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Nearly 200 Nisswa Lions and guests packed the Nisswa Community Center on Monday, May 13, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Nisswa Lions.
Nisswa Lions president Lyle Steffenson was the master of ceremonies with a welcome and introduction of dignitaries along with a few jokes and interesting facts. International Lions Director Brian Sheehan from Bird Island was keynote speaker.
Jim Dullum and Duane Blanck gave the invocation as well as recognized the charter members for the club. Nisswa Lions charter members recognized who are still active in the club include: Blanck, Dullum, Ted Dullum, Robert Hurst, Roger Reynolds and Thomas Thurlow.
Ted Dullum recognized all past presidents in attendance along with the Melvin Jones and Helen Keller honorees. A small video clip about Keller was viewed so everyone understands the impact of Keller, as Lions Club focal programs include sight, hearing and speech conservation. Jim Dullum, Reynolds and Hurst gave an enlightening history overview of the Nisswa Lions Club starting in 1972 to present.
As noted in the overview, the Nisswa Lions donate to many charitable causes, including Nisswa Elementary School, scholarships for Nisswa students attending Pequot Lakes and Brainerd high schools, Nisswa police and fire departments, Nisswa Parks and Recreation, The "Be Nice to the Ice" Project, Minnesota Eye Bank, Minnesota Diabetes Foundation, Minnesota Lions Hearing Foundation, Campaign Sight First (to eradicate blindness), Leader Dogs for the Blind, Project New Hope (a place to help veterans and their families to get re-integrated into society) and many more.
With a club motto of "We Serve," The Lions Club International is the world's largest service club organization with 45,500 clubs in 205 countries with nearly 1.4 million members. Lions Club International was founded in 1917 by Melvin Jones and is headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill.
The Nisswa Lions Club was started in 1973 and has more than 100 active club members. Much of the focus of the Nisswa Lions Club is to raise money for worthy causes and support the community.

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These are the films we think you should be seeing this summer and what you need to know when going into them.
There are a ton of highly anticipated movies coming out this year. Here are a few of the films that we think you should not miss, and what you need to know before you hit the theatres!
Film studios who execute well-orchestrated viral marketing campaigns online are awesome. It gives diehard fans something to obsess over and scrutinize during those agonizing months before the film's release and those that are bored and quasi-interested have something to keep them entertained and hyped up for the film. Prometheus may not be using viral marketing to the same extreme as the 2008 film Cloverfield, whose viral tie-ins with the film were the stuff of legends, but Fox films have released a really great fictional TED conference clip as well as a website for Weyland Industries, the same company responsible for both expeditions, Prometheus and Nostromo, the commercial towing spaceship from Alien. This must be one of the "strands of Alien's DNA, so to speak" that Ridley Scott was talking about.
The Dark Knight Rises
It's sad that the Batman story is coming to an end, but hey, maybe we'll get a nonsensical reboot like Spiderman! If you're late to the Batman game, you should really do things right by picking up some of the comic books that coincide with the final chapter of the Dark Knight's story. There are three series from which The Dark Knight Rises drew inspiration. The first is The Dark Knight Returns, written in 1986, in which a 55-year-old retired Bruce Wayne returns to fight crime as the anti-hero Batman after a ten-year hiatus. The second is the comic book series Knightfall, first published in 1993, which tells the six-month story of Batman and the "super steroid" bad guy Bane, the inaudible face mask guy from the trailers. The third is No Man's Land, published in 1999, in which Gotham City suffers a major earthquake and is overrun by villains.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
We can all collectively agree that we're ready for a film that villainizes and slaughters vampires. In 2009, writer Seth Grahame-Smith penned a rather interesting novel called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies which combined Jane Austen's classic Pride and Prejudice (1813) and modern zombie fiction. Eventually landing a spot on the New York Times Bestseller list, it was announced that an undisclosed major film company had bought the rights to the book to produce it as a feature film. While everyone waited, Grahame-Smith started adapting other major stories into horror fiction. In 2010, he wrote Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, which caught the attention of pretty much everyone who wasn't drooling over the sparkly vampires from Twilight. Directors Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov and Kunal Hashmi all got together to purchase the rights to the film and decided to develop the entire thing themselves. Surprisingly, they even hired Grahame-Smith to write the script.
Moonrise Kingdom
Expect yet another flawlessly executed masterpiece this summer from the most neurotic man in showbiz, Wes Anderson. If you're not familiar with his work, we strongly suggest going to iTunes and checking out The Royal Tenenbaums to fully grasp the meticulous work that's at play in Anderson's films. Whether it's the costumes, dialogue or set design, this guy has fully developed a world of his own. To get the feel for how the separate parts of the film were developed in his latest movie, Moonrise Kingdom, Focus Features has set up a very in depth website where they speak with costume designer Kasia Walicka Maimone about where she drew inspiration for dressing everyone from Bill Murray to Tilda Swinton in the film. Another important piece to note on the site is how Anderson, Maimone and art director Gerald Sullivan all worked together to grasp the essence and inescapable Anderson quirk of the sixties summer in which Moonrise Kingdom is set. And how can you not love your very own set tour by Bill Murray? It's like hanging out with your cool grandpa who's half in the bag, telling you stories from yesteryears.
Safety Not Guaranteed
Not all movies have to be based on books, you know. With the average American citizen spending 32 hours per month on the internet in 2010, it's about time a film was based off a popular internet meme. The comedy Safety Not Guaranteed, starring Aubrey Plaza and Jake M. Johnson, is based on a meme that goes by the same name. Originally appearing in The Copenhagen Post, the (real) ad eventually made its way onto the internet to be passed around from friend to friend. The first "Safety Not Guaranteed YTMND", a popular site that hosts a lot of user-generated pages, was created on October 27th 2005 and since then has been the topic of YouTube videos, Wikipedia vandals, and was even read by the late movie trailer voice artist Don LaFontaine.


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Covering war for the first time--in Syria
The small room in the back of the Monsours' house was set up for two people: two desks, two nightstands, and two beds. The beds had matching sheets and pillowcases adorned with Superman cartoon characters.
The small room in the back of the Monsours' house was set up for two people: two desks, two nightstands, and two beds. The beds had matching sheets and pillowcases adorned with Superman cartoon characters.
Attacks on the Press | Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand
Reports | Bahrain, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand
Syrian violence contributed to a sharp rise in the number of journalists killed for their work in 2012, as did a series of murders in Somalia. The dead include a record proportion of journalists who worked online. A CPJ special report
Stop the bleeding. It's a critical and fundamental step in aiding a journalist or anyone wounded in conflict. Hemorrhage is the number one preventable death on the battlefield. And yet large numbers of journalists covering wars and political unrest all across the world are untrained in this life-saving skill. It doesn't need to be that way.
Blog | Egypt, Libya, Security, Syria, UK, USA
Not since the worst period of the Iraq war, or in the Balkans the decade before, have so many storied journalists been killed or seriously injured in such a short period of time. Inevitably, the spate of deaths leaves many journalists asking questions about whether and how much they are willing to risk their own lives, and possibly the lives of others. Many experienced journalists might agree on one thing: the decisions one makes about risk are among the most intimate decisions they will ever make.
Last night at London's Frontline Club, CPJ launched its global survey of press freedom conditions, Attacks on the Press. The topic of discussion was the safety of journalists covering conflict and the panel consisted of journalist and documentarian Jenny Kleeman, ITN safety guru Colin Pereira, and journalist and filmmaker Maziar Bahari, who was imprisoned in Iran following the disputed 2009 presidential elections.
Statements | Syria, USA
New York, February 16, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply saddened by the death of New York Times foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid, a towering figure in international crisis reporting. Shadid perished following an apparent asthma attack while on assignment in Syria.
On March 15, four New York Times journalists were detained in Libya while crossing a checkpoint after they entered the country without visas. They were released six days later. The four--photojournalists Lynsey Addario and Tyler Hicks, and reporters Anthony Shadid and Stephen Farrell--came to Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism on Thursday for what will be their only public event. The panel was moderated by Columbia Professor Ann Cooper, who was formerly CPJ's executive director.
Alerts | Bahrain, Libya, Morocco, Yemen
New York, March 17, 2011--Bahraini authorities expelled a CNN reporter and briefly detained another international reporter on Wednesday amid an intensified crackdown on political unrest. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Bahraini government's ongoing obstruction of news media and calls for authorities to allow journalists to cover this story of international import. Elsewhere in the region, anti-press attacks and harassment continued to be reported in Morocco, Yemen, and Libya.
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I am a new bee keeper, received my first order of bees in May of this year. I have a couple of questions.
I have 2 10 frame body hives and a super. The bees appear to be have filled almost all 10 frames in both hive bodies.
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The bees do not appear to be making honey for winter in the super, maybe it is to early to expect honey in the super
Also I checked the frames and some of the frames have comb built on top of the plastic comb frames. Is this normal.


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I think that beyonce has all the rights to feel how she feels. Shes a wife,a mother and an international superstar! And she values her privacy alot. Kim k is not exactly a wise person when it comes to keeping her privacy so let's just say that her reputation also Is as bad and B doesn't have a bad reputation.
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I am a fan of B and J.Z. and I don't see why there should be a public outcry about whom she chooses to befriend or not. It's a fact Kim became popular after the sex tapes and she's milking that for a living. I'm not sure she should be any role model to anyone let alone a BFF to her current fling's best friend's wife! I think Kim is an airhead and let's all give Band J a break! At least they work for their money.
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beyonce and jz.i am a 54yr.old female who love you all so much i dont understand rap but i love yalls lovebut i think kanye and kim love each other give them a chance to be happy they need that you know everyone dont think you all are the perfect couple i do because i love you please dont lose your hailo because you really have one and b.the heart you have please dont lose it kanyes yall friend let him try and be happy and kim they both have had hard times you know. mary. clarksdale, ms.
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If there's any truth to the beef then I have to say I don't blame beyonce. Kim has a history of being nothing but fame and money hungry. Kim has nothing on Beyonce who worked hard to earn her fame and never took the short cut. What kind of message do you seriously think it's sending out to youths using Kim as someone to look up to.. Do a sex tape and accidentally have it released to quickly gain fame? There's so many beautiful females out there that has much more talent that deserves a chance but because now a days this society worship others that gets rich for doing nothing. It's so sad that we're becoming dumber every minute following the kardashians and they're laughing it up while raking up the dough.
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Yes, the tape seem to start it all, but you seem to forget that they had a clothing store before that happened and now own three. The message to our youth should be……..if something negative happens to you (and it might), you should turn it into a positive. And always remember that "GOD" forgives our sins.
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I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. - Ayn Rand
Thanks VZ58 and Coils! My son ended up winning one trophy so far with another contest on friday. It started off as a WWII M3A1 Scout Car (like a shorter half trac with a singe axle in the back) but we were unable to fit the scout cars long front clip and ditch roller on it due to BSA axle location rules, so we went with a jeepish front end. He mostly shaped the body with a scroll saw and my HF mill/drill. We got a scout car model and put that together (minus the accessories) and used it to help set up the cuts on the mill.
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I have a daughter. I tell her, "911 is what you dial after you're raped. 1911 is what you should have before they try."
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. - Ayn Rand
He-Man 9000, when just extra strong beer won't do:
Tide. With Dirt Magnets. Sounds like it would clean your clothes better because of the magnets.
Raja ready made Premium Spitt. Because when you're as cool as this guy, regular spitt that you have to make yourself just won't do.
Haste makes waste or so the saying goes. Wonder how this place gets around that?
No smoking, no littering, and no spitting. What kind of fun can you have at this world heritage site then?
Hey Maser...How's about re-posting some of those pics from your old facebook, infantialism fetish account, of you in your poo filled diapers sucking on your baby bottle. I have only a few of those left. I have the one of you wearing all black over your diaper while laying on a bed...drinking from your bottle...The one of you holding a pistol while wearing a shit filled diaper was a classic. Remember those?
Come on....re-post them. Many of our younger members do not understand why we laugh at you so much as an arch, wanker.
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I'm not a Hunt fan just due to this size. At 6'8 he's a back spasm waiting to happen.
Having said that, he's an athletic freak and it wouldn't surprise me to see this guy excel on some team (at least in the short term). Hard to tell where the Giants view him Upside is that he's a pure athlete which the Giants love ... downside is that he's a 26 year old rookie.


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( shower ) if the water pressure is low the electrics won't kick-in to heat the water !! so you have to shower when nobody else in the village is useing the water !! That's what I found in Prasat !!
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Out to the farm right after breakfast to plant our last 5 palm oil trees or what from hereafter will surely become known as our Christmas trees.
With John's drill making the job so much easier I fit up the shower this morning and try it out. We wanted Jai's mum to try it first in case there were any problems with the electrics but she prefers to just not wash at all during the cold season !!
George and Wan come to visit to find out what is happening about a Christmas beer this evening.
After school finishes mid afternoon Fin and the devil child pop in for a currant bun - or two.
I string up some fairy lights across the kitchen window and door and in the tree outside to make things look a little bit festive after dark
I dont seem to have stopped work all day so stretch out in thengarden with a coffe and a cake just before sister Pam surprises us with a Merry Christmas phone call. Not only did we actually have a phone signal in the kitchen to make the phone ring but we were able to have a disjointed chat whilst standing in the garden.
I enjoy a hot shower before changing for tonight but when Jai tries it out an hour later the water wont warm up. I will have to have a look tomorrow.
I sit down with a beer and wait for our first visitors to arrive just after 17:30.
Not really a party but we have about 12 people for drinks and a few snacks and the last person leaves about 22:00. We spend the next hour clearing and washing up before retiring for the night.


text: Markey receives rousing welcome from MTA delegates U.S. Representative Edward Markey, the MTA- and NEA-recommended candidate for U.S. Senate in the upcoming special election, energized a large crowd on May 11 at the MTA's 2013 Annual Meeting of Delegates.Markey drew loud applause from the nearly 1,000 delegates gathered for the meeting at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Markey, who was first endorsed as a candidate by the MTA and NEA 35 years ago, has an "A" rating in Congress on education issues, said MTA President Paul Toner, who offered a warm introduction for Markey.Markey thanked educators and praised them as "an incredible asset" to society. He told stories of growing up in Malden and spoke touchingly of his mother, whose career aspirations went unrealized because her own mother had died and she was not able to go to college."That's just the way it was," Markey said. He said that after his mother had begun to lose her memory to Alzheimer's disease, he took out a camera and interviewed her, asking her what she would have done if she had been able to continue her education. "Eddie," she said to her son, leaning in, "I could have been a good teacher, don't you think?" During his speech, the congressman decried the number of children who are killed as a result of gun violence each week.He told the delegates that the technology near children in their schools should be a computer "and not a gun."He also sharply criticized the "mindless" effects of sequestration, the across-the-board budget cuts that are hitting Head Start, Pell grants and other educational programs.Markey, who represents the 5th Middlesex District, talked about his record of fighting to give students equal access to technology. He pointed to as the E-rate program, which ensures Internet access in classrooms across the country. "I want a more fair society," he said to applause.Markey warned of a repeat of the 2010 Senate election in Massachusetts – which was won by Republican Scott Brown – and said that if he's elected, he'll be happy to have a "real debate" on entitlements in the U.S. Senate."We have to protect Medicare. We have to protect the people who contribute to the society," he said, referring to educators.Markey is running against Republican Gabriel Gomez in the election, which will be held June 25. The Senate seat was formerly held by Democrat John F. Kerry, who is now the U.S. secretary of state. The largest union in the state, the MTA has more than 110,000 members, including preK-12 teachers, education support professionals, public higher education faculty and staff, and public education retirees. The MTA is the state affiliate of the 3-million-member NEA. This week's annual meeting was MTA's 168th. For photo coverage of the 2013 MTA Annual Meeting of Delegates, visit the MTA's Flickr page.


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STAPLES — Martin B. Etzler, age 90, of Staples, passed away at the Lakewood Health System Hospital on Sunday, Oct. 21. A funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 10:30 a.m., at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Staples. The wake will be held on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. at the Brenny Funeral Home, and one hour prior to the service, at the church. Parish prayers will be held on Wednesday at 6:45 p.m.
Martin was born on March 7, 1922, to Charles and Ethyl (Sutton) Etzler, near Staples. He attended country school and helped on the family farm. In 1945, he entered the Army, and was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge. On April 27, 1948, he married Jeanette Kowalski, at St. Michael's Church in Motley. Martin worked as a carpenter nearly all his life. He enjoyed hunting, gardening and woodworking. He was a member of the VFW and Sacred Heart Church.
Martin is survived by his wife of 64 years, Jeanette; children, Martin (Margie) of Staples, Kenneth (Cathy) of Corcoran, Sherry (Timothy) Godby of Pfafftown, N.C., Melvin (Cathie) of Killdeer, N.D., and Doreen (Devon) Shafer of Hackensack; 15 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and 5 great-great grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and six sisters.
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Anyone following the NBA this year? Seems like a weak and weird year compared to last year.
I am a Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons fan. This year I am following Chicago, Memphis (love their coach, Lionel Hollins), Dallas and the LA Clippers. I would love to see the Clippers make it all the way to the championship. I am a Dallas fan, but they lost some good players to free agency and they are not the same team this season. The 76'ers could be problems for someone this year.
What I hope is this is another year that D.Wade and Lebron the baby don't win the championship.
Spurs are on a tear but I think OKC may have some energy to compete with them. If Westbrook is shooting efficiently OKC could go alll the way.
im still putting my money on the heats.
Spurs look convincingly unstoppable. Especially after this first game in the OKC series. I do think OKC is very good, but I really don't think any team will beat the Spurs this year.
I hate the Miami Heat, and I don't like the Celtics much either, but I have to pull for the Celtics in that series. D Wade is such a phony, and LeBron is a coward for leaving Cleveland, especially the way he did it. The good players stay with their team. Take Paul Pierce for example. Stayed with Boston through some very low seasons, and he is still there. Now, there is a champion.
Agreed. I would like to see OKC topple the spurs but they are not as deep as the spurs, overall
Well I got my wish. The Thunder toppled the spurs and now have game one against the heat. Only three more wins for the ultimate prize. Go OKC.
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"What comes after Facebook?"
This is a question that's being asked very frequently nowadays — and by people who, a few years ago, were struggling with email.
"Hah," you say, "he's just being melodramatic!"
I honestly am not. I know people who still ask for their emails to be presented to them as printouts, who insist on writing in longhand (as in pen and paper) and then asking someone to "type the damn thing in."
But the fact that THEY are asking the question means that it's time for an answer.
For a very large number of us today (nearly 700 million), Facebook has become an integral part of our lives. Facebook has had a profound impact on society. Many of us are in touch with old friends. We keep track of each others lives and don't feel like complete strangers when we meet. We share aspects of our lives as well, and enjoy it when people appreciate our photographs. On a larger scale, Facebook has been given credit for political revolutions, for social and cultural movements. Facebook captures the zeitgeist of the first decade of the 21st century.
I will always refer to the last ten years as the Facebook years.
But we're already asking what's next … After all, before Facebook became large, MySpace was huge. So was Friendfeed at one point of time. And does anybody remember Ryze?
I have wondered why we're asking this question. After all, Google's bigger than Facebook and has had an equally profound impact on us. But, people at dinner parties aren't asking what comes after Google. I don't get asked about the next big search engine at EVERY conference I speak at.
After some thought I'm willing to argue that Google and Facebook are very different in terms of the impact they're having.
Let's quickly get Google out of the way so we can focus on Facebook.
Google has democratized information.
In earlier times, vast amounts of money have been made by people who knew something before the rest of the world:
"…and the family developed a network of agents, shippers and couriers to transport gold across war-torn Europe. The family network was also to provide Nathan Rothschild time and again with political and financial information ahead of his peers, giving him an advantage in the markets and rendering the house of Rothschild still more invaluable to the British government. In one instance, the family network enabled Nathan to receive in London the news of Wellington's victory at the Battle of Waterloo a full day ahead of the government's official messengers."
Today, in an era where the phrase, "information is power" has become a cliche, Google has done more than any other service to give people access to information. Think about it, text searches, image searches, maps, news …
Facebook's impact is altogether different. Eben Moglen puts it best: we have lost our anonymity online. Every service preceding Facebook (myspace et all) have been leading up to this one point: each of us now has a permanent, online, identity.
In a presentation I've been making that has been put together by my colleague Gaurav Mishra, one of the slides talks about the people era we find ourselves in today. When we go online, we no longer interact with information, we interact with other people. So, we aren't going online to visit websites today, we go online to visit people. That's a BIG difference. But that isn't Facebook's big impact.
I believe that the notion of privacy is one of the cornerstones of any social system. All the laws that we write, all the systems of behavior that we see all boil down to a society's understanding of what's private and what's not. If you think about it, privacy is not just two states, it is a continuum — from that which we think of as completely private, our deepest, darkest thoughts that we wouldn't dream of sharing with anyone, to that which is entirely public, our gender is, for the most part, instantly identifiable.
In the last ten years, our notions of privacy have changed. For an entire generation, photographs are no longer private. They are to be shared widely, and be easily accessible to others at a time convenient to the viewer, not the person in the photograph.
I could go on with other aspects of our lives, but the central thought is this: all the conflict we see around the internet boils down to an argument about privacy.
Facebook's BIG impact is that it is, more often than not, defining what's private and what isn't.
And that right there is why people ask what's next.
As a species, human beings have never been comfortable with centralized authorities controlling privacy. We are also fundamentally opposed to "others" gaining access to information about ourselves that we think of as private. As far as I know, all social systems that have had centralized repositories of information, and have allowed "others" access to information about private citizens have failed, or have been replaced.
So, let's take three things as self evident:
- The ability to interact with people, and organize people online is something we want.
- We want to regain control over defining what's private and what isn't.
- The internet has a distributed architecture, and all centralized models have been replaced by decentralized models (think BitTorrent, Skype …)
So, what follows Facebook is not another website, but a distributed social network.
In my last post, I touched upon the Freedom Box Foundation. They're talking about the same thing and I think they're on the right track.
Think of it this way: each one of will own, and carry around, a mini Facebook. This will be a piece of software, with some level of encryption. It will live on our connected devices, and automatically sync across devices we approve of.
We will interact with other people's mini Facebooks in an ad-hoc fashion, choosing to show what we want to. We will co-own the data that we create with other people, and control access to it as well. So, if somebody wants access to my information, they'll have to go out and get a sub-peona, not just run an SQL query on a database.
Google will add a people search engine for this distributed network, allowing us to find people in the same way that we find information today, with us controlling whether we give the Google bot access to our information or not.
The software will also protect us at a network level, encrypting the data heading out from our devices and preventing our internet service providers from reading our data and our email. All of this on the fly, without us being aware that it's happening.
This will happen over the next ten years, but the interim will be a golden period for brands and corporations who realize the value of the data that we have given them access to unwittingly. As long as Facebook, Twitter and other centralized social networks are around, brands and corporations have the opportunity to reach out to, engage, and gather large amounts of user data. This data may well form the basis of brand and corporate activity for the next 30 years.
For the poor souls whose data will form the basis of this activity, they should take some solace from the fact that this has happened before, albeit on a smaller scale. The marketeer's major understanding of customers and markets is based upon data gathered in the early days of television and newspapers, when audiences weren't as fragmented, and people were far more willing to share personal information. This happened during the industrial age, and was marked by the rise of the middle class. After all, the mail-order catalogue wasn't always seen as spam! Which is why a lot of the marketing talk we hear today that people think of as wise and based on precedence has an industrial age flavor to it. Most marketeers continue to struggle to understand the denizens of the information age.
I'd go as far as to say that the large group called the middle class has fragmented into smaller groups for which we have no names. That this fragmentation will only increase. And that the data available on Facebook gives us the opportunity to map this fragmentation.
At least in the short term.
You see, encryption and control over our own data will give us back our anonymity. Not only at the username level, but at the network transport level. This will be fought tooth and nail by both corporations and government, but it is inevitable.
As long as society agrees that our persons are inviolable and each one of us has control over our own persons, government and corporations will be unable to battle this legally.
Perhaps, it is my training as a journalist that makes me cynical about the motives of large organizations, and skeptical about the present. I have to say I am hopeful about the future. A handful of people have consistently created technology that has made the world better in fundamental ways by transferring power over to individuals. This blog is an example.


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By building a broader constituency of alternative voices to the 'mainstream development discourse' through research and public education, VOICE is taking a stand against unjust and undemocratic practices. VOICE also campaigns against corporate globalization, International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and imposed conditions, trade liberalization, and the neo-liberal hegemony, and strives to lead people to action by raising critical awareness on these topics. Based in Dhaka and Mymensingh, VOICE operates a number of social justice and empowerment programs, with an emphasis on a grassroots advocacy approach and a participatory research methodology that is more people-focused.
Through networking and partnership, VOICE is working towards establishing a new macro-micro linkage, in which experience from the grassroots level is used to generate policy support at the national level that benefits the people. VOICE believes in promoting the capacity, knowledge and rights of the people, and providing a voice for the unheard.
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No one's quite sure how recently proposed fuel efficiency standards will affect the sticker price of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Theoretically, getting more miles to the gallon should be a net-sum proposition. But because reliability affects the overall cost-effectiveness of a fleet operation, the question is how well the vehicles will perform.
Last November, the U.S. EPA and Transportation Department provided details of the nation's first fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks. Similar to 1975's Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) fuel standards for cars, the "HD National Program" focuses on the second-largest source of the transportation sector's greenhouse gas emissions: large pickup trucks and vans; semitrucks; and truck and bus types including refuse, utility, dump, transit buses, shuttle buses, school buses, and emergency vehicles.
The proposed standards exclude sp sport utility vehicles, vans that hold 13 or fewer passengers, half-ton pickups, an and trailers; and apply not just to the en engine but the entire vehicle.
The program breaks vehicles into three regulatory categories with separate fuel consumption and emissions go goals for each:
- Tractor-trailers.
- Pickup trucks and vans. Goals for vehicles weighing 8,501 to 14,000 pounds would be based on gram per mile for emissions and gallon-per 100 miles for fuel consumption using a "work factor" formula that combines payload, towing capabilities, and whether or not a vehicle has four-wheel drive.
The standards would phase in from the 2014 model year until 2018, at which point a separate standard to control air conditioning system leakage will be introduced.
Estimated payoff by 2018: Diesel emissions 17% lower than 2010 levels and gasoline emissions 12% lower.
Vocational vehicles, including tires. The standards would apply to three classes of chassis manufacturers: Light Heavy (Class 2b through 5), Medium Heavy (Class 6 and 7), and Heavy Heavy (Class 8), which is consistent with the engine classification.
|Retrofit funding extended another five years
In January, the federal program for retrofitting the 11 million pre-2007 diesel trucks, buses, and pieces of equipment that are still on the roads was reauthorized.
Included in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act provides $100 million in grants and loans annually for five years for a total of $500 million. (In 2005, the program provided up to $200 million annually.)
Most of the funds — 70% — are disbursed through national competitive grants:
At least half of the National Funding Assistance Program is for cities and counties and metropolitan planning organizations that have jurisdiction over transportation or air quality. Public agencies can use the monies to upgrade vehicles of private contractors like refuse haulers.
The Emerging Technologies Program requires manufacturers to partner with a public agency to receive funding. Current and former participants include Engine Control Systems, which makes a particulates filter called Actifilter SG that's used in transit buses; and EcoPower Hybrid Systems Inc.'s engine generator sets for non-road, rubber-tired gantry cranes.
The SmartWay Clean Diesel Finance Program provides low-cost loans to retrofit used pre-2007 highway vehicles and non-road equipment, and is available to public agencies that have jurisdiction over transportation or air quality.
The remaining 30% goes to the states to set up grant and loan programs of their own. Base funding is distributed using a specific formula based on participation, and incentive funding is available to states that match that allocation 100%.
EPA estimates the efforts made possible by these grants and loans will remove 110,000 tons of soot and 2.6 million tons of nitrous oxide emissions from the nation's air, the equivalent of taking 13 million trucks off the road.
Estimated payoff by 2018: 10% reduction in emissions and fuel use.
The agencies claim that, using technologies commercially available today, owners of most vehicles would recover their investment in technology upgrades within two years.
"Most of us are playing wait-and-see," says Chris Amos, commissioner of equipment services for St. Louis and president of NAFA Fleet Management Association. "We may end up with higher-horsepower, smaller engines that do the same amount of work as larger engines with the same horsepower.
"With gasoline engines, you can add a turbocharger like Ford's EcoBoost, which uses exhaust as a free energy source to increase horsepower with a smaller, more fuel-efficient engine. But diesel engines are already fuel efficient. If I had to guess, I'd say manufacturers will downsize engine displacement and increase blower size to increase horsepower.
"The result will depend on the quality of materials. Turbochargers have been problematic because they overheat. I understand the new turbo-chargers are ceramic, which is expected to prevent metal fatigue. It remains to be seen if new and better materials reverse the trend."
The public comment period ended Jan. 31. In May 2010, when President Barack Obama ordered that efficiency and emissions standards be developed specifically for heavy-duty trucks, they were expected to be finalized by July. The Republican-dominated Congress may delay that a bit, says Diesel Technology Forum Executive Director Allen Schaeffer, but manufacturers continue to work on lowering fuel consumption and emissions.
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Seatbelt ignition interlocks haven't been used since the 70s
Seatbelts have been mandatory in the United States for decades, but many drivers and passengers still refused to wear them. Federal regulators are currently conducting more research on whether or not they will allow automakers to install seatbelt ignition interlocks that would allow the manufacturer to skip crash tests designed to protect unbelted motorists.
The seatbelt ignition interlock would prevent the automobile from starting unless the
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. Back in 1974 the government required interlocks on nearly all 1974 year model vehicles. However, public outcry led Congress to banish the mandate.
This week the NHTSA reportedly rejected a petition from BMW that would allow the German automaker to skip certain crash testing requirements if it installed seatbelt interlocks in front seats. BMW apparently feels that it could make better use of its resources by not catering to those who refuse to buckle up. In essence, this means that if you choose not to buckle up, you're own your own, as there won't be any additional safety features to protect you in the event of a crash.
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Although the NHTSA denied BMW's petition for now, the agency said that more information was needed before it can grant such a request.
BMW maintains that having seatbelt ignition interlocks could save hundreds of lives by increasing seatbelt use. BMW also says that using these interlocks could make vehicles lighter and more spacious by allowing them to remove knee bolsters designed to protect unbelted occupants.
Lighter weight vehicles mean vehicles with not only improved fuel efficiency, but improved performance as well.
BMW outlined three different potential types of interlocks including one that would prevent the vehicle from being started without a seatbelt in place. Another would prevent the driver from shifting out of Park and a third would allow the vehicle to be driven only at low speeds without the seatbelt being buckled.
BMW concluded that the third option would be the "least annoying and most accepted type of interlock."
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GAS PRICES SEEM to be easing a bit, but Marin businesses — especially companies heavily dependent on fuel — are feeling the pain of the recent spike that sent a gallon to nearly $5.
Even as commuters tighten their belts in response to higher gas prices, landscapers, plumbers, pizza deliverers and other Marin businesses report that the higher prices have cut sharply into their bottom lines. Merchants say they haven't yet passed the higher costs on to customers, though some business owners say they might be forced to do so if prices remain high. The average price per gallon was $4.63 in Marin late last week, according to AAA.
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Breakfast, shower, grab your keys, head out the door ... Ever feel like you're experiencing morning deja vu? To revamp your mornings and ward off boredom, try to break away from your routine and start your day differently.
Get up at a different time, do things in a different order or try a different breakfast, workout, method of transport or radio station. Play around with your routine and break out of your morning rut.
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Our morning routines are usually a lot more functional than our evenings; often used simply as a time to get clean, get fuelled and get to work. However, your mornings provide a valuable opportunity for a bit of "me time". Start your day right and make your morning the best part of your day by using it to do something you enjoy. Get up early and watch your favourite TV show, make an indulgent breakfast in bed, or have a bubble bath.
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Starting a new DIY project is pointless if an injury means you can't finish the job. Be safe and take precautions, writes Justin Newcombe.
It's easy to get carried away when you're enjoying yourself in your workshop, or you just want to see something finished, but it's important to be able to sit back and enjoy your handiwork.
There's nothing worse than an almost finished project and a debilitating injury making completion seem so close, yet so far away (I call this tantric completion).
So, before you send dad off to enjoy his well-earned new toys in the workshop, there are a few obvious hazards he needs to avoid.
Start with electricity. I use a surge switch on my mains board as well as a safety switch on my power lead. This means if I accidentally cut the cord, the power will automatically cut before I fry. You can get safety switches from Bunnings for around $20: I use them inside and out.
Even if you break out the tools only once in a while, having a few dust masks handy will certainly help. If you've got something on the go all the time, controlling dust can become a major.
Good ventilation is important, so working outside is a good option. I do this especially for large sanding jobs, but in the workshop I've recently started using an extractor with many of my power tools. This has had a big impact on getting rid of dust, fast. Another tip is to try to wear a mask as much as possible, especially when you are sweeping up. If you are dealing with toxic materials such as spray paint wear a ventilator with filters. But do remember to store the filters in an airtight plastic box, as they deteriorate if left in the open air.
Protecting eyes and ears is a no-brainer. You can get some pretty fancy earmuffs now which let in low level sound but once the decibel rating climbs they filter out the damaging noise.
And always, always wear safety glasses. If you're always building something you can get a good pair of safety glasses that double as sun glasses. However, a good pair of sunnies don't necessarily make good safety glasses so it is important to check they have a safety rating.
To avoid tripping hazards, try to keep things tidy. I really struggle with this but I try to have a tidy up at the end of each day and, better still, put things away as I go. Even so, my workshop still tends to look like someone (probably a bus driver) drove a bus through it.
A first aid kit is a handy thing to have tucked away in the tool cupboard although I haven't had to use it yet (touch wood). When you do pick up a kit, spend some time going through it so you know what is there and what it all does.
A year or so ago I received an email from a reader concerning my unsafe workshop practices, specifically in regard to my use of a skill saw as a bench saw. The reader had spotted my upturned saw screwed to the underneath of my bench in the background of a photograph and raised several points about this. Well, all I can say is I fully concur, thanks reader. After some experimentation I abandoned the idea. It's a great way to lose a finger or two, and turns offcuts into projectiles. It was inaccurate and with the price of bench saws now being so low, unnecessary.
I actually found running lengths of timber through a bench saw also required a lot of extra room which in my small workshop is a problem. I've reverted to using a length of galvanized square pipe as a straight edge and a little Ryobi skill saw with a good blade to make the cut. It's convenient, manageable, versatile and safe. Pushing the boundaries is a wonderful part of the human condition; just make sure it's survivable.
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State Highway Patrol experiences trooper shortage
NEW BERN, CRAVEN COUNTY - Budget cuts are putting a dent in the number of Highway Patrol troopers in North Carolina
According to an official with the State Highway Patrol, the agency is down almost 200 troopers. There are 1,824 total state trooper positions. Currently, 1,630 of those positions are filled, leaving 194 vacant.
In Eastern Carolina, 129 troopers are slated to patrol 20 counties. Right now, 105 of those positions are filled, and 24 are open.
In New Bern, a dual district covering Craven and Pamlico Counties, there are 16 positions, three of which are vacant at this time.
According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, there are about four million licensed drivers in the state. The shortage means there is just one trooper for every 2,500 drivers.
First Sgt. Jeff Gordon, the public information officer for the Highway Patrol, said the reasons for the shortage of troopers are budget cuts and recruitment problems. He said not as many people are applying for the position as they've done in the past.
"We just basically have to tighten our belt and do more with less, and hopefully we can get those numbers up soon," said Gordon.
Gordon said about a year ago, the State Highway Patrol were told it needed to cut some positions. He said since then, it's been somewhat of a struggle.
"You're going to see a delay in response times for example if you're involved in an accident, it may take a trooper longer to get to your location because they're having to cover a greater area of territory," said Gordon.
The Highway Patrol is responsible for more than 87,000 miles of state-maintained highways, which is second only to Texas.
But Gordon said although there is a trooper shortage, there has not been an increase in fatalities.
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Most Shocking Pregnancies of 2012: Jessica Simpson, Kate Middleton & More
For many celebrities, 2012 was one fertile year — and these mommies-to-be had some of the most shocking pregnancy announcements! Check out our roundup of 2012's most shocking pregnancies.
Even celebrities can surprise us sometimes, especially when it comes to announcing the good news that they are expecting a baby. Jessica Simpson's shocking second pregnancy came just months after welcoming daughter Maxwell Drew Johnson — and losing more than 60 pounds of baby weight!
And even though all eyes have been on Kate Middleton to start showing a baby bump basically since she got married in April 2011, she and husband Prince William stunned the world on Dec. 3 when they announced they were officially expecting their first child. But the circumstances were less than ideal — the announcement came prematurely as Kate was in the hospital being treated for severe morning sickness.
But one of the most shocking pregnancy announcements came from Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings, who revealed she was pregnant during the 2012 London Olympics while she was competing in sand volleyball.
"When I was throwing my body around fearlessly and going for gold for our country, I was pregnant," she told Matt Lauer on the Today show on Sept. 24.
2012 was already a big year for celeb babies, but it looks like 2013 will bring another huge batch of A-list tots — and we can't wait to meet them next year!
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