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Authenticating the user to a remote server
If your app shares sensitive data with a server over the internet you need to make sure that:
Your app only connects to the real server and not an attacker's server.
The user of your app is only able to access their data on the server.
Other users or attackers are not able to access the user's data on the server.
Ensuring the first is usually done using certificates through use of an HTTPS or SSL connection which we will discuss in the next step.
The second and third encapsulate the idea that a user should be able to access their data, and only their data. Enforcing this is ultimately the responsibility of the server, but in order for the server to do this, your app will be required to pass some form of user credential to the server.
Authentication and authorisation
At this point we need to introduce two related, but distinct concepts:
Authentication: the process of proving who you are.
Authorisation: the authority to perform a particular action.
In order for your app to perform a particular action on the server (access user data for example) your app will need to have authorisation. To acquire authorisation, your app, or an agent acting on its behalf, will have to authenticate itself by providing the user's credentials to the server.
Notice here we allow the possibility that it is not your app that performs the authentication directly with the server, but that some third party agent might do that, and acquire the authorisation your app needs for you.
Typically the agent will authenticate themselves with the server by presenting the user's credentials, and in return the server will pass them a token that provides authorisation to access a particular resource on the server. The agent will then pass the token to your app which can then use the token to access the resource.
The temporary URI permissions associated with a Content Provider can be thought of as a kind of authorisation token. The permission authorises access to a particular URI and can be passed, like a token, to another app component.
Advantages of authorisation tokens
Authorisation tokens have a lot of advantages over direct use of the user's credentials:
Apps need never know the user's credentials, and therefore can never leak or steal them.
The authorisation provided by a token can be restricted to only allow access to a subset of the resources associated with the user's account.
Tokens can be given fixed lifetimes and made to expire after a set period of time.
Tokens can be tied to particular apps.
Lost or stolen tokens can be revoked by the server without having to change the user's password.
Privacy and tokens
The distinction between authentication and authorisation can become blurred. For example, my university electronic ID card acts as both the credential by which I authenticate myself, and the authorisation token by which I gain access to the university. However, this need not always be the case.
Authorisation tokens need not contain the identity of the user to which they were originally granted, and this can be important for privacy or confidentiality. Obviously the server that issued the token will know the user it was issued for, but the client app that presents the token to the server, the so-called bearer of the token, need not know the identity of the user they are acting on the behalf of.
The Android Account Manager
This all sounds a bit complicated, but the good news is that Android provides a standard mechanism for authenticating a user and acquiring an authorisation token, the
AccountManager class.
For common web services like Google and Twitter etc., the
AccountManager class already knows how to authenticate with those services, and an app can use
AccountManager to request a token to access the user's account.
The user's account details (username and password) are stored by the
AccountManager (hopefully protected by the device's secure hardware!), and an app can ask the user to select which account they would like to use, and the app then requests a token from the
AccountManager using
getAuthToken(). The
AccountManager is responsible for acquiring the token from the server.
If the service is not one of the types that
AccountManager already knows about, perhaps it is one provided by your own servers, then you can implement your own authenticator for
AccountManager to use when accessing accounts of that type. The details of how to do this are beyond the scope of this course.
The Android documentation contains more details on how to use
AccountManager, and how to create custom authenticators.
Using our token
Ok, so we now have a token, or perhaps a username and password if our server does not use tokens, but how do we use them?
Well that depends upon the server, and the protocol that it supports. Typically these days, the server will be a web server of some sort, and we will communicate with it using HTTP (hopefully secured HTTPS).
As HTTP is a stateless protocol the user's credentials, or the authorisation token, need to be sent to the server with every request. These are passed as HTTP headers.
HTTP headers can be added or set by the
addRequestProperty() and
setRequestProperty() methods of the
URLConnection object returned by the call to
openConnection() (on the
URL object).
The exact format of the HTTP header required will depend upon the exact protocol required by the server. The Android documentation shows how to do this for Google's services.
Notes for Nerds: In the case of HTTP basic authentication (username and password), Android supports the standard Java
Authenticatorclass that simplifies setting the necessary HTTP header. This is done by calling the static
Authenticator.setDefault()method with a custom instance of the
Authenticatorclass in which the
getPasswordAuthentication()method is overridden to return the username and password. The Android documentation contains more details.
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Red Rock Cod
This Rock Cod can be seen well camouflaged against bright colourful coral. To the naked eye it looks similar to the dark fish in the background without the strobe lights illuminating his brilliance. This fish was enjoying time on a cleaner station where shrimps and cleaner fish attend to personal grooming both of its skin and inside its mouth to remove parasitic growth. Rock Cod are a game fish which prey on smaller fry but all aggression diminishes when at a cleaner station, as can be seen by it being surrounded by small sea goldies and other reef dwellers.
Tomato Rock cod / Grouper Cephalopholis sonnerati
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One of the main themes of Into the Spiderverse is this idea that anyone can be a hero, regardless of their background or where they come from. Thus, Twitter is abuzz with artists and illustrators making their own "spidersona" to reflect their unique qualities that make them powerful. My "spidersona" is… basically just Peter B. Parker, I guess.
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I think these will stand the test of time as the perfect promotional product. they give a good view of your logo to other people on the street and stopping someone from getting wet is worthy of many tanks.
Didn't quite realise how big exactly 60 inches was. Big enough to protect like 5 people I guess. Monsoon is coming will get lots of value from my logo imprint then I hope.
Good composite materials and a virtually unbreakable lock mechanism to hold this umbrella up. We only give these out to very special customers given the price per unit.
Since the weather's been gloomy a lot this year, we decided to cheer the customers up with some colourful umbrellas to make them happy, at the same time market our brand through the logo. It turned out to be great decision to invest in these umbrellas. Cheap yet effective marketing tool.
2nd time ordering, I took pens first time round but wanted to give something more impactful to our core clients. Found it with this, it is not the kind of product you're going to be embarrassed handing over. Useful and durable, a good combo.
Was thinking I'd order a promo product for mass marketing something in the under a buck category. Nice product and my logo which the artist helped me extend for a larger imprint did come out great.
I watched the promotional video that shows how they make these. Wow, you really can tell that a lot of the work is done by hand. Overall this umbrella has a high-quality feel and does what it is supposed to do well, a real pity about the price. If it was priced lower then it would be possible to use these in the typical promotional product giveaway campaign fashion and not just to use as a corporate gift.
High quality material with fast delivery. the packing was amazing. the product was exceeded my expectations. I am ready to order more for my family and friends. best,
Should have asked for a larger imprint perhaps but all good. Decent value, and a nice product that does what it is supposed to do.
Mass giveaway campaign is ongoing and so far so good. People are making the call requesting their free gift. Good sign.
Having seen the prices the local imprinters are charging for these in bulk I genuinely expected to pay much more. At least half the price of anything available locally.
Plenty of space on this umbrella goes to imprints. I think this is very efficient advertising method. The way it performed is perfect for me.
The space was duly utilized with my imprints. The space was not a waste and the imprints were of high quality standard.
I do business in Ireland :) That means rain and that means the umbrella is the best promo product in our nation. A good brollie at a price far better than I could have gotten locally.
What a beautiful umbrella this is ! I purchased a hefty number of these for my insurance firm and I was not disappointed in the least. The materials used to make this umbrella are of great quality for sure. The overall look and feel of the umbrella is absolutely lovely. It comes in a proper plastic casing and the presentation is just so classy! I could see the clients are delighted to get this product.


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To hell and back.
Last week (or is it two weeks already?) the real-money Auction House launched on Diablo III. A friend of mine (you know who you are!) already sold his first item for around € 65. I haven't heard from him since, I'm guessing he's a euro millionaire by now. No, the truth is, I haven't logged in since. I saw what Diablo III has to offer, and it was a little broken on Inferno difficulty. But most of all I just couldn't be arsed to go through those 4 acts again. I tried starting a new toon but gave up on that soon after. So I had alot of fun with Diablo III while it lasted but once you've hit the max level there are like two options:
– Reroll with another class
– Continue with your current class and enter the 'endgame'.
Neither of those seemed particularly interesting to me, and I think I'll just get back to Diablo after a few patches when classes and difficulty levels are balanced.
Writing contest
So, released from Diablo's evil grasp I could focus on things that mattered again. I finished my story which I'm about to submit later today. Even though dutch is my mother tongue, it was a lot harder for me to write in dutch than it is in English. Even now that it is 'finished' I feel like there's a few flaws which I can't seem to fix.
Civilization V: Gods & Kings
Yesterday the first Civilization V expansion pack was released. I bought the Civilization V GOTY edition on Steam last year and I quite liked the concept of the game. Therefore I was anxious to see this expansion pack which adds 'religion' to the game. I haven't tried it yet but I promise that I will soon and I'll let you know what I think about it!
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II
Another game I had bought on Steam during their christmas sales was Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II. I had started playing it, but I bought so many games during that sellout that I couldn't find the time to play any of them for more than a few hours. Warhammer stood out to me but there was no time to play! I played a few games last week and I had alot of fun. It's some kind of RTS mixed with RPG elements. You get a few heroes, each with their combat unit and play with them through various missions in deep space. You find items for all your squadrons, your heroes gain levels and you can spend skill points just like you would in an RPG. I would recommend this game to any fan of RPG & RTS games.
Game of Thrones
In the little time I had left I found a little room to read! Only a few pages per day but I'm getting there! I'm halfway now and hope to finish it next month! I think it goes so slow because I've seen the series on tv and I already know what's going to happen. I didn't make the mistake of watching the second season so I'm quite anxious to start the second book!
True Blood
Last but not least, a new season (S5) of True Blood has started a few weeks ago, and I'm hoping to see it real soon!
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"The Barracuda" restaurant / guesthouse is located in the attractive and busy bar & restaurant area, in walking distance from the Mekong River and the Indo-China market.
The restaurant has seating for 18 and comes with a well worked out menu card and a fully equipped kitchen, including a large pizza oven.
The current owner will teach and train your staff, if desired.
The guesthouse contains 3 air-conditioned rooms with full facilities and has another 2 rooms for private accommodation.
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Gender Oppression in 12-Step Literature
Resistance to changing the gendered text of AA literature places an unfair burden on the many people who want to get sober but feel ostracized by the oppressive language.
Alcoholic Anonymous has a language problem.
Humans are complicated, and 12-step programs do not work for everyone. Substance use disorders do not have a single identifiable cause and there is not a one-size-fits-all treatment. Like most things, treatment options are limited for people who are already marginalized. People of color, especially women and non-cis folks, are at a particular disadvantage when trying to access services. Despite opinions on the usefulness of the program, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other 12-step programs are frequently the only options for someone who needs help to stop abusing their substance of choice. They're free and exist all over the world.
AA is the original 12-step program; all others have been based on its literature. Other programs such as Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, and Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous all use the same script with the term "alcoholic" replaced with the relevant description. These other 12-step programs tend to utilize AA's 12 traditions, a set of suggested guidelines to help groups organize themselves. The traditions state that there is one primary purpose for each group and that is "to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers."
There are some who believe if AA doesn't work it's because the person isn't doing the necessary work and that objections to old-fashioned language and sexist stereotypes are something people have to get over. AA members sometimes say, "The language is archaic, but it works as is. If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Just because something doesn't harm you, it doesn't mean it doesn't harm others…
Find out more about the current exclusionary language in all-inclusive recovery programs in the original article Gendered Language in 12 Step Programs at The Fix.
Guest Author, P. (2018). Gender Oppression in 12-Step Literature. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 30, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/gender-oppression-in-12-step-literature/
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When I'm asked about the value of a day-of wedding coordinator, the answer is simple: A day-of wedding coordinator is priceless!
Ok, let's break it down. When you think about the investment you're making in your special day, consider all of the services a day-of coordinator offers plus the hours she or he puts in prior-to and on your wedding day, plus having the satisfaction of a smooth wedding day, what you get for the price charged means having a day-of wedding coordinator is a must!
- Which other vendor is with you, or at your venue, from the very beginning at set-up to the very end when the last guest has left?
- Which other vendor has knowledge of every little detail you have planned, from the way you'd like the dinner napkins folded to the first dance song?
- Which other vendor has an answer for virtually any question asked, by anyone?
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Can you see where I'm going here? A day-of wedding coordinator helps with every part of the day, from setting up the beautiful decorations you've hand-crafted to pinning on boutonnieres, packing away your decorations at the end of the night and everything in-between. Don't get me wrong, every single vendor plays a vital role on your special day, but a day-of wedding coordinator is just as important. And when you breakdown the pricing, the value of a day-of coordinator is pretty amazing.
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Skip to 0 minutes and 11 seconds Anna, have you ever visited the Catalan Parliament? Oh, yes. You mean the building that is in plaça de Sant Jaume? Oh no. In plaça Sant Jaume it's the Palace of the Generalitat, in front of the City Hall. Parliament is in a large park called "Parc de la Ciutadella". There, there's a big chamber with all our representatives. Right. And then, who governs? Well, that's a good question. We have this parliament, which is older than the British Parliament. So we are used to governing ourselves. But it's a very complex matter. Have you ever seen the Catalan police? Yes, of course. Aren't they called Mossos d'Esquadra? Yes, the Mossos d'Esquadra report to the Catalan government which comes from this Parliament.
Skip to 1 minute and 8 seconds But, to expand on this information, let's watch these professors explain the history, the politics and the mass media. OK? Hello, I'm Tomàs de Montagut. Hello, I'm Josep Gifreu. Full professor of History of Law and of the Institutions at Pompeu Fabra University. Emeritus lecturer of Communication at Pompeu Fabra University. And I have come to explain to you some of the milestones I consider most relevant in the history of Catalan law. And I would like to talk to you about the situation and the importance of the media for the recovery of the Catalan language and culture. Catalonia has an extensive history, this journey across the centuries has ultimately lead it to become the nation as we know it today.
Skip to 1 minute and 55 seconds We must look into the details of this journey further if we want to analyze and understand the current situation correctly to see where Catalonia has come from, and to be able to guess what Catalonia's future evolution will be like. The independence of the Carolingian Empire, the alliance known as the "Crown of Aragon" or the appearance of a self-governing body which remains to this day that is, the Generalitat, are just a few of the milestones that have marked the Catalan people. Likewise, we will look deeper into key events in human history focusing on the effects these have had on Catalonia.
Skip to 2 minutes and 32 seconds And of course, we will not forget to look at the historical relationships that Catalonia has maintained with the Spanish State and that are still in effect today. We will also discover how the technological revolution is affecting mass media in Catalonia which media this revolution is most detrimental to and how they are adapting to contemporary communication trends. Also, we will analyze in detail the presence of the Catalan language in the media and how, throughout the years it has defended its place within the vast communicative ecosystem. Upon finishing this week, those who have decided to watch the videos will be knowledgeable about the Catalan people and territory's historical evolution as well as about the media and its fluctuation throughout the years.
Introduction to History
In this video, Anna and Màrius introduce you to the second week of the course.
This week, you'll meet the following experts:
- Tomàs de Montagut
- Josep Gifreu
They will help you to understand the history of Catalonia and we will also find out about the region's media at a time when the new technologies and people's needs for information are growing exponentially.
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Shame it's a Model M instead of a Model F.
The picture on Unicomp's site is kinda low but from the evidence I've gathered I would say they are not Unicomp's APL keys but rather IBM/Lexmark transition era. I did get one so I can share my findings. One hallmark is the font itself! The font Unicomp used on their APL keys is different than what IBM used. Unicomp's are a light orange color possibly with fading in some places. This was before they switched over to the current offering of the blue APL keys.Exhibit #1 - The OG of OG IBM APL keys (Attachment Link) Exhibit #2 - IBM 1389194This keyboard was not intended for PC use, but rather with a 3192 terminal for mainframe computers (3270 coax interface). We also see these APL keys on some F122's. (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link) Exhibit #3 - IBM APL keys sold separately for the Model M (NOS from the box ). Likely Late 80's/early 90's vintage. (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link) Exhibit #4 - Older vintage Model F/M APL Vs Unicomp Orange APL (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link) Exhibit #5 - Present Day (Attachment Link) Finally putting it all together... (Attachment Link)
Thanks for the education! Is that your gorgeous F-122?
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To promote the digital HD release of last Fall's scifi film Interstellar, an old school text adventure game was just launched by Paramount Pictures.
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Rock And Rules: lessons learned by those who've been in and around the music business a while, relayed to you, the reader, to take on board. Pay attention, you might just learn something. This time, guitarist Wayne Kramer of the MC5 trips down memory lane for some vital recollections.
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'Kick Out The Jams' (obviously)
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Gain Power
"For the MC5 the problem wasn't so much getting our message out, it was that it had to go through a record company. And their interests were not necessarily in alignment with ours. They were unwise in their business strategies. We told them that the album was going to have 'motherf*cker' on it and do not release it too soon. They rushed the album out, and when they did that, there was a backlash. Our plan was to wait until we were established as a bona-fide hit rock band, then they couldn't stop us. But their shortsighted, short-term gain undid our plans. In the capitalist world of the entertainment industry, if you're a bona-fide hit you have all the power, all the juice. The MC5 never quite got the juice."
There's No Room For Violence In Music
"The MC5 claimed to be 'embracing violence as a viable political strategy'. I think it was a terrible mistake. It was something that we didn't think through well enough, that it would engender a violent response from the authorities that was out of proportion with our thinking. For the Black Panther party, it earned them death squads by the American police. They murdered Black Panthers across the country systematically. For us, it got us prison terms and kicked out of the music industry."
Move Forward
"You can study history and learn from history, but then you have to move forward. If you're not going anywhere, no one wants to follow you."
Music Is Therapeutic
"When I went to jail in 1975 for selling drugs, music was the singular most important activity that I could be involved in, because it gave me a way to process my problems and my anger. Art is anger management. It gave me study that I was committed to, to learn more about music, and it gave me an escape from prison. It gave me a couple hours every day where I wasn't in that world anymore; I was in a different world.
"I set up Jail Guitar Doors USA, a non-profit organisation that brings musical instruments and education into prisons to provide human expression, because prison is designed to tell you that you are less than human. I've seen first-hand the positive effect in members of different races, different gang affiliations, different class backgrounds, all playing music together and discovering that they had more in common than they had indifferent. Plus, we know now through empirical studies that people that live in prisons that participate in arts in corrections programming have lower recidivism rates.
"The power of art is the only thing we know of that can touch people on a deep fundamental level. Education is important, but if you educate a criminal, you've got an educated criminal. We want to change hearts and minds."
Live A Principled Life
"Be the person you say you are, show up on time, and do the best that you can do. Those are the things that matter: to give it 100%. A life in the arts is not a walk in the park – this is a very tough way to survive, and if you are an asshole people don't call you back. It's important to be genuine and to really do the best you can do. Learn as much as you can learn, and give it full measures."
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Discovering God's hand in the paths we walk
Shoes are a funny thing. Their basic function is protection – from rough roads and paths, from debris and water, from extreme heat and extreme cold. Not having shoes can lead to injury, disease, and disability. But having shoes can create problems too. Once feet are covered, they can become sweaty or smelly. Shoes can hide unkempt toenails or misshapen feet, making us hesitant to remove them at times. And of course, shoes can also be markers of status – those fancy Nikes or Manolo Blahniks.
And so when we are asked to remove our shoes, our first response can often be panic. Every year when we do the foot washing on Maundy Thursday, I hear people chatting about their foot concerns. Holy Wednesday of that week could be relabeled, "Holy Pedicure Day." I have overheard parishioners strategizing about socks versus hose, about pre-washing their feet before the service, and about avoiding the foot washing part of the liturgy altogether.
Our paranoia about feet and footwear can be found everywhere. We all know people who have a "no shoe rule," in their home. Sometimes when you forget about that rule, you may panic, wondering if you put on those socks with the holes in them that day. In my daughter's nursery care room, there is a sign that asks everyone to take off their shoes before entering the room since the little ones who are crawling will put everything in their mouths – including debris from shoes. Because I usually have my 5-year old in tow, plus a baby in my arms, the trouble of shoe removal is often annoying. When I traveled to Burma, I bought special sandals because we were told that the Burmese always remove their shoes before entering any building. I knew with such frequency of removing shoes, I had to worry about sandals that were both comfortable for lots of walking, but also easily slipped on and off.
This fall, St. Margaret's will be offering a new Sunday School program for our Middle School students. The program is called Rite-13. The program is meant to help middle schoolers to start claiming their faith lives and their adulthoods as their own. They will spend time talking about images of God, their prayer lives, their understanding of God's call to love one another, and what being a young person of faith means.
One of my favorite lessons from Rite-13 is one that talks about prayer. In the lesson, the young adults and teachers are not admitted into the room unless they take off their shoes. When I taught this lesson many years ago, the reaction was immediate. Some of the kids giggled, some looked worried; other kids refused at first and hung back, while others seemed skeptical, but willing. The action was simple, but the action of taking off their shoes created unease.
Though our Old Testament lesson is filled with vivid images of burning bushes and Moses debating with God, the line that caught my attention this week says, "Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground." As I pondered on this moment for Moses, when God proclaims the ground to be holy and worthy of shoes being removed, all those places where I have also been asked to remove my shoes kept coming back to me – Maundy Thursday foot washings, my friend who insists that shoes be left at the door in the winter, my daughter's nursery school room, Burmese diocesan offices, and that Rite-13 classroom. Though some of those places require removed shoes for religious purposes, some of those places make that request for purely practical reasons. But despite the sacred and secular division, I found myself imagining each of those places as places that God might call holy ground.
When I come forward for foot washing on Maundy Thursday, I do so to allow the foot washer to claim their servant ministry. As I vulnerably offer my battered feet, and they humbly kneel to wash those feet, the ground becomes hallowed in the sacred exchange. As water splashes on the wooden floor, something holy happens on that ground.
When I visit my friend's home, and slip off my shoes in respect of her rules, something sacred always happens. Whether we share a hearty laugh, we commiserate over a glass of wine, or we simply break bread together, God is present between us. The carpet of her home is holy ground.
When I drop of my daughter at school, and dutifully take off my shoes, I mark the space as something other than simply a place to care for children. Those workers are joining me in the sacred work of raising a child – of sharing in milestones, of caring for bodily needs, of loving and sharing joy. By taking off my shoes, I remind myself that God is present with our children even when we are not there.
When I entered a building in Burma, I always loved the visual of piles of flip flops near the door. On those cold cement floors walked servants of God who simply wanted to know that they were not forgotten by their American Christian brothers and sisters. And though we struggled to communicate in vastly different languages, the friendships that we forged were forged on holy ground.
And when I entered that Rite-13 classroom, and those teenagers and I began to talk about what prayer is and who this God is that we worship, with our feet exposed to each other, our awkward, vulnerable conversations were held on holy ground.
When we hear Moses' dramatic call narrative today, we often think that Moses is told to take off his shoes because that specific ground at Horeb is holy. But I wonder if something else is happening in this story. Perhaps the ground itself is not holy, but what is happening on the ground is what makes the ground holy. The soil itself is not made up of particular particles that are inherently holy. The soil becomes holy because of what happens there. [i]. God calls Moses to a task that will change his life forever – to free the people of Israel from bondage and to lead them to the Promised Land. In this sacred conversation between Moses and God – even when Moses argues with God constantly about how ill-equipped he is for this mission – the ground becomes hallowed because of the vulnerable, honest, sacred exchange between a holy servant of God and the great, "I AM."
We encounter holy ground in our own lives everyday. That holy ground is obvious to us in some places – at the communion rail, in our favorite pew, or in our favorite prayer spot. But this week, Moses invites us to see holy ground in more unexpected places – in our workplace, at school, in our homes – and to take off our shoes in recognition of the holy encounters that are happening. Now, there may be some places that removing your shoes is impractical – while waiting for the train on your morning commute, on the playground at play, or in your favorite restaurant. But I want you to at least imagine taking your shoes off in all the places you find yourself this week and see how your perspective changes. Maybe with your shoes off, that guy who elbowed you on the LIRR seems more sympathetic as you look at the dark circles under his eyes. Maybe with your shoes off, that silent orderly who cleans up the neighboring hospital room seems like more of a crucial part of the hospital than the doctors and nurses. Maybe with your shoes off, that clerk at the grocery story who barely makes eye contact seems much more interesting as you ponder how she makes a living serving you. And when you lay your head down to sleep each night this week, I invite you to thank God for the holy ground in your life and the opportunity to remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground. Amen.
[i] This train of thought inspired by reflections by Anathea Portier-Young, "Commentary on Exodus 3:1-15," found at http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?commentary_id=2136 on August 28, 2014.


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Press Releases
Alexander Cosponsors Bill to Help Tennesseans Get Flood Insurance
Says Legislation Will Help Thousands of Tennesseans Hit by Thousand-Year Rain Event
Posted on June 22, 2010
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today cosponsored a bill offered by Senator David Vitter (R-La.) that would extend the National Flood Insurance Program through December 31, 2010.
"Right now, Tennesseans who want flood insurance can't get new policies. The money is there, but the authority to write new policies is not," Alexander said. "This legislation would take care of that problem, which would be especially welcome news to those in Middle and West Tennessee who were hit by last month's historic flood."
The Vitter-Alexander bill (S. 3347) would extend authority for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue new flood insurance contracts, issue renewal contracts for those that are expiring and issue changes to current contracts—that authority expired on June 1st. Alexander said the legislation would be particularly helpful for small businesses hit by the flood that cannot receive loans from the Small Business Administration until they have proof of flood insurance.


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Both Belarus and Poland opened a new season at the Augustow canal with sport events, national food tasting, merry dances and songs!
Scroll down to see the highlights of the weekend.
Belarusian natural reserve that became a real hotspot of tourism in Belarus was buzzing with life and excitement last weekend.
While sport lovers competed in Nordic walking, foodies enjoyed themselves at a cross-border picnic tasting small sandwiches, pastries, pancakes and draniki.
Read also: Over 50km of new bike routes for new tourist season in Augustow Canal park
Fans of fast food and Mexican cuisine treated themselves with juicy buritto and hot cheeseburgers.
Folk tunes, various master classes and rollicking dances created the atmosphere of joy, fun and true summer that came earlier than expected.
Thematic events, such as a festival of folk tales and legends (on 19 May) or folk art festival (on 26 May), take place here every weekend.
From the time it was first built, the canal was described by experts as a technological marvel, with numerous sluices contributing to its aesthetic appeal.
Starting in the late 1920s the canal became a tourist attraction, a picturesque route providing excellent sporting opportunities for canoeists, sailors and boaters.
Currently the canal offers numerous sightseeing and tourist attractions.


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Sun-dried tomatoes, rosemary, and sage adds rich flavor and color to this earthy appetizer dip. Serve with toasted French bread cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
How to Make It
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400°. Sauté garlic and next 3 ingredients in a lightly greased medium skillet over medium heat 1 minute or until fragrant.
Step 2
Combine garlic mixture, beans, salt, pepper, and 3/4 cup mayonnaise in a food processor. Process 15 to 20 seconds until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides as needed.
Step 3
Arrange bread slices in a single layer on a baking sheet. Spread 1 side of each bread slice with remaining 1/4 cup mayonnaise.
Step 4
Bake at 400° for 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted. Serve with bean dip.


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What's the perfect base for a designer who's lived in the Middle East, Australia, India, England, and Greece? For Jeffrey Monteiro –who moved to New York in 2000 having lived in that virtual U.N. list of locales — it's a sunny studio in downtown New York, at the crossroads of Chinatown, Nolita, Soho, Little Italy, and the Lower East Side. "I love this neighborhood," Monteiro said. "It isn't really anything in itself, but has all these things happening around it."
In a sense, that sums up Monteiro's designs as well: wardrobe staples in neutral tones and just-tweaked-enough draping that spotlights the wearer's personality more than making a bold statement themselves. The clothing's got an architectural feel, its essence is all about wearability, versatility, and an understatement that makes it appropriate for everything. Think everything from a day of multi-tasking to a dinner at a trendy restaurant to a subway ride to a gallery opening in Dumbo.
"It's all about real life," Monteiro said of his work. "The clothes are meant to be about reality but also about the emotional attachment to detail and uniqueness. They're for someone who understands design. She could be 24 and an art student, or she could be 45 and a mother, as long as [the clothes] work into how she lives her life."
Monteiro's professional life has included stints at Mayle and Derek Lam, where he worked on both Lam's collection and Tod's clothing, bags, and shoes. In late 2007, he decided to create his own line, which debuted the following March. Although it was a capsule collection (at around 20 pieces), his designs were an immediate success at the handful of stores he initially approached.
"That almost became the business plan in a way, to be a small, well-edited collection," Monteiro said. "What we want to do is grow slowly. We don't want to be hot then cold; we just want to build and maintain a following." Less than 18 months later, his pieces are now selling steadily at stores like Barneys New York, Louis Boston, and Satine.
When he's not designing his own collection, Monteiro works on Mirror/Dash, a collaboration with Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon that is sold exclusively at Urban Outfitters. Although the price point is substantially lower than his eponymous line, the sensibility is the same. "It's simple, easy, functional and cool," he said. "They're pieces you don't have to think about too much – you just pick them up and it all works together."
Like his main line, the Mirror/Dash pieces work seamlessly with whatever clothes you already live in. "The collections aren't about someone buying the whole collection and wearing it together," Monteiro said. "They're for people to build on the things that are already in their closet. They should take what they want from it."
Nonetheless, chances are you'll want everything.
For more information and stocklists, see jeffreymontiero.com.


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One thing surprised me. Cold shower is something very popular among people who try to outperform themselves and have a great health. When it comes to chronic fatigue, on the contrary, this habit is much less popular…
Some of you could already come up with a thousand objections:
- I do not need to outperform myself, I just want to heal!
- I already surpass myself enough when I try to get out of my bed!
- The shower is already a difficult moment for me, no need to add that!
- A hot shower is one of the only pleasures of my day!
- Cold shower will not change my condition!
- Blabla
- blibli
- Bloublou
Calm down. I know you lack some courage, but first listen to what I have to say.
- Cold showers improve the respiratory system
- Cold showers fortify the body against stress
- Better resistance to cold
- The cold resistance mechanism
- The well-being
- Cold showers against depression?
- Rheumatism, Fibromyalgia, Asthma?
- Immune system
- Myths around cold showers
- Other advantages
- A psychological weapon?
- How to start?
- Just go for it!
Cold showers improve the respiratory system
Under the effect of cold water, one usually has a feeling of a difficult breath and a racing heart. With training, the body learns to manage this aggression and the breathing management improves overtime. Likewise, the heart learns not to panic.
A German study of about 20 patients with a mean age of 64 years old and with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) showed that repeated stimulation with cold water can lower the frequency of respiratory infections. In addition, these patients were able to observe a (subjective) improvement in their well-being1.
Cold showers fortify the body against stress
Biological stress is a reaction state of the organism subject to a sudden aggression. It can be caused by a high or low temperature, but it can also be caused by an infection or a disease.
Cold showers are repeated aggression. The body can learn and adapts by increasing its resistance to that stress. This resistance is also effective against some other types of stress, like infections and diseases.
A 1994 German study of people used to swim in very cold water in winter was able to demonstrate this resistance to stress (uric acid decrease and other measurements). This study also shows an increase in the anti-oxidant glutathione2.
Better resistance to cold
It's proven, repeated exposure to cold increases the amount of brown fat. Brown fat is a special fat, which, instead of producing ATP energy (for tissues and organs), is directly converted into heat3.
The cold resistance mechanism
Here is the body mechanism triggered by cold.
- Vasoconstriction: the peripheral vessels will shrink so that the blood no longer passes close to the skin. Indeed, this is where the loss of heat takes place. The blood preserves its temperature and thus nourishes the vital organs in priority.
- Chills: muscles contract unintentionally, producing heat.
- The brown fat activates and releases heat.
The well-being
Although this is not yet scientifically proven, many people report an improvement in the mood and well-being associated with cold showers.
It is guessed that the high density of cold receptors on the skin plays an important role. A cold shower would cause a large flow of nervous electrical signals to the brains. This repeated stimulation would train the latter against stress and thus provide a soothing, even anti-depressive effect. (But it hasn't been verified)
Similarly, a decrease in tensions and fatigue, as well as memory improvements have been reported4 (subjectively).
Exposure to cold causes an increase in the amount of noradrenaline and dopamine, which would explain the well-being felt just after the shower.5
Cold showers against depression?
Again, no scientific measurement here. However, many testimonies converge to say that cold showers play an anti-depressive role. This effect is so popular that some doctors are considering cold showers as a treatment for depression6. This remains to be checked, but it's good to know!
Rheumatism, Fibromyalgia, Asthma?
A Finnish study7 on people swimming in ice cold water in winter seems to put forward a greatpain relief:
All swimmers suffering from rheumatism, fibromyalgia, or asthma reported that swim in icy water had relieved their pain.
Immune system
That's proven! Exposure to cold stimulates the immune system891011. In particular, it increases the amount of white blood cells. Measured in the blood, they are a "police" that helps to fight against diseases and infections.
More hypothetically, some researchers think that swimming in cold water for mice subjects would have helped them fight cancer12.
Myths around cold showers
Cold showers do not boost testosterone. (Studies on rats even assume the opposite1314)
Many think or testify that cold showers improve the quality of sleep. It remains subjective, nothing has been proved. In particular, I often read that hot showers were recommended shortly before bed… I'll therefore let you try and see what works for you.
Other advantages
While hot water dries the skin, cold water firmens it and tightens the pores.
Cold showers are economical and ecological: in addition to not heating water, they are often shorter!
A psychological weapon?
Here is my favorite paragraph. We've seen until now all the benefits that can bring a daily cold shower. But I would like to add a personal touch.
When you are sick and tired, it makes sense to protect yourself from the cold. Sometimes you spend your day indoors or even in bed. Everything is painful enough, so we minimize all the attacks. I think that without knowing, we weaken the body by over-protecting it. The cold showers would, reversely, shock the body, and to tell it to get back into hard work (a good kick in the ass!).
Beyond this physical aggression, I think it is also a psychological weapon. Every morning, the cold shower reminds us that we are fighting. Every morning it transforms our resignation into a healing rage. Every morning it is there to test our weakness and our motivation. Do you really want to get better? Go cold shower! (wow, cool slogan!)
How to start?
The goal is to not touch the hot water tap and stay at least 3 minutes under cold water. Do not do it directly, it's too violent for the body and it would not be profitable.
Like with sports, your body needs to be trained. To begin with, take your shower normally and finish by lowering the temperature. Every day, you can expose yourself to colder, for longer. You can also alternate hot and cold. See what works for you.
Even if you have to go gradually, you have to get into a little bit of violence. It is necessary to distinguish between desire (which is generally not at the rendez-vous) and your limits (which are too often underestimated). You can do it! Everyone can do it!
One of the most effective techniques is to accept cold. Instead of going backwards, gesticulating in all directions and shouting names of birds, relax as much as possible. Concentrate on your breath and make this moment meditative. Accept the cold and breathe deeply: your body knows what to do, it takes care of the rest!
Just go for it!
I've been taking cold showers for several months now and I'm enjoying it now. Plus, it takes no extra time at all!
And you, what is your story with cold showers? Starting today? Leave me a note in the comments.
- Repeated cold water stimulations (hydrotherapy according to Kneipp) in patients with COPD
- Uric acid and glutathione levels during short-term whole body cold exposure
- Brown adipose tissue oxidative metabolism contributes to energy expenditure during acute cold exposure in humans
- Winter swimming improves general well-being
- Human physiological responses to immersion into water of different temperatures.
- Adapted cold shower as a potential treatment for depression.
- Winter swimming improves general well-being
- Immune system of cold-exposed and cold-adapted humans.
- Immune changes in humans during cold exposure: effects of prior heating and exercise.
- Adaptation related to cytokines in man: effects of regular swimming in ice-cold water.
- Gender-specific cold responses induce a similar body-cooling rate but different neuroendocrine and immune responses
- Possible stimulation of anti-tumor immunity using repeated cold stress: a hypothesis.
- Cold swim stress leads to enhanced splenocyte responsiveness to concanavalin A, decreased serum testosterone, and increased serum corticosterone, glucose, and protein.
- Changes in masculine sexual behavior, corticosterone and testosterone in response to acute and chronic stress in male rats.


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Yesterday NPR's Morning Edition reported on advances in the development of precise prenatal tests for Down syndrome and other genetic disorders. The report praised new tests that allow women to know more accurately and more quickly whether their children have a genetic disorder.Read the rest.
Prenatal testing for Down syndrome has become a hot issue in the medical community. Reports about advanced testing seem to make headlines every few months. But yesterday's story was unique because NPR was clear about the supposed value of advanced prenatal testing. With advanced tests, the story said, women can terminate pregnancies with a high degree of certainty that their children are abnormal.
The story quoted physicians who lamented that inaccurate tests can mislead a woman into "terminating what would actually have been a normal pregnancy." With prenatal certainty about trisomy 21, the doctors said, women won't accidentally abort normal children.
The assumption of that logic, of course, is that any rational woman would choose to abort a child with Down syndrome.
I have two "abnormal children," both of whom were born with Down syndrome. Both are adopted. Both were born to brave women counseled to abort their "abnormal pregnancies." Their stories are far too typical. Prenatal testing is the reason why more than 70 percent of American children conceived with Down syndrome are aborted.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Testing for the Kill
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- jen said...
When I was pregnant with my son 5 years ago, my MSAFP test (the one for spina bifida and Down syndrome) came back elevated for Down's. They scheduled a 3-D ultrasound for the next week and asked for more blood. I had so many people freaking out about it (including my mom who was in Paris on business) and I was actually pretty calm because there was no chance in hell that I was aborting my kid.
We did the 3-D ultrasound, saw that everything was fine, and the doctor told me to "please raise him to be a strong man". (There aren't enough words to describe how completely awesome my perinatalogist was.) Two months later,I developed a nasty variant of preeclampsia called HELLP Syndrome and had to have an emergency c-section at 29.5 weeks. Daniel has his share of problems from the prematurity but Down syndrome ain't one of them!
If you don't know her already, check out Kathleen Basi's blog (kathleenbasi.com/blog). Her daughter Julianna has it and they do presentations on it to med students make the diagnosis less scary.


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20 Free Tickets: 'PERIBANEZ' TO BE DIRECTED BY HENRY GODINEZ FEB. 11 TO 20
update: this show run is complete
"Peribanez," a romantic tale of desire, honor and revenge, is a thought-provoking stage production one might consider sharing with one's own special Valentine in mid-February. Opening Friday, Feb. 11, the daring classic explores what a man will do for the love of a woman.
Written by Lope de Vega (1562-1635), one of the most prolific playwrights and poets of the Spanish Golden Age, "Peribanez" will be presented by the Theatre and Interpretation Center (TIC) at Northwestern University at the Ethel M. Barber Theater, 30 Arts Circle Drive, on the Evanston campus.
Lope de Vega is the acknowledged creator of the comedia nueva – the dominant from of drama in Spain's Golden Age – and a Spanish National hero. He led a full (and sometimes scandalous) life of action; he was married twice, sailed with the Armada, was a familiar of the Inquisition, had numerous love affairs before and after taking holy orders, enjoyed huge public acclaim and suffered banishment from his native Madrid, as well as the cruellest personal tragedy.
It is a work which combines common Golden-Age themes of love, jealousy and honour, on this occasion in an idealised rural setting. The play charts the clash between prudent conjugal love (Peribanez) and passion (the Comendador) as manifested in the two men's relationships with one woman, Casilda. The love stories are played out against the background of a strict hierarchical society, where purity and danger go hand in hand together. The central couple's love is revealed to be essential to social cohesion, but the drama also betrays a marked sympathy with the antagonist's passion despite its destructive power.
Performances will take place at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11; 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12; 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13; 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17; 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18; 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20. Post-show discussions with members of the cast and creative team will follow the Feb. 13 matinee and the Feb. 17 evening performances.
Directed by award-winning TIC artistic director Henry Godinez, with an English translation by Tanya Ronder, "Peribanez" will feature a cast of 16 Northwestern student actors and a creative team of Master of Fine Arts students, Northwestern faculty members and professional designers.
"'Peribanez' poses some complex questions about love, lust, obsession, revenge, the abuse of power and community," said Godinez. "It also calls into question apparent class distinctions and reflects on the value of simple integrity."
Lope de Vega was a priest and a soldier who fought in the Spanish Armada. He had two families and loved women. He wrote at the same time as Shakespeare but was more prolific. It is estimated that he penned as many as 1,200 plays of which some 800 survive. "Sadly, not many people in this country know much of his work," said Godinez. "As a result, it is a great privilege to present one of his works."
Northwestern's version of "Peribanez" is set in the Dominican Republic of the 1950s. It tells the story of newlyweds Peribanez and Casilda, a young couple who have found perfect bliss until fate intervenes, bringing into their lives a jealous Commander determined to take Casilda for himself.
The production will feature choreography by Billy Siegenfeld; fight choreography by Santosha Chantal; costume design by Emily Tarleton; set design by Scott Davis; lighting design by Nastassia Jimenez; and music design by Miles Polaski. The live music featured in the production is by School of Communication junior Alex Goldklang, Bienen School of Music and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences senior Alok Nadig and Bienen School senior Kelly Hoppenjans.
"Peribanez" is two hours and 25 minutes long and has a 15-minute intermission.
Single-tickets are $25 for the general public; $22 for seniors 65 and older, Northwestern faculty and staff and area educators and administrators; and $10 for full-time students with IDs and Northwestern alumni who graduated within the past two years.
TIC is offering $10 single-ticket prices to Thursday night season performances to U.S. Armed Forces personnel and their families (with a valid military ID), as well as $10 ticket discounts for Northwestern alumni who have graduated within the past two years (with a valid WildCARD ID).
Discounts are available for groups of 15 or more. Single or group tickets may be purchased through the TIC Box Office at (847) 491-7282 or online at www.tic.northwestern.edu.
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Justin Bieber named worst celebrity neighbor of 2014
Seems like everyone's really happy Canadian pop star Justin Bieber lives in Beverly Hills and not by them. Bieber has just been named the worst celebrity neighbor of 2014 by real estate listings site Zillow.
One in three people surveyed picked Bieber as the least desirable neighbor. Now, this ranking isn't really surprising, seeing as every time the 20-year-old's antics made the press ... it wasn't good news.
In January, Bieber was arrested in Miami on allegations of driving under the influence and without a valid driver's license. Police said the star was drag racing at the time and resisted arrest.
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That same month, Bieber was caught egging his neighbor's house. A judge later ordered him to attend anger management classes and pay the neighbor more than $80,000 in restitution.
Then there were reports of Bieber spitting in a neighbor's face, riding around the neighborhood smoking marijuana and his house parties, which tended to end with visits from the police.
Bieber isn't the only cringeworthy neighbor who made the list. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West placed second, while Miley Cyrus placed third.
Zillow also identified the celeb people wouldn't mind living by. Late-night talk show host Jimmy Fallon earned that honor for the second year in a row. Country singers Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton as well as newlyweds George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin also made the list of desirable neighbors.
Yeah, we think fans are so trying to score an invite to Clooney's villa on Lake Como with that ranking.
Most Desirable Neighbors for 2015
Jimmy Fallon - 10%
Miranda Lambert & Blake Shelton - 9%
Taylor Swift - 7%
Matthew McConaughey - 7%
Neil Patrick Harris - 6%
George Clooney & Amal Alamuddin - 4%
Ashton Kutcher & Mila Kunis - 4%
Worst Neighbors for 2014
Justin Bieber - 34%
Kim Kardashian & Kayne West - 22%
Miley Cyrus - 10%
Donald Trump - 5%
Alec Baldwin - 3%
Taylor Swift - 3%
Gwyneth Paltrow - 2%
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Maciej Frąckowiak
'Urban hacking' calls to mind several forms of activity which seek to improve the quality and accessibility of the urban environment. Initially, the term referred to exploring inaccessible spaces – overcoming security measures and scaling the sides of skyscrapers, traversing underground tunnels and canals and entering abandoned industrial sites.(2) Today, hacking the urban environment also involves guerrilla actions (guerrilla gardening, yarn bombing) and tactical urbanism – micro-gardens, setting playgrounds in small under-utilized spaces, reclaiming parking spots for micro-bars, or the recycling of elements of post-industrial infrastructure in community initiatives, as well as various forms of data-activism which seek to redress asymmetrical access to information. 'Urban hacking' can also be associated with some forms of protests (particularly nude), as well as with pranks which seek to provoke unusual situations with the potential to surprise, scare or fool passersby. The people behind these activities work off the assumption that there is something lacking in the everyday urban environment – that it is not urban enough because it continues to lock-out, exclude certain groups or narratives, fails to create opportunities for social interaction or reflection, does not provide sufficiently stimulating activities and thus no longer inspires or captivates. These types of actions are typically thoroughly documented in snapshots and movies.
Keeping its computer science origin in mind, hacking's sense comes from overcoming security features in order to reveal content that was intended to remain hidden to 'unauthorized' users. Thus, it is worth investigating whether the 'urban hacking' efforts mentioned above satisfy the crucial requirement of overcoming security measures given the changing context in which they are carried out. After all, the idea of open-source cities is gaining in popularity. Aside from the ideological issues involved, the justification for this change is usually an economic one – cities and their key actors increasing rely on community involvement to continue their existence. Therefore, we are facing a situation where there is really nothing left to hack as public and commercial institutions support various subversive actions either through willful ignorance or outright subsidies or grants. Institutions have adopted this approach in order to further their existence, to convince others that they remain worthy of attention and are willing to evolve. Additionally, their willingness to be hacked allows them to throw-off some of their obligations, efforts and responsibilities and transfer them to willing entities capable of creating value at a fraction of the cost.
Hacking has become one of the most accepted forms of cultural participation. Since it coincides well with the narrative of the city as a unique form of experience that has been recently adopted by various arts festivals which provide exciting forms of experimentation with urban spaces. Much like other forms of resistance (such as the sharing economy), hacking provides new cultural patters which may prompt new market offers and ambient marketing strategies. A good example of these are controlled pre-release leaks of new music or films, or Ikea's successful legal effort to capture a grass-roots blog which suggested ways of hacking its products, and eventually offering products dedicated to that very goal. Overcoming security measures is also an important part of pop culture. As it is generally associated with scandals, it ideally matches the formula for creating, promoting and distributing pop- culture content. The Edward Snowden case or the continuing leaks of nude celebrity photos are but the most obvious examples.
I do not mean to claim that activities which contravene the traditional rules of urban spaces are pointless or that they do not change anything. Occasionally they establish unexpected relations between various entities and force the creation of new patches or updates to urban systems which improve their functionality and benefit the end-users. I am also not denying that these are well-intentioned efforts. However, I want to reiterate a previously stated argument: one of the results of the growth of global capital and informational networks (both in terms of reach and bandwidth), and the technological saturation of social relations, has been the blurred boundary between participation and consumption.(3) For example, by using social media to alert my acquaintances about an eviction protest, I am also increasing the economic value of the particular social platform which I used, and thus boosting the wealth of its shareholders across the world. Further, as I use a geolocation app to locate the place where the protest is to occur, this, in turn, generates data which the app's owner can then sell to advertising companies.
These examples illustrate that one of the unintended results of grass-roots actions is some form of capital accumulations (via social media remediation). Viewed from this perspective, any and all actions intended to make the urban environment more fluid, freed from obligations, open to new uses or generate hype and vibe, can hardly be perceived as challenging the basic logic of communal life. In fact, the very existence and development of this logic increasingly relies on the existence of such hacking initiatives. A more effective challenge to the modern rules of communal life can be found in blockages within the urban networks, which include everything that hampers movement with an insistent desire to do things "the way they were always done," to resist efforts to be be tagged and digitized, to forgo tallying "unique visitors," to limit options and immobilize.4 The blockages frustrate the development of the urban environment as a massive RSS system which spread common standards of content circulation, attention, human activity or financial resources.
One example of such a blockage can be seen in The Invisible City which we studied several years ago.(5) This phenomenon consists of various forms of residents' spontaneous efforts to transform their immediate surroundings in a way which more fully reflects their desires, needs and values. Such efforts include neighborhood clubhouses set up in apartment building courtyards or other vacant spaces, home-made advertising signs, decorations or religious cult objects, garden patches, playgrounds designed by local children, animal enclosures, hand-made objects designed to regulate the lives of the local community such as: notes, warnings, fences and various other examples of the residents' everyday creativity and readiness to address their own concerns.
At the start of our research, we assumed that such projects constitute an overlooked reservoir of citizen activity – that they are targeted at others. That turned out not to be the case. Most examples of the invisible city were based on appropriating public and semi-public spaces for personal use or use by a small community of immediate neighbors. Additionally, the overwhelming majority of these efforts were meant to resist changes taking place in both modern city and life models, and not to initiate or accelerate these changes. The invisible city is also remarkably permanent: the majority of gardens, decorations and meeting places have been in existence for extended periods of time, with multiple reconstructions, maintenance activities and transfers of custody to new caretakers. Since such projects require attention, they provide residents with an opportunity for creative and social outlets. They also serve as a means of rooting their creators in their immediate environment. Thus, the invisible city not only lowers the porosity of urban spaces, but also weakens mobility within them.
At some point we actually became rather disappointed with these results. It turned out that the invisible city was not only incompatible with the idea of the city as a tourist and investment center, but also with the modern (and personally appealing) visions of utopian open cities whose development would be based on designed socialization. The continued existence of the invisible city attracts energy which does not radiate out in a way that enhances the system resources. Additionally, this phenomenon makes cities less transparent and deprives them of a common standard which would provide suggestions for our behavior within it. Examples of the invisible city can also become the sources of local conflicts. Sometimes the disputes are based on the scarcity of space: new guerrilla gardens can take away parking spaces. Alternatively, they may raise issues of increased communal costs: the garden is watered from a basement faucet which is paid for by all residents of a building, or clashes of value hierarchies: parents of small children may oppose the construction of housing and the feeding of feral cats or doves.
However, upon a closer examination, we recognized that the invisible city plays an extremely important role in the lives of many of its creators. It allows them to establish their space which may be otherwise unavailable, to manifest their commitment to values persecuted by mainstream discourse or to shape the environment which has often been forced upon them. In such circumstances, a lack of trust, weariness of outsiders or the desire to remain separate can be seen as defense mechanisms which create a more level playing field and challenge alienation from the larger society. Such is the cost of an incompatibility that is not based on a desire to engage in activities of questionable legal status or in opposition to custom, but rather from a distinctness from today's dominant vision of the urban environment.
The invisible city stems from a culture which shares little with the so-called new bourgeoisie. It is rooted in a completely different experience of the everyday – its authors do not fetishize change, do not seek out sensations or desire to become the focus of attention, they also do not experience the city as an image. Examples of the invisible city do not match the dominant expectations and conceptions of aesthetic harmony because they are mostly driven by ethical thinking – building using available resources left over from other projects. The invisible city is built by people for whom taking photographs is not the basic mode of reaction to their environment and who, even in this way, do not create or share media content and contribute to the global systems of attention.
From a certain point of view, the invisible city is a barrier to urban development due to its tendency to not produce generalized trust which we typically grant to others under the assumption of their good intentions. The creators of the invisible city are far removed from the networked individualism model proposed in Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman's books.(6) For the most part, these are individuals much more rooted in their small communities rather than networks. These individuals' situation comes with attendant social costs: their prospects for social advancement or effective resolution of unemployment or poverty issues are much lower. However, in observing the various efforts to "open" and "network" these types of communities and spaces one cannot help but believe that these efforts are driven by factors other than simply compassion.
We could just as well assume that all of this networking and diffused trust is being (sometimes forcefully) imposed because it is required by the logic of new community initiatives or economic forms such as the sharing economy.(7) The ideal implicit in these initiatives reflects a vision of urban environment which tends to benefit a single category of inhabitants. The invisible city occupies spaces which could be more profitable and generate value with a higher market potential. It also captures the time, creativity and energy of individuals who could participate in other endeavors in which their presence could provide a justification for the public subsidies underwriting many urban initiatives., validate the claims of urban activists and legitimize other advocacy efforts. The invisible city's makers could also be useful as beneficiaries of the currently fashionable and frequently publicly subsidized initiatives such as open-air cinemas or workshops in design thinking – they would be helpful in challenging claims that these efforts are mostly classist in nature.
The invisible city is only one example of existing blockages. Other examples include manifestations of the shortage economy phenomenon which include junkyards, squeegee men, cars used as advertising billboards occupying parking spaces or basic forms of businesses such as temporary stalls selling shoelaces, flowers or fruits and vegetables.(8) Other examples of this phenomenon are urban areas whose market potential is under-utilized such as central Warsaw's Finnish houses colony, Cracow's Zakrzówek (a flooded former quarry serving as an unofficial park), or the common urban allotment gardens. Other blockages include areas which, for a variety of reasons, including flood risk regulations or complicated ownership status, are classified as wastelands and thus provide the venue for practices which could not occur anywhere else. One such example are certain areas around the Warta River in Poznań, which, despite their central location, are used in a manner commonly associated with peripheral zones (fishing, sun-bathing and unregulated camping). The areas' legal status prevents authorities from improving the river banks with paved paths, access roads, landscaping or even holding design competitions for urban beaches – this situation allows the existence of a rarely-seen area of urban heterogeneity. Numerous parasitic practices which take advantage of urban infrastructure, such as unlicensed advertising billboards, illegal electricity connections or even using street-side steam vapor vents for heating can also be viewed as forms of blockages.(9)
A more thorough investigation would probably yield a much long list of similar practices, in fact, a good part of the modern city functions and looks much different than many of us would like it to. The "us" here does not refer merely to city officials and the wealthiest residents but, rather, to the urban middle class whose idea of the city was shaped by the categories with which they were raised with and which make it difficult to recognize blockages as anything more than manifestations of poverty, lack of comfort or an ethnographic oddity.(10) This situation is yet another example of the "peripheral mentality" characteristic of developing cities and societies that fetishize the forms (but not necessarily the norms) characteristic of Western core countries which serve as the aspirational models.(11) So while we are fascinated with exploring the urban underground, defending guerrilla gardens, organizing hackathons and activating riverbanks, we are simultaneously marginalizing grass-roots efforts which are far more effective in opposing the troubling processes associated with the modern social operating system than all the purposeful hacking efforts put together.(12)
In the current context, refraining from taking action, obstructing circulation and constructing firewalls all appear to be significantly more subversive activities than hacking. After all, these actions also require effort and sacrifice. Sometimes, only resistance to change and a negative approach allow varied lifestyles (perceived as competing universalities)(13) to be saved from absorption by the dominant model. By recognizing this potential, we must reconcile ourselves to a more complex and demanding definition of an open city.(14) This expanded definition goes beyond experiences offered by urban festivals or similar initiatives and includes care toward efforts which may be uncomfortable to us, contrary to our habits, and difficult to incorporate or even comprehend. Finally, this definition requires us to tolerance the distrust of others in situations where such an attitude is the only means of maintaining individual dignity and a feeling of safety. Cities should also belong to those who've never read Lefebvre!
(1) This article is an expanded version of a presentation given during the "Hacking of the Social Operating System" symposium (curated by Edwin Bendyk), a part of the The City/Laboratory of the Future program of the Wrocław European Capital of Culture 2016 and WRO 2015.
(2) See e.g. B.L. Gerrett, Explore everything: Place-Hacking the City (London: Verso Books, 2013).
(3) Reference to Culture time: consumption or participation? debate hosted by Czas Kultury, June 3, 2015.
(4) M. Krajewski, M. Frąckowiak, Polityka impulsów i rzeczy [The Politics of impulses and objects], in My i Oni. Przestrzenie wspólne i projektowanie dla wspólnoty [Us and Them. Common spaces and designing for a community] ed. Bogna Świątkowska (Warsaw: Fundacja Bęc Zmiana,2014).
(5) See. Niewidzialne miasto [The Invisible City] ed. Marek Krajewski (Warsaw: 2012); Rafał Drozdowski et. al., Narzędziownia. Jak badaliśmy (niewidzialne) miasto [Tool shop. How we studied the (invisible) city]; photo gallery documenting examples of invisible city available at: http://www.niewidzialnemiasto.pl.
(6) Lee Rainie, Barry Wellman, Networked: The New Social Operating System (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2012).
(7) Comment drawn from discussion of Zaufanie [Trust] by Anna Cieplak and Lidia Ostałowska; discussion took place at club Zemsta, Poznań, May 2015. Participants included: Anna Cieplak, Dorota Grobelna and Natalia Mazur.
(8) Architektura cienia [Shadow Architecture] ed. Aleksandra Wasilkowska (Warsaw: Fundacja Inna Przestrzeń, 2012).
(9) The word 'parasitic' need not be seen as being pejorative; my intentions are closer to Michel Serres's conception which calls attention to its potential for creating static which interferes with the "normal" course of events, and creating added value. In the above-mentioned examples the added value could result from a fuller usage of energy which would otherwise be wasted, or a partial return to symmetry where illegal billboards which typically draw residents' attention to themselves being taken over as shelter with their owners unable to appeal to authorities for redress due to their own earlier evasion of existing legal structures. See video and story Bezdomni zasiedlili wielki billboard w Krakowie [The homeless take over a giant billboard] at http://www.krakow.gazeta.pl.
(10) During our investigation of the invisible city we learned that these practices generate most criticism from other residents and not city authorities and officials. See Rafał Drozdowski, Maciej Frąckowiak, Jak mieszkaniec z ekspertem [Like a resident talking with an expert] in Niewidzialne miasto [The Invisible City].
(11) Zbigniew Rykiel, "Szaleństwo czy metoda? Modernizacja przez biurokratyzację i prekaryzację" [Madness or method? Modernization by bureaucratization and precarization], Przestrzeń społeczna no. 2 (8), 2014, 34–35.
(12) The functioning of this mechanism (after all, the greatest resistance is provided by that which, mostly aesthetically, is not associated with resistance) in relation to other practices has been frequently noted by Marek Krajewski, see. e.g.. Dyskretna niezgoda. Opór i kultura materialna [A discreet refusal. Resistance and material culture], Kultura współczesna no. 2, 2010; Przeciw inżynierii wizualnej. Ożywianie i uśmiercanie miasta [Against visual engineering. Invigorating and killing of a city] in Sztuka – kapitał kulturowy polskich miast [Art – the cultural capital of Polish cities] ed. Ewa Rewers and Agata Skórzyńska (Poznań: Adam Mickiewicz University, 2010); Słabe obrazy / obrazy słabych [Weak images/images of the weak] (forthcoming).
(13) Style życia i porządek klasowy w Polsce [Lifestyles and the class order in Poland] ed. Maciej Gdula and Przemysław Sadura, (Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2012).
(14) I'm referring here to R. Sennets understing of the term, proposed in papers and numerous speeches that can be found e.g. in Youtube.
Maciej Frąckowiak (b. 1985) – sociologist interested in urban activism and inactivity, his research also deals with visual studies and the ways in which images may be used to prompt changes in social relations. PhD student at the Institute of Sociology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.


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- Anything metal—tractors, farm equipment, motorcycles, golf carts, golf clubs, and bicycles.
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Go to a low place such as a ravine or valley. Be alert for flash floods.
If you are on open water:
Get to land and find shelter immediately.
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Squat low to the ground on the balls of your feet. Place your hands over your ears and your head between your knees. Make yourself the smallest target possible and minimize your contact it the ground. DO NOT lie flat on the ground.
Call 9-1-1 for medical assistance as soon as possible.
The following are things you should check when you attempt to give aid to a victim of lightning:
- Breathing – if breathing has stopped, begin mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
- Heartbeat – if the heart has stopped, administer CPR.
- Pulse – if the victim has a pulse and is breathing, look for other possible injuries. Check for burns where the lightning entered and left the body. Also be alert for nervous system damage, broken bones, and loss of hearing and eyesight.


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Golden Bowl
The secret to this recipe is double-frying the tofu cubes to give them an extra-crisp exterior. We've added a selection of sautéed vegetables to the mix, but feel free to adapt the basic recipe to your tastes and preferences. This recipe was a winner in our 2008 Restaurant Poll, and is a popular entrée at The Grit in Athens, Georgia.
- 4Servings
- 2 Tbs. vegetable oil, divided
- 15 oz. extra-firm tofu, drained and cut into 1/2-inch dice
- 2 tsp. low-sodium soy sauce, plus more to taste
- 2 cups steamed broccoli
- 8 oz. sliced mushrooms
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 cup diced yellow bell pepper
- 1 cup sliced yellow squash
- 1/2 cup shredded cabbage
- 1/2 cup grated carrots
- 2 Tbs. nutritional yeast, or more to taste
- 2 cups cooked brown rice
1. Heat 1 Tbs. oil in large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add tofu, and sauté 10 to 15 minutes, tossing with spatula, until light golden brown all over. Sprinkle with soy sauce, and sauté 2 to 3 minutes more to further brown tofu. Transfer tofu to paper-towel-lined plate. Drain and rinse skillet, and wipe dry.
2. Heat remaining 1 Tbs. oil over high heat. Add tofu and all vegetables. Sauté 5 to 7 minutes, or until tofu is browned and vegetables are tender, tossing constantly with spatula. Sprinkle with soy sauce to taste. Sprinkle nutritional yeast over tofu to coat. Sauté a few seconds more. Remove from heat. Serve over brown rice.
Nutrition Information
- Calories: 348
- Carbohydrate Content: 40 g
- Fat Content: 14 g
- Fiber Content: 8 g
- Protein Content: 19 g
- Saturated Fat Content: 1.5 g
- Sodium Content: 98 mg
- Sugar Content: 6 g


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