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Kurt Hoffman
Welcome to Social Justice on SchoolhouseTeachers.com!
Caution: This class might blow your mind!
A few years ago, I learned there are more slaves in the world today than ever before in human history. So, shocked to hear this, I decided to study hard and write my first book on the issue. It is called Young Heroes: A Learner's Guide to Changing the World (Abolish Slavery Edition).
It is designed to educate, enlighten, and empower young people to become modern-day abolitionists. Young Heroes educates its readers on the issue of modern-day slavery and human trafficking and how it's like and different from historical slavery; enlightens its readers by getting them to think critically about exactly how humans are equal and why slavery is wrong (being such a huge problem, a lot of people obviously don't think it is!); and empowers its readers to know, develop, and serve others with their talents towards the abolishment of modern-day slavery.
Side-effect takeaways include: a greater understanding and love for knowledge; a more robust understanding of what it means to be a human and how we are called to love others as ourselves; a knowledge of one's unique talents and how to develop them; an understanding of one's true potential; and a deeper understanding of worldviews, including one's personal worldview.
A Quick Note to Parents: Due to the sensitive nature of this topic, please be aware all students will face some difficult realities and will be challenged to examine their beliefs on some important issues. Thus, we highly encourage you to make sure this content is suitable for your teens and to engage with them as they go through this class! The most challenging areas of content include:
- The reality and methods of modern-day slavery, including sex slavery and the global sex trade (Please note: the discussions are kept academic in nature; there are no graphic pictures or anything extremely detailed or unnecessarily explicit.)
- How the roots of modern-day slavery manifest themselves in popular culture and youth culture
- The necessity for young people, especially professing theists and Christians, to prove humans are fundamentally equal and valuable and how slavery is universally wrong
- The need for young people to examine their beliefs and values in the pursuit of knowing and understanding truth
To learn more about my book and its methods please see the following links:
Course Outline:
Taken directly from the book, each chapter includes a range of exercises including Q & A, vocabulary, journaling, self-examination evaluations, and online, media-based assignments. Introducing the chapters, I will include a unique set of instructions to allow youth to get the most out this class.
Week 1: An Intro to the Way of the Young Hero
Everyone wants to "change the world." The question is: into what? You see, Adolf Hitler wanted to change the world, too, and he did a pretty good job. In this light, we have to think very critically about what we want to change the world into and why we are right, versus all the other people who say they want the same thing but mean something different.
Week 2: Understanding Slavery, Part 1
Week 3: Understanding Slavery, Part 2
Book Chapter 1: emphasis on vocabulary and term definitions
During these weeks on understanding slavery, we will be exploring the definition of slavery, including the essential philosophical questions surrounding it. Such as: Is slavery wrong? How and why? Are humans equal? How do you know? Upon figuring out these answers learners will be in position to truly love others as themselves!
Week 4: Historical Slavery, Part 1
Week 5: Historical Slavery, Part 2
Book Chapter 3: emphasis on the history of slavery and moral questions in politics
During these weeks, learners will explore the history of slavery, including within the United States. Connections from the first weeks come into play when we consider the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution and what these documents have to say about human nature.
Week 6: Modern-Day Slavery, Part 1
Week 7: Modern-Day Slavery, Part 2
Week 8: Modern-Day Slavery, Part 3
Week 9: Modern-Day Slavery, Part 4
Book Chapters 4, 5, & 6; emphasis on developing empathy for others who are suffering
In these weeks, learners will begin to understand the unique nature and practices of modern-day slavery—specifically its method known as human trafficking. We will look at how trafficking works and, for example, how modern-day slaves are used.
Week 10: Connecting the Dots, Part 1
Week 11: Connecting the Dots, Part 2
Book Chapter 9; emphasis on slavery and economics
In these weeks, learners will explore how modern-day slavery finds its way into our daily living. Particularly, how it is intertwined into our economics. We will be asking questions such as: Since slaves are supplied, who are the ones demanding them, and why?
Week 12: Cha-Cha-Changes (thyself), Part 1
Week 13: Cha-Cha-Changes (thyself), Part 2
Week 14: Cha-Cha-Changes (thyself), Part 3
Book Chapters 12 & 13; emphasis on how "changing the world" begins with knowing and changing oneself
In these weeks, discussions will explore the difference between "who we are" as unique people and "what we are" as equal human beings. In action, this means discerning how we affirm the human dignity of ourselves and others, and how to know and develop our unique talents toward the abolishment of modern-day slavery.
Weeks 15: Global Influence
Book Chapter 16
In this week, learners will begin to see how changing your own self can naturally grow into changing the world. Plus, in our Case Study of Capitalism, they will begin to consider if—and how—freeing—the Free Market can be our greatest means to abolishing slavery once and for all.
Week 16: Young Heroes Recap!
In the final week we will review all the work they've completed throughout the course. This will include highlighting things that have surprised them most, what meant the most to them, things they do not want to forget, and things that came hardest to them. Overall, this is a week of reflection, where learners will also review their journaling and compile these entries into their own story.
Download a printable course outline here.
You can see my website here: IAmAYoungHero.com
You can also buy the book here.
Immensely excited to teach a class on SchoolhouseTeachers.com, here is a bit about Office Chair Philosopher and Professional Mind Blower, Kurt Hoffman…
July 1, 1979, the peculiar story of Kurt Hoffman and his audacious curiosities begins. Reflecting on his youth, Kurt admits he all but hated school. Almost failing high school (and nearly giving his mother an ulcer in the process) he finds it joyfully ironic how passionate he is about helping young people gain what he lacked: a global perspective, clarity about one's talents, and a love for true knowledge! Kurt was refreshed to discover there does not have to be tension between reason and faith and that there are substantive and meaningful answers to our greatest questions, if only we will seek to know truth above all else.
Earning his Bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Counseling, and Education in 2006, Kurt went on to earn his Masters of Social Work and Masters of Public Administration in 2009. His first of hopefully several books, Young Heroes: A Learner's Guide to Changing the World (Abolish Slavery Edition), is premised on the pursuit of truth above all else and dedicated to empowering youth out of cultures of complacency, consumerism, and poverty. Its goal is to transform them into thoughtful creators of a conscientious culture where human dignity is readily and deeply affirmed. His first book does this by empowering youth to abolish the global crisis of human trafficking and modern-day slavery. (You can read Cathy Duffy's review of his book here.)
Recently, Kurt moved from Arizona to Michigan with his beautiful wife and two children where they are building Young Heroes Academy—an internationally-minded school program designed to, "Enlighten, educate, and empower young people to break the cycles of poverty, transcend cultures of consumerism, and abolish modern-day slavery." It's full of dreamery and audacious ideas, just the way he likes it. (Oh yeah, making up new words is another thing he loves to do.)
Visit his website here: www.IAmAYoungHero.com.


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I have a bunch of these to ship and realized that I have not shipped this kind of plant before. Do I drop them in plastic baggies, paper bags, etc. Some are rooted, others are leaves and cuttings.
I would appreciate your advice on this.
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I'm not certain, but here is my 'guess.' Certainly not the whole thing in a baggie. The cut end/roots wrapped in moist paper toweling only and they that wrapped in plastic. At this time of year anything totally enclosed within plastic would likely be mush in couple of days. Sue |
- Posted by dcarpenter z7 DFW/TX (My Page) on Mon, Sep 24, 07 at 16:16
Most cacti and succulents can be wrapped in dry newspaper or paper bags. The cuttings don't need to be moist. Cactus actually need to air dry and harden off for a few weeks before planting. dcarpenter |
i ship/receive all cacti and succulents bare root. |
This article seems really helpful: http://www.ehow.com/how_8526308_mail-succulents.html Has anyone had ANY luck shipping potted succulent containers? Please share, I am really working on finding some solutions! Thanks!!! |
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Josephine F. Wilson, D.D.S., Ph.D., Director
Substance Abuse and Living with HIV/AIDS: What You Need to Know
Sponsored By:
Substance Abuse Resources & Disability Issues (SARDI).
SARDI is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
Prevention & Support Services, AIDS Foundation Miami Valley, 937/461-AIDS
Cigarette smoke and other tobacco by-products contain thousands of chemicals that are harmful to the body including carbon monoxide, nicotine and tar. Cigarette smoke irritates and damages the throat, lungs, heart and circulatory system, and the digestive tract. Even for people not infected with the HIV virus, smoking is deadly. Tobacco is related to at least seven different types of cancer and is the leading cause of death from heart attacks and strokes. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are almost always associated with smoking and smokers suffer from colds, infections and other illnesses more than non-smokers. In addition to these implications, smokers living with HIV need to know that smoking:
- increases the incidences of oral complications of HIV such as candidiasis (thrush).
- increases the likelihood of contracting PCP for people living with HIV.
- causes smokers living with HIV to progress to symptoms twice as fast as non-smokers living with HIV.
The use of alcohol can have severe adverse effects for people living with HIV. Besides impairing judgment when used in large quantities, people living with HIV need to know that alcohol:
- when used in moderation, significantly reduces the effectiveness of most anti-viral medications (such as AZT) by blocking absorption in the stomach
- causes side-effects from medications for HIV by blocking metabolism in the liver.
- contributes to weight loss for some people living with HIV by blocking normal nutrient absorption.
- when used in large quantities, significantly increases the growth rate of the HIV virus.
Marijuana smoke contains hundreds of chemicals that are harmful to the body. All the complications caused by tobacco smoke, in particular compromises in the mouth, digestive tract, and respiratory system, also appear as a result of marijuana use. Besides impairing judgment, chronic abuse of marijuana has been associated with decreases in motivation, cognitive skills and perceptive skills. Some research studies suggest that, although not physically addictive, marijuana may be psychologically addictive. Some medications used to treat HIV may cause general malaise, loss of taste, stomach cramps, mouth sores, malabsorption and diarrhea. Some people living with HIV choose to smoke marijuana to stimulate their appetite. Healthier alternatives include:
- Eating bland foods while avoiding your favorite foods when nauseated.
- Taking a short walk before eating.
- Asking your health care professional about medications that can stimulate your appetite.
- Asking a nutritionist about nutritional supplements.
Common HIV Medications and Potential Drug Interactions
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Antibiotics | Prevent/delay MAC, PCP, URIs, UTIs and other bacterial infections | Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (ATODs) can interfere with liver metabolism |
Antivirals | Prevent/delay Herpes, EBV, chicken pox, CMV, hairy leukoplakia | ATODs can interfere with liver metabolism and stomach absorption |
Antinauseas | Counteract nauseating effects of other meds | Masks symptoms of overdose of barbiturates, narcotics and sleeping pills |
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Hi Folks, I have a no ID Sans (likely Moonshine) from which I recently removed these few leaves. I keep this above eye level, so didn't see the damaged leaves right away. I don't recognize the way this damage looks, does anybody else? The rest of the plant looks fine. Can't imagine anything but overwatering, about which I've been careful, but look at the leaves I had to remove. Let's see if I can find a pic of the rest of the plant, looks fine. Perplexing Thanks. |
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- Posted by simplegreenguy (My Page) on Mon, Dec 2, 13 at 4:00
Could it be lack of light it looks pale. |
agreed. Maybe too little water? |
- Posted by solar_storm 24 CA (My Page) on Tue, Dec 3, 13 at 12:21
Although this is not the best time to do this, I would probably look at the rhizomes for rot. |
- Posted by pirate_girl Zone7 NYC (My Page) on Tue, Dec 3, 13 at 22:59
Hi Guys, Well thanks. As to the first 2 responses, I don't know, I've got another similar plant, just one shelf below, same conditions & it's just fine. I suspect Solar is right thanks, (duh to me); it's usually what I'd recommend, I just didn't think far enough. I didn't grow these 2 plants myself, I adopted them from my local plant society as they were leftovers from a meeting one night. I think I did change their mix, but maybe that one had issues on arriving. I hadn't noticed anything on potting into my mix. Hum. I'll try & post about what I find, thanks. |
- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Fri, Dec 6, 13 at 10:14
Have you investigated the possibility of thrips? Pics of Sans damaged by thrips are hard to find but the few I did were somewhat similar, not exactly though. Not at all saying that's what it is, just that I might get a magnifying glass out to see what I could see. |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 7, 13 at 23:30
PG, Any recent news regarding your Sans? Were you able to check the roots yet? Planto |
- Posted by pirate_girl Zone7 NYC (My Page) on Sun, Dec 8, 13 at 15:47
Stem rot it is, characterized by that a bit of a wobble at the base of the foliage division. Oh well, I cut the growth off (hopefully) above the rot, have dusted the end w/ cinnamon & am leaving it out for a day or two. Will stand it up in empty clay pot or maybe stand it up in a base of pumice to try to re-root. I took pix of the operation, but haven't uploaded them yet. Thanks for asking Planto -- fingers crossed but I'm not optimistic. |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Sun, Dec 8, 13 at 16:17
PG, Sure thing. :) I didn't reply initially (didn't know what was wrong with it), but had been following your post and was curious of your progress in determiming what was wrong. Sorry to hear it has stem rot. It's hard taking on a plant whose past care you're unfamiliar with at best. I hope you're able to save it. Let us know what happens. Planto |
- Posted by pirate_girl Zone7 NYC (My Page) on Mon, Dec 9, 13 at 22:39
Here come some pix of the damage I found. Looking inside, see the browning tip of the new growth? Sorry, not the best pix. The narrower portion here is where the wobble is, at the base of the inner portion, Not much there, nothing left to save. I cut it back, but I'm not optimisitic, it's a bit discolored. The worthless remainder Oh well, the other one is still in good shape. I don't have a pic of it, but will post back if this division does anything interesting. |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Mon, Dec 9, 13 at 23:41
PG, Maybe it's just the lighting, but it sure does look yellow. I'll cross my fingers for you (can hope for miracles right?). At least your other one is in good shape. I think I remember reading somewhere on here, pretty sure Stush mentioned it, 'Moonshine' Sans are more susceptible to overwatering in the winter for some reason (just like 'Golden Hahnii). Not to imply you overwatered, just mentioning that they seem like one of the more "fickle" Sans. I almost killed mine last year during the winter, it survived long enough for me to give it to my Mom. She tends to forget she has plants sometimes, so it likes her more than me, haha. I'm an over-nurturer and can be an overwaterer all the same if I'm not careful. Planto |
I know I'm chiming in late but I brought back a hahnii from the brink with some liquid kelp diluted to half strength. I trimmed off the rot and repotted (turns out my husband was watering it because he thought I wasn't... so nice of him but he leaves the plant care to me now) and it was showing strong signs of life about 10 days after I gave it the liquid kelp. If you tend to overwater, I'd consider using a cactus/succulent mix. If that sounds scary, perhaps half cactus mix and half of your regular, non-moisture controlling potting mix. |
- Posted by pirate_girl Zone7 NYC (My Page) on Sun, Jan 5, 14 at 16:26
Hi, Thanks for the thought, but it's a goner already. Looking back, it might have been damaged already when it came to me & I didn't realize it. I'm a regular here & so I'm well versed in fast draining mixes suited for succulents, but thanks anyway. |
- Posted by plantomaniac08 8 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 8, 14 at 8:36
PG, Thanks for the update, sorry to hear it didn't make it. I often wonder if Sans don't show damage of any sort until a good while after you've taken them in. I've had a number of Sans and those of which declined, I wasn't convinced that there wasn't something wrong with them to begin with (our BBS here keep them moist/wet year-round for example). I think they initially look nice and healthy on the outside, roots even, but with such a fast decline as you've experienced (and myself), I can't help but wonder if like you said, it may have been damaged already and you (and I) didn't realize it. Not to compare a cactus to a Sans (they are both succulent type plants though), a couple years ago all my outdoor plants got sprayed when the apt people failed to notify us they hired someone to pressure wash the exterior of apartments/patios. I came home to everything dripping in what smelled like bleach. Long story short, some plants died immediately, my cacti... they took about 6 months before they all declined one by one. I think they suffered damage from the spraying, but it took awhile to manifest. Planto |
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The Commencement exercises will last until approximately 4:30 p.m.
The commencement ceremony will be held at the Colorado Convention Center (CCC).
The CCC is located at 700 14th Street Denver, CO 80202
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Graduates may have as many guests as they wish. No tickets are required. Seating is on a first-come-first-served basis and all guests should be seated no later than 1:50 p.m.
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Traditionally, Commencement is the high point of the academic year and is the most dignified of academic ceremonies. To assure that you experience the recognition you deserve for the hard work required to complete your degree, the following Commencement Policies have been established by the University.
- All candidates, their families and friends are expected to remain for the entire Commencement Ceremony. Any unnecessary movement may prevent families and friends of those persons crossing the stage from hearing the name of the graduate read. Graduates should not leave the ceremony grounds until the appropriate time during the recessional.
- No one but the graduates, faculty, and members of the platform party will be permitted in the stage area of the ceremony grounds.
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I think I am in Zone 9 (south coastal California). We have a row of town-homes behind our house, and I would like to block them. I was thinking a tall dense hedge, but do not know what type. I appreciate any advice you can offer! Ideally, the hedge would be 80 feet long, 3 feet thick, 20 feet tall, and would grow about 10-15 feet in a year. We are on very good soil, and the hedge would get about 80% of the day's sun. Thank you,
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- Posted by lazygardens Phoenix: Sunset Zone (My Page) on Wed, Mar 24, 10 at 21:21
I can't think of a single plant that would do that for you ... Leyland cypress wouldn't stop growing, Italian Cypress don't grow that fast. |
Wow! You could make a fortune with a plant like that!!! I too have no idea. The 20' tall I could manage but the 10-15'/yr. threw me off. |
A plant that will do it in 5 years is the yellow cestrum. It is an old-time shrub that disappeared from nurseries commercially. My gardener discovered it in his backyard and gave some clippings to East Bay Nursery in Berkeley, who propagated it and now sell it. I don't know if anyone else sells it commercially besides them. This is a shot of it from Feb 2010. The spindly tree next to it is a pittosporum. The cestrum is thicker than 3', though, more like twice that. OTOH, it grows vase-shaped, which means you'll get a lot more over-the-fence coverage from it than from most trees or shrubs. Shrubs grow much faster than trees - this one cleared the 6' fence in less than 3 years. We started with a 2' container plant - I have two of them and both are the same size almost exactly. It is evergreen and the yellow flowers are extremely attractive to hummers. The branches are 'springy' - they'll tend to flop over at first with the heavy winter rains and high winds. I either prune them - more branches spring up from any pruned branch, similar to how oleander behaves - or tie them upright. Mine are now 6 yrs old and only a few outer branches flop in winter, the rest have thickened and remain upright. Unlike the more floriferous pink and red cestrums that are commonly available, the yellow is much more resistant to black scale, and only flowers twice a year at most (the pink and red stay in bloom forever, as far as I can tell from mine). It is well behaved and does not create any seedlings or sprouts further out. Certainly it's not the most beautiful shrub I have, but it's tough, fast growing, and once established, completely xeric. HTH! |
I almost forgot - 80' is a very long row to be looking at the same plant visually. I think you'd find it very boring! (I would) What I'd do is figure out which windows need to be blocked, and plant your main shrubs/trees in those spots. Then put in some others that are narrow but have foliage contrast to liven things up - variegated rhamnus is one of my favorites. An oleander standard - sometimes you can find them at HDepot for ridiculously low prices for a 5-6' tree - can be a nice variation that should be placed slightly forward of the cestrums, so they don't lean on it and impede growth. I plant around my oleander standards and it creates a very nice grouping with colorful mini-shrubs. The white 'Sister Mary Agnes' is the most vigorous and long-blooming oleander, assuming you don't suffer from the pests that have devastated oleander shrubs around the state - mine only get aphids in the spring, nothing more. Anyway, if you only have 3' of width but no more, then I'd suggest shrubs trained as standards, but they won't give the width coverage that the cestrum will, without closer planting. |
Cestrum is also known as night-blooming jessamine. As with all jessamine it is considered toxic and is also on some invasive plant lists. It's native to the West Indies. It's not xeric in my neck of the woods but may be in yours. Looks like it's happy in your yard jkom51! Good advice about the 80' of the same plant too. |
- Posted by love_the_yard z9A Jax FL (My Page) on Mon, Sep 23, 13 at 15:19
Night-blooming jasmine (or jessamine) is one variety of cestrum. There are many plants in the cestrum genus. Carol |
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We have just completed a pool project in South Jersey. The pool has a raised wall and a signicant slope behind the wall that is approximately 40 feet wide X 20 feet deep X 6 feet high. Rather than bringing in 20 ton of 3-5 inch river rock to cover the area, I'd like to consider some natural non-invasive ground covers to be part of the landscape. The area gets shade in the early morning and full sun from about 10-11am on. I'm looking for something (or variety of things) that is low maintenance, attractive, and is good at keeping weeds and crabgrass in check. |
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I usually wait to see if suggestions are offered, but you have not gotten any opinions,so far. I prefer creeping junipers like blue rug or pancake. For color I would use the new, dwarf crepe myrtles, Spring bulbs, dwarf red-stemmed dogwoods,dwarf winterberry(both insignificant in flower and boring is Summer) and some of the other dwarf bushes or tough perennials that give flowers in high Summer. Quite a list of suitable plants. |
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Petition calls for TransLink to scrap plans for "double transit fee" on cash purchases
An online petition is calling for TransLink to scrap what critics are calling a "double transit fee" for cash-paying riders.
"SkyTrain will soon not accept bus transfers with the new Compass Card system," the petition's website states. "Transit users will be forced to pay for a second transfer."
Compass is the name of a prepaid card-based payment system that TransLink plans to roll out before the end of the year.
According to TransLink's website, public transit users will still be able to pay for rides with cash, but tickets purchased for bus rides will not be transferable to SkyTrain and SeaBus services.
"For bus trips, people paying by cash will be issued a paper "proof of payment" ticket," it states. "These "proof of payment" receipts are good for transfers between buses; however, they will not provide access through faregates. Because of this, we strongly promote the use of Compass Cards containing a minimal stored value as a more flexible alternative for anyone making even occasional multi-modal trips."
News of the Compass system's limitations for transfer options spread this morning (August 14) and quickly sparked an uproar on social media platforms.
In the hours that followed, TransLink released a statement emphasizing that bus-to-train transfers will be permitted under the Compass system, as long as riders pay for their bus ride using a Compass card.
"To be clear, you'll be able to transfer from bus to rail with the Compass Card or a Compass ticket," the release states. "It is only customers who purchase fares on buses with cash who will not be able to use those transfers to transfer to rail—approximately 6,000 customers per day out of our 1.2 million daily rides."
It goes on to claim that TransLink found it would be too expensive to upgrade bus fareboxes to allow for bus-to-train transfers on cash purchases.
"We determined that converting bus fareboxes to issue passes that would access the fare gates would cost about $25 million, is not a cost-effective solution, and would take a long time to implement," the release states.
On July 30, the Straight reported that TransLink would enact a series of money-saving moves, including the elimination of free travel on Sunday and holidays for family members of monthly pass holders.
That story noted that TransLink CEO Ian Jarvis was paid $382,954 in 2011. Six other executives, including Paddon, collected more than $240,000 in annual compensation.
Last year, TransLink generated $1.42 billion in revenue and reported $1.43 billion in expenditures.
And the paranoiac in me wonders about the tracking capabilities of the Compass system.
Another thing I knew ages ago is the new turnstiles can be easily fooled with an android device. Scan your ticket, and just keep adding fare to it using a commonly available app they've used in Seattle and SFO for years. Security defeated, walk right through the turnstiles. In fact, this makes fraud much easier since you can print the fake codes out and sell them anonymous mail order, and since there are no spot checks there's nobody to stop this. Before this fraud was not cost effective, since printing out a bunch of hologram paper forgeries was not worth the money. Now you can just recharge magstripes, or print barcodes to be read. Now the fraud is viable and somebody is going to do it en masse.
GJ technocrats at Translink. These turnstiles could have been developed here, with security in mind and built here instead of buying a turnkey multi million dollar solution that's effectively garbage.
The Peter Principle is a proposition that states that the members of an organization where promotion is based on achievement, success, and merit will eventually be promoted beyond their level of ability.
It seems everyone who works at TransLink is promoted far beyond their abilities.
I call BS. Cash is still legal tender. Treo does similarly, cash payments do not receive 'discounts'. We are being hosed. Fire the Translink executives for people that are qualified for these jobs, no political appointees!
BTW a bus driver tells me they are testing the system right now and it craps out on a regular basis, loses connectivity. Don't forget, people, if you give your information for a COMPASS card, guess what? They have your travel information and habits now, too.
Stupid is as Stupid does.
I am willing to be that will be Translinks policy. Call me cynical but I'm just waiting to get screwed hard(er).
How is this acceptable? Where is my government making sure the UNELECTED TRANSIT BOARD is acting on behalf of the people who actually PAY THE SALARIES AND FUND THE SYSTEM?
Seriously? What backwater town is this?


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"Mediocre minds imitate. Great minds steal." - Show business truism As you can see, the company duplicated the famous deigns of big American guitar giants like Gibson, Fender, and even Rickenbacker. But while the guitars looked and even played similar (or better), the price tags were a lot easier to deal with. Then as now, Ibanez wasn't afraid of putting the player ahead of playing nice with their competitors. This also gave the company the reputation of a shoddy Japanese-made product. (There was a lot of that going around in the early '70s, but like Honda and Toyota versus the AMC Gremlin, the best products won out in the end. They always do.) As the decade moved on, the company started innovating, rather than imitating. The Artist series guitars for George Benson, the Iceman model for Paul Stanley (KISS) and the Destroyer for Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) put the company in the hands of some of the most influential players of the day. They also established Ibanez as the burner of choice for metal maniacs, and set the stage for what would become the company's elecric mainstay, the Roadster. Here's George and his axe:
and some Destroyer action. Remember, if the guitar wasn't pointy, you weren't allowed to play lead.
The first RGs hit the stage in 1986... and no working hard rock player was complete without his glow-in-the-everything paint job, some hair that spanned a zip code or two, some usually unfortunate leather and spandex, and oh yes - an Ibanez. Here's what the RG looks like today, simply because the '80s pics are a little too scary.
No matter what you may think of the era or the music, know this: that was a flat-out *great* time to be a lead guitarist. Extended solos were still possible, showmanship was encouraged to a degree that was never seen before (or since), and your RG was right in the thick of things. If you could get past the gunslinger-like 'who plays faster' arguments, you were golden. Perhaps this is overstating the point, but I kinda think the entire era might not have been possible without Ibanez. After all, that kind of work requires a guitar that would take a pounding, and yet stay in tune. Guitar tones were still clean enough to betray the sloppy player, and it's not as if the lead player was fighting to be heard in the mix. And since the RG didn't cost more than your car, it let you be a showman without pulling punches. But enough sociology: let's get into what made this guitar great. A Strat style, lightweight body, locking tremolo system (Floyd or Kahler) and a humbucker in the bridge position carried the mail. (Extra groupies for anyone with a custom graphic on the body.) Paralyzed by their history, Gibson and Fender were hard to find in working bands at this time. Most up-and-comers went with the super skinny necks and pointy headstocks. Of course, Ibanez wasn't alone in making a guitar for the young and the restless. No history would be complete without at least a nod to Jackson/Charvel, Kramer, and B.C Rich. But since Ibanez had fifteen years in the trenches to go with their history of outstanding value, as well as the sense to continue innovating their designs, they were in more hands for that movement. They also had the best chance of being in the hands of the next pioneer. The place was Seattle, and you can still hear the effects today. Consider for a moment that the same guitar maker who led the power-metal movement of the '80s was also the axe of choice for grunge. How amazing is that, really? Every new movement rejects the most recent past, none more dramatically than grunge. And yet an Ibanez was the axe for both camps. (And as you will see below, jazz players as well.) Amazing. Kramer sank, B.C. Rich remained a niche player, and Charvel/Jackson stayed more or less the same. The big boys started getting back into the game with cheap knock-offs that promised to out-Ibanez Ibanez. But it never happened, and Ibanez rolled with the changes through good designs, better values, and relentless playability. New masters like Steve Vai and Joe Satriani joined the fold, and the Floyd Rose marched on. And then -- yet again, really -- the company anticipated the future with seven-string models.
Here's Joe and his guitars. Surfin' with the Alien, indeed:
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