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FNH Five-seveN Pistol Review by George Parsons
As a follow up to my review to the PS90 carbine, here is a review of FN's Five-seveN tactical handgun. I'm often asked, does the Five-seveN pistol make a good carry gun? The answers to these questions are based on individual demands from their service pistol; such as size, caliber, weight, etc. I would categorize this handgun as a good full size duty weapon, and possibly well suited to home defense.
It took me a while to warm up to this pistol. In fact, I wasn't very interested in it at all at first. My general critique was that the gun was strangely designed, had small controls, and was overpriced. Some of these attributes still hold true. However, as some of these drawbacks are to be considered against other pistols, if you own a PS-90 it just makes sense to have an accompanying weapon that shares the same ammunition in 5.7 x 28mm. While built to carried along with the carbine, this pistol is no afterthought.
Read the rest of the review after the jump…
As far as its merit as a carry gun is concerned, it has some very good benefits. It's lightweight, accurate, ergonomic, and has a very high 20 shot magazine capacity with an optional 10 rd. extension. I favor the 30 round mags as backups for reloads while carrying with the 20 in the gun. In addition, I love the fact that when you buy a FNH Five-seveN Pistol, it comes with 3 magazines in the box; capacity dictated by the state in which you live.
This pistol is very lightweight at 20.8 ounces (empty); which is great to carry for extensive periods of time. Contrary to some, the entire gun is not made entirely from polymer. While the frame and magazine are polymer, many of the parts such as the slide are steel encased in polymer. Significant weight savings are the result. FN offers the Five-seveN in several frame colors: black, olive drab green, and dark earth. And while we're on the subject of the frame, have you ever looked at the front end of the FN Five-seveN frame and noticed that they all tend to look like they're bending down at the front? Every one is the same way.
Operator controls are the usual slide release, magazine release, safety selector, and take-down switch. They are easy to manipulate for those with even medium sized hands. The safety selector and magazine release are ambidextrous. Look inside the box and there will be a small plastic tool for removing the magazine release button and switching sides for lefty's.
Las Vegas Metro Police Department recently got clearance to carry the FNH Five-seveN as a main duty weapon. That's an interesting decision in my opinion, as I believe there is somewhat of a learning curve in regard to the location of the safety switch. If you happen to be trained on weapons that are typical with the safety levers located on the rear of the frame to be operated with either thumb, then surely it would take some getting used to with the very small control located above the trigger.
There are three sights available for the FN Five-seveN that include an adjustable rear, a three-dot ramped, and an available three-dot tritium. I prefer any pistol with night sights, so the three dot ramped version is my second choice depending on what's available.
FN weapons boast the quality of cold hammer forged chrome lined barrels; and the FNH Five-seveN is no different. It's such a skinny little barrel once the slide is pulled back, but it still looks like a quality part. All pistols come with a 4.8" barrel rifled with a 1:9 twist, exactly the same as the PS90 carbine.
I'm not sure how many people give thought to how the gun fires, but it is not a striker fired weapon as it may seem when you pull the trigger. In fact, it has a small internal hammer. This makes it a single action firearm without the capability of dropping the hammer with a decocker and having a double action first shot. That's perfect in my opinion, as I've never appreciated the trigger pull of a double action first shot.
Typical of any modern combat handgun, it has a 5-slot picatinny accessory rail for the mounting of tactical lights or lasers. I'm not sure how many holsters are available for this weapon with a tactical light mounted…zero?
Overall shooting impressions are very good. I like the way the gun feels considering how large the magazine is due to the length of the 5.7 x 28 cartridge. Firing the SS197 "blue tip" with minimal recoil. It's a funny thing to have a handgun with such a large capacity as you expect it to run out far sooner being used to standard capacity pistols.
Accuracy is one compliment I've heard time and again regarding the FNH Five-seveN. Due in part to the flat trajectory of the ammunition and the quality of the weapon itself, it is very accurate. That being said, I found it difficult to hit a clay pigeon at 100 meters with the three dot sights! It wasn't the gun's fault though. I was hitting all around it, body shots for sure; but with the small projectile and firing into a desert backdrop, I was unable to walk the shot onto the target… better luck next time my clay nemesis.
For me, the FN Five-seveN has enough features and benefits to warrant owning one. You just have to decide if the caliber and size of the weapon is ideal for what you want it to do. Would I carry this gun for everyday protection? Sure, if there was no other option available, and concealability wasn't a factor . I find the Glock and Springfield XD line of pistols to be the core standard of combat handguns by which all others are judged. This isn't to say that the FN, H&K, Sig Sauer, and 1911 handguns aren't up to the task because at the end of the day it's all about how much time you spend training with the particular handgun you intend to bet your life on.
Here are some specs you may find useful:
– Caliber: 5.7x28mm
– Operation: Single-Action Only (SAO)
– Twist Rate: 1 in 9 RH"
– Barrel Length: 4.75"
– Height: 5.7"
– Width: 1.4"
– Barrel Length: 4.80"
– Overall Length: 8.2"
– Weight: 20.8 oz. empty
– Magazine: 20- or 10-round magazines


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The family of a British woman murdered in Kashmir have revealed they tried desperately to stop her travelling there after she changed her plans on meeting a man.
Sarah Groves, 24, a former pupil at St Mary's School Ascot, Berkshire, was stabbed repeatedly on a houseboat near the capital Srinagar in the early hours of Saturday.
She suffered 43 cuts to her body as she desperately tried to fight off her attacker, but died from two fatal knife wounds to her neck and chest, which pierced her lung.
She had been staying with her boyfriend Saeed Ahmed Shoda, 25, whom she met in the Indian resort of Goa in January.
Dutch tourist Richard de Wit, 43, admitted the crime and told Mr Shoda: "I killed her – that's it. The Devil took over my body."
Police said today they have spoken to his wife and daughter in Ridderkerk, Holland, who confirmed he has been receiving psychiatric treatment.
Mr Shoda said today he hoped de Wit "goes to hell"
He told ITV's Daybreak: "I want him to get really big punishment, he made her suffer and I want him to be in hell as well.
"I do not know why he did this."
Mr Shoda, whose family own the New Beauty boat on Kashmir's Dal lake, has been in constant contact with the former bank worker's family in Guernsey.
He said: "I spoke with her parents and I told them I am very sorry for this, I couldn't really take care of her."
Her parents Victor, 70, and Kate, 66, said they were worried their daughter had changed her travel plans - which initially would have seen her go to Sri Lanka - after meeting Mr Shoda and arranging to stay with his family.
Mr Groves said: "She went north instead. We tried so hard to stop her going."
He said her family's concern was "nothing against the guy himself" and added: "In a completely different way, it's devastating for them as well. It happened in their house.
"I'm sure it's very tough."
Her brother Tom, 31, an advertising executive from Manchester who has set up a campaign calling for justice for his sister, said: "She was not just a daughter and sister - she was an aunt to my children who I had to break the news to, which I hope is the hardest thing I have had to do in my life because if anything is harder than that I don't think I could take it."
He added: "We hope that the right process will be followed and that justice can be done and seen to be done."
Aftul ul Mujtada, Srinagar's Deputy Inspector General leading the investigation, said de Wit - who was staying on the same houseboat - had confessed to the killing while under the influence of drugs, believed to be either heroin or cannabis, but not divulged anything else.
However he said he was hopeful he would explain his motives in the coming days.
He told the Standard: "So far he has said nothing more other than he has done it. He is not cooperating to that extent, not revealing anything.
"But I think after some time when he feels more comfortable he will speak out."
In a video posted on YouTube from Zurich in December last year, de Wit said he had been receiving treatment from psychologists but believed that they had been acting on behalf of the security services to spy on him.
Dr Farida Noor who carried out the post mortem examination on Ms Groves, said she had tried to defend herself from the savage attack.
"She tried to catch hold of the weapon in her hands. I think she would have fought bravely."
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A 23-year-old snowmobiler is dead following an avalanche in the small East Kootenay town of Elkford today - the seventh such fatality in B.C. this season.
The man was riding with nine others in the Crossing Creek or KoKo Claims Trail area, when an avalanche struck at about 4 p.m., killing one of the group, paramedic Lynn Bobak said.
Elkford RCMP said the man had been in a bowl area known as the Tundra, and triggered the avalanche on himself.
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The man, whose name was not released, was flown to a medical clinic in Elkford, where he later died.
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New Special Forces. Plus need build advise.
Picked up my first Brown couple of months back - SF (attached pictures).. After shooting it I have the bug and want to put through the below build. Was hoping folks could comment, help w/ any ideas, etc.
I'd like to order the gun this Saturday. What I need help w/ most is the sights. I have adjustable night sights checked but what do you guys think? It's not going to be a primary or for carry but I do like the idea of being able to use it in low light if I needed to.
If you rec Novaks Gold bead front, what blade height would you install on a Classic Custom & why??
To be honest - I saw the pictures on this forum of the gun that "Dean186" built & those pics have been in my mind, driving me nuts for weeks..I LOVE the way that gun looks & want one that looks similar but with a few, small modifications/additions.
Anyway - Here it is:
Classic Custom - Stainless/Stainless -
- Mirror slide finish
- Serrate back of slide
- 2 piece guide rod
- Oversize mag release
- 3 hole trigger
- Rear cocking serrations
- Maxi-Well
- Ambi
- Adjustable Night Sights
- Custom Rib (flatten, Serrate plus relief cuts)
- VZ Carbon Fiber grips (full size magwell + ambi)
- Jeweled Barrel Hood
- Flush Barrel Crown
- Recessed slide stop
- Additional 7 round mags (x2)
Is there a finish for the frame that can be requested that looks more similar to the mirror finished slide?
I've read threads on the Flush Barrel Crown, Recessed slide stop. And realize the jeweled barrel hood might not hold up over time.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
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Glad you enjoyed the photos.
The build you have written is a lot like the build I did last year with a couple additional items added.
My comments:
I prefer the 8 round magazines with the max-well option.
We later ordered an Executive Target with most of those options. We choose the extended magazine release on the Executive Target instead of the over sized magazine release. I prefer the extended magazine release.
Good luck with the build.
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First, welcome to the forum and congratulations on the SF!
Why carry a 1911? Because life's too short to carry an ugly gun.
Welcome to the forum and Congrats on owning one of the most handsome Brown's on the planet.
Welcome to the forum and we look forward to your participation, also congrats on your first Brown.
The Brown Dean186 built is a beauty and I can see why that would be one that would give you some ideas, trust he will not mind me telling this, but get ready, he has number 2 on the way!
If I might be so bold I would pass along a few things for you to consider on your build.
First Brown has just recently dropped offering jeweled barrel hood, not sure why they have decided to do this but they have. I confirmed this with Brown this week, it's out.
As to sights, a lot of this is personal preference, personally I do not care for a three dot sight set up and I think the benefits of rear tritium dots is greatly overstated. For an all around setup I would prefer a tritium front and plain rear adjustable, or my favorite a gold bead front.
To two piece guide rod, or not to two piece guide rod, somebody once said that was the question. To me, it is a solution in search of a problem, if it is not broke don't fix it. I just see no benefits to the system, but I do see drawbacks, I would consider exchanging this for a standard GI set up.
Oversize mag release, just too much on anything but a pure range gun. True enough you can remove the button, so all is not lost. However you may want to consider having an extra standard or extended mag release fitted when built, very little extra expense but the best of both worlds.
Maxiwell, great choice, blended or not, but keep in mind the 8 round mags seat easier with the Maxi installed than the 7 rounders do. I say this with the personal belief that I like the Brown 7 rounders as a design better than the 8 packs. It is just the length of the 8 packs work with the Maxi better.
Recessed slide stop and flush cut barrel, no performance reason for it, simply a matter of taste, if you like the looks, and I do, then go for it.
As for the VZ grips, great product and by all means use them if you like them, just do not order them through Brown. You are better off expense wise to simply order these on your own and put them on when your gun comes in. While Brown will install them, they will charge your retail for them, the same you order them from VZ for. The issue is they do not send you the nice wood grip panels that come standard, nor do they give you credit for them, ergo you pay for two sets but get one. If you order them yourself, yes you still pay the same, but you end put with two nice sets. You can keep the wood ones or sell them and offset the cost of the VZs.
Hope this was of some help, if you have any questions give me a shout, and good luck!
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Dealer for Ed Brown, Wilson Combat, Nighthawk, Les Baer
Last edited by Hammond; 05-03-2012 at 09:35 PM.
I have a less polished slide flat called high polished and not the mirror polish. Mine has more of a matte look, but nonetheless attractive. If you do go with mirror polish on the flats, be prepared for scratches and nicks, and stuff. If it's a safe queen or under glass, it will stay mint longer. If you have any inclination to shoot it regularly, maybe going with a high polish instead of mirror, it'll still look great and won't suffer handling wear as fast. Both my Wilson and NH have rear adjustable bomar style rears, and both with plain black or serrated rears with a gold bead up front and a fiber optic on the other. Both have exceptional sight pictures and very easy to pick up on. You'd have to try both to see which you might favor.
The CC is a superb EB pistol and will serve you well for many years to come. Enjoy it, and please post a pic or two when you get it home...
Regards, Will G.
Also, mirror flats on guns that are shot will develop little blemishes. At least they do for me, and I am reasonably careful. My Classic Custom has them. It's like a new truck. After the first tiny blemish, you get over it. You can also get them repolished as I understand. Enjoy!
Thanks to everyone, all very helpful comments, appreciate it!
Dean186 - Interesting, I can see why you & Jerry would recommend 8 round mags w/ the Maxi-well, makes perfect sense.. I'm going to change it to 8. Thanks also for the advice on the mag release. Hope you don't mind that I attached a pic of your gun/the one I mentioned yesterday below. From the comments on the thread where your Centennial is posted, Brown should pay you & Jerry some commish.
Jerry- Great insight. Thanks. The Gold bead I noticed from NOVAK's site is available in different front blade height's?? Should I be requesting a specific height based on the CC or will Brown just automatically install the most suitable height? ... The Maxiwell, "blended or not", could you explain? Great info/tip about the grips. I would have expected the standard furniture along w/ the optional VZ's. So ordering them myself I would have to spec; VZ 320's fullsize magwell ambi-cut, correct?? When VZ states they "sand the bottom of the grips just enough to take the annoying 90º edge off of them.This allows the end user to mate all grips up to factory and aftermarket magwells. If you should want a more traditional bevel on the bottom , please call in your order as it would be considered a custom order but without any additional charge." - The VZ 320's on my SF are without the additional sanding, yes?? Which would be the better grip bottom for the Brown Maxiwell???
kyJim - Thank you.
osageshooter & jst1mortym- It's not for carry or primary home defense. Pic below is what I keep currently for home defense (pistol wise). Don't believe in putting a laser/tac light on a custom, shiny SS Ed Brown. Pic taken while pretty new, my home defense pistol gets nicked up out of the nightstand safe in the dark, etc, etc scenario's so that would bother me on a $3k custom built gun.... Although I did mention the idea of being able to use it in low light if I needed to, this new gun will see some limited range time but also want one gun that is a looker, a keeper that will be passed down eventually to my son. So hence the trade off of some durability for aesthetics with the mirrored flats.
Thanks also for the welcome's to the forum.
PS: How does the Custom Serial # work? Are you given a guideline or limit in terms of how many #'s or characters?
Last edited by STRADALE; 05-03-2012 at 01:39 PM.
Ed Brown Special Forces Stainless
Off the top of my head I think it is a .180 but do not rely on this without double checking, it's late and I am sleepy! :big laugh:
Not to worry though, Brown will know what you need, no need to even specify a size, this you can bank on.
Brown chooses not to 'blend' their magwells, some feel this is inferior, though I have yet to hear anyone give me a reason this would hurt anything functionally, it is simply cosmetic and something that bothers some, while others could care less. If you look into the Maxiwell you will see a step down or lip between the inside of the Maxiwell funnel and the magwell of the gun. Some companies/gunsmiths (probably should read most) 'blend' this where they take a file and smooth out the transition to remove the lip.
This does look nice, but does nothing for function, also due to all the hand labor it is expensive. Baer blends their magwells and they just so happen to use the Brown Maxiwell for their parts (though they do not credit it as such). Baer charges $215.00 for these while Brown charges $75, the cost difference is from the labor.
"VZ 320's fullsize magwell ambi-cut, correct?" Yes, this sounds like what you need from reading your build specs.
As for sanding, I have a couple of VZs magwell cut grips on guns with Maxiwells and have no issues, look great to me. You may wish to call and talk to them though, no expert like straight from the horses mouth.
Hope this helps.
Hammond's Gun & Tackle
Dealer for Ed Brown, Wilson Combat, Nighthawk, Les Baer
Jerry - Thanks!! Appreciate it! I'm going to send you a PM.
Bluesjam - Saaahhweet!
Trying to send you a PM but appears your mailbox is full?
I ordered my two Ed Browns from Jerry. Another option to get in touch with Jerry, if you haven't already done so, is to go to his website and get his phone number and call him.
Sure is going to be a sweet looking psitol - we all cant wait to see it now! Yes you need to call Jerry - his website has his number. (Note the "tackle" in his website means he sells worms too).
Brown going away from the Jewled barrel hood is interesting, I guess it gives the centennial models their special niche - not to mention the other centennial features that did the same. Wondering if Brown would repair a barrell hood on a centennial when it eventually mars up?
Can't wait to see it!
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Corsair Performance 3 128GB Solid State Drive Review
The quest for faster, more reliable and lower priced SSDs continues today with the review of the Corsair Performance 3 128GB. Last month we looked at the flagship 256GB model, but as you may know, performance changes when flash density changes. The flagship 256GB model impressed us with its 480MB/s read speed and 320MB/s write speed. Of course, the high speeds are just one aspect of SSDs and when it comes to this controller you need to look beyond the initial benchmarks to see the long lasting effects of quality engineering. The Corsair Performance 3 is a marathon runner designed to go the distance at higher speeds over the long haul. At this time most other SSD controllers are like sprinters who need to take a water break from time to time to rejuvenate.
At this time, the 'high speed, long distance' feature of the new Marvell Van Gogh controller is being overlooked in both forum posts and the avalanche of what I call 20 minute reviews. We've been playing with the new Van Gogh controller since June 2010 off and on and have learned a great deal about its ins and outs, strong points and weak points. Obviously the performance endurance that comes from the aggressive garbage collection is a strong point. Those experienced with SSDs might say this feature is more important than achieving read and write speeds that are over SATA II speeds.
Using so much of the controller pie on the garbage collection means other areas have to suffer. One of the most intensive tasks for both HDDs and SSDs is the 4K read and write. The Corsair Performance 3 has a lower read and write speed than what we get on say a SandForce SF-1200. The P3 is not your typical SSD, it is something different, something more evolved for real world use and not for those just looking to hit high benchmark results.
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Secret agents Julian, Huey, and Gloria are already heroes. They have rescued a dog and saved a toddler from drowning. But what they really want is to nab a real-live bank robber. Just when it looks like they might catch the crook, the police chief steps in. The supersleuths find that they're the ones who are in trouble—with a capital T!


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Amazon Kindle Fire Review: Popular With Good Reason
The Kindle Fire marked the entry of Amazon into the competitive tablet market. This is a fairly unique move as Amazon are not strictly a technology hardware company, although in the last few years they have been branching into this realm with their e-reader product line. The Kindle Fire is a small tablet in the same category as the Google Nexus 7, but differs by way of its price and content services. The question is, does Amazon's tablet compete effectively with market veterans? Read on to find out.
Key Specs For The Kindle Fire
Release Year: 2012
Operating System: Android 2.3
Display Size: 7 inches
Connectivity: Wi-Fi / Wi-Fi+ 3G
Cameras: n/a
Battery Life: 7.5 hours
Kindle Fire: The Pros
Speed: The Kindle Fire is one of the faster tablets on the market. Since the upgraded version was released in 2012 this has only become more true. With the Kindle Fire, you'll find yourself opening up apps and zooming around the menu system without a moment's pause. That's great news for people who find lag a big downer on their tablets.
Responsiveness: Along with its speed, the Kindle Fire is also one of the more responsive tablets on the market. That means it reacts to your touch commands without too much of a delay – a problem often reported among the lower-end tablets available. This makes the user experience more enjoyable, and improves the feel of the device.
Easy To Type: The Kindle Fire's virtual keyboard is relatively easy to type on when compared with other tablets. Of course, there is always a degree of user-preference when judging these things, but on the whole it seems fair to say that the Fire's keyboard is superior to many other low-end tablets.
Tough Display: One of the biggest concerns with any portable product that has a large screen is the resilience of the screen material. Nobody wants their expensive gadget to get damaged or look a mess, and screens are commonly exposed to environments in which this could happen. The Kindle Fire uses a very tough Gorilla Glass display that can hold up to some serious punishment without looking any worse for wear.
Weight: At 0.9 pounds the Kindle Fire undercuts most tablets for weight by some margin. This is partly due to it being a 7" screen tablet of course, but even when compared to others of a similar size it fares well.
USB Port: Despite its size, the Kindle Fire manages to include a USB port in its design. That's a great strength as it makes it much easier to manage files on the device through a USB memory stick. This is something that you won't find on many of the top tablet rivals.
Amazon Prime: While other tablets are able to interface with Amazon Prime services, the Kindle Fire does it perfectly. That's because it's been designed from the ground up with this in mind. Amazon Prime membership is $79 per year, and allows you unlimited streaming movie content, as well as a selection of free e-books to borrow, tons of music, games and more. The Kindle Fire is an Amazon content delivery system!
Price: Ok, this should be obvious, but the Kindle Fire is a steal at just $199. That alone could make it worth buying!
Kindle Fire: The Cons
Storage: The biggest let down of the Kindle Fire is probably its storage capacity. Although it technically has a capacity of 8GB, the operating system takes up a large chunk of that, leaving only about 6GB free for user content. That's small to say the least! When compared to most rivals it's less than half the storage available (much, much less if you're also including the large tablets).
The USB slot makes up for this to some extent by allowing you to use a USB memory stick for extra storage. However, USB transfer rates aren't the fastest, so it can be annoying if you're dealing with large files.
There is free cloud storage for all Amazon content, so if you're mainly using this as an Amazon content interface you won't have a problem. However, for more than that the memory is somewhat restrictive.
Battery Life: The battery life for the Kindle Fire isn't that great. With moderate use it can last for 7 – 8 hours, but with the Wi-Fi switched on this plummets way down. Since tablets are pretty much meant for wireless connectivity, this could be problematic. It's also an issue if you want to use this as an e-reader, which is at least partly what Amazon intends it to be used for.
Not Good In Bright Light: If you like to use your tablet in outdoor environments, or especially if you like to read e-books in the garden on a sunny day, you'll struggle with the Kindle Fire. The display suffers considerably from reflection, and the brightness isn't sufficient to make up for it.
Amazon Prime: While Amazon Prime is a great service in itself, viewing movies on the Kindle Fire isn't without its problems. Because Amazon Prime content cannot be downloaded, only streamed, you aren't able to watch Amazon Prime content while on the move. If you want streaming content, you've got to be connected to Wi-Fi.
Restricted Content: Although the Kindle Fire is Android based, it doesn't support all Android Native apps. It's also restricted as to which online media services it can connect with (a tactic to encourage membership of Amazon Prime). This is certainly an annoying limitation when compared to other tablets.
Is The Kindle Fire Worth Buying?
The Kindle Fire is worth buying if you're a die-hard Amazon fan with Amazon Prime membership. It does give you access to all kinds of great content from a single source so it's hard to beat in that respect. However, it has been designed primarily with Amazon Prime in mind, so it falls short in some other key areas such as storage capacity. If you want flexibility, then you're better off looking elsewhere, but if you're happy to stick with Amazon Prime content then you could do a lot, lot worse, especially at this appealingly low price. Naturally, the best deal you'll get is at Amazon for this one and you can check out their sales on them here.
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From Vietnam to Romford
With newly-compiled immigration figures for last year expected to show another increase in migrants to the UK, Hai Tran, a Vietnamese "boat person" who came to Britain aged 16 in 1979 recalls his escape to a new life.
Even now if I walk past a taxi and smell the diesel fuel it reminds me of my journey. That was the smell I smelt in the boat for a month. All you did was smell the diesel and not know if you would be dead or alive the next day.
When I was on the open sea I wished I could be arrested and taken back to the land. I was on the edge of dying so I didn't give a damn about living any more.
The tanker had seen us about three days before and was waiting to see if we could make it to an island. But there was a typhoon coming and on the last day they realised 'if these people are not rescued these people will be killed by nature'.
Most of my relatives served in the government of South Vietnam. My uncle was in the army at quite a high rank and my eldest uncle was professor at the university.
When I reached 16 I was eligible to go into army to fight in Laos or Kampuchea. My father told me I would have to leave.
When I arrived I was sent to an unaccompanied young minors' centre in Bishop's Stortford. I was there for three years. Lots of things I did then I look back on now and laugh. For instance one day me and some young girl were walking in the street wearing dressing gowns. We didn't know any better but people soon started telling us.
You come into a new culture and you are lost. It took me three years before I started eating chips and five years before I tasted a bit of cheese. I used to go to school and just drink water and then go home and eat food that was more normal for me.
But I was young so it was quite easy for me to adapt.
In my country it is quite normal to ask people 'How old are you? Who do you vote for? or How much money do you make? But people here are sensitive to those questions.
Here people are also quite open when they talk about sex, but in my country it is a taboo subject.
I encounter racism a lot, but sometimes you have to take people with a pinch of salt and laugh about it. If you take it too much to heart, it is difficult to live with.
For instance: when England played football I put up the England flag in my take-away. Some kids came in and took it down. I ask 'Why?' and they say 'Because you are not British'.
I say, 'I have paid my taxes, I can be proud to fly the England flag.' So I tell them: 'You cannot come in here then, because you are not Chinese!'
I went back home three years ago but I couldn't cope with it. I was treated as a foreigner. It's because of the way I walk, act and sit. They pick it up straight away, it doesn't matter what I wear. They would not accept me as Vietnamese. After a month I couldn't wait to leave.
I don't know what I am in the end. But in one way or another, I am happy with who I am. My friends and neighbours accept me as British. I am foreign British, put it that way.
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If you haven't been following the scandal over the LIBOR rate, you definitely should tune in. It can serve as an example for printing executives, and a method to assure you're not "cooking your own books."
Ok, now don't get offended by the tone of that statement. I'm not insinuating you're engaging in any type of criminal activity. However, you may not be approaching your financials with the kind of accuracy needed to make an honest assessment of your business.
The folks in charge of the LIBOR scandal were too concerned about accuracy. If you're not aware, the LIBOR (London Inter-bank Offered Rate) is a critical benchmarking number used in the global financial system. It's managed by a big group of banks to estimate what it would cost them to borrow money today.
In a nutshell, it turns out this critical benchmark was manipulated by the banks for their own profits (if you can believe it). In an article that appeared in The New Yorker, one thought really hit home for me:
"Rigging LIBOR was shockingly easy. The estimates aren't audited. They're not compared with market prices. And LIBOR is put together by a trade group, without any real supervision from government regulators."
Eventually, this system came back to bite the banks, primarily because they couldn't grasp that self-regulation meant they had to be honest to themselves and their customers.
How You Can Avoid the LIBOR Pitfall
You, as a business owner, are self-regulated. Like the LIBOR folks, you can rig your own finances with shocking ease. But eventually, as the mighty bankers have realized, a lack of integrity spells doom.
How can you avoid a similar fate? Here are three suggestions:
- Audit your financial reports, don't just compile numbers. Are they accurate? Are they honest?
- Benchmark your results with what your industry is doing. If you're slipping compared to your competitors, that's an indicator the market is passing you by and you need to make some internal changes.
- Find a third party (not necessarily the government) that can impartially help you evaluate your financial metrics. Keep your accounting team, but get them some oversight to help make accurate assessments.
What happened to the LIBOR rate was shameful, but I won't bother lecturing on the sad state of some of these powerful financial institutions. I'm more focused on your institution – and you should be too.
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Sporting skinny ties, Brylcreemed hair and horn-rimmed glasses, The Spazmatics resurrect the spirit and music of the 1980s every Saturday night at Liquid Joe's.
The quartet Chester on guitar, Marty the Party on drums, Habib Aboob on bass and Louis Lipshitz singing offer a set list than includes dusting off Men Without Hats' "The Safety Dance," Kim Wilde's "Kids in America," Soft Cell's "Tainted Love," The Vapors' "Turning Japanese," Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and Madonna's "Material Girl," gender being immaterial.
The band has become so popular at the Salt Lake City club that it's a fixture on Saturday nights. Only one of the musicians lives in Salt Lake City; the other three band members fly from Los Angeles every Saturday afternoon.
The nationally touring Spazmatics answered email questions posed to them in character, to answer how they became the ultimate 1980s tribute band that makes us all wish Members Only jackets, Trapper Keepers and Judy Blume books were still vital parts of our lives.
How did the band get started?
We met at an arcade at the mall for a Ms. Pac-Man tournament and realized collectively that our favorite band was A Flock of Seagulls. We decided to start our own band. We immediately started rehearsing in Louis' mom's basement.
Do glasses necessarily mean that everyone who wears them is a nerd?
Our glasses don't make us nerdy, they make us sexy. It's Chester's fanny pack that makes him nerdy.
Who is your stylist?
Louis' mom works at the Curl-Up-N'-Dye hair salon. She does our hair and helps us pick out our clothes. She's also a wiz with the sewing machine.
Who are your groupies, and what are they like?
The bartenders at Liquid Joe's love us because we pack the club with beautiful women. We don't really notice girls. We are too busy onstage making the magic happen.
How do Salt Lake City and Liquid Joe's audiences compare to other audiences you have played to in other parts of the country?
Salt Lake City has the best fans EVER!
What songs are most requested at your shows?
Girls love Madonna and Prince. Guys love Billy Idol and Beastie Boys. All the songs we play are hits and people can really dance to them. Of course, they don't dance as well as us because we are excellent dancers. Habib's mom is a retired belly dancer, and she helps us choreograph our routines.
Who is your inspiration?
Robots. Because they are awesome.
Saturday nights are alright for the '80s
Who • The Spazmatics
When • Every Saturday night at 10:30
Where • Liquid Joe's, 1249 E. 3300 South, Salt Lake City
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So, you have developed a business application and think using a public cloud is a great way to make it massively accessible to users. You're not alone; application providers around the world are delivering their solutions as a service, creating a growing market IBM estimates at $22B.
Here are some hints for you to consider before you start offering your business application as a service.
- Do develop a cloud friendly pricing schema. You are selling your application to a market with particular buying behavior; they expect lower entry/exit barriers and shorter sales cycles. High subscription costs and long term commitment may discourage potential users to consider your solution as an option.
- Do make sure your users understand how you protect their privacy even if you are using a shared environment. Security concerns are one of the main objections for cloud adoption.
- Do use industry standards to provide integration points to your application; this way, it will be easier to make it part of a larger solution, thus, making it more valuable to users.
- Do provide the right level of customizability. You want your users to have a customized application to better fit their needs, but you want them to customize it by themselves, otherwise you won't be able to reach a massive market. Providing configurable options for the most requested changes will help you to avoid the need to develop unique versions for specific users.
- Do be ready to fail. You are introducing something new to the market and you expect to have an adoption period before you get to break even. If this takes too long, chances are the solution has a flaw, or just the market is not ready for it. In any case, it will make you lose money. By using cloud-based services, you can avoid most infrastructure sunk costs, making it less costly to retreat if you have to.
- Do offer "try and buy" options. If you let someone use the application, they will be attracted to give it a try, and then, if they like it, letting it go will be difficult for them because now they might feel like they needed it. Taking advantage of cloud computing dynamic resource management capabilities you can provide controlled trials easily and cheaply.
- Do leverage existing services; focus on your value added. There is a plethora of existing commodity infrastructure and application services, so you can avoid building everything from scratch. By building only value-added components you can be more agile to react to required changes.
- Don't think your business application service, as awesome as it is, will sell by itself. "Build it and they will come" doesn't work here. Your application needs to be known by potential users; but more important, those users need to know what problem it helps them to solve from people they trust. Use social networks to get users to share experiences related to your business application service (also, you'll get great feedback for service improvements).
- Don't focus on the technical benefits of your application and platform as your value proposition. Remember your potential users might be looking for an application in the cloud because they don't want to deal with detailed aspects of technical implementation; they just want it to work.
- Don't think your application can run in isolation. If you are providing a business service, surely users are willing to use it as part of their business process, so, information sharing with other applications is essential.
- Don't port an existing application "as is" to the cloud. Even if technically is possible to deploy instances of your application on the cloud and offer access to it as a service, your business model and implementation process will remain the same. You won't expand your market but cannibalize your existing business.
- Don't try to change buying patterns of your users. A user who is not comfortable with accessing an application in the cloud is not your target; you won't be solving their problems. If you have chosen your market wisely, there are other customers more likely to see the value of your business application in the service model.
- Don't change your company mission. SaaS is a new (great) way to deliver value to your customers, but they buy from you precisely because you provide them value based on your experience and knowledge, not because you delivered through a state-of-the-art channel.
Add to the do's and don'ts in the comments section below.
This post was republished with permission from IBM's Thoughts on Cloud blog.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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Data not in use or transit is in storage—whether short- or long-term. If that data is sensitive, it needs to be secure to protect your customers, your intellectual property, your organization's reputation and your job security. And, while you need to meet compliance regulations, doing so will not ensure your data will not be breached. You need state of the art security. This is particularly true in the retail, banking and finance, insurance, and health care industries as well as at Federal and State agencies.
True security means your data is safe from both outsiders, including APTs, and insiders--those who may unknowingly make mistakes and those with malicious intent. These outsiders and insiders may engage in:
For any of the following reasons:
To protect against these kinds of threats, any truly secure data protection system will include at its core:
The Vormetric Data Security Platform
Because those who want to steal your stored data have many ways to get to it, Vormetric protects the data itself through Vormetric Transparent Encryption with integrated Key Management for data at rest, Application Encryption, Tokenization with Dynamic Masking, Vormetric's Cloud Encryption Gateway, Transparent Encryption for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and more. These techniques make the data meaningless and worthless without the tools to decrypt it. Moreover, they can encrypt at various levels of storage from application to the cloud.
However, encryption would fall short, if cyber criminals were to gain access to the tools for decrypting the data. So the next step is to tightly control user access.
Vormetric enables the enterprise to monitor and identify unusual data access. Vormetric Security Intelligence provides detailed management logs that specify which processes and users have accessed protected data. The detailed management logs specify when users and processes accessed data, under which policies, and if access requests were allowed or denied. The management logs will even expose when a privileged user submits a command such as "switch users" in order to attempt to imitate, and potentially exploit, the credentials of another user. Sharing these logs with a security information and event management (SIEM) platform helps uncover anomalous patterns in processes and user access, which can prompt further investigation. For example, an administrator or process may suddenly access much larger volumes of data than normal, or attempt to do an unauthorized download of files. These events could point to an APT attack or malicious insider activities.
To learn more about Vormetric can help your enterprise defend its stored data, contact Vormetric today.
Offers survey results and analysis on creating an enterprise-wide encryption strategy.
This paper cuts through the confusion to help you pick the best encryption and tokenization options for your projects.
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The Jimmy Dore Show on The Young Turks
John Kerry To Anti War Group: "Please Support This War!"
John Kerry – who defines what a Mission Creep is – a one time protester of pointless and endless wars, now a champion of pointless and endless wars.
Say what you want about Code Pink, this was pretty sweet to see John Kerry warmongering with their Bright Pink signs saying "There Is No Military Solution" and "More War = More Extremism" floating directly over his shoulder. Those Code Pink signs in back of Kerry have the distinction of being the first anti-war arguments allowed on mainstream television.
Here Jimmy and crew break down his war propaganda presented the Senate and his pleading with anti war group Code Pink to support his latest war in the middle east. Thats Brass balls. Obviously, military invasion and air srikes are Code Pink's preferred manner of persuasion.
Jokes Of The Week 9-12-14
Ben Mankiewicz's thoughts on Ray Rice & the NFL
Luke Russert Calls- Says He Is Qualified For Meet The Press
(TJDS) CNBC Anchors, Who Missed Banking Meltdown, Shocked By 'Sum Ting Wong' Prank
CNBC, where the 1% gets their news, didn't think highly of San Francisco's KTVU's mistaken reporting of racist asian names following the crash of Asiana Flight 214 and they should because CNBC is flawless and never missed any gigantic economic bubbles that cratered the global economy. Comedian Jimmy Dore, political analyst Ben Mankiewicz (Host, Turner Classic Movies) and comedian Matt Kirshen (Probably Science podcast, Fallon, Ferguson, Set List) break it all down on this installment of The Jimmy Dore Show.
Cry Baby Liberals Need To Stop Whining About Zimmerman (TJDS)
The trial is over. The jury has spoken. Justice has been served. Quit complaining, liberals! Comedian Jimmy Dore breaks it down on this installment of American Minute
American Minute is the best 100 seconds of your life. Why 100 seconds? Because everything is bigger and better in the Greatest Country on Earth. Watch it right here on TYTComedy.


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When he's on form he's lethal, almost impossible to push off the ball and has defenses aquiver at his long-range prowess… but he's scored only one goal in eight Premier League games and it doesn't look like changing any time soon.
No, he's not Emmanuel Adebayor, he's Jermain Defoe, and he's still Andre Villas-Boas' go-to-guy for a starting role ahead of the Togo international. How does that figure?
Ade was playing in the Bernabeu for Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid not too long ago, and Andre Villas-Boas has instead preferred the diminutive 30-year-old Jermain Defoe, whose record this year is fairly decent, but nothing to brag about. He might be the highest scoring Englishman in the league, but that's not the accolade it once was.
So why has the precocious Portuguese man – the one who is invariably and annoyingly signified by his acronym – chosen a player once overlooked by tactical wiz, Harry Redknapp (spoiler alert, there may be irony).
Steven Caulker seems to think that his fortunes this season have been helped by Villas-Boas' selection policy of merit, as opposed to the brazen popularity contest of his predecessor.
"It's important for a player to know that if you're training well and playing well, you'll be in the team," Caulker said. "It's not nice when there are favourites. I think the manager has brought that in and I am happy."
A veiled criticism on the managerial mastery of Redknapp, whose left and right arms must be red raw having draped them many a time around the shoulder of some down-and-out squad player, ensuring peace and acquiescence throughout the season. But now, with performance the focal point for first team selection – as it should be – Caulker tells us "there's a good mood in the camp." What more could you ask for…
How about a few more goals from two of Spurs' main front men, Defoe and Adebayor. There's really not much between the two players apart from power and pace. However, a drop in work-rate on the pitch, and who knows perhaps in training too, might be Adebayor's undoing. Last season Adebayor worked the channels, dropped deep and linked up well with midfield. Something he hasn't been too successful in doing this season.
At the beginning of January, when discussions about Adebayor were mainly centered on his Togo decision – will he go, won't he? – Steffen Freund's words made it clear that the team would be fine without him, and in doing so indicated that he might be a man whose talents are needed, but he is certainly not depended upon.
"We've been successful with or without Emmanuel in the team, that's the most important thing. He was injured for eight games and we had a really strong run without him – nine points in December. Jermain Defoe and Clint Dempsey can play up front, Gylfi Sigurdsson can play up front. With him we are strong and he scored in the last game."
Perhaps Adebayor has reached his limit at Spurs, and Spurs have equally reached a limit with him.
Lets look back in the not too distance past. In 2010/11 Adebayor became Manchester City's Europa League lackey, with only two Premier League starts against Blackpool and Wolves. In 14 games for City that season (a large portion coming off the subs bench) he scored 5 goals. When Jose Mourinho came calling, City and Mancini gratefully accepted the loan deal.
For Real he netted seven goals in 21 games, with three coming in an 8-1 drubbing of Almera in the last game of the season, and two against Spurs in the Champions League. He didn't have much of an impact.
Then came his loan to Spurs. After having to suffer the ungraceful movements of Peter Crouch (although he did make the difference for the team on numerous occasions), Spurs fans were overjoyed to see the arrival of a striker who helped end their Champions League run.
On loan and trying to impress, he bagged 18 goals in all competitions, working hard to secure a permanent move. So far this season he's had a goal and a red card against Arsenal, an opener against Panathinaikos, one against Reading and another on the weekend for Togo. If Adebayor has reached his limit at Spurs, and found himself unable to keep out Defoe who is preferred despite average form, who'll fill the gap this year with goals in attack?
Enter Dempsey, the man to lead this team into the Champions League, and why not? He's scored five in seven games with his most significant coming up against Manchester United in the final minutes of injury time. He was a clutch player for Fulham, and he did the same against United at the Lane. With performance the focal point for Villas-Boas, I see the American ahead of Adebayor long after the Togolese player returns from South Africa.
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Socks and Underwear
You know what I love about socks and underwear? The way they cover up the things you don't want anyone to see. Like my hairy legs that I haven't shaved in three weeks, or that giant pimple on my ... well, you know. Let's hear it for socks and undies! Woo!
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Course Readings, Blackboard and Coursepacks
Faculty may make supplemental readings available electronically to students by posting readings through Blackboard. The University Libraries offer assistance if a faculty member would like help digitizing the readings and/or getting copyright permission to post the readings. Coursepacks are also an option for faculty members.
1. What are my options for supplying students with supplemental course materials and readings?
Is there an advantage to uploading materials into Blackboard myself or using Coursepacks?
Blackboard has the advantage of being a self-contained site, so it is easier and more readily accessible for students and faculty. It is always best to link to a copyrighted item rather than to copy it.
The faculty member may post readings whenever needed.
The TEACH Act or Fair Use apply to the use of copyrighted material in Blackboard.
Faculty may not always identify licensed online journal articles or e-books contained in library electronic resources that are covered for copyright.
If a reading is not linkable through a licensed database, faculty must run a fair use analysis and a take care of their own permissions and royalties for non-compliant copyrighted material.
Faculty may be unfamilier with the TEACH Act requirements that apply to Blackboard, although faculty can also rely on fair use interpretation instead.
|Blackboard with library assistance
Blackboard has the advantage of being a self-contained site, so it is more readily accessible for students and faculty. It is always best to link to a copyrighted item rather than to copy it, but not all support materials can be linked. The libraries can help you find links to subscription database materials, or when linking is not possible, staff can help you determine whether your use falls under fair use.
The big advantage to library assistance with Blackboard is that the library will pay for permissions and royalty payments up to $100 per course. Materials exceeding $100 will have to be covered by other means such as an academic department. You may need to consider alternative readings.
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Fair Use applies to the use of copyrighted textual materials in Blackboard; the TEACH Act or Fair use applies to copyrighted material that is displayed or performed.
The UMKC Bookstore can arrange to have coursepacks made for your class readings. The Bookstore can arrange for permissions and any royalty fees will be recovered when the student purchases the coursepack relieving faculty from this responsibility. If you are attempting to limit the cost of a coursepack for students, the Bookstore personnel can tell you the approximate cost. You can also check the Copyright Clearance Center website for permission fees yourself.
This method probably requires the longest lead time for preparation of coursepacks.
2. What is considered Fair Use when posting course materials electronically?
This is a summary. The UM Collected Rules and Regs provide guidance for curriculum materials. Generally, these are good rules of thumb, but not law. Fair use may allow for more or less.
- a single chapter from a book
- a single article from a periodical or newspaper
- a single short story or short essay (less than 2,500 words)
- one short poem (less than 250 words)
- one chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture per book, periodical, or newspaper issue
- all lecture notes, answer keys, tests, etc. that are owned by faculty
- The Music Library Association has a helpful statement on the "Digital Transmission of Electronic Reserves."
3. Can I load readings into Blackboard that I used to put on E-reserve?
Yes, but uploading copyrighted readings into Blackboard does not change the necessity of running a Fair Use analysis, employing the TEACH Act or of seeking permissions when necessary.
4. Can I post readings I have obtained through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to Blackboard?
While UMKC materials are automatically licensed for course use, this is not true of most items obtained through interlibrary loan (ILL). If you obtained a reading through interlibrary loan from a source other than UMKC's collection and you intend to post it in Blackboard, you are likely to need a license. The library can help cover up to $100 in licensing fees per course. Please contact the UMKC Copyright Team at firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions.
5. What is required when posting class readings?
- Be sure posted copies carry a complete citation and a copyright notice ("This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code)"
- Only copy the portion of the work that is necessary and no more for the intended use.
- Only students enrolled in a course should have access to the Blackboard site.
6. Can I reuse my readings semester after semester without permission?
There is no definitive answer. Repeated use of material might violate the spirit of fair use if the amount and market effect are sizeable. When posting material in Blackboard faculty must weigh all the fair use factors. Bear in mind that obtaining permissions through the Copyright Clearance Center is, often, an easy process. In order to mitigate risk to the University, it is library policy to seek permission for material that is reused on reserve that the library does not own.
The Georgia State University district court case on e-reserves dismissed the Classroom Guidelines which is the document restricting the reuse of copyrighted materials. This case only applies to the Georgia 6th District but is informative for us.
A good, risk-free way to proceed is to use University licensed resources which contain copyright clearances.
7. Is scanning or digitizing my readings considered making a copy?
Yes. Library staff can scan documents through our document delivery service. If the request for a scanned item exceeds Fair Use, Library staff can secure permission up to the $100 limit per course. See the Law Library for reserve procedures pertaining to law faculty.
8. What about using electronic copies of music, audio or video recordings?
This is a time when faculty are encouraged, whenever possible, to link to University licensed databases or resources such as:
- Dance in Video
- Database of Recorded American Music
- Naxos Music Library
- Naxos Music Library Jazz
- Opera in Video
- Theatre in Video
The Guidelines for Educational Uses of Music (University of Texas) lay out helpful detail.
9. What about using images, music, audio or video recordings in Blackboard?
The use of these media in Blackboard involve the issues of performance and display in digital transmissions. Faculty may refer to either the TEACH Act page or the Fair Use page for guidance. Some Fair Use answers appear above. Fair Use in most cases would not grant more freedoms than the Teach Act. (Kevin Smith)
The best way to transmit media in Blackboard in order to be in compliance with the TEACH Act is with the use of streaming. UMKC Information Services has two streaming servers. One is a Windows Media Server and one is a Flash Interactive Media Server. See UMKC IS website. For information on whether your film can be streamed in Blackboard and alternatives if it cannot, check our flowchart: Can I stream this movie in Blackboard
Other suggested methods for protecting copyrighted images or photos include:
- the use of low resolution images and thumbnails
- non-printable PDF
- digital watermarks
- disabling the right click copy function
- overlaying the image with a transparent GIF
- using the image as a background in a table or
- using digital rights management
- For details see "Tips and Techniques to Protect Images on the Internet."
When considering the use of media in online teaching, technological protection measures or digital rights management may come into play. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act carries strict prohibitions against overriding TPMs and DRM. See the DMCA page for a brief explanation.
|Further resources:
|University Libraries' Guidelines for placing print materials on Reserve
|UMKC Law Library Reserves Procedures
|University of Missouri Collected Rules and Regulations, Chapt 100.010
"Use of Copyrighted Materials in Teaching and Research"
|"Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians" summarizes the House Judiciary Committee Report of 1976 (No. 94-1476), the Senate Judiciary Committee report of 1975, and congressional debates.
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The Knowledge Transfer (KT) Group has introduced a fund to support and develop knowledge transfer activities at CERN.
In order to be considered for funding, projects should meet the following conditions:
Projects proposals must be submitted to KT (email@example.com) and will be evaluated by the KT Fund Selection Committee (CERN Department Heads). Please use the KT Fund submission form covering the following elements:
Project description:
Market potential or user community:
Project holders may request the support of KT experts in market analysis and to help assess the dissemination potential of the related technology.
To request support, please write to firstname.lastname@example.com
If you wish to submit a proposal we invite you to follow the below listed steps:
After approval of your Department Head KT will get back to you with an invitation to the next KT Fund Selection Committee Meeting. During this meeting you will need to
Should you be unable to present yourself you can nominate a replacement.
After your presentation the Selection Committee will evaluate your proposal based on the following aspects: Proposal Quality, Dissemination Probability, Possible Impact and Scientific / Technical Value.
The Selection Committee will rate every proposal and will come to a final conclusion which of all submitted projects they estimate worth being funded. The applicants will be informed about their decision by e-mail a few weeks after the KT Fund Selection Committee Meeting.
To request support please write to firstname.lastname@example.com
The next KT Fund Selection Committee Meeting will be held on 5th October 2017. The Deadline for submission is Thursday 7th September 2017.
If you have any questions, please contact the KT Group at: firstname.lastname@example.com


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LGBriTs creates awareness and recognition of lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and gay rights issues. There is both a political function (e.g., increase campus awareness through films, speakers, hall programs, panels) and a social function (e.g., attending lesbian and gay concerts, bookstores, speakers, restaurants) to the group.
This group also serves as a safe space for Gender and Sexual Minority (GSM) students.


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The Noble Revolt: The Overthrow of Charles I
Now available in paperback
Blair Worden writes:
There was, Trevor-Roper thought, no basic divide of political theory between king and Parliament, both of whom called for a 'limited' or 'mixed monarchy'. The division between Roundheads and Cavaliers was the cause, not a consequence, of the struggle for sovereignty over which the Civil War was fought. That interpretation has since become something like a commonplace. Adamson confronts it head-on, to imposing effect. In his eyes there was a revolutionary situation even before the Long Parliament met in November 1640. Historians, he asserts, 'have not grasped how close England came to civil war in the late summer' of that year. Giving an interpretative edge to recent archival discoveries, he argues that the dissident peers entered into a treasonous alliance with the Scottish Puritans or 'Covenanters'. They worked with the Covenanters again in 1641, planning to strip the Crown of its powers in both countries, and simultaneously devising a militantly Protestant foreign policy to be jointly controlled by English and Scottish Puritans almost independently of their shared king.


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Writing for the Forward's Arty Semite blog, Rokhl Kafrissen has an interesting review of the Yeshiva University Museum's exhibit "Jews on Vinyl:"
Unlike most museum exhibits, "Jews on Vinyl" is meant to be heard more than seen. Visitors choose from a handful of listening stations, impeccably set with period appropriate couches and chairs. Here they can sit and browse iPod playlists chosen by Kun and Bennett. Eartha Kitt singing "Sholem"? They have that. The Temptations doing a "Fiddler" medley? Yep. More versions of Hava Nagila than you dared imagine? Oh yes. Scattered on the listening station coffee tables are record covers representing some of the music featured on the playlists, as well as information cards with short blurbs about the artists and songs...
...In some ways I'm the ideal audience for "Jews on Vinyl." To say I love Jewish music is something of an understatement. My obsession with Yiddish and Jewish music has shaped the last 20 years of my life...
...And yet, I walked out of "Jews on Vinyl" scratching my head as to what the point of the exhibit was, besides being a great way to relax after a stressful day. A good museum exhibit makes an argument. It guides museum-goers through a narrative. It raises questions that disturb the status quo and forces the viewer to examine her own preconceptions...
...The "Jews on Vinyl" exhibit is overwhelming. A huge mosaic of album covers greets visitors at the front. The format of a handful of listening stations, and a very long playlist, means that with more than a handful of visitors to the exhibit, (or for patrons without the patience to sit and listen for more than a few minutes) it's difficult to get more than a superficial taste of what's offered. Radically different genres — Israeli pop, Yiddish-Latin fusion, Yinglish comedy — blur together. What does one have to do with the other? Who knows? Why should we care?
This is the problem with "Jews on Vinyl": it's partially hydrogenated Jewish history. Jewish culture, and Jewish music in particular, has the radical potential to animate Jewish life today and to turn passive audiences into actively engaged Jewish creators in a way that extends far beyond just music. I've seen it over and over at places like Klezkamp and Klezkanada where participants are empowered through their connection to Jewish music. But at the "Jews on Vinyl" exhibit, Jewish music is reduced to just another commodity. And the museum visitor is just another passive consumer, swallowing his or her obligatory dose of vitamin J.
I haven't seen the exhibit itself, so obviously I have no opinion of it, but this last paragraph above is concerned with a general issue which is particularly compelling to me: consuming versus producing. To the questions I asked last month as J Dub announced its closing could be added the following additional question: does our idea of what it means to foster Jewish culture privilege professional cultural products which are to be consumed, at the expense of fostering participation and creation amongs the masses?
Obviously there's no zero-sum game between the two, and consumption of good professional cultural products might be said to be a necessary (though not sufficient) condition to inspire amateur creation / participation. Indeed, if a one or two of the YU Museum exhibit's patrons are inspired by it to make Jewish music themselves, on any level, then a few of Kafrissen's concerns may be a tad misplaced. I imagine that even the broad diversity of styles itself, which Kafrissen felt made the exhibit "blur together" might awaken Jewish music lovers to the fact that Jewishness doesn't have to mean one narrow musical vocabulary.
This issue is as relevant to the arts in general as to the Jewish arts in particular. Before radio became ubiquitous, vastly more people played musical instruments than do so now. When Scott Joplin sold a million copies of the Maple Leaf Rag, it was sheet music he was selling; people would buy the latest hits in order to play them in their parlors. I enjoy and appreciate (many) movies and (occasional gems of) television, but there's no denying fewer people are involved in local theatre as a result of the availability of these media. We should look for a balance, but at present that will mean tipping the balance back toward personal involvement and amateur creativity.
Related: see Stephen Hazan-Arnoff's fascinating idea from Sh'ma in 2005:A Jewish Artists Service Corps: Creating and Sustaining Community.


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Crime Awareness
What you see and hear could save life, limb or property
if only you tell someone who knows what to do about it.
The PDF's listed below are a variety of community educational brochures provided by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office for citizen use. They can be printed out and used as needed.
10 Ways to Protect Your Child.pdf
Being Safe in Unsafe Times.pdf
Cybersafety for Kids Online.pdf
How to Secure Doors and Windows.pdf
Security Tips for Small Businesses.pdf
Take a Stand Against Crime.pdf
Use Common Sense to Spot a Con.pdf
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Cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life! Contact us, or contact another local humane society, animal shelter or SPCA.
FCAP is a volunteer non-profit feral cat advocacy organization that supports non-lethal population of feral and stray cats through a well managed trap-neuter-return program.
FCAP respects the sanctity of life of feral cats. By implementing a trap-neuter-return program the feral cats are able to return to their outside homes under the watchful care of compassionate caregivers, thereby improving their quality of life and reducing the feral cat population.
We also remove kittens and social adults from feral Colonies and put them in our Foster Program and find them forever homes.
Why should you adopt?
Dog adoption and cat adoption saves lives. Adopt a dog or adopt a cat and you'll have a friend for life! What is the difference between adopting a cat or kitten versus getting cats for sale or kittens for sale from a cat breeder? When someone is breeding kittens, they are creating new cats who need homes. Some people are interested in a very specific breed of cat or kitten and they think the only way to find that specific breed is to buy a cat for sale from a kitten breeder. Yet animal shelters are filled with cats who must find homes. So rather than buying a cat or kitten for sale from a cat breeder, we encourage people to adopt a cat or adopt a kitten at their local animal shelter, SPCA, humane society or pet rescue group.