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Well, yeah, plenty of extremists in Syria, that's news from like half a year ago at least. Is there a point?
Apart from you apparently having a comprehensive span of 1 minute?
Islamist extremists in that strength and the al quaeda brigades are a recent phenomena in the Civil War and this is one of the very few coverages about them.
Apart from that it's just a piece of fairly non-sensationalist investigative journalism, which are all too rare.
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Yeah, well, recent but not very surprising, considering the usual downward spiral mechanic present in such situations. Thankfully, recently the non-al-qaeda rebels were fighting them and apparently doing well as even extremist rebels realized this is another kind of crazy. So there is hope this won't be the dominant tone there.
Large groups like Al-Nusra (no idea what that means) and Al-Shabab (The Young) have been around for a while now.
Al Nusra was actually created during the Syrian Civil War in 2012 actually.
This is why I was complaining so much about US intervention.
No, they did not take any ground or military intervention themselves as a country, but they did heavily promote conflict, and influence more conflict and more devastation, by openly and I repeat *openly* supporting the rebels.
The rest of the world should have known, *should have known* that there is NO WAY to guarantee that those weapons and aid would go to the right, noble persons in Syria interested in the welfare of Syrian people.
These groups that the US government armed by sending aid (and the US was very vocal about helping rebels, as doing so improves the "street cred" of politicians like John McCain) to these "rebel groups fighting for their freedom."
It was an advertisement to the American public to support "American style revolution" in a country no one in the US really even cares about. It was a public show, and saying it was anything else is a complete farce.
What the US government supported is ethnic cleansing, and this is what the "real rebels" are actually doing. They are murdering Syrians just as much as the Syrian government was.
This is why I have been advocating absolutely no interventions which support war (funding rebels, promoting war, increasing odds of stalemates and urban warfare and guerilla warfare by giving everyone even more ammunition to kill others with), and only interventions which stop the war or at least calm the damn flames (which I admit, is more complicated than anything else).
Al Nusra is made up of Sunni Muslims, for example. This group in particular has been advertised as one of the most despicable, murderous, and barbaric groups in the conflict.
Particularly, they target minorities (like Alawis, which I believe Assad himself is a member of). These group also enforce Sharia Law.
Keep in mind, as bad as the Syrian government is, and I believe they are the worst kind of criminals in the world... these rebel groups are even worse.
They are the only reason I have been advocating stability first, revolution through peace second. This is why I actually support what the Russians did more than what I do of the US. The US supported even more barbaric groups of rebels, to take place of an already barbaric state. And destabilizing Syria even further was just the wrong way to go, by giving weapons, finances, and logistical aid to these rebels. It was just the wrong thing to do.
Again, I don't see supporting Syrian government by Russia as much better at all, only marginally so. But the goal of stability and saving human life should have been far, far more paramount than taking actions that would destabilize a difficult situation even more, and influence and accelerate the growth of colonies of terrorists such as Al Nusra and Al Shabab.
I just don't think people are correctly imagining the scope of the failure of humanitarian aid here.
There is one guy I know here from Syria I see sometimes, one of my neighbours. He is the only one of his family in the US right now, the rest in Syria. He's not a rich guy, but he's doing a lot better here. But the fact is his family is still over there.
The people dying there are part of families, which is important. Imagine family members of people in your country, UK, USA, wherever the heck you guys are all from.
Imagine all these people losing countless numbers of family members. Like all their children. Or all their brothers and sisters. Or whole generations of people getting killed by war.
The scope of the damage of that on the Syrian people is just ***king incredible. And I think when people think of war, they forget that this is the result.
I think of this huge earthquake stuff in Japan, Haiti, China, the same way. So much incredible loss and suffering that could have been prevented if those in power really wanted to give a shit, but they don't give a shit!
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Ok, that's new
"Syrian government 'demolished thousands of homes'"
I can't really blame Syrians for going religiously aggressive over this kind of shit.
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You want to tell me how these 'revolutions through peace' work when the government doesn't give a shit about gunning down protesters?
'oh no! Said Assad. All these people I don't like are dying! my power is waning, waaaaniiiiing.....'
He wasn't stepping down. Not even if you asked super nicely and said nobody would be his friend if he didn't. And yeah, the rebels are just as bad at this point, but pretending that there was a peaceful solution to a dictator who's quite content to bomb his own citizenry when they request he quits is insultingly naive. Unless the peaceful solution you suggest is 'lay down your arms and get used to serfdom in a hurry'. The entire situation is an awful clusterfuck without a lovely answer, because sometimes reality doesn't care to provide one.
"Our guys" are at it again.
...oh, they removed it. Someone will upload it again soon, no doubt.
It works again.
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EDIT: Ok, for those who are not following. They are mostly Chechens and the camera guy is probably Russian or a Chechen from a European part of the country. They are with Al-Nusra apparently and this footage is from the assault on Central Prison that happened few days ago. There was a huge 40+ min video on YT but it got suspended( not before I downloaded it though). It contains crisp Go-Pro HD footage, a 5min long speech by the battle cleric, the huge suicide truck filled with explosive operated by a suicide bomber who came from Britain, people taking pictures with him on their iphones, lots of Allahuackbar shouting, child soldiers( or people with really young-sounding voices). Buisness as usual. Here is the short episode from the end. It's surreal to say the least.
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Best atgm video ever.
watched few videos and they are so depressing. those idiots are fighting where just 2 years ago people were living normal life. You can see satellite antennas, garden chairs and other regular household items... now it's just rubble.
stupid human nature.
Yeah stupid humans who didn't want to live underneath a dictatorship and wanted to do what other countries were doing and run their own affairs...when will they learn!
We need Gandhi to fix the world, Gandhi come back!
Though after Indians took over India they kind of made a crappy mess of it too......... maybe a bad example then.
There seems to not be any quick fix.
It was bad at first, but progressively it has just gotten worse and worse and worse. I think there is no good guy in this war either. Assad is a jackass evil person, and then the mostly faceless rebel organizations are as bad or possibly even worse.
I am disappointed in the world powers for well... being so powerless to do anything about this whole mess. Or maybe they don't want to.
I mean technically shouldn't the UN and all it's nations be responsible for what is going on and be the ones who must stop it? I mean seriously, I think USA and Russia should both be incriminated for war crimes for supplying weapons to the rebels and to Assad's regime. All they did was fan the flames higher.
I guess NATO countries are too busy protecting their hegemony in and around Eastern EU though, who cares about Syrian people amirite?
the huge suicide truck filled with explosive operated by a suicide bomber who came from Britain, people taking pictures with him on their iphones, lots of Allahuackbar shouting, child soldiers( or people with really young-sounding voices). Buisness as usual. Here is the short episode from the end. It's surreal to say the least.
I mean this entire catastrophe is total barbarism. It's shocking, and those with weapons and the power in this conflict are the only ones to blame IMO.
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Yea India is a complete mess tbh (I believe something like 40% of food produce is wasted in transit or in "storage" which means piling it up anywhere that can be found, and is strongly affected by corruption at even the lowest levels), and this speaking as a 100% Indian descendant, I'm glad I didn't grow up there/wasn't born there.
Would be too off-topic, but a thread about the horrific contradiction of everything that is India could last for many pages I think.
There are pockets of progressiveness and progress and hope (celebrities like Amir Khan using their publicity potential to oddly cast a show that is similar to 60 minutes and promote change, which is nice to see), but in such a vast country real change takes a lot time. That it is such a large and democratic country (with large doses of nepotism) is interesting, and also scary since it is nuclear armed.
Also they really need to stop their broadcast networks copying CNN, it's embarassing... there's at least one guy trying to pull it off, makes me want to slap his head lol.
I didn't know much about Gandhi's contributions to gender inequality, nice to know,
As far as rape goes... there are congress members that hold office in India who have been charged and sometimes convicted of rape offenses apparently.
Last edited by rockman29; 11-05-2014 at 05:30 AM.
It like the revolutionary people want something so badly that they will fight for it but when they get there they find out running a countryy is hard and there are people who liked the old way and some people who like the new way also don't have great views on certain things because nobody is perfect.
The UN is pretty useless because it also has countries that gain a lot from Assad being there like China and Russia and they totally dont want them to get any military ideas if the UN wanted to go against them so its kind of a stalemate.


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The idea for the change came about during a congressional staff ATV ride briefing and issues tour. Every year, Russ Cowley, executive director of Six County Association of Governments, provides a public land issues educational tour for elected officials and members of their staffs during the congressional recess. This year's tour was on the Fishlake National Forest Trail and included a presentation by Jody Gale, Utah State University Extension agent for Sevier County, on forestry and aspen issues and USU Extension's role in managing them. During Gale's presentation, Sevier County Commissioner Gordon Topham suggested to a member of the governor's staff that the state tree be changed.
Gale was asked to give the same forestry presentation for Herbert, and during the Rural Partnership Meeting, the governor heard from fourth graders from Monroe Elementary School who advocate changing the state's official tree. Among the reasons they gave for honoring the aspen is that the Pando clone, a huge stand of aspens in the Fishlake National Forest, has the distinction of being the largest living organism on Earth. Another is that aspens are synonymous in many peoples' minds with western mountain landscapes and it seems more fitting to honor a tree that isn't named for a neighboring state.
Herbert took the children's message to heart, and a decision regarding adopting the aspen as the state tree will be made at the legislative session this winter.
Read about the Monroe Elementary School class's arguments for the aspen as Utah's state tree in The Richfield Reaper: http://www.richfieldreaper.com/news/local/article_2cf83b3e-2a02-11e3-b37b-001a4bcf887a.html.


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Skip to comments.Peterborough gun club stands firm(NH)
Posted on 07/28/2012 4:02:17 AM PDT by marktwain
PETERBOROUGH A gun club official says members are doing all they can to be considerate of their neighbors.
The Monadnock Rod and Gun Club will most likely not make any changes after receiving a letter from selectmen asking it to be quieter, said Mark Carbone, chairman of the board of directors.
Neighbors recently brought their concerns to town officials about noise levels at the shooting range increasing in recent years.
Town officials said they could not make the gun club change its activities because it has not done anything illegal. But selectmen sent a letter last week requesting the club not allow outside groups to use the shooting range, groups that have used explosives and machine guns.
Carbone said he received the letter, but club officials dont believe the noise is as bad as neighbors claim.
The club gave an official response Wednesday to Town Administrator Pamela L. Brenner. Brenner said she will now work on getting representatives from both parties to sit down and talk about other options.
The gun club has been at 595 Jaffrey Road since 1947, and neighbors have said its only been in the past few years that the noise has been too much to handle.
But not much has changed in recent years for the noise level to increase, Carbone said.
On the weekends, there are usually a dozen or so members for activities such as shooting and archery. And during the weekday, Carbone said, its quiet, with just a handful of people.
About five years ago, the club started allowing a regional organization The Northeast Shooters to use the range for events. When that group uses the shooting range, which is usually three or four days a year, there are more people participating,
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A refreshingly American attitude.
I'm betting that all the complainers built or bought there knowing the gun club was next door.
The town officials might consider making silencers easily available. In some Scandinavian countries I hear it is considered rude not to use them.
"On the weekends, there are usually a dozen or so members for activities such as shooting and archery."
Those arrows whistling down range are hard on the ears.
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The town officials might consider making silencers easily available............
The town officials COULD ALSO create a noise ordinance which sets a noise level they shooters cannot exceed. they could also create a "nusiance ordinance" which can be difficult to beat. The shooters need to meet with the town to set some reasonable standards unless they want to relocate. Not fair to make them move or cease operations but that seems to be the way things are done these days.
If the club was there before the homes, wouldn't it be "grandfathered-in" and immune to new regs? Or isn't that even a factor anymore? Just wondering...
"Government" can always find a way...........
NH provides a number of protections for gun ranges, which hopefully the club has availed themselves of. A noise control ordinance has to apply to everyone, and has to pass a vote at town meeting. Peterborough is more liberal than many NH towns, but also has its share of libertarians. In general noise ordinances don't really end up causing much of a problem in NH since the actual sound level that "annoys" the anti-gun neighbors isn't that loud. Usually their lawn mower or a chainsaw is louder, and nobody in town is going to vote for an ordinance which prevents them from mowing their lawn.
You're right; they sure did with "emminent domain", didn't they?
Exactly! It's like a family buying a home, then demanding speed bumps in their street, because people drive on it and they want a park-like atmosphere because they're special.
Yeah, but they sure don't mind sending over a letter putting pressure on the club to be quieter.
My guess is they have some activist Lefties who have moved in, and they're angry because there's a "filthy rotten" gun club near them. A law suit is inevitable.
Remember this rule of thumb: One Lefty complaint and the world must stop revolving. Half a million complaints from Conservatives, and it's, "What complaints?"
"Im betting that all the complainers built or bought there knowing the gun club was next door."
Perhaps the same kind of people that buy houses off the end of an airport runway and sue because of the noise of aircraft.
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While Jesus was born in Bethlehem, to the south near Jerusalem, he grew up in the north in Nazareth, near the Sea of Galilee. Since the Jordan River dumps into the north end of the lake, that's where there's the most oxygen in the water and consequently the most fish. In that area, around Capernaum, is where the major population centers were and, of course, the most fishermen. This is where Jesus assembled his band of disciples, turning fishers of fish into fishers of men.
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The lack of sincerity in Washington was palpable today. Over and over again, I could not get a single elected official I spoke to, neither Republican nor Democrat, to give me even one idea for cutting spending right now. Not one.
I made tons of suggestions that could be implemented tomorrow.
Why do we have huge military bases in Japan and Europe? These are just leftovers from another era. There are whole defense projects that the Defense Department doesn't even want.
How about farm subsidies? Ethanol subsidies? Nope.
How about Medicare negotiating with drug companies? Nope. I heard from one pol that the drug companies might move elsewhere. To where? We are the only country that lets them gouge us. I heard that the drug companies wouldn't feel compelled to spend money to develop new drugs. I wanted to scream -- did you ever hear about patent cliffs?
The Republicans were absolutely no better than the Democrats. In fact, they were worse. When I stipulated that I am not interested in talking about raising revenues because they say over and over that the issue is spending, they still talked about raising revenues. When I insisted that they talk about what they say they insisted on talking about, they wouldn't. They simply wouldn't.
I could never get away with that level of hypocrisy.
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And the president? He has no serious plan to cut spending either -- but at least he is willing to give something that helps balance the budget.
I am going to repeat this so it is really clear: NO Republican offered me anything to cut spending in the near-term. Not one.
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One of the most common types of civil attorneys is a personal injury lawyer. When you're hurt by an outside party and you would like to hold them legally responsible, a personal injury attorney conducts litigation and negotiates settlements to compensate for your pain and suffering. Sometimes many wronged people will join together with a single civil lawyer or law office to form a class action lawsuit.
Family/Divorce Lawyer
Most people will turn to a lawyer during a divorce to navigate the emotionally charged legal proceedings. A divorce attorney can assist in determining grounds for separation, division of property and custody of children.
Family attorneys deal with much more personal matters. If you're getting married, a family lawyer can help you prepare a prenuptial agreement or other family planning paperwork such as adoption or inheritance documents.
To ensure you find a competent attorney who won't abuse your trust or drain your finances, you have to make the proper inquiries. There are several questions you should ask, but the majority will fall under three general topics:
Training and Experience Questions
One of the best ways to determine quality is to examine an attorney's history. When you first step into a lawyer's office, you should check for the appropriate certifications and diplomas. You have to ask how long he or she has practiced law and request information that demonstrates the practice's success. Look for precise details such as percentage of cases settled out of court.
Once you inquire about the broad details of their legal career, you should ask questions about their experience that pertains to your specific issue. You should ask how many similar cases they have handled and if they have special skills or training that applies specifically to your needs. Lawyers can't mention clients by name, but you should ask for basic details about identical past cases.
Financial Questions
You need to ask about every possible fee that will come up when working with an attorney. You should request a list of all costs in advance so you won't be surprised by additional expenses like overhead. Also determine exactly when you will start being billed. You want to inspect paperwork carefully. If the attorney charges you for his or her experience, you need to make sure he or she will perform tasks personally and not hand it off to an assistant.
Find out if the attorney has a flat fee or charges by the hour. Many civil lawyers work on contingency. Whatever the payment plan, make inquiries about how the lawyer plans to provide service for your money and what you can do if you start to feel unsatisfied with his or her performance.
Lawyer/Client Relationship Questions
When you hire a lawyer, you're agreeing to work with someone over a certain period of time. You need to ask questions about how the attorney will communicate with you and what responsibilities you hold in the relationship. The attorney should let you know the best channel for quick communication and you need to inform him or her when you want updates.
You should also ask questions to get to know the attorney as an individual in order to ensure this is a person you can trust. Ask about their legal philosophy and how he or she views the lawyer/client relationship. Great questions to start off with are ones that will make your life easier, such as how to keep fees down or what daily disruptions you should expect from a long legal battle. The more forthcoming the lawyer appears to be with individual needs, the better.
You may keep a lawyer on retainer or you could turn to an attorney during specific situations. Here are some common reasons people begin seeking legal representation or advice:
You Know Your Limitations
If you sign documents and you come across a word you don't recognize, you need assistance. You may need a third party to help you navigate important employment or real estate paperwork. It's essential you fully understand the terms of any legally binding documentation or activity you become a part of. If you are not an expert in a given field, you'll want to hire an attorney who is.
A lawyer may find legal implications or opportunities you might miss. If you find yourself in a civil or criminal matter, a proper attorney ensures you don't receive a harsh punishment for a small mistake.
You're Facing an Important Event/Decision
When making decisions critical to your financial stability or personal life, you may want a lawyer with expertise in your situation to make sure you do everything you can to arrive at the proper resolution. This is especially true when you become involved in a criminal case and your freedom is on the line.
It's not just a matter of legal knowledge; lawyer's have access to numerous resources you do not. They have staff ready to work around the clock and experts in a variety of fields to give your important issues the attention they deserve.
You Can't Be Impartial
During times when personal matters intersect with legal proceedings, you may need to have an advocate to prevent your emotions from getting in the way of level-headed thinking. For example, divorce lawyers can mediate a heated argument and help both partners get on with their lives.
Emotional investment could be subtle. You may want to have a lawyer look over an investment opportunity that looks too good to be true or investigate the merits of a possible civil suit when you feel wronged.
You're Out of Options
Many people turn to lawyers when they are in trouble. If you've been accused of a crime or are in a terrible financial situation, you can find an attorney who will work with what you have available to assist you as you deal with your problems.
Personal injury lawyers find solutions for people who can no longer work under their own power and bankruptcy attorneys prevent people from giving in to debt. If you find yourself in a situation where you can't find a solution, a lawyer may be able to offer the counsel you need.
When it comes time to choose a lawyer, you should start by searching close to home. While you probably don't want the conflict of interest that comes from being represented by a family member, friends and loved ones can recommend lawyers who served them well in the past. If you do have attorneys you are familiar with, ask who they believe would be best for you.
After going through personal references - especially from individuals who had similar needs - you should broaden your search through public information resources. You can call your area's attorney referral service or check legal organizations like Martindale-Hubbell. There are other resources available online. You should check websites for client reviews and other third-party forms of approval.
When you build a list of possible candidates, perform a background check on each one. See if you can find information on their history and success record. Once you find a possible lawyer, you should call to arrange a consultation so you can ask your important questions in person.
By performing the necessary research and taking every available precaution, you can narrow your search to the attorney most suited to your needs.


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Hey all,
Today I noticed Kebap had quoted the OP for a couple people's first post and another OP for a thread that someone had a few posts. This is how we used to prevent people from removing their question after it got an answer, especially when it was homework (or looked like it). This kind of thing was a necessary evil, when KDoiron couldn't handle everything himself (though though you KDoiron for all the hard work of course) and it shift the noise-to-signal ratio in an undesirable way.
Now, we have many mods, and I'd like to suggest a policy of locking everyone's first post, always. After that you can use your best judgement, and if you see someone like Kebap quote it (which is totally fine for them to do), please lock the OP and delete the quote to keep things cleaned up.
I also like the practice of either editing people's crappy subject lines or asking them to do it. I really hate the "help please" posts. (More on that later.)
What's everybody think?


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HOME comforts are expected to make the Easterby family key players when the new point-to-point season gets under starter's orders this weekend.
The Yorkshire Area Point-to-Point Club's 2014 campaign begins at Sheriff Hutton on Sunday at East End Farm.
Land owner Mick Easterby will once again host the county's top jockeys and horses on a three-mile course close to his New House Farm yard.
Eight races have been scheduled, the first of which starts at noon, and the Easterbys will be keen to get off to a good start on their own turf.
The veteran Amicelli bids for another big success as a leading contender in division two of a riders' condition race.
Trained at Scackleton by Mick Easterby's daughter Cherry Coward, the former Cheltenham Festival Foxhunters winner is set to make his seasonal debut but, at 15, the main question is how much ability remains.
The family also has a number of contenders in the closing two-and-a-half-mile maiden with Bannys Lad, Spruce Up and Billy Two Tongues set to line up.
Jacqueline Coward, daughter of Cherry and the reigning national lady point-to-point champion, will be looking to ride a few winners – particularly Wizadora – and will also be hoping Ath Dara Boru can triumph in division two of the open maiden.
She bought the horse over the summer after it was placed in several Irish points but a tough challenge is expected from Irish Anthem, from leading trainer Sheila Crow's yard in Shropshire.
North Yorkshire handler Chris Pimlott has a live contender in the men's open in Schelm.
Formerly trained in Ireland by Ronny O'Leary, he was once rated 140 over jumps at the height of his career. He won seven races and was fourth, 20 lengths behind Sizing Europe, at Leopardstown in 2009.
But Classinaglass, trained by Stephanie Easterby, is expected to show his Cheltenham aspirations, while former Foxhunters runner-up Divine Intervention needs to overcome a year's absence from the course.
Admission on the day is £10 per person with under-15s free. Drivers with satellite navigation should type the postcode YO60 7TN. Racecards are £3.


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So in parts 1 and 2, we started working with custom content types, and then moved on to building relationships between our various pieces of data. So now what are we going to do with it all?
Linking Content
Now, we have the makings of a kind of dictionary of our film. We have entries for characters, external blogs, storylines, short films, short stories, etc. One thing we can do is simply make our website the dictionary. This would simply involve writing a new theme, or altering an existing theme to take advantage of the structures we've created. The related plugin already provides an automatic "related" section at the bottom of each post, if you want it to. But it might be cool to have things in our content hyperlink to their entries in the dictionary. We could manually create hyperlinks in the body of each post. But that kind of pollutes our data. With what we want to do, we might not always desire HTML hyperlinks. So what about creating our own kind of tag system? This is pretty common. for instance, maybe create a tag that looks like this:
This way, whatever our display mechanism, we can have code that turns this into the proper kind of link for the system. Our data might be displayed in many different ways: iPhone and iPad native views, Android native views, HTML views in either platform, HTML views on websites, etc. So if we're going to do this, it's in our interest to keep the data as clean as possible. WordPress already adds certain mark-up to your posts if you use the WYSIWYG editor. But we'll live with those for now. And in fact, maybe that alone will determine the format of our link structure. We certainly do not want to write another rich-text WYSIWYG editor for WordPress.
I did my due diligence on this one and went plugin shopping again. I found several that do this, but none really to my satisfaction. So I will wind up writing something of my own. I've been considering one that combs your content based on the posts related and automatically makes links. But I'm not sure yet if we're going to want this to be automated or manual. So we'll table this for a bit.
Delivering Content
This is where my post on using JSON to serve content from your WordPress install comes in. JSON is a data format. It's similar to XML in that it's pretty easy for people to read and it's structured so that machines can very easily read it. To the naked eye, it looks like this:
{"status":"ok","count":1,"count_total":1,"pages":1,"posts":[{"id":1659,"type":"storylines", "slug":"hector-and-celia","url":"http:\/\/desperatecomfort.com \/site\/blog\/storylines\/hector-and-celia\/", "status":"publish","title":"Hector and Celia","title_plain":"Hector and Celia", "content":"<p>This is the story of two Puerto Rican kids from Washington Heights who are abducted by the Shadowmen…<\/p>", "excerpt":"This is the story of two Puerto Rican kids from Washington Heights who are abducted by the Shadowmen…", "date":"2010-09-03 10:08:07","modified":"2010-09-08 22:52:09", "categories":[],"tags":[], "author":{"id":2,"slug":"mark","name":"mark", "first_name":"","last_name":"","nickname":"mark", "url":"http:\/\/","description":""},"comments":[], "attachments":[],"comment_count":0,"comment_status":"open"}]}
Now, that looks like a lot of goblygook, but you can see that there is some form to it. So using this, we are able to create feeds that our various devices and platforms can consume. For instance, I've written an Android framework which consumes this format, and stores it in the local Android database for use in apps on the device. Say, once a day, or when the user starts up the app, I have a service which call our feeds, gets new content, and stores it on the phone. Then the app can determine what to do with it.
This is nothing new. Most mobile content providers use some kind of feed to get their data to phones. NY Times, Huffington Post, etc. no doubt do something similar with either XML or JSON, or some custom format of their own. But again, one major hurtle I see is managing your data in a Transmedia experience. So using an existing tool like WordPress saves you a ton of headache in writing your own.
But as I also said before, I see an opportunity here to do more than deliver blog posts, an opportunity to use this for storytelling.
Add custom fields called "latitude" and "longitude" to a post and that gives your device the information it needs to present something on a Google map, or in Augmented Reality. Like if you had a documentary about something in New York City, you could use these location-based posts to create an Augmented Reality walking tour of actual locations used in the doc.
Add a custom field with a random date and time stored, and this gives us the ability to make our app look randomly "hacked" or "highjacked" by some bad guy in the storyworld.
Adding other custom fields gives you the ability to add metadata to your posts. Not the most elegant solution, but the possibility is there. I am going to try to talk about Metadata in another post on this topic.
It' s no secret that plugins can make WordPress slow. The more stuff the application has to do, the slower it will be, and the more traffic you get on your site or feeds, the more load on your server and database, the slower these will be. This leads to problems and can take your site and feeds down. We're going to combat this with a couple of levels of what's called caching. In case you're not familiar, this just means you store a static version of your content on a server so that web browsers hit that instead of your actual server. It makes your site load faster for users, and it saves your butt. There's almost no successful site that can live without some kind of caching. Interactive things like Facebook are an exception, but I suspect even they do some form of caching along the line. Even a cache that expires every minute can save you thousands of hits on your site if your traffic is high.
Caching Level 1: We are going to employ a CDN (Content Delivery Network), like those offered by Amazon cloud, or Rackspace cloud to store static versions of our JSON. So WordPress will generate the JSON, it will be stored on the CDN, then the mobile apps can grab that static version. For the most part, our WorkPress install is a place to manage data, not to serve data.
Caching Level 2: As I mentioned before, the Android framework I wrote stores our posts, characters, storylines, etc. on each device. Android and iPhones have a small database built in. This means, when the user is interacting with our storyworld, they can be grabbing our data right off their phone, so there is no network lag time. It also means the user can interact with at least some of the content "offline," where they don't have a network connection. The feeds to update new storylines, characters, posts, etc. will be called by services behind the scenes.
So, apps on phones will be hitting the server for new data, in our case, maybe several times a day. And they will be getting a cached version of the data from the CDN. So we should be pretty safe to scale this up to as many users as we want. It will get trickier with something like a real time game, but for what we're starting with, this will serve us nicely.
Mobile apps are fine today, but what about tomorrow?
Zak Forsman wrote a popular post some time back about putting together a VOD portal on your own with a few simple tools (WordPress being one of them). This is really a great thing for Indies. But what if we looked forward a bit. What if it's true that Google TV and (probably) Apple TV will run apps? They are based on the same OSs as the mobile platforms. Now, what if you had an app that lived on a customer's Google TV, fed by your WordPress install, and granting access to your storyworld right there on their TV? Same principles as the mobile apps use. You can grant access to this app on a subscription basis, say.
Others have tried packaging films up in apps, by just sticking their films into the apps. I find this to be…well, not a good plan. It's a static thing, and once you watch the movie, it's just a lump of uselessness sitting on your phone, taking up space.
I'm talking about the app for your film as a portal to the world of the film. Perhaps the Google TV app will allow the user to purchase the entire film, whereas a mobile app will only have access to shorter content. But the point is that that content can be updated on the fly through your WordPress install. It becomes an ever-changing, living thing, with your film being only one aspect to it.
Of course, if they are sitting on the couch, watching their Google TVs, why not just go to a website version of your world? Sure. Maybe. We don't yet know how integrated browsers will be in these platforms. So far, these companies seem pretty set on pushing us away from the web browser as a primary means of interfacing with the Internet. In addition to that, making this an app allows you to much more specifically design the interface for the device. Make it more conducive to using with a remote, say. And of course, since you will be sitting several feet away on the couch, the interface elements will have to be larger, so you can see them. Seems to me this would be another benefit of the app version over website version.
Remember last post when I was talking about the "dictionary" idea. Seems like great minds think alike, huh? Stephen Fry's new app.
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The many hands that help
It's an old saying about large tasks, but it's true: Many hands do make for light work. This weekend, I played Tom Sawyer for friends, and everyone had a hoot of a time. I got a big job done, which would have been daunting alone. The fun part was how many times this "many hands" thing came into play.
A few months ago, I bought this old cider mill at a rural yard sale; from that time to the actual pressing of the apples, many hands have lightened the work.
The grinder and double-barreled pressing machine is made of solid, old oak and must weigh neigh 300 pounds. Simply moving this beast calls for many hands (though fitting many hands around this thing is easier said than done) and "light" is all relative.
Neighbors helped me realize that the minor repairs that I thought we could take on ourselves were actually beyond the modest tool box I own as well as my mechanically declined aptitude. A local machine shop saw the job and thought they could bang it out in a short time. I ended up picking it up mere hours prior to the event I needed it for. Apparently, they had a team of six working on it into the wee hours the night prior.
Then, of course, 50-odd friends and neighbors came and made sweet juice and a sticky mess of themselves for a few hours and even cleaned up.
It looked to me as if the mill hadn't been used in a couple of decades, but we got it up and running and had a ball!
Obviously, I don't need 40 gallons of cider (now gently bubbling away in my cellar, with the help of some champagne yeast). Likely, most of us don't have such an autumnal task to complete. Still, the lesson is a good one to learn; especially for those of us who need some help now and again.
Whether it's a seasonal cleaning of the house, yard work or a new ramp to aid in accessibility, there are people who can and will help.
We've all noted good and new ideas from one another when you post your ideas and experiences here. I'd like to take this Monday morning and talk about what we do when we need an extra couple of hands to lighten the work. To whom do you turn? What are some of the jobs you've had help with that we might not have thought of?
Now, if I could only get a few hands to help me with paying the taxes…
Wishing you and your family the best of health.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court has denied a Democratic House candidate's request for a hand count and inspection of ballots in a race he lost by eight votes.
It's the latest development in a protracted disagreement over who won the race between incumbent state Rep. Al Landis, a Republican, and Democratic challenger Josh O'Farrell to represent voters in Tuscarawas (tus-kuh-RAW'-uhs) and Holmes counties.
In its order Tuesday, the high court rejected O'Farrell's request for a new recount and visual inspection of certain ballots.
Going further, justices ordered election boards to seal the ballots and to justify within five days why the documents shouldn't be permanently sealed and sent to Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor for safekeeping.
Landis' victory gave Republicans a critical 60-vote majority in the House.