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How Mir Hossein Mousavi trapped the Supreme Leader | Shahram Kholdi – Times Online
So what will happen next? Both sides have learnt the lessons of the fall of the Shah. In 1978 elements of the Shah's army lost their composure and fired on demonstrating crowds, causing a chain reaction of violence that led to the end of the Pahlavi dynasty. Yesterday I was told by a friend that the security forces withdrew when up to 100,000 protesters gathered in central Tehran: the Government is not ready to turn the Revolutionary Guards on the people. The demonstrators too are showing restraint: Iran is not like Gaza or the West Bank where people feel they have nothing to lose and are willing to accept martyrdom.
via How Mir Hossein Mousavi trapped the Supreme Leader | Shahram Kholdi – Times Online .
U.S. State Department speaks to Twitter over Iran | Industries | Technology, Media & Telecommunications | Reuters
Cyberwar – Privacy May Be a Victim in Cyberdefense Plan – Series – NYTimes.com
Umm… It already was. Remember Bush's wiretap idea?
Cyberwar – Privacy May Be a Victim in Cyberdefense Plan – Series – NYTimes.com.
How Failure Breeds Success
When does it make sense for a company to encourage failure for the sake of innovation? This is an old (2006!) article that still pertains. How Failure Breeds Success.
Flamewars in the Blogosphere
I don't want to be the guy that shines a spotlight on the many varied and obscene warts that exist in the blogosphere. Far be it from me to hold myself up as an example of exemplary behavior. However, there is a disturbing trend in the world of blogs these days and it really needs to stop.
Flamewars are nothing new on the internet. They date back to the early usenet days, where some smart dude figured out a key scientific law known as Godwin's Law. Godwin's Law states, in essence, that as a discussion online is prolonged over time, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler increases.
Eventually, usenet gave way to forums and forums gave way to blogs and blogs gave way to social networks.
The scientific law seems to have been preserved as a core guiding principle of internet interaction. Unlike the super smart Jason Calacanis, I don't believe it's all that healthy for the blogoshpere.
Well, it might be. It all depends on how the disagreements are aired. Healthy dialogue out of a mutual respect combined with lethal verbal barbs are fine, and in many cases serve to make the world a better place. However, going personal – in life, in politics, on the web – is almost always uncalled for.
Take for instance the recent hidden "cold war" between two influential technology bloggers, both supposedly friends. One does small business with a competitor and now they don't talk to each other. Apparently. Silly pettiness.
What about the mommy blogger kerfuffle where one supposedly A-list blogger got petty with a longtail blogger over who did what when and where and why? Something to the effect of, "I did this first and you're a lying thieving bitch". Mmmmmm…. Female cat fights. Can I get mud with that?
Public relations and bloggers is another catch topic we like to talk about, and have. Bloggers want to own the medium and force PR to cooperate. PR wants to use longevity as a bludgeon tool to get bloggers to fit their paradigm. Stupidity.
And don't even get me started on politics. Left vs. Right. McCain vs. Obama. He said this, no I didn't. It all boils down to frivolity.
When is it all going to end? When are we going to realize that people are people and every person should command the respect of others, regardless of sides, positioning or dialogues.
This is a commentary piece for The District of Corruption show to be aired live on July 1, 2008 at 4pm EDT. The archive can be heard here.
Lessons from Wall*E
Normally, I would not do movie reviews on this site. I would generally use aaronbrazell.com which is much more of a personal site than this. However, there are quite a lot of lessons and hidden agenda items (good and bad) in Wall*E that I think are applicable.
If you're afraid of spoilers, you might not want to read further, however I will do my best not to offer spoilers, per se and instead talk about the principles behind the messages because that is where I feel the importance is.
From the get go, it was apparent to me that Wall*E was an environmentally oriented flick. We're introduced to a desolate earth that struck me as very much similar to the one we saw in I am Legend. Bonus points to the astute viewers that catch the I am Legend hat tip in the movie.
To me, it was apparent that the desolation of earth was a result of human irresponsibility and that Al Gore probably was lurking somewhere ready to hand out carbon credits. While that message certainly existed, it was the message of personal responsibility that struck me much more direct between the eyeballs.
In the movie, we get the sense that a pseudo-governmental organization has morphed humanity into a dependent culture that is given everything. It is pampered, fed, smothered and by and large turned into a welfare culture where the human race has lost the ability to care for itself or even see any problem with their state. They have been turned into automatons, beholden to the whims of the BnL Corporation.
The heroics of the movie revolve around, among other things, the ability of the human race to take responsibilities for their own actions and rise above the societal norms inbred into them, challenging the status quo and ultimately their race.
Without getting too political, the metaphor I saw was comparative, in many ways, to current western culture that is increasingly liberalized, and increasingly fed the doctrine of government dependence. Rely on government-subsidized social security. We need to pass a law that does blah. The Constitution is a living document requiring federal judges to tell us what it means for us today. Get my riff?
Another strong metaphor I saw, is applicable for those of us in social media – and really any kind of new media, whether it's politics, science or sports. Those that follow the dotted lines are doomed to exist in a narrow and unproductive world that never changes!
Throughout the movie, robots followed the dictates of lines painted on the ground. They never left those lines because those lines provided guidance. Those lines provides meaning. Those lines provided safety.
Wouldn't it be nice to have more rambos that challenged the status quo, said what they meant and meant what they said? They didn't follow the dictates of Techmeme or those perceived as A-listers? I mentioned yesterday that confidence is a sexy attribute and stepping outside the lines demonstrates confidence that will take you somewhere.
As a sidenote, yet related issue, this mommy blogger needs to quit worrying about a so-called A-list blogger and be confident in herself. Those that are considered A-list, including myself, often are not (also including myself). No one can do your job better than you. Own it and forget about the rest.
I highly encourage people to see this movie. Besides the fact that Pixar always makes great movies, it's a wonderful movie for kids and adults alike and if you go with an open mind, you're going to be challenged.
The Apple Store: Where Intelligent People Go to Die
What is it about Apple that causes otherwise intelligent people to throw away all trace of common sense? We all know that Apple has done very well for itself, turning around from a mere 4% market share in its computer division in the 90s to having a very viable and sustainable (and diverse!) product line.
Steve Jobs is no dummy. Somehow he managed to break the digital music divide between consumers and the music industry with iPods and the iTunes Music Store. Then he came at us with OS X, the operating system that marked the departure of the Mac OS trying to emulate Windows to stay afloat and go back to its own philosophy about how an operating system should work. Then he gave us Intel-powered Macs which was a smart decision way too far past it's time.
Now we have iPhones and video iPods and touch screen iPods and iWork '08 and iLife '08 and the list goes on. Apple is a smart company. But with any company that releases hardware and software, they are plagued by bugs, oversights and flaws that sneak into Revision A of the product. We all know not to buy revision A stuff. No one waited in line for Windows since the days of Windows 95. We know there are bugs. We wait. Smartly.
However, Apple products incite a certain stupidity in people that encourages them… no, forces them… no, not even that – compels them to go to the Apple Store and buy the newest product on the day of launch or soon thereafter.
Most recently, the Applegasm has surrounded the iPod Touch and the new video iPod Nano. Not long before that, insane lines across this great nation extended out from Apple and AT&T Wireless stores everywhere in anticipation of the iPhone.
Inevitably, the wait for OS X Leopard (the next-gen OS X operating system) will be notable when it is released sometime next year.
Smart people ask why. Intelligent people don't ask, they just buy.
Apple makes good products, but they are not flawless and almost inevitably are worth the wait. For instance, folks who had an Applegasm over the iPhone for $500 or $600 can now get the same phone 3 months later for $300-$400. People who bought it at full price can get a $100 rebate.
Early adopters of the Airport Extreme router (of which I do own) claimed incompatibility with the Xbox 360 wireless adapter.
First generation Macbook Pro owners (of which, again, I am one) cannot enable their wireless adapter to be 802.11n compatible. Waiting for the second generation fixed this problem.
Early adopters of the iPod nano found that their screens were defective and cracked. I can testify to this as I personally owned a first generation Nano who had its screen crack.
Folks purchasing the brand new iPod Nano may be surprised to know that the old method of connecting Apple A/V cables to the device to gain "TV Out" access (watching video from the iPod on your television) no longer works and that a new component that is not yet available is needed to use this functionality. This has been confirmed by Apple tech support.
The bottom line is that Apple products, as with any computer company, need some time to settle and work flawlessly. Yet so many people ignore this when it comes to Apple. I've been frustrated in recent days by observing the reactions of some folks on Twitter and across the new media landscape as they throw away their common sense and exchange it for Apple lust. My frustration is increased knowing that many of these same folks do not need their brand new Apple device as only months earlier they had similar Applegasms over the iPhone, the 80GB video iPod, etc.
I personally know kids who would love to have a simple 2nd generation iPod Nano but live in a household that struggles to put food on the table. Is the insane gluttonous debauchery really needed? I'd encourage folks to give their used device to one of these kids if you insist on wasting money on the new Apple device that you really don't need.
Finally, a sobering thought: For the $400 needed to buy a new iPhone, $100 (approx) it costs to have an AT&T plan to use it, you could feed 5 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a year (per UNICEF). Think about it.
The Art of War: Facebook's Strategic Plan for Ultimate Victory
Have you heard of MySpace? I had, once upon a time. Now, it seems to be off the grid. Facebook on the other hand has been making a progressive march to the sea and is taking no prisoners. In February of 2007, Facebook reported 18M users, up from 7.5M 7 months earlier. (Edited) Toronto claims 1 in 10 Torontonians as Facebook users (approximately the size of the Baltimore City population).
Facebook's success has not been overnight. When it began, it was created as a closed social network for primarily high school and college students. Users would be able to join Facebook if they had a valid email address from a registerd University or other school. There was a smaller percentage of workplace networks where users could join if they had a valid company email address, but by and large these networks were much smaller due to reluctance of companies to join the social media revolution and risk employee productivity losses. Continue reading "The Art of War: Facebook's Strategic Plan for Ultimate Victory"
Democracy Abhors Undue Secrecy
This article was originally published on September 30, 2004 and is being republished as part of the Technosailor 3-year Blogiversary series. Enjoy!
Finally, my Patriot Act provision whipping boy has been ruled illegitimate and unconstitutional. According to U.S. District Court Judge Victor Marrerro, the Patriot Act provision allowing federal officials to gain access to private internet and telephone communication without warrant is unconstitutional and constitues illegal search and seizure.
In other words, if I'm a regular user who may be under (false) suspicion of terrorism ties, and I use Earthlink as my ISP, any and all email communication, data transfer, etc (illegal or not) would be subject to the Patriot Act rules which allow federal officials to obtain this information without warrant and furthermore, prevents Earthlink from letting me know that my information has been acquired. The Fourth Amendment protects against this and demands law enforcement to provide reasonable cause to retain a warrant.
I have held for a long time, almost since day one of the Patriot Act inception, that it is a document implemented in a sensitive and jumpy moment that allows too broad of powers to authorities that cannot possibly use the power effectively and without infringing on personal liberties. It is a legalized robbery of personal liberties.
In the south, South Carolina was the first state in the union to secede. In the south, they still call the civil war the War of Northern Aggression. Why? Not slavery, my friends. Because Lincoln sent American military troops into operatinos against other American states and that was seen as an abuse of power and an infringement on the very American principles that caused South Carolina to ratify the Constitution in the first place.
How is this abominable Act of Congress any better. In the name of protection from terrorism, the privacy we enjoy in America slips away. Out of fear, control is tightened on the good American people.
This was a major issue that caused me to be undecided on this election for so long. I may endorse Bush, but I do not endorse government infringement on my life, or on your life.


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If he can only gain admission to the staff college I swear to procure him a brilliant career.
There wasn't the regiment or even a staff college to fall back upon.
From 1872 to 1874 he studied at the Nicholas staff college, after which he spent a short time with the French troops in Algiers.
After that, a serious preparation for entering the staff college was to follow.
In 1862 he entered the staff college and passed out in one year with honours.
At the staff college officers obtain a course of instruction and study to fit them for service on the staff of the army.
A certain eminent colonel, professor at the staff college, was being freely named in the papers for the Mokembe mission.
When I was recovering from a wound in my leg, I attended for two weeks our staff college.
He proved himself an officer of the highest efficiency, and has been selected by the Canadian Corps to attend the staff college.
He was promoted Captain in 1892 and passed through the staff college with honours.


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"Please, sir, I want some more."
Famously uttered by Oliver Twist, the refrain was also a running plea among guests not long ago at Shawn Gibson's Toronto apartment,where the celebrated decorator and co-owner of the city's Teatro Verde shops handed out large soup bowls upon their arrival and then instructed them to line up in the kitchen and beg for their dinner.
The first course, though,was hardly gruel: "Not a chef by any means" but clearly no slouch in the kitchen, Gibson offered a choice of spinach and green-pea purée, Irish fishc howder or minestrone laced with pesto.
If the Dickensian theme seems eccentric, Gibson in fact threw the party for an Oliver!-obsessed friend who works in the theatre, creating a shabby-chic wonderland involving mix-and-match dishes on which guests feasted and chairs set around a table covered with a patchwork quilt.
Homely baskets of daisies and other wildflowers – not unlike the blooms that might have been peddled in the streets of Victorian London – dotted the room.
"As a decor specialist, I focus [significantly] on the ambience," Gibson says. "And because my parties are always for someone else, I try to find something they like, something that they're passionate about. Then I extract that and parlay it into the setting."
Although Gibson's Oliver!-themed soiree adhered strictly to an impoverished, mid-19th century look, he is typically more of a decor Mixmaster:
"Eclecticism is truly the name of my game," he says. "I love to combine different periods and styles and seek inspiration from popular culture, classic movies and fashion." It's a point of view that also inform show he stocks his two Toronto stores, the city's premier lifestyle emporiums (a third, culinary-focused shop, Teatro Verde Cucina, will open next year). Following are his tips for a hearty party.
Despite Gibson's protestations,he is clearly adept when it comes to food: Three starters,such as those served at this Victorian fete, would be daunting to even the most seasoned entertainers. Normally, Gibson opts for store-bought hors d'oeuvre and side dishes from grocery stores such as Pusateri's or Longo's and then comes up with a custom touch: "For dips, I add chopped fresh herbs, organic extra-virgin olive oil and a sprinkling of Maldon sea salt."
If it's nice out, party goers tend to congregate on Gibson's balcony, so he will often barbecue lamb, beef or chicken,manning the grill while keeping an attentive eye on the folks around him.
Every so often, he will have his parties catered. For a friend's recent birthday, for instance, he hired Dee Gibson (no relation) of Toronto's Catering With Style to create a Tuscan-inspired dinner for 12, the largest number he can fit around his table; the menu featured stuffed artichokes, pizza bianca and limoncello tiramisu for dessert.
Gibson's favourite way to end a meal, however, actually comes from the frozen section of Costco. "Please don't write this," he pleads, "but once a year Costco sells these sorbets in hollowed-out coconut and pineapple halves. They're absolutely incredible. I fill up a big tub with ice and lay them on top; everyone thinks they're gourmet, but they actually cost about a dollar each."
Costco sorbet notwithstanding, Gibson's guests aren't ones to be easily fooled: Many are culled from the country's decor, food and media elite, all of them carefully considered by Gibson before the invites go out. "You need the right combination of people to have a great night, which means taking the time to figure out who's going to get along," he says. "Remember that it only takes one person to suck all the energy out of a room."
When it comes to seating, Gibson is a firm believer in splitting up the couples and alternating the introverts and extroverts: "You don't want all the energy at one end of the table while the other is just watching and not feeling like part of the festivities."
Gibson is also keenly aware that the vibe is established as soon as the first guests step through the door: Typically, he will hand them a glass of champagne or a welcoming cocktail within seconds of their arrival.
His latest favourite in the latter category is a discovery he made recently in Italy: the Aperol fizz, made with Aperol, quality prosecco ("as dry as possible") and a splash of club soda.
Despite his experience as a host, Gibson will admit, without much regret, to at least one party don't: "I tend to clean as the evening moves along. I get a bit of slack for this, but I don't live in a big place, so a huge mess is hard to get away from."
After dinner, the festivities do tend to move to the living area, where the music gets louder and the drinks become stronger: It's not unusual for a soirée chez Gibson to rage until 4 a.m.
Even at such an early hour, a parting gift is often handed out: In the case of the Oliver!-themed get-together, the attendees got to keep their soup bowls, perhaps to make up for all that begging.
Choose the food wisely
Gibson is lactose-intolerant and allergic to shellfish, so he understands the importance of considering guests' dietary restrictions. "I always ask about food allergies and sensitivities when I send out the invitation," he says.
Keep your shoes on
"You shouldn't ask anyone to take their shoes off at a party, particularly women," advises Gibson. "Shoes are a part of their whole look."
Think locally
Unless it's a themed occasion, Gibson's flower arrangements are typically composed of seasonal blooms in a single colour. For a get-together in July, Gibson likes dahlias; in the spring, it's all about peonies and lilacs.
Set a favourable mood
Gibson streams ambient music from the Web and ensures a flattering glow with soft lighting and candles, but not so many that the room overheats.
Bring a practical gift
Although Gibson would never expect a hosting gift himself, he will, when attending others' parties, come bearing "something useful, not decorative, unless you really know the person's taste." His current recommendation is a wine coaster and stopper set by the designer Monique Lhuillier.Report Typo/Error
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text: I look forward to having this. I just got beta 3 installed and it was doing the update but then said that the internet connection was no longer active or the drive was filled which neither was the case. On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org> wrote: > > *Release Announcement* > > The first release candidate for the upcoming PC-BSD 9.0 is now available! This > release includes the latest FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 base, along with numerous bug fixes and enhancements. > > > *Download* > > http://www.pcbsd.org/get-it/download-pc-bsd-isotope#isotope > > > *Changelog* > > Notable changes in this release: (In no particular order) > > * Added support for installing to BootCamp partitions on Apple OSX systems > * Added checks for invalid characters in the username > * Added button to installer allowing toggle between US keyboard layout and currently selected > * Added improved portjail init scripts > * Life-Preserver now defaults to backing up to a remote directory set as the client hostname > * Add some sanity checks to pbi-manager when creating new repositories > * Fixed bugs setting the proxy server in pbi-manager / AppCafe (Uses the default config in networking GUI) > * Improved the default firewall ruleset > * Enable IPv6 support on all nic's by default > * Added options to pbi-manager which enables tmpfs memory building > * Improved pc-thinclient setup to use pre-built FreeBSD world instead of building from source > * Fix bug in pbi-manager when doing binary updates to ensure it is only attempted on the correct build > * Fix issues installing with mirrors / raidz on ZFS > > > *Reporting Bugs* > > Since this is a pre-release, please feel assist us by reporting and > fixing bugs. Users are encouraged to discuss their findings on the > testers mailing list <http://lists.pcbsd.org/mailman/listinfo/testing>, > or via the PC-BSD Forums <http://forums.pcbsd.org/forumdisplay.php?f=64>. > > There are a greater variety of ways to install PC-BSD in the 9.x series. > When providing feedback please indicate which install media you are > using and in which window manager the error occurs. > > > > -- > Kris Moore > PC-BSD Software > iXsystems > > _______________________________________________ > Testing mailing list > Testing at lists.pcbsd.org > http://lists.pcbsd.org/mailman/listinfo/testing >


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(WBIR) Officials are trying to permanently shut down an Anderson County spa busted this week for prostitution.
The Anderson County Sheriff's Office opened an undercover investigation into King Accupressure almost immediately after it opened on 2683 Andersonville Highway in April. The spa advertised on a website associated with prostitution and sex trafficking, which tipped off officials.
An undercover investigator, posed as a customer, said a woman at the spa offered him sexual services in exchange for money. He arrested her along with another woman for solicitation for prostitution.
Officials said it appears people were living in the spa because they found beds and an improvised kitchen inside the property.
Three days after the arrests, District Attorney Dave Clark filed paperwork, asking the court to temporarily close the spa and seize its contents. Clark also took steps to close the King Accupressure permanently by filing a nuisance petition.
"We want these adult-oriented businesses to know that they are not welcome in Anderson County," wrote Clark in a release.
Court documents list Joshua B. Tally and Young Park as the spa's owners.
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(WBIR) A prostitution investigation in to an Anderson County spa led to two arrests Tuesday.
The spa recently opened on Andersonville Highway near Norris, according to the Anderson County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office said its working with the district attorney on the case.
We'll have updates on wbir.com and 10News once we learn more.


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Episode #13,481----Noah, Luke and Lily realize they need to expose housing discrimination in Oakdale. With Kim's blessing they talk about it on WOAK. Many of the responses are positive. However, their celebratory mood is dampened when a hate mail package arrives at the door. They are determined to keep supporting this issue. Mr. Reeves, the landlord who Luke and Noah felt discriminated against them, tells them they can have the apartment they originally wanted.
Liberty and Parker fail at finding jobs to support themselves and they head to Al's to ask Janet for help. Meanwhile, when Jack realizes Janet and Carly knew that Craig put thekids up for the night at the Lakeview, he rushes over to Al's. There, Jack rails at Parker and says he's sick of Craig undermining his parental role and not letting Parker learn his lesson. Janet tries to reason with him and is forced to take him outside. Parker notices the cash register is open and he grabs a wad of cash. When Janet realizes the money is gone, Jack's onto Parker and arrests him. Craig bails him out only furthering Jack's issues. Parker and Liberty return to their honeymoon suite at the Lakeview and make love. Janet consoles Jack and promises to never keep secrets from him again. Craig consoles Carly who just wants Parker to come home.
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Newcastle owner Mike Ashley wants Newcastle to finish in the top half of the Premier League table each year, and the reason for that is that the club will then receive over £80M from the Premier League, if we can do that in each of the next three seasons, and it may even go up in the next Premier League TV agreement.
Yohan Cabaye – scoring winner against Manchester United
And the very last thing Mike Ashley wants to happen is a relegation, and you could see that last January when, after we lost 2-1 to Reading, Ashley personally took charge and in the next week brought Moussa Sissoko, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Massadio Haidara and Yoan Gouffran to the club, and we had already acquired Mathieu Debuchy from Lille earlier that month.
How much Newcastle paid for those players ranges in estimates from £18M to £33M, but it's true we paid out £7M in agents' fees in the last financial year – and those could all have been to get those five players through the door.
Fast track a year to last month, and what did Mike Ashley do?
Thinking only of the finances once again, Mike decided to sell Yohan Cabaye to PSG for a reported £20M, although we suspect that may actually be in euros, so it would be only £16.5M (there are reports in France that Cabaye went for €20M),and there could be some add-on payments of a few million, based on the number of performances Yohan makes.
So it's clear what Mike Ashley's priorities are – to stay in the Premier League is number one, and number two is to finish in the top 10 so we get a good payment from the Premier League every year in May, and stay out of having to fight relegation.
And that seems to be where the priorities and ambitions come to a grinding halt.
If Newcastle finish 8th or 9th every season from now on – great – and the money rolls in.
Does anybody think that Mike Ashley would have sold Cabaye if we had been in Sunderland's position last month?
No he wouldn't, but once we are doing OK, he will not pay out any money – much like the summer of 2012 after we had finished 5th in the league, and he brought in only Vurnon Anita – even though we had the Europa League coming up.
Most owners build on success by spending even more money, when the team has had some success, but you can never accuse Mike Ashley of doing that.
With his limited ambitions for Newcastle – fans will never be supportive of Mike Ashley running the club – simply because he's going against the traditions of a great club.
Does anybody think Ashley is concerned how we do until the end of the season, after he has sold our best player?
We were 13 points above 11th placed Hull before the Norwich City game, when Ashley sold Cabaye – so surely we could finish at least in 10th place even without Cabaye – that would have been Mike's thinking last week.
At least when Freddy Shepherd was running the club he wanted Newcastle to be the best – and while his financial management of the club was dodgy at best – he at least wanted what Newcastle fans wanted – for Newcastle to be a great side again – and he managed to get that when Bobby Robson became manager in August of 1999.
That's never going to happen under Mike Ashley, where financials are all that matters to the English Billionaire, and he keeps proving that with the actions he has taken since he bought the club six and a half years ago.
We've been in decline ever since, and have dropped further and further behind the top six clubs in England.
That's not good.
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SW: TOR - Starfighter Expansion for All Players
BioWare has a new press release with information on the Galactic Starfighter Expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic being available for all players.
Now You Can Customize and Pilot Your Own Starfighter in Space PvP Combat in the Star Wars™ Universe – For Free
AUSTIN, Texas--Today, BioWare™ a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), and LucasArts announced the new Free-to-Play Star Wars: The Old Republic Digital Expansion, Galactic Starfighter, is now available to all gamers. Early access was previously granted to Subscribers and Preferred Status Players, but now everyone can jump right into the intense 12v12 Player-vs-Player (PvP) dogfighting combat. With no character level requirement, new players can jump into Galactic Starfighter and into battle quickly. Personalize your Starfighter to suit your play-style with a variety of unique customization options and join others in intense Star Wars space battles.
"Space combat is an iconic Star Wars experience that adds another level of excitement and immersion within The Old Republic universe"
To celebrate the official launch of the new Digital Expansion, all players will be able to access Galactic Starfighter along with new gameplay being added today, including:
- New Gameplay Mode: Team Deathmatch – The goal is to destroy the most enemy players and acquire power-up items to turn the tide of battle.
- New Starfighter Role: The Bomber – Decimate enemies playing as the Bomber, featuring the strongest hull of any Starfighter, and launch proximity mines and automated drones to defend your team.
- New Tactical Flashpoint: Kuat Drive Yards – Join your friends to fight through a highly contested orbital shipyard with one of the most prolific warship manufacturing facilities in the galaxy. Available to players Level 15+, this new 'Tactical Flashpoint' is balanced for any type of group, comprised of any combination of the four class roles, ensuring you can get into the action quickly. Combat scenarios can change with each play-through and players can earn valuable rewards like the "KDY Orbital Lifter" mount, unique Starfighter Paint Jobs and more!
Plus, players who join Star Wars: The Old Republic will receive two Pilot Suits to customize their character further.
"Space combat is an iconic Star Wars experience that adds another level of excitement and immersion within The Old Republic universe," said Jeff Hickman, Vice President, General Manager of BioWare Austin. "Galactic Starfighter shows that BioWare is committed to giving fans, new and old, the high quality Free-to-Play Star Wars experience."
Information aboutSW:TOR
SP/MP: Single + MP
Setting: Sci-Fi
Genre: MMORPG
Platform: PC
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The federal government has been accused of being too slow in expanding the protection of national parks.
Greens senator Larissa Waters said Environment Minister Tony Burke had missed an opportunity to ensure national parks would be fully embedded in environment law before the September election.
Fairfax Media reported on Wednesday that Mr Burke was considering expanding his powers of review over national parks in response to state government plans for cattle grazing, shooting and logging in protected areas.
But on Thursday, Senator Waters said there were now not enough sitting days to ensure regulations would survive 15 days before the election, meaning they could be struck out under a disallowance motion in a Coalition-led parliament.
Senator Waters said Mr Burke should have acted in 2011 when he first floated the expansion of federal power over parks, before later withdrawing it.
"People will be very dismayed that he had the chance to fix this, but he chose not to fix it and to make it the point of political debate," she said.
Opposition environment spokesman Greg Hunt said it would be disappointing if the government tried to suddenly move on the eve of an election with limited time for parliamentary debate. "Such a move would appear to be more about politics than a serious policy discussion," he said.
Victorian Environment Minister Ryan Smith said Mr Burke had tried to claim power of national parks in 2011 and failed.


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Katie H. Willcox
Meet Healthy is the new Skinny Founder Katie H. Willcox
Katie is the founder of Healthy is the new Skinny and Natural Model Management in Los Angeles California. Both Natural Models and HNS are dedicated to bringing a new perspective to girls when it comes to health, beauty, and body image. Katie has gained a valuable perspective about beauty working in the modeling industry for over 12 years as a "plus size model." She feels it is her duty to share what she has learned in order to help girls and women everywhere relieve themselves from the pain and self loathing that is passed down from generation to generation. We can break the cycle by understanding how it was created and Katie is going to teach you how.
"We literally have been brainwashed into hating ourselves. Once you have the information and education on how advertising works to manipulate the masses, you are then able to cut the cord that is holding you down. That is when your free will is activated and you can begin to think for yourself. That is how we will discover what it means to love ourselves again and that is how we rise up as women together."
You may recognize Katie from this iconic photo shot my Matthew Rolston for O Magazine. This picture depicts what an average woman would need to alter on her body in order to look like Barbie.
Katie created Natural Model Management and Healthy is the new Skinny at the age of twenty five with the help of her husband Bradford Willcox. Katie met Bradford when she was a size 14 and feeling unhappy with her body and self image. Bradford thought Katie was "The most beautiful girl he had ever seen." Bradford played a huge role in Katie's life by teaching her a valuable lesson:
"Every single person is beautiful to someone. No matter how bad you may feel about yourself, there is someone who thinks you are perfect."
Over the course of two years Katie transformed her body and mindset by challenging old outdated beliefs about herself and going on a journey to discover what kind of life she wanted to live. Katie learned about nutrition and how to take care of her body. She discovered her love for the ocean and being in nature. The thing that changed Katie's life the most was not diet and exercise, it was focusing on feeling happy. It was a combination of changing her thought process about herself, learning how to better treat her body, having a lot of fun, and doing things each day that made her happy!
"I realized that for my whole life people made me believe that being a larger size and stature was a bad thing. As a result I would only eat a specific diet and workout in order to be smaller. I was not eating well and treating my body well, I was eating and exercising out of some deep rooted shame. I have now realized that those ideas never belonged to me. They were given to me and I no longer had any room in my heart and head for ideas that would shame me for existing. I decided to give myself permission to be me. I now find ways to workout that match my strong warrior spirit. I changed my mindset from wanting to be small to wanting to be empowered and strong. For me it was about owning my own existence."
Over the course of two years Katie went from a size 14 to a size 6 and now is a healthy size 10 at 5'9"and 163 pounds. She believes in being honest about weight and size in order to show girls that it does not define you in anyway. Bradford comes from a personal training and fitness modeling background and has been Katie's source of support and love at every stage and size. He continues to support Katie in all that she does and has decided to dedicate is Instagram account to his beautiful wife sending her messages daily to remind her that he loves her.
"Some people like chocolate, some people like vanilla, and some people like strawberry. My flavor is curves! Everyone is allowed to like what they like without apologizing for it. Just because the media shows you one type of pretty doesn't mean that is everyone's flavor." -Bradford
After feeling unfulfilled working as a model in a system that showed no signs of change Katie and Bradford decided to take a leep of faith and opened Natural Model Management for models like Katie who wanted have a healthy experience in the modeling industry. Katie was her only model when they opened in 2011 and she hit the streets to discover new models for her agency. Not only did she find girls off the street, she personally taught them how to model. Bradford who is an amazing fashion photographer was able to shoot beautiful images that gave the models a shot at working in a competitive industry. Because Katie and Bradford are a dynamic team they were able to turn their dream into a reality and within the first year they had models making six figures in bookings. Today Natural Model Management has the best talent roster for the curve industry on the West Coast and their models are booking jobs around the United States and world.
"I honestly look back now and think, How the hell did I do that?! I just really believed that girls could work as models just being their natural size. It takes more effort on the agency's part to seek out clients and try something new but because I had seen the harmful effects the industry can have on the models, and the girls that look up to them, I just had to try. I know people say things like "You are part of the problem." I can understand why women are frustrated and can make judgments from the outside looking in but the truth is the best way to create any kind of change is from the inside out! Modeling is not going anywhere and so it is important we create healthier standards within the industry for the girls who do have that opportunity as well as a healthier ideal that consists of a wide range of beauty for the girls and women who are consuming it. Beauty is not the enemy, it is our narrow definition that we need to change. Beauty is all around us we just need to open our minds and then our vision of beauty will change." -Katie
To see more of these healthy Natural Models models click the photo.
Over the past four years Healthy is the new Skinny has been in a constant state of evolution. HNS is Katie's vision for the future. After speaking to over 10,000 students about body image and the media Katie has worked to better understand how young people think and interpret the images and messaging from the media on a daily basis. Katie is in a unique position being that she is the only person in the world to open her own modeling agency and still continue to be a successful model herself. Katie has been exposed to all sides of the industry as an agency owner working with clients and models on a personal level. She continues to model herself at a healthy size and weight for her body, and Katie and Bradford speak at events for junior high to college age students about body image and the negative effects of the media. Because of all of the experiences Katie has gained an entirely unique perspective.
"It took me almost 30 years on this earth to realize that my value is not in my beauty or my body, and that my liberation is not something that can be sold to me in the form of sexuality. I have learned that my mission was never to be beautiful, it was to experience physical beauty, and then teach what I learned from that experience. What I have learned is that true beauty and true liberation come when you are no longer defined by society. You are a unique ray of light shinning in this world that can not be turned off or burnt out. You can not be defined, you are not here to be defined by others. You are here to shine." - Katie
In Dec 2015 Katie will add Author to her list of titles when her book "Healthy is the new Skinny" that she co-wrote with her Mother Dr. Janice White, is published through Hay House Publishing. To hear more from Katie you can follower her on Instagram @healthyisthenewskinny and watch her on the Healthy is the new Skinny Youtube channel in a new series she has created to help girls open up to new ways of thinking when it comes to their bodies, health, happiness, value, and love. If you change the way you think you change the way you feel!


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Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate Of Two Worlds review
Superheroes and games famously don't mix very well. The problem so many developers face is that of balance, walking that treacherous line between making heroes so dangerously mighty that their abilities just seem mundane and enfeebling them too much and underplaying their supposed awesomeness.
But not Capcom. In fact, Capcom deftly sidesteps this issue altogether by serving up 18 of Marvel's finest heroes and villains (well, mostly… a few additions will only be appreciated by real comic geeks), giving pretty much all of them attacks that fill the screen and do a ton of damage, then beefing up the Capcom side of the roster so its representatives can do the same. It's non-stop pyrotechnics from start to finish, a screen full of overpowered familiar (and a few not-so-familiar) faces to choose from before the fights begin.
Syndrome from The Incredibles would have us believe that 'when everyone is super, no-one will be' – Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 rebuts this idea explosively, suggesting instead that when everyone is super, televisions around the world will vomit colour and fireworks as they struggle to keep up with the flashiest, craziest fighter the world has ever seen.
A final character count of 36 (some of which we're still not allowed to discuss even this close to release) makes for a solid and varied roster, some 20 characters shy of its predecessor but, by contrast, not so full of palette swaps and useless additions. Perhaps more interesting are the four spaces left on the corners of the select screen, which would lead us to believe that the already-announced DLC characters Jill and Shuma-Gorath may be joined by at least two more fighters to fill the board completely.
It's pure speculation – and we wonder to whom this honour would be offered – but it seems to make sense. Generally speaking, characters here are far easier to categorise than in most fighting games. Some, like Haggar, are all about getting close and doing damage, while others like X-23 play a similar role but with an emphasis on speed and combo rushdown. Then there are the more versatile fighters like Ryu with an answer for everything, and those that might make it into your trio purely on the grounds that their assist attacks are invaluable – Dr Doom's constant barrage of rocks springs to mind as a prime example of this.
But troublingly, Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 introduces a new category of combatant that chills us to the core, one that taps into the spirit of letting anyone jump into fighting games in a way we just can't get behind. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the spammer. Arthur and MODOK debut in this questionable role, their sole purpose here being to play a keepaway game as they fill the screen with all manner of projectile-based carnage.
Playing cheap is more or less the only way to work these guys, running away and leaving a trail of medieval weaponry or hot laser death respectively in their wake, in the hope of frustrating the opponent until they tire and die. And when they find themselves up against slower characters, they'll do exactly that with ease – while Viewtiful Joe might be able to triple-jump out of danger and into Arthur's face, less mobile characters are easily pinned down. These are the main two culprits for bringing the game into disrepute, though others (particularly some of the new guys) push their luck a little as well, and it's down to the player to retain honour by not leaning towards the projectile-heavy dark side and the abuse of safe ranged attacks.
For a game many see as a button-masher, it's a relief to see some deep-rooted gameplay mechanics that offer more hope for those that like to frequent Training mode. X-Factor is the first of these, a one-use power and speed boost (the potency of which is increased for the fewer characters you have left, so it's perfect for turning the tables late in the game) which also serves as a way to interrupt almost any attack, leading to crazy combo potential, and even the ability to cut short a misjudged attack and avoid the beatdown that was in store, had you simply let your opponent block.
Then there are air combos and, while their basic execution is easy enough, experts will quickly learn to milk them for far more damage with extra combos, specials and even follow-ups. This leads nicely onto Capcom's decision to make so many characters able to punish grounded opponents before they can even get up, again meaning skilled players can pick up their quarry after a slam combo and continue the onslaught. It's frustrating to find yourself on the receiving end, though such cheeky strings require decent timing and will be missed from time to time, leaving an opening to exploit.
Another thing to master is the art of tagging; though it's hard to shake the habit of swapping out a badly injured character immediately, a decent opponent will expect just that and punish the newcomer as soon as they enter. Partners can be called in to use their assist attacks (which serve in a variety of roles, from helping keep opponents grounded to extending combos), the trade-off here being that they take a hell of a lot more damage if they're caught by an attack while showing off out of turn – it's not uncommon to see stray assists get nailed for almost all their health if they wander into the path of a hyper combo by mistake.
All said and done, nobody expected MVC3 to be a balanced game, and that it comes even as close it does (or appears to so far, at least) is really quite amazing. While not the most technical or complex fighter on the market, it's certainly among the most enjoyable and intense. Ignore the projectile-focused bastards and players of any level will find something here for them, but expect many online matches to be a mess of medieval weaponry, hot laser death and rage-quitting. Probably in that order.


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I'm getting a drift in the wind that the "practical mainstream" remnant of the GOP figure it is now or never to get the steering wheel back from the "batshit crazy" in control now. If it doesn't happen then you can watch an exodus of anyone who remains that makes a lick of sense.
|2013-02-26, 20:21
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Grudge is running high inside the GOP because of the Obama thing, I see.
Why blame Christie when he only addressed to the needs of his people? Parties aside, I thought that a major part of any politician's job is to listen to the citizens who elected him/her into his/her current position.
|2013-02-26, 20:33
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|2013-02-26, 20:33
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You might argue that Christie isn't conservative enough for CPAC. But then why invite Romney? No one really ever believed he was a Conservative.
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|2013-02-26, 20:51
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I don't know that people in America would switch to motorcycles. Part of the issue is the same reason behind why bicycles aren't more popular: distance. Motorcycles simply aren't as comfortable or effortless to use as cars. Ride five or ten miles and it isn't a big deal; ride 40 miles one way for a commute and you might start to feel it, especially if you're on the road for a long period of time due to traffic.
Another part of the reason is what's already on American roads. Huge vehicles are very popular here. If everyone were riding motorcycles or driving tiny cars then using a motorcycle wouldn't be particularly intimidating. With these gargantuan trucks and SUVs, seeing around them and being seen are big issues. It's also part of the reason why people go for huge vehicles: they feel safer being among large vehicles if they're in a large vehicle, too. Unfortunately that's a positive feedback loop that will be hard to break.
I suppose one other reason could be the transmission. America is the land of automatic cars, and as far as I know there aren't any automatic motorcycles. The clutch on a motorcycle is more forgiving than on a car (in my opinion), but it's still manual. If there were enough interest I'm sure that could be changed... but by comparison, isn't manual transmission still fairly popular outside of America?
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The key IMO is to improve viable alternatives so that they become more practical and better than what you want to replace, instead of punishing everyone else.
As far as motorcycles in the US goes, a big issue is safety. If you get into an accident on one, the chances of you not being able to walk away from it - sometimes permanently, is much higher. Practicality is also a big issue. Cargo capacity aside, in large parts of the nation a motorcycle is simply not practical or downright suicidal to ride during portions of the year. I was actually looking into getting one a few years back when the gas price spiked, but decided that it'd be rather pointless if I won't even be able to ride the thing for nearly half of the year.
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We all share the road and must live by the "Rules of the Road" and drive responsibly. Law Enfircement has singled out DUIs especially! Also your awareness of your surroundings is MANDATORY, no matter what your driving!
I think the manual transmission is popular in Europe given the fact that most of the cars on Top Gear are manuals. Also it seems that the classic car crowd love the old manual too!
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Yeah, I'd be pretty mortified driving a motorcycle, honestly - the only place where I would ever do so would be a wide open grassy field. I would have no problem using a motorcycle if reality was like a videogame and I could stock up on extra lives in advance by stomping on turtles, but as it is I'm too much of a weenie to go the motorcycle route.
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From what I can see, all the cars in Ireland are manual. I don't know anyone who drives an automatic.
I think the US is the only country where automatics are so ubiquitous. However, personally I think automatics are probably the future. Clutching is pointless busywork.
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If fuel prices keep rising then in the US there should be plenty of opportunity for the latter, at least over longer time periods. At some point it will become economically viable to make urban areas more compact.
First time I moved to the States in the late nineties, it just struck me how utterly alien the urban landscape is from what I was used to. Almost randomly dispersed city parts connected by motorways. The country is really seems built around car usage.
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I think the ubiquity of automatics, SUVs, big pickups, etc are all a result of relatively lower gas prices in the US compared to most other countries (other than big oil exporters, but they are a rare exception to the rule). I don't think higher gas taxes are necessarily the answer to getting people towards more fuel efficiency, but they could be part of the package. Perhaps use the revenue from gas taxes to make up for tax incentives for the purchase of fuel efficient vehicles, or the R&D of them. As far as I know, there is already a limited amount of this going on already in the US, but I'd imagine it could be done a bit more efficiently given how most of our tax revenue gets eaten up by our juggernaut bureaucracy. It's too bad because I'm not at all opposed to government being involved in these types of things, but I have trouble trusting the current government to use their powers wisely. There's already so much waste to begin with.
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For the US, you also have to factor in the large amounts of highway driving on long straight roads most people do. Automatics are quite beneficial for this kind of driving (Cruise control!).
Regarding efficiency, I would expect automatics to eventually be more efficient then manual transmissions in the future, as it's a tedious task that a computer should always be able to do better then a human.
The future is automatic transmission, but how far away that is I don't know.
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Furthermore, you could increase the efficacy of the gear system in ways that would not be possible if a person was in control, for instance you could have a continuously variable transmission system with an infinity of gears, so that the exact optimum gear ratio can always be selected by the computer. That should tip things towards the automatic transmission.
And let's also remember that we could eventually design a gear changing system that doesn't require clutching, so that hydraulics are no longer necessary for gear changes, and eliminating the lingering inefficiency.
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So how do you get a change? The EPA regulations over minimum fuel efficiency that people bitch and moan about are one way; raising the price of gas is another. Having the market raise the price on us or give us fuel shortages would be another, but both of those are beyond our control. I'd rather cause a bit of pain for the poor, cause some temporary inflation, and piss people off than have a crisis that paralyzes the nation.
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I mean, go ask any politician on either the state or federal level, and ask how they feel about sponsoring a bill that would double the price of gas, and see how fast they kick you out of their office
Imagine if Intel's strategy of selling a newer, but slower and more expensive CPU is to double or triple the price of every other older CPU in their inventory, how do you think consumers will respond?
As oil become scarcer/more costly to produce(or speculation runs more rampant), the price of gas is naturally going to go up, this combined with continued development in EVs and such should naturally drive more and more of the public towards the new fuel standard, whatever it may be. Artificially inflating the price of gas now may have a similar effect for EVs, but that only makes sense if your goal was large adaptation of EVs in the immediate future. Personally I don't feel there is a need for that, especially at the cost you'll have to incur, and on whose back it'll have to be carried.
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As it stands, the Republicans have branded themselves as the party of no compromise. Hence, the "party of no".
This will make 2014 rather interesting.
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The issue now is that they can't even pretend to be moderate. All because the far right demanded to run the show now. They know they are the only people who still vote GOP, so they expect to be treated like they actually matter. Flipping to a moderate stance after pretending to be Conservative in the Primaries is no longer viable. No one is buying it Left or Right.
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|I love to write and receive old- fashioned letters!
|Snail mail cards and letters are as useful as emails (and even better!) to keep a relationship alive.
This is something I have been wanting to surrender to, and write about, for quite a while.
I will reply to the personal emails I have already received, when time allows (this means it may take months), but I won't be able to reply to new ones any longer. To cut a long story short, between the 8 moves in 6 months of last year, establishing a home, assembling furniture, having to deal with 500 boxes, meeting deadlines, just living, working and taking care of my family and myself, I still have some to reply from last Summer- I hope no one takes it in a personal manner, those have now the priority. Some emails of the multiple I received from the same person in my long, long list, may remain unanswered.
I want to write about this subject because it has emerged several times during conversations with my dearest friends. I see that every one of us, all artists or creatives of any kind with an online presence, struggle with emails to be answered.
I speak for myself saying that emailing, which is a very lovely way to connect with people in your life (online and offline), especially when you are an introvert, could be done when I received just a bunch. Now that I receive many, it has become a full-time job, on top of life.
I've been raised in a traditional way, and very well know and appreciate good- manners. But here's not a matter of good- manners- truth is emails can have such a negative impact on a person's life and well- being.
What I do feel in my heart is that I have to choose joy instead of stress, and act for the benefit of many instead than of a limited number of people. The big dreams tugging at our hearts are ideas waiting to be manifested in the material world... they need time and care, they need to be watered and exposed to light to bloom. That takes time and lots of energy.
I remember reading a passage about this subject by Liz Lamoreux I now cannot find anymore on her blog, but basically the idea was that there's no need at all to apologize if you don't reply to emails or do not on time.
I found the idea so interesting that I took the time to explore it in my heart and mind. It takes lots of psychophysical energy to respond to everyone, especially when you are a highly sensitive person and people do open your heart to you. And even if you would like to wave your magic wand and do all in a nanosecond, those replies take an awful lot of time (not to mention that due to my highly sensitive nature, most of the times they keep dwelling in my heart and mind, provoking strong emotions, and I cannot move forward to other ideas). It's time and energy that you don't use for your nourishment, for cooking, cleaning your home, keep it tidy, move your body, chat with your elderly parents, devote time to your dreams, do great things for the world. It's very easy to understand...
I know that this is difficult to accept for many out there, especially family or friends (this subject is also very frequent in the coversations I previously mentioned).
What I have come to the understanding of in my personal spiritual journey, is that, instead of struggling, things have to be said. Not kept unspoken, because they arise assumptions and judgement that way- they just need to be told with grace and honesty, spoken right from the heart. There's nothing wrong in telling I want to nurture my soul and body. I want to choose joy instead of stress. I want to feel good. I want to do what I'm called to do in this life.
What is being told with pure heart and with love, and with no other intention than goodness and growth, I am totally sure of that, if not now will be understood in the long run.
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This bibliography represents a compilation of best information sources for digital storytelling. Since sources may be useful for more than one aspect of digital storytelling, all are listed alphabetically by author (or title, if the author is unknown).
Bristol Stories. (n.d). Resources. Retrieved October 22, 2007, from
This website provided several links to relevant digital storytelling websites. Also provided is a list of media that is available for use for digital storytelling as well as different software and tools available.
Buzzeo, T. (2002). Collaborating to Meet Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for K-6. Worthington, OH: Linworth Publishing Inc.
Buzzeo emphasizes the importance of collaboration between teachers an librarians. She includes summaries of a number of studies completed by Lance through the Library Research Service, including the Colorado and Pennsylvania studies described in the research section of this website.
Center for Digital Storytelling. (n.d.). Storycenter.org. Retreived October 30, 2007, from
The Califonia-based Center for Digital Storytelling is dedicated to the art of digital storytelling. The Center offers workshops and a variety of resources, including case studies. They also link to a number of digital stories.
Chung, S. K. (March 2007). Art Education Technology: Digital Storytelling [Electronic version]. Art Education, 60(2), 17-22.
Chung advocates integrating digital storytelling into the art education curriculum. She describes the process of creating a digital story and the benefits of using digital storytelling in the classroom.
Daminco, James. (2006). Exploring Freedom and Leaving a Legacy: Enacting New Literacies with Digital Texts in the Elementary Classroom [Electronic version]. Language Arts, 84(1), 34-44.
Describes "new literacy" as it relates to digital technology and provides research and advice on how to incorporate this into the elementary school fifth grade curriculum.
Davis, Alan. (2005). Co-authoring Identity: Digital Storytelling in an Urban Middle School. Then Journal (1). Retrieved October 19, 2007, from http://thenjournal.org:16080/archives/
Follows the efforts – and frustrations of three 8th graders, two African-American boys and one Nigerian girl, as they develop their unique digital stories with assistance from college volunteers in an after-school program.
DigiTales. (2004). DigiTales: The Art of Digital Storytelling. Retrieved on October 22, 2007, from http://www.digitales.us/.
This website provided a list of six elements that made a good digital story. Also, a thorough evaluation procedure was included.
Farmer, L. (2004). Using Technology for Digital Storytelling: Tools for Children [Electronic version]. New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, 10(2), 155-168.
Farmer's academic article describes the importance of storytelling in children's lives. She then moves on to the importance of digital storytelling because of its integration of storytelling with technology. She describes ways to incorporate technology into both booktalks and storytelling and provides evidence of the importance of both.
Fasick, Adele M. (1998). Managing Children's Services in the Public Library (2nd ed.). Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
A new manager's guide to everything you need to know during your first year on the job. It deals with a variety of issues such as intellectual freedom, censorship, electronic communication, and relating to other departments within the library. Chapter 14 deals with funding issues and budgets. This resource would be good for library students and experienced librarians as well.
The Foundation 1000: In-depth Profiles of the 1000 Largest U.S. Foundations. (2007). New York: The Foundation Center.
A list of the donors that give the largest contributions to organizations. As the title suggests, only the top 1000 donating agencies are listed. Facts are verified by contacting foundation officials directly.
The Foundation Center's Guide to Grant Seeking on the Web. (2007). New York: The Foundation Center.
This book starts out with a plug for the Foundation website and directs you to the foundations learning lab. It also includes over three thousand other grant web sites and non-profit sites. The step-by-step instructional guide in the first chapter is visual, clear and concise.
Foundations Directory: Directory of New and Emerging Foundations. (1998). New York: The Foundation Center.
A guide to most of the major foundations that in the United States. It doesn't list small foundations but it does give detailed information about each listed foundation including specific donations given the previous year. The guide also indexes by name or subject.
The Foundation Yearbook; Facts and Figures on Private and Community Foundations, Appendix C. (2007). New York: The Foundation Center.
A statistical guide to the foundations listed in the other directories. Information about donations by subject is one of many statistics listed here. There are charts and graphs as well as tables showing the breakdown of percentages per type of donation and recepient. Appendix C specifically lists what libraries are hosts to a Foundation Center cooperating collection.
Guide to U.S. Foundations, Their Trustees, Officers, and Donors. (2007 ed.). New York: The Foundation Center.
A comprehensive guide to all foundations large and small in the United States that donate money to organizations or individuals. The foundations are listed by name only. One of sixty publications developed by the Foundation Center.
Hodgson, Kevin. (2005). Digital Storytelling: Using Technology to Tell Stories. Retrieved on October 22, 2007, from http://www.umass.edu/wmwp/DigitalStorytelling/Digital%20Storytelling%20Mai n%20Page.htm.
This website offers insightful tips for evaluating digital storytelling projects. An example rubric is available at this site. Useful tools and websites for creating a digital story are also provided.
Hopkins, Candice. (2006). Making Things Our Own: The Indigenous Aesthetic in Digital Storytelling [Electronic version]. Leonardo, 39(4), 341-344.
Hopkins describes how oral storytelling traditions of Native Americans can find new life in digital storytelling format.
Howell, Dusti D., & Howell, Deanne K. (2003). Digital Storytelling: Creating an eStory.
Worthington, OH: Linworth.
This book described the steps for creating a digital story in detail. Many aspects were discussed including images, software, videos, copyrights, etc. Appendixes provided storyboard examples.
Howell, Dusti., & Howell, Deanne.(2003). What's Your Digital Story? [Electronic version]. Library Media Connection, 22, 40-1.
Basic tips for creating a digital story were established in this article. Reasons for incorporating digital stories into a teaching environment and the effects it has on learning were also discussed.
Joseph, Linda C. (2006). Digital Storytelling [Electronic version]. MultiMedia&Internet@Schools, 13(4), 13-16.
Joseph provides information about creating digital stories as well as indicating the National Standards digital storytelling in the classroom can meet. Her review of sixteen websites profiles the tools needed, lessons plans, story ideas, examples, and practical advice for teachers hoping to implement digital storytelling in their classrooms.
Kajder, S.B. (2006). Bringing the Outside In: Visual Ways to Engage Reluctant Readers. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.
In a chapter titled "Personal Narrative and Digital Storytelling," Kajder describes her successful experience with digital storytelling with reluctant readers. Her students reacted well to the project and demonstrated increased motivation to learn. In addition, Kajder provides tips for creating digital stories in schools that lack up-to-date technology.
Kajder, S.B. (2004). Enter Here: Personal Narrative and Digital Storytelling [Electronic version]. English
Journal, 93(3), 64-68.
The article provided a step-by-step guide on how to construct a digital story. Also, procedures for evaluating a digital story were available.
Kajder, S. & Swenson, J.A. (May 2004). Digital Images in the Language Arts Classroom [Electronic version]. Learning and Leading with Technology, 31(8), 18-19, 21, 46.
Kajder and Swenson provide illustrations of the ways digital storytelling can be implemented in the classroom. They give specific examples of the benefits of digital storytelling and describe a study in which students demonstrated increased reading comprehension through the use of digital storytelling.
Maier, Robert Brick and Mercedes Fisher. (2006-2007). Strategies for Digital Storytelling via Tabletop Video: Building Decision Making Skills in Middle School Students in Marginalized Communities. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 35(2), 175-192.
Maier and Fisher's study of the use of digital storytelling with low reading and writing level students demonstrates the importance of the technology in the language arts classroom. They provide a literature review which discusses previous studies and indicate how their study furthers the research of others. This study was particularly helpful in exploring the impact of digital storytelling in an educational setting.
National Guide to Funding for Women and Girls. (1991). New York: The Foundation Center.
A compilation of foundations that specifically give to causes related to women and girls. The same detail that is given in the Foundations Directory is given here although it is not as current as the previous. There is a subject index.
Ohler, Jason. (2005). The world of digital storytelling [Electronic version]. Educational Leadership, 63(4), 44-47.
Ohler, a leader in the field of digital storytelling and creator of a website devoted to teaching others about using digital storytelling in the classroom, uses this article to explain the process of digital storytelling. Ohler suggests that the digital technology has worked well with his students, but he also emphasizes the need to teach storytelling through writing and spoken language before moving on to digital technology. He describes the three parts needed to develop, or map a good digital story: a significant event in a characters life, problems that have to be solved and the result of that resolution, and how the character changes as a result of the event and the transformation. Ohler also spends a significant amount of time discussing ways to tie digital storytelling to curricular demands and the ways in which digital storytelling enhances students' skills in media literacy, writing, and reading.
Robin, Bernard R. (2005). Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling. Retreived October 30, 2007, from http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/
This comprehensive website includes educational goals and objectives, step by step instructions for creating a digital story, examples, technological tools and more. It also offers information regarding how to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of digital storytelling in education and offers a list of resources and materials.
Satterfield, Brian. (2007). Eight Tips for Telling Your Story Digitally. Retrieved October
22, 2007, from http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/training/page6738.cfm.
Brian Satterfield's article provides tips for creating a digital story. This tips may be helpful for a novice story maker.
Trezza, Alphonse F. (1970). An Evaluation of State Supported Library Programs for the
Disadvantaged in Illinois. Chicago: Social, Educational, Research, and Development.
This report was evaluating Illinois state funded library programs for the disadvantaged. It provides some great insight on different aspects that should be included when evaluating any type of state funded library program.
Ware, Page D. (2006). From Sharing Time to Showtime! Valuing Diverse Venues for Storytelling in Technology-rich Classrooms [Electronic version]. Language Arts, 84(1), 45-54.
Ware chronicles the experiences of four students who developed digital stories through Digital Underground Storytelling for Youth (DUSTY), a literacy and technology program in a low-income northern California area.
Woodburn, Rachel. (2005). Maricopa Learning Exchange: Digital Storytelling Premiere:
One World, Many Voices. Retrieved on October 22, 2007, from http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/slip.php?item=1610.
Maricopa Learning Exchange provides an archived grant proposal for digital storytelling. A section demonstrates how one would evaluate a successful program.
Zweizig, Douglas, et al. (1993). Evaluating Library Programs & Services: Tell It.
Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
This book evaluates libraries programs and services that are implemented. It discusses different evaluation methods and well as choosing the effective method for your program
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YORK Croquet Club are holding their final drop-in session of the season on Saturday from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.
Anyone interested in trying the sport can turn up at the club lawns in Scarcroft Road in flat-soled shoes.
The following weekend, the club are running a play-in-a-day session, offering small group tuition on croquet technique in the morning, followed by an afternoon's play. The day will be led by accredited York Croquet Club coaches.
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comp28512 mobile systems laboratory manual semester 2 – 2010/11. undertake three tasks, Tasks 1, 2 and 3, during the semester. Task 1 is to be completed during the first laboratory. members, an assignment of Task 2 components after reading this manual and gaining some idea of what is involved in each.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Twenty-one companies have applied to underwrite Japan Post's [IPO-JAPP.T] initial public offering scheduled for 2015, which market participants expect to raise almost $10 billion (6.02 billion pounds) for the government.
State-owned Japan Post provides post office, insurance and banking services and is the country's largest savings institution.
The IPO will be the first leg of the government's plan to sell up to two-thirds of Japan Post's shares. While bankers have said the government hopes to eventually raise between 2 trillion yen and 4 trillion yen (11.44 billion to 22.89 billion pounds), current expectations are for the IPO to raise about 1 trillion yen.
Part of the proceeds will fund reconstruction of areas devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
The finance ministry said that of the 21 brokerages which applied to be lead underwriters, 15 were domestic and six were foreign. It will choose six domestic and four foreign brokerages as early as September after a selection process that takes into account sales strategies and handling fees.
In addition to a national network of more than 20,000 post offices, Japan Post runs the country's biggest banking and insurance operations. It has around 176 trillion yen ($1.7 trillion) in customer saving deposits.
Financial markets are keeping a keen eye on how privatisation will affect Japan Post's investment in Japanese government bonds, although the institution has repeatedly said it will not change its investment stance in government debt.
Japan Post holds about $2 trillion in JGBs under its insurance and banking arms, making it Japan's second largest creditor after the nation's central bank.
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New Scan Reveals More Lunar: Harmony of Silver Star Screens
Lunar: Harmony of Silver Star is featured in Otonafami, another Enterbrain publication, this week (click on image for full view). Basically a repeat of the previous report with plenty of new screens. Three more characters are shown, they are Killy, Jessica and Mia. Also good to know that all the CG animation in the game will be digitally remastered. Finally, those who pre-order the game in Japan will receive a copy of the game's original soundtrack CD. Lunar: Harmony of Silver Star will be out in Japan and US this fall.
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Natural Toothache Remedies
Do you prefer natural toothache remedies? Most people suffer from a toothache at one stage or another.
Effective Natural Remedies for Toothache
Toothache has been described as one of the most debilitating and agonizing acute pains anyone can experience.
Whilst it's normal to seek out over the counter medications to treat a toothache until a dentist appointment can be made, many people are increasingly turning to effective natural remedies for toothache.
Nature has provided humans with a variety of remedies for toothache that many cultures have used successfully for years.
Many of these remedies including herbs such as cloves, yarrow, calendula and tarragon can successfully control the pain of toothache and bring much appreciated temporary relief from its agony.
Effective Pain Killers for Toothache and How to Use Them
Indigenous cultures have used traditional remedies for pain relief for many thousands of years. Native Americans for example learned that the inner bark of the butternut tree when applied to the gums can produce temporary relief from toothache.
In Asia, Europe and North America, people learned to use the root of the yarrow, a plant that grows in the wild in meadows, fields and open woodlands as a topical anesthetic that numbs the pain when applied to the gums or the teeth.
The juice of wheat grass has been used as a mouthwash for many years and has proven to be an effective pain reliever in the presence of tooth decay.
Similarly tea tree oil is a very effective anti-bacterial mouth wash that may slow the infection and therefore reduce the pain until it's possible to see a dentist.
People have for years chewed cloves and have experienced relief from debilitating pain, and this has proven so effective that the oil from the cloves is now extracted, bottled and sold as a toothache remedy in many pharmacies and supermarkets around the world.
Many families routinely keep a jar of cloves in their cupboard and chew on them when they first experience toothache or gum tenderness.
Seeking Treatment and Advice for Toothache
Naturopaths and herbal medicine advisors can suggest other suitable remedies to help alleviate the pain and discomfort of toothache.
When taking any natural toothache remedies it is essential to let your doctor know if have other health problems or are taking any medications as some natural herb remedies can interact with the drugs you are taking and other medical problems you may have and can cause other health problems.
However, if you have no other health problems, using natural remedies to control pain from toothache until you can seek dental help is a relatively safe and effective treatment that should be considered and may be more effective than over the counter pain control.
If using pain relief, it is still essential that even if it is effective in numbing the pain, the underlying cause of the pain and the infection in the tooth remains.
Although there are effective natural remedies to reduce the pain of tooth decay, it is essential to schedule an appointment with your dentist as soon as possible.
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Problems with high-dimensional lists
Let me give an example:
gives you
Out[86]= {3, 4, 5, 6},
of course.
But if you try to assign a new value to a sublist
Mathematica forgets that a still should have the Dimension {3,4,5,6}:
In[88]:= Dimensions[a]
Out[88]= {3, 4}
In[89]:= Transpose[a,{4,1,2,3}];
Permutation {4, 1, 2, 3} is longer than the dimensions {3, 4} of the array.
is now impossible, although
In[90]:= a[[3,4,5,6]]
Out[90]= 0
returns still the correct value. Why does Mathematica make this difference?
If you print a, there is no difference.
How can you return to the desired Dimension?
is not possible because a[[1,1,1,1]] gives a mess.
Thanks in advance,
Sascha Unzicker