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The massacre of 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, by a US soldier near Kandahar has not led to questions over the U.S. war on Afghanistan. Rather, corporate media have framed it as a "public relations disaster" for the continued occupation of Afghanistan.
FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) analyzes the media coverage:
The news that a U.S. Army sergeant killed 16 civilians, most of them children, in southern Afghanistan early Sunday morning was treated by many media outlets primarily as a PR challenge for continued war and occupation of that country.
"Afghanistan, once the must-fight war for America, is becoming a public relations headache for the nation's leaders, especially for President Barack Obama," explained an Associated Press analysis piece (3/12/12). Reuters (3/12/12) called it "the latest American public relations disaster in Afghanistan."
On the NBC Today show (3/11/12) the question was posed this way: "Could this reignite a new anti-American backlash in the unstable region?" The answer: "This is not going to bode well for the U.S. and NATO here in Afghanistan," explained reporter Atia Abawi. "Obviously people here very fearful as to what's going to happen next, what protests will come about throughout different parts of Afghanistan, and how the Taliban are going to use this to their advantage." "People," as used here, would not seem to include Afghans, who are presumably less frightened by protests against a massacre of children than they are by the massacre itself.
The front-page headline at USA Today (3/12/12) read, "Killings Threaten Afghan Mission." The story warned that the allegations "threaten to test U.S. strategy to end the conflict." In the New York Times (3/12/12), the massacre was seen as "igniting fears of a new wave of anti-American hostility." The paper went on to portray occupation forces as victims:
The possibility of a violent reaction to the killings added to a feeling of siege here among Western personnel. Officials described growing concern over a cascade of missteps and offenses that has cast doubt on the ability of NATO personnel to carry out their mission and has left troops and trainers increasingly vulnerable to violence by Afghans seeking revenge.
The fact that the massacres occurred two days after a NATO helicopter strike killed four civilians was "adding to the sense of concern."
Another Times piece (3/12/12) began with this:
The outrage from the back-to-back episodes of the Koran burning and the killing on Sunday of at least 16 Afghan civilians imperils what the Obama administration once saw as an orderly plan for 2012.
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That sounds as if "outrage" is the most serious problem--the reaction to the actions, not the actions themselves.
Treating the killing of civilians as chiefly a PR problem is not a new phenomenon. As FAIR noted ("The Bad PR of Dead Civilians," 5/11/09), the news that dozens were killed in NATO airstrikes brought headlines like "Civilian Deaths Imperil Support for Afghan War" (New York Times, 5/7/09), "Claim of Afghan Civilian Deaths Clouds U.S. Talks" (Wall Street Journal, 5/7/09) and "Afghan Civilian Deaths Present U.S. With Strategic Problem" (Washington Post, 5/8/09).
Covering the latest atrocity, the Washington Post (3/12/12) reported that "the killings Sunday threatened to spark a new crisis in the strained relationship between the United States and Afghanistan." A separate piece quoted an anonymous U.S. official complaining that massacres "plays to the absolute worst fears and stereotypes" of the U.S. military, and that "it's the type of boogeyman [Afghan President Hamid] Karzai has always raised, but we've never had an incident like this."
But there have been similar single incidents, most notably a 2007 attack by Marines that killed 19 civilians. And night raids by NATO forces have killed Afghans throughout the war.
On the Sunday talkshows, Republicans and Democrats spoke about the massacre--often with little to distinguish their points of view. On ABC's This Week (3/11/12), Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told viewers that "unfortunately, these things happen in war.... You just have to push through these things." He added that "the surge of forces has really put the Taliban on the defensive.... We can win this thing. We can get it right." Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) remarked:
I think the president has a good plan. Obviously, it's a very difficult situation because we have real terrorism that emanated from Afghanistan. The president doesn't get enough credit. He's done an amazing job with the drones and Al-Qaeda.
On NBC's Meet the Press (3/11/12), Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell, a Republican, said the news was "tragic because we have so many brave men and women, David, for now 10-plus years in the global war on terror, have done marvelous work for the cause freedom in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places.... It's too bad and we'll have to see the details. But I'm really proud of what our kids are doing there."
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As Kathy Kelly explained on Democracy Now! this morning, the act was not an exceptional incident; "in fact, this tragedy reflects and encapsulates the U.S. war of choice in Afghanistan."
"President Obama and U.S. military brass are depicting a U.S. soldier killing 16 Afghan civilians as an exceptional event. But in fact, this tragedy reflects and encapsulates the U.S. war of choice in Afghanistan. Groups of U.S. soldiers have been breaking into Afghan homes and killing people, without cause or provocation, for the last 11 years. Civilians have been afflicted by aerial bombing by helicopter gunships, drone surveillance and attacks, and night raids.
"In the recent past, Afghan civilians have been appalled and agitated by news of U.S. soldiers that went on killing sprees, cutting off body parts of their victims to save as war trophies. They've been repulsed by photos of U.S. soldiers urinating on the corpses of Afghans whom they have killed. The burning of the Quran further enraged civilians. One of the greatest factors contributing to public dismay and hostility towards the foreign forces is the practice of night raids. As many as 40 of these raids happen around the country on some nights, and the U.S. military reports an average of 10 a night. U.S. /NATO soldiers burst into people's homes and attack people in their sleep."


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Arts center's fall gala, 'Simply Elegant,' will be Saturday night at the Kinston Country Club.
DAR chapter donates to elementary school
Moseley-Bright Chapter, DAR members Laura Clark and Pam Gerding recently delivered school supplies to Southeast Elementary School.
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Moseley-Bright members collected the supplies at their Aug. 25 meeting.
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The arts council is dependent on the community�s residents and businesses for the majority of its operations. It is a piece of the culture of Kinston-Lenoir County, its economic growth and quality of life. The arts help attract and retain residents, educate and entertain, and aid in developing critical learning skills important to the success of youth in school, trades and higher learning.
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About two dozen artists will participate in a silent art auction, which will end at 9 p.m., as prelude to the live auction which will feature vacation homes in the mountains and coast, family packages of tickets and dining, cooking and camping packages, men�s and women�s specialty gifts and more. Live auction items will be on display at the start of the evening. Jack Bell will serve as auctioneer.
The evening menu is a light supper consisting of hors d�oeuvres of mini crabcakes, oysters and pimento cheese on crostini; pork and beef tenderloin stations, shrimp scampi and butternut squash soup, salad and muffins; and an assortment of dessert bars, cheese straws and fruit.
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Source: Roberts, Yankees Agree to Contract
NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the negotiations says second baseman Brian Roberts and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $2 million, one-year contract.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the agreement, which includes performance bonuses, was subject to a physical.
An All-Star in 2005 and 2007, the 36-year-old Roberts had spent his entire 13-year major league career with Baltimore. He has not played a full season since 2009 because of injuries.
Roberts could provide an option at second base to replace Robinson Cano, who left the Yankees for a $240 million, 10-year contract with Seattle.
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It'd be nice if people stopped spreading false information around, based on inaccurate Chinese translations (Which may or may not be true, I don't really read them often).
Also, I'm not even sure what I should think of someone who doesn't even bother to check the names of the MAIN characters.
Spoiler for untranslated:
|2012-10-08, 21:14
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More often than not, if there is a factual error, it's probably due to the A) the reader's ability B) how deep the reader reads. For all we know, you could be reading in Japanese, but you didn't read it very carefully. It happens all the time.
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I used to read the more difficult LNs in Chinese, like Campione, until I started translating from Chinese (for pure speed). Many inconsistencies resulted in me referring back to the original, and discovering mistranslations here and there. Even worse, there were completely skipped lines. Speaking from personal experience as someone who can read both the Chinese and Japanese and compare them, I can definitely tell you there are more mistakes than you think. Now, because of that, I simply translate everything from Japanese. But as far as I remember, different Chinese translations sites have different degrees of accuracy, and I did used to read from wenku8 (recommended by others, like zzhk), I can hardly imagine how many inaccuracies there are in the other fan translation sites.
That's why I told him to reread the story.
And on the Chinese translations, I believe my point has been made.
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Official translations are done by the pros, but they're slower by about 2 or 3 volumes. Second, for fan translations. If it's earlier in Campione's life, then chances are the fan translation was done by someone of lesser ability. Generally speaking, popular works have teams or top translators working on them. If it's early in the works life cycle, lesser translators (some who admit they have a low level of Japanese) just take works for practice and try to get the work noticed.
Lastly, even if you do take early translations, I highly doubt that there would be factual errors. Sentences? Names? Sure.
Wenku is hardly a translation site. It's just a host. You need to go the source. And if you think fan translation sites are bad, then what does that make baka tsuki?
^^ The DxD was just that. A spoiler, NOT A TRANSLATION. There wasn't even any assumptions. It was simply a supposed reader telling a hungry group of individuals a spoiler. Of course, what made that spoiler very suspicious was that the spoiler was released BEFORE the novel was released.
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Imo the chinese translation's accuracy depends on who the translator is, like the above post said there's some popular works with teams of people working on them, as well as editors, but for works that people did solo, the editing progress might be skipped for speedy release. When a translator finish a series they usually edit it before releasing the downloading version, sites like wenku merely takes the translated part before the download release by the translator ( which in many cases, had been editted), so really sites like wenku is the not-yet-editted version.
I believe some of the so called "pros" who translate for official companies had been translators on forum sites in the past, as well there's quite a lot of series translated in chinese by official companies, so there shouldn't be that many errors.
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Seeing as you have gone quite a fair bit off tangent here, my initial statement was referring to the fact that ArchmageXin was using an inaccurate source (if it wasn't clear enough) and being misinformed based on it (Because, I do assume that his Chinese is good enough to know what the words mean).
But on your point, the factual errors may not be glaringly obvious, as they usually appear on less-important details, not major plot points. I distinctly recall them skipping out lines on things like the details of spells and such. But as the above said, it does vary from translator to translator.
As for the quality on Baka-Tsuki.... I won't comment on that. But readers should have a general picture of the skill of the translators based on their translations.
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I'm posting here because I didnt get a reply at BT forums, but archmageXin, what's your Chinese source, because there are really some lines missing time to time, or else I find entire phrases in sentences missing, and I haven't reached the part where i find that the terms are completely different from the source.
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If you really have a problem with my translations, you can change it, delete it whatever, that is why the whole thing is a wiki. I just finished reading the remaining 4 books and...I need a break.
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A perfect translation is a bonus, not a requirement. I'm pretty sure too that most people will agree a flawed translation is better than no translation. Complaining gets nothing done. If you're unhappy about a standard, make corrections or TL yourself. If the only contribution you can make is to whine that stuff's wrong, then please take it elsewhere instead of bothering those who do get shit done.
(Aimed at no one in particular.)
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Indeed the translators do a great job and I can't thank them enough for the time and effort they put into their translations. Thanks a lot.
Back on topic, it seems that Rinslet (I think its her that has the wolf spirit) hardly gets any character development from what I've read on BT and the spoilers, is that true?
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For the first time, a Turkish scholar addressed a crowd of more than 1,400 people at the city's annual event to commemorate the genocide of about 1.5 million people in 1915 by Ottoman Turks, a tragedy still denied by modern-day Turkey 98 years later.
"The principle was not giving the Armenians not even a single inch," said Umit Kurt, a Turkish scholar at Clark University, as he discussed how the Ottoman Empire deported Armenians before the genocide began and sold their property.
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Although initial laws regarding the abandoned property seem to require Armenians be reimbursed at a later date, that never came to fruition, Kurt said before the sold-out crowd at the Alex Theatre Wednesday evening.
The committee that organizes the annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration typically invites prominent Armenian figures and scholars to speak at the popular event, but this year, a Turkish scholar was invited "to showcase a trend towards enlightenment by Turkish academics," said Councilman Ara Najarian.
"It's a slow trend, but a trend nonetheless," he said before the event began, adding that the few Turkish scholars that give credence to the genocide face challenges when they return to Turkey.
While the United States--including President Obama-- continues to avoid labeling the slaughter of Armenians a genocide, local lawmakers called on the country's leadership to change course, despite the political consequences of upsetting Turkey, an ally.
"Your presence is a testament to the fact that the Ottomans did not win," said Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Silverlake), asking officials in Washington, D.C. to "once and for all recognize the Armenian genocide."
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) agreed in a prepared video. Earlier Wednesday, Schiff addressed his colleagues in the House of Representatives in Armenian, calling on them to remember the lives lost during the genocide.
"Our government must not continue to maintain this shameful silence," Schiff said.
Councilman Zareh Sinanyan said the event commemorates a historic tragedy, but also a living memory.
"It's just something that lives with us," Sinanyan said.


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State aid: guidelines on state aid for the environment – frequently asked questions
(See also IP/08/80)
Why issue state aid guidelines for environmental protection?
State aid must fulfil certain criteria and be authorised by the European Commission. The Commission issues guidelines and frameworks to help Member States by announcing in advance which measures it will consider compatible with the common market, thus speeding up their authorisation.
Environmental protection is an important objective of the European Union. The level of environmental protection is not considered to be sufficiently high and there is a need to do more. This is due notably to the fact that companies do not fully account for the costs of pollution for societies. To address this market failure and promote a higher level of environmental protection, governments may use regulation to ensure that companies pay for their pollution (e.g. through taxes or emission trading systems) or meet certain environmental standards.
In some cases, state aid may also be justified to give private firms an incentive to invest more in environmental protection or to relieve some firms from a relatively high financial burden in order to enforce a stricter environmental policy overall.
At the same time, the guidelines serve as a safeguard that it will not be possible to grant badly targeted or excessive state aid which not only distorts competition but also frustrates the very objective of meeting environmental targets.
What is the link between the State aid guidelines for environmental protection and the Energy and Climate Change package?
The European Council decided in March 2007 to set a target of 20% reduction of greenhouse gases emissions and a binding target of a 20% share of renewable energy in the total EU Energy consumption by 2020.
In the context of the Energy and Climate Change Package the Commission is putting forward ambitious policy measures with regard to, among others, renewable energy and emission trading. To reach these targets, the package is introducing market mechanisms, which should secure that polluters pay for their pollution and that more environmentally friendly technologies are supported. The new Environmental Aid Guidelines are an important part of the package to provide the right incentives for Member States and for industry to increase their efforts for the environment.
First of all, by preserving effective competition, the EAG support the market-based instruments introduced by the package. Without effective competition, it should be clear that the targets will not be delivered. If polluters don't pay enough and can avoid making sufficient environmental investments because they receive State aid, it will not only distort competition but also frustrate the very objective of meeting the Union's ambitious targets for the environment.
Secondly, the EAG provide a series of measures that complement and support the achievement of greater environmental protection. There may be situations where the polluter pays principle (PPP) can not be properly implemented by Member States. In such situations, state aid can be an option to respond to the market failure linked with environmental negative externalities. State aid may enable individual undertakings to change their behaviour and adopt more environmentally friendly processes or invest in greener technologies. State aid may also enable Member States to adopt regulation or standards that go beyond Community standards by reducing unbearable constraints on some companies. This can support the move towards the Community's environmental targets.
If the aid is well targeted, the Guidelines are very generous. For instance, for the production of renewable energy, Member States have the possibility to cover 100% of extra-costs supported by the companies.
What are the main changes in the new environmental guidelines as compared to the previous guidelines?
The main changes in the new environmental guidelines compared to guidelines from 2001 are:
Why is the aid amount based on the extra environmental investment costs and not the full investment costs?
The aid amount is based on the extra investment costs necessary to achieve the level of environmental protection compared to e.g. an installation fulfilling the mandatory standard or a method of production which is less environmentally friendly in the absence of standards. If this was not the case, any investment that increases the level of environmental protection would be eligible for environmental aid, even if the investment is not more costly than the alternative. In addition aid would be granted to increase capacity or productivity. Only State aid which has an additional effect on the environment should be authorised and the likelihood that the aid is necessary to increase the level of environmental protection is higher if the aid is granted on the basis of the extra cost approach.
Why are the investment aid intensities not 100% when the aid only covers extra environmental costs?
The aid intensities for investments are normally not 100% of the extra investment costs because, first the calculation of extra cost is not accurate, e.g. operating benefits are not taken into account over the whole life time of the installation. Second, a more environmentally friendly image may have a commercial value for the enterprise or may even be indispensable for the future survival of the company. Thus, it will not be necessary to cover all the calculated extra environmental costs in order to trigger the investment.
However, if the State aid is linked to a bidding process, the aid intensity can go up to 100%. Furthermore, for the production of renewable energy and cogeneration operating aid may be granted in addition to investment aid to cover the full difference between the cost of producing the energy and the market price for the energy concerned. The aid may even cover a normal return on capital. Thus, 100% of extra-costs are covered.
What is the reference investment?
The reference investment is the investment which would have been made without the State aid. It is a technically comparable investment that provide a lower degree of environmental protection (corresponding to the mandatory Community standard, if they exist) and would credibly be realised without the aid. For renewable energy, the reference investment is often considered to be a gas fired plant with the same production capacity and for co-generation a plant with separate production of the most dominant production in the co-generation plant is often used. However, the choice of reference investment depends on the type of production and the market and the relevant reference investment may also change over time. Thus, it is not be useful specify the reference investment in more detail in the guidelines.
Aid can be granted if an enterprise goes beyond a Community standard but what is a Community standard?
In EU legislation there are a number of standards setting the level to be attained in environmental terms. The obligation to under Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control to use best available techniques as set out in the most recent relevant information published by the Commission, is also considered to be a Community Standard.
Only the standards that are imposed directly on individual undertakings by Community legislation are considered as standards. Obligations imposed on Member States are not considered as standards in the context of these guidelines.
When will a case be subject to a detailed assessment?
High aid amounts have a greater risk of distorting competition and trade, and will therefore be subject to a detailed assessment. Thus, high aid amounts to individual beneficiaries must be notified individually to the Commission, even if they are granted under a scheme already approved by the Commission. For operating aid for energy production capacity thresholds are used as an indication of high aid amounts. The following aid awards must be notified individually to the Commission:
The detailed assessment does not mean of course, that the envisaged State aid will be prohibited. It only means that the Commission will carefully check whether the aid is necessary and actually contribute to environmental protection without creating undue distortions of competition.
How can my enterprise get environmental aid?
The guidelines set out rules on the conditions Member States must respect when granting state aid. Thus, an enterprise should contact the authority in its own Member State responsible for granting environmental aid if it wants to improve the level of environmental protection and needs aid to do so.
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- Body Style : Coupe
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- EPA Classification : Compact Cars
- Base Curb Weight (lbs) : 2897
- Engine Type : Intercooled Turbo Regular Unleaded I-4
- Displacement : 1.5 L/91
- Fuel System : Gasoline Direct Injection
- SAE Net Horsepower @ RPM : 174 @ 6000
- SAE Net Torque @ RPM : 162 @ 1700
- Trans Type : 1
- Trans Description Cont. : CVT w/OD
- First Gear Ratio (:1) : 2.65 - 0.41
- Reverse Ratio (:1) : 1.86
- Final Drive Axle Ratio (:1) : 3.24
- Suspension Type - Front : Strut
- Suspension Type - Rear : Multi-Link
- Suspension Type - Front (Cont.) : Strut
- Suspension Type - Rear (Cont.) : Multi-Link
- Steering Type : Rack-Pinion
- Turning Diameter - Curb to Curb (ft) : 35.4
- Brake Type : 4-wheel disc
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- Disc - Rear (Yes or ) : Yes
- Front Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) : 11.1
- Rear Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) : 10.2
- Wheels: 17" Alloy
- Tires: 215/50R17 91H AS
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- Clearcoat paint
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- Front Tire Size : P215/50HR17
- Rear Tire Size : P215/50HR17
- Spare Tire Size : Compact
- Front Wheel Size (in) : 17 x 7
- Rear Wheel Size (in) : 17 x 7
- Spare Wheel Size (in) : Compact
- Front Wheel Material : Aluminum
- Rear Wheel Material : Aluminum
- Spare Wheel Material : Steel
- Wheelbase (in) : 106.3
- Length, Overall (in) : 177.3
- Width, Max w/o mirrors (in) : 70.9
- Height, Overall (in) : 54.9
- Track Width, Front (in) : 60.9
- Track Width, Rear (in) : 61.5
- Trunk Volume (ft³) : 11.9
- Radio: 450-Watt AM/FM/HD/SiriusXM Audio System -inc: 9 speakers, subwoofer, 7-inch display w/high-resolution electrostatic touch-screen, knob and hard keys for primary controls and customizable feature settings, Bluetooth HandsFreeLink, Bluetooth streaming audio, radio data system (RDS), speed-sensitive volume compensation (SVC), 1.0-amp USB audio interface port in center console, Apple CarPlay integration, Android Auto integration, HondaLink, SMS text message function, 1.5-amp USB smartphone/audio interface in lower front console and illuminated steering wheel-mounted audio controls
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As our office for the Motel Rocks website (which has had an incredibleee makeover!) is in Bristol, we only went up to London for one day to get as much coverage as possible, and along with fellow office babes Lora, Sophie and Fran, there was a host of street teamers wearing Motel and style snapping too! I always recruit a big team so we have a little Motel army everywhere at Somerset House ready to capture everything!
We plan things MONTHS in advance at work (Christmas is under way already!) and so I've been thinking towards fashion week for ages, but only decided on my outfit the night before. As the Motel warehouse is in the Midlands, we excitedly order our favourites that we want to buy in the post too so I got a few things sent and settled on this matching crop top and skirt! The Carie Crop has straps that cross at the back so it's quite a unique shape from the from, and Kadie Skirts are super flattering circle skirts - I have the black too and there's a really cute one with stud crosses on!
I am a lover of crop tops and skirts, especially with Litas/any lace up boots, but I think I did subconsciously get this outfit idea because Tulisa wore it on an Alan Carr show! She's been wearing a tonne of Motel recently, but I love the New World print anyway as it mixes the cool lilac pastels with warmer orange and yellow. I borrowed this outfit as samples but I might keep it!
I also wore my new River Island leopard rucksack to clash prints - I got it as my pay day treat as I've been using my faux leather Topshop one for about 6 months! I of course wore my Litas too for comfort and I put on the H&M hat throughout the day as it got so sunny!
The first day always starts off quite calmly and I'd say this year there were fewer extreme outfits where people might showcase an insane hat of their own design or crazy shoes. There seemed to be a lot of random people who may have just stumbled across Somerset House and came in to have a look (including the best looking homeless guy we've ever seen who started talking to us), but of course there were also the masses of photographers, show go-ers and general fashionable people.
I also hung out with great bloggers Lily, Stella, Camille, Laura, Dina, Natalie, Rosie (are there any bloggers I haven't met yet?!), and a special shout out to Anouska (and her bf photographer!) who it was amazing to finally meet - one of the best bloggers to work with and such a friendly, humble girl!!
And here are a few little snaps of the day! I'd tell anyone to just get dressed up, go down and see who you meet and who you spot! It's also a great opportunity to hopefully get some professional photos of yourself, especially if like me you are not talented at taking good blog photos! Just make sure you ask for the details or a card of everyone who snaps you. I wish we were there for more days but it was hard enough to decide on one outfit!


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Atlas shrunk
considers the onscreen dud that is Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.
ADOLESCENT EXPOSURE to Ayn Rand's work tends either to convert you to her philosophy of Objectivism or to inoculate you against it. The intensity and depth of the conversion experience vary from person to person. Not everyone can handle the rigors of a totalist system requiring adherents to accept not just laissez-faire economics (that's the easy part), but the full Randian synthesis of ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, and history. There is also a kind of Objectivist psychotherapy, serving to cure altruism and related failings of character.
And so you may approach, without ever quite hoping to achieve, the state of perfect selfishness embodied in John Galt, the mysterious hero of Atlas Shrugged. Once upon this path, you will understand why the seemingly mild-mannered Immanuel Kant was, in fact, an incredibly sinister figure, which spares you the trouble (and it really is trouble) of reading him.
The full course of Randian thought-reform is itself quite demanding, however. Most conversions to Rand's world view prove halfhearted. Many are called, but few are Galtian. The world, or at least the U.S., is full of people who remember the novels fondly and vote Republican, while otherwise falling short of the glory. Rand would have scorned them. She was good at scorn, and hardcore Objectivists get a lot of practice at it as well.
But her fans--as distinct from her followers, sometimes called Randroids, though never by each other--form the real constituency for the Atlas Shrugged movie now in theaters. It is only the first of two or three parts. Whether the project will be finished appears to be a matter of debate among the moviemakers themselves.
Clearly, though, it's going over well with its intended market, to judge by the Twitterchat hailing it as one of the great films of all time. And when I saw it in New York this weekend, the audience clapped at the end, as the credits began to roll.
By that point, my capacity for disbelief had been tested quite enough for one evening; the applause seemed one challenge to it too many.
THE PROBLEM with this incarnation of Atlas Shrugged is not ideology but competence. The film looks cheap. Its cinematography is at roughly the level of a TV show from the 1980s. Rand's plot is almost operatic in its indifference to plausibility, but none of the cast is up to the challenge. (Even with the lead characters, Hank Rearden and Dagny Taggart, some part of the actors' brains seemed busy checking their iPhones, perhaps to see if that dinner-theater gig came through.)
Atlas Shrugged, directed by Paul Johansson, starring Taylor Schilling, Paul Johansson and Michael O'Keefe.
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Atlas Shrugged, directed by Paul Johansson, starring Taylor Schilling, Paul Johansson and Michael O'Keefe.
The film, or rather this installment of it, culminates in the triumphant run of the John Galt Railroad through Colorado, traveling at hundreds of miles per hour over rails fabricated from the surprisingly controversial Rearden Metal.
The State Science Institute has issued dire warnings about Rearden Metal. The entire country stops whatever it is doing just to watch this event on television. Pundits on several continents write editorials denouncing the folly of such boldness. The stakes are enormous, for the mighty train is a symbol of the indomitable individual against collectivist tyranny. Either that or the tracks made of Rearden Metal are. Possibly it's both. Anyway, the climax, when it comes, possesses all the grandeur of an Amtrak commercial.
Any audience willing to pay $13 to watch Atlas Shrugged at the late screening on a Saturday night will be self-selecting for Randian enthusiasm, of course. People weren't clapping for the movie, as such. They were applauding Rand's weltanschauung. She was a genius, which more than makes up for the talent deficit of everyone else involved in the film. My objections are just the gripes of a Marxist who wants his money back.
But in truth, Rand and her work intrigue me. The initial exposure did not yield conversion, by any means, but the inoculation was imperfect. Something about her is fascinating. She is one of the great pulp writers, like Jim Thompson or Richard Shaver. At the same time, her fusion of melodrama and ideology is quite distinctive. I think of Rand (who was an anti-Communist émigré from Russia) as a profoundly Soviet author--albeit one standing on her head.
In Atlas Shrugged, the greedy proletariat ruthlessly exploits the capitalists. The oppressed capitalists go on strike, then create a utopia under the leadership of John Galt. (In a socialist-realist "production novel" of the 1930s, Galt's analog would be the "positive hero" who grasps the direction of history and provides wise leadership.) The existence of a body of Objectivist scholarship interested me enough to write a long article about Rand for Lingua Franca some while ago; and I still take an occasional look at the secondary literature on Rand.
But more to the point, Atlas Shrugged on screen is disappointing to me because it falls so far short of the movie version of The Fountainhead from 1948. Rand had a great deal of say in how that film was made. She did not like the result, but at no point in her life was Rand easy to please. It belongs in the class of films I always watch whenever rerun on television, along with Psycho, anything with the Marx Brothers, and Night of the Living Dead. (Make of that list what you will.)
The smoldering glances from Patricia Neal after she sees Gary Cooper and the mighty jackhammer he wields are a lesson in pure cinema. More talent is concentrated in that clip (including the command of visual metaphor) than can be found in the whole of Atlas Shrugged.
TO PUT the dud now on screen into perspective, it helps to read Jeff Britting's paper "Adapting Atlas Shrugged to Film," which appears in Essays on Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged,' edited by Robert Mayhew and published by Lexington Books in 2009. Britting is the archivist in charge of the author's papers, held by the Ayn Rand Institute in Irvine, Calif., and he was an associate producer of "Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life," which received an Oscar nomination for best documentary in 1998.
Atlas Shrugged may hold the all-time record for time spent in that realm of Hollywood called "development hell." The possibility of bringing the novel to screen came up not long after it was published in 1957. Britting draws on "items found among her personal papers, interviews [with] or written statements by Rand, [and] oral histories conducted with people associated with historic efforts to produce a film version of her novel" during Rand's lifetime.
The author was never going to entrust her masterpiece to any other screenwriter, and her papers include several adaptations at various stages of completion. They include a proposed nine-hour TV miniseries and a four-hour theatrical release, in two parts, as well as shorter versions in each medium.
Britting quotes the producer Michael Jaffe, who worked on one effort to put Atlas Shrugged on television, about the standoff between Hollywood and Rand:
The reputation is that her stories are too idea-filled to make into films; if she had stayed out of it and let them just make the movies, take the best of the plot and not be whipsawed by all the philosophy, they'd be great stories. But it was the whipsawing that always killed it...The people who controlled the rights to her stories would never let you just go out and make the movie.
But the distinction between story and idea is not valid for an Objectivist. Britting quotes Rand's definition of plot as "purposeful progression of logically connected events leading to the resolution of a climax." The actions and choices driving those events reflect the characters' values; she defines value as "that which one acts to gain and/or keep." So while it is true that Rand's characters are prone to giving one another long lectures, her message is embedded in what they do as well as what they say. Her drafts show the author striving to pare down the dialog and remove secondary characters from Atlas Shrugged--meanwhile reinforcing its plot as essential expression of her ideas on screen.
During work on one adaptation, she timed the speech that John Galt delivers to the world by radio at the end of the novel. This, for the true admirer, it is one of the greatest pieces of literature and philosophy of all time, and Rand herself would not have disputed the matter. It is a comprehensive statement on the morality of capitalism, the virtue of selfishness and the absolute evil of interfering with the ordained perfection of the free market. In later nonfiction writings, Rand even took to quoting Galt's speech as if he were an authority she were citing (I find this a little creepy).
The 60 pages or so of Galt's radio broadcast took four hours to read out loud, which would be long for cable access, let alone network TV. But Rand told her producer not to worry: "I will get the speech down to three to seven minutes. I'll have to do so; no one else is equipped to do that." Finding the "dramatic equivalent" of parts of Galt's argument would allow Rand to express her (his?) ideas without taking four hours to do so. This required what she called "dancing back and forth...between abstractions and concretes."
Screen adaptation, then, is for Rand a late phase of the creative process: a means of preserving the philosophical elements of a plot while responding to a different medium and new circumstances. And with that in mind, the conclusion of Britting's essay sounds like a criticism of the new film--except that it was published two years ago.
Anyone adapting Atlas Shrugged today, he writes, "must put down the book and look out at the world, totally on his own--while taking stock of his own experience--in order to begin dancing, as observes Rand, 'literally' between the novel's abstract philosophy and its concretes."
Instead, the makers of the new film have just taken Rand's story from five decades ago, trimmed it down a bit, and added cell phones and CNN.
Rand set her novel in a vaguely not-too-distant future. But it is really her dystopian re-imagining of the New Deal era. It pictures an America in which the economy is based on industrial production, but menaced by powerful labor unions and legislators eager to regulate businesses. In it, citizens get caught up in feverish debate over the opening of a new railroad, built with an exciting and mysterious new metal.
By 1957, this was already somewhat anachronistic. Today, it's just surreal. Manufacturing accounts for half the portion of the gross domestic product it did 40 years ago, unions are in trouble, and regulation means that corporations pay a fine and write it off. Exciting technological developments typically do not involve the railroad industry.
It's hard to imagine how even the most skillful Randian dancer could turn Atlas Shrugged into a 21st-century story. Maybe make Hank Rearden a bioengineer who's figured out how to integrate people's genomes with Facebook? Dagny Taggart might run a company that trades risky but extremely profitable financial instruments based on how many people a company puts out of work when it moves from country to country. And it could end with John Galt planting a microchip programmed with his philosophy into everyone's brains.
Admittedly, this all sounds preposterous, but it couldn't be worse than the movie now in theaters.
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Said By Artemis PantharHm? Is there something wrong with listening to a song you like over and over? Or am I misreading this?
Said By berlinlife06To me there is nothing wrong on doing that! I do it all the time! Some people might think it is a little crazy, but I reached a point in my life that I don't really care what people think of my crazy stuff! LOL!
Said By Artemis PantharIt's difficult (for me) to kill a song for yourself, since you can choose when and where you hear the song and can stop if it's getting old for you. What bothers me is when the radio/other media plays it ad nauseam (although I haven't listened to the radio since we got a car with a CD player), because you have no control over when enough is enough.
But hey, yeah, everyones different and I do understand what you mean. For me, even songs that the radio has killed for me come back to life after a while.
Said By The Sam!But you can control how much you listen to the radio.
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Said By The Sam!But you can control how much you listen to the radio.
It's not just the radio, though. It's TV and music played in places...like malls, or whatever. I used to work at TJ Maxx and they played the same five songs, most not at all bad, but since I worked there I couldn't get away from it and it killed a lot of those songs for me, because I couldn't control whether or not I decided to listen to it


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Welcome to the South African National Climbing Federation (SANCF)
The SANCF is the official representative of the continent of Africa recognised by the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC). The IFSC is recognised by the I.O.C and in 2013 will be represented as a sport at the 2nd CISM World Winter Games "Annecy-Chamonix 2013" This is fantastic news for all our climbers as the opportunity to represent one's country at the highest level has now become reality and the Olympics in 2020?
The SANCF is represented across five of the nine provinces and serious in-roads have been made into the other provinces so as to "spread the word". As a fledgling sport, it is administered by elected sport administrators and a dedicated group of Volunteers who together with the various Climbing Gym owners, tertiary educators and school sports masters and committed climbers are paving the way for introducing the required IFSC rules and regulations developing more and more competitions. It is a duly constituted body, has applied to be a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) and has met with SASCOC representatives to apply for membership.
In the past, a number of hard working climbers and Volunteers in South Africa have worked towards providing the SA climbing community with the opportunities associated with competition sport climbing in a fair and equitable manner. Indoor events such as the SANCF and Provincial Member Regional and National Events regularly take place and as a result of these competitions, the standards have "climbed" steadily. The Regional leagues have been well contested and the numbers of participating climbers have increased across all categories. With the recently added new categories, Adult Novices and Veterans National Bouldering Leagues, this has added an important, previously missing group of climbers. These together with the Durban and Cape Bouldering Comps and the various Youth and Schools Leagues indicate we are on the right track.
There are many outdoor competitions available to the SA climbers such as the Roc Rally in Boven, Montagu Rock Rally, The Rory, and The Rock and Road Trip for the indoor Sport Climber to compete outdoors.
Additionally a big thank you to the likes of Neil Margetts, Marijus Šmigelskis, Eric Reimann, Andrew Pedley, Greg Borman, Gustav and Alex Janse van Rensburg, Dave Drummond, Scott Sinclair, Joffrey Hyman, Ian Lewis, Menoli Gounden, Alison Lotter, Gerald Camp, Brett Nicolson, Jeanette Fuchs, Patrick and Sandy Black, Jackie Stainton, Dylan and Lydia Salt, Shaun Hope, Derek Marshall, Illona Pelser, Candice Bagley, Paul Bruyere, and many, many, others who know who they are. Without their commitment, dedication and perseverance, we would not be going in the positive direction that we are.
Finally, the SANCF is committed to attracting Commercial Partners and Sponsors so as to develop the sport throughout South Africa with a specific Development Portfolio being created to ensure that where possible, all areas and communities are introduced to the fantastic sport.
We thank the various SANCF Sponsors, Ram Mountaineering, Vertigo Gear, Southern Sun, Drifters, Trappers Trading, Cape Union Mart and Sport Unplugged whose generous support over the recent years has made the difference.
Join the SANCF and be a part of the future of South African Indoor Sport Climbing.
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Cache La Poudre Wilderness
Craig Allin
Craig Allin
IntroductionThe United States Congress designated the Cache La Poudre Wilderness (map) in 1980 and it now has a total of 9,482 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Colorado and is managed by the Forest Service.
DescriptionNine miles of the Little South Fork of the Cache la Poudre River, a part of Colorado's only designated Wild and Scenic River drainage, flow through Cache la Poudre Wilderness. The water has cut a deep and tortured canyon into granitic bedrock, typical of the Front Range of Colorado, to join the Main Fork of the Cache la Poudre River, which forms the northern boundary of the Wilderness. Elevations range from about 6,100 to 8,700 feet, and a dry climate keeps this area snow-free for much of the year, especially on south-facing slopes. Douglas fir and ponderosa and lodgepole pine dominate the forest. Celebrated for their trout, the rivers draw the most human visitors, but lack of trail access and rugged topography make this small Wilderness one of the state's least explored areas. State Highway 14 along the Main Fork of the Cache la Poudre River sees many campers and even more fly-casting anglers. Once inside the boundary, you'll find the ground marked by only two short maintained paths. The Kreutzer Nature trail is about 2 miles. The Mount McConnel Trail, which loops off of the Kreutzer Nature Trail is about 3 miles. In 2012 the High Park fire burned 95% of the Cache la Poudre Wilderness. In 2013 floods have impacted the backcountry areas of this Wilderness and changed the landscape. Please be careful when traveling through this Wilderness.
Planning to Visit the Cache La Poudre Wilderness?
- Print a fact sheet
- General things to consider when visiting any wilderness
- Regulations
- Contact the Forest Service
- Visit the National Forest wilderness website
Leave No TraceHow to follow the seven standard Leave No Trace principles differs in different parts of the country (desert vs. Rocky Mountains). Click on any of the principles listed below to learn more about how they apply in the Cache La Poudre Wilderness.
- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
- Dispose of Waste Properly
- Leave What You Find
- Minimize Campfire Impacts
- Respect Wildlife
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These adorable babies are perfect for baby shower cakes, cupcakes and Christenings and can be left as is or decorated with bonnets bows and frills, or popped into a little fondant cradle or pram as a cake topper. I am going to use the babies in Anne Geddes inspired baby shower cakes atop large open fondant roses. Pictures to follow!
How to Make a Baby from Fondant or Gum paste
You will need:
Silicone baby mold
Quantity of flesh/ light coloured fondant or gum paste (about the size of a golf ball per baby)
Greaseproof paper
One or two small paint brushes
Tan or light brown petal dust
Dark brown matte petal dust
Pink matte petal dust
1. Colour fondant as desired. Make sure it is dry to the touch, not tacky. (You may want to add some icing sugar or corn flour at this stage. Tacky fondant can prove problematic.) Take a piece about the size of a golf ball and roll it into a smooth ball. Elongate this ball between the palms of your hand.
2. Gently but firmly press this fondant into your dry mold, paying special attention to the head and feet areas. (Do not powder or grease these particular silicone molds, as it may take away the definition of the baby.)
3. Gently cut away any excess overhanging fondant until the fondant of the baby is level with the top of the mold. Brush away any left over excess and smooth the top with your fingers.
4. Place the mold in the freezer for 10 minutes to firm. To remove the baby, gently ease it out from the mold head first, holding the mold at the front with both thumbs, pushing from the back of the mold with your fingers.
5. Place the baby gently on some greaseproof paper. Because it has been in the freezer, it may get a damp look to it--allow it to dry.
6. Take a small brush with a little tan or light brown petal dust on it. work into the creases and over the baby's body. Build up the colour a little more under the chin, in the arm and leg creases and the sides and underneath of the tummy. If you have a darker brown petal dust, brush this over the crown for soft baby hair.
7.With a smaller brush, use the pink petal dust to touch on the cheeks, bottom, elbows, knees and hands. You can also colour the lips with the pink, or use a stronger colour such as a watered down red food colouring to carefully stain this area.


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Perspective: Thayer's Focus on Energy
By Dean Joseph J. Helble
In late winter 2007, the Thayer School of Engineering identified "Energy" as an area for strategic growth of faculty, research, and educational programs. At the time of this decision, oil was trading at approximately $50 per barrel, and concerns about price were constantly in the news. With oil now trading at nearly $130 per barrel, economic concerns are even greater. When coupled with concerns over energy security, climate, and the environment broadly, there is new urgency to the need to develop a more sustainable energy future.
Heightened attention and a longer term view are welcome. A review of changes in the U.S. supply portfolio is a sobering illustration of how little our supply base has changed despite fluctuations in price and an "energy crisis" through part of the 1970s. In 1958, the U.S. obtained 45 percent of its energy from petroleum, 23 percent from coal, and 7 percent from renewable sources. Nearly 50 years later, and after living through the inflationary price shocks of the oil crisis of the 1970s, our energy portfolio (in 2006) remains virtually unchanged: 40 percent provided by petroleum, 23 percent by coal, and 7 percent by renewable sources.
Thayer's selection of energy for focused program growth is an indication of our commitment to preparing students to tackle this critical and interdisciplinary challenge. Over the next year, we will begin expanding our faculty in this area, the first step in building upon our strong research base in biofuels, power electronics, and the environment. We will add a new interdisciplinary course for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in energy supply technology — the second piece of an envisioned three-course sequence in energy supply, energy utilization, and energy systems. We will display our energy consumption on monitors in the MacLean Atrium to induce people to reduce consumption. Thayer's Formula Hybrid International Competition continues to grow, and our student ethanol and hybrid formula racing teams enthusiastically try out new ideas for improving fuel efficiency.
As Thayer moves forward with our work on energy, we are dedicated to preparing the next generation of engineers to lead the world toward sustainable energy solutions.
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