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Here's an engrossing multimedia piece on coal mining in China.(4)
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Free Willy 3? Repeats of Ugly Betty and something about logging in Oregon? Way to go British television…(0)
So if you loved the creature comforts animal interviews, then you'll probably like these new animations where animals educate us on ways to save the planet before we wipe them out…(0)
Check this cool environmental video out, very cute(0)
These old muppet videos are awesome!
So this cool Honda ad grabbed me, and made me go hunting for videos of guru Rubik's cube solvers. As with anything there are tonnes of videos out there… though most folks are too fast for the crappy quality of the small mov's and wma's. Here's one that gives a bit of an idea, and there are tonnes more here…(0)
"I call shotgun." the reply: "I call 9mm."(0)
There are some clever ads on tv over here. Unfortunately they don't always advertise products I would endorse or purchase. Here's an excellent example from Bud…(0)
NZ seems so much funnier when I'm not living there…
Flight of the Conchords has a show on HBO coming up, the trailer is very funny, as is the music video…
I went with some people to see the movie Black Sheep recently, it was everything I expected it to be. It had blood, my old mate Nathan as the lead, and of course sheep jokes.
Thanks, Independent Film Festival of Boston!
So the other day I watched one of the excellent BBC Planet Earth series on my computer, awesome.
Now I see the same episode here on American TV. they have replaced Sir David Attenborough's lovely narration with an American woman, and cut bits out so it feels rushed. Not so awesome.
So I arrive in Boston, and my friends show me a photo of a poster for a new movie, Black Sheep. I look at the picture for a second, and then realise I grew up about two doors down from the lead actor. We used to skate together back in the day…
Nice one Nathan!
This is the coolest whiteboard ever! The guy doesn't seem all that excited about it unfortunately.
If you remember spending hours playing that old school game The Incredible Machine then you'll love this…
and Trevor Mallard…


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It matters how the cake is shared!
Shifting funds from the left hand pocket to the right hand pocket – costly, but not really relevant for management
Managers about transfer pricing
In fact, how funds are shifted affects various management decisions:
- Make or buy
- Capital expenditure
- Market entries / assignment of customers to group entities
- Product mix
- Allocation of products to sites
In addition, performance measurement may be tied to transfer pricing scheme employed. The market requirements determine an integrated group's strategy, the business processes and the associated decision processes. Accordingly, the tax strategy is only one of many factors determining an integrated group's transfer pricing policy.
Overall objective is to find the most appropriate transfer pricing method
Developing a transfer pricing system serving both, business and tax purposes is a major challenge. A transfer pricing policy, therefore, results from a comprehensive analysis encompassing six major work steps.
Given the competitive situation, what are the group's overall objectives? (innovator, cost leader, …)
How are decisions taken regarding the range of products or services offered, product development, market cultivation and product pricing?
The entities' functions such as import/distribution, (contract) manufacturing, (contract) development and contract services are identified. Revenues and resources are assigned to these functions by segmenting both, P&L and B/S accordingly.
Result is an overview of each entity's intra-group transactions by type of product or service. In addition, the current pricing mechanism is analyzed.
The OECD transfer pricing methods are the building blocks of the transfer pricing system. The most appropriate method is identified taking into account the functional and risk profiles and criteria such as: strategic fit, tax defensibility and administrative burden. The intended change's tax impact on open years has to be considered as additional criterion.
The transfer pricing system, i.e., the procedures to determine and adjust prices, are integrated in the group's business processes. The process should be automized to the extent possible.
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This month Marine Strategy, an online shipping media platform, featured an interview with Ian Gaunt, President of The London Maritime Arbitrators Association. Ian explains why London is the leading arbitration centre, particularly for maritime disputes, the benefits of choosing LMAA arbitration, the importance of the New York Convention (and the irrelevance of Brexit to it) and the process and cost of arbitration.
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ULT Technology That Advances Both Energy-Efficiency and System Reliability
Perhaps you're aware of the free-piston Stirling engine that allows Stirling Ultracold ultra-low temperature (ULT) freezers to use less than a third the energy of legacy, compressor-based models. You may also know that this enabling technology, not only saves energy and associated operating costs, but uses 100% natural refrigerants that substantially reduce ozone-depleting and greenhouse gas emissions. However, you may not realize that the Stirling engine also advances the safety of biological samples with its inherent reliability advantages.
From the outset, Stirling Ultracold has believed that sustainable, energy-efficient ULT technology would present a very compelling choice for the research community, and we are pleased to see the recent efforts of some compressor-based ULT manufacturers to improve the efficiency of their cascade technologies.
However, it should be noted that energy efficiency was never our sole reason for bringing Stirling engine technology to laboratory cold storage. Improvements in ULT efficiency and sustainability, while important on their own merits, should always support or enhance the reliability of cooling systems that preserve valuable samples for research. The inherent reliability of the Stirling engine, while less understood, is vitally needed in our industry to further the safe preservation of biological specimens.
This innovation delivers several reliability advantages that address well-known failures associated with aging technologies used in most ULT freezers. To understand this, let's first look at the basic differences between cascade-compressor and Stirling engine systems . . .
Unlike "cascade systems" with two compressors and cooling loops in a cascading arrangement, the Stirling engine uses a single reciprocating piston and a continuous, gravity driven thermosiphon to cool the cabinet interior. In contrast to standard cascade systems that regulate temperatures by switching compressors on and off, the Stirling engine's linear motor system continuously modulates and adapts by controlling the motion of the free piston.
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Paul flies birthday gift drone on Fox
Lawmakers might need to be on the lookout for drones in the halls of the Capitol after Republican Sen. Rand Paul showed off his newest birthday gift.
"My good friend, Sen. Mike Lee, from Utah, gave me a drone," Paul said during Fox News's "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren" on Wednesday. The Kentucky senator, who celebrated his birthday earlier this week on Jan. 7, flew the small drone during the show.
"You may wonder, what am I going to do with a drone? Well, it's got a laser. And I've been trying to get invited to the Democrat lunch for about a year now and they won't invite me. So you know what? I think I'm going to send my drone in," Paul told Van Susteren.
Paul has been critical of the dangers of the country's drone program, gaining headlines last year for his 13-hour filibuster opposing domestic drone use.
Van Susteren jokingly asked if a camera had been installed on the small drone yet, which Paul did not rule out.
"We haven't installed that yet. We have to check on the rules, but we're hopeful," Paul joked.


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More than 30,000 Libyans died during seven months of bombing by an essentially tripartite force – France, Great Britain, United States – which clearly favored the rebels. "The most successful mission in NATO's history", in the imprudent words of NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a Dane, in Tripoli in October 2011[1].
French president Nicolas Sarkozy's eagerness to support a military intervention with the purported aim of protecting the civilian population contrasts with the reception offered to the Libyan president, Muammar Gaddafi, when he visited Paris in December 2007 and signed major military agreements worth some 4.5 billion euros along with cooperation agreements for the development of nuclear energy for peacetime uses. The contracts that Libya seemed no longer willing to pursue focused on 14 Dassault Rafale multirole fighter jets and their armament (the same model that France sold or is trying to sold to Egypt´s General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the self-proclaimed marshal), 35 Eurocopter helicopters, six patrol boats, a hundred armored vehicles, and the overhaul of 17 Mirage F1 fighters sold by Dassault Aviation in the 1970s[2].
The major oil companies (Occidental Petroleum, State Oil, Petro-Canada…) working in Libya helped Libya pay the 1.5 billion dollars in compensation that the Libyan regime had agreed to pay to the families of the victims of Pan Am flight 103[3]. At the time, the compensation was intended to be one of the conditions for Libya to be reaccepted into the community of international relations.
The principal Libyan investment funds (LAFICO-Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company; LIA-Libyan Investment Authority) were shareholders in many Italian and British corporations (Fiat, UniCredit, Juventus, the Pearson Group, owner of the Financial Times, and the London School of Economics, where Gaddafi was addressed as "Brother Leader" during a video conference in December 2010 and his son Saif was awarded a PhD in 2008). The New York investment bank Goldman Sachs was sued in 2014 by a Libyan fund (Libyan Investment Authority) which had lost more than 1.2 billion dollars between January and April 2008 after the American firm took a commission of 350 million dollars for investing their money in highly speculative derivatives[4].


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In 2000, the U.S. Surgeon General called out dental health as a "silent epidemic" that afflicts poorer population groups even more disproportionately than the health care divide. Yet in the 10 years since, as the debate over medical insurance has intensified, little attention has been paid to the costs of dental care.
If you're not covered by a dental plan of some sort, you're going to pay a lot more than you need to for almost any procedure. That's because most dental insurance plans that pay dentists are based on discounts from the retail prices of the procedures they do. So dentists set retail prices rather high, and have to charge some patients those fees.
But you can get the lower negotiated rates yourself, even if you don't have insurance. As it turns out, large "cost containment networks" exist that organizations and individuals can sign up for. Some unions and state governments use Careington, for example, which has negotiated discount rates with about a quarter of the dentists in the U.S.
A start-up launching today, Brighter.com, takes the Careington network and offers both paid and free subscriptions to it for individuals. The site packages the discounts alongside Webbish tools to make finding dentists easier, too. If you don't have a dental plan (or a dentist), it appears to be a no-brainer to use--the free version at least.
Brighter is not insurance, mind you. The consumer-patient has to make his own decisions about the procedures he's going to buy, and has to pay the dentist directly. Being a member of Brighter grants the consumer a discount off retail prices; Brighter doesn't pay the dentists itself.
Brighter gives a worthwhile discount to any user for just signing up for the system, up to 30 percent. Family plans, at $79 a year, entitle the subscriber and dependents to more, up to 60 percent discounts off retail prices on some procedures. Business plans cost $49 a year per employee.
CEO Jake Winebaum (the guy who bought the Business.com domain name for a ridiculous $7.5 million but then managed to sell the directory service he built on it for $350 million) says that the big challenge for dentists is patient turnover. As he notes, even good dentists can be painful to go to, and dentists suffer from about 30 percent annual turnover among their client bases.
How can Winebaum keep customers of Brighter.com itself from turning over? That's where the additional features come in. The service helps members locate dentists by proximity to them, and it also ranks dentists based on user reviews, gleaned from Yelp as well as entered on Brighter itself.
I'm having a hard time finding things to critique about this business. Its membership fee is a bargain for users and could be a windfall for Winebaum's company, as the dental market is $110 billion a year in the U.S., with almost half of that being consumer out-of-pocket payments. And Brighter.com is scalable. It didn't build the cost containment network (Careington did), it doesn't own the database of dentists nor of what they charge (that's run by a company called Sikka), and getting the user review database populated has already been done by Yelp. Brighter may reach out to top-rated dentists on the service to make them aware it exists and possibly strike some deals with them, but it doesn't have to.
The weakness I see here is a potentially low barrier to entry and the lack of a network effect, but if Brighter has a good relationship with Careington, it should be able to hold off challengers.
This is not a sexy, social, cloud-based, mobile start-up. But it does look like a smart business for all involved.


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Don't do it HBO, don't do it. Given there are only 13 more episodes left for Game of Thrones, the last thing fans need is to have the final six episodes pushed to 2019. Unfortunately, that sounds like it is a possibility. Talk about a lengthy wait.
So before we go any further, let's just get a quick rundown of what is left to go for the hit show. We have gotten six glorious seasons of action, blood and fighting. Each of these seasons consisted of 10 episodes each, meaning we are 60 episodes in. It has since been announced that there will only be two more seasons.
But these two seasons will be shortened. The upcoming seventh season, which will begin July 16th (about a month and a half away), will consist of seven episodes. Then the eighth and final season will only be six episodes. That means we are left with roughly 13 hours left of Thrones action on our television screens.
With seven episodes this season, that means just under two months, as opposed to the normal two and a half months. If the show airs straight through, with no weeks off during the upcoming season, that would mean season seven will wrap up on August 27th, 2017.
That brings us back to the potential news about season eight. It seems like the potential hold up would be because they are still in the process of writing those episodes, and the shooting schedule has yet to be determined. The filming for this current season was pushed back to allow for a change in weather. Because Winter is now here on the show.
So I would venture to guess, that would likely be the case once again in season eight. But my question is, if they delayed shooting for season seven, and could still release in July of 2017, why would they not be able to do the same for the final season? I just do not follow why they would not be able to release by July (which is later than normal for Thrones) 2018.
If the final season is indeed pushed back to 2019, it would make sense that it would be Summer of 2019. The show always runs in the Summer, so having it run in say January or February of 2019 would just seem a little off. So, we will say the show runs in June of 2019 if they do indeed make that call.
So with season seven wrapping at the end of August this year, that is four months without Thrones. Then all of 2018. Finally, add on another five months in 2019. So instead out waiting the usually nine and a half or so months between seasons, we would have to wait roughly 21 months! In other words, the wait time would be nearly double the norm!
When you factor in the final season is only six episodes, and that wait time just becomes an eternity. Once it arrives, it will be gone in a blink. So I would just like to ask HBO, please do not do this to us. We want Thrones, and we want it now!
If the final season gets pushed until 2019, fans may very well go insane coming up with theories for the final six episodes.
What are your thoughts? Do you think it is unnecessary to push season eight of Game of Thrones to 2019? Tell us your thoughts in the comments!


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|About the Book
About Suzuki Roshi
The Cucumber Project
(The Crooked Cucumber Oral History Project)
December, 1999 fundraising letter from me, David
Chadwick. I'm still sending these out to my mailing list due to a killer
flu I got in December.--DC 1/14/2000.
Dear Friends,
Im writing to ask for your help. Last year at this time I sent out a letter on behalf of the Shunryu Suzuki lecture archiving being done at the San Francisco Zen Center. The response was very good. This year I'm seeking support for my own efforts, the other side of this archiving.
When I started working on Crooked Cucumber: the Life and Zen Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki in 1993, I wasnt sure how long it would take or where it would lead. It turned out that I had embarked on a wider project than the bookthat of collecting and recording the oral history of Suzuki Roshis sangha.
Since May, when the readings and events around Crooked Cucumber subsided, I've spent much time working on the web site, Cuke.com. The site has evolved in various directions. It is a growing and evolving archive for the interviews and materials upon which the book is based, new materials, readers comments, and more. It also has grown into a fledgling interactive forum for news and communication among members of the loosely knit, spread out community of people that sprang up because Shunryu Suzuki came to America. When a forest fire threatened Tassajara this summer, Zen Center sent callers to Cuke.com's Sangha News section to get the latest updates, first hand reports, and links to the Forest Service site which even had daily photos.
In the Spring I plan to finish another book on Suzuki Roshi. This one, tentatively entitled "Letters from Emptiness," will be a book of storiesbrief accounts of significant encounters with him. The authors will be the people who related these encounters, and I'll be the editor.
Having gone as far as I had into the oral history of Suzuki Roshi and his community, I didnt want to stop. I have continued to interview people about their memories of Suzuki Roshi and their own lives, to transcribe, organize and edit these and prior interviews, and to attend to many other aspects of this archiving work. Since the book came out, I've received emails, letters, and phone calls from many people who knew Suzuki Roshi . I have found that each person, including those who only briefly met Suzuki, has something unique to add to the total mosaic.
Looking at my balance sheet this fall, it was obvious that I needed to find some way, in addition to book publishing, to support this work. Calling it the Crooked Cucumber Oral History Project, abbreviated to the Cucumber Project, I wrote a description of what I've done and plan to do, and showed it to a few key advisors. As a result, the Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library of UC Berkeley has expressed an interest in being an official home of this archive, with Dr. Lewis Lancaster as the faculty sponsor. The Graduate Theological Union (in Berkeley) followed suit. With letters of support from each of them and from Michael Wenger, Dean of Buddhist Studies at the San Francisco Zen Center, I approached the Institute for Historical Study (also based in the Bay Area) and am now a member of this organization which has kindly agreed to be the fiscal sponsor for the Cucumber Project. This means I am now able to receive tax deductible contributions to help me to complete this task. [These letters of support can be found on Cuke.com under Archives Projects/Cucumber Project, or will be mailed or faxed to any wishing to see them.]
The archivethe interviews, notes, letters, articles, photos, and various other materialswill not only be housed in Berkeley, but will also be found at the San Francisco Zen Center, and at any Zen Center in Suzuki's lineage which wishes to have the archive or any parts of it. It will also be on the World Wide Web on Cuke.com. The Cucumber Project will be a record of the early history and the continuation of a whole community, of the teachers, disciples, students, and those who just passed through. It centers on Suzuki Roshi, but it is unique in that it also focuses on the sangha. It preserves the thoughts and recollections not only of transmitted teachers, but also of a great many who were involved.
Considering the ages of all of us who were around for this wonderful event, now is the time to complete this project. I estimate it will take two to three years if I continue to concentrate on it, and if I can hire others to help me. I wish to make one more trip to Japan and do some traveling in the US. There are some necessary equipment purchases, ongoing office and computer expenses, and the cost of living.
I am projecting that it will take roughly $175,000 to complete the Cucumber Project. (I can send a more detailed budget to any whod like to see it). This amount doesnt include taxes or my considerable debt. I'm prepared to do a formal proposal for foundations (I welcome suggestions in that area).
Contributions of any size, from you my friends and friends of Shunryu Suzuki's legacy, can keep this project alive while I do whats necessary to put it on a firmer financial footing.
Thank you very much and a happy new millennium.
David Chadwick
Checks should be made payable to "Institute for Historical Study," specifying Cucumber Project, and mailed to:
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Simon Cowell and Lauren Silverman received criticism over their affair and his lover has been involved in a very messy divorce, which has now been settled…
Simon Cowell's lover has been engaged in messy divorce proceedings with her ex-husband recently, following her passionate affair with The X Factor boss. However, that may now be a thing of the past.
Cowell and Lauren Silverman were rumored to have been involved in an affair for more than four years, and the media mogul is reportedly very excited to become a father for the first time, because his lover is pregnant with his baby!
Regardless of the good news for Cowell, before the couple can revel in their happiness, Silverman had to settle her divorce with former husband of 10 years, Andrew Silverman.
It is reported that the socialite has now come to an agreement with her ex-husband in New York on Wednesday, and will not lose custody of her 7-year-old son, Adam, as she had previously have feared.
According to TMZ, the former couple have agreed to share joint custody of their son, and she will remain in New York City to be close to him.
Lauren Silverman has also walked away from her marriage with a decent share of money in her bank, more than $2 million!
Sources close to her have confirmed that she and Simon are still "very much together."
There had been rumors that the couple may move to Los Angeles to raise their future child together, but that is no longer the case as Silverman wishes to be close to her son.
It is not yet known whether Cowell plans to relocate to New York for his girlfriend, but we think Cowell is currently preoccupied with other thoughts — namely a lavish holiday with friends in St. Tropez, France.


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During their last mistake in your game 'Game of Thrones Conquest', I was constantly notified that there was a 'server error'. I could not clear my farms, train troops, and I could not activate a shield. I was unable to play this game without constant problems. As a result I was attacked with no ability to do anything to stop it. When you did the update I lost all the gold I had been saving for a keep upgrade (1.1 million). I have been buying packs and saving gold for months to do an upgrade and now I am left with nothing. I have no way to retrain troops that I lost or upgrade my keep. I can not believe that this is possible in a game such as this!! I haven't recieved any feedback from the tickets I have submitted and am now at the point of considering moving to another strategy based game not produced by WB.
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The role of hormonal treatment for fallopian tube cancer is not clear, although both medroxyprogesterone acetate and megestrol acetate have been used together with chemotherapy with varying degrees of success.


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Despite the gradual emergence of famous competitors in the market such as Adidas, Puma, Nike and Rebook, New Balance was able to surpass the competition due to several distinct factors that paved the way for such brand to reach the lime light and maintain in such vital position. Today, New Balance remains to be one of the most popular and largest producers of outdoor shoes, as it unceasingly creates several types and kinds of sports shoes that possess unique features, inviting consumers and sports acquainted individuals. At this point, one of the most interesting products is the new Balance waterproof walking shoes for women.
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New Balance waterproof walking shoes for women is basically considered as the newest innovation New Balance has produced in this modern day era. From having been able to produce the common kinds and styles of sports footwear, New Balance learned the art of evolution and allowed its company to grow and evolve by producing several designs which target specific consumers such as the men, women, teenagers and kids. Paying more attention to the demands of the female population, New Balance adequately made necessary actions and was able to produce a type of walking shoes that does not entertain any attempts of water to penetrate through. Undeniably, waterproof walking shoes made especially for women made significant impact to the varied perceptions of women towards exercise, sports and active kind of lifestyle.
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Footwear is basically one of the basic necessities on today's times. While most kinds merely serve to protect the feet during walking, running or being outdoors, there are several other types which are made for certain specific purposes. New Balance never failed to do so in such aspect. Over many years in existence, New Balance unfailingly satisfies consumers as shoes of high quality are consistently produced. One of the evidences to prove this fact is the New Balance waterproof walking shoes for women. Remarkable as it is, it is vital that its features are delved into deeper as well as the benefits it brings to women, in particular.
Features of women's waterproof walking shoes
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Apart from its waterproof feature, the newest version of walking shoes for women are proven to be highly durable in any situation and provides unceasing comfort, even in the most uncomfortable circumstances.
In addition to what has already been stipulated, waterproof walking shoes for women by New Balance comes in various designs, styles and indications, depending greatly on the preference and activity of the user. There are types of waterproof walking shoes that bring less pressure on the heels when walking, provides extra feelings of comfort and obviously absorbs shock tendencies regardless of impact. There are also other waterproof walking shoes kinds that come with lightweight feature and can be used both in extreme hot and cold weathers. Some types are even made to resist the sharpness of rocks and stones that can be met when treading on unequal grounds.
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Agreeable level of comfort and satisfaction is basically the primary benefit women can get in using waterproof walking shoes produced by New Balance. Women, who were able to experience the magic of New Balance's waterproof walking shoes, can truly attest that such kind of shoes poses no hassles, makes hiking undeniably memorable and definitely defines the beauty of being outdoors, even during rainy seasons.
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Ever since New Balance made waterproof walking shoes available for women, the number of women opting to do outdoors activities and engage themselves in active sports has become increasingly significant over a short course of time. Thus, many people nowadays, particularly the female gender, possess an active lifestyle and are very much conscious in promoting one's health.
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New Balance definitely made the right choice of producing an extraordinary type of sports footwear that does not only capture the attention of men but also the women's attention as well. Having New Balance's waterproof walking shoes made for women has established another standard and has leveled to another higher status which obviously challenged other sports footwear manufacturers. In this light, with such kinds of shoes being widely distributed and made available in the market, there is no excuse for having and maintaining a kind of lifestyle that promotes comfort and leisure, as waterproof walking shoes are intended to be used whether the sun is brightly shining or the rain pouring hard.


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gShift Data Beacons and Custom Dashboards are designed to enable deep analysis and gain real-time insights on website traffic, keywords, content, social and competitors. However, it is often also important for users to be able to export Dashboard data to share with colleagues and clients. As such, gShift now provides the ability to generate a PDF export of all Beacons within a chosen dashboard. Users simply need to create a Dashboard containing the Beacons and date they wish to report on and then click on the PDF generator to download their report.
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"I know I'm overstepping my boundaries. But sometimes boundaries must be overlooked to save others from getting hurt." – Do Bong Soon (Strong Woman Do Bong Soon)
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Gottheimer Endorses IMPEACHMENT!
If you listen to this interview Comrade Josh endorses the idea of getting the tax returns of the President through the use of the Courts. In this the Harvard Lawyer identifies his true intentions.
These intentions are to attack our President. Comrade Josh knows that if he doesn't talk like a moderate than he risks losing his job. What does he do? He shifts the conversation to making it sound like he is a moderate - He's NOT!
Comrade Josh is lying. He is only interested in keeping his job. He's one of the SWAMP MONSTERS THAT NEED TO GO!
Too bad but Dana Missed that comment and thus the admission that Comrade Josh is only interested in hurting our President. Why else would he endorse the "STUNT" label of his GREAT LEADER - Pelosi.


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As the traditional media continues to radically cut back on the quality of its reporting during the fiscal collapse of the industry, it opens a lot of opportunities for unethical manipulation (chiefly by public relations practitioners; especially in the context of the declining power of advertising).
This problem is not new, because the decline in the quality of for-profit journalism is not new. Slowly (and with the help of heavy lobbying from the media corporations) the wall of separation between the ad sales office and the newsroom has eroded. One of the consequences has been that we've come to accept news coverage that gives equal time to "both sides" as being "balanced," when nothing could be further from the truth.
The reality is that nice guys finish last in the concision-minded medium of the traditional broadcast media.
So in the debate over environmental policy, scientists and academics who are honest about the limitations of research and who do their best to do the most comprehensive analysis (which can make such analysis difficult to understand) end up losing out in the arena of the news media which provides a false equivalency between academic research and the sort of partisan, pay-for-play research used by interest groups in disinformation campaigns.
That was the conclusion reached by Eric Pooley, Fellow at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy (and former editor of Fortune magazine) from a case study he did on how a "Cap and Trade" bill was defeated with assistance from a grotesque public relations campaign from the National Association of Manufacturers, and the American Council for Capital Formation. He recently appeared on an episode of On the Media.
The study of a research model of the NAM and the ACCF was pitted against a meta-study of five different models by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Pooley explains:
"These models, as I say in my paper, are not crystal balls. EDF said that right up front. You can't believe any one model – that's why they took the five best and put them together to see if there was some sort of rough consensus emerging – and there was. However, what their opponents have been doing is taking one very skewed report and pretending that they do have a crystal ball. […]
We took a sample of 40 stories that explored the cost of it [cap and
trade]. We found that seven of them were one-sided – on one side or the other, 24 were balanced in a sort of stenographer sort of sense, it was the 'he said,' 'she said' opposition and then nine stories attempted to play what I call a 'referee' – calling one side or another if they were playing fast and loose with the facts. And that's my model for how you have to work a very contentious policy debate like this.
Reporters aren't getting the time on the beat that they need to master this material, and if you don't master the material you can't hold the combatants to any sort of standard because they will game you."
Given the current climate in the newsmedia, this situation may likely get worse before it gets better (especially at the local level where coverage has already been deficient for years). There is no clear solution to this problem. Certainly the medium of the Internet will continue to help individuals quickly brush up on complex concepts, but thus far it's not proven to be a cure-all.
[Read Eric Pooley's Case Study "How Much Would You Pay to Save the Planet? The American Press and the Economics of Climate Change"]


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Contents Page Abstract Page 2 Introduction Pages 3-8 Methods Results Discussion References Page 9 Appendix 1 Page 10 Appendix 2 Page 11 Appendix 3 Page 12 Abstract The main aim of this study was to investigate social representations of sexuality through the media of FHM magazine, in terms of body exposure. The hypotheses were that there would be more partially clothed women displayed than partially clothed men, and more fully clothed men displayed than women. This was a content analysis where all people featured in the magazine that were larger than an eighth of an A4 sheet of paper were counted. The men and women were classified separately into two categories: partially clothed or fully clothed. It was found that the greater proportion of those partially clothed were women, and the majority of those fully clothed were men. The results were statistically significant. This study concluded that women are portrayed as sexual objects more than men in FHM magazine. Introduction Social representations are common sense ideas, thoughts, images and knowledge which members of a group share, that help us to interpret and understand our social world. They explain attitudes towards complex concepts such as sexuality, intelligence or education. (However, they differ from culture to culture, for example, the concept of education would mean something different to a Maori tribesman compared to a westernised American.) ...read more.
See Appendix 1 for examples. Procedures Every person displayed in all eight magazines, whether they were female or male from an advertisement, feature or a photograph with an article was counted, on the condition that their bodies occupied a larger space than an eighth of an A4 size sheet of paper. The small advertisements at the back of the magazine were discounted for practical reasons. The men and women were classified separately into two categories: partially clothed or fully clothed. To operationalise our findings precisely and increase inter-rater reliability, it was agreed that a 'fully clothed' person would have to be wearing enough to be considered presentable in public. That is to say a 'partially clothed' person would have areas of the body exposed that would be inappropriate for public display, for example the torso (and breasts in females), buttocks and upper thigh. Pilot Study Our pilot study helped us to ensure our methods were practical, for example, to determine which images should be included in the study. We realised that it would be painstakingly difficult to count every single small advertisement at the back of each magazine, therefore it was decided that they would be discounted. To ensure there was a specific boundary for this rule, it was settled that only the bodies larger than an eighth of an A4 sheet of paper would be included. ...read more.
inferior positions on the floor or superior positions on a chair) or how men and women posed differently (animalistic poses perhaps suggesting submission and inferiority compared to bold, strong, upright poses). If we perceive these results to be an accurate depiction of sexuality in society's view, they are useful in determining certain social representations of men and women. Sexuality was operationalised by the amount of body exposure, and from finding that women were displayed as partially clothed much more than men, we could suggest that this illustrates how women are thought of as sexual objects of desire, supported by Courtney and Lockeretz's (1971) findings (70% of women in the advertisements studied were used for decorative purposes), rather than independent people on a level of equality with men. The equality between the sexes perpetuates against the common sense theory, and therefore is much harder to overcome. Our research could be extended by investigating other magazines that are geared towards different sectors of society, such as teenagers, young women, older women, older men and non-gender magazines - this magazine may be biased towards young men because exposure of women is in their interest. We could use the same method that was applied in this study and compare it to these findings to create a more accurate picture of the general opinion of sexuality in men and women. ...read more.
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text: Here's the 2nd camera version of this exciting bondage adventure! Policewoman Ashley Jefferson (Ashley Lane) has been taken captive by robbers and has been spirited to the criminals' hideout.Ashley is cleavegagged and inescapably chairtied by her captors, and they tell her they're still trying to decide her fate. Left alone, the blonde beauty struggles and frets, but the knots all hold tight. Before long one of her depraved captors returns to humiliate the helpless law-enforcement agent by unbuttoning her blouse and exposing her perfect breasts. The gorgeous captive continues her efforts to free herself, but she just can't get away. Then one of the criminals informs Ashley that they're going to take her along as insurance for their next robbery!


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Welcome Neil,
Glad you found and decided to join the Alliance. I have also found that depth psychology has a both/and approach to mental illness and mental health rather than the either/or implied (or stated) approach of other schools of psychology. What approaches seem to be holding sway at Antioch?
Please enjoy browsing through all the groups, blogs, forums, etc. and join in the discussions. I look forward to your posts.


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Most people find it tough settling into a new country - not fiesty lady Lindsay Lohan.
As it emerged the flame haired former Mean Girl reportedly streaked naked through posh London shop Selfridge's - we take a look at some of the more controversial escapades our favourite Oprah Winfrey protégé has thrown herself into since setting foot on UK soil.
Put it this way, she won't be getting an honorary knighthood any time soon.
The STREAKING
Lindsay Lohan reportedly shocked onlookers at the plush megastore, when she allegedly charged out of her dressing room and started racing around the shop in the buff, laughing hysterically all the while.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "Lindsay took some items into the changing room. Halfway through, she ran out of the room with nothing on and was chased by members of staff who were trying to cover her up.
"She was laughing her head off and literally giving staff the run-around as customers looked on."
Lindsay, 27, was due to meet with a personal shopper at Selfridges later that day, but subsequently cancelled her appointment following her bizarre display.
The insider added: "Lindsay was booked in for a personal shopping experience with a posh brand at the shop later that day, but it didn't happen."
The SWIPING
Lindsay hasn't made many new friends during her time in the capital - but she has made some enemies.
Li Lo reportedly got involved in a row over the Kate Moss' husband, Jamie Hince.
It's been claimed the 40-year-old star reportedly started an argument with the actress because she'd contacted guitarist Jamie when she arrived in the UK.
A source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper that the pair had an argument when they bumped into each other at popular celebrity haunt Chiltern Firehouse.
"The argument went on for a while and Kate seemed extremely annoyed with Lindsay for contacting Jamie. She was ranting about it to a fellow diner at the restaurant."
Kate's partner worked on some music for Lindsay last year, and it is said there is "no love lost" between the two stars.
The STARRY restaurant
It may not be that controversial but we are starting to worry that Lindsay may not be getting her five a day.
The only place we EVER see her eat is at top celebrity nightspot The Chiltern Firehouse. We suspect she has tried everything on the menu - even working her way through the desserts.
All in all her evenings there seem very exhausting as she is often seen looking tired leaving the premises.
Just what do they get up to in there? The waiting list for "normal non celebrity types" is nine months long - we suspect Lindsay will still be dining there at that time.
The SHOCK memoirs
It was recently revealed that Lindsay has been writing her memoir while in the UK capital.
Although the book is in its early stages, Lindsay started it as a series of journal entries while in rehab last year.
The book is expected to see Lindsay open up about every aspect of her life including becoming a child star, allegations of drug use, relationships with famous people - including her relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson - legal troubles and rehab stints.
We can't wait!
The SNEAKY Twitter-ings
The actress (and singer, but we'll get to that later) is desperately trying to conceal her wild partying from friend and mentor Oprah Winfrey.
The chat-show queen offered the Mean Girls star a lifeline by offering her a series on her US TV channel OWN.
Having chronicled her cleaning up her act on her show, Oprah then made Linds promise not to slip back into the bad old habits that have put her in rehab no fewer than six times.
So cunningly attempting to cover up May's partying in the capital, Lindsay tweeted that she was holed up in her New York apartment, writing: "In New York, missing London."
Somehow, however, the little minx managed a couple of early morning finishes at Soho's Box club and trendy haunt the Chiltern Firehouse. Where she was snapped sporting this fetching bag over her face.
A source told 3am: "Lindsay did everything in her power to stop Oprah finding out, including wrapping things around her face so she couldn't be recognised and claiming she was in NY. She has since flown home though."
The SEXY lap dance
We saved the best until last. Kind of.
Let it never be said that Lindsay is not game for a laugh... when really, really pushed.
Stepping around Alan Carr's pole with all the grace of a hot mess in Chatty Man scenes set to be broadcast tonight , she (sort of) tried to demonstrate how pole dancing should be done. Iish.
Obviously she'd forgotten all her training from I Know Who Killed Me where she played a stripper intent on finding her dead twin sister's murderer.
Apparently Lilo's dress was too tight to show off her skills properly so it was left to Alan to clamber up the poll and shake his money maker.
Surprisingly funnyman Alan - who was once allegedly a trained dancer - swung his way around the poll like an old pro.
After dismounting, a slightly dishevelled Alan had a question for the Hollywood actress.
"Did I turn you on?" he shuddered.
"A little bit," replied Lindsay before showering him with enough money to book a cheap hotel in a provincial town centre.


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The Tablet as an interesting article by Christopher Lamb on Anglican Orders, based on a new book by Cardinal Coccopalmerio.
Lamb writes:
In a recently published book, Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, calls into question Pope Leo XIII's 1896 papal bull that Anglican orders are "absolutely null and utterly void."
"When someone is ordained in the Anglican Church and becomes a parish priest in a community, we cannot say that nothing has happened, that everything is 'invalid'," the cardinal says in volume of papers and discussions that took place in Rome as part of the "Malines Conversations," an ecumenical forum.
"The question of validity [regarding the non-recognition of Anglican orders, while the Pope would give pectoral crosses, rings or chalices to Anglican clergy], however, is not a matter of law but of doctrine," he explains in a question and answer format. "We have had, and we still have a very rigid understanding of validity and invalidity: this is valid, and that is not valid. One should be able to say: 'this is valid in a certain context, and that is valid another context'."
"Today, Churches are divided, or, rather, they say that they are divided because they lack common elements which, however, are not fundamental because they are not a matter of faith," he explains.
"We say: 'you don't have this reality, which is a matter of faith, and therefore you are divided from me. But in fact it isn't a matter of faith, you only pretend it to be."
While a revision of Leo XIII's position on Anglican orders would be a milestone, the cardinal also stresses the situation is currently somewhat "unclear."
Well, here are my thoughts.
I'm glad to be Catholic and know with certainty that our priest's orders are valid, our Eucharists are valid, our communion with the Pope is without question.
I'm reminded of the debate around Amoris Laetitia and the way arguments on ecumenism that see positive elements in other ecclesial communities have been extrapolated to argue for positive elements in irregular relationships.
Saying there is no validity in Orders, is similar to saying an irregular marriage constitutes adultery, no?
One can approach things from a legal, juridical perspective or from a subjective, interior perspective. Do subjective motions of the conscience trump doctrine and ecclesial law?
On the orders question—-that's all water under the bridge for us in the Ordinariate, but it is interesting to see how the ongoing debate, which is about much bigger questions concerning the nature of objective truth and its relationship to conscience are playing out.
UPDATE: This article is receiving much commentary on the Anglican Ordinariate Informal Conversation Forum. With permission, I am reposting Fr. Christopher Phillips' contribution.
The Church has never asked us as converts to deny our past ministry. Of course God can work in whatever way He wills to do; however, saying that "something happens" is not to say that the Catholic sacrament, instituted by Christ, has taken place. The Spirit may blow where He wills, and the worship of protestants can certainly be occasions on which God's grace is given – but that is seen by the Church as something which happens despite the lack of valid of orders. If we wish to be acting according to the mind of Christ, then we should seek and desire that all be in communion with St. Peter and his successors. Then we have the guarantee of Christ that we are following His divine Will.
When I celebrated the Eucharist as an Anglican priest, was I offering the Catholic sacrament? No. Did God work in the hearts and lives of those to whom I was ministering? Yes, He did – and I saw evidence of it – but no matter how much I "felt" I was a Catholic priest, I was not, and no matter how much I believed what I was offering was the True Body and Blood of Christ, objectively it was not.


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This project is located at the Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut in Munich and was undertaken in preparation for a second edition of CIL III. Initial work by Dirk Kossmann and Rudolf Haensch in 2007 was financed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft as part of an excavation project at Lissus in northern Albania. In 2008, the Kommission will fund the second and final part by means of a contract. This work will make available online the Latin inscriptions of Albania, which are often only documented at present in obscure publications. Wherever possible, the texts will be illustrated with good photos. The collection comprises approximately 180 inscriptions, of which about 115 have been worked on to date. They will be published on the website of the Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik.


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I'm not a fan of processed foods. Or let's put it this way: If and when I do eat processed foods, I don't like to tell the whole world because I feel so darn guilty about it.
But until I actually start making homemade granola, I eat breakfast cereal from a box on the mornings my toddler Asher is not with me. With fresh full milk – not low-fat, not skimmed. To make myself feel as if I've made a healthy choice, I choose "less-processed" cereals made with whole grains and real fruit, and add a scoop of chia seeds to my bowl for my daily dose of Omega-3 acids and whatnot.
I've not changed this routine until the good folks from Nestle delivered a box of Nestle Fitnesse Chocolate for us to sample. I was quite sceptical at first. Ha, another sugared cereal with chocolate flavouring! I pompously thought. Until I poured it out, tried it and compared what was on the box with my regular brand of breakfast cereal.
Dear readers, I hereby present my two-pronged review for your perusal.
1. How Nestle managed to achieve this nice, rich, toasty chocolatey taste with fat-reduced cocoa powder, I will never know. Like Koko Krunch, it made my milk a bit chocolatey. That's a plus.
2. The cereal flakes are half regular, half chocolate-flavoured so my sweet tooth didn't fall off. That's a plus.
3. The flakes stay crunchy even after being immersed in milk for more than half an hour. That's a plus!
4. The only minus: I wish there were some nuts inside. Like maybe almond flakes or hazelnut halves? There's another flavour called "Clusters Almond" but there are no chocolate-flavour coated flakes inside. That's a minus.
1. Each gram of Nestle Fitnesse Chocolate contains only 3.67 kcal. That's 3 per cent fewer calories than my usual breakfast cereal!
2. It is low in fat – contains only 3g of fat per 100g of cereal. My regular cereal contains 6g of fat per 52g of cereal. Unfortunately, that's where the plus point on nutrition ends. My regular cereal, which contains dried fruit and nuts, contains less sugar, more protein, more whole grains and more dietary fibre than Nestle Fitnesse Chocolate.
3. About the whole grains: Nestle uses 46g of whole grain to produce 100g of this cereal; my regular cereal contains 36g per 52g of product.
4. Nestle Fitnesse Chocolate cereal contains eight vitamins and minerals including calcium, iron and vitamin E; my regular breakfast cereal contains 12 vitamins and minerals. Not that I am keeping count, to be honest.
That said, I somehow feel fuller after eating a bowl of Nestle Fitnesse Chocolate, as compared to a bowl of my regular cereal. I intend to add strawberries to my cereal tomorrow for added dietary fibre and check out the Honey & Almond and Clusters Almond flavours the next time I go to the supermarket!
If you are over 18 years of age with a BMI of more than 23 and without medical condition, Nestle has a suggested 14-day programme where you replace breakfast and one other meal with a whole-grain cereal such as Nestle Fitnesse.
Nestle Fitnesse Chocolate in a nutshell:
What – Chocolate-flavoured whole wheat flakes
Price – $6.70 at major supermarkets
For more info – https://www.facebook.com/NestleFitnesseSingapore


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David Cameron pledged help to bolster the police and army in Libya today as he made an unannounced visit to the country.
The Prime Minister said Britain was ready to provide training and advice amid growing concern about the security situation in the region.
On a walkabout in the capital's famous Martyrs' Square, Cameron was greeted by friendly locals.
The premier last visited Libya in September 2011, touring Tripoli and Benghazi shortly after Colonel Muammar Gaddafi lost his grip on power.


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A set of revision cards for A2 sociology.
- Created by: maxime
- Created on: 10-01-10 21:31
Religion 1
Religion is a belief system which seeks to explain the origins of the natural world and of human beings. Types of religion Many religions exist with in society.
- Totemism- smaller societies and cultures believe that totems of animals and plants posses supernatural powers.
- Animism- small societies and cultures that believe in ghosts and spirits.
- Theistic- religions centred on belief in a sacred, higher or controlling power. there are two types of theistic religions:
- Monotheistic religions that believe in one divine power.
- Polytheistic religions that believe in a number of separate gods.
Religion 2
Definitions of Religion
- The sacred and profane- Durkhiem claimed that the focus on religion is things that surpass the limits of our knowledge and that humans organise their surroundings by defining everyday things, such as objects, as profane but setting apart something's as sacred such as days or places.
- The functional and inclusivist- this is a broad definition of religion that covers a wide range of beliefs which give people a religious or sacred quality. focuses on the function of beliefs in society and how it can bind societies and groups together.
- The substantive and exclusivist- focuses on religions substance or content and involves supernatural, supra-human beliefs of some kind. It therefore excludes those views that suggest that anything that people regard as sacred can be regarded as religion. (E.G. God is religion not things)
Religion 3
To Qualify as a religion they must include all or some of these:
- Beliefs- belief in the supernatural and/or powers often a belief in a God and scared symbols such as totem pole or cross.
- Theology- a set of teachings and beliefs often based on a holy book.
- Practice- a series of rituals or ceremonies to express religious beliefs, either publicly or privately.
- Institutions- some form of organisation of believers such as a religious leader and building. (E.G. Church and Priest)
- Consequences- a set of moral or ethical values that are meant to guide or influence the everyday behaviour of believers.
Science 1
What is science?
Science was developed in Europe during the 18th century. It was based on two basic principles:
- The belief that reason could provide an understanding of the world.
- The belief that understanding could be used to improve the lives of humans.
Knowledge was based on reason and observation. This formed the guidelines for the scientific method (procedure for doing science), This challenged the views of the church as the church believed that knowledge was based on divine revelation. (eternal truths revealed by God)
Science 2
Features of science
Science aspires to be objective ( approach topics with an open mind) and value freedom (not to let the researchers beliefs or prejudices influence the research). Also within science explanations are based on empirical evidence (observable evidence collected in the physical or social world).
The Scientific method involves:
- Hypothesis Formation- forming ideas or informed guesses for possible explanations for some phenomena.
- Falsification- the aim of testing hypothses against the evidence to prove them wrong. if a theory with stands this attempt then they gain acceptance in the scientific world.
- Prediction- establishing cause and effect in order to predict what will happen in the same situation but in a future point in time.
- Theory Formation- if hypothesis is truth and predictions appear sound then this may become part of the theory.
- Scrutiny- the theory is tested by other scientists and will stand until a new theory proves it is false.
Science 3
Religion and Science Sociologists
- Thomas Kuhn (1962)- Challenges the traditional view of science. he sees science as social constructed within scientific communities. scientists work within shared paradigms. (a framework stating which theories should be developed, what data should be collected and which research method to use) scientists look for data that will support their paradigm. this paradigm then shapes how we see the world.
- Berger and Luckmann (1967)- argue that people create universes of meaning to their lives and look to science and/or religion to support them. there is no right or wrong, "one society's truth may be another societies falsehood.
Religion and Science
Religion and Science key terms
- Faith- a belief based on a person's feelings rather than scientific evidence.
- Totemism- a belief that totems of animals and plants hold supernatural powers.
- Animism- refers to the believe in ghosts and spirits.
- Theistic- religions centred on the belief in sacred, higher or controlling powers.
- Monotheistic- a religion that believes in one divine power.
- Polytheistic- a religion that believes in more than one God.
- Scared- objects, places or events that are seen as extraordinary.
- Profane- ordinary everyday objects.
- Enlightenment-
- Scientific method-
- Objectivity-
- Value Freedom-
- Empirical Evidence-
- Falsification-
- Theory Formation- if there is evidence that can not be shown as false then the hypothesis is true.
Science today
- Gidden's ideas of:
The negative view of science- science does not provide certainty because theories are constantly being revised. science does not always improve life, it brings risks and danger.
The positive view of science- science will bring certainty and progress that's based on securely founded knowledge. (E.G. GM crops producing low cost crops to feed the poor.
- Beck's ideas of:
The interconnectedness of parts of the world. (E.G. trade, diseases and internet) Example: Chemobyl reached 20 different countries and caused 500,000 deaths.
Uncertainty and risk- uncertainty in terms of disagreement between scientists. Risks in terms of global crises. (E.G. GM food is good however long term impact is unknown)
Science today
Lyotard's ideas of:
loss of faith in science- it's metanarrative claims are no longer concerned with human improvement. (E.G.nuclear power- Chernobyl)
Science as servant of industry and commerce- concerned with producing goods for the global marketplace. (E.G. GM foods - farmers become dependant upon biotech companies)
Ideology is most commonly regarded as a set of ideas and values shared by a social group that:
- provides a particular vision or way of seeing and interpreting the world.
- presents only partial, incomplete or false view of reality.
- expresses and justifies the interests of particular social or political groups. (Promotes the group)
karl Popper (1959) saw ideology as a closed system of thought. by this he means that ideologies are closed to evidence which challenges their beliefs. he also saw ideology as a tool of social control and oppression.
Pluralist ideology
Pluralist ideology is a view of the world that suggests that there are many different types of social group, each with its own ideology, or sets of ideas and means of interpreting the world, with no single one having a monopoly of power.
However pluralist ideology falls into a trap of claiming superiority over other ideologies, as it aims to persuade people that the prevailing ideas in society reflect those of a broad range of social groups, with no dominant ideology. but in doing this, it is denying that there may be unequal distribution of power in society, and that not all socially groups hold equally influence on those in poor or get their views accepted.
Ideology and Theory
Classical Marxism ideology
Karl Marx saw society as a structure divided into two major parts. the first is the economic base (the infrastructure) and the second is the superstructure consists of the rest of society- the political, legal, educational systems, religion, mass media. beliefs and ideas. Marx claimed that the infrastructure shapes the superstructure. (the economic system shapes the rest of society)Marx saw conflict between the social classes- the ruling class and the working class.
Classical Marxism Theory
In Marxist terms religion promotes the beliefs and values of the ruling class and provides the working class with a false consciousness which prevents people from seeing the reality of their oppression. Religion also provides false hope and soultions in order to cope with oppression and everyday situations. This leads to no change within society as society accepts oppression as religion justifies inequalities. Religion also provides rewards in the afterlife in order for society to cope with poverty.
Ideology and Theory
Neo Marxism Ideology
According to the Italian Antonio Gramsci beliefs and ideas can change society. they are not shaped by the infrastructure. Superstructure and Infrastructure are indepentant for each other.
Neo Marxism Theory
Popular forms of religion have emerged which expresses and supports the interests of the working class. These religions beliefs and practices can be developed by working class intellectuals to challenge the ruling class ideology. Religion can promote hegemonic ideas of the ruling class and promote the masses to rise against their oppression.- Gramsci
Otto Maduro argues that religion plays a progressive role in political struggles of the oppressed classes. Maduro argues that anguish and aspirations of the oppressed may be reflected and voiced by members of the clergy. the clergy become the political vanguard like the working class intellectuals.
Ideology and Theory
Feminism Ideology
feminists focus on gender.
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Here are some of the spookiest reasons to never visit Bangalore:
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Bright White Light
The light source had to be bright, yet small and cool. LEDs are perfect for this job. I originally tried arrays of white LEDs in front of the projector lens, using the lens as a condenser. But the white LED spectrum is not ideal, and the light must be diffuse for best results, so the final design uses a single RGB LED device inside the lens mount with a diffuser and no condenser lens.
The LED is attached to a 7/8″ diameter aluminum bar using thermally conductive epoxy. The bar acts as a heat sink, dissipating the heat outside the lens mount. With RGB LEDs, the red LED brightness drops a lot more with increasing temperature than the green and blue LEDs. So to avoid a color balance shift during movie transfer, it's important to keep the LED relatively cool and at a fairly constant temperature. The solution is a good heat sink, and warming the LEDs up for a few minutes before starting a transfer.
The LED wiring runs through a hole in the bar to emerge outside the lens mount. The LEDs are connected in series, with a single resistor to set the LED current, using the machine's 12 volt power supply. The two tap points between the series LEDs are brought out so that the current in an individual LED can be trimmed by adding a parallel resistor. This allows the source to be matched to the response of the CCD, to maximize dynamic range (more on that below). I changed the camera to B&W raw mode using the WcRmac program, then adjusted resistor values until the bayer pattern in the image disappeared, so I know the LED is driving the 3 CCD colors equally. The resistors are mounted on a terminal strip in the bottom of the lamphouse…
I've thought about using the microcontroller to switch the LEDs on and off for each frame. Timing the on pulses separately would allow the micro to control color balance over a wide range without using trimming resistors. But the simpler approach is working for now.
The diffuser is a small square of opal glass attached with hot glue to the lens mount plate. This location is within 2mm of the film plane, and it does a great job hiding scratches. Opal glass is clear glass with a layer of translucent white glass about 0.5mm thick on one side. The white side is toward the film. The closer the diffuser is to the film, the better it works, but it must be clean, polished and uniform in color, so it's not visible, as it is in the focus range of the lens.