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Aretae raises the question with respect to formalism: Doesn't it depend on the interests of the ruler and the ruled being aligned?
The justification of democracy is that by making the rulers answerable to the population, it prevents the rulers from acting in a manner that is good for them and bad for the population — such as spending all the money on themselves.
Formalism in the true Moldbuggian sense has an answer to that: If a voter has actual influence over the government, that should be recognized alongside whatever other actual influences exist, and turned into a shareholding in the government. That makes the value of the influence more predictable, which makes everything more efficient. Every share in the government is the same as every other, so there is no more need for battle between newspapers and civil service departments, unions and universities, to make one group's influence more than another's. Everything runs much more smoothly, and everyone is better off.
I am not a true formalist, however. I see the joint-stock sovcorp as highly desirable but quite impossible. The enforcement of shareholder rights depends on the cryptographic protocols which link shareholdings to the ability to activate or deactivate the security force's weapons. Without disputing the existence of protocols with the correct theoretical properties, I am utterly unable to imagine them being implemented successfully. It is amusing to contemplate control of the world's armaments falling into the hands of Anonymous, but nobody is ever really going to risk it.
So, without formalism, what is my own response to the conflict of interest between ruler and ruled? It is to live with it. An absolute ruler will rule in his interest and not mine, and will raise money from taxes for his own use.
The ruler will be in the position of the proprietor of a firm; he is in a position to take any spare cash in the economy for himself. Like any government, he can levy taxes on anything he wants, and like any proprietor he can use the revenue raised to invest in the firm, or withdraw it from the firm as a dividend.
That brings us to the Laffer Curve. Everyone but the dimmest of left-wingers accepts that at some point, increasing a rate of tax decreases the revenue raised by the tax. However, the normal discussions of this miss a whole dimension, of time. Tax rates today affect not only the size of the tax base today, but also the size of the tax base tomorrow and into the future. The tax rate that maximises tax receipts over the next 12 months will not be the same as the tax rates that maximises receipts over the next 10 years, or the next 25 years.
In an idealised model of a proprietor of a state, with perfect foresight and perfect security, any extraction of tax that reduces economic growth would reduce the NPV of the proprietor's interest. In more realistic situations, that would not hold; the rational proprietor would seek to diversify by taking profits out of the state and moving them into other investments, even at the cost of some impact on the profitability of the state.
My support for the idea of a secure, absolute ruler is motivated by the expectation that the cost of what the ruler takes would be smaller than the cost of the deadweight loss imposed by a government in which nobody has a significant interest in overall long-term growth, but which depends for short-term survival on appeasing large and changing interest groups — whether organised voter blocs, civil service departments, the military, or any other party on which an insecure government relies for survival.
I am much less worried about a proprietor's extraction of profit from a country than I am about how much he will have to do to stay in power. That is the most important divergence of interest: he has an overwhelming interest in preserving his rule, whereas I am much less concerned.
All but one of Aretae's examples of bad rulers caused damage not to gain wealth from the country, but in the course of maintaining power. The exception is King Leopold's rule of the Belgian Congo, which was not in any sense a productive economy, but merely a pile of valuable ivory over which ran wild animals and (in the circumstances) uncivilisable natives — the experience does not extend to any country which is not a backward colony of a more advanced civilisation.
The example that is most troubling for me is not Stalin or Leopold but Kim Jong-Il. The same family has ruled there for 60 years, and secure rule in my theory should have produced good government. My assumption is that, while Kim Il-Sung and his successor have succeeded in retaining power, the power of the ruler is neither complete nor secure, and they are in a constant struggle with rivals within the regime. However, the lack of information about the internal politics of North Korea means that there is little evidence for or against this assumption.
27 February 2011
On the Interests of Absolute Rulers
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- Aaron Davies said...
The comforting counter-example would of course be Singapore, which started out in a very similar situation forty years ago and does face some amount of internal rivalry, but has become and exterremly prosperous and relatively free country.
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- Aretae said...
My major objection is not North Korea, but China from 1000BC to 1900AD or Japan ~1500-1850. Stable society with stable-ish rulers stagnate hard. In neither case was maintaining rule a big deal...but in both cases, you had enormous periods of malthusian stagnation. That's what scares the shit out of me about the formalist prescription is that the Game theory seems to guarantee that path.
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Long Island's Auto Racing Heritage - Ward Melville Heritage Organization
Through September 02, 2013 - Stony Brook
Come celebrate the five racetracks of Long Island: Bridgehampton, Freeport, Riverhead, Islip and Vanderbilt and see many of the cars that raced there.
Living History Tours: It's 1932 - Vanderbilt Museum
Through September 02, 2013 - Centerport
It's the summer of 1932 and William K. Vanderbilt II has just circumnavigated the globe in his new 264-foot yacht, Alva. He's purchased a mummy in Cairo and brought it back to display in his museum -- coinciding with the opening of Boris Karloff's latest horror movie, The Mummy. The famous fashion designer Coco Chanel is coming to New York to open a show of her first jewelry designs, and is a guest of the Vanderbilts at their Eagle's Nest estate on the Long Island Gold Coast. Also on the guest list is Elsa Maxwell, the notorious gossip columnist, an intimate friend of the Vanderbilt women. For more than a decade, Living History tours of the Vanderbilt Mansion have given summer visitors a kind of time-machine trip to the 1930s. Museum staff member-actors, in costume and in character as household servants and famous guests, take visitors through the sprawling 24-room, Spanish-Revival waterfront mansion and regale them with stories about the family, its guests and its adventures. Saturdays and Sundays through September 2, 2013.
Pirate Snorkel Adventure - Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center
Through September 02, 2013 - Riverhead
Locate missing treasure while experiencing the beauty and magic of tropical snorkeling. While searching, be sure to see how many different types of fish you can identify. The aquarium is stocked with plenty, including fish from all around the world. And when you're done, walk away with some booty of your own – a $2.00 arcade card good at the Family Fun Center. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com. June 30-September 2, 2013.
WMHO Educational and Cultural Center celebrates the five Long Island racetracks, Freeport, Bridgehampton, Riverhead, Islip and Vanderbilt. July 13-September 2, 2013.
Friendship Bracelet and Lanyard Making Class - The Lanyard Ladies
Through October 03, 2013 - East Rockaway
Looking for a fun after-school or weekend activity? Does your child want to learn how to make friendship and lanyard bracelets? Kids can make as many bracelets as they want. Each child will also receive a special gift. 15% sibling discount. Please call to reserve your space. You can also book a private play-date(10 or more children needed). Call for more information.
Alex Katz: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art - Nassau County Museum of Art
Through October 13, 2013 - Roslyn Harbor
Alex Katz (b.1927) is one of the most important American artists alive today. The exhibition includes landscapes and collages from early in Katz?s career and continues through the 1960s and beyond with his hallmark paintings ? enormous, brilliantly-colored portraits of his family and friends. The exhibition draws on the Whitney?s large holdings and is augmented with works from NCMA?s own permanent collection and some on loan from other art institutions. The exhibition runs through October 13.
Guided Tours - Stony Brook Grist Mill
Through October 27, 2013 - Stony Brook
Listed on the NYS and National Register of Historic Places, the Stony Brook Grist Mill, c. 1751, offers the experience of a working grist mill today with the only female "miller" in the U.S. as your guide. Saturdays and Sundays through October 27.
'Discovery' Wetlands Cruise - Boatworks Marina
Through October 30, 2013 - Stony Brook
Learn the importance and fragility of a wetlands ecosystem, enjoy the sweeping panorama of a salt marsh moraine and be amazed at the untouched beauty of Long Island's North Shore this summer aboard the "Discovery" Wetlands Cruise 90-minute sightseeing tours aboard a 27-passenger pontoon boat. A naturalist is on board to guide passengers through this experience embracing ecology, geology and history. The cruise also includes information on how Native Americans first settled here, views of a long sand pit with the historic Gamecock Cottage at its tip, the serpentine creek, tidal flow, grasses and various species of water fowl and other wildlife in the wetlands. Seating is first come, first served. For additional information or to make a reservation, call the museum or go online. Cruises run through October 30, 2013.
Atlantis Explorer Tour Boat - Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center
Through October 31, 2013 - Riverhead
Add extra aquatic adventure to your visit with an interactive cruise aboard the Atlantis Explorer Tour Boat. Over the course of your trip, you and your family participate in hands-on exploration, including trap pulls, horseshoe crab encounters, and a stroll along a remote beach.
Alex Katz: What About Style? - Nassau County Museum of Art
Through October 31, 2013 - Roslyn Harbor
For more than 50 years, painter Alex Katz has resisted trends in modern art to pioneer and refine his own style of flat, elegant, and realistic figure painting. What About Style? offers an uncluttered view of this American maverick. Filmmaker and art critic Heinz Peter Schwerfel captures the elusive Katz working in his Maine studio and his Soho flat, laboring over a 32-foot painting called The Black Brook. Interviews, archival footage, images of his subjects, and a virtual tour of 20 Katz paintings are combined to convey his unique style of art. No reservations. First come, first seated. The exhibition runs through October 31.
Behind-the-Scenes Tours - Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center
Through December 31, 2013 - Riverhead
Go behind the scenes at the aquarium and see firsthand all that's involved in creating a home for the aquatic residents, including helping to feed the clownfish.
Sculpture Mystery: The Great Art Caper - Hofstra University Museum
Through January 01, 2014 - Hempstead
Uncover clues to help solve a mystery in the outdoor sculpture collection. Pick up your caper kit at Emily Lowe Gallery, have fun while discovering more about these works, and at the end of the caper return to Emily Lowe Gallery for a prize. For everyone ages 4-9 and their grown-up companions all year-round. The program runs through January 1, 2014.
Sculpture Exploration Backpack - Hofstra University Museum
Through January 01, 2014 - Hempstead
Kids and their grown up companions can stop in at the Hofstra University Museum's Emily Lowe Gallery, and pick up a backpack. At the end of your tour, return the backpack and each child will receive a small gift from the Museum. The program runs through January 1, 2014.
Outdoor Sculpture Biennial - Adelphi University
Through May 31, 2014 - Garden City
See the work of 10 skilled sculptors located throughout the scenic 75-acre arboretum on the Garden City campus.
This outdoor installation showcases the talents of Miggy Buck (NY), John Clement (NY), Maria Hall (NY), Ed Haugevik (NY), William King (NY), Anti Liu (NY), Johnny Poux (NY), Kim Radochia (MA), Christopher Saucedo (NY), and Hans Van de Bovenkamp (NY). Works of art encompass use of various materials-steel, bronze, aluminum, concrete and reflective mirrors. These man-made creations are transposed into poetic visual narrations.
The exhibition runs through May 31, 2014.
Penguin Encounter - Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center
Through December 31, 2015 - Riverhead
Imagine a close-up meeting with an African penguin – a 45-minute interactive experience where children ages 5 and up and adults go behind the scenes and learn how animal experts care for these playful birds. You'll see the inner workings of the Penguin Pavilion exhibit,learn how staff cares for the exhibit's residents and enter the Penguin Preschool to meet the penguins. Reserve your spot at email@example.com.
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Google Opens Library Doors to Spring Design
The agreement provides Alex users to access Google Books via the device's Android-based Web browser and search applications.
"Our relationship with Spring Design is helping to expand the number of ways people access eBooks and search for information online, whether for business, education or entertainment," Brandon Badger, a Google product manager, said in a statement.
"Our agreement and strategic alliance with Google opens the doors to more readers around the world," said Priscilla Lu, chief executive of Spring Design, in a statement. "We are excited to be part of Google's initiative to digitize and deliver the world's books and look forward to the markets and opportunities these efforts will open up for readers as well as independent authors."
Spring Design announced plans for Alex in October and touted it as the first Android-powered e-reader. It includes a 6-inch panel based on the E Ink technology for regular reading, and a separate 3.5-inch color touch LCD for browsing the Internet and supporting content for the main screen.
Several weeks later, Spring Design sued Barnes & Noble, accusing the retailer of stealing its ideas and using them for the Nook e-reader. Spring Design asked the court to have the Nook pulled from the market; the case is ongoing.
Spring Design is expected to officially debut Alex at this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
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Star Couplings: Janet Jackson Has A New Young Thang On Her Arm
- Janet Jackson has a new, 20-something-year-old boyfriend who looks an awful lot like Rene Elizondo, but you know, Jermaine Dupri wasn't really Janet's type. [Media Takeout]
- Susan Boyle really wants a boyfriend, says her brother. Me too, Susan. Me too. [Starpulse]
- Should Tiger Woods apologize to his mistresses? [PopEater]
- Has Robert Pattinson finally admitted that he and Kristen Stewart are an item? Doubtful, but the interview is still an interesting piece of possible fiction. [Celebitchy]
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I am a writer and editor in China. I write about travel, culture, and politics for a variety of outlets, including Panda Guides, for which I have been the lead author of the Panda Guides Hong Kong guidebook and a contributor their China guidebook. I have also worked as the Foreign Editor for map magazine in Nanjing. I have been published in a wide variety of outlets, including Roads & Kingdoms, City Weekend, The World of Chinese, Washington Examiner.com, Vagabond Journey and BootsNAll.
Here I am featured on Jiangsu Educational TV:
I have been living in China for over 4 years, since 2012, and have traveled throughout over 15 provinces. While traveling, I have written about Chinese culture, including the topics of lounge singers in Hong Kong, Hong Kong's classic films, Occupy Central, education in country villages, ethnic minority festivals, and more. Many of my articles are available at my personal website, China Travel Writer.com, along with my blog. I have also written about foreign affairs and politics for outlets like the Shanghai Daily, China.org.cn, and The Hill.com.
In 2013, I was the lead author of the Panda Guides Hong Kong guidebook. With my deep knowledge of Hong Kong culture and that of the contributing co-authors, the guide includes "extensive Overview that gives you the low down on history, culture, language, holidays, weather, art, literature, film, music, architecture, economics and politics." Learn more about the book at Panda Guides.com. I was also a contributor to Panda Guides China.
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Mitchell Blatt (Chinese name: Bu Hengli – 布亨利) almost caused the audience members' mouths to drip. In his view, China is like an imperial banquet. "If I were a Chinese person, I would definitely be a Sichuan person, because I have the stomach of a Sichuan person," he said. Blatt said he liked eating spicy food. His conclusion caused the judges to laugh: "There isn't such thing as 'too spicy'; there is only more spicy. There isn't a most delicious; there is only more delicious."
– "Happy Jiangsu" Foreigners Speaking Chinese, Yangzi Evening Paper, June 11, 2014
American Mitchell Blatt (布亨利) has a special liking for Chinese food. He said he has already traveled to 15 provinces, and he described the cuisine in the whole country. From Xi'an's biang biang noodles and Hunan's stinky tofu and chicken feet to Beijing's Peking duck and Nanjing's boiled salted duck, he went down the list. Finally he said what he liked the most was Sichuan's hot pot. "In Sichuan, my friends told me, 'Mitchell, what you are eating is too spicy!' I responded, 'There's no such thing as too spicy. There is only more spicy.'"
– The Curtain Drops on the "Happy Jiangsu" Foreigners Chinese Speaking Competition, Jiangsu Online, June 11, 2014
Mitchell Blatt (布亨利), who recently graduated from Indiana University's journalism program, has a dream to travel across China and write about China. "Then marry a Sichuan wife." His plan is to work and travel in China.
He has a Weibo account with the name "Foreign Devil." While Chinese young people like to share delicious food photos, his is different. He specializes in sharing questions like, "Who has watched The Wind Rises? I want to know what Chinese people think about this film."
– Dreams, Xinhua Daily, Aug. 7, 2014
Mitchell Blatt from America made a speech at the opening ceremony. "It is a very great honor for me to stand here and make a speech on the stage. I am very happy to visit Yangzhong and I love Jiangsu and Jiangsu's people. " said Mitchell Blatt, working as a magazine editor in Nanjing.
– Foreigner's view of Jiangsu launched in Yangzhong, JSChina.com, Apr. 4, 2014
I have been quoted as a travel expert in a number of articles:
For instance: travel writer Mitchell Blatt, who covers China, said: "Reclining is the only thing that makes economy seats a little bit more comfortable. Each passenger purchases the right to recline with their ticket, and the person behind them has no grounds to interfere. If they are uncomfortable–as are many passengers–they should recline themselves."
– "The Best Defense Against Reclining Airplane Seats," Main Street
According to Mitchell Blatt, lead author of the Panda Guides Hong Kong guidebook, the most common scam in China is the so-called "tea ceremony scam," in which a young Chinese person asks tourists if they want to experience an authentic Chinese tea ceremony. "Then they take the tourists to a place they have a relationship with, and when the bill comes, it could be a few thousand yuan — much higher than market price. This is particularly common in popular tourist cities like Shanghai, Beijing, and Xi'an," he says.
– "The 9 Surprising Travel Scams You Need to Know About," Oyster
Mitchell Blatt, who first came to China from America in 2011 to study at Nanjing University. While there he travelled during holidays and during the summer. He was so taken with China that, after graduating, he returned to intern at an advertising agency in 2012.
– Is China the New Land of Opportunity?
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Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha
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"Great gameplay but 3D doesn't suit Street Fighter..."
Who hasn't heard about Capcom's great beat-em-up series, Street Fighter!! Street Fighter basically started everything and was a sure hit. And although a huge number of beat-em-ups have appeared since then on all systems, Street Fighter has always remained popular due to its sequels and all the new characters each edition brought along with it. And finally, it goes 3D for the PSX.
Well, 3D may not really be the word here. I really thought SF had turned 3D at first but soon changed my mind after trying it for a couple of hours. The characters are in 3D as well as the backgrounds but you don't have the possibilty of going where you want like in Tekken although some characters like Gouki and Evil Ryu have moves which enable them to do so in a sense.
Moreover, going 3D hasn't suited SF at all. In fact,the characters are really ugly in some cases like Gouki. Sure, there are a bunch of characters like Hokuto and Garuda which have been well-drawn and benefit from a lot of details but on the whole, SF sucks in term of graphics. The backgrounds are decent though and are very colorful in most cases. Gouki's stage is particularly well-drawn and quite flashy.
As for the music and sound effects, Capcom should really do like SNK and take the time to create good music which will give more depth to their titles. The music is simply horrible as well as the sound effects. Street Fighter isn't particularly known to have good music but come on, surely Capcom could have done better.
The greatest addition to this new SF are the combos which are terrific. Each character has at least 2 Supers and Capcom has introduced the Cancel mode which just allows you to put in a Super after a normal move. You'll have to revise your combos for this title as the ones you used in previous SF won't do you much good here. Thankfully, Capcom has included a Practice Mode where you can get used to the controls and practice your combos at leisure. And you can bet that there's a whole bunch of combos in this game. All the characters have tremendous combos which are hard to perform but which are really cool once you've mastered them. But, in my humble opinion, nothing can surpass Evil Ryu's Blink Murder Spell which takes away nearly three-quarter of your life.
Street Fighter Ex Plus Alpha also has an awesome number of characters and some really cool ones. Ryu, Ken, Gouki, Zangief and of course, Bison are still present and are unfortunately still wearing their same old outfit as well as Guile who is really difficult to play with in Ex! But I've stopped using them now because out of a large number of new characters, there are some fabulous ones like Doctrine Dark, Garuda and Kairi which are much better! And did I mention that Evil Ryu is back? Yep, the greatest character of SF is back! There are also some hidden characters which will require a lot of time to be unlocked (you basically have to master the game first before even thinking of unlocking them)!
Street Fighter Ex Plus Alpha is a great game with a fine gameplay and a nice bunch of new ideas but it also has major flaws, the first one being its graphics. The music and sound effects are lame too and it's a shame as previous editions had better sound effects. Sure, there's a lot of characters and the combos can make up for this but this is not enough to make you forget the terrible graphics in the game. Fun for a while but if you're a fan, you'll love it...No doubt about that!
Reviewer's Rating: 3.5 - Good
Originally Posted: 04/12/01, Updated 11/09/02
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Mr Lee said the total addressable Western Australian data market was estimated at around $578 million per annum.
NEXTEP Broadband managing director Michael Johannesen said the partnership would deliver flexible and high-bandwidth broadband options for Perth customers.
In conjunction with its DSL product release, Amcom is also launching a new Channel Partner program that gives Amcom an established distribution network for its DSL services.
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Senator Sherrod Brown, D-OH, and Anne Filipic, President of Enroll America, met outside of the Student Union at Wright State Tuesday with university leaders discussing the upcoming enrollment deadline for government-subsidized healthcare.
The group Enroll America is pushing for uninsured Americans to signup through Healthcare.gov before the March 31 deadline set by Congress.
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Do you want to fire your hitting coach? Go for it. However, it's hard to imagine the Mets handling the Rick Down firing any more clumsily. How the Mets did this was akin to the Yankees sacking their conditioning coach. GM Omar Minaya wanted to do something, and damn if he didn't.
He did so without having Down's replacement in mind. It's between Howard Johnson and Rickey Henderson. I'm betting HoJo, because quite frankly, can anybody envision Henderson breaking down film for three hours? Not me.
The fallout is the revelation Minaya and manager Willie Randolph aren't always on the same page. Minaya ran past Randolph what he wanted to do, and the manager wasn't thrilled. Randolph brought over Down, and among other things, today called him "my brother."
When asked his thoughts, Randolph said: "I'm an organizational man."
When asked how he responded to Minaya, Randolph said: "If you want to make that decision, you're the GM, you make the decision."
Both David Wright and Shawn Green said it was a political move to get the player's attention. "As players, we didn't do the job," Wright said.


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Nathan's column: Never bored, sometimes boared
There is a bit of a debate going on right now about what, exactly, constitutes a journalist. Does some guy with a blog and an axe to grind deserve to be included in the same category as, say, me? Should I be mentioned in the same breath as someone who works for the New York Times?
Where, in other ... um ... sorry. I was distracted for a second. I just got an urgent email from the Times editorial board. All it said was, "No!"
But, back to the column.
Where, in other words, do we draw the line between a professional news gatherer and someone who stands on the street shouting stuff at anyone who will listen? Do you need a byline to consider yourself a legitimate member of the Fourth Estate, or just a sandwich board and a Sharpie -- or the digital equivalent, which is basically a Facebook page.
For what it's worth, questions of legitimacy aside, I've never found street-corner shouting an effective form of news delivery. People don't seem to appreciate it. Even if you wear a snap-brim cap and shout "Extry! Extry!"
There is a reason for this debate that goes beyond traditional reporters trying to guard their turf from every person with a camera phone and a Twitter account. There are questions going through Congress about who should be protected by a long-proposed shield law that would clarify the situations in which journalists are allowed to keep private the names of anonymous sources.
The law wouldn't provide blanket protections. There might be situations where the name of a source is determined to be a matter of national security. Or maybe they have a really great banana bread recipe. But the law would strengthen protections for reporters and media organizations.
Minnesota, it's worth noting, already has such a shield law. Which is why it's so hard to find really good banana bread in this state.
Sen. Dick Durbin recently took a stab at defining journalism in an editorial in the Chicago Sun-Times. He described a journalist as someone who "gathers information for a media outlet that disseminates the information through a broadly defined 'medium'."
It's a start, although that definition might be a bit broad. Do we really want to create a pool so big it includes both reporters embedded with soldiers in Afghanistan and the guy who compiles pictures of surprised-looking puppies for BuzzFeed?
Related question: Is this column really solid footing from which to attack someone for not being a serious journalist?
Hold on. The Times editorial board just emailed me again. It's the same message.
Hey, at least they're reading.
There are legitimate reasons to protect legitimate journalists. There are important stories that won't be told unless a source can be guaranteed protection. Think Watergate, or the details of whatever's going on in Justin Bieber's dating life.
According to a May report by the group Reporters Without Borders, the Obama administration has prosecuted six whistleblowers since 2009 under the 1917 Espionage Act. That's twice as many times as the law had been used in similar situations prior to 2009. The group argued that what it described as witch hunts violated "the principles of the First Amendment by directly impacting the work of journalists, who are suspected of endangering the country's security when in fact they are just doing what their job requires them to do."
There's no question journalists come in many forms. I'd never worked for a newspaper or even taken a journalism class before I started working for this newspaper. I learned about writing in school and everything else I learned as I went.
Am I a journalist, then? Is the guy who posted a Vine video of the Boston Marathon bombing? Or someone who who posts animated gifs on a Tumblr blog?
It's hard to believe anybody would go too hard after the author of "Kittens who think they're people!" But you never know. Cats are mysterious.


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Amazon - Isabel Toledo: Fashion from the Inside Out by Valerie Steele and Patricia Mears
The First Mom is a fitting sartorial muse for all contemporary women: mothers and daughters, friends and mentors alike. Lucky for us, on the occasion of Barack Obama's Presidential Inauguration, Michelle put the spotlight on a previously under-the-radar designer: Isabel Toledo. Celebrate any and all the women you admire with a trip to the Fashion Institute of Technology for Isabel Toledo's upcoming exhibit (June 17 - September 26, 2009) and/or a copy of the designer's new book (to be published July 2009.)
Yet another reason to look forward to the arrival of spring: a collaboration between the terrifically talented couple Isabel and Ruben Toledo. A love story, a fashion story and, best of all, a fully illustrated keepsake.Tags: books, art history, fashion history, fashion designers, cuba, hardcover, Ruben Toledo, Isabel Toledo, barnes & nobleAdded 6 Years Ago from Barnes & Noble


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We have investigated the lasing characteristics of Tm:LSO crystal in three operation regimes: continuous wave (CW), wavelength tunable and passive Q-switching based on graphene. In CW regime, a maximum output power of 0.65 W at 2054.9 nm with a slope efficiency of 21% was achieved. With a quartz plate, a broad wavelength tunable range of 145 nm was obtained, corresponding to a FWHM of 100 nm. By using a graphene saturable absorber mirror, the passively Q-switched Tm:LSO laser produced pulses with duration of 7.8 μs at 2030.8 nm under a repetition rate of 7.6 kHz, corresponding to pulse energy of 14.0 μJ.
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The month of March receives statewide publicity and support through Minnesota Food Share March Campaign for all local food shelves. The promotion highlights the need local food shelves have to restock as well as information about varying forms of percent matching dollars and food. The two largest matching incentives are from Minnesota Food Share and also from the Alan Feinstein Foundation of Rhode Island, who pledges $1 million nationwide each year to the food shelves across the country.
The theme this year is "Be the Hero – Fight Hunger."
Local food shelves cannot continue without the local support in each community.
Also help encourage people you know struggling to reach out and ask for assistance at your local food shelf.
The new face of hunger does not know where to turn and are embarrassed to ask for assistance.
When you shop, purchase those pre-packaged bags of food for the food shelves; plan to plant extra this spring to share with your local food shelf; come out and volunteer at your food shelf or make a financial donation.
Many of us need your help, and especially right now. Please consider being a local hero to help fight hunger.
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A little boy goes to the animal park and can't wait to see all the big animals. Seeing this, the park's snake was afronted the smaller animals were ignored by him and suggests to all the tiny insects that they go on strike – they go away and everything shuts down.
"Nature is really put out by the fact that the insects have gone," says Finchley author, artist and art teacher Linda Nissen Samuels.
"Everything goes dark and we realise it was a big mistake and that the insects have to come back again.
"There's a definite moral – everything matters, big and small, and the way we treat our planet is extremely important."
Linda, 65, originally from South Africa is exhibiting a selection of original watercolours from her children's book at the London Jewish Cultural Centre in Golders Green, where she teaches an art class.
She also teaches at the Art Stables in Finchley, ran her own gallery, Bertold Gallery in Hendon Lane in Finchley, until 2009, and has been awarded eight medals at the International Grand Prix of Art in Cannes, including five golds
- London Jewish Cultural Centre, Ivy House, North End Road, Golders Green, from Monday, June 30 to Friday, July 18. Details: 020 8457 5000, ljcc.org.uk, nissensamuels.com


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Hội & An
I got a call from Huy, a long lost friend from Hoi An. He is going to marry to a local girl on March after 31 years of lonely. I actually can't wait for this event to see him and the land I love – Hoi An
When economics is booming and changes life at most corners of Vietnam, Hoi An seems to be an exceptional. Well, most of population of the town doing related hospitality industry but they do their own ways, not noisy and short term minded.
My very first trip to Hoi An dated in 1999 when tourism was still so raw, you might have been so hard to find a internet cafe in town and hotels are less counted. The well – known tailor shop Yaly was just a little messy place right heart of smelly Hoi An market. I was surprised that everyone acted so gently and friendly to me, and later on I found that tourist (even domestic) are treated very well and honestly here. I used to stay up late in Tam Tam bar, one night I had walked back to my hotel and there was a guy with his bike coming over and phased 'do you want a ride back?' I said ok and jumped over. When we arrived, I gave 5k VND to him and surprisingly he said 'no worries, Tuan! I am not Xe Om, just offer you a ride as you are tour guide'. Well, how shame I was! And I had invited him for a coffee in the next day. He later became one of many local friends I made in Hoi An.
Hoi An is very small little town, you can't get lost here. The old town lies along the main river and everything starts from there. The Cua Dai beach is a new development located about 4kms away. The town is mixture between of river and beach, old and new, western bar and many local style coffee shops, it offers a large range of shopping options like gift, clothes and many local souvenirs. Are they the reasons that make people stay in Hoi An longer than other places in Vietnam?
Language barrier does not allow me to express how much I love this land, especially it's people. By the way, I would like to send my special thanks to all my friends, Tam, Gau, Huy, Quynh, Chau, Phuong, Cu and many others who just spent so much time helping me on early days at work, taught me Hoi An history, took great care when I was not well, showed me places that I would not have known as a normal visitor. I own you guys another coffee!
What you should not miss while travelling to Hoi An
- Visit Cu Lao Cham Island (if you have time).
- Eating 'Banh Dap' in Cam Nam, Cao Lau and White rose in Mermaid restaurant.
- Be there on 14th lunar month for colorful lantern night.
- Order a dining suit or two.
- Enjoy Chao from vender in Cua Dai beach.
- Find your way to one of the local coffee shop in Hoi An small alleys
- Burn an incense and pray in Chua Cau
- Rock to Tam Tam bar for a Larue beer or two and make sure you will be back after 3:00 am.
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Clean room, bathroom A bit far from city center No mini bar or safe deposit boxin room
Affinity of wood as were with a dog, silence Far from the center, Not cheap hotel for the categories, expensively for a dog took
Free wifi The absorbed smell of cigarettes
breakfast; free car parking when I booked I was not aware of how far it is from Tallinn city centre. Taxis cost between 190 and 160 and bus ride was 40 minutes
too cool air in the room, "Warm floor" in bath room did not work
dinner, lunch TV, bed
Very cosy and comfortable hotel
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Cosy and clean hotel, comfortable beds. Good choice for travellers with cars. Peaceful and quiet. Nice garden. Free wlan in the first floor. Suitable for kids, though extra beds were overpriced for kids under 8 (15e). Would definately visit again! There's no air-condition in the rooms, so the temperature was too high.
Very pleasant small hotel on the outskirts of Tallinn. Friendly staff. Breakfast wasn't small but rather plain. The location was very nice and peaceful, but unfortunately the nearest place to do grocery shopping or buy bus tickets was 3km away. The hotel was much smaller than you would expect.
Good price, friendly staff, spacious room. Far from city centrum but if you use car for your trip it will be good choice for staying. Parking is available.
Everything was good enough.
Everything nice except you can't use wifi in your room.
It was near green zone. Best place to walk at the morning.
I like a choice of dishes for the breakfast at this hotel and the stuff , which is not importunate and pushing. A mess on the tables in the restaurant during breakfast was terrible.
very friendly staff, excellent breakfast, free car parking Hotel is a bit far from the center, but very easy to find by car
Everything nice except you can't use wifi in your room.
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Simple basic hotel. Nice and good value for money. Outside does not look so nice.
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Quite hotel, free parking Renovation still in progress
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The dance group will give 13 performances in Moscow, Leningrad and Vilna beginning late in November, at the invitation of the Soyuz Union of Soviet Theaters.
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The Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare and UNICEF Iran Office Launch Report on Children with Disability
Tehran, 3 December 2013- In a joint event attended by his excellency, the Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare, the Deputy Minister for International Affairs, the Head of the State Welfare Organization(SWO), NGOs and Heads of Diplomatic Missions, as well as Representative of UNICEF Iran, UNICEF's Flagship report , State of the World's children 2013: Children with disabilities was officially launched in Iran.
In the ceremony held on 3 December, commemorating world day of people with disabilities, the minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare, Dr. Ali Rabie, emphasized the need to pay due attention to people living with disabilities and expressed interest to expand cooperation in this regard at international level.
"I would like to thank UNICEF for preparing this comprehensive report on Children with disabilities. Hopefully the report can be a major step towards global unity and mobilization for solving the problems of children living with disabilities" said the Minister in his speech.
Meanwhile, UNICEF Representative in Iran, Munir Safieldin in his speech quoted parts of the report as saying "children with disabilities are the least likely to receive health care or go to school. "
"The full potential of children with disabilities is being limited by social attitudes that focus on what children with disabilities cannot do, rather than what they can offer. " said Mr. Safieldin "If a society continues to see the disability before it sees the child, the risk of exclusion and discrimination remains."
UNICEF Representative urged the participants to review the findings and recommendations of the report. He stated that this report represents UNICEF's contribution to make the voice of children living with disabilities loudly heard.
In this event, the Head of State Welfare Organization, Dr. Hashemi, stated that 1.2 million people living with disabilities are benefiting from continues services of the SWO and 2.2 million are using rehabilitation services provided by this organization. Enlisting some of the services the SWO is providing to children and people living with disabilities, he emphasized the important role of the civil society organizations in reaching out to all people in Iran living with disabilities.
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