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The Dixie Pawn trade show took place this week. Pawn owners and industry experts from the southern region came into New Orleans to learn and network. Rolland president, Rick Rolland, put on a seminar on Defeating Criminal Behavior in the Pawn Industry. The Pawn industry is unique in many ways and has many unique security needs.
Rick's presentation highlighted a series of scenarios, asking: are you smarter than a criminal? The basis of the presentation was that threats certainly exist and continue to evolve as criminals change tactics, but there are solutions, and the threat is manageable.
The threats covered included internal theft, armed robbery and sophisticated burglary attacks. Rick brought solutions to the table such as employee vetting techniques, proper placement of security cameras and compartmentalization of your assets.
Rolland has served the pawn industry for decades and always loves to revisit its roots in Dixie.


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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Friday Fun California Style
While most of the 49ers came to California in search of gold, others soon learned what a fertile land it is and began farming. Many crops thrive in the rich soil of the Central Valley. Orchards are successful here, too. … Continue reading
Romance Suits Me to a Tea
Fresh flowers. Fine China. Creative Flair. All were in evidence when I behind the beautiful settings prepared by the hostesses of the tables at my church's Women's Ministry Tea this past week. The talented ladies of Discovery Hills outdid themselves. … Continue reading
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Friday Fun Victorian Style
One of the ways I create a period feel in my stories set in the Victorian era is to use dated terms as often as I can. They have richness and flavor. For example, doesn't addlepated have far more personality … Continue reading
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Raining Romance
Sometimes my best romantic ideas are all wet. Such was the case last week. Literally. Knowing that St. Patrick's Day fell on Saturday this year, one of the days Gwynly is able to join me when I hike my favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Romance Tagged everday romance, Keli Gwyn, romance in the rain, Romantic surprises, St. Patrick's Day romance 19 Comments
Meet the Reviewers: Renee Chaw
I'm honored to feature Renee Chaw, aka Steeler Girl. She posts reviews at her fun site, Black 'n Gold Girl's Book Spot. Last week she celebrated her blog's third anniversary. Renee loves to read. No surprise there, right? She says … Continue reading
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Friday Fun Victorian Style
Fashions today change as quickly as gas prices–or so it seems. The Victorian women were no strangers to style fluctuations. I find it amazing how slow communication was but how rapidly a certain look could become replaced by another. Let's … Continue reading
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A new video has surfaced showing another driver who thinks the bike lanes are actually meant for cars in Vancouver. The driver seems confused as they switch from the bike lane, to the street and then back again through an alley.
This seems to be an ongoing occurrence so should Bike Lanes be marked with more visible "No Cars" signs or have pylons installed at intersections blocking cars?


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When he had become somewhat calm again \donavictorina introduced Linares, who approached him respectfully. Fray Damaso silently looked him over from head to foot, took the letter offered and read it, but apparently without understanding, for he asked .
'how he loves his goddaughter! Thought all present, while fray salvi gazed at him motionlessly and in silnce, lightly gnawing his lips the while.
Had suffered a relapse , and in her delirium she uttered only the name of the mother whom she had never known. But her girl friends, her father, and her aunt kept watch at her side. Offerings and alms were sent to all the miraculous images
Dona victorina was so pleased with her husband that ine day when he stepped on the trian of her grown she did not apply her penal code to the extent of taking his set of false teeth away from him, but contented herself with merely exclaiming, an article of apparel she did not wear.
, Capitan Tiago vowed a gold cane to the virgin of Antipolo, and at length the fever began to subside slowly and regularly.
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Sheriff's captain takes blame for siren mishap
�This one was strictly my issue,� Maritz said. �We�ve taken steps now so it won�t be an issue in the future.�
At the 911 dispatch console inside the Walworth County Law Enforcement Center, Maritz told a dispatcher to press one necessary button but failed to have the dispatcher press another button needed to reach municipalities dispatched by the county.
The sirens did not sound automatically from the sheriff�s department signal in Genoa City, Elkhorn, Darien, Fontana, Sharon, East Troy, Williams Bay, Delavan Township, Geneva Township, Linn Township and a privately maintained siren at the Country Estates subdivision in Lyons Township.
Walworth, Sharon and Fontana set their sirens off manually.
�That�s part of the problem with putting everything into one nest egg,� Fontana Police Chief Steve Olson said of the situation.
Fontana usually sets off its sirens manually if someone is around, but it does rely on the county for backup, Olson said.
To make sure the sheriff�s department doesn�t make the mistake in the future, all dispatchers will be retrained, and Sheriff David Graves hopes to run tests throughout the county.
Genoa City, miles away from where a destructive tornado touched down in Kenosha County, had several calls asking why there wasn�t a warning, according to village officials.
The village safety committee, police department and fire department will review protocols for turning on the sirens there manually during a weather emergency, Fire Chief Brad Poltermann said.
�We�ve probably not reviewed that in about three years,� he said. �We�ll probably sit down and review it and make sure there�s a backup plan in place � if it does happen again.�
Other communities where the sirens didn�t go off are following suit, according to police and fire officials.
The county will run a siren test at noon on Saturday, Feb. 2. Maritz doesn�t expect any further problems.
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Tennis in Croatia
Local tennis legend Goran Ivaniševic has ensured an enthusiastic following in his home country, which offers a great number of courts for tennis matches as well as for coaching. There are facilities throughout the main towns and cities, and coupled with the beautiful weather and warm welcome, you will find Croatia the perfect destination for your next tennis tour.
During your time off from the courts, visit the impressive city of Dubrovnik. Now a Unesco world heritage site, it is one of the world's most magnificent walled cities. Of course its sublime location overlooking the calm blue waters of the Adriatic makes it a must-see on your trip to Croatia. Further up the coast is Split, which is set against the dramatic coastal mountains and also overlooking the Adriatic. Another Unesco site, it is a buzzing and exuberant city.


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Darkside Blues Trailer (1994)
08 October 1994 Animated, Horror, Sci-Fi 83 mins
The Persona Century Corporation has purchased nearly every parcel of land on earth. Dissension is not tolerated within the corporation's borders and those who oppose Persona are dealt with swiftly. Of those few places not yet under Persona's control is the free town of Kabuki-cho, also known as "The Dark Side of Tokyo". Within the town, under the leadership of a woman named Mai, is a small resistance group called Messiah. Into this world steps a man who takes the sobriquet of Kabuki-cho: Darkside. Sealed up in another dimension eighteen years ago by Persona Century, Darkside now returns to aid Messiah using his unique mystic power of renewal.
Watch the official Darkside Blues 1994 trailer in HD below or find more Darkside Blues videos on Vidimovie.


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Guinea pigs of television
A friend and I had an interesting discussion not long ago.
We came to the conclusion that, if you're a baby boomer, it's not your fault if you occasionally find yourself demonstrating a screwed up sense of values.
We were the original children of television and were influenced by outrageous role models.
Boomers were spoon-fed some very extraordinary concepts. In a sense, the TV shows of our day were bizarre.
We watched American family units who were far removed from reality, but presented as normal.
For instance, June Cleaver typically vacuumed her carpets while wearing a dress, pearls and high heels.
Now, really, did any mother of the 1950s or 60s wear pearls and high heels to vacuum the rugs?
We watched Tarzan swing thru trees almost naked. Yet that show wasn't even rated PG.
The Munsters and Addams Family advised us that all things strange are fine. It's perfectly normal to exhibit Halloween concepts all year long.
How about the Three Stooges? They were constantly hitting each other and throwing pies. Moe thought nothing of clubbing Curly on top of his head with a cast-iron frying pan. The Stooges episodes were most violent, but also the funny.
Role models came with all kinds of shortcomings.
Pinocchio constantly lied. Aladdin was a thief. Cinderella arrived home after midnight and never once phoned her stepsisters to say where she was.
How about hero Batman? He drove a muscle car thru Gotham City at over 200 miles an hour. Never once did he get a speeding ticket and he never voiced worries about the possibility of hitting pedestrians.
Snow White lived with seven men but we were led to believe she was pure as driven snow. I wonder if she drifted?
Popeye smoked a pipe and had tattoos. Plus, he had the worst diet ever. He ate only one food - spinach. It made him strong. But he guzzled the vegetable directly from an unwashed can. Yet he never once cut his lip or suffered botulism.
Actually, he and nemesis Brutus adored Olive Oyl. Olive was an unwed mother who forever was leaving baby Sweet Pea alone in the house. Sweet Pea would climb out the second floor window and crawl along the overhead electrical lines without harm.
Where was Child and Youth Services?
Like Popeye, friend Wimpy ate only one food. He lived on hamburgers, which made him plump. And he never had enough money. He offered to pay on Tuesday. But we never actually saw that happen. Wimpy taught us that buying on credit is the way to go.
Mr. Magoo had totally impaired vision yet drove a car without consequence.
Villains had foreign-sounding names. For example, evil people often had Russian names, such as Boris and Natasha.
Monsters often came from other countries, such as Dracula, Godzilla and Frankenstein.
People of color sometimes were presented in less than flattering ways, such as Buckwheat.
I've been rethinking the outlandish situations and propaganda we boomers absorbed over the years. Yet somehow, it doesn't really bother me. I enjoyed the characters we experienced as children. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Fortunately, as we mature, our thought processes evolve. We begin to see things as they really are.
Boomers, thankfully, learned to overcome stereotypes displayed before us.
We began to think for ourselves. We began to understand common humanity.
Eventually, the stupidity of bigotry and prejudice became a form of entertainment in itself.
For example, we learned to laugh at narrow-minded Archie Bunker.
We began to understand that small-minded thinking makes little sense.
My friend and I agreed that it's become fashionable nowadays to consider oneself a victim. So if you find yourself blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, blame it on a childhood glued to a TV that fed us unrealistic expectations during our formative years.
Back then, there were precious few studies done on what the effects would be on young minds.
We were the guinea pigs of television, all in the name of an emerging electronic communication industry. But we survived.
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A review of studies on masculinities in Vietnam. . Vu Hong Phong, Department of Sociology, University of Essex. METHODS Identifying key terms Vietnam, men, masculinity, masculinities, gender, women, and their possible combinations Searching for published articles
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Vietnam, men, masculinity, masculinities, gender, women, and their possible combinations
Paper-based articles in library and electronic articles in Web of Science, EBSCOhost, JSTOR, etc.
Negative masculinities
Since the middle of 1980s, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has allowed the development of a market oriented economy, characterized by a fast growth of private sector in many areas, such as healthcare, education, entertainment, work. Many studies have focused on impacts of social changes on gender relations and gender identity.
"Rice is essential but tiresome !
You should get some noodles!'
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Different choices
of being a person
Forces that make one
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Neglected masculinities
Absent Propagandized Masculinities
'Soft' masculinity: young men making up !
'Hard' masculinity!
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Gaza cybergang attacks have never slowed down, recent targets by the group does seem to be varied in nature, attackers do not seem to be selectively choosing targets, but rather seeking different kinds of MENA intelligence.
It has faced enormous DDoS attacks by assumed nation-state adversaries, and following the election of Donald Trump, sign-ups at the service doubled. Users can navigate to the Tor network through: https://protonirockerxow.onion Today, ProtonMail is announcing the introduction of a Tor hidden service, or onion site, which will allow users to directly connect to their encrypted email accounts through the Tor network at the URL https://protonirockerxow.onion, which ProtonMail said it expended "considerable CPU time" to generate for the sake of finding a hash that was more human readable and less prone to phishing. Additionally, the onion site also has a valid SSL certificate issued to Proton Technologies AG by DigiCert.
This is a reasonably novel innovation as the classical Certificate Authority system isn't compatible with Tor, where onion addresses are self-generated rather than purchased from a registrar. Yen told The Register: "The problem is, if you act as your own CA, you run the issue of not trusting that certificate authority by default." As such, ProtonMail reached out to the Tor Project, which suggested it get in touch with DigiCert, who had previously provided the CA service for Facebook. "Given ProtonMail's recent growth, we realize that the censorship of ProtonMail in certain countries is inevitable and we are proactively working to prevent this." said Yen. "Tor provides a way to circumvent certain Internet blocks so improving our compatibility with Tor is a natural first step." In the coming months, the Tor Project stated it would be "making additional security and privacy enhancements to ProtonMail, including finishing some of the leftover items from our 2016 Security Roadmap". ® Sponsored: Want to know more about Privileged Access Management? Visit The Register's hub
Developer Open Whisper Systems says the country is censoring its messaging and voice calling program.
Egypt has reportedly censored encrypted chat service Signal.
App developer Open Whisper Systems on Monday confirmed the transcontinental country is censoring its messaging and voice calling program.
We'll begin deploying censorship circumvention in Signal over the next several weeks. Until then, Tor or a VPN can be used to access Signal.— Open Whisper Systems (@whispersystems) December 19, 2016
The issue surfaced on Saturday, when IT specialist Ahmed Gharbeia tweeted about "wide reports" of Signal failure in Egypt.
"Everything is functioning normally on our end," Open Whisper Systems wrote in response, suggesting "something might be up" on the local network.
The firm reached out to the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)—a global organization operating under the Tor Project to detect censorship, surveillance, and traffic manipulation on the Internet.
The project last week released two new software tests designed to examine the blocking of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, allowing anyone to monitor the accessibility of the apps and collect data as evidence.
Signal, a free app for Android, iOS, and desktop, is one of several messaging services to support end-to-end encryption—including Facebook's WhatsApp and Messenger. It is also one of several to come under fire from law enforcement officials who can't keep tabs on the conversations of suspected criminals.
Further details on the alleged censorship were not revealed; Open Whisper Systems did not immediately respond to PCMag's request for comment.
Constraints to encrypted social media are not new in Egypt: Facebook's free Internet service was shut down in December 2015 because the country's government could not spy on the browsing activities of local users.
The Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology also did not respond to a request for comment.
Open Whisper Systems recently ruffled some more government feathers with added support for disappearing messages. Users can determine how long—from five seconds to one week—a chat message is available to recipients before it self-destructs.
In it he discusses the "most beautiful woman in the world," 1930s and '40s superstar Hedy Lamarr. With her composer friend George Antheil, she invented frequency hopping. Frequency hopping (or spread spectrum) is a technology that underlies the communication transport and security of almost every wireless device we value today, including GPS, cellphones, Bluetooth, satellites, and home wireless networks. I've been telling the story of amateur inventor Lamarr in my security and crypto classes as long as I've been teaching.
It's a great story of a nonscientist making a discovery that changes society forever.
Stories of amateurs solving the world's hardest problems abound in the computer security and crypto world. Sometimes it's hard to separate the myths (like the janitor who supposedly became a crypto supersleuth at the NSA) from the real stories, but there are plenty of "average" people who ended leaving a remarkable legacy. The Rosetta Stone One of my other favorite stories is about Jean-François Champollion, a French philosopher who ultimately solved the riddle of the Rosetta Stone and ultimately deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics.
The Rosetta Stone is a stone tablet written in 196 BCE that contained three different languages of (nearly) the same text: ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, ancient Greek, and Demotic script. The last two had been decoded, but no one could figure out the hieroglyphics.
Champollion, competing against the popular Egyptian historian Thomas Young, was able to figure out that the hieroglyphs were a combination of an alphabet and single characters that represent a word or phrase (called a logograph). Young repeatedly denigrated Champollion's findings in public, even when presented with irrefutable proof otherwise.
It was many years later, after Champollion's death, that other Egyptian experts realized Champollion was right.
I use this story to remind myself that even the popularly accepted experts can be wrong. Even today I see popular computer security experts who give bad advice on topics they don't know much about.
They either feel they are experts or think their "gut feelings" are better than the evidence to the contrary.
I guess it's hard to say, "I don't know," when someone begs you for advice or when the press asks you to be an "expert." Public/private key crypto Public/private cryptography underlies almost every digital encryption and signature technology used across the internet.
In the 1970s, three men -- Whitfield Diffie, Martin Hellman, and Ralph Merkle -- together solved the centuries-old problem of how to securely transmit a private encryption key from one location to another, without both parties needing to know a secret at the outset. Diffie presented his idea for public/private key crypto to a group at IBM during a "lunch and learn" brown bag presentation.
Although a very smart MIT graduate, Diffie was not a trained cryptographer, so the IBMers discounted what he said and walked out. One of the people told him he sounded like another crazy guy called Martin Hellman (who had worked at IBM and taught at MIT). In point of fact, British cryptographer, Clifford Cocks officially "discovered" public/private key encryption in 1973, but his creation was top secret and not announced publicly until 1997.
Thus, Diffie, Hellman, and Merkle discovered it separately, and they're still given credit for the first public discovery and announcement. Diffie sought out Hellman and, after a little persuading, decided to try and crack the public/private key problem, while adding Merkle to do the math validity checks.
Diffie realized computers were not very efficient at calculating large prime numbers. Hence, the Diffie-Hellman public/private key cipher provides protection, because finding/factoring the original two large prime numbers used to create a third number is very difficult for even massive computers. Heroes of Bletchley Park A key figure in helping to decipher the World War II German Engima ciphers is Joan Clarke.
Although Clarke had a double-first degree in math from Cambridge University and been selected to work at Bletchley Park, she was assigned clerical duties and paid less than male code breakers. But her intelligence and attitude showed through, and she became a key code breaker and confidante of Alan Turing, who himself struggled after persecution for being gay.
I like this story -- it shows how our irrational discrimination only slows down technological progress. The mischievous raven Edgar Allen Poe was a mischievous amateur cryptographer.
Back at the turn of the 19th century, it was common for lovers and people having affairs to declare their love for each other -- and to schedule rendezvous in the newspaper using rudimentary cryptography (often simple character substitution). Poe would often decipher the lovers' messages, then write a humorous or admonishing reply.
Alternately, he would respond to one party or the other with a fake message using the same cipher. We should call this a "Poe in the middle" attack. There are hundreds of fascinating stories where ordinary people did extraordinary things and changed the world -- or at least added levity.
If you are interested in computer security or cryptography, I encourage you to buy and read a few crypto history books.
They're much more fun to read than you might think. Who knows? Maybe a Kardashian will solve quantum crypto one day.


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This interview series, "Conversations after the Fall: Interviews with Contemporary Russian Poets," began as part of Philip Metres's Thomas J. Watson Fellowship (1992-1993), and has been revived, 20 years later, with new interviews of Russian and Russian-American poets. The complete archive will be published in book-form.
Philip Metres: When did you begin writing, and who were your influences?
Stepan Brand: As soon as I learned how to write, I started to write kinds of fairy-tales: some fantastic characters (knights, queens, fabulous animals) found themselves in Moscow subway, or they went to the zoo, or they faced floods, earthquakes, trials and wars (it was inspired by TV), or they explained and showed to each other how to build a house or what is the Moon and why nobody lives there (such chapters appeared after conversations with my father or grandfather). Sometimes I felt like versifying these things, but I was not able to. Suddenly in 2005, I wrote a short poem about my recent trip to Ukraine: it was about an orchard with pears, walnuts, woodpeckers and people playing harmonica and tambourine. So then or a bit later I made the earliest attempts to make poems I am not ashamed to read aloud today. Around that time I started visiting some poetry-and-prose studios and got to know people who wrote interesting things. From an early age my favorite poets have been Boris Pasternak and Ovsey Driz (a Yiddish poet translated into Russian by Genrikh Sapgir)—my mother read them to me when I was 4 or 5, as well as Pushkin's tales, Daniil Kharms' verses for children etc. I wasn't interested in poetry at school until coming across Baudelaire and Verhaeren (at about 14-15). The first Russian poets whom I read attentively by myself were Alexander Vvedenskiy, Vladislav Khodasevich and Joseph Brodsky. They have faded a little since then, but still they remain near the top. Later came Mandelstam, again Pushkin, again Pasternak, Boris Poplavskiy and many others, including a number of contemporary names. My immediate influences are Dmitry Vedenyapin (b. 1959), Alexei Kubrik (b. 1959), Denis Kryukov (b. 1984), Mikhail Aizenberg (b. 1948), Nikolay Baytov (b. 1951). As for the latter modern poets, it took some time to learn how to read them, but eventually it became easier. At least as important is the influence of music I listen to. In January 2008 I discovered "The Well-Tempered Clavier" by J.S. Bach, and my ear changed forever. His music is extremely poetic.
PM: I noticed that you didn't mention Sergey Gandlevsky [whom we've been translating together]. Would you say a word or two about him as an influence?
SB: Indeed, Gandlevsky is one of my favorite modern poets, but I don't think there is any straight influence. Maybe, our backgrounds have something in common, but not so much. Anyway, Gandlevsky was one of the first poets I perceived when I started writing myself. When I was a student, I went to Sokolniki several times a week, for classes in one of the MSLU buildings. To get there from the subway station, you have to walk a little or go by tram. Of course, you can imagine that when you walk in a wintry November morning at 8 AM and it starts to snow and you mumble to yourself Gandlevsky's verse about first snow in Sokolniki, about trams and strange Russian people wandering around in darkness, he becomes very important. All that wouldn't have worked, of course, if I hadn't been attracted by the way Gandlevsky puts words together, by his clear rhythm and stern intonation, by the amalgam of images that stand behind them, at the same time by the high freedom of the images that he achieves in his best poems, and also partly by his world view.
PM: A follow-up or two here. First, can you describe what you mean by a "poetry-and-prose studio"? This is an unfamiliar term to me. I'm interested in anything you know about the broader social climate of poetry, its institutions—for example, did you study "creative writing" in university? Are there opportunities to do so? Why or why not did you choose it? Second, what drew you to write, what did you get out of it at those early stages?
SB: A few words about "studio". In Russian we say "семинар" [seminar]. A seminar in poetry or prose is a meeting of a group of young people who find it useful to hear criticism of what they write from people who understand what writing prose and poetry is. Usually a seminar is headed by an older writer or poet, who enjoys the respect of his colleagues. I have been a member of three such seminars: lead by Alexey Kubrik, Leonid Kostyukov and Dimitry Vedenyapin. The first two of them were organized under the "Debut" award—the best-known Russian award for young writers. In the early 2000s there were more seminars: Gandlevsky had one, for example.
In general, the Russian poetic environment is quite patchy. First, there is a network of so-called ЛИТО (literary associations), based on local departments of Russian writers' unions (here we can add creative-writing opportunities that exist at some universities). Formally they work like the aforementioned seminars, but in fact most of them are absolute trash, either in poetry or criticism. So let's quickly leave them aside. Of course, creative writing is taught at Gorky University for Literature, but its most advanced students say it's not very good either.
By the way, the "Debut" seminars were created to give some new life to this old form of talking about poetry and to make it more professional. There is not only "Debut," of course, but on the whole what is being done to bring modern and sane views of poetry to people outside Moscow and Petersburg is evidently not enough. There are annual contemporary literature festivals in Vologda, Tver, Yaroslavl, Kaliningrad and other cities, but the response from people is too weak. This is one of the reasons for which metropolitan (I mean Moscow and Petersburg) literary life I belong to is rather marginal. Despite this, it is fairly diverse, which is good, and I like this "tusovka" [getting together, hanging out]. There are old and young poets; experimentalists and traditionalists; alcoholics and non-drinkers; believers and atheists; leftist/feminist/gay activists and those who seem indifferent and/or keep their art separate from their social views.
Besides that, in Moscow and Petersburg there are frequent literary events, informal parties where writers, poets and others (altogether a "tusovka") come to listen to someone and have a good time. There are several well-known expert organizers who take care of the process, look for sponsors, sometimes promote book-publishing and so on. But again, this is rather a narrow field of those who disagree that Russian poetry ended with Brodsky or Rubtsov. The rest are mostly sure it did. And last but not least, it always provides access to new names, since this community is not secluded and it is comparatively free of the "old boy network." By "comparatively" I mean it exists, but the level of writing is at least as important as the connections.
PM: Did you have to pay for these seminars? Did you have to apply to them? Were they affiliated with the institutions or organized solo?
SB: The three seminars were free. The Kubrik and Kostyukov seminars were formally affiliated with the "Debut" award (Kostyukov closed his seminar a few years ago, and it doesn't exist anymore). Vedenyapin's seminar was established as a poetry studio at Moscow Journalism and Creative Writing University (Институт журналистики и литературного творчества, ИЖЛТ); now it still takes place there, but the participants are mostly not affiliated with the university. Actually it also has to do with the "Debut," as last year Vedenyapin was its jury. The participants are either invited by the leader or the members of the seminar or they simply come there if they are interested. Sometimes people send their texts in advance, and very rarely someone is immediately told the texts are bad and there is nothing to discuss. But in general, anyone can come and then it is up to him or her to decide, whether to keep coming back. Criticism might be harsh, but objectively speaking it is not offensive. As for me, I was sent to such a seminar by my school teacher of literature, to whom I had shown my first works.
PM: What do you aim for when you write poems?
SB: At the moment of writing a poem I try to do my best to remain both enough sensitive and scrupulous. It is necessary not to lose tempo, like when playing chess, making tea with the samovar or blowing large soap bubbles. In a more elevated sense, it is important in which condition the inspiration finds you—many poets have said this. In terms of strategy, I don't think there is any particular task I try to complete when writing. Maybe, to discover something new—let it be a square inch I can handle, or a millimeter I can move forward, but it should be mine. I try, if something, to be unique and natural at the same time, which are conflicting objectives. And this conflict is one of the driving forces, it provides tension, coming from music and leading to music. That's on the one hand. On the other hand, my writing is not a purely philological activity; to say more, I prefer to keep poetry and philology out of close contact. So it is an attempt to find my own voice in the through-the-looking-glass of my life. Currently I don't think this search is possible without discoveries in the field of language, even within a temperate and conservative manner of writing. As for readers… I hope they might be interested in short texts that express that peculiar harmony I am trying to achieve. Some of them can even find them amusing—that's okay.
PM: Your goals are technical and sound very modest. What happened to the idea of the poet being "more than a poet in Russia"? Do you think that your modesty is personal, or is it related to the contemporary postmodern moment, in which grandiosity and grand narratives seem always to lead to bloodshed?
SB: On the one hand, they really sound modest. On the other hand, Russian poetry is a field of tough competition, first of all with those who lived before us, so to occupy a square inch in this garden one has to do something, and if he does, someone pay attention. Batyushkov said, "live like you write, and write like you live." What is my life? My favorite things to do are playing with snowballs, making tea in the samovar, drawing insects in the garden, listening to music… As for the postmodern moment—well, I at least admit that our literature is deadly tired of pathos: as long as we prefer Prigov and V. Nekrasov to Yevtushenko and Voznesensky, it won't change. By the way, Gandlevsky and Brodsky have many loud words, but that's okay. So this thing is not so simple… And what it is – I don't know.
When we remember these words by Yevtushenko, we say, a poet is more than a poet in Russia—he is also a street-cleaner. To be honest, I think the phrase "more than a poet" is not accurate enough to be as famous as it is… It was written in a peculiar Soviet situation, where literature had to be at the same time cinema, television and free press. That situation was of course unhealthy, and I'm glad it is over. In some cases, though, it is true, because in Russia poets are more likely than in other countries to oppose state power (due to the again unhealthy principles of this power); the brightest examples are Pushkin and Mandelstam, whose conflict was personal and very acute. These two were definitely more than poets. Both of them had to set themselves against an absolute tyrant and slave-driver.
PM: When I began this interview project, Russia was in the Yeltsin era. There was excitement and also great fear—of the unknown, of freedom, of capitalism. I remember seeing how much people suffered from the historical and economical changes—from the loss of economic security, and the loss of ideological certainty. Now we are in the Putin era. What has the Putin era meant for you as a poet, and as a citizen?
SB: To put it short, Putin's time is another relapse of old Russian-Soviet troubles. It's hard to add anything to this. Poetry is a part of the enlightenment; Putin and enlightenment cannot share one country. I must admit, however, that there is no open conflict between what is going on in Russia and what is going on in Russian poetry in general (except some leftist poets, for example Kirill Medvedev, who are involved into active part of oppositional movement). But they are two separate countries inside a larger territorial body (maybe it's an old and rather doubtful feature of Russian intelligentsia, but such are the conditions we live in). As soon as they meet, it is painful.
PM: What do you think about the future of Russia, given this "relapse"? Is this just that old oscillation between "Slavophilism" and "Westernizers" again, between the tendency toward chauvinism and autocracy on the one hand, and democracy and liberality on the other—or is that a clichéd way of viewing this moment? Do you have hope for Russia's future?
SB: I wish I were an optimist, but I'm afraid Russian ailments are much deeper one could have imagined in 1991, and the changes that have occurred since then have been, alas, absurdly superficial. But at least it is good that we've started to realize it. The oscillation you've mentioned is true, but in Russia these sides have never been equal: historically, as soon as there is an alternative, Russia prefers isolationism, slavophilism and confrontation with the West. The other side has always been declared, sooner or later, traitors and madmen. It might sound strange, but Peter the Great was not a true westernizer, in my humble opinion. Still, I hope that it is never late to choose another way, there've been good examples.
PM: I'd also like to ask you about the state of Russian poetry. When I began these interviews, there was no formal education in poetry; but now, it appears that while poetry does not have "mass appeal," it has its own institutions. On the one hand, it appears that poetry is as weak as it is in the States—from a symbolic point of view. On the other, in the case of Pussy Riot's performances and the crackdown upon them, it appears as strong as ever. What do you think?
SB: Frankly speaking, I don't think that Pussy Riot belong to the world of poetry. Their texts are a sort of strong provocative manifestos that work in combination with time-and-place factors, but they are alien to poetry as I see it.
PM: Two follow-up questions here. While you disagree with the premise that Pussy Riot's work is poetry, do you agree with the fact that the Word is still powerful in Russia, or do you think there are other factors involved in the criminalization of Pussy Riot's action? Second, what distinguishes their performative word-body actions from what you consider poetry? What is poetry, for you? What is it, and what does it do?
SB: Yes, I agree that the Word is still powerful (though not so strong as 100 years ago—or the Word is fine, but its speakers are not very strong). That's why our government is doing much to suppress those who know correct words. But in case of Pussy Riot, it wasn't really about the words. I think that if we speak about criminalization, we should admit that Pussy Riot was criminalized in court by judges and prosecutors. If there hadn't been a task to punish them, no one would have said they were criminals. In this part their case looks like that of Bolotnaya Square: people are in prison for something they did not do, because someone wanted to show something to the society. Anyhow, even if Pussy Riot were imprisoned for the words they said, they were imprisoned for slogans, not for poetry. Sorry if it sounds absurd, but the aim of poetry is poetry (Pushkin, referring to Delvig), and if there is no poetry, it is not poetry.
If we compare, for example, [Pussy Riot member] Mariya Alyokhina's own poems to the texts of Pussy Riot (which, mostly, she didn't write), we'll see they differ so much that I cannot admit these are just different kinds of same art. Some would say neither this nor that is poetry at all, but I disagree.
And what is poetry – that's a really hard question! They say, Nikolay Baytov, one of my favorite poets, once decided to devote 15 minutes every day to meditate on what is poetry. I wonder if he has got an answer! What do we know about it? Not much.
Poetry cannot do without discovery. So if I write something I had already known the moment I started composing—that has little chance to be poetry, whatever the form is. That's the main reason for which I don't appreciate much what is called "social poetry," including Pussy Riot's lyrics: it all is based on ready-made ideas and manifestos. And when you write genuine poetry, in the end you can't but surprise at where words and sounds have taken you. In some cases poetry can touch social issues, but it is always beyond any single subject. Occasionally poetry can be even ready-made, but then the author is not aimed at poetry: the one who comes across a ready-made is, but the author is not.
Poetry seems to be a perceptible metaverbal harmony, which appears from a specifically motivated rhythmical conversion of life into words on the way to some individual musical and existential discovery. It is not a pure reflection; it also works inversely: words that you write interact with your life. This interaction can be tense, and the more harmonic is your music, the riskier the contact. Life and music seem to be overlapping (or communicating) environments: agitation in the one causes a response in the other. And it is not simply mechanical, maybe we shouldn't even separate them.
I can also try to describe poetry metaphorically. Let's imagine that we are crossing a river or a lake, but our floatage is hard chuck or cracker. As long as you are smart and lucky, you row quickly and get somewhere in time. If you are not, your floatage falls apart and everything turns into trash no one is interested in. Maybe, writing (and sometimes reading) poetry is like successful and miraculous sailing on crackers.
Returning to one of your previous questions, I dare say that, concerning any practical aims of writing, the ultimate and desired goal is to somehow cause a shift in the reader's being. Art offers us wonderful things, and to accept them we all, writers and readers, have to change. This is what I am beginning to realize – thanks to the experience of my own, of my friends and dialogues with them, and to this interview, too.
Stepan Brand was born in Moscow in 1989. He writes: "My father Vladimir is a musician and a classic and jazz guitar teacher. My mother Anna is an artist—a painter and mosaic maker. My parents tried to teach me their professions, but it came to nothing: I can neither draw, nor play guitar. But I have always been very fond of art and music. Since my early years, I've grown accustomed to the sounds of guitar, to the smell of paint and canvas." He also notes the influence of summers spent in the country. He graduated from MSLU in 2011 and now works as a translator and a teacher. He is currently completing his first book of poems.
Philip Metres is the author of a number of books and chapbooks, including Sand Opera (2015), A Concordance of Leaves (2013), abu ghraib arias (2011), and To See the Earth (2008). His work has garnered two NEA fellowships, the Watson Fellowship, five Ohio Arts Council Grants, the Beatrice Hawley Award, two Arab American Book Awards, the Creative Workforce Fellowship, the Cleveland Arts Prize and the PEN/Heim Translation Fund grant. He is professor of English at John Carroll University in Cleveland.


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I think it has a specific time while in game. After the 1:30 mark at the game, the computer will suddenly go to the "NO SIGNAL" Sign w/ stuttering sounds(looping) then crash. The computer will restart after this.
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Stop 0x116 is a display/graphics related issue, and yours is an old branded desktop.
Check if the Power Supply Unit (PSU) supplying adequate power to the computer or not.
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******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information. BugCheck 116, {862df230, 90044c2c, c000009a, 4} *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for nvlddmkm.sys Probably caused by : nvlddmkm.sys ( nvlddmkm+807c2c ) Followup: MachineOwner --------- 0: kd> !analyze -v ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (116) Attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed. Arguments: Arg1: 862df230, Optional pointer to internal TDR recovery context (TDR_RECOVERY_CONTEXT). Arg2: 90044c2c, The pointer into responsible device driver module (e.g. owner tag). Arg3: c000009a, Optional error code (NTSTATUS) of the last failed operation. Arg4: 00000004, Optional internal context dependent data. Debugging Details: ------------------ FAULTING_IP: nvlddmkm+807c2c 90044c2c 55 push ebp DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: GRAPHICS_DRIVER_TDR_FAULT CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1 BUGCHECK_STR: 0x116 PROCESS_NAME: System CURRENT_IRQL: 0 ANALYSIS_VERSION: 6.3.9600.16384 (debuggers(dbg).130821-1623) amd64fre STACK_TEXT: 8a76ecb0 902fc0ff 00000116 862df230 90044c2c nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x1e 8a76ecd4 902f4ea7 90044c2c c000009a 00000004 dxgkrnl!TdrBugcheckOnTimeout+0x8d 8a76ed18 902f530a 862df230 86fca490 8a76ed3c dxgkrnl!DXGADAPTER::Reset+0xee 8a76ed28 90356343 862df230 86fca490 00000000 dxgkrnl!TdrResetFromTimeout+0x12 8a76ed3c 903595bd 86fca490 00000000 86b07210 dxgmms1!VidSchiRecoverFromTDR+0x15 8a76ed50 8382313d 86fca490 a0d91423 00000000 dxgmms1!VidSchiWorkerThread+0x7f 8a76ed90 836ca559 9035953e 86fca490 00000000 nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x9e 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!KiThreadStartup+0x19 STACK_COMMAND: .bugcheck ; kb FOLLOWUP_IP: nvlddmkm+807c2c 90044c2c 55 push ebp SYMBOL_NAME: nvlddmkm+807c2c FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner MODULE_NAME: nvlddmkm IMAGE_NAME: nvlddmkm.sys DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 52b3261b FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x116_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys BUCKET_ID: 0x116_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys ANALYSIS_SOURCE: KM FAILURE_ID_HASH_STRING: km:0x116_image_nvlddmkm.sys FAILURE_ID_HASH: {c89bfe8c-ed39-f658-ef27-f2898997fdbd} Followup: MachineOwner --------- 0: kd> lmvm nvlddmkm start end module name 8f83d000 9026f000 nvlddmkm T (no symbols) Loaded symbol image file: nvlddmkm.sys Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\nvlddmkm.sys Image name: nvlddmkm.sys Timestamp: Thu Dec 19 22:30:11 2013 (52B3261B) CheckSum: 00A09834 ImageSize: 00A32000 Translations: 0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
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Beautiful sandy beach, crystal clear turquoise water, and the coral reef all add up to offer a highly entertaining experience. You can enjoy Woodwind drift snorkel or take a water taxi to be dropped in the beach water. On the whole, this is certainly an idyllic vacation spot as you can find many fun and exciting things to do in Klein Bonaire, Bonaire.
Washington-Slagbaai National Park is a large park located in the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean. The park covers about 20% of the island and features scenic vistas of the hills, beaches, saline plains, and forested area. A number of driving trails area located inside the park with rugged dirt roads that is recommended to be traveled in a four wheel drive. Apart from that the park also contains a walking trail that offers plenty of fun and excitement to the visitors. Visitors will find that there are plenty of fun things to do in Washington-Slagbaai National Park.
Brandaris, the highest hill in Bonaire, is located inside the park. At the top of the hill, visitors can enjoy a wonderful vista of the island down below. The area is thriving with a variety of animal and plant life. A visit to the park will allow visitors a close encounter with exotic birds that are peculiar to the region.
The beach is also an attractive tourist attraction in the Washington-Slagbaai National Park. There are many good snorkeling and diving spots in the beaches. Playa Bengè is considered the finest spot for swimming in the region. There are a number of fun and interesting things to do in Washington-Slagbaai National Park that you can enjoy once you visit the beautiful island of Bonaire.
The Bonaire National Marine Park, Bonaire is designed to cater to the needs of the tourists. The park was established in 1979. The park was created to protect the marine resources in the area. The area offers some of the best activities for tourists such as mariner reserves to display and protect fish. The coral reefs in the area are an astonishing array of marine life and the coral reefs can be enjoyed by tourists through scuba diving and other activities. The most bio diverse reefs can be used in a variety of different regions.
Oranjestad is a small town that is located in the island of Sint Eustatius in the Caribbean Netherlands. It is a historic site that also serves as the capital city of Sint Eustatius. The town is divided into two main sections. The Upper Town is the historic core and is the main residential and commercial center. Lower Town is the other section of the town that borders contains a number of colonial era buildings, dive shops, and eateries.
Visitors can find many exciting things to do in Oranjestad St Eustatius. 'Gezaghebber House' is a historical site located on Kerkstraat in Oranjestad. Another site of historical importance is Fort Oranje that is a 17th century well maintained fort located in the direct center of the town and overlooks the waterfront. The cliff side fort contains cannons, courtyard, and well preserved fortifications.
Nearby to the fort is located a museum that exhibit artifacts of historical importance. Also located here are the ruins of one of the oldest synagogues located in the Western Hemisphere. Dutch Reformed church is also a historical site here whose tower offers a great panoramic view of the island. There are many other interesting things to do in Oranjestad, St Eustatius that you can experience by visiting the area.
Miriam C. Schmidt Botanical Garden, St Eustatius is a botanical garden that is located near the Quill National Park in Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba. The park covers an area of more than 50 acres and was established to protect the native plants growing in the area. Friendly park rangers in the area provide a guided tour of the gardens during the weekends. The tour to the park include a visit to the Palm, Lookout, and Sensory Garden.
Nature enthusiasts will find the place a haven as there are plenty of things to do in Miriam C. Schmidt Botanical Garden. The park not only offers protection to the natural flora and fauna of the region but also provides opportunity to the tourists to explore the diversity of the area.
The botanical garden contains a large number of plant species most of which are unlike any found in the region. It is open from sunrise till sunset with guided tours available in the weekdays during the morning hours. A small entry fee is levied with donations going to the development, maintenance and expansion activities of the garden. You must contact National Parks Visitor Centre to find out other things to do in Miriam C. Schmidt Botanical Garden.


text: Almost forgot to mention-- this would require no modification to the existing governing structure of the techno-anarchist hackerspace, & could effectively be used to identify 'true' or 'initiated' members. Banning could simply mean revoking this token or whatever & what's already in place: ex-communication. On 10/01/2013 08:00 PM, Jean-Luc Picard wrote: > Why not use the laser cutter or 3D printers to create Noisebridge > [associate] membership insignia, like how the armed forces in the US > has challenge coins? > > We could let people in, give them a tour, & if they pass a simple but > hacktivist-centric test, they get the insignia to wear as a badge / > tie around their necks / whatever. Dues-paying members such as > "member" members could have metal ones 3d- printed online on the NB > dime, perhaps even w/ some cool key feature to the members closet lock > or something! > > Say, for example, when I first arrived, within 15 minutes someone > challenged me to solve a rubiks cube, which I did admittedly a little > rustily due to my own arrogance, but nonetheless completed. (I tried > to do it eyes-closed for the last layer....twice) > > We could have a test for every workstation made available for use to > the public. The parts corner could be a simple I Spy variant where > they just have to recognize a few fundamental things. The 3D printer > could be printing a calibration cube, the turing room could be just > attending a class, etc. > > On 10/01/2013 07:52 PM, jim wrote: >> >> My input was sincere. I support Noisebridge. >> I do not like the seeming inevitable consequence >> of the proposal because it puts a severe >> constraint on something I value: welcomeness. >> I think Leif described it well. >> >> >> >> On Tue, 2013-10-01 at 19:00 -0700, Jake wrote: >>> Jim, >>> >>> no thanks for your non-constructive and counterproductive input. >>> >>> -jake >>> >>> On Tue, 1 Oct 2013, jim wrote: >>> >>>> I agree with Leif! >>>> This is a bad proposal, albeit well-intentioned. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, 2013-10-02 at 00:09 +0000, Leif Ryge wrote: >>>>> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 02:10:29AM -0700, Jake wrote: >>>>>> Last week it was proposed that Noisebridge make changes to our >>>>>> access policy. The basic idea is that if someone is a Member or >>>>>> Associate Member of Noisebridge, they are allowed to be in the space >>>>>> at any time (with the usual exception of leaving when asked for >>>>>> conflict resolution purposes) >>>>>> >>>>>> Further it should be that if someone who is not a Member or >>>>>> Associate Member of the space, they can be in the space if they are >>>>>> the guest of a Member or Associate Member who is present. >>>>>> >>>>>> In most ways this will cause only a subtle ripple in the way >>>>>> Noisebridge has been working until now. If a person is in the space >>>>>> and the person who let them in has left, if they are not doing >>>>>> anything objectionable it is unlikely that anyone will even ask them >>>>>> if they have a sponsor. >>>>>> However, if someone is being unexcellent and there is no one present >>>>>> who is their sponsor, it is now possible to ask the person to leave >>>>>> due to no fault of their own. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is very valuable, because up until now it has been necessary to >>>>>> wait until someone does something fucked up, and then try to use >>>>>> that as a lever to get them to leave. This generally leads to >>>>>> unpleasantness, especially since you are inherently asking someone >>>>>> to admit to wrongdoing by the act of leaving voluntarily. This has >>>>>> been nothing but trouble the whole time, and 90% of the time when >>>>>> someone is being shitty, our response is to let it continue because >>>>>> the alternative is getting in an argument with an asshole. >>>>>> >>>>>> From now on, with this new arrangement, Noisebridge is by default >>>>>> open only to Member and Associate Members and their guests. Of >>>>>> course anyone who rings the doorbell is very likely to be let in by >>>>>> a Member or Associate Member, and is sponsored by the person who >>>>>> lets them in until that person leaves or ends the sponsorship (in >>>>>> case of a bad fit for that person at noisebridge). If a person >>>>>> without a sponsor is present and a problem comes up, any Member or >>>>>> Associate Member can volunteer to be their sponsor if one thinks >>>>>> they should stay and continue hacking (after solving the problem >>>>>> with their new sponsor's help). >>>>>> >>>>>> I see this as a win for all visions of Noisebridge access policy, >>>>>> since it takes away nothing from what we can choose to do, and it >>>>>> gives us so much more freedom to do what we need to do without >>>>>> insulting people who need to leave. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think the most important aspect of this arrangement is the concept >>>>>> of Accountability. If a Member or Associate Member does something >>>>>> questionable at noisebridge, there is definitely a way to contact >>>>>> that person to discuss the situation, and almost certainly a friend >>>>>> of theirs who is also a Member or Associate Member who can help >>>>>> facilitate problem solving. This is how we maintain the excellence >>>>>> of our community and environment, by Accountability. >>>>>> >>>>>> With Guests, there is no inherent accountability. When someone >>>>>> walks in the door and is greeted by no one, and answers to no one, >>>>>> they have been told no rules and there is not even a person who they >>>>>> can ask questions about what is appropriate for our space. >>>>>> >>>>>> With this new system, every person who is let in the door is likely >>>>>> to be introduced to a specific person who will explain, "You are my >>>>>> guest here, and if there are any issues such as with another person, >>>>>> you can come to me or use my name as your sponsor, as long as I am >>>>>> here." This means that every new person is immediately granted >>>>>> accountability to our network through a Member or Associate Member >>>>>> as their proxy server. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any guest who, for example is told that they should not be sleeping >>>>>> on the couch in the library, will either answer by correcting their >>>>>> behavior (hopefully), or they will involve their sponsor somehow >>>>>> (perhaps by invoking their name as a defense of their activity). At >>>>>> that point their sponsor, who as a Member or Associate Member has >>>>>> accountability to the community, can be asked to solve that problem >>>>>> in a productive way. When they come to their Guest and affirm that >>>>>> their invitation did not extend to permission to sleep in the >>>>>> library, the guest sees it coming from the same person who >>>>>> originally let them in and thus has the right to make them leave if >>>>>> they don't stop fucking up. >>>>>> >>>>>> If the person sleeping in the library isn't able to produce a Member >>>>>> or Associate Member who is present at the time, and none who are >>>>>> present want to sponsor them at that time, they can be asked to >>>>>> leave due to no fault of their own, but simply because it is >>>>>> noisebridge policy. >>>>>> >>>>>> One justification for this policy is that Noisebridge Members and >>>>>> Associate Members look out for one another by protecting the space >>>>>> and the people in it from those who are not excellent enough to >>>>>> attract a sponsor. We do that for each other so that we can benefit >>>>>> from the improved culture and environment, as well as decreased >>>>>> entropy and theft, that resluts. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am out of town so i won't be able to participate in the meeting, >>>>>> but two things I wanted to emphasize are: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1: I don't think we should do it this way part of the time, i think >>>>>> we shoud be this way 24/7 all the fucking time. anyone who comes in >>>>>> the door gets introduced to a person who will sponsor them at that >>>>>> time, or alternately give them a quick tour and then an invitation >>>>>> to come back another time, or perhaps there are no members in the >>>>>> space who want to sponsor a guest at that time and the person >>>>>> doesn't get to come in. I think this last option will happen very >>>>>> infrequently but if it does, I don't think we're losing anything. >>>>>> If a person was going to come to noisebridge but there was nobody >>>>>> there who wanted to give them a tour/introduction, they are better >>>>>> off coming back another time. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2: Remember that this is a subtle change. The biggest practical >>>>>> effect is that it makes it possible to tell someone (who has NO >>>>>> sponsor) that they have to leave due to no fault of their own, but >>>>>> simply because of policy. This is a problem-solving feature and a >>>>>> de-escalation strategy of which we should recognize the value. >>>>>> >>>>>> So, come tuesday, pass the fucking thing and don't limit it to >>>>>> certain hours. >>>>>> >>>>>> -jake >>>>>> >>>>>> P.S. the typo was on purpose to see if you were paying attention. >>>>> My impression is that most people who have become involved with >>>>> Noisebridge >>>>> over the years would have been prevented from doing so by this >>>>> policy. People >>>>> arrive, they don't know anybody, and the fact that they're welcome >>>>> is usually a >>>>> critical part of what causes them to do awesome stuff at >>>>> Noisebridge. If they >>>>> are instead told that they're only welcome when or if someone is >>>>> being >>>>> responsible for them, well, that would be a very different >>>>> experience and I >>>>> think it would lead to significantly less awesome happening. >>>>> >>>>> This is literally[1] a proposal to kill the golden-egg-laying goose. >>>>> >>>>> ~leif >>>>> >>>>> 1: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/literally >>>>> >>>>> ps: the wording on the Current_Consensus_Items wiki page is >>>>> nothing like the >>>>> proposal above; it says "modify open hours so that nights are >>>>> open-access to >>>>> Members and to guests of any sponsoring Member also present in the >>>>> space" >>>>> >>>>> pps: the misspelled word is in the first sentence of the >>>>> 3d-to-last paragraph >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list >>>>> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net >>>>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list >> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net >> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss >


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Prevention of Violence against Women
Women's Health Grampians is the lead organisation for the prevention of violence against women in the Grampians region.
WHG is committed to the prevention of violence against women because in Australia;
- one women is murdered by her partner or ex-partner every week
- one in three women will experience physical violence during their lifetime
- one in five women will experience sexual violence during their lifetime.
The Grampians Region consistently has;
- higher rates of family violence than metropolitan regions and
- higher rates of family violence incidents than the state wide average.
Our goal is to prevent violence against women before it occurs by addressing gender inequities and challenging rigid gender stereotypes in our communities.
The new National Framework 'Change the Story' from OurWatch is available below:
- What is 'violence against women'?
Violence against women and their children is a prevalent, serious and preventable human rights abuse. One woman a week is murdered by a current or former partner and thousands more are injured or made to live in fear. The social, health and economic costs of violence against women are enormous. Preventing such violence is a matter of national urgency, and can only be achieved if we all work together.
Violence against women is defined by the UN Convention on the Elimination of Violence Against Women as:
"Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life."[i]
Violence against women is recognised by the United Nations as a violation of women's rights and freedoms as human beings. As long as violence against women continues governments and communities are failing to protect and promote women's rights and freedoms.
[i] United Nations 1993, Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, viewed 2 April 14, http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/48/a48r104.htm
- How common is violence against women?
Violence against women in Australia is widespread and not unique to any one group. Women of all ages, cultures, backgrounds and economic situations in Australia can experience violence.
One in three
- In Australia one in three women will experience physical violence during their life time.
One in five
- In Australia one in five women will experience sexual violence in their life time.
- Every week in Australia a women is murdered by her partner or ex-partner.
- 3411-the number of reported family violence incidents in the Grampians region during 2014-2015.
- Violence against regional and remote women
Rural women face particular circumstances that can compound their disadvantage, discrimination and experiences of gender inequalities.
These include such challenges as:
- Poor or limited access to services including legal, transport, housing and healthcare (Wendt, et al., 2015)
- Reduced employment options (ABS, 2015)
- Limited access to and high cost of childcare options (Campo & Tayton, 2015)
- High costs of fuel, fresh food, utilities, dental and medical services (McLachlan, et al., 2013)
- Conservative patriarchal values perpetuating rigid gender stereotypes reinforced by long held traditions that see farming property ownership and inheritance passed through generations of sons
- Practices that make financial independence difficult, with women's finances sometimes tied to large assets (e.g., farming properties) that they cannot easily access or control independently (ALSWH, 2011; Campo & Tayton, 2015)
- Increased risk of disaster such as flood/bushfire, which has been linked to increased reliance on traditional gender roles and stereotypes (at times of crisis), and increased incidents of family and domestic violence (Parkinson & Zara, 2013)
- Physical and social isolation making access to technology, information and challenging gender inequality more difficult (Campo & Tayton, 2015)
- Visibility and invisibility – being known in smaller communities can make confidentiality For women from CALD communities, this can be compounded through a lack of and by different looks and practices that make them highly visible (George & Harris, 2014)
- Poor community understanding of the prevalence of gender inequality and the outcomes that result for women, men and the community and the importance and nature of gender transformative behaviours.
Rural women face additional risk and disadvantage when faced with other systems of discrimination or oppression:
- women with disabilities are twice as likely to experience family violence than women without a disability
- Aboriginal women are 35 times more likely to be hospitalised due to family violence than non-Aboriginal women
- CALD women face additional barriers to safety (including language, immigration risks, fear of police/courts and strict cultural beliefs)
- Elderly women are at an increased risk of experiencing violence
(Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria, 2015)
- What causes violence against women?
The National framework 'Change the Story' highlights the factors associated with gender inequality are the most consistent predictors of violence against women, and explain its gendered patterns
These factors are termed the gendered drivers of violence against women. They should always be considered together with other forms of social discrimination and disadvantage. Another group of factors become significant in the context of the gendered drivers. These factors operate in different ways, some reinforcing the gendered drivers, while others, such as entrenched social inequality, affect the relative influence of gender inequality in different contexts. None predict or drive violence against women on their own. They are termed reinforcing factors, and are discussed in the following section. The gendered drivers arise from gender discriminatory institutional, social and economic structures, social and cultural norms, and organisational, community, family and relationship practices that together create environments in which women and men are not considered equal, and violence against women is tolerated and even condoned. Within this context, the following particular expressions of gender inequality have been shown in the international evidence to be most consistently associated with higher levels of violence against women:
1 Condoning of violence against women
2 Men's control of decision-making and limits to women's independence
3 Rigid gender roles and identities
4 Male peer relations that emphasise aggression and disrespect towards women.an'
Alcohol, other drugs and mental health issues are not the underlying causes of violence against women, but have the ability to contribute to the frequency and severity of violence.
Gender inequality is the most consistent factor that increases the likelihood of violence against women.
Gender inequality enables men to make the choice to use violence against women. Gender inequality creates an environment where women, their lives, beliefs and contributions are valued less than men. It's an environment where men can use violence against women to show power and keep control.
Consistently present when men choose to use violence against women are an unequal power balance between men and women and rigid assumptions about gender roles and behaviours.
If we tell someone they can't do something because they're a girl, or say "don't be a girl", we prolong assumptions about gender.
When a man has power over a woman with the things they need, want or fear, it's an unequal power balance. It happens at work, in schools, in clubs and in the home.
Every person can challenge gender inequality when it is seen, heard or experienced. When we challenge gender inequality we are taking steps to prevent violence against women.
- Who commits violence against women?
Most violence against women is perpetrated by a man who is known to them, such as a current or former intimate partner, an acquaintance or a relative.
- Most women assaulted in the twelve months prior to the Australian Safety Survey were assaulted by either a current or previous partner (31%), a male family member or friend (28%) or a male person (12%)
- 78% of women sexually assaulted since the age of 15 were assaulted by someone known to them.
We are not dismissing the issue of violence against men. Violence is experienced by all parts of our communities. However, we know from the evidence that gender is a key factor in the use of violence.
The overwhelming majority of violence against women or men is committed by men.
The evidence tells us violence against men most often happens in public places by a male stranger and is a single incident.
While violence against women is usually committed by someone known to the woman and is often part of a longer term pattern of abuse and is more likely to lead to serious injury, death or living in fear.
The majority of domestic violence and sexual assault is committed by men against women.
We want Grampians communities to be communities of respect and equality for all. Our approach promotes respectful and non-violent relationships for every person in our community.
- Is it possible to prevent violence against women?
Vic Health research indicates the causes of violence against women can be modified or eliminated. Given this there is scope to prevent violence before it occurs by;
- Promoting equal and respectful relationships between women and men
- Fostering non-violent social norms and reducing the effects of prior exposure to violence (especially for children)
- Improving access to resources and systems of support.
While there is no doubt that significant improvements are required in the system/s responding to family violence, primary prevention is vital to prevent it occurring and to ultimately create safe communities for women, children and society as a whole. Primary prevention is intervention aimed at addressing the causes of violence against women before violence occurs. Primary prevention of violence against women requires intervention at the cultural level: the beliefs and attitudes that create and support gender inequities and rigid adherence to gender roles. To do this, WHG aims primary prevention at the population level.
As a regional service focusing on the primary prevention of violence against women, at the population level, there are four key factors that underpin our work and support success:
- A whole of community approach
- A systems approach to driving social change
- National and state level leadership
- Evidence based frameworks
- What is Women's Health Grampians doing to prevent violence against women?
- Developing a regional evidence base to inform prevention initiatives in the region. See our PVAW Resource Hub
- Undertaking capacity building activities with local government and community organisations to strengthen prevention of violence against women action across the region
- Leading the development of a regional prevention of violence against women strategy to ensure a collaborative approach to prevention action in the Grampians region
- Participating in regional family violence prevention networks
- Contributing to White Ribbon Day action
- Working with industry and business to implement Act@Work to build healthy and respectful workplace cultures, click here for more information
- For help and assistance
If you or someone you know is experiencing violence, please click here and you will be redirected to our Useful Links page for a list of organisations and services which can help you.
- Resource hub
WHG online PVAW resource hub supports the development and implementation of primary prevention of violence against women initiatives across the Grampians region.
The hub hosts a collection of resources including evidence, useful tools and policy documents.
New pieces of evidence will be uploaded regularly.
Click here to go to the PVAW Resource Hub


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