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Research councils agree that their funded researchers should, where required to do so, deposit the outputs from research councils funded research in an acceptable repository as designated by the individual research council. This requirement will be effective from the time indicated in the guidance from the individual research council, This guidance will be published on individual Research Council websites and will, where appropriate, require funded researchers to:
• Personally deposit, or otherwise ensure the deposit of, a copy of any resultant articles published in journals or conference proceedings, in an appropriate repository, as designated by the individual research council.
• Wherever possible, personally deposit, or otherwise ensure the deposit of, the bibliographical metadata relating to such articles, including a link to the publisher's website, at or around the time of publication.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Research Councils reaffirm commitment to Open Access
The UK Research Councils, which fund basic research in the UK's universities, have published an updated position statement on Open Access to research outputs. They have reaffirmed their position of 2005 that publicly-funded research should be accessible to the public and scientists around the world:
UK blasts EU Internet regulation plans
Minister for Creative Industries Shaun Woodward has blasted European Commission plans to extend television regulation to the Internet:
"We have serious concerns over the inclusion of non-linear services [such as video-on-demand] in the Directive. This is neither desirable nor practical, as there is nothing to stop companies relocating outside the EU to bypass regulations. Companies may relocate, taking jobs and services elsewhere, while the content is still consumed here."
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Judge quashes house arrest orders
Six more of the government's "control orders" (executive house arrest by any other name) have been ruled incompatible with the Human Rights Act:
Robin Wilton is sceptical of John Reid's furious over-reaction:
In other words, News of the World: this is not another case of "liberal" judges putting the rights of trrrists above everyone else. It is a case of Blair, Reid and friends thinking that a regime not unlike that used by the Burmese junta to keep Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest is appropriate in the UK.
Mr Justice Sullivan said: "The freedom to meet any person of one's choice by prior arrangement is significant. As is the freedom to attend any temple, mosque, church as whatever you choose." He went on: "I am left in no doubt whatsoever that the cumulative effect of the order has been to deprive to respondents of their liberty, in breach of article 5. I do not consider that this is a borderline case." The judge said he had taken into account the importance of the needs of protecting the public from acts of terrorism, but "human rights or international law must not be infringed or compromised".
Robin Wilton is sceptical of John Reid's furious over-reaction:
Control orders were introduced as a 'preventive' measure... in other words, to stop someone who has not yet committed a crime from doing so; control orders are enforced 'on suspicion' that someone might do something. Because of the lack of judicial oversight of the process, the lack of any appeal option and the lack of any criteria for a control order to be lifted once it has been imposed, we are simply asked to take it on trust that control orders are being appropriately applied.
In other words, News of the World: this is not another case of "liberal" judges putting the rights of trrrists above everyone else. It is a case of Blair, Reid and friends thinking that a regime not unlike that used by the Burmese junta to keep Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest is appropriate in the UK.
Watching the bar staff
A Les Vegas casino is installing RFID technology to monitor how much alcohol is poured from bottles by bar staff (thanks, Manish!):
The Beverage Tracker consists of RFID-enabled liquor spouts, an RFID interrogator (reader) and software. The spouts contain a battery-powered 418 MHz RFID tag and a measuring device. Whenever a bartender pours a drink, the tipping of the bottle turns on both the tag and the measuring device, allowing the spout to measure the volume of liquor poured (in ounces) before the employee tips the bottle back up. The tag then transmits that information to the interrogator's antenna, attached to the ceiling above the bar.
What, no barman RFID tag to track who pours what?!
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
MPs condemn plans to limit freedom of information
"The introduction of the Freedom of Information Act has clearly become too embarrassing for this disaster-prone Labour government. I fear that they may be attempting to close down public scrutiny by introducing a new stealth tax for information. This should be strongly resisted." —Conservative Constitutional Affairs spokesman Oliver Heald on government plans to restrict FOI requests.
Democrats on SWIFT monitoring
"I think you'll agree that we could fight terrorism properly and adequately without having a police state in America" —Sen. Max Baucus, Dem (Montana)
"The administration is basing its actions on a 1970's law that never envisioned a state of perpetual emergency. It wasn't meant to become the status quo. That is why Congress needs to look at its current use." —Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Dem (NY)
"The administration is basing its actions on a 1970's law that never envisioned a state of perpetual emergency. It wasn't meant to become the status quo. That is why Congress needs to look at its current use." —Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Dem (NY)
Think of the children!
Yesterday's LSE conference on children's databases went very well. You can listen to the speakers (including yours truly) and see their slides from the programme page, and also see some photos.
Meanwhile I am glad to see the Daily Mail is hyperventilating on the issue:
Meanwhile I am glad to see the Daily Mail is hyperventilating on the issue:
Shadow Education Secretary David Willetts said: 'We are going to have bar-coded babies. This project is going to cost £224m over the three years to 2008 with subsequent operating costs of £41m a year. Would it not be better to focus this money on families in real need?'
Sage advice from Edmund Burke
"All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. They were invented for this one good purpose, that what was not just should not be convenient." (Via Daily Dish).
SWIFT complaints in 32 nations
Privacy International has filed complaints in 32 countries against SWIFT's wholesale transfer of banking records to the US government. SWIFT daily routes $6 trillion between almost 8,000 financial institutions worldwide:
"Swift appears to have violated data protection rules in Europe," [Simon] Davies said, "by making these transfers without the consent of the individuals involved and without the approval of European judicial or administrative authorities. The scale of the operation, involving millions of records, places this disclosure in the realm of a fishing exercise rather than a legally authorized investigation."
Safety elephant strikes back
Where does this bizarre reputation of Charles Clarke as a "liberal" come from? How can a home secretary that introduces ID cards, tries to push through 90-day detention without trial, and shepherds the rest of the New Labour litany of horrors, be described as liberal?
"The prime minister of the day must appoint ministers whom he or she trusts and then leave them to carry out the policy. When differences of view emerge, as they are bound to do from time to time, they should be resolved privately and, whenever appropriate, collectively." —Nigel Lawson in 1990
"The prime minister of the day must appoint ministers whom he or she trusts and then leave them to carry out the policy. When differences of view emerge, as they are bound to do from time to time, they should be resolved privately and, whenever appropriate, collectively." —Nigel Lawson in 1990
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Angry man bites 'attack dog'
John Kampfner thinks that Charles Clark's return to the fray to savage John Reid and Tony Blair points to a deeper problem:
It is about courage in politics. It is about taking decisions that, while unpopular, are at least thought through. That is why Mr Brown's pre-emptive decision on Trident last week was so depressing. It is not whether it is right or wrong — and I have seen virtually no evidence to show that the defence of the realm requires us to update our American- directed deterrent — but because it was based in the tired old notions of laying to rest past demons and/or making impending lunches with certain newspaper editors less difficult.
Enshrine these rights
Francesca Klug thinks that Labour's fatal mistake with the Human Rights Act was the lack of public consultation, which led to the current round of rights-bashing from tabloids and politicians:
The process of adopting a bill of rights could permit that period of consultation, which Labour avoided but Canada and South Africa undertook, before embracing a charter of rights that provided a statement of the fundamental values that define their democracies. It would allow consideration of rights not included in the Human Rights Act such as stronger equality provisions, protection for children or environmental rights. There could be a debate about entrenching a bill of rights, although the approach used in the act allowed parliament, rather than the courts, the final say on legislation. Such a bill could attract popular support. But we must beware of leaders bearing gifts which may serve their political interests above the rights and needs of the people.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Bill of Rights 'won't change anything'
David Cameron seems entirely confused in his argument for replacing the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights. Without withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights (which would also require the UK to leave the European Union), UK law would still be subject to appeal to the European Court in Strasbourg, causing minor inconveniences to politicians like preventing the deportation of foreign nationals to countries that practice torture:
If the fledgling United States had suffered from newspapers such as the Sun and News of the World, the Constitution might not have lasted very long…
"If it contains the same civil and political rights, then why do we need it? If it is removing some of those rights, than that would be open to challenge in Strasbourg. If he wants to add to them, then it would be interesting to know what they are."
If the fledgling United States had suffered from newspapers such as the Sun and News of the World, the Constitution might not have lasted very long…
Drug firms a danger to health
A new report from Consumers International has found that the marketing practices of Big Pharma are putting peoples' health at risk:
"Irresponsible marketing practices form a serious, persistent and widespread problem among the entire pharmaceutical industry," says the report, which analyses the conduct of 20 of the biggest companies, two of which are British. It calls for tougher government controls and for the companies to put their house in order.
Family life faces State invasion
Tomorrow's LSE conference on government surveillance of children has struck a chord, leading to a front-page lead story in today's Telegraph:
Dr Eileen Munro, of the LSE, said that if a child caused concern by failing to make progress towards state targets, detailed information would be gathered. That would include subjective judgments such as "Is the parent providing a positive role model?", as well as sensitive information such as a parent's mental health.
"They include consuming five portions of fruit and veg a day, which I am baffled how they will measure," she said. "The country is moving from 'parents are free to bring children up as they think best as long as they are not abusive or neglectful' to a more coercive 'parents must bring children up to conform to the state's views of what is best'."
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Support police, not summary justice
"What he probably means by debate is not debate at all, but a popular acceptance of his disdain for civil liberties, a phrase, by the way, which has been successfully weighed down with ideas of liberal fecklessness and is now used to blame the failure on the ground of parts of the criminal justice system. Blair's government may have passed more than 40 separate pieces of law and order legislation since 1997, yet liberals and their addiction to rights are still held to impede progress in criminal justice." —Henry Porter on Blair's call for a "debate" over summary justice.
Fears over faults in NHS patient records system
The NHS IT programme is now having such problems that it is causing "clinical risk," according to one of their own staff:
Industry sources familiar with the project told The Observer that the problems have seen many hospitals or trusts postpone the system's implementation. Just 12 of England's 176 major hospitals have implemented even the most basic part of the new system which electronically books patient appointments with specialist consultants - despite the fact 104 had agreed to have it operating by April. Furthermore, not one NHS trust or hospital in England has implemented the second phase of the system, which will allow doctors to order clinical services such as blood tests or X-rays electronically - contrary to the Department of Health's planned timetable.
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Darwin's tortoise dies
Harriet, the 24-stone tortoise alleged to have been collected from the Galapagos Islands by Charles Darwin, has died in Australia Zoo aged 176. She was the world's oldest animal in captivity.
Political wisdom is wasted on the politically doomed
"This is Blair beginning to bow out. These speeches are summations of his years in power and assessments of the problems that remain for the next generation of political leaders to solve. If the Bristol speech is any guide, they read like drafts of the later chapters of the Blair memoirs. The mere fact that the prime minister has begun to give speeches of this kind suggests that the countdown to Blair's departure from Downing Street has now begun. In that sense, even his bitterest critics should welcome them." —Martin Kettle on Blair's speeches on "Our Nation's Future"
Friday, June 23, 2006
Piracy is a cost of business
Film director Lord Puttnam has a rather more sensible approach to copyright infringement than you normally get from the content industries (via Open Rights Group):
Let's stick with China and the billion people, and the fact that they have the Beijing Olympics. Where should my concerns lie? That 15m Chinese people (and I'm making the numbers up) might be attracted to buying a legal copy of 'Chariots of Fire'? Or that 200m of them might rip it off and not pay for it? I'll take the 15m, thank you very much indeed. I won't sue the 200m, I'll go through the protection process, obviously. But I'd rather have the opportunity to sell to 15m people than, because of fear of piracy, say we won't operate in that country.
Blair's crime policies are like 'sticking plaster on broken leg'
Ian Loader, Professor of Criminology at Oxford University, has criticised the prime minister's "legislative hyperactivity":
UPDATE: Blair has ignored Loader and gone for yet more "eye-catching initiatives" with which he can be personally associated. Loader said in response: "I think his thesis needs some more evidence to support it. My current position is that it beggars belief."
"You seem to take the view that the role of government is to act as an uncritical cipher for public anger and demands viz crime and disorder," said Professor Loader… He urged the Prime Minister to think hard before deciding that what Britain needed was "another grand statement of government purpose and a further round of headline-grabbing legislation".
UPDATE: Blair has ignored Loader and gone for yet more "eye-catching initiatives" with which he can be personally associated. Loader said in response: "I think his thesis needs some more evidence to support it. My current position is that it beggars belief."
Tories: say no to nuclear
Mary Ann Sieghart thinks that the Tories could steal a dramatic march on a pro-nuclear Labour party by campaigning for alternative energy solutions:
Our huge power stations — whether fuelled by coal, gas or nuclear — are grossly inefficient: they waste two thirds of the energy that they produce. Most of it rises into the air in the form of heat from the cooling towers. If Britain were to adopt a decentralised form of electricity generation, with much smaller combined heat and power (CHP) stations located in the communities they serve, then the heat produced by the stations could be channelled straight into factories and homes through hot water pipes. These CHP stations waste only 5-10 per cent of their energy… The whole of Rotterdam runs on decentralised energy. So does more than half of Denmark. Closer to home, Woking has set up a local network that, together with energy efficiency measures, has cut emissions by a whopping 77 per cent. That puts nuclear savings in the shade.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Lords debate RIPA orders
On Monday the House of Lords debated the government's latest RIPA orders, which give access to Internet and phone usage data to new bodies for new purposes. The Conservative spokesman Viscount Bridgeman commented:
The problem that we need to address today is not whether the additional powers sought in the communications data order are excessive—I agree with the committee that they are not—but why the Government once again promise one thing and do another. Not only do the orders suggest that the Government did not get it right when they insisted in 2003 on the RIPA orders, otherwise known as part of the snoopers' charter, in the face of opposition in your Lordships' House and the Joint Committee on Human Rights, but they allow the very "function creep" that the Government promised to protect us against. Then again, this Government have a record of function creep in all their data information collection projects, so unfortunately it is not a surprise. Indeed, it was one of our fears about the recent Identity Cards Bill.
Children's Commissioner denounces "Megan's law" proposals
The Children's Commissioner is trying to introduce those pesky things, facts, into the hysterical tabloid campaign for convicted sex offenders to be "named and shamed":
"Introducing a version of 'Megan's law' in the UK would do nothing to help parents keep their children safe from sex offenders. In fact, it could increase the risk of sexual abuse from strangers as offenders could be forced 'underground' after being released into the community, making it more difficult for authorities to monitor them. And it could encourage vigilante activity within communities.
"We are concerned that a version of Megan's law could detract from the fact that children are most at risk from people known to them. We would prefer to see more efforts directed in this area with further emphasis on early therapeutic treatment for the victims of sexual abuse."
Scientists denounce teaching of creationism
A worldwide coalition of scientists has told schools to stop teaching creationism:
"Within science courses taught in certain public systems of education, scientific evidence, data, and testable theories about the origins and evolution of life on Earth are being concealed, denied, or confused with theories not testable by science".
Monday, June 19, 2006
Marauding judges fight back
The judges are staging a fightback that is making John Reid's pronouncements on "soft sentencing" look increasingly foolish. It is now widely realised that the 5-year minimum tariff applicable to a paedophile's life sentence was a result of the government's own sentencing reforms. The Lord Chancellor and Attorney-General have both criticised Reid's ravings. And now the Lord Chief Justice has written to all 600 circuit judges to reassure them that the tabloids' ill-informed rantings are having the opposite effect intended:
It is quite legitimate for the media and commentators to criticise any particular sentence and the judiciary recognise and accept that. But they are entitled to expect such criticism to be accurate and objective. Personal and unmerited attacks on the characters of individual judges can only damage the public's understanding of, and confidence in, the criminal justice system as a whole. We will continue to do what we can to counter such unfair and damaging criticism.
Lords look at new RIPA powers
The House of Lords Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee has been looking at Home Office plans to give new authorities access to communications data for new purposes under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (thanks, Simon!):
Although the additional powers sought do not seem excessive, the House may be concerned that this appears to step back from the Home Office consultation document "Access to communications data – respecting privacy and protecting the public" issued in March 2003. At the beginning of Chapter 3 this document listed the provisions of section 22(2) of RIPA, and then stated explicitly that the Government did not intend to add any further purposes to this list.
Gates resigns; what do you think?
Alex Martinelli, Sous Chef: "This will certainly give him more time to tighten his tyrannical monopoly on philanthropy."
UK censors target Internet
The British Board of Film Classification, which rates films in the UK, is planning a huge land grab — suggesting that it should rate Internet content. Simon Davies has an apt comment:
"It sounds like the most stupid intervention since the registration of fax machines and photocopiers in communist China."
Football is pants
Dutch supporters wearing shorts bearing the logo of a FIFA sponsor's competitor were made to strip off before watching a match in Stuttgart on Friday:
"It's ridiculous," said Sjoerd Schreurs, a Dutch supporter who had to take his trousers off. "I queued for 25 minutes to get in. When I reached the front, an official told me: 'You're not getting in like that'. I took my trousers off. I managed to chuck them over the fence to some friends. But another official spotted them and took them away.'
"I watched the game in my pants," Mr Schreurs, 33, added. "Fortunately I had quite a long T-shirt."
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Restricting all but the predators
There seems to be a growing media realisation that UK government attempts to bully ISPs into installing Web filtering tools will not achieve their aim of blocking access to child pornography:
Parry Aftab, an Internet privacy and security lawyer and executive director of WiredSafety.org, argues that educating children about potential dangers online is the way to keep them safe. "No one in any country, no matter how well meaning they are, can block everything," she says. "It's about education. And most of it has to be done at a home, school, or kid level. It's the only way to protect them."
Bugs in the system
The Times is worried about the NHS National Programme for IT:
The failure to win broad backing from NHS staff is the project's final, and potentially fatal, flaw. Doctors and nurses remain not only unconvinced by CHP. Three in ten of them, according to the audit office report, remain unaware of it. The report's main recommendations — that the NHS ensure its contractors deliver what it needs, and that it wins the support of its own organisations and staff — are deceptively gently worded. But the implied criticism is damning. At least £12 billion of taxpayers' money is at stake, and yet the health of that investment is not guaranteed.
Balancing act of judges and politicians cannot last
Peter Riddell has an interesting article asking whether the shaky compromise between Parliament and the judiciary represented by the Human Rights Act can survive for long:
It was not until Marbury v. Madison in 1803 that the US Supreme Court assumed the power to rule acts of Congress unconstitutional. Will it take the new UK Supreme Court as long to attempt to overrule Parliament?
At present, according to Professor Bogdanor, "the British constitution is coming to mean different things to different people". Either Parliament will defeat the challenge of the judges, or the Human Rights Act will trump Parliament. What to him seems unlikely is that the current compromise embodied in the 1998 Act can survive over the long term. Admitting that his sympathies lie with the judges, he says that there may be "many squalls, and indeed storms" before a new constitutional settlement emerges. That should worry all of us.
It was not until Marbury v. Madison in 1803 that the US Supreme Court assumed the power to rule acts of Congress unconstitutional. Will it take the new UK Supreme Court as long to attempt to overrule Parliament?
Friday, June 16, 2006
Ethical design of surveillance infrastructures
Have now just about got over the jet lag from my trip to Austin for the university's workshop on the ethical design of surveillance infrastructures. I did wonder beforehand if this was an oxymoron, but the participants came up with some useful ideas on turning surveillance technologies towards ethical ends.
In classic workshop stylee, one of the things we did was to produce posters illustrating our ideas. Above is my small group's efforts on the principles that would inform ethical surveillance technology. What an artistic masterpiece!
Jay-Z boycotts Cristal
Bling bling! Jay-Z is boycotting Cristal champagne after the head of the company said he would prefer rappers to drink Dom Perignon and Krug (thanks, Nic!):
Cristal champagne - which sells for between $450 (£215) and $600 (£324) in Jay-Z's bars - has become synonymous with the "bling" lifestyle after being referenced in countless rap songs.
Cost of NHS IT programme to double
A National Audit Office report claims that the NHS National Programme for IT will come in at twice the price claimed by the government. One reason is the conflict between government and doctors over the system.
The deputy head of the British Medical Association's family doctors committee commented:
The deputy head of the British Medical Association's family doctors committee commented:
"The government wants patients' complete medical records to be made available through the IT programme. We think that is unnecessary and compromises patient confidentiality. Patients should be able to specify what they want on the electronic record, though information such as allergies and current medication would ideally be included."
Shut up, Blair
Former Chief Inspector of Prisons Lord Ramsbotham is not impressed by Blair's latest posturing on the criminal justice system:
"I just wish he'd shut up, frankly. One of the problems that there has been recently is announcement after announcement from the prime minister that he's going to do this and that and the other"
Thursday, June 15, 2006
DVLA nets £6m from sale of motorist details
It seems that the government has a new stealth tax and privacy outrage rolled into one (thanks, Dave!):
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has revealed that it made more than £6m last year selling access to the names and addresses of motorists to private sector companies such as wheel clamper, bailiffs and debt collection agencies.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Stop hiding behind an odious sex offender
Alice Miles thinks that the Labour party should stop using attacks on judges as a diversion from their own problems:
Hark at Margaret Moran, MP and member of the Home Affairs Select Committee, the closest the BBC could get to a government minister, talking about "serial paedophiles" on the Today programme yesterday. "We are talking about child abuse, we are talking about abuse of babies," she protested. Nothing over-emotive there, then. The Government has seized upon Craig Sweeney as a particularly revolting figleaf for the manifest failings of the Home Office.
Fingerprint scanner stores school meal choices
A South Tyneside school has a new twist on the "fingerprint children for school meals" idea:
Bit by bit, childrens' opportunities to learn to make their own choices are being chipped away…
The scanning machine debits the cost of their food from their account and also stores information about any allergies, so that pupils can be alerted to foods they cannot eat. It can also give parents details of their child's diet.
Bit by bit, childrens' opportunities to learn to make their own choices are being chipped away…
Call off the ministerial dogs
The Guardian is not impressed by ministerial attacks on prison sentences:
How embarrassing that a government full of lawyers has such contempt for the rule of law.
This campaign has got little to do with reforming the criminal-justice system. It is about Labour, sliding in the polls and alarmed by its own mortality, desperately attempting to jump on a bandwagon and willing to trash important principles in order to do so. We have a perfectly good system for reviewing the few rogue sentences that the system generates, vigorously managed by the attorney general, Lord Goldsmith. It should be left in place. The current hysteria does little to protect the public and much to destroy public confidence in the criminal-justice system. It substitutes the rule of the lynch mob for the rule of law. It is time for the government to call off the dogs.
How embarrassing that a government full of lawyers has such contempt for the rule of law.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Had time while away to read Saturday by Ian McEwan, one of that long list of critically acclaimed novels I never quite get around to. It's a thought-provoking life in the day of consultant neurosurgeon Henry Perowne, set against the gathering storm of Iraq during 2003.
The writing has a slightly dreamy quality, emphasised for me by a setting that I walk around every day of Fitzrovia and Bloomsbury. The graphic descriptions of brain surgery were less interesting than Perowne's reminiscences of his children growing up and his relationships with his wife and dying mother. The poetry of Perowne's daughter is echoed by the lyrical quality of McEwan's writing.
Recommended even if you are not interested in the details of removing a blood clot from between the brain and skull!
The writing has a slightly dreamy quality, emphasised for me by a setting that I walk around every day of Fitzrovia and Bloomsbury. The graphic descriptions of brain surgery were less interesting than Perowne's reminiscences of his children growing up and his relationships with his wife and dying mother. The poetry of Perowne's daughter is echoed by the lyrical quality of McEwan's writing.
Recommended even if you are not interested in the details of removing a blood clot from between the brain and skull!
Torture is a Moral Issue
A new campaign against torture has been set up in the US (via Daily Dish). If you are a religious American, sign up now!
Torture violates the basic dignity of the human person that all religions, in their highest ideals, hold dear. It degrades everyone involved – policy-makers, perpetrators and victims. It contradicts our nation's most cherished values. Any policies that permit torture and inhumane treatment are shocking and morally intolerable.
Nothing less is at stake in the torture abuse crisis than the soul of our nation. What does it signify if torture is condemned in word but allowed in deed?
Let America abolish torture now – without exceptions.
Sympathy for the record industry
Tom Robinson works out how much of the £7.99 iTunes price for Mike Skinner's new album goes to the artist (via Open Rights Group):
Daniel Davies retorts that the music industry acts like a venture capitalist with very few successful ventures:
It would be interesting to compare the investment successes vs. failures of the record industry compared to venture capital benchmarks. It would also be interesting to think up approaches whereby artists could defer "investment" by the record industry until a later stage at which they could extract a fairer amount of "equity" from the deal…
The government (of course) took its 17.5% in VAT off the top, leaving £6.59 net. Under a standard record contract, the split, according to the BACS, would go something like this: performer 48p, songwriter 53p, credit card company 59p and Apple 99p - while the record company trousers the remaining four quid. Even at the megastar rates enjoyed by Macca, Jagger and Jacko (22% of retail, no deductions), the performer gets maybe £1 more and the record company a quid less. Hey, do the maths.
Regardless of what royalty rate he's on, Skinner will still have to cover all recording and promotional costs from his share of the income. So if he can still afford a Ferrari, go figure how well his record label, Warners/679, is doing right now - and which one of them has the harder way to make an easy living.
Daniel Davies retorts that the music industry acts like a venture capitalist with very few successful ventures:
The biggest single cost that a record label faces is the number of acts they sign who just turn out to be no good. So when Mike Skinner gives up £4 from every album he sells to his record label, it isn't just champagne and coke for the company executives and shareholders he's paying for. He's paying for all the dreadful acts they sign every year who take an advance, record an album at vast expense, never sell a copy, break up and go back to university, all without paying back the money advanced to them at the start of the process.
It would be interesting to compare the investment successes vs. failures of the record industry compared to venture capital benchmarks. It would also be interesting to think up approaches whereby artists could defer "investment" by the record industry until a later stage at which they could extract a fairer amount of "equity" from the deal…
EU allows export of medicines for public health emergencies
The EU has published a Regulation that allows medicine necessary for a public health emergency (such as HIV and tuberculosis epidemics) to be manufactured and exported from the EU under a compulsory patent licence (via Open Rights Group). This implements the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and public health.
Now, we just need the EU to withdraw their idiotic promise to the WTO that member states will never use this facility in the case of a public health emergency within the EU. Tamiflu, anyone?
Microsoft's sordid spyware
It seems that MSFT is undoing some of its good recent work on privacy (e.g. Kim Cameron on InfoCards and Jerry Fishenden on the problems of ID cards). The latest update of their Windows Genuine Advantage tool (which checks that Windows installations are not pirated) is phoning home at every boot-up and sending various pieces of information to Redmond. Not the best way to build customer credibility.
Where are the British giants of cyberspace?
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has a confused opinion piece in the Times lamenting the lack of a UK Silicon Valley. (Starting the article with the mistaken claim that the Internet was invented by a Briton does not add credibility. I assume he is referring to Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web, which came almost 30 years after Polish-American Paul Baran thought up the distributed packet-switching network that eventually became the Internet.)
Osborne claims that the US university funding and intellectual property systems are better-focussed on innovation. I see little difference between how NSF and EPSRC, for example, choose and fund areas of Internet research. UK universities were allowed to exploit IP from government-funded research long before the 1994 US Bayh-Dole Act. Osborne praises Stanford University for setting aside the land that houses many IT giants, but UK universities such as Cambridge have done the same. The Shadow Chancellor also praises the US venture capital industry, but I'm not sure there's much he could do to recreate that industry here.
Let's hope Osborne's ideas become a bit more sophisticated during the remainder of his visit to California.
Osborne claims that the US university funding and intellectual property systems are better-focussed on innovation. I see little difference between how NSF and EPSRC, for example, choose and fund areas of Internet research. UK universities were allowed to exploit IP from government-funded research long before the 1994 US Bayh-Dole Act. Osborne praises Stanford University for setting aside the land that houses many IT giants, but UK universities such as Cambridge have done the same. The Shadow Chancellor also praises the US venture capital industry, but I'm not sure there's much he could do to recreate that industry here.
Let's hope Osborne's ideas become a bit more sophisticated during the remainder of his visit to California.
Monday, June 12, 2006
It's human rights, innit?
James Delingpole thinks that the Human Rights Act, Data Protection Act and health and safety legislation are being used as the modern equivalent of "the dog ate my homework" excuses (thanks, Dave!):
Much, then, as we would love to ascribe all our ills to intrusive, nannying, politically correct government legislation, it would seem that the law itself is only partly to blame. As much, if not more, of the damage is done by lame-brained councils, lunk-headed policemen, overprotective school teachers, and obstreperous bureaucrats who are either unable or unwilling to understand the true nature of the law.
Punishing silence
It seems that the Home Office has been assiduously briefing The Times about their plans to enable powers to compel the production of decryption keys. I suspect the leader writer(s) in question will not be receiving a more balanced picture from anyone else…
Queenstown police are being given similar powers in Australia (thanks, Dave!)
Punishing silence is a dangerous concept and should be rejected in all but severe cases. But the consultation paper circulated by the Home Office sets out the hurdles, designed to protect the innocent, which prosecutors would have to jump. For a suspect to be charged and face a prison term of more than two years for failing to unlock computer files, he would have to be a convicted paedophile; his computer would have to contain indecent pictures of children; or there would have to be evidence that he had communicated the encrypted information to someone else. The court would have to be satisfied that the encrypted data was likely to contain illegal images of children. The battle against paedophiles, like that against money-launderers, has been made more complicated by the internet. It is reasonable that law enforcement acquires stronger powers to fight back.
Queenstown police are being given similar powers in Australia (thanks, Dave!)
Saturday, June 10, 2006
NSA Wiretap Reveals Subject May Be Paying Too Much For Long-Distance
The NSA director is concerned about one of their surveillance subjects: "Bear in mind that this is a man who earns only $43,220 a year. With both a Dodge minivan in desperate need of repair and the upcoming vasectomy to pay for, he should be more concerned about these expenses."
Court upholds Net-wiretapping rules
A US court has upheld the decision of the Federal Communications Commission decision to require ISPs to fit wiretapping devices to their networks (thanks, Dave!). This is despite the fact that the relevant legislation (the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act) explicity exempts "information services," and that Congress was assured in 1994 that the act would only cover the telephone network.
The dissenting justice was not impressed:
The dissenting justice was not impressed:
"What we see in this case is an agency attempting to squeeze authority from a statute that does not give it," Edwards wrote. "The FCC's interpretation completely nullifies the information services exception and manufactures broad new powers out of thin air."
Hola from Texas
At a workshop on "The Ethical Design of Surveillance Technology" in Austin this weekend. Will write more about the event when it's over, but for now I'm enjoying the contradictions of being in Texas' outpost of liberalism, with almost 10% of the city's population students at the University of Texas at Austin. Have seen a few cowboy hats and quite enough evangelical TV channels, but there is a lot of Spanish in evidence and plenty of good food. So it isn't quite the monoglot Dubyaland I expected ;)
This dialogue of the deaf is corroding our human rights
"In a democracy, the rule of law matters more than anything, and the human rights of individuals and minorities are at the heart of that rule of law. The Human Rights Act does not stand in the way of modern democratic government. In many respects it makes modern democratic government possible. It explicitly defends both the right to security and the right to civil liberty. Both matter, though not at the total expense of the other. Most people understand this. The real madness is not human rights but the attack on human rights." —Martin Kettle
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Google compromised principles in China
Google founder Sergey Brin has admitted that their censor-friendly Chinese service might be better shut down:
This also might have something to do with the fact that hardly anyone in China is using the censored service…
"It's perfectly reasonable to do something different, to say: 'Look, we're going to stand by the principle against censorship, and we won't actually operate there.' That's an alternate path."
This also might have something to do with the fact that hardly anyone in China is using the censored service…
Rendition 'massively damaging' to counter-terrorism effort
The Council of Europe's investigation into US "extraordinary rendition" of terrorist suspects has now published its report. It found that 14 European countries have supported the activity. Former Foreign Office Minister Tony Lloyd says:
"If these things are born out, this process is really damaging to any attempt to combat terrorism in our society. It leads to the suspicion that what we are doing is the wrong tactic and even as bad as the terrorists themselves."
Employers routinely read staff emails
38% of UK companies with 1,000 or more employees hire staff to read or analyse outbound email, according to a security company survey (thanks, Dave!)
King Dubya's power grab
Democrats are not the only Americans appalled by Bush's power grab and attempted rewrite of the US constitution (via Daily Dish):
Grover Norquist, a principal organizer of the conservative movement who is close to the Bush White House and usually supports its policies, says, "If you interpret the Constitution's saying that the president is commander in chief to mean that the president can do anything he wants and can ignore the laws you don't have a constitution: you have a king." He adds, "They're not trying to change the law; they're saying that they're above the law and in the case of the NSA wiretaps they break it."
Surveillance system scrambles people's faces
A Swiss company has released a CCTV filtering system that masks the appearance of people in the video feed until an encryption key is used to unmask a specific individual:
Its developers say the system could let law enforcers use closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras without invading the privacy of those being watched. For example, a video stream could remain anonymous until its operators realise that a crime has been committed. The video could then be unscrambled by authorities with the necessary encryption key.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
The Iraqi Horror Picture Show
The Guardian has some suggestions for new West End musicals:
The Iraqi Horror Picture Show
'It's just a step to the right!'
The Scene: Excited at having reaffirmed their party vows, Anthony and Cherry set off to tell their friend Dr Reid the happy news. But on the way the rains set in and the car gets a puncture. Seeking shelter, they arrive at a grand, white house - the home of Dr Doubly Bushy, a hairy Texan in suspenders. The doctor is holding a party to celebrate his new creation, Chainy, who is going to give the world a proper seeing to.
NHS trusts pay millions in fines to suppliers of delayed IT system
More eye-popping bonfires of cash in the NHS National Programme for IT:
Arrangements disclosed today by the magazine Computer Weekly show the government committed trusts to provide 200 staff to work with the computer companies to devise the best possible systems.
In southern England the NHS was unable to meet an obligation to second 50 full-time employees to the Japanese-owned Fujitsu Corporation. The trusts will now have to pay Fujitsu £19m.
Monday, June 05, 2006
US is a rogue nation
Conservative US columnist Andrew Sullivan cannot quite believe what is happening in his adopted country:
The United States is a rogue nation that practices torture and detainee abuse and does not follow the most basic principles of the Geneva Conventions. It is inviolation of human rights agreements and the U.N. Convention against torture. It is legitimizing torture by every disgusting regime on the planet. This is a policy mandated by the president and his closest advisers. This is the signal being sent from the commander-in-chief to his troops: your enemy can be treated beyond the boundaries of what the U.S. has always abided by. When you next read of an atrocity of war-crime or victim of torture by the U.S., just keep in mind who made this possible.
DRM report launched by parliamentary group
I spent this morning at the launch of the All-Party Parliamentary Internet Group's report on Digital Rights Management. They make several sensible recommendations, but could have gone a lot further, as Open Rights Group explains.
What struck me most about the meeting was the entirely different world that IP lobbyists inhabit. They spent a considerable amount of time attacking Google Europe's director of communications and public affairs over Google Print, for the reason that Google quite outrageously has to scan a whole copy of a book to make that book searchable. (This was after they sang the praises of Google's Web index).
You have to wonder if they have the first clue about the public policy aims behind copyright law, or how technology actually works. You especially have to wonder if they realise quite what a powerful enemy they are making in Rachel Whetstone.
What struck me most about the meeting was the entirely different world that IP lobbyists inhabit. They spent a considerable amount of time attacking Google Europe's director of communications and public affairs over Google Print, for the reason that Google quite outrageously has to scan a whole copy of a book to make that book searchable. (This was after they sang the praises of Google's Web index).
You have to wonder if they have the first clue about the public policy aims behind copyright law, or how technology actually works. You especially have to wonder if they realise quite what a powerful enemy they are making in Rachel Whetstone.
Can science get by without your tax money?
Terence Kealey, vice-chancellor of the UK's only private university, thinks that government science funding only displaces private sector research:
This is difficult to believe for someone who has had and continues to receive funding from the UK government's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ;) From a less biased perspective the late Prof. Roger Needham, head of Microsoft Research Cambridge and Cambridge University's Computing Laboratory for many years, put a powerful case for the government funding of pre-competitive computer science research.
Contrary to myth, the private sector does tons of science — because it is so profitable. Consider IBM. The Times Higher Education Supplement's survey last year showed that Harvard University's science papers are the most cited globally (20.6 citations per paper on average) but coming in second was IBM (18.9), outranking all other universities and research bodies. And because IBM invests so much in science, it has for the past 12 years been awarded more patents (3,000 annually) than any other institution. And by its patents IBM earns more than $1 billion annually in licence fees.
This is difficult to believe for someone who has had and continues to receive funding from the UK government's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ;) From a less biased perspective the late Prof. Roger Needham, head of Microsoft Research Cambridge and Cambridge University's Computing Laboratory for many years, put a powerful case for the government funding of pre-competitive computer science research.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Children: Over Surveilled, Under Protected
The excellent Action on Rights for Children and LSE have organised a free half-day conference on public sector databases on children, which are multiplying like you would not believe.
I'll be speaking about "Information sharing: the risks for families". Hope you can make it along on 27 June!
I'll be speaking about "Information sharing: the risks for families". Hope you can make it along on 27 June!
Hideous company sends Boing Boing a pre-emptive nastygram
Here's yet another reason to love Boing Boing: their response to a nastygram from law firm Baker & McKenzie warning about "unauthorized streaming and downloading of FIFA World Cup matches":
I don't even know what the FIFA World Cup is. I'm guessing it's soccer, which I hate just as much as any other pro sport. Every editor at Boing Boing detests professional sports, and we would sooner stream a video of a crumpled up paper napkin in the corner of a room than show some jackasses running after a ball. The only time we would ever post anything about pro-sports would be to make fun of them.
Just imagine what the NHS could do with £20bn
Nick Cohen thinks he knows why NHS National Programme for IT costs have trebled to £20bn:
New Labour is a creature of the 1990s that allowed itself to be overawed by the private sector without ever understanding how the private sector makes its money. Private management consultants make theirs by billing for as many hours as possible. If their clients are dumb enough to let them get away with it, they will inevitably suggest creating a new and complicated IT system from scratch rather than adapting tried-and-tested technology. Complicated and error-prone technology may not help doctors but it is a marvellous method for generating billable hours for consultants.
Saturday, June 03, 2006
The war on privacy
The Economist thinks that the ECJ ruling on the transatlantic transfer of passenger information will have little long-term effect:
Only the most egregious breaches of online security and deliberate attempts to procure personal information are reported in the media. But smaller leaks that compromise privacy are everyday occurrences. The mass of personal details used by government agencies or businesses increasingly renders old notions of privacy obsolete. The electronic trails that diminish privacy may help to trap crooks and terrorists, but where net curtains once shut out nosey neighbours it will, for good or ill, become increasingly difficult to shut anyone out in future.
The BBC's plan for cyberspace domination
David Rowan thinks that the BBC is losing its way with its "Creative Future" plan:
In its exemplary drive to innovate and meet new audience demands in this barely begun digital revolution, the corporation is in danger of forgetting its core mission: to produce programming that must "inform, educate and entertain". Nowhere did the original charter suggest that Auntie should build empires such as those now envisaged for their own sakes. There is little evidence of consumer dissatisfaction with existing web search sites and media portals such as Google, AOL and Yahoo!, so the BBC would not be filling a particular market gap by starting another. Nor, with plenty of businesses already offering homes for citizens' own creativity — from YouTube to Flickr for video and photographs — is it clear why a publicly funded competitor needs to come along and paddle other innovators' canoes.
Friday, June 02, 2006
Companies endorse RFID privacy guidelines
IBM, Procter & Gamble, Microsoft, Visa and other major companies have endorsed new guidelines on the use of RFID tags that are linked to personal information (thanks, Dave!). They stress consumer notification, choice and data security:
I had some involvement in similar work by Enterprise Privacy Group on the use of RFID tags on pharmaceuticals.
Paula Bruening, staff counsel for the Center for Democracy & Technology in the U.S., which led the working group, says, "This document recognizes the core privacy needs of citizens, while acknowledging that early-stage technology needs the flexibility to change as it evolves. RFID is a fast-evolving technology that may soon become ubiquitous in our lives."
I had some involvement in similar work by Enterprise Privacy Group on the use of RFID tags on pharmaceuticals.
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This rooftop lounge, backed by restaurateur Jeffrey Chodorow, features 3,000 square feet of outdoor space and private chaise longue-equipped cabanas. Three separate terraces offer views of Lincoln Center and Central Park, and an appropriately sleek bar—constructed of stacked metal pipes—dispenses specialty cocktails like the Oran'gin the Mood (orange juice, Bombay Sapphire, Patrón Citrónge and club soda). There's also a swimming pool on the upper level, but locals shouldn't bother with the SPF: It's open to hotel guests only.
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If your looking for a good time I highly recommend going to the Empire Hotel Rooftop. Last Saturday me and a huge group of girls had the time of our lives. Free VIP treatment, absolutely zero time wasted standing in line, and most importantly no cover. We were given our own section which included bottle service all night. Seems to good to be true, I know! If it wasn't for the promoter my friend got in contact with before hand our night would have been wasted on standing in long lines and waiting hours to get a single drink. Make sure to get in contact with Indi Romero through the Joonbug website. I guarantee you'll have an awesome night!
This is a terrible rooftop bar. $20 drinks in plastic glasses. Unoriginal club music from a laptop. Do yourself a favor and go anywhere else.
Having moved from the UWS about five years ago, I ventured back to show three of my girlfriends them my old neighborhood, as well as a lovely rooftop bar that I had been to before and had a wonderful time (albeit in 2011). So, we reserved a table, four girlfriends, early 40's (who, I might add look no older than 32, serious athletes and fashion minded girls) on a Saturday night. Why we didn't just turn on our heels and head out immediately, I don't know - maybe we thought, "It could only get better". So, here it goes.... We arrived, checked in with the host downstairs (even complimented his shoes), gave him our name, he called upstairs and said, "Party of four. Lastname. They are OLDER". Excuse me? Whatever, chalked it up to him just being an idiot. When we were brought upstairs, no offers to check out coats (did I mention this was bottle service??!!), and we were escourted to a cramped corner, in the back where we were seated next to folks who were just sipping on mixed drinks, clearly no bottles, etc. We were so incredibly disgusted, our champagne arrived, silly little sparkler (I've don't bottles before in Manhattan, LA and Vegas - by far this was the most pathetic presentation), then the girl overcharged us (some additiona fee on TOP of the $200 +20%) and we just high tailed it out of there - didn't even finish the bottle, and our server never once came back to see how we were doing or if we needed anything else. I suppose that "old" people (newsflash - 40 year olds are NOT old and usually come ready to spend) don't deserve good service, only insults. The crowd? Questionable. Definitely NOT what I recall from 2011. Just stay away. Head to a more upscale rooftop where service is the highlight, not insults and bad service.
Although the rooftop offers beautiful views, avoid this place! Service is horrible!!!! Management and personnel are very unprofessional, rude, and disrespectful. If you want to have a great evening and enjoy spending your money, go to a different rooftop!
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I was looking for a place to go out with some friends and was searching for a rooftop over the internet and came across this, The Empire Hotel Rooftop. I had seen Justine T's comment below about contacting a promoter, Indi Romero, I found him on facebook, private messaged him and he answered immediately! I was very skeptical at first but it actually worked, he was able to let us skip the line, no cover free, and even gave us a free bottle! We all had a blast that friday night and just wanted to say, find him on facebook, Indi Romero, or he gave us his contact info...email@example.com or 212-255-4223! Definitely worth a try!

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|"From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way." -- Bill Watterson
Bill Watterson (b. 1958) is an American cartoonist, best known as the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.
For much of his life, Watterson lived in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, a village of four thousand souls. There, High Street leads into the Whitesburg Park, ending in a dusty teardrop by a shaded lake. The Chagrin river flows lazily among the trees, beavers swim and toil, people come to fish or walk their dogs. Sounds like a place for Calvin.
Watterson is painted as 'reclusive' -- I say he's just private. Since Calvin ended, he's avoided interviews and generally maintained a low profile.
But this little essay isn't about Watterson. Calvin and Hobbes, the strip he wrote, penciled and inked for 10 years, ceased publication in 1995.
Maybe the six-year-old hellraiser, Calvin, and his tiger companion Hobbes still get so much love because Watterson didn't "run the wheels off of it," as he once told an interviewer.
You can easily cross the line that divides artistic integrity from gross, mercenary self-interest. Bill saw that line and said no, I'm staying right here. The cartoonist wouldn't sell his soul to pay utility bills or put food on the table.
It is understandable that he never let Calvin & Hobbes be commercialized like the Simpsons. Watterson felt that this move would invalidate anything he had to say.
So, what can Calvin & Hobbes teach you about writing a novel, story or play? Maybe include more dinosaurs? Let's find out.
There's treasure everywhere. You just have to know where to look but, more importantly, it's how you look that really counts.
Consider photography. Ask yourself this: what is a photographer's most important tool? The one he absolutely can't do without?
If your answer is 'a camera,' you're WRONG. The photographer's one indispensable tool is a trained, attentive mind. A monkey with a camera, you see, is just that. A monkey. With a camera. Possibly broken.
Monkeys are hella smart, but we're a long way from witnessing the birth of a Chimpy Leibovitz or a Gorilla Ray. I think. I hope.
Never confuse the instrument with the person who plays it.
An excellent camera won't turn you into an award-winning photographer; a MacBook Pro won't make you a better writer. Technology is there to help, not replace you or add "value" to your writing. You can draft a heartbreaking ode to your lost love on a cocktail napkin using a crayon. (You can eat the crayon afterwards, but it won't make you feel better, trust me.) Conversely, one might plot an Uwe Boll movie on a million-dollar laptop.
Long before web 2.0, social media, even before the printing press, a writer knew that she must rely on her storytelling skills. She wouldn't trust her quills to come up with a sonnet -- or somehow improve it.
"I just tried to write honestly," Watterson told Cleveland.com, "and I tried to make this little world fun to look at, so people would take the time to read it. That was the full extent of my concern. You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens."
Writing is the fine art of making mountains out of molehills and having your reader play along. It's this very elaborate, private joke between the two of you.
Set up these stick figures, maybe splash a little paint on them, make funny voices. It's all pretend. But it's real at the same time. You both find a way to inhabit the story. The more effort a writer puts into this make-believe, the more love they'll get in return.
Now, I don't like Harry Potter one bit, but may lightning strike me dead if I don't admit it right now -- that JK Rowling sure packed her books full o' them word things. Like, hundreds of thousands of them. They might be beautiful or ugly, work together or not... I don't care. Rowling had the discipline, she put in the hours. People don't snap up those books just because they're terrible and they have no taste... there's actually something to them. Those stories speak to a certain need and, so long as they satisfy that need (which I would say is a longing for transcendence) they are good, up to a point.
"The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!" -- asserts the sage Watterson.
It's true, you can let bad ideas get in the way of your good ones. There's one golden rule of composition and Ezra Pound put it best: "Cut, cut, cut." Another sage once advised the filthy beggars at his saintly feet: "when writing, skip the boring parts." In other words, some ideas already smell ripe before you commit them to paper.
One great big question keeps dogging us, however. It's not always easy to tell good ideas from bad ones, so how do you do it?
I don't have any recipes for you. Trial and error is a time-honored method for weeding out terrible notions. Natural selection employs it; who are we to think ourselves above nature? It is her guiding hand, after all, that gave us such marvels as the average person, who does not jump in front of a train just to see what happens.
|Good idea? Bad one? Depends on your preconceived notions, I guess.
Who are Calvin and Hobbes?
Calvin is an explorer, a treasure-hunter and a time traveler. When he is stuck behind a school desk he withdraws into the cosmos of his mind. One of the wilder fan theories out there maintains that Calvin is a god-in-training and Hobbes is a mentor figure.
Fascinating as that theory sounds, I'm not going to explore it here. I'm running low, need to replenish my electrolytes. I see Hobbes as a totem animal, a spirit guide. Is he real or not? I don't know, what do you think?
What I love best about these two is... Damn, I don't have a name for it. There's something so true, so deeply humane about Calvin and his tiger buddy. Thank you, Mr. Watterson.
|"Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend."
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What can they teach you about writing? -- is a weekly series of articles drawing on public statements by talented people, and how such statements apply to the act of writing. "Talented people" does not mean they're entertainers, nor do I expect you to agree with my definition of talent at all times.
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The Ferris State University men's ice hockey team will be conducting its annual Crimson and Gold Intrasquad Game this Sunday (Oct. 7) afternoon inside FSU's Ewigleben (pronounced A-VAH-glave-in) Ice Arena at Big Rapids, Mich.
The game, which will begin at 2:05 p.m. (EDT), consists of two 20-minute periods and a skills competition between the two frames involving various 2007-08 team members.
Admission is free although a $2 donation to the little Kevin Courtney Foundation is greatly appreciated. The foundation was established by Kevin and Julie Courtney in honor of their late son and funds raised will help offset costs for underpriviledged kids who wish to be involved in youth hockey and figure skating.
Following the contest, the popular "Skate With The Bulldogs" will be held along with an autograph session involving the Ferris State players and the coaching staff. A $2 skate rental charge will be assessed for the post-game activity. Free 2007-08 Bulldog Hockey Schedule Posters and Schedule cards will be available to fans in attendance.
"The guys are excited about getting on the ice," said FSU head coach Bob Daniels, who begins his 16th year at Ferris State this upcoming 2007-08 season and is the Bulldogs' all-time winningest coach. "As a whole, this group worked diligently in the offseason and is focused on making this season a successful one. With the start of our 2007-08 season less than a week away, the intrasquad game is important in allowing us (the coaching staff) to address certain areas which need to be refined."
Ferris State, which compiled a 14-22-3 overall record and a ninth-place 10-16-2 mark in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), returns 19 letterwinners from last season. The Bulldogs were recently selected to place ninth in the 2007-08 CCHA Coaches Preseason Poll and eighth in the media poll.
The Bulldogs begin their 30th season of varsity competition next weekend, Oct. 12-13, with a two-game non-conference series versus the Union Dutchmen in Schenectady, N.Y. A 7:05 p.m. (EDT) faceoff is scheduled for both outings.
Ferris, which will feature a 17-game home slate for the 2007-08 season, hosts the Wayne State Warriors Oct. 19-20 in the Bulldogs' home-opening season series at the Ewigleben Ice Arena.
Hockey reserved single-game tickets are currently on sale and prices are $12 (adult), $8 (K-12) and $5 (FSU students) for all games with the exception of the two premier CCHA contests against Michigan State (Dec. 7) and Michigan (March 1). The premier game tickets, which will be $16 apiece, will go on sale Monday, Oct. 22. Six 2007-08 home contests have been designated as family nights and consist of four tickets to the game, four soft drinks and two popcorns all for only $32.
Tickets for the Bulldogs' upcoming 2007-08 season can be purchased through an agreement with Star Tickets Plus and are available at all West Michigan Meijer stores, online at www.starticketsplus.com or by calling (800) 585-3737. In addition, fans can also contact the FSU Athletics Ticket Office inside the ice arena directly Monday thru Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT) at (231) 591-2888. However, phone orders for single-game tickets must be purchased through Star Tickets Plus.
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Some have given me a hard time about hiding the guns I buy from my wife. She went down to Houston, Texas for the day to visit a friend. They went shopping for just a half day. She got home around ten that night. I unloaded the SUV and put it all on the bed. It was OK because she bought all of it at the outlet stores saving lots of money.
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bumping for RCW...Ok, so what am I doing wrong then because it removes some but not all. When I go to apply my bha after cleansing there is still lots of makeup that shows up on the cotton pad.I find the PSF Castile doesn't work well with heavy eyemakeup, so when I'm wearing a lot of shadows/mascara, I usually remove that first with a little oil and then wash with PSF Castile. It's definitely enough to remove my mineral foundation though.I have another question regarding the PSF Cleanser. I am loving it so far except that when I use it at night I find that it does not do a very good job of removing my mineral makeup. I currently am using the sample size and am using about the size of a dime and when mixed with a little bit of water it foams up. How much should I be using to make sure to thoroughly remove my mineral makeup? Thanks.
I am only using a dime size amount of my sample, should I be using more or should I cleanse twice with the cleanser?
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We have decided to remove our support posts (4x4's) and railing on our front porch and replace the columns with 8x8 columns and no railing to give the porch a more open feel. We would like to remove the 8 columns currently there (6 along the front and 2 at the rear of the porch) and only use 4 of the 8x8 colums at the front.
1st question - can i remove the front 6 columns and only replace them with 4 columns (1 at each end and 1 on each side of the door)? will the span between columns be too great?
2nd question - how do i determine the structural weight of the front porch roof to ensure that the new columns can support it? each new post can support 10000 lbs.
3rd question - how do i know if the current support beam (which is 4 inches wide and spans the length of the porch) can handle the distance between the new columns/
4th question - do I need to replace the columns at the rear of the porch? The porch roof is attached to the house?
I have included a photo of the front of our house so that you can get an idea of our current setup.
Thanks for any feed back.
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Probably not, you really need a Structural Engineer to positively answer those questions for you.
How big is the beam?
What's the span between post?
Is your beam breaking on one of the post you want to remove?
It may look like one piece of wood spanning the porch but I'm sure it's not. It's just painted up real good.
The post against the house are more than likely decorative but can't say for sure.
Assuming the 1st floor wall and 2nd floor wall are flush, the weight of the front porch likely isn't that great. From the point of view of simply being able to support the weight, I'd bet a pair of 4x4 posts could hold it. But the real issue is how well the porch can support itself BETWEEN the posts.
I'm guessing the reason six 4x4 posts were used was so that the span between posts was relatively small allowing for the use of shorter joists. As a guess, I think 2x6s were used between the posts. Had they wanted to use only four 4x4 posts, they would have had to jump up to 2x10s (again, a guess) causing the roof pitch to be nearly flat or the front edge of the porch to sit too low.
So the only way you are likely to be able to switch to only four support posts is if you find a way to reinforce the joists between the existing posts. I doubt you'll find a way to easily do such a thing yourself using standard dimensional lumber, therefore as kwikfishron suggests, you would likely need to assistance of a structural engineer to determine your options.
So likely the only way you could leave the roof profile the same and switch to only four support posts would be if the joists that sfrom post to post could either be replaced by an I-beam, or doubled/trippled up (li
I bet two 4x4 posts could hold the weight... but the real issue is how well the porch can support itself BETWEEN the posts. The reason 6
Kwikfishron - I was thinking I would need to get an engineer in to look at this but was hoping someone on here may know the answers to some of my questions. to answer some of your questions...
How big is the beam? it is 4 inches deep and 6 inches wide but it's wrapped in aluminum so i can't tell where the breaks are but the total span is roughly 28ft.
What's the span between post? 5ft from post to post with the exception of the span between the posts on each side of the door. that's about 7ft.
Is your beam breaking on one of the post you want to remove? It's wrapped in aluminum so I can't tell where the break is but posts i want to remove are the ones in the center of the rail on each side. they are only five feet from the end of the porch and I can't imagine the break would be at 5ft.
It might not be a 4x6 beam
Could be made up out of 2x4's & framed out to what you see
You will need to verify what is under alum wrapping
Spanning 12' with roof & snow load might need more support
yes you need to see whats holding roof up
Okay. I just spoke with the contractor that built our house and they are sending me a copy of the house plans. They told me over the phone that the porch support beam above the pillars is a triple stacked 2x10 beam. Would this beam be sufficiant to support the roof without sagging if we remove the support columns I mentioned previously?
depends on if there are open splices in beam between columns
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TZANEEN, South Africa (Reuters) - World Cup fever has spread to South African grannies, with hundreds of poor, elderly women in aprons and skirts fighting for the ball in township games.
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The best imitation of myself : a retrospective / Ben Folds.
Philosophy (Ben Folds Five)
You Don't Know Me (Feat. Regina Spektor)
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Inter-and Intra-Site Genetic Diversity of Natural Field Populations of Rice Tungro Bacilliform Virus in the Philippines
Arboleda, M. & Azzam, Osmat (2000) Inter-and Intra-Site Genetic Diversity of Natural Field Populations of Rice Tungro Bacilliform Virus in the Philippines. Archives of Virology, 145(2), pp. 275-289.
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The genetic structure of rice tungro bacilliform virus (RTBV) populations within and between growing sites was analyzed in a collection of natural field isolates from different rice varieties grown in eight tungro-endemic sites of the Philippines. Total DNA extracts from 345 isolates were digested with EcoRV restriction enzyme and hybridized with a full-length probe of RTBV, a procedure shown in preliminary experiments capable of revealing high levels of polymorphism in RTBV field isolates. In the total population, 17 distinct EcoRV-based genome profiles (genotypes) were identified and used as indicators for virus diversity. Distinct sets of genotypes occurred in Isabela and North Cotabato provinces suggesting a geographic isolation of virus populations. However, among the sites in each province, there were few significant differences in the genotype compositions of virus populations. The number of genotypes detected at a site varied from two to nine with a few genotypes dominating. In general the isolates at a site persisted from season to season indicating a genetic stability for the local virus population. Over the sampling time, IRRI rice varieties, which have green leafhopper resistance genes, supported similar virus populations to those supported by other varieties, indicating that the variety of the host exerted no apparent selection pressures. Insect transmission experiments on selected RTBV field isolates showed that dramatic shifts in genotype and phenotype distributions can occur in response to host /environmental shifts.
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