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Digital Designer
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- 25 Oct 2013
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- 18 Nov 2013
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Be the guardian of digital awesomeness in a growing multichannel agency. We're an employer branding agency, focused on helping organisations attract and engage their workforce. Our clients realise that their people are an equally important audience as their customers – so we craft beautiful brand communications that run through any channel you can imagine. You can experience incredible variety here: our growing design function blends digital, traditional and emergent techniques to deliver digital design, branding, visual identity, information design, apps, UI, social media, games, experiential, promotional goods, exhibitions, video ¬– and if we can think of anything else, we'll learn how to design that too.
Introducing TMP
TMP is the strongest business in employer branding today. We're building a team to help propel us into new territory as we enter an ambitious creative growth phase. Together, we aim to produce leading edge digital design that is every bit as awe inspiring as the best work out there. Of course, the budgets are sometimes smaller and the turnaround times tighter – but you'll work on a greater variety of projects and see things go live much more quickly.
Clients that will give you a good excuse to do beautiful work
We are trusted by a client list that even the glossiest global agencies would admire: Virgin Media, the NHS, Lloyds Banking Group, Network Rail, npower, BT, Unilever, the AA, British Transport Police – and more. They're strong brands with high standards of excellence, so working with our portfolio will be career-enhancing, book building stuff.
Joining the team
We want you to come here to do work that you'll be proud of – and we'll support you every step of the way. Come with a portfolio full of design wow and show us where the industry standards should go. Show us how to have more fun in the digital space, and we'll give you a friendly, idea-hungry team to help you bring your ideas to life.
Candidate Profile
You: pursuing visual excellence, any channel, everywhere
Our digital design function is growing. If you're bursting with inspiration, there's room for your influence. We need a razor sharp designer like you to:
• Design easy-to-use but beautiful interfaces for information rich, process driven websites
• Design for all aspects of digital: websites (responsive, adaptive, content managed, microsites) mobile, social media, html emails, banners, with understanding of multiple desktop, mobile and tablet OS
• Brainstorm creative ideas, using your knowledge of digital trends and best practice – and then craft polished mac visuals for presentation
• Inspire your colleagues and clients to play with possibilities, pulling in the very best that's out there and working hard to get it made.


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Following a loss in the regular season finale to Northwestern 74-65, Matt Painter turned some heads with his post game comments. This season did not turn out as many Purdue fans had thought and for that matter as Painter thought it would. It was obvious that he had hit his breaking point. Reacting not only to this season, but to his players and the state of the program after their sixth straight loss. Here is what he said:
"It's my fault." "It's my job to get guys to play together. It's my job to get guys to play hard. It's my job to get guys to play smart and we don't do any of those. So it's my fault."
"When you start off, people will always give you a break, but when you're somewhere for nine years, they shouldn't, they absolutely shouldn't because it is my fault that we are in this position."
"I haven't gotten them to understand playing together, and getting that and having that being contagious and moving the basketball and sharing the basketball not only helps your offensive game but also helps your defensive game because you get a better shot," said Painter. "When you get a better shot you set your defense and when you set your defense it limits their transition opportunities."
"We have to recruit a more unselfish player. We have to recruit a tougher player," said Painter. "We have some of those guys in our program and some guys we don't-we've got to get that out of them or maybe this isn't their place.
"That's my fault. This isn't a school district. I recruited these guys, so the position that we're in is my fault."
It is clear that Painter let his true feelings boil over in the press conference. Even when struggling most coaches do not air all of their grievances to the media. So what did this mean in the short term and what will be the repercussions down the road?
In the short term this could be another way Painter is trying to reach his players. They were a young team coming into the season, but never really grew out of that mold. It is difficult to see a team that does not show improvement throughout the season. This could be a motivational tool for one last charge in this week's Big Ten Tournament. Also in the short term, this could be a chance for Painter himself to reevaluate his performance. How can he do better with the pieces he has? It is easy to point out the reason why you had a disappointing season, but it is more difficult to self-analyze what you could have done differently. I think that was a big reason for this rant. He is trying to not only get the best out of his players. He is trying to push himself to get better.
The long term affects of this are easy to see. The Purdue faithful were already grumbling about the state of the program. This will be two consecutive years without even an NIT bid. This press conference will crank up the heat on Painter. He would have been in trouble if they had a similar season next year, but now he has basically put himself in a make-the-NCAA-tournament-or-your-fired position.
The second thing this does is set in motion changes for next season. Painter knows that this team did not play well. He knows that he needs to get them to buy in. He knows that he needs to get them to play "Purdue" basketball- defense, hustle, intensity, toughness. These were all the traits that made the teams in the Keady and early Painter eras successful. These are the things the fan base wants to see. This should make them get back to the basics and find a way to sell these players on believing in true Boilermaker basketball.
Matt Painter has given himself one offseason and one regular season to turn this around. His own comments have given himself a deadline-Selection Sunday 2015. A year from now we will know if this press conference and re-dedication to the program paid off.
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Thomas Zumbrunn finished third in the men's slalom at the NCAA Regionals.
Feb. 23, 2008
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BOZEMAN, Mont. - With a second-place finish at the NCAA Western Regional on Saturday, the Utah ski team became the only Western squad to qualify a full 12-member team for the NCAA Championships.
"It was a great day for Utah," Director of Skiing Eli Brown said. "We came to Bozeman with one important goal - to qualify a full team for the NCAA Championship. We have a chance to ski very well at the championships in two weeks. Every one of our athletes and coaches should be proud of what we accomplished. It's been a great season."
Snorri Einarsson led all Ute finishers with a second-place finish in the 20-km Classic. Ben Fick crossed the line eighth while Casey Simons was 10th.
Annelies Cook and Sara Schweiger were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the women's 15-km Classic. Zoe Roy placed eighth and Madeleine Talkington finished 14th.
On the alpine hill, Thomas Zumbrunn and Scott Veenis finished third and fourth, respectively, in the men's slalom. Sam Beck was Utah's third finisher in 20th.
Mikaela Grassl led the Utes with a fifth-place finish in the women's slalom. Kim Stephens was the next Utah finisher in 16th.
"The Utes have proven one more time that we are a strong contender for the NCAA title," head alpine coach Jaka Korencan said. "The athletes showed heart and pushed the limits of their abilities to the extreme. We need to compliment our seniors - Kim, Sam, and Casey - for their extraordinary support and team commitment."
Utah finished with 527 points. Colorado won the meet with 555 points, while Denver (497 points), Alaska-Anchorage (458 points) and New Mexico (445 points) rounded out the top five.
The 12 skiers to race at the NCAA Championships will be announced early next week.
"It's unfortunate that only 12 skiers can race at NCAA's," Brown said. "We will be leaving some great athletes at home. They are all an important part of this team. Everyone raced their hearts out all season."
The NCAA Championships, hosted by Montana State and held at the Bridger Bowl and Bohart Ranch, begin on March 5.


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Standard Caseload Supervision
Probation supervision is a sentencing option in which offenders are required to comply with specific court-ordered conditions of supervision while residing in the community. Through guidance, surveillance and referrals to service providers, probation officers assist offenders to comply with their sentences. When offenders fail to comply, they are either subject to administrative sanctions imposed by the probation officer or they are brought back to court for a violation of probation hearing.
Standard probation involves different levels of supervision and utilizes numerous conditions and intermediate sanctions to hold offenders accountable and to provide them with opportunities to make positive changes in their lives. Approximately 88 percent of probationers in the Adult Probation Department are sentenced to standard supervision as opposed to specialized or intensive supervision.
Basic conditions of standard probation include the following:
In addition to these basic conditions, most probationers are subject to a combination of special conditions tailored to the offender's unique circumstances. Commonly used special conditions include the following:
Proper assessment of the particular risks and needs of each probationer is key to developing an effective supervision strategy. After an offender has been placed on probation, a probation officer conducts an intake interview to gather information regarding the probationer's economic and social background. This information is used to complete the risks and needs assessment tool which evaluates several areas including academic skills, employment history, financial stability, criminal record, attitude, drug and alcohol use, peer and family relations and mental and physical health. With the guidance of this tool, the probation officer determines the probationer's strengths and weaknesses and develops a plan that will adequately address them. The plan specifies a reporting schedule and may involve referrals for treatment, job placement, educational development or any other type of service that would be beneficial to the probationer.
Drug Treatment Court
The Adult Probation Department is a form of enhanced court supervision provided to offenders sentenced to probation in the Circuit Court of Cook County's drug treatment courts, which operate in the Criminal Division and in two suburban locations, Municipal District 4 (Maywood) and Municipal District 6 (Markham).
The program in the Criminal Division is called Rehabilitative Alternative Probation (RAP) and targets non-violent probationers who are subsequently charged with a low-level felony drug charge (i.e., a class 4 felony). If the probationer elects to participate in RAP, the new charge is dismissed, and the probationer is sentenced to RAP on the violation of probation. The programs in Municipal Districts 4 and 6 target defendants who are identified as having substance abuse problems and have been arrested for either felony or misdemeanor offenses. Participants in these two courts may, but do not have to be, probation violators.
While they target different populations, all of the drug treatment courts work at breaking the cycle of addiction and crime through treatment, intensive judicial supervision, an escalating system of rewards and sanctions, mandatory drug testing, and a team approach to case management among court personnel and treatment providers. Drug treatment court probation can last from 12 to 18 months. Probationers are supervised through three phases and are required to participate in treatment, report to a probation officer, attend court status hearings, and submit to urinalysis. At each subsequent phase, the frequencies of these requirements are lessened. The drug court teams administer rewards and sanctions in response to treatment progress and overall compliance with the program. Rewards include certificates of phase completion, encouragement and praise from the judge and drug court team, reduced level of supervision, decreased urinalysis, and graduation ceremonies. Sanctions include admonishments from the judge, increased drug testing, increased reporting, writing assignments, home confinement/curfews, observing court from the jury box, confinement in the court lock-up, and jail time.
The department contracts with treatment providers to ensure that quality treatment is readily accessible and probation fees help defray costs of treatment for offenders who could not otherwise afford it. Many levels of treatment are provided, including detoxification, inpatient treatment (including jail-based and community-based), intensive outpatient, aftercare services, and ancillary support services. Officers in the department's drug court units have special training in substance abuse issues and supervise reduced caseloads.
Domestic Violence Intervention
Developed in 1997, the Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP) addresses the risks and issues associated with domestic violence offenders. Supervision and treatment strategies are designed to ensure offender accountability and victim safety. The program is guided by principles outlined in the Illinois Protocol for Partner Abuse Intervention Programs. Examples of these principles include the following:
Probation officers in the unit are extensively trained in domestic violence issues. In addition to other probation conditions, all offenders in the unit must complete 26 weeks of domestic violence counseling, which is offered through carefully selected treatment providers. Probation fees are used to defray treatment costs for indigent offenders who are referred to outside agencies. This ensures that all offenders in the program have access to quality treatment. The unit also offers services for victims by providing support, referrals, and information regarding the remedies available to them from the court and social service and law enforcement agencies.
Gang Intervention Unit
The Gang Intervention Unit was initiated in 1991 to provide intensive supervision as well as educational and treatment services for probationers who are gang members. Probation officers in the unit receive intensive gang awareness training and perform extensive fieldwork and surveillance. Much of their supervision strategy involves working with family members and strengthening the probationers' ties to prosocial relationships and activities. Officers also work closely with the Chicago Police Department. An interagency agreement with CPD, which calls for the sharing of information on probationers supervised in the unit, enables police officers to assist in the monitoring of probation conditions, including curfews, and increases both departments' awareness of gang activity.
In addition to the standard conditions of probation, the following special conditions are mandatory for all probationers sentenced to the program:
Intensive Drug Probation
In operation since 1991, Intensive Drug Probation (IDP) uses intensive supervision, drug testing, and referrals to drug treatment to change long-term habits of high-risk drug addicted probationers. The unit recognizes that to change someone's behavior, addiction to drugs and alcohol must be addressed first. It is not uncommon for some individuals who are supervised in the unit to have gone their entire adult lives under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
To be eligible for the program, offenders must have a history of substance abuse. Probation officers in the unit have experience and specialized training enabling them to work effectively with addicted offenders, who in addition to substance abuse usually have a number of associated problems. In addition to standard conditions of probation those in IDP must attend substance abuse treatment, report more frequently, and submit to random drug testing. Upon successful completion of 12 months of IDP, probationers are transferred to standard caseload for the duration of their sentences.
Intensive Probation Supervision
The Intensive Probation Supervision Program (IPS) was established in 1984 as a program for high-risk offenders convicted of serious felony offenses. The program balances strict surveillance with intervention strategies aimed at the unique risks and needs of each case. Probationers sentenced to IPS are required to comply with rigorous conditions that include frequent reporting, curfews, drug testing, community service, and any other special conditions deemed appropriate by the court. Probation officers work in pairs with reduced caseloads.
Guidelines for IPS have been established by the Administration Office of the Illinois Courts, the administrative arm of the Supreme Court of Illinois. These guidelines require the department to conduct eligibility screenings on cases recommended for IPS. This process includes conducting a social history investigation, reviewing the conditions of IPS with the defendant, obtaining a full criminal history and making a field visit to the defendant's residence to discuss the program with family members and/or other individuals living with the defendant. Defendants are generally deemed appropriate for IPS if they indicate they are aware of and willing to comply with the conditions, are being sentenced for a probationable offense, and are residing within the county. Once a case is accepted, an IPS officer meets again with the probationer to develop a supervision strategy that addresses court mandates and other issues identified through a risks and needs assessment. After successfully completing 12 months of IPS, probationers serve the remainder of their sentences on standard probation.
Mental Health Unit
Created in 1989, the Mental Health Unit has long been nationally recognized as a model for the supervision of offenders with serious chronic mental illnesses or developmental disabilities or both. It is the only Medicaid certified probation-run program in the country, and it receives funding through a grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services.
The unit provides specialized case management, which includes conducting clinical assessments, referring probationers for treatment and monitoring their compliance with treatment goals. To be eligible for supervision in the program, probationers must have a diagnosis of a serious chronic mental illness or mental retardation or both. Those who have a history of violence, or have been convicted of a sex offense, or have been found unfit to stand trial are not appropriate for the program.
The targeted diagnoses of the unit are Axis I psychotic disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, severe mood disorders, and bipolar disorder). Nearly all probationers supervised in the unit are on psychotropic medication. Psychiatric, economic, and social problems, which are compounded by high rates of substance abuse, make this an extremely challenging group to supervise.
Staff in the unit have mental health-related experience and training (many in the unit have advanced degrees and certifications) which allows them to better address these numerous and complex issues. Probation officers work closely with treatment providers to ensure comprehensive case management.
Probation officers assigned to this unit perform a number of duties, including: conducting clinical assessments; making referrals; completing clinical treatment plans; monitoring compliance with probation conditions, medication requirements, and other treatment objectives; helping probationers to obtain disability benefits, housing, Supplemental Security Income and medical cards; and serving as advocates for probationers in their efforts to obtain mental health services. Probation officers empower mentally ill offenders by assisting them to become more self-sufficient consumers of services that are available to them. Mandatory special conditions of the program include participation in mental health services (ranging from outpatient counseling to inpatient psychiatric hospitalization) and increased office reporting and field visits.
Probation officers in the unit also provide supervision for probationers sentenced in Circuit Court of Cook County's Mental Health Court. Launched in 2004, this court targets individuals with a dual diagnosis (substance abuse and serious mental illness) who are in jail on pending charges. Similar to drug court models, this court uses a team approach to supervision and provides treatment interventions and ancillary services that are responsive to the needs of this challenging population.
POWER Program
The POWER Program (Promotion of Women through Education and Resources) was established to better address the unique issues and challenges presented by women offenders. Females have been one of the fastest growing populations in the criminal justice system over the past several years and an increasing body of research is showing that the circumstances and needs of women offenders differ significantly from their male counterparts. For example, compared to male offenders, women are more likely to be:
Effective programs and services must take into account these differences in a way that is suited to the psychological and social needs of women.
The unit's probation officers are specially trained and work with caseloads of exclusively females. The unit receives intake from the Sheriff's Department of Women and Justice Services to improve the continuity of supervision and treatment for women released from jail and sentenced to probation. The "Moving On" cognitive behavioral curriculum is used to supplement individual office contacts.
Adult Sex Offender Program
The Sex Offender Program has been providing specialized supervision since 1997. Through an intensive, coordinated, and comprehensive approach, the program works to hold offenders accountable, reduce reoffending, and improve the lives of victims. The program targets individuals who have committed felony sexual offenses against adolescents or children who, at the time of the offense, were residing with the offender. Long-term treatment, close collaboration with carefully selected service agencies, and rigorous court-imposed conditions are key components of the program. This combination of elements is necessary in order to change the attitudes and behaviors of this high-risk and highly manipulative group of offenders.
Sex offending is a complex and serious social problem. Its impact on victims can be devastating and can last a lifetime. Offenders who victimize children present numerous challenges to probation officers. Perpetrators can be extremely deceptive about the risk they actually pose because they are skilled at manipulating others and at denying and minimizing their behavior. Moreover, they tend to be more outwardly cooperative than other probationers, further masking the risk they present.
To meet these challenges, probation officers in the unit are extensively trained in sex offender issues, and work closely with treatment providers to monitor offenders' compliance with the program's numerous conditions. Offenders in the program receive quality treatment that includes assessment, polygraph analysis, and group/individual therapy that utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy and relapse prevention techniques. Funds from the department's Probation Services Fees Budget are used to defray the costs of treatment, making treatment accessible to those who could not otherwise afford it.
In addition to the standard conditions of probation, offenders in the program are subject to the following special conditions:
Probationers in this program are breaking through denial and accepting responsibility for their actions, they are becoming more aware of the harm they have caused others. Moreover, they are fully aware of the legal consequences of not complying with the conditions of their probation. In 2001, this program received an Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties as an innovative program exemplary of responsible and effective county government.
Home Confinement Unit
Home confinement enables offenders to be detained in their homes instead of jail. The program, established in 1990, provides the court with an intermediate sanction that promotes public safety without the monetary and social costs of incarceration. Home confinement can be court-ordered as a condition of probation, pretrial supervision, court supervision or conditional discharge, or it can be ordered as a stand alone sentence.
Offenders under home confinement are monitored through unscheduled face-to-face surveillance checks at their homes. They may also be required to submit to random drug testing. When an offender fails to comply with the conditions of the program, the Adult Probation Department notifies the court so the judge can make a ruling on the offender's release status.
Allowing offenders to serve their sentence at home rather than in jail minimizes family disruption and provides them with more opportunities to obtain or continue employment and to attend education programs. Curfew schedules can be adjusted to meet the needs of those who are employed, enrolled in an academic/vocational program or participating in treatment.
The Home Confinement Unit also monitors, through the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, certain offenders who have been charged with or convicted of violating an order of protection. Offenders in this program are ordered to wear a GPS tracking device to help monitor compliance with orders to stay away from the complaining witness, the complaining witness's home/workplace, or any other protected address specified on the order of protection.
Global Position System (GPS) Supervision
In 2009, new legislation took effect in Illinois that allows the court to order a defendant/probationer charged with or convicted of violating an order of protection to GPS monitoring as a condition of bond/probation/ conditional discharge.
The GPS Monitoring Program is administered by staff of the Circuit Court of Cook County Adult Probation Department. Under the program, a stationary exclusionary zone is established around all protected addresses of the complaining witness/victim. A GPS device is affixed to the defendant/probationer who is ordered to maintain a minimum distance of 2,500 feet away from the complaining witness/ victim at all times. A complaining witness/victim is offered the option to carry a GPS device if he or she wishes to be notified if the defendant/probationer enters an exclusionary zone. If a complaining witness/victim opts to carry the GPS device, he or she is required to carry a cell phone at all times to facilitate notification. The Adult Probation Department will provide a cell phone to a complaining witness/victim who does not own one for the duration of the GPS order.
If the defendant/probationer enters an exclusionary zone, local law enforcement officers are contacted immediately (as well as the complaining witness/victim if he or she opted for notification). The law enforcement officers will respond to the complaining witness/victim's location to conduct a well-being check and determine if further action is warranted. Adult Probation Department staff will provide information to the court regarding all violations of the GPS Monitoring Program.
Community Service Unit
Community service is a condition of probation that requires probationers to perform services without compensation for the benefit of the community. This sanction not only provides a service to the community but also enhances accountability and helps instill responsibility in the probationer. Community service can be ordered by a judge or by the supervising probation officer through the Adult Probation Department's in-house administrative sanctions protocol.
The Community Service Unit places probationers at a variety of work sites throughout Cook County. The sites are either not-for-profit organizations or government agencies. The type of work performed by probationers typically involves neighborhood clean-up, graffiti removal and janitorial services.
Officers assigned to the Community Service Unit are responsible for placing, monitoring and evaluating all community service mandates. The needs and safety of the community as well as the skills of the probationer are considered when making placements.
Each year, probationers completed about 120,000 hours of community service.
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CHAMALIERES, FRANCE, April 30. LAST September at the Olympics in Sydney, Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband stunned the swimming world — not to mention a certain Russian and a certain Australian — with his world records and gold medals in the 100-200 meter freestyles.
"Hoogie" thus became the first male Olympian since a rather prominent American by the name of Spitz 28 years earlier to win those same two races in an Olympics. Afterwards, Hoogie said he "partied with friends" for a couple of months before resuming training.
In his first competitive effort of the year a month ago in Glascow at the Speedo Grand Prix he showed he had lost none of the form he had six months earlier at Sydney via then world-leading times in the 100 (49.54) and 200 (1:47.54). About the same time, Australia's Ian Thorpe was regaining the global standard in the 200 free with his 1:44.69 at the Australian Nationals-World Championship Trials in Hobart, swam the second-fastest 400 ever (3:40.76), went a pr 49.05 to win the 100 and also got the 800 free wr for good measure.
So it was with great anticipation that when Hoogie said he'd compete in the French Nationals-WCTs (50 M) which began today in Chamalieres, the record book would take yet another beating. However, if today's opening session is any indication of how Pieter the Great will perform, don't look for eye-opening times. He easily won the 400 in a pedestrian 3:51.03, with France's Sylvain Cross next (3:53.62). Both times are far off the Fukuoka world championship qualifying standard of 3:50.34 but it's highly unlikely "Hoogie" will contest this race in Japan come July. His pr and NR is 3:48.37 from a meet in Toulouse in March of last year — the first time he had ever seriously contested the distance. The French record-holder, Nicolas Rostoucher, was third (3:54.19). His pr and NR is 3:51.80 from Sydney.
In the women's medley, Marjorie Distel won in 4:50.98 — again far off the Fukuoka q standard of 4:45.33. The French record is 4:48.98 by Nadege Cliton from three years ago.
However, as was the case with the British Trials at Manchester earlier this month, this meet will not be a "be-all, end-all" affair as far as qualifying for Fukuoka goes. The Mare Nostrum Series, starting next month in Europe and encompassing Invitationals in Spain, France and Monte Carlo, will also be used as a basis for team selection, French officials said.
Only two finals, the men's 400 free and the women's 400 IM, were on today's program.
In the semis of the men's 100 breast Johan Bernard, who had never before been under 1:03.5, went a pr 1:02.86 and ranks second to Huges Duboscq's 1:02.78. The French record is 1:01.72 by Jean Christophe Sarnin from the World Military Championships in Zagreb in August of 1999. His 1:03.25 ranks him fifth going into tomorrow's finals.
Bernard went a pr 2:12.48 in the 200 breast at last year's French Trials, a time which ranked him second globally for the year, but finished out of the money at Sydney.
The other individual event was the women's 100 fly, where Maria Metella (1:02.56) and Diane Bui-Duyet (1:02.92) are the top qualifiers.
At the Swedish Grand Prix (50 M) over the weekend in Goteborg, the results were similarly modest but interesting nonetheless — primarily due to the presence of Romania's Dragos Coman. Coman was a steller performer at last summer's European Championships in Helsinki, but afterwards fizzled out.
In Goteborg, Coman won the 400-1500 frees (3:56.72-15:43.74), and was runner-up to teammate Danes Ionescu in the 200 free (1:52.91-1:53.15). Ionescu also won both IMs (2:10.50-4:37.49).
Sweden's 100 fly Olympic gold medalist Lars Frolander, who also holds the U.S. Open and NCAA record in the yards version of this event, won his specialty in 54.86 — far off his Olympic and European mark of 52.00 from Sydney.
Sprinter Stefan Nystrand, who set a pr and NR of 22.49 in the semis of the 50 at Sydney, swam a fast 22.63 here, and also went a pr 49.65 in the 100 with Frolander next (51.23). Nystrand's previous 100 best had been a 49.90 from last May's Swedish Grand Prix in Vasteras.
On the women's side, Johanna Sjoberg swept the 50-100 frees (26.36-56.37), and the 50-100 flys (27.98-1:01.12). Romania's Camelia Potec was tops in the 200-400-800 frees (2:01.18, 4:16.86 and 8:52.11). Potec's 200-400 prs are 1:58.79-4:08.09 –both Romanian records and both good for gold at the 1999 European Championships in Istanbul.
If one discounts the steroid-aided performances of the Wundermadchen of the former GDR, Potec's 200 performance ranks her third all-time on the European list while in the 400, if one discounts Chen Yan's 4:05.00 from the Chinese National Games four years ago, the GDR's Anke Mohring's 4:05.84, Heike Frederich's 4:05.94 that got her the silver behind Janet Evans at Seoul, Michelle Smith's 4:07.25 that got her the gold at Atlanta (and if you believe she got that medal legitimately we have a bridge over the Colorado River for sale, nice and cheap!), and the GDR's Astrid Strauss' 4:07.66 and Wang Luna's 4:07.86, Potec would rank 14th all-time (performer) and fourth in Europe.
Potec has never swum a serious 800 in a major international competition.
— Bill Bell
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Peter Starr, director of the motorcycle film Take It To The Limit, is a big fan of the so-called "Grand Riders" from Taiwan. It's a group of 80-something Taiwanese men who recaptured their vitality through a ride around their home island a few years ago. Their story was popularized in an extended commercial for TC Bank that went viral.
Starr is more than just a fan, though. He's a friend, and has ridden with the riders who inspired the commercial. Last year, he took a group of 10 Americans over to ride with them again. This year, he wants to expand the group to 20. Starr says the rides are a non-profit effort, set up to cover the costs of travel and accommodations.
We caught up with Starr to find out what keeps taking him back to Taiwan.
AmericanMotorcyclist.com: What's your goal with this ride?
Starr: There are several goals, but the main one is to promote and encourage seniors to continue to ride motorcycles. Ever since I started studying medicine, it became obvious that active passionate people age more gracefully and enjoy that part of their life more. Motorcycling helps maintain good hand/eye coordination and a good sense of balance. We are also showing support for these pioneers in Taiwan who in spite of failing health continue to challenge themselves.
AM.com: Why Taiwan?
Starr: I first saw a short video about the Grand Riders in 2011, and being a cancer survivor myself, immediately related to their frustrations, needs, desires and their passion for living through motorcycle riding. I went to Taiwan, rode with them and wrote about the experience in Motorcyclist Magazine. During that wonderful ride, I fell in love with the Taiwanese culture and the riding experience through the mountains and along the coast roads. Last year our Taiwanese hosts made a video of our ride, which can also be seen on YouTube.
AM.com: For you, personally, what's the most interesting thing about riding in this country?
Starr: We get to ride through very diverse scenery from sea level to 10,000 feet, through the beautiful Toroko Gorge, around lakes, along tropical coast roads and everywhere. Because of the different culture, there is so much to see that can stimulate your mind. Once out of the cities, the traffic is light, which allows for more stimulating riding. At the time of year when we go -- late September, early October -- we get the best of their riding weather.
AM.com: Will you be riding with any local riders? What's the significance there?
Starr: We will have six or seven riders from a local club that travel with us and they speak English, which helps when we get to restaurants, tourist places or simply learning about the Taiwanese culture. It also gives us Americans a chance to make new motorcyclist friends through the 10 days we ride with them. I am still in touch with some of the riders from my 2011 ride.
AM.com: What's the connection to the Harley-Davidson anniversary event?
Starr: The first time I went there on my own, I rode a 700cc scooter, which led to some spirited riding with the local riders. Last year SYM, a local scooter manufacturer, provided the 11 scooters for that ride. This year, the Taiwan Harley-Davidson importer wanted to get involved with the charity aspect of this ride, so they agreed to provide the 20 bikes we will use this year. It also gave us a chance to participate in "Bikertopia," their celebration of Harley-Davidson's 110th anniversary on the last day of our ride.
AM.com: How can someone find out more information about the ride and sign up?
Starr: The easiest way is to drop me a note with your contact info at firstname.lastname@example.com or call me at (310) 312-0012. Our ride is from Sept. 25 to Oct. 7, 2013.
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My wife, Nora, has very dry eyes, for which she is under the care of an opthalmologist, and uses a variety of Rx's.
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All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has announced a one-day strike from Wednesday midnight to protest the recent steep hike in diesel price. It said 22 lakh trucks would remain off roads on Thursday in Maharashtra alone.
The road transport industry will not be able to absorb the hike in diesel price and suggests the central and state governments reduce excise and custom duties and value-added tax, which constitute around 50 per cent of diesel cost, said president Bal Malkit Singh.
He said AIMTC, which raised freight by 15per cent immediately after the hike, would meet again after a month to decide an indefinite strike if there is no rollback.
AIMTC said supply of essential goods such as vegetables, fruits and medicines would, however, be exempted from the strike. Only industrial goods will be hit. We did not want to strike as we will lose three working days as a result, but we have no choice, said Sunil Kale, president of Bombay Goods Transport Association.
AIMTC said truckers would lose Rs 2,500 crore on strike day. It said the Goa government had decided to cut taxes in the interest of the common man and other states should follow the lead.
AIMTC also demanded uniform diesel prices across the country.
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We have urged the home department to post a cop on every bus, said Anil Garg, president of the association.


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Socialising the Internet of Things
Are the digital and social forces, with which we have become so familiar, even stronger when placed directly into the context of the things we use every day?
In a round-about way, I guess these were the core questions we folk at Imagination were looking to address during our "Socialising the Internet of Things" session for Social Media Week.
Rather than just talk about it, we put it to the test with a mini social experiment over coffee and cookies before our panel debate.
Every one of our attendees – and they came from far and wide – was given a smart badge (more on the making of those badges on this blog soon), which tracked his or her movements and interactions around our lobby space.
I'm not going to pretend that the experiment was super-sophisticated. It wasn't. Each delegate was assigned to one of three teams; red, green and blue, and told to find team-mates, identifiable by the blinking of the badges when like-colours met.
It was a first iteration, but it did yield some robust data that told us which badges interacted, for how long and where.
And it demonstrated in a basic, tangible way the possibilities that Internet of Things opens up as it becomes less and less intrusive (we'll be able to do away with our funky but sizeable badges before too long!).
"The potential around this becomes especially interesting, as the technology becomes ambient," said panellist and Imagination Head of Technology, Kel Phillipson.
And he's right. Imagine a world where objects in your office and home talk to each other, react to your mood and act accordingly with minimal/no input from you. The clever folk at Ericcson already have.
This is the stuff that our speakers on the day are doing, as well as talking about. And it is so refreshing to see.
Be it Dave Patten's connected orchestra at the Science Museum, Mark Coyle's "torchy" camera built to record every step of the 2012 torch relay or the University of Dundee's Jon Rogers creating a 100 kilo juke box monster that can only play five tracks (by his own admission "the most rubbish iPod ever"), these are all high-impact, inspiring and lovable examples of things taking on social status and playing a memorable part in our lives.
There are pitfalls to overcome of course. These took little time to surface in the panel debate.
What about privacy and security? As things take on identities and personalities of their own, do they become legally accountable for their actions?
And how do we make sense of all the data/noise that is created by these things?
Rogers said it best: "Let's get loads of people and data and play it through a xylophone; it's not an album I'm going to buy."
Without question, there is a significant curation challenge here and we didn't find all the answers in our short social experiment on Wednesday. We learned that their were 238 unique badge interactions in 20 minutes, that the blue team inter-connected best and that the green team were the social butterflies and that badge 54 (we will preserve anonymity!) spent longest with his/her hand in the cookie jar.
But, for the long-term prosperity of the Internet of Things, we'll need to do better than that.
And we will.
I'm sure Nasa has some answers. The personal highlight of my day came when I discovered that this US technology mothership was observing our small, but well-intentioned endeavours all the way from Washington, and nodding its approval of our humble (less than space age) badges, by Tweet.
Proof perfect that the future of the Internet of Things, and all of its social implications, rests with all of us.
Our panel were:
@ileddigital - Jon Rogers, University of Dundee
@markcoyle65 - Mark Coyle, BBC
@davepatten - Dave Patten, Science Museum
@kelfish - Kel Phillipson, Imagination
@watsui - Katie Streten, Imagination
@alextrickett - Alex Trickett, Imagination
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Obama: The Most-Racial President
By Mark Tapson
In a recent Rolling Stone interview, President Obama confided that, of all the Hope and Change his supporters assumed he was bringing to America, the hope of a change in our racial divide wasn't on his list: "I never bought into the notion that by electing me, somehow we were entering into a post-racial period." That may come as a surprise to the millions around the world who did indeed see his historic election as the promise of a post-racial era. Instead, as Ward Connerly points out, thanks to Obama "we are not living in a post-racial society. We are living in a most-racial society."
Political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent Ward Connerly is the founder of the American Civil Rights Institute, a Sacramento-based organization created to educate the public about racial and gender preferences and to help implement laws to abolish them. An outspoken opponent of affirmative action, which he calls "yesterday's solution to yesterday's problem," and an advocate of equal opportunity for all Americans, regardless of race, sex, or ethnic background, Connerly is the author of Creating Equal: My Fight Against Race Preferences and Lessons from My Uncle James: Beyond Skin Color to the Content of Our Character.
In a column in the Wall Street Journal several months ago titled "What Happened to Post-Racial America?" Connerly took Obama to task for a record in office that falls far short of his post-racial promise. As just a couple of examples, he cited Obama's Executive Order 13583, which promotes "Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce," and the Dodd-Frank financial-reform law promoted by Rep. Maxine Waters, which Connerly says should be called the "White Male Exclusion Act." Both of these laws are fundamentally discriminatory and redundant as well, since the federal government is already more diverse than the general population, and "the infrastructure of the diversity network is vast."
"More than anything else," Connerly wrote, "the pursuit of diversity overshadows and subordinates excellence and competence and often makes us content with mediocrity." Of course, a meritocracy is heresy to leftists, who cling to their victimization narrative to justify affirmative action, and who have made the enforcement of diversity into a virtual religious imperative on the order of Islamic jihad.
Like all blacks who publicly insist that Americans look beyond color to one's character – a concept for which Martin Luther King, Jr. is rightly lauded – Ward Connerly is demonized and dismissed as an Uncle Tom by the left, his fellow blacks who have crowned themselves the arbiters of blackness. "He has no ethnic pride," said then-Senator Diane Watson in horror. "He doesn't want to be black." The Oakland Tribune depicted him in a cartoon as the proprietor of '"Connerly & Co./Ethnic Cleansers'" – with a Klansman's robe hanging in the window.
"I implore you, Mr. President," Connerly wrote in an open letter to Obama, for the sake of all Americans, the rule of law, for fairness and justice, and for the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, end the racial discrimination, end racial preferences, policies, and laws… Unleash our potential by calling for a colorblind society in life and law.
His plea has fallen on deaf ears. Townhall columnist Rachel Alexander points out several ways in which, despite ballot initiatives spearheaded by Connerly passing in various states banning affirmative action, the Obama administration moves full steam ahead with policies of racial preference. Obamacare legislation contains race-based preferences, and hospitals and healthcare providers have been given notice to come up with affirmative action plans or risk being audited and fined. Contractors who train individuals from underrepresented minority groups will receive preferences when applying for contracts from the Department of Health and Human Services. The federal stimulus funds also included preferences. The Department of Justice is selectively enforcing voting rights and also intends to use the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to favor minorities when redistricting Congressional districts, even though there's no longer any evidence of real discrimination. The administration has intervened in high-profile lawsuits defending affirmative action. Don't forget Obama's appointment to the Supreme Court of "wise Latina" Sonia Sotomayor because apparently she can come to better judicial conclusions than a white male. As Rachel Alexander puts it, Obama is implementing his own unofficial form of affirmative action by appointing minorities and women who support race and gender preferences to top posts in his administration, ensuring its perpetuation.
Affirmative action isn't the only aspect of Obama's detrimental impact on race in America. "My view on race has always been that it's complicated," Obama told Rolling Stone. "It's about interactions." If so, then his interactions as President have definitely complicated matters. He may have ridden the wave of an historic promise (however illusory) into the White House, but since then he has heated race relations to the boiling point. He has empowered and emboldened race-profiteering demagogues like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, Jr., violent race radicals like the New Black Panthers, and blacks in political power like Attorney General Eric Holder and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who have embraced this opportunity for racial payback while hypocritically dismissing Obama's critics as racist.
From insulting the white police officer who properly arrested Obama's black academic buddy Henry Louis Gates, Jr., to ramping up racial tensions over the killing of black Trayvon Martin by a "white Hispanic" (both of which were mere criminal incidents that a President should not have lowered himself to comment upon), our first (half-)black President has done more to set back race relations in this country than anyone since O.J. Simpson.
On the heels of Obama's election in 2008, in an article titled "Obama's Post-Racial Promise," Shelby Steele wrote that "There is nothing to suggest that Obama will lead America into true post-racialism," and that "culturally and racially, he is likely to leave America pretty much where he found her." Three and a half years later, it seems Steele was right about the former statement, but unfortunately very wrong about the latter. Leaving America where Obama had found her culturally and racially would be immeasurably better than the brink he has led her to thus far.
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I am looking at a rather relaxed touring frame (my first tourer)
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Any idea how much a typical or standard 1980s old-school race frame would weigh ? Something like a 56 cm, full 531 tubes, Campy dropouts etc ??
I have such a beast with 1980s components (Campy, Modolo, Cinelli etc.., but don't want to strip it down just to weigh it. It's noticably heavier than my CAAD8, running part Campy, Kyserium wheels, and other un-interesting parts.


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ok i have an old 1961-1963 chevrolet 283 small block and i had it all checked out the guy at the machine shop said that he was surprised at how great my engine was for how old it is when i took the pan off to my amazement every thing was tight and no slaping any where what i have tho is a short block with no heads now would 416 heads be good or bad thank u for your time
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Those dream schools topping the list for both parents and students, by the way, are Stanford and Harvard.
The Princeton study shines light on the stress of a generation young adults coming of age in a world where even those with degrees have a tough time finding a job. As HuffPo remarks, it could hearken a turning point in the higher education market.
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Report On Joint Distribution Committee Activity In Europe
Medical aid
In the camps of Germany and Austria, although medical aid was the responsibility of the Army and UNRRA, the JDC [Joint] sent a number of physicians, nurses, therapists, and public health specialists to work with refugee doctors and the Central Committees of Liberated Jews to improve health conditions among the Jewish displaced persons. JDC shipments of medicines and hospital equipment supplemented free care and systematic health checks by members of the JDC medical staff. During the summer, when large numbers of Polish refugees were coming through Lubeck, a flying squad of JDC doctors and nurses worked with OSE, the European health agency, to give medical aid to the sick and weary infiltrees.
Jewish civilian hospitals were established in Munich and in Berlin. A survey of the physical needs of Vienna's Jews resulted in the establishment of a convalescent home at Semriach and a rest home for 400 children at St. Gilgen. In addition, the JDC participated prominently in planning a Jewish hospital in Vienna.
In Poland, the JDC through TOZ, the Polish health and welfare agency, supported some 85 medical institutions. A dramatic event in the JDC medical programme for Poland was the shipment of a complete 500-bed hospital into that country. A portion of the equipment was subsequently set up in Petersvalde, Lower Silesia, as a complete medical centre in memory of David Guzik.
In Rumania the JDC-aided 16 medical institutions includes eight hospitals with a total capacity of 900 beds, maternity homes accommodating 3,840 patients, first aid stations and clinics which treated more than 10,000 patients each month. Seven hospitals with 1,000 beds were supported by the JDC in Hungary. In Czechoslovakia the JDC helped to maintain a childrens' convalescent home and a Jewish hospital, equipped to serve 105 patients. In Greece, during each month of 1946, JDC medical care was made available to 1,000 Jews, while a dispensary in Athens treated an additional 700 children. In France the JDC supported some 17 dispensaries.
During the year the JDC helped nearly 60,000 Jewish children and young people to continue their education. Since many of these boys and girls had been deprived of all opportunities to attend school during the Hitler years, this programme is especially significant.
In Germany and Austria the JDC furnished textbooks, supplies and supplementary aid to thousands of displaced children who attended schools which had been established in the camps chiefly by the Central Committees of Liberated Jews. In Italy it supported community schools for 1,000 pupils and provided hot luncheons and educational materials for an additional 1,000 displaced Jewish pupils in UNRRA camps.
In addition, in 1946 some 3,300 students were given scholarships or supplementary help to attend European universities. In the American zone of Germany the JDC arranged for 529 displaced Jews to attend German universities and supplemented the living expenses of the students.
Cultural and religious activities
In close co-operation with local Jewish communities, the JDC in 1946 undertook important steps to reconstruct communal, cultural and religious institutions overseas. In France special appropriations were made for rebuilding religious life. Allocations were made in Belgium for the repair and maintenance of eleven synagogues. In the Netherlands nearly 25 per cent of the total budget was used to further cultural and religious activities.
In the displaced persons camps of Germany and Austria, the JDC in 1946 developed an extensive programme of religious activities in co-operation with the United States Army, UNRRA and the Central Committees of Liberated Jews. Provision was made for the observance of all holy days. Ritual slaughter was begun in several cities of Germany and synagogues were reopened. In Italy the JDC allocated funds to enable the Union of Jewish Communities to establish a rabbinical seminary and other religious institutions. Kosher canteens were supported and special grants were made for the high holidays.
Vocational training
During 1946 it became increasingly evident that Jews who had been deprived of all opportunities to acquire new skills or to use the abilities they once possessed were urgently in need of vocational training, not only for the economic advantage resulting from this type of instruction, but also for the recognized therapeutic value inherent in this training. In 1946 nearly 42,000 men and women were enrolled in JDC projects, where their instruction ranged from short-term experience on a farm or in a machine shop to more intensive courses in preparation for a life of economic independence.
Training activities supported or aided by the JDC included hachsharot [training programs] where Jews live and work together as a community in preparation for emigration to Palestine and training centres which provide more formal instruction, particularly in industrial pursuits, for young men and women.
A considerable effort was made to provide special skills for the displaced Jews in Germany and Austria, either through classes set up within the camps in co-operation with the Central Committees of Liberated Jews or through 35 hachsharot supported by the JDC. In Italy 7,000 young persons in 60 hachsharot were given varying amounts of training while they waited for opportunities to emigrate to Palestine.
The training programmes in areas with more stable Jewish populations were in marked contrast to vocational projects in Germany, Austria and Italy, where the transient status of the Jews presented a serious obstacle to a formal curriculum. The JDC supported 152 workshops in Hungary, where 1,700 young men and women were provided with on-the-job training for industrial occupations. In addition, in that country the JDC supported 64 hachsharot which gave instruction in agriculture to some 4,500 individuals.
In Rumania 75 JDC-supported projects provided training for 4,700 young men and women. Similarly in France, Czechoslovakia, Belgium and the Netherlands JDC training centres provided opportunities to gain rudimentary skills.
Emigration assistance
Early in 1946 the JDC enlarged and strengthened its emigration department to provide systematic assistance to help Jews reach new homes. Staffed with a corps of experts, this emigration service provided a wide range of aid: it made representations before consulates, filled out necessary forms, arranged passage, chartered ships and advanced transportation costs. In addition, it furnished clothing, luggage and pocket money.
With JDC aid about 27,000 Jews left Europe, Shanghai and other countries in 1946 to find haven in Palestine, the United States and other areas. To America 9,000 Jewish men, women and children came with JDC assistance. An additional 14,000 displaced Jews in the American zones of Germany and Austria were processed for immigration but had not sailed by the close of the year. Technical obstacles such as lack of transportation facilities, consular delays and the small quotas available prevented their emigration.
In co-operation with the Jewish Agency for Palestine, the JDC financed emigration to Palestine for 15,000 Jews under the regular quota. In addition a total of 3,500 were helped to reach Canada, Australia and Latin America.
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Knut Hamsun's 1890 novel "Hunger," memorably adapted as a Cannes best actor-winning vehicle for Swede Per Oscarsson in 1966, does a whole lot less for Joseph Culp in this misbegotten digital feature. Reset in contempo L.A., pic makes sense only as a vanity acting showcase. Commercial prospects are nil.
Knut Hamsun's 1890 novel "Hunger," memorably adapted as a Cannes best actor-winning vehicle for Swede Per Oscarsson in 1966, does a whole lot less for Joseph Culp in this misbegotten digital feature. Reset in contempo L.A., albeit with scant logic or ingenuity, pic makes sense only as a vanity acting showcase — and it doesn't flatter on that score, either. Commercial prospects are nil.Protag is now a would-be scenarist chucked from his apartment for nonpayment of rent, sleepless and starving, pegging all hopes on his hand-written treatment left on the desk of a callous studio exec (lead's vet actor pa, Robert Culp). Divorced from its turn-of-the-century, Norwegian bourgeoisie milieu, Hamsun's proto-existential Portrait of the Artist as a Saintly Young Madman plays as pretentious and silly, particularly when the junior Culp's perf retains a vague "period" look and manner utterly incongruous with real L.A. streets. Character's fixation on an elusive Asian-American beauty (Kathleen Luong) results in some ludicrous scenes. Even within no-budget limits, helmer M. (Maria) Giese (who made a more professional debut with '96 Brit soccer drama "When Saturday Comes") falls well short of achieving stylistic or tonal cohesion.
A Market Street Prods. presentation. Produced by M. Giese, Joseph Culp. Executive producers, James Quill, Daniel Franklin. Directed, written by M. Giese, based on the novel by Knut Hamsun.
Camera (color, digital video), Jonathon Millman; editor, Sam Citron; production designer, Joshua Culp. Reviewed at San Francisco Independent Film Festival, Jan. 13, 2001. Running time: 101 MIN.
Joseph Culp, Kathleen Luong, Redmond Gleason, James Quill, T. Henry Amitai, Casper Andreas, V. Ray Bodie, Robert Culp.


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Ace, Hardcover
October 2012
The Lost Stars, Book One
Excerpt: http://188.8.131.52/c/284/tarnished-knight-excerpt
Review copy courtesy of the publisher, Ace
All throughout Jack Campbell's (pen name for John G. Hemry) Lost Fleet series, we've seen the long-ranging galactic war from the side of the Alliance, the purported 'good guys' whose interstellar conflict with the Syndicate Worlds has comprised more than six books. This is common in most Military SF, illustrating one side as the heroes and the others as the opposition. With The Tarnished Knight, Campbell launches The Lost Stars, a series that looks at the ending of the conflict from the Syndicate Worlds perspective. In short, he looks at the (spoiler) losers of the war and shines the spotlight on a few people with relative power as they try to rebuild their government.
The narrative focuses on two individuals who form an uneasy alliance at the outset of the novel. Reeling from the defeat at the hands of the Alliance and "Black Jack" Geary, Artur Drakon and Gwen Iceni, once CEOs in the Syndicate hierarchy, must find a way to trust each other and rebuild their broken government. In addition to trying to recover from such a serious blow to their worldview and egos, Iceni and Drakon must quell any uprisings on Syndicate ruled worlds, while deflecting their Internal Services group – arguably the most powerful governmental organization in the Syndicate – as they rebuild their government.
Although a great deal of Campbell's Lost Fleet novels dealt with political maneuvering in this far future setting, more of the narrative was focused on the action. Campbell's flips that percentage here in The Tarnished Knight. This isn't to say that Campbell's storytelling quality has changed, the dialogue pulls the narrative along quite well, the interplay between Iceni and Drakon has a good feel to it, as does their internal dialogue. The contrast between the two characters' past feeds into their interactions, Drakon is a man with a past that involves direct military combat, while much of Iceni's experience is being a CEO, a bureaucrat. There's enough tension between the two because of the almost natural clash between pencil pushers and trigger pullers to keep their interactions interesting, yet both characters seem to realize they need each other to the point of a smidgen of potential romance between the two.
The Tarnished Knight is a fine enough starting place for readers unfamiliar with Campbell's Lost Fleet novels, for it can easily be read as a story about the issues surrounding post-war rebuilding on the side of the defeated. Campbell alludes to enough of what he's created in this milieu not to exclude the newer readers. On the negative side, Iceni and Drakon, continually repeat how they must "do things differently than in the past, the Syndicate failed" both in their internal dialogue and to each other and other characters to the point where I was saying to myself "OK, I get it, we all get it."
The other slight drawback to the novel is that the female characters come across as not liking, respecting or trusting each other in the slightest. This is also counter to one of the larger themes of the novel – trust. At some point, people need to start trusting each other in any situation, especially a project as grand and important as rebuilding a government. Iceni and Drakon constantly have to fight their long standing inclination not to trust each other, something that Syndicate life has ingrained in them their whole lives. Even the people who report to Drakon and Iceni continue urge their superiors not to trust too much in the other.
On the whole, I liked what Campbell was doing in the novel, despite an approach to the narrative that entailed more talking and politics compared to the action heavier novels in the Lost Fleet series. By the end of the novel, the storyline in The Lost Stars is very nearly caught up with the momentous events in the second Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier novel Invincible. If Campbell chooses to run a singular storyline through multiple viewpoints in the two series, interesting things could be afoot.
Tarnished Knight proves that Campbell can continue to produce entertaining, thought-provoking far future, space-based science fiction. In an era where Fantasy is dominant over the Science Fiction side of the SFF tree, I'd welcome more US authors to write and publish novels like Jack Campbell does.
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Egyptian police arrested two reporters from the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera news channel "on suspicion of illegally broadcasting news harming 'domestic security,'" according to Agence France-Presse and Reuters.
Officers raided the two reporters' hotel room in Cairo Sunday and confiscated their equipment. The two reporters, an Egyptian and an Australian, were then arrested immediately. A cameraman was also arrested in the raid.
Al-Jazeera English has identified the arrested reporters as Cairo bureau chief Mohamed Adel Fahmy and Peter Greste. The name of the cameraman was not provided.
Police officers were instructed to raid the reporters' room after the interior ministry announced that the journalists were "in possession of Muslim Brotherhood 'publications,'" and had broadcast "live news harming domestic security."
The Egyptian declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization last week, which has made membership or even possession of the group's literature a crime under the law.
This is not the first time the Egyptian government has targeted Al-Jazeera. During the oust of former president Mohammed Morsi in July, the military government accused an Al-Jazeera affiliated channel of "pro-Brotherhood coverage." Many of the channel's journalists were subsequently arrested.
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Now Is The Time To Prepare For The (Next) French Bailout Of Their Banking System & Potential Bailout Of France
An update of "shortable" (as in still having some meat on the bone) French banks is available for download to subscribers - French Bank Observations & Focus on...(519.21 kB 2012-06-28 08:36:37). Part and parcel to this common sense update is recognition of the fact that Italy will bust French banks, causing France to do the socialist bailout thingy. See this chart from the report...
French bank Italian Exposure: As Italy pops with outrageous funding yields (just like Greece), France will be forced to bailout its banks once again, leaving the socialist country facing the dilemma of potentially having to ask for a bailout itself. As you may know from my previous writings, the French banking system is bigger than France itself so a true bailout cannot practically come from within.
Of course, this was apparent two years ago...
This impetus of this video stemmed from the post Ovebanked, Underfunded, and Overly Optimistic: The New Face of Sovereign Europe, for as France decides to to the socialist thingy, they may put themselves in the position of needing a bailout - as excerpted:
I will attempt to illustrate the "Overbanked" argument and its ramifications for the mid-tier sovereign nations in detail below and over a series of additional posts.
Sovereign Risk Alpha: The Banks Are Bigger Than Many of the Sovereigns
Can the EU quasi-sovereign (they are not truly sovereign due to a lack of fiscal autonomy, and Germany is looking to limit that even more) states truly afford to bailout banking systems that are multiples of their GDP? Hell Nah!!!
I have made this quite clear in the past, namely in Watch The Pandemic Bank Flu Spread From Italy To France To ... where I simply quoted the arithmetical obvious, then in French Banks Can Set Off Contagion That Will ... where I basically did the same. Shouldn't the rating agencies start getting much rougher with France, or is the lesser of the dynamic bailout duo to sacrosant to touch with truly empirical bailout gloves???
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You're the man, Reg. Like a Banshee howlin' in the wind.
Europe is the sittin' duck. When this publicity collapse finally false-flags the Europeans without countries, they will be the first to climb aboard the New World Order death march.
im saying that it all falls apart by 4 July....at least in the EU-some unknown trigger-a surprise- a closet opened with skeletons-you can hear the screaching of the timbers getting ready to break that are propping up the dam
i've been meaning to come by for a while now.
you see, ole janus believes in antique ideas like honor, duty, integrity...etc. etc. you know, those meaningless relics of a by-gone age. and, if you'll recall, i told you i'd try and do something for you.
janus has a very good friend down there who played b-ball at auburn (ROLL TIDE!); and this guy is well-connected among the retired athletes who've returned to central alabama (awww DAMN, reggie, you wouldn't believe a party janus attended -- i was one of the only white-boys, but have rarely felt more welcome; they did, afterall, keep the pussy runnin hot and cold...there is no shortage.) well, they like most others have been getting bent over by lying scum-bag financial advisors. i think i could have done something grand for you in this regard...but the screws were tightening down on janus so fast at that particular time that i could only focus on escape.
i hope you don't hold it against me...failin to live up to my word and all. i do feel rather shitty about it -- and, really, there's little i can do about it now...seein how they'd arrest me if i went back down there.
i'm sort-of a political exile.
so, reggie, here ya go:
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Seems like a (another) John Law fiasco (see 1700's and the Mississippi Bubble). John Law sold France on paper, that then caused a very chaotic economic collapse in France. Revolutions.
Now that the SHTF with the (Sick)preme Court ruling today things will accelerate in collapsing ours, and the global economies...
We will need a bailout like France after Obamacare was upheld. Look at the taxes!!!!
HALT! Are those Euros in your pocket?
Or are you just glad to see me?
Can't US taxpayers bail out France?!
"yes we can" with chinese money!
I think they're going to ask Iceland for a bailout.
Where is the Bailout Circle (Circus)....how do we break-in and join up the Bailout Circus.
Should be fun with lots of bumps and grinds.
Fiats and circuses...Ole' !
Central Bang-King system...get Mutti and Sark and Strauss-Kahn and Silvio back in the circle/circus...wee need more stimulation !! We need a picture of this from WB7.
Need a major Lagarde fluffer in the middle to whip things up...feathers!! and whips.
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With the new healthcare law being upheld, we will need the bailouts soon. We bring in 2.2 trillion and now te new law costs that much.
They're working on it.
No capital controls in the EMU ???
..you cannot take more than €10,000 Euros across a customs border ...you can bank transfer it but you can hear the ticking clock on even that soon
these capital controls are ENTIRELY driven by broke desperate Bankers ...Govt and Regulators are crony window fronts to their insidious society-abusing business practices including forcing small business to comply/administer their rotten controls
You can bring as much money as you want across the borders in the EU. You just have to declare it.
Of which customs borders do you speak? The dirt tracks in the middle of nowhere? The forests? The unpoliced waterways? The traditional mountain passes? The inter city trains without police or customs officers? Or the frequently un-manned customs posts on the main road system? The odd person gets caught occasionally. But generalised capital controls? Fat chance.
spot on; alas for french banks and therefore french people. But the train doesn't just stop there...it looks like it'll come home were it all started!


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