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Competitive DSL providers continue to complain that one of the barriers preventing them from rolling out DSL more rapidly is a lack of cooperation on the part of incumbent local exchange carriers.
Supporting those claims is a pair of recent regulatory decisions ruling that some ILECs aren't opening local loop access to competitors as quickly as they should.
Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission slapped BellSouth with a $750,000 fine for failing to disclose local loop cost information to DSL provider Covad Communications. In the previous week, the U.S. Department of Justice told the FCC that Verizon, which is applying to the FCC to sell long-distance services in Massachusetts, had not given DSL competitors open access to its local loops in the state.
The difficulties competitive DSL providers are having with ILECs aren't surprising, says Adam Guglielmo, an analyst with the consultancy TeleChoice.
"This is something that's been going on since the beginning," he says.
For a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) or DSL provider to start service for a new customer, the ILEC, which owns the last-mile local loop, must provision the loop. CLECs and DSL providers have complained that the ILECs do not make the necessary changes to transfer a customer from the ILEC to a CLEC quickly enough.
"If you've visited any of the ILEC offices, you'd know that people at the ILECs don't feel well toward the competitive providers," Guglielmo says. "The competitors will never be a priority for them."
Ultimately, Guglielmo says, CLECs want the customer-transfer process to be automated, and software that makes the process more automatic is maturing.
In BellSouth's case, the FCC ruled that BellSouth refused to negotiate in good faith with Covad when the ILEC failed to provide Covad with local loop cost figures for six months. Competitive providers such as Covad need the loop cost data to judge whether they are being charged fair local loop leasing rates by the ILECs.
In its ruling, the FCC noted that BellSouth offered to give Covad the rates if Covad signed a nondisclosure agreement. However, because Covad would have needed to reveal the cost data to a regulatory body if a dispute between Covad and BellSouth arose, the company was right in its refusal to sign the agreement, the FCC says.
Jason Oxman, senior government affairs counsel for Covad, says his company is pleased with the FCC decision. Although the fine goes into the federal treasury, Covad got written guarantees from BellSouth that the ILEC will provide information to competitors on a timely basis.
"The most important aspect for us is the behavioral changes they've committed to making for the future," Oxman says.
ILECs have gradually gotten better at giving competitors access to their local loops, Oxman notes. He believes the main reason for this improvement is the regulatory pressure the FCC has put on ILECs.
Oxman says the ILECs still don't allow completely open access to their networks and notes that Covad still has several pending complaints before the FCC.
"Ultimately we're waiting for the day when the incumbents view us as wholesale customers, rather than competitors," he says.
Justice vs. Verizon
In Massachusetts, Verizon is disputing the Justice Department's findings that it is not oppening local loop access. In fact, Verizon officials say the ILEC is giving competitive providers the same service it gives its own DSL customers.
Verizon spokesperson Jack Hoey notes the Justice Department filed a similar finding with the FCC when Verizon was applying for long-distance licensing in New York, which it later received.
Hoey says the Justice Department had more than a month to reach its conclusions, while the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy has completed a 16-month investigation of Verizon and approved the ILEC's long-distance application.
"When you look at the DSL stats, it's clear we are providing nondiscriminatory access," Hoey says.
In most cases, Verizon is handling competitors' orders in six days, approximately the same amount of time it takes to fulfill Verizon's own orders, Hoey says.
However, he adds that in some cases the process takes longer because competitors do not always prequalify the local loops over which customers will be getting DSL service and often do not file repair orders on weekends.
This story, "DSL providers seek level playing field" was originally published by Network World.


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popsoftheyear replied to BadEggGames's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingDepending on what you want out of it, there are a number of possibilities here as well: https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/master/docs/other_libs.md
popsoftheyear replied to mileafly's topic in GDNet LoungeEarthworm Jim? I can't find a description besides "can't see bullets" on-line, but it was designed for the D-pad controllers with 8 possible shooting directions, and if you held the "shoot" button and went from one direction to another, the engine would act like you shot bullets in a complete arc between two neighboring directions. Many complained it was hard to hit enemies with the "invisible" bullets, but this mechanic actually made it quite easy.
popsoftheyear replied to spacecamp's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingJust to chime in to the already good answers. Here is a real-world example. Developing very interesting Domain Specific Language at work: Inheritance used for Abstract Syntax Tree Visitor pattern used for operations on the AST Simple, single or limited purpose classes with occasional functions for manipulating their data used here and there (such as symbol table or scope tracking) Procedural style constitutes the other 95% of code. Specifically, in many problem domains there is a struct which holds current "context" plus functions which read/write it. The final point above has actually been the most important design decision because other coding styles are usually much harder to refactor. As the project grows, ability to refactor even major portions quickly has allowed it to mature efficiently.
popsoftheyear replied to nunobarao's topic in For BeginnersBased on the example you showed, you will want to make an animated movie, and simply play the movie back using SFML. As for how to make the movie itself, that is not a programming issue. You'll use animation software for that. There are other ways to make animated intro sequences, but you should start here for now.
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popsoftheyear commented on Laszlo Fuleki's article in Career DevelopmentYes, and this takes those general ideas and applies them to a specific environment, which may help some whom may not yet have experienced them to conceptualize them better.
popsoftheyear replied to Ungunbu's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingIf this is for a new game project, what are your criteria for choosing this instead of something else out there?
popsoftheyear replied to nekitusan's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingMust disagree with that. If anything, there are more low level techniques being shared than ever, IMO. Anyway, if tool dev is your thing, I guess you'll have to come up with something that hasn't been done yet, or at least something you could do better. Without knowing your experience, it sure would be nice to have a good dynamic music creation tool available, for instance. Point being, there are tons of niches that haven't been filled yet...
popsoftheyear replied to lomateron's topic in General and Gameplay ProgrammingThe simplest type of synthesis is subtractive synthesis. There are others, but you should definitely start there (don't be fooled - subtractive synthesis will give a huge variety of sounds). That link actually provides a fantastic yet simple explanation, so I would probably fall short in trying to go any further or summarize here. Cool project - have fun!
popsoftheyear replied to rXpSwiss's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingFor instance - every time you have something like this bufferRestOfFile[index + 2] the code for std::vector in a debug build will typically check that the index given in the [] operator is a valid index into your vector. If it is not, it will assert or throw an exception, depending on implementation. In release builds, this is generally not done, but in debug builds it is normal. Side note: There are usually flags you can set at compile time to configure the depth of debugging done, depending on how much you need checked vs how much speed matters in your debug build. Side side note: Some people will actually enable these debugging features in release builds for security purposes (and do other things such as reference the raw data pointer when this is a speed bottleneck and they have verified the safety of what they are about to do)
popsoftheyear replied to thefollower's topic in For BeginnersSomeone might see something, but nothing pops out at me as "the reason". If this were my problem to solve, I would first factor out camera code - totally separate it from circle and world (canvas) logic. This separates the responsibility of each piece of code, and makes it far easier to debug, maintain, add on to, read, etc. Right now it's beginning to be spaghetti-y, and the potential is there to get much worse (thus harder to parse, use, fix, etc.).
popsoftheyear replied to Scindix's topic in Engines and MiddlewareYou may be interested in NanoVG. It's not exactly OpenVG, but it covers most if not all of what you are looking for in a rendering library.
Not quite. For the first byte, you can just write the raw value. The equation is (curr - prev), and x < 0 is defined as 0. So filtering with the PNG subtraction filter would give 255 - 0, mod 256, which is still 255. So byte 1 would be "1" for sub filter, and byte 2 would be "255".
[deleted] Sorry - hold on. I made the wrong conclusion from some old code that didn't match with the spec (the result was correct but my explanation in this post was not). Fixed it in the below post (it was supposed to be another edit but I messed that up too).
The way Lehm2000 is reading the huffman codes is a pretty standard way to do it. So far it seems okay - the first byte marks the filter type for the current row of PNG data. In other words, the error does not appear to be the deflate implementation (at least not so far). The error appears to be the assumption that it should be 255, and not 1, because they forgot the need to reverse the PNG filter afterwards.


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Go Redding!
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By the time the two unite, Martha has already made a new life for herself. Herald accuses her of not waiting for him to return. She insists she had to make a new life because she figured either he wasn't coming back or he was dead. Martha has changed her last name to Pentecost, showing how much she has turned from the life she had with Herald. She begs Herald to turn to the church, but he rejects it, saying Jesus caused the pain he's suffered. He sees Christianity as part of the mental bonds that have held him back. Herald realizes he can't go back to their marriage because Martha no longer needs him as she once did. They have each found their needs and wants in life are totally different from one another.
because she be like, nigga get me some fried chicken.....and he said noooo. and she said bye den.
um because she is a b**** that left her daughter and any chance at ever seeing her husband again. Harold has his own issues...


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About two weeks ago I went on my second trip outside of Singapore. Destination: Hong Kong! With the protests in full swing, I was a little afraid it would interrupt my sightseeing, but luckily it wasn't too bad.
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A purported spokesman for a Nigerian Islamist sect has dismissed an arms mop up exercise by soldiers in the restive city of Maiduguri as a ploy to disarm residents ahead of a suspected crackdown.
In a conference call with journalists in the northeastern city, a man identifying himself as a spokesman for the Boko Haram sect that has been behind strings of deadly attacks in recent months, called on the city's residents not to give in to what he called a trick by the military.
"I call on the people of Maiduguri not to give in to this deception because it will amount to mortgaging your freedom and your enemies will attack you with ease," said Abu Qaqa.
Qaqa has claimed to speak on behalf of the radical sect on several previous occasions but Boko Haram is believed to have a number of factions and several others have identified themselves as spokesmen as well.
"Your arms are your only protection and the aim of disarming you is to render you defenceless and hopeless when the military launches its planned attack on you," said Qaqa.
Soldiers from a special military unit deployed to end the violence in the city on Tuesday launched a house-to-house search for weapons following an October 31 deadline for residents to turn in weapons.
A military unit's spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Mohammed, said they have recovered at least 1,000 firearms in the first 24 hours of the exercise as residents who had been afraid to declare their arms rushed to drop them off at various designated collection points or simply left them by the roadside.
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wikiHow to Get on a Reality TV Show
Do you want to be the next reality TV star? Is your life, family, or profession compelling enough to become a show? Do you have genuine talent? Are you driven and unconcerned by the glare of the public eye? Reality TV producers are always looking for unique people and businesses to base shows on, and always need new participants for each renewed season of other formatted shows, giving you a chance to decide whether or not you'd like to give it a go. This article will help you to decide whether you want to be a reality TV star, and provides some steps on how you can improve your chances of becoming a participant in a reality TV show.
1Think carefully before you leap! Being on a reality TV show is about being exposed. And that exposure is to everyone, including your family, friends, neighbors, former school teachers, the boss, your priest, and your old flame. Is this something you can handle? Do you mind if people who used to know you talk about you? (They will, and it won't always be flattering.) If you're not worried about the real likelihood that your laundry will be aired, your worst moments shown in detailed focus, and your inability to do something a monkey could do made into highlight of the week, then you're ready! On the other hand, if you value your privacy and reputation intensely, reality TV stardom may not be for you; give it up before the going gets tough if that's the case!
2Think about the reality. It's not reality for starters - it's a house, an island, a boardroom, a viper-infested pit, etc., that has been specifically set up for filming 24/7. On top of that, much of it will be scripted, so the "real you" may not be quite so "real".[1] On most reality TV shows, you'll be expected to live in these fishbowls with very few private moments, with no respite from those you're sharing space with, and with relationship challenges thrown your way daily, relentlessly. And then there are the actual challenges you're expected to perform for the show. Think about the following questions very carefully:
- If you're trying for a reality TV show that requires you to "live it rough", is that something your manicured nails and regularly gelled hair-do could handle? Are you all right living with no mattress, or on rationed food?
- If you're on a show that requires you to take dares or to eat local cuisine, are you able to eat bugs, unusual foods, unidentifiable somethings, or do your vegan or finicky food ways preclude you from sharing in what might be the only protein available that day, or that might win you the challenge?!
- Can you bear to have to pit your wits against that Harvard graduate every five minutes?
- Will it bother you to be locked out of a cozy huddle because you're considered to be an outsider at some stage as the game plan in the show unfolds?
- Can you stand to put your hand into that bee-infested box? (Or are you so allergic to insects that going on a daring challenge show is plain out of the question?)
- Are you willing to give up your day job or take extended unpaid leave if your employer isn't in agreement with you about having time off work to "play TV games"?[2]
3Learn all that you can about the show before applying. For a brand new show, read whatever is already available in the media about the show's intended themes, content, time slot, and audience. For an existing show, it makes good sense to be up-to-date about the entire show from its previous seasons. This is probably easier if you've watched it without fail since it began. Even with fan knowledge though, you need to take a look at an existing show with brand new eyes and see things that will impact you if you do get a part on the show. Look for such things such as:
- How are contestants judged? Who are the likely judges? Would you be able to impress them or simply feel awkward before them?
- Learn from past successes and failures on the relevant show. Do you think you have the same skills, cunning, daring, or whatever else it takes to avoid the pitfalls and reach success?
- Is nudity expected at any stage?
- Do you have to eat things that are simply awful and that you'd never think of eating in a million years?
- Will you be forced to be around people you know you will find difficult to get along with?
- Will you have to stretch your physical abilities to their limits, and are you in good enough shape? Your mental health is as important as your physical health too, so think about your health as a whole and the sorts of things that might challenge it on the show.
4Look for casting calls and auditions. There are several ways to do this:
- Look on your favorite reality TV shows own website. Usually if they are calling for new participants/contestants, the call will be placed on the webpage with further details well in advance of an upcoming season. Keep a watch on the relevant site.
- Call the TV station and ask for advice. They may be able to take down your details and alert you to upcoming opportunities.
- Look on a site that collates reality TV show casting calls and auditions. Some examples of sites to check in the U.S. are under "Sources and Citations" below.
5Apply with care. The details matter and if you don't abide by the rules in the application form, it may well be thrown away without a second glance, given that so many hopefuls will be trying their luck.[3] If the form asks for a photo, provide one, if it asks for a photo in a certain way, meet that request. If you have to include a video, a portfolio, a reference, etc., do as requested, as this will all increase your prospects of getting to the next stage. If it feels unaffordable or a waste of time, then you're already counting yourself out, so don't proceed.
6Present yourself in an interesting way. Whether you are auditioning, or providing a pitch with your application, to catch the eye of those casting, you will need to have something that the reality TV show wants. It may well be that you can't discern this because you don't know what dynamics they are wanting to script into the show (although watching past shows should give you some idea), or whether someone similar to you has already come to their notice and they don't need another person so alike. There are things you can do to improve your chances, however, such as:
- Proving your own "wow factor" (appearance, a talent, a stunt, etc.), or approaching the audition or pitch with a unique angle. Think about making use of such tools as YouTube (start a campaign!), a portfolio of your talents outside of the usual humdrum work routine, or zany photos of yourself. Think outside the square, relate it to the TV show in question, and give it your all if you go down the path of trying to impress those selecting the cast in a unique way.
- Beware of resorting to gimmicks though, as these rarely ingratiate you with those judging your performance. Find the fine balance between interestingly unique and just plain trying-too-hard, or bizarre. Realize that anything that distracts from you will do precisely that and should be left out of your application or performance routine; less is often more.
- Remember also that they may just be looking for the normal, usual you with all your foibles, talents, and "uninteresting" bits rolled into one because they can see something in you that matches their hoped-for scenario and to be frank, it's the weaknesses in personality that attract viewing. The demographic also matters considerably, as the full cast selection must be appealing to a wide variety of viewers.[4]
7Be practical. When self-assessing your suitability to go any further, some of the things that you should keep in mind include a good dose of realism. There is no point auditioning for a show that wants the complete opposite of you - they are just not going to be sold over to your way of seeing things. As such, other things to keep in mind include:
- Are you the right height, weight, size, look, etc., for whatever the show focuses on? It makes little sense to apply to be in a weight loss show when you're already at an ideal weight, or to try modeling when your height isn't what they're looking for. It's pointless offering to sleep rough for a month when you're terrified of being seen naked by fellow contestants or sharing your sleeping quarters with spiders.
- Can you actually sing, dance, act, etc., as required?
- Do you have the qualifications or smarts needed? If you're applying for a show wanting people with a business background or a college education and you don't have one, again, it may not be worth your while.
8Know why you want to do this. It may sound trite, especially after going through all the steps above, but the shows producers will want a strong, well-founded response and not just one based merely on your wish to never work in a cocktail bar again. Formulate an answer that demonstrates your strengths, your interesting points, and a desire to be a good role model. Telling them "I want to be famous" rarely distinguishes you from every other person wanting the same. Be confident in what you believe you can contribute to the show as well as focusing on your hoped-for outcome.
Community Q&A
How do I get on to a reality TV show as a kid?wikiHow ContributorMake sure your parents are okay with it first, then research reality shows, then make audition tapes and send them in when the shows are casting.
Can young people be on reality TV shows?wikiHow ContributorIt really depends on what show it is. If it's one for older viewers, then no. In general, younger stars get their starts on sitcoms or other serial shows aimed at kids or teens.
How do I get on TV without using an agent?wikiHow ContributorYou can't, unless you're willing to do days, even weeks of research to make sure the company is trustworthy, so you can book an audition. An agent has already done that legwork for you, so they're worth the cost.
How do I find auditions for reality shows?wikiHow ContributorLook on their websites. It will tell you if they are looking for people, and how and where to audition.
How can I get a spot on reality TV doing fun, entertaining activities with exciting people?wikiHow ContributorSee what younger people want to see and take a risk and talk to producers.
How can I get a reality TV show without an agent?wikiHow ContributorYou would have to work harder and find a way to do all of the work an agent would otherwise do on your behalf.
Can I go to audition if I do not have acting experience?
Where can you go to audition?
Can I go to an audition if I do not have acting experience?
Will they have to go through your phone?
Does unscripted tv call and email me if I applied to be on the show?
- Don't give up. If you don't succeed the first time, try again if the rules permit it. If you think that you missed out because you're too young, too tired, too overlooked, etc., on one occasion, it just may be your lucky day next time.
- Be timely. If you don't get to an audition on time, the general reality is this: Forget it! The rule about being on time is one way of culling the numbers, so don't mess up. Plan to stay close to the venue the night before if you're worried about transportation, parking, etc.
- Spruce up your bare minimum cooking skills if you're going to be doing a stranded island reality TV show - learn how to make the most from very little. And knowing basic survival skills makes good sense too - if you're accepted, read up survival manuals and articles beforehand.
- Janet Street-Porter has this advice for anyone forced to go without decent washing on a survival show - she says that there is no need to wash your hair, just splash it with cold water to damp it down: "Hair cleans itself - and after a limp couple of days it sorts itself out and actually feels thicker and has more body."[5] Perhaps it would ideal to try this before you leave for filming!
- If you do become a high profile celebrity due to participating in a reality TV show, be prepared for people you thought were friends to come out of the woodwork and sell stories about your past. Never be afraid of what you did in the past because you can never go back. You can only create your future.
- Don't be surprised if you aren't chosen for an audition - there are scouts in the crowd looking for those who have certain qualities (appearance, charisma, interesting personality, etc.), and it may be as simple as you not being noticed. This does tend to suggest that you'll be better off by displaying your best and most interesting behavior, without being a flirt, a flaunt, or nuisance.
- Many US reality TV shows require you to be at least 21 or over to apply and to be a US citizen.[6]
Things You'll Need
- Interesting profile
- Internet for finding casting calls
- TV and DVD player for research
- An idiot ideas
Sources and Citations
- Wikipedia on Reality television
- Industry Casting Site CastMyReality.com
- Examples of places to look for generic casting calls include:
- About.com's Reality TV Casting Calls
- Reality TV Fans' Casting Calls.
- ↑ The Washington Post, Reality Is Only An Illusion, Writers Say
- ↑ Ask the Answer B!tch, Do Reality TV Contestants Have to Quit Their Jobs?
- ↑ MSNBC, How can I audition for reality shows?
- ↑ JobMonkey.com, Selecting Reality TV Contestants, an interview with Damon Furberg, an MTV casting director.
- ↑ Janet Street-Porter, Life's Too F***ing Short, (2009), p.20, ISBN 978-184400-728-8.
- ↑ Steven Richer, How To: Become a Reality TV Contestant
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Lady Cats to play McKinney Boyd in first round
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Mar. 17, 2007 - The Lady Cats found out who their soccer playoff opponent will be, and it's going to be one of the top teams in the state.
Sulphur Springs, the No. 3 team in District 16-4A, will take on McKinney Boyd, the No. 3 team in the state, next week, probably on Thursday.
Boyd, which finished tied for second in District 15-4A with Mesquite Poteet, won the tiebreaker and will be the second seed in that district. McKinney, the top-ranked team in the state, won 15-4A.
SSHS head coach Martin Bryant said he will meet with Boyd's coach on Monday to work on the time, date and place for the bi-district match. They will probably flip for home field.
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From the GAFCON conference in Nairobi: Link to GAFCON itself. After celebrating the East African Revival on the opening evening of the conference, those attending GAFCON2013 on Tuesday morning were presented with challenges facing the church around the world. The day began with a Eucharist in Nairobi Cathedral where there was standing room only. Afterwards [Read More…]
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Leaving Mormonism: A Story
I saw this story by Lynn Wilder and it triggered for me, of course, my studies in conversion theory (Turning to Jesus and, with Hauna Ondrey, Finding Faith, Losing Faith). The summer of 2006, my husband and I mustered the courage to drive two hours away from our largely Mormon community in Utah to attend a [Read More…]
Spirituality: Calvin vs. Wesley
It could be argued that Wesleyan theology, with its emphasis on "free grace" or free will (properly understood), leads the sensitive Christian toward fear of final salvation or toward a lack of assurance, just as one could argue that Calvinism, since it assumes God's sovereign and preserving grace, can lead to too easy of an [Read More…]
John Piper vs. Don Thorsen
This recent post at John Piper's site (by Jonathan Parnell, but repeating what I've heard from Piper for years) is why we need books like Don Thorsen's fair-minded and accurate sketch of what both Wesley and Calvin believe (Calvin vs. Wesley). Those who will but read Roger Olson's erudite and source-quoting Arminian Theology will be well-informed of what Arminians believe. I [Read More…]


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Argentina is one of the first countries in Latin America to permit young people over the age of 16 to vote in regional and presidential elections.
Latin America's democracies are re-inventing themselves. The latest innovation is the right to vote for teenagers in Argentina, a country where democracy has evolved in sometimes surprising ways.
Argentina is one of the few countries in the world that has adopted such a measure. Yesterday, after long debates, the House of Representatives passed the bill to expand voting rights, with 131 voting in favour, 2 against and one abstaining. The argument that was used most often was that Argentina's democracy will be strengthened by lowering the voting age.
Political move
The new law means that more than one million 16- and 17-year-olds will have the right to vote. A revealing detail: the vast majority of this group supports President Cristina Fernández.
Fernández would like to run for re-election when her term expires in 2015. Her strategy is quite simple: in next year's general elections, these one million young people will be able to vote. The ruling party is likely to obtain a majority in the House of Representatives, making it possible for it to push through constitutional reforms. This would enable Fernández to run again for president.
Example for other countries?
But just how far can political leaders go to cling on to power? In recent years, various Latin American rulers have taken unorthodox steps, often in violation of the constitution, to remain in power. So it's possible that other countries in the continent will follow Argentina's example and lower the voting age.
The arguments in favour of this sound convincing: if teenagers are allowed to elect their representatives and presidents, they'll become more mature, both in terms of their knowledge of civics and democracy.
RNW survey
In recent days, RNW's Latin American Department has been carrying out a survey on social media sites about whether 16- and 17-year-olds are mature enough to vote. One of the respondents, Ángel Bernal, wrote "what worries me is that TV alienates young people. It reduces their capacity for political analysis. Television in Latin America is controlled by the owners of multinationals, and they determine which government comes to power. If the voting age is lowered even more, we'll soon see alienated teenagers who believe they're living in a democracy."
For his part, Juan José Martínez in Ecuador believes that "it would be an interesting way of measuring the real impact of social media because young people dominate them. They're sick and tired of corruption. They're mature enough to question traditions."
Antigonum Caján takes a more pragmatic view: "since young people aren't getting an education or won't ever find a job when they become adults, let them at least have the illusion that they can elect a government which will rob them blind. Afterwards they can emigrate."
José Robert Escamilla thinks the voting age should be raised to 21. "It's said that that's when people's brains become fully developed. Before then, people often make decisions based on emotions."
Delmi Euceda responds by saying, "I don't think that age has anything to do with whether you are mature enough to vote. There are 30- and 40-year-olds who don't know anything about voting."
Finally, Victor Hugo Montero, a Venezuelan economics student, writes: "the new law has both positive and negative aspects. It's good because everyone will have the right to express their opinion, and so society will become more equal and pluralistic. But the downside is that young people are more susceptible to manipulation. That's the case in Argentina because the government adopted this law for political reasons. In authoritarian countries like mine, the issue is not being discussed in terms of increasing people's involvement in politics, but rather as a way of making it easier to manipulate people because they no longer have any reference points."
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During the last section of the workshop we created our own, short, digital magazine called The CS Forum Times, which is now here: http://martharotter.com/csforum/ts/index.html. The magazine content is recent articles and blog posts from speakers and organizers of CS Forum 2011 and was created in Treesaver. There are materials at http://martharotter.com/csforum for those who would like a small boilerplate to start with.
The next blog post I do will be a short intro on how I built The CS Forum Times using Treesaver and will include some of the demos I did in the workshop with altering image sizes, so if you take a look at the starting point and want to know more, that blog post tomorrow will be a good overview. If you're interested in learning how to do more with Treesaver, http://treesaverjs.com & http://groups.google.com/group/treesaverjs?pli=1 are excellent places to start.


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A Colombian teenager has been arrested over a series of sexual assaults around the CBD that had prompted a warning from detectives for women to not go out alone.
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It has always been my goal to make content SEO as easy as can be, and to make people writing content perform the necessary actions instead of someone else fixing up after them. Good SEO for a site consists of set of technical requirements, a good site structure and then the most important thing: well optimized content. Preferably lots of it. Today, by releasing the Linkdex Page Analysis integration into my WordPress SEO plugin, we've come one step closer to that goal of making Content SEO easy.
So what is it: full content SEO analysis functionality. The WordPress SEO box, with the snippet preview you've come to know, has a new tab, titled Page Analysis. This tab features a report of the content for the current post, check what it looks like (click for larger versions):
And one that's a bit more positive:
What's in that page analysis tab that helps me with Content SEO?
As you can see, there are three different types of messages: warnings, notices and messages. The messages are in the bottom, as they tell you stuff you probably don't have to do anything about. The notices are above them, they can range from saying "No images appear in this page, consider adding some as appropriate" or, if you do have images but didn't use your focus keyword in the alt tag it'll say: "The images on this page do not have alt tags containing your keyword / phrase".
Warnings are messages like "The keyword / phrase does not appear in the page title." Another useful message: "You're linking to another page with the keyword you want this page to rank for, consider changing that if you truly want this page to rank."
Other messages can concern the meta description, the page title, your use of headings, the number of links, the length of your post or page's copy, the keyword density and the Flesch Reading Ease score for the page. The latter score determines whether your page is easy to read, by checking for long sentences and words with a lot of syllables. This feature currently only works properly for the English language.
You'll probably understand why I think that such feedback will help you write better (optimized) content and thus makes content SEO easier.
This seems to good to be true, what's the catch?
Let me be clear, even though this is a collaboration between Linkdex and myself, the new content SEO functionality featured in the plugin is 100% free and will remain free and open source. There is no catch. As said, this feature is free for all users of the WordPress SEO plugin, doesn't require registration or anything else and doesn't send your data to other servers. All the analysis is done right there within your blog. As you can see in the screenshot above there's some minor promo for Linkdex underneath the box, which is an awesome service, and if you sign up for Linkdex using one of those links, or the ones in this post for that matter, I get a little bit of money.
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On the 20 July 2014 edition of Media Buzz, Senator John McCain brushed off Jon Stewart's latest slam at him over the Iraq War. Host Howard Kurtz wondered, "Is Jon Stewart fair to Republicans?" McCain bluntly answered, "No, but it doesn't matter really. He's a comedian." When Kurtz brought up Stewart's "sizable following among young people," the Republican contended that "he's a very entertaining and funny guy, but...when he says things...that are absolutely wrong, he gets away with it."
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I'm an Asian with really small and narrowed eyes. I want my eyes to look fuller and bigger. I have heard about the double eyelid surgery and I am planning to get that soon. But honestly, I don't think that will make my eyes bigger. Is there a eye enlargement surgery that will make my eyes look bigger and fuller?
Options for Enlargement of Asian Eyes
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Options for Enlargement of Asian Eyes
You're correct in that traditional double eyelid surgery does not make the eyes bigger. One would think that their eyes have gotten bigger after getting traditional double eyelid surgery because double eyelid surgery takes up the excess hooding on the upper eyelid. Therefore, if there was excess skin that's covering a significant portion of the color aspect of the eye that is being shown then after the double eyelid surgery one would think that his eyes have gotten bigger since that excess hooding skin has gone up. However, in order to truly get an eye enlargement, one would need a vertical as well as horizontal eye enlargement. Vertical eye enlargement can be done through a ptosis repair, which in Korea, is also known as adjustment of the vertical height of the iris shown. You can also benefit from lateral eye enlargement, which entails epicanthoplasty and lateral canthoplasty. Epicanthoplasty for Asian eyelids is opening the inner side of the eye while lateral canthoplasty is opening the outer side of the eye. When you combine them both, in your case, you can enlarge your eyes. This is how a lot of the Korean actresses and K-Pop celebrities attain much larger eyes relative to others.
Big eyed look in an Asian
Your desire for larger eyes is a simple desire but not easily answered. It depends on a number if factors including where you would like to position your eyelid crease, how low (ptotic) your upper eyelid is, and the function of your two eyelid muscles (levator and müllers muscle)?
If your eyelid is droopy 2mm or less and you have good response to a phenylephrine drop (administered during examination of your eyes) then a müllerectomy performed during your double eyelid surgery would give you the most predictable results. Mullerectomy is shown in the attached video.
If you are more than 2mm ptotic or do not have a good response with phenylephrine, then a levator advancement performed with the double eyelid surgery would be appropriate. Levator advancement can raise an eyelid more than 2mm but requires more adjustment and results can be a little varied since it requires patient participation during surgery.
Enlargment of the Asian Eyelid
Height & width customization
There is no doubt that your eyes can actually be larger or bigger/brighter. Doing this takes more than simply removing some skin. Eyes can be enlarged in two dimensions: width and height.
In a young person like yourself it would be a small amount of skin, possibly a concervative amount of fat, and a simultaneous advancement of the muscle that opens your eyelid. Performing all these things together in a single procedure is common and in experienced hands the healing time is essentially the same as it would be had you had only skin removed. . .which would not work for you by the way. You need the above three components. Remember to go to someone who works regularly or exclusively with the asian face. If your surgeon tells you what he/she will do and says something to the effect of "I perform all of my eyelids this way" get another consult.
Asian eyelids require and increase degree of costumization. My patients eyelids are customized to the patient's request. Subtle, big eyes, high crease, low crease, etc.
Widening the eyes requires (simply put) spliting the lids a few millimeters at the later corner of the eyes and a special conjunctival mucosal flap to literally make the eyes wider. Let me mention though, that this procedure can be imperfect and should only be performed by experienced eyelids surgeons.
Hope that helps. Yes, your eyes can look larger.
Chase Lay, MD
Learn more: http://www.chaselaymd.com
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The double eyelid procedure will help to make your eyes look bigger
The double eyelid procedure will help to make your eyes look bigger. Based on the picture, it doesn't look like you have any crease. Sometimes skin is allowed to override your eyelid margin which can make the eye opening look smaller. Also by creating an eyelid crease, the shadowing contributes to the appearance that your eyes are bigger by creating the shadow the meets up with the dark part of your eyes.
Another procedure that can help open up your eyes is the medial epicanthoplasty that is done in the middle part of the eyes that will open the eyes up horizontally. Lastly, you can do a procedure that tightens up the muscle that opens up your eyes but this is advanced, is not standardized or universally accepted to open up your eyes.
I hope that was interesting for you!
Thanks for reading.
Asian Eye Enlargement
The only difference in the upper lids of Asian VS Non-Asians is WHERE on the upper lid the muscle which lifts the lid attaches. In Asians it attaches very low while in others it attaches almost a cm above the lash line. In so doing, upper lid fat is kept 1cm or so above the lash line.
"Double eyelid" or "Eastern to Western Eyelid" operations is VERY popular in the Far East where economic affluence leads many to appear more western. The operations raise the location of the levator attachment creating the so called - supra-tarsal fold.
This operation will NOT increase eye prominence NOR will it make your eyes look "bigger or fuller". It will just change your ethnicity somewhat.
There is NO easy way to make your eye more out going / prominent. The only way to do it is to make your eye sockets more shallow (by grafting the floor) which would push the globes out. This is an operation done in facial trauma victims whose eye globes are too sunken in - not in attractive normal young people.
I find your eyes extremely attractive and I would refuse to perform this or a similar operation on you.
Dr. P. Aldea
Asian eye enlargement
Thanks for your questions.
In your situation, a double eyelid procedure is appropriate. You do have some ptosis, or drooping of the eyelids and this would ideally be corrected as well.
Typically, in my practice, we use a non-incisional form of double eyelid surgery where small punctures are used to pass a surgical thread through the eyelid multiple times to create the eyelid fold. The same thread can be used to tighten one of the muscles of the upper eyelid to correct the ptosis (Muller tuck). The advantage of this approach is that both conditions, the lack of the eyelid fold and ptosis, can be correctly without a large incision on the eyelid, which greatly shortens your recovery as there is much less bruising and swelling.
Shim Ching, MD
Learn more: http://www.drshimching.com/asian-cosmetic-procedures-honolulu/asian-double-eyelid-surgery/
You can enlarge your eyes
A double eyelid procedure will give the illusion of a larger eye, but in addition, you appear to have some weakness in the muscles that open the eyes. Thus the vertical dimension of your eye is smaller than ideal. This is very common situation and I find that almost all eyes have some degree of what is called ptosis. When you undergo the double eyelid procedure, the muscle that opens the eyes lie in the surgical field - this can tightened up as part of the procedure to help open the eyes more. In addition, removing the inner fold of skin - an inner epi - will increase the visible amount of the whites of the eyes.
To open the eyelids
There are several methods to open the eyes:
1. Asian blepharoplasty - this is when a certain amount of skin is removed to create a crease that is seen in western eyelids. It can create the appearance of a bigger eye aperture.
2. Levator advancement - This is when the main muscle to lift the eyelid is tightened. Probably not recommended in your case
3. Muellerectomy - This is when the second muscle to lift the eyelid is tightened. It may or may not help in you
4. Botox - This can be used in the lower eyelids in the orbicularis muscle to relax the lower eyelid when you smile. I don't think in your case it would be that helpful
I think you would need to see someone who can evaluate you thoroughly . Your photos are a little dark and it is hard for me to see what is exactly going on to be honest
Yes, you can make the opening larger
You can make the opening larger by shortening the levator muscle as it attaches into the tarsal plate of the upper eyelid. It can be combined with an upper eyelid blepharoplasty.
Double eyelid surgery to make eyes bigger
Double eyelid surgery combined with medial epicanthoplasty will make your eyes bigger. When double eyelid surgery is properly done, eyes look bigger when opened. With medial epicanthoplasty (treating the Mongolian fold), eyes actually get wider.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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