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Hundreds of people visited the Cheam Charter Fair as it returned once again for its 759th year over the weekend.
Residents both in and surrounding areas attended the annual event which dates back to 1259 when Henry III granted Cheam a charter – making it a town.
A variety of stalls, entertainment for kids, as well as a range of food were all available for visitors on May 12.
Kasumi Witty, Cheam Charter Fair Committee chair, said: "There was a huge variety of stalls to browse including beautiful craft stalls and local businesses running activities for kids through to Surrey Jive with their cadillacs and St Dunstan's Mothers' Union with their delicious cakes.
"The fair is a fantastic long-running tradition in Cheam, starting with the procession led by the Mayor [councillor Jean Crossby] and it brings out the community spirit in everyone."
'Firm' historical records of the annual event go back to the 1800s when a fairground accompanied the market, according to the committee.
Traders traditionally mark out their stalls in advance of the fair, with a start time on the day at 9am.
Lucy Duckworth, from the Cheam Life Facebook, group, said: "I love Cheam Charter Fair, for me it really embodies Cheam, there's so much interesting history in this area.
"Everyone that comes loves all the eclectic stalls, and look forward to coming back! It's also so unusual to have free stalls - and to add to the fun, stall holders have to 'chalk their pitch'.
"Some come with a piece of chalk to mark their pitch over a week beforehand, hoping that it won't rain and wash it all away so they have to start all over!"
Browse our small gallery to see some of the images taken on the day.
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1909 M101-2 Sporting News Supplements: Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson
Starting Bid - $200, Sold For - $840
Pair of M101-2 Sporting News supplements featuring legendary Hall of Famers Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson. This sepia-tone premium set was issued with the Sporting News between the years 1909 and 1913. Each premium was issued on only a single day and is dated in the upper right or left. Their method of issue and the thin paper stock on which they are printed make these unusual and striking premiums particularly susceptible to damage. 1) Ty Cobb: Issued August 12, 1909. Presents as Vg from the front, with a crisp image of Cobb holding a bat below his waist, light wear to the corners (including a small crease in the upper left), and light staining along the right and left edges. Technically grades lesser due to vintage tape on the reverse as well as more advanced staining. 2) Christy Mathewson: Issued August 5, 1909. Flawless image of Mathewson pitching, presenting as Gd/Vg from the front, but technically grading lesser due to three vertical creases most visible against the blank reverse. While each premium technically grades modestly, both maintain a superior and extremely presentable appearance and represent an exciting, relatively affordable opportunity to acquire card-related items of Cobb and Mathewson dating from their playing days. Dimensions: approximately 9.75 x 8 inches. Total: 2 premiums. Reserve $200. Estimate (open). SOLD FOR $840
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Skincare as always been a very touchy topic to me. To be honest, before Christmas i did it little one not so often. I know thats bad, but the products i had, i wasn't happy with and i was just too lazy. Having a bedroom in a freezing cold student house with a bathroom upstairs, means embracing the antarctic weathers. Not happening.
Although i do like quite a harsh and less creamy exfoliator, this one is does the job for when i need to buff away my dead skin cells. I don't use this every evening as i don't feel i need to, but once a week or depending on how my skin is.
Anyway, after i got sent a sample of the La Roche Posay effaclaur duo - love freebies from online and how an earth do you spell effaclaur? i found my new love and I've pretty much used it every day since. My ThisWorks cleansing water has just run out and i forgot how amazing it is. Words can't describe my love for it at all. Its just amazing.
I also rekindled love with my trusty Liz Earle Tonic Water. I don't know what a tonic water does, probably should, but it feels nice on my skin, oh so soft and smooth. not like a babys bum. weird. This stuff is just the bees knees and i love it and it doesn't sting my eyes which is very good, considering i pour way to much out.
I had never tried Origins before and i decided that this should be the first product i tried. Not to sure why, but i was clearly feeling rebellious. I don't feel like it does anything immediately to the skin, but it does almost exfoliate my skin quite well. I am not too sure whether it brightens my skin, but its certainly got that acid feeling in it.
The La Roche Posay physiological cleansing milk, is by far the easiest cleanser ever. I mean talk about being lazy, i don't even take it off. This is what the instructions say, or i just can't read, but i pretty sure you don't have too.
The E45 and Nivea moisturiser are my little pots of heaven. I LOVE these so much. I normally use a Nuxe moisturiser but as i student, i would rather spend £35 on food or have to spend it on sketchbooks. Clearly i lead a thrilling life, sketchbooks over moisturiser only lasts for 3 more months.
I am sure you know what the Hydraluron does and how good it is and that is ridiculously expensive, but i have certainly seen a massive difference within my skin since using this. No more flaky bits that look like puff pastry with it crumbles.
I did a video also on my skincare routine, so i shall leave it below. I think I've covered everything, but I've probably forgotten something. Definetley have.


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Football spin-off thread: how far do you live from your nearest league side?
And how does this compare to the team you actually support? I live about 500 yards from Bristol Rovers. 10 minute walk tops as you have to go round the houses. I don't support a football team proper-like these days so I suppose Rovers it is.
10 centimetres?
Boy that is close.
I think it's Arsenal and I live relatively far from Arsenal (in London terms)
I live 279 miles from the team I support
1.7 miles to old trafford :(
Elland road = 44 miles
About 2 minutes
And I attend when I can or when it isn't fuck awful weather
2.8 miles from The Hawthorns
110 miles from Ewood Park (my supported team)
I put my address in on that website that finds the nearest ground to you
A while ago.
Turns out that Villa Park and The Hawthorns are both 2.2 miles away.
Molineux is about 10.
Can hear goals at Old Trafford.
In big games anyway.
So that.
Loftus Road - 1.1 miles
Old Trafford - 196 miles
9.8 miles to St Mary's Stadium
220 miles to DW Stadium
Google maps won't give me a distance to BMO Field, Toronto
21 miles to sixfields
it's 120 miles or so to hillsborough...
I'm about 4 miles from the Emirates.
I work there occasionally - was there yesterday in fact.
I was going to say I live about a ten minute walk from Stockport County
but...league club? nope.
5.6 miles Manchester City Football Club
6.0 miles Manchester United Football Club
yeah, I don't care that City are .4 miles closer.
1.5 miles to Eastlands
Nearly 3 miles from Cardiff City's ground.
Used to live a few streets away from Ninian park a few years back.
1.7 miles to St James' :(
9 miles to Stadium of Light.
I mean, feasibly I could probably walk to the Stadium, but I don't. I get a bus, I'm not bloody mental. Sometimes I walk to St James' to mutter 'you're all wankers' under my breath at people though.
i could run to the wonga stadium in about 10 minutes
I don't though cos I h8 the Mags
STAND UP, IF YOU HATE THE MAGS (x infinity)
A mile from Celtic Park
Three from Queen's Park/Hampden and Partick Thistle
Four from IbroxSevered799 this'd this
Go and see Thistle or Queens when I can
I have lived both south and west previously so year.
The Emirates Arena too!
Don't go as often as I ought to, but like to see them both do well.
(Was at the velodrome for the opening weekend. Have signed up to have a bash. Going to the athletics at the new indoor track in the new year. Also, Tollcross pool refurb!)
6 miles from Fratton Park
250ish from Ewood
3 miles to BMO Field
3555 miles to Selhurst Park.
I'm about 6 miles from Livingston FC
but Scottish L1 is barely league football, is it?
I support Rovers
live a lot closer to Ashton Gate though.
are you going to the match today?
is it still raining loads?
2 miles to Shrewsbury Towns newish ground. My house would have been about 300m from the old Gay Meadow.
10.4 miles from the Ricoh Arena
I support Newcastle though because that's where I grew up.
Keep meaning to go see a Leamington FC game or two before I move away though.
5.9 miles from The Cherry Red Records Fans Stadium, 5.9 miles from Selhurst Park
I support AFC Wimbledon.
1.3 miles to St James'
129 miles to Eastlands
143 miles to the Moss Rose
0.5 miles to Easter Road (Hibs)
157 miles to the footballing Mecca of the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (Inverness Caledonian Thistle)
8.4 miles to Pittodrie (Aberdeen)
I support Celtic
Equidistant from Millwall and Chelsea...
Both are 3.2 miles away. Fulham is 4.4 miles away and Palace are 5.1 miles away.
The actual club I support is 31 miles away according to:
I am 1.4 miles away from millwall
went there once, was ok.
9.5 miles away from glorious griffin park, used to be 5.6 miles but really was a doddle to hop on the train there and back. now I need to walk, bus and train :/


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a social moderate?
Before I got through the quiz I was pretty convinced that I was a strong conservative - at least, that seemed the most likely ideology to fit my ideas. But this is what the quiz came up with:
My Political Views
I am a right social moderate
Right: 4.15, Libertarian: 0.8
Political Spectrum Quiz
Well, I've never heard of a 'Social Moderate' before! It sounds sort of Socialist, except for the 'Right' part. I also surprised myself with my leaning towards libertarianism - where did that come from?
At least I know now where I am on the political spectrum, but that doesn't make deciding what I really believe about difficult issues much easier. It just seems to give me something to tell people if they ask me where I am politically - but would they understand what I meant if I did tell them? I mean, whoever heard of a Right Social Moderate anyway?
I'm keen to know what other people's political ideology is, and why they hold it. Is it something you take to it's obvious extreme so that you're being consistent, or do you stop somewhere along the line?
I'm trying to understand whether you should take something you completely agree with to it's logical conclusion, in order to be consistent, or whether you should stop somewhere. If you don't completely agree with it, should you believe it?


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Friday, March 27, 2009
Lobster, anyone?
Hannah and I went tanning today, and we both got red. It's not horrible, but just enough to be a minor discomfort. We are going to do a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday beautifying treatment so that by the time our guys get home we should have a nice glow to us :)
In other news, my neighbor diagonal from me is blatantly having numerous affairs while her husband is deployed, she doesn't even try to hide it. There is a different car in their driveway every time I take notice. No shame.
And...Power Point presentations can be a great way of expressing your annoyance. Everyone should try it some time. It's a great stress reliever.
Off to finish (hopefully) my history exam...and work on my psychology paper...and study for my psychology quiz that opened today...wish me luck homies.
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School of Health Studies Faculty Accomplishments
Berkeley College faculty members were recognized for various accomplishments during recent months. Here are the highlights:
Joseph Charleman from the School of Health Studies attended the Association of Surgical Technology Educators meeting in Charleston, South Carolina. He presented a forum on medical missions and student engagement.
In October 2017, Desiree DiGiuseppe, CMA (AAMA), Practicum Coordinator, Medical Assistant program, earned accreditation as a MAERB/CAAHEP site surveyor during a workshop at the American Association of Medical Assistants Annual Conference in Cincinnati, OH. As a surveyor, she will conduct site visits to medical assisting programs seeking CAAHEP accreditation to ensure they implement and comply with the Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Medical Assisting Education Programs.
Throughout the spring 2017 semester, Gabriel Holder, MD, Chair, Medical Assistant program, and Jose A. Montalvo, MD, RMA, CCMA, Chair, Health Sciences, led Heartsaver® CPR training sessions for associates at Berkeley College in Newark, Paramus, Woodbridge and Woodland Park. Those who completed the sessions received a certificate from the American Heart Association.
In March 2017, Eva Skuka, MD, PhD, Dean, School of Health Studies, was among the panelists for "The Education Equation," an event hosted by the New Jersey Business and Industry Association. Appearing on the panel titled "The Role of Skill Building and Certification," Dr. Skuka addressed the growing career opportunities in the healthcare field.


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Although it would be nice to be able to hit PR after PR week after week, that's not really reality. That may be sustainable in the short run for some of us, but it is never sustainable in the long run….for any of us. But just because you're not consistently going up in weights, doesn't mean that your strength gains have to stop. There is another way to ensure that you continue to get stronger during those times that normal weights just don't want to budge.
When it comes to getting stronger, there are 2 ways to ways to get there:
1) Lift heavier weights – This is an obvious answer, and the one that should be used most often.
2) Grease the Groove – Maybe less obvious, and definitely more confusing (atleast for now).
Greasing the groove is something I wrote about a couple of years back (you can find that article HERE). You see, lifting heavier and heavier weights is not sustainable long term for a couple of reasons, but one big reasons specifically, it kills your joints. I'm a huge fan of lifting heavy and getting stronger. After all, once you hit about 30 your body is fighting you to get weaker and to atrophy. So not lifting heavy weights is not something that I condone. The trick with lifting heavy weights is that, every once and a while you have to take a break. Not from lifting, but from the heavy part. This is where greasing the groove comes in.
Greasing the groove is a very simple concept. When it comes to building strength in this way, efficiency is the key. The more efficient your body can become at performing a movement, the less energy it has to spend maintaining correct form, therefore, the more weight you can use to perform the lift. Confused? Here's an example: say you want to improve your deadlift, but your form sucks (for lack of a better word). As you're trying to pull bigger and bigger weight, your form is causing your body to exert more energy by trying to keep you from completely buckling under the weight. Say, instead, you decide to take some weight off and perform the same amount of reps with correct form, this allows your body to become efficient at the movement. With each correct lift you do, your body is continuously adapting.
When you decide you want to take this route, there are a couple of things you should know. Have you ever heard of split routines? If you have ever worked out in a fitness center, then you've probably done one. A split routine is essentially splitting the body up into body parts and working the body parts on certain day. When you grease the groove, split routines can't exist. If you're working on deadlift, do 50% of your 1RM and do it every day you workout……….yes, even on arm day. At these weights, your nervous system is not getting hit enough to have to take a couple days of rest to recuperate. At 50% of 1RM, you can do it every day as long as you keep the reps low……say less than 6.


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Red, White and Blue
I love decorating with red, white and blue. Lately, I'm enjoying my holiday themed apothecary jars in my kitchen. Our kitchen and family room are right together so we spend most of our time in that area of our home. I love being able to see these every day, they make me happy. To fill … Continue reading Red, White and Blue
Proud to Be an American
I am proud to be an American. I'm grateful to be able to say that sentence. I spent 18 months living outside the country and it really opens your eyes to what we have. Now, I wasn't living in a third world country, but I still saw a lot of poverty and poor families. I … Continue reading Proud to Be an American
4th of July Star Wreath + Free Pattern
I've said it before, but I definitely have a wreath obsession. This is the first year I've really decorated for the 4th of July and I'm so happy to finally have some patriotic themed decor. And of course I had to make a wreath for my front door. I'm pretty pleased with how this has … Continue reading 4th of July Star Wreath + Free Pattern
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End of Year Dancer Treats
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March 31, 2010
There's a war for talent coming, and the companies that win it will have a social value proposition to offer hi-potential candidates. These companies will have an outstanding quality, social and financial reputation. Their employees would be proud to list them as their employer on a social networking site - even fanning the corporate public page and using the company logo.
In the near future, we'll see a big shortage of high skill talent in a variety of areas from computer sciences to health care to sales management and beyond. The 1999 McKinsey study (The War For Talent) explains why - it's a demographics phenom driven by declining birth rates in Gen X, Y and Millenials.
A follow up study found that the condition was actually escalating. As companies grabble for talent in this new world, the financial comp plan won't be enough to win over the bold and smart. They are young, socially aware and highly networked - all bad things for companies that have a weak reputation or a non-existent mission of value.
Here's a video clip from my keynote speech at MPI's convention in Houston in 2008. I've been booked several times since then to speak to companies about the primacy of employership/social responsibility branding as part of the talent acquisition process.
Video: Is Your Company Facebook Worthy?
Bring me to your next meeting or conference
March 30, 2010
I just had a great conversation with a british author working on a book about love in the boardroom.
Her challenge is similar to the one I faced a decade ago when I wrote Love Is The Killer App. She has to answer the following smart question: What's love got to do with business? It seems fair enough, business after all is about measurable results and love is fuzzy - difficult to define and impossible to weigh.
Her research tells another story. She told me about the days of chivalry, where the "good lords" developed a fondness for their charges, and built highly loyal and effective teams. Later, during the industrial revolution, scale changed all of that. You can't scale the good lords model, argued early industrialists. The whole point of capitalism is to scale something into increasing returns for the owners. Love doesn't scale, but machines and processes do. That's where love was buried in the model of big business.
When I thought about it, that made sense. Show me someone who wants to build a massive business, and I'll show you someone that has a hard time finding a role for love in the model. Of course, there are some pretty big organizations (Southwest Airlines, SAS Institute, Aveda, etc.) where the founders defied convention and much like the good lords, leveraged engagement of their people into profits (via customer delight).
In my experience, when you show business love, you are sharing your intangibles to promote the other's growth. You are sharing knowledge, your network of relationships or your compassion to help others grow, end suffering and prosper. You do it with the belief that nice smart people succeed and most of all people reciprocate. This means you have a high degree of faith in human nature's tendency to give back and love back. This is where it all goes wrong for the modern industrialist. That's a big bet to make, especially on an entity as unpredictable as humans. You can go Six Sigma and have blind faith in an almost perfect assembly line, but you can't put people at the center of the business without a slight fear that chaos is around the corner.
You need to find the faith. The norm of reciprocity is as statistically valid as any manufacturing process ever created. We are a species that reciprocates and gives more to people that truly care about us. Here's the real problem: ego. The modern business leader never wants to be wrong about people, because that would be quite 'personal'. You can make a bad bet on a machine, then blame someone later in the supply chain. Hire someone, groom them for greatness, then have them compete against you in the market? A failure of epic proportions on your part.
Get over it. If you want to test how you will feel about this in your later days, just visit any retirement community and talk to the former bizfolk staying there. Ask them about their managers, reports and vendors. Ask them if they consider them friends, sons, daughters, brothers, etc. To a person, you'll get a twinkle and a tear, as they explain that some of the greatest relationships of their life happened at work. This is why I love my people in the here and now. I'm not so hungry for scale, that I'm willing to turn humans into objects. I'm not afraid of being wrong about people, perfect is the enemy of good.
March 25, 2010
An old friend of mine recently posed a question to me: Where would I be today if the Internet had never been invented? What would my accomplishments be? What kind of life would I be living?
After thinking about it for a minute, I responded, "I'd probably be doing the same thing, in the same place in society and likely enjoying life just as much." He looked puzzled. Then he reminded me of my success first at broadcast.com, then Yahoo, and how that turned my life around and led to my books being published, etc.
But I held my ground. I would have still advocated the power of great relationships, and that would have worked whether I was born in the 60's or the 30's. I was raised to value, nurture and feed relationships by my grandmother, and later in my mid-30's, Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner's startup (Audionet) became a platform for me to do this on a grand scale. My claim to fame at that company was producing the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 1999, which crashed the Internet. But it wasn't about technology, and my value proposition to Victoria's Secret wasn't "selling things." It was about creating better relationships by getting customers to sign up for email updates, so the company could have inexpensive two way communications with millions of clients.
Same goes at Yahoo. All the big deals I worked on were designed to foster cheaper, better and faster relationships with clients or business partners. That was also the theme for all three of my books, my current consulting and almost every talk I ever give. Relationships are still more powerful than technology in my view.
Still, his question was provocative, and helped me distill my value proposition and gain more focus in my life. Once I realized that the Internet is only the tail of the dog, I felt very free, knowing that I wasn't lucky or just "in the right place at the right time." Many of you that read this might also operate under the assumption that you'd be lost if the Internet had never come along. You wouldn't be in your current job, have the success you have, etc. It's not true. There's something you are doing (relationships, innovation, efficiency, etc.) that 'works' on the Internet, and would have worked in the real world decades ago. So spend a minute today finding that thing, and you'll gain more focus on what makes you rich, powerful and successful.
March 23, 2010
When a smile isn't reciprocated at work, an opportunity to connect is missed.
Too many leaders have a macho attitude about this, only returning smiles to top producers or key team mates. Otherwise, a smile back is feared as a sign of weakness. This is not true. General Patton once praised Ike's ability to "smile back at the grunts". Do you have this power? It'll do wonders for your company or organization culture. This is part of my people skills area of expertise, elaborated on in my second book, The Likeability Factor.
From my 2006 keynote speech at the Maximum Impact telecast, here's my rant on the value of smiling back: Great Leaders Smile Back (video).
March 19, 2010
Promise made, promise kept. That's a rule for high quality leaders and doers alike.
Today, I received an email from a big time internet producer that started out with the line, "I promised, I'd get back to you by end of the today, so here's my .02:" The email arrived just before 4pm my time. She'd beaten her follow-up promise by an hour. I was impressed.
When I thought about it, this is actually pretty rare in my life. Sure, we promise to deliver a report by end of the day tomorrow, and we do that - because it's a "deliverable". On the other hand, we dish out "I'll get back to you tomorrow on that" like we mindlessly ask people, "how are you doing?"
In our mind, it's a very small promise, not worth writing down or putting in your day scheduler. But really, it's the little promises, so easy to keep, that build our reputation with others that we are dependable, action oriented and on-top-of-it. In my research for the Likeability Factor, I learned that leaders that are great at keeping small promises are the most respected, and considered the most honest.
In this go-go world we live in, we talk to dozens of people a day, and few conversations enjoy a closed loop. There's follow up of some type. When we are making little promises to non-strategic contacts (peers, prospects, potential suppliers, new contacts), they have less weight than the ones we make to our boss or best customer. But remember, that boss or great client was once a prospect or a peer. They decided to take a chance on us because they believed in us. In those situations, we probably had a high promise keeping ratio, especially on follow up.
In his new book MOJO, executive coach Marshall Goldsmith shares how your reputation is built: Others observe your patterns of behavior. So if you want a great reputation, write down EVERY promise you make to follow up and put that ahead of your To-Do list and insert it into your schedule.
You might realize that the list ends up with a dozen promises a day, more than you can manage (and be accountable for). That's a sure sign that you promise too much, just to end meetings or conversations. That's a post for a different time, I promised someone that I'd get back to him before 4pm his time today, and I'm almost late!
This is a concept that's included in my next book, Today We Are Rich. Visit the book page and you can pre-order a copy and receive a free eBook excerpt with an entire principle! You can also visit its facebook page too.
March 18, 2010
Leaders wake up: Promoting competitiveness might backfire on you!
It's very tempting to use competitiveness as a prime motivator to get sales people to increase efforts, suppliers to cut prices or prospects to sign deals. But at what expense?
Think about how you manage people: You need more results than ever from your employees and they seem a little glazed over from the last two years of funky business climate. So you pit one against the other in an ad hoc call out (why can't the rest of you perform like Eric?). You see a little bump in activity, but Eric's now eating alone in the break room. Or you formalize it with a winner-take-all sales contest that acts more like a reality show competition than a team building exercise.
You tell your supplier-partner that your other suppliers have cut their monthly fees by 20%, so she'd better do the same. You start to publicly share RFP proposals to drive bidders crazy (whittling down each other's margins along the way). You spend time building urgency into your sales pitches, using warm leads and limited inventory to scare your prospects into signing.
Does any of this sound familiar?
If you are starting to do this, realize something, you are promoting a culture of competition NOT collaboration. A culture is a set of values, communicated by leaders, that creates a system of social control. When you teach people to compete with each other, they continue to do it long after your promotional period is over. While you like the short term results, remember the old saying: When you dance with a bear, you have to keep dancing until the bear's finished.
You see, values are what shape our decisions and how we allocate resources. When you pit people against each other, you are teaching them that there is value in scarcity (the small pie). If you are successful, they will likely understand the motivating force of fear/loss and start to use it for themselves too. Remember, they are looking to you for tools to succeed (same goes for suppliers or customers too). This means that your path to short term success will pave the road to your long term business culture.
Instead, try this: Pair people together and promote their synergy. One of my recent speaking clients in the financial services arena did this: He paired a high sales performance veteran with a rookie that had great research skills. The veteran got fresh leads and some energy from the rookie and the rookie got some sales savvy and made several sales earlier than predicted. This promotes collaboration and a focus on shared strengths. I recently put two of my supplier-partners together to work on my rebranding campaign. They are now able to complete their work for me faster, and I'm going to have less costs too. One recent consulting prospect of mine indicated he couldn't quite afford my monthly retainer, so I paired him with another prospect in the same industry with the same budget issue and now I'm working for both of them on a combined deliverable - we all win. In all three cases, the long term effects can only be goodness.
What's the takeaway? If choosing between fear & love as a motivator, always choose love.
March 16, 2010
(Photo by Nikki Smith Morgan, Public Words)
Last Saturday I was in the center-of-the-social-universe: SXSW Interactive. Bloggers, Tweeters, Developers, Ad Pros, Luminaries and Snark Super Stars were all in Austin to celebrate another year of phenomenal growth in social media. With Austin's great food (my top bites were at Polvos and Jorges) and great music (saw Dick Dale at a small club), SXSW Interactive is truly Spring Break For Geeks.
I was invited to co-host a Core Conversation with Nick Morgan on how to go from blogger to professional speaker. At 12:30pm, Nick and I attended the "I Don't Trust You One Stinking Bit" panel hosted by Trust Agent co-authors Chris Brogan and Julien Smith.
Chris and Julien hammered home the idea that you build trust by investing in others. In other words, the key to being successful was helping people. I had to blush when Chris Brogan called me out, for Love Is The Killer App and what I've been doing for him (VIDEO: Chris Gives A Shout Out To The Lovecat). I was also floored when Chris told the crowd that "it took him 8 years of writing to gain 100 followers." Wow. It's only over the last few years, that his readership has soared to where it is now.
The other big takeaway from that panel was around execution. There's a big difference between offering to help someone, and actually producing value in their lives. We are not rewarded for attempts or ideas, we are rewarded for RESULTS.
During our core conversation at 3:30, Nick and I gave high level advice and answered a slew of thoughtful questions. Check out Nick's summary of the event. Here's that I offered: Blog to establish expertise and a big following - but focus on being helpful instead of being provocative per se. Write a book, and make sure and follow Jeff Herman's formula for a book proposal. Write a book about one of your accomplishments, and be very generous with the details of 'how you did it'. The more you give of yourself, even the bad parts, the more people will take your advice and feel the effects.
When you speak, don't speak to impress, be helpful. Focus on takeaways that stem from your expertise. Don't hold back, waiting for consulting offers, show your audience how to tend to themselves. The session was well received, although some people were likely offput by our recommendation to avoid self-publishing as a path to professional speaking.
On the flight home, as I contemplated three days of big thinking, I realized that relationship building will never change. Only the players and their tools will change - which re-confirms my outlook that people are STILL the next big thing.
(See a hand held clip I shot of Chris and Julien talking about getting into 'The Circle').
March 15, 2010
Your network = your net worth. This is a mantra of mine.
Many of us are producing social media (blog postings, videos, tweets and updates) to build a network of followers that we can help, market to and ultimately have a relationship with. Along the way, we try out a variety of different content types from humor to ride-along to inspiration to advice. Sometimes, we just put out what ever we are thinking at the time.
However, many of the people that consume our social media content are customers, prospects or group members. They likely visit our social conversations as part of their decision making process in working with us. Sometimes, we impress them with our focus and expertise. Other times, our randomness plain confuses them.
I'm going to change my ways, starting today. Seth's blog or the Public Words blogs are both very focused on delivering marketing and public speaking advice. They blog with intent. Tom Peters uses Twitter to facilitate a conversation with his followers and peers. That is his intent, and his focus on that makes him successful here. In the past, I've posted or tweeted about a wide variety of subjects from business to leadership to travel to music to social responsibility to social media. In other words, I'm all over the place, less focused than an all purpose magazine or TV show.
From this day forward, Sanders Says, my tweets and Facebook Fan page will center around delivering expertise to my followers that improves their people skills (from relationship skills to a people centered business.) That will be my intent in all that I do. I'll direct these comments to the small biz owner up to the enterprise executive, but I'll always look back at my one-sheet of purpose (Power To The People) as a way of defining my editorial boundaries. I'll continue to update you on live events where I'm sharing this expertise as well as updates on my next book release.
My anecdotal research suggests that a specific focus or niche is the #1 to increase your followership and deliver valuable results. It's pretty easy to just ready-fire-aim when it comes to social media, but if you are using it to build a scalable difference, consider a little focus to produce organic growth in a niche.
Is your social media strategy random or do you use intent?
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March 11, 2010
Last week an old friend rang me on my cell phone to catch up.
It was the third time he'd called. "Dude, what's up with you?," he wondered. "We are really out of touch, I've called you several times!"
"Man, I've been swamped," I told him. "Writing a new book, blogging, tweeting, you know - all that stuff. A few weeks ago I retweeted you, though. Does that count?" I jokingly suggested.
"We are good friends, have been since before the Internet. You tweet like 10 times a day and update Facebook every few hours. You can find 10 minutes to call me. If you don't watch out, you are going to turn into an information black hole." His final words really hit me.
He's right. There's nothing like face time or phone catch up time from a distance. When you see or hear that person, you synchronize, and sing a tune together. Why ping when you can sing?
Social media is addicting and eventually can become a bottomless pit of writing and replying. We delude ourselves into thinking that if we Facebook poke or email ping someone we are still cultivating a relationship. Wrong. We are maintaining a weak tie or association at best. But the feelings are being squeezed out of our relationships during digital compression.
For some of us, email is starting to be unmanageable too. Our voicemail is full. But if someone replies to us on Twitter or writes on our wall, we are quick on the draw - because that's on our radar. I've emailed Gary Vaynerchuk at least thee times to give him kudos, a business opportunity and a little advice. He's too buried under his barrage of tweets and video postings that he's never responded. However, if I wrote a 1 star review on his book, he'll answer it on the same day and give his personal email to me to contact him ASAP to work this out. (See what I mean). This is the future. While we aren't all doing this, we are getting more and more unreachable every day by the people that care about us the most.
As a result, I'm afraid we are trading in real friends for digital followers, and it's probably a downgrade in terms of our personal support systems. Remember, your network is your net worth. You cultivate it like a farmer tends for his fields. I'm going to vow, right now, to answer 100% of my phone calls and 100% of non-spammy emails that I receive. If I blog less or update a fewers times, so be it. No one will unfollow me for poor attendance!
March 09, 2010
Every great speech that changes the world makes one point and makes it very well.
When you add a second, third or fourth major point to a talk, you make it hard to follow and cut down the results. When I say "one point" what I mean is that your talk can be summed up in a sentence which reflects the premise of your talk.
Both of my talks this week sold this point: Your network is your net worth, so make relationship development a top priority. If I add, and be emotionally talented or green to it, the whole thing begins to lose its clarity. As Nick Morgan taught me, "write your speech along the spine of a single archetypal story that people understand - and they'll be moved to action."
When you have an hour or two to talk, it is SO tempting to cover two or three major subjects, linking them together like a standup comedian links bits together. But the difference is that speeches change the world and standups make you laugh. One is about audience action the other is audience entertainment.
You may have a few points (2 to 4) that are sub-points that build up to your conclusion, but they are part of the major point. For example, my relationship talk followed this path:
1. Relationships are rocket fuel for success
2. They are built based on your emotional value proposition, your relevance and the situation you are in.
3. To develop relationships, be helpful and generous. This can overcome even the worst relationship situations.
(Premise - Insight - Advice)
Read Nick Morgan's Give Your Speech, Change the World


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INFO3616: Principles of Security and Security Engineering (2018 - Semester 2)
|INFO3616: Principles of Security and Security Engineering (6 CP)
|On Offer:
|School of Computer Science
|Unit Coordinator/s:
Dr Holz, Ralph
|Session options:
|Semester 2
|Versions for this Unit:
|Brief Handbook Description:
|*Please note: due to a typo, some websites (including the handbook) show this unit in S1 (exclusively, or in addition). CUSP is correct: the unit runs every S2!*
This unit provides an introduction to the many facets of security in the digital and networked world, the challenges that IT systems face, and the design principles that have been developed to build secure systems and counter attacks. The unit puts the focus squarely on providing a thorough understanding of security principles and engineering for security. At the same time, we stress a hands-on approach to teach the state-of-the-art incarnations of security principles and technology, and we practice programming for security. We pay particular attention to the fact that security is much more than just technology as we discuss the fields of usability in security, operational security, and cyber-physical systems. At the end of this unit, graduates are prepared for practical demands in their later careers and know how to tackle new, yet unforeseen challenges.
This unit also serves as the initial step for a specialisation in computer and communications security.
|Assumed Knowledge:
|INFO1110 AND INFO1112 AND INFO1113 AND (MATH1064 OR MATH2069 OR MATH2969 OR MATH2068 OR MATH2988). Knowledge equivalent to the above units is assumed. This means good programming skills in Python or a C-related language, basic networking knowledge, and skills from discrete mathematics. A technical orientation is absolutely required, especially capacity to become familiar with new technology without explicit supervision.
Dr Holz, Ralph
|INFO3616 Timetable
|Time Commitment:
Attributes listed here represent the key course goals (see Course Map tab) designated for this unit. The list below describes how these attributes are developed through practice in the unit. See Learning Outcomes and Assessment tabs for details of how these attributes are assessed.
|Attribute Development Method
|Attribute Developed
|Introduction to principles underlying the design of secure systems, including usability aspects.
|Design (Level 3)
|Overview of common technology used to implement secure systems and secure communications, selecting key representatives from each category.
|Engineering/IT Specialisation (Level 3)
|Awareness and some experience with some tools to study the security of an environment.
|Maths/Science Methods and Tools (Level 3)
|Independent retrieval and study of published literature.
|Information Seeking (Level 3)
|Ability to carry out a basic security analysis and present results.
|Communication (Level 3)
|Awareness of ethical, legal & social issues associated with security.
|Professional Conduct (Level 3)
For explanation of attributes and levels see Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table 2018.
Learning outcomes are the key abilities and knowledge that will be assessed in this unit. They are listed according to the course goal supported by each. See Assessment Tab for details how each outcome is assessed.Engineering/IT Specialisation (Level 3)
|Assessment Methods:
|Assessment Description:
This unit will trial a new form of assessment: weekly assignments that are self-graded using a novel incentive scheme. The following rules apply:
- Students submit their solution BEFORE the tutorial hours. One credit point is awarded per task if an honest attempt at solving it is discernible (and no plagiarism is detected). Note that the solution does NOT have to be correct - just an honest, discernible attempt.
- IN the tutorial, we present and discuss correct solutions. Students are asked to submit corrections explaining what they did wrong and what the correct solution would have been. Note that the sample solutions are available at this stage!
- AFTER the tutorial, 1 credit point per submitted, corrected task is awarded. If a submission for a task was correct from the start, 1cr is also awarded.
Student MUST achieve 80% of these credits to pass the unit. The total achieved credits is then summed up and counted with a weight of 50% towards the final grade.
The final exam is worth 50%.
|Assessment Feedback:
|Assessment are self-graded; feedback will be given in tutorials/labs.
|Policies & Procedures:
|IMPORTANT: School policy relating to Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism.
In assessing a piece of submitted work, the School of IT may reproduce it entirely, may provide a copy to another member of faculty, and/or to an external plagiarism checking service or in-house computer program and may also maintain a copy of the assignment for future checking purposes and/or allow an external service to do so.
Other policies
See the policies page of the faculty website at http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/student-policies/ for information regarding university policies and local provisions and procedures within the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies.
|Recommended Reference/s:
Note: References are provided for guidance purposes only. Students are advised to consult these books in the university library. Purchase is not required.
Note that the "Weeks" referred to in this Schedule are those of the official university semester calendar https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
|Week 1
Lecture: Introduction
- Unit organisation
- Examples of security problems
- Examples of defences
|Week 2
|Tutorial: Usability and Security
Lecture: Usability and Security
- Human psychology and interplay with security
- Design principles for usable security
|Week 3
|Tutorial: Practice and programming with libraries: symmetric-key cryptography and hashing
Lecture: Principles of symmetric cryptography:
- Symmetric-key cryptography
- Randomness
- Secure hashing
|Week 4
Lecture: Principles of asymmetric cryptography:
- Public-key cryptography
- Public Key Infrastructures
|Tutorial: Practice and programming with libraries: asymmetric-key cryptography and signatures
|Week 5
Lecture: Security goals and security protocols
- Common security goals
- Common designs to achieve security goals
- Abstract protocols for authentication and key establishment
|Tutorial: Security goals and security protocols
|Week 6
Lecture: Principles and violations of access control
- Multilevel-security
- Access control and privileges in modern operating systems
- Malware and defences
|Tutorial: Using OS access control and bypassing it; failures of multilevel security.
|Week 7
Lecture: Software security and API security
- Memory-safe and memory-unsafe languages
- Common attack vectors against software
- Writing secure code
- Writing secure APIs
|Tutorial: Practice and programming: software security
|Week 8
Lecture: Web Security
- Application Layer Security and attacks against Web applications
- Common defences against web attacks
Tutorial: Practice and programming:
- Use of Internet security protocols
- Person-in-the-middle-attacks
|Week 9
Lecture: Communication Security
- Designs for secure communication over networks
- State-of-the-art protocols for communication security over the Internet and their use
|Week 10
Lecture: Network Security
- The network as the attack vector
- Attacks against networks and defences
- Intrusion detection and anomaly detection
|Tutorial: Practice: intrusion detection
|Week 11
Lecture: Security and the physical world
- Cyber-physical systems
- Operational security
- Regulation: successes and faults
|Week 12
Lecture: Privacy
- Data privacy
- Location privacy
|Tutorial: Breaking privacy.
|Week 13
|Lecture: Unit review and buffer time.
|Tutorial: Open Q&A.
|Exam Period
|Assessment Due: Final examination
Course Relations
The following is a list of courses which have added this Unit to their structure.
Course Goals
This unit contributes to the achievement of the following course goals:
|Engineering/IT Specialisation (Level 3)
|Design (Level 3)
|Information Seeking (Level 3)
|Communication (Level 3)
|Professional Conduct (Level 3)
|Maths/Science Methods and Tools (Level 3)
These goals are selected from Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table 2018 which defines overall goals for courses where this unit is primarily offered. See Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table 2018 for details of the attributes and levels to be developed in the course as a whole. Percentage figures alongside each course goal provide a rough indication of their relative weighting in assessment for this unit. Note that not all goals are necessarily part of assessment. Some may be more about practice activity. See Learning outcomes for details of what is assessed in relation to each goal and Assessment for details of how the outcome is assessed. See Attributes for details of practice provided for each goal.


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2011-10-02, 5:44 pm
People could, and would, say many things about one Tomoya Okazaki. He was blunt. He was near rude. He was stubborn. He was a bit of an ass sometimes. He was unashamed to admit to his sometimes innappropriate thoughts involving some of his female friends. He was afraid to admit deeper feelings. He was insecure. He was a prankster. He was loyal. He had a strong sense of right and wrong. He was protective. He was loving. He was good with kids.
Nobody would ever say he was romantic though.
No, Tomoya Okazaki, as most would say, didn't have a romantic bone in his body. He could be affectionate, yes, but to do something outwardly romantic just seemed out of his range of abilities. Then again, he'd never even asked anyone out before, so who was anyone to say how he'd actually act with someone who was that close to his heart?
Two people knew. One, because Tomoya had confided in him. The other, because he'd needed some advice, and permission. The confiding had been directed toward Tomoya's friend and, jokingly, 'Heterosexual Life Partner', Kieth Everhart. The advice and permission was sought from another close friend, the adorably sweet and clumsy Krista Lavos. Why did Tomoya need her advice and permission?
Because he couldn't get Krista's sister, Vivian, out of his mind.
He wasn't fully sure exactly when he'd started to think about the mature, wise, witty, and downright beautiful woman as more than a friend. He just knew he had. She occupied his thoughts near constantly, and when she was near, he had to fight the urge to reach out and run his hands over that beautiful, dark skin. Yes, he had strong feelings of affection for her, followed closely by a strong lust for her body. His dreams at night were causing him some issues with laundry. He'd started doing his own laundry just to keep anyone else from noticing.
However, as much as he wanted her, wanted to be with her, Tomoya just couldn't bring himself to go up to her and ask her out. His inferiority-complex wouldn't allow it. He couldn't bear to see the look on her face when she realized what he was saying, feeling. She wouldn't laugh, or mock him; she was too good a person for that. But he felt sure she'd reject him...and if she apologized, he'd hate it. He wouldn't want her to be sorry that he has feelings for her.
'Or worse,'
some part of his mind would say,
'she might pity you.'
Pity...no, pity was something he couldn't handle.
So, he confided in Kieth, who supported him. Then Kieth, after failing to get his friend to talk to Vivian, instead spoke to Krista, who was more than willing to help. She wanted Tomoya and Vivian to be happy and find love, so why not with eachother? After alot of discussion, Kieth and Krista came up with a plan. At first, Tomoya refused outright, but eventually agreed, for a simple reason.
If she rejected him, at least he wouldn't have to worry about seeing pity or hearing an apology before he could get his guard up.
Vivian was a smart woman. Very smart, really. In fact, 'smart' was hardly a fitting word for her. Highly intelligent was more accurate. She noticed things others did not. However, she wasn't perfect. She couldn't always figure someone out as if reading a book. In those cases, it took a bit of study, observation...patience. Such was the case with Tomoya Okazaki.
The boy...no, that was unfair. The
young man
was very interesting to her. He was a bit of a contradiction, with the way he acted. He was blunt and rude, yet compassionate and kind. He was lazy and apathetic, yet determined and emotional. He was strong willed, yet weak hearted. He amused her and infuriated her. He intrigued her and vexed her.
He made her heart quicken.
She wasn't fully sure exactly when she'd started to think about the confident, contradictory, witty, and downright handsome young man as more than a friend. She just knew she had. He often occupied her thoughts, and when he was near, she had to fight the urge to reach out and run her hands through his hair or over his leanly muscled arms. Yes, she had strong feelings of affection for him, followed closely by a strong lust for his body. Her dreams at night were quite pleasant, yet also rather frustrating.
Normally, knowing she had feelings for him was all she'd need, to convince her to tell him. However, she was fairly sure that he had feelings for his childhood friend, Monica, and that Monica had feelings for him in turn.. She couldn't be completely sure though, and that was why she was waiting, looking for a sign. If she had any indication that Tomoya saw Monica as just a friend, and Monica seeing Tomoya as the same, she would make a move. For now though, she just wasn't sure.
Her younger half-sister, Krista, knew though. She'd spoken to her about it after Krista seemed to be quite curious about why she was being asked more about the young man. Krista promised not to say anything to Tomoya about it, as Krista didn't want to possibly cause issues until she was sure.
While surprising, nobody complained when Kieth and Krista seemed adamant about the weekly get-together being at a local karaoke bar. Krista was amused. Tomoya was nervous.
Tomoya grumbled a bit as a grinning Kieth, and a softly smiling Krista, dragged him out of his seat and up to the stage half-way through the night. Everyone else was simply surprised. Tomoya, singing? Not something they expected. They had no idea if he even
sing. Their surprise grew when Tomoya seeming willingly, albiet hesitantly, take the middle, forward microphone, Krista and Kieth taking the ones to either side and slightly behind.
Tomoya singing, with Kieth and Krista as backup? Immediately, some of the other people, not with the group, that knew Tomoya began to laugh, cracking jokes. This didn't last long, thanks to the large collection of glares aimed in their direction, particularly from a certain dark-skinned beauty.
Tomoya wasn't done with the surprises.
Tomoya hesitated, licking his suddenly dry lips.
"This...shit, this hard....listen, I'm not exactly the best with words, or expressing my feelings, alright? But...there's someone here, who I...she's more than a friend to me, and I want her to know. I just...can't say it. So, these knuckleheads behind me convinced me to do this...it's...well, it's more embarrassing than just talking to her in private, but...I find it's easier for me. If she apologized as she turned me down, or pitied me in some way, I couldn't handle it, so I'm doing it this way, so I can get my guard back up before seeing her after. I don't want to risk our new friendship by letting her possible rejection get to me. Call me a coward if you want."
Here, Vivian's eyes widened a bit. New friendship? So it wasn't Monica? Then who? There were several here who had newly established friendships with Tomoya. More than that, how had she completely misread things?
"So...uh, I guess I should sing now..and I'm sorry if this embarrasses you."
At those words, his gaze met Vivian's, and she inhaled sharply, realization hitting her like one of Kieth's punches. The music started, and as Tomoya sang, Kieth and Krista harmonizing with him at times, she felt her chest tightening, her heart leaping into her throat as her eyes widened even more, beginning to water ever so slightly.
"Oh, her eyes, her eyes, make the stars look like they're not shinin'
Her hair, her hair, falls perfectly without her tryin'
She's so beautiful,
and I tell her everyday
Yeah, I know, I know when I compliment her, she won't believe me
And it's so, it's so, sad to think that she don't see what I see
But everytime she asks me 'Do I look okay?'
I say
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and
stares for awhile
'Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are
Oh, her lips, her lips, I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
And her laugh, her laugh, she hates it but it drives me crazy
She's so beautiful
And if she'd ask me I would say
Oh you know, you know, you know I'd never ask you to change
If perfect's what you're searching for, then just stay the same
So don't even bother asking if you look okay
'Cause you know I'll say
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and
stares for awhile
'Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are
The way you are
The way you are
Girl, you're amazing
Just the way you are
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and
stares for awhile
'Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are..."
Tomoya licked his lips nervously, his mouth dry, his hands a bit sweaty. He noted the silence from the room, and glanced back at Kieth and Krista, who simply smiled at him. He nodded weakly, whispered a 'thank you' into the microphone, and moved away. The three friends were almost off the stage when the applause started, and Tomoya froze in shock. The stunned audience had finally broken out of their daze and her letting him know exactly what they'd thought. He chuckled weakly, and continued with Krista and Kieth down from the stage. They never reached the table where everyone else in the group sat, as they were intercepted by a determined looking Vivian. Tomoya swallowed hard.
Vivian was a woman on a mission, and she wasn't letting anything get in her way. She walked with purpose toward Tomoya, barely noticing Kieth and Krista flanking him. The moment she reached him, she grabbed a handful of the front of his shirt, her other hand hooking around the back of his neck, and she yanked him closer, dragging him straight into a searing kiss. She could feel his shock, due to the fact that he didn't respond at first, instead simply letting her kiss him. Then, as if a switch was flipped, his arms wrapped around her as he returned the kiss. Kieth and Krista grinned at eachother, moving around Tomoya and Vivian as they continued on toward the others, joining hands as they did. Couples did that, after all.
Too soon for his liking, Vivian broke the kiss, pulling away slightly. Tomoya opened his eyes, and froze when he saw the fierce look in Vivian's eyes. There was something almost predatory about it...and horribly arousing.
"Tomoya, this is a ridiculous question, but I feel I should ask anyway. You meant what you were trying to say with that song, right?"
He simply nodded, and the fierce look faded, softening.
"Good. Silly man, being worried I'd reject you. Had you only asked, I would have said yes quite easily...I really appreciate what you did though. Nobody...has ever gone to quite such lengths just to tell me they had feelings for me."
Here, a bit of Tomoya's normal attitude surfaced, and he grinned a bit.
"Well, I've never been known to half-ass things that were important to me, have I?"
Vivian smirked, a rather seductive look for her. Tomoya's heart began to pound.
"Indeed, Tomoya. Now, as touching as it was for you to risk humiliating yourself in public for me, and you were excellent up there by the way, why don't we go somewhere more private? I'd like to get to know you even better, and continue what we started a moment ago. That kiss was not nearly enough."
Here, Tomoya stiffened, in more ways than one. Vivian noticed, her seductive smirk becoming even more so, along with a mischievous chuckle.
"I don't mean sex, Tomoya, though it's not necessarily out of the question. It depends on how things go, though for right now, a bit of kissing is good enough. Sound good?"
"O-Of course, Vivi..."
He noticed a strange glint in her eyes when he used her nickname, something he'd never seen before when he used it.
"Hmm...there's something oddly comforting about you calling me that now...perhaps it's since I know just how much affection you put behind it...now, let's go, shall we?"
Tomoya gladly let the gorgeous woman lead him out, not even noticing the warm smile's directed their way.
Monica sighed lightly, a soft smile on her lips. She felt a warm hand cover hers, and she turned to look at Adell, who was watching her curiously.
"What's up, Monica?"
Her smile simply grew, and she kissed Adell on the cheek.
"Nothing, just thinking how nice it is, that everyone is finding that special someone, you know?"
Adell smiled warmly, and nodded, squeezing her hand a bit.
"Yeah, I know."
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Kerala, a southern state of India is known for its leftist and progressive politics. The very first democratically elected government in Kerala was from the left front. The state stands out from the rest of India for the same reason, and it is relevant in this time when the entire country is facing unsettling incidences based on religious polarization. Our country is being ruled by the political ideology which upholds religious extremities. And yes it was elected through a democratic system so the majority of society is still guided through religion even when it comes to politics. Social media, especially Facebook is yet another projection of our society, and as it is the case with the real society of Kerala it is the same with social media society. Leftist politics has an upper hand in political discourses and debates in the Keralite community. There are many profiles in Facebook which are used exclusively to indulge in political discourses. As how our Prime Minister and his party had made use of Facebook to gather supporters, so did many other parties. Facebook is no longer a place to post selfies and gather alumni or the sort. But it is being used as a powerful medium of communication which is aimed at creating more awareness about human rights, politics and perceptions, exposing lies from the authorities.
But what is happening with Facebook is that, it demands that people use their profiles only as the owner of FB intends. That is as they say in the need for real name policy, Facebook is to connect with your friends and community. So what if a woman decides to use this amazing tool to call out for help, to expose communal violence by keeping herself safe through an anonymous name? Facebook seems to be saying no to it. It says use your real name, get friends and that's all you are allowed to do. Forget all the violence that women face with FB's lousy policies for a moment, we all have been talking about it. Despite the fact that it yielded no result so far we still keep our protests up. But this is about the politics of majoritarian autocracy. Whoever is the majority, whoever has the power over society Facebook sides with them.
You know how, here is how. It is election time in Kerala. And almost six strongly opining significant profiles of left parties have been suspended and silenced by the mob which decided against it. And they made use of the real name policy for it. There were profiles which were giving unbiased information about candidates, about their work etc. There were profiles which were reporting sincerely about the atrocities happening in different communities by the capitalist corporate. There were profiles which were writing against gender based violence. And now most of those voices are terminated from Facebook.
Mainstream media has been plagued with everything that is irrational. They are as much polarized as the society is, and they show no shame in spreading blatant lies about the opposition pole. The difference between mainstream media and social media is the fact that social media is more accessible to common man. It holds the news maker responsible for facts. It can question the propagandist lies. It can seek evidence. Mainstream media remains as a monologue, the reader either swallow the news or vomit it out. Common man and woman is left without any other choice unlike social media. So for any society, to have a rational debate on politics social media seems like the easily accessible option. And among Keralites Facebook is the 'chosen one'. Yet Facebook ignores completely the number of users it has from this community, their needs, and is adamant on its real name policy.
Why do I say a profile is silenced with this real name policy? No other kind of reporting makes the profile suspended forever. You can get reported for nudity, for harassment etc and FB either removes the content or gives you a warning period. But when your profile is reported for fake name, until and unless you provide an identity document you cannot operate from the profile anymore. And you cannot continue using the name of your choice even after you provide a document. That is where the real policing comes in. Once you submit your ID Facebook gets to decide what has to happen to your profile name. It chooses to impose people with something that they do not wish to keep. So through Facebook it is either have your details exposed and live under the danger of losing your life, or don't stay in Facebook at all.
I am curious how Facebook will respond, if the left parties decide to take a collective decision to quit using Facebook since it is majoritarian and dangerous for its users. And this is India we are talking about, any small insignificant collective body will have more number of people than probably an entire state in the US. And that will be a lot of money at stake Facebook, you might want to watch out!
Political parties can easily silence the profiles of opposition parties using this real name policy, and this policy is being misused the most at this crucial time when people of Kerala are preparing for the elections. Contemporary stories from Kerala is revealing this fact. Facebook need not favor left or right politics, but it can worry about the safety of its users, yes? It can and it has to worry about the basic rights of the users, yes? How much longer is it planning to close its eyes towards the fact that this real name policy is actually dangerous and misused? There are student union leaders who will have to face the wrath of their authorities if they are being found to be talking about against their authority. There are employees who cannot risk losing their job by exposing their identities. What is stopping the apostles of Internet.org from seeing how absurd is their policy and how it is a danger for various communities?
Irony jumps off from the cliff and commits suicide when Facebook vigilantly takes action against a profile that is named as 'King Lear' because of a report from profiles named as 'Macbeth', 'Hamlet', 'Romeo' and 'Othello'. Facebook does not care who is furnishing these reports, but its concern is only about the real name policy. It is denying a whole society to have a platform which might actually influence the election results. Facebooking is no longer a light act for many of the people from Kerala. There are people who are risking their lives to serve the society. If user amounts to money in the Facebook's equations why should it turn its back towards the safety of these same users? India is facing a lot of violence and is going through a highly sensitive period. It thirsts for an ideology and leadership that is based on democracy and rationality. Many Keralites use Facebook as leverage to hold the harmony and push off anti social radical religious groups. The whole society is being denied of this chance by a lousy policy from Facebook. When the radical religious groups loses their ability to hold an upper hand in political discourses they seek Facebook's policy to shut down profiles which talk rationally. Facebook, authentic name is the most misused policy in social media.
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This week, the Thomson family announced that they are now hold 85 per cent of the shares in The Globe and Mail, a result of the sale of CTV to Bell. No more Globemedia: the newspaper stands alone.
The Globe's Saturday edition includes a compelling and entertaining editorial explaining this transaction and celebrating, deservedly, the newspaper's new situation. We should all celebrate a nationally distributed news source that operates free of political or corporate involvement.
The editorial includes some wonderful tidbits about the late Roy Thomson, the media mogul whose family is once again solely in charge. "The Canadian People Deserve A Free and Fearless Press!" read the ad that Mr. Thomson – then the owner of a series of dailies across Canada – took out in The Globe and Mail in 1951. You have to love this.
In fact, I love The Globe. I've been a Globe reader since about 1960 (the year I learned to read). My brothers and I waged fierce battle over the sports section and the comics at the breakfast table. Gradually I learned to appreciate our morning newspaper as a source of not only news, but also opinion and entertainment.
Being published in this newspaper was one of my greatest thrills as a writer.
You know where I'm going with this, don't you? I've already written about my disappointment in The Globe and Mail's 2008 change of policy concerning payment for writers of essays published on the Facts & Arguments page, "Why I can't send my essays to The Globe and Mail and why you shouldn't either".
I believe that a basic principle of publishing is being abused. The title of Saturday's editorial reads: "Editorial autonomy, financial acumen, real media values." How do "financial acumen" and "real media values" equal not paying writers for the privilege of using their work? If the writing deserves to be published, the writer deserves to be paid.
I emailed John Stackhouse, Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail with my concerns, but he didn't reply. Perhaps now, in light of these positive changes at the newspaper, and as a follow-up to the sentiments expressed (by him?) in Saturday's editorial, it's time for Mr. Stackhouse and the Globe powers-that-be to live up to the standards they so publicly celebrate.
"But strong principles, they endure", Saturday's editorial proclaims in its final sentence.
I agree completely. Please, writers and readers, ask The Globe and Mail to pay its Facts & Arguments writers. Mr. Stackhouse didn't listen to my voice, but he and the decision-makers he reports to might listen to ours.
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SPAIN (Source: Jimena Real Estate) A decidedly happy bunch, Denmark holds a reputation of having an exceptionally good quality of life. In spite of this, more and more Danes appear to be investing their hard earned cash elsewhere, with more than 70,000 purchasing holiday homes abroad, with Spain topping the charts as their perfect second home location this year. Findings gathered from a recent survey on the 24th September 2011 at the Bolig i Udlandet Homes Abroad exhibition in Denmark, which surveyed 225 visitors discovered some interesting results regarding Danish property buyers.>>>Of the individuals asked, around 92% currently live in owner occupied housing while a mere 8% live in rental property, hardly surprising considering the average household income of respondents totaled around €119,000.
Additionally, of the 83% of interviewees who said they were looking to buy a property, 39% chose a house for their purchase taking joint ownership with an apartment at a further 39%. The remaining 22% asked were undecided.
Further statistics highlight that 44% of respondents were looking to buy within 1 year while 2 years was needed by 29%.
In terms of location, the most significant discovery from the survey showed that a massive 51% of Danes desired a second home in Spain followed behind by France (15%), Thailand (14%) and Italy (12%).


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