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Hopes of a dinosaur roaring in to one of the city's premier landmarks has hit a brick wall... literally.
The Natural History Museum announced plans to send its famous Diplodocus skeleton, Dippy, on tour around UK museums from early 2018.
But, despite calls to welcome Dippy to Preston on Twitter, bosses at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery said that although they would love to house the 21.3 metre dinosaur, they doubt they could get it up the famous Harris steps and through the front door!
Hilary Machell, business development manager at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, said: "I'm sure lots of people in Preston would be delighted to see Dippy the dinosaur.
"It would be wonderful to have him here but I think we would not be able to get him through the doors and into the building! It is a shame I'm sure it would be rather fun but probably not something we could do."
The famous skeleton has been based at the NHM in London since 1905. The news that the 292 bone cast would be replaced by a huge diving whale skelton will be suspended in its place in the summer of 207 was met with furore.
But to ensure that Dippy's legacy lives on, the museum has launched an ambitious plan to take the giant dinosaur across the whole of the UK.
Sir Michael Dixon, director of the Natural History Museum said: "For many of us, that first glimpse of Dippy was a formative moment in our childhood, evoking awe and a genuine wonder at the natural world. A UK tour of this iconic dinosaur will surely prompt curiosity and a desire to explore, helping to inspire the scientists of tomorrow, generating those 'lights on' moments for as many people as possible is at the heart of what museums give to the nation."
But due to the size of the beast, he will need to be handled carefully and can only be housed in certain indoor museums that would be able to fit him inside and keep him for four to six months.
And despite the fact Preston's biggest museum is not able to house the impressive model that does not mean Dippy will not storm in to the North West. Sir Michael said: "Dippy needs to be handled carefully: it has taken our conservators several months to be sure that, with care and the right systems in place, it would be possible to tour."
"We have never sent anything as big as Dippy beyond the Museum. We already know the costs of touring a Diplodocus will be substantial, depending on where the tour visits and how many places it goes.
"Over the months ahead we will be looking for partners to help us realise our vision of as many people in the UK seeing Dippy as possible."
And cabinet member for culture and leisure services, Coun Veronica Afrin, admitted it is a shame the city does not have room for the iconic skeleton. She said: "The Harris Museum and Art Gallery is full of wonderful exhibits. Adding Dippy the Diplodocus would have been a fantastic asset, but the Harris doesn't have space for a 21.3 metre-long dinosaur.
"It would have been another great attraction for visitors alongside the fantastic exhibits currently on display, if only we had room!"
It would be wonderful to have him here but I think we would not be able to get him through the doors and into the building!Hilary Machell


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I earn my living as a freelance composer, writing music primarily for television. My introduction to creators' rights was fairly abrupt. I was working on a large, costume drama when the producer of the programme rang me at 10pm to say that his chief executive had told him that either I had to sign away my publishing rights in the music or he would supply the producer with a list of composers "who know how to make a sensible economic decision". This is barefaced bullying, but something very difficult for an individual to deal with.
Moreover, I soon discovered that it was also not easy for my union or trade association to take vigorous action on my behalf. A composers' strike? A laywrights' walkout? A photographers' blackout? Not very likely.
The CRA consists of various trades unions and member associations who have come together in the realization that they have both shared interests and problems representing their mainly freelance members into today's media industries. This report has been created to document these abuses of power and
to attempt to help build a more level playing field where individuals with relatively little bargaining power are not continuously subject to the bullying behaviour of large media companies and corporations.
David Ferguson - CRA Chair
March 2002

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At one point or another, we've all been forced to deal with that woman. You know the one that I'm talking about. The one that's supposed to be helpful, has a look on her face like she's constantly sniffing a big whiff of poo, and would rather stick her hand in a meat grinder than actually help you. Kind of like this:
Most of us are lucky to not have to deal with such "helpful" bitches on a daily basis. We just randomly encounter them, deal with them, and then bitch to all our friends about how the woman was secretly begging us to slap her right in her insolent mouth. It just so happens, that I had the joy and pleasure of actually working with a woman just like this.
Bitchy McBitcherton (B McB for short) was our department's administrative assistant for a few years. You'd with that kind of title that she would be aware that assistance was part of her job. Oh no! Not B McB! The last thing she ever wanted to do was actually help you with anything which was in fact what she was hired to do.
When she initially started Foxy once asked her to help her get ready for a class. B McB's job was to order all of the supplies and put together the binders for our new hires. When Foxy asked her to order me Investments R Us brochures, she threw a little conniption fit. "I was told that I was not going to have to do that," was her response. "I wasn't hired to order supplies!" Um, yeah, in fact, that's exactly what she was hired to do. Rather than get into an argument with her, Foxy went ahead and ordered the stuff and put the binders together. She never went back to asking B McB for anything.
B McB had dreams. She thought that after she put in her time, she'd be promoted to a higher position in the department. I'm not sure what kind of crack she was smoking if she thought that something like that would ever happen with her nasty ass attitude. Even the bosses would roll their eyes at her. One time Big Boss Lady asked her to make some copies of documents for an important meeting. B McB told her that she was too busy doing something else and she'd have to make her own copies. You know what she was busy doing? I mean, aside from being a bitch? She was on the phone telling someone about her stupid dogs.
She then asked for more responsibility. When they gave it to her, she complained to the senior manager and told her that we expected too much from her and she could barely do her work. I'm not sure how that was possible as she wasn't doing any of her god damned work to begin with.
I'm sure it'll come as a total shock to you to hear that she was transferred to another department. That's secret code for "managed out". Foxy and I were so sorry to see her go that we drank an entire bottle of champagne and then set pictures of her on fire.


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About Carter Aviation Technologies and its subsidiary, Carter Aerospace Development
Carter Aviation Technologies, LLC and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Carter Aerospace Development, LLC, are comprised of first rate managers, advisors, and employees. These companies seek out and accept only the best and believe a select team of motivated, high-value individuals will, in every instance, prove more productive than any number of individuals who give less than their all and are otherwise unwilling to give that second, third, or fourth effort where needed. This belief, and our adherence to it, is a key to our ongoing success.
Carter Aviation Technologies, LLC (Carter) is a research and development firm dedicated to the creation of practical, advanced technology innovations in hybrid aircraft and rotorcraft. These innovations will span all aspects of design, including, but not limited to, rotors, landing gear, control systems, and pressurization systems. Our products, consisting of intellectual property, shall be protected by whatever means are most appropriate for a given design innovation, whether it be patent, trade secret, contract, or a combination of the above.
As an R&D firm, Carter does not intend to become a manufacturer. We will license our intellectual property to existing aerospace firms and derive revenues from licensing fees and royalties.
In terms of labor force, Carter does not intend to become a large firm. We envision a core group of up to ten very gifted, creative design engineers, supported by a staff of engineers, draftsmen and office support personnel numbering an additional thirty to forty people. This shall comprise our core product development group.
To develop and prove our concepts, Carter will constantly build and test new prototypes. The team of machinists, composite specialists, and all other members of the prototyping team shall be chosen with equal care, and work very closely with the design group to insure that the designs are practical, reliable, and efficient. Experience has taught us that the people closest to the machines, i.e. the people building the prototypes, often have a superb feeling for what works and what doesn't. It is critical to include the prototypers in the overall design process.
In sum, our most valuable assets are our people. We are dedicated to the concept that a small team of very creative, gifted, and motivated people working together in a cooperative, synergistic atmosphere can outperform legions of average workers.
In 1994, Jay Carter, Jr. started on the design of what he anticipated would be a 5-place personal aircraft for his wife, 3 kids and himself. He planned to build a hybrid autogyro, knowing that the rotor would provide VTOL capabilities, while the wings would improve efficiency over conventional gryos. Intuitively Jay knew that if the rotor was unloaded and slowed, it could improve the efficiency. What he did not initially realize was how dramatic this improvement could be. Once Jay began the initial performance calculations, he saw that as the wing started picking up the lift, the rotor would automatically slow down as the pilot pushed the stick forward to keep from climbing, tilting the rotor forward and reducing the amount of air flowing through the rotor and hence the driving force to rotate the rotor.
Once Jay calculated just how low the drag would be for a slowed rotor, he knew he was onto something (more info). In those days before the Internet and Google, Jay was unaware of any previous work that had been done on slowed rotors, and so approached the problem from a blank slate. He initially identified 4 stability issues that had to be resolved (more info).
Once Jay had figured out a way to solve those issues, he had to prove out the analysis through actual testing. He fabricated a 6 ft diameter rotor with variable delta three that could be set between 0° and 45°. He mounted it on an 8 ft boom in front of a pickup truck, and then drove the whole setup down the highway at up to 80 mph. With this scaled rotor, Jay demonstrated an advance ratio of 8 (truck traveling 8 times faster than the tip speed of the rotor). The rotor was so stable that when semi-trucks passed on the opposite side of the road, it did not cause the flapping to exceed the flapping limits of 15°.
As a result of his analysis and these test results, Ken Wernicke, the PM of all Bell's tilt rotor programs (including the V-22) who retired from Bell in 1992 came on board as the first investor in Carter Aviation Technologies, LLC, followed by his Chief of rotor dynamics, then the Chief flight director, and then the Chief test pilot.
It took several more years of testing and refinement, but Jay's first prototype, the CarterCopter Technology Demonstrator, became the first aircraft to reach mu-1 on June 17th, 2005. A few years later, the company's second prototype, the Personal Air Vehicle or PAV, routinely exceeded mu-1 during testing, achieving L/D cruise efficiencies 3 times better than today's best helicopters.
Jay Carter, Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Carter founded Carter Aviation and is the Principal Design Engineer. He is a proven and experienced engineer, manager, and entrepreneur who has been involved in the aviation industry and a private pilot since 1967, with over five decades of experience in mechanical design. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University, with graduate work in Aeronautical Engineering.
Mr. Carter has a family history of technical innovation. The Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC recognized Jay's grandfather as one of the 25 most influential oil pioneers in the early 1900s. As a result, Jay's father had unique opportunities to explore his passion for mechanics from a young age. With access to a fully equipped machine shop, he built gasoline powered model aircraft, his own boat, and several working steam engines. During WW II, Jay's father was selected as one of 500 soldiers to receive special training in engineering, but through political shortsightedness, the program was cancelled, and Jay's father was one of only 27 members of that elite group to survive.
When Jay's father was about 35 he was hired by an oil field company to develop a method to manufacture fiberglass oil storage tanks. He developed an extremely innovative automatic filament winding process which led to producing solid rocket motor cases for the fledgling U.S. space industry. The first US satellite put into orbit used the final stage rocket case that was built by Jay's father, and the company went on to build all the final stage cases for the Minuteman and Polaris missiles. The Air and Space Smithsonian Institute recognized Jay Sr. as "The Father of the Filament winding industry" for his contribution to the U.S. missile and space program.
With such a distinguished family history, mechanical design was in Jay Carter Jr's blood. He also grew up with access to a machine shop, building model airplanes, go carts, and a boat that he used to learn how to water ski. During his summer breaks from college, he designed and built two autogyros with guidance from his father. The second of those is featured to the right, and had a composite fuselage, composite rotor blades with a twistable spar for collective, and a filament wound structure for both the prop shroud and landing gear. Jay's father was also a pilot and taught Jay how to fly as they flew all over the US attending gyro and fixed wing fly-ins where they spent time evaluating other people's aircraft designs.
Mr. Carter's first job out of college in 1968 was to work for Bell helicopters in the R&D department on their second tiltrotor aircraft, the XV-15. He was selected for the project partly for his grades in engineering, but mostly because of his experience designing and building those two autogyros. In addition to the XV-15, Jay worked as a designer on Bell's Model 300 proprotor blade and on the D 212 thin tip extended chord blade. He was the principal designer of the D 270 proprotor blade and folding mechanism. He was also the design engineer on the D 272 folding proprotor blade.
In 1970, Mr. Carter founded Jay Carter Enterprises with his father and developed a steam powered automobile which was the first car in the world to meet the original 1976 EPA emission level standards. (Video shown to the left.) The car could make a cold start in 30 seconds, travel at more than 80 mph, and was featured on the front cover of several magazines, including Popular Science, and in newspapers across the nation, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Dallas Morning News. Even more impressive, as a result of his accomplishment, Mr. Carter (at the age of 29) was called to testify before the U.S. Senate, Committee on Commerce, and the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science and Astronautics (Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications). Jay and his father went on to build a steam powered vehicle for the Dept of Transportation to be used as a para-transit taxi for New York City, but for logistical reasons never saw taxi service.
In 1976, Mr. Carter founded Carter Wind Systems and spent the next seventeen years as President and Principal Designer. By 1983, the company had grown to over $7 million in sales with more than 100 employees. The company installed wind turbines throughout the United States, and from Great Britain to Hawaii to 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle. His ability to develop and market a very lightweight and cost effective wind turbine enabled the company to survive the industry decline in the mid-1980s and to emerge as one of the only two U.S. wind turbine manufacturers still in existence by 1988.
In 1982, 10% of the company was sold to Hamilton Standard, a division of United Technologies. In 1992, 50% of the company was sold to private investors. Mr. Carter negotiated all licensing agreements and the sale of the company. (Renewed interest in sustainable energy has prompted the creation of a new wind turbine company, Carter Wind Energy.)
In 1994, Jay returned to his first passion which was aviation, and formed Carter Aviation Technologies, LLC, beginning the formal development of an innovative fourth generation rotorcraft that combines the best characteristics of helicopters and fixed wing aircraft.
Matt Carter, Vice President & Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Carter is a Vice President and is Special Advisor to Carter Aviation's CEO. He is a private pilot and third generation Texas Tech University engineer, holding a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. In addition to his engineering experience, he has 18 years of business experience in the wind energy and aerospace industry.
Paul Redding, Vice President
Mr. Redding is a Vice President of Carter Aviation and has the primary responsibility of overseeing fabrication of all metal parts for prototype aircraft incorporating Carter Aviation's SR/C™ Technology. He majored in business administration at the University of Denver and has been a single-engine fixed-wing and helicopter pilot since 1958.
Lanny Defoor, Crew Chief & Director of Maintenance
Mr. Defoor is a key part of the Carter Flight Test Team. Mr. Defoor not only ensures the aircraft is always in top mechanical condition, he supervises the ground crew and closely monitors all ground support activities. Mr. Defoor is a former Navy P3 airframe mechanic and has 42 years of experience as an FAA certified Airframe & Powerplant mechanic. Mr. Defoor's 25 years of Inspection Authorization experience keep the Personal Air Vehicle in top mechanical condition. Mr. Defoor is a factory trained technician on Piper, Cessna and Mooney aircraft as well as a Pratt & Whitney PT6 technician.
Jeffrey R. Lewis, Engineering Manager
Mr. Lewis is the Engineering Manager at Carter Aerospace Development, LLC, a subsidiary of Carter Aviation. He joined CarterCopters, LLC (now, Carter Aviation Technologies, LLC) in 2001, and, among other things, co-invented (together with Mr. Jay Carter, Jr.) a number of patented technologies critical to the success of SR/C™ Technology.
Mr. Lewis graduated from the University of Maryland with B.S. in Aerospace Engineering. He has well over a decade of experience in the aerospace industry, to include experience in the areas of rotor design, prop design, composites, performance analysis and simulation, and CFD.
John Coffin
Mr. Coffin has worked with Thermo Fisher Scientific for more than thirty (30) years as senior IR systems engineer designing new products for the analytical chemical market, infrared optics and data acquisition systems for infrared spectra photometers and hyperspectral microscope imaging systems. His patented ideas have resulted in several enhanced product lines that have allowed analytical chemists to perform their jobs more easily and at lower cost.
Mr. Coffin obtained both his BS business administration and electrical engineering degrees from Michigan Technological University, Houghton Michigan. He obtained his pilot's license while at Michigan Tech and has been interested in safe short takeoff and landing (STOL) flight since then. His interest in STOL aircraft that are at the same time fuel efficient attracted him to Carter Aviation's SR/CTM Technology.
Robert Heineman, AIA
Robert Heineman has been involved in the planning of The Woodlands from its inception, with The Woodlands Development Company, founded by visionary George P. Mitchell. He served as Vice President of Planning for more than twenty-two (22) years. Mr. Heineman received Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Architecture degrees, magna cum laude, from Rice University in 1969 and a Master's of Architecture degree in Urban Design from Harvard University in 1972. He is a registered Professional Architect, Texas, and a member of the American Institute of Architects.
Claudius Klimt, M.D.
Dr. Klimt's devoted his professional career to pioneering, and excellence in, the field of emergency medicine. His interest in flying and medicine combined in his service in the Maryland Air National Guard, where he served as clinic commander and flight surgeon of the 135th TAC Clinic. He retired after twenty-two (22) years with the rank of Colonel. His fascination with Carter Aviation's SR/CTM Technology led to extensive volunteer contributions to help bring the concept to production.
Jim Roberts, DC Representative
Our Washington Representative, Jim Roberts, assists Carter with its business pursuits by promoting SR/C technology both to prospective users, primarily to Federal government entities, important non-government organizations active in developing countries, major aerospace firms and to friendly foreign governments that have a presence in Washington, DC. He brings 40 years of experience to the team. His career started as a pilot in the Air Force, then continued in Government service as a member of the state department, followed by 10 yrs with Lockheed's corporate office in Washington DC. He later served as the deputy assistant secretary for aerospace under the Bush administration after which he became a consultant providing business development and government relations services to aerospace, defense and technology firms.
Dr. Daniel P. Schrage
Dr. Schrage is a Professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also directs Georgia Tech's Center of Excellence in Rotorcraft Technology (CERT) and Center for Aerospace Systems Engineering (CASE). His initiation of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Program has led to Georgia Tech being a recognized leader in this area. While being a professor at Georgia Tech for more than twenty-two (22) years, Dr. Schrage has also been involved in a number of high level government and industry activities aimed at advancing the state-of-art of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft.
Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Dr. Schrage was an engineer, manager, and senior executive with the U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command from 1974-1984. Dr. Schrage also served for 11 years as an Army Aviator and commander with combat experience in Southeast Asia. Dr. Schrage holds a B.S. in General Engineering from USMA, West Point; a M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech; a M.A. in Business Administration from Webster University; and a D.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from Washington U. (St. Louis, MO). Dr. Schrage is a Fellow of both the AHS and AIAA.
Ken Wernicke
Mr. Wernicke began working for Bell Helicopter Company in 1955, and continued working with them as they became Bell Aerosystems Company and then Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. He served as a Project Aerodynamicist, Technical Assistant to the Project Engineer, Project Engineer, before becoming Chief Project Engineer for Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. In 1984, he became Director of V-22 Engineering and directed the design of the Bell portion of the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. Later, as Director of V-22 Developmental Engineering, Mr. Wernicke was responsible for problem resolution and weight and cost reduction for the production V-22. In 1988, he was assigned as Consulting Engineer to provide guidance and assistance in design and problem solving and to provide technical guidance and recommendations to management in the selection and planning of future helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft programs. In 1990, Wernicke formed his own company, Sky Technology Vehicle Design & Development Co.
Mr. Wernicke received both a B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas in 1954 and 1955, respectively.


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I suppose it's time I talked about this since Radiance2 is now actually live! Well, at least it's partially live. The blog, as you probably noticed, got a significant overhaul both design and software wise. Plaster also got upgraded, since that was the only component that Radiance1 really had running.
The transition of Plaster over to Radiance2 was a lot more work than I imagined and it's still not quite complete. Since I don't have any administration or user profile components made for Radiance2 I can't implement these parts of Plaster yet. Not that it's a big problem, the bulk of Plaster doesn't need users and neither does the Blog.
If so much is different, is there even anything left that's the same still? Well, for one the prime concepts of interfaces, modules, static file handling and api are still the same, but they've all radically changed in the way they're handled. Overall I feel that this system is a vast improvement over Radiance1. At the same time I still don't feel like this is a system anyone would want to work with.
Now this is of course not a thing anyone should say that hopes to advertise their product and maybe get others to use it as well, I'm well aware of that. However, I have ridiculously high standards for Radiance, exactly because I want it to be as good as I can possibly make it, so any kind of rough edge or oddity about it bothers me a whole lot.
Before I trail off onto another long rant that doesn't have much aside from conceptual talk, I'll make a quick example of what it takes to get a Radiance server up and running.
(ql:quickload :radiance) (in-package #:rad-user) (startup)
Well ok, this is cheating a bit since it relies on the configuration file to set some values up for it. This leads me to the first aspect that I'm not happy about, but I'll get to that later. In the meantime, let's get back to the example. Assuming your configuration is not quite properly setup, let's add some code after that to get things rolling if the configuration didn't specify a default server (it should).
(server:start 8080)
This starts a server locally on port 8080 as you might guess. You can now hit up http://localhost:8080/ in your browser and you should get a welcome page if everything worked well.
Defining new web-apps can happen in two different ways. You can either directly use
DEFINE-PAGE(or it's module-independent parent
DEFINE-URI-DISPATCHER) to add handlers and such, or if you intend on doing something that is actually pluggable into the framework as a component and well-contained, you should probably define your own module. I'll talk about that some other day though, for now we'll keep using the
(remove-uri-dispatcher 'radiance:welcome) (define-page tutorial #@"/" () "
Hi!
")
The first statement removes the default welcome page, since we want to override the root page handler (you could also redefine it instead). The second defines a new page for us with the name
tutorialwhich will be dispatched on any url matching the pattern "/", which is to say everything. The page has no special options passed and a simple string as its body that will form the response data.
Refreshing the page should present you with some simple (and invalid) html document. As a quick goodie, we'll extend it to be a bit interactive:
(define-page tutorial #@"/(.+)?" (:uri-groups (name)) (format NIL "
Hey~:[~;~:* ~a~]!
" name))
You can also return an octet-sequence or a pathname from your page and the webserver should automatically serve the correct content. I'll leave the rest of the framework for another day though, as I want to get to other topics in this article before too long.
In just this brief example, which is very, short to get a framework running and a custom page displayed if we're being honest, there's already a couple of rather annoying issues poking me, which fuel my discontent. The first being the configuration issue. In a more lispy world, you would insist on the setup being done in code because there's no reason not to. However, for some things and more traditional framework circumstances, this just doesn't feel quite right. I would like to offer both possibilities with as little awkwardness in either as possible. This is currently not so and I don't have a good solution in mind yet, but I hope I can find one.
The second issue is the classic problem of routing. Sure, we can specify on each page what it should be dispatched on, but dear lord I don't want to force people who just want to run a quick blog to go through the source and update these definitions if they need a different setup. Not to even mention that they'd break update-ability that way. Radiance does offer a solution to this, but it is rather shoddy. The routing part was thrown together quickly without much design work being done, so I don't feel it's well done yet. You also can't control it with configuration. This is certainly a topic that needs a lot more thinking still.
The last issue I can see in these few lines is again related to routing. This time though it is a question of routing precedence, as in, how does the framework know where to dispatch to if the routes are ambiguous? Currently it does this by trying to sort the URIs in a way that makes at least some kind of sense, but it isn't perfect. Sometimes you want to have a certain URL to have absolute precedence, regardless of how it would be determined automatically. There is no solution for this so far, but I haven't given it much thought yet either. Browsing through my internal memory tells me I can borrow a solution from my bot framework Colleen, which had a similar issue.
Of course, these are only the issues I can see in these few lines of code. Things get a lot more problematic for me the more code you write. Now that I've got the bulk of the implementation work out, I will have to return back to the designing board and think all the issues I've gathered over and fix them one by one.
Mostly I did this push for implementation to get away from the designing and finally get some tangible results, but I also did it in order to gather some usability information, which is paramount to have for a project like this.
I suppose I will talk more about the issues and solutions and other ideas I have as I go on, hopefully that will be interesting enough to read about. One thing I'm already pondering now is writing my own markdown parser, since the one I'm using currently seems way too slow for my tastes, but we'll see. I'll definitely also write some more about more complex and intricate examples of Radiance applications to give you a better idea of what things look like and maybe even get some outside feedback on it.
For now I'll be content if Radiance works at all.
Radiance2 - Confession 28
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Shuttle, which specializes in small form-factor PCs, has developed a technology that can start up a Windows-based PC in a matter of seconds, a company official said Tuesday.
Shuttle's Always Ready technology allows a PC running Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 operating system to start up in under five seconds after being put into a suspended state, said James Lin, special assistant to the chief executive officer of Shuttle. Lin demonstrated the function by putting a PC in the Always Ready state and then bringing it back to normal operation.
"The idea is to find a way for the computer to reboot more quickly," Lin said.
The Always Ready state doesn't turn the computer off, Lin said. Instead, the power state keeps a very small amount of electricity running through a PC, just as it would in Stand By mode. However, the computer can be reactivated more quickly than with Windows' Stand By capability, he said.
The Media Center-based Shuttle XPC M1000 computer, which was on display at the Computex exhibition in Taipei, will be the first PC to incorporate the technology, Lin said. It is expected to ship in "a couple of months from now" and will be priced above US$1,000, he said, noting that exact pricing and availability have not been decided.
The Shuttle XPC M1000 is based on an Intel Pentium M 740 processor and has support for IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g wireless networking, Lin said.
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Why JFK Was Right
What's your favorite Bible verse?
Maybe you have one, maybe you don't. Maybe your favorite inspirational passage comes from some other scripture or is from a secular source.
If you were asked that question at a house of worship, it would not seem strange. What does seem strange is hearing it asked by television journalist Tim Russert during a presidential debate.
Russert's question –; which he asked during a gathering of Democratic candidates Sept. 26 –; was an iconic moment in a presidential race where religion has played a more inappropriate role than any in recent memory.
We are choosing a president, not a national pastor. You'd never know that to listen to many in the media. They seem obsessed with playing "gotcha" games over Bible verses and demanding that the hopefuls explain how their faith guides their personal lives.
We've actually lost ground since 1960, when John F. Kennedy gave a famous speech in which he explained why he would not base policy on the tenets of his church. In a country that includes people of many different faiths and none, Kennedy said it's simply inappropriate to base public policy on the narrow theological dictates championed by some.
It's especially distressing to see our country go down this road this year. We face many compelling issues: health care, the war in Iraq, the strength of Social Security and international terrorism are just a few.
The next president will have to make some hard choices. He or she may certainly find solace in holy books while those decisions are made. But in a diverse society, government can't be based on religious law.
Religious writings certainly have their value for many people, but it is unlikely they have much to say about balancing the budget or how best to deal with the subprime mortgage crisis.
Instead of asking about Bible verses, Russert and his fellow pundits would do better to pose this question, "In 1960, John F. Kennedy said, 'I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish…where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials….' Do you agree?"
By the way, we wish one of the candidates had given Russert one particular Bible verse that might be especially appropriate at the present time. It is Matthew 22:21: "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's."


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After the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles let it be known that most of the team had no intention of showing up at the White House, indicating that only the owner and the mascot would make an appearance, President Trump canceled the invitation.
The organization then said they might agree to be honored if the event could be postponed until Trump had gone to Singapore.
Here's my advice to Trump and all of his successors: Stop inviting sports teams to the White House. I don't know who started the silly tradition, but it's time to put an end to it. These guys get more than enough mindless adulation from their fans, not to mention more money in a year than most of us will make in our lifetimes.
Save these celebratory occasions for military veterans and the sort of anonymous Americans who are trotted out only once a year and seated in the balcony during State of the Union addresses. You know – those folks who have done something besides pass a football or dribbled a basketball, something extraordinarily self-sacrificial that reminds us what actual heroes look like.
⦿ Jimmy Kimmel, who has made a career out of demeaning President Trump and members of his family and administration, got the stoopnagels in his studio audience to laugh and applaud by mocking Mrs. Trump's accent.
That is despicable on so many levels, I hardly know where to begin. First of all, she has an accent because she's foreign-born, but it's not entirely beside the point that she's fluent, if possibly accented, in five languages. But that cuts no ice with the snot who wastes an hour and a half every night taking cheap shots at a guy who, on top of all his other accomplishments, hosted a long-running TV show that was more successful than Kimmel's.
I know that Kimmel would claim he's showing courage by taking on Trump, but we all know better. Real courage would require him to make fun of Al Sharpton's accent, but he'd never dare, even though the race-hustler was born in the U.S.
Besides, isn't Kimmel and the other self-righteous show biz bimbos forever reminding us that America is a land of immigrants? Well, it's a fact that most immigrants have accents, even if they come here from English-speaking countries.
Before we move on, I'm curious where they dredge up the audience for shows like Kimmel's, "The View" and Stephen Colbert. Do the local zoos rent out their clap-happy seals?
⦿ Although the Supreme Court ruling in favor of baker Jack Phillips was decided on very narrow grounds, at least the Court, by a 7-2 vote, came down in favor of religious rights. Only Sonia Sotomayor and the woman Rush Limbaugh refers to as Ruth Buzzi Ginsburg displayed their usual bigotry towards every religion with the exception of Islam.
On the sensitive topic of homosexuality, I oppose same-sex marriages because I think it's such a ridiculous notion, but I tend to come down on the side of those who think what people choose to do in their bedrooms is their own business, but only if they extend that same tolerance to what others do in their bakeries.
So long as there are plenty of bakers, florists and photographers, willing to service same-sex weddings, homosexuals have no business trying to compel those who don't wish to participate. In fact, I would arrest those who seek out religious Christians for the sole purpose of putting them out of business. So long as we're going to have hate crimes on the books, this should be treated as one.
I realize that homosexuals, bi-sexuals and transgenders, carry a board-sized chip on their shoulders, ready to take offense if anyone even looks at them cross-eyed, but I can't help sometimes longing for the good old days when the psychiatric profession agreed that such conditions were manifestations of mental disorders.
It figures that the terminally confused community of sexual misfits would take umbrage at therapists who try to "cure" those who desire a cure.
So long as nobody is forced to be cured, I'd say it's none of their beeswax.
They remind me of those moronic activists who railed at the parents of deaf and blind children who sought out surgeons to cure their kids of their handicaps.
The loons regarded it as an insult to themselves that anyone would think that having all six senses was preferable to having only four or five.
⦿ Kim Jong-un replaced three of his hardline advisors, possibly as a sign of good faith prior to the Singapore summit. I can only imagine how envious Trump must have been, imagining how delicious it would be to make clown-Schumer, Pulosi, scumbag-Durbin and mad-Maxine Waters, disappear with the use of his pen or his phone.
⦿ While promoting a novel he is pretending to have co-written, liar-Bill Clinton is facing tougher questions than he ever faced as president. Asked how he felt at the time of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, he said: "I felt terrible at the time."
Not a very chivalrous comment. If he felt that lousy, isn't that a slam at his paramour? Are we supposed to believe that it was a charitable act on his part, a pity shtoop? What a guy! A regular Albert Schweitzer!
He went on to suggest that even as far back as when he was the governor of Arkansas, he was always a champion of women: "I had a lot of women in my office." Does this guy even listen to himself?
Things didn't improve when he added: "I passed a sexual harassment bill as governor." One could hardly help thinking: "But, usually, when such bills are passed, they're intended to prevent sexual harassment, not encourage it."
⦿ When I heard that my home state is passing a tough new mandatory water rationing bill that will restrict water use to 55 gallons-a-day per person by 2022 and 50 gallons by 2030, I almost plotzed. Just for purposes of enlightenment, an 8-minute shower uses about 17 gallons of water, a load of laundry up to 40 gallons.
As usual, I'm trying to look on the bright side. Apparently, raising our state taxes to the highest in the nation and making us pay roughly $1.50 more for a gallon of gas than everyone else hasn't been enough to wake up the electorate. Perhaps cutting off our water supply, forcing us to decide if we want clean bodies or clean clothes, will finally do the trick.
⦿ I'd like to close with something that Brit Hume, who often provides a touch of much-needed Middle American wisdom to the general discussion at Fox, said to Bret Baier the other evening: "Everyone you know is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Be kind."
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This post is for all people who use mirroring during comfort stage.
The purpose of physically mirroring a woman is to escalate the emotions of trust and comfort.
Unfortunately this method is barely touching the surface of what it trully can be. This can be the most powerful method for generating trust and comfort by using your body.
The current method of mirroring using NLP to create trust and comfort has not been explained in detail plus the explanation on how to do it is not very clear.
So instead I am introducing my way of mirroring, I will use the NLP vocabulary to try to describe what I do and to make things easier to understand.
So, we have 3 brains Human Brain, Mammalian Brain, Reptillian Brain.
A very long time ago we did not have a Human Brain but a Mammalian brain. We did not have spoken language but we used our bodies to communicate basic emotions and messages to each other.
Today we still have animals that use their body language to communicate with each other.
We on the other hand have a Human brain and we talk to each other. But guess what, your Mammalian Brain has a conversation with every person you walk by every day without you being aware of it.
As you walk by a person your Mammalian Brain says hello as you walk by a total stranger.
The message of hello is a body anchor that is transmitted by you and vice versa. You had a conversation just as if you said verbally hello and the person responded by saying hello.
But the conversation happend with an exchange of body anchors.
For example you can have multiple anchors for the word "yes".
Ask a person the same question that they would answer yes to. You can pick up multiple physical body anchors for the word yes. Each person has their own innate and custom anchors that have been created over time.
So the problem with mirroring using the NLP is that you are physically mirroring body movents ( Body Anchors) but you don't know what emotional states they represent.
Lets take a trip back to grade school. Remember just before two boys starting to fight?
Boy1: One boy would stand tall and trust out his chest while swinging his arms back.
Boy2: Then the other boy would do the same thing.
Boy1: Now the first boy who initiated the chest thrust pushes with both hands the other boy.
Boy2: The boy that has been pushed pushes back
Now the fists start to fly and the fight is on.
What you have seen is an escalation of anger using body anchors.
This is what mirroring is all about.
There is no such thing as rapport.... there is sending and receiving.
But you must first identify which anchors you want to transmit and not transmit anchors that have emotional states that you do want to escalate.
You can have a woman that is having a bad day and she is transmitting bad emotional state anchors and if you mirror her you will escalate her bad emotional state. You are thinking rapport and she is getting worst.
So if you notice a hot woman laughing and happy make note of her anchors and be ready to transmit them during C stage. If she is pissed at some AFC don't use any of the anchors she is transmitting because those anchors are bad emotional state anchors.
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Dear Friends,
As we are writing this email, we have been told that the Supreme Court has announced its decision regarding Bet Hashalom in Hebron: despite the fact that the Jews brought all the proofs necessary to prove that Bet Hashalom was properly and legally bought, the Israeli Supreme Court has ordered to evict the Jewish legal owners. The Jewish residents have three days to leave willingly, otherwise the government will evacuate them by force.
We will update you as to what decisions are taken in the next few hours by the Kiryat Arba Hevron leadership. Meanwhile, it is very fitting that Women in Green just came out with a new booklet: "The Cain Syndrome", the violent history of the Leftist Establishment\'s Dirty War Against the Right"
Women in Green hope to find the funds to print and distribute this booklet in thousands of copies in Hebrew, English and Russian. Meanwhile the booklet, below, will be put on our website. We urge you to forward this message to as many people as you can.
The time has come once and for all to stop the persecution of the leftist establishment in Israel against the national camp!
Ruth Matar Nadia Matar- Anita Finkelstein
Women in Green
November 2008
The Cain Syndrome
The Violent History of the Leftist Establishment\'s Dirty War Against the Right 1904-2008
It feels like deja vu, but it\'s a real and recurrent pattern in Zionist history: when the Leftist establishment in Eretz Yisrael feels its hold on power being threatened by the Right, it abandons democratic principles and methods for Bolshevik ones. The leftist arsenal is full of dirty tricks -- from disinformation to outright murder but because the Israeli media and the cultural and academic elites have always been dominated by the Left, the Left's war against the Right is one Israeli war that has never been properly publicized.
As the Olmert-Barak-Livni government, riven with corruption and in-fighting, conducts a close-out liquidation sale of the Jewish Nation\'€™s geographic, strategic, and spiritual assets, what alarm is being sounded? A familiar alarm about the danger to the State posed by the incitement and violence of the "extreme"€� right.
Government forces come in the dead of night, drag the Federman family with nine children from their beds, beating and cursing them, and destroy their home together with all their possessions. When a neighbor overcome by outrage and grief curses the destroyers, a siren is sounded throughout the state that wails out the threat of the "dangerous" settlers. Israel\'€™s citizens are expected to suspend their normal cognitive activities, redefine the enemy, and stand at attention.
The confluence of the approaching elections and the remembrance day for Yitzchak Rabin, marked annually as a day of hatred and incitement against the Right, is now occasioning another hunting season or \'Saison\',€� the actual name of the pre-state persecutions of the Revisionist Right. Women in Green has chosen to mark this occasion by laying out the historical record of who is violent and who threatens democracy so the public will not be duped by the government's tried and true blood libels.
This booklet by historian Aryeh Yitzchaki is a brief abstract of his soon-to-be-published book on the subject. Its sketchiness is dictated by its brevity, so readers wishing to know more are advised to consult the publications listed in the Hebrew bibliography at the end.
Women in Green want to thank our dear friend and member Timna Katz for the translation of the booklet into English.
May we soon merit new leadership in Israel -- a real Jewish leadership that will serve the interests of the Jewish people in their land.
Women in Green
"The Mark of Cain"
A History of Leftist Violence and the Incitement Against the National Camp In Israel
1904 2008
by Aryeh Yitzchaki
During a century of Zionist history, the Left has gone to great lengths to prevent the Right from attaining leadership. The leftist factions generally utilized a two-pronged strategy to defeat their political opponents: by labeling their victims as public enemies, they justified their physical persecution. They kidnapped, tortured, beat, and murdered men on the Right and then congratulated themselves for their crimes.
The Murder of Da-Haan
Leftist violence started with verbal followed by physical attacks on leaders of the farmer communities of the First and Second Aliyah by workers of the left. It continued with the extradition of the Nili underground espionage network and with the failed murder attempt of the "Hashomer" organization on Yosef Lishanski, one of the Nili leaders. There were other political assassinations, such as the murder of chareidi politician Dr. Israel Da-Haan in Jerusalem in 1924 by Haganah commanders in Jerusalem led by Avraham Tehomi. Commanders of the Haganah also stole weapons from the warehouses of the rival "Haganah Leumit" organization.
Vicious Attacks Against Beitar Members
A new level of organized thuggery was reached with the savage beatings of Beitar Movement members all over the country by "Plugot HaPoel" groups belonging to the Histadrut. A typical attack took place during Passover of 1933, when hundreds of men armed with clubs and metal bars fell upon a group of Beitar youth, aged 12 to 14. Twenty-four children, some of them badly wounded, were hospitalized.
The Arlozorov Blood Libel
In June 1933, Zionist leader Dr. Chaim Arlozorov was murdered. Three innocent men, Abba Achimeir, Avraham Stavsky, and Meir Rosenblatt, were charged with the crime when their only real crime was their membership in Beitar.
Kidnappings, Torture, and the Murder of Eliyahu Shlomi
The war against the Revisionists continued in 1939 with the kidnapping and torture of Irgun men. The attacks climaxed with an attack by hundreds of thugs on a Beitar camp in Hertzliya on August 18, 1940. Eliyahu Shlomi was murdered and seven of his friends were wounded.
The Small Saison
In April of 1942, a new red line was crossed. The Shai, the intelligence service of the Haganah, organized a manhunt in which dozens of Lechi fighters were kidnapped, cruelly tortured, and finally extradited to the British. This ugly operation was called "The Small Saison (hunting season)".€�
The Big Saison
Between November 1944 and January 1945, the "anti-terrorist unit"€� of the Haganah kidnapped, tortured, and handed over about 200 Irgun fighters to the British. Most of the men were expelled to holding camps in Africa. The man responsible for this operation, called "The Big Saison," was David Ben-Gurion. The operation's commanders were Yigal Alon followed by Shimon Avidan. Sadistic interrogators under the command of David Shaltiel beat and tortured their prisoners with terrible brutality. Irgun commander Ya\'akov Tavin was held in a barn in Ein Harod for six months, handcuffed to a bed, where he was forced to defecate and urinate. Before interrogations he was sprayed with hoses; during interrogations the nails of his fingers and toes were torn out, his limbs were scorched with white-hot metal, and other horrors too graphic to describe were perpetrated.
Teddy Kollek the Collaborator
In the years that followed, the Haganah continued to hand over Jewish fighters to the British and to sabotage Irgun operations. Teddy Kollek, who liasoned with the British in his capacity of Jewish Agency communications officer, was a prominent collaborator. The Haganah led the British to the hiding place of the Lehi fighters Menachem Luntz and Shabtai Druker in Moshav Yavne\'el on April 6, 1943. The fighters were surrounded and fought bravely to their death.
The Second Small Saison
Acts of kidnapping and torture continued in 1947 ("The Second Small Saison"). On January 11, 1948, two Irgun fighters, Yedidya Segal and Moshe Levi, were kidnapped in Haifa. Yedidya was brutally tortured to death by men of the special forces of the Haganah. Moshe Levi was injected with dangerous chemicals meant to act as a "truth serum" that irreversibly damaged his health. He was released after the murder of Yedidya Segal was exposed.
On April 8, 1948, twelve Irgun men sent to reinforce Mishmar Hayarden were attacked next to Ginnosar by a Palmach force of 100 men. They were savagely beaten and their weapons were confiscated. Mishmar Hayarden was left with no reinforcements, helping the Syrians to conquer the moshav later in the war.
The Altalena Massacre
In June 1948, the newly formed provisional government of Israel ordered the newly established Israeli Defense Forces to open fire on the Altalena, an Irgun ship carrying 900 immigrants, including Holocaust survivors, and arms to fight the battle of Jerusalem. Most of the immigrants barely managed to jump from the ship before it was blown up off the shore of Tel Aviv. Senior Palmach commander Yitzchak Rabin gave the order to open fire. Aside from bombing the ammo-heavy ship with cannons, sniper fire was directed at people in the water who were trying to reach land from the burning ship. Sixteen Irgun men were murdered in the attack, and hundreds of Jewish volunteers coming to Israel to fight the Arab enemy were arrested and humiliated.
Murdered by the Shai
During the War of Independence, two Irgun men were murdered without trial by the Shai, the Haganah\'€™s intelligence branch. They were suspected of unintentionally killing Haganah men in an operation against the British in 1947. The Irgun men were fighting as soldiers in the 3rd and 9th Brigades of the united Israeli army. While battling the Arab enemy, they were shot in the back to make it appear that they were killed in combat.
After the Creation of the State
Unfortunately, once the State came into being, the dominant Mapai party did not call for national reconciliation and unity. Instead, the Left\'s suppression of the Right moved from physical violence to civil and social discrimination. In the 50\'s, Irgun and Lehi fighters were prosecuted, ostracized, and banned from employment or advancement in many areas of public life. It was difficult for them to find jobs, and they were barred from joining the security forces.
The Kastner Blood Libel
The Shai created fictitious underground organizations so they could cook up new blood libels against the Right. When Israel Kastner was murdered by agents of the Shai on March 4, 1957, the murder was pinned on a fictitious right-wing underground movement.
The Likud\'€™s rise to power in May 1977 put a temporary end to the incitement against the Right. For the first time in 44 years, the Left was in the opposition and briefly on the defense. But if the Left feared that once in power, the Right would treat it as it treated the Right, they quickly discovered that Menachem Begin truly sought a government of national reconciliation and unity. The Left, never interested in reconciliation but only in power, bided its time.
Oslo and the Renewed War Against the Right
In 1993, Yitzchak Rabin became prime minister and signed the Oslo Agreement with mass murderer Yasser Arafat. Israel\'€™s public enemy number one now became the "€œenemies of peace",€� those citizens opposed to Oslo, which included most prominently the Jewish residents of Judea, Samaria and Gaza. A campaign of hate and delegitimization was directed at the "settlers" which successfully marginalized them, preventing the growing mass public dissatisfaction with Oslo from becoming a decisive political force.
Over the course of fifteen years, hundreds were arrested, beaten, and humiliated, thousands were harassed, and hundreds of thousands were intimidated. The government adopted methods such as fabricated criminal files, anti-democratic administrative detentions, and destruction of private property. It reached the point where ordinary civil and human rights were suspended when it came to those branded as "€œsettlers"€� or "right-wing extremists". This process, sanctioned by a politicized court system and a cheering media, successfully suppressed effective opposition to the anti-Zionist drift of a post-Zionist government.
The (Anti-)Jewish Division of the Shabak
Its name changed, but not its methods: the State\'€™s intelligence branch was now called the Shabak instead of the Shai, but it continued to instigate operations designed to falsely discredit the Right. A special department was actually created for this purpose. The Shabak recruited agent provocateurs such as Avishai Raviv ("Champagne") who founded fake underground organizations like "Eyal" and incited unbalanced figures like Yigal Amir to violence all for the purpose of destroying the legitimate and democratic opposition to Oslo and Israel\'s post-Zionist leadership. An entire population was dehumanized and demonized in the service of this goal.
The Rabin Murder Blood Libel
On November 4, 1995, Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin was murdered by an apparently lone assassin with a strong connection to Shabak agent Avishai Raviv. The entire right wing public was blamed for the murder and its leadership was singled out for a campaign of legal harassment and public condemnation. Non-official investigations of the murder have advanced dramatically, and once their conclusions are published, they will dwarf the Arlozorov blood libel.
The Expulsion
In the summer of 2005, a crime of epic proportions was perpetrated against the Jewish People as a whole and against 8,000 of Israel\'s most loyal and productive citizens in particular. Bulldozers of the State of Israel destroyed twenty-five blossoming Jewish communities in Gush Katif and Northern Samaria, and soldiers of the Jewish State dragged 8,000 men, women, and children out of the homes and farms that they had diligently and lovingly built over the course of a generation. The campaign of degradation and vilification against the people of Gush Katif and Northern Samaria that preceded their exile was especially heartless and ugly.
Once Gush Katif was handed over to Palestinian terrorists to use as a base for continued warfare against Israel, the leftist government announced "The Realignment Plan," an extension of the Gush Katif expulsion in Judea and Samaria. This plan called for the expulsion of another 70,000 Jews from their homes and the destruction of 60 additional towns and villages. While Israel\'s abysmal failure in the Second Lebanon War temporarily froze this plan, the Left has lately resumed its efforts.
The Sternhall Provocation
The blatant harassment of ideologically strong individuals and communities in Judea and Samaria who live quietly on their land and the glaring disregard for their civil and property rights has been the order of the day for the past few years. To justify the unjustifiable and to remind the public who Israel\'€™s real enemy is in the wake of the approaching elections, it was time for a new blood libel against the Right. A leftist professor who has spent his career inciting violence against the "settlers"€� was attacked by some shadowy group that surprise, surprise appears to bear the hallmark of past Shabak fictions.
A Second "Big Saison" Circa 2008?
During these days the government has been issuing new decrees almost daily against the national camp in general and the citizens of Judea and Samaria in particular: expulsion orders, restriction orders, administrative detentions (indefinite imprisonment without legal process), police violence, the prohibition of demonstrations, cutting off water and electricity to Jewish settlements, the destruction of settlements all accompanied by the familiar, strident denunciations of the "violent extremists� on the right.
If the public makes clear that it knows what the real score is who the violent ones really are and who is really trampling democracy perhaps we can avoid a "New Big Saison" in 2008.
Women In Green has noted the growth of a new phenomenon, a new tool in the Left\'€™s bag of dirty tricks not mentioned in the inventory above: the government is allowing outsiders into Judea and Samaria to foment constant clashes and conflict. Foreign "anarchists"€� and anti-Israel activists of all stripes have banded together with Israeli traitors and Arab activists to stir up trouble and undermine the Israeli army presence and the state\'s security needs in Judea and Samaria.
These groups are funded, whether secretly or openly, by foreign, anti-Zionistic and anti-Semitic organizations, often with the cooperation of Muslim and Arab terror organizations. They are protected by an unholy alliance within the government, the Israeli press, and the judicial system. They are encouraged by a cultural and intellectual elite that lauds Israel\'s enemies while excoriating her defenders.
May the people of Israel rise above their sectarian quarrels and differences to address the huge existential threats to Israel\'€™s existence in the coming elections.
Distributed as a public service by Women for Israel\'s Tomorrow Women in Green.
Contact us to order booklets at http://www.womeningreen.org
Bibliography:(in Hebrew)
Arieh Yitzhaki, "The Cain Syndrome" (to be printed in the coming months)
Yehuda Lapidot, "The Saison"
David Niv, The Irgun, 1965
Shlomo Nakdimon, Altalena, 1978


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Amazon.com is getting into the movie business by opening Amazon Studios, with the goal of using the Internet to put fresh movies on the big screen. The new Internet movie studio will allow writers to upload screenplays to its website where the global Internet audience can read them and offer feedback, or producers/directors can use them to make test movies. The test movies, which must be at least 70 minutes in length, can also be uploaded.
Amazon Studios will also award monthly cash prizes to the top submissions of $100,000 for the best movie each month and $20,000 to the two best scripts. There will also be an annual award of $1 million for the best movie and $100,000 for the best script. In all, the company expects to hand out up to $2.7 million for submissions received by Dec. 31, it said on its website.
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Movies have been developed pretty much the same way since talkies were considered cutting-edge. But here at Amazon Studios, we believe 21st-century technology creates opportunities to make and share movies and scripts more easily than ever. We invite you to:
- Win money. Amazon Studios will award a combined $2.7 million in our first year's worth of monthly and annual contests for the best scripts and movies. There is no charge to participate.
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With partners like Warner Bros who has a first-look deal with Amazon Studios, winners of these contents will also get a meeting with development executives that will consider releasing these films theatrically. With the cost for making movies coming down and the with avenues like this to pursue, I for one hope to see some really original movies come from this studio. Hopefully they'll be good as well. What do you guys think? Leave a comment and let us know. [Good Gear Guide]
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Not content to just star in a "chicks empowered by having cavalier attitudes towards sex just like boys do" comedy, Natalie Portman has gone and written one of her own. Portman and a college friend are shopping around a script called BYO, short for Bring Your Own, about two twenty somethings who throw a party where all attendees have to bring a single dude. It's being described as a "female-themed Superbad," and Anne Hathaway is reportedly interested in co-starring with Portman, though no word yet on which of them will be obsessed with drawing penises on everything. [24 Frames/LAT]


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I die for this fabric. Just die for it.
From Refinery 29
May 24, 2012
I die for this fabric. Just die for it.
From Refinery 29
Meg Allan Cole is a prominent name in the DIY and crafting world, usually seen wielding a glue gun in one hand and a rescue dog in the other. Meg has been creating DIY videos since the very first DIY network, Threadbanger, aired on the internet in 2006. Since then, she has been a DIY home and lifestyle blogger, and has created videos for Etsy, Curbly, MAKE, The Knot, Martha Stewart, and she now proudly makes regular content for HGTV's YouTube channel, HGTV Handmade.
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Our family stands for reproductive rights. I promise you that someone you love was saved by an abortion. Abortion is a basic fundamental right and abortion is healthcare. Statistics in history prove that removing safe abortions has NEVER lessened the amount of them, it only kills women. Estimated 5,000 a year will die without access to safe abortions. As each state rips this basic human right from our hands more girls and women and non-cis men will have their lives threatened. This is not about saving fetuses, it is about controlling and punishing women. To join the fight, here are some things you can do: Support women candidates, support reproductive rights, donate to grassroots organizations like @plannedparenthood @prochoiceamerica @emilys_list volunteer to be an abortion escort, and speak out far and wide. Tell your story if you're able, and lean on your sisters when you can't
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Meet the newest member of our family, Frankie Turnip Cole! Last Friday, @williedictionary, my mom, and I went to the @alexanimals shelter and this sweet two-year old Jack Russell terrier mix chose us as her parents. All I know is, WE FELL IN LOVE. Milo is a tricky guy so we waited to make sure this is the right fit for our family before sharing. I'll share more in a video soon but for now, meet Frankie, our sweet little girl who even looks like she is Milo & Gracie's sister. I really needed the joy she's brought and I'm over the moon we did this
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First impressions are everything.
First impressions are everything.
Curt Clawson was a virtual unknown in Southwest Florida when he chose to run for Congress. We knew we had to create a distinctive and memorable image of Curt in the minds of voters or our opponents would do it for us.
We started Curt's campaign on the biggest stage possible – with an ad run locally during the Super Bowl. A former Purdue basketball star, we featured Curt draining baskets and challenging President Obama to a 3-point contest. Within hours, half of the district knew his name.
After a month of positive storytelling, Curt had 86% name ID and was getting 39% on the ballot in a 4-way race. Despite very harsh rounds of attacks on his business record and character, our early branding gave Curt the protective armor to repel the attacks and win.
Politics is pandemonium, so consistency is key.
Politics is pandemonium, so consistency is key.
Barbara Comstock was running to hold a seat held by popular, retiring Congressman, Frank Wolf. As a part of our introduction of Barbara, we ran a full message push featuring Congressman Wolf giving his endorsement to Barbara.
We ran versions of this ad across 4 platforms to "surround" voters with the Wolf message – a 30 second TV ad, a 15 second web ad, a 60 second radio ad, and an automated call.
With our in-house team, we were able to seamlessly produce, place, and coordinate the launch of all 4 ads and give Barbara a consistent message to voters – in one single voice.
Elections are races. If you're slow – you lose.
Elections are races. If you're slow – you lose.
Andy Barr was in a heated re-match to defeat long-time Congressman, Ben Chandler. In 2010, Andy narrowly lost partially because of a failure to respond to a potent attack ad that accused him for having a "criminal record" for using a fake ID in college.
In early October of 2012, the DCCC went on the air, looking to sink the campaign with the same attack.
But Andy was prepared.
Over 2 months earlier, we shot and produced an ad where Andy responded directly to the attack. Using our real-time ad capture service, we discovered the attack ad when it first aired that morning and had our response on the air the same day. We never allowed the hit to gain traction, and Andy became a Congressman.
Big victories start small.
Big victories start small.
Facing a tough re-election bid in a purple state, we began an early operation focusing on very specific targets, including 56,000 female swing voters. Matching their households to the campaign's voter file, we launched a 7 month campaign targeting this select demographic to lay the foundation to earn their vote for Governor Kasich long before the fall.
Delivering messages on programming and websites with high indexes of these voters, we began with web and radio advertising, and later added broadcast and cable television. We delivered millions of impressions and won this demographic by over 60%.
Money matters in politics. But it's not always who has the most, but who uses it the best.
Money matters in politics. But it's not always who has the most, but who uses it the best.
In 2014, Cory Gardner was fighting to unseat Senator Mark Udall - a key target for Republicans to regain the majority in U.S. Senate. Working with the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), we created a media placement strategy to provide outside support to Gardner.
We maximized their resources by placing ad buys early, working directly with stations, using data to find less expensive programming to reach key voter groups, and stayed in constant negotiation with stations to ensure ads aired for the lowest possible rate.
We saved 18% on their buys that would have been lost using a traditional buying strategy – and those savings enabled the NRSC to air additional messages and help bring a victory for Gardner.


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A group of A-grade students who created a small gang during school designed to take the piss out of the famous "G-Unit", now one of the biggest, and dangerous, nottingham gangs "Fresh Unit" has become a lot more than a joke. With organised crime, weaponry and underground boxing clubs (known as FUN clubs, (F)resh (U)nit (N)ottingham) it must be one of the most serious and big money producing criminal gangs in Great Britain. Originally founded by Samuel B Slater, "Fresh Unit" has been expanding ever since it was created and now has over 60 unnofficial members.
I wish i was a part of Fresh Unit, but obviously I am not good enough.
by sickery_mc June 13, 2004
An infamous nottingham gang consisting of around 60-70 members who go around doing fucked up shit. The main leaders are Samuel B Slater, Joel Baldry, Glen Nicholls, Jonothan Hodgekinson, Jason Swan, David widdowson and Gareth Stone. Their graffitti design artist is Sam Moore. They all used to go to the same school but have now left school but are still part of fresh unit.
fresh unit are wkd
by john fredson June 14, 2004
'Fresh Unit' originaly a gedling comprehensive school gang,crew or click that has now expanded acroose numerous hoods. 'Fresh Unit' is an organisation or individuals devoted to spitting ill rhymes and sick flows acroos a wide variety of dope beats, they have a unique graffiti style and are responsible for numerous crimes against society such as...vandalism and theft of dignity all the way to plane hijacking. It is official...if your a whack mc or rhyme biting moron youd better watch urself because 'Fresh Unit' are on your case friend.
F-F-Fresh unit are spectacular
by Anonamous June 26, 2004


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Thanks to fellow blogger Thomas Crampton ( http://www.thomascrampton.com/) for this entry.
Good thing, our Indian Govt isn't censoring the freedom of expression on internet yet!
The article focusses mainly on US since most hosting activities are done in US.
Prompted by a series of incidents involving Internet companies that cooperated with the government of China to track down or censor bloggers, Reporters Sans Frontieres, a free press advocacy group, today proposed an Internet corporate responsibility code for operating in repressive countries.
The determination of a "repressive country" would be made by a regularly updated list compiled by the U.S. State Department.
Full proposal here, but in brief:
No U.S. company would be allowed to host e-mail servers within a repressive country. The intent is that the authorities of a repressive country want personal information about the user of a U.S. company's e-mail service, they would have to request it under a procedure supervised by U.S. judicial authorities.
Search engines:
Search engines would not be allowed to incorporate automatic filters that censor "protected" words. The list of "protected" keywords such as "democracy" or "human rights" should be appended to the law or code of conduct.
Internet censorship technologies:
Either U.S. companies would no longer be permitted to sell Internet censorship software to repressive states or they would still be able to market this type of software but it will have to incorporate a list of "protected" keywords that are rendered technically impossible to censor.
Internet surveillance technology and equipment:
U.S. companies would have to obtain the express permission of the Department of Commerce in order to sell to a repressive country any technology or equipment that can be used to intercept electronic communications or that is specifically designed to assist the authorities in monitoring Internet users.
U.S. companies would have to obtain the express permission of the Department of Commerce before providing any program of training in Internet surveillance and censorship techniques in a repressive country.
Are these suggestions desirable and workable, or are there other thoughts?
Originally , Posted by Thomas Crampton on January 10, 2006 01:23 PM (Paris)


text: Deep in the heart of the Amazon, the city of Manaus, home to 2 million residents, is the largest city in the rain forest. The city dates back to the end of the 17th century, but it is perhaps best known for the opulence of its late-19th-century gilded age. During the Industrial Revolution, the demand for rubber increased dramatically and the boom led to the so-called rubber barons of Manaus, who built extravagant homes and indulged any whim that money could buy. (The boom ended following the invention of synthetic rubber in 1909.) It was during this period when Manaus became known as the Paris of the Tropics, with the opera house, or Amazon Theater (inaugurated in 1896), helping justify the nickname. After 90 years of neglect, the building was restored beginning in 2001, and once again operas are performed on its stage.


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Yaz, Yasmin birth control pills suspected in 23 deaths
Most died from blood clots, Health
documents obtained by CBC News show Canada
CBC News
Posted: Jun 11, 2013 5:51 AM PT Last Updated: Jun 11, 2013 7:45 AM PT
At least 23 Canadian women who were taking two of the most commonly prescribed birth control pills in the world have died, CBC News has learned.
According to documents obtained from Health
doctors and pharmacists say Yaz and Yasmin are suspected in the deaths of the
women, who mostly died suddenly from blood clots. Canada
One of the women, 18-year-old Miranda Scott, was working out on an elliptical machine at the Okanagan gym at the University of British Columbia when she collapsed and died three years ago, said her mother, Chip McClaughry, who is involved in a class-action lawsuit against Bayer, the maker of the birth-control pills.
'When she was on the ground she said, "I can't breathe," and then, you know, she was gone.'—Chip McClaughry, Miranda Scott's mother
"She fell backwards into the person behind her and then, I guess, when she was on the ground she said, 'I can't breathe,' and then, you know, she was gone," McClaughry said at her home in Delta, B.C.
McClaughry had no idea what had happened to her athletic, healthy young daughter, but she started to investigate.
"As soon as I heard that she had been on Yasmin, I thought, 'I'm just going to look that up,' and I did, and I thought: 'Oh my God, this is what's killed her," she said.
Risk of blood clots rises
According to Scott's autopsy, she died of "disseminated intravascular coagulation," which means that blood clots formed inside blood vessels throughout her body.
Matthew Baer, of the Siskinds law firm, represents hundreds of Ontario women in a certified class-action lawsuit against Bayer that alleges Yaz and Yasmin have an increased risk of serious side-effects, including blood clots.
report concluded she had died after blood clots formed throughout her body, a complication sometimes reported with birth control hormones. (CBC)
"[Scott's] autopsy report did say that there was a pulmonary embolism, which again is a blood clot in the lung," he said. "The major side-effect that we're alleging is worse with Yasmin than with the other oral contraceptives, [which] is an increase of blood clots."
Certification of the class action is not a finding of fault against Bayer.
While Bayer has already paid more than $1 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits in the
, the drug
company tells CBC News it stands by its products. U.S.
Both Yaz and Yasmin, which are sometimes called "newer-generation" birth control pills, includes a synthetic progestin, drospirenone, which is exclusive to Bayer.
Teen girls as young as 14
In 2011, Health
issued a
warning about Yaz and Yasmin, saying the risk of blood clots, which is rare
overall, is 1.5 to 3 times higher with the drospirenone-containing pills than
with some other birth control pills. Canada
While one in 10,000 women on older birth control pills will develop blood clots, as many as three in 10,000 will develop blood clots on Yaz or Yasmin.
According to the documents obtained from Health
between 2007 and February 2013, doctors and pharmacists have reported 600
adverse reactions and 23 deaths where Yaz or Yasmin were suspected. More than
half of the reported deaths were women under 26, with the youngest age 14. Canada
Most of the deaths reported occurred soon after starting the pills. In Scott's case, it was just over a month.
"And that was all it took, five weeks start to finish, and that was the end of a beautiful, beautiful girl," her mother said.
Lawyer says deaths underreported
Tony Merchant, a lawyer representing 1,000 women outside
Ontario — including Scott
— is seeking to certify a second class-action lawsuit in against
Bayer this fall. Canada
'There are about thirty or forty deaths that we think are known, but that is usually just the tip of the iceberg.'—Tony Merchant, class action lawyer
Merchant said the number of deaths potentially associated with Yasmin or Yaz may be largely underreported because doctors may not realize there is a link between the cause of death and the risks of the pills.
"There are about 30 or 40 deaths that we think are known, but that is usually just the tip of the iceberg because all sorts of people will have died.... [Their families] don't know anything about the litigation, they don't know anything about the problem," he said.
Merchant said hundreds of patients who have approached his firm have had gallbladders removed, or have had strokes or blood clots and now must take blood thinners for the rest of their lives.
None of the allegations has been proven in court.
Bayer stands by Yasmin, Yaz
In a written statement to CBC News, Bayer said it is fighting the certification of the first Canadian class-action suit, the one in
which alleges women died or were injured by Yaz and Yasmin: Ontario
"We are very disappointed in Justice Crane's decision to certify a class in
in an ongoing lawsuit regarding Yaz
and Yasmin. No decision has been made on the merits of the case. We have filed
a request with the Court for leave to appeal the decision and are evaluating
our legal options... At Bayer patient safety comes first and we fully stand
behind, Yaz and Yasmin." Ontario
Bayer is scheduled to appear in court in
Sept. 4. Ontario


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The History of Just Take Action, Inc
Just Take Action, Inc (or as we know it, JTA) started way back in 1995. Two people had this crazy idea to start a brewpub in Duluth. Back then, the Craft Beer culture was nothing like it is today. They took a gamble on what became one of Duluth's most popular Restaurants – Fitger's Brewhouse. The two owners, Tim Nelson and Rod Raymond, later decided to add other bars/restaurants to their group. All of a sudden, they started to open – Red Star Nightclub, Brewhouse Beer Store, Burrito Union, Tycoons Zenith Alehouse, Rathskeller, and Endion Station. In 2014, Red Star Nightclub turned into the Barrel Room. In 2015, the ownership changed to Rod Raymond with a Board of Directors.
Check out our locations:
Fitger's Brewhouse Beer Store
Get geared up with Brewhouse merch and growlers – Now offering Sunday growler sales!
Burrito Union
Serving up a full menu including burritos, Fitger's Brewhouse ales & lagers, and weekly specials.
The Rathskeller
Duluth's Secret Speakeasy in the heart of the Historic Arts & Theatre District (HArT).
Our Flagship Craft Brew Lineup:
Our Values:
Be Authentic
When you come to work with us, we want you to be yourself. We will never require you to read a script like a robot can. We want your personality to shine and help bring a new level of excitement to our restaurants. We want everyone to add value in their own way to our organization. Be Authentic.
Do Good
We believe in good karma. What comes around, goes around. Integrity is such a huge party of who we are as a person. Always do the right thing, regardless of who is or isn't looking. We also believe in giving to those who are in need. Keep your eyes and ears open for opportunities for us to help local organizations!
Be Adventurous
Life can be boring, unless you make it otherwise. We encourage you to bring all of your passion and excitement every day. We want to hear your suggestions. Do you have drink ideas? Do you have food ideas? We want to know. We would love to encourage you do explore life, and be adventurous.
Care for the Whole
We are all one big family, and we believe the guests in our restaurants and stores are as well. We do what we can to care about the person in front of us. How can we help them? We serve each other. We serve the environment, we serve our guests, we serve our vendors. Everything we do radiates from our heart, and our actions need to show that.