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'I'd hear three rape jokes a day' - one teenager on the epidemic of sexual harassment in schools
What is it really like to be a girl in school today?
In this guest post, 17-year-old blogger and activist Yas Necati recounts her experiences of sexism in the classroom, and urges us all - teenagers, parents and teachers - to act.
It's Not That Simple
Posted on: Mon 10-Feb-14 13:29:38
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When I was in school, boys would buy The Sun for Page 3. They'd crowd around the paper in one corner of the classroom and scoff to themselves. It sounds like something from the 70s, but I only finished my GCSEs a few months ago.
I once asked a boy to stop looking at Page 3 whilst sitting next to me in class. He called me a "jealous dyke" and an "ugly shit". We were 12. But we could've been any age; it was a recurring incident throughout our school years. After a while, us girls simply gave up saying anything for fear of being told that we just wanted "better tits"... and truth is, most of us did. Who could really blame us?
Sexism is alive and well in schools. 70% of girls report experiences of sexual harassment at school or college, and school is the most common setting for sexual harassment and coercion. 16% of 15-17-year-olds have avoided going to school because they felt bad about their appearance – hardly surprising when you consider that a quarter of girls are bullied because of the way that they look. 40% of girls feel self-conscious about their bodies during PE and 87% of girls think sexism affects most areas of their lives. The statistics are staggering, and behind each of these numbers are real people with real stories. Looking at my own experience of sexism, it's frustrating to see how commonplace it is. I've spoken to my sister, my friends and reached out to other young women via Facebook to share theirs. We – teenagers, parents, teachers - need to start listening to these stories.
One evening over dinner my younger sister recited her day to me, recalling the still life she'd painted and a joke she'd heard. She paused for a second, grimacing before describing how boys had been watching pornography on their phones in the back of her English class. The teacher did nothing and the girls were too intimidated to react. For my 14-year-old sister, and many girls her age, this is just another day at school.
A rumour went round that a girl in our year had lost her virginity to a boy in Year 9. Everybody called her a slut for the remainder of her time at school. There was no shame placed on him, despite him being two years older and having had sex a lot more times than her. "What's the boy word for slut?" my younger friend once asked. "Respected," I said.
My sister's revelation of her everyday experience prompted me to think further about sexism I'd experienced at school – and the way in which gender biases and expectations start so young, for boys and girls.
When I was 11, a girl in my class punched a boy of the same age in the face. His cheek had swollen and with a quiet voice he told the teacher that she'd hit him. Mrs. Cedar chuckled and chimed, "Aww, Liam, did you get hit by a girl?" Immediately others began to laugh. Liam's inflamed cheek turned an even deeper shade of cherry-red. Needless to say he probably never made the same "mistake" again. Can you imagine how the teacher would've reacted if the genders were reversed? We're contradicting ourselves - encouraging children to ask for help, but basing our reactions on gender biases and expectations. This instance may have been subtle, but it's the small actions, and everyday socialisation, that shapes people's minds for the future. This boy's masculinity was checked before he could even ponder it. The culture that we're taught we later put into practice.
In secondary school, Year 7, I remember a rumour going around that a girl in our year had lost her virginity to a boy in Year 9. Everybody called her a slut for the remainder of her time at school. There was no shame placed on him, despite him being two years older and having had sex a lot more times than her. "What's the boy word for slut?" my younger friend once asked me after she'd been the victim of sexual bullying for wearing "suggestive eye-liner." "Respected," I said, although I couldn't possibly explain to her why…
Fast-forward a few years to the biggest decision of our lives to that date: GCSE options. I remember my friend telling me he fancied becoming a paediatrician so naturally was thinking of taking Child Development. But there was a problem - Child Development is a "girl's subject," right? He decided to opt out and a few months later switched career path. Only one boy, Jim, took Child Development, though managed to "hide" it from the other students during enrolment. When the term started and the boys found out, he was subject to severe harassment and bullying. A few weeks into the course, Jim dropped out. He continued to be teased for the remainder of his time at school.
In my final GCSE year, a boy kept calling me "hairy gorilla" for choosing not to remove my leg or underarm hair. When holidaying in Cuba that year, despite the heat, and the fact that I love swimming, I completely avoided the pool (the exposure!). After a whole week of hiding, I decided I'd finally 'take the plunge' on our final day away. For the rest of the academic year, a boy followed me around pointing at his underarms every time he saw me.
In my final year of school I became a little despondent. Years of experiencing sexism and watching others experience sexism was starting to profoundly affect my happiness and well-being. I began counting rape jokes. I realised that I'd be lucky, walking through the corridors, not to hear three a day. I became a feminist, not because I felt it was important, but because I felt it was essential. When I told my teacher she said I should "just give up" as I was "wasting my time."
Starting college a few months back I decided I should act. I set up a feminist society with a girl in the year above, and welcomed everyone along. The response, though mainly positive, didn't compensate for the years of sexism and discrimination we'd all suffered. We felt comforted that others had similar stories to our own. Yet these are stories of assault, bullying and shame; why should we have to experience this?
We're currently working on a local project - similar to Everyday Sexism - collecting experiences of sexual bullying and harassment within the college. After only a few months we found most young women had a story to share. One girl was the constant target of rape jokes and sexual threats because of her sexual orientation; another was told by a boy that he would "make her straight." I know so many young women who've been forced into doing things against their consent. I know young women who've been raped.
Sexism is alive in schools. The teenage years are an uncertain and difficult time for many as they grapple with their identities and try to sculpt themselves into the adults they will become. The culture in schools has a huge impact on this development. Although changes are happening, we've got a long way to go before achieving equality in the classroom. We need a massive shift in the way we educate our daughters and sons, both on the curriculum and off it. Sexism in schools has a negative effect for everybody, and it's time we made a change.
By Yas Necati
Twitter: @YasNecati
It's not seen as a problem in general society. It can't be can it? Ron Atkinson made a racist remark and was castigated by everyone. Quite rightly. Nobody in the media would touch him. Richard Keys and Andy Gray make sexist and derogatory remarks and they just get moved sideways to a different media outlet.
A few famous footballers have taken things further and attacked women physically. It doesn't seem to have done any long term damage to their careers at all.
The message seems to be clear; Make a remark about a woman's colour, ethnicity or religion and you're for the high jump.
Make sexist, lewd comments, deny her opportunities solely down to her gender or physically attack her and it doesn't raise the same outrage.
I understand and accept that by having two daughters, I might not be looking at this objectively. It's still wrong though and it needs addressing. Firm action is needed from a very early age.
Great blog, Yas.
This is why I sent my dds to single-sex schools, and also why I wouldn't send my ds to a single-sex school - though the boys you know may be dreadful, Yas, at least they are learning, through mixing with you, that girls are people. (And yes, realise I'm lucky every parent doesm't think tjhis too or the mixed schools would have no girls in.)
I teach teenagers and ALWAYS pick students up on sexist attitudes/comments. Am quite shocked there are teachers who let students get away with rape jokes/porn in class - male teachers, maybe? As clearly this is offensive to female teachers as well as female students.
So glad the new generation of girls is fighting back - the whole 90s lads movement made me so depressed...
How do we get to the point where boys have to learn that girls are people?
mathanxiety - by doing exactly what my youngest daughter is doing. She's going for a career in a very male dominated industry. She's doing her A levels at the moment. When she was asked in the class what she wanted to be, the boys who wanted something similar were sneering and so was the dyed in the wool, crusty old fart of a teacher.
Doesn't make any difference though. She's wiping the floor with them in her tests and is comfortably ahead of all the boys. She's on target to get grade A or A* in all of her science A levels.
Well that's one way to move on, and I agree that's a direction girls women need to have the chutzpah to take, but how did we get to the point where we find ourselves utterly disrespected and held in such contempt right now?
What is the foundation of the attitudes that girls and women battle against?
And also, how do we get boys and men to change? I linked upthread to a programme in an American high school I am familiar with that was designed to tackle the issues by inviting boys to examine images of manhood they are dealing with. Boys and men need to examine the image they have of themselves. I think that is key.
Yas thank you for sharing. I am horrified and gob smacked.
Are there petitions out there?
Are there people we can write to?
My DD is 9 and I don't want her experiencing what you and your friends have experienced in school.
I've been a feminist over 30 years and it was never this bad when I was younger.
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Hey Guys,
I wanna show you now how to build an insane Teemo!
Read it and have fun with it ;))
PS: It´s my first guide so don´t be too hard with me :p
For Runes I take:
1) 9 Attack Damage Marks
2) 9 Attack Damage Seals
3) 9 Ability Power Glyphs
4) 2 Attack Damage and 1 Ability Power Quintessences
-> All Runes are Tier3 of course ;)
For Masteries I take 28/0/2 as u can see!
Taking Summoner´s Wrath, Brut Force, Alacrity, Sorcery, Deadliness, Weapon Expertise, Havoc,
Lethality, Vampirism, Sunder and Executioner in Offensive for nice early- and lategame damage.
Summoner´s Insight to increase the Teleport a bit and Improved Recall to be in base faster.
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Why ingite?
That´s pretty easy! Ignite is a pretty useful damage skill. Even in lategame it´s damage is
pretty nice to finish low-life enemys.
Why Teleport?
That´s simple , too! Teemo is famous for his hidden mushrooms. With Teleportyou can easily
gank your enemys from the bush if you put a mushroom in there because you´re able to port to
to your mushrooms ;))
Pros / Cons
-Nice damage in late and early game
-Able to gank with shrooms and Teleport
-Pretty well usable against AD fighters ( Blinding Dart)
-Extremely good chaser when you got the Frozen Mallet
-Good escape skills (Fast Movement+Mushrooms)
-Amazing 1VS1
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Dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, was once known as a "do-nothing President." (Those were the days.) His presidential legacy includes creating the Interstate Highway System, completing the St. Lawrence Seaway, and establishing the Federal Aviation Administration. (In retrospect, it seems like his detractors might have been wrong.)
President Eisenhower will be honored with a memorial in Washington DC. Gehry Partners, LLP, the Los Angeles-based architectural firm headed by Frank O. Gehry, has been selected as lead designer by the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission and the General Services Administration. Mr. Gehry is well known for his designs of the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain and the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park in Chicago.
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By Brigid Schulte
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 28, 2006
By day, they are defense contractors, NASA engineers, car salesmen, teachers, economists, insurance salesmen and orthodontists. But at night, on a lighted oval of concrete just off Seminary Road, when they have their skates laced, helmets on, hockey sticks in hand and are dripping in sweat, they are Benito, Rocket Man, BFL (Big Fat Liar), the Egg, Tight Lips, NASCAR and FFO, the Fleet Footed Orthodontist.
Or, if he's having a bad night, just FO.
They are the Phantoms. And they rule in the Thursday night coed roller hockey league at the Washington area's only outdoor roller hockey rink. Unless, of course, you ask their rival, Roadkill. Just the other night in a heated game, BFL, a.k.a. Scott MacQuarrie, and Roadkill's Julio Varillas got into it. By the end of the night, the Phantoms had dominated 2-1 and the two plonked their broken sticks into a trash can.
"When we play that team, we get riled up," BFL explained. "That was a brand new stick. It was only about three hours old."
And that's only on Thursdays.
On Mondays, in the elite league, the well-connected White House All Stars and the all-Czech Bohemians, led by Peter the Czech, who hang out their flag, blast Eurotrash music and drink only Pilsner Urquell, routinely re-fight the Cold War. On Tuesdays, in the Rec League, aging engineers and architects on teams such as Bladerunners and the Dognads -- a name coined from merging the Dog Biscuits and the Nads -- can act out their foiled NHL dreams. And when Dynamo is on deck, all bets are off, especially if the team has brought the moonshine. There's Friday night pickup free-for-all, Wednesday hockey without the wheels and Sundays for the family.
Four men plus a goalie per team. Ten games a season. Three seasons a year. Red balls for when it's hot. Orange for cool. Pink for when it's freezing out. It never stops.
It's a whole other world on wheels.
"It has a funky charm," said Bill Raue, founder of the Alexandria Inline Hockey Association, who built the rink and runs the leagues. "You come. You play. You hang out. You tell lies. I figure I'm keeping 40-year-old juvenile delinquents off the streets."
The game is fast and furious. And addictive. Just ask the Egg, Ed Miehle, who drives all the way from Germantown for the Thursday night games. (His Phantom teammates lured him with the promise of a fax machine and a DVD of the movie "Gladiator.") The leagues can be wild and raucous. It's as if buttoned-down Washington operators stepped into a phone booth, ripped off their clothes and emerged bigger, meaner and ready to kill. And that includes the women.
"Oh, you should see some of them out there," said Raue, pronounced RAO-wee. "They're evil."
That goes for Miriam Prantner, 30, a defense contractor and Phantom team captain, known as Benito, as in Benito Mussolini. "I'm a dictator," she said one recent night while unlacing her skates and peeling off her hockey pants, as the Capitol Hookers, the next team to play, made its way onto the rink.
"The women are the best ones on our team," BFL MacQuarrie acknowledged.
So good, in fact, are the women on the Phantoms and Roadkill that one team or the other wins the championship every year. So Raue had to create a loser's playoff for the other six coed teams. It's called the Sheba Cup, after the dog. (As in "Come Back, Little . . . ") "That damn Sheba Cup. It's just an old champagne bucket my wife found at a yard sale," Raue said. "You'd think it was the damn World Series."
The winners take it from bar to bar and drink out of it. The winners of the Phantom-Roadkill face-off get T-shirts.
The Phantoms are tight on and off the rink. They go out for beers at Cap City Brewery in nearby Shirlington after every game. They celebrate birthdays together. They go to movies together, such as the hockey classic "Miracle," all except for No. 91, Nelson Eng, 41. "He had to go with someone else," Benito scolded.
And the ribbing is nonstop. The Phantoms call Eng "Tight Lips" because they think he works for the CIA. "I'm an economist at State," he pleaded but later asked a reporter, "Please be discreet."
As the group got ready to head out for beers, Dave "Rocket Man" Radzanowski, 41, a NASA engineer, moaned that he had gone to the eye doctor that day and had to get bifocals.
"Hey, maybe that'll improve your defense," was the only sympathy he got.
Marriages have been made and broken up at the rink. Deals have been done. And scores have been settled. Sometimes the action in the parking lot, where everyone hangs out, is at least as interesting as the action on the rink.
Most everyone competes in fun. And if anyone goes too far -- as one all-lawyer team did once -- they're out. "They were a damn bunch of fascists," Raue said. There are Germans and Russians, Canadians and a Pakistani. There are homesick transplants from the Northeast who grew up playing ice hockey on ponds and in college and who found that the dearth of ice hockey rinks in the D.C. area made playing here too expensive and too inconvenient, with some games starting at odd hours, such as midnight.
And like any self-contained universe, Alexandria roller hockey has its own celebrities. Such as Billy Bush of "Entertainment Tonight" fame. "He was intense," said one player respectfully. And Tony Rudy, a one-time aide to Republican former representative Rep. Tom DeLay. Rudy pleaded guilty earlier this year in the federal corruption and bribery case associated with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Rudy's roller hockey team was called the Vandals.
"Yeah, the Abramoff scandal literally cost us an entire team," Raue lamented.
And, as in any universe, there are the characters. Such as Truman, the referee, who came out of nowhere, Raue said, and one day will probably disappear again. And then there's Raue himself.
Raue, 67, spent a lifetime doing public relations and advertising for "leftie" nonprofit organizations, such as the Sierra Club and zero-population-growth groups. He dresses in T-shirts and jeans, and his white blond hair, jammed under an ever-present baseball cap, falls to his shoulders. "I'm just an aging '60s hippie," he said in a raspy voice with a broad Midwestern twang. He fought in the Vietnam War -- with a guitar, he said. Although he was drafted, the Army put him in a folk band to entertain the troops. "It was awful," he said. "But at least we weren't being shot at."
The story of the accident that brought him to roller hockey is legend. In the late 1990s, his wife came home from a yard sale with a pair of in-line skatesthat she had bought for a dollar. A former ice hockey goalie from his college days in Wisconsin, Raue found ad hoc street hockey games on the just-poured concrete of parking lots and malls under construction on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria's West End.
He got hooked.
He bought Major League Roller Hockey, a U.S. and European pro league. He set up temporary rinks at recreation centers. And, he said, after getting kicked off every playground in Alexandria, he worked out a deal with the city and the schools. Francis Hammond Middle School on Seminary Road had an unused parking lot, which was used to teach driver's ed back when Hammond was a high school. The school gave Raue permission to build the rink -- he paid about $100,000 to do so -- and he pays rent for the land.The rink is affectionately known as Raue's Pond.
When not used for league games from 7 to 11 p.m. every weeknight and on Sundays, the tree-lined rink is open to the public. T.C. Williams lacrosse players practice there. Kids come to roller-skate. It's a perfect setup, Raue said -- especially since the place is secluded.
"We've never had a complaint by neighbors," he said. "I don't know why. We have perfectly sane adults screaming 'F you!' and 'If you slash me again, I'm gonna smash your face.' "
In theory, Alexandria Inline Hockey is a noncontact sport.
Raue's wife, who is British, rarely comes out to watch what she calls the "unmitigated violence" on the rink. But, Raue said, she understands what has become his obsession. "Look, I'd spent 25 years holding the hands of people wringing their hands and worrying about the state of the world," he said. "This is fun."
Sean King, a former captain of the White House All Stars who has since moved to New York, remembered spending weekends shoveling snow off the rink with Raue and hearing of him out there at all hours of the night patching cracks in the concrete. "When I first saw Bill Raue, I thought of Doc in the 'Back to the Future' movies," King said. "He's sort of a mad genius."
And Raue makes no secret of his political leanings. "I was an appointee in the Bush administration," King said. "He was always saying, "Sean, you gotta come out and play. That is, if you're not going to jail with the rest of your friends.' "
But no one, neither King nor any of the other rollerheads, bats an eye at Raue's dedication. "We're all crazed," King said.
"With roller hockey, you're doing two or three things at once," King explained. "You're trying to control this little thing bouncing around and keeping someone else away from you trying to do the same thing. Then there's the thrill and rush of actually scoring a goal. It's like a hot flash goes through your entire body. No matter how many times you've scored, no matter how meaningless the game, it's a great feeling. To see the dejection on the goalie's face: You are wholly responsible for someone else's misery. It's very uplifting."
Plus, it's a great workout. As Edwin Lee, the Fleet-Footed Orthodontist sees it, "It's not a one-ligament sport."
On a recent Tuesday night in the Rec League, architect Kristian Fonss of Alexandria unbuckled his sweat-soaked goalie leg protectors. His team, the Crimson Dogs, had just lost to The Inmates, who won 4-3, coming from behind. But Fonss felt secure in his position. Roller hockey goalies are hard to come by. Most people want a piece of the action in the center of the rink.
"My first time as goalie, we lost 18-3," he said. "I, uh, improved from there."
His friend and fellow architect Steve Kulinski, who plays three nights a week, has his own formula for making sure he can feed his roller hockey obsession.
"I'm not a really good player. I don't have a lot of natural talent," Kulinski said. "But I learned that if you manage the team, they'll never kick you off."
New players are welcome on Friday nights for pickup games. Adults interested in joining a team or in getting more information may contact Bill Raue of the Alexandria Inline Hockey Association at 703-535-5996, Ext 1, or visithttp://www.sportability.com/alexandria.
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XLGAMES recently released a new trailer for ArcheAge's fishing feature. The tailer give you an impression of the deep sea fishing and people take home their harvest in the game, which is rather realistic. Check out the video below.
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THE curtain will be raised on our annual laughfest today with the official launch of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Festival director Susan Provan will unveil the "478-ish" shows that will make up this year's month-long party and announce the return of the popular Spiegeltent.
Hearts sank last year when it was confirmed the Spiegeltent — a major comedy, cabaret and music venue — would not return.
But the festival scrambled to secure the touring icon in a new home at Fed Square.
The festival kicks off at the Palais Theatre on March 26 with the Opening Night Allstars Comedy Supershow before hundreds of venues across the city are thrown open to Australia's biggest cultural event.
Among the big names already announced are returning local stars Wil Anderson, Dave Hughes, Denise Scott, Felicity Ward and Perfect Tripod, and international favourites such as Paul Foot, Jason Byrne, Sara Pacoe and Milton Jones.
The festival program will be in the Herald Sun on March 1.
"It's a fantastic line-up," Provan said.
"We've got a great mix of Australian artists all presenting new shows and a great mix of returning artists from overseas, as well as a lot of people who are brand new to Australian audiences."
Provan said she was thrilled to have secured the Famous Spiegeltent for the duration of the festival.
"We just couldn't bare for the Spiegeltent not to be back in Melbourne," she said. "It's become such an integral part of the comedy festival and it's a venue that so many of our performers love being in."
The Spiegeltent will run day and night with a mixed program of comedy, cabaret, music, late-night variety and the Kids Comedy Club. Artists performing there include Sam Simmons, The Axis of Awesome and EastEnd Cabaret (Victorian artists who have made it big in the UK).
"It will be a very busy program," Provan said. "Wherever there are gaps in the comedy programming, David Bates (owner) is going to plug that with music programming, which is what he's good at.
"It's a lovely venue for the sort of work we present and there will be a really good mix of interesting and alterative artists."
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Kip Keino's Belfast golden mile made sporting history
It's like Usain Bolt setting a new 100m world record right here in Belfast. But even more remarkable. The sub four-minute mile used to be THE benchmark in athletics, Roger Bannister in 1954 finally breaking what was once considered an impossible goal.
Paisley Park on Belfast's West Circular Road is the home ground of Amateur League football club Albert Foundry but back in the day regularly hosted athletics meets.
And the humble setting was the scene of the first sub four-minute mile in Northern Ireland, set by one of the sport's biggest stars of the time.
Kip Keino was a late addition to a mile contest at Paisley Park where top athletes like future Olympic gold medallist Mary Peters and Mike Bull trained and competed.
And the Kenyan didn't disappoint, racing to victory in under four minutes - followed home in second by Ulsterman Derek Graham, who also managed to get inside the magic mark.
Keino, now chairman of the Kenyan Olympic Committee, has gone down in history as one of the greats of the sport, with two Olympic golds and two silvers underlining his dominance.
But his feat in Belfast was one of the greatest athletics performances ever seen in Ulster, although it has been largely forgotten - until now.
Local man Colin Beattie has been intrigued by the achievement ever since he was told about it by athletics coach Eddie Johnston.
"I am from the area and have known Eddie for years. I thought it was a great story when Eddie told me about it," said Beattie.
"George Best, Barry McGuigan, Gerry Armstrong's goal against Spain in the 1982 World Cup, Ulster Rugby's 1999 European Cup triumph and Rory McIlroy, Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell winning Majors all make up Northern Ireland's rich sporting history.
"But Kip Keino's sub four-minute mile at Paisley Park is every bit as much part of the country's sporting history. But it is a feat that seems to have been forgotten and that's an awful shame.
"Derek Graham finished second in the same race, becoming the first Northern Ireland runner to run a sub four-minute mile in his own country."
The race was run on a wet and windy Wednesday night - August 16, 1967 - with a crowd of over 2,000 cramming in to see the athletics superstar, who had been competing in London on the previous Saturday and made the short hop to Belfast for his midweek engagement.
Beattie added: "I actually met Keino in Dublin a few years ago and he said he remembered the occasion well.
"He mentioned the terrible weather but said he will always remember the warm welcome he received and the hospitality of the Ulster people.
"He was very gracious and said that he hoped to return to Belfast some time in the future."
Coach Johnston has great memories of the night in question - and was every bit as impressed with Ulsterman Graham's display as that produced by the great Keino.
"Derek Graham turned up at Paisley Park after a day's work and ran a sub four-minute mile, finishing just behind a sporting superstar. That took some doing," said octogenarian Johnston.
"It was a cracking race and the crowd really got behind the runners, creating a great atmosphere in terrible weather.
"Keino was an absolute gentleman, a really nice guy. As one of the organisers of the event, I spent a fair bit of time with him. He was an athletics superstar, a very special talent," added Johnston, who also met the legendary Jesse Owens in the course of his coaching career.
The Belfast race - in which Keino clocked 3.57.2 to Graham's 3.59.4 - was reported with great fanfare at the time.
The Belfast Telegraph report stated: "Kip Keino was king in the Albert Foundry international track and field meeting at Paisley Park.
"As (he) promised, Keino raced his way to a 3.57.2 mile, the fastest ever recorded on an Ulster track.
"More than 2,000 drenched fans stood around in a rain-soaked arena to pay homage to the man acclaimed throughout the world as the magnificent miler.
"For Keino had just romped his way to a new Northern Ireland all-comers record, improving the old figure by nearly eight seconds.
"What a night it turned out to be. The crowd, huddled beneath umbrellas and mackintoshes, gave Keino a great reception as he came to the line.
"Billy Bryans went away like a whippet, taking them to a 57-second quarter and to the half in 1.58.
"Keino lay back. So too did Derek Graham and Scotsman Ian McCafferty, watching for the master.
"It was at the bell that he really made his move. They were there in 2.58 and the trio shot off together.
"On the second-last lap, Keino checked up on the field with a turn of the head just when Graham was making some in-roads. But Keino need not have worried. He hit the tape eight yards to the good, with Graham tying up slightly and McCafferty working his heart out but still another 50 yards behind.
"The crowd went wild with the excitement of it all."
Keino was interviewed immediately afterwards and talked about what everyone in this country talks about - the weather.
He said: "Boy it was wet. I wasn't really worried at any stage and I just kept going."
Graham was a happy man in his post-race interview.
He said: "I did what I set out to do - stay as close as possible to one of the world's greatest. I felt like I was catching the maestro on the back straight. It might have been a faster time had I been able to stick to the inside lane but it was too rough.
"I tied up a little coming home but it was a good run."
Graham's sub four-minute mile at Paisley Park was actually the third time he had achieved the magic mark.
He was the first Ulsterman to break the barrier when he ran 3.59.40 to finish fifth at the Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica on August 13, 1966.
Remarkably, within a week Graham (pictured) had run even faster, clocking 3.59.26.
Keino went on to achieve great things off the track too.
He is renowned in Kenya for his charity work, building schools, hospitals and orphanages, while his role with the Kenyan Olympic Committee has also kept him in the spotlight.
Just like he was all those years ago in Paisley Park.
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McKechnie 21, Beasley 37
PORTLAND United ensured they will take their title challenge to the final day of the season, after an impressive victory over nine-man Team Solent at Grove Corner.
No matter what the outcome of leaders Moneyfields' situation regarding a points deduction for fielding a suspended player back in January, Portland will be in contention to claim the crown if they beat Bemerton Heath Harlequins on Saturday.
The Blues had two good chances within 30 seconds of each other in the opening period against the Students to gain an early lead.
First, a sweeping ball found Jamie Beasley, who fired a shot straight at James Taylor in the Students' goal. From the resulting corner, the ball was floated on to the head of island skipper Lewis Whyton, whose header was scrambled away to safety.
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UK allows one migrant EVERY MINUTE to stay JUST from countries outside the EU
THE UK has handed out residence permits to migrants at a rate of more than one every single minute of the year.
Almost 568,000 non-Europeans were given the right to stay in Britain last year
Almost 568,000 non-Europeans were given the right to stay in Britain last year, according to EU statistics.
More Home Office visas were given to asylum seekers, trafficking victims and unaccompanied children than foreign students in 2014.
The figure is bigger than any other EU country and means that one in four of all permits dished out in the whole of the continent were British.
Home Office staff handed out signifcantly more compared to other nations. Poland was in second place but issued 200,000 fewer, and Germany, was third with less than half the UK total.
The data, which does not count EU citizens coming to live in the UK, starkly illustrates the pressure being put on Britain by mass migration and comes and EU leaders struggle to hold the bloc together as it buckles under the weight of the refugee crisis engulfing it.
Alp Mehmet of Migration Watch said: "This is not surprising. It backs up the figures of long term residents coming into the country.
"We know that the UK is an attractive destination for people around the world.
"If you add the numbers of illegal immigrants to that you are talking about well over 500,000 people a year who need housing and the rest of the social support that residents need.
The UK has handed out residence permits to migrants at a rate of more than one every single minute
"The true total may be far higher than the official figures."
Steven Woolfe, UKIP Migration spokesman said: "Evidence of the attractiveness of Britain as a place of residence for non-EU nationals who want to live outside their home countries is indisputable.
Evidence of the attractiveness of Britain as a place of residence for non-EU nationals who want to live outside their home countries is indisputable
"The implications for the government's migration policies are also self-evident. First, any attempt by David Cameron to get UK net migration to 'tens of thousands' instead of the current 330,000 per year is a pipe dream unless he can stem the flow of new EU residents into Britain.
"Second, the pressure put on the economies of EU countries being forced by Germany to accept quotas of refugees from the Middle-East and Africa will mean that more EU citizens are likely to up sticks and come to Britain like millions before them. The only way to stop this is to leave the EU and take back control of Britain's borders from Brussels"
Figures published yesterday by the European Commission's statistical wing, Eurostat, showed that the 28 EU member states issued a total of 2.3million residence permits or visas allowing non-Europeans to stay in their countries legally for three months or more.
One in four of that total - 567,806 – were handed out by the UK.
Although Britain had the highest figure for the second year in a row, its 2014 total was down on the 724,200 non-Europeans who came to the UK in 2013.
The next highest was Poland who handed out 355,418 – mainly to Ukranian workers – and then Germany where 237,627 were issued.
Americans, Chinese and Indians were the three main nationalities coming to Britain.
The largest number of British visas - 177,364 - were given for "other reasons" which includes to asylum seekers, victims of people traffickers and children who arrive without their parents.
Britain's attractiveness to those looking for safety is underlined by the fact that Poland was second in the "other reasons" category with 118,229 and Germany third with just 67,285
Student visas were the next biggest category with 177, 234 showing the UK was the top destination in the EU for education-related migration.
More Home Office visas were given to asylum seekers and unaccompanied children than foreign students
A further 116,707 were granted for people coming for work and 96,501 came for "family reasons."
Poland was the top destination for migrant workers and attracted mainly Ukranians, those from Belarus and Moldova.
In its report, Eurostat said the total number of residence permits handed out last year across the EU was about 50,000, or 2 percent, down on 2013.
"The United Kingdom issued the highest number of first permits in the EU in 2014 with 568,000, followed by Poland with 355,000, Germany with 238,000, France with 218,000, Italy with 204,000 and Spain with 189,000.
"These six countries represented more than 75 per cent of all first permits issued in the EU to non-EU citizens," it said.
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On Saturday, July 16, 1988, brothers Aaron Annett, 16, and Kevin Annett, 13, worked at their summer job moving irrigation pipe in Firth, Idaho. Their parents reported the boys missing about noon. Around 3:30 PM, they were seen cashing their checks totaling $70.00 at the Hard Times Store in Firth. After this, they went missing the rest of the day. In the evening, Aaron's body was found near an island in the Snake River, SW of Firth. The following morning, Kevin's body was found. Both boys had been shot on the island that separates the inlet from the river. They had several bruises and cuts about their body. A brown pickup, either a GMC or Chevrolet 1970's model may have been involved. Authorities have a person of interest.
The site posted above includes many newspaper articles from back then as well as developments in the case over the years.
Case of brothers found shot dead unsolved: Teen victims' bodies recovered in July 1988 - March 21, 2014
Detective Paul Newbold with the combined Blackfoot Bingham County unit, said he's never closed the cases of Aaron and Kevin Annett, teenage brothers who were found shot to death in a channel off the Snake River near Firth. The boys were killed in 1988.
Newbold said a "strong" person of interest has been identified in connection with the murders, but no arrest has ever been made. The case remains one of only two unsolved homicide cases in Newbold's 34-year-long career.
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New Delhi, Apr 19: A delegation of 'National Forum for Single Women's Rights' met Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi demanding that low-income separated and divorced women be given social security and other benefits that is being given to widows by the Centre.
During the meeting, Gandhi assured the delegation that she would hold a meeting of her Ministry's personnel and discuss matters relating to Single Women. Sharifa Chippa, representing the organisation, pointed out that according to the 2011 Census, there are 5.12 crore (51 million) single women in India, of which 4.32 crore (43 million) are widows, 23.7 lakhs are separated, 9.09 lakhs are divorced and 46.5 lakhs are older never-married women.
"This large section of Indian women certainly needs the attention of the Central Government," she added The delegation also met VS Oberoi, Principal Secretary, WCD, and discussed the need for a special Witch-Hunting Bill because many single women face atrocities that are committed on them by society, simply because of rumours that they are "witches".
He encouraged the women to look at the Indian Penal Code and ascertain if it was adequate for dealing with the atrocities of witch-hunting.
Discussions were also held with the Additional Secretary, Preeti Sudan who agreed to write to concerned Ministries about single women's needs such as raising the age limit of the Livelihood Mission's training programmes to include Single Women up to the age of 45, including additional skill training courses for women whose educational qualifications are below 5th Standard.
Nirmal Chandel, president of the organisation, pressed for the allotment of land to landless single women so that they would get a place to live and and for pursuing a livelihood.


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- Property ID: 103908590
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- Fireplaces: 1
- County: Saratoga
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Discussion in 'Travelogues & Experiences' started by PaddleShifter, May 6, 2011.
whats happening guys, ny updates.....ny specific plans !!!!!
Hi guys, so it has been decided that Dilip, me and Vijayant sir will reach Elegant Motors (Samyak Motors) by around 9:15am. So that work can be started as early as possible.
Samyak Motors Pvt. Ltd.
206, F.I.E., Patpar Ganj Industrial Area, New Delhi- 110092
09:15am onwards
Hoping to see y'all there.
It might be till 3-4pm by the time all work is finished.
@Dilip & @Cubbie- Plan after the Elegant motors meet is undecided. Lets see if we get time to hangout. I have to pick my parents and go back to Chandigarh the same day so it would be quite exhausting for me.
P.S.- Ansal's T-JET has got even hotter with new mods.
All the very best, have a nice time and explore among yourselves towards the popularity FIAT.
Very eager to meet all u guys ...
Der is a mall just opposite to Elegant Motors ,we can hang-around der for sometime ... The best part of that mall : its just adjacent to a maruti showroom ,it would b nice seeing them scratch their heads to see so mny fiats ..... Of course if time permits ...
Met my brothers at Delhi and got armrest for Fiat Punto
Finally I have reached home. Driven around 600Kms today between 5:00am to 7:30pm.
I have got th Linea armrest installed in my Pnto besides meeting my TFIan brothers from Delhi NCR region.
Part 1: Chandigarh to Delhi
I started from Chandigarh at around 4:42am and did a lot of fast and furious driving touching a top speed of 145Kmph (Note- I was driving with my parents on board).
The NH from Chandigarh to Delhi has lots of diversions and I just loved to execute some high speed maneuvers. Reached Delhi at around 8:30am and dropped parents at the ISBT after eating a quick breakfast. Vijayant sir guided me to his place where my armrest had been resting for the past 1 month.
Part 2: Awesome breakfast and legendary driving, touchwood
Now, Vijayant sir met me at a flyover along with his son from where he took the keys of my Punto and started driving towards his place.
I used to respect Frank Martin from transporter as one of the best drivers I have seen until today.
My heart was in my mouth for the entire time Vijayant sir was driving through tight corners. He drove Punto through such tight spaces where even parking sensors would burn from overload. I can't even drive my bike in such tight parking, courtesy, the "n" number of cars parked on the roads.
After that, I had an awesome breakfast at his place. I wish I had space in my stomach so that I could continue eating more of it. :up
Finally we picked up the armrest and started our journey towards Elegant Motors, Patparganj Industrial area.
TFIan Dilip_Dmk had already reached Elegant and was waiting for us.
Part 3: Meeting the FIAT and FIATians vertified best SA in India
Well, I have read about him at BHP, TFI and other forums. Someone wrote in 2008 on a forum that someone from FIAT had recommended this SA as he is the best at what he specializes in.
The name is Mr. O P Sharma. He is a very senior and knowledgeable person. Just seeing him was enough for me to get assured that our cars is going into safe hands and nothing wrong can happen.
Both Dilip and I got Linea armrests installed in our Puntos. Additionally, I got my engine oil replaced as well as I was still using the factory filled oil and had clocked 8000Kms with it. I, too, believe that first oil should be changed after run-in or clocking 5000-7000Kms.
Part 4: TFIans gathering at Elegant Motors
So, the lit comprised of:
- Axn
- Ansal
- Dilip_Dmk
- Ichimaru
- Karan Sharma
- PaddleShifter
- Nitinkumardba
Varoon was busy searching for a new home while Shashanknathani did not turn up as he had some personal work to attend to. We were there till 2pm and Sharad hadn't turned up by that time.
It was nice meeting all the funny guys after so long. BTW I was targeted by everyone as the subject for leg pulling.
We talked a lot about FIAT and FIAT India besides comparing FIAT cars with others. We checked out the mods done by Ansal. His car now sports "Coupe" badges on both sides just near the side indicators on the front fenders besides Manchester United goodies.
Someone talked to us regarding Punto and we guided him, thinking that he's Sharad :evilsmile as he was ?expected to come at around 2-3pm in case he gets free after getting his Swift serviced. Later on, we found that he was someone else who had come here for getting his Indica serviced.
Part 5: Abrupt end to the meet
We were planning to hangout and get something to eat when I received a call from my parents that they were sitting at the Kashmiri Gate Metro station and were free. So, I decided to leave immediately as the Delhi temp today was north of 40 degrees.
Special thanks to Karan who guided me all the way back till ISBT. Thanks Karan.
So, finally I left for home. Attached are the few pics that were clicked. Armrest pics will be uploaded in the Armrest thread later.
Pic1- Saw this very long truck. 4 guys were sitting at the rear. Their duty was to scream and scare anyone who dared to try overtaking this truck.
Pic2- (left to right): Nitinkumardba, Nitinkumardba junior, Ansal, Ichimaru (Aniruddh), Karan Sharma, Dilip_dmk
Pic3- Karan, whats up buddy?
Pic4- All smiles
Pic5- No comments
Pic6- I was driving when my father asked me to take rest while he took over the steering. I saw a Chevy Cruze zooming past us just as my dad started driving. I fell asleep after a few minutes and woke up a good 10 minutes later. All of a sudden, I saw this Cruze rocketing past us again. I asked my dad if it's the same Cruze and how did came from behind when it had zoomed past us at full speed 10mins back while we had just slotted the car into 2nd gear.
My dad told me that he had overtaken the Cruze and The Cruze was left behind. Normally he drives at less than 80-90kmph.
nice yashik bro,
apologies for not making it there @ elegant....was really held up with that hunt for good house but till day nothing i liked...seems like all buddies had nice time together....
Thnx Yashik, it would be pleasure to host you anytime.
Thnx for some real nice words abt my driving but it is mostly because the experience of same routine min twice a day for last so many years. I hope all is well with your armrest.
Dear All, Its nice to see your snaps again, brings back the India Gate Meet memories.
The long truck... i saw it or a similar one (May be its the same, considering the speed it travels 20-30kms per hour) on my way to Vadodara from Pune. Its almost more than a week now...
:danceGuys, me too enjoyed some pakoras at Mr. Vijayant's home sometime back. Yummmmmmmyyyyyy. I've to again someday soon.
@Yashik, yes, AXN is really an excellent driver. When I entered to that road first time, I could not belive that Vijayant's Punto has to go through this tight road every day and there is no scratch on the car. Just superb driving skills.
Baad main to main bhi kai baar ja chuka hu us road pe... mere bhi skills acche ho gaye hai. :dance :clapping :rage
@ paddleshifter please post some pic of armrest
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'Twitter is a nasty place - a lot of my colleagues have deleted their accounts, but I won't,' says Miriam O'Callaghan
Miriam O'Callaghan is a force to be reckoned with.
With two prime television slots and a radio show under her belt, Miriam O'Callaghan is one of the most recognised figures in the Irish media.
This level of recognition, however, of course comes with its drawbacks, particularly online.
Speaking at the launch of Trick or Treat for Temple Street, sponsored by MiWadi, the mother-of-eight opened up about the power of social media.
"Twitter is a nasty place," she told Independent.ie.
"A lot of my colleagues have deleted their accounts, but I haven't. It's a bounty of information."
"By and large people are very nice. People realise they can be prosecuted for what they say now," the Prime Time presenter added.
"I don't go on the hashtag #MiriamOCallaghan until two days after the show has aired. By then all of the nasty comments have gone, and I don't want to see them."
Despite the occasional criticism online, Miriam said that social media is part of her daily routine, and it's something she loves.
"When I drop the kids to school in the morning I scroll through Twitter and I get the news from all over the world. I love Facebook and Snapchat. I took over James Kavanagh's Snapchat a couple of weeks ago and I loved it. It was so much fun," she said.
With four daughters and four sons, the youngest being 10-years-old, the Foxrock native agreed that there's "an awful lot" of pressure on teenagers that stems from social media.
"There's an awful lot of pressure of teenagers. Teenage girls in particular," she said.
"Sometimes they judge their popularity by how many followers or likes they have, or what their friends say. I tell my girls that the real world is the right place to be. If people are nasty, try to deal with them politely. If that doesn't work, just forget them," she advised soundly.
With her chat show Saturday Night with Miriam finishing at the end of the summer and Prime Time beginning again this month, as well as her radio show Sunday with Miriam, the 56-year-old said she's "very happy" with where she is.
"I'm really grateful for my life and for the health of my family, because at the end of the day that's what's most important."
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I'm Right and You're Wrong.
Dont you just want to say that sometimes? Go ahead. Do it. Today. Mark D. Jordahl – Kampala
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I Love Getting Smacked Down for a Good Cause
I'm a big fan of free software. I don't do a lot of highly technical stuff on my computer, so I don't generally need to pay for expensive programs. The down side to this is that I sometimes download programs that I don't even use, just because they are free and I think someday I might need them. It's a bit like buying clothes that don't fit because they are on sale.
Some time ago (apparently more than 30 days ago) I downloaded a computer-based dictionary and thesaurus program called WordWeb. As a writer, it seemed like it might come in handy. Of course, I never actually read the terms of the agreement, because I never do. I just clicked on "Accept." Then I immediately forgot that I had installed it until yesterday.
I was looking for a word to use for a project I'm working on, and saw the little WordWeb icon on my desktop. Oh yeah – that ol' thing. Let's give it a try.
Immediately after I opened the program, a questionnaire popped up asking if I have taken more than 2 commercial flights in the last year. I figured it was some marketing agreement that brings them some income, allowing them to offer free software to schmoes like me. So hey – filling out a survey is the least I can do, right? I clicked "yes."
Imagine my surprise when this came on the screen: Continue reading
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Wild Thoughts is One Year Old!
This is a big milestone. To celebrate, I thought I'd share some of the highlights from the year, and then re-post the very first entry from 21 January, 2010.
First the highlights:
* Over 15,000 hits – not bad for a first year, starting from scratch
* 110 posts
* Featured once on Freshly Pressed
* Post Talking About Race With Kids published in Elephant Journal
* Switched from Wordpress.com to Wordpress.org and created new site with a new domain (still hoping to get my old readers back!)
* Ranked a Top Uganda Blog by GoOverseas
* Recently invited to be an author for Global Voices Online – stay tuned for more on that
* I've met some very interesting people through the blog
* I've learned a lot
* I've had a lot of fun
This blog truly was one of my highlights from 2010 and I look forward to expanding its reach in 2011.
Now for a trip through memory lane. The inaugural post: Continue reading
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Obama and Palin's Arizona Speeches
The post-Arizona shooting videos of Obama and Palin. Continue reading
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O Holy Night
I'm off for holiday travels and don't know how regularly I'll be updating this blog in the next few weeks, so I thought I'd leave you all with this song, performed by a very dear friend, Lee Bob Watson:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myqSluw5uoc]
In the words of Lee:
"Oh Holy Night" has been my favorite Christmas song for quite some time. This version was recorded late in the night of Dec 20 2009, the sounds of the street are from the alley below my window in North Beach. For me, the sounds of strife amplify the longing expressed in songs such as this one. Regardless of one's religion, we all hope for deliverance sometimes.
This song has always been one of my favorites, too, I think because of the sense of melancholy that is woven through the beauty of the song. That's my experience of this holiday – beauty with a dash of melancholy.
The images in my head of Christmas involve people sitting nice and cozy by the fireplace, sipping hot chocolate and hot buttered rums. I love the fact that at this time of year, in the parts of the world that celebrate this holiday, people who might never talk to each other at any other time will stop to say "Merry Christmas" to the people sitting near them on the train or in line at the grocery store. It is a time that brings family together and makes people think about giving rather than getting.
But I can never shake the melancholy. I can never stop thinking about the fact that for many people around the world, Christmas is just another day of struggle. And I don't want to shake the melancholy. I never want to forget that many people don't have the luxury that I have of stepping out of life for a week or two and enjoying good meals and presents around the tree.
I don't know if it helps at all, but part of what makes Christmas a "Holy Night" for me is dedicating some of my thoughts to remembering that not everybody is as lucky as me, and wishing for Peace on Earth for everyone in this season.
Merry Christmas
Mark D. Jordahl – Kampala Continue reading
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Changing Domains – Please be Patient!
Over the next few days, I will be migrating this blog to a different domain to increase functionality and hopefully to make it easier for search engines to find it. I have never done this before, so please bear with me!
I think that the old address will automatically redirect you to the new address, and I hope that any RSS feeds or e-mail alerts will also transfer to the new address.
Just in case, though, by the middle of next week, especially if you haven't gotten a new welcome message from me, head on over to http://wildugandablog.com and find me. You should be able to sign up there directly on the new site and avoid any redirect issues.
Thanks, and I hope you find that this change enhances your experience with Wild Thoughts from Uganda!
Mark Continue reading
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Defense Against Bad Marriage Act
This post is for all of my friends and family in the United States, as they prepare to head to the polls for the mid-term elections. I am hoping somebody will submit this proposed bill and that it will be put into force soon:
Justification for the Defense Against Bad Marriage Act:
I am sick and tired of having my marriage devalued by all of those people who enter into bad relationships yet apply the same term "marriage" to their unholy unions. There are FAR too many bad marriages out there and, frankly, I no longer want my relationship with my wife to be placed in the same "marriage" category as those unnatural bonds that clearly go against the will of God. Hence, the introduction of the DABMA (pronounced "dab-ma").
This act is based on a number of beliefs: Continue reading
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You Can't Cram for Christmas
I realize that this might seem like the wrong season for this post (and, frankly, a bit off-topic for this blog). But, really, it shouldn't seem that way. For those of us in the United States, we still have two major holidays between now and Christmas – Halloween in October, and Thanksgiving in November. No matter how early the retailers try to convince us to start our Christmas shopping, it somehow feels like we don't really need to get prepared until after Thanksgiving.
But Santa's no chump. He's not easily suckered. This morning my son woke up singing a Christmas carol – you know, the one about him knowing when you are sleeping, awake, being good, being bad, when you are picking your nose and when you told your boss you were sick so you could go fishing. And then we got talking about THE LIST. And then we got talking about when, exactly, he starts working on that list.
And it came to me. Sh*#!!! I have to start being good now! If Santa knows all these things about us, then presumably he doesn't wait until after Thanksgiving for his surveillance.
So, let this be a gentle reminder to you – it's never too early to start being good.
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A few weeks ago I decided to start migrating a few things out of the cloud. One of those items was getting my email and documents out of Google.The documents went into OwnCloud and Gmail to FastMail.
I really wanted to self-host email, but my biggest concern was dealing with spam. I have to admit that Google has some pretty amazing spam filtering technology. I looked at a lot of self-hosted solutions and decided to go with Zimbra (FOSS) for a little while, however, I couldn't deal with the spam. I just kept tightening and tightening filters until one day I was just done dealing with it. I started researching hosting providers and eventually ended up at FastMail.
Migrating all of my data into FastMail was quick and painless. I simply had to point it's migration tool at Gmail and give it my credentials and that was that. A while later I had completed the migration. Next up was configuring all of my domains. This was also a breeze.
I started with a free-trial on a personal account just to use it for a little while to see if I was going to be happy. I was up and running in no time, though I had two relatively minor concerns:
After a couple of days I decided to upgrade to the "family" plan. One of the biggest reason here was that I could still use my own website as the login screen (rather than fastmail.fm). There are a few other features that will be helpful in the future, that was a big one. I still have to login with my FastMail login, not my actual custom domain email, but I think that may be a feature I haven't found in the family plan yet….I'm sure businesses aren't operating this way w/hosting @ FastMail.
The other minor complaint is that FastMail doesn't support CardDAV. Kinda weird, but ok. Apparently this is in the works for early next year. For now, I simply use iCloud for this feature only.
Other than that, FastMail is awesome. I'm definitely happy with their service. It's kind of a toss-up between Gmail and several other cloud providers, however FastMail seems to have some better privacy policies. First off they're not a US company, though they are in Australia. They're privacy policy is very clear on how they handle certain issues, such as surveillance and law enforcement.