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Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood hopes his side can ruin as many of their rivals' Champions League qualification dreams as possible, starting with a result away to Chelsea on Saturday.
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An unconvincing 1-0 home victory over Cardiff on Sunday consolidated fifth place in the Premier League for Spurs, with Sherwood acutely aware his side's top-four aspirations are slipping away.
The White Hart Lane club trail fourth-placed Manchester City by four points, but the newly-crowned Capital One Cup champions boast two games in hand over their rivals.
Spurs may have to overhaul North London rivals Arsenal to squeeze into next season's Champions League, and while they face a tough trip to Jose Mourinho's league leaders on Saturday, Sherwood says his side they will at least try to spoil the European hopes for a few of their competitors.
"I don't know about Chelsea being more ambitious than us; we're going to the Bridge and that's definitely tough, but sometimes expectancy works against you,'' he said.
"Some of our fans might have been rubbing their hands expecting a few goals against Cardiff, but it doesn't work like that. You've got to earn the right for everything.
"Sometimes when the expectation is not with you, it makes it a little bit easier. [With] games against Chelsea at the Bridge, Arsenal at the Emirates and Liverpool at Anfield, perhaps the pressure's off us a little bit and we can cause a surprise.
"We're looking to mess up as many other people's seasons as we can, and enhance ours at the same time.''
Roberto Soldado's first goal in nine games fired Spurs to victory against the Bluebirds on Sunday, helping to shrug off the dejection of a 1-0 league defeat at Norwich a week earlier.
Sherwood admitted the Cardiff clash was a tetchy, disjointed affair, but was happy to collect the three points and roll on towards another London derby.
"We're looking upwards, but we know we're not only chasing teams above us; there's people chasing us up behind too,'' he continued.
"All we can do is look after ourselves. We had a blip last week, we had a tough game in Europe and we've bounced back.
"It wasn't vintage and I'm not insulting anyone's intelligence here; it wasn't great against Cardiff, but then you can't always be great.
"I would relish a challenge with Arsenal, but they would argue they were up chasing on Liverpool."
Sherwood believes it is too early to rule out Everton and even eighth-placed Newcastle for a top-four challenge, and says the teams with the strongest resolve, rather than the most attractive approach, will be successful this season.
"I think Everton would still be in the frame, and Newcastle possibly will be in the frame. There are teams capable of putting a run together, so you just don't know," he added.
"You can't ever guarantee you'll win this one, draw that one, and anyone can beat anyone. You don't win leagues and qualify for Europe by playing free-flowing, magnificent football every week.
"Sometimes you have to dig deep and dig out a result. I thought we did that on Sunday, but I thought we were relatively comfortable in the second period."
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Canucks welcome Utica Comets to their world
The Canucks helped welcome the Utica Comets to the world of the American Hockey League Friday.
Comets is the nickname chosen by local interests for the Canucks' new AHL affiliate, which is in the breadbasket of minor-league hockey but many travel hours and three time zones away from Vancouver.
The Canucks and the Mohawk Valley Garden group, led by former NHL goalie Robert Esche, signed a six-year agreement Friday. Canuck assistant general managers Laurence Gilman and Lorne Henning both attended the press conference at the Aqua Vino Restaurant owned by Esche, a Utica native. The Canucks had been seeking a home for the franchise since purchasing the old Peoria Rivermen two months ago from the St. Louis Blues.
"When we began this endeavour, our original intent was to have our farm team play in B.C. as an extension of our brand," Gilman said from Utica. "When that wasn't available, we began to explore other options and we went through an exhaustive search looking at potential locations. The reason we chose Utica is that it is very much in the heart of the American Hockey League.
"There are five franchise within a two-hour drive from Utica – Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Wilkes-Barre and Adirondack – and when you have a team located in the heart of the American League, you get so much more practice time than you do when the team is based in the west," Gilman added. "A team in the west may have as many as 70 hotel nights, which is 70 times when you're not able to practice. That is a substantial in terms of practice time, which impacts development."
According to Gilman, there are mutual outs for both parties at various points throughout the term. He also noted the Canucks won't "bear the risk" financially if the Comets don't generate enough revenue to meet obligations. The aging 4,000-seat Utica Memorial Auditorium, built in 1959, will be upgraded with $5 million in renovations both inside and outside the building.
"There will be a new 7,200-square foot dressing room that will include workout facilities, coaches offices and a classroom in addition to other amenities that a team needs," Gilman explained. "The visiting team dressing room is also being re-done as well as some other upgrades with respect to concessions and other things (scoreboard, luxury boxes)."
Gilman insisted travel from Utica to Vancouver won't be that large of an issue.
"It's not a big deal, honestly," he said. "Fifty per cent of the time the Canucks are going to be on the road and 50 per cent of the time the Utica Comets are going to be on the road. My experience with having to deal with farm teams on the east coast is that there are rarely problems getting players from the minor-league team to the NHL team, particularly because you can use the three-hour time change to your advantage.
"Where it can be problematic sometimes is getting a player back to the minor-league team for a 7 p.m. game in the East."
As far as a coach for Utica is concerned, Gilman admitted it's not a given that Scott Arniel will be the man even though he's under contract to coach the Canucks' AHL affiliate for two more seasons.
"Things are currently in a state of flux as we choose a new head coach for the Canucks and that's our priority right now," Gilman stated. "Nothing has been determined with the composition of our coaching staff at the NHL level or the American League level."
Arniel has interviewed for the Canuck head coaching position and may also be in consideration for NHL assistant coaching jobs.

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A traffic reporter at our Cincinnati sister station WKRC has several viral videos under his belt already but one of his more recent attempts fits perfectly for this weekend's cold weather.
After seeing the movie "Frozen" twice with his daughter and listening to the soundtrack countless times Bob Herzog was inspired to put his own spin on "Let it Go".
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"Some people would rather stand in the longest supermarket line than ask for money," says Laura Fredricks, a legal and philanthropic adviser to corporations and a best-selling business book author.
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By Amy Edwards
Aug 4, 2003
|Great route! Lots of good moves. I found myself steming a majority of the climb. I did this in 1 pitch (it was a long one). The 11-mile guide book says this is a 5.6, I would have to agree with boulder.com, I think it's a sustained 5.7.
By Lance Bischoff
Sep 5, 2003
|I totally agree with Amy. Did this route today as a second for a new lead climber - he was stressed - it is NOT a 5.6 or I'll take up bowling! Also agree it is quite sustained solid 5.7, the 5.6 moves are perhaps fewer than the 7's. Protection is ok, some placements are harder due to the shade/lichen/moss in the main crack, but all in all reasonable. I think a few of the Eleven Mile routes were rated by people who forgot what it felt like to be a beginner/moderate new leader. This is definitely a 7. And a "tough" 7 if there is such a thing. Great route description on this site!
By Larry Shaw
Jun 17, 2004
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Very fun route and worth doing. Both pitches are easily combined into one and a 60m rope will reach the top. Thought there was one 10ft. section of 5.7 near the roof bypass section.
By Randy Carmichael
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 23, 2004
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|For a 5.7 jam crack this is as good as it gets. Steep with consistent jams. I brought an extra #2 Camalot and put it to good use.
By Mike Ben
From: silverthorne/denver
May 21, 2006
|This is a fun sustained climb. I can see how a new leader could struggle a little. Had to dig out a little moss to make a placement. I love the hand jams on this climb and the hex placements. The book I have said this is a 5.7 but This felt a little more stout than Lichen or Leave It (5.8). Maybe cause it's more sustained. Highly recommended.
By summitklimber
From: Dillon, CO
Jul 21, 2008
|You guys that want to rerate these climbs should read the book Climb - the history of climbing in Colorado. These climbs were established in a day when climbing grade 5.9 was as hard as it got. When looking at guide books for grades also look at what year the climb was established and by who. 5.7 Layton Korr routes can be incredible and very hard.
By Joshua Balke
From: Colorado Springs
Sep 10, 2008
|Did this route thinking it was Stone Age for some reason. Have to agree with the 5.6 rating. I was a bit thrown off at first until I got into the meat of the climb. It's all there though this may not be a great first trad lead.
By Rich F.
From: Colorado Springs, CO
May 30, 2009
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Climbed this route today with my wife. One of the better moderate "crack" climbs I've done with lots of opportunity for left hand jams, and a few good face moves. Good protection with cams in the crack -- used everything from a #0.4 to a #3 BD Camalot. At the top of pitch 1 we belayed from a small (12 inch wide) ledge on the right side of the roof with two solid bolts that normally serve as anchors for the sport face climb just right of Roof Bypass. Above this ledge there is about 15 more feet of interesting crack climbing, then the rest of the 2nd pitch is mostly an easy mix of face moves and ledges. You could probably combine both pitches with a 60m rope, but would not be able to talk to/hear your second below. Overall this was a terrific moderate climb that should not be missed!
By Nick Orticelle
From: Denver, Co
Jul 27, 2009
|Led this one the other day in one pitch. I've never climbed such a sustained route...there were 2 let ups where I got a nice sip of water in though, but I've never been so beat after a 5.7. I really enjoyed it.
By Simon
From: Colorado Springs
Mar 29, 2011
Joshua, I made that mistake too (thinking it was Stone Age). I was thinking the whole time this is a very stiff 5.5 but was also aware of the history of the area. I agree it's a 5.7 though. The pro is pretty good and the climbing is great, so I just shrugged it off and enjoyed it.
As it was the first time we climbed this, we belayed above the neighboring bolt anchor on a trad anchor in a nice alcove before topping out. There are options to set up a belay just below (trad or bolt) or above the alcove. P2 is a one move wonder (to the upper anchor option) then 5.4/5 to the top. If I was to climb it again, I might choose to lower off the bolts near the end of P1 and use the saved time on another route.
By Climbnh
From: Co Springs, CO
Oct 1, 2012
|I removed the rock spire that was waiting to skewer someone and a coffin-sized block from base of the route.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Don't write off the Microsoft (MSFT) Surface and other Windows-based tablets just yet. If new tablet market projections pan out, Microsoft may come roaring back.
According to the latest research from IDC, the total tablet tablet market, including 2-in-1 devices, is expected to grow just 19.4% this year, after having grown 51.6% in 2013. Much of that is due to the slowdown in mature markets, such as the United States, as the market gets bigger. This is affecting sales of Apple (AAPL) iPads, and Google (GOOG) Android devices, but Microsoft may be the beneficiary, once the market as a whole matures.
IDC now expects 260.9 million tablets to be sold in 2014, up from roughly 218.1 million tablets sold in 2013. IDC noted the projections came from "slowing consumer purchases as hardware iterations slow and the installed base-particularly in mature markets-continues to grow."
"After years of strong growth, we expect the white-box tablet market to slow in 2014 as consumers move to higher-end devices that work better and last longer," said Tom Mainelli, IDC's program vice president of devices and displays, in the press release. "In mature markets, where many buyers have purchased higher-end products from market leaders, consumers are deciding that their current tablets are good enough for the way they use them. Few are feeling compelled to upgrade the same way they did in years past, and that's having an impact on growth rates."
However, consumers' choice of operating system "will be a key differentiating factor when it comes to success in the commercial segment," notes Jitesh Ubrani, a research analyst at IDC, in the press release. "Though Android and iOS will remain dominant, we expect Windows-based devices to capture more than a quarter of the market as its benefits become apparent thanks to growing adoption of 2-in-1s."


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Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address was full of promises but lacking in substance, African Christian Democratic Party leader Reverend Kenneth Meshoe said on Tuesday evening.
On Zuma's comments regarding the mining industry, he said: "I'm not sure whether that is going to make an impact because promises have been made many times before."
In his speech, Zuma "repeated a number of promises he has made before".
Zuma needed to convince the public that government could deliver on such promises, but its track record indicated this was unlikely, Meshoe said.
Regarding Zuma's words on support for municipalities, Meshoe said a plan of action was needed rather than "support, support, support."
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Reflection upon the nature, origin and use of systems of human knowledge poses many interesting philosophical and scientific questions. Noam Chomsky in his work on cognitive science and linguistic theory elaborates on a number of what he refers to as "problems of knowledge".
Perhaps the most celebrated is what Chomsky labels "Plato's Problem". Plato's Problem is so named after one of Plato's famous Socratic dialogues, namely the Meno. In the Meno Plato has Socrates demonstrating that a slave boy has knowledge of the underlying principles of Euclidean geometry despite never having been exposed through experience to any mathematics. This naturally leads to the hypothesis, "how is it that the slave boy has such knowledge despite the obvious lack of exposure to geometrical principles". Plato's answer was that the slave boy's knowledge is innate by virtue of the fact that the slave boy had lived a previous life. One of history's greatest thinkers, Leibniz, surmised that Plato's supposition is correct but needs to be "purged of the error of pre-existence".
This emphasis on innate knowledge is one of the central doctrines of rationalism. Rationalism stands in contrast to empiricism. Empirical thinking places emphasis on the role of experience in the acquisition of systems of knowledge. Usage of this type of thinking is called "the argument from the poverty of the stimulus" for innate knowledge.
If, to whatever degree, knowledge can be said to be innate it naturally leads to the question "how does this system of knowledge arise in the mind"? This question is what Chomsky refers to as "Plato's Problem".
It is useful to consider some of the implications of this by thinking about how this affects our understanding of what it means to know a language. A child in learning a language cannot possibly acquire knowledge of all the rules of a natural language by virtue of exposure to the wider social environment. We have here an argument from the poverty of the stimulus for innate knowledge of the rules of grammar. Given this we face "Plato's Problem". That is, how does knowledge of grammar arise in the mind?
One of the interesting aspects of language is that we are able to construct an infinite number of sentences from a finite number of words and rules. This is very similar to the notion of recursion in computer science where one may "generate" an infinite amount of data from a finite computer programme. Therefore in answer to "Plato's Problem" we may surmise that the brain must contain a finite programme for generating infinite sentences. This is refereed to as "universal grammar" and much of modern linguistic theory is concerned with discovering the underlying principles of universal grammar. It leads to the notion that all human languages are essentially the same and that there must exist an innate language faculty in the mind that is based on a rich genetic endowment.
There exist a number of other arguments from the poverty of the stimulus that provide powerful reasons to suppose that the rationalist understanding of the origin and nature of human knowledge is on the right track. We can argue that David Hume's famous "is/ought" distinction is an argument from the poverty of the stimulus for a faculty of moral intuition. We may also argue that Godel's Theorem is an argument from the poverty of the stimulus for a faculty of mathematical intuition. Many, including Chomsky, have argued that our knowledge of discrete infinity arises from the language faculty although one may also suppose that there exists a separate mathematical faculty based on a "Math's Gene".
By the same token we may argue that a particular way of imagining the "under determination of theory by the evidence" is also an argument from the poverty of the stimulus for an innate faculty of scientific understanding. The usage of "undetermination of theory by the evidence" in this sense is my own and follows from Quine's statement that, "the relation between the meagre input and the torrential output is a relation that we are prompted to study for somewhat the same reasons that always prompted epistemology: namely, in order to see how evidence relates to theory, and in what ways one's theory of nature transcends any available evidence".
Notice that the point Quine makes in relation to the formulation of scientific theory from "meagre input" implies an innate faculty of scientific perception, precisely an argument from the poverty of the stimulus. This is related to Peirce's notion of a faculty of abduction that acts as a "guessing instinct" that provides us with admissible hypotheses to test.
Science then becomes the intersection between the science faculty and the natural world.
Plato's Problem in this context becomes "how does the science faculty arise in the mind"? This is of course a complete mystery but one very influential attempt at addressing the issue can be dismissed, namely "evolutionary epistemology". This holds the view that the science faculty has evolved as an adaptation providing us with the capacity to form true scientific theories, which would be of high survival value. This is highly unlikely on the grounds that there is no reason to suggest that the ability to solve the Poincare Conjecture or develop ever more elaborate theories of Gravitation in any way aided the survival of early hunter-gatherers.
But there is a deeper objection to evolutionary epistemology. The astronomer Carl Sagan and the Biologist Ernst Mayr conducted a famous debate on the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. Sagan of course took an optimistic view but Mayr was sceptical. Mayr observed that throughout the history of life on Earth highly adaptive features, such as bioluminescence, have evolved many times over yet higher order intelligence, of the type able to form sciences, has evolved only once. Mayr, in effect, surmises that this is due to the fact that the ability to formulate science is maladaptive. In other words, a highly intelligent species able to manipulate the natural world by virtue of gaining theoretical knowledge of the workings of the natural world would only succeed over time in destroying itself and much else besides.
Ever since the onset of the scientific revolution (it would surely be of interest to understand why the science faculty arises and thrives in certain historical periods and social settings) Homo sapiens has been providing reasons to accept such a proposition.
Although life can, has and does act as a kind of geological force never has a single species such as Man developed into a force able to affect global ecological change so much so that we may be the cause of a mass extinction (the sixth mass extinction) of life on Earth. The global ecological crisis poses a threat to the survival of the species given the laws of ecology which emphasises the tight coupling or interconnectedness of ecological systems.
Ever since the scientific revolution we have also accelerated weapons innovation now reaching a level that poses a clear threat to our indefinite survival. The philosopher Bertrand Russell in his Has Man a Future? sought to address the issue. Russell asked whether, in the nuclear age, scientific man is able to survive?
David Raup, in his study on the biology and ecology of extinction, notes that a successful species that has spread beyond a niche ecological domain would need to be felled by a catastrophic or series of catastrophic events that is global in nature or local effects that cascade through complex interactions up toward a more global level. Nuclear war, made possible by the underlying transition in 20th century physics away from the classical certainties of the past, may well provide the catalyst for just such an event. Certainly since the possibility of n-stage radiation implosion devices employing thermonuclear reactions were demonstrated it was immediately understood that awesome destructive power existed in the hands of man such that extinction became a real prospect.
It might well be the case that the equivalent megatonnage in the world's current nuclear arsenals either now or during the cold war was not sufficient to act as a catalyst for an extinction event. That is not the point. The point is that by going beyond fission or boosted fission weapons the theoretical prospect of explosives of the necessary explosive power to destroy man was demonstrated.
Both of these factors provide good empirical reason to suppose that Mayr was correct in supposing that higher order intelligence is maladaptive. We then have what we may term "Russell's Problem". That is, will the science faculty lead to the inevitable extinction of the species Homo sapiens?
Hence, "science and global security."
Science and its Social Context
But it cannot be stated that the mere existence of a faculty of scientific cognition foreordains an extinction event. It is a necessary but not sufficient condition.
This is because science and technology are inherently neutral. What matters as well is the social context in which science is pursued especially the link between scientific endeavour and moral agency.
As stated above we can consider Hume's distinction between fact and value, in conjunction with the naturalistic fallacy due to Moore, as a form of argument from the poverty of the stimulus for a faculty of moral cognition. Much interesting work in the cognitive sciences is now exploring the underlying nature of how this innate faculty of the mind operates.
We can be thankful that we posses such a faculty. A faculty of scientific cognition without an accompanying system of moral principles would be most calamitous. Without it there would be little break on scientific knowledge being used for nefarious ends and the only way to prevent destruction in the nuclear age would be an appeal to rational self-interest upon the basis of a system of stable strategic deterrence.
In other words in a world of states and scientific technique the only means of averting Armageddon would be the perpetual prospect of its unleashing. However, the mere existence of credible deterrent forces poses a small but non-zero probability of accidental nuclear warper annum. This small but non-zero value asymptotically tends to unity over time.
Survival in the nuclear age cannot be indefinitely guaranteed by an overarching prospect of Armageddon.
What is most striking about the nuclear age is that the underlying basis of the system of scientific and technical innovation lies at the core of the race to destruction. Many former scientific insiders, who turned against the arms race during the cold war, dubbed this the "technological imperative."
The idea was neatly captured by Richard Rhodes in the third installment of his The Arsenals of Folly (p83),
In an official oral history of U.S. strategic nuclear policy produced by Sandia National Laboratories, the historian Douglas Lawson of Sandia comments that "the large growth that we saw [in nuclear weapons production] in the 1950s and 1960s was primarily driven by the capacity of the [production] complex and not truly by [military] requirements". A designer at Sandia, Leon Smith, notes that "it was our policy at that time not to wait for requirements from the military but to find out from the technologies that were available what the art of the possible would be." The former director of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, John S. Foster Jr., adds, "we were making it up as we went along."
Such candid sentiments confirm careful empirical research on technological innovation during the cold war. That is, developments in the nuclear age owed little to external perceptions of threat. There was an underlying internal rationality to the strategic build-up and this underlying rationality by no means has disappeared with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Think for instance of Ballistic Missile Defence and the weaponisation of space.
Though such a technological imperative exists it is possible to carry the argument too far into a crude form of technological determinism. More is needed to reach true understanding.
This can be found by virtue of what in economic theory is called a positive externality. A positive externality is an instance of market failure. Here an economic agent, most usefully a corporation, would not get the full benefits of investment but rather that the benefit to society would exceed the benefit to the firm. Outsiders would benefit more than the entity making the investment. Given this it would be irrational for the profit seeking firm to subsidize society. Scientific knowledge should properly be seen as a positive externality. In pure market system driven by perfectly rational agents the development of scientific knowledge would be irrational given the presence of positive externalities.
The most useful way to deal with market failure due to positive externalities is via state subsidy. This is precisely why scientific knowledge and technological innovation, which enables the formation of high technology industry, has proceeded everywhere upon the basis of large scale state subsidisation.
In the United States subsidisation in the presence of positive externalities occurs via the Pentagon system. Technological innovation, including in the strategic sector, did not owe itself in the United States to an external threat because such innovation was a mechanism to obviate wider positive externalities.
It still is.
So long as scientific knowledge as a type of positive externality is subsidized via the Pentagon system the race to destruction brought about by scientific and technological advance will continue to have an underlying rational basis.
It must be stressed that such a rational dynamic cannot be discernable in the market system exclusively. State subsidy via the military is by no means inevitable and the Soviet Union, a command economy, displayed similar behaviour within its military-industrial complex.
The Political Science of Science and Global Security
There are a number of other factors to consider. Firstly, there exists a sort of scientific and technological security dilemma. The security dilemma is a regular staple of realist theoretical international relations and though it is real its significance should not be overestimated.
That is to say, it is real but it accounts for a very small part of actual strategic developments. The most important form of the security dilemma is not the crude numerical models often spoken of in the literature. Paarberg is correct to note that US global strategic hegemony is due to the scientific and technological edge of its armed forces (which is brought about by underlying economic power).
In a condition of anarchy and the concomitant existence of scientific technique it is possible to imagine the possibility of a sort of scientific race. Though real we should be careful not to overstate it. In fact, the arms race during the cold war was a series of moves and counter-moves in the technical sphere.
One reason why Gorbachev called off the race was because the USSR was starting to lag technologically and the Soviet system could not convert scientific advance into meaningful industrial production.
Given this dynamic we may speak of an epistemic argument against state sovereignty. It is interesting to observe that all proposals for dealing with the genie unleashed by the development of nuclear physics and technology involve the constraint of state sovereignty. Nuclear non proliferation and disarmament measures are successful to the extent that they corrode state sovereignty. Man's innate epistemic capacity to form sciences and unfettered state power do not mix and the existence of this cognitive capacity compels the formation of post-Westphalian political forms.
It is interesting that the state system and the scientific revolution have closely tracked each other. This common origin needs to be further explored.
One very important link here is democracy. It has been noted that the strategic nuclear weapons policy in the US, but also elsewhere, has been the domain of a small policy and technocratic elite. A lot of the underlying theories of dangerous nuclear postures have been developed via fanciful game theoretic and systems analysis that served to provide ideological cover for strategic build-ups. This has led to what the noted American political scientist Robert Dahl has referred to as "guardianship".
In other words throughout the nuclear age the big decisions governing nuclear policy have been in the hands of a small community of elite policy makers rather than the public. Dahl notes that most critiques of democracy argue that,
The average person is not sufficiently compe¬tent to govern, while, on the other hand, a minority of persons, consisting of the best qualified, are distinctly more competent to rule, and so ought to rule over the rest. This is, in essence, Plato's argument in The Republic for a system of guardianship. Leaders who proclaim this view usually contend that they, naturally, are among the minority of exceptionally able people who ought to ex¬ercise guardianship over the rest…
…Consider a few contemporary issues in this country: What are we to do about nuclear waste disposal? Should recombinant DNA research be regulated by the government? If so, how? The problem of nuclear reactor safety and the trade offs between the risks and gains of nuclear power are much more complex than the simple solutions offered on all sides would suggest.Or consider the technical and economic issues involved in clean air. At what point do the costs of auto emissions control exceed the gains? How and to what point should industrial pollution be regulated? For example, should electric utilities be required to convert to clean burning fuels, or to install stack scrubbers? How serious a prob¬ lem is ozone depletion, and what should be done about it?
The same applies to such matters as nuclear weapons, nuclear proliferation, BMD, space weapons and so on. So long as policy is effectively out of the hands of the public it is not possible to envisage a link being drawn between science and moral agency.
The democratisation of science and technology is a necessary task to ensure further survival. It is a point made forcefully by the eminent theoretical physicist and cosmologist Sir Martin Rees.
The democratisation of science would also remove the public subsidy that undergirds the Pentagon system.
Russell's Problem
This of course brings us back to Russell's Problem. One of the problems of knowledge that Chomsky has spoken of is "Orwell's Problem." This problem is the mirror opposite of Plato's Problem which arises from the poverty of the stimulus.
Here the problem is "how is that we know so little given that the evidence is so vast?" Given guardianship one of the means by which the public is removed from decision making is by dubious reporting of the issues in the corporate media, which seeks not to undermine the solution to positive externalities given its interests, which can deceive and disarm the public.
The intellectual community can also play a role by development of notions such as nuclear deterrence theories which are in essence forms of ideology.
To bring in the public requires solving "Orwell's Problem" and by so arguing we naturally draw a link between "Orwell's Problem" and "Russell's Problem".
Hence this website. It is envisaged as a form of intellectual self-defence.


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Grohl: 'I knew Cobain would die young'
DAVE GROHL always knew his NIRVANA bandmate KURT COBAIN would die young - so he prepared himself for his pal's early death.
Cobain was found dead in his Seattle, Washington home in 1994, aged 27, and his passing was officially ruled a suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Grohl tells BBC Radio 1, "There are some people that you meet in life that you just know that they are not going to live to be a hundred years old. In some ways, you kind of prepare yourself emotionally for that to be a reality."
The Foo Fighters frontman insists the tragedy had a positive impact on his own life - because he learned never to take anything for granted.
He adds, "Usually it takes something like that for people to appreciate life as a gift and you have to take advantage of the time that you have. Sometimes you just can't save someone from themselves."


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Willmar, Minn., National Guard armory opens doors to public
WILLMAR -- The Minnesota National Guard in Willmar is opening its doors to the community Tuesday for a behind-the-scenes look at the day-to-day activities at the armory.
The event, from 3 to 6 p.m., will include a display of the Guard's equipment. Free food will be served and games will be available for kids.
The educational event will also inform the public about ways to support local veterans.
Representatives from Home Front Connections, the Veterans Service Office and Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve will be on hand to answer questions.
The Willmar Armory is located at 614 North Business Highway 71.


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At Bay Area Fight Academy, a blocky and modernist exterior of white stone and glass contrasts with the graceful, organic craft practiced within. Under a pair of United States and Filipino flags, students might perform the simultaneously brutal and beautiful dances of kickboxing, jujitsu, or muay thai. A mixed-martial-arts class for children helps increase fitness and self-confidence, unlike a mixed-culinary-arts class, which only results in hamburger-flavored ice cream.


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GEORGE the Monkey has been helping the children of Fordingbridge Infant School with their learning for the past five years.
But the school's favourite cuddly toy has gone missing – leaving the pupils bereft.
The children have made posters, which they have distributed around the town, appealing for residents, visitors and shoppers to keep their eyes peeled for the little monkey.
Year 2 teacher Frances Bland said: "George has been in the school for five years and he is a lovely little chap who helps the children with their learning.
"He is a little bit mischievous and has run off before. Last year he went missing but he sent a text from Salisbury to explain that he had been called away on a mission. However, this year he does seem to be very lost because we haven't heard from him in two weeks. The children are very sad as George plays a big part in their day.
"If a child is very good then George will go home with them for tea and a sleepover and then a little bit of writing will be put in George's diary about his stay."
George is described as a little bit scruffy and was last seen wearing grey trousers and a red top with the school logo of a swan on the front.
Mrs Bland added: "We would love to hear from anyone who may have seen George."
Have you seen George? Please ring Fordingbridge Infant School on 01425 653624.


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A 50-year-old man has died following a road crash in Co Kerry.
The incident happened at Kielduff, near Tralee, at around midday.
The man, who was the sole occupant of the car, was fatally injured when his vehicle struck a ditch.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Separately, a man in his late 40s has died in a road crash in Cork.
The cyclist was seriously injured when he crashed into a bollard at Shandon Street at around 5.40pm yesterday.
He was taken to Cork University Hospital and was pronounced dead late last night.
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"You Can't Always Get What You Want": Why your Adobe Analytics (SiteCatalyst) segments return the wrong data and how to get what you need.
The Rolling Stones were right: "You can't always get what you want."
But if you have Adobe Analytics (SiteCatalyst) and understand segments, "you just might find, you can get what you need."
It's been my longstanding recommendation that it is critical to validate the dataset for any segment you create before using or publishing the data. This advice comes from years of seeing people proudly report "actionable insights" based on incorrect assumptions, derived from incorrect and misleading data. The root cause has often been data from segments.
To understand segments, you have to understand "containers," persistence, and how the include and exclude functionality works.
In the Definitions section of the Segment Builder, there is a pull-down menu (labeled "Show) that allows you to select one of the available "containers" (Hit, Visit or Visitor).
Hit Container:
The Hit container, formerly the Page View container, indicates that you want data for only those server calls (hits/pages) that meet the conditions you have defined in the segment.
The Hit container is straightforward until persistence comes into play. Adobe's default setting for eVar (conversion) variables is to persist data through the end of the visit. In example 1 below, eVar1 is set to the value "C." Because eVars persist and Page 1 set eVar1 to "C," Page 2 and Page 3 would both return data for a segment that includes pages where eVar1=C. Pages 2 and 3 have value of C. in eVar1 even though that value is not explicitly set on those pages .
This same segment would not return data for Page 2 and Page 3 in visits where they were not preceded by a page that set eVar1 to "C."
Examples 1:
The Visit Container:
Selecting the Visit container tells the query to return all data from visits where the condition is met in any server call (page view, click action, etc.) within a visit.
Segments can get confusing when you combine a Visit container in an "include" segment and use the "does not equal" condition.
Let's imagine you want to return data for all visits where the home page is not seen.
If you wrote a segment for visits where Page Name does not equal "Home," you would almost inevitably end up with data you didn't want.
Each hit within the visit is evaluated individually. If any of the hits meet the segment's conditions, all data for all hits within the visit are returned (even those that did not meet the segment's conditions.)
If a user visits the Home page and an Article page in the same visit, the segment would evaluate the Home page and the condition would return "false." The condition is not met because Page Name would equal "Home" on the home page. It would then evaluate the article page. The article page would meet the segment's criteria (true), and all data for that visit would be returned.
To get the desired result you would have to exclude visits where Page Name equals "Home."
Although this logic isn't intuitive, the following segments will return different results:
- Include: Visits where Page Name does not equal Home
- Exclude: Visits where Page Name equals Home
Examples 2:
The Visitor Container:
The Visitor container works much like the Visit Container, but it is visitor centric and thus pulls cross-visit data. In other words, if the visitor had three visits in a selected timeframe, all data for all that visitor's activity would be returned even if only one "hit" in one of the visits met the segment criteria.
If you are a rock guitarist and have a Marshall stack (that goes to 11), you will be able to play loud, but that doesn't mean you will sound good. 😉
Segments are the analytics equivalent of the Marshall stack. It's powerful, but only good if you take the time to learn how to make music.
Rock On…
Matt Coen
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Anyone who's ever had to test analytics tags can definitely relate to Lionel Richie singing "I know is sounds funny but I just can't stand the pain".
Quality Assurance for Analytics tagging can be tough and time consuming. It is particular difficult to isolate test data in production or any environment where multiple users and on the site.
Here's a quick method for testing that, once set up, will leave you time to pull out your record player and spin your favorite Commodores album.
Part 1
- Identify a set of pages and actions to be tested.
- Make sure you include all the actions associated with your KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).
- Determine the "flow" of your testing.
- Home Page > Content Page A > Action >Etc.
- Define a test "Campaign Tracking Code" (a code appended to a URL to identify the traffics source).
- Add the Campaign Tracking Code to the first page of you test's URL
- Either manually or through an automated tool, if you have one, execute the pages and actions of your test.
- Be sure to execute the steps in order
- NOTE: Do not take any other actions from that browser on you site for at least 35 minutes (assuming your analytics tool considers a visit over after 30 minutes of inactivity)
Part 2
- Create a segment that includes all the pages and actions that occurred in the visit where the Campaign Tracking Code you defined in step 3 was present.
- In Adobe Reports and Analytics (Omniture, SiteCatalyst) be sure to use the visit container.
Part 3
- Using the segment from Part 2, run reports for each page and action in your test.
- If you have access to a tool like Adobe Report Builder use it.
- Once you have validated that your test is working and your site is correctly tagged, save the results to compare against in future tests (regression, etc.)
- If you used a tool like Report Builder you can automate the validation phase of the test as well.
i. Save the correct results set
ii. Automate the pulling of the new test results
iii. Add Excel functions to compare your benchmark with the current test results.
Boom! Spend a little time on the "Nightshift" making it solid like a "Brick House" and tag testing will be "Easy Like Sunday Morning."
Rock on!
Matt Coen
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How to connect online activity to off-line sales
We all like to think our websites and online marketing rock, but when a significant portion of your sales occur offline (especially if you sell big ticket items or services) how do you prove it?
This is a method I developed (years ago) that links offline sales back to online activity. I've been told it rocks, but you can be the judge.
Set a persistent cookie
- If you don't already have a cookie that uniquely identifies users, create one. NOTE: Your cookies and web analytics tools should never capture PII (personally identifiable information). For this process the point is mute, as you don't have any PII anyway.
Get and email address at the point of sale
- At the point of sale (close of deal) get the buyer's email address and add it to your CRM system. If you sell big-ticket items or services, or have a rewards program you probably already do this.
Send purchasers an email with a link back to your site that includes a Campaign Tracking Code
- Example: http://www.mysite.com?cid=olp
- Identify a compelling reason for them to click the link (special offer, warranty registration, loyalty program bonus, owner specific content, etc.)
Count repeat visitors coming in with the offline purchase Campaign Tracking Code
- When a visitor comes to your site with the offline purchase Campaign Tracking Code in the URL, check their cookie. If it is not their first visit, they went to the site prior to purchase. Thus it's reasonable to say the site influenced the sale.
- Set an event variable (SiteCatalyst) or a custom variable (Google Analytics) to count "Offline Sales".
- Set and eVar (SiteCatalyst) or the second parameter of the custom variable (Google Analytics) passing in something like: "Influenced" or "Not-Influence"
Putting it all together
The final step involves a little math. You won't get everyone to open the post-sale email or click on the link, but that's OK. You just need a good sample and the percentage of "Influenced" sales
Once your sample is large enough, you will be able show the extent to which your online marketing is driving your offline sales and the ROCKS!
Rock on,
Matt Coen
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In the recording studio, isolation can be very important. Isolation techniques keep the guitar amp (volume set to 11) from bleeding into the drum microphones and vise versa. Good isolation gives you greater control and more sound shaping options during the mixing process.
In analytics, isolation or segmentation, is critical as well. This is especially true while testing the integrity of your analytics implementation.
This quick tip will help you standardize and simplify your analytics Quality Assurance, by isolating the activity of those people testing data integrity from those responsible for other testing in the same environment (development, QA, production, etc.)
The data input process:
- Document a clear set of repeatable actions and specify the order of the actions
- Go to XYZ page through a link with a predefined QA tracking code appended (?cid=qa_regression_test)
- Search for "Antidisestablishmentarianism"
- Compete the Contact Us form
- Etc.
- Have the testers execute the documented process
- Note the number of testers, times at which the procedures where executed, etc.
- Validate the expected data is returned in your analytics tool/s
The Tip (using SiteCatalyst nomenclature, though this can be done in any tool with segmentation capabilities):
- Create a segment for "visits" where your specified tracking code (qa_regression_test ) was passed in.
- Note: Always validate your data set when first creating a segment.
When you apply you're newly created segment you will have isolated the data passed in specifically from your testers and eliminated the "noise" from anyone else that may have been working in that environment. This technique is particularly valuable when testing in a production environment.
Rock on!
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"Internal Click Rate Reports Rock" or "Rocking List Variables"
If you want your analytic systems to rock, like guitars, you need to know how to "tune" them. For that reason, I'll stray from addressing the more philosophical aspects of analytics and get technical.
Many companies use multiple promotions (internal banner ads) on their sites and want to understand their performance.
You can use things like internal tracking codes and path analysis to do this, but these methods can be time consuming, error prone and often don't work well when you are dynamically serving promos.
When dynamically serving promos, displaying multiple promos on one page or when tactics like carousels are used, the number of impressions a promo gets will significantly affect the number of clicks and successes.
What we need is and automatable, internal "Click Rate" report or as media calls it, a Click Through Rate report. Click "Through" is misleading, as the fact that a user clicks doesn't mean they made it through. We'll save that topic for another time.
To create a Click Rate report, we'll use a list variable.
There is a lot of confusion related to variable types in Adobe Reporting and Analytics (Omniture, SiteCatalyst).
When it comes to Reports and Analytics, it can be difficult enough to understand the intricacies of s.props and eVars, let alone specialized variables like the list variable. The fact that there is more than one type of list variable further complicates things.
What is a list variable? It's a variable that allows you to pass in multiple delimited values (separated by a comma for instance) and run reports on each value separately.
In the early days of SiteCatalyst there was only one variable that would accept a list (s.products). Today I'm going to focus on s.list1, s.list2 and s.list3.
List variables persist like eVars (conversion variables) but with one major difference, how they persist.
If you set and eVar on a page and then set it again on a subsequent page, the subsequent page will "overwrite" the value set on the first page. When an event variable is set, the last value set in the eVar will get credit for an event. This is not the case with the s.list variables. Each value set in a list variable persists until its persistence expires.
Less talk… more rock.
To set up an internal click rate report, do the following:
Set up the variables
- Have support enable a list variable (s.list1, s.list2 or s.list3).
- You only have three so use them sparingly
- NOTE: If you want to change the list variable's name to something like "Promos", you'll have to do it in admin where the menu is customized.
- Have support set the persistence expiration to "on page".
- This essentially means that the variable does not persist
- Have support set up the delimiter you want to use for that List Var (I like to use a comma)
- Set up an event variable for "Impressions"
- Set up an event variable for "Clicks"
- OPTIONAL: Set up a "Clicked Promo" eVar
Tag your site
- On the page containing the Promos, pass all the promo names to the list variable and set the "Impression" event variable
- s.list1="Promo_Name_1, Promo_Name_2, Promo_Name_3"
- s.events="event21"
- When a promo is clicked, pass the clicked promo name into the list variable and set the "Click" event variable
- s.list1=" Promo_Name_2"
- s.events="event22"
- OPTIONAL: s.eVent17="Promo_Name_2"
Set up the reporting.
- Create a calculated metric called "Click Rate" (or whatever makes sense to you)
- Click Rate =Clicks/Impressions
- Run the ListVar1 (Promos) report
- Select your "Click Rate" calculated metric as your metric.
If you set up a "Clicked Promo" eVar you will also be able to calculate conversion to other events as the eVar will persist (through the visit unless otherwise specified)
The last and most important step is to use the data to optimize your promos.
A basic 12 bar blues tune is in 4/4 and has 3 cords. This project is more like a jazz tune in 9/8 with 3 key changes in each phrase. Don't hesitate to hit me with questions if you have any.
Rock On – Matt Coen
Right Answer, Wrong Question
Close your eyes and imagine that you're on stage in front of 50,000 screaming fans. You are getting ready to rock their faces off. Your Marshall stack is set on 11, you applied your eyeliner and half a bottle of Aquanet to your hair (at least that's how we did it in the 80s). You fire up the accordion and start belting out a thrilling version of the Beer Barrel Polka.
What? That isn't the way you expected your "rock 'n roll fantasy" to play out?
If you want to rock and audience, it's often helpful to play a rock song (Weird Al notwithstanding).
If you want your analytics to rock, the data you produce and the analysis you do has to be focused on the desired business outcome. When your measurement and analytics efforts fail, it's not always because the data is incorrect or the analysis is poor, but sometimes because you are providing the right answer to the wrong question.
In his book "the 7 habits of highly effective people" Stephen Covey talks about "beginning with the end in mind". This concept is critical in selecting the right metrics to measure. Incorrectly defining the problem is the analytics equivalent of opening up a rock show singing "Role out the barrel." You might do it flawlessly but the outcome may not result in thousands of screaming fans (though it might involve a different type of screaming).
At this point you may be asking yourself "self… how do I figure out what the right question is?"
This is where things can get a little tricky. If you ask the typical stakeholders what metrics they want, they're probably going to do one of 2 things:
- Say they don't know and ask you to tell them
- Ask for the metrics they're familiar with
In the situation is easy to put the blame on the business owner for not knowing what they need, however, I tend to think the problem isn't that they gave you the wrong answer, is that you asked them the wrong question.
A better question to ask might be "what are you trying to understand?" or "what are you trying to accomplish?" As analytic professionals, we should be able to help them find appropriate metrics to answer their questions once the questions have been correctly defined.
There are of course certain questions we simply can't answer with the tools that we have. If this is the case, we need to explain the situation and look for proxy measures that can give us enough directional information to work with (this may also be an excuse to lobby for those cool new analytics toys we've been wanting.)
If you want your analytics to rock, make sure you're providing the right answer to the right question.
Rock On
The Huge Insight Report or What Would Woody Do?
The Huge Insight Report:
In most analytics systems the "Huge Insights Report" is found next to the "It Worked" report and the "Why Our Results Didn't Really Suck" report. These reports are most often needed when project objects were not clearly defined, KPIs and targets where not set and best practices where not followed. These reports are invaluable because there's a meeting with the VP, CEO, Chairman of the Board and someone from an undisclosed "Three Letter" government agency in 90 minutes and we need to prove (or at least imply that) the project was successful.
Ah… if only the "Huge Insights Report" actually existed. Since it doesn't, we have to hire the right people, know our tools and spend time searching for "Huge Insights". While we're at it, we can forget about gathering the "low hanging fruit". If there really was any, someone else would have eaten it by now.
What Would Woody Do?
I recently watched a documentary about the famed OSU-UofM football rivalry. The film recounted Woody Hayes falling asleep from exhaustion after watching game film all day.
The typical football game lasts about three hours (including halftime), why on earth would the COO of the football team (the coach), his assistants and players spend days watching film? The answer is simple, to learn, get better and win. Woody Hayes (love him or hate him) new what it took to win.
How much time and energy does your organization spend "watching film", in other words, learning from your analytics tool? Do you have smart senior people in your organization focused on optimizing your marketing dollars?
Until analytics vendors figure out the "Huge Insights Report", if you want to beat your competition, you might want to ask "What would Woody do?"
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It's not the topless we've been hoping to see these seven long months now since Kendall Jennerhas turned eighteen, but we are definitely getting closer. Let's put it this way, Kendall is definitely now shooting topless. Although her hands and arms are up and blocking her good bits still, I dare you to hold up your hands and arms in the air and hold them. They get tired. This can't possibly go on much longer for her. Not to mention sneaky peek outtakes which must exist somewhere.
Featured in the new edition of Interview magazine, Kendall does put on the typical topless covered model pose down, proving that she not only has the looks and body and birthright to be a model, but she's got the finer points down as well. I suspect she'll go pretty far in this world, though hopefully not too much farther without first lowering her hands. Enjoy.


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Beyond Poetic Imagination...
Reads: 176 | Likes: 0 | Shelves: 0 | Comments: 11
Poem by: Tuppa
Thinking goes far beyond my dreams,
Clouds surrender to the faces, I have seen.
I run down to chase the frost and rain,
I am out of your world once again.
Stars fall to my way, down to the narrow lane,
Thunders climb the air to freeze my dream,
I love to live in my own heaven.
I do not want go far away from life,
To make wishes far faded or wide,
I do not wonder to see how the world goes with me,
I want to live my life to eternity.
To quantify my life, with gains or pains,
I do not wonder to see how the world goes with me,
Let life fall it's way to paradise,
Living the day and night only to realize,
I am there for a while to watch you my life.
© Copyright 2017 Tuppa. All rights reserved.
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This is SO BEAUTIFUL,
I'm wordless.. How come you guys write like this? It's SO BRILLIANT!!
I tried to write it, but they were a sort of weird. i guess very weird. :p :/ My writing is NOTHING in front of yours!!!
I loved the flow of words, rhyming scheme. So Simple yet SO POWERFUL! You have such a way with words. It's BRILLIANT!
Your poems reflects your pure heart.
I loved the last stanza! :)
Thanks for inviting me. :D
Take care!! :)
6th line. 'Freeze' typo. Last E is missing.
In a rational way of thinking, thunder actually descends down. It won't go up. So in this perspective, I think the 5th line should be 'Thunder descends down the air...'
'Let's life falls it's way to paradise' - it should be 'let life fall into its own way to paradise' or instead of 'fall into,' try 'follow.'
'I'm out of your world once again' - very simply but exquisitely written... Yes they (writers) go out of their limitations again and again, every time they wield a pen.
I loved how you portrayed a writer's mind. Truly, mind-blowing poem. This also infers that writers live in their own world, that is, egocentric living. It may not fit everyone, but its the bitter truth. Except for pure hearts like you, Giddy and Nik, most writers do fit into this idol. Sooooo beautifully told! Only in writing can we explore worlds that are non-existing!
I like this writ, Bhai.
Keep writing and keep inspiring us...
Take care :)
As per your critique eye.
Added 'e' at the end of Freez
Did not change:- Thunder climb.
Thunder is a series of sound waves produced by the rapid expansion of the air through which the lightning passes. So waves are always upward and downward.
Let's life falls - It should be Let life fall as let's is a contraction for let us, - Changed.
It's way to paradise is a correct expression with the meaning of the poem.. No changes are required.
Brother, I would say the correct word would be sentimental instead of egocentric. This is a character trait of of any artist. As you know, I am not an artist. So, I don't fall into this category?. Nik and Gideon and You are on the exception list.
I only tried to focus on the best quality of writers, did not think of other meanings. Humour:- Now I realized I tried to write a comedy and it ended up with tragedy.
tuppa its just so beautifully written, i enjoyed reading it,,,,,,,,,,,wonderful write.
thnx a lot for that appreciation tuppa,glad to hear that...keep writing.jai shri krishn.
All of us who strive to put thoughts to page salute you. Thanks for a beautiful poem.
Truly true, and truly great writing! Is truly true words that work together? No matter, it's the truth!
Powerful stuff. I Really enjoyed it.
Awww, little brother, I loved this. It's so beautiful and so profound. We should all strive for such and to see life as such. You will always be one of my favorite people in this world. I just love your lovely heart. Your beautiful mind never ceases to amaze me, neither does your humility.
P.S. I've really missed you. How have you been?
You gave name to your poem 'imagination', but if is full of life and anybody would feel connecting with it.
Poem is sparking with loud words and so all that shakes readers from inside, you are best in your emotions and expressions. I am really feeling as if I am reading a classic poet. I would like to suggest you to re think for it's title as, your poem is down to earth and very realistc. keep writting and amazing your readers.
Thank you for your comment and a good suggestion. I have written this one for the most talented writers out there. I haven't gotten a clue what would be the best title as it was based on the thought of the artists who paints their insightful views on a piece of a paper to narrate the reality of their world.In case if you have one, you are most welcome to suggest me.
Wow, this is awesome! I was really moved by this piece. Its one of the best I have read for a while. Thank you very much for sharing.
hi there i was just passing through and I like your poem its really good....Sly out :)
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At Mira Mesa's über-local hop-infused festival, you'll find tap markers from AleSmith, Ballast Point, Green Flash, Lost Abbey, Stone and more alongside Maui Brewing, Pyramid (Pacific Northwest) and Magic Hat (Vermont). Julian Hard Cider and Poway's Lightning Brewery will also be pulling drafts.
Keeping it local will be live entertainment with abiding faves The Farmers.
Mira Mesa Festival of Beers
When: 2 p.m. Saturday
Where: Mira Mesa Community Park, 8575 New Salem St., Mira Mesa
Admission: $25 online general admission includes 10 4-ounce samples; $32 online VIP includes 12 4-ounce samples plus early festival entry; day-of-event tickets are $30
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The Cary, the movie theater in Cary's downtown, has a schedule filled with holiday favorites over the next few weeks leading up to Christmas.
During Cary's Heart of the Holidays events on Saturday, the theater will screen several Christmas favorites - the PG-rated "Arthur Christmas" at 10 a.m.; the PG-13 rated "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" at 7 p.m.; and the PG-rated "Home Alone" at 9 p.m.
But the schedule includes other times as well for some of these and other holiday movies. Here's when they happen:
- 7 p.m., Dec. 4, Home Alone
- 2 p.m., Dec. 6 and 7 p.m., Dec. 10, "It's a Wonderful Life," PG
- 9:30 p.m., Dec. 10, "Elf," PG
- 2 p.m., Dec. 13,, "Frozen," PG
- 9 p.m., Dec. 17, "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas," PG
- 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Dec. 19, and 2 p.m., Dec. 20, "Sing-A-Long White Christmas"
- 7 p.m., Dec. 24, "The Polar Express," G
All tickets are $5 except for the "Sing-A-Long White Christmas." For those shows, which include lyric books and interactive props, tickets are $7.50.
Shane Houston, the theater's program attendant, tells me that last year's single "Sing-A-Long White Christmas" show was so popular that it sold out quickly. This year, he added two more shows. All three are filling up quickly.
The theater at 122 E. Chatham St. has a concession stand with soda and snacks.


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Panthers RB Williams doubtful vs. Saints
Adam Rank | Tags: Carolina Panthers, DeAngelo Williams, Jeff Otah, Jonathan Stewart
Panthers RB DeAngelo Williams (foot) missed practice again on Friday and is listed as doubtful vs. the Saints. That means that Jonathan Stewart will again see the bulk of the carries against the defending champions.
But like last week, you are again encouraged to use caution when starting Stewart, who clearly did not recapture the magic of last season's monstrous play at the end of the year. Stewart rushed for only 30 yards against St. Louis and when asked after the game if there were any holes to run through, he responded "Did you see any holes?"
Pointing fingers at your offensive line certainly cannot make things better, right? Hard to imagine a team with a lame-duck coach would come to this. And to make matters worse, Jeff Otah (knee) is officially out this week.
Consider Stewart a low-end No. 2 running back, thanks in part to all of the backs on bye this week.
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Audrey Hepburn in sparkling HD: 'Breakfast at Tiffany's: 50th Anniversary Edition' | 27 Oct 2011 // 5:00 PM
A beautiful archetype of tragic misunderstanding, Holly moves us and touches us, not because of her troubled personal history but because of the honesty with which the dreamlike Audrey Hepburn plays her.
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The movie is a classic, but so is the book it is based on. Which one is the ultimate expression of Holly Golightly?


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My beauty philosophy is... Compliment other people whenever you can – it feels good and karma counters crows feet.
The skincare products I can't live without are... Dermalogica Age Smart Skinperfect Primer. It's amazing – like panelbeater's bog for your face. It fills in the pits and dents, smoothing over the flaky bits so your foundation looks flawless on top. When I die, I want a tube of this thrown into my coffin. Should I ever come back as a zombie, then at least my face will look alive.
I'm also loving L'Oréal Paris Revitalift Laser x3 Moisturiser and lemons. Every morning for the last few months, I've been squeezing the juice of a whole lemon into lukewarm water, and drinking it 30 minutes before I consume anything else – my skin is loving it!
My haircare secret is...Colourist Johnnie at Ginger Meggs Salon in Christchurch. I also use Pureology Perfect 4 Platinum Miracle Filler treatment every day – and Alberto VO5 Styling Wax keeps my candyfloss hair under control.
The must-have products in my make-up bag are... Yves Saint Laurant Touche Eclat, Revlon ColorStay Foundation, Elizabeth Arden Dual Perfection Brow Shaper Kit in Sable, Kiehl's Lip Gloss, ZA Oil Blotter Sheets, Revlon Super Lustrous Matte Lipstick in Really Red and the amazing Johnson's Daily Essentials Facial Cleansing Wipes. Oh, and tweezers. Why did no-one tell me that when you have babies, you suddenly grow all these random whiskers?
My favourite beauty treat is... Sleep, getting my hair done (I'm forced to read magazines for hours – bliss!) and, if I'm lucky, a massage and facial on Mother's Day.
My biggest beauty sin is... Not getting enough sleep. I chew and pick the skin around my nails when stressed. Also, I bitterly regret not putting sunscreen on my décolletage when I was a teenager.
The best thing my mother taught me about beauty was... Think young, always act like an attractive person, and never, ever let yourself go. As kids, we thought she looked like a model or Princess Diana, and our father used to tease her about how she wouldn't leave the house without full make-up, but she still looks incredible in her late fifties, so that care paid off.


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