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Battle of Ball's Bluff; First City Class Gunboats Launched: October 1861
October 1861 in the Civil War
As the Civil War moved into its first autumn, neither army had any immediate plans for major offensive operations. In Washington, General George McClellan busied himself with organizing and training the Army of the Potomac. On both sides, generals were assigned to commands of various departments. In Louisville, Kentucky, Brigadier General William T. Sherman took over command of the Union Army's Department of the Cumberland from Brigadier General Robert Anderson on October 8th. Anderson, the commander at Fort Sumter at the outbreak of the war, had been in declining health and was reassigned to duties in the north until he retired from the army in October 1863.
Skirmishing and small scale actions took place in various locations in Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, and Maryland. A somewhat larger affair took place on Santa Rosa Island, Florida, near Pensacola. A Confederate force of about 1,000 landed on the island on October 9th and attacked Union artillery. Reinforcements from nearby Fort Pickens drove the Confederates out.
Battle of Ball's Bluff
The most significant land action of the month took place at a location on the Potomac River near Leesburg, Virginia called Ball's Bluff, and it had far reaching effects. A Union Army division under the command of Brigadier General Charles P. Stone was encamped near Poolesville, Maryland, across the Potomac from Leesburg with the purpose of observing the river fords in the area.
Across the river, 1,700 Mississippians and Virginians under Colonel Nathan G. "Shanks" Evans were in a defensive position. Stone was unsure of the location of the Confederate troops, or if they were even still there, so he sent a small scouting party across the river on the night of October 20th to gather intelligence. In the dark, the scouting party's commanding officer thought he saw an unguarded confederate camp, returned across the river and reported his findings. Stone saw an opportunity to take out the Confederate camp, and ordered Colonel Charles Devens and about 300 men from the 15th Massachusetts Infantry to cross the river and destroy it.
At daylight on the 21st, Devens discovered that there was no Confederate camp, and sent word back to Stone for new orders. Stone ordered the rest of the 15th Massachusetts to cross the river and when they arrived, Devens was to conduct a reconnaissance of Leesburg. Stone also sent Colonel Edward D. Baker, a U.S. Senator from Oregon, to assess the situation and reinforce or withdraw the troops in Virginia.
Baker sent more troops across the river, but they stayed near the high bluffs on the shoreline and did not advance inland. Meanwhile, the 15th Massachusetts encountered and skirmished with one company the 17th Mississippi Infantry. After some additional fighting with an increasingly large Confederate force, Devens ordered the 15th to withdraw about 2 P.M.
The Union forces gathered on the river bluffs. Evans gathered his Confederates and launched a counterattack about 3 P.M. The Federals were trapped between the river and the attacking Rebels. With only a few boats available, additional reinforcement was prohibitively slow. Eventually, the counterattack drove the Federals down the bluffs to the shoreline. Men were shot while trying to escape; some fell to their deaths, and others drown trying to make it back to the Maryland side. The few boats available went back and forth carrying as many as they could before they sank, either from Confederate gunfire or by overloading. Over 500 trapped men surrendered. The firing continued until well after dark.
The official count of the Union dead was 49, but that number is considered wildly inaccurate and is believed to actually exceed 200. Total Union casualties were around 900, compared to approximately 150 for the Confederates. One of the dead was Col. Baker, the only U.S. Senator ever killed in action. Baker was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln; the president's son Edward Baker Lincoln had been named after the senator. Over the next few days, bodies of those who died in the river and were carried downstream washed ashore at various points.
The defeat at Ball's Bluff led to the formation of the congressional Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. This powerful committee, chaired by Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio, was controlled by Radical Republicans. It was in existence for the remainder of the war and its members spent much of their time looking for scapegoats and assigning blame for military defeats. It began with General Stone. He was blamed for the defeat at Ball's Bluff and imprisoned without trial for six months. He was then released and returned to active duty, but his career was never the same.
Naval Operations
On October 12th, the Confederate ironclad ram C.S.S. Manassas steamed down the Mississippi River along with three other ships and attacked the Union blockading ships at Head of the Passes, near the mouth of the river. In this Battle of the Head of the Passes as it was called, Manassas rammed and seriously damaged the steam sloop U.S.S. Richmond. The ramming also damaged the Manassas, forcing the vessel to break off the attack.
On the same day, the U.S.S. St. Louis, the first of seven "City Class" ironclad shallow draft river gunboats, was launched near its namesake city. Designed by Samuel Pook and built by engineer James B. Eads, these gunboats each armed with 13 guns would be a key part of the Union fleet on the Mississippi and its tributaries. The Mississippi Squadron, as the western fleet was later called, was an essential component of the Federal success in the west. The second City Class ship, the U.S.S. Carondelet, was launched ten days later. The other five vessels under construction were the Cincinnati, Mound City, Cairo, Pittsburg, and Louisville. The name of the U.S.S. St. Louis was later changed to U.S.S. Baron DeKalb.
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It's a big night for Adele at the 2016 BRIT Awards, and not only has she snagged a few shiny BRITs, but her empowering acceptance speech is about to have the people talking.
Welcome back to Clevver's Award Show coverage, where Adele is winning awards and winning the hearts of the entire planet, after dedicating her acceptance speech to Kesha. Seriously this girl is an angel.
One award, two award, three award, FOUR awards for Adele, who has swept the 2016 BRIT Awards tonight after being nominated in four categories, but taking home three out the four including British Female Solo Artist, British Single for "Hello", British album of the year and a special Global Superstar Award.
Adele has of course managed to keep things interesting during her acceptance speeches with tears and F-bombs galore, like you may have noticed in her speech for the Global Superstar Award where was being honored for taking the world by storm the past year. Check it out:
She also goes on to express her gratitude for everyone who showed support after taking a long break from music, saying QUOTE, "I got really lost for a while, and didn't know if I'd ever come back and for you all to be so kind to me…." Ok, so the tears kiiiinda got in the way of the last part of that, but you get the gist.
BUT the one acceptance speech that will continue to have fans talking was her speech after her first win of the evening for British Female Solo Artist, when Adele began to thank her manager for being encouraged by her womanhood and finally gave a public shout out to Kesha, showing a massive amount of support. Take a look:
Adele is just one of many celebs who are standing beside Kesha in her tragic time of need, and her speech also comes shortly after Kesha took to social media to release a long statement expressing her gratitude toward everyone, saying QUOTE, "Other entertainers who knowingly put their own careers at stake by supporting me, I will be forever grateful."
What a way to show some love and celebrate women empowerment, so here's to Adele for her much deserved awards during tonight's BRIT Awards. And right now, I want to know what you guys thought about Adele's acceptance speeches and giving a special hand to Kesha, so get the conversation going right down here in the comments section. After that, don't forget to click right over here to check out a few of the most underrated pop stars on Debatable. Thanks so much for checking in with me here on Clevver's Trophy Life, I'm your host XXX and I'll see you next time.
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All of Australia's Lavender Not Enough to Satisfy China's 'Bobbie Bear' Appetite
There's not a lot of intellectual property sewn up in a teddy bear. That's an unpleasant lesson that Robert Ravens is having to learn after making one of China's must-have consumer items, cuddly purple bears stuffed with lavender grown at his farm in Tasmania, Australia.
Now, the market is "literally flooded with fakes and generics," says Mr. Ravens of his so-called "Bobbie Bears," whose popularity has prompted floods of Chinese tourists to descend on his Bridestowe Lavender Farm to try and buy the coveted stuffed toys.
These days, Bobbie Bear clones are everywhere, from markets in Sydney to small stores and websites in China. Such sites go to great lengths to project legitimacy, with some using web addresses that closely mimic the official Bridestowe Farm page. Others have the same layout, albeit with Chinese text, or have uploaded pictures of the actual gift shop as evidence that bears are authentic and purchased at the source.
While Mr. Ravens is trying to increase production this year, demand for the bear is massive. In fact, if Australia set aside its entire lavender crop to make bears, it would still struggle to fill enough all the teddies Chinese consumers are demanding.
On a recent visit, China Real Time took a Bridestowe-branded bear bought online in Beijing to the farm in Tasmania to see if Mr. Ravens could vouch for its authenticity.
Without even taking the bear out of the canvas bag we'd brought it in, Mr. Ravens gave it two quick squeezes and declared it an imposter.
On closer inspection, the differences were obvious. The Beijing version's ears were out of place, the label was wrong; and while it smelt like lavender, it didn't smell like Bridestowe's lavender. But otherwise, the two bears looked similar. Both had ornate, embroidered trademarks sewn onto their right feet, purple neck ribbons, round black eyes and off-white noses protruding from fluffy round faces.
One Chinese entrepreneur has gone even further in piggybacking on the success of the Bobbie Bear. Earlier this year, Chinese comedian-cum-entrepreneur Guo Degang bought a farm in the neighboring state of Victoria and began buying up the state's lavender. He's also bought the rights to use the name of another Victorian farm for his own bear label.
That farm, Warrantina, has been making teddy bears -- hand-sewn dolls made from corduroy and stuffed with lavender from the 5.5-acre farm -- for at least 15 years, said Annemarie Manders, who runs the farm with her husband.
"It's unbelievable the way the bears have been walking out the door, mainly since October," she said. Warrantina, whose corduroy bears could never be confused with Bridestowe's, sold about 600 bears in the 12 months up until February, compared with only about 200 a year previously.
Ms. Manders said her cooperation with Mr. Guo began when his representative in Australia just turned up unannounced at the farm one day several months ago.
On February 27, Mr. Guo launched his own bear. The Warrantina lavender-stuffed bears now bear a distinctly different look -- but one Chinese consumers will instantly recognize. Gone is the corduroy. Instead, the fluffy bear has with an ornate trademark sewn into the right foot; a purple ribbon tied around its neck; a label fastened to its left ear; round black eyes with a white dot in the middle; and an off-white nose protruding from a round face.
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Upper Jay NY 12987` Retired Married 2 Central and West Hill No.Dean Melville and I married shortly after high school. We recently celebrated our 50th anniversary. Who would have thought? We had three sons during the 1960's, one of whom, to our great sorrow, was killed in an automobile accident in 2006.
We worked, studied and raised our sons in various locations as education and careers were pursued. Dean graduated from University of Rochester, then proceeded to U. of R. Medical School, an internship and residency in internal medicine. When he finished we joined the Public Health Service and were stationed in Tupper Lake NY, in the Adirondacks. The Public Health Service paid a percentage of the abundant student loans in exchange for a service commitment. We then moved to nearby Saranac Lake.
Living in the Adirondacks meant some long drives in order to access various opportunities. Now that Dean had completed his studies for a while, I commuted daily to St. Lawrence University in Canton, about 55 miles away, then to New Hampshire for law school. I practiced law in the Adirondacks.
Then, we returned to Rochester so that Dean could do a radiology residency and a neuroradiology fellowship. He now works in Syracuse. We divide our time between Norwich, Syraacuse and a camp in the Adirondacks.
In leisure time Dean has enjoyed becoming an instrument rated pilot, woodworking, stone wall building, skiing, and running. I have done and am doing volunteer work, serving on several boards, in hospitals, a food pantry, as a Master Gardner, trustee of an historic church and cemetery.
We have eight grandchildren and a cat.
Al (Andy) Anderson
Professor Emeritus retired Married I finally retired and became Emeritus Professor of chemistry at Case Western Reserve University last year. I am busy with writing. Doing some traveling this summer. So far a group tour down the California coast and just back from a Cornell Alumni tour of the South West parks. Later a trip to Idaho, a cruise off the coast of Maine, and an Cornell Alumni "Untamed Alaska " tour. I stay healthy by walking a lot and eating right.
Ithaca NY 14850 RETIRED Married 3 STAMFORD CENTRAL Worked at NYSEG after graduation, married, stayed home and raised 3 boys until around 1968. Worked at Henry St.John Elementary school teaching art class until my boys entered Jr.High. From there worked at Deanco,Inc. (electronics distributor)as a private secretary and then moved into Credit and Collections. Needing a change, I worked my final years at Tompkins County Health Dept. in Healthy Heart/Health Promotion Program for 12 years. Am presently enjoying retirement with my husband, children, grand children and many great-grand children.
Mary Avery (Blovsky)
Lake Placid FL 33852 homemaker, mother Married 4 East Hill and Belle Sherman Married John and lived in Owego for 15 years, raising twin boys and another girl and boy. We also had foster children for quite a few years. We moved to North Carolina in 1981 when the twins were in third grade.
In 1998 we moved to Lake Placid, Florida where we enjoy retirement years. We are in the process of building a new home and will update classmates with our address shortly.
John and I are looking forward to sharing memories with other classmates at the reunion in November. See you there!
Roland C. Barnett
Jacksonville FL 32246 Retired Married 5 Henry St John
Stephen Beaulieu
The Villages FL 32162 retired school district administrator Married Moved to Ithaca in 8th Grade from Connecticut. Attended parochial school. Where did the nearly sixty years go since our graduation? For most of that time my working interests were focused on my professional field of education. Teaching and administering consumed much of my life until my retirement in 1998. Even in my early post-retirement years I was still active with my administrative activities at the state level. Today, I try to utilize my professional skills, as a volunteer with various organizations in New York and Florida. We were very fortunate attending one of the top public schools in New York. It often takes the distances of years and places before we can even begin to appreciate the quality of instruction we received, the educational and cultural activities we were exposed to and the special gifts our classmates brought to the experience. I cannot say enough how appreciative I am of the teachers who inspired me to do more with my life. I am equally grateful for the schoolmates who shared much of the adolescent growth part of this adventure with me. My first 49 years away from IHS Alumni activities was my loss. I value having been given another opportunity to re-connect with many of you since 2009 by helping with this website and with our Facebook page. I look forward to continuing with this service, hearing from you, and seeing you at upcoming gatherings.
Donald Berk
Seattle WA 98118 Retired Divorced 2 God, has it been 50? Let's see, 4 college-slash-booze followed by 4 in the USAF; 12 years in the UK raising kids (two still wonderful "boys") and managing a plant for Barber-Greene Co. (road building equipment); back to the US (Illinois) as a CTO for Tellabs and AC Nielsen (12); then my own software company (sold it after 10 and retired). Went back to school at 60 for an MFA in writing (Bennington) and a flight instructor rating; caregiver for my father for 7 years, recently moved to WA after he passed to be nearer grandkids; published first novel a few months ago (In Search of Wings Lost), enjoying the hell out of family and a blessed life I really, really don't deserve. Still miss that egg salad sandwich and fries at the lunch counter in Whalens. And the blocking sled with Coach Joe barking Hit it harder. And...
Beverly Brink (Hillman)
Ithaca NY 14850 Married 3 Belle Sherman / Inlet Valley Today I was sitting on the dock after a full day of working on the brick walk first laid thirty five years ago from the bricks that came from the old Rothschild building. The seventy degree weather, full sun, and the two Adirondack chairs on the dock had been pulling at me all day. The golden orange Tamarack tree across from me had grown, its reflection now complete to the edge of the dock. A pair of mallards nestled on the raft was also basking in the sun. When the male stood up to waggle his tail and stretch, I noticed his spindly legs were the same color as the tamarack. His colors, the tree colors, and the surrounding hills were all so beautiful. I have been here at this house and land in Ellis Hollow with my husband, for forty seven years, connecting with nature's gifts, and building gardens that reflect them.
My life over the past fifty years has been full and rich—most likely because of who I married and where I live. After graduating from Boston University, with my senior year transferred from Cornell, I married Bob Hillman, a Veterinarian and professor of large animal medicine, obstetrics and surgery at Cornell. I stayed home to raise three great kids, plus our own home-bred Thorougbreds and always a standard poodle in the mix. Sabbaticals and travel to 24 countries have kept me from becoming the stodgy wife down on the farm. The farm is really thirteen acres of hill pasture, acre pond, apple orchard, riding ring, barn, two vegetable gardens, house, Lord and Burnham Greenhouse and pergola. Since there were no trees on the property when we bought it forty seven years ago, it was wide open for ideas and plantings. Last year our gardens were on the National Garden Conservancy Tour, one of three hundred gardens across the U.S. that were open to the public. Some of you who were in town for the 49th reunion, came. This is where we raised our three children. Those years were full of ballet, crew, theater, and candy striping. Two of our children went to Cornell, and one to Ithaca College. Our youngest, Rob, has become small animal surgeon; Alison is an International Lawyer, and Denley is the business manager for Bangs Ambulance.
Staying home to raise our children allowed me time for a life- long passion, the horse. The horses we raised and I trained big boned and handsome. One of my favorites I rode to FEI levels in Dressage. The last which I delivered 20 years ago is a lovely chestnut mare. She is the most talented but because of my serious gardening, we cross the riding ring and head for the hills with two poodles behind. Life is good.
Training, teaching, and showing dog obedience was another strong interest. Kaio, my last white standard female poodle, who had a longer attention span than my own, honored her training with Dog World. This became useful because she would find my boots, pick up dropped silverware, or take the newspaper to Bob. She also went to Boces and to the Woman's Correctional Facility in Lansing where her instincts for giving a child just what it needed always pleased and amazed me.
At the age of 35 I discovered that I really liked stone and brick. Was this the calling of my Dutch Brink heritage, or just the fact that I had the good fortune of a gift of bricks from the famous Rothschild's building in Ithaca; a building I found beautiful even as a child? I started by making a patio, then walkways to connect the pergola, greenhouse and house to the driveway. Then the 100 foot flower bed was bordered by a stone wall. Next, the making of a koi pool out of two pallets of river washed stone. Three years ago I joined the Ithaca Garden Club which has been an avenue for making arrangements for the Johnson Art Museum, Art In Bloom, and Civic Development. As Horticulture Chair, I had an influence on topics, speakers, and programs. It is nice to know so many wonderfully talented women who share a common interest. Many have become friends.
In reflection, much of my life has been spent with animals—both training and competing. With my wonderful husband Bob who turned 80 last January, and still has not retired from Cornell, there have been some amazing trips to twenty five foreign countries and Sabbaticals, where I rode auction horses and made hand built pottery. Together we make applesauce and strawberry jam, and plant and harvest enough food for two freezers. Now we are raising dahlias. I make arrangements for many organizations, or friends who are ill, or just for the fun of giving. Those that I cannot use are sold to a flower shop. An article about me and our gardens is in this month's issue of the Upstate Gardeners' Journal. You can access it through Google. I can say that our giving has touched Ithaca Beautification, the Hanger Theater, Ithaca Falls, The Farmer's Market, Hospicare, and helped in rebuilding the gardens in New Orleans.
It will be wonderful to connect with so many of you on the 10th of November.
Keith Bruckner
Knoxville TN 37934 Accountant Divorced 1 Cayuga Heights The "now" picture pretty much expresses who I am today - with two princesses filling my life. Ashley, my daughter, and Lily, my granddaughter.Reading, landscaping, hiking.
Norma Brunk (Sullivan)
Tombstone AZ 85638 3 The short version
The short version …I have been out of state to visit with children, grandchildren, and sister. I don't have any immediate travel plans including the Ithaca H.S. Birthday party in August. I am quite active here in Tombstone for the remainder of the year.
My husband and I moved here in 2004 and I have decided to stay here after he died in 2014. I belong to a social (sewing) group. We make 1880s clothes and promote Tombstone by providing fashion shows in SW Arizona and New Mexico. We hope to make a trip to Prescott this coming summer (2018). Maybe we can see each other at that time unless you are able to come to Tombstone sometime.
I will send further information about myself at a later post. In the meantime, my phone number and address are below.
Norma Sullivan. 913-837-0900, P.O.Box 1784. Tombstone, Az. 85638
The autobiography you did not get....
After graduating from Ithaca High School in 1960 I left for Chickasha Oklahoma and Oklahoma College For Women to work on a BA with majors in Biology and Chemistry and minor in Education. In 1964 after receiving my degree I headed to the University of Chicago with a full Scholarship to enter the MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching) two year program. I received that degree in 1967.
While at U of C I met and married my husband, Gary F. Sullivan, April 1967. I taught high school biology at Fenger H.S. In south Chicago, one of the toughest schools in the area. After one year I moved to Wilmette north of Chicago and taught 7th and 8th grade science. At the end of the 1968 school year my husband accepted a job as an production manager at an automotive plant near Niles, Michigan and I accepted a position at Dowagiac Jr. High teaching science.
In the fall of 1969 I gave birth to our first daughter, Kimberly, so was placed on maternity leave. I didn't return the following year due to the birth of our second daughter,Jennifer, November 1970. In December that same year the plant Gary was working for was closed due to a big automotive recession. We sold our place, went on unemployment assistance and moved to Toronto, Kansas where Gary's parents lived. There we rented a house for $25 a month from a bank Gary's parents knew. We spent 6 months in Toronto while Gary looked of a job.
In July 1971 we moved to Topeka where Gary found a job working for the State. While in Topeka I was busy raising two daughters and teaching north of Topeka. In 1976 Gary changed jobs to work for the Department of Health and Human services in the Federal Government at Kansas City, Mo. We moved to Shawnee. Ks a suburb of Kansas City. On Jan. 1979 I gave birth to a son, John, our third and last child.
I was able to continue my teaching career for the Shawnee Mission School District, teaching 7th and 8th grade science. While there I was honored to be teacher of the year 4 different years.
In 1997 Gary retired and in 2000 I retired after accumulating 32 years of teaching. We were lucky enough to travel to many places. We saw England, Ireland, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, The Caribbean Islands, Aruba, Bonair, Coasta Rica, Panama, Mexico, Canada and all 50 states. During our travels to the SW United States we visited the wildwest historic town of Tombstone, Az. And fell in love with the area. We purchased a house on the edge of the historic boundary in 2004 and used it as our winter home until 2014 when Gary suddenly died..
In 2016 I decided to make Tombstone my permanent home and sold our Kansas house. I became active in a sewing group of women who make 1880's dresses and put on fashion shows as well as showing off in parades for the tourists. In addition to this I took on the self assigned job of trying to improve the emergency response system in the town. I worked to collect enough donations to buy and place 6 AEDs along the main street of town. I also had enough to build 10 first aid kits to place into the deputy marshal's vehicles. In late 2016 , I helped create a town committee, "Healthy Tombstone", a chapter of the county Health Department. I am secretary of that committee.
I am also active in an organization, 'Tombstone Forward', which works to develop events to promote the town. One event coming up in September "Territorial Days" I am especially excited about because I am responsible for the first day called School Days. I have invited 25 school's 7th and 8th graders to attend a day of rotating through 10 stations which will provide incite into what life was like in Territorial Arizona.
Tombstone thrives on tourists so I would like to invite everyone to visit our wild west town. Some of the larger events and dates are:
1.'Twilight in Tombstone" - 4th weekend on every month except Dec.
2. "Wild West Days'- 3rd weekend of March
3. "Rose Tree Festable" 2nd weekend April
4. "Buffalo Soldiers"-3rd weekend June
"Military History"
5. " Freedom Day"- 1st July
6. "4th July" -4th of July
7. "Doc Holiday Days"-2nd weekend Aug.
8. "Territorial Days"-2nd weekend Sept.
9. "Helldorodo" 3rd weekend Oct
10. " Historic Home Tours" 1st weekend Dec.
11. "Light Parade""Tree Lighting" 2nd weekend Dec.
If you wish, contact me and I will show you the highlights of Tombstone.
Norma Brunk Sullivan


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by Arthur L Caplan, PhD and Charles Seife, MS
This past August, the public was treated to gigabytes of data stolen from the Ashley Madison website, including detailed records on millions of people who had registered for their service. Their service, of course, is a dating site meant to facilitate extra-marital affairs. The message isn't subtle, as anyone who's got their upbeat jingle — "I'm looking for someone other than my wife!" — stuck in his head can attest. The Toronto-based Ashley Madison isn't the only hookup site that's been attacked by hackers. A few months earlier, Adult FriendFinder suffered a massive data breach, with hackers publishing details of 4 million subscribers on the Web. Nobody knows who's the next target, but it's a good guess that porn sites may be high up on the list. With pornography accounting for nearly ten percent of all internet traffic that is a lot of names.
The leaked information is a snapshot of people's inner lives – and a treasure trove for those who know how to use data to tell stories. Not just journalists, but also social scientists, people doing public health and those doing political research, can put this data to good use. But should they?
The downside of using the data is a steep one. It's important to keep in mind that these data have caused serious harm to people already. There have been at least three suicides attributed to the Ashley Madison hack http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/08/technology/ashley-madison-suicide/. Many marriages and careers are surely wobbling as a result of the nonconsensual outing of specific identities of sex site users. On top of that, there's the conundrum caused by the fact that the release of the data in the first place was a criminal act.
When is it justifiable to use this information? For journalists the answer is "it depends."
Journalists deal with "stolen" data all the time. The Pentagon papers, the Snowden documents, the leaked voice recordings from the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash, and the like , etc. All were stolen but that fact provided no serious moral barrier for the media to use them in reporting. In journalism, ethics in using stolen data is often a judgment about balancing the public good versus private harm. Such decisions however take place in a context of corporate gain and reporter fame as the media wants to attract eyeballs by telling secrets.
So how does this balancing test apply to using information on sex sites?
In naming names the prurient and gossip value is surely high but, more importantly are there any examples where the public good outweighs personal privacy and risk to specific individuals, their families and friends? In the United States, journalists tend to believe that public figures or someone in a sensitive position or a very high government office are fair game but this attitude isn't universal. Naming names when sex or adultery has a special relevance beyond the mere commission of the indiscretion— outing someone as a hypocrite or fraud — seems to carry justificatory weight as news among media members.
For the press, Josh Duggar fell into the hypocrite category, by virtue of his moral stance and former position as executive director of a political action committee associated the Family Research Council. The purported outing of Hunter Biden, the VP's son,is harder to justify. He is neither a politician nor a public figure so gossip seems to have triumphed over morality.
Pooled data poses fewer problems. No individual is outed. Even so, when the press reports that x% of employees at the Vatican use sex sites or y% of government employees do there is still stigma that potentially falls on the entire class. So even in this case, it's worth considering that the revelations might cause harm.
What about using data for social science purposes? Even if the names are already out and available the ethics of respect for individuals requires getting both consent as well as approval from an institutional review board. The most a social scientist might get away with is using non-identified information and even then, approval by an independent review committee would be required.
This is as it should be. No one should serve as an identifiable subject in research that creates risk to their relationships or possible humiliation without their permission. No matter how tempting the data might be, we are not required in America to be research subjects if we don't want to be. Nor do we give scientists the ability to compel our participation in a study, no matter how valuable the outcome. The hacking of sex sites is a stark reminder that it is not just medical research that poses concrete risks to subjects and that risk demands consent from them to include them in studies.
So journalism has an easier road to using data than social science. But access is not free even when the data is out there. The reality of damage to identified individuals is real when their sex lives or fantasies are put on display. That ought to give anyone using identified data about sex pause.
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Cartoon of the week in Moscow's Komsomolskaya Pravda (Communist Youth Pravda), organ of Communist juvenile associations: A naked Salomé presents a bloody tousled head to Messrs. John Pierpont Morgan and John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
Head ticketed: American Workers.
Salomé labeled: The American Federation of Labor.
Excuse for the cartoon: Youth Pravda has just started a series of feature articles on capitalist countries, the U. S. coming first last week, with the feature flanked by an editorial entitled To Know Our Enemies in Order to Hate Them....
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Kos is the ideal starting point to discover the rest of Dodecanese.
Amazing daily excursion to Kalymnos, the island of professional divers, to volcanic Nisiros, to tiny Pserimos, but also to the Apocalypse island of Patmos and the picturesque Leros and Lipsi.
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So two beautiful girls later, here I am. We were blessed with Harper Faith last December. Can't believe she's now one. And yes, Harper is a girl.
For 2013, focusing on the mantra: Live well.
As a working mom of two small kids while still teaching a few yoga classes a week, I rely on my yoga practice for good health. This year, I plan to focus on renewing my passion for writing and yoga while learning new techniques and ideas for leading a good life.
This month, I am focusing on Deepak Chopra's book The Seven Laws of Success of Yoga. I've had it for years and am excited to really focus on it's plan and see how it affects me.
The book says that there are seven laws of success, that when applied with yoga and focused on each day with the corresponding law, can really enhance and balance your life.
Tuesday is the law of Karma, cause and effect.
To apply this law ask yourself, "What will this choice bring me?" I asked myself this throughout my yoga asana practice (asana is Sanskrit for postures) at YG. Third time this week - total treat for me. :)
Since today is New Years, the teacher focused on stirring up tapas or our internal passion, fire. Pati talked about using our yoga practice like a burning bowl ceremony where we envisioned burning something we wanted to rid ourselves of while practicing. I imagined burning off extra weight. Ninety minutes later, I felt very blessed, inspired and whole. Totally ready and embracing 2013.
Cheers! Excited for the journey ahead.
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@postaday 123; #postaday2011.
That's what I said on the way home last night, riding shotgun in Carrie-Anne Kokubun's Honda Odyssey. Carrie and I are now carpooling to and from work since we live so close to each other out in Hawaii Kai. The weather took a turn toward excitement, and rain and thunder was in the air! The atmosphere was electric! Unfortunately, that was about it. On the way home, when we had hit our second set of traffic lights that weren't functioning on Kalanianaole Highway, I detected a trend: Island-wide power outage. I'm such a sleuth.
"Why not call 911?"
"Because Twitter is faster."
And that's how news travels in Twitterlulu. Hawaii is in the midst of thunderstorms, there have been water spouts, the rains have fallen in torrents, the ligtning is tripping fantastic! John got very little sleep last night. So did I. The cats huddled in their hidee holes in the garage. And when I got up to work out at 330 this morning, I was greeted with more lightning on my way to 24-Hour Fitness Hawaii Kai.
Hawaii doesn't get thunder and lightning often. It's a treat, if you ask me. But driving in it is humbug! Driving with people in the rain in Hawaii is like driving in a snow storm with people from Pennsylvania. It's THAT bad.
Now I'm at work. John is taking the girls to school. More exciting weather is predicted for today. Will Hawaiian Electric Co.'s fragile grid let us down again? May I suggest you charge all devices and hope for the best?


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Well, I am back from Leeds. I have to be honest and say it was a bit of a disaster in terms of business and not only that I was totally and utterly messed about. I had about 4 no shows, but not just no shows, but men who were telling me they were on their way but with excuses about accidents and traffic jams and then just not showing up and vanishing. I was given the reason that I was too far put of the town centre for a few of the guys inquiring. It really wasn't that far, but obviously enough to make a difference. The theory was an out of town hotel had easy free parking unlike the city centre ones. I suppose it's a learning curve for the future. At least I am central when I am in Guildford next week. I also got a few calls from guys asking for services I don't do which is frustrating, but no money is worth some of the things they were asking! All a bit frustrating and I shall never ever go to Leeds ever again! Bloody pains in the arses!
The upside is it was sunny. I caught some sun, went swimming and ate some amazing food at an Italian cafe/deli called Salvos. I have even give them a plug cos it was that good! Totally yummy, genuine Italian food with great staff (our waiter was such a sweetie!). If you're that way you must go!
So, not all bad... I am confident the men of Guildford will be lovely, polite and actually show up!
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Someone in every generation claims to have had the inaugural issue of [insert comic-book title here] stowed in the attic, garage or under the bed, only to discover that his mother disposed of it with the one-eyed teddy bear and the cummerbund from prom. If this well-worn tale is true, millions of dollars of collectible comic books are now moldering in landfills across America. When your progressive mother claims to have "recycled" your pristine first edition of Action Comics No. 1, remind her that having $317,000 pulped into toilet paper is little consolation.
How the ephemera of children's entertainment transforms into high-end obsessions for collectors requires more analysis than this space allows, though we might surmise names like Freud and Peter Pan would come up as frequently as Frank Miller and Stan Lee. (Also, notice how it's always the mother who dumps the comics in these tales of multipanel woe.)
Entrepreneur Alex Komarov has a product that will prevent comics from ever being dumped again—keep the content, ditch the medium. Komarov's latest foray into the iPad app market (coming on the heels of his popular


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Trotwood-Madison coach Jeff Graham will tell his players that the chill taking over the bodieswhen they enter Ohio Stadium for the Division III championship game isn't a medical condition, butthe thrill of their football lives.
Graham, who was the Buckeyes� captain and most valuable player as a senior in 1990, said therealso will be great joy for the kid inside the 47-year-old man.
The Rams play 2015 champion Akron Hoban on Saturday.
'We've got to talk a little bit about the stadium and that aspect,'' Graham said. 'Once you walkon that field, you are going to get a chill. We've all been Ohio State fans because we're fromOhio. We're not Oregon fans. We grew up in Ohio. They will get the emotion. I'll tell them to takea deep breath and absorb it all. Enjoy the moment and then do everything you did to put yourself inthat position.''
It wasn't Graham's plan to become a high school coach, let alone a head coach, when he wasreleased by the San Diego Chargers after the 2001 season. He caught 542 passes for 8,172 yards and30 touchdowns playing receiver for 11 years in the NFL with five teams. Pittsburgh drafted him inthe second round in 1991.
Graham thought he had his fill of the game, but things changed when nephews Tony and MarcusGraham asked him to become their personal coach to get them ready for high school football atMadison.
Things evolved when former Chicago Bears teammate Maurice Douglass asked Graham to becomereceivers coach for the Rams in 2009. Two years later, they won the team's only statechampionship.
After the Rams finished state runner-up in 2013 for the second straight season, Graham becamehead coach when Douglass left to become head coach at Springfield. The beat has gone on with 34victories and three playoff appearances.
'It was a situation where I never contemplated being a head coach,'' Graham said. 'I likedstaying behind the scenes and away from the requirements that it takes to be a head coach. I wasn'tafraid of it. It was about the kids and the program. (When I got the job) I said, 'Let's continueto do what made this a great program.' We put a plan together.''
Burchfield keeps Hartley moving forward
Hartley coach Brad Burchfield wants it to be business as usual going against Steubenville onFriday in a rematch of the 2015 Division IV championship game that the Hawks won in the finalminutes.
Burchfield will talk to the players about playing in Ohio Stadium.
'It was interesting a year ago,'' he said of the title game. 'I'm not a big Ohio State fan, so Ididn't get lost in the excitement that the fans might have had. I was taken aback by how big itwas.''
Attend a Hartley practice and there is no shouting but plenty of instruction. The staff believesin having the players grounded so they carry out assignments play after play.
'I told somebody that we try to run our team like a MAC team,'' Burchfield said of the MidwestAthletic Conference that has Marion Local, Coldwater and Minster in championship games. 'I admirethose teams so much. I don't think you are going to see (Coldwater) coach (Chip) Otten �rip hisshirt off or scream at his guys. We think that's the way we had to do it. If getting red-facedwould help, I might do that.''


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Lee Harmon says in his blog:
…the nineteenth century introduced a way of thinking about historical studies which we call the historical method, which, if followed rigorously, simply cannot address supernatural claims. God is left out in the cold.
Nevertheless, Vick gives us license to act as historians, encourages us to embrace today's scientific age, and helps us step out on a journey of discovery to verify our faith.
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Since first gracing its pages in 2009, Cara Delevingne has been something of a prominent feature in Katie Grand's LOVE magazine. Throughout that time, she's covered the glossy on no less than four occasions, has been filmed for the annual Advent Calendar video series and has lent her acting talents to a number of the magazine's digital projects which feature her lip-synching everything from Shania Twain to LL Cool J.
Now for her latest gig, the multi-hyphenate model is taking a step behind-the-scenes by lending her name to the publication's masthead as its newest contributing editor. According to WWD, the 22-year-old is said to have guest edited the Spring/Summer 2015 issue, which features multiple covers starring both Kim Kardashian as well as a portrait of her and pal Kendall Jenner caught in a tight embrace.
"I couldn't be happier working with Cara, having her alongside me behind the camera for a change," says Katie Grand, Editor-in-Chief of LOVE. "Of course, I've worked with her many times as a model - ever since we shot her for LOVE in 2009 with Dan Jackson after we were introduced by her godfather, Nicholas Coleridge -- so I've always known that she's an exceptionally bright, sharp and hilarious young woman. That's why I was so keen to let her have this chance to exercise her skills as a journalist and writer. And she has proven herself to be a fearless interviewer, never afraid to ask all the questions we want to know the answers to."
For her contributor's portrait in the spring issue, Cara was shot by Sølve Sundsbø wearing a black sleeveless look from Givenchy's spring 2015 collection, styled by Grand -- a far cry from her previous covers which have seen her pose in Mickey Mouse ears and completely naked while lying in a bathtub.
"It's such an honor to be asked by Katie Grand to guest edit an issue of LOVE magazine," said Cara of her new job title. "Normally I'm the one being asked the questions, but I loved the experience of being on the other side - asking the questions and having more directive control." Of course, Cara is not the only model to have taken on an editing role in past year. At LOVE, Cara joins fellow British model Edie Campbell, who was appointed contributing editor in March 2014, while Kate Mosscontinues to head up fashion projects at British Vogue.
So what will Cara bring to the SS15 issue-- Lion memes? Tattoo spreads? Find out when the issue hits newsstands on February 9. Needless to say, it's going to be a definite must-see!


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Many authors are asked the same questions over and over again. One of these is often Do you write longhand or into a computer?
But however repetitive it becomes, it's a question worth considering. A commercial novel averages around 80,000 words, and that's just the final product, not taking into account the many redrafts that will inevitably have gone before.
Let's consider the different ways that different authors physically externalise their words, and the alternative approaches that could be taken.
Learn to touch-type
One of the best choices I ever made at school was learning how to type with 10 fingers, as it's a skill that served me well in my working life. There are a couple of huge advantages over using just two or three fingers: your word speed can more than double, and it spreads the effort between all your fingers rather than straining just a few of them.
Be advised that it takes a while to master initially, but you'll eventually be able to do it without conscious thought. A word about tablet computers as well. These have virtual keyboards, so it is possible to touch-type on these, but you'll need to keep an eye on your finger position as you won't be able to feel for the keys.
Choose an alternative keyboard
It's a well-known story that the QWERTY keyboard was originally designed to slow down typists as the first machines were prone to jamming. It's less well-known that the jamming problem had been solved by the 1930s. This allowed August Dvorak to invent an improved keyboard to help typists increase their speed by placing the most common letters on the middle row.
Sadly, it failed to catch on widely, but it is available on every major operating system. I've used the Dvorak layout for some years and it has the edge over QWERTY in terms of word speed. To increase it further, you could try a chorded keyboard. Clerks of court and TV subtitlers use these to keep up with the pace of normal speech. I haven't used one myself.
Open your notepad
Unless you're employing a shorthand system, this slows down your thoughts to the speed of the pen or pencil, and some authors are convinced it makes for higher quality writing. Martina Cole claims to be able to tell when a novel has been written directly into a laptop, while James Ellroy sends his handwritten work to a typist.
Be aware, however, that there's no backup unless you're using carbon paper. I've been told that a highly regarded author was forced to rewrite a large section of a novel when the paper blew out of an open window.
Be a dictator
Barbara Cartland famously dictated her words to an assistant, sometimes producing around 7000 words a day. Happily, you no longer need to pay someone for this service, as voice dictation is supported by many devices.
When I first tried this in the late 1990s, I gave it up as a bad joke. It. Required. Each. Word. To. Be. Spoken. Individually. Today's software works with normal speech to a reasonable degree of accuracy without any training, even with my Scottish accent, although I recommend doing some to improve it even further.
I often use Dragon NaturallySpeaking, which can also be used to control many of your computer's functions. In my experience, the actual dictation is fairly quick; it's the formatting that tends to take a while.
Unconventional means
Probably most famous user of assistive technology is Stephen Hawking. He uses a switch activated by his cheek to choose words and letters from a computer screen.
But another author had to use a more difficult method. Jean-Dominique Bauby was struck by Locked-in Syndrome, so he could only blink and move his neck in a restricted manner. He wrote every word of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by listening to somebody physically reading out the alphabet and blinking at the correct letter.
There are many ways to put your words out there, and not all of these will work for every author. For me, it's through necessity that I use voice dictation and handwriting because my fingers are currently strained with typing too much. So until they improve, that's how I'll be writing my work.
But I've long thought that when you're forced to take a certain action, you can always learn something useful from it. And that'll be the theme of next week's entry.


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jewelery is not just a 'decoration' on our look but a right jewelry will enchance and flaunt our overall outfit. To me, picking a jewelry should be done carefully, i mean i dont buy just because of the lust but i buy for my investment. Buy it now and i still can wear it again 5 or even 10 years later. I knoow how we love diamonds and all those sparkles, but i think pearls have the je ne sais quoi feeling of elegant, classy, yet timeless. Since the first time i saw Audrey Hepburn wearing strands of pearl necklace in Breakfast at Tiffany's, i fall in love with the range of pearls :D They are like magic beads. Put on your necklace on top of your favourite dress (especially LBD) and voila! you are so ready to go and seriously it never goes wrong.
Mikimoto Pearls. Yup it is 8.5 mm Mikimoto Pearl Opera length 32 inches. Mikimoto Kōkichi is one of the famous jewelry designers whose first shop is established in 1899 in Ginza district.
It is just amazing of how the Asian beautiful crafted pearl collection is still a favourite until now and is well known accros the world. The other collection from Mikimoto includes earrings, bracelent, pendant, you name it!
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Pink Cancer Ribbon Pendant, combination of Pearl, Diamond, and Sapphire. Moreover, some amount of purchase will be donated to Young Survival Coalition. It feels great when you shop and still can contribute something to the community :D
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So, Ben and I found somewhere an hour and half from Southampton that is both magical and dangerous in equal measures. Bicester Village, on the outskirts of Oxford. A designer retail outlet with each shop having at least 33% off store prices. Sadly, Burberry was still way out of my price range.
Le Creuset, was not and I knocked of number 68 from my 101 list. With the addition of a salt and pepper grinder and salt pig. Seems I am obsessed with sodium. Really, I just like anything baked to have salt in it, hello salted caramel brownies or salted caramel hot chocolate.
The village is busy and you sometimes have to queue to get into the stores, but it is worth it. I paid £33 for the grinders which are normally £50, and £15 for the pig which was normally £23. So, a £25 saving. In comparison Ben saved over £300 on a Jaeger suit!
I had the best Iced Coffee in Villandry. Cannot wait to try making my own iced coffee next week.
If you are looking for a slightly different shopping experience and wanting to get a headstart on Christmas shopping I would definitely suggest a visit! All the jewellery favourites like Pandora and Links are there, as well as Jack Wills and SuperDry for any teenagers.


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As we have previously emphasized, cosmetic surgery is the art of applied science – science, which cannot be separated from art. No doubt we should give credit to those surgeons who venture into the unknown for scientific purposes, to advance humanity, devoid of selfish motives and pecuniary gain. Such a risk may entail the opprobrium of their peers and even public at large, although the fruit of victory oftentimes tastes sweeter than the sour grapes of defeat… However, cosmetic surgery is not a heal-all for someone who has underlying psychological problems. The late report http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=85855 seems to indicate that either peer pressure or low self-esteem may have been the motive force for the incriminating decision. Dr.Fisher is an expert psychologist, with life-long professional experience. Please do not hesitate to contact him if you are uncertain whether cosmetic surgery or any cosmetic procedure is good for you.
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Sewing at Alamance House Nov 2018
Terri-Lynne, Ann, Barbara, Ilona, and Kathy turned out on the first Tuesday of November to join in the sewing fun with residents of Alamance House. Three residents were eager to sew, and Terri-Lynne had come up with a project that involved … Continue reading
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Terri-Lynne's father lives at Alamance House, and she was approached by the activities director who asked if she might find a way to get her residents interested in sewing. Terri-Lynne volunteered to work with them once a month and recruited BCQG … Continue reading
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Affordable and Social Housing, Housing Finance
Improving Housing Affordability in the UNECE region
Improving housing affordability is currently one of the most important policy challenges as countries and cities in the UNECE region face an undersupply of affordable housing, continuous increase of urban rents, low quality housing and urban infrastructure, limited access to land for housing construction and renovation, and mounting urban poverty and homelessness. The new coronavirus (COVID-19) situation underlines the importance of responding to the challenges of housing affordability, especially for the vulnerable groups.
UNECE has long been working on improving housing affordability (see Earlier activities) and in 2015 endorsed the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing to support member States as they seek to ensure access to decent, adequate, affordable and healthy housing for all. The UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management reviewed the implementation of the Charter at its 80th session in October 2019 and requested its Bureau to develop a study on improving housing affordability in the UNECE region. Similarly, the General Assembly of the Housing Europe, a network of housing providers from 24 countries in Europe, also requested its secretariat to develop a study on the same topic. In this regard, UNECE and Housing Europe formed a partnership and launched the #Housing2030 initiative – the housing affordability study. A kick off meeting was organized in London on 27 February 2020 to discuss planning of activities for the #Housing2030 study.
The secretariat of the study includes UNECE, Housing Europe and UN-Habitat.
Goal and objectives of the study
The goal of the study is to improve capacities of national and local governments to formulate policies that improve housing affordability and housing sustainability in the UNECE region.
The objectives of the study are to:
1) Explore housing affordability challenges and existing policy instruments for improving housing affordability in the UNECE region;
2) Facilitate the exchange and dissemination of "good practices" in improving housing affordability among countries and cities of the UNECE region;
3) Identify needs of policy-makers to further develop and implement policies addressing housing affordability.
Please see more information on the study in the Concept Note.
Related meetings
Online workshop "Access and Availability of land for Housing Construction"
Kick off meeting for the study - 27 February 2020, London
Earlier activities on housing affordabilty
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President Bush speaks by satellite today to an anti-terrorism meeting in Warsaw, Poland. The address is part of an intensified White House effort to get out its message both at home and abroad.
White House Spokesman Ari Fleischer says countries that stood on the other side of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War are now allying themselves with the United States to fight terrorism. He says they are taking part in this rather unusual meeting in Warsaw. "This is a meeting called by the Polish government, to bring together the nations of Eastern and Central Europe to discuss how to work with the United States on the fight against terrorism," says Mr. Fleischer. "These nations used to be part of a bloc that opposed us; now they are working shoulder to shoulder with us."
Mr. Fleischer says the President will tell them that international unity is needed to combat the terrorist threat. And, he says, Mr. Bush will talk about the steps the world needs to take to win this war. "I think the President is going to give a speech in which he discusses how this is a war that unites the freedom-loving people of the world against terrorism," he says. "He will remind people about the horrors and the evil of the Taleban and the al-Qaida organization, the terror that they preach and that they practice."
The address to the Warsaw meeting will be followed Saturday with the President's first address to the United Nations. Mr. Bush also plans to deliver a speech to the American people Thursday, summing up domestic developments in the war on terrorism.
It is all part of an enhanced campaign to win support both at home and abroad for anti-terrorism efforts. The President has a full calendar of meetings with foreign leaders this week, including the heads of several Muslim nations and key coalition partners, such as Great Britain and France.
President Bush launched this period of intensified diplomatic activity on Monday when he sat down at the White House with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. A few hours after the speech by satellite to the Warsaw conference, Mr. Bush will host French President Jacques Chirac.


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In this photographic exhibition, Ch'ien Lee aims to inspire a deeper understanding of these magical places, their incredible diversity, and how their continued existence is vital for the health of the entire planet.
Anyone who has stepped foot inside the rainforest cannot help but be filled with a sense of wonder: it is a realm of unbridled natural luxuriance, untameable and beyond the grasp of human conformity. At every turn there is a teeming abundance of life, and yet the forest is full of hidden secrets that only reveal themselves to the most patient of observers. These ancient forests which once spanned the tropical regions of the globe now cover less than 6% of the Earth's surface. Despite this, rainforests contain over half of the world's species, with thousands more being discovered every year.
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When North Kitsap School District split, Bainbridge's enrollment became bigger than North Kitsap likely for the first time.
Here's a new first for this year's game: The Class 3A Spartans are now in a higher classification than the Class 2A Vikings.
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"Any time you're playing your neighbors, it's a fun game," Frease said.
The Vikings won't be at full strength tonight. Speedy quarterback Alex Nettleton is still recovering from a torn ligament in his foot, an injury he suffered early in summer practices.
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Full strength or not, the Vikings are ready to go.
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All games 7 p.m., unless noted
Bremerton at Foster: The Knights are hoping for their first winning record since 2001, and a win on the road against the Class 2A Bulldogs would help them toward that goal.
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Sequim at Forks: The Olympic League favorites travel across the peninsula to play a young Forks team with a new coach in Andrew Peterson, the former South Kitsap and University of Washington star who played for the Carolina Panthers in 1990s.
Vancouver College at South Kitsap: The Wolves take a 10-game regular-season win streak into the visitors from the Great White North. South Kitsap will play in British Columbia next year.
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The Origins of Provincial Civilization in Gaul
The last time I read a book that focused on Roman (or pre-Roman) Gaul, it was the rather disappointing and very confused The Ancient Paths by Graham Robb. This book, thankfully, isn't that one. Woolf's book from 1998 is an much more academic argument against the concept of "Romanization", that happens to give a pretty decent description of the changes in Gaul as it settled into the Roman Empire.
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In-App Purchases and other App Monetization Models
- Dec 06, 2013
- By Joao Vazao Vasques
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(This is a guest post from Joao – Co-Founder of Wazza, a technological platform that helps mobile app developers to maximize their in-app purchase revenue)
So, you have built an amazing app, with a catchy design that your friends and family love. Now, it is time to start thinking about how to make money with it. The most common approaches to app monetization are:
Pay for the app
In-app purchases.
Before going any further, there is something you must have in your mind all the time: your app is going to be used by people. Although it may sound a little "captain obvious", it is the most important aspect regarding building mobile apps or other type of software that will be used by people. Your monetization strategy must not, on any circumstance, degradate your users' experience. That being said, let me tell you something about those three approaches.
Paid apps were the most used revenue strategy in the early days. It offered the lowest entry barrier and modest gains. Once you got a comfortable market share, you could sit and watch the coins twinkle. Why are companies and developers moving away from this model? A recent article from Mashable stated that 96% of the top-grossing apps on Google Play are free. The reason for this is quite simple. Would you pay upfront for something you haven't tried and that you don't know it is worth your money? Probably no. Guess what? Almost all mobile users think the same way. It's also hard to get any market-share at all if there is a free and similar app-for-that (™).
Mobile advertisement is a very hot trend and you can find lots of companies putting tons of money on it!! Although you can drive some significant revenue from advertising, this approach has a key problem has not been solved yet: integration with user experience. Despite some crazy exceptions, like Facebook, it is very hard to use advertising as part of the user experience. No one likes to be interrupted by a video or to click an ad by accident. If this happens often, it is probable that the user will quit the app due to frustration. Remember that your most important asset are your users. You don't want to piss them off.
The last strategy I am going to talk is in-app purchases (IAP). As the name says, this strategy consists on selling virtual goods within the application. Due to its characteristics, IAP have a set of advantages when comparing to the other strategies described earlier. The first one is that they add value to the experience since users can use what they have bought right away inside your app. Second, IAP integrates well with the user experience because the developer is in control of what happens in the screen, which does not happen in advertisement. The third aspect – and probably the most important – is that IAP can be used not only to increase revenue but to maximize user engagement. By offering the right items at the right time, you can make your app an addicting and exciting experience for your users. This is the "holy grail" for developers – increasing both revenue and user engagement.
Whatever revenue strategy you choose (or even any combination between them) always remember that your most precious asset are your users. Treat them well, make your app a pleasant and unforgettable experience and choose the strategy that best suits your app's needs. If you do that, you won't have someone saying "I find your lack of revenue disturbing!".
A really worth reading article for app monetization. I have 1 confusion about IAP. Is IAP mean that you only sell virtual thing in the app or is it mean that you give option to user to buy your app or upgrade your app to pro version? or to explore more features.
Thanks for the complement Ehsan. In the way I see it IAP is the act of buying virtual goods inside the app. Those goods can be virtual items, upgrades or additional features. Hope I answered your question.


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EGoo 1.5 (UPDATED JULY/OCTOBER 2014)[edit | edit source]
eGoo is a bubble super-concentrate suitable for achieving a wide range of dilutions. You may find it fruitful to tinker with the amounts to achieve your preferred feel. With this recipe, you can achieve a friendly juice whose water-to-detergent ratio ranges from 20:1 to 35:1. At the upper dilution range, you may find that you need to supplement with some additional PEO or BLM (a PEO-based bubble juice additive)
Updated July 2014: amounts adjusted for full-strength PEO. Original recipe here.
Recipe[edit | edit source]
The following recipe makes 8 oz (roughly 1/4 liter) of eGoo which will make 1 gallon of bubble juice when diluted with 15 parts water. The recommended dilution range is 12 to 22 parts water per 1 part concentrate. I recommend trying 12.5:1, 15:1 and 20:1.
The recipe scales up well by doubling, tripling or quadrupling all of the ingredients. We recommend mixing up at least a quadruple batch to minimize measurement error.
Ingredients[edit | edit source]
- 0.15 - 0.25 grams WSR301 or 0.6-1.0 grams J-Lube. Amounts will need to be adjusted if your PEO has degraded (see notes below)
- 3.2 grams baking soda **
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- 76 grams room temperature or warm (not hot) water
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** The baking soda and citric acid function only to facilitate the PEO dispersion during mixing. You may omit them if you prefer to slurry the PEO. If slurrying use 5 grams of slurry liquid.
Steps[edit | edit source]
Mix and hydrate the PEO. You do not need to use fizz-mixing, but it is a simple and fun method of mixing up PEO. Use ONE of the following methods to hydrate the PEO:
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- Fizz mix method #2: Another way to fizz mix is to mix the powders well in a small cup and drizzle the powder mix into the water as it is being stirred. When you do this, you might want to reserve half the citric acid and add it after mixing is complete to minimize the likelihood of overflowing the container with fizz.
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ONCE THE PEO HAS HYDRATED, add the Dawn Pro to the PEO/water mix. If fizz-mixing was used, wait till the fizzing and foam have largely subsided. Stir gently to mix the detergent and goo. You want a uniform mix.
It is best to let the goo sit for 10 to 15 minutes before using although it can be diluted right away for use.
This concentrate seems to have a very nice shelf-life at a reasonable room temperature.
Diluting the Concentrate[edit | edit source]
This recipe was developed to accommodate a range of dilutions from about 12 parts to 22 parts water per part concentrate.
To use the concentrate, measure out your water and add the desired amount of concentrate. Stir gently. This concentrate can be quite gooey and can benefit from at least a few minutes rest. Overnight may be even better.
Add a pH adjuster. After diluting, per liter of added water add one of the following:
- 1/2 slightly heaping teaspoon baking powder
- 1 gram baking soda+1/2 gram citric acid (per liter water)
- 1/4 teaspoon Cream of Tartar (per liter water)
- 5-8 ml of a 5% citric acid solution (equivalent to adding )
- 0.25-0.4 grams citric acid
The pH adjustment improves the juice performance enormously. For the best results add these to the fully-diluted juice rather than to the concentrate. For more information see pH and also the water conditioners article.
Dilution Table[edit | edit source]
The table below shows information about diluted eGoo at various water:concentrate ratios. It includes a column that will be especially convenient to people that like to dilute using measuring cups. When diluting by volume try to be as accurate as possible. Tablespoons are an American measure that is equivalent to 0.5 fluid ounces. The third column of the table is provided for people wanting to mix up a small batch (about a quart) using 1/4 cup of eGoo (a full 'batch' is one cup of egoo). To calculate the amount of water needed to dilute a full batch, find the water to detergent ratio that you want (the second column) and make note of the water-to-concentrate ratio listed in the left column and multiply that times the amount of eGoo.
|Water:Conc. Ratio
|Resulting Water:Det. Ratio
|Amount of Water to Add to 1/4 cup eGoo (Small Batch)
|3 cups + 2 tbsp
|3-3/4 cups
|4 cups + 2 tbsp
|4-3/4 cups
|5 cups
|5-1/2 cups
*% PEO is calculated as a function of total water rather than as a function of the total bubble juice
QUICK TIP! MAKING A GALLON OF JUICE. To make one gallon of diluted juice with an approximate water:detergent ratio of 16.5:1 use 217 grams {7.65 oz} of eGoo concentrate and 3574 grams (126.07 ounces} water.
Adjusting the PEO Amount[edit | edit source]
PEO is the active ingredient in WSR301 and J-Lube. You may find it useful to adjust the amount of PEO you use. People have different preferences about what is optimal for them for a number of reasons (different equipment, different conditions, different personal tastes, and variations in PEO potency). PEO's potency can change in storage (it can happen before it gets to you).
If you are unhappy with the performance, you should definitely tinker with the amount of PEO you use.
Even if you are happy with how eGoo is working, you might find it worthwhile to try a bit more and a bit less to tune it to your equipment and preferences.
The "stringiness" of your diluted mix is a clue. If your diluted mix is not "stringy" at all, use more PEO. If the mix is very stringy, use less in your next batch. Take a look at the "stringiness" demonstration video at the right.
See the main PEO article for more information about PEO degradation (and REALLY degraded PEO works great).
PEO Calibration. We have a couple of methods that you can use to gauge your PEO's potency. See PEO Calibration.
Videos[edit | edit source]
Long closed tube (2012 08 31) . The video is just one dip of a 72-inch topstring loop. The top-string is full-ply rayon mop yarn. The bottom string is just 2-strands of the rayon mop yarn. This is a modular loop (top and bottom just clipped onto the leads). The closed tube is at least 36 feet long. (The lines in the street are 10 feet apart and the street width is 21 feet from middle-of-gutter to middle-of-gutter). The water:concentrate ratio was 17:1. Temp: 58F. Humidity: 82%
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A long session with eGoo. This is a 13 minute video of a complete session with no dips edited out to give you a feel for how well-behaving eGoo should perform under nice conditions.
Windy unfavorable conditions. 20:1 water:concentrate ratio, strong winds, 50% humidity and 70F. 2012 07 21 evening test session. This large bubble doesn't last long due to the very strong wind. But the color is great. The smaller bubbles that broke off -- however -- lasted a long time.
Long tubes (2012 08 30) . I spent a few minutes making tubes with a 32" topstring loop. The loop was Lehigh SecureLine diamond braid cord which has pretty good capacity (but nowhere near the capacity of the Rubbermaid mop yarns). Conditions were 66F and 62% humidity with only a slight breeze. The tubes would have been longer with a somewhat stronger breeze. This should give you an idea of what eGoo can do. The dilution was 17:1 water:concentrate (a bit more than 25:1 water:detergent).