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Sunday, December 9, 2012
New life is set to be breathed into a derelict site where a pub once stood in Thorpe St Andrew.
The brownfield site between the junction of Thunder Lane and Plumstead Road East has become an eyesore since The Woodside was demolished in July 2010, following its closure in January of that year.
Broadland District Council has now approved plans for nine houses to be built on the site, eight of which will be four-bedroomed and one three-bedroomed.
A new access road to the cul-de-sac will be built from Thunder Lane, with driveway and garage parking for each house.
The site's owners, Badger Building Ltd, based in Lowestoft, originally applied for 14 houses to be built on the site in 2010 but Broadland turned down the application on design grounds in January 2011. An appeal against the decision was then upheld in October 2011.
The new application, submitted via Norwich architects Chaplin Farrant Ltd, went before Broadland's planning committee on Wednesday.
The committee delegated authority to the council's head of planning to approve the plans, subject to prior completion of a Section 106 legal agreement for planning obligations, including two of the houses being suitable for the council's affordable housing scheme. This is expected to be completed before Christmas.
Alan Tinkler, 43, lives nextdoor to the site and, having lived in Thunder Lane for three and a half years, is pleased that the site is set to be developed.
Mr Tinkler said: "It's become overgrown and collected general litter so I'm most definitely pleased that the site will be developed.
"The revised plans are more in keeping with the road. It will finish Thunder Lane off nicely because it is quite a nice road."
Nigel Shaw, county councillor for Woodside division, also greeted the news, saying: "This site had become an eyesore and people have got used to the hole in the ground there, so this is something we have been waiting for.
"A lot of builders and developers have had hard times in the last year or two but we need these plots developed and put back into use.
"We need new housing in Thorpe and when you include this with the Pinebanks and Griffin Lane sites, I would say this takes up the whole of Thorpe St Andrew's portfolio for new housing."
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Well, fed up to the back teeth, what makes you think that the Council is going to pass planning permission for houses on an eyesore brownfield site when there is so very much farming land to build on? We don't think the same way as these twits. Someone should count the amount of houses that are planned in Norfolk over the next five years in gigantic Stalinist new towns and smaller sites of 100 to 500 and then sites which should be encourages ie 1 to 20. I think you will find that more houses are planned that the entire homelss population of Great Britain. It is ridiculous. Especially when you consider we do not have the commercial infrastructure to provide jobs for these people. Leaping up and down slapping your flippers with glee like the Labour contingent on the City Council that they have worked out how to remove 300 jobs from other supermarkets to give them to yet another ugly edifice is somehow a triumph of job creation. I'm going to borrow my neighbour's guinea pig to stand for council next May - It is way more intelligent than the lot who strut around with their single brain cell ricocheting around their skulls.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
At least it's a Brownfield site. When all of these are used up, all over Norwich and the surrounding towns, then the absurdity of Rackheath may be considered. Not until then though. Agricultural land is for growing food, end of arguement.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
I have no idea whether the way some new developments are designed and laid out is down to developers or the planners but I agree with Fed up about the busy junction. Look how planners have allowed houses bang on the pavement edge near Sprowston Tesco extra. I assume the excuse is that the are in an " urban situation" but when most houses were built bang on the roadside there were no cars. New developments just over the county boundary are the same, towering three storey terraces, houses rammed onto the kerb, twisting narrow roads and cul de sacs, houses at all angles to one another with shared accesses and car barns with all the squabbles they create. The general atmosphere is of cramped dark estates that are neither urban nor rural in character, plonked in the countryside and a terrible Hobson's choice for people desperate for somewhere to live. A shortage of land is not an excuse for this nasty architecture.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
About flaming time, what about the rest of eyesores around Norwich? Mind you having said that, who would want to buy a 4 bedroomed house in that location is beyond me.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Perhaps I better clarify myself, it's not the area as such but the actual location, right on that busy junction, with those daft roundabouts, next to that tatty row of shops. The place is a nightmare at the best of times. With the market full of decent houses in good location, that vendors are having so much difficulty in selling, just why would anyone buy one there, unless they are the buy to rent landlords, where their tenants have little choice.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
It used to be very nice along there, and is still relatively so. NCC and other district councils have not been watchful enough in protecting Norwich suburban roads from creeping retail and service outlets which ruin residential areas. The city end of Plumstead Road east is an example-houses turned into offices and sale rooms which do not serve the immediate area in a way a newsagent or general store might. An extreme example is Dereham Road, which many older people will remember as a residential road with a few retail outlets, chapels, pubs and cinema but now resembles any street near any northern urban university. As for four bed houses- modern developers seem to think that a room five and a half feet by seven is a bedroom rather than a box room, so four bed houses are not always all that.
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WASC Issues Notice of Concern Following Special Visit
By Larry Becker
July 19, 2011
La Sierra University has received a letter from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) outlining the results of its April 2011 Special Visit.
Though the University's eight-year regional accreditation is not affected, WASC has identified concerns regarding the role and composition of the La Sierra University Board of Trustees and issues related to institutional autonomy. Those findings have led WASC to issue a Notice of Concern.
The WASC Commission has requested a meeting between WASC leadership and the university president, provost, and full governing board within the coming 90 days to offer further information as to the reasons for their actions and to discuss the University's response plan. WASC has also indicated that they will return for a follow-up visit to La Sierra in Spring 2012 to determine whether appropriate progress is being made in addressing their concerns.
The University Board of Trustees, meeting on July 18, issued the following response:
The Board of Trustees has reviewed the Commission's action, and it takes WASC's findings seriously. The Board will meet again next month and begin reviewing the actions necessary to address their concerns.
The trustees also voted to immediately reconvene the Articles and Bylaws Committee to review and potentially revise the University Bylaws in response to concerns noted by WASC.
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Is Apple Slowly Killing Shutterfly and American Greetings?
BOSTON ( TheStreet) -- When Apple (AAPL - Get Report) decides to enter a new market, it quickly becomes the dominant force that trounces all competition. Think phones, tablet computers and, perhaps soon, televisions, if the rumors are to be believed.
But since Apple moved into the greeting-card and online-photo space two months ago, financial analysts appear not to have noticed. It might not be a coincidence that after Apple unveils a new card-printing service, both American Greetings (AM - Get Report) and Shutterfly (SFLY - Get Report) get crushed.
On Oct. 4, as Apple introduced the new iPhone 4S handset, buried in the presentation was an announcement of a new app, dubbed Cards, which allows users to take iPhone photos and turn them into greeting cards. Apple has the cards printed and mailed within the U.S. for $2.99 each, postage included. Shares of American Greetings and Shutterfly both fell hard on the day the app was introduced.
Since then, the focus on Apple has been more on the hardware, namely the iPhone 4S as well as speculation over a new iPad 3 and new HDTV, while little attention has been paid to the success of Cards. And rightfully so, as the consumer tech gadgets like the iPhone certainly mean more to Apple's top line than some miniscule contribution from a card-making application. But for investors in American Greetings and Shutterfly, the pain has been real. Since the Cards app officially launched in Apple's App Store on Oct. 13, shares of American Greetings have dropped 27% and Shutterfly's stock has been cut in half. By comparison, the broad S&P 500 index is up 4.4% since that date and Apple's shares are up 0.6%. While it's hard to say with certainty that Apple's Cards app has been a roaring success, the woes of these two companies hint that Apple is gaining ground in the greeting card and online-photo space. Last week, American Greetings saw its third-quarter profit plunge by 40%, missing earnings-per-shares estimates by a wide margin, mostly due to cost increases. Operating margins shrank, a trend that will continue into 2012 as the company said cash flow from operating activities would be lower than it had estimated. Shutterfly also delivered some crummy news for shareholders in time for the holidays last week, cutting its fourth-quarter revenue and profit outlook. Shutterfly blamed the weaker outlook on competitive pricing pressures, saying rivals were sharply discounting their services during the holiday season. >> Not All Greeting Card Stores Need Sympathies Analysts, though, have said little recently about Apple's threat to American Greetings or Shutterfly. American Greetings receives scant attention from sell-side analysts, so no one has come to the company's defense. Meanwhile, Shutterfly garners a whopping 11 "buy" ratings from the 13 analysts following the company. Among those analysts, several brushed off Shutterfly's lowered guidance, saying it was largely expected. On Friday, Jefferies analyst Youssef Squali slashed the firm's price target on Shutterfly to $40 from $65 but still maintained a "buy" rating on the stock, pointing out pricing competition from Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) Snapfish and American Greetings' Cardstore.com but omitting any mention of Apple. On Tuesday, Craig-Hallum analyst Mitchell Bartlett dropped his price target on Shutterfly to $32 from $45 but kept his "buy" rating, also noting competition from Snapfish and American Greetings but didn't say anything about competition from Apple. At Morgan Keegan, analyst Justin Patterson also cut his price target to $40 from $55 on Tuesday, but still maintained an "outperform" rating with nary a mention of Apple or the Cards app in his research report. Barron's, on the other hand, smartly warned investors in Shutterfly (and American Greetings, by extension) earlier this month that Apple and the Cards app was a growing force to be reckoned with. So whom should investors believe? The choice is between analysts who still say to buy the stocks even as they keep dropping price targets or those who have been warning about Apple's new presence in the online-photo and card space. If competition from other rivals is putting a dent in sales and profits for these companies, it's hard to imagine that environment improving with more iPhone and iPad users after the holidays. -- Written by Robert Holmes in Boston.>To contact the writer of this article, click here: Robert Holmes. >To follow Robert Holmes on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/RobTheStreet. >To submit a news tip, send an email to: email@example.com.
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Police say they found one shooting victim on the lawn outside of the Word of Life Fellowship Center church on Bremen. The 21-year-old victim was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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Charges for room hire at Malmesbury Town Hall have been reduced and simplified.
The review of charges for rooms at the hall was one of the town council's objectives at the last election.
Room hire costs have been cut by more than 50 per cent in some cases. Hire of Malting Hall on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday is now £12 per hour, compared to £30 previously.
The community charge of £6 per hour for charitable and non-profit-making organisations in Malmesbury remains and there will be discounts for long-term bookings.
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©2005 Gary Chapman; (P)2008 Oasis Audio
"Awesome Book, I wish I knew this a long time ago."
I am recommending this book to every couple I know, Married or not. I am seeing people's actions and reactions in a completely different light. I have read many books that are along the same lines but none of them has put it the way Mr Chapman did. The book is very clear and to the point. If you want the answer to "why am I really happy with someone for only 2 years?", this is the book for you. Even if you are not in a relationship, this book can help you understand your emotional needs and what needs were not met when you were a child. I believe it will help everyone and allow them gain an understanding of your emotional needs. I am very greatful for this book. Thank you Gary Chapman!
"More of the Same"
Although I LOVE the 5 love languages and think that Gary Chapman has a very engaging voice, this book was a waste of time and money for me. I bought it thinking it would go into more details specifically for men but found it to be a warmed over rehash of the 5 love languages book that I already have. So, if you have the 5 love languages, save your money on this book, it won't shed any new light for you. If you have never read the F.L.L. by all means do so.
"One of the BEST books on the subject ever read!"
This book is a couples life-saver. I read it first before I gave to my fiance. I wanted to see if what he is going to read, is what I am wanting, needing, and feeling, and it was. Dr. Chapman did a wonderful job of explaining what woman & men are striving for in their relationship. I would give it a 10 if I could!
"Man's Guide To Becoming A Better Husband And Wife"
Always like the Audio better.
The "Ragamuffin Gospel" because "The Five Love Languages :Men's Editionis" is an example of grace in action.
Gary Chapman
Acts of service is a love language.
This book has made me a better husband and father.
"Really helped shape my perspective!"
I have and will recommend this audiobook! It doesn't just give principles or concepts [which is fine to do], it details real life examples of applying each love language as well as the results from its application!
The Love Dare. Both prescribe reasonable, Biblical methods of focusing thought and action toward others instead of self, and the Five Love Languages also helped me learn more about myself.
Hearing the author's voice made it seem real for me; as though I was receiving personal counseling from the author himself.
First, listening to, and observing family members and friends to determine each one's love language (kind of like Studying Her from "The Love Dare"), and, secondly, coming up with creative ways to speak it!
A single father with two teenage kids. I am looking forward to a bright new future.
"Very good reasons to get this audiobook"
You can relate to some of the examples Gary refers to so easily. Listening to the book you cannot help but feel you've been there before...
We tend to focus on the negative side of the relationship - Gary has a knack for turning negative situations into positive ones. I have now a pack full of suggestions I am eager to put into practice.
Being Australian it probably took a few minutes to get into his accent - some of the pronunciations are quite humorous, for example "hunting" is pronounced like "hunning" and this took a time to sort out!
Love me like a man
Very empowering book - as a divorcee and now in a beautiful new relationship, I cannot afford to make the same mistakes again. This book will help and empower me to make sure my partner gets the better of me.
"Fabulous Insight — Mediocre Literature"
Author Gary Chapman's concept about the 5 love languages is an enlightening insight that everybody should know about. It's that important and valuable.
The concept is straightforward. Here are the 5 love languages:
1. Gifts.
2. Quality time - enjoying doing things together.
3. Physical/touch (n.b., don't confuse this with sex).
4. Affirmation or compliments.
5. Service (i.e., doing things to help the other).
Everybody has a primary love language. If you express your love to your partner in this language, they will feel loved. If you express your love in another language, especially one they don't particularly value, they will not feel loved.
It's natural to treat your partner as you would wish to be treated. Hence, you are likely to express your love to your partner via your preferred love language. That's great if you share love languages. You have no need of the 5 love languages concept. If not, you have a problem that understanding this concept can help.
Sadly, the best way to learn about the 5 love languages is Gary Chapman the writer, and in this case, the reader too.
Chapman writes at and reads to the high school dropout level. On one hand, that's a great thing, because this message needs to get to the people who seldom read books. On the other hand, for those who are accustomed to reading books, the writing and reading are something akin to reading a non-fiction children's book. While it's politically correct to reposition material to men as a target audience -- this book is just a modification of his original 5 love languages book to speak directly to men -- it's not politically correct to reposition the book to a more literate target audience. That's unfortunate, because for that audience the way the book is written and read is not only annoying, it could make readers think that smart, well-educated folks wouldn't make mistakes in the love languages.
"a must-read!"
For all people wanting a better understanding of human relations, couple or not, you must read it. My wife and I both read the book, and our relationship has improved tremendously. We did not have specific problems relating to each other, but since this book, we became even closer than before. Also, be aware than the principles in this book applies also in your relationships with everyone...
"A useful change in perspective"
Not rocket science but a helpful refresher to remind one that all people do not value the same things in life.
Chapman writes about a common issue, miscommunications and misunderstandings between partners. He reminds the listener that what is of value to her may not be of value to him and that the
Quick and easy listen.
34 year old, married +2 wonderful kids. Like fantasy and self development: moral, humility, listening, relationship, kids education etc
"Exactly the same"
The 5 love languages is a great book and when I bought this one I expected more examples of the same spirit but I got exactly the same stories and I feel I hear the 5 love languages book again. Gary Chapman is an excellent writer and and I recommend warmly about the 5 love languages that e wrote.
it is nothing diffirent
book and the story just fine but i wis someboy let as now that this book olmost the same as original ,5 love language !!!!!!
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Ashton Aged Maduro #20
"Very nice!"
Ashton Aged Maduro #40
I got two of these in a petite corona sampler and I enjoyed both a lot. The price is a bit high for me to have regularly but I will keep these in my wish list and buy why I can afford to treat myself with these tasty cigars.
Superb burn, great smoke, taste is sweet and flavorful with a smooth aged core that few cigars possess.
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"Great Cigar"
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This is one of the best I have smoked so far. Have tried others and keep coming back. Good flavor, descent burn. Enjoyable smoke while playing golf or anytime.
Dennis in Ohio May 15, 2014
"Wonderful Maduro"
Ashton Aged Maduro #60
Nice dark oily wrapper smells of sweet chocolate. Very smooth medium body smoke which seems to transition throughout. My new go to cigar.
Rich Bondie in Chicago April 11, 2014
"the Cigar that you can't change"
Ashton Aged Maduro #10
If you smoke cigars you have to give Maduro #60 a chance. Once you get used to it you will never change this cigar, no matter how broke you're going to be.
Carl in Michigan April 20, 2013
"Not what I thought it would be"
Ashton Aged Maduro #40
I think I went into it with the wrong expectations after reading the reviews. I got these expecting a sweet creamy smooth cigar. Unfortunately, all I really picked up was the sweetness - it was dry and a little bitter/harsh. If it weren't for the subtle sweetness it would have been a very bland cigar.
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"Good review."
Ashton Aged Maduro #10
I'm a newbie, but this is my favorite. Not too strong, sweet cocoa flavor, great burn.
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"Great Medium body Maduro"
Ashton Aged Maduro Pyramid
Smoked one of these last night and had to write a review. This cigar was medium body, sweet, spicy and very smooth. I tried to wait a minute between dragging on this one but it was hard. The flavor was awesome. I'd smoked one of these from the local shop and it was good, but this one came out of my humi and had rested a few weeks since buying from 5-pack frenzy. The aroma of this cigar was very nice and didnt seem to linger. Smoked it in the basement man cave and an hour later there wasn't much of a smell which is great! Burn and construction are top notch. Very good cigar that i will look forward to smoking again soon. As always with Ashtons wish they were cheaper but smoking one tells you why they're not.
DB2 in PA March 9, 2012
"Full flavor and Smooth"
Ashton Aged Maduro #30
For all of you that thought maduros were alway to strong,this is a must try. Full of flavor without the harshness.
Michael October 28, 2011
"top notch cigar for maduro smokers"
Ashton Aged Maduro #60
Maduro cigars have always been my favorite cigar. Because of price, I usually only buy the Macanudo or H Upmann. This Ashton cigar is part of my Big 3 of the Best Maduro cigars one can buy. Great draw, and super great flavor and taste from start to finish. A bit pricey, but worth it. When on sale, buy all you can. You can't get any better than this one.
Mark Borich in Branson West, Missouri June 16, 2010
"fantastic medium bodied smoke"
always burns great, with great flavors that change throughout the smoke.This is my personal favorite!
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Ever since Anne Frank House opened its doors to the public in 1960, it has continuously proven itself to be much more than a historic museum. Over the years, the House has hosted many informative exhibitions, never fearing to address sensitive or difficult social issues.
Otto's vision for the organization that bears his daughter's name was to make it a place for young people, a place focussed on the future. One can see the way in which this vision has provided a guideline for Anne Frank House over its more than fifty year history. So, what does Anne's story mean to the youth of today and what does it say about the issues the world faces today and in the future?
The organization has constantly striven to highlight the relevance of Anne's story for a contemporary audience. Warning against the dangers of anti-Semitism, racism and discrimination has remained one of the key objectives of the Anne Frank Foundation.
The following are just a few examples of how Anne Frank House has addressed difficult social issues over the years.
Pictures dating from the early years of Anne Frank House show that the first exhibitions - on subjects such as human rights - primarily consisted of photographs and newspaper clippings fastened to soft board with pins or thumbtacks. Folders containing relevant newspaper clippings often accompanied these exhibitions.
From the latter half of the 1960s, Anne Frank House increasingly addressed tough social issues, such as the US Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. The museum's guides, who were mostly students, often took the time to discuss these issues with visitors.
During the 1970s, Anne Frank House focussed on examples of injustice in the world. Attention was given to the issue of exploitation in South America, as well as South Africa's immoral policy of Apartheid.
In the eighties, cautionary exhibitions such as "The Tolerant Netherlands" (Nederland Tolerant) and "Black-White '84" (Zwart-Wit '84) used newspaper clippings and photographs to show how new ethnic minorities were exposed to discrimination and racist violence in the Netherlands.
The war that erupted in the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s was the focus of such exhibitions as "The Ugly Face of Nationalism" (Het lelijke gezicht van nationalisme) and "I Dream of Peace" (Ik droom over vrede), an exhibition that was created in collaboration with UNICEF. In this exhibition, children from the former Yugoslavia used drawings to convey the horrors they experienced during the war.
Not long after the opening of the newly-renovated museum in 1999, a new concept was added to the end of the tour to force visitors to confront the contemporary relevance of the museum's message. Interactive film segments were added to provoke visitors into taking a stance on current social issues.
Informative film series such as "Out of Line" and later "Free2choose" present visitors with the dilemma of conflicting human rights and ask difficult questions of them; questions to which the visitor must first quickly respond, but afterwards is forced to reflect on his or her answer. In this way, Anne Frank House manages to continuously link human rights awareness with Holocaust education.
I read the Diary of Anne Frank as a young girl and again as an Adult and I cried both times. I was touched by the courage of those that hid her family, her family and also of Anne Frank herself. I think that WWII and the way that the Nazi's treated the Jews was one of the most horrific wars that I studied in school and it will always be the one that I will remember for the cruelty from a young age. I just wish that we could have learned from this and that all wars would end.
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I've censored the following, in protest of a bill that gives any corporation and the US government the power to censor the internet–a bill that could pass THIS WEEK. To see the uncensored text, and to stop internet censorship, visit: http://americancensorship.org/posts/10182/uncensor
What is most difficult when writing on censorship is that it includes just about everything. It is rarely anything less than a catch-all term. It casts its shadow over all branches of knowledge, from astronomy to zoology, with broad human rights implications in between. It a time-tested companion of power, be it among the Catholic Church, royals, politicians, or businessmen.
At its most infamous, censorship has placed a bull's-eye on the most important historical advances we have made: Copernicus, Kepler, or Galileo's writings on the sun-centered universe. It has also called attention to some of the worst trespasses against individual rights: why else surpress descriptions of hard labor in the Soviet Union as depicted by the Gulag Archipelago? Or the overwhelming racism Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man? Or the horrors of working standards and hygeine in the meatpacking industry depicted in Sinclair's The Jungle? Or presented without comment: Are You There God, It's Me Margaret?
This was evident even 500 years ago.
And no matter where ideas are suppressed the consequences ranged far beyond national boundaries and continental boundaries, then as now.
The earliest books to be burned by the Catholic Church (in 1491) were a) a legal treatise aimed at restricting the power of the Pope, and b) a work on the dignity of man, using that dignity as the basis to argue for progress in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and all fields of knowledge. Was too much power in the hands of too few a bad idea after all? You're getting warmer. Were individuals instilled with the free agency that entitled them to the secrets of the universe? Too hot.
At its best, censorship takes on many forms that in turn give rise to many more circumventions:
During this 16th century the suppression of books became more systematic through the passing of laws. In the Catholic Church, books meant to be destroyed in their entirety were placed on Index of Prohibited Books (Index Librorum Prohibitorum), or the Index of Expurgated Books, where books with only partial transgressions were meant to be edited at publication, or by readers afterward. But policing the European publishing industry in this way was full of uncertainties. One group's hit-list could be the bestseller list of another, particularly between Catholics and Protestants, as was the case with Thomas James's, first librarian of Oxford's Bodleian. In 1627 he published an "Index of Books Prohibited by the Pope in Use at the Bodleian Library" – it contains not only a general catalogue of anti-papist and prohibited books, but a finding aid for all banned books that can be found in the library.
On the home front, readers charged with editing or erasing individual sections of their own books responded in many different ways, if they bothered at all. Sometimes works were fully cut or blotted out, other times crossed out and fully legible, or covered with an easily detachable strip of paper that halfheartedly warned "prohibito". Sometimes, when pages were left blank to mark the absence of excised text, readers filled in what was missing, as they had with Petrarch's poetry. His "Babylonian Sonnets", critical of the decadence of the Papal Courts at Avignon and Rome (entitled "Flames from Heaven", "Greedy Babylon", and "Font of Sorrow") were banned by Pope Clement VIII in 1595. Poems were ordered to be erased in all prior editions of Petrarch's Canzoniere, but the results vary:
A copy at the University of Pennsylvania.
Petrarch at Yale.
There have been efforts across history to preserve, at least, the names of what we have lost: I can read Sappho's fragments as a reminder of how much we have lost of her writing, because it is recorded that Savonarola destroyed all manuscript copies of her poems in Florence, 1498. Conrad Gesner in his 1545 Bibliotheca Universalis preserved lists of books and manuscripts he knew had been destroyed in the 1527 destruction of the library at Buda in the Kingdom of Hungary when the Ottoman Turks under the lead of Suleiman the Magnificant (pictured left).
We can also produce guerilla editions to combat the books taken away, for instance Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan. The first edition in 1651 was so scandalous and sought-after, that to both avoid breaking the law and supply a very demanding market, later re-prints (which had been forbidden) fake the year 1651 on their title page. The penalty for being caught, as John Redmayne found out on 28 September 1670 when his printing shop was raided, was that his stock was seized and his machinery "taken downe and demolished". Other editions under the same guise were successfuly printed in Holland and smuggled into London. The risk was worth the profit.
Notice I am making a distinction between guerilla editions and pirated editions: this is not about intellectual property, I'm just talking in-your-face gagging, banning, tearing, burning.
The Internet is more recently premier real estate for representing various survivors across history (i.e. http://www.banned-books.org.uk/ and http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html to post only a few), and the Index on Censorship works on an international basis to publicize breaches of the freedom of expression. It's also one of the best ways of circumventing suppression while still reaching wider audiences.
But the Internet is also more recently a target for censorship. And this brings us to now, to the United States, and a bill in the House that's close to being passed called SOPA "Stop Online Piracy Act" (and its equivalent in the Senate, PIPA or "Protect Intellectual Property Act "). And despite the name of the Campaign to Fight it, Stop American Censorship, the damage it does will extend much further. Exponentially more than publishing, which has always been an international trade, the concentrated power over information, and business, that it would make possible is far-reaching not only in geography but in time. As an article form Ars Technica reports:
The House bill is shockingly sympathetic to a narrow subsection of business interests. For instance, buried deep in the back of the >70-page document is a requirement that the US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator prepare a study for Congress. That study should analyze "notorious foreign infringers" and attempt to quantify the "significant harm inflicted by notorious foreign infringers." (Talk about assuming your conclusions before you start.)
The report, which is specifically charged to give weight to the views of content owners, requests a set of specific policy recommendations that might "encourage foreign businesses to adopt industry norms to promote the protection of intellectual property globally." Should the bill pass, the US government would be explicitly charged with promoting private "industry norms"—not actual laws or treaties—around the world.
The difficulty with the language of SOPA is that it uses the language of intellectual property and even parasitism (in the E-PARASITE Act) as blanket terms for powers that also extend to suppression of non-pirated material, for instance in targeting websites like MegaUpload and RapidShare. Youtube is at stake. So is Ubu Web, a repositories of poetry. Heck, this website is probably at risk as well. Rather than effectively combating piracy, SOPA singles out some intellectual property as more important than others.
I wonder whose?
For the majority of the bill's proponents who prefer "small government" and letting the markets self-regulate, SOPA is an about-face. Why the contradiction? My money is on money – money that lobbyists are able to allocate to members of the House and the Senate. It may not be a coincidence that Lawrence Lessig's work on Free Culture has taken a back seat to his latest book, Republic, Lost (it may also not be a coincidence that Lessig has denounced SOPA and PIPA, but channelling his energy elsewhere these days).
Republic Lost investigates systematic corruption of Government not through outright bribery (which is illegal), but through dependence on campaign funds provided by interested groups. Not quid pro quo so much as Fundraising Party pro quo. Lessig makes several points in his really excellent (and scary) book. First, bills which come before the House are immensely well-funded. The industries (the financial and banking at the helm) which pay lobbyists to advocate for their causes determine which issues are brought to a politician's attention. It's not that they force out discussion of other issues, its that those other issues won't even make it onto the radar of the session's agenda to being with. And once they are, the same interests which paid their way to the front of the room continue to pay lobbyists to keep congressmen informed as the issue moves through the stages of passing. You can see the cycle we're locked into here. Secondly, it has historically been in the interest of enterprises which benefit from deregulation to push for regulations that keep them at the top. As I have mentioned in other contexts, the internet is part of the private sector. It's a huge moneymaker that's still unpredictable – there is much to gain by regulating its development from the top, especially for copyright holding companies of film, music, etc. whose property has been dramatically changed by the digital age.
This struggle contributes to a modern definition of "censorship" which, for all its complexity, will only ever be articulated in the old ways. The only added complexity in this case is that the boundaries have become harder to parse between protecting intellectual property and harmful policing (in ways that are difficult to predict but are not limited to ruining businesses all the way up to ruining all of the internet!). Above the cases of censorship throughout history I offered are clear cases of institutional disapproval for ideas that often relied upon belief in protecting ideas as justifications. That's the same, misleading nature of SOPA and PIPA. There are only so many ways to shut someone up. Book burning is one, printing house raids are even faster and cleaner, and now domain blocking and/or deleting are the latest technologies in efficient suppression.
UPDATE: Via Boing Boing, Everybody Who's Anybody Hates SOPA: Yahoo Google et al. It's Silicon Valley v. all of the hugely wealthy Copyright holders in Hollywood, the Music Industry, etc.


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Since when have cinema owners been given free rein to assault moviegoers with 20 minutes of soul-crushing commercials before the main feature starts? Since a while ago, I know, but lately matters seem to have gotten worse. These ads can take you right out of the movie mood.
Last time I checked, there was a trade-off. Paying almost $80 for a family of four – not including popcorn – meant you weren't supposed to be subjected to annoyingly slick ads for wine, cars, or travel destinations. (Never mind the annoyingly unslick ads for local businesses and nearby real estate.) If theatre owners are worried that DVDs and downloads are going to put them out of business, the steady creep of in-theatre commercials can't be helping their cause. Why not just wait for the movie to be shown on free-to-air TV? Wouldn't the cumulative commercial time be about the same? Trailers for upcoming films, of course, are fair game, but more and more they seem to have become an afterthought as the pre-show time drones on.
The sorry state of affairs recently hit a new low as my wife, our two teenage boys and I waited to be inspired and edified by the latest computer-generated, semi-plotless, non-stop action blockbuster. It turns out there's a price to pay for showing up when the movie's supposed to start rather than watching the clock go past that point when you're on your way to the theatre. The twist of the knife was that it was mostly the same round of ads we saw as before the last movie we went to. It felt kind of like being put on hold for another 20 minutes by a bank or telecom that filled the wait time with product promos instead of classical music, with the added benefit of fidgety, moody teenagers nearby.
By the time the feature came around we were down to unpopped kernels and I was seriously considering having a word with the theatre manager and asking for some kind of ad kickback. Shouldn't there be such a thing? The teenagers did not endorse this plan, but I think my argument was airtight. I came for escapism, not to help the theatre expand its revenue stream.
Wouldn't you know it? Movie theatre ads have become a big source of revenue for theatre chains. And is it any surprise that the US is leading the way in blurring the line between going to the movies and flicking the remote from the comfort of your couch? A few years ago the US theatre chains Regal, AMC and Cinemark formed an ad production and distribution company, National CineMedia, whose ownership is split evenly between shareholders and theatre chains. In November last year Forbes Magazine reported that the company had raked in $275 million worth of theatre advertising in the first three quarters of 2010. That's a lot of movie theatre ads, and some hefty cash distributions for theatre owners (shareholders got dividends of 20 cents per share).
The major player in Australia, though, is Val Morgan, which says it's committed to "the continued development of the cinema as an advertising medium in Australia and New Zealand". The company boasts some impressive stats. It says it's responsible for the pre-show advertising on 1000 screens – or "digital panels" – in 250 shopping centres across Australia, including 40 "super screens". Since the business model is doing so well, perhaps the commercials-in-theatre industry and theatre owners can figure out a way to give something back to the people who actually have to watch this stuff.
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Obama: the most anti-immigrant president in a half century
Yep, that is the message on CNN.
Obama's Latino defenders buy the line that this is a kinder and gentler administration. They'll buy anything to keep from admitting that they made a mistake in 2008 and helped put in office the most anti-immigrant president in a half century.
But on the ground, in immigrant communities, they know better. They know that it is business as usual. And they can point to the miscarriages of justice that prove it.
Just ask the tamale lady.
Ruben Navarrette's latest report is a scathing criticism of Obama.
Juana Reyes' trouble started on June 28 when she was arrested outside a Walmart by Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies and charged with trespassing and interfering with a business.
What exactly was the interference? Reyes is unemployed. She was selling tamales so she could buy food and clothes for her two children -- 10-year-old Cesar and 7-year-old Montserrat, both of whom were born in the United States.
Think about it. This woman wasn't holding a handmade sign that read: "Will work for food." She was working by making food and selling it.
She's outta here. She was held in jail for nearly two weeks with no lawyer. Her children were placed in foster care. Yep, she is the kind that needs to be sent back, pronto.
Here is a link that might be useful: CNN
So........he's damned if he doesn't "enforce" immigration laws, and damned if he does.
The guy can't win, can he.
I think what has happened to this woman and her children is unspeakably cruel and certainly unnecessary. She should be freed and allowed to continue her life here and take care of her children. There's the letter of the law and the spirit of the law - we must show common sense, and in this case, mercy.
But selling them in front of a Walmart store. Bad decision.
Knowingly coming here as an undocumented person is a risk reward scenario. Immigrants that come here or, more likely, overstay here are usually coming from very dire circumstances. They are willing to risk exploitation, deportation and other hardships to get out of something they see as much worse. I don't see them as victims at all. I see them as enterprising and extremely courageous to be taking the risks that they do. Sometimes it is a sensible choice in spite of the risk but the risk still remains.
I think it's disingenuous for the author to present a "poor me" defense. The woman knowingly overstayed. Knowingly broke the law after she was warned to leave in spite of having two children that need her. Yes, she got caught up in a draconian system after her arrest but she knew the risk she was taking and chose to take it anyway. Why would any parent knowingly put their children at such risk? There had to be a better solution.
She was doing something that even if the person was not a immigrant would have been arrested. People that are not immigrant are also left in jail for several days. They can hold you for 3 days without charges. It happens every day.
I am one that does not agree with shipping every immigrant back home. But in this case as heartbreaking as it reads (you never know the background story) it is sad.
This is the kicker...I think the Obama is anti-immigrant vs immigrant friendly is not understood. The Hispanics I know are not upset about the deportations they feel the support from the President is the respect they get that he recognize that every one is not illegal because they look different. That is the point of being immigrant friendly.
So stories like the CNN will not deter support from the Hispanic community. They see the things that are said about the President especially in Florida with all the birther stuff they feel he is just as prosecuted as they are being treated.
That birther stuff makes the bigots feel good and gets the base going but to the rest of the sane US citizens that are not Batcrapcrazy it looks as if you are treating the President of the US as a illegal immigrant.
They'll buy anything to keep from admitting that they made a mistake in 2008 and helped put in office the most anti-immigrant president in a half century.
I don't think many will see their vote as a mistake given what the alternative was. Latino activists know that they have a chance to influence President Obama while Latino Republicans cannot even convince their party to tone down the hate rhetoric. The activists also know that the GOP cannot vote for meaningful immigration reform given that there is a vocal base of a deport-only mind set.
As individual states pass versions of the Dream Act, the possibility of a federal law increases.
Media twist, once again.
Like Marquest said, anyone would be arrested for doing the exact same thing. Walmart does not allow just anyone to sell items outside their stores, on their property.
I know they sometimes host charities or organizations, like church groups, or the Girl Scouts, or the Salvation Army at Christmas, or others, to sell certain items... but I'm pretty sure there's a permit involved, or some other kind of permission given by Walmart.
No one can just set up shop on what is considered private property and begin selling items.
Like KT, I think trying to better one's situation is extremely noble, but at the same time, often risky. Most people know the risks they take when they do anything.
Obama is damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't... no matter what it is. It's been this way since he was sworn into office. Now, if the real reason(s) would just stand up for acknowledgment...
Walmart does not allow just anyone to sell items outside their stores, on their property.
Jodi is right. I'm involved with a group that sets up in front of Walmart (and other stores) for donations and you have to appl for it. People can't just walk up and start selling stuff at the doorway of a business.
Illegal immigrant or natural born citizen does not matter. It can't just be claimed as "anti-immigrant" if you arrest an illegal immigrant for doing something that no one else is allowed to do either.
Hard for me to have too much sympathy for her. Setting up where she did was illegal and she probably knew it. I applaud her trying to feed her family but given her status she really should have been somewhat more "discreet".
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which side is the ear phone plug socket on 5th generation?
I bought an arm band for my 5thgeneration ipod but the earphone socket opening was on the right hand side, my ipod earphone socket is one the left. Shop not able to explain/help!
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[UPDATE BELOW]. A reader who works at CNN shares "the guidance the news folks are following" on how to refer to Chelsea Manning, formerly Bradley Manning--the transgender soldier who announced to the world she wished to be publicly seen as female one day after receiving a 35 year prison sentence for leaking secret US government documents to Wikileaks.
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[Android] Videoke King will let you sing along to your favorite songs
Posted By Kent On July 21, 2013 @ 8:06 AM In Android | 2 Comments
[1]For those who are fond of singing, you might want to have a portable karaoke application on your Android tablet or smartphone. This kind of app is great especially when you feel like singing along to your favorite songs. Speaking of which, there's a particular app that lets you do so. It's called Videoke King.
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Videoke King is a sing-along app (also known as karaoke app) for Android devices. It is developed by JamesDhong. What this app basically does is that it lets you search for various songs in karaoke or instrumental formats and then you sing along with these songs. The concept of this app is basically based on karaoke machines.
[2]When you are loading the app for the first time, don't be surprised if you have to wait for a few minutes before it fully loads. This is quite normal since the app has more than 357 pages of karaoke or instrumental songs. These are the types of songs that do not have vocals but the lyrics will be provided to you so that you can sing along.
Do keep in mind that since this app supports offline use, every song that you will play will be automatically stored to your phone's SD card. This way, you can still load the songs even if you are not connected to the internet. If you're worried that the songs will take up a lot of space in your phone's local storage, you can simply opt to delete all of your downloaded songs right after you're done with your videoke session.
If you are already familiar with karaoke or videoke machines, then you won't have a hard time using this app. The mechanics are the same. Once you launch the app, you will see its list of available songs. You then search for the song that you like, you click on it and it will automatically load. Another good thing about this app is that you can adjust the timing of the song lyrics especially when you think that they are a bit out of sync. The app's quick song search function is also very commendable. You can easily search for the songs you like just by typing the song's name or artist. If, in case, you cannot remember the full title of the track that you want to play, just type a keyword and the app will show a list of related songs.
So far, this is one of the most reliable videoke apps that you can find on the Play Store. The songs are fast loading and there are lots of song choices. It is also very easy to use and if ever you want to add a song to your Favorites, you simply tap the star icon beside the song title. As a matter of fact, I would be more than glad to give this app a very high rating if only it doesn't have those annoying ads that always stay on top of your screen. It also lacks a scoring feature and there's no way that you could change the background photo. What this app lacks is more options for improving its user experience plus its list of songs is a bit outdated. You don't really get the chance to sing songs from today's popular artists such as Jessie J, Bruno Mars and One Direction.
With Videoke King, you can sing your heart out without really worrying if you're in tune or not. It's basically intended for entertainment purposes. It may lack in certain aspects but it's pretty stable. I strongly suggest that you try this app if you're the type who likes to sing along to your favorite songs.
Price: Free
Version reviewed: 1.0.9
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World Series of Poker Europe: Foreshadowing
An Interview with Jeffrey Pollack
By Justin West
Recently, PokerPages reported on Harrah's announcement of the first World Series of Poker events to take place in another country - the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOP-E). Our own Mike Paulle penned a great analysis of this decision, one he feels was a long time coming.
"For sure, I underestimated WSOP Commissioner [Jeffrey] Pollack," Mike wrote in his new weekly feature, Here and Now. "I'd been under the impression that Jeffrey was passing through poker on his way from NASCAR to Bud Selig's seat in Major League Baseball. But he's impressed me with WSOP Europe, a classic marketing 'line extension' of poker's premier franchise. Pollack showed me he means business in poker."
"This is the first time bracelet events will be awarded outside of Las Vegas," said Jeffrey Pollack, World Series of Poker Commissioner, via press-release. "The World Series of Poker Europe will have a unique identity, style, and flair, but will remain true to the 38-year tradition and heritage of the WSOP."
To recap, this September Harrah's will host three WSOP-branded events in London. They are scheduled to take place at Fifty, Leicester Square and the Sportsman, three casinos that belong to the London Clubs International group that was recently acquired by Harrah's.
You can view the complete World Series of Poker Europe schedule here, at PokerPages. It's worth noting that this far in advance there is a chance that there will be changes to the schedule, but at the moment this is pretty set in stone.
I had the chance to take some time from Mr. Pollack's schedule to discuss the World Series' first venture overseas. He called no less than ten minutes ahead of time, catching me a bit off guard, as I was still preparing the questions I planned to ask him.
I began, shuffling through papers and pacing back and forth in the office, shushing my coworkers. For some reason any time I do a phone interview is when they all decide to throw a party, hanging from the ceilings and screaming maniacally in the background.
Justin: So, have you been busy since the announcement?
(I think he may have been too tired to chuckle, and the sounds coming from his end of the phone told me he was in the back seat of a car... a limo, perhaps?)
Jeffrey: Pretty much since yesterday morning, I've been doing interviews around the clock.
Justin: How long has the World Series of Poker Europe been on the table?
Jeffrey: We started thinking and talking about WSOP events outside of the U.S. in late 2005, really when I got to Harrah's. We'd been exploring doing something in Europe [for] just about all of 2006, and when we acquired London's Club, that accelerated our plans and our thinking.
Justin: The WSOP-E main event has a buy-in of £10,000 (not Euros). In US dollars, though the specific translation changes every day, that amounts to close to $20,000. Would, then, the $10,000 US World Series of Poker NLHE main event still be the World Championship?
Jeffrey: How do I say this? These aren't apples to apples. These are apples to oranges, right? The main event in Las Vegas is the main event. [It] is the global championship for No-Limit Texas Hold'em by virtue of how big the field is, how big the event is, and how many years that event has been staged.
The World Series of Poker Europe is a standalone tournament that will have its own meaning and value and place in the poker community. So, it isn't a comparative exercise. This is another event that we're doing, end of story.
Justin: So, then, you'd say that the winner of the $10,000 main event in Las Vegas will still hold the title of "World Champion."
Jeffrey: Absolutely.
Justin: I'm aware of the changes in policy regarding advertisements and online buy-ins to the WSOP, but my question is whether or not the European World Series events will have any differences in policy, given that the governing nations in Europe do not necessarily share the U.S.' outright abolishment.
Jeffrey: There will be online entrants for European events. We will have an online partner for the European events, but our policy as a company is to be in business only with companies that do not face the U.S. companies... [those] that do not take U.S. Bets.
While the WSOP main event in Vegas will still bear the name "World Championship," something else was tugging at the back of my mind. There are three events scheduled for the European series: a £2,500 ($4,900 U.S.) H.O.R.S.E. event, a £5,000 ($9,800 U.S.) Pot-Limit Omaha event, and, finally, according to the Harrah's press-release:
On September 10, the WSOP Europe Main Event - a six-day, £10,000 (approximately $19,600 U.S.) No-Limit Texas Hold'Em Championship - will begin at LCI's Leicester Square, The Sportsman and Fifty. The playing field will be consolidated beginning September 13 at Leicester Square.
Interesting. I remember before the event schedules were released last year there was a lot of talk about moving the main event over to Caesar's, or possibly running the first days of the event at the Rio and at Caesar's Palace simultaneously before combining at one place or the other. That's exactly the kind of structure they've employed here, and I couldn't help but ask Mr. Pollack if it might be foreshadowing for American events yet to come.
Jeffrey was surprisingly open to the possibility of that kind of structure making an appearance at the World Series of Poker:
"It's not out of the realm of possibility," said Pollack. "This year at the Rio you'll see that we've done some creative things to create more space for the players in the tournament, and depending on how we continue to grow or not grow, we have talked about staging certain events at other properties in Vegas. It's not something, obviously, that we've decided to do yet, but it's an idea that we have floated.".
Finally, if these events prove successful, might we see WSOP events in other countries?
"In terms of events in cities other than London and Las Vegas," Jeff said. "We are looking at that and we may have additional announcements in the next 12-16 months."
For more insight into the addition of European events to the World Series of Poker's growing brand, please head on over to Mike Paulle's weekly column, Here and Now.
More Interviews | WSOP Information Page | Bio Jeffrey Pollack
Justin West played poker since the age of 17, he spent more than a year earning
a living on the green felt; a modest living, to be sure, but a living nonetheless.
His aim was at one point to win the WSOP main event, thus causing Hell to freeze
over. However, given his penchant for sin and his extreme dislike of cold weather,
Justin has put that dream to rest.