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Jul 13, 2010
By Anna Suhring
A majority of Americans say that to address the recent economic downturn, policymakers should focus on creating jobs that pay decent wages and on providing education and training opportunities, according to survey results released last week.
Conducted by Lake Research Partners and commissioned by the Ms. Foundation for Women and the Center for Community Change, the survey, Community Voices on the Economy, attempted to gain insight on what matters most to people in the current economic climate.
Administered via random telephone sampling of more than 1,000 adults, the nationwide survey asked about personal experiences with the recession and outlook on the future for the economy. A majority said they are worse off now than they were before the recent economic downturn and 30 percent said they or someone in their household lost a job in the past year. Many respondents, especially women, report living paycheck to paycheck, and 30 percent have $500 or less in savings. Three in ten respondents say they or someone in their household has lost a job in the past year, and half say they or someone in their household has in the past year experienced recession-related job hardship, such as lower wages or reduced hours.
Major worries among many respondents include rising health care costs, lack of jobs paying sustainable wages, threat of job loss, and rising costs of living. Despite widespread cynicism about the economy and about the government, however, a majority of respondents believe the government can and should take a larger role in helping ordinary people.
When asked about policies to promote positive change, many respondents called for creation of jobs with decent wages and benefits, especially for low-income families, and more affordable education and training as ways to improve the nation's economic outlook.
As many respondents noted, the government should implement policies to help those hurt by the economic downturn.
Indeed, CLASP has long stressed that the recent economic downturn has exposed gaping holes in the nation's safety net. CLASP continues to call for bold solutions to put people back to work and help them get through tough economic times. Policy solutions must consider the needs of low-income individuals and families who have been especially hard hit.
For more information, see:
CLASP's Federal Policy Recommendations for 2010.
CLASP's recommendations for creating work and learning opportunities for low-income populations.
Alan W. Houseman's recent piece, Discourse on Deficit Reduction Must Include Low-Income People.


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To write about the favorite foods of the third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson requires a multi-part series. The native Virginian's influence on American history is so vast and his notable love for fine food and drink presented no short order.
A walking contradiction, Jefferson's words inspired the independence of a young nation, instilling in each and every one of us—for generations to come—our God-given rights to be free, happy and confident in our absolute equality. Yet Jefferson's character and the inspiration for his own discourse in the Declaration of Independence have been debated throughout history. Jefferson owned up to 200 African slaves in his lifetime and never set them free, even when his contemporaries and fellow politicians of varying socio-political views were emancipating. Put plainly, when it came to Africans and slavery, Thomas Jefferson had some serious issues.
It was thanks to this human—slave—power, Jefferson's homestead Monticello ("little Mountain") was cared for to the minutest detail. His servants tending to his garden of about 250 different vegetables, preparing his every meal and all the while helping to create a warm and inviting environment for Jefferson's guests and family to savor and enjoy.
Jefferson was an adventurous eater, having used his own garden to experiment with foreign vegetables. He is said to have been the first in the "New World" to have grown sweet potatoes and tomatoes. 1
Jefferson was also a passionate collector of Bordeaux wines and when he was sent to France as the American Minister to the Court of Louis XVI, the University of Virginia founder was pleased to have been introduced to a pasta-making machine. Years later, Jefferson returned to the U.S. with shiploads of wares and foods, including macaroni, Parmesan and raisins. 2
While serving as U.S. President, Jefferson's love for French food inspired him to add French chef Julien Lemaire to the White House staff. He also brought two of his Monticello servants, Eda and Fanny, to learn French cooking techniques. Eda and Fanny later became Jefferson's chefs when they returned to Monticello. 3
This very brief glimpse of Jefferson's compelling biography is fodder enough to play in the kitchen and create a multitude of recipes that might represent microcosms of his fascinating experience. But for today, we focus on an easy-to-make, recession-proof recipe of a classic dish: Deviled eggs with anchovies.
Deviled eggs with anchovies, according to the authors of The American Heritage Cookbook, might have been an appetizer on a plentiful menu of Jefferson's Monticello. On this same menu, this appetizer was followed by an array of vegetables and olives, sorrel soup, ribs of beef au Jus, spinach timbales and small roast potatoes or macaroni and cheese pudding and a salad.
Another menu might have included deviled crab, consommé Julienne, roast saddle of lamb with brown gravy and a salad of mixed "garden stuff." The latter would be dressed with "Monticello dressing," which included of all things, sesame (benne) oil. Jefferson's inspiration for developing the sesame oil stemmed from the Africans bringing what they called "beni" (and the botanists called "sesamum") from Georgia to Virginia. 4
During Lent, Jefferson would honor his Anglican faith by abstaining from meat on Fridays. On those days, his servants were likely to serve oysters on the half shell, mock turtle soup, baked shad with roe soufflé and scalloped potatoes. 5
Judy "the foodie's" Deviled Eggs with Anchovies Recipe
With this dish, I wanted to capture the gourmet aspects of Jeffersonian gastronomy. When I first heard of eating anchovies with deviled eggs, I was skeptical. After all, anchovies are notoriously salty and fishy in taste and smell. Before using them in this recipe, I had only been accustomed to eating them on pizzas or prepared in a Chamorro finadene, then wrapped in warm corn tortillas. Anchovies are also not the most attractive looking delicacy so I felt plating with them would be a challenge.
I thought the taste of an anchovy with a devil-egged yolk mixture sounded like an odd combination. But after experimenting with the dish and coming up with the proper measurements for each ingredient, I discovered the entire package can be absolutely delectable. Enjoy!
Cooking and preparing the eggs
(For beautiful yellow yolks)
1. Place eggs in a pot of cold water that covers the eggs by an inch. 2. Turn heat to high and allow water to boil. 3. Immediately remove pot from heat, cover tightly and let eggs sit in hot water for 15 minutes. 4. Pour out hot water and run cold water over the eggs. 5. Place eggs in a bowl and chill in the refrigerator for about two hours (if using right away, peel eggs under running cold water). 6. Take each egg and crack it gently, start peeling at the bottom (the wide part) where there is likely to be a separation point between the shell and the egg white, peel gently under cold water.
Creating the mixture
1. Slice each egg in half, gently separate the center part of the egg white from the yolk, drop yolks into a small bowl. 2. Add mayonnaise to yolks and use a fork to mash yolks and stir in mayonnaise, keep doing this until the texture is creamy. 3. Add onions, used fork to mash some of the onions and continue to stir. 4. Stir in mustard powder, black pepper and salt.
Plating suggestion
1. Sprinkle parsley flakes on the outer section of a large plate. 2. Fold two anchovies in thirds and lay one anchovy on top of the other in the center of the plate. 3. Add capers to the top of the anchovies. 4. Place egg whites in a circle on top of the parsley in the outer section of the plate. 5. Spoon in the egg yolk mix into each egg white. 6. Sprinkle paprika over each deviled egg.
How to eat
1. Using a fork, cut a tiny piece of an anchovy and put it in the center of a deviled egg, add two capers. 2. Pick up the egg with your fingers and take a bite. Sense your taste buds dance as the flavors unfold! 3. Note: if you are confident your guests do not have fish allergies, you can pre-place the anchovies and capers in each egg. This makes for an attractive appetizer and perfect for tray passing at parties!
Yields six deviled eggs.
(1) Eating in America, William Root and Richard de Rochemont, William and Morrow Company, Inc. 1976, pp. 63, 65 (2) Thomas Jefferson, a film by Ken Burns, 1997 (3) Eating in America, William Root and Richard de Rochemont, William and Morrow Company, Inc., 1976, p. 117 (4) The American Heritage Cookbook, Helen McCully, Eleanor Noderer, Helen Duprey Bullock, American Heritage Press, 1964, 1969, p. 137 (5) The American Heritage Cookbook, Helen McCully, Eleanor Noderer, Helen Duprey Bullock, American Heritage Press, 1964, 1969, p. 224
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Ten Saracens players are to link up with Championship side Bedford Blues for the forthcoming season as the relationship between the two clubs continues to strengthen.
Last season, eight Saracens players were dual registered with Bedford but due to the Rugby World Cup and injuries to other members of the squad, most were needed by the Vicarage Road outfit.
Following discussions between the clubs, nine Saracens youngsters will be dual registered with the Blues for the 2012/13 campaign, while scrum-half Luke Baldwin will join Bedford on a season-long loan following the Premiership side's pre-season campaign.
The nine players joining on dual registration will be Will Fraser (back row), George Kruis (second row), Ben Ransom (full-back), Scott Spurling (hooker), Sam Stanley (centre), James Short (wing), Duncan Taylor (centre/wing), Mako Vunipola (prop) and Jackson Wray (back row).
Speaking about the agreement for the coming season, Bedford Blues Chairman Geoff Irvine said: "We are very excited with the level of commitment shown by Saracens in making this relationship work.
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Jul 23, 2008 10:41 AM|stephane3d|LINK
I have this error when I run a stored procedure calling a MSSQL linked server :
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "linkedServerABC"
The problem is that when I run the exact stored proc in SQL Server via the query editor it works well.
So why ASP.Net on the same server can't execute this stored proc?
Any idea?
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Jul 26, 2008 12:23 AM|Jian Kang - MSFT|LINK
Hi stephane3d,
Please open the "SQL Server Management Studio", go to the "Server Objects"->"Linked Servers"->"Providers", right-click the "MSDASQL" and open the "Properties" window.
Check the checkbox "Allow inprocess" to enable it.
Sep 16, 2008 11:03 AM|ZychoFlow|LINK
Hi I have a similar problem.
But enabling the "Allow inprocess" didn't help me (actually it was enabled by default).
Some background:
I have an ASP.NET application that's queries a table function on SQL Server; which queries a linked server.
This linked server uses an odbc connection to connect to a Lotus Notes database through a NotesSQL datasource.
Now I can query this database directly through the Management Studio I just get this error through my ASP application.
Do I have to add some sort of reference? or am I missing something else?
Thank You,
Sep 23, 2008 11:43 AM|ZychoFlow|LINK
Maybe I'm going about this all wrong.
Could someone point me in the right direction then?
Thank you
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Just an update
For some reason in order for the linked server to be able to connect I needed to
log into my lotus notes client. I'm guessing that I had to unlock the id. Also
if any other process has the driver (nsql32.dll) loaded then other applications can't load it.
Systernals process explorer helped a lot on this.
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Country of Origin: South Korea
Visa type: 12 month working holiday visa
Why did Sun come to Australia?
Sun had started studying Chinese language at a University in Korea but dropped out because she wasn't able to finance herself. She started doing sex work – the pay was reasonable, and certainly more than she could earn doing anything else, and her hours were flexible. The major problem was that sex work is illegal in Korea, so there was the constant threat of being arrested and fined or sent to prison.
Another sex worker introduced her to an 'agent' who promised to help her in finding safe, legal sex work in Australia, a place to live, good working conditions and a fair rate of pay. Sun thought this would be a great opportunity to set herself up financially for the rest of her life - she did the calculations and worked out that she would be able to save up enough to pay for her studies and still have some left over, by doing sex work in Australia for one year. She also wanted to experience a different culture and learn some English. The agent said he would organise everything. Sun thought it would be a great adventure.
What happened when Sun got to Australia?
When she got to the Sydney parlour, the owner told her she had to repay a 'debt' of $25,000 that she'd 'incurred' by having her flight and visa organised. In order to pay off this 'debt' Sun worked 14 hours a day, 6 days a week and her boss pressured her to work on her day off as well. She wasn't paid any money until her 'debt' had been paid off. Sometimes, her boss pressured her to perform sexual services without a condom. She lived in an apartment adjoining the parlour and was not permitted to leave the premises unsupervised. The boss threatened Sun with deportation if she complained too much, refused a customer or tried to go to the authorities for help.
How does Australian law see this?
Sex work has been decriminalised in New South Wales and so Sun has not committed any offence by coming to work in the sex industry.
The parlour owner may have committed offences under the trafficking and slavery provisions in the Commonwealth Criminal Code. The High Court of Australia considered the slavery provisions in the context of the commercial sex industry in R v Wei Tang [2008] HCA 39, which you can read about in Fact Sheet #1 - What is Slavery. Debt bondage, where someone is made to work to repay a manifestly excessive debt (compared to the real cost of visas and flights, for example), is a separate offence. It is likely that debt bondage is a relevant offence in Sun's case.
The parlour owner may also have breached provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) which could result in severe financial penalties or even imprisonment
"I was excited to come to Australia because I was told that I could do sex work legally and get a good rate of pay. I wanted to set myself up financially but when I arrived I was told that I had incurred a debt to my boss and I wouldn't get any money until it was repaid."


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It would seem that the earliest spiders fed upon insects before the latter evolved wings, and caught them on the ground in the same way as present-day wolf spiders. The development of insect flight opened another niche for the spiders who countered with the evolution of webs and snares to capture flying prey. Insects became masters of the air, but spiders joined the "aerial plankton" (creatures that live hanging in air or blown on its currents), suspended on silk threads.
Main characteristicsSpiders occur in a large range of sizes. The Patu digua, which is endemic to Columbia, is considered to be the smallest species of spider in the world, with males reaching a length of only 0.37 mm. The largest species of spider is the Goliath bird-eating spider, with a body length up to 9 cm (3.5 in), a leg span up to 28 cm (11 in), and a weight of over 170 g (6 oz).
Spiders come in a variety of colors and with a great diversity of markings. Some rely on camouflage in order to blend in with their background, while others are bright colored as warning that they are poisonous to predators.
For locomotion, spiders use hydraulic pressure. They can create pressure up to eight times that of their resting level pressure in order to extend their legs. Jumping spiders use this pressure to enable them to jump up to 50 times their own body length. Spiders that hunt their prey have dense tufts of fine hair, known as scapulae, on the tips of their legs, which enable them to move around on ceilings and walk vertically up a pane of glass. Whenever a spider is walking or running, it has at least four of its legs on the ground at all times.
Most spiders have a life expectancy of 2 years, but some tarantulas that are kept in captivity can live for over 20 years.
External anatomyThe body of a spider is divided into two segments, separated by a narrow waist. At the front, the cephalothorax consists of a fused head and a thorax. Behind this is the abdomen. Spiders also have an endoskeleton and an exoskeleton; as the spider grows the exoskeleton is shed and replaced.
Most of the external appendages of the spider are attached to the cephalothorax, including the legs, eyes, pedipalps, and mouthparts. Spiders have eight legs and use specialized, sensitive hairs on their legs to detect scent, vibrations, sounds, and air currents. The pedipalps have coxae or maxillae at the base, just next to the mouth, which help with ingesting food. In males the end of the pedipalps are often modified into elaborate structures that are used for mating. Spiders are unable to chew their food and, instead, use a mouth part that is shaped like a straw to suck up the liquefied insides of their prey. However, spiders are able to eat their own silk, thus recycling the proteins needed for the production of new webs.
Spiders can have up to eight single lens eyes that are arranged in a variety of ways depending on the species. Several families of hunting spiders, for example wolf spiders and jumping spiders, have good vision with the main pair of eyes in jumping spider species having colored vision. Net-casting spiders have large compound lenses that enable them to have a good field of vision and gather light effectively. However, most species of spider have a poor sense of vision and rely mostly on their extreme sensitivity to vibrations to help them catch their prey.
The abdomen has no appendages except for 1–4 pairs of spinnerets used to produce silk, and, on the underside of the abdomen, two hardened plates, called epigastric plates, which cover the book lungs.
Internal anatomy
Spiders do not have true blood, or vessels to carry it around their body, but instead have what is known as an open circulatory system. Their body is filled with a substance called hemolymph which is pumped through arteries, by the heart, into spaces surrounding the internal organs called sinuses. The hemolymph contains a respiratory protein called hemocyanin, which is bluish in color due to the two copper atoms found its molecule. A spiders heart is just a simple tube, located in the abdomen above the intestine and close to the dorsal body wall. The aorta is at the anterior end of the heart and supplies hemolymph to the cephalothorax. Smaller arteries extend from the sides and posterior end of the heart. A thin-walled sac called the pericardium completely surrounds the heart and provides it with protection.
Spiders digest their food both internally and externally. Those species that lack strong chelicerae, secrete digestive fluid from a series of ducts onto their prey. The digestive fluids dissolve the prey's internal tissue, enabling the spider to feed by sucking up the partially digested fluid. Those species that have powerful chelicerae eat the entire body of their prey, aside from a small residue of indigestible material.
Distribution and habitatSpiders are found throughout the world, on every continent except Antarctica, and occur at elevations up to 5,000 m (16,400 ft). They live in a wide range of habitats, although more species occur in the tropics than in temperate regions. They are mostly terrestrial, but there are some aquatic species that live in slow-moving freshwater habitats.
Spiders are generally solitary but some species build webs together and exhibit social behavior. The species Anelosimus eximius can form colonies that contain up to 50,000 individuals.
ReproductionAs male spiders are generally smaller than females, they have to perform an elaborate courtship ritual to prevent the female eating them prior to fertilization. The type of ritual depends on the species but can include a pattern of vibrations in the web, touching, gestures, and dances.
If the courtship is successful, reproduction follows with the female laying up to 3,000 eggs in silk egg sacs. In some species, the female dies at this point, but in others she protects her egg sacs by keeping them in their web, hiding them in a nest, or carrying them around.
Young spiders develop inside their egg and hatch as spiderlings. The young spiderlings are very small and sexually immature, but are otherwise similar to their adult form. In some species the spiderlings are left to fend for themselves, but in others are taken care of by the parent until they are older.
Diet and methods of capturing preySpiders are mainly carnivorous and their prey is usually insects, although some larger species have been known to eat birds, small mammals, and lizards. Some species also include pollen and nectar in their diet. Bagheera kiplingi, a species of jumping spider, feeds primarily on plant matter.
Using a sticky web is the most common method for spiders to capture their prey, and involves the spider building a web to trap insects that fly into it. Net-casting spiders spin only a small web but they manipulate it to capture their prey. Female bolas spiders build a web that consists of just a single line, which they patrol. They also make a bolas from a single thread with a very sticky ball of silk at the end, which they swing at their prey until the victim gets stuck to it.
Trapdoor spiders and many species of tarantula are ambush predators; they lie in wait in burrows then rush out and ambush their prey as it goes past. Once the prey has been captured, venomous spiders use their venom to kill it. Wolf spiders and jumping spiders are among the species that chase after their prey and rely mainly on vision to locate it.
Predators and defenseAmong the chief predators of spiders are birds and parasitic wasps. Usually spiders rely on camouflage to evade their predators, or use warning coloration and threat displays to see them off. Some varieties, such as baboon spiders and tarantulas, have urticating hairs on their abdomen, and use their legs to flick these hairs at potential predators. The hairs cause intense irritation and put off predators from attacking.
TaxonomyAll spiders belong to the order Araneae of which there are three recognized suborders: Mesothelae, Mygalomorphae, and Araneomorphae.
Spiders in the suborder Mesothelae are identified by having segmented plates on their abdomens. Relatively few species belong to this suborder and they have a limited geographical range, being found only in Southeast Asia, Japan, and China.
Members of the suborder Mygalomorphae are identified by having fangs that point straight down and don't cross over each other. Spiders in this suborder are generally large, hairy, and heavily built. Well-known examples include tarantulas, Australasian funnel-web spiders, and trapdoor spiders.
Spiders in the suborder Araneomorphae make up over 90% of all spider species and include most varieties encountered in daily life. They have fangs that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action. Spiders in this suborder have the most diverse lifestyles. Familiar examples include wolf spiders, jumping spiders, and orb-web spiders.
The three suborders of spiders are further subdivided into 110 families, which in turn contain approximately 3,700 genera and over 40,000 living species.
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Forbes recently released its annual list of the most powerful celebrities in the world, and in addition to the slew of musicians, athletes and movie stars featured, a number of fashion models also made the cut this year.
Of all the models on the list, which ranks celebrities based on their fame and money, Gisele Bündchen was ranked the highest in 56th place. According to the list, Bündchen made about $47 million in the past 12 months before taxes and other fees.
Bündchen has been making headlines left and right lately thanks to a number of high-profile fall 2014 ad campaigns she stars in. She was recently named the star of Balenciaga's fall 2014 campaign, as well as Isabel Marant's and Stuart Weitzman's.
Bündchen is joined on Forbes' list this year by fellow models Kate Moss and Kate Upton. Moss was ranked 91 on the list, and 22-year-old Upton - one of the youngest celebrities to be featured - came in at 94th.
Moss has an ongoing contract with Rimmel Cosmetics and St. Tropez and also debuted her second capsule collection for Topshop earlier this year.
Upton, who quickly rose to fame after appearing on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue, recently scored campaigns with Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and Sam Edelman. In addition to her modeling gigs, Upton also landed her first acting job in "The Other Woman."
As for the rest of the celebrities on this year's list, Beyonce earned the number one spot, while basketball star LeBron James and record producer Dr. Dre took second and third place respectively. Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Jay Z, Floyd Mayweather, Rihanna, Katy Perry and Robert Downey Jr. rounded out the rest of the top 10.
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I did file a suite which also resulted in the most bizarre view in that the judge was not abele to define what is 'natural" so she resorted to ONLY ONE dictionary definition that says it is something natural belonging to nature without artificial.' She provided no precedent, support for this definition.
I said to my self, if the association says, you can 'stain natural or paint white' and then provide me a covenant that says, 'fence color must be natural or paint white" Such conflicting instruction from which the judge to make a decision and consider the word was clear and unambiguous is disturbing. The second issue I related to you is that a homeowner can pain his fence with a color that matches his outside frame of his house. Which by the way is exactly what I did. FYI the association never challenged at any time the painting of my fence doesn't match my frame. Which by the way do away with the idea of my fence being painted or stained natural.
The judge simply rubber stamped the association summary statement and never analyzed the case with rational and precedent. I would like you to hear your opinion on the previous issue of 'responsibility/duty the association owes to provide clear and unambiguous definition to the homeowner and the last issue I pointed on this note.
Thank you.
I see your rational. My issue is what you alluded which is, "...words in a contract generally bear their usual and common meaning. OCGA § 13-3-2 (2). What is the usual and common meaning of the word, 'natural" and who defines sit as a standard.
Collateral issue is again the phrase you highlighted, "..if the construction is doubtful.." it would be rule against the party enforcing the phrase. Wouldn't it be reasonable to think the word 'natural' is most doubtful particularly confusing when the association in a separate memo sends me to 'stain natural or paint white."
My argument is that when you stain something it never maintains and/or stays natural which I thought I have reasonable way of sustaining the argument that the word natural is not only vague but more frustrated by the association's accompanying memos I described earlier.
My other issue I asked was 'what prevents me to resort to the paint that matches with the exterior of the home' which the covenant allows, t hereby bypassing the need to argue about the fence being painted natural or white.
Again, I want to thank you for your insightful approaches.
Mr. Ely,
From your assessment, I am able to see the judge's discretion is a turning point on this case. I will redirect my argument to highlight the abuse of the judge's discretion both as a matter of law in an area the doctrine is not clear and/or established precedent about the word which carries doubtful meaning.
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Robert Birch on practicing what we know, the second of his reports from the Gay Men's Health Summit in Vancouver this past month
From ice cream cone romances to STI testing-vans to throwing parties to find new youth leaders, what follows is a snap shot of three unique projects presented at the 2012 Gay Men's Health Summit in Vancouver, each addressing the social determinants of health.
From the plenary session . .
Innovations in Community Engagement
hosted by Stacy Leblanc, PAN
"Sexy" back in Condom Use: a participatory social marketing campaign for Gay and MSM
presented by Mark Randall, from AIDS Calgary.
Goal: combat condom fatigue by creating a new safer sex campaign for Calgary's gay and MSM community.
Rationale: create a product gay men and MSM would embrace as a "fresh long term campaign."
"A new framework for HIV prevention encourages us to get to know each gay man where he is at, to hear his silent voice, understand his struggles, and empower him with the tools to make decisions."
The Project
Stage 1: AIDS Calgary hired a consultant to conduct a review of safer sex campaigns. They also struck an advisory committee of gay men and MSM, as well as designed and disseminated a needs assessment survey for gay and MSM. They gathered data over 6 weeks and cross compared in order to define emerging trends and commonalities.
Stage 2: involved hiring a graphic designer for the project, giving him survey input, comments and themes identified by the respondents. They then recruited volunteer models from the community.
Stage 3: engaged two volunteer focus groups of 6+ men with one group specifically involving youth. These focus groups met with designers and agency staff to discuss and review design messages.
Stage 4: required choosing three final safer sexy tips which the graphic designer successfully incorporated as positive messages. They approved the final poster.
Stage 5: saw the launch of the campaign to community at PRIDE.
Successes and challenges of the campaign
- Timelines were tight
- 'Gay' themes obviously key to the project
- Volunteers and community members need to be willing to support the project
- A multi-pronged approach from survey to dissemination to the community works
- Expensive process from idea to the development of final product
- Survey translation from hard copy to online format makes data collection difficult
- Copyright and ownership rights need to be considered and agreed to by all parties through contracts
- Incentives work to motivate participation (eg. $50 visa cards which could be donated back)
- Need to ask, include and listen to your target audience
- The posters resonated beyond gay and MSM communities (they liked the ice cream one most)
For more information Mark can be reached at (403) 508 2500 ext. 129
Know on the Go: Mobile Sexual Health Clinic
presented by Michael Reid and Geoffrey Ford from YouthCo,
Goals: HIV and STI counselling, testing and treatment; harm reduction supplies, increase visibility; connect poz and neg clients to primary care providers and community service; and cyber outreach promote a continuum of care based on the premise of ENGAGE: TEST: LINK: RETAIN
- Desire for better access to MSM specific health information
- Lack of knowledge of where to test and misconceptions surrounding cost of testing and medical coverage
- Support men living outside of Vancouver as well as immigrants and temporary visitors
- Implement new models for diagnosing HIV infections outside medical settings
- For clients who guys who test negative direct them to services, from sports teams to addiction services
The Project
"Vancouver's very first Mobile Sexual Health Clinic! YouthC0 and Vancouver Coastal Health are teaming up to provide HIV & STI testing, treatment and referrals in our big yellow van. We're aiming to normalize testing by making it as easy and accessible as possible. Plus, it's totally free. Our peer supporter and registered nurse are bringing info, resources, and harm reduction supplies to Vancouver's parks, beaches and events. Come check us out!" (from http://ycopub.wordpress.com/programs/know-on-the-go-mobile-health-clinic/)
Phase One: registered nurses with a certified practice in sexually transmitted infections offer confidential HIV/STI testing including on site diagnosis and treatment of most symptomatic STI's as well as counselling and sexual health (including nPEP) information; they can also make referrals to other STI clinics and other MSM specific services and health counselling. They also offer private bookings at the office for quick follow up.
Locations and results: 16 clinics held from August 2 to Sept 13th 2012. The community appreciates the presence of the mobile service. On the first day six people got tested. Sites included Sunset Beach following the PRIDE parade; Wreck Beach and Stanley Park. Sunset beach 48 people tested in five hours (81% male; age across the board; 82% MSM; 19% had never tested for HIV; 6 months 21%; 1-3 years 12.5%; 3-5 years 12.5%; 6% 5 yrs. 8% unknown). Survey showed: 90% satisfaction with the service.
Phase 2: Pilot project intends to continue to expand mobile health sites with potential new clinic locations at night clubs, University health shows; pride events; Vancouver Sex Trade show; sin city events; theatre and private club sex venues; client recommended venues. Additional nursing services might include hepatitis immunizations.
Challenges: include running the service out of 1982 SUV (which broke down on Lions Gate Bridge!); the project needs more time than the funding allows; and bad weather can be a factor.
The power of community-building in young gay men's health: Vancouver's Mpowerment Project
presented by YouthCO's Michael Reid & Blake Stitilis
Context: young gay guys represent a quarter of all new HIV cases; their testing rates are lower; they lack sense of community - "gay guys want more gay friends."
What is Mpowerment? Rather than a behavioural intervention the program seeks to build a more vital culture amongst younger gay men. As an evidence-based health promotion program it does so by addressing issues of homophobia, HIV criminalization; social support; geography; social norms; and stress.
Goals: to inspire i) healthy relationships; ii) safer sex; iii) routine HIV testing through peer to peer networks. Over the next two years they intend to reach 1,000 young guys!
What's involved? The program breaks down to three levels of participation
Play: join social events with up to 100 guys to meet and mingle.
Know: The 'Unmask' training involves a three-hour workshop on sex, relationships, homophobia. (see video below)
Lead: From casual volunteer to core group member to events coordination guys choose their level of participation and community involvement.
Guiding Principles:
- Social focus –throw a good party!
- Community building (social connections, social capitol, networks as buffer against stress)
- Gay/Sex Positive ("You talk about gay in such a positive way," says one participant)
- Peer influence disseminates positive messages in our community
- Empower participants to have control over what they are doing and take ownership of the project (i.e. learn, succeed and celebrate or fail and improve)
Results (as of presentation):
- 8 social events (from bowling to laser tag) with 300 participants. The program now has contact information for 100 people.
- Unmask: 6 discussion nights with a total of 63 participants; average satisfaction score was 8.4/10 and all would recommend to friends. Face book has 162 likes; weekly Youtube video updates with 1,874 views.
Future Challenges include accessing people with a well-developed network of gay friends; suburban guys; positive guys; as well as reaching their chosen targets and the ever challenging behaviour change when it comes to healthier lifestyle choices.
Future Opportunities: the program looks forward to increasing its size and scope as well as partnering with the Health Initiative for Men (HIM) and Totally Outright.
For more information check out their savvy website: http://www.mpowermentyvr.com
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House All but Seals Fate for Government Shutdown Tuesday
Posted on Sep 29, 2013
As the federal government careens toward a likely shutdown after midnight Monday, a couple of aspects of the power play by the tea party-powered House Republicans stand out: their delusions over what the American public wants, and their fixation on birth control.
First, while you were sleeping, the House voted early Sunday to send to the Senate a bill that would delay implementation of the Affordable Care Act for a year in return for, in effect, living up to its responsibility to set a budget for the coming year. Senate Democrats—and some Republicans—reject the House version, and even if they approved, President Obama says he would veto it. A separate measure would keep paychecks flowing to active-duty military personnel, a signal that the House Republicans expect the government to shut down.
It's a somber thing, voting to toy with the U.S. economy over a petty and vindictive political fight, though the House Republicans didn't seem to see it that way, according to The New York Times:
Their exuberance could have had something to do with booze, according to Politico reporter Ginger Gibson (an observation shared by other reporters, as well), who Tweeted:
The Republicans claim they are pushing the issue because it is what the American public wants them to do. Yet a New York Times/CBS News poll last week found an overwhelming level of opposition to politicians using such extortionate strategies in the budget process.
Democrats, of course, blame the Republicans, and the Republicans blame the Democrats, according to the poll. Bizarrely, independents were split evenly over who was at fault for the looming crisis, even though "three-quarters of independents say that Republicans in Congress are not making any attempt to find common ground with the president."
And while they were at it, the Republicans added a measure to the budget bill that would allow employers or health plans to drop contraception coverage from health plans, according to CNN:
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Despite Mark Bennett's 51 and late cameos from Jackie Taylor (34) and Gary Mills (24), the innings petered out to 255.
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He is likely to be back in July but will need matches to regain fitness ahead of September's tournament.
"I'll need some games and getting those would mean going overseas or playing some rugby league for a month," he told www.thisischesire.co.uk.
Hodgson and Sale team-mate Jason White, the Scotland captain, both returned to the gym earlier this month to begin their rehabilitation following reconstructive knee surgery.
"Jason is about a week ahead of me in recovery and we've spoken about the question of finding a few summer matches," said Hodgson.
"I need something like that if I am to give myself the best possible shot at being in contention for the World Cup.
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From: Merle Rummel <>
Subject: Re: migration routes
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 10:44:19 -0400
>What would have been the logical route to take from Sussex County, New
>Jersey to Perry County, Ohio in 1812? Anyone? Thanks.
Thats right on the Zane Trace --Fort Henry is now Wheeling WVa, and the
Trace went from there to Zanesville OH, and headed south along US22. There
were some who used it -especially since we had the Jonathan Creek Church
there (Licking Co). [We have a church just outside Zanesville, too, at
White Cottage on the old Trace. Perry Co is next west (--I taught school
in Perry Co, when I pastored White Cottage)].
To go from NJ to Wheeling in 1812, would likely take the Forbes Road (now
US30) to Pittsburg and down the Ohio River. I misplaced my National Road
information, but I think it was 1817 when the Cumberland Road section was
completed to Wheeling.
The Brethren did go to Frederick MD and west to Hagarstown to Cumberland MD
and follow Braddocks Road to Old Fort Redstone (now Brownsville PA) some to
go down the River, others went on to Washington Co PA. There were many who
came west from Washington Co.
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Locating underground mine workings in the absence of mine maps is not impossible, but it can be expensive and time consuming. Drilling enough vertical holes on a 3-foot grid will locate virtually any mine workings, but, in addition to the expense, it damages the Earth's surface and creates conduits for underground fluids, including pollutants that can degrade groundwater. Because of the time and expense associated with extensive drilling, remote sensing and geophysical methods have been employed to search for abandoned coal mine. The objective of geophysical surveys is to provide descriptive information about the physical characteristics of a three-dimensional volume of earth material, including the presence of voids. Because no geophysical technique is capable of performing optimally under all geological and topographic conditions, multiple geophysical techniques may be necessary to reduce the probability for error to an acceptable level. While these methods have proved successful in some cases, drilling is still necessary to confirm interpretations of geophysical and remote sensing data. In addition, the absence of evidence of a mine is not evidence of absence of a mine, and there are many opportunities for error in the modeling and geophysical surveys needed to detect voids. (NAS, 2002)


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Martin Scorsese made a career out of grit. He wants to end it with technology.
The director of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and The Departed says that he became so enamored shooting last year's Hugo in 3-D that he'd like all of his future films in the format.
"Absolutely, it's the future," the director told a panel Wednesday at Cinemacon's gathering of theater owners.
Scorsese, appearing with Ang Lee (promoting his 3-D Life of Pi, out Dec. 21), says that 3-D is more immersive than he expected.
"There was something that transported you to another world," Scorsese says. "There's a scene where actor Sacha Baron Cohen leans in to intimidate (a child star of Hugo). It was like he came off the screen."
Lee, too, says that the technology is breathtaking, but that theater owners must upgrade to accommodate the visuals. He told exhibtors he and other filmmakers "really need your support. It will be a good investment."
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John Howard wished Bob Carr and his wife well in "post-political life" yesterday but said the outgoing Premier left NSW in a less than desirable state.
Although he and Mr Carr had come from different sides of the political spectrum, there had been a number of areas where they had been able to co-operate closely, the Prime Minister said.
Mr Carr's views on the importance of education were "some of the views I have", though many of the Premier's attempts to implement change in the education system had been frustrated by teachers' unions that Mr Howard said were "some of the most ideologically based in the country".
Mr Howard said Mr Carr was leaving his elected position when the state was not getting the benefits of a strong national economy.
The Labor leader, Kim Beazley, described Mr Carr as an "exemplary premier" whose eminence went beyond the borders of the state.
The federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, said Mr Carr had been a "very significant political figure" and wished him well in his retirement. He noted it was "very rare" for a political leader to leave at a time of his own choosing.
Asked if he thought Mr Carr's decision might prompt Mr Howard to do likewise, Mr Costello said: "I am not going there."
The Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, said people should "watch Mr Carr" because there would be many in the ALP who would see the retiring Premier as a federal leadership option. "I think what we're seeing here is the beginnings of ructions over the federal party's leadership," he said.
"There would be people in the federal Labor Party now who would see this as an opportunity to push for change of federal leader to get power into the federal Parliament."
Mr Carr would "do a great job" for federal Labor, but no pressure should be put on him to do so, said backbencher and former Labor minister Bob McMullan.
"The manner of his resignation didn't give me the impression of a guy who was itching to take on a great new national task - it looked like someone who was relieved to be finishing a 17-year great task for NSW," he said.
Federal Labor's workplace spokesman Stephen Smith agreed Mr Carr would be "very welcome" in Canberra.
The former NSW premier Neville Wran said: "It's quite a shock to think in a week's time Bob won't be the Premier because he's become so much a part of the life of NSW."
The NSW Deputy Premier, Andrew Refshauge, described his leader as the state's greatest premier.
But the state leader of the Nationals, Andrew Stoner, said Mr Carr's Government had made life tougher for people in rural NSW.
The Greens MP Lee Rhiannon said Mr Carr would be remembered for his role in boosting environmental causes, but he had failed to address climate change.
The Victorian Premier, Steve Bracks, said his NSW colleague had put "the third way" on the agenda before it was labelled.
The Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie, said when he won government in June 1998 Mr Carr was the only other state Labor leader. At meetings with the Federal Government "it was Bob Carr and I against the world", he said.
Two other premiers, Western Australia's Geoff Gallop and South Australia's Mike Rann, said Mr Carr had been a mentor to other state leaders.
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The Most Overlooked, Underrated Music of 2012...
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Recently, we published our list of 2012's copious musical turkeys, and it provoked much debate and outcry. We stand by our choices – well, for the most part: admittedly, the Jessie Ware album is growing on us, and maybe we were a little hard on Brendan Benson (although we still don't get why he'd release his album on the same day as ex-bandmate Jack White). That said, if we're going to take down, we must also build up and offer a correlative. That's why we've compiled a definitive list of the records you probably didn't hear this year – the most underrated, overlooked releases to date that you should probably check out and support. And yes, scanning the results, okay, maybe 2012 wasn't as bad for music as we thought – one just had to go to the margins to find the real quality. So without further ado, and in no particular order…
Liars – WIXIW
Liars turned their entire sound around on this hypnotic, haunting effort. Eschewing guitars for electronics, they shattered all previous paradigms, with deeply personal lyrics and strange, compelling sounds (check out the video above for "No.1 Against The Rush" for proof). To us, it sounds like a masterpiece on the level of, say, Kid A – but what do we know?
Heavy Blanket – Heavy Blanket
Who needs a Dinosaur Jr. reunion when you've got Heavy Blanket? On this perfectly realized album, J. Mascis eschews vocals and just shreds with emotional abandon over (ahem) heavy, Sabbathesque sludge. Forget "overlooked" or "underrated" – this might be the album of the year.
Lindstrøm – Smalhans
This Scandanavian electronic-music shapeshifter can't catch a break. His previous album, Six Cups of Rebel, was considered too weird by club kids; his latest, Smalhans, was considered too accessible by tastemakers. The truth? Inventive space-disco grooves that will rock a dancefloor, regardless.
120 Days – II
The year's best dance music/rock hybrid – maybe one of the best ever. Featuring production, not coincidentally, by Lindstrøm. Of course, the band broke up soon after.
Mark Lanegan – Blues Funeral
One of America's greatest singers proved he's no grunge relic on his seventh solo album since leaving the Screaming Trees. Blues Funeral lived up to its title, eschewing obvious guitars for moody synths, authentically ominous atmosphere, and above all killer songwriting. It's the best thing Lanegan's ever done – why didn't anyone care?
Converge – All We Love We Leave Behind
Metal and its hardcore hybrids are more hyped than ever. So why didn't the masses embrace this epic, powerful work by one of the genre's longstanding great bands? This is the sound of pure commitment, capturing the grinding interplay of a band that's been together for over two decades. Astonishing.
Afterhours – Padania
One of the hugest rock bands in Italy, but you probably haven't heard them in America unless you caught their early set at All Tomorrow's Parties' I'll Be Your Mirror fest in Manhattan this year. You're missing out – Padania is the sound of a band that's not afraid to radically retool itself. Think Radiohead meets Beefheart, or beyond – this says "beautiful mindfuck" in any language.
Neurosis – Honor Found In Decay
Again, when it comes to metal, the new cats get the hype and hipster love, while doom progenitors like Neurosis should be as big as Metallica. Epic, huge, challenging, innovative, played with heart and subversion – fuck metal, fuck hardcore, fuck genres, this is what great rock music sounds like.
The Evens – The Odds
This album wasn't exactly overlooked. However, most notice of it discussed the fact that it is ex-Fugazi leader Ian MacKaye's most "mature" work, jazzed that an eminence grise was still rocking. In fact, the music is just excellent: it's one of the most nuanced, evocative works in MacKaye and partner Amy Farina's discography – as punk as ever, but more dimensional and dynamic, even if the volume is lower.
Sigur Rós – Valtari
Once critical darlings, the Icelandic post-rockers were barely noticed with this, their sixth album. In fact, it's a return to the epic soundscape glory of their best work – abstract, yet pulsing with feeling.
Clinic – Free Reign
True to its title, on this album the longstanding English experimental rock outfit let their freak flag rein. Sprawling psychedelic journeys, free jazz, wandering rhythms – yup, the sounds here didn't fit anyone's idea of convention, but we're better for it.
Lilacs & Champagne – Lilacs & Champagne
Two of the members of Grails came together for this alluring, strange, magical release. Twisted electronics and textures came together for one of 2012's most unforgettable, unclassifiable musical journeys. Frankly, we prefer it to Grails!
Natural Child – Hard In Heaven
Proof that all music that comes out of Nashville isn't just shit new country, these longhaired rockers (and JEFF The Brotherhood compadres) kicked out the tweaked neo-classic-rock jams with altered-punk panache.
Seahawks – Aquadisco
Hugely overlooked. This easygoing drift into the Balearic depths is dripping in a humble exuberance. Yes, the title isn't very subtle, as each track fits into a predetermined mold, but there's a crisp '70s-prog edge to the whole album. It's like Jean-Luc Ponty went to Ibiza for a holiday and never came back.
Vessel – Order of Noise
Ok, so maybe this album isn't technically underrated – Resident Advisor gave it a 4.5 out of 5 – but given all of this talk about the new generation of electronic music fans, this should be the new required listening. Order of Noise takes the expansive techno framework of Berlin's infamous Berghain and injects it with a jolt of Bristolian innovation. This album proves deep listening, covering everything from the highest ethereal peaks to the darkest raw noise.
Magic Mountain High – The Schnitzel Box Vol. 1
There's no doubt that each of these entities can start the party in their own right, but somehow the combination of Move D and Juju & Jordash didn't quite hit the spot for a lot of people. In terms of Move D's other collaborations, this EP isn't quite as epically cerebral as his work with Benjamin Brunn, but this work can still be marked as a piece of analog gold.
John Tejada – The Predicting Machine
The L.A.-based Tejada remains an outlier to techno's mainstream; as the genre blows up around him, he stands on the sidelines making excellent music under the radar. His second album for Kompakt didn't change the game; in fact, quite the opposite – it seemed to almost work too well. Tejada's gift for emotive, bright melodies almost felt too polished at times, but that doesn't mean it isn't a great album. The Predicting Machine delivers based on execution alone, fitting a variety of situations that show why the marriage of Tejada and Kompakt is a match made in heaven.
Domo Genesis and The Alchemist – No Idols
Domo is permanently in the shadow of his more flamboyant Odd Future brethren, but he may well be the best rapper of the bunch. Beats from a heavyweight like The Alchemist only heighten his flow.
Skyzoo – A Dream Deferred
A release date deferred meant that this album got lost in the massive outpouring of high profile hip-hop records that comes in the last quarter of every year. Still, it's evidence that Skyzoo still remains one of NY's strongest lyricists, especially over strong grooves courtesy of Black Milk and 9th Wonder.
Pusha T – What Dreams Are Made Of
We guess the guys at G.O.O.D. were too busy selling Big Sean to thirteen-year-olds to bother pushing an absolutely killer mixtape from the best rapper on their roster.
Joey Bada$$ – 1999
A high school senior from Brooklyn distills the best of mid '90s New York rap into one of the year's best releases. Okay, maybe it wasn't that overrated or overlooked, but this shit is so good it should be #1.
Flatbush Zombies – D.R.U.G.S.
It's psychedelic horror-movie rap about waffles and bath salts. What more could you possibly want?
Heems – Wild Water Kingdom
No more Mr. Nice Guy from one-third of Das Racist, Heems drops the mellow stoner shit and goes for the throat here.
Whatever Brains – Whatever Brains
North Carolina's Whatever Brains makes snotty appear smart, ironic seem heartfelt, and caffeinated punk rock seem anything but revolutionary. That's a compliment, by the way.
Marijuana Deathsquads – Tamper, Disable, Destroy
The rumor is that Ryan Olson, elusive Krang of the Minneapolis music scene, recorded his friends (rappers like P.O.S.) doing the dumbest freestyles they could come up with, which he then wedded to his rainy, louche productions (which you may have heard before, on Poliça's much-ballyhooed Give Up the Ghost, or on P.O.S.' newest record We Don't Even Live Here). The result is a mixtape of LP proportions, and a peek into the future of… something. We don't what exactly, but we're psyched.
VCMG – Ssss
From Pitchfork's inexplicable 6.5 review:
If Ssss had come out in 2005, when hip producers were reviving the punishment of stiff electro riffs and exploring the bombed-out terrain of the darkest Detroit techno, it might have seemed like old pop stars bandwagon-jumping, and probably been as flimsy as you'd expect. In 2012, it feels like that rarest of side projects, two famous dudes exploring a sound they love for the hell of it, regardless of its commercial potential, with an intensity to match.
If you ignore the numbers, and take their outline as a guarantee… then what's the problem? In short, Depeche Mode co-founders threw away nostalgia and made one of the best, most starkly propulsive dance-music efforts of the year.
Fontanelle, Vitamin F
A psych-jazz record released by a respected avant-metal label, Southern Lord, which features guest contributions from the extreme sound sages of Sunn O))) and Wolves in the Throne Room. Pay special attention to the languorous closer "Reassimilate".
Hoax, 3rd EP
"Think of someone you love/They're probably taking a shit." Western Massachussetts' Hoax are dangerous like how it used to be, when a bruise from a basement show wasn't surprising, but guaranteed: if you're in the front when the band performs, you very well may be punched hard in your face by the blood-raging singer. But Hoax's music isn't just a rehash, either, despite how easy their influences would be to name. A group of young punks is doing something exciting and (mostly) their own in the year 2012, and that should be enough. 'Kay?
The New Lines – Witches' Milk
For fans of a certain type of popular garage rock, The New Lines offer something unique: a solid sonic theory, evident throughout this cassette from exactly one year ago. For anyone tired of being disappointed by the words "gauzy pop rock," this – a precisely arranged tangent of harpsichord kerchief waves, art-school dialect, and flute brain massage – is for you.


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A new documentary shows the use of handycams as a human rights safeguard. Penelope Debelle reports.
The handycam, mobile, cheap and easily hidden, has risen above its home-video origins to become a powerful human rights weapon. The hand-held video camera went on the market 17 years ago as a plaything for enthusiasts to record childhood moments and family weddings.
Since then, 150 million have been sold and human rights activists such as the London-based Witness organisation have begun distributing them as a protection against human rights abuses. Like a silent bodyguard, the handycam records moments of threat or attack. In doing so, it alerts those being filmed that their actions may be accountable.
In Seeing is Believing, a documentary about the politicisation of the handycam showing at the Adelaide International Film Festival, which opened on Friday, Canadian filmmaker Peter Wintonick records the first significant moment when an amateur video influenced public debate. In 1991 in the US, amateur cameraman George Holliday filmed white Los Angeles police officers brutally bashing a black American, Rodney King. The video provided such compelling evidence of the beating, its implications could no longer be ignored. "Until I saw the video, until we saw it on video, I didn't believe it to that degree," King's attorney Milton Grimes later told CNN.
Since then, amateur video use has become so widespread that almost all news events, including September 11 and the recent destruction of the Columbia space shuttle, were captured initially by people who were videoing at the time.
"I wanted to investigate and acknowledge the true sources of a lot of the stuff we see on television," says Wintonick, who last week attended a documentary conference in Byron Bay. "There are witnesses everywhere but those I am most interested in are those documenting human rights abuses and arming themselves with a new kind of weapon."
Much of his film is devoted to the unheralded work of video activist Joey Lozano, who works with a vulnerable group of villagers in the southern Philippines trying to reclaim the land taken from them by the cronies of former president Ferdinand Marcos. Marcos has gone, but his powerful friends have held onto their riches, using paid militias to kill anyone trying to take their land back.
While the law recognised the villagers' claim, they had no one to protect them but Joey and his video camera. In the course of the filming two men died, killed out of the camera's range, but found shot and dying minutes later. Without the video, Wintonick believes it would certainly have been worse.
"It was at least an acknowledgement of the thesis of the film that the presence of video cameras may have prevented further abuse," he says.
Closer to home, Australia's indigenous communities value the handycam as a way of telling stories in their own words. Last year's Adelaide Festival and its controversial commission of Australian Rules - a fictional story by a white author who grew up near a black community - in its indigenous program heightened sensitivities about the right of black Australians to speak for themselves. "More generally in the indigenous community they are being used widely," says Cathy Eatock, the executive producer of the National Indigenous Documentary Fund series that will be shown at the film festival.
"They have benefits of being very portable, being cheap and having an intimacy a whole film crew doesn't have," Eatock says. She says handycams allow indigenous communities to record information that is important to them, giving them their own voice. "Handycams are still too expensive for most communities," she says. "But it is opening it up for people, the possibility of film-making."
In the case of one of the showcased films, Big Girls Don't Cry, a handycam made the project possible. This account of the devastation caused by kidney disease included personal testimony from Essie Coffey, who was dying as the film was made. Eatock says the director, Darren Ballengary, realised he was running out of time and began making the film with his own handycam before funding was in place. Without it, the story's emotional centre would have been lost.
The first Adelaide International Film Festival runs until March 7.
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Singapore Telecommunications has acquired New York-based start-up Pixable for $US26.5 million.
Headquartered in SoHo, the company is known for its smartphone app that prioritises photos on social networks for consumers.
The deal represents the latest in a growing list of transactions executed by SingTel's Digital L!fe division, most notably the purchase of US-based mobile advertising company Amobee for $US320 million in March.
More than 4 million users have installed Pixable's "mobile photo inbox" service via the web, iOS devices and Android devices.
"One of the goals of SingTel Group Digital L!fe team is to develop next generation mobile services that make life easier for our mobile customers," Allen Lew, CEO Group Digital L!fe, SingTel said.
"Pixable's expertise and customer engagement give us a foundation to go beyond viewing photos to using photos as a way to stimulate simple immersive communication."
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