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Now the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. All those blogs and social networking sites are helping existing tribes get bigger. But more important, they're enabling countless new tribes to be born - groups of ten or ten thousand or ten million who care about their iPhones, or a political campaign, or a new way to fight global warming.
And so the key question: Who is going to lead us?
The Web can do amazing things, but it can't provide leadership. That still has to come from individuals - people just like you who have a passion about something. The explosion in tribes means that anyone who wants to make a difference now has the tools at her fingertips.
If you think leadership is for other people, think again - leaders come in surprising packages. Consider Joel Spolsky and his international tribe of scary-smart software engineers. Or Gary Vaynerhuck, a wine expert with a devoted following of enthusiasts. Chris Sharma leads a tribe of rock climbers up impossible cliff faces, while Mich Mathews, a VP at Microsoft, runs her internal tribe of marketers from her cube in Seattle. All they have in common is the desire to change things, the ability to connect a tribe, and the willingness to lead.
If you ignore this opportunity, you risk turning into a "sheepwalker" - someone who fights to protect the status quo at all costs, never asking if obedience is doing you (or your organization) any good. Sheepwalkers don't do very well these days.
Tribes will make you think (really think) about the opportunities in leading your fellow employees, customers, investors, believers, hobbyists, or readers....It's not easy, but it's easier than you think.
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"a bit too repetitive"
The concept is interesting: that the social experience can be categorized into groups called tribes. The problem is the concept is too simple for a book. I found the author repeating the same terms. The repetition sounded like autocratic calls to allegiance. (We need you!) This content would be better suited for 40-page paper.
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"Tribal Manifesto"
Godin's manifesto (and I use that description in the best sense of the word) convincing makes the case that the most dangerous thing we can do at work and in our careers is play it safe. Suspend your critical eye and realist orientation for just long enough to be swept into Godin's passion. Allow yourself to be inspired. Read, share, and decide to lead your tribe. We will be discussing this book together at work - so more to come on if inspiration can be translated on the ground
"Kernals in the Chaff"
Overall worth the read. There are things to get past as other reviews point out, but does provide great kernels of wisdom. It did take a second listen to pick out all of the points.
This book hit the spot for me. I thought the reader was really good. If you are someone that is just getting into Leadership or need to renew your Leadership skills, this is a good book. Well worth listening too.
I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to better understand why Managers are not wired to be Leaders and why so few people choose to be Leaders. In addition, you will come away with a new appreciation for the next person you cross paths with that is referred to as a "heretic".
"Get to the point!!!"
We tried, really hard, on a long road trip to get past Seth Godin's annoying delivery style (so slow and he over enunciates everything!) and his continual promise of "I'm going to tell you..." or "you'll learn it here..." without him actually doing that. But after almost 3 hours we couldn't take it anymore. He says the same thing over and over and there wasn't much new here that delivered on his huge promises. Skim it in a bookstore and you'll get what you need.
"Good content, a little difficult to listen to"
Let me start by saying I am a fan of Seth Godin. I've read most of his work and read his blog daily. Overall this books was good, however Seth's writing style (in this case) does not make for great audio experience. He tends to write his chapters in sub-sections with various titles. This makes for some choppiness in the audio that you really need to pay attention to or you might get lost. Once you get used to this the book is a good listen and if taken to heart can be powerful for any one.
"Overly simplistic attempt at inspirational writing"
The content doesn't rise to the level of social science, but lies somewhere in that area of "social media science" where if I can come up with a few examples (which may not be directly linked to the phenomena I am trying to explain) then I must be on to something.
The narrator is a bit monotone at times. Seth could have hired a voice actor to spice it up.
This book is extremely repetitive. I feel that I got the point and lost interest within the first 20 minutes.
"the worst audio book ever"
I never write reviews. But this book was so bad I had to warn others.
First of all the narration was awful. But I decided to listen further hoping the content is better than the narrator. It was a jumble of obvious and same old ideas. Do not waste your money and time on this book.
"All opinion, little fact"
While there were definitely some provocative ideas in this book, many of these ideas were overshadowed by the inundation of unfounded proposition after unfounded proposition. Throughout the book, he continued to idolize leaders and demonize managers. It is as though it never occurred to him that great leaders could also inspire great managers. Overall this book was overhyped. It was a lot of style very little substance. The book could have been made significantly better had he chosen to work with an economist or researcher who could have shown him how to support and develop his ideas more concretely.
"When the student is ready..."
I had to drive 15hrs in one day, this book is less than 4hrs long, it contains so much thought provoking information that I didn't have time to finish it; on my drive I was either listening or thinking!
I have known of Seth for many years, however I have never really 'noticed' Seth, until now. His style is infectious with a perfect balance of left hemisphere and then right hemisphere - like Brian Tracy suggests when communicating; 'windscreen wipers'... left then right then left etc.
Before reading this book I knew something was required, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Now I know the missing piece of the puzzle is leadership. If you are at the point in your career where you have so much to give but you are still not sure on the 'how' then this book is for you. Although Seth avoids 'how-to' information he provides just enough rope for you to work it out yourself.
Would I recommend this book? Absolutely. But only if you are ready to hear/read what it means to you - no more hiding, no more shying away, no more fear. I knew I should admire Seth, now I know why I do.
Enjoy :- )
Godin makes it very clear what won't work, what will, and distils the necessity of leading.
I'd recommend his blog first if you're not convinced enough to buy. And if you're not convinced because you think it's not long enough (value for money), consider it like a single malt whisky. It'll age well, it's not dilute, and it's invaluable.
Don't expect a list of tips and tricks.
Take one semi common sense idea and repeat over and over and over and over. The whole thing could have fit in one paragraph. Fleshed out into a book in order to con people and make money which sums up Mr Godin's philosophy really.
Some concrete ideas and steps to succeed would have help. Don't recommend people walk out of their jobs here and now if they are unhappy. Don't tell people not to worry about the product. We don't need factories? How were your books produced and marketed? Who made your smart phone and computers Mr Godin?
"Emotional commitenta of leadership"
Good book that covers a generic view of the key drivers behind leadership. Belief and wholeheartedness seem to be the orders of the day. Not a world changer for me... Lacked some inspiration which Seth so keenly talks about.
"simplistic motivational book"
American style motivational book: you can do anything of you overcome cour fears.. Unrealistic.
"Absolutely Superb"
Brilliant, inspiring, an absolute tonic
very simple message, but rousing examples help overcome resistance for us to take our opportunity in the world!! lets go......
as good as always, first class
many, every 2 minutes Im saving a clip of inspiration, just too many good real examples to choose from
buy it, listen to it, act on it and pass it on, change the world for yourself and the people you care about.
"This is my all time favourite book!!!"
Have you ever stood out from the crowd? Stood up for something you believe in? Gone against the status quo and delivered a win for humanity? If so then this is book is for you. If not then read this book!
"An Inspirational Kick up The Backside"
I'm now doing what I always wanted to do. Leading a small tribe of musicians. Speaking up has never been easy, but with the words of Seth ringing in my ears it's just got a whole lot easier. I no longer feel repressed as I once did, but empowered to lead in a world where women are still denounced and discouraged from taking strong stances and roles that change the world. To hell with the status quo. Life's too short to renege on my vision any more. This was just the catalyst I needed to spark things off. Highly recommended but you'll have to come out of the leadership closet in order to really benefit. This is a book for Doers... Enjoy.😀
This book, as all Seth Godin programme's, is inspiring especially if you have a passion you want to share.
One of the best books I have bought in the last year. Could not stop listening to it. Well written, easy to follow and very interesting. One to listen over and over again. Thank you.
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Ben Burns has ALWAYS dominated the pro hardwood & he's off to a SENSATIONAL start once again this year. In fact, w/ yesterday's G.O.W. winner on Miami, part of a 4-2 Thursday, Burns' NBA is now an AMAZING 24-5 ATS in '17. That includes a 10-2 mark his L12 & an 18-3 RECORD the past two weeks. Don't wait any longer. Get down on Friday's top-rated "PERSONAL FAVORITE" right away!
With Gay out for the season and with the team having lost three straight, many won't give the Kings much of a chance tonight. This has actually been one of their better roles though. In fact, they're 3-1 ATS as road underdogs in the 6.5 to 9 range this season and 13-4-2 ATS (10-9 SU!) their last 19 in that situation. Also, they're 5-1 ATS the last six times that they were off three or more consecutive victories, most recently knocking off Detroit.
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It fixes some issues with the intel driver, which works better now.
You can install it with one of the following commands (depending on your architecture, generic is for i386):
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sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.31-6-lpia
Alternatively, you can install the package 'nc10-kernel', which depends always on the latest available kernel and its headers files.
This way you will get automatic updates for any new kernel I will add on the repository.
The packages 'alsa-modules' and 'linux-backports-modules' have been removed. They are no more required, because all the changes I used to apply to them (better support for NC10's sound card and rfkill support for wireless card) have been merged in the official kernel development tree and they are shipped in the main kernel package ('linux-image').
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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: See you next year ChesterIn full: SUPERBLY organised race, non quite as flat as I thought it would be but PB potential. starts and finishes in the racecourse. Much of the marathon is through beautiful country lanes, the support through the various passing villages was fantastic and really helped. Locals and volunteers cheering your name on (which is a great touch to the race numbers) throughout the race, handing out jelly babies. Regular water stations, isotonic drink stations and energy gels. What a great day! Date of review: October 7, 2012
In short: Brilliant! In full: Couldnt disagree more with the previous comment, if off road isn't for you then don't do it! A wonderfully challenging but scenic race with just about everything. Incredible marking and organisation, Ill certainly be making the trip from West Yorkshire again next year. The fact I rarely rate a race is testament to how good this was. A perfect pre marathon training run. Date of review: August 19, 2012
In short: Not as hilly as expected, but a couple of long drags!In full: First time running Eccup 10 today. Fantastic organisation, a testing undulating course but nothing to worry about. Beautiful around the reservoir and fantastic quality shirts awarded at the end (proper breathable running shirts as opposed to the norm). A highly recommended race, see you next year!Date of review: July 15, 2012
In short: Perfect run for those preparing for a marathon. Very tough, challenging course throughout.Date of review: March 12, 2012
In short: Liversedge Half MarathonIn full: My first half marathon, I'd heard horror stories about the infamous 'hills' however although challenging, there were adequate flat sections to aid recovery and gain some ground!A fantastically organised event, friendly atmosphere and really good course.Date of review: February 12, 2012
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Period pieces are always better when they contain brass knuckles. This isn't the only reason to recommend BBC America's newest drama, "Copper," about a cop working the infamous Five Points beat in mid-1860s New York, but brass-knuckle fisticuffs from guys wearing top hats are always welcome.
Irish immigrant copper Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) is our guide through the squalor. He and his partner, Francis Maguire (Kevin Ryan), spend the first two episodes investigating a young girl's murder.
Corcoran is a tough-as-nails cop — a former prize fighter and Union soldier — who's got little patience for the criminal element. If your daughter is murdered and your wife disappears under mysterious circumstances, that will happen to you.
The investigation of the girl's murder is a point of entry into this world, and that story mostly wraps up at the end of the second episode, but Corcoran's ongoing obsession with his wife and daughter's misfortune likely will drive the series going forward.
Weston-Jones is good, not great, as the badass with a broken heart and haunted past. He's an authentic browbeater, and his kinship with the Five Points' lower classes — black physician Dr. Martin Freeman (Ato Essandoh) and prostitute Molly (Tanya Fischer) — feels organic. Robert Morehouse (Kyle Schmid) is intriguing as a war buddy of Corcoran's. The way Schmid percolates with Morehouse's wanton abandon and genial shadiness under his aristocratic exterior is enticing.
"Copper" has its share of flaws — the set design is all right, but far inferior to the authenticity of period shows like "Mad Men" or "Boardwalk Empire," and occasional plot developments are either obvious or forced. Covering up the weaknesses is some brutal action/violence and a willful excitement factor.
"Copper" should plow through case-of-the-week stories while developing the main players and their motivations to round out the series. It can't all be brass-knuckle beat downs after all.


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On December 5, 2011, the German government and several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) collaborated to host a youth conference on Afghanistan in conjunction with the hugely important international conference on Afghanistan in Bonn, chaired by President Karzai exactly ten years after the first Bonn conference.
The 50 students were concerned that the planned NATO troop withdrawals by 2014 would stymie the reconstruction and reform efforts. Remarks by Gudrun Kopp, MDB, the German State Secretary at the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and by Dr. Sima Samar, Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, as well as my own, I hope reassured them that the international community has pledged to continue its work in Afghanistan through 2014 and beyond.
Indeed, the Bonn conference results speak of a "transition to the transformation decade of 2015-2024." This phrase captures most eloquently the determination expressed by the foreign ministers gathered at Bonn to continue to dedicate their financial support and expertise to Afghanistan's government and civil society as they work to take charge of and lead governance, economic, health, education and security sectors in the reforms demanded by the Afghan people.
The dedication and resolve of this young group will ensure Afghanistan's future.
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Nearly 30 Idaho Rush players kept their soccer lives rolling through the summer with their first-ever trip to the annual RushFest event near Denver in July. RushFest is a yearly gathering of soon-to-be U13 boys and girls teams from every Rush Soccer affiliate from around the world. In all, more than 550 players on 38 teams attended in 2013.
"When the president of Rush named all the states in attendance I was surprised how large of an organization Rush is," said Aiden Borders of the girls U12-Black team. "There were even teams from the Bahamas!"
Idaho Rush has sent individual players and small groups to RushFest in the past, but this was the first year the club was able to send entire teams. Idaho sent 14 boys and 13 girls.
The week was filled with training, matches against other Rush teams and classroom sessions. But the highlight was when Rush took over Dick's Sporting Goods Park, filling more than 1,200 seats to watch the Colorado Rapids take on the New England Revolution.
"Denver was a blast, despite my broken arm," said Brooke Kilbuck of the girls U13-Premier team. "Even though it was only a week, I learned tons of new skills."
It was a 16-hour drive on a chartered bus, but the players and parent chaperons watched movies and slept through the night to pass the time. Individuals were responsible for the cost of the trip at $800 per player, but some players participated in fundraising activities to help offset the cost of the trip.
"Rush Fest was a very positive experience for me," said Max Smay about his once-in-a-lifetime event. "If I could, I would go back in a heartbeat."


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PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (Oct. 21, 2011) – A new round of federal funding will enable the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to continue a signature science program that trains minorities in the field of marine and fisheries sciences.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently awarded UMES and its partners approximately $15 million to extend support of the Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center through 2016. It was founded in 2001
The marine science center, under the direction of UMES professor Paulinus Chigbu, is aligned with six partner institutions that also offer students opportunities to participate in hands-on field research.
Since its inception, the consortium of colleges and universities has produced 322 graduates, including: 246 bachelor's degrees, 66 master's degrees and 10 doctoral degrees. The marine science center currently works with 139 students, including 22 doctoral candidates.
A recent expansion of graduate-level distance education offerings and the addition of Oregon State University as a partner are expected to make marine and fisheries science more appealing to a wider audience, Chigbu said.
"Research is an important part of the training we offer," said Chigbu, who became the Center's Director in 2006 just before it received a second, five-year grant from NOAA.
Delaware State, Hampton and Savannah State universities, the University of Miami and a predecessor to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science joined with UMES when it secured the first grant in 2001 from NOAA's Educational Partnership Program (with Minority Serving Institutions). Oregon State in Corvallis is newest institution to join the center as a partner.
Chigbu said he and other faculty researchers are excited about having a west coast institution as a partner.
"They see things in the Pacific Ocean that we are not exposed to here" on the east coast, Chigbu said. "Our students will benefit from the expertise of fisheries and resource economics faculty at Oregon State."
College-level instructional programs supported by NOAA, according to its web site, should ensure "students (are) trained in marine and fisheries sciences, and prepared for careers in research, management and public policy that support the sustainable harvest and conversation of our nation's living marine resources."
LMRCSC partner institutions specialize in conducting research in "quantitative fisheries; fish production through aquaculture biotechnology and enhanced disease diagnostics and control; and (nutritional) interactions among harvested and non-targeted species," NOAA's web site featuring the marine science center says.
The marine science center also works to identify, map and restore "degraded essential habitats of fishes as well as assessing socioeconomic impacts of fisheries management."
At the time UMES received the initial award from NOAA, the university was moving ahead with development of its Paul S. Sarbanes Coastal Ecology Center in Assateague as a laboratory and educational facility for marine research.
Graduates of the Center come from what NOAA describes "underrepresented communities" and should be competitive candidates for jobs at NOAA, as well as state and federal agencies and in the education field.
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this past episode actually made me give a shit about Bob to the point that I felt he would get taken out.
Daryl looks to have rediscovered Merle in a new set of clothes. Just when he kind of gives into the possibility of there being good people out there, he gets slapped back to reality. Does this group come across Team Rick and will Daryl's resentment towards Rick for not letting Merle into the prison rear it's ugly head.


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A couple months ago, a person emailed me asking for tips for transitioning to design from a development background. As someone who had loosely gone through the same path (from programming to design to programming then back to design), I wanted to share any advice I could possibly give. After writing the letter, I thought it may be useful to a few other people out there. So if you are a developer looking to get into design, this is written specifically for you. To preface, this article is not why developers can be good designers. This article does a great job of articulating those ideas. So instead of duplicating good work, I spent time on some ways a developer can get into design.
I tried to put together a list of tips that would have been helpful to know when I first got started. The design technologist role was still taking shape when I entered the professional sector and a lot of my own progression was from muddling around in the dark. To be honest, I don't think I would change that even if I had the opportunity to do so. So, while I believe these tips could be helpful, there is something to be said about just getting yourself lost with the faith that you will find your way out and learn something in the process. If there is one thing to take away from this email, it is to refrain from mentally separating design and development. When you are creating wireframes, you are implying code that needs to be written. When you are coding, you are actualizing user experiences. To mentally separate each process is the first step towards viewing the creation of software as an assembly-line process. We have a lot of horrendous software due to that line of thinking.
My List of Tips
Remember, these are tips based on my personal philosophy and things that have shaped my approach. A lot of the thoughts below are opinions that a lot of other designers may disagree with. That's what makes this topic so interesting.
Tip #1: Don't stop building things
It will not be long before anyone designing software will require an understanding of how to make software. I have been saying this for nearly half a decade and it is finally starting to play out. Developers interested in design do not realize their development background is their greatest asset. Designers will be desperately working to have the skills you already have.
It is important to keep your development skills honed. If your goal is to shift your emphasis towards design, your day-to-day development tasks may change but they can still be used. The most obvious area where they can be used productively is prototyping. As interaction design becomes increasingly complex, prototypes will become a greater necessity. Your coding background will allow you to make more sophisticated, accurate and (hopefully) insightful prototypes. Ultimately, the real goal is to see no difference between your development and design skills. The skills gained from each focus are connected, interdependent and equally important towards making good software.
Tip #2: Learn design in order of dependency
Trying to tackle the entire universe of design at once will set you up for failure. I highly suggest easing into the process. A great way to do this is to start at what is most vital for software (its function) to what makes it delightful to use (its form). A worthwhile read on this subject can be found here. I decided to modify the author's hierarchy a bit for our case (if you've looked at the diagram from the link provided, the list below starts at the bottom and moves up):
These steps gradate from the rational to the emotional. Learning design by progressing through these steps is optimal for two reasons. The first reason is that each tier is dependent on its predecessor—for instance, learning visual design without a strong understanding of interaction design will lead to poor output. The second reason is that this transition gradually moves you from pure logical, quantitative thinking to more qualitative, aesthetic thinking.
The first two steps (design for reliability and design for performance) will probably be areas you're familiar with. However, it is important to understand how much design can impact the reliability and performance of software. Designing for organization is all about information architecture and content hierarchy. Designing for order and structure relates to traditional interface design (which is traditionally represented with wireframes). Designing for interaction, determines the details of how a human being actually uses software (translating a static interface into a rich interactive experience). Designing for aesthetics is obviously visual/motion design. There are ample material for each of these areas which will be easy enough to find—this article is not about detailing every step, it's about explaining the progression of learning.
There is another step which does not exist on the pyramid, and it is arguably the most important. The last step is to learn to use all the skills concurrently. The end goal is to not treat these facets of design as separate steps, but as variables in a complex equation that is accounted for throughout the entire process. While the hierarchy of design needs will continue in the order illustrated, the aggregate of all skills are used to solve each need.
Tip #3: Design everything you do
During my first internship out of college, Stella Lai gave me this tip and it has been the best professional advice I ever received. Try to practice this tip as literally as possible. The obvious areas are how you dress and how your house/apartment/room is organized. I would suggest not stopping there. Your emails should be written/composed clearly and beautifully. Your conversations with individuals should be designed through how you listen, how you maintain eye contact, how you respond (both spoken and unspoken). Everything you do should have a reason, no matter how small. Design requires constant practice, this is a great way to keep growing.
Tip #4: Care about your audience
The work you care about will likely turn out better than the work you don't care about. So what happens in the case when you simply cannot get yourself to care? I advise you to put your focus on the people your work will affect as much if not more than the subject of your work itself. If you care about your audience, you'll automatically care more about the subject. The opposite is not always the case. The more we put others (the audience) in front of ourselves, the better the results tend to be.
Tip #5: Talk about design and listen even more
Reading is great, but I have learned far more through discussions with experienced, knowledgable and trustworthy people. When you find yourself in such a situation, ask questions and listen. I want to emphasize the importance of truly listening. In the short term, it is important to absorb as much good information as you can while you are in the learning process to challenge your preconceptions and push your thinking. In the long term, it is important because listening will be a vital skill in your practice. The best designers I know are amazing listeners. You will be doing it a lot (with your colleagues, your audience, your clients, etc.), so you should be good at it.
Tip #6: Learn to write, then learn to speak
Early in your practice it will be important to absorb ideas to help you form your own philosophies and approaches. However, at some point (preferably earlier than it is comfortable for you), it will be important to start formulating those points of view to an audience. Thoughts kept in your head have the luxury of being biased, irrational or simply flawed. Communicating those thoughts to an audience and opening them up to scrutiny forces us to improve our thinking. Writing well is also essential to practicing design. I've done some of my best learning through writing on my blog. I would suggest blogging as the first step towards sharing your ideas.
In the long term, I suggest trying to speak in front of an audience at least once. Some people love it, others hate it. I have spoken only a half-dozen times or so and I find the process as rewarding as I do terrifying. The skills necessary for successful speaking (e.g., compelling storytelling, brevity, connecting with the audience, etc.) will help you in your daily practice, especially client-facing interactions. Sometimes, communicating the thinking behind your work is as important as the work itself.
Tip #7: Focus on defining and solving problems
A lot of the work you see at design showcase websites are great examples of well executed decorations that lack substance. The people that can perform this type of work are countless and the skills highly commoditized. Avoid pixel-pushing at all costs – your job is to solve problems. View your work through that lens at all times. Always know what problems you are trying to solve while in the process of designing (e.g., people are having a hard time knowing where to go next in a flow, or, the current visual design does not reflect the mood of our brand). Good designers solve problems, great ones ensure they are solving the right ones. Accurately defining the problem goes a long way towards solving it.
Tip #8: Listen to your gut, but trust your brain
Trends come and go, but elegant, rational and utilitarian products never go out of style. It's not bad to follow your instincts, but always follow up to understand why you did it in the first place. "Because it felt right" is a fine way to start a conversation, but not a good way to end one.
Tip #9: Be your biggest critic
You will never be perfect, but that shouldn't stop you from trying. There are always areas to grow. Your work and your practice always can (and should) be improved. When in doubt lean towards being too hard on yourself rather than too easy.
Tip #10: learn from the time-tested—and emulate it
Few things prove a design's success better than how long it remains relevant. Look to the timeless to guide your approach. This need not be limited to software, the thinking behind designing a great chair often parallels the thinking behind designing great software. Understand how others before you have solved similar problems and try to determine why it took the shape it did. Value precedence; it carries considerable weight. Blindly echoing design trends is a great way to have a dated portfolio in a couple years.
Focusing on digital influences to follow, the operating system is one of the most time-tested and finely tuned pieces of software in existence. Explore the nuances, understand the patterns and know them like the back of your hand. When do you use a drop down as opposed to radio boxes? Why? There are smart reasons behind most of these details and they are worthwhile to know.
Tip #11: Ideate romantically, create pragmatically
Our ideas should be bigger than reality, but our execution should be married to it. This allows us to see the grand future of a product while ensuring that it can exist to have any future at all. Both are important, but they can be detrimental if out of balance or practiced at the wrong times.
The design world is in a phase of rapid change. Designers who understand and can work with code are becoming the prototype. Your transition is not going to happen overnight and a lot of your thinking will need to bend. However, I think you will be surprised by how much of your thinking will not. A lot of your shift is about understanding that you have already been creatively solving problems as a developer, and that a lot of that thinking is universal.


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I was really scouting the bridge out for angles to take after dark but I forgot my cable release at the room, so I cut my evening short. Still, this is the style of photography I'm drawn to when I'm not shooting sports or portraits. You may see some photos very similar to these tomorrow evening, unless I forget something else.
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Wolff Begins New Career Against Old Team
The Columbus Dispatch - March 07, 2014 07:33 AM
Josh Wolff is no stranger to the charmer that is RFK Stadium. After Wolff closed out his playing career by playing for D.C. United from 2011-12, the former United States national team forward joined the club's coaching staff during his final year and spent 2013 as a full-time assistant on Ben Olsen's coaching staff.
Saturday, he will return to his former home a member of the opposition as a member of the Crew's coaching staff. And although his last trip to RFK as a visitor came May 5, 2010 – when he assisted in the Kansas City Wizards' 2-1 victory – Wolff said he isn't worried about accidentally walking into the wrong locker room.
"I think I took some pictures in there every now and then," he said yesterday as the Crew practiced at Westerville Central High School. "I did play in this league for a while, so I've spent some time in these visiting locker rooms. It's still RFK. I won't throw any jokes on that, but it's still RFK. As long as nothing's falling in the way, I should be OK down there."
After new Crew coach and sporting director Gregg Berhalter asked permission to interview Wolff and subsequently hired him, Wolff said he was worried things would be awkward with Olsen. That has not proven to be the case, he said.
"I've known him for 17 years," Wolff said. "We've been friends for a long time and we still remain friends. This is part of the gig and he recognizes that. I wish them the best."
Wolff was part of a coaching staff that saw D.C. United post one of the most woeful regular seasons in MLS history, posting a 3-24-7 record. Although the team did win the U.S. Open Cup, the roster has largely been turned over with the likes of newly signed designated player Eddie Johnson and Fabian Espindola having been added to the attack.
Only a few months removed from his time there, Wolff said it's largely a different team than the one he left.
"Benny will obviously implement some new ideas for a new group, but from where I was last year it's a much different team and rightfully so," he said. "You've got to make those changes sometimes when the season isn't strong but we're preparing as best we can. I was able to go watch one of their games live and watched one through a stream as well. Getting familiar with who they are and what they are is difficult, especially with the number of new pieces, but there is some familiarity."
Wolff said he has watched two of D.C. United's preseason games this season, one in person and one via internet stream.
Although he has remained in contact with friends in D.C., Wolff has not spoken to anyone this week. Berhalter said he's not worried about Wolff spilling any company secrets, either.
"Josh is a guy that wouldn't let anything slip," he said. "I think that we have a good relationship with the guys at D.C. We respect them highly and we'll just go out and compete with them on the field."
And when he's back in his former home city, Wolff said he won't be popping out to revisit a familiar restaurant or neighborhood.
"I didn't do a whole lot down in the city anyway," he said. "This is our group and this is who I'm with and I'm excited about the opportunity and the progress we've made in the first six weeks of preseason. The season's upon us and it happens quickly. These points are so important and it's important to start the year the right way."


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The Heart of the Matter
Three Women, One State, Once Championship Team
U.S.A. 100K World Championship teammates Meghan Arbogast, Amy Sproston and Pam Smith on a training run in their backyard- Oregon's Willamette Valley. Photo by Justin Bailie.
Underneath a canopy of towering firs, dawn redwoods and giant magnolia, three women run quietly in single file. Despite the steepness and slippery mud of the trail their gaits are fluid, and their breathing even. As the rain picks up, so does their pace, and before it can begin to truly pour the women have disappeared around a bend in the trail. But for the ease of their strides and the comfort of their silence they could have been any women, the trail could have been in any place. They are not any women, however, and this is not any place.
Pam smith, Amy Sproston and Meghan Arbogast form the heart of the U.S.A 100K World Championship team, and they are running on their home turf in Oregon's Wil lamette Valley. In this strip of primarily agricultural land set between the state's rainy coastal mountain range and its noticeably taller and more rugged Cascade Range, the three are forming new standards for the sport as they consistently take top podium spots, break records, balance careers and family and destroy past expectations depicting that of which women are capable.
At the 2011 100K world Championships, Sproston, smith and Arbogast led the six- person U.S. team to a silver medal. In 2012, they led the team again, and this time, all the way to gold. Sproston posted first overall. According to their team manager, Lin Gentling, if their current race and training results are any indication, there is little that will stop them from a repeat performance in 2013. The 2013 race, which will be held in October in south Korea, is still a long way off. And right now in Oregon, Sproston, smith and Arbogast have running obligations to attend to in addition to their personal, familial and professional lives. And while the trio has vastly different lifestyles, they have this in common: the responsibilities of kids, jobs and/or homes act not as deterrents from their running but as fuel for it. Here we introduce you to how they do it.
Back on the trail the wind has picked up. As the tree limbs are pushed first one way then another, smith, Sproston and Arbogast appear and disappear as they make their way to the ridge top. In the rain, running though mud and wind, they are clearly Oregonians, yet blazing bright on the back of their red jackets are the letters, U.S.A.


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Eastern Promises: Lisa Pomerantz's Manhattan Home
Talk fashion—or his other favorite pastime, decorating—with André Leon Talley, and the conversation is packed with superlatives. "Marvelous! Extraordinary! Over-the-top!" exclaims the larger-than-life fashion personality, whether he's discussing the latest couture shows or the world's chicest homes, where he is a regular guest. Last spring Talley—a protégé of Diana Vreeland and sartorial consultant to the Obama family—left Vogue's staff after three decades (he remains a contributor) to become international editor at large of Russian style magazine Numéro Russia. His latest project, Little Black Dress (Rizzoli), is a book and traveling exhibition that he curated for the museum at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he serves on the board of trustees. "In the fashion world," Talley observes, "there is never a dull moment."
• The late São Schlumberger's houses in Paris were unforgettable. Her 18th-century townhouse had stainless steel floors in the library, tortoiseshell-inlaid walls, and a disco in the basement with a floor that lit up.
• Karl Lagerfeld could be an incredible decorator. I visited his famous Paris mansion at 51 Rue de l'Université, which he decorated with 18th-century furniture and rugs from Versailles. He now lives in a flat filled with Sue et Mare furniture and modernist sofas. Everything he touches is inspiring.
• Dining with Oscar and Annette de la Renta is as good as it gets. Every detail is perfect: flowers, food, porcelain, silver, and lighting. At their home in Connecticut, as soon as you enter, you smell the marvelous scent of apples, which they simmer in a pressure cooker with cinnamon and spices.
• You wouldn't expect it, but Whoopi Goldberg is one of the best hostesses. Her china cabinet is like nothing I've ever seen in all the world. I go to her house for Christmas or Thanksgiving. It's always a feast for the eyes.
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The economic slowdown has seriously affected Illinois' tax revenues, forcing more than $1.1 billion in state budget cuts in the past year. 20 Even those painful budget cuts have not alleviated what, in February, Attorney General Lisa Madigan called a "dire financial crisis"—the state faces a $4.8 billion budget deficit. 21 Last year's budget cuts hit public schools hard, especially in programs on which low-income, at-risk students rely. A wide range of education programs suffered cuts, including early intervention, teacher training, special education, parental involvement, school safety and other programs. The state's free and reduced-price lunch program was cut by more than $750,000. 22
In addition to budget problems exacerbated by a sluggish economy, Illinois faces other major challenges. The state received a grade of "F" in this year's "Quality Counts" report card for the funding equity of its public schools. The report card is published by Education Week. Only one other state received a grade this low, and Illinois' overall score was the worst of all 50 states. 23 A recent study conducted by The Education Trust similarly found that Illinois ranks 49th out of 50 states in providing tax dollars to public schools with a high concentration of low-income students.
Given these findings, it is hardly surprising that several organizations representing parents, educators and other citizens are urging state leaders to ease school districts' reliance on local property taxes by significantly increasing state funds to public schools. 24 Yet such an increased commitment is made more difficult by a tuition tax credit law that has siphoned nearly $130 million in state tax revenues over a two-year period.
At the current pace, the tuition tax credit law will have cost Illinois over $200 million in tax dollars after its third year. Such an evaporation of revenues would contribute to public schools' already troubled financial status. Illinois officials, for example, estimated that up to 85 percent of the state's public school districts may be operating with budget deficits this school year. 25 An official with the Illinois Association of School Boards warned, "If we have another budget year like this year, a lot of districts will be looking at consolidation, or going bankrupt." 26


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my Taylor has deluxe acoustic equalizer with hex pickups. Unfortunately the deluxe equilizer dead some month ago and now I bypassed the system. The hex pickups are connected directly to the guitar output. The signal then goes to an Headway EDB-1 preamp.
If I install the Dual Source or iMix the hole of the deluxe equializer remains. I saw also some pictures of an iMix onboard System (ibeam + element) mounted also on Larivee guitars, which can be useful to cover the hole i have on the side of the guitar. Do you thinks it is possible to mount IMix on board instead of Dual source/IMix? All the preamps seems to be tuned for element pickup.
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Rancher vs BLM: a 20-year standoff ends with tense roundup
Rancher Cliven Bundy claims he fired the Bureau of Land Management about 20 years ago.
"When I decided that I was paying grazing fees for somebody to manage me out of business, I said, 'Hell no,' " Bundy says in a video of a presentation he gave in February. "And what did I tell them? I no longer need your service as a manager over my ranch, and I'm not going to pay you for that no more."
"As far as I'm concerned," he adds, "the BLM don't exist." The federal government might as well not, either.
Despite a running tab of court injunctions, complaints and conservation conflicts involving the BLM, the National Park Service, Clark County and environmental groups, and nearly $1 million in fines, Bundy has continued to run cattle on the federally-owned Bunkerville Allotment in the southern tip of Nevada, about 100 miles from Las Vegas. Over the years, the Department of Justice has more than once canceled BLM plans to round up the trespass cattle after blatant threats of violence from Bundy and his supporters, says Alan O'Neill, retired superintendent of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area adjacent to the allotment. The sieges at Ruby Ridge and Waco that fueled the '90s anti-government militia movement were fresh, he explains. "We were trying everything we could to resolve the issue peacefully. But he got more and more recalcitrant."
This week, though, the BLM finally began rounding up Bundy's estimated 900 cattle from a 1,200 square-mile area, putting an end to the illegal grazing once and for all. The agency isn't saying exactly why now is the time to act; O'Neill suspects that the threat of lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity against the local and federal government for not implementing existing court orders may have forced the agency's hand.
The situation quickly escalated. One of Bundy's sons was arrested Sunday for refusing to stay off the lands BLM has closed during the cattle roundup. Videos from Wednesday show Bundy family members and supporters, including out-of-state militia members, angrily cursing and gesturing at BLM agents attempting to contain them within a "First Amendment Area" set up for protesting. More out-of-state militia members claim to be on the way, saying "they're going in with force." While Gov. Brian Sandoval disapproves of BLM's handling of the situation, others applauded the agency for showing restraint in the face of threats. It was Bundy's own promise to "be more physical" with the BLM during the impoundment operation, after all, that led the agency to set up strict public protest areas and press policies in the first place. "This is incendiary stuff," former Nevada Gov. Richard Bryan said on a Nevada news show Thursday, expressing fear of more violence on the way. "Some of these folks are frankly half a bubble off...People really believe that the federal government has no jurisdiction over anything."
This individual stole from all of us.
The restrictions in full:
A map of the no-fly zone is available here.
Undoubtedly these flight restrictions are in response to the intense media presence now surrounding Bundy Ranch.
"Keeps the media choppers away so the BLM can do what it wants," a contributor named SkyDancer pointed out on the Free Republic.
It's quite obvious that this is the case considering that news helicopters routinely fly at an altitude under 3,000 feet in order to capture the best footage.
Recently, cowboys who are supportive of Cliven Bundy have been successful at rounding up Bundy's cattle before the BLM could impound them, so it certainly appears that the agency is using the flight restrictions as a cover to target these cowboys without any fear of potential brutality being leaked to the media.
BLM agents have already assaulted several protestors, including a pregnant woman and a cancer victim, which was fortunately caught on tape.
The feds are attempting to regain control of the narrative surrounding the standoff, especially since it is now known that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is behind the land grab for the future development of solar farms with Chinese energy companies.
It is also concerning that by interpreting the no-fly zone to the letter, the BLM could even delay medical helicopters from flying into the area to evacuate individuals who are severely injured.
Although air ambulances are typically exempt from temporary flight restrictions, pilots are still supposed to gain clearance before taking off, which in the past has kept medical pilots grounded until permission was granted.
This scenario is especially frightening considering Clark Co. Commissioner Tom Collins' recent statement that those traveling to Bunkerville to support Bundy in his standoff against the feds "better have funeral plans."
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Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins has caused outrage by remarking that Utahns planning to travel to Nevada to support Cliven Bundy in his standoff against the feds "better have funeral plans".
Image: Tom Collins (YouTube).
The comments were revealed by Darin Bushman, a Piute County, Utah, commissioner after he spoke with Collins about Utah ranchers and his colleagues on the County Commission complaining about tactics used by Bureau of Land Management agents during their seizure of Bundy's cattle in southern Nevada.
"I was just told by commissioner Collins of Clark County NV that all of us folks from Utah are a bunch of "inbred bastards" and if we are coming to Clark Cointy NV to support Cliven Bundy we all "better have funeral plans". We should "turn our asses around on mind our own f-ing business". Now there's some classy leadership for you," wrote Bushman on his official Facebook page.
After the story was picked up by the Las Vegas Review Journal, Bushman responded to the controversy by posting on Facebook, "I guess I've made an enemy in Las Vegas." The commissioner also lambasted Clark County Sheriff Douglas Gillespie as being, "too spineless to exercise his Jurisdiction". Earlier this week, Cliven Bundy called on Sheriff Gillespie to start arresting BLM feds on charges of trespassing and theft.
Collins' remarks were made in the context of him fearing that protests against the BLM could turn violent, which is ironic given that the only person invoking direct violence is Collins himself.
"I'm trying to do everything I can to discourage anybody who tells me they're coming here with loaded guns," Collins said. "I'm going to tell them not to come," adding, "The Bundys want peace, they don't want any violence going on so all these gun-packing folks just need to go home."
Clark County commissioners will hold a meeting next week to discuss issues of decorum in response to Collins' comments. It is unclear whether or not any action will be taken against him.
Bushman questioned Collins' sanity in light of his offensive comments.
"This guy was just off-the-hook weird," he said. "I've never ran into a fellow commissioner who treated me like that."
Of the threats facing the particular lands in dispute in the Bundy Ranch case, the Bundy Ranch is the least of the threats facing this land and its resources, and indeed may not be one at all. The ranch has been well-managed and sustainable for over 100 years.
This land is far from fully protected -- am i right about that?
(Bundy Ranch media coverage could benefit from a summary of what risks lay ahead for these tracts of land and the resources contained in them. without that it is a research project digging it up)
Drom what I can gather the mineral and water rights and he has managed may be ruthlessly exploited. And there is evidence that he has managed the landscape for more efficiently and cost effectively than the BLM, which has spent millions to do tasks that his ranch has performed as normal operating tasks (e.g response to a fire was mentioned? though I admit I don't have all the facts on that, it is usually the case that when government does anything, it is more expensive)
It bears keeping in mind that ranchers and preservationists have far more in common with each other than politicians willing to sell out to energy and other interests. Rights that are dispersed and shared are harder to exploit and use as bargaining chips in Washington by politicians with less commitment to principles than either preservationists or ranchers.
The water he has managed up to now may well find itself coming out of a sprinkler on a Las Vegas golf course 20 years from now. That risk exists, and you will be begging Sen. Reid to stand up to some campaign donor to prevent it rather than counting on Mr. Bundy not to sell out his water.
You don't have to embrace the aims of the Safebrush Rebellion to agree with that. Liberals and preservationists can agree with that.
So I would not support any effort whatsoever to collect the fines this family potentially faces. They already have put seriously precious assets on the line to stand up for what they believe in, whether you agree with it or not, and they are as we speak, losing not just public grazing, but their ranch, their income, a way of life that obviously means everything to them and to so many others.
Go gentle on this family. They have lost this battle and he is no enemy, really, push come to shove.
Also, they are not "radicals."
It takes a lot of study to get up on this issue. Even though I am a left wing East Coast liberal, I take seriously this family's request that Americans listen to them meaningfully and respond. I believe it is our duty to do so.
I looked into the euthanizing of the turtles at the center and don't find it interesting or persuasive in this debate at all.
But what is persuasive is this: there is no evidence that grazing has an negative impact on the desert tortoise. There is massive amounts of evidence that these present a guaranteed death knell for the desert tortoise: roads, oil wells, fracking, any real estate development and tourists unschooled in the hyper-sensitivity the tortoises have to handling by people. They could die if picked up, for example.
I am going to go a step further and stick my neck out on this and ask this: Was it strategically and tactically and perhaps even morally prudent for the Center for Biological Diversity to start clamoring to enforce the injunctions against the Bundy Ranch at this time, or any time? Don't they have far larger more pressing threats to address at this time involving this particular land and didn't they just weaken rather than strengthen their position for this, frankly, nominal victory?
I don't know the history of your particular place in Colo. but trespassing on private property is a serious nuisance and can drive someone to anger and distraction. I can sympathize with that.
Big picture items - some of which are tangential, as I said -- include concerns that we tend to exclude from the "polis," by labeling as nut cases, people whose views are quite outside ours but still contain elements that do have a place in the polis.
Putting aside all the propaganda and extreme speech coming from Bundy Ranch supporters, there are issues here that not only have a place within the realm of the "polis" but are rather important ones.
There is a price we pay when we deny them.
One big picture issue that is of grave concern to me is the relationship to the land for those whose families have lived off the land. This is no small thing, as the destruction of the family farm, for example, was *the* reason the militia movement took off in this country, period, hands-down, zero debate.
Why? Because farming and ranching isn't just a job. It is not like other jobs.
The Bundy family isn't lawless in the way people are so eager to portray them as lawless (as lawless for no reason). The Bundy family has stated they are engaged in civil disobedience, they have used those two words.
When people hammer on this phrase "our public land" as if it doesn't include them, that is rhetorical political attacking of the kind that is polarizing. Not everyone agrees that polarizing these debates when not seriously necessary is a good thing to do or without consequences. Since this country top to bottom is more polarized than any time since perhaps the gilded era I think it is safe to say that it is destructive.
"Our public lands" means the Bundy's too and their ideas about public lands were not always illigitimate under the law or in the hearts and minds of Americans. They are holding out for a time that has passed in a way that is not favoring them.
I think it is cruel, indeed vicious, to present a bill for fines to a family that has invested a hundred years in land that they were perceived to have improved for the public benefit at one time. Let it go. It's a slap in the face and a gratuitous one at that. Law-Shlaw. it wouldn't be the first time a legal matter was settled iwth the interests of justice and political expedency in mind.
I would still like to hear from the Center for Biological Diversity as to whether this land is locked up safely on every front, that the water bodies in southern Nevada and the city of Las Vegas are in the bag and are backing up the Center's ideas and that legal protections for that are ironclad and that minerals and other threats are similiarly neutralized and if not whether they gauged the timing of this move on the Bundy Ranch with future, possibly more daunting ones.
Of course they are Jm, and just like I told you, they are longing for the 19th century to return with the archaic laws of the Robber Barons. The problem that still exists in states like CO and NM, and probably in other western states I'm not familiar with, is that PRIVATE PROPERTY doesn't matter when it comes to ranchers and cattle, since they are effectively, "fence out states," meaning that their cattle can roam anywhere!
That's a throwback to the 19th century, and definitely needs to be changed for the 21st century, since ranchers can effectively have their cattle graze your PRIVATE PROPERTY, by just dropping them off in the spring and picking them up in the autumn. Not good!
We have quite a bit of national forest land as well as BLM land in my county, and I'm sick and tired of these archaic laws that benefit only ranchers and not private land owners, since we have no rights apparently. This must change soon, as our population continues to grow, esp. as family farms and ranches are a dying breed, and this "civil disobedience" mentality is just an ignorant and arrogant right-wing fringe minority!
Times change, and we need new laws that don't just benefit families that have been grazing on private and public lands at zero costs, no matter how long it has occurred!
It's time to revoke this privilege from arrogant ranchers that have the Robber Baron mentality of the 19th century, since they seem to 'think' this is their property right!
It's not, and their cattle grazing at next to nothing, are eating my deer and elk grass and drinking their limited water these days! Time to end this nonsense!
I don't think Bob Mrowka understands that not everyone supporting the Gold Butte wilderness wants blood on their hands.
His press release of April 12 was full of vitriol. It was narrow and myopic, it was bunkered down. I appreciate his passion but he can't lead this.
I hope most people supporting wilderness designation do not support killing people on a ranch that could probably qualify for inclusion in the National Historic Register, in a land loaded environmental challenges that include proposed nuclear dump, humongous military test sites and all sorts of mining and drilling claims.
This situation is literally crying out for a political solution, not a law enforcement solution, and I am writing Sen. Reid to tell him that's what I would support. I urge everyone who cares about wilderness to do the same.
I can't help but think Ed Abbey is spinning at high speed right about now.
However I am completely knowledgable about the Bundy Trespass. I've been on the ground there numerous times and worked on this case over several years. Bundy is a jerk and a very bad actor in the ranching community. He is a bad steward of the land and a worst provider for his cattle. He has no right, privilege or permit to graze these Public Lands. The optimum permit his family ever had was a seasonal permit based on spring forage for on average 50 head for a few months. Now he has an estimated 900 animals spread across both BLM and Park Service lands. I'd estimate up to 65% of the adult animals are not branded many of these are feral. As you know or now know he has no right, privilege or permit for any thing like year around 900 animals with BLM and Park Service doesn't permit grazing on its lands. This isn't about State's right, or let's get rid of the ranchers it's about Bundy being above the law and using smoke and mirrors and the I'm a poor old rancher and the big evil government is out to get me so Bundy can do whatever he wants. Supporting this guy is a kin to supporting a guy with a backhoe digging on an archeological site for arrowheads.
Not many standing up for the practice, today.
Believe the myth of Bundy if you want but the above is a lot closer to the truth than the tall tales and down right lies printed in his support.
Bundy is a bad example of the ranching community.(period)
He is not representative of the thousand of Public Land grazing permittees who are good stewards of the land and provider for their livestock
Call up the National Guard, arrest these buffoons and and send him to Leavenworth.
I want my share of the public's land to grow desert tortoises and not surplus livestock. Can I get a right-wing militia to support me on this? Where's my share of gov't-land-management-agency subsidy to finance my preferred lifestyle?
Cy Dygitt is right. Private property rights don't seem to apply to anyone but farmers and ranchers. Not only do non-agricultural property owners pay much higher property taxes, but they also have to put up with the depredations and abuse of ranchers and farmers – fence & tree cuttings, clandestine poisonings, open-range grazing, bulldozing, hunting, joyriding, trash dumping/burning, etc. The assumption of entitlement by this landed aristocracy creates dangerous, delusional, and expensive behavior as demonstrated by Bundy.
Bundy's militia supports an unworthy and unjust cause.
The U.S. Forest Service range management program runs a deficit of around $300 million annually. Include the other agencies and public land grazing could be costing the public over half a billion dollars in direct cost, fees collected minus program administration, the latter including investments in improvements such as water systems and fencing. Wayne Hage, Clive Bundy, just people who want to ignore the law and the damage their cattle do. So what if his family has grazed the area for 140 years? That means there has been 140 years of damage being done to the land. Just because someone has been doing something for a long period of time does not mitigate or eliminate the harm. If I was cited for littering by a law enforcement officer and said "well I've been doing this all my life, over 60 years now," does that somehow let me off the hook or make the littering correct? Of course not!
The U.S. Congress needs to add areas where 3rd parties can buy out a grazing permit and end all future grazing on the allotment. This is working well in the areas where such an authorization already exists. Conservation group members are willing to put their money where their mouths are. It is a win-win as the ranchers then have money to retire debts, invest in other endeavors, etc. The land also wins.
Bundy's disregard of of the law and in violating the terms of his grazing permit (and lack thereof) should result in a total cancellation of his authorization to graze on public land, these or any other public land. Round up his cattle, sell them, subtract the cost of the roundup from the proceeds and return the remainder to him.
As for the fracking logic - why should they enforce terms on Bundy when fracking is allowed under other federal lands. This is what I call the logic of a 1st grader when confronted by a teacher for passing notes during a test. "Well Johnny was doing it yesterday!" The fact that someone else has done something wrong doesn't mean it makes your act correct.
Thank you Senator Reid for standing up for the law and the management of our public lands. Shame on you Governor Sandavol for taking the side that appears to be popular right now. I did not vote for you and I never will.


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Generator and fluorescent lightingFriday, April 24th, 2009
Hello, Jeff,
I live in a condominium building consisting of six floors with about 8 units per floor. Since the construction of this building about 40 years ago, we have operated incandescent bulb lighting with about 800 watts per floor, as well as the outdoor lighting and an elevator.
We are now discussing the possibility of converting the incandescent bulbs to fluorescent bulbs which would reduce our energy consumption by about 2/3, thus reducing our energy bill accordingly. It is the opinion of some that our emergency generator (same age as the building) could not or would not operate properly with the conversion to fluorescent lighting. Can you advise if this assumption is correct?
I thank you for any assistance you can provide.
I think this concern goes back to the old style 4-foot 2-tube T-12 style fluorescent lamps that had magnetic ballasts, which were those long black objects inside the fixtures that would get very hot. This type fluorescent ballast "flickered" the lamp on and off 60 times per second, which produced a strobe effect and was hard on your eyes. Also, the ballasts were a form of transformer which altered the "power factor" which is a angle relationship between the voltage and current peaks. If the power factor drops due to lots of transformers on the circuit, this causes the circuit to use more current and can really screw up a lower cost generator.
Compact fluorescent lamps do not have a transformer type ballast so they produce a much smaller power factor drop. Also, the electronic ballasts in these newer fluorescent lamps are "flickering" on and off at many thousands of times per second so there is no "60 cycle" strobe effect that hurts your eyes. Combined, these two features are much easier for a generator to handle and I have installed generators as backup power for on and off grid homes that only used compact fluorescent lamps with no generator problems.
I will suggest that if you re-lamp all at the same time, be sure to document the date as we are finding that many of the most recent compact fluorescent lamps now being made in China are not lasting anywhere near the advertised life, so I would buy them all at the same time from a lighting distributor and let them know you will be monitoring performance.
Good luck,
Jeff Yago


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The Air is Rare....at 7250 feet that is what was written on the wall at our swim meet at the Air Force Academy this weekend. Unfortunately, I have no best times to report. Well, I guess that's not entirely true. I did drop some time in my 200IM but that is to be expected because it's an event I rarely do. I think I was just tired and a bit sore from earlier in the week and the altitude definitely did not help. I was so short on air that it felt like my whole body was shutting down on many of my races. I did get to try a new suit called the blue seventy. It is made by a company that makes wetsuits and I believe it is trying to compete with the LZR. Many of you have probably heard of the LZR as it's been a familiar name in any news that deals with swimming. It's a suit that all the big names in swimming wore at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials and since it came out, many world records have been broken. We are fortunate enough to be getting them to wear in Beijing and I couldn't be more excited to wear one there for the first time.
Practice this afternoon was especially good for me. I felt really good and my times were better than they had been in weeks. I am trying to figure out what makes some practices better than others for me. I have thought of diet, sleep schedules, what I did in the middle of the day, etc...and there is never a trend to it. If there was I would do the exact same thing every day and eat the same meal if I knew I could have as good a practice as I did tonight. It restored my confidence that I do have the ability to still drop a lot of time. After some practices these past few weeks and the meet last weekend I was feeling a bit discouraged so I needed tonight.
This past Wed. I helped teach a swim clinic for some visually impaired kids and for some blind disabled vets from Iraq. It was the first time I have ever tried to teach any sort of swimming and I really enjoyed it. I admit I didn't know what I was doing exactly but they all seemed real receptive to it. Working with the wounded vets was a great experience. There is an obvious connection with them right off the bat and I enjoyed myself. It made me miss the Army a little bit and I was excited at the thought of returning to that lifestyle in a few years. I don't think I have mentioned that after my husband is finished with medical school in 2011 he will begin his time as an Army doctor. I couldn't be more proud and as I had past hesitations, I couldn't be happier about living the Army life again for a few years.
Speaking if the Army, Dick's brother comes back from a year long tour in Iraq tomorrow. Dick made the long 26 hour drive from CO to NC to bring a car out to his brother so he could have it when he got back. I ended up driving part of the way with Dick,. We left after practice on Sat and drove to Kansas City and then onto St. Louis on Sun AM. Dick dropped me off at the airport and I flew back to Denver yesterday. It was quite the quick trip but I was glad to get to spend more time with Dick. He flies back to CO this Wed and then on Friday we will both be flying back to Chicago for the weekend. We will get 4 whole days together which is a big deal since we usually only get to spend 2 days together at a time. As much as I am looking forward to Beijing I am also looking forward to after the games when Dick and I will get to see each other every day again. The hardest part about being here at the OTC is being away from him. So it will be nice when we are both back in Chicago.
If anyone is interested, I am supposed to be on the CNN Lou Dobbs show this Fri. It has, however, been postponed 4 times now due to breaking news, so there are no guarantees. If you do decided to watch, I am told I will be on near the end of the show.
Six weeks from now we will be in Beijing and I would have already competed in two of my races. How fast time flies. I will be ready and I can't wait to see what comes of it all.
Melissa Stockwell is a freelance contributor for teamusa.org. This blog was not subject to the approval of the United States Olympic Committee or any National Governing Bodies.


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The call for abstracts for SETAC Europe 2012 is now open. Abstracts are due by November 30th.
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The story of Keynes's rise as the scholar shaping economic policy from "within" is more, however, than just the tale of one man's meteoric career. It also heralded the surge of an army of activist-intellectuals into the ranks of governments before, during, and after World War II. The revolution in economics pioneered by Keynes effectively accompanied and rationalized an upheaval in the composition and activities of governments.
From this standpoint, it's not hard to understand why New Dealers such as John Kenneth Galbraith were so giddy when they first read Keynes's General Theory. Confident that Keynes and his followers had given them the conceptual tools to "run" the economy, scholars like Galbraith increasingly spent their careers shifting between tenured university posts, government advisory boards, international financial institutions, and political appointments — without, of course, spending any time whatsoever in the private sector.
In short, Keynes helped make possible the Jeffrey Sachs, Robert Reichs, Joseph Stiglitz's, and Timothy Geithners of this world. Moreover, features of post-Keynesian economics — especially a penchant for econometrics and building abstract models that borders on physics-envy — fueled hopes that an expert-guided state could direct economic life without necessarily embracing socialism. A type of nexus consequently developed between postwar economists seeking influence (and jobs), and governments wanting studies that conferred scientific authority upon interventionist policies.
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Big Data Widens Analytic Talent Gap
Five years ago, the problem revealed in our annual InformationWeek Salary Survey was a shortage of business intelligence, data integration and data warehousing expertise. Demand has since shifted to analytics professionals and, on the cutting edge, "data scientists" who can master so-called big data using emerging platforms such as Hadoop and NoSQL databases.
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The Amy Gillett Foundation's primary objective is to reduce the incidence of injury and death caused by the interaction between cyclists and motorists. In doing so, we hope to promote a safe and harmonious relationship of shared respect between the two groups. We seek to highlight the importance of being responsible every time we head out on the road whether we're on two wheels or in four. It's not rocket science, it something we can all do starting today – because everyone deserves to arrive home safely irrespective of their chosen mode of transport.
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Traveling with your dog can add enjoyment to a family vacation, but it is not always a plausible option. If you are leaving your dog at home while you travel, it is important that you arrange for proper care. While there are numerous kennels and "doggie daycares" available to board pets, it can be difficult to choose. According to HamletHub.com, one of the best ways to choose a facility is to visit well before you plan to board your canine there.
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I have been looking around, but I can't find 6 in 1 tomatoes here in Toronto. Are they available in Alberta? I have been looking actively for alternative strained tomatoes, but none of the ones mentioned on US sites are readily available here, including at specialty Italian grocery stores.
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To write Our School: Searching for Community in the Era of Choice, Sam Chaltain spent a year following two Washington D.C. schools, Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School and Bancroft Elementary School.
In both the charter and the district school, "he found caring teachers and administrators in vibrant schools who struggle to meet new standards with little guidance and at times little support," reports the Washington Post.
Not everything can be measured, writes Chaltain. However, it's "just as it is true that there are ways to measure aspects of teaching and learning that go a lot deeper than basic-skills test scores."
My book about Downtown College Prep, a San Jose charter high school, also is titled Our School. Last week, I went to DCP's 10th commencement ceremony, which honored both the class of 2014 and the pioneer class of 2004.
DCP, which has added two middle schools and a second high school campus, now has an alumni association and an alumni seat on the board. Graduates are raising scholarship money. When students visit California universities, they can talk to DCP graduates who are students there. Some DCP graduates have returned as teachers.
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History and Political Science Programs
History Major
The history (HIST) major is a 36 credit-hour program that provides a general grounding in the historical discipline for students seeking a liberal education. The major provides excellent preparation for students planning careers in law, government service and journalism. History students also find career opportunities in museums, libraries, archives, tourism and travel, historical preservation, business research and marketing.
History Education Major
The history education (HIST ED) major is a 48 credit-hour program designed for students who wish to become history and social science teachers in Illinois public high schools. As well as providing a strong foundation of historical knowledge, this major focuses on concepts from related social science disciplines required for certification under the Illinois Content Area Standards for Educators. Prospective high school history teachers may also wish to consider the social sciences education (SOCSC) major.
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- Handbook (PDF) - Updated Spring 2017
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Political Science Major
The study of political science is vital to a liberal arts education. Through a critical encounter with political structures and processes, we learn to think critically, to develop and evaluate arguments and to remain open to new ideas. Through reflection on significant events, ideas, movements and passions that have shaped the political world, we come to understand better our own values, to refine our beliefs. The political science program offers students a well-rounded undergraduate education within the discipline. Courses are offered in all the major sub fields of the discipline: U.S. government, international relations, comparative politics and political philosophy. Students are also encouraged to consider internship opportunities sponsored by the department.
International Studies Major
This major is intended to foster a specifically international orientation. It is primarily designed to acquaint students with the history, culture, institutions and political process in countries and regions outside of the United States. The program is organized to provide a foundation for understanding global issues within an international context and to enable students to concentrate in a region of particular interest. The major includes three components: an international studies core of general requirements, an international studies context drawn from the humanities and social sciences, and a regional area focus. In addition, the major requires students to demonstrate competence in a foreign language. The major is particularly useful for students who plan to live abroad or who seek careers in business, government, teaching and journalism. Majors are encouraged to consider study abroad programs; department faculty will assist students in planning such experiences. Program Requirements Course Descriptions.
Social Science Education Major
Students in the social sciences education major who choose not to complete the requirements of the secondary education program may continue in the major and graduate without penalty. Such students will receive the B.A. in social sciences rather than social sciences education and will not be eligible for Illinois secondary certification.
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History Minor
Students must complete 18 credit-hours in history including HIST 101 and 102 (World History) and four additional history courses. Students should consult with a department faculty member when considering a minor.
Political Science Minor
Students must complete 18 credit-hours in political science including: POLSC 101, POLSC 102, one course in political theory and three additional political science courses Students should consult with a department faculty member when considering a minor.
International Studies Minor
Students must complete 18 credit-hours including:
- ANTH 101: Cultural Anthropology
- POLSC 102: World Politics
- SOCSCI 101: World Geography
- One course from the major requirements section of the International Studies Major
- Two courses from one of the area concentrations listed under the International Studies Major
Students should consult with a department faculty member when considering a minor.
Public Administration Minor
Students must complete 18 credit-hours as follows:
- Required Courses: (12 credit-hours)
- POLSC 101: United States Government
- POLSC 208: Public Administration
- POLSC 301: Public Policy Analysis
- BUS 200: Principles of Economics-Macro
Two courses from the following
- COMM 209: Small Group Communication
- COMM 235: Organizational Communication I
- COMM 244: Introduction to Public Relations
- COMM 335: Organizational Communication II (pre-requisite is COMM 235)
- COMM 337: Leadership Communication
- Additional courses may meet requirements of the minor when approved by the Department
Students should consult with a department faculty member when considering a minor.