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You know, when you have answered a thread and someone posts a reply, how the system automatically emails you so you can read it?
Well, I get all the notifcations, but most of the time, the new reply isn't there. It just depends. It's driving me crazy, because I got 3 alerts this afternoon that you responded to three threads, and I couldn't get yours to show up. Only the last person to post before you, like yesterday's. I just hate it. I feel like if others had this problem, they would have said something by now? I can't stand it anymore.
BTW, how are you today?
Oh, it also doesn't show my posts till way later after I post them.
My thread about this problem doesn't even show up on the list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The only way I could answer your question, was it just happened to show up on the email alert. But if I don't go through that alert, the thread doesn't exist. I feel like something is trying to make me crazy.


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Emma Fildes is among the tens of thousands of people in the UK who have become first-time landlords this year. The 34-year-old estate agent for Fyfe Mcdade, who lives and works in east London, has bought a one-bedroom flat in Clerkenwell. Within a fortnight of completion she has found two mature Chinese students as tenants willing to pay £420 a week.
"Having a buy-to-let property is something I've wanted to do for years but have always been a bit scared," she says. "I met a mortgage broker who went through the figures and he showed me it was absolutely feasible – so when this opportunity came up in Clerkenwell, I went for it," adds Fildes, who chose the area because its property prices are predicted to go through the roof – rising by 40 per cent in the next five years, according to Knight Frank – as a result of the Crossrail development.
She remortgaged the flat she lives in to come up with a 20 per cent deposit and chose a new-build flat. "In terms of finance, I worked on the basis of the worst-case scenario. When I realised I could cover my costs even if I got £30 less rent a week – which was far lower than expected – I felt it was too good an opportunity to miss."
For Rumeet Simmonds, 36, who works in Canary Wharf, and her husband Richard, 33, an IT contractor, the motivation to become buy-to-let landlords was "security – a future pension pot", says Simmonds. "Working in finance, I felt investing in bricks and mortar was the best option."
The couple live in Petts Wood, Kent, and have chosen to invest in a two-bedroom flat, costing £385,000, in the new Greenwich Square development in Greenwich. It's an area that has seen rents increase by 11 per cent this year due to a raft of new developments attracting a younger clientele as well as the area's traditional family market.
"We felt this development will have a strong sense of community, with a gym, swimming pool, medical centre and library. The other big selling points were the size of the apartments and the predicted rental returns," says Simmonds.
Around 29,000 people became buy-to-let landlords for the first time last year, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) – an 80 per cent increase from two years previously. Propelled by frozen salaries, rising living costs and wariness about other types of investment, these "virgin landlords" are drawn to buy-to-let, helped by low mortgage rates and rising rents.
But choosing that first property can be fraught. Old or new, one bed or two? A pit in a prime location or a beauty off the beaten track? It's all a case of understanding the local market: who your tenants are likely to be, what type of property rents – and sells – most easily, and whether you are looking for rental returns or longer-term capital gains, as getting a good balance of both isn't always possible.
"I see a lot of people expecting amazing returns in London, but unless you're brave and buy off-plan very early in the development – which overseas investors seem more willing to do than British buyers – you're not going to get the 5 per cent that was standard 12 months ago. You have to see it as a long-term investment," says Emma Fildes.
You might, like her, decide a one-bedroom flat is the best investment. They have the benefit of being cheaper to buy and in demand among younger renters who can't afford to own – and equally serve the growing newly-homeless-after-divorce demographic.
"There is often a premium on the rent, too, as developers don't build many one-bed flats or studios – and they often cost less than the lowest stamp duty threshold," says Frank Webster, director of Finders Keepers lettings agency in Oxford.
Alternatively, family houses or maisonettes could be the way to go if you can afford it, suggests Elliot Lester, sales manager at Aston Mead in Surrey and Berkshire: "Don't immediately just opt for what most investors choose – small flats close to good rail services for the City.
"There are many types of tenants, and those that don't need the railway will look in a much wider area. This is where landlords can see a good return on their investment. If you can afford to buy a small family house, you could see tenants staying much longer. That will reduce general wear and tear and save you paying fees for every new tenancy."
Freehold houses will also produce a better net income than leasehold flats. "Many first-time landlords don't take into account the cost of ownership, including service charges and maintenance fees, which can drain off four to six weeks' rental income a year," says Lester.
Where other first-time landlords often fall down is by trying to cut corners by stinting on insurance cover. Finders Keepers' Frank Webster has seen enough cases of flooding or accidental damage by tenants to know the pain it causes if the landlord isn't correctly covered.
Taking the time to find a reputable lettings agent should also be top of the list for virgin landlords – "either a good local one with their finger on the pulse in your area or a strong national one with an extensive database of prospective tenants," says Nicholas Finn, London director of Garrington property finders.
As Emma Fildes found, buying your first investment property can be a daunting decision. But when, like her, a first-time landlord realises how the numbers stack up, they'll soon be looking at where to buy next.
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Chaklasi is a city and a municipality in Kheda district in the state of Gujarat, India.Wikipedia
A place in India, Chaklasi is an interesting place to visit, given its unique culture, history and character. When planning a trip to Chaklasi, make sure you visit its near-by prime city of Ahmedabad. Attractions in Ahmedabad include Sabarmati Museum, Kankaria Lake, Akshardham Temple. Also, to reach Chaklasi, you'll have to take a flight to Ahmedabad; so its not really a detour. And even if it is, the city is worth paying at least a quick visit. A holiday in Chaklasi can generally be of 1-2 days.
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One challenge with working from home is that the "mood of the day" — if it's a less than pleasant one — might be harder to shake than if you were to go off to an office.
I suppose if you're just a jerk to everyone and don't really care about other people it may make no difference (you know who you are). But I find myself behaving 'nicer' in front of others than I may be inclined to act at home.
It's obviously wrong that we tend to relax our attitudes for the worse when we're around those we love and trust the most, but we do it (It's not just me. It's not just me. It's not…). It becomes a challenge at our house because both Renee and I work from home and we home school our children. That means if either of us is down in the dumps we don't have strangers or a boss or co-workers whose presence somehow inspires us to 'correct' ourselves. This means that a bum attitude can stick around much longer.
One solution for this may be to go to a store or two and buy something. Anything. Buy some gum and start a small conversation with the clerk. Really small, like, "How's your day going so far?"
Another idea is to start an online chat conversation. I don't think this is nearly as effective as a face to face, but it can help quell the doldrums.
Another idea is to write a list of ten ideas to move a current project forward. Again, even better if you have someone (even a family member) to read this list to and perhaps glean a few more ideas after you've finished.
Sometimes taking a moment to watch something funny is a great way to reset the brain.
I think that a visit to the store and making a list are my favs for getting into a better mood. And talking about ideas with others. I have to be careful about talking with others. Same goes for online chatting and watching comedy. These activities can go from minutes to hours if I'm not careful.
What are your suggestions for getting the neurons (or chemicals or whatever) better aligned for a better attitude?
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Public Speaking rant and tips14 Feb 2008 (Thu)
DO YOU HATE PUBLIC SPEAKING? Whether your answer is "Yes" or "No", I think you would enjoy this cute video as much as I do.
HERE ARE SOME PRACTICAL TIPS from a very interesting girl called June (a.k.a. princessgx on YouTube):
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- YouTube: US "presidents", UK queen & now Jap PM
- An anthropological introduction to YouTube
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What I'm up to lately…
Though I've enjoyed gardening everywhere I've lived, I'm just beginning to landscape my tiny East Sacramento bungalow with my fiance, Kim. As a gardener, I most enjoy planting, nursery shopping, propagating, seed starting, veggie gardening, vermicomposting and learning what other avid gardeners are growing in their yards. I'm also a foodie who loves cooking and baking, which ties in nicely with growing backyard edibles.
While we chip away at our house and yard remodel, I'm seriously considering opening a garden shop of my own. It's been a longtime dream of mine.
Gardening Philosophy
Everyone seeks bliss and I've found mine in gardening. Like many, I am often inspired by what other people are growing and doing in their yards. My favorite gardens are on the "bohemian" side… colorful, restful, restorative, celebratory and art is a must… from funky junk art to unique sculptures to oversized ceramic urns. There can be art and beauty and fun in nearly everything in your garden.
Many say gardens are a form of "controlled nature"… and I appreciate the comfort a touch of civilization provides… but my favorite gardens are a bit rough around the edges. Relaxed. Formal estate gardens wow me, but they rarely move me. I suppose it's because they're too controlled, and somewhat impersonal by nature. I want to see the person or people behind the garden, not grandeur created largely by employees. Frugal, artistic reuse of "junk" impresses me more than spouting lions and manicured lawns.
In addition to being a mostly stay-at-home mom to my son Elliot, I've also worked as a floral designer, Library Services Assistant, Nursery Sales Specialist, and currently freelance for Talini's Nursery handling website creation and maintenance and print ads (photography, design and layout). I also do the Annie's Annuals & Perennials wholesale ordering and processing for Talini's.
On the educational front, I earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Horticulture & Urban Forestry from UC Davis, preceded by a two-year degree in Ornamental Horticulture from American River College. I'm equally proud of the number of hours I spent lost in the Sunset Western Garden Book, listening to local garden radio, trading seeds, bulbs and cuttings with friends, neighbors and strangers… and the many dirty, sweaty hours I put in digging here in northern California's Sunset Zone 14/USDA Zone 9b.
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Here is the mailbox that inspired this blog. It was in Columbus, Ohio, on Dublin Road north of Trabue Road - no longer accepting mail, as a new cousin stands across the road. Send in your pictures of rusty mailboxes to join it!
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Hyderabad, Sep 3: Media reports revealed that army said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajashekhara Reddy's chopper was found 40 kilometres from Kurnool though the condition of the survivors and the helicopter was not confirmed.
Search began in the Nallamalla forests and hills stretching across Kurnool, Prakasam and Kadapa districts on Thursday, Sep 3, early morning.
Poor visibility and bad weather conditions had thwarted the rescue operations on Wednesday, Sep 2, night. But state police and 5,000 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) continued the search on foot throughout the night with aid of forest officials.
Andhra's Greyhound commandos, raised to fight Naxals, specialised anti-terrorist force Organisation for Counter Terrorism and Operations (Octopus) teams and newly-formed anti-Naxal force Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (Cobra) were also appointed for the operation with the assistance of a Bangalore army column.
Three Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters from Bangalore were sent while one private helicopter from Nellore was also trying to spot the missing YSYR
Satellite imagery was being used to trace the missing helicopter. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO also provided special low flying aircraft and remote sensing equipment.
However, the presence of Naxals, bad weather, the topography and poor communication made it difficult for the rescue team to conduct their search.
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I just watched Jono's talk from SCALE [1] entitled "Ubuntu: The Past, Present, and Future."
It's really quite an interesting talk, so I'm recommending it to you, my dear readers. I think he did a great job describing the key moments in Ubuntu's history. (Click image to view.)
Towards the end of the talk, Jono makes some startling predictions. Do you agree with them?
[1] Just why people insist on naming a conference after a kernel still baffles and disappoints me. Do we name car shows after carburetors? Didn't think so. ;)


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An Exact Method for Computing the Area Moments of Wavelet and Spline Curves
We present a method for the exact computation of the moments of a region bounded by a curve represented by a scaling function or wavelet basis. Using Green's Theorem, we show that the computation of the area moments is equivalent to applying a suitable multidimensional filter on the coefficients of the curve and thereafter computing a scalar product. The multidimensional filter coefficients are precomputed exactly as the solution of a two-scale relation. To demonstrate the performance improvement of the new method, we compare it with existing methods such as pixel-based approaches and approximation of the region by a polygon. We also propose an alternate scheme when the scaling function is sinc(x).
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Highland Park
- In the empty spot next to Five Guys will be "a very comfortable coffee house with the motif featuring Columbia Heights history. The goal is to open up in May."
- Saki Club is still in play, but no opening date set.
- The Caribbean restaurant, Zinnia, is dead.
Kenyon Square
- So long, Royal Blue sign and butcher paper windows (2007-2009).
- Desi's (Peruvian chicken and steak) looks to open in the spring.
Also coming soon, Room 11, a wine and pastry bar full of likely deliciousness at 11th and Lamont.


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Squab was a relatively common item on fine-dining menus 10 years ago, but it has since fallen out of favor.
Executive chef Brian Roche is hoping to rehabilitate it with this dish, which he developed for a recent dinner he cooked at the James Beard House in New York City.
"I loved the way it came out," Roche said. It is now part of the menu for Lolita's monthly $65, four-course tequila dinner.
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My idea is basically that when you change the world you're playing in you still get to keep your items in another world. Like a global inventory. I often find myself creating new world and I don't feel like cheating in the new ones because that would take away the fun of doing it yourself and I'm too lazy to cheat. But if you instead get to keep your items it would feel like you're just playing in different realms. Another thing that could be added is a different type of ender chest that works across the worlds. This will also make it easier to transfer items to different worlds.
There should be a toggle option in the menu so that you can enable/disable share inventory for that specific map.
Say that you want to have a map without your old inventory. When you create that world you can untick the share inventory option.
When creating a world
But hey! What if I want to use the global inventory on that map? Then just go in to the world menu and tick the little box.
Selecting worlds to share inventory in
But what about the old inventory on that map?
Well, I got no good solution for that yet. Maybe you old items could get placed in a chest at you latest location? That could probably work out. There's probably a better way of solving that issue but the chest is what I can come up with at the moment-
Feel free to post any ideas to this. And if you are a modder that wants to make this real, then please give me credit for the idea


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Ripple Effect Trailer (2007)
Believing that bad karma is keeping him from realizing his dream, hip clothing designer Amer Atrash (Philippe Caland) attempts to orchestrate salvation -- with unexpected results -- in this indie drama. Pushed to the edge of financial disaster and facing marital woes, Atrash resolves to right a wrong he committed years earlier when his car accidentally struck Philip Blackman (Forest Whitaker), leaving him paralyzed.
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It seems that Kanye West will not be released from the hospital today as previously thought.
RELATED: Kanye West's Condition 'Way Worse' Than Originally Thought
A new report from TMZ says alleged sources say the rapper was to be handed over to his own personal doctor on Monday, but staff at the UCLA Medical Center are refusing to let him go.
He is reportedly believed to not yet be stable, nor to have properly recovered from his breakdown last week. The report further says that no release date has been set yet for West.
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The Jefferson Forest Lady Cavs picked the right time to pick up their first Seminole District win of the season. And they picked the right team from which to earn it.
The meet called itself "elite."
You think the Republicans are having a hard time picking a presidential candidate?
Although personal correspondence, we've got a pretty good idea of what some local hoops head coaches asked for in their letters to Santa.
So, Ohio State got its man.
What if they threw a basketball game and a ring ceremony broke out?
The times, they are a' changing. Particularly at Liberty High School's gymnasium.
Warning: heavy lifting ahead.
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This is how we can fight Donald Trump's attack on democracy
Our news system has fundamental weaknesses, and we're paying the price like never before. In the past, we could afford to watch the nightly headlines, give a slightly cynical shrug, and then get on with our evening.
Today, though, the price of our media-cultivated apathy has grown dangerously high. Our hard-won fundamental rights and freedoms are in peril. If we aren't careful, the news could be the burial ground for democracy. And the epitaph will be "We could have known, if journalism had only told us."
In a changing climate, news is a weather report
The most glaring weakness of news is the fact that, exceptions notwithstanding, it's almost always about events, snapshots in time. This has to do with a criterion referred to as timeliness: news is supposed to be about things that happened recently, at a specific point in time. A news story needs a reason to be reported today, not tomorrow or the day after or next week. Things that are happening every day – global warming, for example – don't make the front page or the nightly news. Developments that structural, not momentary, have no "news value." Or, to use another piece of jargon, there's no "news peg" to hang them on.
Since news consists mainly of a series of separate, unrelated events, it grossly neglects developments taking place at a deeper level. Climate change is a good example. If there were no scientists, only journalists, this slow, invisible, unsensational problem never would have come to our attention. News is about the weather, not the climate.
As a consequence, major crises almost never show up on the news radar until it's too late. Weeks of agonized media soul-searching invariably follow: How could we have not seen this coming? In my career as a journalist, I've watched three such crises unfold from inside editorial offices, complete with the inevitable question that haunted the news team afterward.
The eternal question: How did we miss this?
The first blaze to break out was the declaration of the failure of Dutch multiculturalism, signaled by the rise of anti-immigration political party leader Pim Fortuyn in 2002. A long-brewing discontent with diversity flared up, seemingly out of nowhere. Politicians in The Hague looked on in shock as the bald professor from Rotterdam shook the foundations of the status quo. Meanwhile, Dutch journalists looked in the mirror despairingly. How did we miss this? What followed was a decade of "saying the unsayable." Today, the polls here are led by a party calling to abolish five constitutional rights. The PVV wants to deprive Muslims and people from majority-Muslim countries of freedom of expression, freedom of the press, freedom of education, freedom of religion, and the right to equal treatment.
Then came an earthquake whose epicenter lay elsewhere: Wall Street. The fall of Lehman Brothers precipitated the biggest financial crisis in 80 years. An edifice built on bubbles and credit packages, and shot through with impenetrable risks, collapsed like a house of cards. Billions were spent to save the global economy from self-inflicted destruction. And again the halls of media organizations rang with the same anguished question: Why didn't we see it coming? Today, the big banks that brought the economy to the brink of the abyss are again registering record profits.
And then a storm blew in from rural America, with a man called Donald J. Trump at its eye. Comedians begged him to run for president; serious commentators dismissed him as not having a chance, before he even joined the race. Two hours before the election results were in, the front pages announcing the first female US president were ready to go to press. After all, the polls had been crystal-clear. And again, the same desperate look appeared in journalists' eyes: How in the world did we get it so wrong?
The answer to this question is usually the same. A chorus of voices replies: it's the ideological bias, stupid! The failure of multiculturalism, the collapse of the financial system, the revolt of the common man – the "liberal media," the chorus asserts, simply refuse to see it. We turn a blind eye to whatever doesn't fit our narrow view of the world. We're scaredy-cats afraid to tell like it is – the Lügenpresse, or "lying press," in the language of the Nazis and, more recently, of some Trump supporters.
My conclusion, however, is a different one. The media doesn't notice these slowly unfolding events because journalists are taught at J-school and in the newsroom not to think about things that way. When you're looking through a 24-hour lens, you don't have to be a progressive to overlook the consequences of immigration, financialization, and globalization. The lens keeps you from seeing them.
What Pim Fortuyn, Lehman Brothers, and Donald Trump have in common is that they're the sensational results of unsensationally slow events: increasing ethnic and cultural segregation, a pileup of increasingly complex financial risks, the atrophy of the Western middle class. They're earthquakes without news pegs. Meanwhile, we fill columns and talk shows with highly visible, yet negligible, threats (like ISIS) ascribed to illusory villains (like Islam). Because terror attacks are ready-made news stories. They're designed to be.
As the cameras focus on today, we forget the everyday. And as the press dots its I's, no one connects the dots. And so the defining events of the age take place mostly out of view – until we hear a bang and the catastrophic results appear on our screens.
Hey, look. A dead Dutch populist just won 24 seats in Parliament.
Hey, look. A 159-year-old bank just collapsed.
Hey, look. A kleptocrat just got elected CEO of the free world.
The deadly event that's happening now
Right now, one of those slow-mo events is under way. It's appearing in too fragmentary a form on our screens to truly worry many people. But historians will describe it as the steady demolition and ultimate fall of every democratic institution in the West.
The free press. The independent administration of justice. Parliamentary democracy. Constitutions.
In the United States – and coming soon to a Western Europe country near you – the demolition is being carried out with fierce intensity. Anyone who sees this as the hasty or biased conclusion of a leftwing Amsterdam journalist and believes we should "wait and see what Trump will do" is stone-blind to the transformation taking place. The United States is being turned into a kleptocratic autocracy A kleptocratic autocracy is a form of government in which state power is appropriated for the self-enrichment of an authoritarian leader and his inner circle. as we speak.
All the signs are right there in front of us. And they reveal a clear two-step plan.
Step 1: Threaten the free press and sow doubt about what's true
During his campaign, Trump openly kept a blacklist of news organizations "Trump Has a Media Blacklist. If You're a Journalist, You Should Get on It," advised The Huffington Post. a blacklist of news organizations "Trump Has a Media Blacklist. If You're a Journalist, You Should Get on It," advised The Huffington Post. and threatened to toughen laws which could muzzle critical media outlets. Yes, the threat will be hard to carry out, but the fact that Trump's voiced it is highly worrisome, The Nation argued. critical media outlets. Yes, the threat will be hard to carry out, but the fact that Trump's voiced it is highly worrisome, The Nation argued. He hasn't dialed back the threats since the inauguration.
Trump has appointed as a close advisor the billionaire Peter Thiel, a man who sued the online publication Gawker into bankruptcy Forbes' timeline tracks how Trump advisor Peter Thiel used a lawsuit to destroy the website Gawker. bankruptcy Forbes' timeline tracks how Trump advisor Peter Thiel used a lawsuit to destroy the website Gawker. out of personal vindictiveness. The president lashes out daily at media organizations not favorably disposed toward him, satirical TV shows included. He boycotts critical reporters at his news conferences and threatens to ban "The Trump Administration May Evict the Press from the White House," sources told Esquire. ban "The Trump Administration May Evict the Press from the White House," sources told Esquire. members of the media from the White House entirely. In the first week of his regime, six journalists were arrested "Six journalists arrested in DC. while covering Trump protests," The Washington Times reported. arrested "Six journalists arrested in DC. while covering Trump protests," The Washington Times reported. while reporting on anti-Trump protests.
And the president has appointed Steve Bannon as his chief strategist – the highest advisor in the White House with the most agenda-setting power. Multimillionaire Bannon is a founding board member and the former head of Breitbart News, a far-right website that fabricated and spread wild conspiracy theories daily during his tenure. Bannon has since named his primary target. "The media here is the opposition party," he said, and it "should … keep its mouth shut." "Trump Strategist Stephen Bannon Says Media Should 'Keep Its Mouth Shut,'" The New York Times reported. keep its mouth shut." "Trump Strategist Stephen Bannon Says Media Should 'Keep Its Mouth Shut,'" The New York Times reported.
This statement deserves to be taken seriously as an outright declaration of war. The First Amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech, doesn't shield the press "Don't Expect the First Amendment to Protect the Media," The New York Times wrote. shield the press "Don't Expect the First Amendment to Protect the Media," The New York Times wrote. nearly as robustly as people tend to assume, as law professors RonNell Jones and Sonja West point out.
And the press doesn't even need to be hobbled to become irrelevant. Undermining its credibility will be enough. Trust in the media is already woefully low in the US – and it's not much better in other Western democracies. Let's be honest: in large part, the click-hungry, ad-driven, sensationalist, trivia-obsessed media have themselves to blame.
But Donald Trump has used existing mistrust to create a whole new reality. By systematically flip-flopping and demonstrably lying, he confuses the public to the extent that in the face of controversy, people start doubting the truth. Users of this manipulation tactic, known as gaslighting, aim to create uncertainty in individuals or groups by consistently denying accusations, contradicting themselves, and lying until their targets doubt their own sanity.
Do this long enough and many people will eventually lose their bearings entirely regarding who and what to believe. Here's a good illustration. The Washington Post recently took a group of 1,388 US adults and asked half of them which of two pictures showed Trump's inauguration: the one with the larger or smaller crowd? "This is what Trump voters said when asked to compare his inauguration crowd with Obama's," reported The Washington Post. larger or smaller crowd? "This is what Trump voters said when asked to compare his inauguration crowd with Obama's," reported The Washington Post.
Forty percent of Trump voters answered incorrectly. More significantly, after the second group was told which photo showed which inauguration, 15% of the Trump voters in that group told researchers the photo on the left showed more people than the one on the right. They simply denied their own perceptions in order to maintain the fiction that Trump had drawn a bigger crowd.
This is precisely the effect gaslighting aims at. If you keep repeating "alternative facts" – as Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway called them – long enough, those "facts" start becoming reality. Or, in the words of Friedrich Nietzsche, posthumously embraced as a source of inspiration by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels: "Truth is a mobile army of metaphors ... [that] after long use seem solid, canonical, and binding to a nation."
It's hard to imagine a more effective strategy for undermining the institution of the free press in the long term. After all, once there's no longer any shared reality, a media outlet can no longer be defined as truthful. Think of a sports tournament in which everyone believes their own team leads the rankings – play itself becomes impossible. The same is true of the "game" of politics in a democracy.
Step 2: Dismantle the government and install a kleptocracy
A society permeated by mistrust of "the media" and devoid of belief in a shared reality provides the perfect conditions for dismantling democratic institutions. And all the indications are that that's what Trump is doing.
- As a candidate in the 2012 presidential election, Rick Perry, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, 66, was Texas' longest-serving governor. He blew his chances in the 2012 presidential election partly with an infamous gaffe during the Republican debates. "It is three agencies of government when I get there that are gone," he said. "Commerce, Education, and the – what's the third one there? Let's see." He continued to flounder, then admitted, "I can't. The third one, I can't. Sorry. Oops." He was talking about the Department of Energy. Rufus and Bart have written about Perry (in Dutch only). Trump's appointee for Energy secretary, promised to abolish the department he will now control.
- Scott Pruitt, As Oklahoma's attorney-general, EPA appointee Scott Pruitt, 48, formed an alliance with the fossil-fuel industry to try to block Obama's climate legislation and sued the EPA. Rufus and Bart have written about Pruitt (in Dutch only). Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, is a climate denier who's suing the very agency he's being put in charge of, in an effort to reverse environmental regulations.
- Ben Carson, Carson, 65, is awaiting confirmation as Secretary of HUD. Rufus and Bart have written about him (in Dutch only). tapped to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, called the job HUD was created to do "not the government's responsibility."
- Betsy DeVos, DeVos, 58, would be the richest member of the Trump cabinet. She comes from a wealthy background, and her husband is heir to a fortune. She has no experience as a teacher or administrator in higher education and supports tax breaks for private school tuition. Rufus and Bart wrote about DeVos. Trump's pick for Education secretary, gave $1.5 million to a lobbying group that favors deregulating education in Michigan and is one of the country's foremost ideological opponents of public schools.
- Jeff Sessions, Sessions, 70, is the new attorney-general. His acting predecessor, Sally Yates, was fired on Monday after she refused to back his immigration ban. Trump's attorney-general and the person in charge of safeguarding civil rights, allegedly called a white lawyer who represented black clients a "disgrace to [his] race" and said he had no problem with the Ku Klux Klan "until I found out they smoked pot."
- Steve Bannon, Bannon, 63, holds the position of White House chief strategist – a role Trump created for him. He was a founding board member and later executive chair of Breitbart News, the conspiracy-mongering far-right website. the top advisor in Trump's cabinet, is a self-described Leninist and open advocate of the destruction of the US state. "Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that's my goal, too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today's establishment," aldus Bannon. destruction of the US state. "Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that's my goal, too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today's establishment," aldus Bannon.
Dismantling the government would deliver two overarching advantages for a kleptocratic autocracy – the term for a society in which state power is appropriated for the self-enrichment of an authoritarian leader and his inner circle.
First, the availability of the facts relied on by scientists, journalists, and other professionals working on behalf of the public will further decrease. Government institutions not only carry out policy, they also produce much of the research it's based on. Shutting them down will clear a path for flooding the public domain with "alternative facts" – a proven formula of autocratic regimes the world over.
Second, dismantling the public sector will grease the way for the transfer of taxpayer property to private individuals. For a model of how to plunder the public purse for private profit, look no further than post-Soviet Russia, the state Trump so admires, where oligarchs made fortunes out of the privatization of former state companies.
There are enough signs pointing to such a scenario in the US that we can no longer call it a conspiracy theory.
Donald Trump is a real estate magnate, and his two biggest campaign promises revolve around construction projects. He's pledged to rebuild the national infrastructure and erect a 1,000-mile wall along the Mexican border. The first leaked details of the plans reveal a financing structure based on tax credits that would funnel huge sums to private contractors with scant oversight of how the funds are used. Economist Dean Baker explains how Trump's infrastructure plans are set up to enrich the private building industry with little oversight. oversight of how the funds are used. Economist Dean Baker explains how Trump's infrastructure plans are set up to enrich the private building industry with little oversight. The man charged with guarding against potential conflicts of interest between Trump's business interests and the US government, George Sorial, is no independent party, but a lawyer employed by Trump's company The man hired to watch for conflicts of interest has worked for the Trump Organization for a decade, Politico reported. employed by Trump's company The man hired to watch for conflicts of interest has worked for the Trump Organization for a decade, Politico reported. since 2007. Trump Hotels' CEO has already announced a major expansion "The Trump Organization Is Already Dreaming of Expanding, Big League," Slate.com reported. major expansion "The Trump Organization Is Already Dreaming of Expanding, Big League," Slate.com reported. as a prelude to building 21 more hotels in US cities. Trump's estate and private club, Mar-a-Lago in Florida, doubled its membership fees to $200,000 the day after its owner was elected president. "Mar-a-Lago membership fee doubles to $200,000," CNBC reported. owner was elected president. "Mar-a-Lago membership fee doubles to $200,000," CNBC reported.
Meanwhile, Trump hasn't sold off his business interests but has transferred them to immediate family members: his sons. In contrast to every president since 1970, he refuses to release his tax returns. "President Donald Trump Will Not Release His Tax Returns," Fortune.com reported. refuses to release his tax returns. "President Donald Trump Will Not Release His Tax Returns," Fortune.com reported. During the campaign, he acknowledged avoiding paying taxes to the tune of tens of millions and retorted, "That makes me smart." "Trump brags about not paying taxes: 'That makes me smart'" (CNBC). "That makes me smart." "Trump brags about not paying taxes: 'That makes me smart'" (CNBC). His sons have tried to raise money for their own nonprofit by promising donors access to their father in exchange for $1 million. See the documents promising access to Trump in exchange for donations. access to their father in exchange for $1 million. See the documents promising access to Trump in exchange for donations.
And the cherry on the kleptocratic cake: Steve Mnuchin, Trump's pick for Treasury secretary – the role would put him in charge of the IRS and give him the authority to loan money on the government's behalf – set up his own hedge fund and used it to snap up a bailed-out bank Marie Claire has more on Treasury nominee Steve Mnuchin's background. bailed-out bank Marie Claire has more on Treasury nominee Steve Mnuchin's background. for a song during the financial crisis. He then made a tidy profit by forcing tens of thousands of homeowners into bankruptcy Under Mnuchin's leadership, a 90-year-old woman lost her house for being 27 cents in arrears (Politico). bankruptcy Under Mnuchin's leadership, a 90-year-old woman lost her house for being 27 cents in arrears (Politico). In short, Mnuchin is a man who knows a thing or two about siphoning public funds into his own pocket.
How the news cycle keeps us numb
Every one of these signs of a dawning kleptocracy Political scientist Yonatan Zunger sounds the alarm in an excellent piece on Medium. dawning kleptocracy Political scientist Yonatan Zunger sounds the alarm in an excellent piece on Medium. has been in the news. But almost all of them have appeared in separate reports by different media outlets. So it's hard to descry the connection between them, and it's still easy to silence critics who cry "coup" with a bland, "Wait and see."
After all, any individual report can be qualified or seen as "not that bad." In a similar vein, the rise of fascism in Germany didn't seem acute enough to cause widespread alarm until it passed the point of no return.
News produces a serial, short-lived outrage at best – a daily dose of "WTF?!" that quickly ebbs away until the next news cycle rolls around. Anyone who follows what's going on in Washington will recognize this water-cooler conversation:
- '"Did you hear what Trump just did?"
- "Yep. Unbelievable!"
- "Then again, I heard it wasn't true."
- "Really? Wow."
- "Yeah. Hard to say."
- "Hmm. Wonder how it'll end."
The problem with this kind of outrage is that it never adds up. It just spikes and levels out again. And this repetitiveness is the ideal mechanism for causing fatigue, desensitization, and ultimately apathy. News, then, creates the perfect emotional climate in which fascist, autocratic, and kleptocratic movements can thrive. News is the cradle in which democratic resistance is rocked to sleep.
So it's no surprise that debate is raging among journalists in the US – and Europe – over how to deal with Trump. Some seek salvation in increased fact-checking; others think the solution is to pay him less attention; still others see activist journalism as the answer.
All those suggestions have their merits, but I don't think they go far enough. The problem with contemporary news runs far too deep to be solved with more facts, selective attention, or sporadic opposition. Stopping the steady demolition of democracy is going to take more than that.
It's arguably even more urgent now that Trumplike forces are gaining prominence in Europe. In the Netherlands, one political party consistently leads the polls. It has a single member, its autocratic leader. It keeps its financing a secret. And it seeks to deprive more than 850,000 people in the Netherlands of their freedom of speech, of the press, of education, and of religion, and to take away their right to equal treatment.
Four ways we can make journalism serve democracy
The time has come for the traditional news media to drop some long-cherished dogmas.
First, the business model. As long as news outlets keep depending on ad revenue, they will continue to function as purveyors of human attention, essentially selling their readers to advertisers – and the basic product won't ever truly change. The benefits of nurturing daily outrage devoid of consequences will be too great to turn down. Only news organizations funded primarily by subscribers can truly change this, because the nature of their product is genuinely different. Subscriber-funded news isn't an attention-grabber in an eyeball economy but a social service in a civil society.
Second, competition. As long as the news media keep seeing each other as opponents in the war for attention, deep-rooted reflexes – like the drive to be first, to keep scoops to yourself, and a general mistrust of cooperation – will endure. But cooperation on more than just an occasional basis is, above all else, what developments of such massive scope and far-reaching consequences call for. The news media – local, regional, national, and global – must combine forces to be capable of piecing together a puzzle this complex. No reporter or editorial team can do it alone.
Third, objectivity. As long as the news media cling to the idea that "staying neutral" and "not taking a position" are the journalistic holy grail, they'll leave the judgments on current events to the historians. Instead, the media should practice reverse historiography. That is, we should formulate hypotheses for things we see strong but not-yet-definitive indications of, and we should use those hypotheses to attempt to link the puzzle pieces we call news reports into a larger whole. Remember Michael Burry, Michael Burry is a California man who gambled on the collapse of the mortgage market. He was one of the few to notice that mortgages in arrears were often resold, bundled into financial packages that carried enormous risk. Michael Lewis's book The Big Short and the film of the same name are based on his story. the guy who predicted the implosion of the US housing market and the 2008 financial crisis? He did it not by watching rates go up and down, but by informed speculation on the housing bubble that was being created. And what's true of economic bubbles is true of democratic ones: you can only see them pop if you realize they're there. Fascism never announces itself.
Fourth, formats. As long as news outlets continue to think in terms of traditional genres like spot news, editorials, and features, the information they produce will stay fragmentary instead of adding up to form a bigger picture. We need a way of making news cumulative. Instead of separate reports of individual events, we need to think in terms of a documentation process that will eventually allow patterns to be identified. Only in this way can we truly build a defense against accusations of bias and sensationalism – and only in this way will we stand a chance of seeing apathy morph into sustained resistance.
As an ad-free, member-supported, explicitly subjective news outlet that focuses on structures rather than incidents, The Correspondent is working to build this format. But antidemocratic forces have grown too powerful for a little Dutch media organization to make a difference. We welcome others' help. Everything is at stake.
Remember the scene in Back To The Future where Marty saves his friend Dr. Emmett Brown's life, and his tombstone in the photograph vanishes?
It's not too late to do the same thing for democracy.
—Translated from Dutch by Laura Martz and Erica Moore
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Charlie Adam insists Blackpool will not alter their approach for table-topping Chelsea on Sunday.
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Last Updated: 17/09/10 11:05pm
Charlie Adam has told skysports.com that Blackpool will not alter their approach for table-topping Chelsea on Sunday.
The Seasiders, tipped by many to struggle during their first season in the Premier League, have enjoyed a dream start to life in the top tier.
Seven points have been collected from their opening four fixtures, with Arsenal the only side to have put Ian Holloway's side to the sword.
The confidence and momentum established during last season's promotion push has been maintained and the side is playing without fear.
That is just as well as they face an unenviable trip to reigning champions Chelsea this weekend, a team full of goals right now.
Adam, though, insists Blackpool will not be fazed by the challenge awaiting them at Stamford Bridge and believes they are capable of springing another surprise.
He told skysports.com, as part of a promotional event for the launch for EA Sports FIFA 11: "You approach it in the way we have approached every other game, you try to win it.
"Chelsea are top of the league and are the champions, but we will be confident heading into the game and hopefully it will be good enough. If not, we will analyse things and move on to the next game. We will learn from our mistakes."
It is often said that you can learn more from a defeat than a win and Adam claims Blackpool have taken plenty from their solitary setback of the league campaign.
A crushing 6-0 mauling at the hands of Arsenal presented them with a rude Premier League awakening, but the Seasiders have been quick to put that disappointment behind them.
"We have learnt from it. If would be bad if we didn't learn from defeats," added Adam.
"We lost some bad goals there, but if we can learn from what happened at Arsenal that will help us. We just have to see what happens now.
"It's important that you react in the right way. You can't get too high when you're winning and you can't get too low when you've been beaten. You have ups and downs and you try to find a happy medium. We have done that so far this season and hopefully it will continue until to the end of the season."
Blackpool are now braced for what could be a defining moment in their season, with Scotland international Adam admitting that Holloway's side are still striving to prove themselves to the cynics who continue to write them off.
"We went to Newcastle and they hadn't been beaten in 13/14 months at home. We went there and got a result," he said.
"Chelsea are in fantastic form at the moment and it will be very tough, but we are ready for it. We are always looking to prove a point to everybody.
"It's the first time the club have been in the top flight for a number of years and because of that everybody is going to write us off. It's important that you stick together and make things as difficult for opponents as you can."
That philosophy has certainly served Blackpool well, with their endeavours so far proving that anything is possible.
Adam admits the club spoke in pre-season about the need to start brightly and establish a foothold, and he hopes they can keep that fire burning for some time yet.
He said: "We looked to start in the right way and I think we have done that so far. We knew it was going to be tough. You have to start well, though, whatever division you're in, especially the Premier League. It's hard to play catch-up, but fortunately we have started well.
"There is a long way to go, though, and you can't be judged on four games, you have to be judged on 38. If we're good enough over the course of the season, great."
Heading into the campaign it appeared as though Blackpool's cause could be hindered by a gruelling early season schedule.
With Bloomfield Road having undergone frantic redevelopment over the summer, four of their first five fixtures have been away from home.
However, Adam insists that has not been a problem, with the club adopting the same mindset for each and every game they play.
He said: "I think if you look at the way we try to play, we are ambitious home and away. We have been fortunate enough to get some good results away from home."
The fixture list will, of course, play into Blackpool's hands at some stage and they are set to end the 2010/11 campaign with five home encounters in their last seven outings.
"That, hopefully, will work in our favour," said playmaker-in-chief Adam.
"But we just have to take each game as it comes at the moment. Next up is away at Chelsea, then home to Blackburn and away at Liverpool. That's three fantastic games coming up and ones we are going to look forward to. We just have to try and win every game we are involved in and focus on ourselves."
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|25 Jan 2012
Can't share a HDD through a router
Hi all,
I recently purchased a new routeur, D-Link's DIR-825. I am quite happy with it's performance so far, the main reason I bought this model was that it has a USB port so that I could use a HDD as a network.
I installed the "Shareport" utility provided by D-Link and yesterday I finally got around to plug my HDD into the routeur. Things went smoothly and I was able to "connect" to the drive from my home computer.
I then turn on my laptop, which is my work computer, and tried to connect to the drive. Shareport told me that it was already connected and needed to be disconnected.
I mean the whole idea behind me buying a routeur with a USB port was to have a hard drive that would serve as a network backup that could be accessed by both computers at any given time...
Besides, if only one computer can be connected to it at a time that's not what I call sharing, the "Shareport" utility should have a different name then.
Now is that inherent to this type of setup or is it simply a show of the software limited capabilities?
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|25 Jan 2012
If you share a folder on your home computer does your work computer see it? If not then your work computer and your home computer probably believe they are on two different networks.
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|25 Jan 2012
Oh yes I can share folders between my computers, no problem there.
Why should I have to share this drive from one computer to the other...doesn't that defeat the purpose of plugging it in the routeur in the first place?
I thought that the idea was to have a centralized drive that can be access from both computers independently whether one is powered on while the other is not and vice-versa...Were my expectations wrong or can this be achieved?
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|25 Jan 2012
I agree, it should do what you want. What about a workaround, use shareport to mount it on the home pc and then on your home pc set it as shared read/write for the network. See if maybe that will work. You would have to leave the home computer on but I usually do that anyway. Just set the monitor and local drives to turn off after an idle period.
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Category Archives: Thoughts
Every once and a while you meet these people that make you think that just maybe you've been doing something right after all to deserve them in your life.
Back Again
It has been AGES since I've last posted. I've mostly been journaling instead. I can be raw with my feelings and emotions that way cos no one else will see that.
I've recently gotten back into my photography. I'm so happy and excited about that. It's been a while since I've taken a hold of my camera and really take picture. I'm glad I'm tapping into this creative side again.
I've been heading out a lot recently to just explore the world confined around me in the city of LA. So much to do and so much to see. I want to do a lot more. I want to feel alive. I want to chase these feelings and let them out in a creative way. It's like chasing electricity. It's a drug I crave.
I was digging through old photos of my Europe trip and found some amazing shots back when I began with my first DSLR.
The travel bug has struck. I want to head out and explore. I want to see the world. I am beginning with the states. I have a road trip on the books for April. Traveling through Route 66. The thought of it just makes me beam with excitement.
Tapping into my creative side really makes me want to blog more. Just so I can post more and jot things down….. To post pictures of the many adventures I partake in.
Let's see how this goes……
We're 1/4 of the way into 2016 and I have to say it's been one of the best years in a long time. So much has happened and I'm excited for what's to come.
I've lost contact with some friends, made some new friendships and have even reconnected with friends from my past.
I'm a tad nervous and scared for a few things, but can't let those feelings take over and run my life. Gotta just see where the rest of this ride will take me.
I recently heard this song again. It's been over a year since I've listened to it and it made me think of the past. Not what I expected, but what can I do. It's funny how surprisingly accurate the lyrics are. I had to gender swap, but the point remained the same…..
🎶You know what you want
And that makes you just like me
See everybody says you're hot baby
But can you make it hot for me?
Said if you're thinking about holding back
Don't worry boy, cause I'm gonna make it so easy
So slide a little bit closer to me baby boy
See daddy's on a mission to please, wait a second
He's hopped up on me, I've got him in my zone
His body's pressed up on me, I think He's ready to blow
Must be my FutureSex/LoveSound
And when it goes down, baby all ya gotta do is
Just tell me which way you like that
All you gotta do is tell me which way you like that
Do you like it like this? Do you like it like that?
Tell me which way you like that
Tell me which way you like that
You can't stop baby
You can't stop once you've turned me on
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So just let em go
Cause all I need is a moment alone to give you my tongue
And put you outta control
And after you let it in, we'll be skin to skin
It's just so natural, wait a second
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His body's pressed up on me, I think He's ready to blow
Must be my FutureSex/LoveSound
And when it goes down, baby all ya gotta do is🎶
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Thanks guys for helping me make this past week one of the best so far this year.
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How To Save Money When Homeschooling
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If you decided to home school your children you probably already made one financial sacrifice when one of the parents had to leave their employment to teach the children at home. When you are homeschool.ing, there will be a lot of supplies and textbooks that you will need to purchase, and if you are using a guided course, that will also cost money. There are ways that you can save money when homeschooling. Here are some of the best ways that you can save money.
First you will want to check out with your state and see if the offer classes for homeschooling. Some states now offer distant classes that are free; they will give you everything that you need to be successful including the books, and lesson plans.
Find free resources online, there are many websites that you can find which you print off lesson plans, puzzles, and worksheets. They are distributed free, and it will only cost you the cost of the ink and the paper. You can choose from thousands of sheets online, even sheets that are there to help them learn to write and print. There are a lot of possibilities with this. You can also look in the front of the text book; many of the books have an online website that will offer additional lessons and worksheets for the lessons in the book.
Buy books online. They can be new books, but if you shop online you will be able to find the best selection and the best prices. Finding slightly used textbooks will also save you money. There are many book dealers online that will deal with home school text books.
Buy season passes for places around your home. Some places will give discounts for parents who home school their children, you always want to ask about that. Buying a season pass will save you money in the long run so that you always have a place to take your child to on a field trip.
Use the television, there are many great learning programs on PBS and the History channel for homeschooled children. Many of these programs will also have worksheets online for the program and additional lesson ideas to go along with the programs for the children to learn more.
Home schooling doesn't have to be expensive if you plan your lessons and shop year round for supplies that your child will need to be homeschooled.


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Taking in my first sip of Central America I am in Guatemala, finally! I made it to Antigua last night, after a night of couchsurfing in Rome, a flight to London and from there to Miami and finally to Guatemala city. It was crazy – I have arrived in Rome when it was POURING rain,
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Places to visit in Guatemala Any traveller who loves archeology, nature, adventure and wants to chill out on lakesides will love Guatemala. Nestled around the country are many colonial villages, volcanoes, lovely cities and incredibly well kept archeological sites. As the Lonely Planet would put it, this is a place of rare beauty, majour historical significance


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The showroom is as open-plan as possible in order to invest the area with a distinct design unity, zoning the various thematic areas with the use of the glass display walls and partition walls. The showroom also features interactive panels plus video communication and touchscreen areas, allowing visitors to experiment with a sophisticated design tool. Project sustainability is optimized by the use of low-energy light sources with the use of LED lighting systems for general lighting too.
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On the long list of televised national anthem fails, this one ranks pretty damn high: at a recent sporting event in Kuwait, Kazakh athletes were left fuming after organizers accidentally played the fake national anthem from 2006's Borat instead of their actual national anthem, titled "My Kazakhstan."
The offending tune was played (above) while Kazakh athlete Maria Dmitrenko accepted her gold medal for placing first in the 75 target event at the 10th Arab Shooting Championship in Kuwait. Instead of hearing "My Kazakhstan," a song that proudly describes her homeland's "sky of golden sun" and "steppe of golden seed," Dmitrenko listened patiently as she heard her country being praised for their potassium exports and their prostitutes, who are purported to be the "second-cleanest in the region."
After complaining to the event's organizers, the Kazakh athletes received an apology, and the correct song was played during a re-shooting of the ceremony. The Kazakh Foreign Ministry, which decried Borat's depiction of Kazakhstan when the film was released in 2006, has assured outraged Kazakhs that it would be investigating the mix-up, which was apparently caused by someone downloading the wrong song from the Internet.
Totally understandable, Kuwaiti Arab Shooting Championship organizers; I can't tell you how many times I've tried to search for Cher's cover of "Mr. Soul" on Spotify, only for it to come up with the Neil Young version, so I get where you guys are coming from. Let's just hope that when this whole thing blows over, the Kazakhs will let bygones be bygones; and we Yanks will try to do the same at the London Olympics, when some befuddled Brit puts this on in lieu of "The Star-Spangled Banner":


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There is an entire industry devoted to creating the best plastic packaging possible, so whether you want something from a stock line or completely custom packaging, a packaging company can create that for your company and your product need.
Entrepreneurs and innovators often feel obligated to do it all, but that isn't necessarily your responsibility. Just because you've created a unique and marketable product doesn't mean that you should have to worry about also creating and manufacturing its packaging.
Working with Plastics
If you've utilized plastic in the creation of your product, you already know that this synthetic material comes in different types, each with its own idiosyncrasies that complicate the manufacturing process. It is an industry all its own, and unless you have the time and the staff to devote to engineering a consistent packaging product, you should leave this part of the process to a packaging company that specializes in this type of production.
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When you are choosing a company for your packaging needs, there are a number of things you need to keep in mind. For example, consider whether you need a company that can provide custom packaging solutions or only a select variety of packaging. Learn what industries they have worked in before, because packaging demands vary—thermoforming cell phone packages, for example, is inherently different from molding packaging for cosmetics. Learn also what types of plastics your company of choice is experienced in working with, because the demands of working with different plastics can vary wildly.
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Working with a packaging company should be a long-term relationship, so you want to make sure that you are signing up for something that you want to see all the way through. Getting a quote is a crucial first step in the commitment process, so you can determine if your plastic package provider is able to work within your budget. If not, you or your company may have to change.
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