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Brady Deaton and Mike Slive
Nov. 6, 2011
Dr. Brady Deaton, MU Chancellor
Opening Statement:
"This is a great crowd of people who are proud to be Tigers. It is such an exciting moment in the history of this university. We think it's appropriate, timely, and we're headed in the right direction. It's really exciting for me to be able to announce that we will become members of the Southeastern Conference on July 1, 2012."
On the input he received from the MU community:
"I received thousands of e-mails from you and I appreciate the flexibility you gave us to make a sound decision for the University of Missouri and its future. Thank you to all of you who have lent your voices throughout this process. We are here because of the support you have given the University."
On key figures who assisted throughout the process:
"I have to thank our Board of Curators, represented today by Don Downing. The Board of Curators had faith in the university, they had faith in you (MU students and fans), and they had faith in those of us who are charged with administering the university. Our curators have done so much to bring this to fruition today. I also thank Steve Owens, president of the University of Missouri System. This team, along with our Director of Athletics Mike Alden, have worked on this project for several weeks. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to take this step for giving a new beginning to Tiger Athletics."
On Mizzou's positive outlook as it moves to the SEC:
This is an opportunity to fulfill the expectations and the promise and the potential of the University of Missouri in a way that we have not had the opportunity in the past. The University of Missouri has taken a bold step because it fits with the tradition of our university. MU set the pace as the first university west of the Mississippi, and now we're moving to one of the fastest-growing regions and one of the most illustrious athletic conferences in the nation in the Southeastern Conference. We are proud to be where we are."
On the new partnership between MU and the SEC:
"The University of Missouri and the Southeastern Conference have joined in a commitment to excellence on the athletic field and in the classroom with our student-athletes, faculty and staff, who are committed to path-breaking roles in expanding what higher education is doing today. We are promoting economic development and job creation through research and scholarship."
On MU's path forward:
"We aren't forgetting our past at all; in fact, we're expanding on it. There is a historical frontier tradition that has marked MU from its beginning. We're building a new future, one that we can be very proud of and that we're here to celebrate today. This spirit of inclusivity as we explore each other's cultures and the diversity of our people and the economic and social relationships that are so important to why you're here studying, joined with our faculty, program directors, coaches and student-athletes."
On the importance of the work he and Mike Alden have done:
"Mike Aldenand I are committed to joining the best of Missouri athletics with the best of our athletic programs from the very beginning. This is a major step toward exploring a future that yields new promise for us as we take these very important steps in building the future of our university."
On the input he received from fans students:
"It's been a thoughtful and deliberative process to get us to this point. Your voice has been heard on these issues, and your common theme has been faith that we would do what is best for MU, and we're here to celebrate that step of what is best for the university."
Dr. Bernie Machen, University of Florida President and president of the SEC board of presidents and chancellors
Opening Statement:
"Hello Mizzou! I grew up a Mizzou fan, I'm still a Mizzou fan, and other than when you play the Gators, I'll always be a Mizzou fan. My wife grew up in St. Louis as well, so we feel like we really are coming home. I can tell you that we're so excited to have you in the Southeastern Conference. It's going to be a great relationship, and we can't wait. It looks like we at Florida might be playing you next year, and we're excited to start that competition."
On similarities between MU and its SEC brethren:
"Your university and most of the ones in the SEC are land-grants; were committed to our states and our regions, and there are similarities that cut across more than the athletic program. The one thing I know for sure we all have in common is that we all want to win. We all want to be the best, and you'll be a fully functioning SEC member the day you open your fall seasons next year. You can win the SEC in any of the sports you compete in, so welcome to the SEC."
Mike Alden, MU Director of Athletics
Opening Statement:
"It's great to see such a big crowd here. Thank you so much for coming today. We are so excited for all of us to be together on this historic day in the history of the University of Missouri. We have great leadership here, folks who are truly progressive and committed to doing what we need to do here as the land-grant institution of the state of Missouri, academically, research-wise, from a standpoint of student experience and in athletics."
On the importance of MU's athletic community:
"We would not be here if not for the great coaches and student-athletes we have at MU. For all of those who came before us and all those student-athletes and coaches who are here today, we say thank you."
On the support Mizzou's fan base provides:
"Tiger nation includes Zou Crew, Tiger's Lair, SAB, and all the other great associations we have here with the University of Missouri. We have a great fan base throughout the entire state. We have great alumni and friends of the university, and we have made a statement nationally as to what our expectations are for a program that's based on academic integrity, social responsibility and competitive excellence. This is the mandate we've received from our fans, friends, alumni and students."
On the leadership shown by Chancellor Deaton:
"Our CEO on this campus, Brady Deaton, and his wife, Anne, are unbelievable. They believe wholeheartedly in the academic, research and athletic missions of this institution."
On the athletic department's role within the university:
"We see athletics as one component of this institution. We're certainly not the most important thing by any means. Education, research and student experience are the most important. We just happen to be like the front porch. We're very visible, and we have an opportunity to showcase these great assets we have as an institution and as a state. These assets are reflected through the values of our university: Respect, Responsibility, Discovery and Excellence. Those are the values that we hold true."
On MU's athletic history:
"The first athletic competition at MU was a football game in 1890. A lot of work has been done over the past 121 years to get us to a position where we can join forces with the strongest athletic conference in the country in the SEC. That would never have been possible without all those years of opportunities, successes and challenges. We thank our friends in the Big 12 Conference for 15 great years, and we wish them nothing but the best."
On MU's opportunities in the SEC:
"As we move forward, we have an opportunity to join the SEC, and with that future, we have to recognize the opportunity to show the country who we are as far as compassionate, hard-working and welcoming student-athletes and fans."
On SEC Commissioner Mike Slive:
"The leadership we see in the SEC is exemplified through many things. You see great success academically, collaboratively and athletically, and all of that stems from the leader they have there. Mike Slive has led the SEC for nearly a decade, and he's presided over a period of growth that has shaped college athletics in a positive way, and it's so great for us to be associated with Commissioner Slive and his conference."
Mike Slive, SEC Commissioner
Opening Statement:
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased and proud to welcome you to the family of the Southeastern Conference. We know that Homecoming is a special tradition here at Missouri, so let me say to the entire Missouri Nation, welcome to your new home."
On the leaders who made MU's move the SEC possible:
On behalf of our presidents and chancellors, I want to express our appreciation to Gov. Jay Nixion, the Board of Curators, Chancellor Brady Deaton, President Steve Owens, Counselor Phil Hoskins and my dear friend, Director of Athletics Mike Alden. Without the work of your Missouri team, this great day would never have happened."
"We are proud to welcome this great university, founded in 1839 as the first public institution west of the Mississippi and the first in the Louisiana Territory. By any measure, the University of Missouri is one of the nation's outstanding academic institutions. It joins Florida, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt as SEC schools in the American Association of Universities. Missouri is one of only five schools in the nation with a law, medical and veterinary school and a research reactor on campus."
"Like your new sister institutions in the SEC, Missouri takes great pride in its athletic tradition. 500 student-athletes compete for national championships at the highest level in 20 sports. Your men's basketball team has made the NCAA Tournament three straight seasons and 24 times overall. The Tiger football team has been to postseason bowl games for six of the last seven years, and 28 times overall. The softball team has participated in the College World Series in each of the last three seasons, and you have won Big 12 Championshipsin basketball, soccer and softball."
"These recent successes have been made possible by Tiger Hall-of-Fame legends like Coaches Don Faurot, Dan Devine and Norm Stewart, and by great student-athletes like Kellen Winslow, Norris Stevenson and many others. Mizzou emphasizes the student in student-athlete, and Mizzou set a record in 2010-11 with an 80-percent Graduation Success Rate, with nearly 60 percent of your student-athletes earning a 3.0 grade-point average or better. That's a record to be very proud of."
"Missouri's traditions, like the Memorial Union Whisper Walk and Hat Tip to honor fallen soldiers, speak to the character of the university. Of course, we look forward to visiting Ninth Street, eating pizza at Shakespeare's and playing pool at Booches."
"In closing, from Kansas City to St. Louis, from Kennett to St. Joe, from Hannibal to Joplin, and to our friends here in Columbia, on behalf of Dr. Machen and our administrators, students, coaches and fans, we welcome Mizzou's students and alumni into the SEC family. I know you pronounce it "Missouri," and I know you pronounce it "Missourah," but all Tiger fans say, "M-I-Z! Z-O-U!"
SEC Press Conference (11/6)
On MU's entrance date into the SEC and leaving the Big 12...
Chancellor Brady Deaton:
"We have been very front-forward in assessing the possibility and trying to be fair to both conferences, and that led us to the date of July 1, 2012. We hope that that can be resolved and effective with the schedules of other teams and other conference alignments. We're hopeful that we're past that.
On the divisional set-up in the SEC...
SEC Commissioner Mike Slive:
"We have decided in the league that Missouri will play in our eastern division. That allows us to maintain our divisional rivalries and serves us very well with the least amount of disruption."
On the suggestion that the move started with Missouri's interest in the Big Ten...
MU Athletics Director Mike Alden:
"I certainly think that folks that have speculated about Missouri being in this position or not, it was speculation and continued to be for quite some time. I think to suggest that Mizzou was kind of at the center of looking at other conferences, I'd suggest that there were a variety of institutions around the country that were taking a look at where there conference set-ups may be the best. For us, we were trying to make sure to do what was in the best interest for Mizzou every step of the way, and for us, it was the opportunity to be associated with the SEC."
On MU's full integration into the SEC...
"When you are a member of the SEC, you are a member in every sense of the word from July 1. We share financially, we share in decision making and we share everything that we do in an equal way, and it really is one of the things that makes it for me a great pleasure to be the commissioner of this league."
On steps being taken to preserve the rivalry with Kansas...
"I think everyone in here recognizes that our rivalry with the University of Kansas is one of the great rivalries in our country; it's gone on for, I believe, 119 years. It certainly is our hope and desire to continue to participate against Kansas in every sport we play in for the next 119 years. I think to suggest that to have conference affiliation be a requirement by why one would have to participate against another institution, I don't know if that necessarily holds water. Take a look at Florida/Florida State, Georgia/Georgia Tech, you look at Kentucky/Louisville, Clemson/South Carolina, there are examples of that all over the country.
It's very important to us. We have a tremendous amount of respect for the University of Kansas. We enjoy participating against them. In every stretch of the imagination, that is a longtime rivalry and it is our hope and intention that we have the opportunity to play against the University of Kansas for many years to come."
On potential upgrades to athletic facilities...
"We understand that there is a constant commitment towards what we are trying to do with our athletic program. We've seen that over the course of the last 10-15 years with facility improvements, recruiting budgets, what we are doing with our coaching staff and beyond. We have to keep that pace going and we have to keep moving forward. I would tell you that stepping into the SEC, it's important that we recognize how important that is, and that we may need to continue to turn that up even another notch. This is a great conference in our country and it is important that we continue that commitment.
We have heard back from our leadership team at Mizzou. We have heard back from our donor base, from our fans, from our alums, from our Tiger Scholarship members and from our student-athletes, and I am very confident knowing that we have a commitment going forward to continuing that movement towards improvement in all areas of our athletic program."
On the steps taken to explore the move...
"We were looking for longterm stability as a university and who we were associated with, who we were going to develop longterm partnerships with so we could have financial security in our planning. We spoke to large numbers of groups, our alumni base and our development planning group, and the single message that came through was, as we looked at continuing instability in the conference we were in, to look at alternatives. That's what the board of curators charged us with doing. When they asked me in early October to begin exploring what was the best options for Missouri's athletic future and for our future as a university in service to the state of Missouri, our broad statewide mandate was never backed away from or forgotten in the entire process. Our athletic program will continue to thrive and demonstrate that it is a power for the state of Missouri. We feel very good about where we are right now and our partnership we have, membership in the Southeastern Conference."
On the compatibility of midwest and southern culture...
"I've emphasized the frontier nature of Missouri. We were that westward push and we're now pushing to continuing new frontiers. There is nothing incompatible between midwestern culture and southeastern culture. It is certainly one of the most diverse in the nation, from my perspective. This is a great era for demonstrating inclusivity and everything we are doing as a university."
University of Florida President Bernie Machen:
"Let me echo that. First of all, look at our institutions and they are very similar. Commitment, first of all, to academics, commitment to student-athletes, commitment to graduation, all of that fits real well with the Southeastern Conference and the University of Missouri. I think this culture stuff between the midwest and the southeast is way overdone. I grew up in St. Louis and I happen to now live in the state of Florida, and we have more midwesterners in Florida than you do up here right now."
On the impact on MU academics and research...
"Research and academic programs continue, as you're well aware of. We are not making changes in alliances. Our faculty work with faculty around the world. Clearly the quality of the institutions in the Southeastern Conference is another set of collaborative institutions. We would hope that as we work together and get to know each other it would simply expand the footprint that colleagues in all parts of the Southeastern Conference can work with colleagues here at the University of Missouri and build an even brighter future in that regard. This is nothing but a win-win in that regard, as far as I see it, for the Southeastern Conference and the University of Missouri."
On the state of the MU wrestling program...
"I spent quite a bit of time with Brian Smith, our wrestling coach, and some of our student-athletes as well. Our wrestling program is one of the top ten, top fifteen programs in the country, and we are very proud of that. We know and understand that the opportunities to participate, even though there won't be any other teams in the SEC that participates in wrestling, those opportunities in the western and midwestern regions of the country continue to be there for duals between former institutions, or institutions in the Big 12 we participated against, the Pac-12 or whatever that may be is still going to give us a great opportunity to continue to expand our wrestling program and also to be able to put guys in the NCAA Championships to compete for the championships. We feel pretty comfortable with that particular direction."
On expected gifts from donors...
"We have quite a bit of enthusiasm. When folks first started to hear about the SEC opportunity, and perhaps our opportunity to apply to the SEC, that enthusiasm, I believe, is going to translate into greater support for our organization through season ticket sales, through donations to the general scholarship fund and through major gifts in our upcoming capital campaign. The capital campaign for the institution, that will be kicking off fairly soon, Mizzou athletics is a big push into that. I know Dr. Deaton is challenging us with a pretty high number, but I know with the enthusiasm that I've seen over the last several weeks is indicating that we are looking forward to some gifts."
On revenue sharing in the SEC...
"In many ways we've talked for a long time about what we thought were some pretty critical aspects to a strength with an association with a conference. That had to do with how is everyone treated equally. Are we all treated equally at the table? Another thing we thought was critically important had to do with who are your teammates? How long have they been there? How long are they going to be there? How we communicate with one another. What is the footprint like in the landscape in terms of television contracts? What type of exposure are you going to have? Are you going to be linked together?
When people start talking about limits on how long they are going to be together, kind of like a prenup, that is not something we necessarily seen as being charmed when you look at the league. Those kinds of aspects, which never really talk about how much money people make, had to do with are you treated equally, how is everybody going to be at the table, who are those teammates, what's your footprint like nationally and how long are you going to be together. That comfort level we saw in the SEC has been something that is outstanding for us. Those are the kind of characteristics we are looking for."
"We're 78 years old and Mizzou is only the fourth institution in the 78 year history of the SEC to be admitted to the conference. There is a lot of stability in our bylaws. There is about a half a sentence about what it takes to leave. If you don't want to be with us, you don't have to be with us, and nobody has left. We're very fortunate we've been able to develop revenue from various sources. Like Mike says, we are stable and we have longterm contracts that, I think, really show the longterm financial stability of our athletic programs. We have 5,000 student-athletes in the SEC, men and women, and our longterm goal is to provide financial stability so 5,000 student-athletes can compete and have that experience that we all value so much."
On MU's legacy in the Big 12...
"What I would hope it would be is the University of Missouri is a very loyal institution. That it's very committed. That it's very open. It's been very transparent in the way that it operates. I hope that it would be remembered as hard-working, dedicated, doing things the right way by prioritizing the academic integrity of what we try to do in a socially responsible way, and competing like heck; just playing hard. I would hope that's what we would be able to be remembered as far as our membership and our commitment towards that league."
On MU's departure from the Big 12...
"We've had discussions on that this year and, while there is on-going work to be done, we are confident we will be able to successfully erase any concerns over those issues."
On MU becoming a target for the SEC...
"It was a unanimous vote [to accept Missouri into the SEC]. My recollection is that very, very early in the football season we began some conversations."
On the pressure of the decision to switch conferences...
"While I don't want to diminish the importance of the decision, it is a very important decision for the university, we face a number of those from time to time. Some take on different dimensions depending on the personnel involved. This was institutionally a defining moment for the University of Missouri. We analyze issues very carefully. We listen to the fan base, the alumni base and engaged in careful analysis of the institutions of the Southeastern Conference and the compatibility and the way in which we matched up in every dimension. That was a lot to be considered. Fortunately, we had a great team, a very supportive board of curators, to examine this issue carefully and bring it to a conclusion. These are decisions that are our responsibility. They are not alien to us. They are very systematic. We do not rush to conclusion. We do not try to short-change either a voice or a dimension of knowledge that we need to make these decisions."
On MU's cross-divisional rival in the SEC...
"We have a transition team in place that has been working on scheduling in all of our sports. At an appropriate time we will make an announcement. It is established that Missouri will play in the east."
On the financial costs of leaving the Big 12...
"It has not been determined what it will cost the University of Missouri in this respect. We understand the bylaws of the conference and the expectations regarding some range of exit fees. Let me simply say that the University of Missouri will bear those responsibilities. They are not the Southeastern Conference's responsibilities.
On the potential impact on the state...
"There are a number of studies regarding the actual role of athletics in the state. We examined those economic impact studies very carefully. The good thing was, here we are expanding the excitement. We heard from the fan base and we heard the potential of expanding our facilities if the fan base responds. That's all good for the state of Missouri.
The University of Missouri is a very broad, statewide presence. We are working in the Kansas City area where this was given some special attention. The extent of our involvement there is not going to diminish in any way. In fact, our board of curators asked us to particularly examine the potential down the road of some kind of a basketball tournament in Kansas City, and certainly continuing to explore our presence in football matches with key rivals in Kanas City. There is nothing going away there as far as we are concerned. We are looking to mold those partnerships even more firmly, and we're going to be doing it from a stronger base that we feel there is more fan support. In what we are doing otherwise in the university simply remains unabated. Our contributions to the Kansas City Area Development Council and the life science community in Kansas City is very significant. Statewide, the extension presence that is involved in economic development promoting job growth. All that continues.
Sometimes, when we look at the media, we get the impression that we're going away. That's not the case. In fact, we are expanding what we are doing here in the state of Missouri. As an economist, I'm very confident we are going to inject even more resources into the state of Missouri and this is going to be a major positive step forward for the the economy of the state of Missouri as well."
On the changing landscape of college athletics...
"The real interesting thing for us is we were really content at twelve. We were contacted by Texas A&M and then, later, by Missouri. It was the nature and quality of the institutions, athletically, academically and culturally, that attracted us to consider going beyond twelve. It wasn't a part of a plan to sit down and decide to be more than twelve. We didn't want to be more than twelve. But when Texas A&M contacted us and then Missouri, our people thought that these are two such fine institutions that we wanted to take advantage of adding these proud institutions to our league. It was never part of a plan to get bigger. It was part of a plan to ensure that over the next twenty to thirty years, that with the nature of institutions like Missouri, we will remain the preeminent conference in the country."
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Call My Bluff was a long-running British game show (adapted for BBC television by Philip Hindin from a short-lived US Goodson-Todman show of the same title) between two teams of three celebrity contestants. The point of the game is for the teams to take it in turn to provide three definitions of an obscure word, only one of which is correct. The other team then has to guess which is the correct definition, the other two being "bluffs". It was brought back to BBC TV by producer Richard Lewis.
Examples of words used in Call my Bluff, taken from a book published in connection with the show in 1972, are Queach, Strongle, Ablewhacket, Hickboo, Jargoon, Zurf, Morepork and Jirble. Queach, for instance, was defined as 'a malicious caricature,' 'a cross between a quince and a peach,' or 'a mini-jungle of mixed vegetation.' The first and second of those particular definitions are bluffs. The U.S. version ran from March-June 1965, broadcast on NBC. Bill Leyden was the host; Bill Wendell the announcer. Despite its short run, Milton Bradley issued a home version board game during the summer of that year.
The show ran on BBC 2 from 1965 to 1988. The original host was Robin Ray, later succeeded by Joe Melia, Peter Wheeler and finally Robert Robinson. Robert Morley and Frank Muir captained the teams. Morley was succeeded by Patrick Campbell, who was in turn succeeded by Arthur Marshall. It finished after Marshall's death, although a general change in the tone and atmosphere of broadcasting at the time may also have affected its temporary demise.
The show was resurrected in 1996 after an 8-year rest (apart from one special edition for BBC2's thirtieth birthday in 1994), now as a daytime series on BBC 1. Alan Coren and Sandi Toksvig became the team captains, and Bob Holness replaced Robinson as chairman.
In 2003, Toksvig was replaced by the journalist Rod Liddle, and newsreader Fiona Bruce took the chair. The series finished again in 2005.
A similar gameshow ran on MTV3 in Finland between 2001 and 2003, called Kuutamolla ("In the Moonlight"), except with fewer celebrities and a focus on anecdotes about the lives of the guests, rather than on word meanings.
Smith - "Skankarific's not a word!" Casey - "It means teriffically skankified, it was on Call My Bluff"

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Emotion Lateralisation Through the Lifespan
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A wide range of research explores patterns of lateralisation for processing emotion. Yet, relatively little explores how emotion lateralisation changes across the lifespan. This special issue addresses this gap in our understanding, focusing on what might influence the development of laterality for...
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Shared space makes its way back to mainstream
Economic times stimulate growth in households refitted for multi-generations
Another unique solution for those who have room on their property is the MEDCottage
(www.medcotttage.com) — a prefabricated 12-foot-by-24-foot bedroom-bathroom-kitchenette unit that can be set up as a free-standing structure in the backyard. It's different from other cottage kits because the unit is equipped with high-tech 24-hour monitoring and safety features that are similar to most long-term care facilities. For example, the units feature rubber floors and a lighted runway mat that stretches from the bed to the toilet that illuminates when used and turns off automatically after 10 minutes. There is a kitchenette and handicapped-accessible bathroom. Water and electricity connect directly to the main residence. You can purchase a unit outright or arrange a five-year lease.
Ample room on your lot also means that a typical cottage kit might be a solution for a non-senior family member now and ultimately for additional income. You must check the restrictions carefully for your area, but note that off-street parking for each bedroom has been retained in the San Diego City Planning guidelines. Some local families have kept their home through the recent financial crisis by renting out a room or a level of the house on a nightly basis through
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Perhaps it was an unexpected one, but aren't the best gifts unexpected?
She completes our lives. Our little family just seems so much fuller and complete with our little princess around. We are truly blessed.
Daddy certainly spoils her. Ryan definitely indulges her. Mama tries to be strict but secretly spoils her the most :P *Shhhhhh*
She surprised us all by walking on her own at 10 months. Now at 12 months, she's so steady and fast! Wandering all over the house, exploring. Crawling apparently was not for princesses.
Alyssa is not a fussy baby. She is calm and cheerful.
Her favourite word is Mama. But she also says Daddy, Kor kor, Ah Ma, Jie jie, popo (the dog), poh poh (carry), nan nan and book.
She gives lovely kisses. She offers them willingly and frequently to her Kor kor. But only when she feels like to to mama and daddy. Some days, we plead with her ("Pleeasee Alyssa, please give daddy/mama a kiss") but our cheeky little princess is a little snooty sometimes. Hahaha.
She had the same meals Ryan did from 6 months till she turned 1. Fruit/vege purees with organic cereal 2-3 times a day.
We started her on chicken/fish porridge with veg puree once she turned 1. She loves apples and bananas for dessert.
Alyssa takes 6oz of milk 5 times a day. Both kids have great appetites and we want to encourage that, but they go through a whole box of milk each in less than a week. So it's quite heavy on the pockets.
Alyssa doesn't bother much with all the lovely stuffed toys we bought or were given to her. She much prefers playing with her brother's trucks and trains.
She has also inherited her brother's love for gardening.
She enjoys cuddles (Ryan was not much of a cuddler) and is simply the most huggable baby in the world. (Sorry, couldn't resist. But it's true =P)
Here is a video of Ryan and Alyssa in the garden on a lovely Monday evening (7/10/2013)..


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Morning Links: Digital Signings, Book Discovery, Online Degrees
May 16, 2013 | 9:13 am
By Joanna Cabot
Are We in a Rut? Explaining the Increasing Homogenization of Scholarly & Scientific Publishing (Scholarly Kitchen)
When the Internet stormed onto the scene, all bets were off — this revolutionary technology with limitless potential would generate all sorts of creativity, from new article presentations, new forms of peer review, new capabilities, and an end to the status quo. Fast-forward a decade and a half, and it seems little has changed when it comes to our intellectual outputs as well as the general business environment.
Digital Signings Help Authors Grow Careers (Digital Book World)
Book signings are an age-old tradition, but is it really necessary to extend this custom to ebooks? Today's ebook signing services and apps not only make digital signatures are possible, they show that digital autographs can be valuable relationship-building tools for authors.
Booklikes: Do We Need Another Book Discovery Site? (Good e-Reader)
There is no shortage of websites that aim to connect books with readers, and most of them offer some pretty familiar features. Find books, rate books, review books, talk about… books. Occasionally, though, a site comes along whose goal is to bring something new to the book discovery realm.
Udacity & Georgia Tech Offer 'Massive Online' Degree (GigaOM)
Udacity and Georgia Tech are teaming up with AT&T to offer an entirely online computer science masters degree that will cost students less than $7,000.
Kindle Daily Deals: Shaun Morey's Atticus Fish series (and 3 others)
What ails Sweden's book world?
Etsy and Review Extortion
Morning Links: Understanding Hugo Awards Snafu. Famous Typographical Optical Illusion
Why DRM Leaves Such a Sour Taste in My Mouth
Morning Links: Apple Music First Look. Kickstarter Setting Records
Re the Scholarly Kitchen piece, here's what I posted on that site:
This is not a technology problem. Rather, it is a people problem or, perhaps more precisely a problem of academic culture. That culture is no longer in sync with what modern technologies have wrought.
I would side with the proposition that adaptive cultural change is unlikely if it were not for the fact that institutions of higher education are at risk of extinction. That risk is due to the high cost and debt of its primary product (credentials) and the emergence of alternatives (MOOCs and their inevitable descendants) that may well evolve into viable alternatives.
Quite frankly, higher education can no longer afford the luxury of outsourcing scholarly communication to for-profit publishers who return only data to be used in promotion and tenure decisions coupled with exorbitant charges to academic libraries for bundles and binders of subscriptions to the output of the very scholars already in the employ of those institutions.


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SQL (Structured Query Language) (officially, although the unofficial pronunciation "sequel", /ˈsiːkwəl/, is often used) (see below), is a database computer language designed for the retrieval and management of data in relational database management systems (RDBMS), database schema creation and modification, and database object access control management.
SQL is a standard interactive and programming language for querying and modifying data and managing databases. Although SQL is both an ANSI and an ISO standard, many database products support SQL with proprietary extensions to the standard language. The core of SQL is formed by a command language that allows the retrieval, insertion, updating, and deletion of data, and performing management and administrative functions. SQL also includes a Call Level Interface (SQL/CLI) for accessing and managing data and databases remotely.
The first version of SQL was developed at IBM by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce in the early 1970s. This version, initially called SEQUEL, was designed to manipulate and retrieve data stored in IBM's original relational database product, System R. The SQL language was later formally standardized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1986. Subsequent versions of the SQL standard have been released as International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards.
Originally designed as a declarative query and data manipulation language, variations of SQL have been created by SQL database management system (DBMS) vendors that add procedural constructs, control-of-flow statements, user-defined data types, and various other language extensions. With the release of the SQL:1999 standard, many such extensions were formally adopted as part of the SQL language via the SQL Persistent Stored Modules (SQL/PSM) portion of the standard.
Common criticisms of SQL include a perceived lack of cross-platform portability between vendors, inappropriate handling of missing data (see Null (SQL)), and unnecessarily complex and occasionally ambiguous language grammar and semantics.
During the 1970s, a group at IBM San Jose Research Laboratory developed the System R relational database management system, based on the model introduced by Edgar F. Codd in his influential paper, A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks. Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce of IBM subsequently created the Structured English Query Language (SEQUEL) to manipulate and manage data stored in System R. The acronym SEQUEL was later changed to SQL because "SEQUEL" was a trademark of the UK-based Hawker Siddeley aircraft company.
The first non-commercial non-SQL RDBMS, Ingres, was developed in 1974 at the U.C. Berkeley. Ingres implemented a query language known as QUEL, which was later supplanted in the marketplace by SQL.
In the late 1970s, Relational Software, Inc. (now Oracle Corporation) saw the potential of the concepts described by Codd, Chamberlin, and Boyce and developed their own SQL-based RDBMS with aspirations of selling it to the U.S. Navy, CIA, and other government agencies. In the summer of 1979, Relational Software, Inc. introduced the first commercially available implementation of SQL, Oracle V2 (Version2) for VAX computers. Oracle V2 beat IBM's release of the System/38 RDBMS to market by a few weeks.
After testing SQL at customer test sites to determine the usefulness and practicality of the system, IBM began developing commercial products based on their System R prototype including System/38, SQL/DS, and DB2, which were commercially available in 1979, 1981, and 1983, respectively.
SQL was adopted as a standard by ANSI in 1986 and ISO in 1987. In the original SQL standard, ANSI declared that the official pronunciation for SQL is "es queue el". However, many English-speaking database professionals still use the nonstandard pronunciation /ˈsiːkwəl/ (like the word "sequel"). SEQUEL was an earlier IBM database language, a predecessor to the SQL language.
Until 1996, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) data management standards program was tasked with certifying SQL DBMS compliance with the SQL standard. In 1996, however, the NIST data management standards program was dissolved, and vendors are now relied upon to self-certify their products for compliance.
The SQL standard has gone through a number of revisions, as shown below:
|First published by ANSI. Ratified by ISO in 1987.
|Minor revision, adopted as FIPS 127-1.
|Major revision (ISO 9075), Entry Level SQL-92 adopted as FIPS 127-2.
|Added regular expression matching, recursive queries, triggers, support for procedural and control-of-flow statements, non-scalar types, and some object-oriented features.
|Introduced XML-related features, window functions, standardized sequences, and columns with auto-generated values (including identity-columns).
|ISO/IEC 9075-14:2006 defines ways in which SQL can be used in conjunction with XML. It defines ways of importing and storing XML data in an SQL database, manipulating it within the database and publishing both XML and conventional SQL-data in XML form. In addition, it provides facilities that permit applications to integrate into their SQL code the use of XQuery, the XML Query Language published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), to concurrently access ordinary SQL-data and XML documents.
|Defines more flexible windowing functions, clarifies SQL 2003 items that were still unclear
The SQL standard is not freely available. SQL:2003 and SQL:2006 may be purchased from ISO or ANSI. A late draft of SQL:2003 is freely available as a zip archive, however, from Whitemarsh Information Systems Corporation The zip archive contains a number of PDF files that define the parts of the SQL:2003 specification.
| Common
|Full Name
|ANSI/ISO Standard
|SQL/Persistent Stored Modules
| Interbase/
|Procedural SQL
|SQL Procedural Language (implements SQL/PSM)
| Microsoft/
|SQL/Persistent Stored Module (as in ISO SQL:2003)
|Procedural Language/SQL (based on Ada)
|Procedural Language/PostgreSQL Structured Query Language (based on Oracle PL/SQL)
|Procedural Language/Persistent Stored Modules (implements SQL/PSM)
In addition to the standard SQL/PSM extensions and proprietary SQL extensions, procedural and object-oriented programmability is available on many SQL platforms via DBMS integration with other languages. The SQL standard defines SQL/JRT extensions (SQL Routines and Types for the Java Programming Language) to support Java code in SQL databases. SQL Server 2005 uses the SQLCLR (SQL Server Common Language Runtime) to host managed .NET assemblies in the database, while prior versions of SQL Server were restricted to using unmanaged extended stored procedures which were primarily written in C. Other database platforms, like MySQL and Postgres, allow functions to be written in a wide variety of languages including Perl, Python, Tcl, and C.
The SQL/CLI, or Call-Level Interface, extension is defined in ISO/IEC 9075-3:2003. This extension defines common interfacing components (structures and procedures) that can be used to execute SQL statements from applications written in other programming languages. The SQL/CLI extension is defined in such a way that SQL statements and SQL/CLI procedure calls are treated as separate from the calling application's source code.
The SQL/MED, or Management of External Data, extension is defined by ISO/IEC 9075-9:2003. SQL/MED provides extensions to SQL that define foreign-data wrappers and datalink types to allow SQL to manage external data. External data is data that is accessible to, but not managed by, an SQL-based DBMS.
The SQL/OLB, or Object Language Bindings, extension is defined by ISO/IEC 9075-10:2003. SQL/OLB defines the syntax and symantics of SQLJ, which is SQL embedded in Java. The standard also describes mechanisms to ensure binary portability of SQLJ applications, and specifies various Java packages and their contained classes.
The SQL/Schemata, or Information and Definition Schemas, extension is defined by ISO/IEC 9075-11:2003. SQL/Schemata defines the Information Schema and Definition Schema, providing a common set of tools to make SQL databases and objects self-describing. These tools include the SQL object identifier, structure and integrity constraints, security and authorization specifications, features and packages of ISO/IEC 9075, support of features provided by SQL-based DBMS implementations, SQL-based DBMS implementation information and sizing items, and the values supported by the DBMS implementations.
The SQL/JRT, or SQL Routines and Types for the Java Programming Language, extension is defined by ISO/IEC 9075-13:2003. SQL/JRT specifies the ability to invoke static Java methods as routines from within SQL applications. It also calls for the ability to use Java classes as SQL structured user-defined types.
The SQL/XML, or XML-Related Specifications, extension is defined by ISO/IEC 9075-14:2003. SQL/XML specifies SQL-based extensions for using XML in conjunction with SQL. The XML data type is introduced, as well as several routines, functions, and XML-to-SQL data type mappings to support manipulation and storage of XML in an SQL database.
The SQL/PSM, or Persistent Stored Modules, extension is defined by ISO/IEC 9075-4:2003. SQL/PSM standardizes procedural extensions for SQL, including flow of control, condition handling, statement condition signals and resignals, cursors and local variables, and assignment of expressions to variables and parameters. In addition, SQL/PSM formalizes declaration and maintenance of persistent database language routines (e.g., "stored procedures").
The SQL language is sub-divided into several language elements, including:
The most common operation in SQL databases is the query, which is performed with the declarative
SELECT keyword.
SELECT retrieves data from a specified table, or multiple related tables, in a database. While often grouped with Data Manipulation Language (DML) statements, the standard
SELECT query is considered separate from SQL DML, as it has no persistent effects on the data stored in a database. Note that there are some platform-specific variations of
SELECT that can persist their effects in a database, such as the
SELECT INTO syntax that exists in some databases.
SQL queries allow the user to specify a description of the desired result set, but it is left to the devices of the database management system (DBMS) to plan, optimize, and perform the physical operations necessary to produce that result set in as efficient a manner as possible. An SQL query includes a list of columns to be included in the final result immediately following the
SELECT keyword. An asterisk ("
*") can also be used as a "wildcard" indicator to specify that all available columns of a table (or multiple tables) are to be returned.
SELECT is the most complex statement in SQL, with several optional keywords and clauses, including:
FROM clause which indicates the source table or tables from which the data is to be retrieved. The
FROM clause can include optional
JOIN clauses to join related tables to one another based on user-specified criteria.
WHERE clause includes a comparison predicate, which is used to restrict the number of rows returned by the query. The
WHERE clause is applied before the
GROUP BY clause. The
WHERE clause eliminates all rows from the result set where the comparison predicate does not evaluate to True.
GROUP BY clause is used to combine, or group, rows with related values into elements of a smaller set of rows.
GROUP BY is often used in conjunction with SQL aggregate functions or to eliminate duplicate rows from a result set.
HAVING clause includes a comparison predicate used to eliminate rows after the
GROUP BY clause is applied to the result set. Because it acts on the results of the
GROUP BY clause, aggregate functions can be used in the
HAVING clause predicate.
ORDER BY clause is used to identify which columns are used to sort the resulting data, and in which order they should be sorted (options are ascending or descending). The order of rows returned by an SQL query is never guaranteed unless an
ORDER BY clause is specified.
The following is an example of a
SELECT query that returns a list of expensive books. The query retrieves all rows from the Book table in which the price column contains a value greater than 100.00. The result is sorted in ascending order by title. The asterisk (*) in the select list indicates that all columns of the Book table should be included in the result set.
The example below demonstrates the use of multiple tables in a join, grouping, and aggregation in an SQL query, by returning a list of books and the number of authors associated with each book. Example output might resemble the following:
Title Authors
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The Joy of SQL 1
How to use Wikipedia 2
Pitfalls of SQL 1Under the precondition that isbn is the only common column name of the two tables and that a column named title only exists in the Books table, the above query could be rewritten in the following form:
However, many vendors either do not support this approach, or it requires certain column naming conventions. Thus, it is less common in practice.
Data retrieval is very often combined with data projection when the user is looking for calculated values and not just the verbatim data stored in primitive data types, or when the data needs to be expressed in a form that is different from how it's stored. SQL allows the use of expressions in the select list to project data, as in the following example which returns a list of books that cost more than 100.00 with an additional sales_tax column containing a sales tax figure calculated at 6% of the price.
Some modern day SQL queries may include extra WHERE statements that are conditional to each other. They may look like this example:
Universal quantification is not explicitly supported by sql, and must be worked out as a negated existential quantification.
First, there are the standard Data Manipulation Language (DML) elements. DML is the subset of the language used to add, update and delete data:
UPDATE is used to modify the values of a set of existing table rows, eg:
DELETE removes zero or more existing rows from a table, eg:
MERGE is used to combine the data of multiple tables. It is something of a combination of the
INSERT and
UPDATE elements. It is defined in the SQL:2003 standard; prior to that, some databases provided similar functionality via different syntax, sometimes called an "upsert".
Transactions, if available, can be used to wrap around the DML operations:
START TRANSACTION (or
BEGIN WORK, or
BEGIN TRANSACTION, depending on SQL dialect) can be used to mark the start of a database transaction, which either completes entirely or not at all.
COMMIT causes all data changes in a transaction to be made permanent.
ROLLBACK causes all data changes since the last
COMMIT or
ROLLBACK to be discarded, so that the state of the data is "rolled back" to the way it was prior to those changes being requested.
Once the
COMMIT statement has been executed, the changes cannot be rolled back. In other words, its meaningless to have
ROLLBACK executed after
COMMIT statement and vice versa.
COMMIT and
ROLLBACK interact with areas such as transaction control and locking. Strictly, both terminate any open transaction and release any locks held on data. In the absence of a
START TRANSACTION or similar statement, the semantics of SQL are implementation-dependent.
Example: A classic bank transfer of funds transaction.
The second group of keywords is the Data Definition Language (DDL). DDL allows the user to define new tables and associated elements. Most commercial SQL databases have proprietary extensions in their DDL, which allow control over nonstandard features of the database system.
The most basic items of DDL are the
TRUNCATE and
DROP statements:
CREATE causes an object (a table, for example) to be created within the database.
DROP causes an existing object within the database to be deleted, usually irretrievably.
TRUNCATE deletes all data from a table (non-standard, but common SQL statement).
ALTER statement permits the user to modify an existing object in various ways -- for example, adding a column to an existing table.
The third group of SQL keywords is the Data Control Language (DCL). DCL handles the authorization aspects of data and permits the user to control who has access to see or manipulate data within the database. Its two main keywords are:
GRANT authorizes one or more users to perform an operation or a set of operations on an object.
REVOKE removes or restricts the capability of a user to perform an operation or a set of operations.
--, as a single line comment identifier (some extensions also support curly brackets or C style
/* comments */ for multi-line comments).
Technically, SQL is a declarative computer language for use with "SQL databases". Theorists and some practitioners note that many of the original SQL features were inspired by, but violated, the relational model for database management and its tuple calculus realization. Recent extensions to SQL achieved relational completeness, but have worsened the violations, as documented in The Third Manifesto.
In addition, there are also some criticisms about the practical use of SQL:
WHERE clauses are mistyped. Cartesian joins are so rarely used in practice that requiring an explicit
CARTESIAN keyword may be warranted.
CROSS JOIN keyword that allows the user to make clear that a cartesian join is intended, but the shorthand "comma-join" with no predicate is still acceptable syntax.
WHERE on an update or delete, thereby affecting more rows in a table than desired.
Popular implementations of SQL commonly omit support for basic features of Standard SQL, such as the
DATE or
TIME data types, preferring variations of their own. As a result, SQL code can rarely be ported between database systems without modifications.
There are several reasons for this lack of portability between database systems:
A distinction should be made between alternatives to relational query languages and alternatives to SQL. The list below are proposed alternatives to SQL, but are still (nominally) relational. See navigational database for alternatives to entity:


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Zhao was one of the seven most influential powers during the Warrior States Period: a dark, chaotic era when independent states fought to expand their territories.
Zhao governed the vast regions of middle and northeastern Shanxi Province as well as southwestern Hebei Province. To defend against northern nomadic tribes and other states, Zhao began to construct defense lines along its northern and southern borders. Some scattered ruins of those two ancient walls are still visible in the regions around Cixian County and Linzhang in Hebei Province. Search a Great Wall Tour
Other sections of Zhao walls were constructed in what is today's Inner Mongolia. The part at the foot of Daquingsnan Mountain near Holhot is still recognizable. Similar to the Qin wall, this section was constructed mainly with rammed earth, while rampart stones were used in mountainous valleys. A part of the Zhao Wall was discovered in Wusutu, northwest of Holhot. Although this is not the best preserved Zhao Wall, it is easily accessible.
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The following is an archive of a post made to our
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by one of its subscribers.
What they (the Debian people) need to do is scrap testing and make
somethingg new. Testing is really just an old snapshot of unstable as far
as I understand which doesn't really have a good purpose in practice.
What they should do is make something between Stable and Unstable, and
make more frequent updates like every three months (they don't even need
to announce it or anything -- just make it a Debian guideline), ask the
developers to mark the last stable version every so often, and have those
marked versions be put into the new branch automatically every three
But I can babble all day and it'll never happen. Babble babble babble!!!
-Mark -_-'
On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, R. Douglas Barbieri wrote:
> How does Gentoo keep it's "stable" branch "up-to-date" without becoming
> unstable? Could Debian learn from this?
> On the other hand, there are a lot of unofficial backport sites so you
> can run, say, the latest Mozilla on Debian Woody. But I have found that
> it would be nice to have something between stable and testing in Debianland.
> Rod Roark wrote:
> > On Monday 18 October 2004 11:01 am, Robert G. Scofield wrote:
> >
> >>Rod Roark wrote:
> >>
> >>>Just in case you were thinking of trying a different
> >>>distribution. ;-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>What level of expertise does one need in order to install Gentoo? It's
> >>not like installing Mandrake or SuSE, right? I'm somewhat familiar with
> >>the Debian install. Is it like Debian?
> >
> >
> > It's different because you are installing from source. It's
> > not for newbies - you need to know Linux basics, or be ready
> > for a crash course!
> >
> > The best way to see what's involved is to skim the Handbook:
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> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml
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Former Filner allies continue to demand his resignation despite apology video
SAN DIEGO - Three former supporters of Mayor Bob Filner who repeatedly called for him to resign this week amid sexual harassment allegations are standing by their demands Friday in spite of an apology the mayor released via video, according to one ex-supporter.
Attorney Marco Gonzalez said via Twitter that he, ex-Councilwoman Donna Frye and attorney Cory Briggs "stand by (their) original demand, video notwithstanding." He said additional information would be provided next week.
The trio of former Filner supporters sent letters to the mayor earlier this week urging him to step down following the allegations of sexual harassment. They reiterated their call for Filner's resignation in a news conference Thursday morning, although they declined to release details of the
Frye, Gonzalez, and Briggs stand by original demand, video notwithstanding. Additional information to be provided next week.— Marco Gonzalez (@CLG_Marco) July 12, 2013
Filner released a statement via DVD Thursday afternoon that stated in part, "As someone who has spent a lifetime fighting for equality for all people, I am embarrassed to admit that I have failed to fully respect the women
who work for me and with me, and that at times I have intimidated them."
The mayor said he had started working with professionals to make changes in his behavior and approach, and would participate in sexual harassment training.
Local politicians continue to react to Filner's apology. More reaction here.
Councilwoman Sheri Lightner representing District 1 stated "I was deeply troubled by the serious allegations," but she said she appreciate Filner working to change.
Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, whose brother is Marco Gonzalez, also reacted on Twitter:
This is just about hypocrisy, I'm not claiming to be victim. Just know what folks have said to me, my staff & my friends. And they know too— Lorena Gonzalez (@LorenaSGonzalez) July 12, 2013
This has been a critical discussion in San Diego. But, the sudden "women's rights" defenders who have also been bad, need to stop.— Lorena Gonzalez (@LorenaSGonzalez) July 12, 2013
I can't speak to workplace sexual harassment having never worked for them, but some of our boys should think back what they've said to women— Lorena Gonzalez (@LorenaSGonzalez) July 12, 2013
And the righteous indignation of some of those male politicos over the last few days is getting old. People in glass houses...— Lorena Gonzalez (@LorenaSGonzalez) July 12, 2013
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The diamond tattoos may represent many other things and each person who includes a diamond in their body art need to figure out a way on how the body art will be interpreted. But the diamonds are mostly known for as an endurance symbol and it has that quality of being unbreakable that is perceived as the feature of the personality of the wearer.
The way the diamond is utilized may also assist in learning the meaning of the symbolism of the said item. A few examples are a golden band with a heart shaped like a diamond at the middle.
Peacock Tattoos Symbolism – The Meaning Of Peacock Tattoo Designs
This may represent enduring and unending fidelity and love. Another instance is the diamonds that are formed to become a flower bouquet. This may mean beauty. Another is a diamond that is combined with other bright gems; this indicates a particular extravagance.
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Diamond tattoos are a girl's best friends, and incorporating a diamond into your canvas can make a strong statement of personality. Diamond tattoos can be taken in a verity of different directions, some say that diamonds represent love and compassion but diamonds are also the hardest stone know to man and can show a tuff exterior wall or thick skin. The meaning of a diamond tattoo is truly up to the wearer and how person chooses to display it. Some say that it can also represent extravagance, but a diamond ring tattoo symbolize everlasting love through marriage. Whatever your reason for getting a diamond tattoo, make sure to let it shine!
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The diamond symbol, triangle symbol and similar motifs that form a construction of other (more complex) symbolic designs occur in every era, culture, religion and esoteric sect.
Overwhelmingly, the diamond symbol or the triangle symbol motif expresses itself in terms of clarity, ascension and wisdom. Not of the ordinary sort of wisdom though. I speak of a clarity and wisdom that transcends the banalities of our everyday realm.
It is ordinary to view the diamond tattoos that are combined with other symbols. The flowers are the most well known. For this style you may form a piece with your selected blossoming flowers with a round thick diamond at the tip. You may also utilize the diamond at the middle of the flower that is made of gems—emeralds for the stems, rubies for the petals, among others.
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The diamonds that are placed on top of the tiaras and crowns are another well known piece. Such designs always present just a simple headpiece with the sparkling gem at the top. But you may also form very detailed diamond patterns all over the crown.Furthermore, it is in this spirit of metaphor, analogy, and symbolism that I would like our attentions to turn. More than the literal translation of the symbol, it is the vibrational tone, or the higher energetic wisdom with which the symbol meaning resonates that I wish to convey.
The diamond is a stone that is known to be indestructible, it is immune from damage. Many wearers of the diamond tattoo recognize these qualities. Like them, it may look fragile on the outside, but the interior is very very strong.
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The diamond tattoo sometimes has a religious element to it as well. If you are a Christian you will believe you have a past life, your present life and your after life. The indestructible nature of the diamond means it will stand still, undamaged and unharmed through all these changes.
This everlasting unbreakable stone forged from carbon under presser has been loved for thousands of years across every continent and cultures alike. So deciding to add a diamond tattoo to your canvas will always be a strong recognized choice for generations.
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Furthermore, the diamond symbol is synonymous with refracting light to the alchemist's perspective. As such, the diamond and triangle symbol is indicative of the journey our souls make while we are achieving higher understanding (it is an enlightened or clarified soul that is able to refract its light from the insight out and serve as a beacon to the outer world). The goal for mankind is to walk a path on which our souls will shine and sparkle as brightly as diamonds.


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World Jurist Association – "A World Ruled by
Law, not Force. This has been the primary goal of the World Jurist Association (WJA) since its founding in 1963. Today, the World Jurist Association is the only non-profit, non-governmental, non-partisan organization that gives the citizens of the world a direct voice in the development and administration
of international law."
Asociacion de Abogados de Buenos Aires – Bar Association of Buenos Aires
Association of Young Lawyers in Bulgaria – works in the area of mobilizing young legal experts and civic resources for support of local initiatives and grass roots projects.
Auckland District Law Society – administers the legal profession for the Auckland district which covers the area from Thames/Coromandel to North Cape and
includes metropolitan Auckland. Its vision is to empower the legal profession to serve the community with skill and integrity.
Australian Plaintiff Lawyers Association
– its mission is to protect and enhance the legal, civil and political rights of those injured at the hands of wrongdoers, and to promote the public good through concerted efforts to secure safe products, work and public places, clean environments and quality health care.
British Israel Law Association – is one of the growing number of bilateral law associations supported by the Law Society of England and Wales. The purpose of these bilateral associations is to develop cultural, legal and social relations between lawyers in different countries and as the practice of English solicitors and barristers becomes increasingly international the number and importance of these organisations will increase.
Canadian Bar Association – premier provider of personal and professional development and support to all members of the Canadian legal profession; it promotes fair justice systems, facilitates effective law reform, promotes equality in the legal profession and is devoted to the elimination of discrimination; and is committed to enhancing the professional and commercial interests of a diverse membership and to protecting the independence of the judiciary and the Bar.
Canadian Legal Associations & Societies – portal to various legal associations and laws for Canada
Canadian Maritime Law Association
– is Canada's representative to the Comité Maritime International (CMI) an organization founded in 1897 to promote uniformity and reform in international maritime law and commerce. Its mandate is to advance the development of effective, modern commercial maritime law within Canada and the international shipping community.
Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Montt – Chilean Bar Association
Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico – Bar Asssociation of Puerto Rico
Compagnie Nationale des Conseils en Propriete
Industrielle (CNCPI) (French Industrial Property Attorneys)
Computer Law Association – is the world's largest association of attorneys serving information technology. It sponsors the World Computer Law Congress and many other world class conferences around the world.
Customs and International Trade Bar Association – members consist of attorneys that maintain an interest in the field of customs law, international trade law and related matters. CITBA members represent United States importers, exporters and domestic parties concerned with matters that involve the United States Customs laws, anti dumping, countervailing duties and other international trade laws, and related laws and regulations of other U.S. federal agencies concerned with international commerce.
Daini Tokyo Bar Association – is one of the three local bar associations consisting of attorneys with offices in Tokyo, and its mission is to protect human rights and realize social justice.
European Lawyers Group – brings together lawyers representing the interests of their clients throughout Europe.
Federation of Law Societies of Canada – is the umbrella organization of thirteen governing bodies of the legal profession in Canada, each of which is completely independent.
Finnish Bar Association – is an organization pertaining to public law, which is regulated by the The Act on Advocates of 1958. Lawyers who are members are designated "Advocates". Its aim is to maintain and enhance the responsibility and professional skills of advocates and to develop the activities of the legal profession.
Lawyers Association – promotes comparative law studies between the two countries
German-French Lawyers Association
– pursue the promotion of the professional and personal relations between German and French lawyers.
Inter-American Bar Association – represents a permanent forum for the exchange of professional views and information for lawyers to promote the Rule of Law and protect the democratic institutions in the Americas.
Interlaw – an international association of independent law firms.
Interlegal – a network of law firms in Europe and the United States
International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers – peer group selected organization of the finest Matrimonial Lawyers in the world with the membership having international aspects to their practice.
International Association of Constitutional Law – provides a forum for the exchange of knowledge and information and the development of understanding of constitutional systems.
International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) – The oldest and most prestigious international organization of attorneys representing corporations and insurers.
International Bar Association– "The International Bar Association (IBA) is the world's largest membership-based organization of Bar Associations, Law Societies and individual lawyers. Our aim is to make this website the easiest access to information about international legal practice and a form of communication between members."
International Law Association
– its mission includes study, elucidation and advancement of international law, public and private, the study of comparative law, the making of proposals for the solution of conflicts of law and for the unification of law, and the furthering of international understanding and goodwill".
International Law Association – American Branch – is an autonomous member of the International Law Association
International Law Firms – an association of independent commercial law firms in all major cities of the world, each of them specialising in those areas of commercial law which are important in those cities.
International Lawyers Network – an association of 73 high-quality, full-service law firms with lawyers world-wide.
International Municipal Lawyers Association – is an advocate and resource for local government attorneys.
International Society of Military Law – its mission is the study of military law and the law of armed conflict, research into the harmonization of internal systems of law both reciprocally, having regard to international conventions and the rules of international law relating to those fields, and also to the promotion of a body of military law and the law of armed conflict established with respect to human rights.
Inter-Pacific Bar Association
– international association of business and commercial lawyers with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region.
International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association – the primary organization informing attorneys around the world about Section 337 practice; an important means for combating unfair practices in the import trade and especially for enforcing U.S. intellectual property rights at the border.
Japanese Federation of Bar Associations – a federation of 52 local bar associations made up of practicing attorneys whose activities include the protection of human rights, the improvement of criminal procedure, protection of the environment and the training and education for the legal profession.
JurisNet – a French association.
The Law Foundation of New South Wales – improves the community's access to the law and the legal system. Its current research focusseson promoting a fair and accessible legal system and legal information which meets community legal needs, in particular those of the poor and disadvantaged.
Law Society of Alberta
– its principal duty is to serve and protect the public interest, made up of all the practicing attorneys in Alberta.
Law Society of England and Wales
– is the representative and regulatory body for solicitors of England and Wales.
The Law Society of Ireland – is the professional body for the solicitors of Ireland
The Law Society of New South Wales – is the professional association for the solicitors branch of the legal profession, representing lawyers in New South Wales.
The Law Society of Western Australia – is the professional association for Western Australian
barristers and solicitors. It offers services both to its members and also to the public and government.
Libralex – a Europa-wide association of independent law firms.
Malaysian Bar Council
– has the main function of managing the affairs of the Malaysian Bar and the proper performance of the functions of the Bar.
Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand – an association of maritime lawyers from both Australia and New Zealand, a member of the International Maritime Committee.
New Zealand Law Society
– is a professional association which represents all practising lawyers in New Zealand. It promotes the interests of the legal profession and the interests of the public in relation to legal matters, promotes and encourages proper conduct among the members of the legal profession, and suppresses illegal, dishonourable, or improper practices, preserves and maintains the integrity and status of the legal profession and promotes opportunities for the acquisition and diffusion of legal knowledge.
Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
– is the governing body for the legal profession in Nova Scotia and is responsible for both licensing and discipline of the profession.
Ontario Trial Lawyers Association –
comprised of plaintiffs' lawyers dedicated to the preservation and improvement of a civil justice system which is equally accessible to all and which fully and fairly protects the rights of those who have suffered losses as a result of the wrongdoing of others. The Association is committed to the pursuit of excellence in advocating for justice on behalf of those who have been oppressed or victimized by injustice of any kind.
Ordre des Avocats Vaudois (Switzerland)
The Paris Bar (Ordre des Avocats
a la Cour de Paris)
Peel Criminal Lawyers Association –
an association of independent criminal law lawyers practising in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Penal Reform International (PRI)
– develops programmes on a regional basis, assisting both non-governmental organisations and individuals to establish projects in their own countries. It promotes the exchange of information and good practice between countries with related conditions. It promotes the development and implementation of international human rights instruments with regard to law enforcement, prison conditions and standards; the elimination of unfair and unethical discrimination in all penal measures; the abolition of the death penalty; the reduction of the use of imprisonment throughout the world; the use of constructive non-custodial sanctions which encourage social re-integration while taking into account the interest of victims.
Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity – established in the year 1869 to promote a higher
standard of professional ethics.
Bar Association of Serbia
– made up of several local Bar Associations which are trying to protect and improve the professional, social, economical position and standing of attorneys and their profession.
Tasmanian Bar Association
– one who is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania and who has a current Practising Certificate is eligible for membership of the Association.
UAE – Union des Avocats Europeens – Membership is open to lawyers who are members of a Bar or a Law Society in the European Union.European Lawyers' Union. It promotes the practice of community law and law deriving from the European Convention on Human Rights.
Union Internationale des Avocats –Oldest international association of bars, bar associations, and law societies. (In English, French, and Spanish).


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You might recognize 21 Jump Street and Project X screenwriter Michael Bacall from his role in Inglourious Basterds. He played one of the Jewish soldiers tasked with infiltrating enemy lines to scalp Nazis. Or maybe you don't. Bacall has been working in bit parts on TV and in movies since the '80s, but he's only now getting some boldfaced recognition—for his writing.
"I started writing because I was so irritated with all the crap roles that were out there for young people, " Bacall said. "So a friend and I wrote a low-budget, independent movie [Manic], and it took a while for it to get made, but it was a mind-blowing experience that really launched me into screenwriting. I got very obsessed with writing after that and put most of my time and energy into that."
In 2007 Bacall was named one of Variety's 10 Screenwriters to Watch. But while he worked with Edgar Wright on 2010's Scott Pilgrim vs. The World script, this year his screenwriting is really starting to pay off. He's credited with the story and co-writing the script for Project X, a found footage film depicting "the party you've only dreamed about "—which is true if your dreams include bouncy castles full of topless women, an Ecstasy-filled gnome, riot police, and arson. It earned $21 million in its opening weekend and Bacall is already working on a sequel.
Now his gloriously bananas reinvention of 21 Jump Street is opening this Friday to considerable buzz. At first blush, a 21 Jump Street movie sounds like a terrible idea, and in less dexterous hands, it would be. The kitschy TV crime drama that left Richard Grieco and Johnny Depp fighting for wall space on the bedrooms of teen girls across America seems like an unlikely candidate for a reboot. But somehow it's been transformed into one of the year's funniest movies. To be fair, 21 Jump Street doesn't take place in the same universe as the old TV show; it simply snags the premise and takes it to fantastically foul-mouthed, absurdist heights. It's a smart move, especially given how skeptical audiences are of old properties (or board games) made new again. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum have a surprisingly sweet and funny chemistry, but without Bacall's manic script, 21 Jump Street wouldn't be the weekend's most anticipated movie. We talked with the writer/actor about his big year.
GQ: Don't disabuse me of this notion that I have of you and Jonah Hill doing bong hits and spitballing ideas for 21 Jump Street.
Michael Bacall: Well, if you throw in a couple of really shaggy jam sessions on drums and guitar playing unbelievably poor covers of Black Sabbath songs, you're right about in the neighborhood. [laughs]
GQ: You guys are friends in real life?
Michael Bacall: We had known each other a couple years previous to working on this. I think we'd been introduced by a friend of mine who was producing a spec script that I had written, and Jonah was attached to it. Eventually, it fell apart at the studio, but we had met a little bit before that process and so we started talking. We had this mutual friend who was doing an action-comedy—David Gordon Green was working on Pineapple Express around the time, and... I was definitely a little bit jealous because it looked so fun. Jonah and I started talking about wanting to come up with an action-comedy for him, and I've always been a huge fan of the buddy cop genre—Walter Hill with 48 Hrs. and anything that Shane Black has ever done—and we thought about the idea and we didn't have anything in the moment.
He called me about a year later and said, "Hey, what about doing that with 21 Jump Street, which Sony has and they're interested in getting up and running? " And I thought that would be kind of a fun and risky thing to do because people so immediately assume that a remake, reboot, retelling, rehashing is gonna be awful. And I get the same shivers too when I hear things like that announced... The shivers of horror [laughs] when I hear another remake announced, but it seemed like a really fun challenge to try to take that on and make it fresh and interesting and entertaining to people.
GQ: I think it's also going to show to everyone that Channing Tatum is vastly underappreciated as comedic actor.
Michael Bacall: Absolutely. Absolutely. He annihilates in the movie. It's as if we wrote the role specifically for him, which we didn't. We came up with the role years before he even saw the script. He just inhabits it so fully. I think it's gonna be a huge and pleasant surprise for everyone who sees it.
GQ: It seems like the marketing has been really smart with building buzz with rolling screenings and now SXSW. People were obviously skeptical about a 21 Jump Street when it was announced. Has this buzz been a bit of a relief?
Michael Bacall: Yeah, it's really fun... Not in the same way, but they also had a fun marketing push with Scott Pilgrim that was exciting to follow, especially the Comic-Con screening, and I think the Austin screening for Jump Street is going to be out of control. Really looking forward to that, and I think Sony's been really smart about how they're rolling it out. I finally joined Twitter after years of trying to ignore that lurking Internet beast, mainly just to kind of follow the reactions to the screenings, and it's been really enjoyable.
GQ: It seems like a lot of the stuff has been reactions to what people have already been saying about Project X on your Twitter feed. So I guess we should talk about that.
Michael Bacall: I've really enjoyed the Project X reviews [laughs]. Those are the first things that I kind of posted up there. Exploitation movie-making is not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm proud of the punk rock aesthetic, at least in terms of the structure and escalation of the party itself. That's just mostly what I contributed to, and I love that stuff. I think Nima [Nourizadeh] did an amazing job of creating a party that you feel like you're in, and by the end of it, you feel like you really, really want to get the hell out of there before you get pepper sprayed or arrested. Yeah, it's been really kind of fun to watch the different reactions critically to the script for those movies.
GQ: I went to see Project X yesterday and it was interesting because, first of all, it was the middle of the afternoon so it was me and a bunch of NYU kids. I was the only woman... I overheard one of them saying that maybe it was based on the kid in Australia who destroyed his parents' house with a party.
Michael Bacall: I got the idea from [producer] Todd Phillips and [executive producer] Scott Budnick. They called me while I was in production on Scott Pilgrim. I was out in Toronto for about eight or nine months and also working on a second draft of 21 Jump Street at the time, so I didn't have time to write the first draft for Project X but I wrote a treatment that essentially structured the party and the escalation and the big party gags and how crazy it got. And that started my involvement, with them calling me up and saying, "How do you feel about writing something about a kid who throws a party and [it] just gets so out of control and almost burns down the neighborhood? " [laughs] I appreciate that kind of anarchy. I'm a big fan of the apocalypse.


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