text: 6 Inspiring Mentors Teaching the Next DIY Generation Setting rivets, sawing lumber, soldering circuitsmentors from Maryland to Alaska teach kids skills like these to build robots, homes, and brighter futures. By Davin Coburn 1 of 6 Abdussalaam Kako, Midshipman Action Group Annapolis, Maryland In October 2012, Midshipman Abdussalaam Kako, wearing his summer white uniform, stepped inside a Boys & Girls Club in Annapolis, Md. A volunteer with the nearby U.S. Naval Academy's Midshipman Action Group, Kako had chosen to teach marine science in the club's mentoring program. "I was visiting for the first time," Kako, 20, says. "I looked around and saw the kids staring at me." Todd Womack, now 10, broke the ice. "He came up to me and said, 'Hey, who are you?'" Kako recalls. Kako is the son of a Kurdish Iraqi who, while in Saddam Hussein's army, plotted to oust the tyrant in the late '90s. After Hussein found out, Kako's family gained asylum in the United States, settling in Memphis. His father returned to Iraq in 2003, when Kako was in middle school. The boy was angry. His behavior and grades were the same: bad. But the principal took notice, and became the boy's mentor. "He told me to calm down," Kako says. "He said he believed in me; my own father never said that." Kako's attitudeand GPAturned around. At the principal's urging, he took a summer course at the Naval Academy before high school. "I knew right away: This is where I want to be." Kako is now a sophomore at the academyand a favorite among the kids at the club, especially Womack. "He taught me to dial my energy down," Womack says, echoing advice the principal had given Kako. "He teaches me things: In science class, I'm more willing to raise my hand." Kako recently asked Womack what he wanted to be when he grew up. The boy thought it over. "He said, 'I love animals,'" Kako recalls. "'Maybe I could be a marine biologist.'" Reed Young Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery Return to Gallery 0 SHARES 0 TWEET Return to Gallery Back Next Return to Gallery Return to Slideshow Related Links Return to Slideshow

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Deutsche Bank, as you all know, owns a Las Vegas resort and casino called the Cosmopolitan. The bank never set out to be the proprietors of such an establishment, but after a developer who they loaned money to defaulted, they didn't have much choice, did they? So now, here we are, 6 years and $4 billion later. Senior execs at the bank won't be seen there. Guests aren't particularly interested in gambling at the place. And, by the way, it's never turned a profit. So it wasn't entirely surprising to hear the Germans had decided to try and find someone to take the investment off their hands and that was before this happened:
One detail the bank didn't account for when it opened the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas: a labor dispute that has reached from Nevada into the bank's dealings with the Federal Reserve in Washington. The tenacious union that represents the hotel's culinary workers hasn't stopped at the usual tactics of picketing, sit-ins and traffic blockades. It has lobbied the Fed to tighten oversight of Deutsche Bank and launched a website that among other things encourages bank insiders to report allegations of wrongdoing to regulators. While the union's ranks of maids, dishwashers, cooks and cocktail servers may not pay much attention to financial regulation, its researchers have dug deep into the 2010 Dodd-Frank law to pressure the bank to the bargaining table. "Our experience in Las Vegas over the years has been when you have a financial institution that has to run a casino for a little while, they just don't understand the way labor relations work in the city," said Marty Leary, a research director at Unite Here, the parent union of the culinary workers' affiliate in Las Vegas. "We often find that we have to educate them."
Bankers Learn What Happens in Vegas Can Land Back in D.C. [Bloomberg]
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I could have sworn that headline was going to just be Deutsche Bank ThisClose To Just Saying "To Hell With This Place," the place being Deustche Bank
This is turning out to be even more entertaining than Morgan Stanley and Revel.
Deutsche didn't do well at running rigged games on ISDA FIX, LIBOR or FX so what made them think they could run an entertainment business where the odds were in their favor?
Ich bin ein Nevader!
While hardly an OWS fan, I have to chuckle at the thought of union members "educating" a group of German bankers.
A guy who has lived in Chicago way to long and knows what "educate' means.
that was my favorite part too.
The place looks like Liberace blew a load on it.
pretty sure the last time i was there (december) they actually had liberace's car in the lobby. it was either them or aria; pretty sure it was cosmo.
The seizure inducing tv spots they run probably does not help
the odds are never in their favor
Wonder if the guy was holding a baseball bat when he said that
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Local News Friday August 9, 2013
The two Perry County deputy jailers facing manslaughter charges faced a judge for the first time on Thursday.
Damon Hickman and William Howell both pleaded not guilty in Perry County Circuit Court.
Earlier this month a grand jury indicted the duo for the death of inmate Larry Trent.
Trent was serving time in jail on a DUI charge.
The state medical examiner wrote in a preliminary autopsy report that Trent suffered skeletal and visceral injures as a result of a "jail beating".
The two will appear in court again on August 15th.
The Knott County Sheriff's Department is asking for your help to find a missing man.
Lawrence "Larry" Mardis is a resident of Golden Years Rest Home which is an assisted living facility in Knott County.
It was reported to the Sheriff's Department at 2:40pm Thursday that Mardis had walked away from the facility.
Officers responded by filing a missing persons report and entering the subject into the National Crime Information Center and issuing a Golden Alert.
Emergency management personnel were also notified of the occurrence.
Mardis is described as a white male, 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing approximately 175 pounds.
He is 49 years old, has gray balding hair, blue eyes, a dark complexion and medium build.
Mardis is clean shaven and was wearing a gray hoodie over a green t-shirt, green athletic shorts, and white New Balance shoes.
He was last seen leaving the Redi-Mart in Lackey walking toward Garrett on Highway 7.
Information as to the whereabouts of Mr. Mardis should be relayed to the Knott County Sheriff's Department at (606) 785-5354 or the KSP at 1-800-222-5555.
Police say a Clay County man died Thursday in a lawn mower accident.
According to police, 49-year-old John Campbell was operating a zero turn lawn mower when it traveled over an embankment, trapping the victim underneath.
Te accident happened around 3:30 p.m. Thursday along Sacker Road in Manchester.
Campbell was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say drugs and Alcohol are suspected.
A Paintsville man about to join the army could be paralyzed after a weekend skydiving accident in Mississippi that killed his instructor.
26 year old David Meek, 26, was in a tandem dive, strapped to his instructor, when the parachute and backup parachute both failed to open.
The two fell almost three miles, slamming to the ground.
Meek was found still strapped to his dead instructor about six hours after the jump.
He was flown to a hospital in Hattiesburg, where he remains on life support.
Doctors say Meek has a severed spine and it's unlikely he will walk again.
A fund in his honor is set up at City National Bank.
You can send donations to the 'David The Miracle Meek' fund at any branch.
The accident is under investigation.
Earlier this week, Buchanan County Virginia Sheriff's deputies say they discovered 335 marijuana plants in The Upper Elk Creek section of Buchanan County near Grundy.
Deputies say the plants were about 10 to 12 feet high and the street value of those plants total around one-million dollars.
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Beanie Wells believes his days are numbered in Arizona
As a team, the Arizona Cardinals are playing for nothing more than pride when they travel to division rival San Francisco this week.
Individually, however, several may be playing for jobs.
"I'm auditioning for a job somewhere else," Beanie Wells said Monday.
The former first-round pick believes his days are numbered in the desert.
"Without a doubt," said Wells. "It's inevitable."
Wells' fate may have been sealed after he put the ball on the ground early in the first quarter of Sunday's 28-13 loss to the Chicago Bears. The fumble was recovered by Zack Bowman and returned for a touchdown.
"I ran into Ryan (Lindley)," he said after reviewing the play on film. "I was trying to make a cut in the air and by the time my foot got down, my front foot went forward and my right foot went backward. I just slipped all over the place. It was bad. But I still should've held onto the ball."
After the fumble, Wells was benched for most of the game's final three quarters, carrying the ball only one more time the rest of the contest.
Head coach Ken Whisenhunt said he still has confidence in his running back but made it clear he wouldn't put up with costly turnovers.
"In the NFL, if you turn the ball over, you're not going to play," Whisenhunt said.
Wells said he disagreed with the decision to be kept on the sideline, adding he gets the sense it may be time for him and the team to part ways.
"How things have gone," he said when asked to give specifics. "Not just as of late, but just since I've been here."
Wells said there have been no "hard discussions" with the team about his future.
"It's a performance-based business," he said. "I don't know if I've done things up to our organization's standards here. Maybe it is a discussion that we'll have later on."
Wells rushed for over 1,000 yards last season, but his career has been plagued by injuries since the Cardinals made him the No. 31 overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft.
"You never expect things to unfold the way they do," he said. "But it's a part of life. You've got to roll with the punches and adjust to them as they come."
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To modify Lord Acton, power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, but aldermanic power corrupts all der more manically. Proco "Joe" Moreno is alderman of the First Ward of Chicago, and last week, in a city with an Aurora-sized body count every weekend, his priority was to take the municipal tire-iron to the owners of a chain of fast-food restaurants. "Because of this man's ignorance," said Alderman Moreno, "I will now be denying Chick-fil-A's permit to open a restaurant in the First Ward."
"This man's ignorance"? You mean, of the City of Chicago permit process? Zoning regulations? Health and safety ordinances? No, Alderman Moreno means "this man's ignorance" of the approved position on same-sex marriage. "This man" is Dan Cathy, president of Chick-fil-A, and a few days earlier he had remarked that "we are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives" — which last part suggests he is as antipathetic to no-fault divorce and other heterosexual assaults on matrimony as he is to more recent novelties such as gay marriage. But no matter. Alderman Moreno does not allege that Chick-fil-A discriminates in its hiring practices or in its customer service. Nor does he argue that business owners should not be entitled to hold opinions: The Muppets, for example, have reacted to Mr. Cathy's observations by announcing that they're severing all ties with Chick-fil-A. Did you know that the Muppet Corporation has a position on gay marriage? Well, they do. But Miss Piggy and the Swedish Chef would be permitted to open a business in the First Ward of Chicago because their opinion on gay marriage happens to coincide with Alderman Moreno's. It's his ward, you just live in it. When it comes to lunch options, he's the chicken supremo and don't you forget it.
Meanwhile, fellow mayor Tom Menino announced that Chick-fil-A would not be opening in his burg anytime soon. "If they need licenses in the city, it will be very difficult," said His Honor. If you've just wandered in in the middle of the column, this guy Menino isn't the mayor of Soviet Novosibirsk or Kampong Cham under the Khmer Rouge, but of Boston, Massachusetts. Nevertheless, he shares the commissars' view that in order to operate even a modest and politically inconsequential business it is necessary to demonstrate that one is in full ideological compliance with party orthodoxy. "There is no place for discrimination on Boston's Freedom Trail," Mayor Menino thundered in his letter to Mr. Cathy, "and no place for your company alongside it." No, sir. On Boston's Freedom Trail, you're free to march in ideological lockstep with the city authorities — or else. Hard as it is to believe, there was a time when Massachusetts was a beacon of liberty: the shot heard round the world, and all that. Now it fires Bureau of Compliance permit-rejection letters round the world.
Mayor Menino subsequently backed down and claimed the severed rooster's head left in Mr. Cathy's bed was all just a misunderstanding. Yet, when it comes to fighting homophobia on Boston's Freedom Trail, His Honor is highly selective. As the Boston Herald's Michael Graham pointed out, Menino is happy to hand out municipal licenses to groups whose most prominent figures call for gays to be put to death. The mayor couldn't have been more accommodating (including giving them $1.8 million of municipal land) of the new mosque of the Islamic Society of Boston, whose IRS returns listed as one of their seven trustees Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Like President Obama, Imam Qaradawi's position on gays is in a state of "evolution": He can't decide whether to burn them or toss 'em off a cliff. "Some say we should throw them from a high place," he told Al Jazeera. "Some say we should burn them, and so on. There is disagreement. . . . The important thing is to treat this act as a crime." Unlike the deplorable Mr. Cathy, Imam Qaradawi is admirably open-minded: There are so many ways to kill homosexuals, why restrict yourself to just one? In Mayor Menino's Boston, if you take the same view of marriage as President Obama did from 2009 to 2012, he'll run your homophobic ass out of town. But, if you want to toss those godless sodomites off the John Hancock Tower, he'll officiate at your ribbon-cutting ceremony.


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The processor, which will reportedly be known as the Phenom II Black Edition TWKR (presumably coming from tweaker), has been handed to the fellows over at Maingear, a custom PC builder that is focused on providing users with the very latest in hardware technology. The company's CEO, Wallace Santos, wrote about the new processor in a recent blog post, claiming that AMD handed it to them without telling them much about its technical details.
AMD is yet to officially announce the product, which will apparently be available in a cool-looking black box, to distinguish itself from the other Phenom II Black Edition processors on the market. There's still some uncertainty regarding AMD's plans with said CPU, as to whether it will be released as a standalone part or sold with select computer systems. However, we should know more about its technical specifications and performance capabilities later on, as the Mainger CEO promised to updated after they would have installed it on a platform of their own.
Despite not being able to outperform Intel's Core i7 processors, AMD's line of Phenom II CPUs has been praised for their value/performance ratio, especially since they are pin-compatible with AMD's previous generation of motherboard sockets, AM2 and AM2+.


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Add some bling to your wishlist this Valentine's day with these Yaang CRYSTALLIZED Swarovski Elements Constellation Rubik's Cubes by Wang Yang Designs. These twelve cubes, each for one horoscope constellation, are glamourous, thoughtful and a little bit nerdy, all at the same time.
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8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. | 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. |
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Visualizing Albuquerque
At the heart of the city-wide On the Map: Unfolding Albuquerque Art + Design exhibition collaboration, the Albuquerque Museum's exhibition titled Visualizing Albuquerque, curated by Joseph Traugott, will investigate the unique history and present of central New Mexico art and serve as an umbrella for institutional partners.
All Over the Map: The Ongoing Dialogue of Public Art
All Over the Map: The Ongoing Dialogue of Public Art will highlight the past 50 years of public art in the region.
Rad Gadgets
What the (bleep) is that? A Rad Gadget! Rad Gadgets will inspire visitors to explore the Museum's collection of antique and vintage gadgets, with an eye toward recycling.
OPENS MARCH 3, 2015: Only in Albuquerque
In March of 2015 the Albuquerque Museum will unveil and open to the public the highly anticipated Only in Albuquerque history gallery.
Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe
Killer Heels explores fashion's most provocative accessory. From the high platform chopines of sixteenth-century Italy to the glamorous stilettos gracing today's runways and red carpets, the exhibition looks at the high-heeled shoe's rich and varied history and its enduring place in our popular imagination.


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Makes about 1 1/2 quarts
- 9 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup milk
- 6 large egg yolks
- 1/3 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons Kahlú
- 1/2 teaspoons crumbled pequín chilies* (wear rubber gloves)
- 1/2 cup blanched whole almonds, toasted, cooled, and chopped
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In a metal bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water melt 6 ounces of the bittersweet chocolate, chopped, and the unsweetened chocolate, stirring until the mixture is smooth, and remove the bowl from the heat. In a heavy saucepan combine the cream and the milk and bring the mixture just to a boil. In a bowl whisk together the egg yolks and the brown sugar, add the cream mixture in a stream, whisking, and pour the mixture back into the pan. Cook the custard over moderately low heat, stirring, until it registers 170°F. on a candy thermometer, strain it through a fine sieve set over another bowl, and whisk in the melted chocolate, the cinnamon, and the Kahlúa. Let the mixture cool completely and freeze it in an ice-cream freezer according to the manufacturer's instructions, adding the remaining 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine, the crumbled chilies, and the almonds during the last few minutes of freezing time.
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type: Frozen Dessert
main ingredients: Chocolate, Kahlúa, Egg, Spice, Cinnamon, Milk/Cream, Almond
cuisine: Nuevo Latino
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ABC40, Fox6 sale to Meredith Broadcasting would erodes freedom of the pressJune 25, 2014 |
G. Michael Dobbs Meredith operates the Hartford and Springfield incarnations of Channel 3 and if the sale goes through, the company will then operate three TV stations in one market. That is an erosion of our freedom of the press through the centralization of broadcast licenses. I'm willing to bet there might one news operation and broadcast for all three stations. I hope I will be proven wrong. Remember that CBS3 in Springfield is media partners with The Republican and the number of media voices is reduced even more. The idea behind the federal government regulating the airwaves was to prevent chaos over competing access to frequencies and to insure that broadcasters actually serve the needs of their communities. Since the Reagan Administration much has been done to do away with those quaint notions of public service. How much local programming is on our local stations besides their news? Now, for you geezers out there, how much local programming was on 30 years ago? Local television in all too many markets has become the media equivalent of shopping malls: they are essentially all alike. A trip around the local non-prime time choices we have shows the same elements of syndicated shows just arranged differently. Yes, I know local media takes money to produce. Yes, I know syndicated stuff is cheaper. In radio, the syndicated shows are often free and the stations get to run them by just supplying the commercial time. How can you argue with these economic realities? Color me old fashioned, but I think you can still make money in broadcasting, while serving your community with programming that reflects its people and interests? At least John Gormally, the owner of ABC40 and Fox6, made some dough in local broadcasting. According to www.broadcastingcable.com, he paid $21.2 million for ABC40 and sold the two affiliates for $53.8 million. I wish I had a contract like this one In Holyoke the usual simmering relationship between Mayor Alex Morse and the City Council has turned into a rolling boil over the $45,000 payment to Heather Egan, the one-time city solicitor who resigned her post over unspecified reasons. In a town that is facing a considerable budget deficit, this amount has touched a nerve. It also speaks to what is the exact nature of the power of the mayor in making decision such as this one. I don't know why Egan left. Everyone has a theory, but I also don't know why Morse did not make the practical political move to discuss this personnel matter in executive session with members of the City Council. As it stands, it appears that Egan had a compelling reason to quit her job and Morse believed that she deserved a $45,000 parting gift. Was such an arrangement in her contract? If so, that was a very nice contract for her and not so good for the city. Nothing irritates people more than what appears to be an unreasonable payment to a departed city official that cannot be explained. This kind of secret has a long political half-life. Watch it pop up in the next mayoral election if Morse decides to run for a third term. Agree? Disagree? Drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 280 N. Main St., East Longmeadow, MA 01028. As always, this column represents the opinion of its author and not the publishers or advertisers of this newspaper. |
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ComScore on Tuesday announced the results of a three month study on the smartphone market in the United States. The research firm found Google's Android operating system has continued to grow, increasing its market share from 47.3% in December to 51% in March. Apple's iOS accounted for 30.7% of all smartphone subscribers in the U.S., an increase from 29.6% in December.
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19 And it will be when you say, 'Why does the Lord our God do all these things to us?' then you shall answer them, 'Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours.' | 19 And when the people ask, 'Why has the LORD our God done all this to us?' you will tell them, 'As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land not your own.' |
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US drought: how it could impact food, water needs around the world
The effects of the widespread US drought could range from higher utility prices and industry costs in the developed world to population displacements and political unrest in less developed regions.
Robert Ray/AP
Los Angeles
As the historic drought now searing more than 60 percent of the US drags on, the impact could soon be sweeping across the country and beyond.
After the obvious push on food prices, drought experts say the cascading chain of secondary societal effects will range from higher utility prices and industry costs in the developed world to population displacements and potential political unrest in less developed regions.
"The US will see food prices go up, possibly we will see some items disappear from grocery shelves," says Frank Galgano, chair of the Department of Geography and the Environment at Villanova University in Philadelphia, and an expert on environmental change and security.
"You will start to see more foreclosures in the farm belt as farmers and ranchers can't pay their bills," he says. "Those guys mortgage themselves to the hilt for their seeds and equipment, and if the crop doesn't come in they are in trouble."
That loss in turn undermines the tax base of a community which shrinks its capacity to fund every government function from schools to bridge maintenance.
On a global level, Professor Galgano points out that the US is the breadbasket for the world. The United Nations estimates that global food demand has risen 21 percent over the past decade. In the past month alone, the price of corn has risen 34 percent as a result of the US crop losses.
"We supply food to other parts of the world," he says, noting that this allows many countries in arid areas such as Africa and the Mideast to use more fresh water for other civic needs. "This includes drinking water, so if food becomes more expensive and shorter in supply, water stress in those areas becomes more aggressive."


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Eben Moglen | Director-Counsel
Professor of Law and Legal History at Columbia University Law
School. Professor Moglen has represented many of the world's
leading free software developers. Professor Moglen earned his PhD in
History and law degree at Yale University during what he sometimes
calls his "long, dark period" in New Haven. After law
school he clerked for Judge Edward Weinfeld of the United States
District Court in New York City and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of
the United States Supreme Court. He has taught at Columbia Law School since 1987
and has held visiting appointments at Harvard University, Tel
Aviv University and the University of Virginia. In 2003 he was given the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Award
for efforts on behalf of freedom in the electronic society. Professor
Moglen is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the
United States Supreme Court.
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Mishi Choudhary | Legal Director
Mishi Choudhary is working with SFLC following the completion of her
fellowship during which she earned her LLM from Columbia Law School and
was a Stone Scholar. Prior to joining SFLC, Mishi was a litigator in different
chambers in India with areas of practice covering Corporate and Commercial Law,
Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, Property Law, Information Technology Law,
Trademarks and Copyrights, Constitutional and Administrative Law. Mishi will
be the founding director of SFLC India, pursuant to a grant to SFLC by the Soros
Foundation's Open Society Institute. In addition
to her LLM, she has an LLB degree and a bachelors degree in political science from
the University of Delhi, India. Mishi is a member of the Bar Council of Delhi,
licensed to appear before the Supreme Court of India, all the State High Courts in
India, in the State of New York, and before the Southern District of New York.
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Jonathan D. Bean | Counsel
Jonathan D. Bean (J.D.) holds a Juris Doctor from New
York University School of Law where he was the Senior Articles Editor
of the NYU Journal of Law and Liberty. He also has a Bachelor of Arts
(BA) in Political Science from The George Washington University where
he graduated magna cum laude. Prior to serving as Counsel for the
Software Freedom Law Center, he spent the summer of 2011 as a Legal
Intern at SFLC joining the organization in 2012 as an Attorney Fellow.
J.D. is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
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Marc Jones | Counsel
Marc Jones graduated summa cum laude with a Juris Doctor (JD) from
Quinnipiac University School of Law where he was the Research and
Symposium Editor of the Quinnipiac Law Review. Marc also has a
bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University Connecticut.
Prior to joining SFLC as Counsel, he was an Attorney Fellow at SFLC.
Before graduating from law school, he had acquired over a decade of
experience as an IT Systems Architect at a top ranked public research university where
he focused on infrastructure design and security. He is admitted to
practice in the State of Connecticut, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
and the State of New York.
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James Vasile | Of Counsel
James Vasile holds a Juris Doctor (JD) from Columbia Law School,
where he was a member of the law review and a Stone Scholar. He also
has a bachelor's degree in political science and economics from
Fordham University. He spent several years in the litigation
department of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he worked on a range of
cases and dealt with a variety of new media issues. Vasile has also
contributed code and documentation to numerous FOSS software projects.
He is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
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Clint Adams | Chief Technology Officer
Clint Adams joined the SFLC in 2010 after a variety of odd jobs. He holds a bachelor's in Intercultural Studies, and over 17 years of experience developing Free Software. He loves Debian, GNU, and Haskell. Clint is the upstream maintainer of hOpenPGP, openpgp-asciiarmor, hopenpgp-tools, debianutils, fakeroot, libmsv, zomg, posh, Haskell libraries for SANE, WebDAV, MusicBrainz, and other software, as well as an infrequent upstream contributor to GNU FM and libre.fm, zsh, and other such things. He is obsessed with food.
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Tanisha Madrid-Batista | Business Manager
Prior to serving as Business Manager for the Software
Freedom Law Center, Tanisha Madrid-Batista worked as Coordinator to
the Center for the Study of Law and Culture at Columbia Law School.
She holds a Master of Science degree in Information and Digital
Resource Management from Columbia University. She also has a
bachelor's degree in English from Columbia College. She has a strong
interest in improving techniques for digital asset management to
effectively leverage and transfer knowledge within organizations, an
interest she pursues as Executive Director of the Protocol Freedom Information
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Ian Sullivan | Project Manager
Ian Sullivan joined SFLC in 2005 after working
as a paralegal. He received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy
from Columbia College. In addition to his work with SFLC, Ian is the
Executive Director of the Wikiotics
Foundation, an educational non-profit that builds free software
for language instruction. He also serves on the board of the Protocol Freedom Information
Foundation. His personal blog is available at churchkey.org.
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Philippe Aigrain | Director
Mr. Aigrain is the Founder and CEO of Sopinspace, Society for Public
Information Spaces, a company that develops free software and provides
services for the public debate of policy issues. Trained as a
mathematician and computer scientist, he researched technology for
empowering people to access and analyze photographs, video, and
music. Before founding Sopinspace, he was head of the "Software
technology and society" sector within the European Commission
Information Society general directorate where he was in charge of
actions related to FOSS. Alongside his professional activities, he is
active within international coalitions for the reform of norms and
agencies that deal with intellectual rights. In addition to his
technical papers, Mr. Aigrain has published a number of texts on the
sociology of information exchanges and the political philosophy of
intellectual rights.
Diane M. Peters | Director
Legal counsel to the Mozilla Corporation and the Mozilla
Foundation, a non profit public benefit corporation dedicated to
preserving innovation and openness on the internet through the
development of open source software, including the Firefox web
browser. Prior to working with Mozilla, Ms. Peters served as General
Counsel to Open Source Development Labs, a non profit trade
association supporting development of the Linux kernel and adoption of
the Gnu/Linux operating system. Ms. Peters earned a B.A. in political
science from Grinnell College in 1986, and a J.D. from Washington
University School of Law in 1989, where she served as an executive
editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly. After law school,
Ms. Peters clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
in Chicago.
Mark Webbink | Director
Mark Webbink served at Red Hat, the premiere Linux and open source
vendor, as its first general counsel beginning in 2000. In 2004, he
became Red Hat's deputy general counsel for intellectual property, a
position he served in until his retirement in August 2007. During his
tenure with Red Hat, Webbink wrote and spoke extensively on the
subjects of open source software, software patents, and patent reform.
Webbink is a Senior Lecturing Fellow with the Duke University School
of Law and consults with open source companies on their business
strategies. He holds a BA from Purdue University as well as a Master
of Public Administration and J.D. from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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I ordered this online based on other reviews here and I wish I'd had a similar positive experience, but alas, not so much. I bought this in the hopes that it would be a good replacement for my all-time favorite cream shadow--Cle de Peau's brown (long since discontinued). It has an iridescent purple-brown sheen, and swatches of Illusoire seemed promising. However, when I received and opened this, I was shocked to find a chunky, glittery mess that seemed to be a dry shadow--the top had cracks in it and so I pressed my finger into it and encountered that yucky, spongy texture other reviewers have spoken of. Confused as to whether I had received the right product, I turned the pot over in my hand, and "plop!" the nickel-sized shadow fell out in one piece and ended up in my bathroom sink and sat there looking like a large gumdrop. Needless to say I scooped it up, put it back in the packaging and sent it back for my $36 refund. I guess I'm done with this formula of Chanel cream shadow.
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I love cream eyeshadow. But I do not think that I enjoyed the formula from Chanel. It is very pretty, spongey texture. Very sheer but buildable. Lot of sparkles. Good for people whom enjoyed very subtle, "no makeup" effort on eye lid.
I simply enjoyed my cream eyeshadow as a base without the need to build it up.
Will not repurchase until there is new formula launch that is less sparking and more opaque.
Beautiful, beautiful colour. I watched a video of Lisa Elderidge and saw her using this colour. It is a very sophisticated colour, especially with my hazel/greenish eyes. You can use it for every occasion. For keeps!
Off to the department store I went to go buy Chanel's Vitalumiere Aqua foundation as I was out (will leave a foundation at a later time), and once I was color-matched by the SA, she asked if I used eye shadow. I told her I do not regularly, but we both agreed it didn't hurt to give it a try.
I told her I wanted a taupey-mauvey colour, and I think she chose the exact colour I was looking for. Depending on the lighting, it's a taupe-mauve-grey colour with shimmer.
The few dabs that she put on my lids made such a difference in my look, and really brought depth to my eyes. To my surprise, all that sparkle did not make me look like a disco ball, and I find it very appropriate for all occasions, including work, and during the day. I can't say that I love a lot of packaging, but Chanel produced a very elegant glass pot for this beautiful, buildable shadow.
- buildable - can be a very light layer, or an intense one on your lids
- the shimmer adds depth as opposed to sparkles all over your eyes
- this colour is truly beautiful, and I can only see it being a universal colour that is appealing on all
- texture is very soft, almost spongy on the touch, and easy to apply
- great packaging, and I think there's a lot of product in the pot
- I agree with many that it does not last very long. If I apply many layers, it will last me until the end of the day, but it usually fades by the afternoon, and leaves slight shimmer, but not much colour. Note that I do not wear primer
- Is quite expensive for something I do not wear daily
- Wear primer, maybe? Or don't dust your eyelids with powder before, perhaps leave it with your moisturizer/sunscreen so it can stick better
- I find that dabbing my finger and applying (also by dabbing) is more effective and intense, versus sliding my finger on the surface of the product and sliding it on my eyelids.
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When I bought this eyeshadow last year I thought I had added another HG to my make up collection. The shade is a dazzling combination of grey and purple and you can achieve a smokey eye in 5 minutes flat. Really flattering and unique, not your usual grey and in an interesting formula, a hybrid between soft cream and powder. Acceptable lasting power if used with UDPP. Fast forward six months and the shade seems to have lost its pigmentation making it quite sheer and impossible to build up. Very disappointed. Wish they made smaller pots because you're never going to use it up in enough time before the magic has gone. Buy it and share it with a friend!
This and the Emerville colour is probably the better out of the collection. This e/s is as others have mentioned a purple with silver sparkles. Regardless of how much i like this colour and the feel of the e/s (silky smooth texture that is so easy to blend and apply), it does crease in a few hours. Similar to the other 2 colours that i own, it also dried up after a few months of purchase and was useless. For this reason, I will not repurchase.
I love the color so two lippies but that's it. It doesn't last. The shimmer stays and color fades by noon. I'm not going to layer a cream shadow with a primer. I use cream shadows because they're easy, faster to apply and they stay on. This does not deliver.
Also I lost the little loose lid in between the pot and the main lid and the product shrivelled up inside the pot. It's not practical at all.
Considering the beautiful colour that is in the pot, I was hoping that would translate the same on the lids, it doesn't. This looks dark purple in the pot, but on the lids it looks more silver grey with tiny shimmers running through it.
I used it with and without a base (mac soft ochre) and found it lasted okay, but it's not as opaque as I would have hoped considering the high price tag, I'd rather wear a loreal infallible over this. The base helped the colour show up more, but it does really look more like grey/silver shimmers than anything else.
This is a very pretty sparkly purple colour glides on well whether applied with a brush or finger. However considering the cost and the brand, the staying power is not great - applied at 6am - creasing and gone by 10am. You can get cheaper options that work better. Disappointed.
I'm not as impressed with the formula as others seem to be, but I do appreciate that it's something different. Illusoire is a beautiful color in the jar & I wish that it looked exactly the same once applied. Unfortunately it's not as intense & pigmented as I wanted it to be and the multi-colored shimmer doesn't show up anywhere near as much I had hoped it would. IMO it looks better over a black base. Even then, it doesn't look as good as I'd imagined it would, though. I am NC42/C5 and think that fairer people will probably enjoy Illusoire the most.
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Very rich - guaranteed to satisfy even the most intense chocolate cravings ;)
Filling12 oz (2 cups) semisweet chocolate chips
16 oz softened cream cheese
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 lb can of cherry pie filling
8 1/2 package crushed chocolate graham crackers
1/2 cup melted butter
spring-form pan
Combine chocolate crumbs and melted butter.Pat into the bottom of a springform pan and *at least* 2 1/2 inches up the side. (don't let it get too thick at the corners) Chill for about 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine chocolate chips and cream in double boiler. Stir until smooth, set aside.
In a seperate bowl, beat together suger and cream cheese. Add eggs one at a time, beat after each. Add chocolate mixture and vanilla. Pour filling into crust
Bake at 325 for 60 minutes, turn off oven. Let stand in oven with the door open for 60 minutes. Refridgerate for 24 hours.
Top with cherry filling.
my notes
recipe at a glance
type: Cake
main ingredients: Chocolate
cuisine: American
holiday/celebration: Fall, Christmas, Winter, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's


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I hope that by the end of my lifetime people remember Facebook as a tool that was once upon a time used very rarely to organize ideas and connect people in a meaningful way and quite frequently to waste time at work decreasing productivity of administrative staff to near zero.
Seems like everyone is jumping on the Sandberg bandwagon. She is now officially everywhere. By the way I have to say this was the worst of all the recent articles about her - a very poor derivative blurb that has nothing original or particularly insightful to say.
I agree with kolorovno.
While I am not against the principal of letting rich idiots waste their money, I find it disappointing that investors are so lacking in creativity that IPO's become lemming marches.
Facebook has already peaked. Putting a more telegenic face in the spotlight does not make a company any better.
"On a daily basis, and in ways that the general public does not even recognize, our right to privacy is disappearing rapidly. Our political leaders allow companies such as Google and Facebook to continually infringe on this right. Both of those companies serve as data mines, selling information about their users. Facebook, behind a mask of individual privacy settings, has almost single-handedly killed privacy; founder Mark Zuckerberg has actually stated, according to reports, that he doesn't believe in privacy. The government needs to get back to its roots: protecting the privacy of its citizens while encouraging the individual freedoms on which this country was founded."
- Larry Flynt
much ado about nothing...
Sheryl Sandberg is Mark Z's "Office Mother" at Facebook. I suspect Mark choose her because she was not a strong male figure over him. What company has she ever founded by herself? None. She is ridiculously over-rated. My grandmother could have sold advertisements on Facebook and Google. Seriously. She is a climber based nothing more than on her sex. I am disappointed in this short article by the Economist as I expect better. Also, I would not call Mark Z technically brilliant. It took 2 weeks to make Facebook -- not a difficult piece of software to create but certainly a valuable one.
Good leaders bring in people who compensate their weaknesses. Bravo, Mark Z: a nerd and a smart leader.
This is a refreshing view on not only the corporate personality structure, but that of IT (in this case it is both, with respect to Mr. Zuckerberg). Generally, those who work in the corporate or IT side lack a complementary personality to balance an overall organization.
Although they may be intellectually bright or have a propensity for complex systems or problems, their ability to interact with others is often caustic and, in the long run, destructive.
I would think it generally beneficial for a counterpart in such settings as HR is generally too far distanced and its latency far too long to be sufficiently effectual.
With Google+ generating a lot of buzz, that FB IPO isn't looking quite as juicy these days...
tacking Larry Summers name onto this woman doesnt help me like her
Something about this article tastes like a McDonalds fish-burger. A tad short, maybe? BTW, I find it a little mean to imply that Mark Z. is somehow an unacceptable "face of" FB...
But yes, Sheryl is great. Question is: can she save FB from Google+ ? We have yet to decide/...
Its nice to see more and more women performing so well in traditionally male dominated fields. this needs to happen more often so that the potential of the women is utilized and does not go waste
I am always happy to hear about the women behind the large companies. As someone who teaches (mostly) women how to start and run their own small businesses, it's important for us to hear these stories. Thank you.
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I have 7 bare root big leaved plants to plant (four darmera and three astilboides) and three areas to choose from.
1) Pretty heavy shade, highly amended soil on a rise within easy reach of the hose 2) corner of a shade area, highly amended soil, no competing roots 3) bog-like highly shaded area mostly populated with poison ivy ( I KNOW!) and cinnamon ferns. I would really like some big leaved plants in area 1 and I put the three astilboides up there. But I'm reading about a lot of moisture requirements. I'm thinking of the three darmera in the shade garden and one out in the bog just for fun. I am working on getting the poison ivy out of there and I'm opening up some of the area which was all overgrown and crowded. I never used to like shade gardening... but it's kind of addictive.
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I have never had any problem with anything from White Flower Farm,How ever got an order from a catalog House Of (Something)and not one item was totally no good,mold,dried up you name it.Bareroot can be deceptive,I bet you plant will do well after twenty years never been let down by WFF. Peter |
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text: On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, D.Moriarty wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > > > On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, D.Moriarty wrote: > > > > > >>I've been there and tried most of that. It hangs because I still have > >>LFS-3.3 and the boot scripts are a little different. I can't be exact > > > > Ok, from my firewall which is running something around lfs-3.3 (doesn't > > seem to have any /etc/lfs-* so I can't be sure of the exact version) and > > Glibc-2.2.5? That's probably a good timestamp. Definitely. What I meant was mine might be slightly _older_ than 3.3, but it's definitely that sort of vintage, not the new-fangled LFS-4 on my main box :) > > uses *eth1* for the connection to the world (eth0 for my lan). Probably > > very badly done, but working. > If it's working, Ken, it's not very badly done :-) > [SNIP scripts] > > My system barfs as follows: /etc/sysconfig/network fails to find > $network_devices; I hacked that, and then it fails to find an IP and > mentions ifconfig.eth0. This is bull, as I tried IPs in there. So I It's the $network_devices that sounds worrying - maybe permissions on one or more of the scripts, particularly executable. All of my ifdown and ifup scripts are executable, the ifconfig files only need to be readable. Or maybe a typo or something else. My /etc/sysconfig/network only has HOSTNAME=something in it. > figured to do it manually. I gather from your scripts you can do it > manually by > > modprobe eth1 > dhclient eth1 -1 > In your case, s/eth1/eth0/g I think. The '-1' is optional - this is my gateway, if it doesn't get an address it might as well give up quickly (normally means I need to reboot the set-top box, or wait for someone to sort out the upstream). Of course, you need the alias for eth0 in modules.conf (always assuming the driver is a module). > Mind you, this is the first outing for the network bootscript, so that > takes me back to all the mistakes made building my very first lfs :-o. Yes, bootscripts on current builds are a lot easier. > > > > Note also that for this version of dhclient the leases are in > > /var/state/dhcp/dhclient.leases and you will need to touch that (or > > wherever your version is looking) before you can get a lease. > > Yeah, the dhclient.leases have their own manpage. > If this doesn't help, can you note the exact error message(s) and anything else relevant form the kernel or daemon logs ? Ken -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce


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As a writer, I read a lot of books for research, but they seldom reach my night table. That I reserve for books I read solely for pleasure. I usually mix fiction and non-fiction, switching as my mood moves me.
Right now, I'm coming out of an Ernest Hemingway retrospective period, having re-read several of his books in the past year. I am constantly astonished at the power of this man's sparse language; also at the stark progression of his work, revealing his transition from a mere chronicler in The Sun Also Rises to a sensitive humanist in A Farewell to Arms, the latter perhaps my favourite Hemingway work.
Among non-fiction that's recently been on my night table, I mustn't forget two books about the Scots — Ken McGoogan's How the Scots Invented Canada and T.M. Devine's globally centred To the Ends of the Earth. Erik Larson's In the Garden of Beasts, the account of U.S. ambassador William Dodd's time in Germany in the early 1930s, deeply moved me for its hesitant realization of the threat of Nazism. Larson also wrote The Devil in the White City, on crime and life in the Chicago of the 1893 World's Fair. It's a book I enjoyed immensely, partly because it is set in the same era as my book Scott Joplin and the Age of Ragtime.
Linden MacIntyre's Why Men Lie, the third book of his trilogy, gave me much pleasure. As will, I'm sure, Susan Swan's new novel, The Western Light, which I'm about to start. Having enjoyed all of Guy Vanderhaeghe's books, I look forward to his next release.
Back to research. For Joey Smallwood: Schemer and Dreamer I of course read early works by Richard Gwyn and Smallwood himself (along with Wayne Johnston's novel The Colony of Unrequited Dreams). But most of my research took place at Memorial University in St. John's, where I fortunately had access to previously unread Smallwood archives. My next subject, Charles de Gaulle (who had many more connections with Canada than is generally realized) is the focus of hundreds of books, and I have nearly 100 on my reading list. Fascinating facets of this man's life and his era remain to be explored — and written about.
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Before the Lights Went Out : The 1912 Triangular Tournament
Patrick Ferriday
Von Krumm Publishing
By Martin Chandler
20 Feb 2011
It is not uncommon for cricket writers to produce books about past Test series. Generally the best of these are written from a distance in time where there is at least some primary source material available from individuals for whom the events occurred within living memory. It is more difficult for authors to delve back beyond the point where there are no personal recollections, and in recent years authors like Peter Sharpham, Peter Sheppard and Alfred James have all, despite exhaustive research, struggled to bring Ashes series from the Victorian era to life. That is not to say that such a task is impossible, as reading David Frith's fine retrospective account of the 1894/95 Ashes series,
Stoddy's Mission
, amply demonstrates, but a lack of first hand testimony is a distinct disadvantage.
I first learned of Patrick Ferriday's plans to write a book about the 1912 Triangular Tournament a couple of years ago. It immediately struck me as an excellent idea, although not one I was entirely convinced he would be able to make a success of. A positive consideration was that, as still the only such event ever staged, there was considerable interest merely by virtue of that fact alone. In addition the matches were the last Tests to be played in England before the international game stopped for the duration of the Great War. That appalling conflict finally brought the "Golden Age" to its conclusion and accordingly an examination of the Triangular Tournament provided an opportunity for a valuable and interesting digression. On the other hand a combination of the South African tourists proving a disappointment, and the Australians being seriously understrength as a result of one of the game's more colourful controversies, when taken together with a wet English summer, meant that little of the cricket was particularly memorable.
It was therefore with some trepidation, as well as eager anticipation, that I first opened
Before the Lights Went Out
. I had already gathered a flavour of what to expect from the
that had been up and running for some time. I knew that there were three distinct parts to the book. Part one involves a study of the developement of international cricket and how the tournament came about. Part two is a detailed chronicle of the events of 1912, both on and off the field, and finally Part three contains an examination of the aftermath and legacy of the Tournament.
The first part of the book is superbly crafted. It cannot have been an easy task to decide how detailed this should be, and indeed just what aspects of the histories of cricket, and of the three competing nations should be covered. What was of particular concern to me was that the narrative might simply travel down a similar path to that taken by other authors in the past. I should have had more faith - Ferriday successfully accomplishes his mission and while some of the cricketing aspects of the story were, inevitably, not new to me, the knowledge that I acquired about the prevailing social, economic and political issues in Great Britain, Australia and South Africa, was of enormous assistance in appreciating the book as a whole.
Part two has clearly been as painstakingly researched as Part one, and while Ferriday is inevitably indebted to EHD Sewell, who wrote the only contemporary account of the Tournament, he has gone well beyond Sewell's writings in his efforts to gain additional insights into the events of the summer. The match descriptions themselves are certainly thorough, and while they do not come to life in quite the manner that David Frith achieved in
Stoddy's Mission
, they are far from bland and, in fairness to Ferriday, Frith did have some rather more exciting cricket with which to work.
In many ways the final part of the book is the most interesting. Ferriday's reflections on the Tournament are well thought out and eloquently presented, and the glimpses into the future are all relevant and help to put all of the events that the book covers in context. In particular the brief sketches of the remainder of the participants' lives, a number of which were, tragically, destined to be fairly short, answered the few questions that had occurred to me, and not been dealt with as I read the preceding chapters.
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Before the Lights Went Out
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Before the Lights Went Out
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We don't usually make a big deal about who's being hired where unless it's game-changing, especially when it's not the head of a studio or something along those lines. However, it is very refreshing to hear when someone who has run a great fan site breaks into the industry. Such is the case with Brooks Guthrie of Mos Eisley Radio.
This morning, Brooks officially announced on the Mos Eisley Radio website that he is moving on to do audio engineering for the Community Team at BioWare for Star Wars: The Old Republic. In his post on the MER forums, he said simply, "I wouldn't have this great opportunity without MER, and there wouldn't be an MER without a great community of listeners!" He also assured fans that Mos Eisley Radio is here to stay despite his moving on.
Massively would like to congratulate Brooks on joining the Dark Side, and if any Massively readers are interested in how this fan became a part of the BioWare team, check out the latest Mos Eisley Radio Podcast.
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Posted: Apr 4th 2011 3:04PM Rylorn said
Holy ****, grats Brooks!
Posted: Apr 4th 2011 3:20PM paterah said
I don't think this is the first time for swtor as well. I remember another similar incident with swtor but can't be bothered to dig it up. Anyhow, congrats to the guy.
Posted: Apr 4th 2011 3:35PM remeran said
I am so looking forward to this game. It feels to me that Bioware is actually handling community relations well and noticing talent within the community that can help create a better game. Say whatever you want about WoW, but that is something that is does well and other companies like Bioware seem to be folowing suit. hopefully they continue to do o after launch.
Posted: Apr 4th 2011 4:27PM MrGutts said
Good for him! Give us some kick ass audio Brooks!
Posted: Apr 4th 2011 4:29PM Dunraven said
Very very awesome news grats man :)
Posted: Apr 4th 2011 4:53PM RogueJedi86 said
Didn't another MERer move to BW Austin a while back?
Posted: Apr 5th 2011 9:42PM MasterRah35 said
Brooks you are the Man, You will be missed on MER. Congrats and may the force be with you.


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Document - Colombia: Further information: Trade union leader shot at in Colombia: Rubén Morrón Gerrero
Further information on UA: 66/13 Index: AMR 23/026/2013 Colombia Date: 10 June 2013
trade union leader shot at in coloMbia
Gunmen fired shots at a taxi in which trade union leader Rubén Morrón Gerrero was travelling on the eve of a trade union negotiation in Barranquilla, Northern Colombia.
On 28 May, trade union leader Rubén Morrón Guerrero escaped unharmed when two gunmen on a motorbike opened fire on the taxi in which he was travelling in, the city of Barranquilla, department of Atlántico. The bullets hit the back of the car where Rubén Morrón Guerrero was sitting. Rubén Morrón Guerrero is the secretary general of the Chiriguaná Municipality Branch of the Colombian Union of Workers of the Mining, Petrochemical, Agro-Fuels and Energy Industries (Sindicato Nacional de la Industria Minera, Petroquímica, Agrocombustible y Energética, SINTRAMIENERGETICA) in the department of Cesar. He is part of a union delegation negotiating a new labour agreement with the mining company Drummond Ltd.
The attack comes in the wake of several recent death threats against members and leaders of SINTRAMIENERGETICA. On 1 April Rubén Morrón Guerrero was named in a death threat made against several trade union leaders by the paramilitary group "Rastrojo Urban Commands" (Los Rastrojos - Comandos Urbanos). Because of the attack, Rubén Morrón Guerrero did not participate in a negotiation meeting scheduled on 29 May. He and his family have left Barranquilla fearing for their lives. In the past, members of SINTRAMIENERGETICA have been killed and threatened in the context of such negotiations with companies.
Please write immediately in Spanish or your own language:
Urging the authorities to conduct a full and impartial investigation into the attack and previous threats, and to make the results public and bring those responsible to justice;
Expressing concern for the safety of Rubén Morrón Guerrer, his family and other members of SINTRAMIENERGETICA;
Demanding that the authorities provide protection for Rubén Morrón Guerrero in accordance with his wishes;
Urging them to take immediate action to dismantle paramilitary groups and break their links with the security forces, in line with repeated UN recommendations.
Señor Juan Manuel Santos
Presidente de la República, Palacio de Nariño, Carrera 8 No.7–26,
Bogotá, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 596 0631 (keep trying)
Salutation: Dear President Santos/Excmo. Sr. Presidente Santos
Labour Minister
Rafael Pardo Rueda
Ministerio de Trabajo
Carrera 14, No.99–33
Bogotá, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 489 3900 ext. 2320
Salutation: Dear Minister/Estimado Ministro
And copies to:
Calle 34 No. 44 - 63
Piso 9
Oficina 9A
Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. This is the second update of UA 66/13. Further information: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR23/016/2013/en
trade union leader shot at in coloMbia
ADditional Information
During Colombia's long-running armed conflict between left-wing guerrillas and the armed forces, which at times operate in collusion with paramilitaries, members of human rights organizations, trade unions and other social organizations have often been threatened, subjected to enforced disappearance or killed. Colombia's paramilitary groups supposedly demobilized in a government-sponsored process that began in 2003, but it is clear from the threats against human rights organizations and trade unions that they are still operating.
Colombia has one of the highest rates of trade unionist killings in the world. Trade unionists face repeated death threats or are killed during labour disputes and during campaigns for improvement of their pay and working conditions. They have been repeatedly threatened and many have been killed or subjected to enforced disappearance by paramilitaries either acting alone or in collusion with the security forces. In addition, the security forces and paramilitaries often accuse trade unionists of being guerrilla sympathizers or auxiliaries. Guerrilla forces have also been responsible for killing and threatening those they accuse of collaborating with their enemies.
For many years members of SINTRAMIENERGETICA have been killed and have received death threats by paramilitaries while the union has been seeking the improvement of working conditions. Over recent months members of SINTRAMIENERGETICA have been the target of paramilitary death threats in the context of labour disputes.
Name: Rubén Morrón Guerrero
Gender m/f: male
Further information on UA: 66/13 Index: AMR 23/026/2013 Issue Date: 10 June 2013