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I retired from the United States Army after 22+ years of service and returned to Florida where I began diving with friends in high school. I believe that scuba diving is much more than a hobby; it is more accurately a lifelong adventure and has the power to change lives. I am a member of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) and a volunteer Divemaster with the Florida Aquarium in Tampa where I log dives virtually every week to help maintain exhibits, lead guest dive experiences, and participate in off-site conservation and research projects. My passion for scuba diving is one that I believe is contagious. Few people return from a scuba dive the same person they were when they started. Mostly the changes are subtle in that they have gained an appreciation for the beauty and diversity of life below the sea. For others, the change is more profound and launches them on a career as a professional diver or in marine biology and environmental stewardship. Scuba diving is a shared time when families can connect. Observing first-hand the transformation students undergo as they progress from the classroom, to the pool, and finally to their checkout dives is irreplaceable. Watching the students' expressions when they see the aquatic life in the lakes or rivers Calypso uses for instruction and knowing what awaits them at other open water dive locations, is one of the true benefits of scuba instruction.
I took a long time to experience scuba diving, 30+ years to be exact. I finally took the plunge at the Florida Aquarium when they were looking for guests to try out their new Test Dive Scuba program. An hour later I surfaced and said, "I want to do this!" Since that first experience I have visited dive sites across Florida and the Caribbean with Larry. Of course, Larry reminds me that we could have been doing this for the past three decades. But better late than never. Scuba diving gives me the opportunity to see the beauty of God's creation up close and personal.
While working for Verizon I was transferred to Florida. One item on my bucket list was to learn to scuba dive. 20 years later this is where I am, retired from Verizon and working and teaching at Calypso. During the week, I service dive computers and sports watches. At other times, I teach scuba classes. You name the class and as a Master Instructor I can teach it. One of my other hobbies is crocheting and winning awards for my work.
After retiring as a decorated Firefighter/EMT, I moved to the Tampa Bay area in 2005. As a joke, a friend said that I needed to get my SCUBA certification because it was required for my driver's license! Of course, this was not true but I still went and got my certification. After my course, I did my first open water drift dive in Cozumel, Mexico. I was instantly hooked on diving and wanted to become an instructor as soon as I got back home. 14 years later and hundreds of dives later, I spend every day doing what makes me happy, teaching people how to dive. One of the great pleasures as an instructor is watching new divers explore one of the most prescious resources the world has to offer, the Oceans!
"I love working with students because they challenge my creativity to recommend the best solutions for their diving, swimming, and snorkeling goals." - ilsia
In 2001, the local dive shop in Maryland mailed cards inviting people to come "Discover Scuba Diving" and my husband fell in love with breathing underwater. I was talked into taking the open water class with him and since then we have enjoyed many dives together including scrubbing the Florida Aquarium Coral Reef exhibits. I love living on the edge, whether it is diving to 100 feet depth or climbing redwood trees 100 feet off the ground. At Calypso, I use many skills from my past life as an Internetworking Engineer and Accountant. I primarily enjoy working the retail floor and coordinating the scuba classes. My passion is meeting new divers and teaching scuba classes to convert new timid divers into confident and excited divers that look like they have been diving for years.
I got my first PADI certification in a cold, dark quarry near Pittsburgh in 1986. I loved diving from the start. Since then I became a U.S. Navy captain and the award-winning (modest) author of five (count them and weep, losers!) books. and had adventures and dives all over the world.
Whenever I could, I always had my dive bag nearby. Fast forward a three decades in the Navy, and in 2011 I got orders to Central Command in Tampa. It was my first time being stationed in Florida, so I asked people on base where the best local dive ahop was. The first three answers were "Calypso." I visited the store and saw immediately they were right. Calypso and its hand-picked team have hit that rare "sweet spot" where fun and professionalism meet. That's exactly what I was looking for. Calypso is a happy place that provides diving education, opportunities, and equipment sales and service of the highest quality. Calypso became the "home base" for all my recreation diving needs while I finished my time in the military.
I retired from the Navy in 2017 after 30 years' active duty. Now I could share my passion for diving whenever and wherever I wanted! So I started teaching at Calypso. As an IDC Staff Instructor, I can teach students from Open Water Diver all the way through Divemaster. I also can help prepare Instructor Candidate for the PADI Instructor Examination.
No matter WHERE you want to dive, or WHAT level of training you aspire to Calypso can get you there. And I'm happy to help you get there too!
I moved to Tampa and started my own general contracting business in early 2001. With having much better weather here in Tampa I decided to search out a good dive shop in order to earn my open water certificate. Being blessed I found Calypso Divers which helped me complete my "Divemaster Rating". Upon completion, I have been excited to help others complete their certificates as a Calypso divemaster since 2013. It is, and has been, rewarding working with customers in order to help them enjoy the wonderful world of diving. Stop by and visit, it's a friendly, convenient place to learn diving!
I began SCUBA diving just three short years ago while attending Florida State University's Underwater Crime Scene Investigation program. Through IANTD and AAUS, I became a certified Public Safety Diver and decided to go a step further by getting trained as a PADI Divemaster during my time living in Panama City Beach. Using sidescan sonar and my Divemaster and Science Diving skills, I took an internship with FSU to survey the damage inflicted on Bay County's Artificial Reef System as a result of Hurricane Micheal. It didn't take long for me to realize that SCUBA diving was my passion, I could make a difference in the marine ecosystem and our environment, and that I loved sharing my enthusiasm with others. When my internship concluded and I graduated with my bachelor's degree and certificate in the summer of 2019, I moved to Tampa eager for more diving opportunities. I plan on continuing to give back to the environment by participating in various clean-up dive opportunities, and I looks forward to sharing my love of diving with Calypso's future certified divers.
My first encounter with diving was actually snorkeling, inside the reef around Guam while I was stationed there in the early 1970s. 20 years later, while living in Maryland, I received a coupon for a free 'Discover Scuba' class. I enjoyed it enough to get open water certified. After being transferred to Florida, I advanced up to Divemaster, more for the knowledge than to actually work as a divemaster. Since then, I have been a recreational diver and sometimes volunteer at the Florida Aquarium. After repeatedly hearing Ilsia tell me how backed up the service area at Calypso was, I thought how difficult could it be to service regulators, BCDs, and tanks. After all I have spent many years servicing and repairing bicycles, mini-bikes, motorcycles, cars, light trucks, and 4 years of servicing and maintaining B-52 aircraft while I was in the Air Force. After completing training, I now work two to three days a week insuring that Calypso's clientele have safe, serviceable equipment with which to pursue their own diving adventures.


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The NSW treasurer is playing coy when it comes to his federal budget wishlist but it's already known there'll be some big bucks for Badgerys Creek Airport, the Snowy Hydro buyback and a new bridge in Nowra.
Dominic Perrottet has praised the Turnbull government's decision to scrap the planned Medicare levy increase and demanded NSW receive its fair share of the GST.
But the Liberal treasurer has refused to be drawn on what specific projects he'd like to see funded in Tuesday night's budget to be handed down in Canberra.
"Like all great Liberal treasurers Scott Morrison will be making careful and fiscally responsible decisions that will see the federal budget return to surplus in coming years," Mr Perrottet told AAP in a statement.
"NSW is keen to advocate that we receive our fair share of the GST pie to fund the infrastructure and services that our people need."
The commonwealth has already committed to help pay for a rail line to the new federally-funded Western Sydney Airport with Canberra matching Macquarie Street's $50 million for a business case to finalise a route.
The federal government in the 2017 budget said it was open to acquiring outright ownership of Snowy Hydro from the NSW and Victorian governments.
And in March this year it announced the deal had been done with NSW set to receive $4.15 billion and Victoria to pocket $2.08 billion for their shareholdings.
Meanwhile, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is hoping to see federal money flow towards her state's multi-billion dollar infrastructure undertaking.
"Of course any support from the federal government in relation to our major infrastructure program would be welcome and I'll be watching with everybody else to see what happens," Ms Berejiklian said.
"We always look forward to seeing what the states receive."
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull late last week confirmed his government would set aside $155 million for a new bridge in Nowra while a week earlier it announced $25 million for a new monument at the Kurnell landing site of Captain James Cook.
The NSW government has off its own bat committed some $22.3 billion for infrastructure projects including the controversial $16 billion WestConnex road network.

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Weekends are for making up for last week's lousy meal prep by toning down your learning to cook ambitions a little. Also, video games.
I've had a lot of conversations about games I haven't finished this week. There are so many excellent games I've yet to see the end of (including, I cannot believe I'm saying this, The Witcher 3). So this weekend I have absurdly ambitious plans to play Dishonored 2, Sleeping Dogs, Pyre, Gwent, and The Witcher 3. How many will happen? Let's find out!
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…The Art of Gliding.
Often described as the closest you can get to being a bird (…without actually being one), gliding is a great way to get involved in air sports and an absolutely fantastic way to see if being up in the air is for you.
Gliders are generally sleek, long-winged aircraft with a tandem seat arrangement, i.e. with 2 seats positioned one behind the other, underneath a single canopy.
This smooth, low-drag design means the glider makes the most of any air that is rising and uses it to gain height after the launch. In effect, after being launched the glider is always rolling downhill back to Earth, but if the air around the glider is rising then those long, sleek wings enable the glider to ride that rising air in order to gain height.
This is known as 'soaring'.
It is generally the goal of glider pilots to find a column of rising air and circle around the area to get a soaring ride from it. In the UK during summer, it is quite common to see lots of gliders circling over power stations, flat fields, motorways or anywhere else where the sun has warmed up the surface and heated the air, causing it to rise.
Perhaps surprisingly, gliders are also often found under dark clouds. Warm air rising is what causes the cloud to form in the first place and this allows the pilot to gain height before carrying happily on his way. Glider pilots are even known to follow birds – they are the real experts after all!
What happens on my first Gliding lesson?
Firstly, you will be given a briefing on how the glider flies and what to do if there is an emergency. You will wear a parachute and be shown how to operate it should the need arise – this is always useful to know, but accidents are rare, so don't panic!
Once you're aboard, gliders can be launched from the ground in a variety of ways which all have their own advantages. By far the most common launch methods are winching and aerotow.
Winching consists of the glider being connected to a wire that has been pulled from a winch at the other end of the airfield and is laid out in a straight line in front of the glider. When the pilot is ready the wire is pulled in quickly by the winch which generates the speed and lift for the glider that allows it to fly. The height gained from a winch launch varies but is usually about 2000ft above the airfield – and it is from this position that pilots can use the technique of soaring to fly higher and further from the airfield.
An aerotow launch, on the other hand, involves the glider being towed into the air by a powered aeroplane. Once the desired height is reached, the glider pilot release the towline and the glider is, once again, under its own steam and on the hunt for that rising air. The powered aeroplane returns quickly to earth to pick up their next glider customer, leaving the glider pilot to marvel at the peace and tranquillity that can only be achieved in these near-silent aircraft.
The controls in a glider operate in exactly the same way to those as in a powered aeroplane, using flaps and ailerons on those huge wings to steer the aircraft in its constant hunt for rising air currents.
Why try Gliding?
What really sets is apart is the graceful way in which a glider slips quietly through the air, making gliding a truly unique experience.
Learning to fly a glider is also a good way of becoming a better pilot. Not having an engine on the front of the glider means that every landing has to be a good one! There is not the luxury of applying power and going around to line up for another try – this certainly focuses the mind.
Gliding is a seriously addictive pastime – as near as you can get to the liberating feeling of flying free like a bird. Most gliding clubs will only be too pleased to show you around their gliders and will be keen to help you to experience the pleasure of gliding.
So, if you thought soaring through the skies with the wind beneath your wings was something you could only dream of, think again! Give it a go, and make all those daydreams come true!
Safe flying!
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VIEWED from the United States – amidst the chaos of Trump's White House and the disintegration of a once-decent Republican Party – the actions of the Tory Party in Westminster, its beleaguered Prime Minister and the treacherous behaviour of members of her Cabinet looks even more remarkable, representing an even greater threat to the internal stability and international credibility of Britain.
A shambolic Brexit, unfortunately still a work in progress, is a monumental distraction and has overwhelmed people's ability to look ahead. The troubled and turbulent times sweeping through Western democracies have created a fragile and volatile electorate, which shouldn't be ignored. This is making the discussion of Britain and Scotland's future more complex, confused and unpredictable.
There are no longer any easy certainties of outcome, but four political objectives stand out as far as the future of Britain is concerned, and where the Labour Party are best placed to lead and deliver, in partnership with other parties.
First, winning the next General Election is vital to stop Britain's decline and refocus on a progressive agenda. To achieve this, it must widen its electoral base and integrate young and old, and reach out to left-behind and disconnected Brexit voters who were patronised and exploited by the fanatics in Ukip and the Conservative Party.
Second, Britain must remain in the European Union or, as a minimum, retain membership of both the single market and the customs union. This is also the only answer to the Ireland question, despite the rants of Boris Johnson.
Third, Scotland, with limited real political or constitutional power, remains in a Britain dominated by the ideas of and the absolute sovereignty of the Westminster Parliament. Federalism is the only sustainable alternative to independence and holds out the prospect of a second referendum which could offer Scots a real choice rather than just an opportunity to say No.
Fourth, a long-term solution to the Scotland question is not peripheral to the future of Britain or, as some see it, an irritating distraction, which will be swept away if we can only achieve socialism in our time! The Scotland question will not go away. It is inextricably linked to politics in this new age and should transcend the politics of right and left. Our constitutional thinking in Britain is of another century.
On the face of it, these objectives look relevant and challenging, but are they achievable?
Widening electoral support
Britain is a deeply divided country with a sense of purpose and vision sadly lacking. Economic nationalism and unrestrained ideology fire Tory lust for a trade free-for-all post Brexit. A once-great party is being hollowed out by political cowardice, weak leadership and a 30-year civil war within the party over Europe. To paraphrase a leader of a once-great party, never in the field of political endeavour has so much damage been done to party and country by so few to so many.
Despite the chaos caused by Theresa May and her Government and their handling of Brexit, opinion polls show the Labour Party running neck and neck with the Tories. There are questions to be asked about why Labour isn't pulling ahead. Politics is more complex and the mood of Britain reflects this. The demographics suggest that older people are not shifting their allegiances, possibly reflecting Jeremy Corbyn's strategy of concentrating on young people.
Older people are more risk averse and maybe hesitant to change amid the confusion of Brexit. They may also be anxious about some of the economic ideas behind Labour's possible manifesto for the next election. There is nothing wrong with a radical agenda but this needs to be accompanied by an electoral strategy that motivates more young people to vote, gains the confidence of older voters and, unlike the empty promises of the Brexiteers, addresses the "left-behind" and "disillusioned" with serious and honest promises – acknowledging that many of them were protesting against the state of Britain when they voted in the referendum, not the state of the European Union!
Staying in or close to the EU
Corbyn's decision to negotiate a new customs union with the EU is to be welcomed warmly. It is a decision that increases the pressure on Theresa May to dump the political baggage that is dragging her under. Staying in or around the single market should be the next bold step. Most Labour voters, trade unionists, party members and much of the country support retaining membership of the EU. While this may be a difficult short-term objective, remaining in a customs union keeps open the possibility of rejoining the EU at a later point in the lifetime of a future Labour government.
This step forward is also important for Labour in Scotland. A hard Tory Brexit or a weak Labour campaign to prevent this would strengthen the position of the SNP Government, who are understandably pro-EU. A majority of Scots voters wanted to Remain. This battle isn't over. The closer Labour stays to the EU, the more difficult it is for the SNP to exploit the issue. That is why retaining membership of the single market and the customs union is such an important part of any political strategy for Scotland.
Federalism is a solution and a sound strategy
There is no escape in Scotland from the challenge of the constitutional question. Since the independence referendum in 2014, the level of popular support for independence has changed very little. While another referendum is some way off, there is no doubt it will happen. Labour have to stop looking the other way, hoping the issue will disappear. It won't. Instead the party have to embrace federalism, the only alternative to independence.
After nearly 11 years of SNP political dominance, Scots are not yet convinced of the merits of leaving the UK. There is clearly a window of opportunity for Labour if they become positive and less defensive about the whole issue and take federalism seriously. To date, this isn't happening. Recent comments from the party suggest Corbyn is pouring cold water on federalism, with one spokesperson suggesting "federalism was an unhelpful label" and "there were other priorities". There is no constitutional alternative. It makes no sense, after the helpful interventions of Gordon Brown and Kezia Dugdale, which have been largely ignored, for the whole idea to have been shelved.
Polls continue to show a divided Scotland. Scots may have reached a point where federalism could be an attractive way forward. Despite a post-Brexit devolution task force being set up in March last year, there was no mention of federalism in the statement issued after the meeting!
Federalism deserves a serious airing. Labour should be less concerned with the timing of a second independence referendum and instead put all their efforts into a federal alternative as the way forward – and as the possible basis of a second question on the next ballot paper whenever it happens. The status quo is not an option for Scotland's future.
The Scotland question
A volatile and unpredictable electorate is dangerous territory. Scots want to remain in the EU. There has been little change in support for independence. The SNP are still dominant, despite a much heralded attack on their education and health policies, which was totally justified but made little impact. The SNP have been in power for nearly 11 years and their poll ratings remain steady.
For all those reasons, Labour in the UK and in Scotland must take the SNP and independence seriously, if only to defeat them. Scotland has changed forever and will not return to the days when it was only another part of Britain. Modern Scotland cannot be viewed through the prism of old Britain.
It is important to remember that, four years after the 2014 referendum, significant support exists for independence. The issue of risk dominated the last referendum and was a significant factor in the No campaign's victory. Next time, if we leave the EU, staying with Britain may carry a much greater risk. The SNP are still regarded as Scotland's party and a failure by Labour to win the next Westminster elections could drive Labour voters towards supporting independence more so than the SNP.
It was never likely that voting for Brexit would in itself change the voting intentions of Scots on the Scotland question. The real test will come when the exit happens and the nightmare consequences begin. In the event of a hard Brexit, this may happen around 2020-22.
Another factor that may weigh heavily with Scots is the fact that in 2014, it was "buy one, get one free". The terms of the contract have changed. Vote to stay in the UK next time around, and you don't get the EU!
Labour have to recognise the fact that party supporters may vote for the party in elections but vote for independence in referenda. There was much talk about a People's Constitutional Convention, but no progress has been made. Work on this needs to happen now. The focus on English regional government and English local government reform are priorities at Westminster, but not in Scotland.
Let us not make the same mistake twice. Labour did not offer an effective campaign to keep us in the EU, and some people argue that this is the reason why we are leaving. It would look, in the spirit of Oscar Wilde, like carelessness, if Scotland, left the UK because Labour didn't do enough!
The Tories can't be trusted with the future of Britain or of Scotland. The PM's "Britain Alone" future – and her delusional comments about "Brexit making the UK stronger"– threaten all of us. Her Brussels policy grab confirms Wales and Scotland don't figure. The Welsh and Scottish governments should oppose the Withdrawal Bill.
Donald Trump has just been voted the worst American president ever by a group of distinguished presidential historians. Theresa May seems well placed to achieve similar notoriety in her role as Prime Minister.


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Microsoft is readying a Joy Division edition of its Zune MP3 player to coincide with the June 10 release of an eponymous DVD about the band.
The Joy Division Zune will feature an adaptation of the cover art from the band's 1979 debut, Unknown Pleasures, which artist Peter Saville created using a graph of one hundred pulses from pulsar CP 1919 (apparently the first radio pulsar ever discovered).
So far, no images are available of the Joy Division Zune, so to remind you what the pattern looks like, here's a picture showing how it looks on the underside of a pair of New Balance running shoes.
Update: A Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed via e-mail: "Zune is working with [original Joy Division album cover art designer] Peter Saville on a design for a limited edition device in conjunction with 'Joy Division The Documentary,' and will be announcing further details regarding that design in the near future."
In the meantime, listen to a newly-remastered version of Joy Division's legendary song "She's Lost Control" from Unknown Pleasures on Free Napster (click "Launch Free Web Player" if you have a pop-up blocker installed).
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Kissing Quotes
With a Kiss I'd pass the Key.
Song "Houdini", from The Dreaming
Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.
Never close your lips to those whom you have opened your heart.
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at that age?
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a deal longer.
The Professor at the Breakfast Table (1859)
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.
I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.
Always remember this: 'A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes a misses'
Your lips say no, your prunes say yes.
House, Sports Medicine. By Dr. Gregory House.
Gruesome and low-tech; kiss me, I love it.
House, Autopsy. By Dr. Gregory House.
In love there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek.


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CHARLESTON, SC – Chan Gailey, head coach of the 2nd Annual Medal of Honor Bowl's National Team, has announced that former Clemson and NFL standout Patrick Sapp will serve as an assistant coach and will guide the defensive line.
Set for 2:30 pm on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at The Citadel's Johnson Hagood Stadium, the Medal of Honor Bowl is a premier all-star game the features the nation's top draft-eligible college football players as projected for the NFL Draft. The game honors the Medal of Honor recipients and the game's beneficiaries, the Medal of Honor Museum Foundation and the Wounded Warrior Project.
Sapp played for the Tigers from 1992 to 1995 and lettered all four seasons. He began his career at Clemson as a quarterback and complied 2,278 yards and nine touchdowns in 14 starts over three seasons. He converted to linebacker in 1995 and led Clemson with 5.5 sacks that season.
The Jacksonville, Fla. native went on to be drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the NFL Draft (50th overall) in 1996 and enjoyed a four-year NFL career with the Chargers and Arizona Cardinals. In 63 NFL games Sapp recorded 57 tackles, two sacks, and one forced fumble.
Since March 2006, Sapp has been serving as the Director of Major Gifts at Clemson University.


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It's that time of year again — MDW, or as most people say, Memorial Day Weekend. It's considered the unofficial start of summer. Many of my Jersey friends head "down the shore" and many of my Manhattan friends go "out to the Hamptons." I am, however, perfectly content with sticking to the Adirondacks.
For me, the Adirondacks combine the perfect mix of both the Hamptons and the Shore. You have the bars by the water in Lake George Village just like you do at the Shore and if you want to be surrounded by the elite party crowd, you can head up to Bolton Landing and have dinner and drinks at The Sagamore.
So, I know where I'll be this coming weekend, but how will you be celebrating?


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The local environment, on which Wadawurrung People depended, was irreversibly changed by European colonisation.
The roots of the murnong daisy provided a staple food source for the Wadawurrung People. Unfortunately, introduced sheep ate the daisy leaves and roots, killing the entire plant.
Within three years of the introduction of sheep in the 1830s, most of the murnong across central Victoria was gone. This depletion of local food resources was intensified when the 1850s gold rush saw a huge influx of new settlers. The rapid population explosion and intensive and destructive mining methods created massive environmental change. For the Wadawurrung People, it became almost impossible to survive off the land as their ancestors had.
This inevitably meant that many Wadawurrung People became dependant on the poorly paid work on offer on the goldfields and surrounding sheep stations, and some even resorted to begging or stealing to stay alive. At the time, some Europeans understood that such desperate behaviour was a result of environmental change. Others thought however, that Wadawurrung People were struggling to survive because they were too lazy to work and were too easily drawn to alcoholism. Many Europeans believed they were a people destined for extinction due to their own "natural" weaknesses. Some quoted Charles Darwin's theory of evolution (outlined in his On the Origin of Species, published in 1859) as scientific evidence that this was an example of "survival of the fittest".
PLAY THE AUDIO: The fifth report published by the Central Board Appointed to Watch over the Interests of the Aborigines in the Colony of Victoria, 1866.
"No work can be more manifestly or more imperatively the duty of the colonists of an entirely new country like this than that of providing for its aboriginal inhabitants… The food of the aborigines retreats as the European advances…"
The fifth report published by the Central Board Appointed to Watch over the Interests of the Aborigines in the Colony of Victoria, 1866.
Edward Stone Parker, Assistant Protector to the Aborigines (in Central Victoria) reported in 1839 that: "…all the settlers whom l met with on the journey were of the opinion that the Aborigines were necessarily greatly distressed for food, owing to the destruction of the "murnong", a tuberous-rooted plant formerly covering the plains of this country, but now entirely cropped off by the sheep and cattle. They expressed their earnest hope that the government would make suitable arrangements for supplying the Natives with food, as it was only under the pressure of hunger that they were disposed to meddle with flocks."
Chief Protector of Aborigines, George Augustus Robinson recorded on February 10, 1840 that a group of Wadawurrung People, less than two years after the occupation of land in the Ballarat district, lamented the loss of their staple food to McLeod, a squatter near Buninyong in central Victoria. The Aboriginals stated to McLeod that "there were no murnong about Geelong. It was like Port Phillip all gone the Bulgana [cattle] and sheep eat it all".
"No work can be more manifestly or more imperatively the duty of the colonists of an entirely new country like this than that of providing for its aboriginal inhabitants… The food of the aborigines retreats as the European advances… In the very names of places where the native word has been retained, it often recorded the deprivation of the black by white man. Ballarat was a favourite camping place; the word signifies to recline on the elbow, or balla…" The fifth report published by the Central Board Appointed to Watch over the Interests of the Aborigines in the Colony of Victoria, 1866.
"…the rapid occupation of the entire country by settlers, and the consequent attempts made to deprive the aborigines of the natural products of the country and even to exclude them from their native soil. The entire country of … (the local groups) … is now sold or occupied by squatters. …. The very spots most valuable to the aborigines for their productiveness – the creeks, the water-courses and rivers – are the first to be occupied. It is the common opinion among the settlers that the possession of a squatting licence entitles them to the exclusion of aborigines from their runs." Assistant Protector to the Aborigines Edward Stone Parker, Loddon District, 1840.
In 1839 William Thomas wrote to his superior, Chief Protector of Aborigines George Augustus Robinson, imploring him to help the Wadawurrung People: "…the poor Natives cannot find it [murnong], thus they are reduced to the greatest extremity at this period of the year… it is only at this season of the year that outrages occur in this district an evident proof while they can get a sufficiency they will be harmless but the cravings of nature drives them to excess, tho' I deplore the outrages they have committed, I cannot help commiserating their misfortune."
"Maranong is a root found in the ground; it is white, and shaped like a carrot, but the taste is more like a turnip. The leubras [Wadawurrung women] dig for it with long pointed sticks, which they always carry in their hands. I have often eaten maranong; it is very good; and I have put it in soup for want of better vegetables, before we had a garden." Katherine Kirkland, an early settler who lived just outside Ballarat in the 1830s-1840s.
"For many days [his landing party had been] without rations; but by kindness of the friendly natives, had been well supplied with the roots on which they chiefly subsist, and which my people assured me they found nutritious and agreeable." Early colonist John Batman, 1835.
"The diggers seem to have two especial propensities, those of firing guns and felling trees … Every tree is felled, … every feature of Nature is annihilated." Miner and author William Howitt, 1855.
Two great articles about traditional Aboriginal land management:
Article 1 | Article 2
Online version of Katherine Kirkland's 1840s "Notes On A Bush Life"
See more of S. T. Gill's famous Australian Sketchbook here
You can find out more about The Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate here: Clark, I.D. (1990) Aboriginal Languages and Clans: An Historical Atlas of Western and Central Victoria, 1800-1900, Monash Publications in Geography, No. 37, March, 460pp.


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As a wedding blogger, ironically I usually draw a complete blank when it's my turn to put pen to paper and sign a guestbook at a museum, a B&B, or even a wedding guest book. I mean come on, it's hard to come up with a witty, memorable, genuine sentiment in a couple sentence on the spot to express words you would never just come out and express to a lovely couple in person.
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Mister President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, Ladies and Gentlemen,
We have had in Bosnia and Herzegovina one positive development and one rather negative development.
To begin with, the open and helping hand extended to Bosnia and Herzegovina by the European Union has led to further progress, with the adaptation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and a domestic EU Coordination Mechanism finally agreed. State and entity level authorities also continued to make certain progress on economic reforms.
Following these steps, on 20 September the EU General Affairs Council invited the European Commission to submit an opinion on BiH's application for EU membership: a truly momentous development. Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a member of the EU, not even a candidate yet, but it has taken a decision about its future and its direction. This is wholeheartedly supported by a large majority of the population.
Another positive development took place in June with the publishing of the first postwar census, an essential tool for socio-economic planning.
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While arguments over the census soured the political environment, tensions increased significantly, first with the decision by the RS National Assembly in July to hold an entity referendum in defiance of an earlier decision of the BiH state Constitutional Court, and then with the actual holding of the referendum in September in direct contravention of a second decision, suspending the referendum until the Court could decide on disputes concerning its constitutionality.
The Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is also Annex 4 of the Peace Agreement, states explicitly that decisions of the Constitutional Court, as in all other countries, are "final and binding", and that the entities are bound to comply with the decisions of the state authorities.
For this reason, I consider the referendum of September 25th to be a grave violation of the Peace Agreement and the rule of law. It was held against decisions of the court, including a direct order suspending the referendum.
The positive diplomatic role played by neighboring Serbia and Croatia during the crisis is worth noting. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksander Vucic declined to support the referendum, while Prime Minister designate of Croatia Andrej Plenkovic condemned it outright.
With this unprecedented step, the authorities of Republika Srpska established that they do not consider themselves bound by Constitutional Court decisions with which they do not agree, effectively opting out of the judicial system of the country.
For example, the RS President told media that he would also order RS institutions not to follow a final decision by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a case related to the ownership of military property. Similarly, the RS President publicly rejected a summons to give a statement to the state prosecutor regarding the referendum.
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In addition to being a fundamental challenge to the state's sovereignty, the constitutional order and the rule of law, the September referendum should be seen in the context of the long-standing policy of the ruling party in the Republika Srpska, and its President in particular, to deny the authority of the common state institutions and to advocate openly for the dissolution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In their public statements during the reporting period, the RS President and other officials from his party clearly linked this referendum with possible future secession, describing it as the first in a series, to possibly include referenda against the state institutions, on the status of the RS, and on independence. Would we tolerate similar moves for secession in our own countries?
However, we witnessed over recent weeks another staggering development in the RS. This was the move by the RS National Assembly and its speaker to decorate a number of convicted war criminals, including Radovan Karadzic, who was sentenced in first instance to 40 years' imprisonment for genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war by a UN tribunal. This step exacerbated tensions, deeply offending the survivors of ethnic cleansing and many others.
This act of officially decorating and glorifying war criminals who have been sentenced by the UN ICTY is unprecedented in modern and civilized history.
For me, those who have initiated the decoration of these internationally convicted war criminals and who are thus glorifying genocide, are barbarians and are outside the orbit of civilized society. They don't belong to it any longer. They are on the wrong side of history.
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On 2 October, citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina voted in the country's sixth local elections since the war. Unfortunately, parties which focused on polarizing rhetoric and ethnic division generally saw the greatest gains at the ballot box.
While the conduct of elections was largely peaceful, electoral irregularities and unrest in the southern town of Stolac resulted in a suspension of the vote, which will need to be repeated as soon as possible.
In Srebrenica, a place of genocide in 1995 as confirmed by two UN tribunals, legal challenges still dominate the media. It is of utmost importance that the mayor of Srebrenica be a mayor working in the interests of all citizens of the town.
In Mostar, citizens were again unable to participate in elections due to the failure of local political parties to agree on needed changes to the Election Law. The fact that citizens in Mostar have not elected local representatives since 2008 is a stain on democracy, and another demonstration of how the rule of law continues to deteriorate.
Compounding these political difficulties, some prominent Croat leaders more persistently advocated for internal territorial changes during the reporting period, calling for federalization or the creation of a third entity, which did little to help the overall political environment.
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As I mentioned earlier, we as the international community need to take an honest look at two trends developing in parallel in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The first is one of positive steps taken by governments in Bosnia and Herzegovina towards reform aimed at EU integration – which I wholeheartedly support – culminating in the truly significant fact that Bosnia and Herzegovina has now taken a decisive step toward candidacy status with the European Union. This is really a historic act, and it is done only once in a lifetime.
This positive trend cannot be denied and I believe it is the duty of all of us gathered here today to fully embrace it.
The second trend, as I said, is the tendency by political actors to return to the divisive and destructive agendas of the past and, in the case of the RS referendum, to assert that neither the Dayton Peace Agreement nor the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina can limit their actions.
With this referendum, I believe we as the international community, need to ask ourselves how long these two dynamics can be sustained before the second overwhelms the first.
Or to put it another way, can we accept that some of the country's leaders work for European Union integration and the internal disintegration of the country at the same time? Can we accept that some speak about the European values, but at the same time are glorifying war criminals, and thus genocide?
Moving forward, I believe the answer for us as an international community is to send a strong message to those authorities and leaders in BiH who openly reject the rule of law and seek to reopen the wounds of the past that they will not lead their constituencies to prosperity or integration with Euroatlantic structures. Instead they will lead themselves into isolation.
The leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina – with the help and guidance of the International Community – must recommit to make BiH a peaceful, stable, functional, multi-ethnic country, fully and irreversibly integrated into European structures.
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But What If They're Wrong?
A couple weeks ago, our little daughter Lain was under the weather. She'd just gotten some immunizations and they had left her cranky, cranky, cranky. The first day was spent with her pushing away the breast and going hungry. The second day was spent with voracious hunger and trying to catch up from the day before. The third day was spent resting and recuperating from the hunger and anger of the previous couple of days (and waking up from elongated naps hungry and angry all over again).
Being a new parent means having little or nothing in the way of perspective. Every day represents a new challenge, a new set of emergencies, and a new day of trying to figure out what constitutes an emergency and what is merely a challenge.
It rattles you, though, when you know that something you did on Thursday makes Thursday, Friday, and Saturday tough on the baby.
It is the first glimpse I have ever really had into the mind of the anti-vaccination crowd. It's the first bit of real empathy with the potential horror involved.
Now, if one buys into the alleged link between vaccination and ill-effects, there's really a "damned if you do" and "damned if you don't" dynamic at work. On the one hand, vaccination presents a low likelihood of catastrophic consequence. On the other hand, refusing to vaccinate presents… a low likelihood of catastrophic consequence.
With this in mind, my thought has been that even if there is a link between autism and vaccinations, there is still a moral-social obligation to vaccinate due to the wider repercussions (although with a need to take care of those children of the parents that did the right thing and fell victim to the adverse consequence).
But watching the roller coaster of my baby changed my perspective. Suddenly, I understood the collective freakout over putting your baby under a needle and causing something horrendous. And I understood why this might outweigh the risk of not doing anything and yet having something else horrendous happen.
If I gave my little girl a vaccination, and it caused her to get autism, I don't know that emotionally I would ever forgive myself. No matter how much my mind tells me it was the right risk to take, my heart would be crushed and would view it as something I did rather than something that happened.
Of course, there are two issues here. First, by virtue of my having married a doctor, there is simply no chance under any circumstances we would not vaccinate. Second, of course, there is nothing substantial to suggest that there is a connection between vaccination and autism or anything more serious than what we experienced.
My relationship with the medical establishment, and scientific establishment, is somewhat mixed. I am not an AGW-denialist or remotely skeptical of evolution in its broad strokes. But I also tend to think we know a lot less than we often credit ourselves with knowing. that includes medicine. I might have retained even more of this perspective if I hadn't married a doctor.
But marry a doctor I did. And my skepticism – wherever it resides – is more esoteric than deeply ideological. Other than my reluctance to seek medical care, I operate on the basis that what we think is true should be treated as true. The notion that we should forgo vaccinations on the basis of possibly-incomplete knowledge doesn't truck with me.
And the science on vaccinations has been clear.
I would be lying, though, if I said that a question from an irrational little voice wasn't running through my mind. What if they're wrong? What if they're wrong?! What if they're wrong?! If they're wrong, I am signing up to poison my child.
Life-significant decisions – particularly when they affect others – cannot be made on the basis of "what if they're wrong?" they simply can't. I know this. My child will be vaccinated.
But if I, the husband of a doctor and a believer in modern society despite occasional crackpot uncertainty, have these thoughts running through my mind, I suddenly understand why con men like Wakefield make such headway. What if, despite all of the available evidence, he is right? Or what if, even if it isn't autism, it's something else we merely haven't found yet. Fear, fear, fear.
All of which leads me to great despair. This little voice in my head cannot be externally reasoned with. There is no standard of proof that is sufficient to satisfy the question "But what if it is not so?" When it's likely as not to be educated rather than uneducated communities that defy the evidence, how do you educate the irrational mind? In an age where we can choose our own facts by choosing our own sources, how do we maintain herd immunity?
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LOOK: BLINK 182's Mark Hoppus Wants MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE To Make A New Album
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It looks like Blink 182's Mark Hoppus shares the same sentinment as the loyal MCRmy! The world is in need of new music from My Chemical Romance. We feel you, Mark. We feel you.
The bassist voiced out his feelings on Twitter and demanded that the platinum-selling band make a new record for their fans. According to him, they should "think of the kids" and get back into the studio again.
alright, my chemical romance. enough farting around. time to get back in the studio and make another album. think of the kids.— snddoɥ ʞɹɐɯ (@markhoppus) February 26, 2018
My Chemical Romance announced their break-up back in March 2013. Fans have since been anticipating a reunion over the years - with sightings of the members hanging out together. They band had recently posted their 2008 concert, "The Black Parade Is Dead!" on their YouTube channel.
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Baltimore, Maryland has made some improvements over the past twelve months, moving it down to the Watch List; however, there is still cause for concern. The next 12 months will prove to be a true test of the judicial environment in both the city and the state.
The reemergence of questionable practices in asbestos litigation in Baltimore are the main reason that the city finds itself back in the Judicial Hellholes spotlight. Known for its "rocket docket," the court pushes cases through as quickly as possible, a practice that places efficiency of the court and plaintiffs' interest in collecting damages over the due process rights of the defendant. The court has a well-deserved reputation for being plaintiff-friendly and a history of large awards.
Last year's Judicial Hellholes report focused on the motion and memorandum filed with the Baltimore City Circuit Court by famed mass tort kingpin Peter Angelos. Angelos requested consolidation of 13,000 non-mesothelioma asbestos personal injury lawsuits, including many unimpaired claimants. He essentially argued that, because his firm has filed so many cases, the court should help expedite them by stacking the deck against the targeted defendants.
In April 2013 the Wall Street Journal picked up where the 2012 Judicial Hellholes report left off, condemning Angelos's consolidation game. A preliminary investigation by defense counsel indicated that more than 1,500 of the Angelos claims were duplicates. Of the remaining 11,383 plaintiffs, nearly 70% had been diagnosed by one or more of the same five doctors. One of the physicians, William Goldiner, diagnosed nearly 50% of the plaintiffs, 77 in one day. When not helping to promulgate claims for the tort bar like a well-oiled machine, Dr. Goldiner somehow finds time to work as a team doctor for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team, which, not coincidentally, is owned by Peter Angelos. Another doctor, Joseph Kligman, is a former partner of Dr. Goldiner. The other three doctors either prepared reports at Dr. Goldiner's request or relied on his exams.
"This new information all but obliges [Circuit Court] Judge [John] Glynn to … dig into the claims and see how many are bogus suits manufactured with the help of friendly doctors," the Journal editorialized . "[S]uch discovery is the best way for the judicary to stop the avalanche of fraudulent claims so legitimate victims can get their day in court."
In June 2013, after the court heard oral argument on the consolidation motion, the Angelos firm scaled back its request. It proposed a smaller, but still unworkable, lumping together of about 4,600 cancer claims. Lawsuits alleging other harms could be handled in a similar way later on, the firm suggested to the court. Judge Glynn has not ruled on either of the firm's requests.
Baltimore City courts are not unique in experiencing manipulation by personal injury lawyers who claim one thing in a lawsuit while claiming something entirely different in administrative claims filed with trust funds – established by scores of already bankrupted asbestos companies – to compensate claimants.
Nowhere was that made clearer than in a recent case against a manufacturer of building products, CertainTeed, brought on behalf of a deceased worker who alleged asbestos exposure as a result of his presence on a construction site during the late 1970s. A Baltimore City jury returned a rare defense verdict in December of 2009, finding the plaintiff failed to show that CertainTeed's pipes were used on the plaintiffs' jobs. The defense verdict was overturned on a technicality and a retrial was scheduled for October of 2013.
During the defendant's preparation for retrial, however, it became apparent that the plaintiff was attempting to "game" the system. Immediately after the jury's decision, the plaintiff filed at least 23 claims against bankruptcy trusts alleging exposure to a wide array of asbestos-containing products between 1975 and 1978. In several sworn statements, the plaintiff attested to the fact that he was exposed to asbestos in a variety of places, a fact that he expressly denied during his prior sworn statement in the case against CertainTeed.
In a motion for sanctions against the plaintiff, the defendant noted that "the bankruptcy trust claims revealed information which either contradicted or supplemented the incomlete exposure history [the plaintiff] recounted, under the penalties of perjury, at trial." By omitting the fact that he was exposed to asbestos on a variety of occasions, "his narrative was constructed to artificially bolster his experts' opinions and prevent CertainTeed from investigating, developing and asserting the defense that [the plaintiff 's] exposure to other asbestos-containing products caused his illness- a defense which, based on his bankruptcy trust claims, was meritorious and powerful." Shortly before the scheduled retrial, the case settled.
The use of this strategy to handicap defendants with half-truths and lies to maximize the odds of recovering significant damages is not limited to this case or to Baltimore City. It has been in play for years and, until the judges crack down on these opportunistic trial attorneys, it will continue . Companies will be forced to spend millions defending themselves against baseless claims, all the while members of the asbestos litigation industry continue to rake in millions in attorneys' fees.
For all the continuing problems with asbestos litigation in Baltimore, there was some encouraging news out of Maryland this year in the form of decisions handed down by the state's highest court. The Maryland Court of Appeals issued three landmark decisions that favored balance and fairness.
In July 2013, the Court of Appeals retained the doctrine of contributory negligence, which provides a defense against liability when a plaintiff 's negligence contributed to his or her own injury. As discussed among the Points of Light on page 49, the court properly recognized that it is the legislature's responsibility to consider and change this longstanding doctrine if it is to be changed at all.
Also that month, the high court rejected an attempt by plaintiffs' lawyers to extend the asbestos liability of companies to third parties who allege secondhand exposure via the clothing of family members who had worked directly with asbestos-containing products. The Court of Appeals' decision followed a $5 million laintiff 's verdict in Baltimore City, which was affirmed by an intermediate appellate court. But the high court reversed, holding that companies do not owe a duty of care to third parties if the alleged exposure occurred before medical science had recognized such exposures as a health threat.
In a separate decision – something of a two-for-the-price-of-one – stemming from yet another Baltimore City lawsuit, the high court rejected a scientifically unsound theory of liability pushed by plaintiffs' lawyers as they seek to squeeze money out defendants for allegedly exposing their clients to as little as a singleasbestos fiber. Medical science indicates such miniscule amounts are not enough to cause harm. The court also reaffirmed the constitutionality of Maryland's limit on subjective damages for pain and suffering in wrongful death actions in this case.
Maryland's high court also once again soberly refused to adopt a "dram shop liability" law for the state. In a 4-3 decision, the court held that Maryland does not recognize a cause of action against an alcohol-serving establishment for harm caused by an intoxicated patron off premises in the absence of a special relationship.
But not all of the high court's 2013 decisions went against those looking to expand liability . Earlier in the year, it waded into the thorny issue of whether a plaintiff with no injury, who nonetheless believes he or she was exposed to a toxic substance, can recover damages for medical monitoring. Many courts have rejected such speculative claims, but Maryland's Court of Appeals allowed them. It did constrain the potential for abuse, however, both by imposing requirements for scientific evidence that shows monitoring to be necessary for diagnosis and treatment, and placing any recovery into a fund that may only be used for such medical expenses.
A closing note on Maryland's high court: Chief Judge Robert Bell retired in 2013 after 22 years on the court (16 as chief justice). He takes with him a reflexive tendency to expand liability, which was evidenced one last time in a spirited dissent that lamented the majority's decision to let legislators retain or reform the doctrine of contributory negligence.
On cue, plaintiff lawyer-friendly members of the Maryland General Assembly have already expressed their intent to introduce legislation in 2014 that would replace the contributory negligence doctrine with comparative fault. They also intend to introduce a dram shop liability bill . And those liability-loving lawmakers may get additional inspiration in 2015 from a new attorney general to be elected next November. A prominent state senator is expected to be a leading candidate, and he has made no secret of his desire to play an activist role.


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Weapons test seen by analysts as a likely sign of Pyongyang's growing frustration at stalled diplomatic talks with US.
The North Korean leader oversees firing of tactical guided weapons into the East Sea, Korean Central News Agency says.
North Korea conducted a "strike drill" for multiple launchers, firing tactical guided weapons into the East Sea in a military exercise supervised by leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday, the country's state media reported on Sunday.
The purpose of the drill was to test performance of "large-calibre long-range multiple rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons by defence units", the Korean Central News Agency said.
Giving orders on Saturday for the test firing, Kim stressed the need to "increase the combat ability to defend the political sovereignty and economic self-sustenance" of North Korea in the face of threats and invasions, the report said.
Photographs released by KCNA showed the tactical guided weapons fired could be short-range, ground-to-ground ballistic missiles, according to Kim Dong-Yub, a military expert at the Korean Kyungnam University's Institute for Far Eastern Studies.
While such a missile launch would be in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, at least it would not involve long-range ballistic missiles that have been seen as a threat to the United States.
"What was sobering for me was that unexpectedly, there was a photo of a short-range, ground-to-ground ballistic missile, otherwise known as the North's version of Iskander," said IFES's Kim, referring to a Russian ballistic missile system.
The new, solid fuel ballistic missiles were able to fly as far as 500 kilometres, putting the entire Korean Peninsula within range, and were capable of neutralising the advanced US anti-missile defence system (THAAD) deployed in South Korea, the military analyst said.
The South Korean defence ministry, however, put the range of weapons fired on Saturday at between 70km to 240km.
Analysts interpreted the latest weapons test as an attempt to exert pressure on Washington.
The United States and North Korea have been at loggerheads since the collapse of a Trump-Kim summit in February, when the two sides clashed over sanctions and the extent of Pyongyang's concessions on its atomic arsenal.
But despite the latest sabre-rattling from Pyongyang, Trump insisted that a breakthrough was possible.
"Kim Jong Un fully realizes the great economic potential of North Korea, & will do nothing to interfere or end it," Trump tweeted.
"He also knows that I am with him & does not want to break his promise to me. Deal will happen!"
The US leader did not elaborate on Kim's promise.
The North Korean drill comes just days before US special representative Stephen Biegun is to visit Japan and South Korea for talks on Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal.


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Applied Minerals, Inc. extracts, processes, and markets halloysite clay and iron oxide. The company owns the Dragon mine property that consists of 38 patented and 6 unpatented mining claims covering an area of 267 acres located in Juab County, Utah. It offers halloysite clay-based line of products for use in various applications, such as molecular sieves and catalysts, flame retardant additives for plastics, binders for ceramics, nucleation and/or reinforcement of polymers, paints and coatings, cement, batteries, controlled release carriers cosmetics, and others under the tradename DRAGONITE. The company also provides natural iron oxide-based products for the pigmentary and technical application markets under the tradename AMIRON. It markets and sells its products directly and through distributors. The company was formerly known as Atlas Mining Company and changed its name to Applied Minerals, Inc. in October 2009. Applied Minerals, Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.
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Skulls, Snakes and Warhol: Behind This S.F. Agency's Hardcore Self-Promo Posters
Odysseus Arms goes back to the basics of 'key art'
To emphasize its agency tenets—and reclaim the tactile graphic arts for ad land—Odysseus Arms is building a collection of self-promo posters worth framing.
"We're using the posters to raise craft level at OA, connect to our community of designers, typos and craftsmen, and have fun making posters," says chief creative Franklin Tipton.
The San Francisco agency has made nine posters so far; the plan is to create 50 total. Of the one you see above, Tipton says, "This is a poster that no holding-company ad agency could ever make. This is why you partner with an indie agency."
The imagery is a treat, bringing to mind '70s albums, the Nouvelle Vague, early-'90s tech aesthetics, even Sailor Jerry tattoos. Below is our interview with Tipton, followed by the other eight posters that exist so far. Some have liner notes, so watch for those.
AdFreak: Tells us where the name Odysseus Arms comes from.
Franklin Tipton: We're into big storytelling. Odysseus was the hero of the greatest story ever told. We're taking our best shot at killing off that stupid notion that misogynistic, scotch-soaked Donald Draper-types work in our industry. Everyone we know works their asses off to make their clients famous and dynamic (and profitable). We see branding as an elegant pursuit.
"Arms" just telegraphs the modern agency model; there are so many vertical disciplines out there, you need to have a multitude of specialty partners, or arms, to service the modern contract. Every agency has arms.
Also, we know about naming; Libby [Brockhoff, agency partner and co-founder] named Mother in London back in 1996—which is a whole different story you can ask her about. Also, just something we've noticed—a good name is worth nothing without a strong commitment to doing good work. (When I was at CP+B, nobody could pronounce "Bogusky" correctly … until we started ruling the Gunn Report.)
What inspiration did you draw from to produce the posters?
The posters do a bunch of things at the same time. First, the world has been "Tinder-ized": We swipe through content at a blindingly fast rate. Stopping people and fascinating them is often down to powerful "key art." Posts on Instagram and Facebook, movie posters, cover art for games, retail signage and, of course, display media owe any attention they get to singularly stunning images. So we use the poster series to teach, experiment with and practice "key art" craft.
The other thing posters do is connect us to new talent. The project is populated by a constellation of young street artists, designers, letterers and old-schoolers. Before the MP3, there was Tower Records, which, looking back, was closer to a museum gallery of album art rather than merely a retail space. We're trying to achieve the visual variety of an old record shop.
Would you say these constitute a series of fixed agency values?
Definitely. Media is far more interesting than it was 10 years ago, but we see craft and copy suffering from things like HTML fonts and project economy timelines. Our values push back on these pressures, reinforce the importance of our industry and artfully express best practices.
One of the most curious things that we've been exposed to through working with Facebook in Menlo Park is their Analog Research Laboratory; it's a cold type print shop located right across from Oculus. One of the largest technology companies on earth appreciates the tactile quality of a hand-printed poster. We see our posters as a stab at permanence in a world where content disappears into the cybersphere in a flick.
How did you choose the values to highlight?
The values are a mix of "carpe diem for creative people," old-school advice and amazing quotes we've collected from doing advertising on three continents. We have quotes from media masters like James Patterson, Alex Bogusky, Paul Arden, Paul Silburn, Robert Saville, Rich Silverstein, Jeff Goodby, Craig Davis and Graham Wills. People we've worked with; quotes to live by.
When it's not a direct quote, the line is fretted over Carmichael Lynch-style [Libby ran Ikea at CL]. The lines are allegorical and cautionary at times.
What's with all the death and snake symbolism?
Snakes symbolize small, powerful badass-ness. But we did look at that colonial "Join, or Die" poster when we expressed the importance of maintaining respect for your fellow creatives in poster No. 3, "Ego." The skull in poster No. 2, "You're Dead a Long Time," is a FOMO warning.
Finally, we re-wrote The Odyssey with a Harvard grad when we first started. It's 25 pages and is designed for modern, shorter attention spans.
What are you guys doing next?
We're working with Mark Zuckerberg to fire up his 13,000 people and get them to join a cause. And … there's posters!
The agency posters—and a few handy notes—appear below.
Tipton on the poster below: "We were working on TV spots for Ubisoft's The Division last year, which prompted Libby to pen this for her One Show Mentor session in Phoenix."
The quote below, "Creativity is a positive form of stress," comes from Benjamin Franklin, says Tipton. "Great creative departments thrive on this notion. DXTR in Berlin imagined what goes on inside an artist's head."
This next poster includes an intentional typo. "If you've ever presented work to a room of people with a flaw on the screen, you probably realize that your good word is pretty much shot. Proofreaders protect us from ourselves," Tipton says.
The next one is going to be good, the creative chief promises, and will revolve around the notion of difficulty. "To live in S.F., as you know, takes a certain ability to keep trying stuff. It's scrappy, the tech world has disrupted adland—and there's earthquakes. Kevin Cantrell is going to do the lettering."
Odysseus Arms also engaged the Designer's Republic in Sheffield for a treatment on Saatchi's Paul Silburn quote, "Digital Media: Never before have so many been bullshitted by so few about so much." Watch this space.


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The creator of a selfie app has apologised after its "hot" filter caused outrage amongst users who claimed it automatically lightened people's skin.
FaceApp uses artificial intelligence to transform selfies by making people look older or younger, altering their smile or changing their gender, but users noticed one of the options, initially labelled as "hot," made darker skin tones appear whiter.
Examples of "bleached" skin have been shared on social media this week, with many blasting the app as "racist".
Others have complained that the app had altered their skin colour to make it look darker and that the "hot" filter removed glasses.
Following the backlash, Yaroslav Goncharov, CEO and founder of the company which makes the app, issued an apology on Tuesday.
"We are deeply sorry for this unquestionably serious issue," he told Cosmopolitan. "It is an unfortunate side-effect of the underlying neural network caused by the training set bias, not intended behaviour."
Goncharov added that the "hot" filter has now been renamed as "spark" to "exclude any positive connotation with it." He also assured users that the brand is working on "the complete fix that should arrive soon."
The Faceapp controversy comes after Snapchat was criticised last year for launching a filter which allowed users to turn their selfies into Asian caricatures. The brand had previously come under fire for a Bob Marley filter which was slammed for promoting "blackface."


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In re Weddle (Elsaesser v.Cougar Crest Lodge, LLC)
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