -- based largely on the prestige of the publisher and journal -- about the quality and likely impact of one's work. This judgment is made, reasonably enough, by people in one's home department. Unfortunately, if you're writing papers that are eventually published in outlets that one's colleagues are unfamiliar with, they're unable to make a decision about the quality of that work. So, although it's definitely not a policy of our department, such publications are downgraded when it comes to determining the quality and quantity of research output.

TL;DR: people respond to incentives, even when they're perverse.

The second point is about 'business experience' which is fetishised within an increasingly-corporatised education system:

At my own university, we've recently had Gary Forsee, former CEO of Sprint as President of the statewide system. Forsee happens to be widely considered one of the worst CEOs of all time, but his business experience was cited as a major qualification for his appointment as President.

And what is this experience, anyway?

What I am confident about is that there's no such thing as "business experience". Running a small business, founding a new start-up, and being CEO of a major corporation like Sprint are quite different propositions, requiring different skill sets, and calling for different decisions. Managing a gigantic organization of thousands of employees in a multi-billion dollar transnational is simply not at all like bootstrapping a small venture with one or two underpaid partners and a shoestring budget.

Finally, as I've pointed out before it's no longer inevitable that those with terminal degrees will find academia a viable option. Why would you choose to be paid less in an environment less flexible and more hostile to innovation?

What makes me pessimistic about my own university and public universities in the United States in general is that their inability to adapt isn't due simply to bad leadership or an unfavorable economy. It's based on structural features that are self-reinforcing. Poor leadership drawn from huge corporations, an incentive structure that favors narrow specialization, and a hostility to potentially disruptive research, all reinforce each other. Those of us whose interests don't fit into that structure have some difficult decisions to make.

All three points are worth thinking about if you're in the leadership of a Higher Education institution.
 Time doesn't exist http://discours.es/time-doesnt-exist 2013-10-21T11:05:01Z 2013-10-21T11:04:34Z Doug Belshaw

 Seth Godin:

Time doesn't exist, not in a way that matters to most people. The story we tell ourselves about time, though, is the overriding narrative of our day to day lives.

When I used to teach History, guess what used to blow the minds of 12 year-olds learning about the Industrial Revolution? Not the invention of power looms, trains and factories, but the national co-ordination of clocks due to rail timetables - something skin to the invention of time.

Time on a long bus trip goes so much slower than time spent doing what we love with people we care about. We'll pay $1000 to buy an hour in some circumstances, but refuse to pay a $5 premium to save an hour in others.

I thoroughly dislike the reductionist way that everything seems to be given a monetary value these days. I think we should fight against this by putting a hugely inflated figure on the value of our 'personal' time.

One way I'm doing that this year is through #BelshawBlackOps13, an 'intellectual lifeboat' that I'll be on for a couple of months starting next week. I have no particular goals in mind apart from some writing that won't be immediately publicly-available.

I'm looking forward to unexpected, serendipitous connections and thoughts to materialise from this hiatus. And if they don't? Well it doesn't really matter; we should all allow ourselves a period of unproductivity now and again...
 Seth Godin says time doesn't exist and I agree http://discours.es/seth-godin-says-time-doesnt-exist-and-i-agree 2013-10-21T11:04:14Z 2013-10-21T10:25:49Z Doug Belshaw
Seth Godin:

Time doesn't exist, not in a way that matters to most people. The story we tell ourselves about time, though, is the overriding narrative of our day to day lives.

When I used to teach History, guess what used to blow the minds of 12 year-olds learning about the Industrial Revolution? Not the invention of power looms, trains and factories, but the national co-ordination of clocks due to rail timetables - something skin to the invention of time.

Time on a long bus trip goes so much slower than time spent doing what we love with people we care about. We'll pay $1000 to buy an hour in some circumstances, but refuse to pay a $5 premium to save an hour in others.

I thoroughly dislike the reductionist way that everything seems to be given a monetary value these days. I think we should fight against this by putting a hugely inflated figure on the value of our 'personal' time.

One way I'm doing that this year is through #BelshawBlackOps13, an 'intellectual lifeboat' that I'll be on for a couple of months starting next week. I have no particular goals in mind apart from some writing that won't be immediately publicly-available.

I'm looking forward to unexpected, serendipitous connections and thoughts to materialise from this hiatus. And if they don't? Well it doesn't really matter; we should all allow ourselves a period of unproductivity now and again...
 (Perceived) consistency and success http://discours.es/perceived-consistency-and-success 2013-10-21T10:13:32Z 2013-10-21T10:04:25Z Doug Belshaw
This post found via Svbtle makes a good point about success and it's relationship with consistency:

Whether you're trying to lose weight, put on muscle mass, or run a marathon, consistency is everything.

I learned this the hard way in my first job as a History teacher. You can deliver consistently outstanding lessons but if you burn yourself out and end up off work you're seen as a liability, not a paradigm to which others should aspire.

'Very good' 99% of the time beats 'outstanding' 90% of the time. In other words:

Consistency can often trump excellency. Get them both right and nobody can touch you.

I'd agree, but add that consistency is always perceived consistency. It's about the story you tell - both yourself and others.
 The myth of the creative class http://discours.es/the-myth-of-the-creative-class 2013-10-20T18:53:25Z 2013-10-20T17:36:07Z Doug Belshaw
A powerful (and 'creatively'-composed) article by Thomas Frank critiquing books about creativity and, amongst other things, TED Talks:

Consider, then, the narrative daisy chain that makes up the literature of creativity. It is the story of brilliant people, often in the arts or humanities, who are studied by other brilliant people, often in the sciences, finance, or marketing. The readership is made up of us — members of the professional-managerial class — each of whom harbors a powerful suspicion that he or she is pretty brilliant as well.

Worth a read and some consideration.
 Lies, damned lies and educational reform http://discours.es/lies-damned-lies-and-educational-reform 2013-10-16T19:57:18Z 2013-10-16T19:46:02Z Doug Belshaw
I hardly know where to start with an excuse for an article I read recently on the website of Wired magazine (US). Perhaps with the title? How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses suggests something magical like pixie dust. Instead, it's all about a 'student-centered movement' that relies on the dubious claims of TED prize-winning Professor Sugata Mitra.

Next, there's the fact that the article is in the business section of the website. Perhaps that's because there's a lot of money to be made in 'educational reform'. Especially if you're part of the vanguard seeking to replace state provision with the whims of the market. "Let's get out of children's way" can be double-speak for "let's allow the market in here to make some profit."

I've got some further criticisms about things like the hints of survivor bias, the 'brief history of alternative schools' and the Hawthorne effect. But I'll save that up for another day's rant.
 Expand you circle of control by avoiding the news http://discours.es/expand-you-circle-of-control-by-avoiding-the-news 2013-10-15T08:27:58Z 2013-10-15T08:24:08Z Doug Belshaw
I appreciated reading this from James Clear this morning. In it, he talks about the importance of being careful about what you pay attention to.

Here's the reason that, unlike almost everyone else who uses public transport, I don't pick up any free newspapers on offer:

The news is actually a carefully constructed program that is meant to entertain you, shock you and (most importantly) interrupt your focus and grab your attention so that the news company can continue to make money from advertisers.

Clear's post also features this excellent diagram:

I'm looking forward to sharing this with a lot more people in the coming months. I'll leave you with this nugget:

The world doesn't need people who "stay informed" or "follow the news" or otherwise digest whatever information is around. What the world needs are people who learn with purpose, who take action on the things that are important to them, and who seek out high quality information as a way to spark creativity — not as an excuse to consume even more.

Amen to that, brother.
 Dilbert creator on luck and failure http://discours.es/dilbert-creator-on-luck-and-failure 2013-10-14T17:22:10Z 2013-10-14T17:14:40Z Doug Belshaw
I enjoy the writing of Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert cartoons. He's got an article in the Wall Street Journal that was almost certainly given its title by an editor: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304626104579121813075903866.htmlScott Adams' Secret of Success: Failure

You see, I don't think this story is about failure, I think it's about luck. Adams even spells this out:

If you drill down on any success story, you always discover that luck was a huge part of it. You can't control luck, but you can move from a game with bad odds to one with better odds. You can make it easier for luck to find you. The most useful thing you can do is stay in the game. If your current get-rich project fails, take what you learned and try something else. Keep repeating until something lucky happens. The universe has plenty of luck to go around; you just need to keep your hand raised until it's your turn. It helps to see failure as a road and not a wall.

The flip side of this is perserverance. It's not quite like buying lots of lottery tickets, but you get the idea.
 Seth Godin fears Google may have jumped the shark... http://discours.es/seth-godin-fears-google-may-have-jumped-the-shark 2013-10-13T20:56:23Z 2013-10-13T20:53:59Z Doug Belshaw
…and he may be correct:

Google has been found to have hacked and stolen user data circumventing privacy settings. They've recently announced that without asking first or sharing the upside, they may be selling the names and faces of people who use Google + to advertisers, to be included in endorsement ads. People expressing themselves online might soon find themselves starring in ads as unpaid, unwilling endorsers.

I've never done any more than dabble around the edges of the Facebook ecosystem, but Google? I'm fully enmeshed and entrenched. I have to say I'm concerned (and looking to extricate myself pronto).
 Twitter, fame and quitting http://discours.es/twitter-fame-and-quitting 2013-10-13T20:42:51Z 2013-10-13T20:38:39Z Doug Belshaw
Paul Rouget, a colleague I've never met at Mozilla, has quit Twitter:

I deleted my Twitter account (10K+ followers) 6 months ago during my "disconnected break" in Asia. Maybe it's maturity. I'm getting older. I understand better what I like, what I enjoy, what is important to me (writing code, building, shipping). I'm not interested in the race for fame anymore. I realize it was exhausting and a source of anxiety.

I get into a similar frame of mind around November every year, which is why for the past few years I've started something now known as Belshaw Black Ops. You know, I may even start it early this year.
 Penelope Lively on old age http://discours.es/penelope-lively-on-old-age 2013-10-13T20:31:05Z 2013-10-13T20:20:59Z Doug Belshaw
My wife turns 33 tomorrow (Happy Birthday Hannah!) and I too will reach that milestone around nine weeks later. This fact made a quotation nestled within an excellent essay by Penelope Lively in the Guardian this week more poignant:

[Y]outh has expanded handsomely since Charlotte Brontë wailed, "I am now 32. Youth is gone – gone, – and will never come back; can't help it."

I do feel quite old. Having talked about it with other parents, it's almost definitely the act of having children that does it; a perpetual tiredness and expectancy that it's not going to get better for the foreseeable future.

It's interesting that, just as I shudder at the idea of reliving my teenage years, Lively wouldn't want to be 'young' again:

Am I envious of the young? Would I want to be young again? On the first count – not really, which surprises me. On the second – certainly not, if it meant a repeat performance. I would like to have back vigour and robust health, but that is not exactly envy. And, having known youth, I'm well aware that it has its own traumas, that it is no Elysian progress, that it can be a time of distress and disappointment, that it is exuberant and exciting, but it is no picnic. I don't particularly want to go back there.

I'm a big fan of her writing ever since studying Moon Tiger for English Literature 'A' Level. In fact, her essay makes me almost want to retire right now:

So this is old age. If you are not yet in it, you may be shuddering. If you are, you will perhaps disagree, in which case I can only say: this is how it is for me. And if it sounds – to anyone – a pretty pallid sort of place, I can refute that. It is not. Certain desires and drives have gone. But what remains is response. I am as alive to the world as I have ever been – alive to everything I see and hear and feel. I revel in the spring sunshine, and the cream and purple hellebore in the garden; I listen to a radio discussion about the ethics of selective abortion, and chip in at points; the sound of a beloved voice on the phone brings a surge of pleasure. I think there is a sea-change, in old age – a metamorphosis of the sensibilities. With those old consuming vigours now muted, something else comes into its own – an almost luxurious appreciation of the world that you are still in.

I just hope that there will be such a thing as retirement in 2050 - which is about the time I'll be hoping to experience some of the pleasures Lively describes.
 Beauty in (technological) simplicity http://discours.es/beauty-in-technological-simplicity 2013-10-13T20:19:02Z 2013-10-13T20:10:48Z Doug Belshaw
The list of people I follow on social networks and blogs I read changes reasonably regularly, but there's a core; people I've never unfollowed and blogs I've read for years. One of the latter is One Thing Well, "a weblog about simple, useful software."

I was reminded of this by a post on the power of minimalism in technology that's ostensibly about the development of web apps, but which can be more widely generalised:

If you're working on developing an application now, or you have a couple lined up, try to keep in mind that the best solutions are almost always the simplest solutions. Really think about it. Do you need a giant framework to query a database, or can you write simple methods to handle your SQL queries? Keeping your software simple takes away the abstraction that can surround code. If you're working on a project now, do you really need that new feature? What VALUE does it add? You may come to realize that it will fit better in the next project that comes rolling across your desk. In case you're still on the edge with this one, let us take a look at one of the greatest achievements in physics of the 20th century.

This reminds me of the quotation attributed to the author of The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery: "A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

You can add value by subtracting words and content. Be ruthless.
 Beyond 10,000 hours http://discours.es/beyond-10-000-hours 2013-10-13T20:10:08Z 2013-10-13T20:04:46Z Doug Belshaw
I really appreciate the story about Kobe Bryant, a very talented, wealthy and successful basketball player in this post about the importance of deliberate practice.

The story's too long to quote here, so you should go and read it - but here's the takeaway:

Kobe had a very clear goal at practice: 800 made jump shots. He was deliberately focused on developing the skill of making baskets. The time he spent doing it was almost an after thought. That sounds simple, but it's very different from how most of us approach our work each day.

That's the key; it's deliberate practice, not just any kind of practice. Focused. Intentional. Goal-driven.

Getting better at something isn't like a montage from one of the Rocky films, it's a long, hard slog punctuated by failure and, sometimes, despair.

On a daily basis, this doesn't have to look big or impressive. And that's good, because it will often feel like you're failing. What feels like struggle and frustration is often skill development and growth. What looks like little pay and no recognition is often the price you have to pay to discover your best work. In other words, what looks like failure is often the foundation of success.

Show me someone successful and I'll be able to point to either a big pile of cash behind them or, more likely, a lot of deliberate practice.
 Actions speak louder than words http://discours.es/actions-speak-louder-than-words 2013-10-13T20:01:50Z 2013-10-13T10:37:14Z Doug Belshaw
I hope you've never been in the position where someone you can no longer trust the words of someone you care about. It's painful. You learn to privilege actions over mere words - which are cheap and trip off the tongue easily.

This post puts that fairly eloquently:

[W]hat's on the inside only matters to the extent that it affects what's on the outside. Others judge us based on what we do, not what we think. And rightfully so: the only reason I want to hire someone who is innovative, motivated, and passionate is so that they act in an innovative, motivated, and passionate way. Writing it on your resume does nothing to prove to me that this is likely. As Emerson said, "What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."

I see this as very closely linked to the idea of being the change you want to see in the world (note: not talking about the change you want to see).

There's a million ways this fear manifests itself. "But I'm starting a business I don't care about so I have enough money to do good for the world later" … "But I'm spending months learning about exercise without joining a gym so I can be more efficient later." But, but, but, but, but. Fuck that. Stop it. Go do the stuff you care about. Your life is your message.

A definite +1 to that.
 Extreme minimalism http://discours.es/extreme-minimalism 2013-10-11T16:50:44Z 2013-10-11T16:37:13Z Doug Belshaw
Until recently I was fascinated by minimalism. I kind of got over it after a flurry of activity in the tech world that annoyed me enough to write this.

As with anything you've spent time exploring, however, you eventually come back to it. That's why a post entitled Modern Minimalism by Pat Shea has (re-)piqued my interest. So yes, from what I can see he's a young, white, reasonably well-off (possibly single?) man who talks about how you don't need soap because eating, sleeping and exercise properly means "you will almost never get sick and your body will never smell bad."

Good luck with that.

But seriously, his answer to the (self-asked) question of what he has in place of all of the stuff he's missing interests me:

Time. I have time. Lots of it. Time to spend working on creative projects, hanging out with old friends, making new friends, chasing girls, traveling, connecting with my family, learning new skills, improving myself, and attempting to change the world. I gained the time to spend doing what I love by cutting out the time I spent maintaining my possessions.

I'm looking forward to the time when someone buys our house and I can get rid of some of this clutter. Some of it is the paraphernalia that goes with family life, but there's lots of stuff that I just haven't had the wherewithal to jettison.
 Demoing... http://discours.es/demoing 2013-10-07T12:37:32Z 2013-10-07T12:35:45Z Doug Belshaw
Showing Steve Bunce the awesomeness of postach.io


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Question: May a noncustodial parent claim the child tax credit for his or her child?
The noncustodial parent may only claim the child tax credit for a child if the noncustodial parent is allowed a dependency deduction for the child and the requirements for claiming the child tax credit are met. The noncustodial parent must also have a Form 8332 (PDF), Release/Revocation of Release of Claim to Exemption for Child by Custodial Parent, signed by the custodial parent and attach the form to the noncustodial parent's return.
- See the Instructions for Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return or Instructions for Form 1040A, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return for information on who qualifies for the credit, and how to calculate it.
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Add to EJ Playlist Gardena municipal code makes it a crime to lounge. At least they could give you a citation rather then arrest.
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The police operates according to the Law on police (Закон "о полиции"),[2] which has been approved by the Federal Assembly and subsequently signed into law on February 7, 2011 by President of Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.
Russian police reform (Закон РФ "о полиции" (Zakon RF "O politsii" {Law on police}) is an ongoing effort initiated by President Dmitry Medvedev to improve the efficiency of Russia's police forces, decrease corruption and improve the public image of law enforcement. On 7 February 2011, amendments were made to laws on the police force, the criminal code and the criminal procedure code. The amendments came into force on 1 March 2011. These changes stipulate a personnel cut of 20% in law enforcement, a renaming of Russian law enforcers from "militsiya" (militia) to "politsiya" (police), substantial increases in wages, centralisation of financing, and several other changes. Around 217 billion rubles ($7 billion) have been allocated from the federal budget to finance the reform.
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Galapagos Offers
Discounts, special offers and last minute deals help your Galapagos Islands budget go further for a cheaper cruise or more luxury.
Galapagos Offers & Discounts
Our Galapagos selection of special discounts, last minute offers and cruise deals. Check this page often for the latest savings and special offers for Galapagos cruises, hotels and tour packages.
LAN have recently started
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We have not been notified recently of any current last-minute discounted Galapagos cruises, but keep an eye on this page as any good reductions or last minute deals will be posted here. Bear in mind that the current economic climate is having an impact on Galapagos tourism, it is always worth asking for a discount as most agencies seem to be experiencing lower than usual demand for cruises and Galapagos hotels.
Galapagos cruise prices rarely include the National Park entrance fee of $100 or the control card fee of $10. Look out for other omissions from special offer packages. What appears an attractive discount cruise can turn out to be quite expensive if you have to add on flights, are charged for drinking water or must pay extra for excursions. Tips and alcoholic drinks are almost never included in package deals.
A discount on the National Park entrance fee might be available to holders of a valid
visa with "empadronamiento"
(this replaces the old censo) - enquire with your travel agent about the latest situation.
Galapagos flight prices are around $460 to $510 in the high season and $425 - $500 in the low season. Remember to budget for
flights to the islands
if they are not included in the package and take this cost into account when comparing cruise deals or special offers.
or those with an
may get discounted flights - ask your travel agent or volunteer agency about any relevant offers.
Galapagos cruise boats vary in size and quality. See our
tips for choosing a Galapagos cruise boat
to ensure that your special offer or budget cruise really is good value for money.
It is worth noting that flight prices and the National Park entrance fee and control card are the same no matter how long you spend in the islands. A 4 day cruise (really only 2 whole days and 2 half days) may be cheaper but is perhaps a false economy as you get so little time in the islands. Most visitors wish they had been able to spend more time in Galapagos - it's probably a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so I would recommend doing it properly with an 8 day cruise on the nicest boat you can afford.
If you can only manage a four day cruise, you could consider a few days before or after in one or more of the
Galapagos hotels
to do some walking and day tours. Those who suffer from seasickness might prefer to make their Galapagos experience land-based as far as possible and do some island hopping rather than a cruise.
Leaving it until the last minute to book your cruise can be a great saving - or it can lead to disappointment if there are no offers available even at full price, so don't leave it too late. If you have plenty of time in Ecuador, you can shop around for a last minute deal. If your Ecuador travel time is limited I would recommend booking your cruise before you arrive so as not to miss out. Bear in mind that the starting days of cruises are fixed by the National Park, so don't expect to arrive in the islands and find a cruise starting the exact day you want.
The Galapagos weather and wildlife will make a big difference to your cruise experience, so see the
Galapagos Climate Calendar
Wildlife Activity Notes
pages before deciding
when is best to visit the Galapagos islands
Useful Spanish Vocabulary for finding discounts in the Galapagos Islands:
descuento: discount
oferta: offer
Galapagos Islands Discounts, Special Offers & Last Minute Deals
Cruise offers, hotel package deals, last minute discounts for boats and tours.
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Mass Hysteria Entertainment Company Signs Technology Deal With Software Developers Patrick Greene And Alexander Harrington For Its Interactive Cinema Experience
Patrick Greene and Alex Harrington, stated, "We are thrilled to be a part of such an innovative concept as Mass Hysteria's interactive cinema project. As software system builders outside of Hollywood, we were delighted when Dan challenged us to help him change the passive movie paradigm to one of engagement. We knew immediately this could change the course of our lives and eventually that of movie audiences world-wide."
About Mass HysteriaMass Hysteria Entertainment, Inc. is a multi-media entertainment company created to produce films with an interactive component as well as conventional motion pictures and TV programs. For more information please go to www.masshysteriafilms.com
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Turkcell Gets The Ball Rolling On Turkey's Mobile Software...
ISTANBUL, September 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Turkcell (NYSE:TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading technology and communication company in Turkey has announced its new Corporate Social Responsibility project, ''Developers of the Future.'' The project aims to guide the dynamic youth population towards becoming mobile application developers and effective players in the ever growing global application market. Those to be trained through the http://www.turkcell.com.tr/gelecegiyazanlar portal will be able to use Turkcell services to develop mobile applications and software for platforms like Android, iOS and Windows Phone which appeal to millions.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120614/537932-b )At the Turkcell press conference held today, attended by The Minister of Transportation, Maritime and Communication Binali Yildirim, Information Technologies and Communication Authority Chairman Tayfun Acarer and Turkcell Chief Executive Officer Sureyya Ciliv, described the initiative as a crucial step towards Turkey's targeted 160 billion dollar sector growth for its 2023 vision. Turkcell Chief Executive Officer Sureyya Ciliv continued by stating that, "In 2012, Turkey's software development exceeded 2.4 billion TL, while exports of software and services were at around 750 million TL reaching 70 countries worldwide. Meanwhile globally, mobile software development is expected to reach 25 billion dollars by the end of 2013, and to triple within 5-6 years. Therefore, creating added value in mobile service is important for sustainable global competition. Ultimately, let's all write the future together so that Turkey can become a pioneer when it comes to developing mobile applications, and have the best qualified engineers worldwide.'' The "Developers of the Future" will be;
- Open to everyone from all skill levels, and will also provide training, development and mentoring options.
- The software developers will be given consultation support throughout the training process by prominent professionals in the field of mobile applications.
- Those who receive "Achievement Certificates" in the program with successful projects will be given priority in employment opportunities, both in the Turkcell group and the ecosystem created by its business partners.
- Furthermore, the applications that are developed within the scope of the project will be offered to users through Turkcell's application store T-Market. In addition, monthly activities, competitions and conferences are being planned where participants can gather in different settings to exchange information.
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text: 2 based on demoscottBWXE | 16/09/2009 | See all scottBWXE's reviews (49)nothing stands out when playing this game. it is fun to combine gun & sword fighting with some fancy moves such as wall running & sliding but it's all been done before...and to a much better standard than WET provides. Graphically i didn't think much of it at all, definately not up to the current standard. Gameplay wise it was fun for about 5 minutes but then just repeating the same 3 sets of moves got tiresome. WET just seems to have borrowed ideas/gameplay from other games and replicated them...and not done a very good job. It feels too much like Stranglehold for my liking. If the idea of weilding guns, jumping around and hacking people up with a sword all at the same time appeals to you pick up Devil May Cry 4 it's far better than this and is cheap as chips at the moment


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Vietnam's two-year government bonds rallied after data showed inflation eased to the slowest pace in a year, adding to speculation the central bank will cut interest rates. The dong weakened.
Consumer prices rose 14.15 percent in March from a year earlier, the General Statistics Office said March 24. Slowing inflation may allow Vietnam to lower interest rates by 100 basis points each in the second, third and fourth quarters, central bank Governor Nguyen Van Binh said March 12, the same day the monetary authority announced a percentage point cut benchmark rates.
"Lower inflation should lead to greater macroeconomic, and, in particular, balance of payments stability," Matt Hildebrandt, a Singapore-based economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co., wrote in a report released today. The central bank will probably cut rates by another 300 to 400 basis points in 2012, he said.
Two-year bond yields fell 11 basis points, or 0.11 percentage point, to 11.52 percent as of 3:19 p.m. in Hanoi according to a daily fixing rate from banks compiled by Bloomberg.
The dong weakened 0.1 percent to 20,900 per dollar, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The central bank set the reference rate at 20,828, unchanged since Dec. 26, its website showed. The currency is allowed to trade as much as 1 percent on either side of the official rate.
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2 Alabama Crimson Tide (9-1)@
Mississippi St. Bulldogs (5-5)
Saturday, November 12
Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field
Attendance: 57,871
Game Leaders
14/24, 163 yds, 0 tds, 1 int
13/25, 110 yds, 1 tds, 0 int
32 car, 127 yds, 1 tds
9 car, 21 yds, 0 tds
2 rec, 60 yds, 0 tds
5 rec, 42 yds, 1 tds
Starkville, MS (Sports Network) - Trent Richardson totaled 127 yards with a touchdown on 32 carries as the fourth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide rolled to a 24-7 victory over the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Eddie Lacy added 11 carries for 96 yards and two touchdowns, while AJ McCarron completed 14-of-24 passes for 163 yards as Alabama (9-1, 6-1 SEC) rebounded from its first loss of the season.
Tyler Russell went 13-for-25 through the air for 110 yards and a touchdown for Mississippi State (5-5, 1-5), which had a two-game win streak snapped.
"It's really frustrating. We were so close but had things like false starts and sacks that shouldn't have been taken," Russell said. "We can't make mistakes like that."
After neither team picked up a first down for the first four possessions, Alabama was able to collect two of them before stalling at the Bulldogs' 32- yard line before Cade Foster's 49-yard field goal attempt missed wide to the right.
Mississippi State converted its own first down on its next drive before being forced to punt. But punter Baker Swedenburg dropped the snap and Alabama took over on downs at the Bulldogs' 31. The Crimson Tide could not take advantage of Swedenburg's gaffe, though, as Alabama missed its second straight field goal. This time it was Jeremy Shelley, who missed his 31-yard kick wide left early in the second quarter.
The Crimson Tide were finally able to break the scoreless tie on their next possession. Kevin Norwood's 22-yard reception moved Alabama into Mississippi State territory before a defensive pass interference penalty on the Bulldogs kept the drive alive on a 3rd-and-9. Lacy took a pitch to the left on the next play and leapt over the pylon from two yards out with 9:59 left in the half.
It was then Mississippi State's turn to miss a couple of field goals as Derek DePasquale failed to convert a 41-yard kick before a Cameron Lawrence interception preceded Brian Egan's failed attempt to split the uprights from 29 yards out, keeping it a seven-point game at the half.
Norwood started Alabama's first touch of the second half with a 38-yard grab and Richardson later hauled in a 19-yard completion, but the nine-play drive stalled inside the Mississippi State 10 and Shelley split the uprights from 24 yards out to make the score 10-0.
After each team failed to convert on fourth-down attempts near midfield late in the third, Richardson capped a seven-play drive that stretched into the fourth quarter by rumbling into the end zone from two yards out.
But the Bulldogs quickly made it a 10-point game again as LaDarius Perkins returned the ensuing kickoff 68 yards down to the Crimson Tide 22 and Russell found Chris Smith for a 12-yard score three plays later.
Each team then traded punts before the Crimson Tide took over on offense with 6:32 left in the fourth. Richardson reeled off nine straight runs to bring the clock under two minutes and Lacy put the game away with a 32-yard run off the left side for a touchdown.
"I'm really pleased and proud of the way our players played tonight," Alabama head coach Nick Saban said. "I know there was sort of a challenge that presented itself a week ago and we responded the right way."
Referee: Hubert Owens
Umpire: Russ Pulley
Head Linesman: John Langlois
Line Judge: Paul Petrisko
Side Judge: Bobby Moreau
Back Judge: Rich Martinez
Field Judge: Greg Thomas


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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Gay marriage is a big step closer to becoming law in Argentina.
The House of Deputies approved same-sex marriage by an ample margin Wednesday and sent the legislation for consideration in the Senate. President Cristina Fernandez has promised not to veto the measure if it reaches her desk.
Gay rights activist Esteban Paulon calls it historic - the first time a gay marriage initiative has been debated in a national legislature in Latin America.
Five gay and lesbian couples already have been married by Argentine judges who say the country's constitution supports freedom of choice for couples. But other judges have overturned some of those marriages as illegal.
The Roman Catholic Church strongly opposes the legislation.
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